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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Cancer Leads
June Deaths

Raleigh. July 3U.-Canccr took
more lives in North Carolina dur
ing June than did any other disease
listed in the monthly report recently
made public by the State Health De-
partmcnt'S bureau Of vital statistics
IT caused 206 deaths, which was al
increase Of nine over the toll fol
June Of last year, although the totaI
number of deaths from all causes
dropped from 2,799 in June Of last
year to 2,664 last month.
This is an ugly picture" observ-
cd Mrs. d. S. Coltranc, OF Raleigh,
commander of the North Carolina di'
vision Of the Womcn's Field Army
Against Cancer. 1T Means" she
pointed out, that nearly eight per
cent Of all deaths in the State las;
month were caused by this one dis
ease. 1t means that cancer deaths
arc increasing in spite Of an import
ant drop in the total death rate fol
our State.
when VIC stop TO think that tn
medical profession tells us that from
1nc-lhird to onc-halG Of all canoe
deaths could be prevented if indivld
uals would acQuant Themselves wit
certain simple danger signals WhiC
may mean cancer and seek mcdiCa
help whenever one Of the signal
appear. the full significance Of tn
figures in the health department
rcpor, can be appreciated. Teach
ing people the signals and the i'm
purtancc Of carly diagnosis ant
treatment is an important part o
the work Of the WOmcn'S Field Army
THE danger signals, usually pain
less. are any persistent lump or
thickcning. particularly in the breast:
any irregular bleeding or discharge
from any body opening; a score
rom any body opening; a sore
about the tongue. mouth. or lips
persistent and unexplained indigcS
ton: sudden change in the form o
ratc Of growth Of mole or Wart."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30

test vote on the adjournment ques-
ton.
uaiority Leader Barklcy, Dem
ocrat, Kentucky, who unsucccssIully
urged adjournment before the poll
teal conventions, said that mo one
can predict when Congress will
adjourn " on account of pending
Senator Harrison, Demo-
crat. Mississippi, thought it might be
possible to clear up defense tax lcgiS-
latiOn for an adjournment sometime
in September"
Senator McNary, Republican, Orc,
leader and vice presidential nominee,
was unchanged in his demand that
Congress stay on the job even during
the fall election campaign.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Visit Mrs, kittrcll

Joe Mills, Of Charlotte. arrived
yesterday to visit his sister, Mrs. I.
S. kittrcll. at her home on Cooper
avenue. Mrs. Kittrcll's mother, Mr..
Liza Mills. and her sister, Miss Liza
Mills, also of Charlotte. arc expect
ed Wednesday or Thursday, for Il
visit here.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30

Alvah Chapman and Quad Jones,
of Columbus, Ga, and Ritchic Bcl$h-
err. of Columbia. S. c., companions
of Tommie Jenkins on 4 six weeks
motor trip they took to the west
coast, upon their return last week
visited him for several days. They
were Joined here by Walter Webb, OF
Wilmington. All Of the guests left
for their homes the latter part OF
the week.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
son SHOOTS FATHER
IN OXFORD SQUABBLE

Oxford, July 80. - Nathaniel
'Skimp" Lassiter, 35-yCar-old Negro,
is in the city Jail and his father,
George LaSSitcr, about SIS. is at his
lOmc on Granville street suffering
with gunshot wounds inflicted by the
;on yesterday morning about III
o'clock. A hearing will be held when
the wounded man can attend.
Officers said that Nathaniel Las
sitter. ever since he was ii child, had
lived with his aunt, who died Fri
day and was buried Sunday. Nath-
aniel's father was the Womans only
brother living.
The elder LaSsitcr took a truck to
the WOmanS house on Alexander
street to move the furniture and
other things To- his place. The young
or man, said the officers, told his
father that they should have an I'M
Outstanding about what was left by
lis aunt The father did not pay any
rttcntion TO his son, but went on
oading the furniture. Then the son
loaded his shotgun and fired at his
father. most of the shot taking ci-
feet in the truck body. Some hit the
fathers arms and left side, and one
or two hit his head.
Officers were called, and they said
the son had loaded his gun again
when they arrived. He was taken to
the city Jail to await hearing. The
condition of the father was not con-
sidered serious.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
MARRIAGES
PARTIES
SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES

