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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-11-20

houses this restaurant can be
leased as long as the purchaser
desires. Located by the ESQ Fill
ing Station on the Main Street
of Haysi, Va, across from the
theatre. Price $1,000. No. 1924
S Rooms, Z acres, Clinchco, Va.
Frame residence, weatherboarded
and painted. All rooms on one
floor, pine floors and trim, wall
are sheetrocked. Has basement
with one partition, l fireplace,
electric lights, house in good con-
dition. acre of land is rolling
and 6 acres hillside. Has barn,
granary, poultry house, smoke
house, garage and coal house
which are in fair condition.
Terms. $4,000. No. 1879
AZ acre Farm and rooms, 8
miles west of Haysi. 2 acres are
gently rolling, % acres hillside,
80 acres, cleared, balance in saw
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-11-20
LONZA NEWS

Several people of this COM
munity attended the funeral of
Harding Yates Sunday.
Ann Mullins spent Saturday
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-11-20
Car For Sale

Car For Sale
I have for sale one 1887 Buick
eight Road Master, 4-door sedan.
In good shape. Will sell, or trade
for a "a or ] ton stake body
truck. See Gerald Efibbitts
Georges Fork, Va. ct Oct. 30)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-11-20

PLANT NUT TREES for shade
and Nuts, using our 4-tree Home
Orchard Collection, consisting of
l Papershell Pecan; l New Blight
resistant Chinese Chestnut;
American Filbert; l Hardy Eng
fish Walnut, all four 2 to 3 feet
trees. Special Offer No. 22-$9.85
postpaid. Write for free copy A
page Planting Guide. Agents
wanted. WAYNESBORO MUIR
SERIES, Waynesboro, Va.
FOR SALE
l 1889 model WHY'S 4-door
Sedan,
/ 1897 Chevrolet truck. New
Al Chevrolet truck motor, good
tires, sticker, heater, good shape
generality.
five-burner oil range, like
new.
l Tropicaire heater.
John Short, Clintwood, Va.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-11-20

Truck For Sale
One Dodge pickup truck, 1886
model, good running condition,
good tires. See Alvin Mullins,
Georges Fork, Va. (3t Nov. 81
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-11-20
SUGGESTION FOR
CHRISTMAS

Genuine Calfskin Billfold with
or without coin purse made by
patients at Catawba Sanatariu1n.
Black, brown, tan, black and
white with 3 initials. Contact
James NJ. Skeen, Catawba Sana-
tarium.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-11-20
Trailer For Sale

Covered Wagon House Trailer,
like new. Electric brakes, new
tires, built-in electric refrigera-
tor. Can be seen at Earl Baker
residence. Johnny Baker, Clint
wood, Va. (lt)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-11-20
Little Ads
Where Buyer And Seller Meet
Chickens For Sale

Chickens For Sale
$50 large type Leghorn hens
and pullets, ready to lay. $1.5O
each. Will sell any number. See
w. H. Sheckler, Duty, Va. ut
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-11
BY CARL HIRSCH
s. j.

Il am labor spy"
1t was a handsome young Negro
girl, Louise Henderson, speaking.
That is, l was labor spy
until now" she said, flashing a
shy smile.
The story Louise Henderson told
the Chicago Star is a story that may
be repeated a hundredfold in shops
throughout the city where unscrup-
ulous employers are fighting unions.
SHE was hired by Homer c.
Wright, who runs a detective agen-
cy at SO S. Dearborn. She got the
job through an employment agency
located at 202 S. State st.
Briefly, her Job involved anti-union
activity at several small plants where
she was sent to work - plants which
unions were attempting to organize.
She made daily reports to Wright,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-11

