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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26

NATCHEZ, Miss, Jan. 25.-From
March - through April 6, t h e
Eatchez Garden club will conduct
It's 10th annual Pilgrimage to the
Famous ante-bellum homes Of this
section Of the deep South.
Visitors from all parts Of the
States will enjoy the daily
Fours to such places as Melrose,
Auburn, Melmont, Con-
Tavern, Elmscourt, Belvi-
here, Twin Oaks, Cherokee The
Briers, Cottage Gardens, Magnolia
yale, EdgeWood, Mount Repose,
Pleasant Hill, Propinquity, Oak
and, Hawthorne, The Parsonage
md RaVenna, In the evenings, en-
ornaments reminiscent of the
brilliant social life of long ago will
featured, Candlelight receptions,
confederate pageants and balls.
Negro Spirituals will be sung in an
1ld-fashioned church.
No spot on the American CONT
Eent Is richer in tradition and his
Jury mar Natchez. Here one finds
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26

band, featuring the songs of lovely
Katherine Quinn.
c. B. Floyd, who is in charge of
the plans for the Presidents Birth
day Ball, reports that ticket sales
for the dance are going nicely,
but there will be plenty available
for all corners to the dance on
Tuesday night.
Continued on Page 10; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26
Jean McCaig,
Mr.. johnson
Are Engaged
Bride To-Be Is Daughter Of
W. D. McCaig, Of Whining
ton, Resides In Clinton

The following announcement will
be of interest in Wilmington: w.
D. McCaig, of Wilmington, an
nounces the engagement of his
daughter, Miss Jean McCaig, Of
Clinton, to F. Badger Johnson, Jr.,
of Greenville.
Mr.. johnson is the son of F. B.
johnson, of Clinton. S
Evening star., 1941-01-03

houses OF Congress still IS over
whelmingly Democratic. The ma
| jority party has 267 members in the
| House, the Republicans 162 the Pro-
! gressives 3, the Farmer-Labor party
/. the American Labor party l and
Independents l. This is a loss Of
eight seats by the Republicans as
compared to the old Congress, which
died officially at noon.
In the Senate the Democrats hold
sc seats. the Republicans ga
slight gain over the old Congress
the Progressives l and the inde-
pendents l.
The Senate of the Seventy sixth
Congress met at 1l:30 am. to wind
up some odds and ends of business.
The old House, however, quit yes
terday afternoon.
Delay in Business Likely.
While the new Congress meets in
a cloud of uncertainty as to what
the future holds, the probabilities
are it will be days before it gets down
to business, if not weeks. House
commit ees, it is true, have been at
work on appropriation bills, getting
them ready for introduction. The
Presidents budget meSsage-pro-
viding, it is expected, for total ex-
penditure and authorization of ap-
proximately s17.O0O0O0 000-wlll not
be delivered to Congress before
Tuesday. Presumably $4,000, 100000
of this total will be for national de-
fense and the remainder to carry
on the so-called ordinary expenses
of Government.
AS the legislators assembled today
the greatest interest centered in the
Presidents recommendation for aid
to Britain. No one could Say-or
would say-the extent to which the
recommendations will go. The Chief
Executive has advanced a lease
lend" suggestion for supplying arms,
munitions and ships to Britain. Re-
ports have spread that he may
modify the plan in part TO provide
for payment by Britain in commod-
tiles needed by this country.
The iSolationiStS in Congress are
waiting to pounce on any proposal
in which they visualize further ap-
proach of this country toward in
tervention in the wars abroad. Many
of them have modified earlier posi-
tions so that they now are ready
to go ahead with a program for
the strongest kind of national de-
fense. They still insist, however,
that any steps to aid Britain must
be short of war
The President will have strong
backing, however, for the position
he has taken that everything pos
sible be done to prevent the de-
feat of Britain.
The death Of the old Congress
today sweeps the boards entirely
clear of pending legislation. All
bills and resolutions die with the
Congress, and must be presented
all over again if they are to have
consideration in the new.
On the domestic side of the pic
ture-as contrasted to measures
dealing with national defense and
foreign affairs-great interest CEN
tiers in the proposals of the Federal
Reserve Board, intended to check
Evening star., 1941-01-03
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Major items already on the
calendar for the Seventy-seventh
Congress:
/. The Nations foreign policy.
President Roosevelt's proposal to
lease or lend war supplies to Britain
was expected to become the pivot
for spirited congressional debate on
all phases of the international
situation and the country's foreign
policy.
2. Aiming America for national
defense. Congress may be asked
for as much as s1O0OO,0OO000 to
round out the preparedness pro-
gram. Some legislators would like
to change the draft law, to admin
lister a years militry training to all
men as they reach the age of 81.
8. Taxes. While no member of
Congress believes the Nation can
finance the defense program on a
pay-as-We-go basis. new revenue
must be found to offset some of the
billions to be appropriated for civil
and military purposes. What to tax,
and how much to tax it, are the big
question.
4. The debt limit, now $4,000
o00, 900, should be raised, Secretary
Morgenthau contends, to S60000,-
100000 or ,O0O,0OO,0O0 Some
members of Congress have expressed
opposition to such a large lump-sum
boost.
5. Farm aid. A lively debate on
this subject was indicated between
Evening star., 1941-01-03

