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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-18
900 Baptist Women
at State Convention

Between 900 and 1000 delegates
and visitors from every part of the
State attended the annual conven-
ton of the North Carolina Baptist
Woman's Missionary union held in
Charlotte last week.
Mrs. J. Clyde Turner of Green's
boro presided. She is the wife of the
pastor of the First Baptist church of
Greensboro, who formerly was pres
ident of the Baptist State conven-
ton. She delivered her annual adj
dress as president Wednesday.
During the convention many lead
ers of the denomination in the State
and the South were heard.
Mrs. Turner and other officers
were reelected by the union at its
concluding session Thursday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-18
Forests Great Aid
Government Officials Find Idea Is
Not a Hare-Brained One

Government tree experts claim
that planting just two per cent OF
the nations shelter belt was enough
to prove it's worth.
They said hat $50 of every 74O
trees planted on shelter strips and
farm wind breaks in the Prairie
States had lived, surviving two of
the worst droughts in history and a
whitening storm of public and po-
litical criticism.
President Roosevelt in July, 1884,
announced the plan for planting
strips of trees in 1OO-mile belt
stretching from Canada to Texas
through the region of droughts and
dust storms. Forest experts said
these shelter belts would soften the
blistering dry winds of summer and
the icy blasts of winter.
Critics called the idea "hare-
Drained nightmare and waste of
the $15,OOO,OOO in Federal relief
funds allocated. They said trees had
never grown on the stretches of
semi-arid prairies and never would.
The forest service said millions of
young trees some Is and Is feet
high-were growing now in the
Great Plains as result of the pro-
ject, although less than $3,000,00
had been spent.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-18
Big Sum for State
Federal Aid for Highway Work to
Be Matched by State Funds

The sum of $4,842,7O7 of Federal
highway funds has been apportion-
ed North Carolina for the fiscal
year beginning July l, c W. Rob-
erts, president of the Carolina Motor
club, announced Monday.
This total is made up of regular
Federal-aid funds plus apportion-
ments for secondary or feeder roads
and for elimination of railroad haz-
ards in highways.
"This money!" Mr.. Roberts said,
represents our share of 100000, 900
that is being made available by the
Federal government to the States,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Ri
co, and Hawaii for highway pur-
poses.
"Of the total, $125, 100000 is to be
appropriated as regular Federal-aid,
25,0OO,OOO for construction of Sec
ondary or feeder roads, and 50,0OO,-
900 for elimination of rail hazards.
Cali of the funds made available
will be expended in accordance with
the general plan used in previous
Federal-aid highway work. Projects
for improvement will be selected by
our State highway departments,
which also will prepare plans, let
contracts, and supervise construc-
tion-all subject to Federal ap-
prevail.
Improvement of secondary roads
and elimination of rail hazards with
Federal funds were first initiated as
an emergency measur to relieve un-
employment. The appointments of
funds for these purposes during the
next fiscal year are the first to be
made as part of the regular Federal
program. Regulations under which
the two new funds will be admins
tered are now being prepared by the
Bureau of Public Roads.
Each State is required to match
the funds for improvement of the
Federal-aid system and for second
airy roads, but it is not required to
match the grade crossing funds"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-18
Kentucky Only
Outranks State
White IlliteracX,
Tenth of Population Is Illiterate
in Carolina Compared to 4.3
for Nation as Whole

North Carolina still is 10 per cent
illiterate, although great progress
has been made during the past two
decades, according to a survey just
completed under auspices of the
federal works progress administra-
ton.
The survey, based on the 1880
census figures, shows that the state
in 1880 had 236,261 persons who
could not read and write, this num-
Der being one-tenth of the popula-
ton. Only $50 of these were foreign
born. There were 139,105 illiterate
negroes and 1892 illiterate native
white persons.
According to the WPA survey on
ly one state, Kentucky, had larger
number of native-born white litter
ates in 1880 than did North Caro-
lima.
During the decade ending with
1880 six counties in the state showed
an increase in illiteracy, these be-
ing Beaufort, Chowan, Harnett,
Northampton, Scotland and Tyrrell.
The following shows the percent
age of illiteracy in Ashe and neigh
boring counties during three de-
cadeS:
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-18
French Ships Will
Patrol Spanish Seas

