Henderson gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOUR 425 BODIES RECOVERED IN SCHOOL RUST IMPROVEMENTS BILL FOR $2,344,000 SUM, BECOMES STATE LAW Legislative Machinery Moves Slowly as Odds and Ends of Session Are Cleared adjournment may AWAIT NEXT WEEK Solons Hope for Tomorrow Night, However; Compro mise Auto License Cut Awaits House Approval; ‘ickes Bill” on PWA Housing Work Remains Raleigh, March 19.—(AP) The H use accepted minor Senate changes ir. the $2,344,000 permanent improve ments bill for State institutions to day and ordered it ratified into law. The legislative machinery moved slowly as odds and ends were cleared up. Many members still hope for sine die adjournment tomorrow night, but the enrolling office was more than a day behind in its work, which must he finished before the legislature can quit. The “Ickes”, or PWA bills, to fa cilitate cooperation in PWA housing and slum clearance projects and per mit issuance of revenue bonds still reposed in the Senate calendar com mittee, but Chairman Taylor said “we will report them and every other bill we have to the Senate before the leg islature quits.’’ Federal officials told the State group ten million dollars in Federal funds for public works projects in N >: *h Carolina depended on the mea sure. Senators accepted House changes in a bill to create a State bureau of investigation and ordered it ratified. The Senate also enacted measures to tighten restrictions on optometrists amend the 1933 fertilizer law, and tax scrap tobacco and scrap tobacco deal ers. A joint committee consisting of Sen ators Ijong, of Halifax, and Hill, of Durham, and Representatives Bryant, of Durham, Murphy, of Rowan, and (Continued on Page Two). Ear hart Is Poised For Second Hop Honolulu, March 19 (AP) —A Su preme test in navigation, finding a tiny sandbar 1,532 miles ahead in the vast Pacific, awaited Amelia Earhart and her crew, poised today for a take off on the second leg of her 27,000-mil© world flight. The aviatrix who set a speed record or. her flight here from Oakland, Cal., yesterday, said she probably would 'ait for the distant speck of land, Howland island, late today. Army fliers pointed out a night flight would facilitate the perfect nav igation required to hit the island, for navigators Captain Henry Manning and F. J. Noonan will have stars to guide them. The landing itself could be accom plished after dawn. There is every possibility of a take late today,” said Miss Earhart. Sue delayed an immediate start be cause of weather conditions and to permit a check of the plane’s motors. Guffey Coal Bill Pattern For Proposed NRA Revival But Government Regulation Cannot Cure Sick Indus tries, Babson Declares; N o Form of NRA Can Save Industry from Th is Technical Age BY ROGER W. BABSONi, Copyright 1937, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Batson Park, Fla., March 19. —Can a now NRA or similar type of gov ernment regulation solve the problem of our “sick" industries? In view of all the talk about the new Guffey bill “to fix up’’ the coal business, this question is timely: Is public regula -1 ion more powerful than natural eco nomic laws? The New Deal says, ’ Yes.” The economists say, “No." Let us examine the coal industry. It is an excellent illustration, for it is not only one of our most basic industries, but it is also one of our “sickest.” Coal Industry’s Problem. For the first century of our indus- Bial life coal was undisputed as our Hcnhcrsmt daiitpil tspafrlt — — ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VI^INIA. HYEAR L the E astociatm?press sF American Winning; $4,327,317 in Races New York, March 19 (AP)— Americans won a grand total of $4,327,317 on today’s Aintree grand national steeplechase. American ticketholders gained $1,200,000 on Royal Mai?- which won the race, $525,000 on Colleen, sec ond winner, and $200,000 on Pucka Belle, third. These race-winnings, together with $2,102,317 awarded at the time of the Irish hospital sweepstakes drawing, brought the grand total to more than $4,000,000. 2nd Durham Woman Wins $150,000 Pot Aintree, England, March 19. (AP) —Royal Mail, one of the fa vorites owned by Lloyd Thomas, todhy won the 99th running of the grand national steeplechase before ail estimated crowd of 500,000, in cluding the king and queen. J. J. Ranks’ Colleen, an outsider was second, and E. Bailey’s Pucka Belle third in the field of 33, six of them American-owned, that started the four and a half mile journey. Golden Miller, the favor ite, dorpped out early in the race. Royal Mail, well up with the leaders from the start, finishes three lengths in front of Colleen, which held on to save runner-up honors by a head from Pucka Belle. The winner was held at 100 to 6 in the betting, with Colleen quot cd at 33 to 1 and Pucka Belle at 100 to 6. ANOTHER DURHAM WOMAN IS WINNER OF $150,000 SUM New York, Marcli 19.—(AP) — Eight Americans held tickets on Royal Mail, winner of today’s Aintree Grand National steeple chase. Each winning ticket is worth $159,000 besides the $3,070, which the lucky tickets were awarded when their coupons were first drawn. The winning holders on Royal Mail include Mrs. F. W. Shields, 911 Holloway street, Durham, N. C. Lindsay Warren Tells Solons Os Tar Heel’s Shad Washington, March 19.—(AP)—Con gress had the word of Representative Lindsay Warren, Democrat, North Carolina today that North Carolina “shad is without a superior in the nation.” “It sells for higher prices,” Warren told a House sub-committee consider ing the annual Commerce Department appropriations bill. The record of the hearings was published today when the bill was reported to the House. Warren, appealing for a $25,090 ap propriation for improvements to the Federal fish hatchery at Edenton, N. C., said the hatchery has been of lit tle value to the State because of lack of pounds. leading energy producer. During this period, when operators had every thing their own* way, little was done to improve their product and methods of its use to make it immune from competition. In 1818, coal consumption hit its peak—67B,ooo,ooo tons. In that year coal produced 81 per cent of the energy used, compared with 15 per cent for oil and natural gas. and four per cent for waterpower. Today, two decades later, output has dropped to around 530,000,000 tons, producing 52 i per cent of total energy against 38 per cent for oil and natural gas, and 10 per cent for waterpower. Since 1918 two trends have cut down coal’s lead.