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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19

of nearly 600 per month for the first
ten months of this year, Aubrey G.
McCabe, FILA state director, report
ed today. He said that $3.50 moderni-
cation loans totaling S1,954,739.00
were insured by FILA in this state
between January ! and November l..
The ten months totals were six
percent more in number and nearly
10 percent greater in dollar volume
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19
4 MURDER MAKESA HERO. q =
kNgfI> SI ELLIOTT FlLLON 80 E.zs 49, NGD
y .rfr24>=,
SI ELLIOTT F!LLION :
WRITTEN FOR AND RELEASED BY CENTRAL PRESS sSocIAT0X

Cary, who squarely met his gaze.
You're right. my boy. 1t will be
bigger surprise when it's fin
ished." He turned back to Mr..
Rand.
Don't allow my words to de-
cei"e you, Horace. Cary hasn't
written a poor beginning. It's a
smashing good one; so good I'm
giving him all the old records to
use"
Mr.. Rand shrugged his shoulders
deprecatingly.
Il am still of the same opinion.
l wouldn't permit MY family to be
exploited in print"
Probably if your family had
been a line of sea-farcrs, SO that
they really had something to be
written about them, you wouldn't
feel that way. But being a set of
land-lubbers, bartering and selling
all their lives, l can quite under.
stand how you feel"
The captains eyes were gleam-
ing savagely under their jutting
brows; his chin was thrust for
ward pugnaciously. Kaye gave me
another nudge, and Mr.. Rand swal-
lowed convulsively.
Quite SO, quite So" he NUT.
tered, rising hastily. Il think /
will join Althea for a few mo-
ments."
The conversation flowed along
until his return. His florid color
seemed to have paled, and his fin
gers twisted nervously at coat
button. He had little to say, but
seemed 10 be listening intently to
the sounds of heavy tramping in
the hall
All ready, folks" Marks voice
was filled with cheerful good hu-
NOR He was carefully wiping his
dusty hands on his handkerchief,
undermining that a wisp of co5web
naunted itself from his right ear.
The rooms warm md we're all
set. Shall I help you, Granddad ?"
His strong arm assisted the cap
tain across the room. and we all
trailed along behind.
The chest and desk stood in a
row against the wall. The captain
looked at them in silence; then he
drew out his keys and detached
four more. He walked to the desk,
inserted the key, pulled down the
flap and held out the key to Cary.
You've seen these before. They
represent everything we know
about the Essex family, except for
the personal papers of the sea cap
tains. This" he turned to the
most battered of the chests, used
another key and threw back the
lid holds my fathers papers. >"
He passed that key to Cary and
stepped to the second chest.
This was my chest all the years
| went to sea-" he said. Il think
you will find few things or inter-
est there" The interior revealed a
confusion of books and papers.
With shaky steps, he walked TO
! the third chest, bent and turned
the key which, with the ether, he
then passed to Cary.
y don't know wht t is in this
chest, except that it hold. your "a
theirs papers" His voice shock. Z
have never had the courage to go
over them. You may open it..
Cary stepped forward and raised
the lid. A sound of supposedly eX-
PEELED brcaths arose al over the
room. The captain staggered back
ward, and Cary caught hia arm.
The chest was empty!
10 BE Cont.n:ictt
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19
EfiQU)GIl>l)ER MAKESAHER0 IS
ESN0E> Sp ELLIOTT FILLION -5= 5.a=szz 1GS
ECn.rI.%2~ Xxi
SYNOPSIS

Nancy Deane moves INTO the large
household VI Captain Cary Essex ii 10
peCohle 4 secretary to his grandson
Nahcy tinds immediate antagonlsm on
.he pat u Amt Althea, the old cap
tainS eldest daughter. When she over
hearS Aunt Althea talking TO someone
ABOUT driving her out OF the house,
Nancy becomes concerned. Nancy
learns tha- Cary. her employer, has a
terrific fear OF the sea.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19
FILA IMPROVEMENT
PLAN WIDELY USED

Greensboro, Dec. 18.-North Caro-
lima home owners repaired, remodel
led or otherwise modernized their
homes under the Federal Housing
Administration property improve
ment credit plan at the average rate
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19

The church has never claimed TO
be able to make people good; it has
only claimed to know the way along
which human goodness could be fully
realized.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19
IRIS. G. Nj. PATTERSON
DIES IN WINCHESTER

.sd was received today that MRS
Z. II. Patterson, mother OF Al,
., ,. Patterson. Of Henderson, dleo
.s morning in Winchester, Mass.
81 'a" home of her daughter. run
O. 81 services will be held in WIN
Ter Saturday. it was said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19

