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Evening star., 1940-09-29
Germans Substitute
ENGLISH Tennis Terms

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN-It isn't cricket to use
English words in German tennis.
A tennis journal has called on play
ers TO eliminate the last English
word"
Lob should be ''hochball," smash
should be "schmetterball." mixed
doubles should be "gemischtes dop-
pei
Evening star., 1940-09-29
'BIuckout Sinners
In Germany Punished
By the Associated Press.

BN Cht FStOCIEIeC FIeSk.
ROCHLITZ. Germany. - Drastic
punishment has been decreed by
the city fathers Of this little Saxon
town for violations of black-out
regulations
"Black-out sinners" will be cut
of from gas and electricity for at
least one week and fined from S
marks UP.
Evening star., 1940-03-22
Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

by IHE FUN ACES..
david Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D.
Maier, Oswald Jacoby. Howard
Schenken, worlds leading team-of-
has beaten every other system In
existence
Evening star., 1940-03-22
Fronk Beck
By Willard
By Mormon Marsh
By Bud Fisher

alder once more, and this time he
took up with him the gress he had
gathered. Up and down, up and
down the alder all night long ran
Whitefoot. When jolly, round, red
Mr.. Sun threw off his nightcap the
next morning and started to climb
up in the blue sky, he looked down
on the alder and smiled. Mrs. Red
wings old nest was still there, but
it had roof, and still it looked
like nothing but an old nest.
And inside, in the softest OF beds,
was a little, round ball of soft fur
fast asleep. It was Whitefoot the
Wood Mouse Ia his neW ~ paxior.
Evening star., 1940-03-22
Until Grandfather Frog had said

until Grandfather Frog had said
that if he was looking for q new
home where no one would think to
look for him he would move into
the deserted house of some one else.
Now Whitefoot had always lived
in hollow tree or hollow log, and
every one knew it. So when Shadow
the Weasel, who is a robber and
worse, had started out to look for
Whitefoot he had first examined
all hollows in trees and every hollow
log that he found. He had found
Whitefoot's house while Whitefoot
Was out, and then the latter did not
Evening star., 1940-03-22

down to the ground. Then he be-
came very busy. What do you think
he was doing? Why, he was collect
ing soft, dry grass and the lining
from strips of bark and little sticks
and leaves. 1t took him all day, and
just as Old Mother West Wind
started for home behind the Purple
Hills, Whitefoot sat down to eat his
supper of berries and to rest. Hidden
under the broad leaf Of a skunk
cabbage plant was his pile of grass
and bark and sticks and leaves.
When all the little meadow people
and forest folk who play by day had
gone to bed Whitefoot climbed the
Evening star., 1940-03-22

dare 60 home again. So Whitefoot
had started out to build a new home.
Whitefoot picked some bits of
stick and old dried leaves out of Mrs.
Redwing's old nest. Then he curled
himself up In ball in the bottom
just to see how 1t would feel. The
Merry Little Breezes came along
and saw him there. They didn't
think that he was thinking of living
there; they thought he had climbed
up there just for fun. Gently they
rocked the alder to and fro. In q
few minutes Whitefoot was fast
asleep,
Evening star., 1940-03-22

we are not sure ABOUT the Sig
nificance OF Norths double of two
hearts, except that it was primarily
for takeout. Not knowing what to
do, South decided to bid spades-a
three-card suit. When East went to
three hearts South was only too
glad to pass. Now if North had
been content to leave well enough
alone he would almost surely have
defeated the three-heart contract.
However, he raised to three spades
and then lightning struck!
West opened the king of spades
and continued the suit, East win
ming the third lead, cashing the
king-queen of hearts and then
playing the ten of diamonds.
South's jack forced Vests ace and
now West led club, thereby freez-
ing the unfortunate declarer in
dummy. He cashed four club tricks
and the thirteenth trump, but now
had to lead heart up to the ace
nine in Vests hand, going down
four tricks.
AS Merwin Maier's partner yes
terday you held
Ak @ 10
y A 1913
n97
= K974
The bidding:
Maier. Burnstone. You. schenken.
- Pass CD
Answer: Your correct response
is one heart. This bid should lead
the way toward the right final con-
tract.
Score 100 per cent for one heart,
10 per cent for three clubs Crowds
the bidding a little), nothing for
any other bid.
Question No. 4OI.
Howard Schenken is your partner
and again you hold:
Ak @ 10
y A 1043
D97
J. K974
The bidding:
Schenken. Burnstone. You. Jacoby.
- Pass ~ Pass
2NT Pass CD
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
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Evening star., 1940-03-22
Sacrifice in Vain

