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l All 1 * You wiu Pr°fit h Ck ZA 11 a nr n o n ir I 1 m a n h you Aiways Read i iic niic^odoy 1 imes w*™ DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY I Volume No. 15. GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1989. Number 11. ' This Week in Washington Washington, July 26 {AS)— It’s still about an even bet among Washington observers whether Congress will adjourn around the first of August ■ or stay in ses sion indefinitely, wrangling over neutrality legislation. The .action of the Senate Com mittee on Foreign Affairs, in voting, twelve to eleven, to post pone consideration of neutrality legislation until the next session, is not necessarily final. The hope for more compromise between the Administration’s desires and those I of Congress still persists. It can be stated indisputably that the entire membership of both houses of Congress and the entire Executive branch of gov ernment, from the President down, are in absolute and' com plete agreement in one import ant point of national policy. They all want wholeheartedly to keep the United States out of war— any war. The disagreement is wholly on what particular means will best accomplish that purpose. Shall the United States forbid the sale of arms and war supplies to any nation engaged in any international war? The present | law requires the President to j proclaim an embargo against all! belligerent nations in case of war. j This plan of keeping America j neutral has the support of prac-! tically all of the Republicans and some of the anti-Administration Democrats in both houses, thus bringing party politics into an international question and cre ating the belief that a good deal of the opposition to the Adminis • tration’s desire to have the neu trality law amended is based upon the desire to embarrass the President, rather than upon the real welfare of the nation. The position of the Adminis tration was expressed in a long j statement by Secretary Hull who | stated flatly that the present neu- j trality act would tend to draw the United States into war rath er than to keep the nation out. He recommended that the law be amended, if Congress continued to believe that a special neutral ity law was required, so as to eliminate the present arms em bargo. It is the, right, in inter national law and precedent, he said, of any nation to buy or sell • arms to any other nation, under any conditions, if they are able to buy and the sellers are able to deliver. Mr. Hull’* Proposal* Mr. Hull’s proposals were: To prohibit American ships from entering combat areas; to restrict travel by American citi zens in combat areas; to require that goods exported from the United States to belligerent coun tries shall be preceded by trans fer of title to the foreign pur chasers; to continue the existing legislation respecting loans and credits to warring nations; to regulate the solicitation and col lection in this country of funds for belligerents, and to continue the licensing system under the munitions control board covering importation and exportation of war supplies. The net effect of the Adminis tion proposals would be, it is agreed, to give England and France an advantage. They have the funds to buy war munitions in America, much of them in “earmarked’’ gold already on de posit in American banks. The dictatorships have no such financ ial resources. England and France have the ships necessary to carry American supplies across the ocean and could easily pre vent their successful transpor tation to their enemies. The argument against the Ad ministration program is that, such being the case, the Roosevelt-Hull plan would be un-neutral in real ity, since it would favor one side against the other. Lut W»r Analyzed Back of all the neutrality re strictions imposed) by the present law is the belief held by many that it was the sales of munitions to the Allies before we got into the World War which dragged us into the war, to insure collection of what the allied powers owed American bankers. That belief persists, in spite of the fact that in 1934 a Senate committee headed by Senator Nye spent $50,000 and many weeks of time trying to prove it was true, and succeeded only in prov ing that all of the loans made to European nations before we got into the big war, were secur ed by American securities deposit ed with the bankers, and other security, and that they would have been paid in full, whether , the Allies won or lost, as they actually were. That there vyill be actual fight ing, marking the beginning of what may turh out to be the most disastrous war in human history, before the end of September, is definitely feared by the State De (tum to