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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-01

4 total of 5.S16 citizens OIL
Vance county are registered LOT
the general election oil next
Tuesday. Chairman A. W. Ghoi-
SON, Jr.. of the Vance County
BOARD of Elections, announced
today. This includes those VINO
registered during the past TWO
weeks when the books were open
following the new registration
for the entire county when was
held lust before the State prl-
maries last May %. Tomorro"
will be challenge day.
Most of those qualified are eN-
pected to vote on Tuesday. Near
" all of them, except for a few
hundred. are expected to vote
the Democratic ticket. as Vance
usually goes about ninety per-
cent for the majority party can
didateS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-01
New Jury For
The Recorder

New Jurors were drawn today for
the Jury session OF county recorders
court set for next Wednesday, No
vcmber 6, ana announced by Supe-
rior Court Clerk L. y. talkner The
session was to have been held today,
but was deferred by order OF Re-
corder r. E. Clements because at
torneys involved in some Of the cases
ct lUr trial were engaged in FEEDER
al court in Raleigh.
Because the date was changed, the
jurors notified to report 1or today
were advised not to do SO and were
discharged, and the new panel was
summoned. Fifty in all were in
cluded in today's list.
By townships, the jurors announc-
cd today, and who are to report on
next Wednesday, are as follows:
HendersOn-W r. Switzerland, j..
Carl Rcams, John D. Williams, G..
N. Tucker, &. W. Pernell, Thomas
Badger III. ". w. Falkner, j. H.
Guptcn, r. w Newman, S. W. Oak
ley, George Hall, +. w. McCracken
J. W. Sanders, S. p. Hicks, K. 1.
Faulkner, j. w. Hayes, ST., r. p. W..
Seaman, G. H. Levin, a. j. Watkins,
c. E. Stainback. H. w. Whitmorc. S.
E. Jennette, J. T. SatterWhite, E. M.
Powell, j. NJ WoCdlief, r. N. Cup
ton. c. c. Shaw, Richard Buchan. H.
w. Anderson, c. E. Tillottson, S. F.
TeiSer.
Kittrell-P. B. Finch, R. j. Ed
wards, E. F. Simms, c. E. Woodlief.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY T. Woody, c. A.
Barker, E. T. Wilson.
Townsville-E. c. Norwood, P. {.
Arlington, ST..
Middleburg j. Dunn.
Sandy Creek-ROy T. Weldon. w.
M. Thornc, E. B. Moss, G. F. Tay-
lor.
Dabney-J. H. Harris, w. G. Ell
lington.
Watkins-J. w. Harris, Julian
Hoyle, w. H. GreenWay.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-01
Vance Grocer
Assessed Fine
In u. S. Court

Raleigh, Nov. l-(AP)-Judgc l..
M. MeekirS of the u. S. district court
today changed sentences imposed on
two grGccrS tOr failing to report sales
of sugar, so that they must pay heaV-
Ter fines and be on probation instead
OF going to prison.
He ordered that J. F. White, Jr:, OF
Oxford, trading as the Oxford Mill
ing Co., pay Il $1,000 fine and be I'M
der probation for two years, and that
Fl, B. Newman of Henderson pay Il
$3.50 fine and be on probation lor
Is months.
Yesterday he ordered change IN
the sentence originally imposed on
H. G. Clark Of Oxford, SO that ne
would have to pay $500 fine.
ORIGINALLY the judge ordered each
Of the three to serve 60 days IN 1all
and pay fines Of $3.50 each. New
man was charged with not reporting
sales St 1,230 pounds OF sugar:
White with not reporting sales OF
5000 pounds of malt, and Clark
with not reporting sales OF lO3,l2O
pounds of sugar, 24,700 pounds OF
malt and IS pounds OF yeast.
The government requires reports
of sales of 100 or more pounds OF SUI
gar. 25 pounds or more OF malt, ana
ne or more pounds OF yeast. Inc
name of the purchaser and the We
.,rlv ne uses to transport his pur-
chascs must be submitted to the Al
cohol Tax Unit.
The three grocers all pleaded gull
" 70 making the sales.
The government lost the second OF
two conspiracy cases docketed 1or
the current term. After three hours
of elaboration, a jury returned
verdict of rot guilty for Garland I.
Iohr~on. !. D. Johnson. Milton Adcock
and ROBBIE Adcock, alleged to have
cr mcmbers of Vance county
liquor ring.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-01
Workers Are
Wanted Now

