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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20
DR|VERLESS CAR
TO Be OPERATED
"Wid'' Jim Lynch to Per-
form in Connection With
Safety Drive

Plans for the "Save with Safety
trade day, to be held here Friday
July 80, were completed, it was learn
ed today.
A parade morning and afternoon
by a remote controlled car will be
among the features Of the day and
will attract large crowds to the city.
Merchants are cooperating to offer
bargains in merchandise and shoppers
from all over this trade area are in
vited TO come TO Henderson.
F. E. Fox, business representative
of the Magic Car Safety Parade, ar
rived in the city Monday and is hand
ling arrangements for the parade.
Millions of peoples in scores Of
cities have watched the Magic" car
perform since 1881. "Wild' Jim Lynch
dare devil, ex-cowboy, movie actor
and stunt man will be on hand to
pilot the Driverless Magic" car over
the parade route, operating it by re-
mote control from another car some
twenty to fifteen feet in the re =. Al
movements of the driverless machine
Will be governed by an ordinary looF-
ing telegraph key, which Capt Lynch
places beside him Ga the scat of the
second car which he also drives a. the
same time, while tapping out signals
to the Magic" auto, making it start
stop, turn corners right and eft aid
81 nd it's own horn just as though
tt ere were a competent driver bcaind
the wheel.
Meanwhile Capt Lynch will keep
un (. stream OF ra .. l-fira advice CT
how not to drive, far the dem0nstra-
tn n is principally designed to remind
tie motoring public as wei! as tn,
r.e estrians to drive and walk str
SHY and carefully. The Magic car
is used to make the lesson "sticx' l.,
The minds of those witnessing the
parade.
The care has been demonstrated
tefcre the Duke Of Gle ,G~ IL e
Melbourne, Australia Centenary III
1884, and has also beer viewed by
huge crowds in New York City, Wash
ington, Pittsburgh, Miami, Los An
geles, Omaha, Denver, Des Moines,
Springfield, Mass, and other cities.
On Friday, July 30, Capt. jim
Lynch, who will direct the driverless
automobile through the crowded
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20
NINE-POWER COMMITTEE
ADJOURNS ITS SESSION

London, July 20.-(AP)-A nine
power committee of the "hands-off-
Spain" group of 81 European nations
adjourned speedily today without fac
ing what British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden said would be cts
stand or fall'' test
The only discussion was on the
provision of Britain's compromise
plan for non-intervention in Spain,
assigning observers in Spanish ports.
British observers said the sub-com-
mittee agreed in principle to the plan
which would substitute the observers
for the International patrol fleet from
which Italy and Germany have with
drawn. They said a technical sub
committee would devise an operating
plan.
The prime issue was expected to
be the proposal to grant limited bel
ligerent rights to 10th sides in the
civil war; r..
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20
LIONS AND BAPTIST
TEAMS WIN GAMES
Former Beat Kiwanians IL
to 4 and Latter Beat
Bank 8 to-

The Lions defeated the Kiwanis
team II to 4 and the Baptist won
s to from the Bankers in two games
of softball played Monday afternoon.
The Lions got II hits to aid in their
II scores put also registered trio of
errors. The Kiwanis did almost as
well in hits, with a total of ten, but
were able to send only four men
across the plate. They made one
more bobble than the Lions for a. to-
tai of four to their credit.
G. M. Powell was on the mound for
the winning team and the backstop
work was done by Register. Payne
was the hurler for the Kiwanis club
and Hinton did the work behind the
plate.
After the two games of Monday, the
standings in the softball circuit are as
follows.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20
[I6daBGd!nes
PIEDMONT LEAGUE

f1EONAON1 lEtAWOH
Winston Salem at Richmond.
Asheville at Rocky Mount.
Charlotte at Portsmouth.
Norfolk at Durham.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Washington at Chicago.
New York at st. Louis.
Boston at Detroit.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at New York.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn
st. Louis at Boston.
The Chinese certainly have a tol
They cam get on the fr
l,age unless they are threatened
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20

