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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-11

Registration books for the general
election Of November will open
tomorrow in this county and through
out North Carolina. and registrars
will be at the polling places all day,
tomorrow and on the following two
Saturdays. In the interim, voters
may register by contracting registrars
at their homes or elsewhere.
Saturday, November ,. before the
election the following Tuesday, will
be challenge day. On that day any
citizen has the right to contest the
privilege Of any person voting whose
name is on the registration books,
and a hearing will be had.
Those who have registered for the
primaries of last May 25 need not
register again now, and their names
are already on the books, which are
the same us these 10 be used now.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-11
Granville Draft
Board Is Named

Oxford, Ocl 1.-THE Granville
County Board of Elections has for
warded to Governor Clyde R. Hoey
its selection of Granville county clti-
zens for members Of the county's
draft board.
Recommended by the elections
board are w. B. Crews, Sam A.
Howard and Sam L. Knott for the
draft board; Dr.. w. N. Thomas as
examining physician and Major 7.
G. Stem as appeal agent.
This group was chosen by A. w.
Graham, Granville County Clerk of
Superior Court and B. D. Bum,
county superintendent Of education,
assisting the board Of elections with
C. E. Coble, chairman.
Crews, Knott and Stem are eX-
service men and DR.. Thomas was an
examining physician for the draft
during the World War.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-11
Small Corporations Get
Break, Babson Believes
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dends of $4,000 from each of five
big companies, and let go ''scot free
one who has earnings from diVi-
dends up to $4,000 from one small
company.
This is not a criticism of the tax
law. l use it merely as an illustra-
ton to show the trend against big
ness even though bigness often
means efficiency from which con-
sumers benefit. In talking with con-
gressmen, however, l find that other
factors are also working in favor
of the smaller concerns. Let me men
ton some Of them:
Fear of MOnopolieS.
All the political parties in their
platforms have taken stand against
monopolies, even though they may
reduce consumer prices in many in
stances. Monopolies are contrary tC
democracies. Congressman are es-
pecially bitter against them because
of monopoly's ability to hire high
priced lobbiests. Some Congressmen
tell me that these lobbiests threaten
to spike their elections if they vote
for anti-monopoly legislation. Yet
there is no reason why our big
gest corporations, even those having
monopolies, cannot operate as justly
in the interests of the public as small
hard fC
make John Public believe this.
Perhaps much legislation against
bigness is due to the "inferiority
complex" of the small manufacturer
Doubtless it is difficult for many
such to compete with big corpora
tons; but the reason often is due
to the plant being located in the
wrong locality or being operated in
efficiently. Certainly, small corpora
tons should be able to change then
policy and their products much more
rapidly than large corporations anc
thus keep ahead of them. If a youns
man, | would rather work for small
corporation than big one. Chance
for advancement are much greater
Trend to Urge Decentralization.
The war is bound to have tremen'
dous effects along various lines. O
all changes, effect upon the decen
tralization of industries may be mos
important. The current idea tina
shirts can be manufactured more eff
ficiently in single place and under
one roof may seem sound on paper
Textile manufacturers in England
however, have found that, in prac
tice, they are liable to lose their oWr
shirts as we'll as their employees b.
such a policy.
The attitude OF labor leaders il
large cities is also a factor in de-
Capitalization. The c. l. 0. has beer
much more successful in closin!
plants in the case of big concern
operating under one roof in one 10
cality. Manufacturers are fast learn
inc that it is bad business from
labor point of view to have "all one
eggs in one basket. Letters which
receive from abroad show clearl.
that it is safer in every way to hav
five plants. each employing a thous
and people in five different cities
than to have ore big plant employ
ing five thousand in one locality
ter the war, it may be illegal II
England and on the Continent t
! imploy in one locality more thai
a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS even than fiV
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-11
4 4 \. Election
Ends Today

