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Evening star., 1940-08-22
Postal Bomb Case
Break in Prospect,
Inspectors Say
OfficioIs Announce
They Have q Definite
Suspect in Mind

A break In the investigation of
the bomb explosion at the U street
branch of the District Post once is
m prospect today, postal inspectors
announced.
L. c. Walker, acting inspector in
charge ut the District Post once,
said that investigation had disclosed
"some very interesting develop
ments." He stated that the in
vestigators had q definite suspect
and expected to solve the case
shortly.
Post once bomb experts from out
Of town have been assisting local
postal Investigators and District
police on the case. The investiga-
ton, Mr.. Walker said, has included
q careful study Of the fragments Of
the crudely built bomb.
1.-The fellow who made it didn't
use much care" he said. The bomb
was of the contact type, which is
usually built into a wooden box to
prevent premature explosion. But
this was built in a cardboard box and
went of before 1t was supposed to.
"Our investigation is proceeding
fast and we expect to have the case
cleared up before long"
The bomb went of on the loading
platform at the rear of the post
once branch at 1888 U street NV.
shortly before 6 am. yesterday. It
was in q sack Of mail that had been
brought from the main Post Once
near Union Station, for delivery in
the area covered by the U street
branch.
Two postal employees, who were
unloading the mail truck in which
the bomb had been carried, were
wounded in the explosion. They
were Hyman Ritzenberg, 80. Of 223
o street S.W, a clerk, and Harry B.
Hess, Of ITO West Broad street, Falls
Church, Va, driver Of the truck.
Both were given hospital treatment
and sent home.
The bomb was addressed to Dis
trict woman. whose name and ad-
dress have been withheld at the
request of Postmaster Vincent
Burke, who said he feared that dis
closure at this time might hamper
the investigation.
The National Federation OF Post
once Clerks Is offering a $500 re-
ward for the arrest and conviction
of the person or persons responsible
for the sending through the mails
packages containing explosive bombs
or other articles designed to kill or
seriously injure the recipient or
other persons handling such pack
ages, Leo E. George, president, an
nounced yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-08-22
Russian ResettIement
Program Near Finish
BY the Associated Press.

BY the A8SOcfated Press.
MOSCOW, Aug. 22.-The Soviet
plan for resettlement of individual
homesteaders on collective farms is
nearing completion with nearly 750,-
600 households already moved and
less than 100000 to go, the gov
ernment newspaper Izvestia an
nounced today.
The resettlement, which began in
1899, is scheduled to end next month.
Evening star., 1940-08-22
New York A. +. Of |. Backs
Third Term, AssaiIs Draft

BY the Associated Press.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Aug. %
The New York State Federation
of Labor stands committed to a
third term for President Roosevelt
but opposed to conscription.
Delegates to the 77th annual con-
vention Endorsed the President for
reelection by acclamation last
night.
At the same time, they approved
the American Federation of Labor S
opposition to the Burke -Wadsworth
compulsory military training bill.
Toledo collected s10,809 in July in
gambling fines alone.
Evening star., 1940-08-22
Lee PIun Vote
Roll Call on Move
To Druft Wealth