Ships of the French fleet began
moving into position Saturday to
assume their share of the interna-
tional sea patrol of Spain, schedul-
ed to start officially at midnight
March 13.
French naval authorities planned
to use only few ships at first, wait
ing until the non-intervention COM
mittee in London works out further
details of the plan before sending
more men-of-war to the troubled
waters.
Beginning at midnight, the French
patrol ships will report the names
and nationalities Of all war and mer-
chant vessels entering or leaving
Spanish ports on "the beats"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-18
Lawyer-Son to
Coon Trial for
Killing Mother
Murder Trial i'm West Virginia
Involves Prominent and
Wealthy Family

The unfinished tale of the tragedy
of the Third avenue mansion, which
caused son to be charged with kill
ing his mother and shook society of
this Ohio river city, will be resumed
this week in Huntington, w. Va.
Charles Burlington Baldwin, Al
year-old lawyer and former coal
operator, will 60 on trial on the
charge he killed his mother, Mrs.
Juliette Burlington Enslow, g.,
daughter of Huntington's first may
or and widow of one of it's first citi-
zens, Frank Bliss Enslow.
The mother was found on the
floor of her bedroom last October
II. There were bruises on her body
and it also bore wounds from a
sharp instrument.
A pocketbook was found on the
lawn outside the mansion, valuable
jewelry was missing. Police believ-
ed a burglar had slain the socially
prominent widow.
Denies ZULU
After a week of investigation,
Lieutenant of Detective Leslie
Swami placed Baldwin under arrest.
Baldwin denied then has done so
since that he was responsible for his
mothers death.
Huntington, West Virginia's big
gest city and just getting over the
worst flood in its history, turned its
entire attention to the strange case
this week.
During investigation a pair of
bloodstained pajamas were found in
the house. A towel and a blood
stained pillow also are part of the
evidence.
They all underwent scrutiny in
the State Police Bureau of Identifi-
cation at Charleston and experts
said the exhibits bore identical
bloodstains.
Baldwin, former army air cap
tain, has been in Jail since his ar
rest, except for attendance at a
hearing November 20.
At that time, he pleaded mot
guilty" After the grand jury re-
turned an Indictment in February,
he again issued a statement deny
ing the charge.
He is a son of Mrs. Enslow by her
first marriage and resided with her
in the big house on Third avenue.
He had been married but divorced.
Several years ago Baldwin lost a
leg lin a mine accident. When he
made his only appearance in court
he leaned on cane.
Witnesses to Appear
Among the witnesses in the case
will be Elizabeth Bricker, house
keep who discovered the body;
Judge Johnson, negro chauffeur who
brought the first hint of tragedy by
discovering the pocketbook on the
walk; Carl Shanholtzer, State police
expert who analysed the blood
stains, and Detective Lieutenant
Swami who led the investigation.
At the preliminary hearing John
son told how he awakened Baldwin
the morning of Mrs. EnsloW's death.
''He got up directly from bed with
his leg on" the chauffeur testified.
''Was he accustomed to sleep with
his leg on?" he was asked.
''Not so far 1 know he wasn't was
the reply. That's the first time I
ever saw him."
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-18
POacher Traps Self

Surprised by gamekeepers while
laying nets to catch pheasants, JOS
eph Weismuller, aged 81, habitual
poacher of Neuberg, Germany, trap
ped himself. In attempting to escape
he became entangled in the nets and
could not flee. He was sentenced to
one year in prison.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12

SYNOPSIS Clark Griffith, deb
OMAR liaisOn man for powerful pO-
itical forces, is attempting to win
Verda Trent from Moses Inter
est CraddOck, ruthless and infiu-
entail attorney. He met the beau
tiful Verda at the home of friend
and succeeded in getting her con-
sent to go to luncheon the follow
ing day. He has Just called Verda
to remind her of the engagement
when CraddOck, entering her apart
ment, Overhears the telephone con-
versatiOn and is furious.
Verda dismisses CraddOck from
her apartment and goes to lunch
with Clark, where, during the meal,
she realizes Clark has fallen in love
with her. ...
Verda breaks with Craddock and
reopens her shop free from obliga-
ton to him. Clark, hurrying to
Verda with tickets for a prizefght,
is fired on with a machinegun in a
fleeing car. He is uninjured, but
the bullets strike two innocent per-
sons.
Clark goes to Craddock's office
with a thinly-veiled accusal and q
threat. Both men quarrel bitterly
and the breach is widened. Clark
tells Verda he knows of way tt
hit back at Craddock.
Clark goes to August Tweed, hi'
political chief, to enlist his aid II
fighting CraddOck, and finds thai
his faction is on the eve of a bittel
political struggle in which Grad
dock will be the OppOsitiOn's leader
among Negroes.
Clark and Verda decide to bt
married at once, SO they might bt
together during the bitter struggle
that is surely coming.
Clark opens an office adjacen
to the all-important Jazz Hollow
He is called upon there by
stranger who offers to deliver thu
Hollow to Clark's party on election
day for a certain sum of money
Clark is amazed at the proposal.
Clark places a spy in Jazz Hol
low to check on Inky SanbOrn. Thu
spy reports raids by strang'
gang on some of CraddOck's under
world strOnghOlds. But Jim Scot
is killed while driving Clark's car
After SCOTS burial, Clark, fear
ing for Verda's safety, wants t.
quit the fight. She dissuades him
The Mayor throws the protection
of the entire police department
around Clark and Verda.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12

