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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-05
Special Activities Planned During
Winter By Federated Women's Clubs

ing of the council is to discuss the
formulate plans for the expansion of
the adult education program through
legislation and through essential
services to the National Defense pro.
gram and to certain programs of
progress.
The discussion and planning will
be based on Superintendent Erwin's
statement of policy on aCult educa-
ton as a division of the State De-
partment of Public Instruction, on
requests for adult education serv-
ICES from leaders of the defense pro-
gram and from state programs of
progress! on the current offerings of
the adult education program in
North Carolina-State Aid a n d
WPA: Literacy, Family Life Educa-
ton including home making and nur-
sery schools, Safety Education in
GLIDING First Aid and safe driving,
and general adult education includ-
ing health, physical and mentaD;
civic education including forums,
new citizens day programs, training
for clerical workers, occupational in
formation, and guidance and leisure
time activities, including the COM
munity school exchange through
which craft articles bring in at least
a bit of supplementary income.
Club women helped to plant the
seed of adult education in North
Carolina. For two decades they have
had a part in nurturing the grow
ing plant. Now they are lending a
hand in bringing the education plant
to full Towering strength and beau
ty. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Morris, state
director of the adult education divi-
sion, of the State Department of
Public Instruction has submitted this
program for release to the club
women.
Mrs. T. V. Moore, of Miami, chair
mar of safety of the general fedora
CONTINUED on Page Ten; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-05
Miss Stowen,
Charles Miller
Engaged To Wed
Wedding To Take Place On
February 81 At Trinity
Methodist Church Here

The following announcement made
r,,,,srv 1, in st. Joseph, Michigan,
nil, he read with much interest by
e,;oods of the couple here:
r7arl Y. Stowell. of st. Joseph,
Mich. announces the engagement of
his daughter, Louise Henrietta Stow
Il, of Wilmington and st. Joseph,
10 Charles Wright Miller, of Will.
mington, son of MI. and Mrs. Her.
hort ". Miller, of Wilmington.
The wedding will take place in
wilmington on Friday afternoon,
February q, at S o'clock at Trinity
Methodist church. The Rev. r. L.
Jerome will officiate at the cere-
nony.
Miss stowell is the daughter of
The late Henrietta Peters Stowell,
nj Chicago, ILL.,, and st. Joseph,
Mich.
No invitations r being issued
hit close friends and relatives are
invited to be present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-05
GRACE METHODIST
CIRCLES TO HOLD
MEETINGS MONDAY

The circles of Grace Methodist
church will meet as follows:
Mrs, Price, leader, with Mrs.
George Smithson, Ill North Fifth
street at $3.50 on Monday.
2-Mrs. T. E. Cooper, leader,
with Mrs. Cooper, PA North Fifth
street, Monday at $3.50.
3-Mrs. S. M. Marlborough, lead.
er, with Mrs. R. N. Thompson,
SIT Orange street, Monday at $3.50
AIRS. D. C. Marshall, leader,
with the leader at her home ir
Audubon, Monday at $3.50.
5-Mrs. E.. L. Fulcher, leader
with Mrs. H.. P. Smith, 307 Nortf
Fourth street Monday at 1O:45.
6-Mrs. S. D. Hurst, leader
meets in the Lydia Yates room
Monday at $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-05
EMANUEL CIRCLES
TO MEET THIS WEEK

The circles of Emmanuel Pres
byterian church will meet as fol
lows:
Miss Louise Mallard, 414
South Sixth street, Tuesday at 8
p. m.
Mrs. E. A. Rackley, Market
Street road, Tuesday at 3 p. m.
3-Mrs. Maud Coley, 521 South
Fourth street, Monday at 8 p. m.
AIRS. d. T Mayer, 1913 Caro-
lima avenue, Tuesday at $3.50 p.
m. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-05

