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S^alor Wheeler Becomes I As A Compromise ^ v i Presidential Possibility, Long M.en Lone Skot, Gathers Strength; Once a Leftist, He Shows Conservative i-' v' Streak. ; HXKll'S P. STEWART i rro-s Columnist [' In tho course u'tvntiy Senator >!' Montana do ve'oped from a v possiuiiiiN u»i the Democratic presidential Herni ation into quite a formidable candi date. He's been :>i e >i t i oned a I 1 dong. to be sure. •>t;t only as a long > h o t heretofore. Xo\v it appears that he's to be ■vckoned with ser iously. To say that I'. 'l)f It■ :ir?; senator Whoeler • bability would . t exagj >» rt present. Never . . nevhere in the Icad grot p. - nyway. ' , • - leaving out of con • v ••-.•.nee that President - • bo drafted for a White House. It' he P best political betting is1 •• •. a: "vl. The question • ; o can be re-elected • . but it generally . needed t: . t he can be renominat es ho t; o t!y wants to be. >. •. W:-. color himself agrees • • " !i." i.iii: ho may not choose; • • . - v: sr.eees.-orship. un ■.-! .V' se a«:>inst any | •; : at whom he may object' v • - How that the presi- j . < preferred candidate - party's convention ac . > selection. or : . :r tht. game the pop-; • . •prossion was that F. i Her.rv A. Wallace. Harold: . :,-kes • Harry L. Hopkins. All! • i . no ilooey tor various! ns Then Paul V. McNutt gol; •.-!■ '-flight. He hasn't made! y s'od. Today he doesn't . : : o ■ a1 a gamble as Wheel- ' : the public, whatever F.1 : • . y "..ink about it. Garner and Hull. : i:: • • •.•. re John X. Garner and 1 " r-dt-i: H 'II. .\" : believes that Garner can J !e to the Xew Dealers. :iur: - an old-fashioned demo - -.all "d") liberal. Xo Xew* • : conscientiously can balk at ' i-n't a Rooseveltian Xew toiler. j V - Sir; tor Wheeler a liberal.'! ;nd "then »ome." He's been . rant radical. He's fought fori I. V.\ W. H-.'s spoken well of the' -er.inist revolution in Russia. He's' u..:;ud sight more advanced r.r. The Xew Deai has been. :.*■ .-e'.-t.-ded from the Democratic t run. as a candidate in sec Stevenson LAST TIMES TODAY with c Mtmrm «rit* IEWIJ STOVE ♦ ttiCKEY BOOMEY XFAVS ORCHESTRA TOMORROW 26c & 36c »« « 10 i'lSS » -.Xks®.-|- ri1' El to*' , 1 i'(jo e*Pel >j\e s\ \Q,i 'ue VA® T'r i- Wind" ten • iii 11» be shown •\ r»- March 28. i Of—ir>c TODAY KAKJiOFF f- ri Pivture ' * U! "*" 1 f ' LICENCE" 1I.SO rizrv\ C-\Ivn" lf;MORKOVV KAC GESTE" ond place, on the presidential ticket with the elder Senator Robert M. LaFollette. He was a rip-snorting leftist. But presently he turned against the New Deal on the Rooseveltian supreme court packing proposition. He led the campaign, indeed. The New Deal's story was that he'd trans formed himself into a reactionary. I don't think so: I think he simply was a good democrat (small '"d") on that issue. Perhaps he isn't as far to the leftward as he used to be. but he's not a rightist I~gr any means. However, I suspect that he'll be criticized both ways—by New Deal ers as a conservative: by conserva tives as an ultra-liberal. All the same. John «L. Lewis is very friendly to him and Senator George W. Norris approves of him as a presi dential candidate, with the qualifica tion that F. D.'s candidacy (if the hitter's a candidate) comes first in his favor Lewis and Norris certainly come under the liberal heading. Sen ator Alva B. Adams of Colorado aiso speaks well of Burton K. I wouldn't call Adams a pronounced conserva tive. but neither would I call him a violent liberal, like Senator Norris. Somewhat a Compromise. As remarked. Wheeler is likely ic be objected to by both liberals and conservatives — by some in both groups. Yet in a queer fashion he also is a sort of compromise. There are lib erals who take to him because of his oast record. There may be conser vatives who will indorse hi mon the theory that he's flopped over in their direction. At all events. Lewis and Adams have given him a lot of excellent ad-, vertising. He's at least twice as presi dent ially noticeable today as he was two or three weeks ago. His state of Montana isn't particularly good geo graphy. It doesn't cast votes enough.: Still, the Butte solon is pretty popu lar in many other western states— as \\ itness the uttermces of Norris >f Nebraska and Adams of Colorado. And labor likes him. if John L. Lewis speaks for a sizable aggregation of it. He was a great political crony of the