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SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1935.
10 PAGES
Number 28.
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FOR FOREIGN MARKETS
Swinging definitely toward the
development of foreign markets
for American goods, the Admin
istration has accepted in full the
trade policy of Secretary Hull.
The treaty recently made with
Canada has been received with
mixed sentiment in this country,
although officials "have made ev
ery effort t» reassure the inter
ests affected. The President took
the unusual course of explaining
the pact to correspondents and
predietd that it would double the
commerce between the two na
tions within two years.
Generally following the out
lines reported in this column, the
agreement includes concessions of
three-fourths of our dutiable ex
ports to Canada during the pre
depression years and offers a re
vived market in this country for
about two-third of Canada’s to
tal exports by volume to us. The
principal favors to Canada, how
ever, were the assurance that
newsprint, pjjlp wood and wood
pulp would be duty-free and that
tariffs on certain types of whis
kies, lumber and beef cattle
would be reduced.
WILL IT DOUBLE TRADE?
However, quota restrictions are
placed upon the lumber which
may come into this country un
der the reduced duty. Similar
restrictions limit the cattle,
calves, dairy cows, cream and
certified seed potatoes which
may take advantage of the re
duced rates. The President, prob
ably with an eye to agricultural
sentiment, emphasised that the
-quotas for these commodities
were a very small percentage of
our domestic production.
WALLACE ASSURES FARMERS
Along the same line, Secretary
Wallace insists that the pact will
mean the improvement of the
position of fanners in this coun
try in the long run and that it
will be “beneficial to all people
of the United States and especial
ly to farmers.” Admitting that a
few groups will fear they are be
ing hurt, he says the reductions
are moderate and the qubta re
strictions are of such a nature
that Canadian imports cannot af
fect our price structure by more
than one per cent and that this
„arill 4$-more than offs#; by the
increased pay-rolls which will
stimulate the demand in this
country for the farm products
that will be slightly affected.
OPPOSITION IS VOCAL
Opposition, however, is heard
from some lumber associations
which denounce the reduction on
Douglas fir and western hemlock,
amounting to four dollars per
thousand board feet but limited
to 250,000 feet per year of impor
tations under this duty. The
lumber interests of the North
west have been out-spoken in
their criticism of this concession.
Regarding the reduction on cat
tle. this relates only to those
weighing seven hundred pounds
or more each, with the duty cut
from three to two cents a pound.
In addition, the agreement pro
vides that entrance from all
countries at this rate may not
exceed three-fourths of one pet
cent of our average annual total
domestic slaughter of cattle and
calves from 1928 to 1982. The
lower duty on calves is limited to
a small percentage of domestic
production and that on dairy cows
to 20,000 head. Limits were also
set for cream and seed potatoes
bo protect American producers—
nommcmifilir V friendly powers
in the case of cream 1,600,000
gallons a year or about one pint
for every fifteenth person in the
country, and 160,000 bushels of
seed potatoes.
Canada reduced its duties on
180 commodities and guaranteed
owest rates for any non-British
sountry on 707 items. Wide
ipread reductions on agricultural
products included a cut from thir
to twelve cents a bushel on
feiNIMl
transfer
jtesh° fruits, vegetables and wheat,
■ ofcpota
__H potatoes to a free
with oranges on it for parts
the year and raw cotton
" to it.
The President thought that the
* - made on fresh vege
important be
„4* long distin
season and off
marauuug of vegetables.
; that this would be of par
- to the North
Georgia k Ready
For Address Of
Roosevelt Friday
Political Undertone
Prevails In Vicinity
Of Atlanta As Giant
Celebration Draws Near
100,000 EXPECTED
Thanksgiving Day Is
Spent In Homestead At
At Warm Springs
By President.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 28.—Fore
casts of a clear day tomorrow
brought a prediction today that
more than 100,000 visitors will
come to Atlanta for the big home
coming celebration to be held in
honor of President Roosevelt.