any infationary moves. Among
them are recommendations that the
Presidents power to devalue the
dollar still further be allowed to ex-
pire next June-inStead of being
extended by new act of Congress
and that the Presidents authority
to issue $4,000 100000 in greenbacks
be removed. There will be strong
backing in Congress for the pro-
posals of the board, although what
the attitude of the President will be
has not yet been disclosed.
Revival of the proposed amend
mentS to the Labor Relations Act,
which passed the House during the
old Congress but remained bottled
up in the Senate Labor Committee
is expected. If strikes prevail in
plants producing material for the
national defense program, Con-
gress is likely to seek summary ac-
ton to put an end to them during
the emergency.
The Logan-Walter bill. to facih-
tate court review of rules and
orders issued by executive agencies,
will be reintroduced. The Presi-
dent vetoed this measure recently.
He has a committe which inves-
tigated and will submit a report
on the whole subject.
Garner Presides for 18 Days.
Vice President Garner will con-
tinue to preside over the sessions
of the Senate for the next 18 days,
the remainder of his term of Office.
He returned to Washington yester-
day after three-month absence.
He spent the time in his home in
Evening star., 1941-01-03
Senators Plan Drive
AGAINST Rooseve|t's
Foreign Policies
Wheeler Says at Least
IS Will Make Speeches
Opposing Methods

