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First Serious Stumble
Outcome—Better
'* Service
The Promised Veto
No One Hurt
Washington—The pojpular ex
pression nowadays when two po
litical observers meet—and every
body in Washington is either a
politician or a political observer
—is "Well, the honeymoon’s over.”
The reference is, of course, to the
love-feast in which the President,
Congress, business, industry, ag
riculture, labor and all the other
elements of the American popu
lation have been sitting together
for the past year. And what is
implied in the phrase is that Mr.
Roosevelt is not so liklv to have
everything his own way from now
on. He probably will get most
everything he goes after, for an
other year or so to come, but he
will have to fight for what he gets,
or much of it.
There is, yet, no effective or
ganized opposition, either within
or without the Democratic party;
nothing whatever that can be
called organization among the Re
publicans, who are in a good den
of a mixup among themselves as
to what policy to pursue or whether
to sit tight and awail develop
ments. But there are many' minor
manifestations of dissatisfaction,
some of which contain the seeds
of future trouble for the Admin
istration.
Mr. Roosevelt, however, is an
adept at meeting trouble. The
most serious trouble that he has
faced thus far is the uproar over
the cancellation of the air mail
contracts and the efort to carry
on tht air mail by the use of the
Army’s planes and flyers.
The death of ten young Army
men in the first two weeks, and
the doubt as to whether there had
been sound ground for the barring
of commercial companies from
- the mail roursr aroused a „ storm ,
of protest here among Democrats
as well as Republicans, which die
President met by ordering mail
carrying by the Army suspended
except under the most favorable
conditions and starting the ma
chinery for the restoration of the
air-mail services to commercial
companies equipped and manned
to perform.
No better proof could be adduc
ed of the President’s political acu
men than the appointment of Col. 1
Lindbergh on the Committee to 1
investigate the whole subject of
army and commercial aviation. 1
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The outcome of the whole air- !
mail matter is to force into the 1
consciousness of the American
people and of many in Washing- ~
ton who did not understand the -
facts, that the Government’s air
services are away behind those of *
commercial companies, in speed, 1
quality and equipment of planes I
and in the skill of their aviators. s
This is the reuslt of several fac- 1
tors, one of them being the fact,
of course that Army and Navy ]
flyers are trained for only one ‘
thing, which is war; and a fight
ing plane is not intended to carry
cargo or passengers or to make
schedule flights "bliqd’’ at night.
Another important factor, how- ;
ever, is the Governmental idea, ;
which applies to everything any :
Government does, of "standing .
pat” on fixed ideas and designs for
everything. So Army plane are
equipped with engines which were
discarded as inefficient by com
mercial concerns several years ago,
built to designs which make speed
impossible. And the Army flyers
are still getting the same sort of
training they got during the war.
There is a general feeling here
that the President’s promise to
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vtw aui luucaMiig pay
rnnts to veterans will not have a
very serious reaction on his poli
tical popularity. Congress will
pass such a bill, because it seems
necessary to a good many Cong
ressmen to go on record in favcr
of it, if they want to be re-elected
—as all of them do. But it is be
lieved here that there is a strong
public sentiment against this par
ticular form of Government ex
travagance.
£ven the President’s closest
friends'•concede that he will not
have such a unanimous Congress
next year. There will be a good
many Republicans elected to suc
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The Carolina Watchman
roUNDSD~1832—101ST YEAR ' SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, »M. ' VOL 101 NO. 34. g£k 2 CENTS
Army May Get Air Mail Funds
HOIPUAL DRIVE'ENDS SAL NIGHT
-
Amendment To
Provide Money
Expected Soon
Emergency Bill Is Expected to Be
Approv ed By Both Houses
Promptly.
FUNDS NEEDED BADLY
Lack Of Funds Is Blamed By Many
For Result of Air Mail
Fatalities.
Washington—An agreement be
tween senate asd house conferees
on the emergency air mail indi
cated that the afmy would soon
receive the benefit of postoffice
funds to pay for the work it took
over from private companies.
The emergency bill goes back
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ku wv/tu huujvj j. uiai avuvu, uui.
approval is expected without ex
tended debate.
The administration brought pres
sure to hasten completion of the
jmergcncy measure after the army
fad complained that lack of funds
svas a contributing factor to the
series of air mail fatalities.
One of the last witnesses was
Zolonel William Mitchell, who re
seated testimony he had made be
fore the senate postoffice com
nittee that America lagged behind
n aviation development.
The house committee probably
svill begin a study in executive
session of the administration meas
.ire today, and the senate com
nittee which also had concluded
learings, is to meet within the next
:wo or three days.
