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Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04

A number of Milfordians fire.
quent the new Rehoboth-Indian
Beach Club. On Tuesday evening
as on other evenings, exhibition
dancing is done by a talented
couple, who also teach different
steps, choosing, at random, their
partners. Among the lucky ones
were Mr.. and Mrs. George S.
Grier. of 'Pinewold." Later. dur
ing the elimination Mr.. Grier
with another gentleman and two
ladies were applauded for finals.
Mr.. Grier and his partner did a
graceful Viennese waltz for
which they were awarded medals
from the Murray School of Dane
ing. Those present from town
showed their appreciation by ap-
plause and congratulation.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04

Lena Snort, and Miss burdella
Davis.
&
Mrs. George Baynum, who be-
fore her marriage this summer
was Miss Edith Johnson, was the
honor guest at a surprise linen
shower at the home Of Mrs. By
ron P. Gibson on Saturday af-
ternoon. The affair was given by
Mrs. Gibson and Miss Cordelia
Carter. Luncheon was served at
one-thirty after which Bobby
and Doris Gibson entered the
living room, pulling a wagon
loaded with gifts. which were
shaded by an umbrella. The in
vited guests included Mrs. James
Carter, of fredericksburg; Mrs.
Joseph Lingo, of Milton; Miss
Anna Ratcliff, Mrs. Robert Bay
mum, Miss Lulu Ross, Mrs. Les.
lie Blades, Mrs. Stanley P. Short,
Mrs. John Jewell. Mrs. Frank r.
Grier, Miss Sara Grier. Mrs. A. E.
Humes. Mrs. Roy Pettyiohn, Miss
Helen Smith, Mrs. Arthur Tat
man, Mrs. Stephen Knoll, Mrs.
Hoey Farrow, Mrs. Imly Abbott,
Miss Lila Hudson, Miss Dorothy
Derrickson, Miss Lena Short,
Mrs. William Lynch, Miss May
Watson, Miss Mildred Breisch
and Miss Florence Horn. Bridge
and Chinese checkers were play
ed and prizes were awarded to
Mrs. Baynum, Miss Lena Short,
Miss Dorothy Derrickson, Mrs.
Arthur Tatman and Mrs. Hoey
FarrOw.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04

Mrs. Harry Grier. with her
house guest, Mrs. Henry d. Boy
er, of Smyrna. enjoyed a delight
full joint birthday party on We'd
nesday. arranged for them by
Miss Sara Grier. The guests ar
rived in time for bridge in the
afternoon before supper was
served at five-thirty. They were
Mrs. Pauline Brown, Mrs. Nellie
Rowland. Mrs. Ernest Collins
and Mrs. Bertha Clifton, of Smyr-
ma; Mrs. Elmer Williams, Mrs.
Walter Grier, Mrs. A. d. Mar
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04


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Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04

The Mid-Week Bridge Club
went to Dover last evening and
was the guest of Mrs. ]. Spencer
Willis.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04

TIzz ISIS EVA NAILoR has
selected September 16
hVk as the date for her
AL wedding to Mr.. Paul
a-a..-.-- -. Scotten, of Dover.
They will be married at two in
the afternoon on the beautiful
lawn of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Tharp Watson. Miss Nailor was
given a different kind of shower
on Monday evening in anticipa-
tion of her housekeeping in a
newly built home in Eastover
Hills at Dover. 1t was a pantry
shower, and was presented to her
after a dinner at DerricksOn's at
Rehoboth by the Business Girls
Club of Milford. 1t included can
ned foods, which were contain
ed in baskets for the shower. A
pleasant time was had by Miss
Betty Bennett, Miss Jeanette
Kirby, Miss Priscilla Nailor.
Miss Lille Lord, Miss Jeanette
Manlove, Miss Zena Cooper
smith, Miss Gretchen Calhoun,
Miss Betty Hammond, Miss Lii
lian Ingram, Miss Mary Clifton,
Miss Sara Nutter Miss Cornelia
Pierce, Miss Ada Shockley, Miss
Thelma Jewell and Miss Jean
Galloway. Miss Nailor has been
serving the club as president.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mulhol-
land are spending this week on
the Chesapeake aboard their boat
"Harjeanel" and have as their
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Lamey, of Philadelphia, and Mr..
and Mrs. r. C. Barnard.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04

shall, Mrs. Anna v. Carlisle, Miss
Lena Short, and Miss Burdella
Davis.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04

Mrs. T. r. Henthorn is visiting
friends at Willow Grove and a bro
tier at COney Island, N. Y.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04

