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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Ben Lassiter
Is Speaker
For Kiwanis

Ben X. LaSSitCr, OXloru recorders
court Judge, 81 rNc To- the ii"nGrr-
son KiWuniS clID Friday evening ON
Vance and Granville cnuuty history,
listing Il number of noted men who
came from thi. section of the State.
vino served in nigh places. When
Vance county vas created 50 years
ago in 1881, large part of il was
sliced from Or; nvillc county.
Judge LaSSitc' mentioned John
Penn. Il Slgncr O, the Declaration of
independence fer North Carolina,
TaSWcll ". Hargl ovr and others. He
also extended an invitation t" the
club membership IN visit the Gran
vile centennial in oxford July =. 3
and t. The name o. the celebration
is "Granvillc Thro lgh the Years.
Dan Clark prCSCn'r 1t Mr.. LHSSItcr,
who WAS Il guest If {. l.. MaCkcy.
The program for the meeting was
i'm charge OF Mr.. MackCy, and. in adj
di,ion to Mr.. LaSSItcr'S talk. included
one by Jasper Is. Hicks on Law" He
told the meaning Of Il 'rClCasc". trac-
inc of 4 title, and magistrate dc
Gliding Il case. as we'll as giving a
number of comiCal illustrations thai
have been before courts al various
times.
G. +. Greene fastened 4 lot of jokes
ON members of the club. B. A. Daniel
offered 4 thrcad-Wjndmg stunt,
which was participated in by james
II, Cooper and DR.. J. II. Whitfield.
with Cooper declared winner.
John Hall Davis. Junior kWanah
for the month, expressed his apprc"
citation If the privileges extended him
in representing the Henderson hugh
school as Inc last junior for the school
year l9&9-lO.
President J. Harry Bryan an
nounccd the monthly directors meet
inc will be held Monday evening,
June Il. at G:45 o'clock ut the Vance
hotel. with Frank Jordan as host.
President Bryan presided and at
tendance was so percent of the menu
bCrShip.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Building Permits In May
Most In Nearly 5 Years
$7S,850 of New Construction in II Permits Is.
sued by Fire Chief Ellis; leacherage and Ware
house Are Largest Items.

May was the biggest month Tor
lew construction Henderson has cN-
Jcricnccd in nearly five years, or
incc August, 1885, according 10
monthly figures released today by
fire Chief Cooper Ellis. There were
II permits, aggregating S78,85O.
The largest single project was the
lew teacheragc Tor the Henderson
city schools, being built on Church
ll'cet, site of the building that was
ulncd early last year. The building
las been under way for several
lontns, with $4,000 Of the cost be-
ng grant from the WPA, making
a WPA project.
The second largest item was the
3crmit for the new Carolina Ware
mousse, a structure to be OF $4,000
,uIarc tcet for tobacco auction sales
{ is being built at listed cost o.
go, 900 by w. B. Daniel and f. S.
t2oystCr.
Enlargement and remodelng of the
Henderson Vulcanizing Company $
,lIartcrs at the corner of Garnet and
spring streets was listed at $4,000,
md a two-apartment residence on
North Garnet street was listed Tor
Misses Jennie and Junle Dunn. 1t IS
If brick veneer construction.
Mrs. w. T.. Watkins obtained per-
nit for a $500 residence on Rowland
street to be rented.
All of the other projects were resi-
lcnccs or other structures Of smaller
.izc and cost, including the follow
no.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
New Figure Compares
With 6,345 in 1880;
Gain Is 1907 for De-
cade; No Other Fig
ures Available f o r
County.

Hcndcrson'S 1910 population Is
-G41. or Il cain OF 1902. or POO per
conf over the 6.345 count III 1851.
accordug to information furnished
today to the Daily Dispatch by L. \.
HrIahc< manager of the ccnSttS lor
North Carolina. in Raleigh
Hughes said no other figures were
ayaiIablc as vet for Vance county,
but Other data is expected shortly.
The figures. OF course. are Tor
rnuuIafiou within the l.2Oo-yard
radius from the intersection OF Car
nett and Montgomery streets, me
theoretical center ot the city. Inc
line is circle. and the area Is the
same as that fixed when the city
WAS Incorporated III 1871. OF 80 years
ago. -.
Suburbs OF the city contain equally
As MANY people as the area Wlthh
the l.2OO-yard radius. according to
the best available statistics. An OF
fetal directory made last fall gave
Henderson and its immediate adJac-
ent euvirunS total count OF l+.5+o.
The outside district contains Vlrtu-
ally all of the Communlty'$ mantt-
featuring and some OF the newest
and most modern residential sec
tICuS.
The census officials figures today
are not necessarily final. and are
subject to adjustments by way of
additions that may be found later
of families or individuals who have
been missed OF overlooked. The be-
lief is that there is no likelihood of
the figure being less than that given
by Mr. Hughes today.
II is generally accepted by unblaS-
ed observers that HcndcrSon'S popu-
lation outside lis city limits is fully
equal to that within the narrow
confines Of the legal area. which. if
all were to be included. would rank
the community with the best Of the
smaller cities of North Carolina.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page -Four

