Swiss Lead World In Field
Of Electrification Now
BERNE, SWiitz.—The Swiss have
shown their enterprise by electrify
ing their railways during a time
when most European countries are
still experimenting with this system
or are introducing it piecemeal. The
advantages of electric traction are
indisputable. Everything is clean
and smooth-running, and one can
look out of the open window at the
scenery without being bothered by
smoke or grit.
More than 70 per cent of the rail
ways are already electrified. But J
this means much more in reality,
for the sections which still remain
to be electrified arc comparatively
little 'used So that it is computed!
that at least 00 per cent of traffic I
in Switzerland passes over electri- j
fled railroads.
Water Accumulates In Lake
Although the World War cut
Switzerland off from the world and
more than doubled the actual cast
of the electrification, the whole line
from Basel to Chiasso. near Como,
Italy, was operated electricity
from Swiss water power by 1924.
The line is operated by two large
power stations complementary to
each Other, one of which is used in
the summer and the other In the
winter.
me i.su mue iuug ouuiuwi mre »
provided with power in the same
way. Two power stations share the
work, water being allowed to ac
cumulate in a special mountain
lake tor six months, during which
the high seasonal waterflow of the
Eau Noire is harnessed to provide
the power. In the months of slack
water on tfce river the accumulation
in the lake is converted into power
Larger Load Capacity
The four power stations of the
Simplon and St. Gotthard lines are
connected by a transmission line
which runs across the whole of
central Switzerland.
Electrification has meant in
creased speed, increased carrying
capacity and increased comfort.
Electric locomotives of 108 tons
each can haul 300 ton trains over
the 137 miles from Lucerne to Chi
asso, on the St. Gotthard line
three times in 24 hours.
Two giant locomotives, each 111
feet in length, have been in serv
ice on the line since 1932. They can
haul trains of 750 tons up the steep |
gradients of the mountain line at a
speed of 30 miles an hour. With
600 ton trains they can increase the
pace to 40 miles an hour.
Pope Urges Peace
In Annual Message
(Continued from page one.)
our paternal heart, caused by the:
many great evils which, these days,
have fallen like a scourge on hu
manity, civil society and the church.”
Of his own suffering, the pontiff,
ill for more than two weeks of
slight parallels and circulatory con
gestion, tom his millions of lis
teners:
"x x x the divine goodness is
granting us an opportunity to con
tribute to the prayers, the work and
the sacrifices of all by the personal
experience of suffering, and until
now has marvelously spared us.
"And for which the same divine
God is most readily and generously !
recompensing us with a wondrous
and touching union of prayers, which
lately, from every part of the church
are incessantly being offered up for
' ihe well being of the common
Father.”'
A semblance of his customary
clarity and robust tonal quality
came to his voice when he express
ed his gratitude for the consolation
offered in his illness by the pray
ers of the devout.
His voice likewise strengthened
when he began to speak of the bloody
conflict in Spain.
But it faltered pitifully when he
came to deal with the suffering the
war has caused.
Many feared it might. be the last
Christmas message of Pius XI.
Christ’s Disciples
Worship At Shrine
(Continued from page one.)
by members of the various religious
orders.
Here there were Bethlehem wo
men in high, medieval headdress
es, the ever-present British soldiers,
Scottish men at arms in kilts, school
children, bedouins, negroes from
the Sudan, silent Arabs in red
tarbushes. and a sprinkling of pil
grims from Europe and America.
Protestant groups were busy with
preparations for their traditional
services in Shepherds' Field, to be
gin just as night closes in over the
rocky fields around the town.
Christmas Pageant
At Lutheran Church
The young people of the Lutheran
church, will give & Christmas pag
eant this evening at 11 o’clock, which
will consist of the dramatization of
the Christmas story and the sing
ing of favorite Christmas carols.
After the pageant, refreshments will
be served the participants and then
they will go carolling to the homes
of the aged and shut-ins.