TIE International Centre OF the
. '"ersity of Paris has some Z,ooo
dents of 90 nationalities housed
%, - national centres.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19

than all Of 1889 when 5,458 property
improvement credit loans aggregat-
ing S1,S4O,929 were insured.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19

ED| IS the time when members Of
lie 1871 General Assembly flock in
20 Raleigh to see Thad Eure. Score.
- Of State. in order to line up
..c Of their constituents in soft
.'",,aips and the like.
'.aappily for them they are al
cody lust in time to be too late
d.. ne best places are gone. IheiE
..- gcuaining chance is to guess
.-., on the speakership and thereby
Sad in with chairmen of committees
~.ru will be authorized to employ
c.-... and other help.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERlLL-

2....... Dec. DEMONSTRATION Of
- biz camp ,cr auti-aircraft troops
:...v H.dgc in OnSloW has posed
...v ...,Jul question for the far
-.- -.l grow the hogs from which
.-. me .amoUS OnsloW county
\. -...v everybody in the section
.. sid =. see progress and develop
..... BIZ there's Just 4 bit of anX-
..,. ... re score OF the hogs.
-..-- worries me-. said one of
e.. ....'r'~ best farmers lis what
...... ..-. shooting will have on
-. ..g. Night make EN- nervous
nj .. -'a. You got 70 treat pig
..-.... ...>c good hams"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19

7.e-.. O.. North Carolina textile
..- aver-worked. under paid
,..~.- t-en 10 unrest and discor-
..-. - ,os,r unhappy lot is COM
,.v,~ ..-a,t-e. IN one instance at
...-- .- ..e.S Governor Clyde Z.
:. g. gives .u connection with the
.5E.s>~ p. .. make at the Cannon
...,.'> C.-.,--aS party for its en-
e.. wees g.. N~Hnapolis tonight.
~.- governor says that there are
~ ,..a $40 employees who have
been "...a ne mill for more than %
~-..>. ~a.r of these for more than
raa.>. He SAYS he has been inform
RI IA, ore woman has been continue
r employed by the Cannons for
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19

By Neztah. official booster OF
S...-w.cs. county and Southport
IT.. a.' out the following extraor-
|-a.r Information to a waiting
d within the last few weeks:
- \ story about a man who shot
e. .ac ouct, just as another crossed
-e.ween nim and his target. with the
Ee.I., that both (the two bucks, not
go man and one buck) we're slam
@' one SHOT from 4 l2-gauge shot
'2) / tale Of a boy who killed five
@a-.- ,-icn one blast from a single
.a-e,ed shot gun.
49, \ yarn about the same boy
nd he same gun. In this one the
a@ Jaaged away at nest ne saw
&. I'D in a tree and killed not one
CONDUIT three.
SD effect of putting up Raleigh,s
Christmas street decorations is al
asav beginning to be very apparent
FL" Supposed evergreens with which
70 main street is festooned are now
boxing very much like just what
neg are-sere, yellow. dried up
:r-age
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-12-19

S.~dcv night the governor will
r.. e. he prisoners at Central
: -.a here. This Christmas address
.~rua' aftair-has been all
:..-a he Eioey administration: but
no .irSt time it will be broad
...,. With arrangements especially
...dcd So that it will be heard IN
81. prison CAMPS over the state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
100000 To Hear F. r.
Speak At Chattanooga

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug. 80.
-R-A four-day FESTIVAL honoring
the giant Tennessee Valley Author.
ity development opens here today.
It will be climaxed Monday when
President Roosevelt comes to Chat.
tanooga to dedicate the'TVA's Chick.
amauga Dam on the Tennessee
river.
Sponsors said more than 100, 900
persons yer expected to hear the
President.
Governors or their representatives
from eight states will attend the
celebration. Gov. e. D. Rivers Of
Georgia and Lieut.. Gov. J. D. Muir
phree of Mississippi are scheduled
to take part in today's opening cere-
monies along with Gov. Prentice
Cooper Of Tennessee.
Governors Burnet Maybank of
South Carolina and Keen johnson
Of Kentucky also are expected.
Features Sunday will include sail
boat races and the national hydro.
electric races On Chickamauga lake.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
$4,000 PAYROLL
TAKEN BY BANDITS
Trenton Plant Is Entered
Boldly; Trio Makes
Quick Getaway

TRENTON, N. j., Aug. 30.0F
Bandits in a daring daylight hold
up today at the crescent Insu.
lated Wire and Gable company
plant made off with bags Of cash
which police estimated contained
about $4,000.
The money had been delivered
by an armored a crew a few
minutes before the robbers stalked
into the plant, which is in the
heart Of an industrial section in
the eastern end Of the city.
The Trenton detective bureau re-
ported three bandits entered the
company office on Olden avenue,
intimidated Miss Viola Elmer, a
telephone operator, with revolvers,
and grabbed the cash from Charles
Pearce, who was taking the money
into the cashiers office to be
made up into the plant payroll.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
BY FRANK B.

