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Want To Sell HH 1 All 1 • Y°U WiU Profit | Something? I W% A I | A (Y H H M 17 | 1 f|| £1 C " Y°U Try a Want Ad A AM ^ * A A K AA CL A A J A A AAA O Times’ Advertisement* DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY 1 Volume No. 15. GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1939. Number 2. ' . This Week | in ; f i • ! Washington Washington, May 24. (AS)—\ Whether there will be a revision of the tax laws to eliminate levies i which are hampering business ex pansion seems somewhat more j doubtful now than it did a short j time ago. The reason for this doubt is j the refusal of the President to j give his indorsement to the fejx-1 revision program prepared by the j Secretary of the Treasury and his | staff, working, in cooperation with the chairman of the Congressional committees having to do with tax matters'. There is a strong inclination on j the part of Congressional leaders to go ahead regardless of whether the President approves or dis approves. Secretary Morgenthau | may present his program to Con- | gress without Presidential in- [ dorsement. The President has not said that he will not approve a tax revis ion bill if passed, but he has let it be known that he will not let j any program which would reduce I or repeal existing taxes be put j forward as an Administration j measure. j Washington observers are some, i what puzzled by Mr. Roosevelt’s I attitude. Early in the year thej announced policy of the Adminis-1 tration was “appeasement” of | business. - • , .. . Resolutions Offered At the meeting held here, of! the Chamber- of Commerce of the United States, remarks were made by business leaders and reso lutions offered which were ex tremely critical of the Adminis tration’s policies. Some of the President’s intimates seized the op portunity which such criticism af forded, to point out to Mr. Roose velt that the business interests of the nation did not seem to be grateful to him, but were decided ly non-cooperative. That, in the belief of many Washington ob servers, accounts for the change in the Presidential attitude toward tax-relief. The second part of the Presi-1 dent’s departmental reorganiza tion program, like the first part, j has met with general approval. It provides for consolidations and shifts of bureaus from depart ments where they don’t belong! to places where they fit, which > every President for years has been ' trying to. get Congress to ap prove. The President’s estimate of money savings by reason of these changes is $1,250,000 a year. There is no doubt of Congression al approval, even though Congress is in a spending mood. Last year, when Congress addl ed $212,000,000 to the Agricul tural budget for farm relief, the President warned them that they must find enough additional reve nue to cover the increase. Con gress promised to do that, but didn’t. Now it is adding nearly $400,000,000 to this year’s Agri cultural budget, and making no move to impose additional taxes sufficient to cover the increase. Vote-Catching Scheme It is the unanimous opinion in Washington that this is a pure vote-catching scheme and nothing else, and there is great criticism of the refusal of the Senate to go on record as to how they voted on this appropriation. It was passed by a voice vote. All the talk about economy which was heard on Capitol Hill early in the session has dropped to a whisper. The slogan of “re covery instead of more reforms” is no longer heard. There is no such thing as a concrete recovery program in Washington, either in the Executive Offices or in Con gress. The national income is disap pointingly low, and shows no signs of early increase. The one bright spot in the eco nomic situation, as most careful observers hert see it, is the home building boom. That is growing rapidly in every pa^t of the na tion. The system of insuring building loans set up by the F. H. A. is considered by many to be the most useful of all the New Deal’s achievements. Under it private capital is more and more freely getting to work and hun dreds of thousands of new homes are being built. Much of the confusion of minds which everybody can observe in Washington can be attributed to the war scare. There is no doubt that all the war talk has had the effect of diverting the attention of many men in high office from internal affairs. There is a considerable faction who believe that “big business” would like to see a war, even if it involved the United States. That feeling is at the back of much, of the neutrality talk, especially' the