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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
MANY SCOUTS PASS
BOARD OF REVIEWS

AT the monthly Boy Scout Board
1T Reviews. held last night IN the
First Presbyterian church. a total OF
iortE-SiN awards were passed by tic
Scouts of Henderson.
They WC-' HS follows:
For first class. Brooks I.ungs;or:.
No. 81; Tor var rank, John FalHncr.
No. 30, Bobby Slack. No. 81: fur civic
duly, (25 huWsJ. Richard A!cOcc,;.
NJ. 80, Go hours. Brooks Lungston.
ana BillF Cummings, No. 81. as
n"urs), Frank RoDarcls. No. 81. (2Ou
hnns), John FaIllncr. No. 80.
For merit badges: Jackie Turner.
woodwork. Russell Mclean. swim
ming: Lyman Mclean. woodwork.
ndndiciali. Thomas Dale. woudw.rri..
handIcrai,. Bobby StaInback. wood
work, WrndclIyng: Sam owen
w"odwurH. woudCdVing: John FaIn-
rcr. sW'un..us. HE saving. fircr,.,-
ship: Dewey wills. pathiIndin..
handicr"i'. irrmam&hip: Billy Ahl-
chcll. a'nIr'rc.. safety. public health.
Tom Rowland. life saving: Bobby
Slack. forestry. athletics. safety:
Alex Wa'hIns. =. IthiindIng. first aid
safety; Prank R"bardS. pal,hfindimg.
first aid. safety: Ed. Moran. archery.
lcathcrw"rE. metal work: Ben Scott.
safety. personal health, public health:
Bill Payne. first aid. personal health.
public health.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08

arcttcS of American make soon made
their appearance.
On their backs they carried non
dcScript packs of all kindS--ficld
packs, muScttc bugs, and just wrap-
ped bundles with articles Of clothing
prOtruding from them.
They stared with quizZical cXprcs-
slonS at the American soldiers who
did not seem to bear them any am
mostly, but merely stood aloof ana
kept Il firm hold on their weapons.
At commands from Italian-spcak-
ing American soldiers, they marched
up b street in long columns on their
way To inter nmcnt camp, thanked by
the military police of the Butner gar
riSon afuot and in jccpS.
Once they have been safely placed
in the compound, they will be pro-
ceSScd and assigned to certain duties
involving their own administration
After processing, which is expect
ed To take Il few days, is completed,
the men will be made available for
employment under the supervision
of the War Department and the War
ManpUwcr Commission.
Colonel IIuntlcy, post commander,
pointed out that all the rules of the
Geneva Conference will be carried
out to the letter and that the intern
cd men will be treated as honorable
prisoners of war.
That docs not mean we will PAM
per thcm," said the colonel. but
They will be given firm, but Just,
humble treatment"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
Bond Rally
Program Is
Deferred

Ony part of ;hc program that II d
bcca arranged Was given al the bond
rally al Henderson high school Tues
day night. The crowd Was dIsap-
poIniinGly small, but the war pictures
furnished through courtesy o! the
Atlantic Refining Company were
shown In hose who stayed.
Inc program put together by
Chairman j. c. Gardner. of the COIN
~ War Finance Committee. VA, de-
fcrrcd until a Liter date.
II Is planned To arrange rally at
the earliest convenient time. To ~
cIudc Il program by the high school
band. and when renewed md more
intensive efforts will be made 10 IL
tract much larger audicacc.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
Drought And
Heat Ended
With Rains
Steady Rain, First in
Six Weeks, Follows
Lower Temperatures

A drought and heat wave that las
TED almost without intcrmiSsion for
i've to SIX weeks was ended I'm his
section with the coming of lirh,
showers and sharp decline i'm tom
perdt'rc Tues q u afternoon, and
steady rains today.
II VAS the kind of rain that soaked
M" the ground md was not of the
EHilcy-waShcr type. Lower tempe
natures moved i'll Tuesday evening.
Indie, tons were that the rain had
sci III Tor season. but those who
ycarned Tor moisture III the ground
and for water for the cliy'S wafer
supply waited To see whether or not
actual and permanent relief was at
hand.
as Tor crops. most Of them have
been made. and the rain WAS of little
benefit III that respect. except for
early lall crops. such as turnIpS AND
the like. Rain that fell TUESDAY IL
ternpon and today was the most in
nearly two months, and upprcSSively
hot weather was cnGcd by the de-
cline III temperature.
Rain of the kind that came today
did very little to lift the water level
III the waicrWOrkS lakes. but The
Cooler weather did check evaporation
almost entirely. and is estimated that
evaporation ordinarily accounts for
about rs much wafer as actual con
sumption.
Ram that had fallen his saturated
the soil for depth OF several inches.
and 10 hat extent has brought re-
lief
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
Addresses OF Men
In Service Sought

