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The Nome nugget., 1939-02-24
Joe Louis Makes Quick Work Of Challenger Lewis

With barrage of rights, mixed with lefts, Joe Louis, heavy weight champion, fioored John Henry Lewis three times and won the fight by a technical knockout when the two met at Madison Square Garden. John Henry, heels in air, is shown go- ing down after Joe connected. The fight lasted 2 minutes 29 sec onds before Referee Arthur Dono van stopped it.
 (See picture below)
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-24

JUNEAU, Feb. 24 (P)-The bi- ennial meeting of the Alaska Territorial Chamber of Commerce elected Senator o. D. Cochran of Nome, President; L. w. Kulburn of Douglas, first Vice-president; w. C. Arnold of Ketchikan, sec ond Vice-president; Leo Rogge of Fairbanks, 3rd Vice-president, H. R. Vanderleest of Juneau, Treasurer and Curtiss Shattack of Juneau, Executive secretary.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-24
Pioneer Axel Pearson Passes On

SEATTLE, Feb. g (P) -Axel Pearson, aged sixty one, general manager of the Ungalik Mining Syndicate on Norton Sound died in a hospital here. where he has been since December. The fun eral will be held tomorrow then his remains will be cremated. MT. Pearson lived in Alaska for about thirty eight years and is survived by a sister, Mrs. Hilda Johnson of Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-24

Batting average released to- day show Martin Willoya lead ing the League with 1895, Carl Wuorinen second with .720 but closely pressed by Russell May nard's TIA. Chuck O'Leary was the workhorse pitcher of the sea son with forty innings pitched and AZ strikeouts. Willoya's strikeout average of 1l2 per in ming for 12 innings tops all other pitchers. Allan Lee, Nome catch CT chalked up the most ass.s from catcher to second base ar Givan of the Commercial mac the most put outs. Givan als scored the most runs and han up a record of fourteen runs fo fourteen hits.
 Tentative plans call for tn presentation of the Trophy with all teams present Wednesday night. The opening game of the women's schedule is also plann- ed for Wednesday. the Single Girls meeting the Married Wo- men. The other game of the doubleheader has not been sched uled as yet.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-24
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The Nome nugget., 1939-02-24
Earthquake Practically Distroys This City

Only five houses were left stand ing in Chillan, Chile, following the severe earthquake which rocked a 500 mile area. Chillan was a city of 10000. This scene shows the market plaza. Death toll in the quake has been esti- mated at about 10000, and many hundreds were believed injured Broken communication lines made it difficult to get accurate estimates on damage and death.
 (See picture at left)
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-24
Baseball
(Contributed)

Wednesday night the Com mercials beat Nome II 10 2 and put an end to a hard-fought ex- citing season. The winning setup occurred when strong Alaskan squad caught Hammons on an off night and trimmed them IA to 6. The big Grant Jackson trophy will be awarded to the Champion Commercials at the next league meeting Their name will be en- graved as the third winner, both Hammons and the Alaskans hav- ing had that honor in the three years the trophy has been in competition.
 The standing of the teams fol- lows:
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-24
Francois Guns That Blasted Path To Barcelona

Heavy field pieces of the insur- gent army are shown as they blasted away at the government lines in the advance on Bercel- ona. The guns dropped 35,000 shells a day behind Loyalist de- lenses and paved the way to the ultimate capture of Barcelona, whose fall has been looked upon as a key point in the Spanish Civil War.
 (See picture at left)
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-24
Last Search Being Made Cope Plane

JUNEAU, Feb. g (F) What was believed to be the last search for the Lon Cope plane lost Feb. 12th, started Thursday morning when fifteen men equipped with snowshoes under the leadership of Forest Examiner Jay Williams left aboard the Fisheries boat Brant to cover the region around South Dotys Cove, All the others having been transVersed with no results. The snow is reported to be waist-deep in the entire sec ton.
 The aerial photographs taken Sunday by the naval planes and Pilot Sheldon Simmons produced nothing tangible in an area of 25 square miles.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
Sees Signs
OF Increase
In Tobacco
New Curing Barns
Going Up and Few
Plantbeds Damaged
by Cold Weather

