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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-11-25
ABDUCTION OF 12-
YEAR OLD GIRL
REPORTED

A frightened girl of fifteen
years of age ran into Emory Van
overs home on lower Georges
Fork last Friday night, with Il
story of abduction and mistreat-
ment She said two men had fore
ed her to enter a Kentucky car
along the outskirts of Norton, had
brought her to an abandoned
mine below the Hanover home
and had tried to abuse her.
The sheriff's office was called
and two deputies went to inves-
tigate. The girl told them that
an older girl from the vicinity Of
Norton had come willingly with
the men who had forced her to
enter their car Tire tracks were
found around the abandoned
mine to bear out the story. The
girl could identify neither of the
men and could give only a con-
fused description of the car.
Officers returned the girl to
her home Saturday but coCld
get no trace of the two men.
Neither could they locate the old
err girl, who had not returned to
her home.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-11-25
BODY OF ALONZO
HAYNES RETURNED
FOR BURIAL

The body of Pfc. Alonzo
Haynes, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Haynes, of Pine Creek, kill
ed in battle in Northern Italy in
1914, was brought back to his ma
tive Pine Creek last Friday even
ing and laid to rest in the family
graveyard Sunday afternoon.
The body was taken to the
Haynes home Friday night and
by request of the family, services
were held Friday night, Saturday
night and before burial Sunday
by elders Jack Kiser, Emory Van
over, Alex Tompkins and Earl
Mullins, of the Freewill Baptist
church. Members of the county
VIEW post acted as pallbearers
and conducted a military SER
vice at the grave. A large crowd
attended. The floral wreaths
were many and beautiful.
Alonzo was born on Pine Creek
March IS, 1925, and grew up
there. He attended Pine Creek
and Bearpen schools and later
served for a time in one of the
CCC camps.
He was taken into the army
August 16, 1943, and served with
the infantry from the time of in
duction until his death. He re-
ceived his basic training at Camp
Lee, then at New Cumberland,
Penn, then at Camp Van Dorm,
Miss, and at FIT. Meade. His out
fit embarked for overseas March
%, 1914.
Alonzo was sober, solemn,
thoughtful boy and the great war
overseas probably meant little to
him. When he was called, he re-
sponded cheerfully, answered
every rollcall and was one of the
most fearless men in his COM
pany.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-11-25
MAY THROW HIS HAT
In THE RING

Ex-Supervisor Floyd Hill may
soon shy his hat into wider
political ring He may aspire to
sit in the House of Delegates at
Richmond.
Mr.. Hill states that various
and sundry citizens have asked
him to seek the Democratic NOM
ination for the floater seat from
Dickinson and Buchanan. If Gus
tom prevails, the nominating con
vention will be held on a date in
next August. The legislative seat
is presently held by A. R. Single
ton.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-11-25
ALL CLUBS ASKED
TO PARTICIPATE IN
DRIVE

Every organization and club in
ClintWood will be invited to par
ticipate in the special events
scheduled for the benefit of the
March of Dimes campaign, to be
conducted January 14-31.
Mrs. Ayers Short has consent
ed to act as chairman of the
Especial Events Committee" She
will contact the head of each Or
ganization and request that they
sponsor special event during
January for this purpose.
AS there are SO many meeting
dates for these various organiza-
tons, it is suggested that each
one plan it's special event on the
regular monthly meeting date.
This will avoid conflicting pro-
grams and give everyone the OPP
portunity to attend each event.
Suggestions for special events in
clude bazaar, silver tea, rummage
Or white elephant sale, bingo
party and so on.
Each organization will decide
on its own program and advise
Mrs. Short of the event n d
scheduled date 1t is urgently re-
quested that all organizations CO.
operate by bringing this before
the December meeting. This will
allow time to plan a schedule of
all activities and give adequate
publicity to assure success.
H. M. Sutherland, editor of the
Dickensonian, and F. S. Beverly
of The Dickinson Herald, are
serving as publicity chairmen,
and have assured us full coopera-
ton. We are also contracting Nor
ton Radio VIVA, requesting
spot announcements of all bene-
fit performances. Watch your
paper for future announcements.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-11-25
ASSAULT MADE ON
OFFICER AT PIE
SUPPER

