PAGE FOUR HENDERSON DAILY OISPATCH Ewtabllmhed Angnat 12, 1914 Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by HENDERSON DISPATCH CO., INC. at 109 Young Street HENRY A. DENNIS, Pre*. and Editor M. L. FINCH, Sea-Treas., Bub. Mgr. TELEPHONES Editorial Office 800 Society Editor 010 Business Office 010 The Henderson Daily Dispatch is a member of the Associated Press Southern Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation and the North Carolina Press Association. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to use for republication all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and dso the local news published herem. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Payable Strictly In Advance One Year $6.00 Six Months 2 -B0 Three Months - I*6o Weekly (by Carrier Only) .... *ls Per Copy 08 National Advertising Representative! FROST, LANDIS A KOHN 250 Park Avenue, New York 860 North Michigan, Ave., Chicago General Motors Bldg.. Detroit 1413 Healey Building, Atlanta. Entered at the post office In Hender son, N. C., as second class mail matter ito —*»««*». ufc s* DAILY PRAISE: Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.—Psalms 145:2. DIVINE SUPPLY: My God shall sup ply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.— Philippians 4:19. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD VS. A FREE PRESS. (Rocky Mount Telegram.) Has America a free press? There is a constitutional amendment which says the press shall be free and guar antees the same. There is a case be fore the United States Supreme Court now, however, which, as decided by the federal circuit court of appeals for the second district, tends to overlook this altogether. Here is the controversial case in brief: The New York office of The Associated Press employed a man named Morris Watson jf>n the editorial staff. Mr. Watson prepared or receiv ed news reports, edited or rewrote news items and then delivered them to a filing editor for further revision, and if found by the latter to be ap propriate, they were sent out over the regular “AP” wires. This same Mr. Watson, however, was discharged by The Associated Press, “solely on the grounds of his work not being on r basis for which he has shown cap ability,” according to his employer. What happened then Mr. Watson took his case before the National Labor Relations Board, which con cluded that the Associated Press not only was artless about the discharge (perhaps they thought he should nave been pensioned?) but it blamed the act of the AP upon the latter’s dis approval of the employe’s union ac tivities in connection with the Ameri can Newspaper Guild, in which Wat son had been actively engaged for more than two years. And so the Board made an order compelling the inefficient employe’s reemployment in his former position with pay during his absence; and on top of that the circuit court of ap peals, upon petition of the Board, granted an order to enforce. Counsel for The Associated Press immediately became alarmed. How ins the world could this be called a re gulation of commerce between the states; from what “hidden source could the federal government derive the power to compel a private em ployer to retain an employe in his local office whose services no longer were desired?” The authority claimed by the Board then was claimed non-existent for the following reasons: 1. The act is void in its entirety as an unrestricted attempt to regulate the relationship between all industrial employers and employees, by impos ing “collective bargaining” upon them in violation of the Tenth Amendment. 2. The relation between The Asso ciated Press and its editorial employes is not interstate commerce, does not directly affect such commerce and is not subject to federal control. 3. The Act violates the Fifth Amend ment and is void because its terms are arbitrary, unreasonable and cap-1 ricious, having no real and substantial relation to the accomplishment of legitimate ends. In addition the Act denies the right to trial by jury in. violation of the Seventh Amendment. 4. The Act, in its application to The farnsE Voo- I ujPsrAT -0-FnC\< | 7orr?eo oor oc= AtR?UNe ■Sooo F *rn\s 'DrouV open o? . # ~ *b* o fe%2' ®_ Associated Press, violates the First Amendment to the Constitution which guarantees to citizens freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Vastly more than the job of Mr. Watson is at stake in his case which is before the nation’s highest tribunal. Is news and intelligence, therefore, to be regarded as an ordinary article of commerce, subject to federal super vision and control? That is surmised by a federal bureau, the National Labor Relations Board. If this is de clared constitutional by the United States Supreme Court it is going to mean that a virtual censorship has been placed upon this great news gathering agency