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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-11-06
Rev. S. A. Douglas,
Adventist Leader,
Going to Arkansas

S. A. Douglas, for six years pas
tor of Beacon Light Seventh Day
Adventist church, North Minneapo-
lis, will leave Monday, Nov. 9, for
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rev. Douglas was called by the
church conference to do evangelis-
tic work in Kansas and Louisiana.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-11-06

If all U. S. drivers Of passenger
autos in 1910 had cut down their
driving by 10 per cent, they would
have saved 100000 years of round
the-clock travel time at a rate of
35 miles an hour.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-11-06
Mitchell Attends
Sisters Funeral

Hobart T. Mitchell, 1912 Elliot
Ave-, left Tuesday, November 8, for
Detroit, Mich, to attend the fu-
neral of his sister, Mrs. Edith Rich
ardson.
Mrs. Richardson passed away
Monday, November 2.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-11-06

If each of the 81 million U. s.
families bought one less can of
canned goods per week, the steel
saved would meet steel require
ments of 5000 medium tanks, there
would be tin for 100000 75mm.
howitzers, rubber for 1000 jeeps.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-11-06

The money spent for every hour
of Nazi occupation to France would
support 500 French families of
three people for a year.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-11-06

New York's movie organs have
played their tunes, except for Hit
Ter. Turned in to the scrap drive,
one of them yielded 1890 pounds
Of war metals.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-11-06
"Play Bridge for Halle" Nov. 10.
HaIlie's New Gym. 3Oc.-Advt.

More than a million pounds of
scrap was rounded up in Holyoke,
Mass, city of $4,000 population.
Horseshoes of Kentucky Derby
winners for the past 10 years have
been contributed to scrap.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-11-06

Keep of of date Nov. rs. Dance
given by the New Brighton B-shift
emplOyees.-Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-11-06
Federal Cartridge
Names Woman To
Industrial Staff
Arms Plant Gives Another Negro
Important Job

Charles L. Horn, president of
Federal Cartridge Corporation, an
nounced Tuesday the appointment
of Ethel Maxwell Williams of st.
Paul to the Industrial Relations Di-
vision of the Twin Cities Ordnance
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-11-06

Interment was in Elmhurst ceme-
terry. Brooks Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-11-06

Majorities must recognize
that minOrities have rights
which ought not be extin-
guished and they must re-
member that history can be
written as the record of the
fOllies of the majority
Lindsay Rogers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-24
II Mile Corner
Community News

A Thursday night pie supper at
the Recreation Center is being
planned by the Women's Club of
the Community. The feast will
supplement the regular Thursday
night amateur entertainment. Mrs.
Weatherford. recreation director.
Is in charge.
Hit Play
Eleven Mile folks are still talk
Ing about the very fine amateur
play put on by the camp residents
las Thursday. All members OF the
cast turned in star performances.
New Bible Teacher
The Sunday afternoon Sunday
school and Bible class had a rec
ord attendance of 46 last Sunday.
This was gain of fourteen over
the previous week. Chief reason
Is very welcome newcomer to our
community. the Reverend II. E.
Brannoch formerly of Texas. Mr..
Brannoch will serve as Bible teach
er and all signs indicate that he
will prove a popular and able one.
Council Treated
The Community Council meeting
last Tuesday brought a surprise
for the Council members. The lad
les OF the community prepared
heaping servings of ice cream
which the camp legislators showed
no hesitation In slowing away
Several councilmen are out cam
paigning for repeat performance.
Camp Blooming
In spite of the soaring tempera
lures and the little rain this sum-
mer, camp grounds are holding
their green and the camp trees are
growing by leaps and bounds. Staff
and residents here feel that the
community is rapidly becoming one
OF the garden spots of the valley.
New Worker
Our nursery school staff has
new addition. Miss Mary Herman
dez, formerly employed at the
Friendly Corner camp. has been
transferred here by the Works Pro
gress Administration The nurs-
cry school provides pre-school
training and care for youngsters
from two TO five years old.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-24
Time To Stop Advertising

According to T. G. Drummond.
OF The Torch. its time to cut
down on your advertising under
these conditions:
When your competitor stops
advertising.
When a new competitor en-
ters the field.
When no one discovers a sub
stitute for your product.
When none of your present
dealers go out Of business.
When no new dealers enter
the picture.
When your dealers do not
realize that you have stopped
pushing the product
When the public stops being
born.
When the public stops dying.
When the public stops for
getting.
II you expect to quit business
when the parade is over.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-24
Trinity Tabernacle
Notice OF Services

