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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-08-01
ARM CUT IN WRECK

Mrs. Lundy Severt, of Glendale
Springs, sustained a bad cut on
one of her arms last Sunday in
a car wreck. The accident, how
ever was of minor nature and
she was cut by a piece of falling
glass.
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time, it is believed that the cleo
ton will be carried by substan-
tial majority.
Local citizens this week pointed
out that it is unfortunate that the
work could not have started soon
er so that right much Of it could
have been done before winter.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Stock Averages
By VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

Associated FreSS FINANCIAL writer.
NEW YORK, March 15.-Selling
dried up in the stock market today
after midday barrage had toppled
leaders / to more than points.
Principal blame for the noon
time tumble was laid by brokers
on the growing belief in Wall Street
that a general European peace
might follow the Russian-Finnish
settlement.
In addition, bearish opinions ex-
pressed by top-f1ight industrial
analyst, combined with lack of real
heartening news on business. led
speculative contingents to substan-
TALLY tighten commitments in steels,
motors, rails and aircrafts
Trends were narrow either way
during almost the entire frs. two
hours. Amusements exhibited quiet
strength for time, but even these
cancelled most of their morning
gains. Offerings slackened in the
final hour and closing quotations
were above the lows in many in
stances. Transfers were around 9OO,.
600 shares.
Conspicuous losers included United
States Steel, Bethlehem, General
Motors, Chrysler, Montgomery Ward,
Douglas Aircraft, Glenn Martin,
Westinghouse, Du Pont, Dow Mhem-
ical, Philip Morris, Curtiss- Wright
"a and American Smelling. New
bottoms for the year were reached
by New York Central, Southern
Pacific and Southern Railway.
Loew's, on the other hand, went
into new high ground for the year.
Supported also were Paramount.
goth Century-Fox and Warner Bros.
Aviations derived scant comfort
from word negotiations between the
British-French purchasing mission
and representatives of plane manu-
facturers for orders of some sl,0O0,-
600, 1000 had been suspended.
Evening star., 1940-03-15

Treasury reports, totaled 2,678, ,720
proof gallons In January, compared
with 2,972,657 in January, 1899.
in the first seven months Of the
fiscal year, production amounted to
2S,34S.l73 gallons, compared with
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

os hSSUCldteO FreSS.
CHICAGO, March 15.-Wheat
prices fell more than a cent at one
stage today to the lowest level in
10 days due to selling based on Eu-
ropean peace reports and weakness
OF securities, but recovered partial.
~ before the close.
These bearish factors more than
offset unfavorable crop reports from
the domestic Southwest, indicating
farmers are discovering signs of the
effects of severe winter weather in
wheat fields. 1t was reported l00.-
200 bushels of No. yellow hard
wheat had been purchased in St.
Louis to be brought here for de-
livery.
Wheat closed la-7s lower than
Yesterday, May, s1O1ls-14; July,
991s -99. Corn unchanged to "a of:
May, Sc; July, 56ss. Oats, A-5s
lower
Cash wheat was 1a-A lower:
basis, steady; receipts, II cars. Corn.
y higher to "a lower; basis, steady
to a up; receipts, "a cars; shipping
sales, 5000 bushels; booked to ar
rive, $4,000 bushels. Oats, steady to
Il louyor
Evening star., 1940-03-15
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 15.-Cotton
futures gave ground in company with
securities and other commodities to-
day following an early advance of as
much as II points.
Old contract March went off the
board in an orderly manner at noon.
However, liquidation of small hold
ings in the new March position
forced this delivery off more than
81 bale just before its expiration.
Late prices on active months were
! higher to 4 lower; May (old)
1858; October, 9.82; December, e.70.
A few inactive deliveries held nomi-
nally higher.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
|Americun Brake
| Shoe Increases
dividend
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 15.-Directors
of American Brake Shoe g. Foundry
CO. today declared dividend of 80
cents share on common stock
payable March 30 to holders OF
record March Is. Company paid
Is cents a share in previous quarters
plus an extra of Is cents In Decem-
Der, 1899. The company has plants
throughout the country.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
D.