Miss, Gertrude Dickerson, or Ellen
dale, is visiting her sister. Mary, at
the summer school in Dover, and re-
ports a good time.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04

Miss Mia Wroten is visiting the
family of C. c. Short, of Greenwood.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
Troop Area
Extended In
Coal Fields
National Guardsmen
Take Up Positions in
Belle County, Near
Harlan; Minor Dis
orders Continue AS
Mines Reopen Non
Union

Harlan, Ky, May 16.-(AP)-Na-
tional guard troops protection for
coal miners wishing to work has
been extended into Belle county
Governor Chandler at Frankfort
revealed today that come militia
men are stationed in corner of
Belle county, but are a part of the
unit on duty in Harlan county. Gov
elnor Chandler said the order for
troops to go to Harlan, where opera
tors refused to sign "union shop"
agreement with the United Mine
Workers, provided for guardsmen
"to preserve law and order in Har-
Ian county and its environs"
Chandler said the mine of J. c..
Stras, president of the Kentucky
Cardinal Coal Corporation, lis on
the Belle-Harlan county line, and
that detachment of troops is on
guard there"
Sheriff Martin Green, of Belle
county, telephoned me about it this
morning." Chandler said. 81 explain
ed the situation to him and he pro-
missed to cooperate with the troops"
Guard Officer Relieved
A national guard officer was re-
lioved Of his command today FOR
failure to "shoW the proper aggres-
siveness' as 13 additional mines, 10
ip all, opened in the disturbed Har-
1an soft coal fields under the pro-
tcctive glNs of State troops.
Brigadier General E. Carter. ir
announcing the officers removal,
refused to give his name, but said
he had been sent home, and his
machine gun troops, on duty yes
terday at the Topz trouble zone
broken Up and distributed among
other units.
1t was at Topz that C. v. Bennett,
general manager of the Harlan Cen
tral Coal Company, reported an
automobile filled with miners return
ing from work was attacked by
pickets and stones hurled through
the windshield. No one was hurt.
Bennett also reported $50 to 200
pickets were Threatening. Seve-
raj units of troops were rushed to
the spot and spent the night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
State Sells
$25O,OOO Of
UNC Bonds

Raleigh, May 16.-(AP) = The
State sold $250,000 University of
North Carolina revenue bonds on an
interest basis of 1882 percent today,
which buyers said was the ''best sale
OF revenue bonds" they could recall.
The Council of State awarded the
issue to Lewis & Hall, of Green's
boro, and voted to sell $2,25O,OOO,
or $2,500,000, State bonds June Is.
The State bonds, if $2,250,O0O are
sold, will fund into bonds money
which was advanced from other State
bonds for textbook purchases, work
at the Western North Carolina tuber-
cular hospital, and other institutions,
when it was found that laws author
izing bonds for them had defects. The
1889 legislature remedied the de-
fects.
If the State is assured that it can
get federal funds for an Eastern
North Carolina tubercular hospital
which was authorized by the 1899
legislature, the $250,000 bonds for
that will be included in the June
Is sale.
The University bonds were sold to
raise part of the $7O1 1868 for a new
electric power and heating plant for
the Chapel Hill unit. The Federal
PWA is making $40 available,
and the Gtate appropriated Sl35,82o.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
ST. LAWRENCE PILOT READY
TO BOARD LINER SHORTLY

Quebec, Canada, May 16.-(AP)-
The liner Empress of Australia,
bearing King George and mis- Scot
tish queen on an historic visit to
Canada and the United States, today
neared a rendezvous with a st. Law
renee river pilot boat, which will
steer her into port in Quebec to-
night
At midnight the royal vessel re-
ported her position as about 44O
miles from Quebec. Northern lights
played over the clear sky as the
liner and Exr escort negotiated the
great waterway off the northeast
ern tip of the Gaspe Peninsula
While veteran pilot of the st.
Lawrence waited at Father Point
for the Empress, harried officials
in Quebec tackled a last-minute
group of problems to insure execu-
ton of the arrangements from the
moment the. king and queen step
ashore tomorrow morning
Officials were hampered by the
necessity of telescoping parts of the
Canadian tour to make up for a
two-day delay forced on the En-
press of Australia by fog and ice
Arrangements for Their Majesties
to spend June 8 to IL, inclusive, in
the United States stood unaltered.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
Appeal Made
For Life OF
Negro Burglar

