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1 C^a^rai-Walkcr ~| Betty Compton, actress, (above) was to have become the bride of for mer New York mayor, James J. Walker, (below) in France during the second week in April. Divorce was granted the former Mrs. Walker In Florida in late March. Baseball Again Baseball is officially under way for the season of 1933, the season being launched in major and minor leagues during the last week. . And here we picture the man who really typi fies the great American game at this time. It is none other than the Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth, as he sat on the N. Y. Yankee bench awaiting the call - . . “Play Ball.’’ To The Philippines The new Governor-General of the Philippines, is Prank Murphy, (above) mayor of Detroit at the time of his appointment by President Roosevelt. This appointment confirms the report that Homer 8. Cummings will remain as Attorney General, hav ing stepped in at the sudden death of 8enator Walsh. The Radio Priest Dispite the bombing of his home: Also notice of suits for libel and criminal slander, the latter, by a Detroit newspaper, in connection with the banking situation there, tiib Rev Charles E. Coughlin, Radio Priest of Royal Oak, Mich., went on tie air the following Sunday, 11 re tracting not one word ’ ’ of specific charges 1366 Are Placed In Jobs In March By State Service During March, 1,413 calls were received from persons and! firms in this state, requesting that appli cants for employment be sent to them. In response to these calls 1,500 applicants were sent out by the state public employment ser vice and 1,366 were reported ac cepted or- placed. Of the total placements during March, 28.1 per cent are women and 8.9 per cent are war veterans. The active files of the offices con tain the names of 16,873 appli cants, of which 29.8 per cent are women and 11 per cent are war veterans. Placements in all classifications, except that of "Unclassified and general common labor,” showed a marked increase over February. In this one classification, however, a decline of 60 per cent under the February figure was noted. Reports from 200 of the 2800 manufacturing establishments thruouc the state, which are re gularly contacted by the depart ment’s representatives, indicate a decline in employment of 2.2 per cent under the same month last year. The report on production for March, 1933, is 84.6 per cent of that of a year ago. There is a note of optimism, however, in the out look for employment for the next three months, as expressed in the statement that 12 per cent of the firms reporting expect to increase, their personnel during this period while only 1 /i per cent are ex pecting to operate with fewer em ployees. U. S. Plan For Curing World Ills Moving with the same swiftness that has marked its attack on do mestic problems, the adlministra tion has begun a spirited effort to insure effective action rather than mere idle talk at the world econo mic conference. Invitations to come to Washing ton for personal talks with Presi dent Roosevelt on economic prob lems have been issued to nine pow ers. They are: Great Britain, France. Italy, Germany, Japan,' China, Argentina, Brazil and Chile.' These countries were told by the! State Department that the Presi dent would be glad to receive their premiers or officials they might de signate. If it were inconvenient to send a mission, they were invited ' to discuss plants for ohe World Economic Conference with the ' United States' through diplomatic channels. Before the foreign statesmen will ‘ be placed an "American plan” for curing the world’s economic ills. While details of the plan have not ; been revealed, it is understood to 1 cover, among others, the follow ing points: 1— Drastic reduction of tariffs. 2— Abolition or modification of 1 import quotas. 3— Stabilization of internation al exchange, probably through a gradual reestablishment of the gold standard. 4— Stimulation of commodity prices. Russia Left Out The purpose of the Washington conversations, as outlined authori tatively is to establish a personal, cordial contact. It is hoped that these talks will encourage the "common man” to feel that the economic conference is not "just another conference” but a real, sincere effort to end the depres sion. Russia, one of the most powerful Commercial nations, will not be included among those with whom the United States conducts preli minary talks, the State Department said. Russia is a member of the Economic Conference, but the State Department will not invite its officials here because the two : countries lack diplomatic relations. WANT HEAVY BEAUTY Palo Alto, Calif.