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-,'vrr t IBSPi *.• TODAY'S THOUGHT “If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.”—Prov erbs. The Alleghany Times Subscription Prion Sit yew in advance Volume 11. DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY 10 PAGES GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparte, N. C.) THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1936. Number 60. BORAH SUPPORTS PLATFORM Declaring that he had “no in tention” of “bolting the ticket,” Senator Borah pledged his sup port last week to the Republican ‘ platform.” Immediately from Topeka came the news that Gov ernor LandSn was “delighted” to have the “cooperation” of “one of the greatest American citi zens.” The Senator’s statement had been intimated by earlier evidences of satisfaction with the Republican planks on monopolies, money, international relations and agriculture. Just how far the Idahoan will go in support of the nominee is not stated but we think it safe to predict that he will take an exceedingly active part in the campaign in the Western States. W. IDAHO SENATOR POWERFUL That an active campaign by Senator Borah in favor of Gov ernor Landon will be an asset to the Kansan is unmistakable. His full participation • in the drive to sell the Kansas Governor to the farmers will mean much added strength. Senator Boraht it will be \ recalled, did considerable effective work for Herbert Hoover in 1928 in the farm area and is generally credited with having had much to, • do with keeping the Agriculturist-! Republicans in line that year. Borah’s views on international af jJPfairs, monetary subjects and eco ” nomic isolation are supposed to fit in well with the farm areas where he will do his most effective work. It is not likely that he will be featured in the East where his views on finances and monopolies are not very popular with many t,. of those supporting the Republi can nominee. CRISIS IN STEEL PLANTS .The campaign to unionize the steel industry, now being conduct i ed by John L. Lewis, head of the Committee for Industrial Organi zation, is certain to meet vigorous opposition from the steel compa nies, who, through the American Iron and Steel Institute, have an nounced that they will use every resource to protect “employees „ and their families from intimi ' “ dation, coercion and violence,” and to aid them in maintaining collective bargaining, free from interference from any source. The steel industry declares that the object of the campaign is the “closed shop” which will prohibit the employment of any one not a union member and declares that no employee will have to join any organization to get or hold a job. This statement of the position of the steel industry is taken from t ' an advertisement inserted in the leading daily newspapers of the nation recently. Speaking for those trying to or ganize the workers of the steel industry, John L. Lewis hurled charges of “lawlessness” at the In stitute and trade associations of the five billion dollar industry, and warned that if there is violence, Labor will bring to justice those who are guilty and will hold to accountability “those who are really responsible—bankersi di rectors and officials of the steel corporations. He declared that the steel corporations, through paid • agents, will seek to precipitate strikes and violence and interfere with the drive being made to P unionize the workers. POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS Significance is attached to the fact that the advertisement of the Steel Institute used the phrase “free from interference from any # source,” which is exactly the phrase used in the Republican platform in regard to the rights of workers. Mr. Lewis, on his side, quoted the recent statement v of President Roosevelt that America is really ruled by an economic dictatorship which must be eliminated before the welfare of all classes can be fully realis ed. It is evident, from these quotations, that the campaign in the steel industry is irretrievably mixed up with the presidential campaign and, for this reason, certain to have some effect upon the election this fall. Just how far this will affect the fortunes of President Roosevelt and Governor London remains to be Seen. It may he said, at the outset, however, that most of the industrialists represented by the Steel Institute, are and have been for some time militantly opposed to the President’s policies and according to the general most of the labor element , with the Lewis faction, has for the President. Whether campaign among the steel will intensify the ckss of workers generally ite - ( i Committeemen For Soil Program To Be Selected Soon R. E. Black, Alleghany Farm Agent, To Conduct Township Meetings Fri., Sat. For This Purpose SCHEDULE ARRANGED Permanent Committeemen To Be Chosen To Replace Temporary Committeemen Who Were Named Earlier Committeemen were selected temporarily