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22 New Codes Raise Wages, Will Increase Employment Twenty-two newly approved codes of fair competition for 3 wide variety of industries, pro vide for increased rates of pay, ,nd. according to estimates, will result in substantial increase in em ployment, ranging from 10 to as high as 50 percent. The latest approval, that for the mayonnaise manuiacturing trade, is confidently expected to add'*17 t0 18 percent more worker and in c reuse pay rolls 13 percent. The distilled spirits industry gives promise of greater reabsorption! of the unemployed. An instance of improvement in living conditions js instanced in the scale of wages provided in the code for the talc .md soapstone industry, whose workers in Georgia have received as low is 7 fz cents an hour and are raised to a minimum of 25 cents an hour "above ground” and 30 cents underground, with 5 cents more per hour in the North. It is estimated that present em plovment of 136,000 in the bowl ing and billiard ~r-....ing trade will be increased 3 3 1-3 percent. The sanitary and waterproof specialties industry calculate week iv work hour reduction will nec essitate 20 percent more workers and hourly wage increase wil' reach 40 percent. The same percentage ot new workers will he required by the canvas goads nidus ty and 15 percent by the - needlework trade. The code ot the machinery ana allied products industry was ap proved on condiii a th ■ etch of the trade associations representing the 3 9 subdivisions shall arneni its constitution, bylaws and/or articles of incorporation or associa tion to the satisfaction of the Na tional Recovery Administration within 30 days from March 28. In all 39 subdivisions, ferrm'e employees doing substantially' the same work as males shall receive the ‘ante pay. The motorcycle industrv declined 68 percent from 1929 to last .spring, yet its business has increas ed and under the Presidential Agreement its pay rolls increased 25 percent and minimum hourly wages percent. The code of the coal dock in dustry is expected to increase em ployment 14 percent and the codes for the printing ink manu facturing and beverage dispensing industries 15 and 20 percent, res pecti'ely. Statistics show that members of the covered button in dustry already have increased their workers 24 percent during the last 4 months of 1933 and the first 2 months of 1934, but fuither in crease is necessary. Ninety per cent of those on the pay rolls of the wooden insular pin and bracket manufacturing industry will re ceive more pay under the terms of that code. About 16 percent more workers will be taken on by the manufacturers of ladies’ hand bags, with estimated pay-roll in crease of 12 percent. Other codes approved were for the following industries and trades: Drinking straw, flag manufacturing, quick silver, fibre and metal work, cloth ing, clay machinery, metal lath, and collapsible tube. t— ■■ ■ m ■ ■ ■. .. J Still Ice Queen j NEW YORK . . . Petite little Sonja Henie of Norway (above), has lost none of the grace and dar ing which made her world champion figure skater as she returns to Ameri can rinks to defend her crown. Governor Denies The Charge Of R. L. Whitmire Was Not Even Aware That A Contest Was Be mg lielE in Polk County. Governor Ehringhaus branded the charge of R. L. Whitmire, of Hendersonville, that he had at tempted to "manipulate’’ the se lection of the Polk county board of elections in "the interest of a favored candidate” as "entirely unsubstantial and without basis of fact.” "I have never even communicat ed with a member of the State Board of Elections about the nam ing of any county board and I didn’t even know about any contest in Polk cunty,” Governor Ehring haus said when informed of Whit mire’s charge. "I know nothing of the matter. The charge is entirely unsubstanti ated and without basis of fact.” Whitmire asserted he would "contend to the last ditch against the chairman of the Democratic state executive committee and the governor in attempting to mani pulate the election machinery of the state and district in the intei est of a favored candidate.” CROPS INCREASE Farm crops will yield an increase in income estimated at approxi mately 5 5 per cent higher than the income of 1933, Secretary of Ag riculture Wallace has announced. Administration officials hail the increase as a direct result of the activities of the Agricultural Ad justment Administration. BUSINESS BETTER The nation’s business continued to advance last week in spite ol labor controversies and unseason able weather all over the country Sweeping gains were recorded a: against business at this time Iasi year, but the nation has not yei fully recovered from the paraly sis of the national bank holida] last March. Dunn and Bradstreei set the increase at 48 per cent. IL DUCE WINS AGAIN Nearly ten million Italian vot ers came to the polls Sunday an< voted overwhelmingly for Premiei Mussolini and his regime. Earl] returns of the plebiscite left iu doubt as to the outcome. Th< first official count gave 98 pei cent of the vote to Mussolini anc his fascists, while only a few seal tered thousands voted agains :hem. TWO DIE IN WRECK An automobile and a passengei bus of the Old South lines collidec Sunday in the vicinity of Gastonia J. D. Clarke, 18, driver of the au tomobile, died instantly and Free Heafner, 35, passenger, died it the Gastonia hospital later. Botl were residents of Crouse. Norn of the 20 passengers on the bu: was injured. S. W. Arnold, ol