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Evening star., 1940-07-26
ROOMS WITH BOARD

1912 KAIoRAMA RoAD-Attractively fur
nshed E1a double rooms; excellent food. d. CO. O.
Downtown. Tsov IT 1a1a VERMONT AvE-cool.
weekly. Others, board opt. Me '79S 7904 %
302 18th ST. NE.-Girl will share At
tractlve maple twin bedrm., new pvt. home.
every conven. AT. 7647
for n3 yaunr AVE pean,S mResrabe vacancies
surroundings ideal Free parking
"OLD ENGLISH" 1895 Que st NV
SingIe; oirs double rooms; attractively fur
hlsheo; showers; switchboard; S35 up. 26*
23l2 10Th ST NW.-Available August !.
large cool double room. twin beds: Is min
| from Munitions Bldg: Mt Pleasant car:
| phone. '' "'iiiih
| 1721 QUE ST. N.W.-Lovely single room
mex, bath, suitable young lady: excellent
| meals: conv. trans; reas
| la2S N ST. NW.-Single and double room
2.30 and un; walking distance.
LARGE. NEW, STUDIO: single and double;
ileges; also suite of rooms with pvt bath
at Columbia rd co. sa7o. ''' AHA fo'
room room Sex5 ST fo fWLarge End front
gentlemen. Govt clerks; single rooms,
240l 18th ST; NW.-High, cool, park loca-
tlon single, double, also large rm for 8 or
men; l / windows reasonable.
1855 CALVERT ST NV, Ant. 51-Large,
cool room; twin beds or studio couch.
1906 BILTMORE ENW.-Well-ordered pri-
vate home double. single; cool, com
Portable; good meals. CO. O340.
GIRL-Cool, single room, private, det.
home, W. section good food; reasonable
emerson 5T04. 2Ss
ATTRACTIVE twin bedroom for 2 persons
IN private, congenial, adult home Excellent
1000. Conv. transp Woodley 1904. 2Ss
2022 G ST N.W.-Desirable vacancies for
refined young people; single. double; South
ern chef Walking distance
1929 RODMAN ST. NW.-Front room, so.
exp; pvt lavatory; near Conn. ave-; excel.
meals. EN-. 377S.
MT. PLEASANT, 1906 Lamont ST. NV
Real opportunity. Homelike Excel food
Guests seldom leave Conv trans
Evening star., 1940-07-26
Outstanding Values
Near RooseyeIf Hich

Near Roosevelt High
1911 Georgia Ave. NV.
SA2 SO-Apt. No. Living room.
bedroom kitchen and balh,
rear porch; elec. retrIgeratlon.
1907 Arkansas Ave. NV.
SGT .5O-Apt. No. Giving room.
bedrooms. dinette. kitchen
and bath; elec stove and refrigeration:
screened rear porch.
Evening star., 1940-07-26
CATTLE e. LIVESTOCK.
POULTRY e. EGGS.
BABY CHICKS.

FOR SALE-1OO Leghorn chickens, some
fryers, some broilers; 40c each. Call
Spruce 0l53 oSs
Evening star., 1940-07-26

1883 18th n.w.--Single rms; also doub
rms with pvt. baths; Immediately cleal
beautifully furn.; unusual meals.
Evening star., 1940-07-26
ROOMS UkFURNIsHED
ROOMS WANTED

PPRivATE HOME OR APT. preferably near
SatneoraI. Mass. ave. to Newark st; SIS
month. Describe. Box 307-J, Star
STUDIO ROOM
Wv W exp in apt. near Conn, kit. priv.
woman. Box 346-,J Star = '''
Evening star., 1940-07-26

l4O4K CAFRITZ Dist. 9080
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Continued. J

Dupont 4005.
Conn, ave and Porter, opposite Broadmoor
HoteD-ONLY S55: very large apt. in fine
cooperative bldg. trestrcted). Living rm.
over 20 #. long. foyer. BAY SOLARIUM-
D1NETTE. bedroom, kitchen and shower
bath. Pastel painted walls. Venetian blinds.
Jan!tor Will show Ant o04
Evening star., 1940-07-26
ROOMS WITH BOARD WANTED.

