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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01
De Gaulle In
Poor Grace
Continued FROM Page Cnel

charge there. And. rs we all know.
Dakar. instead Of welcoming the De
GauIciSt outfit, beat it off: it had to
abandon the stunt as Il bad job.
The British explain the liZzic as
well as they can. They say the gen.
eral could have gone ahead and CT
fcctcd landing but didn't want to
shoot up his own countlymen ashore.
This may be true. but the fact re-
mains that he evidently was much
mistaken as TO the frame OF mind Of
Dakar
The thought also fingers that may
be the thing really was a De Gaul-
leiSt-BritiSh defeat, which has lis
moral effect.
Disagreeable Incident, Anyway
Washington, being so pro-BrltiSh.
doesn't like the moral effect.
Furthermore, Dakar's Of prime in
tereSt 10 the Americas.
It's at the extreme bulge Of the
cast African coast. neatly opposite TO
Brazil's casterly bulge. Consequently.
if the tOtalitarianS keep control Of il.
through vanquished France, and il
they really squelch Britain, it will
serve them as dandy base Of oper-
ationS in the direction of South
America. or course, this concerns
Uncle Sam.
Had Britain gobbled it, Uncle
Samuel would have been greatly
pleased and grateful to General De
Gaulle for furnishing the British
with the idea to pull off the grab.
It wasn't pulled off, however, and
the generals blamed for promoting
what turned out to be such a frost.
1t was worse than nothing. Indeed.
indeed. It merely served to publicize
Dakar as an ideal jumping off place.
for the tOtalitarian powers, toward
the western hemisphere - assuming
that they win the current war. Not,
to be sure, that they don't know it
already, but there was no use in
having General De Gaulle rub the
notion in.
SSH. SSH! SSH.
Washington has another worry.
When President Roosevelt issued
his order establishing national draft
machinery he created what's known
as ScIcctive Service System Head
quarters.
Now, if there's any one thing,
more than all others, concerning
which the administration wants full
est publicity, its CONSUMPTION, from
all its angles. Any suspicion of ia
voritism naturally would be terrible.
The traditional goldfish bowl has
nothing on what the administration
is bent on for that mechanism.
All right-the SclcctiVc Service
System headquarters.
As might have been expected, the
newspaper head writer's Immediately
began MISUNDERSTANDING that Sys-
tenn. as they do with all government
al agencies. 1t follows that the COM
bination they got was -"Sssh''
When the draft officials began 70
see that. in thousands OF daIlIes
throughout the land, they were 1T TO
be tied.
They don't Xix the terms con-
script and 'draftee," either.
They're trying to get the news
papermen to refer to 'selcctiVe SerV-
icers" or something like that--solne-
thing 10 give the impression that
they're chosen for superlat!vc merit
They're doing their utmost to make
the thing as popular as they can.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01
London Prepares
For Hard Winter
Continued From Page One)

(COntlnueQ FTOll EdSS oASI
have been that which earlier was
reported to have strafed train IN a
southeast London station, crashed in
Surrey after a fight with a British
fighter.
Three other raiders were reported
shot down out of formation IN Dor
esthrire when British fighters at
tackled a flight of about 10 which
crossed the southwest coast late IN
the morning.
After a tour of bombed areas,
Harry Willink, special commissioner
for re-housing the homeless, told
adults that "all those who can leave
should"
Extension of the mother and child
removal scheme to include IA Lon
don boroughs was announced by
Health Minister Malcolm Mcdonald,
and Lord Woolton, minister OF food,
announced that So emergency feed
inc centers have been opened for the
homeless in London.
More than $4,000 school children
have been evacuated from London
in the last two weeks Mcdonald
aid. MANY more ought to CO.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01
Congress Is Step
Nearer Adjournment
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
cost of defense production facilities
completed after June 10, 1910.
2-Would suspend present profit
limitations on the manufacture of
warships and military aircraft.
Moreover, the measure would set
up a new government insurance sys-
tenn for drafteeS, National Guards
men on active duty and other soldiers
and sailors, permitting them to OBJ
tain policies up to $4,000 at low
rates.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01
Wallace Lauds
Farm Benefits
Continued Fran Page Onei

talk before cntrainin2 for Portland,
Ore. where he speaks tonight
Our national income is up S30,-
600. 100000 a year since the admin
istration began its work. neat pro-
fit on our public activities for pro-
noting prosperity Wallace said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01
REALTY DEED.

