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Evening star., 1940-08-04

used to be- Mighty respectable. The author
tiles don't exactly smile on poor whites and
buns and PEOPLE who won't work."
A bitter blow, indeed. The unkindest cut
of all. But what am to do? I've come all this
way to be beachcomber," said 10.
Il know how you feel. I've done bit of
beachcombing myself in my time"
did you - did you find any ambergris?"
asked 10 eagerly, forgetting his own problem.
only now and then" The leathery face
remained quite serious. Not so much as the
flicker of an eyelid. But this meeting is
lucky break for you. I'm your man, and you
Evening star., 1940-08-04

Much encouraged by this regard, which
seemed to him, lost in his own dreams, to sig
Nifty high approval, 10 told his story with zest.
There were no interruptions, no comment -
only goggle-eyed attention.
so here am at last" he concluded.
Now III be - p 1t seemed the stranger
could hardly credit the tale. Then his head
wagged You'd better not start no beach
combing in these parts" he warned. "Or
they'll have you in the lookup
You mean they'd arrest me?" Surprise
lifted 10 Vain up in his chair.
TOO right they would. Fiji's not what it
Evening star., 1940-08-04

his luck did not end at Irish Sweeps.
at pleasure to meet you, sir"
to you. Jerry the Red they call me.
he Red!
afraid l still don't understand -"
prompted 10, almost afraid to do 50.
"Why, it's like this. I'm sailing
tomorrow for the Hermit Group.
Now there are real islands where a
man can beachcomb. They're the
Pacific you used to read about.
could take you to a proper coral
atoll right out of book. Place
called Takaraki."
You mean you could take me
there? To Takaraki?" 10 rolled his
tongue round the very name.
Il can. Sail tomorrow at dawn"
AT dawn" said 10, reverently.
"Only two whites there. Ones a
trader -"
A a bad egg?" 10 asked hope
fully.
added at birth. And then there's
missionary"
10 was at home now. Does he try
to put the natives into European
clothes, and teach them hymns and
stop them dancing?"
You bet he does"
II thought as much. But that's
the place for me, if you'll only ="
Jerry the Red had been doing
quick sums, starting with JOS initial
capital.
"Of course, I'm not in the busi-
ness for my health. Id have to
charge you your fare"
why, naturally! How much
would it be-"
Il like you, Mr.. Vain. l like your
spirit. You've got CUTS. III make it
as reasonable as l can." He con-
sidered. What was the absolute limit
for which he could soak this sucker?
He'd risk the top for start. Il sup
pose now to get where you really
want to be, to the perfect island,
sixty quid wouldn't be too much?"
10 Vain hardly noticed the figure.
That's most reasonable, Captain
Jerry the Red"
Then it's bet. Let's 60 and have
a drink on it"
10 Vain ordered beer, but he
drank nectar.
j ERRY THE RED had gone ashore in
the dinghy. 10 Vain didn't mind
that - he didn't mind anything. In
truth he was rather glad to postpone
setting foot on Takaraki in case
when he did 50 it might dissolve.
For here was perfection, here was
what he had come through many
dreary years and across many weary
miles to find.
The schooner Restless, right to
every last piece of rigging and sea-
worn plank, slept in the center of a
sheet of jade. Above, the cloudless
sky was so blue that it made the
eyes ache, but the ache was pleas
ure. The sun poured down molten
gold. White birds drifted. The palms
and curtseyed. Canoes drifted. The
vas framed in sand, but that was not
h which lay on the outer side of the
He had seen his beach as they ap-
Takaraki - mile on mile of un-
virgin gold embroidered with the lace
c rollers, rich with the treasures of the
ocean. No houses here, no traffic, no
on. Only brown huts dotted in the
Evening star., 1940-08-04