The Christian Endcayur Society OF
Liberty Christian church at EPSON
Is sponsoring Il correspondence Ia
boys ana girls of the church and
community who are now III the arm
90 service. LcttcrhcId stationery
with the name and address OF the
church has been secured for this
purpose. and ii is the aim of the or
G"niZaliun 10 write To each of them
as often as once q month.
Anyone who has member of their
family or relative in service from
that church or community is asked
IL send his name and address To Miss
Catherine Macon OF Mrs. Fletcher
Fuller. So that they. with volunteer
nclp. can sec that the soldier receives
letter from the church. The church
wants 10 correspond with all It's
members IN service. but cannot do so
without the needed address. and the
cooperation Of others in supplying
this IS urged.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
Italian Prisoners Pass
Here On Way To Butner

Italian prisoners of war who or,.
now held at Camp Butncr passed
through Henderson just before noon
Tuesday on two special trains ann
were switched to the Scaboard
branch line from Henderson tn Dur
nam Tor transfer to Butncr.
The men got To camp just i'm time
To hear news today of the umcondi-
lional surrender and capitulation OF
their country, which now will be
taken out of the war. Whether this
Will permit their return home car
Her Than otherwise was not immc-
diatcly clear. On their arrival at
camp they were segregated to the in
tcrnncnt area.
Persons who CHANGED to be near
the railroad as the prisoner trains
slowly rolled through the city SAID
most OF the men appeared detected
and doWncast. Only Il few of them
responded to greetings waved by on
lockers
AS the prisoners filed out of the
coaches, Camp Butncr armed guards
lined them up in sections of three.
columns each to await removal 10
the intcrnmcnt area. They had made
the long trip overseas and thence Dy
rail Ia Butncr after their capture on
battlciields of the Mediterranean
area.
Their uniforms were of varied
huc>, dcnoting different branches of
service in the Italian army. \ few ol
the men wore American fatigue suits
given them by Yankee soldiers. Gig
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
Road Term Given
By Mayor Powell
In \agrancy Case

\ VaGranCy charge drew a thiriv-
day road term ~ polio" court today
when Mayor Henry Powell. sent W
Jeremiah simmons. Cul"r"d. tor That
tenure. lie was specifically charged
with loatimG and lettering ON the
.itrcctS.
Ernest Crews. CulorCd. au>TCrcd
Ia two charge. al giving a wur,h!c,,
check, both ON the Citizens Btrk
& Trust Company and both p1>.ti
I" Henry II Magnum. One chc"',
was for $50 and the other FOR 81.
and IN each case the sentence VA
thirty days cor the roads. suspended
on payment ui the costs and maliin,
good the CHECKS.
Lucille Mullins. white woman. was
taxed with the costs on a charge OF
drunkenness.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
Theatre Bond
Drive Pushed

inc prcvicw of Il new and out
standing tcchnicolor movie TO be
shown at the Embassy theatre Fri
oaH evening Will be seen only by
those who earn ADMISSIONS by the
purchase of government bonds i'll the
Third War Loan. No straight tickets
VIII be sold, S. S. Stevenson, general
manager CT the theatre company,
said
Tickets 10 the performance have
been printed by the company and
furnished TO all issuing agencies in the
city. 81 that when a bond is pur-
chased Il ticket can be presented to
the buyer. In other words. the per-
torrance will be free "a bond buyers,
and Will be an exclusive prcScnta-
ton Tor them.
The theatre is offering the per-
torrance free, and use of the film
VIII be donated for this one even
ing by the Distributors in Charlotte.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
WILLIAMsFRYE IS
STRUCK BY AUTO

William Felix FRYE. of ~ Charles
street was truck by Il car driven by
l.. &. Gordon yesterday on William
street near the bus station. bulQNas
not seriously hurt. according 10
Pair" G. s. Eastwood. who with
Patfolm.n W. G.. Watkins handled
Inc case.
The child was carried To the hos
pltal for treatment Du j. n. Norman,
Greyhound bus driver.
Eye witnesses said the accident
was unavoidable. Gordon was not
held bH police and no charges have
been brought against him.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
COUNTY MISSES ITS
AUGUST BOND QUOTA

