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HENDERSON DAILY DISPATCH
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DOVE CASTS OUT FEAR: There
is no fear in love: but perfect love
casteth out fear: because fear hath
torment. He that fcareth is not made
perfect in love. —1 John 4:18.
s TODAY x
TODAY S ANNIVERSARIES
178-1 —<150 years ago) Willard Phil
lips. Boston lawyer, judge, insurance
president, editor and author, born at
Bridgewater, Mass. Died Sept. 9,
1873.
1814— Edwin M. Stanton. Ohio, Pitts
burgh and Washington, D. C.. lawyer,
Attorney-General under Pres. Buch
anan, Lincoln’s Secretary of War,
born at Steubenville. Ohio. Died in
Washington. Dec. 24, 1869.
1829—Ada L. Howard, first president
of Wellesley College and first presi
dent of a woman’s college in the
world, born at Temple, N, H. Died
at Brooklyn. N. Y. March 3, 1907.
1849—Henry C. Frick, coke and steel
manufacturer of his day, born at West
overton, Pa. Died in New York, Dec.
2, 1919.
1852—Albert A, Michelson. famed
University of Chicago physicist and
Nobel prizewinner, born in Germany.
Died at Pasadena, Cal.. May 9. 1931
1865 —Minnie Maddern Fiske, act
ress, born in New Orleans. Died Feb.
15. 1932.
TODAY IN HISTORY
1606—Three ships and 105 men left
England to establish a colony in Vir
ginia.
1776— I Thomas Paine's first "Crisis”
appeared in the Pennsylvania Packet
—"These are the times that try men’s
souls’’ —which revived the drooping
ardor of patriotic America and the
Continental Army.
3832- Died Philip Freneau, poet of
the American Revolution, aged 80.
1923—Mjne. Curie, radium inventor,
pensioned by the French government.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Ambrose Svvascy of Cleveland,
famed tool and instrument maker,
philanthropist, born at Exeter, N. H.,
88 years ago.
U. S. Senator Gerald P. Nye of
North Dakota born at Hortonvillo,
Miss., 42 years ago.
Nancy Carroll, actress, born in
New’ York, 28 years ago.
Carle C. Conway of New York,
board chairman of Continental Can,
born at Oak Park, 111., 57 years ago
TODAY’S HOROSCOPE
The person born on this day will
have literary abilities of a high order
the trend being toward romance or
Imaginative writings, though there is
some lack of direction of force and
possibly of initiative. It may be
that a disposition to work over old
material may prevent the best results
for there is plain indication that, al
though considerable success may fol
low this degree, there is danger of
falling under the condemnation of
public opinion.
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page
1. A Mormon elder.
2. Morphine.
3. A genealogical record of blooded
livestock.
4 The name given by the Greeks to.
any circular instrument for ob
serving the stars.
6. Dominion of Canada.
6. Stiffening of the muscles <>f the
body after death.
7. Dover.
8. Leading Grek mathematician and
physicist of his time.
9. Noted motion picture dog.
10. Astronomy.
THU WORLD WAR 20 YEARS AGO TODAY
Tt)ld jo Pictures by CLARK KJNNAIRD
Cityrlzbt 1934, Central Press Association .
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f y »s.. French women mechanics working on plane.
to Years Ago Today: A Turkish army under Enver Pasha invaded
Russia, simultaneously with a new Turkish thrust in the direction of the
.Suez canal. Women were being enlisted for auxiliary war service*
by the French.
B'ce “Today '(> the Dun"
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today is the Day *
By CIARK KINNAIRD * j* i 4 * •
C«p»»l«hu IWI. ftst (Ml 1/1 ■ j ■ J 1 111 n | M/.
Wednesday. Dec. 19; 168th day.
59th year of our Independence.
lorning stars: Mercury, Mars, Jupi
er. Evening stars: Venus, Saturn,
moon tomorrow. Zodiac sign:
.agittarius.
THE WORLD WAR DAY-BY-DAY
Dec. 19. 1914—Two of the 100 mines
aid by the Kolberg off England’s
oast on the 16th were found by gun
>oats and sweepers w’ere called out
>y radio. In half an hour a mine
weeping force brought 18 more to
he surface.
The bombardment by Admiral von
■lipper’s squadron of battle-cruisers
f three towns on the Norfolk coast,
hree days before, had been staged to
over this second big minelaying ope
ation of the Kolberg. Damage to
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6—A meshed utensil
9—Appearance
11—Aloft
15—A stone memorial
H—Lcttcr of the Greek alphabet
IB—A channel between cliff#
17— Large body of salt water
18— Male parent horse
20—Yearly
22—An Egyptian river
24 A mark
25 Stable compartment*
26 Young boys
28 —Boy’s name
30— Brazilian money of account
31 — Advertisement (abbr.)
