The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 3, NO. 31
Breaks Ground
For Playhouse
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Mayor Coleman Breaks Ground For
$100,009 Theatre—Speakers
Heard
With a witnessing tho
ceremonies at the Sunset avenue site
1 and an untold number of persons
listening to them over the local ra
dio station, the breaking of the
ground for Rocky Mount's new Car
olina Theatre was accomplished.
Mayor T. W. Coleman was the first
to break the ground for the pro
posed $lOO,OOO theatre, and Prank
P. Spruill, local banker, was in
Charge of the ceremonies.
Besides Mr. Spruill, Don Bullock,
local business man; L. B. Aycock,
city manager; and others, spoke
- briefly at the ceremonies which were
broadcast over Radio Station WEED.
Other officials attending the
ground-breaking included Avery
Wynn, owner and operator of the
radio station; J. G. Hammond, lo
cal man whose firm will handle the
ifj" electrical part of the construction
) for the new theatre; 8. S. Toler,
, whose concern will be in charge of
the construction; Claude G. Edger
ton, manager of the present Caro
ina theatre; and R. E. Deans, of
Wison, who with J. T. Etheridge,
of here, will handle the plumbing
and heating work.
Mr. Etheridge was not present.
This thieatre, expected to fake
about seven months to construct, will
be the finest south of Richmond,
Va., in the opinion of Manager Ed
,* • gerton, interviewed before leaving
on his vacation. The estimated
cost will be $lOO,OOO, and it will
have the "atmosphereic effect" in It.
It will be located behind the John
Odom residence that faces North
Church street, and will be between
it and the local beauty ihop on
Spnset avenue. The theatre will be
modern in every respect, said Mr.
Edgerton.
Mr. Bulluck is constructing the
building and is leasing the building
to the North Carolina theatres, In
corporated, for a long period, it
'J*' has been explained.
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Last Rites For
Mrs. W. G. Griffin
WcU-Known Local Woman Dies Alt
ter Long Illness—Funeral From
JBaeghLet's. Horn*
Funeral services for Mrs. W. G.
Griffin, well-known resident of the
city and widow of the late W. G.
Griffin, were held from the home of
her daughter Mrs. W. A. Bul
luck, 200 South Grace street.
Dr. J. W. Kincheloe, pastor of
the First Baptist church, officiated
at the services. He was assisted by
# Rev. J. A. Satterfield, Presbyter
ian minister. Burial followed in
Pineview cemetery.
, v Mrs. Griffin had been a patient
at a local hospital for over two
years. She died from complications
of a number of diseases. Mrs.
Griffin, who was a native of Nash
County, was 70.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
v W. A. Bulluck and Mrs. J. A.
Speight, both of this city, and a*
son, W. E. Griffin of Durham.
Active pallbearers at the service
■»#' were M. D. Munn, T. W. Cole
, man, George L. Parker, T. A. Ave
ra, Graham Hammond, R. S. Con
yers, L. L. Pettitt and J. M.
Daughtry.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr. it.
S. Anderson, Dr. L. W. Korne
. gay, Dr. A. L. Daughtridge, Dr.
I ■. C. T. Smith, Dr. Newsome Battle,
1 Dr. R. H. Speight, J. C. Bras
" well, M. F. Jones, J. A. Rosen
&Bofai, H. W. Cubchin, George
Winstead, Tom Easterling, J. M.
Fox, J. R. Bobbitt, E. S. Ballen
tine, E. C. Speight, B. C. Moore,
and J. R. Chambliss.
Mrs. J. S. Hoard
Buried At Tarboro
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Tarboro, July 28. —Funeral servi
ces for Mrs. J. Stephen Hoard,
i well known Tarboro woman, were
held from her residence at five
o'clock yesterday afternooir with
burial following in the Greenwood
"*• cemetery. Rev. Chester Alexander,
pastor of Howard Memorial Presby-I
k:-"vterian church, officiated.
Mrs. Hoard died in Raleigh hos- i
. pital Saturday after an illness of j
| several mo:* j - She was 50 years
• old. , *JV*
I Mrs. been a resident of
Tarboro for many years and num
bered many locai residents among
her friends. She was a member of
the Episcopal church.
Surviving are her husband, J. 8.
Hoard; three daughters, Mrs. W.
