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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-27
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page -Four

l. Who wrote Lamb in His
Bosom"
2. By which U. S. Government De-
partment are standard time signals
sent out?
3. Is Pluto, Neptune, or Uranus,
the last discovered planet?
4. Fill in the missing letters Of the
word Sp-f, that means to pcE1ctratc
a deception or humbug.
5. The u. S. immigration and Ma
turalization Service was recently
transferred from the Department Of
Labor to which other Government
Department?
6. What type of dog is a Kerry
Blue?
7. OF what people was Goliath the
champion?
8. Ulysses S. Grant Calvin Cool
idgc, Warrcn G.. Harding or Franklin
D. Roosevelt, was the only President
ever arrested for speeding?
8. To what genus do the giant for
est trees of California belong?
10. What famous statue stands on
an island in New York Harbor?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-27
Beautiful Marquee, Lobby
At New Embassy Theatre

opart, and staggered in the center
of the theatre for better vision, add
mrich to the enjoyment of Il visit
to the theatre.
The treatment of the walls and
ceiling of the auditorium. and of the
Iounge. is exceptionally beautiful.
The Embassy is also the first theatre
IN this city to be scientifically cooled
ana ventilated by refrigeration. and
this additional feature was installed
ut 4 large price in order to assure
the greatest in comfort. In fact, every
of the theatre, from the
smallest 10 the largest. seems to have
been installed with the comfort of
the patron IN mind.
The opening attraction at the En-
h2SSv tomorrow night is My Favorite
Wife,, 4 romantic Comedy-drama,
which has received the acclaim Of
the public and critics alike. Irene
Dunno. Cary Grant. Randolph Scott
md Gail Patrick head the cast of this
fast moving comedy OF 4 man who
has the lob OF explaining his bride
~ his wife. The Flag Speaks, a
timely subject filmed entirely in
is the outstanding added
attraction. to be shown on the open
ing program.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-27
Vance Negro
Farmers To
Picnic

The second annual picnic of Vance
county Negro farmers will be held
July 4 at Nutbush No. school neal
Drewry, and plans have been made
for a big day, according to announce
ment today by II. E. Webb, Negro
county farm agent. A program ha!
been worked out to provide Tor a
whole day Of events.
In the morning Il community sing
will be conducted by Mrs. Y. w.
Webb, of Sedalia, quartet contest
between the Travellers quartet Of
Dickie's Grove and the Willis Ed
wards quartet of Townsville, and an
address by J. w. Mitchell, Negro
State agent, A. & T. College, Green's
boro.
The afternoon will be devoted to
games and sports. Among the many
activities will be Il ten-rOund boxing
bout between James Morrison and
his opponent Monroe Harris, base
ball game, Middleburg Us. Towns
willie. Prizes will be awarded for a
rolling pin and egg and spoon relay
for women, bread Slicing contest for
men, fifty-yard dash and Il three
legged race for boys, potato and sack
races for girls, the largest family,
family coming the fartheSt to picnic,
oldest married couple, newly married
couple, oldest man, oldest woman.
talleSt man and tallcSt woman.
The usual custom will be followed,
and all farm families are requested
to bring baskets.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-27
MRS. SHO7WELL IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Wife of Vance Mills Mana
ger Dies in Richmond
After Operation

Mrs. Robert E. ShotWell, wife Of
the manager of Vance Mills, Inc, OF
Henderson, flour and feed manufac-
turcr, died at one o'clock this morn
ing in Richmond hospital follow
ing an operation she underwent there
three weeks ago. She had been in
feeble health for long while.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
ShotWell is survived by Il daughter,
Elizabeth. and two sisters, Miss Mary
Z. Shotwell, of Raleigh, and Mrs. j..
T. ShotWell. of StOvall.
Funeral services will be held at II
o'clock Friday morning from the
home at 222 Forest avenue, Oxford
in charge of Rev. O. w. DOWd, pas
tor of the First Methodist church, OF
which the deceased was a member
Interment will be in ElmWood cemc-
terry in Oxford
Mrs. Shotwell, who was a patient
at st. Elizabeth hospital in Rich
mond, had been improving satiSfac-
torily from the operation until lats
Wednesday, when she suffered Il re-
lapse, death following at one o'clock
this morning. She was so years old.
The average passage Of a ship
through the Suez Canal is about Is
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-27
TWO DRUNK CHARGES
BEFORE THE MAYOR

