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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08

1 Sol11pAAS%SS
and it's the research division that
has to do most Of it. 1t plans to
open five sub-regional offices and
take on extra help, and figures the
Job will take all summer. But the
next fiscal year begins July 1, and
as things are now, the DIVISIONS
money will then be cut off.
CLAIMS MUST
BE SIFTED
Practically all of the strikers have
been rehired by Republic, but the
board claims lots of them get poorer
Jobs than they used to have despite
it's ruling that the jobs must be
Substantially equivalent" to the ole
ones. So, for one thing, an intricate
bit of job-analysis must be done fol
hundreds upon hundreds of indi
viduals.
If the research division is Grip
pied, there won't be anyone to d.
this job. For that matter, the little
steeT' case probably wouldn't have
been won in the first place without
the divisions work.
MURPHY AND JACKSON
NOT TOO CORDIAL
Attorney General Jackson and his
predecessor, Supreme Court Justice
Murphy, were exactly Damon
and Pythias. They've been ever less
so since Jackson took I'VE Justice
department.
Latest indication of this came
when Senator Tobey accused the de
partment of drafting a bill to make
secret census data available to the
FBI and to army and navy intelli'
gence outfits. Jackson Immediately
pointed out that Justice had merely
drafted the bill at an unnamed OF
ficial's request; then he added, tact
ly, that anyway it was done under
Murphy, and that the bill "is moi
in accord with the present policy
of the department of Justice"
Thing to remember about presen'
legal scrap between Communists AM
the Dies committee is that the party
really in the middle is the New Dea
itself.
A good part Of the committee.
effort to lay bare party membership
rolls and get a full story of every
thing the party has been up to i:
due to the committees conviction
that for many years the Commu'
nists got altogether too many ia
vors from the New Deal. Chairman
Dies has been given some prett.
amazing tips and leads; the Commu
nists' I-won't-talk tactics are keep
ing him from following through or
them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08

resides in the western segment of
the state"
Getting out his geography, your
Raleigh reporter suggests, withs 1t
intending to be carpingly critical:
That Jackson county is in the
vest (Dan Tompkins, a candidate
for lieutenant governor, lives
there.)
That Buncombe county is in the
west (Charles Miller, for state audi
tor, lives there.)
That Davidson county is in the
west Ulster Martin, who would
be lieutenant governor, lives there.)
That Person is, politically at
least, regarded as in the west Greg
Harris, another candidate for lieu
tenant governor lives there.).
That Stanly county is west (Erk
Smith lives there).
That Alamance county is west
Commissioner of Agriculture Kerr
Scott, for denominations, lives
there) and maybe others.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08
BY Bob Matthews
Staff Writer

Agricultural p progress in New
Hanover county has been fostered
by the expansion of extension serv-
ice programs from 1912 through
1899.
The first county agent in 1912 was
]. P. Herring who received his ap-
pointment from C. R. Hudson, then
dean of extension service in North
Carolina.
In the beginning, the agent had
to go from farm to farm to find CO.
Operators and demonstrators, ex-
plaining to them the service being
offered. Few farmers thought well
of it. Many thought it just a new
project to give someone a job.
This attitude of the majority led
the agent to realize that it was up
to him to establish the work in the
county by his own continuous ef-
forts, proving to the farmers by re-
suits t h t the work was worth
while.
During the first year of the work,
the agent was employed for eight
months of the twelve, but after the
eight months were up the farmers
continued to call for the advice OF
the agent so often that he practical
ly spent the other four months
working without pay.
However, this proved that the
farmers were becoming interested.
The next year in 1913 the agent was
put on a full time basis. Other
evidence of the fact the service
was to be a permanent thing in the
section was the appointing Of
agents in the surrounding counties
No Home Agent
Herring was often called on by
the farm women of the county fol
assistance, since there was nc
home agent at that time. Money
was obtained to secure the services
of Mrs. j. P. Herring during the
summers of 1913 and 1914. Mrs. j.
C. Pretlow later received the ap.
pointment as the first county home
demonstration agent.
In 1914, DR.. L. B. Sasser and
George H. Hutaff offered, unsolicit.
ed, 5000 in prizes to the Boys Corn
club. The results of the contest
sponsored by the club stimulated
the farmers to use improved seed
corn and thereby produce better
fields. It also made farmers real
re that corn could be grown in the
ounty too cheaply for them to buy
orn which many of them had been
doing up to that time.
In 1915, G.. H. Hutaff, seeing the
'esults of the fine cooperation
mong the Corn Club boys, offered
0 settings of pure breed Rhode
sland eggs, to be given boys and
iris selected to receive them. The
esults of this work changed almost
t once the complexion of the farm
locks in the county. Its influence is
till manifest, as Rhode Island
reds predominant on all farms.
The hogs were, for the most part,
f the Piney Woods Rooter variety.
Herring considered a proposition
by Hugh MacRae that a sale
of forty Duroc pure bred gifts be
cid in the county. AS the result of
his project, farmers began to buy
improved breed hogs and are con-
inuing to do so up to the present
ime.
When extension service programs
first began in the county the family
ows were few and low in produc-
ion of milk, giving on IN average
of from one to one and a half gal.
Ions per day.
IA Dairy Herds
The dairy herds, of which there
are now IA, have improved theil
average milk flow, and the owners
are proud of their record of produc'
ton and grade of milk being put or
the markets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08

