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Lee Gravely Will Emphasize His. State Pension Plan In Mf.king Gubernatorial Race (Continued From Page One) nbout S350.000 annually. he estimat ed «>n the basis of ;i S3S.lHl0.U00 an nua! State payroll, which tie thinks is about the top figure. Even if it should go to halt a million a year, said Mr. Gravely, it would still be worthwhile and not too great a drain on the State's finances. The candidate made it clear he has not decided upon any set plan which would be rigidly applied to all classes of state employees. Rather he advo cates ' flexible principle which coule >.«. applied to each group as it st... ^ci necessary after thorough stud\. "I do not mean to say flatly that the school teachers and the clerical help in State departments and field workers should all be lumped to gether under one big pension fund and plan", he said. "There undoubt edly would develop certain differ ences in circumstances between teachers and other groups, and it might be necessary to set up several different pension funds for several different classes of employees. "The important thing is recogni tion of the principle of a decent re tirement plan. The workers in my tobacco company are protected by a pension plan worked out by the Fed eral government. We should work out a similar plan for State em ployees." Gravely pointed out that the Stat* has already set up pensions for re tiring judges and has provided a plan whereby law enforcement cf ficers can benefit from a pension and retirement fund. He said he sees no difference in principle between pensions for judges and pensions lor school teachers. "Certainly if we are going to pro vide pensions for judges who draw tine salaries from the State, we ought also to provide pensions for the less highly paid employees." he declared. Mr. Gravely expressed himself as "delighted" with the reaction to his announcement. He said he will open Raleigh headquarters in March: with a second, or regional, setup in Char lotte. U. S. Trade Policies Are Denounced (Continued From Page One) tary Hull's req .est for an <A tension of authority to m-t'.u reciprocal trade agreements with, other nations. Declaring that the trade agree ments program had failed so far as finding increased markets for Amer ican farm products was concerned, Peek recommended: 1. That Congress pass a bill like one introduced by Representative Woodruff to suspend the importation of any competitive farm products so long the American domestic price on that commodity was below parity. 2. That ail trade agreements be subject to approval by one or both Houses of Congress. 3. That Congress consider the crea tion ot a foreign trade authority of cabinet status to handle matters of foreign commercial and financial policy. 4. After stopping the "price de pressing influence" of competitive im ports, the government should adopt some method to give farmers better return on export crops. Schools Forced to Close For Remainder of Week Due To Many Absences (C^-tinued from Page One) oi' the rural school.;, while compara tively tew came at fho<-> in the city, and all were met with the an nouncement that there would be no schools during the day and were sent back. Later in the morning, school authorities announced a sus pension tor the remainder of the v/eek because of expected absences ciue to the virtual impassability of rural highways and the choked con dition ol' city- streets and the hazards of traffic, and because of many children being ill. Cloiitiy skies and a falling ther n-MWlneti; - preceded the start of the late Tuesday afternoon. It qt^ckened and became heavier as the hours passed, and by dark a raging blizzard without precedent here in recent years was whipping in out of the north. Hardly an auto mobile was in evidence, and the few pedestrians who ventured out io the storm found going extremely difficult. The snow continued throughout the entire night, but slackened to ward morning and stopped entirely jhortly after dawn. Mails Are Delayed. But private automobiles were not 1he only ones to feel the choking effects of the blizzard. K.is traffic was greatly hampered arc! delayed, and last Seaboard passenger trains i an from one to three or more hours behind their schedules. Mails were delayed, and at the noon hour, the post office had not caught up with distribution of night mails, some of which did not come until late in the morning. Rural mail carriers and those on routes in the city attempted their rounds, but found the going exceed ingly difficult. Carriers in the city, who have to go afoot made part of their territory in the morning and other portions this afternoon. Stores