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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-12
limitations
Are Had By
Masons Here

Three candidates were initiated at
district meeting OF Royal Arch
MuScnS held in the Masonic temple
here last night The degree team
from the Durham chapter put on the
work. Delegates were present from
Henderson. Durham and Oxford.
\ supper was served by the ladies
OF the Eastern Star at Gas o'clock.
and the lodge meeting began at 7:3O
o'clock.
Distinguished MaSonS of the State
N attendance included D. f. Bullock,
Of Rocky Mount, grand high priest;
". R. Smith, of Raleigh, grand sec
rotary and post grand high priest,
and Rev. c. A. Proctor, superinten-
dent OF the Oxford Orphanage, past
grand chaplain.
". r. Vaughan, high priest Of the
Henderson chapter. was in charge
and he and DR.. H. a. Newell, past
high priest, introduced The rlSlOrs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-12

Another Parrish-The Willard
Parrish, who was guilty of being
drunk when given d hearing in city
court yesterday and was required
to pay the costs, is not Willard Par
IRISH, son of G. c. Parrish, it was
pointed out today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-12
Salvation Army's Drive
To Be Begun This Week
Outside Officers Here
To Assist In Cam
paign; Meeting To-
night O f Advisory
GARD To p | a Y
Amounts and Exact
Date

Plans for a drive for Community
funds TO support the local corps 0t
The Salvation Army tor the remain
der of this calendar ye3r VIII HS
mapped out at meeting or me
arrny'S advisory board al dIAHel
meeting held in the Capitol Cate mn
evening. il was announced TO-DAY oy
Sam Afford. chairman OF the BOARD.
Major Bob Cowan. OF High Point.
and Major H. c. Banks. OF Atlanta
are here 10 assist in the drive. A.
tonight'S meeting the amount 70 DC
sought will be fixed and the precise
dates agreed on for the campaign
Major Cowan had an engagement e
address the Rotary club at its week
" dinner meeting at $50 o'clock. in
the interest Of the campaign. ana
plans also 10 appear before the Lions
club Wednesday evening and the
KiwaniS club Friday evening.
The two officers of the army will
call on prospective large donors dur
ing this week, and workers who will
make the general canvass, and who
are 10 be worked up tonight or N
the next few days. will be chosen in
time for the start of their efforts
next week.
Reports Of Envoy Luther Morton.
corps commander here. have been
worked up and are to be presented to
the meeting this evening. He reports
279 open air and 6T2 indoor meetings
held in 1889 with an attendance OF
1928. with III protested CONVEX
sionS Receipts for the year amounted
to S2.557.l9. OF which Sl.773.O9 was |
from the Vance County Community !
Chest. which is not tunctioning this |
year. making necessary this drive.
Expenditures during the year were
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-12
Some Gains
Expected In
Tax Values

Some gains in tax values are eX-
pected by the county from the 1916
listings, which are now about COM
pleted, Miss Dorothea Woodlief, su-
pervisor and county accountant, said
today. No accurate compilation has
been possible as yet, in view Of the
fact that corporate excess items for
corporations has not yet been re-
celVea from the State Tax Com
mission for these concerns. But items
already enrolled indicate slight
gain, she said.
Scroll books are now being work.
cd up. and those WHO have not as
yet listed for 1910 are subject to
penalties provided for delinquents.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-12

Deed Is Filed-A deed covering
the transfer Of "a acres OF land in
Townsville township was filed for
registration at the Vance Registry
office Monday, according to the
records there. w. T. Brewer. ct al
sold the land to c. p. Brewer to.
$40 and considerations.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-12
FOUR ENROLLED FROM
VANCE IN CMT CAMP

Four of the seven places allotted
to Vance county applicants in the
Citizens Military Training Camp at
-"rt Bragg, June 12-July II, have
cen Tiled, it was stated today by
J. w. Sanders, chairman Of the
raining camps association Of this
county.
Names Of the successful applicants
1avc not been supplied him, MIR.
Sanders said. A large number Of
applications have been submitted,
md it is expected that others will
&c received
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-12
Cotton Adjustment Payment.
in Vance Total $25,670.28

No soil conservation payments
have been received yet this year, Mr..
Sanders said, and no word has been
received here to indicate when the
checks may be expected.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-12
PUNCHBOARD CASE
in COUNTY COURT