Two drunk charges were before
Mayor Henry T. Powell today in city
court. and each defendant pleaded
guilty. and each was given 80 days
on the roads. The defendants were
Edison Hicks and John Ross.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-27
BEER, SOFT DRINK
DEALERS CALL MEET

y meeting of beer and soft drink
dealers has been called for Friday
morning at 10 o'clock at the Vance
County Court House to discuss the
new Federal taxes imposed on such,
beginning July |.
All those interested are urged to
-affCMd
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-27

The average passage of ship
through the Suez Canal is about Is
hours.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
D. c. Couple Celebrates
so Years Of MARRIAGE

Charles A. Langley, . vice presi-
dent Of the Association Of Oldest
Inhabitants Of the District Of Co.
lumbia, and Mrs. Langley today were
celebrating their Goth wedding ami
versary at their home. 1925 Blair
road NV, where they have lived
for so years.
The Langleys, whose entire mar
ried life has been spent in Wash
ington, planned a quiet celebration
of the anniversary with only their
seven children and several of eight
grandchildren paying them visit
during the day.
Evening star., 1940-01-29

Of private ownership ever made.
If it succeeds and the utility prop
critics become inefficient and electric
light service becomes poor and rates
go up, the New Deal radicals have
in the backs of their minds another
plan-Government ownership with
its customary accompaniment Of fat
jobs for themselves and their hench-
men. What is about to happen to
the electric light and power COM
panies can affect farms, stores. man
ufacturing and retail establishments
if it is finally decided by the Su-
preme Court that under the newly
interpreted commerce clause Con-
gress can say at will who shall own
what and who may combine with
anybody else to own property inside
or outside any State in America.
Evening star., 1940-01-29

Now for the sad story of Valta
Parma. He Is by common consent
Americas first rare bookman. He
created the rare book room at the
Library, not only literally out Of the
dust and debris Of things forgotten
or ignored, but also literally with
his own hands. Between 1925 and
1899 he himself personally retrieved
from neglected Library hooks and
crannies, lugged up and put into
place 80 per cent Of the 100000 VOL
umes now shelved and catalogued
in the rare book room, including
priceless collections OF juvenilia and
dime novels in which President
Roosevelt is 50 keenly interested.
Parma, native Of Long Island and
today man in the region of go,
who affects the picturesque Schiller
collar" open-at-the-neck style OF
dressing, is a bug on rare books and
makes no bones of 1t. His troubles
at the Library we're a crescendo of
experiences that sprang mainly
from his passion-not uniformly
fruitful-to persuade DR.. Putnam
and the latter's associates that the
National Library is essentially hall
of record, and that old, rare books
and companion works and docu-
ments have an enduring and legiti-
mate claim on its attention.
Parma Denoted.
Last September, only a few days
before he resigned as librarian, DR..
Putnam suddenly notified Parma
that he was relieved as curator Of
the rare book collection at $4,000
a year and denoted to an 81 300 job
in the division of photography. A
woman, Alice H. Lerch, Is now act
ing curator. Another $4,000 Of in
come would be at Parma's disposal,
Putnam said, from a private grant,
which had been obtained for the
library by Parma, as long as funds
from that particular quarter re-
manned available. Parma objected
to this demotion. Considered it a
stigma on his professional prestige.
He contended, moreover, that the
grant contained no provision for di-
version of any of its funds for his
salary. Parma rendered his resig-
nation just before Christmas, in pro-
test against Putnam's action, after
failing to induce the new librarian,
MacLeish, to revoke it.
~
Country's Loss, Says Congressman.
The rare book expert Of Congress
is North Dakota Representative at
large, Usher l.. Burdick, Republican,
who was reared among the Sioux
Indians and has written a book
called THE Last Battle of the
Sioux" Burdick is intimately ac-
quainted with Parma's career and
has gone thoroughly into the con-
ditions which led to the former
curator's differences with the Put
nam regime II have no hesitation
in saying, "Mr. Burdick confldes
to this observer, that from all
the facts brought to my attention,
none justifles the treatment meted
out to this scholarly, patriotic book
man. His departure from the Lii
brary would be a loss to the
country"
Representative Keller, Democrat
Of Illinois, chairman Of the House
Committee on the Library, also ac-
claims Parma's public service,
though the Illinoisan seems to feel
that If MacLeish were given time
to use the new broom, things might
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Death Toll Is Reduced
At Grade CROSSINGS

