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Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
Blackout Is
Lengthy And
Complicated
Stimulates Departure,
Then Return of Flames
Raiding This Section

n surprise 3nd varied blacko,t
was called in Henderson "Wednesday
night and went off in Il manner that
was pleasing to authorities in gene
raj. Mayor Henry Powell. head of
the civilian defense establishment
Tor the city, and hence i'm Cargo of
blackout machinery, said he was
proud Of the showing made.
There was some confusion with
respect To signals in outlying sec
tons, some Of which did not sound
the alarms as planned and us called.
A few business houses ON Garnett
street in the center of the city, had
left their lights on and not until
about time Of the red signal were
they finally eXtinguished. One sci of
lights were in store window and
another inside Il building.
Usual notifications went promptly
to Oxford, Warrcnton and Norlina.
all in the Henderson warning district.
and the blackout was successful in
those sections, so far as learned.
The first alert, or white, signal
came from the Norfolk control cen
Ter AT approximately $50 p. M. and
the all-clcar was sounded appruXi-
mately one hour later. Ii was the
longest blackOut the city has yet OK
perienced.
II was also the first time a vary
ing, or complicated, system of sig
nails has been given in Il blackout
here. The object was 10 simulate a
bombing, departure and then return
OF planes. First, rs usual, came the
yellow signal, which notice to inform
all air raid wardenS. first aidcrS and
others. Then followed the blue. when
all lights were To be cXiingushcd
and traffic moved only with dim
mers. When the red signal came, all
traffic was TO stop and the blackout
was total. AS usual, the blue signal
followed, Stimulating departure Of
planes. Then the red was flashed
again, which IVES unusual, and which
indicated plarcS were returning. I'm
mediately after that came the ali
clear. instead OF The usual blue sig
nal. The all-clear YVES indicated by
flashing on Of street lights.
One fire truck went north on Gar
nett street 10 the upper end of the
city, while another went south and
took up position at the American
bCSlOii nut VII oOiliI ll1lt
The third truck remained in the fire
house.
Ambulanccs darted here and there
in the city, and reported to various
first aid stations. Numerous first aid
workers Scurricd to their stations on
the sound Of the first alarm.
Notice had been given several days
ago that the next blackout 10 be
ordered would be on the variable
signal system, so S TO acquaint air
raid workers ard the public general
~ with operations under unusual
conditions.
we'd IL remarkable short order. with
Virtually total blackoui was achie-
exception of the two instances in the
busi"eSS section. and these lights
were put out III about fifteen mlnu-
les.
Not single train came through
the city during the hour of the black
out period.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
Noah S Ark Has
Come To Town

Early riScrs on the streets OF Hen
derSon. yesterday morning. looked
rubbed their eyes and then looked
again as several big trucks rolled up
10 the corner of Garnet and Mont
gomcry Streets and busy working
men started Ia unload and carry into
the building there. one of the Strans-
est carGocS of birds ard beasts ever
gotten together since Brother Noah
built the Ark and prayed for rain.
ChattcrIng monkeys, gaily pumagcd
birds. huge South American Porcu-
pines. Wolves from the western
plains, alligators. Shreeking parrots.
rat that actually weighs 26 lbs. and
which is said TO be the largest ri
ever captured, these and host of
other interesting displays of live ami
mails and birds 90 to make up the
Wild Life Exhibit. which is being
staged here under the auspices of
the U. 5. Society of Zoology from
Washington, d. c. This display will
be on exhibit up to and including
Saturday Of this week. Exhibit came
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02

Butchering
Quotas Lifted

Washington, Sept 2.-(AP)-Thc
war food administration has SUSPEND
ed all quota limitations on the
slaughter oi livestock for a two
months period in i move 10 increase
civilian mca; supplies.
Previous orders relating 10 uuui.S
Tor beef. veal. pork. lamb ana NUT
ton for ali CLASSES al Slau%ntrrcrS
were suspended. effective immcdia-
lclE, until midnight. Oc,. 81
The suspension does not affect p.u-
visions requiring the collection ol
ration tickets tor meat under the IA
uo"inS program o.; the Office OF
price admtm!%,v- ton.
Its possible effect. officials said,
will be 10 channel more meat INTO
the civilian markets. lo! those who
nave the ration points To- purchase it.
The requirement that Frdc!'ally-il-
Spected SlaugntcrS set aside 10 Der
cent of their weekly production Of
beef meeting Army specifications. is
retained. All other quol.s are set
aside.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02