1T Is time for thee. Lord. TO
work: for they have made void
thy law" Psalms 1926.
Trinity Full Gospel. Tabernacle
The Reverend Lima O'Donnell
pastor.
Sunday school 10 a. m. war time
Communion service-i1 a. m.
Evening services p. N. war
time.
Bible study-Tuesday evening a
5 o'clock.
Ladies Prayer Band-Wednes
day afternoon from 2 TO o'clock
Young Peoples Meeting-Thurs
day evening at s o'clock.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-24
Lloyd Humphries
Enters Training At
Lubbock, Texas

Aviation Cadet Lloyd p. Hum
phries. who Joined the service as
an air photographer In 1899, has
reported at the Lubbock Army
Flying School, Lubbock. Texas.
for the final lap OF the training
which Is preparing him for the sill
yer wings and gold bars of an Air
Force Flying Officer. Humphries is
the son of Mrs. Anna Humphries
and was engaged in farming near
Coolidge before his enlistment
At the large Lubbock twin-en-
gine school. commanded by Col.
Thomas L. Gilbert, Cadet Humph-
ries viii complete the training he
began in January at Hicks Field.
Texas and continued at Goodfellow
Field. Texas. Upon his graduation
he will be commissioned as a sec.
ond lieutenant and assigned TO &C,
tive duty with an Air Force unit.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-24

"The American people are just
beginning TO purchase Bonds and
Stamps In a real earnest manner.
/. :. Since war was declared there
10 no longer any argument about
purchase of Bonds and Stamps. The
people now understand the neces-
sIty Of such porchases and that 10
all there 10 to it"-TlMES, Ei
Paso, Texas.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-24
WAat4o4tH'e1WlA
WAR Bonds

The l55-millimeter gun IL the mod
ern version Of the old "GPF' Of
World War days. 1t has range
dfty percent greater than the old
gun. heaving a 95-pound projectile
approximately Is miles. II Is capa-
BILE Of high road speed and each
one costs $50, ,00o.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-24

. Mrs. Arthur Kempton left Wed.
nesday for Los Angeles. Califor-
MIA, to visit Venil and Thelon
Kempton, who are employed In
aircraft factories on the coast.
They are the Kempton's sons. Mrs.
Kempton plans TO remain in Cali
fornia for several weeks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-24

. Gene Scudder spent Sunday in
Phoenix on business.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-24
Local Happenings

. Miss Eleanor Setter OF Phoenix
was the guest of Reverend and
Mrs. J. ID. Easter. Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-07-24

9 Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Craver of
Phoenix were guests at the ranch
home OF Mr. and Mrs. Clair Ken
nedy on Sunday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27
BY j. MORTIMER SHEPPARD,
The American Weel<ly's Special Core
spOndent In Ecuador.

\XANT billion dollars in gold? Well,
w here's one way TO get it,
Let's begin with Richard DOrsay, the
explorer, French by birth. American by
naturalization and an albright guy.
/ first met him back in 1888 on one of
his infrequent trips TO Quito Mutual
friends, who introduced us, said Dick sell
dom leS.~tne Llanganati mountain region,
and ther-only to get supplies and regain
his strength.
My curiosity was aroused Why would
an intelligent man spend months on end in
Ecuador's most desolate country a Sec
ton so God-forsaken that Indians Stunned
it, section known only to high-flying
Condors and wild mountain goats?
Treasure, that's the answer. The
famed Valverde gold was the lure More
than kings ransom, for no king is worth
a billion dollars.
The how and why of the hoard was all
pretty haZy in mind. l suspected Dick
of being just another nutty daredevil
chasing a rainbow-until / heard his
story. But then, judge for yourself. Here
is Dicks tale in his own words.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27
BY RICHARD D'ORSAY,
Explorer and Treasure Hunter.