Going through the Bobbitt and
Gill sections of the county this past
week, the writer was impressed by
two things. First of all, the great
number of new curing barns being
built, foretelling the farmers belief
that this crop will exceed last years
by a considerable poundage, and
secondly, the few plantbeds with
some leaves burned by frost a week
or SO ago.
Some growers were afraid, seeing
the slightly burned leaves, their first
thought being Of blue mold; how
ever, every hint of blue mold thro-
ughout the county has turned out, to
this writer's knowledge, to be frost
burns instead of blue mold. The next
two weeks will be critical ones, and
if there is going to be blue mold OF
any consequence in this section, it is
expected to show up during the nexi
week and the week following. Grow
erS are carefully watching their beds
for the first sign of mold, and with
this precautiOn, much damage is not
looked for as it will be discovered
in time to be cleaned out by various
methods.
Shortage of plants is another sub
Ject of CONSERVATION throughout the
county. There are several growers
who have a very small stand of
plants, however, taking the section
as whole, with the hope that wealth
er will remain good, there should be
sufficiencsy of plants for every
grower, provided mold does not hit
this section as hard as it has hit sec
tions of the eastern belt and southern
tObacco-groWing sections.
AT the Henderson Exposition this
week, two very popular booths have
been those showing fuel oil tobacco
curers, and many of the new barns
going up throughout this section are
being equipped with this newer la
bor-saving curer. This system has its
proponents, believing it is one of the
greatest innovations in the tobacco
curing field-others steadfastly stick
to the older and more often used
hand-fired method.
AS stated at the head of this
column, by next week we should be
able to two more information on blue
mold, and certainly in two weeks a
good idea should be gained as to just
how hard this section will be visit
ed by the pestilence, or if we will
have any of serious consequence at
all.
Again we want to request that all
farmers and tobacconists get in touch
with the writer with any informa-
ton that is suitable for this column,
which appears each saturday after
noon in the Dispatch.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
MRS. HOCUTT MADE
SAFETY CHAIRMAN
Chosen to Lead Safety Pro
gram In State Parent
Teachers Group

Mrs. D. D. Hocutt, president of the
Vance County Council of Parents and
Teachers, was made State safety
chairman of PIT. A., at the three
day State convention held in Raleigh
this week. She automatically becomes
member of the board of directors
of the State council.
Mrs. Hocutt led the group which
was eager for organization of school
boy safety patrols in Vance county
recently, and did much toward their
formation. Along with other PIT. A.
members and representatives of the
State safety board, she pushed the
movement, and had the boys train
ed in their duties as junior patrol
men.
Members Of the local Parent
Teacher Association were greatly
pleased at Mrs. Hocutt's election, and
said they considered it quite an honor
for her to be chosen as the head OF
the movement in the entire State.
Besides Mrs. Hocutt and Mrs. Wall,
district PIT. A. president, large
delegation from Henderson and
Vance county attended the meeting
in Raleigh.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
AUTOPSY IS MADE
ON NEGRESS' BODY
Specialists to Make Report
on Findings to Coroner
Next Wednesday

DR.. c. c. Carpenter, Wake Forest
College pathologist, and his assistant
DR.. r. B. Morehead, also of Wake
Forest, completed an autopsy on the
body of Mary Lou Jones, young
Negro woman, who died mysterious
ly Easter Monday afternoon, after
being struck by Malvin Basket, an
other Negro, at their home on Orange
street.
Coroner A. P. Paschall was advised
by Chief of Police j. H. Langston
and Assistant Chief J. E. Parks of
incidents concerning the death Of the
girl. The officers took Basket into
custody on an open charge of in
vestigation pending the inquiry Of
the coroner, who ordered the body
exhumed from the Jordan chapel
cemetery yesterday for an autopsy.
DR.. Carpenter will report his find
ings next Wednesday to the coroner,
it was stated.
Coroner Paschall had as a coron-
er's jury w. S. Strange, Charlie Ellis
Raymond Marston, Fred B. Hight,
Richard Workman and w. K. Phillips
The body was reinterred early this
morning
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
Sales Fewer
On Auto Tags
For State

