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The times-news., 1938-09-30
BITTERN HARD FIGHTER

TULARE, Calf. - (UP) - A
streamlined bird, possessing the
fighting qualities of hawk and
the solamnity of an owl, which
was holding down the center of a
highway near here and refused to
Weld even to an approaching
truck, was finally subdued and
captured after a hard fight. 1t
was identified by experts as a bit
tern which had gotten out of it's
native habitat of marshes.
Suburban railways at Warsaw,
Poland, have been electrified.
The times-news., 1938-09-30

The Christian experience is not mere picnic.
There is a war on, and the world, the flesh, and
the Devil, and all the forces of darkness are
against us when We take our stand in this world
to please Him. And, therefore, it is well that we
should face up to this battle.-A. Lindsay Glegg.
The times-news., 1938-09-30

Every SO often the question IS
raised throughout this nation as
to whether or not a president
should serve more than two terms
The times-news., 1938-09-30

Some species of birds molt all their feathers at
once and are unable to fly during that time.
The times-news., 1938-09-30
BIBLE THOUGHT
A CALL TO WAR

For We wrestle against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wicked
ness in high places. (Eph. 6.12)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-14
TRAVFI
100000 MNFS
l2 20 Officers Averaged
Nearly 1900 Miles Fap Ie0
in Past Year
DAILY Dispatch Ruro


Raleigh, Feb. 14.-Norib,' + y Hotel
41e yoo pa patrolmen Travelled 04 n1
than 100000 miles on the '0 O. more
highways last year, and in Jarn states
this year the 100 Officers iuaiy Of
nearly 4,CC0 miles apiece Livery rseragel
to reports of Major Arthn, my %Iucording
of the patrol. "iA mead
Total mileage travelled j., 7oo-
4,2O9'237, while for the first na NO., was
1888 it reached 44e, 0t2 rato o0lln of
II continued will give more th which
100000 miles for The currar, Ian o.
an indication that recent inst,,, Ia
to patrolmen to 10 more ,,ot"er.
is being carried out scrur,l,onS,,. o'iih.'
Among their other activities tbo
trolmen last year INVESTIGATED > pa pa,
accidents in which 80? rersonS -'fO4
Killed and 1,771 were injured n were 1e
uary they investigated $50 aco;a an
which cause death 81 Is and iniun' u"'s
102 persons. ''Oiy OF
On the law enforcement sido ..
patrol was accountable for "a o9o oo n'
victions in 1887, wEile onlv 800 WI ant
guilty Verdlcts were returned in corO.
brought by its members The offon S'
ers, if rolled into enc wo !dn,t liwo
20 serve out the collective sentonoo-
even if he were Methusaleh, as toto,
sentences aggregated 921 years nino
months and Is days. '''''
January, 1888, arrests totaled 1907
with 1870 convictions and 81 acor;t
tails. Sentences totalled "a Years ono
month and 20 days.
During 1887 patrolmen made ~
1913 vehicle inspections, issued tickets
COR faulty equipment to 21,349 and for
saulty lights to 1885 No less than
121,780 lights were corrected.
The patrolmen weighed 2O,557 ve.
hicles and found that TAO of them
were overloaded. They examined 1872
sos persons for drivers licenses and
approved 114,160 of them.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-14
STATE CAN PROFIT
IN RAISING SHEEP

College Station, Raleigh, Feb. IA
Because of it's many natural advan-
tages, North Carolina is in a favor
able position to become an important
sheep-raising state, John E. Foster, of
State College, declared today.
Besides the mild winters and long
growing season throughout most of
the State, it is relatively close to good
lamb markets, such as Richmond
Baltimore, and Philadelphia. In addi-
ton, the larger cities of this State
furnish a market for much of the To-
cal supply.
The advantages, together with the
visitation of the boil weevil and blue
mold, the clamor for diversified farm
ing, and the Agricultural Conserva
ton program, are causing many alert
growers to turn toward sheep prOduc-
ton on a farm flock basis.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-14
Ahs%iz - 20
WASHINGTON
NEWS COMMENTATOR