Violence erupted at a pie sup
per at the Dog Branch School on
Saturday night, and deputy sher-
iff Fred Beverly states that he
was viciously beaten by Thur
man Sutherland while he was
held by Norris and Clayton Suth-
erland.
According to the officer, he was
standing near where the pies
were being sold when he felt
someone remove his blackjack
from his pocket. At the same time
two persons pinned his arms
from behind. Then, he states, he
was struck several blows in the.
face. He was disabled and could
scarcely act for some time.
News of the assault reached
deputy sheriff Grady Rasnick
and Rufus Compton, Haysi police
man. They came to Dog Branch
at once. The three officers went
to the home of Coy Owens, where
the men who did the assaulting
had gone. Rasnick states that
Coy Owens came from the house
and told the officers they could
not enter and that it would be
best for them to get away at once.
No arrests were attempted.
On Sunday morning, a number
of deputies went to the Dog
Branch community, arrested ten
men and lodged them in the coun
ty jail. Three were charged with
assault; one with interfering
with officers, and six with drunk
eness.
Those arrested, with the charge
against each, follows:
Thurman Sutherland, assault,
Norris and Clayton Sutherland,
disarming an officer
Coy Owens, interfering with
officers
James Ashbrook, Banner Ash
brook, R. c. Ashbrook, Guy
Sykes, Hobart Hammons and
Lonzo Perigan, drunkenness
Also In Russell County
While trouble was occurring
at Dog Branch Saturday nigh,
more serious truoble was going
on in the same setting at Sugar
Grove School, near Honaker, in
Russell County At a pie supper,
Sheriff Sample of Russell County
was beaten severely. Deputy Con
Fields attempted to arrest the
men who had beaten the sheriff,
and in resulting affray, killed
one Of them and badly wounded
another.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-11-25
"WOMANLESS WEDDING" TO
BE STAGED AT CLINCHCO

"a Womanless Wedding" will
be presented at Clinchco Satur-
day night for the benefit of the
PTA. Among the performers will
be; Curtis Hillman, Claude Carly,
Hobart Dotson, Woodrow LESSEE,
Charlie Mabrey, E. H. Carpenter,
Carl Yates, Gene Culbertson,
Delmor Arlington, Charlie
Wright, Ram Collins, Sandy
Counts, Charlie Musick, Bascom
Deel, Roy Robinson, Dexter Pal
mer, Jim Payne, John Pash,
Claude King, Willard Counts,
Dewey Repass and Robert Ttate
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-11-25
NEWTON ID. RASNICK

Newton d. Rasnick, IA, died in
Clinchfield Hospital at p. m.
Friday.
He is survived by the widow,
four sons, Elijah and Norman, OF
st. Paul; Edgar of Dante, Carl
of Nora; three daughters, Mrs.
John Smith of Clinchco, Mrs. Win
fired Mccoy of St. Paul, and Mrs.
Celia Culbertson of Dante.
The body was returned to the
home on Sandy Ridge beyond
West Dante Saturday afternoon.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-11-25
GO HUNTING DOWN STATE

Ralph NeWberry, Herman An
derson and Herbert Rasnick left
Sunday for a weeks deer hunting
in Surry, Essex. Isle of Wight
and Nansemond counties. At least,
that was the announcement, quail
flied by Ralph's statement that
they were mentioning several
counties SO they couldn't be hem
med up in any one of them.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-11-25
AS The Old Woman Said,
Every Little Bit Helps"

State highway department bids
will be received for the hard sur
facing of three and one-third
miles of Route 652 on Dec. IA.
This is a secondary road leading
from Toms Creek across Sandy
Ridge and down the Open Fork
to Nora, The mileage to be sur
faced runs northward from the
Wise County line.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-11-25
OTHER HUNTERS GO TO
BATH COUNTY

Victor Hanover, Truman Flem-
ing, Roland Senter, some of the
Crabtree boys and others depart
ed Friday to take in the deer
hunting in Bath County.
Evening star., 1948-11-04