6ji A. Street of New Bern; Mrs.
Charles Cherry of this city, and
Miss Mildred Hoard of this city;
one son, 'Stephen Hoard, Jr., of
this city; three brothers, J. A.
,5 Mitchfll of La Grange and W. J., and
A. T. Mitchell of Rocky Mount,
and two sisters, Mrs. Willie An
' dersou and Mrs. Annie Anderson,
, both of Rocky Mount. A number
; . of grandchildren also survive.
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j, - fi- William Adkinson of New York
City, Miss Margaret Home, Lee
Buuuck, and Airs. L. D. Bulluck
have returned to the city, after
spending some time at Nags Head
and Virguia Beach.
Fake Orange Juice
Prohibited In N. C.
Diluted Orange Drinks, Artificially
Colored, Banned By Food Ruling
The Department of Agriculture's
food and soil division will begin en
forcement of a ruling passed by the
Board of Agriculture prohibiting
the use of artificial coloring, simu
lating orange juice, in soft drinks,
W!. M. Allen, division chief, said.
The ruling, passed by the board
at its meeting here Monday, modi
fied previous State regulations to
conform with a regulatory notice to
the orange beverage industry issued
by Henry A. Wallace, Secretary
of Agriculture, last November.
The effect of the ruling it was
explained, is to fvbid within Nor'h
Carolina what has been banned by
the federal government. Wallace's
notice said that diluted orange
juice drinks which through use of
artificial color simulate orange
juice are operating "to deceive the
consumer as to the identity of the
article." The notice said there was
no objection under the Food and
Drugs Act to the sale, on their own
merits, "of such articles if not arti
ficially colored or otherwise treated
in a manner to simulate pure or
ange juice."
Scout Swimming
Meets Planned
Rocky Mount District Event To Be
Here August 14, Council Meet
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The Boy Scouts of America of the
Rocky Mount district of the East
Carolina council will stage their
yearly swimming meet August 14
here at the municipal pool, and then
first place winners of that meet
will compete with winners of other
district meets in Tarboro August 21,
it was announced.
There are 6 districts in the. East
Carolina council, and each will hold
its district meet prior to the coun
cil meet in Tarboro, it was shown.
Other districts include Kinston,
Washington, Greenville, Wilson and
Roanoke Rapids.
The Rocky Mount district meet, to
be staged starting at eight-thirty
the night of August 14 at the local
municipal pool, will see participants
from the various local troops. First
place winners in each of the eight
events are eligible to compete in
the East Carolina council meet in
Tarboro two weeks later. This is
irrespective of the troop to which
they belong. Events of the meets
both here and in Tarboro are the
same, and include the following:
Length of pool, free style; length
of pool, breast stroke; length of
pool, back stroke; plunge for dis
tance; 50-yard dash, free style;
60-foot rescue race, using cross
chestcarry speed only; four man re-j
lay race—breast crawl, back, and j
free style and diving—plain front,
front jack, swan, and any three
others.
Regulations are that no Scout may
enter more than two events count--
ing diving, and the age limit is
>l2 to 18 years inclusive.
About 50 or more boys will bo
entered in the East Carolina coun
cil meet in Tarboro August 21, it
was shown.
John King Brewer, manager jf
the local pool, stated that the Rocky
Mount pool had been made avail
able for the event to start at 8:30
o'clock on the night of August 14.
Centralization
Gets Knocking
Centralization of authority in Ra
leigh to such an extent that the
average man believes he has no
voice in the state's government is
one of the reasons why Dr. Ralph
McDonald received such a largs
vote in recent Democratic primaries
in his fight for nomination for the
governorship, declared S. F. Tea
gue, former Wayne county state
senator, in an address before the
Lions club Thursday night.
The Lions held their dinner meet- ,
ing at the Hotel Goldsboro, instead
of at the Woman's Club as custo
mary. ,
Senator Teague declared that had
he been renominated, he would have
supported a move by which such
groups as school teachers, profes
sional men and others would have
had direct representation in legis
lation relative to them.
The centralization of government ,
is a problem which the Democratic
party must face, he said.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Limber
son are the guests of Mrs. W. H.
Bowling. Mr. and Mrs. Lamberson
are making 'heir home in Warsaw,
where Mr. Lamberson is connected
with the Electrical Company.
