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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-08

III Tornado. In each ca" trained dis
ust,r relief WORKERS. assisted tic fam
Nv IN ulluIy~in% lie needs Ion rt'-
coy cry. Tl.rs>' unable 10 finance their
rehabilitation IL part ~ ull. were
given assistance.
Red Cross rehabilitation assistance
includes the rebuilding umd repair of
damaged dwellings and replacing cS-
Senlial household goods and clothing
destroyed by the disaster. Commit
tees UI leading citizens in the dis
uSler-Strickru communities acted as
advisory groups in determining the
amount and nature Of help given
each family.
Throughout the country, in 3,7l2
Rcd Cross chapters, committees are
constantly preparing for disaster, Mr..
Afford stated Men and women are
trained in the timG-tCStcd methods
of disaster relief that may some day
be instrumental in relieving suffer-
ing in their communities or some
nearby section. They are being guild
ed by the experience Of 80 years Of
American Rcd Cross disaster fight
ing.
In addition to the need for pre-
pairing for disaster relief in the year
10 come, the American Red Cross is
taking an active part in the national
defense program Of the country. MI.
Afford said. Red Cross lielG directors
in military posts are having their
busiest year since the days Of The
first World War.
At the request Of the Surgeon
General OF the Army. four Red Cross
chapters are now engaged in pre-
liminary studies for the establish
mcnt Of a proposed blood bank"
which could furnish blood plasma TO
the military in large quantities in the
event Of emergency, Mi. Afford said
that other Red Cross services are
being geared as efficiently as pos
sible into The defense program.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-08
Vance Men
Volunteer

The Vance county srlcctivc service
board has received notice from j.
Van Il. MctI,, state director Of Selec-
tive service, That thrrcmen register
cd in Vance county for the draft
have volunteered in the regular ann
ed forces.
the Nulun'rcrs arc Creighton
Woodrow Grc&$un. Henderson route
l, and Robert Edward Robertson,
Townsville, both Of whom enlisted in
the Navy: and Thurman L. F'itz-
gerald. who registered at the fair
grounds precinct. enlisted in the
Army.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-08
COOPER'S GIN HAS
ANOTHER SMALL FIRE

AT lao p. m. Thursday afternoon.
firemen were called to Cooper'S gin
on Walnut street, where a small
blaze had started in one of the gin
nerS.
Fire fighters at the gin had the
blaze under control when firemen
arrived.
Fire Chief Cooper G. Ellis has not
estimated the damage done there.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-08
SHERIFF, DEPUTIES
BREAK UP A STILL

Sheriff L. L. Swanson reported to-
day that he and his deputies, E. A.
Cottrell and J. c. Inscoe, poured out
about barrel of beer and wrecked
other still equipment in Sandy Creek
township last Tuesday afternoon;
The still plant was not found, a
run having been made prior to the
the raid of the officers, and the dis
filling equipment moved.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-08

auburn ue::e: aru.lly coit:ed. IL.
Sophisticated youth CT lnattllc iri.iG-
ems Win enlnti0rtl effectiveness. il
matters little 10r what ever - yojn:
CHOICE you'll fInd her III one al Ati.
RsnnettS routLne- ri the stasa
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-08
AROUND TOWN

Traffic FineS-IMther VanDykc,
G.. a. Daske and Mrs. G.. S. Webb
paid S traffic fines into the Office
of the city clerk. records there IT,
veaIcd today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-08

giving his time and his service free
ly. They do it because they believe
in the work. Its dividends are not
to be diScerned overnight. but in the
years ahead they will be seen and
felt in the lives Of men who. when
boys. assumed and honored the
pledge to keep themselves clean and
honest in the sight of both man and
God.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-08

Secure License-A colorcd cnlrlc.
Lewis LasStcr, sc, and Cora Mil,ter
20. both Of Henderson. secured IL
cenSe TO marry Thursday at the
Vance Registry office.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
Bing Crosby Signs
New Film Contract,
Boosts Earnings

