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With a Hall to our Chief-we think
he is still plowing a straight furrow.' u
This recalled the oft-spoken trib-
ute of the Presidents 92-year-old
mother, Mrs. Martha Truman, that
Harry could plow the straightest
ftlrrow in Missouri
Mr.. Truman goes to the fair to-
morrow afternoon for the windup
and is going to make speech right
after the days racing card Is con-
GUIDED.
The fair here-which consists
largely of a carnival and the races
is conducted by the American Le-
aion. And the Truman pilgrimage
is something of bow to the fates
When Mr.. Truman first campaigneo
for the Senate in 1884, he spoke
here. When he was elected, he de-
oaded the town was lucky for him
SO each year since has found him
back here.
sBefore the fair visit, the President
will follow custom and attend the
First Baptist Church of which his
old friend. the Rev. S. D. Foster
Is pastor.
sHe is staying here 36 hours, PLAN
ming to leave Monday morning fol-
a. two-day fishing trip at Reelfoot
Lake. Tenaessee, some 40 miles dis
tant. On Wednesday, he will go to
Gilbertsville, KY, to dedicate a iva
dam on the Tennessee River.
= viii Go BY Auto.
THE Tennessee and kentucky
trips will be made by auto. Then
Mr.. Truman will fly back to Wash
ington.
accompanying the President are
Reconversion Director John Snyder
Rfellow-Missourian; Senator Briggs
Democrat of Missouri; Leslie l.
Bjffle, Senate secretary, an Arkan-
san; George Allen, in charge of the
war agency reduction program; Sec
retaries Charles G. Ross and Mat
thew j. Connolly: Brig. Gen. Harry
Vaughn, the Presidents military aid
and Col. Wallace Graham, presi-
dental physician.
When the Sacred Cow" landed
at Blytheville, Gov. Phil M. Don.
nelly OF Missouri was there to greet
the President, but Gov. Ben H
Laney of Arkansas was an absentee
Secretary Ross said he had beer
advised that the Arkansas Governor
who had been at the White House /:
couple of times to call on the Presi
dent, had gone fishing.
THE President stopped briefly a
Blytheville to visit relatives of MI
and Mrs. Snyder at the home o
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Leech.
sOn his previous visits here, MI
Truman has been the guest of Nea
w. Helm, local businessman. Thi
time, however, his party have takel
oyer the Majestic Hotel, the town
leading hostelry.
Reporters at Tourist Camp,
More than 80 news and radio re
perters and photographers travelin
Id two planes accompanying tn
President are billeted in a touris
camp known as Ell Rancho at Hayt
Mo, five miles away.
The Presidents hotel has no din
Ing room so the women of the East
wood Memorial Methodist, Firs
BAPTIST and First Presbyteria
Evening star., 1945-10-07
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. C.. Al
ocIoe
formal reading of the indictments
expected on Tuesday.

formal reading of the indictments
expected on Tuesday.
LONDON, Oct. 6 (P.-A detailed
account of how the Germans used
slave labor in gigantic production
of forged foreign currency was
placed today in the hands of the
United Nations War Grimes Com
mission.
Apparently hoping to disrupt
enemy economy, the Germans
turned out millions of dollars in
spurious British sterling notes.
Special teams of British -Ameri-
can army experts reported that at
a single concentration camp in the
Pressing area they found % cases
containing forged notes amounting
to 26,0oo,0o0 sterling pounds, or ap-
proximately s10o, 100000.
From former prisoners the investi-
gators learned the Germans kept
seven printing and two photo
graphic machines busy printing
both pound notes and forged Slo-
vakian bonds. The SIS selected 28
printers and designers from camp
prisoners and assigned them to the
work.
Evening star., 1945-10-07

Dendrochronology is the science
of counting and examining the rings
in the trunk of a tree, and thereby
discovering its age and condition.
Evening star., 1945-10-07

Directors
BRUCE BAIRD
n. RANDOLPH BARBEE
DANIEL L. BORDEN
M. r. CALNAN
HENRY r. ERWIN
d. p. GAILLARD
JAMES NJ. JOHNSTON
HAROLD N. MARSH
ALLISON N. MILLER
CARRoLL MORGAN
Z. X. MORRIS
DONALD r. ROBERTS
FREDERIC N. TOWERS
GRIFFITH-WARFIELD
ROBERT W. WILSON
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
Two Ashe County Couples
Observe Golden Weddings

