PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL
PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON
PRAISES C. C. C. RESULTS
HINES ON PENSIONS
DEMOCRATS BACK JOHNSON
PWA TO SELL BONDS
TO HANDLE SOVIET TRADE
OPENS WAR ON GRAFTERS
AIR-MAIL HISTORY
CONTRACTS CANCELLED
The 300,000 young men enlisted
in the Civilian Conservation Corps
art sending $6,500,000 of their total
pay of $9,000,000 a month to their
dependents, according to a report
of Robert Fechner, director. He
declares that the men have made
an average gain in weight of 7.28
pounds, a quarter of an inch in
height, and that their gain in
morale is as significant as their
physical improvement.
Of the 322,802 men enrolled in
the first six months, 175,000 re
enlisted for a second period, and
the places of those who quit to
enter other fields of work were
taken by new men, so that to date
486,000 men have received train
ing. In addition, 15,000 foremen,
45,000 skilled workmen and 5,031
reserve officers have been given
Work in the Conservation program.
Rrig.-Gen. Frank T. Hines, Ad
ministrator for Veteran Affairs,
speaking at a meeting of the Amer
ican Veterans' Association, advo
cated the posting in postoffices of
the names of local veterans receiv
ing veterans' compensation, to
gether with the amount being re
ceived, so that'"if there were men
on it who did not belong there we
would soon know about it. '
General Hines declared that the
World War veterans have been
treated more generously than
those of any other war. He point
ed out that of the 240,000 Spanish
War veterans alive, 197,000 were
on the pension rolls, and warned
that when World War veterans
reach the present age of Spanish
War veterans, there would be 3,-
300,000 of them, in addition to de
pendents.
Regarding the plan of the Demo
crats to assist Senators Johnson,
of California; Cutting, of New
Mexico, and LaFollette, of Wiscon
sin, who supported President
Roosevelt in 1932, present indica
tions are that Senator Johnson wiil
be given the Democratic nomina
tion in California next fall. Al
ready one congressional committee
has endorsed his candidacy as has
Senator McAdoo and eight of the
eleven Democratic house members
from that state.
The word is, however, that tlv?'
Democrats in Wisconsin and New |
Mexico are not so enthusiastic in
taking similar action, declaring |
that they can elect Democrats. The i
general idea is that President!
Roosevelt is keeping; hands off and i
that if he maintains this attitude, I
three-cornered contests in Wiscon
sin and New Mexico may be ex
pected.
The PWA plans to sell $500,000,-
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000 in obligations of states, coun
ties, cities and public agencies
which have borrowed or will re
ceive loans for self-liquidating
projects. The bonds will not be
guaranteed and cannot be adver
tised for re-sale with any state
ment "indicating or implying" any
Federal guarantee, as such a state
ment will be a fraudulent misrep
resentation.
The projects against which the
securities, have been issued were
tested by the PWA as to neces
sity, social usefulness, and sound
ness from legal or engineering
standpoints. They include water
works, extensions to water systems,
toll bridges, street paving, public
buildings, sucb as school build
ings, hospitals, libraries, etc., and
other municipal facilities. Some
are self-liquidating and others are
backed by general obligation bonds
of the borrowers.
While the PWA does not have
a large quantity of these obliga
tions at this time, eventually it
will come into possession of around
one-half billion dollars worth.
They will be advertised for sale
under sealed bids arid sold to the
highest bidder.
Formation of the Export-Import
Bank, of Washington, with sll,-!
000,000 capital furnished by the'
Government, is expected to facili
tate trade with Soviet Russia at
this time, and later some other
countries as well. Just how the
bank will operate is not yet ex
plained, hut exporters in this
: country who benefit from the deals
will be expected to participate in
the credits extended.
At present, negotiations are un
der way for the exportation of
about one million bales of cotton
and 1,250,000,000 yards of unfin
ished cotton cloth. Products of
heavy industry, such as equipment
for railroads and steel mills, elec
trical equipment, trucks and auto
mobiles, are ais o needed in Russia
and should benefit from the new
set-up. Jesse H. Jones, RFC
chairman, says that the objectives
are t 0 eliminate surplus farm
products and provide employment
in this country.
Close observers 0 f affairs in
Washington sense a change in
spirit in administration circles.
