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Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-26
Baseball Gar
Succumbs to
Heart AiIment
Judge Kenesaw MOuntain Lands Dies
In Chicago Hospital After
Reign of "a Years in Diamond

CHICAGO, Nov 25 (UP)-Judge Kenesaw Mountain
Land yearold commissioners of baseball who has ruled
Americas No. l sport with iron hand since 1920, died
Saturday at st. Luke's hospital.
The stormy Landis, whose name had become legend
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-26

L. A. HAY-No. 1 barley hay S36 q $780, No. oat
hay, S36 a. S37; u. 5. No alfalfa ungraded, 500
% S3I; u. S. No. alfalfa, green & leafy $27
90 S29; No. 2 S24 a. S25.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-26
WEATHER

Maximum Friday "a, minimum Saturday 81; 5 am.
Saturday A. humidity 85; noon Saturday IS, hui
mdity ID; 5 p.m Friday 67, humidity 40.
Evening star., 1944-07-17
WAC Joins Invocation Club
On Giving 10Th Pint Of Blood

mandy invasion coast. She's doing
her bit on the home front.
She returned to Europe in 1910
on the first plane to leave La
Guardia Airport, New York. for
Lisbon. Then she made her way to
Paris. Due to passport tangle, be-
cause she was born on English soil,
she got into difnculties when the
Germans took over the capital. The
Nazis were within minutes of in
terning her, she said, when the neu-
tral American Embassy came to
her rescue.
Support of an Ill relative pre-
Evening star., 1944-07-17

WAC Corpl. Beatrix Turner Of
the I'd Signal Service Battalion Is
sole member of the Invocation
Club" at the Pentagon, having Just
contributed her 10th pint of blood to
the Red Cross center.
She Joined the Women's Army
Corps and donates her blood so
freely, she says" to partially repay
Uncle Sam for having rescued me
from the jaws of a Nazi concen-
tration camp"
Daughter of American parents,
Corpl. Turner claims as her birth
place a town on the Isle of Wight,
almost within sight of the Nor
Evening star., 1944-07-17

vented her from joining the WACs
at the start Of the organization
after her return to New York, but
on January a, 1o43, she was able
to enlist. She began going to the
Red Cross blood donor center in
April, 1s4l, being one Of the first
to volunteer. Her 10th contribution
has made her the charter member OF
the Pentagon's 1.-TWO Gallon Club
tive never been in better health
Evening star., 1944-07-17

puzzled rs he looked over the mar
rtage license Of the couple before
him.
Then they explained. Miss
Thomas Delgado. IS. and her
husband-to-be, Elizabeth Mano, a.
both Of Mitchell. Nebr.. said there
was a "mixup" In naming each Of
them at birth. but they never
changed their given names.
And they do not intend to do 80,
they said, after they were married
by Judge Feidler.
Evening star., 1944-07-17

since I joined the WAC, nor have
these donations In any way impaired
the efficiency Of my clerical work, !"
she said. Therefore, feel the least
one can do is to share her good
health with our fighting men,"
Evening star., 1944-07-17
Couple Gets License
Despite Name Mixup

By the Associated Press.
GERING, Nebr-County Judge
Ted r. Feidler appeared slightly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

cupful. Then they moved on to the
Stegalls, where the crying baby was
silenced so effectively by Big Harpe.
That aroused the countryside. Once
again a posse set out after the
Harpes. The brothers saw them COM
ing and spurred their horses. Samuel
Leiper forged ahead until he was
within rifle shot. He took aim, fired
and missed. James Tompkins, an
other posseman, caught up with him.
Here, take my gun" he shouted.
You're the best shot"
Leiper fired again. This time Big
Harpe toppled from his horse. Mem
bers of the posse caught up with him.
IN be damned" Tompkins ex-
claimed. That's TIE man that gave
me the powder. 1t was his own pow
der that brought him down"
Harpe was still alive, and vicious as
a wounded RATHER. Obie Dougall kept
him covered with a gun while a cou-
pie of the boys tied his hands. Then
Leiper pointed a pistol at his head
and ordered him to confess his crimes.
Nothing loath, the wounded desperate
began an account of his career.
But Stegall refused to wait. He
drew his knife, grabbed Harpe by the
hair and began to saw at his throat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
@G1e Of
TIE BLOOD BLOOD
BaR;@61HfRSS

