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the highways.
K: cti patrolman is under orders to
-tup at least fifteen motorist*- every
cay in a checkup on licen.-es. he said.
u ti> oe hailed during daylight
hours and five after dark.
"Th::t amounts to about 2.500
1 motorist a day. if every one of the
o ;tro!r rn does it: out with more
than 'Mr.000 motor vehirles register
•d iti North ('.in !ina it's v;:sy to
. t a i'iii job this one item is." he
.- aid.
i »n the subject of a compulsory
ti.-pietion statute he said he favors
• >ne which would permit trie patrol
to derignnte garage? v which in
: pcction» would ho n* iri il and which
would require ihiit tickei< be at
ta"hed to <iiow ng that ihe in
quired inspections have been made
at least once every six months.
lie believes there is much merit
in the District of Columbia's require
ment that an inspection be required
before issuance of the car's license
each year.
?ie does not believe that any very
V' t pertvnUgf >■. 'V-th Carolina
ears are operated with faulty equip
i!i- but he printed out that how
1'itr small llu percentie-.o il is still
a very dangerous one.
Illustrating the fact that most
equipment is in good shape he eited
a dri\ o made some months ago dur
i!." which patrolmen sioptvd every
g-M'llne to„-:i of Wil
n'"!:gton and w t! am a thorough
!I» JH'CtioO.
■ ■■! :»;M tuck- ir p: cted. only
one was found J > be ooerailng with
tV.'d'v equipment." ha . aid.
Andrews Labor Trouble Not
Caused By Union, HoeySays
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
!n <h»» Sir Walter flotei.
By HENRY AVFRILI.
Raleigh. Xov. 27.—Labor troubles
in which several "furriners" were
.t-: unwelcome baptizing-like dips
in cmki Macon county streams were
not caused by "union or non-union"
issues. Governor Clyde M. Hocy said
,.:ut studying a vepor* from Com
missioner of Labor Forrest H. Shu
! :\i and :: ur u iking to the depart
ment head at some length.
The governor is 1i!I seeking to
v.. r to the bottom of the matter and
"d ' i;t what really v."; - beivnd the
,"t"u n cut among employees on the
Aluminum Company of America's
Xantahala dam project—a movement
.-liii-h. under the slogan "throw the!
damn Yank 'es out." resulted in clos
:»-g down the big proiec*..
The workers were stirred into ac
• :> by claim< t!i: t the company was
_ mng jobs to outsiders (the damn
Yankees) in preference t > local
•rkers: but Commissioner Shu
t'ord's investigations of the com
ny's pay rolls showed conclusively
*hat there wrs no discrimination
v.imt the mountain folks.
Between 20 and 30 per cent of all
workers were "outsiders". Shuford
reported: but all of them were em-j
ployed because of peculiar technical
<ki!i and none of them held jobs:
v:l ch could have been filled by local■
kers.
That point >ett!ed. it has been def
initely decided to resume work on i
rhe project, but the exact day for
:\ ! ;ng has not been set. It may
be tomorrow. If not. it will likely
be delayed until next Monday as j
Thursday i- the legal Thanksgiving
h.oliday.
The governor hasn't yet made u::
m- mind whether there will be need
' nrotection for those going back
M work, but he makes it perfectly)
- •.in that if any such protection is i
^.reded it will be given at once and
in sufficient force.
Meanwhile, efforts to find out
what the trouble v.m? -ill about an*
continued. S. t?. I \gcr.t Acikins is
in tile section anc! assumed to be
investigating the di t arbance: though
i ■ official aniouncemen! has been
made to that effect.
Governor Hoey absolved the
"union" of any blame, though one
<>!" the m:iin objects of the moun
taiiiee:.-' wrath was one of the union
(Tganizers who bears the name of a
.lohie Southerner. !». K. Lee.
Lee is .-aid to have extracted dues
many on the statement, upon
which lie couldn't make good. that
"all who joined tiie union will get
jolv." When !:e couldn't deliver jobs
promised, there was an immediate
and irate reaction.
The project is completely "union."
but the other organizers went no lur
liu . according to the governor, than
to tell all applicants for jobs that
they would have to join the union
i:i oider to get employment.