A festive ail with a political
undertone prevailed as early ar
rivals thronged bunting bedeck
ed streets, with Young Demo
crats holding a get-together in
advance of tomorrow’s program.
There was activity among
friends of Mr. Roosevelt who are
working in the interest of a pre
ferential primary in Georgia in
1936 and a Roosevelt-instructed
delegation to the Democratic
party’s national convention.
The Roosevelt leaders swung
into action after interpreting ac
tions of Governor Eugene Tal
madge, outspoken critic of the
new deal, as the forerunner of
an effort to head the, delegation
to the national convention without
a primary.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who with their
son, James, is expected to ac
company Mr. Roosevelt on the
70-mlle motor ride from Warm
Springs, is scheduled to attend a
reception of Democratic women
during the afternoon. This as
sembly also wilt' have a political
note. „ .1 ... ........
Governor Talmadgef delivering
a fresh broadside at the new
deal yesterday in an address at
nearby Villa Rica, branded the
entire celebration a “political con
vention."
Mr. Roosevelt has given no
indication what he will talk about
in his 30-minute address at Grant
Field, Georgia Tech’s athletic
stadium.
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Warm Springs, Ga., Nov. 28.—
In the warm sunshine of his Geor
gia homestead President Rooseveh
observed Thanksgiving Day today
with a host of friends.
It was really “turkey day”
with two special meals on which
this traditional bird of Thanks
giving Day was the principal
item of the menu.
Tonight as in years past the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt will
sit at the head table of the deco
rated spacious dining room in
Georgia Hall and have dinner with
the children infantile paralysis
patients and their families at the
Warn Springs Foundation.
The family “turkey” meal was
eaten at lunch time by the presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. In ad
dition to their eldest son, James,
the group included a few mem
bers of the White House staff.
The program for the dinner
tonight at Georgia Hall includes
a Thanksgiving Day prayer by
Bishop H. J. Mikell, Episcopal
bishop for Georgia; a tableau by
the children; community singing;
and the presentation of an oil
painting of LeRoy Hubbard, of
Mt. Vernon, N. Y., the first
physician at Warm Springs.
Democratic Farm
Plan Assailed By
Md. Governor
- Chicago, Nov. 26—Making his
first assault on the Democratic
farm relief program, Harry W.
Nice, governor of Maryland and
rtiMtidati, for the Republican presi
dential nomination, tonight as*,
sailed what he called the “gov
ernmental heresies” and “pur
chased prosperity." ■
The governor expressed his
views in a speech prepared for
delivery before a joint meeting
of the Young Republicans, Inc.,
and the Young Republican organi
sation of Illinois. - ; '
new schools open in
MOSCOW, RUSSIA
Moscow, Russia, Nov. 28.—
Seventy-two new school houses
were opened recently in Moscow,
Fording to late information.
[ Will Rogers Jr., Editor \
BEVERLY HILLS . . . Win j
Rogers Jr., (above), son of tho late |
humorist-actor, a graduate early this
year from the school of journalism I
at Stanford University, is now part 1
owner and editor of the Beverly I
Hills Citixen.
Officialdom At
Capital Observes
Thanksgiving Day
Secretary Swanson, Of
Navy Dept., And Wife
Are Guests Of Honor- At
Navy Relief Ball
Washington, Nov. 28.—That
part of officialdom which re
mained in a rain-drenched capital
for Thanksgiving relaxed today,
Viewed thb past,* ddntempfated
the future, and generally found
something for which to be thank
ful.
The' secretaries of state, com
merce, labor, navy, agriculture
and interior, remained in the
city for the holiday. The Presi
dent, vice president, secretary of
war, postmaster-general and the
attorney-general all were away.
While Republicans and Demo
crats alike' expressed themselves
as thankful, they arrived at the
conclusion by different routes.
The new dealers pointed to past
performances. Their opponents
looked with an assertedly hopeful
eye to the future. ~.
Harry L. Hopkins, relief admin
istrator, said “several millions
who until recently were on the
relief rolls,” sat .at the Thanks
giving- table.