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 10. UP)-
Bing Crosby today became the un-
disputed maharajah of the movies
with a new contract assuring him
of more than $500,OOO year for
three years, exclusive of his radio
earnings.
CroSby's agents said the actor
singer had signed with Paramount
studio for three more years. His
contract calls for three pictures a
year at SITS, 900 each.
In addition to his paramount
contract, Crosby has an estimated
100000 yearly income from record
ing royalties and 100000 a year
from the radio, based on $4,000 a
broadcast.
The actor also owns considerable
income real estate, a fashionable
rancho golf course and controls
Del Mar, Cal, race track near San
Diego
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
Faculty, Students
Attend Annual
Grid Banquet
CALIPATRIA NOTES

u. J. Sinclair and l.. E. Sinclair,
jr, made a business trip to Los
Angeles Thursday, returning Fri
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
Genius Children
Now Grown. Tell
Of EARLY Trouble

NEW YORK, Dec. 10. (UP)-The
gifted child who plays hockey
from kindergarten because of bore
dom or makes deliberate low grades
so the rest of the children won't
call him an apple -polisher, worried
Columbia University officials today.
Twenty of these former child
"geniuses," now grown, returned
for seminar at Columbia's teach
ers college to give accounts Of
themselves. None recalled child
hood with pleasure. They told OF
being ostracized as guinea pigs
and freaks" of being thrown into
study with adults while still wear
ing short pants; of squandering
their study time to let other chill
dren catch up with them.
Their plight moved DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler, Columbia president,
to warn that this was the chief
problem of democracy at time
when democracy is ION trial for its
life" Democracy'S test, he said, is
the ability to train its aristocracy,"
and "the aristocracy which a de-
mocracy produces is not one of title,
inheritance or wealth-it is one Of
excellence"
The 20 specimens, whose average
intelligence quotient was 155-25
points above the genius rating-in-
cluded young man, who withheld
his identity, with this complaint:
I've decided that I don't belong
among the people who deserve to
be trained for leadership I don't
think I'm a moron, but 1 feel that
I'm just a highgrade mediocrity.
So I've quit my job and I'm join
ing the air force" He will be in
Quoted into the army air corps
Monday.
Some of the 20 had been trained
in a special school for the gifted.
Others had served as guinea pigs
by going through the regular pub
lie school courses. Sergei S. zlink-
off, 25, an attorney, who went the
latter route, said: If they (the
geniuses) try to pursue their inter-
ests they are called grinds and
apple polishers. They have to try
for low grades if they want their
classmates to treat them as equals
know, because it happened to me
I went to the University of Arizona
and I found out that there the
thing to do was not to study but to
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

go for moonlight rides on the des-
ert."
Allen RoSin, 26, a commercial
photographer, who went to a gift
ed school, told his side of it: Il
felt like something out of Gulliver's
travels. I was 10 years old, walking
around in knee britches, and all
around me were boys who could
chin nine or 10 times. 1 got so lost
I ran away from school for three
weeks"
A recapitulation showed that
most of the "geniuSes" had gone
into professional work. Two sug-
gestions developed. DR.. Edward L.
Thorndike, author of the Thorn
dixie intelligence test, recommended
state asylums for the gifted, just as
there are asylums for the feeble
minded. DR.. Rudolph Pinter of Co.
lumbia said the federal census
should include an intelligence test.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
Britain Calls on Young Airmento
Stave Off Menace Of Starvation,
Patrol Ship Lanes Against Raiders

the long range Focke-Wulfe bomb
ers which Germany is using for
its attacks on British and allied
ships hundreds of miles off the
British and Irish coasts.
A more widespread aerial patrol
is expected to aid the navy's ef-
forts to destroy submarines and
raiders. But the planes themselves
will attack submarines and raiders
when practicable.
The greater aerial protection to
British sea trade was believed in
some quarters to have been respon-
sible in part for a sharp drop in
merchant shipping losses for the
week ended Dec. l. However, the
new defense of sea borne trade is
not near its full strength yet.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
By NED RUSSELL


