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Evening star., 1939-02-12

nifty, that have Travelled and have
read history. know much more than
my brother about these things Now
they come
She waved her arms. Her brother
ran lightly up the steps and embraced
her. They talked in strange tongue
for few minutes. Then she turned to
Besserley and presented him. They
went down below, where champagne
and many delicacies we're prepared.
Afterwards Besserlcy spread map
and several documents which he had
drawn up upon the table and spoke az
few plain words.
Your Majesty may wonder" he
said, addressing the mountain king.
why land which seems so unprof-
table should suddenly be desired by
two great nations. 1t has been ex-
planned to ME in the dispatch which l :
received from Washington in this
way. There is an enormous demand
in my country and all others for nickel,
and within the last few months there
has been discovered an amazing new
alloy of cobalt of which you seem to
have an unlimited supply, and other
substances which. treated scientif-
ically. will produce metal having
all the qualities of nickel. We want it
for aeroplanes. we want it for a
hundred different purposes
"On this map have enclosed Il
space with red lines. We propose that
you give to my country the right to
anything found in that area. As a
consideration we offer you a cash pay
ment of million dollars a year so
long as we work upon the territory.
There are few other conditions. You
are not to grant concessions to any
other country and you are to provide
us with certain amount of labor.
for which of course we shall pay you
a royalty to be fixed upon later.
'The other conditions are written
there. They are not important. l
shall now leave you for half an hour
and your sister can translate what
your advisers have not understood
When l return hope that you will
give me the pleasure Of lunching with
me and that you will be ready to
sign the various documents. shall
have a draft for the money ready 10
(Coniinved on poee 12)
Evening star., 1939-02-12

smudge upon the waters and they were
doing their thirty knots straight
ahead. Il would suggest" he proposed
as he laid down the glasses, that We
descend to the saloon and have our
coffee"
She linked her arm through his.
"You really are quite a wonderful
man," she said.
Seven days later, in the magnificent
natural harbor of Travida, the Prin-
cess Rita and General Besserley
watched the approach of perfectly
modern and quite new motorboat in
which we're seated several men in
picturesque uniform.
That is my brother, the King"
the Princess pointed out. "The man
on his right is his Chief Counsellor
and the one on the left is the head of
the army"
Fine looking fellow, your BROTHER 80
Besserley commented. Seems to me,
Princess, we have talked this little
show of ours almost to shreds but
there is one question l have never
asked YOU"
There are several which l began
to think you had forgotten" she re-
marked demurely.
Besserley's fingers tightened upon
her arm. The one was thinking OF
at the moment was intensely prac-
tical," he told her.
please ask 1t me now then." she
begged.
why we're you so determined not
to sell this land or grant these con-
cessions to your neighbors?"
There are indeed several reasons.
For one thing. neither my brother nor
l trust them. For another thing. l
think as soon as they landed here and
began setting up works and digging
they would feel once more that lust of
conquest that has become almost like
madness to them l think, to tell you
the truth, the end of it would be that
they would take over our country. We
lease you the land. we grant you the
concession, you plant your flag and l
think that there is no one who would
interfere with it,"
you are quite a modern young
lady, aren't you?" Besserley observed.
''You forget" she replied with dig
Evening star., 1939-02-12
Drown byCeoepe Mubie

I'VE are now going straight ahead"
I'VE have affairs with the lady on
your boat. 1t is necessary that you
STOP"
I'VE have no intention of stop
ping"
There was moments pause. An
other officer crawled up from the in
terror of the submarine. He took the
megaphone.
Genera" he called out, we ask
you courteously to receive some off,
GERS who wish to speak to the Lady
you have on board
Spanish officers, suppose?" Bess-
erley sooffed. Il see you are flying the
Spanish flag"
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ASHE WINE AND BEER
BILL INTRODUCED

Continued from Page One)
passed by the legislature would
give public expression on the
question and yet not be of any
expense to the county.
He pointed out that he felt that
since his bill, was different from
others previously introduced on
the subject, that he had some hope
of it's passage. He concluded with
this statement, IF the General
Assembly refuses to approve such
bill, the responsibility is on the
body as a whole and not on Sena-
tor Austin or me.
The content of section 3 of the
bill states that if the Board of
County Commissions receive in
writing petition signed by 81
per cent of the qualified voters
of any township residing outside
the limits of any incorporated
town in such township, request
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
PROCEEDS FROM ALL
STAR GAME TO GO
TO w. J. GYMNASIUM

