davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Smyrna times., 1940-05-30

December are the months when eggs
command the highest prices" he
says. THE average price paid to
farmers for eggs for these months
during the ten-year period from 1929
to 1888 was 27.3 cents per dozen
During the remaining seven months.
only 1877 cents per dozen was paid
A difference of Sc cents per dozen
These are the figures Of the United
States Department OF Agriculture
Crops and Market reports"
Then when is the time to start
baby chicks? There is onl. one an
swer. according to johnson. Early
enough to make sure of big, wen-de-
veloped pullets. laying big eggs dur
ing October, November and Decem-
Der. That's the whole story In
nut shell"
Smyrna times., 1940-05-30
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Continued from Page Three)

was held in $4,000 bail for Court
Thursday for passing forged
checks to the respective amounts
of S14 and S24 on parties il Viii
mington.
Smyrna times., 1940-05-30
! 4, sevhomore's Corner

x
nm the weinie roast;
1 thought the picnic was
arnsrss only: But who
3ns few juniors and seniors
tsa IN? Didn't they get
/ their own roast?
.sng Of the waterfalls
\ NOON casting its rays
4 he trees brought a ro-
r.us to many eyes - they
\ rsst the temptation.
~ o'clock the place was al
s.td, except for the few
sEs here and lnere-dIlei
prns left.
! snS the still waters all
nd Be heard was the row.
lanOe. As we flashed the
II d that direction, we saw
i .spy smiling face.-Af-
Simpson had to do some
Hs couldn't take his piano
vas kept pretty well occu-
b whole evening. Wasn't
k'
YES We mustn't forget
{ and Gertie (who could p
d Us have heard the latest
fUlt the roast, but still,
ne some questions that
4 u suspense. Who were
are devils in the '3s Ply.
What happened to all the
narshmallows and hoi
WY did Mr.. Brown gC
. early?
. conclusion we might add
n'0cling- well, they did.
ai
Smyrna times., 1940-05-30

y Heart interests From
Here and There
4a young lady from Hart
aeart interests almost
aae For instance, one
Evening star., 1940-04-02

Personal Hygiene Needs
Reg 45c Klenerts Dress Shields, Seem" cotton
shields; ,chite or flesh ------------3 Prs, 89c
Reg 125 syringe Combination -. Hot Water Bottle
and Fountain Syringe size, Csc
Reg 69c Hot Water Bottle 2.qt sise Fresh, clean
rubber. Anniversary price --------------44c
69c Doz. Hecht Co. Toilet Tissue White pastels;
1000 sheet rolls Ns--2O rolls, 08c
Evening star., 1940-04-02

SAVE ON BATH ACCESSORIES
SOC Boz Treju Bath P0,cder Lilac and carnation
tragrances. s.------------ Large size package, 29c
l.59 Alpine Pine Scented Bath Oil. =. Sottens and
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81 Bottle Champrers Bubbling Bath Perfume
Floral tragrances. 4-oz. bottle, SIC
dc Hecht Facial Tissues White; soft, absorb.
ent Package Of 1000 tissues, 28c
lccess0ries . i. Main Floor.
Evening star., 1940-04-02

SAVE ON COLOGNES, COMPACTS
Orig. Sc Bottle Molyneu1 "Connu'' l6-oz bottle
OF delightful eau de cologne
81 and $l.25 Compacts Loose po,oder style;
cloisonne, damascene, enameled, etc. ------64c
Reg 81 Tourist Case Upper closing; holds jars
and bottles. RayOn
$50 Value La Cross Manicure Sets Discontinued
style; lacquered box or leather case e----2.98
Evening star., 1940-04-02

Here are the 4.buton length sloves>yo the
softly feminine suits and coats to complement your
printed and polka dot frocks Fine quality skins that
wash beautifully you're of fresh, clean gloves
always! White and natural .. sizes 81 to H.
Stock up at this low Anniversary price,!
tWomen's Gloves, Main Foor)
Evening star., 1940-04-02
ANNIVERSARY SAVINGS IN TOILETRIES

