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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
CENERALSHIP:
History Repeats

Twas the night before Christmas.
The year was 1776. HeSSian sol
diers under the command of the
British had captured New York and
moved across New Jersey toward
Philadelphia. George Washington
was in retreat. He got across the
Delaware first.
The Hessians had superior and
better equipped force; they were
flush with victory. Few in the Colo
NAL army even had shoes to protect
them from the ice and snow. So
the invaders, m a mellow mood, es-
tablished strong force to protect
their front and then celebrated the
portending victory.
Meanwhile Washington gathered
boats from nearby towns. The Hes
sian front door was closed to him,
so he ferried 1000 selected men
around the back, entered from the
rear, captured 1000 prisoners and
turned victory into defeat.
Something quite comparable to
that military fete was occurring this
year in Albania. Substitute hot des-
ert sands for cold winter SHOWS and
the same thing was true in Egypt.
In Albania, the Italian army was
retreating along the Adriatic sea
abandoning port after port. The
fighting there was intense, but more
threatening to the Fascist legion
was movement against their left
flank which threatened to envelope
their entire army and wipe out
Italian rule in the Balkans. If the
force Of the Grecian drive could be
kept up for another month, victory
seemed certain-a most remarkable
victory Of small, poorly equipped
army over numerically superior
and mechanical force.
And in Egypt the same kind of
tactics by the British drove Marshal
Rodolfo Graziani's army back into
Libya. Three months earlier the
Italians had invaded Egypt and ad-
vanced rs miles to Sidi Barrani.
Once there they built an excellent
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

road back to Libya in order to move
supplies. Barrani was made i'm
pregnable.
But the British General Archibald
Wavell didn't bother about the front.
He went around to the rear, cut the
splendid Italian-built road and for
a time threatened four Italian divi-
sions of 10000 men in a death trap.
Half of them escaped, fleeing back
to Libya with the British in pursuit.
The balance were taken prisoners or
were casualties.
In both places the Greeks and
British turned dismal failure into
surprising victory. More important
than the victory however was this:
The British had taken the offensive
for the first time in the war.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
DEFENSE DELAY:
Plain Words

Twenty-four hours after War Sec
rotary Stimson announced that the
schedule for calling Nationl Guard
troops into service had been revised
due to inability to contractors to
complete camps, Defense Commits
sioner William Knudsen went before
the National Association of Manufac-
turers with plain words.
He asserted the entire production
schedule was tagging. The airplane
output, he said, was 30 per cent be-
hind. Knudsen warned his audience
that both capital and labor must
show more cooperation or expect
grave consequences.
Later the association announced
that national inventory" would
be taken Of factories and manpower
to locate production bottlenecks. The
association pledged itself ito exert
its utmost effort in cooperation with
the government to carry out the
program of defense with all posi-
bic speed end efficiency"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
BY BAUKHAGE
National Farm and Home Hour
COun m, emf aforl

tReleased by Western Newspaper UnionJ
The time will soon be over when
the boys who wanted to get into the
army will be the only ones called
the volunteers for the draft are rap
idly being used up. Then it will be
the turn of those who have to 60
whether they want to or not. But
Washington isn't worrying about
how this last contingent is feeling.
What it is worrying about-or at
least thinking about-is how the
whole new army"-all the boys
who do their one years hitch-are
going to feel when they get out.
That is one of the most important
things that Uncle Sam has to con-
slider in connection with the entire
selective service system and that
is why c. A. Dykstra was called
to be selective service administra-
tor.
When sat down in his new office
In Washington-which a month ago
was the dining room of a fiat in an
apartment house the war depart
ment has hastily made over-Mr.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
BY Edward C. Wayne
British Take Offensive Role in Africa,
Capture Sid Barrani, 10000 Italians;
knudsen Deplores Defense Work Lag;
Roosevelt Proposes More Aid to Britain

