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The Washington times., 1938-11-21
Cracks Spread
At 5000 Miles
AnHOur Rate

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 81.
It's not only seven years of bad
luck. It's also a scientific mar
vel when you break a mirror or
run your windshield smack-dab
into pole or something.
The bursting of the glass, you
see, is accomplished at the rate
o. nearly mile a second, &C
cording to no less an authority
than Prof. Harold E. Edgerton,
of this city.
Working with Frederick E.
BarstoW, Professor Edgerton dis
covered that when (cras-s-h-hD
you poke metal plunger through
a perfect piece of glass the en-
suing cracks spread from the cen
ter Of the impact at about 5000
miles an hour, which he agrees
is pretty fast.
Professor Edgerton also found
that the cracks produced by shat
tering glass move at the same
velocity-in other words, all
cracks four inches from the point
of busting" are made at the
same instant. All of which means,
according to the Savants, that
the seven years of bad luck come
pretty quickly when you set the
beanpot down suddenly on the
crystal butter dish.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
CCC PAIR HELD
AS WRECKERS

Two CCC workers, one II and
the other 20 years old, who ex-
pressed a desire to "see a wreck
and watch people die" were ar
rested yesterday following two re-
ported attempts to wreck crack
passenger trains of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad just east Of New
York Avenue and Bladensburg
Road Northeast.
Two trainmen, w. C. Smith, 800
block E st. N. E., and James S.
Martin, 800 block of MasSa-
chusetts Ave. N. E., discovered a
large boulder on the main line
tracks last Thursday, and removed
it only a few minutes before a
crack flyer roared over the spot.
Next day trackwalker, John A.
Newman, 400 block of Franklin ST.
N. E., reported finding another
large boulder on the tracks near
the spot where the other had lain.
Newman said he saw two CCC
youths crouched in some under
brush nearby who fled as he re-
moved the stone, but not until he
had a good look at them.
Barrett and Scott went with
Newman to the CCC camp near
Street and Benning
Road yesterday, where the two
were arrested.
Both will be given hearings in
Police Court, probably tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
Juvenile
Crime
Rises

The Labor Department
reports that a reversal
in the downward trend in ju-
venile delinquency cases was
registered in 1887 for the first
time since 1880.
A survey of areas served by
20 courts in IL States and
the District of Columbia,
each serving an area Of 1OO,-
900 or more population,
showed a IL per cent in
crease in the number Of de-
linquency cases handled in
1897, compared with 1886.
Total number of cases han
died by these courts was 81
O38 in 1887, an increase Of
5000 over 1886, the depart
ment reported.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
New Name Assumed
By Training Sehoo!

The National Training School
for Women and Girls, privately
supported educational institution
in Lincoln Heights, will reopen
this year as the National Trade
and Professional School for
Women, it was announced today.
Miss Sarah Miner, treasurer of
the schools Embarrassing commit
tee, said the name was changed
to avoid confusion with the
National Training School for
Girls, operated by the District on
CONDUIT Road.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
Union Printers Plan
Dance January 20

Plans for the annual dance
OF the Allied Printing Trades
Council of the District are being
formulated by committee headed
by Chester Montgomery of the
Times stereotype de-
partment. The dance, to be held
January 20, will be attended by
leaders of printing trades from
Richmond, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and New Jersey, Montgon-
cry said.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
FATAL BRIDGE
Bids Asked for Span
To SuppLQnt 1t

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Nov. 81.
Bids for the construction of new
bridge at Hunting Creek on U. S.
Highway No. l will be opened by
the State Highway Commission in
Richmond on December 6.
The present narrow span has
been the scene of numerous traffic
accidents in recent years. In the
latest, five colored persons were
drowned when their car missed
the bridge and landed in the
creek a week ago.
Plans provide for double bridges
and a divided highway on the
south causeWay.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
Escape Fails 80 Dead End Boys