page 5, please) Dr. George Truett, of Dallas, Texas, spoke in Atlanta —Georgia, last Sunday before Ba'ptists of 60 nations in Atlanta to attend the sixth Baptist World Con gress. Religious liberty so abso lute that it transcends “mere toleration” was proclaimed by Dr. Truett, president of the Baptist World Alliance, at a vast semi open-air session of the World Congress. Dr. Truett said that, “from thq very beginning” Bap tists had grasped the concept of religious liberty as “the nursing mother of all liberty.” They claim it, he said, “not only for themselves, but as well for all others—for Protestants of all denominations, for Romanists, Jews, for Quakers, for Turks, for Pagans, for all men everywhere.” Their contention, he set forth, “is not for mere toleration but for absolute liberty. . . Tolera tion is a gift of man, while liberty is a gift of God.” Dr. Truett in his prepared ad dress, delivered at the Southern Association baseball park, took issue with Roman Catholic doc trine, however, as the direct anti thesis of the “Baptist message.” He asserted that “any trend or suggestion of the possible estab lishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and ;he Vatican would call forth an mmediate and unyielding protest from uncounted millions of our American people.” “Our doctrine of religious lib erty in America is for all our people alike,” he said. “The pope is simply the honored head 3f the Roman Catholic Church. . . He has, in fact, no better title to receive governmental recognition . . than has the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the moderator of ;he Presbyterian general assembly yf the United States or the pre siding bishop of the United States Methodist Church of this coun try.” He said the “astounding fact >f ghastly persecutions, both ra :ial and religious, continues to ihallenge the whole world with horror, and to make a blot that s unspeakable disgrace to civili zation,” and referred to “the ?reat doctrine of religious liberty ind its inevitable corollary, the separation of church and state.” A new Baptist World Alliance head was chosen —Tuesday in Atlanta, Ga., to succeed Dr. George W. Truett, of DalLax, Tex. The man chosen was Dr. James Henry Rushbrooke, an urbane, white-bearded Londoner committed to individualism in religion. Tuesday night, Dr. Rushbrooke began a five-year tenure in the office. Against a background of verbal assault on totalitarian life —a theme which Dr. Rushbrooke accentuated Monday in his report as general secretary—the vener able Briton was elected by accla mation. Newest crticism of govern mental pressure on individuals came Tuesday night from an l other Londoner, Mrs. Ernest I Brown, grey-haired, Energetic wife of the British minister of labor, [who made an appeal for protec ■ tion of church, school and press freedom as the three citadels of democracy. Dr. Rushbrooke, who has served continuously as general secretary since 1928, was chosen president in a standing vote called by Dr. Truett to accept the report of the nominations committee. The committee offered no other can didate for the office. Dr. W. 0. Lewis, of Paris, France, was similarly elected gen eral secretary, succeeding Dr. Rushhrooke, while Dr. Louie D. Newton, of Atlanta, was desig nated second honorary associate secretary, a new office. NO WPA CLOTHING OR SURPLUS- COMMODITIES —will be given out from the Alleghany County stock room un til further notice, due to changes made by the State Commodity Dis tribution- Division, according to an announcement made by Miss Lillie Ervin, county superintend public A warning to Japan by Soviet Russia Tuesday —coupled with the Soviet Naval Commissar’s declaration that Rus sia “possesses more submarines than any other country in the world’’ was published in Moscow. Admiral Nikolai Kuznetzoff de clared : “Moreover we possess consider ably more submarines than even Japan and Germany taken to gether. “The Soviet Union is a naval power. The Soviet Navy is be coming powerful.’’ He indicated strongly that Rus sia was increasing her seapower with Japan in view. Sinking of a Russian submarine was reported —Tuesday in Berlin, Ger many—the fifth submarine disaster of the year—by the newspaper Voelkischer Beo bachter. The report said a Soviet Russian ship had sunk off Mur mansk in the Arctic Ocean, with 34 men aboard. The .report, which was not cor roborated from any other source, said the submersible had collided with another ship during naval maneuvers and gone down in deep water where the depth and a rough sea made rescue extremely difficult. The Berlin newspaper, how ever, said a diver had been able to make contact with those inside by pounding on the submarine’s hull. The fleet maneuvers