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Evening star., 1940-06-30
BY MORGAN M. BEATTY,
Associated Press Staff Writer.

BY MORGAN M. BEATTY,
Associated Press Staf Writer.
One day back in 1887 when the
New Deal utility scrap was making
Washington weather stickier than
usual, I had to get some informa-
tion about Commonwealth e. South
ern, the big holding company Wen
dell L. Willkie runs.
A utility representative in WASH
ington said:
Sorry, can't speak for c. & S.,
but Ill pass on your questions"
Then the phone rang.
This is Wendell Willkie," said
the voice, crisp like iceberg lettuce.
But I didn't know you were in
Washington, Mr.. Willkie."
I'm not" he snapped, "but when
a reporter wants my side OF this
scrap, I'm ready to give it to him.
Shoot!"
From his New York Office right
next to Wall Street, Wendell Willkie
ratified off his answers.
Call me any time" he finished.
And as wrote my account Won
dered, as lot of people have lately
what manner of man this Willkie
was.
Joked About Boom.
Mr.. Willkie is the man who joked
about a presidential boom while
others were desperately trying to
launch theirs. He's the fellow who
actually shooed away able young
men who insisted on throwing up
good jobs to help Willkie bring down
the moon, but finally failed to dis
suade them.
Hes the tobacco-chewing, fist
singing young man who once chal-
lenged the Bible on the campus of
Indiana University, about faced, lis
tened to the Methodists, and ulti-
mately chose the Episcopalians.
Mr.. Wilkes the rough and tumble
Hoosier who went to New York a
dozen years ago with a chip on
his shoulder for bankers, and fired
all but one out of Commonwealth
q Southern swivel chairs. Then
he turned right around and accepted
an invitation to lunch from a group
of Morgan partners.
They fooled him. Instead of try
ing to tell him how to run his
business on the strength of their
small stock holdings in his COM
pany, they just talked about flowers
and the weather. And there he
sat with a useless chip on his
shoulder.
And Wendell Wilkes the man
whose slim, lively wife prefers to
stroll down the street with her
husband to doing most anything
else.
Was Peck's Bad Boy.
The biography broadcast from
the Willkie-for-President head
quarters is, in the words of William
Allen White, the slickest literary
goose grease that has burdened
the second-claSs mail in some time.
1t skips part of the lofty hokum
| usually used to doll up a candidate
cheerfully paints Willkie in his
youth as Peck's Bad Boy, whom nc
mother would take as a model for
her son.
''He was always in trouble" it
says, fighting, tipping over neigh
bors' privies, using his Sunday
school text cards from the Methodist
Church to play a gambling game
with his five brothers and sisters.
Evening star., 1940-06-30
Reactionary Policy
Seen by Jackson as
Aid TO Fifth Column
Warns Against Bon
On Free Speech in Talk
Before New York Bur
BY the Associated Press.


SARANAC INN, N. Y, June 90
Attorney General Jackson said to-
night that "reactionary national
policy in this country" would be the
greatest aid a fifth column could
hope for"
IS an address prepared for a
meeting of the New York State Bar
Association, Mr.. Jackson spoke of
the necessity of social and eco
nomic policy in the Nation which
will not leave millions hopelessly
outside of its benefits and comforts. "
Cautioning against suppression Of
the right of free speech and similar
grants of the Constitution, the At
torney General had this to say:
"An arbitrary power invented to
serve cause frequently ends by
being turned against its creator.
Fritz Thyssen former German in
dustrialist) is wandering in exile and
his great properties conhscated un-
der law he favored because he
thought it would be used only
against Communists.
"The propertied classes of the
United States should not forget the
lesson which his experience af-
fords."
Could Be Rounded Up Quickly.
Discussing the methods for deal
ing with subversive activities, Mr..
jackson said that in event such
action became threatening. the core
of the disloyal elements in this coun-
try could be rounded up quickly and
put where they would not constitute
a danger" This, he said, was pos
sible through the cooperation estab-
lished between the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, the Army and Navy
Intelligence Departments, together
with the intelligence services OF
friendly foreign powers"
80 long as we are in no immedi-
ate danger and are moving under a
reign of law" he continued, they
do not need to be apprehended and,
indeed, could not lawfully be ar
rested merely because we suspect
that in an emergency they might be
dangerous, Should an emergency
arise, we would take no chances
Must Avoid Mistakes.
Mr.. Jackson urged Americans to
avoid mistakes which give aid and
assistance to any fifth column"
"First, we must permit no tamper-
Ing with our civil rights, for the first
break in that bulwark will provide
the opening wedge for those who
seek the breakdown of our demo-
cratic system.
Second, we must prevent law
lessness and mob violence, for by
destroying law and order we create
the confusion in which the fifth
column thrives.
Third, we must not ALLEVIATE the
alien who wants to be loyal for by
so doing we drive him into the camp
Of the fifth column" 20
Employers have asked the Justice
Department if they should discharge
all aliens, Mr.. Jackson said. 49,.
The Unjust discharge of aliens
may serve only to make them sus-
ceptible to the urgings Of fifth COL
un1n organizers, Mr.. Jackson said of
this.
Evening star., 1940-06-30

