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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

This is a highly significant fact.
People do not write letters to pc
riodicals unless they are vitality in
terested in the matters they take
the trouble to write about. At the
present stage Of the contest no wise
men would be so foolish as to make
dogmatc prediction of this contest.
There are too many factors in
volved,, any one OF which might
change the political complexion OF
the country overnight. Unfortunate
~ the campaign has been pitched on
very low plane and it promises to
be one of the pitteres: ana dirues,
campaigns the country has ever eN-
perienced. Both sides have already
begun to sling mud and indulge in
the most despictable personalities.
JAMES H. HOLLOWAY.
Raleigh, Sept. 8, 1910.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
ANSWERS.

|. About five million cigarettes.
About thirty to forty other brands
of cigarettes and smoking tobaccos
are manufactured at the plant. Some
$500 persons are regularly employ
ed.
,. Joseph Roswell HaWley, born
in Richmond county in 1926. He set
tied in Hartford, Connecticut, and
began the practice Of law, later be-
coming editor Of the Hartford Curant.
HaWley did not have any sympathy
for the South, or the Confederacy.
He enlisted in the Union army and
became an outstanding officer, at
tanning the rank Of 4 major general.
After the war he became 4 leader in
Connecticut politics and served the
state as governor and as United
States senator. On March 4, 1905 he
was given the appointment of
brigadier general U. S. Army on the
retired list. He died IS days later
while in Washington.
3. During the years following
about 1925 the people Of the state
began to discuss the need for rail-
road. In 1928 meeting was held at
the hCmc Of William Albright in
Chatham county to discuss the need.
Early in the next year another meet
ing was held in Raleigh during the
term of the legislature. Sentiment
grew. and in 1884 charter was
granted the Wilmington and Raleigh
railroad. While this was not the first
railroad to be built.
t. Two Congressional Medals Of
Honor have been awarded North
CarolinianS. One ~ Lieutenant
Samuel |. Parker, of Monroe. and the
other, a posthumous award, to Pri-
vate Robert r. Blackwell, Of Person
county. This award was made to Fri-
vate BlaciWell's father.
). Joseph Dickson, Of Lincoln coun-
~. elected congressman in 1898. He
was Il member Of the congress that
elected Thomas jefferson as Presl-
dent over Aaron Burr, and voted for
jefferson. He moved to Tennessee in
1903 and served in the Tennessee
state legislature from 1907 to 1911,
during the last two years as speaker
of the house. Congressman Dickson
was born in Pennsylvania in 1745,
and moved with his parents early in
life to Rowan county, North Caro-
lima. Died in 1925.
s. The county commissioner plan
was provided in the constitution
adopted in 1868, and succeeded the
old justices OF county court plan.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
Willkie Not Clicking

More than one who was enthusiastic
for Candidate Willkie when he
achieved that spectacular upset al
Philadelphia late in June has been
somewhat disappointed, dlSllluSlon-
ed, or whatever it may be called, by
the laNness Of his campaign to date. 1t
is not so much. we would guess, a
matter of trend as that there has
scarcely been any activity at all,
Other than his acceptance address,
which lacked good deal Of being
the pre-convention Willkie, very lit
tie has been going on except for blurtS
now and then about the defense pro-
gram or related subjects. And
about as often as otherwise Candl-
date Willkie has made approving or
friendly remarks about the Roosevelt
foreign policy and certain domestic
programs.
Talk going the rounds indicates
that there will be quite number Of
old-line Democrats who will flop
This wear on the national ticket. But
that is going to be about as much a
matter Of dissatisfaction with the
President as OF enthusiasm for Mr..
Willkie. In other words, protest
,.ote. whether the protest is against
violation of the third term tradition
or the New Deals So-called reforms.
Somewhere we got the idea that
MIR, Roosevelt is deSiriOuS OF short
campaign. or rather a preference to
none at all - just let things jog
along and have the people vote as
they will by making up their minds
minus the usual heated arguments.
Il seems that Mr.. Willkie has been
sorter of the same opinion thus far.
True. he is about to take off on a
Stumpmg tour through the Far West.
That may give the country an idea
Of the manner of man he is as d CAM
paigner and Of his fitness to hold the
highest office in the land.
Only a little more than seven
weeks remains before the election.
That. OF course. ought to be enough
for any voter to reach conclusion
Is TO his ballot. Yet it is much
shorter period, than is cuStomar.ly
devoted to presidential heats in the
United States. Maybe it will be bet
ter for the country: maybe it will be
more to the liking of the people.
Moreover. these are curious times,
srd a campaign in keeping with that
may not be out OF place,
\; any rate. as we read the stars. Can
didate Wilkes strength hasn't grown
bv leaps and bounds since he was
nominated. and he will need all the
build-up it is possible to give him IN
the next seven weeks il his party has
any idea of landing him in the seats
Of the mighty.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
Giving Them a Cue