10 you want to hunt treasure? Well, let's
begin with a chap named Valverde.
- When you devote your life to treasure
hunting in remote places you've got to make
sure of every detail. The first thing to make
sure of is that the treasure wasn't cooked up
in some drunks imagination.
Patience is the first requisite of the treas
ure hunter, so hold your horses while delve
into some family history.
Valverde is a fairly common Spanish name.
The first Valverde in Ecuador Padre,
the official chaplain of \Pzarro's army. So
far so good. Now, we'll skip the Padre and
Pizarro for a moment.
In the birth records of Latacunga, Ecua-
dor, there are Valverdes going way back
seven or eight generations. Our Valverde,
not the Padre. may have been the ancestor
of these people This doesn't prove anything,
but at least we know the name isn't fictitious.
Our Valverde lived in Ecuador in Spanish
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

When the Spanish conqueror Pzarro
rived in Peru the Indians were there in fact,
their settlements covered a good part of the
western coast of South America.
Atahualpa was king or Inca" then, and
Pizarro captured and imprisoned the ruler in
present-day Cajamarca, Peru.
The king was locked in a room. 1t couldn't
have been very small because Atahualpa was
allowed to keep twenty-odd of his favorite
wives. Atahualpa means beautiful rooster
thus the wives. Also, and this is important,
Atahualpa was a tall fellow, probably well
over six feet.
One day, Atahualpa scratched the wall of
his prison with the finger nail of his out
stretched hand, eight or nine feet from the
ground He offered to fill the room up with
gold to that level if Pizarro would let him
free.
The Spanard agreed and Atahualpa sent
word to his vassal chiefs to collect gold from
the temples and palaces and send it to Gaia
marca.
This was big order The empire was
huge and communication difficult.
At first, the gold poured in slowly. Piz-
AFRO grew impatient. Padre Valverde, his
chaplain and advisor may have suggested
that Atahualpa stalling for time, in order
to organize a great army that would easily
defeat the handful of Spaniards.
Pizarro then ordered Atahualpa burned at
the stake. Valverde interceded and said that
If Atahualpa would become a Christian he
would be strangled instead. Thus, the dopey
Spaniards killed the goose that laid the golden
egg
Even at that, the Spanards received gold
amounting to 500, 900 600 1t took fifty gold
smiths month to melt it into bullion, and
this did not include the royal Spanish fifth
When they asked an Indian chief If Alta
hualpa had more gold, the cacique picked up
a grain of corn from big pile of several
bushels This is what Atahualpa gave you,"
he told the Spanards Pointing to the pile he
said, And this is what is left"
When the news of Atahualpa's death
bearing gold still on the way. There wasn't
any use going further, so the leaders ordered
about face.
One of these caravans passing by
Salcedo and the leader wanted to get back
home in hurry. He looked for some place to
hide the heavy burden
What better place than the Llanganati
mountains, he reasoned?
lake is a good hiding place, and there
were hundreds of lakes around. But the
Indians liked their gold, not as much as we
do, but they liked it. II they threw it in a
lake IL would be lost beyond recovery. Some
crater lakes are a thousand feet deep.
Therefore they would make lake. Sim
pie. Just dam up shallow basin.
The gold was sunk in one of these, in a
place the Indians knew well enough to find
again when the Spanards left. That time
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