—The beauty queen at Stanford university’s an nual masquerade ball this year must, weigh at least 150 pounds, the rally committee,, sponsors of . the ball, announced. CASHIER SHOOTS BANDIT Ashville, Ala.—An unidentified bank bandit was shot and probably fatally wounded here during an at tempt to rob the Ashville Savings bank. R. D. DuBois, cashier, opened fire • when he saw the young bandit draw a pistol. * Do You Know? + % «r I HIMiMMMHlBMHiMiTliliBHIiillflffiiiniliflllliy iiiiiffll i 'i liiii'iiiBiinrng'iiBi»nnimmiririnrrn Photograph, Canadian National Railwayt THAT the rock bearing a runic inscription, as shown above, tends to bear out the theory that Norsemen landed in North America long before Columbus announced its discovery? The rock which is now in ♦he public library of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, was found at Vaughn Lake near that town. ' Rudy’s Wife As Love Thief Sued New York.—While crooning Rudy Vallee was busily wooing lis wife in an attempted reconcil ation, the lovely Fay Webb Vallee ivas just as busy wooing Garfield (Garry) Leon, handsome Adakio lancer, Mrs. Kathleen Leon charg :d when she dropped a $100,000 ove theft suit in Mrs. Vallce’s lap. "Wow,” Says Rudy The surprise suit was revealed •vhen Mrs. Vallee, on her way ionic to Santa Moncia, Cal., with ler father, Chief of Police Clar :nce E. Webb of that city, was :erved with a summons in the ac :ion at Harmon, N. Y. Fay and her dad, who came here it Vallee’s request in an attempt :o assist at reconciliation conferen :e, were very upset when handed :he summons at Harmon, after :aking the trouble to avoid public lotice by going there instead of warding the train at Grand Cen :ral. But after a conference at the station, Chief Webb decided to :ake his girl home, summons or no ummons, and they continued' their ourney to California. "Wow!” was Rudy’s first arti :ulation when notified that Mrs. -eon says she wants $100,000 from drs. Vallee for the stolen love of crobatic Garry Leon. Upsets Rudy and His Lawyer "We lenow nothing of this uit,” hastily said Hyman Bushel, awyer for Vallee, who happened :o be at Essex House conferring vith the singer. "We had hoped :he matter would not" be made mblic.” Vallee, definitely estranged from lis wife, let his statement stand as "Wow.” Neither Hhe singer or :hestra leader nor his lawyer would ;omment on the report that the :riendship of Fay and Garry, now i member of the team of Taylor md Leon, playing at Loew’s Thea :res, caused the final smash of the Sallee’s marriage. Now that Fay has been served, ittorneys for Mrs. Leon will file :he $100,000 love theft action in Supreme Court. Fay and Rudy were married on July 5, 1931, in West Orange, N. J. Only a few weeks later Fay went to California alone. Rudy explained her health was poor and ishe needed the California air. From ! that time on their spats and recon ciliations followed in rapid suc cesion. Home Loan Plan By Example If you are hard pressed to meet mortgage payments on your home, and it doesn’t exceed $10,000 in value, this is the way the Roose velt plan for refinancing would operate: Insurance company holds a $6, 000 mortgage—for example—on owner’s home now valued at $9, 000, on which the interest rate isj six per cent, or above, but owner' is unable to pay. Either the insurance company or the owner has to approach the "Home Owners Corporation” of fices for refinancing. The insurance company will ac cept, in exchange for the mort gage, bonds issued by the corpora tion on which the Government guarantees four per cent, interest. In return for the sure interest the company may agree to mark down the debt to $5,000. The corporation then gives the owner a new mortgage with a face value of $5,000 payable in fif teen years at five per cent inter est. In addition, the corporation may advance him cash for payment of taxes and necessary repairs and cover it in the mortgage. In the discretion of the Home Loan Bank Board, the owner may be given a three-year moratorium on his debt. The owner could make his payments monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. GETS QUICK DIVORCE Flot Springs, Ark.—A record divorce was granted to Mrs. Mary Rainey, Newark, N. J., from her husband, F. C. Rainey. They a greed to disagree after coming here two months ago for a vaca tion. Mrs. Rainey’s application was filed and the divorce was granted 24 hours later. Assails Free Love As Peril To Race New York.