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Evening star., 1941-08-02

= Answer to Yesterdays LETTER-OUT.
Letter-Out
Co SCREENS-SNEERS william does it,.
(A) GRADES-DREGS cat the bottom).
(R) SPORTTNG-POSTTNG (bookkeepers busy.
CD NEEDING-ENGINE (take you trip
(Sl MINISTER-INTERIM q pause.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
T axe MyWord for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Saturday CorrouseI

~1t0f10J S0IICHSCI
From Wilmington-Please tell us
how to pronounce the full name Of
th president of Mexico.-J. D. H.
Answer-His name is Manuel
Avila Camacho, pronounced mahn-
WELL AH-vee-lah kah-MAH-ch
From Dayton-Which is correct,
Hnsanitary or insanitary?-S B.
Answer-Either. The words are
interchangeable and the dictionaries
DO not indicate a preference. But
unsanitary is heard most often.
From Norfolk-Please, how is
homogenize pronounced? r.. Men.
Answer-It is commonly pro-
Evening star., 1941-08-02

Why is this sentence incorrect:
My wife and myself are going?
Himself, herself, itself, myself,
ETC., are real puzzlers unless you
know the simple key. My free,
non-technical pamphlet explains
the SELF words so that even a
child will understand. Send a
stamped (3c), self addressed en-
velope to Frank Colby, in care Of
The Evening Star. Ask for SELF
WORDS pamphlet.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Loony Logic

A good trick if you can do it.
S. r. of San Francisco discovers
this gem in a news article: q. his
Evening star., 1941-08-02

farm at Marths's Vineyard, with its
beautifully mellowed house, his
horses, surreys and home churned
butter hanging in the WE'LL"
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

David Bruce Burnstone. Merwin D;
Schenken, worlds leading team-of-
-FOUR, Inventors Of the system that
has beaten every other system IN
eXiStence.)
Evening star., 1941-08-02

From Tacoma-Out here many
persons say quite few" Is this
good English?-E. I. w.
Answer-Webster's regards it as
colloquialism; that is, it is permis-
sible in informal use, but not sane
toned in serious speech and writing.
Evening star., 1941-08-02

From Hoboken-Let's have the
correct way to say the name Max
Schmeling.
Answer-Fight announcers usually
call him "Macks Smelling" but he
was christened mahks SHMAY-
lingk.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-20
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By HENRY AVERUL.

Raleigh, May 20.-The conductor
OF THIS correspondence is glad 20 find
mere Is at least ~ regular reader.
This is proved because one pointed
out that you are always writing
something about highway safety"
Which is something of ovcrStdto-
ment because right now there SIM
ply isn't any highway safety in
North Carolina. He vino runs, pro
Nldcd he doesn't run into the path Of
one Of the hundreds of Hlz-zagging
automobiles ON Tar Heel roads. can
read the CORY record which proves
hat motor vehicle operators in this
state are doing their level best TO
Kill as many as HltlCf's bumbcrS
bump Off in London. They are sue
ceedlng measurably, though many OF
them are committing suicide. too.
Last September, the month IN
which the fury went all out against
England. the automobile fatality
curve began climbing faster tnuI
a thermometer dipped into boiling
water.
Each month since has shown Il dis
tulbing increase; but the current and
proverbially "meny' month OF Mas
is going TO hit a new high.
At the halfway mark the Highway
Safety Division had already received
reports (and, mind you, these reports
always have to be revised drasticul-
ly upward when Debated returns are
made) Of 73 deaths-morc than in
the entire 81 days Of May, 1910.
There isn't eVen a remote doubt
that the current month s going to
set an all-time high for slaughter
on the highways. Last December
there were 1879 fatalities, the most
ever in any month of any year. May
is going to top this.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-20
Fort jackson
Streets Named