Fatalities from accidents at grade
crossings in the first 10 months Of
1899 totaled 1,097-or 62 less than
during the same period in 1938-the
safety section Of the American Asso-
citation of Railroads announced
today.
The number of accidents at grade
crossings through October, 1899, was
1881, a decrease Of SO from the same
period the previous year, while the
number Of persons injured was 5000
and 3,081, respectively. in the two
periods.
Evening star., 1940-01-29

ing lights, the Frederick Willism VILE.
veteran and esteemed librarian
Emeritus Herbert Putnam, his re-
cent successor, Poet Archibald Mac
Leish, and v. Valta Parma, who un-
til his retirement at the end of last
year and since 1925 was the curator
Of the rare book collection.
Congressional Probe Sought.
Distinguishing '1'af1aire" Putnam
MacLeish-Parma from the Finch
and Rutland blowups is the fact
that it may become the spark plug
Of a congressional investigation of
library management. That at least,
rather than Mr.. Parma's reinstate-
ment in a post from which they
say he was unjustly 'purged," is the
goal toward which his friends in
and out Of Congress are now NOV
ing. They would turn the light on
what they stigmatize as DR.. Put
MANS 40 years of benevolent die
tatorship" at the library and on
certain Of his administrative pol
icies which they claim were not al
ways in the public interest. Espe-
cially does the Parma contingent
want congressional committee to
explore certain library budgetary
methods. A congressional probe.
too. would develop, Parma's advo-
Gates maintain, that for years there
has been "indiscriminate and wan
ton destruction" of public records
and of copyright material invalu-
able to authors, book collectors and
businessmen. Constructively, it is
felt, an inquiry would pave the way
to legislation making it compulsory
to preserve one copy OF every copy
right record.
Voice Of Jacob, Hands of Esau.
DR.. Archibald MacLeish was in
stalled as librarian of Congress last
fall over the bitter protest of the
American library profession. 1t
charged that while he may be famed
as contemporary poet and play
wright he is devoid of the special
lied background and training requi-
site in the exalted place into which
President Roosevelt boosted him.
MacLeish is clothed with full au-
thority at the Library and has set
manfully about what is acknowl-
edged to be the Herculean task OF
cleansing the Augean stables now in
his care. But little birds on Capitol
Hill twitter that while the voice at
the Library is the voice Of Jacob
MacLeish, the hands still running
the establishment are the hands OF
Esau Putnam.
Evening star., 1940-01-29

Bureau Of Mines
and the threat
ened dismissal of
DR.. George c.
Rutland, Dis
trict health Of
ficer m q y
shortly be added
q third not dis
8 i'm liar case,
promising e v e n
m ore dramatic
developments. 1t
involves the sac
rosanct Library
Of Congress and
three of its shin
Evening star., 1940-01-29

e n 6 ! n e e r ! n G
marvel of the
whole world. But
the order has
gone forth that
the clock must
be taken apart,
and to five men
in a govern
mental commits
sion has been
entrusted t h e
Job of tinkering
with the clock,
taking it apart
and putting it
together again.
Evening star., 1940-01-29

headquarters Of
the candidates,
from the 81 va
rietieS Of "coun-
selors in public
relations" A lot
of them bear the
enticement "for
Monday release. ="
This isn't, as it
happens, tn e
bait that it used
to be; but that's
a matter for the
classes in journ-
alism. The press
agents-beg par
dnn nn11racolnrs
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Washington Observations
Library Of Congress May Face
Investigation Over Pormo Purge

BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
To the two current custer or near
custer cases now agitating Washing
ton-Secretary Ickes' removal Of
John w. Finch as director Of the
Evening star., 1940-01-29

And they that support Presidents
position that campaign contribution
single to dictate the policy of the United States Government
Finally the third term angle ITSELF Dealers
John Lewis serving his goth President
United Workers.
Evening star., 1940-01-29

work out to the satisfaction Of
Parma and all others interested in
the magnificent collection which
he created.
Evening star., 1940-01-29

that labor support for the majority
party cannot be taken for granted
and that the nomination of con-
servative would automatically throw
the election to the Republicans. AS
for liberal candidacy, especially if
Mr.. Roosevelt Is again the nominee,
they doubt that Mr.. Lewis can
deliver the c. I. o. vote to a re-
dictionary any more than Mr..
Roosevelt could deliver the New
Deal vote in the 1898 purge"
Evening star., 1940-01-29
We, the People
Lewis Attack on Roosevelt Believed
Move to Resist Labor Peace
By JAY FRANKLIN.