infancy an old lady wrote Phila-
delphia newspaper that to her way
Of thinking the Lord had sent us
presumably the Republicans) Wen
dell Willkie.
William L. Harman. vice president
Of the Baldwin Locomotive Works
and head of the Pennsylvania
Willkie-for or-President Clubs, adds:
Il regard this as a semi-religious
movement, and we are trying to get
it on revival basis" To which the
Republican convention said "Amen!"
Evening star., 1940-06-30
D. 6. Willkie Committee
To Meet Tomorrow

The Willkie Washington Commit
tee will hold an executive session
tomorrow at its headquarters in the
Hibbs Building, to plan election ac-
tivities In the District, 1t was an
nounced by Haven B. Page, chair
man.
The committee, formed June II,
includes Roger Robb, former Assist
ant United States Attorney; Fred
c. Fishback, surgeon; Reeve Hoover
and S. Blackwell Jones, business
counsellors, and E. Courtlandt Park
er and Gregory S. Prince, attorneys.
Evening star., 1940-06-30
6. O. P. Women Want
WiIIkie for Keynote
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 29-The
National Federation of Women's
Republican Clubs will ask Wendell
L. Willkie, the party's presidential
nominee, to make the keynote ad-
dress at the second annual conven-
tion, September 1925.
Mrs. Joyce Arneill of Denver pre-
sided at meeting of the Advisory
Board today which will select the
convention site after Wilkes cam
paign schedule has been arranged.
The federation pledged "unani-
nous support" to the presidential
and vice presidential nominees.
Evening star., 1940-06-30
He Asked for 1t

DURHAM, N. c., June % (P)-
Superior court officials blinked and
stared at a man who walked in and
asked to be indicted for perjury.
He told Judge W. c. Harris he
had testified falsely in another case
and that his conscience had been
bothering him.
After hearing his story Judge Har-
ris sentenced him to II months.
Evening star., 1940-06-30

that Wendell Willkie believes there
still is opportunity today in Ameri-
ca"
But the biography might have
left off the next sentence:
He has no powerful friends, no
personal influence, no pull"
No man who has done the things
he has done, or possessed the Willkie
fire and dash could help but attract
friends from many walks of life, as
we'll as make a few enemies along
the way.
When the Willkie boom was in its
Evening star., 1940-06-30
Zontu Honors D. 6. Woman
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL
PARK, Colo, June %. The 1941
convention of Zonta International
was awarded to Memphis, Tenn, at
the goth annual Zonta Convention
today. The new president Is Mrs,
May Meyers McElroy of Washing
ton, who will succeed DR.. Helen
Pearce, Salem, Greg.
Evening star., 1940-06-30

The author of the class prophecy
predicted events for 1910. 1t even
described an imagined visit to the
White House to see the President.
But the man the prophecy named
wasn't Mr. Wilkie. 1t was one of
his students.
Evening star., 1940-06-30

Electrification of large sections of
the Italian State Railways system
halved the roads consumption of
coal in the last 10 years.
Evening star., 1940-06-30
Wendell WIIkie--New Star in Our Political Sky
Glance at Career of Hoos 'Peck's Bad Boy Who
To Utilities Fame and Then to Presden Nominee

This is the first OF series OF
three stories about the 7teD star
of American politics-WendeH L.
Willkte.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02
!s'u The Week |

We are no other than a moving
row
Of magic shadow shapes that coma
anG go
Round she sun-illumined Lantern
he'd
In Midnight by the Master Of the
S low. OMAR.
A hand to employees of Ritter
Lumber Company at Mcclure! Go
up the river from Fremont bridge
and you see every available patch
Of ground being planted. These
people know that good times
come and go, and, likewise men
and women, look ahead and make
use of the soil-the greatest re-
source there is.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02
STILL DESTROYED
ON TRACE FORK

