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DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY
Vol. 13
GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1938.
Number 42.
Hugo S. SiLn»,
Washington, Correspondent
ISOLATION IN FACT
American isolation in world af
fairs has been intensified by the
recent development in Europe.
As a result, there is almost com
plete unanimity in the prediction
that Congress will speed passage
of the President’s naval construc
tion program. In fact, it would
not be surprising if the. billf in
addition, provides for several
auxiliaries recommended by Ad
miral Leahy.
That the surprising reversal of
British determination to go ahead
the part of Secretary Hull and
other officials, denying any un
derstanding or agreement with
Great Britain involving the use
of the American fleet under any
circumstances, leads some observ
ers to the opinion that the Brit
ish got tired of waiting for co
operation from the American
democracy and decided that it
must arrange its affairs without
regard to the United States.
On this side of the Atlantic, the
-determination emphasizes the iso
lation of the United States and
makes plain the necessity of ade
quate defense against all con
tingencies. The United States,
having repeatedly asserted that it
preferred to face the world alone,
is taken at its word and permit
ted to make its. own plans.
MEANS BIGGER NAVY
The House Committee on Naval
Affairs, as its hearings drew to a
close, heal’d Rear Admira] Wil
liam G. Du Bose, Chief of the
Najval Bureau of Construction and
Repair, declare that the new 35
000-ton battleships now building
are actually larger than the 43,
200 ton battleships which were
scrapped under the provisions of
the Washington Treaty for the
limitation of naval armaments. At
that time, the Montana and other
ships of the 43,200-ton class, un
der construction when the limi-1
tation pact was signed, based!
their tonnage on the ship’s fuel j
capacity and full loaded with sup
plies and ammunition. The ton-1
nage of the 35,000-ton ships now
building does not include the
weight of fuel, stores or supplies
of any kind. The North Caro
lina and Washington, now being
built will be 714 feet long and
108 feet wide. The scrapped bat
tleships would have been 624 feet
long and 104.8 feet wide.
ABOUT BATTLESHIPS
Admiral Du Bose was ques
tioned by the Committee in re
gard to the passage of battleships
through the Panama Canal and
gave his opinion that it would be
possible to build a 60,000-ton
ship that would go through the
Canal. He pointed out that every
battleship in the Navy will be
over-age by 1949 and all but two
of them by 1947. The fleet now,
he said, is twelve and not fifteen
ships, as the New York, the
Texas and the Arkansas have al
ready been delegated to training
service duty. He expressed the
opinion that the Pennsylvania, the
Arizona and the Oklahoma, now
with the fleet, are already obso
lete.
When asked how long it would
take to accomplish the projected
fleet expansion, Admiral Du Bose
replied, “from eight to ten years’*
with existing facilities for con
struction. It would be possible,
however, he said, to use the
three navy yards, and the three
private yards, equipped to build
battleships!, provided additional
equipment is installed, to lay 1
down three battleships a year
» over a four-year period.
LYNCHING BILL LOST
The Wagner-Van Nuys Anti- :
Lynching bill was laid aside last !
week by the Senate which voted 1
58-22 to take up the $250,000,
000 Emergency Relief resolution. :
Blocked for almost six weeks, by
the fight of Southern senators, i
the bill was given up some weeks >
ago. Twice the Senate refused
to apply cloture which was the
only way to put an end to the :
endless speeches made against it. i
NORRIS PRAISES SOUTH
One of the surprising features 1
of the last day’s debate was the 1
speech of Senator George W.
Norris, Independent Republican of
Nebraska, who lined up with i
Senator Borah of Idaho in oppos
ing the measure on its merits.
On only one point did the Ne- 1
hraskan differ with the Idahoan.
He thought the measure was con
stitutional but that “it ought
never to be enacted in the law.”
Recalling the “tragic era’’ of re
construction in the South, with
“carpet-bagger control of those
states,” and the “misery and
ruin" in that section after the
War, the Nebraskan declared that
“we have forgotten those days”
but “this bill would revive it all."
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Wallace Sutton
was killed in
an automobile
— accident Saturday night,
when Che car in which he
was riding left the road and
ran into a bank alongside
the road, near the residence of
Johnson Wyatt, a few miles
west of Sparta. Sutton’s skull,
according to reports. was crush
ed between the top of the car
and the bank.