100 years
from, today.
By HOWARD FAST

THERE is no doubt but that
the historian of hundred years
from today will face certain dill
culties
Winding up the year of 1915,
giving the last spasm of it at
least few paragraphs, he will
be somewhat hard-put to find the
key themes. One can visualize
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-11

liliiI a. w v l ~
in a great re
search hall Of
a S 0 a Ii s t
America, t h G
h e Wy tones,
the bound vol
unes of news
papers pile d
hig n around
him, frowning,
trying TO be 90
jective The sit
uation is n o t
fo11-, r1l- Oh,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-11
IN THE STAR
NEXT WEEK
Poor Food in
Chicago hospitals

An exclusive story based on a
survey showing that food stand
ards in Chicago hospitals are
among the lowest in the coun-
try.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-11

Il T.
| N trying to be 90
jective The sit
FAST uation is no t
helped when fellow scholar
passes by and wisecracks:
"Still roofing in the age Of bar
barism?"
at doesn't help. our historian
answers with dignity ito descend
to an infantile confusion of terms
Imperialism and barbarism are
not entirely synonymous. They
We're separated by some two
thousand years. AS matter Of
fact, I'm trying to find a fitting
summation of the year 1916 -
something in a paragraph or
two
Wasn't that the year." his
colleague asks, when they
made the first real steps TO-
ward the cancer cure = in
Great Russia, | believe? At
that period they stili had ma
tional boundaries. They also did
Some valuable work, in the
same country, on the longevity
serum the first steps to-
ward extending human life.
Why not simply sum up with
a general statement on medical
adVances?"
For two reasons" our his
torian answers pettishly. I'm
writing an American history and
a political history" He opens a
hound volume of newspapers and
pushes it toward his colleague.
'NOW look at this item. The
date is Friday December 9th,
1916. One Of those press associa-
tons, as they called them at the
time. But I've been pulling over
the story for half an hour, and ]
can't make head or tail of it."
1--WE never gone very deeply
into the customs of pre-civili-
cation society," his colleague
apologies. I'm more of me-
deal researcher medicine
and science.
"And some of their scientific
discoveries were really remark
able, when you consider that
their way of life was pretty much
q combination of blood-baths and
ure-chambers.
WELL, perhaps you can get
some scientific meaning out of
this" our historian says patient
Iy. "Tll read it to you anyway.
The story refers to an incident
that happened early the summer
before
Here it is. I quote:
Great interest is evidenced in
the forthcoming trial of Viii
liam j. Dessaure, a lay preach
er of Freeport, Long Island. On
June 9Th, Dessaure walked in
to the Rockville Center police
station to report a gambling
house and the presence of
police officer there, He was Sc
verely beaten, and arrested for
(See page 100
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-11
Y am O Iubor SOW
worker Tells Sfor
See paee 8

talk to workers to get them to
vote against the union," Louise
declared.
In labor board election on De-
-cember 10, The union lost by one
yotel
LATER Louise Henderson, talking
to the leaders of the union. broke
down and admitted she was a labor
spy.
'They made me realize that
was harming my own people"
she told the Star.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-11

who paid her So per day.
She worked at the Expert Lamps
Inc, $500 S. Indiana a until the
United Steelworkers lost a labor
board election there.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-11

THEN she was sent to the Bradley
Mfg Co, 674 N. Kingsbury, which
also makes lamps. Here the Inter-
national Longshoremen and Ware
housemen's Union Local 2O8 was or
ganizing the shop.
Mr.. Wright told me how to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-11