were immediately halted. Murmansk is in northwestern Russia. Voelkischer Beobachter’s ac count was under a Moscow date line anl was based on “Reports from Murmansk.” (No other German source had heard of the accident, however, and in Moscow no information was available from official Soviet circles). If true, the disaster was the fifth of the year beginning with the loss of the Japanese submar ine 1-5 on February 2 when 81 men went to their deaths. The United States submarine Squalus sank with a loss of 26 lives on May 23, the British sub marine Thetis went down on June 1. with 99 men still in her hull, and the French submarine Phenix sank off Cam-Ranh bay, French Indo-China, on June 15, with 63 men aboard. (The accident was reported ■while Soviet naval officials were boasting of their newly-built naval strength. Admiral Nikolai Kuz netzoff, in a speech that was re ported by Soviet authorities Tues day, declared Russia had more submarines than any other coun try in the world. Warning Japan, he asserted the Soviet had more submarines than Germany and Japan combined). (Jane’s, authoritative publi cation on world naval strength, credits Soviet Russia with 134 submarines built and 30 building.' Japan is reported to have 64 built and 12 building, and Ger many 39 built). i Reports that Farley may be ousted were denied —Tuetday by President Roosevelt in Washington, D. C. The chief executive described as “tommy rot” reports that an inner New Deal circle, headed! by Thomas G. Cor coran, is seeking the ouster at James A. Farley as chairman of the Democratic National Com mittee. He also denied that Far ley might resign as Postmaster General. The President’s remarks were made at a press conference, less than eight hours later his return from hig Hyde Park, N. Y., home where he conferred at length with Farley without apparent disrup tion of their 11-year poUtical partnerships. Farley sailed yes terday (Wednesday) for a seven week vacation in Europe. In response to a specific ques tion whether he had any infor mation regarding the rumor that Corcoran (Tommy the Cork) and other extreme new dealers* are Urges Rural Security Projects . . . J WASHINGTON, D. C. . . Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace praised as a “prudent and economic policy” President Roose velt’s suggestion for loans totaling $600,000,000 for rural security projects, during testimony before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee. Photo shows, left to right, Senator Robert F. Wagner, Chairman of the Committee; Secretary Wallace; Senator Carter Glass and Senator Alben W. Barkley. Buncombe County rejected liquor stores Tuesday. —in an election held for the purpose of deciding the issue. The county voted overwhelmingly against es tablishment of ABC stores, un official returns from 52 of 53 precincts showed Tuesday night. The vote was; for, 9,290; against, 14,838. This revealed a major ity of 5,548. The returns indicated that ap proximately 25,000 votes were cast, reaching the highest esti mates of political observers. The 52 precincts reported 24,128 bal lots cast. Black Mountain precinct No. 1, considered a dry stronghold, was the missing precinct. In the 1938 general election it polled approxi mately 850 votes. In the city of Asheville, pro ponents of ABC stores had a majority of 1,633 votes with all precincts reporting. The vote in the 24 city precincts was: for, 6,261; against, 4,628. In the precincts outside the city of Asheville the ABC opponents had a majority of more than three to one. In 28 of 29 rural precincts the vote was: for, 3,209; against, 10,210; a majority of 7,181. A campaign leading to the elec tion was conducted in Buncombe for about a month, with many out-of-town speakers leading the fight for ABC opponents'. Among those opposing the stores in addresses were Judge E. Yates Webb, of Shelby, of the Western U. S. district court; Justice Heriot Clarkson, of Char lotte, of the state supreme court; Jake Newell, of Charlotte, state Republican chairman, and Bishop James E. Cannon, Jr., of Rich mond, Va. Meetings were held in practically every church in the rural districts by ABC opponents. A MEMORIAL SERVICE IS TO BE CONDUCTED —at the Osborne Cemetery, on Sunday, August 6. Rev. W. H. Handy will have charge of the service. A severe storm swept Surry County Monday —afternoon, with most of its force being felt in the North central section of the county, where more than a hundred acres of tobacco were I destroyed, and one home was ! burned .after it was struck by lightning. The storm struck first and worst in the Beulah High School community, ten miles north of Mount Airy, on the Low Gap highway, sweeping for several miles toward Dobson. It was