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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
WIILKIE SEES WAR
IF F. R. RENAMED
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Western Hemisphere and de-
cared he would not stand for any
sppeasement policy. Such a poll.
~ he declared, 'is the surest
road to war :.
Speaking emphatically, he said
that it would take at least IL,
months to give the nation "even
an inadequate defense and that
under the New Deal it probably
would take much longer than that
Willkie then outlined these six
defense steps, which he said should
be taken at once:
First, we must make certain
that there is no delay in provid.
in housing for our new soldiers.
Second, we must obtain supplies
Of raw materials which are not
now produced in the United States
rubber, tin, and other things es-
sential TO national defense.
Third, we must make defense
weapons which we need and make
them faster and in larger quaint
ties. ..
Fourth, we must hasten deci-
sion Of the types of defense arms
that we want industry to build. It
is far better to have a large num-
her Of good and serviceable de-
tense weapons on hand than it is
to have a few dream ones on Or
Ger.
Fifth, we would centralize re-
sponslbility for defense). 80. .
Sixth, we must devote congress
sional defense appropriations to de-
tense purposes, instead of boom
doggling them" 2
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BRITISH TROOPS
ARE LANDED ON
GREEK ISLANDS
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mlnefleld had been sown in waters
north OF the Island of Crete, includ-
ing the approach to Piraeus, Port Of
Athens.
CThe British information office in
Ankara, Turkey, said British naval
detachments had landed on Crete
and the Island of Cephalonia, south
of Corfu.)
Italians Killed
Information from usually reliable
sources in the Dodecanese islands
said some 500 italian soldiers had
been killed in a recent" British
naval bombardment of the Italian
fortified Island Of Skarpanto.
The attack surprised the Italians,
sleeping in a barracks, and only 200
escaped, these informants said. The
barracks and a wireless station were
reported destroyed. The italian dead,
it was said, were buried hastily in a
ditch.
CThis attack may have been the
one the British reported on Skar.
panto by its Mediterranean fleet
early in September. Another of the
D~odecanese group, Stampalia, has
been both shelled and bombed in the
last months.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
SIGHTED

sUSAK, Yugoslavia, Oct. 3o.-P
-Yugoslav maritime men said to-
night that a severely damaged Ital'
ian destroyer had been sighted uA-
der tow toward Fiume. There was
no information as to whether the
vessel had been engaged in battle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
CARS DERAILED

BRIDEHAMPTON, N. Y, Oct.
30.-R-Seven cars of a Long Is
land railroad train enroute to New
York city from Montauk Point at
the eastern tip of Long Island we're
derailed today in a collision with
a truck but no one except the
truck driver was reported injured.
The accident occurred at about
3 p. m. EsT) at a crossing a
half mile north of this Long Is
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ROOSEVELT ASKS
STUDY OF BRITISH
CALL FOR PLANES
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Massachusetts and received a tu-
multuous reception upon his ar
rival in Boston.
Police Superintendent Edward j.
Fallon estimated that 500, 900 per-
sons saw the chief executive dur
ing his ride in an open car, just
after dark, from Boston's South
station to the home of his son,
John, for dinner.
One group Of young men in a
fraternity house near Johns apart
ment house chanted 1--WE W a n t
Willkie" as the President left his
car on his sons arm, while an
other group of students set up a
rival yell of I'VE want Roose-
welt"
Police said the students attended
the Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology.
Denounces G. O. p. Record
Mr.. Roosevelt devoted much OF
his address tonight to a denuncia-
ton of what he called the republi-
can record on aid to farmers.
He said that Rep. Joseph Mar
tin of Massachusetts, the republi,
can national chairman, who may
be slated for some cabinet post
had voted against "every single
one of the farm measures recon-
mended by this administration"
Nowhere in the prepared address
did the president mention Wendell
L. Willkie, the Republican presi
dental candidate, by name.
Al, one point he said Rep. Mar
tin was of national interest," be.
cause when he was appointed ma
tional republican chairman, "thi:
handsome verbal bouquet, this ex
pensive orchid, was pinned upor
him: in public life for many year:
Joe Martin has represented a l
that is finest in American public
life"
considering the source of tina
orchid" Mr.. Roosevelt continued
Martin may be slated for some
cabinet post"
Inviting an audience in Martins
home state to look at his "voting
record" the chief executive said:
Martin voted against the public
utility holding company act, the
Tennessee Valley Authority, t. c
National Securities Exchange ACT
and the Extension of the CCC. He
voted against practically all re-
lief and work relief measures, and
against the appropriation for rural
identification"
Opposed Housing
Also, the President added, Mar
tin voted against the Civil Service
Extension Act and against tn e
United States Housing act.
After declaring that the republi-
can chairman had voted against
every administration farm meas
ure, he said:
perhaps he will be rewarded
for this loyal service to the prin-
ciples of his party, by being ap-
pointed secretary of agriculture"
Mr.. Roosevelt said republicans
in congress had been acting as a
party team, when what the coun-
try needed was an ''all-American
team.
Saying these ''side line critics.
were now saying that 1--WE are not
doing enough for our national de-
fense," he contended that the de-
tense program was going full
speed ahead" and that the vast
majority of republican members of
the congress voted against build
ing any additional battleships"
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The trailroad said it did not
know Immediately how many pas.
sengers were aboard but officials
said probably not many as traf-
fic normally was light on this line
at this time of year." 2
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TWO CREWMEN AND
NEGRO KILLED In
WRECK ON A. e. L

