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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-30
Petain Takes RESPONSE
bility For Axis Deal
CONTINUED From rage Cne)

(COnuuueu FROM age hIllcI
be lightened," the old marshal said.
1.-The plight OF our prisoners can be
bettered and the expenses OF occupa-
ton (by the German army can be
diminished.
This collaboration must be sin
cere. 1t must exclude all sorts of ag-
gression. This policy is mine. The
ministers are responsible only TO me.
1t is l alone history will judge.
up TO now l have used the lam
guage Of father. Today | use the
language of chief"
Petain added that he had accept
ed voluntarily Hitlcr'S invitation TO
the conference last week at which
the principles Of collaboration were
established.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-30
JIMMY RAY NELSON

Oxford Oct. 3O.-Jimmy Ray
Nelson. "a years old, died in Gran
vile hospital last night at 1915
o'clock. He was d resident Of OK
ford, route |, and funeral services
will be held at Mountain Greek
church at 3 o'clock Wednesday aft
ernOOn. The Rev. w. d. Poe will be
in charge.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-30
Special Lot Of
Numbers Is Drawn

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he said: to-day we have witnessed
an unprecedented event in our peace
time history-the development of
an orderly routine for the calling out
OF vast peacetime army"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-30
Nazi Planes
Driven Back
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the air ministry announced.
A number Of persons were killed
in German attacks i'm eastern and
northeastern England, where gov
eminent communiquc charged the
raiders machine gunned streets at
several places. Casualties were not
numerous" it added.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-30
Blaze Damages War
Department Offices
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lieved the only damage done to val
liable documents in the War depart
ment fire was by smoke and water
The circumstances Of the fire
stirred immediate speculation con-
corning possible sabotage but there
was no official word on the cause
pending the report Of the invcstiga-
ton board headed by Colonel OS-
valid Sanders.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-30
Hocutt Renews Efforts
To Obtain Reports
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forms for reporting the crash TO the
Highway Safety Division.
There has been slight improve
ment in reporting within the last
year, Hocutt said: but even So there
were almost Il score of fatal accidents
in September which We're not re-
ported TO the Division but which
were picked up" through newspaper
reports and vital bureau statistics.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-30
Aircrafts Lead
In Stock Rise

New York. Oct 3O.-(AP)-A rise
in aircraltS drew delayed support
from >tcrl> today. lifting the whole
stock market higher.
Early fractional gains We're i'll
creased To around point or more
for many leaders toward the fourth
hour although the market III the main
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-30

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Evening star., 1940-09-15
Fine Arts Commission Gets Neev Members

Changes have been made during
the past season in the personnel of
the National Commission of Fine
Arts. Edward Bruce has been ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy oc-
casioned by the resignation of
Charles Moore, for many years
chairman of the committee, but now
residing on the Pacific Coast. John
A. Holabird, architect of Chicago,
and Paul P. Cret have taken the
places of Charles L. Borie, jr., and
Henry r. Shepley, whose terms of
service have expired. The commits
sion now stands as follows: Gilmore
D. Clarke, landscape architect.
chairman; Edward Bruce, layman;
Eugene F. Savage, painter: John A.
Holabird, architect; Paul P. Cret,
architect; william F. Lamb, ar
chitect, Paul Manship, sculptor;
and H. P. Caemmerer. secretary.
Mr.. Bruce is listed as layman
because he holds the office of head
of the Section Of Painting and
Sculpture, Federal Works Agency.
Public Buildings Administration,
but he is, in fact, a very accom-
plished painter. Mr.. Holabird is of
the firm of Holabird & Root of
Chicago, outstanding for the char
acter and quality of their designs
and also for the fact that they were
almost the only firm which, during
the lean years of the depression.
executed numerous large commits
sions. Mr.. Cret Is well-known in
washington as the architect Of the
Evening star., 1940-09-15

