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terranean Area
It i? difficult to get at the real pic
. , 0 of European politics. But here
" something that does.
' It! :l romarkable article by Subbas
Chiiulra Rose, noted Indian writer,
tho Modern Review of Calcutta,
l " c arP given a startling picture of
L European scene.
\Ve urse that this complete article,
•’titled •European Chess-Board,’’ be
e ‘,‘, ul i n The Living Age for Novem
in the meantime read this re
vealing excerpt concerning the Brit
ish-Italian situation:
“After he had conquered Ethiopia,
Mussolini made a speech in which
he declared to the world that Italy
had now become a ‘satisfied’ power.
The annexation of Ethiopia had been
regarded by Britain as an encroach
ment on her preserves in Africa and
the speech appeared as a pointer in
the direction of the renewal of Anglo-
Italian friendship.
•That expectation was not fulfilled.
Though Britain had at first challeng- I
ed Italy over the Ethiopian question
and then heaten a quick retreat be
fore the bluff and swagger of Mus
solini. she had not forgotten the hu
miliation. In order to repair the dam
age done to her prestige among the
Mediterranean and Near Eastern na
tions. she set about strengthening her
naval and air bases in the Mediter
ranean."
Irritating Italy.
••It is this determination on the
part of Britain to maintain her posi
tion on the Mediterranean and to
strengthen it further which has ir
ritated and antagonized Italy — for
Italy is determined to increase her
influence in the Mediterranean thro
ugh the expansion of her navy and
air force, and this can take place only
at Britain’s expense.
“It should therefore be clear that
the present Anglo-Italian tension is
not a product of II Duce’s ill-humor,
r.or is it a passing phase. It will con
tinue until the question of the future
hegemony over the Mediterranean is
finally solved through the voluntary
withdrawal or the defeat of one of
the rival powers ”
Italy’s Reply.
"Italy’s reply to Britain’s renewed
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interest in the Mediterranean is her
intervention in the Spanish civil war.
“It would be puerile to think or
suggest that Italy has plumped for
Franco because of her sympathy for
the latter’s Fascist aims or her hatred
of communism. Political sympathy
she would have for Franco ip any case
hut she is pouring out her hlood and
money for Franco primarily for stra
tegic reasons.
“The same is true of Germany anc
whoever does not realize this under
stands nothing of the Spanish civil
war.”
Chinese Retreat is Quiet,
Orderly During Night
(Continued from Page One.>
tral observers summarized cost of the
conflict in the Shanghai and North
China areas thus far as, roughly:
Expenditures: Chinese, $250,000,000;
Japanese, $600,000,000.
Property loss, Chinese, $200,000,000.
Casualties: dead and wounded, Japa
nese, 125,000; Chinese 300,00(X.
Trade loss, Japanese $250,000,000;
Chinese, $100,000,000.
Immigration Board
Bars French Lady
(Continued from Page One.)
The formal decision was announced
as follows:
“The board of special inquiry at
Ellis Island, after a hearing, has ex
cluded Magdeleine Jeanne Fontanges,
a passenger aboard the S. S. Nbr
maidie, because of an admission of
crime involving moral turpitude, to
wit, assault with a dangerous wea
pon.”
Madam Fontanges, on arriving yes
terday to appear in a Broadway night
club, declined to discuss her self-pro
claimed romance with Fremier Mus
solini.
Following the local board’s decision
to exclude her, she announced she
would appeal to the board of review
at Washington. The appeal will act
as an automatic stay and she will pro
bably remain on Ellis Island until
Washington authorities act.
Roosevelt Issues '
Proclamation For
Thanksgiving Day
(Continued from '»*age One.)
and the Southern New York Federal
District Court.
Smitlh, attorney for the
Aluminum Company, contended if any
nroceAdings are brought they should
be filed before the Federal district
court at Pittsburgh, where a consent
decree against the company was en
tered in 1912.
The Bureau of Agricultural Econo
mics, in the meantime, reported Am
erican farmers received atout $734,-
COO,COO more from sale of principal
farm products and from government
payments during the first nine months
of 1937 than during the same period
last year. ■„
It estimated receipts for the 1937
period at $6,175,000,000, compared with
$5,432,000,000 for the 1938 period.
