davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1939-09-01
PREPARATIONS
FOR WAR FAIL
TO DEMORALIZE

Instead of air raids and counter
raids, we have notes and counter
notes. The world takes heart, even
in the midst of grim preparations to
meet war if it comes. Last Septem-
ber the British were anxiously seek
ing for days to make direct contact
with the Reichsfuhrer. To that end
Prime Minister Chamberlain flew to
Berchtesgaden. This year it is Herr
Hitler who has taken the initia-
tive, with messages to Britain and
France.
Last September the German Chan
cellor did not need to deal with Czecho
slovakia. He simply issued terms to
the Governments of Britain and
France. Theirs was the task of per-
suading the Czechs to commit national
suicide and their own people to per-
NIT it. Last year it was in Prague
that the grinding pressure was felt.
It was President Benes who had the
crushing burden of decision. Today
Berlin is the fulcrum and evidence
multiplies that the German people at
last feel the sharp mental tension OF
a war crisis. And it is Herr Hitler
who must struggle with the question
of peace or war, must study Brit
aims firm insistence that he negotiate
himself with Poland, must consider
the fact that if war starts the world
will hold him responsible.
Daily it becomes clearer that there
have been miscalculations in Berlin.
For months observers in Germany
have reported that the National Soc
ialist diplomats were not convinced
that Britain meant business. It may
have been easy to believe that the sur
prising nonaggression pact with Rus
sia would dynamite the anti-aggres-
sion front and produce another Num-
ich with Poland as the victim. But
the last few days have proved that
Europe cannot stomach another Mum
ich.
Manifestly second thoughts in Ber-
lin are serious ones. The Reichs-
fuhrer's second note to Premier Da-
ladier- possibly intended chiefly to
rally and persuade his own people
departs from any previous technique
of crisis diplomacy. There is plain
admission that German methods OF
treaty revision may be questioned.
In this connection it may be recalled
that in "Mein Kampf" it is written:
The moment (one's) own propagan-
da comedies so much as the faintest
glimmer of justice to the other side,
the seeds for doubt in (one's) own
cause have been sown.
Has Herr Hitler become aware that
the thinking of the world has been
growing out of the old acceptance of
war and demands settlement of dis
putes between nations by peaceful
means? There is evidence of it in
his letter to Premier Daladier. And
in the time being taken for second
thoughts in Berlin there is indication
that Herr Hitler does not want war,
that he realizes other peoples have
reached point where they believe the
injustices of the peace treaties have
been removed and will not accede to
injustices like the seizure of Bohemia
and Moravia, will not permit the TAX
ing of the Polish Corridor, which is
predominantly Polish in population,
under threats of war. Is humanity's
sense of justice getting through to
the consciousness of Germany's mas
ter?-Christian Science Monitor.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1939-09-01

Mildew stains, if the stain is not
too old may be removed by apply
ing soft and powdered chalk,
keeping it moist and laying it in the
sun.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1939-09-01

map two contained folders which
States posmared from Danzg Ap-
pareny to swing American toward
claims Dan the shows how the Polish corridor
the map opinions corridor the Poles and by Hitler
matter in
Germany asks road and railway The Poles opinion
whole
Baltic coast to
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1939-09-01

Furniture should never be stored
unless it has all been thoroughly
cleaned first. Brush and clean with
a vacuum cleaner if possible.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15

College Station, Raleigh, July 10.
"A complete. program for the 36th
annual Farm and Home Week to be
held at State College July 31-August
4 has been announced by John; W..
Goodman, assistant extension direc-
tor, and Miss Ruth Current, State
home agent, who are in charge of ar
rangements. The program shows that
farmers and farm women will have
a greater part than ever; before in
the convention activities.
Among, the farmers who will ac-
lively, participate in the, programs are
L.. H. Mckay, of Hendersonville; K.
F.. Howard: of Dunn; HI! Bernard
Helms of Monroe; r. Flake, Shaw, of
Greensboro; tai. Pearsall,' of Battle
boro; A. M. Towe, of Biltmore; Mel
vim G.. Cording,, of iPinehurst; w. W..
Fitzpatrick, of Durham county; Fl L..
Holconbe, of Cumberland county;
A. o. McEachern,. Of New Hanover
county; j. c.. Evans, of Merry Hill,
and HI c.; Shelton, of Speed.
The officers of the. convention also
will preside and lead in the discus
sion periods. They are George Sock
well Of Elon College, president; H.
c. Ferebeer of Camden, first vice
president; and w. L. Lyerly, of Wood
leaf, second vice-president
Officers of the North Carolina Fed
GRAFTON of Home Demonstration
Clubs who will direct, the. women's.
activities are: Mrs. W.. E., Neill,s of
Newell, president; Mrs. Dudley. Bag
ley, of Moyoclz, first president
Mrs. Annie. Goodwin, of Goodwin, sec.
ond vice-president; Mrs. Porter Pals
ley, of Sedalia, third president;
Mrs. W.. p. Dorsey, of Rutherfordton,.
recording secretary; Mrs Carl Slagle,
of Franklin, corresponding secretary;
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
z Farm: Tours
Set For Week

