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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18
10Th COMMENCEMENT
UNDER WAY At D.M.H.s.
Thirty -One Will Receive Diplomas
On Graduation Night

On Graduation Night
The twenty-eighth annual COM
mencement exercises at Dicken-
son Memorial High School got I'M
der way on Thursday might of this
week with the presentation of
the senior class play, aunt Min
ME From Minnesota"
On Sunday morning at IL
o'clock in the Methodist church,
the Rev. S. c. Beard, district sup
erintendent of Big Stone Gap dis
trict of the M. E. Church will de-
liver the commencement sermon.
Holding these services at the
church is departure from prac-
tice at the local school. Heretofore
the commencement sermon has
been delivered in the high school
auditorium. Rev. Beard will be
assisted in the services by the
Rev. P. E. Cullom, minister of the
Clintwood Baptist church. Music
will be rendered by the glee clubs
of Dickinson Memorial.
On Tuesday class night exercis-
es will be held in the auditorium.
Following the custom of the past
few seasons, admission will be by
ticket only The tickets have al
ready been given to the seniors
for distribution among relatives
and friends.
The theme of the class night
program is "America." Parks
Sutherland, class president, will
preside, and Miss Effie Baker will
make the welcome address. Fay
Cullona will speak on the TOPIC of
"W r Abroad, followed by
special music, "Song of Peace"
Mavis Rasnick discusses "Peace
at Home" Anna Lee Sykes tells
"Why I am glad I live in Amer
ica."
Anna Lee Sykes is first honor
student, with four-year average
of 97.7. Parks Sutherland is SAL
utatorian. Candidates for diplomas
are:
Effie Baker, Josephine Baker,
Fora Beverly, Georgia Bise, Cleo
ia Boiling, Shirley Brewers, Fay
Cullom, Mary Davis, Maurine Da-
Wis, VIII Davis. Colistia Dotson,
Estelle Flemir0 Henry Hamilton,
Jr., Kermit Hibbitts, Goldie Hill,
Florence Hyde, Allen Kennedy,
Norma Kiser. Miriam McFal1. Tol
lie McFall, Estelle Moore, Thur
man Mullins, Gladys Mullins, Roy
Mullins, Marjorie Rasnick, Mavis
Rasnick, Joan Steele, Elizabeth
Sutherland, Parks Sutherland,
Anna Lee Sykes and Lora Van
over.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18
b|RCHLEAF LOSES
PIONEER CITIZEN
Mrs. Flora Edwards, Aged g.,
Passes Away Saturday Morning


Passes Away Saturday Morning
Mrs. Flora Edwards, aged ST.,
widow of the late Josh Edwards,
aied at her home near Birchleaf
-arly Saturday morning after a
lingering illness of diabetes.
Burial was in the family grave
yard at Sand Lick.
Funeral services were conduct
d by Elders A. r. Singleton,
Hadley Edwards, German Suther.-
land and E. S. Stevens, of the
Primitive Baptist church, of which
he deceased had long been a
member
Mrs. Edwards was a daughter
of Sol Wright, one of the early
Sand Lick settlers, where she was
reared and spent her entire life.
Nine children were born to this
couple, of whom the following sur
vive:
Cowan Edwards, Birchleaf;
Mrs. Victoria Powers, Caney
Ridge; Mrs. Tiny Mullins, Birch
leaf; Mrs. Elsie Ovens, Prater
Creek; Mrs. Missouri Mullins,
Tivis; Mrs. Maggie Belcher, Do
ran; Mrs. Fannie Owens, Prater
Creek. Two sons, Charles and La
cy, died many years ago.
Flower Girls = Misses Ivory
Branham, Esther Belcher, Opal
Owens, Marie Edwards, Angetta
Branham, Geneva Davis, Irene Ed
wards, Helen Edwards, Murl Ed
wards, Margie Powers, Mildred
Powers, Inez Mullins, Flora Ruth
Mullins, Mrs. Hilbert Deel, Mrs.
Thomas Branham, Mrs. Cline Null
Inns and Mrs. Clinton Counts.
The deceased lived and died a
christian life. She had been a
member of the Old Baptist church
for about 35 years. She seemed
to take great interest and attend
ed all the services possible. She
is missed by many, many friends
and relatives.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon CARPENTER
and Mrs. Ebert Carpenter of
Clinchco were visitors here Tues
day.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18
FOR SALE

One Monarch Cook Stove-In best
of shape. Must bee seen to be
appreciated. What am I offered?
See Basil Bentley, Clintwood, Va.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-04-18

