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| N J State L-itiary ? rw?m k v. Rfileigh N C oov ir> N c. Occasional rain Saturday, colder I?I hi I I \ I I I \ lll70I?MT^T?lVTrn I maritime forecast irst and central portions; Sunday. I I I I ? W H\ I I l 9 I ^ I F ?* i fi ? ? ? \ I 111 \W 1 Sandy Hook Hatteras: Moderate colder with occasional rain. -??? * -M?^ _Z_ m ? U A J- -??L 1 J J J J _jj_ f! J J ^ | j I J I ? shifting winds becoming fresh to strong ? 1908 COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT. A WEEKI.Y ESTABLISHED BY W. O. SAUNDERS I\ im, 1936 ? "" ? ELIZABETH CTV. N. C.. SATUKFAY. JAW?ABV M =1 lty' a SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS Assembly Slows Up On Work Senate Already Dis cards Six-day Week ' State Fair Up (isaiu Slore Taxation Is 111 for Much Discussion I'ro and Con Kulcigh. Jan. 22.?(U.R)?House committee consideration of the ! unal child labor legislation to day was postponed until next Wednesday to permit members of the constitutional amendments committee, one of whom is knotfn to oppose ratification, to speak before the committee. Reps. T. P. Dellingcr of Gaston and Walter Murphy of Rowan were absent today when the com iv, it tee met to formulate recom mendations oa the proposed amendment. and the comniitt or , : vd the pcstpoiunent to permit them to be Iteard before final de cision is made. Deiiinger is op [xv cd to ratification of the federal which was requested recently by President Roosevelt in a letter to! Gov. Clyde R. Hoev. Meanwhile. House and Senate ? roiled through brief sessions and adjourned until tomorrow morn- i rag The senate gave indirect not- j I r e of revolt against the six-day week for the legislature by voting to meet at 8 p. m. Monday, the i usual time during the past session, j instead of at 1 p. m. Local Measures Only local measures will be con- j iicieiecl at tomorrow's sessions. Seven local bills were introduced j in the house today, and one state- ! w ide measure, a bill by Rep.' G or I",'/ell of Rowan providing for a commission to study classi- | at. a oi property for taxation, was presented. Property classiflca- 1 tion for tax purposes were permit- i ted under the constitutional | am moment adopted by the people last Nov. 3. the biil was referred to the finance committee. In tire senate, a measure look in/. to state operation of the an nual state fair by providing a j fund to cover a possible deficit I \va-> pit nted by Sen. Clarke of E:.e T:r measure permits the governor and the council of state to set aside not more than ? $25,000 annually to cover a defi- 1 ?Continued on Page Three) Congress Is \\ orking On Partisan Note ilii' Mnjorit) I'uts Admin* Mrttliou Measures Vt ith Little Opposition Wa ton. .Fan. 22.?(U.PJ?The uy cleared away the last nal obstacle to continu of the temporary federal u ncics clue to expire on n it approved and sent W. to House a bill extend Reconstruction Finance . in until June 30, 1939. ? was no record vote. An at' mpt lo send the bill back to committee failed 176 to 9. I ' bill also extended the el iiome and farm authority, '? HFC mortgage corporation. 1 port-import bank and the ?ii ?. (iity credit corporation, all Continued on Page Three) (ri-sis In Japanese (tort. Is Expected liv II. O. THOMPSON lokvo. Saturday. Jan. 23.?(U.R) >w-down between militarists fHvonrm a fascist government for J*l>au and their parliamentary ?Pl?o:icntJ> was imminent today. ? Japanese feared a new -aty coup d'etat this week "??vin? Thursday's riotous i. Cie diet, when an attack ? army because of its de mands tor huge appropriations ment of the military es and for government F' lotrn which would give the gen eral .staff virtual control of all fl lirs, resulted in a two pension of parliament. : s issued a declaration - - r^fosing to cooperate Doiitical parties. Sloan Defies Lewis; President 9s Rebuke Is Directed At Both GMC President De termined to Reopen Closed Plants New York. Jan. 22. ?(U.R)? Hurling a challenge to auto un ion leaders. President Alfred P. Sloan of General Motors tonight declared that "every effort will be made "to reopen strike-locked General Motors plants." His statement was a direct an swer to Chairman John L. Lewis of the committee for industrial organization, who warned that "labor is on the march" and that the unionization drive in the au to industry would be intensified. Unlawful Possession In crisp staccato words. Sloan i blamed the United Automobile Workers of America and "unlaw ful possession of our plants" by I sit-down strikers for preventing a strike settlement, asserted that the corporation was ready to bargain collectively and estimated that the strike was costing workers $1,000, 000 daily in wages. "The present deadlock cannot go on indefinitely." Sloan warned. "Our men wish to work. They are prevented by a small group of sit down strikers and their leaders, who are willing to jeopardize the country's recovery in order to impose dictatorship on our coun try and on our people. "Our duty is plain. We have a ?