Fort Jackson, S. c., May 20.-The
more than 100 miles Of streets and
roads here have recently been named
after Revolutionary and Confederate
war heroes.
The road building program at the
post-the sixth largest Army post
in the United States-has recently
been completed and today signs are
being erected, giving the anne o.
the streets here where 10000 North
and South Carolina, Georgia, Ten
nessee, New York, New Jersey, Mis-
souri, and Delaware troops are in
training.
Wildcat Road. the main artery o
travel here, has been changed t
Jackson Boulevard. The name Wild
cat was adopted during the World
War when the 8lst Division, known
as the "Wildcat DiVision,' was il
training here. The name Of jackson
of course, was adopted in honor Of
Tennessee's great Andrew jackson
The east and west boundry road,
VI lllc post nave wi "iliSo 49,
Generals Lee and Longstreet, Lee
Road being the east boundIy roa'
and Longstreet the west.
Since no lake or site can be namet
after a living person, Dozier Lake
named after Brigadier General jaime
C. DoZier, adjutant general of Sout!
Carolina, has been renamed Semme:
Lake after the famed Confederate
naval officer.
Streets running east and west viii
be named in alphabetical order after
South Carolina heroes IS will street
running north and south. Prominent
South Carolina generals being honor
ed are Thomas Sumter, France
Marion, Andrew Pickens, Wade
Hampton, Maxcy Gregg, d. II, Hill
J. b. KershaW, Nathan Adams n
others.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-20
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel
BY HENRY AVFRILL

Raleigh, May 20:-Just as an air
and practiced in North Carolina.
final details are now in the making
for a crop alarm network" designed
TO solve the critical Tar Heel prob
lem of marketing North Ca%rolina'S
big l94l crops of fresh vegetable
and fruits.
Organized only last week, a ON
mittee of growers, shippers and state
officials is meeting here today to pat
finishing touches on a system of fast
transmission of vital crop informal
ton between grower and buyer.
The committee took the name
"North Carolina Produce DistrIbu-
ton Committee' and was the out
growth Of a conference Of farm
leaders who met with officials OF
the Atlantic Commission company.
buying affiliate of the Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company, winch met
dentallv. is claimed to be the largest
distributor Of foods in the county
Faced with the problem Of moving
North Carolina produce into markets
at about the same lime other states
are moving similar crops, the COM
mittee planned ways and means of
getting buyers on the ground at Il
time when crops are Al the peak of
their values. M. J. Baum, commits
sion company manager, told tn" COM
| ,,,ittnn -: NhI 1nII HIS where NlII'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-20
Crete May Be
Next Object
OF Nazi Drive
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON

w
The prime strategic Importance of
the Greek island OF Crete is reflect
ed in Berlin reports that it will be
the next German-ltalian objective in
the struggle for control of the east
ern Mediterranean.
While that Water-guarded remnant
Of free Greece remains in British
Greek hands, the axis will be seri-
ousty hampered in expanding the
war against the British in lraq on in
converting the Franco-British clash
in Syria into a stab at the Suez
canal defcnScs.
Meantime, surrender of the major
remaining Italian f rec in Ethiopia,
the Duke of Aosta's army, has eased
the situation for the British. That
surrender, ending the most valiant
stand Italian forces have made IN
the war, freed virtually all British
imperial forces in East Africa for
use elsewhere, and that at a time
| when they are vitality needed.
Troops To Be Shifted
Presumably final mopping-up in
Ethiopia can be left now to Ethio-
plan trol ps with some British am
and technical assistance. The bulk
Of the British and imperial AN forces
in East Africa car be shifted imme-
diately to lraq, to North Africa on tc
Crete or other eastern Mcditerran-
can bases. From Crete, 70 miles Oft
the Greek mainland. British air forces
can and already are striking at axis
attempts to span the eastern Mediter-
ranean by sea or air to take adj
vantage OF the war in Iraq ~ of the
situation in French-Mandate Syria.
H w large an army the British can
now rush westward from east Afric;
10 bolster forces in Trad or in Egyp'
IS a matter of conjecture. There ha>
never been any authoritative esti-
nate of the imperial forces on that
front. There are indications tina
cry substantial forces of India anC
South African troops were engaged
in Ethiopia and are already being
zeal danger zones.
Ui-Timed For Axis
The Italian surrender in EthiopI@
vas peculiarly Well-timed from the
British point Of view and ill-timeC
or axis DurDoses for that reason
Rome and Berlin mquestlonablS
10Ded that Aosta's army could hole
on in its mountain Businesses indefi-
nitelv, and keep important units OF
the British air free and the imperial
army in that remote area while tho
critical axis campaigns in NORTH
Africa and in lraq developed.
Ivi3h tho ,,i,tlIDl nn1irhc, ET 1taliDY
resistance in East Africa, there seems
Urgent reason Toy naZl-faSclst Strate
9ists to turn the heat of their eastern
offensive on Crete. 1t is a powerful
obstacle to transportation Of majoi
axis forces across the eastern Medi
0rranean t Syria or lraq.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-20
%$31,900,000 Paid In 1910
On N. c. Insurance Claims
charleston with 81 $50, 900.
Payments on Prominent PeOplp.