Help West Jefferson high school
raise money to remodel and re-
pair its gym by attending the all
star games Tuesday night.
After deducting the net costs
all of the money raised at the
Ashe county all-star games here
next Tuesday night will be turn
ed over to the school officials tc
be applied to gyms improvement
fund, The Skyland Post, sponsor
announces.
An admission charge of Is ano
Is cents will be made and The
Post is in hopes of having pack
ed house for the big event.
West Jefferson's gym is badly
in need of modernization and con
tributions are being solicited now
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
WRIGHT is CHAIRMAN
OF WAYS AND MEANS

District Commander P. c..
Wright has been appointed chair
man of the ways and means COM
mittee of the Ashe post of the
American Legion to devise plans
for raising the sponsors share of
the community club house. Ap-
pointed on the committee with
him are Glenn GRAPHICAL and Rev.
j. w. Luke.
At the meeting last Saturday
night, L. P. Coward was appoint
ed chairman of the Posts ''Bcy
State" program. The Ashe Post
plans to send two sons of the
Legion members to Chapel Hill
this summer for the wide
boys encampment there.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16

AS a grand climax to the 1888
SO basketball season in Ashe
county, The Skyland Posts all
star first and second boys and
girls teams will play each other
here in the West jefferson school
gymnasium next Tuesday night,
March 81.
The girls game will commence
at 7:3O o'clock and the boys will
play at $3.50 o'clock. A. S. T. c.
officials will referee the games
and everybody is cordially invit-
ed to see these all-Star players
in action.
Can the second teams picked
by the coaches beat the first
teams? That is an interested ques-
ton that will be answered next
Tuesday night.
At the conclusion of the games,
Ashe county's regular season
championship trophies will be
awarded to Virginia-Carolina and
Healing Springs. Beautiful gold
basketball charms will be given to
the members of the all star
teams. To defray these expenses
a small admission will be charged
but all coaches and sll-star team
members will be admitted free.
Members Of the third teams will
be used as substitutes on both
first and second teams.
Miss Gladys Sturgill, Jefferson
girls coach, will coach, the girls
first aIl-star team at the game
as her school placed the largest
number of players on the all
star selections and Miss Thelma
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
THE POST STARTS
CHURCH DIRECTORY

Continued From Page One }
The church directory, as antici-
pated, includes all of the semi-ur-
ban churches. Several of the
churches here in West Jefferson
hold regular preaching services
each Sunday and a cordial, invita-
ton is extended to those living in
the rural sections whose churches
do not have services each Sunday
to come and worship here and ir
Jefferson. The directory shows
the hours and Sundays of such
services.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
Healing Springs
To Have Program
Box Supper And Other Fea'
lures Saturday Night.
Public Invited

The boys and girls basketball
teams of Healing Springs high
school will sponsor a public en-,
tertainment in the high schoo.
gymnasium Saturday night wher
an old fashion box supper, cake
walks, special music and other
features will be held.
The program will open at s
o'clock and everyone is is invit-
ed to attend.
The funds raised will 60 to the
athletic association to defray the
expenses of the years program
which includes travelling expens-
es of the team, the cost of the
letters to be presented to mem
bers of the teams, managers and
others who won them.
Coach Bill McNeill said that
he was we'll pleased with the
athletic program of the school
and the number of pupils who
had taken part in it. 81 hope that
everyone will show cooperation
and support of the teams by at
tending our program Saturday
night" he said, and added that
he felt that it would not only
help the athletic association but
would prove very entertaining
to the public.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
Ashe All-Star High School
Basketball Teams Announced
BARKER AND JONES s..t::.
NAMED BEST SPORTS"

Ruth Barker, brilliant Heal
ing Springs guard who gradu-
ates this year, has again been
che zen as the BEST SpOrt."
She has won this title-SO many
times that there is evidently no
doubt whatever about it. =.
F. B. Jones, West JeffersOn'S
fast forward, won the distinc-
tion of being the county's best
sport on the boys teams. Swe-
art, of Riverview and Phillips,
of Fleetwood, also received
votes for this honOr.
Awards will be made to
them at the all-star games.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
Joseph A. Wood
Buried Tuesday

