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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
STILL IN THE SADDLE

The senate action on the trade agreement
is significant, not only because it
extends the program for three years, thereby
affording Mr.. HULL, the secretary of state,
opportunity to extend it's influence, but be-
cause it proves conclusively that President
ROOSEVELT is still in the saddle and Mr.. GAR
NER on the ground. The vice president had
sought to reduce the extension to one year.
We're one so inclined, it would be possible
to draw a parallel between the position of
the two men in a political sense from this
victory Of the President. The conclusion
would be rather damning to Mr.. GARNER's
presidential aspirations. A defeat now, with
him a candidate, can do him no good in his
continued campaign for that high office.
At the sam time it would be jumping the
gun to believe that the senate's vote is a
plug for a third term. But it unquestionably
indicates that leadership is still vested in the
President. There has been no fight more bit
ter in congress than this one over the HULL
trade agreements. The opposition, which has
not been confined to the republicans but has
had the active help Of some disgruntled demo.
Gratis, including Mr.. GARNER, has put forth its
best effort to hamstring the President in the
operation Of treaties concluded under the act.
Jealous Of it's prerogatives, the senate has
not welcomed the provision that trade treaties
may be promulgated by the Chief Executive
without senatorial approval. 1t was upon
this provision that the opposition trained Its
heaviest guns. That it was unable to muster
sufficient strength to remove it, or to short
en- the term Of extension, is pretty good proof
that President ROOSEVELT is still able to
shape legislation to his liking.
Whether the provision is wise or baneful
is beside the mark. Time alone can assign 1t
to its proper place. The point is that when
the Presidents mind is made up it requires
more than the senate's greatest effort to
shake 1t or set his will aside. That is the
lesson taught by the trade agreement battle
in the upper house Of congress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
Ten Former ~Playnakers
Are Cited By DR.. Koch

CHAPEL HILL, April 7.-R-
Ten former playmates were cited
for distinctive achievement" by DIR.
Frederick H. Koch at the closing
session of the Southern Drama fes.
tival at a banquet last night at the
Carolina Inn.
Those cited were Prof. George
McKie of the University English de-
partment, Bernice Kelly Harris,
member of the first summer school
course in playwriting to be given
by DR.. Koch; Jonathan Daniels,
author and editor; shepperd strud.
wick, who is winning fame in the
movies; George Denny, president of
Town Hall; Hubert Heffner, Sue
cessful teacher Of drama; Sarah
Gertrude Knott, founder of the Ma.
tional Folk festival; Kay Kyser,
Paul Green, and Archibald Hender.
son.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
Tribunal May Announce
Today Whether 1t Will
Review Order OF NLRB

WASHINGTON, April T, - TIT -
The supreme court may announce
tomorrow whether it will review 3
Labor board order directing tA'
Republic Steel corporation to rem
state some 5000 employees who ''
gagged in the Little Steel strike ID
1887.
The corporation appealed to t1s
nigh tribunal from a decision o!
the federal circuit court al Phla'
oelphia sustaining the Labor boa!1
order, except as to the reinsLate'
ment of a few workmen held guilty
OF extreme violence.
Republic Steel c%ontended its ~
1usal to sign a contract with tAs
steel Workers Organizing COMMIT
tee, a clio affiliate, caused tA'
strike. The Labor board, however,
placed primary responsibility on
unfair labor practices by the cor
poration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08

SldlllUdhS.
Many persons who have noted that
family reunions have gone out of
FASHION have blamed this to people
now living farther apart than they
used to be in the horse-and-buggy
Gays. Relatives are farther apart
now perhaps, but the automobile
and long-distance telephone still
make it as easy for a family scatter.
cd over a couple states to get to.
gether.
Inc facts in the case are that
FAMILIES are weakening in the U. S.
Ihere are more families, but thew
are smaller. Today the average
family numbers only slightly more
imam three persons. In grandfach.
ers day, there were six to eight
members of the same family living
under the same roof.
"A gathering Of the clan TODAY
brings together barely half the mum
DER Oh people it used to. and it is
perhaps only o~ne-fourth the fun if
used to be.
L am also afraid that the rapid
advances in invention and fashions
nave weakened the younger mem.
oers PRIDE in the family by making
enem feel the others are old.fashion.
co. FAMILY pride as well as family
SIZE may have taken a tumble.
IN every side we SOC ~;..--
Big houses are empty and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
What 1t Means:
Primary Results