Geo. W. Basket sold Mary A. Bull
lock one acre of land in Sandy
Creek township for 535, according to
a realty transfer filed with the
Vance Registry Monday.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01

Too many Of Germany'S leaders
possess the cruelty Of beast OF prey
supplemented with cold-blooded ra-
tionality such as only human beings
can achieve.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01
NO DRIVERS LICENSE.

Alvin Catlett pleaded guilty today
in county court to operating motor
vehicle without Il drivers permit
Prayer for judgment was continued
upon payment Of the costs.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01

ton of deer.
But says nothing about the 10000
miles of highway devoted, too often
TO conversation and petting Of dears.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01

The State News Office OF the De-
partment of Conservation and De-
velopment announces that Norm Car
DINA has six navigable rivers the
Roanoke, ChoWan, Mcherrln, Tar,
Neuse and Cape Fear.
What... No Yadkin.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01

One New York publisher made
ecord by issuing a book two and a
,alf days after receiving the manu-
cript. -:-.----
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01

The News Office also announces
that 100000 acres in tie state are
devoted to production and conserVa-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Oc;. 1.-The Democrat
rally for the Ninth district. to be
held in Salisbury this Thursday, will
have as its theme. of course, the adj
Vocacy Of President Roosevelt, next
Governor J. Melville Broughton,
Congressman r. l.. DoughtOn and
other men on the paltys ticket from
President CI down.
But almost on parity with this
primary purpose will be the proper
laudatiOn Of the aforesaid Congress-
man Doughton. who will himself in
all likelihood be singing something
Of d political swan song. II was with
the greatest difficulty that Farmer
Bob was induced 10 run this year.
He gave in only when it seemed Ger
tain that one Of the dirtIeSt dog fights
imaginable would be Waged to choose
successor.
Now word from peculiarly reliable
sources is that the aging Congress-
man is anxious to hear his praises
sung by the very first flight Of North
Cardinals political oratorS-and Il
casual glance al the lineup Of speak
erS for the day proves concIusively
that he will have just exactly that
There's Governor Clyde r. Hoey.
for example, the only man in North
Carolina who can say exactly the
right thing To suit everybody on
every possible occasion. He just
opens his mouth and out come the
Silvery-SOunding sentences.
There's Mr.. Broughton, who start
ed this springs primary campaign
known as among the most able Of
Tar Heel jury advocates, and who
proved that he equally is as good at
singing a political siren song. And
there's bull-baWIing Cam Morrison
who can sound off like nobody'S
business unless he gets checked by
tobacco juice.
They ought 10 suit Farmer Bob.
who, it is said. would not agree TO
any date for a district rally unless
this triumVirate Of trumpcters could
be had for the occasion.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-01

