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The Carolina Watchman |“,I _A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF ROWAN COUNTY J FOUNDED 1832—103RD YEAR_SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 21, 1934 ~ VOL. 103 NO. 21 PRICE 2 CENTS Use Resources Of The Nation For Good Of All Board Headed By I ekes Outlines Plan To President SPEND BILLIONS The National Recources board this week outlined an encyclopaedic [long-range plan for the use of the 'nation’s land, water and mineral resources which is destined to stir wide discussion. The group-headed by Secretary Ickes—which drew the program as serted that it would lead to "the broad distribution of human wel fare at which our national policy aims.” The plan goes to President Rocsevelt, who may, or may not, include some of its recommenda tions in the proposals he will make to congress. The chief executive ordered the study last summer. High up among the recommen dations of the board, described by Secretary Perkins as capable of vivinp- everv ahle-hodiprl man n inh were: A six-year public works cons truction budget with a ten billion dollar reserve fund. The retirement of 75,000,000 acres of hardscrabble lands. A broadening of subsistence homestead work with a further de centralization of industry. Studies pointed to the develop nent of-ijlood control, power hr ir rigation projects on seventeen watersheds. Federal assistance and control of the mineral industries to "minimize! waste of natural resources, main tain reasonable wage standards and; protect investments.” In addition, the report brought a wide range of recommendations on land purchases; forests, parks and wild life refuges; homestead ing; land uses; irrigation; grazing; Indian policies; soil erosion; v/ater uses; public works; state and re gional planning; mapping and a general, co-ordinated national plan ning for the future. The board suggested creation of a permanent five-man planning agency to co-ordinate the scheme of national living through changing conditions. North Carolina Doubles Income Tax Payments Although the net income of North Carolinians in 1932 was ap proximately $12,000,000 less than it was in 1931, they paid nearly twice as much federal income tax the latter year. This was shown this week in 1932 statistics prepared by the bureau of internal revenue and made public by Commissioner Guy T. Helver ing. The income of 25,972 persons who filed tax returns for 1932 totalled $76,989,708 on which they paid $4,017,702 in federal income tax. In 1931, 22,625 persons filed return, reporting total net incomes of $88,042,580 and tax payments of only $2,030,396. Higher rates and lower deduc tions were in effect in 1932. The report showed three North Carolinians earned more than $750,000 in 1932, two of whom earned in excess of $1,000,000. The income of these three whose identi ty was not revealed totalled $4, 05 8,965, and they paid $1,723,5 37 of the state’s individual federal in come tax that year. The report «also showed that 5, 802 North Carolina corporations filed federal returns, but only 1, 080 showed any net income. These corporations had a net in come of $62,687,000 on which they paid $8,565,000 in income taxes. Of the other corporations, 4,241 reported deficits totalling $51,134, 000 and 481 were listed as inactive corporations. mmimmu Pertinent Items Champion Walkers Interesting Women Some Forecasts Politics and Policies Lest the reader of this column get the impression that nothing but serious matters of weighty mo ment are talked about in Washing ton, here are a few paragraphs of casual gossip heard in the corridors of pjublic buildings and on the street-corners. Item: When the President got back to Washington and found his new and enlarged offices ready for him, it was noticed by the news paper men at the first press con ference that the array of Democra tic donkeys that used to decorate his desk had been reduced to three. Also, that insufficient provision has been made by the architect of the new White House, wing for taking care of reporters’ hats and overcoats. Item: There is a secret circular staircase leading into the Presi dent’s new office, so that Cabinet officers and others who may not want to be observed by watchful reporters can slip in and out unob served. Item: Mrs. Paul Wilson, who prefers to be known as Miss Fran ces Perkins, and who is addressed as "Madam Secretary” has a private elevator to her private office in the new Department of Labor build ing; also a private bath finished in green tile. > Item: Secretary Wallace of Agri \ culture and Secretary Morgenthau| of the Treasury are the champion pedestrians of the Administration. | Both walk to their offices, Mr. Wallace a good three miles every * morning. Item:It has leaked out that the entire Cabinet has "chipped in” to buy a collective Christmas present for the President. This, as one of them remarked, is symbolic of the spirit of cooperation which the Administration is trying to instil. Item: President Roosevelt sold some cattle and bought