RALEIGH, Aug 30:-R-To
some. death will come quickly and
perhaps with but a flash of pain.
A bullet between the eye; a direct
hit by a bomb; a crurnpled air
plane whining toward the earth.
But the victims Of the battle.
fields-even the soldiers who die
linseringly-may be the lucky ones
an outstanding biochemist said to.
day.
FOR victims-or rather the lack
OF them-will doom thousands OF
the survivors Of Europe's war to
blindness, stunted growth, respira.
tory infection. and slow and
agonized death. he added.
Thus, ironically, the Stacker OF
this war may have more to fear
from living than from a hero's
death.
The biochemist, Prot. G.. Howard
S~atterfield of N. c. State college,
has made a survey OF the NAL
nutrition Which tags at the heels
OF war. and Is convinced that the
lack of vitamins will take an un-
precedentedly heavy toll in Eu.
rope.
So much manpower has b e e n
engaged in the present war. he
said, that gardening and farming
have been neglected, and a short,
age of fruits, leafy vegetables, and
milk products is certain to re.
suit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
ATTORNEY RULES
ON STATE LAWS
WPA Workers, Guardsmen
Exempt From Double
Office Holding Ban

RALEIGH, Aug. 3d. @ AT
torrev General Harry MCMILLAN II
~ The opinion that National Guart
officers and WPA workers IRE Cex
emnt from a constitutional pro
vision against double office hold
ing.
held that a nominee for coroner
could remain on a party's ticke'
although he was an officer In TIT
guard; and that a WPA worker
could serve as a member OF
county school board because reliel
employees were not subject to tn
constitutions ban.
Mcmillan said the superior cour1
clerk could appoint an acting coro
ner in the absence of the coroner
Other opinions:
For inheritance tax purposes
workmen's compensation benefits
are not to be included In thu
taxable estates of deceased en-
ployes.
The owner Of a slot operating
machine as well as the proprietor
of the place Of business In which
it is operated are jointly liabl'
for the tax on the machines ant
either or both may be prosecuted
for non-payment.
A tax collector is not entitled t.
commissions on prepaid take
which do not pass through bill
hands.
When costs r assessed agains
a person given a prison term. HI
remains liable for them svel
though paroled before beginning
his sentence.
Firms operating more than ont
tobacco warehouse r subject "un
der proper ordinance" to the $6t
license tax for each warehouse
they operate whether or not thu
warehouses are owned and con
trolled by one person. firm o
corporation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
Lack OF Nitamins Will Wreoh
More Havoc Than Hitler's Ro~,

,,a Even nations which b,v.
1000 100, concentrations in 1--we lsFg.
ne continued, because ssasanns,
!ooas are the most p%erisha ahtnln' rich
ton. ent oeteriOra.
To picture what NAV -,
the wake Of Europe's war follow il
sor satterfiled cit ted protss
examples of nurtitional ' 49, tho.
in other wars: oe'lclencis
Neutral Denmark wac
Of its butter and much Of S.lrlppes
during the World war. H. rs : mix
were forced to use skimm rs 5paaa
ana butter substitutes Wi. mix
vltamlns, and as a result t',asa
health of the nation was imala.
An epidemic of zeorphthalmgissl 'st
eye disease, claimed Manu- a
Tins, particularly children Viz
affected We're fed vitah;. 4aca
which brought temporary reli.. A.
VI IN tt the World war, a garrison rs[l, ,.
Kel;El-Amara in Mesopotamia' r' y
rapidly being cut down by ,c',' S''
But the men saved their ,i Ssa'VH
eating two ounces of gr.. "Ses B!
Some vitamins can be pros Sass;
synthetically, but the cost 'uuucsa
nlDltlve tor use on a large ,, %s
ne said. Vitamin A is MT s.a!e
able in a pure state: vitaminD' :
is priced at $500 a poundmm,,''
expensive than gold; Vitam t,U,
costs $40 a pound, he addad
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
Book Highlights