sive.
A wiser man might well have been
wondering by now whether even
handsome win warranted such high
enterprise. But 10 Vain, of course,
was a fool who chung to his dreams.
Now, reclining in long chair on
the veranda, he wasn't defeated or
depressed, despite everything. Soon
the rain would stop, and he'd begin
his career, escaping from the hotel
and the town into the real Feejee.
He could still conjure it up quite
clearly against the silver screen
which blotted out Suva, Fiji.
A man appeared from the hotel
and stretched his arms in boredom.
10 Vain regarded the newcomer
with sudden sparkle of interest be-
hind his spectacles. Hitherto he'd
seen only the most commonplace
people. Here at last was figure
which fitted perfectly into his own
picture
This fellow had flaming red hair
and a tough, leathery, weather-worn
face. His chest was a barrel, his big
brown arms carnival of tattooed
snakes and dancing girls. He wore
no socks, and his canvas shoes were
trodden over. A sleeveless vest and
white trousers which had seen bet
ter days hung carelessly on his big
body, as if he regarded them with
contempt as supertluous trimmings.
A stubble of red beard emphasized
his heavy jowls; his eyes were bold.
0TEPPING across to the rail he spat
adroitly into the rain, and, turning
about, noticed Jo, who'd been hop
ing for that, since he'd have hesi-
tated to approach such a fabulous
figure of his own accord.
Lounging across, the stranger
dropped down into the next chair.
''One hell of a day." he said, IN a
voice which doomed like an old gong.
Yes" said 10, too excited to say
any of the clever things which might
have arrested the others attention.
Just in on the boat"
Yes"
How are things down south?"
10 hadn't really noticed. His eyes
all the time had been looking ahead
to his journeys end. Much the
same, he hazarded.
Il suppose So" The big man took
out a plug of tobacco and bit off a
corner, which he chewed with salts
faction. Going into the mining
company's office" he asked, casting
shrewd eye over JOS neat new
ducks and general appearance of
humdrum respectability.
NO." said Jo, too diffident yet to
explain his occupation.
"A tourist" the big man decide
you've picked great weather for your
at Suva, the Pearl of the Pacific"
Il suppose it'll clear up soon. tt
burst can't last long"
"Oh, can't it," The stranger rum
laughter, and, with colorful oaths,
what the weather could do in the rair
A forceful exposition - and alarm
alarming.
How very awkward" 10 said. "1
wanted to get started"
Started for where:?"
Nowhere in particular. Just start
new life"
How d you mean"
Well" said 10, I've come here
Evening star., 1940-08-04

bowed and curtseyed. Canoes drlfted. Yhe
lagoon was framed in sand, but that was not
his beach which lay on the outer side of the
island He had seen his beach as they ap-
preached Takaraki - mile on mile of un-
trodden, virgin gold embroidered with the lace
of Pacific rollers, rich with the treasures of the
prodigal ocean. No houses here, no traffic, no
civilization. Only brown huts dotted in the
purple shadows The people on the beach were
bronze statues with bright cloths wrapped
about their loins. He heard the thud of
drum, slow and rhythmical as pulse. Jerry
the Red had kept his promise.
With a sigh of utter content 10 Vain lit the
stubby pipe he had bought - the pipe for the
part - and puffed at it, his eyes half-closed.
Presently the dinghy crawled back to the
Restless. A stranger sat in the stern. The
trader? The missionary? Either brought a
(Continved on pose 13)
Evening star., 1940-08-04

Putting all hi. weight behind
the punch, he hit the brown chin
Evening star., 1940-08-04

could have searched the whole group without
finding better You don't know who am,
do you? I'm Captain Jerry Nelson of the trad
ing schooner Restless"
Had he been the commander of the Queen
Mary, JoWain would not have been tenth 50
impressed. The skipper of the schooner Rest
less! That was 50 right, so exactly as he'd have
wished it. And offering help and friendship. 10
saw that his luck did not end at Irish Sweeps.
"A great pleasure to meet you, sir"
Jerry to you. Jerry the Red they call me"
Jerry the Red!
I'm afraid still don't understand -
Evening star., 1940-08-04

He was surprised, all right. No doubt OF that.
Helanded in torrents of steamy rain. Though
he had survived and grumbled through many
an English winter, he'd never seen rain like
that. 1t drove down in sheets, in cataracts. 1t
washed the world away in silver flood. OBJ
viously, no weather for even the most enthu-
siastic beachcomber to take up his avocation.
He'd have been drowned in ten minutes.
In the circumstances, nothing to be done
but allow himself and his few belongings to be
bundled into taxi by native driver, who
spoke American slang learnt from the talkies,
and be driven to hotel. 1t was a fine hotel,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Allied Naval
Power Given
Balance of Strength
Said to be ar Greater
Than at Start of the
War.