Some of the optimism and gayety
has been laid aside following the
revelations of graft and politics i'i
CWA. Recently there has been a
tendency to strike out vigorously
and punish graft and favoritism,
to push aside lawyers' constitu
tional pleas, and to fortify public
opinion by hitting hard when critics
raise their voices.
The President, in cancelling all
domestic air-mail contracts on evi- j
dence of collusion, is thought to
be serving notice that this kind |
of "pie" will not be countenanced, j
The recent White House broadside j
'•f : M'! h'v-yis another case |
in point. Everything indicates a I
belligerent defense of the adminis-l'
THE ROCKY MOUNT HERALD, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1934
j tration's program with persistent
I pressure upon grafters, large and
Ismail, in the hope that the Ameii-
I can people will thoroughly under
| stand that the Roosevelt Adminis
j tration is "thumbs down" on po-
I litical corruption, even if the fu
j ture brings to light cases of graft,
' j favoritism and fraud.
The air-mail system, which be
gan on May 15, 1918, when Army
pilots carried mail between New
York and Washington, has grown
from the 200-mile experimental
line into a network of 25,000 miles.
Last year five hundred planes car
ried close to three million pounds
of mail and flew a distance of more
than forty-eight million miles.
This week the Army resumed its
air-mail service as an emergency
measure, and as a result of the
President's action in cancelling the
contracts of twelve companies, af
i fecting twenty-six air-mail routes.
The service has T/een marked by
bickerings between officials and
pilots, between the Postoffice De
partment and operators, and squab
bles of operator* themselves. In
recent years, sinre the Watres Act
of four years ago, the situation
has been complicated by the alleged |
interference of politicians, seeking
to put air-mail into their districts,
regardless of business to be gain
ed. As the Postmaster-General
was given powers to "extend"
existing routes, without competi
tive bidding, these extensions have
i come in for repeated criticisms.
With the success of the first op
eration in 1918, the Postoffice De
partment operated its lines with
commercial pilots, mostly former
Army fliers, doing the work. In
1923, the airway between Chicago
and San Francisco was lighted and
the night flying of mail gave great
impetus to the service, bringing,
however, the charge from railroads
that the government was offering
unfair competition.
Two years later, the Kelly Act
require*! the Postoffice Department
to ask for bids, to pay for the
poundage carried, and to give the
contracts to the lowest bidder
qualified for the job. At that time
neither the government nor the
operators knew what rates would
■prove equitable as the service was
essentially experimental.
Without attempting to follow
the successive changes in laws and
regulations regarding the air-mail
routes, it is sufficient to call at
tention to the recent investigation
by a Senate committee which
brough out evidence which, in the
opinion of the Postmaster-General,
the President and others, warrant
ed a cancellation of all contracts
on the ground of fraud in their
procurement. There were stories
of "lost" letters, burned corres
pondence, and missing documents
relating to the letting of air-mail
contracts.
Moreover, it was brought out
that the "struggling" companies
advanced rapidly in value upon se
curing mail contracts, which many
competitors alleged were unfairly
obtained. . It was testified that at
one time the air-mail operators '
had a secret meeting, drew up an '
air-mail map of the United States, 1
receiving afterwards certain con
tracts by "extension" instead of by
competitive bids. 1
The drastic action of the Presi
dent brought considerable criticism
from air company sources, includ
ing- a letter from Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh, protesting against
such action on the ground that
many companies were given no
hearing, and that improper acts
by them had not been established.
This communication added to the
popular interest in the situation
because Lindbergh has rarely taken
part in a public controversy.
A measure to regulate stock ex
changes, which was introduced in
both houses after a special mes
sage from President Roosevelt, is
strictly a congressional measure,
neither approved nor disapproved
by the President. It is very dras
tic and will very probably be the
subject of much debate] It at
tempts to outlaw nine specific de
vices or practices in order to pre
vent the evils of manipulation.
Japan's new ambassador arrives;
ridicules idea of war.
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1 POLICE TRAP PAIR
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through him that authorities learn
of Pitt county and Sheriff C. B.
Roebuck of- Martin county.
' The arrest followed months of
investigation which led officers ail
over the state and into Virginia
in an attempt to trace down a
' r series of safe blowings, highway
robberies and automobile thefts.