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Houck, OF
West Jefferson, and Mr.. and Mrs
l. E. Duncan, of Todd, celebrated
their golden wedding anniver-
saries on Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Houck, who had
been married for fifty years on
Saturday, celebrated their ami
versary at a picnic dinner at
Bluff Park at which time each of
their children and their families,
except one, were present.
They were Mr.. and Mrs. Todd
Gentry, Mr.. and Mrs. Worth Gen
try, Mr.. and Mrs. Gurna Houck,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Houck, Mr..
and Mrs. Roger Holman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bruce Houck and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Houck, all of this coun-
ty: the Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Houck,
of Mooresville and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Ireson, of Abingdon, Va;
Jess Houck, of Detroit, Mich, was
unable to be with them. Several
children and grandchildren were
also present. Mr.. and Mrs. Todd
Gentry also celebrated their elev-
enth anniversary at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan celebrated
their anniversary with a dinner
at their home on Sunday, when
the following children were pres
ent: Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Duncan
and Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Dun
can, of Jefferson; Mr.. and Mrs.
c. B. Duncan, of Washington, D.
c., and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth For
ester, of Wilkesboro. F. E. Dun
can, of Maryland, was unable to
be with them. Another son, c. L.
Duncan, died a few years ago.
Three of Mr.. Duncan's brothers,
Will, Arthur and Ounce Duncan,
and several other relatives and
friends were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Houck and Mr..
and Mrs. Duncan, who were mar
ried only one day apart, spent
their honeymoons together and
have made their homes near each
other during the past fifty years.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
SEWING CLUB HAS
GOOD MEETINGS

The Sunshine Sewing Club met
at the home of Mrs. S. w. Diggs,
in Jefferson, last week, at which
time most of the members were
present. Mrs. O.. L. Scruggs be-
came a new member of the club
at this time.
Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess during the
afternoon, after it had been de-
cided to have picnic at the next
meeting date. Each member is
urged to attend.
The club met with Mrs. r. c..
Barr on August IA, at which time
two visitors, Mrs. Eta Holmes
and Mrs. Bruce Porter were pres
ent in addition to the regular
members. Refreshments were
served by the hostess.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
Miss Duvall, Mr..
Robinson Married

Of much interest here and else
where is the announcement of
the marriage of Miss Mary Lou
Duvall daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene R. Duvall, of Grassy
Creek, to Mr.. Clarence Odell
Robinson, son of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Robinson, Of Todd, on Satur-
day, August Is, in the Calvary
Methodist Church, in Washing
ton. D. C. DR.. Chesteen Smith Of
ficiated, using the impressive
double ring ceremony.
For her marriage, the bride
wore an afternoon dress Of aqua
blue crepe with a corsage Of
white rosebuds. Her only attend
ant was Miss Lena Deeter, of
Conway, Arkansas. She wore a
blue suit and her corsage was OF
gardenias. Cpl. Eugene R. Du-
vail, Jr., brother Of the bride, was
the groom's best man.
Following the ceremony re-
ception was held at the home of
Mrs. Alicia Williams.
Mrs. Robinson, a graduate of
Virginia Carolina High School,
attended Pfeiffer Junior College
and for some time has been en-
ployed in Washington. Mr.. Rob-
inson, who attended Riverview
High School, is also employed in
Washington, where they plan to
make their home.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
SEVERAL PATIENTS
IN ASHE HOSPITAL

The following are patients at
the Ashe county hospital this
week:
Miss Jennie Todd, Jefferson;
Mrs. Grace Eller, Smethport;
Henry Bledsoe, Todd; Mrs. w. E.
Cox, Grassy Creek; Miss Juanita
Jones, Clifton; Mrs. Fred Vannoy,
Oval; William w. McCarrell, BIZ
ma; Master William Scott, Todd;
Linda Lou Houck, West Jefferson;
Johnnie Ham, Laurel Springs;
Mrs. Stella Howell, Silas Creek;
Ray Reed, Furches; Master John
ME Badger, Bina; Mrs. H. L. Sey-
mour, Wagner; Robert Ashby,
Warrensville, each for treatment.
Edgar Burkett, Jefferson; JOS
eph B. Taylor, Independence, Va;
A. C. Denney, West Jefferson;
Master Billie Norris Weaver and
Charles Weaver, Jr., Lansing:
Mrs. C. T. Badger, Jr., Jefferson;
Master Wayne Osborne, Hemlock:
Mrs. Jack Jones, Apple Grove;
Pearl Darnell, Wagner; Mrs.
Maggie Spencer, Sturgills; jeanne
Hartsoe, Creston and Mrs. Della
Miller, jefferson, each for sur
gerry.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shelton and son,
Sparta; Mrs. Blye Blevins and
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
Jefferson High
School News