Ruth Aldrich pleaded guilty to
possession and operating punch
boards today in county court, and
Recorder r. E. Clements taxed the
defendant with fine OF $40 and
required that the costs also be paid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
GERMANS DEP0RT
Jews TO POLAND
7oo Routed From Stettin
Homes On Six And Half
Hours Notice

-p11N. FEB. 14-R-Upwards
D nm Jews, routed from then
o. in stettin on six-and-one-hal1
n'iis' notice for mass removal. were
h'ul .,oins today, presumably head
OIL ar Poland, although their exact
so Nv was not disclosed.
ds ssa sudden removal order includ
lr+nallv every Jew in the Bal
ca town. only the sick and feeble
III .s,d being exempted.
az. 7.so p. m. Monday, Elite
sss and storm troopers began
sua '.;ng the homes of Jews, telling
lsn, to be ready to leave by 2 a
H., and IS men took inventories
nroperty in the homes and ad'
' % 4, the Jews to prepare final hot
' lssIs because they probably would
nS@'e get warm food for a consider.
NV time. They were permitted t.
s"I only a few necessities.
g' rhe Jews, ranging in age from
,.ildren a few months old to per
ans of 70, displayed great con-
SUM- sarnstiop as they gathered in the
,.,.ness of one of the coolest days
VI the winter and were given rail-
road tickets.
+,sir affairs went unheeded, the
onIv ones permitted to remain being
V| tsv who displayed documents
waving they were about to emf
crate. J.,
S,sttin would be needed for Ger
mans returned to the Reich from
Baltic states.
This was the first such mass re.
rcovaI from the so-called "Alt
psich,' Germany as it existed be-
FIRE recent annexations Of other
territories. Similar removals prev
im,sly have been reported from
Wanna and Prague, however.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

IVA "a ~~
from that motor wreck, has been 60
ing to the races on a stretcher.
And he un%erringly picks all the
cripples .. Joan Blondell was the
victim of an unpublished car acct
dent. She has been having some
broken teeth repaired after her
small son clipped her with a toy
fire engine.
History of Grand National Studio:
"Lights-aamera-auction!"
Clark Gable
Gets A Raise
You'd be amazed by the prom.
inence. of an actor who has been
trying to borrow money all over
town to save his home from the
sheriff . Clark Cables old $4,000
a.week contract has been torn up
and a new one written for 81, 500.
It's for seven years, three pictures
a year, and promises the last three
months Of each year free for his
duck hunting.
There's SO little activity at some
Of the studios that press agents are
dreaming up items such as the one
involving "a cable to Fay Bainter's
ing their golden anniversary" CHER
father and mother have been dead
IA and II years, respectively, and
neither yer set foot in England.)
80. Wise-crackery las been so
scarce that the other day three diff
ferent gossip columns in n local
newspaper attributed to three diff
ferent stars the silly definition of
a mirage: "A mirage is where The
Little Man Who Wasn't There
keeps his car"
Local theater had a James Stew.
art-Robert Taylor Breakfast Matt
nee, with a double bill and dough-
n-ts and coffee for the Z a. m. pat
rons 49,. Martin Greene, noting
that movies are being shown to
soldiers in the Maginot Line, Won
ders whether they'll I've get around
to playing Bango on Thursday
nights.
| Films Hunt Romance
In Industry
Flock of new industrial dramas
coming up-about the first tele.
graph line, another prairie-spanning
railroad. airplane manufacture, and
even the romance OF borax. Some
body'll buy John Wexley's forth.
| coming novel on the automobile
business %. Daryl Zanuck has as.
signed a writer to a screen bio
graphy of Josef Stain, from start to
Finnish.
Technique of ghost photography
has been further Improved by a
camera which actually shoots in
two directions at once, registering
two images on the same film -.
Pat O'Brien will appear at a B'Nai
Birth benefit show on the eve of st.
Patrick's Day. He and Jimmy Gag
ney are honorary members of the
Jewish society. Eddie Cantor, by
the way. is an honorary member OF
the Catholic Actors Guild.
The Hays Office now refuses to
| approve cartoon or comedy titles
which ridicule big productions
s CHI as "Apes Of Wrath" and
South of the Boudoir." Holly
wood rental agents advertise their
wares: "Five.room Home-No Dogs
or Actors" PARADISE APART
| MENTS-No Children"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
l20 Guests Escape
As Fire Sweeps Hotel

