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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-20

Have you added psychic powers
to your talents
Alas, no. The deduction was
easy. Looking about for clues, l ran
across the pieces of your nice fat
contract in a waste paper basket
So I asked myself, why? Just like
that said, 'Why?'"
"Wasn't il impertinent enough
for you 10 read notes addressed to
other people, without adding to it
by seeking me out? When a person
is over tWenty-one, a person has
privileges. One may even run away
if one wants to-"
"One may" he agreed, nodding,
but that doesn't make it wise
move necessarily. Also, bethought
me of my debt to YOU"
Shall we forget that one, Mr..
Healey? I am already enormously
indebted to YOU"
1T seems to me I've heard that
one before. Things are quite the
other way around, Miss O'Reilly.
You haven't any corner on the good
deed market, have you:"
Il haven't got q corner on any
thing at this moment. Also I am no
longer Miss O'Reilly. Lawrence
added that o. because he thought
it would make my name more
folksy for the radio public, but now
that 1 am no longer Il radio star"
so you've decided that ?"
No, it was decided for nc,
Vance. If hadn't been so blind,
1 would have seen it before be
fore ! saw the notices accidcntly.
But now I know all about it."
Good enough. Now you know,
so now you know what to do about
it,"
do about it?" Her head came
up inquiringly.
Sure"
There isn't anything to do about
it. I'm no star singer. I can't sing!"
Right on the first count, wrong
on the second"
This is no time for paradoxes,"
she told him.
That's my only one" he prom
iscd. II came up here to help you.
Kit. Tn going to talk to you like
q Dutch uncle, and when l get
through"
"supper's on the table, Miss
Reilly" Mrs. Lee said from the
screen door ut Vance's back.
Vance's eyes appealed to Kit.
She smiled.
This is Mr.. Healey, Mrs. Lee.
May I invite him to stay to sup
ncr?"
Lands sake, of course you can.
If your young man doesn't mind
plain food"
Il prefer it," he said, and lifted
Kit from the hammock with a
mighty tug. Sec that you eat all
your supper, girl, and maybe your
young man will take you for walk
in the village after supper"
Later, they strolled down 4
peaceful street, with the setting
sun at their backs and the cool,
sweet evening folding around them.
When they came to the first of
the big white churches, Vance said,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-20
I mira, Year u Probation
System Ends With 3,2le
Persons On Active Lists
tContinued From rage OneA

been ON the bench since the proDa-
lion system got its start IN NoVem-
Der. 1887, has made use OF the Sys-
lem. Judge w. II. BurgWyn has re-
sortcd To il most frequently, with a
TOTAL of 22G probation sentences.
Judge Everett Thompson has imposed
142 such sentences, Judge John D..
Burney III. Judge Felix Alley 1863,
Judge Walter J. Bone ia and Judge
\. H. Gwyn 1O2. No other superior
court Judge has used probation as
many as 100 times.
Probationary sentences have been
imposed by IS inferior courts in 65
counties of the state. Buncombe's
county court. with 1925. is far the
most frequent user Of the probation
system. In New Hanover, lodge
Alton Lennon Of recorders court has
handed out only one probation SEN
tence. and that one was later re-
voked.
Previous Convictions
Classifying the 3.2lO active proba-
TONERS by their previous criminal
record: practically tWo-thirds-2,-
O96-had no previous convictions. Or
these 1856 were males. l4O females.
With one conviction were 595
males, 25 females. total OF 62l,
Two convictions had been recorded
against 21O males, II females. 9th
ers: three convictions. SO males. 4
females. four convictions. 81 males,
| female: five convictions, "A males,
| female: six convictions, IA males,
| female: l6 to 20-tWo males; I'M
known, % males, | female.
OffenSeS
Probation was used for offenses
running alphabetically from aban-
donmcnt to violation OF weights ana
measure law: but larceny and its kim
dred crimes accounted for by far the
greatest number, especially among
the men.
Thus there were 997 men con-
victed of larceny, $40 of breaking
and entering. l65 of receiving stolen
goods. lO6 of housebreaking and lar
ceny. five Of aiding and abetting lar
ceny. four of burglary, q OF en-
bezzlement, 80 of forgery, II OF high
way robbery, Is OF robbery and 81
of storebreaking and larceny.
Violating the prohibition law caugh'
165 men probationers.
The liquor laws, incidentally, were
responsible for more women propa-
TONERS than any other offense, with
81. This violation, along with 81
cases Of larceny. 25 Of prostitution OF
adultery and Is Of assault witt
deadly weapon. accounted for l2t
of the 1872 offenses committed by the
women.
Occupations
Of the active probationers LIE
were regularly employed at the time
they were sentenced, 1.l39 were not
employed and 295 were irregularly
employed.
Farmers topped the list, with 862
followed by common laborers. 4Ol;
never had an occupation, q: tex
tile nal workers, 262: and stu
dent. 1874.
No less than sc classifications are
listed, including one banker, one
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-20
CHAPTER THIRTY