Head G-Man Defends
His Crime Plans
(Continued from One.)
of over 4,300,000 thieves, murderers
and rapists—crime’s standing army
in America.
“They have been, in fact, quite a
blatant outcry from these crime-cod
dlers to the effect that any one who
seriously objects to the spewing force
•from prison of the fomenting scum
of criminality belongs to what they
critically call the ‘machine gun school
of criminology.’
“In an attempt, cither through ig
norance or design, to throw a smoke
screen about the true criminal situa
tion, these self-appointed ambassad
ors of the open cellblock, tell us that
the picture of crime as it is generally
known is a false one. They say that
crime is on the decrease, that parole
is a success, and that our prison sys
tems are building reformation and
rehabilitation with such regularity
that these predatory criminals should
rapidly abate.”
Ruling Regarded
Employer Muzzle
(Continued rrom Page One.)
practice whenever he makes avail
able to employees any information
about the national labor relations
yet the board has not seen fit
either to put out itself a simple and
unbiased explanation of the act suit
able for distribution to employees, or
to agree to give its stamp of approval
to such a statement prepared by any
one else.” ~
In the Mannsfield Mill case the
board cited two leaflets circulated
among employees as proof of the eom
miny’s hostility to labor organization
and held that the circulation of such
views was an attempt to discourage
union organization.
HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY'DISPATCH TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1987
DEAD RECKONINGS
._J By BRUCE Hamilton
VfefltPV COPYRIGHT BY BRUCE HAMILTON; RELEASED BY CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION V| —
CHAPTER 4fc
PRESENTLY an elderly woman
came into the solicitor’s office, and
after a word with the clerk, joined
Tim on the bench. She soon be
gan fretting and showing signs of
impatience.
At 10 past 10 a heavily built
man with a black mustache
burst in as if he had heard
there was a fire, barked out to
the lady on the bench, “’Morning,
Miss Jupp, won’t keep you a mo
ment,” shot a swift glance at Tim,
and vanished into a private office.
In a few minutes the clerk called
the elderly lady away, and for 40
minutes nothing further hap
pened. Tim smoked three more
cigarets, making a mess of the
floor; there were no ash trays.
But the lady came out at last,
and a little later the clerk ap
proached Tim. “Mr. Kay will see
you now, sir,” he said, and led
Tim through.
Mr. Kay had Adams’ note in his
hand. “You’re Mr. T. J. Ken
nedy, I take it,” he said briskly.
He put Tim into a chair and gave
him a cigaret. As he held his
pocket lighter to it, he gave him a
rather curious glance.
“You a friend of Mr. Adams?”
he said.
“I’m his employer,” Tim replied.
“Oh. . . . Has he been in your
service a long time?”
“About 15 years.”ii
“Good servant?” "
“Excellent.” Tim stirred un- 1
easily. “I needn’t keep you, Mr.
Kay. . . . It’s only a question of
this letter. I told him I was com
ing to London today, and he asked
me to collect it.”
“So I see. . . . You don’t happen
to know what’s in it?”
“I haven’t the slightest idea.”
“Nor have I. ... Reason I asked,
he made such a fuss about it the
other day, I was surprised he
wanted it again so soon. We don’t
know much about him; haven’t
seen him since that case seven
years ago or so. ... I suppose you
know all about that?”
i Tim hedged. “I don’t know the
details. ... I know he got into
trouble, but I didn’t care to press
him about it. . . . He saved my
life in the war, you know.”
j “That explains things. . * . It
was larceny, actually. We got
him off, but he was damned
[lucky.”
j Tim did recall an occasion when
Adams, who had been on holiday,
.wrote from London asking for an
extension of leave of absence.
.There had been an excuse about a
'dying relative, and Adams had re
turned in a chastened mood which
Tim had attributed to grief. Ac
cording to his custom, he had
asked no questions.
“I shouldn’t be telling you about
this,” said Mr. Kay, “and I’m sure
you’ll regard it as confidential.
But to tell the truth I haven’t
been happy about this secret
d o c u m e n t-to-be-opened-after
my-death film stuff. ’Specially
with a man whose record was
doubtful. Smells of monkey busi
ness. It was my partner, Mr.
