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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03

visitor who spends a few days
or a few weeks in the metro
polls on business or pleasure.
Recently, however, he has
been hearing something about
these things from the newspa-
pers, and he is destined to hear
a great deal more when the legis-
lative investigation gets under
way. This" writes Wilbur
Forrest, may we'll be the be-
ginning of disclosures which
will transcend anything of the
kind in municipal history"
The act authorizing the in
vestigation gives the committee
power, fortified by ample funds,
to search into the remotest cor
ners of graft and corruption.
Samuel Seabury, celebrated for
his ability and determination
and independence, is the counsel,
and he may be expected to
match the performance which
brought fame to Charles Z.
Hughes in the insurance investi-
cation of a quarter Of a century
ago.
The committee is authorized
to sit in New York or anywhere
within the state. It may sub
poena persons and documents
and interrogate witnesses pri-
Vately or publicly. It may i'm
prison recalcitrant persons for
contempt not to exceed thirty
days. IT shall have full power
and authority and it shall be its
duty to persecute its inquiries
in any and every direction and
by any and every means in its
judgment necessary or proper.
Witnesses will not be per-
mitted to shield themselves be-
hind refusals to waive immunity
or pleas Of constitutional privi-
lege to escape giving informa-
ton. Thus the resolution has
been careful to close the avenues
through which persons guilty Of
crimes or having knowledge Of
their commission may seek to
escape from testifying.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03
HOUSE FOR RENT

For rent for entire summer
vacation, my house, number 8
Cobb Terrace. Four comfort
ably furnished rooms, large airy
screened porch, flower garden
we'll established. Suitable for d
couple or for two or three women
students. Mrs. J. J. Slade, Jr.,
Phone 7136.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03

i've S-room furnished apartment
one block from Fifth Ave. and
Central Park, 2 double, 2 single
bedrooms: 2 baths: large, airy
living and dining rooms kitchen
and maids room; $3.50 monthly.
Especially nice for family with
students taking summer courses
at the Universities. Highest
personal references required
Communicate 16 East 96th
Street. New York City, Apt. 5-B
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03
Lots Should BE Cleared

Health Officer Nathan says
that people with vacant lots
should clear them with the ap-
proach Of spring. Dry grass
should be burned off, and on re-
quest member of the fire de-
partment will come to see the
job done right. Early morning
is the best time of day for the
burning
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03

The Outlook has made a poll
Of congressman and says that
most of them believe that the
18th amendment should and
will be abandoned" Repealed
would be the proper word; the
18th amendment has already
been abandoned by a large pro-
portion of the country's popula-
ton.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03
Greet Players Here April II

The Ben Greet Players will
appear in "Hamlet' Tuesday,
April IA, in Memorial hall. Their
leader. Sir Philip Ben Greet,
has the role Of Polonius, and
Russell Thorndike is seen as
Hamlet. Sir Philip and his
players come here on their sec
ond transcontinental tour
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03

called "recapture" measure,
would yield as much revenue as
these concerns should fairly be
expected to contribute to the
state. This measure provides
that if net revenue is more than
10 per cent. on assessed valua-
ticn the excess shall be taxed al
Is per cent. But in practice II
is too easy for a power company
to manipulate its figures so as
to reduce the net revenue fig
ures. When the fnlanciers con-
trolling the power companies ali
over the country wanted to sell
stock to the public they made
depreciation charges low 50 as
TO make the net revenue figures
high. This policy, as I recall,
was criticized by the Federal
Trade Commission. Now, if they
found that a good showing in
profits would lead to heavier tax
alton, the financiers could re
duce the profits, as shown on the
record, by increasing deprecia-
ton and other deductions.
] have been told that one rea-
son this section Of the budget
revenue bill failed Of passage in
the house was that some Of the
members thought it was in such
form as to operate only against
She Duke Power Company and
NOT the Mellon and the Electric
Bond & Share companies II
this is the correct intcrpreta
tion, then the house did we'll to
throw the Section out. There
ought not 10 be discrimination
against the Duke concern.
In his recent address to the
lnoielatu,n the Goyernor snoFo
of the two ministries tobaccn
and novar ae being excent ions
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03
Light Banishes Peters