Too much defending against op-
ponents with partial score is bad
policy, since, even though you save
game, the partial score still remains
to annoy you. This is particularly
true when you are vulnerable and
the opponents are not.
West, dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
East-West 60 on score.
4 10 s 54
y 743
o
4 KQ9
4 K QJ N 4 Ao3
y A 985 VIE 2K Q6
0 A 53 S o 1927
4 10 $50
A872
va
. KJ82
7542
The bidding:
West. North. East. South.
~ Pass ~ Pass
Pass Dbl. Pass "a
Pass Pass 80 Pass
Pass "a Pass Pass
Dbl. Pass Pass Pass
Evening star., 1940-03-22
Solution to Yesterdays Puzzle
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
chuckled to himself as he ran up a
low alder and examined an old nest
that had once belonged to Mrs.
Redwing before she had moved over
the bulrushes on the edge of the
Smiling Pool. He had seen that
old nest times without number, but
he had never given Il q thouoht
Evening star., 1940-03-22
When he awoke he couldn't think

When he awoke he couldn't think
where he was. He was in a lovely
soft bed and he was very, very COM
Portable. Suddenly he remembered
Once more he chuckled to himself:
This suits me-" said he. ''It is my
sky parlor. Who will ever think of
looking in a deserted nest of Mrs.
Redwing for Whitefoot the Wood
Mouse? I'll just put a roof on this
and then I'll have the safest, coolest,
snuggest house in the Green Forest"
Whitefoot peeped over the edge of
the nest. When he was sure that
no one was looking he scampered
Evening star., 1940-03-22

ing by may be used. 1t Is just a
matter of choice.
Jolly Polly will gladly send the
leaf1et, Business English" upon
receipt of a self-addressed, stamped
envelope.
Evening star., 1940-03-22
jolly Polly

a Little Chat on English
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.
M. c. G.-Such words as judging,
Judgment, acknowledging, acknowl-
edgment, abridging, abridgment
ETC., drop the &c" after the "g."
Either Judging from" or 'judg-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20

crnor William w. Holden, from May
TO December 1865 and again from
July 1868 TO July 1870 when his term
was ended by impeachment proceed
ings: and Governor Daniel G. FoWle,
from 1889 until his death IN 1891.
Only four other counties, Buncombe,
Halifax, Mecklenburg and Warren,
have furnished as many governors as
Wake.
,. Samuel Hogg. born in 1888, NOV
ed to Tennessee about 1904 and prac-
ticed medicine at Callatin. He served
General Andrew Jackson as surgeon
on his staff during the campaign
against the Creek Indians in 1914.
Tennessee elected DR.. Hogg TO serve
one term in congress beginning IN
1917. In 1910 he was elected preSl-
dent Of the Tennessee State Medical
Society. Died in Rutherford county,
Tennessee. in 1912.
3. 1t was built in 1915. It's cupola
clock was built in Birmingham, Eng
land, about 1866 and presented to the
town by King George III.
+. An act Of the 1887 legislature
requires that all highway patrolmen
allow arrested persons to commune
cate Immediately with friends and
counsel.
5. The average size Oh North Car
DINA farm is SiXty-four and one-half
acres. The average size. Of Wyom-
ing farm is nearly 1900 acres.
6. John CroWell, born in 1880, set
tied in Alabama before it became a
state. Before admission as a state
Alabama sent him as delegate to
the United States congress, and upon
admission in 1919 he was elected as
one of the first congressman allowed
the new state. Died at Fort Mitchell,
Alabama, in 1916.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20
TODAY IN HISTORY

l936-Wisconsin raised to terrific
rial ranll-had been part Of Michi-
gan and Illinois Territories.
l954-Donald McKay's famous
clipper ship Flying Cloud" reaches
San Francisco rom New York in
record time Of less than ninety days
186l-Prof. Thaddeus S. c. Lowe
28-ycar-old balloonist, ascends in
Cincinnati to study air currents, is
swept 900 miles in nine hours, land
ing within Confederate lines as the
war began, narrowly escaping being
shot as a spy.
1865-Macon, Ga, occupied by
Union forces.
19l4-Armcd miners clash with
militia in Colorado-25 dead includ-
ing women and children.
19l8-Gcrmany threatens United
States with rcprisals if her demand
that 1t. Won Rintelen's exchange is
not complied with.
1931--Air mail bids opened after
army had carried the mails found
to he less than half even what the
Government had tipuIated.-NcW
Jersey tailor fined 80 days for VIOLA
ton OF NRA code-chargcd 35c in
stead Of 40 for pressing.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20
The Governors Choice