BY MOTHER and small child Pet dist
with widow preferred not over $50 Cal
Tavlor 9itt SATURDAY. Onlv
Evening star., 1940-07-26
ROOMS WITH BOARD.
2131 MASS. AVE. NV.
BOLIVIAN CLUB,

1401 10th st n.w.--Ideal residence 10
business people; airy. outside room pri
vate baths; selective menus: switchboard
parking
Evening star., 1940-07-26

GLOVER PARK HOME,
Close TO Everything.
2422 Both ST NV
1 = bedrooms, . baths recreation room
nii,i. q garage; INV. heat. porches. /
To Inspect Call
COOLEY BROS, Investment Bldg.
III. 1foI Ewes. WO 43OS
CONVENIENT TO EVERYTHING IN Be
thesda-4 bedrooms. screened porches
and Sunday until pm. Cali Mrs Christ.
man Wisconsin 6693 or Bradley O1oi
PAUL M LUDT. REAL ESTATE,
$500 Wisconsin Ave
Evening star., 1940-07-26

> BEDROOMS LIVING ROOM K. B.
"a; Conn. ave; newly decorated conv.
only S5I 5O
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05
Pilot Bill Lavery Flies Seattle To
 Fairbanks IA Hrs.

Seventeen hours 43 minutes af- ter he roared into the air off Seat ties Boeing Field in a new tri- motor Stinson with eight passen gers aboard, Pilot Bill Lavery swooped to landing at the Fair banks airport at 1:43, Tuesday.
 Flying time for the Seattle Fairbanks hop, with halts at Van couver, Prince George, and Whitehorse was 14 hours.
 When he awoke from an H. hour nap, the Fairbanks pilot announced he could have brot 30 passengers with him from Seattle had there been space in his new ship. The eight he brot, however, were James s. Robbins of the Arctic Circle Exploration Company of Candle; Miss Mary Preston, daughter of MT. and
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05
Germany Launches New Attack As Russia Indicates Possibility
 Of Cooperation With England

UNDATED. June 5 (P)-Hitler launched a violent new offensive against France on the l25-mile S0ume and Aisne front stretch ing westward from Laon, 75 mil es north of Paris to the channel The attack was touched off by the Fuehrer himself from his Wes sern Front headquarters. The massive attack began about ' pm. Pacific Time Tuesday with furious artillery barrage. The Nag air force thundered over head, bombing and strafing and massed infantry moved forward in dawn haze. In the order of the day addressed to the armies, Hit Ter said The plurocratic rulers of England and France who are pledged to each other to avoid all means for the bloom of a better new world and if they want the continuation of the war, their de- sire will be realized"
 In a special message to the German people, Hitler ordered an eight-day celebration of the Tlsnders victory with flags to be displayed in homes and bells toll
 ] for three days that their sound may unite with the pray CTS Win which the German peo- pie wi again accompany their sons.'
 There were no immediate re- ports of the progress of the fight ing but semiohicial French sourc- es said the battle is continuing" The French have been hastening the Notifications of the Somme and Aisnes front in the Amiens sectors where one phase of the battle appeared to be centering on the middle reaches of the Somme where the Germans have held the bridgehead on the south ern side of the river despite de termined French efforts to oust them.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05

Mrs. George Preston of Fair banks; Mrs D. L. Chestnut, mo- ther of Mrs. Bill Lavery; C. V. Hopkins. new mechanic for La very AirWays; Howard Witner, brother of Cullen and Paul Wit ner, Fairbanks barbers; Wood bury Abbey, Nome miner; Mike Kaputka, affiliate of the Lomen Brothers Company in Nome; and Dorothy Latimer, niece of Mrs. Marsha Lavery of Fairbanks.
 -'rto0bins, Abbey and Kaputka rested briefly in Fairbanks, then boarded a plane for Nome and Candle with Pilot Jack Hermann placing the trio from Seattle to their destinations in the Seward Peninsula within a total elapsed time of Al hours.
 
