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February 2, 187#
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~ NUMBER 38
Late News
State, Nation*) and Internationa]
Happenings Brleiy Told
EXAS FLOOD WRBCES
jSiN, DROWNS 20
San Antonio.—Two-day rain* in
couth Texas culminated in a cloud
burst Tuesday night, and the re
sulting floods drowned a score,
wrecked a freight train, smashsed
homes, and caused loss of
million in live
many
more than a millton in
stock and crop damage. Many
aer stisll missing in the flooded
areas, stores of the survivors in
dicating that the number dead may
be doubled. Plum Creek, usually a
small placid stream, was the center
o fthe disaster rathe rthan the
large rivers, though all the south
central part of the- state suffered.
DEATH CLAIMS FIVE
AS BUS OVERTURNS
Natural Bridge, Va.—Five per
sons were killed early Wednesday
morning as a huge bus skidded in
taking a curve, crashed into a bank,
and overturned only a few yards
from the famous Natural Bridge.
It is believed that the driver, realiz
ing that the skidding vehicle was
out of control, deliberately wrecked
it rather than let it plunge into the
215 foot chasm. The dead were
all in the front seats which were
crushed as the bus struck thebank
head first, and seven others of the
34 aboard, most of whom were
sleeping, were injured seriously
enough to require hospital treat
ment.
great powers rack
LEAGUE DENOUNCE ITALY
Geneva.—The League of. Nations
tottering under Italy’s successful
opposition and facing possible with
drawal of several smaller nations,
received new enoourageme nt as
spokesmen for Great Britain,
Prance, and Soviet Russia voiced
their faith in the League, and the
two former governments declared
they would not recognize the annex
ation of Ethiopia. It was predict
ed that eight Italian newspapermen
who were arrested for heckling
Selassie when he addresses the as
sembly Tuesday would be expelled
from Switzerland. Official drop
ping of the sanctions against Ieajy,
.I'Mired, thotigb the Union of South
Africa vehemently urged their con
tinuance.
STATE TAXES REACH
AN ALL-TIME RECORD
Raleigh.—The State Department
of Revenue reported Wednesday
that collections for the fiscal year
ending June 30, amounted to $55,
930,969.41, an all-time record. This
is 11.2 per cent higher than re
reipts for the previous year ,and
l'/i per cent ,or $445,957, over the
estimated revenue. Although the
states’ books will not be closed for
another two weeks, the budget is
expected to show a surplus, despite
the fact that the state spent more
money than ever before and raised
employees wages an average of 20
per cent during the past fiscal year.
PRANCE RETAINS LONG
CONSCRIPT SERVICE PERIOD
Paris.—Edward Daladier, minis
ter for national defense, told army
heads July 1 that France must keep
the two-year period of conscript
military service first begun in 1935,
when the effects of the World War
were felt in the scarcity of young
men. Efforts will be made, how
ever, to make service more attrac
tive by facilitating promotions,
breaking down class distinctions be
tween officers and men ,and pro
viding sports programs. In the
meantime France will strengthen
her perilous positions by a detailed
study the potential defence sites
along the Swiss border.
To Experiment With
Cotton In Building
No. Carolina Roads
32 States Request Material For
Tests; North Carolina Among
Most Interested.
North Carolina is planning to ex
periment with the new uses of cotton
in highway construction, according to
reports from Washington. This
state has made one of the largest re
quests for material of the 32 states
showing interest in carrying out tests
t° ascertain the real value of cotton
fabric in road construction. It has
been indicated that North Carolina
is seriously considering the develop
ment of a now field for her cotton
in the light df this new idea.
North Carolina requests 1,115,253
square yards of cotton fabric for use
as reinforcement membrane in bitu
minous surface - treated highways
and 2,756 cotton mats for nse in
curing concrete highways. Estimates
indicate that the cotton fabric is to
be used in the construction of ap
proximately 676 miles of road in the
State.
South Carolina has requested 669,
'98 equate yards of cotton fabric for
®»e as reinforcement membrane in
bitumhwoa surface - treated highways
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Legion Auxiliary
Plans To Preserve
Military History
Mre. George Burkhead Asks
Women Of Randolph To Give
Necessary Information.