Jefferson high school opened
last week with a large enrolment
of pupils-475, in the entire
school. Two new teachers, Mrs
Kathleen Simpson in the first
grade and Miss Doris Bare with
the fifth and sixth grades were
added to the faculty.
The dramatic club met for re-
organization and the following
officers were elected: Mary Cor
don Austin, president; Elizabeth
Weaver, vice-president; Walter
Bare, secretary; Clayborn Sheets,
treasurer.
Visitors in school have includ-
ed Clairene Oliver, Roberta and
Polly Austin, Betty Jean Crepps,
William Austin, Calvin Blevins
and Colleen Little.
A group Of high school girls
met last Friday and organized a
glee club. The following were
elected officers: Elizabeth Wea-
yer, president; Beth Sheets, vice
president, Ruth Dixon, secretary;
and Annabelle Coward, treasur-
0r.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
ALL-DAY SERVICE AT
PLEASANT VALLEY, SUN.

The Rev. E. z. Sexton, pastor
of the Pleasant Valley Baptls2
church has announced that an all
day dedication service would be
held there on Sunday, September
9, at which time, the Rev. Mr.
Caldwell and others will preach
Lunch will be served on the
ground and a good attendance rs,
expected Everyone is invited
The Pleasant Valley church is
located three miles north of Heal
ing Springs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
To Celebrate lO2
Birthday Sunday
Elihu Luther To Be HOnOred
AT The Gap Greek Baptist
Church

On Sunday, Sept. 9, members
of the Gap Creek Baptist Church
at Deep Gap, will honor Mr.. ElihU
Luther on his 1O2nd birthday al
which time the people of this en-
tire Western North Carolina Sec
ton are invited, it has been an
nounced.
Mr.. Luther, a native of this sec
ton, has spent his entire life here
Many Well-known speakers are
expected to be present to honor
him at this celebration, it was ex-
planned.
Dinner will be served on the
ground and the celebration, which
will begin at ten o'clock a. M, will
continue until late afternoon.
Choirs of the Stony Fork Bap-
fist Church and the Laurel Springs
Baptist Church, as we'll as others,
will take part on the program that
is planned for the occasion.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
Miss Patterson
Completes Work

Miss Marjorie Patterson, of
Richmond, Va, special Bible
School and Young Peoples work
er in Ashe county for Winston
Salem Presbytery, has concluded
her engagements for this season
and left for her final year at the
General Assembly's Training
School in Richmond. No stranger
to the county, Miss Patterson this
year conducted Bible Schools in
the Gillespie, Apple Grove and
Lansing Presbyterian churches,
and organized young peoples
groups with the aid of Miss VAL
rae Hamm and Dawes GRAPHICAL.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
Miss Higghsnith
To Address Club

1t was announced this week tEaa9,
Miss L. Highsmith, of Raleigh
field secretary for the North Car
DINA T. B. Association, will be.
guest speaker of the Ashe County"
Woman's Club on September 13,
at the home of Mrs. Glenn Little,
of jefferson.
It was announced by the presi-
dent, Mrs. Dean Mcmillan, THAI.
the club would sponsor county
wide health project and that tbs
plans and details would be ar
nounced later.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
Cox

Miss Lena Grace Poe, youngest
daughter of Mrs. Gussie Poe and
the late Mr.. Poe, of Wagner, and
Mr.. Walter Reaves Cox, son OF
Mr.. Bill Cox, of Hemlock, were
married on August Is, in York
S. c.
The bride wore for her we'd
ding a street length suit of blue
with black accessories.
The couple are now making
their home at Hemlock, after a
short wedding trip through Vir-
ginia and Tennessee.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
DRAFT CLASSIFICATION
CHANGES ARE MADE

Mrs. Louis J. Yelanjian, chief
clerk of the local draft board, an
nounced this week that because of
a new classification regulation,
all men between the ages of &c
and 81 would be reclassified and
placed in At.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
TWO MORE CASUALTIES
FROM COUNTY REPORTED

The following casualties of this
World War have been reported:
Sgt. John H. Yearick, son of Mr.
IS. H. Yearick, of Sturgills, and
Francis Crepps.
If there are any other casual
ties that have not been reported
this paper will be glad to have
them for publication.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06
Personals