UNDERGOES OPERATION
Mrs. Dave Silcox, of Nealy
Ridge, underwent an emergency
operation in the Dickinson Coun-
ty Hospital Friday afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
DEFENSE MUST Be
VERY ADEQUATE
Secretary of State Hull
Speaks of KellOgg=Bri=
and Peace Treaty

Washington, Aug. 29.-CUP)-
Only by vigorous and adequate
preparation for self-defense can
the United States hope to remain
at peace, Secretary OF State Cordell
Hull said today in a statement on
the 18th anniversary of the Kellogg
BRAND treaty which was intended
to Outlaw war.
He declared that the treaty's
principles remain valid, but that
s.today no country and no indi-
vidual Is secure against the destruc-
tive effects of the existing armed
conflicts"
Upon mankind's ability to bring
these principles into effect, he said,
rests the fate of civilization.
1T was to spare the human race
the untold suffering and indescri-
bable tragedy of the kind we are
witnessing today that the Kellogg
BRAND pact was signed" he said.
ssThe soundness of it's underlying
principles has in no way been i'm
paired by what has taken place
since then.
Sooner or later they must prevail
as an unshakeable foundation of in
ternational relations unles war with
its horrors and ravageS is to be-
come the normal state of the world
and mankind is to relapse into the
chaos of barbarism. And I am GER
tain that there are in the human
race resources of mind and Of spirit
sufficient to ensure that these sane
bases Of civilized existence will be-
come firmly established"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
CHAPTER Nv

Carrie was standing there, white
faced, tense, clinging to Mrs. Tay-
lor's arm, when Mark elbowed his
way through the excited crowd and
into the darkening street. Mark
stopped, lifted his hat to her and to
Mrs. Taylor, greeted Ed Taylor.
Anything serious?" Taylor ask
ed. 1--WE just in town when we
heard the rumpus.
Nothing much Mark answered,
and knew instantly that his explain
alton didn't satisfy Carrie Lane.
mfr. Deuel." she broke in, "it was
trouble with Mr.. Oaks, wasn't 1t?"
For a moment Mark thought he
read accusation in her eyes.
Miss Lane, I'm sorry" he said,
"but it was"
Mark found it difficult to answer
her while she looked so pale, fright
ed, and the homesteaders pressed
around them, hanging on every
word. Mark redeemed, searched for
an excuse to change the subject.
Ed Taylor suggested they walk
back to the hotel and Mark readily
agreed On the way Mark told them
what had happened.
1t was Newt Gale who had seen
trouble coming-or thought he had,
Mark explained. Newt was with
Mark when Ashton Oaks started his
quarrel. He had heard Mark tell
I,n
away. And Newt had seen Oaks
reach for his insidecoat pocket as
Mark neared the door.
THAT was too much for Newt,
I guess" Mark laughed. He just
couldn't wait He grabbed Oaks arm
and, sure enough, the agent did
have a gun. 1t went off. The bullet
shattered the glass over the bar and
first thing Newt knew, everybody
was piled up on the floor
Carrie was breathless. Didn't he
mean to shoot you?'
Mo, don't think he did" Mark
was still trying to pass off the mat
ter lightly. He was just drunk and
pretty sore and Newt was oer-cau-
tions. I don't think Oaks ever in
tended to have 1t turn out the way
it did" He laughed again. you
ought to see what he looked like af-
ter busting off that floor"
Ed Taylor laughed, too, and Mrs.
Taylor put in with the observation
that people shouldn't reach for guns
they didn't intend to shoot. But
Mark, looking suddenly at Carrie
noticed she wasn't laughing. Hel
fingers clenched and unclenched on
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her handkerchief and Mark was
sure she was ready to cry.
Afterward, at the hotel, he learn
ed how near to crying she really
was-this courageous little girl who
had dared come to Sioux Spring to
settle on a prairie homestead along
with the StouteSt of them.
1t was late when the TaylorS left
Mark and Carrie alone. They were
getting up early, Taylor explained,
to get a good start with supplies to
the claim on Rock Creek. Mark was
glad Carrie did not go upstairs with
them.
A dim kerosene lamp shed fee
BILE rays through the window of
Sioux Springs House. Carrie and
Mark stood outside in the shadows.
1t was oppressively hot. The street
was practically deserted. Mark lean
ed a bit awkwardly against the
building, fumbling with his hat,
now and then stopping to wipe his
forehead and trying to appear cool
and unconcerned. But he wasn't.
Mark" Carrie began, but
caught herself quickly and went on,
Mr. Deuel., is it always like this out
here?"
why, yes" Mark searched for
an answer, then added: THAT is,
you mean the hot summers and
alp"
IT mean" Carrie said, sis every
thing always $3.50 rough and -
well-ruthless? Tonight. I mean
you might have been killed."
Mark grinned, quiet, disarming
grin, but it was lost on Carrie. -Qh,
I don't think it was as serious as
all that, Miss Lane. You stay around
this country long enough and you'll
see all kinds of fellows like Oaks.
Can't all be like Taylor and Newt
Gale and Ma Parmley, you know"
"Or Mark Deuels," she smiled,
then went on. sober again. II know
I know. Everything is so big and
500 lonesome out here and there
are so many new people. You're so
far away from anyone you know,
and you can't be sure of the people
you meet"
Nov just how am I to take
that?" Mark feigned offense, tried
to make a joke of Carries words.
But his effort failed utterly.
Mark" Carrie said, and suddenly
her lip quivered, Mark, I'm afraid
out here, terribly afraid"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

