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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-12

Most OF the hay made in North
Carolina is too nearly mature when
ii is harvested. causing loss OF nu-
triCntS, say agronOmiStS of State
College.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-12
Careful Cleaning Keeps You
Looking Smart Always!

There's crispness in the autumn air that makes you want
to get out take long walks things There be out
ns and parties and you'll be invited to all these Fall actlv
tits if you're careful to keep your appearance up par
Get the Valet habit Send your clothes regularly to US to
know that you always be looking best Careful clean
ing methods employed no harsh chemicals used NO
lasting odors Your most fragile garments safe with us
and the work will please you in every detail Don't wait
any longer-try us this week!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-12

,r.- is weakness: truth IS health
The Valley settler., 1940-08-23
T3LCTOa CATCT-G FIRE

Yesterday morning, while tho opor- aCor stopped tho machine to r31rovo Q slug from the b1ndor, tho 5ro3- grass trc ctor caught on fire. Gas, oli inc locking on tho trcctor and on the ground was 1gnitod by heat from the exhe ust. Feat fror tho fire genera tod pres suro in tho gas tank an& flaros twenty feot hirh burned for moro than an hour. Ono rear ttro and one front tire w2ro ruined, but through tho services randoro# by the local ~cra~o, tho tractor vas, within tw1E5T-folr hours, again in operation.
The Valley settler., 1940-08-23
MKT EEK IS FAIR TrEZK

E7Xp EEK IS FAIR WE1K IT everyone 4n the valley wants lair, thinks it t9 : ro03 51-tn.:. for the comr'unitv, then the thin to 70 s buy season ticket. Every cent that is ta1ar in " the solo Of tickets is spcnt loaal1T. Part Of your .4oLlcra ~1ea for labor before anE 6Lr1nG Jea 0a3r, part of it for hay n6 e..z.a s22er3 Tor your stock, pert a .oH3 to the local merc1ants 7>'- 5goHlies, lights, rent etc. ms yer over 3l60O .OO will be .ElEen in premiums clone. oQ.OO or 5Aa young boys thr entor bol's 7s in the races. 50 DO will b3 given to young boys 1nG ,lrls 5aat taEo part in the bicycle race and tnacl. events. 10000 will 5e given to the different groups that 82rvs dtnnora, as meals mus5 be scrv5l to those that take pert in Furnishing you with 9nt5rta 1nrent It is true that you ~ll2 sp2nd money, but so you night win more than the actual cost, en1 in oI- dition the Palmer comlnunity is pro rQ~ressinG. This is one way io which you can show your hc1pfnl- ness to the Fair, and the exhibits are we'll worth the G.iE1l8s ion price
The Valley settler., 1940-08-23

With ready heart that faced his WORK like play, end joyed to find it G7ELTEa EVERY DAY.
 Henry Van Dyke
The Valley settler., 1940-08-23
By ordor Of

10 qualities arc so lt,-ely to me2e . poor mants fortune as those of PROBITy and IE7EG4T
 -Frankl in
The Valley settler., 1940-08-23
7-EAL EOTICZ

FINAL NOTICE achool tex ray b. pci3 frn, >diat3ly at the Post 0ffico with .OC p~nclty. Tot6,l a;7.OC. Any ono no5loctin- to tcko ccro of this will bo prosecuted to tho Full 5It2nt of tho poncltY pro- Vi0od, which is z twonty-fivo dollar Tine or thirty dcys i'm prt8 ot2m3nt.
The Valley settler., 1940-08-23
REPETITION A.. THEIRS

A741rTI0N A-7: '-.7-BZ73 On ron6oy, Aucus 26, st 10 2 .m., 3U tho I T .20ndvi'c farm, the Tx tons ion E~ont will nut on a esoron- ; 5trat1on on how to block out lamb Tor show ct tho 1air. It will b. ta open m3ot1ng and everybody in. : roatul ir learning how this is loro is invited to at5ond.
 ATTENTION Al LEADERS 2ach Al club should havo . booth et tho Fair. Inc booths will bo in tho acmo builain~ cs last year. This building will 5o opon Tor work Thursday end 7ridcy preceding tho Fair. Ry Friday nj ht your club booth should bo complot,d. V ta11os or be!5o6 ~oo@s can b3 plccod in the booth carly 3o tur- day morning if @osiro*. IT you trim your booth with pc93r ploa8o uso crcor anG white, taa A.. ncti0nel colors. 'urnicl your own papor an2 thumb tccks 2n& pins |. 7,lu l0oG2rs should diroct tho build inc or the booth hut tl3 mor.bor should lo the work. f9oblo tops cro five foot by two and half 2~ot and tho wall space behind will b. GVGilG3lo an1 Furnished.
The Valley settler., 1940-08-23