Governor hoey .-aid that a great
deal of the resentment appears to
have been caused by the fact that
the company wa.s sending telegrams
and sue ial messages to "outsiders",
asking them to come and take jobs.
These receiving these communica
tions. he said, would often be pass
ed through gates at which there stood
local people who iu'ci ius' been told
they couldn't go in because there was
no work for them. This, he pointed
out. naturally stirred resentment
among groups who did not realize
that the outsiders getting the jobs
were getting only those fur which
they were especially trained and
which none of the locals couid com
petently fill.
Upshot of the whole affair seems
now to be that the project will re
sume operations as soon as it can
recall those workers who were
scared or "run" off by the disorders.
Meanwhile the S. B. I. will con
tinue a thorough investigation to de
termine if there were, perhaps, sub
versive influences interested in
1 inancing the trouble.
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i Prices At Top
For Soy Beans
Raleigh. Nov. 27.—Tar Heel far
I mers who are withholding soybeans
, from market while waiting lor bet
; lei prices wen- today cautioned by
Buxton White, marketing specialist
of the State Department of Agricul
ture. that there are slim prospects
| of any increase in prices.
North. Carolina's farmers will like
ly sell approximately 2.200,000 bus
hels this season. Prices are now
about 20 cents higher than those
prevailing five or six weeks ago at
the opening of the market.
Any 1'urlher advance, however, is
likely to be checked by strong com
petition from peanuts and cotton
I seed as sources of oil and meal.
White said. Besides that, the loss of
European markets is a handicap
which cannot be overlooked.
Then. too. any reduction in soy
bean production will be more than
offset by increased yields of pea
nuts and cotton seed.
"Despite the decrease in soybean
production in iho country, which has
been reported at more than 10 per
cent." said White, "farmers are ex
pecting 33 per cent boosts in peanut
orodtiction and 10 per cent increase
in cotton seed, all of which more
than offset the soybean reduction."
Commenting on the tendency to
withhold the beans while waiting for
better prices White declared:
"This practice cannot be continu
ed with any certainty of future price
increases and farmers will be wise
to follow closely price trends and
to study market news reports and
Chicago Exchange quotations look
ing toward disposition of the 1940
crop at a favorable exchange."
"North Carolina soybeans are now
being sold for processing in competi
tion with the beans produced in mid
western states where average yields
are about double those in this state
j and where oil content is about 2n
I per cent higher. Our beans last year
I showed a moisture content of about
I 14.5 per cent compared with 10 to 12
i per cent for Illoinis and Indiana."
Capital Gossip
By HENRY AVER1LL.
Raleigh, Nov. 27.—North Carolina
I motorists seem to have caught the
; spirit of starting early lor Christ
mas.
At least, they have already be
gun the holiday holocaust on the
highways. Every paper is full of
accounts of deaths and injuries and
crashes. Over tiie past week-end
; almost a dozen fatalities were re
corded.
Governor Hoey has appealed to
Tar Heels to go a bit slower; the
Highway Gaiety Division is working
its level oe.-t to impress the neces
sity for a bit i.lore care in driving;
and the National Safety Council is
adding its voice in an effort to check
accidents oil the Christmas list.
Each year, the Council points out
in a release from its Chicago head
quarters, the Christmas spirit of
| "Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward
Men" undergoes an ironic transfor
mation. It is converted by the very
geniality and excitement of the holi
day season into suii'ering and sor
row through wholesale slaughter 011
| the streets and highways..
Thirty-two national organizations
are joining the Council in the drive,
which has a two-fold purpose: Not
only is it aimed at tiie olight on the
Christmas happiness, but it is a last
ditch fight t.i keep traffic fatalities
this year from soaring far above
1939. , :
| i\orth Carolina's safety chiefs say
the same conditions confront this
j state. During the first part of the
| year there was a \"ery noticeable
> falling off in highway deaths; but
| the gains have been completely
wiped out by recent bloody crashes.
I October was particularly gruesome,
and early November improvement
| went a-glimmering with the fear
ful toll of the last week-end.
••We hope everyone will enlist in
tiii-: campaign", says Ronald Hocutt,
safety director. "Certainly there is
no better way of expressing Christ
mas spirit than by sparing others
the grief of a traffic accident."