Quite a few changes probably
vill be made in the administratoin
>ill, principally with regard to re
>rganization provisions, but the
MDstoffice department is expected
o insist that the companies which
eceive contracts in the future be
livorced almost entirely from
tolding companies and interlock
ng directorates.
There is strong support on the
enate side for a bill drawn by
ienator O’Mahoney, Democrat of
Wyoming, which would authorize
he postmaster general imntediate
y to put the mail back on private
danes and would establish a system
imilar to that used in carrying the
nail by rail.
February Spinning
Activity Is Higher
The cotton spinning industry
ls reported by the census bureau
0 have operated during February
it 10.15 per cent of capacity on
1 single shift basis as compared
vith 98.5 per cent for January
:his year and 95.0 per cent for
"ebruary, 1933.
Spinning spindles in place on
-ebruary 28 totaled 3 0,992,496 of
vhich 26,3 5 5,498 were active at
ome time during the month, com
>ared with 30,967,862 and 25,65 3,
124 on January 31 and 3 1,088,
182 and 23, 659,100 on February
’8 last year.
Active spindle hours for Febru
iry totaled 6,692,120,318 or an
iverage of 216 per spindle in place,
:ompared with 6,970,394,75 8 last
^ear
rWO HELD IN FATAL
SHOOTING
James H. Lester and David M.
Lester, brothers, were jailed Sun
day afternoon by High P>int po
lice for investigation in cornier -
:ion with the shooting of Wiley T.
Brown, «ged cafe operator, who;e
iody was found in his phce of
ausiness on South Hamilton St.,
tbout 11 o’clock Saturday night
vith a bullet hole piercing the
:omach.
NEWS
BRIEFS
COLLEGE HEAD DIES
Dr. J. A. Campbell, 72, presi
dent of Campbell’s college and
prominent educator of North Car
olina, died in a hospital at Fay
etteville Sunday afternoon after
five days of critical illness. Fun
eral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at Buies Creek from the
college auditorium.
IN HOT OVEN 45 MINUTES
A New York repair man was in
cased in a baker’s oven for 45
minutes Sunday with heat regis
tering 3 50 degrees. The man was
alive when finally removed, but is
in bad condition. He had gone in
to repair the oven after fire had
been drawn, and he could not back
CHARLOTTE POSTMASTER
NAMED
Major W. R. Robertson has been
named temporary postmaster to
succeed J. D. Albright, Republi
can incumbent whose term had ex
pired. and after a good adminis
tration and holding the esteem of
office paatrons. Robertson is a
prominent Democrat and has a re
cord of World war service.
DR. VENABLE DIES IN
VIRGINIA.
Dr. Francis Preston Venable,
noted chemist and president of
the University of North Carolina
from 1900 to 1914, died in Rich
mond, Va., after an illness of sever
al months. He was 77 years of
age. He ranked as one of the best
known educators of the South.
TWO WEEK-END FATALITIES
On highway 10 near Burlington
the body of an unknown man of
about 40 was found early Sunday
night. He had evidently been
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^v a iicavy automoDiie or
truck, his body badly mangled. J.
C. Holcomb, 49, of Winsfon
Salem, died Sunday of injuries re
ceived in an auto accident near
East Bend, Yadkin county.
TWENTY-THREE ON
DEATH ROW
The State prison now has 23
persons sentenced to met death
in the electric chair. Last week
two men were executed for mur
der, but two replaced them from
Forsyth county, Walter Thaxton,
of Person county, is scheduled for
death today. Twenty-three equals
the highest record in the history
of the prison.
ARMY FLIERS ON
JOB AGAIN
Army air mail pilots resumed
te work of carrying mail Monday
morning. Routes to be made are
reduced, from eighteen to eight
and every possible precaution has
been used to avoid further disas
ters. Eleven pilots have been kill
ed since the government took over
the mails, although only four ot
the number were actually engaged
in the work of f I vino mails a t the
time of the fatalities.
TRUCK DRIVER KILLED
WHEN CARS COLLIDE
Ed Adams, of Morven, driver of
a bread truck, was instantly killed
when his truck collided with a car
driven by W. C. Hardison, well
known Wadesboro citizen. The
accident occurred on a straight
stretch on highway 80 about six
miles southeast of Wadesboro.
WOMAN IS FATALLY
INJURED
Mrs. Robert Midkiff, 44, of
Mount Airy, was instantly killed
Sunday afternoon when the auto
mobile in which she was riding
with her brother, J. W. Snoddy,
also of Mount Airy, overturned
os highway 70, near Asheboro.
| Lindbergh in Washington for Air Conference
WASHINGTON . . . Upon the invitation of Secretary of War, George
H. Dern, Colonel Charles Lindbergh came to Washington to confer with
the Secretary concerning army aviation matters and also the airmail flying,
it was reported. Photo shows Secretary Dern greeting Colonel Lindbergh
when the tall flyer arrived at the Army .building, hatless and without
overcoat.
