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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-04-04
By Anne Hull

By Anne Hull
Although the Greenbelt Library has been in OPERA
ton less than year, 1T has Its borrowers and
has had attendance Of than 5000 since its
doors opened last June.
grant Of S., 900 from the Security Admin s.
tration, together with 81, 500 from the 1899 TOM
budget, paid for library supplies, necessary shelv
ing, and the initial order of 1900 books. The cat
aloguing of the first order of books done In
Baltimore by WFA workers under the supervision of
the Maryland Library Comm ssion.
Present running expenses, upkeep, and books
are provided for in the town budget. All fines COL
lected into the general fund Of the town, because
the Library is municipality owned and operated. ALI
requisitions are subject to the approval of the
Greenbelt Department Of Adult Educate of the
Town Council. Since the original order LO8 books
have been bought by town money. There was snother
contribution from Prince Georges County of l54 ele-
others for reading.
Reba Harris, Librarian, is a graduate of Dcldn-
son College. She received her library training at
the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Miriam Morley
her assistant, trained at the Dayton, Ohio, Pub
lie Library, and has had six years of library eper-
ince. Both of our Librarians kept very busy,
as each class in the school $50 pupils spends one
period week In the library there an average
evening attendance of between go and 100 adults.
There are books to catalogue, special di splays to
arrange, and an index Of clippings and pamphlets to
keep up to date, in addition to Greenbelt scrap
book, into which goes all material town which
is printed in newspapers and magazines.
Another special feature which is constantly added
to is the picture file, covering titude of sub
jects. The four file drawers take you from actors
to chickens, from China to hungary, from icebergs to
portraits, and from poultry to Wyoming. Children
are lured to displays of story books by amusing lit
tie Hg'r1nes. An Indian boy, drawing arrow,
poses In front of "one Little Indian Boy". dim
uni tive kangaroos stand together near Juvenile
thriller entitled "The Kangaroo Twinsn. But the
display attracting the most general attention, Mrs.
Harris says is that of the Camera Club, which posts
monthly, in the library, the best pictures taken by
its members.
The library subscribes to 76 magazines, ranging
In type from "Wee Wisdom" to "Forum", in order to
accommodate the varying age groups of the clientele.
Needless to say, there is excellent of
both adult and juvenile books, besides ref
erence works. Mrs. Harris has noted that Greenbelt
women lean towards fiction, while the men prefer BIZ
ography, travel and history. Biography is the
generally popular class with both From June
10 to December 1899, there total of q 537
books borrowed, of which 1893 nonfiction; 73
OF these were biographical works. The amount of
fines taken in over this period 495.o8.
The Library windows give a fine sweep of view
over the recreation bowl and the trees beyond. It
is one of the most pleasant outlooks Greenbelt.
Come up and see it for yourself Sometime; and,
ter yet, get some library books to read.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-04-04

journalistic Club meets April 10. Every reader
is MEMBER.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05
Gunner Tried To
Kill King Carol

Observation-Disclosures attempted
in vain to assissinate King Carol
Tuesday night in an alleged iron
guardist plot to seize power and
place Prince Mihai on the throne.
While the Would-be assissins
broke through the palace guard
and fired seven shots at lighted
window in Carols palace, other
groups of iron guardists attacked
the Bucharest radio station and
the American-owned telephone
company's central office.
Similar coups were attempted
at Brasov and Const3nza but
were quickly crushed.
One iron guardist and one pa
lace guard were reported shot
in the assassins' attempt to storm
the palace here, but neither was
wounded fatally.
Many shots were fired in the
palace grounds before the attack
ers were overcome and hustled
away by soldiers in the car in
which they had arrived at the pa
lace.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05
Schedule For
Issuing School
Books Is Given

