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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-26
CHATTER FORTY-SEVEN

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ANY PERSON not in excellent
mental. emotional and physical
health doubtless would have
cracked Up right there.
Hut lovely Gayle Dixon just sat
down tor Il moment in one OF the
hall chairs and allowed matters 10
sink in. She stared of sort of va
CantlE for a little While, oricnting
her thoughts. And that extra some
thing which calm. self-disciplined
people have. came 10 her now; it
quite offset the fact that she had
been in 4 strain of details all morn
ing and afternoon and faced a fur
thrr strain tor the night. Il provide
G.! just the necessary reserve fo,'
her to take the fact that Tempe
HYDE was the thief that The Oaks
had shielded.
There was great deal she could
have done. Certainly there was
much She wanted to say and do,
immediately. She wanted to fly to
Bill. to tell Lola. TO tell dear Old
Graham, the butler. To so to police
headquarters and get details from
Mrs. HolmquiSt. And of course to
tell jeremy, who had been brought
III on the reGrcttable affair.
But no. No. she mustn't, because
she was seeking Jeremy even now
for another purpose-to start the
play. Approximately 100 people
We're in their seats on the lawn,
chatting amiably-but waiting.
Tempe Hyde'S part would have to
be CLOSED over some Way-anothcr
managerial detail for her and Bill
No, she must simply alibi quickly
for Temples absence and help Bill
go on with the play. Explanations
could come later, tomorrow, per-
hapS.
She had been looking hurrie6ty
for Jeremy when the intcyruptiuu
came. SO that nov. after the brief
est rest to throw off her confusion,
Gayle resumed her way on up-
stairs.
She opened the library door. but
il was dark. She Went then to Jer-
eny's bedroom and tapped on the
door. When it did not open. she
turned the knob and called gently
through 4 crack, but heard no re-
Spouse.
She stood there thinking a mo-
ment. She remembered then that
Jeremy sometimes used his grand
fathers study because there were
books there, and the place was coy
and nice. She turned the knob of
the study door. No light was on,
but the small fireplace blaze threw
dancing lights and shadows. Sill
houetted before the fireplace she
saw Jeremy. standing, head bowed.
Jeremy" she spoke, walking in.
"We've been looking everywhere
for you,'
He turned in surprise. He held
on: 4 hand, as if in supplication,
and ne answered her at once.
Gayle. Gayle-I-see here, I'm
awtu!ly glad you came"
Something in his voice, some sig
H.fea"c tone infection, made her
Pa.s= and look carefully at him.
Gayle, , I-se here, I've been
dong an awful lot of thinking.
Honestly have. All evening,
longer. 1 guess. Things have been
we'll. 4 great many things have
happened to me and-see here,
Gayle, will YOU marry me?"
Shocked again. she could not an
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-26

SWer, or even move.
viii you marry NE, Gayle
Soon? I-See here"
He paused to swallow, hard. And
III the interval they heard anothe,
sotIaG. Frora around the bookcase
where tils comfortable old couch
was. came unn:ist4Kahie footsteps
Suddenly 40 rat'.2r energCt;cally
IN n moment Mr.. McrriticId ap-
peaced. ana his oil face was illum-
incl not o>!y by the lire, hut by q
definite inner excitement and slim
ulation.
'Tcremym re doomed when he
approached. 81 had 10 thought OF
evesdropping, ~ il all happened
81 fast vas resting. Nevcrthe-
less, 7 ;;:n delighted. 1 congratu-
late yCa congratulate you
and"
He was holding ont a hand tc
shake Jeremy's and in another mo-
mcnt he would surely have turned
| peiiISIly 10 NIdyle.
But Gayle turned quickly and in
an instant was running out OF the
room.
The talk between grandfather
and grandson was brief, but si9ni-
| tiCant. Mr. Morriii"ld was almost
boisterou5 f>r u moment.
His plan had worked His plan
to bring Jeremy Tucker out of tho
mental and social doldruins. 1t had
worked better than he had dared
hope, really. With his own ears he
had CHANGED To hear jeremy pro-
pose marriage TO Gayle, and he felt
that Gayle was GS nearly perfect
as young woman could be. The
eccentric old fellow simply never
gave thought to- Gayle's own posi-
BILE reactions in the matter.
Women are likely to be upset
easily, SON." he counseled now.
You sort of took her by surprise.
That is Ill. Now so on out there in
the hall-youll find her in tears,
likely as rot. Women are emotion
a. creatures. Jeremy. Be gentle
with her, and kind. We men never
understand EN-. But you just go
on out there and put your arm
around her and bring her back in
here. I'll congratulate her. and then
I'll get out and let you two have
a talk alone"
He ended in a chuckie, not even
noticing the distress on Jeremy's
face. Jeremy could say nothing. but
he did move to follow his grand
fathers instructions. Go bring
Gayle back. That's right-that
would be the thing to GO. Go find
Gayle. He had proposed marriage
to Gayle and she had fled. He must
60 find her. The old man, still
chuckling delightedly, hat. stopped
over TO turn Gil his desk lamp, so
Jeremy started toward the door.
IN the hallway he did not see
Gayle as he expected. Nor was she
in any of the other large rooms on
this floor. He looked and he called
her gently, moving slowly from
place to place. Out the windows he
heard the soft music from the Or
chestra entertaining the 1,T00 peo-
pie, out he gave little thought to
that. He had no conception Of time
in this situation now. He couldn't
have said whether the time was
S o'clock or s o'clock, or 8. Actu-
ally it was S:3O-time for The
Wit to Woo" to begin-and most
OF the cast had assembled a. the
tent dressing room, ready to go On.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-26
But all the principals were miss