London, June &.-(AP)--An Off
cial source stated today that the
balance Of naval strength in favor
of the allies is now far greater than
at the outbreak Of war"
The statement said: Since the be-
ginning of the war in addition TO re-
Inducements Of WarShips in all
classes except battlcshipS, tic navy
has been strengthened by more than
so armed merchant cruisers and more
than 500 minor war vessels and
craft of which SO have been
lost.
Tho French navy is very power
rul and rapidly growing force.
The allied fleets have been rein
forced by actil~ cooperation of
Polish, Norwegian and Dutch YES
sells.
During the next few months the
royal navy will receive Il further
large increase in strength, COmpriS-
inc every category Of WarShip from
battlcShips to motor torpedo boats
and a very large number Of auNi-
iiary craft
The statement listed the following
losses: | of Is batilcShipS, | Of air
craft carriers, Of 81 cruisers, 20 of
1875 drStroycrS. Of 80 submarines,
6 of 100 mine $WCcpCr$, @luOp&, patrol
vessels and gunbnatS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
French And
Naziis Fight
In Disc Area
Struggle Centers as
Miles North OF Paris,
With Somme Front
Declared TO Be Hold
ing Despite Furious
Attack.

Paris, June 8.-(AP)-Thc French
fought the invading Germans bitter
" tonight on both banks of the OiSC
river. the struggle CcntCrjnG 43
miles north of Paris. in The Ours
Camp forest south Of Noyon.
This action was in the center Of
General Maxine Wcygand,S line
where the naZiS struck hard after
between POO and 300 of their tanks
had broken the French left flank.
crossing the BrcSlc river and racing
south nearly 20 miles to ForgcS-lcs
EauX-midWay between the river
and ROucn.
The Sommc front in general, how
ever. was declared by the French TO
be holding on Il line which was
roughly only TO - miles south Of
its starting point despite the trc-
mcndnuS fOur-day long assault of
the naziS
The German armorcd units which
broke the left flank went around
French support points without an in
fantry folloW-up and their cntrap-
mcnt seemed probably.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
World War G O m :
mander Also Express
es Approval of Com
pulsory Military Train
ing; Calls Attention to
World War Expert
ence.

Washington. June &.-(AP)-Gcn-
crai John J. PcrShing urged today
that the United States send To the
allies unlimited quantities. Of air
planes. artillery. small arms and am
m,mition as well as food, clothing
and medical supplies.
Appearing in a statement FOR con-
1ributonS rOr the Red Cross. the
commander of the American World
war army asserted that the allies
were fighting ~ War for civilization
and that they were holding our
front line
We have vital concern in the
outcome" nc said.
In talking Ia reporters short time
previously, PcrShing said he was
heartily in favor Of compulsory mill
t;nv service. lie added that if such a
plan were adopted an immediate OK
nan*inn OF the army would be pos
yibic in case Of threatened lnVaSI0n
lie recalled that the training OF re-
rrIi1S for World war duty had re-
mlrcd many months.
Asserting in his statement that
"thcrc is no time to loSc,' PcrShIng
continued:
"Thc allies need every encourage
mcnt it is possible To for us to give
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Nazis Predict
Gibralter To
Be Spanish

Berlin, June 8.-(AP)-The au-
thOrtatiVc commentary nIcn3t aus
Deutschland predicted today that
Gibraltcr would become Spanish as
it was before Britain made it a
Mediterranean stronghold.
The commentary said that areas
opposite Spain on the African coast
apparently meaning some in ad-
.dition to Spanish MOrocco-'must
be in Spanish hands.
Spain ir this position will have
the function of an independent
trustee for all nations living on the
Mediterranean or doing business
there
"a great proud independent Spain
in the new Europe as a friend Of
the axis partners Germany and
Italy, will correspond not only to
moral obligations among the three
states but also +" the real interest of
the two axis powers"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Parking Free
On Raleigh
Streets

Raleigh. June &.-(AP)-Thc State
Supreme Court ruled today that the
City of Raleigh did not have the
right to use parking meters for the
collection of 4 fee for the privilege
of parking.
In Il test case brought by NJ. II.
Rhodes, Inc, and VchiculW Park
inc, Ltd, against the City of RAJ
leigh, the tribunal held that no sta
tutc cited "confcrS upon the city the
necessary authority 10 enact or
dances imposing Il parking fec or to
charge for parking space"
The court decided 81 cases ana
adjourned to June IA.
The tribunal also held that Wake
county might levy an ad Valorlm tax
against Il tcn-StOry office building
here owned by Sir Walter Lodge No.
All of the Independent Order Of Odd
Fellows.
Wake county had sought to have
thc property listed and taxes levied
AGAINST it for the years 1884 to 1899
and the lodge protested on the
ground it was not subject to taxation
and it was exempt from an ad
valorum assessment.
II was held in Wake superior court
that the plaintiff was non-Proll1
benevolent and charitable corpora
ton, held the building for the ben
Gift of a charitable, benevolent and
patriotic institution or order anc
was not subjcc ito taxation.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