I Tipped off from a source which
ihe refused to reveal, Detective
Poole learned of the hideout here
and called the officers together
' early this morning.
Meanwhile, a member of the
" gang, Elvin Archie, was captured
' in Petersburg, Va., last night, and
it was intimated that it was
; ed of Proctor's hideout.
Gunter, questioned about the
identity of the women, said their
names were Edith, Evelyn and El
sie and that he did not know the'.r
' last names. Police regarded tho
' given names as fictitious.
Has Prison Record
Proctor has served a prison sen-
I tence in this state for robbery and
was parolled from West Virginia
state penitentiary where he was
II serving 12 years, Raleigh officers |
; said. Gunter has served a three
. year sentence in this state for
murder of a man in Sanford, they
stated.
Raleigh is regarded as the home
of Proctor and Sanford as the
home of Gunter, although neither
of them have remained in these
places' for long at a time in sev
eral years.
Raleigh police said the acetylene
equipment was stolen recently
from the Seaboard Air Line rail
road shops in Raleigh.
Charges are pending against the
men in several North Carolina
cities and counties. Sheriff White
hurst of Pitt said they were want
ed there for robbery of the bank
of Winterville and other jobs. The
Martin county sheriff said they
were charged there for similar
robberies.
Local police had not decided to
day whether charges would be
brought against them for the!
breaking and entering of the Nash I
Brick and Coal company office
here two weeks ago and blowing
of two safes, which resulted in no
money being taken.
Investigate Car Ownership
One of the automobiles taken in
the raid was shown by a telephone
call to the license bureau at Ra
leigh to have been registered in
the name of Gunter. Officers, how
ever, were not satisfied as to Gun
ter's legal ownership of the car
and planned further investigation
as to the title. The motor num
ber had been tampered with and
could not be read.
The other car, a high-powered
sedan, was stolen from Southern
Pines February 14th. It had
Pennsylvania registration.
Gunter Is Crippled
Gunter was crippled and couid
hardly walk, even with the aid of
a stick, when he was taken. He
told officers he was suffering from
rheumatism.
Bandits thought to have been
Proctor and members of his gang
barely escaped capture in Raleigh 1
early Friday after a serious auto- 1
mobile accident. The fact that one '
of the men who disappeared after
the accident was badly injured led
officers to wonder today whether
Gunter's crippled condition was
entirely due to rheumatism.
The accident in Raleigh occurred
when an automobile containing two
men crashed into a car driven by
S. E. Griggs, automobile salesman
of Washington, D. C., and sent
him to Rex hospital with several
teeth knocked out and a badly
lacerated face.
Several crowbars and a. battery
such as is used in setting off nitro
glycerin charges were found in the ■
car occupied by the two men who ,
fled.
State college boys picked up
Griggs and the two men and *r
ried them to the hospital. While
the boys were asssisting Griggs
into the hospital, the two fled af
ter unsuccessfully trying to take
the boys' automobile.
Several cars of beef cattle fed
by C. A. Brown of Cleveland in
Rowan County, paid for their feed
and have provided him with be
tween 700 and 1000 tons of manure.
W. M. HARDiSON
CHIROPODIST
Located at 221 Tarboro St
Thur.-Fri.-Sat. Each Week
Removes Corns, Bunions and
Ingrowing Toenails
Residence Phone 1126-J
Dental Survey To
Be Made This Week
Dr. F. G. Chamblee to Ex
amine Spring Hope Stu
dents.
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Dentists of North Carolina will
give their time and services for
two days this week in a State-wide
examination of school children
that probably will be the biggest
concerted health endeavor ever at
tempted in any State simultaneous
ly by members of one profession.
About 700 dentists will go into
grammar and high schools and
give a free examination to 200,000
pupils, white and black, and com
pile a record of their findings.
Recommendations will be made for
needed dental work.
Tuesday and Thursday will be
the days they will visit the schools,
according to a well-arranged
schedule planned by Dr. Ernest A.
Branch, director of the division of
dental hygiene for the State Board
of Health. The examinations will
be conducted under auspices of
the State Dental Society, with the
I cooperation of the Board of Health
and the Department of Public In
struction.
Value of such a survey will be
inestimable, according to Dr.
Branch.
DROP IN MONEY OUT
Washington.—Money in circula
tion on February Bth had been re
duced to $5,317,000,000, compared
to the $7,538,000,000 out on March
9th, 1933.
