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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Last Bargain Trip
To Cedar Point
Steamer Ledpes It's Dock
at 9 a-m- Friday


Your last chance 10 cruise 10
Cedar Point and return al a spe-
lcial bargain rates. cents for
adults, 40 cents for children,
Is TO IA.
Steamer Put-in-Bay will leave
the Ashley and Dustin Steamer
Line dock. foot of First street. at
g a. m. Friday for the final cut
price round trip Friday Cedar
Point excursion Of this Summer.
The steamer is scheduled TO be
back in Detroit at l045 p m. the
same day.
In this issue Of The Detroit
Sunday Times, and also in the
daily Times of Tuesday. Wednes-
day and Thursday you'll find a
special Ashley and Dustin adver-
tisement. containing an excursion
ticket blank. plus blanks emitting.
holder TO reduced price admission
to specified Cedar Point amuse-
ments. Clip the excursion ticket
blank from one OF these adver-
tisements and exchange if At the
Ashley and Dustin office, foot of
First street, or at The Detroit.
Times Travel Bureau. 1870 Cass.
avenue.
The steamer will stop al Cedar,
Point for three hours and Is min
lIteS Persons ubo desire IN NAV
stop at Put-in-Bay for six hours.
Both resorts offer facilities for
bathing, dancing and other recre-.
atoms.
This round trip cruise covers Al
total Of 160 square miles. Please
bear i'm mind. next Friday is your
final opportunity TO make this.
Cedar Point cruise at special bar
gain fare,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Peach Queen, Aides
At Seamen's Swinq

Michigsn's peach queen, to-
gether with her maids of honor
and ladies in waiting. will be
guests Of honor at the Seamen s
Peach Festival Swing, 10 be held
at S p. m. Wednesday at the Belle
Isle Casino.
Invitation 10 the queen came
from the Pargs Club. girls serv-
ice organization for defense spon-
Sored by the Department Of Parks
and Recreation, who aiv giving the
dance and have arranged TO have
every sailor present meet the
queen and her court.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Flags Red!
Soviet Standard Hoisted
Over Birmingham Shop

The red flag Of Soviet Russia
caught the breeze above the Of
fees Of Fenton r. Matthews real
estate office and antique shop in
Birmingham Saturday.
And long may il wave, accord
ing 10 Matthews,
Surprised and threatening
American Legionnaires as well as
indignant motorists who stopped
to see the flag curl in the wind
got only one answer from Mat
thews:
II was:
Russia Ia our ally In fighting
the NsZis. The Soyiets are doing
a good Job. I honor them for 10
and II any one thinks he can
haul down the flag. let him try"
The red flag takes third place
on Matthews halyard. On top
are the Stars and Stripes. next
comes the Union Jack of Britain
and then the Russian emblem.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Auto Production
Shows Decline

Automobile production declined
from 37,4ss vehicles 10 about 49,.
495 new cars and trucks this week
Automotive News reported today
The decline was principally due to
Ford and Mercury cutting opera
|tions TO about half of the previous
week as 1941 model output drew
10 close in those plants
Studebsker and Nash joined the
other independent makers in the
past week on 1912 model output
and Plymouth, already started in
the previous week. stepped up its
1912 model operations consider
ably.
In the General Motors group.
output remained steady last week
with Chevrolet the only division
working. This output was all army
trucks and totaled 1,545 vehicles,
which compared with 1,542 units
turned out in the previous week.
In the comparable period of 1910,
total output hit s,29S units.
With Plymouth stepping up It's
the Chrysler total out
put rose 10 $500 units. This com
pared with 4,076 units assembled
in the previous week and 1925
units turned out in the like period
Of 1910.
In the Ford group, total output
dropped TO 1850 new cars and
trucks as compared with 20.30i
turned out in the previous
week and a total of sos units as
sembled in the same week last
year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Traffic Fatalities
.Up 20 Pct. in State
nm.. slar Corre,pondert

LANSING. Aug. 23-Despite
rigorous safety campaigns by po-
lice and state authorize traffic
deaths have increased 20 per cent
this year over last. the Depart
ment Of Health reported today
During the first seven months
Of this year. 1852 were killed as
compared with SIS during the
same period in 1910. At the pres
ent rate. 1875 all-time record Of
2,lS7 deaths is not expected TO he
broken.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
$4,000 Scholarship
I. Will Go to Each Boy
and Girl Who Wins