CnICak0 CaSh Market
a, NO cash wheat Corn. No l yellow, SOL. j.
No. No = rS,ts 5Sin-5sh No. 3, 57l.-5sH: Oats.
nominal; No. 3 mailing, 81 SO Soy beans,
NO Nsl,o . yellow low ! l0;1.124; sample grade
nominal Timothy seed 4.90-5.25 Sweet
clover, 4.50-5.25: red clover. 12.5O-i5 90:
reg top $4,000: alsike. 15.OO-1S 90:
alfalfa, 1S.OO-23 90 o'0'
Baltimore Quotations
q BALTIMORE. March Is QP.-Wheat No.
1ed winter, garlicky. spot domestic,
Evening star., 1940-03-15
26,847 ,562 in the similar part of the
previous year.

Stretching lis miles, the Gotta
ship canal has been declared the
worlds longest.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Cottonseed Oil.

Persistent liquidation induced by declines
able cottonseed oil futures into new low
erouno Tor the season in forenoon tradinr
tooay. Active deliveries dropped IL to IL
80 Crude oil was 5h cents nominal'
Soutneast and valley; Texas quoted bN
Evening star., 1940-03-15
New Orleans Prices

NeW OrIeanS Prices.
NEW ORLEANS, March tx 0p-ronv
llou1dation erased most of the early ad-
vances In cotton futures here today At
noon prices were irregular 3 points net
higher to 9 points lower
Evening star., 1940-03-15

Unt OF trading, 10 shares
BANKRUPTCY receivership
Rsts a nc Or securities assumed bs such
based on the last quarterly
diyidends paid Declared paid "a
Acemnsted dividenSs p.d or decsre % this or
Evening star., 1940-03-15

Careless drivers sometimes ret
there-careful drivers always do.
Evening star., 1940-03-15

Hamilton Club Holds Forum.
A forum dinner, under the auspices
of the Hamilton Bank Club, was
held Tuesday at Golfers Inn.
Among the IS members attending
were many officers of the bank.
Questions pertaining to local and
intrabank problems were discussed.
The Department of Commerce re-
ported today that life insurance in
February showed a decrease Of 1.6
per cent from February, 1889. In
the first two months of this year
sales were off 66 per cent.
Evening star., 1940-03-15

I CottonSeed oil opened steady: March,
| Sab; May. .6;41b: July, 6.4Sb; Septem-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-02
Recognition Given
Commissions OF 5

Recognition by the National
Guard bureau Of the war depart
ment. Of five commissions recently
conferred by Gov. Clarence D.
Martin on members OF the Wash
ington National Guard. was re-
ceived by Brig. Gen. Maurice
Thompson, the sdiutsnt general,
today.
Commissions given federal rec
ognition were those Of Capt Rob-
ert o. Stone. commander. Head
quarters Battery. 24sth Coast Ar
tillery. Aberdeen; 1st Leuts. Ray
V. Jones. Il6th Observation squad
ron. 4ist division aviation. Spo-
kane; Henry Msstro, Headquarters
company. i6ist Infantry. Spokane;
and Leuts.. Arthur c. Weisfield.
Battery C. 205th Coast Artillery.
snti-aircraft. Tacoma. and Arthur
W. Ries. Battery 3. 2o5th Coast
Artillery. Seattle
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. SERIAL STORY
SIS A WEEK srlou'ss HOLMES
CONTINUED from Page one)