proposals for • preventing Americans from doing business with any nation at war. (turn to page 5, please) Queen Mary, of Britain, had a narrow escape —from serious injury or death Tuesday when her automobile overturned in :a collision with a two-ton truck in a London suburb. The, accident occurred three days be fore the Queen Mother’s 72nd birthday anniversary. The widow of George V and mother of Reigning George VI, Queen Mary was found to be suf fering from “bruising and shock” at her home at Marlborough House, but the royal physicians pronounced her condition “satis factory.” Reports of her condition were rushed to George VI and his con sirt, Elizabeth, who are touring Canada, to her exiled eldest son, the Duke of Windsor, and to other close relatives. This bulle tin was issued Tuesday night at Marlborough House: “Her Majesty Queen Mary is suffering from bruising and shock as the result of an accident this afternoon in which her majesty’s car was overturned. “Though the bruising is con siderable and will need some days’ complete rest, her majesty’s gen eral condition is this evening satisfactory. “Signed, Stanley HeWett and Dawson of Penn.” The signatures were those of Sir Stanley HeWett and Lord Dawson of Penn. The latter at tended King Geirge V and is probably England’s most noted physician. News of the accident was given to King George and Queen Eliza beth as their train pulled out of the tiny coaling station of Jack fish, Ont., on the north shore of Lake Superior. The royal car, which was re turning Queen Mary from Wisley, Surrey, to Marlborough House, was badly damaged when the front of the truck crashed into a rear wheel. No one in the truck was injured. Roosevelt said the administration will not abandon —any of its social and eco nomic reforms, and vigor ously defended New Deal spending in a speech de livered Monday night in Wash ington, D. C., at the first forum rtf fhP Amprifiin Rpfail FpHpr. ation. He said that widespread efforts to aid the nation’s sub merged classes would continue un abated. 1 The president assailed critics who shed “crocodile tears” over the size of the national debt, tnd accused Republicans of “mer chandising hoiTor” about it by holding a “national debt week” this week. He criticized the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, whose recent convention he re fused to address, for demanding federal economies and endorsing public works spending in the own home towns of individual mem bers. He riddled the economic theo ries of “highbrow columnists” and some “high-geared economists”; reaffirmed ,his opposition to sub stitution of the dole for work relief and demanded that the present proportion of (ax pay ments by consumers and big and little business be maintained. Optimistically he said that the nation today is in an excellent position to move forward into a period of greater production and greater employment. The President said he believed that the retailers are sympathetic toward the objectives of the new deal and he invited all business leaders who feel the same way to co-operate with the govern ment. One of the functions of government, he said, is to see to it that the making of profits through certain processes will not destroy our fellow men who are our neighbors. “That is why I come to you not in the spirit of criticism, not with a big stick, but with a simple plea for your assistance as American citizens in working out our common problems with good will and with the maintenance of the ideals of peace,’’ he said1. v . M4. '■ < f. J. !The Young Women’s , Circle met at the ! Methodist Church |—on Thursday night, May 18, i with Mrs. Robert Andrews and | Mrs. Mexa Phipps as hostesses. In the absence of the presi ' dent, Miss Wilma Crouse, vice j president, presided, and Miss Eula ! Parsons was leader of the pro gram. Mrs. L. F. Strader read the scripture lesson, and Rev. L. F. Strader led in prayer. The following members discussed di visions of the tonic for the month, “Our Own Community”: Misses | Majorie Halsey, Maxine Reeves, Wanda Choate and Wilma Crouse. The hostesses served refresh ments during the social period. The June meeting will be held at the home of Miss Maxine Reeves, and Miss Wanda Choate ) will be leader I '_ 1 I 1 j j I I CROWDS WELCOME ROYALTY Quebec, May 17.—Canada ac claimed King George and Queen I Elizabeth today upon their ar rival for an unprecedented royal tour and then pledged a new loyalty and homage to the British .throne and its occupants, i Hour after hour, from early morning until nearly midnight, the king and queen went through the ritual of state functions, presentations, audiences, addresses and drives through the city. |MAY “DRAFT” VANDENBERG ! Lansing, Mich., May 18.