placed where concealed fire can break
out unnoticed.
Whether cottonseed is subject to
spontaneous ignition is debatable, he
continued, but it is generally recog-
nized that cottonseed hulls contain
ing a small amount of oil are sub
ject to excessive heating and thus are
a definite fire hazard.
Adequate fire-fighting equipment
in a gin may consist of water barrels
tanks, pumps, and pals or hose line
attached to a water pressure system
and kept ready for use. Chemical ex-
tinguishers near points of known fire
hazard, and steam jets directed into
gin stands, lint flues, the cleaner and
pneumatic distributor also are effec-
tive in checking fires.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh 6; Philadelphia s.
st. Louis 3; New York 2.
Chicago 9; Brooklyn 0.
Only games played.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20
LUCKIES. CHEERIOS
SEE PITCHERS DUEL

Braswell got the better of Morris in
pitchers duel Monday afternoon
when the Cherries defeated the Lucky
Strikes by a 3 to 2 score in game of
baseball played at North Henderson.
Each pitcher gave up five hits and
two free passes, but costly error and
a couple of well-timed hits proved too
much for the Luckies, and they took
their first defeat in League play. w.
Grissom for the losers and Jones for
the winners were best with the willow
each getting a triple, with a mate on
base. The Lucky Strikes will play
Norlina Saturday afternoon at 4
o'clock at Pine Park
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20

Frances l.. Warner of Providence,
r. l., author, born at Putnam, Conn.
40 years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20
China Refuses To Meet De
mands of Ultinatum Orders
CONTINUED .rom Page One.)

barricade staring me in the face.
They made loud clamor showing us
around, although, of course, we coul-
dn't understand Japanese. Finally
they let us go, showing us off roughly
and giving me a final and very force
full kick from behind"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20

streets of Henderson. The public is
cordially invited to inspect this mar
vel of the highway and also to view
the demonstration Friday, July 80.
Capt. Lynch was personal friend OF
the late Will Rogers and the late
Jean Harlow, both of whom were
well known screen stars before their
deaths.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20
CHINESE AND JAPANESE
ARMIES JOIN I'M BATTLE
(By The Associated Press.)

(By The Associated Press.)
Chinese and Japanese armies bat
tied in a Pieping suburb today soon
after an ultimatum demanding with
drawal of Chinese troops expired.
Japanese artillery was reported to
have wrecked the towers of Wang
tingshien, western suburb of Peiping
at 2:3O p. m. The Chinese arsenal and
barracks were said to have burst in
to flames under the punitive she'll
ing"
At noon the dead line for. Chinese
compliance with Japan's "last warn
ing had passed unanswered.
The Domei, Japanese news agency,
said Japanese infantry charged near
the Marco Polo bridge and the en-
gagement became general at the
scene of the first clash in the North
China dispute Efforts to find peace
formula settling the dispute, which
began with a clash at the Marco Polo
cridge July z, thus far has failed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20
[ResNlts
PIEDMONT, LEAGUE

Durham 4; Norfolk 3.
Portsmouth 4; Charlotte 1.
Asheville 9; Rocky Mount 3.
Richmond g; Winston Salem 8.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Destiny of Spain Is Being
Decided In Madrid Battle
CONTINUED from Page One.)

a 100-square mile pocket which gov
eminent troops had carved out of in
surgent territory in a two weeks Of
fensive.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-20

European tenlpr"a:ure is cooler
than Americas. Wha-a with all those
rot heads running aionnd loose over
i"Pfcb
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01
More Straws in the Wind

