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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-09-18
Shocking Killing
Takes Place
In County

lessee Hill so it is charged,
hit one step-daughter over the
head with bottle, cut another
over the eye, cut his wife's throat
and then tried to cut himself to
death Tuesday afternoon on the
lower Big Ridge. Mrs. Trula Hill,
the wife, died in the Dickinson
County Hospital about three am.
Wednesday morning, and h
man remains under guard in the
hospital. He is expected to re-
cover, but the news of his wife's
death is being kept from him.
The man and wife had been sep
arated for about two months but
apparently had kept on fairly
good terms. According to report,
the real difficulty was between
Hill and two step-daughters. Gay
Willis, one of the young women,
told officers that Hill came three
times on Tuesday to the home
Where his wife was staying. She
also alleges that he appeared to
be drinking. On the third visit
a quarrel came up between the
man and Gay Willis. He threw a
beer bottle, which struck t h c
girl on the head and added her.
About this time, Mrs. Hill inter
fered. Then, the man stabbed his
wife twice in the throat and cut
her over the back as she fell.
The other step-daughter, Reed
Willis, says that he then cut him
self in the throat and fell to the
ground. After a short while, she
states, he got up, chased her
three times around the house,
and raked her over an eye with
his knife.
Mr.. and Mrs Hill were brought
to the hospital, where his wife
died twelve hours later. The
mans wounds were not fatal and
guard was soon placed over
him. He inquired often about his
wife, but the news of her death
was being kept from him. He
said Wednesday morning that
his mind had been in a daze and
was only then clearing up.
Hill is sixty-four years old.
His wife was fifty-six. Her maid
en- name was Trula Scyphers. In
the year 1909, she married Wiley
Willis. Five children were born
to the union. The husband died,
and in 1896 she married Hill,
widower who had three children.
According to report, lessee
Hill was somewhat wild in his
youth but had been a quiet and
law abiding man for several
years.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-09-18

Mrs. Arnold Kennedy and chill
dren, Rosetta and Arnold, Jr.,
spent last weekend at Elkhorn,
visiting relatives.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-09-18

Montraville Phipps, former
we'll known CT tizen of Clintwood,
now residing in West Virginia,
is visiting here this week.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-09-18

Governor Tuck, Congressman
Flanagan, State Senator M. NJ.
Long and c. S. Carter, Of the
Virginia Conservation Commits
sion, spoke to a gathering in the
FlatWoods, overlooking h e
Breaks last Sunday.
The only definite statement as
to the development of the Breaks
was made by Mr.. Carter, when
he said, eff you will get the high
way, we will give you a park
here equal to any in the State"
John Flanagan swung at the
Governor, 81 am disappointed in
the Governor. He talks about
public health, farm to market
roads, and better schools. But
he didn't say a thing about
road through the Breaks, and
that's what we are here for"
Senator Long, without direct
pledge of aid, said, eve must all
work together for road and
and a park through this wonder
full scenery" He went on to say
that he believed American mon
ey should be kept at home in
stead of being sent abroad 'sto
coddle" the enemies Of the Unit
ed States in the last war.
People began coming into the
Flatwoods early, and by eleven
o'clock a large crowd was on the
ground. The folks ambled around,
all civil and quiet as at a meet
ing at country church. A squad
of state police eyed the gathering
as if they had come to deal with
a snake-handlers' jubilee or a
hell-raising reunion of Old Dick
lie Potter's generation. A bunch
of nondescripts twanged away
on hound dog music. Lee Long
and Granville Colley took time
about calling for notables to
come to the speakers stand.
They could not get anything
started, and WEAKNESS began to
settle all over the place.
There was a little furry as
the Governor was rushed in. He
mounted the platform and talked
about the improvements being
made in Vlrglnla-One OF the
best governed states in the I'm
ion. More money was being spent
for public health and public wei
fare; farm-to market roads were
being put in better shape; heap
more money was being spent for
education. Fact was, Virginia
was hitting a lively clip along
the road of progress. Then the
Governor was rushed out.
The fortunate ones who had
brought a picnic basket and the
lucky ones whom they invited
had something to eat. There was
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-09-18
HAS OPERATION

