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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20
NEW ENGLAND HAS
 BEST CHANCE TO BECOME NORMAL
Slightly Better Conditions During Depression Than
 in Other Parts of Nation
 Will Emerge First

Providence, R. l., March 20-(U P)-New England apparentlyhas enjoyed slightly better conditions than other major industrial areas {: throughout the, last IS months and | thus seems to have exceptional op- portunity of being the first section to emerge from the depression into a wholesome degree of business activl- 1, ty, the New England Council was told here today.
 ] Addressing the councils 22d quar- terly meeting. President Harry C. ! Knight said that if business 1m- movement measures urged by the ! organization's industrial committee were vigorously taken up by other ] commercial and industrial associa- tons and supported by bankers and others in positions to influence and
 stimulate executives, results would
 prove New England's industrial lead
 ership. Knight attributed slightly better
 business conditions in New England
 during the depression to a diversi-
 fication of industry, accumulated
 skill, experience and capital reserves.
 q growing regional consciousness,
 and earnest search for ways to mod
 ernize plants, equipment, and meth
 ods. He said scores Of New Eng i land industries and communities mad
 begun to put their economic houses l in better order long before the col lapse of 1929 prosperity. Management, stockholders, and directors must cooperate in promot- 1 ing studies of unemployment as 1t occurs in New England industries and communities, Knight asserted. He said that, in the long run, 1t would be as hurtful to neglect such study as to neglect analyses Of the
 problems of production and market ing.
 The greatest social resentment a. gainst unemployment ever manifest ed in this country was evident now and it was warning that unless business can devise means of stab ilizing employment others will seek to bring 1t about through political measures, Knight warned.
 He said he sometimes feared that some of the strongest industrial and commercial bodies in New England were allowing themselves to become so preoccupied with defensive ac- tivity that they were falling to grasp the opportunity for constructive leadership afforded by the depres- sion.
 Knight concluded his address with an expression of hope that New England interests would be able soon to agree upon a sound and economic transportation policy.
 He said he understood that the New England governors committee on railroads was nearly ready to re- port It's findings and recommenda- tions. New England owes 1t to her. self to give the report the most careful consideration. Knight de- clared.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20

dition to his official companions. he invited a group of newspaper corre- spondents. including Richard oula- han of the New York Times, Robert Pickens of the Associated Press, AL fred Kirchhofer of the Buffalo News, Fred Essary of the Baltimore Sun, Theodore Wallen of the New York Herald Tribune and this correspon- dent.
 The ship was given final clean- up to-day in preparation for a for mai inspection tomorrow by the president. as commander-in-chief of the navy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20
PRESIDENT AND
 PARTY ENJOYING
 THE SEA JOURNEY
All Etiquette Has Been Dis- pensed With and It Is a Very Democratic Gather ing on Board
BY RAYMOND CHAPTER

BY RAYMOND CHAPTER United Press Stan COrresp0ndent) U. s. S. Arizona. At Sea. March 20. l-(UP).-(via Radio).-President Hoover, appearing much rested and free from official cares, started his an early morning medicine ball practice.
 Strict etiquette has been dis lpensed with and there is a free dem- ocratic spirit in the presidential party. MT. Hoover spent nearly all of his first day aboard the battleshfp sitting by a wood fire in his cabin, smoking, talking and having fine time away from the worries of his office. Late in the afternoon he took a nap and appeared much refreshed. l The president told members of his party that he hoped they were get- ting as much out of the trip as he was. The weather was warm, as the ship entered the gulf stream, and the sea was calm. The Arizona passed through the edge of a light squali last night.
 Sitting next to Captain Freeman, MT. Hoover enjoyed the first talk ing moving picture ever given on a naval ship last night. He laughed re- peatedly at the performance of a comedian.
 The president is looking forward to a radio telephone talk with Mrs. Hoover and their son, Herbert, Jr., who are in Asheville, N. c. A spec ial antenna was strung from the muzzle of an elevated 14-inch gun in and aft turert for the experiment to- day.
 The presidents private quarters are roomy and comfortable. He is oc- icupying the captains two-room suite with prviate bath. Secretary of War
 Hurley and Secretary of the Navy
 Wilbur are established in the ad- miraps quarters.
 MT. Hoover is entertaining his
 shipmates at meals in successive groups. At dinner last night, in ad-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20
Second Church
 Sunday Noon Club

