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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-01-11

WASEINGTON.-The most ghoul-
ish piece Of undertaking Of recent
time is a publication: '"The Truth
Behind the House. Wilson Break, by
George Sylvester Viereck. Affecting
to quote the unwritten words Of a
dead mani Colonel House-about
his arrangement from another deac
Woodrow Wilson-Mr. Viereck
writes: mo matter what pretext
was given, there were only three
reasons for the break. They were
Mrs. Wilson. Admiral Grayson and
Bernard M. Baruch." H..
when last meeting between the
two friends" says Viereck, might
have saved at least the wreckage
Of their dream League Of Nations)
again Mrs. Wilson interposed. House
lost friend. Wilson lost the hope
Of being the messiah of new day
and the world lost its chance of sal
walton from most Of the ills that vex
II today"
Only Two Alive.
Thus another dead man (Carey
Grayson) is dragged into RESPONSE
bility for upsetting the earth. For
Oh this character assassination not
Z single piece Of direct evidence
q presented.
O al the characters In this play,
only two remain alive. Edith Boil.
Ing Wilson and Bernard M. Baruch.
Baruch can have little to say be-
cause little Is said against him and
au that Is specific is probably false.
Little Is said but much Is implied.
Without Baruch, Mrs. Wilson and
Grayson could not have imposed
Their will upon the country-Baruch,
house felt, was the brains Of the
combination (through his I'm.
eanny fascination - Grayson sue.
cumbed to the magic Of Baruch.''
Break Came In Paris.
Al the facts about the break be-
ween House and Wilson may never
oe Known. From long and init.
mase friendships with two Of the &C.
@rs here staged by Mr.. Viereck-
osfuch and Grayson-it is betray.
ing no confidence to say that neither
u nem knew finally and fully. 1t
uo not reach, as Mr.. Viereck
writes: Its climax when the Presi-
gent OF the United States was prac-
0caly held incommunicado for 61a
%ontns. Mrs. Wilson's jealousy sup.
paeo the emotional motive. The
.ase Admiral Grayson was merely
4er second. bu. the guiding gen.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-01-11

Is not only peace that is at stake In
the worlds present agony. It is re-
lieion itself. It is certainly freedom
Of religion.
A closer contact between the
worlds leaders of opinions on those
things is not political or temporal.
It is spiritual in the highest and
most realistic sense.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-01-11

WASHINGTON. D. Cit is sig
,;acant that in appointing a person
Il representative to the Vatican the
PRESIDENT did not name Roman
Catholic. Myron Taylor is an Epis-
copalian.
Ha;on ont of politics is good one
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-01-11

and Mrs. r. s. Robertson and Mrs.
David Bunger OF White Bluffs.
Mrs. Reierson and Mrs. Seeholzer
carried off high honors while Mrs.
Stevens held the low score.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-01-11

Reach hundreds Of potential buy
ers with the articles you wish to
SELL or buy by advertising through
the columns Of the Courier-Report-
er-the results are blythe cost Is
very small,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-01-11
General
Johnson
SuyS:

!. cboulish Piece of Muckrak-
inc Break Between Wood
low Wilson and Colonel House
Ras;s of Unfair Screed.
~ HUGH S. JOHNSON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-29

that Big Jim had niece named Emmy Lou,
who had been valedictorian and vice president
of her class at Bridgeport High Or that she
had been chosen Miss Ridgeport at a Rotarian
picnic Or that when that honor had come to
her she had just said:
''Oh, Uncle Jim donated the cup and they
felt they'd better give it to me - or else!'
Even if Brant had read such an item, he
would not have connected it with the girl in
the five -and-ten because he didn't know her
name He only knew that she had wide-set
eyes, as blue as her hair was red, and that
she was sapling slim. He decided to drop into
the dime store the next day and buy some
thing. Anything.
1t proved to be toothbrush. The brush
cost only fifteen cents, but it was to lead,
within two weeks, to the purchase of much
abused car at price that practically bank
rupted him - thirty-ive dollars.
In the meantime he had purchased shoe
strings, nail files, handkerchiefs - everything
he needed and lot of things he didn't. He
had also become acquainted with Emmy Lou.
Well enough to inquire: What do you do
nights"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-29