about sixty more who wanted To re-
ccive il, but the wine gave u,,
These seemed 50 disappointed that |
promised them that as soon as |
could get the wine ! wuuld have
another Communion service. But the
following week | WAS sent 10 the
hospital and am now ON my way
back To the States. couldn't help
but weep when was ordered baci;
because ! couldn't render THIS SEP
my successor will provide for THESE.
men.
In order To give you an idea OF
what this service meant to some of
the men, let me relate :: personal cX-
perience. After the service a 2nd
lieutenant came IL me and said thai
he wanted particularly 10 partakc of
Communion as he felt Il real need or
help from the Lord. explained that
the wine was all gone and that il
was impossible TO give him the Com
mlinion but that believe the Lord
would give him credit for the intcn-
ton of his heart and we would COM
promise by having special prayer.
To this he agreed and we had prayer
A few days later. word came to me
in the hospital that this 2nd licutc
nant and one other man had craWlcd
up hill 600. captured II Germans and
a machine gun and turned the Ger
man machine gun on those who
chose To attempt flight This hill
Cog, incIdcntly, was OF particularly
strategic value, as its capture proved
to be the final straw that broke the
back of the Axis defense caml, open
ed the door to Tunis and BiZcrte. and
brought the TuniSian campaign To
n hasty and successful conclusion.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
% Old Cases
Nolle Prosed
By Recorder

One new case WAS tried and % old
cases that had been on the docket
Tor months We're nullc pressed and
cleared from the records Il. tuday's
SCSs ION OF recorders court.
j. +. Tart. white man, Was charged
with ab .ndumcnt and nun-suDpurt
and given six months un Tho roads,
suspended ON payment of the costs
and on condition that he pay $3.50
per wee; for support of his mino.'
children.
Old cases nollc pressed We're as fol-
lows:
l-ClliSc House. white. speeding. on
tered July |. and S25 bond forfeited.
Bunard Hall. VII lite. speeding.
June 28, and SIS bond forfeited.
Daniel Watson. colured. bastardy.
dociictcd July 3, 1910, with mistrial
resulting later.
Virginia Robertson, white. aSsigna-
ton and prostitution, docke;ed last
November 9: bond of $50 forfeited.
Edward Richard Cardc, white. non
SUPPORT, docketed May 81. l94l.
Major Snccd, colored. drunken
driving. fled State; case first listed
August l8, 1871.
Kenneth Richardson, white. fugi-
tive from justice.
Leroy Harris. colored. listed March.
1912.
Thomas Sykes, colored, larceny,
dockctcd March 81. 1912.
Johnnie George Lewis, colorcd, as
sault. dated June. 1912.
Johnnie Manglm. colored. non
support
Lewis Reavis, white, non-support.
Ed Moss, colored, larceny, dated
November, 1912.
Charlie Tunstall, white, non-sup-
port.
Charlie Lowry, Jr., assault with a
deadly weapon; now in army.
Roy Thomas, colored, manufactu-
ring Illegal beer; has fled the State.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
Receipts Gain
At Postoffice

Receipts by the Henderson post Of
flee during August amounted 10 S.
GlS.i5. an increase u! S508.67 over
the S5,l09.78 recorded for the cor
responding month Of last year. it was
announced today by Postmaster J. r..
league.
For the cight-month period through
August of this year the local post
office receipts are S7.&44.4T ahead
of the corresponding period of 1912,
Postmaster league said. The total
for the eight months of this year is
SI8,Gl7.09: for 1912, S40,772.62.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
Stock Market
Trends Higher