Everette B. Stanley, clerk Of
the Circuit Court, had an opera
ton Monday in the hospital at
Abingdon for a standing case of
hernia. According to information,
he is making satisfactory recov
cry and will soon be able to re-
sumo his duties in the court
house.
Bill Fleming, of Richlands,
is visiting here this week.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-09-18

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Evening star., 1947-11-22
Community Building
OPENS al MI. Vernon

A tea and open house will be held
from to pm. tomorrow at the
Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Church
In ofiicially opening the new Com
munity Activity Building, adjacent
to the church. Visitors are invited.
A six day a week program will
be open Monday for children, to 6
years in the afternoon, through Fri
day; 7:30 to 8 pm. the same days
and GAS to Noon on Saturdays.
"Consecration Pledge Sunday will
be conducted by DR.. John w. Rustin
during the morning service.
The Angelus Acapella Choir will
render a program in the evening.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Dr.. Hastings to Give
THANKSGIVING Sermon

"A Grateful Heart" is the subject
of the special Thanksgiving sermon
of DR.. J. Warren Hasting Sunday at
1880 am. in the National City
Christiap Church.
The Young Adult Fellowship will
continue their School Of Christian
Living at pm. Mrs. Josephine H.
Kyles, assistant executive secretary
Of the Washington Federation of
Churches, will lead the class on
Prayer; Mrs. j. Warren Hastings
will discuss 1.-THE Proper Use of
Time" in the class on modern prob
lens of young adults; Miss Hilda
Koontz, will lead a discussion of
Brother Lawrence's 1.-The Practice of
the Presence of God' in the class on
the Christian classics. All young
adults are invited. A supper will be
served following the school.
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Building Fund Day
At Anocostiu Church

At Anacostia Methodist Church at
II am. tomorrow. members and
friends who were given a dollar bill
at service several weeks ago and
were asked to invest it in some
Legitimate way to make 1t grow for
the Building Fund, will place the
dollar and its increase upon the
altar.
/. AL the buildings, with the excep-
ton of the Sanctuary, have been
razed and work is now starting on
the first unit Of the Educational
Building which will cost $4,000.
The Right Rev. Kenneth Lyons
will preach at II am. on Revive Us
Again" and at pm. on Destroying
the Destroyers of the Earth" This
Is the seventh in a series from the
Book Of Revelation.
Evening star., 1947-11-22

tunities for questions being given al
frequent intervals.
"I like to get the class talking,
she explained. "The members re-
spond wonderfully to questioning
and give their own Interpretation
and experiences.
A tie-up of the Bible with con-
temporary events is the aim of Miss
Lindley in teaching the scriptures.
To do this she usually takes items
from the newspapers or magazines
which illustrate the great Bible
truths.
A native of Suttons Bay, Mich.
Miss Lindley is graduate of Cen
trail State Normal School, Mount
Pleasant, Mich. After working for
the Anti-Saloon League in South
Dakota, she came to the organiza-
tons Washington Office in 1921. She
joined Waugh Church that year.
Today she is a member of the
ichurch's official board and of its
Sunday School board and is chair
man Of the temperance committee.
Miss Lindley lives at 2801 Adams
Mill road NV
Evening star., 1947-11-22

uated IN 1880 Rev. ". "a. hep'ef'
from Mercersburg Academy, re-
ceived his A. B. from the College
of Wooster and his TIL. B at Prince
ton Theological Seminary in 1887.
He was married that fall to Miss
Mary HELEN Bartholomew OF Al
toona, Pa. He was ordained by the
Of Philadelphia and be-
came assistant minister of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church of Phila-
delphia. He later became pastor Of
the Catonsville Presbyterian Church.
The couple have son, William
David, 31z years Of age.
Evening star., 1947-11-22

W0OQ CLASS aC
Waugh Method
list Church.
Miss Lindley,
who has been
tie a C h ng the
class since 1924,
begins preparing
the next week S
lesson !: on SUM-
day evening. Her
initial step is
to read the Bible
lesson, and then
references about
the m a t er a /.
During the week
eI,o aIJe fN har
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Missionary to Speak
At Atonement Church

Miss Annie Sanford, missionary
to India for Is years, will be the
guest speaker tomorrow at Atone
ment Lutheran Church, the Rev.
Paul L. Reaser, pastor. The chill
dren will attend the 8 am. service
to hear Miss Sanford. She will
speak again at II am.
The Senior Luther League will
meet at the church at 2 pm. to 60
to the District Training School at
Laurel and to the Glendale Sana-
torium where they will conduc: serv-
ices for the patients.
Evening star., 1947-11-22