NROBABLY there has never been a more ruth
~ less or bloodthirsty pair Of roSueS than the
Harpes They were brothers. One named
Micajah and the other Wiley but because Micajah
was six feet tall and Wiley only five, everybody
called them Big Harpe and Little Harpe.
Sometimes they killed for money and some
times to avoid capture but mostly they killed just
for the sheer love of killing During the last years
of the 18th century, they left such wake of wan
ton murders along the Mississippi that their names
are still synonymous with evil
This will give you an idea: One day they stopped
at the home of Nose Stegall in Henderson County,
Kentucky, and asked for some food. Stegall was
away from home, but Mrs. Stegall served them
a good meal While she was preparing it, her
baby began to cry in his cradle which had been
placed under tree outside the house.
You so ahead" Big Harpe said. 'Tn stop the
baby from crying. I've had lot of experience
with crying babies and 1 always shut their little
mouths the same way"
He was gone for few minutes and sure enough
the cries ceased. When he came back Mrs. Stegall
complimented him. Big Harpe just grinned and
Gained the mother by saying:
my system never fails"
Mrs. Stegall found out what his system was
after they left She tainted. Fig Earpe had cut
the babyS throat without a qualm.
The IIarpeS were born in North Carolina, where
their father, Staunch Tory, was stripped OF his
possessions after the Revolution Maybe that
what embittered the boys They lived with the
Indians for two years, learning some of the saw
agery that made them SO hard to get along with,
and some of the woodcraft that made them so
hard to catch for so long time
Not long after they settled in Knoxville in the
Spring of 1897, other farmers began to miss their
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

He called at the home of his friend,
Colonel Trabue, to enlist his aid
wait till my boy gets back and I'll
join YOU" the colonel told him.
A little while later the boys dog
came running home, splotched with
blood The two men hurried back
along the trail. They found the boys
body. He had been tomahawked for
the sack of beans he was carrying.
The killings continued. Near Ed
monitor the Harpes murdered man
named Dooley. On Barren River they
killed Peter Stump as he brought
food and whisky and his fiddle to
their campfire. All the way down
through Kentucky TO the NatcheZ
Trace they left visible evidence of
their handiwork. William Ballard and
John Tully, Robert and James Bras
sci and the Triswold brothers, John
Graves and his boy, all murdered.
Stopping at the home of James
Tompkins for a meal, the brothers
performed one of their rare acts of
courtesy. Their host was out of
powder, SO Big Harpe left him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

GO ahead and cut, you butcher
Harpe growled.
Stegall did. He cut the head off en-
tirely and put il in the crotch Of a,
tree. Thereafter the pike was known
as Earpe's Head Road.
Little Harpe got away. Oddly
enough, il was a severed head that
led to his capture five years later.
He teamed up with an outlaw named
Tom Mason and hijacked n river
boat. In il they started for New
Orleans. On the way Harpe boasted
about the number OF people he and
his brother had killed and finally
Mason confided:
Hell, that's nothing. I'm so bad
the Governor Of Mississippi has put
a price of $1,000 on my head
1t was a fatal admission. That
night, as Mason slept, Harpe cut off
his head, put il in a gunnysack a..
started overland for Greenville. "
walked into the Sheriffs office, threw
the sack on the floor and announced:
Here's Mason's head. Where's the
81 900 reward you offered?"
There were plenty of people around
who could identify Mason's head, but
one recognized Harpe. An hour later
he was hanging from tree.
THB AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

was unmiStakable. 1t started with
the corpse of an aged peGdler named
Peyton. He had been tomahawl:el
and the contents of his pack scattered
along the road for a mile or so.
A few miles further a man named
Paca was shot and killed, and few
miles beyond that man named Bates
was found lying alongside the road
with his skull cleaved open.
One December evening Stephen
Langford, young Virginian, stopped
at an inn on the Wilderness Road. At
breakfast time two men came riding
up. The innkeeper asked them If
they wanted to eat, but they said
they had no money. Langford invited
them TO be his guests and rode off
with them after they all had eaten.
A week later his body was found in
a ravine. His pockets had be emp
tied. Another posse was formed and
once again the Harpes were caught.
One OF them was wearing Langford'S
coat They were chained inside the
log Jail at Stanford, but a few days
later they were gone.
The posse started out again reluct-
antly, convinced that there was some
thing inhuman about the Harpes.
When it encountered the brothers on
a lonely road, it wheeled and fled.
Henry Scaggs, an old Indian fighter,
vowed he'd bring in the Harpes.
IL November 20, 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

hogs. They formed a
posse of Regulators,
pointedly emitting the
Harpes. The brothers
took the hint. They also
took a fine pair Of
horses belonging to a
neighbor. The posse
overlook them and
started TO bring them
back TO town for trial.
AS the road passed
through a particularly
dense patch of wood
land, the Harpes sprang
free and plunged into
the forest. They weren't
caught, but their trail
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
Dewey
Drafts
Talks

