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Evening star., 1938-11-14
By ALICE EVERSMAN.

The Vienna Choir Boys made their
second visit to this city as soloists
with the National Symphony Or
chestra yesterday afternoon at Con-
stitution Hall. The latter half Of
the program was allotted to these
youthful artists who were directed
by Victor Gomboz and accompanied
by the orchestra. For the orches-
tra's numbers DR.. Kinder selected
Beethoven's "Leonore Overture No.
l, Op. 1885," Corelli's "sarabanda.
Giga e Badinerie" and Strauss tone
poem, Don Juan"
The Choir Boys sang three num-
bers. but they were long ones-Per-
golesi's "Stabet Mater" Schubert's
"Staendchen" and his psalm g."
There were 20 boys in the group,
some very young and all healthy
looking and we'll groomed, and, If
memory serves correctly, there were
many new faces. The voices again
held that lovely purity and sweet
ness Of tone with which audiences
here have grown familiar and the
whole character of their singing
seemed particularly designed to pre-
serve the quality in its unforced
perfection.
However, the combined volume of
sound OF yesterdays group could
not stand out against the orchestral
background no matter how softly
the orchestra played. 1t was only
in the three charming encores that
one could fully appreciate the fine
schooling and blending of the voices
and the exceptional timber of those
chosen to make the present tour
of this country. These additional
numbers. sung capella, were beau
tifully done, with an infinite amount
OF care which the young artists
bestowed upon them quite as a mat
ter of course.
Heavy Music Chosen.
From the pleasure which the en-
cores gave. it seemed a pity that
in the short program space assigned
to them. there could not have been
Evening star., 1938-11-14
C.I. 0. Membership
Figures Padded,
Green Charges
Financial Report
Mysterious A. F. l.
Chieftuin Adds
BY tie Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor
charged yesterday that there had
been deliberate padding" in the
c. I. o. membership figure reported
by John L. Lewis and that the
Lewis report on C. I. o. finances was
mysterious to say the least"
mo patent medicine literature ever
contained more sweeping and mis-
leading claims than this report" the
A. F. of L. leader said of the ac-
counting prepared for the rival labor
organizations convention in Pitts
burgh.
c. I. o. leaders had been driven
to desperation by their failures in
the organizational field and on the
political 'front.'" Mr.. Green said.
He declared the 4,037.s77 member
ship reported by Mr.. Lewis was
paper total" and that breakdown
by unions disclosed amazing infla-
ton. stuff1ng and Justification"
AS an example, Mr.. Green said
the membership Of the United Mine
Workers listed by the c. I. O. was
612.ll3, but that the last official
report of the U. NJ. w. itself showed
447 ,624. The c. I. o. listed 45O. 300
members for the Textile Workers
Organizing Committee, the A. F. OF
L. head said. but accurate and di-
rect sources indicated a total for
that affiliate of less than $4,000
paid-up members.
The financial accounting for all
the activities of the c. I. 0. for three
years is given on one brief page"
he added. 1T is said total income
of SO $40, 1882 was received by the
c. I. O. in the last three years.
From what specific sources? Care
full scrutiny of the report fails to
yield a clue. How much of this sum
was contributed by the United Mine
Workers, the financial angel of the
c. I. o.? The report does not indi-
cate"
Evening star., 1938-11-14

cessful in the matter Of smoothness
of delivery and of tonal perfection.
The climaxes were arrived at some
what raggedly and the violin sec
ton particularly did not maintain
the standard which 1t attained In
the preceding numbers. Both con-
ductor and orchestra were given
generous acclaim. however, and to-
gether had to make acknowledge
ment of the appreciation of their
listeners.
Evening star., 1938-11-14
In the Bog

HAMPSHIRE, ILL., (F-Henceforth
mail delivered to this little town
from the Milwaukee Railroad flyer
will be in the mail sacks.
Three times in the past week mail
sacks tossed from the flyer were
drawn under the train wheels by
suction and much Of the mail was
lost.
The flyer now will make a 5-min-
ute stop and the mail will be taken
into the station.
Evening star., 1938-11-14

EDDIE CANTOR-America's great comic person
ality in riot of fun, music and song Each MONDAY
evening on the Columbia Network. 73o pmE.S.T.
$50 pm est, $50 pm MIST, 7:3o pmP psf.
Evening star., 1938-11-14

