WASHINGTON
A Quick Start
White Collar Jobs
Toward Actual
Recove, y
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Washington—There is a strong
belief in Administrative circles that
the latest set of initials—CWA—
is going to do more than anything
else that has been tried so far. It
is only three or four weeks old, but
already money is flowing into the
pockets of hundreds of thousands
in many parts of the country, in
payment for real work actually un-j
tier way.
CWA is the Civil Works Admin-1
istration. It has nothing to doj
with the huge program of public
works administered by the PWA
tinder Secretary Ickes. Nor has it
any relation to CCC, the Civilian
Conservation camps. It is the Ad
ministration’s quick way of put
ting four million men and women
at work in a hurry, at real wages,
on real work.
To do this, a lot of red tape had
to be cut, so the champion red-tape
cutter, Harry Hopkins, was called'
in to boss the job. It takes a long
time to get men at work on public!
works, because after the money hasj
been allotted the plans have to be
drawn, the bids for contracts have
to be advertised for, and it may,1
and usually does, take many
months, perhaps a year or more, be
fore there is much to do for which
wages can be paid. The Adminis-j
tration has not lost faith in its
public works program as a means
of getting money into wide circu-j
lation, but.it turns out to be too
slow. Millions of unempleyed are
facing a winter of distress, with
Welfare and relief funds harder to
get. Moreover, as Harry Hopkins
and others pointed out, keeping;
people on the dole for any length
of time gets them out of the habit
of work.
So the CWA plans to take 2,-J
000,000 men and women off the
dole and put them on wages for
which they will have to work, and
-■ to add another 2,000,000 who have
not yet been forced to apply for
relief, but probably would have'
to before Spring.
And they are already starting to
work!
Take one sitate, Massachusetts,
for example. The Governor and
the mayors of several cities left
Washington on a Thursday night,
where they came to get their in
structions how to start the ball
ing the old Bay State.
Exactly one week later the first
of the new work projects had been'
approved, and in less than a week'
payroll checks were rolling from'
Washington to Boston for the first'
payoff. In the meantime the Gov-|
ernor and the State Emergency Fi-'
nance Board had called a meeting of I
city and town officials at the State
House to tell them how to go'
about getting their people off the
relief rolls and on the new CWAj
payroll.
All that any city or town had to
do was to offer some sort of a pro
gram of public improvement, get
the approval of the Board, and go
ahead. The programs have only to
be; approved once, not referred and
re-referred until they get back to
Wshington. They must . provide
regular work at regular wages for
-unemployed people able and willing
to work. All oroiects are to be
done by dav labor, not by contract.
The working week is to be 30;
30 hours, and the pay at the rate of
50 cents an hour for unskilled la
bor. $1.20 an ihour for skilled
labor. Workers to be selected by
the heads of welfare departments
in each community, who are ap
pointed Civil Works Administra
tors in each case.
The work undertaken under CW
A includes such employment for
the "white collar” class of unem
ployed as statistical surveys, work
in state laboratories and municipal
hospitals, employment on the staffs
of museums, art galleries and other
public centers, casvassing commu
nities in behalf of "clean-up and:
directions and supervision of pro
jects mainly employing manual la
bor
Such work includes pest control,
rural sanitation projects, reclama
tion and repair parks and play
grounds, repair of sewers and sani<
tatio equipment, road work that
does not conflict with major state
and Federal roadbuilding pro
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400 Teachers To Get Jobs
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New Teaching
Projects Will
Provide Work
Dr. Allen Hopes to Have Largt
Number of Teachers on Payroll
By Christmas.
TO BE PAID 40c PER HOUR
An Allotment of $30,000 Expected
To Be Available Within A
Fnv Days.
With an allotment of $30,000
already approved for the organiza
tion of work projects for unem
ployed techers in the state, Dr. A,
T. Allen, state superintendent of
public instruction, hopes to have
400 unemployed teachers at work
on relief teaching projects by
Christmas, he said. The only
trouble right now is that the regu
lations require that these teacher*
must have been on relief rolls oi
eligible for relief and in a good
many counties there are not enough
teachers who have been on relief to
sunnlv thp n«*ds of- thw* nrnierfs.
But if the regulations will permit
the employment of any unemploy
ed teachers, more than enough can
be found. Dr. Allen said.
The allotment of $30,000 for the
organization of these teaching pro
jects has not yet been made avail
able in cash, but it is expected to
be available within a few day?T As
soon as this is done, these teach
ers can start to work. They will
be paid 40 cents an hour or $12
a week for a maximum of 30 hours
a week.