The automobile was driven by
Coy Collins, formerly of the
Cox’s. Chapel section of Grayson
county, Virginia, who now lives
on the Piney Creek road. A
young boy was also riding in the
ear at the time of the accident.
Mack Roberts. Alleghany county
coroner, and Earl McMichael,
solicitor of the eleventh judicial
iistrict of North Carolina, made
an investigation, and came to
the conclusion that the immediate
cause of Sutton’s death was the
crushed condition of his skull.
A warrant was issued and' Col
lins was arrested and placed un
der bond, in the sum of $1,000,
for his appearance at a prelimin
iry hearing to be held here next
ruesday morning, March 8, at ten
>’clock. Three charges now face
Collins—one of driving while un
ler the influence of intoxicating
beverages, one of involuntary
nanslaughter and one of failing
to render aid in such a case, as
prescribed by law.
The deceased man, who was
ibout 45 years of age at the time
tsf his death, resided near Piney
Creek. He is survived by the
widow and two small children.
Funeral services and interment
were held Monday at Cox’s
Chapel.
Almost 40,000
N.C. youths
have received
—training for < future vo
cations, subsistence f o t
themselves, allotments for
their dependents ior rela
tives. mental and physical ad
vantages and opportunities, and
many other benefits from enlist
ing in Civilian Conservation Corps
:amps in North Carolina during
the last five years, according to
r. L. Grier, State Superintendent
af CCC Selection.
Grier, who has been associated
with the selection division since
;he beginning of the program in
!Vpril, 1933, thinks that the value
}f the CCC cannot be measured
n terms of dollars and cents, but
s emphatically confident that
thousands of North Carolina
youths have been given a new
ease on life through their con
lection with the camps scattered
;hroughout the state.
“I could tell you of many in
stances where young men, fre
juently down-hearted and dispu
ted because of their inability to
>btain work,’’ Grier said recently,
‘have come to us and enrolled
n the CCC and recovered their
self-respect, in addition to earn
ng their livelihood and living in
in atmosphere that tended to im
>roye their mental, moral, physi
ol and spiritual attitudes. That
s why I take so much interest
n my work. It is a real pleas
ire and privilege to have a part
n rehabilitating our1 young mien,
ind in seeing them fit themselves
’or the battles of life.”
'“I am very happy over the
’act that President Roosevelt has
numatea mai tne win ue
:ome a permanent part of the
lational government,” Grier con
inued. “I can’t conceive of any
;hing that has been of more real
jenefit to our young men than
;hat program. During the de
iression years, thousands of them
vere roaming the roads and high
ways of our country, desperate
>ecause of their inability to ob
tain work. Now, all that is
:hanged for the young man who
really is honest and wants to
sam his own livelihood and pre
pare himself for better things.”
The United States Department
of Labor, the North Carolina
State Board of Charities and
Public Welfare, and the 100 local
Departments of Public Welfare,
which act as selecting agencies,
are interested primarily in the
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| A meeting is to
I be held March 8
in Sparta
—at the court house, beginning
at 10 a. m., for consideration of
the question of erecting a monu
ment in memory of Confederate
and World war veterans.
All interested persons are urg
ed to be present at the meeting.
Consideration of
the interior
department bill
—bo appropriate $125,000,
000 for the Blue Ridge
parkway /and for general
support of Cherokee Indians
in North Carolina wad begun
in the national House of Repre
sentatives a few days ago. The
bill would provide $2,500,000 for
the parkway and $86,000 for
Indians.
Funds for continuing con
struction work on the Blue,
Ridge parkway are included in
the $4,000,000 item covering both
the Blue Ridge and Natchez
Trace parkways. Under the bill,
$2,500,000 will go to the Blue
j Ridge and $1,500,000 to the
I Natchez Trace parkway.
Last year, after a bitter fight
| in the House, Congress- appro
priated $6,000,000 to continue
construction on both the Blue
Ridge and Natchez Trace park
ways. This year' the fund was
'reduced to $4,000,000 with the
Blue Ridge parkway taking the
entire cut—$2,000,000. This fig
ure, however, is in keeping with
the recommendation of the bud
get bureau and will enable the
National Park Service to continue
construction on both parkways
in a normal manner.