Cooperati
A National Proj
torical Recoi
War, Is t
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Urged
o Keep His
>f World
oved.
ie program of j
uxiliary is the
if Women who i
Id War in the
An integral par 3
the American Leg
formation of a ro -g
served during the m
active military or naval forces of
the United States. They particularly
desire to have on this roster the fol
lowing groups of women veterans;
those in the government hospitals
and veterans’ administration facili
ties, those hospitalized in civil and
state hospitals, and those residing at
home or elsewhere who may be in
terested in the formation of the ros
ter or whom the Auxiliary may help.
All woman veterans are asked to
send the information requested below
to Mrs. eGorge Burkhead, president
Dixon Unit No. 45, American Legion
Auxiliary, Asheboro. Mrs. Burkhead
also will supply blanks upon which
the information can be filled out with
a minimum of trouble.
The following facts are requested:
name (present), if married—former
name, present address, home address,
military or naval service, date of en
listment, date of discharge, rank and
organization at date of discharge,
place of service (if in United States,
specify where; if overseas, specify
where).
Cooperation from all women vet
erans of the World War is necessary
to make the roster complete and
worth while, and all are urged to send
the data to Mrs. Burkhead as soon aE
possible.
Program Complete
School Reunion At
Farmer On July 4th
Former Pupils And Teachers Of
l Farmer Institute Days Invited;
Mrs. Hammer Speaker.
* ^Whea,tThr£^biDgi)4 ,
Jean Lowe Celebrates Fourth
Birthday With Party On Sat
urday ; Personal.
Farmer, July 2.—The local commit
tees are completing their plans for
the Farmer school reunion on the
4th. A large crowd will, no doubt, be
present. A registration committee
will be prepared to care for ail who
come, and all are asked to register.
The registration will begin at 10:30
and at 11 a program will be present
ed in the school auditorium. Mrs. W.
C. Hammer of Asheboro, will be the
speaker of the occasion, and special
music will be a feature of the pro
gram. At 12:15 a picnic dinner will
be served in the grove, and the after
noon will be spent in renewing old
friendships.
All former teachers and pupils
whose addresses could be obtained
have been notified, going back to the
days before the school was made a
State high school in 1907. It was
then known as Farmer Institute, and
its pupils went out to become promin
ent in professional and business cir
cles in this and other states. Many
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Trinity News Items
Current Week Are
Of Varied Interest
Coletrane Home, Recently De
stroyed By Fire, Is Now Be
ing Replaced Stone Home.
Trinity, July 2.—Chas. A. Osborne
and son, George, spent several days
of last week in Washington, D. C.
While there, they were the guests of
relatives and friends.
C. C. Walker, who has been serious
ly ill at his home here, is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Payne and fam
ily spent Sunday in Charlotte, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Parker.
Miss Catherine Peace of High
Point, is visiting relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Richardson had
as their guests on Sunday, Mrs. An
nie Ellington, Mr. and Mrs. B. N.
Royals and Curtis Royals of High
Point '»
Mrs. C. C. Walker, accompanied by
Mrs. Tom Powell and Mrs. Mae Sim
mons of High Point, spent last week
at Wrightsville Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Flinchum and
daughter, Joyce, of Graham ,and Miss
Elma Johnson of Madison, spent the
week-end here with their mother, Mr§.
Mary J. Johnson.
Clyde H. Coletrane and sister, Mrs.
Melvina Martin, are replacing their
home which was destroyed by fire less
than a year ago, by a very modern
and attractive rock dwelling. The
dwelling is of colonial style and is on
the exact site of the former Cole
trane home.
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Is Now First Class Postoffice
Asheboro Post office Is Now
First Class According To A
Recent Departmental Ruling
Receipts Now Sufficient For Ruling To Go Into Effect In Asheboro
Postoffice On July 1st., Opening Of New Fiscal
Year For U. S. Department.
Receipts of the Asheboro postof
■ fice, announced Wednesday by Post
1 master J. O. Redding after he had to
| taled the figures for the fiscal year
j ending June 30, more than justify
. the first class rating which went into
i effect July 1. Of course, the promo-1
| tion in rank was already assured, be
* ing based on receipts for the calen-!
dar, rather than the fiscal, year, but
' it is encouraging to find that the
i large volume of business is continu-1
ing- ,
For the month of June, 1936, pos-!
tal receipts were $4,491.66, as compar-J
ed with $3,084.37 for June ,1936. This j
same relation between the figures for
the two years, showing the increase in
1936, exists also in the quarterly and
yearly summaries. For the June
quarter of 1936 receipts amounted to
$12,725.53, and in the same period of
1935 they were only $8,676.35. Re
ceipts for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1936, reached $48,065.18, approxi
mately $8,000 .more than the figure
t of $40,655.67 marked up in 1935.
