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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-03
Mr.. HuIus Likes His Beers

Redskins will be the Eastern
quite trick to beat out the
planning
will the Washingonians
line.
cautious takes nothing for granted
Of
do little extra worrying
game the lair of the Bear.
IS a five
Sunday against the Cardinals they have been
getting Mr. George Haa the
the
the
assembled
Haas Fortyfour points against
Is minutes against the
Giants hat
Packers the Redskins will have
plenty experience with the
them
wandering around the country
the Eastern
picked Western title
settle the argument and
the Packers made of with one sided victory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-03

play of the next period Sweiger hit
center for a touchdown and Mernik
went in calmly to boot the point
that won the game.
Evening star., 1940-11-19

na, ~ Last. Buckc
valking oxford with
AlIigatoY calf trim,
No. b Last: Suede
walking oxfor4 with
Data6t trim, novelty
Stitehins ----G1l.@
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

Mrs. Amos GRAPHICAL who has
been ill with flu for some time,
is still confined to her home
here.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Farm Officials
To Be In Ashe
Next Thursday

A large number of officials of
the extension service at State
College and state AAA represent
tatives will be in the county next
Thursday to conduct an all-day
educational meeting with men,
bers of the county and township
committeeman.
The extension service and AAA
program for Ashe county will be
discussed at length.
The following specialists and
representatives are expected to
be at the courthouse: r. w. Ora
Der, extension forester; F. r.
Farnham, dairy specialist; H. r.
Niswonger, horticulturist; E. c.
Blair, agronomists; J. F, Inflow,
AAA district field officer; Mr..
Cathey, state AAA committee
man and F. S. Sloan, district ag-
ent.
A complete program for the
year for Ashe county will be
mapped out at that time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Bill Waynan And
Jack Rhodes Buy
Out Machine Shop
Wayman in Charge. Ingram
To Specialize in Manufac-
ture OF Trailers.

Bill Wayman and Jack Rhodes
of West Jefferson, have bought
most of the equipment from the
Ashe Manufacturing Company
here and have opened a machine
shop, which will be known as the
Parkway Machine Shop, located
back of Parker's store and DR.
Eller's office.
Mr.. Wayman will be in charge
and will continue to operate the
shop on the same basis as Mr.. In
gram has done since moving the
company here in 1886.
Mr.. Ingram will also continue
to run the Ashe Manufacturing
Company and will specialize in
the manufacture of trailers in &C.
cordance with his own designs.
He said he was not sure yet as
to where the company will be To-
Gated, but it would be here in
town.
Mr.. Wayman has had several
years of mechanical experience
and machinist. He was connected
with the Allegheny Motor Sales
and later with the Duncan Mo-
tor Company.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Many Expected
Tn Enter Race
For Congress
Hot Race Seen if Doughton
Does Not Change His
Mind i'm Near Future.
AUSTIN is ONE

If Representative r. L. Dough-
ton does not reconsider and de-
eide to remain in Congress an
other term, it is believed that
there will be an array of candi-
dates for the vacated seat in the
ninth district.
These prospective candidates
have supported their chief for
many years and will probably re-
main out of the race as long as he
chooses to run.
A warm contest is expected to
develop in event he doesn't re-
consider in the near future.
Included in the list of those
giving consideration to making
the race is w. B. Austin. T. c.
Bowie has been mentioned as a
candidate, but yesterday he told
a Post reporter that he was not
at all interested.
Other possible candidates are:
Walter Woodson, Sr., of Sails
bury; Charles Price, of Salisbury;
c. H. Clement, of Salisbury;
Hugh Mitchell, of Statesville;
Con Johnson, Mooresville; L. S.
Squirting, Lenoir; John McLaugh-
lin, Statesville and j. Erskine
Smith, of Albemarle, who has al
ready announced for lieutenant
governor.
Jim Rivers, Boone newspaper
man, has already announced his
candidacy.
''The announcement came as a
complete shock to me and I want
him to reconsider" Mr.. Austin
said yesterday. When asked if he
would be a candidate if Mr.
Doughton does not reconsider, he
said he was giving the matter
consideration.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Wilkes Man Held
In Mothers Death

