The Carolina Watchman |g“,
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF ROWAN COUNTY
FOUNDED lg32— 10?TH YEAR SALISBURY, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1936 VOL. 104 NO. 18 PRICE 2 CENTS
While the air of Washington is
full of predictions and rumors as
to the policies of the second ad
ministration of President Roose
velt, a great deal of this kind ot
talk is in the nature of trial bal
loons. Suggestions are made that
the President is considering this,
that or the other line of action, but
that dges not by any means prove
that the partirular policy has been
decided upon. The public reaction
to such tentative suggestions is ex
pected to be more influential now
than it has been in the past. So
far there is no program sufficiently
crystallized to warrant the predic
tion that it will even be presented
to Congress.
That does not mean that there
are not numerous persons in high
positions in the Administration
who have pet plans which they
will try to get Congressional sanc
tion for; it is simply that the Pre
sident is believed to have refrained
from committing himself to any of
these individual plans.
BERRY AND LABOR
A figure who will probably be
heard of more within the next
few months is Major George L.
Berry, who has the title of Co
ordinator for Industrial Co-opera
tion. Major Berry is president of
the International Printing Press
man’s Union, but in addition to
that has large business interests
and is regarded as a wealthy man.
Berry’s pet idea is to bring busi
ness organizations into co-opera
tion with the labor organizations,
looking toward a voluntary set-up
much along the lines of the NRA.
Major Berry is a man of great
force and an able public speaker,
and probably can do as much in
this field as anyone else who could
be named. He is close in the Pre
sident’s confidence and enthusias
tic over the project of bringing
about better teamwork between
employers and employees.
Washington is speculating over
the probable consequences of a
split in the ranks of organized (
labor as this may affect the Ad
ministration’s labor program. John
Lewis, President of the Miners’
Union and leader of the revolt in
the labor ranks, is regarded as hav
ing Presidential ambitions. A great
many persons of influence, who
would be glad to go along with his
program for labor organization by
industries instead of by crafts,
hesitate to throw in with Lewis, it
is said, because they don’t like the
Idea of mixing up in what may
turn out later to be a political
movement.
WINANT ON JOB AGAIN
There is gratification in Wash
ington that John G. Winant, for
mer Republican Governor of New
Hampshire, who was the first
chairman of the Social Security
Board, has been recalled to that
post. Gov. Winant resigned last
Summer in order to take the stump
for President Roosevelt to reply to
the attacks being made upon the
Social Security Act.
Washington regards Governor
Winant as a conscientious and able
administrator and probably the
best informed man in America on
social security laws of other coun
tries and the way they operate. It
is regarded here as reasonably cer
tain that some improvements in
the Social Security Act will have
to be made, and Governor Win
ant’s leadership and counsel will be
needed.
That staunch friend and sup
porter of President Roosevelt,
Frank C. Walker, who was one of
the first Roosevelt-for-President
men away back in 1930, is being
talked about here as the probable
successor to Postmaster General
Farley. The belief grows that Mr.
Farley will resign on or before in
auguration day, January 20, and
Mr. Walker is regarded as the logi
n 1 rhnir.e.
Walker has demonstrated his ex
ecutive capacity and organizing
ability in setting up and starting
off numerous federal agencies the
administration of which was later
turned over to others. The Presi
dent has a high regard for Mr.
Walker and if he is not made Post
master General the probability is
that he will be placed in some
equally important post.
EASTMAN’S R. R. IDEAS
‘Joseph C. Eastman, Chairman
of the Interstate Commerce Com-i
mission, has been gradually swing
ing around to the belief that the
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Brisk Demand
In This Section
Total Increase in State
Of $6,738,830 During
Year Is Reported.
Applications for loans at the state
headquarters office of the Federal
Housing administretion in Greens
boro under Title II for building
homes, purchasing existing homes,
and refinancing present mortgages
represent a total increase of $6,
738,830 from November 21,193 5,
to the same date this year, and
there was also an increase of $3,
443,859 in the total amount of in
sured mortgages.
An official report prepared by
Joseph L. Suitlvr, the State direc
tor, and released through Miss Cora
A. Harris, field representative, fur
ther revealed that the total com-:,
mitments issued during that period,
increased $5,947,419.
The report disclosed that the to
tol applications received on Nov-,
ember 21, 1935, amounted to $3,
612,931, while on November 21
of this year the figure stood at $10,
3 51,761. The insured mortgages on
the same date climbed from $572.
515 to $4,016,374, and the total
commitments issued to approved
mortgages rose from $1,457,665 to
$7,405,084 in 1936.
miss inarris pointed out tnau
since Mr. Suiter was made director
in September, 1935, when the mon
etary value of all insured mortga
ges stood at $207,73 5, there has
been an increase of $3,808,639 and
also an increase of $6,634,379 in
total commitments issued since
that date. , (
"All of this represents private
capital released for building pur
poses,” said Mr. Suiter. "The Fed
eral Housing administration has no
money to lend but insures loans
made by approved lending agencies.