Raleigh, May 16.-(AP)-Paroles
Commissioner Edwin Gill took und-
er advisement today an appeal for
a commuGation for Arthur Morris
Negro sentenced to die Friday for
first degree burglary.
Petitions were presented from the
IL jurors asking for a communication
The jurors said they would have
returned verdi;t Of guilty in the
second degree had they not been in
structed by the presiding judge that
they could not do SO
W. B. Womble and J. c. Little,
Raleigh lawyers appointed by the
court to represent Morris, present
ed his case. Morris had long
criminal record in Wake and Dur
ham counties. The lawyers and
others told Gill they did not think
Morris had normal mentality. w.
f. Johnson, Negro consultant for the
State Welfare Board, described the
man as "demented, with proclivi-
ties toward kleptomania."
A step-sister, Dorsey Williams, of
Durham, told Gill that Morris
mother apparently was not mentally
sound, and added, 81 just believe the
boy has taken after his mother"
Walter Keener, Jr., of Wake For
est, who once caught Morris in his
home, urged a cOmmutatiOn.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
\. C.. Odd Fellows
Name Officers At
High Point Meet

High Point, May 16.-(AR)-R. ".
Pate, of Goldsboro, was named
grand masters of the North Carolina
Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows, and
Goldsboro was selected as the 1910
convention city after final busi-
ness session of the 96th annual ses-
sion held here today. The session,
which convened here yesterday, ad-
journed this afternoon
Other officers elected were: H. ".
Beamon, of Gatesville, deputy grand
master; c. H. Warren, of Raleigh.
grand warden; John w. Clapp, of
Greensboro, grand secretary; D. E..
Long, Of Oxford, grand treasurer:
W. D. Jones, of Wilmington, grand
representative for two years; John
w. Clapp, grand representative for
one year; David jacob, Wilmington,
trustee of the Odd Fellows Home
Mrs. Viola M. Jones, of Whining
ton, was elected to head the North
Carolina Assembly of Rebekhas to
succeed Mrs Alice Wicker, Of
Greensboro, at the final session of
the two-day meeting held in con-
junction with the 96th convention
of Odd Fellows.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
Green Urges
Construction
Ship Canal
Labor Chief Writes
Letters as Vanden-
berg Renews Attack
on 5000, 900, 900. Pro-
ject; New Virginia
Judge Named By
Roosevelt

Washington, May 16.-tAP)-Wil-
liam Green, president of the Ame-
rican Federation of Labor, urged
senators today to "give every sup
port to the Florida ship canal. He
made the request in letters to all
members Of the Senate just before
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
Michigan, renewed his attack on the
canal in floor debate.
Vandenberg SAID the $2OO,OOO,OOO
project, which would extend 1876
miles across north Florida, 'has
been presented with all the synthe-
tic alluremenls of charming
dream"
Other committees had warm is
sues before them as well.
Secretary Woodring told the
House military group that the army.
because it had to be ready to de-
fend the Western Hemisphere if
called on, needed legislation which
would put younger officers in the
higher ranks.
President Roosevelt nominated
Armistead M. Dobie, dean of the
University of Virginia Law School.
10 the new position OF additional
federal judges for the western dis
trict of Virginia
The Presidents first nominee to
the post, Floyd Roberts, of Bristol,
Va, was rejected by the Senate last
February
Controversy continued over the
navy's purchase of Argentine corn
ed beef. Senator Pittman, Demo-
crat, Nevada, called such buying "a
very bad mistake
E. r. Kuhne, who had told the
House committee investigating WPA
that federal relief money was spent
on projects that enhanced the value
OF property owned by politically in
fluential men in Tennessee, apologize
ed to those he had named. He had
acted hastily, he said, on hearsay
evidence
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
Mussolini At
Town Along
French Front

Bradonechhia, Italy, May 16.-
(AP)-Premier Mussolini today paid
a brief surprise visit to this tiny
Alpine town at the Italian end of
the Mount Gents tunnel, the oth.r
end Of which is in France
The visit dramatized again the at
tenton which both MussClni and
Chancellor Hitler-nOW touring Ger
manys western Notifications
having to the condition Of their
frontiers with France.
If Duce halted here just long
enough to review tie border guard
and hear them sing a few Alpine
songs for him, then he returned to
his streamlined tWo-car motorized
train, which had brought him from
Turin, and started back down the
Doria valley on his whirlwind tour
of the piedmont region.
He made no speeches this morning,
which he devoted to a tour of seven
border towns, including one on an
historic pass over the Alps between
Italy and France, often a battle
ground in the days of ancient Rome.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
Doctors Are
Divided On
Free Service