BENNY GOODMAN of Swing, and the
worlds greatest swing band-each Tuesday eve.
ning-Columbia Network. $50 pm EST, $50
pm est, 7:3o pm M. S. T., $50 pm psf.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

| teacher at ChOWan College. DR.. Bum
impressed me so much with his adj
dress, that if 1 were a Junior in high
school, I would at once be telling the
whole class that he would be an ex-
cellent man to preach our Baccalaure-
ate sermon next year. DR.. Bum is
also a brother of our Superintendent
of County Schools, B. d. Bum, who
was promoted from vice-president to
president of the State Baraca Con-
VentiOn.
Ihe program for the evening end
ed with the installation of the new
officers, which service was perform
ed by Miss Heron, the most beautiful
and impressive service of it's kind
[ have ever seen. Each new officer
walked up and lit their candle from
her candle, the lights having been
turned Off Then they walked
through the crowd and the others lit
a tiny candle from theirs.
This totals the third STATE Banquet
that 1 have ever attended, and Mr..
and Mrs. Shaw will agree with me
that it was most delightful. The
others were the Rexall Convention at
Charlotte and the L. 0. O. f. Grand
Lodge Convention at Greensboro, but
I truly hope it won't be my last one
Now jumping from banquets to Cos
longs, my Cousin Hewitt Hicks
writes: DER T. Moses: Here is the
name for the young goose
Observation-Disclosures
1t is all one word, and if you can't
understand it ask A. A. Hicks or the
undersigned. Send prize to H. B. Hicks
Route 4. Henderson. N. c."
Route 1 got Cousin Archibald to ex-
plain it to me. He divided it into syl-
tables like this, which gave it more
meaning:
i-forni-shorn-osticos.
And the way he spelded it by syl-
tables was different from aything 1
have ever before heard. I have seve-
raj more letters yet to be read out
loud and the naming contest will close
this Saturday.
L have never allowed myself to be
called reporter because I have never
yet been one. But if I were, 1 would
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

NY 81 giNilitv and that I would return
20 Oxford Friday night.
This morning I conferred with Of
ficers and members of the local post.
/ learned that during my absence
and without my knowledge, three of
The officers had conferred with de
partment officials at Fayetteville
Wednesday night of this week and
had been advised that the Judge adj
vCrate had ruled that enlistment and
60 vice in the RO1C is not such mill
trly service as constitutes eligibility
f2~ membership III ne American L.
on.
The officers and ~cembers of the
Lost indicated purpose and desire
70 further present the matter-which,
if done, will re dCnc without sOlicita-
t40n or assistance from me- I told
them that if I an eligible for mem
hcrship in the Ali e can Legion 1 con-
sidered it an honor to be a member.
but if [ am ineligible, I have no right
% erjoy the pr llcge and distinction
and that I would immediate return
my membership card to the adjutant
OF the local post
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

ford, that the record of service sub
mitted by Hancock did not cntitlt
him to membership in the Legion.
Department Commander Hector
Blacknall, at Fayetteville, told this
correspondent that the Hancock
membership card, issued by the Ok
ford post, was received at headquar-
ters on October 81 and that, without
challenge on the part of any one, the
department adjutant notified the Ok
ford adjutant under date of October
%, that Hancock was not eligible on
the face of the record showing thai
the Oxford man served briefly in the
first officers training camp at Fort
Oglethrope.
Commander Blackwell expressed
the opinion that not only is Hancock
t;nSra,ible under the Leg;rn's con-
stitution and bylaws, but under the
Federal charter granted the Legion
by the United States Congress- He
said no statement had been made by
the department. because he felt that
Hancock had acted in full good faith
and had not been informed of his in
eligibility
why the Oxford post officials had not
notified Hancock and taken up tho
membership card issued him in Oc-
;Ober.
In response to a request from this
bureau for a statement regarding the
matter, Representative Hancock wrote
under date of April %:
I'm May, 1917, shortly after the
United States declared war, 1 vOlun-
teercd for service in the officers train
ing camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Because of circumstances of a dell
cate and sacred nature in my family
I could not complete my training and
| YVES honorahiy discharged after a
short service.
I'm October of last year, 1 was in
Nited and urged, as l had been many
times before, by officers Of the Ernest
T. Hart post of the American Legion
to Hecome one Of it's members. I turn
&c over to the adjutant of the post
NY honorable discharge, AMI in ny
absence from Oxford, he returned to
my office the discharge certificate
with tho card of membership. On Tues
day night of this week 1 was called
from Oxford by a member of The lOcaI
post of the American Legion and ad-
vised that my eligibility had beer
challenged by Mrs. w 7. Dowd, Fed
cral marshal of the middle district.
advised my informant that l did NJ
care to continue my membership Is
there was the slightest question as to
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26
Today's Church
Message
BY REV. ]. EVERETTE NEESE.
MAKE USE OF TODAY

