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VOL. XXV ONE O'CLOCK EDITION
THE DAILY ADVANCE, ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING,, AUGUST 7, 1935.
SIX PAGES
NO. 187
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State American Legion
Adopts Resolution For
Compensation Payment
National ; Commander Bel
grano Says Question of
Payment Must Be Settled
Finally by Congress
NONE DISSENT
Winston-Salem Wins Over
Asheville for 1936 Con
vention; National Con
vention Delegates Named
Fayetteville, Aug. 6. L) The
North Carolina department, Am
erican Legion, today asked Imme
diate cash payment of adjusted
service certificates and heard the
Legion's national commander,
Frank N. Belgrano, Jr., assert the
question of payment would remain
an issue until definitely settled by
Congress.
Not a dissenting voice was heard
as the state convention went on
record by resolution as asking for
payment of the certificates.
.' Ankle Sprained
Belgrano, who arrived late for
his scheduled speech and with a
sprained ankle which made it dif
ficult for him to walk, was car
ried into the hall by way of a fire
escape on the shoulders of Legion
naires while the delegates gave
him a tremendous ovation.
Asserting the Legion would con
tinue to press for payment of the
certificates at this session of Con
gress, Belgrano said, "The ques
tion will not be dead in this ses
sion until adjournment has taken
place."
He also called for a stronger
national defense a3 a means of
maintaining peace and reported
the Legion was "mobilized to a
- man to combat and drive out" un
American groups which4 he said
were besetting the government
with "grave dangers" A
' Asheville won the 1938 conven
tion over Winston-Salem. The com
mittee on selection of next year's
convention site brought in a divid
ed report, the majority recom
mending Asheville and a minority
report favoring Winston-Salem. A
motion for adoption of the minor
ity report lost, 74 to 217.
Office Abolished
Other business transacted in
cluded abolition of the office of
state athletic officer and creation
Instead of a three man commis
sion to handle the duties formerly
conducted by C. K. Torrence of
Gastonia, state athletic officer.
Members of the commission will
be appointed by the state com
mander. The following were elected del
egates to the national convention:
Josephus Daniels, Jr., Raleigh;
J. M. Caldwell, Lexington; Hu
bert Olive, Lexington; J. F. Beas
ley, Carthage; Pixie Moore, Kins
ton; J. J. Burney, Wilmington; J.
D. Madry, Rich Square, and B. A.
Pennington, Oteen.
Work to Continue
Commander Belgrano said the
Legion would continue to press
for payment of the adjusted ser
vice certificates in this session of
Congress.
After describing the action of
13 Senators who voted to substi
tute the Patman bill for the Vin
son bill and then voted against
the Patman bill and later voted to
sustain the Piesidential veto of
that bill, Belgrano asserted:
"The American Legion will not
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BOARD GOES INTO
SECRET SESSION TO
CONSIDER THE JAIL
The Pasquotank County board
of commissioners went into exec
utive session Monday afternoon
to consider plans for the proposed
farm jail, but when it opened its
doors, it announced that it had
taken no action.
However, H. Robert Diehl, an
architect from Wilson represent
ing the Charles C. Benton and Son
firm, was asked to secure infor
mation from the state concerning
the advisability of making the jail
one or two stories high, the inclu
sion of a kitchen and other mat
ters. Mr. Benton said he would se
cure the information and report
later.
CRAMER LOSES JOB;
WANTS PUBLIC FORGET
West Orange, N. J., Aug. 6.
CP) Edwin P. Cramer, who sug
gested a "whisnerinr" ramnaien
against the New Deal, has lost nis
job and now he wants to be a
"forgotten man."
Cramer said he holds no ill will
against the Thomas A. Edison
Company which discharged him as
editor of a house organ yesterday
because of his "advocacy of so re
prehensible a plan" as the covert
attack on President Roosevelt he
suggested as a means of combat
ting the utilities bill.