really going to vote. They make
the decision for the most part in
the voting booth, with the ballot
In their hands.
THE way to determine more ac-
curately what a persons decision
will be Is to study his reaction. This
is done through the indirect ap-
proaeh.
Mr.. Cheskin, technical director of
the Color Research Institute, and
L. H. Ward expanded this view in
the September issue of the Harvard
Business Review. They wrote:
Our studies in marketing have
shown that peoples yerbalizations
are not their beliefs. This holds
true in surveying public opinion
politically or any other way.
For example, we know that
Evening star., 1948-11-04
I Don't Know,
But I'll Find Out
Roper Declares
By the Asseeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-The poll
takers were still combing through
statistics today-trying to find out
why their figures misled them into
forecasting the election defeat OF
President Truman.
--latest comment from one of the
country's major public opinion re-
searchers came last night from FL
mo Roper, director of the Fortune
magazine poll.
IT don't know why I was wrong"
he said.
? Mr.. Roper predicted on Septem-
ber that Gov. Dewey would get
s2.2 per cent of the vote compared
to 37.3 for President Truman. He
said then that a Dewey victory was
so clearly indicated that no further
surveys would be made.
'"I could not have been more
wrong" said Mr.. Roper. THE thing
that bothers me most is that at this
moment I don't know why was
wrong. But certainly propose to
filie out"
He suggested several possible
ties" that might have caused the
mistake.
Perhaps" he said, "the alb
normally high Is per cent don't
know vote we received last August
did not distribute equally to both
major candidates as 1t has in the
past, but that this time 1t all went
to Truman"
Or it could have been, he added,
shat the Labor vote, brought out
to the polls more quietly but more
eficiently this time, turned the
tables"
"Or it might be that, as we found
out in a poll done late in the cam
paign, the people are strongly pro-
New Deal and perhaps they see the
objectives of the Roosevelt program
imperiled," he said.
Perhaps, but I don't know"
Earlier, DR.. George Gallup, whose
American Institute of Public
Opinion predicted Gov. Dewey
would get 1915 per cent of the vote
and Mr.. Truman AS per cent, said
lac 0C1lcNCu Eli AIldlyAS Va NOtAAlS
statistics would reveal the reason
for the error.
He said the answer may also come
from further survey among voters.
Archibald Crossley, director of the
Crossley poll, said the election re-
suits clearly show what happens
when one party gets out its vote
and the other does not"
He said the Crossley poll, which
forecast 4s.9 per cent Of the vote
for Gov. Dewey and 449 for Presi-
dent Truman, found voters were
apathetic toward both candidates
shortly before the election.
The public opinion polls, he said,
may have served to redouble Dem
ocratic efforts to bring out the vote
and may have created overconf1dence
among Republicans"
Polls can and do register the
temper of public opinion" he said,
But cannot infallibly predict how
opinion will be depressed at the last
minute in terms of relative turnout"
Evening star., 1948-11-04

Mr.. Cheskin said his studies in
dicated the public swing to Mr.. Tru-
man began when the President
started his hard-hitting campaign,
slugging with Communism, Fascism,
big business, the Eightieth Congress
and imitation. Mr.. Cheskin con-
tinued:
The President identified himself
with the common man. He became
a person that you consider one of
your own. This didn't show in the
straw votes and polls because many
people did not know this consciously.
1t came out in the voting booth.
But it could have been predicted"
Mr.. Cheskin said he was so sure of
the outcome he won three bets on
the election.
Evening star., 1948-11-04

woman may chose one kind of pack
age of soap when she is asked which
she thinks is best. However, when
she is asked a different question
but is given an opportunity to take
package of soap without deciding
If it is best, she'll usually chose an
other.
In the first case, when asked to
select what is best, the woman be-
gins to think of herself as a Judge
and acts differently than her own
personal preferences are concerned.
In the second case, she just takes
what she wants.
This is what we learn through
the indirect approach to marketing
and research. This is what the ma
jor polls-Gallup. Roper and Cross
ley-failed to learn
Evening star., 1948-11-04
PoN-Axed PoIIsters Att Again
7oFind Just What Went Wrong
Chicago Researcher
Thinks Errors Loy
In Direct Approach
by the Assoeiotsd Press

CHICAGO, Nov. 4-Why were the
prediction polls SO wrong?
Louis Cheskin, Chicago re-
searcher, thinks he knows the an
Swer:
They used the direct approach
they came right out and asked peo-
pie how they were going to vote.
That, according to Mr.. Cheskin,
was the wrong way to 60 about it.
The pollsters, he says, should have
used the indirect approach. This is
his idea:
People don't know how they're
Evening star., 1948-11-04
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Evening star., 1948-09-09

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Evening star., 1948-09-09
Radio Head Testifies
In Axis Sally Case