lIllS lfllllllNlidlc Oh liulllpclSlS COUlQ
be had for the occasion.
How can anyone resist visiting the
mountains OF Western North Carolina
after reading this, which the state
advertisers have 10 say about them?
'Asters, goldenrod, and other fall
flowers dot the roads. The squirrels
are busy after nuts and aCOrnS. Bears
are fattening for winter on beech
mast A balmy stiffness prevails, fill
ms the valleys with golden haze.
Scarcely a cloud shows on the deep
blue Autumn sky. This is natures
time for rest and pleasure. This is
Indian Summer in the mountains
Note on the economic effect Of
football MorriSville is very small
Wake county hamlet on the road to
Chapel Hill or to Durham. There is
a liquor store. On Saturday. Scptem-
Der 81, when the only football game
was the lack-lustre Carolina-Ap-
palachian affair, the MorriSVille ABC
stores sales amounted, in round Ilg-
ures, to $500 On September %, when
Wake Forest played Carolina at the
Hill while Duke and V. M. |. tam
gled in Durham, the days take" was
more than $500.
Political prophets can talk ali they
please-but here is something your
reporter regards as truly indicative
of the trend Of North Carolina in the
current presidential campaign.
Immediately after the two parties
had named Willkie and Roosevelt
there was almost stony silence in Ra-
leigh's movie joints no matter whose
picture llickercd on the sheet. Now
FDR's every cellulOid showing is 4
signal for applause: while NE Will
kie visage is greeted with prolonged
bOoing.
For teachers, particularly those
who haven't had any pay day since
last session, it will be gratifying tC
learn that the School Commission IS
making available TO all schools
money to meet all salaries payable
during October. All details which
must be attended to here will be
completed by the fifth.
The 1889 anglers who fished in
the state refuge streams during the
past season caught slightly more
than a pound Of trout apiece, ac-
cordng to c. N. Mease, chief super
visor of the western game refugees.
They hooked 1925 trout weigh
ing a grand total of 1888 pounds, he
reports-Which makes each Of the
captured fish weigh on the average
about three and quarter ounces.
So when one of these fishermen
begins to tell about the Whopping big
trout he pulls out. it's dollars to
doughnuts he is the traditional fish
erman as to veracity.
The football season is here, but
when papers headline--as one Ra-
leigh sheet did-Navy %, Army ! !.
it doesn't mean that the Annapolis
Midshipmen have annihllated the
West Point Cadets on the grldrOn.
It was Just the previous days rec
ord Of enlistments secured here. Inc
Naval recruiting station, incidentally,
set a new national record for peace
time enlistments, by signing up 60
gobs on the dotted line in a single
day.
The State News Office of the De-
partment of Conservation and De-
velopment announces that North Car
DINA has six navigable rivers the
Roanoke, ChoWan, Mcherrln, Tar,
Neuse and Cape Fear.
What... No Yadkin.
The News Office also announces
that 100000 acres in tie state are
devoted to production and cOnserVa-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
The Day In Washington
by The Associated press,

The seventh anniversary Of
the Roosevelt administration
brought from senate Majority
Leader Barley (D-Ky) a speech
praising the accomplishments
OF the administration and a re.
ply by Senator Austin R.Vt)
accusing the New Deal of
spreading the doctrine that
democracy will not work any
longer"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
STRICKLAND HEIRS
CASE TO Be TRIED
Is Termed Most Complicated
Piece Of Litigation To
Reach Texas Corts

Federal Judge James V. Alfred,
IN Houston, Texas, has set for trial
on the first Tuesday in September
the suit of the Wilson Strickland
heirs against the Humble Oil and
refining company and several other
small firms.
The case has been of great in
tefest to people in this section Of
the state as there are many who
claim to be'the Strickland heirs.
One set of these alleged heirs
claim Wilson Strickland was a ma.
tive OF Duplin county. Two separate
and distinct sets claim he was from
Columbus county. Another group
claims he was from Nash county
and several alleged heirs are resi-.
dents Of Wilmington.
In his action in Houston Friday
Judge Alfred remanded to the dis
trlct court at Conroe all suits which
one group Of claimants had sought
to remove from the state jurisdic.
ton to the federal court in Hous.
ton.
At stake in the complicated liti.
cation is 1,4o0 acres Of rich oil
lands. More than $4,000, 900 worth
of oil has been taken from the prop
erty and it is estimated to be worth
from $40, 900 10000 to $780, 900, 900.
There are between 1000 and 5000
litigants seeking a share in this
rich land -. the number not being
known even to the attorneys il
the case.
At the hearing Friday there were
more than 100 attorneys represent
ing various groups of litigants.
when we get into this suit. Il
will require more than six months
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
Court Oh Appeals Orders U. S.
Medical Group To Stand Trial

