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ABANDONS HOUSING CASE The Administration has aban doned its appeal to the Supreme Court in the Louisville housing case and apparently accepts the decision of an Appellate Court holding that the Federal Govern ment has no power to condemn pro pertly for low-cost housing purposes. The action of the Gov ernment resulted in considerable speculation, some contending that it was to avoid an adverse decis ion and others maintaining that no such power is now desired by the Administration, which plans to abandon direct Federal con struction' and leave the job to local authorities, financed through Federal loans and grants. While twenty States have pass ed enabling acts, permitting coun ties and municipalities to set up housing authorities, only twenty three communities have done so. The Department of Justice said the action was taken because, the cases *%ad become moot” since no funds were available for the Louisville and Detroit project un der fire. However, this is no ex planation why, only two weeks before, the Government filed its brief and that more than a dozen State and local authorities had appeared as "friends of the Court” in the two cases. SEIZING TELEGRAMS Quite a stir has been raised by the discovery that the Black-Lob bying "Committee had secured from the telegraph companies cop ies of “lobbying” telegrams and that in many cases the senders of the messages were unaware of the step taken by the Committee. The issue- was raised by Silas H. Strown, Chicago lawyer and form er President of the American Bar Association, and of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, who secured a restraining order to prevent the telegraph compan ies from delivering to the Com mittee copies of the messages to and fronr his law firm. The right of the citizen to be free from unwarranted searci and seizures is asserted by the conten tion that no government official should be permitted to p on a “fishiP* expedition.1* Thfe admis sion is readily made that the gov ernmental nfi"1** have the right to seize specified messages arid correspondence, but this, sa» the objectors, does not include any general examination of documents in order to ascertain whether or not valuable information is to be found in thtem. BLACK DEFENDS COUR-. Senator Black, of Alarar », head of the Lobby Investigating Committee^and defending the ac tion taken, points to. the revelation that many companies which op posed the Holding Company Bill, burned all telegrams and letters dealing with their campaign. In such oases, - information as to messages sent and received can only be obtained from the tele graph companies’ files. Moreover, the Alabamian insists that it is riot possible for an investigating committee, seeking evidenc e of activity, to give accurate informa tion as to .telegrams which have been exchanged but destroye< and denied by those concerned. BUSINESS MEN GATHER Around a thousand *>w iness men recently ., gathered in Wash ington to influence Congrefcg to take favoraMe action on the so called «an*i-cheiii"~v***»ure, known sp-khe Robinson-E»man Hll As precedents they had the “fanners' march” last year to support the amendments to the AAA, and;, the “business men’s march” for..a revival of the NKA. The. meaepre concerned is presum ed to benefit and protect «n®ll retailers, but is also being backed by wholesalers who think it will help them to regain business »st to the chaira and to buying pools which semtre quantity discounts and lower; prices through mass buying. Tito bill applies to a huge range of commodities, including groceries sipd drugs, and w®"'® apparently —revive some of the price controls of NRA. Impetus to such legislation hss been given by revelations that certain chain store organisations have been receiving spjfial p£c«i, discounts, allowances and adver tising funds from manufact »rers who make no such concoesio:» to small, purchasers. In som< in stances, the amounts were suf ficient to eanble them to und trsrtl independent stores by an api srect able margin. While there Is con siderable sentiment in favor of the proposed legislation, oppoi *tj°a arises from the fact that w»e trade, experts insist that tion of the special - lowed for buying, in (continued TODAY’S THOUGHT "Civilisation^ is the his tory of surmounted dif ficulties.”—Hoover. The Alleghany Times Subscription Prico $1*. year in sdvanes DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY . i - ■■ -. . . I ■ -— ' —■ . I, * ■ ■■■■ ■ . — . ■ ... ....... - Volume 11. GALAX, VA. (Published /or Sparta, N. ft.) THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1936. EIGHT PAGES Number 44. Tax Bill Shatters Plans Of Congress To Adjourn May 1 Speaker Byrns Trying To Spur Up Legislators. June 1 Seen By Several As Date For Ending Work HEARINGS TO BE HELD Roosevelt Preparing Relief Recommendations Before Departing For South To Fish Washington, Mar. 17.