The demand for homes through
out the State and nation, is brisk
and reflects increasing prosperity.
It also shows that the public is
awakening to the advantages of ob
taining Federal Housing loans and
that the government guarantee of
home mortgages has proved a sound
business practice. The time seems to
be approaching when a man will
have to buy or build a home in or
der to obtain a place to live.
"There is a very promising out
look for real estate in this section,
and the FHA has stimulated con
struction and the flow of mortgage
money through this section. The
activities of the FHA have been
able to revive the building industry
and it has given encouragement to
banks and financial institutions,
causing them to re-enter the field
with a greater degree of confidenc ,
and scurity.
"The apprasial services have been
elevated to the position of import
ance which their intimate relation
ship to the economic and social
well-being of the nation entitled
them to occupy. Property and lo
cation have character which must
be considered. This is highly impor
tant in measuring the investment
risk on a piece of property. The
Federal Housing system does not
stop with valuing property but
measures the stability of that prop
erty and the future returns from
the realty.”
ORDER EXTRADITION OF
TWO
Raleigh.—Governor Ehjringhaus
ordered T. S. Potter and C. B.
Maxwell returned to Florence, S,
C., to face non-support charges.
EXONERATED IN DEATHS
Georgetown, Ky.—W. O. Nix,
Hendersonville, N. C., truck driv
er, was exonerated of the deaths
of two men in a collision here Mon
day.
DISCOVERS HOLE IN JAIL
Spartanburg, S. C.—Queer noises
from a cell occupied by 25 negroes
led Police Sergeant Cofer Frey to a
hole almost through the outer wall
of the city jail here.
Pension Blanks Are Distributed
Thousands Sent
To Employes By
Local Postoffice
Employes Required To
Execute Blanks And
Return To Postoffice;
Will Be Known By
Numbers.
Distribution of thousands of ap
plication forms for employes under
the Federal Social Security Act was
made Tuesday through the regular
channels of the Salisbury postof
fice, according to Postmaster, J.
Ff. McKenzie.
These applications, known as
Form SS5, are for the purpose of
listing all those who may be eligi
ble under the old age pension pro
vision of the Social Security act,
which becomes effective January
1, 1937.
Recently cards were distributed
to all employers in the county and
most of these have been returned,
listing the number of persons em
ployed.
All employes who conVi under
the terms of tne act are supposed
to fill out the SS5 forms and turn
them in to the postoffice, either
by mail, by handing in or thru
their employers, by December J.
These applications are for an ac
count number and they do not call
for a statement of wages received,
this information to come from rec
ordsfcof employers. After the ap
plications have been sent to the
proper social security office each
employee will be forwarded an ac
count number, which he or she is
admonished to put in a safe place
where it may be available at any
time in the future.
All employed persons are requir
ed to fill out the applications ex
cept: Those self-employed; em
ployes of railroad industry now
under a separate pension act; agri
cultural labor; domestic service in
private home; casual labor not in
the course of the employer’s busi
ness; employes of Federal, state
and local government services per
formed for any organization not
for private benefit, such as com
munity chests, etc.
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JL XXX VUI^iU^WU JV/iiJ UUUkl V y
except those exempted will be en
titled to benefit from the provi
sions of the laws, with monthly
checks coming to those reaching
the age of 65 years or more after
the act takes effect next January.
The checks will be based on the
amount of earnings during the per
iod between January 1 next and
the sixty-fifth birthday. In no'
case will these be less than $10 a
month and may range up to $8 5 a
month from the Federal fund.
Should the employe die before
reaching the age of 65 his or her
estate will be paid a lump sum
equivalent to three and a half per
cent of the wages earned during
the time.
After January 1 next the em
ployer will take one per cent of the
wages out for the Federal pension
fund and will pay in an additional
one per cent out of his own funds.
This will increase to 1 1-2 per cent
from each in 1940, will be two per
cent in 1943 and beginning in
1949 will be three per cent from
each.
If the Insured person has not
worked long enough upon reaching
65 to be entitled to a monthly
check a lump sum equal to three
and a half per cent of the wages
earned during the insured period
will be paid over by the Govern
ment.
The social security act also has
provisions for caring for aged indi
gent persons not under the pension
plan, for crippled children, public
health aid and other features now
being made effective.
It is estimated that about 26
million people in the United States
will come under the provisions of
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In The WEEK’S NEWS
fS^mSbl!?Kow*^ll owsr the cc^nrtry
1 attention of John Q. Public on the new 1937 cars, with attendance and sales
1 promising to break boom-time records. Here the cameraman has caught some of
ithe highspots of the New York show, style-setter for the country. A small section
|_ of the opening day crowd is shown.