Au rus | 2G
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
Schooner Captain Says
HI Saw Sub Refueled
Near The West Indies

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 5.-LP-Charies
Mason, who commanded the schoon.
err Icaros on a perilous voyage from
Greece, said today he saw a sub
marine being refueled in the Allan
tic ocean in the vicinity Of the
West Indies. He did not approach
near enough to recognize any mark
ings.
The 87-foot vessel reaching Mi
ami a few hours after Henry
Clarke, United States manufac-
turer, completed a trip from Eng
land aboard the 97-foot ketch Marie.
Mason would not give the exact
position where he sighted the SUBJ
marine and the tanker which was
furnishing fuel, saying he would re-
serve the information for 1.-The prop.
er authorities"
He indicated, however, that 1t was
east Of Martinique, French-owned
island Of the West Indies group.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
TRIAL OF LOTTERY
CASES SCHEDULED
Thirty-On Persons Facing
Charges As Result Of Num-
bers Racket Drive

Law enforcement officers here con.
tinued their drive on the numbers
racket in New Hanover county yes
terday, as Friday the 18th was set
as the date for trial Of the 81 per-
sons arrested SO far on the charges.
District Solicitor David Sinclair
said last night that there were no
further developments in the case up
to now since the original arrests.
Previously he had stated that
there will probably be further de-
velopments involving people not yet
involved in the matter"
Thirty-one negroes have been ar.
rested by county ,ABC officers, state
highway patrolmen and State Bureau
of Investigation men. Bonds have
been set for all arrested, with the
size Of the bonds of some indicating
that officers consider them to be
fairly high up in the ranks of the
number racket organization here.
From their investigation SBI Off
GERS have established that the take"
ere is between $1,000 and $4,000 a
week or more than 800, 900 annually.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
TRUCKERS TO SEEK
FARLEY WITH F. R.
Move Decided Upon In Effort
To Get Some Relief From
The AAA Program

Truck farmers of New Hanover.
Brunswick and Pender counties met
at the Myrtle Grove clubhouse last
night and voted to seek a conference
with President Roosevelt in an effort
to get some relief from the AAA pro-
gram.
The vegetable committee was ap-
pointed as a group to contact the
congressman from this section in an
effort to secure the conference with
the President.
The truck growers will ask that
tobacco and cotton farmers have the
same restrictions placed on them IN
the growing Of truck as the truck
farmers have in regards to their
growing cotton or tobacco.
In the event the growers get no
relief through the conference with
the President, one of the growers will
grow, cure and market tobacco and
refuse to pay the quota penalty and
through this way institute a test
s1it to contest the validity of the
AAA program.
The legislative committee of the
Farmers club was r%eappointed to
take the responsibility of taking care
Of any legislation that may come up
in the 1941 general assembly which
may affect truck growing.
Peter Braak, president of the club,
appointed a committee of four. n
each from the communities of
Wrightsboro, Castle Hayne, st.
Helena and Van Eeden, to contact
some wholesale produce broker in
the section with the view to working
out an agreement with n to act
as a go.between for the farmers and
the ouartermaster corps of the new
army camp at Holly Ridge so thai
the truck growers Of the section can
furnish the necessary foodstuffs for
the army post.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
Dies Says Communists
Have Agents In South

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 5.-R
The South is fre-r of subversive
activities than any other section of
the country, but the communist
party has paid agents attempting
to stir up trouble and racial hat
red" in every SoU".lern state, Rep.
Martin Dies (D-Tex.) declared to-
day.
Here for an address,, the chair
man of the houSe committee in
vestigating unAmerican activities
told newsmen that committee in
vestigators had found little evil
dence of ism" ACTIVITY in the
South outside the negro race.
"The communists have confined
their activities in the South mostly
among negroes with paid agents
who are attempting to stir up
trouble and racial hatred" the
Texan declared.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
NEUTRAL OYSTER