"I want to be forgotten," Cram
er aid, "I've been smeared all ov
er the front pages of the newspa
pers. I want to drop out of sight."
DANIELS NAMED ,
HEAD OF LEGION
BY ACCLAMATION
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JOSEFHUS DANIELS, JR.
Fayetteville, Aug. 6. (P
Josephus Daniels, Jr., of Raleigh,
today was elected commander of
the North Carolina Department,
American Legion, by acclamation
at its 17th annual convention here.
Other officers elected were:
Junius Rose, Greenville; Burgin
Pennell, Asheville, and W. C.
Dowd, Sanford, vice-commanders;
Rev. Eugene Alexander, Manches
ter, chaplain; A. R. Newsome,
Chapel Hill, historian, and Lewis
L. Rochelle, Oteen, judge advo
cate. Mrs. R. Sam McClelland, Wilm
ington, was elected president of
the Legion Auxiliary. Vice presi
dents elected were Mrs. Marvin
Whit ft,- FiytBville ; Mrs. Clay
Hundley, Reidsville; Mrs. C. P.
Andrews, Charlotte, and Mrs. C.
M. Taylor, Oteen. Other auxiliary
officers selected were Mrs. L. W.
Davis, Wilmington, Chaplain;
Miss Bernice Turner, Statesville,
historian; Mrs. J. L. Wester, Jr.,
Henderson, sergeant at arms.
Josephus Daniels, Jr., son of
the ambassador of Mexico and
war time Secretary of the Navy,
enlisted in the Marine Corps as a
private upon the entry of the
United States into the World War
and rose to the rank of captain.
He served a year overseas with
the Thirteenth Marines and was
aide to General Smedley Butler.
Active in the American Legion
from its formation period, Mr.
Daniels is a past commander of
Raleigh Post No. 1 and for sev
eral years was chairman of ihe
Legion's luncheon club in the state
capital. He is past grand chef de
gare of the grand voiture of
North Carolina of the Forty and
Eight, and also is past chef de
gare of the Raleigh voiture of
Forty and Eight. He has attended
several national conventions as a
delegate from this state. Mr. Dan
iels has also been a delegate from
the Raleigh post to several state
conventions.
Forty one years of age, Mr.
Daniels is business manager of
The News and Observer.
Mrs. Daniels was Miss Evelina
Foster McCauley of Nashville,
Tennessee. She is a member of the
Raleigh unit of the American Le
gion Auxiliary. They have one
son, Edgar Foster, a charter mem
ber of the Raleigh chapter of Sons
of the Legion.
BIRTH RATES IN CITY
ARE SLIGHTLY LOWER
THAN REST OF STATE
However, Tills Is Rule with the
State's Towns. Rural North Car
olina Supplying Most Babies
Birth rates in Elizabeth City
are slightly below those for the
entire state and infant death rates
a little higher, but instead of be
ing an exception this is the nor
mal condition for cities of the
state, according to the News Let
ter of the University of North
Carolina.
In 1934 there were 204 live
births in the city, or a rate per
1.000 of estimated population of
20, compared to the state average
of 24.1. Deaths under one year of
age numbered 17, or a rate of 83.3
per 1.000 population, as against
77.4 for the entire state.
"It is interesting to note that
the North Carolina birth rate is
40 per cent higher than the aver
age for all the states, which is the
reason why North Carolina is
gradually improving her rank
among the states in total popula
tion." the News Letter reports.
The city birth rates including
hospital cases credited to the city
are generally lower than the aver
age for the state. "It is rural
North Carolina that supplies us
with our babies," the paper says.
There must be a return to na
tional sanity; the government
must function under and within
the law. Gov. Harry W. Nice, of
Maryland.
ROASTING EARS
More Than 100,000 Dozen
Find m Way This Season
from' Camden and Pas
quotank Counties
PRICES BETTER
This Year's Crop Slightly
Larger; Higher First of
the Season; Improved Ov
er Last Year's
At least 90,755 dozen roasting
ears have been shipped from Eliz
abeth City to northern markets
this yearfca survey of local pro
duce dealers indicates, and since
several shippers could not be
reached it is probable that the
true total is more than 100,000
dozen.