at the beginning of the Soil Conservation program for Alleghany county to act until the work sheets were filled out. Now, that the work sheets are practically completed, it will be necessary, it is pointed out, to elect permanent committeemen. Every farmer who has signed a work sheet is entitled to a vote in the election of these com mitteemen. R. E. Black, Alleghany county farm agent, will hold township meetings Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18, for the purpose of conducting elections of these committeemen. Mr. Black urges that every farmer who signed a work sheet and is interested in his community committeemen at tend the meeting in his town ship at the time set. Mr. Blacks schedule follows: Cherrylane township, John Miles’ store, Friday, July 17, at 1 p. m.; Glade Creek township, Blevins Cross Roads, Friday, July 17, at 4 p. m.; Gap Civil town ship, Court House in Sparta, Fri day, July 17, at 7:30 p. m.; Whitehead township, Richardson’s store, Saturday, July 18, at 8 a. m.; Cranberry township, Tuck er’s Store, Saturday, July 18, at 10 a. m.; Prathers Creek town ship, New Hope, Saturday, July 18, at 2 p. m., and Piney Creek township, Piney Creek high school, Saturday, July 18, at 4 p. m. Any farmer who has not signed a work sheet and desires to do so will be allowed to fill out one at one of these meetings. Such ac tion would also entitle the farm er doing 90 to a vote in the selec tion of the committeemen. Parsons Auction Co. Makes Sale Of Land Saturday A number of land sales were held Saturday by Parsons Auction company, Independence. The Chancey L. Hampton farm at Baywood, containing 66 acres, was sold to J. T. Dixon for $1,848. J. M. Parsons, special commission er, was in charge of this sale. The Parsons company made sales as follows: For R. L. Carico and sons, near Spring Valley, about 70 acres to T, A. Bratton, S. 0. Hodges and Reid Vaughan for about $3,500., For L. D. Jones, 82' acres, on the Fries road, to Roscoe Pat ton and A. C. Patton for $2^760. The A. F. Golding land, com prising 18 acres on the Low Gap rad, to Joe W. Parsons, for $390, for J. M. Parsons, special commissioner. Dick Hartman And “Tenn. Ramblers” To Play In Galax Dick Hartman and his “Ten netssee Ramblers,” who broad cast over radio station WBT, Charlotte, N. C., are to present a musical program in the Galax high school auditorium on Fri day and Saturday nights of this week at 7:80 and 8 o'clock. There are seven members ai this band, it is understood, each one of whom is from a different state. This program of novelty and other music is jointly sponsored by the local Odd Fellows lodge and the Parent-Teachers associ ation. . HOSY REPORTS EXPENSES Raleigh, July 14.—Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, who won the Democratic gubernatrial nomina tion, reported yesterday he spent $6,808.7$ in his second primary campaign and had contributions of *4,950. / Fries Girl Drowns Tues. Night While Swimming In River While swimming in New river Tuesday night at Fries, in Gray son county, Miss Sue McClure, 20, was drowned about eight o’clock. The body was recovered approximately half an hour later by Charlie Snow and Ralph Ful ton. The drowning, it is understood, occurred above the Washington Mills company power dam, al though complete details have not been learned. Miss McClure, who is said to have been employed in Fries, is understood to have been with a party of friends at the time of the drowning. Judge Oglesby, Of Concord, Is Taken By Death Monday Had Been Superior Court Judge Since 1927. Marion Court Adjourns In Respect To Deceased Concord, July 14_Judge John M. Oglesby, 59-year old North Carolina superior court jurist, died in a Charlotte hospital late Monday after having been ill for eight days. A native of Mt. Pleasant, Judge Oglesby practiced law here before being appointed .,a superior court judge in 1927. Surviving are the widow and three children. Funeral services for Judge Oglesby are to be held here Wed nesday afternoon at three o’clock in Central Methodist church. The last rites will be conducted by Rev. H. G. Allen, Reidsville, a former pastor, and Rev. Lv L. Echols, Con«c*»d. ' i Raleigh, July 14.—Governor Ehringhaus said today he would name within a few days a suc cessor to Superior Court Judge John M. Oglesby, of Concord, who died in Charlotte Monday. Judge Oglesby was elected pre siding jurist of the fifteenth ju dicial district in November, 1934. His successor will serve for six years. Marion, July 14.