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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03
Texas Representative
Improves in Hospital

The condition of Representative
Hatton w. Summers of Texas, who
is recuperating from a major opera
ton in George Washington Uni
versity Hospital. was reported today
as satisfactory" though his attend
ants indicated it will be necessary
for him to remain in the hospital
for at least another week.
DR.. Walter Bloedorn stated that
Mr.. Summers temperature was nor
NAL at noon today and that he
had been resting comfortably during
the past "a hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03
New Commerce
| Post Created
By Congress

BY the Associated fresS.
The difference between an under
secretary and an assistant secre-
tary in a cabinet department, Rep
resentative Wadsworth, Republican,
of New York, suggested to the
House yesterday, is that one may
wear spats and the other may not
A majority thought the distinc-
ton went farther, however. and
the House passed and sent to the
White House an administrations
proved bill to create an under-sec-
retaryship in the Commerce De-
partment. The department now has
two assistant secretaryships, one of
them vacant and to be abolished.
Edward J. Noble, candy manu-
facturer. aviation enthusiast and
former head of the Civil Aeronau-
tics Authority, is in line for the
new post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03
British Press Hints
Al Ineaiciency in
Rescue Efforts
Stern Inquiry Urged;
Lack Of Mother Ship
Long Delay Cited
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 3.-Demands for
a stern inquiry and rigorous judg-
ment" concerning the Thetis sub
marine disaster and the probable
death of 90 seamen, officers and
civilians appeared today in the
British press.
There was comment limiting at
inefficiency and two questions were
asked repeatedly: Might not a div
ing bell such as that used in the
sinking of the Squalus in the United
States have been of service, and
why was the Thetis allowed to go
on a test run unaccompanied by a
mother ship?
The Daily Mail said: AT later
date there are many questions which
must be answered. The nation wants
to know: Why the Thetis crashed;
why she was allowed to do her tests
in a bay notorious for sunken
wreckage; why no escort vessel was
attached to this new type subma-
rine during the perils of early div
ing trials; why she was allowed TO
be lost for over Is hours. These
matters await a stern inquiry and
rigorous judgment. For the present
the only criticism holds a voice
muted in an overwhelming sense
of loss"
COntrasted With Squalls.
The Daily Telegraph raised the
question: regarding the diving bell
after reviewing rescue work on the
Squalls, which went down off
Portsmouth, N. H.. May %, with 26
lost and 80 saved. the latter by
means of the diving bell.
1T Is parGonaDle 10 wonder
whether such apparatus would have
been of service in the case of the
Thetis," the Daily Telegraph said
editorially. But its efficacy de-
ponds on conditions which are not
present in Liverpool Bay. That is
a fact beyond doubt and well to
remember at such moment
The Daily Sketch also asked
whether a diving bell might have
been used, and concluded, But these
are matters for experts who may
decide that the circumstances were
by no means parallel :"
The Daily Mail and the Daily Her.
aid made much of the point that the
Thetis should never have been al
lowed to make the trip alone.
Surprise at Heavy Loss.
Submarines do not 60 on trails
every day. and it should not there
fore be difficult to have them attend
ed by vessels able to render the most
prompt and complete assistance IN
case of mishap," said the Herald.
The Express and Mirror both were
amazed that the hull was above the
surface and yet no one was saved
except four men escaping with the
Davis lung apparatus.
Some Of the reasons heard in vari-
Gus circles for the failure to use a
diving bell included: Precisely the
same type of equipment used for the
Squalus was not Immediately avail
able at the scene of the Thetis acct
dent; a diving bell was not suitable
for use in the case of a submarine
in an almost vertical position with
its nose down in mud: the submerged
forward escape hatch was believed
out Of commission through ooding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03
Thetis Tragedy
Recalls Escape
Of 80 From SIS
BY the Associated Press.

The tragic plight OF SO men In the
sunken British submarine Thetis has
recalled to Navy men the escape Of
38 officers and men trapped In sim
liar circumstances aboard the Amer
lean SIS.
The SIS was disabled in 1855 feet
of water of the Delaware Capes on
September /, 1920. With the bow
resting on the bottom, the stern
barely protruded above the surface,
in the same manner as the Thetis
before it sank completely.
Suffering from bad air and chlo-
rine fumes, the crew drilled pain
fully by hand through a portion OF
the hull above water and attracted
the attention of the passing steam
ship Atlantus. The Atlantus sup
piled air through small water
pump until the chief engineer of
another steamer, the George Goe-
thals, drilled a hole large enough for
all to escape after being trapped for
81 hours.
The SIS commander, Capt. c. M
Cooke, is on duty now at the Navy
Department. The submarine was
never salvaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03
Previous Accidents
To Thetis Revealed
By Builder
III-Foted Croft Involved
In Several Mishops
During Testing
b. the Associated Press.