The average price paid the
farmer during the season has been
nine or 10 cents, though it was
several cents higher early in the
season before the supply became
too bofrntiful. Prices have been
better " than those received last
year, and according to most of
the dealers interviewed, a slightly
larger crop has gone through here
as well;
Though the cold spring held the
corn back slightly and may have
damaged the grade a bit, most of
the produce men think the qual
ity is about the same this season
as before.
Early in the year corn from
here was going to several of the
larger northern markets, but with
the ripening of northern crops the
local supply has been going most
heavily into , Washington. New
York Is now being furnished with
roasting ears by the New Jersey
growers, and Baltimore by Mary
land growers.
Elizabeth City shipments come
largely from Pasquotank County,
a small part of it coming from
Camden. One shipper estimated
Tuesday morning that . Camden
err.vr about 20 ner cent of the
SIMPLE RITES HELD
FOR R. BRUCE MARTIN
Mr. Martin Was Classmate at Uni
versity of Judge Winston and
' Bishop Strange
Simple as he would have wished
it was the funeral service for
Robert Bruce Martin, aged 78, at
Christ Episcopal Church, of which
he was for many years until his
health failed a vestryman, Mon
day morning at 10:30 o'clock. The
service was conducted by the rec
tor, the Rev. George F. Hill, and
burial was in the family plot in
the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers were G. R.
Little, C. O. Robinson. D. R. Mor
gan, H. A. Flora. W. E. Griffin,
Buxton White, W. H. Weatherly,
Jr. and W. D. Glover.
Mr. Martin died at the old Mar
tin home on East Church street
at noon Saturday.
Surviving are one brother, Dr.
E. F. Martin, who in the same
home was in constant attendance
upon him during his last illness:
five nieces, Mrs. George Folk of
Raleigh, Mrs. Bessie Stewart, Mrs.
W. B. Foreman of Elizabeth City,
Miss Elizabeth Martin of Raleigh,
and Miss Sophie Wood of Edenton;
and one nephew, John Wood, of
Edenton.
Mr. Martin was born in Eliza
beth City of a distinguished Pas
quotank family on September 6,
1857. his father. Colonel William
F. Martin, having been a leading
lawyer of this section In his day,
and held in no less high regard as
a citizen and a man than as a
lawyer.
Part of R. B. Martin's boyhood
was spent in Oxford, where the
family were refugees during the
Civil War. He was educated at
Chapel Hill, where he was a class- j
mate of Judge Francis D. Winston ',
of Windsor and of Bishop Robert j
Strange. Upon his father's death
he became virtually the head of.
the family. I
In early manhood Mr. Martin j
was conductor on the old Atlantic
and Danville railroad and was la
ter with the Norfolk Southern
when Virginia Beach was in its
early development. Returning to
Elizabeth City, he held a number
of positions before he went into
the wholesale grocery business
with the late Andrew F. Toxey,
and he was an active member of,
the firm of A. F. Toxey & Com
pany until failing health seven
years ago compelled him to relin
quish active duties. However, he
retained his interest in the firm
until his death. Since last Septem
ber he had got no farther from
his home than the Dr. J. B. Griggs
home across the street
REVOLT IS SETTLED
Athens, Aug. 6. .) Four
thousand strikers, their revolt
crushed, returned to work in Crete
today with a 15 per cent wage in
crease negotiated by General
Bakapoulos.
The general, after accepting the
surrender of the rebels, was in
strumental in settling the strike
Issues, outstanding among which
was the wage question.