Since the postoffice receipts are a
direct reflection of the amount of
business going on in the town, these
figures^point to increased prosperity
»**'•'*•*$• A***-*-****-- '*#16 Unproved
Several Transfers
Made In Randolph
County Title Work
H. H. Leake ,who is in charge of
the title abstract work on the Uwhar
i rie forest project, announced Thurs
day the transfer of several members
of his staff to New Bern, where they
will work on the Croatan unit. The
transfer order is effective July 10th.
Those who will leave the Asheboro
office of Julian P. Kitchin, of Ashe
ville, abstractor, Miss Jewell Boling,
of Asheboro, stenographer, and Miss
Elizabeth Barnard, of Franklin, steno
grapher. J. M. Windham, of Manning,
South Carolina, abstractor, who is now
in the Troy office, will also go to
New Bern.
Mr. Leake and H. M. Kultz at Troy
l will continue with the Uwharrie pro
ject.
CCC Quota Full.
Robert T. Lloyd, superintendent of
public welfare for Randolph county, j
has completed the county’s July quota !
for the CCC. He will take the men,!
14 white and four colored, to Greens- \
boro Tuesday morning for enroll-:
ment.
Beane Reunion.
The Beane reunion will be Teld at
the old Pleasant Hill Methodist Pro-;
testant church, nine miles east of j
Seagrove, Sunday, July 5. Service
will begin at 11 o’clock and continue
through the day. There will be sing
ing, with several good quartets ex
pected, and a few talks.
Chaplain Local Legion Post Urges
Investing In Government Insurance
I
Dr. B. M. Weston, chaplain of Ben
Dixofl Post No. 45, was impressed by
the following information of interest
to all veterans in an article in the
July issue of The American Legion
Monthly and called the attention of
The Courier to the'article in an ef
fort to acquaint as many veterans as
possible with the facts.
The article, “Your Money and Your
Life,” by Fairfax Downey, is recom
mended by Ray Murphy, national
commander of the American Legion,
and is emphatically of the belief that
since the bonus has given the finan
cial affairs of many a veteran a
boost so that he need no longer worry
about the necessities of life, a most
worth while use for the. money would
be the government war risk insurance.
This insurance, first offered by the
government to all serving in the
World War, is still available to any
veteran in insurable health who can
keep up with the premiums.
Many ei-aervice men who allowed
business conditions are better now
than during the earlier months of the
year is indicated by the fact that for
the fiscal year the increase was 20
per cent over the last year, while the
increase for the quarter and the
month of June rose to approximately
47 per cent in each case.
Moreover, these amounts include
only what is collected for stamps and
stamped paper, such as envelopes and
wrappers. Money orders, C. O. D.
receipts, sale of bonds, etc., are not
counted as revenue for this postoffice,
but are included in the figures of the
central postoffice. The only total
among these that Mr. Redding had
available and was permitted to give
out under the regulations was the re
ceipts for mfljpey orders for June.
This was about; fl 1,000, a relatively
small amount, i%:cording to the post
masetr.
Mr. Redding also said that the
postoffice force would be augmented
by an assistant postmoster and two
regular clerks, as announced previ
ously, as soon as the - involved de
| partmental procedure approves the
' appointments. This is one of the ad
I vantages resulting from the first
I class rating. - •
Hoey Is Confident
Of His Victory In
Second Primary, 4
Thinks Margin Will Be Over
whelming Over Prof McDon
ald Leaving No Doubt.
Illustrious Record
No Breath Of Political Scandal
Has Ever Been Advanced
Even By Rabid Republican.
Raleigh, June 29.—Clyde R. Hoey,
leading candidate for governor in the
June 6th primary, enters the last
week of his run-off campafgn against
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, Winston
Salem educator who trailed him by
more than 4,000 votes, absolutely
confident that he will win in Satur
days’ voting by a margin so over
whelming as to leave no doubt that
the voters of North Carolina repudi
ate a campaign of vicious personal
abuse soch as Dr. McDonald has con
ducted since his defeat in the first
primary.