-esponsibnity to our employes. This strike is costing the employes of General Motors a million dol lars a day in wages. Our duty to them is to do everything possible to save them from further loss of income and from being thrown on relief. Must Be Solved "The situation must be solved and I am sure that a way will be (Continued on Page Three) Settle In Conference, ! Not Headline, Says Roosevelt Washington. Jan. 22. ? (U.R)? President Roosevelt tonight stern ly implied that capital and labor should seek peace in conferences and not victory through newspa per headlines as efforts to mediate the General Motors strike collaps ed here in a burst of angry state ments. The issue of presidential inter vention in the automobile crisis was placed squarely before the White House when John L. Lewis, "rebel" C. I. O. leader demanded that the administration come to to the aid of workers who rallied to the support of Mr. Roosevelt in his campaign for re-election. President Quoted Today the president continued in his refusal to be drawn into the situation. It was significant, however, that he deviated from his usual custom to permit news paper reporters at .his press con ference to quote him directly on his views of the strike problem. "I have no further news than what's you've got." Mr. Roosevelt began. "Of course, I think in the interest of peace there come mo ments when statements, conver sation and headlines are not in order." The president met further ques tions as to whether he intends to intervene and whether he would comment on Lewis' statement, in terpreted by some as a demand for repayment <df a political debt, with the observation that both queries had been answered by his direct quotation. Sharp Rebuff Reporters viewed th? chief ex ecutive's remarks as a sharp re (Continued on Page Three) Californians Defending Citrus Fruits From Cold ? Burn Sunnier* to Protect Trees From Unusually Cold Temperatures Los Angeles, Jan. 22.?(U.R)? A gray blanket of smudge rolled ov [ er this city tonight in the wake of the severest cold spell that has struck southern California in a ! quarter of a century, damaging the huge citrus crop inland as far as imperial valley. Citrus growers burned more than 1,000,000 barrels of oil throughout the night, lifting tem i peratures ranging from 23 to 28 I degrees. A sharp upturn was pre- i dieted for tomorrow. No estimate of crop damage was 1 obtainable, although Imperial val ley. worst hit by the freezing spell! ! since it normally has no need of j "smudging." reported more than I 51.000.000 loss Losses there this month alone, due to freezing temperatures, mounted to over $3,000,000. ac cording to B. A. Harrigan, county I agricultural commissioner. Total losses in southern Cali i fornia. including the rich Coach ella valley grapefruit producing country, was estimated at nearly ! 525.000.000. Losses this winter have exceed j ed the record damage of 1913, j when half the citrus crop was de stroyed, but due to the larger crop the percentage of damage has j been smaller, officials of the Cali fornia fruit growers exchange re ported. Cost of "smudging" ran into tremendous figures, growers said, estimating the consumption of oil alone at approximately $1,000,000 1 a day. ~ - ?? TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A. M. 8:30 Mens Christian Federa tion P. M. 2:30 Local 119 AFHW Library Hours: 10-12, 2-6. SUNDAY CALENDAR A. M. 9:30 Church schools 11:00 Morning worship P. M. 6:45 Young Peoples Leagues ! 7:30 Evening worship; Christ Church YPSL. 7:45 Christian Science ser vices 702 Boston Ave., on subject: "Truth" Library closed. Find Suicide Note In Coat OfL.A.Krainer Body W as Recovered from, Creek at Edenton Yes terday Afternoon Edenton. Jan. 22.? The body of L. A. Kramer, aged 44. was found about 3:40 p. m. Friday, on the bottom of Queen Anne's creek near the mouth. Albert Lassiter, who found the body, had volun teered to help drag the waters af ter a note found in Kramer's coat pocket which had been left on a barge nearby, indicated he had committed suicide. The coat was noticed Tuesday by Ervin Deens, watchman on the dredging barge. Being unclaimed and wet with rain. Deens had ta ken the coat and hung it over the boiler with the intention of wear ing it when dry. Today he put it on and discovered in one of the pockets a note which read as fol lows: "Dear Gladys?I am sorry for all the things I have done and said. This applies to Carroll too and my friertds. I hope everything will be for the best." 