Funeral service was held Tues
day morning at II o'clock at
Greenwood church for Joseph
Avery Wood, of Grassy Creek,
who died Sunday night at his
home at the age of II.
Mr.. Wood was an outstanding
citizen of the community and his
funeral was attended by a large
number of friends and relatives
Revs. J. o. Spencer, J. r. Shu-
make and Mr.. Startling were in
charge of the service.
The deceased in survived by his
wife and the following children;
George Wood, Grassy Creek; Ear
Wood, Portland, Ore; Guy Wood
Seattle, Wash; Mrs. Myrtle Spen.
Ger, Rugby, Va; Mrs. Clyde Wad.
dell, Mrs. Annie Plummer. Wal.
ter, Wade, Edna and Joe Wood
of Grassy Creek.
One sister, Mrs. Julia Felts. Of
Hayes also survives.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
GIRLS TEAMS
FIRST TEAM

Margaret Phipps, forward,
Healing Springs.
Anna Caldwell, forward, Viz
ginia-Carolina.
Madge Dollar, forward, Jeffer-
son.
Ruth Barker, guard, Healing
Springs.
Anna Dell Bare, guard, Jeffer-
son.
Aida Gambill, guard, West JEFF
ferson.
Ruth Barker Captain.
SECOND TEAM
Mildred Gambill, forward, Nat
hans Greek.
Hilda' Gentry, forward, West
Jefferson.
Myrtle Little, forward, Jeffer-
son.
Reta Hart, guard, Nathan's
Creek.
Delphyne Waddell, guard. VIC.
Areta Blevins, guard, VIC.
Reta Hart, Captain.
THIRD TEAM
Maple Little, forward, Jeffer-
son.
Mamie Eastridge, forward
Fleetwood.
Hx,-z
Myra Garvey, forward, Nat
hans Creek.
Edna Scott, guard, Fleetwood
Vergie Francis, guard, Healing
Springs.
Sheets, guard, West Jefferson.
Honorable mention: Virginia
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
LIST Game Starts
In w. Jefferson
Gym At 7:3OP-M,
Third Team Members To Be
Used AS Substitutes. To
Award Trophies And
Charms
EVERYBODY INVITED

Players chosen on all three
boys and girls all-star teams,
which are announced on this
page, are urged to be in the
West Jefferson high school
Gymnasium by Gas O'Clock
next Tuesday night for practice
and conference with the coach
es before the big games start
Bring your basketball shoes
and suits along, especially the
trunks. Jerseys will be avail
able here.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16

Rutherford, Healing Springs;
Virginia Hartsoe, Healing Spr-
ings; Jones, Todd; Day, Fleetwood;
Shirley Cox, Healing Springs;
Bledsoe, Todd; Brown, jefferson;
Green, Fleetwood; Baldwin,
Fleetwood.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
Ashe County ASar Teams To Play Here Tuesday Night

ing a referendum on the sale of
wine and beer, that the Board
shall call an election provided
that the petition be accompanied
by a deposit of money sufficient
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16

Shepherd, Healing Springs girls
coach, will coach the second girls
all-star team.
Bruce Bowlin, VIC coach, will
direct the boys first all-star out
tit and Coach R. w. Morphis, of
Lansing, will pilot the second
squad, as he had the second high
est number of players chosen.
Coach Paul Perkins, of West JEFF
terson, will act as host.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
GRAPHICAL, Phipps and Stewart
Receive Unanimous VOt-
eS. Captains Named

