davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1940-07-24

t1lC 4A6AlV. LII NdACllC1 Spulk
lights were out for nearly five
hours, and in Rockville for an hour
and a half.
Anacostia appeared to have been
the hardest hit section of the city.
Eleventh precinct police reported
that dozens of streets and homes in
the section were flooded.
Sheridan road, of Nichols avenue
s. E., was turned into stream
with residents of houses there re-
porting that water was standing 3
feet deep on the first floors of their
homes. Damage along Morris road
6E. also was heavy, police reported
Hospital Wall Washed Out.
A section of the brick wall around
st. Elizabeth's Hospital collapsed
during the storm when its founda-
tions were washed out.
In the Northwest heaviest damage
was reported along Conduit, Canal
and Reservoir roads. Streets were
washed out in many places and
police put up barricades.
Water stood several feet deep on
the streets at such places as Ninth
and D streets SW., at some points
on Reservoir road NV. and at many
places in Rock Greek Park.
Firemen responded to more than
80 calls during the storm. Some
calls were TO put out fires caused by
lightning or by short circuits, while
many others came from citizens who
were flooded out.
The police radio was forced to
shut down at the height of the storm
because of interference caused by
lightning. Scout cars were ordered
to report to their stations and we're
dispatched from the precincts on
distress calls.
Automobiles were stalled on the
Evening star., 1940-07-24
German Raid Claims
Denied by British

LONDON, July "a (P.-Authori-
tative quarters. commenting on Ger
man claim that Nazi bombers hit
important rail and road objectives
in England" said today:
German raids over the "a hours
in question were so slight that Brit
ish authorities found i unnecessary
to issue any communique on the
subject"
Evening star., 1940-07-24

Girl Guides of Carlisle, England,
collected 5,522 eggs for troop can
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Bultic Assets Frozen

LONDON, July "a R.-The
Treasury announced today an order
in council freezing gold securities
and other assets controlled in this
country by Estonian, Latvian and
Lithuanian interests.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
Kr1nrrhn11 Daily niapaft1
Guardsnen
And Band At.
Oxford Meet

Henderson high school band. under
direction of W. L. Hcarnc, will be
featured III the parade which is to
.nark the second day of the cclcbra-
tom of the Granville County Court
House Centennial July >, ) and t.
urndrr$un'S Company G, National
,iuurG infantry unit. together with
companies from Oxford and Warren
ION. will march IN the culorlul parade.
which IS being planned by j. j. Med
ford and Il committee consisting OF
". l.. Naught, }. NJ. Falkncr and J.
[. Fakes. Captain {. b. SturgcS is
commander of the Henderson COM
?~uN.
According 10 word from Oxford.
Inc Henderson high school band will
ave Il short program of music on the
.yNIvWluG stand III front OF the court
lru,r "Wednesday morning, and mem
ayrs of the band will be guests Of
The centennial committee for dinner.
The Oxford committee invited the
Henderson band as one of the most
Spectacular high school units in the
State.
Bands and drum and bugic corps
are also expected to attend and march
II The parade from AIbcmarlc, N. c.,
South Boston and Danville, Va.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
SOUTH HENDERSON
YOUTH LOSES LEG
Struck by Auto Driven By
Wesley Young Last
Friday

Frank Johnson, a South Hcndcr-
son youth about II years old. is in a
serious condition at Maria Parham
hospital, after the amputation OF a
leg Sunday.
The youth was riding in make
shift wagon Friday in the vicinity Of
Scott Parker SanitOrium at the cast
ern outskirts of the city, being push
ed along the road by another youth
whose name was not learned: and
Wesley Young drove by in an auto
mobile. Young is quoted as having
said that as he passed, he heard the
screams of Il youth, and found that
the Johnson boys leg had been run
over by YoungS car. He was rush
ed to the hospital, where attempts
were made to save the injured leg.
It is understood that the leg was
amputated yesterday between the
knee and the hip.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
Distinguished Speakers On
mAndHomeWeekP rogram