ALBANY, Oct. u (INS)-Gov.
Dewey today worked on a series
of hard hitting speeches he will
deliver in New York. New Eng
land and possibly New Jersey.
Dewey leaves Albany Tuesday
for a major night speech in Buff
falo. He will speak Saturday in
Syracuse, delivering the farm
speech which was sidetracked at
Minneapolis this week to permit
a reply TO President Roosevelt's
foreign policy talk.
Dewey travels to Boston Nov.
for another night speech. Only
two major speeches have been
scheduled between Nov. l ano
election day, both in New York
City.
Republican leaders, impressed
by the size of the crowds which
turned out for Dewey this week
in Minneapolis. Milwaukee anc
Chicago, believe he will carry the
81 electoral votes represented by
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
|Ndziis Crack
In Holland
SUPREME HQ., AEF.

SUPREME HQ., AEF.,
FRANCE, Oct. u (INS)-
Signs of German disorganiza-
ton were reported from the
battle front today as British
and Canadians pressed their
e n circle m ent offensive in
western Holland against co.
900 retiring Germans.
The plight of the Nazis was in
tensified by the continued Allied
thrusts aimed at Tilburg and
Breda, which, along with Herto-
genbosch, formed the main anchor
points of the German defenses in
the Netherlands.
The British econd Army
seized Vaught, cutting the Herto-
genbosch-Tilburg road at three
places and reaching the bridge
over the Wilhelmina Canal on the
eastern outskirts of Tilburg.
The Canadians by-passed
George, which the Germans still
hold, and captured Oostburg.
In eastern France the Ameri-
can Seventh Army beat down five
new German counterattacks. The
remainder of the Western Front
continued quiet.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
BY WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST JUNIOR
Written Expressly for the Hearst Newspapers

AT THE FRONT SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE WITH
THE SEVENTH ARMY Oct. 23-When the staff meeting,
such described in my first article is concluded Gen.
Truscott usually takes Maj. Jim Wilson and 1t. Louis
Barna of Cleveland who has been with him three and
half years. for tour of the sectors of the battle front
Wilson is his sort of business aide while Maj Jack
Barash is sort of his social and personal aide He generally
returns by 1890 for lunch before which he spends little
time in his trailer porting maps of positions which he
has just himself, reading letters which Jack has
opened for him and attending to the business of running
the corps
He takes this function up again after lunch then later
the afternoon goes out again to visit other sectors
up army headquarters for chat with Gen. Alexander
Patch, Seventh Army commander.
1t gets dark here about o'clock but Truscott
generally does not get back until after that hour From
then until dinner after little conference with his chief Of
relaxation
In other words he will sit around making light talk with
occasional glass of either local imported beverage
it. sitting down to dinner around o'clock
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
Chinese Boys Cook for General

In this respect he differs from generals in the field
who my experience keep closer the army hours The
Chinese boys cook and lay excellent meal and dinner
generally pleasurabe and socabe particularly if the
going WELL If is there is hardly word spoken.
In either after dinner he ducks back like rabbit into
his trailer depending again how the going He gets
in little reading letter writing and relaxation calls for
of his staff chiefs and goes work the maps,
planning the next days activities.
He is constant direct telephone communication with h
divisions the field Every conversation he holds is heard
extra telephone which is in his trailer by jim Wilson
In addition, secretary also listens and takes down
every word from both parties. Within a few minutes
transcript of the conversations laid his desk
frmaon copy its the person with whom
he conversation
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
Labor S Trend
To Dewey Noted
Special to THE DETROIT TIMES


NEW YORK, Oct. PA dis
tinct labor trend in behalf of Gov.
Dewey was noted by William l..
Hutchinson, president of the AFL
United Brotherhood of Car
penters and JoinerS of America
in a radio address over the
Mutual System.
The workingmen;S swing, said
Hutchinson, reflects a protest over
the New Deal record to date as
well as a growing doubt of the
ability or even the honest inten-
ton TO restore our business after
the war to a healthy job-asSuring
economy of private enterprise"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
BriCker Woos
Farm Support