l. Who Was the first President OF
the United States to wear artificial
teeth?
3 What does blitzkricg mean?
g. What is "DaS Rheingold?"
4. Pago Page is the capital of which
island possession OF the United
States?
). Name the State University at
Ann ArbOr?
6. Which scientist advanced the
theory Of relatively?
7. Is Texas, South Dakota or
Wyoming called the "Coyoto Statc?'
8. Which French sculptor made the
Statue of Liberty in New York Har-
Dor?
8. Name the tree that has white
or pink blossoms in spring and red
leaves and berries in the fall.
10. Is the post office responsible
for the loss of a special delivery let
ter if it contains money?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
DICK GALLOWAY is
AWARDED DIPLOMA

Dick Galloway, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
!. J. s. Galloway. of Granite Street,
recently received his diploma at RAN
dolph Macon Academy, Fort Royal,
Va.
During his stay at the military
school. Galloway made the three
varsity teams. playing football. base
ball and basketball. and also had the
distinction of being on the drill team.
Galloway won the medal for the
best all-round athlete at the school
during the past year.
At Henderson high. Galloway re-
ceivcd the Anderson Athletic tro-
ply as the best alI-round athlete in
1859.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
COfCReports
Due Monday

Membership committeeman and
directors of the Henderson Chamber
of Commerce are asked by Smith H.
II. Young, secretary, TO report Mon
day on the results Of the member
ship which has been under way this
week.
Fragmcntary reports which had
been received at the Chamber Of
Commerce office this morning in
dictated that there had been graft
flying response to the campaign and
that a considerable number of new
members have been added, Young
said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
~ APPLICATIONS
FOR ENLISTMENT
ARE TAKEN HERE

More than fifteen Vance county
Young men were interviewed yes
tcrday by Sergeant Jennings y.
Smith. officer in charge of the Ra-
leigh recruiting office Of tho United
States Army. and applications for
enlistment were taken from twelve
of the men.
The applicants are TO report dur
ing next week at the Raleigh recruit
ing office for physical examination
and to complete papers in conncc-
ton with enlistment.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Henderson's Population Gains Over Twenty Percent
Friday Was
Hottest For
Year So Far

Fridays maximum temperature Of
sc degrees was by one degree the
hottest weather Of the summer here
so far. On Thursday the mercury had
climbed to 95. The minimum tenn
pcraturc for the period was "a de-
9rees.
Intermittent showers Friday after
noon tended to cool the atmosphere
slightly late in the date, and the
night was a bit less oppressive than
the previous Two or three nlghts'
Prospects this afternoon were Tor ad-
ditiOnal showers.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Clubs Pool
Opens Monday

The West End Country Club SWIM
ming pool will open Monday, with
Mrs. Main aS manager, and Miss
Barbara Patterson as life guard, it
was stated today.
The pool Is ~ DC filled with water
during the week, after minor re-
pairs have been made.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
CARD OF THANKS.

We surely do thank the people q
North Henderson and South Hcnder-
son, and all our friends for helping
us during the loss of our home by
fire on May 80. We thank you all
from the bottom Of our hearts.
LONNIE AND ETHEL
MOOREFIELD.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
RECORDER CLEMENTS
DISPOSES OF CASE

Robert Tunstall, Negro, was guilty
Of operating truck for hire with
)ut a chaurfer's license today in
'ounty court. and Recorder r. i
Elements let prayer for judgment b.
continued upon payment of tho
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

Pays Traffic Finc-J. c. Cham
pion paid 81 into the office OF the
city clerk as Il fine for Il trai'i"
violation. according to the records
at the city clerks office.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
MAYOR POWELL HAS
TWO MINOR CHARGES

Mayor Henry T. Powell had two
cases in city court today. Thomas
Carpenter was guilty of being drunk,
and drew 80 days or the costs. j.
S. Norwood was not guilty of careless
and reckless driving.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
To Address Class.