The. secretary knew Clark, and
realized he would not intrude on
such a conference unless the intru-
sion was necessitated by a matter
of the utmost gravity. So she
obeyed instantly.
"Mr. Griffith is here, Mr.. Tweed,
and he says it is highly necessary
to speak with YOU" she said when
the connection had been made.
"Put him on" Clark heard
Tweed's voice say.
"Chief?"
eyes, Clark. What is it,"
~ don't dare trust this over the
phone, Chief. But I've got to see
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CHAPTER II

Clark came back to his seat. His
face settled into the grim lines that
so often characterized it of late.
"What do you know" he asked.
- "Go ahead, Toots," Sanborn said.
TITS your turn"
"Well, Mister, you see it's like
this. Pm down the street here
about five blocks last night hearin'
what l can hear. The boss here is
kinda interested in politics, so we
guys" -.
"He knows all that, Toots. Stick
to your story" Inky interrupted,
80. K, boss. Well, as I was say
in, I'm down in a honky-tonk
called NelPs Place, eyes and ears
open. The crowd is tough, dirty,
and loud. 1 walks in and orders a
drink. And what a drink! Tasted
like hell, and damn near scalded my
esoph-, esoph-, oh, whatever it
is that guides junk down to your
stomach.
"Well, I'm strugglin' with the re-
mains of this glass of panther
sweat when 1 notices couple of
guys standin' to one side, giving
me the once over and flingin' dirty
looks over my way. I try to figure
the play, but don't recall havin'
seen either of the two chromos be-
fore. But they're plenty tough. I
can see that, all right.
"Pretty soon they come over and
/ straightens up, not knowing
what's comm.
"tAin't you a stranger around
here?' one of 'em asks.
$50 what?' I cracks.
Wasn't you down this way one
night last week?' the other guy
let's out.
Snow, it happens I was. Some
of the boys and had a little
trouble (Clark thought of his Jazz
Hollow informer's report of raids
conducted by strangers) about a
block and half from Nell's Place
the week before. We all scrammed
before the bulls arrived, but may
be these two guys remembered me.
If so, was in for some mess. !
decided to stall.
"No.' I replies.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12

city to the Molemuke Building took.
twelve minutes fiat. Clark left his
car in restricted zone and dashed
into, the entrance. - :.
Arriving at August Tweed's Of
fee. he impatiently pressed the hid
den buzzer. The door opened and
he entered to find himself facing
the leaders secretary.
sfWhere's the chief?" he asked.
"Mr. Tweed is at the Capitol in
| a conference with the Governor"
was the reply of the smartly
dressed, efficient looking blonde.
"Please get him on the phone at
once. It is extremely important"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12