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overturned and another baggage
car and one passenger coach were
derailed.
The accident occurred only three
miles from the railroad station in
this little citrus producing center
of some 700 population.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31

SALISBURY, Oct. 30-R-Het-
tie Easterbrook, Rowan Memorial
hospital graduate nurse, was killed
late today when struck by a truck,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31

land community. The derailed cars
did not o%verturn. :.
Railroad officials said the truck
crashed into the middle of the
train, hitting n of three baggage
cars. The train also had tn r e e
coaches and the business car of
George LIE Boutillier, vice presi-
Dent of the Long Island railroad,
who was making an inspection trip
with other officials.
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More than $3.50, coo, 900 annually
IS spent in the United States to
keep known mental detectives in
hospitals.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
Obituaries
JOHN e. DICK
WHITEVILLE, Oct. 40

WHITEVILLE, Oct. 3O.-John +
Dick, prominent citizen of Fair
Bluff, died at his home there last
night of a heart attack. He was i'll
for only a few hours before death.
MI. Dick was in his 18th year
having been born at Rowland on
November %, 1864, a son of DIR. John
D. A. Dick and Mrs. Mary Dodson
Dick, of Greensboro, he was a mem.
Der Of the Ashpole Presbyterian
church near Rowland, and was mar.
rier October 20, 1907, just 80 years
to the day before his death, to Miss
Frostie L. Anderson of Fair Bluff.
He was a graduate of Oak Ridge
Institute, and had lived the greater
part Of his life in Columbus county
at Fair Bluff. At one time he was
president of the Bank of Fair Bluff
and was prominently connected with
various other business interests il
that vicinity. For the past few year.
he had been engaged in the insur
ance business.
Surviving are his widow, a daugh
ter, Mrs. Dorothy Dick Elliott, ant
a son-in-law, DR.. G. D. Elliott, all Of
Fair Bluff.
Funeral services are to be helt
Thursday afternoon at 8 O'Clock
from the home by the Rev. Mr.
Heller, pastor Of Ashpole church, rs
sisted by the Rev. E. N. johnson, O.
Fair Bluff. Interment will follow II
the Powell cemetery.
Active ~pallbearers will be: Clyd
Townsend, A. M. Anderson, R. c
Tucker, Guy L. Bailey, B. 6. Roger.
and Howard Renfrow. Honorary
Gordon Townsend, H. V. Norris, A
E. Waller, J. C. Rogers, Eli
Meares, George Strickland, B. R
Prince, S. D. Scott, ST., Bright Tyler
Aubrey Waddell, and ]. P. Waddel]
MRS. CLARA G. HAMMOND
FAIR BLUFF, Oct. 30-Funera
services for Mrs. Clara Grange
Hammond, So, of the Sprin,
Branch community, who died at
o'clock Monday morning at the
Mullins hospital after a two week
illness, were held at 2:3O o'clocl
Monday afternoon from the lat,
residence.
The. Rev. W. E. Clyde, pastor
conducted the services and buria
followed in the family plot in tn,
church cemetery.
Mrs. Hammond is survived b,
her husband, Crawley Hammond
two children, a son and a daugh
ter; her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R
c. Granger; two sisters, Mrs. J
H. Lovett and Mrs. Dempsey Cole
man; and four brothers, Ed, Jack
Carl, and Bill Granger, of Fail
Bluff.
Pallbearers were her nephews:
Cary Ellington, Lonnie Ellington
Thelbert, Weldon, Billy, and Kelly
Ray Hammond, Gilbert Enzor ane
Lev Lovett.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