Because Of the unusual traffic
conditions caused by the DSR
strike. the driving tests Of the 9s
boys and girls from IS states and
the District Of Columbia compet-
ing in the SIS, 500 Ford Good
Drivers League contest were post
poned Saturday until MONDAY
Some Of the contestants took
the downtown tests Saturday, but
the traffic DeupS Al certain cor
ners. some sS long aS 20 minutes
forced the adjournment However
the tests will be concluded MondaN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
-eppin Runs for Council

Atty A. C. Lappin, former mem
her Of The Michigan Labor Media
ton Board and also a former
deputy labor commissioner. Satur-
day announced he was a candi-
date for election 10 Common
Council.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Young Drivers Tests
P ostponed by Strike

and The prizes will be distributed
as scheduled
A national driving champion
for each sex will be crowned
with a prize Of a $1,000 university
scholarship going 10 each.
The runnersup will set $1,000
scholarships and the third. fourth
and fifth winners will get $500
each. The others competing will
get 500 consolation prizes.
Strike a Hazard
The tests include II psychic
physical tests and actual driving
IN downtown Detroit under every
possible traffic condition. as well
as maneuvering a car over diff
cult courses az the Ford Airport.
Kenneth NJ. Davis. Montana
champion. had trained for the
finals by driving the entire dis
lance from home with his father
and mother and stopping of in
Chicago 10 practice in the Loop
for Detroit conditions. But when
he started his tests here. Kenneth
looked al the myriad Of cars and
gsSped
''GcSh. fvr never seen any
thing like this"
The psyche physical tests were
under the direction Of Or. a. r.
Lauer Of Iowa State College. Doc
tor Lauer devised the apparatus
for the tests, some Of which looked
like Ruhe Goldberg contraptions.
One ~ the most interesting was
the driveometer. IN which the con-
testant actually drives car on
rollers under varying traffic di-
rections. Another is the neural
stability test in which the con-
teStant is placed in dark booth
and his nerve reactions TO bells,
horns. sirens, and even a gunshot
IS measured.
The state champions were en-I
'ertained Saturday night by Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Ford al an early
dance In GreenfieldI
Sunday they will take an all-dayl
,oat ride and Monday they will see
he Tigers and Athletics play.
Chief exponent of hard luck was
Miss Jessie Morgan, tT-year-ofdt
tate champion from Triton. Ga.
Miss Morgan, who broke her ARM
hree weeks ago, took the cast off
when she came 10 Detroit. but il
,welled so badly she was forced toI
our the course using only her left
land.
The party given by the Fords
ook the form Of a birthday cele-
,ration for Miss Elaine Foleer
hampton from Keokuk. Ia, who
vas Is Saturday. She also per-
ormed under a handicap. having
Undergone an appendectomy three
weeks ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
No PROTECTING
On Soft Coal
Uncovered Here
Price Increases
in Detroit Area
Justified. Say
u. S. Probers
Time. star Correspondent,

WASHINGTON; Aug. 23.-No
profiteering in bituminous coal
prices has been found IN Detroit.
Consumers Counsel Luther HAIR
of the bituminous coal division re-
ported today following an investi-
cation on the ground by aides
from Washington.
In letter 10 Or. Harold T..
Stewart Of Wayne University,
chairman OF the coal committee of
the Greater Detroit Consumers
Council, Harr reported that, con-
trary To earlier intimations from
his office. price increases in the
Detroit area appeared 10 be iusti-
fled by market conditions.
No Collision Seen
He said there was no evidence
Of collision among distributors to-
b oost prices to unreasonable
levels.
while the retail prices Of
various kinds and SiZes Of hi
luminous Goals in the Detroit
market have risen from so cents
to 81 ton during the past
year" Doctor Harr wrote Doc
tor Stewart. "this has been due
principally to corresponding in
creases In the mine price OF the
coal and cannot he attributed TO
'profiteering' on the part of De-
trOit retailers"
LoWer Prices Here
Detroit retailers have. in fact,
their margin Of profit by
not more than or 10 cents a ton.
Due TO the highly competitive
character Of the market. Consum-
efs IN Detroit have and still do
ENJOY lower prices than those OBJ
tanning in comparable cities. and
retailers operate on a lower mar
gin. Harr said.
A representative from Harris |
office will he at Room 466. Federaft
between q a. m. and 30
D. m Monday to confer with con-
sumers and retailers OF coal in /
this area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-27
Dial Doings
By JIM PARKER