 For the wife of the arriving pilot it was a surprise reunion with her mother, Mrs. Chestnut of Seattle. Mrs. Lavery had no word that her mother was aboard her husbands plane
 The pilot brought the three motored ship to Fairbanks with the intention of establishing scheduled runs between Fair banks and Anchorage when the Seattle-Juneau connection of the PA swings into action.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05
President Asks Funds For 68 New Naval Vessels
Congress Is Opposed To Transfer Any Region This Hemisphere From
 One Foreign Nation to Another

WASHINGTON, June 5 lAp) - The resolution recording that Congress was opposed to the transfer of any region in this hemisphere from one non-Ameri- can nation to another was approv ed swiftly by the foreign affairs committee of both the Senate and the House. All but two of the House committee members, Rep resentatives Corbett and Chiper
 field favored the resolution. The Senate committee voted unanim-
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05

ousiy. The Senate Committee re- jec.ej by a vote of l9 to 2 the proposal by Senator Pepper, to direct President Roosevelt to aid the Allies, short of actual partici- patton in the war.
 Paris officially announced that the primary schools would be closed Saturday because of the children killed in Mondays Ger maa bombing.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05
Allies Rescue 335,OOO Soldiers
 In The Retreat Across Channel
 3O.OOO British Killed or Wounded

UNDATED, June (P9 A fleet of a thousand Allied ships rescued 335,000 French and Brit ish soldiers in the great cross channel retreat from the bloody Flanders battle, Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Com mons. Even as he spoke, German columns were reported by the high command to be entering Dunkerque. Churchill said that 30,000 of the expeditionary force were killed, wounded or misSin g.. He added that when he first set the time for the withdrawal a week ago, "I feared it would be my hard lot to announce the greatest military disaster in our long history" He warned, we must expect another blow to be struck almost immediately at us or at the French" Chuchill add ed, Britain will carry this war to victory, if necessary for years, and if necessary alone ' He acknowledged that all chan nel ports were now in German hands.
 The German high command claimed that four hundred Allied planes were destroyed in hang ars on the ground in yesterday s Paris raid in addition to 79 shot down. The German communique said mine of our machines are missing"
 Mussolinis cabinet stamped the seal of official approval on Italy's still undisclosed war plans but gave no details as to when 1t would act, as France signalled 'no retail. ..ion" on Germany $ civil populations. Authorized French circles said the govern ment would regard the raid a. aimed at militsry objectives and not on an open city. Time bombs which the Germans dropped are  still exploding. At Le Iavre, bombing raids last night and to day set great fires.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05
President Asks Funds For 0S Naval Vessels

WASHINGTON, June 4 (P) - President Roosevelt asked Con- gress for funds to start 68 new naval vessels, submitting de- fense. request for s1,277.7Als17o for both the army and navy. He said this week he would ask for lover a billion" which includes funds to start three aircraft car riers, 13 cruisers, g submarines, and 30 destroyers.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05
Asks Ground Garrison be Sent To Anchorage

WASHINGTON, June 4 (P - General George Marshal, Army chief -of-staff, told the House ap- propriations subcommittee in testimony made public today, of the tragic shortage now of the Army's manpoWer. He said a ground garrison of one battalion of infantry and field artillery detachment should be sent as quickly as possible 10 Anchorage.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05
Forbid Amateurs Talk Abroad

WASHINGTON, June 5 lP) = The Federal Communication Com mission prohibited amateur ra- dio communication by stations in this country with foreign sta tions. There are approximately 55.000 amateurs licensed in the United States. The ruling does not apply to amateurs communi- eating with the territories.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05
Small Gain In Population Of
 Washington V State

SEATTLE, June 4 (P) - In complete unofficial returns of the census indicate only a slight pop ulation growth in Washington state. The tentative figures are for 77 cities, towns and villages, excluding Seattle and Tacoma. Including Tacoma give total of 396, All compared with 394,325 of ten years ago. Aberdeen, Hoqui- am, Bellingham and Everett lost population.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05