Next Sundays meeting of the Sum- day Noon club of the Second Con- gregational church will take the form of a nature session. The speak, CT will be Franklyn M. Stibbs, presi- dent of the Public Speaking club who will talk on the subject "Moun- tainous Connecticut"
 The Waterbury Naturalist club
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20

will be guests at this meeting an1 will take part in the discusnion which will fol1ow the address of Mfr gtfbbs. The meeting viii Do open to the general public who are cor diaIly invited to attend.
 The speaker for Sunday, March 20 will be Earle H. Blanchard. heac of the English department cf Leavenworth High school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20

Exports of automobile products from the United States last year werc one-twelfth greater than the yearly average for ls20-2s period
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20

< While postal and telephone trafIic in France has been increasing, tele- graph service has shown little gain in recent years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20
UnfairPain

It is not fair that some women should suffer so each month. It isn't necessary! The periodic pro- cess is natural, but the painful part is not. Midol will prove this to every woman who will try it. These won- derful tablets are non-narcotic, but they banish every bit of pain. They act directly on the organs affected and they take effect in five to seven
 minutes. Better yet, the woman who anticipates her time and takes tiny tablet of Midol beforehand will experience no pain at all.
 Realize what Midol means. It is the product of specialists for this special purpose and it really does end all suffering and even the dis comfort women once had to endure at such times. Always obtainable at any drugstore in the convenient metal pocket case for only fifty cents. Many have found Midol the quickest relief for headaches, neu- ralgia, neuritis, and other pain.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
A Spanish Play

1.-The Doctors Secret" Will Be Given
at Carolina Tomorrow Night
"The Doctors Secret" a pic
ture in which all the talking is
in Spanish, will be presented at
1O:45 tomorrow Saturday
evening in the Carolina Theatre.
All the actors are Spanish.
Manager E. C. Smith is try
ing to find out by experiment
what hour of what day in the
week is most convenient to peo-
pie who want to attend foreign
language plays. These plays
have to be given as extra at
fractions so as not to interfere
with the regular program.
Saturday morning, Saturday
evening, and Wednesday MORN
ing have been tried thus far.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
University's Honor Roll
Number of Students on List Greater
Than Ever Before

The University's honor roll
for the fall quarter contains the
names of 305 students. This is
more than were ever on the roll
before.
Twenty-six made the highest
grade (A) on all of their studies.
There are 27 women on the list.
The honor students register
ing from Chapel Hill are Mrs.
J. 0. Bailey, Miss Mary E. Dun
can, c. M. Elgar, E. f. Ericsson,
J. B. Fisher, Henderson Hey
ward, George Koch, B. B. Lane,
ID. C. Mcclure, w. w. Mckee,
r. H. Munich, r. II. Schnell, and
c. r. Woollen, Jr.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
New Home for MasOns
University Lodge Buys Old Baptist
Church; Renovation in Progress

University Lodge No. 408, Of
the Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons has bought the old Bap-
tist church, at the corner Of
Franklin and church streets, and
will have it as permanent
home. 1t is now being repaired
and renovated, under the direc-
tion of P. l.. Burch, and the
Masons expect to have their
February meeting in it.
The interior will be complete
ly reconstructed. Partitions are
being put up to enclose ante
rooms and quarters for para
phernalia.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
NEWSPAPER MEN
ARE ASSEMBLED
ATCAROLNA INN
Distinguished Visitors fro m
Outside of State on the
Speaking Program
FINAL GATHERING TODAY

Newspaper men from all over
North Carolina, and few from
other states, gathered at the
Carolina night before last for
the seventh annual Newspaper
Institute held by the University
and the North Carolina Press
Association.
The heavy snowfall Wednes-
day, making automobile travel
difficult, discouraged attendance
at the opening session, and
many of the visitors did not
come in until yesterday morning.
The wintry aspect of the Uni
versity and the village caused
much jesting back and forth be-
tween the strangers from the
North and the natives. $50 this
is the Sunny South" !" was a fire.
quent ejaculation.
The company left the Inn for
the opening session and moved
up to Gerard hall to hear Gov
ernor Gardner make an elo-
quent speech about the present
state of affairs in North Caro-
lima. J. w. NOEL of Roxboro
introduced the Governor.
On the speechmaking program
yesterday morning and after
noon were Fred Fuller Shedd,
publisher of the Philadelphia
Euenimg Bulletin, Mark Eth
ridge of the Macon, Ga, .Tele-
graph, w. Clement Moore, in
dustrial engineer and business
analyst of Philadelphia, and
Albert Coates of the University's
law faculty. Mark Sullivan
presented "The Observations of
a Correspondent" at the supper
gathering.
w. w. Ball, editor of the
Charleston Ne1Us and Courier,
and John N. Wheeler, president
of the Bell Syndicate of New
York. will talk this morning.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
The Salary Cut