Along the Delaware the Ameri.
can nation was born, and along
the Delaware the United S S
was saved. So it is a richly re-
warding addition to the Rivers OF
America series you get in Harry
Emerson Wildes' newest b o k,
The Delaware" GARNER and
Rinehart: $3.50. And certainly you
can imagine no more pertinent
volume, at a time when Ameri-
cans are beginning to evacuate
anew their nation. Just a lot of
Wildes' lively history is excepted
here, the story of Caesar Rodney,
who rode with death so that the
vote in the Continental Congress
might be unanimous:
Though he has past middle age
and already suffering from tn c
painful cancer which was to cause
his death, he rode without unnec.
essary halt. Up the Kings road
fertile fields of Delaware, splash.
ing across the shallow creeks, ano
riding after dark in the 1O-mile
stretch Of Blackbird Forest, he
pressed on toward Philadelphia.
|. . Mexican, meanwhile, was ex.
hausting every possible device o.
parliamentary tactics to delay vot
ing on the resolution. .
BY late afternoon of the h o t
muggy day the delegates were
grown impatient. . Charlie:
Thompson, the pious, scholarl,
secretary of the Continental Con
gress and n of the warmest par
tisans for liberty, rose to his fee
to call the roll. 49,.
Scarcely had he uttered his first
words, however, before comma
ton broke out in the chamber
Behind Mexican, a door burs'
open, and a slender, breathles.
figure, with a face pale as ashes
rushed upon the floor. Halt {
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
News Hawker
Leaves Big Estat,

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug, a.
R,-lke Hirsch, who sold nev,,
papers on the streets for more tb,,
20 years, left an estate of s2sS 400
probate court records disclosed H.
day.
The will OF the newsboy, VIII,
died in April, 1888, bequeathed ts
estate equally to a sister, Mrs
Rachel Woods of New York Civ
and a neice, Mrs. Mamie WingnII
Nashville.
Hirsch sold papers in Nashville
Chicago, Cincinnati a d oth,,
cities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
WALLACE'S TALK
PRAISED BY F. R.
"A Glorious Start Roose.
welt Says Of Mates
Campaign Opener
BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 3d.
R-President Roosevelt acclaimed
Henry A. Wallace's acceptance ad-
dress today as a grand speech,
splendidly given before an appre'
ciative nation" in which his run
ming mate had made "a glorious
start"
The President and Mrs. Roose'
welt and their son, Franklin, Jr.,
sat beside a radio in the library
of their home last night and listen
ed to the address in which Secre'
tary Wallace formally accepted his
nomination as the democratic
vice-presidential candidate.
Then the chief executive dis
patched this telegram, made pub
lie today at the temporary White
House, to his political teammate:
Henry Wallace,
Des Moines, Iowa.
A grand speech anu splendidly
given before an appreciative ma.
ton. We have been sitting at the
radio and only wish that all Of Us
Roosevelts could have been with
the Wallaces in Des Moines to-
night. You have made a glorious
start. All good luck and my at
fectionate regards.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
While Wallace was getting off to
the glorious start the Presi-
dent showed no signs of altering
his position that world conditions
and the defense program would
make it impossible for him to cam
paign for a third term.
He was buckling down to work.
however, on two labor day speech.
es. One will be made Monday
morning when he dedicates Chick
amauga Dam on the Tennessee
River near Chattanooga. The 9TH
er will be given Monday afternoon
at the dedication of the G r
Smoky mountains National Park
at New Found Gap, on the North
Carolina Tennessee boundary.
While nationwide radio hookups
are being arranged for the ad
dresses, presidential aides S a {
they definitely would not be cam.
paign speeches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
In Washington

WASHINGTON - The sole Unit.
ed States producer Of magnesium
10 launching a nationwide adyer-
Using and publicity campaign de-
tending its business practices n
anticipation of the results OF an
inquiry by the antitrust division
Of the Department Of Justice.
Government Investigators are
delving into the affairs Of the
Dow Chemical Company. suspect
ing they may find another patent
pool monopoly which will cause
as much excitement as the Bausch
& Lomb case.
Bausch Lomb and a German
firm were charged with using their
patents to control military and
commercial supplies. Their con-
tract allededly kept American
made optical instruments from
British and French buyers.
PRICE DROPPED
THIS YEAR
It has been limited there is a
similar tie.up between Dow Chenai-
cal and Farbenindustrie, a Ger
man firm. 1t doesn't seem likely,
though. that Dow will be arraign
ed for withholding magnesium
from the allies: the greater part
Of its 1889 output of 5000 tons went
to Great Britain.
The ingot price of magnesium
was 2 a pound In 1917. This year
Dow reduced the price from 80 10
n cents a pound. So if there has
been monkey business. it doesn',
appear to have kept prices up.
Magnesium, lightest metal
known, has been used for some
time in Europe for auto and plane
parts. It was introduced into
American autos this year, and il
Is also used here for airplane en-.
CINE parts which are grease coat
ed.
Its sources are as unlimited Is
the ocean. It is made from mag.
nesiun chloride. which can be
taken from sea brine. Hence, mill.
tary procurement officials place il
far down the list Of critical war
needs.
GOVERNMENT MUST
SHOW TIE-UP
Dow has expanded it, plant At
Midland, Mich, and is building an
other at Freeport, Tex. Later this
year the combined production is
expected to be boosted to a rate
o. 5000. 900 pounds annually.
Fabricated magnesium is made
by 80 companies licensed by the
Magnesium Development Crop,
whose members hold patents on
fabricating techniques. Aluminium
Company and General Aniline &
Film Corp, two-thirds Of which
is owned by Swiss interests, joint
ly control both this patent pool
and its lcensee, American Magne.
SUM Corp.
II the government discloses
there is a conspiracy to fix prices
and restrain production. It will
have to show Dow has entered into
cross agreements with the patent
holders who control fabrication.
Senator Bennet Clark Of Mis-
souri, reports progress-very good
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
SCREWY NEWS