Everett Sanders, former Repub
lican national chairman, was
thankful that “Americans are
becoming tax-conscious.”
Chairman Jesse Jones of the
Reconstruction Corporation saw
“greatly improved conditions over
the country.”
But C. Bascom Slemp, former
secretary to President Coolidge,
was thankful because “we will
soon have an opportunity to ask
the Republicans to come back
home”
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, with
her husband, came to the White
House from New York for a
small party with close friends.
The biggest party tonight was
the navy relief ball at which
Secretary and Mrs. Swanson
were the honor guests.
Guffey Coal Act
Is Headed Toward
SupremoCourt |
Washington, Nov. 28. — As
tests of an even dozen new deal
measures before the supreme
court were projected within the
next year the new Guffey^ coal
act headed toward the high tri
bunal.
In the midst of a political
campaign which already has rais
ed the constitution as an issue,
ftve laws sponsored by the Roose
velt administration are now
awaiting high court interpre
tation*'* ' ■■ • !
The Guffey act, intended to sta
bilise the bituminous coal indus
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Snow, Rain And Sleet
Prevalent From Rocky
Mountains Almost *fo
The Atlantic Coast
Chicago, Nov, 28.—As Thanks
giving was celebrated in the Unit
ed States today, wintry blasts of
snow, rain ana sleet swept the
country from the Rockies to the
Atlantic coast.
Northwestern storm signals
were hoisted at Great Lakes
points when a 40-mile-an-hour
gale lashed Lake Michigan, keep
ing some vessels to the safety of
harbors and delaying ferries ply
ing out of Milwaukee,
Devils Lake, N. D., reported
the day’s lowest temperature, 4
below zero. ^
Only the West coast and Far
Southern areas escaped the bit
ing weather. Temperatures were
mild and skies l blue along the
Pacific. T
Zero temperatures were fore
cast for Iowa where sleet and
snow glazed roads made holiday
driving precarious.
It snowed in Milwaukee and
there were flurries during the
day in Chicago apd over Northern
Illinois. A further drop in mer
cury was predicted for the area.
A strong northwest wind, snow
flurries, and 25; above tempera
tures whet the turkey appetites
of Omahans. Eltf-'where in Neb
raska snappy weather prevailed.
Colder was forecast for Missouri
and Kansas.
Temperatures fell steadily dur
ing the day in New England in
anticipation of snow forecast for
tonight or tomorrow. Similar
weather prevailed in Kentucky,
Virginia, Eastern Pennsylvania,
and West Virginia,
-Crider eiwt*P»3* with show
ers was predicted for Florida,
Georgia, North .and South Caro
lina. Colder but fair was fore
cast for Tennessee.
Icy Coating On
Highways Makes
Driving Difficult
Travel over the highways in this
vicinity became quite dangerous
Saturday and Sunday following
the snowfall Friday night. The
partly melted snow frobe on the
surface of the roads and made
the roads, particularly on the
mountain near Twin Oaks, very
slippery.
A number of mishaps were re
ported from those who, unaware
of the condition of the roads, at
tempted to drive too fast.. One
car slid off the mountain and left
the road but did not overturn
and no one was injured.
A more serious accident oc
curred Sunday afternoon when
J. L. Irwin lost control of his
car on the ice on the street in
front of the home of Eugene
Transeuu and overturned, receiv
ing bruises and a severe cut on
the shoulder. The car was badly
damaged.
Borah Says He
Would Veto Bill
Against Lynching
Washington, Nov. 26.—Senator
Borah bluntly asserted recently
that should he receive the “unex
ed and great honor” of being
president, he would veto as un
constitutional such legislation as
the Oostigan-Wagner anti-lynching
bill.
His stand was given in a let
ter to the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People- It replied to one sound
ing his views, as a presidential
possibility toward the anti
lynching bill he has opposed in
the senate.
The Idaho Republican’s quick
response to the challenge, and his
wording of it, furthered the grow
ing belief in Washington that he
will get into the presidential race.