5000 pensions, must go to jail as the
result of his earlier conviction. Town
send was not accused of promoting d
racket of his own, but was convicted
and sentenced for -ill-advisedly derry
ing a ruthless political racket
racket, which at that particular mo-
ment and for the immediate purpose
was parading under the hood and allas
of a special congressional mvestlgal-
ing committee. In short and ugly
words-but more accurately descrlp-
tive-this committee, like all special
committees for pulling pre-electlon
publicity hoaxes, was built for smear
ing.
This is not a defense of DR.. Town
send. nor is it an attack on the
courts. 1t was admitted that the mis-
guided pension prophet had given ear
to crackpot advisers and had conspir-
ed to walk out on the congressional
committee "at the proper time for the
psychological effect and attendant pub
licity." This column does not presume
to insinuate that Townsend was privi-
legged to break any law. The courts,
for their part could do nothing more
or less than uphold the statutes. But
to everyone who had even a nodding
acquaintance with the circumstances
and accessories before and after the
fact, it was all too apparent that the
unsavory denOuement was of delibe-
rate planning-that with an eye to-
ward the 1896 elections the order went
along for old Doc Townsend to be
smeared and thoroughly discredited
Duress Vile
sSmearing committees did not origi-
nate with the New Deal. They have
been here long time, and function
under the suspicious title of special
congressional investigating commit
tees. Citizens may be yanked before
their private lives and regulations
a form of kangaroo court and have
ruined and be left without recourse to
redress; where the judges are also
the prosecutors and jury, and persons
not charged with crime are denied the
benefit of legal counsel; where all
rules of. evidence that apply in courts
of law and equity are suspended, and
even the habeas corpus made ineffec-
tive; where witness is MADE the de-
PENDANT, but is denied the right of max
ing defense. He must bear insults and
answer their questions, but must not
fight back. He can have his side of
the question printed in the record only
at the pleasure and caprice of the
gentlemen of the committee.
Let us assume that one such COM
mittee selects you as it's goat for pub
licitv bait. You go in there believing
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-14
BY
DR. JAMES E POPE
Theatres As Political Barometers

1uGdCr0S AS tOl1UACaA AO&sA OAAAOOO~
My guess is that ninety-tlve out OF
every hundred persons are thoroughly
sold on the proposition of peace at any
reasonably honorable price, and ready,
most of us, to swear and nope TO
die that we are radical pacificts-
until something like a tense moment
at the movies proves that we may not
be denied our sacred privileges of TAX
ing on high barometric pressure in
the arteries, and running patriotic
temperatures
Being naturaIs in the pastlmes OF
spontaneity and impulse, and ciinging
to our inherent qualities and tenden-
cies for thinking and doing as we
please-without wasting too much
mental effort in retrospect on exter-
nal cause, or pausing to weigh pro-
spective and probable effective be-
come forgetful and in pinch, betray
our patriotic fever more often
at. showing of the movie news.
In Washington especially, motion
picture audiences are made up of men
and women from many states, and
from as many walks of life. Hence,
these groups have long been regarded
as accurate barometers of nationwide
public opinion, and are respected for
dependability as manifesters of trends
in capricious national thought.
During the past decade the showing
of our country's flag always brought
polite and perfunctory applause from
any motion-picture audience. We liked
it. But that was before the Panay
incident, and more important still, was
before Mr. Secretary Hull challenged
Japan to the effect that unless you
stop your kidding and bluffing about
big navy Uncle Sam will build
enough Class-1 battleships to blow
you out in the Pacific and across
China into Soviet Russia. While this
last jolt was still hot and in the head
lines, there was current in Washing
ton motion-picture houses a news
story depicting the ceremonies and
battleships coincident with some naval
promotions, and each time the Stars
and Stripes came on the screen the
crash of applause was surprisingly
terrific and prolonged. One is re-
minded of the wheatless and meatless
buy-abond and selective service days
of 1917'1S.
One is reminded, also, that had
few sailors been lost on the Panay
we would now have another watch
word for white-hot fighting frenzy,
like Remember the Maine
Or. Townsend Again
The courts have decrecd that DR.. F.
E. Townsend, visionary agitator for
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-14