Mr. Hoey’s supporters point to
his long years of service to the demo
cratic party and to his state, during
which no breath of suspicion has
touched him and during which not
even the most rabid republicans has
ever assailed his personal and politi
cal character in the venomous vein
followed by the Forsyth professor.
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their policies to lapse are unaware
that these policies will be reinstated
without loss of the premiums paid
before they lapsed. Whether the vet
eran took out insurance during the
war or not, he is still privileged to
take out any amount from $1,000 up
to $10,000, less whatever amount he
may have received for cash surrend
er. The deadline announced back in
1017 for converting temporary poli
cies to a permanent status or for re
instatement of lapsed insurance has
been abolished by congress.
Consequently, to repeat, any vet
eran of the World War can at any
time take out government insurance,
if his physical condition is insurable.
Rates grow higher each year, though,
so it is advisable to act now. These
rates are, nevertheless, lower than
those of any life insurance company
in the United States, according to
the American Legion Monthly. An
other advantage of government insur
Well Known Woman '
Dies Thursday Eve I
At Asheboro Home
_ i
Mrs. R. C. Johnson, Wife Of
Register Of Deeds Of Ran
dolph County, Well Known.
A Lingering Illness
Funera (Arrangements Not Yet
! Complete, But Service Wi^'
| Be Held Saturday.
1 Mrs. R. C. Johnson, well known
Asheboro woman, died at her home
on north Fayetteville street Thursday
evening at 7:30 o’clock following a
[ prolonged illness. Mrs. Johnson was
the former Miss Carrie Kearns, a
I daughter of the late N. F. and Mrs.
Eugenia Kearns now of Denton, but
former residents of the Farmer sec
tion of Ralfiiolph county where the
family was well known.
Mrs. Johnson is the wife of R. C.
Johnson, Register of Deeds of Ran
dolph county. Mr. Johnson is also a
native of this county, having been
born and reared in the Farmer neigh
| borhood also. They moved to Ashe
boro from the western section of
Randolph twenty-nine years ago and
have become closely identified with |
various phases'of the life of the town.
The deceased was a member of the
First Methodist church, which she at- j
tended consistently until her illness
a year or more ago. She was a!
member of the Woman’s club and sev- j
eral other organizations of the town, i
A great home lover her chief interest j
was her family and in the two sec-1
tions of the town in which she has
lived, she is known as a good neigh
bor.
Fimeral arrangements have not
been completed as this newspaper
goes to press, but services will be
• held sometime on Saturday, July 4th.
Mrs. Johnson would have been fifty
■ five years old on Sunday, July 5th.
Among the survivors are her hus
band, R. C. Johnson; one daughter,
Miss Ethel Johnson, a music teacher
| in the Asheboro schools; five sons,
l Vernon, Will, Hal, Robert and Clay.
Her mother, Mrs. Eugenia Kearns,
and three brothers, Jim, Roy and Tom
Kearns, all of Denton, also survive.
REGINALD TURNER WORKS
AT SCHOOL AFFAIRS
Principal Reginald Turner of the
; Asheboro school was in his office this
week attending to routine matters
. connected with school affairs. A holi
day at Duke university allowed him
reprieve, where Mr. Turner is in
summer shcool, but to him it was only
another working day, and a hot one
at that. Mr. Turner expressed regret
that no one from the Asheboro
school was among the prize winners
• i in the Kiwanis essay contest.
City Playgrounds
Are Planning Party
Friday Afternoon
The city playgrounds will have a
. party Friday afternoon from 2:30 to
6 o’clockto which eberyone is invited,
adults and children alike. At this
time a fourth of July program will be
presented, since so many people are
, likely either to be awray Saturday
> for the week end or busy with the
t. primary.
J | The party will be held at the city
. j park. There will be contests in all the
r | games the children have played since
the opening of the recreation centers.
! In keeping with the spirit of the day,
. j the contestants will belong to either
' j the Red or the Blue teams, rather than
11 represent either playground. The pro
i gram will include pingpong, horse
1 shoes, Newcombe, softball, races, and
i several surprise events.