College Station, Raleigh, June 24
John w. Goodman, assistant d.
rector Of Extension at n. &. State
College, today announced the fol-
lowing list Of outstanding speakers
for the thrty-Scvcnth annual Farm
and Home Week to be held at State
College July 29-Augusc ,:
r. M. Evans, administrator Of the
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
tration, Washington; Governor am
Mrs. Clyde r. Hocy; j. NJ. BrUughtul,
govcrnor-nOminate Of North Caro-
lima: Jonathan Daniels, author AMI
editor Of The News and Observer:
the Rev. John &. Glenn, pastor ul
Edcnton Street Methodist church.
Raleigh; Garner NJ. Lester Of Jac!:-
son, Miss, president Of the National
Cotton Ginncrs Association: J. +.
Moses Of Atlanta, Ga, SOuthcasl@r:i
field representative Of the NailoAH
Cottonsecd Products Association:
and l.. r. Noel, superintendent OF!
the Middle Tennessee Experiment
Station.
Lester and Moses will speak on tho
program of the annual convention 81
the N. c. Ginncrs Association, Inc.
which will be held on Wednesday
morning, July 81. This meeting will
follow a general conference OF the
farmers and farm women, at which
Broughton will make the principal
address.
Evans will appear on the first for
NAL program Of the week, on Tue
day morning, July 30. Nccl will adj
dress the farmers Thursday morn
ing on "lcgumcS." and the Rev. Mr..
Glenn will speak at the nineteenth
annual meeting Of the Federation ri
Home Demonstration Clubs. also
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page -Four

|. Is Sacramento, Los Angeles, or
San Francisco, the capital OF Califor-
MIA?
2. In which inning of a baseball
game is it customary for the spec
taturS to rise and stretch?
3. What majority Of each house OF
Congress is necessary to propose an
amendment to the U. S. Constitution?
4. Name the last Democratic PreSl-
dent before Franklin d. Roosevelt.
5. Is the sun larthcst from the
earth when the northern hemisphere
is having summer or winter?
6. Is there a law that dcprives Ger
many Of the right to purchase sup
plies in the United States?
I. Is Portsmouth, England on the
English Channel or the North Sea?
8. Does a printed coupon with a
written name and address go by first
or third class mail?
9. Who wrote an outstanding DO
praphv of Kaiser Wilhelm II?
10. Has any one ever CLIMBED 10
the top of Mount Everett?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
8 Divorces
Granted By
Civil Court
Two Insurance Cases
Are Closed Out of
Court; Two Divorce
Suits Are Non-Suited.

Eight divorces were granted today
on the first day of the civil session
of Vance Superior Court for June.
In addition two insurance cases were
non-SultCd after settlements were
made out of court.
Judge Leo Carr, Of burlington, is
presiding.
Divorces granted were as follows:
Elsie Powell Hall VS.. John Leslie
Hall.
Lcnora D. Wong VS.. Back 10y
Wong.
Bonnie f. Rcams vs.. Robert r..
RcamS.
Beatrice Robinson VS.. William Rob-
inSOn.
Mabel Davis vs.. Harry Davis.
Dorothy S. johnson VS.. Lewis
Johnson.
Elizabeth Falkner VS.. Roger Falk-
nCr.
Geneva Horton Anderson VS.. Vester
Anderson.
Non-suitS were taken in two
divorce actions, namely, Edward
Hawkins VS. Martha Hawkins, and
Julian {. Hart vs.. Gertrude B. Hart
The Life Insurance Company Of
Virginia was defendant in both OF
the insurance suits, in one OF which
Mrs. Carrie Prultt WAS the plaintlli
and in the other the plaintiff was
Robert Glenn Ross. The cases gre"
out of the death Of Lonnie Ross,
whose death at first was held to be
Il suicide, and then decided other
wise by a cOroner's jury.
The suit of Il. +. VanDykc, admin
istralor for his small son, against the
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation and
l.. n. Robinson, driver of bus in
collision with the lad, Charles Van
Dyke, who was fatally injured, is So:
for trial starting tomorrow.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
MONDAY, JUNE "a, 1910
Mattress Making Project In
County Suspended For Time

MATTRESSES :. WOO'?l -,fpu uyc
Making of mattresses in the project
being sponsored in Vance county by
Federal and State agencies has been
suspended for approximately two
weeks, it was announced today by
J. w. Sanders, Vance county farm
agent.
The suspension Of the work was
made necessary because N4A work.
crs who have been assisting in the
project have put in all the time al
lowed for this period and because
Mrs. II. F. Plummer and Miss Jose
phine Ranes. home demonstration
agents. arc preparing for the Ali
club camp which opens July =.
A total of SO mattresses have been
made during the time that the pro-
iect has been underway i'm the coun-
~, and materials arc on hand for
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
TAYLOR INVESTIGATES
TWO MINOR WRECKS