Royon; eorose bottle Sinful Soul" and
Small, medium 84C 81 bottle perfume. Both----S1
SOAPS at Anniversary Savings!
Ipory Camay Soap Nationally kno,on toilet and
bath SOAPS cakes, 45c
Ipory Flakes Nationally famous for kitchen and
laundry y------3 large packages, 59c
1.25 Box Hecht Apple Blossom Soap Large size
bath cakes. Spicy fragrance ------B0x of 6, 88c
1.25 Box Hecht Cold Cream Soap. Easy lathering;
delightful odors -------------B Box Of 20, 04c
Pors0nnl Hvriene and T0i
Evening star., 1940-12-30
$50 Tons of Gold Play Big Part
In the Story of Martinique
U s. Missions Visit Island to Make Sure
None of 1t Is Reaching Hitler

sides. The entire topography is such
that every advantage lies with the
defender. In the 18th century $50
Frenchmen, entrenched here, held
off 5000 Dutch sailors even after
landing bad been effected.
That's why Uncle Sam becomes
increasingly concerned as to who
Is giving orders to whom at this
place called Martinique That's why
our Navy calls this the Antilles
gap" in our defense picture. And
that is why Admiral Yates Stir
ling, retired, recently demanded
that we stop all this monkey busi-
ness and go in and grab the place.
Why don't we do this? This
writer pretends to be no expert in
the niceties Of diplomatic throat
cutting. He is just work-a-day
reporter who has travelled this
island from end to end, along its
shorelines and across its mountain
roads, talking with those In public
ofice and, what is more important
with the man in the street.
You come here full OF stories
about the potential threat of 95
American-made military planes
which have been at this and at the
nearby island of Guadeloupe since
Hitler defeated France. You have
been filled with stories of the po-
tential danger Of the French air.
craft carrier Bearn in the outer
harbor, of the potentialities of the
cruiser Emile Bertain at the dock
here, and of the cruiser Jeanne
dare at Guadeloupe.
Uncle Sans Problem.
You see these and you start
getting the feeling that maybe, just
maybe, these are to the entire pic
ture about what the patter of tall
is to the act of stage magician
1t turns attention from the real
business at hand.
The stage magician starts looking
like your Uncle Sam. He wants tc
grab golden bunny from the inter-
national hat and the complications
oiC uilllCult. nc 10 III ylllS u pei
form this act with a bucket of water
on each shoulder. One bucket is
labeled national defense" and we've
spent billions on it. The other
bucket is labeled good neighbor
policy" and we've spent billions on
the contents of that bucket, too
Uncle Sam can grab the bunny
even a parlor magician could dc
that-but how about the water in
those two buckets?
Spill little water from that last
named bucket and the cry OF
Yankee imperialism" will ring frcm
Cuba and the Rio Grande all the
way down to Cape Horn. You
can't be a good neighbor and &c
around snatching at the few re-
manning possessions of a former pa
not under ordinary circumstances
But when those few remaining
possessions of that former pal in
clude a powder keg stored under
your own back porch, and when the
toughest guy in all the world-an
international bully-starts debating
Evening star., 1940-12-30
King Honorary Head
OF Greek War Aid Here

The honorary Craftsmanship OF
the Greek War Relief Association,
which is planning to launch a cam
paign for funds for Greek civilian
aid, has been accepted by Senator
King, Democrat, of Utah, George
C. Vournas, regional director of the
associations activities in the Dis
trict and Maryland, has announced
The local committees part in the
national campaign will be discussed
at a general meeting Wednesday
night at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox
Church. And details of a prelim-
mary drive among Washingtonians
of Hellenic extraction are to be ar
ranged tonight at a conference of
sectional groups headed by Peter
Dounis, Manuel Cambouri, James
Commings, Peter Cokinos, William
Bacas and william R. Revis.
Offices of the association have
been established in Room 11l8 of the
Woodward Building. Archilles Cat
sonis, past supreme president of the
Order of Ahepa, is chairman of the
Washington committee. with Con-
stantine Poulos, vice chairman: Ma
rie Zuras, secretary, and DR.. Charles
j. Demas, treasurer.
Prominent Washingtonians who
have accepted membership on the
| associations National Citizens Com
mittee include DR.. Joseph Quincy
Adams, Robert Woods Bliss, Ernest
G. Draper, DR.. Harold North Fowler
William Green, Alfons B. Landa
Irwin Laughlin, Mrs. Franklin D
Roosevelt, Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen
] and Robert Watt.
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Santa Claus Returns
With Sack Of Toys
For 900 Children
Orphons From 9 Homes
In District Are Guests
At K. of c. Porty