at Dobson that the home of Charlie Fowler, garage pro prietor, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. There were many farmers in the Beulah section who lost prac tically their entire crop by hail. Wesley A. York, one of the lead ing farmers of the entire county, declared it was the worst hail storm to strike the section within his memory. York himself lost more than 10 acres of tobacco, practically all of it torn so badly as tc be worthless. Other farmers who reported large areas of tobacco a total loss were Chris Bunker, Oscar Parks, Dillard Parks, Robert Lee Thore, Welcome Richards, Hubert Hicks and Jim Atkins. The com crop throughout the section was also badly damaged, the fodder in many cases being ripped to ribbons. A report that Hitler had suffered a nervous breakdown —published Tuesday in a Warsaw) newspaper was characterized by German officials in Berlin as “malicious nonsense.” It was pointed out officially that Hitler’ was enroute to Bayreuth, where he was scheduled to open the1 Wagnerian festival yesterday (Wednesday). The Warsaw paper declared that Hitler suffered nervous ex haustion after Long hours of the most taxing labor during April and May. ---j In a Federal Reserve Board report Sunday— It was said that business had made very substantial gains during the month —of June and had generally maintained them during the first half of July. The hoard’s index of industrial production rose to 97 in June, com pared with 92 in April and May and 77 in June a year ago. The output of factories and mines increased in June, the report said, reflecting mainly a sharp expansion at steel mills and bituminous coal mines. Steel production rose from 45 per cent of capacity in the third week of May to 54 at the end of June and to 56 in the third week of July, the report added. Motor production, which had fallen in May, swung upward in June, a month when a drop is customary. In the first three weeks of July automobile ^output was lower, reflecting in part slower operations preparatory bo the change-over to new models. In June plate glass output “rose considerably” while production of lumber, which usually gains over May, was unchanged. In the non-durable goods in dustries, woolen mills scored high er activity in June, and activity at cotton and silk mills was main tained against the usual seasonal trend. Meat-packing was lower than in May. A number of important indus trial centers reported increased factory employment and payrolls from the middle of May to the middle of June. There was a sharp expansion in employment at bituminous coal centers fol lowing the reopening of mines in mid-May, and the number of per sons employed railroads in creased M* less decline ecorded partment store from Maj June. Reftect in* this, the board’s index gained rhirh compared A singing class from Oxford Orphanage will give a program —here in the High School audi torium on Thursday night, Aug ust 3, at 7:80 o’clock. This pro gram will consist of music, songs, drills, and folk songs and dances. Those who attend are promised an attractive program by new personnel. A nominal admission charge will be made. “Enjoy the children while they help the home,’’ is urged by interested persons, as a portion of the proceeds will be used for the benefit of the home. “In spite of much publicity about the cancer —problem during the last decade, many false ideas re garding this disease still persist. Too often such con ceptions are the basis of delay in diagnosis and treatment. Obvious ly, figures cannot be compiled, but it can be stated that a fair pro portion of the thirty thousand preventable cancer deaths now occurring annually in the United States could be avoided if these mistaken notions were dispelled,” states Dr. I. C. Riggin, Commis sioner of Health. “The following facts are per tinent: (1) Cancer is not con tagious; the, victim cannot give it to any other' person. (2) Can cer is not a blood lisease. (3) Diet is not a cause or preventive of cancer; vegetarians and meat eaters are equally susceptible. (4) Aluminum cooking utensils do not cause cancer. (5) Consti pation does not cause cancer. (6) Mental worry will not in fluence the development of can cer. (7) No age is free from can cer; babies are born with it, and the oldest persons can be its vic tims. However, it is largely a disease of adult life, occurring chiefly between the ages of forty and seventy. (8) Self-medication is a waste of time and frequently fatal because bf the delay in volved. (9) Serums, vaccines, colored lights, patent medicines, pastes, salves, diets, so-called men tal or religious healing, and mechanical manipulation are val ueless. (10) Quacks .and their super claims, through false hopes