le was ner IUSL dutu1ooAou " btAS
thing Mark knew the moment ne |
had seen her that day at Ma Parm-
ley,s, And she had called him
Mark Suddenly, he wanted to take |
her In his arms, to kiss the tears |
out Of her wide, blue eyes, to press |
his lips on hers. But he couldn't
Something inside Mark Deuel. told
him that he would not have kissed
Carrie Lane then had she asked
him.
Instead he made rather clumsy
Job of comforting this girl who sud-
denly seemed to have changed the
whole outlook Of his life.
Carrie" he started to reply, but
choked on the name and began all
over again. miss Lane-this things
going to work out all right now.
There's a lot of women come out
here and stick 1t out and make good
and like it. Now take Ma Parmley,
i for instance. Wasn't even a town
here when she camel"
"Oh, she told me all about that"
Carrie smiled and seemed almost to
have mburdened herself. said she
'et' on the grass, slept in the wag-
on-when the wagon wasn't being
used"
They laughed and Mark noted
Carries chin Titled at bit more
determined angle again.
"I gueSs-I guess that affair at
the saloon frightened me, that's
ALL" Carrie we;lt on. THAT, and the
trip to the claim today. 1t was so
quiet, so far out and lonesome there
today. The closest neighbours mile
away. I almost wanted to give it up
when first saw It,"
well, you aren't going to give
it up now" Mark declared. mot if
! the Taylors and Ma Parmley and
the rest of us have anything to say
about it."
He wanted to say he couldn't
give up Carrie now, not If Mark
Deuel. had anything to say about
it, but somehow the words stuck in
his throat. A moment ago he had
wanted to take her in his arms. But
some fear held him back. Never
had Mark experienced anything like
this.
II guess it's getting pretty late,
isn't 1t?" Carrie looked through the
window into the dingy hotel lobby,
now almost empty. IF I'm going
out with the Taylors in the morn
ing I'd better get some sleep, too"
Mark, grinning, agreed. and they
said good night. He watched her
disappear into the hotel and then
swung off down the street.
Newt Gale hailed him as he pass
ed the saloon where he'd found
Carrie, white-faced, waiting out
side. two hours earlier.
Mark" Newt said, II don't know
as this amounts to anything. But
this agent, Oaks, is inside again
and pretty mean. He's Dragging he's
going to get you next time. Think
I'd play safe, Mark. Just don't get
careless with him, that's all. I can't
be around every time he reaches for
that coat pocket, Mark"
Newt laughed at his own joke and
said good night, but Mark Deuel.
knew Newt Gale wasn't joking.
Ito Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
. STORIES
IN STAMPS
Molto Caught in Middle
Of Mediterranean War

ITALIAN air attacks on British
naval bases at Malta brins
l940's brand of war to the little
Mediterranean island that has
been the scene of fighting since
the Roman Empire. One of the
chief targets Of Italian bombers
was Valletta harbor, pictured or
the 1887 Coronation issue above
Colonized by the Phoenicians in
the seventh century B. c., Malta
passed under control of Rome and
Constantinople. In 1890 Normans
busted the Arabs, introduced feu-
dalism.
The Knights Of st. John estab-
lished their order at Malta in
1880, and in 1868 successfully de-
Tended the island against Moham-
medans. This great siege of NAL
ia checked the advance of Mo-
hammedan power in southern and
western Europe.
Britain seized the island in 1914
with the help of the Maltese.
During the World War the island
was an important base for naval
operations.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
CT ANlsJM
G. AC.KEn
BIBLICAL CHARACTERS

