IRAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL
BBLEMF AT WASHINGTON
, HING ELECTIONS.
3 ADVISES BANKS.
IAIL INQUIRY.
SDS PROPOSED TREATY.
ADJOURN MAY IST.
A. PROSPECTS.
S SHORTER HOURS.
. i primaries about two
I ahead, politicians of both
are attempting to appraise
itical situation. Republican
nen express the belief that
esident's popularity reached
* x in the birthday tribute to
ief Executive, but admits
it continues the Democrats
joy another landslide in No
. However, while consider
loss of some Senate seats,
cpect to gain fifty or sixty
a the House.
'
>crats, on the other hand,
hat they will gain four or
nate seats, and Joseph B.
Chairman of the Demo-
Congressional Committee,
tat his party will probably
| -om forty to fifty House
I l ] l normally Republican dis-
J. rhich were captured in the
1 dal wave. 1
: parties have 17 Senators
I f for re-election this year,
\ lere the Democratic vacan
f Jcur in party strongholds,
- of the Republican Senators
1 n in states that are doubt
f A
« S H. Jones, Chairman of
I, and bankers that unless
k ssumed a full share in the
B .ry program by providing
J ite credit for private enter
the Government will be com
r, to begin lending money.
,idress indicated the Adminis
.'s disappointment over the
'BB of bankers to assist the
ry movement and a reluc
-5 'on their part to take cars
It- nary business needs. Mr.
t- pointed out that with De
e Insurance in effect, bank?
■_ to longer strive for exces
d luidity. He insisted that
!- overnment should not be
6, to become the banker for
id deserving borrower in the
)rv States."
be
is investigation into air mail
* ts has bristled with sensa
i* disclosures, including the
p- tion of certain papers, flies
| m,oranda while these were
T' subpoena by the Senate
tee, and the refusal of at
~ le witness, a former Gov
t official, to testify as to
tions involving air-mail
ts.
idy enough has been dis
;o convince the average citi
fy i it there is justified suspi
ji to the propriety, if not
/v, y, of the transactions in
HMito certain.contracts. It is
an unfortunate picture
Vs been revealed by the in
| Rion Former Postmaster
®ll Brown, charged with
ie IKr the files of his office, at
j|t ||i to clear himself by turn
id Jf"" t0 tlie Committee certain
e .£i but no one knows whether
r "lf lre en * : ' ca ' with the com
rtl lie or not.
lf j | State Department has an
statements published in
be i and quoted by opponents
St. Lawrence Waterway
The Department main
hat the cost of the project
p about the same to each
I although Canada is given
r the Welland • Canal at
>f $128,000,000.00. This
han the actual cost. It
d out that the interna
tion of the waterway will
100,000,000 horsepower to
1r divided between the two
The Canadians, however,
ble ultimately to develop
I horsepower on their
be river, but this will be
I'S own cost. The expense
>ject, around $540,000,000,
squally divided, although
k is expected to provide
JO of the American hall,
Tovince of Ontario $104,-
t the Canadian half.
Ftion as to the adjourn
jpongress by May Ist
ivolves upon whether or
Resident will be satisfied
jmplishments up to that
ith the election year at
the 435 members of the
>g*the r with thirty-two
Senators going before the people
this fall, the idea is widely pre
valent that their fate depends ab
solutely upon their record in re.
gard to the policies of the Presi
dent. Of course, there are dis
tricts where this will not be the
decisive factor but these areas are
few and most congressmen are
inclined to maintain a favorable
attitude toward the director of the
"New Deal."
| Political observers point out
that issues may arise to delay the
prospective adjournment, and
point to the proposed regulation
of the New York Stock Exchange.
Moreover, some tariff powers mr.y
be requested by the President. In
addition, action will be necessary
on the $270,000,000 revenue bill, a
seed bill involving $45,000,000, the
St. Lawrence Treaty, the twelve
regular supply bills, and a measure
to put beef and dairy products
under the processing-tax system.