The public is invited to attend
the pageant
A Real Santa Claus
AI moat on the eye of Chrlatmae,
Baron Nuffield (above), the weal
thy Britiah automobile manufac
turer, played the role of Santa
Claua In a moat effective way by
donating $10,000,000 to atimulate
employment In Great Britaln’a pov
erty-stricken areaa. (Aaaociated
Preaa Photo)
MRS. HARRY HEARS
OF FATHER’S DEATH
Minette Mill Employ
ees Banqueted;
Other News
(Special to The Star.)
GROVER, Dec. 24.—Mrs. B. A.
Harry received a message Thurs
day of the death of her father,
Perry Howard of Vanira near Ral
eigh. Mr .and Mrs. Harry, their
son, Donald and small daughter,
Annete, went to Vanira immediate
ly and all returned Sunday except
Donald who will remain with rela
tives for a week.
Misses Mamie and Edith Ham
bright went to Tampa, Floida last
week. They expect to spend the
winter there.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Byers of
Avondale spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Byers.
Little*Sandra Faye Byers, who had
been visiting her grandparents for
a week returned home with her
parents Sunday evening.
Mrs. M. J. Allen returned from
Charlotte during the week-end from
a week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs/T.
A. Kennedy.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Brown and
two daughters. Jean anc) Doris of
Waco visited Mr. and Mrs. S. M.
Beam Sunday.
Miss Mary Hughes, Miss Mary
Jane Murray and Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Benson, all of Charlotte, were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Harry
Sunday.
Minette Mill Banquet
The employees of the Minette
Mills were given a banquet Satur
day evening in the basement of the
Presbyterian church by C. F. Har
ry. Sr., founder of the mills. Covers
were laid for 150 by the Woman’s
Auxiliary. A complete turkey din
ner followed by an ice and sweet
course was served. Splendid and
appropriate gifts were presented by
the employees to Mr. and Mrs. C.
F. Harry. Sr., Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Harry, jr„ W. E. Davis and B. M.
Gold.
A Christmas pageant, directed by
Miss Inez Davis was given at the
Shiloh Presbyterian church Sunday
evening. Misses Anne Gray and Lu
cile Clark were the readers. Carols
were sung by the choir. Dr. J. T.
uenay maae a taut ana an onermg
was made for ministerial relief and
Christian education.'
A large audience enjoyed the one
act Christmas plaV "Pieces of Pa
per" presented by drover high
school students Tuesday night, un
der the direction of Miss Anne
dray. The principal roles were
played by Elizabeth Bird and Jack
Clark! Other characters were: Al
weda Rollins, Sara Harry. Myrtle
Baumgardner. Robert Hughes. Bill
Little, J. B. Ellis, Jr. Albert Crisp
and Jesse Frank Harry.
The Oirls’ dice Club sang three
Christmas numbers accompanied by
Miss Elizabeth Dendy. Preceding
the play two Christmas stories were
retold beautifully by doldle Dixon
and Elizabeth Bird.
Wednesday evening at the Bap
tist church a Christmas program
consisting of Christmas carols by
the choir, special numbers by sev
eral children, a talk by the pastor.
Rev. Rush Padgett, followed by a
Christmas tree and treat for mem
bers of the Sunday School through
the second year Intermediates was
arranged and directed by the com
mittee: Miss Meldona Livingstone,
Mrs. A. F. Collins, Mrs. Alvah
, Bridges and Manly Fulton,
j Miss Vemery Ross of Hildebrand
visited her sister, Mrs. J. P. Cook
( and Mr. Cook from Friday until
Tuesday.
The island of Sings |rare was
ceded to the East India company in
1819 by the Sultan of Johore.
T oday’s
Markets
—- . I II ---
New York cotton at 2:30 today:
Jan. 12:38, Mar. 12:38, May 12:29,
July 12:21, Oc^ 11:85, Dec. 11:87.