heIped when a FELLOW sCnOIdt
passes by and wisecracks:
"Still roofing in the age of bar
barism?"
= -
Evening star., 1947-07-26
Mrs. Ida B. Pitcher
Funeral Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida B.
Pitcher, So, lifelong resident of
the Washington area, who died
Thursday will be held today at the
Warner E. Pumphrey funeral home,
Silver Spring. Burial will be in
Glenwood Cemetery.
Born in the District, Mrs. Pitcher
was educated in Washington schools.
She and her family moved to Silver
Spring about seven years ago. She
was a member of the Woodside
Methodist Church and also was
active in Red Cross work before
she became i'll. She lived at 204
Crestmoor circle, Woodmoor.
Mrs. Pitchers father, the late
Barton B. Bean, was buried here
Monday. He was at one time curator
of fisheries at Smithsonian Insti-
tuition.
Besides her husband, Walter H.
Pitcher, who is an assistant super
intendent in the Post Office Depart
ment, Mrs. Pitcher is survived by
three sons, Milton A. Pitcher and
Donald E. Pitcher. both of Silver
Spring, and Barton B. Pitcher, sta
toned at the Naval Training Center
at Great Lakes.
Also surviving is a sister, Mrs NJ
Rea Shafer of Washington: and four
brothers, George T. Bean of Summit,
N. j., Tarleton S. Bean of Silver
Spring and John and Edwin Bean
of Buffalo. N. j.
Evening star., 1947-07-26
Teacher Scholarship Find
Few Virginia Applicants
BY the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va. July 26.-The
State Department of Education re-
ported that Virginia's teacher schol-
arship program-authorized under
$3.50, 900 appropriation at this years
special session of the General
Assembly-has dawn comparatively
few applicants.
The fund was set up at the re-
quest of Gov. Tuck in an effort to
bring additional qualified teachers
into Virginia schools. Under the
plan a beneficiary could write off
the entire amount of the scholarship
by teaching a stipulated time in
State schools.
While 300 scholarships of not
more than 500 were provided for
summer school study. there were
only 121 applicants for these, the
department said.
Education officials disclosed that
with the opening of the fall terra
six weeks away, only SO scholar
ships have been approved for the
1947-48 year. whereas the Legisla-
ture authorized 1000 scholarships
Of $500 each for students who would
undertake teacher preparatory work.
In addition about dozen applica-
ions are awaiting approval
Evening star., 1947-07-26
Dutch Army Continues
Censorship in Field
BY the Assoeiofed Press

BATAVIA, July 26.-Correspond-
ents in Batavia no longer are sub
jected to Censorship by the Neither
lands East, Indies Army, but those
in the field with Dutch forces ad-
vancing against the Republic of
Indonesia report their dispatches
still are censored-sometimes arbi-
trarily.
The correspondent of a Rotterdam
newspaper claimed today that his
dispatch from Soekaboemi not only
was cut by the army censor, but that
words had been inserted which
changed its meaning.
Acting Governor General Hubertus
van Nook announced at the begin
ming of Dutch military operations
last Monday that censorship was
being imposed only on dispatches
containing military information and
when it was lifted yesterday said its
purpose had been to keep the In
donesian forces from learning the
names of captured towns which
would indicate the location of Dutch
troops.
While the Batavia censorship was
In effect at the local cable office,
newsmen agree, its application was
generally fair according to DR.. van
Mook's specifications. Only military
information not contained in Dutch
communicates was deleted.
Censorship of pictures from the
fighting zones, however, was more
severe.
Evening star., 1947-07-26
| $725,000 Is Left
| By WhoLWed
| InHumbIe Shack
By the Associoted Press

LOS ANGELES. July 26.-Eighty-
year-old William Heckel, who lived
in a shack, in nearby Covina, made
of packing box lumber and tin, with
out electric lights, gas or water, left
an estate of about S125 900, is was
officially estimated today.
E. A. Winstanley, chief deputy
public administrator, said bank
books showing deposits of about
$65,OOO were found, plus stock GER
tifcates in two safety deposit boxes
which may have value of 100000.
Mr.. Heckel's body was found in his
snack Wednesday by neighbors who
said he lived alone, went to the
grocery about once a week on BIZ
cycle and loved to play chess. Mr..
Winstanley said the only known rel
ative is nephew living in Germany,
although another nephew may be
alive. The neighbors said Mr.. Heckel
told of leaving Germany at IA to
seek his fortune and talked of work.
ing in mines in Peru and Venezuela.
Evening star., 1947-07-26
MosesBreakstone, 8,
Dies on Michigan Visit

