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The midland journal., 1940-01-19
Star Dust
4 The Bat Again
X Jane Has Preference
X To the Bitter End
by Virginia Vale

THE Presidents son plans
Il to give us mystery pic
ture-made from one of the best
mystery plays ever written
AS the first release Of his
Globe Productions. It's "The
Bat" by Mary Roberts Rine-.
hart and Avery Hopwood,
and has everything that a
thriller should have. It was filmed
by Mary Pickford's company in
1926, and done again, as "The Bat
Whispers" in 1881. Norman Foster
will direct the new version.
Hard on the heels of her scrap
with Warner Brothers over her re-
fusal to appear in Married, Pretty
and Poor" Jane Bryan showed the
studio that she preferred to be mar
ried, pretty and rich-she announced
her engagement to Justin w. Dart,
who is general manager of drug
firm,
-
Mickey Rooney may rank first at
the box offices of motion picture
theaters in this country, but in Great
Britain and Ireland he comes Sec
ond, with Deanna Durbin pushing
him out of first place. She was not
among the first ten in this country.
If you are devoted to the story,
"The Light That Failed" you'll like
the picture version, which sticks to
the original, even to the unhappy
ending. If it's Ronald Colrnan, rath-
er than the story, who's response
The midland journal., 1940-01-19
Where There's a Will
Things Usually Get Done!

The teacher was examining the
pupils in arithmetic.
"Now," he said, "I'll give you
one more sum. If a cat falls
down bottomless well, and for
every two feet it climbs up it
falls down three, how long will
it take to get out?" nl
One boy took a slate, and after
filling both sides with a mass Of
figures, asked for another.
"Good gracious!" snapped the
teacher, ''haven't you the sense to
see the cat will never get out?"
''Don't be in a hurry, sir" re-
piled the boy. 'There's plenty of
time and heaps more states. II
you. wait long enough, I'll bring
the little beggar out in Australia"
The midland journal., 1940-01-19

THIS is really ''rnust' fashion
L for this season when your fig
ure should by all means have the
delicately rounded, small-waisted
look that distinguished the gra-
cious ladies of the eighties. Gath
ers on the shoulders and at the
waistline, gathers on each side of
the front skirt panel which fiat
tens your diaphragm beautifully
that's all the detailing there is to
1867, so that anybody can make it
without any trouble at all. And
the result is a charmingly elegant,
The midland journal., 1940-01-19
ANOTHER FORECAST FOR 1910


JANUARY:
Nazi Germany will issue a state
ment accusing England of starting
the war, denying she ever had any
thing but peaceful desires and warm
ing of new weapon. Washington
will talk of a breathing spell for
business. There will be air raids
over the Firth of Forth. Eight more
radio programs will feature question
and answer contests. Russia will
deny she is at war with anybody as
she bombs five more open Finnish
cities. l
FEBRUARY:
Italy will issue statement affirm
ing the Rome-Berlin axis, attacking
the Allies, belittling America and
denouncing Russia. Two more radio
programs will put on question and
answer contests. Ruth Judd will es-
cape again. Nazi Germany will is
sue a statement accusing England
of causing the war; Washington will
hint at a possible breathing spell
for business. Mayor LaGuardia will
join another Indian tribe.
MARCH:
There will be air raids over the
Firth of Forth. Russia will deny
she is involved in any war with any
body. Ambassador Joe Kennedy
will return to America from Lon
don on a special mission; or vice
The midland journal., 1940-01-19
Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Pork Cutting Will Keep Congress
In Session Past June !. Ed. r.
Sounding Sentiment on Cordeu
Hull.
By DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT ALLEN