AAA community representatives
chosen at elections yesterday and
this morning to represent Vance
county communities, include:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. community
| Ira j. Jackson, ST., delegate to coun-
" convention; W. W. Cmrin, alter
man; NJ. G.. Breedlove. vice chair
man, John c. Watkins. member;
Lewis II. Spain, first alternate, and
William ii. CWrin. second alternate.
Sandy Creek community-Walter
J. Bowen. delegate 10 county con-
vention and chairman OF community
committee: Julian NJ. Aston, alter
nate delegate and vice chairman OF
community committees; Charles w.
Finch. member: {. y. Collins, first
alternate. and Rufus c. Daniel, Sec
ond alternate.
Henderson township - E. w.
Workman. delegate to county con-
ventiun and chairman OF community
committee: II. T. Fleming, alternate
delegate and vice chairman Of COM
munity committee; r. d. Buchan,
member: c. 3. Basket, first alter
nate: and George Aycocll, second al
ternate.
The Middleburg NutbuSh and
Sandy Creek elections were held yes
terday and the Henderson township
election was held this morning. The
series OF elections closes this after
noon with the voting for kittrel!
township. in the Zeb Vance school,
Delegates to the county conven-
ton will meet Monday in Hender-
son to choose the county committee
and its officers.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-11

Reginald be recalled :rnreG;atelT
3-The British government has
blocked all Rumanian credits in Eng
land, it was learned today. This was
parallel with the action taken yes
terday by the United States. freezing
Rumanlan credits in that country.
4-Rumania's legation councillor
in London quit his post and was
quoted as saying: Il should never al
low myself to be associated with the
present Rumanian government-a
government which has surrendered
to foreign power"
,o-Gelman official circles in Bur
charest charged that Turkey has been
commissioned by Great Britain 10
attack Rumanian oil fields by ain.
More and more, Turkey appeared as
the next target of a heralded nazi
thrust.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-11
Rve Grass Seed Is
Available Under
Grant-of- Aid Plan

J. W. Sanders. Vance county farm
agent. announced today that he has
lust received 4 shipment of 5000
bounds Of rye grass seed which is
available to farmers under the fed
eral grant-of-aid program.
Farmers are given credit on COM
pliance with soil conservation pro-
gram for planting of the seed, and
the cost of the seed is deducted from
the amount of compliance payments
due under the soil conservation pro-
gram. Those wishing to secure a
quantity of the seed should place
their order with the county agent
at once.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-11
Senate Takes
3-Day Recess
Continued From 1'ase One,

Continued From rage One,
re-openlng October II Of the Burma
Road.
Meanwhile, baffled japanese mill
tary authorities turned the Hong
kew section of Shanghai upside
down in hunt for an unidentified
assassin who slew their Chinese
puppet mayor Flu Sao-en as he slept
IN his closely guarded home early
this morning.
The mysterious killing, charact-
erIzed by the Japanese as an in
SIDE job climaXed a series Of acts
OF violence which have taken the
lives OF several prominent pro-Japa-
neSe Chinese in recent months.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-11
Rural Churches

MIDDLEBURG METHODIST
Rev. T. w. Lee, pastor.
Preaching services by the pastor
on next Sunday, October IS, as fol-
lows:
II a. M, Tabernacle.
3 p. M, DreWry.
1870 p. m, Middleburg.
The public is invited to all these
services.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-11
Stock Leaders
Advance

New York. Oct. ll.-(AP)-Ad-
vancing tendencies were displayed by
leading stocks in today'S market after
an early coloriesS performance.
No better action of prices was I'M
accompanied by any broadening OF
dealings. While gains of Iranctlons to
point or so were well distributed
near the fourth hour, dealings were
even slower than yesterday.
Continued hUpelulness Tor the
home business outlook coupled with
further easing Of tension over Far
Eastern war threats. brokers said,
=. -f,,r ctnG SplprtiV,, buNiu9.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-11
PAGE THREE
ITALIAN SEIPS BCMBED

Cairo, Egypt. Oct. ll.-(AP)-
Several ships in the harbor Of Tebruk.
Libya, Italian territory. including
two oil tankers. were hit in 4 Royal
Air Force bombing attack Wednes-
day. British communique said to-
day. One Of the tankers was set on
fire.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-11
Cotton Prices
Again Lower

New York, oct. 1l.-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures opened unchanged to 5
lower.
Quotations around midday rang
cd 2 to 5 points lower, October 9.46,
December 9.46, July 9.O6.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-11