'Signed) "Laurie". Deens turned the note over to Pueh Roberson who in turn placed it in the hands of the right parties and dragging opera tions were begun which shortly produced the body. In the past Kramer had been a member of the town council and was associated with the Edenton Peanut co.. as secretary and trea surer. Later he was half owner of the Edenton Feed and Fuel Co. Recently he was unemployed and it is thought that financial mat ters were probably the cause of the act. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Kramer of this city and is survived by one broth er, C. E. Kramer, postmaster of the Edenton post office; one sis ter, Mrs. W. P. Warren of Norfolk; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Lyn Wool of Nags Head and Mrs. Jo seph Barrett. At the time of this writing, fun eral arrangements had not been completed. JimFarley Begins A New Term But May Resign Soon and Return to Private Life Few Changes Seen Believe There Will Be No Shake-up Before Reor ganization Plan Washington, Jan. 22.?(U.R)? James Aloysius Farley, ruddy, gum-chewing New York politician who directed President Roosevelt's two successful White House cam paigns. began his second term as Postmaster General tonight. Ht is expected to resign within 60 or 90 days to accept a more remunerative position in private industry. The senate suspended usual pro cedure to confirm Farley's nomination. He is the only one of the cabinet officers who is com pelled by law to come before the senate for approval at the close of the first presidential term. Reports that Farley's personal fortune had been depleted since he entered the cabinet and that he contemplated retirement were current before the Democratic national convention met in Phila delphia. At that time, also, Farley was under severe criticism from newspapers and from Republicans for holding three job?the cabinet post, chairman of the Democratic national committee and chairman of the New York State Democratic committee. Farley is said to have offered to resign but Mr. Roosevelt refused to permit him to retire under fire and gave him a leave of absence instead, according to reports. Far ley returned to the cabinet after the president's reelection but was said tonight to be still determined to return to private industry. His re-appointment was inter (Continued on Page Three) Form Bloc In Behalf Of Govt. Ownership Washington, Jan. 22 ? (U.R)? 1 Rep. John E. Rankin. D.t Miss., | co-author of the Tennessee Val j ley Act. and Rep. Knute Hill, D., j Washington, today organized a House bloc to fight for continued government ownership and opera tion of exisiting power projects | and against pooling TVA power with private utilities. I They predicted a majority of the House would join the fight within I a few d*ys, and issued a formal | policy statement. The action came as a committee headed by secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes sought to draft national power policies for Presi dent Roosevelt. cj r ^ <2/h^<BANK CLERK ^ TUE SODA JCRKER BALANCING THE BUDGET, A TRICKY BUSINESS. "What's your guess as to what the Legislature is going to do with the Sales Tax?" asked the Soda Jerker. "The doings of petit juries and country law-makers belong to the unpredictables," replied the Bank Clerk. "It is as easy to pre-detcrmine the sex of an unborn child or tell what will come out of an unde veloped kodak film, as to predict what a State legislature will do in any given situation. "One would naturally assume that they will be tremendously in fluenced by the party's platform pledge to exempt al' necessities of life from the Sales Tax, and Gov ernor Hoey's modification of that pledge. "The party platform pledged certain relief from the Sales Tax and Governor Hoey reiterated that pledge in modified form in all of his campaign speeches. The Gov j ernor of course, realized that some one pulled a boner when it was written into the platform that ALL necessities would be exempt. He wriggled around that the best he could in his campaign. But here is a definite pledge that should influence the present law making body." "Well, do you think that the ex emption of certain commodities surh as flour, rorn meal sugar. fat-back, molasses and collard greens will satisfy anybody?" ask ed the Soda Jerkcr. "Not at all," said the Bank Clerk; "such exemptions will sim ply make it harder to collect the tax from the majority of little store-keepers and will encourage lying, cheating and chiseling on a colossal scale. "If this Legislature exempts corn meal, molasses, fat-back and collard greens from the Sales Tax. you will see the greatest book boost in the sales of these home ly commodities in the history of Southern civilization. When the tax collector gets around