—Hopes for adjournment of Congress by May 1 have been virtually scut tled by the knotty problem of writing a $792,000,000 tax bill for President Roosevelt. Word to this effect circulated On Capitol Hill today even as the administration’s relief program for the next fiscal year—another potential source of delay—began to take form with the. president preparing his recommendations for submission to Congress before heading for Southern fishing grounds Thursday. Even speaker Byrns conceded today that adjournment by May 1 looked less promising than it did before a House ways and means sub-committee ran into difficulties over the tax program. But he added that he was not yet realy to revise the goal fixed earlier. “I’m trying to spur them on,” he said. June 1 was the date which Representative Morton, of Massa chusetts, assistant House minority leader, considered likely for wind ing up congressional business. Both Democrats and Republi cans on the ways and means com mittee privately expressed the thought that he might be right. “The bill will probably require another ten days in sub committee.’1 remarked Represen tative Knutson (R.) Minn., “and open hearings by the full com mittee will take at least two weeks. Then it will take some time to draft a bill in final form and probably four days will be needed or the House floor. The Senate probably will want to take its t<me on taxes. “So I can’t see any adjourn ment. before June 1. There are absolutely no grounds for saying we will get out of here by May 1.” Another committeeman, Repre sentative Thompson (D.), 111., addtu “It looks to me like late in May at the earliest.” Methodist Missionary Society Meets Fri. At The Doughton Home The Women’s Missionary soci ety of the Methodist church held a meeting on Friday, March 13, at the home of Mrs. Marvin Doughton, with Mrs. J. M. Cheek, as leader. Mrs. A. B. Bruton conducted the devotionals, after which a very interesting program was rendered with Mrs. T. J. Carson, Mis. R. E. Black, Mrs. T. J. Inskeep, Mrs. Rex Mitchell and Mrs. Bruton taking part. Three new members were added to the organisation. At the close of the meeting, delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. The next meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. Worth Smith, with Mrs. Roscoe Smith as joint hostess and Mrs. A. B. Bruton as leader. Dr. G. A. Martin To Leave Work In Alleghany County Dr. G. A. Martin, pastor of the Sparta Baptist church, plans to close his ministerial work in Al leghany soon to accept work in another section of the state. Dr. Martin will be at Laurel Springs next Sunday morning at eleven o’clock, and at Scottsville in the afternoon of the same day at two-thirty o’clock, for his last services at these places. His final service at the Sparta church is to be held on Sunday morning, March 29, at eleven o’clock. This service is to be in the form of a “farewell” service, to he participated in by some of Dr. Martin’s friends. Hale and Hearty at 90 WORTHVILLE, Ky. . . . All the discussion about "the most severe winter we ever had”, rather amuses Dr. N. G. Perry (above), who has just celebrated his 90th birthday. Dr. Perry has an overcoat which he bought some forty years ago but has worn the garment less than a half-dozen times. Dr. Perry attributes his good health to regular habits, plenty of fresh air and exercise. “Jafsie” Returns To New York But Nobody Wants Him Bruno Hauptmann .Seems Certain To Die In The Electric Chair During Week Of March 30 New York, Mar, 17.—After coming home today, Dr. John F. (“Jafsie”) Condon discovered that nobody wanted him at all. It was a changed man who walked down the gangplank of the liner Santa Inez—a strangely silent Jafsie, who was surrounded by a protective circle of friends and relatives. “No comment,’ was his answer to all questions concerning the impending execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the mur der of the Lindbergh baby. There were no New Jersey state troopers waiting to haul him to Trenton to be questioned by Gov. Harold G. Hoffman; no men waiting with summonses to serve in behalf of Hauptmann’s counsel. But Jafsie didn’t know that and he was suspicious of every body, including the customs officer on the dock. “Let’s see your badge,” de manded Condon when the officer halted him to examine clearance papers. All the furore about Jafsie simmered down to the fact that Condon is not going to New Jer sey, and Hoffman is not coming to the Bronx to see him. It means that Hauptmann seems certain to go to the electric chair in the week of March 30—probably two weeks from tonight. lightning Does Damage In Sparta Monday Night During the unusually severe electric storm Monday night, the home of Rev. C. W. Ervin was slightly damaged by fire when lightning burned the insulation off the wires to a double socket and to the radio, setting fire to the curtains. On the same night lightning ran in on an electric line to the building of the Castevens Motor company and burned out the motors to the water pump and air pressure pump, considerably damaging the wiring. Tuesday morning when Mr. Castevens went to work, he found smoke boiling from the basement, all connections burned in two, and wires burned. Senior Class Of Sparta “Hi” To Be Honored By Juniors The Junior class of Sparta high school will hold a reception Friday night in the gymnasium in honor of the Senior class. C. : ■ Worst Blizzard In Years Hits Western Part of State; Sparta And Alleghany Under Snow Storm In Asheville Is Considered By Older Residents As The Most Severe In Their Memory FLOODS CAUSE HEAVY DAMAGE IN NORTH High Winds Tuesday Add To Discomfort Of Cold And Snow As They Pile Up Tremendous Drifts Sparta and all of Alleghany county, as well as the entire mountain sections of North Caro lina and Virginia, are buried ui der the heaviest snowfall of the year and traffic, has been badly j hampered. Preceded by one of the heaviest rainfalls, of the year, the snow, which began to fall early Tuesday njorningt had pil ed up the record fall by night although snow continued to fall intermittently during