Prominent people in North Caro-
INA maturing lite insurance policies
last yeaI through death or endoW-
hlent were: Joseph l.. Adams, Ashe-
VIE, retired physician; William +.
Bell, Asheville, dentist; Harvey Park
Barrel, Charlotte, physician; John i.
Lucas, Charlotte; l.. Lester Sell,
OherryVllle, physician; James Il.
Wlthers. Davidson; Carl p. Norris,
Durham; William D. Holmes, Eden
ton, grocer; Kathleen Alexander,
Forest City; George Mcneil, Fayette.
vile; owner, Mcneil Milling Co.;
George S. Dewey. Goldsboro; julius
W. Cone, Greensboro, executive:
Maurice Friedman, Greensboro; j.
5. johnson, Raeford; Henry c. Wall,
Rockingham; George d. Wick. ply
stefan, Selma: Thomas G.. Shelton.
S~tateSVllle, furniture manufacturer.
Oscar T. Paul, Washington; George
w. Bailey, Wilmington, theatre man
ager and owner; Frederick l.. Carr,
Wilson, planter.
The S3l,900,0 900 in life Insurance
money paid to North C~arolinians IN
1910 exceeded the S23, l96, 900 IN w.
p. A. payments in the State for the
fiscal year. was seven times the ST.
624,372 in p. w. A. grants, almost
doubled the federal agricultural ad-
Justment program payments of SIG
260,485, and was times the S4,-
b27, 633 in federal payments to the
State under the social security act,
thus demonstrating the importance
of life assurances contribution to the
economic security of the state. Life
insurance payments exceeded the
SIG, ,4l8 federal income and eN-
cess profits taxes collected in North
Carolina, were fifteen percent of the
S216,685, 900 in wages paid by manu-
tacturerS in the state and almost one
sixth of the S2O6, $4,000 cash income
from farm products. These life insUr-
ance payments We're much larger
than the social security taxes of ST.
SOB ,055 and the federal unemploy-
ment taxes Of Sl,l46,922 We're oVer
Cne-half Of the total retail store pay
roll of $50. 600 and 2 7-8 percent
OF the total income within the state.
Charlotte life insurance payments
averaged SlO7 per family. They re-
present 46 percent of the wages paid
by manufacturers operating in the
city. Life insurance payments over q
II ID year period equal the city's
annual retail trade volume and wei
Il 3 year period equal the total say
iEgs bank deposits in the city.
Total L. S. Figures Given.
Total life insurance payments il
the United States and Canada il
1910 amounted to S3,l26,6l6,907 az
increase Of Sl8,669 $3.50. Beneficiarie:
received $1.~l48,454,852, or 1918 per
cent of all payments, while living
policyholders received 81 1913, 1862, O55
on 63.27 percent. Death claims totalct
81. 1924. 316.242;; matured endowment
and annuitles, S505,679,9l7, disabilit.
claims and additional accidental
death benefits, $l55,097, SAB; pay
ments for premium savings and cast
surrender values, $l,34O, 1863. los.
During the year 1910 there were
nine life insurance claims paid o
over 81 .OOO. 600, two Of these WeH
between two and three million ant
two were over $4,000, 900.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-20
$87,396 Daily, or 1898
for Every Individual
Resident; Amounts for
s O m e Communities
Listed in Totals.