Won have some civil rights left, but
quickly discover that you don't Be-
fore you can remember to be thank
full for your much-advertised constitu-
tional rights you begin to suspect our
constitution-framing forefathers of
having overlooked too much, and mod
ern Interpreters of and amenders to
our Constitution of having overlooked
absolutely nothing. BY some smear
ing committees the Bill of Rights is
regarded as just SO much overplus
for RELOCATION to desuetude, having
lost its force before the posterior con-
trary custom governing congressmen's
caprice and congressional immunity
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-14

heard it asked of Stall. Although
realized that I was unoriginal
ia doing so, and though knew
that my predecessors in the
thought had always been proved
| ignominiously wrong. 1 could not
help feeling that the aittle nam
had gone Off the rails at last.
Where did they come from ."
repeated Strickland. ''Why. from
Mary Thurston's room, Of course"
"You are sure OF that?"
"But it never occurred to me to
doubt it."
"Precisement. Is that why you
are sure?
"No. No. even when T first
heard the screams, I knew they
were from Mary Thurston's room"
M. Picon stared ct him, az
though he wanted even more con-
frmation, but apparently decided
to Let it go at that. Strickland
walked over to. the decanter and
helped himself to q drink.
"I call this third degree" he
said with rather sheepish grin.
IT need a good stiff drink"
"That is q sign Of the cross
examination" said Sam Williams.
"But not a sign OF the Cross
said Mgr. Smith, waking up for
the first time in the last three
quarters Of an hour.
R~IN =
could tell us very little. His room
was on the other side of, the cor.
ridor, and he had heard nothing
he said, until he had heard the
screams. He had seen no one
after he had gone up to bed, ex-
cept Enid, who had been going
into Williams room as he had
come back from the bathroom. '
"You had a bath?"
eyes, I always bath at night.
I work afterwards, and I find that
it clears the BRAIN"
Then you returned to your
room?"
"I did. And settled down to
write"
do you usually dress after hav-
ing a bath at night?"
Invariably, if I'm going to
work."
He spoke precisely and calmly.
All traces Of the hysteria he had
shown at first had vanished. His
skull-like head was high, his cold
eyes met his queStiOner'S.
"You were the first to reach
Mrs. Thurston's door. Can YOU
remember in what order the
others came 2"
II think so. Thurston first.
bounding upstairs like mailman.
followed by Williams and Town
send. Then Strickland out of his
room, then I. think Fellowes from
upstairs, and, perhaps half min
ute later, Stall, also from up
stairs"
did you notice the girl Enid?"
Eyes. But not for some min
utes. I think it was after they
had broken down the door. She
came out Of Thurston's room as
white as a sheet. Fellowes spoke
to her. and she ran straight down.
stairs"
"You have a very accurate
memory, Mr.. Norris"
II have a trained memory. I
have taken q course in Pelman-
ISM"
Rather unexpectedly Mgr. Smith
turned to him. IT understand,
Mr.. Norris, that yesterday eve
ming you expressed an interest in
crime from what you called the
psychological point Of view?"
Something Of the Sort"
Presenting that the phrase
means anything at all, do you find
this particular crime interesting
from the psychological point Of
view?"
Alec Norris looked at him, and
for moment I thought shadow
crossed his face.
IL do not understand this
crime" he said at last.
"Nor T." said Sam Williams
sadly.
Ito Be COntinued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-14
|ACASE For s DETECTIVES
~ LEO BRUCE o.


