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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11
A COLLEGE TO
TRAIN NAVY GROUP

Raleigh, March 1l.-Fifteen naval
reserve officers will be assigned tc
State College April | for special
training in diesel engines, Dean
Blake R. Van Leer, head of the
School of Engineering, announced
today.
The men will study 16 weeks and
then the Navy will assign them to
duties aboard vessels powered By
diesel engines. They will come from
the U. S. Naval Reserve Midship-
mems School at Northwestern Uni
Nersity.
Only two other schools in the ma
tion-Cornell and Illinois--havt
been selected definitely to teach the
G1esel course to naval reserve of.
ticers. it is understood at State Col
lege.
"Brighter English is the intri-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11

limiting activity of constables-thc
men Friday OF the j. P.'s.
The North Carolina Unemploy-
Ucnt Compensation Commission has
been in operation in North Carolina
iol about four and d halt years. One
Of the biggest employing agencies of
the state. and touching as many peo-
pie as any other, the commission has
not HAD q publication medium for
disseminating information about it.
self. Such 4 paper was started las.
month, and the first announcement
stated that it would be Il monthly
publication. Coincident with appear
ance OF the first issue came news OF
resignation Of the chairman and the
other fun time commissiOner-Char-
les G. Powell and Mrs. J. B. Spill
d
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11

Further testimony to the increas-
ing importance OF aviation is tha
pending bill by Senator Ingram OF
Stanly empowering the utilities COM
mission to make rules and regula-
tons for intra-state flying in con
formity with federal rules ON inter
state aviation.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11

sixteen-year-old Elmer Albaugh,
Des Moines, Ia, high school stu
dent, was jailed after a fight that
ended in the death of his manual
training teacher. A. H. Horsburgh,
81. Police charge that when Hors-
burgh accused the boy OF playing
hockey, Albaugh struck the teach
er, knocking him down and ~fractur-
ing his skull.
Central Prsss)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL AND
LYN NESBET

Raleigh, March 1.-THE fact that
North Carolina is the only one of the
AZ states which denies to its gov
eEnor the right to veto legislation acts
is no comfort to some members of
the assembly who do not always see
eye to eye with his eXcellency. One
of the legislative veterans Cor OBJ
Vious reasons declines to be quoted
by name) remarked last night that
it would be more democratic to lei
the governor veto Dills after they
are enacted, rather than before as is
the practice in the current session.
This member remarked that Cover
rOr Broughton has not failed to get
a single thing that he asked for, up
to now. "Actually," he said, the
governor of North Carolina, parti-
cularly the present governor, has
more influence on legislation than
wen President Roosevelt has over
Congress-
The agricultural bloc" in the I'll
rent legislature has gotten almost
everything it went out after. IN final
adjustment of the appropriations bill
compromise the appropriation FOR a
general marketing program was
omitted. Representative Burgin OF
Henderson, chairman of the House
committee on agriculture, came right
back with a bill authorizing the GOV
ernor to make available $4,000 lor
that purpose. The governor is known
to be friendly to the idea Of a mar
keting authority, but whether he will
go SO far as to make fifty thousand
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11

brighter English is the intri-
gulng title of d new English text
book.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11

James A. Farley
Former postmaster general James
A. Farley returns to New York
from a South American tour tanned,
healthy and in the best Of spirits.
Central Pyess)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11

YOU DON'T MEET us to tell you what a
1 whale of a car the Pontiac "Torpedo"
is. The new Pontiac speaks for itself-and
it tells you clearly that a smarter, roomier,
sweeter-aCting car will be hard to find.
Thu only time this Pontiac needs our
help is when somebody says, Its toe
high-priced for me-" That's when we go
to work, and here's what we tell them:
With all of its size, its beauty, its "exPen-
sive" look, Pontiac's prices are SO close to
the "lowest-priced three that the differ
ence is only a few dollars per month.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11

PERFORMANCE. If you plan to buy a new
car soon, try this new Pontiac now. You'll
learn that way why Pontiac owners are
our most enthusiastic cheer leaders. And
remember, if you can afford any new car
y0x can afford & uetV Pontiac!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-03-11

SIZE AND LUXURY. Nor will you get
any impression of low cost from the
roominess and luxury you find inside its
handsome body by Fisher. Pontiac is
tailored and fitted to compare favorah:
with the finest cars on the road.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11
What's Woman's Place
In This War? In the Home!
By Elsie Robinson