For the third consecutive
month, Vance county failed in
August to meet its monthly quo
Ia in war bond sales. J. {. Gard
nor. county war bond chairman,
said today.
The August quota was S65,879
and actual cash amounted to
SSS.OSl.25. These were sales of
~ bonds. Sales of ~" bonds
amounted to S3,847 20 and of &C"
bonds $4,000. MIR. Gardner said
the reports included all issuing
agencies in the county.
Over the period since quotas
have been assigned. however,
Vance county has gone far over
its allotmcnts. Quotas have
amounted TO SI,6i3.192.50 and
actual sale of bonds during that
period and against that figure
were S2,366, 633.06, or an excess
of S722,83O.56.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
OF
TOBACCO SORTING

Two tobacco sorting dcmonStra-
tIunS were given Monday. Scptcm-
Der 6, reports Floyd l.. Peace. Negro
farm agent.
One WIS held in DickicS Grove
and the other in BullOcksvillc Com
munity. W. L. Bradshcr of the dem
onstration and training section to-
bacco branch was in charge. A to-
tai of 53 farmers attended the meet
inGs and eagerly received the in
Siruciion on handling tobacco COM
ing from the grading specialist
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
Band Parade
Thursday For
Bond Effort

\ parade through the business
section of the city il planned 1T
noon tomorrow by the Iicndcr-
son high school band i'll the i'll
icrcSt Of the Third War Loan
campaign. J. {. Gardner. war
finance chairman for the county.
announced tUday. The parade
will be under the auspices of
the wOmcn'S war bond commit
tee. of which Mrs. \. W. Gh0l-
son, Jr.. is chairman for the
city.
The hour is high noon. Glasses
generally will not he dismissed
ut school for the occasion. but 4
number of students in addition
To those in the hand will he in
the parade and will carry ban
nrrs urging purchase of war
bonds.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
ASSOCIATED AND CENTRAL PRESS
August Liquor
Sales Smaller

Sale of liquor in Vance County'S
only whisky store amounted 10 So
8l6.2O i'll August. Il MAS announced
at the ABc Boards office today. ThIS
was Il decline of more Ih.n SlO.OOO
from The SI3.258.i5 of August last
year, anu Approximately $500 Uudcr
the S33.235.2O ~ JUN this year.
For the first eight months al 1913
total sales OF the store amounted u
S3Ol.ll3.9O. which compares with
S262,2 30 i'll Inc like period OF 1872.
The total for 1913 is still something
like $4,000 ahead OF 1912.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
MRS. MOORE DIES
IN WARSAW TUESDAY

Mrs. Walter Moore, mother of Mrs.
Frank Church, died suddenly last
night al her home in Warsaw. Fu-
neral services vii be held in Warsaw
Thursday afternoon at 100 o'clock.
Mrs. Moore is survived by her
daughter and by several nicccs and
ncph"ws. Her husband died several
years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Church have been
with Mrs. Moore for some time in
Warsaw.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08
LICENSED TO MARRY

y marriage license was is>ucd
by the rcgIstrr o.! deeds Tuesday To-
Chester Williams and Mrft.c Bcll
Williams. coiprcG. both of Henderson.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-08

Plant carly grazing crops Of bar
Icy. oats. and rye and fcrtlizc them
well 10 help increase the feed sup
ply.
Evening star., 1943-06-08

destroyed was matter of conjec-
ture last night, but it appeared the
period of grace would be not less
than 48 hours.
Additional help and facilities are
to be provided Frank Marks, the
poundmaster to round up stray dogs,
even if some old police wagon or
unused "black maria is pressed into
service.
It has been estimated that while
some 10000 dogs are licensed, there
is an equal number of dogs in the
District not registered or licensed.
Health Officer Rutland last week
advocated stringent control meas
ures when it was found that within
two weeks two mad dogs had bitten
eight persons and at least all of
the dogs in one neighborhood. DR..
Rutland voiced fears of a continu-
ing spread of rabies.
After Corporation Counsel Keech
had ruled combined muzzle and
tie-up rule out of order, as recon-
mended by DR.. Rutland, Commits
sioner Guy Mason said:
The law does not provide that
dogs should be both muzzled and
kept on leash; it is in the al
tentative. In view of this fact, the
Commissioners are instructing the
poundmaster to seize all dogs not
muzzled in accordance with the
regulations and destroy them. His
Evening star., 1943-06-08
Girls Revolving Against Stacks
Are Kept Idle at Ford Plant