American Radiator .... Sd
American Telephone .....Io2
American Tobacco F. 5000. "A "a
Anaconda .. % ID
Atlantic Coast Line ...... - Id
Atlantic Refining ......... u IL
BendiX Aviation ......... 81 Ia
Bethlehem Steel .......... OIL
Chrysler =. :. .. .......... ~
Columbia Gas G Elec Co 49,. 3-0
Commercial Solvents ...... 10
Consolidated Oil Co ...... . 7-8
Curtiss Wriehs .. 7 So
Dupont ITO ga
Electric Power Light .... 7-9
General Electric .. "a So
General Motors ...........' ~ Ia
Liggett & Myers Z. ........ 50 IL
Montgomery Ward q Co .... 40 7-8
Reynolds Tobacco B ....... 81 81
Southern Railway ........ l3
Standard Oil Co N j ..... 30 IA
II s Steel So 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07

The poy goes Eneond With DIR ods just dolly insedi
Of life these doy English youngsters adjust their
do eownup Those remaining that be torget
for rode wearing their eo masks for eeron period eoeh
doy poy become accustomed to them. Wide World
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07

Western High Schools big
June graduating class is
shown in the two groups
above which. end to end,
spread across the entire spo-
eious front terrace Of the
school grounds for the Gloss
picture. Photo by Rideout.
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Graham
Continued From First PAGE, }

ter field, or retire from the screen?
I hope the former.
I would guess that other 36er,
Norma Shearer. would sooner retire
from pictures than give over the
center Of the movie spotlight to an
other woman. Norma, together with
35-year-old Joan Crawford, has had
. long inning of screen romance.
Both gals have been at 1t for more
than IA years, which is a long time
IN any language, and both must
have received at least 100 screen
proposals each, which should be
enough for any one woman. Norma
gets Robert Taylor (aged 2s in
her next picture, Escape" Joan
has Fredric March Gin his middle
40s) as her leading man-in Susan
and God"
Comparatively young movie hero
ines who are 80 or bit over include
Greer Carson, about 81; Joan
Blondell, 81; Bette Davis, 80; Greta
Garbo, 80; Ann Sothern, 81; Rosa
lind Russell, about 80, and Barbara
Stanwyck, 80. Screen infants in
their 29th year include Merle Ober-
on. Maureen O'Sullivan, Ginger
Rogers, Margaret Sullivan and
Paulette Goddard. All these, of
course, have nothing to fear from a
screen romantic viewpoint.
But for the majority of the others
I would suggest that they start
thinking of what they would like to
be doing If they weren't making
pictures. Or, to start picking out
some good character roles and leave
the love stuff for their younger COL
leagues. If the idea seems hard to
take, let them remember the char
actor role successes of 48-year-old
Fay Banter, who in her day was
the love pivot Of all her plays; and
Kay Francis (in her near 40s), who
Is currently doing so well as Deanna
Durbin's mother in "It's q Date"
And May Robson, who is still going
strong at 76.
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Evening star., 1940-04-21

crete viewpoint of box of{ice. But he
still does his scenes in the same
formula-"the best could"
Mickey Rooney has come q long
way in those two years. He has
achieved sense Of maturity well
ahead Of the ordinary 18-year-old.
He's q serious individual, full Of re-
sponsibility. He still has an un-
quenchable love Of horseplay, but
he isn't the cocky adolescent he once
was. As he evaluates himself:
There's only one way I can 60
now. And that isn't up"
This Brooklyn born son of show
business-he was II months old
when he went on the stage with his
parents in q burlesque routine-is
in the midst of going around in
circles for the sake of his art.
On the way around. he exposes
the varied character Of his acting
ability in three distinct ways.
He moved to the top Of the money
ladder last year largely through
his humorously honey portrayals of
Andy Hardy, youngster growing
up. But he's also highly able in
musical comedy ("Babes in Arms"
brought him into the finals of the
academy oscar" competition for
1882 and in more serious VEIN
Young Tom Edison"
The Cycle viii Continue.
Metro Goldwyn- Mayer, which Is
doing Mickey's master -minding, has
continuation of the cycle in mind.
He's finishing another in the Hardy
series, will 60 shortly into Strike
Up the Band" with Judy Garland
his co-star again, to be followed by
sequel to Boys Town." his serious
effort couple Of years back.
The process OF Mickey's growing
up moved fastest last year. He
travelled quarter Of million miles,
meeting thousands of his fans and
scores of notables, including Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Henry Ford.
Probably no youngster of his age
has achieved such wide recognition.
And it's done something to him.
Il don't care what kind of roles
they give me-" he observes, I'll do
the best I can" It's a trite state
ment, made sometime or other by
almost every star. But it has a ring
OF sincerity when he adds:
And don't mean that as press
agent applesauce. I want to make
acting q lifetime job. And If you're
going to eat, you have to make
people like YOU
Most Get Serious Sometime,
Mickey was half-worried half
puzzled when reports filtered
back from New York after the re-
cent Edison" preview that maybe
his fans-familiar with his lighter
Evening star., 1940-04-21