a couple of mules on his Georgia farm while vacationing. He thought the cattle didn’t bring enough and the mules cost too much. He named the mules "Hop” and "Tug,” after Re lief Administrator Harry Hopkins and Undersecretary of Agriculture Rexford Tugwell. "Because,” he remarked, "the mules are so fri sky.” Interesting women in Federal ' ~ jobs: Miss Lenroot, who succeeds Grace Abbot as head ot the Chil dren’s Bureau, is the daughter of a former Wisconsin Senator and one of the few Republicans appointed to an important post. Miss Isabel Du Bois of the Bureau of Naviga tion of the Navy, whose job is to keep every ship supplied with good books for the officers and "gobs” to read. She’s been doing this since 1924. Miss Bertha Neinburg, As sistant Director of the Women’s Bureau in the Department of Labor She comes from California, has been in Government service for ten years, and her slogan is More jobs for women.” Mrs. Clara M. Beyer, also from California, labor econo mist, holding a newly-created of fice, that of assistant director of the Division of Labor Standards. Her job is to try to get uniform labor laws in the different states. Accomplished: Government con trol of the Federal Reserve system, quietly and without any publicity. This practically removes the limit _.t. n/virommpnf’c nftwer to bor row, foreshadows more complete Federal control over all banking and all creidt. It puts the Admin istration in a position to block in flation moves in Congress. Forecasts: No "balancing” of the budget for the fiscal year begin ning next July 1. General reduc tion in bank interest, including savings banks. Further refunding of Government debt at lower in terest rates. Outlook now is for a permanent Federal Aviation Com mission, to handle all matters relat ing to flying. No more "alphabeti cal” bureaus; the President thinks the public has had enough "alpha bet soup” and wants to get down to the solid course. No foreclosures of railroads that can’t pay back money borrowed from Uncle Sam; Government doesn’t want to be come a railroad magnate. Navy Department will ask for big appropriation for new warships, for which plans have already been drawn, as soon as Japan formally (Continued on page eight) Branch Ends Grid Career I_ " v " Power Challenge Is Rejected By The Government Edison Institute Man Suggested to President Early Test In Court ISSUES CRITICISM The administration tonight re jected, through its power commis sion, the suggestion of Thomas N. McCarter, president of the Edison Electric institute, that the gov ernment cooperate with the power industry in seeking an early su preme court test of the constitu tionality of the Tennessee Valley authority. Frank R. McNnch, chairman of the federal power commission, said in a statement that the R.cosevelt power program had the support of the people, congress and the excu tive departments. Of McCarter’s suggestion, Mc Ninch asserted: "In all the history f . 1 A ux me ruiitncan guvciiuiitm 11U | paraded for such a proposal can be j found. "The cad is not for the govern ment to halt, but for the industry to catch step and move forward; along progressive lines,” he said. The memorandum McCarter left| on the President’s desk declarded morc-«>uld be obtained by cd-'djtet--, ation between the government and! the power interests to preserve the "soundness of existing investment” than by "governmental competi tion or strangulation.” McNinch said the McCarter "me morial” was "immediately referred to the federal power commisison”, by Mr. Roosevelt. The power commission chairman termed McCarter’s statement, "a confession of the abuses of the elec tric power industry and an appeal against the efforts of the govern ment to correct those abuses.” McCarter defended rate making by the industry McNinch’s answer to this was to refer to Canadian power public and private, with the assertion: "The Canadian paid two and one fifth cents for his electricity and the consumer in the United States five and one-half cents.” McNinch said of the Tennessee valley act that "the policy em-l Doaiea in tms act was prociaimeu by the President in plain language in his address at Portland, Oregon, in the campaign of 1932.” "This policy was overwhelmingly approved by the American people in the election of that year”- he asserted. "The policies of the administra tion were again strongly endorsed by the American people in 1934. "We are therefore confronted with this situation: "on the one side we have the opinion of two emi nent lawyers retained by Mr. Mc Carter. "On the other we have the opin ion of the majority of the Ameri can people, the decision of learned constitutional lawyers in both houses of congress, the views of the President and the many able coun sel in the executive departments. "And yet Mr. McCarter now suggests that the government cast doubt upon the validity of its own legislation by joining with him in litigation to test the government’s own powers.” Just before catching a train for Newark, McCarter made public, the 5,000 word statement he left' with