Hearings on the Interior De
partment bill revealed that the
National Park Service has com
pleted plans for five roadside
parks along the Blue Ridge park
way at the Bluff’s, Cumberland
Knob, Rocky Knob, Smart View,
and Pine Spur and' that they will
be made self-supporting by charg
ing a fee for traveling over the
parkway.
Discussing the development of
these roadside recreational areas
with Representative Robert F.
Rich at the hearings, A. E. De
maray, associate director of the
National Park service, said the
park service will eventutlly take
over maintenance of these areas,
but that “they will be completely
self-supporting when a fee is
charged.”
“I am certain there will be a
fee established, and there is no
question about its being self
supporting,” said Demaray, as he
explained the intention to charge
an automobile license fee when
additional roads have been con
structed.
Demaray explained that entry
charges for national parks were
based on road mileage within the
various park areas, as Represen
tative Charles H. Leavy, of Wash
ington recommended a policy of
uniform charges throughout the
country’s parks.
“The schedule of fees submit
ted to the committee last year
was presented to the secretary,”
said Demaray. “The secretary
conferred with the president as
to the desirability of putting it
into effect immediately, in view
of the pending reorganization of
the government departments.
“I believe his feeling was that
with the other bureaus of other
departments of the government
not charging fees for recreation,
it would place the Interior de
partment at a great disadvantage
if fees in the case of the national
parks and national monuments
were at this time increased.”
The leading
romantic legend
of Hollywood
—linking the names of glamor
ous Greta Garbo, Swedish screen
star, and Leopold Stokowski,
white-haired conductor of the
Philadelphia Symphony orchestra,
was partly confirmed Tuesday
night when i't was disclosed that
the two have been spending a
vacation together at the Village
of Ravello, overlooking the gulf
of Salerno, near Naples, Italy.
The glamorous star, whose real
name is Margaret Louisa Gus
tafson, and Stokowski spent Tues
day on the romantic Isle of
Capri, after a motorboat trip from
Sorrento.
btudy ouper Highway Proposal
ihk.
WASHINGTON D.' C. . . A subcommittee of the Senate Banking I
ami Currency Committee studies the Bulkiey Super Highway bill
which provides for the building >of two million dollars worth of
super highways. Two transcontinental and four North-to-South high
speed motor roads would be self liquidating. Left to right: Senator
John G. Townsend, Jr., Senator Herbert E. Hitchcock; Senator
Robert J. Bulkiey, sponsor of the bill; Senator Prentiss M. Brown
and Senator William G. McAdoo.
Edith Maxwell’s
mother will not
face a jury
—to answer for the death
of her husband, Trigg Max
well, despite the fact that
she I was jointly indicted
with her daughter, charged with
the murder.
When the case of Mrs. Anne
Maxwell is called in Wise cir
cuit court, April 5, Common
wealth’s Attorney Fred B.
Greear, who prosecuted the
daughter, will probably move the
court to nolle prosse the case.
“I don’t have sufficient evi
dence to prosecute the case,” Mr.
Greear said, “and because she is
the mother of Edith, already con
victed of tH# death of Trigg
Maxwell, the mother could not,
under Virginia law, be guilty of
accessory after the fact, the law
not permitting prosecution of a
parent” in such a case.
Mrs. Maxwell has already been
advised by Mr. Greear, by let
ter, of his present intenions in
the case. She is living in Rich
mond, and advised Mr. Greear,
in a letter that Earl, her son, had
returned to New York, and that
she was alone with her smaller
child.
Congress will
receive a
message soon
—from President Roosevelt,
dealing with monopolies,
the chief executive said
Tuesday, after a conference
of- an hour and a half with At
torney General Homer S. Cum
mings and other high “trust
busting” officials.
He cautioned reporters at his
press conference not to forecast
that the communication will be
•dispatched to the Capitol this
week or next. Questioned about
his attitude toward business de
mands for revision of the national
labor relations act, Mr. Roose
velt said he regarded all legis
lation as evolutionary and hoped
various acts would be amended
whenever necessary.
