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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-10-10

hoped the PADRES searching eyes
would detect nothing of the loose
earth piled underneath it. Yet to
the uneasy prisoner it seemed al
most too much to hope. His indus
try had made noticeable progress.
'They tell me, my son, that you
are spy" began the padre casu-
ally"
$50 they tell me-" returned Bowie,
slightly acid in his tone.
81 ask, is it true?" continued his
questioner.
cit is not" answered Bowie blunt
ly. 81 have had no trial; not shred
of evidence lies against me. The
truth is, Padre milo, your governor
wants for himself a new and un-
usual firearm-it is called revolv-
er-that his men took from me. And
he is putting me out of the way to
get a clear title to it.
"Do not, my son, say your gov
ernor' am not an officer of the
Mexican government. I am a Span
lard. My sole earthly quest in Cali
fornia is the salvation of souls. You
may be a spy-though I do not be-
lieve it, for the whole story has
been told me-or you may be twen-
ty times a spy; that matters moth
ing to me. But since you are con-
demned to death let me ask: what
of your soul? what of eternity? You
are an Americano?"
'No, Padre"
"Not Americano-what then, my
SOM"
"a Tejano."
"a Tejano," echoed the Francis
can, still searching Bowie's face
narrowly and speaking as if musing
or as if placing in his mind fact
at a time to serve as tesserae for a
possible mosaic. "When did you
first come to California;"
"Some ten or twelve years ago,
Padre. What" demanded Bowie
impatiently, "has that to do with
this trumped-up charge against
me?"
Nothing, nothing whatever, my
son. But if you will be patient it
may have something to do with what
l have in mind. By what route did
you come to Californian"
"Across the Rio Colorado and the
desert of the South"
The PADRES interest seemed to
grow. He spoke on with slight but
increasing keenness. "Then you
must have come in not very far
from San Diego" he persisted, still
musing..
81 did so come"
81 presume" continued the padre
gently insinuating, "that you spoke
Spanish when you came to Califor.
nia?"
"When I came to California mel.
Their I nor my companions could
speak a word of Spanish"
"You did not come alone, then?'
1.-TWO Texan scouts came with
me-"
''Three of YOU" The white-hairec
man, his penetrating eyes benz
closely on Bowie, hesitated an in
slant. He spoke then intently. "My
son, did you and your companions
hear about that time of Indian muir
ders?"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-10-10
Is your child a
PICKER?

1t may be just nasty habit, but sometimes
nose picking is a sign of something nastier
1t may mean that your child has round
acornls--especially if there are other symp-
toms, such as fidgeting, finicky appetite,
restless sleep and itching in certain parts
is to catch" this dreadful infection and
how many children have it. If you even
suspect that your child has round worms,
get JAYNE'S VERMIFUGE right away!
Drive out those ugly, crawling things before
they can grow and cause serious distress
JAYNE'S VERMIFUGE is the best
known worm expellant in America 1t is
backed by modern scientific study and has
been used by millions for over a century.
JAYNE'S VERMIFUGE has the ability
to drive out large round worms, yet it
tastes good and acts gently. 1t does not
contain santonin. If there are no worms it
works merely as a mild laxative Ask for
JAYNE'S VER-MI-FUGEatan any drug store.
FREE: Valuable medical book, Worms
Living Inside You" Write to Dept. MI,
DR.. d. Jayne & Son, 2 Vine ST., Philadelphia.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-10-10
Booklets in Loose
Leaf Ring Binders
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

WHENEVER I make trip to
w New England I like to bring
back something to remind me that
there have been about Is genera
tons of homemakers in America
since John Alden and Priscilla set
up housekeeping in Plymouth col
ony. This time my treasure was
the pair of ancient fiat irons you
see here in use as book ends for
my work-room library of loose leaf
binders. Setting them up remind
ed me that I have been wanting to
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-10-10

Cooperation
Heaven ne'er helps the men who
will not act.-Sophocles.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-10-10
2 : IS 5; COLDS
quickly use
- - I'D LIQUID
~ A ~ TABLETS
A ~ SALVE
NOSE DROPS
- ~ ~ COUGH DROPS
Strong Binder

Strong Binder
No cord or cable can draw so
forcibly, or bind so fast, as love
can do with only single thread
Lord Bacon.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-10-10
Taking Trouble