FUTURES STEADY
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—</P>~Cot
ton futures opened very steady, 7 to
13 higher on active overnight trade
and foreign buying.
STOCKS GAIN
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—m~Gains
of fractions to a point or so pre
dominated In today's early stock
market dealings, but many small
declines were in evidence.
On the upside at an active open
ing were American Telephone, Chry
sler, Santa Fe, General Electric, N.
Y. Central. Kelsey-Hayes Wheel,
Standard Oil of N. J., Westinghouse,
Briggs Mfg., Paramount and South
ern Pacific. Down a trifle were U.
S. Steel, Bethlehem, Loew’s and
General Motors.
GRAIN HIGHER
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—(A1)—Wheat
prices here shot upward two cents
a bushel early today. Opening 5-8
to 1 1-8 higher. Com started at
1-2-7-8 gain, and for the time be
ing altered little.
NE.W ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. ?>,_(*>)_
Cotton was higher at the start of
trading today, influenced by a good
volume of business.
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—(A")—(U. S.
Dept. Agr.).—Hogs 17,000, including
9,000 direct; top 10.45.
Summary Of
The Market
Furnished by E. A. Pierce & Co.
NEW YORK. Dec. 24—Dow-Jones
market summary for today is as
follows:
Paris: Chamber of Deputies pass
ed bill granting full power to cabi
net to settle all labor disputes for
period of six months.
Moving picture box office re
ceipts and consequently film com
pany profits have been holding up
much better than expected during
pre-holiday week.
Best Christmas business since
1930 is expected by principal de
partment stores'in leading centers
of D. S„ said Secretary Commerce
Roper.
Federal district court in Los An
geles confirms Richfield Oil Co.
California reorganization plan.
Stay-in strikers at Kelsey-Hayes
plant in Detroit voted 3 to 1 yes
terday to accept the terms agreed
upon by company officials and un
ion leaders, by which they would
go back to work with pay increases.
Socony Vacuum will advance
tank car gasoline l-4c Monday in
eastern U. S.
Increases in trans - continental
freight rates which in effect will
virtually offset loss of emergency
charges on that traffic authorized
by ICC, new rates effective today,
the increases received ICC sanc
tion when the commission refused
to suspend tariffs proposing the
changes.
Havana: Vice president Bra, sol
dier, politician and former revolu
tionist, became Cuba’s 14th presi
dent today.
Ne York, Chicago and St. Louis
11 months ended Nov. 30, $2.01 a
common share vs. $1.93 a prefer
red share in 1935.
London stock market generally
steady, trans-Atlantlcs heavy. Paris
irregular.
Comined operating revenues of
first 12 roads to report for Nov. 21.8
percent above like 1935 month
against increase 16.7 percent over
1935 for same group in Oct., com
bined net operating income 28.8
percent greater than in Nov. vs.
18 1 percent gain by same group in
Oct.
American Stores Co. 4 weeks
ended Nov. 28 sales $8,728,841 vs.
$8,899,733 in Nov. 1935 decrease 1.5
percent.
COTTON LETTER
NEW YORK. Dec. 24. — Action
yesterday was impressive, despite a
substantial amount of selling dur
ing the early part of the session
the close was at highs of the day.
Late buying was largely of a trade
nature but there was also some new
speculative purchases evidently
caused by the statement regarding
the possibility of a trade agreement
with Germany which would likely
' react favorably on our cotton ex
1 port situation. Judging by the
present trade reports the situation
continues promising.
NO MESSAGE
BERLIN, Dec. 24.— {/Pi —No
radio station in Germany re
broadcast Pope Pius’ Christmas
Ghrlstmcu ^Prophecy
LONG, long ago the Magi came
■with trophies
To pay their homage to an infant
King.
The vanished years saw shepherds
in Judea
Find magic light, and pause,
remembering
That there would be a sign that
early morning
When One would come with balm
for weary scars,
A donor of new hope, gay love,
warm shelter.