Indications are that there will be
more of the nursery school pro
jects, for children from two to six
years old, than any others, Dr. Al
len said. There will be some vo
cational education classes and some
adult classes too. But there seems
to be much more interest in the
nursery school classes than any
others.
"Ten of these nursery school
classes have already been organized
in Edgecombe county and others are
being organized in other counties,
so that indications are we will have
more of these than any other type
of project,” Dr. Allen said.
These nursery school classes will
be for pre-school age children from
families on relief or from other
famtlies where the children are un
der-privleged. They will be given
instruction similar to that given in
kindergartens and will also be given
one meal a day. The parents of
these children may enroll in these
schools.
N. C. PECAN CROP
Washington—The cri|p report
ing board estimates North Caro
lina’s pecan crop this year at 700,
000 pounds compared with 375,
000 pounds last year and an aver
age of 697,000 pounds from
1926-50.
ASKS MEMORIAl
TO HONOR MULE
Lexington, KM.—A movement
for the erection of a lasting tribute
and memorial to the mule has been
launched here by H. O Bishop,
Virginia historian, now engaged in
preparing an account of pioneer
days in Virginia and Kentucky.
Mr. Bishop believes that the part
played by the mule in the settle
ment and development of the
South has never been properly ap
preciated, and he hopes to see his
movement result in the creation of
3 statue or other symbol of the ap
preciation of man for his faithful
beast of burden, perhaps in Lex
ington, where there are a number
>f famous JiorsBs.
According to Mr. Bishop, the
first American mule was bred on
George Washington’s farm at Mt.
Vernon after the Revolution.
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NEWS
BRIEFS
MURDERER RETURNED
Dwight Beard, returned to North
Carolina from St. Paul, Minn., to
face trial at Morganton for the
slaying of Augustus Bonous, Val
dese merchant is in the Buncombe
county jail for safekeeping. He
will be taken to Morganton to stand
trial. Bounous, a meat market
operator, was slain on the night of
! February 18, 1932.
' *4 CARS CRASHED
Fourteen freight cars of South
ern train 56, northbound with a
'cargo of cotton, coal, meal, timber
i furniture, piled into a splinter
ing mass a few hundred feet north
of Jamestown station. Railroad of
ficials say a broken truck under
one of the freight cars caused the
wreck. The double-tracked main
line was blocked for several hours.
No one was hurt. Engineer John
Sparger was at the throttle on the
fast freight.
1SNOW HAS 21 PIGS
Russell Shugart, a Yadkin coun
ty farmer, reports 21 pigs in a
litter born to a sow with a record
on two former occasions of 13
each. Yadkin is on the the relief
list for an allotment of 3,500
pounds of pork for distribution.
The sow probably resents Jthis.
CONVICT MURDERER OF 4
Mark H. Shank, attorney of Ak
ron, Ohio, was convicted at Benton,
Ark., of the poison murder of Al
ivin Colley on August 15. The
j verdict carried the death penalty.
! Shank was charged with poisoning
j the Colley family on a picnic to
i prevent Colley testifying agfainst
I him for larceny.
I CAPITALIST MELLON DEAD
j Ricnard B. Mellon, ranking with
| his more famous brother, Andrew
I Mellon, as one of the world’s rich
est men, died at his Pittsburgh
1 home.
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FRENCH TO DEFAULT AGAIN
j The French government of Pre
Imier Chautemps has given notice
! tbat it has no intention to meet the
I $19,1 54,000 installment of the war
: debt due the United States on Dec
I ember 15.
j REBEL AGAINST LONG
j Residents of the sixth Louisiana
j congressional district staged a re
| bellion against the Huey Long po
etical machine, burning ballots for
the election to fill a vacant con
gressional seat, destroying adver
tisements of the Long political ma
chine, and securing court orders de
nying payr to any officials serving
in the election. Senator Long had
arranged for his candidate to be
without opposition.
STATE’S REVENUE RISES
General fund tax receipts of the
state in November were $1,047,776
as compared with $598,131 for No
vember, 1932. The sales tax net
ted $590,000. Highway fund col
lections totaled $1,458,343 or
$205,778 over November, 1932.
DEATH VOIDS
IMPEACHMENT
Federal Judge James Lowell, 64,
died in Boston. His death ended
impeachment proceedings started in
congress because of his decision de
nying the extradition of a negro,
George Crawford, to Virginia to
face trial for murder.
BOY ENACTS TRAGEDY
Telling his playmates just how
near he came to meeting death,
Walter Cudd, 13, at Union, S. C.,
proudly lifted his new rifle to dem
onstrate his escape when the rifle
exptoded and the tragedy story
was never completed in narration,
yet ended in horrible reality.
