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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-24

: IL" she gasped, and then
as words failed her, thrust forth
a hand-the hand of friendship
Ell won't betray you" she said
He had taken her hand quickly
but she broke away from him ano
moved, smiling, into the moon
light which seemed suddenly tc
make things clear to them both
It was the assurance of her smile
that restored him to sanity. AND
her level brows and calm gaze
seemed to convince him that she
was not of those who kiss and tell
"Don't you understand" she
asked, chat I couldn't betray you
now"
He was silent, aware OF fine
moment. Thanks" he said.
And that was all of the incident
Extraordinary for Camilla - a
mixture of the madness OF the
East of which he was a part and
a kiss of earnest assurance that
made the affair and its results in
evitable.
"And now" she said, lit is time
to turn in"
until tomorrow.
Camilla and Barker walked AFT
just as the figure of Nicholas
Stephanov, the friend of Joseph
Asad, emerged from the shadow
where he was pacing the deck
and smoking a last cigarette.
At the companionway to her
stateroom Ronald Barker left her
Good night" he said gently.
"Be careful" she whispered.
He laughed lightly and disap-
peared in the shadows.
Camilla went into her state
room, closed and locked the door
but did not switch on the light
She sat on the edge of her bed
looking out of the French window
and listening. Familiar sounds
the room steward fussing around
with his dishes, the heavy tread
of deckhand of the mid-watck
going the rounds, the ships bell
striking twice. She looked at her
Watch-one o'clock.
(TO Be Continued
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The Road to Bagdad
"And the sender?"

"And the sender?"
"A certain James Robinson; ad-
dress, Harwich Crescent, London,
England. That ended the investi-
CATION"
"Well, what's the answer"
'The answer is that you're not
the only one who knows my Sc
cret. The answer is that someone
in London, perhaps someone
, aboard the Orizaba, knows who
the bandit Ell Kerak is and who
I am"
He turned inboard slowly and
faced her with a gravity she had
not been aware of before. He
took her by the elbows and held
her firmly. She did not resist him.
Indeed, she could not. For there
was both strength and gentleness
in his grasp. She felt herself
drawn closer to him-closer to
him because of that service.
II have been a fool" he said.
II have talked to you as I have
never talked before to woman,
letting you guess secrets that are
part of my work in Syria. Why
did you make me talk? Don't you
, realize that if you tell what you
have heard you may ruin me?"
It'll never tell Your Sc
crets are safe with me-"
eff you mean what you say,
give me a pledge of your loyalty.
Kiss me on the lips. It is the only
thing that will do"
His grasp seemed to grow gen.
tier as we'll as firmer and she
slowly yielded. 1t was kiss that
seemed to have a more poignant
meaning than the mere spirit of
pledge or a threat, and she for
got for the moment in that dim
corner of the deck where they
stood that it was only the day be-
fore yesterday that she had met
him. Slowly she drew back, her
head bent in sudden realization
of what had happened to her. He
made no effort to hold her again,
just stood, his arms at his sides.
She turned away for moment
to regain her composure and
found that she was more shaken
than she had thought.
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CHAPTER III
SynOnSiS

On board the Orizaba, Camilla
Dean, beautiful American girl
has made the acquaintance of 10.
seph Asad, wealthy Syrian, and
Michael Gay, the American engi.
neer going to the East to- estab.
lsh a bus line over the desert
from Damascus to Bagdad. She
becomes especially interested in
Ronald Barker, who comes aboard
at Marseilles, because the night
before she has heard three men
whispering outside her window
that he must be put out of the
away before the boat reaches
Alexandria. Camilla meets Bar.
ker, tells him what she has heard
and, to satisfy her curiosity. he
tells her that he is an American
educated at Oxford and now
much interested in the Palestine
situation.
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WARD INFANT DIES