Governor HOcy'S announcement
that he favUrS Secretary Hull for the
Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent will cause speculation as to
what effect his stand will have on
the movement just launched in
North Carolina 10 pledge the State
to third term for President Roose-
welt. The least that can be eX-
pcctCd from the chief executives
statement is that it will, to some ex-
tent at least, check the rush to
.FDR'S bandWagon.
While the governor did not say it
IN so many words, the SureSt infer
enCe to be drawn from his public
stand is that he is opposed to d
third term. Had ne favored it, he
would hardly have planted his feet
definitely upon the ground in favor
of the secretary of state. 1t is a
natural for the governor to oppose
breaking Of ancient American ira
ditionS, because he is Democrat of
the old school. Which is not to say
that he is ultra-ConScrvative. He is,
as he said, first of all strict ad-
herent to the Democratic party, with
the conviction that the party itself
is bigger and greater than any indi-
vidual in it. No question of loyalty
is or could be involved in his favor
itism for the leading member of the
Presidents official family. He made
it plain that he had good reason to
believe Mr.. Roosevelt would put his
influence behind Hull, and said the
secretary could unite the Democratic
party behind him and assure victory
in the November election. At the
same time, he conceded that the
President could win the party's NOM
ination on the first ballot if he de,
sired it.
Governor Hoey took no pride il
the probable actor Of the State dele
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20
Highway Diversion

Sentiment seems to be cryStallZ-
ing rapidly throughout the State in
favor of some legal restriction
AGAINST diversion Of road funds to
other purposes. One of the surest
signs that that is true is tic unani-
NOUS opposition of the seven guber-
material candidates to applying
license fee and gasoline tax funds
to airy but highway uses.
Prominence OF the issue in the
1899 General Assembly was attcStcd
by the personal appearance of Gov
crnor liury himself in an appeal
against adoption Of any restrictions
Iurbidding diversion. But for the
power of his tremendous influence,
action would have been taken then
, Now the governor is taking no part
in the present primary campaign. If
highway money is held intact, de-
spite potential need for it in other
dcpartmcntS, it will be no worry Of
his, since he rctrcS from office al
most simultaneously with the con-
icning OF the new legislature, and
at the same time the next governor
assumes his duties.
The cvuN of the situation is in the
constantly increasing Demands on
the State for money for this and
that purpose, and the easy and
abundant and certain inflow Of cash
from gasoline and license plate sales.
So long as there arc no restraints on
road funds. the temptation to use
that ready money to meet threats
of pressure groups will exist, as will
the difficulty of keeping highway
reserves intact If the legislature
will fix it so that this diversion will
be illegal. we shall either get better
roads OF Il cut IN tax costs assessed
against motorists. Both are highly
desirable, and road Improvement is
equally as popular as cutting the tax
levy.
Motorists are becoming more and
more disguised at having TO pay tan
cs for other things than maintenance
of roads and building of new ones.
And unless the money they produce
is used for the purpose for which 1t
is raised, their resistance will reach
the point somewhere, sometime
when it will force measures to assure
the integrity Of these funds.
Favorable action by the 194l leg
islature would at this stage appear
to be fairly certain. It would be
fine thing for the highway program,
and would not hurt other activities
and enterprises of the State.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20

cation to the Chicago convention TO
give him 4 complimentary first bal
lot vote, only to switch then to their
real choice. Therein the work OF
the third termers would be expected
to appear. The governor said he
would ask that no complimentary
vote be given him, knowing that II
is nothing more than an empty
honor, and having little desire for
such things.
Whatever may be the result OF the
governors stand, it is fairly reason
able to assume an effort will be
made to pledge the States delegation
to President Roosevelt. The way
things are shaping up now, the Pres
iGent will have plenty Of actual votes
and potentially even more. Prob
ably for the first time i'll history. 1t
will be his to push the crown from
him-if he does. That would be
the thing next best to grabbing the
nomination, at least SO far us prcCc-
dent is concerned, and with all the
honor that accompanies it.
Governor Hocy'S stand may have
a definite bearing on the course Of
the State convention in Raleigh next
month. At any rate, he has let all
know who care to know where and
how he stands in the choice Of Il
Stundard-bcarcr for the party in
this years national election.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20
Cromwell Moves On