—Free love, as it is entimentalized in sexy movies and :rashy novels, has taken another ;ock on the chin. In delivering the blow, Dr. Tenry Neumann, leader of the Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society, jroclaimed that, though husbands tnd wives may "lie and cheat,” md "no law can force them to be aonest,” still— , "If love and civilization are to survive, the institution of holy ■natrimony must carry on,” he said. Dr. Neumann was addressing a ueeting of women at Teachers College, Columbia University, in a leries of lectures given in memory >f the late Anna Garlin Spencer, suffragist and humanitarian. Fie selected the freeTove test of Ber traud Russell, English philosoph er, as the chief target of his at tack. He said he was sickened at the tendencies of women who allowed themselves to be victimized by false arguments favoring free love. Mating, he added, is but a single incident in a process of wooing. The great present-day need, Dr. Neumann said, is neither more lib erty nor stricter divorce laws, buc rather a higher grade of personali ty and honesty with one’s self. The truly married, he declared, under stand, without law or coercion what those loyalties are which make their unions an increasingly noble companionship. Miss Thompson | Is Winner In Beauty Event • The title of "Miss Salisbury” was bestowed on Miss Gertrude Thompson at the American Legion beauty contest held at the Boyden high school auditorium Wednes day night. Miss Louise Harry and Miss Gar nelle Raney 'were declared second and third place winners. Miss Thompson, as "Miss Salis bury” will go to Wrightsville Beach August 18 and 19 to compete for the title of "Miss North Carolina.” Wallace Taking Farm Aid Out Of Political Hands New Secretary Informed On The Problems Of The Soil By Work As Agricultural Editor FARMS ENTER ECONOMICS AgriCulture, for better or worse, is out of the hands of the politi cians, says Rodney Dutcher, Wash :_ _i_ Ill VUIH The farmers are the intended beneficiaries of the most far reaching program of economic re habilitation that any government —perhaps excepting Soviet Russia has ever devised. The man who will supervise this gigantic attempt to put agricul ture on its feet is President Roose velt’s secretar-y of agriculture, Henry Agard Wallace, of Iowa. Wallace never held office before, He is an economist, an agricultural scientist, a dirt farmer and a business man who has been in con stant contact with farmers and their organizations through his editorship of one of the most dis tinguished and successful weeklies of the middle west. .He holds the respect of farmers, economists, scientists—and politicians. Right behind him, helping to carry the enormous burden of pow er which it is hoped can be used to save 10,000,000 farmers and their families from ruin, are Prof. Rexford Tugwell and Dr. Morde cia, economists who have specializ ed in agriculture. Tugwell, who nr-ic in ononotrnn a R r\ncn velt in the campaign, is assistant secretary. Ezekiel, who has been assistant chief economist with the farm board, is economic adviser to Wallace. They are the "Big Three" be hind the new farm program. They framed it with the advice of Pre sident Roosevelt, of farm organi zation leaders and others and1 are now trying to figure out how best to make it work. Wallace thinks in terms of farm prices, overproduction, taxes, acre age, planting, charts, yield, mort gages and the various other aspects of the farm problem. To a stranger he seems saturated and rather preoccupied with it. Handsome, medium-sized, younger than his 44 years, wearing a rather unruly shock of hair hardly be ginning to gray, and with deter mined, thoughtful eyes among other semi-rugged features, he seems friendly but slightly hesi tant and even indifferent at times. But that appears due to his caution in making statements. One can’t imagine the man ever going off half-cocked. One of his friends is quoted as reporting: "We look an adding machine last night and went out to Henry’s house and' had a hell of a time!” Henry himself would never use such language. In Wallace’s Farm er-which hi<: vrandfar'her. -Henrv. and his father, Henry C., edited before him, and which his 17-year old son, Henry B., probably will edit some time in the future—-you find regularly two, pages entitled 'Sabbath School Lesson” by Henry A. Wallace himself. The journal’s slogan is "Good Farming, Clear Thinking, Right Living.” USE EGGS FOR TICKETS Strausburg, Colo.—Two djpteen eggs for adults and one dozen for children will be the price of ad mission when the Young People’s Dramatic club presents the play, "Aaron Slick From Pumpkin Crick,” TO REDUCE PERSONNEL Washington.