BALTIMORE, Dec. 5-R-
Gov. Herbert r. O'Connor act
ed today to keep the oyster a
neutral" in war.
Oysters, and other seafood,
were among "luxury imports"
banned Monday by the Ca
madam government from the
United States and other nom
sterling countries to save need
ed foreign exchange.
The oyster, O'Connor said in
a telegram to the Canadian
finance ministry, is a "basic
food" not a luxury"
Some Maryland oyster pack
ers estimated the ban would
cut their sales so per cent.
Others put their Canadian bust
ness at 10 per cent.
O'Connor declared the ban
would have "serious effects" on
this tidewater states oyster in
dustry, and added he also had
asked Secretary of State Hull
to make a formal. plea to the
Canadian government"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
Goldberg Wins Twice
In Forensic Tourne,

ROCK HILL, S. c., Dec. 5.oR-
The first results in the Dixie foren-
sic tournament, now in progress at
Winthrop college here with some
200 students from II colleges par
ticipating, were announced tonight.
They follow:
First round, radio announcing
men, Bob Goldberg, Wake Forest
college; women, Miss Betty Swiden.
sky, Virginia Intermont.
Second round. radio announcing
men, Walter Blackstock, University
of Georgia; women, Miss Betty Swi.
densky.
Response to occasion men, Bob
Goldberg; women, Miss Shirley Kill
gore, Virginia Intermont.
Presidential after dinner response
linen, Weston Hatfield, Wake Fer.
est; women. Miss Shirley Kilgore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
CAROLINA BEACH
BUSY REBUILDING
BURNED SECTION
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which are being carried out by
the WPA.
Yesterday the streets Of the city
looked like the scene of an army
that has dug in for the winter.
Pipes were being lain, a sewerage
disposal pit was being dug and
over every foot of land workers
were busy at the job of building.
Chief of Police Bill Smith car.
ried us around the town, pointing
out this and that new structure Co.
ing. up. He said that with favor.
able weather the sewerage system
will be completed in the business
district by April and he predicted
that all the places of business will
be open by the time the first va
cationers arrive to dip into the
surf.
Work of building the new city
hall and auditorium, that will seat
300 people, was started Wednes-
day. Yesterday a pile driver atop
a derrick was driving in the piling
for the buildings foundation. The
city hall will be located at the
head of Carolina Beach's new
yacht basin, which itself appeared
active yesterday, with eight fish.
ing sloops tied up to the docks.
The town hall and auditorium. ex-
pected to be completed in June,
will represent an expenditure OF
something like $40, 900.
With such a building at hand,
the town plans to extend the palm
to as many conventions as will
come down. There will be plenty
of room. .
There were three blocks of bust
ness houses destroyed in the fire
of September and over the area
wiped out, two buildings have al
ready been completed and three
more are now under way.
The Palais Royal hotel, which
will be a two-story structure, is
about halfway completed. Peay's
Cafe, located on the boardwalk,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
ARMS DRIVE NAV
COST IS BILLIONS
Peak Outlay Of $1,000 nm
600 In 1912 Forecast
By Farm Agency

WASHINGTON, Dec,
Agriculture department ecoro
estimate that the nationa, Az
program as now projected will T..
volve an expenditure of aho,. s.
1000, 900, 900 in the next five va,rs WY
a peak outlay of 50, 0 ,Ooo nm
1912. N
In a report on the impact of
and the defense program m var
culture the economists said '
greater expenditures might boooN
necessary if there were .adai+;N
unfavorable developments in a''
world political situation"
On the other hand, thev said
might be followed by a pubic ~
mand for a return to economy T.,
military expenditures.
The $35, 600, 900, 900 estimate of ~.
possible cost OF the governnon,s
prepar 1ness plans is the first r,
come from official sources. The f"'
ure is about double appropriation,
and authorizations already made nv
congress.
Drafted for the purpose of beIrir-
officials plan future agricultural ad
programs, the report said defense sr.
penditures were expected to he abor,
$500, 900 900 in 1874, 50 0OO. 600 non
in 1912, $500, 600, 900 in 1919. e,
600, 900, 00C in 1914, and s., 900. ooO 6oo
in 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
ACL COMPLETES
ITS TESTIMONY
Railroad Seeks Right To
Discontinue Eight Pas
senger Trains ,