CONTINUED from Page onel
and substance. terrifying form and
substance.
Ann glanced at the evening
paper. her eyes skipping over war
news. avoiding the most recent
murder. Turning to the society
page, abe looked at the pictures Of
brides and debutantes and oYt-of-
town visitors. Suddenly her eyes
widened.
There" she said aloud. that's
the way I'll make my new dress. !"
She studied the picture of girl
who had been caught by a candid
camera as she stepped from a
smart roadster. That's Just the
way I'll make It," Ann cut out
the picture and put 1t in her purse.
II was s:45.
Ann undressed. Taking her bath
towel. praying for hot water. just
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about her. Her eyes slid down.
ward and stopped At the word.
Lonely" 1t was followed by a
number. KISS.
Refined gentleman wishes TO
make a friend" she read. If In
terested please write
II Ann had found the phrase.
Object matrimony,' she would
not have given the personal an
other thought. But Lonely - II
caught her interest. Someone else
found the city a friendless place.
II the writer were only a girl
More than anything else Ann
wanted a girl friend. someone with
whom she could laugh and talk
and 60 TO the movies. A refined
gentleman-well, a refined gentle
man might be better than no one
at all. Lonely-the pity of being
lonely, the dreadful. heart-break-
ing pity.
Ann read the item again and
again. Her cheeks grew flushed.
She found paper and pen and ink.
ITO Be Continued)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-02
H ERE'S MORE ABOUT
Daffodill Queen
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

cite, five feet four and one-half
inches tall.
Besides she In intelligent. Al
Puyallup high school she is a men,
Der OF the debate team and takes
part in many public speaking and
dramatic activities. She has been
on the scholastic honor roll
throughout her high school career.
And out OF school she Ii just
AZ queenly. She likes skiing. She
likes ice skating. She likes dane
ing. She likes football games. She
win be loved by all her subjects
in Tacoma, Puyallup and Sumner.
Coronation March 81
Coronation OF Queen Marge ]
viii take place in the Puyallup
Civic Auditorium. March 81. Men,
bers OF all civic clubs Of Puyallup
and Sumner will gather to do
homage to the new sovereign.
Former queens of the festival have
been invited to the coronation.
Selection of the 1910 queen was
made in the Puyallup high school
auditorium Thursday afternoon.
All 10 Of the candidates. Is grad
uating seniors and two recent
graduates. paraded for nearly two
hours before the batteries of
cameras that were trained on their
every movement.
And from this gruelling test,
Queen Marge l emerged triumph
ant. Her every step was the
personification Of grace. Never
once during the flashlight ordeal
did she lose her poise.
Unanimous Choice
The judges were greatly i'm
pressed. And when the developed
prints revealed the photogenic
brillisnce OF Queen Msrge l, her
choice was unanimous.
Judges who took the RESPONSE
bility Of selecting this years
Daffodil Queen were: Lowell War
rem. representing the Tacoma
Times; J. r. Eyerman, represent
ing the News Tribune: Ken Harris,
of the Seattle Post Intelligencer;
Hack Miller OF the Seattle Times:
and Grant Mcdonald of World
Wide Photos.
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lovely for spring. Ann moved
restlessly. The dress would be
lovely but-where would she wear
IL? Who cared whether or not her
clothes were ioyely7 Drowsiness
crept over her.
Suddenly Ann was screaming.
She was sitting up in the thin
bed. a trembling hand pressed over
her mouth to stop the screams.
She had been under trampling feet,
smothered. crushed
Say - something wrong ever
there"
AIMS frightened face turned to
the window. Pale yellow light
shone from across the alley. She
crouched under the blanket, still
held by the horror Of the dream.
"Say-what goes on ?"
Ann slid out of bed, her little
feet hunting slippers, her hand
reaching for a robe. She stumbled
to the window and leaned out.
Nothing goes on" she quavered.
The young man leaned from his
window, outlined clearly by a shaft
Of moonlight. The two windows
were not more than 30 feet apart.
Are you there? I can't see
you"
I'm here"
81 heard you scream"
Ann tried to laugh. It was a
shaken little sound. II had bad
dream" she confessed.
"Oh. I say-that's a shame. All
right now"
"Yes-all right now" She was
crying, not because of the dream,
but because of the rich sympathy
in the young mans voice. 1t was
as IL his voice lifted her out Of the
way OF the trampling feet.
"Well-good night"
Good night and-and thank
you"
Ann was restless and wide
awake. Pulling down the blind,
she switched on the light which
dangled from the ceiling. She
made a cup Of cocoa and drank it
slowly. Still in no mood for sleep,
she sat down with the paper, turn
ing to the personal column. Ann
often read the intimate little
items, they gave her a vicarious
contact with the humming world
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A trio Of lecturers whose pri-
mary interests are In the problems
and welfare Of young people. will
participate In a symposium Mon
day evening, when the third lee
ture Of the Talmud Torah series
70 held at Sis at So. 4th and
sts. The title Of this symposium
win be Youth in the World Of
Tomorrow.
Lecturers viii be DIR. Paul
Means Of c. p. s. and DR.. Ernest
F. WHITE and DIR. Thomas r. Cole.
both Of the University Of Wash
ington.
Tickets for the lecture series are
still available through Rhodes
Boolsnook. Fishers Civic center.
the Y. w. c. A. and the Y. M. c. A..
rs well ~ at the door on the
evening Of the lecture.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-02
20-Year Term
Given Robber
Mon Who Slugged
Women to Prison