which today has 1390 newspaper members. The AP must be left free to hire and fire as it pleases in order to achieve its avowed purpose of gathering news im partially without fear or favor. Freedom of the press and freedom of speech, as guaranteed by the First Amendment, means more even than mere freedom from government cen sorship; it means that freedom of ex pression must be protected from any form of federal control or influence. The government oversteps its (bounds when it interferes with that which has been guaranteed by our time-honored constitution, which was drawn up when the need for freedom was great, especially freedom of speech and ex pression. The press must remain free. The supreme court must make a de cision regarding the whole Labor Re lations Act at this term. Perhaps it will go the way of some other legisla tion which was far less odious. S TODAY S TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES 1754 —John Lansing, chief justice and chancellor of New York, born at Albany. Left his hotel in New York City, Dec. 12, 1829, and never seen again. 1836 — J. Warren Keifer, Springfield, Ohio, lawyer, banker. Union general, congressman and Speaker of the House, born at Bethel, Ohio. Died April 22, 1932. 1839 —Samuel C. Armstrong, Civil War soldier, educator, founder of Hampton Institute, born in Hawaii (of American missionary parents). Died at Hampton, Va., May 11, -1893. 1841—George A. Townsend (Gath), noted journalist and author of his day, born at Georgetown, Del. Died in New York, April 15, 1914. 1861—Charles M. Loeffler, Boston’s noted musician and composer, born in Alsace. Died May 19, 1935. TODAY IN HISTORY 1837 .Earthquake at Jaffa, Pales tine took toll of 13,000 of its 15,000 population. 1900—Gov. William Goebel of Ken tucky assassinated—State on verge of civil war. 1902 —Anglo-Japanese Treaty signed. 1925—C0l Charles R. Forbes found guilty in Chicago of looting funds of War Veterans’ Bureau. 1933 —Adolf Hitler made chancellor of Germany for four years. 1935 — Hauptmann ended his testi mony at Flemington, N. J. trial. 1936 Snow deep from Texas to the Carolinas. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS President Franklin D. Roosevelt born at Hyde Park, N. Y., 55 years ago. Dr. Harvey J. Howard of St. Louis, noted opthalmologist, born at Church ville, N. Y., 57 years ago, Dr. Joseph Jastrow of New York, famed psychologist, born in Poland, 74 years ago. Walter Damros ih of New York, composer and cona .-ctor, born in Ger many, 75 years ago. Gelett Burgess, author and illustra tor, born in Boston, 71 years ago. Mrs. Ellen Dunlap Hopkins, found er of the New York School of Applied Designs for Women, back in 1892, born in New York, 79 years- ago. TODAY’S HOROSCOPE Today is a resourceful day, giving ability for organization. There is a little lack of coordination of thought and effort, perhaps resulting in a breakdown, separation from kindred, due to the enmity of others calling at tention to the abilities, all depending upon special planetary aspects. Final success is probable. MORE TAMPERING IN DIVORCE LAW BEGUN Bill Would Make It Unnecessary for Both Parties To Sign Sepa ration Agreement Daily Dispatch Bnrenn, By J. C. 'HASKKiIVILL Raleigh, Jnn. 29.—The present laws with regard to divorce in North Caro lina would be amended so that either party may obtain a divorce after two. years separation, regardless of wheth er a separation agreement had been signed or not, under the terms of a bill introduced in the House Thurs day by Representative George Uzzell, of Salisbury. Rowan county, and B. C. Jones, of Bryson City, Swain coun ty. Representative Uzzell also intro duced a bill to provide a more severe penalty for drivers who fail to stop after inflicting property damage to other cars, by making L em liable to fine or imprisonment in the discre tion of the court. Under the present divorce law, as amended by the 1935 General Assem bly, it is necessary for the husband and wife to sign a separation agree ment and then to remain separated for a period of two years in order to obtain a divorce, Uzzell pointed out. The bill he has just introduced will make it possible for a husband or wife to obtain a dirorce after two years separation, irrespective of whether an agremeent was signed or not. “Under the law as it now stands, a married couple may have been sep arated for ten or fifteen years, but unless they signed a separation agree ment, showing that the separation was by mutual consent, they cannot get a divorce,” Uzzell said. "This hill would merely change this feature of the law tack as it was prior to 1935 and make it possible for any person separated for two years or more to obtain a divorce, regardless of any separation agreement. We feel that those who separate without any ag reement are entitled to the same rights as those who have such agree