One q. the last acts of Secretary
Wallace before he quit the depart
ment OF agriculture to campaign Tor
vice pre>,u>u was to announce that
Quotas Tor the 1911 tobacco crop
would 0e .::l"c2Sed ten percent. And
the reasons ne gave for It were not
hilar.ouSIy convincing.
Whether 4 direct OF indirect re-
suit OF the announcement. it is Il
tact that one sequence was slump
IN prices when Eastern North Caro-
lima markets opened few days later.
Averages II Georgia ana on the
Border Belt sales centerS were mucn
more satisfactory than had been
hoped Jor, and are supposed to have
been lifted as 4 result of government
reports TIA: this years production
would ue smaller than at first an
tic;patea. and because OF increasing
domestic consumption of cigarettes,
into which most OF the tlue-ctred leaf
finds its way.
The increase in consumption will
not likely be affected by hiking of
production Quotas. But it appears
safe TO say tnat prices reacted down.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
BEWARE OF SWINDLEES!

To the Editor:
At this time of the year when we
feel that by some means we may give
Thanksgiving and help our friends
pay their bills, but not to cheap car
nivals and the like for supposed
progress. To indorse such shows the
lack of interest in the welfare Of the
public and same should not be per-
mltted to operate. Thanks.
DR.. D. a. HAWKINS.
Henderson, Sept. 9, 1910.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED Fl. MAY

/. How many Lucky Strike cigar
cites are manufactured per hour at
the Durham plant Of the American
Tobacco Company?
2. Who was the former Richmond
county native who was appointed a
brigadier general U. S. Army retired
list in 1905?
8. When did North Carolina first
become interested in building rail
roads?
I. How many Congressional Medals
~ Honor have been awarded North
Carolinians?
5. Who was the North Carolina
congressman who moved to Tennes-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
War Blocks
Stock Rally

New York, Sept. ll-(AP)-Prime
Minister CuUrcnllls preuicllon that
Hitler is about to attempt the inVa-
sion Of England brought u sock mar
ket rally to a halt today.
Traders were reported getting out
{. ...,.nvt 20 await the final
trial by arms for control OF Europe.
At the last, only a few issues held,
lending mixed aspect to the closing
.I...s..u;!UIIs .o,..rI ABOUT lo0,OUJ
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

A Maryland editor winning d prize
ia d party contest discovered it was
a three-year subscription to his own
paper. What fun ne can now have
as Indignant Subscriber" writing
abusive letters to himself.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

If Diogenes were alive today he
could forget the honest man and
look for politician who refused to
have his lace plastered all over with
campaign posters.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

Night ball games attract rare IN
ScctS, an entomOlogiSt says, lnclud-
ing that loud-mouthed unmplre-balt-
CT IN the blcachers.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

A former wrestler is running for
mayor Of a small western town.
Well. he ought to have good grip
on the political situation.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
ATTENTION PARENTS.