Lewis against President Roosevelt and the
Washington liberals stabnthe
back believe rather that it merely by the leader the
O. to resist administration for labor
Roosevelt and the Dealers generally worried about the
continued between the and the A. Of They fear that
rising
Evening star., 1940-01-29

HE opinions OF the 1orters this page their
necessary Tns stars Such opinions are presented n TIE
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1940-01-29

the HOUSE S present occupant would
not prove equally fatal to Washing
tons 31st successor.
No doubt deep reasons of political
strategy moved Lewis to his sur
prise attack. He has been discon-
tended with recent New Deal labor
policy. He is naturally anxious to
increase his political importance by
throwing his weight about. He
shrewdly suspects that third term
President would feel few oblipa-
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Tinkeriing
With Utility
Clock
'Chuos' Is Predicted
For $4,000, 100000
Industry
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

This is the story of a clock for
which the American people paid
$4,000, 100000. 1t is an economic
clock that works so well that it is the
Evening star., 1940-01-29

past year. quietly but firmly
with William Green On meeting this
apparently decided to adopt course which VIII
consult with him. This the expaa
offered New Dealers for Mr. Lewis sudden sabotage OF e
supposed reason
fororhope the presidential Candidacy OF
Liberals believe
motive growing reelect Roosevelt
attbuton Of subtlety to John Lewis
He regards himself as eaoer
labor organized labor and OF the progressive wing OF
organized than organization
political for its leaders authority rather than
public life.
point serious warn
parties especially the Democrats that the
branch organized labor desires power In after ls4o
with the welfare OF
underdog the humanitarian motives OF the
Students labor politics feel that would be TO
workers. entertan serious ambitions Of political
character
Interpretation accounts for the hostility Of business
towards the c. O. since the stdoWn
l937th belief that Mr. Lewis using the social and
reforms the New Deal sprngboard for
suspicion condition which the c. O.
Endorsement DEATH is at least akin to political
halt
Evening star., 1940-01-29

pressure ana Cney peIIeVe tllaC ICS
continuation will lead to political
abandonment of the various labor
reforms of the last few years.
The position Of John L. Lewis
and the c. I. o. is equally clear. The
trend Of the times helps the G. I. o.
method Of labor organization and
an early peace with Mr.. William
Green would jeopardize Mr.. Lewis
bright future. The only question is
whether the circumstances which
indefinitelv II labor continues to be
Evening star., 1940-01-29

a
order " ~ ~ " 1 ~
AS has often been President though
closely allied dislike
feeling clearly have given Lewis
predLposilon to do what he did,
Poor Dave Niles
The feeling between probably originated
acK OF ease the dealings OF the
OF potcanS about
ooWn the by
an extremely healthy
some one once called he Presidents barney
people accept natural geny strikes Lewis
In
the Hudson River have always
the other hand has had difficult time with Lewis
s5ooOoo from the treasury campaign
his political the campaign
obtained compliance the contributors gtest
strikes
could his plague statement
enegeca responded with his behtng
those who have supped at labors table"
the mention enough
Jump like frightened rabbit
action OF the unhappy something
particularly impossible
couaging labor organization really
be told freely
the labor movement
Feud Upon Feud
political meaning
Lewis only support the Presidents
thereafter the rift
something be done 1t striking something
House and Miss Katherine delegate
Conference
Of gestures changed top
the enmi there the the
tons Board In his fundamentally
conservative
suspended Judgment policies
Deal policies gnal failed produce general prosperity his criticism
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Cross Section
OF Monday
Releases
News Writer Finds
Many old Regulars
In Mail
BY CHARLES G. ROSS.

The desk is piled high with "re-
leases" from the Government de-
partments, from the Denocratic and
Republican committees, from the
Evening star., 1940-01-29
The Capital Parade
Political Strategy Moved Lewis
To Denounce Third Term

An old but true story makes an apt foonoe to John Lewis males
friend reminded the President that the c. leader lived
charming old Alexandria house Dr. Ball. Wngtons phy
had
Washington
Evening star., 1940-01-29

grew loud and angry. AS Tor The
appointment of DR.. William Leiser-
son to the N. L. r. B., 1t downright
enraged him.
Add to the feelings between
Lewis and the President one more
striking fact-that Lee Pressman,
Lewis close adviser and the general
counsel of the c. I. O., actively de-
tests Thomas G. Corcoran, Ben
jamin v. Cohen and the other New
Dealers behind the third term
lguined feud between Pressman and
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Believe Lewis Pulled Boner