Mr. Roosevelt. He emphasiz ed that his talk with the President j had been "pleasant and agreeable” and said the brief was distributed publicly with his permission. McCarter, in suggesting co-op eration by the government to bring its power program to a final court test, declared the industry on its "improper practices” utilized by members of the business. _A tlllrilfi 3b ®nrtt At iifetlflFijm Above is pictured a striking scene, reenacting the birth of the Christ Child in the village of Bethlehem nineteen centuries ago. ‘ * Christus ’ ’ the passion play, from which the picture was photographed, was featured at Chicago this month, a Christmas benefit for undernrivsi children ■■ Ill I ■IB.I. —————■ I II ■" I I ■> JOY TO THE WORLD. I Joy to the world! The Lord is come; Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And heav’n and nature sing, And heav’n and nature sing, And heav’n nature sing. II Joy to the world! the Savior reigns; Let men their songs employ. While fields and floods, rooks, hills and plains, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy. III No more let sin and sorrow grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow, Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found. IIII He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of his love, And wonders of his love, And wonders of his love. HONOR ORVILLE WRIGHT Monday was the 31st anniver sary of the Wright brothers’ flight at Kitty Hawk, N. C. The grave af Orville Wright, who made the Srst successful flight in a heavier than air plane, was visited, and ap propriate observation of this anniv ersary was staged in several of the larger cities, while many gathered at Kitty Hawk in observance of the anniversary. AWAY IN A MANGER. Away in a manger, No crib for His bed, The little Lord Jesus Lay down his sweet head. The stars in the sky Looked down where He lay. The little Lord Jesus Asleep on the hay. • The cattle are lowing; The baby awakes; But little Lord Jesus No crying He makes. I love Thee, Lord Jesus. Look down from the sky, And stay by my cradle, Till morning is nigh. Written by Martin Luther, this cld favorite is entitled "Luther’s Cradle Hymn,” but is more gen erally known by the title given above. SILENT NIGHT. I Silent night! Holy night! All is calm, all is bright, Round yon virgin mother and Child, Holy Infant, so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. II Silent night! Holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight. Clories stream from Heaven a-far, Heavenly hosts sing Al-le-lu-ia, Christ the Savior is born! Christ the Savior is born! III Silent night! Holy night! Son of God, love’s pure light. Radiant beams from^Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace,' fesus, Lord, at Thy birth, fesus, Lord, at Thy birth.| North Carolina Telephone Rate Cut 12 Per Cent Raleigh.—Telephone rate reduc tions which it is estimated will re sult in aggregate annual saving of about $321,897.72 to some 78,000 subscribers at 58 North Carolina exchanges of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company were ordered to become effective January 1. At the utilities commission it was learned that a telephone company official had said that in his opinion the new rates for North Carolina exchanges will be as low, if n<5t lower, than those for any compar able exchanges in the country. The order of the commission, re leased by Commissioner Stanley Winborne, set forth in detail the findings of the group based on "over one thousand typewritten pages of testimony” with "numer ous, bulky, and complicated ex hibits” which the company intro duced at a series of hearings be tween June 27 and September 14. The cut was not applied in uni form manner to each exchange, varying greatly between some, but amounts to about 12 per cent of the annual exchange service reven ues for 1933, which totalled $2, 669,466. The commission set forth it thought it could legally support all per cent reduction but wished j to safeguard the financial health of j the utility. $1,000,000 - Incomes Rose By 26 In 1933; Individual Net Is Off 1 of 46 in Higher Brack ets Reported $5,000,000 Or More, Against None In 1932 Net income of corporations in creased by $654,502,697 or 3 5.35 per cent in 193 3 over the previous year, but net incbme of individuals decreased $3 39,845,777, according to a preliminary statistical survey made public by the Bureal of In ternal Revenue. A striking feature of the sum mary was that the number of individuals who received incomes of under $25,000 and the total of net income they reported dropped below the 1932 level, while the number and total net income in the classes from $25,000 upward increased. Those receiving incomes of $1, 000,000 or more increased from twenty to torty-six, and the net income they reported rose to $81, 558,532, compared with $35,239, 5 56 for 1932. One net income of $5,000,000 or more was shown for 1933 and there was one net income in each of the classes from $3,000, 000 to $4,000,000 and from $4, 000,000 to $5,000,000. No income