State Highway Patrolman A. l..
Taylor today reported two minor
wrecks over the Weekend
At 9:45 Il. m. Sunday, autos driven
by William Franklin and Irwin 7.
HOyIc were in wreck on u. S.
Highway No. |. about d mile o. so
south Of the city. Both cars were
damaged. No charges were preferred.
Two big transfer trucks sidesWiped
each other on the Ruin Creek hill
on the Oxford highway, with minor
damage being done to both trucks.
Ralph Paul Ward of route 3,
Marietta Ohio, was driving an Over
land Transfer Co., truck, and Perry
l.. Williams, Of Richmond, Va, was
driving an Old Dominion Line truck.
No charges were preferred in this
accident, Taylor said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
Minor Cases
Before Mayor

wuduy'> session Of city court. with
Mayor Henry I. Powell presiding
Was made up of minor charges.
James Daniel, Negro, was guilty
of being djsordcrly. and Was given
so days. suspended upon payment OF
the costs.
Charlie Stccd and Mabel Russell,
both Negroes. faced the court, Charg
cd with immoral conduct Stccd WAS
guilty and was sent to the roads for
80 days. The state took 4 nollc pros
rs 10 the woman.
Robert Overly, Negro, drew six
months on the roads for respaSSlng.
Willie Jones, Negro, was not gull
y OF assault with an axe.
In another warrant. Willie Jones,
Negro, was guilty Of aSSaulting Bcr-
lena Jones with his fists. He was
tined 50 and costs.
Ncrdict> of not guilty were return
ID rs to Thurman Fauccttc and Yer
non Rogers. Negro. who were
charged with careless and reckless
driving. Their autos figured IN 4
wreck.
Prayer for judgment was continue
cd upon payment of the costs as to
Ben Kcarncy, Negro, guilty Of being
diSorderIy.
Jesse Ball was not guilty Of being
drunk.
Dave Nin>on, Negro, pleaded gull
~ to being drunk, and was given 80
days, suspended upon payment of the
costs.
William JudginS. Negro, was not
guilty when tried for being drunk.
John Calvin Marrow. Negro. enter
cd plea of guilty to being drunk,
and was given 80 days or costs.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
Mundy Easy
Victor Over
Collins
Only Primary Run-Off
Draws Unexpectedly
Large Number Of
Votes, 1912; Margin
Is 286 for Mundy in
Voting.

J. L. Mundy was rcnomlnated con-
stable of Henderson township last
Saturday in the only run-olf cleo
ton for this county growing out OF
the primary of May 25. He received
749 votes to 463 for Jack Collins, who
was second high man in the first prl-
mary. this being a majority OF 286.
The vote, though small compared
with the approximately 1000 votes
cast May 25, was much larger than
most people had anticipated. Accord
ing to complete, unofficial tabula-
tons from the five precinct; III Hen
derson township, 1912 votes were
cast last Saturday.
In the first primary Mundy recciv-
ed more than 200 votes 10 fall short
a little more than 200 of a majority
in a field of five. Collins pollcd some
thing over 500 at that time.
On last Saturday, Mundy carried
North Henderson, West Henderson
and East Henderson, and Collins ran
ahead in South Henderson No. | and
South Henderson No. 2.
The Vance County Board of Elec-
tons will meet at II o'clock tomOr-
row to canvass the returns officially.
The complete, unofficial tabulation
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
TWO REALTY PAPERS
WITH THE REGISTRY

Realty registrations with the Vance
Registry Saturday were two, accord
ing 10 the records of that office.
Alex S. Watkins, ct al, sold Naomi
a. Corbitt Il lot on Pcachtrcc street
for $40 and considerations.
Curtis Il. Parham and wife sold
Elizabeth Il. Parham a lot on Ham
tons.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
TRANSPORTATION GAINS

Washington. June 24.-(AP)-Thc
volume of freight transportation by
motor truck reached a 1910 peak Of
l,1lO,853 tons in May. the American
trucking associations reported today.
This compared with l.O55.326 ton
in April, and 99l,486 tons in May.
1899
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
City Council
In Session
This Evening

The regular monthly meeting of
the Henderson City Council will be
held this evening, with possibility
that salaries OF city officials and en-
ployccs will be set for the coming
fiscal year, starting July |. There
may also be further discussion of out
side fire protection to suburban areas.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24

Granted LiccnSe-Roy Lee AyScue,
route 3, Louisburg. and Marie Mos
ley, route 2. Henderson. secured
license to we'd at the Vance Registry
office Saturday, according to the
records there.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
AROUND TOWN

Three Fincs-Bob Wall. Furman
Dickerson and w. d. Whitley paid
81 fines into the city clerks office
for traffic violations. according TO
the records at that office.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24
ABC MEN ARE BUSY
DURING WEEKEND