C. F. Richards, Sherrod Wells
and Mark Williams, Jr., have re
turned from New York, after spend
ing the past week. The trip was
made by automobile.
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Miss Leslie Darden spent last
week-end at her home in Plymouth.
Miss Dorothy Zerbaek is visiting
friends in Norfolk, Va.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1936
Tarboro Woman
Shot By Youth
J. D. Brown, Jr., of Pinetops Held
For Shooting; Claims It Was Ac
cident
Tarboro, July 28.—Ruby Green,
24-year-old local white woman, lay
in a local hospital tonight with »
v. ound from a .38 calibre bullet
through her neck and cheek while
her alleged assailant John Dempsey
Brown, Jr., 21, of Pinetops was un
derstood here to have been released
under $lOO bond after a prelimi
nary hearing in Scotland Neck.
The shooting occurred about 3
o'clock Monday afternoon on High
way 258 in Halifax County near
Scotland Neck as the man and wom
an sat in the rear seat of an auto
mobile driven by a Pinetops youth
whose last name was given as Sutn
erlin. His first name could not be
learned.
State Highway Patrolman Otley
Leary arrested Brown here follow
ing the shooting when Brown and
Sumerlin stopped at a filling station
to wash blood from the car. Leary
said Brown had taken the wounded
woman to the hospital t.then had
bought new clothes from a local
store, putting them on to replace
hi# others which were covered with
blood.
Brown, who was kept in jail here
for several hours before Halifax of
ficers came for him, was quoted by
Leary as saying the shooting was
accidental. He said, Leary -related,
that he was pointing the pistol at
the girl but had no idea of firing
it when she grabbed his hand, caus
ing the weapon to discharge. Both
the woman and Brown were drunk,
according to Brown's statement to
the patrolman.
Physicians sad tonight the girl's
condition was "good" and that she
would probably recover. The bul
let entered the left side of her
neck, ranging upward and making
its exit through the lower portion
of the right cheek.
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Ordination Held
For Rev. Forbis
Second Presbyterian Church Pastor
Rev. Forbis, Ordained Here
Members of the Second Presby
terian church were still recalling
the ordination and installation ser
vice that saw their new pastor, Rev.:
R. L. Forbis, formerly ordained i
here. A number of out-of-town |
ministers participated in the cere
monies at the local church.
With Rev. E. Carlyle Lynch,
Presbyterian pastor of Wilson, de
livering the ordination sermon, the
first ordination and nstallation ser
vice held in the Second church here
was conducted. Rev. Normon John-;
son, pastor of the First Presbyter
ian church here, propounded the
questions to the pastor, Rev. Mr.
I Forbis, and Rev. Chester Alexander,
(pastor of the Tarboro Presbyterian
church, delivered the charge to the
pastor.
Elder F. M. Pridgen, of this
city, delivered the charge to the
congregation, and the topic of Rev.
Mr. Lynch's ordination sermon was
'"Christ th e Center of the Chris
tian World."
The service was Sunday night,
and Mr. Forbis, only 24, was re
cently unanimously called for full
time work as pastor of the Second
church here. He has been here since
last month.
CCC Camps Are
Open For Veterans
W. M. Burwell, manager of the
N. C. State Employment Service' in
Vance and Granville counties, re
quested that the following be made
public:
An order from the Veterans' .Ad
ministration through H. P. Wil
liams, Veterans Placement Officer,
is quoted as follows:
'You are authorized to fill an
nounced various CCC Camp replace
ment quota without regard to re
lief requirements. All other eligi
bility requirements must be observ
ed.
All veterans registered with the
Employment Service are to be given
opportunity to go into CCC Camps,
and it is expected further that
many veterans have been anxious
to get into the camps, but up to
this time have found it impossible
on account of the necessity of be
ing certified for relief. This restric
tion has been removed under the
order.
Anyone desiring additional infor
mation or blanks for application
may get same at Mr. Burwell's if- i
fice in Henderson, or see him in
the court house in Oxford on Wed
nesday morning of each week in re
gard to all matters in connection
with public employment.
Those desiring to go to camp and
who are eligible are urged to make
application at once.
Charlie Daughtrdge has returned
to Washington, where he is work
ing, after spending a few days witn
his family here.