WICHITA. Kan. Oct. q tINSl
Gov. Bricker said today thai
the American farmer, disillusionec
by New Deal promises. will vote
Republican Nov. z because "ht
wants TO be freed from the
strait-jacket of planned economics
and worldwide WPAs."
He attacked the Roosevelt adj
ministration on the charge thai
il has deprived the farmer of suf-
ficient labor. machinery and sup
plies.
"Year after year during the
war" he declared. "the Ameri-
can farmer has continued 10 es-
tablish production recOrds-not
because OF the New Deal but in
spite of the New Deal"
WANTS EXPERT ADVICE
Predicting an agricultural
swing to Gov. Dewey. the vice
presidential nominee asserted:
THE American farmer wants
reliable advice on agricultural
problems. He wants the natural
law Of supply and demand TO
be recognized and he wants his
marketing system In the hands
of experts.
THE uncertainties of the
weather and of market prices
under normal conditions are
bad enough. But when the
farmer Is faced with the added
uncertainties of government
control, of his prices, labor,
machinery. transportation. and
policy shifts In the middle of
crop year, he winds up In a
state of utter confusion.
RADIO ADDRESS TONIGHT
1.-THE farmer remembers how,
against his better judgment, he
was&orced to slaughter his ami
mails, plow under his crops, fall
low his land and reduce his pro-
duction.
"He remembers how the
TripIe-A entwined him in
tangIe of red tape and subjected
him to controls of which he
never dreamed"
After touring through eastern
Kansas today, Gov. Bricker was
scheduled TO make a national
broadcast address in Kansas City,
Mo. tonight.
At Enid, Okla, Bricker said the
grasp of the New Deal for power,
not only in government but over
the lives Of all our people, knows
no bonds, adding GENERALIZATION
Of authority in the executive
branch of the federal government
has progressed at its highest rate
since the New Deal came into
power"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
Blast 37th
Jap Ship
CONTINUED from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
aircraft carriers, five cruisers
and two or more destroyers.
AT least four warships prob
ably sunk-three battleships and
one large aircraft carrier.
eat least 20 warships dam
aged six battleships, eight
cruisers and six or more de-
Stroyers.
eat least 242 japanese planes
shot down. ga r
Known American losses re,
manned as previously announced
The light carrier Princeton and
an escort carrier sunk, severa
escort carriers and deStroyers
damaged and several patrol tor.
pedo boats sunk or damaged.
Belief that the final bag ol
enemy ships sunk or damaged
would reach 40 was based pri.
marily on the fact that both
Adm. Nimitz and Gen. Macarthur
emphasized that the figures giver
were incomplete, especially as tc
the number of cruisers and de.
stroyers hit.
adm. Nimitz announced today
that Aleutian-based American
bombers attacked coincidentally
with the sea-air fighting in the
Philippines; attacked Paramu-
shiru, Onnekopan. Matsuwa and
Shimushu in the Kuriles, ms
reported. Air attacks also have
been made on zap and on the
northern Palaus, the northern
Marianas and the Volcano
Islands.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
FDR Ldshes
At0pposifion
Parallel TO Lincoln,
Douglas Debate Seen

WITH PRESIDENT ROOSE,
WELT. WILMINGTON. Del. Oct
81 (INS)-PreSident Roosevelt
making his first train platform
speech in wartime. today dashed
out az his Republican opposition
with a charge that the COPS
campaign strategy is trying "tc
prove that horse chestnut is q
chestnut horse"
Mr.. Roosevelt's special train
paused here at IL o'clock this
morning for a 10-minute rear
platform appearance by the Presi-
dent while en- route 10 Philadel-
phia, where he will make his third
major campaign speech tonight,
this time on his administration S
war policy.
BACK TO LINCOLN
In his brief remarks here. Mr..
Roosevelt went back 10 the his
toEe debates between Abraham
Lincoln and Stephan A. Douglas
to draw a parallel for attack on
the Republican opposition.
I'VE are holding a national
election while the nation il at
war-and this Ia the first time
an election has been held under
such conditions since I864-S0
years ago." the President said.
Which calls 90 mind a re-
mark made by Abraham Lin
coin when he was campaigning
against stephen A. Douglas
remark which Ii particularly
timely and applicable today.
CALLS 1T APPLICABLE
Lincoln said, In every way
possible he tried 10 prove that
. horse chestnut il a chestnut
horse.
1T seems to me that applies
very neatly 20 some of the Re-
publican political oratory which
has iateI ybeen agitating the
air waves.
81 do not believe that this
oratory In really disturbing the
progress OF events here In VIII
nington and In the state of
Delaware.
II think we all know the
difference between horse
chestnut and q chestnut horse"
The President voiced an appeal
for every citizen of Wilmington
and Delaware-every man and
woman who is qualified TO vote
70 step up to the polls on election
day and cast the ballot--in this
state two ballots"
"A big vote In America this
year will speak powerfully for
the cause of democracy all over
the world" he declared.
Following his Wilmington ap-
pearance, Mr.. Roosevelt left i'm
mediately for Philadelphia to be-
gin his tour Of the city and inspec-
ton of shipyards.
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EXtOls Nays FeafS.
but Sees Long War
Continued from Page One)