College Station, Raleigh, July IS.
Seven county farm and home tours
are scheduled in the State next week
to allow the inspection Of outstand-
ng agricultural and rural homemak-
ng demonstrations, it was announced
oday by R. W. Shoffner, farm man
cement specialist of the State Col
ege Extension Service. One of the
seven will be in Mitchell county, and
t will mark the first of series of
tours in the IVA area where master
farmers are selected.
The Mitchell county tour. will be
neld on Tuesday and it will cul-
inmate series of seven township
tours which were begun on July 10.
Shoffner and F. r. Farnham, extern
sion dairy specialist, will help the
county agents conduct the final tour
Also scheduled Tuesday is the Frank
lin tour, with L. T. Weeks, Exten-
sion tobacco specialist, assisting.
Two county tours--in Martin and
Stokes-are pla~ned for Wednesday.
E. c. Blair, o:.tension agronomist,
will participate in the Martin tour,
and R. w. Graeber,. forester, Miss
Willie Hunter, clothing specialist, and
D. F. McCrary, district farm agent,
will be the Extension representa-
lives from Raleigh who will be. on
the Stokes tour. =
Thursday will find Johnston coun-
ty holding its tour, with A. c. Kim
rey, dairy specialist, attending, and
the first of two afternoon tours be-
ing held in Person county. C. D.
Thomas, assistant farm management
specialist, will helpp with the Per-
on tours, which will end Friday aft
ernoon. Forsyth county will hold an
all-day tour Friday with Kinney and
J. F. Criswell, land use planning
pecialist, in attendance.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
NEW DEAN NAMED AT
GREENSBORO COLLEGE

Greensboro, July 15.-The election
If Dean Mary Ivy Swank, of Hunt
ngdon College, Montgomery, Ala
anna, as dean of students of Green's
loro College, has just been announc-
ID by President Luther L. Gobbel,
Who says that Dean Swank will sue
iced. Miss Anne Garrard, who has
,'esigned after four years of efficient
ervice in Greensboro College.
Dean Swank, a, native of Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, is a member of
4 family. of distinguished educators.
Her father was, for long time. be-
fore his death, head of the. science
of Missouri State Teach
ers' College, where Dean Swank did
her undergraduate work Her moth
er, also, has had extensive expert
isnce. in college work. A brother, Dr.
H. M. Ivy, is. superintendent of the
public schools of Meridian, Missis-
sippi, and is a. former president of
the Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools.
Dean SWank has had considerable
teaching and administrative expert
ence.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
Christians Get
Victory

The Christians drubbed the Bank
ers numerically yesterday after
noon at the Hill Top ground, win
ming II to 0 in a city league soft
ball game.
Neese did the pitching for the win
ners, ano was IN fine lorm. He gave
up two hits as his mates accorded
him great support.
The Bankers threatened to score
Just once when Short opened an
inning with a triple He died on
third base.
The Christians pounded the Of
ferings of Watkins and Morgan to
all corners of the lot, and loose play
ing on the part of the Bankers ac-
counted for some of the scoring.
The win put the Christians in
tie for second place with Rose.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
Greystone And
EPSON Busy

Greystone met Pilot this after
noon, and the teams will play again
Sunday afternoon. at $3.50 o'clock at
Greystone Park.
Both contests are in the Tri-Coun-
ty league, and a large crowd is ex-
Dected to turn out to witness the
clash.
EPSON will also offer two games
in the Tri-County circuit, playing
Pine Ridge this afternoon and again
Sunday afternoon.
EPSON has been considerably
strengthened, and will be battling
Pine Ridge for second place in loop
standing.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
Good Contests
Coming Week