Sales of State automobile license
tags for the 1889 crop of plates is
slightly off at the local branch office
of the Carolina Motor Club, it was
stated today by w. C. Gates, the
manager.
The report was as of April IL, and
showed automobile plate sales of
7,72O for 1889, compared with 1918
for the same period of 1888, decline
of 1913. Licenses sold for trucks
amounted to 881 for 1889 against 877
last year, gain of four. Plates sold
for trailers numbered 715 this year,
as against 846 last year, a drop of
131.
Sale of all licenses amounted to
9,316 sets to April IL, as against
9,641 to the corresponding date a
year ago, or drop of 325.
There was slight squirt in sale of
new licenses as of April, when a
reduction of one-fourth in the price
became effective. The price will be
cut in half July l and three-fourths
of the original cost will be Topped off
as of October 1. This cut is provided
for by State law.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
Will Preach Morning
and Evening; To Get
Greeting in Sunday
School; Comes from
Dunn With High Re-
Communications

An elaborate welcome is planned
by members of the First Baptist
church tomorrow for their new
pastor, Rev. E. Norfleet Gardner,
who arrived this week from Dunn,
where last Sunday he completed a
ten-year pastorate. The family
moved into the Winder street par
sonage Thursday, and Rev. Mr..
Gardner has already been escorted
about to number of places in the
community in making acquaintanceS.
A special program has been PLAN
ned by the Mems Baraca class of
the church during the Sunday school
hour. Mr.. Gardner will preach at
the morning service at his new
church, and in the evening the Bap-
fists will go to the First Methodist
church in a joint service, at which
time Mr.. Gardner will preach. large
congregations for both services are
anticipated.
Mr. Gardner is prominent in acti-
vities of the Baptist State Conven-
ton, and is widely known in de-
nominational circles in the State.
He was very active in the civic life
OF Dunn during his stay there, hav-
ing been a past president of the
Rotary Club, and chairman Of most
OF its important committees.
Printed programs were prepared
for use of the congregation in the
services Sunday, and otherwise the
congregation has arranged for a
welcome and greeting to the new
pastor.
Resolutions adopted by the Dunn
Rotary club April on Mr.. Gard
ner's leaving there were signed by
j. Shepard Bryan, Earl Med. West
brook and Henry M. Tyler. The
resolutions follow:
"Throughout the span of nine
years E. Norfleet Gardner has been
a member of the Dunn Rotary club.
Within that time he served the club
as its president and subsequently as
its secretary treasurer, and as chair
man of all the major committees. In
eusy and every capacity he served
our club within CONSPICUOUS ability
and with a true vision of the imme-
diate and ultimate aims of Rotary.
"The Dunn Rotary club has been
made stronger, and its potent in
fluence has been felt in more out
of-the-Way places because of the
leadership of the personality of
Norfleet Gardner during the past
nine years. His going from our club
and community will be great loss
to the Dunn Rotary club which is
felt by each and every member
thereof and to the expression of
which each and every member de-
sires to place himself on record.
Therefore be it Resolved by the
Dunn Rotary club, in meeting as
sembled on Friday evening April 7,
1889, that the contribution of Nor
fleet Gardner's services to Rotary
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
N. c. Society To Welcome
Tar Heels Visiting Fair
Thomas A. Morgan, Vance County Man,
Among Leaders Preparing for North Carolina
Day; Banquet Planned To Honor Governor
Hoey

According to information received
here, the North Carolina Society of
New York is planning for big re-
ception for Tar Heels who attend the
North Carolina Day event at the
Worlds Fair June 10.
At a recent meeting of its dinner
committee, OF which w. Y. Preyer,
president of the Wick Chemical Com
pany, of Greensboro, is chairman, it
was decided to sponsor banquet OH
the evening of June 18 in honor of
Governor Clyde R. Hoey, who will
be in New York at the time attend
ing ceremonies in connection with
North Carolina Day" activities to
take place at the New York World S
Fair the following day.
invited include Orville Wright, who
with his brother flew the first air
plane at Kitty Hawk, North Caro-
lima, in 1908; Grover Whalen, presi-
dent of the New York Worlds Fair;
General D. E. Nolan, director of
States participation; Thomas A
Morgan, president, The Sperry Cor
poration, formerly of Henderson
North Carolina, who is serving as
technical adviser to the North Caro-
lima Worlds Fair Commission.
The entire membership of the
North Carolina Society of New York
will be invited to the dinner, to-
gether with all visiting North Caro-
linians in New York at the time
North Carolina Day." June 49,
is expected to be one of the great
days of the New York Worlds Fair
since plans have been practically
completed for the largest ARCADE
ever undertaken by private pilots
Something over 100 planes from the
Carolinas are expected to arrive in
New York City on the afternoon OF
June 18. There also is planned q
100-car motorcade and several spe-
cial trains
A number of bands, sponsors, col
or bearers, State highway patrol
men and others will take part in g
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
10th District
Juniors To
Meet Monday