Every day in 1910 North Carolina
uolicvholdcrs and beneficiaries were
pad S87,396 by life insurance COM
pani,s, on a total Of S3l.900,O0 for
the year, or 1898 for every man.
woman and child in the state, accord
.ng to a special compilation r~eleas-
ed today by the National Underwril-
er, weekly insurance newspaper.
North Carolina ranked 2lSt in life
insurance payments among all states.
WinStOn-Salem Leads Cities.
Winston-Salem led North Carolina
cites in life insurance payments in
1910 with S2,6l6.000 compared to ST.
&65, 900 in 1889. Charlotte was second
in payments in North Carolina with
S2.5l7 900 in 1910 and ST $4,000 in
1889. Raleigh came third with ST.
742, 900 followed by Greensboro. ST.
f25, 900; Durham, S1,480, 900; Ashe-
vile, S8l7,000; Wilmington, STA
coo; High Point, S626,00O: Statesville,
S545 900; Rocky Mount, 600:
Fayetteville, $4,000; Goldsboro,
$500 900; Gastonia, 1888, 600: Chapel
Hill, S275,0OO; Salisbury, 900;
Kinston, 1922 900; Wilson. S2ll 600;
New Bern, S192, 900: Tarboro, $780,
600 and Washington, $780, 0O. There
were no listings for Henderson.
Substantial life insurance pay
mentS were made in nearby states.
Virginia having 500, 100000 with
Richmond as its leading city with So
1893. 900: Tennessee's life insurance
payments totaled S34, 100000 led by
Memphis with $8,l75,00O and South
Carolina received $4,000. 900 led by
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-20
State,s Highway Deaths
Mounting To Record High

If the safety division could answer
the question Why, it might dc
something about the mass slaughter
on the highways, but so far nobody
has advanced a tenable reason.
There are, of course, about as
many theories to explain the road
death toll as there are theorists. Here
are Il few OF those tentatively adj
vanced:
% Defense drinking. There has
undoubtedly been an increase in the
sale of liquor III recent months and
Il corresponding increase in accidenl+
involving drunken drivers; but NJ
such jump as to account for killing
Il person more each day than Was
killed last year.
GU Defense projects. There HAY t
been 4 few cases ul fatal accidents
IN which Workmen engaged in de
Tense construction have been inVolv-
ed. Also a few cases with soldiers
at the wheel. These cases. noWeVer.
represent an almost negligible per
centage of the increase,
(3) More tourists. Without a doubt
but here again statistics show only
Il very minor share of accidents il
which visitors to the state are III
VOWED.
(4) More cars ON the roads. True
enough and the more CarS the non
chance for accidents, Of course. The
death curve, however, has gone H.!
much faster than the automobile reg
iStration.
60 More and bigger trucks. Du'
figures show that the box ears OF
wheels and even the much-maligneC
petroleum product tankers are relu-
lively safer than passenger cars.
Perhaps the death toll increase l.
due to the cumulative effects o! al
these factors: but Ronald Hocutt, tht
safety director, and his aides are still
Of the opinion that the creates
menace of them all is the thought
less driver who doesn't pay strict at
1entlon to what he's doing.
The second worst threat, they are
confident. is speed in combination
with the tendency OF too many driv
crs to permit their heads to become
Vacuums 50 far as attention to Wha
they are doing is concerned.
Whatever the reason, or reasons
North Carolina is making a roa(
safety record of which it should b'
thoroughly ashamed.
This reporter, unless he become.
d highway death statistic himself
will continue to write about highWa,
safety.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-20
DOGS RIGHT TO BARK
is UPHELD BY JUDGE