ments.” HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, ,1937. President’s Day, Jan. 20. National holiday in Bulgaria—4lst birthday of the king. Morning stars: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune. Evening stars •Venus, Saturn,^Uranus. ;t '' > . - TODAY’S YESTERDAYS Jan. 30, 1835 —Richard Lawrence shot at Andrew Jackson at the United States Capitol. He missed. It was the first attempt made upon the life of a President. Lawrence wasn’t exe cuted for it. Insanity pleas weren’t anything new then, either, and alien ists caused Lawrence to be sent to an asylum. President Jackson had himself kill ed a man—in a duel. SUNDAY IS THE DAY Sexagesima Sunday, Jan. 31. Zodiac sign: Aquarius. Birthstone: garnet. Moon: Last quarter Wednesday. SUNDAY’S YESTERDAYS Jan. 31, 1608 —Captain John Smith returned to Jamestown from captiv ity among the Powhatan tribe. Dur ing his captivity he is declared in some school histories to have been saved from execution by the beaute ous brunette Pocahontas. There is no basis for believing the celebrated res cue ever happened. Smith was the Munchhausen of his time. Anyway, he made no allusion to the incident until Pocahontas’ arrival in England as the wife of John Rolfe, when he wrote an account of it in a letter to Queen Elizabeth. Some of Smith’s other self-reported adventures: He lived as a hermit in the woods, reading Greek and Roman classics. He became a second Robin Hood. He became a second Don Quixote, roam ing the highways in knightly fashion. (All this in his teens.) He went from England to Holland and fell in with thieves, and wandered through France. On a ship between Marseilles and Italy he was cast over board by the jealous crew. He was rescued by pirates and became one of them. He joined the Austrian army to fight- Turkey. His bravery was so great, he said, he was made a cap tain. He devised a telegraph system of communication and invented a che mical bomb. However, he couldn’t ANSWERS TO TEN QUESTIONS See Back Page 1. Hyde Park, N. Y. 2. Robert E. Lee. 3. One. ’ ' ' ( 4. The Grand Canal (Yun ho), which rambles for almost a thousand miles through the coastal plains of China. 5. India. 6. Red stripe for firemen; white stripe for seamen. 7. Dutch painter and etcher. 8. Africa and Asia. 9. Eli Whitney. 10. Goldenrod. What Do You Know About North Carolina? By FRED H. MAX' 1. How many years was the “Old South” building at the University un der construction? 2. How wore ireprejsentaitives ap portioned in the State under tine Con stitution of 1776? 3. How does the number of dwelling houses in Niorth Carolina today com pare with the number in 1799? 4. Wlhy did Beaufort refuse to pay her suj:iscr.iption for Atlapjtic & North Carolina railroad stock? 5. What famous distiller did Gover nor Jonathan Worth ask federal au thorities to allow to operate? 6. What was the first town in North Carolina to be visited by a President? 1 ANSWERS 1. The cornerstone was laid in 1798. The building was completed in 1819. Lack of funds delayed the work. Lot teries and other plans were used for raising money but did not bring in sufficient funds. In 1809 President Caldwell made a personal trip over the State soliciting subscription®. It was this effort that resulted in the completion of the building. 2. The apportionment was two to each county and one each to the borouh towns of Edenton, New Bern, Wilmington, Salisbury, Hillsboro and Halifax. This plan was not changed until 1835. 3. In 1799 there were 11,760. In 1930 there were 644,033. 4. Beaufort claimed the railroad should bridge Newport River and have the terminal established in the town. When Shepherd’s Point, now Morehead City, was selected the Town of Beaufort and the County of Car teret, both, attempted to get out of ther siu'bscriptions. The town was re leased from the subscription, but suit was entered against the county, and a settlement was effected. 5. Nick Williams, of Yadkin County. Lack of grain crops in the eastern part of the State had caused the mili tary authorities under General E. R. S. Canity to prohibit the manufacture of any grain into whisky. Lack of transportation facilities left no other use for the corji grown in the Yadkin section, hence Governor Worth’s re quest that the Williams plant be al lowed in 1867 to operate. 6. Halifax on April 15, 1791. Wash ington, himself, wrote, “ Halifax is the first town I came to after passs ing the line between the two states, and is about twenty miles from it.