Who came to earth attuned to
Christmas stars.
THE prophecy of peace has
never vanished;
It sings its way through War of
martial drums.
Good will to men is more than
myth or fancy:
There are so many kindly ways
it comes!
Where stockings hang, gift-filled,
and dreams are mended,
Where fires, long dull, glow high
and true again,
Because we snared, an echo finds
fulfillment:
“Peace on earth, good wifl once
more to men!”
One Of Wright Brothers Mahes
1,500,000 Toy Airplanes A Year
DAYTON, O., Dec. 24.—<#)—Per
petuating a name Indelibly linked
with the air, Losin Wright manu
factures 1,500,000 toy airplanes a
year and was revealed today as one
who aided his famous brothers in
selection of Kitty Hawk, N. G„ as
the site for their historic first flight
in a heavier-than-air craft.
Now 74 years old, Wright is
president of his own firm.
Association with Orville and Wil
bur Wright had nothing to do with
his own decision to produce flying
models, he said, explaining:
I was an outsider. About eight
years ago a young man came in
and wanted us to make him some
toy planes. Since then, our business
has been primarily that.”
Marking back to his visit to Kitty
Hawk in 1902—more than a year
before the eventful Dec. 17 on
which Orville and Wilbur first rose
from its sandy dunes—Wright said
’I knew they had something, even
then."
At that time, the two younger
Wrights were “tinkering” with their
invention in their Dayton bicycle
shop.
Selection of Kitty Hawk was
recommended by the weather bu
reau on the basis of prevailing
winds, Wright recalled, but added
that the suggestion agreed with his
own estimate.
He made numerous flights dur
ing the early days of aviation, but
has not been in the air for years,
he said.
i
Spain’s Xmas Gifts
Are Blood, Misery
(Continued from page one.)
only wrecked buildings in beautiful
Madrid’s squares.
Peace on earth was not for Mad
rilenos. Their war leaders issued
Dec. 24 commands for the troops on
the front to fight off any Christian
sentimentalism which might cause
them to relax efforts to kill off their
countrymen insisting on a different
form of government.
The government’s day before
Christmas proclamation was that
its men launched a counter-attack
and advanced six miles in the Boa
dtlla sector, carrying off a number
of rifles, machine guns, and am
munition as their prizes.
The streets and boulevards of
Madrid, once thronged at this time
of year with gay crowds of Christ
mas shoppers, today were travers
ed by listless people looking at the
wreckage of familiar buildings.
Douglas Carpenter
Weds At A Bargain
In South Carolina
Douglas Carpenter, prominent
i farmer of route one Belwood writes
The Star from York, S. C., under
date of Dec. 23rd as follows:
"I got married in South Carolina
to Mrs. Taxie Boyles of route No.
1. Belwood, North Carolina. It does
not cost much to get married down
in South Carolina. It is very cheap.
I think it is mighty well worth it. I
believe the North Carolina legisla
ture passed a law a few years ago to
keep North Carolinians from going
to South Carolina to get married,
and if they do so they are required
to advertise it and also pay a fine
or penalty or tax Now if this is
correct, please tell Andy Newton to
charge it.
Wishing you a many Christmas,
Mr. Editor, and everybody else!”
Order Coffins
PEIPING. Dec. 24.—(JPh-Munici
pal authorities received today a
consignment of 2.000 coffins, con
structed for uncured narcotic ad
dicts who will be ktlied after New
, Year's.
FALLSTON FOLK
ENJOYJOUDAYS
FALLSTON, Dec. 24.—The fol
lowing students have come home tc
spend the Christmas holidays witl
their parents: Miss Cerelda Lackej
from High Point college, Mlssej
Elizabeth and Annabelle Lee froir
Mars Hill and Greensboro college
for women, Thelbert Wright fron
Cullowhee, James Edmund fron
Washington university in St. Louis
Misses Clara and Alma Wright
Maxine Boggs, Margaret Stamey
Mildred Williams and George Spark
from Asheville Normal, Hoyle Lee
from Brown, in Providence, R. I.