Greenville, S. C., driver of thi bus, was placed under a $2,50( bond for his appearance at the in quest. Capital and labor can always gel long harmoniously, provided thej are allowed to soak the public. fLTWWEEK'S NEWS] home sweet home? a|| shack in Arkansas, where living || conditions are being investigated || by Government representatives, M houses a family of five. It has no ■ conveniences and the stove is a S discarded oil can. jBflMMii BIDFOLDED TEST — The old fold test for comparison of rs is a daily morning feature of jboratory duties of experts in the inental- Distilling Corporation :s. No one is born a whiskey ex it is a cultivated taste that soon becomes an extra sense. GREETINGS AND CONGRATULA- _ TIONS—On Mrs. Franklin D. Roose velt’s return to the capital from trip M to Puerto Rico, President Roosevelt i|j went to the station to meet her. It 5 was their twenty-ninth wedding an WWmmm™ersary- a FRED ALLEN, famous air comedian, and his wife, Port land Hoffa, appearing in a new show, "The Hour of Smiles,” every Wednesday night. { ■ •RADIO VOTE-RECORDER—An ’ instrument which permits radio listeners to push one of three buttons Indicating whether he liked, disliked, or reserves opin ion on a particular broadcast has been made public by Dr. Nevll M. Hopkins of New York ■■ ■" ■ University. NEW BEACH OUTFIT worn by Ida Lupino is composed of a plaid seersucker blouse and matching wrap-around skirt worn over the bathing suit. Miss Lupino Is now appearing in the screen success, "Come On Marines.” dfcXITY and COUNTY 2"_IVEWS L5RIEFS_ MOTORISTS FACE INDICTMENTS April 1 is the deadline for those not buying their city tags. On that date those operating cars without the proper city license tags will face indictments, declared city manager H. C. Holmes. The names of all persons who have failed to buy their tags are to be turned over to chief of po lice, R. L. Rankin, on April 1 twho in turn will issue indictments. Some 200 residents have failed to purchase tags, it is stated. City of Salisbury license tags are on sale at the office of the Caro lina Motor club, North Main street and those who have not purchased tags are urged to do so before April 1 and remove all cause for indictment. SCHOOLS MAY CLOSE In the event that the attendance of any of the schools in Rowan county should drop below 65% of the attendance for the first six months the board of education has the authority to close such schools, declared superintendent ■ S. G. Hasty. BEAUTY PAGEANT TONIGHT The senior class of the Cleveland high school will present a beauty . pageant tonight in the school au [ ditorium beginning at 7:30 o’clock. • At' the pageant, Miss Cleveland of • 1934 will be crowned. Proceeds , from the pageant will go to the : school. SUNRISE SERVICES EASTER Sunrise services will be held at : old Christ church, Cleveland, be ginning promptly at 6 o’clock. A band from the Royden high school, under the direction of ■ John O. Winks, will render a special program of Easter music.. The public is invited to attend ROWAN BAPTISTS MEET SUNDAY i The Rowan Baptist Sunday ■ school association will meet at the ; Oakdale Baptist church, Sundav April 1. Special music will be ■ given by the Mills Quartet from the Baptist orphanage. STEALS COAT; GOES TO ROADS Mayor Pro. Tem, W. H. Shan non, of Spencer, sentenced J. A. ( McCade, of Columbia, S. C„ to a term of 60 days on the Rowan county roads the sentence growing out of a charge preferred by Henry Hicks, of Gastonia, who stated that his overcoat, was stolen on a train just before reaching Spencer and reported the incident to policeman Evans and McGade was arrested and brought to Spen cer for trial. CLOSED MONDAY City Manager, H. C. Holmes announces that all city offices will be closed Easter Monday. A noted hunter says that no other animal is so poorly put to gether as man, but no animal known around here has to be put together with suspender buttons that weren’t sewed on properly, and with flimsy neckties that keep loosening and dropping down. The American people would be very much pleased if all their checks, love letters, etc., could be delivered by air mail, but there will be no protest whatever if it is decided to have all bills delivered by the old fashioned stage-coach. The American people do not probably raise as many flowers as they used to, but the production weeds has not fallen off any. "Caught-’Em- Alive” -- NEW YORK .. . Away back when McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt and Taft were presidents, Jack ‘‘Catch-em alive” Abernathy (above), was tot ing U. 8. marshal guns in Oklahoma and was one of the most colorful figures in the old west. He got his title by eatching wolves with his bare hands. Photo above was taken as he visited here last week Six o’clock in the afternoon, on Main Street, at this the Lenten season of the year; when the mantle of Winter is about to be cast aside and the branches of the trees are Swelling in anticipation of a glori ous bursting forth of foliage and blossom, and there is evidence on every side numerous exemplifica tions of the homage of Nature to a crucified Lord; amid, the hustle and bustle of employees on the way to their homes from the marts of trade, the tradesmen closing their business houses for the night,— amid all this, we become conscious of an age old melody, floating down to us from the chimes in the spire of St. John’s, "I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old”; spreading like a soft blanket upon our tired