What we are tomorrow and the mex.
day and the day after depends upon
how we use today. The tools that ous
hands bring now carve our future
and govern our activities in the days
ahead. Comparatively few people &C
cept seriously the advice of others in
vital matters until their own otser-
walton or their own experience how
ever, bitter, may have confirmed the
words of their friends Just the Same
out of my little experience and obser-
walton. I am saying make use of to-
day if tomorrow would be great.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26
TUESDAY, April. 26, 1888

be a poor one. For to have let the
wedding of j. r. (Jim) Cottrell and
Miss Matte Clark, which happened
Saturday. a week ago, to have gone
that long unreported, should have cost
me my job, had 1 been a reporter.
Some days ago I spoke of the late
B. 1. Breedlove, who was a twin His
granddaughter, Mrs Edward Parham
of Route s. Oxford, became the Mother
of twin girls Saturday. She was the
former Miss Selma Hart, and is sis
ter of Frank Hart of Henderson,
T. MOSES JONES.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

When I spoke of seeing an old
friend Elliott G. Shaw, in my last
column, 1 did not know that he was
such a great parsonage. Neither then
cid | dream of Mrs. Jones and myself
having the great pleasure of sitting
reXt to him and at the table with
him and Mrs. Shaw at the banquet Of
the Baraca-Philathea State Conven-
tiOn over here at Oxford last Saturday
night. A few years ago he was State
President for a period of several
years, and I saw him again installed
as one of the State Officers. And
Mrs. Shaw is indeed lady of charm
ng personality.
She sat catabiasly across the table
from me. When near the end of the
program he introduced his wife to T.
Moses, she was not quite prepared
70" such a shock. I am sure she
would sooner have expected a person
who looked like somebody, instead of
just a plain ordinary-looking man
like myself. You have heard that
old nursery rhyme about Jack Sprat
who could eat no fat, but wound up
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

/. Name the administrator of the
United States Housing Authority
. What is a vestigial organ?
3. Which boxing bout drew the largest
ate receipts?
4. Name the Governor of Vermont.
). What is a NOvena?
g. In which country is the Lake of
Bienne?
Z. Which state is called The Got
ton States?"
8. Where in the U. S. is the best
known planting of japanese Cherry
Blossom trees?
9. How many avoirdupois pounds are
in 1 short ton?
10. What does the word evangelist
mean?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26
HANCOCK IS RULED
OUT FROM LEGION
War Service Not Sufficient
to Admit Him, Off
Gals Determine
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In The Sir Walter sIUtrI

Raleigh, April 26.-Frank Hancock,
candidate for the United States Sen
ate, was ruled ineligible for memter-
ship in the American Legion rs far
back as October 90, last year.
In his radio address over a Raleigh
station on April 10, he described him
self as member of the Legion, and
even since that date much of his pO-
litical literature has contained the
same statement.
Congressman Hancock, however
has probably not been advised of the
ruling of October 90, although North
Carolina Department headquarters on
that date wrote the adjutant of Ernest
F. Hart post of the Legion, at Ok
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