Rev. DR.. Walter
Price, W h O re-
signed. He will
be installed on
January 2 and
preach his first
sermon on jan
uary 4.
Mr.. K e p ! e r
was b orn in
Siangtan, Human
China. His father
was for 20 years
general secretary
for the Church
of C h 81 in
China. He grad
Evening star., 1947-11-22

knowledge by reading additional in
formation about the subject.
Her next step Is to make the out
line. Where there is a blackboard
in the room, Miss Lindley draws the
outline on it 50 the class can tell how
the lesson has been built up. She
uses the lecture method with oppor-
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Rev. ". H. KepIer Comes
To Northminster Church

The Rev. w. H. Kepler of Cations
vile, Md, has accepted call to the
pastorate of the Northminster Pres
byterian Church, to succeed the
Evening star., 1947-11-22
To Install Deucons

The Petworti Baptist Church will
ordain three new deacons tomorrow
evening, according to the Rev. James
P. Rodgers. They are: Ted Benz,
J. B. Busby, and Dewitt Purcell
Evening star., 1947-11-22
Bible Class Leaders
Bible Class Leaders
Miss Laura Lind.ey caches
A Glass at Waugh Methodist

The use Of q detailed outline as
q method Of teaching the scripture
lesson Is advocated by Miss Laura
Lindley, instructor of the Anna MAY
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Lillic0
Continued From Page C-1)

of will on both sides, has not been
sufficient to correct the evils that
grew out of nearly two decades of
native military leadership.
More Immediately, however, the
war-born shortage has been sharply
aggravated by Gen. MacArthur's
searching campaign to weed out
all of Japan's roots of chauvinism
and autocracy. The drive is un-
questionably essential to the democ-
ratization of Japan, but at the
same time it has worked a tremen-
dous immediate hardship on the
country. The effect has been to
disqualify whatever top flight politi-
cal and managerial talent might
have survived totalitarianism and
war.
Macarthur issued his first purge
directive in January, 1916 1t ordered
the japanese government to remove
and bar from Office the following
seven categories Of citizen:
Actual or suspected war criminals; F.;
career military personnel, civil OH
cials Of the War and Navy Minis
tries and thought" police; leaders
of ultra -nationalistic, terroristic and
secret societies; leaders of the war
time quasi-totalitarian parties; OFF,
GERS Of firms that financed or ex.
plotted japanese expansion; gov
ernors OF conquered territory and
advisers of puppet regimes, and any
other notables militarists.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
The Districts Early Tramways

ling, ting ling. No music today
sounds half so sweet
1t was many years before the
drivers of these cars were given
any protection from the cold, the
sleet and the ice. The horses were
shod to keep them from slipping
and when they arrived at the end
Of the route they were either
changed for other horses and let
into the barn or covered with
blankets by the hostlers. But the
drivers and conductors were left
to take care of themselves.
In bygone days nearly all the
merchants kept open shop until
10 o'clock at night during the
month of December, and the day
before Christmas until IL midnight.
Few stores delivered goods beyond
Florida avenue, and nearly every
body went to market and carried
home basketful of supplies. Imag-
inc, then, If you will, a little one
horse car, or two-horse car,
crowded almost to suffocation;
mothers with babies in their arms;
everybody with a basket or a bundle
or two-some with both-on their
way home on Christmas eve; maybe
half the men filled with so-called
Christmas cheer; straw on the floor
to keep the feet warm: a kerosene
lamp at either end-which did not
hesitate to smoke when in the mood
and the chimney Of which often
tilted and sometimes fell of, and one
long benchlike seat on either side.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Reading and Writing
Two Washington Writers of Nonfiction
Are Concerned With Cookbooks, Critics
By Mary McGroy