ABC Officer J. c. Champion said
today he had warrants for the arrest
of Jesse King and Cecil Williams,
charging them with the tranSporta-
ton of six gallons of illicit corn
whisky.
Champion, who was assisted Sum
day morning in the capture by Police
Sergeant G.. S. Eastwood, first sight
cd Pontiac coupe in which the men
were transporting the liquor in the
vicinity Of the fertilizer plant, and
gave chase, finding the Car abandon
ed in the vicinity Of the Rock Mill,
east of the city.
The officers recovered the whisky,
and brought the automobile in for the
courts disposal.
Al Scales, Negro, who lives in
Sandy Creek township, was found
with 20 gallons of meal beer when
Champion led raid on him. l.. A,
jackson and w. S. Strange assisted
in this raid. Scales was given hear
ing in county court today, and was
found guilty of selling the meal beer.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-24

Tunis in northern Africa, city
of over 100000 population, is very
rare case of large city in that part
of the world in which a majority of
the people are not MohammedanS.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-05-17
The War Is Closing In
RAoRc
By PAT FRANK

President ROOSevetS last warning has begun to bear
fruit Long before there he warned that the dis
urbance peace anywhere in the world meant the disturb
of peace everywhere And whether like it or
not the is closing in around
concrete Illustration of how closely knit is this
world came this week The controlled German press began
hammer at British interference in the Mediterranean
and result the United States forced to rbase its
fleet Hawaii. How did it happen?
The Navy Department, which has its excellent in
telgence service suspected that the Naz in point
ing the Mediterranean. and the Balkans possible the
atre of merely cOncealng with smoke screen of
words the movement of the Naz High Command The Navy
Department deuced that the next German thrust aimed
the Netherlands Long before Holland confirmed this
pcOn by partial mobilization the Navy Department had de-
eided to base the fleet on Hawaii.
The reason for this is obvious Holland invaded and ia
KEN leaves the Dutch East Indies richest prize in the Far
East without motherland Japan the preeXt of PRO
ectng" the Indies would certainly like to in The only
thing deter Japan would be the American battle fleet
riding at anchor in mid-Pacifc
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-05-17
AJOb For Jewish Publications

Jewish publications throughout America have remen
s lob on their hands In community wherein they
serve they expected to please their Jewish readers.
tho views of the readers coincide with those of the editor
then the readers say that the editor represents the cOmmun
y If the editor believes in certain principles which 60
against the grain of reader two then the editors paper
becomes offensive and nOn-representative.
The truth of the matter is that is impossible for
general Jewish newspaper to be representative OF any jewish
community.
In order to represent the Jewish people Jewish publca
ton would have to be nOnZiOnist, anZOnis prOZOnist
and mild Zionist SympathZer all at the time Fur
ermOre it would have to be violently vituperave nd
erent and mildly acquescent to the Jewish problems
paper would have to be proudly Jewish and then again
have refrain from using the word Jewish even In Its
name = to please some Jews.
YET general Jewish publications such as The Southern
Jewish Weekly strive represent trends OF jewish
thought All such papers invite all Jewish organizations TO
contribute their publicity material freely for publication
without editorial revision Even opinions of all readers are
printed they not in conformity with those OF the
editor These periodicals in most cases high type dgn
fled clean weeies who depend for their existence not from
subsidies furnished by organizations whom they serve but
solely from subscriptions from readers and from income de-
rived through advertising columns.
Thus every clear thinking Jew should recognize the val
the futity of attempting to represent heterogeneous
group at the time keeps its open to all ndvld
ua and to all organizations without editorial prejudice
And so to the many orthodox conservative and reform
Jews throughout the Southeast taking this publication we
make this pledge that while it is impossible to represent all
wry as body we will do utmost to give The Southern
Jewish Weekly reformed outlook, orthodox conscience
and conservative tone
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-05-17