by licking the platter clean.
Now Elliott G.. Shaw did not lick his
plate,
But folks let me tell you what he
surely ate:
A whole half of grapefruit, with
cherry on top,
When it comes to eating, he is not q
flop.
You'd think he'd been born with a
spoon in his mouth,
He's real Country Gentleman way
down from the South.
A big slice of ham with its fat and
it's lean,
A half-cucumbcr pickle on his plate
last was seen:
Tomato in slices and potato chips
Disappeared when he parted his re-
vanous lips.
Chicken salad was placed on lettuce
naf crisp,
even lisp:
Coffee, with sugar and cream, he did
drink,
And should l tell all, folks what would
you think?
Hot rolls with butter and butter with
rolls,
He worked hard as one at election
day polls:
When down to finale of ice cream and
cake,
I said, Man, stop that eating for your
very lifes sake!'
Now I've told all on him, I will blow
off the lid.
BY saying ATE JUST AS MUCH AS
HE DID!
After having spoken of our twins
MI Shaw told ne that his wife was
the former Miss Maude Miles, a twin
sister of your druggist, Morton Miles
NOW for the prOgrem. After the in
vocation by Rev. w. D. Poe, and after
we had finished the ice cream and
cake which ended the menu the pro
gram began with a quartet, sung by
members Of the Baraca Glass of the
Oxford Baptist Church. AS the pro
gram of the evening was a long one
the toasts and speeches were short.
And with Judge w. A. Devin as Toast
master, things Were kept we'll under
control.
State President B. " Iindrick open
ed the program. His charming wife
sat directly across our table from me.
Ihey publish the Salisbury Morning
Herald, so Of course that fact inter
ested me lots.
Miss Henrietta Heron was next
and her name is almost a SYNONYM
OF the word Philathea. Having heard
her and Miss Gladis Kivett previous
~ was especially interested in what
they had to say Miss Kivett was a
former Oxford College girl.
William CamelfOrd of DunnviI1a
Ontario, Canada Worldwide Baraca
PRESIDENT, made by far the longest trip
tc attend the convention. And I think
he felt well-paid for it by the interest
shown by the listeners as he smoke
HIS neice, Miss Hazel Quinlon. and
MS daughter-in-law, Mrs. J. A. Camel
lord, also sat at our table, and were
requested by do ems surrounding them
TO autograph the programs of the
L mad the pleasure at the close of the
service Of holding the cloak of his
wife. And as I held her cloak, I
thought of Sir Walter Raleigh spread
Ing his cloak down in the mud for
the queen to walk upon, and also of
the cloak of Elijah dropping down
upon Elisha as he assembled into eter-
nifty alive. tlt'
There were several other short
talks followed by the address of DR..
John II. Bum, pastor of the Baptist
Church of Murfreesboro, and Bible
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26
LEARN A TRADE

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
ing offers many opportunities fn.
advancement to young mon Gu
workmen in this industry are in ~
mand. THE SOUTHERN co., 0e'
OF PRINTINGs facalit;o oiloOL
teaching the mechanics of tho TO lor
are the best. For particulars r .r,l
to V: c. Garriott, Secretary ra "llte
er' 15l4-l6 Sout'l Street. Nassau
TeDness0A lille,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

M r. H arold
Craig, too, bases
his preference
for Camels on
what he kmows
about the kinds
Of tobaccos that
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

CHECK UP ON YOUR TIME
FOR HEARING
EDDIE CANTOR!
Americas great maker and personality brought to
you by Camel cigarettes, every Monday night over
Columbia Network. See your local newspaper for time
Also
BENNY GOODMAN'S BAND
Hear the great Goodman Swing Rand a. 90 ~ +x,, ;.
Every Tuesday night $50 pm EST T. (o:s0 nm
E. D. s. -, 1880 pm c. S. T., $50 pm M. S. T. $50
pm P. S. T.. over Columbia Network
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

go into the various cigarettes. 81 get
the check so l knoaU that Camels
use more expensive tobaccos. Camel
got the best of my last crop. That
holds true with most planters |
know too. You bet smoke Camels."
Copyright. 1888. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Winston Salem. North Carolina
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26
TOBACCO
GROWERS FAVOR
CAMELS FOR
THEIR SMOKING"
is the majority
opinion in a survey
of WeII-kn0Wn
tobacco planters

"When Camel says
'costlier tobaccos' I
know it's right, /"
says Mr.. Edward
T. S ties, capable
young planter, who
knows tobacco from
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

"Last year I had
the dandiest crop
ever" says Mr..
Roy Jones, another
experienced planter
who prefers Cam
els. 81 smoke Cam
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

els because k,aoaO they bid higher
and pay more at the auctions for
the choice lots of leaf tobacco. They
paid the highest price I ever got
from anybody. Considering that
Camel uses finer, costlier tobaccos,
it's not surprising that Camel is the
leading cigarette with us planters"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-26

the ground up because he groaOs it.
"Take my last crop, for instance.
Camel bought all the best parts =
paid me the most I've ever gotten.
The men who grow tobacco k1aow
what to smoke-ComeLs!
The times-news., 1938-12-31
BUILDING firm
GIVES BONUSES
Rigby Morrow Employees
Dinner Guests at Foster
Bennett Home