bosses-put g. lot of jokers AMI
ifs" "ands," and ''buts' in pr.
mary laws.
That means presidential prima'
ries are by nature mere preliminary
exercises unless clear-cut issues Of
personalities or both emerge through
the fog early enough in the spring
of a presidential year.
So far, it looks as if the paHr
voters are seeing-or think they
see-issues and men. Anyway, br4
the President and Mr.. Dewey cary
got the kind of advertising that
twice before has been turned into
nominations.
1t remains to be seen whether
that can-or WILDE done again.
If you ask my advice, it's don't bet
your money yet, this year.
Wait until the state conventions
start.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
Under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highvoy from WrightsOiHe
Beach to Bold Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5.Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wtd-
er Turning Basin, 11ith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, Via
Orton Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
m%otiomal Agency, supported By one, .
countrywide tar.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for whttes.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape groping
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis sanotorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08

On the republican side, it's pos
sible to test the vote-getting powers
Of rival candidates.
The net result is advertising for
the victors. The early primaries
give top billing to Crusader Thomas
E. Dewey, the New York vote-get-
ter, and to Franklin Roosevelt.
State Conventions
The reason why presidential pri-
maries usually turn out to be moth
ing but sound and fury is because
the system has not been univer-
sally adopted. Less than half the
delegates in a convention go
through the primary test. Most of
then. are chosen at state conven-
tions.
Furthermore, the people who op-
posed the primary idea at the turn
of the century mostly political
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
. RIGHT OR WRONG ABOUT PEOPLE
Why Do We Have
Fewer Relatives!

rotting while small houses are being
built in every suburb. Agricultural
scientists had to develop lishte-
weight turkeys for smaller families
Even cemetery plots are smaller TO-
day than they used to be. And there
are more "only" children for grand
parents to spoil.
But we should not let family pride
Wither just because the size Of the
family has shrunk.
copyright, 1910, NEA Service, Inc)
NEXT: Do cold hands mean a
warm heart?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
Roosevelt Makes Motor
Trip, Inspects Library

HYDE PARK, N. Y, April ~"
"A warm sun gave Presloen'
roosevelt an opportunity TO-DAY "
take a long motor ride over DutcleS,
county roads and make a detaie'
inspection of his new library.
White House officials arrange
Tor MIN to receive a number Of neIs@
oofs and friends tomorrow,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
BY MORGAN M. BEATTY
AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, April 7. The
presidential primaries this year are
generating political oomph because
for the first time in years they are
big news. That's because they are
making clear-cut decisions between
men and issues despite the fog of
confusion that usually shrouds
them.
To you and me and the men who
put the news in the newspapers,
these decisions are news and moth
ing more.
But to candidates they look like
something else. To candidates they
are precious advertising-free ad-
vertising that can't be bought with
money.
And it is the kind of advertising
that has been turned into votes in
the home stretch, too.
It's this way.
The presidential primary has been
law in some states for a little over
80 years. In that time we have
held eight presidential elections. In
five Of those elections the pri-
maries had no more to do with
picking the presidential candidates
than the village half-wit.
Roosevelt I
The first was 1908, when every
body knew Teddy Roosevelt was 60
ing to pick the republican candidate
and his mar would win. That's the
way it turned out. The primaries
had nothing at all to do with it.
1t was a convention job.
Came 1912. The primaries had a
chance for the first time to regis
ter a clear.cut decision. And they
did. Teddy Roosevelt whipped his
former protege, Taft, in the pri-
maries land Wilson had the edge
on the democratic side of the fence.
But the republican convention ig-
nored the primary decision, picked
Taft. Roosevelt, encouraged by the
showing he got in the primaries,
lol1 dS oil 1lloCpOlldSllL. 1lldL WOI1
for Wilson. In short, the primaries
played hob.
In 1916 Wilson was a cinch. The
republican candidates., Hughes and
Hiram johnson, refused to enter a
primary contest anywhere. Pri-
maries, therefore, meant nothing,
and Wilson was elected.
In 1920, all was confusion, and
the primaries advertised no one
candidate as a standout. In 1924
the standout was already on hand
Coolidge. Both in 1920, and in '2l
the primaries were as useless as
an appendix.
Hoover Used Primaries
But in 1928, Hoover made the
primaries count for the first time
after 1912. He ran in the pri.
maries, and the headlines heralded
him as a winner. And he was.
Franklin D. Roosevelt worked in
the same way in 1882. He entered
the primaries after a carefully Or
sdI1Aeu IN the primary
states, and emerged a winnerva
man advertised as a strong vote
getter a long way from his home
state Of New York.
In 1896 the primaries might we'll
have been dispensed with in favor
OF a community taffy pull. 1t was
Roosevelt, and all the primaries
could do was confirm it.
But, now, in 1910.
On the democratic side, it's posi-
Die TO make an issue On the third
term question. Garner did it in Wis
consin by coming out against a
thlrd term. Roosevelt hackers ac-
cepted the challenge, and ran their
mar
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
DOWN WITH THEM