Il mad something to talk over
with Mary Thurston."
"And couldn't she lend you the
money!"
| / expected Strickland to break
out Again. even wondered II
j there would be a 4.ght. But per.
haps he was a little covered by
the fact that the investigators
knew of his visit to the dead
woman's room. At all events.
was surprised to hear him say
"No," in a deep voice. but quite
clearly.
$50 you stole her diamond pen
dant 2"
! Again no outward sign Of anger
mo. She gave it to me. Or at
least told me to pawn it. Tt would
raise what I needed" After
silence he went ON. 81 had told
her on the phone the day before
that was in hole, and she had
promised to help me. Now she
said that she was awfully sorry,
something unexpected had hap
| pened, and she couldn't. I've nc
| idea what she meant"
cts funny" unused Lord Simon,
''that when you happen to be
speakin' the truth, you're so much
more convincin'."
~That was the truth"
Indeed? Then your troubles
were over?"
eft seemed So"
Until this morning you
found that the police had charge
of the pendant. Quite. Nothing
that could be called trouble had
happened in the meanwhile, I sup
pose ?"
I'm the meanwhile Mary Thurs
ton had been murdered"
"Ah yes. We must get back to
that. You were the first, I think,
to go to bed?"
IL believe I was"
"Bit unusual for you?"
perhaps. But I'd been up
early that morning. I was dog
tired"
care you always dog-tired after
getting up early?"
mo. I was last night"
"You had no other reason for
going to bed so soon?"
IT was a bit bored. Townsend
and the vicar were rather much,
in one room"
took no notice, Of course, in
wardly deciding that I would not
allow myself to be drawn into sus-
pecting Strickland merely because
he was attempting to be rude to
me.
"And yet although you were so
tired, you did not go to bed?"
81 had several letters to write"
'@They must have been urgent"
'"They were"
"When did you leave your room
next?
Without a moments hesitation
Strickland said, when I heard
the screams"
mot before 2"
"No."
did you hear Mary Thurston
come to bed ?"
"Not consciously"
"You heard no voices from her
room?"
"No. The radio was playing
right underneath me-"
"You did not guess that anyone
was in her room that evening 2"
Certainly not"
"Was your window open?"
II don't think So"
Lord Simon stared straight at
Strickland for a moment, and
then with gesture indicated that
he had no more questions to ask.
M. Picon said, Monsieur Strick-
land, I have only one question to
put to you. It is about those so
horrifying screams. Perhaps you
will be so good as to think care
fully before you tell me what I
want to know. It is a little mat
ter, but so much depends on it.
Where did those screams come
fr0m?"
I was less surprised at this RI
diculous question than I would
have been if I had not already
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-14
CHAPTER q


SORRY TO have to ask you {
lot of dam fool questions" sait
Lord Simon after David Strick
land had taken chair, thel
scarcely paused before beginning
to do so. Ever changed youl
name ?" he snapped.
Charged my name?" repeated
Strickland.
If only, I thought, I had more
insight! Was he really surprised
at the question. or was he gaining
time?
Eyes. Deed poll, and all thai
sort of thing"
mo. I've never changed my
uame. Why?"
"Oh-just wondered. Known
the Thurstons long?"
"a few years"
Come here quite a lot. I sup
pose?" :,
eyes. What's the idea of all
this, Plimsoll 2"
Curiosity, old boy. Do you
happen to be hard up?"
Very coldly Strickland said,
mo, thanks. Why. did you want
me to lend you something 2"
Lord Simon was quite upper
turbed. april Boy came in,
them"
Strickland half rose. els it any
business of yours what bets I
make ?"
lawfully sorry, old man. sup
pose bets should be considered sa-
cred. Between man and his God
or his bookmaker. But my man,
Butterfeld, did happen to hear
from a gentleman of similar call
ing to himself that you were in a
tight corner this week. And if
YOU want to put f100 on a horse
at six to one, without anyone
knowing it, I suggest your not
using the extension of telephone
which has a man like Butterfield
glued to the main phone"
"I shall tell Thurston how
damnable I think it, that this sort
Of shopping should go on in a
house where ones guest"
Far more damnable things
than that have gone on in the last
"a hours. There has been, for in
stance, a murder"
az can't see that it justifies
your hanging round listening to
my conversation on the phone"
"Well, let's waive the point,
shall we? Then perhaps you will
tell me just how matters stand be-
tween you and your bookies ?"
"I'm damned if will"
'Then I must tell you. That
hundred you put on this morning
was a last fiing-an absolutely
desperate shot. You're up to the
eyes in debt, you had no means of
raising the money, and you showed
this on knowing that If the horse
did not win you could not find the
hundred. You know only one
bookie who would take the bet.
Well, you've won. I congratulate
you"
Strickland was calmer now, but
sounded more dangerous. Look
here, Plimsoll, you're here
though heaven knows who asked
you hereto find out who MUIR
dered Mary Thurston, not to fer
ret out details of my betting"
'But suppose mind, I'm only
just supposin'-that there was
some sort of relationship between
them ?"
what the devil do you mean?
How could there be ?"
What were you doing in Mary
Thurston's room before dinner
last night ?"
Strickland turned furiously to
me. tive never liked you, Town
send. I've always thought you a
mean-natured sort Of devil. But
I didn't think you'd join in this
sneak's game"
I was about to explain that I
should have had no right to keep
any information like that to my
self, when Plimsoll went on.
WELL" he insisted, what were
You doing there?"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-14