The private roadway that
leads up to Miss Cornelia Loves
house from the road running
out to Buttons offers a quiet
parking place, and not long ago
it was a favored resort for pet
ting parties. But they encum-
Der the road no longer; fur Miss Miss
Love had the Consolidated Ser
vice Plants send a man out and
put up an electric light.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03
HANDWRITING FOR SALE

Hand-weaving and hand-ham-
mered pewter made by the
native weavers and artisans of
Penland, N. G. Bedspreads,
rugs, coats, children's dresses,
platters, ash trays, etc. Mrs.
George F. Bason, sol E. Frank
lin street, Chapel Hill, N. c.
Telephone 1921.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03
FOR RENT

A six-room house, heat. hot
water, nice bath and nice floor.
Also garage. $500 per month.
402 Patterson Place. Horton
Realty Co., Durham, n. c., tele-
phone L-2881.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03

Few if any world war vete-
rams are so enfeebled, it appears,
as to be unable to stand a loan.
--West0n (Ore,) Leader.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03
APARTMENT FOR RENT

For rent: furnished apart
ment for light housekeeping
modern conveniences, including
steam heat, shower bath, etc.
Telephone 1896.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03
Random Shots
By Halifdr Jones

a little while ago Chicago
held the centre Of the stage as
the horrible example Of munici-
pal rottenness, but now New
York has come forward to take
the spotlight. Within the last
few months revelations Of cor
ruption in the Tammany govern
ment have followed one upon the
other. The district attorney of
New York county has been
called upon by Governor Roose-
velt TO show cause why he should
not be removed from office; for
nal charges, looking toward re-
moval, have been filed against
Mayor Walker; and the legisla-
ture has provided for thorough
investigation into the affairs Of
the city government.
The recent prosecutions and
inquiries have disclosed the pur-
chase of judgeships; the appoint
ment to office Of grossly unfit
men, hangers-on Of ward bosses; +;
persecution and oppression by
crooked policemen, and bribery
Of the police; and, perhaps worst
Of all, the degradation Of justice
by the wholesale in the magis-
trates courts.
People who have had a close
view Of politics in New York
nave long known that these con-
ditions prevailed. For example,
it has been notorious for years
that many Of the nominations
To the bench have been preceded
by generous contributions from
the nominees TO the Tammany
campaign fund. And bribery in
the police department and fix
ing" in the magistrates courts
were known, by nearby observ-
ers, to exist long before they
were definitely proved.
As far back as / can remcm-
Der there has been tendency
in the South to pooh-pooh criti-
cism Of Tammany, and / be-
lieVe this is largely because that
organization is identified with
the Democratic party.
Another reason for this atti-
tude Of liberation toward Tam
many is that the Southerners
who visit New York see nothing
but the shoW-WindoW features
Of the municipal government.
They move along Broadway and
Fifth Avenue and the other
/ thorOughfares where the city
makes its best effort to keep the
pavements smooth and clean.
They see alert and stalwart
policemen directing traffic, and
when they accost a police officer
to ask a question they are an
swered courteously. They find
the water, and the lighting, and
the telephone service satisfac-
tory, and if it happens that they
witness fire they are impressed
with the speed and efficiency of
the fire department. Perhaps
they see a parade when a cele-
brity is welcomed home from
Europe and hear a graceful and
witty speech by the Mayor.
Thus it is hardly to be wonder
ed at that they come back home
to tell their friends that New
York is we'll run city"
They have not the faintest
idea Of the nauseating conditions
in the magistrates courts. They
have had no occasion or Oppor-
tunity to look beneath the sur
face in the police department, to
know anything about the
-framed-up charges upon which
unfortunates are dragged into
court in the process of being
blackmailed. They have never
lAc~I NT GD,x, nN,>Itnor, r,f., fD,.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03
Education and Taxes