Arthur r. Martin, 24-year-old
Portland youth, was sentenced by
Judge Ernest NJ. Card Thursday
afternoon to maximum Of 20
years In the state prison at Walla
Walla for the robbery OF Mrs. Ruth
Rickert and her mother. Mrs. Mar
joric Gordon near 9th and Yakima
Feb. IL.
The women were slugged by
Martin and a Tacoma youth.
James L. Holler. ~. Of 2131 So.
50th, according TO the confession
of both men. and robbed OF 50.
Holler has not yet been arraigned.
Martin appeared without an attor-
ncy Monday and volunteered q
plea Of guilty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-02
Purchase Of New
Books Approved

Purchase Of s1,133.34 worth of
new books for Tacoma school H.
braries was authorized Of meet
ing of the school board Thursday
at Central school. The books will
be supplied by stationers, Inc,
s291e7. The visell Co, sl03.33;
Tacoma News Agency, s6s1.s7, and
Junior Literary Guild, s66.o7.
The board granted permission to
the Tacoma Junior Chamber Of
Commerce to present their annual
Fourth Of July show in the Sta
dunn. Request Of the East 72d
Street Improvement club to build
a small community hall on the I'M
used Hillsdale school site was re-
ferred to the business department
for report.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-02
Will Oppose
3-Mil Levy
Tuxution Bureau s
Statement Issued

Directors Of the Pierce County
Taxation bureau Thursday were on
record as opposing the thres-mill
levy for improvement of the
county hospital. which will be on
the ballot at the election March
II.
Karl 3. Kellogg. secretary Of
the group. said a committee had
studied the situation carefully and
believed that funds should not be
raised until the hospital is re-
organized. as suggested by the
reports Of two advisory boards to
the county commissioners, and Of
the Pierce County Medical associa-
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-02
Two Schools
Are in Meet
Stodiuun ond Bell
ornins Competing