WASHINGTON Those optimistic
statements about a short session OF
congress are lot of wishful think
ing. The boys will still be on hand
when June / rolls around.
One reason is that there is no need
for them to hurry to get through.
The presidential convention won't
take place this year until late July
and early August The other reason
is that the shadow of the momentous
fall campaign will dominate every
thing said and done on Capitol Hill
and the session is cinch to be one
of the most acrimonious and poll
tics-ridden in years.
There will be fierce fighting over
the Wagner labor and wage-hour
acts, over Secretary Wallace's de-
mand for some form of processing
tax to finance the $500, ,000,000 farm
parity payments, over Cordell HulPs
reciprocal trade treaties and above
all over the slashed budget.
It's on this last issue that you will
see party lines crumble and the
boys, despite all their brave econo-
my talk and other lofty sentiments,
rally together to save their pork.
For there's political murder in
that thar budget.
The boys don't know it yet but
Roosevelt has ripped $45, 900, 900 out
of the flood control appropriation,
whiting it down from $115, ,000, 900
to $40, 10000 The cries Of anguish
that will go up when this is discov-
cred will rend the heavens from
New England to California and from
Michigan to Texas. At least two
thirds of the members of both cham
bers have local stakes in this APP
preparation, to say nothing of hun
dreds of contractors and thousands
of workers, and with an election in
the offing you can bet your boots
the boys are going to leave no stone
unturned to get their pork.
The flood control item is just one
of a number that got the axe. The
highway appropriation, another
prime local pork favorite, was rid
died. When Roosevelt merely rec
commended that last year, congress
nearly hadsa fit. The boys will jump
out of their skins when they see
what he actually did to the appropri-
alton this time.
No Third Term2
For the first time in two years
word has gone out very quietly
The midland journal., 1940-01-19
,4sk Me 4nother
q A General Quiz
The Questions

1. Has Brazil a state as large
as Texas?
2. What makes wood decay?
3. Does the moon influence pen
dulum clocks?
4. How do waves on the Great
Lakes compare with waves on the
oceans?
5. Which is the. longer coastline,
the Atlantic or Pacific?
6. How do our rivers compare
with those of Europe?
Z. How large is Death Valley?
8. Did Cortez, Gomez or Pizarro
conquer Peru?
The midland journal., 1940-01-19

BILE for your interest in the picture,
you'll enjoy it hugely, for he gives
an excellent performance.
The midland journal., 1940-01-19

fro m t h e White
House that the Pres
ident has a man def
initely in mind as
his possible success
Sor.
That man is Cor
dell Hull.
This does not
mean that the Pres
ident is committing
himself. However,
this is definitely the
very first time he
The midland journal., 1940-01-19
No Third Terne

For the first time IN two years
word has gone out very quietly
The midland journal., 1940-01-19
BOY, AN EMERGENCY

Attorney General Murphy says
that Mr.. Roosevelt will not run for
a third term unless there is an
emergency. If that's all that's need
ed, he's as good as nominated.
The midland journal., 1940-01-19

versa. Hutn judo Will escape again.
Hitler will announce that his pa
tience is being exhausted. Secre-
tary Ickes will make some dirty digs
at all candidates who dare to run
on Republican ticket. There will
be an air raid over Helgoland. The
Germans will say AS out of 48 British
planes were shot down. The British
will say As out of 48 German planes
were shot down.
APRIL:
Ruth Judd will escape. A Ger
man fleet will be cornered by a
British fleet and Hitler will order
the German fleet scuttled on the
ground the British have superior
ity of one small gunboat. Russia
will deny she is at war with any,
body. John Barrymore will play
Jeeters in Tobacco Road" Mayor
LaGuardia will join an Indian tribe.
MAY:
There will be talk of giving bust
ness breathing spell. Ruth Judd
will escape. Hitler will say his pa
tience is being exhausted. Lou
Holtz will play Jeeters in Tobacco
Road" There will be air raids over
the Firth of Forth. The Nazis will
threaten to use a newly discovered
war weapon. There will be much
discussion of Dizzy Deans arm.
JUNE:
Ruth Judd will escape. There will
be talk of a breathing spell for busi-
ness. Congress will vote to probe
the N. L. R. B. Hitler will give
warning that his patience is becom-
ing exhausted.
JULY:
Hitler will issue a statement warm
ing the Allies that they are exhaust
ing his patience. There will be talk
of giving the American business
man a break. The Democratic con-
vention will meet in the riot of the
century.
The G.. o. p. will hold it's conven-
tion or dizzy spell and compromise
on a plan to run Tom Dewey and
Bob Taft for President during alter
nate years. Eleven radio programs
will put on question and answer con-
tests. Ruth Judd will escape.
AUGUST
There will be a national demand
for a device to exclude campaign
speeches from the radio. Adolf Hit
ler will give warning that he is los
ing his patience. Russia will deny
she is at war.
SEPTEMBER: (See June, July and
August):
OCTOBER:
The Yanks will stage world Sc
ries with some club whose name
nobody is very sure of. Things will
look bad for the Democrats. Things
will also look bad for the Republi-
cans. There will be an orgy of
Gallup polls. Ruth Judd will es-
cape. Hitler's patience will run thin.
NOVEMBER:
The outcome Of the election will
look so close that Roosevelt will de-
eide to run on both tickets to save
the country. Ruth Judd will escape.
DECEMBER:
Hitler will announce that his pa
tience is exhausted. Ruth Judd will
escape. There will be talk of
breathing spell for business.
BOY, AN EMERGENCY
Attorney General Murphy says
that Mr.. Roosevelt win not run for
a third term unless there is an
emergency. If that's all that's need
ed, he's as good as nominated.
Try this tongue twister: II was
the fourth or fifth raid on the
Firth of Forth since the fifth.
To warlords raging everywhere
This is to hope you get your share
And that, little short Of luck,
The midland journal., 1940-01-19