North Wilkesboro, Jan. 15.-A
coroner's jury today ordered An
drew Gregory, 5O-year-old WPA
worker, held for the mysterious
death of his mother, Mrs. Can
zada Gregory, about rs, at her
home in Somers township Sun
day.
At the inquest conducted this
morning by Coroner I. M. Myers
neighbors told that Andrew went
to their home Sunday afternoon
about 2:3O o'clock and related
that his mother was burned and
was dead. They said that he was
in a drunken condition.
Those who went to the home
said they found the aged woman
lying on the floor badly burned
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Water, Sewerage
System In Sparta
Now Completed
One of Most Complete in N. C.,
100000 System Only Cost
Town $4,000

Construction on the 100000
water and sewerage program in
Sparta has been completed and
final inspection will be made to-
day, District Sanitarian Webster
announces.
''This is one of the most COM
plete and modern systems in the
state and / am proud of it," he
stated.
The facilities of water and
sewerage are now available to all
citizens of the town and the wa
ter supply is adequate to take
care of future growth, he said.
The water is pumped from wells
and all services are connected
with meters.
Floyd Grouse and other lead
ing citizens in Sparta have spent
great deal of time working out
this needed improvement pro-
gram.
Through the aid of PWA and
WPA, the 100000 system was in
stalled at a cost of around $780,
900 to the town of Sparta.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Henry Shatley,
81, Died Tues,
Had Lived In Ashe County
Since He Was Is. Native
Of Wilkes Co.

Henry Shatley, we'll known cit
izen of the jefferson community,
died at the home of his son, Tho
mas Shatley, on Tuesday, at the
age of 81.
The deceased was a native OF
Wilkes but had made his home
in Ashe for more than IT years
where he was actively engaged in
farming as long as his health per-
mitted.
Funeral service was conducted
yesterday at the Friendship
church with Elders Edgar Den
ney, Franklin Barker and VIM.
Hurley in charge. Burial followed
in the Friendship cemetery.
He is survived by three sons,
Eugene, Cline and Thomas Shat
ley; three daughters: Mrs. Laura
Kelly, Mrs. Sibley Pennington
and Venie Shatley, also survive
His wife, Mrs. Matilda Bowers
Shatley, preceded him to- the
grave some time ago.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
A Mass Meeting
To Be Held In
Jefferson Tues
To Try to Solve Water Situa'
ton. Health and WPA Of
ficers Are Expected.

A mass meeting of the citizens
of the Jeffersons will be held next
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in
the courtroom to consider posi-
bility of getting WPA project for
water and sewerage improvement
in the town, Mayor w. H. Worth
has announced.
Warren H. Booker, director OF
the division of sanitation engi-
neering, State Board of HEALTH
and a representative of the dis
trict office of WPA will be pre-
sent, he said.
All citizens in the town have
been urgently invited to attend
the meeting.
The water problem in the coun-
ty seat town has reached an acute
stage and something will have to
be done. The present system is
inadequate to take care of the
needs, interested citizens point
out.
C.. J. Rich and other leading
citizens there have been working
with Mr.. Worth in an effort to
map out a satisfactory improve
ment program.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Big Presidents Ball To Be.
Held Here On Saturday Night
Funds To Aid in The Fight
Against Infantile Paraly-
sis. Music By Hess.

Plans are now being perfected
for the big annual Presidents
Birthday Ball to be held here on
Saturday night at the community
club house. Wilmer Hess and his
nine-piece orchestra will fur
nish the music and large crowd
is expected to attend, Chairman
Bruce Dent said today.
The new community building
will be decorated in the patriotic
colors of red, white and blue and
number of guests prizes will
be awarded. The dance will open
at nine o'clock, and every one is
urged to attend.
Following the usual custom, the
funds raised from this event will
go to aid in the fight against the
dreaded disease, infantile paraly-
sis. A portion of the funds will
60 to the National Foundation,
which is particularly interested
in research work for determining
the cause of this malady. The
hospitals throughout the country
are also aided. A portion of the
funds will also remain in Ashe
county, to be used in the aid of
under-privileged crippled child
rem here.
1t will be recalled that the Ro-
tary club, sponsoring clinics for
these, under the direction of DR..
Gaul, has done much for the
crippled children and this work
will be carried on further.
The slogan of the balls
throughout the country, ''dance
that others may walk" is a chal-
lenge to all to aid in this cause.
Those who cannot attend the
dance may help by giving dona-
tons to the fund.
Bruce Dent is chairman of the
birthday celebration committee
and other members are, DR.. J. K.
Hunter, Gale Mcmillan, Ed D.
Barr, Ira T. Johnston, and Robert
Barr.
DIR. Julian Miller, editor of the
Charlotte Observer reports that
all except three counties in N. c.
now have celebrations underway
to raise funds for this worth
while cause.
Gale Mcmillan, Rotary chair
man of crippled children pointed
out that there is much good that
can be done here at home from
the funds raised.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Train Arrives
Here At 1910 AM.
Coal Car Derailed At White
top. Very Little Da-
mage Is Done.