Federal Reserve Board Building,
the Folger Library. and Calvert
Street Bridge and with Albert Kel-
sey) the Pan-American Building.
Though French by birth, he has for
many years been identified with ar
chitecture in America, to which he
has made exceptional contribution
The National Commission of Fine
Arts, about three months ago,
celebrated the 30th anniversary of
its establishment by act of Congress.
During these three decades, 43 lead
ing artists Of the country have
served as members Of the commits
sion, representing the professions
of architecture, landscape archi-
lecture, painting and sculpture. In
every case, this service was rendered
patriotically, without compensation
The existence of this commission OF
artists of foremost standing has
enabled the Government to secure
continuous expert advice in matters
pertaining to the fine arts. The
first matter which came before the
commission, in 1911, was the design
and location Of the Lincoln Memo
rial.
For the most part, the function of
the group is purely advisory. In
spite Of this fact, its decisions
seldom have been overruled. Oc-
casionally, Congress confers upon
the commission the veto power by
requiring in SPECIFIC legislation that
the design shall have the approval
Of the Commission Of Fine Arts,
It's function Is to advise concerning
Evening star., 1940-09-15

all projects within the realm Of the
fine arts with which the Govern
ment is concerned in the District
of Columbia, but these boundaries
sometimes are officially extended.
OF late, the attention of Congress
has been called to the desirability
of securing the advice of the COM
mission on matters pertaining to
the establishment of our public
buildings by the use of sculpture
and mural paintings, a suggestion
which apparently has met with
favorable response.
Among those who have served
on the commission are Daniel
H. Burnham, Thomas Hastings,
Charles A. Platt, John Russell
Pope. Henry Bacon, architects:
Daniel Chester French, Herbert
Adams, James Earle Fraser, dorado
Taft, Paul Manship, sculptors;
Frank D. Millet, Edwin H. Blash-
field. J. Alden Weir, Ezra Winter,
painters; Frederic Law Olmsted,
James L. Greenleaf, landscape ar
chitects. Charles Moore was chair
man of the commission from 1915
to 1887, and H. P. Caemmerer's
term of service as secretary is
equally long.
The total appropriation made by
Congress for expenses incident to
the work of the commission Is only
$4,000 q year. In what other field
is the highest expert advice OBJ
tanned so cheaply, where. or for
that matter, Is 1t Of greater value7
L, n.
Evening star., 1940-09-15
Indian Drowings Shown

The set of portrait drawings Of
Indians from Mexico, Guatemala,
Peru, and Bolivia by Eben F. Comins
OF this city exhibited few months
ago in the gallery Of the Interior
Department, has been on view dur.
ing the summer at the Inter-Ameri.
can House. New York Worlds Fair,
under the auspices of the Pan.
American Union. The set of Amer.
lean Indians was meanwhile shown
In the museum at Flagstaff, Ariz.,
built and conducted as q public in.
stitution by DR.. and Mrs. Harold s.
Cotton. From there, the set went
to the Municipal Center at Gallup,
N. Mex, and then to the Southwest
Museum. Pasadena, Calf, and along
the West Coast to other art institu.
tions.
Mr.. Comins himself has been in
the Gulf Of California region, draw.
ing some of the Mayo Indians, hard
to find but interesting subjectively
as well as the famous Yaquis, both
Mexican tribes.
Evening star., 1940-09-15

recorded at the sale Of Mrs. Cor
nelius j. Sullivan's collection, where
a portrait by Cezanne of his wife
went for $27.50o. a portrait by Van
Gogh for $4,000 and water colors
by Cezanne, Picasso and Van Gogh
for approximately $500 each. At
the Ryan sale, small portrait, Is
by 10 inches. of Michele Of France,
the wife Of Philip the Good of Bur-
gundy, painted by master of the
18th century Burgundian school,
brought $4,000; a portrait by An
drea Solario, $4,000; a portrait by
Sir Thomas Lawrence. $500: Rom
ney's portrait of Miss Catherine Chi
chester, $4,000; The Crucifixion,"
by Tiepolo, $4,000. At the Unter-
myer sale painting by Rubens, "A
Feast of the River Gods" brought
$4,000; a Cellini bronze, Jupiter"
s11, ,750, and a painting by Whistler,
"Nocturne in Black and Gold; Fall
ing Rocket" $1,000.
1t would hardly seem, under the
circumstances, that money was
scarce.
Evening star., 1940-09-15