CENTER: Mrs: William H. Henderson. J, Of Orlando Fla, the
former Miss Leila Gichrst Williams, of Wilmington, whose marriage
took place on Saturday afternoon, December 20. photograph by
Adams StudiO).
LEFT: Miss Louise Henrietta StoweL, of this city and st.
Joseph, Mich, daughter of 3. Y. Stowel, and the late Henrietta
Peters Stowe1, of st. Joseph, whose engagement is announced to
Charles w. Miller, of Wilmington, son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Miller,
of Wilmington.
RIGHT: Miss Jane Macdonald Hall, daughter of Mrs. Alexander
Macdonald Hall, of Wilmington, whose engagement is announced to
John Charles VESSEL, son Of DIR. and Mrs. j. C. VESSEL, of Will
mingtOn. photograph by Adams StudiO).
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-05
MARY H HOWELL
ENGAGED TO MARRY
M M'KEITHAN

Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Howell,
Of Wilmington, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Mary
Ethel, to James G. McKeithan,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Nc
Keithan, of Wilmington.
The marriage will take place
during the late winter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-05
Miss Jean Hal.
And John Vessel
Engaged To Wed
Announcement Will Be Read
With Interest Here; Spring
Wedding Planned

The following announcement will
be read with widespread interest to
society in the city:
Mrs. Alexander Macdonald Hall
announces the engagement of her
daughter, Jean Macdonald, to John
Charles VESSEL, Jr., son Of DIR. and
Mrs. John Charles VESSEL, of this
city.
The wedding will take place in tho
spring.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02
CONVOYS:
And Mr.. Tobey

got onto the front pages with bang
when he, the original foe of convoy
ing, openly declared that he had
been informed by certain persons
whose anonymity he protected, that
the United States already was en-
gagged in conveying aid-to-Britain
materials on Atlantic waters.
This was Immediately and cate
gorically denied by two authorities.
These were Secretary Hull and Ad-
miral Stark. The administration
rested on these denials, and admin
istration spokesman said they GER
tainly believed the public should be-
lieve the positive testimony of these
two men rather than the unsupport-
ed and anonymous evidence present
ed by Senator Tobey.
However, though this apparently
spiked Tobey's verbal guns, Senator
Nye stepped into the breach and
took up the fight and always in the
background were Senator Wheeler
and other isolationists to keep kick
ing the anti-administration ball
around.
Wheeler's slogan was that the
public wanted to keep the country
out of war, but the Gallup poll
found that q per cent of the people
were even willing to send part of
the navy and part of the air force
overseas right now, though only II
per cent were interested in sending
part of the army.
But there seemed a definite dis
satisfaction with the British convoy
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02

mans claimed they were bombing
Athens not at all. There were, in
fact, small reports Of damage, much
smaller than would have been the
case if bombing of the capital were
a part of the German plan.
The first German success in
Thrace and Macedonia was followed
by a general and continued advance
toward strategic points, and culmi-
mated in break-through, which
forced the abandonment of the
Mount Olympus line, and the en-
trance of the attackers into the vast
Thessalian plain.
The Nazi tactic seemed to call for
picking out one or two vital weak
spots in the defenders positions, and
attacking these with furious pincers
assaults, exactly similar to the
method used in the Battle of France.
That they were not Immediately
successful in a larger measure was
tribute to two things-the fighting
qualities of British and Greeks, and
the absence of panic-jammed road
ways, interfering with orderly mill
tary transport.
Not repeated were the awful
scenes of Poland, where the Nazi
tanks advanced to their triumphal-
entry of Warsaw over the terri
fed and broken bodies Of thousands
of Polish civilians-men, women
and children.
And these also had been the
scenes enacted in the Low Coun-
tries, where the Nazi Panzer opera
tors themselves were said to have
been sickened as the caterpillar
tractors ground noncombantants'
bodies into the pavements of the
roads on which they swarmed in
their forward march.
Yet the outcome of the battle was
hardly expected to be favorable to
the defenders. This was seen in the
earliest statements of Churchill
himself, in the continued demand
that the British defenders take to
their ships and escape while they
might, in the sudden suicide Of
Alexandros Korizis, premier of
Greece, who, it was announced Of
ficially from Athens, took his own
life in anguish at the failure of his
country's defense.
The turbulent character of the
news caused this death to be report
ed as mystery for nearly 48 hours,
with German sources claiming that
the British had murdered Korizis
because he had wanted to surren-
der the Greek army" and other
sources claiming that he was muir
dered by Nazi agents who wanted
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02
GREECE:
4nd Britain