For his Father Knows Better
HUMOR: II YOU want % forget
the woes Of the world and laugh
while learning about how not 70
bring up babies beg, boErow. SteSl
or even buy 8 copy q Martin Par
zer'S book Father KNOWS Better
Just published by Tie House q
Moreau. Young. PSH-. who We
believe is the first Angio-Jewlsa
editor 70 qualify as : cTce hunor-
ist, one day found himself with :
baby on his household payroll
AS he looked 6aZedly into its nro-
cent eyes, he vowed (oE 50 he once
informed this columniSel that the
infant was going TO pay its oxl
way. So he wrote 81 article
in which he told o. his u1scie1Uic
land sadly unspprecistedo expert
ments with such things IS diapers
and their maximum abSoroGyity;
putting the baby 10 sleep by swing
ing it by the legs. head down:
amusing. feeding and educating II
in ways that somehow alwayS Just
fell short OF success and only
brought bowls Of anguish both
from baby and mother. Esquire
published it and now It has ap-
peared in book form. enlarged IL
Illustrated and even funnier than
the original The book has 8
subdued sort OF hilarity that
sneaks up on the reader ard pokes
him in the funny bone when he is
least expecting it Every pros
pective father ought to have 3
copy. And every hospital ought
to have one in the waiting room
for expectant firSt-time pappas-
FINANCIAL: Remember all the
fuss about that International Jew
ish Colonization A ISOLATION.
founded by the Netherlands fl
nancier Daniel WOlfs. Well,
Wolf has had financial reverSeS.
and the organization has been left
high and dry. One of its COM
missions actually got to Dutch
Guiana, did q survey and prepared
q report. But the report, be
cause of the financial situation.
will probably never be published.
SPORTS: The editor of the
Egyptian Mail. Cairo newspaper,
is David GoldStein. When Cen
eral a. P. Wavell. former British
conmander-in-chief in Palestine,
visited Cairo. he played round or
golf with Goldstein. Ed Klein
lerer, former Rome JTA CORES
pondent, was kibitzer. Goldstein,
a crack golfer, had uncorked a few
sizzling drives, and WaveIl turned
to him and remarked: From now
on, I'm calling you Golfstein."
BONER: The New Republic had
an editorial in q recent issue con-
demning the Palestine Govern
ment's threatened revocation of
Fri JabOtinsky's citizenship. {.
In the course of it, the following
statement was made: He was
sentenced without q trial. since
the government realized that no
Jury would convict 3 man for pre-
venting 2,4OO miserable victims
from dying of exposure" The
New Republic ought to know that
there is no such thing as jury trial
in Palestine.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-05-17
BETWEEN YOU
AND ME
o. Paul A. PETERS

Book Review
OF Martin PanTer I'm \ deh&ar
For his Father Knows Better
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Swiss Army Stresses
Gymnostic Truinino
BY the Associa ted Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BERN.-Swiss Generalissimo Henri
Guisan was so impressed by an
exhibition by army gymnasts he
saw while reviewing the Sd Swiss
Infantry Division that he has given
orders for the creation Of "elite"
companies of athletes from all units
Of the Swiss Army. They are to be
trained in special schools.
These picked units Of athletes,
which are to include officers, nom
Commissioned officers and men,
will train at field sports, rugby,
basket ball. ski slalom and many
other sports in addition to their
regular army training.
Their eventual place in the
Swiss fighting forces has not vet
been ascertained. They may move
into key frontier positions as
crack cover" companies or may
be divided later and dispersed
among other units as sports in
structors.
Evening star., 1940-05-27

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt yes
terday urged all Americans to give
generously to the American Red
Cross war relief drive.
Mrs. Roosevelt spoke from the
White House over the combined net
works of N. B. c., G. B. S. and Mu-
tual on an hour program donated
to the Red Cross, in which leading
radio and theatrical stars partici-
pated.
Tells Of Widespread Need.
To-day" she said, there are more
people suffering and homeless and
IN need Of the care which only the
Red Cross can give them than in
any other period of recent history" /"
Every organization which has
been working overseas in invaded
countries, she explained, is now
taxed to the limit of its resources.
We must give now, she said, as we
have never given before because the
alleviating of human suffering is
IN part our answer to the challenge
to our belief in civilization.
II we turn away from the need
OF Others" she warned, I'VE align
ourselves with those forces which
are bringing about this suffering
and which we must eventually try
to defeat"
Norman H. Davis, chairman of the
American Red Cross. and Wayne
Chatfield Taylor, American Red
Cross representative in Europe,
speaking from Paris, joined Mrs.
Roosevelt in painting the horrors of
invasion and the desperate need Of
millions Of men, women and chill
dren driven from their homes.
Mr.. Taylor reported that thou
sands OF refugees were arriving in
the vicinity Of Paris with torn feet
and gaping wounds. Many of them
are bringing their dead with them,
he said.
Countless parents have lost their
children, he added. Many other
parents know they will never see
their children again or their homes.
Paints Tragic Picture.
Warning that If we fail, the
American Red Cross must haul
down its banner and humanity is
blacked out" Mr.. Davis asked his
listeners to picture what "blitz-
krieg" invasion of their own home
towns would mean.
I'm panic, the family gathers to
flee to the open highways out of
the town." he said. you join a
terror-stricken line Of townspeople
men and women you have
known for years lie dead or wounded
along the way = . babies vail for
food and are terrified by the blast
Of guns and the unearthly screech
Of sirens"