Greensboro. June 8-(AP)-Say-
ing that the task of Strengthening
Americas defense should not be
''blindly" lett to Our existing ma
tjunal bureaucracy. Thomas +.
Dewey. candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination. said today
we must see to it that America does
not miss the bus"
In an address prepared Tor delivery
at luncheon meeting OF district
young Republicans. Dewey said that
all of us must be ready to accept
as citizens some of the responsibility
to see that the job (of rcarmlng
AmericO is done.
In Great Britain,' he continued,
the people compiccently relied upon
their government to muddlc through.
In France, the people left their fate
too long in the hands of govern
ment that was more concerned with
SocialiStic experimentation than with
national defense.
In those two countries the par
liamcntary form of government
makes it possible to change 4 ma
tional administration at moment ;
notice. France dismissed the social
iSt popular front two years ago. Even
that may have been too late to pre-
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Continued on Page Flve)
Daily Dispatch bureau
I'm the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, June 8.--Thc State kur;'I
EInctrification Authority is now &C
lively engaged in promoting federal al,
Iv-financed rural electric lines when
w cost approximately S3,2Oo,Ooo.
These lines will extend for nearly ~
5000 miles and serve minimum MINIMUM, 81
~ 600 customers when completed.
Almost half the states 100 counIIe'
will be touched. :. -
A total of thirteen projects IS m
volved in the whole program. en-
have already reached the point Wnere
they have been sent to washington
with State REA approval. These are
awaiting only ALLEGATION oil leoera 4
funds before actual construction Oh
Three projects will be cXam mined
and passed upon by a Subcommittee
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
French Planes
Repay Visit
Of Germans

Paris, June S,-{AP)-trcnch
naval planes have repaid the deadly
visit of naZi bombcrS in Il night raid
on thc Berlin enVirOnS. the French
admiralty announced today.
The attack last night on Factories
in thC suburbs Of Berlin was the !IrSi
in which allied raiders had dropped
bombs, Until now the German cap
ital had been only secuted or show
cred with pamphlets.
How heavily tho French filters hi
or with what effectiveness was not
disclosed Immediately.
The score the Germans left them
TO settle in their raid on Paris last
Monday was more than 1000 bombs
droppcd and almost 1000 dead or
wounded.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Nazii Gains
Attained By
Huge Losses
French Declare Wey-
gand Line Holding on
All the Rest of Front;
German Communique
on Developments Is
Vague.
(By The Associated PrrSS)

NaZi tank dctHchmcntS reported
lutalIng between 200 and 300 tanks
smashed about twelve miles through
tho French western flank on the
upper Brcslc river today.
The French high command, how
ever, declared that the Spongy Wcy-
sand Unexplained like Il shock alb
Sorbcr, 10 take the first impact and
then rccoil-WaS holding ION all the
rest of the front"
While the French previously had
acknowledged Withdrawals at many
points along an 80-milc section of the
line, they said these were strategic
shifts designed 10 strengthen the
line, adding that the nazi advances
were attained only with huge losses
Informed German sources in Bcr-
lin asserted that the western cam
paign had definitely shattered
French hopes Of fighting from fixed
positions.
The German assault, concentrated
ut four points. also appeared 10 be
making Roadway in the vicinity of
the Disc valley. broad natural
thOroughfarc to Paris.
The French admitted that the
naZi drive down the Disc had car
ricd yesterday to Carlcpont, only So
miles from the capital. A force of
1000 tanks was said to have led the
assault.
For the third successive day. how
ever, the naZi high command COM
muniquc on the battle was vague:
It's report contained only these three
sentences on front line Develop
mcntS:
Our operations south of the
SOmmc and the AiSnc canal continue
to proceed successfully. On the
southern lower Sommc, also, the
enemy was pushed back.
"Thc air force supporting the army
aground. fighting on the southern
Sommc. successfully bombed with
strong forces troop concentrations,
columns Of infantry and artillery
positions"
British military sources in Lon
don put the German military strength
(ContinIIcd on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Standard Oil
Loses Verdict

New York, juno G.-(AP)-Statc
Sriprcmc Court Justice Samuel RoS-
cnnun ruled today that the Stand
ard Oil Company of Indiana and five
individuals mad intcrlcrCd unfairly
with the competitive business of the
Pan American Petroleum and Trans
port Company and ordered them to
pav danagcs--WhiCh the plaintiff
originally set at S50,OOO,O0O.
he amount Of damages to be paid
was not specified in the decision, be-
ing dependent on an accounting OF
profits since April.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
State REA Offers Big
Electriifiication Program