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Candidates' Cards
NOTICE
I hereby announce my candidacy
[ for the office of Prosecuting. At
j torney for the City of Rocky
Mount on May 4, subject to the
action of the Democratic Primary.
H. LYNWOOD ELMORE.
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NOTICE OF CANDIDACY
Subject to the action of the
Democratic primary, I hereby an
nounce my candidacy for the office
of Judge of Recorders Court for
the City of Rocky Mount, and will
appreciate the support of the
citizenship of Rocky Mount.
S. L. ARRINGTON.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary, I hereby an
nounce my candidacy for the office
of Prosecuting Attorney for the
City of Rocky Mount.
(May 4) NORMAN GOLD.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary, I hereby an
nounce my candidacy for the
office of Judge of Recorder's
Court for the City of Rocky Mount.
(May 4) BEN H. THOMAS.
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New York.—Elaborate mechan
ical methods of classroom ventila
tion are unnecessary, according
to a report released T>y Teachers'
College. Antiquated ventilation
* laws in some states are respon
sible for a. waste of public money,
says the report.
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NOTICE
In the Superior Court
NORTH CAROLINA,
•Edgecombe County.
Emma Jordan Williams
' vs.'
I Starley Williams
The defendant Starley Williams
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been commenc
• ed in the Superior Court of Edge
combe County, North Carolina, for
> the purpose of having the bonds
of matrimony heretofore existing
' between the plaintiff and the de
-1 fendant dissolved and an absolute
. divorce granted to the plaintiff;
' and the defendant will further take
, notice that he is required to appear
at the office of the clerk of the
superior court of said county in
' the courthouse in Tarboro, N. C.,
. on the 7th day of March, 1934, and
( answer or demur to the complaint
filed by the plaintiff in this action,
' or the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded
■ therein or in said complaint.
This February 1, 1934.
A. T. WALSTON,
Clerk Superior Court Edgecombe
County, North Carolina.
J. L. Simmons, Attorney
(4t—F9 to M 2)
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of James Pitt
man, deceased, late of Edgecombe
County, this is to notify all per
sons holding claims against said
estate to present them to the un
dersigned on or before Jan. 26,
1935, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate, please
make immediate payment. This
the 26th day of January, 1934.
GEORGE W. STRICKLAND, ad
ministrator of James Pittman, de
ceased.
W. S. WILKINSON, Attorney.
(6t —J-26 to M-2)
NOTICE OF SALE
NORTH CAROLINA,
NASH COUNTY.
Under and by virtue of the power
and authority contained in that
certain deed of trust given by W.
W. Avera and Mary W. Avera, his"
wife, to R. T. Fountain, Trustee,
on February Ist, 1932, and record
ed in book No. 363, page No. 343,
Nash County Registry, default
having been made in the payment
of the indebtedness thereby secur
ed as therein provided, the under
signed will offer for sale at public
auction to the highest bidder for
cash, on
Saturday,
at or about the hour of twelve
o'clock Noon, in front of the Plant
ers National Bank & Trust Com
pany, corner of Sunset Avenue and
Main streets, city of Rocky Mount,
the following described real estate
situate in the County and State
aforesaid and bounded as follows:
Lot lyin£ and being in the City
of Rocky Mount, adjoining the lot
of W. H. Avera, deceased, and
fronting on Church Street and
bounded as follows:
Beginning at a stake Avera's '
corner; thence with his line S. 70
deg. E. 2.54 chains to Avera's cor
ner; thence parallel with Church
street 20 deg" W. 1.97 chains;
thence N. 70 deg. W. 2.54 chains |'
with Church street N. 20 deg. E.
1.97 chains to the beginning, con
taining 1-2 acre, and being the land j'
conveyed to H. D. Avera and wife,
Mary T. Avera, by deed recorded :
in book 28, page 255, Nash County ;
Registry, and was conveyed to W. 1
W. Avera, by the Rocky Mount 1
Savings and Trust Company by 
deed recorded in book 322, page i
325, Nash County Registery. This 
description is taken from deed T. 
P. Braswell and wife to H. D. c
Avera and wife, Mary T. Avera, £
recorded in book 38, page 255, Nash i
County Registry. j
The above property is free and
clear of encumbrances except deed
of trust recorded in book No. 340,
page No. 268, securing $5,500 to (
the New Home Building- and Loan
Association, executed to R. T.