West Jefferson experienced the
unusual Tuesday, by having 6
midnight train which arrived
here at 1910. It was not an ex-
ira or a special, but the regular
afternoon train which was about
nine and one half hours late, due
to the derailment of a carload
of coal about a mile south OF
Whitetop, Va.
The cause of the derailment
was not known, and a wrecker
from Bristol had to be sent for
before the car could be re-tracked
and the train take up its journey
again.
No one was hurt, and except
for a possible small loss of coal
there was little damage done. P.
C. Wright, local agent for the N.
& w. said that this was the first
time in a number of years that
the train had arrived at this late
hour.
Due to the fact that West JEFF
ferson has but one train per day,
this is greatly missed when it
fails to arrive around scheduled
time. The post office and railroad
station were swamped with in
uuiries as to the whereabouts of
this common carrier.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Grading Of Cafes
Will Be Resumed

Inspection of cafes, restaurants
and other eating places here in
West jefferson will be resumed
in the near future, Sanitarian
Webster announced yesterday.
He explained that this work
had been postponed because of
work on sewerage lines in the
business district. "These lines
are now completed and we will
start our grading program soon,' -
he said.
He stated that he has received
instructions from DIR. Reynolds
to resume this activity as soon
as local cafes and restaurants
had an opportunity to work out
their sewerage problems.
The state law requires all cafes
and restaurants to have a grade
of at least 20.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Leaders In Ashe
And State Send
Their Requests
Announcement of Retirement
Received with Surprises
and Profound Regrets.
DISTRICT BEHIND HIM

Democratic leaders in Ashe and
in the eight other counties of this
congressional district, as well as
throughout the state, wired and
telephoned Representative r. L.
Doughton yesterday, expressing
surprise and regret over his an
nouncement of retirement and
urging that he reconsider and re-
main in office at least another
term.
AS soon as the news reached
here yesterday morning through
the daily press, large number
of party leaders and other inter-
ested citizens wired and wrote
Mr.. Doughton.
"The distinguished position
that you hold as chairman of the
powerful ways and means COM
mittee gives your district and
state an honor, and an opportuni-
ty for service that we cannot af-
ford to lose," one telegram stated.
Il very deeply regret the an
nouncement and hope he will re-
consider and decide to stay an
other term" Senator w. B. Aus
tin, a lifelong friend of the
Congressman and a possible can
didate as a successor, declared.
J. B. Hash and the chairmen of
the Democratic executive COM
mittee of all counties in the 9th
district sent the following tele-,
gram:
Gas chairman of each of the
county Democratic executive
committees of the counties in
your district, we urgently beseech
your immediate reconsidera-
ton of your announcement of re-
tirement. We are fully apprecia-
tive of the great sacrifice con-
tinued service will entail; how
ever, local, national and Internal
ional problems are of such acute
and pressing nature that the uni
versal desire of your constitu-
tents is that you serve at least
another term of office. This fer
vent wish is not only the wish of
the people of your district, but
we believe, of the people of
North Carolina. Such a sacrifice
on your part will fill the hearts
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Short Course In
Poultry Will Be
Held Next Tues,
All AShe Farmers Invited To
Attend. To Be Held i'm Le-
nOir. All Day
PRIZES ARE OFFERED

A number of Ashe county far
mers and their wives are expec-
ted to attend a one-day Poultry
Short Course to be held in Lee
noir next Tuesday, in the audi
forum of the agricultural build
ing. The course will be conduc-
ted by the extension service at
State College and a full days
program has been arranged,
which will start at 9:45 and last
until 3:45 o'clock.
"This short course is held for
all people interested in Poultry
in Ashe, Allegheny, Watauga,
Avery, Mitchell, Burke, Cataw-
ba Alexander Wilkes and Cald-
well countless" the announcement
stated.
''You are not only invited to
attend this meeting, but are also
urged to invite your neighbors
and bring them with you," c. J.
Rich, county agent, stated.
In connection with the course,
an egg show will be held and
valuable prizes given to winners.
Four classes are set up: best doz-
en- extra white eggs, $3.50 oun-
ces best dozen standard white
eggs, 24-26 ounces; best dozen ex-
ira brown eggs, rs to % ounces
and best aaczen standard brown
eggs, 2. rs ounces.
Atten, lance prizes will be CIV
en- to the county having the lar
gest number attending the con-
ference Or rather travelling the
longest number of miles.
Speakers on the program in
clude c. F. Parrish, DIR. c. H.
Bostian, Dr.. r. S Dea rstyne. T.
T. Brown and other,.x
ours is a large poultry rails
ing county and I hope we will
have large delegation present"
Mr.. Rich declared.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
PRESIDENT MAY
SEEK THIRD TERM