— To this place vessels by the aid of ores and setting poles are brought for the produce which comes to this place Today is the Day t By CLARK KINNAIRD; Copyright, 1937, for this Newspaper by Central Press Association JANUARY SUN MON TUC WED THU FM SAT m iii* a 4 ft 6 7/rH lo 1 ll2l3lfQ||\ 171819202i1111j *a, 25 2627 28k>6 win the war singlehanded, and was captured and made a Turkish slave. Os course, he killed his master and escaped to Russia. Catherine II had not been born yet, so he wasn’t one of her lovers. All this happened before he was 25, when he made his first trip to the New World and named Plymouth 15 years before the Pilgrims arrived there. THE WORLD WAR DAY-BY-DAY 20 Years Ago Today, Jan. 30-31, 1917 —Germany let it be known that begin ning February 1, she would carry on unrestric/ted Submarine warfare in certain zones around the British Isles and in the Mediterranean with the intention of starving the enemy into submission. Queries, reproofs, etc., are welcom ed by Clark Kinnaird. WyN6^J|jlJ Vbrk*f JamesAswel^ New York, Jan. 30.—-Pathos: If the glitter and the glamor of the movies dazzle you, I suggest you pick up an armful of old movie magazines. Thumb through them as I was doing the other night while rummaging in a closet corner and the sting of sio transit gloria mundi will flick your heart. For instance, these exerpts from seven years ago: “The talkies sent Emil Jannings back to Europe. They almost sent him into retirement. But he has stud ied up on his English and now is on his way back to Hollywood to make two talking pictures for War ner Brothers. Which is great news for the many fans Jannings had in Am erica in the days of silent pictures.” “There is a rumor around Holly wood that Purdue University, football champions of the Big Ten in the Mid dle West, is going to see Helen Kane. Purdue claims she has been going a round for a couple of years saying, ‘Poopoo Purdue’.” “Anna Q. Nilsson is getting better and better. Now they let her out in a chair every day and even recently have allowed her to go into the swim ming pool .at the hospital. It will be a great day when Anna Q. Nelsson gets on a studio lot once more.” “Milton Sills is an accomplished pianist, r esides being director of two Los Angeles banks.” “George Bancroft travels every where with a bodyguard, which seems (paradoxical, George Bancroft being the great big he-man of the films and the last gent you would think needed a bodyguard.” “John Gilbert is one of the fastest walkers in Hollywood. Most people have to dog-trot to keep up with him on a stroll over the hills in back of Jack’s, home.’’ “When talkies came Paramount did not bother to give Bebe Daniels a test Allowed RKO to take her and make one of talkies’ best bets out of her.” Elsie Ferguson, has temporarily gone back to the stage. With Tom Douglas, an English actor, she is play ing Ernest Vadja’s ‘Fata Morgana’ at the Hollywood Playhouse.” 13 Soviets To Be Shot; Save Radek (Continued from Page One.) ference unShattered. Other defendants wept openly as the three judges of the military colle gium of the supreme court returned their verdict after eight hours of de liberation . 'Radek, M. S. Stroiloff and Gregory Sokolnikoff, once Soviet ambassador to Great Britain, went to jail for ten years, and V. V. Arnold was im prisoned for eight years. General Motors Actions Surprising Miss Perkins (Continued from Page One) to Detroit for the week-end. “It will work out all right,” the governor commented today when in formed attempts in Washington to arrange for negotiations between General Motors and the union appar ently had failed again. Earlier he had said: “I have plans which I could not put into effect while Federal conferences are in prospect. If I don’t get good news from Washington, I will (ire pre pared to act iuims-liato'y.” Trustees Debating College Autonomy (Continued from Page One.) bee, of Hertford, also present at both meetings, said it was done in approv ing the reports of the deans of the units. “They must have been slick then,” repl ed John Sprunt Hill, of Durham. Walter Murphy, of Salisbury, and Dr. Clarence Poe, of Raleigh, both said they did not remember approving the changes. Before the argument? s carted, the full board elected R. A. (Bob) Fet- | JAMES C. COOPER I I*W INSURANCES^ I |P|| PHONE £O4-J HENDERSON , N C J ANOTHER FLOOD ROLLS IN! zer, veteran athletics staff member approving the changes. Before the arguments started, the full board elected R. A. (Bob)) Fet zer, veteran athletics staff member at Chapel Hill, and John F. Miller, like wise an old-timer at State, to head the consolidated departments. President Graham explained to the board the heads of the new depart ments would “serve as any other de partment heads, recommending per sonnel to the administration, but not having appointive power.” King Boris 111 of Bulgaria, born 43 years ago. 1851 —Jacob M. Dickinson, Tennes see and Chicago lawyer, secretary of war under Taft, born at Columbus, Miss. Died in Chicago, Dec. 13, 1928. LOST ONE RADIO PROGRAM BE tween Static and Howl Streets. FOUND better radio programs through Woolard’s radio service. Radios, refrigerators, and washing machines. 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