Others who conferred with the
president on the anti-trust situa
tion were Assistant Attorney
General Robert H. Jackson, so
licitor-general designate who has
•directed prosecution of monopo
lists, and Chairman William Doug
las of the Securities and Ex
change Commission. Neither the
Chief Executive nor the con
ferees would reveal the details
of their talk.
At the Capitol the administra
tion’s new revenue bill was in
troduced in the House an hour
after Bernard M. Baruch, New
York financier, had warned a
Senate committee that the new
deal will be justly blamed for
prolonging the recession unless
prompt and ungrudging tax re
lief is given to business.
Baruch at his second appear
ance in 48 hours before the Sen
ate unemployment investigating
committee, also demanded that
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Concessions will
be allowed, if
they are private
—along the Blue Ridge
parkway, to care for the
needs of travelers, accord
ing to statements of Nation- [
al Park service officials in the!
hearings on the Interior depart-!
ment’s appropriation bill released j
recently. However, no definite;
plan has been accepted yet.
A. E. Demaray, associate di
rectory of the National Park ser
vice, appearing before an appro
priations subcommittee, admitted
the need for supplying motor
and restaurant service to park
visitors but pointed out that the
only way the park service can
insure these services is by grant
ing concessions to private oper
ators. He added that an effort
was also being made to prevent
business from being shunted away
from local establishments in the
parkway territory.
“There have been no conces
sions worked out at the present
time,” Demaray said, “but in the
planning of these parkways, there
have been included plans for de
veloping certain areas in which
there will be gas stations and
places ‘where meals would be
served. There will be others
where overnight accommodations
may be provided.
“In working out the plans, we
have tried to give consideration
to the fact that there are now
nearby communities which are
well located, and where visitors
have been going for many years.
We want visitors to leave the
parkway and secure their major
necessities in those places.
“For instance, there is Blowing
Rock, which has been a noted
summer resort for a Long time,
and Linville Falls, as well as
numerous other attractive places.
Instead of diverting visitors from
those places, we hope they will
continue to stop there.
Final settlement
was confirmed
in Greensboro
—late last week for four
tracts of land in Alleghany
and Wilkes counties in con
demnation proceedings af
fecting a total of 5,136 acres of
land involved in the right-of
way for the Blue Ridge parkway
connecting the national parks.
The settlement was confirmed
when an order was signed in
United States district court in
Greensboro by Judge Johnson J.
Hayes.
One order approved payment
of $2,000 to F. B. Caudill, of
Absher; $1,000 to the heirs of
Martin and Carolyn Brinegar;'
$630 to George Richardson, of
Laurel Springs, and $75 to Rob
ert Caudill, of Laurel Springs.
Another order set 10 a. m.
yesterday (Wednesday) as the
date for a hearing at Wilkes
boro at which other property
owners affected in the condem
nation proceedings could take ex
ception bo the condemnation
awards.
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Slaughter on
the highways i
must stop
—asserted Govern,or Clyde
Roark Hoey Tuesday as he,
designated the week begin
ning Sunday, March 6, as
“Safety Week in North Caro
lina.”
Pointing out that "an average of j
nearly three persons are killed
daily in motor vehicle accidents j
in the state, the Governor call-1
ed on the “whole citizenship of
North Carolina to make this week j
tell mightily in the promotion of !
public safety on our highways I
throughout the entire year.’’
A safety program, designed to!
‘’‘protect your life and the life of
your child,” will be announced j
during the week, the governor j
said.
His statement follows, in part:!
“The State Association of Coun
ty Commissioners and the high
way safety division are jointly
promoting this special period of
safety observance.
“I am asking every minister in i
the state to call attention in the
Sunday service to this important
matter and urge compliance with
the rules of safety by every per
son who drives a motor vehicle
and every person who walks or
travels in any other way upon the
public roads. The same appeal
should be made in every public
school and college. The civic clubs
are urged to conduct safety pro
grams and otherwise aid in mak
ing all the people safety con
scious.
“The need for a safety pro- j
gram is great. The policy is edu- j
cation for those who would be |
reasonable and enforcement for j
those who will not. j
“The slaughter on the highways
must cease. The death rate can |
be lessened. It has been appalling
for several years.