Supt. J. B. Hash yesterday an
nounced the schedule for issuing
elementary and high school text
books from the bookroom in JEFF
ferson.
Gail principals are requested to
be at the bookroom at the re-
quested time" Mr.. Hash stated.
Monday, September 9, 900 A.
M. to 800 P. M.-Jefferson, W.
Jefferson, Healing Springs, Riv-
erview, Fleetwood, Helton, Ora
ham, Lansing, Elkland and Vir-
ginia-Carolina; on Friday, Sept
ember IS, 100 P. M. to 200 P,
M. - Jefferson district schools -
Orion, Big Ridge, Wagner,
Glendale Springs and Buffalo;
Friday, September 18th, 200
P. M. to 800 P. M.-West
jefferson district schools - Bald
win, Duncan, Boggs, Obids and
Othello; Friday, September 49,
800 P. M. to 400 P. M.-Fleet-
wood district schools - w st
Pine Swamp, Oval and Id1ewild;
Saturday, September IA, $50 to
$50 A. M.-Nathan's Creek dis
trict schools - Burnt Hill, Laurel
Fork, Low Gap, Peak Creek and
Friendship; Saturday, September
IA, $50 A. M. to 1000 A. M
Helton district schools - Chapel
and Little Helton; Saturday,
September IA, 1000 to 1900 Noon
Lansing district schools at Flat
woods, Warrensville, Osborne,
Hurricane, Thaxton, White Oak,
Meadow View, Stages Creek,
Fairview, Sugar Grove and New
Hope; Saturday, September IA
100 P. M. to $3.50 P. M.-River-
view District schools - Rich Hill
Rash, Parker, Green Valley, Trout
Roaring Fork, Peak Valley, Rock
Creek, Hemlock, Mill Creek, Ash
land, Rye Cove and Sutherland
Saturday, September IA, $3.50 P
Nj. to 400 P. M.-Elkland dis
trict schools - Mill Creek and
Toliver; Saturday, September IA
400 P. M. to 4:30 P. M.-Healing
Springs district schools - Silas
Creek and Landmark; and Satur-
day, September IA, 4:3O to soc
P. Mali Colored schools
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05
Considerable Damage Done
By County's Second Flood
More Bridges, Roads, Crops
Destroyed. More High
way Forces Needed.

Within less than three weeks
time, Ashe county and the noun
t3in region of North Carolina and
Virginia experienced second
flood which took a toll of seven
lives in this state, damaged high
ways, bridges, railroads, crops
and towns.
Except in a few sections, the
second flood was not nearly SO
destructive in Ashe county as was
the one of mid-August. In the
Jeffersons, Beaver Creek, Buffa-
10. and Nathan's Creek sections
however, as we'll as in Asheville.
Canton, Sylvia and Bryson City, it
was much worse.
Rain started falling here last
Thursday night and by 10 o'clock
Friday morning a total of AZ
inches had fallen. Streets were
inundated and several stores were
flooded.
All of the creeks and smaller
streams in the>county overlooked
but the banks of the river held
the second deluge. A number OF
additional bridges across creeks
were washed away and more da-
mage was done to highways.
Two bridges between Todd and
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05
England Promises Not to Sur.
render Fleet. England
Halls Big News.

Washington.- Climaxing weeks
of secret negotiations, President
Roosevelt Tuesday invoked exc
cutive authority to trade 30 over
age destroyers to Great Britain
in return for naval and air base
sites on British possessions in the
western Atlantic Ocean.
Concurrently, the State Depart
ment announced the British gov
eminent had pledged that it will
never surrender or scuttle its
fleet if the axis powers conquer
the British Isles.
Congress was not apprlsed OF
the trade until it had been COM
pleted.
MIR. Roosevelt revealed the de-
tails in a special explanatory mes
sage accompanied by 5,OOO-word
opinion BY Attorney General Ro-
bert H. Jackson upholding legal
ity of the transaction and stating
that, since NO formal treaty was
involved, Senate ratification is
not necessary.
The deal was announced on the
first anniversary of the Allied
declaration of war against Ger
many. Mr.. Roosevelt concluded it
on his own responsibility under
his executive powers and called
it the most important defense ac-
ton taken by this country since
the Louisiana purchase in 1903.
Command of Area
The naval and air bases ac-
quired, he pointed out, will give
the United States command of a
vast portion of island approaches
to North and Central America,
the Panama Canal and the north
ern part of South America.
Military and naval experts said
the bases will enable the United
States to forge ''chain of steel''
down the Atlantic coast from the
0ut-jutting point of Newfound-
land to the north coast of South
America.
In exchange for the destroyers,
the United States gets 99-year
leases on strategic bases in Bri-
fish Western Hemisphere posses
sions- the Bahamas, where the
Duke of Windor is now governor;
Jamaica, st. Lucia, Trinidad and
Antigua Gin the Atlantic) and at
British Guiana Gin South Ameri-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05
So American Destroyers Are
Traded To Britain For Air
And Naval Bases; Get Pledge
WAR GETTING MUCH
WORSE EVERY DAY
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
And the Italian filters sought to
aid Germany during the past two
days by prohibiting English COM
merce in the Mediterranean sea.
Success of the Italians is doubt
full. They reported damaging a
destroyer, an aircraft carrier, a
battleship and a cruiser. The Bri-
fish said several Italian planes
were downed.
The English, finally taking the
offensive for the first time since
the war began over year ago,
the British ministry said yester-
day that the Royal Air Force,
now called the might hawk pa
troll" have been very successful
on detectives all the way from
German conquered Norway to
Italy. Receiving the hardest hits
have been the power plant at
Genoa, dynamite works near Co.
logne and gun emplacements on
the French coasts.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05
MAKING FINAL PLANS
TO OPEN SCHOOLS