New York. Sept. 2-(AP)-The
line OF IVuS, resistance again was
upward III trday'S stock market.
In front were u. S. Steel. Bcthle-
hem, Chyyslcr. Allied Chemical.
North American, Goodrich. Scars
Rocbuck, Texas Co. and Douglas
cludcd General Motors, American
Aircraft. Rcluctan; performers in
Telephone. Southern Railway, Ana
cunGa and t"iicd Aircraft.
Bonds were steady and cOmmodi-
tics mixed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02

quantity i'm more than a month.
Moderate showers last Saturday
night were the most rain during
the period, ana that was very
slight.
Watering Of laws. shrubbery
and ear washing tn privat. pre-
misses appeared To be- among the
restrictions that would be i'm
posed first. Mayor Powell fcIt
that the wiScr course would he
10 begin conservation measures
early before the situation reach
ell y critical stage. hoping that
rains in the meantime would
bring relief and remove all dam
ger Of water famine for the
city.
The situation now is somewhat
worse shan that nj two years ago
when il WAS necessary to drop Il
siphdn across the dams spillway.
a second Siphun WAS never
needed 1T that tire.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
City's Water Supply Is
Nearing Critical Stage

zWN--
Sc low has the water level be-
come in the reserve lakes ut the
Waterw0rks plant i mile east of
the city that il haS become neg
ess2ry to sink second siphun To
hit the water over The dam Tor
the flow to the filter plant,
Mayer Henry Powell revealed
today. Restrictions on use Of
water are in prospect within a
very few days unless there is
sufficient rainfall To relieve the
situation, and ncIc was i'm pros
pcct today.
\ SiphOn IVES placed across
the Spillway OF the main dam
two weeks ago when the water
level dropped below the point
where il would flow through the
ordinary outlet. The water line
now is below the valve i'm that
outlet. the mayor said.
No rain has fallen here in
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
Creamery Butter
Goes Up Two Points
Continued from Page One)

All changes arc effective Sunday.
Estimating mc-t supplies VIII be Z
per cent larger in September Than in
August. OPA said lamb production
is higher than advance estimates and
pork supplies are expected to be
about l3 per cent above August, but
beef supplies will increase only
slightly.
This (meat supply increase is
insufficient TO permit substantial re-
auctions in all meat values but the
distribution of mca; 81 ortages
throughout the country is expected
10 become more equal. thus minimi-
zlng the danger of temporary, acute
shortages in local areas" OPA said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
State Revenue
Up In August

Raleigh, Sept. -tAp}-rhc State
revenue department reported TODAY
lis general and gasoline divisions: col
lcctcd &6,Gl2.TUj.G2 during August.
compared with SG.2Oa. J&g.85 in Aug
uSt. lgl2, or an mere 81 of GIG per
ccut.
The first two months of this fiscal
year have seen total collections of
Sl4,l23 1861, compared with Sl3.-
i0G,6i8.T6 for the same period last
year.
The State department of MOTOR
vehicles also saw an increase in COL
lcctionS !. ST month. from SOB .335, 81
Il year ago To S261 .272Gy.
Gasoline tax and inspection fees
dropped from S2.299. 2g@8g in Au-
gust, 1912, To S2.lO863Tl5 last
month.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
PAGE THREE

j: y. Waugh, ne. s9eedine.
Len Patte-. white, larceny; has
left State. :,
Charles Addison JONES. white,
speeding: has lef, State.
Douglas Clopton. white, assault;
now i'm the army.
George Clifton Parrish. white. as
Sault.
Carl Allen Brown. white, driving
without proper license.
William Frank MARKETS., white,
speeding.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET

The regular monthly meeting Of
the Vance County Board OF Edusa-
ton Is set tor next Monday, although
So far as learned m advance only
routine matters were scheduled 20
be considered by InMhnI.-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
LIQUOR RATIONS

Raleigh. Sept. 2-tAP)-Thc slate
alcoholic board "i control has sent
to The printers an order for I'D
600 rcgiStraniS in the state for the
books nOw i'm effect.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
ROAD TIME SUSPENDED

Charlie Mason, cOlu.cd. was charg-
ed III police cour, today with as
SdultIng Lizzie Mason and was Civ
cn SIXTY days ON the roads, Sus-
pended ON payments uf the costs
and being of good behavior Tor two
wears
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
Four Types of Canned
Fruits to Cost More
Continued from Page Onc)

four, and No. . IL pears al 81 points,
up six.
The same order. returned dried
pruneS, raISins and currents 10 the
ration list after summer vacation.
They were valued al four blue points;
= pound.
PoiTt values were raised for cam
ned and bottled beans, pumpkin and
squash. Frozen fruits and vegetables
went up and. OPA said, the supply
is still far below the buying de-
mand.''
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
AROUND TOWN
ONE LICENSE ISSUED