LONDON, Dec. 19. (UP)-Britair
today called upon Its young airmen
credited with having saved it from
invasion in September, to patrol
the Atlantic sea lanes and save ii
from the threat of starvation at
the hands of U-boats, surface raid
ers and ocean-flying bombing
planes.
Prime Minister Winston Church
Ill announced Tuesday that the ad-
miralty was overtaking operational
policy of the coastal command of
the Royal Air Force because it was
necessary to use bombing and
RECONNAISSANCE planes to guard
merchant ships and conveys.
This was interpreted as Britain's
1870 answer to the submarine and
raider menace. The convoy system
was the answer in 1917.
Churchill announced a week ago
that he personally was tackling
the problem of dissipating the new
threat to Britain's life.
Hence it was believed that the
recent fierce Royal Air Force at
tacks on submarine bases and the
new plan to use coastal command
planes to guard shipping were
ChurchillS ideas
It was understood that the an
nouncement that the coastal COM
mand would be enlarged had been
made possible by speed-up in the
production of British Short-Sun-
derland flying boats and increased
deliveries of American Lockheed
reconnaissance planes.
These are to be pitted against
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
Fred La Rues
Return From
Summer Trip
ELM NOTES,

Mrs, Bud Mosley arrived from
Oklahoma. The Mosleys are now
living on the Gene Higgins ranch.
Recent arrivals in the valley are
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred LaRue. The
BaRueS spent the summer in Colo
RADIO and Kansas, where they Wis
tied relatives.
Philip Boone. Lowe Harrison and
Dewey Harrison spent Sunday with
their parents. They returned to
San Diego Sunday evening.
Virginia Humpfelt was a Sunday
guest of Mary RAIDER.
Mr.. and Mrs, B. Simms and
daughter of CaleSico were guests
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Den
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnnie Nelson of
Brawley visited Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Ted Roe.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stillman
and children spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Stillman near
E1 Centre.
Mrs. Ruth Kepley gave the third
of series of educational movies
at Elm school Thursday evening.
Sunday dinner guests at the M. L.
Boone home were Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Van Der Linden and daugh-
ter, Joyce. of El Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Hatfield
are in Calipatria this week from
Los Angeles on a business trip and
are greeting old friends and ac-
quaintances. The Hatfields expect to
move to Montana in the spring
where they have rented ranch.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
ChiId-Labor Law
Warning Issued

PHOENIX, Dec. 10. (UP)-L. L.
Dixon, state representative of the
wage-hour administration, today
warned employers against violation
of child labor laws in hiring of ex-
ira work for the holiday rush.
The fair labor standards act
specifies a minimum age of 16 for
children employed in any industry
connected with interstate COM
merce, Dixon said. The administra-
tor said the law would be enforced
strictly in this state.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

Mrs. w. B. Dixon reported that
word had been received from their
son, Bill. that he had arrived in
Honolulu with the fleet and is en-
joying his work very much.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

Ben Jones is i'll with the flu and
unable to be at his place of business.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

Angeles Thursday, returning Fri
day.
Ben Jones is i'll with the flu and
unable to be at his place of business.
Mrs. p. N. Myers has been con-
fined to her bed with the flu for
the past week.
Those from Calipatria who at
tended the meeting of the County
Federation of Wornens Clubs in
Brawley last week were Mrs. w. T.
Fowler president of the local club,
Mrs. Ray Wilkinson, Mrs. L. E. Sim
clair, Mrs. William Corn. Mrs Ray
mond Rose, Mrs. Franklin Garrett.
Mrs. Rose gave a musical reading
accompanied by Mrs. Garrett.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bailey were
down from Los Angeles last week
and visited friends in Calipatria
and Brawley. Bailey was formerly
manager of the Balfour Guthrie
ranch.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

Mrs, Bud Mosley arrived from
Oklahoma The Mosleys are now
living on the Gene Higgins ranch,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
NEW NAVY CONTRACT
LET TO CALF. FIRM

WASHINGTON, Dee. 10. (UP)-
Sen. Sheridan Downey, D., Calf,
said today the navy department has
awarded a $3,300000 contract to the
Kaiser Co.. Oakland, Calf, for shore
construction at the Mare Island
navy yard.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