VANCE WAS off. He slackencd
his pace when he approached what
obviously was "the green" Tall
elmS bordered the wide strip Of
green grass that ran between the
TWO distant sides of Main street
and framed, with a natural setting,
the small frcshly-painted white
SrandStand in its center. The stand
was draped with flags and red and
white bunting roped off a section
where fireworks display pieces were
aligned in ehostly outline. Back of
them, magnificent in the stern
grandeur cf their Puritan concep-
ton, rose the steepleS OF the three
inevitable New England churches.
The dusty coupe turned into the
road that led past the last one and
chuggcd laboriously up the hill to-
ward a. white Wide-porched house
with a carpet of petunias laid be-
fore it. As if the climb had been too
much for its delicate connections,
the car 2aspcd and its power died
while still some distance from the
house.
Trcadin@ lightly, his rubber
Soled shoes .aiiing no sound on the
dirt path, Vance cleared the dis
tancc to the porch. He had seen
the familiar contour of dark
mead over the top Of hammock.
rs the lady Of the house in" he
asked in a high falsctto voice.
The dark head didn't turn. NO"
its voice said.
Il represent the Ajax Do-Arl
company, madam. ! have here lit
tie Sadgct which cleans windows,
2cels potatoes, sings the baby to
sleep and teaches you how to play
the harp in ten easy lesson; pre-
vents sun"
The dark head twisted about and
TWO gray eyes looked over the ton
OF the hammock. vance,"
I'm person." he said. distributing
his length i'll a porch chair. Not to
mention the Wiltcd raimcnt and a
hrst-class huff. If you had to find
retreat, couldn't you have found
one approached by a less dusty
rOad?"
That was one Of the reasons
why l selected this place. How
how did you know where I was
am?"
Simple. Healey sees all knows
oil. A slight case of house breaking.
hStiGatcd by the worried inquiry
OF our Fran. She got worried about
yo'l and rang me up long distance
ana gave me permission to snoop
IN your apartment. SO, did. Fare
vel notes, my chick-a-dcc, should
always be left on pillows or pin
cushions" t'
I'm glad you told me. I'll do
PETER next time" she promised
ann swcetlN You see, was fresh
OUT Of pin cushions"
vance clicked his tongue svmpa-
.Aetlcally. mot even a min cisb
Ion" he said sadly. "Could if he
.hat you also feel you lack other
A. could De-" she said agreeably.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-20
Greek Attacks Repulsed,
Italians Say
(Con:;nued From Page Oncl

Continued From Page Onn>
without dropping their bombs. the
communicate said.
Cooperating with the land forces
at Koritza, Italian planes bombed
and machine gunned GSek troops,
the high command added, hitting
roads, barracks and troop concentra-
lions.
Besides three enemy" planes re-
ported yesterday to have been shot
down the communique said. five
others were brought down in flames.
One Italian plane failed TO return.
CA British announcement said
British fighters shot down nine ltal-
ian planes yesterday without any
British lOsSeS.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-20
Marital Status. Dcpcn,in,.

school graduate.
and unknown"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-20
:EDAY IN RADIO