But it was unusually outspoken
for a presidential possibility, ,
Senator Borah Is
Praised By Fish
After Conference
New York Congressman
And Idaho Senator Have
Thanksgiving Day Talk
In Latter’s Apartment
Washington, Nov. 28.—Senator
Borah, of Idaho, received another
boost for the Republican presi
dential nomination in 1936 today
from Representative Hamilton!
Fish, of New York, himself |
known as ,a liberal and possible
seeker of the nomination.
A Thanksgiving Day conference
between the two in the Ida
hoan’s apartment war, followed
immediately by a statement to
the press by the New York man.
He praised Borah as -one who
could draw more, votes in New
England, New York and Pennsyl
vania than any other candidate.
Considerable speculation was
stirred by Fish’s statement. In ad
dition to the open courting of a
Western Republican liberal by an
Eastern Republican liberal, po
litical observers noted another
point. Borah, who has not yet
said openly he would be a can
didate but who has said he had
a 1936 “objective,” has been
held by some political soothsayers
to be determined to prevent the
selection of an old guard nomi
nee. Fish lent some point to
this speculation today.
Urging in- his statement that
candidates enter the primaries to
prevent “a handful of old guard
politicians” manipulating the situ
ation “in a back room,” Fish was
asked if that was what he and
Borah were thinking about.
“It might work out that way,”
the New Yorker replied.
Borah declined to comment on
today’s conference.
Borah and Fish have'arranged
another conference for Monday.
Some speculated that the Idahoan
might speak then. There were
some points of similarity between
today’s conference and that last
Friday between Borah and former
Senator Roscoe McCulloch, of
Ohio. After that meeting Borah
himself handed out a statement
by McCulloch, saying “presidential
politics” had been discussed and
that he was “one of a great
many who would like to see him
(Borah) make the race.”
Cleveland, Ohio,
To Have World’s
Largest Airport
Cleveland, Nov. 28.—By far the
largest airport in the world will
be developed here through a
$2,800,000 expansion project or
dered today by the works prog
ress administration.
“The Cleveland Municipal Air
port will be twice the size of
most of the present large airports
and will be 50 years ahead in
development of facilities for air
traffic,” said Major John Berry,
airport manager.
The active held space will be
extended 440 acres to a total of
approximately 1,000 acres. Work
will start Friday. It will take a
year to complete.
Large Crowd At
Livestock Sale
Monday At Galax
A "targe crowd attended the
weekly auction sale held Monday
at Galax by the Grayson-j
Carroll Livestock market, and a
large number of buyers were
present.
Prices were good, as compared
with the northern markets. Top
prices were as follows: heifers,
$0.85; cows, $5.10; steers, $7.00;
calves, $9.75, and hogs. $9.76.
An unusually large number of
buyers are expected to be on
hand for the sale to be held next
Monday, December 2.
MRS. EDITH ROOSEVELT
( Heads American Bankets]
NEW ORLEANS . . . Robert V.
Fleming, 45, President of tho Riggs
National Bank at Washington, D. C.,
is the new president of the American
Bankers Association. He was elected
at the annual convention held here
this rear.
Belk’s Store Is
Entered Saturday
Night By Thieves
Entrance Is Gained By
Breaking Glass In Rear
Window. Culprits Take
Large Amount Of Goods
An undetermined number of
thieves forced, their way into
Belk’s store here Saturday night
about three o’clock, loaded their
car with goods, attempted to
break open the safe with a sledge j
hammer, and failing that, appar
ently tried to load the safe on
the car, only to become frighten
ed and flee, leaving loot, ear and
all. j
Entrance had been made by
breaking the glass in a rear win
dow. The automobile had been
driven up to the window in the
bade alley and loaded with a vari
ety of goods, Including a num
ber of men’s suits, two over
coats, dress materials, men’s and
ladies’ hose, caps, shoes, etc. The i
safe had been taken outside, j
through the window and was
leaning against the car as if an
effort had been made to carry it
away.