Santa Claus did sort of Christ
mas "enchore job" at the Knights of
Columbus 25th annual orphans
party this morning when he pre-
sented gifts to about 600 boys and
girls.
The children, to "A years, came
to the Tivoli Theater in seven
buses from nine orphanages in the
city.
After two and a half hours of en-
tertainment they filed past Charles
Kean who was Santa Claus. Colored
wrappings kept him from giving a
doll to a little boy or a water gun
to little girl.
Art Brown was master of cere-
monies. introduced by j. Fred
Brady. chairman Of the District
Knights of Columbus. Also intro
duced were Charles J. Considine
past chairman: State Deputy AL
fred A. McGarraghy and the Rev
John F. Burns of st. Paul's Church
Garfield Swift. baritone, appear
ing at the Earle Theater, led the
children in God Bless America. "
Also featured were Mickey
Mouse cartoon, Harry Baker. man.
ager of the Wilson Lines, as magi-
clan; Dave McWilliams Orchestra
the harmonica band of the Metro
politan Police Boys Club and the
K. of C. Boys Band.
Acts contributed by the Elks Club
included Rita Johnson, tap dancer;
Charles Welsh, Grang Green, ven-
triloquist, and Jack Parker, juggler
Larry Schiller played the piano.
The children came from st. Roses
Technical School. st. Johns Home
and School. German Orphans
Home. Hillcrest Children's Village
Providence Hospital Day Nursery
Swartzell Methodist Home for
Children, Episcopal Home for
Children and st. Vincent's Home
and School.
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Threat Of Canal Labor
Difficulties Averted
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec 30.-Threat-
ened labor difficulties in the defense
program of the Panama Canal Zone
have been averted with the as
surance that I'VE would iron out
complaints in Washington William
C. flushing. chairman of the Ma
tional Legislative Committee of the
American Federation of Labor, said
today
Mr.. flushing returned from Pam
anna aboard the liner Santa Clara,
completing a mission upon which
he was sent by William Green,
A. F. of L. president, after strikes
were threatened on various zone
projects.
There was considerable unrest
because the contractors we're work.
ing the men Sundays and holidays
and not paying overtime" Mr..
flushing explained. Il assured the
men we would iron out their COM
plants in Washington and told
them they must stay on the job"
Thirty-f1ve unions employed on
zone projects are all A. F. of l..
affiliates, he said.
Evening star., 1940-12-30

to that former pal, 1t becomes 4
horse OF q different color.
Answers Loaded With Ifs.
You want to know how extensive
is this dictation. You want to know
whether there is fuse in the pow
der keg. You want to know whether
memories of that former friendship
and the hopes of q renewal of that
friendship can outweigh the influ-
ence of this tough guy. And you
want to know, If worse comes to
worst, just how far it is to the near
est police station, the nearest fire.
house and the nearest first-aid unit.
The answers to these are today's
story at Martinique. They are far
too complicated, far too loaded with
IFS" far too important to be dis
missed with few hasty lines of
hasty opinion For some of these
there is no immediate answer until
more of today's crazy history is
written. For some of these the an
swer is more clear.
In the next article we will back
track to San Juan, Puerto Rico,
where a phase of our frenzied de-
fense picture begins. We will start
for Martinique all over again, with
you along. We will give you the
picture exactly as it came to us.
Evening star., 1940-12-30
5000 Iron Guards Vow
To War Against Hungary
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-The Brit
ish radio in a broadcast heard by
c. B. S. said last night 5000 Ruman-
ian Iron Guards meeting at Klaus
enburg (CluD, near the new Hun
garian border. resolved to carry
on guerilla warfare against Hun
gary until Translyvania is fully re-
stored to Rumania.
The British radio said reports
from Budapest asserted arms were
distributed to the guardists With
out interference by authorities and
that the meeting was attended by
a special deputation from Buchar-
est with the approval of Horia Sima
Iron Guard leader.
Part of Pennsylvania was ceded
by Rumania to Hungary at the
Vienna conference called by Ger
many last fall.
Evening star., 1940-12-30