Dr. and Mrs. Wm. T. Oliver have
as their guest Dr. Oliver's mother,
Mrs. Betty Vaden Oliver of Chath
am, Va.
j Coon Hunting "A La Frank Buck"
Humane sport! Catching treed coons in a net is the latest fad at
Old Point Comfort Beach, Va., where coon hunting has become a seri
ous novelty in the tourist curriculum. Miss May Lindsay is shown up
a tree ready to snare Mr. Raccoon with a net. It's a miniature Bring
'em Back Alive sport here.
Let's Have Benches With Backs
Miss Nell Battle Lewis in Her Column Incidently in the
News and Obseryer writing on the changes in the Capi
tol Square, states that while much money has been spent,
that the public doesn't enjoy the new capitol square as
they did, the old capitol square. In the new capitol
square stone benches without backs have replaced the old
benches which had comfortable backs. Miss Lewis states
that the weary soul can not get real rest unless there is
some support to the back where one can relax, which is
indeed very true.
Many of our changes which have come to us at great
cost have not meant for comfort or beauty.
People do not enjoy the capitol square now as they did
>ears ago, because the benches are not as comfortable as
the old benches were.
Now Rocky Mount does not even have the benches, much
less the backs! The Rocky Mount Herald believes that
Rocky Mount should have benches with backs, which Miss
Nell Battle Lewis calls attention to.
GOOD DEMOCRATS WILL SUPPORT ROOSEVELT
There was a suggestion in the Greensboro Daily News
recently that they were afriad that there were many good
State Democrats who would not vote for Mr. Roosevelt.
We can not see how a voter could be a good State Dem
ocrat unless he could vote for Mr. Roosevelt. The work
of President Roosevelt in lifting us out of the depression,
relieving nakedness and hunger and saving our homes and
institutions is what the Democratic Party is standing hun |
in this campaign and every loyal Democrat should feel
and point with pride to the leadership of President Roose
velt.
The news article intimated that these good State Demo
crats had taken great interest in the last campaign and had
put much help in the recent primary, but they were afraid
that some oi these same State Democrats could not and
would not follow Mr. Roosevelt.
They mentioned certain groups, such as the Liberty
Leaguers and the Balanced Budget group. The Democracy
of some of these groups has been questioned from the very
beginning, in fact, they have never been considered good
Democrats.
Red Cross Head
Appeals For Help
Tarboro, July 24.— N. E. Gres
ham, chairman of the Edgecombo
county chapter of the Red Cross
today awaited a reply to an appeal
for help sent to the national or
ganization. He estimated crop dam
age in Tuesday's storm at half a
million dollars in southeastern Ed
gecombe county.
Mr. Greshani's appeal, telegraph
ed to Washington, said: "Hail and
windstorm struck eastern Edgecombe
county two-forty P. M. July 21.
Many houses partially destroyed.
Crops completely wiped out. Dam
age estimated one half million dol
lars. One hundred fifty tenant fam
ilies affected. No loss of life. No
injuries. Need relief."
Mrs. E. L. Forbes, county wel
fare officer, after surveying the
damaged area, said there was no
immediate need for relief. By this,
she explained she meant no one was
actually homeless or hungry as re
sult of the storm. She emphasized
however, the imminent need of help
within a short time if the people
of the affected section are not to
suffer.
Among large planters whose croj s
appeared to have been totally de
stroyed, Mrs. Forbes said, were
Jones Dozier, Archie Burnette, W.
H. Carson, S. J. Carson, and Ba
ker Woniaek. A large number- of
others suffered partial to nearly
complete loss.
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Miss Isabelle Suiter and Miss
Josephine Jenkins spent Tuesday in
Wilson as the guests of friends.
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Mr. and Mrs. \y. D. Jo.vner
have gone to Virginia Beach, where
they will spend several days.
Miss Mary Daniel is the guest of
Miss Margaret Sears at her home,
Pickett Farms, High Point.
Youth Of 17 Is
Made Deputy
Wlson, July 28.—The youngest
person ever to be so named, accord
ing to Sheriff W. A. Weathersby
here Monday, was made a deputy
sheriff of the Weathersby forces
Monday.
He was Earl Weathersby, 17 year
old nephew of the sheriff here, and
graduated last June from Wilson's
Charles L. Coon high school.
He started work Monday imme
diately after he was deputized by
the clerk of the court here.