Remembers Hearing Guns
Of Battle Of Plymouth
. . '
Miss Augusta Chandler Car-j
stanhon, 75, of Roper,
Has Taught 60 Years I
Roper, Aug. 6. Miss Augusta
Chandler Carstarphen, 75, of
Roper, one of few living people
who heard the roar of the guns of
the Battle of Plymouth, is still ac
tive in her profession of sch'ool
teaching and this fall will begin
the sixtieth , year of her career.
Miss Carstarphen began her work
when few children had the oppor
tunity of attending schools and
has witnessed and participated In
the development of Tyrrell and
Washington County schools al
most from their beginning to their
present standard. The last 52
years of her service have been at
Roper and now some of her pupils
are grandchildren of former stu
dents. ,
While she takes most pride in
the faithful work she is doing she
could also boast of distinguished
ancestry, having as a great grand
father a surgeon in the service of
Prince Charles Edward Stuart of
Scotland and as a grandfather a
lieutenant in Washington's army.
Origin Of Name
The name Carstarphen, origi
nally Corstorphine, is said to
come from two derivations.
First, Cross of Torphin, from
Torphin, an archdeacon of Lothian
said to have built a cross on this
spot.
Second, Croix d'or fin cross of
fine gold tradition has it that a
cross of gold was presented to the
church by a Norman baron.
After the disastrous defeat of
the Scottish forces at Culloden
Moor on April 16, 1746, Robert
Corstorphine, the great grand
father of Miss Carstarphen, a
price having been placed upon his
head, fled to America with his!
three sons, Robert, James and
John, and settled in the James
River district in Virginia.
The son James moved to Hall
listed u lieu&nant il the SevtAttlt
enth North Carolina Continental
Infantry, being at Valley Forge
with General Washington's, army.
William Daniel, the youngest son
of James Carstarphen, was born
at Halifax in 1814. Later he
moved to Columbia, North Caro
lina, where he married and was in
the mercantile business. On Oc
tober 4, 1859, Miss Augusta
Chandler Carstarphen, daughter
of William Daniel, was born.
At the age of twelve she went
to New Bern and there attended
school for four years. Then re?
turning to Columbia she began
her teaching career when only 17
years old. Three years later Miss
Carstarphen moved to Plymouth,
remaining there as a teacher until
1883, when she began teaching in
the public school at Lee's Mills,
now known as Roper. Since the
public school was then limited to
a few months of each year, she al
so conducted a private school at
times for several years.
Is Greatly Appreciated
From that time Miss Carstar
phen has been in continued service
in the Roper schools. Though her
work has been varied, it has been
mostly in the grammar grades.
The appreciation and esteem
which local people have for her is
proportional to the long period
which she has faithfully served in
this community.
Among well known former stu
dents of Miss Carstarphen are J.
T. McAlister, former sheriff of
Washington County; C. L. Bailey,
state senator; Dr. Clarence Bailey
of Rocky Mount; Mrs. John VV.
Chesson, J. J. Hassell, and Mrs. N.
W. Spruill.
Although a child of only four or
five years at the time, Miss Car
starphen remembers the invasion
of Columbia and surrounding ter
ritory by Northern soldiers during
the War Between the States. Her
father's store was confiscated and
he was forced to leave his home.
The family refuceed to Buncombe
Hall near Roper. This was the I
former home of Colonel Buncomoe
who was killed in the Revolution
ary War. Miss Carstarphen well
remembers hearing the roar of
the guns at the battle of Plymouth
which took place during the time
she was at Buncombe Hall.
When she first went to Roper
more than 50 years ago Miss Car
starphen lived with Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas VV. Blount in one of the
four houses there at that time.
This Blount home was built in
1835 and is still occupied by Mrs.
Blount, Miss Carstarphen and a
large green parrot. Polly, who Is
very talkative when so inclined,
has been a member of the family
for the past 28 years.
ZENGE PLEADS NOT
GUILTY OF MURDER
Chicago, Aug. e.i.'Pt Mande
ville W. Zenge, young Missouri
carpenter, today pleaded innocent
to the charge that he murdered
Dr. Walter J. Bauer, Kirksville,
Mo., osteopath, by mutilation.