yOu IL ClIJOy ~ uQSSlyp AOA 4lS S1VSS
an excellent performance.
So do Walter Huston, Dudley
Digges, and Ida LupinO. Miss Luz
pinO has had a hard time of it in
Hollywood; she was put into ingenue
parts and kept there; now that, at
last, she had been given a chance
to show what she could do with a
real role, she had made the most
of it.
Hers is rather like the one in "Of
Human Bondage" that established
Bette Davis as a dramatic actress.
Miss Lupino's performance is good
enough to do as much for her. No
longer can she be thought of as
just one of those pretty blondes who
are so numerous in the picture-mak-
ing metropolis.
If you're interested in the present
activities of former radio favorites,
here's news of some of them. Jim
my Melton is now known as James
Melton, and is a concert singer.
Morton Downey wound up his sum-
mer engagement at the Worlds fair
and followed it with an equally sue
cessful one in a Hollywood night
club. Singin' Sam is making money
by making recordings.
Jessica Dragonnette makes occa-
sional appearances on. the air-and
when you see "Gulliver's Travels"
you'll hear her voice. Vera Van,
Leah Ray and Annette Henshaw
have retired.
Gene Autry, the singing screen
star who is Public Cowboy No. /,
heads a new western series from
"The Double nj Ranch" over the
Columbia network each Sunday. In
cidentally, did you know that Gene
was discovered by the beloved Will
Rogers? Rogers stopped at small
town in Oklahoma to forward his
syndicated column; Gene, the teIe-
graph operator, was singing west
ern ballad. Rogers advised him to
capitalize ON his talents-and little
more than a year later Gene Autry
was popular radio and recording
artist.
Del Courtney, who features Can
did Camera music over NBC, has
borrowed an idea from the movies
in his presentation Of ''previews" of
his forthcoming programs. Before
concluding his broadcasts, he plays
a few bars of some of the new tunes
to be featured on the next program.
It's a novel idea, and will probably
be widely copied by bandleaders who
don't hesitate to initiate their more
successful brethren.
ODDS AND ENDS-The NesO York
Film Critics picked -Wuthering Heights"
as 1885 best picture :. Its ittIe more
than fsUenfy-six years since Cecil B. De
Mile, Samuel Coldsoyn and Jesse Lasky
began filming @The SquaiU Man." the frst
MOTION picture made in Hollywood.
(Released bv Western Newspaper Union.)
The midland journal., 1940-01-19

has even mentioned the name of
specific candidate.
What the President is doing is
throwing out Hull's name to various
close advisers and noting their re-
action.
The tack which the President is
taking is that Hull is the only man
who could get the support of both
the liberal Democrats and the con-
servatives, such as Senators Glass,
Byrd, and George.
Also significant is the fact that the
Inner Circle, while not yet counting
Roosevelt out for third term, are
by no means so sure of it as they
once were. Now they are convinced
that Roosevelt really does not want
to be candidate.
Insurance Bombshell.
Insurance company officials who
have been raging over insurance
disclosures by the anti-monopoly
committee don't know the half of it.
The worst is yet to come.
The committee will make volu-
ninous report on the finances and
investments of rs of the largest in
Surance companies-and it's going
to be bombshen.
One Of the sensations will be the
revelation that last year a certain
nationally known company, with
many millions of dollars on deposit
in a certain bank, drew not one cent
of interest on this money. The re-
port will show, as a possible expla-
nation for this amazing situation,
that high officials of the company
also are directors of the bank.
Even when published only a linz
tied number of copies will be avail
able, because the report is so vo-
luminous that it cost $100 copy to
print it in the government printing
Office.
Capital Chaff.
Assistant Secretary of State A. A.
Berle's wife, Beatrice Bend Bishop
Berle, is a physician {. The Pres
ident is about to have his portrait
painted by Cuban Artist Esteban
Valderrama A peace society
has distributed $4,000 copies of the
David Lawrence editorial. "Peace
Now" which proposes a 10-point
program for settlement Of the war.
One move in the minds Of the Jack
Garnerites is that in the last show
down he might withdraw to let Sam
Rayburn step into the picture. -
The midland journal., 1940-01-19
GEN Z RAJ
JOH N SON
JdHc..