The employees of the Rlgby-
Morrow company broke bread, re-
ceived bonuses and discussed
plans for 1889 activities at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Ben
nett last night.
The event marked the closing
of a good years business and
served as an occasion for en-
ployers and employees to exchange
greetings of appreciation.
After a bountiful spread, Fos-
ter Bennett, who has not been
able to be at the plant for nine
months due to physical disability,
expressed his appreciation for the
work and loyalty of the employees.
Roy C. Bennett discussed business
plans, expressed gratitude for the
helpfulness of the employees, espe-
cially during the illness of his
father, and announced a $50 bo-
nus to each of the employees who
had been with the firm for a year
or more. Two had been in the
employ of the firm for 18 or more
years.
The end-of-the-year bonus and
the Christmas gifts only few
days previously are understood to
have totaled an aggregate value
Of S750.,
Employees expressed their ap'
probation for consideration shown
them and were hopeful that Mr.
Bennett would soon be able tc
return to the plant for duty. Mr.
Bennett was able, with help, tc
walk to the dining room and he
has steadily shown Improvement
He can walk alone with cane.
The employees are: Mrs. Grace
D. Corpening, Earl T. Brown
Frank Bly,, Roy C. Bennett, Jr.
R. L. Brown, Tom Mason, Johr
B. Dill, j. Henry Lanning, Wal
ter Dill, Deward E. Hawkins, "
B. Reed, Richard Pace and Rob
ert Blackwell.
The times-news., 1938-12-31
BELL CASTS A
NEGATIVE Vote
Others on State Election
Board Condemn Abb
sentee Ballot

RALEIGH, Dec. 31.-Absolut.
repeal Of the states absentee bal
lot law was recommended to Gov.
ernor Hoey yesterday by the state
board of elections. The board alao
recommended subdivision Of vo-
ing precincts in which more than
500 persons voted in the 1895
election and a new statewide reg
istration. ~.
The board, by majority vote,
with only j. Q. Bel, ,.of Henderson
county, dissenting, condemned the
present absentee ballot law as an
instrumentality Of fraud, and rec
commended that the 1882 assembly
enact a new law which would
make fraud "well nigh impossible"
and certain of Detection"
Chairman w. A. Lucas, of the
board, explained that the board
also believed all primary and cleo
ton laws should be uniform. Re-
peal of the absentee ballot law
and abolition of markers at polls
would remove the. differences, he
!. said. ?; -;
The times-news., 1938-12-31
By ROBERT BELLAIRE
United Press Staff Corresponder

SHANGHAI, Saturday, Dec.
81. (UP)-A major break in Gen
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek's CALL
China Anti-Japanese Front" was
seen today in the declaration of
former Premier Wang Ching
Wei urging the generalissimo to
negotiate peace with Japan.
Wang's declaration was made
public in Hong Kong last night
by his followers there and was
said to have been communicated
direct to the generalissimo in the
nationalist capital at Chungking.
1t embraces these points:
/. Japan's statement of Decem.
Der % makes possible the reten-
ton of Chinese national author
Continued on page three)
The times-news., 1938-12-31
SET
FOR BIGGEST
EVESINCE 1929
Everyone Out to Prove
Dawn of a New Day
Is Right Theme
BY THEON WRIGHT
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec. 81. (UP)-
Five million whistle-tooting New
Workers dug down through nine
years of cobwebs today to haul
out a bottle which they will crack
over the head of an elderly gent
with scythe at midnight to COM
memorate "the biggest New Years
Eve since 1929"
From Wall Street to the Harlem
river you could hear that chant
"the biggest since 1929" Nobody
knew where it started, but sudden
ly it cropped up and everybody
was saying it.
1t may have started in the
roaring forties," where theatres
and showhouses reported the big
geSt box-office since the depres-
sion began. 1t may have come
booming up from the Battery,
where the stock tickers were rap
ping out the biggest burst of trad
ing since October, 1887.
Maybe it started up in Harlem,
where you could get YOUR fortune
read and a number for the policy
games for no more than a quarter.
Wherever it came from, every
body with as much as dollar in
his pocket was all set to step out
today and prove that the runner
was .tfae. ...-..--
That was the minimum cost at
Third Avenue bars--one buck
and the star-spangled sky was the
top.
From the midtown hotels to
the swanky night spots off Park
Avenue and along Fifty-second
Continued on page three)
The times-news., 1938-12-31
PHONES WIFE FOR
OVERCOAT, BUT IS
WARM ENOUGH NOW

NEW YORK, Dec. 81. (UP)-
Isadore Bielen, a salesman, tele-
graphed his wife here from Gin
cinnati: "Please send as soon as
possible my two overcoats." Mrs.
Bielen, who had not heard from
her husband since last August,
called up the abandonment bu-
reau, instead. Today Bielen was
under arrest. .-....