In
by News unionl
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

State Philippe Petain. He knew the
Germans and Italians and had
friends in both places. Then came
disaster to the Italians in Albania
and Egypt and no matter what
might happen later, it was evident
Mussolini's role in the Axis definite
ly had faded. There even was a
chance that Britain might have to
be appeased.
1t might be coincidence but al
most at the same time Laval was
dropped from the cabinet. He was
dropped so hard that he bounced
into prison, along with a great
many other pre-war French states
men who are accused of "war
guilt"
Afterward there were many ex-
plantations. 1t was revealed the Ger
mans had asked permission to move
an army through occupied France
to a Mediterranean port, in order
to send troops to Italy's help. Laval
was said to have agreed but Mar
shall Petain was furious, refused the
Germans and fired Laval.
Emerging as the successor to La
val: Pierre-Etienne Flandin.
Did the Germans like it? Not at
all. Otto Abetz, Hitler's ambassa-
dor to France, left Paris for Vichy.
He took with him squad of Ger
man soldiers armed with sub-ma-
chine guns. He called on Petain.
Petain had Laval brought from his
prison and join the conference.
When Abetz left on his return to
Paris. Laval went with him.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

government. That which could not
be returned in as good shape as it
was given, would be paid for. The
President likened it to a man lend
ing a hose to a neighbor whose
house was on fire.
Important development in plans
to help Britain would be what course
Nazi reaction would take. First hint
OF the German attitude toward the
rumored Roosevelt plans came in the
form of unofficial press comment
from Berlin. These reports tended
to give the impression that further
moves to aid Britain would be re-
garded as being mo longer neu-
trail"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
Training Should
Improve Conscripfs

1--WE want the boy to report that
he is physically better off; that his
morale is strengthened; that he has
seen and learned a lot about the
Country and is convinced that we
have something to defend.
eve want him to be advanced In
his education, the kind of education
you get living with others; we want
him to get feeling for the whole
population; to find out how the Texan
looks at things and the boy from the
great Northwest; the fellows from
across the tracks and on the hill,
the country boy and the one from
the crowded city.
1--WE want the boys to learn from
talking to each other about all kinds
of things; have them learn the de-
Tense point Of view; to understand
and feel their whole country.
1--WE have TO be interested in what
happens this year if we are going
TO look ahead.
Upon the boys report will de-
pend what happens on the floor of
congress later. Maybe congress will
decide that perhaps the boys should
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
WELLINGTON Digest
Dykstra Plans Aid to Conscripts
Released After Year of Training
Draft Head Strives Provide for Their Re-empoyment
Future of Military Training Program Depends
Upon Its Effect on First Draftees

be allowed to get into the army q
little younger. Perhaps they should
have wider period of option. Some
might want to do their service as
soon as they are through high
school. Some might like to post
pone it until they have gone through
college.
And then there is another thing.
Congress may feel that perhaps this
service should be extended to other
fields so that other boys who can't
get into the army can get the wider
view, too, by getting into some kind
OF civilian service-build themselves
up physically with work in the fields
or the forests, fighting pests"
Looks Far Ahead
To End of Service
AS we talked it was easy to see
how much further than the parade
ground and the hike, the drill regu-
lations and the rife range, Admin
istrator Dykstra was looking. Orig
inally he studied to be a professor
Of history but he switched to politi-
cal science, partly because of the
influence OF that great scholar,
Charles Merriam, under whom he
studied. Political science, the study
Of things that make the wheels of
government 60 round, helped to pull
him away from the campus and the
library and into an active role in
civic administration. He was finally
called back into the college world
again. After seven years as city
manager of Cincinnati, where he
made a splendid record, carrying
that busy city through the terror Of
the flood of three years ago, he
was made president of the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin.
Before that, he was head Of the
water and power department of the
city Of Los Angeles through the Pc
Rod Of the building Of the Boulder
dam when the frightened farmers
fought with guns and dynamite the
new project which they thought
would rob them Of their water.
And another thing which he Is
thinking about when he says next
year" Is the Job situation and the
part the government must play In
fitting the trainee back into civilian
life.
A part of the function of the Sc
lective service system Is to see that
the boy has job when he ends his
year of service. II the job he left
is still there when he gets back, the
sclective service system will see
that he gets it. But some firms
may 60 out of business-then the
United States employment service
will play its part. The administra-
tor explained 1t this way:
THE employer will want the man
who has had year in the army be-
cause he'll be healthier, better dis
ciplined and he'll have learned to
live with his fellows. But IL the Job
isn't there, we'll have to find an
other one.
"Then there are the boys who
didn't have a job when they went
into the army. We will have to help
local organizations working with
business TO take care Of him."
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
SHIFT:
By the French