Lucky Forward" was finished In
August. 1916, month he remem-
bers well because he was being fitted
for an artificial arm which replaces
the one lost in Germany, where he
served with the Sd Army as intelli-
gence operation officer.
His publishers decided to shelve
his story of Patton in order to clear
the way for another Allen project
then In the works, Our Fair CITY"
which they rushed to publication to
meet competition from two other
city books. George Sessions Perry's
Cities o. America" and John
Gunthers Inside U. S. A."
Allen reports that all his mail
has been favorable, although some
Sd Army veterans letters have had
a rather plaintive why -didn't-you-
mention-my outfit? tone. To 1st
Army friends who complain that he
didn't give them the credit they
deserve, he has a snappy rejoinder.
Il was writing the history Of the
% ARMY. Ii you're so not ana both
cred, why don't you write a history
OF your own army?"
In his of1lce at the Press Building,
where he writes his syndicated COL
umn on national affairs, Allen has a
handsome framed photograph of
Patton in full dress parade. He still
stands by his estimate of the stormy
military figure, considering him "the
greatest tactician In ETO and prob
ably the greatest field commander
we have developed since the Civil
War.
Detractors Of Patton who say that
Patton was not a diplomat or a.
statesman. leave Allen quite cold.
cts like saying an automobile is no
Evening star., 1947-10-19
SPANS Traditions
Still Exist, Says
Grace Lewis
By John A. Giles

Americans should stop thinking
of Spain from a world political
viewpoint only and realize that
many Of the fine old Spanish ira
ditions still exist, Mrs. Grace Hegger
Lewis believes.
Mrs. Lewis, the former wife Of
novelist Sinclair Lewis. now is Mrs.
Telesforo Casanova de Oiea. She
married her present Spanish born
but United States-naturalized hus-
band IA years ago and visited her
Spanish -in-laws for the first time
last year. Since that time she has
written a great deal about present.
day Spain.
The North American as the
Spanish people call her. does not
realize that life there goes on in its
usual pattern and that the Spaniards
read much the same things and do
the same things that we do In this
country" she commented while on
a visit here last week, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Boeckel OF
2137 LIE Roy place NV.
Mrs. Lewis will review the
literary scene in Spain for The
Stars annual book survey in Decem-
ber ito remind North American
readers" she says, that in spite
of politics Spain and its great ira
ditionS still exist
Mrs. Casanova. blond and viva
cious, speaks no Spanish but says
she had no difficulty making herself
understood. Il am sure that with
my blue eyes and two hands I could
get along in Tibet as far as language
difficulties are concerened," she says
She refused to discuss the Spanish
political situation.
She divorced Sinclair Lewis in
1929 and three years later her own
novel HALF a Loaf" was one Of the
most talked-of books of that year.
She has been frequent contrib
utor to newspapers and magazines.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
And Now Senator Throws the Book
At Congress-Just for the Fun of 1t
LAUGHING WITH CONGRESS
BY Alexander Wiley (Cro,on Publishers; 49,
Reviewed by j. A. OLEARY.

Getting laugh at the expense Of
Congress has been a national pas
time since the early days of the
Republic.
Now, one Of it's members-Senator
Wiley, Republican, OF Wisconsin,
has made it the subject of a book,
not with any thought of belittling
his fellow statesmen, but to show
that down through the years they
have been human and able to take
it," The author, who presides over
the Senate Judiciary Committee,
also has made it clear there is no
intention of minimizing the serious
ness Of the problems that confront
the Congress today.
The primary goal Of the book is
to entertain. It is light mixture
of the banter that has been aimed
at the. lawmakers by humorists on
the outside, and samples of the wit
the lawmakers themselves create in
day-to-day debate.
Evening star., 1947-10-19

Undoubtedly the free use Of satire
by candidates toward each other
has encouraged humorists generally
to use Congress as the theme for
funny stories. But Senator Wiley
takes philosophical view OF this
penchant for laughing at Congress,
by reminding his readers:
I'm many countries in Europe,
and elsewhere, when the people get
sore at their leaders, they take to
the streets with guns and tanks.
Over here, when the people get sore,
they take to their living rooms or to
the lecture platforms or to the radio
microphones with their Joe Miller
joke books and proceeded to throw
the book at Congress"
In these days, when so many
serious tones are being written
about the problems that beset the
world, Senator Wiley's book will
enable the reader of current events
to relax for a few hours.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Bridge Players
By Fronk B, Lord