YESTERDAY IN RADIO
Fly Jasper Dowd
Dubbed the Scmh!er Songhird. Con
test Winner Kitty Kelly last nlsht
waved herself fiGdgliug as yet too
nr,,risI 10 venture with iwpunity from
r'Ltravsr, rrSt shelters such SongStIrS.
IL voice has the dubious quality of
Swrr,nrss hut il lacks the full-throat-
,I cultivated quality and dramatic flair
one was led 70 expect IN proportion 10
The enterprise which launched her. II
ives one reason {" suspect that con-
frsts of this kind prove
Kit put the clipping down and
picked up another. The second one
was also from ti,e pen of Jasper
Down. She read:
AFTER three programs. II IS our sad
6rtv IL report that We cannot pIcultt
:. T,nnv fr;l,lrn Tor tho Scmhlcr Gin
J,r%ii.i Elrl. Kitty O'ItGIlly. Her voice.
,,nr minus even lie quality of sweet
r,ss which first marked II. IS too small
~ rate her spot. Last nights S"mbicr
nrn,r1r, njGN-U-ht"a violin solo by
N,rk NIouryco. ivnS 4 mymhor, OF the
S,mhicr orchestral one wonders II
hnmc talent ralhC" than TO expensive
contests for star matcr!al.
Kit wished that she could put
them all aside. But. mechanically,
she picked up another:
g.. 80 ..--. / REVISED
"F,,,,- a. example Of other
more successful shows. the SembiCE
radio directors haze revised thcir POI,
lev and vii! GivC Top billing to guest
t.sIn i,tr,..,ly, list Of Broadway
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-20
Lions to Meet.

The weekly meeting Of the Lions
Club viii be held this evening al :
o'clock at the Vance hotel. All men,
berS were urged 70 attend.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-20
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
NE.TTt,, Tor MD RELEASED ~
CENT ~. iEE$S ASSOCIATION

The printed words of shocking
truth leaped at Kit from the old
CLIPPINGS:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
plan Drawn 10 Make
Washington Diocese
Central See Of u. ).
Episeopo|ions to Present
Proposal to Kansas City
Convention Of Church

Plans to make the Washington
diocese the central COR primatiaD
see of the Episcopal Church in this
country were being formulated to-
day to be presented to the General
Convention of the church, opening
October Is in Kansas City, Mo.
A number of times in the past
men high in the councils Of the
church have sought to shift the Of
flee of the presiding bishop of the
church from New York to Washing
ton. The presiding bishop is now
the Right Rev. Henry st. George
Tucker, who is also Bishop of Vir-
ginia. His offices as presiding
bishop are at the Church Missions
House in New York. However, he
does not head the see in which the
office is situated. Great Britain has
a primatial see for its archbishop
and it is thought one should be Gre
ated in this country. The Washing
ton diocese has been widely men
toned as logical for this honor.
Delegates from the Washington
diocese are expected to play
prominent part in the convention.
The Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington, will make the
opening address at a mass meeting
October Is and the Rev. Re Barney
Phillips, rector of the Church of the
Epiphany and chaplain Of the Sen
ate, will preside over the House of
Deputies of the convention for the
fourth time.
The Rev. Clyde Brown, diocesan
missioner, serves on the See Selec-
ton Commission. Other delegates
will be the Very Rev. Noble c.
Powell, dean of the Cathedral of
SITS. Peter and Paul; DR.. Frank j.
Bohanan, rector of st. Pauls
Church, Rock Creek Parish. oldest
Protestant church in the District;
DR.. Sinclair Bowen. Washington
physician and member of st.
Adams Parish Charles F. Wilson,
chancellor of the diocese and Epi-
phany Church junior warden: Col
T. E. Robertson, member of All
Saints Episcopal Church, Chevy
Chase, and an officer of the Northern
Convocation. and o. R. Singleton,
another active diocesan layman.
The Rev. F. Bland Tucker, rector
of St. Johns Church. Georgetown,
and brother of the presiding bishop,
is member of the Episcopal Church
Commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
Hobby Show Features
Wheat|ey Pr. A. Meeting

About 400 persons attended last
night the opening meeting Of the
fall of the Wheatley School Parent
Teacher Association at which chair
men of 80 committees outlined plans
for the school term.
A hobby show. exhibits made by
pupils Of the school during the sum-
mer, featured last nights meeting.
The show was the suggestion of
Miss Florence c. Mortimer, princi-
pal. who, annually, gives a list Of
hobby suggestions prior to the grant
of summer vacation Judges will
pass on the exhibit Thursday and
awards will be presented winners.
Representative Lambertson, Re-
publican, of Kansas spoke.
The summer playground hobby
exhibit, which is not in competi-
ton with the other hobby work.
was given blue ribbon certificate
of merit. Mrs. Pearl M. Jones was
director of the playground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09

years Of missionary work in the
Orient on october II, when the new
Japanese religious bodies act be-
comes effective"
Or on the plea Of the Archbishop
of Canterbury that the American
church take over some of the Eng
lish church's mission work in the
West Indies, Canada, Japan and
China Suggestion to appropriate
$l17,000 annually for this work will
be made to the convention.
japanese Ban Predicted.
Bishop Nichols said Japanese ON
Gals have list of all American and
European missionaries and that
those regarded as objectionable"
because of anti-totalitarian SYM
pathies probably would be ordered
to leave Japan.
Bishop w. Payne Roberts Of
Shanghai agreed with Bishop
Nichols report and added:
Control of American missionary
efforts in China by the japanese
will be the end Of most of our edu-
cational, religious and sociological
institutions there"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
Man in Buthrobe
Found on Street