A civil service agent was here to-
day looking Tor skilled workers for
shIp wards. He said he wanted mech
anicS and that wages ranged from 81
to $3.50 per day.
The agent was at Room 10 at the
post office from to 8 p. m. today,
and will be there tomorrow from 9
4. m. to noon, and will be able to
furnish all information desired by
applicants.
The mechanics will be put to work
at the ship yards in building the new
American navy or working on ships
for the merchant fleet. 1t was ex-
planned that there was an apparent
shortage of these workers. but that
they were greatly needed for the
preparedness program.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-01
AIanv Jobs Found
By State Agency
During October

The Henderson office Of the State
Employment Service. serving Vance,
Warren and Granville counties, plac-
ed approximately 50 persons in varI-
Gus types of employment during Oc-
tober and referred more than 100
carpenters to positions in connection
with the construction program at
Fort Bragg. it was stated today by
George Bnurdelat. manager of the
local branch of the state agency
Types of employment included
domestic service. sales. cotton pick
ing, truck operation. stock clerk, me-
chanical work, and other minor di-
visions.
Placements for October, 1899, total
cd l79. it was reported.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-01
Tomorrow Is
Last Day On
Absent Vote

Chairman a. w. GholEon, Jr., of
the Vance County Board Of Elections,
warned today that persons wishing TO
use absentee ballots in casting their
votes in the general election Of next
Tuesday would have to obtain those
ballots not later than tomorrow.
After tomorrow no ballots will be
put out by that method except in
Instances where illness or other
emergency occurs to justify it. lie
said that no great number Of alb
sentee ballots had been distributed SO
far. Absentee voting is permissible
in the general election, though it ha.
been abolished in the primaries OF
the spring.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-01
Marriages In
County High

Marriage licenses sold by the regis
fer of deeds of Vance county were
SO last month. highest toc any month
since December. 1888. There were
% white and Is colored couples. In
October last year there were only
nine licenses. six white and three
colored. For September this year IL
censes were sold to IS white and four
colored couples for a total OF twenty
During ten months OF 1910 licenses
were sold to 90 white and 80 Colored
COUPLES. a total Of 12+, compared with
rs white and 10 colored couples. a
total OF l25. for the first ten months
OF 1889.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-01
Prisoners In
Camp Are 107

At the end of October there were
lO7 prisoners in the State Highway
g. Public Works convict camp at Gill
burg, four miles east Of Henderson,
according to the monthly report to-
day of j. H. Gupton. camp super
intenoent This was one less than at
the beginning of the month.
During the month. 80 prisoners
we're received from the courts. Dis
charges were %. while eleven were
transferred to other camps.
All of the men held at the local
camp are Negroes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-01
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

/. The Coast Guard Academy is in
Norfolk, Va, New London, Conn.,, or
Washington, D. c.?
3. What is the main iilm attrac-
ton at a theatre called?
3. What is the official name Of
Siam?
4. What does sic Semper Tyran-
nis" mean?
.. Name the largest South Amer
lean country.
6. What battle did Napoleon win
shortly after he abandoned the in
vasion of England?
T.. Is llnseed oil obtained from the
seeds OF cotton, flax or hemp?
o. Which office in the federal gov
eminent does Claude R. Wickard
hold?
9. What is the title of Prince
George Edward Alexander Edmund
Of England?
~. Do alicn@ have n right to vote
Il ~ tate L Ing unicn?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-01
TWO CHARGES HEARD
IN COUNTY COURT