The plea first was entered in
Zenge's behalf by his attorney,
Joseph Green, when the prisoner
was arranged before Judge Justin
F. McCarthy in felony court.
j- fT I? A FAD
iMUlLO I LEii rUll
it ATfI7D TCPM
Supt. Bundy Speaks to Ro-
tarians; Hill Billies Ftir-
'nish Music
A plea for a nine months
school, to relieve Elizabeth City of
the stigma of being unwilling to
maintain a school of any higher
standard than the lowest the state
of North Carolina will tolerate for
its most backward community
was made by Superintendent Ed
gar E. Bundy before the Elizabeth
City Rotary Club at its weekly
luncheon in the nain dining room
of the Virginia Dare hotel Mon
day. Statistics will show, according
to Superintendent Bundy, that the
percentage of repeater pupils in a
nine months school is only 19,
while in an eight months school
the percentage of those failing to
move up a grade each year is 35
per cent. r
Julian Hill and his hill billy mu
sicians, three sons, Lonnie, 13, Ju
Kan, Jr., 11, and Calvin, eight,
provided the entertainment fea
ture of the program and made
quite a hit with the Rotarians.
TWO SENTENCED
UNDERNEW LAW
First Defendants In Court
Since ABC Store Start
ed In Business Here
Luke McCaffety and Charity
Lee, both colored of Cale street,
the first defendants to face Re
corder W. C Morse;- Jr. for viola
tions of the Pasquotank liquor
store act, were convicted by a
jury Tuesday after six minutes'
leliberation
for six months for possession and
possession for sale of two gallons
of illicit liquor, and the Lee wo
man drew 30 days for aiding and
abetting in the same charge, the
sentence suspended upon condition
of good behavior for two years
and McCaffety's not rooming with
her again. McCaffety had previ
ously been given two sentences of
30 days each for violation of the
Turlington act.
"The Turlington act does not ap
ply in Pasquotank County," com
mented Recorder Morse in his
charge to the jury. "It is illegal
under this (the Pasquotank Coun
ty) act," he continued, "for any
person to sell, buy or transport
alcoholic beverages, except that
controlled by the county control
board.
"If the Turlington act is still in
force," the recorder commented
(Continued on page 2)
ASSOCIATION TO
MEET NEXT WEEK
Committees of Body Are
Formed to Secure One
Number Route
A meeting of committees from
the highway association formed to
secure a route with a single num
ber southward from New York,
will be held in Wilmington August
14, it was announced here yester
day afternoon by L. Lewis Smith,
traveling solicitor for the Virginia
Ferry Corporation and the Delaware-New
Jersey Ferry Company.
Mr. Smith said committees from
Wilmington, Delaware; Salisbury,
Maryland; Cape Charles, Virginia;
Norfolk, Virginia; Elizabeth City,
New Bern: Myrtle Beach. South
Carolina; Charleston, South Caro
lina, and Savannah, Georgia, will
meet with the Wilmington com
mittee at that time.
All these cities would be affect
ed if the highway, as proposed,
would be extended with a single
number from New York to Flori
da. The meeting will be held at
Cape Fear hotel at 11 o'clock.
An Elizabeth City delegation is
expected to attend, Mr. Smith
said.
Mr. Smith, referring to a recent
editorial in The Daily Advance,
said there was nothing mercenary
in his company's efforts to secure
an extension of the highway ef
forts which have included the ap
propriation of $2,500 to advertise
the country along the proposed
route, as well as the route itself.
He said his company was inter
ested only in the extension of a
highway with a single number
from the Holland Tunnel in New
York straight down the Atlantic
coast to the gateway to Florida,
Jacksonville.