held by the SUI
preme court, d.
reefs reinstate'
ment and back
gay for thousands
of former Repub-
lie Steel strikers.
But it the re-
S e a r CHI division
doesn't get its
money, there will
be a big hitch.
The job of see
ing that the find
ing is put into eff
feet is enormous
Communicated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, May Z. Unless
ongress changes its mind and re
to the Labor Boards appro.
nriation bill the s45,6oo which was
to have paid the boards research
division next year, the famous 1lno-
inc in the "little steel case may
fall to the ground of its own weight,
This was the biggest case the ooaro
ever handled. The finding, just up
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08
DRESSING
NEEDED

WICHITA, KAS. - Mrs. w. H.
Pattison never had killed a chick
en-. Neither had she ever used a
Ratchet.
Holding the fowl she wanted for
dinner in her left hand she swung
the blade with her right. Mrs. Pat
tison went to a hospital with a
lacerated artery. The chicken ex.
capped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08
FLASHES
OFLLFE
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK-Martin Duran sur
prised a prowler in a friends
room, got chummy with him and
invited him out for a drink.
While they stood at the bar, Bur-
rams friend came in and in an
aside conversation with Duran
learned what was what. He excus-
ed himself, called the cops, and
The prowler ended up in the
clink, booked on a burglary
charge, after detectives found a
quantity of stolen property at his
home,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08

grace after Jan. 1 to buy those
tags, but even this would be of
LITTLE value to the farmer if poor
secondary roads kept him from
using his automobile or pick : up
truck"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08
NOT A DREAM

NO1 n
KANSAS CITY - District fire
chief Charles Mulloy, Ga, was
browsing on his station house bed.
An alarm blared. He jumped into
his boots and dived toward the
brass pole.
He missed and fel 15-feet. At
PENDANTS at a hospital could dis
cover only a slightly sprained left
ankle, so he returned to duty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08
REECE RITES

DOBSON.-Funera services will
be held here this afternoon for Win
ston Lewelyn Reece, II, an attor-
ney here for So years, who died
Sunday in a Mt. Airy hospital. He
was the father-in-law of Rep. A.
D. Foyer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08
POSTMASTER DIES

PIKEVILLE.-J. H. Williams,
81, postmaster here for 10 years,
died yesterday. Funeral services
were held today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08
U. d. C.

no CONCORD: "A fifth di,.,,.
meeting tsn Of the United Dau a5S>sict
OF the Confederacy was b eISS
today. Neld here
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08
NEWTON MAYOR

NEWTUN MAYOR
ACKNOWLEDGING Powell was
elected mayor of Newton yester-
day. He defeated Edward Haupt,
the incumbent, 1,023 votes to "A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-08

TARBORO ELECTION
TARBORO.-City commissioners
were elected here yesterday,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
WILKES LABOR
RECORD ATTACKED
Flvnn Says COP Nominee
Power Companies En-
ployed Labor Spies

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-REAn
attack On Wendell WILKES labor
record by Democratic National
CHAIRMAN Edward J. Flynn was
the aftermath today of the repub-
lican presidential nominees Labor
Day message.
Noting in a statement yester-
dav that Willkie had emphasized
in his message that only in Anne
RIGA and England could free labor
unions exist, Flynn said:
ut is certainly not Mr.. Wilkes
fault that this situation prevails"
Flynn said he republican can
didate once described himself as a
member of big business who
never hired a labor spy" and adj
ded:
But we have the evidence be-
fore the LaFollette investigating
committee that Mr.. Wilkes
Georgia Power company spent $751;
900 on labor spies from Pinker-
TONS; that Mr.. Wilkes central IL
linois light bought guns and tear
gas shells; that no fewer than
three of the Willkie companies
were clients of the biggest espion.
age agency devoted solely to in
dustrial work."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
DRAFT WEALTH
IDEA NOT DEAD