LIVING ROOM ONl
WHEELS — Luxury!
and comfort are the1
theme-songs of 1937
auto interiors, with all
makes offering more
room for passengers
and richer finishings.
Here is a smart new in
terior, trimmed In a
soft neutral color mo
hair velvet, a fabric
found on the majority
HOW YOUR CAR WORKS—A novel way
of showing prospective buyers the “in
nards” of the new cars was this unique
cross-section automobile displayed at the
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U BEST YEAR AHEAD—Prospects for
— a record-breaking year bring smiles
to W. S. Knudsen, General Motors
executive vice-president (left) and
Harlow H. Curtice, Buick president,
as crowds jam the portals of the New
York show to view their offerings.
INVENTOR "^HONORED — Charles F. Ket-|Mj
tering, who twenty-five years ago took the BJ
backache out of motoring by Inventing the
self-starter, was honored by industry leaders
at a testimonial luncheon In New York City.
He is seen showing his first self-starter to
■.- Alfred P. Sloan- Jr. «-J-1—
VIEW THEIR HANDIWORK—A famous name Is
I represented at the N. Y. auto show as three of the
famous Fisher brothers—L. P. Fisher, W.-A. Fisher,
and E. F. Fisher—Inspect a cut-away section of car.
SNAPSHOTS
FROM ROSE HILL TO ROSE BOWL:
Unbeaten Fordham is on its way.
Students and girl friends celebrate
with a buffet luncheon. Tempting
food for hungry rooters in a buffet
rx warming oven and snack I
server. Made of gleaming
fjflnTV c^romium on a base of solid
^*>t- i||& brass (Insert) Electric snack
' . H server keeps food hot in its ,
I three food compart- - *■
| £■ ments, or casseroles / fz
f __rr7—
r Frank Mautte, captain
and halfback of Ford
ham University, who is
a triple-threat man. He
can run, block and
throw forward passes,
and will undoubtedly be
the selection of many St
sports writers for the All- I
American team. |
Frances Paxton, alluring
film star, strikes this pose
to show you boys and gals
what the bather will wear
at the Florida beaches
What a nice smilel
IT'S A SHAME TO TEASE—A girl worker
is interrupted during her lunch by three ^
baby calves who are anxious to share her
sandwiches. '
Gets 12 Years
For Holdup Of
Auto Merchant
Wade Loflin, 22, of Davidson
county, pleaded guilty to highway
robbery charges Monday, and Su
perior Court Judge P. A. McElroy
sentenced him to 12 to 15 years
in State’s prison.
Loflin confessed he held up Fred
Deaton, an automobile dealer at
Statesville, near here September
18, forced Deaton and the driver
from the car at gun point and
fled. Officers found the vehicle,
wrecked, several days afterward
near High Point.
Loflin said he had served a sen
tence for forgery, that a case was
pending against him in Davidson
county and that he faced worth
less check charges in Rowan and
Guilford counties.
Axe To Fall On
WPA Workers
By Dec. 15th.
Raleigh.—George W. Coan, Jr.
State WPA administrator, said 80
persons will be cut from the organ
ization’s administrative personnell
by December 15. Approximately
75 of the number now are employ
ed in district offices, he said.
October Road
Death Toll 114
Raleigh.—The State Highway
patrol reported 114 persons were
killed during October on North
Carolina highways, compared with
131 in the same month one year
ago.
The total brought the number
of highway fatalities during the
12-month period ending November
1 to 1,010, compared to 1,120 for
the period ending November 1,
193 5, a 10 per cent decrease. A. J
Maxwell, commissioner of revenue,
issued a statement attributing the
decrease to the drivers license act,
which went into effect November
1, 1935, and increase in the person
nel of the highway patrol.
He pointed out that more auto
mobiles were on the roads during
the past year than at any other
time in the State’s history.
INVESTIGATE DEATH
Goldsboro.—Authorities are in
vestigating the death of Jap Mc
Cullen, 43, to determine if it was
caused by injuries received in a sec
ond primary affray July 4 for
which he and Ralph Grantham,
23, were under bond.
URGED TO COUNT "CRIP
PLES”
Raleigh.—State game officials
are urging hunters to count "crip
ples” in their bags of quail to off
set vastly increased hunting this
season.
REPORTS HOLDUP
Greensboro.—B. J. Strickland
reported that a man and a woman
held him up on the highway be
tween Friendship and Colfax and
took $241.
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY
Rocky Mount. — Georgianna
Slade and Charles Hinton, negroes,
were charged with highway rob
bery by Robert Hunter, another
negro, who claimed they took $28
and a watch from him while he
was a passenger in Hinton’s taxi
cab.
SHOT FOUR TIMES
Spartanburg, S. C.—Shot four
times, Hooks Washington, negro,
surrendered after a 1$-minute gun
battle with officers who surround
ed a house in which he was barri
caded.