If the suggestion contained in
the Governors message is car
ried out it will mean simply
this: that a special class of citi-
zens will be forced to part with
10 per cent of their earnings for
the support of government. Es-
sentially, though not technically,
the cut would be a 10 per cent
income tax upon public officials
and employees.
Income taxes, when levied,
should bear upon all citizens
alike, subject to such variations
in percentage as are based upon
the amount of income. The Con-
stitution of North Carolina
fixes a limit of 6 per cent. upon
income taxes. The present levy
is considerably below 6 per cent.
If the legislature elects to obtain
more income from this source,
let it increase the levy within
the limit allowed by the Consti-
tuition and distribute the burden
among the whole population in
stead Of singing out a special
class for this severe punishment.
The day the Governor deliver
ed his message to the legislature
the NeWs and Observer pub
lished comments upon it from
several citizens. Among the per-
sons quoted was one Jack Tay-
lor, Raleigh merchant. l never
heard of the gentlemen before,
but / am glad to make his ac-
quaintance through the columns
of the paper, for he talks good
sense.
"The proposed 10 per cent.
salary cut would have a terrible
effect upon general business"
says Mr.. Taylor. "The effect
upon general business Of such a
step would cost North Carolina
many, many times the amount it
is expected to save. | can't see
how depression will be relieved
by reducing the payroll of those
persons fortunate enough to
have jobs. The Governors mes
sage pictures the effect of his
suggestion in financial saving
Continued on nert pa0e)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
Bv Louis Graves

The Governor has proposed
that the University in Chapel
Hill, the College for Women in
Greensboro, and the College of
Agriculture and Engineering in
Raleigh be consolidated into one
institution, to be the University
of North Carolina, with a single
head and a small board of trus-
tees. The reason advanced in
support of the merger is that it
will reduce duplication of ef-
fort and functions and will
thereby promote economy and
efficiency.
The proposal has reason
able sound, but l do not believe
that it will stand up well under
careful examination. The saw
ings from such a consolidation
would not be great enough to
compensate for it's disad-
vantages.
Let US consider in detail the
classes of expenditures of an in
stitution of higher learning. The
financial report of the Univer-
sity for the last fiscal year is not
yet available, but the one for
the year ended June 80 1929, will
serve just as well for the pres
ent purpose of illustration.
The total income of the Uni
versity-from the state appro-
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
Chapel Hill Quota $500
Red Cross Seeks to Raise That
Amount for Relief Fund

Chapel Hills quota, of the Ma
tional Red Cross fund of
$1O,000,000' to be raised for the
relief of drought sufferers, is
5000. The request for this
amount came yesterday in the
form of a telegram from John
Barton Payne, national chair
man, to Joseph Hyde Pratt,
chairman of the chapter here.
The plight Of the farmers
whose crops were destroyed by
last summers drought was
brought forcibly to the nations
attention a few days ago when
several hundred farmers march,
ed into an Arkansas town and
demanded food for their starv-
ing families. Governor Gardner
alluded to this incident in his
speech here night before last.
Contributions may be left at
Eubanks' drugstore, at the M
store, or with Maurice Hill, Red
Cross treasurer, at the Consoli-
dated Service Plants.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
The Proposed Consolidation of
Three Educational Institutions

priation, tuition and other fees,
endowments, and service plant
profits-is $1,343,774.
The expenditures are divided
into eight classes: (1) general
administrative offices, (2} gen.
eral printing and publications,
(3( general expense, (4) stu
dent welfare, (5) library, CO.
care of buildings and grounds,
CD teaching, and (8) extension
teaching and service.
Teaching accounts for 58.68
per cent of the outlay, $788, AGO +;
care Of buildings and grounds
for 11.72 per cent, $157, ,521; ex-
tension teaching and service for
8.39 per cent, $112,782; library
for 6 per cent, $80,618; student
welfare tor 3.75 per cent, $5O,-
504; and general printing and
publications for 2.27 per cent,
$3O,485.
General administrative offices
and general expense make up the
remainder of the Outlay-9. 80
per cent of the whole.
The teaching load"-that is,
the number of students per
teacher-cannot be reduced
without a serious loss of effec-
tiveness, and hence there is no
prospect of any saving in by far
the largest item of expense. And
Continued on ne1t page
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
Art Exhibit in April
Oil Portraits, Pastels, Landscapes, and
Illustrations to BE on View