~ y. AloAESiA = AiSIutBt cav
ments to the effect that the state
should cut down its expendi-
lures on education. In the
course Of his comments upon
the editorial he says that the
University is "over-built and
over-manned in these distressed
times" and he calls it "the
favored child Of the states
bounty
Does this conception Of 4
state university as "a child Of
the states bounty" reflect an
enlightened attitude toward edu-
cation? 1t does not seem so to
me. Il seems RATHER to reflect
the view that in providing edu-
cation the state IS not serving
itself (that is, its people, but is
granting d favor To teachers and
the students. a university is
not q child ot bounty. II - an
instrument by which state
seeks 10 rcailzc upon an ideal Of
enlightenment and thereby ben
eft lis whole citizenship. The
University IS one Of the agen-
cies by means OF when North
Carolina seeks TO insure that Its
people do not fall behind but
may Keep abreast o. Or even III
advance o. (he peoples III me
rest OF the natlon.
As to the statement that the
niver9itN il "ONer-buiIt and
oVer-manned in these distressed
times" / realize that in Mr.
MaxWelis mind heavy emphasis
is placed on the final qualifying
phrase. IN these distressed
times" His opinion is that the
state is 50 hard up that It can
not afford to MAINTAIN the Uni
Vefs'ty on ITS present level.
do not agree with TINS view. and
| feel sure IT does not have the
support Of those OF our people
who are most ANXIOUS that the
states services measure up to a
credltable standard.
| suppose that argument on
this point is fruitless. 1t al!
goes back 10 the relative inn
portance that this man or that
attaches to education ] believe
if is important enough to iusti-
fy LAYING taxes upon interests
and individuals that despite
the business depression. are
enjoying a good measure of
prosperity.
Mr.. Maxwell reminds me that
it was he who "proiected into
the thought of the state the gen
eral income tax law. and who
sponsored it and fought for it
at every stage of the contested
fight in the press on the stump.
in the General Assembly. and
before the people until the
Constitution was amended and
it was written into our law" |
am Glad to be reminded of this.
and I annIaud him for his activ-
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03
APARTMENT WANTED

Small apartment wanted, fur
nished or unfurnished. Write
d. c. NJ, co Chapel Hill Weekly.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03
NEW YORK APARTMENT

New York City.-Will sublet
for summer months (three
month lease preferred) attract
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-04-03
EXPERT CARE FOR PETS

Board and expert care for all
kinds of pets. Notice required.
Canaries and Baby Bunnies for
Easter. K. Tack, Route 2,
Chapel Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-27
FARO PLOT VICTIM
IDENTIFIES PERRY
Mrs. BIackIidge Views Body
and Holds Self Cleared
of Litsinger Charges.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April gloom
plete vindication of an accusation that
she was a party to the faro game
swindle in which she lost $780, 900 was
claimed today by Mrs. Myrtle Tanner
Blacklidge, former internal revenue coli
iector of Northern Illinois, through her
Identification of the body Of George
big" Perry as the leader OF the
swindlers.
Arising from sick bed in Chicago,
Mrs. Blacklidge came to South Bend
yesterday and pointed to Perry as one
of the three men who fed with the
$4,000 after a card game three months
ago at Springfield, Ill. Edward r.
LItSinger, member of the Chicago
Board Of Review, who lent her the
money, accused Mrs. Blacklidge Of being
a party to the swindle. Litsinger MAIN
tanned he was unaware Of the nature
of the transaction. Subsequently Mrs.
Blacklidge resigned her internal revenue
position.
Holds Self Vindicated.
"It Is Just retribution that this man
who almost succeeded in aSsassinating
my reputation should, himself, die Of
an assassin's bullet" Mrs. Blacklidge
said. His death vindicateS me and
proves that had no part in the plot
that swindled Edward LitSinger out Of
$4,000. The vindication gives me q
new lease on life"
Meanwhile the police here and else
where were searching for Roy Browder
and Roscoe Reynolds on the theory
they were involved in the fatal shoot
ing of Perry last Friday night near the
garage at the home Of his father-in-law,
John Caniff. They expressed belief
Browder and Reynolds were Perry's
pals in the swindle. and that Perry was
s'am because he double crossed" them
in the dividing Of the loot Of the faro
game Swindle.
Perry's Widow Released.
Caniff was released by the police yes
terday after Mrs. Blacklidge had talked
with The authorities, asserting she was
confident he had nothing to do with
the swindle. Perrys widow, Mrs. Ruth
Caniff Perry. also was released. Both
she and her father. however, were
ordered to hold themselves in readiness
for further questioning
Mrs. Perry turned over to police o
key which she said she believed would
open a safety deposit box rented by
her husband in New York. The name
Of the bank was not revealed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-27
CERMAK ENDS DISPUTE
BY HIRING UNION BAND
Professionals Replace School Band
for Inaugural When Labor
Group Objects.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 2T.-The band Of
so which viii play tonight when Mayor
Anton Cermak is formally inaugurated
was hired by the mayor himself and
he'll pay the $3.50 out Of his own
pocket
The Sem High School Band was
originally scheduled to play ct the
ceremonies, which are to be broadcast
over a national radio chain. It was
an economy move on the part Of the
city.
But the union musicians objected on
the grounds that only a union hand
could broadcast James Petrillo, pres
fdent Of the union, threatened to with
draw 400 musicians from radio sta
tons II the students were allowed 10
play.
To end the controversy the mayor
hired union musicians-at $11 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-27
RICH LUMBERMAN FALLS
TO DEATH IN AIRPLANE
Motor Fails and Craft Plunges
Down as Seattle Millionaire
Returns From Business Trip.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NESPELUM. Wash, April IT.
Thomas z. StimSon. Al, millionaire
lumberman and aviation enthusiast, Of
Seattle was killed in an airplane crash
near Nespelum yesterday.
Stimson, unaccompanied, was return
ing from a business trip to Boise,
Idaho, when residents near the CoIville
Indian Reservation heard the motor of
his plane falter and saw the craft dive
downward.
He was president Of the Stimson Mill
Co A graduate of Cornell University,
he served as ground oficer in the Naval
Aviation Corps during the World War.
He was the brother-in-law Of A. Scott
Bullitt, Democratic national committee
man.
The widow and four children survive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-27
Make this Acidity Test