CONTINUED from Page One)
on next Thursday. Before that
time the various principals will
hold district meetings at which
time organization plans will be
discussed along with selection of
materials needed.
On Next Wednesday,, Septem-
Der II, the buses will be released
and all drivers are requested to
meet with Patrolman Thomas in
the afternoon in Jefferson to re-
ceive instructions.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05

Brentwood were swept away and
so was one near the Bromine-
Arsenic springs hotel. One of the
newly constructed railroad bridg-
es was destroyed.
Watauga county reported the
loss of several more bridges and
the Yadkin river at North Wilkes
boro rose to threatening heights.
AS result of these second
wash-outs, additional highway
and bridge crews are badly need
ed in Ashe, local citizens pointed
out this week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05
Jury List Was
Drawn Monday

A list of jurors for the October
term of Ashe superior court was
drawn at the regular meeting of
the. county commissioners Mon
day.
Sheriff Roland and Mrs. Miller
were sworn into office and final
sinstructions were given to them.
j A large number of routine bust
ness matters came before the
board. Contrary to expectations,
not sir,~le road petition was
presented.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05
TO HOLD REVIVAL
AT FAIRVIEW 18TH

Starting on Monday night, Sept.
16, a revival service will be held
at the Fairview Methodist church,
Rev. James Startling, pastor, has
announced.
Mrs. C.. l.. Stiedley, of High
Point, outstanding evangelist, will
do the preaching and every one is
invited to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE

Patrolman Thomas yesterday
announced that in the future he
will assist motorists in securing
drivers license only on Satur-
day mornings. His office is at the
Duncan Motor Company.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05
ELDER BURCHUM TO PREACH

Elder j. A. Burchum, of Ten
nessee will preach at the follow
ing Primitive Baptist churches
North Fork, Monday, Sept. g.
Helton, Tuesday, Sept. 10; Roans
Creek, Sept. II; and Senter, Sept
~.
All services will be at 11:0C
o'clock in the morning.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05
CARD OF THANKS

We desire heartily to thank our
neighbors and friends for their
aid and sympathy in the illness
and death of father and husband.
Alley F. ELLER
WADE E. ELLER
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-09-05

cay.
Additionally, Mr. Roosevelt dis
closed that Britain has 'gener-
.ously given" the United States
free 99-year leases on sites for
bases in Newfoundland and Ber-
muda.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26

The application proposed a line
from San Diego to Washington with
stops in Imperial, Phoenix, Wins
low, Ariz., Amarillo, Joplin, Saint
Louis. Cincinnati and Washington,
according to Clyde Fullerton, SOUTH
Crn California manager for TWA.
The additional line would give
direct airline service from this area
to any section in the United States.
American AirWays will also sub
nit a bid for a similar route at a
civil aerOnauticS authority hearing
in Washington, May 27, according
to Fullerton, who predicted service
would be established within a year.
Exact date the service will be
inaugurated is difficult to antici-
pate, Fullerton said, because there
is no way to determine when the
CAA will act on evidence submit
ted by the two lines at the hear
ing. Ordinarily a decision is hand
cd down within 80 days.
Should TWA be awarded the con-
tract, which will complete its trans
continental service, Fullerton said,
the valley can be definitely aSSur-
ed of service which will include one
trip daily from each terminal, pos
Slbly more. The valley airport will
be a regular stop, not So-called
flag stop, Fullerton declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26
Annenberg Next
On Racing List