He said that the proposed erec
tion of a series of bridges between
Charleston, South Carolina, and
Savannah, Georgia, and between
New Bern and Elizabeth City,
would shorten the route about 56
miles, giving the proposed through
highway a 20 to 25 miles advan
tage over any .other north and
south highway. '
IL DUCE CALLS
ADDITIONAL MEN
TO THE COLORS
.jr.-
'As a Consequence of the
Heavy Ethiopian Mobili
zation" Mussolini Gathers
Five New Divisions
WANTS MILLION MEN
Government Maintains Re
serve Regarding Hopes
that the League Might
Achieve Settlement
Rome, Aug. 6. UP Premier
Mussolini today called 75,000 more
mm to arms "as a consequence of
heavy Ethiopian mobilizations."
Specifically, he ordered the mo
bilization of two regular army di
visions and a volunteer Fascist
Blatfkshirt division and created
tww replacement divisions.
The long expected "Communique
Not 9" announced the new in
crease' In Italy's fighting strength.
' It stated the Asietta division of
the- regular army, commanded by
General Riccardi, has been called.
The mobilization order . brought
the, number of divisions already
sent to East Africa or in training
for service there to seven regular
army and six Blackshirt militia.
195,000 to Africa
Estimating the strength at an
average of 15,000 men to a divi
sion, the order will bring Italy's
white forces in Eritrea and Italian
Somaliland to 195,000 men.
- A check of southern embarka
tion points Indicates that almost
160,000 of these already have de
parted. Two divisions of natives, raised
In East Africa early this year,
increased the regular territorial
forces of 10,000 men.
Thus, It is estimated that 140,
000 troops already are In line in
the two colonies.
With the arrival of the new
contingents In training, or about
to start training in Italy, the to
tal figure will be swelled to 235,-
000..;
May Be Others
.Well informed sources ex-
', u. however, tht yiis wiy
long has circulated tiiat Premiey
Mussolini, keeping his own COUn4'"nul wmcu ume u receipt. limy
fell, has created in East Africa or b.e redeemed without payment of
fell, has created In East Africa or
sent there numerous battalions of
which the world knows nothing.
Official spokesmen, however, have
declined to confirm this rumor.
It was explained that the gov
ernment has a definite military
program, inspired by H Duce him
self, with the objective of reach
ing a million armed men, which
Mussolini considers necessary in
the field by October, both to pro
tect his East African interests and
to maintain his military prepared
ness in Europe.
Authoritative Italian sources
maintained an attitude of reserve
regarding hopes that the League
of Nations might achieve anything
in the way of a diplomatic settle
ment of the East African contro
versy. Reports in the British press
that Italy sougi.t unsuccessfully
to raise a loan at London and Par
is were officially denied. It was
announced that Italy had made no
attempt to raise a loan in Eng
land, France or any other coun
try.. CASES DISPOSED OF
IN JUVENILE COURT
N. Elton Aydett, clerk of Supe
rior Court here sitting as juvenile
judge, Monday afternoon heard
charges of robbery brought
against three boys about 14 years
of age.
One was already under commit
ment to a state training school,
another was put on probation and
a third was ordered put under
commitment to a training school,
his case to be held in abeyance for
some time. If he behaves during
that time, he may be put on pro
bation also, Mr. Aydlett said.
A fourth boy of about the same
age was to come before Mr. Ayd
lett Tuesday on a robbery charge.
The charges against the boys
grew out of the robbery of gas
from the Standard Oil tank on
Front street, of cartridges from
Garrett Hardware Store on Water
street and of equipment from a
hirrf VX rV; wiiH.m p.
boat belonging to Dr. William Pe -
ters
Of three colored boys charged
with the theft of sacks from S. G.
Scott Produce Company, one, an
old offender, was ordered commit
ted to a state training school and
two, both first offenders, were put
on probation.
WELFARE OFFICER
MAKES JULY REPORT
Only three new cases were add
ed to the poor relief list during
the month, A. H, Outlaw, county
superintendent of public welfare,
reported for July, keeping the to
tal to receive aid during the month
to 69.