the station to have look at the
blackboard. Each station has one
now, to chalk up the temporary
breaks in the service on the imme-
diate line snd connecting lines.
Only or 10 entries usually cover
the early-morning situation, but
this time the signals are against us.
Somewhere nearby some debris OF
the night has not yet been cleared
away. Both District and Picadilly
lines are tied up. They may be
cannot wait.
The nearby Metropolitan line is
not overly encouraging and we
choose to hike five blocks across
town to try the Central line. an
other deep underground, at Shep-
herds Bush.
There's some technical difficulty
here, something affecting the elec-
trical current. So. instead, we are
herded on an emergency bus for
Marble Arch, beyond which point
the subway is running, so the BUS
loader says.
1t may be just as we'll we didn't
catch the Picadilly line back at
Hammersmith today. That ride
means a short bus ride at the Office
end and it was just the other day
that slow movement in the tunnel
made me miss bus I sometimes
take. A bomb caught it messily a
few minutes later.
Evidence of Siren.
Besides, there happens to be an
alarm on. Though we have lost
the helmeted A. r. P. men at their
doorway stations and by the police
men wearing their gasmasks on
their chests.
The day is sunny and bracing,
I am rather glad to be on the bus.
There are no planes in sight, nor
any sound of them. If they are in
the area they must be at distant
end Of it. l decide, when l reach
Marble Arch, to take another sur
face bus to the Office to enjoy the
morning and avoid three blocks of
walking.
I wait beside a shoe store, which
still has plenty of plate glass win
dows, for the right bus 1t seems
slow coming. Then, suddenly, out of
the upper blue, comes a swelling
scream, a whoosh, a jarring ex-
plosion. A second one follows. The
sound of planes overhead reaches
me. Though the bombs have fall
len two blocks away something takes
the appeal out of the nipping air
and sunshine and I walk briskly up
the street and duck into the dismal
bowels of the earth, content to ride
the tunnel a hundred feet down
and later grab a steel-domed taxi
for that three blocks to the office
And so arrive, on time in spite OF
it ALL
This is just q true picture of a
Londoner going to work My case
is different from that of many of
my friends only because I have
more choices to make, more cards
to play. During the blitz so far I
have used all the six available
routes and various combinations of
them
I congratulate myself that the
trip which normally takes 25 min
utes has never yet taken more than
80.
I also knock wood at this point.
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Senator Elect Ki|gore
Backs Defense Program
2, the Associated Press.

l.
MONTGOMERY, w. Va, Dec 30.
-Senator-elect Harley NJ. Kilgore
said yesterday he would take the
oath of office in Washington Friday
and would do whatever he can ito
keep the defense program moving
and keep this country out of war. if
possible"
THAT is the principal problem
that is facing the country" he said
as he prepared to leave last night
for his home in Beckley.
He disclosed he has submitted to
Gov. Homer A. Holt his resignation
as Judge of the Criminal Court Of
Raleigh County, post he has held
since 1888, effective December 81.
He faces the prospect of becoming
a full -fledged Senator before sew
ering his connection with the Army
A lieutenant colonel on the staf OF
Brig. Gen. William l.. Horner, State
adjutant general, he was inducted
several months ago to assist with
selective service. He said he would
straighten out his military status
after he arrives III washington.
Evening star., 1940-12-30
By MILO NJ. THOMPSON,
Associated Press Stan WrlLer.

ASSOClhlcu IicsS yuan 'Ah~~N'
NEW YORK, Dec. 30-If you are
a good rummy player, putting your
faith in combinations of cards
which give you several chances, not
merely one, of success, you Will
enjoy the gamble and adventure OF
going to work with me in London.
I am a C0mmuter anG / of1er
a typical experience because it will
show what most Londoners lace.
1 have slept through the storm
of the night, lulled by the grind
grind grind of German planes over
head and wakened only half dozen
times by spasms of gupflre close
enough to make the house tremble.
A nearby bomb or two has made my
dreams nightmarish and l am not
quite rested when leave the house
an hour earlier than in peace
time days.
We shall not choose the pre-blitz
route under the chestnut trees and
beside the typical English gardens
to my suburban railroad station
If the night bombs have interfered
with that line, which is part of the
| underground system, we shall have
had the walk for nothing and lost
time. That is fike putting all our
faith in the turning up of one card
only.
Two Chances of Success.
Instead we wait at our own corner
for a bus bound in the direction
of the city, hoping we shall not
have yesterdays experience. Yes
terday, because the railroad was
tied UP. all the buses in that di-
rection were too full to stop and it
was necessary, after four or five
misses, to go in the opposite direc-
ton to the nearest town and take
roundabout southern railroad
train to Waterloo Station, then a
bus to the Office.
That alternate route offers two
chances of success. but if We catch
a bus in the right direction today
we shall have four.
We are successful this time and
off on the gamble Half mile down
the road our route parallels another
part of the underground system and
we watch the railroad closely. II
there are signs of trains moving we
shall hop off presently near a sta
ton and take one
Each Station Has Blackboard.
But that doesn't happen today
and we continue on to Hammer
smith. junction which offers three
chances. There is the District line,
which runs shallowlv underground
following the general line of the
Thames River. There is the Plea
dilly line which, after several sur
face stops goes deep underground
far out of reach of the bombs
There is also a terminal on the
Metropolitan line which, however, is
a rather out of the way rouve for
me and to be avoided if anything
| better offers.
We pile off the bus and dash into
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Wheeler Urges Youth
To Protect Nation
From Warmongers
Same Old Bill Of Goods
Being Sold TO U. s.,
Senator Asserts
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Of
Montana asked young people last
night to "see to it that the incDe-
pendence Of America is not surren-
dered to the war-mongers and inte1-
ventionists."
In a telephone address to the Ma
tional Youth Anti-War Congress,
meeting in Madison, Wis, the Mon
tana Senator said "insidiously clever
propagandists, well financed. srs
again selling the same bill of goods
that was sold the American people
20 years ago" =
"Spokesmen for real democracy
he continued, ARE branded appets-
ers these days; appeasers, fifth COL
umnists and worse, all in a subtle
attempt to silence the last remaining
voices of sanity and common sense.
Americans are being sold a
strange and awful doctrine-the
sterility of peace! Peace, We sre
being told, cannot be had now
maybe some time in the distant fu-
ture, but not now"
Senator Wheeler said no one de-
MED the need for preparedness, but
asserted that billions for rearma-
ment were being tossed around as
If they were pennies"
Tremendous sums are being
wasted" he said, but that is the
price We must pay for helter-skelter
foreign policy which never has mat de
clear to the American people agairst
what they are arming and what
they are to defend"
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Henry John Horn Dies;
Roll Industry Leader