DS tile hsSDcidleu fTesS
BIRKENHEAD, England. June g.
r. S. Johnston. managing director of
CANNED Laird, Ltd. builders of the
sunken submarine Thetis, disclosed
today that the craft had been in
volved in previous though minor
mishaps during her testing period.
I'VE had an accident when, after
one of her trials. she hit the front
of our dock" Mr. Johnston said
while salvagers were struggling to
save the men trapped aboard the
sunken submarine
On another occasion when we
took her out for diving trials the
hydroplane gear, which controls the
diving, did not operate. So we post
poned that trial and got the hydro
plane in order.
In one occasion she stayed down
for some time, but there was nothing
significant in that because we make
all sorts of quiet experiments with
ballast SO that when she goes out
on her trials she is properly bal
lasted"
Commenting on the large number
of civilian technicians aboard. Mr..
Johnston said it was mot abnormal
and she did not have more than her
full complement.
AT time like this during &C
ceptance trials you must have
aboard Certain sub-contractors and
admiralty experts.
There may have been about a
half a dozen who could have gone
on the accompanying tug instead
of the submarine but they wanted
to 60 down.
1T is absolutely necessary to have
number of technicians on board
when submarine is carrying out
her acceptance trials"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03
German Papers P|oy Up
Submarine Disaster

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. June 3.-Detailed dis
patches relating attempts to rescue
the trapped crew Of the British sub
marine Thetis and late reports of
diminishing hope for her crew filled
German newspapers today. The
accounts received equal prominence
with stories of the state visit of
Prince Paul. regent of Yugoslavia.
Das ZWoelf Uhr Blatt called the
disaster terrible drama" and the
Berliner Zeitung am Mittag de-
scribed it as the greatest subma-
rine catastrophe of history"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03
Give King U. S. Wines,
President Is Urqed

b. the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. June 3.--Cali-
fornia wine men want President
Roosevelt to serve American wines
to King George and Queen Eliza
beth at the White House.
: S. U. Harkleroad. president of the
Wine Institute, telegraphed the
President he was disturbed by re-
ports only imported wines were on
the menll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03
Man Beaten and Robbed

John Drumheller. 10, of 311 D
street NV, reported to police he
was beaten and robbed of So early
today by two young white men at
Thirteenth and I streets NV. He
was treated at Emergency Hospital
for possible rib fractures and abra-
sions to face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03
Missing Boy, J, Found
Dead in Ice Box in Cellar
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTH RIVER, N. j., June s.
Seven-year- old Preston Raub. jr.,
for whom wide search had been
made since he disappeared Tuesday,
was found dead today in large ice
box in the cellar of his East Bruins
wick Township home.
Police said he had apparently
crawled into the box while at play
The body of the boy was found
about 7 a m. (E. S. t. by his grand
father, Charles F. Smith. So, of
Windsor, York County, Pa. who
came to nearby sons home Thurs
day to aid in the search.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03
Nine. Kui-Shek Gets Decree

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., June 3
R).-An honorary degree of doctor
of laws was conferred in absentia
today on Nine. Chang Kai-shek,
wife of the Chinese generalissimo
by New Jersey College for Women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03

Dublin. Ireland, claims to have
more anti-gas school instructors
than any other city in the British
Isles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03

Model granarles are to be con-
structed by the Egyptian govern
ment on the banks of the Nile near
Cairo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-06-03