Two charges were disposed of to-
day in county court, with Recorder
r. E. Clements, presiding.
Jack Branch was given six months
on the roads for trespassing.
Judge H. Carroll, Negro, was moi
guilty of non-support.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-01
City License
Tags Ready

City Clerk W. q. Noys,a. aa.,...
cd today that new 1911 cts u..,
mobile license pilates had ...,...'.,
been received by his Office. .,.I
would go on sale December s.','
license plates for 1911 wi. 60 on
sale at that time also.
The city tags are OF the Sane Color
scheme as those OF the State. win
yellow letting and numcruI. ar ,
black background.
So far during the year. 1882 city
tags have been sold for 1910. pany
Of ZIG over the 1876 sold To- G,,n
last year. i total Of l.5o0 pilates .arn
been bought for 1871. Only one yI.fo
to the vehicle is required. and rrn
fee is a flat one dollar }or aM ,vao.
Of cars, trucks or traiIcrs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-01
Registration In County
Given As Total Of 5,876

The Republicans have no
county ticket this year, as they
have not for several elections in
the past.
Registration by precincts in
the thirteen voting districts Of
.,,o c,,,pty iS aS follows:
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Annals Fifteenth

"No, No, Nanette," the R-K-O
Radio screen version of the Broad
way hit, is Anna Neagle's 18th star
ring picture since she left the stage
nine years ago.
Miss Neagle assumes the title role
created Is years ago at New York's
Globe Theater by Louise Groody.
In the original cast were Charles
Winninger, Wellington Cross. Be-
atrice Lee, Mary Lawlor and Edna
Whistler.
mo, No, Nanette.' ran up 321
performances on Broadway and 665
in London. The film version, Her
bert Wilcox production, retains the
song hits Tea for Two" II Want
to Be Happy" and mo. No. Nanette" :"
Vincent Youmans wrote the music,
with Irving Caesar and Otto Har-
bach collaborators of the lyrics.
The supporting cast of mo, No,
Nanette" include Richard Carlson,
Victor Mature, Roland Young Helen
Broderick, zazu Pitts, Eve Arden,
Tamara, Billy Gilbert and Stuart
Robertson. Mr.. Wilcox both pro-
duced and directed it.
Evening star., 1940-12-30

to be shot. ducked. He never chose
me. Once you die, you're Of the
payroll"
This was quite Chaplin achieve
ment. for at the fade out there we're
Just 10 "mounties" left Of the orig
inal 200.
It's one of the few instances on
record where an actor profited by
stunning attention.
"You have to know your way
around" he says. ITO stay on a pic
ture like that. This one wasn't so
bad. Not so many were killed.
Just SHE'D clear of crack ups"
Chaplin has done everything in the
assistant-directing. His parents were
in the theater, ne himself attended
the Professional Children's School
in New York-for children of stage
people-and later went to Hollywood
High School. Twenty years ago he
did his first child part in pictures,
later worked with Wesley Barry,
then boy star.
His usual salary is about $50
week. but he makes much more
working day bv day and week by
week In the films. He doesn't work
all the time-the big pay averages
out"
He has been in some 400 pictures
which is why he's used to 1t when
you mutter Il know that guy, but
darned Z"
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Who Said Movies
Were a Cinch?