—Out of re spect to Judge John M. Oglesby, who died in a Charlotte hospital last night, Judge Hoyle Sink ad journed superior court here at 10 o’clock this morning until to morrow. The local bar association adopt ed a resolution of regret. Clinic For Blind To Be Held This Summer In Raleigh A free clinic for the treatment of the blind is being held this summer in Raleigh by the North Carolina State Commission for the Blind. This clinic is especially designed for the welfare and help of the blind, and anyone in the state who is unable to obtain proper treatment is entitled to this service, and, it is pointed out, should take advantage of | the opportunity offered at once. In order to obtain this service, anyone wishing it should apply to their local welfare department at once for information. To enter, a .person must be unable to pay for treatment in any other way and must have a physical exami nation by his local physician. Proper blanks may be obtained from the Welfare department or by writing to the survey-taker for this district Out of 48 persons examined on June 15. there were 80 who could not be helped because of the ad vanced stages of their cases. How. ever there are folks who have been so helped that they are now going about their normal duties, it is i understood, after having been unable to walk a year ago. Anyone why may know of someone else suffering from an eye disorder, even though the dis order may be of a slight nature, should make the names and ad dresses known to the survey, taker at once. The commission | Some Move Opl . . . DROUTH . . . Some Stay On! KANSAS CITT r. . Drouth . . dust storms . .. broken homes ... discouragement. .. hope gone ... pictured everywhere as a biasing sun peers over the Eastern horizon each new day. Above, left, is a dust storm in Texas, sweeping, over a deserted farm, moving ton# of top soil and destroying the land for agriculture. Tdp, right, the song of J. P. Holzerter of Dickin son. N. D., watering stock at a newly-dug well where a scant water supply was found. They are s staying on. Below, SB Oklahoma refugee family, carrjpbg all their worldly possessions, decide to dw sert their home and move on. Noted Brooklyn Minister Claimed By Death Sunday Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, 71, Passes Away In Hospital. Funeral Services Are Held Wed. In Brooklyn Plattsburg, N, Yj, July 14.— Death claime^ Sunday Dr. S. Park es Cadman, pastor whose voice became familiar to Mil lions of Sunday afternoon radio listeners throughout the country. Death came to the noted minister in the Champlain Valley hospital. Dr. Cadman, who walked out of the Shropshire mines in England as a youth to attain international fame as a churchman, succumb ed to peritonitis which developed from a ruptured appendix. With him when be died, at 12:22 p. m. (EST) were several members of his family who last night had abandoned hope for his recovery as he grew steadily weaker. An emergency operation was performed on Monday of last week after he had been stricken ill while delivering a lecture the previous night. Describing his passing, Frederick L. Cadman, a son, said he “fell asleep as peacefully as a child.” Others present at the end were the preacher’s daughter, Miss Marie I. Cadman. of Brooklyn, his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Freder ick L. Cadman, and his personal, physician, Dr. George L. Buist, of Brooklyn. Other survivors include a sec ond daughter, Miss Lillian E. Cadmant Brooklyn; two brothers, Morris b. Cadman, of Pleasants ville, N. Y., and William Cadman, of Midland Park, N. J., and a sister, Mrs. Thomas Cadman, of Wellington, Shropshire, England. New York, July 14—Arrange ments for funeral services Wed nesday for Dr. S. Parkes Cadman were being completed last night as the body of “the radio preach er,” brought from Plattsburg, N. Y., where he died Sunday, lay in a Brooklyn undertaking establish ment. • Bishop' Francis J. McConnell, of the New York Methodist con ference, will conduct the services, which sfill be held at the Brooklyn Central Congregational church, of which Dr. Cadman Was the pas tor. According to the wishes of his family, no plans were being made to have the body of the 71-year old clergyman lie in state, CONGRESSMAN PAYS CAPITAL Washington, July 14.—Repre sentative Robert L. Doughton, of After World Title Hatch (above). America’s greatest woman bowl lag champion, will be the only woman member of the American bowling''' team to Ger many tor International and Olym pic Roosevelt Party Anchors In Maine Bay Late Tuesday President And Three Sons Aboard Trim Little Schooner Sewanna. Plans For August Indefinite South Brooksville, Me., July 14—With President Roosevelt and his three sons aboard, the trim little schooner Sewanna dropped anchor off this Eastern Penobscot Bay town at 7 p. m. (EST) to night after sailing nearly five hours along Maine’s jagged coast. It had been a perfect yacht ing day for the first leg of the chief executive’s two-week va cation cruise. As the crow flies, the anchor age was only 15 miles from Pul pit Harbor, North Haven, where the president boarded the Se wanna. The white-winged yacht had covered nearly double that mileage, however, in » leisurely jaunt offshore and back into the bay. Aboard Schooner Liberty off the Maine Coast, July 14.