Moses Breakstone, 83, of 14o7
Juniper street NV. a retired mer-
chant, died yesterday at Flint, Mich,
while visiting his daughter, Mrs.
George Names. =
A native of Lithuania, Mr.. Break
stone at one time owned several
stores in Pennsylvania and West
Virginia. He came to Washington
in 1924 after retiring.
Mr.. Breakstone was a Mason and
a member of the Adas Israel Hebrew
Congregation here. He was also
Zionist.
In addition to Mrs. Maines, he Is
survived by four daughters, Mrs.
Lillian Cohen of Petosky, Mich;
Mrs. Ruth Levinson of Detroit,
Mich; Mrs Rae Perau of Washing
ton and Mrs Sara Levinson of Alex
andria: a son, Jerome Breakstone,
of Redwood. w. Va. and five grand
children. His wife died in 1886.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day. Burial will be in the Adas
Israel Cemetery in AnacOStia,
Evening star., 1947-07-26
Man, Cleared Of Staying
Released From Prison
By the Associated Press

by me ASSoSioteu rFeSS
PHILADELPHIA, July 26.-After
serving 81 years for Staying he did
not commit, Frank Harris was a
free man today.
The Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania yesterday gave the 49-year-
old Philadelphia new suit and a
S. bill and freed him from Eastern
Penitentiary.
Harris, colored. was convicted of
Staying a companion, Wilbert Nc
Queen, in a gunfight with two Phila-
delphia policemen in 1926. His SEN
tence was commuted last week after
new evidence showed the fatal bullet
came from a policeman's gun.
The State Parole Board said Harris
was done mo great injury" because
he was involved in the shooting fray
and could under no circumstances
be declared innocent of any crime "
Evening star., 1947-07-26
British Trade Mission
Shaken Up in Crash

LONDON, July 26 (P).-A British
trade mission was shaken up by the
crash of its plane at London air
port last night on returning from in
conclusive talks in Moscow.
Harold Wilson, chief of the mis-
sion and British Secretary for Over
seas Trade, complained of chest
pains, but arranged to give details Of
his conferences today to Sir Stafford
Cripps, president of the Board of
Trade.
A Board of Trade spokesman said
only one member in the mission-a
wosnan-was actually injured. She
suffered a cut over one eye when the
transport overshot the runway and
nosed over.
The Britons sought Russian wheat,
timber and other raw materials in
exchange for industrial products.
we reached wide area of agree
ment on trade matters" Mr.. Wilson
said later in a statement, but we
have not reached an agreement on
the financial question which the
Soviet government has insisted upon
as a condition of any comprehensive
trade agreement"
In landing. the transport overshot
the runway and nosed over, but did
not catch fire. The cabin was
crushed
Evening star., 1947-07-26
France Hopes TO Have
Atomic Pile by 1949
By the Associated Press

PARIS, July 26.-France expects
to have an ""atomic pile" in opera
ton by the end of 1948, says Frederic
Joliot- -Curie, high commissioner for
atomic energy.
In news conference yesterday,
he added that the country was
hampered now by the difficulty of
finding uranium. Mr.. Joliot- -Curie,
son-in-law of the discoverer of ra-
dium, said 64 specialized prospectors
were seeking uranium deposits in
France and the colonies.
The commissioner reported that
France was working on a dual pro-
gram of atomic energy piles, one of
small" power, based on a uranium
and heavy water formula, and the
other of great" power, based on a
uranium and graphite formula.
Mr.. Joliot-Curie said a processing
plant had been established at Bou-
chet capable Of producing 100 kilo-
grams (220 pounds) of refined
IRA rillm dailv
Evening star., 1947-07-26
; Stations Have Medals
For MARYLAND Veterans
by the Assocjoted prsxS