In continental politics, French
Statesman Pierre Laval was never
considered bargain by the British.
He was pro-German and pro-Ital-
ian. French Statesman Pierre-Eti-
enne Flandin also was pro-German.
But he was more pro-British and
less pro-Italian.
When capitulation came to the
French, Pierre Laval emerged as
vice premier and "heir" to Chief of
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
Students Change
Attitude on Draft

wanted to know how the bows
themselves felt about serving. I
knew he knew the content of thou
sands of letters which have poured
into selective service headquarters.
But he went back further than the
letters for the beginning of his an
swer.
Last summer" he said, ION the
university campus i noticed the
change in the attitude of the stu
dents. The questions they asked had
lost their cynical flavor, their pessi-
mistic approach to the subject of
any military service which was
characteristic Of recent years. For
a long time they had been under the
influence Of Committees Against
War and other similar organiza-
tons, which advanced abstract ar
guments. But by the time the
selective service bill got under dis
cussion, they had something con-
crete to talk about
THE reversal of the British atti-
tude OF appeasement after Munich
affected them. Then the fall of
France; and there was the realiza-
ton OF what had actually happened
TO the occupied countries. )"
l wondered II il wasn't an emo
tional sweep that affected the coun-
try, a patriotic war-spirit Dykstra
didn't think so.
The questions the students asked
showed that they had been consider
ing facts. And / think that is true
generally. The daily happenings
have made the people realize that
defense is necessary, that they want
to be part of that defense. They
have begun to realize that 1T can
happen here
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Dykstra didn't look any different
from the way he did when we sat
down for a bull session in the fra
ternity house back in 1908. He has
the same warm, overlooking nature
and his face is still it's window.
After we'd exchanged few rem
iniscences, l said that I supposed
he had been chosen to head up the
draft chiefly because, as president
OF a great university, he stood for
youth. He said he supposed so. Then
/ asked: But what are you really
here for? This selective service sys-
tenn runs itself, what are you sup
posed to worry about?" Then, we
got to the real meat of the nut.
1.-THE thing we are concerned
with" he answered with that dash
of ginger that spices his scholarly
thoughtfulness and makes every
thing Dykstra does, live, "the thing
that we are concerned with is what
is going to happen next year"
l realized he was way ahead of
me.
I'VE have the continuing RESPONSE
bility Of training citizen army
and he emphasized the word "con-
tinuing."
eve have to ask ourselves how
the boys who have finished q years
training are going to report back
home. Will their report be such
that their parents and their friends
will say 1T was good year?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26

OOO)-No. q without a loss for
Georgetown.
Nebraska : Missouri 1876, 000)-
Nebraska.
Rice-Texas (28, 000)-In rating
the country's better teams, don't
overlook the Longhorns. Texas.
Louisiana State-Vanderbilt (25,-
0O0)-Anybody's ball game. TAX
ing Vandy.
Yale-Navy No, ooO-Navy to
keep winning.
Fordham-St. Mary's 40, O00)-
Fordham to do the same.
Army Lafayette 10, 000)-No
great surprise either way. LaFay-
cite.
North Carolina Tulane GO, OOO)-
A stab in the dark, Carolina.
Michigan State-Santa Clara Q5,-
00O-Santa Clara, if it can throt-
tie those Spartan passes.
1llinois-Notre Dame eco, OOO)-Al-
most overlooked this one, but the
Irish won't. Notre Dame.
Harvard-Dartmouth go, OOO)-
Shades of yesteryear; Harvard.
Princeton-Rutgers t28, OOO-Tak-
ing Princeton, but ready to duck.
Wake Forest-Duke GO, OOO)-
Duke.
Iowa State-O Oklahoma az, ooo)-
Oklahoma.
Washington State Oregon Is, OOO)
Washington State, c h can
score.
U. c. L. A.-Oregon State so, 900
The Uclans, who have lost four
games by a combined margin of
Is points.
Purdue Wisconsin GO, O00)-A
toss up. Purdue.
Herein there, elsewhere:
East-Boston college over st. An
selm, Holy Cross over Brown. COL
gate over Mississippi college, Penn
State over Temple, Catholic U.
over West Virginia Wesleyan, vii
lanova over Detroit Sunday,
Mid-West-Texas Tech over Mar.
quette, Kansas State over Kansas.
South-Mississippi State over
North Carolina State, Davidson
over Furman, Virginia Military
over Richmond, Washington and
Lee over Virginia Tech, William
and Mary over Virginia.
Southwest and far West-Texas
Christian over Tulsa, Colorado
over Wyoming.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Appalachian Rallies To
Win Over King, 28 To 3