WHATS woman's place in
w this war?
l think it's exactly the same
place which she occupied be-
fore the last warm the
home.
And. by that. I'm not
cheapening her intelligence or
belittling her power-nor try
ing to shove her back into the
kitchen.
The simple truth is-America
is largely a woman's world.
The man may bring home
the bacon-but the missus
maps the course and dictates
the policy.
The American woman has
more influence than any other
female on earth.
She puts her mark on and
bequeaths her prejudices to
every prospective citizen.
ND nowhere can she do
"A this as effectively as in
her family.
I'm not saying that women
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11

lief in half, and partial
amelioration of symptoms in
the rest of the cases. But
this may be a long, drawn
out affair. Surgical removal
of the deposits and the bursa,
a minor procedure which can
be done under local anesthesia,
gives immediate, certain and
complete relief.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
II. A. D.: What harm Is
there to the body in taking
tabloid empirin compound pills,
one or two a day, for rheu-
matte pains and arthritis ?"
Answer: None. Empirin
compound pills are largely
aspirin. One or two a day
even over a long period do no
harm.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11
ANOTHER FERRY

Another ferry carried me to
Frederick. A night 1 rested
in the quarters of the Saliva
ton Army. On the following
day / rode across Jutland TO
the port Esbjerg. l arrived in
Esbjerg with one kroner in
my pocket.
The steamer p. A. Benstorff
lay at her pier. ! boarded her
and spoke TO the leader of the
Communist ship unit. He
knew me well from previous
trips. He had, of course, no
inkling OF my real status.
"Comrade," / said. "You
must arrange for my passage.
have official business I'm
France"
The comrade was a sailor
and honest revolutionist. He
fed me and kept me hidden in
his cabin, which he shared
with another party member.
Thirty-six hours after the p.
A, Benstorff steamed out of
the harbor of Esbjerg. / strobe
ashore in Dunkerque. / went
10 the Sale d'Avenir and
spoke 10 Comrade Msnautincs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11

shouldn't work outside the
home. Regardless OF ira
dition, it is increasingly neces-
sary for women to hold jobs
whether they like them or
not.
And for the sake of her
family, as we'll as her own
mental and spiritual balance,
a wife should have interests
outside the home.
But neither big business
nor politics nor professional
careers can ever give women
the power which they can
find in their own four walls.
For the home is the natural
center of peace and recre-
alton.
The home binds a man by
countless, invisible bonds.
And the more frantic that
outer world becomes, the more
he turns to the tranquility Of
the home.
There Is still no Autumn
model half as popular with
the male sex as the kitchen
apron or a fluffy negligee.
These things are not clothes
=. they are symbols. They
are the symbol of that eternal
dream Of romance and
mothering love which every
man holds in his heart.
They appeal to his pride.
They quiet a hunger in him
which nothing else can quiet.
A WOMAN may be 10 times
"A as smart as her husband
and frequently Is
But if she has real intelli-
gence. she'll know that one
ounce of freight at the end
of weary day Is worth a ton
Of Phi. d. diplomas.
There are a million recipes
for charm but q good
beef stew and a kiss on A
worried forehead have them
all beat.
a woman's place In the
war;"
Help your nation all you
can, sister. But, first OF all,
help your home hold your
family in the. core Of your
heart. You're a queen there.
But you're just a trick uni
form In the front line trench
80. and frequently a dog
goned nuisancei
opynght 1871, King Features syp6 Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11
Complicated Shoulder
Joint Often in Trouble
By DR.. Logan Clendening

during the period of greatest
activity of adult life, and
especially in men.
Focal infection of teeth.
tonsils, ETC., had little to do
with the causation of this
formation, nor do they follow
or accompany arthritis, rheu-
matism, or any serious illness
past or present.
that require
" constant and prolonged
strain on the arms foster
the formation of these call
eiHHf deposits.
Among such occupations Is
typewriting and most women
who had these deposits were
typists, and they had a
significantly higher percentage
of them than women clerks
throughout all ages in life.
Millions of years of he
redity," wrote Doctor Cad
man, have not prepared the
modern stenographer to keep
the supraspinatous tendons
stretched and under tension.
on the qui vive hour after
hour, day after day."
Under treatment, heat either
in the form of baking or
diathermy gave ultimate re-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11

gets out OF whack pretty
often. Three bones, the
humerus, the shoulder blade
and the collarbone, enter into
it. A large muscle. the deltoid,
fits over it like a cap TO hold
the joint together and also to
move il, and a tendon of the
biceps muscle of the arm
crosses right over the joint
to attach itself to the collar
bone above.
T FACILITATE the move
Il ments Of these muscles
and tendons, nature has placed
a little buffer sac called the
sub-acromial bursa between
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11
he bone and the tendons.