James II. Il. CromWellS announce
ment OF his candidacy ior the Demo-
cratic nomination. ior the United
States Senate from New Jersey was
no surprise. 1t has been talked for
a long time. VINO knows but that
he was appointed United States min
lister 10 Canada chiefly to get him
before the country and the voters oil
his state through the publicity route
he chose in the now famous speech
in Toronto proclaiming American
Sympathie> lur the Allies.
The statement was issued from
his home at SoWerVille while he was
at his post OF duty IN the dominion. 1t
gave his age as 10 and identified him
as an economist, former automobile
executive, real estate promoter, and
husband of Doris Duke, heiress to
Duke tobacco millions. The latter
designation, however, IS what really
signifies. Recognition that has al
ready come 10 him and that which
ne now seeks may open up huge
reservoir OF cash for the multitudin-
Gus qualifications OF Democratic
operations.
Jersey political bosses have been
quick to flock 10 his side, what with
all the cash that lies behind him.
Moreover, what politician would be
timid enough to defy Doris Dukes
wealth by opposing CromwellS sem
atorial ambitions? II it isn't a per-
feet Set-up and complete push
over, what fertile imagination can
offer a better?
In eSpousing New Deal methods
and policies, which include ratings
at legitimate as well as Legitimate
business, is not the heiress husband
assuming d sort of role of biting the
hand that is feeding him? But that
is OF small concern to him, being as
how he is already amply taken care
OF for life.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20

signs of the crumbling of the deeply
anchored pillars Of the house Of lib
crtv which constitutes our Ameri-
can democratic institutions. From
any standpoint of viewing the evil,
it is hidcOus system we have per-
mittcd to grow UP in the body
polite. 1t must be checked and
rooted out or the consequences will
be vastly more serious than any
thing we have dreamed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20
1 eeaHay II II
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES

18G2-SOl(omo F. Smith, noted
st. Louis comedian, theatre manag-
er and lawyer, born at Norwich, N
Y. Died Feb. IA, 1869
1824-Alfred H. Colquitt, Confed-
crate general, Georgia governor and
senator, born in Walton Co., Ga
Died March 26. 1894.
l621-John Gibbon, Union general
Indian fighter, born in Philadelphia.
Died in Baltimore, Feb. s, 1896.
l3i2-John M. Farley, noted Cath
olic archbishop and Cardinal Of New
York, born in Ireland. Died Sept. II
1918.
lS50-.Daniel Chester French,
famed New York sculptor, born at
Exeter, N. u. Died Oct. 7, 1881.
lG6l-Jarlcs d. Phelan, San
Francisco mayor, and eminent citi-
zen, only son Of the pioneer San
Francisco neutrality-suspicious., born
there. Died August 7, 1880.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20