Dr. J. S. Dorton. who has direct
ed the State Fair here for the past
four years and who has kept it "in
the black" every time, will speak
011 the program of the annual con
vention of the International Asso
ciation of Fairs and Expositions at
Chicago Monday.
His subject will be "Moderniza
tion of the Fairs." He plans to put
particular stress on lighting.
The Albemarle office has report
ed to headquarters of the North
Carolina State Employment Service
that it recently look the registration
of a woman whose only work ex
perience consisted of breaking eggs
for a bakery products company.
The application explained that
hers wasn't the only unusual ac
cupation. either. The next worker's
duty in the products company's ac
tivity consisted of "smelling eggs."'
Chief Justice W. P. Stacy intimat
'ed to attorneys in the High Point
I power case Tuesday that the Su
jpreme court jurists are very well
acauainted—not to say "fed up"—
1 with the Ions drawn out battle over
the proposed Yadkin county power
j project.
When W. S. Robinson, chief coun
sel for the Duke Power company,
hacked by Judge Deal, of the Hfeh
Point legal staff, asked about ex
tending time for arguing the case
when it is called this week, the chief
rather tartly remarked "we are fa
miliar with that matter, maybe \vp
can get through in the regular time."
Soon - to - be - Governor J. M.
Broughton ought to hold something
Legislation On Wine Mav
Dispose Of Wet-Dry Issue
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY HENRY AVER ILL.
Raleigh. Nov. 27.—Best indications
iit this writing are that the labors of
a wet-dry "mountain" in ilic Gen
eral Assembly are quite likely to
bring nothing more than a fortified
wine "mouse."
In other words. upstioi of all the
i efforts of prohibitioni.-ts is not likely
to be more than an act putting sale of
fortified wines—perhaps wines of all
kinds—under jurisdiction of the vari
ous county ABC boards.
Thai would be something oi a hol
low victory for the dry as a bone
element: bui would be more than
J satisfactory to the ABC counties, to
ABC advocates in many counties
J now legally dry. and to the beer in
terests which are making a desper
ate effort to disassociate themselves
from all forms of hard liquor.
The most ardent prohibitionists
might not like it. but ikey certainly
couldn't logically object to it.
From lime to time there have been
reports that the drys will be in po
sition to force a real battle over a
statewide referendum: but the fact
is that the W. C. T., U. has never
seen fit to release any figures on its
legislative poll, except a statement
listing as "dry" an overwhelming
proportion of those who replied to a
questionnaire. But in the absence of
information as to the actual number
of replies, that statement was worth
| less on its face.
A survey of legislative personnel,
based on previous voting records,
known inclinations and general
I knowledeg of the lawmakers, indi
; cates very strongly that it would
: take nothing less than the most ter
! rific pressure to get favorable action
j from them on any proposal to sub
mit the question to the people.
That pressure isn't going to be
: supplied by Governor J. M. Brough
I ton, according to all available infor
I mation. though the next chief exe
! cutive hasn't said anything about it
| publicly.
Where any such pressure would
| come from, therefore, is hard to di.s
I ;;over. There seems little doubt that
! the state as a whole would vote dry
I if the matter were ever sumnitled.
i but that's an entirely different thing
j from getting a referendum bill
j through both houses of the legisla
I ture.
The 26 ABC counties, of course.
' will bitterly fight any such proposal;
| and they will be joined by western
! law makers who do not want to stir
] up a hornet's nest and give the Re
of a soft spot in his heart for the
Department of Labor (which is gen
erally regarded as something of a
red-headed stepchild of the State
government).
His father was the first chief
clerk (a position now known as
Deputy Commissioner) to the first
j Commissioner or Labor, the late W.
|N. Jones.
publicans a going issue.
Almost everybody, however, is
likely to gang up on the present law
permitting tin- al • ot fortified wines,
up t<> "1 per cent alcohol, in ;il! sorts
ol store.-' :• li over the state.