A B C Inspectors, Leonard
Younce and Pete Combs and dep
uty sheriff Dallas Mullins captur-
ed still on the upper waters of
Trace Fork on Monday. Also TAX
an in the raid was Guy Hale,
whom officers said was indirectly
connected with the distillery. An
other set of tubs was destroyed in
the immediate section of the still.
Officers brought the still and
prisoner to Clintwood late in the
evening. Later the prisoner ar
ranged bail and will appear be-
fore Gallie Friend on Friday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02
FATHER MAY GET $1,000
BECAUSE OF DEATH OF
TWO YOUNG SONS

On Monday of this week, Sen
ator Harry F. Byrd introduced
bill in the Senate to pay Monroe
Short, Of Wise County, $4,000
for the death of his TWO sons,
Kermit and Victor, killed June 9,
1889, by a lightning bolt carried
into their house over underground
telephone wires installed by the
Civilian Conservation Corps.
The Short family live on Bold
Camp, near the Dickenson-Wis
line. The boys killed by lightning
were both small. The affair at
tracted much attention at the
time and the funeral and burial
of the two little fellows was at
tended by huge crowd.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02
BOMBSHELL EXPLODED

= A political bombshen eX- 8
IS ploded in ClintWood on Tues .
& day of this week when Leroy =
Harris, prominent and strong
= candidate for the office of g
3 Town Sergeant, withdrew his =
8 name from the political wars
and pledged his efforts and &
block of votes to the candi- 8
8 dacy of Eugene Damron. 8
S Leroy, running on a plat g
8 form of fair and liberal in Is
8 depreciation of all state and =
local laws, was, in the opin- =
= ion of local political leaders, =
$ leading the pack in the race .
$ for this lucrative position. !!
So far as is known, Leroy +"
& has not released for publica- =
ton any reason for withdraw "a
= al. Many voters are already 81
= scurrying to get on the band .
wagon of other candidates y
for the office of Sergeant. j:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02
MRS. MILE HAYNES
DIES At ACE Of 86
Was Widow of The Late Elder
Caleb Haynes; Reared in Dick

enSOn.
Freezing, May Mrs Mile
Haynes, aged Sc, died at her
acme near Burdine, KY, early
this week of infirmaties and COM
plication resulting from old age.
She was buried in the family
ourying ground on MarshalPs
Branch after funeral services con
Quoted by ministers of the Prim-
tive Baptist faith.
Mrs. Haynes was the widow of
Ed. Caleb Haynes, a we'll known
minister Of the Primitive Baptist
church, who died in 1916. She was
sister of Uncle Richard Mills,
of the south-of-t he-mountain and
was reared in that section. Her
husband was a brother of the late
C. w. Haynes and was born and
reared on Pine Creek, and resid-
ed on Pound River, at the mouth
If Cutter Branch, until the fam
ly moved to Kentucky, more
than forty years ago.
Mrs. Haynes was woman Of
the best type of old time citizen
chip and was we'll known and
highly respected in the section
WHARF, she lived. She is survived
by the following sons: Lurn, Day.
id, Landon and Frank.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02

Freezing, May 1.-"Old Hitler"
was maruding bear Of giant
size that had been killing sheep
and other small farm animals in
the Burke's Garden section of
Tazewell county for years. Until
last week he had always eluded
hunters with guns, although dogs
frequently came to grips with him
and the dogs always Jared badly.
This huge bear was finally kill
ed last week after his repeated
depredations on farms in Burke's
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02
RUMORS SAY TWO
THINGS WILL HAPPEN

. The Dickinson C o IN ~ $
s. Board of Supervisors will =
$ meet in regular session on $
= Monday, May 6. 1t is rumor- .
= ed that in addition to routine 8
3 business, two matters of un- $
8 usual Importance will come
$ before the board. One is a 3
8 move to make an appropria- $
$ ton for the health unit next =
g year. The other is the employ .
$ nent of an attorney as delin- $
8 quent tax collector. s
:; Rumor goes further and g
$ tells us. in confidence that "
= the appropriation for the ="
g health unit will be made. and 8
. that former Commemorative .
y Attorney, j. C. Smith, will be II
8 commissioned to collect delin- =
g quent taxes.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02

Born to Mrs. Ted Powers of
Coeburn baby boy named HUI
bert Lee, at the Dickensno Coun,
ty Hospital this week. Mrs. Pow
ers was formerly Miss Flora Lee
Mullins, a county teacher.
Born to Mrs. Sidney Ball of
Clintwood, a boy. Roth mother
and baby are doing fine.
Mrs. Frank Moore of Pound in
hospital for treatment.
Mrs. Smith of Steinman, under
going treatment.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02
FISHING SEASON
CLOSED APRIL 3Oth

The fishing season in Dicken-
son County closed April 80, and
will open again July l for ten
mnoths.
1t is a violation, punishable by
fine of not less than $500 for
each offense, to angle for fish in
any way during the closed season.
Officials and employees of the
National Forestry Service will as
sist in enforcing the fish laws
in this county.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02
COUNTY To HAVE
ONE FEDERAL DAM
Work Starts At Point ON River
1-2 Miles Below Hall Bottom.
Dam To Be of Concrete.