—Gov ernor Luren D. Dickinson and all other Republican elective state officials released a state ment today announcing that they . were “drafting” United States Senator Arthur H. yandenberg | (R., Mich.) as a candidate ?or the Republican nomination for president in 1940. ' OPPOSES FUND CHANGES i Washington, May 19. — Presi I dent Roosevelt put his foot down 'today on any plan to use money j from the $2,000,000,000 stabili ! zation. fund in a new lending i spending program, j Without committing himself as I to the desirability of additional ■spending, the Chief Executive said j at his press conference that he was opposed to monkeying with the stabilization fund l - FARLEY SEES 1940 VICTORY San Francisco, May 20.—James A. Farley, Democratic national chairman, asserted tonight anoth er victory for the party in the 1940 elections is “within our grasp if we seize the opportunity i and march forward, shoulder to shoulder” under the principles of j President Roosevelt. PANAY OFFICER GETS MEDAL ! San Pedro,' Calif., May 21.— Lieut. Arthur F. Anders, execu tive officer of the United States ■ gunboat Panay when she was bombed in the Yangtze River De-' cember 12, 1937, received! the ; distinguished service medal and | the thanks of his nation yester day. | The medal and a citation sign ed by Navy Secretary Swanson ;were presented by Vice Admiral John Wills Greenslade on the quarterdeck of the battleship Mississippi in the presence of the ship’s company. DETROIT WORKERS STRIKE Detroit, May 22.—A strike of C. I. O.-affiliated United Auto mobile Workers left upwards of 24,000 men idle tonight and a government conciliator was re ported hastening here to offer his services toward a settlement. AGREEMENT THOUGHT NEAR London, May 23.—Lengthy British-Russian negotiations were believed near a showdown to night with informed Paris and Geneva sources reporting that an agreement “in principle” already had been reached for a Soviet British-French mutual air accord. A COMMUNION SERVICE WILL BE HELD SUNDAY MORNING |—May 28, at eleven o’clock, in the Sparta Presbyterian Church. The pastor, Rev. R. L. Berry, will be assisted in this service by Rev. Wayne Thompson. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. i / Race Against Time—With Time the Loser ■■Willi niaTOinwwMf-iiniw—nTy nTr’".1"' NEW YORK, N. Y. . . A generation of travel progress is com memorated in this symbolic race between a “horseless carriage” and a modern streamliner which took place at the New York World’s Fair. The ceremony marked the 40th anniversary of the invention of roller bearings. The “horseless carriage,” which djates from 1899, still rolls on the first successful roller bearing installation ever made. Alben W. Barkley, of Kentucky, spoke in Winston-Salem —Tuesday night and, in a bristling, defiant attack on New Deal opponents, as serted that the 1940 presi dentia1 contest would be “fought out or. the record of the Roose velt administration.” Addressing over 1,000 cheer ing delegates to an eleven-state woman’s Democratic regional con ference, the ruddy-faced Ken tuckian was thunderously ap plauded as he defended the record of the party he leads on the Sen ate floor. . . His speech, delivered in the brilliantly-lighted, flag-draped ball room of the Robert E. Lee Ho tel, was broadcast over a coast to-coast hook-up. Barkley arose to speak afteT Governor Clyde R. Hoey, of North Carolina, had sounded the con ference keynote of unity. North Carolina’s Chief Execu tive pleaded1 with his listeners to weld conservative and progressive (turn to page five, please) A defense of WPA was made in Washington —D. C., a few days ago by Gokwiel F. C. Harrington, WPA administrator, who de fended his agency’s program as the least expensive of federal relief activities. A few hours earlier Secretary Ickes, PWA administrator, had said that public works constituted the better iform of relief. “Experience has shown quite conclusively,” Harrington told re porters, “that the costs of a fed erally administered program such as WPA are considerably lower, both in personnel requirements and total expenditures, than many local programs receiving grants in-aid from the federal govern ment.” Harrington said a survey of all WPA administrative employes earning more than $100 a month showed the average salary to be $1,581. This, he said, was $290 less than the average for all federal employes. i