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The Coolidge examiner., 1940-10-24

Mr. Henry Manning. Mr.. Keaton
is manager of the Arizona Whole
sale Grocery company in Phoenix.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Little spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hall in Coolidge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Crawford at
tended a Lions club dinner party
in Florence Tuesday night.
Larry Matthews returned Mon
day from Mesa, where he under
went a tonsil operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bice re
turned to Picacho, Monday, after
having visited in Superior, Miami,
and GObe.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-10-24

The Rainbow Chapter Order for
Girls met in its regular meeting
Wednesday, Oct. 16. Mrs. Alma
Jones. acted as mother adviser
Betty Lee Ward presided over the
meeting.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-10-24

Our Job Printing is the best.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02
Adequate Facilities
 For Drafted Troops
Chapel on Wheels To Be Used for Religious Services;
 Plans Explained By General Woodruff :

Adequate facilities will be avail able when men selected for service under the conscription act are cal- led to camp, according to Major General James A. Woodruff, com manding officer, of the First Corps Area in an announcement today: At Fort Devens, Mass, where Waterbury draftees are expected to be sent for formal reception into the army, every preparation is being made to insure speedy, efficient handling of the men called into service. Under the present plan, after being mus tered into the army at Fort Devens reception center, Waterbury men will be assigned to training camps else- where within few days.
 Chapels on Wheels
 Each division chaplain, Major General Woodruff says, will be given 8 fully-equipped truck and trailer, which will be used for religious ser- vices. Facilities for both Catholic and Protestant services will be on hand.
 Before they are assigned to Army units in the First Corps Area or other areas" General Woodruff said, "the selectees will go through a careful sorting and selecting process. During the World War, before the problem of manpower was solved, considerable time and effort were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02

wasted because men were not prop erly distributed among units in ac- cordance with their military quali- fications. For instance, one division was disrupted as many as four times by the transfer of men of certain qualifications to other organizations. The confusion and loss of time by failure to sort\ out personnel before assignment during the last war has caused the attachment of consider able importance to this phase of induction at the present time. Under the Selective Service Act, hetero- geneous assortment of manpower will be received by the army. The accomplishment of the sorting pro- cess before the assignment of men to organizations, will lift a great burden from the tactical units which are concerned primarily with training. Consequently, the local Selective Service Board will send the group of selectees 1t has as- sembled, not to an Army Training Camp, but to an induction station"
 Reception Centers
 It is planned to pass the selectees through the induction station and on to the Reception Center the same day that they arrive. If any of the men are found to be disqualified by physical defects at the thorough examination which will be given at the Induction, Station they will be furnished transportation back to their home towns at that time.
 When they arrive at the Fort Devens Reception Center. the Selec- tees will have their first real con- tacts with the Army. Their records will be completed, uniforms will be issued. an opportunity given to ob- tain Government insurance policies, vaccinations end inoculations will be administered, and the men will be carefully sorted and classified for their first assignments, in the Army. Each fnanw ill be given general classification test and will then be interviewed by an officer to deter mine the military duty to which he is best adapted. Information will be obtained as to the mans age, birth place, parents, dependents and edu- cation. It will be ascertained what foreign languages he speaks, if any: it will be determined what work he has done in civil life; and what pre- vious military experience he may have had. If he appears to have been a trained specialist in some branch of a civil trade, that fact will be noted. He will be given an opportunity to express his choice in athletics, hobbies, and the nature of service he desires. This information will give clear picture of the mans suitability for any particular mili- tary assignment.
 Regular Units
 The SelecteeS will remain at the Reception Center only long enough to sort and classify them. which, 1t Is anticipated, will require, on an average, two or three days. They are to be placed in regular Army units, in National Guard units or in Re- placement Centers.
 In all instances, the selectees will be called only after the actual horls- ing sanitary and hospital facilities which are building or to be built, are completed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02
Mortgage For $824,9O0 Filed With Town Clerk