Stanley Wade Ward two months
old son of MIR. and Mrs. Wade
Ward died Sunday, July Is, hav-
ing pneumonia.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at Chestnut Hill Metho-
dist church by Rev. Herbert
Caldwell.
Surviving are the parents and
a small sister, Mary 10.
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PAGE SEVEN

a trip through the Carolinas and
Virginia For travelling Mrs. Jones
wore a costume suit of brown and
beige " it'll brown accessories. The
young couple will be at home af-
ter July 7 to their friends at 1852
Salmon Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
West Jefferson people who at
tended included Mr.. and Mrs. B.
GRAPHICAL, Mrs. H. D. Quessen-
berry, Mrs. j. N. Tulbert and
Mrs. B. E. Reeves.
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the large dining table vas a lace
cloth, in the center of which was
a three-tier wedding {ake. Pre-
siding at the punch bowl were
Mrs. Marvin Wooden and Miss
Elizabeth Blackwell. Miss Sara
Bishop invited the gueIts to sign
the brides book and Miss Virgil
mia Hendrickson presided in the
gift room.
Immediately after the recep-
ton Mr.. and Mrs. Jones left for
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Laura ingalls, Indicted
As Espionage Agent

Laura ingalls,, noted aviatrix. was
indicted by the District grand jury
today on a charge of failing to reg
lister with the State Department
as a NaZi agent.
The indictment was returned after
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
had sought to keep persons away
from the grand jury room and to bar
them from talking to the witnesses.
Immediately after the grand jury
report, Justice F. Dickinson Let's in
District Court, at the request of
Government prosecutors, issued a
bench warrant for Miss ingalls, so
that she may be taken Immediately
in custody.
Miss ingalls, is now at liberty on
$500 bond
Miss ingalls, was arrested Wednes-
day and is scheduled for a hearing
at 10 am Friday before United
States Commissioner Needham c.
Turnage.
The indictment charged, the JUS
tice Department said, that between
March l and December 18 Miss In
gals had acted as public rela-
tions counsel. publicity agent and
representative for the German gov
ernment through its accredited rep
resentatives and diplomatic officer
| Baron Won Gienanth, second secre-
tary of the German Embassy, in
matters pertaining to political in
terest. public relations and public
policy .....
Evening star., 1941-12-23
6 More Axis Transports
Sunk, British Claim

LONDON, Dec. % (PJ-The Ad-
miralty announced today that Brit,
ish submarines had destroyed six
more Axis transports or supply ships
in the Mediterranean.
One of the ships was a large sup
ply ship which already had been
seriously damaged by torpedo from
a submarine, the Admiralty COM,
munique said.
The ship had been beached and
Axis sailors we're trying to carry
out salvage operations when she was
hit again b. a torpedo and this
time destroyed the Admiralty said.
Another submarine attacked a
convoy of two large supply ships or,
transports with a destroyer escort.
Both the supply ships were listed
as sunk.
In another convoy large ship
was hit after which an explosion was
heard aboard her. A large tanker
and a medium sized ship, which may
have been a merchantmen also we're
declared victims of separate torpedo
attacks. The latter was seen ablaze
and listing sharply, the Admiralty
said.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
McCarran 10 Seek
Farley Friday on
Transfer Of 10000
President to Be Urged
To Approve 290-Mi|Iion
Housing Pr6feet