The North Carolina Associa-
ton of Professional Artists met
at the studio of their president,
Mary deb. Graves, last Satur-
day. Plans were perfected for
an exhibition of paintings to be
held here this spring. The asso-
citation voted to accept President
Graham's invitation to hold its
first exhibition at the Univer-
sity. 1t will open the same day
as the meeting of the American
College Publicity Association,
April %, and will remain open
about ten days. The pictures
will be hung in the band room
of Person hall.
The association consists of a
group of about fifteen artists
VINO are either native porn lar
Heels or are living and working
in the state. The vice-president
is Charles Baskerville, Jr., Of
New York City, the secretary is
Isabelle Bowen of Raleigh, and
the treasurer is William Steene
of Chapel Hill. The society was
organized last year to give the
people of North Carolina an OPP
portunity to see what their own
artists were doing and to afford
artists the opportunity of show
ing their work.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
Banks Good Condition

The statement of the Bank of
Chape Hill issued yesterday
shows the bank to be in excellent
condition. Cash on hand and due
from approved depository banks
is $293, 900, and surplus and un-
divided profits amount to $751;
600. And among the asserts are
$4,000 of North Carolina
bonds and $4,000 United States
bonds. Frozen" loans, which
have spelled disaster for some
banks, do not trouble the one
here its loans have the desirable
quality that in financial circles
is described as liquid"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
Much Sickness Here
Many People Stricken with Malady
Something Like Flu

"This has been our busiest
day in the drugstore - more
medicine called for and more
prescriptions filed" said Carl
Durham night before last, than
on any day since the flu epidemic
in 1919"
The number of persons con-
fined to their beds by a malady
that is variously described as
cold, grip, and influenza, seems
to justify the word that is fre-
quently on the public's tongue
epidemic. Dozens Of families
have one or more members on
the sick list. The University in
firmary has been crowded for
several days.
The ailment now prevalent,
whatever it Is, is very different
from the flu that ragged in 1918
and again in 1919. Maybe it is
not flu at all, but what used to
be called grip. There have been
two deaths in the village from
pneumonia this month, but most
of the illnesses have not been
danRerous.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
Village White Again
Snowfall Wednesday Covers Ground
to a Depth Of about Five Inches

For the second time this
winter the village has had a real
snowstOrm.
The fakes began to come
down day before yesterday
morning, and the fall kept up
through most of the day until
the ground was covered with a
white blanket about five inches
deep. At the same time the
temperature dropped, with the
result that the snow formed into
hard crust.
The sun shone brilliantly yes
terday, and the warmer weather
caused some of the snow to melt !;
but most of it was still here last
night.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
u. d. e. Bridge Benefit

The United Daughters of the Con-
federacy of Chapel Hill will have their
annual bridge benefit Saturday OF
next week, the oath, at the Carolina
Inn. This affair will be double
header-one party at 3 In the after
noon and another at 8 in the evening.
Mrs. Fred Patterson is arranging the
tables, and whoever wants To attend
should communicate with her. The
fee is so cents. The proceeds will be
used for the benevolent and educa-
tional activities Of the chapter.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
The Concert On the seth

Tickets for the chamber
music concert to be given Janu-
ary 80 in the Playmakers Thea
tre under the direction Of
Lamar Stringfield will be put on
sale at the Students Supply
Store Monday. Mr.. Stringfield..
besides conducting, will play
flute solos Of his own compost
ton. Mrs. Fred Mccall will be
the piano accompanist.-
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
Chapel Hill Chaf