the "Bargello," once the palace of
Cosimo I. with its magnificent court
and staircase, its unsurpassed col
lection of sculpture and the in
dustrial arts Of the italian Renais-
Sance.
Charles Wilson Peale established
a museum in Philadelphia in 1785
and other sporadic efforts in this di-
rection were made. but the art mu-
scum movement did not get under
way in this country until the second
half of the following century. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York. took the lead-being founded
Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, how
ever came into existence about the
same time. The Corcoran Gallery
of Art dates from 1874. the Chicago
Art Institute from 1879, the Gin
cinnati Museum of Art from 1880.
The Detroit Museum of Art was es-
tablished in 1885 through private
enterprise and generosity. the st.
Louis Museum, likewise. in 1899
but both were in time taken over by
their respective cities as municipal
institutions. the latter in 1912 and
the former in 1918. The Toledo Mu-
scum dates from 1901, the Albright
Gallery, Buffalo, 1905; the Mime
sofa Art Institute, 1915.
The first art museum on the Pa
ciflc Coast was that of Portland,
Greg, which was established in 1892.
The museums in San Francisco. Los
Angeles, San Diego and Seattle all
came into existence in the present
century.
Metropolitan Origin.
1t is interesting to know that the
Metropolitan Museum of Art was
originally conceived as a national
institution and gallery of art" The
idea was put forth by group
of American gentlemen, then in
Europe, at Fourth of July cele-
bration held in Paris in 1866. John
Jay attended this meeting and was
later intrumental in bringing the
suggested foundation of a "perma-
nent national gallery of art" to
fellow members of the Union League
Club, New York, of which, upon his
return to America, he had been
elected president. The project
awakened interest and met with
Evening star., 1940-09-15
The Art Market
High Prices Brought at Pub
Lie CnIoc

H1gh Prices Brought at Pub
lie Sales.
Despite the uncertainties of war
time and the fluctua tions of an un-
stable market, the Parke-Bernet
Galleries, New York, leading art
auctioneers of this country, report
the past season to have been ex-
ceedingly successful, total receipts
from October, 1899, to July, 1910,
amounting to $2,329, ,330.50.
According to this firms announce
ment, sales held during critical Pc
riods of the war, commencing with
last September, realized in nearly
every instance their estimated val
ues, and in some cases In excess
thereof. For instance. at the time
Of the invasion of Holland, when
there was a marked decline on the
stock exchange. the Untermyer art
collection, which went under the
hammer at the Parke-Bernet GAL
leries, realized $4,000 over the low
estimate made in advance of the
sale. Also, 1t seems there has been
no diminution of the large numbers
of persons attending exhibitions and
public sales, which drew at the GAL
leries an attendance of more than
100000, while additional thousands
were present at sales held at out
of-town estates, such as the Inter
myer and Guggenheim. Bookings
for sales this fall are heavier than
for several years.
A dramatic episode at one of these
sales was reported as occurring on
the occasion of the dispersal of the
Clendenin j. Ryan collection Of
etchings and engravings, when $28,-
600 was offered for q set of 20
famous etched portraits by Van
Dyck, but when these portraits
were sold separately, they brought
$40,500. A record price Of $500
was paid for a single print Of Van
Dyck's etched portrait Of himself.
Other outstanding prices were
Evening star., 1940-09-15

Whistler" secondary exhibition of
War Paintings by British Artists"
and series of concerts given in the
National Gallery. The exhibition of
painting since Whistler comprises
300 works, including paintings by
Whistler, all lent by private owners,
to which nearly 500 additions were
made after the exhibition opened.
At the time of the invasion of Hol-
land, owners were asked if they
wished their loans returned. The
almost universal reply was Not If
they are giving pleasure" This ex-
hibition. it is said, has been a great
source Of recreation and a valuable
relief to the public from its war pre-
occupation. Twenty thousand per-
sons visited it in the first three
weeks that 1t was on view, and by
the end Of June, 1889 had regis
tered.
The "War Artists Exhibition" was
held in adjacent rooms and un-
doubtedly added interest. Muirhead
Bone was one Of the outstanding
exhibitors, but there were excellent
portraits Of men in all branches
of the service, as we'll as pictorial
representations of bombing attacks,
the awful scenes at Dunkerque, etc.
The concerts. started early in the
season, are still continuing, and
prove a great attraction to the peo-
pie who are flocking more and more
to Trafalgar Square for the relief
there from war time horror.
Chinese Experience.
An interesting story is told of a
small dealer in rare Chinese jades,
porcelains. and the like. who, when
his windows were stripped with
other windows in London to protect
them against breakage, packed
away his precious treasures in his
cellar. After waiting for some
months for the promised cataclysm,
he could stand the loneliness no
longer, unpacked his wares. unstrip-
ped and rearranged his windows,
cases, and shelves. and was re-
warded by innumerable visitors who
have gazed upon them with obvious
delight. Life" he says, must go
on, whether there is war or not"
His contribution is glimpse of the
interior of Aladdins palace.
1t has been aptly said that. judg-
ing from the exhibitions of paint
Evening star., 1940-09-15
Heorn Fund Purchase
Painting by Former Washing
tonian Is Bought by Metro