After Winters Breathing Spell
Look for Terrific Air Fighting
-. We Need National Defense
Inquiry.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-06

A special venirc Of 80 Vance coIn-
" citizens was drawn IN Vance Su-
nerior Court late Tuesday from
which to select a jury for trial to-
morrow of George K. Aston, Negro,
on first degree burglary charges.
Most of the men are from Hende:-
son township.
A true bill was found against Al
ston by the grand jury Tuesday on
charges of breaking into and enter
ing sleeping quarters for employees
at the bus terminal here the night
of January Il. Two other true bills
against the Negro. who claims to be
from Philadelphia, were also re-
turned by the grand jury, one OF
these charging breaking and enter
ing and larceny and receiving from
a building owned by H. T. Morris
and T. G.. Horner, and the other
charges a secret assault Of Jesse B.
Matthews, night manager Of the bus
station.
Deputy sheriffs today were serv-
ing summonSeS on prospective jurors,
notifying them TO report for duty
at the opening Of court tomorrow.
Drawing Of the jury was the last
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-06
Royal Arch
Masons Meet
Monday

Royal Arch MasonS of the eighth
capitular district will hold a district
meeting in the Masonic temple here
next Monday evening with dinner
at 7 o'clock, served by ladies of the
Eastern Star, and an initiation fol-
lowing in the lodge hall, it was. an
nounced today by w. r. Vaughan,
high priest. Henderson, Durham ano
Oxford chapters are to be represent
ed at the gathering.
The mark master degree, and pro-
badly the past master degree, will
be conferred on several candidates
from Durham. J. S. Beverly, of Ok
ford, is chairman, and George A.
Lowry, of Henderson, and w. W.
Drakeford other members of the
committee in charge of the degree
team. The degree work will be, the
outstanding feature of the meeting,
and high priests of the three chap
tiers will be called on for reports
Distinguished Masons expected to
be in attendance include Most Ex-
cellent Grand High Priest D. E. Bull
lock, of Rocky Mount; Grand Mas
ter j. Edward Allen, of Warrenton;
William R. Smith, of Raleigh, grand
secretary and past grand high priest
Past Grand Chaplain Rev. c. K
Proctor, superintendent of the Ok
ford Orphanage.
Introductions will be by Mr.
Vaughan and Dr.. H. A. Newell, both
of Henderson. The Henderson chap
ter will open and close the meeting
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-06

Six WPA lunch rooms were beng
operated in January at as many
Schools IN the county, all ot them
being in the city except tor me or
al Middleburg. A detailed report OF
the operations was MADE pubic TO-
day by E. M. Rollins, city-county
school superintendent. All the luncn
rooms were in white schools land the
report was signed by Kathryn Pur-
nell. county supervisor.
Reports were given out Tor the
four months of October, November,
December and January, with some
variations in the number. The schools
in the city where the lunch rooms
were connected were Junior high,
Clark street, Central, North and
South Henderson, all of which ran
for the entire four-month period. The
Middleburg lunch room was not IN
operation in October.
The report for January showed
eleven people were employed in the
work, with a total of 1924 lunches
served, of which 5,286 were free, 80
were Exchange" lunches, and q:
9O8 were paid for. Children served
were 7O5, of which AIT were served
free, and 273 paid. Fifteen children
were served from exchange
lunches, and: the average daily was
592. The average Federal cost per
lunch was five cents.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-06
Caps Is
Convicted
Of Burning
Sentencing of Dab.
ney Man Deferred
rending Data From
State Hospital AS to
His Condition.