The Carolina Motor Club and the North
Carolina Committee on Roadside Control and
Improvement have started a campaign against
highway camps of questionable reputation
and unquestionable power for evil.
Cabin camps for two-hour tourists" says
a statement Issued by COLEMAN w. ROBERTS,
president Of the motor club and chairman Of
the control committee, are a menace to the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08

to make life in
teresting. There
were too many
around 10 allow
d u moments.
You could u.s.
ually count on
s o m e thing to
happen.
w h e n t h e
family reunion
was h e at
some p n i C
spot, the place
was almost as
crowded a Il
exciting as a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE capital GER
tainly has cashed in on that gift from Tokyo
the Japanese cherry trees.
What the Tournament Of the Ro-es Is to
Pasadena, the Mardi Gras to New Orleans, the
annual county fair to Midriff City-so is the
annual Cherry Blossom festival to washington.
But the capital fathers have a problem that
makes any that might arise in those cities
seem trivial. From February on, committees
from the board Of trade, merchants, innkeep-
ers, historical societies and transportation COM
panies are in constant session with the wealth
erman, horticulturists and the park depart
ment. The problem is: When will the cherry
blossoms blossom?
If They're Wrong
Records for years back show the capitals
5000 cherry trees have burst their buds any
where from March 20 (single blossom trees
and the only kind in the Tidal Basin, where
they always take those %pictures) to May l
(the double. blossom varieties). With five weeks
to guess in, you can see what a problem the
capital, fathers have picking a day. When they
pick wrong there's nothing to do but postpone
the blessed event.
Once they have hit on q date, though, the
mills of the business gods start grinding and
Washington prepares for Its biggest season OF
the year. Excursion trains run from New YORK,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and other cities. Inc
hotels jam to the fire escapes.
From beanerteS to department slotes' Tue
merchants hawk their wares in Cherry Bios
som sales. Traffic becomes a shambles. Cars
by the tens of thousands pour across Flood
Gate bridge down into Cherry Blossom Lane.
Pedestrians clog the pathways. Amateur Pho
tosraphers snap atrocities on miles OF Him.
Old inhabitants swear oaths and take their
annual VOWS never to mingle with this mob
again.
A Queen, Too
Even as in the orange, cotton, TOBACCO apple
and other festivals of other cities, the Cherry
Blossom festival has its queen. Just to show
how widespread is becoming the affair here
this wears Queen Rose Colliflower lists among
her princesses, Shirley Tholen. Leavenworth'
Kas.: Alice Betty Nichols, Chicago; Grace
Dexter. Dallas, Texas; Jane winchester, Will
mington. Del, and Rosemary Burns, shreve'
port, La.
And all this because, % years ago, the city
fathers of Tokyo persisted Ohe first batch of
trees they sent over were buggy and had to
be burned-so they sent a second batch) in
PLAYING hands.across-the.sea.
But don't get me wrong. I love Washington,
| the cherry trees-and all the hocus-pocus that
goes with both of them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
GIFT ANNOTNCED

BERkELEY, Calf, April 7.-R
A $~l,leo,oOo gift to the University
Of California by the Rockefeller
foundatlon to construct a 1900.
ton atom smashing cyclotron was
announced today by Robert G..
Sproul. president of the university.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
By DONALD A. LAIRD
Phi. D., Sci. ID.

Not SO many years ago., home life
was more fun than a box of mon
keys because there were a couple
times as many people living at home
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
TOP o. THE MORNING

Then get this peace: The peace OF God,
Ehich p1sseth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
AT
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
THE FACTOR OF ENVIRONMENT
GharlOftA Observer

V101 1OIG6 OUSETVCI
You could expect no better Of them consid.
erlng the neighborhood in which they live"
so said the social case worker in explanation
ol the delinquencies of the children Of a family.
And she put her finger at this point upon
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08

Small children. says an educator, think fast
er than they can write. It's an excellent habit
to maintain through life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-18
abe CLUB ON
ANNUAL TRIP
Ace Agents of Northwestern
Life Entertained Four Days
at Eastwood Lake.