The towns have held their annual elections; Waterbury has, to express It generally completed its biennial task at the polls. Tomorrow three large cities of the state will decide the issues at stake as presented by their several candidates. The communities include Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport. Whether the re- suits will show which way the wind IS blowing remains to be seen.
 In all three places the present mayors are seeking to be reelected. In Hartford it is Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy, running in his own right for the first time. It may be recalled that his election two years ago was by virtue of popular demand for him to succeed the Democratic mayor who died before assuming office. Oppos- ing Mayor Spellacy is a former chlet executive of the city, Joseph w. Beach, who was drafted by the G. O. P to stem the rising tide of Democracy in Hart ford. It's doubtful if he can do it, al- though anything is possible in the field of politics.
 There is a nice quiet little scrap going on in New Haven. It's so quiet, however, that you can hardly find anything about the election in the New Haven papers. If there was a campaign on in the Elm City you'd never know it. But then, of course. our judgment is warped by what occurs every two years in our own bailiWick. They don't take their politics as strenu- ously in other cities of the state year after year as do the natives in good old Water bury. However, it's Mayor John w. Mur- phy, Democrat, against George F. Barnes, Republican. Governor Cross has already spoken a good word for Mayor Murphy.
 Mayor Jasper McLevy is hoping against hope in Bridgeport that this isn't the year. He finds himself pitted against two opponents this fall. The Democrats sent George M. Coughlin, Jr., into the fray, the Republicans Henry Greenstein. There was no endorsement of the Socialist mayor from any of the other major polit- ical parties And it is noticeable, too, that the Democrats have a war chest with plenty of ammunition and the stuff it takes to manufacture the ammunition. With that as a start it's always easy to get someone to fire the ammunition.
 The three "ins" tomorrow look like re- peaters at this distance. But if there is to be a shake-up in this group, we would hazard guess on Bridgeport providing it. That, however, will probably show just how poor prognosticator and edi- torial commentator actually is.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01
Grading Omce.Seekers

"Women," says the New York Times, "are the backbone of our public forum system. They are young in politics and hungry for education, and insist on thinking of an election campaign in edu- cational terms" Where this is the situ- ation, there are more serious debates between rival candidates for office and fewer old-fashioned campaign speeches in hired halls. That ought to be start toward finding and electing the better candidates.
 In Westchester County, N Y, the other day eighteen candidates for local offices spoke to a women's organization. Un- known to the speakers, the listening ladies were grading them on their efforts. Some received the highest mark 70. K." Others received only an IN. e., which meant they would not have the votes of the graders. Another mark, "T. w., meaning "too windy" might have given pause to snug orator if he had known of it.
 We hope there were grades to indicate candidates who spoke to the point, clari- fled the issues of the election, presented good program, showed grasp of pub- lie affairs, and so on. Knowledge that they were to be graded in some such fash ion might embarrass some speakers lit- tie, but it ought to have wholesome ef- feet on their oratory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01
Night Blindness

Preparation of pure vitamin A, for use in prevention of night blindness, has been announced by scientists who hail the dis covery as an important factor toward reducing the number of nocturnal auto- mobile accidents.
 That is welcome news. Anything that will aid in lowering the terrifying Amer ican automobile toll should certainly receive greatest consideration. But injec- tion of such substance into the veins of the average driver will have little effect. If little common sense could be pounded into the heads of some wild drivers it would be much better.
 Night blindness may be cured, but science still has to find remedy for ex- cessive speed, reckless disregard of other motorists and pedestrians, and the film that clouds the eyes of the driver who indulges in "just a couple shots."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01

They've been having quite discussion down in Pennsylvania over schools. And it was finally necessary for Governor George H. Earle to step in and settle the troubles. Gov. Earle is most versatile man. He is accomplished in many re- spects. He could step out of his guberna-, torial suite today after settling an indus trial dispute and go over to the nearest dog-show and determine the best dog in the place to the satisfaction of all con- cerned. But this time he was forced to determine whether or not Amish and Mennonite schoolhouses in Lancaster County should be reopened. They are of the red schoolhouse" type and were to be abolished and replaced by modern con- Solidated schools built with WPA funds. The Amish and Mennonite pleaded for re- tention of their traditional schools and argued against reception of what they termed charity in the nature of federal grants for schools. They won their point and their schools will continue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01
A Book a Day
Epic of Boer Trek In Darkest Africa