A German described as top man
in the Nazi radio setup during the
war was the principal witness to
testify yesterday before the Federal
grand jury probing the Axis Sally
treason charge.
John M. Kelley, jr., the Govern
ment's prosecutor in the case against
Miss Mildred E. Gillars, Al, re-
fused to identify the witness, other
than to say he was a former head"
of the entire Nazi radio.
At least two other witnesses tes-
tifying yesterday were described as
German nationals connected with
wartime Nazi radio operations.
AS the jury today was in its
ninth day of hearing evidence, the
silver haired treason suspect was
doing fine" in the District Jail, ac-
cording to Col. Curtis Reid, sIperin-
tendent.
Col. Reid reported Miss Gillars
still is devoting much of her time to
reading books from the jail library
and that her physical condition is
good" He said she was committed
for three-day checkup last week in
the Jail infirmary as the result of a
recommendation by United States
Commissions Cyril S. Lawrence,
made on the defendants last ap-
pearance in his Office.
Miss Gillars is due for commits
sioned's hearing next Tuesday, un-
less the grand jury should return an
indictment before that time.
Evening star., 1948-09-09
Loss Of Circus Ship
with "a Is Believed
Due 10 0verIoadinq
By the Assoeioted Press

HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. "a tiny
circus ship was swallowed by the
hurricane swept Caribbean in the
dark morning of September l and
A of the persons aboard and 50
trained animals are. missing and
feared lost.
The Norwegian motor vessel
Caribe radioed yesterday that she
had picked up IL survivors in life
boat ITO miles south of Miami. The
naval commander of the Caribbean
Sea Frontier in Panama ordered an
immediate search for others of the
Sc believed aboard. The Caribe re-
port said: Fate of remainder of
passengers and crew unknown but
fear the worst"
Naval experts in Havana. piecing
together bits of information ra-
diced in by the Caribe, said they
thought the circus ship, the 140-
foot Honduran motor vessel Euz-
kera, probably capsized in heavy
seas because she was overloaded.
Sc Persons Aboard.
The reports placed the scene of
The sinking 100 miles off the Co.
lombsan coast, 200 miles from Pana-
ma and TOO miles from Miami, about
80 hours from port. The Euzkera
was carrying the Razzore Circus
from Cuba to Cartagena, Colombia
She was three days out.
According to the best reports
here, there were Sc persons aboard
46 of them passengers-circus Of
ficials, performers and laborers, with
wives and families. There also were
SO animals-trained lions, tigers
monkeys, horses and dogs.
Those rescued, the Caribe report
ed, included three crewmen and
nine passengers. The Havana news
paper Alerta said those rescued in
Evening star., 1948-09-09

cluded Lion Tanner Santiago Bravo
Fabre, q Cuban, and Raul Chang
Montalvo, member Of an acrobatic
team. Alberta also said Joseph
Pauchie, British captain OF the Euz-
kera, was a survivor.
The Caribe is due at Curacao
with the survivors this week end.
One naval expert here, after a
study of the messages from the
Caribe, pieced together this story;
"The circumstances indicate very
strongly the ship was overloaded.
The reports say a great wave
crashed over the box, and the ship
capsized and sank. That strength
ems the theory of overlooking, which
is supported also by data here on
the cargo.
1T all happened so quickly there
was no time to launch the three
lifeboats and the raft aboard. Peo-
pie and everything aboard were
pitched into the ocean. Survivors
tell of people clinging to lumber
and other bits of wreckage, indicat-
ing many had been awakened by
the storm and were on deck.
"In the darkness and rough seas,
people became separated, and those
without some wreckage to cling to
obviously were drowned"
The Razzore Circus was extreme
ly popular in the Caribbean area
and had shown at many Cuban
cities. 1t featured ballet on horse
back, bicycle-riding monkeys, dogs
which walked on their hind legs
and clowns.
In Bogota, Alfonso Velasco, circus
representative, said the Euzkera
passengers were all natives of South
or Central America except for seven
Chinese, a Spaniard and an Italian.
Evening star., 1948-09-09

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Evening star., 1948-09-09

He wore seven pairs of socks, four
pairs of shoes and had his legs
massaged four times without miss
ing a Step.
Evening star., 1948-09-09

AustruIian Dances ~ Hours
BRISBANE (R.-Milton Mitchell,
II, q local rug cutter. says he holds
the world jitter-bug endurance rec
ord. Milton danced nonstop for
"a hours and tired out 56 partners.
Evening star., 1948-09-09