no recuerdo Ell nombrel. l.. tea,
81 no es pueblo siquiera Sc ha
metido a colonizador Y vive con
su amante en- pleno campo, Por
supuesto, que 70 no 10 censuro.
81 es feliz, ialla ell mo lie pa
rece a usted?... La dicha de nues
ira vida es algo que tenemos
que conquistar como los otros
bienes, contra viento Y marea...
Para ser dichoso hay que pasar
por encima de TODD Y atropellar
muchas veces a los demas.. ALA
cada unol... 70 no sc que Ito me
cont6 una vezl... 70 me figure,
aunque 81 no me 10 ha dicho cla-
ramente, que ella debe ser una
casada... SPero d0nde es-
tamoS?
I'm tren cruzaba la negra Ha-
nura de los campos, con estre-
pito ensordecedor, a pocOs me-
tros del canine.
FL carruaje Sc detuvO ante un
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

listed Sc cartea con 6l2
pregunt6 en- seguida Borgona,
que no guerra languideciera Ell
tema, para 81 importantislmO,
como sabemos,
mo! Nos hemos eambiado
algunas cartas. FL me escribi6
a La Haya, comunicandome SUI.
tocaud; pero diciendome tam
bien que estaba muy contento de
haberla hecho. Tienen un hiio.
ell emba-
jador, que contenia con esfuer-
20 ell jadeO de su pecho, herido
de muerte,
Y Ell otro, incOnsciente, sin 20
der adivlnar nj a mil leguas 81
NAL que iba causando a Miguel
de Guzman y a este hOmbre que
lie acompahaba en- ell carruaje:
sin poder adivinar que sus pala-
bras condenaban quiza a muer-
a Maria de las Nieves..., q u
na muier y . gn uino. a los que
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

lel no conOcia..., continuaba ia
cihtando detalles de Miguel y
de su actual paradero... creyen-
do de buena fe que e. embaiador
lie escuchaba 500 por deferen.
cha co~ncediendo una atenci6n d.
oil a esta charIa Sobre IN ami
go LELAND.
Isl, sehor. tienen IN hiio.
70 llevt una sorpfesa DE- primo.
ra cuando recisi una ear,a an.
va desde "a campo perdldo dc
la Argentina. , sn "a que me
eontaba 10 que haba hscho me-.
.ses antes.
Habia renuneiado a su care.
ra' y Sc habia expatriado con en-
amante... Guerra fundar una CO.
lonia, vivir lejor de la eiviIi,a.
elon' a solas con su amante y sn
hijo' lFelicidad pura y disfana.
que diablO, como Ia de Pablo }
V'rg'"ao! mo le parece a Us.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26
Los acuerdos de Ia Liga hterso cial
On nuevo pitcher para 81 CircuIo

La Liga Intersocial de Pelota,
compuesta por las sociedades Ca
balleros Leales, Unione Italia
ma, Cfrculo Cubano y Centre
Asturiano, Sc reuni6 anocfe en-
ell edificio del lCirculo Cubano.
Fueron leidas las actas de las
dos sesiones anteriores y tam
bien Ell balance de t%esorerfa.
Los ingresos de la semana, en-
conjunto, fueron de $1,000. Sc
abonaron en- ell terreno $35.15.
Pages en- cheques, incluyendo
$3.50 a Spicola, por la cuenta de
equipo, $203.88.
Hasta la fecha Sc lie han abo-
nado a Spicola, por equipo, $3.50
y Sc lie adeudan $251. No figu-
ran en- ell equipo los ~trajes, sino
bates, pelotas, zapatos y otros
articulos complementarios.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26
v,ctoriano Manteigs, Editor
OEP0RTES
LAS PELEAS DEL VIERNES
EN- BENJAMIN FIELD