see no reason to think concentration
camps. :. . would mean d change for
the better for the peoples concern
ed"
1--WE are fighting) "a creed which
holds that common men have no.
rights at all. 1t is d system that treats
them not as men but aS cattle"
Il have been soldier. =. | am not
shocked overmuch by brutality COM
mitted in the strain OF battle (buU
the massacre OF refugees . and the
conduct Of Germans in Holland who
handed their hosts over to the Ges-
tapo =. are not the crimes of nerve
Wracked youths, half frantic with
fear. . . they are done under orders
of. men in comfortable offices
fifty miles behind the lines"
Il have been visited in my home
by German scholar. st. now valu-
ed friend .. just released from a
concentration camp, who trembled
when | spoke to him and SHE'D when
l lifted my hand to light my pipe.
That is another part Of the same sys-
tenn"
Though we dislike fighting, VIC
dislike II less than the alternative.
We prefer dying on our feet to living
on our knees
:: :: s. =
A certain redheadCd young man
was walking down the ScaWall night
before last when he heard horrible
groans. II was dark, but someone was
in trouble, so he searched the wharf
and finally discovered Il dark shape
beneath one Of the piers.
Jumping down to the small spot of
sand left uncovered by the tide, he
found a middle aged man in an eE-
trcmely liquid condition. The young
man helped him up, ana managed
to get him back upon the @cdWall,
both of them we'll covered in salt
water, seaWeed, mud, and such things
as are found beneath wharf.
The older man was extremely
grateful.
"Yoh saved m life -. yes, yuh did,
yuh saved m life" he repeated over
and over again. "Yuh sSaved m lllc,
cause the tide was coming in and |
couldn't get up. Yuh saved m life
when | was about t drown. My
friend. how can l ever repay you
for such a valuable service? Yuh say
ed mlife. an I'm going TO reward
yuh. . Yessir, m friend, here's five
dollarS!
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Traffic Toll
Is Higher
Continued From Page Onc)

han in the like period of 1899.
The June death toll of 1920 was
Is percent greater than that Of June,
1888, and the largest for any month
;incc March, 1887.
The council found that traffic
deaths began to increase sharply al
most simultaneously with the out
break of war and that the rise reach
cd peak in June when France sur
rendered.
motor vehicle mileage was about
I percent greater this year than in
he 1889 period, making the "miIc-
lge death rate for both periods viz
tually the same.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30

Raleigh. July 30.-(AP)-Firc
broke out in a laboratory in the
Statc-owncd agricultural building
here lHsr night. but was cXtinguish-
cd quickly by Raleigh fircmcn. Thu
blaze was discovered at about !
>.lrck ny omDInycS Of the State De-
~rtn'"nt nr Labor, which has head
quarters in the building. No esti-
nate Of the damage was available
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Defense Training

Raleigh. July 3n.-(AP(-Thirty-
light additional youths registered at
\. c. State College today for train
'ng in occupations essential to ma
'ional defense. Registrations. now
I'll 1"G and the colleges quota Of
1l9 will be filled by tomorrow, Di-
~octor Edward w. RugglcS Of the eX-
tension division said
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
From Fort Mill

Miss Elizabeth Fox has returned
from Fort Mill, S. c.. where she Wis
tied MI. and Mrs. Henry Fox. Mrs.
Fox and small son, Bill Henry, ac-
cUmp"nied her to Henderson, and
will 10 her guests here for several
days.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Returns from Raleigh.

Miss Peggy RigSbce has returned
to her home on Weldon street. after
visiting her cousin, Miss Betty Lou
Smith. in Raleigh. and attending day
camp there. She also spent some time
at White Lake.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Return from WalldCnC.