senses and bringing to us in som<£ measure a realization of the true meaning of Eastertide. I +_t We noticed today in a local drug (store a large display of smoked glasses. A forceful reminder, gentle reader, 'that the day is not far hence when they may be need ed, as the hats and dresses of the Easter parade, with all the hues of the much-abused rainbow, vie for supremacy! in the realm of fashion. • t —o— t No!, dear children the colored chicks which we see in the various show windows are not cross-bred with parrots or jays, they are merely from dyed Easter eggs, t —o— t If you are away from the old home, this Easter, remember that little word of greeting to the home folks. Psfsibly a small remem berance in the form of a flower or book may bring untold happiness to the heart of the little gray haired lady, who, you may be sure, is thinking of you. NOT GOOD TO HIM Rector (to villager who has been pouring out his woes : "Really, Brownson, you are not nearly so badly off as some people. Look at Hodges, who has just lost his wife!” Brownon: "Well, that’s no good to me. I ain't Hodges.” Drys May Boycott N. C. Stores That Handle Beer An appeal to "buy dry,” to pat ronize grocer's and other retailers who do not deal in beer cr other ilcoholic liquors and brews, was ane of the high spots in an address delivered in Charlotte last week by Mrs. Howard M. Hoge, president af the Virginia Women’s Temper ince Union and recordng secre tary before a gathering of sup porters of the Dry cause. Mrs. Hoge spoke at the final session of an all-day conference held at the Charlotte hotel by members of the Woman’s Chris tian Temperance union from the two Carolinas and Virginia. The conference was marked by passing of recommendations demanding immediate recognition of the rights of all dry areas to full state and federal protection, protecting against repeal of the Reed amend ment on liquor advertising, asking for a ban on all forms of liquor advertising, a new program of alcohol education, a boycott of stores and hotels selling liquor, a movement for better and cleaner motion pictures, a basic study of the whole tax situation, and de nouncing liquor propaganda. In her address, Mrs. Hoge asked the W. C. T. U. workers to patro nize grocers and other business firms not dealing in alcohol iiq, uors—even in the "so-called non intoxicating beer of 3.2.” She de clared that science proves that my amount of alcohol is injurious and said that while prohibition was made possible "by the arous ed church recognizing the evil and harmfulness of the liquor traffic,” the repeal of the Eight eenth Amendment was brought about by "avarice appetite, and apathy.” "just as the leopard cannot change his spots John Barleycorn cannot be reformed,’’ she declared. "No matter what laws may be made to cripple the beverage in dustries, they cannot and will not Lac obeyed,” she quoted from one editorial in a Brewer’s Journal. Bock "hisself” Beer NEW YORK ... An out of towner came down the river from Hastings, N. Y. to win the title “Mr. Manhattan” and pose as the symbol for the first legal bock beer season in some fifteen Hi# name was * * Pretzel i ___ Income Revenues Reveal Big Drop Nearly Half Million Behind Last Year, Says A. J. Maxwell. Income taxes collected to March 17, inclusive, are nearly half a million dollars behind the amount collected to the same date last year, this year’s collections on in come for 1933 being 4,845,054, 60, of $433,312.15 under the $5, 278,366.75 collected to the same date last year, Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell reports. Budget estimates, included the general assembly figures placed the income tax revenue at $6,800,000, but few1 officials believe that this figure will be reached. Greatly reduced earnings of tobacco com panies, especially Reynolds, which pays practically all of its income tax in this state, is responsible for the drop, although there have been increases from income from textile mills and other sources. The postponed returns are expected to be about the same as last year, and there is no way of estimating the amount. Costner Now In Mecklenburg County Jail Isaac Costner admitted parti cipant in Charlotte’s $105,000 mail truck robbery in November and state’s witness during the trial of Basil Banghart in Chicago for the abduction of John Factor, ac companied by a U. S. marshal, detectives and state police, was brought Wednesday night from Asheville, and lodged in Mecklen burg county jail to face trial dur ing the April term of federal court there. Smiling, Costner said, "I’m glad to be here. I want to tell everything and get it over.” MOVING! ON AND AFTER APRIL 1 WILL BE LOCATED AT 1!5 117 E. INNES STREET. NEW AND LARGER QUAR TERS. BETTER EQUIPPED TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS. SiPORTING GOODS * FISHING TACKLE VICTROLA RECORDS REPAIR WORK KEYS FITTED W. F. AREY j 115-117 E. INNES ST taJ 2 X £ H o cfl H ~ W j S < H O VlH u ° § YADKIN FUEL CO- 3 ° PHONE 1594 IS VE50%1 1 By having your old tires retread- \ | ed with our new Lodi machine, \ 1 We can make your old tires like \ I New Firestones. Every Tire Carries a Standard Guarantee | Salisbury Ignition & Battery Co. j 1 122 W. Fisher St. Phone 299 : SPOTLESS AND ON TIME That’s the way we give Service, and at this Season we thank ouf many friends and customers for their patronage. TRY OUR CASH AND CARRY PLAN AND SAVE THE DIFFERENCE FARABEE BROS. PHONE 243 122 E. INNES ST.
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