What promises outstanding broadcass of the when Leopold Philadelphia Bacs Matthews Passion The 24ovoce Westminster Friday afternoon the Philadelphia Orchestra exclusive Mutual network feature and have caused wide comment among will be the sooist with the orchestra during the April broadcast wifi sing five selections from famous oratoros and operas Good Friday the regular Philadelphia Orchestra Mutual concert will not April A. at a time to be announced later.
 wATR- features tonight s:sO, ment 7:l5 Here's Morgan Wyth Williams sso In Chicago Tonight variety 9o Natl Conference of Christians and Jews .. 1o Parade of the News 11:so Hockey
 Variety certainly keynote togh broadcast of n Chicago Tonight feature from Sso to The weekly broadcast Chicago brings together tonghs magician comic hot swing fiddler and two romantic singers The magician Dante the vocals Buddy Clark and Lois Wanc Under the delft direction of William Bacher this star will comic climax when Dante to teach Armetta of his card Ward
 "The ad-b is an urge an art" maintains Frank Morgan the NEG chain Thursdays at grab of You them S of ] h Ss. s . pS % S. A"t Ms sns s ~ n 5 script writer's cranum It's that reminds meTve got date So long, fellows" Yep that's Frank all rghth
 sponsor broadcast the o'clock NEG With Bng temporarily absent from e sna 10 @ @ ne % n e M W @ ss @ @ % so ns g on Geog Boswell the Music Maids and Totter Orchestra will be hand their usual assignments Comics wbng of 1ntermezzo looks from here like high spot in onight's broadcast.
 radio audience will hear the address of for Postmaster General James Farley before tonight through facilities Network WATR will carry
 the feature for listeners this from 905 93o sponsored description the Boston nter-ciy series between the Red April Morning Tunes" team from Waterbury
 escu State Employment oce walked off with first honors the of QuIz' Monday night Next Rubber Company in Naugatuck
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-27

good. "Theyre tremendously buoyed up by the whole thing and they've made a fine impression wherever they go." In fact, they made such q fine impression in Miami that be- fore they left for Texas, the Cham Der of Commerce presented the maestro with a loving cup In appre- ciation of services to the com- munity." The first Texas broadcast came from Houston on Mar. g. Tn following weeks they will be heard from Dallas on Mar. 30, Fort Worth on Apr. 6, San Antonio, Apr. B and New Orleans on Apr. 20. They'll all be back in New York for the broad- cast of Sunday( Apr. 27.
 An interesting sidelight of the Southern trip is that 1t has inspired the entire troupe to creative com- position. Spitalny reports that in Miami four girls wroe love ballads under the spell of sand, sun, moon and stars and that Rosa Linda and Lola, pianist, are using their leisure in Texas 10 collaborte on a modern concerto for two pianos.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-27
Docs Drawl Is The Real, Texas Mccoy


 Hollywood, March 27.-That Texas drawl you hear on the NBC-Blue Network T Love Mystery" series. which characterizes Doc Long,. is by. no means a fictitious voice. Bart Marlborough. NEG star who plays the part of Doe. halls from Gold thwaite, Tex, and his accent is as legal as it is good.
 According to Marlborough, Doc Long" is an easy character to do, because he has. known many men from the Lone Star state who were typically "Doc's" type. Marlborough accentuates his drawl by punching home the Southern accent on cer- tain words. and slurring it on others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-27

11:15-Shoppers' Guide :, l1:45-Doc Sellers Tpue Stories :, ts:oC--Noonday Musicale {: r. M. f 12:l5- Melodlc Moments 12:30--News Et;
 12:45--Lets Dance "A i@.t Y 1:00--Yankee News .l,J 1:l5-Our Neighborhood-F, Fay
 Clark 4pI q. 1:3O--OGf the record 2:00---Cedrlc Foster" CommentatoA 2:15--Lillian Sherman. News; s
 2:30-Philadelphla oreh., 2, ,,.s 4:15--Alvino Keys Orch. tI 4:30-The Johnson Fasnily ]. 4:45--It's Dance Time 3g9( 5:00--John B. Hughes, CommentaAA taor "g, fas tt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-27
Camera Closeup: The Battle Of The Atlantic