Major, who saw him this time —I
wouldn’t have handled it without
an explanation. However, I’ll be
glad to let you have it.”
He rang a bell, and the young
Jew came in. “Just rout out that
Adams envelope and bring it to
me, Davis,” said Mr. Kay.
“I think Mr. Major’s got it, sir,”
said Davis.
“Mr. Major arrived?”
“Just come, sir.”
“Well, ask him. . . . Here, give
him this note.”
There was a pause. Mr. Kay
drummed on the desk with his
fingers. “Hope you’ll forget what
I mentioned just now,” he said
abruptly. “I’ve really no reason to
believe Adams isn’t running
straight. You ought to know bet
ter than I. But I wouldn’t like to
have anything I’ve said prejudice
you against him.” »
“Os course not,” Tim answered.
“I know Adams isn’t all he should
be, but so long as he’s under my
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“Then you’ll give me Hie envelope?”
eye I know he’s all right.”
There was another silence. It
was broken by the entry of a
bald, elderly man in a state of
some excitement.
He went up to Mr. Kay, and said
a few words to him in a low voice.
“Good heavens!” said Mr. Kay.
He turned to Tim. “Adams is
dead.”
“Dead?” echoed Tim, fighting
for control.
It was Mr. Major who an
swered. He held out a newspaper
to Tim, and pointed to a para
graph. “That’s him, isn’t it?”
It was only two lines, under the
caption “Darts Player Killed” . . ,
M. Adams . . . cycle accident , , .
West Shilston.
“Good Lord!” Tim struggled.
“I’d no idea. . . • But that’s not
my servant Adams; it must be his
brother. His brother lived in West
Shilston too.
“Same initial?”
“Yes . . . Martin. My man is
Merivale. He’s all right, he gave
me that note this morning.
“You saw him this morning, and
he said nothing about his broth
er’s death?”
“No, not a word. You know I
think I see. This letter he gave
you, it must be something to do
with his brother. . . . Something
he wanted to hush up. . . . How
ever, it’s not my business, I’m
only the messenger. I’d be glad
if you’d let me have it now. I’ve
an appointment at half past 11.”
“Just a minute, Mr. Kennedy.”
It was Mr. Major who spoke.
“I’ve no doubt it’s all right, but
you’ll admit the circumstances are
rather unusual. I have the letter
here, but I think you’ll agree we
ought to find out a little more be
fore we hand over.”
“But I promised Adams. He
was very urgent. I wouldn’t care
to go back to him without it.”
Mr. Kay answered. “I’m afraid
you must.”
“But I insist! I’ve given you a
clear authority to hand over this
letter to me.”
Mr. Kay shook his head. “To
put it bluntly, Mr. Kennedy, your
conduct is rather suspicious. I
understand you came here at half
past 9, and you’ve waited till well
after 11. All to carry out a com
mission for your servant. It
doesn’t sound natural, and it
doesn’t sound natural your being
so importunate now, if you don’t
know more than you’ve told me.
Remember this envelope is marked
‘To be opened after my death/
Well, a man of the name of M.
Adams, of West Shilston, has died.
You tell me it must be his
brother. But we’ll have to check
up on it. If it’s in order we'll
hand over all right.”
“You won’t give me the letter
now?”
“No.”
Tim licked his lips. “Listen,”
he said. “I was lying to you. I
see I must tell you the truth. It’s
my Adams who is dead all right.
And I know what’s in the enve
lope. It’s a letter written to me
10 years ago, and it’s rather a
- What is called a
‘moral offense’. Adams got hold
of it, and he’s been blackmailing
me ever since.
“I’m a professional man in
West Shilston, a dentist. If I lost
my reputation it means I lose my
livelihood. I had to pay, go on
paying. But lately I decided it
had got to stop. I raised a sum,
a decent sum . . . and Adams said
he would turn over the letter to
me for it. We concluded the bar
gain yesterday . , . and he gave
me that note.
“Then . . . the bloody fool has
to go and get drunk, to celebrate,
I suppose. And he was riding
home last night . . . and broke his
neck. You see what a position
it puts me in. ...”