CHICAGO, March 26. tUP)-U. S.
Dist Atty William j. Campbell,
directing a nationwide federal drive
against alleged "bootiegSing" of race
results to handbooks. announced to-
day that the campaign turns next
to Cleveland as headquarters" to a
successor to M. l.. Annenberg'S ma
tionWidc news service.
Campbell said federal investiga-
tors had uncovered evidence that
"bookies" are receiving race infor-
nation from the Continental Press
which works out of Cleveland anG
operates over headquarters in In
dianapolis, Louisville, st. Louis
Kansas City and Los Angeles"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26

ant of NaVajOa, Sonora, were taken
from the old time Waco plane which
was literally flattened into a pan
cake when it plummeted to the
earth $50 feet short of the run
way on the unlighted field.
Pilot Comacho must have cut
the switch on the plane as there
was no fire in the crumpled wreck
age.
The ship was returning to MeXi-
cali at pm. Monday after a prl-
vate trip to Sonora. The ship be-
longed to the Northern Airlines. it
was understood, and had been hired
for the trip to Sonora.
Witnesses said they saw the plane
circling around the landing field
and paid no attention to it. Then
they heard terrific crash.
The pilot and Conant lived a
few moments after witnesses reach
ed the Wreckagc but died without
regaining consciousness.
Various theories for the crash
were advanced Some McXicali res
idents said the pilot was flying
by moonlight and that a clouG
flOated across the moon while he
attempted to land. Witnesses said
the plane apparently started to
land then suddenly tried to soar up
ward again. 1t had lost SO much
speed, they said, that it was i'm
possible to avoid crashing.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26
Love Theft Suit Accuses Bob Burns
Of Intimidation, False Arrest

HOLLYWOOD, March 26. CUP&-
Bob Burns, 2angling Arkansas mo-
vie and radio comedian, was ac-
cused OF love theft today in a $7O,-
900 damage suit charging intimida-
ton and false impri 5onment.
The suit was filed by Daniel w.
Hogc, middlc-aged, former Texas oil
man, who Sald Burns and others
kidnapped" him and forced him to
agree not to press a suit for alien
alton of affections.
Hoge. hcaVy-set civil engineer,
claimed that Burns and reSpreSen-
tativeS of Paramount Studio enter
ed his homo Dec. 30, 1888, carried
nim to a downtown office and forced
him to sign two documents. One. his
suit alleged freed Burns from love
theft CHARGES, and the other abSOived
the studio.
While he was hCid captive, Hoge
said. Burns and his alleged confed-
crates ranSackcd his Wilmington
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26
MORE RECORDS MISSING IN CITY Theft
Battle Of Baths Joan Of AIhambra
Dons Street Garb for Gymnastics

LOS ANGELES, March rs. OUP)-
Husky Joan Avaline Lawrence, 16,
the Joan of Alhambra" in the
battle of the BATH returned to her
gymnasium class at Mark Keppel
high school in suburban Alhambra
today in street clothes and refused
to change into a regulation gym
suit and take shower afterward
because the lack of privacy made
her face red.
Joan, a determined youngster who
is large for her age, has been bat
tling in the Los Angeles courts
since March l, for private showers
and dressing rooms for the girls
at the newly-constructed high
school.
Yesterday Judge Roy Rhodes con-
tinued her hearing for an injupc-
tion against the school authorities
until Jul, l, TO allow bitter feelings
To subSide.
Joan believes the mass bathing in
showers of group of young girls
is immoral. When the gymnasium
of the new high school opened she
tried the showers just once and was
so embarrassed she refused to un-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26

Two days ago Lieut. Gov Ellis E
Patterson officially withdrew from
the delegation to head one of his
own, nominally pledged to himself
uninstructed but also working for
Mr.. Roosevelts return for a third
term.
Meanwhile third group of con-
servative Democrats pledged to the
candidacy of Vice President John
Nance Garner was certified for a
place on the May presidential
primary election, and fourth
group, headed by Willis Allen, di-
rector Of the Ham and Eggs" PEN
sion plan, campaigned for nominat-
ing petition signatures.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26
Illness Fatal TO
Pioneer Resident

Charles Henry Holiday, 65, prom
inent Mason and resident of Ell
Centre for 16 years, died at the Ell
Centre hospital Tuesday morning
after a weeks illness.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. Thursday in Ell Centre, the
exact place to be announced later
Cremation will take place in San
Diego.
He is survived by a daughter
Miss Lillian Holiday of Ell Centre;
and two sisters, Mrs. Jack Feger
Fresno. and Mrs, Joseph Dennison,
Amsterdam, N. Y.
Holiday was a 32nd degree Scot
tlSh Rite Mason.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26
Worst Blizzard in
81 Years Ties Up
Upper New York
Thousands MarOOned by
Storm, Food Shortage
Threatens Residents