narshaling words to tell her what he thought
of the Chadwicks, root and branch. ~
But just then Emmy Lou came in. 1t was
ten O'Clock of a hot. sultry starred June
night but she looked cool and crisp.
Il saw car today that I'll buy if can
get it at my price, Brant had said to her, as
they lounged by the swimming pool.
That will be fine, o." she had said.
Seeing Big Jim first, she flashed her swift,
challenging smile at him. His heart went
weak. as it always did at the sight of her.
So he roared, Whats this hear about you
running around with young Chadwick"
What this hear about you sticking that
big nose of yours where it doesn't belong?'
she shot back at him. This was the only way
to talk to Big Jim. And what's the matter
with Brant anyway" she added.
We'll, outside of the fact that he's
stuffed -shirt Chadwick, living in a house that
is mortgaged to the caves, and no more good
than his father was and never will be, sup
pose he's SWELL Big Jim began. Hes never
done lick of work in his life and -"
That's all you know countered Emmy
Lou, her blue eyes knding. Hes WORKING
$3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-29

Il read good book, she retorted. Unless
have date.
DO you get much time to read good
books"
MOT much" she admitted.
She also said she swan lot in the big
municipal pool She also mentioned that Big
Jim was her uncle = just so Brant wouldn't
think she was nobody.
He had never had that idea, yet he was
impressed I'D like to land a job with him -
driving truck or something he told her
without hesitation.
OH said Emmy Lou. is that why
you've been throwing all your trade my way?
Trying to get job from Uncle Jim"
"Of course Brant grinned. "1ll even go
swimming with you if that II help. If you need
instruction in front or back strokes -
Il don't" said She
But they went swimming.
DIE lived in tenement on the wrong side
of the town, with her widowed mother. Brant
lived on the right side Of the town and always
had, in the house his grandfather had built.
1t had a barn in which Brant Chadwick had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-29
BRANT CHADWICK II
COMMITS SUICIDE

Emmy Lou had seer that She knew lot
about the Chadwicks And if Brant had any
idea that he could patronize her, he would
soon learn differently.
Big Jim lived in an ark of house. 1t also
was on the wrong side of town, but he had
always lived there and that made it the right
side of town for him. He had fleet of a
hundred trucks. mostly big ten-ton trailers
that could carry huge loads of fast freight -
perishable foodstuffs, liquor, or silk or furs.
Loads of headaches, too.
Emmy Lou was also headache. He adored
her and would have given her everything she
wanted, if she would just let him run her life
for her. She refused, but he still did his best
to be father and even a mother to her, as
well as an uncle.
Of an early June evening he tramped into
his sister in laws fiat and demanded, charac~
teristically, Who in hell does that motor
cycle outside belong to?'
"Brant Chadwick" Emmy LOUIS mother
replied proudly One of the West Side Chad
wicks." She was obviously pleased and i'm
pressed. Big Jim was not. He glowered at her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-29

stabbed trotters and Brant ChadwiCks father
had garaged fve-thousand- dollar cars. But
the 1887 model had not been paid for, even
in 1899; no more than had the gas that pro-
vided the carbon monoxide that caused the
death of Brant's father.
That had provided headline, too:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-29


somewhat, but the traffic officer was still
scowling at everybody He more than scowled
at Brant Chadwick III who came down
Main Street on a motorcycle that sounded
like bandits shooting their way out.
where do you think you're going - to a
fire." he snarled.
Brant grinned. mo - I'm just going to
rob bank" he said Cooking forefnger at
the officer. he added. Bang, bang''
Evidently he considered that this covered
the amenities, for he pushed on. He was on
his way home to lunch. but he stopped at the
dime store first Main Street was hot and
sunny, the dime store like dark cavern.
There Brant first saw Emmy Lou Johnson
and it was as if couple of synchronized
flashes had gone off. us there anything can
do for you?" Emmy Lou asked
You'd be amazed" he said - not aloud.
He purchased fiashlight battery. She said,
Ten cents, please" and he handed it over.
That evening Brant read in the Ridgeport
Mercury that a reward of $1,000 would be
paid for the arrest of the bank robbers The
Mercury also announced that Big Jim John
son had been warned by mail that his home
would be bombed if he didn't cough up
$4,000 pronto, and that he had replied that
no blackmailer would get nickel out of him.
No one in Bridgeport had to think twice to
remember who Big Jim was, He was promi-
nent as a big truck owner
The Mercury naturally did not think it
necessary to add a further fact which would
have been enlightening to Brant, namely,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19

The Snake Park in CapetoWn,
South Africa, contains a good collec-
ton of South African reptiles.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19
BY GLADWIN HILL.