Capitol opinion that Lewis has pulled
to materiaze
Bounding Burt Roosevelt is candidate 80
will him for the presidency again
matter Of fact the question whether F. not today
Mr. Mr.
the wagehor law and the
for private labor
A. split
Of the Labor Relations Act If the
amended
find his political progress difficult
For rest the New
Evening star., 1940-01-29


supplement opinion President
the Lewis statement the
wholly understandable
by NorthA American
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Firmly Urqes Peace

aided the c. o. will continue indefinitely labor continues TO OK
steps Of European hostlites
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-18
NEW YORKER REFUSED
AIR CORPS ENLISTMENT

NEW YORK. = 1t. Thomas
Davis, of the 369th GAG, Anti
Aircraft, formerly New York
National Guard has been refhs-
ed 9 enlistment int4ne Army air
corps. His first application was
made on April 80, 1910 and was
approved by a succession of
officials, beginning with his
captain and ending with a Lieut.
ant Colonel of the Adjutant's
Generals office of the New York
National Guard. Nevertheless,
Lieut.. Davis was refused May 81
1910, by Major F. A. Macon,
assistant Adjutant General in
Washington, on the excuse that
"theer are no units composed of
colored men,"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-18
his might. "
Another Roosevelt Sacrifice"

James Roosevelt son of the
PrtSidont. a captain in the u. S.
Marine Corps reserve due to be
called into active service. will
continue to make motion pic
lures, AP news dispatches re-
port from Hollywood.
"A spokesman for the PreSi-
dents son"-thats putting on
the dog, that spokesman bust
ness - says Jimmy will fly
(mayhe in an army airplane)
back and forth between the stu
dio and wherever his battalion
happens to be stationed. Draft
ceS wont have that privilege.
They'll take their 500 or $50 a
and make the best of it,
They can't make sacrifice
like Jimmie and Elliott are do
ing, E. =.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-18
Working Woman to Vote for
Willkie This Time Tells Why

FAIRMONT, Oct. 17.-Ahce
Johnson, a domestic of POI
High Street voted for Pres.
Roosevelt in 1882 and 1886,
but two terms is enough for
her and she said today she was
going to vote for Willkie this
year. 81 think this third term
is carrying things just a little
too far she said. 81 am for
Will because l believe he
will like it tctter for the work
ing class Of people. I believe that
when we elect him president, we
will have more jobs. and get
better pay" ..
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-18
REPUBLICANS ON THE MARCH


Even such ardent, fanatical
New Dealers as the newspaper
columnist Raymond Clapper, de-
plore Roosevelt's attempt to
smear his opponent" The
President used the prestiage of
his office and its enormous power
for publicity to try to pin a
pro-Hitler label on Wendell L..
Willkie the Republican state com
mittee asserts.
At one of his press confer
ences, Roosevelt was asked if the
the Axis powers, the Germans
and Italians, were working for
his defeat. The President pick
ed up a copy of the New York
Times and read a paragraph
from that papers Dome cores
pondent who said, entirely on
his own responsibility, that Hit
Ter and Mussolini were out to
beat Roosevelt.
In this trickery, Roosevelt
followed the lead of his hand
picked vice presidential candi-
date, Henry Wallace, who tried
to put over the idea that nothing
would so gladden. Hitler's heart
as WILKES election. Raymond
Clapper calls this trickery not
only "puzzling but inexcusable.
/ And this New Deal writer
{ continues 1T isn't true that
: Willkie is pro-Hitler. He has
supported Roosevelt in urging
aid to Britain. He has not said
it in weasel-wordcd whispers
but has shouted it from one enc
of the country to the other.
History, says Clapper, "Will b;
grossly unfair if it does not give
| him credit for frankly and bold
ly placing the nations intcres'
above party politics.
How vicious was Roosevelt.
trickery in this instance i
| shown by an Editorial in Mussc
lini's own newspaper, Edito
Virginia Gayda. This mouth
piece of the Duce accused Roosr
welt of inventing fable" ant
trying to make himself "a ma
tional hero by showing himsel
as the victim of a foreigl
plot" .....
| AS a matter of commonscnse
the Axis powers would probabl
| prefer Roosevelt in the Whit
House because Of his, inepti
tude in preparing this natiol
tfor defense against aggres
sion, instaed of Willkie 1wH
would, actually and promptl.
get that efense built up to tn
point where it is really on ham
land notion "order. - = s. a.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-18

The young men who register
for the Draft this week have
placed their lives in the hands
of the politicians who make war.
for it is politicians and not peo-
pies who make war.
Do you believe these boys
should be called on only to de-
fend our country, and never
to lose their lives in a foreign
war - just because ambitious
men crave to glorify their
names i'm history? Then