But all the principals were miss
ing.
Nearly 10 minutes had passed
before Jeremy walked slowly down.
stairs and came onto Gayle again.
She was near the side doorway and
she was sobbing ana she was
leaning on Bill Bailcys shoulder
and being held tightly in Bills
arms. As if he were a man in a
trance, Jeremy came up to them.
An right, Tucker" Bill began
firmly. You said or did something
that made this girl cry, and you
cant get away with that. don't
know exactly what the score is
between us. but I'm telling you
here and now That Pm in love with
Gayle Dixon. and hereafter it's a
mar-tO-man fight. You understand
that? l mean what | said. You
and your whole COMPOUNDED fortune
can't stop me, nor anything else if
Gayle will give me a chance! I'm
chucking this job. l don't want but
one thing III lfc-a chance to win
you, Gayle-and somewhere else
can get interesting work that isn't
as hair-braincd rs this If Tucker
here has insultcd you Or"
bill" Gayle looked up.
IL mean it! l mean it's going to
hc man to man. I've held off, Gayle,
because / don't like to play dirt
on any man. I won't yet. But I'm
serving notice. The only person
who can stop me is you, Gayle, and
you're going to have 4 hard time"
''Bill!' She had stopped sobbing,
end she grabbed his big shoulders
to shake him, her pretty face tear
! touched and drawn in what surely
vas combined pleasure and pain.
But he was not looking at her. He
moved almost roughly now, man
with his mind made up, set on a
definite goal.
You said the old gent was up
stairs" he resumed, speaking firm
" and rather fast. We're going to
him. I'm rcsiGning, here and now,
end I'm telling him so. Then L"
oh, I say-see here, Bill"
Jeremy tried to interrupt.
I'm not joking or anything Of
the sort" He was striding up the
stairs now, Gayle and Jeremy near
him and trying to talk to him both
at once.
Their youthful voices made
veritahie Wrangling as they en-
tered the study again. Mr.. Merri-
field looked up in some surprise.
Come i'll. young friends, and"
But they scarcely heard him.
Gayle held to one arm, Jeremy
tugsed lightly, nervously, at Bills
other. Bills face was flushed now.
play or no play, I'm done, I'm
DONE" he kept declaring. when
make up my mind to something
"SIRw Old Mr.. Mortified could
roar, when necessary. He roared
now, and quite interrupted the 9TH
ers. A sudden silence reisned, and
Gayle broke it.
Make him behave, Mr.. Merri-
field, He doesn't understand lot
of things! II just hate him-I
mean I love him. love him, Mr..
Merrifeld! We have conn., to ex-
plain that we can't-oh Mr..
Merri-field!"
She quite lost her words in Sob
bling again, and again Bill Bailey
held her very close to him and
pettcd her and fondled her hair,
claring dcfantly at the rich grand
father and grandson.
ITO nc Continued
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-26
LEARN A TRADE.