How well do you know the Bible?
Here are five questions to test your
knowledge.
l. Whit well-known Biblical char
acter, subject of one of the shorter
books, lived in the land of Uz?
2. What was the name of the
queen whom Esther succeeded?
3. Who was Isiah's father.
4. Name the three sons of Noah.
5. In recent years several book
titles have been derived from this
quotation: 20 my son Absolom, my
son. my son; Absolom, would I had
died for three, o Absalom, my son,
my SON! Who voiced this lamenta-
ton?
Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

Premier Daladier of France has
received an anonymous gift of
nearly $4,000 for National Defense
from . foreign woman.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29
CAST OF CHARACTERS

CARRIE LANE-an eastern girl
Who came into the frontier west
70 find . home.
MARK DEUEL. hOmesteader
who keeps his business to himself.
ASHTON OAKS land agent,
with town lots to sell
YESTERDAY; Carrie begS Mark
mot to fight Oaks. But back in
town, the agent looks up Mark,
tries to start a fight. Deuel. ig-
nores him. There is a shot.
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SIDE CHANCES

Answers on Back Page
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
new RECORD SET
. BY GLIDER PILOT
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ed to bombers while the less pro-
ficient remained as mechanics
but mechanics with a far better
understanding of flight conditions
than the average.
I'm the United States" he said,
we've set a goal of $4,000 pilots
a year Until two years ago, the
army air force trained pilots at a
cost of $25, 900 per man. You
couldn't convince army officials
that they didn't need SIS. 1000, 300,-
horsepower training planes to make
aviators.
Nov they're down to 150-horse-
power and costs r less, as was
obviously necessary.
But, by developing gliding GEN.
tiers, we can train more and better
pilots at practically no cost"
The 33-year-old motorless plane
expert, who has been flying gliders
and airplanes ever since leaving
Princeton in 1929, insists that Gid
er flying is far safer than power
flying. One reason, he says, is that
the ships fly at much lower speeds.
Trainer elders fly and land at
speeds they don't 60 out of con-
troll. Dangerous nose dives don't
occur because the glider has no
heavy engine to weight its nose
down,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
FNTIRE BRITISH
COAST FORTIFIED
,..bern Area Defenses De.
sioned To Hold Any In
yading Force
D., DREW MIDDLETON

.,ru THE BRITISH FIELD
Avs NORTHERN COMMAND,
s-CP- This area, likeliest
for German invasion, has been
.formed by titanic labor into a
u 'nas of defense positions.
SmS s,ronc are these positions, say
p,itish. that if they cannot
% Droediately break advancing Ger
ln', storm troops, they will en-
m uare and held them in whitening
sa until the British launch a coun-
I .D,,,ov which its army chiefs be-
CIV will throw the Germans into
the sea. wit, .;
~ helm. has fortified roughly
'.0n SQUARE miles, including the
''Yat from the mouth of the Tees
'oas 70 the wash above Great Var
n'U ~na area embraces industrial
whose furnaces still darken
the sky, market towns ports lush
NV lands and miles of bleak
moors. on,o live
J., ,be area. Despite II months OF
!" 4ho neonle are still here. Army
officers assure reporters these peo
", will stick and take it, when
INVASION comes, but the refugee
anob1em remains vitality important.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
COMPROMISE SEEN
ON TRAINING BILL
Continued From Page One)

aio+od that less than 20 opposition
,.o+os would be cast, Senator Lee ID
ollal an advocate of compulsory
sar,ico said an informal survey in
dicated that it would be necessary
n seek some middle ground in order
to oct the measure through the
house. as well as the senate.
Burke said it was his understand
ing that Senator Byrnes D-SC) would
he the unofficial leader of admins
tration forces. In the past, he said
Bvrnes has had extraordinary sue
cess in winning approval of contro
versial measures.
In connection with the talk Of
compromise, Senator Maloney ID
Comm disclosed that he was drafting
a proposal which he said he felt botf
opponents and proponents Of the
conscription bill could accept.
The Burke adsworth bill, SEIZED
uled for final approval Monday by
the senate military affairs commit
tee, provides, in general, that II,
900, 900 male citizens between Fl anG
80 years, inclusive, should be regis
tered for possible military service
From these r~egistrants, local boards
would select 400, 900 who would b.
called to service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
CLAIM $50
PLANES in JULY
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Continued From Page One)
jective with the heaviest possible
bomb loads"
The general, writing in the pub
LEGATION Schlesiche sZeitung, asserted
Germany had much the better of
it in the air, citing England's great
er vulnerability" and the fact that
her endangered area was compress
ed more closely, compared to Ger
man industrial plants spread over
a broad territory"
For many days, German strategy
apparently has been centered not
only in Gripping British industrial
plants, but in choking Britain's har.
bors.
During the day, the high com
mand reported new successes
against the British at sea. 1t de-
clared that three armed British mer-
chantmen totaling 10000 tons had
been sunk by bombers yesterday
and that a single Nazi submarine in
a long cruise had sunk seven armed
merchantmen aggregating 56,10S
tons.
At the same time, this was the
German score against the British
claimed for the month of July:
Three-hundred-fifty British planes
shot down; $50. 900 tons of merchant
shipping, and war vessels totaling
$4,000 tons, sunk; $4,000 ions OF
merchant shipping and war vessels
totaling $1,000 tons badly damaged
The German wireless reported
that British planes attempted to
attack Copenhagen" this morning
but were repulsed.
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GERMAN PLANES
RESUME ATTACKS
Continued From Page One)