II. M. Capps, Dabney township
citizen. was convicted by jury IN
Vance Superior Court late Tuesday
afternoon of the burning of Mount
Moriah Negro Methodist church near
his home on the Henderson-OXford
highway last July II. Sentence was
deferred until tomorrow by Judge
Leo Carr SO that information mlgnt
be obtained from the State Hospital
in Raleigh bearing on his condition,
The jury got the case at lO:3O
o'clock in the morning and dellberai-
ed the rest of the day. Several times
during the afternoon it came back
into the court room for Instructions
from Judge Carr. One time 1t re-
ported ballot Of eleven to one, ana
later in the afternoon returned to
say that one man had gone back to
the minority, with the standing OF
ten to two. There was no indication
of which way the majority leaned.
On the last appearance before the
court, the jury said it seemed hope
lessly deadlocked, but Judge Carr
reminded them of the cost of the
trial to the county, and told them
that if they were discharged the
whole procedure would have TO be
gone over again at additional ex-
pense, and some jury at some time
would have to decide the issue. He
to the twelve men TO 60
back to further deliberations and try
hard for verdict.
Half an hour or so later, they re-
turned With the conviction.
After the burning of the church
last summer, CappS was confined for
a week or ten days in State Hospital
in Raleigh, and records indicating
his condition were desired as haV-
ing a bearing on the courts sentence.
D. P. McDuffee, who represented
~appS as defense counsel during the
trial, asked time to obtain the need
ed information, and the court readily
agreed to defer judgment until
The jury that convicted Capps was
of the following: V. T.
Grissom, Robert B. Virgins, H. A.
0egram, D. C. Williamson, B. A.
Newton, c. B. Hamm, w. T. Short,
F. B. Moss, George M. Burroughs,
Willie Norwood, Walter E. Hight, H.
?. Hilliard.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-06
Relief For
Is
Over $4,000
Many People Helped
by Payments During
Month; IS In County
Home, With q In
tuberculosis Wards.

Relief costs for Vance county
amounted to more than $4,000 in
February, according to the monthly
report of Miss Clara Mae Ellis, well
fare superintendent, to the Vance
Board of County Commissioners.
The largest single outlay item was
S2,5l1.75 for old age assistance,
S635.44 of the amount given bv the
county. Aid to dependent children
was 1896, including 1924 by the
county, and aid to the blind was
S19O.12, including S42O3 by the
county. The items were about in line
with the amounts in January
Emergency relief for the month
was listed as total of $415.22, in
Guiding milk, groceries, medicines,
fuel and clothing. The disqualification
item was S3O2.2O.
Commodity clothing was furnished
TO rs families in February, and there
were rs families receiving general
relief, with 49 on the list at the end
of February. disqualification was fur
nished to Is persons, but 38 appli-
cants for aid were turned down. AT
the end Of the month there were IS
persons in the county home, with II
patients in the Scott Parker Sana-
forum for tuberculars, and ten COL
ored patients in the Jubilee hospital
tubercular ward. During the month
SGT persons were given attention but
not aided.
Workers certified for WPA num-
bered 81, with nine for the NYA. The
old age assistance rolls include 26l,
including nine new ones, with TIA
dependent children on tho "elief list,
II receiving blind aid.
Three child labor certificates were
issued in February, and 80 child
welfare cases were handled. Three
juveniles from this county are in
State training schools, with four on
probation from those schools, and
one juvenile otherwise on probation
A total of 20 juveniles were under
supervision of the department, and
80 were in foster homes. Seven
adoptions were under investigation.
Five children were dismissed from
supervision, and services were af-
forded to nine cripple children.
The staff Of the welfare depart
ment made l20 Investigations and
visits during the month and travelled
9G6 miles in the discharge of their
duties with four trips made outside
the county.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-06
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS!
See Puge -Four

|, Which actress was recently a..
vorced and married again "i'iii''
fifteen minutes? ,.oo,
2. Name the President OF Argeh-
tina. A. ,,orld,c
3. What portion of the W1 p,.i, :
habitable land surface does the Bill
ish Empire occupy? ,,,,,s IN
4. Was the Circus MaNlii,''S III
Rome, Athens or Alexandra: .o,
5. What American-born person ;'h
with Spanish father ana lr III =
mother became Prime Minister ol d
foreign country? .;of. Of the
6. Name the publicity chiefs OF me
Republican and Democrauc pa tiss
!. Have three, twelve or SIX ropes
been named Plus? ,,,;,,or,
g. What are the pigment PRIMARY
colors? ,,;o+od m the
9. What building is depblc1eo Oil ''''
Jefferson five-cent piece! ,b;o,,
10. The diaphragm separates "i'ie;
parts OF the bCdy?