Henry Falls from State and Chal
mus Miller from Brevard.
Miss Alice Falls spent last week
end with Miss Mary Ann Scott o:
Lexington.
Mrs. Ray T. Houts and amis, Jacl
and Tom, are spending the holiday:
with Mr. Houts here in Fallston.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ware o
Kings Mountain, Mr. and Mrs. Sum
mey Spangler and daughter, Mabel
of Shelby and Mr. and Mrs. Bonnie
Elliott and family of Beams Mil
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs
Vvnrnff finurlino nf IViia nlano
Bus Driver Files
Suit Against Ownei
FAYETTEVILLE, Dec. 4W
Kenneth Falrcloth, driver of i
school bus involved in a wreck fata
to four school children December 9
filed suit for $10,000 against tb<
owner and driver of truck whlcl
hit the bus.
The Howard-Bobbltt company
and J. H. Gibbs, the driver, already
had been named in a $50,000 actioi
brought by the administrator of th<
estate of one of the pupils killed.
Christmas Trade
Reaches Climai
RALEIGH, Dec. 24.—(/P>—Cele
bratlons of the Christmas holiday
season started over most of Nortt
arolina at noon today when man;
public and private offices closed.
State, county and city office
here shut at noon to remain close*
! until Monday.
Offices over the state selling au
tomobile license tags remained opei
until 6 o'clock this afternoon, thei
closed until Monday.
Julius Near Romeo
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 24—(Jf
—Mrs. Eugene du Pont said toda;
her daughter. Miss Ethel du Pont
plans to spend at least part of th<
Christmas holidays in Boston, s*
that she may visit her fiance
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., who ii
in a hospital there.
HITLER AND GOERING
ARE GAY WITH CHILDREN
BERLIN, Dec. 24.— (JP) —Reichs
fuehrer Adolf Hitler and his chiel
aide. General Hermann Wilhelm
Goering, joined the third Reich’!
children today in Christmas party
At Berchtesgaden, in the Bava
rian Alps, Der Fuehrer was host tc
200 children, including all the or
phans in the vicinity. In Berlin
General Goering and Frau Goartaf
entertained 500 children of Berlin!
needy.
DEPART ALIENS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—{/Pt'
— Labor department officials
predicted today Congress would
be asked again this winter to *
stop -^hardship” deportation of
aliens.
HOSPITAL GIVES
PATIENTS LIST
Twin Girls Born To
Anthony Family
Of Grover
Thirty-three patients will spend
Christmas in the local hospital, y
cording to a list released this morn
ing. The condition of R. A. Newton
'■ of Belwood was still grave today.
Twin girls of Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Anthony of Grover were talcing the
attention of relatives and visitors.
Here is the complete list:
| Mrs. A. A. Anthony and. twin
! girls, Grover; Mrs. Dan Bess and
baby son, Shelby route one; Mrs.
Chas. A. Burrus, Shelby; W. R.
Casstevens, Shelby; Mrs. Roy Chap
; man, Lawndale; baby .Arthur Lee
, Davis, Shelby; R. G. Freeman; Mrs.
Lee Mayhew, Shelby route two; Mrs.
' John Murray, Shelby route five;
Mrs. Claude McKnight, Shelby;
Tom McGowan, Shelby; R. A.
’ Newton, Belwood route one; Rev. D.
F. Putnam, Shelby; Mrs. R. N.
Wooten and baby son, Fallston; Le
roy Wease, Shelby; Mrs. Roy Wilkie,
Casar; Dr. H. D. Wilson, Shelby;
John K. Wells, Shelby.
Hugh Lee Warlick, Lawndale; J.
.Crawford Whisnant, Shelby; Paris
Weathers, Lattimore; Mrs. Paul L.