Acting on instructions of Col.
Gen. Hermann Goering, Fuehrer
Hitler's right-hand man, the Nazi
secret service chief, Heinrich
Himmler, above, is conducting a
widespread purge of Germanv's
military clique, according to Lon
don reports. Himmler is reported
to have dispatched special COM
missions Of trusted army officers
and secret police agents to Ger
man garrison towns under orders
to carry out the purge among
commissioned officers. In a recent
speech, Himmler is said to have
warned Reichswehr officers that
in case of war troops might have
to be used in Germany against op-
ponents Of the Nazi regime. He
said his own security troops.
would take care Of that.
Contra Press
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-14

COUNT THE EXTRAS IN THESE 9ssU :@. I
You get complete car ,T,lhssn when yon lett
Used "a, t;oned, completely safe' co"
nIstely equipped. .,.o,;n.
p,e ..,,e extras in the way of special EQUIP
Count -. 80 heaters, radios, deiros'eis,
ment ~ that are included in his prices
~, ~ many of his barsains' o,-
=. .s the pick of the trade. in crop
he ga a;t;ons his cars with skilled BUICK
recono' sells his cars at prices un-
~sdded with fat profits. DRY
eu,ber-for BETTER used cas ~
a Re- roup BUICK dealer hrst'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-14

VKs7EIGH the new cars dispassion-
w ately in the light of what they
offer and the facts stand boldly forth
as these:
Buick is the ONLY car on the market
today offering the efficiency OF valve
in-head straieht-eight design-modern-
5xed yith the bhenomenaly efficient meaO
DYNAELASH principle Of combustion.
Buick is the only car your money can
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-20
SIXTY COME IN ON NORTH SEA-;
 FOURTEEN SAIL

Sixty passengers arrived in Ju- neau on the steamer North Sea from the South last night and fourteen took passage from Juneau to Sitka.
 Inbound passengers were: s. A. Banks, Ruth Geyer, Katherine Mill Ter. Chet Clark, Mrs. Everett Nowell, Sylvia Howell, Philip Novel;, Roger Novel;, c. H. MacSpadden, Cliff Holmes, Oscar Clark, Doris Clark, Wilbur Council, John Hickey, Mrs. J. E. Hickey, Mrs. Nels Rogne, Ann Rogne, Nancy Rogne, Miss M. Sil- vers, Earl Higgins, D. Heating, z. Duke, Clarence Brown, Lionel Bunker, Merle Baker, D. 2. Holden, John Perainen, Steve Cheva, Joe Yovanoich, Harry Pratt, John Grade, Carl Fahlstrom, H. w. Kester, J. Kirk. Byren Julian, Mil ton Bardack, c. J. Bretz, Bill Cline, c. Ming, Albin Carlquist, Melvin Johnson, Chester Carlson, Lore n Trout, Carl Gustafson, E. Novel;. Lawrence Kerr, Irene Apack, Will liam Holzheimer, R. Bernhoft, Myrle Biggins, Charles Hawkesworth, Bill Niemi, D. Hagerty, Mildred Her. mann, A. L. Florence, walter Sharpe, Henry Roden, Herb Dun- lap, Eva Charles and Irene Charles.
 Outbound to Sitka were: Mir. and Mrs. H. B. Humphrey. Lockie Mac Kinnon, Charles Littlefield, Kate Littlefield, Kenneth Littlefield Pad dy Paige, John Newmarker, Capt. J. M. Clark. George Phillips, Nan cys Smith, Mrs John Hallen, E. Jofanson and Mrs. Gus Clancy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-20
Marine News
Steamer Movements
NORTHBOUND