The twentieth district meeting of
the Junior Order American Me-
chanics will be held Monday at Kit
trell, with an afternoon session at 2
O'Clock in the lodge hall, and a din
ner meeting at o'clock at Zeb
Vance high school,
James Y. Cooper, district deputy
state councillor, will preside at the
meeting.
Counties that comprize the dis
trict are Vance, Granville, Franklin
and Warren. The Kittrell council No.
13O is host to the session.
Registration of delegates will be
held at 2 o'clock, with the meet
ing beginning at 2:3O o'clock.
The afternoon session will be fea-
tured by an address of Hon. r. A.
Grady, State Councillor.
The dinner meeting at 7 o'clock,
Will be followed by a public meet
ing at 8 o'clock in the high school
auditorium at which time Hon. Thad
Eure, secretary of state, will address
the audience. He will be introduced
oy Willie L. Lumpkin
The public is cordially invited to
attend the open meeting and hear
Mr.. Eure.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15

parade proposed to be held on Sun
day afternoon, June 18, in New Yorlz
City, and another parade at the fair
grounds on Monday, June 10.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
Band Concert On Monday
For Funds For Fair Trip
Public Asked To Support Music Event To Help
Young People To Get to New York on North
Carolina Day June 10.

A concert will be given by the
Henderson high school band in the
school auditorium Monday evening
for the purpose of raising money for
sending the band to the New York
Worlds Fair to participate in the
exercises of North Carolina Day on
June 19.
The concert is sponsored by the
Henderson Chamber of Commerce
and has been arranged by the Band
Boosters Club, sponsor of the band,
to help raise funds for the concert
Tickets have been on sale for a
week or more, and it is understood
Il great many have been sold. Lead
ers in the undertaking have esti-
mated in excess of $1,000 would be
needed to take the band on the trip.
They have appealed to the com
munity in general to support the
concert.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15

The program Monday evening will
be under the direction of A. T.
Hearn, director of the band, and
some SO to IS boys and few girls
will participate.
Very few high school bands of the
State have arranged to attend the
events of North Carolina Day al
the Worlds Fair, and friends of the
local music unit are hopeful that
the projected trip here can be real
lied, both for the good of the band
itself, the benefit of the young peo-
pie in it and the community in gen
eral
The definite program for Mon
days concert has not been announc-
ed, but it is promised to be an ella
borate one and entirely appropriate
for the occasion. The high school
auditorium seats 1000 persons, and
it is hoped that every seat will be
taken at the time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
Summer Closing Schedule
Agreed On By Merchants
Most Stores To Quit at O'Clock, With Time
Merchants Taking Wednesday Afternoon Off
Also; Food Stores Run to p. M

A schedule for summer evening
closing hours was virtually agreed
upon by Henderson merchants and
business people at a meeting Friday
evening at the Henderson Chamber
of Commerce. The program will be-
ccme effective as of May l and con-
tinue through August 81.
All retail stores except those hand
ling perishables, including grocery
stores, will close each afternoon at
5 o'clock. The time merchants, or
farm supply concerns, will observe
these hours, and will also take off
full half holiday on Wednesdays
during the period.
A further meeting Of the grocers
will be held next Wednesday even
ing to reach a definite conclusion as
to their action. It has been tenta-
lively agreed, however, that they
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15

would hold open each evening until
6 o'clock, and then take a full half
holiday on Wednesday.
Final and complete agreement by
all interests is expected to be reach
ed within few days, so that the
new schedule of summer closing may
be put into effect a sof the first day
of May.
For several summers, the bust
ness concerns of the city, or most of
them, have been taking a full half
holiday on Wednesdays, and holding
open until the usual closing hours
Q nall other days. The new sche-
dulles to be observed during the
coming summer will not affect the
regular Saturday evening hours OF
the merchants, who will continue to
operate as heretofore, according to
their standards.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
A. & T. COLLEGE MAN
ON PROGRAM SUNDAY