Whiteside, Kings Mountain; Miss
Mae Short, Shelby; Mrs. Martha J.
Short, Shelby.
James Surratt, col., Mattie Pounds,
col., Lucy Levatt, col., Beatrice Arm
strong, coL
Sale Of Auto Tags
Is Higher Than 1935
RALEIGH, Dec. 24.—(A5)—Sales of
| new automobile license plates
through yesterday aggregated 79,521
pairs, compared with 48.834 through
the similar period a year ago. The
, new yellow and gold tags must be
used after January 1.
Comes To Erskine
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 24 —
(A5)—Dr. John L. Hunter, executive
secretary of the Arkansas Y. M. C.
A. committee for 20 years, announc
> ed his resignation today to accept
the past of field secretary for Er
1 skine college, his alma mater.
' A native of Charlotte, N. C. he
1 has been engaged in Y. M. C. A. work
since 1900, at Asheville, N. C., Waco,
Tex., and Litle Rtock.
1 Order Four Planes
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.— (A>) —
The navy department today order
1 ed four airplanes of the fleet ma
1 rine force at San Diego, Calif., to
fly to Milford, Utah, to assist in
the search for the Western Air Ex
press transport plane missing with
> seven persons since December 15.
Sell Oil Property
■ BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 24.—(A*>—
1 The Argentine subsidiary of the
Standard Oil company of New Jer
sey. the largest foreign oil company
operating in Argentina, announced
today It was negotiating for sale of
its Argentine properties to the gov
ernment.
Christmas Color
WASHINGTON. Dec. 24—(VP/-A
streamlined resettlement adminis
tration report, gay in a jacket of
i red, green and brown and detailing
, the activities of the agency, head
5 ed by Rexford G. Tugwell, during
its first year added a touch of
! Christinas color today to President
Roosevelt's desk.
1100 Get Bonus
ELGIN, 111., Dec. 24.—(AV-Eleven
hundred Western United Gas and
Electric company employes will re
ceive a Christmas bonus of 2 1-2
percent of annual earnings and a
‘ wage increase of 2 1-2 percent ef
j fectlve January 1, the company an
J nounced today
Disappoint T
Is One Of1
Bright Flowers
Bringing Cheer
To Many Homes
Bright flowers, for the most pari
poinsettias or Christmas begonias
will have a large part in raakint
homes cheerier this Christmas that
ever before.
U. I* Patterson, local wholesale
florist and Cecil Gilliatt, retai
merchant, have enjoyed one of thi
busiest seasons in years.
Mr. Patterson grew 35,000 pottec
plants this year, of which 10,001
were poinsettias, which were sol<
mostly over North and South Car
olina. Three weeks ago he stoppe<
taking orders for the flowers. The;
were all gone.
Characterized by the brilliant rei
and green combination the poinset
tia is the ideal Christmas plant. I
remains in bloom about five or sb
weeks. It takes nearly a year t<
grow it. It was named from the lat
Joe R. Poinsett, South Carolina bo
tanlst, (1799-1851) and is though
to have originated in Mexico.
Other leading flowers are cycla
men, peppers and primroses.
Gomez Is Ousted
As Cuban President
(Continued from page one.)
to arrogate civil authority to them
selves.
His accusations reflected the is
sue on which his defense stake*
vindication: That a verdict agains
the executive would throw Cuba int
a military dictatorship.
He was impeached in the hous
of representatives and brought t
trial before the senate after he ha
opposed a nine-cents-a-bag suga
tax bill to finance an armv-SDOn
i sored program of rural educatior
I His opposition brought into th
! open his smouldering fight wltl
j Col. Fulgencio Batista, “strong man
j head of the army, who has been th
| power behind Cuba’s govemmen
since 1933.
Denonnca> Army
In his statement, Gomez attri
buted his downfall to the long un
der-surface battle between him am
the military.