Clad only in bathrobe, a middle.
aged man was found wandering at
Eighteenth and F streets NV. about
3 o'clock this morning by 1t. R. J
Barrett of No. 8 precinct.
The man, 1t. Barrett reported,
was unable to identify himself or
furnish a clue to where he lived
He was taken to Gallinger Hospital
while police sought to identify him
The man is between so and S.
years of age. is 5 feet or 8 inches
tall and weighs $50 pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
Agricultural Society

An American Society of Agricul-
tural Sciences has been established
for the advancement Of scientific
agriculture throughout the Ameri-
can republics, with organization al
ready started in the various ma
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
Devere Allen to Speak

Devere Allen, editor. writer and
educator, will speak before the Citi-
zens' Committee Against War on
What I Saw in Europe" at SIS
pm. tomorrow at the Friends Meet
ing House, I'LL Florida avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
Episcopa|ians Turn
To War Problems al
General Convention
Mission Work in Orient
Declared Endangered BY
New japanese Law
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. Oct 9.-Brilliant
pageantry of the call to worship will
open the Episcopal Church's SD
triennial general convention today,
but it will overshadow only tempo
rarily the problems to be faced be-
cause of wars in Europe and the
Orient.
Delegates eyes will be focused on
a professional of 1850 vested choris-
tiers, laymen and clergy marching to
the great chancel erected in Munich
pal Auditorium.
Canterbury Sends Plea.
But delegates minds will be dwell
ing on the words of Bishop Shirley
H. Nichols Of Kyoto, Japan, who told
the church's national council last
night:
THE American Christian church
will suffer its greatest blow In 100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09

TO provide extra
power, shuts off
when the need is
post. Result: Ac.
tvolly more power
from less gasoline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
Nutshell PICTURE
Of Americas Most Powerful
Stondord.Prodvetion Engine

Bo.ic source Of this engines peak
power is the FlREsAll design which
eompoefs the fuel charge into the
shope Of q faottened ball ground
the .pork. Fired from its heart
under higher compression pressure,
each charge lets go with heavier
wollon fhot exfrocts more power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09

from each charge Of fuel AmpIfyins this is Compound
corbvreon in which the usual large eorburetor is re.
placed by two smcler mixers teamed to work together
Only one Of these eorbvreto functions in normo driving
The other cuts in automatically whenever it is needed
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
ERMAN
GERMAN DRIVE ON
PARIS PREDICTED
Continued from Page One)

(VyUlGllkGOu
would "see to it that the last re-
sistance is broken"
Zone ship after another has been
sunk by the German air force and
navy on the (French) coast, in the
lChannel or in the North Sea-" the
lagency said, and the British trans
port fleet at Dunkerque has been
dispersed or destroyed.
No Tabulation
There still was no tabulation Of
the amount of booty taken in
Flanders and Artois but the COM
munique said 200 ann of all
sizes we're taken from n Allied
army alone.
Recapitulating the successes of
German air s%quadrons against AL
lied seapower, it said:
I'm all, four Warshps and II
transports with a total tonnage of
81, 900 have been sunk. Fourteen
warships (two cruisers, two light
cruisers, one anti-aircraft cruiser,
six destroyers, two torpedoboats
and one speedboat) as well as 48
merchant ships with a total ton
mage of 100, 900 have been dam
aged by bomb hits.
Numerous boats, long boats and
tug boats we're capsized and troop
concentrations on the b e a C h at
Dunkerque successfully attacked
with bombs"
There was no mention in today's
communique of the sinking of the
33, 950-ton British %battleship Mel
son, one of Britain's newest and
mightiest dreadnaughts. announc-
ed yesterday by an authorized
spokesman at a foreign press con-
ference.
The German press carried stor-
lies of the reported sinking under
New York dateline, quoting h e
American press.
Reports Omitted
The communicate omitted also
reports on activity on the main
battlefront from the Channel at
Abbeville along the Somme a n d
Aisne rivers to Montmedy.
But military observers were
awaiting a tremendous offensive
on this line, the road to Paris.
They expected, however, that a
drive on the French capital would
not consist merely of a frontal as
sault on the Allies defenses across
northern France.
General Paul Hasse noted in sew
eral newspapers that Count Alfred
Won ~Schlieffen, author of the famed
'Schlieffen plan," in addition to
his much-quoted deathbed remark,
Keep my right flank strong" had
another lesson which he n e v e r
grew tired of preaching.
That was that a frontal attack
led only to ordinary Victories
not to destruction of the enemy.
That, he commended, can be accom-
plished only by outhanking both
enemy wings, leaving no exit. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
val to raise about 1856, 600, 900 of
additional revenue a year.
Emergency Taxes