Backs to the wall, with the Swas-
tika flying on historic Mount Olym-
pus, Greeks and British fought side
by side a continuing rear-guard ac-
ton which was costing the Nazi
forces dearly for each mile Of terri
tory gained, but which even the
Greeks and British believed could
have only one finish-ultimate de-
feat.
The Germans were seeking this
victory to give it to Der Fueher as
a fifty-second birthday present, but
this was denied them. Yet the lat
ter days of the fighting were marked
by a curious attitude on the part Of
the British press-many of the
papers calling for a withdrawal Of
the troops while the daily reports
told of marvellous resistance, Of
heavy toll from the attackers col
umns, and long lines of prisoners
and wounded in Nazi uniforms
pouring into Athens.
Generally speaking, there was lit
tie, if any, bombing Of the historic
Greek capital, cradle of modern civ
ilization, filed with priceless relics
of the days of Pericles. The Ger
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02
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chill sauce or catsup makes a
piquant filling for sandwiches.
They are especially appealing with
a hot beverage.
Never allow cold water to run
into an aluminium pan while it is
hot. If done repeatedly, this rap
id contraction of metal will cause
pan to warp.
A large banana and two ounces
of cream cheese mashed and
mixed together makes a delicious
spread for crackers.
II you do not have a special
board for pressing sleeves, here is
a convenient substitute: Roll up
a large magazine, fasten it with
rubber bands and tuck it into the
sleeve.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02

A NEW STORY
ON CAL COOLIDGE
FROM CHILDHOOD Gen. Newton
E. Turgeon of Buffalo had been a
close personal friend Of Calvin Coo
lidge. They were born in adjoining
homes in Vermont, had played to-
gether as children, attended school
and college together and remained
close friends while they lived.
When the Peace bridge across the
Niagara river, between Buffalo and
Black Rock, Ont, was to be opened,
people of Buffalo wanted the Presi-
dent to attend the opening cere-
monies. General Turgeon was sent
to Washington to get him.
"Cal, you simply must come. The
people of Buffalo will be terribly dis
appointed is you do not" said the
general.
''Who is going to be there?" asked
the President.
'The lieutenant-governor of On
tario," replied Newt.
''Who else?" asked Cal.
"The governor-general of all Can
ada" said Newt.
ANYONE else?" queried Cal.
''The prime minister of England"
said Newt.
Twill the king be there?" asked
Cal.
''No, but the prince of Wales will"
answered Newt.
"Then ! will send john" said Cal
and he did.
General Turgeon told me the story
just after the Peace bridge was
opened as illustrative of the Coolidge
taciturnity, and insisted that was
the full extent of their conversation
on the subject.
It is a Coolidge story which has
never before been printed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02
u. S. ARMY:
Training

The early contention of many
army experts that America could
not hope to train men in modern
warfare in one calendar year, start
ing with the raw civilian, brought
from many sources the word that it
would be more than borne out now
that the troops were proceeding into
advanced training.
The army had now reached, in
numbers, well past 100000 men,
and in this group were 81 infantry
divisions alone. These men, it was
said, already had been given a
good course in basic discipline and
ordinary infantry training, but even
this was entirely preliminary to
serious consideration of modern
warfare, and was not finished yet.
One American officer, in the Army
Journal, criticized the war depart
ment for permitting delays in the
training of troops. 1t was said that
there was good deal of irritation
expressed in high department quar-
tiers over the frank words of this Of
ficer.
One of the chief bottlenecks, of
course, has been the lack of equip
ment of the newest types with which
to train the men, assuming that
their basic course is soon finished.
But the article in the Army Jour
nal and another in the Cavalry Jour
nal commenting on the first, re-
vealed that our army is tagging in
instruction on the use of flame
throwers, on defense against chem
ical warfare and in many other
fields, particularly as to modern
combat.
A plan to cut the draft age down
to Is met early antagonism in con-
gressional circles, but that the adj
ministration had not abandoned the
idea was seen in facts and figures
later made public.
For instance, the Census Blu
reau estimated that the lowering of
the age limit would place 3,645, 267
more men within the range of the
selective service law.
But if the maximum age limits
were lowered to 80 years, more than
5000, 900 would be taken out of the
laws scope, it was said.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02
LONDON:
Really Blasted