st. Louis, Mo, May 16.-(AP)-
Differences of medical opinion on
how to give the INDECENT sick the
best core with state money were
heard today by the American Medi-
cal Associations committee on the
Wagner act The committee was ap-
pointed yesterday with. expectation
Of a report from it today before the
house Of delegates, the legislative
body of organized medicine
Opposition to the present form of
the Wagner act as the instrument
to initiate state aid for the low in
come sick was in the majority But
it was not unanimous.
The hearings were private, but il
was explained that some of the ply
sicians felt that the proposed legis-
lation may lighen a medical burden
which has been estimated at about
$1,000,000 day in free services, now
given to patients unable to pay. The
tradition Of giving service freely tc
the poor is voiced strongly among
medical leaders here General reluc-
tance is expressed for endorsing pay
ment for this kind of service.
Four main lines Of argument de-
veloped during the committee hear
ing: One, flat opposition to the Wag-
ner act; 2, revision; 3, throwing the
whole question back into the house
of delegates to try to work out plans
satisfactory to doctors; advocating
that President Roosevelt apply fund;
to be made available by legislative
acts directly for care of the indigen
sick.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
Strong Alliance Ac-
ceptable to All Three
P ow ers Earnestly
Sought; Russia Re-
fuses To Join Front on
British Terms

Paris. Nav 16.-(AP) - France
strove today to bridpe the conflicting
views Of her two allies, Great Bri-
tain and Soviet Russia, into a strong
alliance that would be acceptable to
all three.
The foreign ministry. said reliably
to have in mind plan which it
thought would break the deadlock,
kept in close touch with London. An
opportunity for direct dealing will be
provided when the French, British
and Russian foreign ministers meet
in Geneva Saturday.
The British foreign secretary, Wis
count Halifax, planned to confer here
with Premier Daladier and Foreign
Minister Bonnet before going to
Geneva.
Soviet Russia was reported re-
liably to have refused to Join the
British front on British terms-with
Russia's promise to fight, if asked,
for Poland and ROumania, should
Britain and France first go to the aid
Of those countries.
Russia, in rejecting the British Of
fer, was said to have suggested a re-
turn to the original plan advanced
by Moscow of reciprocal military
pledges among the three powers. and
British guarantees for the safety of
Baltic states.
Informed circles here believed that
the Moscow stand was elastic enough
to permit & compromise, which the
French are trying to help work out.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
France Strives For Pact
Between Britain, Russia
Hitler Says West
Front Invincible

Berlin, May 16.-(AP)-Adolf
Hitler continued today his in
spectiOn of the Siegried fOrtifi-
cations opposite France, fOrtifi-
cations for which his military ex-
pertS claimed "invincibility," and
of which the chancellor himself
said: "In these constructions, my
fellow citizens, imagine your
selves the difference between to-
day and the past"
Hitler made his one sentence
speech to a cheering crowd after
sham battle yesterday, which
military experts said demon
strated the impregnablenesS of
the Notifications.
His tour took him from Aachen
to Trier in the western fortified
zone today, in the company of
two generals ard Nazi district
leaders.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
Philadelphia
Urges Hoover
Investigation

Philadelphia, May 16.--(AF)-The
head Of the nations G-nnen forces
was told today the Philadelphia in
surance money racket is SO vast that
mo one can estimate the number of
crimes committed to date or the ram
ification of the heinous murderers."
= Topping all previous calculations,
this new definition of the rings pos
sible scope was given by Judge Harry
McDevitt in telegram urging j.
Edgar Hoover, director of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, to come
here and ''make a personal survey
of this unbelievable crime sydicate." "
Judge McDevitt, who presided at
the first murder trial growing out
Of the case, expressed appreciation
for the FBTs proffered aid in the
investigation, and. told Hoover it
would give local authorities access
to ''now explored fields of mur-
derous activity
Having tried the first man con-
victed and sentenced to death, I am
thoroughly familiar with the details
that inceptions an incredulous pub
lie would not believe" Judge Nc
Dewitt said. "It would give incentive
(Cont1n11ad Or, Daoso C;1>\
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
Bright Sunshine Marks
Course of Liner Bring
ing British Royalty to
Canada and United
States; Land. in Que
bee Tomorrow Morn
ing

Aboard Empress of Australia,
May 16.-(Canadian Press )-This
liner, carrying King George vi and
Queen Elizabeth to Quebec for their
tour of Canada and the United
States, sped along the Gaspe, coast
well up the ST. Lawrence river, in
bright sunshine this morning.
At 7 a. M, the empress and her
convoy of two British cruisers and
two Canadian destroyers were op-
posite Riviere Almartre, and were
expected to reach Father Point at
80 D. m.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
Students At
A. & I. Given
Hot Warning