To ascertain Just how acid" you
are, make this test. Get o packaEe OF
stoTes Or any other rSoa drSas: P ss:
Two after each meal and see how much
better you feel--hov much more soundIy
you have. II, after taking the contents
Of one bottle, you don't set more than
amazing results, return the bottle 70
chase price promptly and In full--Ad-
Yertisegnent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-27

with 4
Guilty Simply Of Acidity!

That persistent feeling of tired
nesS-that clouded min6-that lack
OF dash and fire-that missing
punch that decides 80 many stu
atoms in businesS--are ali usually
due TO an acid system. Excess acid,
formed In the stomach as q result
Of cur unnatural eating habits,
causes acid-indigestion with gas,
sourness and burning and sets up
poisonous putrefaction in the CASTRO
/ intestinal canal that sapS our
strength and vitality. taxes our
nerves and pulls us down physically
and mentally.
4 Magnesis Oxoids, developed In
Germany by a famous, l00-year-
old pharmaceutical house, correct
acidity In the right way! Upon
contact with the acid in the stom.
ach, Magnesia OxoidS generate
nascent, or active, oxygen. The
live" oxygen stimulates the alkaline
gastriC .nucus, checks putrefactior1
in the gaStro-intestinal canal and
stimulates the activities of the in
teStinal walls which aids the natural
movement Of the bowels. All three
effects are necessary 10 the true cor
rection Of acidity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-27

Very absorbent towels,
nnAtly Anished with cob
1red borders. 6izo 1885
inch,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-16
Condemned Youngsters Tell Own
Story Of Arrest and Franle-Up

a room by the sheriff and a deputy,
brutally beaten up and told that if
he didn't get up on the witness
stand and swear all the others were
guilty, he would be beaten again and
turned over to the lynch mob wait
ing outside the Jail
j. L. d. Must Have Funds,
The International Labor Defense
will engage the best available legal
talent and Immediately file notice of
appeal in all cases. Defendants
themselves and families of four from
Chattanooga have formally approved
and given full support to the pro-
gram Of the I. L. D. for a fight to
save the lives of these young work.
ers. Funds are urgently needed for
this purpose, and the 1. L. d. appeals
to all working class organizations, to
all workers, to at once rush funds
to help defeat this attempt to legally
lynch these working class youths.
Funds should be sent at once to the
national office, at 80 East 18th St.,
New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-16
Starving Old Man Is
'FlOated' Out of Town;
Tax Workers for Fund