WASHINGTON, March 4.-R-
In a far-reaching decision declaring
that the practice Of medicine is a
trade and therefore subject to the
Sherman antitrust act, the United
States court Of appeals today di.
rected the American Medical asso-
citation to stand trial on monopoly
charges.
This was a reversal of a federal
district court decision. The latter
tribunal, in Diminishing an indict.
ment obi led by the Justice de-
partment, had held that medicine
vas a learned profession, not a
trade, and that the Sherman act
was inapplicable.
The indictment upheld by the cir
cult court names not only the A.
NJ. A, but the Medical Society of
the District of Columbia, the Harris
County (Texas) Medical society and
20 prominent physicians.
The charge is that the defendants
were guilty of conspiracy to re-
strain trade in fighting Group
Health, Inc, a cooperative formed
to provide medical care for govern.
ment workers here on a periodical
prepayment basis. The defendants
were alleged to have prevented
Group Health doctors from prac.
ticing in Washington hospitals and
to have taken other steps against
them.
Counsel for the defendants have
not made up their minds as to the
next % One course open is to
ask the supreme court for a review
Of the decision. The Justice de-
partment made such an appeal after
the district courts ruling last year.
but was turned down.
The circuit court today asserted:
I'VE think enough has been said
to demonstrate that the common
law governing restraints Of trade
has not been confined, as defendants
insist, to the field of commercial
activity, ordinarily defined as
trade but embraces Is well the
field of the medical profession"
1t added that the "rules and
canons" of the A. M. A. and it's af-
filiated societies had raised stand.
ards, created a high morale among
physicians and contributed to the
alienation of suffering.
However. the court said, "it can.
not be admitted that the medical
profession may through its great
medical societies, either by rule or
disciplinary proceedings, legally eff
fectuate restraints as fa~r-reaching
as those now charged"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
BILL SLASHED

BILL SLASHED
The house appropriations
committee recommended $119,-
O71,187 for the Interior depart
ment, cutting the bill $2,986,27
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
(aADBouRN FIRM
SlJEDBY WORKERS
ssrenty Employees Seek "un'
,.;d Minimum Wages" To
Amount Of S2S,SS2

IA phipps agent for 70 eW-
has filed suit in federal dis
p I.,s+ court here against the Column
manufacturing company, lnc.'
0u ~,odbolrn, with the plaintiffs
unpaid minimum wages
sshins ns:5 overtime compensations
ana .,a amount of s2s,SS2 and an ad.
il lne eoual amount of liquidated
danages.1 ,n,a;n drawn nv
.Iuord and Billiard, attorneys of
Bul nar alleges the defendant
;. engaged in the manufacture and
p'anction of berry and vegetable
po lumber and other materials
sar Interstate commerce at its plant
IN r ts suit is brought under the
,obor standards act of 1898.
'S r,o hill of complaint alleges that
,rring the YORK "eehe
oatoher "a, 1888 and continuing I'M
~ The present time, the DEFENDANT
h sn employed more than 100 peo'
Im m among whom were the plain
IFS and has failed and refused
oomnensate them for such en-
s1orment at rates not less than rs
esnts per hour for work prior to
ocrober "a, 1893 and 80 cents per
so,, since that time" 1t further al
lsgas "the employment of plaintiffs
~ such wages is a violation of Sec
inn 6 of the act under which the
suit is brought.
The plaintiffs each pray judgment
4on s412.6 60 "for the unpaid mini
mum wage and unpaid overtime
conversation, and an additional
ANAL amount as l%iquidated damages
tr costs of the court, for attorneys
fses to be paid by the defendant,
.nd for suc!. other and further re-
r;of es plaintiffs may be entitled
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05

will also have day and night SEES
sions of court. I'll push the tria.
at the highest possible speed"
The tangled affairs of the Strick.
land property in the Conroe oil
field started back in 1888, two years
after Teas became a republic. AT
that time Wilson Strickland died in
what is now Montgomery county.
He had filed a patent with the Re
public of Texas on the 140 acres,
n at his death made no specific
disposition of the land, so it is pre-
sumed to have passed to his heirs.
When oil was struck on the land
in 1886, various groups Of claimants
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
Still, Liquor Seized
In Pender County Raid

AIU officers here yesterday re.
ported the seizure of a 10o-gallon
capacity copper still, 20 gallons of
whiskey and $50 gallons of mash
in a raid Sunday in the Long Greek
section of Pender county.
ATU agents working out of Will.
mington were assisted by Deputy
Sheriff H. A. Groom Of Pender
county in conducting the raid. The
still was in operation at the time
of the raid, and it's two negro op.
orators escaped before the arrival
Of officers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05

US wouldn't be here at the end OF
the trial"
Then he warned the attorneys
That they must decide between now
and September whether they want
% have the case heard by a judge
alone, or by a jury.
But I warn you," he added. that
If you decide to have a jury, you
are going to face a hard time.
will not hold a juror in my court
for anything like six months, and
let him face the loss OF his job, and
all the other penalties that would
result from such service.
IF you want to have a jury, you
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
(oIored Boys Club
Board To Meet Today