—Presi dent Roosevelt cast aside his Pan ama hat and business clothes to day for a battered fishing outfit and pushed of from Pulpit Har bor in the schooner Sewanna for a good long “loaf." The president, who will navi gate the 58-foot, auxiliary-motored sailing craft reached Pulpit Har bor on North Haven Island on the government yacht, Potomac, from Rockland, Me., where he ar rived by special train at 9^30 a. m. (EDT) this morning, from Hyde Park, N. Y. James. Prank Breckinridge To Support Landon; Bolts Own Party Entered Primaries Last Spring In Four States Against Roosevelt. Talks With Kansas Governor Topeka, Kas., July 14.—After having entered four state pri maries against President Roose velt last spring, Henry Breckin ridge, Democrat, announced to night, following a surprise con ference with Governor Alf M. Landon, that he will support the Republican presidential nominee. Arriving late in the day, Breckinridge, New York lawyer, conferred with Landon at the Kansas executive mansion. Before boarding a train to travel eastward, he dictated a statement that he would “vote for Governor Landon and Colonel Knox.’’ “Under all the circumstances,” said Breckinridge, assistant secre tary of war during the Wilson administration, “I think their elec tion will accomplish lasting good for the country. “I think the re-election of the present governing faction would cause lasting harm.” Breckinridge, battling Presi dent Roosevelt’s renomination, en. tered primaries in Ohio, Pennsyl (continued on page ten) Lindbergh May Visit Germany In Near Future Berlin, July 14.—Adolf Hitler and Charles A. Lindbergh—two men who pin their faith on wings—will meet, a reliable source said tonight, probably a week from Wednesday. Arrangements hare been com pleted, this source disclosed, for Col. Lindbergh’s visit to Ger many July 22 and 22. General Hermann Wilhelm Goering, the air minister, is ex pected to be his official host, and the noted American will see the third Reich'S leading airplane fac tories, principal airports the Olympic stadium, and the Olympic village. . Ti; So far as officialdom was con cerned. the colonel’s visit was a well-guarded secret. Attaches at the United States embassy also declined to confirm it as certain. It was learned reliably, that Lindbergh desires his be regarded as of a purely tific nature, without He, probably will American friend - , H IB Heat Wave Broken In West; 2327 Lives Are Taken Cool Rain-Bearing Mass Of Air Rolls Eastward 33 Miles Per Hour As Fatalities Moftnt MINNEAPOLIS HAS RAIN Sweeping Rainstorms Give Relief In Central Mich. Rain Comes Within Fifty Miles Of Detroit . Chicago, July 14.—Even as re lief in the shape of a cool rain bearing air mass was rolling east ward 33 miles an hour, heat striking heaviest, claimed its long est list of victims today. The total number of fatalities for the 12-day torrid spell which accelerated a crop deterioration unequalled previously in sections of the farm belt, mounted to 2,827, up more than 1,000 for Tuesday. Conditions in several cities were described locally as second only in the death records to those which prevailed during the great influenza epidemic of 1918. Late reports and revisions of lists in Minnesota sent that state’s total soaring to 560, topping even the fatality roll of badly stricken Michigan, before cooling thunder storms arrived tonight. The Hennepin county coroner (Minneapolis) said the deaths there were exceed for a like per iod only by those during the in- j fluenza onset. At the rate of “three a minute” during the hottest part of a day which was a 160.5 degree maxi mum in the Twin Cities, heat cases were brought to General hospital. In Chicago where 222 deaths * were totalled for the heat wave, morgue attendants likewise de scribed conditions as surpassed only during the war-time epi demic. The welcome rains sent the mercury down rapidly. Minne sota readings in the upper 70’s and lower 80’s quickly replaced those above 100 degrees. Minneapolis was drenched and the storm at nearby Norwood was described as “a small tornado.” Sweeping rainstorms late today also relieved Central Michigan and brought surcease from heat which claimed 500 lives. The rain came within 50 miles of Detroit. Brawley, Calif., in the heat accustomed Imperial Valley, had a 120-degree reading, but more than a score of Midwestern cities were not far behind. The hottest place in the territory was Mt. Vernon, I1L, with 114.5. Only slightly less torrid were the 113 marks registered at Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Kewanee and LaSalle, 111.; Wellington and Fredonia, Kan. Many stations in Kentucky, Ar kansas. Missouri, Michigan, Okla- ; homa, Ohio, Minnesota, Wiscon sin, Indiana, Nebraska and North Dakota had readings between 100 and 110 degrees. TOLLS AT FORT REMOVED Morehead City, July 13.—The State Conservation Board removed toric old the state A. J T<M* FO*
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