to the small store-keepers he will be convinced that 90 per cent of all North Carolinians have gone on a diet of corn bread and molasses, sow-bosom and collard greens. "Personally. I am heartily in accord with those who favor a j smaller sales tax and the encour- | agement of honesty and respect! for law." "I guess they can't abolish the j sales tax and keep the budget in | balance?" inquired the Soda Jer- j ker. "Balancing the budget is tricky business," said the Bank Clerk; | "often resulting in forcing us to do without a lot of things we need I in order that the politicians can get a lot of things thev want " Flood Waters Spread In the Mid-West RAINS steadily pouring thousands of tons of water into Mid-West rivers and streams are causing se rious flood peril in many states. Ohio, White, St. Fr mcis and ether rivers already have reached flood proportions, making thousands of refugees homeless. This air view shows a Missouri Pacific train mak ing its way across a flooded area near Poplar Bluff, Mo. The scene is typical of thousands of farmland acres. | Minstrel Well Received By Large Crowd) Seventh Dixie Land Min strel Is Said To Be the Best Yet The seventh annual Dixie Land Minstrel, presented by the stu dents of S. L. Sheep School, was j enthusiastically received last night I by a crowd that overflowed the S. j L. Sheep School auditorium. Last night's presentation was declared by members of the au dience to be by far the most spec tacular, the most colorful and the most smoothly performed Dixie Land Minstrels yet given here. All the number were good, es ! peeially the solo numbers, but the | numbers that were most favorably received were "In a Little Gypsy | Tearoom." with Martha Pinner and Jack Stevenson; "Military Man." with Julia Fearing and Soldiers; "When a Lady Meets a Gentleman." with Katherine Jen kins and Sam Griffin: "Organ Grinder Swing," with Carolyn Hill and Chorus," and "The Way You (Continued on Page Three) ? + f >1 Spanish War i Developments By UNITED PRESS Developments Friday in Spain's civil war: Madrid. Twenty Loyalists planes bombed their former air port at Getafe to prevent its use by Rebels. Other Loyalist planes attacked enemy lines on_ several fronts and bombed the Rebel port of Cadiz sinking a ship. Paris. Rebel General Francis co Franco was reported to have brought 6,000 fresh troops from Spanish Morocco for a new drive on Madrid. Geneva. League of Nations promised the Loyalist govern ment to aid in evacuating the civilian population of shell-torn Madrid. Pope Pius Rallies; In Cheerful Mood Rome, Jan. 22.?(U.R)? Pope | Pius was in a cheerful mood to- i night, refreshed by much-needed sleep, but his fundamental condi- ! tion remained serious and Vatican | attaches did not change their previous opinion that permanent recovery is impossible. The pontiff was allowed to sit up in his wheelchair for a while today and was promised by Doc- . tor Aminta Milani that he might spend a maximum of an hour or two out of bed each day so long as his condition docs not become more serious. Seventh Dist. C. To Aid Flood Area I Capt. W. H. Lcwark and 21 Men Left Klizabetli City This Morning On Way *-to Ohio Valley to Do Rescue Work. A contingent of Seventh District Coast Guardsmen, under the command of Capt. W. H. Lcwark, of Kill Devil Hilis station, left here early this morning en route for the flood area ;n the Ohio Valley, where they will engage in life saving and rescue work until the flood now threatening the val ley has subsided. The men, 25 in number, as sembled their equipment and made their departure within 14 hours after their orders were re ceived at District Headquarters here yesterday at 4.00 p. m. They left here this morning at 6:00 a. m. In view of the amount of equipment they had to assemble and pack and the extent and na ture of the area over which they were scattered, their embarkation was a miracle of speed and effi ciency. ( Life boats and men from six stations in this district arc being rushed to the flood area. The Nags Head. Oregon Inlet, Chicamacoico, Cape Hatteras, False Cape and Virginia Beach stations are each represented by a boatswain's mate and three surfmen. Each life boat will be manned by four men. The men and boats from False Cape and Virginia Beach stations went direct to Norfolk late last night without reporting to head quarters here. The men from the other four stations had to report ? Continued on Page Three) ' N j Auction Market Meeting , Held Minus Reporters j Reporters were excluded from the '?round-table" conference on the subject of the proposed auc tion market held at the Chamber of Commerce-Merchants associa- ' tion offices last night. It was la ter explained by Secretary G. C. Meads, that, due to the fact that County Agents