Is. H. Perry will address the Mems
Bible Class at Holy Innocents Epis-
copal church Sunday morning at 10
o'clock. it was announced today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

Amsterdam is known Us the city Of
A thousand bridges, in reality there
400 Of them.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Teaches Glass

3. II. Perry will teach the Mems
Bible class at Holy InnoccntS EpiSco-
pal church Sunday morning at 10
o'clock
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

The soul is so made as to be its
own tormentor.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Promoters Got Trump's Exit in PhiIIy

Philadelphia,
dtng claim No 583B to the
the fell of the ring his
red lantern the hole when
big his pants and rushed him
protesting frame the back
tossed him into the nk blackness OF night
making another
his lap Joe him hand and dis
Packs another promoter from ST. Louis
had boxing
been with machmaker frankie
up, currently cgar-smoking
friendly with them aeen Menende which ab unusual
"Machmakers like baseball
them another and the club make
a matchmaker deliberately
a the card the
tell
the Why Mamakos from New York Philadelphia
taking punishment like he
Phil couple of
that's the they figure but they're dead wrong
absolutely certain that will tolerate bad
them time be sidetrackd He's taken
incidents which
guess
probably will milk OF
his TRADES toothless
hunting hounds Off An odd fellow
right but must be kind Of nice
built
P.s-Dont forget that show tomorrow night
Evening star., 1940-06-26
AbsentMinded GEORGE FORGOT Eight Grond

pointed "O course he had
whipped everybody much left but this
don't know although he
always IA good of himself"
couple of beats more than one
Paul Jones back in 1881 That was the
almost had Mysteries upon finding mop MILL
ing entrance clamoring for admission
Open up King land start selling
"There aren't any more King gasped sold half
hour ago."
But that point story At that time Turner'S office
uas in the Annapolis retired to mae
to count everybody thought somebody else
had brought along the cash box
scramble for the organized to
auditorium office
would paid Wrest
little peevedst little prolonged search wasn't
recalled the running board While
his found theeconten
sat Londos at the Ray
championship match 1t shooting match
wreses gladly tickets when there's
seconds hoped into
ring proceedings in the the
Iondos 20 him with flying tackle
"Leggo leggo,' Jeemy screamed. "Iemme get IN there
"St numbskul" Joe barked
numbskun" Londos demanded you call me
fooish?"
Yeah" cops-theyre sluggng
cauifower ears"
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Tigers, Once Strongly
Against Night Ball,
Now Plan for Il
Apparently Just Falling
In Line os 'Gotes' Have
Been Among Biggest
By the Associated Press.

DETROIT, June 26.-Night base
ball in the major leagues claimed
another apparent convert today as
the Detroit Tigers, who had been
among the most stubborn hold
OUTS started getting into line for
play-under-hghts.
Heretofore the Tigers have shown
not the slightest inclination for the
arc light business, but now Owner
Walter o. Briggs has decided to pre-
pare for the night game for the 1941
season and Briggs Stadium is to be
equipped for it.
The Tigers have seldom wanted
for customers and Briggs decision,
lacking fiat declaration in favor
OF the night game indicates that
Detroit is merely falling in with the
parade as the thing to do. Detroit's S
gates almost invariably have been
among the topmost in the ma jors.
Champions of the night game had
made little headway with the Tiger
ownerships. who had maintained
that the game would descend to the
status of an exhibition" rather
than sport" if played at night.
Only New York, Washington and
Boston still hold out against the
night game.
Briggs, in brief formal an
nouncement. said he was asking for
plans and specifications for a light
ing system which probably will be
installed at Briggs Stadium so that
we can play night baseball. if we
desire, during the season of l941."
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Haney Is Given Credit
For Browns Climb
To First Division
Skilled Direction, Better
Balance Factors in Rise
OF Former CeIIurites
BY the Associated Press.


ST LOUIS, June 26.-There's a
stranger in the American Leagues
first division today.
The st. Louis Browns are looking
down from fourth place and the
New York Yankees are looking up
at them.
The Brownies reached this lofty
perch with a 12-to-10 victory over
the Philadelphia Athletics last night
after the world champions had
dropped daytime decision to
Cleveland 5-3
It's the first time in six years the
Missourians have stood so high at
this stage of the race. and only last
year the team finished a dismal
eighth.
Now the fans are climbing aboard
the Browns bandwagon, clicking
the turnstiles at unfamiliar figures
and asking:
What caused all this?"
George Sisler, one time Brownie
star who is rated by many modern
observers as one of the all-time
greats, says:
It's a matter of balance. There
was power on the club before, but
when you'd get past two or three
men, there'd be a lull in the attack.
"Now the club has power all the
way down the batting order. That's
what makes ball club dangerous.
It's better to have a string of bat
tiers with modest averages than to
have two or three with marks above
400.
Fred Haney is taking full advan-
tage of the clubs strength, too, by
switching outflelders against oppos-
ing pitchers. Yes, the Browns are
good ball club now"
Another factor in their upward
surge, which has brought IA victories
in the last 20 starts, is home runs.
The team is leading both leagues in
circuit clouts with a total of 56.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff Correspondent.