late Senator William E. Borah, too. This is a mixed-up crowd—Borah, who caiied himself a Republican; Adams, a Democrat; Norris, an In dependent: Lewis, the C. I. O.'s chieftain. In dicates that Burt has plenty of all-around appeal, though. -I New Lights Are Put Up On Streets Work by the Carolina Power & Light Company is well under way here in replacing all 400-watt street I lambs in the city with 600-watt ; lamps, and new center suspension hangars are also being installed for street lights in many sections of the ! city. The work has already been com pleted on Garnett street and is in • progress on Chestnut street. The project is being carried out in agree ment with the City Council, and the 200-watt increased lighting power j of the new lamps will cost the city I nothing extra. It means better light for many sections of the city. The white way section of Garnett is not affected by the changes being made. Danville Chief Of Pol ice Is Ousted Danville, Va„ Feb. 6—<AP)— •Tame; Hannibal Martin, for the past 12 years Danville's chief of police and for 31 years a member of the orce, was removed by the police ?:>mmission early yesterday after no< n as the climax of an interde partmental inquiry starting January 15. George W. Price, former police 'ieutcnant, retired last September, wrs recalled to succeed Martin "un til the commission can make other arrangements", to use the words of Stanley Cunningham, secretary of the commission. REORGANIZATION PLAN FOR RAILWAY OFFERED Washington, Feb. 6.—(AP)—The Interstate Commerce commission heard testimony today in support of a proposed plan to reorganize the Norfolk-Southern railroad by reduc ing the line's capitalization from $38, 652,000 to $18,509,000. No objection was raised at the hearing and early commission ap proval of financing arrangements was indicated. The road has been in receivership iince 1932. The proposal would set up a new roi poration, the Nortolk-Southern Kail way, to acquire property of the old company at a foreclosure sale and to issue necessary securities. Committees representing principal bondholders intervened before the commission in support of the plan. The I. C. C. was told that so far as was known there was no objection rum bondholders. GRANVILLE COURT OPENS Oxford, Feb. 6.—Judge W. C Harris, of Raleigh, opened Gran ville Superior court for February term with a strong charge to the grand jury. Speaking of accidents he said he did not think any ol them are "unavoidable". This will be a one-week term. Emergency Relief $309 In January Activities of Welfare Department Broad ened in Report Sub mitted to Com-1 missionevs Monday;! Many Items Lloced. I Emergency roiief cost; lor the county in January am^'intod £?r" - | 6(5, Miss Clara Mae Ellis, welfare su I perintendent. advised the Vc.ncc i Board of County Commi-sio^'-'-s I Monday afternoon in her monthly i report. Burial foes amounted to only $5, while $331.15 was spent for Iv s pitalization. j According to the report, welfare and relief activities were broadened during the month, with many morO items than usual listed. One expense item was for $127.39 for clothing for one year for five children at the State Blind School in Raleigh, while another item was for $18 for glasses for three children at the institution. ' * 1 » MO.MOU.HV.V. UU1 lllg UClUUCll.y was listed as S631.19, and ran the total for seven months of the fiscal year starting last .July 1 to 52,524.75. Aid to dependent children was listed at $202.25 Tor January, and ran the seven months total to $809, while aid to the blind was $42.03 last month, and for the seven months period was $172.12. A total of 265 have been accepted for old age assistance in this county, with six cases closed by death. Aid to dependent children was approved for 157, with five cases closed. The number of blind persons aided re mained at eleven. Sixty-nine cases were listed under the heading of child welfare service. Three juveniles are at a training school, one on probation, four juven iles are on parole from institutions, 18 juveniles are under supervision of the department, and 34 have been placed in foster homes. Seven adop tions are under investigation, and seven were listed under cripple chil dren services. Four children have been dismissed from active supervi sion. Other child welfare service were listed at two. State parolees are 14. Commodity clothing only was pro vided for 13 