tonian Is Bought by Metro
politdn Museum.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
has made a number of recent pur-
chases from the Hearn Fund of works
by contemporary American artists.
Among these is a painting by Jerry
Farnsworth entitled "Annabella, +"
which was shown in the most recent
exhibition of the National Academy
of Design in New York. of which Mr..
Farnsworth is a member. This pic
ture represents half-nude figure of
young woman, standing with her
back toward the observer, alongside
a table on which is stuffed hawk.
1t is characterized by strong con-
trast of light and shade, interesting
design and arrangement.
Mr.. FarnSworth was born in Dali
ton, Ga, studied under Charles w.
Hawthorne. but also here in the
Corcoran School of Art. In 1888 he
was elected an associate of the Ma
tional Academy of Design, and in
1885 became full academician. He
has exhibited widely and secured
many much-coveted prizes, such as
Evening star., 1940-09-15

approval. A committee was formed
and a meeting held, William Cullen
Bryant serving as chairman. Mr..
Bryant's speech is still in existence
and full Of wisdom and engaging
simplicity. 1t laid the fuse which
lighted the whole museum move
ment.
We have advanced far since then
and the opening of the National
Gallery of Art will mark the con-
summation Of things dreamed of by
this group of valiant gentlemen,
who, by putting their own shoulders
to the wheel, brought about the
establishment of the first American
art museum along broad lines-not
merely as a treasure house but a
great educational institution.
1t was no easy task and for the
first few years the trustees gave not
only money but personal service,
consisting Of the arrangement Of
exhibitions, etc. Their aim upon
organization was to raise an endow-
ment fund of $3.50 900, a sum which
so years later was a hundred thou
sand dollars less than the museum 5
annual expenditure for administra-
tive purposes.
The cost of administering our Ma
tional Gallery of Art will be met,
very properly, by our National Gov
ernment. Some funds for special
administrative purposes will, how
ever, come from the Mellon bequest.
as also for purchase of works of
exceptional value. The gallery will
be administered by a board of trus-
tees, duly elected, on which the
National Government will have
adequate representation.
Thus this great institution will
not only stand for the highest
achievement in art but also our
American ideal of democracy-co-
operation between government and
governed-the enrichment of life
for the people, by the people" :"
Furthermore, it is said to be, built
to last "at least 1000 years."
Evening star., 1940-09-15
Art in Wartime
Activities Continue in Eng
land Despite Many Difficulties.


1t is interesting to know, but al
most hard to believe, what a large
place at mas taken. and is taking,
IN wal torn England. AS soon as it
became certain that war was un-
avoidable, the chief treasures-in
fact, all the great masterpieces in
the National Gallery of Art and in
the other museums in London-were
removed to places of supposed safety.
But this did not mean cessation of
activity. Exhibitions of contem-
porary work were planned and car
ried through with great success.
The Royal Academy held its an
nual exhibition as usual opening the
last of May. The Royal Society of
Arts, though moving its headquar-
tiers to rural district for a few
months, did not miss a single regular
fortnightly meeting, and without
break it has issued the proceedings
OF these meetings every two weeks
in printed pamphlet form, not one
single copy of which has failed to
reach its fellows in America. De-
spite the fact that its entire staff
was called into service, that paper
was scarce and difficulties almost
insuperable, the Connoisseur Maya
zine has continued its monthly pub
ication without interruption.
Sir Kenneth Clarke, director of
the National Gallery of Art, al
though he has been put in charge of
cinema entertainment for soldiers
and civilians throughout Britain, has
found time to organize an important
exhibition of British Painting Since
Evening star., 1940-09-15