Berlin declared Paris was practically exposed to" assault.
 There was highly significant development in London where Soviet Russian circles indicated good possibility for the coopera- ton of the two countries in the Black Sea and Eastern Mediter- ranean which would be to coun- ter Italy's pressure there.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05
German Amored Vehicles on Both Sides French Held Town Amiens

LONDON, June 5 lP) - Mill tsry sources said tonight that certain srmcred vehicles of the German army are on both sides Of Amiens although not very elssa to tie French-held town it. If but said also that certain German elem snt5 had reached taa S5mnse cut net enough to be fz-red.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05
Claim Mastery French, Belgian Channel Ports

BERLIN, June 4 (P) - The high command claimed the cap ture of Dunkerque and with it, the complete mastery of the en- tire French and Belgian channel coast as far south as the Somme River. Forty thousand prisoners and a vast amount of booty" was also taken.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-05
French Holding On Everywhere

PARIS. June 5 (P)-Authorized sources said tonight that the French were holding everywhere against the German offensive with the exception of a few points where they may fall back to more favorable positions" the operations of which there is mo- thing to worry about Nearly two million men are engaged in the vast battle
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
O. D; ;: N!;|;?,!(?;7zzYYyFS &; S!i;:!!?@5

of the people? A regular guy? or
is he something special?"
maybe ne is something special
l.. and then again maybe it all
depends on what you call a regu-
lar guy"
Kit went to a drawer in the
dresser and fumbled amid the con
tents. Then she brought out a ma
Mia envelope and drew from 1t a
faded newspaper clipping. she
brought it back to him and held it
before his eyes, as if not trusting
it to his trembling hands.
The mist cleared after a moment
of blinking and he looked down into
the picture. The laughing face OF
a clean-cut boy looked back at
him. The face was framed in a
football helmet. Above the picture
was a date line. October 26, 1923.
'That's a picture of Vance Heal
ey," she said shortly You can
see he's not the type"
He sighed deeply. Nope" he
said after a pause. 1T must have
been a couple of other fellows"
There didn't seem to be anything
to say after that. Kit put the clip
ping back in the envelope. He
picked up his coat which she had
left on her chair back and tried to
put it On.
She was saying something about
his please not do something or 9TH
err again, but her voice was muf-
fled by the bells that rang in his
head. There were burning rivets
in his temples. He shook his head
with a feeling that something was
expected of him. Nope" he said
in the void.
After a moment the fog and the
rivets let up. He looked at her
hard. Look here, youngster," he
said, there's something else on
my mind. Why did you do this for
Healey?"
Her tone was carefully imper-
sonal.
mo particular reason, I guess.
I don't know him personally. He
doesn't know me. Only when l
was a kid eight years ago and he
was a big shot you know how
kids are. Well, he was my idea of
Continued on Page Nine)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
like Vance Healey, the famous an

like Vance Healey, the famous an
nouncer."
He opened his eyes-wide.
Kit saw it and was pleased with
the effect of her words. She nodded
impressively and continued:
That's who you said YOU were!
we'll now. suppose some drunk
Like Me?"
Like you," she agreed. Sup
pose some . some person like
YOU was picked up in the kind d
condition that you were in las
night and he said e was you-o1
rather Vance Healey-and the
newspapers got the story? You dc
look enough like him-only vague
ly, of course-for people who didn'1
know him to believe your story?'
His eyes regarded her somber'
ly. II think you've got something
there" he said. Go on"
well, the newspapers print i
and right then the harm would be
done. Wouldn't it look sweet or
the front pages? Vance Healey,
famous radio announcer, arrested
for drunkenness!"
Her eyes held his even while he
lighted another cigaret.
NATURALLY, when the papers
have discovered they've printed a
scandalous libel about a man, they
retract it. But, I ask you, where
do the retractions appear?"
SIN court?" He asked, cooper.
mo. In a little paragraph some.
atively.
where where nobody ever sees it,
And most of the people never dc
learn that he wasn't to blame. Oh,
you know what I meant"
He nodded wisely. Sure, sure ]
do. But there are a couple Of
things that elude me-" He drained
his cup and looked up politely
'How about and eye-opener for
your"
mo thank. you. What eludes
your"
Things you're saying about
Healey. What I don't get is the
angle about him. Why not Heal
ey?"
Vance Healey in a place like
Luigi's?"
"Why not? Isn't he supposed to
be a democratic Teller? A friend
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-14
Bella LANAN-COURT REPORTER By L. Allen Hene
Founded On Actual Court Records And You Can Be The Judge