New York. Aug. l9.-tAP)-You
might have called last week ANIMAL
moncy-cheWinG week
\ steer in Butler. Pa. pulled 500
out of Max Luther'S pocket and ate
il:
And, before crowds in the street
outside. 4 dog locked in New York
drug store blandly cheWed lot of
IS and SO bills.
Or you might have called it boy
What-a-cloSe-Shave week.
As William c. Hall, of Montgom-
cry. Pa. sat in his truck at 4 grade
crossing. a passing train Sheared the
motor off.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Geitner. of
.Attica. n. Y. sitting in an auto WhlZ-
zed so feet backwards, crashed
through the front of Il movie theater,
and landed in the lobby unhurt.
Or you might have called it who's
afra;d-of-the- big bad-l3 week:
In Triton. GA, on the 18th OF the
month the 18th basket of tobacco IN
the 18th row in warehouse sold
for-Sl3:
And in Northeast, Md. Mr.. and
Mrs. Severn Hall. each Of whom was
born on the 18th. of Il month and
who were married on the 18th OF a
month and had their first child on
the 18th of a month-had their sec
ond child on the 18th Of the month!
UnluckieSt people of the week:
Justice Of the Peace Joseph Herr
of Litiz. Pa.-He skinned his leg
burned himself, dropped post on his
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19
Hoey Asks Flood
Relief Donations

Raleigh, Aug. l9-(AP)-Gover-
nor Hoey, after comforting with lead
ers of flood-ravaged communities of
eastern North Carolina, last night
urged that contributions 10 the Red
Cross be made to local county chair
men.
While lauding the immediate aid
rushed to Halifax and Northampton
counties by the surplus commodities
corporation and the Red Cross. the
governor declared that the need is
still very great
contributions will be gladly re-
ceived by your local Red Cross chair
man and used for flood relief in both
western and northeastern North
Carolina" Hoey said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19
Nazis Try New
Secret Weapon
BY LOUIS p. LOCHNER

Brussels, Aug. 19.-(AP)-(Via
Airplane to Berlin.)-In preparation
for the German attempt to invade
England. Adolf Hitler's navy is try
in2 out d new weapon which officers
insist will surprise the world when
the moment comes to use 1t.
Tests of the new device are being
conducted in harbor which l Wis
tied during a lhree-day tour OF the
Belgian-French coast opposite Eng
land. The nature Of the weapon
and the exact location OF the pre-in-
vasion trials through which it is be-
ing put are, of course, strictly with
held from publication.
But an atmosphere Of supreme
confidence prevails among the
troops waiting in this area for the
grand assault on England to begin.
Ask any German officer or private
along the coast between Ostend and
Boulogne how much longer he eX-
poets to be on duty and he viii tell
you with conviction:
ooh, by September it will all be
over. By that time our troops will
have conquered the British Isles, and
the English, like the French, will
have begged for peace"
For the moment, the troops gath
cred in this area as reserves for the
invasion are waiting patiently for
the German airforce to complete its
task of routing and demolishing
Britain'S air defense.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19
1Anti-Diuersiionists Cite
Storm Damage As Argument

affecting the highways and making
more money necessary for their
maintenance can arise even more
quickly and with less warning than
can one affecting the general funds.
General fund emergencies" they
say, almost always give plenty of
warning and allow for chance to
make advance provisions; while
highway emergencies" come like
bolts from the blue.
Admitting that no highway funds
were diverted last year. anti-divcr-
sionists insist that was merely a
matter of luck, not of planning. They
insist that if the S2,500,000 had, in
fact, been diverted, the scope of the
existing Highway emergency" would
be much broader and there would
be no way at all in which to replace
the $2,500,000 taken.
The anti-diversionists are relying
hopefully on the influence of Cover
nor-to-be j. M. Broughton to strike
the contingent" diversion provisions
from the Revenue Act, and they are
confident the present flood emer-
gency will strengthen Mr.. Brough-
tons hand in seeking elimination of
the clause.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19
"Spotty'' Leaf
Expected For
Belt Opening