NORFOLK, Va, July 26.-Mary-
land veterans will be able to pick
up medals to go with their Ameri-
can Defense Service and World War
II Victory Ribbons at three Navy
recruiting stations.
The 5th Naval District said the
medals will be issued upon presenta-
ton of proper credentials in Balti-
more, Hagerstown and Cumberland.
Applications may also be made by
mail to the district headquarters.
All servicemen with duty in the
armed forces between December 7,
I941 and December 81, 1916, are
eligible for the Victory Medal The
American Defense Medal is limited
to personnel on active duty between
September s, 1899, and December I,
l941.
Evening star., 1947-07-26
RocksIides Halt Search
For 3 Killed in Crash
BY the Assoeiofed Press


LONGMIRE, Mount Rainier Ma
tional Park, July 26.-Danger from
rockslides and crevasses has brought
to an end, for the present, search
for the bodies of 80 Marines killed
seven months ago In the creash of a
transport plane on Mount Rainier's
formidable South Tahoma glacier.
Navy officials announced last
night the end of the present phase
of the search after members of a
mountain ranger searching party,
returning from the second days trip
to the glacier, told of increasing
danger from rockslides and newly
opening crevasses.
Additional pieces of the shattered
plane were found scattered over a
wide area. The craft apparently hit
a sheer rock cliff during storm on
its San Diego-Seattle fight last De-
cember 10. The wreckage was sight
ed two days ago.
Navy 1t. Gordon Stanley said
some pieces of plane wreckage were
spotted "as deep as 40 to As feet in
crevasses, encased in ice"
Among items recovered on the
second days climb was a knapsack
containing a majors oak leaf and
a bunch of Marine personnel rec
OrdS.
Evening star., 1947-07-26
Woman Found in River
Identified From FB| Files
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, July 26.-Police
were trying to trace the background
of a woman whose body was found
bobbing in the Patapsco River in a
canvas sack Wednesday after FBI
files identified her as Doris O'Brien,
alias Doris Waterman, of Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich.
Baltimore County Police Chief
Oscar Grimes said he could find no
record of the woman in Baltimore,
The FBI said her fingerprints
matched those of a woman born
January IA, 1907, in Sault Ste
Marie.
The Federal agency also reported
her record showed arrests in Nor
folk, Va, in 1912 on an immoral con-
duct charge and in Tampa, Fla, in
1898 on a breach of peace charge
which was quashed.
The assistant city medical exam
iner said the body had been in the
water about three months. He said
death apparently was due to drown
ing, although the skull was frac-
tured four times.
Evening star., 1947-07-26
Indonesiu
Continued From First Page)

missing. These figures often lag
behind operational reports.
In Sumatra the IndOnesian radio
at Pemantiangsiantar said the north
west coastal city of Medan, Sumat-
ra's largest, was in Republican
hands. The Dutch, who held Medan
at the outbreak OF hostilities, have
said there was little action in the
Medan area. Dutch operations in
Sumatra thus far have been limited
mostly to the southern oil field areas.
The Dutch said their drive in Cen
trail Java in the Semarang area was
limited to a few objectives for the
time being, but they denied Indo-
nesian reports of infiltration at
Semarang. The Dutch strategy, as
outlined by a senior official, is to
set up civil administrations in the
areas already seized before deciding
whether to strike hard southwark
from Samarang against Jogjakarta,
and in areas of Sumatra where their
operations have been limited.
Evening star., 1947-07-26
Well Ahead Of Field,
Dewey Finds During
Brief Nebraska Stop
By me Associated Press