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-03

Funeral services were held from
Holy Innocents Episcopal church
Sunday afternoon at o'clock for the
late Edward Ashton Warwick, AZ
who died in Watts hospital in Dur
ham at o'clock Saturday evening
after an illness Of five weeks with
pneumonia. His condition had been
critical for several days and death
was not unexpected.
Services Sunday afternoon were in
charge of Rev. I. w. Hughes, rector
OF Holy Innocents, and interment
was in Elmwood cemetery. Pail
bearers were Hugh A. Jordan, c.. c.
Loughlin, Sr., James w. jenkins, j.
f. Biller, l. D. Smith and w. R.
Vaughan.
Mr. Warwick is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Talma Warwick, one
son, Ashton, Jr., and Miss Mary Eta
Warwick, all of Henderson; one
brother, c. H. Warwick, of Norfolk,
Va, and sister, Miss Elizabeth
Warwick, of Portsmouth, Va.
The deceased had been a member
Of the Episcopal church here for 25
years. He was a native of Hender-
son, and was born April "a, 1897. He
had lived practically all of his life
in Henderson until the past few
years, when he had been engaged
in construction work.
In addition to the immediate fam
iiy, also surviving are a nephew,
Alexander Cheek, Jr., of Middle
town, Ohio, and nieces, Mrs. 1. l..
8irdsong, of Lawrenceville, Va, and
Mrs. Foy Edwards and Miss Elsie
Cheek, of Raleigh
The following out-of- town friends
md relatives were here yesterday
~or the funeral: DR.. Elizabeth Cole,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Warwick.
and Miss Elizabeth Warwick, of
Norfolk, Va; Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Covington, Miss Anna Dunlop, Mrs
George Townsend, Mr.. and Mrs. 1.
P. Townsend, of Petersburg, Va;
Mr.. and Mrs. Foy Edwards and Miss
Elsie Cheek, Miss Irene Pearson,
Mrs. Cornelia Morris, and Miss
Catherine Morris, of Raleigh.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-03
Earnhardt Resigns Post
AS Louisburg President
Gives Up College
Work in May To Re-
turn to Ministry in
Methodist Conference

Rev. d. E. Earnhardt, president of
Louisburg College at Louisburg, re-
signed that office today, effective at
the end of the present school year,
to- return to the active pastorate in
the North Carolina Methodist Con-
ference, it was learned today. The
reason for the resignation, as stated
in the announcement, was that, the
emergency being over, he wished to
return to the active ministry.
Rev Mr.. Earnhardt has been presi-
dent of Louisburg College for nearly
three years, and will retire as Of May
2 this year. He was for four years
pastor of the First Methodist church
here, and later presiding elder of the
Fayetteville district. Prior to COM
ing to Henderson he had served some
of the leading churches of the con-
ference.
MIR. Earnhardt was sent to the
Louisburg post when the college
faced a debt of $190,000, which he
has reduced to less than $4,000 In
addition, he has restored it to high
place among the junior colleges OF
the State, and in the good will OF
the North Carolina Conference,
which owns the property.
During his short stay as president
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-03
POSSESSION CHARGES
BEFORE RECORDER
Charlie Johnson Gets Six
Months On Roads Upon
Conviction

Three Negroes were tried in coun-
ty court today before Recorder r..
f. Clements on charges of possess
ing illegal whisky for the purpose of
sale, and two of them were found
guilty
Willie Jackson, Negro, was guilty
of possession of illegal whisky for
the purpose of sale, and was given
90 days on the roads, commitment
not to issue upon payment Of tho
costs and not being convicted of
violating any criminal law in Vance
county for the next two years.
Charlie Johnson, Negro, was given
six months on the roads for posses
sion of illegal whisky for the pur-
pose of sale.
Ellen Davis, Negro woman, was
not guilty when tried on a charge
Of possession of illegal whisky for
the purpose Of sale.
Three other charges were heard
during the session.
Major Townes, Negro, was not
guilty of breaking and entering and
larceny and receiving
Rowland Jones, Negro, charged
with non-support, was not guilty.
Alfred Henderson, Negro youth.
was sent to jail for 80 days for theft
OF chickens from Henry Allen.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-03
DR.. Gregg Is
Badly Hurt
In Collision
Mrs. Gregg In Hos
pital in Oxford; Four
Others Hurt in Colli-
sion. 4

