: i ? . ???????mimmmmmmmmmmmm?. ."""^'''TTZZZISILmmwwwm i ' '? ' '? ? . 1 f '?- ? . ? . " ??'-??> " ? " ? ?^SSSSHS^SISSZI """"""""""^ZSiiSSSSS^SSSSSS Higher Tax Rate Proposed To Pay Pgntipfi Bwiftfi .. i,. : < Administration Amend ments Would limit Qn County Levies; House Will Debate Old Age Plan ' Raleigh, March 4. ? Amendments to remove the limit on the amount e? the State social security equalising fond and to allow county tax ratas in- excess of ten cents were offered in the House yeoterday, as the ad ndnlstratiion's old aft assistance and children's aid bill was set as a special task* for debate today. deceived by 'the House were new bills which would? Submit to the voters at the next general election a constitutional amendment to prohibit diversion of highway funds and require that sueli funds be spent only for xtmu} boilding, maintenance, safety, ad ministration and advertising, by Representative H. L. Joyner of > ->v. / A .{milM .\r>irn?mpmn |ou y ucia. ?,iiiii ? bill is on the Senate calendar.) Allow school teacher* ' one day of sick leave for each month that they work and reduce auto license fees to |5, by Representative Thomas Cooper of New Hanover. Appropriate $25,000 to add a "bat tleship'* to the {State's "Navy"?the patrol boat wanted by down-Bast fishermen to' ' chase out-of-State trawlers, by Representative Fred R. Seely" of Carteret and Roy Davis of Dare, And? Require a cash deposit of 2 per cent with bids on State supplies, | bjr Representatives Mercer J. Blank ehahip and E. 1* Mayhew of Meck lenburg: Fair Trade BilL the House without an indole V vote was the Stone Barker bill, carrying a dozen tigna tureh, to allow manufacture;* and retiiikrs to enter voluntary contrmcta to maintain minimum resale prices on trite-marked products. Already enacted by 36 other states sponsored by'Merchants of North Carolina, the "fair' trails bill" is intended to elimi nate "loss leaders" used by cut-rate store* to lure customers. At a night, calendar-clearing ses sion, the House passed on second Toydfay a bill to enlarge and im prove" the State gasoline inspection division and to modernize regula tions governing gasoline quality. The bill, introduced by Repre sentative Oscar G. Barker of Dur ??-- m tv. o,.?? n~. I n?m, ouuiuuu vi wc uhv lin* Terminal Commission, follow ed the commission's suggestions to prevent short measure and poor quality in gasoline?for which, the commission's report said, North Carolina is paying a high price. Security A mead stents. Without discussion, the House ten tatively adopted several amendments drafted by the Attorney GeneraTi office and presented by Finance * (l||WTfw?n Victor & Bryant of Dur haaL One of the amendments would remove a 10 per cent limitation on the amount of a State equalising fund to aid counties! unable to raise their one-fourth of the security costs from the tax rate authorised. The bill passed by the Senate included a fund equal to ten per cent of total State contributions, to be distributed to poorer counties in amounts up to one-fourth of their) total assess?nts ? Another change would provide , that the tan-cent ad valorem tax raft authorized in the measure for counties be interpreted ss a rate in addition to the amount found nece* sary for the pobr after the ps*e*$e of the security act. As Assistant Attorney General Harrjr McMullan illustrated the af fect of the amendment; If a county ' now levies six emits for the poor but should be enabled to reduce that rate to three cents* as s result of the seetoi^ ~ program, it would be required' to levy 13 cents for' security ^ ?? nev^A1T>?fivi&WU>2? in addition to more than $2,000 worth of merchandise and supplies, making a total of around $7,000 sent from the county. Famvibe's contribution to date ia $68^36. FORUM TOPICS FOR SELECTION The to pica and speakers for Forum units have been selected for this dis trict, and are in the hands of Su perintendent J. H. Mbor$ who states that any preferences should be indi cated and submitted to the Advisory Board, of which he ia a member. The topics and speakers to April 30 are: John Barclay?"The Spanish Rebellion"; Roy Haahinger?"New Frontiers in Citizenship," "Education and Social Change," "Industrial Giants and Social Midgets"; Miss Laura W. McMullen?"The Machine Friend or Enemy," "The Supreme Court and Its future^" "Should Wom en "flfork," "More Government Own ership or Less," "Shall We Encour age Co-operatives?" "The Protection of the Consumer," "Lessons In Re covery From Sweden"; David M. Trout?"The Prevention of Mental Disorder," "Mental Hygiene Program For The Family," "How Criminals are Made and Unmade," "Mental Subnbrmality in America?What Can Be Done About It?" "The Education of Superior Children"; Charles. N. Burrows ? "The American \Crime Problem," "Can We Keep Our Boys and Girls Out of Crime?" "The."Fu ture of the American Family," "Get tin; The Most Oat of Rani Life"; Emil Lengyel?"Can America Stay Out of a World War?" "Women In Germany and Russia," "Is Another World War Inevitable?" "The Battle of Dictators." Lou Applications M?v Being Received Application* for emergency crop and feed loan* for 19$7 are now be ing received at County Agent's Of 'fiise by Miae Dorothy Dunn of the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Sec tion of the Fafm Credit Administra tion. These loans wilj be nunfe only to farmers who cannot obtain credit from any other source, as provided by regulations issued by the Gover nor of the Farm Credit Administra tion. The money loaned trill be lim ited to the farmer's immediate and actual cash needs for growing his 1987 crops or for the purchase of feed for livestock and in no instance may exceed $400. Farmers are not eligible for these loans if they can borrow from an in dW^uU, production credit associa tion, bank, or other concern. Emer gency crop and feed loans will not be m*d* by the Farm Credit Aftnin lifMHnn in if>Tut nwiri Stv. navmant of the annroved loans wnf be^SWby tbe Regional Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Of fice at Columbia, South Ckrnlina, ;Hv - , 1m , JF*. ? T7! .1 1 1 'SJ Jtj ?!