CHICAGO, June 26.-Branded as
worn cogs in a sputtering machine,
36-year-old Buddy Myer and 34-
year-old Charley Colbert are begin
ming to resemble the sparkplugs OF
the Washington baseball team. II
their current capers are an indica-
ton of old age, Manager Bucky
Harris should be eager to obtain
more mellowing performers,
These fellows, who have tasted
spectacular success, comparatively
are slipping the dregs of their dia-.
mond careers at the moment Play
ing with the 1910 Mats isn't exactly
an enviable occupation, out Charley
and Buddy, nevertheless. are reveal
ing flashes of the form that stamped
them as stars few seasons back
The fame of production under
pressure still is burning within the
graying, still scrappy Myer and the
determined, courageous Colbert. The
assets which placed them among
the elite Of their profession still
oozes sporadically.
A hero in the 1880 and 1881 World
Series before he blasted away por-
ton of leg in hunting accident.
Colbert never has allowed his quiet
confidence to vanish. He is eager to
play every day and feels he'll con-
tinue to click, but Harris believes it
wiser to restrain him with occasional
relief and perhaps vital rest
Colbert, Myer Hitting Heavily.
Charley has been somewhat Of a
sensation since Harris authored the
latest of his shifts to send Colbert
to shortstop as regular. In four
games he has hammered at 1853
clip and has manufactured finer
fielding than any of his predeces-
sOrs.
Myer also is staging comeback
which hasn't hampered the Mats.
Inserted at second base when Jimmy
Bloodworth damaged his arm, Buddy
was a sorry specimen at the plate
in Detroit and Cleveland and yielded
the position to Jimmy Pofahl for
short span. Tested again in st.
1OulS, ouOuy Oh uIA q 6idoy ouA AoC
and has hit at .429 pace in his
last five games.
1t may be significant that since
Colbert and Myer have been func-
tioning together the Mats have cap
tured four of five games, swapping
a seven-game losing streak in the
process. Nobody expects them to
continue in their flashy fashion, of
course, but it's refreshing to see
their squirt at time when the club
SO sorely requires aid.
Believe Hudson Has Arrived.
Meanwhile there is conviction
among the Mats that Sid Hudson,
the youthful, elongated rookie right
handler, who was mediocre earlier
in the campaign, definitely is on
the way to pitching prominence.
Sid followed his one-hit, 10 tri-
umph over st. Louis last Friday
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Vets Myer, Colbert Sparkling
Mats; Hudson Stops Chisox =
DESPITE Scare in Ninth

night with a rs victory over the
White Sox last night and he wasn't
as ineffective as the score would
indicate. He allowed only four
scattered hits and one earned run
for eight innings before firing in
the ninth and yielding four runs
and five hits.
He checked Chicago with q brace
of singles for the first five innings.
In the sixth Mike Kreevich was safe
on Gelbert's pardonable muff of his
nasty hopper, and Joe Kuhel fol-
lowed with a tremendous home run
into the upper deck of the right
field stands.
Sid escaped damage in the seventh
and eighth innings. but bumped into
considerable trouble in the ninth.
Julius Solters led off with a single
and Eric McNair. Mike fresh and
Pinch-hitter Larry Rosenthal whack-
ed a triple, single and home run,
respectively. Kreevich singled to
place the tying run on base after
Bob Kennedy had been tossed out,
but Hudson disposed of Kuhel and
Taft Wright on outfield flies to end
the game, witnessed by 1888 Gus
toners.
: Mats Made Is Hits.
The Mats meanwhile had smashed
Johnny Rigney, Pete Appleton and
Clint Brown for Is hits. Four singles
produced two runs in the fourth.
Gelbert's triple to right scored Cecil
Travis and Myer, both of whom
had singled in the sixth, and Hud-
sons single to left sent Colbert
across.
Washington capitalized on two
White Sox errors to snatch two runs
in the eighth. George Case doubled
to left with two out and Buddy Lewis
walked. Gerald Walker was safe and
Case scored when Shortstop Luke
Appling threw wild past Kuhel.
Lewis, who had reached third on the
play. scored when Walker was picked
OF first base and enticed low throw
from Kuhel to Appling at second in
the rundown.
Walter Masterson was to stack up
against the White Sox today, with
the Mats entraining for Boston after
the game. Washington will open a
four-game series against the Red
Sox on Friday, travelling tomorrow
Evening star., 1940-06-26
1ipoff Is Found
As 7 Of Last
AreLost
indians Again Defeat
Yonks, Who Yield 4th
Place to Brownies
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer,