Setting a precedent in history— King George VI, of England, presided at a session of Canadian Parliament —Friday, May 19. In order to see King George and Qfueen Elizabeth upon the throne of Canada, America’s northern neighbor dug out of discard regal ritual dead nearly 100 years. For the first time in history, a British sovereign sat in the Senate of the Canadian parliament as he sits in Westminster. In The Elk Crtek School Honor Roll for April —was as follows: First Grade—Edna Rose Hines and Emma Jean Warden. Second Grade— Betty Jean Fender. Third Grade—Tom Cook and R. S. Warden. Fifth Grade—Nora Lee Caudill, Lyle Cox, Henry Sturgill and Ruf fus Musgrove, Jr. Sixth Grade— Rose M a y e Joines, Irene Richardson, Brice Richardson, Charles Warden and Clarabell Fender. Seventh Grade—Marie Sturgill, Rhuba Lee Hines, Walter Estep and Fannie Hendrix. Perfect Attendance certificates and silver dollars went to Clara bell Fender, Betty Jean Fender, Tom Cook, Dorothy Joines, Marie Sturgill and Henry Sturgill. Seventh Grade diplomas and Reading Certificates were present ed Marie Sturgill, Rheba Lee Hines, Fannie Hendrix and Walt er Ef.tep. RAYMOND FRANCIS HAS PURCHASED THE INTEREST —of State Patrolman W. C. Tho maJ in the Duncan Motor Com parfy, at West Jefferson, and has been made the company’s inside manager. Mr. Francis was formerly prin cipal of Virginia-Carolina High School, Grassy Creek, and for the past two years has been a mem ber of the faculty of Piney Creek High School. '-V- -U? VjL , % (London he opens and prorogues {parliament with state ceremonial, !but in Ottawa, he gave only royal ■assent to bills passed through I legislative processes. I ! Prior to the brilliant scene in the Senate, King George had re ceived the plaudits of Ottawa on a nine-mile drive through the city and suburbs. The king also had shattered an other precedent by receiving per sonally the credentials of the new United States minister, Daniel C. Roper, exchanging with him felici-1 tatkms and expressing friendship ifor President Roosevelt and the j American people. The Canaoian sun failed to shine on King George and Queen Elizabeth for the first time of their tour Friday. When they, awoke at the little hamlet of j Caledonia, where the royal train' stopped for the night, it was chilly and drizzling. Skies cleared Friday afternoon but the royal visitors made their Ottawa drive through a light drizzle, the king saluting, the queen smiling and bowing from the open state landau drawn by four horses with postillions. All day long Ottawa crowds, with many visitors from the Unit ed States, shifted from street to street for new glimpses of the royal visitors as they rode first through the City Rideau Hall, which was their home during their Ottawa stay, then to Parlia ment for the ceremonial legisla tive acts there, and finally to the state dinner at 7:15 o’clock Fri d|ay night, the fourth banquet of its kind in three days. A Daily Vacation Bible School is now being held —at Glade Valley High School, in the boys’ dormitory, under the auspices of the Glade Valley Presbyterian Church. The school opened Monday, and will continue through this week and next. Miss Edna Higgins, of Clem mons, and Miss Clarice Thompson, Glade Valley, are teachers in the school. All children between the ages of five to fifteen years are urged to attend, and sessions will be held from 9:00 to 12:30 a. m. each morning, except Saturday and Sunday. Members of ail denominations are invited to attend. The English royal couple reached Ontario —Canada, Tuesday and, as sured by advices from Buck ingham Palace, in London, that Queen Mother Mary was not injured seriously in her automobile accident, the king and1 queen stepped smilingly from their streamlined “rolling palace,” late in the day after a 22-hour journey from Toronto. News of Queen Mary’s accident reached their Brittanic majesties by radio in their railroad coach. Their anxiety was calmed, how ever, when a cablegram from Buckingham Palace reached them at Schrieber, Ont., and advised 'that the queen mother was in jured only slightly. ■ The king and queen immedi ately cabled a reply in which they (expressed their sympathy and hopes for a speedy recovery. Authorities familiar with Buck ingham palace conduct expressed the opinion that in the event the accident had fatal consequences the royal tour would be termin ated immediately and their ma jesties return to London. Arrival of the king and1 queen at the industrial twin cities of Port Arthur and Port William temporarily interrupted their first day and night of