Senators who believe wealth as
well as manpower should be draft
ed in an emergency If not dis
couraged by defeat of the Lee
amendment.
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida
will introduce a CONSUMPTION bill
amendment which would give the
government the right to take over
essential war industries.
Pepper proposes such action only
as a last resort. If such a drastic
measure were necessary, the mu-
nitions maker would continue as
the employer, but management
would be under government con-
troll.
The manufacturer would receive
fair compensation when he sur
rendered control. Senator Pepper
thinks 4 or 5 per cent profit on
war orders is fair compensation
Isolationist and "short-of-war''
senator's stand shoulder to shoulder
in debate on the wealth draft issue.
Senator Clark of Missouri promised
his colleagues they could not evade
the issue by shelving the Lee
amendment. i
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

In other words, the one who is a
little lower than another salutes
the man above him in rank and
SO on. The last man down, the
boy we are going to conscript, is
going to shine the boots OF the men
who want CONSUMPTION"
Nobody interrupted him to say
that the Senate, whether it even,
tually passes the bill or not, was
wasting precious time in this mat.
ter Of preparation, just as crushed
France did and just as Britain,
now fighting for it's life, did.
France and Britain also had
men who, like the American sena-
tors, thought there was plenty OF
time to prepare for defense.
But Hitler knew better. That's
why Hitler expressed such con-
tempt for democracies. He said
they could always be relied upon
to blunder in defense matters.
In 1910, with war raging in many
parts of the globe, there is a de-
cided air of unreality about the
actions and speeches in the Senate.
A person who had witnessed some
Of the terrible results of delay in
the Old World had to pinch him.
self to be sure this was really an
American governmental body con-
sidering what may be a life or
death matter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
F. D. R. EXPLAINS
DESTROYER SWAP
President Says New Bases
Will Keep The Enemy
From Our Door

ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN
N Rio UTE TO WASHINGTON,
Sept. 3.-R-President Roosevelt
said today that the chief value of
air and naval bases acquired in
British crown colonies strewn from
Newfoundland to British Guiana
was that they would keep the
enemy away from u front door.
They have got to get through
there, Mr.. Roosevelt said, before
they can get to us.
He told reporters at a press con-
ference on his special train that
the epochal acquisition of the bases
was probably, in some respects, the
most important thing for American
defense since the Louisiana pur-
chase in 1903.
Furthermore, the President drop.
ped what appeared to be a hint
that further history-making steps
task of rebuilding the wrecked civil
lization of the world"
Among the other dignataries there
were Governors Burnet r. Maybank
of South Carolina, Keen johnson
Of Kentucky, and Prentice Cooper
of, Tennessee, and Secretary Of In
terror Harold Ickes. Mrs. Roosevelt
accompanied the President. Riding
in the automobile with the Roose-
velts were Ickes, and Senators Rey-
nolds D-NC) and Mcclellan D-Tenn).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
BY MILTON BRONNER

DI N1A1OIN VOINlNL h
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
The Senate was
debating one of the most vital and
controversial bills ever presented
to Congress in time of peace. The
CONSUMPTION bill had stirred up
strong feeling, both pro and con.
You would think, in such cir
cumstances, that every one of the
well-paid senator's would be in his
seat, listening to what is said, keep
ing an open mind, weighing all
sides as expressed in the debate,
finally making a judicious decision.
But one afternoon, when one OF
the senators who opposes the bill
was drooling along in leisurely
time-killing style, there were just
10 senators lolling in their seats.
Some few were listening. Others
were reading documents or pen
ming letters. Nobody was r u d e
enough to point out that there was
not a quorum-that would have
started call-bells ringing, disturb
ing the afternoon siesta of some
statesmen.
HOLT is
in NO RUSH
1t was not only the lackadaisical
way of treating the bill that shocks,
but some of the arguments used.
Rush Holt, who retires soon from
his West Virginia senatorship, gave
some results of his profound think
ing about life in the army:
What is the theory in an army?
A private salutes a corporal; a
corporal salutes a sergeant; a SER
geant salutes a lieutenant; a lieu
tenant salutes a major. In
other words, it is the old caste
system, the system that Europe
had and still has, but not the sys-
tenn that we have seen in America.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Book Highlights
Homer Evans is back.