and offices found little to do today, and devoted some of their time to clearing away snow on side walks in front of their places of business. No serious accidents as a result of the heavy snow had been re ported up until early this afternoon. Only those who found trips urgent attempted to get about. Trucks Are Stalled. A number of trucks of the large motor lines stalled or slipped from the highway between Henderson and Oxford, and on the Raleigh route south of the city. Some got caught on the steep Greystone hill five miles north of the city, but got away after determined efforts. Most business people walked to work todav, and got to their jobs behind schedule, but for the most ' part efforts were made to carry as near to normal as possible. Worse Than Expected. While weather forecasts Tuesday ' were for snow and colder weather. ! few anticipated anything like the 1 blizzard and the foot of snow that j came during the night. It was a i spectacle and an experience that i is very rare in this section, and 'paralyzed business and traffic in large degree. State Highway Commission or ganizations were quick on the job even last night in attempts to clear the snow from pavements, and the city street department put out its snow plows and street scrapers early in the evening and operated them until far into tne night. Trat fic lanes were cleared, but much of the hazard remained even then. . Firemen answered an alarm at I at 7:45 o'clock this morning, but found only slight damage to an automobile in the vicity of the Vance hotel. Less than twenty percent of the i enrolled students at Henderson high school reported for work today, ae ! cording to Prof. \V. D. Payne, the principal. He estimated the number ! at around 100. out of an enrollment ! of 520. j Under direction of Superintendent j J. E. Hamlett. the street department ; made a determined effort to scrape 1 all the streets in the city that was , possible, ana to remove the snow to j one side so that traffic could move , with less difficulty. Mr. Hamlett said i today he had crews working all last > night, all day today, and they would j probably „ il night tonight, i with one shitt succeeding another at intervals. The superintendent said his oquip | ment was inadequate to do a very satisfactory job. since snows as large j as this one. with blizzards like that of Tuesday night, are so rare in th ' section. He said, however, lie was do 1 ing everything he possibly could. In many instances the machines have piled snow in trout of residen tial drives. Mr. Hamlett said, adding that it was impossible for the street crews to open the streets without ■ closing the driveways, and residen | tial owners must clean out their own I traffic lanes. I The fire station was opened today I in order tiu.t trucks could get away with the least possible delay in event oi calls. Snow was abo beiinf cleared j away from fire plugs. The street superintendent express ed his t pprecialion to bu.-im^s houses | or the promptness v. ;th wlrch they ' .'learcd the snow from in front of i .heir establishment-. Hocutt Lauds Catawba For Safety Record; Has Good Word For Truck Owners (Continued From Page One) | tions that something must be dune. Something was done. At this writ i ing we have had no report ot a sin : gle fatality in Catawba county dur , ing December In November there ! were nine per-ons killed. "Catawba's experience is impor tant to us all. It shows what can be | done in the direction of safety wnen we determine to do something. Steady work every day wiii do it." i Mr. Hocutt said he regards the ! safety school here last week as one of the most succesrfu! 'ts typ? | ever held and as a iv«l contribu i tion to the cause of public safety. "Since the purpose ol the course, j for which the North Carolina High ' way Safety Division was one of the -ponsors. was not to train beginners I but to enable those attending to : keep up with the latest safety de i velopments in the field, wc may rc 1 gard the better-than-expected at ! tendance as an evidence of interest in safe operation. i "The North Carolina Truck Own | ers Association and its members are i to be congratulated for the con j listent efforts which they are ; making to have commercial truck ; operation set the standard of safety i I for the entire State. There is not j a meeting called to which the truck j operators are invited that they do j I not attend in large numbers. There ! is every indication among them of growing interest in safer trans j ;>ortation. •'I am very glad indeed that a resolution was presented at this! j meeting and was passed unanimous ; ly, making this safety school an an nual event. I