THE Battle of the Atlantic
 rages with daily renewed ln- tenslty as Germany unleashes her air force and gambles her finest remaining battleships in desperate effort to cut the vital ferrying of supplies from Amer lea to England. The series of remarkable photos on this page gives you 9 shlpboard seat dur ing a dramatic-but unsuccess- fuI---attack by a deadly German Messerschmitt no bomber on a British convoy.
 These exclusive NEA pictures were taken by cameraman H. P. Andrews aboard the freighter which the bomber attacked.
 The convoy was on the last leg of It's periIous journey steaming up England's east c0ast-when the attack came.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-27

George figures he travels about 5000 miles every week to put thirty girls and a man on the NBC-Red Network each Sunday at 1000 p. m, EST
 Committing by airplane between Radio City and Florida and Texas, isn't such hardship. It is the un- expected production problems that get him down.
 In Miami, where the girls did three broadcasts, George had to build up an entire new construc- tion," as he puts 1t, for to get in extra lines and make more room we had to bust through a wall" And with the troupe doing broadcasts from Texas theaters, there are acoustical and other problems to cope with each week.
 The Southern jaunt, Maynard re- ports, has done the girls a world of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-27

WATR-MBS features tonight 6:30, Headlines in En ment 7:l5 Here's Morgan. Wythe Williams. 8:3O, In Tonight variety 905 Natl Conference of Christians .. no, Parade of the News 11:30 Hockey '
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-27
Problems. And Pleasures
 Of "FIour Of Charm" Tour

27-Phil spitalny al-gir Hour of having time their trip through the South Maynard production puts on he he
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-20
NOTICE OF SALE
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHF COUNTY

AOI1E NOO1N L
By virtue of power contained
in a certain deed of trust execu-
ted on the 5th day Of March,
1923, by w. R. Lewis and wife,
M. E. Lewis, to Ira T. Johnston,
Trustee for J. NJ Parsons, which
deed of trust is recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds
of Ashe County in Book %, page
555, default having been made
and at the request of the cestui-
que trust, I, Ira T. Johnston,
Trustee, will sell to the highest
bidder for cash at the Court
house door in Jefferson, North
Carolina, on the 7th day of April,
1941, at one o'clock P. M. the fol-
lowing described land, to-wit:
Beginning on white oak at the
public road T. w. Arnold corner
running N with Arnold's line go
poles to stake at a branch, w.
E. Parker's corner; thence S As
w 10 poles to said branch to a
stake in public road; thence S 81
w 10 poles with the road to a
maple; thence N So w 10 poles
to a birch; then N As w 20 poles
to white oak; then Northwest
course 81 poles to chestnut on
top Of the ridge; then with ridge
81 poles to a chestnut in L. J..
Sturgill's line; then S IL E "a
poles with said L. J. SturgilPs
line and ridge to a stake; then
down said ridge with Sturgill's
line 1914 poles to a black gum
Sturgill's and GraybeaPs corner;
then S As w "a poles with Stur-
gill's line to a sourwood stump
said corner; then S Is w with
said line II poles to a sassafras
Sturgill's corner; then with said
line to a stake Stevens Sturgill's
corner; then S IS E II poles to
Stevens SturgilPs line to a stake;
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-20
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY

BY virtue of power of sale con-
tanned in a certain deed of trust
executed on the 10th day of
March, 1885, by Carl E. Miller
and wife, Hala Miller, to T. c.
Bowie, Trustee for Mary M. Pain
ter, which deed of trust is duly
recorded in the office of the Reg
lister of Deeds of Ashe County in
Book "a, page 43, default having
been made in the payment of the
interest due on said deed of trust,
and at the instance and request Of
the cestui que trust, I, T. c. b.
vie, Trustee, will sell to the high
est bidder for cash at the court
house door in Jefferson, on Sat-
urday, April S, 1941, at one o.
clock P. M, the following des-
cribed property, lying and being
in Ashe County, North Carolina,
and described as follows:
First Tract: Beginning on
chestnut, the old corner, running
north 3 east SO poles to stake,
corner of Edward Miller lot; then
with Edwin Miller's line south
IS east 81 poles to a stake in said
line; then south 21s west 81 poles
to stake in P. C. McNeill's line
and the Miller line; then north
81 west 81 poles to the begin
ming, containing 211a acres, more
or less.
Excepting 8 acres sold to En-
NETT Pennington.
This March 4, 1941.
T. c. BOWIE,
3-6-4t Trustee.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-20
VERNON GRACE