ings by British artists. those OF this
supposedly impractical and purely
esthetic profession have kept their
heads cool and their vision clear
certainly a high tribute. The min
istry keeps. 1t is said, a watch on all
artists working with the forces In
every field, and uses their talents to
the utmost
1t Is interesting also. to know that,
while facing the greatest possible
calamity, even that of extermira-
ton, the National Art Collections
Fund has continued to function and
has not hesitated. when opportunity
odefeA during the past six months.
70 eoolk6 valuable works offered for
- TO add to the nations art
treasures.
Commenting on this years Royal
Academy exhibition, British writer
has said that represented therein
were = greater number OF young
painters than heretofore-painters
whose work was marked by individ-
uality and liberty in the matter Of
expression. In this exhibition were
many things to remind of war, but
no signs of gloom, bitterness or
satire" Surely a nation which val
ues art so highly and uses it 50 we'll
gives evidence of enduring strength
as we'll as wisdom.
D. c. Art Is Sold
Works OF Local Artists Arc
Purchased BY Business Or.
ganizdtion.
Mention may well be made at this
time of purchases made by the In
ternational Business Machines Corp.
OF paintings by Marjorie Phillips
and Nan Watson, of this city, for
their Worlds Fair exhibit, later to
be shown in South American coun-
tries; and also of a painting by
Everett Warner. formerly of Wash.
lngton and now associate professor,
department of painting and design,
Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Mrs. Philips painting is a still
life, "Pansies in an Alabaster Vase"
very characteristic; Mrs. Watsons
a portrait study of a young woman,
entitled Modern Puritan" exceed
lngly well rendered: whereas Mr.,
Warmers is an industrial scene en-
titled Snow Flurries," and repre-
sents the Jones & Laughlin blast
furnace on the Monongahela River.
just outside Of Pittsburgh, in stormy
weather.
Evening star., 1940-09-15
The Art W0d-News of Events of Interest Washington Vicinity
National Gallery of Art,
Mellon Gift, Approaches
Time of Use by Public
Washington Institution Has
Strong Rank Among Those
Of Nations of World
By Leila MechIin.

building OF our National Gallery Of Art the late
w. Mellon nearing completion
director David Finley and his sta be
temporary offices jackson place those in permanent building
will
opening forward to with
Evening star., 1940-09-15

the Halligarten Prize, National
Academy Of Design, in 1925: the
Clarke Prize, 1898; the Isidor Medal,
1886; second Altman Prize. 1898. He
is represented in quite number of
the leading collections in the coun-
try, among them that of Cranbrook
Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
His wife Is Helen Sawyer, also q
painter Of distinction. daughter of
Wells Sawyer, many years resident
Of this city, member of the Society
of Washington Artists and the
Washington Water Color Club. Mr..
and Mrs Farnsworth make their
home at North Truro, Mass.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-01
PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that an an- nual meeting of the Unemployment Compensation Commission of Alaska will be held on the eleventh Q1th day of November, 1940, at the offices of the Unemployment Compensation Commission, Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska. At that time, the Unemployment Compensation Com mission will hear benefit claims ap- peals, any objections to any general or special rules or regulations per taining to the payment of unemploy- menb compensation benefits. Any rules or regulations may be adopted, amended, or rescinded by the Com mission at this meeting and such other routine or special matters as may be brought to their attention at that time
 U N E, M PLOYMENT COMPENSA- TION COMMISSION OF ALASKA By R. E. EIARDCASTLE, Chairman First publication, Oct. II, 1940.
 Last publication, Nov. 1, 1940
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-01
FOOTBALL, TOO

If the Redskins, the capitals own national pro football teams, really win the league champion ship. Gust in case you think pro football is a minor item around here, the Redskins average more than 30,000 spectators each game and that's about one person in every p of Washington's popula tionD
 If there ever before was a cap ital party like that given for Sis ter Pascaline de St. Simon to cele- brate her 18th birthday and the fiftieth anniversary of the day she started begging aims. She has stood outside the government build ings in all kinds of weather since before the Spanish American War, The party was fine affair. There were flowers and food and sing ing and many guests. But Sister PaScaline was not there. The vows of the Little Sisters of the Poor forbade such pomp and frivolity. Throughout the party, she stayed -and helped--in the kitchen.