By the Associated Press.
Here is the roll-call vote by which
the Senate upheld a parliamentary
objection which blocked an effort
by Senator Lee. Democrat, Of Okla
homa to attach a draft-capital
amendment to the Burke-Wads-
worth conscription bill:
FOR THE POINT OF oRDER-64.
Democrats.
ADAMS MALONEY
SANKHEAD McCARRAN
BARKIEY McKELLAR
BURKE sKE MNToN
BYRD NEELY
BYRNES OVERTON
CHANDLER PTTTMAN
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SaEESSSSaaE sssaHHWEhEENBAcH saHMAHETESN
GILLETTE SHEPPAED
HARRIsoN sMATHEERs
HILL HILL VAN NUYs
KgaHrs KTSa "AoS1A
Republicans.
kpussTT1nNI kpussTTnIm Ebbdr Hbbd
BRDGEs MsNAR4
DANAHER REED
DAVIS 1O6Ex--
GIBSON vANDENbERN
GURNEY WHITE
Independents.
NORRIS
AGAINST rAE POINT OF oRDEH-2S.
Democrats.
ANDREWS HOLT
ASHURST LEk
BULOW PEFFEE
STAHX, Idaho THOMAS. Okla.
SHHK; SHSaSx NO. wWAA1EsEhEs WA1sh
Republicans.
CAPPEN TAFT
SSSH4ssor' Calf. THnMAs' WM&4 Idaho
IUNDEM SHIr6TEAD
LA TOILETTE
Pairs announced included: TYDINGs,
Democrat, for sustainer point Of order,
AnA FRAZIER. Republican. against.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
FSA Home Managers
To Meet On Monday

A conference of home manage
ment supervisors of the Farm Sc
curity Administration in South
eastern North Carolina will be held
Monday and Tuesday at the Prince
Charles hotel in Fayetteville.
Miss Mary E. Johnston, of
Goldsboro, district supervisor, has
called the conference for the pur-
pose of discussing the 1910 subsis-
tence program of the FSA and
how best to accomplish this pro-
gram.
Home management supervisors
planning to attend include: Miss
Mildred Mcdonald, of Whining
ton; Miss Mary Frances Sawyer,
of Burgaw; Miss Lola A. Brooks,
of Whiteville; Miss Rachel Hurst,
of Eizabethtown; Miss Elizabeth
Odom and Mrs. Sallie Atkinson, of
Lumberton; Miss lola Williams. of
Kenansville; and Mrs. Jean D..
Morrison, of Jacksonville.
Conference leaders will include.
Mrs. Stella R. Cusick, assistant
state director of the Farm Securi-
ty administration; Miss Sue Tav-
lor, regional FSA chief in charge
Of home management proerams:
and Miss Martha Smith, home Eco.
nomist, attached to the regional
headquarters Office of the FsA
in Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
U. S. ARMY NOW
TEACHING TRADES
Motorizing Of Units Brings
Need For New Type
Of Training

Young men of Southeastern North
Carolina now. enlisting in the U. 5.
army are having the opportunity OF
learning a trade, as much of the
army is motorized and men are need
ed to operate and repair these mo
tors, Sergeant S. W. D. Bennett,
local recruiting %offiver, said yester'
day.
Training facilities for new army
recruits include: schools for motor
mechanics, radio operators, air corps
specialists, military correspondence,
tipping, and stenography.
All applicants must meet the fol-
lowing requirements: between the
ages of 10 and 35, unmarried, no
dependents, in good physical condi-
ton, of good moral character, those
under 21 must have the written con-
sent Of their parents or guardians,
a citizen Of the United States, and
ability to pass the required intelli.
gence test.
IIlIcISSLSu yOu1lS I1lC11 uudy SCSuAS
further information by writing to or
calling in person at the local sta
ton, located on the second floor OF
the postoffice building, which is open
daily from $3.50 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
Enlistments during the past week
included: Noah G. King, Fl, whose
guardian is Mrs. Daisy Mae Jones.
of route one, Owassa, Ala, infantry
in Hawaii; Cleveland S. Smith, Jr..
%, O of Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland
S. Smith, ST., of route two, Jack
sonville, infantry in Panama.
Cal e. Morton, "a, son of Mr.. an6
Mrs. Charlie Morton, of route two
Jacksonville, field artillery in Ha
wall; William F. Smith, Jr., 10, sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Smith, Sr.
of 305 North Fourth street, infan
try in Hawaii; and Alton K. Halso
rs, son of Mrs. Palmetto Halso, o.
route one, Chinquapin, infantry II
Hawaii.
They were transferred to the army
recruit training center at Fort Moul
trie, S. c., for six weeks of prelimi
nary training prior to assignment tt
their overseas posts for three years
Of service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
WlLLIST0N GRADS
TO HEAR JONES
DIR. Shaw To Preach Com
mencement Sermon Sun
day; 70 In Senior Class