BURLINGTON, VT, Feb. 14.-R,
approximately 12O guests. escaped
In their night = clothing in near
zero temperature early today as
fire swept through the Hotel Mil
ner. The blaze vas brought under
control at 9 a. m. after a seven
hour battle by firemen from six
communities.
Damage was estimated by fire
officials at $500, 900.
Harry Skaar, Revere, Mass,
salesman, suffered severe burns on
one foot as he a throu h smoke
filled corridors and aroused fellow
guests.
Daniel Solder, trapped in his
fourth floor room, was about to
leap from a window when firemen
reached him with a ladder.
The entire rear wing of the
hosiery was destroyed and the
j. c. Penney business block, in
the rear, suffered severe damage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

fine spirits to the fact that IT have
been out of politics and haven't had
to worry about giving somebody a
recommendation for everything I'M
der the sum-"
Bryant barely missed being the
1889 speaker and if he finally de-
clded to run for the house again
this year he cannot be completely
eliminated from the ~speakership pic
ture this time.
His only chance, however, is for
a deadlock to develop, followed by
some fine work by his friends. The
Durham man ran last time as an
Fastener" and cannot now con.
sistently claim he is from the West,
in spite of the fact that his oppo-
nents beat him last year on just
that contention.
Speaking of speakers, it seems
that Odus Null of Cleveland can
be added to the list Of those who
would like to WELD the 1871 house
gavel. Clarence Stone, Rockingham;
George Uzzell, Rowan; and Joe Car
ruthers, Guilford, are already active
ly in the running.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
Valentine;s Day Finds FINLAND
Buzzing With Romantic Rumors

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 14.-R-As
is appropriate this Valentines Day,
the movie colony is abuzz with chat
ter OF romances, broken and other.
wise.
Conjecture about damaged hearts,
If any, followed the first shocked
surprise at the elopement of Artie
Shaw, the swing bandman, and Lana
Turner, young film actress whom a
director recently described as per-
sonifying "glex"-a camera combi-
nation of glamour and sex-appeal.
Shaw and Miss Turner, who dis
agreed so sharply during filming
Of a recent picture, Dancing Co.
Ed" that they were barely speak
ing when it finished, flew to Las
Vegas, New, yesterday and were
married.
The band leader until a few months
ago had been seen much in the COM
pany Of blonde Betty Cradle, Jackie
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
Leonard Jones Killed
In Automobile Accident

GOLDSBORO, Feb. 14.-R-Leo'
nard Jones, 80, a farmer OF neal
Mt. Olive, was killed and four other
persons injured ir an automobile
accident last night just across the
Duplin county line.
The injured: Mrs. Jones, 80, Fac
and face decorations and a knee in
jury; Amy Garner, 81, fractured
right ankle; Leonard Jones' Jr.,
two, fractured right leg; and Ray
B aver, who was still unconscious
early today.
Investigating officers said a car
occupied by the Joneses and another
in which Garner and Beaver were
riding collided.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
Production Of Power
Declines During Week

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-R-Elec.
trio power output dropped to 2,522,-
5l4'o0O kllowatthours during the
week ended February 10 from g.
1858, 900 in the preceding week,
the Edison Electric institute SAID
today.
Latest production represented a
loss of z of 1 per cent from the
week before but was Ill per cent
more than 2,268, 3S7, 900 kilov.a att.
hours in the comparable 1899 week.
The decline carried the Associated
Press index of power output to the
lowest point thus far in the year
at 1853. This compared with 1854
In the previous week and 1855 a
year ago..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
NO HELP