While arrangements were going
forward today for the movement OF
10000 Federal employees from Wash
ington to make room for war work
Senator McCarran, Democrat, OF
Nevada, chairman of the Senate
District Committee, planned to seek
a White House conference for Fri
day at which President Roosevelt
will be asked to reconsider the de-
Capitalization order.
AS an alternative to this mass
exodus, which is scheduled to be
followed by another of similar pro-
portions, the President will be urged
to authorize an ONCE and housing
construction project in this vicinity
at cost of $500, 900 900, which it has
been estimated will meet the needs
of the situation.
This step was decided on yester-
day at joint meeting of Senate
and House District Committees
called to consider the economic ef-
feet of the mass transfers on the
economic life of the Capital.
If the conference is arranged
Senator McCarran will be accom-
panied by Representative Randolph
Democrat, of West Virginia, chair
(See DECENTRALIZATION, A-4D
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Tanker Sunk by Sub
Off California Coast,
Another Is SheIIed
Enemy Croft Reported
To Have Fired on Boots
Picking Up Survivors
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23.-The
440foot tanker Montebello was at
tackled and sunk by an enemy sub
marine at am. today of the Cali
fornia coast. headquarters of the
18th Navy District announced. Four
lifeboats carrying survivors have
landed.
The Navy said it had no report
OF any casualties.
While the Montebello was being
attacked, the Richfiield tanker Larry
Doheny was reported to have en-
countered trouble with an undersea
raider in the same general locality.
but to have escaped. The Navy
said, however, it had not been in
communication with the Doheny
since the attack.
1t was the eighth submarine at
tack on American freighters and
tankers in nearby Pacific waters
since opening of the war.
From 3 am until almost mid
morning the sound of gunflre rolled
in to shore from action only a few
miles off the coast.
The blasts were heard distinctly
at Moro Bay and at Estero Bay.
In Los Angeles, the Union Oil Co
said Capt. Olaf Eckstrom of the
Montebello had informed it all
hands were saved.
Capt. EckStrom and six members
Of the crew of 40 succeeded in reach
ing the shore.
Bill Srez of Westville, Mass. one
of the crew, said he did not know
whether the Monticello was tor
pedoed.
There was hell of an explosion, >
Srez said after he was dragged from
the surf by Jack Freebody and Aus
tin Waltz. Il know they fired on
us from the deck, however. The fel-
lows in the other boats were sub
jected to machine gun fire. but they
had gotten started away to shore
We don't know whether they made
it,"
Lifeboats Fired On.
Capt Eckstrom and his crew were
so cold and numbed when they were
brought to safety on a life line they
could hardly talk. Their lifeboat
crashed on the rocks.
Some watchers on shore saw the
shelling of the Montebello. They
said one direct hit caused the tank
er's bow to lurch upward and almost
Immediately she sank. There had
been firing before this hit, however,
witnesses said, and flashes of light
could be seen.
Capt. Eckstrom said the Monte
bello was attacked about am.
Sheriff Murray C. Hathaway said
longboats and fishing craft trying
to rescue survivors from the tanker
were shelled and fired on by ma
chine guns from the attacking craft.
LifeboatS with survivors also were
fired on.
The attack on both boats was
apparently made at about the same
time, with the sound of firing and
explosions audible on shore.
The Montebello, built in 1921 by
the Southwestern Shipbuilding Co.
of San Diego, was 440 feet long and
weighed SLOT net tons.
The keeper of the Point Buchon
Lighthouse said the sound of gun
fire at sea started shortly after
3 am. About 4 O'Clock. he said, he
saw two flashes which were fol-
(see SUBMARINE, Page A-53
Evening star., 1941-12-23

fed outpost until such time as the
situation becomes so favorable that
a general offensive can be started.
Twice during the conference ne
was questioned about the possibility
of internal collapse of the German
morale, but he cautioned newsmen
against counting too heavily on such
a prospect.
Don't bank on an internal COL
lapse, he warned. He added. we
have got to count on an external
knockout.
Pulling his cigar from his mouth,
he smiled wryly then as he remarked
that some day the Allied nations
might wake up and find themself
short of Huns.
Praises Russian Armies.
Mr.. Churchill spoke with ex-
travagant praise and pleasure at
accomplishments of the Russian
armies in the past few weeks. In this
connection the President had en-
phasized early in the conference
that present meetings between Brit
ish and American officials are pre-
liminary to round table consulta-
tions among representatives of all
the powers fighting the Axis.
With obvious sincerity, the British
Prime Minister told reporters he
found it hard to describe his own
feelings of relief in recent weeks at
finding the Russians victorious on
one front and the United States
standing side by side all over the
world
For anyone who lived through the
lonely months of 1910, he said
gravely, there was much in today's
picture for which to thank God.
Mr.. Churchill declared it impru-
dent to indulge in estimates OF how
long it might take for the Alice
nations to win this war, but he drew
a laugh from reporters and from
the President when he observed that
if we manage 1t we'll it will take
only half as long than as if we
manage 1t badly.
To questions about possibility OF
single Allied high command, the
Briton pointed out that this is truly
a world wide war. being fought or
and under the sea. in the air and or
the land. No man could assume suf-
ficiently broad and expert knowledge
of all these theaters Of warfare te
become single commander In chlel
for the associated powers.
Asked about reports that there
may be German trickery In theil
evident defeat on the Russian front
Mr.. Churchill indicated no persona
CONTINUED on Page AS, Column IL
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Wilson Named Chief of Staff
To New Commander of Fleet
Naval Academy Head
Will Be Relieved by
Capt. rs. King