DR.. David D. Jones, D. D., pre-
sident of Bennett College for Wom-
en-, will deliver the graduating ad-
dress to members of the senior
class at Williston Industrial Negro
High school, Thursday evening,
May 80, at 8 o'clock in the school
auditorium. Diplomas will be given
to 70 Williston seniors.
The commencement sermon will
be given by the Rev. H. B. Shaw,
D. D., on Sunday, May rs, at 4:3C
p. m. The senior play, 1.-THE Street
Called Sham" will follow at
o'clock Monday night, and class
day exercises Tuesday at 4:30 in
the afternoon.
Superintendent H. M. Roland ano
Principal F. J. Rogers will award
diplomas, prizes, and scholarships
at the graduating exercises.
Officers of the class are: Percy
Heath, president; Louis Patterson
vice-president; Althea Sampson
secretary; James Thomas, treasur'
er; Fannie Geyer, chaplain, and
Vernell Sutton, reporter.
James E. Thomas will deliver
the valedictory, and Annie Louise
Telfair the salutatory at the grad.
uating exercises. The following
program has been announced for
class day: Scripture, prayer, class
chaplain; Roll call, Althea Samp.
son; Presidents address, Percy
Heath; Class history, Albert Ham.
ilton; Class Grafton, Alma Sid.
berry; Class prophecy, Warren
Henry; Class will, Alexander Mer.
rick; Scrap bag, Sarah Jones;
Glass poem, and Class song
Music for both occasions will be
given by the band and glee club.
Graduates are: Leonard Bald
win, Theresa Barfield, Theodosia
Best, George Bland, Hartford Boy
kin, Mary Brown, William Brown,
George Bryant, Nobel Brunson
Bette Burns, Margaret Corbett
Fannie Davis, Joyce Davis, Mat
tie Davis, Elizabeth Dukes, Abel
Evans, Rosa Ferguson, Irene
Foyles, Scion Fuller, Ruth Galley
Frederick Galloway, Charlie!
George, Fannie Geyer, George
Green.
Mabel Greene, Vivian Halsey
Albert Hamilton, Audrey Hawkins
Margaret Harris, Edward Haynes
Bessie Headen, Percy Heath
Mamie Henry, Warren Henry, Yer
nell Highsmieth, Eloise Hill, Sele
n Hill, Lille Mae Hines, Dorothy
Hooper, Lois Howard, Norwood
Hunter, Delorise James, Rober'
Jennings, Sarah Jones, Nathanie.
McClammy, Lillian Mack, Aza'
lee Mallette, ,Alean Marshall.
Alex Merrick, Charles Monroe
Gertrude Moore, Katherine Moore
Robert Moore, Willie Moore, Ange
Owens, Louis Patterson, William
Payton, Ruth Richardson, Willie
Richardson, Lille Roundtree, AL
thea Sampson, Catherine Scott, Al
ma Sidberry, Vernell Sutton, EN-
ma Taylor, Louise Telfair, Jane:
Thomas, Ira Mae Troublefield
Zoa Dell Troublefield, Annie Ma
Troy, Mary T%ruesdale, Rosa Wall
Annie Mae Williams, Herman Viii
liams, Sadie Burneil Williams, MY
rifle Wright, and Marian Yeoman
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
BY BOB MATTHEWS
Staff Writer