—Attorney General Flomer Cummings has promised drastic reorganization and scaling down of personnel in the depart ment of justice. They Rule Supreme In Agriculture Henry Morgenthau, Jr., (left) and Secretary of Agriculture, Henry A. Wallace, (right) are the two men who will rule supreme in federal activities to give relief to agriculture, as provided in President Roosevelt’s farm measure. All farm and agriculture bureaus have been consolidated under the direction of one board with Mr Morgenthau at its head, who will work directly with Secretary Wallace Both Drop Sense le ss j In Battle Wife From Blows, But Husband Rum, She Testifies Salem.—After a pitched battle in their New York city apartment four years ago, during which she was thrown down a flight of stairs and threatened with a carving knife, both Mrs. Elizabeth Deane Williams of North Andover and her husband, Richard V. Williams, a Philadelphia writer, fell uncon scious. The coma into which she lapsed! when the melee ended was caused1 by exhaustion from the blows she received at the hands of her hus band, but Williams’ stupor was the result of too much liquor, the attractive young wife told Judge Harry R. Dow here in Probate Court as she petitioned for a divor ce on the grounds of habitual in-1 toxication and cruelty. I Mrs. Williams’ testimony, how-1 ever, was rivaled by that of a.noth-[ er Mrs. Williams, who asked the' same court for a divorce from Rol lins B. Williams of Beverly on the identical allegations of habitual in toxication and cruel and abusive treatment. She is Mrs. Pauline P. vy iiiiiiiiio ux. oaicui. one, tuo, was' tossed down a stairway by her husband and subjected to frequent assaults, she charged! The first Mrs. Williams, daugh ter of well-to-do parents, became a bride at a brilliant wedding in King’s Chapel in Boston on Nov. 28, 1926, and went to New York City to reside with her writer husband. She described for the court the drinking habits of Wil liams and! in a graphic manner told of the domestic imbrogolio in which both she and he fell into un consciousness. This occured late in 1928, she said. "He was getting drunk quite consistently, almost every night,” maintained Mrs. Williams. "One evening he came home intoxicated' and started to quarrel with me. He locked me in the apartment and hid the key. Then he came at me, and I was thrown down a stair way. "My husband next picked up the tongs from the fireplace and1 struck me with them when I came up stairs again,” she revealed. "I tried to resist him, but he kicked me. I was kicked into another room, and I was bleeding, bruised and cut. He picked up a carving knife and stood over me. "But then the knife fell out of his hand, and he dropped off into ' a stupor. I managed to find! the key and to escape. I got into a taxi cab and went to the home of some friends, but I was unconscious in the cab when it arrived.” Jud'ge Dow1 took both petitions under advisement, neither Mr. Wil liams appearing to contest the case. TRY TO BREAK UP GANGS Knoxville, Tenn. — Juvenile leaders have started an extensive campaign to disband a number of alleged "secret societies’’ organized by groups of young boys here. Three alleged ringleaders believed to be part of a large "gang” which has committed robberies and other depredations in residential sections, have been arrested. ACTRESS LOSES JEWELS Hollywood.—Laura Le Plante, film star, lost a purse containing jewels valued at $10,000 in Agua Calie.nte, Mexico, and has returned there in search of it. Naval Aeronautics Chief she: Commander John A Towers, (above) of the U S. Navy is ex pected to succeed the late Admiral Moffett, lost in the destruction of the Akron, as chief of the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics Hero of Akron Rescue Captain Dalldorf, master of the German oil tanker Phoebus, is to be honored in some be-fltting manner for the heroic rescue made of the three surviving members of the Akron crew. Such is the order of President Roosevelt. Minister To Denmark Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of the reat commoner, ia the new U 8. linister to Denmark, the first oman ever named by an American esident to represent this country a foreign court. | Roosevelt Goes Western | Elliot Roosevelt, second son of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, re signed all advertising business con nections when his father took oSiee, to avoid possible' complications. He is now in the west and is shown at Port Worth, Tex,, under a 10 gallon hat.
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