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb.
H-R-Robert Moses Grove.
The veteran Boston Red Sox
lefthander who has been pitch
ing 20 years with both feet
firmly implanted on the hurl-
ing slab, said today the rules
revision governing livery
would help the young crop Of
moundsmen but it didn't mean
a thing to. him.
Commenting on the baseball
rules committees action in re.
laxing the rules to allow a hurl-
Ct to take. one foot off the rub
Der in making a delivery, Grove
asserted:
las far as I am concerned it
doesn't make any difference.
I've been pitching for 20 years
with both feet on the mound.
l pitched with both feet on the
plate last year and I'll continue
to do it as long as I pitch"
Grove, who will be 40 years
old in March, won Is games
and lost four last season.
Il think its going to be a real
help to these young pitchers
just coming up" declared the
graying lefthander. It'll give
them more freedom Of leg
movement. A lot of young pitch
ers learned to pitch with only
one foot on the rubber. When
they get into professional base
ball they had to be broken in.
to keeping both feet on. This
new rule really ought to help
them
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
al EIGH
B R E FS
Star News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, Feb. 14.-Itinerary for
the third annual Garden Pilgrimage
in North Carolina this spring will
include rs communities, Mrs. James
H. Brodie, pilgrimage chairman OF
the North Carolina Garden club has
just advised the department of con-
%servation and development.
Wilmington will be first to open
its gardens and the pilgrimage will
begin there March 27 and 20.
Greenville's gardens will be open
on the same dates. New Bern's gar
dens and show homes will be open
ed to the public April 2 and 3.
Other dates and places are:
Wadesboro, April $40; Hillsboro
April 10; Concord April 1o-11; Win
ston-Salem April 10-11; Rocky
Mount, April 1O-11; Gastonia, April
10-11; Tarboro, April II; Bath, April
IL; Red Springs, April II; Durham,
April 1918; Chapel Hill, April 1918
l(U.N.C. arboretum and grounds only;
Halifax, April 14-15; Enfield, April
14-15; Roanoke Rapids, April 14-15;
Warrenton, April 1917; Oxford, April
17-1S; Henderson, April 17-1S; High
Point, April 1919; Greensboro, April
1919; Mebane, April %; R%eidsville,
April 1924; Asheville, April 1924.
Stories coming out of the Eighth
congressional district indicate that
efforts are being made to induce
Walter Lambeth, congressman for
several terms until he retired volun-
tarily in 1898, to run for the federal
house.
These stories confirm an exclusive
story of this bureau published some
two months ago. that Lambeth is
giving the matter serious consider
alton.
1t is believed in many circles that
Lambeth resigned only because he
thought he was to receive an i'm
portant diplomatic appointment
which ave eventuated because the
country to which he was to be ac-
credited was absorbed by the Nazis.
While all of the gubernatorial can.
didates, with the exception of Tom
Cooper, of Wilmington, have an
nounced in their platform that they
are opposed to diversion of high
way funds, the oil people are by
no means thoroughly satisfied with
their expressions.
Former State Senator S. Gilmer
Sparger, now head of the North
Carolina Petroleum Industries COM
mittee, will not be satisfied unless
and until the candidates express
themselves in favor of repeating the
contingent diversion section of the
revenue act.
Whether they will do so is a de.
cidedly live question.
Durham's Victor S. Bryant, who
has long been in the North Caro-
lima house, was in Raleigh Tues
day looking better than in years.
He attributed his good health and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

OLLIE
by The Associated Press

WATERBURY, Conn. - Maurice
Claude, president of the Houdini as
sembly, American Society Of Magi-
clans, thinks spirits had something
to do with his failure to get a quo
rum on the third floor of the Press
club for the annual meeting.
So, without the aid of mirrors,
he levitated his missing members
by ordering the bar moved up from
the first floor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
On THE SPOT

On THE SPOT
PASADENA, Calif.-Sgts. Ralph
Schad and Merle Roberts, cruising
in a police car, offered aid to the
driver of a stalled truck.
They were pushing the truck down
the street when a description of it
came over their radio.
They arrested the driver on sus-
piston of burglary and recovered nine
new tires, sever pairs of shoes and
AZ cartons of cigarettes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

ice Skatlng IN.
of to .unch.
But if I'm r o t
back by 2 o'clock
you'd better call
the hospitals"
At 2 o'clock her
telephone r a n e
and a voice said:
This is t h e
Good Samaritan
hospital. Colonel
JOY is here, with
a broken should.
err"
Joe E. Brown,
-lsII -x
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
In Hollywood
By PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff CORRESPONDENT

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 14.-Short
takes: During a heated business
conference, Samuel Goldwyn said:
Gentlemen, my CARDS are on the
table-face DOWN.
Col. Jason Joy, 2Oth.Fox execu-
tive, told his secretary:
Il need exercise, and I'm going
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
LEGAL NATTER

LEGAL NATTER
TULSA-A young woman storm.
ed into the district court clerks Of
flee and demanded: "Give me a di.
vorce!!'
The clerk, Paul Burney, suggest
ed she have a lawyer file a petition
for one.
"Oh," she said, IT thought all you
had to do was ask for it."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