Residents of ten counties
If Southeastern North Carolina are
affected by the amendments re
Gently made to the Social Security
Act, according to George w. jeff
rev, manager of the Wilmington
district field office of the Soc1a-
Security Board.
The office administers all pro-
visions of the Social Security Ac1
in the counties of New Hanover
Brunswick, Bladen, Cumberland
Onslow, Duplin, Sampson, Pender'
Robson, and Columbus.
Recent amendments are lrlpor-
tant, of course, to everybody pc
Ii they Include far-reachlng
changes. But they r especially
important to commercial and In.
dustrial workers because most OF
them apply, directly, to wage
earners ar salaried employees and
their families.
Many Changes
Manv of the changes in the act
pertain to old-age insurance, out
there were changes also IN the
provisions for unemployment N :
surance, for needy old people, the
needy blind, and for dependent
children.
Likewise, more liberal provision
than before was made for the re-
training of disabled workers, for
child welfare, and for public
health.
Now let us consider the most
important changes, beginning with
those in the federal old-age in
surance provisions. Under the a.
mended Social Security Act, old
age insurance benefits are liberia
l1zed and the coverage is extended.
In drafting the amendments,
Congress recognized the fact that
security for a worker must include
security for his family. So, in ad-
dition to monthly benefits for a
wage Garner, supplementary bene-
fits, to take care of his wife and
young children, are provided.
A system Of survivors benefits
for aged widows, widows with min
or children, and in some cases,
for dependent parents, has been
included in the program. Workers
now close to retirement age are
going to be able to qualify for
monthly benefits; and workers re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
CLARKE TO PLAY
AT W. |. |. DANCE
Noted Band Features Margie
Walker, vivacious Song
Stylist

Heralded as one of the South's
greatest bands, Bill Clarke and His
Orchestra, featuring the vocalizing
of vivacious Margie Walker, are
making Southern musical history
as a versatile, entertaining dance
unit.
This amous orchestra has been
secured by the Wilmington Light
Infantry to play at Lumina,
Wrightsville Beach, on the night of
May % in celebration of their 87th
anniversary. The Wilmington Light
Infantry each year features a ma
tionally famous orchestra at its an
~niversary celebration. The public is
invited to attend.
Ten finished musicians and Mar
gle Walker comprise the personnel
CT the Bill Clarke orchestra. The
personnel of the orchestra are for
mer college men, representing a
choice group of young musicians
from an angle of personality and
musical ability. The average age
OF the band is % to "a years.
The success of Bill Clarke and
his orchestra can be mainly at
tributed to the fact that they play
a versatile style of dance music,
catering to the present day trend
in both swing and sweet. While the
orchestra is essentially a 6 o o d
dance band, they r also noted
for their entertaining novelties.
At the end of Bills summer
beach locations, it is not unusual
for him to be booked through the
Christmas holidays. This is consid-
cred phenomenal in the music bust
ness and certainly spells success
or the Clarke organization.
The fact that Bill Clarke's orch
estra has played every major
dance at the exclusive Piedmont
Driving Club for the past three
years is ample proof that this or.
g%anization has consistently pleased
varied audiences on repeat engage.
rlents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19

through cooperation can Whining.
ton achieve the rights that she is
entitled to through state aid, he
said, adding:
"The state appropriates funds for
state tubercular institutions. 1t is
my belief that all county tubercu.
lar institutions should receive state
aid" He pointed to the Red Cross
Sanatorium as being a fine insti.
tuition and complimented highly the
work of DR.. John C. VESSEL in this
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19