Wednesday. Press dispatches from various parts of Western North Caro lina indicated th.'t what was re garded as the worst storm in years had swept the entire wes tern part of the state. Show drifts eight to ten feet in depth were reported from many sec tions, train and bus schedules were disrupted, buses in many cases cancelling trips entirely. Temperatures which had been above normal, and which were moderate during tie rainfall, took nose dives Tuesday, thirty-degree drops being noted in a few hours. Thunder and lightning accompan ied the heavy rain storm in many parts late Monday night. High winds added to the dis comfort of the cold and the snow on Tuesday and drifted the snow so that highways were impassable. Reports from Asheville, indicated that the storm there was the worst blizzard in the memory of older residents. Streams went over their banW In many parts cf the state. Flood waters caused millions of dollars of damage in Mary land. Pennsylvania and other Northern states and some loss of life. Johnstown, Pa., known as ‘the flood city” because of the terribie flood which visited the city in 1889, when a dam on the Conemaugh river burst, caus ing the loss of more than 2,300 lives, was again the victim of rag-ng waters, the business sec tion and low parts of the resi dential part of the city being under from 8 to 18 feet of water. Business people and shoppers were marooned on upper floors of buildings. One four-story depart ment store was reported to have water above the second floor and sales persons had to take refuge on the upper floors. Other parts of the state were feeling the terrible onslaught of the waters from swollen streams. In Cumberland, Williamsport and Hagerstown, Maryland, the waters of the Potomac and small er streams were causing untold damage, small houses were re ported to have been seen floating down the streams, and in one case it was reported that the cries of the occupants of a house which was going down stream Were heard. Cumberland was probably the worst sufferer, the water in the streets of its business section and other low parts of the city being .reported as from 6 to 15 feet in depth. The state armory was thrown open to those who were forced to flee from their homes. Swirling waters were carrying with them through the business section, it was reported, merchan di-e of every description as Well as store counters and other store fixtures. Plate-glass wT i n d o w s weie being wrecked by this float ing debris, .adding more and more to the floating debris. Hundreds of persons marooned on upper floors of business blocks and hous es were without heat and food. Rescues were attempted, and in many cases made, by the use of rowboats. Various parts of the state of Maine were visited by floods, also, the ice in the rivers breaking up and causing them to overflow their banks. Telegraph and tejephone com munication to the stricken areas has been so badly damaged or crippled that complete reports are impossible to obtain. The loss of life is believed to be small in most of the communities affected but the monetary loss will run into a figure that will be almost beyond comprehension. And on account of the flooded highways adjacent to many of the affected cities use of automobiles to get into them is out of the ques tion. It will probably be several days before the complete stories of the loss of life and property damage can be told. Drivers’ License Check-Up Hampered By Bad Weather Raleigh, Mar. 17.—Rain hamp ered the state highway patrol on the second day of its campaign to force all automobile drivers to secure licenses to operate ma chines, but applications continued to flood the patrol offices here and throughout the state. While more than 500 requests for driver’s licenses were receiv ed by the highway safety division today, the licenses of 26 drivers were revoked. All were charged with drunken driving. Since November 1. revocations have totalled 1,905, and Arthur Fulk, director of the safety di vision, predicted 6,000 permits would be taken up to the first year of the license law. To date i the division has issued 663,557 licenses. Waymon Combs Is Wounded In Fight Near Laurel Springs Waymon Combs was taken to Wilkes hospital to be treated for wounds received in a free-for-all fight which occuared Saturday night at the home of Glenn Os borne, near Laurel Springs. It seems that a group of per sons apparently in an intoxicated condition went to the home of Mr. Osborne and, upon being ordered to leave, started an argu ment, which resulted in the stab bing of Combs. According to the latest report, Combs is responding sktisfactorly to treatment. Lester Billings Killed in Grayson By H. O. Phipps Lester Billings, about 35 years of age, was fatally wounded late Saturday afternoon at the home of H. 0. Phipps, 40, near Bay wood, Va., a neighbor of Billings, and Phipps was taken to Galax to await a preliminary hearing in connection with the case, which is to be held there Saturday. Dr. Z. G, Phipps, of Galax, Va., Grayson county coroner, decided that Billings died from two bullet wounds in the chest, near the heart, but did not fix responsibil ity. Phipps was taken to Galax about nine o’clock Saturday night by Deputy Sheriff K. P. Roberts, of Baywood. Ohio Expected To Furnish Voting Test Columbus, Ohio, Mar. 17.