Chicago, May 2O.-(AP)-Chlcago
dogs were granted the right OF 1ree
bark by Municipal Judge Leon Edel-
man yesterday.
He dismissed a disorderly conduct
charge against Bert Knight, whose
four dogs were accused of barking
at night. with this comment:
Dogs have a right to park just
as people have a right to speak-pro-
viding they're we'll hammered.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-20

Morality deals with man as a
rational being.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-09-25
Navy Committee
Appointed Today

In line with Secretary of Navy
Knox's suggestion, an Ashe coun-
ty Navy citizens committee has
been appointed to boost the Uni
ted States Navy campaign for vol
unteer recruits.
This committee is composed of
Ira T. Johnston, chairman, Mayor
H. G. Tucker, Charles Stellar,
commander of the American Leg
ion post; DR.. Hunter, president of
the Rotary club; Mrs. Ed M. An
derson, president of the Woman's
club; Mrs. Edith Barr, president
of Legion Auxiliary; and the fol-
lowing men who have served in
the Navy: Upton Blevins, B. B.
GRAPHICAL, c. J. Rich, R. E. Farm
er, Todd Woodie and Norman
Hege.
The cooperation Of all high
school principals in presenting the
navy needs to their commune
ties is also requested.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-09-25
Laurel Grange
Officers Chosen

The Laurel Grange met on Mon
day at the Riverview school
house when Mrs. Katie Hester
King, State Lecturer, was present
and discussed Grange work.
After Mrs. Kings talk the fol-
lowing officers were chosen: mas
ter, V. c. Lillard; overseer, Bruce
GRAPHICAL; lecturer, Mrs. Wade Ell
Ter; stewart, T. J. GRAPHICAL; assis-
tant stewart, Todd Price; chap
lain, Rev. Robert Short; treasurer,
Mrs. V. c. Lillard; secretary, Mrs.
Gwyn Price, gatekeeper, Mrs. E.
D. Bumgarner.
Lady Graces: cerese, Miss Sue
Oliver; pomona, Miss Gladys
GRAPHICAL; flora, Mrs. Robert
Short; lady assistant stewart, Mrs.
Todd Price; executive commit
tee, Levern Johnson, for a three
year period, r. A. Jones, for a
two year period.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-09-25
Ashe County Fair Is
OutstandingSuccess;
Large Crowds Attend
BrOmine Arsenic
Springs Hotel Is
Sold To Repass

It was learned here today that
DR.. E. E. Repass, of Miami, Flori-
da, has purchased the Bromine-
Arsenic Springs hotel and proper
ty from Mrs e Francis Porter.
DR.. Repass could not be reached
to confirm the matter, but it is
understood that he expects to
make extensive improvements be-
fore the season opens next sum-
mer. He and Mrs. Repass have
been spending the summer there.
Mrs. Porter, who is native of
this county but has made her
home in Wyoming for a number
of years, purchased the property
three years ago and has operated
it each summer since then.
The hotel is one of the oldest in
this section of the state and has
long been known as health re-
sort. In addition to the hotel there
are a number of cottages on the
property. The mineral springs
there contain wide variety of
healthful minerals and their pro-
perties have attracted many dur
ing the past half century.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-09-25
New Chevrolet
On Display Fri
Smart New Styling Is Out
standing Feature of The
1912 Models.