Lest Britain might think that Hit
Ter had moved all his air force into
Africa and the Balkans, the German
Luftwaffe started a terrific series of
raids on London, doing the British
capital damage on such a large
scale and causing so many casual
ties that accurate estimates were
not obtainable a week later. .s
Lord and Lady Stamp, the. for
mer honored repeatedly in this
country, were killed, removing an
important figure from the govern
ment. City block after city block
was demolished. Hundreds and hum
dreds of persons were wiped out in
underground shelters, struck by di-
rect hits.
The first raid lasted 10 hours. The
second, Hitler's birthday blitz,"
was only slightly less severe.
Britain came out of it with Lon
doners fighting mad, walking about
the streets, looking at the wreckage,
demanding "Bomb Berlin, Bomb
Berlinl" They scrawled these words
with chalk on the sidewalks, on the
walls of torn buildings, they chant
ed it in the canyons Of their wrecked
city.
The r. A. F. had stormed Berlin
a few days before the first big raid,
and the raid itself had been a re-
prisal-but the British forgot this
and demanded more reprisals. This
the r. A. F. did the following day,
the air ministry announcing that
bombs of larger caliber than ever
used before had been dropped on
the German capital.
German admissions of damage
were small. Only Is had lost their
lives in the first raid, Berlin said,.
and no casualties and minor dam
age was reported in the second. How
true this minimizing Of the damage
was, no official report revealed, but
returning British airmen claimed
the result Of the reprisal was Eek
tensive."
The slamming attacks Of the Ger
man air force continued all over
the British isles with one foray over
northern Ireland, with Belfast hard
hit. Es-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02
WEEKLY NEWS ANAL YSlS
BY Edward C. Wayne
British and Greek Retreating Action
Inaicts Heavy Loss on Nazi Troops;
Conveying of Ships to British Isles
Receives Careful Study by Congress

CEDToR's N0TEwhen cpnon these columns they
released by Western Newspaper Unionl -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02

method, that of sending 80 or 40
ships with a couple of small naval
vessels as guard, and no guard at
all until the forty-second parallel OF
latitude was reached. M 7'N
The American method, Of parallel
lines of naval vessels guarding the
whole route, and each ship moving
at it's natural speed, gained more
favor, yet how Britain could spare
the ships without more aid from the
U. S. navy appeared the major prob
lem.
And this brought the convoy ques-
ton popping up again and again.
JUCOSLAVIA:
Gesture
The sudden capitulation of the en-
tire Jugolsavian army after nine
days of brave fighting against in
superable odds and under impossi-
BILE conditions, made of the Serbian
and Slovene resistance simply a
noble gesture that brought sympa-
thetic response from watchers on
both sides of the Atlantic.
Maj. George Fielding Eliot, one
military columnist, said the Jugo-
slav sacrifice was not in vain, and
pointed out the military advantages
it gave to Greece.
Yet to the man in the street it had
been vain sacrifice, they were
unable to understand its benefits, and
all that emerged was the gesture Of
bravery, of independence, of hoping
against hope that their autonomy,
their homes, their nation and their
freedom might be saved.
Many expressed themselves puz-
zled that the Jugoslav nation should
have resisted at all.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02
Highlights
Tn the news

CARACAS, VENEZUELA: Presi-
dent Contreras has given up the
presidency voluntarily, being the
first person in 40 years so to do. He
is the successor of the late General
Gomez. An election will be held
to determine his successor, during
the interim he is continuing to act
as President.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02

his natural successor, said to be
more pro-Axis, in his place.
But King George II foiled any
such plot, if plot there was, by TAX
ing the reins of government in his
own hands, and forming a military
cabinet to take the place of that
headed by Korizis.
Kostas Kotzias was named vice
premier and charged with the diff
cult task of forming the new cabinet.
In the midst Of this gloomy out
look, President Roosevelt said that
one of the dangers of the entire
American setup for the national de-
tense and aid to embattled democ-
racies was that the people "are not
sufficiently aware of the serious
character Of the European war stu
ation.''
This condition, the President said,
it will be his purpose to attempt to
rectify, though how he was to do it
was not Immediately apparent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02
MAGIC IN PANTS