Government engineers have 10
Gated a dam site about three and
one-half miles below Hall Bottom
and are now said to be drilling
preparatory to construction. Ac-
cording to the engineers, the rock
formation is much more solid
than the Twin Branches site for
merly chosen as the loca1on of the
dam. The dam will be about $50
feet in width and of concrete cons
struction. A dirt dam was first
proposed, but the scarcity of soil
in this marrow, rocky gorge Veto
ed any such plan.
The height of the dam will be
approximately 200 feet, and watt
er will be backed up past the
Cranesnest bridge on the Clint
od-to-Fremont road. How many
people will be forced to- move to
higher ground or give up their
homes remains for conjecture
among citizens of that section.
Plans for a dam on Russell Fork
above Haysi have been cancelled,
due to the expense involved in
buying the inundated area.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02
"Old Hitler" Is Slain BY Farmers

Garden had aroused the whole
Bob Priode, former
Clintwood boy, now a farm agent
in Tazewell county, with two
Tazewell men, brought "Old Hit
Ter" to bay in the mountains and
laid him low with we'll directed
rifle shots.
A large picture of the bear hang
ing like a butchered hog, with
Bob Priode and two men and dogs
in the foreground, appeared in the
Sunday Roanoke Times.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02
LOCAL BALL TEAM
STARTS TRAINING
Material At Hand Give Promise
of Good Team For ClintwOOd
This Year

The local baseball club prepar-
atory to entering the recently
formed Coalfield League, is work
ing out on the local diamond each
afternoon under the direction of
Hanself Fleming, manager.
Two of last years regulars, Jack
Sutherland and Howard Deel, are
already at work. Many young
hopefuls are going about their
tasks with vim.
Toots Steele and Cecil Hughes,
two regulars, have not yet return
ed from Hiawassee College, but
they should be in the pink of con
dition, since they are playing reg
ularly in collegiate circles. Paul
Skeen is expected to report for
duty next week after returning
from a visit to Mt. Jackson.
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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02
TOWN Of GRUNDY
HAS COSTLY FIRE.
Home of George C. Sutherland
And All Household Goods Are
Destroyed by Flames

The home of George c. Suther-
LAND! of Grundy and practically
all household goods were Destroy
ed by fire of undetermined origin
last Monday morning about IL
o'clock. Also destroyed by the fire
was a ready-to-wear shop. The
window frames in the Cumber-
land Bank & Trust Company
building nearby were burned, but
with the fire truck from Rich
lands present shortly after the
fire got under way, the bank
building was saved. Estimated
damages from the fire is placed
at $4,000.
The only persons home at the
time the fire was discovered were
Mrs. Sutherland and granddaugh>
ter, Marisue Skeen. Mrs. Suther-
land was washing, and it is sup
posed that the noise of the wash
ing machine caused her not to
discover the fire before it was too
late to extinguish the blaze.
A few dishes, piano, frigidaire
and washer were saved. A bed
room suite was carried to the
front walk but burned during the
confusion. Very little wearing ap-
parel was saved.
The property was owned by DR..
Richardson of Grundy. The loss
of the Sutherland family was not
covered by insurance.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02

A funeral service on remote
Bear Ridge on week day. The
neighbors have come from miles
around to lend aid, comfort, and
dignity to the most solemn and
awful experience in life. The
preachers take charge and soon
tears are flowing down the faces
of those on the front benches.
They say all that is to be said
on such an occasion, and kindly
neighbours do the last service for
the dead. The graveyard receives
another, and another name has
become a fading memory.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02

We name Preacher Stevens on
the Rich Fork of Dog Branch as
the workingest man in Dickinson
County. He brutes it for six days
week among his new grounds
and fields, and on Sunday travels
wide and far to give Primitive
Baptists message Of faith and
cheer. Like Abou Ben Adhem,
"May his tribe increase!
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02

Apple trees in full bloom, at
least along the streams, speak OF
a harvest in fall to make the
heart glad. Surely, the danger of
frost is past, and surely, we shall
Sc the trees bent down with fruit
when autumn comes.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-05-02