families during January, and general relief was furnished to 44 families, while at the end of the month 34 families were receiving general relief. Hospitalization was provided for 13 persons, and eleven applicants for aid were turned away. At the end of the month there were 15 in the county home and eleven patients in the Scott Parker Sanatorium for tuberculars. Ten were being cared for in the tuberculosis ward of the Jubilee hospital for the colored. Serviced but given no fin ancial aid were 43 persons. Ninety seven persons were certified for WPA work, 22 ".'or NYA aid and nine for CCC camps. Two child labor certificates were issued in January, and 75 investiga tions and visits were listed. The de partment stall' traveled 1,232 miles in the discharge of duties during the month, and seven trips outside the county were reported. AID TO TURKEY Washington, Feb. 6.—In addition to a cash grant of SI0,000 to the Turkish Red Crescent (Red Cross) to assist earthquake sufferers, the American Red Cross forwarded 8,500 ' yards of tent canvas and 2,500 blank- j ets. Madden Deplores Labor Split Central rress fiioneptioio J. Warren Madden, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, dons his glasses as he testifies before the House committee investigating the N. L. R. B. Madden attacked the National Association of Manufac turers and deplored the split in organized labor, saying it placed the board in "the ungracious position of being umpire in a civil war." Home Agent Emphasizing Living At Home On Farm Necessity i'or making home food, ana feed and other supplies on the l'arm is being emphasized at home demonstration club meetings held in the county, Mrs. Hattic F. Plum mer. home demonstration agent, told the Vance Board of Cour^y Commis sioners in her monthly report sub mitted Monday afternoon. The peo ple are being told that they must add to the farm income, she said .and i some are already doing that. Interest in poultry is increasing in J many farm homes, and efforts are being made to get better flocks through a hatchery recently estab lished in the county. Mrs. PIuminer reported that the Japan's Army Is Source Of U. S, Concern By CHARLES P. STEWART I Central Press Columnist Washington. Feb. 6.—In sizing lip what the Japanese government says and what the Japanese army says it always is necessary to take into ac count the fact that it always is ihe Japanese army, not the Tokyo gov ernment. which decides Nippon's peace-or-war questions. The Japanese-American commer cial treaty having now been ter minated. by Uncle Sam, against the mikado's wishes, relations between the two countries are pretty critical. The Washington State Department certainly doesn't want physical trou ble. Neither does the Tokvn foreign office. Tokyo has warned Nippon's military command in China to avoid 1 heavy snows and severe weather in terfered to some extent with the work during January, but in spite of this several meetings were held, and j discussions centered around pruning and fertilization. The 1940 conserva tion program was stressed at a meet ing held at the court house one day during the month, with an address by Mr. Mamgum, district field agent.) Mrs. Plummer and her staff travel- j ed 690 miles in January, and 25 meetings were held, with an attend-' ance of 626. Thirty letters were writ ten, 220 bulletins sent, there were 56 office and telephone calls. Eight days were spent in the office and 17 in the field, and 11 days were work ed in January, the report said. friction with the United States in the militarists' region of activities on the Asiatic mainland. The militarists, however, already have begun to make themselves unpleasant in Occidental spheres of interest in China. News dispatches quote a Japanese army spokesman to this effect: "If we are going to die, we will die fight ing—against America, or anybody" From that source this remark is ex actly what was to have been expect ed. Japan's civilian diplomacy is ra tional. Its military group is cuckoo. It doesn't care much what the fight's about, but it proposes to win or perish, no matter what the issue is. Army and Navy. American naval experts take the situation more seriously than Amer ican army men do. The reason's ob vious. If there's a Japanese-Amer^ ican conflict it will be a sea war. Naturally, we shan't send an army expeditionary force to the Orient. If there's a war it necessarily will have to be afloat—off the Hawaiian and Guam islands and in Asiatic waters. Professionally speaking, our land scrappers don't worry. The thing if any, will be none of theft- fnnr» -il Nor is our navy crowd afraid that Streamlining Of U.S. Army Multiplies Fighting Power Fort Benning, Ga., Feb. 6.