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FOUNDED 1832—103RD YEABL SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1934. V ,'tO. 2 PRICE 2 CENTS
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WASHINGTON
| Dirigibles And Planes
I Tariff Under Study
| The Trade In Gobds
The United States has more air
craft than any other nation, mort
than twice as many miles in its re
gular air routes for passengers anc
merchandise, and its aviators fly
more than 5 0 million miles a year,
which is more than twice the mile
age flown by the airmen of any
other nation. Our government
spends twice as much money as any
otner in promoting civil aviation,
Our Navy has superb flying equip
ment and a magnificent record.
Our Army, however, is poorly
equipped in the air, both in material
and personnel. Something ought
to be done about that.
That is the summary of the re
port of the War Department’s spe
cial aviation committee, headed by
Newton D. Baker, former Secretary
of War, and including ten other
distinguished men, civilian and
military.
tNo scandals were uncovered by
the committee, nothing but the re
fusal of Congress to give the Army
the money it asked for to buy
planes and train its officers and en
listed men to fly. The next great
war, the report says, is likely to
begin with an engagement between
aircraft of opposing nations, and
we ought to be ready for it.
Nothing is said in the report
about dirigibles. There is a lot of
talk going around that the great
dirigibles, like the Los Angeles and
the Macon, are failures. Navy men
don’t admit that. The Los Angeles
is being retired from service be
cause of age; she was built in Ger
many and flown td this country in
1923, as one of our prizes of war.
It looks now as if the next Con
gress will be urgently requested to
authorize the building of 2,320j
Army airplanes, the number that!
the Baker committee recommend*
as necess ary. Not mm afipxjdv f
expects the United States to engage
in a war with anybody, but just in
case.
This Baker report is significant
in that it suggests, without saying
so, that international relations be
tween the United States and other
nations are not all that they should
be. Nobody mentions Japan when
talking about the next war—not
for publication, at any rate—but a
lot of people are casting more at
tentive eyes toward the Pacific than
at any time in our history. The
President’s "amity” broadcast from
Honolulu may or may not have the
effect of convincing Japan that our
intentions toward her are entirely
friendly. Everybody in dPcial cir
cles in Washington knows that
there is a strong war party in Japan
that would like to get into a scrap
with us.
That situation is not allayed by
the growing restiveness of business
men and manufacturers, expressed
in some rather hot communications
to Administration officials, over the
continuing invasion of our markets
by cheap Japanese goods. The Ad
ministration believes in letting rea
sonable quantities of Japanese goods
in without raising the duties, on
the theory that that will result in
strengthening the Japanses market
for American goods.
The whole scheme of the tariff is
under intensive study, by the State
Department and other Federal offi
ces. Secretary Walace is working
closely with Secretary Hull in plan
nng where and by how much to
reduce tariffs. Not much publicity
js being given to their discussions
with other nations. They are keep
ing a great deal of the discussion
secret because they do not want to
stir up a storm of oppositions from
American manufacturers who feat
their business will be injured. When
the final agreements are announced,
however, it is likely that storm will
burst.
The policy on tariffs, so far as
any part of it has been disclosed, is
to ditch the old "protective” tariff
principle entirely, or almost entire
ly, and by letting foreign goods in
free of duty or nearly so, create
reciprocal markets for Americar
surplus in the countries so favor
ed. In one sense it is the old "re
ciprocity’’ scheme fathered in the
first instance fifty years ago b)
James G. Blaine, and later strongl)
advocated by President McKinley
Because something of the sort wa;
sponsored by those two stalwart Re
publicans the present Administra
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POWER RATES. TO. . REDUCED
Add 2,000 New Men In Rum Drive
N. C. Users
Will Benefit
$957,000 Year
Second Cut For Same
Amount Made In
12 Months
RATE BE 80 CENTS
North Carolina and South Caro
lina consumers of electric power
will benefit to the extent of $1,
337,000 annually under a down
ward revision of rates of Duke
Power company and its subsidiary,
Southern Public Utilities company,
which will become effective Octo
ber 1.
Announcements of the reduction
were made almost simultaneously
by the >North Carolina utilities
commission and the South Carolina
railroad commission.
Under the rate reduction North
Carolina power and electric charges
are reduced $957,000.
* The present schedule for resi
dental service which fixes the
minimum at $1. a kilowatt hour
is reduced to 80 cents a kilowatt
boar. Reductions are also made in
:he rates id cotnmerciaf users .and
users who purchase their power
direct from Duke Power company,
notably large textile concerns. The
saving to those in this classifica
tion will amount to $273,000 an
nually, while the saving to com
merical and residential users will
to d approximately $6i2,000.