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

see in 1903 and became speaker OF
the state legislature?
6. When was the county commits
siCner plan Of county government
adopted?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
ANSWERS 70
FEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page

l. No.
2. Third.
3. Eugenio Pacclli.
j. ViScOunteSS Aston.
5. Ursa Major.
6. Seven.
7. Dutch.
s. American League.
8. Vermont.
10. THE Tempest by Shakespeare.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
NOTICE OF SUMMONS.
In The Superior Court.
State Of North Carolina:
County of Vance:
Susie Taylor Davis.
VS..

VS..
Robert Davis.
The defendant, Robert Davis, will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Vance County.
North Carolina, for the purpose of
obtaining an Absolute Divorce on the
grounds of two years separation, as
provided by the Consolidated
Statutes.
And the said defendant will fur
ther take notice that he is required
to appear at the office of the Clerk
OF the Superior Court Of Vance
County, at the Courthouse in Hen
derson, N. c. on the 2lst day of Sep
TENDER, 1910, and answer or demur
to the complaint in said action, or
the plaintiff will apply to the Court
Tor the relief demanded in said COM
plant.
This the Dist day of August, 1910.
E. o. FALKNER.
Clerk Superior Court Vance County.
GhOlSon & Gholson.
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
2l-20-4-l1
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

Theme song of the American
League at this time could be, I'm"
4anhS Are Coming"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
Cotton Futures
Little Changed

New York. Sept. l1.-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures opened unchanged to ,
lower.
Futures closed unchanged to 2
higher, middning spot 9.83. up |.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

The throne of Rumania is like
ball game. It's again Michalc'S turn
at bat
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

TWO OR THREE ROOM I.Nrr.p'
nlshed apaGtmcn, wanted sn,,'..
.Unturnished Apartment ..., ,a
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

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ana wired for electric STOKE. Phone
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

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materials and handle the financing
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11

TRY COOPER'S SPECIAL DENVER
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
President Plans No Order
Freezing Civil Plane Work
By the Associated Press.


President Roosevelt reiterated to-
day that he believed the Govern
ment's goal of limiting plane pro-
duction for commercial air lines to
it's present level could be reached
without any formal order giving
defense contracts priority.
His statement at a press confer
ence was taken to mean that the
Defense Priorities Board was en-
deavoring to work out a voluntary
agreement on the question with
plane producers. The board met last
yesterday, but spokesman declined
today to discuss what it did.
The War Department has ap-
pealed to the board to prevent an
expansion of commercial plane serv-
ice on the ground that it would in
terfere with military plane produc-
ton for the Army, Navy and the
British.
Asked at press conference yes
terday whether the board had
authority to give British orders pri-
GRITTY, Edward R. Stettinius, jr., a
board member. replied:
That's legal question and rather
a debataple one"
He added there was no question
but that the Government could en-
force priorities for American mill
tary needs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page.)

election campaign, he would have
some arrangements made to get
back to Washington within that
time in event of emergency.
Asked specifically If this meant
he might return by airplane, he
repGer, Yes" That is real story,
he added.
Mr. Roosevelt was then reminded
that it had been frequently reported
that the Secret Service had rules
against a President travelling by
air. He remarked that he knew of
no such actual ruling, but said the
service had cautioned him that if
he flew he would need whole
armada of planes in which to take
them along. He said he had not
even told them about his latest de-
cision for emergency flight arrange
ments.
Asked who is the real boss" in
such a situation, the President an
swered he believes it to be one of
the things which can be settled by
amicable agreement.
The President emphasized that a
plane would be used only in case it
was necessary.
AS reporters at the conference at
tempted to find out how far he
might travel under such revised
program, Mr.. Roosevelt said it would
be necessary to figure out the speed
of the airplanes involved. To a
question as to whether they might be
Navy flying boats, he said, humor-
ously, yes, or they might be strato-
sphere planes or anything else. He
nodded agreement when some one
asked if the flying range would not
enable him to cover the entire North
American continent.
In abiding by the 12-hour time
limit, Mr.. Roosevelt departed from
custom last week to cancel his usual
Thanksgiving Day trip to Warm
Springs, Ga. Instead, he spent the
holiday at his family home in Hyde
Park, about eight hours distant by
train as compared to approximately
20 hours required for getting to
Warm Springs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Additional Naval
Scouting Reserves
Are Ordered 10 Duty
19 Ground Grew Members
Will Report Monday
In Anucostiu