Seeking new honors In the field
& dehate and extempore speaking.
representatives Of two Taco m \
high schools were At the Univer-
sity Of Washington In Seattle Fri
day for = two-day stay. schocls
from Tacoma entered are Stadium
and Bellarmine. Lincoln did not
enter this years competition.
Included on the program. In
which representatives Of more than
- high schools In the state win
participate. are debate. speaking
ma reading events. Concluding
activity win be . reception and
dlnnsr in honor Of the competitors
saturday evening. Individual gold
ard silver medals win Be awarded
- he winner and runner-up In
eoch event The school whose stu
dsnts ars superior IN al three a.
Visions WIN receive . trophy.
.1hnse from Stadium registered
a1e Kathryn Newschwander. Ger
IA Meier, Catherine Banakcs and
Evans Nelson. debate; Mary Eliza
18th Morton and Felicia Dahl. ex-
tompore reading. and Patricia
RuoneIl and Gerald Meier in ex-
tempore speaking.
Entries from Bellarmine include
Jack Langley. Paul Caudette. John
Coolse. Joseph Ribar and Raymond
Weiss. debate; John Dolack and
JUmss Dichsel, extempore reading.
end STANLEY rreeth, sxtsmpore
qoahing.
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a little hot water. she went to the
ancient bathroom.
Ann had the only room on the
third floor Of what had once been
a fine old home. II was on Chi
Cages West Side and built before
the city's elite decided upon the
vicinity OF Sheridan Drive a. the
correct address. AIMS miserable
room had once quartered a servant.
Il was a few minutes past Q
when she turned down the shabby
worn coverings Of her thin bed.
Her oeauty-loving fingers resented
the feel Of the cotton blanket and
coarse sheet. She switched off her
light, opened the window. The
deep, broad easement window was
the rooms sole redeeming feature.
Ann paused beside II. as soft
spring air crept up from the alley
below.
She gazed at a lighted window
across the way. There he wss. a
big. dark young man. He sat in a
wooden rocking chair, his cheek
resti-g on a clenched fist, reading
steadily.
Ann knew that she should not
stand in her window and gaze at
the young man. 1t wasn't polite.
Just the same, she had done II
often. Not that she was roman
tically interested in him-Ann was
not romantically inclined. She had
her own ideas concerning love. 1t
was luxury and luxuries were
not for her.
She went to bed, lying tensely
quiet. Dreading sleep, she lay with
her eyes open. The dream might
come IL she slept and the dream
was a SCATTERING thing. She was
always fighting her way through
a crowd on a downtown street,
part Of the crowd, but invisible.
In the dream she was jostled this
way and that, battered until she
finally fell to the sidewalk. beg
ging and pleading. Feet trampled
her and she cried out.
No one needed her cries, the
feet trampled and kicked and
scuffed until she awoke, soobing
her protests. Ann did not know
that a psychiatrist would have
credited her dream to a lonely
fixation; she only knew that its
recurrence was wrecking her nerv-
Gus system.
She lay very still. her slim little
body straight under the blanket.
She was getting too thin. Eating
alone, day in and day out, did not
make for appetite.
AIMS hands clenched. It wasn't
that a girl like herself,
20 years old, pretty enough. eager
to make friends. should 60 on for
1928 days utterly alone.
Pretty enough? That was put
ting 1t much too mildly. Ann had
shining bronze hair, its GOLDEN
high lights and lovely wave had
been lavishly granted by nature.
Her eyes were dark gray, wide and
her red mouth curved
Sometimes Ann wondered how
long she would continue to walk
alone, how soon, for sheer want of
companionship. she would respond
to the masculine advances which
constantly came her way.
She tried to think of pleasant
things. Her job-only SIS a week
but just SIS better than nothing.
There had been a rather dreadful
time before she got the job. She
was lucky that her fingers were
clever enough to turn shapeless old
hats into smart creations. Her
new dress-the picture in the pa
per was stunning, it would be
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Vancouver Raj
Pilot Killed

LONDON-The royal air force
announced today the following
Canadian casualties:
Pilot Officer Orlay Whitney
Bligh, son of w. o. Bligh, of Ber-
wick. Nova Scotia. killed In an ac-
cident Feb. 10.
Pilot Officer David Whittier
Coysh, son Of r. r. Coysh, Of Van
couver, killed in an accident Feb. 2.
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H RES MORE ABOUT
War on Magazines
TARTs ON PAGE ONE