RALEIGH, Dec. 5.-R-The At
lantic Coast Line railroad COM
pleted presentation of testimony to-
day at the utilities commission
hearing on it's application to dis
continue eight passenger trains in
the eastern part of the state.
Tomorrow witnesses for e
protestants, towns and counties in
the affected areas, will tell their
side, and indications were t h e
hearing would run through Satur-
day or into next week.
One after another officials OF
the railroad company testified to
details of cost of operation and the
revenues received by the company
from four trains between Rocky
Mount and Kinston and four be-
tween Plymouth and Parmelee.
The railroad contends it is los
ing money operating the four
trains and that it is losing money
on its entire system and canno,
afford to continue operation Of
the branch lines at a loss.
Witnesses today were c. j. Chen
worth, assistant to t h e general
manager; Lewis F. Ormand, as.
sistant comptroller; c. j. Oldenbut'
tel, chief clerk to the general
superintendent Of motive power
Lowell White general superinten,
dent of telegraph and mail traf'
fic; E. c. Garrabrant, manager
of express traffic; and P. M. Set
tie, chief clerk to the superinten'
dent of motive power at Rocky
Mount.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
Germans Inflict Little
Damage On Midlands Belt

BIRMINGHAM, England, Dec. 5
-R-Bombing damage to Britain's
industrial west midlands as a
whole apparently has been almost
negligible.
The area is so vast and so tenn
ing with blast furnaces, factories
and plants of all sorts that even if
the Germans completely knocked
down n Of the industrial sections
Of Birmingham itself, the damage
still would be slight.
Birmingham proper has been hit
and hit hard-but except for it's
satellite neighbor, Coventry, 10
away, hone of the rest of the
industries has even been
threatened, SO far as could be seen
today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
|SUNKEN FREICHTER
MAY BE FL0ATED
Workers Are Making Steady
PROGRESS In Repairing The
Severance Here

Providing that weather conol-
tions along with other details are
favorable. it is possible that the
Severance, 1858 ton freighter
which sunk in the Cape Fear river
on November %, will be floated
the early part Of next week. c. D.
Maffitt. agent for the vessel, said
last night.
Workers with the Merritt, Chap
man and Scott Wrecking company,
of New York, are making steady
progress in repairing the ship, ne
said.
Divers have been going down
each day and working on patching
the hole in the side of the vessel,
which caused the Severance to
sink by the bow after striking a
fender piling on the Cape Fear
river bridge.
After the hole has been patched,
pumps will be placed into opera
ton to pump the water out OF
the hold of the ship and float her.
Maffitt said that waite com.
merce going up the river to Navas.
So and other points has continued
without interruption since the col
lision. Arrangements h Jaw been
made to allow such vessels to
pass the sunken Severance.
The Severance was loaded with
a cargo Of sulphur, destined for
Navassa, when the collision oc-
CURED. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
SCOUT COMMITTEE
TALKS 1871 PLANS
Executive Group OF Cape
Fear Area Council Holds
Meet At Clarkton

CHARLTON, Dec. 5.-Ihe eAeeu'
tive committee of the Cape Fear area
Council of Boy Scouts OF America
met here tonight for its quarterly
session and discussed plans Tor the
1871 program.
The budget of s6,46S.5o for 1871
was adopted, with this moun 10 ~
c,,de the employment of an ASSISTANT
scout executive who will begin "oih
on or about January l.
At the invitation of the Whining
ton district, the council board agreed
IN hold its annual meeting in VIII
mington in January.
f. n. Foley, chairman, James H.
Clark, W. r. Switzerland, ROBERT
Strange and Robert Mcintyre were
named to a nominating committee
for 1871 officers. A Silver Beaver
committee, composed of ]. c. Roe'
chairman, r. C. Mercer and DR.. w.
r. ,Raney, was also named.
Robert Strange was appointed
chairman of the committee in charge
of arrangements for the annual
meeting, with H. C. Calder and j.
C.. Roe as assistants.
The court of honor report cover
inc the first II months of the year
was presented and showed 2oo
second class awards, 159 first class,
100 star rank, 81 life rank, "a Eagle
% bronze palm, three gold PALM
one silver palm and 1850 merit
badge awards.
The organization committee re-
ported that sever new troops were
formed in the req this year, with
six others in the process of organ
ization.
J. A. Maultsby, president Of the
council, presided over the meeting.
Other members present were: Robert
Strange, A. ]. krahnke, H. c. Calder
J. S. Mann, Penn Gray, R.. c. Mer-
Ger, r, N. johnson, James H. Clark,
W. H.. Hasty, w. R. Southerland'
r. L. Sholar, E. o. Rhem, e. H.
Foley, DR.. W. T. Raney and David
l.. Lilies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
Convicted Of
Killing Mrs. Atkins