_Murder—Two Confessiomi^^
Above are the principals in the
year’s most mystifying murder of
Mrs Rheta Gardner Wvnekoop at
Chicago Above, left is Earle Wyne
koop, husband of Rheta, below,
and son of Dr Alice Wvnekoop,
right. The partly clad body of
the wife was found with a bullet in
the back on the operating table in
Dr Alice Wynekoop's basement office
at Chicago. Grilling of Dr. Alice and
son Earle finally brought forth con
fessions from both, each absolving
the other
Loans Halting
Foreclosures
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Halting foreclosures on 24 homes
were asked, the Home Owners^
Loan corporation during the week'
which ended December 1, paid out'
[in the state $150,120.58 in bonds
[and cash, taking up mortgages
on 43 homes, it was announced by
Alan S. O’Neal, state manager of.
the corporation, with headquarters
here.
During the same period, Mr.j
O’Neal reported, loans on 118'
[homes were approved, the amount'
involved being $268,5 62.88. Final
legal examination will now be made
in these cases before the bonds and
cash are paid out. These approvals
brought the total of loans approv-;
ed since the corporation began its1
activities during the summer to
1,5 5 0, 'the total amount involved
being $3,5 53,849.1 1. j
Mr. O’Neal also said that in-j
eluded in the loans approved were
19 totaling $73,497.71 in which
the corporation, with the co-opera-|
tion of mortgage holders, effected
reductions in the principal amounts
of $13,974.74.
93 Years Ago Caro-1
lina Watchman Said!
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NOV. 20, 1840
Whiskey quoted at 45 to 5 0c per
gallon.
Ten negro slaves for sale, proper
ty of James G. Spear estate, Con-|
cord, N. C. Among the number!
to be sold is a boy about 20 yearsj
of age named Green, who has been;
raised as a cook.
Administrator’s notice: Sale of
24 negroes, 10 horses and cattle, also
farming implements, formerly the
property of John E. Cowan.
REWARDS 2 FOR
“wet” ballots
Morganton—Clifton W.
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or egg
voter in Smoky Creek precinct
in Linville No. 2 precinct who cast
ballots for repeal of the amend
ment. J. F. McGimsey, the
candidate, polled 81 votes in
Creek and 40 in Linville No. 2.
Several days ago the voters
claimed the prizes. Jim Lane came
from Smoky Creek and declared he
was the wet voter in his prerinct,
while Tip Mayfield declared he was
the rightful claimant to one of the
awards by virtue of having cast a
wet ballot in Linville No. 2.
Rowan Grange
Organizes Seventh
Degree Club Here
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A Seventh Degree club of the’
Rowan Grange was organized at the
courthouse on Wednesday night.
Quite a number of Grange mem
bers of the county attended and
were eligible for membership.
W. G. Yeager, county agent, was
named president; F. D. Patterson,
vice president; Pearl Thompson,
iecretary and treasurer; C. R. Ad
ams, gate keeper; Mrs. J. C. Bar
ber lecturer. These officers will
serve for two years.
A picnic style supper was served
In the grand jury room after the
meeting.
BURNED TO DEATH
Miss Charity Willoughby, 80,
was burned to death at her broth
:r’s home, near Lumberton. The
some was destroyed.
Do You Know The Answer?
Answers on Page Four
1. What state bounds Connec
ticut on the east?
2. Where is Rutgers university?
3. What does dolichocephalic
mean?
4. Is a child born of Chinese
parents in the U. S. an 'American
citizen?
5. Who wrote "Conquest of
Granada?”
6. Describe the flag of an Ad
miral of the Navy.
7. Of what institution is the
U. S. National Museum a branch?
8. In military law what is con
scription?
9. Does water expand or con
tract when freezing?
10. Where is Tangier Island?
FACES DEATH THIRD TIME __
Heywood Patterson, Alabama
negro, for the third time was con
victed of criminal assault on a
white woman asd heard the sentence
of death. His counsel will again
take the fight for his life to the
highest courts. The trial of Clar-'
ence Norris, second of eight de
fendants held on the same charge,
has begun in the court at Decatur,
Ala.
GOOD
MORNING
Passerby (running into house af
ter hearing screams) : "If you don’t
stop beating your child I’ll call tlu
police.”
Man’s voice from within: "Thh
is no child it’s my wife,”
Passerby: "Oh, pardon me, I’m
sorry I intruded.”
UNCERTAIN ENCOURAGE
MENT
Patient: "Doctor, how are my
chances?”
Doctor: "Oh, pretty good, but
1 wouldn t start reading any con
tinued stories.”
A BLISSFUL AILING
Whaffo’ you looking so unnec
.ssary, Glutinous?"