When Mr.. and Mrs. E. E.
Peacock started out for the
Methodist church, two or three
Sundays ago, their four-year-old
son decided he did not want to
be left behind and made known
his decision with vigor and a
considerable volume of sound.
So they took him along. AS
the service and sermon proceed
ed he listened-and now and
then he dozed. When the con-
gregation was passing out of the
church the pastor, Rev. c. E.
Rozzelle. shook the boys hand,
smiled at him, and asked him
how he liked the sermon. Young
Peacock looked at him disapprov-
ingly and replied: "You talked
so loud l couldn't hardly go to
sleep"
Mrs. Valentine headed the
committee charged with the
duty of getting together CO.'S
tunes, plain and fancy, for the
Playmakers' Twelfth Night Rev.
ell last week. She called me up
and said: "We have to get a
nightshirt for one of the char
acters. Can you tell us where
we can get one?" | receive
many requests for information
that make me hesitate, but this
was an easy one. | told her that
Collier Cobb would be delighted
to lend the committee a night
shirt. And he was. Moore
Bryson wore it in the revel scene
from Shakespeare's comedy. 81
Various kinds of art flourish
in Chapel Hill-portrait-paint-
ing, play-acting, the writing of
plays and essays and stories.
And recently a composer has
come into our midst. | went up
to the Lamar Stringfields' to
supper the other evening, and
there | discovered new triumph
in art. And it had nothing to
do with music, either. Mr..
Struggled discoursed interest
ingly on folk-music. / enjoyed
listening to him, but, to be quite
frank, l preferred Mrs. String
fields spaghetti to her husbands
talk. This is no reflection upon
him; ! am much better at
spaghetti appreciation than ! am
at music appreciation.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
Budget Lops $126,400
From Fund; University
Faces Grave Situation
HOW THE BUDGET AFFECTS
THE UNIVERSITY

Estimated expenditures this
year (1930-3D $500 900
Recommended for University
maintenance fund next year
I93l-l932) S573,600
Reduction $l26. 400
Appropriation of SSiS,00O for
1929-1930 was cut l0co by
budget bureau, to $762,00O; ap-
preparation of ss75.ooo for 1880
81 was cut 20rc to 500 900.
Annual salaries and wages
paid by University and its Con-
sOlidated Service Plants. about
S1.l10,000.
Cut of 10 per cent would
therefore take about $4,000
from people on University pay
roll.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
If Figures Stand, Institution
Will Have Hard Time Holding
It's Faculty at High Level

The budget submitted to the
legislature this week carries q
reduction of $126, 400 in the an
nual maintenance fund of the
University. The expenditures
for this fiscal year lending
June 80, 1881 are estimated at
100000; the budget recon-
mendation for. the next year is
s57s,eoo
This cut follows upon two
made by direction of the state
budget bureau in the last two
years-one of 10 per cent. in the
year 1929-193O and one of 20
per cent. in the present year. The
appropriation of $848,100 for
1929-193O was cut 10 per cent
to $763,000, and the appropria-
ton of $875,0OO for the present
fiscal year of 193O-1931 was cut
20 per cent to 100000. The
proposed Appropriation for the
next year is less by $274,500,
or 80 per cent, than the original
appropriation for 1929-1930.
Under the plan that went into
effect three or four years ago
the state appropriation does not
come to the University in lump
sum to be used at the discretion
of the trustees. 1t is segregated
into scores of items, classified by
departments and by functions
within departments, so that
every expenditure has to be
made according to schedule
laid down in Raleigh-so much
for salaries in the school Of
liberal arts, so much for sup
plies in the school of commerce,
so much for telephone service in
the law school, and so on
through a long list of divisions
and subdivisions.
The greatest reductions in the
budget presented to the legisla-
ture this week are in salaries,
carrying out the suggestion Of
the Governor for 10 per cent
cut in the pay of public officials
and employees.
Counting in the Consolidated
Service Plants, the University's
annual expenditures for salaries
is about $1,100,0O0. (Strictly
speaking, the term is salaries
and wages" but the term
salaries" may be used for con-
venience). Thus a 10 per cent.
Continued on last pa0e)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
Message from the Knights

A friend Of the K. w. knight
family has received Christmas mes-
sage mailed from Kobe, Japan, Decem-
ber %. so far, very good" writes
Mr.. knight. christmas Day is to be
at sea. We arrive at Shanghai
December 26."
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
A. T. West to Give Reading

A. T. West, the ne wprofessor Of
dramatics in Duke University, will
give a reading of Eugene O'Neill's
"Marco Millions at $3.50 Sunday
evening in the Playmakers Theatre.
Everybody is invited.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-01-16
William Steene Sells Home

William Steene has sold his home,
at the entrance of Tenny Circle, to
Mrs. Athol c. Burnham. He plans
to go back to live in the North where
there are greater opportunities for a
portrait painter.