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President Says Earhart Hunt Cost Navy No Extra Expense Washington, July 20. —President Roosevelt said today no additional cost was involved in the navy’s search for Amelia Earhart who dis appeared in the south Pacific. He made this statement at his press conference when his attention was called to reports that some quarters on Capitol Hill intended to ask a congressional investigation of the expenditure. Mr. Rooosevelt pointed out that every navy plane has to do so many hours annually in the air and that ships burn fuel oil regardless of the duty to which they were assigned. The money would have been spent for the purposes regardless of whether the planes and ships had been engaged in the Earhart search or in maneuvers, the chief execu tive said. The cost to the govern ment was no greater than it would have been if there had been no search, he added. He described the search—now of ficially ended—as a sad mission, es pecially since it resulted in no trace of Miss Earhart or her navigator, Fred G. Noonan. At the same time, he said, how ever, the search was valuable for the training and experience it gave the navy. The President added that the navy would have done the same thing in the case of any American ■rich or poor, when there seemed a chance of saving life and it knew where to go to look. ENGLAND SLACKENS HER DIVORCE LAWS Parliament Completes Enact ment Os Far Reaching Changes In Statute London, July 23.—The fight of a humorist turned crusader against the “holy deadlock,” of England’s Tigid divorce laws was victorious to day when parliament completed changes in the conditions for term inating marriage. Adultery is now the only grounds lor divorce in England. When the new laws becomes effective next January 1 these will be added: Desertion without cause for at least three years; cruelty; incurable insanity for five years. The new law will apply only to England and Wales, not to Scotland <or northern Ireland. Scotland al ready! reco'f.iizes desertion as the grounds for divorce. Herbert Triumph The new act was hailed as a tri umph for A. P. Herbert, who first achieved fame as a member of the staff of “Punch,” wrote in his novel, ■“Holy Deadlock,” a powerful indict ment of present divorce laws,, and carried his fight for liberalization to the house of commons when he achieved election as an independent member from Oxford university In 1935. Advocates of more liberal condi tions for divorce had fought an up hill battle for a quarter of century. Today’s action consisted of the commons’ acceptance of amend ments in the house lords to Her bert’s original bill, which the com mons had approved. The act now needs only the king’s assent, which is automatic. Most important of the amend ments was a provision that no di vorce petition shall be made until three years after marriage. The orig inal bill had specified five years. Members of the house who laugh ed when Herbert announced in his maiden speech, December 4, 1935, that he intended to sponsor a bill "removing the indecent, hypocriti cal, cruel and unjust marriage laws of this country,” cheered him and shook his hand today. Then it was considered impossible to secure divorce reform. Numerous attempts had failed. Herbert was ac cused of tilting against windmills. Today the jubilant author said; “I hope there won’t be too much talk about a ‘personal triumph’,” and went on to name those who had helped him. “Last but not least,” he said, was "the much maligned king’s proctor, Sir Thomias Barnes.” Sir Thomas Barnes figured in the divorce case of Mrs. Ernest Simp son, now the Duchess of Windsor, as the official charged with super vising the conduct of parties to a clivorce during the six months that must elapse between the condition al degree and absolute 'divorce. Mrs. Simpson’s divorce, which freed her to marry the former King Edward VIII, spurred public-in terest in the divorce question but Rad no direct effect on today’s leg islation, Was originated a year before the abdication crisis. Attempts to have uncurable •drunkenness, life imprisonment and aexual abnormalities added to the list of divorce grounds were defeat ed during the act’s course through parliament The Church of England refused Ho fitfit the bill. The Archbishop of Cantebury, its primate, declined t» wte when R w*s before Hie % w***' j W BH 'HL m © NEWS-WEEK HIS MAJESTY Farouk I, Egypt’s 17-year-old King, who will take the oath and hold his first court as ruling King, after two years of government by regency. ROCKEFELLER SEAT TO STAY IN FAMILY New York Stock Exchange Membership Goes To Grand son Os Dead Oil King New York, July 22.—The New York Stock Exchange membership held by the late John D. Rockefel ler, Sr., for 54 years will remain in the Rockefeller name, it was dis closed today. A brief announcement by the ex change said it was “proposed” it be transferred to Laurence Spelman Rockefeller, ous grandson, now assisting his fa ther, John D., Jr., in the manage ment of the Rockefeller charitable enterprises. Persons close to the family said that Laurence Rockefeller has no present intention of making any active use of the exchange seat. His grandfather, likewise, wps never known to go on the floor of the ex change, retaining the membership merely to obtain benefit of the lower brokerage commissions charged members. The transfer will not be complete until two weeks from' today, when the admissions committee will bal lot on the membership change. Brokers noted with interest that one of young Rockefeller’s two spon sors—required under the rules was Robert W. Kellips, once John D., Sr.’s private secretary. It was recalled that it was Kel hps who, on November 13, 1929, when the market reached its lowest level for that disastrous year, walk ed out On the floor at a few minutes before closing time and said: “Bid 50 for a million or any part, Standard of New Jersey.” That meant he would pay SSO a share for anything up to 1,000,000 shares of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, then quoted considerably under that price. The bid was the beginning of a rally In the market that lasted un til April, 1930. Laurence Rockefeller was a grad uate of Princeton in 1932 and then a student at Harvard law school. Three years ago he married the former Mary French, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John French of New York. When Rockefeller, Sr. bought his seats in the 80’s they were selling at between $23,000 and $30,000. During the boom year of 1929 changes of membership were record ed at more than $500,000. The most recent transfer was at $93,000. house of lords, hfost vigorous op position came from Catholics.. Herberts final speech for the measure today referred to the arch bishop, apparently to his refusal to vote. “I don’t agree with the Archbi shop of Canterbury,” Herbert said, “and I am bound to say, with great respect and not for the first time, that I am not able to follow the workings of that great mind.” Authoriative church circles, how ever, indicated opposition to easier divorce would continue. Church leaders were said to favor legisla tion to offset partly the effect of the Herbert bill. Such legislation would make a civil marriage cere mony before a registrar compulsory in all cases and provide that those couples who accepted the church’s teachings on divorce would have a church ceremony afterward. Such a law, it was Relieved, would prevent persons married by the church from seeking divorce on Hie new grounds. PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C- “Everybody Knows Where My Store Is” Says a local business man, “So why should I ad vertise?” Sure they do, but does everybody who knows where your store is located buy there? That’s a more important question. Certainly Not— And furthermore it will be impossible to get everybody to trade at his one store. BUT —a re markable increase, more sales, more profit and a steadier business can be built by the careful us age at a cost reasonable in comparison to the re sults obtained. The least expensive method to obtain the de sired results is by using the columns of the TIMES. The buying public in Person County receives every message in its columns. Your customers read it and many who are not now but can be fu ture customers. TIMES ; ' '' . I Thursday Sunday THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937
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