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ads.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29

turn him Scot free" replied Judge
Lennon.
The boy sang out from the pris.
oner's box, It'll take the 80 days"
Judge Lennon then said, "Well, if
he doesn't want to take the flashing,
he'll have to take the farm SEN
tence."
When court resumed at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon after the lunch.
con recess, the boys mother ap.
preached the judge and told him the
boy thought he would have to take
the lashing in the courtroom proper
before the crowd and that he did not
object to taking the lashing, but
merely objected to being dashed in
front of the crowd.
Judge Lennon ordered the boy
brought back into the court anc
said if he was willing to take the
flashing in the presence of the judge
and an officer in the judges cham
Der, the lashes to be administered
by his mother, he would allow him
to take the punishment instead OF
the county farm sentence.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Mack Smith, 16, Is Whipped
By Mother In County Court

Another flashing was administered
a defendant in recorders court YES.
terday afternoon.
He was Mack Smith, 16, of 1901
North Fourth street, who was found
guilty of assault with a deadly
weapon after he allegedly attempted
to >cut Richard OVERLY.
The boys mother insisted on hav.
ing the privilege of giving him the
whipping, consisting of Is belt lash
es across, the bare back, administer
ed in the attorneys room in the
presence of Judge Alton A. Lennon.
Judge Lennon had sentenced the
boy to serve 80 days on the county
farm. The boy al first wanted to
serve the sentence, but later decid-
ed to take the lashing instead.
When sentence was passed, the
boys mother had asked the court to
impose a fine on the lad rather than
the farm sentence as she needed
his help in business.
Take him into that room the
judges chamber) and give him rs
laSheS across the bare back and TIL
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
MacD ougau Named Acting
Regional W. P. A. Director

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.- R -
The Work Projects Administration
announced today r. L. MacDoug-
all, Georgia administrator, h a d
been named acting regional direc-
tor for the agency in seven south
ern states.
He succeeds Malcolm j. Miller.
now acting assistant WPA COM
missioner in charge of employ
ment.
Officials said MacDougall would
continue, temporarily at least, as
state administrator. Both the state
and regional offices are at Allan
ia. 1t was reported, however, he
would soon be relieved of the state
es.eeition.
The region embraces Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Ten
nessee. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Clarkton Takes Fourth
Win Oh Grid Season

CHARLTON, Oct. 28.-Clark-
toms warriors downed the out
classed Elizabethtown team for its
fourth win the season this week.
end. Council and Little set t h e
pace for the Clarkton backfield,
stepping off long runs from forty
10 sixty yards, aided by some of
the best blocking seen this sea-
son.
The Elizabethtown eleven was
never able to penetrate the Clark
ton strong line. Clarkton's leaders
were Council and Little in the
backfield; the outstanding lines
men were Evans, Clark, Heares
and Barfield. For Elizabethtown
Mott Blair was by far the out
standing star for his eleven.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Clark Addresses Rally
In Brunswick Count,

BOLIVIA, Oct. 28-Speaking at
a rally of Brunswick county demo
Gratis at the Bolivia High school
tonight, Congressman J.. Bayard
Clark, of Fayetteville, emphasized
the benefits this section has re-
ceived from the national admins
tration.
He also praised the long and
fine record" of the state admins
tration. Local issues were discuss
ed at the gathering by State Sen
ator S. B. Frink and R. I. Mintz,
of Southport.
Congressman Clark and Thad
Eure, secretary of state, will ap-
pear at another rally at Leland
Tuesday night. This will be the last
rally in the county at which out
siders will be speakers. A number
of precinct meetings will be held,
however, including one at Wilma
bow Wednesday night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Title To Property
Richards Dock Work

SOUTHPORT, Oct. 2s.-s. B.
Frink, local attorney employed by
the Standard Oil company to look
into the title rights of some Of
the land surrounding the Southport
yacht basin. stated today that the
title did not appear absolutely clear.
But. in his opinion, no great trouble
would be encountered in straighten-
ing everything out in a manner sat.
isfactory to the oil people.
The oil company had planned to
begin the expenditure of quite a
nice sum in the construction of
docks and other facilities at the
basin. This work was to have start
ed early the present month. How
ever, some question about the tile
to certain portions of property sur
rounding the basin arose and the
construction was held up for the,
question to be settled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Menhaden Boats Report
Good Season In South