Thirty tired musicians, with fire
in their eyes, are looking for the
guy who said making movies was q
cinch.
They are members of Horace
Heidt's band, now working in James
Roosevelts first picture, Pot O
Gold" with James Stewart and
Paulette Goddard.
Musicians are accustomed to get
ting up any time between noon and
five o'clock, having breakfast when
most people are having dinner.
But each morning now the call
sheet on POT O. Gold" reads HEIDI
people on set am"
In order to get to the studio. get
into makeup and be on the set at
8 o'clock, 1t is necessary for most
of the boys to rise at the unearthly
hour of am.
First day on the picture tbs
scene called for them to come run
ming down the stairs carrying their
instruments.
The boys lugged their gear up
and down the stairs 81 times be-
fore the scene, in long shots and
close-ups, was finished.
At 6 pm. they were painting for
breath, but the day wasn't over yet.
They were given an hour for dinner
and told to report back for pre-
recording, which went on until mid
night.
The next day they started the
same routine all over again.
"Whew." gasped Horace Heidi
"and we thought movie stars led ell
easy life"
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Deaths Sting
Not Simple
These Days
New Twists Sought
For an Exit Must
Have Punch
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
No longer is movie death q simple
matter Of expiring at full length
on a bed or groaning and writhing
In agony on 4 floor.
Exits these days have to be
punchy, and scenarists, trying as
always to outdo each other. are
turning up some odd methods.
Take Conrad veidt in THE Thief
Of Bagdad." It's unusual enough
to be shot through the forehead
with a magic arrow from q boy
on a magic carpet, but when the
white charger you're riding through
the sky disintegrates beneath you,
1t marks milestone in. movie
murder.
Since, after all, there are but a
limited number Of ways in which
one can die, and all of them have
been used repeatedly, most Of the
writer's strive for q new twist.
TITS not unusual for one of two
duelists to die, but in the past too
much realism has been Stunned.
Inhabitions are put aside. however,
as Tyrone Power runs Basil Rath-
bone through in the climax OF fine
bit of swordplay in "The Mark of
Zorro" Blood spurts through Rath-
bones shirtfront as he dies. Much
the same effect is achieved as
George Sanders saber spells the end
of Nelson Eddy in "Bittersweet.'
Animals and Bogart.
Edward G. Robinson, keenly dis
appointed at dearth of death roles
of late. feels better now that he
knows he browns in THE Sea Wolf"
He likes the sequence particularly
we'll because death in a water-filled
ship cabin is something new for
him.
Humphrey Bogart meets destruc-
ton in old and new form in his
latest two pictures. In High
Sierra" he is shot, but with a new
twist He escapes from a posse,
hides safely until his dog shifts
him out. then dies with the dog in
his arms. In The Wagons Roll
Evening star., 1940-12-30

at Night" he plans Eddie Albert's
of heart at the last minute and goes
to the rescue. Albert gets away.
but Bogart is ripped limb from
limb.
Bette Davis, who succumbs with
unfailing f1neSse, meets death in
The Letter" by garroting Miss
Davis earlier has disposed of Gale
Sondergaard's husband with a COM
monplace bullet, so Miss Sender
gard twists a beautiful silken shawl
about the Davis neck.
Radio Is Fatal.
There is a poignant note in Lana
Turner's demise in "Ziegyeld Girl"
In her heyday, Miss Turner is the
beauteous young thing who walks
with such regal grace down giant
staircases, in the Ziegfeld manner.
When she is down and out she
returns to the theater of her tri-
umphs, tumbles down the long flight
of steps.
Different. too, is Evelyn Keyes'
death in THE Man Behind the
Mask" Blind, she loves music. She
steps into the car of her gangster-
husband, Peter LORE. Enemies have
wired bomb to the car radio. 1t
is a sad moment as she reaches
for the dialing switch.
But with all the new devices,
Evening star., 1940-12-30

Well, look at Elisabeth Risdon
and Joe Buloff. They're actors. So
what could you expectf"
Miss Risdon, one of the screens
top character actresses, and Buloff,
brought West from the Broadway
stage for the picture. play top roles.
They were already selected. So
were Jean Rogers, Joyce Compton,
Grant Withers and Frank Orth,
before Crosby was cast.
That reversal of nature-for the
star usually is picked before a sup
porting caSt-came about because
an actor tentatively selected for the
role backed out at the last minute.
Then somebody suggested Prod
ucer Howard Benedict take a plane
ride to Catalina Island and get a
load of Bob Crosby and his Dixie
land Band. Upshot was both Bob
and the band were hired.
I'm no actor" said Bob. But
tell me what to do. and I'll try"
He sings. The band plays. The
music goes round and round. So
does the comedy. a.
Evening star., 1940-12-30