Nineteen additional members of
the ground crew of the Naval Scout
ing Squadron 6. Reserve, have been
ordered to report for active duty
Monday at the Naval Reserve Avia-
ton Base, Anacostia, it was an
nounced today.
The young men, most of whom are
residents of the Washington area,
are the second local group to receive
such orders. Twenty-o ne members
of the squadron reported for duty
recently.
The men are to report Monday to
1t. Comdr. T. U. Sisson, commander
of the base. They are:
Bernard ]. McGinnis, sos Great
Falls street, East Falls Church, Va;
William F. McSweeney, Naval Re-
serve Air Base, Anacostia; Samuel
l.. Price, district supervisor, Alcohol
Tax Unit, Chicago, Ill; Dennis j.
Reilly, jr. APO Garrison street NV;
Benjamin T. Rollins, jr., 2032 street
NV; Wellner C. Streets, 25l7
Seventeenth street NE; David C.
Usilton, 909 Eleventh street NE;
Walter C. Weaves, 1920, Massachu-
sets avenue Sc; Norman l..
Wheeler, River road, Silesia, Md;
Marvin r. Wingo, 1922 Twenty third
street Sc; James T. McGhee, 200
Eleventh street Sc; Thomas j.
Birmingham, 2401 Fifteenth street
NV; Carol J. Bilbrey, 1851 Veazey
street NV; John T. Cation, 524 Park
road NV; Wilmer E. Flynn, 1903
Rittenhouse street NV; John C.
Hallock, l760 Euclid street NV;
Robert w. Hurley. 407 Baltimore
road, Silver Spring, Md; Elmer L.
Jenkins, 3l08 Douglass street NE,
and Hooper R. Kagle, 603 Alabama
avenue Sc.
In addition to the enlisted men, 1t.
q. g. Glenn F. Brewton, 1918 Sara
toga avenue, Silver Spring, Md, was
to report to the base also.
Squadron commander at the base
Is 1t. Comdr. C. M. Nickerson of
1902 Forty seventh street, Chevy
Chase, Md, Reserve officer now on
active duty.
The mobilization orders were is
sued by Comdr. A. B. McCreary, di-
rector of the Naval Reserve. WASH
ington Navy Yard area, which covers
the Severn and Potomac Rivers. 1t
was said that a number of medical
officers are needed for the Reserve
Corps. and that physicians who
would like to apply for commissions
should do so through the Naval Re-
serve headquarters at the Navy
Yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Greek
Continued From First Page.


which I have travelled to this little
settlement 20 miles north of Koritza,
I was amazed at the number of
trucks, motor cycles and guns litter
ing the roadside, to say nothing of
the quantities Of war materials al
ready collected by the Greeks.
I can also understand now why
the communicates have been so re-
served about the present situation.
In reality, there is no front. and
fighting, spread over a wide area
far into the snow-covered noun
tains. is being carried on mostly
by small units.
These attachments operate more
or less independently and commune
cations are so poor it is impossible
for commanders even in the imme-
date sector to know the exact Situa-
ton.
Military leaders even in this ad-
vanced post are unable to tell just
how far beyond here their forces
have penetrated into the wild noun
tains.
They say, however, that their
forces far to the north and west of
Pogradetz are meeting no concerted
resistance. They say there is some
rearguard action but, for the most
part, the Italians are retreatiHg
faster than the Greek can advance.
There is one report that Greek
artillery is Smelling remnants of the
Parma and Venezia divisions. but
that is as definite as anything I
have been able to learn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
WeNes and 0umansk\
To Continue Talks
For Some Time
Undersecretory Says
Political Questions
Are Not Involved