“Last year 1,123 people were
killed on the highways of this I
state, an average of nearly three
persons a dayt and 7,990 were in
jured. North Carolina’s record is
bad in this particular, and it must
be improved. For the whole eight
een months in which our soldiers
participated in the World War
only 6,299 from North Carolina
were killed in battle, while nearly
twice that many die in peace
times by accidents on our high
ways, in one year.
“The National Safety Council
states that we have reduced our
percentage of deaths over the last
three years 14 per cent., based
upon the number of cars licensed
and the amount of gasoline con
sumed.
“This is not enough—we are
still one of the ten worst states
for fatal accidents. It is encourag
ing to know that the past January
was the best January in five
years from the standpoint of ac
cidents,”
General Pershing
was aided in
his light
—for life during the past
several days by a stout
heart—the heart that car
ried him through two major
wars and countless skirmishes
and his strong heart is now
holding the answer to whether or
not t^e veteran soldier will rise
from the sick bed where he has
been confined for the past sev
eral days in Tuscon, Ariz.
Pershing has made a remark
able return from the edge of
death in the last 48 hours, but
doctors still kept in mind Tues
day the possibility that things
can happen and happen suddenly
to fj»man of 77 years who has
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respondents for North Carolina
papers to his office and1 announc
ed his decision to remain in Con
gress for another term.
‘‘Two weeks ago I would have
told you that I would retire at
the completion of my present
term,” said the heavy-set son of
the rugged North Carolina moun
tain country. “ think all of you
know of my desire for a little
smoother road with a little less
load. I have weighed my own
personal desires with the many
letters and communications I
have received from the. state urg
ing me not to give up my post.
After much thought and consider
ation I have reached the con
clusion that as a matter of, duty
and service I should not retire.
I will formally file for registra
tion next week.”
Doughton’s announcement set
rest the rumors that he would
retire which followed thick and
fast after Representative Walter
Lambeth, of Thomasvijle, and
Representative William U instead,
of Durham, issued their recent
statements that they would not
seek re-election.
These reports concerning
Doughton’s retirement were not
without some foundation. He has
frankly told his friends that he
wished to get out from under
the heavy load which is his as
chairman of the ways and means
committee and1 spend his remain
ing years on his mountain farm
at Laurel Springs.
Heavy pressure was brought on
“Farmer Bob” to stay in Con
gress, much of it from the White
House. The president, it was
learned, made a strong personal
appeal to “the old patriarch of
the House” to stay in Congress
and round out with him his sec
ond term.
Doughton is completing his 14th
jonsecutive term.
The retirement of Lambeth
and Umstead,'and the entrance
of Representative Frank Hancock
into the Senate race, added pres
sure from the state for Doughton
to remain in Washington. The
closeness of the Laurel Springs
farmer and live stock man to
the squire of Hyde Park means
much to the state, and no one
appreciates this more than mem
bers of the North Carolina con
gressional delegation.
Doughton stated Saturday that
in reaching his decision, he had
given the people of his district
first consideration and the fact
they had so strongly urged him
to stay in the House influenced
his decision more than anything
else.
Children are
assets of the
state of N. C.
—said Governor Clyde R.
Hoey Tuesday night in a
speech delivered in Tarboro
at the dedication of the new
Central high school auditorium.
The chief executive said, in part:
“North Carolina is a rural agri
cultural state and raises a diver
sification of crops but none as
important as its crop of children.
Cotton and tobacco crops increase
in value or decrease in bad years
but the crop of children raised in
this state is its greatest future
asset and they need now more
than ever training in citizenship,
such as commercial and music
courses for girls and practical ed
ucation for boys.”
Governor Hoey said that 75
per cent, of the students who are
graduated anually from high
schools do not attend college.
“It is our duty,” he said, “to
have a high school curriculum
fitted so that the remaining 25
per cent, may enter college and
the other 75 per cent, may follow
useful and practical courses to
fit them for their life work.”
Earlier Governor Hoey attend
ed a civic dinner and afterwards
he was honor guest at the Gover
nor’s ball in the gymnasium.
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