CHARLOTTE, Aug 3o.-GR-Let
these items take your mind off the
war news
Mittens, a cat aboard the yacht
Virginia Dare at Elizabeth City,
gave birth to five kittens two OF
which had six toes on their fore
paw and the ordinary five behind.
Two more have four toes behind
and hive in front. And the fifth
has six toes on one forepaw and
five on her other feet. Mittens her
self has six toes on her front feet.
Crabs literally filled a street In
New Bern when a delivery boy
overturned a load of them.
When Spartanburg election man.
ayers found an absentee voted had
scratched the name of the sheriff
who was unopposed for democra-
tic nomination they figured that
perhaps his absence was reason
enough why the voter did not want
the sheriff.
One man who recently appear
ed before the Spartanburg city
council advocated more revenue
and less taxes"
5 And a Spartanburg woman who
enrolled for the recent democratic
primary filled in the occupation
blank space with one word
Mother"
Speaking Of mothers, a Texas
woman wrote Asheville police to
please make an effort to locate
her mother, who, she said, she
hadn't seen in 20 years.
Officer Fred S. Reynolds 81
Columbia al give E. N. Patillo
a parking ticket anytime and he
won't hear a complaint now. In
fact he gave Patillo three last
week. But when the officer turned
up just when Patillo was crap
ping with a safe robber Patillo
said that was one time I was
really glad to see that m a n
around" and vowed he never
would complain again about Rey.
aolds' parking tickets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
Paish Ordered Home
To Explain Statement

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3d.
The British embassy said TODAY
that Sir George Paish, British
economist, had been advised 10 re-
turn to England as .uon as pcsg
ible as a result of charges by Sen.
ator Wheeler of Montana that he
was a propaganda seeking 10 get
the United States into war.
An embassy spokesman said
Paish had been told by Lord 10th.
ian, British ambassador, that il
would be in the interest Of better
relations for him
to leave the country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31

progress-in the drive to procure
new defense program plants for
the area between the Allegheny
and Rocky Mountains.
Clark is one Of is or 20 senators
who have been urging William
Knudsen Of the National Defense
Advisory Commission to locate
munitions, aircraft. tank and
artillery plants in the midwest.
Senator Clark cites these reasons
why this should be done:
!. The midwest is less liable to
air and sea attack than the coastal
regions.
2. The midwest deserves a fair
return on its share of taxes.
3. Government aid to firms pro-
ducing defense materials will
leave them with a substantial adj
vantage when the crisis has
passed; why handicap midwest in
dustry by aiding only coastal
firms? 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31

hundred startled statesmen, taken
by surprise, swung suddenly
about, some clapping their hands
to their sword hilts, some raising
their arms to shield their faces
against attack, still others shrout-
ing a protest against the violation
of the council hall.
It was Caesar Rodney, who,
after 80 miles Of hasty riding, had
arrived at last. Delaware was
safe for freedom; Mexican could
add his state to those which stood
for independence 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
German Embassy Protests
Action Of Dies Probers

WASHINGTON, Aug. So.-RE
The Dies committee made public
today a protest from the German
embassy accusing the committee
of having Enthusiastically" brand.
ed DR.. Colin Ross, German writ
er and lecturer, as a Nazi spy.
The protest was transmitted to
the committee by the state de.
partment altogether with a detail
ed statement from Ross denying
the committees allegations.
Committee attaches SAID q re-
ply was being drafted, based on
evidence in the committees hands.