Francis Brett Young las long since achieved notable triumph in the novel, but none so great as that in his latest, "Thy Seek a Coun- try" (Rynal and Hitchcock: $2.75). Epic recounting of the founding of a nation in the wilds of Africa, this week is assuredly one of the most sweeping, brilliant novels of the year.
 The story of the Boers of South Africa is drama sharply paral- leling that of our own frontier times. Here was a people eco- nomically oppressed, conternptuous of an arrogant English rule. So they walked out, literally. They staged one of the greatest treks in history-wholesale migration to 8 new land.
 And MT. Young has made the most of 1t. The vivid action shifts from an English courtroom to & convict ship, thence into wilder ness. Avidly you follow the for tunes of the Boer families caught in the sweep of the trek.
 MT. Young spent 20 years in study and first-hand observation of South Africa. And since the World war he has visited 1t several times. The result is an authoritative story, pas- sionately drawn. This passionate soil," MT. Young calls this verdant country. He has caught the strength of it in this novel.-P. G. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01
Bigger Taxable Incomes

In 1929, according to tax reports, there were 513 persons whose income was $1,OO0,00O or more. By 1884 that number had been cut to B. In 1885 it was Al. It is likely that 1936 and 1887 have found the number increasing steadily, if slowly, although we will not have the final figures for some time. People in the lower in- come brackets seem to have increased in numbers, too, for those with incomes under $5,OOO year paid $34, ,685 ,OOO in taxes in 1884 and $40,233, 900 the follow- ing year.
 Nobody seems to be really keen about income taxes, yet those who pay them are glad to have the income Most of them recognize, too, that the income tax is one of the fairest forms of taxation. It is direct and based on actual income Real estate and indirect taxes are often heavy burdens, the latter extracting payments from the very poor, the former often re- quiring heavy outlay for unproductive property.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01

It is well to know this early just what to expect from the 1887 turkey crop. The Department of Agricul-
 ture, which keeps as accurate an inventory of the great American bird as could be expected, reports that turkeys will be fewer this year. However, they will be
 plumper, and prices will be higher
 than in 1886. In the great turkey
 raising states of the West produc-
 ton is off about 20 per cent; the decrease Is reported even greater in such rich sections as Maryland and Delaware. A fat turkey delivered in New York will cost the house. holder in the neighborhood Of 4C cents a pound. .....
 Offhand, one might suppose that
 high prices would mean profitable
 season for the turkey growers, but
 this is not necessarily true. The turkey raising business is full of
 headaches and intricacies. The poults, never notable for their high intelligence quotient, are likely to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01

That session of the Democratic State Central Committee last week down in New Haven evidently centered around the election of a new National Committee woman to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. Josephine Flynn of Bridge port. Attorney Mary c. Coughlin of Strat- ford won the election by one scant vote, defeating one of the states last presi- dential electors, Mrs. Carleton Palmer of Westport. The vote was 34 to 33. And it develops that the deciding vote was cast by Mrs. Nora Mahaney Harris of New Ha- ven, native of this city and vice-chairman of the Democratic State Central Commit tee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01
Party Favors From Japan

The day after a Halloween party one of the guests was looking over the little favors and paper novelties she had brought home for her children Most of them bore the Made in Japan" label. Ordinarily the lady wouldn't have given the fact a second thought. But war in the Orient, with Japan named as aggressor by the League of Nations, gave the gay, fimsy little fun-makers special interest. They were harmless objects, and rather amusing. In peace times each one would have represented merely small fragment of internation- al trade, the ingenuity of Japanese workers, the enterprise of Japanese ealeSmen.
 Tn the circumstances, the lady won- dered how many such trinkets would
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01
In New York
Rv GEORGE ROSS