Taking trouble is the best way
of avoiding troubles. The lack of
taking trouble has been the means
of making trouble in many lives.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-07-05

kavali sve mobility. zudra
byvala pomalovana hyrivymi
slovackymi ornamenty. Tuto
praci provadely lidove ma
l1rky, kterych byvalo ma kaz-
de vesnici vzdy i nekolik. Phi
novych stavbach nebyla jiz
zudra zrizovana a proto je MI
zeme spatfiti dnes jiz jen vel
mi pof1dku. Je vsak NONE,
re zudra nam budou pTece je-
nom zachovana, nebot Sc obje-
Willy nynf opet i ma modernfch
stavbach, jichz jsou skutecnou
ozdobou.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-07-05

Laznovsky ted proz1val bla-
zene dni We spolecnosti Izine.
Ted teprve poznal, jak stast-
ny je clovek, ktery ma pc SVEN
milovanou bytost. Ale
dlouho to tax trvati nemohlo.
81 vzpomnel, re sc S
Izou brzy Dude muset rozlou-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-07-05
Jak 81 ma Slovacku zdob1
obydli.

Velkou okrasou lidovych
staveb ma Slovacku byvaly je-
itch krasne malovane vchody,
zvane "zudra" nebo take
''zebracne", Poole toho, re
pred mimi start zebraci odfi-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-07-05

stf = neobsahle stest1." Ko-
lem stastnych manzelG poska-
koval foxterier Karvas meme
ne stastny.
N
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
HUNDREDS VISIT
FURNISHED HOME
Selection OF Tenants For
White Housing Project
Will Be Started Today

Several hundred persons visited
the demonstration apartment unit at
the Charles T. Nesbitt Courts, low.
rent white housing project here, yes
terday afternoon after it was opened
for the first time at 8 o'clock.
The unit was closed at $50 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, but will be re.
opened this morning at 9 o'clock.
The selection of tenants for the
white housing project will be com.
menced this morning at 9 o'clock at
an office located Immediately ad-
joining the demonstration unit 'front.'
ing IN Third street, at the orner Of
Martin and Third streets.
The demonstration unit, equipped
at a cost of $93.04 for the purpose
Of showing the possibilities of max
ing an apartment comfortable a1rl
with homemade furniture,
will be open each day for an indefi-
mite period.
Plans are being made to also keep
the unit open for public inspection
at night at a later date.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
PASSENGER TRAINS
HALTED IN FRANCE
All Service Between 0ccuI-
pied And Unoccupied
Areas Stopped By Nazis

VICHY, France, July 28.-R-
All passenger train service be-
tween occupied and unoccupied
French areas was halted without
explanation today on order of Ger
man authorities.
A brief communique from the
Petain government announced
merely the provisional" cessation
Of all governmental services to
Paris and a temporary ban on re-
turn of refugees to homes in the
German occupied zone.
The rail stoppage was made eff
fective at S a. m, Oil p. m, E.. S.
T. Saturday..
authorized sources in Berlin
said they were unaware of any
stoppage Of rail service between
occupied and unoccupied France
and said they attached no special
significance to the report.
Con May 9, the day preceding
tAAC 4NdLl l1VdolOlA VI tllC 1NCLAlC1
lands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
all German railroads were put un-
der command of the army and
civilian travel sharply restricted.
Days prior to this the German
press launched a campaign to dis
courage civilian use of the rail-
roads during the Whitsuntide holi-
days, which fell on the next week
end).
The French government sent an
energetic" protest to it, al n
against the dropping of propagan-
da leaflets by British aircraft over
France and French possessions in
North Africa.
Both here and at Rabat, French
the British craft were
driven off by an~ti-aircraft batter
les.
The British we're said to have
millions of leaflets here
and at Rabat Friday night, and
over North Africa again this morn
The leaflets were declared in
furious to the regime of Marshal
Philippe Petain.
British Minister of Information
Duff Cooper told the House
Of Commons last Wednesday that
Britain would continue her leafet
raids over French territory" to
convey to the French people the
real facts of the situation''par-
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
NO RELIEF FROM
HEAT WAVE Seen
Thermometer Goes To IS
Degrees With Mean Seven
Degrees Above Normal