- ' l4^ r ' :? :-i ? " 1 ?? nr WHAT OF NAVYT BRITAIN TO BUILD. BATTLESHIPS VINDICATED. OUR RESPONSIBILITIES. THE COURT FIGHT. SOUTH-WEST ALLIANCE. THE NEUTRALITY TANGLE. WAGES AND HOURS AGAIN. GOLD STOCKS GO UP. By Hugo Sims, Washington Correspondent. a One of the questions soon to come before the people of the United States Will require a decision in re gards to the Navy. The world situa tion has been greatly changed by the steWly growth of the Italian, French, German, Italian and Russiain fleets and the recent announcement of the British plan to resume the construc tion of battleships on a -stupendous peace-time scale brings the problem to the United States. While the Administration prompt ly ordered the construction of the two battleships authorized by Con gress lest year, when it was known that the British planned to build two new dreadnaughtS, the news now is | that the British will start Work on not less than five battleships in 1937 and that before concluding its present program there will be not less than ten mammoth floating fortresses to show the world again that Brittania rules the waves. In facing this situation, the Amer ican people will first of all have to decide whether the much-prolonged insistence upon parity with Great Britain, now fully established as an agreement between the two powers, is worth the cost of new construction necessary to make it something be sides a paper program. Generally speaking there is hardly any suspi cion that the British government has the United States in mind in its new program and, in fact, most British writers insist that a decision from this country to build an equal fleet Would be hailed as a factor for world peace, particularly in the Pacific. The British decision to build a huge fleet means that in a few years that nation will have 25 battleships in stead of 15 and a fleet composed, for the most part, of modern crusiers, destroyers and submarines. Plainly the battleship will be the backbone of the British plan, which means, after all, that the insistence of Amer ican admirals that this country main tain its faith in battleships has been vindicated by the action of the Brit ish admiralty. The Italian fiasco of a few months ago has thrown quite a scare Into the British, who feel that, to be secure, they must b* able to handle any situation in that area, and, at the same time, maintain vigil ant guard around the North Sea and a fighting force in the far East, bas ed upon Singapore. This writer has little idea what the final decision of the United States will be in this regard but the Presi dent is a strong navy man. His course up to this time has indicated very positively a determination to build a fleet equal to that of the British. Our decision is influenced by the fact that Japan broke the re cent naval limitation pact and seems determined to build a greater fleet Whether the United States wishes to permit the Far Easterners to out build this country is a question that the voters of the nation will some day have to answer. ' Personally, the writer strongly be lieves in a powerful navy, the equal '? ?? *?- ??. of any, to oraer w provcvb um ntu>?> andterritory against nations which in aome future years may become ag gressive. Tim strength of the hungry nation*?Italy, Germany and Japan as well as their willingness to use force io accomplish international aims and seize territory for their own purpoies when possible advises us to be strong enough \to protect not only the United States but glso South America, as well, unless we wish to invite these nations to make an ex cursion in this hemisphere and set up trouble for us in other years. f ???"?'ve*?,????i? iv ??TV ? ?? ~ - T ?? I The fight on the President's pro posal to enlarge the membership of the Supreme Court, under certain conditions^ will be settled in the Sen ate, where an imposing; array of solons are lined up agpinat the plan. Both sides appear confident of the necessary votes. Meanwhile public opinion, which at first registered it self against the suggestion, has veer* ed toward a more even keel, although so far no predominant surge has cope for the President's side. How em, as pointed out in other struggles the sqpporters of the Administration siss ?