The all-Star or all-Ashe county
high school basketball teams for
'1938-'39 season, picked by the
coaches under the sponsorship of
The Skyland Post, were announc-
ed yesterday.
Three players, two boys and
one girl, were unanimously chOS-
en- on the first teams. They are
Vance GRAPHICAL, of Virginia-Vir-
ginia-Carolina; Stewart, Of River
view and Margaret Phipps, Heal
| ing Springs. Anna Caldwell re-
ceived all votes except one and
Ruth Barker received all except
two votes.
Graybe9l was selected as cap
tain of the first boys team and
Ruth Barker was given this honor
for the girls.
On the boys first team, Viz
ginia-Carolina placed 2 players,
while Healing Springs and Jeffer-
son each placed two on the girls
first team.
The Post wishes to congratulate
the members of the all-Star teams
and to thank the coaches for
their fine cooperation. The all
star selections are as follows:
ROWS TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
Stewart, forward, Riverview.
Walker, forward, VIC.
GRAPHICAL, center, VIC.
O. Baker, guard, Healing Spr-
ings.
Gambill, guard, Nathan's Creek.
GRAPHICAL, Captain.
SECOND TEAM
Ray Blevins, forward, Lansing.
A. Blevins, forward, VIC.
Weaver, center, West Jefferson.
Farmer, guard, Lansing.
Waddell, guard, VIC.
Farmer, Captain.
THIRD TEAM
Cox, forward, Fleetwood.
F. B. Jones, forward, West JET
/ ferson.
Gentry, center, Nathan's Creek.
Hartsoe, guard, Riverview.
| Warren, guard, Lansing.
Honorable m ton: Jones'
center, Fleetwood; E. Baker, cen.
ter, Healing Springs; Junior Eller
forward, Riverview; Stike, cen.
ter, Lansing; ]. K. Blevins, VIC
Pennington, Nathan'S Creek; Tri-
vette, Todd; Allan, West Jeffer.
son.
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to defray the election expenses.
Section six of the bill outlines the
same plan for any Incorporated
town of the county with a Board
of Aldermen.
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Beaver Falls Is
CONTINUED From Page One)

contact our shop committee.
Work at this plant is about the
same as it has been since the first of
the year with the clay shop receiving
an average of about three days a
week.
The writer of this letter is the
Beaver County Union Label League
secretary, which, you might say, is un-
fortunate since | work in an industry
which, though unionized, does not la
bel its ware in most cases.
1t is pretty hard to explain just why
the ware the union men and women
see in the stores does not carry the
stamp. 1t would not be so bad, but a
great many pieces are not even mark
ed "Made in America" If any other
brother knows how to explain this
matter to the satisfaction of the peo-
pie, would appreciate hearing about
it.
We can now laugh with Local Union
No. 81, because we have heard about
the hen that gives the milk.-O. c. 33.
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Visionary Scheme
(Continued From Page One)

the issuance of fanciful statements for
headline purposes.
an the hope Of finding a peaceful
solution of the problems involved we
intend to confne ourselves to the pro-
cedure outlined by the President"
The A. F. of l.. Committees esti-
mate of Mr.. Lewis's spectacular at
tempt to use the White House as a
sounding board to attract attention to
his one big union scheme regardless Of
it's merit was quite generally reflected
by newspaper commentators. In an
article in the Washington Daily News,
Ludwell Denny characterized Mr..
Lewis's stunt as "trick which got
the conference off to bad start" add
ing:
''This (the one big union idea) is
rather generally dismissed here as a
stunt, typical of the dramatic person
age who heads the c.. |. o., and aimed
to impress the public rather than help
negotiations. Had it been a serious
plan, the (railroad) brotherhood Off
cials would have been consulted in adj
vance. Instead, most of them were
surprised and angered"
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LARGE Crowd Out
CONTINUED From Page One)

people and must realize that their days
of fighting for decent wages and
working conditions is practically over
We, the younger members of the n.
B. of o. P, must fill those shoes and
this can't be done by staying home
while depending upon someone else.
1t is rare that we see a caster, jigger-
man or mouldmaker at our meetings.
These are three of the best paid crafts
and it is the Brotherhood who is di-
rectly responsible, but these men sit
back, not willing to offer aid while the
rest struggle on. am not writing
this with a desire to offend anyone,
but facts are facts. 1t has been heard
on different occasions that they were
paying into the thing What they seem
to forget is the fact that they are the
Ching" The Ching" can't possibly
do any good with majority of its
members standing on the street corner
announcing what should be done, or
how they would have done it.
Come up to the local, we would GER
tainly welcome some good fighters. We
want to prove that the spirit that
founded the N. B. o. P. still exists.
You can't deny that you need the or
ganization, and surely you can see that
the organization depends upon you.
might say to the kilnhands that
if it wasn't for our president, you
would not be represented at our meet
~ OF hn
but come up to the meetings and make
this local a 100 per cent cooperative
sThing."-O. G. 81.
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SUBJ Committee Of
CONTINUED From Page One)