11 The horseshoe pitching match be
i tween the two grounds Tuesday re
| suited in another victory for city
i park, 7 to 1. Kittie Lee Fritts and
] Worth Cox won the ice cream treat
i awarded for the best singles perfor
j mances.
Great men are patient when pati
ence is necessary.
1
i ance is that these policies all carry
a permanent total disability clause,
an item which has proved so costly
that most regular companies are ei
ther dropping it or charging higher
rates for it.
The United States is particularly
anxious to give the insured veteran
the fairest possible treatment, as
such instances as those below prove.
A veteran demanded cash surrender,
and a check was mailed him immedi
ately. Yet, since he died before he
received it, full value instead of cash
surrender value was paid. Another
allowed his policy to lapse, but after
a considerable time sent in the amount
of the premium last due. Though it
reached the office after he was kill
ed in an accident, it was adjudged
evidence of desire for reinstatement
j and the full amount was allowed.
These are only a few of the examples
which go to show the benefit of
government insurance to veterans.
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North Carolina Woman Is
An Asset To The National
Democratic Women’s Dept.
Citizens Urged To |
Vote Saturday, 4th
In Second Primary
Randolph county citizens are
urged to remember to vote on Sat
urday, July 4th. Leaders of the
Democratic party in Randolph
county call attention to the fact
that the polls open as early as 5:1C
a. m., which will enable Hie early
birds who are planning vacation
trips to vote before leaving.
This is no plea to vote for any
particular candidate, rather for
citizens to exercise their right to
vote for the candidate of their
preference. The issues were con
sidered of such importance in the
first primary, and they are no less
so at this time—so vote your pref
erence despite the fact that Satur
day is the Fourth of July.
Vacation School Is
Interesting Event
At Franklinville
Eighty-Seven Young People At
tending Church School At
Local Baptist Church.
Attend B. T. U. Meet
Franklinville Motor Company
Makes Improvements To Its
Plant ;Personal Items.
Franklinville, July 2.—The daily
vacation Bible school which opened
at the Baptist church Monday is in
i creasing in number and interest each
day. Eighty-seven young people and
teachers have been enrolled so far.
The school enrolls children from four
to sixteen years, inclusive, and is di
vided into four departments. Miss
Martha Stroup is superintendent of
I the beginners department; Mrs. W. P.
Rodgersi of the primary department;
’ Miss Ruth Tucker of the junior de
1 partment; and Mrs. C. J. Caviness of
the intermediate department. J. H.
j Mitchell is principal of the school,
and Rev. H. M. Stroup is director of
handwork projects for the boys. One
j of the most interesting features of
j the school is the construction of sim
ple but useful articles by the students.
The school will continue for two weeks
meeting each day fr^pi eight to eleven
a. m.
Several people from Franklinville
attended the Ra/idolph Associational
B. T. U. banquet in Asheboro Tues
i day night. Among these were Misses
I Margaret Grose, Versa and Sarah
I Russell, Edith and Annie Ruth Mar
1 tin, Mildred and Faye Mitchell, Mary
Evelyn Jordan, and Ruth Tucker,
Otis Grimsley and J. H. Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. Evert Wrenn of
Wheeling, W. Va., are spending a
few days with Mrs. Wrenn’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wrenn.
The Franklinville Motor company
has made a permanent improvement
by tearing away the wooden approach
to their work room and replacing it
with concrete.
I Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Curtis of
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I
P. W. Grandjean Is
Kiwanis Speaker At
Dinner Meet Tuesday
Plan For Picnic At Brower’s At
Next Meeting Date, Tuesday
Eve, July Seventh.
At their meeting Tuesday night the
Asheboro Kiwanis club decided lo
have a picnic supper at Brower’s
church July 7. This will take the
place of the regular session. One
new member was added to the roster.
Jesse T .Lyles, who is connected with
Allens’ Store.
I. C. Moser introduced the guest
speaker, P. W. Grandjean of High
Point, formerly of Toronto, Canada.
Mr. Grandjean devoted the first part,
of his talk to pointing out why peo
ple of the United States should be
interested in Canada. He quoted fig
ures showing that our investments in
Canada exceeded those of Great Bri
tain herself, and that our exports to
Canada are larger than our imports
from that dominion. Mr. Grandjean
also compared the two governments,
making clear the similarity of aims
and procedure despite the use of dif
ferent terms in the nomenclature of
the officials and governing bodies.