Raleigh. Aug. 19.-(AP)- North
Cardinals seven border belt tobacco
markets will open Tuesday with
prospects that the quality or the leaf
offered by growers will be "spotty"
and mot quite as good" us the 1889
weed, w. p. Hedrick, tobacco market
.Iig specialist Ul the state department
ii agriculture, I'd today.
Hedrick added that the grade Of
the tobacco would probably vary
widely en- each Of the markets and
that no generalization could be made
except DIS 10 the probable average
quality of the leaf offered.
Tar Heel border belt markets are
located al Chadbourn, Clarkton, Fair
Bluff, Fairmont, Lumberton, Tabor
City and Whiteville. South Carolina
markets that will open on the same
day include Mullins, Kingstree, ttoris,
Lake City, Dillon, Conway, Darling
ton, Pamlico and Timmonsville.
Short Crop.
Farmers are anticipating better
prices than the average OF $3.50 u
hundred pounds paid last year. Ex-
pectations for improvement in prices
are based on adoption of the three
year AAA control program, the aver
age of $40 now prevailing on Geor-
gia markets and the seasons short
crop.
The latest federal-state crop re-
port service Sur--ary indicated
1910 flue-cured production OF 423,-
$4,000 pounds, At per cent less than
the all-time record crop of $780,
600 pounds of leaf sold in 1889.
Border belt producers are expect
ing a harvest Of 48,l25,000 pounds,
48 per cent under 1889, with an aver
age yield of 875 pounds or 8 per cent
under last season.
British Imperial buyers will be re-
presented on the border belt as pur-
chasers for the commodity credit cor
poration, federal agency.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, Aug. 19-The damage to
North Cardinals highways from cur
rent flood waters is already providing
opponents Of any diversion of High
way funds with new argumentative
ammunition.
The amount of this damage is as
yet undetermined and it will likely
be some time before any really ac-
curate estimate can be made. It APP
pears, however, that it will run into
the millions, in view of the number
of bridges washed out and the eX-
tent of damage to surfaces by wash
outs in many sections.
The diversion opponents are now
resorting to the chief catch-Word of
those who have argued against them
-"emergency." In the past it has
been constantly dinned into the pub
lies ear that highway funds should
not be held sacred so that they could
not be used for other purposes in an
"emergency."
Now the emergency" shoe is on
the other foot and foes Of diversion
are pointing out that an emergency"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19
Last Week Brought Full
Quota OF Goofy Goings-On

foot, trapped himself on a roof and
got stung by wasp;
John Doan, Jr., five, OF Berne, Ind.
He was scraped by stray bullet,
bumped into 4 bees nest, and then
fell head first into bucket Of paint.
Luckiest person of the week:
John Ferguson, nine, of Cambridge,
MasS.-He started drowning few
yards from where 4 liIe-Saving class
was practicing.
Most baffled people of the week:
Police Sergeant John Sayers, Of
Lowell, MasS.-He had to question
four deaf mutes in row:
Henry Hubert, of ManitoWish,
VISA storm parked by his door
step an island 80 feet wide and 600
feet long.
Gag of the week:
A ConShohocken, Pa, family, liV-
ing during alterations, in house
without any walls, commented:
It's not so bad except when it
rains hard"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19

Those figures up there weren't drawn haphazardly'
They're fair comparative representation OF the tremendous
anti knock improvement in the GOOD GULF Gasoline
They you precisely how much this great fuel mas 0ee
improved . a step up great that it now surpasses
Mrtbt Carolina specifications for premium fuels. See
what a difference it makes in your car!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19
w. P. Chrysler
Dies Sunday