you at once"
Every Important"
every is hardly the word"
"Come over here at once, then.
Come straight to the Governors Of
fee. Well both wait for you"
Downstairs again Clark called to
the waiting squad car. ''The Capt.
toll! Hurry!" and jumped in his own
machine.
This time the officers did not
have to be coaxed. Both cars shot
away from the curb like frightened
rabbits.
Clark left his car at the main en-
Continued on Page Six
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tives.
1--WE got to get to the Molemuke
Building in a hurry. How about
clearing the way with the siren?".
"Who you going to see2" :
Clark became exasperated.
"Say, are you guys my protec-
tors or my parents? This matter
concerns the Mayor. Now you two
get in that car and clear the way
or I'll go to the City Hall and tell
him you DISTRACTED something fol
the good of the city. So, do you OF
don't you?" ~
They did.
The trip through the heart of the
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Where
"'Oh, so you was down here -
"'Hell, man, amt this free
country? Can't 1 go wherever /
please? Are you guys nuts?'
Ono, we amt nuts, Funnyface,
but maybe you are. Some strange
things has been happening down
here, and strangers don't go so hot.
Maybe we just better sorta search
you a little
"By this time more guys had got
around and things begun to look
dark.
81 didn't wait. I made the door,
leavin' a string of guys on the
| floor.
"'Kill the dirty ---,' some
body yelled, and knife whistled
by my ear.
Il goes through the door and
Pm met by guy with a club in
his hand. He's all set to give me
the works but 1 beats him to the
punch. I busted him so hard his
coat flies open and folded paper
flew out Of his pocket.
81 don't know what made me do
it, with that pack of black wolves
at my heels, but grabbed the
paper on the fly and lit out for this
place. cut between two buildings,
hit the alley, cut back to the next
street, met a taxi and came here.
II brought the boss the paper"
i Inky silently proffered Clark a
folded sheet Of soiled, cheap writ
ing paper. Clark took it and I'M
). folded it. On it was written in a
good hand: ~-.
| Griffith today sure without fail.
What do you make of it?"
Clark asked. ....-.-
"It's a wild guess, maybe, but l
! think that's instructions to get you,
and the dumb cluck was either car
! rying it to someone or it was for
} himself. Carrying it to someone
else, maybe, cause torpedoes don't
carry around written instructions.
1t might be that it was written be-
fore the first blast aimed at you,
even, and the guy was holding on
to it for some reason. At any rate,
it looks like lead" ~~--..---
"What are you going to do with
| it," .
Sanborn's eyes became Sits.
"You and 1 got pretty much the
same idea about who's behind all
this, Mister. That paper might be
the first gate. Toots here has got
a memory like an elephant. He's
told all of MY mean our-men
what this guy looks like. Toots
himself has to lay low for while.
That's why he's here. But, if that
ape who dropped this is in Jazz
Hollow Well find him. And when
: we do"- Sanborn's eyes became
narrower-"heT talk or else, which
means he'll talk"
Clark arose, handed the paper to
Inky, and shook his hand. 30, K.
You run this game down here as
you wish. Only, remember, when
the check has to be paid, want to
be there, And if the same man
we are both thinking about is to
pay it, well-you understand, don't
you?" " ~ - r
"You just know I get it. And
it'll be paid, You can bet your
Ishoes on that" 4
4 "And, remember word to
ANYONE about that subway deal.
Y You'll all get plenty out of that, :"
t Clark said on departing.
r Downstairs the barkeeper
breathed a sigh of relief when he
= saw Clark. The two detectives
were standing in the same spot.
When Clark approached one Of
: them consulted his watch.
1.-TWO minutes to spare,". he
commented. ssas ...sss.:5.ss.:.i
Clark looked at them both. ''Do
me a favor, fellows" he said.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-11-12
NO HIDING
PLACE
By Joseph Francis Albright

'It depends" was the terse re-
ply of the larger of the two detec-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-17
ROAD DISTRICTS
; AND a TO PAY
COST OF OILING

Imperial county's share of the
cost of oiling and surfacing the
Westmorland farm to market road
will be paid by road districts No 3
and from their gasoline tax ap-
portionment, county supervisors de-
cided Monday.
The % miles of road lying be-
tween New river and a point two
miles west of Calipatria and from
five miles west of Brawley TO two
miles west of the same place was
graded this spring and made ready
for surfaclng.
Federal funds were obtained fol-
So per cent OF the total cost OF
$4,000 for the oiling while the
county will provide AZ per cent. The
county's down payment Is s2,asi
with $500 to be paid Immediately
Continued on Page Q. Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-17
REBEL TANKS
BOG DOWN IN
FIERCE FIGHT

MADRID, Aug. II. UP)-After
fierce fighting 40 rebels tanks were
reported begged down in traps today
in an attempted attack on the Cor
conte sector of the Burgos- Santana
er highway
Information here was that the
tanks had broken through the 10y
alist lines on Monday after the
third insurgent motorized column
struck
Unofficial government dispatches
reported that the Loyalist seconc
defense lines prepared special tank
traps which had been previously ex-
cavated and caught and first two
of the attackers. ------
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-17
THIEF TU r N S
TABLES PREYS
ON POLICEMAN
Home of Officer at
Brawley Turned
Into Shambles