—(AP) • —They've st rerun lined about every- j hing except the human element in he modernized United States Army. The mobility and lighting power )f Private .Toe Doakes has been nultipiled by mechanization. Sim Dlil'ication of organizations, revamp ;d drills and new style uniforms | jermit shorter training periods for we can't lick the Japanese afloat. ; They'll be at a certain advantage,; considering that whatever happens will be r'fitht in ♦h^ir oceanic front yard, while it will be a 2.000 or 3, OOO-mile range from California. Still, our folk don't doubt that they can attend to the Japanese alone. Their nnxiety is lest, while we're busy with Japan, a lot of European belligerents begin raising hades with us on our Atlantic coast. That's why our navy strategists are yowling so loudly for a two-ocean navy. The Japanese navy also has more \ sense than the Japanese army lias, i Japanese naval commanders, re alizing that they're beatable are tol erably reasonable. But the army's rampageous. Japan's Supplies. The truth is that Japan's supplies oome mainly from the United States. It's been true hitheito, even in the Japanese campaign against China. With all such American supplies cut off, as they would be by an embargo, Japan would be in "hell's own hole," to quote a vulgar expression. In short: Suppose the Japanese were to fight the United States. In order to fight, they'd have to get their raw fighting material from the U. S. A., which na turally wouldn't let thein have it. And they can't produce their own. The nub of it is that the Japs couldn't last long. Nevertheless, it would be a nasty mess. The State Department doesn't like the idea. The Tokyo government doesn't like it, either. It's a contest between the State De partment and Japanese militarists— not between Washington and Tokyo diplomats. So—we might have a war with Japan! By the time most of us are old enough to know better, we are too old to do better. Wife Preservers You can remove fish odors from a fry ing pan by pouring a little vinegar into pan while it is still hot Geraldine Fitzgerald in "A Child Is Born'' — Stevenson Wednesday Only. recruits. That is proved in winter maneu vers under way at the 97,000-aere infantry school reservation here and some 250 square miles of adjacent timber, cotton and pasture lands upon which the army obtained "tres pass rights". How does the soldier'of 1940 com pare will" the soldier of 1918? Of ficers still report "it depends upon the man." The 70-pounci pack under the doughboy marched in Frai lightened now and carried abo: .. a truck. The 1940 inlaniryman v.n.> walks to work has the advantage of arriving on the job fresher. But the hiking time of infantry remains un changed—two and a half miles an hour. Techinical experts create illusions to give effects of wartime conditions to the war games which involve forces of more than 16.000 officers and men—the regular command of the infantry school, the army's First division, concentrated here from northeast forts, and most of the na tions tank units. Buried packages of T. N. T. make a noisy but harmless substitute for shellfire and landmines in cases where the real articles would en danger troops or vehicles. A hunk the size of a half-pound of butter will do. It is fired by electrical wir ing. Guns shoot blanks in sham com bat. Smoke bombs may be fired. THIS WHISKEY IS 4 YEARS OLD $165 I FULL I QUART 85* FULL PINT "WHISKEY IS A YEARS OLD I renrl wakes' ®°URBON WHiTsKt* old quaxIr conm#* ttivitio* or 9%j ^PROOF COM. 1940, TWI OLO OUAKM CQHtAHl, LAWRENCIWRO, INDIANA 1 A LOT LOWER PRICED THAN MOST PEOPLE THINK I 9 OUT OF 10 A recent national survey shows 9 out of 10 people think a Pontiac costs an overate of $100 more than it actually does in relation to lower-priced cars. Don't let this mistaken idea keet> you from investigctine Pontiac. Don't buy any low-priced car until you compare its price with a Pontiac. The slight difference will aniu/.c you IT IS DIFFICULT to make people realize tb«jf Pontiac is priced just a few dollars above the lowest. 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