BY the Associated Press
BROOKLINE, Mass, Dec 30
Henry John Horn, rs, railroad
analyst and a former vice president
of both the New York, New Haven
& Hartford and the Boston & Maine
Railroads, died yesterday.
At one time he was general man
ager of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road and assistant general manager
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad. Since 1913 he had been
a railroad analyst.
Mr.. Horn. who was born in St.
Paul, was a member of the Amer
ican Commission to Russia in 1917
and later served as chairman of the
American Railway Commission to
that country,
Evening star., 1940-12-30

traits which appear in young chill
dren was described by DR.. T. W.
Richards of Antioch College.
1t consists of quarrelsomeness.
resistance to authority, emotional
excitability, cruelty, non-suggesti-
bility, jealousy. aggressiveness, ten
acity, shyness, fearfulness and vigor
of behavior. When a child rates
high on one of these traits. he tends
to rate high on all of them, Dr.
Richards said.
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Commuters in London Find
Getting to Work Is Gamble
Newswriter Knocks Wood os He Makes
25-Minute Trip in Not More Than 90

This chapter, the t,Ueltth,
brings to conclusion the story
OF life in England under current
maritime conditions, Dritten by
Milo NJ. Thompson. chief OF the
London Bureau of the Associated
Press, 1uho returned to the United
States recently.
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Soop Rotioning Goes
In Effect in Denmark
Bv the Associated Press.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (via
BerlinD, Dec. 30.-Soap rationing be-
gan today in Denmark. Each in
habitant may have one bar of soap
q month and each male adult one
stick of shaving soap.
The fat content of soap also was
decreased from 80 to so per cent
and laundries were obliged to cut
their soap consumption by half.
Evening star., 1940-12-30

The earliest libraries Of the world
probably were temples.
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Mountains Flank HarbOr,

High mountains so flank this har-
Dor that an attacking aircraft would
come within the murderous cross
fire Of anti-aircraft units on three
Evening star., 1940-12-30

This is the first OF q series OF
articles based on an erhdustiDe
surrey OF Martinique, French
possession in the West Indies.
The series, 1Dritten for the North
American Newspaper Alliance,
examines the intrigue tDhich is
the islands. prevailing theme,
seeks to determine its gopern-
mental control and national SYM
pathies, and diagnoses the mill
tary, social and political inter-
ests of the United States in the
island and nearby.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-13

DR.. Clcndcning will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-13

that if 1O,G0O,0O0 men arc called
in the draft, 100000 will be
found sufficiently inadequate to be
rejected.
The "Musts"
Hciqht and aveight-This cate
CORY is rcaIy'not a physical defect
and in times Of extreme emergency
could be rrla%cd. But the army
likes to haze its ranks look uni
form and tlose over six feet, six
inches in height or under five feet,
four inches. arc turned down. 1--WE
might get up special tall and short
regiments. | have notion the
little guys would put up pretty
good scrap) Weight between ll5
and $50 is standard. Seventy
threa thousand men were rejected
in 1917 on account Of under
weight.
Flatioof-This is an obviously
insurmountabie defect for a sol
der. Nearly Il third of I'LL rcjcc-
tions will be from this c"H>c. Bun
ions equally bad.
HcjWin-In the last war, SOL
diers could be ordered to have