Homer Evans is back.
You remember Homer. The
ever-calm, William Powell-ish
sleuth of THE Mysterious Mickey
Finn" and '.Hugger-Mugger in the
Louvre Homer and his incompar-
able girl friend, Miriam, the gun
totin', sharp-shooting gal from
Montana.
You'll find them at work and
play again in Elliot PauTs May
hem in B-Flat' CRandom House:
D which has to do with the theft
Of a priceless Guarnerius violin, a
huge dog, rival gangs, murders,
tarantulas, dancing girls and low
ing ladies.
Elliot Paul gives you plenty of
laughs-and a bumper crop OF
homicide in this story that take
you from concert hall to cabaret
to brothel, at racehorse speed.
Even Homer has a hard time keep
ing up.
Author Paul is a sly one. His
cups are as 1aSt as Mlrlam'S light
ming draw; his innuendos as in
nocent as a strip-teaser. If you're
looking for deep-dyed detective
problems, Mayhem in B-Flat'' is
not for you. But if you want a
hilarious evening, spend it with
Homer, Miriam and the gang. You
won't regret it.
All the problems of newlyweds
operating on a budget are found
IN Margaret Culkin Banning's
Enough to Live On" (Harper and
Brothers: . but it still doesn't
answer the puzzle of making one
dollar do for two.
Vincent and ella thought thew
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
States Peach Crop
Proves Unusually Small
Star-NeWs Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, Sept. 3.-North Caro-
lima growers shipped their smallest
peach crop in many years into ten
states; used trucks in a ratio OF
about 5 to 1 over rail; and received
fairly good prices despite the fact
that the United States peach crop
was up half a million bushels over
its ten-year average.
Harry T. Wescott, marketing spe-
cialist of the State Department of
Agriculture, put the states CONNER
cial peach crop at 1,176,0 bushels,
as compared with 1905, 900 a year
ago. 1t was much the smallest crop
for any year since 1892 and was
less than half the size of the 1885
crop which reached 2,400,0 900 BUSH
els.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Jessie Reddick Faces
Wilson Murder Charge

DARLINGTON, S. c., Sept. s.
R-A man identified by Police
Chief E.. R. McIver as Jessie Red
dick was turned over to Wilson,
N. c., police yesterday to stand
rtial on a murder charge.
The man, arrested in a tobacco
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

had figured everything for a $40
a-week salary before they mar
ried. But the incidentals, ana then
the baby, wrecked all plans.
Comes, too, a couple of home
breakers, but it all turns out all
right. Real, but but decidedly I'M
funny. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

c. H.-"What are the sever or
gans of the abdomen, and also the
ten nerves of the body"
AnsWer-This sounds as if the
questioner had been reading a Chi
nese or chiropractic book of medi-
cine. To name only eleven organs
there are, in the abdomen, the
stomach, small intestine, appendix,
colon, liver, two kidneys, two adre-
nails, spleen, and pancreas. There
are several thousand nerves in the
body. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

Approximately half a million
workers in North Carolina are pro-
tected by the State Unemployment
Compensation Law.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
In Washington

While Bruce Cation vaca-
lions, other members of NEA
Services Washington bureau
pinch-hit for him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

The NC. Unemployment
of July /, 1910. '0o' '4O'93 as
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

warehouse is charged with l;,r
months ago, the chief said S0a ls
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

oo In the England OF l7zl. button,
ed. ptonlbit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

is an indication of how frequent
the association is,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