perhaps, who has made you NUT
ter: II know that guy, but darned
If I can remember his name"
Jack Chaplin is used to that, too
So are all the dozens Of actors who,
like him. work pretty steadily with
out attaining wide fame.
Jacks current job has him as q
flying cadet in II Wanted Wings"
AS such, he has hade many scenes
along with the, stars-Ray Milland,
William Holden, Wayne Morris
and yet, in the whole picture, ne
has spoken less than SO words.
He is used to that. And don't
care" he says, "as long as the check
comes in every week"
The check has been coming in
for IL weeks now. to help make this
standout Chaplin year. Before the
air picture he played a "mountie"
in Northwest Mounted Police
"A De Mile picture in the hand
is worth about 10 in the bush" says
Jack. When you go into one In the
spring, you usually don't come out
until fall"
But Jack Chaplin is no mere pawn
of he movie fates. He likes to take
hand in his own destiny. That's
why, in the final shots of that movie.
you see Jack among the "mountie'
survivors. He explains.
I'VE started off with couple of
hundred mounties. We kept getting
killed. Every time I saw De Mile
looking around to select somebody
Evening star., 1940-12-30

there still is art in the deathbe6,
demise Helen Westley estimates
that she literally has died a hun
dred deaths.
She recalls with most artistic
appreciation the deaths Of Bern
hardt In Camille" Duse as Des-
demona and Ethel Terry as Juliet.
She thinks Merle Oberon's passing
in 'Wuthering Heights" or Thomas
Mitchell's as the fallen aviator in
"Only Angels Have Wings" were
the screens best of recent years,
rivaled possibly by Anna Feagle's
before a firing squad in Nurse
Edith Cavell" and Margaret Sui
lavan's in Three Comrades"
The trouble with death scene.
Miss Westley says. lis that you
never know whether you are under
playing or going overheard. That's
because we get so little practice
dying-then it's too late"
Evening star., 1940-12-30

R-h-O RadloS hlmuSlcal, Let's
Make Music betrayed no trepida-
ton from his first moment on the
set to his last, didn't change his hat
size.
In the language of the trade, he
became a quick study" That is, he
could memorize dialogue and cues In
double-quick time.
He never blew up, either-didnt
get case of stage fright and for
get his lines. He was poised, un-
hurried.
Il guess I'm Just dumb and don't
know any better than to do what
I'm told
All this was very gratifying to
Director Les Goodwins. because it
enabled him to treat his new star
like veteran without wasting time
by nursing him along Thus he was
able to drive ahead at the business
OF examining the same zip and speed
into Let's Make Music that he
Incorporates in those Lupe velez-
Leon Enrol comedies which have the
customers rolling in the aisles.
Crosby, however. takes no credit.
When told, said he:
Evening star., 1940-12-30
A Child Shall Lead

Orson Welles moved into a new
residence. then couldn't find his
way home
Quitting R-K-O radio studio, after
a days work in his quadruple ca
pacity of producer director author
star of Citizen Kane" he started
to drive a friend home to dinner.
Presently he pulled over to the
curb, admitted he'd forgotten street
and address of the new dornicile
But I'll AK that" he promised
Don't fret. Well cal one of these
movie guides to the homes of the
stars. MY house Is next door to
Shirley Temples"
Evening star., 1940-12-30