"Ah feels like a dumb owl. Pre
dicament.”
"Reveal yo’ meaning, man.”
"Ah jes’ don’t give a hoot.”
TRUE TO TYPE
"Miss Curlycue,” murmured the
office manager to the stenog, "I
don’t wanna be harsh. Nothin’ like
that. I really don’t;’-’
"Let’s have the answer,” said
the damsel nonchalantly. "What’s
bitin’ you now?”
1 just
grease they ordered”
QUALIFYING
"Sir, I have courted your daugh
ter for six years.”
"Well, what do you want?”
"To marry her, of course.”
"Good, I thought you wanted a
pension of something.”
ANOTHER SCORE FOR PAPA
Little Sniffleblister: "Say, un
cle, when are you going to play
football again?”
The Rich Uncle: "Why, I
don't play football. What makes
you ask that question ”
Little Sniffleblister: "Well, pop
says that when you kick off we are
going to get a brand-new automo
bile and a house.”
SWAT THE SERPENT
Grandma: "Oh, Jenny, darling,
I am surprised! Aren’t you going
to give your brother part of your
apple?”
Jenny: "No granny. Eve did
that and she’s been criticized ever
since.”
BUSINESS TO THE END
"How’s this? asked the lawyer.
"You’ve named six bankers in your
will to be pallbearers. Of course,
it’s all right, but wouldn’t you
rather choose some friends with
whom you are on- better terms?”
"No judge, that’s all right.
Those fellows have carried me for
so long they might as well finish
the ‘job.’’ . | j ,
A SLICKER
"Don’t you want to buy a bicycle
to ride around your farm on?”
asked the hardware clerk, as he
wrapped up the nails. "They’re
cheap now. I can let you have a
first-class one for $35,”
"I’d rather put $35 in a cow,”
replied the farmer.
"But, think,” persisted the clerk,
"how foolish you’d look riding
around on a cow.”
"Oh, I don’t know,” said the
farmer, stroking his chin; "no more
foolish, I guess, than I would
milkin’ a bicycle.”
THE SILVER LINING
"Where did you find this won
derful follow-up system? It would
get money out of anybody.”
"I simply compiled and adapt
:d the letters my son sent me from
college.”
GAMBLING
REVENUE
IS SOUGHT
■House Sub-Committee Proposes 50
Additional Changes to Reve
nue Act.
$270,000,000 IS ESTIMATED
If Proposed Changes Adopted Will
Close Opportunity For Tax
Avoidance.
Spreading its net to gather more
millions in revenue from gambling
and property sales or exchanges
between members of wealthy fam
ilies, a house ways and means sub
committee proposed 30 additional
changes in the revenue act to raise s
an estimated $3 5,000,000e.
Together with yesterday’s report
which suggested nine major revis
ions to bring in a calculated $235,
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tions brought to $270,000,000 the
estimated total added levies and tax
savings proposed.
Chairman Hill, Democrat of
the subcommittee, announced that
"new
might
certain features re
troactive on this year’s incomes if
there were no constitutional bar.
The subcommittee proposed to
deny the taking of losses in the case
of sales or exchanges of Drooertv
between members of a family, or
between a shareholder and a cor
poration in which the shareholder
owns a majority of the voting
stock.
Several transactions of this kind
were brought to light in the senate
banking investigation. The sub
committee described them as "for
the sole purpose of taking a loss
for income tax purposes.”
If adopted, the report said such
a change would "effectually close
this opportunity for tax avoid
ance.”
The term "family” was defined
to include brothers and sisters,
spouse, ancestors and lineal des
cendants.
The subcommittee propoed lim
iting deductions of losses from
legal gambling transactions to the
extent of the gains the same as now
provided for illegal gambling.
LIKE JOSEPHUS
Glowing praise of Josephus Dan
iels, United States ambassador to
Mexico, was printed recently by the
newspaper Nacional, organ of the
government.
Daniels, former $esrsetsry of the
Navy under Woodrow Wilson, and'
publisher of the Raleigh, N. C.,
News and Observer, was criticized
on his appointment at Mexico City,
because he was Nxvy Secretary dur
ing the Vera Cruz occupation in
1914.
El Nacional carried a signed ar
ticle by Justino Pakraares, Mexican
author, praising Daniels as a sincere
friend of Mexico, and as having
demonstrated his love for rhis re
public in various ways.
"When Daniels came here,” the
article said, ’Various groups ignor
ant of Mexican history called him
a radical enemy, hut the American
ambassador is an honest man come
to complete the work eminently
started by the late Ambassador
Dwight W. Morrow. As a diplo
mat and a newspaperman, he Ins
shown us his talent and a golden
heart.**