Wilmington sweltered through its
ninth day of the summers longest
heat wave yesterday, with the mer-
curry soaring to the collar-wilting
point of 95 degrees.
And while the city and section
suffered from the intense heat, no
end to the high temperatures, was
in sight last night.
Weatherman Paul Hess said that
today's temperatures would be
about the same as yesterday, with
not even thundershowers to keep
the mercury down.
Yesterdays low temperature was
rs degrees, with the NEAR seven
above the T9-degree normal.
The humidity was also high. At
1880 am, it was SO per cent of
possible, at 1880 am, 80 per cent;
at 1870 pm, Al per cent, and at
1880 pm, 70 per cent of possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
Document Proclaims Sue
cess OF Hull To Gain Sup
port OF 20 Republics
PEACE GROUP MEETS
Adoption OF Act Of
Havana By Plenary Ses-
sion Today Is Expected
BY J. C. STARK

HAVANA, July 2s.-lR-The "act
of Havana was unanimously re-
ported by the peace commission
tonight for formal adoption by the
American foreign ministers to ere
ate an inter-continental Monroe
doctrine with machinery for its
rapid application as a barrier
against any foreign invader or
land-grabbing conqueror.
The document, which many be-
lieve may become historically as
important as the old Monroe doc
trine itself, proclaimed the marked
success of U. S. Secretary of State
Cordell Hull in his efforts to gain
the moral if not the material sup.
port of the other 20 American re-
publics for any measures the Uni
ted States might find necessary to
take concerning European possess
sions in this hemisphere in the in
terests of continental defense.
"Act of Havana"
The combined declaration and
resolution called the 'act Of Ha-
vana"-companion to a convention
which requires ratification by two
thirds of the nations to become
operative-makes it the right and
duty of one or more American
countries to act in any emergency
to prevent other foreign powers
from gaining a foothold in the
American colonies of v%anquished
European netherlands.
This, in effect, means that the
United States would be assured in
advance that the other American
republics would approve Of steps
taken under the Monroe doctrine.
The patient, persuasive Hull call
ed the peace commission back in
to session at 1880 p. m. to pass on
a last-minute Colombian amend.
ment to the already-approved
convention. but after a short ses-
sion Colombia withdrew the
amendment and the convention
was finally approved and ready
for submission to the conferences
plenary session.
But the major task which Hull
set for himself has been accom-
already with the peace
commissions actions.
Adoption by the plenary session
Continued on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
Declares Clio Is Opposed
To Peacetime Compul-
sorry Military Training
TALKS WITH WHEELER
Sheppard Says He Is Con-
fident That Congress Will
Approve The Measure
BY EDWIN B. HAAKINsON

WASHINGTON, July 28.-lR-
John L. Lewis threw the influence
Of the CLIO against enactment OF
the administrations compulsory
military training legislation today,
declaring that his organization was
opposed to peacetime CONSUMPTION.
The labor leader, who had a
lengthy conference with Senator
Wheeler O-Mont) yesterday, said
he was Elm full agreement with
Senator Wheeler on this thing"
Wheeler Sees Defeat
Wheeler, outspoken opponnt OF
peacetime CONSUMPTION predicted
congressional defeat of the pro-
posal when the people of the coun-
try actually understand what this
will mean"
The Montana senator said he had
received more than two thousand
letters and kilograms from church.
labor, peace, and farm groups op.
posing compulsory training. 1.-The
public is aroused" he said.
Unperturbed by this and other
criticism, Chairman Sheppard Cd.
Tex of the senate military COM
mittee, said he was confident that
congress would approve the con-
scription bill.
There appeared to be a DISPOSE.
ton on the. part of some supporters
of the legislation, however, to seek
a compromise. Some talked OF
substituting for the military COM
mittee's bill a measure limiting
training to men between 81 and Is
years.
The bill approved by the senate
committee calls for registration of
men between Is and "a years, al
though active service in the armed
forces would be restricted at first
to men from q to 80 years in
elusive.
To Limit Training
War department spokesman said
they probably would limit actual
training to about 1,400, 900 men.
Some opponents of the c~onscrip-
ton bill, including Senator Van
denberg (R-Mich) have urged trial
of a voluntary enlistment for one
years training instead of the pres
ent three-year enlistment period.
Wheeler said he would oppose all
Continued on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
MAY BREAK r

RALEIGH, July 28.-R-A heat
wave which has skyrocketed North
Carolina temperatures for 10 days
apparently will break all records
for duration, weather bureau Off
Gals here said tonight.
The mercury in the official Their
mometer at the bureau reached a
maximum of 102 degrees at 2 pm.
today, and temperatures of 100 de-
grees or more were reported in a
score of other cities in the state.
The minimum here was rs.
For the last three days, temper
atures of over 100 degrees have
been recorded in Raleigh, and an
all-time high record was set yes
terday when the mercury crept to
104. The temperature at the Raj
eigh airport station yesterday also
was a record, 1913. The airport
Continued on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
Vandals Damage Radio
Station Al N. Y. Fair