An s82l,goO mOftGage, for the refinanciig of the Brown Build ing in Exchange Place, was filed today at the office of Town Clerk Mary 0. KiIInartiFI. The nioftgage deed is from the R. K. Brown co. to the Prudential Insurance Go. of America.
 The property involved is in the very heart of the city, the buiId- ing housing many stores and of- Aces, The transaction is one of the largest filed in the town clerks office in several years.
 The SS24,9OO mortgage is to be paid off In instatlments, the last one being due in october, 1852.
 Three other deeds beside. the mortgage deed were filed in the transaction. They include a mort gage release from Buckingham J. MerrimalI to the R. K. Brown Go. an assignment of leases from the owner of the building to the Pru- dential Co. and an assignment of rents to the insurance company. The assignments become ap- plicable in the event that there should be a default in payment of the mortgage.
 The Brown Building, of mod ern design and construction, was erected on the site of an old downtown eyesore that for years was the cause of spirited contro- verSy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02
LOCAL CASES IN
 SUPREME COURT
Estate of Cornelius Leahey Appeals From Judges
 Decision

The state supreme court will hear an appeal tomorrow in the case of the estate of Cornelius Leahey of Waterbury, against Hugh J. Heas- ley, of Hartford, in which Superior Court Judge Prank P. McEvoy re- turned 6 Judgment for the defend- ant.
 Attorneys Hugo Guastaferri and Joseph Navin will base their appeal on the claim that the evidence of the only witness to an auto acci- dent in which Leahey was killed In 1888 was dlsregarded. The appeal also claims tEe judgment was con- trary to the facts of the case.
 The action was Q 9f0.0O0 suit brought by Elizabeth Leahey, ads inlnIstFatrix Of the estate of Cor- nelius Leahey, charging feckleseness on the part cf Heasley.
 Appeals in three civil eases tried ln Waterbury courts were heard by tho supreme court yesterday. one of the appeals was from Common Pleas Court Judge Miles v. Me. Mfrs decision settling aside eag.- p2f award made by Jury 70 Rus snll Nloholas, Of Cheshire against Lloyd 1T, Williams, jF, $ Yale sllls doni, and oilerb.
 The other two eases WoFo appeals from the bllnefioF court where Ma Tlo D1A1uHaa won a eihDe award against Clifford LooInlh end GsIfgs liHe DeAnnaa obtained 6 e3ol award against fhe same defendant I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02

Mrs. Emma French, 42, of Kelly road, Middlebury, was reported in -goOd" condition at the Water bury hospital. She was hit by a car while crossing a street in Midlebury Monday,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02

if the President proclaimed a new registration day and fixed the ages as he has done for the present reg istration and selective service draft.
 Unless this country gets into se- rious trouble, that is highly inpr0b- able, as there will be some 16,0O0,0OO men registered on October IS and at least 5000, 900 will be found sub- ject to conscription, unless they are exempted for some specific good
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02

Milton Bronner will answer questions of Waterbury Demo- crat readers regarding con- scription rulings and interpre- tati0ns. Address questions to Milton Bronner, manager, NEA-Waterbury Democrat Se- Iective Service Information Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., NV, Washington, D. c. BE SURE TO ENCLOSE postage prepaid postcard or stamped envelope, self addressed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02

later In the year, do ! come under
 the seiective service law and am T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02
2 Answering Your Questions About CONSCRPTION
 Youths Passing 21 After Oct. 16 Are Exempt From Present SeIective Service Law Provisions

reason.
 AS the army. does not propose to draft more than 900.O00 men per year for training. the October reg istration will amply cover those fig ures.
 The U. s. Census Bureau reports that on the basis of the 1880 census, a total of LIZ, ,453 boys reach the age of 21 every year. The figures for the 194O census have not yet been copleted
 CAN'T OUTGROW
 AGE LIMIT
 Taking the 1880 figure, this would mean approximately 305O youths come of age each day. So there VIII probably be about S050 young men who escaped chances of being se- lected for the army just by being born on October IT.
 Another question which has been fired at this bureau many times IS this:
 "If become 36 years old after have registered on October IS, and have not been drafted before am 36, do I then fall outside of the scope of the selectiye service act2"
 The answer is -.".No."". A man under 36 and 21 or over on October 70, 1940, comes within the scope of the law as long as the law itself is op- eratfVe @t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02

lia ble to be. drafted?
 Other young. men with the- same question in mind can save their time and postage if they will remember this: x
 All young men who reach their 21st bi r tn d ay after october 16 next are exempt from the pres ent provisions of f'ha caIanfiva
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02

service law and the regulations President Roosevelt has effected. NEW REGISTRATION NECESSARY
 They would have to register only
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02
Hospital Bulletins

yoseph T. SC. Louis. staff re- porter for The Democrat was re- ported in poor condition today nt sk hEary's hospital Mir. st. Louis was admitted to the hospi- tal Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02