Tim turned his ghastly sweat
ing face toward the two solicitors.
Both were watching him atten
tively, but nothing could be
gleaned from their expressions.
“Blackmail. . . . You under
stand ? These things are best
hushed up. You’ve no motive in
ruining me. . . .”
Mr. Major spoke gently. “Your
secret, whatever it is, will be per
fectly safe with us, Mr. Kennedy.
I don’t suppose it’s criminal.”
“Then you’ll give me the enve
lope?”
“I’m afraid we can’t do that.”
“I’ll give you £SOO for it.”
The solicitors exchanged glances.
Mr. Kay spoke. His eyes never
left Tim’s. “I think, old man, un
der the circumstances . . .”
Tim tried to rise, but he could
not move from his chair.
Mr. Major nodded. “Yes, I
think we’d better.”
He slit open the envelope.
(THE END)
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Times Today
Father Time’s Youth Is
Renewed; Clock Painted
Father Time, as represented by
the town cloek in the 100-foot high
tower pf the Henderson Municipal
Building, has had his face lifted
and his youth renewed. He looks
much younger and much more
beautiful.
The numerals and the hands of
the clock, with dials facing four
ways from the high tower, have
all been given a coat of paint this
week in connection with the new
copper roof put on top of the tow
er. A scaffolding was built through
the openings in the tower for
workmen to reach the roof. A
painter was let down on a board
•fastened to a block and tackle and
he spent most of Monday and
Tuesday in putting a coat of
black paint on the clock numerals
and the minute notches, and the
hands.
So far as could be recalled today,
James Fuller Charged With
Attempting to Cash
Forged $125 Check
James Fuller, Negro, who gave his
address as route 3, Louisburg, is be
ing held in the city lock-up to answer
a charge of attempting to forge a
check of $125 on H. E. Newton at
Citizens Bank and Trust Co., yester
day afternoon.
Fuller presented the check at the
bank for cash, but was refused, and
while R. O. Rodwell, cashier, engag
ed the Negro in a conversation, police
were called, and Officers J. C. Hud
gins, W. M. Reid and M. J. Kearney
rushed to the bank to arrest the al
leged forger.
Fuller is in jail in default of a SSOO
bond.
Spaniards Engaged
In Death Grip
from T»age one.)
ing a railroad connecting Jaca with
Orna and Sabinanigo and the rest of
insurgent Spain. The railroad runs
north into France and was a main
route for insurgent supplies from low
er Aragon.
Heavy fighting also was reported
a little further south. This section
has been contested for several weeks,
with the line wavering, but with no
elusive results.
From Fort Vanuder, France, an in
surgent announcement that a blockade
of the Spanish coast held by the gov
ernment would .be started tomorrow,
led French naval authorities to warn
shipping to look out for mines in
Spanish territorial waters.
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PAGE THREE
It was the first time the clock has
been painted since it was placed
there when the municipal building
was erected back in 1908, nearly
30 years ago. It is now much
easier to tell the time from a dis
tance since the Roman Numerals
stand out in bold relief through
the glass face, zehind which the
night lights burn to illuminate the
dials.
There is nothing in Henderson
that is as much of a town land
mark as this old clock. Once in a
great while it grows tired and
knocks off until it gets some at
tention, and it is not always quite
as accurate as a 21-jewel watch.
But It seldom gets one left for an
appointment, and is looked at as
often as anything in Henderson,
and has come to be a most vital
part of the city’s routine of dally
life. The people of Henderson just
wouldn’t take anything for that
old clock. It is simply a part of
life itself to them.
RECKLESS DRIVING
CHARGE IS HEARD
Three reckless driving cases were
h card in county court today by Re
order R. E. Clements, the state tak
ing a nol pros in two of them.
• James Durham, Negro, charged
w ith reckless driving and damaging
pi operty, and assault with a deadly
wU'apon, an automobile, was convicted,
aivd prayer for judgment was con
tinued upon payment of one-half the
costs and sll doctor’s and hospital
bill.
’[he state took a nol pros in the
caste of Joseph Lester Hyde, charged
wit ih reckless driving.
A\ reckless driving charge against
Johm Henry Royster, Negro, was nol
pressed by the State.
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