They will see an old favorite, "Tess
Of the Storm Country" Our audi
ence will substitute cheers and
whistles for applause and occa-
sionally will stamp the floor In the
excitement of their pleasure. But
their response, though animated,
will be genuine. Surely If the show
boat is dead, 1t is a very lively
cadaver.
They're Capable Actors.
In spite of the fact that the orig
inal feet of IL showboats has dwin-
died to six, those remaining In OPP
Grafton have adjusted their form OF
entertainment to meet this period of
reconstruction, and find themselves
continually in demand, thus prov
ing the rights of their claims to
smart showmanship. For the last
three years, the Goldenrod show
boat, the flagship of the mosquito
fleet, has prospered at the local
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Formula for Successful Marriage but They Have 1t {
Only One Way l Can Go,
And That Isn't Up, He Says
Mickey Rooney, Serious Youngster,
Looks at Himself From Top
Of the Box Office Heap
By Franklin Arthur.

couple Of persping younger movie Set
dropped YEARLY chair He back to
the pulling battle against
the .
coulc." ~ ~ WOW
When this days it's as Holly
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Not Has the Showboa Been Sent Last ANCHORAGE

numerous big names in show busi-
ness today who started on, or were
at one time engaged on, a showboat
Sol Smith Russell once faced a river
audience, Buster Keaton, the frozen
faced comedian, was born on Capt.
Sam Bryant's show; Elizabeth Cox
another river thespian, took one leap
from old-fashioned showboat dra-
matics to land with both feet firmly
planted on Broadway; Paul Nc
Grath, who played opposite Ger
trude Lawrence in Susan and
God," has raved his way through
many a snake scene as Joe Morgan
in "Ten Nights In q Bar Room"
Practical Drama Criticism.
The typical small-town river audi
ences have unique method of dis
playing disapproval of the per-
formance, particularly at Bloomer,
w. Va, on the Kanawha River,
where they climb to the top of the
bank and throw rocks at the pilot
house windows. On some occasions
they even take the precaution of
piling the rocks up ahead Of time.
And they don't wait for the one who
is without sin to cast the first stone.
Selecting plays for a river audi
ence is delicate task. The New
York hits of Tobacco Road" "Of
Mice and Men" and "Hellza- -poppin'
wouldn't get very far with the fas-
tidious set at the peaceful settlement
Of Old Maids Crossing. They prefer
such plays as "Over the Hill to the
Poorhouse," East Lynne" and His
Dead Sisters Secret" Sex plays
and off-color gags are strictly taboo.
A gag such as Are you married?"
mo, I'm naturally round shoul-
dered," knocks 'em for a twister.
No, the showboat is not obsolete,
antique, nor on its way out. There
will always be certain element Of
people who cling to old-fashioned
simplicity, and it's there the show
boat, with its clean, wholesome form
Of entertainment, will come into its
own. "Jesse James," "Peck's Bad
Boy" "Nellie, the Beautiful Clock
Model" and other old-time tear
jerkers will live forever and will
always be welcome from the head
waters of the Allegheny to the
shadows of the Gulf of Mexico when
properly presented aboard an insti-
tuition that Is q living part Of the
American theater, the showboat.
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Evening star., 1940-04-21

side-wouldnt accept him in q
studied biographical role.
But I've made a lot Of new
friends" he says. Folks who write
they never liked me before have sent
IN some mighty complimentary
letters. I want them to like me In
parts like that. I have to get
serious sometime. It's a cinch I
can't play comic adolescents for
ever"
He's taking care of such an even
tuality, too, along another line of
his versatile nature. He has helped
author a script which sends ANDY
Hardy to college, and which Metro
is considering as the next step in
his family film career.
After, ALL" he observes, "f I
don't get out of high school be-
fore long lot of folks are going to
think I'm awfully backward"
Evening star., 1940-04-21