One of the big questions i'm
the nation today is, "will
President Roosevelt seek a
third term?"
LIN commenting on the deci-
sion of Congressman r. L.
DoughtOn to retire, the Presi-
dent told representatives of
the press that che would hate
to lose MIR. DOughtOn".
This remark was interpre-
ted to mean that DOughtOn
would be going out of office
in December, while he would
continue, If he doesn't run
again and elected, he will be
going out of office, too!
So there's something to off
set the rumOrs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Expect Tobacco
Allotment Now

The 1910 hurley tobacco allot-
ment for Ashe county is expec-
ted to be received by the farm
agents office on every mail now,
Mr.. Rich stated yesterday.
He also announced that farm
ers desire to raise tobacco this
year for the first time, have until
February /, to place their appli-
cations, but urged that they do SO
at once.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
AsHE COUNTY

Z the air-conditioned section of
North Carolina whose altitude
ranges from 5000 to $500 feet
above sea level. Twenty-Five miles
OF the PARKWAY run through
the county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
BELEvE-IT-OR-NOT

The SlIyland Post is the only
paper in North Carolina having
an audited circulation of over
three times the total population
of the town in which it is pub
lished.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-27
NUISANCE RAID
Flaming Ring OF Anti-Air-
craft Guns Keeps Raiders
From City's Heart
NEWSPAPERS DELAYED
German Planes Bomb Other
Sections OF England; so
Killed AT Folkestone

LONDON. Aug. 27.-Tuesday)-
-FyRor almost six hours the Ger
man air force hurled slaughter and
destruction in and around London
last night and early today in the
longest air raid of the war.
The toll of property damage and
casualties was inestimable but ap-
parently heavy.
The clear signal came at $40
am. (9:4O pm, Monday, EST,
Just IL minutes short of six hours
after the sirens first screeched the
alarm.
Many watchers declared the
| continuous chain of circling Nazis
was a deliberate maneuver-a
nuisance raid" to< keep the city
up all night.
Guns Busy
A flaming ring Of anti-aircraft
defense apparently kept the raid
ers from the heart of the city, but
they roared around and around it,
dropping their bombs on the out
skirts.
Several times bombers were
caught in the crossbeams of pow
erful searchlights and jettisoned
their heavy explosive cargoes to
speed their escape.
So intense was the conflict that
operations in Fleet street, Lon
don's newspaper row, were brought
to a virtual standstill, editions be-
ing held up to await the outcome.
damned thousands of theater-
goers were caught out by the raid
and missed their last trains to
suburban homes which they may
or may not find intact.
Core of Darkness
Within the continual circle Of the
city's defenses, binding b h t,
the blackout made a core of dark
Continued OH Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-27
Joint ARMS BOARD
HOLDS FIRST MEET
La Guardia Says Defense
Studies Translate Monroe
Doctrine Into Action

OTTAWA, Aug. 26.-CP-Deliber'
ations of the Canada-United States
permanent joint board on defense
represent "the Monroe doctrine trans
lated into action" declared Fiorello
LaGuardia, mayor of New York and
chairman of the United States sec
ton, in an interview here tonight.
The board held it's first session this
afternoon.
Asked if creation Of the board rep
resented a new approach to a Pan
American defense plan Mayor La
Guardia said:
"You can use your own judgment.
I think it is self-evident."
The short, stocky World war avia-
tor, who sail he believed in plain
speaking, said of the United States
defense forces: 1--WE haven't much to
brag about but we will have in a
few weeks"
The board, created last week after
a conference at Ogdensburg, N. Y,
between President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Mackenzie King,
Aug. 17-18, opened it's studies today
of problems facing the two countries
in defending the northern half OF
the western hemisphere from agrees
sino.
While all it's activities are behind
closed doors and it's report will GO
dill ectly to the two governments con
cerned, it is believed to contemplate
the establishment of United States
army, naval and air bases on Cana
dian territory, presumably in the
maritime provinces.
So far as could be learned the
board is concentrating at the moment
on defense of strategic points on the
Atlantic. Mayor LaGuardia said this
gave the board "plenty of mileage
J. Pierrepont Moffat, United States
minister to Canada, entertained the
Canadian and American sections OF
the board at dinner tonight. OttaTS
Continued ON Page TwO)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-27
T%HREE-COUNTY SET-UP
Jerry Smith, Accused OF
Being Head Of Organiza-
ton, Reported Missing