The board of directors of the Col
med BOYS club will hold its month
" meeting tonight at 8 o'clock, at
which time the members will dis
Mss the annual Special Activity
Week which started Sunday.
basketball game between Greg
rr community center and the Boys
club was the first of the weeks
activities.
tournaments in ping pong, check
es. pool, and marbles will also fea.
ture in the weeks attractions.
The Co'ored Boys club wishes to
acknowledge with thanks a victrola
from f. c. Gregg of South Seventh
street. More than 200 records were
also given. This acknowledgment
Vas made by H. Carl Moultrie, the
executive secretary of the club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05

RESOLUTION APPROVED
A senate commerce subcom.
mittee approved a resolution to
strike questions about personal
income out of the 1910 census.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05

to try it," Judge Alfred told the
attorneys.
In order to expedite it, I am
gong to rule that every litigant,
every claimant, must be represent.
ca by a resident lawyer in Houston.
II they are not represented by a
resident lawyer, I will strike their
pleadlngs from the case"
Some of the attorneys requested
that trial of the case in federal
court be started Immediately.
Judge Alfred demurred.
This case will take six months
to try" he repeated, "and I'm not
gong to hear it during the hot
summer months. If I did, some of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
Cooper Accepts Bid
To Speak At Graham

An invitation to speak at Graham
IN March 90 at 8 o'clock, extended
Yesterday by the Young Democrats
IF Alamance county, was accepted
by Mayor Thomas E. Cooper.
All Of the gubernatorial candid
lies were invited to attend the
meeting and make 15-minute ad.
i%resses.
I hope I shall be able to get all
Of my opponents on the same stump
with me for at least one address,"
Cooper said yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
Ethel Jane Stubs, s,
Dies Near Whiteuiue

WHITEVILLE, March 4.-Ethel
Jane Stubs, 6, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. M. Stubs, of near White.
vile, died this morning after a
short illness.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday morning at the New Brit
ton Baptist church, to be conducted
by the Rev. R. J. Raspberry, pas
tor. Burial will follow in the church
cemetery.
She is survived by her parents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
WHAT TO DO FOR
THE ITCH (seabies

Relief from itch, or that condition
or 7-year Itch, is quickly had with
"David's Sanative WASH" a liquid sui
phur solution which destroys those itch
germs which it contacts, thus easing
that fiery, tormenting itching. 60c at
any druggist or postpaid direct. Money
back If not relieved. Owens & Minor,
Richmond. Va. (adv.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
below the amount asked by
President Roosevelt. Amonp
the items deleted was s25o. 900
for the Byrd. Antarctic expedi.
ton,
TRIAL ORDERED

TRIAL ORDERED
The United States court of ap.
peals directed the American
Medical association to stand
trial on monopoly charges, rul.
ing that the practice of medi.
cine is a trade and therefore
subject to the Sherman anti.
trust act.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05

came forward, as heirs of Wilson
Strickland. Today the thousands of
claimants represent every state in
the South as we'll as many others.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
NLRB UPHELD

The supreme court upheld the
action of the Labor board in
outlawing a contract between a
company and its employees on
the ground that the agreement
violated the Wagner act.
Evening star., 1940-03-19

community. First, Fred hunted up
his landlord and paid his rent three
months in advance. He took his
wife Mary downtown and bought
her an entire new wardrobe. For
one daughter, it was new shoes and
q new dress. For another it was a
much-needed operation-price, $125.
Next 1t was trip to the dentist
for new dental plates for Fred and
Mary-something Fred said they
never could have hoped to have but
for the wage and hour law.
Question-Before we leave the
subject of restitutions. I had no
idea any such sizable sums were
being paid workers as wages due
them under the Fair Labor Stand
ards Act.
Col. Fleming-Individually, that's
quite a fair-sized restitution, al
though a home worker for hairpin
firm in Chicago received $500 in
back wages. She promptly tainted
as who wouldn't after working for
3 or cents an hour for years? Col
lectively, however, restitutions have
been large and getting larger.
Question-Counting them in the
thousands of dollars?
Col. Fleming-We've actually be-
gun to count them in millions. Not
long ago a group of firms in the
same industry made a collective
restitution of $780, 900 to thousands