workers ru1e was safety measure
and that to relax it for one group
meant pressure to relax 1t for all
groups-in the shop as we'll as the
Office.
William H. Oliver, escretary of the
local, said today that the union did
not question the regulation for
women working in the factory where
there is dirt, grease and machinery
But" he added, I'VE never heard
of girl getting her skirt caught in
the gears Of typewriter"
I'VE want to feel like ladies'
Bernice Clark, one OF the Office girls
said.
Asserting that directly across the
hall were so vows, employed by
Army Ordnance, who wore uniforms
Miss Clark said, If it is good enough
for the Army, it ought to be good
enough for the Ford Co."
A hearing on the slacks or dresses
controversy will be held during the
regular labor management meeting
Wednesday morning.
Ben Garrison, president of the
local union of the United Automobile
Workers (CIO). said that although
only about so girls were involved in
the skirt dispute, nearly 200 others
await a decision, anxious again to
don skirts,
Evening star., 1943-06-08
Senators Seeking Bill
To Block Any Chance
|0f New Mine Strikes
Conferees Near FinuI
Agreement on Measure
To Outflow Stoppoges
BY the Associated Press.


Senatorial opposition to legal
izing strikes in Government
operated war industries pointed
today toward the junking of
House-approved plans for a Sc
cret ballot and a 30-day cooling
off, period before walkouts could
be called.
Although House conferees con-
tended these provisions in the Con-
nally- anti-strike bill ap-
piled only to privately operated war
industries, the five Senate members
of conference committee were said
to be unanimously opposed to any
section which might-even by in
ference-be interpreted as sanction
ing another coal mine strike while
the Government controls the pits.
The conference committee, mean
while, sharpened a section providing
for the fining or imprisonment of
any. person who instigates or aids in
interruptingS production in a seized
plant or mine by a strike.
Reaches Any Strike InstigatOr.
Under the broad authority &C
corded them by parliamentary rules,
the conferees repeatedly agreed to
expand this clause to reach any
person who abets or encourages an
other in instigating a strike.
The committee resaored A Senate
approved provision authorizing the
Government to seize war plants or
mines where production is inter-
rupted by labor disputes. section
the. House apparently had ignored
on the assumption the President al
ready has this power
Strikes would be barred and the
seized plant or mine would be oper-
ated under the same terms and con-
ditions of employment as when the
Government took over, but en-
ployes could apply to the War Labor
Board for settlement of their dis
pute with management
The conferees also soldered In a
section authorizing the WLB to
step into all war plant disputes.
whether seized by the Government
or not, and giving it the power of
subpoenaing witnesses.
Several sections of the House -ap-
Evening star., 1943-06-08
0PA United Nations
Meeting Hears Talk
By Mrs. Roosevelt
Pictures Of Trip to
England Shown at
EmpIoye Gathering

Motion picture films of her visit
November were shown by Mrs
Roosevelt last night at the first of a
series of meetings held by Office of
Price Administration employees in
observance of United Nations Week
Commenting on the pictures be-
fore they were flashed on the screen
in the new Interior Building audi
torium. Mrs. Roosevelt said she was
particularly impressed on her trip
with the major role the women of
Britain are playing in the war effort.
Many persons there are of the opin-
ion that women, if given training,
can perform any tasks except those
requiring brute force, she said.
The Presidents wife emphasized
that women of Russia and China
also are playing heoric parts in the
battle against the Axis. The women
of this country are doing great
deal and will do even more if the
war comes as close to us as it has
to our Allies, she said.
Rationing Held Unity Aid.
Chairman of last nights meeting
was Robert r. r. Brooks. head of
the OPA labor office, who briefly
reviewed the Importance of unity
among the United Nations.
Declaring that unity among ma
tions is possible only if there is unity
within nations" Mr. Brooks pointed
to rationing and price control as
major factors in keeping the people
of this country together in their
common fight.
If our efforts to control the cost
of living break down" he warned,
the hand of every economic group
would be put against that of every
other group in sordid struggle for
survival"
Others on the program included
Russ Nixon. legislative representa-
tive for the United Electrical Work
ers' Union, and Mrs. Mary Rackliffe,
a member of the OPA Labor Man
agement War Activities Committee,
which is sponsoring OPA's observ-
ance of United Nations Week
Mr. Nixon. declaring that discrim-
ination because of race, creed has
no place in this country, praised a
recent War Labor Board ruling
which established the principle that
there shall be no differential in rates
of pay for Negro and white workers.
To See War Films.
Mrs. Rackliffe reviewed the work
of the OPA's Labor Management
War Activities Committee. announc-
ing that 400 blood donation have
been made by employees of the
agency.
Films showing Great Britain,
Russia and China at war will be
shown through Friday to OPA en-
ployes at their lunch periods. War
posters, pictures and literature from
all the United Nations will be on
exhibition at specified periods in the
recreation room of the OPA head
quarters building.
ClimaXing the agency's United
Nations Week program, a world
front rally" will be held at 8::15
pm. Friday in the Interior Building
auditorium. Representatives of the
Chinese, Russian and British EN-
bassies will speak, and the film.
Report from Russia will be given
its world premiere.
Evening star., 1943-06-08
2 Navy Men Decorated
For Heroism in AIeutions
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, June g.
Award of the Air Medal to two Navy
enlisted men for heroism during i'm
portant missions in the Aleutian Is
lands campaign. was disclosed yes
terday by the 18th Naval District.
Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate
John H. McNair. Hopewell Va. a
patrol plane captain. was cited for
skillfully assisting in determined
live bombing and strafing attacks on
Japanese ships in Kiska Harbor
Howard K. Chandler, aviation
radioman and gunner of Rockford,
Ill, also awarded the Air Medal,
received an identical citation.
Evening star., 1943-06-08
D.C.Roundup0rde
For All Dogs Not
MuzzIed or on Leash
Animals to Be Destroyed;
Commissioners Act to
Prevent Rabies Spread