in that part of the U. S. in Iowa,
to be specific.
Now, there are a lot of German
descendants in that section. Wiscon-
sin, as we know, is full Of EN-
They're also plentiful in Minnesota.
the Datkotas, Nebraska and there
abouts. But the originals of this set
tlement were largely Germans who
had left the Fatherland as liberals
fugitives from the old-style kaiser
ism, refugees from the German at
tempted revolution OF the 1905
These times we think Of Il German
as a Hitherto. In those days we
thought of some Of them as super
radicals, as too freedOm-loVing 10 be
safe.
These were folks like Carl Schurz
and the warriors who fought init
Sigel' in the war Of secession.
The letters l get from the pro-
geny of these initial Germans don't
indicate TO me that they're Nazis.
Never Mind the Germans.
However, never mind the Ger
mans.
The American area I'm talking
about was settled by SWedcS, Danes
and NorWegians. | never heard so
much about the Firms. They were
claSsed as Russians then.
In my day there wasn't Il Wcll-to-
do American family that didn't have
Swedish, Danish or Norwegian
hired girl.
They simply saturated our so-call-
cd northwest.
A distinguished NorWcgian-Amcr-
lean of my days was by Cod
Ravndal.
He ran OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
newspaper at Sioux Falls, back in
the sos, and was representative
in the South Dakota legislature when
| was "CoVcring' one p{ its earliest
sessions as statc-rSt territory.
His Scandinavian namc was &c.
Bic Ravndal."
Nobody knew what c. stood for
or how Bic" was pronounced. But
the dope was that "G." meant God.
And that Bic" was pronounced as
in pie. 1t was assumed that Bic
G." meant by Colby God
Ravndal."
BY God" broke into the U. S. dip
lomatic service and became very
prominent. He has grandchildren re-
presenting Uncle Sam in the foreign
field yet
Scandinavia Versus Germany.
The question is:
Can Scaninavia stand Off Ger
many?
The answer is:
No. not without Allied help.
Will Allied help do the business?
Maybe
If Allied help succeeds. won't the
Allies. in turn, grab the Scan
dinavias?
ANSWERING.
Why not? well" remark the
Scandinavians' news representatives
in Washington q depend on them
1or a lot of inlormation): I'VE
think the Allies are too decent"
Some folks may be convinced by
this.
The fact is, I think the Allies are
regarded with a modicum of skepti-
clsm by the central governments.
The United States. isn't so awful
sEeptcal, being well able 10 take
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
Ry FRED III. MAY

|. How many governors has Wake
county furnished North Carolina?
2. In what way did Samuel Hogg,
of Halifax. serve General Andrew
jackson before he became President?
3. When was the present Orange
county courthouse at Hillsboro built!
4. What requirement does the law
make of highway patrolmen about
allowing arrested persons to COM
municatc with friends?
5.>What is the average acreage Oh
North Carolina farms?
6. Who was the Halifax county
man elected as one of the first con-
grCsSmcn from Alabama?
ANSWERS.
|. ThrCC-GoVcrno Charles MAN.
", l849 TO 1851; reconstruction Gov
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20
NOTICE.

Under and by virtue Of authority
contained in that certain judgment
of the Superior Court Of Vance
County, North Carolina, in special
proceeding. entitled Carrie Pearson
and husband, Thomas Pearson. "
MoIlic Henderson. widow. Florence
Reavis and husband. Ectrice Rcay.s
and Mary b. Henderson. Guardian
Of Edward Henderson, the under
signed commissioners will offer for
sale, at the courthouse door in Vance
County, North Carolina, at public
auction, TO highest bidder, for cash,
on Tuesday the 30th. day Of Aw!
1910, at midday, the following de-
scribed lands, viz:
1st Tract: All that certain tract or
parcel of land containing 30 acres
more or less. bounded by =. J..
Vaughn, Richard Best. S. a. l.. RAIL-
road, David Lands, ct ais. OF record
Book Page 10 Vance Registry. :
tract containing &.75 acres. more -
less, a tract containing &c acres nor"
or less. bounded by Anderson swamp
S. A. l.. railway. J. Il. Moss Ct as
Of record Book G3 Page 1870 Ea"Cg.
Registry, less portion of about ID
acres sold to Raleigh Granite Co. o'
record Book ia Page AL Vance
Registry, and also subject to me
dover laid off by mctcS and bn1hd'
Of Mollic Henderson.
A survey will be made oi sa.H
property and plat thereof wi.i ''
used at sale rcciting the BOUNDARIES
and acreage
This the 10Th. Of March 1915.
d. p. McDUFFEE
and
T. p. GHOLSON,
Commissioners"
20.G=l2-0N
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20

hasn't c II HANGED
his popularity in
that section of the
country b y h i 5
thrust into t h c
north corner Of
Europe. l don't
think he's an idol
anywhere in the
United States. but
comment from that
particular d i rec
ton is especially
adverse 10 him.
! was brought uD
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-20
YODAY,S BIRTHDAYS

Roy f. Larsen of Fairfield, Conn.,.
general manager Of Life Magazine,
born in Boston, Al years ago.
Harold Lloyd, comedian, born al
Buchard, Ncbr., 46 years ago.
Abraham Epstein, executive secre-
tary of the American Association for
Social Security, born in Russia, 48
years ago.
Adolf Hitler Of Germany born 81
YCarS ago.