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Evening star., 1948-09-19
Greenbe|t 10 Honor
leqion Commander

Government and American Legion
officials from Maryland and the Dis
trict will go to Greenbelt Thursday
for a communicative observance
of Jimmy O'Neil Day honoring
James F. O'Neil, national COM
mander of the Legion.
Sponsored by Greenbelt Post 1856
the program will open at $50 pm
at the Center School.
A tour of the Greenbelt protest
a firearms exhibition by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation at the
Greenbelt Gun Club and 6 pm
banquet at the school will make up
the early part of the program. Maj
Gen Milton A. Reckord, Maryland
adiutant general. will conduct re-
view OF Battery A, 224th Field Artil-
lery Battalion, the Greenbelt guard
unit. after the dinner.
A band concert will be given from
8 to $50 pm. and Commander
ONeil will deliver the principal ad-
dress at 9 pm. A dance from 10
pm to am, will conclude the
affair.
Frank H. Riley, past commander
of Post 1856, is program chairman
Evening star., 1948-09-19
40 Cities, Towns Join
In Reviving Maryland
municipalities League
By the Associated Press

The Maryland League of Munich
| palities was reactivated yesterday
at meeting 6f more than 40 Mayors
and other town and city officials at
the University of Maryland.
The league was organized before
the war to work for passage OF legis-
lation advantageous to Maryland
cities and to serve as clearing
house for information on problems
of municipal government.
s sIt had been inactive since 1911. 4
Julian c. TnbnIan, Mayor of Cams
bridge, was elected president of the
reactivated league.
Mayors Thomas D'Alesandro of
Baltimore, Paul r. MacLean Of Bel
Air, Thomas S. Post of Cumberland
and John C. Post of Takoma Park
we're named vice presidents.
Mr.. Tubman, the vice presidents,
Mayor John H. Torvestad OF Colnar
Manor and City Councilman Henry
H. Hanna of Salisbury will consti-
tute the board of directors.
Members voted to adopt a dues
schedule graduated according to
population of member cities.
A. new constitution was adopted
and permanent headquarters were
set up at the university.
Two associate directors of the
American Municipalities Association
Roy H. Owsley, of Chicago. and
Donoa w. Hank, jrA of Washington
attended as observers.
The Maryland League is an aff1l-
late of the national group.
Evening star., 1948-09-19
Students Not Rejected
On Color, Byrd Says

President H. c. Byrd of the Uni.
versity of Maryland said yesterday
we haven't turned down anybody
in any school on the basis of his
being a Negro
This was his comment on suit
filed by 2l-year-old Baltimore
resident seeking to compel the uni
versitys School of Pharmacy tc
admit him. He had been rejected
the plaintiff contended, because he
is Negro.
The suit was brought by Martin
B. Boone. He complained his appli-
cation had been turned down on
grounds that the quota for the
school had been filled for Nthe aca-
demic year That was in May.
Last month. Mr.. Boone asserted
he applied once again but school,
officials refused to pass on the ap-
plication.
Dr. Byrd said he had not known
of the suit but disclosed Mr.. Boone
had written him some time ago.
Il replied to him that I had re-
ferred him to the dean of the School
of Pharmacy" he said They form
a sort of committee which passes
on all applications
Academic factors alone don't de-
termine admission, DR.. Byrd said
He explained that there were "othel
factors" but stressed these do no,
include color.
Evening star., 1948-09-19
Arlington Woman Heads
VIRGINIA Catholic Group

Miss Frances E. Appich of Arling-
ton has been chosen president Of
the Northern Virginia Deanery Of
tile Richmond Diocesan Council Of
Catholic Women. succeeding Mrs.
Sargent White, Falls Church.
Mrs. White vacated the presidents
seat when she was appointed social
action chairman for the entire Rich
mond Diocesan Council. Her sue
cessor was selected at a meeting Of
the Northern Virginia Deanery ex-
ecutive board.
Another member of the deanery
to receive a Statewide post is Mrs.
Hugh j. McGrath Of Arlington. who
has been made vocations chairman
for the Diocesan Council.
The tieanery will hold its quar-
terly meeting at Our Lady Queen
Of Peace Church, 2700 South Nine
teenth street, Arlington, ut 2 pm.
lext Sunday