Mrs. Laurence ID. Wall and sons,
Bob. Dick. and Laurence, ana their
guest. Edward w. Pou Moran, re-
turned to Henderson over the week.
enG from "Walldcnc', at BoydS,
Maryland. where they spent about
ten days.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Visit Mrs. Harris

Mrs. Sal White Vickers, of Miami,
Florida. and Misses Ann and Frances
Siegling. of Charleston, S. c., are the
guests of Mrs. George A. Harris, at
her home on Young Avenue.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
With Tine Sick
HOSPITAL

Mrs. Eugene Adcock. Jr., and in
FAINT son. Eugene Wesley, III, left
Maria P8rham hospital Sunday, and
went to their home on South Gar
nett street.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
From HarkcrS Island

Eric G.. Flanagan and Henry 7.
Morris have returned from Harker'S
Island. near Beaufort. where they
spent several days at the Flanagan
summer cottage.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30

....r Smell and Miss
~r.. .r,Hucd over the
Roper. where they
.... w..a relatives.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30

Mrs. Frank Bailey, who recently
underwent IN operation at Maria
Parham hospital, is rccuperating at
the home Of her mother, Mrs. r.
Norwich.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30

Howard Whitaker returned Sum
day from his vacation, which he
spent in New York. Hartford, Conn.
Detroit. Mich, and Toronto. Canada.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Returns from IOIIiSburp

Miss Mildred Garrett has rcturn-
"d from LouiSburg, where she spent
several days visiting Mr. and Mrs.
". A. Raynor
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Hvsteria Center
In Congress, Says
Senator Norris

Washington, July 30.-(AP)- Sen
ator Norris, Independent, Nebraska,
said yesterday that congress has
become the hysteria center Of the
country" and urged adjournment on
the ground that further sessions
would be "dangerous' but others
held that prospective defense meas
ures made chances remote for leaV-
ing the sizzling capital.
There is not member Of Con-
gress who is in shape to pass upon
legislation," Norris said in an in
terview, referring to a heat wave
which has seen the temperature in
the upper COS for more than week.
Congress has not done a damn
thing since before the Republican
convention and its in no mood to
do things right now. All this talking
and pickering only tends to produce
hysteria." Nft&aaHSlN III 4
win Democratic majoritlcS 81
both the hOuSe and senate, Norris
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30

.....- has gone % Durham
.. Coaching school being
.... u..vrr>jty this week.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
ErfItrMA To Lakeland

s c."'cr. Jr.. has returned
.. I'm Lakeland, Florida,
-w. weeks visit here with
nd Charlie Blackburn.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
ii Norfolk and Beaches

" t. lsuIjn and Miss Marie
--. ... Sunday for Norfolk and
".-. 3.ac. Va. They expect to
g -... week.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Visiting In North

Stanley Norwich is spending some
time in Atlantic City, New York
and at the Worlds Fair.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Return from Beach

.a Mrs. \. NJ. MaSsenburg
.and FROM Il weeks stay at
.'t yud MantCo. While in
... ley attended the Lost Colony
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
AT Virginia Reach

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred B. Hight and
family spent the past weekend at
Virginia Beach, Va.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30

= Lewis has returned to
G.. after spending the
F .... his parents, Mr.. and
{. Lewis.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
I\pr"trd Tonight

f, Leslie Perry IS expected
p. Henderson tonight, after
. several weeks to her sister,
.~cr home near Lauuin-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Guests Here

'-,l,tc Booker and Crutch-
-. .y.. ID; Blackstone. Va.
... in" guests of Will Tuggle,
... a.cuuc. Tor Il few days.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30

Mrs +. Is. Gee and Miss
spending the week
., Baltimore.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Visits Miss Moran.

.... Sa>>cr. of Smithfield,
&. ue the guest of Miss
~. a, her home on Ghol-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
Things To Think About:

United States observers in the
Orient arc also convinced that when
Hitler gets ready for his drive into
South America, Japan will strike
toward the Pacific coast OF South
America simultaneously. '-WaShlng-
ton Merry-Go-Round, July 20, 1910
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
CONGRATULATIONS
f&5t<!AgE&&yg;
Birth of Son

Mr.. and Mrs. W. V. Avent' OF
Louisburg, announce the birth OF a
son, John Edward. on Sunday, J'hy
%, at Maria Parham. MIS-: AVen'
was formerly Miss Dorothy Branch
of Henderson.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30

Not 50 very long ago New England
and New York were the American
centers of the lumber industry
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-30
~ iKtS
hysteria."