Seventeen were provided with
hospital treatment, and 21 fami
lies were given temporary or emer
gency relief during the month, his
summary shows. Eleven applicants
were not aided.
In the classification of juvenile
work, three bovs wero Dlaced on
probation, two were committed to
institutions, one was placed In a
private home, and one was dis-
missed. Two girls were dismissed,
w
ashington
On Trail of Man Wanted
In Two Investigations
County Fails To
Pass Resolution
Vote Is Two to One Against
Resolution; Chairman
Glagon Explains
Plymouth, Aug. 7. The board
of county commissioners in regu
lar session here Monday failed to
pass a resolution sponsored by the
Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
recommending to the State High
way and Public Works Commis
sion the location of bridges con
necting the north and south sides
of the Albemarle.
This resolution, which was
passed last week by the Chamber
of Commerce, was presented by a
delegation headed by Attorney W.
L. Whitley as spokesman and
asked for two bridges; one to be
located near Plymouth crossing
the Roanoke River to connect
with the highway in Bertie Coun
ty near the Chowan River bridge,
and the other crossing Albemarle
Sound near Columbia.
The resolution failed to carry
by a vote of two to one. J. M. Cla
gon, chairman of the board, stated
that he had attended a meeting
recently at Edenton at which he
voted for a resolution leaving the
question of bridge location to the
highway and public works com
mission and that he did not feel
that it would be consistent for
him to now vote for a resolution
asking for a definite location.
The commissioners set Septem
ber first as the date on which ad
vertisement of 1934 tax sales will
begin. Foreclosure of 1932 and
1933 tax certificates will be con
solidated into one suit as to each
taxpayer. This will be done in or
der to' save delinquents for both
years from paying costs and at-
torney's fees on two suits. Fore
closures will Wjjin Ioveftibci-Ti'irst
these additional costs and fees.
PLANS FOR FLIGHT
OF ROGERS AND POST
NEARLY COMPLETE
Seattle, Aug. 6. fJPi Two fa
mous cronies of the air Wiley
Post and Will Rogers were near
ly ready today to take off in
Post's new red monoplane for
Alaska, the first jump in the
plane's first journey to Siberia
and Moscow.
Unfavorable weather ahead and
Post's last minute decision to test
pontoons with which he replaced
wheels on the plane were expected
to delay the start until tomorrow.
Mechanics at the field said min
or adjustments still must be made
to pontoons and the motor.
Rogers, who arrived here late
yesterday by plane from San
Francisco, said he intended to ac
company the Posts to Alaska,
probably as far as Juneau. He
added he had no intention of con
tinuing from Nome across Bering
Strait to Siberia.
Post, as taciturn as usual, left
whatever talking was done to
Rogers.
TOM MOONEY LOSES
IN ANOTHER ATTEMPT
San Francisco, Aug. 6.
Tom Mooney's offer to post $1,
000,000 bail for temporary release
from San Queniin prison today
joined the famous convict's list of
other unsuccessful attempts at
freedom.
Half an hour after the applica
tion was filed late yesterday by
Mooney's attorney, George T.
Davis, the state supreme court de
nied the request
Mooney, convicted of the San
Francisco Preparedness Day
bombing in 1916, had sought tem
porary release that he might go
east to be present when deposi-
uns are taken in connection with
the nearl of ni3 flabeaa a
bid for freedom.
Deputy Attorney General Wil
liam J. Cleary said the court did
not have the power to permit a
convict to leave the state.
SAYS MORE DRUNKS
DURING PROHIBITION
Roper, Aug. 7. "When North
Carolina first went dry, sponsors
of this bill told me that we would
not have any more use for our
courthouses or jails," says J. D.
Mlzelle, 76 year old native of Ro
per, "but there have been several
times the number of whiskey
cases In our courts during prohi
bition as there were before.
"Other counties in this state
now have ABC stores and I do
not sic why thev don't hurry up
and get one 8t Plymouth."