One marriage license was sold
Wednesday by the register of deeds,
the paper going 10 collie e. Harris.
ni Henderson. and Willie Marie Haw-
kinS. OF Route >. Nurlina. colored.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
RED MEN TO MEET

The regular meeting Of Red Men
is announced 10 be held tomorrow
evening al g o'clock. During the
summer meetings have been ned
only twice month. but NOW the
usual weekly sessions az" ,u he re-
Sumcd
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
Cotton Futures
2O-3O Lower

New York, Sept. 2-(AP)-Cot-
Ton future Gold c"ntrarts) opened
III Ia ~ cents u bale lower.
Noon prices were 20 To- 30 cents
u bal" lower. October nU.25. Dcccin-
Der 2O.l2 and March 2UO2.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-02
Ease Neuralgia With
Quick-Acting "BC",

Use quick-act-
Ing BIC" Head
ache Powders
when you want
prompt relief
from neuralgia
pain. BIC" also
relieves head
aches, muscular
aches and -func-
tional periodic
pains. 10c & Csc
sizes. Use only as
n physician when
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-25

days Once hearing other people moving
around downstairs, / screamed. The man and
woman rushed in and made it clear by their
actions that if l ever did such thing again
l would not live TO reap any benefits.
On the eleventh day man opened my
door and l recognized him Immediately. He
was the man who had met Maria on the other
side Of the border He beckoned. TO me and
/ followed him into a room, where the other
man and the woman were sitting
He asked me some questions in Italian
and thew all. watched me closely Perhaps
nv performance satisfied him that 1 did not
understand the language or perhaps he stu
wanted TO test me. In any case, he turned
TO the others saying:
TT is all arranged. l am to get 100000
lire the minute 1 deliver her over the Hugo-
slavian frontier We are leaving by car to-
morrow night at IL DO what you are sup
posed to do and see that she does not sus-
pect anything"
At that moment. l heard a door down
stairs open and voices sounded in the hall
Realizing that I might never again have such
an opportunity I dashed for the outside door
shouting and screaming The man who know
Maria lunged at me. but past him. and
Heaven be praised, the door was not locked!
In an instant. l was in the hall, staggering
down the stairs The blank, astonished faces
of two men looked up at me.
Help me-" cried in purcst Italian, I've
been kidnapped
Flinging myself on them. I turned to look
back UP the stairs. but there was no one
there. No one had followed me out Of the
room. They were afraid
what is it," demanded one Of my tin
whiting rcscuers What is happening ?'
Never mind" l said. Just get me out
Of here Quick!'
The other man shrugged and pointed sig
nfrfcantly- 70 his head. They Thought 7 was
crazy but I didn't care so long as they helped
me get away. And they did that, though not
exactly as l had hoped. Instead Of leading
me TO a hotel. they took me to the police.
The police had so much difficulty belcv-
ing my story that they held me for ques-
tioning fifteen more days. The more I talked
the worse things got. The story was quite
simple / thought: Somehow Maria had been
involved i'm the Staying Of the King. One of
her confcdcrQtcs. seeing chance TO make
"A lot OF money for turning In the much-sought
blond woman, had selected me for the role
When naively confessed that had been
in Marseile the day of the assassination,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-25

at once. He added that he would pick me
up at the hotel I think I owe my life 20
the fact that some whim Of the moment led
me to conduct this conversation in French,
even 20 say that ] didn't know Italian.
In any case ! met the man, got into the
car with him. and the next thing / knew was
being driven at terrific speed right past my
friends house When protested, ne pulled
a pistol out Of his pocket. pointing at me.
and drove on just madly with one hand.
We drew up before dnapidated pension in
a deserted street NY kidnaper told me TO
enter the building and followed me upstairs
10 a shabby apartment on the top floor where
we were met by a black-haired severe-facc3
woman like a jail matron
She escorted me 10 an inside room and
told me 90 take off all my clothes. When |
had been stripped of everything. she went
out and returned a few minutes later with
a pair Of soiled mems pajamas, which she
tossed at me without a word.
was held prisoner in that room for ten
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-25