1t is the purpose OF the Nation
to build now with all possible
speed every machine and ar
senal and factory that We need
to manufacture our defense ma
terial. We have the men-the
skill-the wealth-and above all,
the will.
am confident that II and
when production of consumer or
luxury goods in certain indus
tries requires the use of machines
and raw materials essential for
defense purposes, then such pro-
duction must yield to our primary
and compelling purpose.
l appeal to the owners Of
plants-to the managers-to the
workers-to our own Government
employes-to put every ounce Of
effort into producing these muni-
tions swiftly and without stint.
And with this appeal I give you
the pledge that all of us who are
officers of your Government will
devote ourselves to the same
whole-hearted extent to the great
task which lies ahead.
AS planes and ships and guns
and shells are produced. your
Government, with its defense ex-
perts. can then determine how
best to use them to defend this
hemisphere. The decision as to
how much shall be sent abroad
and how much shall remain at
home must be made on the basis
of our overall military necessi-
ties.
We must be the great arsenal
of democracy. For US this Is an
emergency as serious as war it
self. We must apply ourselves to
our task with the same resolu.
tien, the same sense of urgency,
the same spirit of patriotism and
sacrifice as We would show were
we at war.
We Will Furnish Britain
Far More In Future.
We have furnished the British
great material support and we
will furnish far more in the fu.
ture.
There will be no "bottlenecks"
p In our determination to aid Great
Britain. No dictator, no COM
bination Of dictators, will weaken
that { termination by threats OF
how they will construe that de-
termination.
The British have received in.
valuable military support from
the heroic Greek Army and from
the forces of all the governments
In exile. Their strength Is crow
ing. 1t Is the strength Of men
and women who value their free
dom more highly than they value
their lives.
I believe that the axis powers
are not going to win this war.
base that belief on the latest and
best information.
We have no excuse for defeat.
ism. We have every good reason :
for hope-hope. for peace, hope
for the defense of our civilization
and for the building Of q better
civilization in the future.
I have the profound conviction
that the American people are
now determined to put forth a
mightier effort than they have
ever yet. made to increase our
production Of all the implements
of defense, to meet the threat to
our democratic faith.
AS President of the United
States I call for that national ef-
fort. I call for it in the name Of
this Nation which we love and
honor and which we are privi-
legged and proud to serve. I call
upon our people with absolute
confidence that our common
cause will greatly succeed.
Evening star., 1940-12-30
Stunting's the Easiest Part of the Job
Performing Dangerous Chores Is Nothing Compared
With Getting the Assignment in the First Place

wood. His earnings for the last five
years are estimated by one source
at $40 900 annually.
To demonstrate how easy he con-
siders his work. Mr.. Pomeroy did
bit of gang fighting (as double for
Cesar Romero) in Tall. Dark and
Handsome" 1t was fight such as
you see only in the movies. Fists
seemed to bash heads, chairs were
splintered on noggins and stunt men
were bowled over like ten pins.
When Mr.. Pomeroy was through
he came back to the sidelines.
Did I ever tell you about my rae
ing pigeons?" he began.
He told all about his pigeons and
how his birds race rings around big
movie writers and actors birds, but
that's another story.
Evening star., 1940-12-30

and know how and when to duck,
there's nothing TO wrecking car.
1t looks hard and it always makes
a great thrill scene in a movie.
Doing these jobs is nothing. It's
getting them that requires the work
Honest. 1 probably shouldn't let any
one in on this, but I have contacts
in every studio who tip me off as
soon as a script is completed in
which there is to be any stunt work
Then I telephone the director, to
remind him I'm still around. and
to tell him I can do that stunt bet
ter than any one else.
Il keep selling myself. I guess I
work as hard selling as I do stunt
ing"
Mr.. Pomeroy is reported to be the
highest paid stunt man in Holly
Evening star., 1940-12-30
~ the Associated Press.


HOLLYWOOD.
All you have to do to be stunt
man in the movies, says one Of
them, is to be a good salesman.
Allen Pomeroy. who is feet l,
about SO, and a stunt man without
serious injury for l6 years, will now
take over:
"Stunting is easy Turning a car
upside down Eyes. sideways or end
over end is as easy as walking
across the street. A terrific fist
fight is nothing at all. Riding a
motorcycle over cliff into the
ocean is easier than falling out Of
bed
''of course, admit you need ex-
perience for stunts like that. If
you're properly 'belted' into an auto