Company officials and ace agents of
the Northwestern National Life Insur-
ance company of Minneapolis, 16 strong,
arrived in Ely Saturday for their
seventh annual outing at Eastwood
lodge of the Wilderness Outfitters.
More commonly known as Arnold's
Eastwood club, the group spent four
days at the lodge.
Under the guidance of 0. j. Arnold,
Minneapolis, company president, the
group is composed of agents who have
reached certain quota, and represents
the cream of the organizations sales
force. For the past six years the COM
pany has rewarded its best workers
with trip to Eastwood. They come
from all parts of the United States.
Included are E. P. Bolkoma, Detroit;
w. Biddle Combs, Portland; Lee ellis,
Omaha; Charles N. Brown, Danville,
Ill; D. w. Veth, Minneapolis; Emery
Smith, Three Rivers, Mich; John Stan
nard, Williston, N. D.; w. F. Preston,
Great Falls, Mont; Leon Wondrn,
Lincoln, Neb.; w F. Sandifer, Stafford
Kan; Cape Dewitt, Houston, Texas;
R. H. Holmes, Portland; w. B. Wetzell
Sterling, III; D. w. Ashley, Fort Worth
and M G. Lamar, Dewitt, Arkansas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-18
COL. Wallace
ROTARY GUEST
Retired Army Officer Discusses
Conditions In Europe at
Rotary Session.

Forty-two RotarianS and visiting
guests enjoyed the meeting of the Ely
club last week and heard Col. W. B
Wallace, retired army authority, dis
cuss conditions in Europe and the
preparedness of the United States IN
half hour talk during which he
brought out many Illuminating facts
from the view point of one Of exper-
fence.
Col. Wallace recounted some of the
happenings in the Spanish
and World Wars. He thought the most
demoralizing effects were the refugees
returning from the front and meeting
soldiers going up.
Visiting Rotarians were Clare Hen
dee, supervisor Of the Superior Ma
tional Forest; Judge William Scott OF
Two Harbors; C. C. Jacobson of Can
ton, S. D.; F. j. Winters of Oak Park
H.; A. G. Anderson Of Urbana, III.
and Harry DeWolf of Indianapolis, Ind
Non-Rotarian guests of the evening
were william Odds with Col. Wallace
Herbert Loesch, Cleveland, guest o.
Martin Gunderson, Bob Carlson, CUES
of Wilson Carlson, and D. E. Fisher
guest of Judge Scott.
A program of songs were sung b.
the members an dguests concluding
with the Justify and reverently rendered
God Bless America" Peggy McMahal
played the music and Frank DiNin,
directed the singing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-18
ShRINERS VISIT
ELY THURSDAY
Imperial Potentate Olendorf
and Party Impressed With
Ely and Scenery.

Ranking Shrine officers, headed by
Imperial Potentate George Olendorf of
Springfield, Missouri, were here for a
luncheon meeting at the Forest hotel,
Thursday noon
Accompanying Mr.. Olendorf were
Mrs. Olendorf; A A D. Rain, Mime
apolis, past imperial potentate, and
Mrs. Rain; Les Walton, Springfield,
executive to the potentate, and Mrs.
Walton; A. E. Wheeler, Duluth, and
Nels Nelson of Hibbing, who had charge
of the range tour.
For the luncheon the visiting party
were joined by A. Egge, Hibbing; Jack
Tregear, Herman Olson, William Pryor,
George Tufvander, Fred Bystrum and
G. Luoma of Tower; Dr. o. W. Parker,
James I. Laing, Josiah Cock, william
Pearson, DR.. II. j. Iockhart and B. o.
Strachan of this city.
Introductions of visiting and local
Shriners were made at the luncheon
tables and few short addresses made
by the visitors. Following the lunch
con the party which had arrived from
Hibbing departed over the Ely-Finland
road through the Superior National
Forest for the North Shore drive to
Duluth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-18
EXPECT 40 TO
take COURSE
Maternal and Personal Hygiene
to be Taught Class; May
Still Enroll.