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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-26

Standing on q chair, Wendell l..
Willkie, of Indiana, speaks to dele
gates assembled in his Philadelphia
hotel headquarters as he seeks their
support in his bid for the Republic
can presidential nomination.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-26

Princess ven Star!emberg, wife OF
the former vicc-ch&ncelior Of AUS
:,ia, leaves New York for Washing;
ION, D. c., with her son, John. a
refugee tYcln her NaZ;-gulcd native
land, she acefs aid Tor elbow Aus
TRANS seeking refuge in the U. D.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-26

Detectives and agents OF the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation seized
AL Heller and companion in the
Republican convention city of Phil
adelphia in connection with dlscov-
cry CT z powerful bomb.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Munton, With Tears in E yes,
Leaves to Begin 2-Yeor I erm

The former jurist, who is ap-
preaching 60, was convicted last
June 3. Federal Judge Calvin Ches-
nut of Maryland, who presided at
the trial, said the case was with
out precedence in $50 years of
American jurisprudence.
Manton fought with every avail
able means the charges of "peddling
judicial favors"-specifically, &C
cepting "loans" of 1864, 900. While
three of his co-defendants pleaded
guilty, the former Judge steadfastly
maintained he was innocent.
Manton's son, David, yesterday
provided the $4,000 check with
which his father paid the fine i'm
posed on him.
The United States Supreme Court
last week refused a review Of his
case.
Convicted with Manton were
George M. Spector, an insurance
broker, who was sentenced to a year
and day and fined S. 900; John l..
Lotsch, q minor Brooklyn politician
and banker, one year and $1,000
fine: Forrest w. Davis, an account
ant, suspended sentence, and Will
liam j. Fallon, nine months and
5000 fine.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
By ]. A O'LEARY.

The Senate today reconsidered its
action Of yesterday in rejecting a
move to give State employees the
right to a court appeal before they
could be dismissed for political
activity under the new Hatch bill.
Meanwhile the Senate was re-
ported to be closely divided on a mo-
ton expected later in the day to
send the entire bill back to commit
tee, which Senator Hatch, Democrat,
Of New Mexico, asserted today
would be equivalent to killing the
bill
The move to recommit will be the
crucial vote, following failure of the
bills opponents late yesterday to
pass an amendment which would
leave both Federal and State en-
ployes free to engage actively in
political campaigns. The bill was
saved yesterday by three votes, a
to Al. If recommittal fails, the bill
Is likely to pass and 60 tdsthe House
by evening, but supporters realized
the effort to send the bill back to
committee would not be easy to
beat.
Senator Norris, Independent, of
Nebraska opposed the court appeal
amendment, offered by Senator
Danaher, Republican, of Connecticut
as illogical. The Nebraskan said it
would not be practical to allow the
same right to all employees dropped
from the Federal service, but de-
clared if it is to be accorded these
State workers paid in part from
Federal funds, lit ought to apply
to every body"
BY the three-vote margin, the Sen
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Allied Purchasers
In Conferences Here
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An allied purchasing mission, re-
ported to be considering expenditure
of $1,000 900 900 for American air
planes, arranged to confer today with
United States officials, including
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
thau.
Mr.. Morgenthau, who heads the
Presidents Committee to Co-or-
dinate Foreign and Domestic Air
plane Purchasing, said recently that
formulation of plans for the big al
lied buying program awaited the
missions arrival here.
The allied group is headed by Ar
thur Purvis, chief of British French
purchasing In this country, and in
cludes Sir Henry Self, English air
plane buying expert.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March with
tears in his eyes, Martin T. Manton,
former presiding judge of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals,
today started on his way to the pen
itentiary at Lewisburg, Pa, to be-
gin a two-year sentence for SELL
ing justice.
The trip by automobile with
United States Marshal Leo Lowen-
thai and Joseph Petrina, q deputy,
started 18 minutes after he had
walked into the Federal Court
Building and to Marshal Lowen-
thal's office, his face cast in its Gus
tomaly scowl.
. Seven years ago Manton spoke
at the corner stone laying Of the
building. He was q jurist whose
opinions were highly respected and
whose successful career had been
pointed out to aspiring young law
yers, for he had come to the bench
when he was only SO.
Now he Is going to Lewisburg
where numerous men on whom he
once passed judgment have paid
their penalty for breaking the law.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
German Air Raider
FeNed OFF Scotland
British Announce
Air Minister Wood Asks
Commons for More Money
To Expand Air Force
BULLETIN,