 Chatham scheduled to arrive
 s at II o'clock tomorrow fore . noon, freight only. = SCHEDULED SAlLINGS . Northland scheduled to sail { . from Seattle 10 am. April { e g. . Princess Louise scheduled to ( sail from Vancouver at g. pm, April g. . Tongass scheduled to sail from ( q Seattle 9 pm, April 22 { q Yukon scheduled to sail from { ss Seattle am, April 23 ( . SOUTHBOJTND SAILINGS | . North Sea scheduled south- [ . bound late Thursday night or ( . early Friday. . Aleutian scheduled southbound [ next Monday. ( . LOCAL SAILTNGS ( . Estebeth scheduled to sail every ( . Wednesday at 6 pm. for Sit . . ka and wayports. c 7 i,art leaves every Wednesday . . al am. for Petersburg, Pert . . Alexander. Rake and way . . ports . . .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-20
LOST VESSEL IS REPORTED
 UP ON BEACH
P olar Bear Is Damaged When it Drifts on Reef
 of Shuyak Island

The lost" vessel Polar Bear, which had been unreported for several weeks near Kodiak, has been re- ported beached safely in Red Fox Bay on Shuyak Island, slightly dam aged from contact with reef, but all the four men aboard ln no diff ficult straits.
 The Polar Bear, Capt. A. J. La Casa, left Kodiak March 29, after La Casa had raised it from the bot tom where it had sunk year ago for Seward, via Port Williams.
 While drifting with engine trou- ble off Shuyak Island, the Polar Bear struck a reef, damaged her forefoot and rudder and broke the tail shaft.
 The vessel was necessarily beached in Red Fox Bay, and in such an ouI of the way spot, no word was to be gotten out as to the vessels fate.
 A wire to the Coast Guard cut ter Haida from the cutter Morris in Seward, said the Polar Bear would be lowed to Seward by a vessel of the Washington Fish and Oyster Company in about ten days, and would then proceed to Juneau, ar irving here about mid-May.
 With Capt. La Casa on the Polar Bear, formerly the Margnita, of Juneau waters, were his son, John La Casa, Paul Anderson, and Alec Gooch, a resident of Afognak Is- land.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-20

Larson, P. Helles, Clyde Johnson, Louis Nikken, " Sandy, John King, William Kolander, J. Johnson, J. M Irvine, Tom Campbell. w. E. Day George Asch, and Edy Summer vile.
 For Valdez, B. G. Moulton, R. L. Willett; for Skagway. Ben Bella,ny, B. r. Kar.". MT and Mrs. w. c Bowen, J. A. Phillips, J. Conn, Mrs. M Ervilla. and w. E. Wilson.
 For Yakutat: Mrs. J. Novatney, W. A. Chipperfield. Selma George, A. 0. Whitney, J. Milton, w. Phoe- nix; for Cordova w. Patterson, Gust Danoff; for Haines: Ted Price.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-20
NEW DRACL|NE TO BE SET UP
 ON OMEGA CR.
Harry Sheppard Will Work New Ground Tn Manley
 Hot Springs Area

With plans for working new dragline proposition on Omega Creek. in the Manley Hot Springs district, MT and Mrs. Harry Shep- pard, who arrived in Juneau yes- terday on the Aleutian were plane passengers with PAA for Fairbanks today.
 Sheppard is going to work ground that has not been worked with big machinery as yet. New equipment for the operations was freighted in last summer and drilling was com pleted.
 About ten men will be employed. Sheppard said with small drag line outfit taking pay in dirt aver aging about 14 feet to bedrock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-20

by Arthur N. Wood, clerk of Third District court.