President Roosevelt is said to
have an "open mind" on discon
tinuing the CWA on May Ist. The
strength shown in the move to
continue the CWA until next Jan
iuary has caused Congress to de
'lay consideration of the relief bill.
While the President wishes to end
this phase of relief work by May
Ist, there is little doubt but that
Congress will see that he has suf
ficient funds to keep it in opera
tion.
As is well known, the CWA has
virtually exhausted its original
$400,000,000 and the President re
quested $350,000,000 additional to
operate until May Ist. Rumors
are heard that an emergency fund
of around $1,000,000,000 may be
placed under the control of the
Chief Executive to enable him to
supply needed funds to any agency
that may need it during the present
fiscal year.
Incidentally, the President, in a
conference with the forty-eight
State Directors of the National
Emergency Council, urged them to
be absolutely "hard-boiled" in
keeping politics out of relief work
even if they had to "hit the. big
gest political boss in the United
States on the head." The Presi
dent's talk condemned the evils
of politics, the selfish effort to
secure personal credit and to make
political capital out of the relief
program. He insisted that the
emergency programs should be
"far beyond politics or the build
ing up of a local machine."
Pointing out that the CWA had
put 4,000,000 men to work in two
months and admitting that some
t difficulties ensued involving occa
sional graft and politics, Harry
L. Hopkins advised a House com
mittee that the CWA program
should end on May Ist or shortly
thereafter through a tapering-off
process. He estimated that an av
erage of three million families
would be on relief rolls this year,
and asked for not less than $500,-
000,000 to meet the demands of
direct relief.
Last March, he said, 4,560,000
families were on relief rolls. An
swering reports of persons leaving
jobs to get CWA employment, the
Administrator admitted that revi
sion of wage scales should be con
sidered. He pointed out that
many people who would not accept
direct relief were quick to seize
relief jobs and that instead of the
work decreasing the number being
helped, the opposite was true and
the list grew rapidly.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
says that in spite of Federal aid,
more than 6,800,000 men and wo
men were without even temporary
employment in December, and that
unless hours of labor are shorten
ed, there will be 4,000,000 out of
work even when we get back to
1929 levels of operation. Mr. Green
insists that industry must progres
sively adopt shorter hours and
that Congress should provide for
the continuation of CWA work
which is giving buying power to
4,000,000 workers. He points out
that shortened hours of labor un
der the codes gives employment to
nearly 2,000,000 workers and that
it will be necessary to have a 26-
hour week to give work to all un
employed.
Formation of a bank out of
funds to be supplied by the RFC
is expected to assist in the develop
ment of exports, particularly those
THE ROCKY MOUNT HERALD, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1934
Austrian Troops Prepared to Meet Nazis
Here are seen some Austrian troops getting their ammunition before starting out for duty along the Gef
man border, where trouble with the Nazis !s expected daily.
GIRLS' HY-Y CLUBS
INSTALL OFFICERS
Senior Group Installs Virginia
Moore Meeks as President
—Juniors Hold Election
Miss Virginia Moore Meeks wa9
installed as president of the Senior
Hi-Y Girls' club at a meeting which
iwas marked with the installation
I ceremony and the induction of new
members into the unit, and held
at the Y. M. C. A. on Thursday
night. Other officers of the club
include Miss Betty Griffin, vice
president, who served as the first
president of the club; Miss Mary
Osbourne Ellington, secretary and
Miss Maud Battle, treasurer.
Six members of the-Junior Girls'
club were inducted into the older
group, these being chosen to take
the place of graduate members
who have just completed the high
school course, and an additional
group of nine were taken into the
organization. In this number are
Misses Mary Wood Winslow, Miss
Annie Blount Jenkins, Miss Ballard
Wilson, Miss Mary Ruth Moore.
Miss Connie Lee Thigpen, and Miss
Susie Rankin Fountain, who came
up from the junior club, and
Misses Corinna Denson, Charlotte
Bailey, Mary Lena Pitt, May belle
Lewis, Ruth Dixon, Phyllis Gold,
Mamie Draper, Annie Braswell and
Pauline Smith, who were elected
by virtue of their scholarship and
qualifications from leadership.