ENROUTE TO DETROIT WITH
DEWEY, July 26.-Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey made brief stop in Ne
braska today on his invasion of the
Middle West in quest of the Repub-
lcian Presidential nomination and
party leaders there reported he was
running well ahead of the field in
that State.
The New York Governor is en-
route from Cheyenne, Wye, to
Michigan, where he is expected to
make a quiet bid for the States Al
delegate votes and at the same time
avoid a head-on clash with support
ers of Senator Vandenberg for the
nomination.
A Nebraska Republican delega-
ton headed by Acting Gov. Robert
B. Crosby met Gov. Dewey early
today during brief train stop at
North Platte, Nebr. The group in
cluded Robert v. Hoagland, chair
man of the Republican State Gen.
trail Committee, and Mayor George
B. Dent of North Platte.
1t. Gov. Crosby, who is taking the
place of vacationing Gov. Val Peter
son, told reporters:
Dewey is leading in Nebraska
now and Is considerably ahead of
the other candidates at this time"
Rates Stassen Second.
He said he believed that Harold
E. Stassen was second and that Sem
ator Taft of Ohio "is well thought
Of"
Gov. Dewey is scheduled to ar
rive in Detroit tonight from
Cheyenne. where he and Har-
old E. Stassen crossed trails yester-
day without seeing the other.
Tomorrow morning Gov. Dewey,
his wife and two sons will motor
from Detroit to Owosso, Mich,
where they will visit the Governors
mother, Mrs. Annie Dewey, until
Thursday. On the way to Owosso
they will call on Mrs. Dewey's
brother, DR.. Harold Hutt, in Holly,
Mich.
In contrast with the first three
weeks of his month-long and widely
publicized tour, Gov. Dewey hopes
to avoid public display and cere-
mony in Michigan and concentrate
on quiet, behind the scenes cam
paigning for the nomination.
Gov. Dewey left Cheyenne last
night and was due to arrive in
Chicago at, 10:45 am. (CST today
for Commute change of trains
stopover. He concluded his two
day stay in the Wyoming capital
by witnessing a parade, attending
the Frontier Days rodeo and making
brief radio broadcast in which he
praised the West.
The Governors Wyoming host,
Republican Senator Robertson, said
yesterday morning that Gov. Dewey
had made very excellent impress
sion" in the State and had thawed
out many who had been lukewarm
toward him.
Mr.. Stassen, the only avowed can
didate for the Republican presiden-
tial nomination, rolled into Chey-
enne aboard a streamliner and
alighted for a handshake with State
Chairman Ewing T. Kerr and three
young Republicans.
Mr.. Stassen said he was on his
way to California to discuss "the
1948 situation" with Gov. Earl War
rem, who arrived yesterday in Hawaii
with a party Of governors aboard
the U. S. S. Iowa.
Evening star., 1947-07-26
Eisenhower Will Beqin
Alaskan Trip Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press

Gen. Eisenhower, the Army Chief
Of Staff, will fly to Fort Riley, Kans..
tomorrow on the first leg of an in
specion trip to Army installations
in Alaska.
At Fort Riley, the general will
visit his brother, Milton S. Eisep-
hover, president of Kansas State
College He will proceed to Great
Falls, Mont. Monday and expects
to arrive at Anchorage, Alaska,
Tuesday.
He will take from three to four
weeks for the trip which, the War
Department said today, lis contin-
uation of his plan to see f1rst-hand
the operations of the Army in the
field"
Accompanying him to Alaska will
he several division chiefs and other
Army experts, including Maj. Gen.
Alfred Gruenther. deputy command
ant of the National War College:
Brig. Gen. Harry B. Sayer, Chief of
Ordnance Research, and Col. H. j.
Matchett, member Of the Army
ManpoWer Board.
Evening star., 1947-07-26
DR.. L. N. Duncan Dies;
Alabama College Head
By the Associated Press

AUBURN, Ala, July 26-Dr
Luther N. Duncan. u. president Of
Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Au-
burn, died at his home today of a
heart attack.
The educator had been in poor
health for some time but had not
been regarded as seriously ill.
A native of Russellville, Ala, he
became president of Auburn ir
February, 1885. He had been associ-
ated with the State Extension Serv.
ice from the turn of the century
until 1885.