low II those of us at home began
to act as though the war were
over.
I've cannot wage war In an
atmosphere of peace.
There will not be one sec
ond's Ietup because things are
better In Europe.
MUST BE NO LETDOWN
"The collapse of Germany will
give no reason whatever to
think we can somehow coast to
victory over japan. We must
not let our Pacific fighters
down.
There should be no gold
bricking on the home front.
Those are OUR men out in the
Pacific. See them through"
Earlier in his address, Adm
Jacobs reviewed the phenomena
growth Of Americas sea power.
I'VE have taken to the water
like ducks" he said. with
more than 100000 Americans
In navy blue, there Is no home
that does not have at least a
friend In the naval service.
"A great change has come
about In recent years. We have
become o seagoing-or I should
say--an amphibious nation.
ut takes a versatile people to
produce overnight such a civil.
Ian navy as ours, and this coun-
try, 1 am proud to say, had
what IL takes.
This Navy Day we have the
greatest navy ever set afloat in
any aQe.v
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I'VE stand in Japan's path to
national greatness. Think what
victory would mean to the Jap
anese and you have a good idea
what kind of fighting lies ahead.
IF they fight as they did on
Saipan. how do you think they
will fight on the islands of the
Japanese homeland"
Emphasizing that will power"
and not productive power" alone
is necessary, Adm. Jacob contin'
ued
ITO the Japanese, victory
might be worth a hundred years
of warfare.
JAPS MAP LONG WAR
Their plan Is to make this a
long and costly war for which
we will have no stomach. They
regard us as a fiashy nation.
They hold life cheaply. We do
not"
Solemnly, the admiral pointed
out that victory in Europe doe:
not put us on the threshold o.
peace.
"Not as a naval officer. but
simply as an American" he
stated, II want to make a point
that needs sober consideration.
THE day OF victory In Europe
will find thousands of our men
still in battle.
FLOODING OVER CORAL
THAT day will find men up to
their waists In jungle mud; 1t
will find men frantically repair
ing landing craft as bombs ex-
plode; IL will find men plodding
into fire over coral that cuts
like broken glass.
at would be shockingly shall
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
War Beads Brothers
Nav Be Mustered Out

WASHINGTON, Oct. u (INS)
Both Secretary of War Stimson
and Secretary of the Navy For
restal today declared themselves
in favor Of returning TO their
families or keeping in the United
States the only surviving sons in
families where two or more boys
already have been lost in battle.
Both made exceptions of cases
in which the survivor is assigned
to non-hazardous duty overseas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
laps Admit Loss
OF Six Wdrships

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. q
(INS)-The japanese admitted
officially today that at least six
Jap warships had been sunk in
the Philippines.
Among the vessels lost, an i'm
perial headquarters communique
acknowledged, were an aircraft
carrier, one battleship, two cruis-
erS and two destroyers. Another
carrier and a second battleship
were listed as the vessels substan-
TALLY damaged.
1t was claimed that II Ameri-
can ships had been sunk and 10
damaged. The imperial commune
que claimed that about 500"
American planes had been shot
down, while admitting that 126
Jap planes have not returned"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
No Liquor Holiday
Expected Before Jan

WASHINGTON. Oct. 81 CINS)
WPB Chairman Krug today ruled
out any possibility of a Christmas
liquor making holiday between
now and Dec. 81.
He indicated however, that the
beverage industry might be per-
mitted to return temporarily to
distilling potable spirits early next
wear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
Rome Told TO Pray

ROME, Oct. 81 (INS)-With
the hope of speeding the end of
the war. Pope Plus today ordered
special masses and public prayers
throughout the Italian capital.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
Provides Future Record

This obviously reduces to minimum any possible chance
Of misunderstanding At the time when the
it will provide minute record of the battle
went out with him Tuesday afternoon. He has cold
with of those irritating coughs that catch
the time he is through coughing he almost purple
face In the meantime he sounds like up foghorn
raining cold and muddy when he started but
nued on Page FIye)