A PARAGRAPH for men only.
Ever really sick, flat on your back
for weeks that seemed like years,
clad in only a short-tailed night
shirt and with no opportunity to
help yourself? Then came the time
when you were permitted to sit up
for few minutes at time, still
clad in that night shirt and blan-
ket wrapped about you. Later you
were told you could get dressed in
real clothes-a shirt and pants,
socks and shoes and a necktie. You
pushed your wobbly legs inside q
pair of trousers and, oh boy! How
good it did feel. You were a man
again. You stood on your hind legs,
looked the whole world in the face
and dared it to do its worst.
What curative magic there is in a
pair Of pants.
FRIENDLY SMILES
CLASS DISTINCTION can be pre-
vented by friendly smiles and CHEEKY
good-mornings from one to another,
strangers or friends. Smiles and
CHEEKY good-mornings are the rule,
not the exception, in rural America,
and class distinctions are unknown
among rural people.
A bit of cheerful (?) news for the
citrus growers: Brazil asks the Unit
ed States to take 800, 900 cases Of
Brazilian oranges in exchange for
American apples.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02
COLONEL HOUSES STORY
OF BREAK WITH WILSON

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent
Harry Hopkins to Europe, presuma-
bly, in the same capacity-that Of
personal Representatives, Presi-
dent Wilson sent Col. Edward M.
House during the first World war.
I knew Colonel House and fire.
quently called on him at his home,
a small six-room apartment on East
Fifty-second street in New York
city. My last call there was shortly
after his return from the peace con-
ference, and learned from Colonel
House the reason for his break with
President Wilson.
On the way to Europe, the Presi-
dent announced to other members of
the American delegation that he
would do the. talking when anything
was to be said to heads of any of
the other four delegations. When
the peace treaty had been complet-
ed, the day for Germany to sign des-
ignated, and the delegations arrang-
ing to leave France, Lloyd George
asked Colonel and Mrs. House to
pay him a visit before returning to
America. The Colonel and Mrs.
House accepted that invitation.
The day before the treaty was
signed, Colonel House dropped into
Lloyd Georges apartment to ascer-
tain what train they were to take
and to make final arrangements for
the visit. While he was there, Presi-
dent Wilson called at Lloyd Georges
apartments and finding Colonel
House present, at once turned and
walked out. He did not speak to the
Colonel after that incident.
Colonel House believed Mr.. Will
son imagined he was talking to
Lloyd George on some forbidden
subject, but he was never given an
opportunity to explain.
"On my return to the United
States" said the Colonel, IT advised
the President Of my arrival and told
him would be glad to serve him in
any way he might wish, but did not
receive any acknowledgment of that
note" %" ~
So ended one Of the most unusual
friendships in history.
Mrs. Wilson has claimed that it
was her efforts which turned the
President against Colonel House,
but the above is the finale of the
Wilson and House association.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02

Best Administered
For forms of government let
fools contest, whatever is best adj
ministered, is best.-Pope.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-02

LONDON, ENGLAND. Cor
poraI Harold Sims, grandson Of
admiral William S. Sims, COM
nander of the U. S. navy in the
World war, is shown leaving
Buckingham, palace after he had
been decorated tUith the Military
Medal BY King George.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-21

bonding companies which posted bonds for some of them. Bonding companies were notified last year that the city planned to proceed against them.
 The city's suits will be in addition to a $600,000 action brought against Leary by several members of the Citizens Good Government associa- ton. This suit has been pending in superior court for some time and a large amount of Leary's property has been under attachment.
 The finance board subcommittee reported yesterday as follows:
 Report Adopted
 "Your committee appointed to in- vestigate and recommend Q mode of procedure against former city of- ficials and others for defalcations revealed in the conspiracy trial, re- ports that 1t has held numerous meetings and conferences since its last report.
 "The members of this committee feel that recent developments have made 1t advisable that civil suits be brought for the recovery of money legally due the city.
 Therefore, your committee re- quests that you authorize 1t to bring such suits and to do all things nec-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-21

Tuberculosis death rate has been reduced 66 per cent in the last three decades.