LONDON, March 7 (R.-Two
German warplanes fought with
British pursuit planes off the east
coast of England tonight.
Onlookers saw one raider al
most collide with a British plane
as the fight in the clouds began.
In few minutes a second raider
with two British fighters in pur-
suit appeared. Then came three
more British planes and the two
Germans were driven out to
sea-" the onlookers said.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March THE Royal
Air force in a day of brisk activity
at home and abroad today shot
down German air raider of Scot
land, announced the successful
scouting of strategic German bases
and cities during the night and went
to the House of Commons for more
money.
How much money is to be spent is
a war secret-hidden behind a f100
($4O0) token" appropriation-but
Sir Kingsley Wood, the air minister,
said it involved "the greatest ex-
penditure" of this kind in British
history.
He said the Royal Air Force had
carried out more than 1000 sorties
into German territory by day and
night in the six months of conflict.
Northwest Reich Secuted.
Royal Air Force planes were an
nounced to have secuted the Ger
man naval bases of Wilhelmshaven,
Helgoland and Cuxhaven and most
Of the principal cities and ports of
Northwest Germany last night.
The air ministry said the planes
drew anti-aircraft fire and great
searchlight activity, but all returned
safely after covering an aggregate of
10000 miles. It was the second Sue
ceSSive night of such reconnaissance.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Sweden Seeks
Russo-Finnish
Armistice.
Red Terms Reported
Given HeIsinki in
UJtimutum Form
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
= STOCKHOLM, March 7.-Sweden
is seeking to arrange an armistice
in the Russian Finnish war, usually
reliable sources said today, adding
that Russian peace terms recently
had been presented to Finland.
The exact nature of the terms
is still the subject of speculation,
but there were unconfirmed reports
that Russia demanded surrender OF
the Karelian Isthmus, Viipuri, Lake
Ladoga and part of the far northern
Petsamo area.
An armistics, it was said, would
be followed by further efforts to
arrange peace settlement.
(Stockholm dispatches to Paris
newspapers said the Russian
peace terms were in the form of
an ultimatum expiring at mid
night March 80. Russia's de-
mands were said to include sur
render of Hanko. naval port in
Southeastern Finland, and the
Hanko Peninsula.)
Officials Are Silent.
Official Swedish circles said they
could neither deny nor confirm re-
ports that Sweden had submitted
peace terms from Joseph Stain to
the Helsinki government.
One theory was that negotiations
thus far had proceeded through the
Russian Minister to Sweden, Nine.
Alexandra Kollontary; the Finnish
Minister here, Elias Erkko, who is
former Finnish foreign minister,
and the Swedish foreign Office.
Reports in well-informed
quarters in Belgium assert that
an armistice between Russia and
Finland may be expected shortly,
perhaps today, the Brussels cor
respondent of the Chicago Daily
News cabled.
Directly behind this possibility
is the fact that four days ago the
British and French asked the
Scandinavian countries for the
right to pass troops to aid Fin
land, he said. This proposal so
frightened the Scandinavians
that they promptly encouraged
truce pourparlers between Mos
COW and Helsinki, he added.)
Paasikivi Reported in Stockholm.
Significance also was seen in re-
ports that DR.. Juho Paasikivi, Fin
nlsh diplomat. Is in Stockholm. He
headed the Finnish delegation in un-
successful pre-war negotiations at
MOSCOW on Russian territorial de-
mands which Finland found threat
to her independence.
II peace negotiations actually are
under way, Scandinavian political
quarters assume that Berlin also Is
interested.
There are unconfirmed reports
even that the German Minister to
Finland, DR.. Wipert Won Bluecher,
has conferred in Helsinki with
representative of the Finnish gen.
eralissimo. Baron Carl Gustaf Man
nerheim, and Finnish government
officials
SWeden's interest in any peace
negotiations is believed to have been
prompted by the increasingly diff
cult position of this country in view
Of her stated policy as regards pas
sage of foreign aid to Finland and
new reports that Finland is con-
sidering an appeal directly to the
Western powers for military assist
ance.
AS for Germany, it has become the
popular view that the Reich would
be ready to intervene as soon as
Russia gained some outstanding
military success in Finland.
Reported conversations in Berlin
(See PEACE, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1940-03-07