the bone and the tendons.
Inflammation of this bursa
is so common that Doctor
Bosworth, of New York. re-
Gently studied a group of
adults TO see how many had
evidence of present or previ-
Gus disease there. When in
Illumination occurs. there often
results a deposit of calcium or
chalk around the joint. and
since this can be seen in the
X-ray, it gives a good enough
indication of present or past
bursitis.
Among 6.061 supposedly nor
NAL persons Of the white
collar class, calcium deposits
were found by X-ray in one
or both shoulders in about 3
per cent.
They occur most commonly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11

"Ruptured gastric ulcers with general
peritonitis, septic pneumonia and septic
endocarditis."
Campaigner for increased old age pen
sions says every person over % IN the
United States should be given pension Of
$50 month I suppose he knows there are
100000 persons of over 65 in the United
States right now
HERE'S query that has hoored several
l. quiz experts: From what poem of Burns
is the oft-quoted passage: 20 wad some
power the giftie gle us to see oursels as
others see us" Answer: From the poem
titled ITO Louise"
Writes Bostonian in part: II am
non-horse playing. non-bean eating
Boston taxicab driver Either in itself
is a rarity" The Boston taxicab drivers
by the way, are the best all-around cab
drivers in the country.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11

Just bought yellow and blue nektie Give cigars
mild and my neckties wild.
Worlds record for careful driving is held by Robin Wood
Esq of London Eng who has been driving automobiles As
without traffic violation.
IN ENGLAND clothing buying by women Is limited quantity
in everything hats. buy many hats
she wants II who understood who made
that ruling Nothing give Of buldup
make her to get along with than and becoming
hat What is philosophy of love, young woman
Deroer named Louise her philosophy the
who
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11

THERE is nothing meaner
Il than an aching shoulder,
or the neuralgia accompany
ing it that goes down the
arm. At least there are few
things in the nature of a minor
illness that are meaner.
The shoulder is one of the
most complicated joints in the
body and ii is no wonder it
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11

In any reducing you of bouion clear
black without counting calorieS
ALL These the stomach and help to satisfy the APPETIZER
that's why they popular reducing menus.
Breakfast:
Apple and skim milk (roughage, calcium).
poached egg (Vtamin B. protein).
Slice and butter (Vitamn b.
l cup black coffee.
Clear vegetable soup
Hamburger whole bread with butter.
glass milk.
Black coffee clear
Dinner:
consomme.
II slice broled liver Gron bloodbuder, the yitamn
acid.
liberal serving spinach (iron Wtamins)
small baked potato (vitamins calcium, phosphorus).
l slice bread and butter
Gelatin dessert.
cup black coffee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11

Doctor Clendening WiU an
sUer questions OF general in
terest only, and then only
through his column.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11
Out of the Night