count on my office to give you
every bit Of support as far a.
criminal prosecution il useful"
DIR. X. G. SchAefer, as a repre-
sentative Of Mason church - THE
most powerful influence in the
lives OF people goes out from the
things we read, especially of young
people"
Luman M. Hawley, postal carrier
and representative of the knights
Of Columbus-"The Holy Name So
ciety of the Catholic church has
made definite progress in this in
several parts Of the country. But
we need the help Of all good Chris
tan people in the community"
Minister Protests
Judge Fred G. Remain, repre-
senting the county Juvenile court
and Boy Scouts-"The taste of the
American public. or what the pub
fishers and authors think is its
taste, has got to where they be-
lieve there must be something OF a
questionable nature in every book
to get 1t talked about 10 II can
become q best seller. We are re-
sponsible because we buy the
the books"
Rev. Arthur Bell. rector of st.
Luke's Memorial Episcopal church
and member of the Tacoma Board
Of Censors-"I want to take off
my hat to the Roman Catholic
church for its stand taken against
things indecent and immoral in the
past few years.
This already comes under the
censor board. But we have no
power. We simply make recon-
mendations to the commissioner OF
public safety. who either acts or
doesn't act. according to his own
opinion. I've been over the news
stands and they are generally
pretty decent"
librories Hit
Z. H. Butler, principal of Mason
junior high school - The real
nlacious material is not in the
magazines but in the circulating
libraries. We will have to 20 fur
Their and get at them"
G. +. Davis, speaking as a school
custodian-'T do find consider
able number OF these magazines.
particularly in the high schools at
the end Of the school year when
we clean out the lockers. We can't
keep them away from the students
as long as they can get them on
the newsstands."
Major Earl williams, Salvation
ARMY am convinced ire
mendous amount Of harm is done
by this thing. In my experience
with youngsters. some definitely
are steered in the wrong direction
by what they read"
Mrs. Herman Nordfors. repre-
senting the PIT. A. council-"It
always has been a main purpose
Of our organization. for the well
fare of the children"
Union TO Aid
Chairman McCuily - wv orst
thing Is the ads Of sslacious
books and photos in these maya
zines"
Chaplin Bowen. representing the
Young Mems Business club-"It
won't take two weeks 10 do the
job. II you go directly to the maya
zine dealers"
Mrs. Floy Barwick. Pierce
county president of the w. C. T.
1--WE have always stood for
cleaning out the newsstands and
movies"
Arthur Rowan. secretary Of the
Knights OF Pythiss and Shelter
Workers union-"You can count
on the help Of our organization
Carl Ciubb. recent reform can
didate for mayor - after two
speakers had told of state law and
city ordinance on indecent litera-
ture. asked for a city ordinance
on indecent literature.
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II you're not using II, sell It with
Fast Action Times Want Ad.
Phone Main 1851.
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Genealogical Society
Will Dine Saturday

The National Genealogical So
ciety will hold its annual dinner
and exhibit at 6 pm. Saturday in
the Y. w. G. A.
The exhibit of work of members
will include charts, manuscripts,
coats Of arms, photostats Of in
teresting papers connected with
genealogical research and the pub
lications of the society. The ex-
hibit is under the supervision of
Mrs. James A. Munro, Miss Cora
Curry and Mrs. Andrew j. San
ford.
Miss Emily U. Dingley and Miss
Fanny E. Buck are In charge of
the program.
Odacers Of the society, who were
elected recently, are Max e. Hoyt,
president: Mahlon H. Janney, first
vice president; Mrs. Sanford, sec
ond vice president: Miss Isabel E.
Myrth, third vice president; Miss
Roberta p. Wakefield, recording
secretary: Milton Rubincam, corre-
spending secretaty; Mrs. Alice B.
Prigg, treasurer; Miss Mary G. Ours
Ter, registrar: Miss Curry, nbrar-
ian: Mrs. Eugene L. Culver, herald,
and DR.. Gaius M. Brumbaugh, ed
itor. 1t. Col. Calvin I. Kephart
and Miss Ida B. Earhart were
elected members Of the council.