wharf at st. Louis, with melodrama
"as you like it,"
Bryant's showboat has carried on
for II years at the foot Of Lawrence
street in Cincinnati with q similar
type of entertainment where they
hiss the villain and cheer the hero
until they are blue in the face. And
when he played Hamlet" or went
through the motions, over the en-
trance was sign which read,
Blessed Is he who expects nothing
for he shall never be deceived" The
James Adams boat, which operates
on. Chesapeake Bay; the Majestic,
the Hollywood and the Dixie Queen
all continue to prosper handsomely
along the more legitimate lines.
. A showboat company consists Of
experienced, wel-schooled actors
and actresses.
To substantiate this, there are
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Wanger' Film Role
Goes to Sanders

George Sanders is an important
addition to the cast of Walter
Wanger's Foreign Correspondent, +"
now in production under the direc-
ton of Alfred Hitchcock. Sanders
joins the cast that already includes
Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert
Marshall, Albert Basserman, Robert
Benchley, Eduardo Ciannelh and
Edmund Gwenn.
Sanders, who has proved himself
to be one of the screens most
versatile actors, was most recently
seen in 'Rebecca." Other produc-
tions in which he has played promi-
nent roles are House Of Seven
Cables" Nurse Edith CaveI," !"
Allegheny Uprising" and "Coufes-
sions Of . Na1 Spy"
Evening star., 1940-04-21
By Betty Bryant.
BUFFALO, w. Va.

Here comes the ShOWbOat."
This clarion call, thanks to Edna
Ferber's famous novel, "Showboat," {"
and its magical setting along the
shores of the Mississippi in the days
when that mighty river was the
broad highway Of the Nation, has
become one of Americas most cher
ished amusement heritages.
Almost as cherished a literary ira
dition is the belief that the show
boats sailed into the sunset with
the passing of more leisurely and
romantic past. "Showboat" and the
subsequent musical and movie vari-
ations on the same theme have cast a
well-deserved aura of glamour about
the picturesque floating theaters and
have made all America familiar
with the showboat.
Unfortunately the glorihers of the
showboat came not only to praise
Caesar, but to bury him as well.
Writers seem to be trying to prove,
with all the assurance of their craft
that such advances in entertain
ment as the radio, television and
the motion picture have scuttled
the showboat at its last anchorage.
On their unverif1ed testimony, the
showboat has, at long last, joined
the fast-fading ranks Of the jig
saw puzzle, the balloon ascension
and the wooden Indian. It is, in
short, they would have you believe,
q dramatic dodo.
But the showboat is not dead. I
ought to know, for I fashioned the
magic dreams of my childhood on
one. Joined Bryant's Showboat
on February 81, 1922, at West Eliza
beth, Pa, to stare for the first time,
with baby blue eyes across the
smoky Monongahela River. April
of the following year found me
doing my first specially at the age
of Il months. I studied my A B Cs
in a junk barge surrounded by rope,
iron and rags, fighting of malaria,
mosquitoes and horsef1ies. I have
played Little Willie in East Lynne"
when I was too young to say the
lines and my mother was forced to
ll1OC N4luCA tAiC OCO dIlO kfSkA AN
me in an assumed baby voice. For
the past 18 summers I have played
parts, sung and danced before audi
ences up and down the Ohio River.
A Very Lively Cadver.
This article is being written on our
showboat anchored at Buffalo, w.
Va, to which we recently migrated
from our winter "dryland" home at
Logansport, Ind. Boys are rowing
around us in dilapidated John
boats" The village maidens are in
their Sunday best, trying to fiirt
with the leading man who is uncon-
cernedly ironing his own shirt on
the back porch-he's saving his
money in the hopes Of featuring
himself in his own show.
Tonight, when our first show Of
the season opens. our clientele will
be drawn, not alone from the little
village Of Buffalo, but from the
hinterland. They will come In over
alls and jackets and Sunday go-to-'
meeting clothes. And one Of our
seasonal friends will bring us q
bouquet OF her first spring lilies. :.