never came.
Now all this is history
Let's go back to our treasure hunt. To
Valverde's "derrotero." 1 admit it sounds
like the way a chap who hasn't been in New
York for thirty years would tell you to go
from the Bronx to Times Square. You know
turn right where the elm tree used to be. -.
But you've got to be patient for while
) and read Valverde's "derrotero." Here is the
first part
placed in the town of PIaro, ask for the
farm Of Moya, and sleep (the first night
good distance above it. Ask there for the
mountain of Guapa, from whose top. if the
day be fine, look to the East, so that thy back
be towards the town of Ambato and from
thence thou shalt perceive the three Cerros
Llanganati, in the form of a triangle on who's
declvty there is a lake, made by hand into
which the ancients threw the gold they had
prepared for the ransom of the Inca, when
they heard Of his death"
Now, that's almost the most important
part of the derrotero. It tells that there is
treasure and names honest-to-goodness places
on the map as landmarks.
The King of Spain took the derrotero seri-
ously and instructed the Corregidor, or Mag
istrate at Latacunga to locate the treasure
trove. A certain Padre Longo was the bearer
of the order and the representative of the king
An expedition headed by the Padre set out
to follow the Valverde map. They found
his instructions correct on two legs of the
journey. On the third day out, they lost the
trail and failed to find Valverde's landmarks
1t was here the Padre mysteriously disap-
peared The expedition went TO pieces.
Before we go on with the rest of the
derrotero, let's see what mistakes the other
expeditions made. The prime rule Of treasure
hunters is to profit from others mistakes
For years after Padre Longo, the map
gathered dust in Latacungas archives. The
Magistrate held it there, evidently waiting
for further orders from the King. But Spain
got herself involved in European conflicts and
had no time to finance wild goose chases.
The map became a curiosity, People were
allowed to see and even copy it. Most
sidered the document fake. Nobody took it
seriously until
Atanasio Guzman, botanist and pharma-
cist, copied the old chart. He saw where the
Padre had missed the trail and set out on
his own expedition.
He found some copper mines, but no gold,
no treasure. One night in 1906 he walked
off a cliff in his sleep If you sleepwalk,
don't hunt treasure.
Six years later, President Monies of Ecu
ador had budget to balance. He sent out
an expedition, but nothing came of the search.
Along came Richard Spruce, English bot
anist, fifty years later. He was interested in
the legend, not the gold. But he copied Vals
derrotero, which may be found in his book,
Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon
In our times there was Paul Kurt de Cox,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

an AuStr1an ana colonel Harry Brooks
y. S. A. retired. Both men felt sure they
were close TO the treasure. but after harrow
ing experiences. yielded the search until a
better time. That time never came. Both
men died before they could return.
Many others spent time and their fortunes
seeking the spot One made fifty trips TO
the mountains during his lifetime, only 10
leave his bones there, for me TO find and bury!
What was wrong with these fellows? Why
couldn't any Of them come near TO what they
were after?
There's one answer. They didn't go about
it the right way.
Now, let's go about it the right way.
Like cooking bear first catch your bear.
Well. here are the ingredients for finding
the Vaverde treasure.
First of all, you speak Spanish, of course.
Also you know Quichua, the language OF the
Ecuador Indians. You have been living
among them for years in order to under
stand them.
Also you are good at solving cross word
puzzles and your childhood hero was Sherlock
Holmes. These are the fundamental require
ments for the job.
Before you dash into the@mountains TO
sink up to your neck in boys, have your camp
flooded get lost in the fog, starve or kill
yourself, investigate the story.
Take Vals derrotero TO pieces. Chew
every word and see how it tastes.
Take my word for IT, Val knew what he
was talking about Now, let's go on with
his chart.
He tells us TO go on from the Guapa
mountain, from which can be seen the three
Llanganat mountains. Has anybody ever
seen them from there? The answer is NO
no one but myself.
That's the biggest mistake the hunters
made. The top of Guapa is in the clouds
20 days OF the month. You can't even see
your outstretched hand. let alone some noun
tains eighty miles away.
All expeditions went by the foot of Guapa,
through a pass called "Pungu" Gndian for
Door and hit out blindly, expecting TO find
a billion dollars worth of gold. You'll find
Pungu on the map.
Val is probably turning in his grave, muir
muring into his venerable beard, "Caramba!
but these hunters are dumb beasts" He's
right too, for all the explorers overlooked his
first instruction and when they missed the
target blamed him.
1t was only after five trips into the
mountains that I finally did see the three
peaks i climbed Guapa several times, but
never had any visibility. 1t was only when
1 sat there all one night and saw the day
break from there, that the three peaks could
be seen. E..A
Val knew what he was talking about The
peaks are there all right. But they're not
anywhere near the range considered TO be
Langanati by all Of U.s.
The next landmarks he tells us to find
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-27