All dogs allowed to roam the
streets of the District without being
muzZled or kept on leash are to be
rounded up, taken to the District
Pound and ultimately destroyed.
Judging from orders adopted late
yesterday by the Commissioners.
This was the answer of the city
heads to the increased threat of
spread of rabies, after they had
agreed with Corporation Counsel
Richmond B. Keech that the Com
missioners lacked-under present
law-the power to require that dogs
be kept on leash as we'll as muzzled,
as recommended by Health Officer
Rutland.
Just how soon stray dogs picked
up by the poundmaster would be
Evening star., 1943-06-08
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June "a revolt
among girl Office workers at the
Highland Park plant of the Ford
Motor Co. against company -decreed
slacks continued today as a group
of the girls reported at their desks
clad in dresses, skirts and blouses
or suit combinations. AS on Monday
they were given no work to do. .
Local 400 of the United Automo-
bile Workers (CIO) said there were
go girls in the group today. A COM
pany spokesman said there were
only II today against q yesterday.
The company spokesman reiter-
ated that the slacks-for-w women
Evening star., 1943-06-08
Los Angeles Sailors
Rout ',zoot Suffers
In New Street Fights
so Stripped Of Clothes
Before Reinforced Police
Disperse Crowds
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, June 8.-Civil
and military police early today sue
ceeded in dispensing thousands of
servicemen and civilians in the
downtown business district after q
night of disorders in which Zoot-
suited youths were ferreted out by
sailors and soldiers who divested at
least so of their bizarre attire.
BY l am. police and sheriff S
deputies had arrested "a civilians,
II sailors and five soldiers on charges
of disturbing the peace and unlaw-
full assembly. In three nights Of
battling with servicemen, who main
tain they and their girl friends have
been pushed around" at random by
holligan, more than 100 youths in
reat-pleat trousers and knee-length
coats we're jailed on vagrancy counts.
General Riot Alarm Given.
Police Chief C. B. Horrall de-
clared a general riot alarm last
night, summoning 1000 policemen
to special duty. Navy shore patrol
men and military police, in 1eeps and
afoot. also toured streets teeming
with ,servicemen and spectators and
jammed with traffic.
Cars and taXis carrying bands of
bluejackets and soldiers sped
through the district, halting at the
aters, cafes. penny arcades and
dance halls in search of zoot-suiters
Victims, their outlandish clothes
ripped from them, were left on side
walks Ambulances took three to
emergency hospitals, where they
were treated and reclad. None was
seriously hurt.
Washington Given Report.
, Order was restored after military
authorities declared out of bounds
the entire downtown strip of Main
street, where most of the disturb
Ances took place, and Chief Horrall
ultimately released the 1000 riot
squad officers from duty. officials
at the Chavez Ravine Naval Armory
Cancelled all leaves.
Churchill Murray. Pacific Coast
uu cCUO1 1O Illc IO-Ol ullldtol vi
inter- American affairs, said he had
telephoned a report to Washington
but declined further comment.
Mr.. Murray made his report after
touring the scene with a police cap
tain.
International aspects of the dis
orders also were recognized yester-
day at meeting of the Citizens
Committee for Latin American
Youth with representatives of the
police and sheriff's office. after jail
booking records showed Mexican
names predominated among ar
rested "zoot suffers
DR.. George Gleason. committee
member, declared it ''regrettable'
that a small group should bring
into ill-repute the city's Mexican
population.
The great ma ajority of these peo-
pie he said, ARE law-abiding, re-
spectacle and culutred'
The committee announced ap-
pointment of an unbiased group to
investigate street gangs.
Clashes also occurred during the
night in several outlying districts.
In one instance 200 servicemen en-
tered theater and rousted zoot-
suffers from their seats