Thomas Ahearn, II, who es-
capped, returned voluntarily last
night.
The conspiracy for a delivery Of
the fifth floor boys was nipped
when an employee Of tine general
hospital noticed a bedsheet rope
dangling from one of their win
dows. The rope was neatly tied,
and apparently all was in readi-
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-A plot
by 80 Dead End Kids" mostly
problem children, to escape from
the fifth floor of Bellevue Hos
pitfalls barred and guarded psychi.
atric building where they are
awaiting court action, was fruS-
trated yesterday after another
member of the gang" has escaped
by scaling a ten-foot fence.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

mess for a wholesale descent into
the darkness and rain.
When the employee saw some Of
the boys at the window, he
shouted, land one of them quickly
united the sheet rope and let it
drop.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

More Comfort Wearing
FALSE teeth

Here is pleasant way to overcome
loose plate discomfort. FASTEETH, an
improved powder, sprinkled on upper
and lower plates holds them firmer so
that they feel more comfortable. No
gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling.
It's alkaline (non-acid). Does not sour.
Checks plate odor" (denture breath(.
Get FASTEETE today at any drug store.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
|. Q. Answers
Questions on Page 81

/. l to 0. 2. 1918. 3. 20.
4. 3. S. (a) score. CD safety.
(c) time out. I'd holding.
s. (a) waving hand behind back.
Cb) military salute. (c) hands
on hips. 7. Ia Lynn Waldorf.
(b) Capt. Bill Wood. Co Nal
Stevens. 8. (a) 1918. (b) 1890.
(c) 1877. I'd 1874. 9. "a BY
forcing opponent who has the
ball to touch it to ground behind
his own goal line. CD no score.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
keith, FORMER
oman, SUICIDE;
FUNERAL H E R E.
Hero of Means Arrest
Once Hoover Aide

Washington headquarters of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
learned today one of its most
famous Omen" John M. Keith,
shot himself to death in Philadel-
phia Saturday night.
A resigned operative of the Gov
eminent agency. Keith was the
"hero" of the capture of CASTOR
B. Means and Norman T. Whitaker
in the 100000 Lindbergh kidnap-
ing hoax and in many other no
table cases.
VERDICT SUICIDE
Only 40 years old, Keith was
found dead in his Philadelphia
home, pistol on the floor and
bullet in his head, by his wife,
Mrs. Katherine Keith. The Phila.
delphia coroner issued a certificate
Vi l4C IlOO
found Keith was in i'll health and
had been respondent for more
than a year.
Leaving the FBI two years ago,
the special agent became an Of
ficial of a radio firm and also as
sumed an interest in private de-
tective agency in Philadelphia. He
had joined the Department of JUS
tice in 1917, rising to special as
SiStant to j. Edgar Hoover.
BURIAL IN ARLINGTON
Gases he helped "crack" in
cluded the $2,000,0 900 Bank of Man.
haitian robbery, the Miami $780,
900 jewel robbery, the killing of
another Oman" by Martin j.
Durkin and the capture of George
"Machine-Gun" Kelly.
Keith will be buried in Airing
ton county following funeral SER
vices at 8 p. m. tomorrow in Ives
funeral home, Clarendon, Va.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
CONSTIPATED?
Don't Let Gas, Nerve Pres
sure Keep You Miserable

When you are constipated two things
happen. FIRST: Accumulated wastes swell
up the bowels and press on nerves in the diges-
tive tract: This nerve pressure causes head
aches, dull. lazy feeling, bilious spells, loss
digested food starts to decay forming GAS,
bringing on sour stomach, acid indigestion,
and heartburn, bloating you up until you
sometimes gasp for breath. Then you can't
eat. You can't sleep. Your stomach is sour.
You feel tired out, grouchy, and miserable.
you need. This efficient carminatiVe cathartic
relieves that awful GAS almost 1t once. It
usually clears the bowels in less than two
Aours. No waiting for overnight relief.
At All Leading Druggists
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

EDDIE CANTOR great comic person
atty in riot of fun, music, and song Each Monday
evening on the Columbia Network. 1880 pm EST,
$50 pm est, $50 pm MIST, 7:3O pm psf.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