By the Associated Press.
Advance notice Of a systematic
campaign against administration
foreign policies came today from
those Senators who believe President
Roosevelt's present course may lead
to war
AS the new Congress gathered for
its first session, these legislators dis
closed their intention of putting their
case directly before the people in the
hope of thus eventually converting
majority of both House and Senate
to their views.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, OF
Montana, outspoken critic of Mr..
Roosevelt's handling of international
affairs, said that I'VE first must Or
ganiZe the country" against the
existing foreign policies.
The Montana Senator told re-
porters that there was ''rock bot
tom" list of at least Is Senators who
would make speeches in opposition
to administration methods. He pre-
dicted the number would increase.
Senator johnson, Republican, of
California, ranking minority member
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, commended Senator
Wheeler for his speech Monday,
criticizing the administrations atti-
tude on the European war and urging
that the United States seek to bring
about peace.
1T is more than refreshing" said
Senator johnson. "tO find among
Senators a man who will make such
a brave speech and risk the abuse
and denunciation of the American
Foreign Legion who are busily en-
gagged now in edging us into war
1T is one thing to sympathize with
Great Britain. and TO wish them
well and to pray ardently for their
success and the defeat Of Hitler.
It's quite another thing to take this
great country into war and into
the horrible maelstrom of Europe.
I want to do what little l can to
prevent that"
Senator Nye, Republican, of North
Dakota, another opponent of ad-
ministration foreign policies, told
reporters he was in full accord"
with Senator Wheelers view that
those opposing the Presidents stand
should seek to gather country wide
support.
Senator Holt, Democrat, of West
Virginia said last night that Presi-
dent Roosevelt was keeping secrets"
from the Nations citizens about
foreign policy.
In an address prepared for radio
delivery, Senator Holt asked if Col.
William J. Donovan, who recently
left for Europe, had gone to see if
England can hold out until We get
in" the war.
Evening star., 1941-01-03
Italian Defense Lines
In Chimara Sector
Pierced, Greeks Say
Fascist Tank Assaults
On Northern Front
Reported RepuIsed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Jan. 3-Itslian defense
lines from the Chimara sector, on
the Adriatic coast. to the Klisura-
Tepelenl region, in Middle Albania,
have been preached at various
places, and fierce Fascist tank as
saults along the coast and on the
northern battle front have been re-
pulsed and put to 'headlong fight"
the Greeks reported today.
A number OF tanks were destroyed
In both Italian thrusts, aimed at
Greeks advancing up the coast and
In the Pogradetz area, advices from
the fronts said.
"The outstanding feature of the
operations is the breaking through
Of Italian defenses at some places
along their line extending from
Chimara TO the region of Klisura-
Tepeleni," one dispatch said.
Tanks Destroyed.
ALREADY the whole region of
Tepeleni-Klisura has been brought
under control of Greek fire"
During the Italian attacks by
light tanks heavy anti-tank fire
compelled a headlong flight. Sew
eral of these tanks were destroyed"
The weather continued severe, but
the Greeks said fierce fighting was
in progress, especially from the
coast to Klisura.
Greek advance units were reported
to have found the bodies of 200 Ital-
ian soldiers on camp beds in a
mountain cavern which had been
converted into a field hospital. The
Greeks said they apparently froze
after being abandoned by their re-
treating comrades. The bodies were
said to have been removed and
buried in the frozen earth with mill
tary honors.
Elbasani Is Raided.
Elbasani, Italian base in Central
Albania, toward which the Greek
right wing is driving, was heavily
raided with considerable success
by the Royal Air Force yesterday,
q British communique reported.
The Italian high command
acknowledged some losses among
the civilian population" in a
bombing raid on Elbasani)
Elbasani is only 80 miles from
Tirana, the Albania capital.
The communique said all BOMBS,
both high explosive and incendiary.
were observed to fall in the center
of the town and on the main road
Three large fires were started. A
large building in the center of the
town was hit and flames we're seen
coming from it."
r A. F. headquarters said another |
military building in ElbaSani also
was believed hit"
Evening star., 1941-01-03
McNutt Is Listed
Among 10 Men
Best Dressed
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Peter Arno,
the cartoonist, who, as a man about
town, spends a good deal of time in
tails and topper, is the Nations
"best-dressed" man, according to the
Custom Tailors Guild of America.
In their list of the 10 best dressers,
released yesterday, the guild failed
to include Grover Whalen, who had
top ranking in previous years, and
Adolphe Menjou. whose sharp trou-
ser creases cause great envy in the
movie colony. Paul V. McNutt, Fed
eral Security administrator, was
ninth on the list.
Others were Glenwood j. Sher-
rard of the Parker House, Boston;
William Rhinelander Stewart, So
cially prominent New Yorker; Lucius
Beebe, newspaper columnist; George
P. Rea, president of the New York
Curb Exchange; Guy Lombardo,
orchestra leader; DR.. Gordon Green,
Long Island physician; Frank L.
Andrews of the Hotel New Yorker,
and Omar Kiam, Hollywood dress
designer.
Evening star., 1941-01-03
Congress
Continued From First Page.)