I drew them out. I took a
cigaret and lit a match.
Outside, Jensen was talking
10 the others. In quick sue
cession / smashed the bottles
on the floor. l dropped the
brightly burning match into
the spilled kerosene. A little
yellow fame licked upward,
crawled across one of the
SCARED boards. licked avidly,
grew brighter, and was
fringed with a ghostly blue.
LAMP FROM CEILING
An instant later / was tear
ing the lamp from the ceiling.
Someone was running toward
my room. The flames blazed
up now. While / bolted from
the room / hurled the lamp
against the wall.
Fire" I yelled. Fire!
Fire! Fire.
Jensen was cursing. The
GPU men ran out OF the
house. In two leaps l was
among them. plunged
across the enclosure and out
through the open gate. On
the other side of the road
stood a car.
Fire. / yelled at the top
of my voice. Fire. Fire,
Fire. Fire."
Scharnetzski was two PAGES
away from me. He shouted
something, his coarse face dis
torted.
"Firew / yelled. Sire"
Men came running out Of
the nearest houses-workers
with disheveled hair, some
still Tightening their belts as
they ran. A few women fol-
lowed.
"Firew I yelled. Fire.
Thick smoke poured from
the roof of Richard Jensen's
cottage. Smoke curled
through the boarded windows.
On the porch the flames
cracked Justify. People clus-
tered on the road. Others ran
TO. and fro.
GOES DOWN LANE
I turned and walked rapidly
down the lane. / reached the
corcrete highway and turned
north, toward Copenhagen. /
passed the roadhouse whose
colored lights I had seen night
after night through the cracks
of my boarded window.
It's name was Jaegerxroen
Hunters Resting Place.
Some 20 PAGES behind me
strobe Scharnetzski and Chris
Hansen. entered the grounds
of Jaegerkroen, as if l in
tended TO walk into the inn.
Seharnetzski paused on the
highway. Christensen turned
and ran back toward the burn
ing house.
II must move on" /
thought. HE Is going for the
car"
/ struck out toward Copen-
hagen on the middle Of the
highway. Each time a car
approached, / halted and
raised both hands. Two cars
sped by, third fourth
a fifth. The sixth car stopped
and the door swung open. Its
driver was an elderly man,
going to work.
where are you going ."
ITO Copenhagen" 1 said.
There Is a fire here?" he
asked.
Eyes, a fire." I answered.
Sailors had a party there.
They got drunk"
The man chuckled.
/ did not remain in Copen-
hagen. / obeyed my urge to
put the greatest possible dis
lance between myself and
the man hunters of Michel
Avatin. He, who had been my
friend for many years, would
know no mercy now. l had
six kroner.
/ entered bathhouse and
bathed. In a barber shop on
the eastern outskirts of
Copenhagen l stopped to be
shaved and to have my hair
cut. Then l bought large
breakfast. In a short street
fianked by tenement houses l
stole a bicycle which leaned
against a wall near a door
way.
With three kroner and so
oere in my pockets l rode east
ward along the highway which
led to Roskilde and Korsoer.
l had no passport nor any
other document of identified
ton.
/ crossed the large belt
with the aid of comrade who
was a sailor aboard the ferry.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11
PRETENDs CALM

Next morning pfetenueu
10 be calm. The house was
old, and the tinbers and
planks were dry. l made my
preparations quietly.
Early one morning in the
last week of January, 1888, l
heard a car drive up and stop
outside of the fence. The gate
creaked. A hand unfastened
the chain from the front door
of my room. In the doorway
stood Richard Jensen.
"Good morning." he said.
Dress yourself"
Whats up:" I demanded.
"You are leaving today"
where for?"
"The Soviet union"
l rose and slipped into my
clothes. $50 you are going to
put me on ice ." l asked.
THAT depends on yourself"
Jensen answered. II only
carry out instructions"
"Who gave the instruc-
tons ."
THE control commission"
That Is Wollweber
THE control commission"
Jensen repeated stolidly.
"All right" / said.
I stepped out of the room.
Martin Jensen had gone 10
town on the previous evening.
He had not returned. Schar-
netzki and Christensen, both
wearing hats and overcoats.
stood on the porch.
by what route am I go
ing?" / demanded.
STEAMER GOING
"By ship" Jensen said.
There Is a steamer going out
this afternoon"
you know as well as
that there are no ships in
Winter" / replied.
Jensen was silent.
you better get ready"
Scharnetzski said sullenly.
Take your time" Jensen
said in a conciliatory tone.
go TO Moscow and straighten
things out with the COMM
tern. 1t Is the best way for
you"
"All right" I said. I'm
going to have a shave first.
l stepped back into the half
darkness of my prison cham
Der. Every fiber, every nerve.
every drop of blood in me was
in a raging tumult. The
tenseness seemed TO lift me
off the floor.
1t was as IL / were about TO
raise my fist. and with il "A
dagger. to drive it into the
throat of my mother who had
become a viper.
you COmintern You
false mother You-you
viperw
My heart was a mute snarl.
The kerosene container of
theslamp which dangled from
the ceiling was full. Two
beer bottles filled with kero-
sene lay under my mat,rcs..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11