TINE frazzling pace of these fast-moving
l. times doesn't mean thing in the life
of the dog Although his complex, high
keyed nervous system closely resembles our
own, when the dog feels his nerves tire he
settles down-rsLaxes-as the beagle hound
above is doing. That is instructive with the
dog We are not SO likely to break nerve
tension before it gets our nerves upset. We
drive on. We worry. Ambition and deter
mination push us on and ...past the
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

BENNY COODMAN-King of Swing, andthe
worlds greatest swing band - each Tuesday
evening Columbia Network. $50 pm EST,
$50 pm C. ST, 7:3O pm M. ST, $50 pm psf.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

ADVERTISEMENT
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
THEY'VE TRANSFORMATIONS
HAVE-TO GIVE NERVES RELIEF. THEY
':Let up light up q Conpel''

In the heart of the Congo, Leila Denis gh0 and her
plorer husband filmed Universal Pictures epic, Ozark
RAPTURE Camels important item in Mrs Denis
42ooO-me trek. She says: "Such be quite
strainng, but it's my rule to pause frequently let
up and light up Camel Camels mild, soothing
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
BEAGLE HOUND

English fox-hound in miniature.
Solid and big for his inches, true
beagle has the long-wearing look
of the hound that can last in the
chase. One of the Oldest breeds in
histoy-close to the or
iginal breed of hounds.
U. S. standards specify
IS inches maximum
height-any truehound
color acceptable.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-20
MRS. PETERMAN is
HOSTESS AT DESERT
LUNCHEON, BRIDGE

Entertaining at her home on Glac-
Ter Highway, Mrs. Ray Peterman
was hostess yesterday afternoon at
a dessert luncheon and bridge party
assembling guests for three tables
of contract.
Present for the affair were Mrs.
Oscar Olson, Mrs. c. C. Rulaford
Mrs. Alex Sey, Mrs. Charles Sey,
Mrs. John Neate Mrs. John Chap
pell, Mrs Clarence Rands, Mrs.
Walter Scott, Mrs Joseph Campbell
MRS. Homer Nordling, Mrs. Walter
Heisel, and Mrs. E. L. Gruber.
Mrs. Scott won first prize; Mrs.
Campbell, second, and Mrs. Nord-
ling, consolation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-20

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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-17
Christmas Seals To
Be Sold At Booth
At The Post Office

A booth has been placed in the
post office for the selling of Christ
mas tuberculosis seals. It will be
open from now until Christmas at
which time the sale closes. Members
of the Junior Woman's club, which is
sponsoring the project this year, will
be in charge of the booth.
Mrs. 1. Talmadge Hoyle, chairman
of the seal committee, and her CO.
chairman, Miss Rachel Watkins, an
nounced that sales have been very
good, but that in the next week they
hoped to raise much more.
The seals have been on sale since
the day aGter Thanksgiving, Novem-
Der, %.
Members of the club who are par
ticipating in selling the seals are
asked to turn the money in from the
seals as soon as they have sold all
they had to Mrs. Hoyle.
A large percentage of the receipts
from the sale will be retained in >the
county, to help with the prevention
of tuberculosis work which the Jun
ior Woman's club does each year.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-17
K|WAN|S TO HELP
IN OPPORTUNITIES
Provide For IL Needy Fam
lilies; Rev. r. E. Brown,
Miss Crews Talk

At its meeting Friday night, the
Henderson Kiwanis club voted to pro-
vide for about a dozen needy faml-
lies for Christmas. the selection OF
the families to be left with the ottlc-
ers of the club. Members subscribed
to the fund at the meeting.
The club also decided to have us
Christmas milk fund as heretofore.
It has been a custom of the club for
some yeas to contribute to this fund
the amount they would ordinarily
spend in sending Christmas cards to
each ether. The milk is supplied for
under-nourished children in the
schools.
w. c. Poe was in charge of the
program for the meeting, End he
presented Miss Edna Crews in a
Christmas story entitled, Great
Rushing of Wings" and Rev. r. E.
Brown, pastor of the First Metho-
dist church, in a talk on how to make
other people happy during Christmas.
Attendance at the meeting was 81
percent of the membership. Presi-
dent w. r. Turner presided.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-17
SLIGHT CHANGE IN
SEADOARD TRAINS
Shifting Main Line Sched-
ules Alters Schedule
But Little