BELLINGHANG, Wash, April 13.-
When the court told August Widmer,
aged II and without any means Of
livelihood that heswould have to go to
Jail or stop begging, he chose Jail
rather than to starve. So, their bluff
being called, the city authorities here
put him on bot going to Seattle
where he will have to go on begging
of course.
The local press claims the executive
secretary of the Community Fund is
elated at her success in accommodating
$3,172. IS for the fund. She was par
ticularly proud of the fact that none
of it came out of profits. The en-
ployees of the Pacific American Fish
cries had to dig up $500 of it; $500
came from visiting nurses; and a
committee organized 81 of the lar
ger firms including banks" to take
from salaried employees $1,271. The
Normal School teachers had to give
$61, and the public school teachers
tax resulted in S173-and so on. The
money is to be an emergency char
ity fund" and will give soup to few
of the large number of jobless here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-16
Force Sick Marine Workers To Work In
Marine Hospital
by 4 Worker Correspondent
No. j.

by q Worker Correspondent
New York.
] am a seaman and have been
on the sea for about Is years.
have been working on ships carry
ing the American flag for ten years.
On the last trip, which was with
the Standard Oil Co. of New York,
i was hurt. / have not been able
to work for the past three and
half months. During this time
have been getting treatment out
side of a hospital.
had asked the marine doctor
to take me to the Marine He's
pital, but he refused. I told the
outside doctor to take me to the
hospital because ] couldn't stay on
my feet any longer. This doctor
told me to come the next day and
said that he would have a special
list eXamip~ This specialist
examined 49, -...u gave me a note
: the Mar inc Hospital on Staten
S5and.
1 was taken to the hospital and
was bedridden for five days: Since
the hospital is short of workers
they make those sick workers mop
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-16

the floors. wash the dishes, fix up
beds, etc, The nurse told me to
mop the floors, and after / had
mOpped them for two days I was
told to clean the doctors office. 1
was disguised and / told the nurse
that came to the hospital to be
treated and not to do work and
that / wasn't capable of working,
being too sick to stand on my feet.
j told them that If they needed
workers they could call the Sea-
mems Church Institute, where
there were $4,000 seamen out of
work and who would only be too
glad to do work.
The next day the doctor asked
me how i felt. / told him that
felt very weak and i'll. The doc
tor, however, said the he was sure
| felt fine. He gave me discharge
slip and am stiIl too i'll to work.
Fellow workers, in this society
one can expect such treatment. Let
us join in solidarity against this
miserable condition, organize a T.
u. U. L. read the Daily Worker
and join the Communist Party.
"A SEAMAN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-16
Imperial Valley Prisoners
Call On Workers to
Demonstrate On May FRS,

NEW YORK.-The eight Imperial
Valley workers serving sentences up
to AZ and % years in California pris-
onS for organizing agricultural work
ers, issued a militant appeal and
greetings to the toilers of the world
on the occasion of the International
Working Glass Holiday May First.
The message issued through the In
ternational Labor Defense is q STIR
ring appeal to I'll the workers TO
unite in their struggles against the
ruling class and greetings to the mass
es on their holiday from all work
ers now in prisons" and I'VE pledge
that no amount Of persecution will
dampen our spirit, and readiness to
rejoin the fighting ranks of the mass
es and if need be lay down our lives"
The Imperial Valley victims now
serving what are practically life SEN
fences for their loyalty to the work
ing class remind the masses that on
this day, May /;
millions Of tOilers in the entire
world will march under their revo-
lutionary banners in celebration of
this traditional event. Their steps
will resound in the cities, towns and
villages of the prOIetarian father
land-the USSR-where the masses
are performing the titanic task of
building new social system on the
ruins of the unspeakable czarist-
capitalist rule, which was kicked
into oblivion by the Russian work
ers and peasants, under the i'm
mortal leadership of Lenin and the
BOIshevik Party"
The greetings from the California
prisoners points out that great DEM
onstrations on May First will be Of
great help to the suppressed and
fighting masses of India and China,
and the marching steps of the mil
lions.
"Will resound in the Chinese