tive talked with Majority Leader
Barkley, Chairman Harrison of the
Senate Finance Committee and Sen
ator Byrnes of South Carolina, a
member of the appropriations group
Senator Barkley said they had a
general discussion" of new legisla-
ton to come, but he would not detail
any of it.
In both Senate and House, the
hands of the big gold clocks had
reached 1902 pm. before Mr.. Gar
ner and House Clerk South Trimble
banged their gavels
In the House the Rev. James Shera
Montgomery, chaplain, prayed for
the survival of democracy.
Hold our Republic as the ulti-
mate hope of man. he said
Members listened quietly. then
became slightly noisy when a clerk
commenced to call the roll by
States.
LANCER Seated Tentatively.
As the oath was administered to
81 Senators there was brief debate
over charges that have been filed
against Senator ELECT William Lam
ger. Republican, of North Dakota,
following which it was decided to
seat him without prejudice pending
an inquiry.
The Senate adjourned at 1888
until Monday, after swearing in
Senators-elect and appointing the
customary committee to notify the
President that Congress has con-
vened.
Before Senator LANCER started
down the aisle, Majority Leader
Barkley interrupted proceedings to
call attention to the charges he said
have been filed by citizens of North
Dakota and which, he said, ii true,
are serious"
Senator Barkley said the sugges-
ton had been made that Mr.. LANCER
be asked to step aside pending the
investigation.
However" the majority leader
added, "the better practice has
seemed to be to allow a Senator
elect to take the oath without
prejudice to himself or to the
Senate"
The political makeup of the two
Evening star., 1941-01-03
Congressional Problems
Foreign Policy, Arms, Taxes and Monetary
Policies Are Already on Calendar

(a) those who believe the present
farm-pay program should be eX-
tended or increased because of the
impact of the war upon agriculture
and (b) group which declares
that farm aid and other non-defense
expenditures should be clipped be-
cause of the heavy cost of pre-
paredneSs.
g. Money and banking. The
Federal Reserve Board has pre-
sented broad suggestions for COM
batting any threat of imitation due
to war spending. These include
removal of the presidential power
to revalue the dollar, repeal of the
Treasury's authority to monetize
silver bought from foreign sources
and increased reserve requirements
for banks.
Evening star., 1941-01-03

Texas, asserting that Congress
would perform no further work,
even though it remained in session.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi is
expected to be elected President
pro-tempore of the Senate-a posi-
ton made vacant first by the death
of the late Senator Pittman of
Navada and today by the retirement
of Senator King of Utah, who was
chosen by the Senate to act as its
presiding officer after the death of
the Nevada Senator.
Senator Hill of Alabama probably
will succeed Senator Minton of In
diana, defeated for reelection, as
Democratic whip. Senator Barkley
of Kentucky remains Democratic
leader and Senators McNary of
Oregon and Austin of Vermont Re-
publican leader and assistant leader,
respectively.
New Faces Appear.
With the opening of the new Con-
greSs number of familiar figures
pass from the stage of the National
Legislature. In the House. despite
the fact the political makeup
changed but little, there are IA
changes. with new men coming in
and old going out. This is due to
primary as well as election defeats
and to the determination of some
of the members not to seek another
term.
The retirement of Senator Henry
Fountain Ashurst of Arizona, a Sem
ator ever since the admission of
Arizona to statehood, removes from
the Senate the second oldest Sem
ator in point of service. Other Sem
ators leaving Office are Senator's
Frazier of North Dakota, Burke of
Nebraska, Holt of West Virginia
and Donahey of Ohio. Senator
Donahey declined to be a candi-
date to succeed himself. The others
were defeated either in the primary
contests or in the general election.
Evening star., 1941-01-03

in the new Congress permanent
draft law legislation limiting COM
pulsory military training to men
between 18 and 81, the American
Legion announced yesterday.
In another move affecting the
training program, the War Depart
ment appointed committee to en-
courage approved recreational and
Evening star., 1941-01-03
D. 6. Detective to Quiz
Youth Held in New York

A Washington detective was sent
to New York today to question a
youth held there, believed to be
Robert Wesley Hill, 10, colored,
wanted in Washington for question:
ing in connection with several rob-
berries. Another youth, shot to
death in a Christmas Eve burglary
in the Northeast section. was mis-
takenly identified as Hill by men,
bers of his family.
The youth arrested in New York
is held on charge of armed rob-
berry.
Evening star., 1941-01-03

welfare conditions in communities
near Army camps. Frederick Os-
born of New York, industrialist and
philanthropist, was asked to head it.
The department also announced
that men drafted would be permit
ted. after one months training, TO
enlist in the Regular Army for
three-year term, if they wished.
Evening star., 1941-01-03
Sheppard and May Back
Leqion's 1871 Draft Bill