WIN Democratic maJ0rltlcS 81
both the house and senate, Norris
aid that the leaders should force Il
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Urges Cutting Red Tape
To Speed Aid.
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Aesop says, you will recall. that help
comes when hope is lowest" Is that
what We are waiting for?
1t is at the same time high tribute to
the efficiency Of the Nazi propaganda
machine and tragic commentary on
our assessment of values that while
French and British troops are trying to
stem with their broken bodies the rising
tide OF barbarism which threatens to en-
gulf us all, we should still be quibbling
about credits, neutrality, international
law and the danger of involvement"
The Allies have not asked for credits
neutrality gave up the ghost in Norway
weeks ago, international law is but an
other sandpile for the ostriches and we
are involved" long since whether we like
it or not
Can we not deprive Herr Hitler of at
least one laugh at the expense of the
democracies by cutting the red tame
where it ties our hands and sending all
the help We can, now? M. K. ].
June 6,
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Resents Effrontery
OF Communists.

To the Editor of The Star:
This morning I awoke to find beneath
my door a yellow bulletin titled. Keep
Cool America 1t was signed by the
Communist party of the District OF Co.
lumbia and contained such sly. sugar
coated phrases as I'VE want to stay out
of war" They fooled us in 1917, but
they can't fool us in l940.' You. the
man in the street, are the greatest OBJ
Struction to war"
AS an American citizen I resent the
fact that any such subversive group
should attract my attention by using a
subject that is already more of my own
vital concern than theirs l resent hav-
ing members of the Communist party
trying to tell the American people how
we should meet our problems and make
our decisions. I resent their allying
themselves with real citizens by the
familiar use of the word we" And I
distrust the words, Keep Cool America, -
because it comes from an organization
that would have us remain passive while
1t injects our institutions with the
dreaded virus of Communism
1t is time that we enact legislation to
combat these leecheS that share our
freedom, enjoy our benefits. and employ
our liberties to undermine the only
Government on earth that would tolerate
their activities
WINIFRED MARSHALL.
Evening star., 1940-06-15

would justify the State Department
In demanding that he be recalled
to Germany, it would appear that
Won Spiegel, possibly inadvertently,
may have given us a glimpse of the
world of tomorrow under German
domination.
Clearly, in his opinion, it is a world
IN which the United States will dance
to Hitler's tune or suffer the conse-
quences. The remark of this diplo-
matte representative, as we'll as the
facts as shown by the record should
be kept firmly in mind by the Amer
lean people when the German Chan
celior again undertakes to address
this Nation in reassuring tones.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Lesson of Puris

Paris, the City of Light, has fallen,
and the tragic lesson of its surrender
is plain for all to read.
The failure of the defense is not
attributable to any lack of courage
on the part of the French Army. On
the bloody battlefelds of Northern
France, the young men of the
Republic during the past few days
have proved themselves worthy of
the finest traditions of a proud race.
They gave all that they had but
valor and the will to fight simply
were not enough.
In the five brief weeks that have
passed since the German Army
launched its incredible drive into
the Lowlands, the world has been
taught again--and with more gnastly
consequences than ever befOre-the
terrible lesson of unpreparedness.
France today is all but ruined and
Belgium and Holland are in subiuga-
ton because they were not ready
when the test came. And across the
narrow span of the Channel lies
England, heart of the mighty British
Empire, another nation that saw the
inevitable approaching and would
not or could not begin in time to
prepare for the worst.
These countries primarily are the
architects Of their own disaster, but
neither America nor any other de-
mocracy can escape a large share of
responsibility for the rise of the
menace to freedom which now looms
so ominously over Europe. 1t has
been apparent from the very begin
ming that the struggle across the
Atlantic was our struggle, that the
downfall of democracy in Europe
would be a defeat for democracy
everywhere, but only in the last hour
did we, as a Nation, open our minds
to that hard fact and admit the
vital necessity of doing everything
in our power to bolster the forces
blocking the onrush of totalitarian-
ism. Now, when it may be too late,
we are willing to help, but, even so,
our efforts have come so late in the
day that we will be able to give only
the most limited assistance for
months to come
Asked yesterday if the United
States would extend greater aid to
France in response to Premier Rey-
naud's appeal for help, President
Roosevelt replied that we are already
doing all that we possibly can. He
uttered those words with obvious re-
gret and he knew that what he said
was all too true.
The fall Of Paris does not ncces-
sarily signify the final defeat of the
Allies, but it does reveal the true pro-
portions Of the unpreparedness of
the free nations to defend their way
OF life against an aggressor who has
concentrated his every effort for
seven years on the preparations for
this assault. When are we in Amer
lea going to take to heart the lesson
that this should teach us?
Evening star., 1940-06-15
June 13.
Mussolini Held
Forced Into War,