Rear Admiral Russell Wilson,
superintendent of the Naval Acad-
emy at Annapolis. has been named
chief of staff to Admiral Ernest
Joseph King, recently appointed
commander in chief of the United
States Fleet. the Navy Department
announced this afternoon.
Admiral Wilson, who attended
school in Washington. has been
superintendent of the academy since
February.
Capt. T. Starr King. director of
physical training at the academy.
will act as superintendent until a
successor to Admiral Wilson is
named.
Admiral Wilson was born in FIRE.
donia, N. Y, December q. 1883.
Before going to the academy, he
attended the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute of Technology.
Admiral King will assume his
duties as commander in chief of
the United States Fleet in a week
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Labor and Employers
Agree 10 Forego
Strikes for Duration
War Bourd to Hear
Disputes Will Be
Set Up Immediately
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Labor and management repre-
sentatives agreed today to forego
strikes and lockouts for the duration
of the war and to settle all disputes
by peaceful means.
The agreement was worked out
by 26 representatives of industry,
labor and the Government after four
days of deliberation.
The conferees also recommended
that President Roosevelt set up
labor board similar to the one in op-
Grafton in the last World War to
handle disputes.
Action at Once.
Announcement of the agreement
was made by William H. Davis,
moderator of the conference. Mr..
Davis read to reporters letter from
President Roosevelt to the confer
ence in which Mr.. Roosevelt said he
was happy to accept your general
points of agreement"
The President added that he ac-
cepted without reservation your
covenants that there shall be no
strikes or lockouts and all disputes
shall be settled by peaceful means" !"
He said further that he would pro-
ceed at once to act on the third
point of the agreement, calling for
establishment of War Labor
Board.
The conference had been dead
locked over demand of the man
agement group that any board
which might be set up should not
take jurisdiction over any dispute
involving closed shop.
The Presidents letter made no
specific mention regarding the
closed shop. Throughout the course
of the conference industry repre-
sentatives had maintained that dis
putes involving closed shop should
not be submitted to the board.
However, Mr.. Davis said it was his
understanding that the Presidents
reference to the Government act
ing in general means that issues
involving the closed shop would fall
within the boards scope.
Connally Pushes Bill.
Meanwhile, Senator Connally,
Democrat, of Texas said in a tele-
gram today to Gov. Paul B. johnson
Of Mississippi that he was prepared
to seek Congress action on a bill
giving the Government authority to
take over the struck war production
plants regardless Of agreements
reached by labor industry confer
ences to eliminate strikes.
Senator Connally said the head
of a Government department en-
gagged in production of military
articles had called him on the tele-
phone and had urged that the Sem
ate take action on the bill.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Churchill Says Allies
Plan Complete Unity
Of Action in Pacific
Round Table Talks
By War Council
To Fix Command
By JOHN C. HENRY.

Prime Minister Churchill told
an historic press conference at
the White House late today that
he has not the slightest doubt OF
victory of the anti-Axis nations.
Sitting beside President Roosevelt
before a crowded oval room in the
White House executive ofiices, the
British wartime chieftain said the
key TO the whole conflict is the
reSolute manner in which the Amer
lean and British democracies are
going to throw themselves into this
war
The President and Mr.. Churchill
received the press about half hour
before they called to the White
House the highest ranking military
and naval strategists Of the two
governments-a meeting which will
formalize the creation of a supreme
British war council.
Mr.. Churchill replied to most OF
the questions that were asked and
emphasized at one point that the
Allies were working out complete
unity of action in the Southwest
Pacific.
Earlier Conferences Held.
Earlier in the day, the two gov
ernment leaders had conferred with
State Department officials and the
British Prime Minister had consult
ed for more than an hour with
Viscount Halifax. British Ambassa-
dor, and three Dominion ministers
in Washington.
Rejecting careful optimism as he
received and answered all OF the
reportorial questions, Mr.. Churchill
was asked first about the prospects
of holding Singapore and the vital
areas Of the Southern Pacific.
To the question. he replied that
the Allied nations in that area will
do their utmost to defend the forti-
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Nazis CROSSING
West France
Toward Border
Troops May Be Going
To Africu or Bolster
European Front
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 23.-
German troops were reported au-
thoritatively tonight to be NOV
ing through western-occupied
France to the Spanish frontier.
The movement was noted after
Adolf Hitlers Sunday proclama-
ton, on assuming command Of
the German land forces, to the
effect that the German front
from Norway to the Spanish bor-
der must be consolidated.
So far the number of troops
southwark is reported not large
and it was not apparent whether
they were equipped for shipment
from Spain to North Africa,
where the Axis armies are in dire
straits.
1t was, however, the first siz-
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Racing Results
R0ssvans, other selections and
entries for tomorrow, Page Az.
Tropical Park
BY the Associated Press.