The ACC supporters know th.e
sale of wine oi this strength is out
ting into the revenue of the liquor
stores. Those legislators who favor
liquor stores but who come from
dry counties, feel that there'll be a
much better chance for a wet vic
tory it hard liquor—and that's just
what 2i per i -nt wine is—were not
quite so i\ v to get. The prohibit ov
ists proh . s to be agahist every form
of alcohol and therefore couldn't
fight against a ban on wino. The
beer intcivsts would not only be re
lieved of some competition but would
feel a liii'.e oit les:- apprehensive of
public condemnation if there were 110
high powered wine on sale.
Incidentally. Dr. Gallup—whose
four per cent margin of error played
some part in electing Roosevelt - ins
conducted a recent prohibition poil
and reports that dry sentiment is on
the decline in every section of the
country. He gives no specific figures
on North Carolina, but he reports
that the South, which was exactly
50-50 on the prohibition question in
January is now 5(i-4+ opposed to con
stitutional aridity.
E. C. T. C. HOLIDAY
DATES ANNOUNCED
Greenville. Nov. 27.—Thanksgiv
ing holiday.- at East Carolina Teach
ers College will begin at noon on
, Wednesday. November 27. and close
at the week-end. with classes lie
ginning ; t "» o'clock Monday. The
Christmas holidays will run from
tcsuay. Dec?i i •; •■>!. regis:::!*! »!i
!"!• -.lie v i"
day «>; IK-.v
^nvohinem - • ' "■ Teach
ers CcilOgO till- I.t r
ever before, is taxing the capacity
01 the colksu. eve.y ."i:thie r* m
being tilled and ciassi (..'weio. < '•!"
the 1.7 students *egist« od l.otk)
are girls and 1ST are .. :en. it. .is
budget estimate for ihe con ing bien
nium the i ilk ie . . - . !..ii . . .
ll» •! :vi I rii >ra .ill • y . i. t o. ! i,i
space, a gyinr.as'.uin. and extra un ts
lor the ! ;!i; i
SOUTHERN RAIL WAY
BUYS NEW ENGINES
Washington. .Co\. 27—Amvatce
inent is made today S > itlie .i
Railway System of the purchase . r
J»>ui* Diesel-elect, c . .< ■ j>
«enger locomotive.* o : "• !. •
power each. I'or ase <-n "The
cent". Southern il. ! v t . X
27 and between Wa-h 'it'll and
Atlanta, and un tie* Pone. de Leon",
trains Xo>. 1 and :!. een .'nan •
nati and Chattanooga. The i . • lo
comotives lor ' The Cr \- :>•' " have
been ordered from Klecti Mot •
Corporation, and the two 1 • »r th •
"Ponce de Leon" I'vom the Ameri
can Locomotive Co p-ny. i' 1 < ;■
Hi tlie engines - e'.peited . u:n<l
the fir<t • >1 January.
LANGUAGE GROUP
TO MEET AT UNC
Chapel Mill. Nov. 27. -Several
Hundred memner- 'ii • S ;ih \'
lantie Modern Lan;;;: >o '• socav
(ions, from the Carolina. Georgia.
Tennessee. Alabaa a. and !-*!« d .. . •
expected to convene . t :> li II
un Friday and Satan! y. \'o\ enow
29-30
Uefore the association . < a whole
and at the varior* -ect:o:i t.leevn:*
over 40 papers and adore ■ < ? will
be delivered.
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Grain undermost Modern Methods,
by experienced distillers. All cf
this whiskey has been properly
aged in first quality new heavily
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of the process carefully watched
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ANKS FOR
RICA
Thanks for the land of America,
For reasons a little child knows,
Its springtime, its warm summer sunshine,
The peace oi its white winter snows
Thanks for the wealth of America,
lis forests and prairies and hills.
For the challenge to build and to conqum.
For its farms and its mines and its mills*
Thanks for the spirit of America.
That shines out far over the sea,
A proof to the world and all nations
That a land can grow great ard be free.
Thcnks for the strength of America,
A giant that has slumbered so long,
And now stirs in its might and its vigor,
A nation awakened and strong.
Thanks for the love of America,
Love of family, of home and of land,
While we cherish and guard and defend thess
The American Dream shall yet stand.
—Stanton M. Meyer.
CAROLINA POWER & LiGHT COMPANY