If the State REA at a meeting called
by Director Dudley BagIcy for next
Tuesday. Maps of these projects have
been drawn, customers have been
signed up, and practically all the
work preliminary to obtaining led
oral aid has been completed.
Three other projects arc still in Il
moro or less tentative stage. For
them, some surveys have been made,
organization meetings have been held
or are proposed, but it is still too car
" to give anything more than a
rather vague outline Of what they're
all about.
Engineer J. M. Granger of the
State REA says that the increasing
demand for rural electric service is
surprising in view of the current
inset situation of the world in gen.
Continued ON Page FlNe)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

London, June 8.-(APl-Rcliablc
London sources declared today that
Soviet Russia was watching close y
Hitlcr's military advances. alert to
the possibility of infringement on
Soviet interests.
There has been no whisper OF
actual conflict between Russian and
German aims. but the nazi grasp On
the low countries, Denmark and th=
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
British Armed
Vessel Sunk

London, juno 4.-(hP)-Thc ad-
miraIly amnuDrnccG tonight the arm
CT cruiser Carcmthia had been tor
pcdocd and sunk by Il submarine
with two officers and two Seamen
killed.
The Carcnthia, a Cunard liner of
20,277 tom, formerly was in the
transatlantic service.
The ship was built in 1925. 1t
was one Of 81 merchant cruisers
which the British have armed. Ex-
ccpt for the four dead the crew was
saved.
The admiralty did not say where
the Carcnthia was sunk.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Retired Admiral
Dies at 81 Years

Washington. juno 8.-(AP)-Ad-
miraI Hugh Rodman, retired, died AT
the Naval hospital last night where
he had been suffering for some time
from coronary thrombosis. He was
81.
Admiral ROdman was commander
ur = division Of the Navy which JON
cd the British grand fleet during the
World War. He also served with Ad-
miral Dewey in the Spanish war bat
tIc of Manila Bay.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Pershing Favors
More Aid To Allies
Germany Denies
Raid On Berlin

Berlin, June 8.-(AP)-An au-
thorized spokesman declared to-
night that there is "absOlutcly
no truth" in French announce
mcnt that factories in The Bcr-
lin suburbs had been bombed
last night.
I'VE have been out with spy
glasses all day looking for dam
age" the spokesman said. There
have been no air raid alarms i'll
Berlin and no rumOrS OF such
bombing"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Russia Concerned Over
Nazi Aims In Baltic Area

southern, portion Of Norway has Id
the natural effect of attracting Soy
ic1 "attcntiOn." these sources said.
They pointed out that the Soviet
Union has guaranteed the Baltic
states under her Baltic defense pro-
gram and therefore is bound to be
concerned ovnr anythng hearing on
them as we'll as on her own Balti"
position.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Ford To
Study Plane
Army Plane to Detroit
For Study Preliminary
To Possible Mass Pro-
duction.

Detroit, June 8.-(AP)-Henry
Ford's assertion that under certain
he could make 1000 air
planes a day for defense purposes
moved a step nearer an assembly line
effort today as he awaited arrival
for the inspection by himself and ms
engineers Of an army plane OF inc
design the government considers
most needed lin an emergency.
In telegram to the War depart
mcnt Ford asked that such plane
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
WARNING

Rome, June 8.-(AP)-Thc
newspaper ii Giornalc dItalia,
spccuIatinS on the course Of the
European war when and if Italy
enters il, warned today that "lor
every Italian city bombed five
English cities would suffer the
same treatment"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
HIIGItN REFUGEES

Berlin, June 8.-(Ap-lsc-
sponSibIc Americans said to-
NIGHT that 100000 Belgian
civilians have been disl0dGcd by
the uphcaval caused by thc Ger
man invasion and the subsequent
battles on Belgian soil.
Homes and businesses have
been destroyed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Children And
AgedEvacuate
Alexandria

..H.u. June &.-(AP)-The
a.... ... .a.crumcnt today suddenly
.... auOO children and aged men
... .an from Alexandria to the
all Italian ships in the
".r5u were reported to nave
"u p.dcrs to return Immediately
bread war move in the
.nau vas believed imml-
.pping agents announced
tor all their ships to go
.'aIy. At the same time, the
companies refused to &C
nr bookings for passage 10
ne Egyptian government
nagationS ordered 10000
'un cards printed and at
uc announced it Is pre-
on petroleum in the near
'--,-a
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

WEATHER FOR THE WEEK.
Occasional scattered daytime
thupdcrshowers. otherwise fair
during week: about normal tenn
peratures.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
GlQaho

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight and Sum
day: scattered afternoon showers.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

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