The reduction is the second ef
fected by the commission within
the last two years on rates of the
power company. A slash of the
same amount, $957,000, was made
effective in November, 1932.
In the Southern Public Utilities,
the saving to residential consumers
in this rate, including $44,000 in
the use of gas for water heating,
will amount to $368,000, while the
commerical reductions total $316,
000.
The old residential rate ol $1
service charge with 3.25 cents for
the first 150 kilowatt hour for
excess current will be replaced by
a rate of 80 cents for the first 10
kilowatt hours or less used per
month. Graded upward the charge
will be 6.5 cents per K. W. H. for
the next 20 K. W. H. used per
month; three cents per K. W. H.
for the next 100 K. W. H. used
per month; and 2.5 cents K. W. H.
for all over 130 K. W. H. per
Tliir nil »-v» f lln cortt
ice charge.
The residential and commercial
comparison on percentage reduc
tion basis is as follows:
Kilowatt hours Resi. Com.
SO 6.3 8.8
100 1,1.6 12.5
200 15.7 15.1
300 16.0 16.2
400 16.1 16.7
600 16.3 17.2
Negro Assaults
White Woman
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Melvin McLaurin, a negro of
Gimson, was caught in a swamp
near Aberdeen and confessed to a
criminal assault on a young white
woman who had asked him for a
ride. Mary Elizabeth and Ina
Katherine Jordan of Greensboro
had been to Fayetteville to sell
handkerchiefs they Had made.
Thinking the negro a white man,
they flagged down his car for a
ride. He ' y them he was a taxi
driver and would give them tbe
ride. The girls were 19 and 16
years old, respectively and after
assaulting the older one twice he
turned them loose near Aberdeen
under threat to kill them if they
told.
il In The WEEKS NEWS I
WAR THREAT IN
EUROPE—Riots and elvil
war followed the Nazi up
rizlng in Austria, with war
rumors shaking all Europe.
Photo shows a detachment
of Austrian troops which
took part In the drive to
stamp out Nazi disturb
ances around Styria.
MOST FAMOUS FICTION
CHARACTER — Scatter
good Baines, created by
Clarence Buddington Kel
land several years agofor a
series of short stories has
become the most popular
character in American fic
tion, hero of 100 tales of
homely heart appeal and
humor. Now for the first
time Kelland has put Scat
■tergood into a full-length
novel, running In the
American Magazine as a
serial “The Closed Room.”
COSTLIESf DOG GRAVE —Thirteen
thousand dollars was the cost of this
mausoleum for two dogs, the most ex
pensive dog grave In the world. It Is
located In the unique Hartsdale (N. Y.)
Canine Cemetery, set aside for tombs of
pet animals.
MIDGET TACKt.ES GIANT BOT
— TLE—The midget and the giant got
their bottles mixed recently when
they went on a little beer drinking
tour. Vance Swift, America’s smallest
man who stands 27 inches, obtained
the aid of Christine
Willard, Spanish
dancer, when he
taefcled the big bot
tle. Capt. Gilbert
Reichert, 8-foot
' Clevelander, ex
| pected to see the midget drown under
the giant bottle vihich is part of the j
.glass container exhibit at the Owens- I
Illinois glass block building at the
^^j^World's Fair in Chicago.
REUNITED AGAIN
—Separated during
his vacation trip to
the Hawaiian is
lands, Mrs. Roose
velt met the Presi
dent on his arrival
at Portland. Photo
shows Mrs. Roose
velt driving her
own car on her way
to the reunion.
MAY WIN SCHOLARSHIP—William S.
McLean, secretary of the Fisher Body
Craftsman’s Guild, supervises the un
packing of the first miniature Napoleonic i
coach'to be'submitted for judging in the
com pen non
for which 24
u n Ive rsity
scholarships
worth $51,000
will be
awarded.
Boys from all j
over the coun
try build the '
coaches,|
which will be |
Judged at the
Century of
Progress Ex
position. !
FOR FORMAL
FROCK—Once no one
would have thought of
wearing a tailored
print dress after dark,
but now It’s quite the
thing, according to
Constance Cummings,
noted picture star. Her
latest evening gown is
fashioned of black and
white pin check silk.
A snappy little box
jacket completes the
evening ensemble.
NEWS BRIEFS
GAME LAW VIOLATIONS
There were 1,412 reported vio
lations of the game laws of North
Carolina during the two-year pe
riod ended June 30, and the vio
lators paid into the treasury $11,
3 82.46 for the biennium.