DR.. A. D. Gregg, Vance county
health officer, was in serious con-
dition this afternoon at Maria Par
nam hospital from injuries received
in an automobile wreck near Creed
moor shortly after o'clock Sunday
night, and his wife was in the Ok
lord hospital painfully hurt. Theil
son, Dick Gregg, 16, was only slight
ly injured, out was treated at the
Oxford hospital.
In the hospital here also was r
A. Pope, II, of Creedmoor, one OF
four young people in another Cal
that was in collision with the Gregg
automobile. Rufus Aiken, 16, OF
Creedmoor, said to have been driver
Of the other car, was taken to Watts
hospital, Durham, suffering from 6
head injury, and Miss Billie Frances
washington, Is, also Of Creedmoor
was being treated at the Granville
hospital in Oxford for head injury
The fourth occupant of the car, Nit
chell Allen, 20, also of Creedmoor
was only slightly hurt, and was per-
mitted to go home.
DR.. Gregg had an injury of the
noaQ anu one leg, ana Was InOuSnl
to have chest injuries. Because OF
shock, an X-ray examination plan
ned at Maria Parham hospital today
was delayed. Mrs. Gregg was report
ed to have an injured leg.
1t was reported here that the
Creedmoor car crashed into the
Gregg machine when the young peo-
pie attempted 70 pass another car,
both going in the direction of Creed
moor. The collision occurred between
that place and Hester. Both ma
chimes were badly damaged.
The Greggs had spent the day at
Liberty, in Randolph county, where
they have relatives and where they
lived before coming to Henderson,
DR.. Gregg having been a practicing
physician there.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-03
Exposition
Decorations
Are Placed

The Lions Club Greater Hender-
son Exposition to be held in High
Price Warehouse the week of April
&c to 18th, inclusive, is rapidly TAX
ing form, with activity at the ware
house, where decorations are being
erected and booths taking form 60
ing at top speed.
The committee in charge of the big
show has invited the entire public to
turn out to witness this great event,
and ask that they visit the ware
house now and see for themselves
the great amount Of work done there
and progress made toward setting
the stage for this great spectacle.
Over eight miles Of crepe paper in
Is different shades have been used
iE the decorations, and the general
color theme of blue and white is
carried out in the festooning over
head and in the lighting effects.
The decorated stage from which
Polly and her Polly AIMS, a Broad
way revue will entertain the throngs
at the exposition, has been erected.
This is expected to be a big hit
of the week Of fun, coupled with
many special features to be pre-
sented during the week.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-03
S. T. PEACE MADE
BARACA PRESIDENT

S. T. Peace was made president
of the Baraca classs Of the First
Methodist Sunday school in an cleo
ton Sunday morning. Others NAM
ed were w. B. Payne, vice-president
c. S. Dodd as secretary treasurer,
and H. w. Nixon assistant secretary
treasurer. The pastor, Rev. R. E.
Brown, was reelected as teacher,
with the following as assistant
teachers: F. S. Royster, w. D. Payne,
F. M. Barnhardt and E. NJ. Rollins.
All officers were elected for a term
Of six months.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-03
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

/. In which country is the Macken-
zie River?
2. What is the title Of the wife of an
Earl?
3. Name the capital of Ceylon.
4. Which American Ambassador
represented the U. S. at the coro-
nation of Pope Plus XII?
5. Name the chief river of Burma.
6. What is the plural of the word
cheese?
Z. In units of length, how many rods
are in one chain?
g. What horse won the San Juan
Capistrano Handicap recently, at
Santa Anita, Calf?
g. Name the largest National Gene
terry in the United States.
10. Do foreign born, minor children
become American citizens when
their father becomes naturalized
in the United States?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-03
VARIETY CHARGES
BEFORE THE MAYOR
Most of Cases, However, Are
For Violations of
Whisky Law

A variety of charges were heard
in city court today before Mayor
Henry T. Powell, with whisky viola
tions predominating the session.
.Elmus Twisdale paid 81 and costs
for being drunk
Charlie Thomas Burwell, Negro
was guilty of being drunk, and was
fined 81 and costs of court.
c. B. Woodlief, guilty of giving
worthless check of SIS to the Cap
itol Cafe, was required to make the
check good and pay the costs OF
court.
William T. Matthews, route 1
Henderson, was guilty of intoxicated
driving and damaging automobiles OF
D. S. Bryan and c. c. Gupton. He
was given 80 days on the roads, COM
mitment not to issue upon payment
of a fine of $50 and costs and dam
ages to the automobiles not to ex-
ceed $12 to Mr.. Bryan and $40 to
Mr.. Gupton.
Mary Frances BurWell, Negro, was
guilty of being drunk, and was fined
81 and costs of court.
Jack Basey entered plea of guilty
to being drunk, and was fined 81
and costs.
Jesse Adams, Negro, was guilty of
operating slot machine without
proper license, and prayer for judg-
ment was continued upon payment
of the costs.
James Satterwhite, Negro, was
convicted of stealing a jacket valued
at SO from Russell Durham. Prayer
for judgment was continued upon
payment of the costs and So for the
iac1<0t
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-03