Rail Factions Agree
On Strike Mediator
Washington—Negotiations seek
ing peaceable settlement of the
railway labor dispute moved into a
favorable phase when both execu
tives and labor officials accepted
President Roosevelt’s offer of the
services of the federal coordinator
of transportation, Joseph Ls. East
man, to help smooth the troubled
waters.
W. F. Thiehoff, chairman of the
rail conference of managers, ad
vised the President that the exe
cutives would join the labor offi
cials in accep'tance of the Presi
dent’s offer.
Similar action was taken by A.
F. Whitney, chairman of the Rail
way Labor Executives’ Association.
At the same time Thiehoff wrote
Whitney that the managers dis
approved of the labor officials de
No Banks Failed In
United States In
Past Two Months
Report Reveals That Bank Struc
ture in This Country Is Sound,
Raleigh—Not a single bank in
the United States failed during the
first two months of 1934, Janu
ary and February, Paul P. Brown,
secretary of the North Carolina
Bankers association, said, saying he 1
saw such a report in a national .
publication and quoting official <
sources. -
All of which, he states, indicat
ed that the banks of the nation are
in excellent shape, carrying out
the declaration of President Roose- ]
velt after the banking holiday or
dered on the day he became Presi- .
dent, March 4, 1933, that banks *
which reopened after that date
would be sound and dependable.
In North Carolina Commiss- t
ioner of Banks Gurney P. Hood
issued a statement some weeks ago
that all state banks which were op
erating under restrictions would
havd to submit some plan of re
organization by March 4, 19 34 1
or they would be taken over for ^
liquidation by his department. '
This means that all banks operat- ■
ing now are on an unrestricted'
basis or that a plan of reorgaftiza- ‘
tion has been submitted and ap- ^
proved and this is in progress, or
otherwise, the banks not in these '
classes have been taken over for ;
liquidation. i
mands for a 10 per cent increase
in basic pay.
Thiehoff told Whitney the man
agers did not even consider
that the 10 per cent raise proposal
was before them.
In this letter, Whitney told
Thiehoff it was useless for the two
parties involved in the railway labor
dispute to continue their confer
ences as at present, and said the
labor officials were accepting the
President’s proposal for calling in
Eastman before further meetings
are held.
The Whitney letter advised Mr.
Roosevelt that he would be kept
abreast of alf developments, and
also was accompanied by a copy of
the labor officials’ most recent
answer to proposals of the rail
executives for a cut of 15 per
cent.
Smokers Lead
Fire ‘Setters’
rheir Carelessness Responsible For
5 6 State Forest Fires In
February.
Raleigh—Careless smokers were
■esponsible for 56 forst fires in
February—leading the list of
:auses—out of the 243 fires in the
i 3 organized counties of the state,
Dharles H. Flory, assistant state
orester, reports.
Pleasure seekers, including camp
ers, hunters and fishermen, drop
>ed from frst to thrd place with
[5 fires. Brush burners caused 32,
mknown causes, 27, miscellaneous
!5, railroads four and lumbering
wo.
\uto Factory
Sales Higher
February factory sales of au
omobiles manufactured in the
Jnited States were shown by the
:erisus bureau to have totaled
13 5,376 vehicles, compared with
61,086 in January, 106,888 in
7ebruary, 193 3, and 117,418 in
7ebruary, 1932.
Of the February total, 190,253
yere passenger cars, 45,096 trucks
ind t7 taxicabs. All divisions
howed gains, except taxicabs.
GOOD
MORNING
A BLISSFUL DELAY
Mrs.: "Can you remember when
you proposed to me? I was so
overcome I couldn’t speak for an
hour.”
Mr.: "Yes, it was the happiest
hour of my life.”
TEMPEST FUGIT
A fly was walking with her
daughter over the head of a very
bald man. She said: “How things
change, my dear. Y7hen I was
your age this was only a footpath.”
THE BARE FACTS
"I hear Howard has become a '
nudist.” 1
Ua kllvnA/j 1, ! . L _1_(
—-J -— — ***•“ »** J WllVVUta
behind him.”
SAFETY NOTE
First Taxi Driver: "I met my
wife in an unusual way—ran over 1
her with my car, and later I mar
ried her.” 1
Second Taxi Driver: "If that
happened very often there wouldn’t
be so much reckless driving.”
OLD CUSTOM IN DISCARD
A certain cannibal king an
nounced to the British govern
ment that he has given up the
habit of eating small boys. Youth,
notes the L. & N. Employes, Maga
zine, will apparently no longer be
served.