val to raise about 1856, 600, 900 of
additional revenue a year.
Emergency Taxes
Senator George D-Ga), men,
Der of the senate finance commit
tee, said he thought the president S
request for more defense funds
made it almost mandatory that
congress- levy about a billion dol
lars a year in emergency taxes.
Chairman Harrison (D-Miss) OF
the senate committee and Dough
ton D-NC) of the house ways and
means committee were understood
10 have discussed the possibility
of increasing the proposed tax
bills scope, but neither would in
dictate whether any decision had
been reached.
AS. now drawn the bill would
increase the national debt limit
So 600, 600, 900 to $48, 0o0, 0OO, 900 thus
permitting additional borrowing. 1t
also would increase income taxes
10 per cent and raise levies on
liquor, tobacco, gasoline ana otner
commodities.
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,
a republican presidential aspirant,
told newsmen he thought the pre-
sident's latest request for defense
funds made it more necessary than
ever to overhaul the tax structure
completely. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
LINERS LEAVE
EUROPE WITH
u. S. CITIZENS
Continued from Page One)

a troopship with American and for.
eign refugees, sailed today for New
York.
Approximately 1900 passengers
were aboard, nearly three times the
ships normal capacity.
The sailing was delayed a day be.
cause of the crush of applicants for
accommodations but several hundred
were left behind.
Steamship agents said at least
1000 persons hoping to embark on
the Manhattan were left behind.
Two smaller American liners, the
President Harrison and the Excam.
bion, due to sail tomorrow or Tues
day, were booked to capacity.
Their hopes now are pinned on the
United States liner Washington, due
at Bordeaux, France, Tuesday.
United States lines officials, how.
ever, were not sure whether the
Washington would call at Genoa
after leaving the French port. They
assumed that a decision would de
pend on whether Italy entered the
war by that time.
Third-class passengers, more thar
two-thirds of those on board. stood
in line from early morning for the
formalities of embarkation. Although
precedence vas given to Americans
they were forced to battle through
crowds of unhappy refugees from
northern and central Europe who re
'iGnedly awaited their turn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
COMPULSORY ARMY
TRAINING ORECAST
Solons See System For U. S.
If Germany Wins Eu-
ropean War

WASHINGTON, June 2-R-
Compulsory military training for
all physically fit American youths
was predicted in congressional cir
cles today as a virtual certainty II
Germany wins the European var
Discussion of such a training
system and other methods Of aug
menting defense has become wide
spread following President Roose-
velt's request that congress give
him powers to call the NatloIai
Guard and organized reserves to
active duty in peace time.
Chairman May D-Ky) OF the
house military committee, saying
the United States would have to
expand greatly its armed forces
if the Allies we're defeated, assert
ed he favored immediate expan-
SION of the regular army to $780, 900;
men. It now is limited by law to
$50. 900, although only 227,Ooo OF
that dCtualiy law ~
enlisted.
Other members of the committee
voiced the opinion that the COM
pulsory training method, long the
accepted practice in many Euro
nean nations, would be more eco
nomical than attempting to main
tain a large force of permanent
troops and would have the advan-
tage of building up a tremendous
reserve of trained fighters.
Representative Smith O-Conn)
said it was estimated that approx
imately 1900, 900 youths reach mill
itary service age each year and
that if even so per cent of them
we're physically fit they would form
an adequate standing army. i
Smith said the desirable method
would be to take those 750, ooo
Youths into the army and navy inn
mediately before they enter their
business or professional careers
and give them one year of military
training. Thereafter, they could be
called back for periodic brush
up" training.
The student soldiers would be
maid much less than the army now
pays it's enlisted men.