FL empresario de Benjamin
Field complete aver su progra-
ma para Ell viernes por la noche.
Como va hemos anunciado, Bus
ter Carroll, de Lowell, Mass,
tendra de contrario a Domingo
Torres.
AL vencedor de este match Sc
lie ha ofrecido un bout con Ceci-
lilo Losada, campe6n mejicano de
peso welter.
Jack Baggett, de Tennessee,
Sc enfrentara con Woody Jones,
de San Petersburg. Sc lie acre
ditan a Baggett 10 triunfos por
la via del sueno, en- un total de
Is encuentros.
Floyd Shiflett, que reciente :
mente peleara con joey Ray
mond, tendra de contrario a
Gaspar Guggino. Bob Monin pc
leara con Frank Garcia y Fran
kie Thomas con Bill Scollaro.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

FL domingo ju. garan ell pri :
mer desafio la III hone Italiana
y los Caballeros I Gales y ell Sc
gundo Cfrculo Cu 1ano y Centre
Asturiano.
Habia present ado Ell Centre
Asturiano, de la semana pasada,
a los peloteros Jack Ferrera y
Felix Menendfz.
Present6 ell Circulo Cubano al
pitcher A. de la Tore, a quien
ell pdblico conoce por ell "Tore :
ro."
Por haber lido a tomar una
prueba en- una novena de Virgil
MIA, Sc lie concedieron 30 dias al
pitcher Longval.
La segunda serie de la tempo
rada empezara Ell domingo 81 :
guiente de terminarse la prime
ra.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26
TONIC SEGUNDo
"A MUCHACHA
DE LA CALLE

dos amos. Yo lie despedi en- Ia es-
taci6n de La Haya... iCrea us
ted que llorel.. AL llegar n Es-
pana 10 ascendieron...
ST. Tcngo entendido que es
comandante.
ESQ es. Mejor dicho, era,
porque va no esta en- Ell ejercito.
Isidoro Sc hizo de nuevas, fin
giendo Embellishments el a
sombro.
zAh, no?
No, senior. va no p%ertenece
al ejercito. Miguel era un mu-
chacho... ic6mo lie dire yo2...
un POGO loco, como Soy 70 mis-
mo. Parece que tenia una vieja
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

En- ell velodromo de Coney Is
land, Yucatan Kid, un conocido
nuestro, derrot6 por puntos a
Paul de Bello. Mas de 1000 per-
sonas presenciaron ell match.
Yucatan subi6 al ring" con
137R libras y de Bello con
140H.
al Bernard, del West Side, a.
cost6 en- ell match semifinal a
Larry Kellum, de Butte, Monta-
ma.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

En- la pelea con Williams, efec
tuada ell pasado viernes, Jose LIE
g6n, ell campe6n cubano del peso
weller, llev6 la peor parte.
Ahora bien, lie derrotaron por
puntos, no por ''nocaut".
Figura Williams zen la van
guardia de los hombres del peso
weller, pero a la bora de comba-
tir con Legion pesaba 14712 Ii
bras, dentro del peso medic.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

Jose Luis yisit6 al campamen
to de entrenamiento de Baer y
tambien ell de Galento.
Viendo las "piruetas' de Ga
lento, Ell campe6n "se divirti6 de
10 lindo".
FL vencedor de este match pc
leara con Ell en- Ell mes de sep
tiembre.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

Los Piratas uerroCaron a los
Phillies, aunque Johnny Rizzo
peg6 de jonron e impulse tres ca
rreras.
Alfonso Lopez dispar6 dos hits
e hizo una carrera, en- cinee We
ces al bate
Pittsburg &c, l5h, De; Filadel
fla 7c, 14h, lie,
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

La pelea entire "dos Tonela-
das" Tony Galento y ell hebreo
Max Baer Sc verificara, ell dia 2
de Julio, martes, en- Jersey City.
ST Baer triunfa, la pelea con
La gaceta., 1940-06-26
LIGA

Hicieron los Cubs cinco Care
ras en- la decima tercera entra-
da y derrotaron a los Dodgers.
Hamlin volvi6 al ''box''. La de-
rrota Sc lie acredit6 a Kimball.
Chicago &c, 14h, lie; Broo-
klyn &c, 10h, Be.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