EGGS-ACT
Cook: "I’m leavin’ in exactly
three minutes.”
Mrs. Jones: "Then put the
eggs on to boil, and we’ll have
them right for a change.”
BOTH SIDES OF THE
QUESTION
Customer: "I’ve brought that
last pair of trousers to be reseat
ed. You know, I sit a lot.”
Tailor: "Yes, and perhaps
you ve brought the bill to be re
ceipted, too. You know, I’ve
stood a lot.”
ON THE USES OF ADVERSITY
Plumber (arriving late) : “How’s
everything?”
Man of the House: “Not so
bad. While we were waiting for
you to arrive I taught my wife
how to swim.” •
SCOTCFIMAN BUYS
SOMETHING
“Did you hear about Sandy Mc
Collough findin’ a box of court
plasters?”
“No, did he?”
"Yes—so he went and bought a
pair of tight shoes.”
NATURALLY
He devoured as much food as 1
the average man eats in a week.
Then he leaned back in his chair
and looked full in my eyes.— (From
a novel.)
Is it any wonder?
ADD BRIGHT SAYINGS
"Why, daddy, this is roast
beef,’’ said little Willie at a din
ner one evening when Mr. Smith’s
boss was present.
"That’s right son,” said the older
Smith, “What of it?”
"Why you told Momma this
morning that you were g .ing to
bring an old mutton head home to
dinner this evening.”
EX-NEGRO
"Say, Sambo, what time in yo’
life does yo’ think yo’ wuz scared
de worst?”
"Once when Ah was callin’ on
a hen house an’ de farmer came
in an’ caught me. Boy, wuz Ah
scared!”
"How are you salt dat wuz de
worsest yo’ evah been scared?”
" ’Cause de farmer grab me by
the shoulder an’ he say: "White
boy, whut yo’ doin’ here?’ ”
$4,750 Raised
Towards Mem.
Hospital Here
Large Group Of Canvassers En
gaged In Active Work Have
Not Made Their Report.
SCHOOLS RAISE $706.22
$41.17 Cash Is Reported Thursday
Morning As Being Raised By
Colored Division.
A report Thursday morning bv
jryce P. Beard, chairman of the
fowan Memorial hospital drive in
Jicated that $4,75 0 had been rais
:d to date in the last roundup
lrive to net $15,000 necessary for
:he erection of a modern fireproof .
lospital in Rowan county.
Arrangements have been made
:o have the roundup campaign
Yimp rn a r 1 ncr»
J —o—
:his week and those who have been
:ngaged in active canvassing for
donations are requested to com
plete their canvass by tonight in
Jrder that the full amount of the
drive may be known by Saturday.
Donations from school children
pi the county amount to $706.22,
pf this amount, $609.17 was raised
by the Salisbury school system.
The first report from the col
ored division showed at headquar
ters yesterday was $41.17 in cash
and while no report was given of
the number of pledges the amount
raised in this manner was indicat
ed to be about $160.
The class of Miss Ruth Pierce of
the Wiley school has led the local
schools in contribution to the cam
paign with $20.
The Henderson school reported
donations to the hospital of $52.62.
The report from the Innes Street
school showed they had raised
$58.87.
The colored school, county
schools and the Spencer schools
have not reported to headquarters.
High Record For
Home Loans Made
Establishing for the second
week a hfgh record in the number
of loans closed and cash and bonds
paid out to take up mortgages the
Home Owners’ Loan corporation
during the week which ended
March 16 closed and made disburse
ments to take up 170 mortgages
on homes, the amount involved
oeing $384,066.98, it was reported
oy Alan S. O’Neal, state manager,
with headquarters here. Disburse
ments for the week reported upon
:arried the total thus far paid out
:o $4,175,080.67, and the number
>f mortgages which have been
;aken over by the corporation to
519.
In his weekly report Mr. O’Neal
;tated that 119 loans for $268,
i86.66 were approved and sent to
:he legal department for final ex
imilnation of titles. These com
mitments brought the total num
aer of loans approved and sent to
:he legal department for final ac
:ion to 3,786 involving a total of
£8,310,549.5 5.
Rowan Cotton Report
E. B. Marsh, special agent for
:he Department of Commerce, ad
vises The Watchman that 12,544
sales of cotton are being ginned
n Rowan county from the 1931
:rop as compared with 10,660
sales from the crop of 1932. -
The pioneers used to go to bed
it nine o’clock, and they were able
sn their long and restful sleep to
suild up this great country, while
sow we begin our parties at that
lour or later, and we are hardly
ible to keep the country going.