Inc amendments recommended.
provide for the abolition of the pres
ent National Labor Relations Board
and the creation of new board of
three members to be appointed by
the President with the advice and
consent of the Senate. Not more
than two of the members are to be
members of the same political party.
The new board is to have the same
name as the present board. There
are no restrictions placed on the
power of the President to appoint
the members of the present board to
the new board.
Separation of Prosecuting
And Judicial Functions.
The bill proposes to separate the
prosecuting and judicial functions
under the National Labor Relations
Act by distributing the powers and
duties under the act between the
new board, which is to exercise the
judicial functions on the one hand,
and a new officer, to be known as
the administrator of the National
Labor Relations Act, who is to ex-
ercise the prosecuting functions on
the other hand. The administrator
is to be appointed by the President,
with the advice and consent of the
Senate, and is to have no connec-
ton whatsoever with the board The
new board is given power to appoint
employees necessary to the exercise
of its judicial functions, and the ad-
ministrator is given power to ap-
point employees necessary to the ex-
ercise of his prosecuting functions.
Whereas under the present act
charges of unfair labor practices
are made to the regional directors
of the board, and complaints based
on those charges are issued by the
board through the regional direc-
tors, under the amendments recon-
mended charges will be filed with
the administrator or his regional
director. All the preliminary inves-
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Court Appeal Plan
In New Hatch Bill
To Be Reconsidered
RecommittoI Move Due,
With Senate Reported
Closely Divided
BULLETIN.

Supporters of the new Hatch
bill made a last-minute conces-
sion today in hopes of passing
the bill when they accepted an
amendment providing that a
Federal agency could withhold
from a State only twice the salary
of State employe who had vio-
lated the politics ban. Earlier,
the Senate approved, 1896, the
Danaher amendment to give
State employees the right of court
appeal.
Meanwhile, Senator Hatch said
there is a good chance" his
expansion bill might be pigeon
holed for this session.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
$250,000 Fire Burns
Main Building Of
Rockville School
10 Companies Bottle
Flames for Six Hours;
Two Wings Saved
Pictures on Page BIZ

A fire which broke out in the base
ment destroyed the main 24-room
unit of Richard Montgomery High
School, in nearby Rockville, Md,
early today leaving $50 children
without immediate facilities for
classWork.
Ten volunteer companies after a
six-hour fight managed to save
two additions to the original struc-
ture, classroom unit built in 1925
and a combination gymnasium -au-
ditorium erected in 1929.
Only the walls of the main wing,
constructed in 1903 and used to
house the major portion of the
student body, were left standing
however. after the blaze, discovered
shortly before o'clock, finally was
brought under control.
1t was learned the entire building
including the two wings, saved, was
insured for $4,000. Principal L
Fletcher Scott estimated, however
it would cost about $3.50, 900 to re-
place the destroyed SeCtlOn.
Records Destroyed.
Records of the Board of Edu-
cation for Montgomery County
which occupied suite in the main
building. were lost when firemen en-
deavoring to save them were un-
able to penetrate the dense smoke
Explosive chemicals in the labora-
tory equipment and ammunition
and other supplies belonging to
Company F, 5th Regiment, Marine
Corps Reserves, were stored in the
two units which were saved.
Fearing an explosion which might
cause even greater damage and
injure fire fighters and spectators,
volunteers took the chemicals, am
munition and other equipment to
safety.
In addition to large quantity Of
ammunition, the supplies which the
Evening star., 1940-03-07
B U IIetin
BuENoS AIRES Marc

BUENOS AIRES, March Z (P).
Police used tear gas today to
disperSe hundreds of persons
seeking to gather around the
government house of the pro-
vincial government of Buenos
Aires in La Plata as President
Roberto Ortiz named a federal
1nterventor, or emergency adj
ministrator, to rule the province.
The move came in a situation in
which an armed revolt has been
threatening.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Wheeler Defies Two inCobinet;
Predicts Carrier Bill Passage
Attacks Stond of Wallace and Woodrinq
After Talk With President

under regulation of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Passed by
both Senate and House at the last
session, the legislation has been un-
der study of conferees for the last
six weeks.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
and Secretary of War Woodring
have both gone on record in opposi-
ton to numerous provisions of the
measure, and it was their positions
which drew the fire of Chairman
Wheeler today.
I'VE expect to get this bill through
Notwithstanding the opposition of
(See ROOSEVELT. Page A-6)
Evening star., 1940-03-07
BY JOHN C. HENRY.

Speaking outright defiance Tor two
cabinet officers. Senator Wheeler.
Democrat, of Montana emerged
from a conference with President
Roosevelt at the White House to-
day to predict that pending legis-
lation for further coordination of
all transportation systems would be
enacted at this session.
The Montanan is chairman of the
Senate Interstate Commerce Com
mittee and cosponsor of the
Wheeler-Lea bill to effect certain
transportation consultations and
to bring waterway transport lines