cerned progress lies along w o
lines. The first is a greater SIM
plicity in the benefit provisions OF
the state unemployment compen-
sation laws and in their admins
tration. The second is more ade-
cuate benefits within reasonable fl
nancial limits.
Now we come to the subject OF
aid to the needy provided under
the amended act. All public as
sistance plans are state-adminis-
tered, with the federal government
sharing the cost.
Grant Increased
One amendment adopted by Con-
gress increased the possible grant
from the federal government for
old age assistance and for aid to
the blind. In the past, the federal
government would contribute a S
much as SIS per month for each
recipient, if the state also con-
tributed SIS per month.
Under the revised act, the fed
eral government can give only the
same amount of aid the state
gives.
For dependent children, the law
heretofore has provided a maxi
mum federal contribution Of one
third of the total allowance for
each child. This has been amend
ed so that aid to dependent child
rem is now on a $3.50 basis. That
is, the federal government will
match dollar for dollar the states
appropriation for aid to dependent
children.
The kind of help given for de-
pendent children is a cash pay
ment each month to the relative
who is responsible for their care.
A widowed mother or other legally
responsible relative may receive,
if the state so decides, as much
as $18 a month for the first child
in the family and IL for each OF
the other children.
The purpose, of course, is to
make it possible for these children
to grow up at home instead of in
an institution. The amendment
providing for 50-5- matching will
be of great help to the states in
furnishing more adequate assist.
ance to needy dependent children.
Five Other Programs
There are five other programs
under the direction of the federal
government establishments. All
but one of those establishments,
however, are now, like the Social
Security board, a part of the Fed
eral Security agency, created by
the Presidents reorganization or.
der.
For all of these programs Con-
gress provided additional f d S
for the current fiscal year. The
appropriation for retaining disabl-
ed workers has been almost dou.
bled, bring it up to 50, 500, 600. This
work is carried on by the voca.
tional rehabilitation service of the
office of education, which is now
in the Federal Security Agency.
For the maternal and child
health services there is an addi.
tlonal two million, for care of Grip.
pied children a million more, and
fo1 public health three million
more-a total of seven and a hall
million dollars more a year for
the health and welfare services
provided for in the Social Security
| Act
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
Changes In Social Security Act
Exclaimed By Local Bureau Ch1ef

hanks and state banks which r
members of the Federal Reserve
system, and employees of building
and loan associations.
Congress kept the old-age insur-
ance tax-rate at one per cent of
wages for workers and for employ
ers until 1943. Under the old law,
it would have gone up another half
per cent in 1910.
Another change in the system
affects the old-age Reserve Ac-
count. The new law provides that
social security taxes shall 60 into
= fund to be known as the Fed
eral Old-Age and SURVIVES Trust
FUND.-, which shall be managed
by a board of trustees. The trust
ees are the secretary of the treas
ury, the secretary of labor, and
the chairman of the Social Sc
curity Board. This fund will be
drawn upon to pay benefits as they
come due, and is expected to pro-
vide, in addition, a reserve for
contingencies.
With the amendments recently
adopted by Congress, we have a
very different old-age insurance
system from what we had before.
1t protects the workers families,
thus reaching millions of people
not covered under the old law.
It enlarges the benefits for older
workers. It defers tax increases.
It brings monthly benefit pay
ments nearer, and puts to work
next year the purchasing power
represented in the taxes that work
ers and their employers have paid
into the old-age and survivors in
surance fund.
Cngress left the unemployment
compensation system virtually I'm
changed, except as to employers
taxes and some easing of the pro-
visions about delinquent taxes. The
federal tax which is levied by the
Social Security Act will not be ap-
piled to that part of. anybody's
wages or salaries over $4,000 a
year.
Permits Refunds
The new law permits r e f u n d S
and adjustment of taxes of en-
ployers who were late in paying
their 1886, 1887, and 1888 contri,
buttons to the state unemployment
fund.
Except as the states have
amended their own unemployment
compensation laws, the principal
change in the unemployment in.
surance system is administrative.
Congress approved the Presidents
reorganization order, which includ'
ed provision for consolidation oil
the United States Employment
Service and the Bureau of Unem-
ployment Compensation in tn So.
cial Security Board.
That consolidation has now been
made. Hereafter, throughout h e
United States, employment offices
and unemployment assurances Of
fees r the n and the same,
wherever they are.
Whether a person is looking for
a job or filing a claim for out-of.
work benefits, he will apply at the
same place. In the Social Security
Board the two services now con.
stitute the new Bureau of Employ.
ment Security.
So far as the future of I'm.
employment compensation is con.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19