Coogan's ex-wife, and more recently
with Judy Garland, young vocalist
Lana's unvarying STEADY" at film
affairs since she first achieved re-
nown a year or so ago had been
Greg B~autzer, young attorney.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

Less happy, Economically speak
ing, was the admission from Ginger
Rogers that she is contemplating
divorce after a long separation from
Lew Ayers. !
1t may be months before she gets
around to it, she indicated,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
TO THE CLEANERS

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Clarence
Henke asked his sister whether she
had seen his best suit.
"Why, you sent it to the cleaners, "
she said.
"No, I didn't"
"Well, anyway" she continued,
"early this week a man came to
the door and said he was from the
cleaners. T gave him the suit"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

Another topic of discussion was
the dinner date AL Jo1son had with
Ruby Keller at a swank hotel last
night.
Reconciliation?
I'D give my life if it were true
Jolson exclaimed, but Ruby, recent.
ly divorced, looked the other way
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

Durham's Victor S. Bryant, who
has long been in the North Caro-
lima house, was in Raleigh Tues
day looking better than in years.
He attributed his good health and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-13
Club News

At a meeting held November 9Th
st. Thomas Children of Mary So
ciety officials, committee chairladies
and members decided to hold their
next meeting on December 10th, the
second Tuesday of the month. The
Christmas party and entertainment
will follow the business meeting. A
special meeting of officers and COM
mittee chairladies will be held a
week from today, November Goth,
to make further arrangements for
the coming meeting.
The Waterbury Public Speaking
Club met last night, reports of win
ter activities outlined by the secre-
tary, Miss Anna Skehan. The
financial report was read by Mrs,
Katherine Schaff Following the
business meeting a program was ar
ranged which consisted of trip
through the Raymond Bakery plant
Of this city. A demonstration of
the machinery and bread making
was given by Adolph Raymond after
which a luncheon was served at the
plant. George Haynor, president
was in charge of arrangements. The
next meeting is planned for De-
cember II, when Christmas pro-
gram will be outlined. About fifty
attended last nights affair.
The Winona Rebekah lodge, No.
8, I. o. o. F. will entertain Past
Noble Grands this evening at Odd
Fellows hall when an initiation
class of candidates will be exem-
plified. Supper will be served be-
fore the meeting in the banquet
hall. Mrs. Hilda Rosevear, noble
grand, will preside. There will also
be nomination of officers A large
attendance is expected from this
city, also from Naugatuck and
Thomaston.
The North End Spartans will ring
down the harvest curtain for the city
when they hold their harvest dance
at the north end "Y" November 30th.
The patrons and patronesses will
be Mr.. and Mrs. Herb Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clayton Brown, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Cullinan, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Gallagher, Mr. and Mrs. John Regain
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-13

PEhETRATEs irritated
air passages with
soothing medicinal
vapors. inhaled
deeply with every
breath.
sIIM ulATES chest
and back like an
old = fashioned
warming poultice
or plaster.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-13

The Ele-Chans Sorority, which
met at Sally Leo's home on Novem-
ger 9, discussed plans for conducting
the initiation of it's members. The
members in charge of the initiation
decided to have it take place within
the next two weeks. Plans for a
social gathering in the near future
were also discussed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-13
COdella DiLella

The marriage of Miss Elvira Di
Leila, daughter of Raffaele DiLella
of Italy, to Joseph Anthony Codella,
son OF Rev. and Mrs. Pasquale Co.
della, Waterbury, took place Sunday
morning at the Italian Congrega-
tional church. The ceremony was
performed by the bridegrooms
father, the Rev. Pasquale Codella,
assisted by the Rev. Moreton w.
owen and the Rev. A. A. Tangarone.
The church was beautifully decorated
with palms, pompoms, roses and
gladioli. Special wedding music was
played by Miss Edith Sacco. accom-
panied by the Misses Concetta Gen.
tile and Rose Canuzzi. Solos were
sung by Miss Paulette Wolozin.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her brother n-law, DOM
enic Civitello, wore gown of white
brocaded satin. Her veil of tulle was
fastened with a coronet of orange
blossoms. She carried a bouquet of
gardenias and sweet peas. Miss Olga
Ricciardelli, the maid of honor, wore
a gown of powder blue MORE taffeta.
Her bouquet was of yellow pompoms.
The Misses Aurora Civitello and
Grace Sciarra were flower girls, and
Orlando DeRosa was best man.
After returning from their wedding
trip the couple will reside at 88
Union street.