7Ae AlTFNAEIM BAzAR. BINcO CAME WAS
THROWN INTO CONFUSION WHEN DAVE
HOLSTER REVEALED HIMSELF As A POLICE
OFFICER! AND PAT RYAN WAS SPEEcHLE55I
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-02
WOMAN KILLS SELF
AFTER FIRING FIVE
SHOTS AT HUSBAND

Raleigh. Aug. 2.-(AP)-A man
cooked as J. D. Farmer, 80, of At
lanta, Ga. was being held without
charges at the Raleigh police station
today while officers investigated
what they described as the suicide Of
his wife
Coroner Roy NJ. Banks, of Raleigh,
said the woman. whom he identified
as Mrs. Grace Farmer, 80, fired five
shots from a revolver at her husband
and then calmly reloaded the gun
and sent a sixth bullet into her tenn
pie.
She died instantly. All the shots
missed her husband.
The shooting occurred at filling
station and trailer camp on the
Wake Forest Dad, where the couple
registered w. / their automobile and
trailer late Saturday night. The
operator of the camp said they had
stopped there on several previous oc-
caSiunS.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-02
1910 RevoCations
OF Licenses Pass
5000 Mark In June
Daily DiSnatch Bureau,
Tn the Sir Waller Hotel.

Raleigh. Aug. 2.-Drivers' license
Irevocations for July sent North Caro-
lina's 1910 total above the 5000
mark, Ronald Hocutt, director Of the
| Highway Safety Division, reported
today.
The 429 July rcvocations brought
the total for the first seven months
Of this year to 3,203, and brought
! to 28,796 the total Of rcvocationS
since 1888.
CoincidcntaIIy, 375 North Carolina
drivers lost their licenses for drunken
! driving last month, the same num-
Der as had their licenses revoked for
that offcnsc in June.
In addition to the revOcatiOns for
drunken driving, 80 others were for
combinations of drunken driving and
iOthcr violations Three youths who
used an automobile in 4 violation Of
the Mann White Slave Act had their
licenses revoked.
GuilfOrd County continued to lead
the state in rcvOcatiOns. with 81 in
July. followed by Cumberland with
10, Wake with l8 Johnston and Ca
taWba with II each. Mecklenburg
with 16, Davidson with Is. and For
syth and Rowan with II each.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-02

ground to take advantage Of every
breeze. The corn was laid on the
ground and thrown up against the
wind by the thrcSherS. The heavier
grains fell to the ground To be gath
cred up for bread; but the chaGl was
carried away by the wind.
Therefore the wicked shall not
stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation Of
the righteous,
For Jehovah knoWcth the way Of the
righteous,
But the way of The wicked shall
perish"
Those who do not do the will Of
God may seem to prosper for time,
but they do not enjoy real happiness
or blessedness, and they eventually
perish, when the judgment comes.
They are weighed and found want
ing" it is said. But Jehovah know
eth the way of the righteous.
Our lesson now shifts TO the New
Testament but the theme IS the
same. These words Of ChriStS were
uttered in the spring of y A. d..
and emphasize in parable the same
truth the psalmist uttered many
years before.
Here the man who follows the
laws Of right is likencd to wise man
who built his house upon the rock.
When the rains came. followed by
floods, and the winds blew upon this
house, it did not fall: but stood and
sheltered those that dwell in it, be-
cause it was builded upon the rock.
But the man who lives but ion the
day and his own pleasure. is llHcncd
to a foolish man who built upon the
sand. Naturally, when the rain beat
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-02
ORDER OF RESALE JORDAN
FLOYD LAND.
North Carolina:
Vance County:

North Carolina:
Vance County:
The under described land having
been sold by the Trustee and j.
per cent raise bid having been cr-
posted with the Clerk Of Court :
Vance County: and the Trustee ball.
ing been ordered To Resell said In
as prescribed by Statute Now. 't@".
fore, | shall, by public auction 10 ~"
highest bidder. for cash. III III" '...
House Door in Henderson. y. c..
Monday 18Th. day of August 81 j.
o'clock Noon, the following deserted
property:
The Jordan Floyd home as mort
gagged by him January !. 1872" ana "
record in Book l5l page 2+G Vance
Co., under which Decd %! Ir@. ~.
land was sold July -. 1870 for >.".
Same being one acre npr" m '..
known as Stephen kj''r"i ...-
place, bounded on the NnE'h BY 4.
street and lands Of ConIjmrn'@ I".
Co.; on the East by Char!s H"~a, ".
South by lands Of Mary Wa'a.'.. OF.
west by lands of Continental f.'.
Company. Bid 10 begin Al >.i.'"
This August !. 1910.
r. S. KITTRELL. Trustee.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-02
WeeklyNLarket
News Review

Raleigh, Aug. 2.-OfferingS of
| wheat millfeeds became more plentl-
| mi but market supplies of high pro-
Elm concentrates were rather limit
| ID at the close Of July. AS result
! If the larger offerings spot prices OF
| wheat feeds turned slightly down.
| ,,.,rd u.b;1n Geferrcd shipments were
| rim offered NJ liberal discounts I'M
Ie. quotations for immediate deliN-
,rv. according to the L. S. and North
~5rolina denartmcntS Of agriculture
u the weekly market news service
review.
OilSeed cakes and meals and corn
leeds were firm and higher. the
advance in concentrates more 1han
,ffset the decline in wheat feeds ana
the index number Of wholesale feed
stuff prices gained about one point
70 HIS compared with HOS for the
previous week and GIL for the cor
responding week last year.
The market for farmers stock Nlf-
aiuia type peanuts IN eastern North
~arolinl is 4 little stronger than that
# = week ago. with slightly higher
rrires being paid for nuts of the
h,ttc,. nuality Best imboS now
,r;no ! IL to 435 cents per pound
IsI;Tered and best bunch from 3.65
~ az cents. Manv farmers. how
n,.er are unwilling to accept these
,rirss Meanwhile. the market for
.hn,i.. n,d peanuts is fully
r,.,, and IN fact has strengthened on
several grades.
Tar Heel peaches and WatermelonS
eajned Il little price ground during
w, wool, nm the New York wholesale
,,,.,.l.nt hvt MEMBERS. olira and canta-
ln,Ius lost , il inch Georgia Belle
,,,l.he, closed nj l.87 II to 225 up
- - - - cents per bushel but
.-,,,1,pnes were off from 81 ID TO
IN rnr,s nor crate at | 90 to l.62 ID.
PHI nose neppcrS closed ii 80 to 50
conf. y brrShel and okra ut 80 to 10
:. L,Ir b,,shnl Ton prices on water
,,,.,In,s at tho close last week were
, IsI No ,,o, rar AGAINST $500 at the
nIn.e his week.
p,v;no prices of candled and grad
oa cagS l. s extras and standards
I,rra advanced from to , cents
nrr dozen to % and - cents re-
.uec.jyclv on the Raleigh market this
v.eeE Nearby tmgradcd hcnnery
v.hifes NJ - to % cents per dozen
were unchanged but current collec-
Hons were hard to move at lG to II
cents. - to cents under last
weeks level. Live poultry continue
ID steady =, - cents per pound for
ro1orcd hens and at Is to II cents