continuous travel since they docketed at Quebec seven days ago. A 21-gun salute greeted the royal couple as they stepped from their train at Port Arthur. A guard of honor was mounted at the railroad station and inspected by the king. The mayor, city of ficials and their wives were pre sented to their majesties after which the royal entourage mo tored to Fort William. Circle No. 1 of the Baptist W. M. U. held a meeting Thursday —May 18, with Mrs. G. P. Crutch, field and Mis. Tom Smith as hostesses, at the home of Mrs. Crutchfield. The guests were met at the door by the hostesses and invited into the living room, which was decorated with spring flowers. After devotionals, conducted by Mrs. Crutchfield, Mrs. W. B. Reeves read the secretary’s re port. Tributes were paid by various members to Mrs. Edna R. Harris, general secretary of the State W. M. U., who died suddenly in Raleigh a short time ago, and a moment of silence and prayer was observed in honor of her memory. The Associational Superintend ent, Mrs. A. O. Joines, urged that the financial goals set for the W. M. U. by Mrs. Harris be met, and that the organization foster young people’s organizations. Mrs. C. A. Reeves, the program leader, was assisted by the fol lowing in carrying out a particu larly fine program; Mrs. Bert Edwards, Mrs. Clinton Halsey, Mrs. Amos Wagoner, Mrs. Mar shall, and others. It was announced that the As sociational 'meeting would be held1 at Laurel Springs Church, on June 20. At the conclusion of the meet ing, the hostesses served refresh ments. Mrs. Louise Howell and Mrs. J. T. Inskeep were visitors and Mrs. Marshall was welcomed as a new member. Mrs. Clinton Halsey was ap pointed chairman of Heck Memor ial Fund for the circle. J.- •- • .. &&&&&&*&& Fifty-nine were trailed in the Squalus —$5,000,000 U. S. subma rine, which wallowed in* cold blue mud on the At lantic’s floor early yester day (Wednesday) awaiting res cue operations. The distressed underseas craft sank off the coast of New Hampshire. The navy’s newest submersible craft, which took on an overload of water and sank helplessly dur ing routine diving tests Tues day morning was under 240 feet of water. According to a radio dis patch yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, seven members of. the Squalor’s crew were safely rescued. However, the condition of those remaining in the sunken craft was not given. Latest word from the sunken ship, as picked up in code by its sister submarine, the Sculpin, was that all aboard were alive but “cold.” Waiting to begin rescue oper ations at dawn were Lieut. Com mander C. B. Momsen, inventor j of the Momsen lung used in sub I marine rescues, and five divers iwho went out Tuesday night with | salvage gear. They were aboard jthe navy tug Wandank from Bos iton and were preparing the equip | ment under flood lights. I Another detachment of 13 div ! ers and three officers, who flew ! from Washington to the Newport, R. I., naval base and proceeded to Portsmouth from there by automobile, was to go out at 3:30 a. m. to await the submarine sal vage tug Falcon, expected from New London, Conn., an hour la ter. Weather conditions were less : than favorable for rescue work, j Two thunderstorms occurred dur ] ing the night. One which began i at 7:30 p. m„ roughened the sea j but another, coming after mid night, was accompanied by a shift in the wind to the northeast which had a calming effect on jthe water. i The Squalus went down 15 j miles due east of Hampton Beach, | New Hampshire summer resort, : and five miles south of White | Island light on the Isles of Shoals. 1 Its disappearance was discovered 'by the Sculpin, which sighted the ! burst of a red smoke bomb over jthe water, submarine disaster sig nal, and proceeded to the scene to pick up a communication buoy 'which the Sqalus sent up as soon as it sank. ' While their stricken vessel wal- - .lowed in the ocean bed, the U. S. | Navy put into operation all its | facilities for the rescue of sub jmersible craft and anticipated that ; all the men would be saved and the submarine raised without fur ther mishap. I ; Spending theories of the president were challenged -—Tuesday night in Wash ington, D. C., by Senator Harry Flood Byrd (D., Va.), ho said that “to minimise Is of debt—bo make debt dangerous doctrine * elt suggested in an be American Retail at the debt be con- jj ation to the nation’s i asked his listeners that the federal eraal one and added;;Sjj mable internal debt munitifca public fi. tribution ry.
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