the lights inside my car so that Maria could
find her luggage. AS a result he had a good
look at me.
With few words of thanks and the prom
Use OF seeing me again in a few days, Maria
went off in the other car headed toward
Italy, while turned back toward Nice.
The more I thought about it the more
peculiar the incident beean-to seem. hut
didn't really begin TO catch on to what it was
all about until next morning when l read IN
the papers that the police were searching
for a blond woman in connection with the
Kings murder. Knowing nothing, guessing
much. ] decided that the best thing for me
20 do was TO keep my mouth shut.
Maria did not come back, and toward the
end OF the month l moved on to Milan. The
hunt for the mysterious blond woman had by
that time become known all over the con-
tiucnt
one day man I did not know called my
hotel A woman friend of mine was lying
seriously ill., he said, and wanted me TO come
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-25
Princess

that was enough for the police. They were
sure had had a hand in it until happened
to remember a stupid Italian Marquis who
had followed me around the year before.
He was high up in party circles, it turned
out, and when 1 finally managed to get in
touch with him 1 was promptly released
The following year. in Paris, ran plump
into Maria Voudracheck sauntering calmly
along the Champs Elysees. She would have
fled at sight of me if she hadn't been afraid
I'd raise a hue and cry. AS it was she gave
in fearfully 10 my insstence that she come
up TO my apartment and at least give me an
explanation Of the unpleasantness I'd suffered
IT took me one whole night to force the
explanation out Of her, but finally managed
TO. She herself had been almost as much of
an innocent victim 1 had, almost but not
quite, for one Of the clubs the conspirators
had held over her head was the fact that
she had once some years before, done espo-
mage work for Germany.
The other club was -thiS,-At- the time of
the assassination, she the mistress Of
Or. Ante Pavetch. chief Quisling of the pres
ent puppet Croatian government
Pavelitch at the time was head of Croa-
tan terrorist organization called the Ustashi.
The UstaShi would have been glad TO see
King Alexander put out Of the way, but, be-
ing weak, couldn't do much about It,
However there was another very power
full organization. which entertained the same
aims: The Italian Fascist party
So in the manner Of an American rack
eteer hiring Murder Inc, the Fascists hired
Pavelitch and his Ustashi 10 do their killing
for them. And Pavelitch, in turn. persuaded
Maria 10 carry a certain suitcase for him
across the French border.
That suitcase contained veritable arsenal,
including the gun that killed the King. When
il was all over, Pavelitch dropped Maria off
in Nice, telling her TO find herself an alibi,
and returned to Italy, where he was later
subjected to mockery OF an arrest.
France asked 20 have him extradted but
Italy refused perhaps f6reseeing the use he
would one day be 20 them in his present
Quisling role.
SO that was the story.
Later. l helped reunite Maria and her
first love "A Russian musician, and when I
last heard of them they were living together
quite happily in Switzerland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-25

was shot TO death on the streets OF Marseille.
in 1884
Elena said she hadn't had any. just as she
had said to the European police who had
questioned her on the same subject years be-
fore. 1t was not necessary TO reveal all she
knew, only enough 10 establish her innocence
The full story has been locked in her heart
since the Spring night in Paris, when the
Msta- Hsriesque blonde who had actually
done what Elena supposed to have done,
and who has never been caught, sat down and
told il 10 her.
Now that Elena has been released on bail,
however, she feels that the time has come TO
make public this heretofore missing historical
iootnote. IL only 10 spare herself further
questioning
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-25
BY PRINCESS ELENA rsouLouMDzE

ITRsN'T II true that you were once In the
pay Of the Gestspo and Travelled down
y through Europe with the gun that killed
King Alexander" asked The Immigration
Inspector
tempt foot IN me ar, Ten back ana
cried Good Heavens, no.
But the question vividly contured UP mem
ores Of how ! had become involved in that
cause Celebre
The story begins in Nice, France, where
! first met Maria VoudrachCck. I'm September
Of 1884 For day had thought that was
the victim Of practical Joke, for people
kept telling me that they had seen me in
such and such a place. doing So and so, and
Laa h.... dc
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RINcESS ELENA TSOU-
IL LOUKIDZR, the 2s-yesr-old
daughter OF aristoeratic White
Russian parents, has an extrsor-
binary talent for getting tangled
up with history in the making.
This talent came in for close
scrutiny a few weeks ago on Ellis
Island, where she was held on
charge of overstaying her visitors
visa. The authorities were par
tieulsrly interested in learning
what connection, if any. she had
had with the assassination of King
Alexander, of Yugoslavia, who