NEW YORK, July 2s.-R-Fa-
cilities of the Municipal Broadcast
ing station WNYC at the Worlds
Fair were put out Of commission
for several hours last night by van
dals who cut some electric cables
and jar med control board connec-
tons with tar.
The damage was done to a broad
casting booth in front of the city's
fair building used for picking up
outdoor events in the adjoining pla-
"a. The cables ran to the sta
TONS studios inside the building,
which were not harmed.
The next scheduled program, a
concert by a Columbia University
Teachers College chorus, had TO
be cancelled. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
.RUMANIA SLATED
| TO START TALK
Nation Expected To Seek
10 Settle Pennsylvania,
Dobruja Questions

BUDAPEST, Hungary, July %.
-FEon Instructions from Adolf
|llgnt to initiate without delay con-
velSatlons with Hungary and Bull
ss'ia Tor settling the TRANSPLANT
Dooruj questions.
,uloffned persons sid the gen.
nnes for settlement of both
uai'Oflal disputes, the former with
sauis sary and the latter with Bull
stl TIA were laid down by Germany
We weekend conferences of Bal
f Hai diplomats at salzburg, but that
po,, sllected countries were left to
s,b MA out details lin a manner
sjb1s sn VIII make lasting peace pos
re IN southeastern Europe"
M. sulsarla was reported to have
'0la that she could have back
'0ontinued on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
JUNGLE BATTERIES KEEPING
24-HOUR WATCH OVER PANAMA CANAL

teries lining both sides of the
canal, was a sample of the full
dress rehearsal staged Friday
night when enemy" planes
raided the canal.
"A gratifying test of the
alertness and efficiency of the
anti-aircraft defenses of the
Canal Zone" was the way
Brigadier General Sanderford
Jarman, commander of the
separate coast artillery brig
ade, summed up this test.
But to laymen who witnessed
the speed with which the de-
Tense forces went into action
AGAINST that surprise raid. this
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
Aides Bring Him Reports
0f New German Successes
In English Battle
cruiser IS DESTROYED
Satisfaction OF Bulgaria's
Claim On Rumaniia Is Be-
Ieyed Necessary

BERLIN, July 28.-R-ln his lof-
" retreat in the Bavarian alps.
F,,obrer Adolf Hitler today laid
down rules for his new order" in
southeastern Europe to a fourth
spt of statesmen from that trou-
HE'D area. while his military aides
brought him reports of new Ger
man successes in the Battle for
England.
The German lord of battle'' was
| informed that his Stukas dive
bombers) had added an auxiliary
cruiser, two destroyers and a s.
WO.ton merchantmen to the list OF
ships they have sent to the bot
tom; that Nazi planes also had
bombed Swansea harbor and vari-
Gus airports in Cornwall, and that
a German submarine attacking a
convoy sank five armed ships to-
falling $4,000 tons.
Unaware" Of Stoppage
But foreign conjectures that Hit
der was about to launch his long
heralded invasion of England in
the next day or two were discour-
aged by authorized sources here.
They said they were unaware" of
the reported stoppage of railway
traffic between occupied and un-
occupied France, which had
aroused widespread interest as a
possible tip-off to mobilization of
trains and troops for the grand
assault.
Ushered into the spacious halt of
the fuehrer's mountain home this
time were three Slovak political
leaders: President Joseph Tiso,
Prime Minister Vojtech Tuka and
Propaganda Minister Sano Mach.
They followed in successive days
me statesmen of Rumania a n d
bulgaria in the series of pilgrim
Continued on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
Cold Storage Eggs Are
Released In Britain

LONDON, July 28.-R-The min
istry of food released a supply Of
home-produced, cold storage eggs
today for sale at a maximum price
of two shillings 40 cents) a dozen,
to help meet a shortage of fresh
eggs.
The first food queue of the war
formed last Friday for eggs.
Britain got most of her pre-war
egg imports from the Netherlands
and Denmark, but now with their
overseas markets shut off, tn e
Dutch are having to slaughter their
laying hens because Of a scarcity
of chicken feed !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
NINE CRAFT D0WNED
60-Plane Dogfight Staged;
Nazis Use Bomb-C Carry
ing Fighter Planes