A few minutes later in the office
of Sheriff W .A. Weathersby here
he was congratulated by Deputy
Sheriff John L. Bryant, of Elm
City, 64 year old dean of the Wil
son sheriff's office.
Former Local Man
Interred In Va.
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Dan E. Hooker, 52, former resi
dent of this city and brother of
the late Mr 3. P. G. Cobb, was
buried after funeral services in
Danville, Va. He succumbed sud
denly Friday morning in Danville
while on a visit there to the home
of his wife's mother, Mrs. W. P.
Powell.
Mr. Hooker, who once was with
the firm known as Bailey Draughn
and Company and with J. D. Blount
department store here, died of what
was believed to be a heart attack.
He had been making Greensbo.'o
his home, and was in business
there.
The funeral was in Daaville with
interment following there.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. La
lia Powell Hooker; brothers, W. T.
Hooker, Mount Tabor; and L. C.
Hooker, St. Simons Island, Ga., and
several nieces and nephews.
PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL
PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON
State Treasury
Shows Surplus
General Fund Surplus Nearly Mil
lion; Highway Surplus Over Nine
Million
The North Carolina general fund,
from which all general state ex
penditures are made, closed the fis
cal year on June 30 with a credit
balance or surplus of $949,927, the
Budget Bureau announced.
The highway fund, Chairman C.
M. Waynick said, had a cash bal
ance of between $9,000,000 and $lO,.
000,000 but- only $0,000,000 to $7,000,-
000 was "unencumbered," due to un
spent allotments already made.
For 1933-34, the first year of Hie
Eliringhaus administration, the gen
eral fund listed a $74,072 credit bal
ance and for the fiscal year 1934-35
the figure was $712,253, although
there was a cash overdraft of over
$2,000,000.
Revenue collection last fiscal
year, as reported on June 1, to
talled $53,608,780, a new record,
with the general fund receipts of
$28,743,757 being 19.14 per cent more
than in 1934-35.
The general fund last fiscal year
received $32,151,632 from all sources,
including $1,000,000 from the high
way funds as "sales tax on gaso
line" and $1,415,025 from non-tax
revenue sources such as earnings,
fees, dividends, etc.
Expenditures aggregated $31,201,-
705.
_Th e sales tax produced $10,181,-
373 of the revenue and income taxes
yielded another $8,088,119.
The public schools cost $20,223,-
211 of the money spent; debt ser
vice cost $4,281,233; educational in
stitutions $1,784,488; charitable %nd
correctional institutions, $1,597,221; j
pensions, $580,169; executive and ad-j
ministrative, $1,550,507; judicial,!
$367,029, and state aid and obliga- j
tions, $803,882.
The general fund credit balancj
consisted of $600,787 in cash and'
$349,140 in income taxes assessed •
but deferred on the installment plan.
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Halifax Is Fifth
Largest Seller Of
Liquor First Year
County Sold $238,484.05 Worth To
| June 30; New Hanover Heaviest
I Seller; Edgecombe, Wilson, Nash
Follow In Order
Halifax County, fifth in line of
the 18 eastern counties to report
gross sales of $2,754,024.45 up to
June 30, according to the State De
partment of Revenue, reported
$238, 484.05 for the first year of op
eration.
Wilson County, the first to dis
pense legal liquor a year ago un
der the so-called Pasquotank Act
rammed through the General Assem
bly in its-Just 36 hours, reported
total sales of $273,912.23,
New Hanover County, in which
two summer resort centers are lo
cated, led all the other counties
with sales totaling $329,644.33. Its
sales during last month were the
heaviest of any county, totalling
$32,268.06, nearly twice as much as
any other county reported.
Smallest sales were reported by
Greene County, which was allowed
to open its stores only after a law
suit. Greene collected $30,768.60.
Though it was allowed to open
stores only after the first of the
year, Franklin County, which ope
rates at Fmnklinton, the nearest
dispensary to dry and populous Ra
leigh, collected $45,469.56 to June
30.
On total gross sales of $2,745,-
024.45, less tax, the 18 eastern
counties, operating 64 ABC stores,
paid something near $75,000 to the
State of North Carolina in sales tax.
Moore County, which does not de
rive any profits from liquor sales
and allows its stores in the resorts
of Southern Pines and Pinehurst
to be operated by the Wilson Coun
ty ABC board, reported sales of
$167,136.65.