^Uev agtfgrt him and the beet bet, in our ;Mf*e* is that Mom the battle is am thc CHtf Executive will have ftfl whlwfi <>?j&it hit m Parkway Assured DmghtonSays Senator Reynolds and Governor Hoey Praise, Project at Dinner Raleigh, March 4. ? President Roosevelt will provide funds to com plete the $25,000,000 Blue Ridge Parkway and when it is finished, it will "advertise itself," Representa tive Robert L. Doughton of the Ninth Congressional District assured a din ner audience, here on Tuesday night "It pays to advertise," followed-up United States Senator Robert R. Reynolds, also a speaker. "Since I kissed Jean Harlow, I've never kissed so many women in my life." Both speakers, with Governor Hoey, extolled the scenic wondera of the parkway. Representative Dough ton, called the originator of the parkway, and Senator Reynolds, who has support ed it vigorously, were invited here to address a banqquet given by citi zens interested in the parkway, Rep resentative D. F. Giles of McDowell announced. Both Vied with each other in de scribing the wonders of the project. "If Ponce de Leon, seeking the fountain of youth; had been told of the Mountains of Youth in Western North Carolina, he wouldn't have died in disappointment," declared Representative Doughton., "If 400 years ago, Ponce de Leon had wended his way to the fine liq uid inspiration the mountains later provided, I know he'd have lived longer than he did," joked Senator Reynolds. He compared the park way to the Capetown-Johannesburg highway, the French Alps, and the Sydney-Melbourne highway now un der construction?said it was su perior to all of them. Democratic National Committee man A. D. (Lon) Folger of Dodson introduced Representative Dough ton, Speaker Gregg Cherry intro duced Senator Reynolds, and Lieu tenant Governor W. P. Hoijton in troduced Governor Hoey, who car ried the comparison another step forward by Baying the parkway, when completed, would surpass even the Appian Way "the road to the Eternal City, over which the Caesars marched." Governor Hoey thanked the con gressional delegates for their efforts in urging completion of the high way and lauded the members of the General Assembly for their prog ress. "Your children and my chil dren and generations to come will be proud of the economic and social and educational advantages and prog ress which this Legislature has pro vided," he said. ? Capua M. Waynick, chairman of the Highway Commission, who spoke briefly at the opening of the dinner, described the parkway as strenching from Front Royal in Virginia to Swain County, connecting the Shen andoah and tha great Smoky Moun tains National Park, a distance of about 47b miles, About $5,000,000 has already been spent on it in North Carolina. Barden Requests Find Fer Harbnr ? Army Engineer Recom mends $40,000 Main tenance at Morehead . City Washington, March , 3.?Brig-Gen. G. B. Pillsburg of the Army Engi neers told the House Rivers and Harbors Committee today there was no immediate need for spending $475,000 for construction of jetties al; the Morehead City, N. C,, harbor. He recommended, however, that the committee approve an annual expenditure of $40,000 for mainte nance of the 30-foot harbor devel oped with $1,080,000 of Public Works Administration money. The original program called for construction of jetties, with the coBt to come from PWA funds alloted for the purpose. Pillsburg said the harbor could be kept in. shape through an annual maintenance allotment. Representative Graham A. Barden of New Bern, N. C., urged the com mittee to include the maintenance item in the annual Rivers and Har bors bill, ' Barden also urged the committee to Include a $00,000 appropriation for a 10-foot channel in the northwest prong of Bay River at Bayboro, N. C., and a $60,000 allotment for providing a 12-foot inland waterway branch channel to Swansboro, N. C. General Pillsburg said both proj ects had Army Engineers' approval. Victory Dinner H8re Thursday ParmvlHe Democrats will Join those of other communities in Pitt and loyal friends of the party throughout the country in a Victory celebration dinner tonight, Thursday, at the American Legion Hall, the dinner being supplemented with an interesting program of music and speech making, featured with an ad dress by Dr. R. C. Deal, a member of the E. C. T. C., Greenville, and with Dr. P. E. Jones, Democratic chairman of the township, presiding. Arrangements will be made in the Legion Hall for the reception of President Roosevelt's address, which he will deliver over a nation-wide radio hook-up. All loyal Democrats, men and wom en, are being urged to attend the dinner. Tickets were sold by work ers who canvassed the town. Two thirds of the proceeds will be sent to headquarters to reduce the late campaign debt. Dr. Paul E. Jones is chairman of the committee in charge. Other members include Mrs. Sallie K. Hor ton, Mrs. J. L. Shackleford, Mayor John B. Lewis, J. W. Joyner, J. W. Holmes, W. J. Rasberry, B. 0. Turn age and R. E. Belcher. LENTEN SERIVCES EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev, Stephen Gardner, rector of St, Peter's, Washington, will preach at the local Episcopal Church on Wednesday evening, March Xth The community is cordially invited to attend. ' KILLS HOLD-UP MAN i - . 9 Atlanta?'Twisting loose after bein^ tied to a chair by two hold-up man after being robbed of $700, C. J. Har lerigs, drug store manager; seized a pistol and shot one of the men. He was P. E. Schooley, a former convict. The other man escaped, but the loot was recovered from the dead man's pockets, Farmers Call on Bailey To Carry Out Promises Raleigh, March 4.?Farm leaders of the State yesterday called on Unit ! ed States Senator J. W. Bailey to carry out his campaign promises. Criticizing the senior Senator for his opposition to $>reaident Roose velt's judicial reform plan, the di rectors of the State Farm Bureau Federation, meeting here yesterday, adopted resolutions voicing unani mous support of the President's pro gram aa.!?? ? ? ? ??' -V;: >V;