Mrs. Don Richardson, of Char
lotte, is spending sometime with
Mrs. R. w Coward, here.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Monte Weaver, OF
Florida, are visiting friends and
relatives in the county this week
Mr.. Weaver was recently dls-
charged from the armed services
after spending sometime over
seas.
Miss Gladys Shatley has return
ed to Winston-Salem, after spend
ing two weeks at Myrtle Beach,
S. c.
DR. and Mrs. R. Q. Jones and
Mr.. Arthur Childress were dlnner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Par
sons, Sunday.
Miss Mary Carolyn Price is Wis
iting her parents, MIR. and Mrs
A A. Price, at her home here.
Mrs c.. R. Sturdivant has re-
turned from Akron, Ohio, after
spending the past two weeks
there with her two daughters.
Mrs. A. w. fainter and daugh-
ter Mrs. Turley, are visiting Mrs.
Tainter's sister, Mrs. Sturdivant,
this week.
DR.. and Mrs. Ben N. Miller and
two little daughters, Betsy and
Jane, of Columbia, S. c., visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul A. Perkins and
Mrs. J. c. Gambill, the past week.
They returned to Columbia on
Monday and were accompanied
home by Miss Effie Lowe Gam
bill, who will attend college there
again this year. Miss Gambill
spent the summer here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins, with
their guests, the Millers and Mrs.
J. C. Gambill, spent Sunday with
DIR. and Mrs. Mont Cox, of indie
pendence. Va, and were enter
tanned at an enjoyable picnic
luncheon on the Boy Scout camp
ing ground on the Cox farm of
New River.
Recent guests of the P. A. Per-
kins were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Col
by of Nashville, Tenn.
Pfc. Starr N. Stacey, former
teacher of ASTC, of Boone, and
his bride, the former Miss Min
ME Fay Costner, of Casar, N. c.
were married at Knoxville,
Tenn, July 26. Pfc. Stacey re-
turned to camp in Utah and Mrs.
Stacey to University of Knoxville,
where she is doing research work.
Mrs. D. H. Campbell has been a
patient at the Baptist Hospital,
Winston-Salem, for the past 8
days.
Mrs. Frank Clark and family,
of Pennsylvania, are visiting rel
atives in the county. They were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Reeves, here on Tuesday.
The following students from
Lansing left this week for col
lege: Pearl James, Lillian Wea-
yer and Marilyn WEIGH, ASTC;
Anna Lee Weaver, WCUNC; Bill
ly Ashley, Asheville Business
College; and Buddy King, Mars
Hill College.
Mrs. Edd Liddle, Wagner, and
Vaughn Stringer, Nyssa, Oregon,
made a business trip to Kentucky
last week
Mrs. R. A. Sheets. Wagner,
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Crepps at Samuels. KY, re-
Gently.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-06

daughter, Whitetop, Va; Mrs.
Bertha Baldwin and son, Tucker
dale; and Mrs. Evazella Parsons
land son, Othello.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-05
GEORGIA TO VOTE
ON CONSTITUTION

ATLANTA, Aug. 4.-P)-Georgla
voters will decide Tuesday whether
they want to ratify a new, stream
lined constitution or retain the 3D.
year-old present document that has
been amended 301 times.
It is the second time that the is
sue has come before a state this
year. Missourians adopted a new
constitution in the spring.
While actually nothing more IS
involved in Georgia than the adop-
ton or rejection of the proposed
new basic law, the election has
aroused all the interest and fer
vor Of a campaign year.
Head of the 23-person commits
sion which drafted the new consti-
tuition, and the most enthusiastic
proponent of the document, is
chubby, 37-year-old, precedent
busting Gov. Ellis Arnall.
The chief opposition comes from
the man Arnall defeated three
years ago for Gove-nor-Red-Gal-
fused Gene Talmadge. The former
governor finds plenty wrong with it
and challenged Arnall to debate it
with him publicly.
Arnall ignored him. He said
something about Talmadge being
a dead duck"
The young Arnall, who led sue
cessful fights to extend the voting
privilege to 18-year-olds and abo-
hsh the poll tax, says Tuesday,
vote will be vote of confidence in
his administration.
The new constitution abolishes
the poll tax as a voting pre-requir-
site - something already done by
statute. It will, however, permit the
legislature to impose as much as
81 a head poll tax as revenue
measure.
-V
Worker be S are undeveloped
females.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-05
PAPER CAMPAIGN
LEADERS NAMED

Officials of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce yesterday announc-
ed the name of committeeman
VINO will handle the paper salvage
drive August 26 when when mem
bers hope to collect 100000 pounds
of scrap paper for the benefit OF
the war effort.
Heading the drive are Jack
Lee, chairman, and Clarence
King, co-chairman.
Other committees and their
members are:
Trucks, Woody Taylor, Ken
Ctedman and Gerald .Stokeley
personnel, Bill Anderson and Eo
Ward, routing, Ernest Tienken and
o. A. Wallace; publicity, Jack
Towel, Julius Berger and Pres
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-05