Slight changes in the time of ar
rival and departure of trains on the
main line of the Seaboard Air Line
railroad here were announced from
the local office today by w. r.
Vaughan, agent. Most of the changes
are merely a matter of minutes one
way or the other, and were necessi-
tated in the handling of the twin
Orange Blossom Special trains for
the winter tourist season.
Southbound trains were listed as
follows: No. 1O7, will arrive at 7:1O
p. M, instead of 7:15 p. M, as here
tofore; No. 3 at 1928 instead of 1921
p. M; No. 1911 at 1922 instead of $40
a. M; No. 5 at Alb a. m. instead of
4:31 a. M; No. 1 at 1888 a. m, in
stead of los a. m.
Nortkbound trains were listed as
follows: No. 6 will arrive at 1852 a.
M, instead of 1:48 a. M; No. 2 at
1888 a. m. instead of 1927 a. M; No.
108 at 1852 a. M, instead of sos g..
m. No. 4 at Isl p. M, unchanged;
No. 1872, at 9:54 p. m, instead of
9:56 p. m.
The Orange Blossom trains, Nos. Z
and 307, southbound, and Nos. 8 and
308 northbound, do not stop here.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-17
GOOD OPENINGS ON
FARMS ANNOUNCED
Employment Service Ask
ious To Make Placements
For Coming Year

Brisk activity in farm placements
is reported by the Henderson branch
office of the North Carolina State
Employment Service j. S. Guide, man
ager of the office stated today. he
said the office has several good farm
propositions on file, and is anxious TO
find good tenants for owners.
Mr.. Guide said that crop failures IN
this area have furnished the service
with an unusually good supply OF FAR
mers and farm hands this winter. He
also said that farm placement is an
important function of the employment
service, and urged that farm owners
file their openings with the service,
and that available tenant farmers and
farm hands register with the service.
The difficulty in filling the open
ings that exist does not lie in any
scarcity, but in the exacting process
of matching farm families to the jobs,
Guide said.
One opening requires a Negro cou-
pie with no children. Another requires
at least three male adults but few
children, because of inadequate hous-
ing facilities. Another requires at
least three adults, with no limitations
on the size of the family.
Some of the openings are for white
and some for colored families, the
manager said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-17
Miss Lucille Byrd
Tells Story Hour
At Perry Library
(BY Perry Library

Before a brilliantly lighted Christ
mas tree, Miss Lucille Byrd, told
Christmas stories to the children at
the library Thursday afternoon. Later
the tree was brought up to the main
library and placed Just at the entrance
of the childrens room. Striking black
and white scenes against a scarlet
background portray Christmas cos
toms of different times and various
peoples. Twenty of these pictures
make N effective frieze on the bull
letin boards of the childrens room.
On the front door of the library is
a beautiful spray of pine decorated
with silver bells and crimson ribbon.
The Girl Scouts of Henderson present.
ed this handsome gift to the library
and it is much admired by all who
come in.
Among the new Christmas Books
for children is a story about Mr.. and
Mrs. Santa Claus called "Alexander's
Christmas Eve 1t begins Mrs. Santa
Claus put on her spectacles to make
quite sure
"Amcliaranne gives a Christmas
party" tells about a very unusual and
happy time at the Stiggins.
Little Elephants Christmas" will
'1e liked by all children VINO enjoved
Little Elephant Catches Cold"
Little Christmas, or How the Toys
Come" is story of little boy, far
eway, long ago, and today
1.-THE Christmas Reindeer" tells
where Santa Claus gets his reindeer
and of the visit of the little Eskimo
oir1 RI tho rao1 KrinQle Valley
There is a new illustrated edition
of Dickens christmas Carol, and
two different versions of the ever,
popular Visit from Saint Nicholas"
which begins "Twas the Night Before
Christmas"
1.-THE Christmas Trees" contains
three Christmas stories by Mrs.
Juliana Ewing who wrote "Jacka-
napes" and "Jan of the Windmill
Among the new Christmas books for
adults are IA Town is Born, ar
American Christmas story of today:
christmas Days." by Joseph G. Lin
coin: "Old Christmas selections from,
Washington Irving's "Sketch Book"
and the "Story of Jesus" with descrip-
tive text from the New testament
and pictures from the paintings of
early Italian artists. rms last booF
is one of the most beautllui ever re-
ceived at the library.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-17
CLUB SPONSORING
HOME DECORATIONS
Decision To Be Made From
The Vote Of The Gen
eral Public