urgent business In Paris"
g ManautineS lent me 100
francs and saw me aboard a
train TO Paris. When / shook
hands with him, / shook hands
with the Comintern. Tears
were in my eyes, and a lump
in my throat.
ALARM SPREAD
I could not stay in Paris.
The GPU had spread the
alarm. Men and women who
had been my comrades were
now duty-bound to hunt me
down as an enemy of Stain
and his clique. One day /
slipped away from two CPL
men who had Swallowed me in
the vicinity of the Place de
Combat. The same night /
left Paris.
The GPU had traced me
from Paris to Antwerp; but
by the time their man hunters
arrived, / had already put out
to sea. Once more / was a
sailor before the mast. None
of my shipmates knew whence
/ came, or where / was
going.
1t was a sheer delight TO
walk again over a heaving
deck, TO sink my hands once
more into a pot of tar. To
Firelei / could not write
1T Is best" l thought. AS
time goes on, the Gestapo will
believe that you have died
somewhere In Russia, and
then they will let Firelei 60
on her way"
But the GPU and the Com
intern gave me no peace any
where. In the end, Ernst
Wollweber had his revenge.
Long after my flight from
Copenhagen. a friend in Ant
werp sent me a package. 1t
contained copies of Communist
newspapers from various
countries, ranging from the
Pacifist coast to Scandinavia.
/ unfolded the papers.
was surprised to see a picture
of myself on the front page of
each publication. 1t was the
same-the- Phatagraph that
had appeared on my Gestapo
credentials-which / had sur
rendered to Comrade Jensen
upon my arrival in Copen-
hagen from Hitler's prisons
1t bore the caption:
"On the watch. Gestapo.."
ARTICLES, TOO
The articles which accom-
panied my picture in the Com
munist press Tlified me as
"one of the most important
spies of the Gestapo." There
was no word about my life
time of service to the Com
munist cause. no word about
the years / spent in the tor
ture-chambers of the Gestapo.
But there was word that |
had just been discovered in
Paris" Thus, the GPU made
il appear that it had not even
heard of my existence before
its agents discovered" me Is
years after l had entered the
Soviet service.
This treachery re C al e d
other things to my mind.
rem e m cred the day in
Schreckenbach's office when
he gave me the Gestapo
credentials. and / remembered
his words:
"In hell or high water
never let these documents fall
into enemy hands"
They would know that I
had surrendered their secrets
TO enemy hands. They would
know that / had not persisted
in Russia. They would blame
me for having had a hand in
the disappearance of their
agent, Oskar.
They would know that l
had duped them. They would
realize what game l had
played with them.
They did.
In July, 1888. received the
intelligence that Firelei had
been seized and thrown into
the Horror Camp F'uhlsbuet-
tel.
In December, 1888. I re-
ceived a message which told
me that Firelei had died in
prison. Did she. herself, put
an end to her life? Was she
murdered in cold blood?
1.-The Gestapo never jokes"
Neither does il give eX-
plantations. Our son, Jan. be-
came a ward of the Third
Reich. / have not heard Of
him again.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11

IERE is pleasant little give you message
every day IL numerical puzzle designed spell
your fortune Count the letters your the number
OF letters IS or more subtract the
add The result your key Start at the upper left
hand corner Of the rectang every your key
numbers left to right Then read the
the checked figures give you. ho.U
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-11

Just came back from my
vacation. i have been I'm
Moscow. I heard you were
here. so I came To see you"
For old friendships sake?"
1 asked sarcastjcally.
you are ILL.," Petra Peter
sen said. you should 20 TO
the Soviet union to recover"
I stood in front of her and
grasped her shoulders.
Listen" I whispered. IL
want to write a letter to my
wife. Get me paper and a
pencil.
II want you to take that
letter out with you and mail
IL. Don't mail IL from Copen-
hagen. Send IL to Leningrad
and have IL mailed from there.
VIII you do that for me?"
"Of course"
TOO QUICK
Her response had come too
quickly.
Leave me alone" I said.
GO away. You make me
sick"
"Why?"
"How can I trust you?"
"Tf you trust no one, you
are lost" Petra said softly.
go away"
She departed. The night
was quiet. / thought of
escape. / thought of con-
versation / had once with a
group of exiled German COM
rades in Rotterdam.
We had spoken of an anti
Fascist's ways of escape in
the event of his abduction by
Gestapo raiders outside of
Germany. Most had spoken
of suicide. But one had said:
Tf they kept me aboard a
ship or inside a house, I'd
move heaven and earth to set
the ship or the house afire.'
The sentence became static
in my mind. Fire. Smoke
and flames attract other
people and other ships. Fire
exerts a strong fascination on
the minds of men. When man
first made a fire. and scurried
to feed it and keep it alive,
civilization began.
IL MUS make a fire."
thought. Every castaway
makes n fire, In he can. to at
tract the attention of passing
ships.
you are crazy" I told my
self. Perhaps everything will
end all right Don't be like
a hystericai old woman.
Sleep"
Sleep was far away. My
brain continued 10 chew on
the idea of making a fire.
"When?" l thought. ITO
night"
/ forced myself to lie still.
Not this night" l muir
INJURED TO myself. wait.
Wait until there is no other
way"