LONDON, July 29-(Monday-R
German bombers and bomb-car-
rying fighter planes-something
new-raced back to the attack over
Southern England and Wales early
today after Sunday C o m b a is in
which the air ministry said nine
German and two British aircraft
were destroyed.
Greatest of the Sunday battles
was an hour-long, 60-plane dog
fight which accounted for five of
the German attackers and IN which
the foes flashed and wheeled so
high in the cloud-flecked S e S
above the southeast coast that the
ground watchers could scarcely see
them.
Fighters Use Bombs
The air ministry reported the use
Of bombs by German fighter planes
was a new stunt, tried first dur
ing the weekend. It contended this
employment of single-seaters was
unsuccessful but indicated that the
Germans were trying to avoid the
heavy toll taken of the slower, pom
derous bombing planes.
The Messerschmitt 100 fighters,
gifted to carry a high explosive
bomb, fly in high and dive out Of
the clouds to drop their bombs and
then try to make for home be-
fore British fighters al h
them the ministry said:
In Sundays big air battle waves
of Messerschmitts took advantage
from a height of almost six miles.
The spitfires quickly rose to in
tercept them, the air ministry said.
One of the five German raiders
shot down exploded in mid-air.
Canal Raided
Striking back with steady, pun
ishing air blows at the reich, the
air ministry announced that OBJ
jectives of raids yesterday and last
night had included the Nord See ca
nal in North Holland, barges at
Stavoren in Freisland which pos
sibly were being collected to ferry
Nazi troos across the channel to
England, eight airfields in Holland
and Germany, two supply ships off
the Norwegian and Dutch coasts,
and oil depots and docks at Ham
burg, Amsterdam, Wilhelmshaven
and Bremen in Germany.
American-built lockheed Hudsons
were credited with having damaged
the German supply ships and shot
down a Messerschmitt which at
tempted to stop them.
"As we turned away after our.
dive (on a supply ship near Sta
vanger) three Messerschmitt 109's
came for u.s." the pilot Of n of
the lockheeds said.
"A few of their shots went. into
u tail and damaged the Starboard
rudder.
II turned to allow my rear gun
ner to get one of the Messer-
schnitts into his sights. He let fly
a good burst and we saw tracer
bullets striking home. The Messer-
schmitt fell away out of control
and crashed into the sea.
I'VE were in the clouds before
Continued on. Page Threel
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
is REPORTED
FOR ADOPTION
BY AMERICAS
Loading Of Scrap For
Japan Rushed As Ships
Seek To Beat Deadline

PORTLAND, Ore, July 49,
(APeScrap iron for Japan was
loaded at a brisk pace today as
crews sought to beat the Aug.
/ deadline for the free export of
top grade scrap as defined by
presidential decree.
Some $4,000 tons of scrap was
available at this port.
The Panamanian freighter San
Rafael slowed the last of her
cargo and prepared to leave
shortly. The American-owned
Kentucky and the Japanese
Nanman Maru are loading night
and day, each listed for 5000
tons. About 1000 tons can be
loaded i'm "a hours.
Due tonight Was the Ameri-
can Mail Line freighter West
Cusseta to take about 5000 tons.
Shippers expect her to clear for
Japan before Wednesday mid
NIGHT.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29

would appear an understate-
ment.
While the headquarters staff
correlated its reports from lis
tening posts and directed coun-
ter-action, defense forces up
and down the canal played
their part with an orderliness
and thoroughness born Of long
practice.
Searchlights stabbed the
skies the entire length of the
5O-odd mile wide isthmus. With
in minutes after the first alarm
the invaders were spotted, big
Continued on Page Thrsel
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
rom the sleek, long : shouted

from the sleek, long : shouted
guns.
Within five minutes batteries
the length and breadth of the
Panama Canal knew a plane
was approaching.
1t turned out to be an limo
cent army plane out on q soli-
tary reconnaissance spin, but
the busting activity below en-
phasized the 24-hour watch be-
ing maintained over the Pan
anna Canal, key to United
States naval defenses.
This little drama, unfolded
before visiting newspapermen
ut one Of the many Jungle bat
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
By w. H. MOBLEY

With a United States Air De-
Tense Battery in the Panama
Canal Zone, July 2S.-REThe
Changing of a large iron disc
set up an unearthly din over
the steaming, rain = drenched
jungle today.
Soldiers sprang to their gun
posts, hidden in the leafy foli-
age from prying eyes over
head. Telephones buzzed.
A nimble-footed first sergeant
scurried ION the double" up a
steep, muddy trail to the range
finder station. some distance