by Inc hSSOClhtco FTcSs
Ing; 3-year -olds and upward: furlongs
Friars Scout tBreen) 1910 1890 $40
We'll A Allsisht tight IIri1I,.r ,Huf,! 7eo 4so 20
Also ran-My LAWYER Sea Foam, Baby
Name, Aliens Boy, Stage Beauty and
Maydig.
SECOND RACE-Purse, $1,000 special
Ms. eoanssi !Mecreary, ' 80 3sS =
Also rana dhss Jsek T. !1s2F One Masssa A%s,isa
Token. Lookout Rascal Leib Light and
IN Esv5,s;Si bs;;Si. s. n,,s Muly!hl ya1 spsr'
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ssesmT ssysay-0las; 9bsy, o furi0ns'' $50 $50 go
RRemots RRemn ~ contrSi sSHssn} }tstrickep $50 40
Also as' ra.n@Hlned. aiao-illd ch.ldar and Fam
Ing: 2-year. .olds; 8 furloIngsa;o = or 1.o
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oefhas fime. = / :i1S. amsS''f' '''O
Az y,sc whssenasP, md n1e.f1bss asy5Idss
FIFTH RAcE-Purse.. 81 900. claiming;
3-year- -olds and upward; s furlonss.
ARIEL Bomb tMotena> $50 40 300
Early Delivery tGi1bert) $50 30
Tony Weaver tAtkinson) 800
Also ran-silent Witness. valdins Star,
Sieanar. Drudeery. Sizzins Pan, Wood
vale Lass.
SIXTH RACE-Purse, $1,000: allow
snces. 3-year-olds and upward; fur-
longs
Voltant tSkehy> 1000 30 4.50
Daily Delivery May $40 2sO
The Chief Stout $50
Time, III.
Also ran-Doubt Not Displayer... Red
Chip, General Jack. Count Haste, Balloter
SEVENTH RACE-Purse. $1,000: claim
ing, 3-year-oldS and upward; III miles
Run BY (Breen) $40 40 3SU
Challante (McCrearO $40 S.o0
Avesta (Renick) 229O
Time, 1 Isl 3-b.
Also ran-War Vision, Rest Awhile
Abyssinia, Dancing Light, Wanna Hygro.
knightfors Hillblond. Iron Bar and Conrad
Mann.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Churchill to Send
YuIe Greeting to
| u. S. Tomorrow

Prime Minister Churchill will
extend a Christmas greeting to
the people Of Washington and
the United States tomorrow aft
ernoon at the Christmas tree
ceremonies on the south lawn
Of the White House.
The British official disclosed
his intention this afternoon at
his joint press conference with
President Roosevelt. The Presi-
dent also is scheduled to speak
briefly at tomorrow's ceremony.
Evening star., 1941-12-23

able addition to German forces
in the French-Spanish border
area since the fall of France.
Considerable German Army
equipment has been piling up on
the Spanish French border for
several months.
Observers here saw further evil
dence of French cooperation
with the Axis in the appointment
of an Italian Ambassador to
Paris,
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Germans Say Allies
Have Designs on
Spain and Turkey
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
= BERLIN, Dec. % (Andi
Agency German sources as
serted tonight that the United
States and Britain had designs
on Spain and Turkey and were
responsible for the "unfounded
rumors" of Nazi plans in those
two countries.
The Anglo Saxon technique
lately shown in tPortuguese)
Timor," they said, always is
aimed to divert suspicious from
themselves while preparing a
'urther expansion of the war"
Evening star., 1941-12-23

President Roosevelt late today announced establishment
Office of Defense Transportation to coordinate the
transportation policies and activities OF several Federa
agencies private transportation groups in making such
adjustments as the prosecution Of the may
require He appointed Joseph B. Eastman OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission director Of the new ONCE
Evening star., 1941-12-23
lotviuns Join Russiuns
Fighting Near Moscow

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-Latvian SOL
diers and officers are fighting with
the Red Army near Moscow, .
Pravda dispatch broadcast by Mos-
COW radio said today. @