Greensboro, May 16. = (AP)-
Major L. p. McLendon, member of
the personnel committee and of the
board Of trustees of A. & T. College,
virtually read the "riot act' to the
student body in an address this aft
ernoon, warning in plain language
against any recurrence of last nights
disorder and destruction of property,
which took place in a student demon
stration against the alleged discharge
OF Coach /. A. BreauX
Armed with telegram from Gov
ernor Hoey, Major McLendon made
i clear thot the course to be follow
Cd to curb the disorder was dictated
by His Excellency himself, and that
no such recurrence could be tOlerat-
ed by the State
Major McLendon at first appealed
to the students to stop the course
they have adopted as being a seri-
GUS reflection on the college and a
disgrace to the State
Meantime, at Raleigh, Governor
Hoey said the students of the A. & T.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
Flood Survey On
Neuse River Near
GOldsbOrO Likely

Washington, May 16.-(AP)-Rep
resentative Barden, Democrat,
North Carolina, predicted today that
the board of army engineers would
approve a recommendation for a
detailed survey of a flood control
project in and around GoldsbOro
and Kinston, N. c.
Such a survey, he said, has been
recommended by the district engi-
neer at Richpond, Va. The object
would be to- determine the extent
Of work required and the cost. A
preliminary survey of the project
has already been made.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
Bailey Bill
For Market
Fund Backed
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter tE"sei

Raleigh, May congressman
md agricultural leaders Of the ma
ton are giving enthusiastic endorse
ment and rallying to the support
of Senator Bailey's bill to provide a
s. 100000 federal appropriation for
tie development Of marketing and
rarketing services, Commissioner OF
Agriculture w. Kerr Scott said to-
day
Pioneering in a nationwide cam
poign for federal marketing funds,
Scott secured the adoption of his
resolution favoring an enlarged
markets program at the National
Association Of Commissioners of Ag-
rculture at Miami last year and
was named chairman of the COM
mittee to push federal legislation.
Senator Bailey (D-NC) introduce
cd the marketing bill April "a, ask
ing S5,000,000 a year "to be ap-
portiOned among the several states on
the basis Of ro~'7lation."
Commissioner Scott said he was
optimistic over prospects for fed
cral funds" basing his optimism on
a poll of Congressman, agricultural
leaders and others throughout the
notion. The marketing bill is now
before the United States Senate
Committee on Agriculture and For
Cstry.
Typical reports on the marketing
appropriation bill from congress
mon and agricultural leaders OF the
nation are:
Representative DoughtOn-"It will
le a pleasure to assist Senator Bail
Cy in every reasonable manner to
obtain on increase to be used IN
developing marketing services in
North Carolina"
Representative Durham-'I shall
be very glad to cooperate -. IN
every way possible"
Representative Barden-"YOu may
count on me one hundred per cent. .
Representative Cooley am
sure you know of my interest IN
broad and adequate marketing pro-
gram and Of my desire to be OF
every possible assistance.
Representative BUlwinkle-"I vii
give it every consideration"
Representative Weaver-'I viii
do everything l can to forward it,
Representative Folger-"Person-
ally, know of no legislation which
would be of more benefit to oui
farmers at this time than this pro-
posed increase of funds for market
lng. | assure you that l am very
much interested in this program
ana feel that every member o.
Do ~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16
Two COnvicts Are
Recaptured as One
Is Shot In Chase

Raleigh, May 16.- (AP) Two
convicts escaped from the Duplin
county camp late yesterday, but were
caught within few hours, after one
nad been shot and slightly wounded,
oscar Pitts, penal superintendent.
said today.
They were listed as James Edward
Thompson, "a, sentenced in MAY.
1888, in Nash county to two to four
years for larceny, and William Tay-
or, also sent up from Nash in No
yember. 1888, to eight to ten years
for robbery.
Taylor, Pitts said, received buck
shot in his side, but was not seri-
ousiy hurt. The pair was picked up
about seven miles from the camn
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-16

tendants as saying he was one of
three aviators in "race" from
America to Sweden. He spoke Eng
lish brokenly, and was described as
slim, blonde and 27 years old.>
His plane has no radio, and ap-
parently was equipped with few of
the instruments needed for trans At
lantic flying. It's scat was about 18
inches wide and a gasoline tank
blocked his view to the right. The
rest of the cabin was full of auxi-
liary tanks.
Backman told Bangor airport at
tendants he would try to reach Stock
holm and had mapped a course of
about 1900 miles.