North Carolina Newspapers

rnsHmom 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 _ i 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 ^ _ 1 -11 C • • 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 Confimted on page five 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 . ... r_ r- i i_ 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 —_t 1. l . .. ^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.