Next weeks play in the city soft
ball circuit will pit the leaders of
the league together in contests.
Monday, Purol and Rose get to-
gether at the high school, and Gro
Swift plays Kiwanis at Hill Top.
Tuesday, Purol and Bankers have
things their own, the contest schedul-
ed for the Hill Top lot.
Rose and Gro-Swift tangle Thurs
day at the high school, with Purol
meeting KiWanis at Hill Top.
Rose and Bankers meet Friday at
the high school ground, and Chris
tians and Gro-Swift get together at
Hill Top.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15

Sore shin is doing considerable
damage to tobacco in several coun-
ties, report county farm agents of
the State College Agricultural Ex-
tension Service.
; Pig projects, operating mathe-
matically after the fashion of chain
letters, are being sponsored by civic
clubs in several cities of the State
for 4-H Club members.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
Rose To Play
2 Tits Sunday

Roses entry in the city softball cir
cult will play the Romance "B's", OF
Roanoke Rapids a doubleheader Sun
day afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at the
Hill Top grounds on the Raleigh
road.
Rose is considered one of the best
teams in the local circuit, and the
Romancos are plenty strong.
A big crowd is expected to turn
out to witness the contest.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15

The establishment. of plant py
large evaporated milk company ~
Albemarle is expected to give a oe t,,
finite boost to the dairy industry /"
and around Stanly County. I'D
Trench silos, being efficient alla m
at the same time inexpensive, al1
finding increased favor with oally
farmers. says John Arey, dairynlaH
of the State College Extension Der
vice.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15

to establish the community center on
the William street property of the
First Baptist church was proposed
and the idea adopted Monday even
ing. at the meeting of the committee
having the matter in hand, and steps
were taken to secure the necessary
funds Immediately.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
Final Program Is Given
On Farm And Home Week

Mrs. A. w. Pierce, of Pikeville,
Route 2, treasurer; and Mrs. o. l..
Ray, of Raleigh, Route l, chairman
of the Jane S. McKimnnon. Loan
Fund.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Philadelphia at Chicago.
Washington at st. Louis.
New York at Detroit.
Boston at Cleveland.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE

] st. Louis at Boston.
4 Cincinnati at New. York.
( Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
I Chicago at Philadelphia. =,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15

CITY LEAGUE
Christians IL; Bankers 0.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE

Charlotte 4; Durham 8.
ASheville Z; Winston-Salem 5.
Rocky Mount l; Richmond O.
Only games played.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
'|bda8Gd1r1es1
PIEDMONT LEAGUE

Winston-Salem at AsheVille.
Richmond at Rocky Mount.
Norfolk at Portsmouth.
Durham at Charlotte.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
5000. YEARS
AGO.
(Taken from Daily
Dispatch Files)
july Is. 1884

July 15s 1881
The wedding of Miss Blanche
Jackson and Glenn Satterwhite was
solemnized Saturday afternoon at
Boydton, Virginia, in the presence of
only a few, friends. After we'd
ding trip to the beaches in Virginia,
the couple will return to the city
and make their home, at present,
with the groom's parents.
July Is, 1929
Master James Pond, of Richmond,
and little Miss Mariana Lands, of
Oxford, are spending some time
with their aunt, Mrs. George Cooke
on, the Oxford road.
After being agitated for some.
years, music will be taught in the,
city and county schools here the
coming term for the first tine,. Miss
Josephine Paul has been employed
by, the city and county school boards.
for that work.
July Is, 1919
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15

Miss J. Trefusis Fo.bes
Miss J. Trefusis Forbes, of London,
has been appointed to the British
Air Ministry as director of the new
lly-formed Women's Auxiliary Air
Force. Members of the organization
will, in time of war, replace the
male ground staffs at airports as
cooks, mess orderlies, and at other
auxiliary posts.
Central Press)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
NATIONAL LEAGTJE

New York 4; Cincinnati 1
Boston 10; st. Louis 4.
Brooklyn IA; Pittsburgh 4.
Only games scheduled.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York 6; Detroit 3.
Philadelphia Z; Chicago 3.
Washington IL; st. Louis 9.
Only games played.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15

Americas novel matchmaking establishment he Slave
Market pictured shortly after it under Palisades Park
N j. Auctonee Glenn White is conducting the auction
elderly bids
his audience police stepped jail
charges of maintaining nuisance.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15

Incorporation of the organization
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-15

July Is, 1919
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Admiralty Charges
Criminal Minds
Behind Report