Helen Brida, 22, of Woodruff avenue, Waterbury, admitted to the Waterbury hospital yesterday suffering from two injured fin- gers, was also reported in com fortable condition. Hospital auth critics said the girl was injured while working at the Knitting Mills, Inc, WatertOwn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-02
Bx MILTON BRoNNER

NEA-Democat secve Information washington, oct 2DOzen of young anOver writing in to the Secve Service Information Bureau here in Washington asking:
 2 years of the day after registration l6
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16

With Britain
Carried On

Washington, Aug. 10 (AP) -
President Roosevelt announced today
that the United States is holding
conversations" with Great Britain on
acquisition of naval and air bases by
the United States with special ref
erence to the Panama Canal"
The Chief Executive made this an
nouncement at his press conference
but cautioned reporters repeatedly
not to tie it up with any speculation
about the release of American de-
stlyoers to Great Britain.
Voluntarily, Mr.. Roosevelt author
lied the following direct quotation
on the negotiations:
The United States government IS
holding conversations with the gov
eYnment Of the British empire with
regard TO the acquisition of naval
and air bases by the United States
Tor American hemisphere defense
with special reference to the Panama
Canal"
The President then said that he
had an another item Of news on
which he also would make a direct
quotable statement, which was:
The United States is carrying on
conversations with the Canadian
government looking toward defense
of the American hemisphere"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16
Election OF Roosevelt Is
Of Vital importance To-
DR.. Mcdonald, AueriH Says

Roosevelt go down to defeat, McDon-
aid will be left well out on a limb.
He has brought down on himself
again the enmity Of the State powers
that be (Hoey, Bailey, etc., and un-
less he does have some drag" IN
Washington he will be definitely
handicapped in any North Carolina
political fight.
There is no concrete evidence that
DR.. Mcdonald intends to make any
political war in his own behalf at
ANYTIME in the future; but when 1914
comes round it is going to be very
hard for him to keep his hat on his
head and out of the gubernatorlal
ring. He had said, probably quite
truthfully, that he has no present m
tention ever to run for any political
post; but that doesn't mean he Will
not do so when the time comes and
the itch gets him.
He came within the proverbial inch
Of running against DR.. Clyde A.
Erwin for superintendent OF public
instruction this year but was deter
red by his physicians advice and his
Wife's pleadlngS. Ii ne was tflat heal
Welding to temptation to try for a
minor office, think what a mental
battle he'd have to keep out of the
next governors race.
The role he played in events pre-
liminary to the Chicago convention,
and the evident reliance the Roose-
welt managers placed in him at that
gathering are proof positive that he
will be the key man in Tar Heella
these next four years if Roosevelt
wins again.
And so it can be safely jotted down
that the reelection of the President
is of more direct vital concern tc
DR. Mcdonald than 10 anybody ir
North Carolina not drawing pay
checks from the national government
at the current writing.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16
State Rests In
Dale Case

Charlotte, Aug. 16.-(AP)- The
prosecution concluded its evidence
today in tn trial of Frank E. Dale,
his wife known as Rene Duffy, and
Dr.. w. E. Wishart on charges of con-
spiracy to defraud Rufus Bryant, a.
year-old Clinton farmer.
The prosecution alleged that Mrs.
Dale falsely led Bryant to believe
that an infant the DaleS obtained
from a hospital here was Mrs. Dale'S
and that Bryant was the father of
it, and thereby obtained $4,000 from
Bryant.
Two affidavites sworn to by the
states first witnesse, Betty Austin,
and other papers bearing on the case
were introduced today over the OBJ
lection of defense attorneys.
The affidavits and other exhibits
including hospital records and re-
ceipts allegedly from DR.. Wishart to
the grandmother of the unWed moth
er of the baby, birth certificate
of the infant, and telephone records
of the Dale home were introduced
by the state to corroborate previous
prosecution testimony.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16
Roanoke River Has
Heaviest Flood In
Recorded History
Other Rivers in East
ern Carolina to Have
Only Fairly Heavy
Floods; Prison Farm
at Caledonia Threat
ened.