New York, Aug. 19.-(AP)-Wal-
ter P. Chrysler, ST., motor car manu-
facturer, died of a cerebral hemoc-
rage last night at his home in Great
Neck, Long Island. He was IS years
old.
The manufacturer, whose rise to
fortune was an outstanding saga Of
goth century finance, died at Sis p.
m.
Chrysler had been i'll for more
than a year. Ten days ago, the an
niversary of his wife's death, his
counsel announced in Supreme
court action that for more than a
year he had been i'll Of circulatory
disease and recently in critical con-
dition.
He is survived by two sons, Wal
ter P, Jr., and Jack, and two daugh-
tcrs, Mrs. Byron Foy and Mrs Ed
ward Garbisch.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19
North Carolina Weed Growers
Gave Big Vote For Control
official Figures Show
si,rain Of ST. Percent
i.or ear Quotas;
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19

was such 4 fine baseball man that
he was once president of four lea
CUES at the same time. 1t neglected
to carry through with the fact that
every one Of the four 'bleW up" {;
Wade ISon, State College athletic
publiciSt, closes Il brief on beginning
Of freshman football practice Sep
tember 10 thus: "A promising squad
is anticipated by the mentor" If
stories of the material gathered I'M
der auspices of the Wolfpack club are
true, Wade is an expert in under
statement.
So far as this falls State varsity
goes, there can be no occasion to talk
about the "furriners" in the lineup.
A survey Of the roster Of 81 cam
didates called to begin practice Sep
TENDER | reveals that no less than AZ
are Tar Heels, one is Tennessean,
one is Floridian, three are Penn
sylvanians, three are New Workers
and one is a West Virginian.
Carl Goerch's Estate" this week
carries four pairs of counties which
are not only geographic neighbors,
but which are together in the al
phabetic list of counties.
They are: Davidson and DaVie;
Haywood and Henderson; Mont
gomery and Moore; Stokes and
Surry.
That's the entire list, but there are
at least nine other pairs OF counties
beginning with the same letter and
joined geographically:
Allegheny and Ashe; Camden and
Currituck; Cherokee and Clay;
Craven and Carteret; Caldwell and
Catawba; CataWba and Cleveland;
Mitchell and Mcdowell; Pasquotank
and Perquimans; Wayne and Wilson.
And maybe there are more, this, list
is given without looking at a map
and without checking up.
Look, the weather forecast for
today is much more favorable!", eX-
claimed your reporters spouse after
reading Friday afternoons paper. ut
says Mostly cloudy with scattered
showers, which will be quite a re-
lief from the constant rain we've
been having"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19
PAGE THREE

Negro church. had a large ''class"
awaiting baptism. The elders recall
cd that when the NeuSe olerfloWs
this far down it is slow about it,
and slow about recedng after it has
flooded The river was rising steadily
but there were still places in which
"a baptism could be performed. The
minister herded the class 70 the
waters edge and proceeded with
the baptisng.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19

Yes, sir NO-N0x has been boosted tremendously as
we'll To improve this superuel at all was some job FOR al
ready it was knockproof under all normal driving condl-
tons! But Gulf has raised NONOX to magnificent new
high so high it by far exceeds North Carolina speclca
tons for premium fuels. Just try it!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19
Capital Gossip
D. IIENTDV AUEPIT
By HENRY AVERILL
Daily DiSpatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Aug. 19.-Wake County's
Young Democratic fight kept up
brisllly until an hour or so before the
meeting Friday night; when it COL
lapsed in heap. And so young Carey
Dowd was named president "by &C
clamation."
Inside story of the maneuvers
which led to the peaceful solution
hasn't yet become known.
Comes this bit Of comedy from the
Salisbury office of the State Employ
ment Service, via the N. c. E. S.
News:
Salisbury Interviewer: "You say
you like to cook. What can you cook
best?"
Applicant: II like to cook groceries
best"
The State News Bureau has done
a fine piece on Judge "Bilr' Bran
ham, of minor league baseball, whom
it credits with most of the growth of
minor leagues from eleven in 1882
TO A this season.
The article relates how Branham
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-19
Negroes Baptised
In Flooded Neuse

Kinston, Aug. l9.-Sunday was
about the last day this month for 4
baptism in Neuse river. The river
will 60 over its banks here this
week, flood lowlying areas. 1t may
be the worst flood in years.
Rev. U. G.. Moye, pastor Of a large