LONDON, Oct. 6. (UP)-
The admiralty charged Nazi
leaders with criminal men
tality" today in connection
with a German warning to
the United States implying an al
lied plot to sink the liner Iroquois
The admiralty statement COM
mented on a message sent by Ad-
miral Erich Raeder, commander OF
the Nazi fleet, to Washington say
ing that the Iroquois, bound from
Ireland for America with war zone
refugees, would be sunk in circum-
stances similar to the sinking OF
the British liner Athena. The Ma
zis had charged that the British
sank the Athena to create world
sympathy for the allied cause.
The Athena, the admiralty said,
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Filipino Murderer
ParoIed, Deported

Ancleto Nartates, 33, Filipino con-
victed of numbering Luther Raldan
in Imperial county in 1888, was Or
dered back to the Philippine Islands
Friday by the state board of prison
terms and paroles.
He was one of seven San Quentin
prisoners taken before the parole
board. The shooting occurred in
a work camp near Acacia school
while a group of eight islanders
played cards. Nartates fled to Mex
leo but later was arrested in the
United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
London ...

LONDON, Oct. 6. (UP)-AdOlf
Hitler's speech TO the Reichstag
failed to offer any basis for peace,
high political sources indicated
today after brief study of the
German proposals.
Hitler's speech was carefully
studied by members of Prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain's
war cabinet and probably will be
debated in parliament, as Cham
berlain promised.
But weI-informed circles eX-
pressed confidence that the gov
errment and parliament as well
would consider the proposals "cO'n-
pIcteIy unacceptable" since they
fail to meet any of the funda-
rental allied war aims.
1t was pointed out authorita-
lively that Chamberlain had al
ready stated that Britain cannot
accept mere assurances from the
Nazi government.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06

lCdn COdSI, IL WdS lcpOit tCo al az
thoritative quarters today.
Several destroyerS and coast
guard cutter were moving eastward
on the North Atlantic today tc
meet the Iroquois and accompany
her the rest of the way home. They
were expected to pick her up to-
morrow. 1t was emphasized that
this did not mean American author
tiles placed any belief whatsoever
in Admiral Raeder's implied charge
that the British navy would sink
the Iroquois thinking Germany
would be blamed.
On New York, officials of the
United States Line, which is op-
Grating the Iroquois under charter
termed Admiral Raeders warning
"propaganda")
Government sources refused to
reveal the position of the IroquoiS,
but calculations, based on the ships
usual speed showed that she was
about 900 miles from Cobb, ireland
early today. She is bound for New
York and is due there Wednesday
Passengers on the Iroquois have
not been informed of the purported
threat against the Ship, it was
learned authoritatively.
Maritime commission officials
said they had not been advised one
way or another by the master OF
the Iroquois and they were leaving
to his judgment the decision as to
whether the passengers should be
advised.
However, from other sources 1t
was learned that the captain had
decided not to tell the passengers
to avoid worrying them.
The White House announced the
German warning, and the dispatch
ing of naval ships to accompany
the Iroquois home. Press Secretary
Stephen T. Early said that he plac-
ed little credence in Admiral Raed-
er'S information.
Raeder summoned Commander A.
E. Schrader, U. S. naval attache at
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Germans Attack in
Effort to Nu||ify
Gains by French
Outposts Stormed When
Poilus Begin Digging
In To Hold Territory

PARIS, Oct. 6. (UP)--The
Geman army counter-attack-
ed fiercely southwest of
Saarbruecken today in a
strong effort to dislodge the
French from positions within artil-
lery range of the Siegfried line:
The Germans threw large forces
against the French outposts, CEN
tering their effort on the south
bank of the Saar river between
Saarlouis and Saarbrueckefl.
The French resisted stubbornly,
determined to hold gains which
not only have brought the outer
works of the Siegfried line within
range of their heavy guns but also
have pushed the Germans back 10
a point where their field pieces
no longer carry to the major Magi-
not line fortresses.
The Germans attempted to silence
French shelling of the Berus hill
which is the key to SaarloulS, ana
to retain the Warndt forest before
the French can complete its con-
solidation and destroy the mine
fields protecting Saarbruecken.
Meanwhile, the most famous Of
all World war battalions-the bat
talions of ccoties-have returned
to the western front, United Press
Reporter Ralph Heinzen said in the
following dispatch:
Cootie mobilization began early.
and throughout the Maginot line
defense zone, and even in the
French trenches in Germany.
cooties have rejoined the forces
and are now digging in.
The great cootie hunt has start
ed. and from the Moselle to the
Continued on Page 8. Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Contractor Wins
Perjury Skirmish