BOONE, Oct. 25.- up -Appa.
lachian's Mountaineers came from
behind in the second half today
and went on to rout King college
of Tennessee 2S-3 in a football
game here today.
King went into the lead midway
of the first quarter. A short kick
by Safrit was taken by the Tennes.
scans on their Al, where a pass,
Smith to Kursavage, for 20 yards
and a rush through center by At
wood carried to Appalachian's Is.
Here Kursavage, King end. kicked
a field goal to give the visitors a
three-point advantage.
1t was not until the third period
that another score was recorded.
A blocked punt by Eddie John
n Ted Reitzle's recovery of
the ball for Appalachian on Kings
set up the Mountaineers' OPEN
ing score. Eddie Johnson reached
the eight on a reverse, and Hen.
Baker went through center
the next play for the touch
down and then place-kicked the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Duke Is FAVORED To Beat Wake Forest Today
Carolina, Tulane Plav
Rubber Contest TODAY.
GRID SCORES

Miami 81; Elon 7.
Kentucky !; Georgia 7 tie).
Duquesne 10; Manhattan &.
Maryland =; western Mary
land O.
High Point ~; w. c. T. c. II.
Appalachian 20; King 8.
Springfield &c; southwestern
O..
Concord 20; New River 0.
William Jewell 10; Tarkio 0.
Baker IL; Bethel O.
Manchester ?6; Augsburg 0.
college OF PacltIc-LOyOla,
postponed, rain. To play Satur-
day.
Newberry Sc; Lenoir- Rhyme U.
FRESHMAN
Wake Forest 10; w. & NJ. Z.
N. C. State 26; E. C. T. C. o..
HIGH SCHOOL
Raleigh 6: Wilmington O..
.Whiteville Is; Hallsboro D.
Greensboro IL; N1nstOn-Sa.
lem O.
Charlotte Central. al; Spartan.
burg O.
Hanes IL; Leaksville 6.
Gray Z; Chapel Hill 0.
Children's Home =; Gaffney o..
Mills Home IL; K%annapolis 0.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
MAR00NS FAVORED
OVER N f. STATE
Newton's Team In UnderdOg
Role In Game With Miss
issippi State Tonight

RALEIGH, Oct. 25.-R-The in
vading Mississippi State Maroons
will be favored when they clash
with the N. C. State Wolfpack in
an inter-conference football game
here tomorrow night. Kickoff will
be at 8 o'clock.
Indicated but tied once in four
games, the Maroons arrived late
this afternoon and went through a
light workout tonight in Riddick
stadium.
The visitors have defeated Flor
ida, Southwest Louisiana and How
ard, and fought to a 7 to Z dead
lock with Auburn.
The underdog role will be no
novelty for Coach Williams (Doc)
Newton's country boy Wolfpack.
The Wolves pulled one upset, de-
feating William and Mary 16 to O,
defeated Davidson with a surpris-
ingly top-heavy score GA to %, and
lost to Clemson and North Caro-
lima.
Both teams bank on a flashy
TENNESSEE" attack.
Today saw one football tempest
unsettled-which of tomorrow's op-
ponents outweighs the other. Line
Coach Herman Hickman objected
strenuously when someone sug-
gested that his boys outweighed
Mississippi State. A weighing in
bee was suggested but Coach Al
lyn McKeen of the Maroons re-
jected the proposal. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
2l,00O EXPECTED
TO WITNESS GAME
New Deacons Stadium To Be
Dedicated; Still Not Ger
tain If Mayberry Will Play