There is no time like midnight
to unmask miracle.
The Chicago Cubs did it last night.
revealing even to the stout hearted
Flatbush fans that the Brooklyn
Dodgers are no wonder workers and
that it will take a long and bitter
battle to bring the National League
pennant to Ebbets Field.
Of their last nine decisions the
Dodgers have dropped seven. That
scarcely is a championship pace.
The fact that 1t took 26 innings in
two games to beat Brooklyn the
seventh time, 8-3, couldn't cloak the
Dodgers disappointing slide.
They had a better chance than. the
Cubs to win last night. Trailing by
one run as they went to bat in the
last of the ninth, the Dodgers got
Sail tie when Babe Phelps opened
with home run. Pitcher Hugh
Casey was called out on strikes, but
PeeWee Reese tripled
Strange Strategy Works.
Then Manager Gabby Hartnett of
the Cubs came up with what looked
to be strange strategy. He ordered
Cookie Lavagetto and Dixie Walker
purposely passed to fill the bases so
old Charley Root could pitch to Joe
Medwick.
Imagine choosing, voluntarily, to
pitch to Medwick with the bases
loaded The Cubs did. And on the
nrst pitch Medwick dribbled
double-play grounder to short. That
was the ball game. The Dodgers
made five errors and virtually gave
the contest to the Cubs.
The Cubs didn't need any urging
to grab what was offered. Dominic
Dallessandro hit a triple, two doubles
and single to pace a l4-hit attack
and Relief Pitcher Claude Passeau
held the Dodgers hitless through
the four extra innings.
The only other game in the Ma
tlonal League saw the Pittsburgh
Pirates outlaSt the Phillies to win
81 and rise into fifth place again.
It was the kind of a game in which
Pittsburgh scored six runs in the
first half of an inning without the
Phlls changing pitchers and then
the tail-enders coming back for four
runs in their half of the same frame
The day was a big but generally
Intellectual interim in the American
League, where the Cleveland Indians
stopped the New York Yankees
again while Boston and Detroit were
standing each other off in a double
header.
TOsky Twice Homers.
Hal Irosky hit his 18th and 18th
homers of the year to lead the In
dians to So triumph over the
world champions before rain halted
the game at the end of five innings.
The big bats of the Tribe were
enough to give Lefty AL Milnar his
18th victory of the season and steer
the Yanks to fifth place-a not
wholly unexpected occurrence.
The Red Sox routed Schoolboy
Rowe for his first defeat in taking
the first half of their doubleheader
III despite three home runs by the
Tiger sluggers. Lou Finney and
Jim Tabor each made four hits. But
in the second game Hal Newhouser
stopped the Red Seekers cold with
four hits and seven strikeouts to win
5-1.
The st. Louis Browns, eager to
pass the Yanks, had quite a struggle
before they managed it by downing
the Philadelphia Athletics 1910 in
a night game. A one-man show by
John Berardino made it possible.
He hit a triple and two singles to
bat in six runs.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Mutmen Struck 1t Rich Here Decade AGO

nothing radically with wrestling
absolutely nothing its lately the thin
another strike There have been
$4,000
auditorium.
money passing And
in those departed days His
phnhropc wrestling fell hard times
a publicity
sports ills the horseplay introduced by
Coleman Baxter and
straight wrestling he
indication of such change
of ALL mind He
unsuspectng opponents
roughhoue acting
punishment like kitten
Furnishing rougher the match the he
blood poisoning
insisting a boil his
wrestler them ALL Turner opnes
calls "Strombles
the astonishing athletes OF all
still strong the ripe old age OF A. Or d you
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Dodgers Gradually Finding Real Level Slow Skid From Early Season Heqbt
Win, Lose or Draw
By LEWIS F. ATChISON
the OF Francis E
Portrait of Soft Touch-u Nice One
By LEWIS F. ATChlSON.
I'm the temporary absence of Francis E. S

Up on street amped smoky little
charity Ten per cent of every dollar that the till
ASIDE TO
be able And the take to
OF Joe
in leans
them to get the heck off
Joes that kind Of sucker, tight-hed
easy mark for
they re right, but Joe doesn't
Il had get and hustle working huckser
wagons peddng doing odd
wasn't haven't forgotten those
want to
IN their place and know how uncomfortable it is"
But this isn't be
with few bars of Hearts Flowers
down cheek at all bargd the
wrestling
of calling off the muscle patronage
immediate members of the family couple weeks
been lot of talk champion
help boxngs comeback the professor
information.