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Mar.
27. (UP)-Upper New York
state and lower eastern Can
ada was storm bound today
bv the worst blizzard in SO
years At least seven persons were
dead thousands were marooned and
populous districts were threatened
with a milk and food shortage as
snow, whipped about by so mile
an hour wind, piled up in towns
and countryside from depth OF
five inches to huge drifts 80 feet
high.
Wyoming county was isolated and
snow ploWs were having difficulty
clearing roads leading into it.
Sheriff Louis N. Spring of Wyom-
ing county said the storm was the
worst he could remember; worse
than the blizzard of 1888 which
has been regarded as the casts
worst snow storm.
Many SnOWbOund rural residents
of Wyoming and Genesee counties
we're reported running short OF
food supplies Some families have
been marooned for a week. In the
Laurentian mountains of Canada
thousands of winter sports enthuS-
lasts who went to resorts for the
weekend still we're unable to leave
for their homes.
All transportation was halted or
severely crippled. There were no
buses operating and trains we're
hours behind schedule. Airplanes
were unable to land at many points
because of crifted runways at air
ports.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26
Trial Date Set
In BatteryCase

Wednesday was set as trial date
for Arnethe Padayhag on a battery
charge in Ell Centre police court
Tuesday following an early morning
row between the El Centro Negro
and her Filipino husband, Saber
Padayhag.
Padayhag, according to the po-
lice report, defended himself with
a chair as his wife brandiShcd a
butcher knife ThWartcd in her at
tempt to reach Padayhag, ArnCthe
threw the knife, hitting the Filipino
on the foot and inflicting a deep
cut.
The NegresS pleaded not guilty
to the battery charge. Her bail was
set at S100.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26
Convicted Murderel
Seeks New Trial

LOS ANGELES, March 2G. cUPD
Caroline Henslee, 40, housekcepcr,
convicted of the "ant paste mur-
der of Mrs. Belle Palmer, 10, her
former employer, today filed a mo-
ton for new trial when she ap-
peared before Judge Thomas Am
brose for sentencing.
Argument on the motion will be
heard April 2.
Charles Palmer 78, husband of
the dead woman, was tried jointly
with Mrs. Henslee on charges he
and Mrs. HenSlee administered ant
paste. 10 the aged invalid in her
food Palmer, however, was &C
quilted.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26
McAdoo Bolts HARMONY
Slate Aimed at 3rd Term

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26
tUP)-Former United States Sen
ator William Gibbs McAdoo, Demo-
cratic national committeeman. put
the finishing touches to a "har-
mony" slate of delegates pledged
to reelection of President Roose-
welt. by Withdrawing his name from
the slate today
McAdoO said he was "Out of pol
iticS and unwilling to reenter. =
However, he pledged his support to
the presidents denomination. A foe
of Gov. Culbert l.. Olson, who NOM
inally heads the slate, he joined
the delegation on urging of Secre-
tary of Interior Harold L. Ickes
several weeks ago to harmonic"
the warning state Democratic ranks,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26
MORE ON PAGE 2
For complete reports of
cridence revealed in the
grand jury transcript turn
to Page TUO.

billing and ali cash. Every city
councilman who has been on the
board since Johnstone was appoint
ed clerk. however, testified the wa
ter department was under his juris-
diction. Prior to JohnStone'S ap-
pointment. they SAID, responsibility
rested with City Engineer Phil
Knights.
Advice Ignored
Another auditor. w. G.. FoSS, said
that conditions in the water de-
partment were so serious that on
one occasion his firm refused to
audit that department, the tran
script showed FoSs did not say
when this was. He declared he had
recommended that the council put
some kind of control over the water
department, but that the trustees
had failed to follow his advice.
r. M. Robinson, auditor with the
firm of Diehl and Edwards, also
testified that he had informed the
city council that. due to condition
of records in the water department,
it was impossible to audit that de-
partment thoroughly, Each year for
a period of five years he made the
same report, he testified.
Robinson added in another bit
of testimony that there is no
tbookkeeping) system in the world
to prevent a crook from taking
money
Records Altered
Not only were some records miss
ing, but others were altered, the
grand jury's own auditor, George
Robertson, testified. He credited
many eraSures and alterations to
Mrs. Richards. He said
why should She go out of her
- Continued on Page 8; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-26

buried Mazenauer's body behind his
barn four days after he shot him.
The accused man claimed he saw
two men in the barnyard late one
night and fired to frighten them
Two of seven bullets he fired from
80 caliber revolver killed Mazen-
auer,
State Highway Patrolman Eddie
Hansen, an expert shot, testified it
was possible, but not probable,
running man could be hit at so
yards IN the dark with revolver,
but to hit running man twice in