Features of the meeting were the
talks of C. M. Edson and J. A.
Harper, the former sketching the
history of the Hi-Y clubs, which
were first organized exclusively
for the boys and which now in
clude four units, two made up of
junior and senior boys and similar
units of girls.
Mr. Harper, executive secretary
of the Y. M. C. A., stressed the
qualifications for membership with
the responsibility vested in them
in that they set the example for
high moral character and scholas
tic standing among the pupils of
the high school. Other leaders of
this club, aside from Messrs. Har
per and Edson, include Miss Claude
Aycock and Miss Dorothy Craig
hill, both of whom were present.
The Junior Hi-Y club elected
officers at its regular session he'd
last night and Miss Alice Suiter
was chosen to serve a second term
as president. Miss Hilda Harper
was elected vice-president; Mi?s
Martha Longest secretary, and
Miss Martha Ann Speight was re
elected treasurer.,
A talk by Miss Elizabeth Hatha
way featured the program and
Mrs. S. E. Toler, Jr., and Miss
Charlotte Thorpe, as leaders of
the junior club, both spoke briefly.
Nine new members "Were elected
into the club and will be inducted
at the next session, it is stated.
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NEW AIR MAIL
Madrid.—The German Lufthansa
has inaugurated an all air-way
mail service between Europe and
South America and expects to de
liver mail in six and one-half days.
to the Soviet Union. The export
financing plan would also apply to
other areas, particularly in South
America and the Balkan States,
although the original plans were
for Russia. There is no idea of
granting straight credits to any
country or to completely finance
exports. Business firms will be
required to take some risks al
though the government, in extend
ing credit, would take some of the
credit risk when necessary.
Spring Hope
Edgecombe Tournament
INSURANCE MEN TO
BE ENTERTAINED
The Rocky Mount District of
the Home Security Life. Insurance
Company, which has its office in
the Daniel Building in this city,
under the management of Mr. L.
P. Morgan, and his staff composed
of the following:
Messrs. Z. C. Bissette, Assistant
Manager; A. T. Caton, J. W.
Davis, G. M. Proctor, H. J. Tew,
F. R. Bowen and R. T. Jeffreys, all
of Rocky Mount; Mr. Lionel Le-
Bourget of Enfield; Mr. H. H.
Hicks of Tarboro; Mr. R. H. Davis
of Roanoke Rapids and Mr. R. H.
Merchant of Weldon, will be en
tertained in Durham Friday by the
home office of the company, in
recognition of their record recent
ly made in which they won a lov
ing cup. This loving cup is given
each month to the district making
the best all around record, and
the Rocky Mount district has won
a cup three times in succession.
This splendid record is an indi
cation that our section is really on
the come-back, which has been
brought about by the increased
prices of tobacco, due to the Presi
dent of the United States' direc
tion.
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1 STANHOPE NEWS |
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Miss Dorothy Dickens of Rocky
Mount, was the week-end guest of
Miss Louise Roberson.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Harper,
Doris Harper, and Barbara Anne
Roberson were visitors in Bailey
Friday.
Mr. O. Kelly Howard of Flor
ence, South Carolina, is the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Harper.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Roberson
visited Miss Janie Manning in
Wilson on Sunday.
Messrs. W. W. Roberson and S.
J. Lattimore and Misses Mary
Roberson, Lillie Mae Jones, Emma
Roberson and Mabel Buell Rober
son were visitors in Bailey Sat
urday.
The Epworth League will meet
in the Stanhope Methodist Church
Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock.
Miss Rebecca Brantley will be
leader, having as her subject "The
Source of Jesus' Strength." Every
one is cordially invited to attend
the meeting.
On Tuesday evening, February
20, the P. T. A. will hold its regu
lar meeting. Mr. Richardson's
sixth and seventh grades will be
in charge of the program, present
ing a pageant, "High Lights of
North Carolina History."