32 Covered with scales
35 Royal guards (abbr.)
36 a kind of hunting dog
*B—Rested on the knees
*9—Commencement
DOWN
1— Smooth creeping larvae
2 Like
3 A month (abbr.)
4 Twelve months
s—Enticing dangerous women
6 A tavern
7 For in stance
• HENDERSON, (N. C.)’ DAILY DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1934
the towns was small, however, com
pared to the eventual toll of the Kol
berg mines which the trawlers didn’t
find. Within a few months they were
to sink seven British and seven neu
tral steamers, six minesweepers and
trawlers, and a yacht.
The mines were just one more item
lin the relentless campaign of Ger
j many and British to starve each other
• I out.
Various vital supplies already were
'running short in. Germany. A few
1 weeks before Germiahy was so des
perately short of copper for muni
tion purposes that • hbr military men
feared they would h&ve to sue for
peace. The murii'tiofi factories could
1 only carry on by the Response obtain
ed from art appeal 1 tb : the patriotism
> I of every householder jto hand over all
B—ldentical
10— A tone of the diatonic seal*
12—Coated with paint
14—To wind and turn in < cooftf
16— A group of three
17— A sweet carbohydrate
19— Measure of cloth
21 —Nothing
23—To draw out
25 —To approach game ste&lthilf
27—Power of seeing
29—Male singing voice
32 Sun god
33 Indefinite article
34 — Japanese monetary unit
86—Protestant Episcopal (abbr.)
37—Right side (abbr.)
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copper ornaments and utensils in.his„
possession! These pulled Germany
through until 12,000 tons of copper
came from America, via Sweden.
Had the blockading British fleet
possessed positive proof that these
copper cargoes were destined for Ger
many, they would have been confis
cated. But the ship’s papers were in
order, and the cargoes were address
ed to Swedish concerns. Thus the
United States prevented the Allies
from ending the war in 1914.
HISTORY Ul’TO-DATE
Dec. 19, 1606 Captain Christopher
Newport, commanding three ships,
sailed away from Ijondon with 105
emigrants for the now land in the
west. These men established Vir
ginia.
The expedition was an unemploy
ment relief measure!
/King James I of England, harassed
by large numbers of restless soldiers
left jobless after the long wars with
France, eagerly backed a scheme of
tlhc London Company,
gentlemen, and merchants,” to put
sonic of them to work planting set
tlements in America.
One of the unemployed thus placed
was Capt. John Smith. 27, soldier of
fortune. His arrogant boastfulness
on the voyage over caused him to be
suspected of conspiring to usurp the
government of the colony. He was
clapped into irons and arrived in the
new world a prisoner!
Dec. 19, 1868—The first subaqueous
tunnel in the U. S. was completed un
der Chicago Ttivor. at Washington
street ,it is still in use: 810 feet long.
Dec. 19, 1924—Ten years ago today
—william Green 51-year-old onetime
Ohio minen was elected President of
the American Federation of Labor
and its two to three million mem
bers.
YOU’RE WRONG IF YOU
BELIEVE—
That the federal government owns
or own all the land in the District
of Columbia.
When the area now comprising the
district was ceded by Maryland, puris
diction over the territory passed, but
the ownership of the land and other
property did not, for the land was
not part of the public domain of
Maryland. Consequently the federal
government always had to buy from
the private owners any land required
for buildings or other purposes.
Also you’re wrong if you believe —
That General Grant really was a
“hard drinker.”
That coffee always has been a bev
erage. It hasn’t.
Originally it was a food. The ber
ries were crushed and eaten in the
form of a paste. They were first
used for beverage purposes in mak
ing a wine!
Anonymous “A Reader’ ’of San An
tonio says we’re wrong about some
of our statements concerning Henry
IV, and explains "We have access to
unbiased historians.” We’re asking
him to name one.
Write a wrong. Address Clark Kin
naird, care this newspaper.
Rescue At Sea
Writes New Glory
(Continued on Page Four)
dition when the Europa reached the
scene of the distress, approximately
.°>oo miles off the coast of Ireland. The
Sisto’s rudder had been crushed by
giant waves; her lifeboats had been
washed away and th e ship was in
dire need when the New York, a Ham
bur-American liner, launched her life
boats.
The Sisto was further endangered
by her shifting cargo of lumber,
which had caused her to list badly.
It seemed to be only a matter of
hours before the little vessel would
succumb to the sea.
Mayor L&Guardia Gets Sym
pathetic Ear of President
(Continued from Page One.)
er through construction of its own
plants In its yards than through pri
vate purchase.
The President said he was main
taining silence on his legislative pro
gram until it is presented to Con
gress on January 3.
In all probability, he will not make
the radio report to the nation he
had planned before Congress meets.
Beach Area Hunted
For Rich Lady
(Continued from Page One.)
gowns, bedroom slippers and a fur
'coat, she disappeared between mid
night and dawn yesterday from her
isolated homo on the southern tip of
this artists village. Released only
/Monday from Monterey hospital,
where she was taken ten days ago for
a rest, fears were felt Mrs. Schaffner
may have wandtered into the ocean
surf of Caromel Bay or into the tidal
mouth of the Carmel river, both close
to her home.
After a day of secret, though in
tensive search by the village police
bloodhounds were brought by airplane
from Berkley to Monterey county dur
ing the night to join the manhunt for
the missing woman, Her husband.