and delayed diagnosis, cause many avoidable cancer deaths but do not effect cures. (11) No warn ing comes from pain. In the early stages and in the precancerous condition, there is no pain or con scious health impairment. The one exception is bone cancer. “With a full appreciation of the above facts and the prompt seeking of medical advice when there are signs of cancer, it is conceivable that many thousands of deaths from this cause could be prevented. “The danger signals are any lump in the breast or other part of the body; any persistent sore, particularly on the face or mouth; any unusual discharge or bieeding from any part of the body, such as vomiting of blood, passage of blood from the bowels, or unusual bleeding of any bodily passage, especially after middle age; and chronic indigestion. “It is true that any one of these, symptoms may be caused by a condition other than can cer; however, this fact is no ex cuse for delay in diagnosis. Procrastination in the face of any of these signs is dangerous and may even be fatal.” No plans toward running (or the governorship —of North Carolina have been made by Revenue Com missioner A. J. Maxwell, according to a statement issued Tuesday night in Raleigh by the Commissioner, in which he said he had “no thought of making a definite announcement at this time as a candidate for Every county in North Carolina will get loan? —to help farm tenants be come owners under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Ten ant Act, according to infor mation received here by FSA County Supervisor, W. Bryan Oliver, from the State Director of the Farm Security Administra tion, Vance E. Swift. Blanketing the entire state, fifty new counties were desig nated by Secretary of Agricul ture Henry A. Wallace upon the advice of the State Advisory Com mittee. “The FSA has helped 389 ten ants in North Carolina to become landowners during the past two years,” Mr. Oliver said. “Con gress, in its battle to keep the American farmer on his farm, appropriated $40,000,000 recently to be used under the provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Ten ant Act to help stop the alarming trend from farm ownership to tenancy.” -inese loans are made for a 40-year period at three per cent interest. However, the act pro vides that after five years pay ment in full can be made at any time. Under a variable payment plan farmers may make larger payments in good years with smaller payments due in years of partial crop failure or low prices.” Mr. Oliver said repayment of these loans all over the United States is remarkable with bor rowers repaying 135 per cent of maturities. Further information about how to apply for these loans will be given by the County Supervisor, whose office is locat ed in the Woodie Building, West Jefferson, (office hours Monday and Saturday morning), and at the Courthouse, Sparta (office hours Tuesday morning between the hours of 9 and 10 a. m.) A three-farmer advisory com mittee will assist the Supervisor, recommend tenants for successful farm ownership. Borrowers will have the help and guidance of the Farm Security Administra tion in building or repairing their homes and in making plans to do better farming. Although Land purchase loans are limited, Mr. Oliver said the regular rehabilitation loans for items such as feed, seed, ferti lizer, livestock and -farm equip ment are available to eligible farmers unable to secure adequate credit elsewhere. Fifty new counties added to the program are; Alamance, Alle ghany, Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Camden, Car teret, Catawba, Chowan, Clay, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Gaston, Graham, Halifax, Hartnett, Hyde, Johns ton, Lincoln, McDowell, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, New Han over, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pen der, Peroquimans, Pitt, Randolph, Rowan, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Tyr- || re 11, Watauga, Wayne, Wilson and Yadkin. Plans for the Old Fiddlers meet in Galax —to be held on Friday and Saturday, August 18 and 19, are going forward rapidly and much enthusiasm is being shown. Present indications point to one of the greatest of these annual events ever held J | there. The 1939 event will be the sixth convention of old fid dlers and other string musicians > to be held in Galax. The 1939 convention is to be held in Felts Park. However, in the event of rain, the affair would take place in the Galax High School audi torium. The programs are scheduled to begin at 7 :30 o’clock each night— Friday and Saturday. A special program of enter tainment will begin Saturday temoon, at three o’clock. Prizes totaling be distributed, follows second,