Of the college, the enrolment has
increased from 271 to AL; 25 new
dormltory rooms have been added
180 acres of land have been acquir-
ed, and a poultry farm, dairy ano
truck farm have been established
The academic departments have been
reorganized and the business admin
istration has been re-shaped for per-
manency and economy Of operation
Salaries of the faculty members have
oean increased by 25 percent.
Trustees Of the college, to whom
the resignation was presented at a
meeting in Louisburg today, are:
Rev. w. A. Cade, Wilmington, chair
man; Dir. w. K. Green, Of Duke Uni
versity; Rev. A. P. Brantley, San
ford; L. B. Upchurch, Jr., Raeford;
DR.. E. L. Hillman, New Bern; E. H.
Malone, Louisburg; w. L. Knight,
Weldon; j. w. Jenkins, Henderson,
and Rev. w. V. McRae, Fayetteville
The board will meet again later
to act upon the resignation and to
consider a successor.
While the annual conference does
not meet until November, when Mr..
Earnhardt would be assigned to a
pastoral charge for the following
year, friends here believe he will de-
vote much of his time for the in
tervening six months to evangelical
work in the conference.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-03
Will Decide
On Band Trip
To N. Y. Fair

While plans have been mapped
out to raise funds for sending the
Henderson high school band to New
York on North Carolina Day at the
Worlds Fair, June 10, there is much
doubt as to whether or not the band
will make the trip, and final de-
cision is to be reached at meet
ing tonight whether or not to go
ahead with the plans, it was said
today by Mrs. M. w. Wester, presi-
dent of the Bands Boosters Club.
A concert by the band has been
planned for April II to raise funds
for the trip. Mrs. Wester said ef-
forts had been made to have the
Henderson Chamber of Commerce
or some civic club sponsor the fund
raising enterprise, but without sue
cess.
In letter to parents of members
of the band, Mrs. Wester today
wrote this:
''The committee has recommended
calling meeting of the club to dis
cuss and decide NOW whether or
not we as club can undertake this
thing single handed. We have fail.
ed to interest the civic clubs of the
town in sponsoring this project. 1t
is suggested that this matter be
placed before the Chamber of Com
nerce and unless they, as the lead
ing advertisers of Henderson, are
willing to sponsor this undertaking,
our efforts are useless. 1t is some
thing beyond the responsibility of
mere booster club, but as project
that can do more for advertising and
selling Henderson than anything that
has yet been offered them, we want
to put it squarely up to them.'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-03
County Taxes
During March
Were $3,929

Taxes collected for the county dur
ing March amounted to $3,92972, in
cluding credits for rebates granted
by the board, the Vance Board of
County Commissioners was advised
today by F. NJ. Dorsey, county tax
collector, in his monthly report.
The commissioners held their re-
gular monthly meeting, with mostly
matters of routine transacted, includ-
ing reports from various county
agents and departments. All mem
bers were present for the meeting.
A number of reports were pre-
sented during the morning and sew
eral individuals and groups were
heard during the time, including ap-
peals for assistance Of one kind or
another, granting Of licenses and the
like
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-03
Three New
Education
Men Named
Will Take Office Sat
urday; J. c. Cooper
Resigns; City Board
To Meet Soon

Three new members of the Vance
County Board of Education are tc
assume their duties at a meeting o1
the board to be held on next Satur-
day. They are E. B. Taylor, ot
Townsville; j. S. Norwood, of Dab
ney, and John j. White, of Hender-
son.
A meeting of the board was hello
today for the purpose of having the
new men assume their duties, but
certification of their names had not
been received from the legislature
where ratification is given to school
board members in all of the counties
of the State.
1t was also revealed today for the
first time that J. c. Cooper had re-
signed from the board. In his place
Mr.. White was named. Mr.. Cooper
had been nominated for new term
in the primary of last June, but later
resigned. Mr.. Taylor and Mr.. Nor
wood also were nominated at that
time. Hold-over members are r. c..
Harrison, vice-president of the First
National Bank, Whc is chairman, and
T. B. Parham, Jr.
The meeting Saturday will be helG;
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at
which time the board will organize
after the new men take their oaths.
A meeting of the city school board
of trustees will be held in the next
few days, Superintendent E. M. Rol-
Inns said, and at that time three
members who were reelected to six
year terms each last fall will begin
new terms. They are Mrs. Henry
Perry, Mrs. S. T. Peace and DR.. H.
A. Newell.