(COntlnued From rage One)
to seal the island kingdom against
invasion. .
Churchill, in a statement from
No. 10 Downing street, advised the
nation to beware of German pro-
paganda and to look with a dou-
BILE dose" of suspicion On hints that
no invasion may be impending.
THE prime minister" his state
ment said, wishes it to be known
that the possibility of German at
tempts at invasion has by no
means passed away.
THE fact that the Germand are
now putting about rumors that they
do not intend an invasion should be
regarded with a double dose of the
suspicion which attaches to all
their utterances.
"Our sense of growing strength
and preparedness must not lend to
the slightest relaxation of vigilance
or moral alertness."
At the same time, it was dis
closed that more men have arrived
from the dominions to buttress the
manpower defending this island cit
adel and the air ministry reported
new raids on military detectives
in France, Belgium, Holland and
Germany throughout Friday.
/ Hangers, runways and grounded
aircraft were sprayed with bombs
and machine gun fire from low alti-
tudes in daylight attacks on air
b ses in France, Belgium and Hol-
land, the ministry said.
Chief targets of night forays were
said to have been German r
fields and oil depots at Emden En-
fields and oil depots at Emden,
Hamburg, Salzberger, and En-
werick.
Particularly at the great port of
Hamburg, previously described as
virtually ruined by months of re-
peated air attack, and at Salzber-
gen, the ministy said, damage
is considered to have been extern
sive."
(The German radio said the re-
port of Hamburg in ruins was a
Churchill lie"
The new troops were Australians,
brought in to reinforce the thou
sands of Anzacs who came in mid
June.
Disclosure of their arrival follow
ed by only a day the landing of
the fifth-and largest-contingent
of Canadians.
Strengthening of the first line of
home defense-the naval guard
as well as the possibility of an
other cabinet shake-up to revita-
lie the inner councils also were
indicated in Britain's drive for i'm
pregnability.
Return of the British fleet at Gil
braltar to home waters was report
ed by the French newspaper LIE
Petit Dauphinois of Grenoble.
The admiralty, however, had no
comment on LIE Petit Dauphinois'
dispatch from Tangier, Spanish
Morocco, that two groups of Brit
ish warships, including five subma-
rines, seven destroyers, two air.
craft carriers, three cruisers and
three auxiliary ships had sailed
west into the Atlantic Fiday. 4
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BRITISH ARREST
PROMINENT JAPS
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\OOlkllluCu + IU1lk Z O1lCJ
have been made because of the
existence of a spy ring in Japan
but authoritative British sources in
sisted impassively that neverthe-
less London's action was not at all
a reprisal.
If there were strong similarities
between the two incidents, it was
said, it was just a pure coinci-
dence."
Still, Lord Halifax was under
stood to have told the protesting
ambassador that the arrests were
made for just such reasons of '.in-
ternal legal considerations as the
Japanese had advanced to justify
their seizure of til Britons.
Shigemitsu was said to have
spoken of the possible ''unfortun-
ate effect on British-Japanese re-
lations.
1--WE are fabbergasted," said a
spokesman at the Japanese en-
bassy.
Makihara and Tanabe were in
point of fact very pro-British and
very sympathetic to Britain" he
added.
"We cannot possibly imagine
anything on their part to invite
suspicion or give the impression
that they infringed on the regula-
tons of this country.
I'VE hope everything can be set
tied satisfactorily.
Move FOreshadowed
Only two days ago, a British in
formant had said that unless the
nine Britons still in custody in jap
an were released something might
be done-something without warn
ing, he added-because the Japan
csc had given no warning of their
action.
At that time, an authoritative
source had said badly, although
privately, that British-Japanese re-
lations might grow so Impressive
ly worse" that the Japanese might
attempt some sort of military pres
sure against Britain.
Japan, he added, was not likely
to take the full step to total war,
since that might involve Russia or
the United States, but she might
try to drive the British from the
colony of Hongkong. 3