of $5,000,000 or more was reported for 1932, but there were two in the classification of from $4,000, 000 to $5,000,000. The Internal Revenue Bureau does not give the names of those reporting and in the case of those reporting $1,000,000 or more lumps the total of net income to disguise the identity of the tax payer. —-- I President To Loose Christmas Spirit With Tree-Lighting Christmas spirit will invade the Nation with traditional good will j, when President Roosevelt presses a j, button, lighting the Community1 Christmas Tree in Lafayette Square , December 24 at 5 p. m. j As the delicately trimmed great i Frazier fir tree glows with its my- 1 riad electric lights at the Presi- ! dent’s touch, it will symbolize com- < munity Christmas trees in every l State, city and small town in the i United States. , This week the two fir trees which : will decorate the square a drived 1 from Frazer, N. C. One will be t placed to the west and the other to the east of the Jaskson statue in < the square, and the tree to the j westward will serve as the Nation’s 1 tommunity tree. i Each tree is 23 feet tall and 16 i feet wide at its base, and the offi- 1 tially designated Community Tree j ivill be visible from every window i >f the White House. Selection and 1 planting of the trees are duties of :he office of the National Capitol Parks. ] Music will be furnished by a 5 mixed chorus of hundreds of voices iccompanied by the United States t Marine Band. i -- [ FTGHT RATE REDUCTION ] DRDER t - i The Southern Bell Telephone and t Telegraph company notified the 1 state utilities commission that ex ception would be filed against its j rate-reduction order for North Carolina, with the ultimate inten- ] tion of fighting the case in court. \ The commission’s order for rate ] reductions is set to take effect Jan uary 1st in the 58 North Carolina < exchanges of the company, which ! will have until December 24 to file its exceptions. The order is esti- ' mated to save about $321,000 an- : nually to some 78,000 subscribers 1 in the state. 1 Local Youth, Mighty r igmj Quits Game Old Man River Hangs Pigskin Up In Hall Of Fame WILL BE MISSED Johnny Branch, Old Man River himself, has played his last game of football. Sunday, following the Charlotte-Louisville game, he hung up the pigskin forever; hung it up in the niche prepared for him in North Carolina’s football hall of fame. The mighty pigmy is a local pro duct. Salisbury is proud to claim him as a native son. No football player in North Carolina has ever had a more glamorous or more hec tic career. And now, the final whistle has blown. His playing days are over. But the memory of those days will linger on and the battles he fought will be fought over and over again by those who love the game. But Old Man River will "roll on” in memory alone. From the time he stepped from Belmont Abbey to the University of North Carolina campus in 1928 until he ended his college foot balling in a bolt of glory against, r Virginia in 1934, his-life, syaa a sec ries of ups and downs, brilliant achievements and serious blunders that made one headline after an other. In three years of semi-pro and professional ball since then, he has has his good days along with the bad. But regardless of how the battle turned, or in- what company he disported, as long as Johnny was on the field he dominated the spec tators’ interest, much as Babe Ruth lias done on a bigger scale in base aall. Catching punts on his own goal ine as the ends and tackles bore lown on him, skirting end for 30 fards and the touchdown that :urned the tide in Carolina’s con juest of Georgia Tech’s national :hampions in ’29, being booted off :he squad by Chuck Collins for hat Florida business in ’31, com ng back for the final game of his :ollege career and re-establishing limself in the hearts of all Tar deels with two dazzling touch lowrt runs in a 13-7 triumph, bat ling along with the old Bantams or two seasons and with the American leaguers this year, he has lways been the chance-taking, ireath-taking gambler, the idol of l_r_ JL U11J • Old Man River may have slowed lown a bit, become a little slug ;ish. Ten years is a lot of foot iall for a tiny man, taking a beat ng in every game. But his five oot, five-inch frame, 160 pounds ieavy, still reeks with color, and /hen he’s gone they’re going to niss him. They’re going to miss lim more than they know. Yes, they’ll miss Old Man River. LOYAL ELEPHANT FOR ALE King Boris of Bulgaria announc d that he wants to sell one of his oyal gray elephants. The small >udget available to Boris will not lermit the luxury occasioned by he enormous appetite of the five on animal. He states that one lephant eats more than the entire oyai staff at the royal palace. ^RMY FLIERS KILLED Two army fliers were killed at lurlingame, Cal.; Sunday when heir plane smashed into a telephone >ole. :hild dies from N JURIES Paul, the eight-year old son of Vfr. and Mrs. R. D. Fields of Guil ford county, died in a Greensboro lospital from injuries received on Sunday in an automobile wreck.