Mrs. M. E. Harris, who has an
apartment directly over the store,
heard the thieves enter the store,
but, having no telephone, was too
frightened to go for assistance or
spread the alarm. According to
her story, the operations of the
robbers extended over more than
an hour’s time. She reported
that two automobiles were park
ed in the alleyway and it is be
lieved the thieves escaped in the
other machine. An undetermined
amount of clothing was missing
and it is believed that some of it,
including two overcoats, were
worn away.
Investigation by authorities re
vealed the abandoned~car to be
a stolen automobile. The identity
of at least two of the robbers is
thought to have been determined,
but, as yet, the guilty parties
have not been apprehended. How
ever, according to a statement is
sued by Sheriff Walter M. Irwin,
immediate arrests are expected to
be made.
Italy Reported
Ready To Fight
For Oil Supply
Rome, Nov, 28.—Reliable but
unofficial sources said in Rome
Thursday Italy is prepared for a
European war If an oil embargo
is declared against her by the
League of Nations.
Plans for such an eventuality
have been mapped by the fascist
grand council, these sources as
serted.
They were said to include ac
tion by Italy’s “Death Squadron,"
125 aviators pledged to meet cer
tain death by plunging into Brit
ish warships with their planes,
carrying huge combs.
An official announcement said
fascist fliers-had demolished the
fortress at Paggah Bur, Ethi
opian “holdout” point in the
southeast geUgs!e toft m
by automobile to direct
the Ethiopian resist
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President Still
Opposed To Cash
Payment Of Bonus
Morgenthau Says, In
Effect, That Opposition
Of Administration Is
As Unyielding As Ever
ANOTHER VETO SEEN
Belief Is Prevalent
Among Some Members Of
Congress That Roosevelt
Will Ask No New Taxes
Washington, Nov. 27.—Possi
bilities of another grim struggle
between Congress* and the White
House on the bonus question
were foreshadowed today when
Secretary of the Treasury Mor
genthau said, in effect, that ad
ministration opposition to cash
payment of the bonus was as
unyielding as ever.
The possibility of a second
presidential veto in as many years
immediately was forecast in some
quarters. Chairman Buchanan
(D.-Tex.), of the house appro
priations committee who, like
Morgenthau, was just back from
a Warms Springs, Ga., budget
conference with President Roose
velt, said:
‘‘Any law that provided the
bonus would have to provide the
money, that’s all. Otherwise it
necessarily would have to be
vetoed.”
Quickly, Buchanan added a hint
of a possible method of financing
the bonus payment. The sugges
tion was to pay the soldiers in
“baby” bonds “and let them do
what they want with them, take
them to the bank and so on.”
“There was considerable senti
ment in the house last session
for this,” the Texan said, but
refused to say whether the plan
was receiving serious administra
tion consideration.
Both Morgenthau and Buchanan
insisted ways of financing bonus
payments were not discussed at
Warm Springs, and the repre
sentative extended his statement
to add that neither had consider
ation been given ways of finding
money to replace AAA processing
taxes in the event of invalidation
by the supreme court.
Despite Morgenthau’s abrupt
remark that so “far as I know”
the White House is unchanged
toward the bonus, spokesmen for
the veterans flatly predicted that
this time a veto would be over
ridden and payment ordered.
Coincidentally, some members
of congress expressed an opinion
the administration would recom
mend no new taxes to the next
session, even if the supreme court
knocks the financial props from
beneath the farm benefit program.
This belief was held despite a
presidential statement that loss
of the AAA levies would raise
the problem of new taxes.
WILL ROGERS, JR., BUYS
BEVERLY HILLS NEWSPAPER
Los Angeles, Nov. 28.—Pur
chase of Town Topics, a weekly
newspaper in Beverly Hills, by
Will Rogers, Jr., was announced
today.
Young Rogers recently obtain
ed controlling interest in the
Beverly Hills Citisen and now
is actively engaged in managing
it, and will merge the two.
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