A class of from 80 to 40 persons is
expected to be organized to take the
work in maternal and child hygiene
personal and community hygiene, and
home nursing to be offered here.
The class will hold its initial meeting
Friday, July 26, at p. m in the
Community Center. Meetings will be
conducted each Friday, afternoon until
Sept. IS. About half Of the class has
been formed
Persons who are interested in taking
the course may contact Mrs. A. j. Nc
Mahan, local chairman; Mrs. Clinton
Coombe, co-chairman; Mrs. o. E.
Snyker, Mrs. Clifford Berglund, Mrs.
Carl Kruger, Mrs. Elmo Starkman and
Mrs. Reginald Cowling.
Miss Emily MoSford, nurse-instructor
from the state division of child hygiene,
will come here TO conduct the class.
The following subjects will be taken up:
Personal health with its special appl-
cation to pregnancy, sanitation in the
home and the community, prevention of
accidents and care of emergencies in
the home, causes and prevention OF
communicable diseases, care Of the
sick in the home, prenatal care and
preparation for confinement, labor and
lying-in period, care and feeding of
infant and child, growth and develop
ment of child, good nutrition for the
family.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-18
IS SIGN FOR
STAMP Plan
1923 in Orange Stamps Sold
During First Two Weeks;
Expect Increase.

A total of 1923 in orange food stamps
were sold through the Office Of the city
clerk during the first two weeks of the
food stamp plan, an audit made by o.
NJ. Brandt, Virginia, shows.
Along with the orange stamps, which
are good for any item Of food in a
grocer's store, went s41150 worth of
blue stamps exchangeable only for
surplus commodities and which the
purchasers of the orange stamps re-
ceived free.
At the end Of the first two weeks,
rs persons had signed up for the plan,
most of them on WPA-
The amount of stamps sold and the
number participating in the plan are
expected to increase materially before
the initial month has ended. Some
eligible persons still shy away from il
and others had not received checks by
the end of last week so they have not
applied for participation.
Employees at the clerks Office are
called upon to answer all sorts OF
questions about the plan A record
must be kept of stamps sold and the
persons purchasing them
Persons who are participating anc
local grocers are extremely pleased with
the operation Of the plan. One grocer
took in $50 worth of stamps during tht
first two weeks, and another Sis
Continued on Last Page)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-18
Twenty-Sixth Annual Reunion
Picnic Being Conducted at
Mckinley Park.

The 26th annual reunion Of the Yer
million Range Old Settlers association
is being conducted in Tower today.
Organized in 1914, the association
members include men and women who
have been residents of the Vernlilion
range from 20 to more than so years.
Meeting in Mckinley park on the
shores Of beautiful Lake Vernilion, the
association will elect new officers this
afternoon, and hear a talk by j. Adam
Bede, Duluth, former congressman from
the Eighth district.
A 'booyah," coffee, cream and sugar
furnished free by the association, was
served at noon. Following the lunch
program of land and water sports
was conducted
The reunion got under way this
morning with reception of old settlers
in the new Tower municipal building
Following the reception, the annua,
parade was conducted. from the mum
cipal building to Mckinley monument
A year ago the association observed
| its silver anniversary at Ely. Its re.
unions are alternated between this cit.
and Tower
Officers serving during the presen
year include James Beatty, Cook, presi
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-18
Vernilion Old Settlers
Meet in ToUer Today

dent; william Tracy, Minneapolis, first
vice president; B. o. Strachan, Ely,
second vice president; j. B. Pearson,
Tower, secretary; John Dragavon, Ely,
assistant secretary, and j. o. Mike,
Tower, treasurer. Directors are E. j.
Morcom and Hans Olson, Tower. whose
terms expire this year; Bror Mag
nusson, Chisholm, and Dennis Hayes,
Duluth, 1871, and a S. Kitto, Tower,
and Joseph Gerzin, ST., Ely, 1912.
The executive committee in charge
of the 1910 reunion is composed of
Herman T. Olson, chairman; E. j.
Morcom, A NJ Gornick, j. w. Bowman
W. G. Pryor, John Tregear, Martin
Gunderson, and Andrew Erickson al
Of Tower.
Past presidents of the association
with an asterisk 60 indicating those
deceased, follow: John Anderson, Dodge
Center; John Owens, Cook; Sam
owens, Eveleth: E. j. Morcom, Soudan,
sCharles Trezona, Ely; ST H. Wheeler
Tower; Thomas Owens, Two Harbors
*Lon Merritt, Duluth; George H. Wv
ian, Duluth; 'Barth Coffey, Ely; ED.
ward Lynch, Duluth
Mrs. Eliza Polkinghorne, Hibbing
A. j. Thomas, Ely; Mrs. LiIliaI
Schaefer, Ely; Olaf Knutson, Ely; *Johr
H Norden. Tower; Fred B. James, Ely
w. P. Chinn, Duluth; Peter Schaefer
Ely; "a j. Fenske, Ely; q. S. Gran
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