The Henderson Garden club will
again sponsor the outdoor decora-
ton of homes in Henderson this
Christmas.
1t has been the clubs custom in the
past to invite out-of-town judges to
give their opinion on the decorations
and exhibits. This year, the club
plans to let the public select the most
attractive displays. Boxes will be
placed in all the drugstores, and be-
tween Christmas Eve and the follow
ing Wednesday, everyone is asked
to vote, giving their preference.
Four types of decorations will be
voted upon the prettiest large house,
the prettiest small house, the most
attractive outdoor Christmas tree,
and the most attractive doorway.
The club will not offer any prizes
for the best in these four groups, but
il will announce the winners soon
after the time of voting is over The
purpose of the contest is to make
everyone interested in outdoor deco
rations, and to get the opinion of all
of the citizens on the displays put I'D
here.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-17
Tobacco Season Ends With 19, 359, 926 Pounds Sot
Criminal Term
Superior Court
Ends Friday

A special criminal term of Vance
Superior Court was brought to close
here yesterday afternoon, with Judge
n. Hunt Parker resident judge, pre-
siding, the docket being cleared of all
but 10 cases, according to Clerk Of
Superior Court E. o. Falkner.
Judge Parker sentenced w. H.
Finch, Negro, who pleaded guilty to
possessing and selling illicit whisky,
to six months on the roads.
George O'Lary was not guilty of
forcible trespassing and temporary
larceny of an automobile.
N. G. Crews was convicted of violat-
ing the hunting laws, and fined $40
and costs of court.
James Wyche, Negro, was sent to
the roads for four months for assault
upon a female.
The original sentence of Ervis Bow
den, convicted of forgery, of IS
months, was changed to II months on
the roads when it was shown to the
court that he had satisfied the plain
tiff for losses incurred.
The following cases were continued
for the term:
Cliff Wimbush, Negro, assault on a
female.
George Inscoe, receiving stolen
goods.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-17
$4,136,719 Paid Growers
For Their Crop Of 1898
Price Average for the
Season Has B e e n
S21.37 Per Hundred
Pounds; Season Close
Earliest in Years

Season sales on the Henderson 20
bacco market ended Friday with total
sales of 19,359926 pounds which
brought $4136,719.44 for ar average OF
$21.37 per hundred pounds. FRED NJ.
Allen Jr.. sales supervisor announced
today. ooo
The figures compare with 23,352,SOS
mounds for the 1878 season, bring
ing S5.925, 910.16, for an average OF
sos. SO per hundred pounds.
The 1888 closing was the earliest IN
the recent history of the Henderson
market. which has not ended its sea
son prior to the Christmas holidays IN
more than a quarter of a century The
reason for this years early closing is
the short crop and the rapidity with
which growers disposed of their to-
bacco.
The crop was shorter in many IN
stances than the allotted poundage Tor
individual growers under the 1888
farm control act. After the plants
were set in the fields in the spring
there was excessive rain, which had
tendency to stint the growth of the
weed. There was some slight blue mold
prior to the transplanting period, but
il was not as serious as in other years.
After the rains held up in late June
or early July, there was a long dry
spell, with very little rain for weeks,
and this had a tendency to burn
plants that otherwise might nave ma
tured into fair quality leaf Control
had little purpose in tobacco in this
immediate section for 1888. The quail
ity of the crop had much to do with
the lower prices paid for tobacco sold
here, by comparison with last year.
in the opinion of some tobacco men.
If the entire flue-cured crop exceed
ed 1887 in poundage by any degree.
it was not true in this section. 1t
would not have even with favorable
seasons, and with early excessive
rains and then the long dry, hot
weather, there was not chance for
an aggregate surplusage of tobacco.