take this as fresh evi I dence of the growing desire for | safety. "The Extensi i Department of ! State college, tit which Edward W. | Ruggles is diretor. Professor Harry ■ Tucker and the State Industrial [ Commission deserve the highest .credit for this successful enterorise. The North Carolina Highway Safety , Division is glad, indeed, to have had | li small p^rt in making this school possible." Cop on Trial Alvin J. Dooley Alvin J. Dooley, suspended Long Beach, L. I., policeman turns his head as he enters Mineola court for trial in the slaying of Long Beach's Mayor Louis F. Edwards. His de fense: temporary insanity. . Italian Liner Abandoned in fire at &ea Nearly one thousand passengers and crew members of the 11,669-ton Italian liner Orazio took to the life boats when flames swept the twelve-year-old ship (above), one day out of Genoa, steaming through the Mediterranean toward South America. The victims included many women and children, a number of prominent diplomats and an Italian military mission. Stormy seas handicapped rescue ships picking up the lif. His Birthday Means More Relief for Sufferers Again, this year, President Roosevelt celebrates his birthday, his 58th, by calling upon the nation to con tribute to the "March of Dimes" in the light against infantile paralysis, which he, himself, once had. The President is shown (right, in photo at left) conferring with an officer during the World War, when he was assistant secretary of the Navy ar.cl before he contracted the vicious disease. Right, top, he swims in a pool, one of his favorite exercises and which is prescribed for infantile paralysis patients. Right, bottom, the Chief Executive and a young patient enjoy Thanksgiving turkey together on annual visit ot' Roosevelt to the Warm Springs, Ga., foundation, where he was treated. Warm Springs has been greatly aided, finan cially. through national obsi'i vane? of '.he President's birthday. He's the Tops F. A. Countway F. A. Countway, head of Lever Bros., U. S. subsidiary of a British concern, is revealed as the highest paid citizen employed in U. S. dur ing the year 1938. The soap manu facturer received $469,713. "A Capitalist Plot" Earl Browder Sentenced to four years in prison and $2,000 fine in passport fraud, Earl Browder, nation's No. 1 Com munist, takes advantage of stay pending appeal to address 18,000 Reds in New York. Declaring it a "great honor" to be able to go to jail for the cause, he said his con viction was all part of a foul capi talist plot. Stalked by Tragedy Eva Kohn C. P. Pliouephoto Little Eva Kohn, 4, Vionno.se refu gee, arrives at Los Angeles, Cal., enroute to Pasadena where she will live with her aunt, Mrs. Victor Stein. Eva's father, Robert Kohn, doctor of law, is seriously ill in Honolulu; her mother died nine months ago in Shanghai. Economy on the Police Force i>ciaat.e the county court failed to provide no™ «• ■ sheriff's office, Deputy Sheriff Jesse Criss of Clavi- u 0 lcia^ car>s for th« back to the old reliable burro as a means of transn ^' ^a"' ^as gone cop is shown serving a process to a gent who annil ?,tlon- The mounted in the situation. rently sees some humor HOLLYWOOD STARS SELECT THEIR FAVORITE DISHES Their tastes vary as much as their personalities, so getting the inside dope on their favorite foods should prove , interesting. LeW4 Ayres is convinced that nothing can take the place of box lunches, and proves it by almost always bringing his lunch to work with him each day. The actor often admits that he often prepares it.himself.. Escapes Death by Seconds f } m ~m>. w ' iv ~ . Ceii I ml I'rr Two-year-old Maureen Walsh fleft) is comforted Ir: . • • after narrow iy escaping death in a 25-foot ci.-tern r/ in Waukt'^an, III. She fell in while playing. II r ; screams and pulled Maureen out in the nick of liiw. i was a scratched nosa. Fake Detective Detected \ V Donald Lloid, 27, shown in Brooklyn, N. Y., police herdquarter? with the equipment which he used, is charged with posing as a detective-, fake badge and a real pistol. Police say he is an ex-convict. They accuse him of extorting money from bookmakers. {Central Prtti) Mentioned for Borah Post Among the candidates reported under consideration a? sum ~ or • <h« late William E. Borah, of Idaho, are John Thomas (loft) and '!"• 'i' : (right). Borah's senate term runs until I'J-l.'!. (Ccht'ul i'ut?) Four Times Blessed • .rlipW* Smiling happily is Mrs. Clyde Short, who gave birth u> '\1®. three girls and one bey, in her tiny, ill-heated, cabin near ^. iir. Short is a coal miner. The uirls its named-Faith, Hop*, uii j >■ the boy is as yet unnamed.
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