Fountain, Trustee, recorded in the
Register of Deeds office of Nash
County.
This the 13th day of February,
1934.
R. T. FOUNTAIN, Trustee.
Ben E. Fountain, Attorney.
(4t—Fls to Mg)
~~ I*9TICE
Under the powers contained in
a deed of trust given by Henry
Roberts and wife, Polly Roberta,
to J. P. Bunn, Trustee, recorded in
Book 273, page 590, Edgecombe
County Registry, the undersigned
■will offer for sale at public auc
tion to the highest bidder for cjash,
at the Peoples Bank and Trust
Company corner, in the City of
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on
Saturday, March 3rd, 1»34,
at 12 o'clock M., the following de
scribed property:
Fronting 60 feet on Albemarle
Avenue and running back 160 feet
lying between lots Nos. 67 and 83
and east of lot No. 74, the
premises being lot No. 75 of Bldfl
C. in the survey of the real
°j/- n k°£ an > Trustee,
adjoining said town, which tr 9H
is recorded in Book 75, page
and 571, Edgecombe County
try, to which reference is L
™ a de. for further description &nV
identification, and being the iden*
tical lot conveyed by Paul Gorham.
Trustee, to Henry Roberts and
wife, Polly Roberts, by deed re
corded in Book 218, page 344,
Edgecombe County Registry.
This the 29th day of Jan., 1934.
/dL „ J. P- BUNN, Trustee.
(4t—F-2 to F-23)
NOTICE OF SALE
NORTH CAROLINA,
Edgecombe County.
Under and by virtue of the
power and authority contained hi
that certain deed of trust given
by W. F. Parkerson ar.d« wife,
Kathleen M. and N. S. Bennett and
wife Ruth D. to R. T. Fountain,
Trustee, on February Ist, 1981,
and recorded in book 309, page 874,
Edgecombe County Registry, de
fault having been made in the pay
ment of the indebtedness thereby
secured as therein provided, the
undersigned will offer for sale at
public auction to the highest bid
der for cash on
Saturday, March 3rd, 1934,
at or about the hour of twelve
o'clock Noon, in front of the J
Daniel's Building, .corner of Tar- 1
boro and Washington streets, eity !
of Rocky Mount, the following de
scribed real estate situate ia the
county and State aforesaid nd
bounded as follows:
Being known as lot No. 87, in
Block C, as shown on a survey of
the Hargrove Property, which nr
vey and map is recorded in Book
128, page 491, Edgecombe Oninty
Registry, to which reference is
hereto made, being located on the
corner of Branch and Midway
Streets, said lot having been allot
ed to H. L. Bulluck in the divurira
of his grandfather, the late Sam
uel Hargrove's estate, and was
conveyed by H. L. Bulluck to B. C.
Worstay by deed recorded In
Book 156, page 344; and having
been conveyed to James R. Wore
ley by R. C. Worsley a one-fowrtti
interest by deed recorded in Book
No. 239, page 272, Edgecombe
Registry, the other three-fourths
interest by deed recorded in Book
No. 243, page 291.
This the 29th day of Janwarv.
1934.
R. T. FOUNTAIN, Trustee.
BEN E. FOUNTAIN, Alty.
(4t—F-2 to F-23)
NOTICE
In the Superior Court
NORTH CAROLINA,
Edgecombe County.
MAIE BELLE WIGGINS
vs.
ALBERT CLEVELAND WIGGINS
The defendant, Albert Cleveland
Wiggins, will take notice that an
action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court
it Edgecombe County, the purpose
of the action on the part of the
plaintiff being to obtain from the
lefendant an absolute divorce from
the bonds of matrimony on the
ground and for the reasons that
ire fully set out in the plaintiff's
:omplaint filed in this action, and
the said defendant is hereby re
tired to appear before the under
signed Clerk of the Superior Court
if Edgecombe County, at his
iffice, in Tarbirj, North Carolina,
in the Ist day of March, 1934, and
inswer the said complaint, or the
elief therein prayed will he
granted.
This 29th day of January, 1984.
A. T. WALSTON,
Clerk Superior Corn*.
4t— F-2 to F-23) V,