BRAWLEY, Aug. ia
thief who rifled two Brawley
homes between 7 80 am. and
noon Monday apparently has
little liking for police Off
GERS.
The home of Joe Gabard, Braw-
lev police officer, was a shambles.
The Gabard family was out of town
when the burglary occurred SO in
vestigating officers were unable to
determine what was taken. Dresser
drawers were pulled out, trunks
were forced open and their contents
strewn about the house. Boxes were
opened and papers and trinkets
dumped among other articles, Off
GERS said.
Next door to the Gabard home
the burglars were not SO mischiev-
Gus. The George Anenburg home
showed evidence of being burglar
lied, but indicated less spite on the
part of the intruders. Anenburg
left home at. 7:30 o'clock When he
returned at noon, he found the
house had been burglarized. He
was checking. to determine what
was missing.
Gabrad lives at 673 South I'M
perial avenue. The Anenburg home
is next door.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-17
'Mom1Imry' I'M Wants
To Drown us!

PITTSBURGH, Aug. II UD-
Five year old Mary Fink confided
to street car passenger: MY Nom
my is going to take me in the
river.
Suspicious as he watched the Sob
bing, diStraught mother, Samuel N.
Mazzei, the passenger, got a traffic
officer and the two overlook her 35
feet from the banks of the Alleg-
heny river.
Mrs. Julia Fink, 29, told an in
coherent story of planning to take
Mary and her 10 months old son,
William, jr, into the waters with
her so the three would be drowned
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-17


The lower rate was made in the
face of more than $66,100 in i'm
provements and additions planned
for the various city departments
during the coming year. These i'm
provements include:
Repairs to water storage tank
damaged by earthquake, $4,000.
New fire fighting equipment,
$4,000.
improvements and repairs to city
streets, $4,000.
Grandstand at ball park, $7,5OO.
Police patrol car, $1,000.
Salary increases in lower brack-
cts in all departments, $4,000.
Substitution of new water meters
for damaged ones, $1,000.
New boring machine for irrigat-
ing trees in parkways, $4,000.
The original budget estimate for
running the city next year was
S375, 1000. The council and the de-
partment heads pared this to $685.
600, the official estimate for muni-
cipal business costs in 1937-l938.
In commenting on, the financial
condition of Ell Centro, Mayor Roy
Womack said, THE city now is in
position to pay cash as it goes
1t will not be necessary to pass
bond issues and pay the cost ovel
a period of years unless some un.
forseen emergency arises. Addition
al bonded indebtness we hope will
be unnecessary"
The council called for bids on the
patrol car and grand stand con-
struction and instructed police and
park commissioners to provide bid
derS with estimates of requirements
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-17
Snake Executed
Beaten by Spiders

OSSIAN, NJ Y, Aug II WP)-
The black snake that fought for its
life against family of spiders in
the cellar of r. j. Holden's farm
house here the past two weeks is
dead. ...... .......s#
Its life was mercifully snuffed out
by Holden.
The snake was helplessly enmesh-
ed in the spiders web and had been
hoisted four feet off the cellar floor
Throughout the two weeks of it's
struggle for life. the reptile be-
came weaker. Every time it manag-
ed to break strand of the tight
ly woven web, a spider would dart
down from the cellar ceiling and
quickly repair the damage.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-17

|. v. Urged to
Swiipe Seaport
Become State

Imperial county will be laun-
ching her agricultural products
from docks in her own back
yard If John Nj. Beatty gets
away with his plan for MexicO's
territory.
In the opinion of the EscOnd-
lido man, expressed in letter
to Imperial county authorities,
the living active spirit" of
those In the southern part of
the state would make the geo.
graphical shift an easy matter.
What the United States gov
renment would have to do
would be negligible. Just take
the head Of the Gulf of Cali
fOrnia, run Imperial county
down to the sea, build a port,
and throw open the doors to
world trade, according to Beat
ty.
He also has a neat idea for
making southern California a
separate state. Nature had such
an idea in mind when she Great
cd a natural barrier between
the north and the south of Cal
,.fOrnia, he said. The state, he
carefully pointed out, is all in
one mass from Cape San Lucas
to DelNorte and should speak
one language and be under one
flag"