Grady Counts, Supervisor, of
Nicely Ridge was a business Wis
itor in town today. -.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
MARRIAGES

Four white couples secured mar
riage permits during the past week
at the office of Adrian B. Rhodes,
register of deeds, as follows:
William E. Bayless, 81, and Miss
Louise Elizabeth Browne, 26, both
of High Point.
Paul Earl Mason, 81, and Miss
Catherine Hammond, 29, both OF
Wilmington.
James Porter Newton, 20, and
Miss Virginia Morris, 10, both OF
route one, Wilmington.
Charles Matuszewski, %, of Uti-
ca, N. Y, and Miss Tosia Hayduke,
%, of Castle Hayne. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
s33 FOR CHINESE
NEEDY FORWARDED
,,o Chang Kai Shek
Thanks Town OF Whining
tom For Contribution

,,o Chang Kai-Shek, wife
Chinese generalissimo, in
o. letter. thanked members
Town of Wilmington" for
financial contributions to the
w. ornban fund, in honor OF her
W." CHARLES Soong, formerly OF
WilH'' feel sure her letter said,
we're my father living today
'u'as ,',I5 be greatly pleased to
ne that the Town of Wilmington
kno" noembering China at this crit
i u hour of her struggle Tor ma
,;onal survival, WY,
p9 Tha sum of s33, donated by Will
la+onians. was sent to the Chi
ornhan fund by Miss Susan E.
neII of Wilmington. She made an
a aaeaI Yesterday to those who are
s sb1o 10 contribute to the fund to
sOiV Immediately by bringing or
Az their donation to Lacy Hunt
~ tbc Peoples Savings bank.
d. Madame Chang Kai-shek's let
10Y continued: Il feel sure, too,
t,n+ he would praise your efforts
"; u,"i helping to save China's inno-
nart little children from g
t;Iod or from falling into a worse
fate-that of being taken to Japan
and to be trained to betray their
with this letter I send to you
my personal appreciation Of your
sympathy and interest in china's
cause. any my thanks for your
contribution,
Under separate cover 1 am
sending you an illustrated booklet
.a.;41od. "A Tetter From Madame
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Fox And Duck Donated
To Greenfield's Zoo

Two additional donations to the
city zoo at Greenfield Park were
reported yesterday at the office of
James E. l.. Wade, commissioner
of public works.
They were a fox, donated by
Joe McEntee, of 308 Queen street,
and a duck, donated by Frances
Waters, of 212O Barnett avenue.
Commissioner Wade said a truck
Of potatoes. contributed by Heide
Trask, was turned over to the Asso-
ciated Charities of Wilmington. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Jopon's Park Series
Shows Home of Anus

Japan continues the extensive
y national park series with a new
group of four stamps picturing the
Great Snow Mountains of Hok-
kaido, in northern Japan. This is
the fourth of II sets of four stamps
each, in the promised series pub
licizing Japanese scenic beauties.
Heavenly Castle Rock, in the
Sound Valley of the Ishikari river
is shown on the stamp above, and
Mount Asahi, Hokkaido's highest
peak and the most famous Of the
Snow Mountains group, is pictured
below.
Hokkaido is the home of the
Anus, a race of japanese aborig-
ines, closely resembling the
American Indian, and showing
few characteristics Of Japanese.
Modern Anus have intermarried
with Japanese and the race is dy-
ing out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
c R A N M
CIR A OK R s

Here r five questions about
past Presidents of the Unite q
States. How many of them can
you answer?
l. In recent years most of our
Presidents have died comparative
ly young. But in the early days
OF the republic, an ex-President
lived to be over 80. Who was he?
2. What President was mic.
named "Old Rough and Ready!
3. Which President was young
est when he took office? Which
one Vas oldest?
4. Which President never mar.
ried?
5. Three Presidents were assas.
mated while in office. Can you
tell who they were and who sue
ceeded each? 2
ANSWERS on Page Nineteen)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

Chang Kai-Shek to Little Boys and
Girls Across the Ocean
The enclosed snapshots of my
sisters, Madame H. H. Kung, Ma
dame Sun Yet-sen, and myself, TAX
en- on recent inspection tours in
Szechuan province, may be of in
terest to you.
TO the good people of Whining
ton, my sisters and I send our
affectionate greetings" 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Jolly Juniors Meet
Thursday At 8 D. m.

The Jolly Junior Club of George
Washington Council will hold its
regular monthly business meeting
at the Junior Order Hall, Thurs
day night at 8 pm.
Officers of the club said yester-
day that some very important bust
ness will be discussed at this meet
ing and urged that all members be
present. l.