RALEIGH. Aug. 16.-(AP)-Pri-
son officials disclosed this after
noon they were considering
dynamiting the nine mile Gale
donna prison dixie in order to
save it from the record flood in
the nearby Roanoke river.
This would innundate approx
matcIy 5000 acres of crops Valu-
ed at $4,000, but would save the
main dyke. Engineers will be at
the site to dynamite the long
wall if need be.
Despite the flood, officials said il
might not be necessary to remove
convictS from the prison farm.
Earlier they had said they were
pushing plans to move all or part of
the $50 prisoners.
There was fear that industrial
plants in the Weldon and Roam ~
RAPIDS areas would be flooded.
Other eastern Carolina rivers had
only fairly heavy floods.
At GAINESVILLE, Va, the Roanoke
was % feet deep this morning.
The weatherman here Immediate
ly forecast that it would exceed the
5O.3-foot level set as a record at We'll
don in 1872 Food stage is 81 feet
at Weldon and the water was 41.9
there this morning.
The prison bikes were holding all
right this morning at $50 o'clock and
could stand six or seven feet of wa
ter, but at that time the stage was
only 4l9 at Weldon.
Scores of convicts were being us
ed to sand-bag and storm-sheet the
dixie which protects crops valued at
$4,000.
The barracks are located some
thing like a mile from the river, but
the terrain is flat and high waters in
1887, which fell several feet short of
the previous record, came to within
a few yards of the doors.
The record flow was caused by
more than eight inches of rain at
GAINESVILLE Wednesday and another
AS inches yesterday.
The Neuse river was in a second
rise at NeuSe Station today with a
depth Of 1863 feet after dropping to
Is feet late yesterday. A state of
upwards of 19 feet was forecast for
Smithrield.
Goldsboro and other points be-
low there on the river were in for a
fright heavy" flood, the weather bu-
reau predicted.
The Tar river was q feet deep at
Tarboro this morning, nine feet
above flood level, and was out Of its
banks all the way down below
Greenville.
The Cape Fear was staying in its
banks in the upper reaches but was
flooding by about four feet at and
below ElizabethtoWn
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Nv HENRY AYERILL

Raleigh, Aug. 16.-To most Of the
professional politicians in North Car
oIina the reelection of President
Franklin d. Roosevelt is a conSum-
nation more or less devoutly to be
desired; but still not of reanscendent
inheritance. The one exception which
Droves this rule is Dr.. Ralph w. Nc
Donald, to whom the Presidents sue
cess is absolutely vital.
In the case of the UnlverSltyS as
sociate extension director, the oil
florence between an FDR victory and
y New Deal defeat is the difference
between being the king bee oil North
Carolina politics and being complete
w washed up as potent figure In
the states governmental affairs.
Reasons are almost too obvious 10
need detailing. Mcdonald, ever since
his entry into Tar Heel politics. mas
been the arch-exponent OF New DeaI
philosophy. He has shouted ms ~
er,Iisr1' from every available must
ines and has let no chance sup tC
,ssert his undying loyalty to the ma
tional Administration. -u a;uos
THAT sort Of thing, naturally, giVeS
him = stake in Roosevelt ana New
Deal success; but that really 1911 Iiie
half of his interest in the current iis'-
''o II all comes down to this: If Roose e;
welt is reelected, the key man 5a, u
M t,. Carolina, so far as Fedora
, and contacts are concs 5qa
"a u.iIl he none othe" han Lr; VIZ VIZ
~ l>,.,~; ca tie other -:-.->, shoui'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16
Republican Presiden-
tial Nominee to Accept
Nomination and De-
liver Keynote Speech
Tom orrOW at His
Birthplace.

Nashville, Ind, Aug. 16.-(AP)-
Wendell L. WILKES "othcr home
town" gave him noisy midnight
welcome when ne returned to rest
today before formally accepting the
Republican presidential nomination.
The streets were throngcd as Will
kic and his wife, who was born here,
arrived at the head Of an automobile
caravan from Indianapolis. They had
flown to the Indiana capital from
Colorado Springs, where the nominee
spent the last month getting ready
for his campaign.
Tomorrow noon the WILKES will
go to the nominees birthplace, Ell
wood, for a rally which party leaders
hope will draw quarter of a million
persons. Willkie will deliver his key
note speech, giving special attention
to his views on OH national defense
and the foreign Situation.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16
Research On
Labor Asked
Commission Asks That
Thorough Study Be
Made as Basis for Leg
islation.
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Waller Hotel