The case of Charles G. Green,
Brawley contractor accused of blk
ing home builders and materials
men out of $5265, was referred
back to the Imperial county grand
jury Friday.
Green was indicted by the grand
jury last June 81 on three counts
of perjury and seven counts of OBJ
tanning money under false preten-
ses.
In superior court Friday Judge
Vaughn N. Thompson sustained
demurrerS on the perjury counts
and one count of obtaining money
under false pretenses. He overruled
demurrers on the other counts. The
indictment may be amended by the
grand jury.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Financial Worry
Causes Suicide

WESTMORLAND, Oct. 6.-Finan-
cial worries were blamed for the
suicide of Howard Routt, SO, here
late Thursday.
Routt, a service station operator
in Westmorland for several years,
shot and killed himself while seat
ed in his car parked off the high
way a quarter of a mile south OF
town, Deputy Coroner Frank Raney
said
His family said he had been wor-
ried and respondent because col
lections were bad
Ed Newton discovered the body.
a .41O gauge shotgun lying at the
feet. The body was slumped over
the steering wheel. Routt had fired
a bullet into his head, Raney said.
Funeral arrangements were not
complete Friday. The body was
taken to the Hopes mortuary in
Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Navy
Photos
7 aiken
Nazi Agent Gets
Pictures in S. D.,
Committee Told

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.
(UP) = Neil Howard Ness,
former Los Angeles German
American Bund official,
told the Dies committee to-
day that in 1886 he helped Ger
man agent take piitures of U. S.
navy destroyer and submarine bases
in San Diego. Ness said he COUNT
recall the name of the German
agent, but that it was in his files
at Los Angeles and that he would
furnish it to the committee.
He explained that he was in San
Francisco when he got the COM
mittee summons to appear and did
aot have time to pick up his files
before coming to Washington.
Ness testified that the German
agent on arriving in Los Angeles
expressed a desire to see the posi-
tion of the American fleet at San
Pedro and the bases at San Diego.
He said he drove the agent and
Herman Schwinn, west coast buno
leader, in his automobile from Los
Angeles.
Chairman Martin Dies, D., Tex.
earlier had denied there was any,
thing Illegal in the committees
seizure of local membership lists
of the American League for Peace
and Democracy.
Replying to statement by Har-
ry C. Lamberton, chairman of the
Washington branch of the league,
Dies said he had received letter
from Lamberton dated Sept 90,
1899, agreeing to turn over the rec
crdS.
This committee" said Dies
hasn't violated any law in getting
any records. We have a letter from
Lambrtson agreeing to the very
thing he denounces the committee
for. This is a well-knoWn Conmu-
mist tactic"
Dies described Lamberton's atti-
tude as a defiance" of the COM
mittee.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Sept. Business
Advances Sharply

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. (UP)-
The federal reserve board said to-
day that September business activ-
ity showed the sharpest advance
recorded since 1887.
The board said the rise was
traceable to the European war,
which brought a flood of orders
from manufacturers and distribut-
ors seeking to avoid anticipated
price increases resulting from the
war.
Employment and national income
increased substantially but, as is
usual expanded at slower rate
than industrial activity.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06

Ille tQulNdlellC VI uOle pdylIicilIo.
Relief Administrator Waite r
Chambers is expected to announce
regulations later governing the
minimum wages cotton growers
must pay if they are to have access
to relief labor in harvesting their
crops.
An attache of the governors Of
flee pointed out that it is impos-
Sible to set flat rate per hundred
pounds on the basis of the SRA
equivalent proposal, because of the
fact that relief payments vary ac-
cording to number of members OF
the family.
This source, however, estimated
roughly that an average relief cli-
ent with wife and two children
could not earn enough money pick
ing cotton to match his dole pay
ment, which is $43.45 a month, al
less than 81 a hundred.
"A single man, of course, could
work for less, but a man with foui
children would have to have more
in order not to be penalized fol
accepting private employment" he
pointed out.
"It may be necessary for the SRA
TO establish a sliding scale; that is
to require single men to accept
employment in the cotton fields
at a certain rate, but not force
those who are married and have
dependents off the dole unless a
higher wage is paid
Growers have offered 80 cents
per hundred pounds for this years
crop, while pickers are demanding
$1.25
The governors committee SUBJ
mitted divided report after hear
ings in Fresno, four members rec
cmmending that growers be re-
quired to pay the dole equivalent
for relief labor and three members
favoring a flat $1.25 minimum.