SOUTHPORT, Oct. 28.-A consid-
cradle number of menhaden bots
stopping here during recent days,
on their way from Florida waters
northward, have been reporting a
fairly good season in the south.
They expect to dig in at Morehead
City and above then to fish south
ward as the hairybacks and roe
menhaden down from the
north. So far, there has been no
reports received here of any con-
siderable movement of fish at any
point south of Long. Island, N. Y.
Reports are that fishing all along
the North Carolina coast has been
the worst in years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Indian Youth Jailed
In Fatal Shooting Case

LUMBERTON, Oct. 28.-John B.
Walters, 16-year-old Indian of near
here, is sbeing held without bail
in Robson county Jail in connec-
ton with the fatal shooting of his
.step-father. Johnson Locklear, ear
ly Sunday morning.
Locklear, his stomach pierced
by three .25 calibre automatic bull
lets, died in a local hospital yes
terday morning.
Sheriff E. Clyde Wade, W h o
made the arrest, said the shooting
followed an argument between the
two at their one-room filling sta
ton home in Smiths township.
An inquest into the shooting has
been set for Friday night. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
WACE-HOUR CASE
REVIEW REFUSED
Action Interpreted As Re-
curing Employers To Pro-
duce Payroll Records

WASHINGTON. Oct. o. Up -
The supreme court took action to-
day that was interpreted by the
federal wage-hour administrator
as requiring all employers to pro,
duce payroll records upo~ the de-
mand of the federal agency.
The court refused to review a
decision by the federal circuit
court at Chicago which held that
records may be requisitioned even
though there is no reasonable
cause to believe that the wage
hour act is being violated.
Commenting on the decision,
Col. Philip B. Fleming, the wage
hour administrator, asserted in a
statement that there could now be
no excuse for any employers re-
fusing access" to such data.
Montgomery Ward and Com
pany, Inc, Chicago mail o r d e r
house, had challenged the admin
istrator's right to examine recor~
concerning 1000 employees at the
Kansas lily, MO-, Drancn store.
The firm contended the admin
istrator was attempting an unreal
sonable search and seizure" pro-
hibited by the constitution. The
wage hour legislation fixes mini
mum pay and maximum work
wee for employees. Litigation in
tended to test the laws constitu-
~tionality is pending before the
court and will be argued in a few
weeks.
Before adjourning until Novem-
Der IL, the supreme cour- also de-
MED an appeal by the Norfolk,
Va, school board from a circuit
court decision holding that negro
school teachers are entitled to the
same compensation as white
teachers equally qualified.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Brunswick Registration
Total Stands At 1873

SOUTHPORT, Oct. oh. M.
Shannon, chairman of the Bruins
wick county selected service re-
gistration board, reported today
that 1873 non resident cards had
been sent off to the homes of men
registering h e r e on Oct. 16.
Against this, Brunswick has re-
ceived the cards of 174 men who
registered out of the county. For
ty of these cards came in one
mail Saturday and it is believed
that still more are on their way
in.
The total registration in this
county was 1918, with 1873 sent off
to their homes and ia having
been sent in to date, there has
been a slight gain in the number
of men subject to call.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Greek Vessels Ordered
To u. S., British Ports

NEW YORK, Oct. 28-R- All
Greek ships in the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans were instructed in a
British radio broadcast heard by
CHS today to proceed to American,
British or Dutch East Indies ports.
The announcement said that the
Greek government gave the in
structions. 1t added that no Greek
ships were to 60 to France or to
ports in French possession.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Chadbourn Boy Injured
When Struck By Auto

CHADBOURN, Oct. 28- Linton
Blake, nine-year-old son of CARTS
Blake, was seriously injured about
noon here today when he was
struck by an automobile when he
ran across the highway.
He suffered a broken leg and
arm and attaches at the Column
bus county hospital, where he was
taken for treatment, said that his
condition was fair"
Officers said that the boy ap-
parently ran into the side Of the
approaching car, the driver of
which was not learned.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
High Points Power
Plant Order Vacated
Action, Taken Upon Request of
City, Follows State Supreme
Court Decision

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3d. R -
The Federal Power commission
vacated today it's order authori-
ling issuance of a license to High
Point, N. c., for construction OF
a municipal power project on the
Yadkin river.
The action, taken upon request
of the city, followed a state SUI
preme court decision that High
Point was not authorized by state
law to comply with or accept the
terms of the license. 4