NORRISTOWN, "a, Dec. 5-R
William ]. Earnest was convict
ed tonight-with the death SEN
tence mandatory-for the bludgeon
Of Mrs. Ethel Angler At
kins, divorced wife Of a member Of
the wealthy Duke tobacco family.
The jury Of seven men and five
women deliberated five hours.
The 35-year-old defendant, who
had been termed a "sex-mad ma
MAC" by the district attorney, bow
ed his head and reached for his
handkerchief to wipe away tears
as the jury reported the first de-
gree verdict-w ithouta recon-.
mendation of mercy. The defense
attorney had asked for leniency--
but not for acquittal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
Public Speaking System!
Placed In Church Here

The new public speaking system
in the First Presbyterian church
was used for the first time last
Sunday.
The system was installed recent
~ In a move to remedy acoustic
defects in the building, resulting
from the perpendicular English
gothic style of architecture and the
high vaulted roof. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06

is well started and Leon Cassidy
has erected the framework for a
new structure on the site of the
old Carolina Pavilion. This new
building will h concessions,
stores, bath house and an amuse-
ment area.
ABC Store Completed
The building housing the ABC
store has already been completed
and they're still doing business at
the same old stand.
Work of rebuilding the Bame
hotel, the largest on the beach
before the fire, is expected to be
commenced the first of the coming
year. with the contract to be let
within a few days.
A new building to house the
theatre, a grocery store, a five
and-ten store and probably con-
cession space is to be built beside
the Palais Royal hotel. Work on
this will be started in the next
two or three weeks, we were in
formed.
On the property adjacent to the
boardwalk yesterday mules were
being used with drags to level the
ashes and sand. Most of the wreck
age has been cleared away and
by spring time there should be no
reminders Of the fire.
And the town of Carolina Beach
really means it when it says it
will have a new town, for long
before the building program was
started the towns board of alder
men met and adopted ordinances
forbidding the use of any other
than freproof material in build
ings.
Consequently all of the e
buildings will be either brick, stone
or concrete. 1t will be safer and it
will look better and the board of
aldermen are hoping h a t they
have eliminated f r h e r worry
from fire.
Comment after the fire of recent
months was 1T was the finest
thing that could have happened to
Carolina Beach,"
Mayor R. c. Fergus last night
said that everything hould be
ready for the opening of the beach
season in full by June l.
He predicted that 1941 will be
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06
MRS. ARLINGTON
HEADS ART GROUP
Mrs. J. Walter Williamson
Elected Vice President AT
Society's Meet

RALEIGH, Dec. 5.-LP-Members
of the North Carolina Art society
reviewed progress in art promotion
during the last year and reelected
Mrs. Katherine Pendleton AIRING
ton as their president, at a meeting
here today.
Mrs. Arlington twice submitted
her resignation as president, and the
board of directors twice refused to
accept it. Finally she consented to
another term.
Also elected were vice presidents,
Mrs. Harold C. Dwelle of Charlotte,
Mrs. J.. Walter Williamson of Will
mington, and Mrs. Julius Cone OF
Greensboro; secretary, VILLA m
Fields of Raleigh; treasurer, Mrs.
James n. Gordon of Raleigh; eXecu'
tive committeeman, DR.. Clarence Poe
of Raleigh, chairman, John Allcot'
of Chapel Hill, Mrs. Henry London
of Raleigh, DR.. B. W. Wells Of Ra'
leigh, Mrs. Isabel Bowen Henderson
of Raleigh and Fields; board of di
rectors, Mrs. Charles Cannon of Con
cord, Miss Katherine Morris of Ra
leigh, A. Donald Mcdonald of Duke
Mrs. London, DR.. Poe, DR.. Wells
Allcott and Gene Erwin of Chape
Hill.
Mrs. Arlington announced that
three Tar Heel artists would give
one-man shows of their work. They
are Mrs. Henderson, who specializes
in child studies; Miss Mabel Pugf
of the Peace Institute Art depart
ment; and Miss Mary Tannahill, q
native of Warrenton, who now lives
In New York city.