colonial times. some time after Piz.
AFRO and his Spaniards stole the
country from the Indians. We don't
know much about Val, except that
he was broke and stranded in Lata-
cunga around the end of the 10th
century.
Valverde was a lazy good-for-
nothing. But more important, he
took a wife. n
He started light housekeeping
with an Indian girl, and being a man
probably blamed her for all his trou-
bles, beating her regularly before
breakfast
you made me an outcastw CBin,
BAN, whangD
But his wife was no ordinary In
dian girl. She was the daughter of
"cacique," or head man, a native
chief She didn't want to be blamed
for her husbands poverty. when she
knew where there was enough gold
to fill up all the jugs and pitchers in
South America
Indians of that age used gold like
we use paint but as you'll see, there E3wS
was a shortage of it in Walls time
His wife must have thought her husband
gold hunger very funny indeed.
She went to her old man and begged hin
to help her. The chief had no use for gol
but he knew where there was plenty of /
hidden. He took Val to high place in tn
Andes and the two of them came out loade,
with the stuff.
The Spaniard became a rich man over
night. He took several trips TO the mysteri
Gus place until he had enough to live like
hidalgo, or nobleman.
In time old age overwhelmed him. Lik,
many another old man he wanted some monu
ment to his memory. He didn't endow hos
pitfalls or universities but he left directions
a "derrotero"-on how to find the rest Of the
gold hoard stored away in the Llanganat
mountains. Having no heirs (his Indian wife
and the half-breed brats didn't count he
willed his derrotero to the King of Spain
There is a modern copy of the derroterc
on the adjoining page, which well get around
to in a minute
Val had a favor to ask the King Of Spain
in return for his secret. He wanted statue
erected in his honor in the main plaza in
Madrid. The King of Spain was a cagey gent
Before he ordered any statue he was going
to see if there was any treasure
Let's go back to the treasure. How do
we know it exists and what is it?
A noble race of Indians turned UP from
nowhere and built a great empire in Bolivia
and Peru They called themselves Sons of
the Sun" and Kings and Gods" Maybe they
were the survivors Of some superior race
swallowed up in great cataclysm. Nobody
knows much about them except that they
were intelligent and ambitious.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-08-27
Local Youths
At Boys State

Three Ashe county boys are a.
mong the 155 from every section
of the. state who are in Chapel
Hill this week for the annual
Boys State sponsored at the uni
versity by the state American
Legion and the institute of gov
eminent. David Burkett and Will
liam Miller were sent by the
Ashe unit of the American Legion
and Dan Wyrick, by the Jeffer-
sons Rotary club. P. G. Wright
and L. P. Coward accompanied
the local group to Chapel Hill on
Sunday.
Included in the group at Boys
State this year are Chinese boy
and an Indian-Tai Young Lee,
of Asheville, and Alfred Walk
ingstick of Cherokee.
Speaking briefly at the opening
exercises in Gerard hall were
Henry Ingram, Asheboro, COM
mander of the state American Le-
gion; Roy w. Mcmillan, Raleigh
past commander, and DR.. R. D
Perry, Durham, chairman of the
Boys State committee.
The program will continue
throughout the week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-08-27
Rev. B. A. Meeks
To Be Installed
AS Pastor, Sun,
Installation Services To Be
Held Here, Jefferson
And Obids

Rev. B. A. Meeks will be in
stalled this Sunday as pastor OF
the West Jefferson, Jefferson and
Obids Presbyterian churches.
Special installation service will
be held at the West jefferson
church at II o'clock Sunday
morning, at the Jefferson church
at IL o'clock and at the Obids
church at 3 in the afternoon. All
members and the public are cor
daily invited to attend these SER
vices.
Rev. John w. Luke will pre-
side and PROFOUND the constitu-
tional questions. Rev. o. V. eau
dill and Rev. James Witherspoor
will preach and charge the pas
tor. J. O. Blevins, of Lansing, will
charge the congregations.
Mr.. Meeks came to Ashe coun-
ty in June to serve these church
es. He stated this week that he
Continued On Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-08-27
Major Barr Is
Here On Leave
John Barr To Return With
Him To Charleston Where
He Will Enter Citadel

Major Roger Barr, who is
spending this week with his
family at Lansing, predicted :
long war, when talking to Post
reporter, yesterday. eve are in
it up to our neck and the end is
not in sight, he said.
Major Barr, who is stationed
at Stark Hospital in Charleston,
S. c., will be here until Sunday.
When he leaves, he will be &C
companied by his son, John Barr,
who will enter the Citadel, one
of the country's outstanding mill
tary schools. John was men,
Der of the graduating class at
Lansing this year where he made
a fine record.
Il want him to learn in a good
military school what I learned
the hard way in the Army" Ma
jor Barr said.
He commented on how happy
he was to get back to the noun
tains and enjoy the cool weather.
Major Barr, who is Ashe county's
highest ranking officer in the
present war was called back to
active service when the defense
program first started.