A program will be presented at the
Colored United Presbyterian church
Sunday evening at o'clock under
the auspices of the Zeta Alpha chap
ter of Omega Psi Phi, Negro Greek
letter fraternity. -erry j. Brown, of
A. & T. College, will be the princi-
pal speaker, and H. Hamilton Will
liams, from the same institution, will
preside at the organ.
With the exception of a reading,
and vocal solo. the entire program
will consist of out-of- town talent.
The program gives promise of a
real treat, and everyone is cordially
invited to attend.
Smile: AS certain as sunshine on
the Sunday following a rainy Easter.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
Tonight To
See End Of
Grand Ball Features
Friday Night Pro
gram, With Largest
Crowd of Week Thus
Far

Following the grand ball Friday
night and an attendance estimated
by some to have been the largest of
the entire week, the Greater Hen
derson Exposition comes to a close at
the High Price Warehouse tonight.
The big show has been in progress
since last Monday night, and is
sponsored by the Henderson Lions
club for the benefit of its blind fund.
Sam Afford, general chairman of
the Lions exposition committee, said
all expenses of the exposition had
been cared for through Thursday
night, and that the club would share
largely in the proceeds from Friday
and Saturday nights as the net in
come for the exposition.
The dance Friday night followed
the regular performance of Polly and
Her Polly AIMS, the amusement
company that has furnished the
entertainment for the week. No eff
fort was made to estimate the num-
Der of couples on the floor for the
evening, but in addition to those
dancing there was a large audience
in the amusements arena as specta-
tors.
Special features have been arrang-
ed for the final night of the expos
ton tonight, and it is expected that
the attendance will rank with the
best Of the entire week.
At the Friday night performance
in the amusements arena, officials
expressed the thanks and apprecia-
ton of the exposition organization
for the cooperation of the merchants
and OF public who have patronizeo
the show during the week.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

1. What kind of animals live both
on land and in water?
2. Name the Strait between Sicily
and Italy.
3. What is the relationship of chill
dren who. have one parent in
common?
4. Name the commander Of the
Yankee Clipper on its maiden
flight across the Atlantic.
5. What is the chemical name for
common salt?
g. Can Japanese be naturalized in
the United States!
7. What is the correct pronunciation
of the word amenable?
8. Name the most famous legendary
English outlaw
9. Who is Paul Joseph Goebbels?
10. Name the most recently discov-
cred planet.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
ASSOC .ATED PRESS IND CENTRAL PRESS
First Baptists Welcome
Gardner AS New Pastor

in Dunn has been of incalcuable
value to the Dunn Rotary club and
to the Dunn community; that the
Dunn Rotary club feels everlastingly
indebted to Norfleet Gardner for his
inspiration of long leadership in
Ritary; and that the Dunn Rotary
club hereby places itself on record
that the foregoing sentiments en-
body the unanimous mind of the
Dunn Rotary club
BE it Further Resolved that a
copy of this resolution be given to
Norfleet Gardner, copy to the local
press and copy spread upon the
minutes of the Dunn Rotary clup
introduced and unanimously
passed by the Dunn Rotary club on
Friday evening on April 7, 1885,"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-15
DEFECTIVE WIRING
CAUSE OF ALARM

Firemen were called to the home
of Mrs. Johnnie Briggs on Vance
street this morning about II o'clock,
where a wire short circuited. There
was no damage.
Yesterday morning, just after the
Teacherage fire had been controlled,
firemen were called to the Andrews
avenue crossing, where some creo-
soted telegraph poles had caught fire
from trash fire nearby. The poles
were considerably damaged.