Mr. MizMle said that he had
lived on the same farm for his en
tire life. He said that before pro
hibition men were able to go to a
bar and get drinks but that there
have been more drunks in public
places during the drv years than
there were in the saloon era.
Police Put
II. C Hopson, Dominant
Figure In Associated Gas
and Electric System, Seen
In Washington
SEARCH FRUITLESS
Senate Goes to Work on
Roosevelt Tax Bill Passed
Monday by the House; to
Fight Bonus Rider
Washington, Aug. 6.--OPVTha
aid of Washington police was
sought today by the House rales
committee in its effort to locate
H. C. Hopson, dominant figure in
the Associated Ga3 and Electric
system, whose testimony is want
ed by two Congressional Investi
gating committees.
Impatient- at delay in locating
the long sought witness, wanted
for questioning in the utility lobby
investigation, the House commit
tee gave a description Of him to
the police department.
It took this action after a fruit
less search was made at th
Storeham Hotel for Hopson by the
House and Senate committees.
Ta:'fd To Hopson
The seam.' was started when
the House committee received tes
timony from B. B. RohiiisovAs
sociated's Washington Representa
tive, that he had talked with Hop
son at the hotel last night.
Herbert A. Boomquist, -chief
Senate investigator, and C. H.
Tavenner, House committee inves
tigator, arrived at the hotel with
a subpoena. '
Hopson, however, apparently
had left. Hotel , officials said he
was not registered as a guest and.
had not been.
Pressed for more information aa
to Hopson's location this morning.
Robinson said ho l fa not know"
andS . iji , ;
"If you want to Hiiow what I
think, I don't think it makes any
difference."
Robinson said he went to the
hotel to "have some fun as I had
a few minutes with nothing else to.
do."
He added he saw Hopson in a
corridor and talked with him
about five minutes.
The Senate went to work mean
while on the Roosevelt tax bill
passed yesterday by the House.
Senator Robinson, the Democratic
leader, announced a decision to
block efforts to attach bonus pay
ment and other issues to the mea
sure when it reaches the Senate
floor.
More Taxes
Before the Senate finance com
mittee, Robert H. Jackson, coun
sel for the internal revenue bu
reau, testified that the "proper
tied class" should contribute addi
tional revenue to go toward bal
ancing the budget and meeting
the cost of fighting the depres
sion. Other developments:
Amelia Earhart Putnam re
signed a dollar-a-year job . as a
government aeronautics expert
and went before a Congressional
committee to protest against somo
provisions of legislation proposed
to regulate aviation.
Support in various sections for
Charles A. Lindbergh as Republi
can presidential nominee next
year was reported by Robert H.
Lucas, former executive director
o fthe party's national committee.
Answering criticism of the dif
ferential allowed by PWA be
tween foreign and domestic steel.
Secretary Ickea said that tha
Bethlehem Steel Corporation usea
imported manganese almost en
tirely and also is a large importer
of foreign iron ore.
States Balloting And
Votes Being Coun'ed
Mississippi balloted Tuesday in a
state office Democratic primary
as Rhode Island voters filled a
Congressional vacancy in an elec
tion generally regarded as a New
Deal test.
Kentucky counted last Satur
day's votes which indicated a ne
cessity for a runoff primary to de
cide its gubernatorial contest be
tween A. B. Chandler and Thomas
S. Rhea. The latter was leading
with a margin too small to permit
claim to the nomination. Three
other candidates were eliminated.
Voters of the first congressional
district in Rhode Island lined up
to choose between Democratic
candidate Antonio Prince's "Back
the New Deal," and Republican
candidate Charles F. Risk's "Re
pudiate the Roosevelt Administra
tion's Acts."
Five Mississippi gubernatorial
candidates awaited the popular
verdict after disputing nnrvre
themselves as to which was being
backed by Senator Huey Long of
Louisiana. Nomination is tanta
mount to election.
Virginia nominated state sena
tors, delegates and county officers,
with the campaign concentrated
on local issue.
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