firing in the next few years will
get larger benefits than W u d
have been possible under the old
law.
Benefits we're payable beginning
January l, 1910. That is, two years
earlier than was originally sche-
duled. Several thousand men and
women will be able to retire, and
get benefits this year who could
never have qualified under the OLD
program.
"StOp-date"
The "'stop-date" for employment
after age IS is removed, and that
will permit many older WORKERS
to qualify because of. the wages
they earn after age IS.
Under the old law, the most that
workers who reached IS b f r e
1910 could have received was a
lump-sum equal to three and one
half per cent of their total pay
after 1886, and before they became
e5. Now they may receive monthly
benefits after they are IS, or at
any later date when they retire,
provided they have earned as
much as $50 a quarter in each OF
six calendar quarters since 1880.
This is true even if they are
now past IS and have received a
lump-sum payment. Wages earned
after age IS, to be counted toward
old-age insurance benefits, m u S
have been earned in 1889, or later.
New provisions for old-age in
sr1rance give protection not only
to the worker himself, but to his
family when he dies. It provides
an income for him and an addi-
tional benefit for his wife when
they are old.
It provides for the widow and
children while the children a r e
young. When that mother reaches
IS, if she has not married again,
she receives three-fourths of her
husbands monthly benefits as long
as she lives.
These provisions are so funda-
mental that the title of this part
of the Social Security Act has been
changed to "Old-Age and Surviv-
crs Insurance." The new law ex-
tends the coverage of the social
security system to more than a
million men and women in jobs
not covered before.
1t brings in the crews of Ameri-
can ships, the employees of national
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
Minor Charges Heard
In Recorders Court

Joseph Edward Mckinney drew
80 days at the county farm when
convicted yesterday in recorders
court on a charge of attempted lar
ceny of an automobile, the prop
erty of Carlton A. Hingerty.
L. w. Wilson, of 211 North 18th
street, was found not guilty of a
charge of reckless driving with prop
ertv damages resulting. William ALI
son was found not guilty Of a charge
Of assault with a deadly weapon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19

Back in New York after hi.
mistakenly shipped 10 tbe oeiAg
Worlds Fair, Harwa, the Fur wrong
mummy, has no comment 10 ~ paaA
1t seems he was too wranns .,'er.
in himself to notice the F Vpiu Up
expo. $50
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
State Aid Suggested
For +. B. Sanatoriu,n

r. M. Kermon, candidate for the
House of Representatives, said yes
terday that in his opinion the peo.
pie of New HANOVER county are be.
coming more cooperative in civic
movements.
The farmers, manufacturers, real
estate men, railroad office forces,
grocers and people from all walks
Of life are realizing that only
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
SUNDAY, MAY ls, 1o,o

institution. This work could l.
banded under the direction W ex'
same personnel to give greater u III. he
fits to the people who nesa 'sas'
treatment with state aid, '1l'
Evening star., 1940-12-30

John Milton lived for a while In
the adjacent churchyard.
The tomb of Archbishop Tillotson
and stained glass window in
memory of st. Thomas More were
features Of st. Lawrence Jewry, also
built by Wren t1671-1680). Time out
of mind it has been a custom for
the Lord Mayor and corporation
to attend service in this church on
Michaelmas Day. before electing the
new Lord Mayor.
st. Mary Aldermanbury contained
the burial place of Bloody" Lord
Jef1reys, the hanging Judge Of the
Monmouth rebels, who finally died
in his own prison in 1889. Milton
was married to his second wife here
in 1856. There was q monument TO
Heminge and Cordell, editors Of
Shakespeare, and other relics
precious to lovers Of English let
ters.
Wren also was the architect Of
st. Andrew by the Wardrobe, hn-
ished in 1892. The Star, as recently
as December 6, printed a letter from
the rector asking help In repairing
damage already inflicted by German
raiders.