Distinguished styling, charac-
terized by new massiveness,
marks the new 1912 Chevrolet
which will be on display here to-
morrow at the Parkway Chevrolet
company's showrooms, Lem Ha-
fer, local dealer, stated yesterday.
The new car is presented in
three lines, ranging from an eco
nomy model that Incorporates
unusual refinements to a luxury
line, surprising all previous pre-
sensations in the lowest-price
field.
The same attention to finished
detail that is apparent in the ex-
terror of the new models is not
ed at once inside of the car. Smart
styling, fine materials and excel
lent design have produced the
most beautiful and comfortable
interiors that Chevrolet has ever
offered, it is stated.
A new grille treatment, with
integral parking lights and the
small new elongated front fender,
which sweeps back into and opens
with the front door are design
highlights.
In length and motor power, the
car is about the same as of 1941
models. Special emphasis is placed
upon eye-appeal.
Chevrolet has led throughout
the nation in sales for several
years.
Mr.. Hafer invited everyone to
see the new model.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-09-25
Exhibits More Varied And
Many Show Improvements
Over Previous Years
INTERESTING PROGRAM

Officials of the 1941 Ashe coun-
ty fair which ended Saturday
night declared the venture an
outstanding success from both the
standpoint Of exhibits and atten-
dance, breaking records of the
two previous years.
An official estimate placed the
attendance for the four days at
more than $4,000 with a record
breaking crowd in town for Sat-
urday and Saturday night.
The exhibits were more num-
erous and varied with much i'm
provement being shown in the
entries from the schools, live
stock, flowers and some other de-
partments. A partial list of the
winners by departments is pub
lished elsewhere in the paper to-
day and will be completed next
week.
The exhibits Of the Home DEM
onstration clubs as well as the
live-at-home clubs were partlcu-
larly outstanding and representa-
tive of what can be grown in Ashe
county.
The entire program for the four
days, much of which was infor-
NAL, was we'll attended and re-
ceived praise. Of particular inter-
est were the free educational mo-
ton pictures.
Many visitors from a distance
declared the fair to be one of the
best they had ever seen.
Ed M. Anderson, chairman of
the fair, said that he was pleased
over the success of the event
made possible through the splen-
did cooperation of so many peo-
pie.
"On behalf of the fair commit
tee and the organizations which
they represent I wish to especial
ly thank all of the exhibitors, the
department heads, the merchants,
Glenn GRAPHICAL, for the use of
his property, the Presbyterian
churches for the use of their tents,
the Northwest Carolina Utilities
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-09-25
ALI Young Men
Are Urged To
Enlist In Navy
Valuable Free Training Is Of
fered. Ed Anderson Navy
Editor OF Post.
NEED TODAY GREAT

To build up it's manpower for
the "two-ocean Navy" that is ra-
pidly nearing completion, the
United States Navy is launching
this week in Ashe county, and
all other counties in the state,
and several other states in the ma
ton an extensive campaign for
volunteers to enlist in the Navy
or Naval Reserve.
At the suggestion of Secretary
of Navy Knox, Ed M. Anderson
has been made Navy Editor of
this paper, to help the Navy in
giving ambitious local young men
information about the opportuni-
ties the 'two-ocean Navy" offers
for technical training and adj
vancement as they serve their
country in its emergency.
Men between the ages of II and
so will be given a chance, by en-
listment in the Navy, to get to
the top, with big pay, in jobs
which, by their aptitude and as a
result of examination they show
themselves fitted, from among
nearly so different trades and vo-
cations. These include aviation
machinist, dental technician, pho
tographer, diesel engineer, radio
technician, electrician, welder,
storekeeper and baker.
Men enlisting now enter train
ing for the duration of the ma
tional emergency. These men will
be sent to one of the four Naval
training stations and may have a
chance to go to a Navy trade
school even before assignment to
the fleet. During this period they
will be given regular Navy pay
and the Navy's free schooling
shat is valued at hundreds of dol
lars.
"Never before in the history of
the United States has there been
greater opportunity for local
young Americans to serve their
country and build their futures
than right now" said Secretary
Knox.
"The Navy has never lacked
for volunteers and enlistments
are coming in at far above the
normal rate, but new ships are
being launched at the rate of one
Continued on Page Four)