Vernon was born March lUth,
1900. departed this life Feb. %,
1941. He was married Feb. %,
1880. to Juanita Mae SINNERS
To this union was born one son,
Donald.
Vernon was a true and faith
full husband, a loving and son and
as we all knew him was one of
our finest boys. He was always
upright and honest and had a
host of friends wherever he went.
He leaves his father and mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ G. Grace. his
wife and son, one brother: Ever
cite, three sisters. Mrs. Neva Ell
Ter, Mrs. Clyde Brown and Mrs.
Maude Weiss, of Crumpler.
We know not why Vernon was
called away. But some day in
Gods own wonderful way we
know we will understand.
Weep not dear friends, my life
is past; your love was dear until
the last. Weep not for me but
pity take, and love each other
for my sake.
Written by A Friend
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-20
EXPRESSION OF
SYMPATHY

We the members OF the west
jefferson Baptist church wish to
extend to and express our deep
est sympathies to Rev. Walter I.
Wilmington and wife in the sad
passing of Mrs. Whittington's IA
Their, Mr.. John Randolph, which
occurred at his home in Cooke
vile. Tenn, March Is, 1941.
While it had not been our priv
ilege to know Mr.. Randolph in
person. however. we felt much
interest in him and his welfare
from our close relationship and
intimate knowledge of his most
highly esteemed and estimable
da,'ohter Mrs. Within oton.
This good woman has lived
among us for r'1noher Of wears
and has earned the respect and
confidence of every one with
whom she has come in contact and
we most sincerely trust that she
and her devoted husband be
spared to spend manv more wears
in our midst in the service of our
Lord and Master.
l" G. GOODMAN
J. w. GAMBLE
MRS. B. E. REEVES
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-20
NOTICE OF SALE
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY

By virtue of the authority con-
tanned in the last Will and Test
ament Of L. D. Lane, deceased,
which Will is duly recorded in the
office of the Clerk Of the Super
ior Court I, Ed c. Phipps, Execu-
tor of l.. D. Lane, deceased, will
sell to the highest bidder for cash
at the Courthouse door in Jeffer-
son, North Carolina, on the 2:nd
day of March, 1941, at two o'clock
P. M. all the real estate of which
the said L. D. Lane died seized
and possessed in Ashe County,
North Carolina, and particularly
"a one half Undivided interest in a
tract of land known as the Alex
Young Tract and containing 1914
acres, more or less, specifically
described in a deed recorded in
| the office of Register of Deeds
of Ashe County in Book MN page
367, to which record reference is
made for complete description OF
said land.
This February 18, 1941.
E. c. PHIPPS,
Executor of
L. D. LANE,
2-27-4T Deceased.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-03-20
MOultOn Sheets
Enjoying Life
In Canal Zone

Mrs. Nell Sheets, of Glendale
Springs, received an interesting
letter few days ago from her
nephew, Moulton Sheets, who is
stationed now at Cristobal, in the
Canal Zone.
"This is surely an interesting
country" he writes 81 wouldn't
ask for a better elm ate. It is
never cold and tn, r. isn't so
bad. The Weather Is Ut about
the same every dav "aven't
worn heavier cictnes 80: shirt
since I've been nere
"They surely nave some Queer
ways and customs here. They
have just finished four-dav eel
ebration. They call it Fiesta.
They parade around in all kinds
of costumes and dance all night
long. It surely is a show to watch
them, especially the 'Rhumba
Girls. Ha!
"They drive on the left side OF
the road; the sun rises in the Pa
cific, sets in the Atlantic and the
canal runs north and south. Ev-
erything seems turned around
Sometimes I can hardly figure
out where I am and what the
heck I'm doing here, anyway.
81 don't have to work hard, il
fact, it seems like a vacation af.
ter what I've been used to.
don't know just how much long
er I'm going to stay. There's Sc
much spare time with nothing a
all for amusement that it's get
ting mighty monotonous.
MAMA has been telling me
you're going to have an opera
ton. Ihope it isn't very bad and
of course. I hope YOU get alon&
lust fine. How are Uncle Oren anc
Billy? Tell Bill he should be
down here, there are some Of the
cutest little Spick girls. Ha!
ST guess I've written enough o.
this stuff for this time so viii
close. Here's hoping this finds al
of you healthy and hearty"