New York, Nov. 1.-The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, that specta- cle extraordinary headed by a White Russian cossack commander and peopled with effervescent ballerinas whose names all seem to be Tatiana Riabouchinska, is now engaged Oh the fifth of its lucrative tours of the nation. And s. Hurok's moon face is one gargantuan smile.
 Hurok is the impresario who dared to venture where angels the theatrical kind-feared to tread because of huge loss taken by an earlier ballet troupe. The first dropped $325, ,000 trying to teach us American aborigines the ruances of an art which combines panto- mime, dancing and music.
 Hurok so far has a tidy $4,300,- 900 on the books from the first four 25, 5,000-mile tours and expects to make handsome addition on the present swing around the country.
 For its first ten days on this rich soil the Ballet paused at the Metropolitan Opera House, the seats of which were covered nightly by the creme de la creme of society as wei as Judy O'Grady and her boy friend, for The Dance is catching on with all classes. The audiences were unusually apprecia- tive but quiet and respectful. The noise backstage made up for every thing.
 We'll Shod
 Ballet folk, like circus people, live in world all their own. They have their own superstitions, ideals, foibles, and desires. They will not, for instance, wear new ballet, slip pers, or even moderately old ballet slippers. Before pair of those dainty coverings go before an audi ence they must be warped to fit every joint and curve of the danc- CTS feet and be f1Sh-glued and cross-stitched to make them it tighter.
 Ballerinas live in perennial fear of slip and fall, which is why they take so much care of the slippers and explains why the ballet carries 18,000 pair on tour. Each of the dancers keeps about 30 pairs in her dressing room and asks for more as the mood seizes her.
 The Ballet Is an immense ven- ture as evidenced by its five bag gage cars filled with properties and the huge quantities of ma- terials required for its prepara- ton. For instance, 22.800 gallons of fish glue no ballet can do without it-were used for mend- ing and fastening slippers, for sig inging and repairing scenry which runs to 7500 square yards per ballet. And there are 10 pallets in the repertoire.
 The ballet keeps busy a corps of seamstresses and wardrobe workers and scene painters. The presiding genius of all this is Col. w. Dc Basil, a charming member of the former court of Romanoffs who turned to ballet when Russia turned from royalty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01

to take control of us again? Like hell we would! When we re-enter the A. F. of l.. 1t will be on our terms, not yours"
 James Carey, president of the rebel Electrical and Radio Work CTS Union, was equally tough.
 "Listen Harrison," he rasped, sget this straight. Under the A. F. of L., our union never had amounted to . tinker's dam. Now we have 9O,OOO dues- paying members, have won wage in- creases and shorter hours. N0- body can turn us over to your outfit because my men wouldn't stand for 1t. You birds have Q funny idea of peace. You want us to eat crow and surrender when you have nothing to offer and we are on top. Nuts to that"
 The Federation trio made no reply to these outbursts, but Har- rison sharply accused the CIOers of bad faith in making public their peace plan.
 Fight For Supremacy
 Behind all their statement-hurl- ing, the CIO-AFL proposals get down to this: A fight for srprein- acy of the labor field between in. dustrial and craft tinionisll.
 Under the CIO terms 1t would be only short time before the rebel unions would be ruling the A. F. of L. roost. And that would mean finis for Federation czars Bill Green, Bully Bill" Hutcheson, John Frey and others. Naturally arey are not going to allow that to happen If they can help 1t.
 Hence their strategy in offer ing to restore full Federation status to the original 12 insur- gents but to turn over the 21 new CIO unions to their craft rivals. That would give them hundreds of thousands of new dues paying members, but leave control of the Federation, and the security of their fat-paying jobs, safely in their own hands.
 Unless some solution of this deadlock is evolved, there will be no peace. A compromise is pos sible, but the question is, do the rival labor moguls want to com promise?
 Merry.G Go-Round
 Secretary Henry Wallace, talk ing Q sly dig at newsmen who were attempting to draw a cer- tain conclusion from a speech of his: Strange as it may seem to you, I said exactly what I thought" Justice Hugo Black is not the first known Klansman on the bench. Chief Justice Howard D. White, wfV preceded Chief Justice Taft, was a member of the original Ku Klux Klan. At that time the Klan aimed at white supremacy and did not bar Catholics or Jews. White was Catholic.
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