Monday evening Mrs. Fred Wal
lace was hostess at a delightful
bridge party, four tables being in
play. The tallies and other an
pointments were suggestive of the
Valentine season. Mrs. Joe Finch
won high score prize for ladies,
receiving a hand-made vanity set.
Mr. Hugh Dillard, high scorer
among the men, received bridge
cards. Following several progres
sions, the hostess, assisted by Mrs.
J. Finch, served a delectable salad
course with hot coffee.
Those enjoying Mrs. Wallace's
hospitality were: Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Finch, Mr. O'Kelly Howard of
Florence, S. C., Mr. Hugh Dillard,
Miss Miriam Morris, Mr. and Mra.
S. F. Roberson, Miss Emma Rob
erson, Mrs. J. W. Roberson, Mr.
Russel Hunnicutt of Spring Hope;
Miss Janie Lee, Miss Mary Rober
son, Miss Rachel Daniels, and Mr.
and Mrs. H. D. Richardson.
Large Trophy and Individual
Gold Basketballs Awarded
to Players. Leggetts Wins
Second While Red, Oak
Came Out Third.
The Spring Hope Young Tar
Heel Farmers' basketball team
under the leadership of Coach B.
P. Johnson "did itself proud" at
the annual Y. T. H. F. basketball
tournament held at Middlesex on
last Saturday when they came
away as victors with the large
trophy and individual gold basket
balls for each of the members.
The Spring Hope team had
things their own way from start
to finish and showed a well bal
anced team in every respect. The
defense that they established was
too strong for all opposition and
only four field goals were regis
tered against them in the three
games they played. This, added
with six foul tosses was all the
scoring allowed. On the other
hand Spring Hope scored 105
points, of which 45 action shots
were made and 15 foul tosses.
Every member of the squad saw
repeated action in every game.
Six minute quarters were used
throughout the tournament.
Quarter Finals
In the quarter finals Spring
Hope drew as opponents West
Edgecombe High School. This
game proved to be one of little
interest as Spring Hope kept the
ball most of the time and never
let their opponents get an open
shot. The only score they were
able to make was one free toss in
the last few minutes of play, while
Spring Hope was making a total
of 37. The final score 37-1.
Semi-Finals
Red Oak was the opponent of|
the locals in the second round and
furnished more opposition than in
the first game, but they were able
to locate the goal only on one
occasion. Spring Hope won this
game, 23-3.
Finals.
Leggett High School of Edge
combe County were the opponents
in the final game. In this one
Spring Hope came through with
an easy victory, winning 45-11.
This game was played before
a full house and as a preliminary
game Red Oak played Bailey, with
Red Oak winning.
The teams taking part in the
tournament were Nashville, Mid
dlesex, Bailey, Red Oak, West
Edgecombe, Leggetts, South
Edgecombe and Spring Hope.
The members of the Spring Hope
team were; Greene, capt.; Brant
ley, R. Bass, E. Bass, Weaver,
Murray, W. Bass, and Edwards.
TIDE MOVES BRIDGE
Quincy, Mass.—A 600-ton draw
bridge section was moved up
stream 400 feet and dropped into
place by the skillful use of the
lifting power of the tide. Aftei
months of figuring, engineers
floated two scows under the draw
bridge and the rising water lifted
it from its supports. The tide,
moving up the river, floated the
entire mass, scows and bridge span,
into the new position.
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MANIACS IN DUEL
Montreal.—Two maniacs fought
a battle to a -death in jail here
and one of them died from wounds
received. Both used heavy mop
handles.
Musings
Today, Monday, February 12, is
Abraham Lincoln's birthday and
as I begin writing I feel that he
deserves a tribute in this column
but a far better one than I am
capable of penning. I feel awed
when I begin my task because
his greatness and understanding
sympathy seem to come back on
his birthday. Today, we, who are
used to comfort, plenty and, lux
uries even can hardly appreciate
the greatness of this man who
sprung from such humble and
meager surroundings. He had
nothing but hardships in his young
life and in spite of all obstacles
before him his resolve to be
"somebody" made him rise above
these surroundings and by reading
endlessly those few books that he
could get ahold of, make his life
richer and nobler. He is an ex
ample of true manhood for us to
pattern after today. We should
revere his courageous spirit and
attempt to make our lives bigger
and better.