Chairmen Sheppard of the Sem
ate Military Affairs Committee and
May of the House Military Affairs
Committee have agreed to sponsor
Evening star., 1941-01-03

Arrested in Highgate, England.
man gave his address as an air raid
shelter.
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brooded over my problem. What could
DO for the twenty people whose lives had turned
into a living hell that afternoon when | sent their
connection to Jail.
No doctor was entitled by law to give them the
only treatment that could keep them from burning
to a crisp in the fire of their own poisoned blood
streams-morphine.
knew it might mean courtmartial for me but
l wasn't going to let them down.
I've got TO have morphine for these people,
said to the chief "A minimum of half a gr2lpa day
for each If don't get they'll tear down this
hospital to get it. And you can't blame them. They
would tear down building if they were in it and it
was on fire with the doors locked Well, without
their seven o'clock shots of morphine their bodies
will be on fire We mustn't forget that
finally got the morphine-how cannot reveal
Almost every one of those twenty victims came
to me and begged to try reduction "cure'-they
were willing to do anything if there was chance
of their breaking free from the ensavement of the
drug and the underworld that sells it. at such enor
nous profits.
/ started series of reduction schedules-but
soon I learned that the average man or woman
simply doesn't have the herosm necessary to re-
duce a morphine ration under half a grain a day.
Then suddenly another difficulty stared us in
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Dr.. Arthur Ia Roe. President Of the Ameri-
con Narcotic Defense Association. Pre-.
SEM s~-Hearf Tou~:I;..y o1d Profoundly
Disquiefing Picture Of Mind and Body
Destroying Traffic in Drugs Carried On
by the Devils Own PedIers
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Aeard my own voice whisper

Wack-yOu TOO
He bowed his head his hands twitchng ST.
ENTITY / added his name to the list. He started
% go but I stopped him.
"Jack-most of these others have been too
frightened to speak freely. But I've got to have
alta Tell me-how did you.
Over there, he said simply. Field hospitals
Working sixteen, eighteen, twenty hours without
|t-up. Then a chance TO sleep maybe three, four
hours You couldn't sleep You had to have some
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of pride and love-and fear-in her eyes that was
enough to break your heart.
"Okay, Danny" said at last, cold turkey it
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come of my twenty narcotic patients p
Danny Malloy my chief worry.
At last he and Mary came to my Of
fee together for help.
DOC he said, giving the girls hand squeeze,
Il got something to ask you. l never told you how
cure Well the pusher-that guy helped you
pinch he handed me a line about how swell it
was l was making the cure work and how he
knew what it meant,
II was battY to listen to hm-ony when every
nerve in you is bowling for the morph you don't
think straight He said that if took just the tint
est bit of a shot it would help me along and it
wouldn't interfere witb/the cure
He fell silent and could feel my anger at the
despicable racket reach the boiling point.
Il know what you're thinking, doctor. Sure
that pusher is louise. But there's guys above him
putting the heat on him all the time to get new
customers If he gives them an argument he'd
only find himself a one-way ride. But let's
forget that angle It's over and done with now l
wanted to talk to you about something else.
Mary slipped her around him and he gave
her a little squeeze, his eyes softenng for an in
slant.
Don't be too down-hearted about the cure
failing doctor" he went on. even if that guy
hadn't gotten to me I'd have most likely had to yell
uncle l could feel myself slipping Only now
with the hospital folding up-we won't have time
to try it again And either get to beat this thing
or give UP Mary You said once that if guy can
ride out the cold turkey he's maybe got chance
to bust loose Well /. I'm game to try 1t, Doc
cold turkey" complete and sudden with
drawal, with it's accompanying torrents was some
thing could never have asked of any human being
But Danny had volunteered himself The stark
heroism Of that decision made me speeches. for a
moment Mary looked up at the boy with mixture
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the face. Veteran hospitals
were ceasing to be a necessity.
The men were getting well
and going home. Our hospi-
fol 1,yog c,o;v,ry ~ he cIOcoI