Undersecretary of State Sumner
Welles said today he expected q
series of talks with Constantine
Oumansky, Russian Ambassador
here, would continue for some time.
with the objective of clearing up
points of friction between this
country and the Soviets in the eco
nomic and commercial field.
Describing the conversations as
friendly and constructive, Mr..
Welles emphasized that they did not
concern political questions, but were
limited to the objective of doing all
possible to clear away economic and
commercial questions giving rise to
difficulty.
Presumably as result of the dis
cussions here, agreement has been
reached for establishment of a
United States Consulate General at
Vladivostok in the expectation of in
creased Soviet American trade, Mr.
Welles said.
He said preliminary steps already
were being taken for establishment
of the Office.
The talks between Mr.. Welles and
Mr.. Oumansky began last summer
and have continued intermittently,
the last conference occurring We'd
nesday. Asked if the recent visit of
Russian Premier Molotoff to Berlin
had occasioned any disruption of the
negotiations here, Mr.. Welles said
the best answer to that question was
that they were continuing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Blast Fatal 10 Seven
Blamed on Gas Leak;
Probe Is Planned
Fire Fighters Unable
To Reach Victims
Trapped by Debris
lS the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
TOPPENISH, Wash, Nov. 29-
Leaking gas was blamed today for
the devastating explosion and fire
which killed at least seven persons
yesterday in a Observation-Disclosures
building here.
An eighth body was sought in the
charred ruins after seven were re-
covered from the smoking wreckage
yesterday.
They were trapped by debris"
Fire Chief Leo Henle related" and
we could hear their pitiable cries for
several minutes after we started
fighting the fire There was no pos
sible way to rescue them and we
Gould only try to keep the fire from
getting to them. They probably died
of suffocation and their bodies were
charred after death"
The blast shook virtually this
whole community, on the edge of the
Yakima Indian Reservation.
Mayor E. l.. Bennett planned an
immediate investigation.
Earl IlnluS, gas company mana
ger, said the company had received
a report of gas leak at the ware
house and had sent man to in
vestigate. Ray Snyder, the repair
man, was among the injured. He
reported the explosion occurred as
he turned on his flashlight to in
vestigate the leak.
The dead were identified as: Yer
non Ransdall, Is; Pat Oldfeld, 80;
Bill Duncan, AZ; Catherine Jahnke,
about 16; Fred Cline, about AZ. and
his wife, and Charles Knapp, Y.
Fourteen persons were injured, six
seriously
A crew of 20 warehouse workers
just had left for the noon hour and
escaped the tragedy. Most of the
victims were customers in a store
operated by the Clines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
| Chest Team Gets
Pledges TotoIing
1885, of Quota

The leading team in the Com
munity Chest campaign has OBJ
tanned pledges totaling more than
II times its quota, but Team Capt.
Leonard Schultz declares his VOL
unteer solicitors are not finished yet
In announcing Montgomery
County teams in the Maryland Unit
which had reached or exceeded their
quotas. Chest Director Herbert l..
Willett, jr.. commented at the re-
port luncheon in the Willard Hotel
yesterday that some one apparently
had been guilty of Understanding
in assigning figure to Team 14-06O
Of the Silver Spring Takoma Park
Division, for it had reported 1898 rs
per cent of quota.
Mr.. Schultz, curator of fishes at
the National Museum. said today
that although one 5000 contribution
was included in his teams report. he
felt the good showing was made pos
sible by an energetic group of work.
ers who covered their territory
thoroughly.
Great credit should be given my
heutenants, E. A. Hollowell and Ger
aid M Francis, who were most help
full in working out our organiza-
tion," Mr.. Schultz said.
The team captain lives at 81 Penn
sylvania avenue, Takoma Park. Mr..
Hollowell resides at II New York
avenue and Mr.. Francis at 301
Pennsylvania avenue in the same
community.
Pointing out that the % solicitors
actually did the work." Mr.. Schultz
said the team that accounted for
more than s495 when only $40 was
expected of it had not completed
work.
Several workers have not re-
ported, and we hope to add few
more dollars to the total" he said