Edgecombe County followed di- ,
rectly behind New Hanover in to
tal amount of sales, reporting $279,-
998.88. Nash, reported $244,991.40,
Pasquotank, $87,736.63, Carteret,
$.->3,920.31, Craven, $73,340.52, Ons
low, $46,373.68, Pitt, $211,897.89,
Martin, $97,587.40, Beaufort, $106,-
960.48, Warren, $61,054.20, Vance,
$198,154i.63, and Lenoir, $197,192,-
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NATIONAL INCOME
TOWNSEND CONVENTION
ABOUT LEGAL RESERVES
LABOR DIVIDED
i MORE DESTROYERS
I PEEK HOLDS HIS FIRE
ELECTION SPECULATION
. By Hugo Sims, Special Washlngtoa
s Correspondent
Every year the Department of
t Commerce makes public its esti
. mates of the national income both
, produced and paid out. The income
. produced is the market value of
i commodities produced and services
rendered, less the value of raw ma
terials and equipment expended in
the process of production. The in
come paid out represents the to
tal received by individuals for their
economic services, whether for la
bor, management or capital.
In 1932, the national income pro
duced was $81,304,000,000, and that
paid out was $78,032,000,000. By
1932, the income produced dropped
|to $39,543,000,000 and the income
i paid out was *48,362,000,000. Since
1929, income paid out has exceed
ed income produced, making it no
cessary for business to dip into re
serves to pay wages, dividends ahil
interest. Gradually, however, there
has been a tendency toward a bal
ance, reflected in the figures for
1935 when the income produced waa
$52,959,000,000 and that paid out
$53,587,000,000.
The Townsend Convention at
Cleveland was a colorful, emotional
affair, with fervid speeches by tho
leaders of the movement, assisted
by such other leaders as the Rev.
Charles E. Coughlin, of Detroit,
and the Rev. Gerald Smith, present
head of the late Huey P. Long's
"Share-the-Wealth" movement. With
about 4,500 voting delegates, stay
ing in tourist camps, boarding
houses and various hostelries, the
convention was noted by an absence
i of smoking and an abstinence from
j liquor. The barge of oratory
brought rousing demonstrations
from the audience, which, at times,
' gave the glad hand to conflicting
• statements. For example, Father
; Coughlin, the Detroit priest, got a
rousing reception as he ripped off
i his coat, vest and Roman collor
: and applied epithets of "liar and
; betrayer" to President Roosevelt.
| However, Gomer Smith, of Okla
j lioina, declared that President
I Roosevelt had saved the nation from
. Communism and also received en«
i thusiustic cheers.
I The delegates at times were vig
orous in demonstrating the state
ment that the movement should
back William Lenike for the presi
dency and at other times were
equally as enthusiastic in applaud
ing tho statement that the move
ment should let Third Parties alone.
Finally, the conventon voted unani
mously against endorsing any candi
datd but the announcement was
made that Dr. Townsend, the Rev.
Smith and Father Coughlin would
speak for the Lemke candidacy.
Following a course that has bean
urged for many months by certain
bankers an deconomists, notably
Wintlirop W. Aldrich, chairman of
the Chase National Bank, the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System raised the legal reserve re
quirements of member banks fifty
per cent, thus eliminating some $l,-
450,000,000 of excess reserves now
estmated at $3,400,000,000. This ac
tion disregarded the advice of other
bankers, notably S. Parker Gilbert,
of J. P. Morgan and Company, who
insisted that there was no undue
expansion of credit and to raise
requirements at this time might
jeopardize recovery.
It was explained that the inflow
from aboard in the past of Uvo
and a half years of more than
three billion dollars in gold had
created enormous excess reserves
and that the action of the Govern
ors, effective August 15th, would
remove a surplus which might lead
to speculation and an inflation far
greater than that of 1929. The ac
tion of the Board, of course, is
"highly experimental" and will bo
"watched closely."
The fight in the ranks of Labor
is now scheduled for a show-down
on August 3rd when the twelve
unions which have appointed them
selves into a committee for indus
trial organization have been sum
moned to stand trial on charges be
fore the American Federation of
Ijibor Council. President William
Green expresses the hope that some
compromise might be reached and a
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