ments made by opponents to the bill
in previous hearings.
Representative John Matthias, Co.
lumbus, a member of the Committee,
asked continuance of the hearings to
permit him to draft amendments to be
submitted for consideration. T. e
nature of the amendments was not re-
vealed.
Hearings on House Bill No. 462, grant
ing police powers to the Highway Pa
troll, were continued subject to the
call of the chairman of the House
Highway Committee when the bill was
again brought up for consideration
last week. Labor spokesmen bitterly
opposed the bill at a previous hear
ing.
Opposition to House Bill No. 404, in
troduced by Representative Henry H.
Metcalf, Columbus, which would
abolish the state housing authority
and prohibit slum clearance projects
in cooperation with the USHA in the
state, was expressed to the House
Federal Relations Committee by In
dustrial Relations Director George A.
Strain and Ernest j. Bohn, Cleveland
councilman and leading proponent of
lowest housing.
Favorable arction on the bill was
urged by representatives of the
Franklin County Property Owners
Protective Association. Director Strain
called attention to the fact propon-
ents of the measure came only from
Franklin county, while labor and civic
leaders from every large city in the
state were there to oppose the bill.
Representative Metcalf maintained
that Federal low-cost housing projects
were a waste of taxpayers money,
while Representative Charles S. Best,
also of Franklin county, said he could
not see how slum clearance projects
would benefit Columbus.
Hearings on the bill were to be re-
sumed this week.
The House Commerce and Trans
portation Committee deferred action
on House Bill No. $50, sponsored by
the Railroad Brotherhoods, without
giving the proponents an opportunity
to be heard on the bill.
The measure would require gasoline
trucks to be manned by crew of two
TO prevent grade crossing accidents
which have resulted in several en-
gineers and fremen being burned in
collisions with trucks transporting
gasoline.
The House Of Representatives pass
ed two bills of interest to labor last
week, one Of which had previously
been approved by the Senate.
Approved as an emergency measure
was Senate Bill No. 234, lowering
from 65 to 55 per cent the vote neces-
3ary for approval of bond issues for
school construction projects. II h e
Cleveland school board is submitting
a bond issue to the electorate at a
special election March %, which, if
approved, will provide $4,500,0OO
school building program in that city
in cooperation with the PWA, which
has alocated $2,000,0C0 for that pur-
pose.
BY vote of 100 to II, the House
of Representatives approved II. b. No
252, which provides for appeals to the
civil service commission by fire de-
partment employees from reductions in
pay or position and lay-offs or suspen-
aions. The measure was supported by
the Ohio Firefghters' Union.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-16

seen in the Diamond shortly The auto
committee already has a number of
cars up for consideration and will
choose one within the next week or
two.
President James NJ. Duffy reap
pointed the committee that served
last year. At the first meeting,
George Goppert, George Turner and
William Watkin were again elected
chairman, secretary and treasurer re-
spectivcly. In addition to the three
officers, other members from East LiV-
erpool are Saul Mccoy, James Slaven,
p. X. Calhoon and Jerome Mckeever.
Scbring will again be represented by
f. M. Howell, Sr., Wellsville sends Ray
Dickey, Salem, A. J. Sanders; East
Palestine, Paul Shinn; Minerva, H. +.
Smallwood and Canonsburg, James
Green.
Railroad fares to the park from the
various pottery towns are under con-
sideraton. The committee hopes to
be able to cut these to a minimum.
1t is not too early to start thinking
of the best picnic ever sponsored by
the potters-and that means the best
outing you have ever seen.
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vents attorneys from participating in
large lump sum awards. In many
cases, attorneys have collected fifty
per cent of such awards as fees, leav-
ing little for the injured workman.
Hearings on Senate Bill No. IS, pro-
viding indefinite tenure for teachers
and protection similar to that of civil
service, were begun by the Senate
Education Committee last week.
The bill has the support of the Ohio
State Federation of Teachers, the Ohio
State Federation Of Labor, and the
Ohio Education Association. A number
Of teachers and educators spoke for
the bill at the hearing last week, and
the Committee announced it would
hear any opposition to the measure
this week.
End of discrimination against di-
rect liquor and beer advertising
through novelties and outside signs is
sought in Senate Bill No. 236, which
was first heard by the Senate Liquor
Control Committee last week.
Labor and employers teamed to-
gether in arguing favorabiy for the
measure. Opposition was expressed
by representatives of the brewing in
dustry, while Jacob b. Taylor, Di-
rector of the State Department of
Liquor Control, described the measure
as being detrimental to the social vel
fare of the state.
Proponents argued that signs and
other forms of advertising were not
harmful as newspaper and magazine
advertising which went directly into
the home. Hearings were resumed this
week on the bill