—In dustrial and agricultural Ohio, presenting a balanced cross-section of urban and rural voters, will supply the, nation through its May 12 primary with both a test of new deal popularity and a victorious contest between Repub lican liberals and party regulars. Oyster And Chicken Supper To Be Served Here Saturday Night An oyster and chicken supper sponsored by the Women’s Mia sionary society, of the Methodist church, will be given Saturday night, at 6:30 o’clock, at the home of Edd Williams. 10,000 Gallstones FHlLAJJKL.I'mA . . . Mrs. Dora Kurtzman (above), is feel ing quite all right, now that a hospital operation here, removing over 10,000 gallstones, has proved successful. A report is to be made to medical associations. Roosevelt To Ask Billion Dollars For Work Relief Discusses Message In White House Conference Tuesday That Lasted More Than An Hour Washington, Mar. 17.—Presi dent Roosevelt told congressional leaders tonight that he would re quest more than a billion dollars to continue the work relief pro gram for a full year beyond next July. In a White House confer ence that lasted more than an hour, the president discussed the message he hopes to send to Con gress by tomorrow. It was indicated he would ask for a lump sum appropriation with few strings attached as to how it should be spent. As the conferees emerged, Sena tor Robinson, of Arkansas^ 'the majority leader, said: “We discussed the President’s prospective relief message to Con-, gress. It probably will be sent to the Senate and House tomor row. The program covers a full year.” While hone would say definite ly what the exact sum would be, it was learned that it would be more than a million, but consider ably less than two billions. Earlier the President disclosed at his press conference that the relief recommendations would be on a national scale, and would not specify individual projects for the care of the nation’s needy. This was taken as an obvious indication that Mr. Roosevelt would request a lump sum with the same broad powers that he was given last year when the current $3,880,000,000 appropri ation was voted. Earlier forecasts on how much would be asked had ranged from (continued on page 4) Electrification Of Rural Areas Is Discussed Here D. E. Jones, Extension Special ist in Rural Electrification, was in Alleghany county on Wednes day of last week to explain the REA. According to Mr. Jones, loans may be obtained from the govern ment to extend lines in ruarl communities, but will not be made for less than 25 miles oi line. Since there is not more than ten to fifteen miles of prospective line extension in the. county, the hope of getting Rural Electrifica tion was given up. Mr. Robbins, of the Northwesl ing held; here and stated that his ing held here and stated hat his company expects to make one 01 two extensions from Sparta. The Piney Creek community ii working on a plan to get powei from Fields Manufacturing com pany, at Mouth of Wilson, Va At present, the only hope for rur al Alleghany to get power is foi the farmers of the various parti of the county to organize an< generate their own power fron some of our small streams, ac cording to R. E. Black, count; agricultural agent. Holt Seeks Probe Of Alleged WPA Political Playmg Youthful West Virginia j Senator Returns From An Investigation In His Own State. Nation Needs One REPORT NOT SATISFYING Dissatisfied < Solon Says He Has Received Complaints From Many States. To Oppose Neely Washington', Mar. 17.—Senator Rush D. Holt (D), W. Va., upon returning from a new investiga tion in his own state, announced [last night that he would demand a nation-wide, senatorial inquiry j into charges that politics has en tered into the running of the WPA in many states. At the same time, Senator Davis (R), Pa., predicted that his resolution calling for “full and complete” investigation of WPA would be approved by the Senate committee on expenditures in executive departments this week, j Holt said he would make his demand for a nation-wide inves tigation in .a Senate floor speech tomorrow in which he planned to renew his attacks on Harry L. Hopkins, WPA chief, and the West Virginia WPA set-up, which he charges is ridden with politics. “If Hopkins is honest,” Holt told reporters,” he will want an investigation.” Since he began his senes ot Senate speeches, the West Vir ginia senator said he had received complaints of politics in relief from New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas and Arkansas. “Some of these complaints,’• he said, "come from WPA officials themselves, but 70 per cent, are from professional men. doctors, and lawyers, artd the like, who are fn a position to see how politics have crept in.” After Holt made his first at tack on the West Virginia situ ation, Hopkins sent a force of in vestigators there to make a sur vey. Their report said not “» single” West Virginia relief worker had been chosen through politics. The youthful senator charac terized the report as a “white wash” and said today the “white wash” had made the people of the state “furious.” He also an nounced he would not support his colleague, Senator Neely, for re-election. _ ,j The breach between the two senators was a result of differ ences over WPA in their homo state. Nee,ly supported F. Wit cher McCullough, state adminis trator. • i Speaker Byms Uses Shillalleh In House stick by Representative (R., N. J.). He said the the shillalleh came from Washington, lalleh replaced giavel today to Keep t order on St. Patrick’s The speaker, himself symphony-in-green before ternoon progressed very far, presented the green ribbon-df ipresentative Har said the-woo Ireland. !
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