Peleita principal del viernes
en- los dominios del tanto por
ciento: Carroll contra ell cubano
Domingo Torres.
Especialidad de Torres; dar
v~entaja en- ell peso a sus contra
rios.
Especialidad de la empresa :
tantos por cientos, no bolsas de
garantia..
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

Los Browns anotaron cinco
carreras en- ell octave Y vencie-
ron a los Atleticos. Pegaron los
vencedores Is hits, uno menos
que los vencidos.
Filadelfia 1Oc, 14h, lie; San
Luis 12c, 13h, De.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

res y pudo diseminar los 9 hits
de los Medals Blancas. Rosen :
thai pogo de jonron.
Washington 7c, 15h, lie; Chi
cago &c, Oh, 4e.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

BESIDE que comenz6 su Care
ra boxistica ,ineluyendo la bolsa
de la semana pasada, Jose Luis
lleva ganados 81, 7O4, 341.
Hace seis amos, al ganar su
primera pelea lie tocaron $50.
Jack Kracken fue su primera
Por la pelea con Godoy Ell ne
gro cobr6 S55, 989. Los ingresos
netos de la pelea montaron a
$125,6
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

Con un peso de 1914 libras,
Charles Ketchunk, de Bingham
ton, New York, puso a dormir
en- Ell segundo asalto a Paul
Prose-, de Jersey City. Pesaba
ell abatido 204 libras.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26
LIGA AMERICANA

Con Milnar de pitcher, los In
dos de Cleveland vencieron a
los Yankees de New York. Hal
Trosky bate6 dos %jonrones. Pear
son fue Ell pitcher derrotado.
New York &c, 5h, De; Cleve-
land c, Oh, De.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

Irlandes Eddie Dolan, de We
terbury, Conn.,, superb en- ocho
asaltos a Johnny Bellus, lie
New Haven. Tenia ell vencedor
un peso de 1411a libras y ell de-
rrotado 1873.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26
Sus manos temblaban.

NNAAhiuDdH.
Temblaba su cuerpo, sus pier
mas sus entrahas... Y debia tenn
o!arle de un Odio santo. de un O.
dio loco, Ell alma misma en- su
blaneo refugio...
Ante sus ojos, inyectados en-
sangre' surgian ahora. en- las
sombras, las magenesaborreci-
Gas de los dos traidores..., la de
IA mujer que lie habia burlado,
"a del eobarde cue lie rob6 la
nonra y Ia vida, enlazadas, en-
una indecorosisima vision,
que haeiale inclinar Ia eabeza
core el pecho, como 81 fuera q
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

AL WE'LL cobr6 ell cheque de
Arturo Godoy, por $23,62O.
LIE tocara al Gobierno $15,665
y al estado de New York, 1894
pesos.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26
CON LOS GUANTE
Ell carnpe6n de vista
Luis lleva ganados 81, 7O4, 341

Jose Luis Sc verificara en- Chica
go; 81 CANA Galento, Ell combate
Sc efectuara en- New York.
Luis ganara en- su pr6xima pc
lea ell 40% y ell retador 17%
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

lat libras, la obtuvo por cuen-
ia de Paul Unior, ell retador.
Cuatro veces lie derrib6 a la 10
ma hasta que Al arbitro intervi-
no y puso fin al match.
LIE correspondence a Henry,
$4,000, la garantia mfnima, "
a Junior S1,125
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

Tigres y Medals Rojas Sc divi-
dieron aver los honores. Wilson
gan6 Ell primer juego, lanzando
por ell Boston, y Newhouser a
porto la victoria al Detroit. Ba-
tearon ''jonrones" en- ell primer
partido. Cronin, Gehringer,
York y Sullivan.
Boston lie, 15h, 2e; Detroit
&c, 14h, Be.
Boston 1c, 4h, 2e; Detroit &c,
III, Oe.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

MADEIRA BEACH. Nuevos a.
p~artamentos, muy c6modos. Pa
ra sus vacaciones de verano.
PreciO muy razonable. Lame FL
telefono NJ 51-543.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

La Ultima victoria de Henry
Armstrong, ell campe6n de las
La gaceta., 1940-06-26
Borgoha no eontest6