WAKE FOREST, Oct. 25.-RN
Duke university and Wake Forest
will meet here tomorrow after
noon in a Southern conference foot
ball game, with the Blue Devils
favored to spoil homecoming and
Standardization exercises for
the Deacons. Kickoff will be at
2:30 o'clock.
Each has lost one game. Duke
bowed to Tennessee 10 to 0, and
Wake Forest was bowled over by
Clemson 80 to O.
Dedication of new Groves stadi-
UNI, in which the Deacons have
played two games-and won two
will take place during the half
time intermission. Earlier an
nouncements had said the dedica-
ton would begin at 1:45 and the
game at 2 o'clock.
A crowd of 81, 900, largest ever
to gather for a football game here,
is expected. Temporary bleachers
have been erected to augment the
Is, 1000 capacity of the new stadium.
Coach D.. c. (Peahead) Walker
tonight had still not announced
whether Red Mayberry, running
ace who hasn't been in a game
this year because of a broken arm
suffered in September, would play
against Duke. The rest of the
squad was reported ready for &C.
ton.
Dukes squad was said to be in
good physical condition.
Both teams took light workouts
today. I
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
WHITEV[LLE WINS
OVER HALLSB0R0
WoIfpack Scores In First And
Fourth Quarters To Tri-
umph 10 To 0

WHITEV1LLE, Oct. o5.-Striking
first in the opening period and
again in the fourth quarter, the
Whiteville Wolfpack defeated the
Hallsboro high school eleven, 10
to 0, here this afternoon.
In the closing minutes of the
first quarter, the locals started a
march from midfield that carried
them to a touchdown, Rod Smith
going over for the score from the
12-yard line. The attempt for con-
version was no good.
The second and third periods
saw a kicking duel devel@o be-
tween Maultsby, of Whiteville, and
Thompson, of Hallsboro.
Late in the fourth quarter, Halls
boro's passing attack clicked for
three compilations. However, the
rally was nipped suddenly when
c. D. White intercepted a pass
and galloped 80 yards for he
second Whiteville touchdown. The
extra point was converted.
Line up for Whiteville: Money,
L. E., Peterson, L. T., Lewis, L. G.
White, c., Williams, R. G., Brown
r. T. Barksdale R. E. w. Smith,
@. B. Hayes, R. H. Cook L. H.
Maultsby F. B.
Line up for the Hallsboro: jim
ME T., L. E., c. Dew, L. T., H.
Hood, L. G., G. Frink, c. j.
Eahorne, R. G., C. Higgins r. T.,
R. Thompson, R. E., R. G. Ray
@. B. J. Pierce L. H., E Thomp-
son, R. H, E. Jones F. B.
Sub. for W. H. S. Powell, H.
Smith, R Smith. Sub. for H. H. S.
L. Holton, C. McKeithan. H. L.
Hood, C. Pierce. Referee, Heath:
Umpire Greer: Head Lineman
Hardy: Time Keeper, Dupree,
Field Judge. Sellers. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
$4,000 To See Favored
Irish Play Mini Today

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Oct. 25-R-
Notre' Danes high-geared foot
ball machine will roll against Ill
inois tomorrow before what was
expected to be the largest crowd
to watch a game in Memorial sta
dunn in more than a decade.
Between SIS, 900 and go, 900 spec
tators were expected to see a bat
tie in which Notre Dame, impress
sive winner of three straight this
year, a heavily favored over an
eleven which lost its last two starts
against Southern California and
Michigan,
Illini hopes for an upset-victory
rested apparently on the passing
ability of Jimmy Easterorook and
several other backs. The Irish,
however, also had an able passer
in Bob Saggau, and a strong rum
ming game spanked by Fullback
Mi1t Piepul.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Reds Declare Dividend
OF SIP For Past Year

CINCINNATI, Oct. 25-GP- The
World Champion Cincinnati Reds
declared a $12 dividend to stock
holders today.
In a letter to common share
holders. President Powell Crosley,
Jr., said while many persons
thought u operations this year
were more profitable than last year
when the club won the National
league pennant), such was not the
case.
Excluding World series receipts
the net revenue from games at
home and abroad during the sea-
o was SLY, $50. 80 less than in
A final audit will not be available
before next Thursday, Crosley said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
FURMAN TO PLAY
. DAVIDSON TODAY
Hurricane Rules A Slight Fav-
orite In Home Coming
Game With Wildcats

GREENVILLE, S. c., Oct. 25.-QP)
Although two regulars are on the
casualty list, Furman's crippled Hur.
ricane will rule a slight favorite here
tomorrow in its homecoming day
football game with D%avidson's Wild
cats.
The kickoff will be at 2:30 D. m.
(ES).
The Hurricane went through a
light workout today and except for
alternate Captain Sam Fleming and
Left Guard Hazel Gilstrap, the SQUAD
was in good physical condition.