Joseph A. Schaffner, a director of
(Hart, Schaffner and Marx was flying
to Carmel from Chicago.
To Rush Through
Textbook Buying
(Continued from Page One.)
mitted to appear before the State
oa !". 0 Education and present the
*° L iS P ar ticular book or books
f H ® ® oar d of education decides
? p these high school textbooks
- time and awards the contracts
1 rJ S ax P e °ted to do. this will be
..j . f the largest textbook lettings
is conservatively es
h . that the textbook publishers
h nc«i n c ° ntra *-’ts in this letting will
SUOOO,OO0 6 worth b al< k ° f
y N - h £n arS tor b °th k e
the basal bn t* 1 ° f the contracts f ° r
of b oks will run a period
years. Some estimate that the I
“Let’s See, Whom 'Have We Forgotten?”
“Elf Sis®
value of the boosts Included in this
letting will amount to as much as $2,-
000.000 a year.
This letting: of contracts for high
school books also marks the begin
ning: of au niform textbook plan for
the high schools. Heretofore, each
county superintendent has selected
the high school textbooks to ,be usca
in his county. City superintendents
have also selected their books for
high school use. As a result, when
children moved from one county or
city to another, they frequently had
to change their textbooks entirely.
Under this new plan, the same basal
high school textbooks will be used in
every high school in the State.
Some have been wondering why
there has been so much hurry to get
these books adopted now, since they
will not start using them until next
fall. It is pointed out, however, that
if these books are adopted now that
they will remain in use for five years,
even if this coming General Assem
bly should decide to make some more
changes in the laws governing the
adoption of textbooks.
Not Likely Yet To
Name An Engineer
(Continued from Fag*» One.)
sion will select a chief highway engi
neer today, although that is the next
major task before the commission.
However, opinion here is that when
a chief highway engineer is selected,
it will follow the desires and recom
mendations of Assistant Chairman
Waynick. But there arc indications
that Waynick feels he has not been
in the highway department organi
zation quite long enough vet to be
able to properly evaluate those who
are known to be v candidates for the
post. So it is expected that the se
lection of a chief engineer will un
doubtedly go over until the next meet-
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Miss Laura Sparks exhibits a no»>
sinkable bathing suit, introduced at;
National Inventors’ Congress in
Los Angeles. Air pockets in th*
skirt make wearer float.
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ing of the commission.
It is likely, however, that the ques
tion of the purchase of the Wright
Memorial Bridge over Currituck
■ sound, will come up again today. So
• far the commission has declined to
i increase its original offer of $125,000
1 for this bridge, although the bridge
. company is still maintaining it would
; receive not less than $215,000. It ori
ginally asked for $250,000 for the
i bridge and still claims cost almost
$350,000 to build it. Bridge company
I officials, appearing before the last
. meeting of the commission, asked that
I a board of arbitration be appointed
i to fix the present value of the bridge,
and offered to remove all tolls at
once and make it free, pending the
results of the board’s findings. But
. the commission declined this propo
sat.
If the Wright Memorial Bridge
Company definitely declines the offer
of the highway commission of $125.-
000 for the bridge, the commission ex
pects to go ahead with its plans to
build an entirely new bridge across
Currituck sound, only a short dis
tance from the present bridge. Sound
ings have been n\ade and the survey
completed for the new bridge. In fact.
* several members of the commission
and most of the engineers in the en
gineering department believe that
the highway commission can build a
. much better bridge than the present
Wright Memorial Bridge for less
money than it can buy it and recondi
tion it. The Wright Memorial bridge
is regarded as being in very bad con
dition, since it was built on un-creo
soted pilings, and has a load limit of
only six tons. A recent inspection of
the bridge timbers by one of the
enginers of the bridge division of the
highway department revealed scores
of cracked timbers which would have
to be replaced, while many of the
pilings arc so badly rotted they would
also have to be replaced.
As a result, a good many think it
would really be cheaper in the end foi
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the State to go ahead and build a new
bridge, with creosot.ed piling and with
a load capacity of 15 toils instead of
only six tons, and which would have
a life expectancy of at least. 25 years.
No one would be surprised here to
day it the highway commission de
livers its final ultimatum to the
Wright Memorial Bridge Company
and notifies it that it must accept the
offer of $125,000 within a fcck or ten
days, or that construction will start
on the new Bridge. It is pointed out.
that engineers of the U. S. Bureau of
Public Hoads in Washington, asked
to inspect, the bridge, placed a valm
of only $06,000 upon it in its present
condition. A firm of appraisal engi
neers employed by the bridge com
pany placed a value of $215,000 upon
it.
Officers of the bridge company
maintain that if the highway com
mission insists upon building anoth
er bridge it will amount to confisca
tion of its bridge property, since if
will be virtually worthless as a toll
bridge with a free bridge only a mile
or two away. Pmt the highway com
mission contends that it has offered
to buy the bridge at a fair juice for
more than six months now and that
if the bridge company refuses to sell
at $125,000, it will be the bridge com
pany’s funeral, not the commission's.
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