CHARLOTTE MAN IN FATAL
WRECK
Clayton Crowell, 30, of Char
lotte, was killed early Sunday
morning when the light car he was
driving failed to take a curve on
the Monroe road. His wife and a
daughter survive.
GIRL DIES IN JAIL
Doris Howard, 21, being held in
the jail at Fayetteville under 'a
charge of vagrancy, died unexpect
edly while awaiting her removal
to her home in Charlotte. A Salva
tion Army official was to take her
when she was able to travel.
WOMAN FLIER MEETS
DEATH
Mrs. Frances H. Marsalis, noted
woman flier, was killed as her
plane crashed near Dayton, Ohio,
during a featured woman’s race.
It was the closing event of a two
day meet, when at a low altitude
her plane was caught in the back
wash of five other ships.
LUKE LEA ATTENDS
FUNERAL
Luke Lea, Tennessee’s former
senator and noted ex-publisher,
was released from prison at Ra
leigh under permission to attend
the funeral of his 24-year old son,
Percy Lea, who was killed in an
automobile accident near Dan
ville, 111. His son, Luke Lea, Jr.,
was recently paroled, and the
young man offered himself as a
hostage for his father’s privilege
to attend the funeral, stating that
they might revoke his parole if his
father failed to return.
SHIPS TO CHINA
The U. S. Navy has joined with
Britain and Japan in dispatching
warships toward Foochow, In
South China, to protect foreign
lives and property reported men
aced by a Communist horde in an
uprising that is assuming alarm
ing proportions.
BANKER ACQUITTED
W. S. Blakeney, Sr., former
Monroe banker, was acquitted in
superior court in Monroe Friday
of charges of violating the state
banking laws. The technical
charge against the farmer banker
was one of allowing false entries
to be made in the bank’s books.
He took the stand and denied any
knowledge of alleged false entries.
LAWYER DISBARRED
Herman Woodward Winborne,
Greensboro, has been disbarred
from the practice of law in North
Carolina in a state supreme court
opinion rendered by Associate Jus
tice W. J. Brogden. Wineborne,
formerly of New Orleans, was ad
mitted to practice in Louisiana in
1922 and was disbarred in that
state three years later on grounds
of moral turpitude and improper
conduct.
Closed Banks
Now Reopened
95 Per Cent
More than 95 per cent of the
1,417 national banks which stayed
closed after last year’s banking
holiday have been reopened for
business, the Comptroller of Cur
rency’s office announces.
Hundreds of millions of dollars
of "frozen” deposts have been
released.
Reopening of 29 banks, with
$24,472,000 of "frozen” deposits,
during July,' brought the total of
banks reopened since January 1 to
342, involving "frozen” deposits of
$294,000,000.
Only 66 national banks still were
closed on July 31. Over four
fifths of these, or 5 5 banks, had
plans of reorganization which had
already received approval. Re
organization plans for 11 banks
had been - rejected.
BAR REFUSES REQUEST
John H. Harwood, of Bryson
City a former superior court
judge who served a prison term
for mult’1 ting records in a case
•against his daughter, has 'Been
refused the right to take the state
bar examination August 20 and
21. The board of law examiners
ruled that Harwood was ineligible
to take the examination. He has
not had his citizenship restored.
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Las Vegas, Nev.—Twenty-five
divorces were grantd within an
hour and a half by Judge H. W.
Edwards of Ely, Nev., sitting here,
making an average of qne divorce
for each 3 3-5 minutes. This was
believed here to be a record.
GOOD
MORNING
PROVEIN
"The last speaker,” said the
chairman of the Health Congress,
"is a striking example of the effi
cacy of the doctrines he so elo
quently advocates. Hale and hearty
at 80 years of age, he could tire out
many a man younger than him
self.”
A voice from the audience—
"He did.”
AND GOOD-BY
Husband—Let’s have some fun 1
this evening! <
Bored Wife—O. K. And please <
leave the light on in the hallway :
if you get home before I do. i
GETTING SERIOUS <
Mistress—I notice that your 1
policeman friend calls frequently. <
Do you think he means business'. 1
Cook—I think he does. He’s
already beginning to complain ,
about my cooking. <
POOR FISH
Teacher—Who can tell me
what the former ruler of Russia
was called?
Class (in unison)—Tsar.
Teacher—Correct. And what
was his wife called?
Class-—Tsarina. 1
Teacher—What were the Tsar’s
children called.