M. F.-"Please tell me if now,
can be caused by nervousness"
Answer Nearly any svrn,.-
can be caused by nervousness "un
nausea is n which is most a.si,a
excited in this way. If bv ner1.an
ness is meant any emotiona, d:s
turbance or lmbalance, it must hs
evident that nausea can be cs', We
in this way. The Common nhaS-
1T made me sick at my stonoaaSe
Evening star., 1940-05-16
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, May 16.-The stock
market greeted President Roose-
velt's billion-dol armament pro-
gram today with swift buying rush
that pushed many prices up l to s
points.
Steels and aircrafts were the chief
beneficiaries. The buying got under
way while the President was speak.
ing, and the ticker tape fell behind
transactions on the floor-but only
minute behind and only for q
short time. About 100000 shares
changed hands.
At their best, Bethlehem Steel
Douglas and a few others showed
the outside gains. Others sharply
ahead as Wall Street heard a call
for an annual plane capacity Of
$4,000 and a 50,O00-plane program
for the Army and Navy included
Boeing, United Aircraft, North
American Aviation, Glenn Martin,
Sperry, Lockheed and Curtiss
Wright.
United States Steel, Youngstown
and Bethlehem likewise forged
ahead. Some met moderate profit
taking before the close.
Specialties, favored all day, made
a strong finish. Air Reduction, Dow
Chemical, Johns-Manville, j. C.
Penney, Phillip Morris and Ovens
Illinois all added l to 2 or more.
Despite the furry in war babies"
the list was well scattered with
minus signs.
In the curb market, wide gamers
included Breeze Corp, Colts Fire
arms, Brewster Aero, Aluminium of
America and Jones & Laughlin.
The Importance of recent big mar
kets in grain at Chicago as factors
in the break in all sorts of specula-
tive prices earlier this week, and
their subsequent partial recovery.
was emphasized by figures today
showing the volume of transac-
tions. Wheat turnover Wednesday
reached 10l 100000 bushels, biggest
since July, 1887. and rye business
was the largest since April, 1885.
The more than seasonal rise in
carloadings for the latest week to a
new peak for the year failed to stir
much interest in rail issues when
hrst announced, but eventually the
carriers found mild support, even
though overshadowed by buying In
war shares.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, May 16.-After three
consecutive sessions of sharply low
er prices, the wheat market TODAY
rlghted itself on the strength of
buying from consuming interests.
exporters and investors and de-
Veloped strong recovery power.
Extremely rapid and wide price
fluctuations continued to charac-
terize trading, with quotations more
than 2 cents net lower at times, but
the market closed strong, with net
gains ranging up to to more than
4 cents.
AT early lows wheat values showed
losses of Is cents a bushel since
the start of trading on Monday.
closing figures, however, were more
IMAM 8 cents above these lows.
Wheat closed at the best levels
OF the day, 3 to AZ cents higher
than yesterday, with May at 90k
Corn was 37s-4A cents higher. MAJ.
63b; rye 32a-4 cents up and oats
lss-2A higher.
Inc rally in securities that ac-
companled the address of President
roosevelt helped to strengthen
grains.
yUrrar
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Dry Goods Market

4, NEW YORK, May Is R.-Tradinr IN
the cotton goods district remained ouiet
sonay. Aitnoueh prices were unsettled.
came from the bag trade for sheetinss and
,;n1 0sna6urss but aside from this activity was
Demand for rayon dress goods VA.
orisk especially sharkskins Spot supplies
were Wen liquidated Interest for fall
laoflcs continued to grow, and sheers re-
business IN silk goods was neglected.
Fsst supplies Of Nylon hosiery sold at
rsIau WEDNESDAY and met active demand.
sypes' put branded names sold at $1.14 TO
chases to actual needs. number Of
plants. have stepped UP production but
majority are less active than at this
time y year aEo.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Winnipeg Prices.

today: Az H'.-Nran range
Evening star., 1940-05-16

80 Wheat. No: Northern. 71H: Nc
No N9; 3, o97s; oats, No. 2 white, 34ss;
Evening star., 1940-05-16

Continued On Page A-23o
Evening star., 1940-05-16

Baltimore ouotstious.
= BALTIMORE. May 16 Pl.-Wheat. No.
RED winter sarlicky. spot, domestic. az.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
D. {. Insurance Sales
Rise n Per Cent
Above Year Ago
Four Months TotuI
Remains 9 Per Cent
Behind 1899
BY EDWARD. C. STONE.

Life insurance sales in Washing
ton in April scared % per cent above
the corresponding month last year.
new policies totaling $5,760,0O0, the
Life Insurance Research Bureau at
Hartford reported today. The ma
tional gain in April was Is per cent
over April year ago.
New life insurance written IN
Washington in the first four months
Of this year amounted to S2o,0S6, 900.
of 8 per cent from the 1889 total
on the same date. The national
total for the period was S2,l66, ,l59,-
600, down 8 per cent from the pre-
vious year.
Maryland wrote $S,261 900 new in
surance in April, up per cent
from last year, and $31, ,128 900 in
the four months, slump of per
cent. Virginia reported new busi-
ness in April amounting to 1884,
600, leading all this territory with
a jump of 36 per cent over April,
1889. Business in the four months
amounted to $30,473,OO0, within 2
per cent of last years Virginia
total.
North Cardinals business in April
was up 26 per cent and within /
per cent of 1889 in the four months.
South Carolina did 18 per cent more
business in April and II per cent
more in the four months. West
Virginia scored a fine 18 per cent
gain in April and 3 per cent in first
four months of 1910 over 1899.
I Sales in Washington, by months,
In 1910 compare as follows with the
corresponding months in 1889: