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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14

q, Vichy, France, reports the birth
of quintuplets to a French mother,
four boys and a girl. The girl died,
but the boys are said to be healthy:
well-formed and likely to survive.
q. A rare book sale was held in
New York. An early Robert Burns
edition brought $4,000, and a pre-
sentation copy of 'Alice in Wonder
land" by Lewis Carroll went for
$15,3O0.
q. The army, soon to number close
to 100000 men, will need shoes.
There used to be an ancient gag
that all army shoes were two sizes,
one too large, the other too small.
But be that as it may, the order has
gone out for 1,767, 900 pairs-of all
sizes.
q. Dispatches from the Orient seem
to minimize the recent Japanese war
scare. The Monterey sailed from
Yokohama and Shanghai, with only
81 Americans in her cabins built
to hold $780, There were 251 out of
Shanghai and only go from Yoko-
hama.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14

had been rolled out of the boat for
the sharks. Two others, crazed by
heat and thirst, and by surreptitious
drinking Of sea-water, leaped over
board.
The fifth, they said, after days Of
staring at the endless ocean, had
whipped out his razor and cut his
throat from ear to ear.
Trapscott and Widdicombe sur
vived all this and more. They ate
the yellow gulfweed. They caught a
little rainwater. They snagged one
flying fish, which they devoured raw.
They caught one gar, and didn't
bother to cook it, either.
The last eight days at sea they
had nothing to drink. But they lived
to land, to land on British soil, and
to tell their story.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14
N lib l. E L S of the weeks ne,vs

q In fall and winter storks migrate
from Holland to South Africa. Jo-
hannesburg reports finding one that
had eluded Nazi censorship. At
tached to leg was the message
from a Dutch citizen: eve, inhabi-
tants of Bergen-Op-Zoom tell you
that life under Nazi occupation is
hell" Another message said, ''The
Dutch people are dying under in
JUSTICE
q Capt. J. w. Taylor, British con-
sui at Baltimore, wrote the mayor
asking for free license for his dog,
British bull terrier. The dog, the
mayor replied, was not subject to
diplomatic immunity-and the con-
sui had to ''come through
q. That the British censorship law
has teeth was discovered by the
Reynolds News, London political
newspaper, being prosecuted by the
censors for publishing three items
which had been forbidden-O de-
tails Of the Malta forts; (2) sowing
mines in the Rhine; 90 disposition
Of airplanes.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14
ORDERS:
Moving Manp0wer

The big lottery party in Washing
ton put some 100000 young men
where the breeze of CONSUMPTION
could blow about 10 per cent of
them into Uncle Sans uniform for
a year of military training.
Those who were carrying serial
and order numbers around in their
pocketbooks on little white cards
were putting red rings around four
dates on their calendars.
Late this month the first 10000
will move toward 1921 month and
room and board for a year."
Another group will have a date
with their local boards early in De-
cember, and the third and fourth al
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14

had shown a decrease in numbers
and intensity. Whether this slacken-
ing of pace was only temporary
these reports could not predict. One
thing was sure however: Americas
aid to Britain is not likely to soon
slacken.
Just before the election dust set
tied down, President Roosevelt, in
one of his final campaign addresses,
brought the war right into the battle
as an issue, and there it stayed for
the rest Of the race.
Americans were treated to the odd
picture of campaign boosts for one
side or the other coming, not from
our own sidelines, but from across
the big pond via short-wave radio.
When the Nazis issued criticism
of Roosevelt defense policies, that
was translated by the candidates
supporters, from Flynn on down, as
a message that the Nazis were root
ing for the election of Willlxie. And
vice versa.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14
TRAVELLER:
With Umbrella

Sir Neville Chamberlain, umbrella
man Of appeasement, who saw the
Nazi dogs of war howl him out of
his post of power in Britain and send
him down into the limbo of nonentity
in his native land, may end his days
in sunny California.
Travelling in utmost secrecy and
unheralded, he is said to be on his
way to the land of climate and
peace, accompanied only by his
wife.
Chamberlain's departure from his
home shores had it's paradoxical
side. At Munich he had signed a
pledge with Hitler that would mean,
as he put it later, peace in our
time"-a phrase that was hurled
back in his teeth later when bombs
dropped on London.
Broken in body and spirit, dropped
down and then out of the govern
ment he once headed, Chamberlain
left for America. And instead of
peace-he was forced to cross an
ocean bristling with enemy subma-
rines, with enemy mines, with enemy
dangers-still in the midst of the war
he thought he had prevented.
MISCELLANY:
q A Vermonter lives in house
where the Canadian border runs
through the middle. He bought
dishes in the u. S. and moved them
to the other side of his house, in
Canada, where he ate from them. A
Canadian judge fined him $50 for
smuggling, but said ''the charges
should not have been brought
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14
n A M E S
In the neaUs

KING CAROL, desperate of i'm
provement in his affairs, went out
and bought 1000 sheets of white pa
per, started to write his memoirs.
AMBASSADOR JOSEPH KEN
NEEDY, who returned from Britain
just in time to give support to Pres
ident Roosevelt by declaring the
English needed his reelection.
JACK KNIGHT, airline official,
who reported one of his test pilots
had flown an army machine at $40
miles per hour, and had driven it
straight up in the air, 5000 feet a
minute. (Ed. Note-the fastest ele-
vators go up about 100 feet a min
ute; and 5000 feet minute is close
to 100 miles an hour.)
MARY and ITALIA D'ARPE of
Brooklyn, charged with throwing an
onion at the President. It turned
out that they were having a picnic
lunch on roof, tore up news
papers for confetti and the onion got
mixed up in the mess.
JOE LOUIS (fghter) and JESSE
OWENS (runner)-the former find
ing himself challenged by the latter
to debate, of all things. In this
corner the heavyweight champion
representing wilhelm that corner
the great Splinter, representing
Roosevelt.
WILLIAM POWER MALONEY,
hired to conduct the SEC wire-tap-
ping probe in Washington, sprang
sensation after sensation and wound
up taking headache tablets when he
found that he had made himself the
chief storm center and the biggest
sensation Of all.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14

lotments will start for camp, &C.
cording to present schedules, in jan
uary and February.
It is taking higher mathematics
to determine the ratio on which the
various local boards will select their
quotas. But the effort is to make it
'even Stephen" according to num-
Der of registrants, each board per-
mitted to subtract the numbers of
volunteers, also those now serving
in the army, navy, marine corps and
the National Guard.
Of the $4,000 to be taken, III, 1000
odd will come from New York state,
but even the most sparsely populat-
ed sections of the nation will do
their share.
How many will come back to civil
life-how many will embrace the
army as a permanent career-that
is big question. But the regular
officers will do their best, when they
find lads with a flair for the mill
tary life, to do a job of salesman
ship.
The officers training schools will
do their part. When a $20-a-week
clerk finds he can bark commands,
and gets a yellow bar on his Shout
der and a company to order around,
what kind of bet is it that he will
want to go back to his desk?
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14
TWO MEN,:
Saga of the Sea

Fishermen, wandering among the
dunes on Eleuthera island in the
Bahamas, saw boat with tattered
sail grounded on shore, and two
spectral forms crawling painfully
across the sand.
They were Robert George Trap
scott, 10, and Wilbert Roy Widdi-
combe, "a, able seamen of the late
British steamer Anglo-Saxon. shelled
and sunk by Nazi raider 500 miles
off the Azores August 81.
Seventy days later. the sole sur
vivors of seven who had cut their
way loose from the sinking freight
er, they had landed safely on British
soil.
Later, somewhat recovered, they
were flown to Nassau and told their
story, a tale that recalled Charles
Reade's novel Foul Play" and
brought reality to the visions of the
Ancient Mariner, Robinson Crusoe,
Treasure Island and other yarns of
sailor men.
Two of the original seven, they
said, had died of machine-gun
wounds suffered in the attack. They
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14
GREECE:
Il Dark Horse

The stand that the Greeks were
making against the Italian modern
and mechanical army supported by
considerable air strength was dis
tinctly surprise in the war news of
the week.
Ioannina (Janina), far from fall
ing a quick victim to the invaders,
proved no easy nut to crack and in
stead of the Fascist troops falling
over themselves on the road to Sa-
lonika, there were reports that
Greeks had bayonet-charge their
way into Albanian territory, captur-
ing Biglista.
Whether or not the Italian inva-
sion was begging down, Count Gale
ago Ciano was rushed from Italy
into Albania with instructions to
speed up the Italian advance.
At last reports the Turks were
sharpening their tools of warfare,
all army leaves were cancelled, and
it looked very much as though An
kara was getting ready for immedi-
ate action in case any of the other
Axis spectators 'piled on.
British aid was of a concrete ma
ture, as forecast at the outset of the
Rome-Athens difficulty. Islands Of
strategic import have been occupied
by land forces, rushed from Egyp-
tan bases.
r. A. F. planes are aiding the
Greeks in force, and the battle
seems joined on a more equal foot
ing. Where the Albanians stand is
still mystery. Rome has asserted
that Albanian units are fighting with
the Fascist legions. Greece simply
refers to these troops as ''irregu-
lars
British occupation of Crete is va
riously interpreted. Some observ-
ers saw in this move the bottling up
by the British Mediterranean fleet
not only the Adriatic, but also the
approach to the Dardanelles.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14

LONDON, ENGLAND.-Prime Min.
lister Winston Churchill and his rarely
photographed Wife are sho,Un as they
matched frefghters during a tour of
London docks after German bomb
ing raid. 4 special target for German
raiders. the docks are important mill
tary detectives for their destuction
,ooud hamper or eliminate shipping
facilities.
(Released by Western Newspaper Unios.)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14

Lindsay C. Warren, former Repre-
sentative from, North Carolina, is pic.
tured as he Was sUorn in as Comp
roller General of the U. S. He re.
places Fred Bro,Un, former Ne,O Hanp-
shire Senator, Who retired due to
illness. Warren iUas sworn in by Judge
Unison, u. S. Court OF appeals.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns. they
are those of the news analyst, and not
necessarily of this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14

Senator Hattie Carat0ay (aboue), of
arkansas, acted as Senate Majority
Leader in the absence of Senator H.
ben ". Barley, regular Senate Ma
jority Leader, thereby becoming the
first ,Uon1an to assume those duties in
Capitol history.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14
FIFTY-FIFTY:
II. s. Aids British

Reports from London indicated
that the pace of German air raids
over that city and most of England
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14
-Weekly News Analysis
Italians Halted by Creeks British Occupy Island of Crete
by Edward G.. Wayne-

The war and peace issue, the ques-
ton Of taking sides with one or the
other of the European combatants
became real issue.
In the closing days Roosevelt
startled the nation by announcing
that Britain was getting, would con-
tinue to get, one Of every two planes
coming off American assembly lines.
The U. S. bomb-sight turned out
to be two bomb-sights, both better
than any now in Europe, one belong
ing to the navy, one to the army.
The latter, not quite so good as the
former, was to be released to Eng
land, our nation hanging onto the
latter, exclusively.
The army bomb-sight was to be
put on all planes delivered to Britain
and the navy sight was to 60 on all
our own army and navy ships.
These two moves to aid the British
were made much of in the closing
days Of the political fight. Every
incident proved political fodder, not
even excepting the fact that an I'M
identified submarine was sighted
somewhere in the ocean near the
Panama canal.
Also, just before election day, it
was announced that the navy was
taking up watchful patrol near
Martinique and Guadalupe, and this,
too, got political going-over.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14
HISTORY:
Still Repetitious

During the World war, the nation S
f1edgling airplane industry was un-
able to cope with the need for Lib
erty motors to drive American fight
ers and bombers.
The work was EARNED out" to
auto factories, geared to mass pro-
duction.
Today the airplane industry is a
giant-but the orders for planes and
parts for their manufacture have
come on such a gigantic scale that
history has repeated itself, and once
more the industry has proven made
quate to meet the situation.
The industry had geared itself up
to better than 1000 planes a month,
but when orders began coming in
for 10000 bombers of one type alone,
it begged down again.
Now Washington is giving orders
for plane parts to auto makers, and
they are hard at work, too1ing up
for this process. Even as in 1918.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-11-14
AVIATION:
Mishap

Ten persons were killed as an east
bound airliner crashed in a blind
ing snowstorm in the Wasatch noun
tains, ten miles north Of Salt Lake
City, Utah. Bound to Salt Lake from
San Francisco, the huge transport
was carrying seven passengers and
a crew of three. Air officials stated
after their first investigation that
the crash probably was due to the
failure of the range or radio BEAM"
Last word from the plane came as
the pilot radioed he was approaching
the Salt Lake airport following the
radio beam.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-22

The disciples wanted to know the
meaning Of this parable, and Jesus
explained that the seed was the word
of God which was heard by many
people. Some hearts were hard and
the word made no impression on
them 1t was as if birds flew down
and plucked the words and ate them
Others hearts were stony. and while
the good words might be soWn in
them, they soon were forgotten be-
cause the minds Of those who re-
ceived were not interested and gave
them no thought in which TO grow
Others heard and believed at first
but allowed other interests, like
weeds. to choke out all thought of
them. But there were many whose
minds and hearts welcomed the
fruitful thoughts and cherished them,
and gathered Il rich harvest Of fine
Christian living from them.
Storm on Galilee.
The Sea of Galilee is a beautiful
body Of water $50 feet below sea
level 1t is usually calm, but sudden
storms arise on it. After teaching the
people. Jesus and His disciples en-
barked in d boat to go to the other
side of the sea. Jesus. being Wearied,
went to sleep, and great storm
arose, which rocked the boat and
frightened the fishermen so that they
called Jesus, telling Him that they
were about to perish. Jesus rebuSed
the waves and they stilled. Then He
turned to His disciples, reproving
them for their lack Of faith.
On the other side Of the sea they
were met by man SOrely afflicted
with demons. So tormented was he
that he hid in tombs and wore no
clothes. The evil spirits spoke through
his mouth, asking Jesus not to COM
mand them to go into ~ sea- but in
to a herd of swine which was feed
ing near by, Jesus did as they ask
ed, and the swine ran down 4 steep
place into the sea and were drown
ed. The man flung himself at Jesus
feet. and later went about telling
everyone of his release. But the peo-
pie who saw the miracle were fright
ened, and asked Him to go away. So
He went back to the ship and re-
turned to the other side.
Miracle of the Sick Woman.
The people on the other side of
the sea received Him gladly. A man
named Jarius, d ruler of the syna-
gogue, came to Him, saying that his
young daughter was ill, and asking
that Jesus make her well. People
crowded about the Master, and as
He made His way to Jarius' house,
He felt power go out of Him. and
asked VINO had touched Him. The
disciples had seen nothing and told
Him the multitude pressed SO close
about Him that no one special had
done so. Then a woman who had
been i'll for II years came to Him
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-22

and threw herself at His feet, say
ing that she had come behind Him
and touched the hem Of His garment
ana had been healed. He said to her:
"Daughter, be Of good comfort: thy
faith hath made thee whole; go in
peace
Just then someone came from
Jarius, saying that Jesus need not
go to the house as the daughter bad
died. But Jesus said, Fear not; be-
lieve only, and she shall be made
WHOLE
And when He came to the house
He took only Peter, James and
John with Him, and the father and
mother Of the maiden. All in the
house were weeping and Wailing, but
Jesus said, weep not; she is not
dead. but sleepeth" They laughed
Him to scorn, but He put them Ont,
and taking the girl by the hand He
said, Maid, arise
And her spirit came again, and
she rose StraightWay."
What lessons do we learn from
this eighth chapter Of ST. Luke?
First, to keep our hearts and minds
like fertile ground, to receive and
cherish the Word Of God and yield
a harvest of blessing. And second,
to have faith and not to fear, though
storms rage and ills asSail us. We
are saved by faith, and faith shall
make us free.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-22
Parable OF the Sower
Take heed therefore how We hear."-Lulle 8:1S

spirits by Him: Juanna was the wife
OF Chuzas. steward or chamberlain
Of Herod AntDaS. and Susanna. who
is not mentioned anywhere else in
the New Testament. All three were
faithful followers who aided the
Lord in His great work.
\ great multitude was following
Jesus. and He told them parable
Of Il SoWer who scattered grain. Some
OF the grains fell on to hard, bar
rem ground. and almost at once birds
flew down and ate them for food;
others fell on stony ground that gave
no moisture. and when the seeds
came up they quickly Withered. Still
others fell in ground that allowed
them to sprout and grow, but thornS
grew also. and choked the good grain.
Others fell into good ground and
grew up and made good harvest.
As He told the parable He cried,
He that hath ears 20 hc&;. Let him
hear :
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-22
Larger Farm Income For 1911
Is Predicted By Economist

Prices OF cattle and calves are eX-
pected to be supported by a strong
er consumer demand for meats.
Lamb prices also may be little
higher in l94l.
Smaller supplies in the first part
OF the year are expected TO result
in better poultry prices. Cash income
from chickens and eggs may be
larger in l94l than in either 1889 or
1910. The income from livestock and
livestock products is likely TO in
crease more than the income from
crops"
Discussing the other side Of the
picture the B. A. E. leader said: "The
expected rise in prices and farm in
come in I94l will be partly offset
by higher production costs. Prices of
some farm machinery, automobiles
and building materials probably will
advance in 1941, and fertilizer prices
are expected to be higher. However,
farmers will have 4 more prosperous
year even though production costs
will rise"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-22

College Station, Raleigh, Nov. %.
u. S. Department Of Agriculture
economics expect farm incomes to be
larger in 1871 than in 1910, H. w.
Taylor, Extension marketing special
list of N. G. State College, said today.
He announced receipt Of a state
ment to this effect from Dr.. F. L..
Thomson, principal agricultural eco
nomiSt Of The U. S. Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics.
DIR. Thomson said" Taylor stated,
that the export outlook is poor but
that prices of farm products large
~ consumed in domestic markets
are expected 10 snow considerable
Improvement as 4 result Of increaS-
ed consumer purchasing power This
is especially true Of livestock"
Continuing to quote from Dr..
Thomscn'S statement, Taylor said:
Hog prices are expected to be ma
tevially higher in 1871 than in 1910,
even though little Of any improve
ment is expected in export demand.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-22
THANKSGIVING FOR
ROCK SPRING FOLK

Rock Spring Baptist church near
Townsville will hold Il Thanksgiving
service next Sunday morning, the
pastor, Rev. S. L. Morgan, Of Wake
Forest. said today. Rev. Lee Pridgen,
Of Wake Forest, is to preach. Mr..
Morgan said he is IAN able preacher,
who was pastor for seven years IN
one Of the good churches Of Char
lesion" All members Of the church
and residents Of the community are
invited to attend, and members are
being reminded To bring Il special
offering for the Baptist Orphanage.
While Rev. Mr.. Prdgen is preach
ing at Rock Spring, Mr.. Morgan will
preach 1T Dexter at the same time,
he being pastor there also.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-22
LIONS SEE FILMS
ABOUT COCA-COLA
Littleton Lions Pay Local
Club Visit; Seifert
Shows Films

c. O. Seifert, of the Coca-Cola
Bottling Co., showed a motion pic
ture of the origin and Of the manu-
facture of Coca-Cola at the regular
weekly meeting OF the Lions club on
Wednesday evening at the Vance
hotel.
The film was thoroughly enjoyed
by the Lions.
The attendance prize went to r.
F. Clements. Jr., and Marvin New
som, of Littleton, d guest, won the
drawing.
The program was in charge Of
Clarence White.
Marvin NeWsom is zone chair
man, and had with him Paul john
son, president of the Littleton club,
and Dennis Rose, its secretary.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-22
LOCAL JOB OFFICE
LISTS POSITIONS

Positions listed with lhe ncnder-
son Office OF the North Carolina State
Employment Service. and which can
not be filled from the files of the
service, include sale clerks. male
and female, Is To 80 years Of ase:
neutrality-suspicious.. with recent ry-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-22

e.. --.2,vy OF St. Luke which
....~-> .oduy'> lesson is one of
ere -. earning pictures OF the life
.. -..o on earth. 1t mentions
'.-. ..."eu who believed in the
I'd -@c m.nl>tered 10 Him. Mary
,..-c..e.y .ud been cured Of evil
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-22
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-05
MT. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. C. B. Wheeler, Pastor

Sunday being the first Sunday of
the month, the regular Covenant
meeting and the Communion serv-
ices will be held at 8 p. m.
Baptising will precede the regu-
lar evening services. The play,
"The Call To Service" will be pre-
scented at the church on April IL.
The Pastor is urging the captains
of the calendar clubs to be ready
to make their final report at 8
p. m, Sunday, April ID. The pop
ularity contest being sponsored by
the December club will end on
April ID. The Rev. J. w. Phelps,
who is at present the assistant pas
tor of Pilgrim Baptist Church, will
be the principal speaker at the close
of this drive.
Rev. G. B. Wheeler left Sunday
night for Des Moines, Iowa, where
he will attend the Spring Board
meeting of the Iowa, North Dakota,
Nebraska and Minnesota Baptist
Assn.