Mr. Grandjean spoke of the more
interesting spots in Canada, illus
trating his talk with colored movie
slides. Pictures of our neighbor’s
leading industries and scenic beauty
were shown, including wheat fields,
ports, grain elevators, pleasure re
sorts, gold, silver, and asbestos mines,
and railroads. Particularly impres
sive was the far-flung organization
of the Canadian Pacific railroad,
which spans the continent and owns
hotels all along the way and steam*'
ship lines at both ends.
Mrs. Charles W. THlett Of Char
lotte. Highly Esteemed By
Democratic Headers.
Platform Advocation
Will Draw Many Votes
Women Had Their Say in Na
tional Democratic Matters To
The Satisfaction Of All.
From the director of publicity of
the Woman’s Division of the National
Democratic committee in New York,
comes a most flattering account of
the activity of Mrs. Charles W. Til
lett. Mrs. Tillett is from Charlotte
and for the past several years, she
has been an active and efficient
worker in the party of her choice in
this state. She is said to have more
ideas in a minute than almost any
one who frequented the national
headquarters which in itself, is a
compliment.
Mrs. Tillett, who is vice chairman
of the North Carolina Democratic
committee, issues a statement con
cerning the recently assembled Demo
cratic platform as follows:
The democratic platform with it3
advocation of principles women have
been working for over a period of
many years will draw to the Roose
velt standard not only democratic wo
men but independent women voters
who are disappointed with the repub
lican platform.
The humanizing of government, the
assuming of the principle that there
must be economic justice for all and
freedom of exploitation of the work
ing men and women makes the demo
cratic platform a modem Bill of •
Rights summarizing the objectives of
the most forward looking of the
great women’s groups of the country.
In its essence, in its regard for the
good of the country as a whole and
all the people who live in it the plat
form does women the honor of regard
ing them as people rather than a spe
cial group whose interests are differ
entiated from those of men.
For the first time in the history
of national political parties the demo
cratic national convention passed a
resolution requiring that there be a
member and an alternate of opposite
sexes on the all-important platform
committee. Wonyy^ud their say
and a number of them voted. Their
influence was felt to an unprecedent
ed degree.
Foremost in the hearts of women
is a national program attempting
with positive measures to prevent
war. For this reason the Foreign
Policy plank of the democratic party
awakens a deep response in all women.
Realizing that the basis of most wars
is economic, the platform advocates
a continuation of the Good Neighbor
policy and economic co-operation. In
ternally it pledges true neutrality and
twin watch dogs against war, a pro
grom to take profits out of war and
the renouncing of war as a national
policy.
Other measures in which women
had been deeply interested and which
were incorporated in the democratic
platform include a vigorous stand for
better housing, abolishing of child la
bor, extension of the merit system in
government to all non-policy making
positions in the Federal government,
recognizing of civil liberties, protec
tion of the consumer, and a far-reach
ing and definite social security pro
gram.
Concretely the platform outlines a
genuine democracy in which govern
ment stands for protection of the
family and home, fair opportunity
for all people and aid to those over
taken by disaster.
Rotarians In Annual
Convention Favor A
Universal Language
Convention Expressed Interest
But Would Not Go On Record
As Endorsing In All Clubs.
Rotarians at their 27th annual in
temational convention at Atlantic
City discussed and showed interest
in a new universal language. Many
such efforts at forming a language to
fit all the world have been made in
recent years, but this one, developed
by the International Auxiliary Lang
uage association, shows promise of
practicality. The 10,000 delegates
were urged by backers of the move
ment, led by the Rotary club of
Montclair, N. J., to have it indorsed
in all .83 nations having clubs, but
the convention decided to express only
“interest.”
Dr. Walter D. Head of Montclair,
a leader of the new language move
ment, explained it had been in the
process of construction for 10 years
and that a preliminary offering of
the new tongue would be submitted to
the public about three years hence.
He said the new language would
not contain the English sound of “th”
which the French cannot hand'e, or
the F*rench “r” which rolls off Eng
lish tongues in garbled fashion.
The German “u” so often fumbled
by Americans, would not be repre
sented in the new tongue, nor would
many English utterances with which
Orientals cannot cope.
As a concession to the telephone