The Children's Hospital charity
fund received substantial contri-
button as a donation from the Wom-
ems Auxiliary Of the Washington
Bridge League. The game was
played October II at the Burlington
The Dora Schwartz Cup was pre-
sented to Mrs. Mariana Boschan
and Mrs. Billy" Newlands. w. s.
Benedict and ]. r. Moore, defenders
Of the cup, were second. Seventeen
tables were in play.
The Washington Bridge League
this afternoon and evening is COM
pleting It's 17th annual tournament
for District of Columbia champion
ships. Two events are In progress
today, the team of four match for
the Eynon Bowl and the Metro
politan contest for The Evening
Star Cup. Each is being held in
two sessions and only those holding
no more than 20 master points are
eligible to take part in the Metro
politan match. Last years winners
were Mrs. Rebecca Crane and Miss
Mary Ruhl. The team of four event
is one where a team may consist of
five players There will be no
eliminations and the aggregate score
for both sessions will determine the
winners. Roy Thurtell, r. L. Miles,
jr.; Mrs. j. E. Folline. Irwin Fisher
and Wallace Jones are defending
title to the trophy.
The tournament began Thursday
and the program has included a
women's pair championship. a mixed
pair championship, a mems pair
championship and an open pair
championship.
Col. Russell J. Baldwin has di-
rected the tournament and out-of-
town players have been we'll repre-
sented.
Winners at the most recent game
at the Lewis Club conducted under
the District of Columbia Recreation
Club were, North and South, Cath
Evening star., 1947-10-19

crime M. Murray and Mrs. B. B.
James, first; Miss Elizabeth c.
Count and David Handel, second,
and Mae Howard and Mildred Gault,
third; East and West, Myrtle r. Nc
Mahan and Lucy McConchie, first;
Elizabeth Land and E. M. Kenison,
second and Edward P. Keefe and
Mary Burget, third.
In the Federal Bridge League
game Tuesday at Pierce Hall, the
Empire team won II out of "a
boards and thus picked up four
boards on the Victory foursome
which placed them only three
boards behind the leaders.
In Section B the Bloopers by win
ming Is boards were advanced to
Section A. In Section c the Mana
wahas won II boards and regained
a place in Section A. A new team
comprising Mrs. VIM. F.. Stevenson,
w. Barret Fuches, c. F. Sieweke
and S. A. Koopman has been added
to the roster of the leagues four
somes.
The Capital City Chess Club re-
ports the following results at its
bridge games: October 2-North and
South, DR.. j. C. Waits and D. S.
Murray, first; Col. Edward Clifford
and Mrs. J. v. Waits, second DR..
J. B. G.. Custis and Mrs. j. G..
Fletcher, third; East and West, j. D.
Boyd and Comdr. J. j. Parish, first;
J. q. Stone and j. r. Moore, second;
E. r. Shapard and Mrs. E. Cox,
third
October 9-North and South, Lewis
G.. Tubbs and Lloyd Tubbs, first;
DR.. c. c. Mcdonnell and Miss Kath-
leen McNutt, second; DR.. Waits and
Mrs Fletcher, third East and West,
Larry Reynolds and c. w. thinner,
first; J. M. White and Mrs. E. P.
Cotter, second; Mr.. Stone and Mr..
Moore, third.
October IL (Howell movement)-
Larry Reynolds and r. w. Byrns,
first: Jessie Boehlert and Irene
Boehlert, second; M. E. Sheedy and
w. j. WaSmith, third.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Do Our Economic Problems Stem From
Too Much Concentration in America?
DECENTRALIZE FOR LIBERTY
BY Thomas HeWes. (E. P. Dutton

OECGN uALlLG rON L16En l
BY Thomas Hewes. (E. P. Dutto1
Those who ponder over the COM
plex economic problems of today
will find food for thought in this
book, regardless of whether they
agree with its thesis that most of
our current difficulties stem from
too much concentration in every
phase of American life.
The author devotes the first half
Of the book to detailing his theory
that: The rapid increase in size Of
cities in percentage of persons
wholly dependent on wages; the ex-
panding size and power of business
units: the parallel expansion of
unions and the growth of Govern
ment all have combined in this ma
chine era to form the root of our
troubles.
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AS the title suggests. he offers de-
centralization as the remedy and
devotes the second half of the book
to suggesting how it may be ap-
piled.
Mr.. Hewes, a well-known Wash
ington attorney, first published DE
centralize for Liberty" in February,
1945. This is a revised edition
brought up to date. j. A. o,