Borgona no contest6.
IOdas sus pasiones, desata-
aas, en- tumulto, parecian dispu-
tarse su cerebro y su pecho. CO.
mo una jauria de fieras que Sc
ianzaoa al asaltO de una presa.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

paso a nivel, donde esperaban u
ma nube de AUTOMOBILES, carros
" koiNmas ante las barreras ce-
rradas,
lsidoro pareci6 despertar de
un sueno.
-iAh, es Miyeul I'm pueblo
.cercano...
Entonces bajando Ell vidrio de
su lado, Borgona grit6 al coche-
no, inm6vil en- ell pescante:
Il Namajal...
%Excelencia!- contest6 en-
seguida EN- correcto castellano ell
servidor japOnes, que habia vi
vido muchos amos en- Manila.
-Vuelve.
-lEn seguida, Excelencia!
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

historic de amor en- Madrid. y
que, claro esta, al llegar a la cor
te, Sc vic con su amante. Yo no
Sc quien era ella. Debia ser una
mujer muy guapa, porque Mi
guel tenia gusto, y Sc mostraba
enamoradisimo., Total, que aun
que 10 destinaron a Barcelona,
tengo entendido, por 10 que me
ha deiado entrever en- sus car
tas, que consigui6 que la megra
Sc escapara con 81. Estan en- Ia
Argentina.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

Hudson actu6 por los Senado-
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

Isidoro llevaba los puhos y los
dientes apretados...
All OR las dltimas palabras del
marino, hizo un esfuerzo por re-
cobrar la serenidad, y pregun-
TO aun:
-iAh!". EN- la Argentina?
I En- Buenos Aires? D..
No, senior. AL Sur, en- plena
Patagonia, creo. I'm pueblo.
La gaceta., 1940-06-26

FL carruaje retrocedi6 un po-
CO. dando la vuelta y empren-
diendo ell canine de Toxic, que
Sc sehalaba en- la llanura por an
vivo resplandor de incendio.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-25

Buy them by the bundle, Use ther0 fer starting fires. For Sale ct The Nome Nugget.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-25
BRITISH GOLD

Actually the British will be able to order war supplies in the United States for at least six months without feeling a bit pinched. For when the war broke out Britain's total resources which could be used in the Unit ed States (gold stocks, dollar bal ances, negotiable investments) to tailed about five billion dollars.
 British purchases during the first year of the war were S1.- 800,000,000 which leaves a size able balance on hand. However war purchases for the current year have stepped up to such rate that the British will have spent three billion dollars in the second twelve months of war.
 This will drain British funds In the United States pretty low but even so will by no means entirely exhaust them. For most of the huge gold flood arriving almost daily at Fort Knox, Ky.. comes from the British Empire. Our gold imports from British countries alone during the first year of the war totaled more than three and a half billions.
 This gold hord incidentally is one reason why the British can De sure of our financial support - even including the repeal of the Johnson Act. For should Hit Ter win this war, Fort Knox's golden treasure would be useful chiefly for dentists fl ings. Gold as basis for trade would virtual ly disappear.
 Meanwhile the British are talk ing 65 p2rcent ofour entire ex ports or four times what we ship to the entire continent of Latin America. All of which indicates how completely intertwined the American economic system now IS with Britain's fate and how entirely likely it is that the nsxt congress will permit loans to Great Britain.
 (NOTE Certain high Admin istration members suggest that inasmuch as Britain is our first line of defense we should send her airplanes and other war sup plies without any payment.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-25
The Washington 
By Drew Pearson and Robert $. Allen

WASHINGTON = Toughest prob em facing the next Con- gress will be whether to open up tha gates of American dollar credits to the beleaguered Brit ish, as suggested by the Presi- dent.
 And whether the Solons on Cap itOl Hill want to admit 1t or not, real fact is that the situation ex- isting in the country today is al- most identical with that on the eve of American entrance into the first World War as far as loans to Great Britain are con- cerned.
 At that time-1916-J P. Nor gan and the big bankers were ac cused of getting us into war to protect the loans they already had made to England. Probably much more important however, was the fact that American in- dustry was geared to a tremen- dous pitch as a result of British orders and the defeat of Britain ould have brought chaos to in- dustry.
 Today likewies U. S. industry is so tied up with British busi. ness that depression would hit like ton of bricks after either British defsat or the exhaustion of British funds. This of course IS looking at the question pure ly from the hard boiled material viewpoint and without taking in to consideration the widespread sympathy of the American public for the British. This in itself probably is sufficient to induce the lifting of the Johnson Act.