"Shock rooms in which temper
atures are raised and lowered sud-
denly are used by many dry clea :
ing and storage firms to J u moths
and other destructive insects IN
c1othipC
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-05

ton Herndon; and handling, Jack
HARRISON and Ed Howard.
Residents and merchants are
asked to cooperate by having
scrap paper securely tied in bum
dies or boxed and available to
the trucks by 10 a. m. August rs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-05

Lake Vanern, Sweden, is the
largest European lake outside of
Russia.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-04

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The cstancjeros GREW rich over
night"
Those must have bnon Thrilling
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-04
CHAPTER EIGHT

THE COUNTRY unfolded below
Brooks plane like a huge brown
rafpet. occasionally dotted by scat
tered buildings of an estancia, with
their inevitable even lines of euca-
lyptJIs and poplars standing boldly
AGAINST the power of the constant
rampa winds. Great herds of cat
lie slid by like notified lakes.
Horses ran wildly at the sound of
the plane. their shaggy names fly
ing in the wind. Great stacks of
yellow maize thanked the enormous
barns.
This is strange country Brooks
said almost dreamily. you will
curse the constant winds. the
monotony of these open plains and
vet YOU will learn to love it. Once
it gets in your blood you Will never
want to leave
II think I understand" Terry
said eagerly. Its the vastness of
it that holds you. In the States,
Texas makes you feel much the
same way
The neatly laid ont towns were
thinning now and getting smaller.
further apart, as the plane raced
westward. There were fewer ploWed
t,.i Is and more open range country,
where great herds of Whitc-faccd
Ertcf0iGS rOamcI at Will.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-04

vawn. I'm very tad I didn't live
IN those days. 1t all sounds Excess
sively dun
Brooks lips twisted in a faint
smile. My boy, you would have
starved to death in this country in
those days. 1t vas either work
yourself to death or die from
starvation. You would have chosen
the latter, I'm sure. It's so much
easier"
Raft smiled at Terry
Some build-up that gentleman's
giving me. To hear him you'd think
Id never put in an honest DAYS
work in my life. AS a matter Of
fact, I've been strongly flirting with
the idea, of late, of doing something
with my architecture"
Are you an architect >" Terry
asked.
Licensed and everything."
He just doesn't work at it,
Brooks said good naturally. HE
says it is useful, though, after S
o'clock i'll the evening. It gives him
a subject to discuss over a cock
tall
They few on for a while without
talking. Terry found her YES wan
dering to the strongly etched pro-
file of Brooks Kimberly. He was the
,-xE--t
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-06-04
HUGH CARDS NOT NEEDED

II IS NOT necessary to have
any high card strength at all in
your Sand in order to possess the
requirement for a sound raise of
your partners suit. If you have a
satisfactory number of trumps to
make his suit safe. and enough
shortage Of some other suit to fur
nieh rutiing tricks, you may have
much better support for him than
If YOU had a goodly number Of
honors IN an evenly balanced hand.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

a prosecutor wrested the details Of
the sacrifice from uncooperative and
sullen witnesses.
The members of the jury, six
natives and one European, listened
for % days to what became a virtual
eulogy Of old Sir Ofori. He had been
one of, the most modern and en-
lightened Of all black monarchs. He
had been 10 London several times.
Once he had been knighted by the
late King George V for supplying
soldiers 10 the British armed forces
during the first World War.
He was interested in cricket and
tennis, and would chat with visitors
in perfect English about schools and
courts and the duties OF rulers.
Was this the kind of a man, the
prosecutor demanded, who would ex-
pect a sacrificial murder to atone for
sins that he hadn't even committed?
The jury pondered for three hours
before convicting all eight defendants.
The judge in his white wig and
scarlet robes solemnly pronounced
sentence. These men, ne said may
have thought they were acting in
accordance with the most noble
Ashanti traditions, but actually they
were committing a murder. For this
they must pay. -
They must be hanged by the neck
until dead, the dignified judge con-
cluded
Counsel for the defense got in the
last word. He said:
I'VE admit the technical guilt.
your honor, but we plead that there
is no moral tuTpitude involved. These
men will die, not as ordinary muT.
derers, but with their honor as intact
as yours"
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY II
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

The Long Journey" Of Odikro.
Wee-Regent 70 Sir 0fori Afto.
Ruler Within the Afrieon
Gold Coast Colony. Turns Out
TO Be q Ceremonial Throot-
Cutting TO Dreneh the vaeont
Throne-Stool With Blood
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-28

eight obedient re-
tainers knew that
the law of the
" hIte m a n had
taken precedence
over the code of
the Ashanti.
T h e y accepted
their arrest with
stolid Indifference
and stood calmly
in the prisoner S
box in the court.
room at Accra,
the capital of the
Gold Coast, while