To most people the word
"Beauty" refers to some object of
nature o r some person. Rarely do
they think of it in any other sense.
But we should realize that there
is beauty when a young boy helps
an old lady across the street, when
some neighbor carries a tray of
food to a sick person, when friends
lend sympathy and condolences to
each other, there is beauty in the
sound of the church bells ringing
out on Sunday morning and the
hymns of praise as they drift out
into the calm of the Sabbath;
beauty is everywhere if we but
let ourselves see it.
I wish I knew why Winter sun
sets are so much more beautiful
than the ones in Summer. In
Summer the huge golden bail sud
denly drops behind the horizon,
leaving not a trace of its former
brilliance unless there are clouds
hovering in its wake. But in Win
ter it slowly disappears behind the
earth's line, leaving gorgeous and
flaming colors behind it. There
are streaks of salmon pink, mauve,
orange, viojet and yellow strewn
across the western sky in a diffu
sion of beauty. To see this through
that line of straight pine trees on
the hill is a sight that makes me
catch my breath in an ecstasy of
delight. And to make the scene
more tranquil and of more sacred
meaning, the cross of the Episcopal
Church cuts into the resplendant
vision and with snow in the back
ground you have a true picture
painted for you by Nature herself.
In a couple of more days the 14th
will be here—St. Valentine's Day—
the day of sentiment, of love to
kens, of memories too rare and
fine to lose even though they be of
a far off day long ago. It's funny
how the old heart strings tremble
at times remembering happier
days. All of us remember how we
used to have Valentine boxes in
the school room and let the teacher
give out the ones that were in
i side. You know that all of them
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State New Deal
Is Topic of Talk
Senator O. B. Moss Addresses
Meeting of Rocky Mount
Civitan Club Thursday
Evening.
The "new deal" in North Caro
lina was the topic of an address
by O. B. Moss, representative in
the state general assembly, before
the members of the Rocky Mount
Civitan Club in the Lantern Tea
Room Thursday evening.
After being presented to the
club by R. T. Fountain, the speak
er declared that the new deal ac
tually started in N. C. before it
started on a national scale. He
described conditions of banks,
schools and taxation in the state
prior to the opening of the N. C.
legislature and then enumerated
measures that had been taken to
improve conditions.
Among legislation cited by Mr.
Moss was the assumption of an
eight months state supported
school system and the levying of
a sales tax. From a statistical
report he showed that the situa
tion of the N. C. schools was better
than that of the average schools
of other states as a result of the
new system introduced in N. C.'
In reciting figures taken from a
report of the U. S. commissioner
of education and a knowledge of
the school situation in N. C., the
speaker pointed out that while in
the United States 100,000 more
children are being denied an edu
cation and that an additional 750,-
000 were being denied school train
ing due to the closing of schools,
North Carolina's school enrollment
has increased 40,000. He gave
other comparisons to show the ad
vantages of the present system.
"The legislature has been accus
ed of having no feeling for the
teacher," he stated, "but the ques
tion to be solved by the general
assembly was not one of feeling
but of meeting a crisis. Teachers
as a whole have responded to the
emergency in a patriotic manner
so that education in North Caro
lina children will not be neglected."
Prior to the beginning of Mr.
Moss' talk, J. B. A. Daughtridge
was welcomed as a new member
of the club. Hobart Brantley of
Spring Hope, was a special guest
of the club.
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MONEY FLOWS HOME
London.—British financial ex
perts estimate that $75,000,000 oat
of $375,000,000 which sought re
fuge in England last year has
been reshipped to the United
States since January 15.
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Public debt has risen 659 per
cent in twenty years.
had "Guess Who ?" written boldly
across the back and even though
the name wasn't there you could
tell who sent it. Life is filled with
experiences that we can remember
1 and be glad about.