There was a pause and then a
timid voice in the rear piped up:
"Tsardines.”
AND THAT’S THAT
Master—You look sweet enough
to eat.
Sophie—I do eat. Where shall
we go.
TUT, TUT.
Ernie—My uncle can play the
piano by ear.
Gurney—That’s nothing. My 1
uncle fiddles with his whiskers. 1
TOO MUCH
Then there was that S -year-old 1
girl in Cleveland who overheard a 1
neighborhood woman tell her
mother that the stork had just
brought a baby tq the Jonses.
"It weighs seven pounds,” she 1
concluded. '
"How much was it a pound?”
asked the little girl gravely. 1
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THERE’S A REASON
"It is a funny thing, but every '
time I dance with you the dances :
seem very short.”
"They are. My finance is leader
of the orchestra.”
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GRIEVOUS ERROR
Irate Caller—You spoiled my
article by a misprint.
Editor—I’m very sorry. What ^
did we get wrong?
Caller—A proverb I employed.
You printed it "A word to the
wife is sufficient.”
THIS WONDERFUL AGE
Explorer has discovered an Afri- (
can tribe of men who beat the
ground with sticks as a sign of ■
anger.—News Item. ;
Well, well! Fancy golf spreading
to equatorial Africa!
IMPRESSIONABLE
The old man dozed off in his i
rig, leaving the horse to take care j
of itself. He woke up suddenly i
to find himself in the ditch. <
Crawling out of the buggy, he t
went up and grabbed the horse by
the bridle. "Shay,” he said, "you <
been ’sociating with them auto- j
mobiles, ain’t you?” <
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PRECOCIOUS (
Teacher to Pupil — Spell i
"Straight.” t
Pupil—S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T. ,
Teacher—Correct; what does it ]
man? t
Pupil—Without ginger ale. i
Exam Will Be
Held In City
In Near Future
Attorneys Get Preference
For New Department
Of Justice Posts
JOBS PAY $2,900
The U. S. Civil Service commis
;ion vhas called for examination
or prospective investigators pre
minary to adding 2,000 new agents
in the payroll of the Department
>f Justice in its drive to curb
lcohol tax evasions, illicit distill
ng and rum running.
An examination will be held in
ialisbury within the next several
veeks, it is announced. Candi
lates must have their applications
tied by the 20th or August.
Examinations have also been
railed in other cities in North
Carolina.
Salaries for the investigators are
ixed at $2,900 for special investi
gators, while regular investigators
ire to be paid $2,600 a year.
Attorneys who have done in
vestigating work and former in
vestigators who are now furlough
ed, provided they have legal know
ledge, will find that they are given,
preference, however, in the* ex
aminations.
For instance, those taking the
examination for special investiga
tors must show that they have
had three years experience in the
general practice of law, and that
during the past five years have had
at least two years experience as
an investigator. Non-qualifying
experience includes probation or
parole officer, guard, private de
tective, whereas applicants for
special investigators must show
that their work as investigators
lelving into the financial standing
»f individuals or firms or of casual
ly accident insurance claims, in
vestigator in important criminal
:ases for reputable practicing at
orneys or employment in an in
vestigative capacity in any of the
various intelligence and criminal
nvestigating branches of the pub
ic service federal, state, county,
>r municipal.
The only differential made as to
■egular investigators, is that while
hey are required to have had only
wo years experience as attorneys,
md be members of the bar, they
nust have had only one year ex
jerience as an investigator within
:he past five years.
Seventy per cent is to be given
>n mental tests to be conducted,
10 per cent on observation tests;
fie' age limits of candidates to be
’5 to 50, witfi a credit of five
joints for war veterans, and evi
lences of good health shown by
:ertificates from a federal medical
jfficer who will examine appli
;ants.
Candidates may secure blanks
rom the Civil Service commission
n Washington to file to take the
:xaminations, such also being
ivailable for Carolinians at the
District office of the U. S. Civil
Service commission in Atlanta.
rRIBUTE TO COOLIDGE
Tiny Plymouth Notch Cemetery
vhere Calvin Coolidge lies buried
n the foothills of his native Ver
nont, resounded Friday to a re
ledication of the Republican party
o Coolidge principles. It was the
1th aniversary of his taking the
iath as President—an oath admin
stered by his father in the kero
ene-lighted living room of the
Id Coolidge homestead. 'Republi
an politicans made of the anni
■ersary an opportunity to attack
he Roosevelt "new deal.” Con
;ressman James M. Beek, of
’ennsylvania called for a return
o the "self-reliant spirit of the
American.”
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