Raleigh, Aug. 16.-The North Car
DINA commission studying need Tor
a state wagc-hour law wants to get
a clear, complete picture Of condl-
tions before making any recommen-
dations as to the desirability Of any
fair labor standards statute.
Meeting at the call of Chairman
Forrest H. Shuford, commissioner OF
labor, the commission has requested
money from the contingent and en-
Urgency fund 80 employ a director OF
research to get the data needed 10
present such a picture.
The five members (Mr. Shuford'
Capus M. Waynick, High Point editor
and commission Vice-chalrman: State
Senator H. P. Taylor, of Wadesboro;
Representative Henry c. Dobson, OF
ElIIin, and Hugh c.. Horton, of Will
liamston) unanimously agreed it Will
be impossible to function properly
without thorough study.
Data desired, not only as TO the
extent to which wage and hour legls-
lation would affect the employed
personnel and the employers OF
North Carolina but also as to the
nature of the attempt to fashion and
enact legislation during the General
Assembly Of 1889.
Governor Clyde R. Hoey has not
vet expressed any opinion about en-
nlovment of a research director, but
i is likely that the Commission had
his informal approval Of such a step
before acting on resolution request
ing funds for the director.
Efforts to put through a state wage
and hour law in 1889 were stymied
from the very start by opposition
Which grew so aggressive that or
fC,o4;,uoS On Page TWO)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16
Stiff Fight
In Africa
Italian Troops Said to
Have Been Slowed By
Strong British Resist
ance.

Cairo, Aug. 16.-(AP) - British
aerial bombardment and machine
gun fire on Italian troop concentra-
tons and communication lines IN
Somaliland have slowed up the fas-
cist advance on Berbera, capital OF
the protectorate. the British report
ed today.
The Italians were said to be meet
ing sitter resistance from British
forces aided by native troops ano
from constant bombing of columns
attempting to advance.
One italian column was using the
coast road and was aiming first al
Burhar. 40 miles west OF Berbera
The other was driving from the
south.
Today's British communicate sale
(Continued on Page Seven)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16
Injjunctions
Signed

Raleigh, Aug. 16.-(AP)-Federal
Judge I. M. Meekins has signed seven
more injunctions in the eastern dis
trict to RESTRAIN lumber operators
from violating the Wage-hour law,
the wage-hour division announced
today.
Judge Meekins previously had
signed nine injunctions.
Lumber operators accepting the
consent judgments included R. F:
adams of Drewry, R. A. Critcher and
T. F. Critcher Of Williamson, j. 5.
GODDARD; of GAINESVILLE, w. P. Long OF
Halifax county, E. H. Parker Of War
renton, w. R. Robertson OF James
and ]. L. Mills OF MaysVllle.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16
Japs Reject
Defense Plan
For Shanghai

Shanghai, Aug. 16.-(AP)- The
Japanese government will not give
its approval to the. Shanghai defense
commanders decision to split control
of the British defense area among
United States and japanese forces, a
Japanese naval spokesman declared
today.
His statement made clear the en-
tire problem created by Britain's de-
cision to Withdraw her troops from
Shanghai is still unsolved as far as
the japanese are concerned, with the
outcome possibly depending on how
far the United States is prepared TO
90 to enforce the defense commit
tees decision.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16
British Bomb
Italy Again

Rome, Aug. l6.-(AP) - British
planes flying across Switzerland
bombed cities in northern Italy for
the second time in three days today,
authorities reporting one plane was
shot down over Turin and that part
of the crew of five were killed and
the others captured.
In raids on Milan, Turin, Tortona
and Allesendria, % persons were re-
ported killed and more than so in
jured. The British in those opera
tons dropped leaflets as we'll as
bombs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16
Swedish Ship
Torpedoed

New York, Aug. 16.-(AP)- The
Swedish steamer Hedrun was report
ed torpedoed today off the Irish coast
in message picked up from Eng
land by Maclkay radio.
A message indicating an attack by
a submarine said "Hedrun tor
pedoed." Mackay said the message
came from the Portishea radio in the
British Isles.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-16
OtherHome Town
Welcomes Willkie
Morehead City
Man Dies After
Injury In Blast

Morehead City, Aug. 16.-(AP)-
Rudolph Dowdy, 80, Morehead City
business man and general chairman
of this years coastal festival, died
at 1850 last night of injuries rcceiv-
ed Wednesday night when fireworks
exploded as he examined them.
Funeral services will be held here
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.