To the Editor of The Star:
When the history Of Italy's entry into
this war is composed. the chronicler
probably will recite as facts these specu-
lations:
The German government announced
recently that startling statement was
imminent. None materialized. The
Italian Ambassador at Berlin visited
Hitler's headquarters. No explanation
ensued. The Italian press suddenly was
full OF protestations concerning the mill
tary service to Germany performed by
Italy in compelling France and England
to attenuate their forces. With these
were synchronized the German air raids
against French cities near the frontier
of Italy.
These raids could be interpreted as
being intended to serve the double pur-
pose OF displaying to Italy the power of
Germany's air force to devastate italian
cities, and to demonstrate the prepared
ness of that force to extricate a hypo-
thetically defeated Italian Army.
Mussolini received an ultimatum from
Hitler, requiring him to proclaim war
against France and England Immediate
ly, the alternative being Germany's de-
nunciation of the German Italian treaty
with consequent isolation of Italy.
Ii these assumptions be just, Musso-
lini, with his nation, did not desire to
take up arms for Germany against
France and England, and hoped to the
last instant that the United States
might intervene in the war, so that Italy,
receiving reasonable concessions from
those powers, might again unite herself
with France, England and America
against that nation whose unbounded
.pretentions, lawless will and military
power can be tolerable to italy only if
Italy is its obedient and servile quasi
vassal
Mussolini was intimidated. The pow
er Of France was too nearly spent, In his
opinion, and England was too remote
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Prison-Mude Goods

Senate action to block the current
House approved bill intended to pro-
hlbit the sale of priSon-made goods
in the District of Columbia would be
in the public interest unless the
measure is radically amended.
While there are many reasonable
arguments in favor of such prohibi-
ton, and while tlfe sale of these
goods, when carried beyond GER
tain limits, can seriously interfere
with the legitimate business of
community, more definite evidence
OF commercial injury should be
forthcoming before the limitation is
applied to industrial activity at
LOrtOn.
At present, the principal activities
of this type at the District Reforma-
tory are brick manufacture, laundry
work, automobile license tag stamp
ing and the manufacture of castings
for sewer and manhole covers. About
half of the population of the reform
atory is kept occupied in constructive
activity by such industries as these,
and as a result the institution is an
outstanding example among prisons
for its rehabilitation facilities as we'll
as for its discipline
Under provisions of the bill as
amended in the House, the industrial
activity would not be forced to sus-
pend, but would be curtailed to such
an extent that the entire rehabilita-
ton program would be destroyed, in
the opinion of responsible officials
closest to reformatory conditions.
Questions of finance in such mat
ter are of secondary Importance.
Limitation of industrial activity
would increase the problem of Sc
curely housing and guarding idle
prisoners, and also would eliminate
the $3.50 income derived last year
from sales of products. But the ma
jor fault would be in eliminating
progressive means for turning men
from criminal careers and fitting
them to resume normal place in
society.
Even under the best conditions OBJ
tanning in penal institutions, this is
a serious problem, as evidenced by