GREENSBORO, Aug. 26.|RE
Sixteen people, including Wade
Renfrow, secretary of the High
Point civil service commission and
M. I. Ormond, High Point police
officer were under bonds tonight
pending hearing September 8 II
municipal county court, following
widespread police raids that car
ried them into three counties Sun
day morning in what police said
was an effort to halt the operations
of a lottery ring doing an average
business of 5000 per day.
Smith Missing
Police Chief l.. l.. Jarvis said a
statewide search was being MADE
for a man he listed as Jerry
Dutch) Smith. He said Smith was
charged with being the head OF the
ring which operated in Burlington,
Greensboro, High Point and
brownsville.
The raids we're Launched early
Sunday morning after a prolonged
investigation headed by e
Chief Jarvis, City Solicitor p. u.
Kuykendall and District Solicitor
H. L. Koontz. Warrants charge
conspiracy to Establish, operate
and maintain a lottery.
Jarvis said the others arrested
were Reba Ingram, Winston-Salem
road; Florence Smith, alias Jane
Starnes, and Nellie Smith, alias
Norma Wilson, arrested at tn e
home of George Smith, High Point
road; George Stephenson, negro,
Burlington; Curtis Frost, n e 6 o,
High Point; Bill Coble, Greensbo'
ro; Herbert Norwood, George Por-
ter, Bill Dung, Frank Brawley,
negroes, Greensboro; Monroe Mas
CONTINUED on Page TWO)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-27
BRITISH STEAMER
REPORTS ATTACK
Craft Says 1t Was Stopped
And Shelled 600 Miles
South OF Madagascar

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 Up -
MacKay Radio said tonight it nae
Intercepted a message from the Brit
ish steamship British Commander
reporting it had been stopped ano
shelled by an unknown vessel.
MacKay said it received the mes
sage from a British radio station
near Oxford
The message read:
"At O22O GNT Greenwich Night
Time) following received: teamel
British Commander, position 1851
south, 1880 east, stopped by un'
known vessel 0125.
"At O129 ship reported pelns
shelled."
The position given would put the
Continued on Page TWo).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-27
House Group
ApprovesNew
Profits Levy
Committee Okehs 20 To so
Per Cent Tax On Corpora
ton Excess Profits
DEADLOCK IS BROKEN
Plan Designed To Prevent
War Millionaires' Yet
Encourage Arms Plants

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-R-
Breaking a protracted deadlock,
the house ways and means COM
mittee approved today a 20 to SO
per cent tax on corporation Eek
cess profits" and a plant amorti-
cation plan designed to speed up
the letting of defense contracts:
4. The measure, asked by the ad-
ministration, is designed to lGe-
vent the creation of war million
aires while not discouraging man.
ufacturing companies from max
ing plant expansions needed for
the National defense. Small. cor
porations, making no more than
S., 900 a year, are exempted from
the tax.
Proposals Changed
The committee made a number
of changes in the proposals of its
tax subcommittee, headed by Rep.
Cooper (D-Tenn). Generally speak
ing, these changes were designed
to make the tax sitter on corpo-
rations with high earnings a d
lower on concerns earning small
profits.
It was estimated unofficially that
the changes would increase tn G
prospective revenue from the
measure this year from $3.50, 000,
600 to more than 5000, 900, 600.
Thus the changes were designed
to meet complaints by both repub-
lican and democratic committee
members that the tax, as original
ly proposed, would fall hardest on
those least able to pay and also
would raise little revenue. This
controversy had kept the bill in
committee since last Tuesday.
Calling it lone of the e S t
things I've ever known" Chair
man Doughton D-NC) announced
that the legislation was agreed to
unanimously. It will be considered
in the house Thursday.
The measure includes a provis-
ion for suspending the Vinson-
Continued on Page Two)