G. W. Falls of Pas quotank and T. L. Carr of Camden had declined to attend the meet ing. R. B. Etheridge, chief of the j division of markets, did not wish ! to be quoted in any way in the | course of the discussion. Mr. Falls j and Mr. Carr declined to attend ! on the grounds that a survey had j shown that a large percentage of | the farmers of this section favor ed the cooperative marketing idea j rather than the auction market. While not quoting Mr. Ether-1 idge. Mr. Meads said that those ! present were of 'he opinion that j there would be no conflict be-! tween the two ideas, and that both might hp operated with the grow- ! cr free to make his choice between them. He expressed the belief that the auction market would be more readily applicable to crops other than white potatoes, and that its operation would do much to im prove the quality of crops grown ! and promote better packaging i practices. Mr. Meads also said that it was i the belief of those present that those farmers who had expressed | themselves as for the cooperative | idea, had not fully considered the J possibilities of the auction mar-1 ket. Carrol Abbott, local produce' dealer, was appointed chairman of 1 a committee of those present to \ interview farmers of the section on the subject. Present at the meeting were Mr. Etheridge and his colleagues, I C. W. Sheffield and Harry West- ( cott. officials of the chamber, lo- | cal produce dealers, and two far- j mers. Robert Benton and H. C. I Ferebee. Thousands Flee Before Steadily Rising Floods Waters of the Ohio and Mississippi Spread Havoc Dire Privation Pittsburgh, Louisville ami Other Ohio Valley Towns Share Toll of Oamape Memphis, Tenn.. Jan. 22.--(U.R) ?Sleet and snow whipped across the middle Mississippi basin to night as 20,000 men. women and children fled from raging waters of the roaring Mississippi and its tributaries. The flood was growing to pro portions that may make it the worst in the basin's history as stories of indescribable privation truckled in from water-soaked refugees in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi. New Levee Breaks Raging murky floodwaters, which for days have battered against their barriers, smashed three new breaks in levees on the St. Francis river and on a little river drainage ditch tonight. The engulfing floods poured through the new breaks to cover hundreds of thousands of acres in the world's richest cotton sec tion. Seven cities and towns in the danger zone were under water. Several others were isolated and their only contact with the out side world was by boat. Suffering among the more than 20,000 homeless refugees was ac centuated as sleet and snow re placed the endless rains tonight. On the heels of the snow came sub-freezing temperatures which dropped as low as 18 degrees above zero. Mid-South Submerged Virtually all highways in Uie rich mid-south section are closed by two to 10 feet of water. The few that remained open were sheathed with ice and dangerous. So severely frozen they no long er could walk, nine women and children were carried into a hos pital at Joncsboro, Ark., tonight. Rescuers who brought them to shelter, from nearby Black Oak said scores of others were maroon ed and facing the same privations. A woman near Black Oak gave birth to a child late today with out medical aid. Doctors who sought to reach, her to attend the 'Continued on Page Three) Mobilize For Assistance To Flood Victims President Directs the Coast Guard, Red Cross and Other Agencies to Gi%e Relief. Washington, Jan. 22. President Roosevelt tonight di rected that all resources of the government be mobilized for the aid of refuges in the midwestern and southern flood areas. He acted after Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, national chair man of the Red Cross, informed him that 120.000 persons were temporarily homeless in the flood regions and that 'he situation was approaching a crisis. Grayson's report was tendered at the president's cabinet meet ing. The chief executive immedi ately directed that all government departments involved give full cooperation. Mobilizing Meantime, the Red Cross, Coast Guard and works progress admin istration mustered airplanes, boa is and trucks to rush supplies to the stricken areas to aid in rescue work and otherwise care for the cold and homeless. Sixty Red Cross relief workers were hurried to the inundated re gions to direct rescue work. The coast guard and 8.000 WPA work ers "on emergency duty" cooper ated. The titanic battle against hu man suffering was concentrated in the tri-state area of Ohio. Ken <Continued on Page Thict) There is no form of nerve dis order that may not be caused or aggravated by Eye strain. For a thorough Eye examination see DPS. J. D. HATHAWAY. .adv.).