Within reasonable limits, he main
tabled, he sought to cooperate wit!
the army “but they wanted more
to rival the executive power am
command the palace from Cam]
Columbia (army headquarters)”
To usurp power, he charged, th
army juggled the national budgel
"all this resulting from a growin
preponderance of armed institu
tions.”
' All members of the Gomez cabi
net, in accordance with custom, im
mediately tendered their resigns
tions.
Gomez sent the treasury a checl
remitting the unspent balance o
his personal expense account an<
announced he would issue his fare
well message “tonight in my homi
as a private citizen.”
Recover Valuables
FAYETTEVILLE, Dec. 24.—[fP)~
Offleers recovered almost all of $1,
500 in valuables taken from Mrs
Bessie McPhaul here Tuesday night
They returned $11,000 in posta
savings certificates, $65 cash, i
watch, two diamonds, and a wed
ding ring, leaving only two dla
monds a watch and $19 missing.
he Farmers
Wallace's Jobs
By PRESTON CRovt R
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 ,
Secretary Wallace s Jobs ts to ^
pare farmers for a little dj»ppotet.
ment now and then. Hr has he.
doing that recently.
Speaking before the Ameneto
farm bureau federation at
dena, Calif, Wallace again Kaua6'.
ed these farmers that they prob8b
ly could not have AAA, even though
at a meeting in Washington they
said they wanted it even Z
than the crop insurance program
he is trying to sell them.
At the Pasadena meeting hr
the fanners that agriculture' 2
™JZ8er a fOrg0ttPn Industry
That was sugar coating. The co*
of the pill was his reminder that
after all tl^e farmers are only about
one third of the population and
that since 1933 their condition ha.
Improved until now they are. "
ting “nearly 100 per cent"
In farm prices. Wrlty
• • •
t Ever Normal Gran ry
l ASain he brought up crop lnsur.
> ance and the ever normal gran
, ary. The difference between cnon
. insurance and the AAA is that the
t government pays the farmers
bounties for regulating production
. under AAA while under crop msUr.
ance the farmer, in a large sense
pays his own bounties.
Under one form of crop insur
ance advocated by Wallace, »ur
; pluses would be stored In fat years
either by the farme or by t>
government in the farmer's name.
. Then In a lean year the farmer
■ would be paid back part or all of
the crops he has stored In the fat
- years. These would be paid back in
1 DFODOrtion t/T t.hp farmor'e
t Not only is that plan intended to
) prevent the farmer’s crop returru
fluctuating violently, but to state
! lize the Amount of crops reaching
» the market each year, thus stabiliz
1 ing prices.
r Frankly agreeing that a series of
- fat years might pile up unman
. ageable surpluses, Wallace reminds
; the farmers that some sort of con
i trol must go along. He suggests
continuation of soil cnservation,
; which brings benefit payments, and
t extension of the land retirement
program. Not always can the coun
try count on droughts, such as 1934
- and 1936 to wipe out the surplus
• * *
1 Washington Surprised
Unofficial Washington expressed
• some surprise at one statement by
l Secretary Wallace at Pasadena.
*‘I do not propose to outline to
1 day Just what new measures
} should be adopted If and when sur
pluses again begin to pile up," he
; said. “I believe the situation as it
, develops will point the way to the
5 necessary action.”
If that implied the problem of
surpluses should be passed over
• until the surpluses appear, it would
■ be a sharp departure from Wal
■ lace’s previous program of regulat
ed production.
[ Unemployment Tax
Deadline Extended
RALEIGH, Dec. ad.-ftfV-Gover
nor Ehringhaus said today federal
officials had informed him the Jan
uary 15 deadline for the payment
- of the federal unemployment tax In
■ North Carolina had been extended.
. The governor said he was not in*
. formed of the length of the exten
1 sion, but that he had asked for the
i collections to be postponed until
- March 15, in order that the state
- unemployment tax could be levied
before the federal tax.
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