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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-01-08
Chapel Hill Chaf

People sometimes make a little
fun of me because | suspend
publication at Christmas time,
i1ftimating that | am not in step
with the modern progressive
tempo, or that | do not take my
business seriously enough. The
franker friends do not hesitate
to declare that | am downright
lazy. Occasionally a daily news
paper editor writes of the Week
lus hiatus in good-natured de-
rision = derision tinged with
envy.
| skipped only one week in
the recent holiday season, but
usually | skip two; and | hope
that it will be two next Christ
mas.
Well, why not?
One good reason for the two
weeks holiday suspension is
that the two issues next after
Christmas Day would be put out
at a money loss. Advertising is
meagre almost to the point of
disappearance, and the print
shop can't come anywhere near
making expenses during the
Christmas recess.
But somebody will say: How
about your obligation to your
readers? In the immortal al
smithian word - boloney! My
readers don't mind missing the
paper a week or so in fact, from
actual testimony | learn that
they endure the loss only too
easily.
There would be only one rea-
son, then, for uninterrupted
Continued on page sfT1
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-01-08
The Press Institute
Gathering of Newspaper Men Here in
Chapel Hill Next Week

The eighth annual Newspaper
Institute of the North Carolina
Press Association will be held
here next week. The arrange
ments have been made by the
University extension division in
cooperation with a committee
of the association.
Charles f. Honce of New York
day executive news editor of the
Associated Press, j. Fred Essary
of the Baltimore Sun, and Mort
inner Bryant, New York adver-
tising man, will be the principal
speakers from outside of the
state.
The institute will open at 3
o'clock Wednesday evening, the
18th. President Graham will
welcome the newspaper men, and
Joshua Horne of Rocky Mount,
president of the association will
respond. 1t is at this session
that Mr.. Honce will speak.
S. H. Hobbs, Jr., Of the Uni
versity's rural social economics
department, will address the
Thursday morning meeting. The
whole company will go over to
Duke University Thursday after
noon and will be entertained at
dinner there after tour of the
buildings and the campus Talks
will be made by Mr.. Essary and
Justin Miller, dean of the Duke
law school, and the Duke Glee
Club will sing.
AT the final session Friday
morning Mr.. Bryant and David
Owens, vice-president and gen.
eral manager of Ivey's depart
ment store in Charlotte, will
speak.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-01-08
The Drama Tournament
Entries Must BE in Hands Of X. M.
Grumman by Saturday the 18th

Entries for the ninth annual
tournament of the Carolina
Dramatic Association, to be held
in the spring, must be in the
hands of the secretary of the as
sociation by Saturday, January
16. This announcement is made
)y Russell M. Grumman, director
of the University extension di-
vision, under whose supervision
the tournament will be conduct
ed.
Only groups or individuals
HAVING membership in the Asso-
citation are eligible to participate
in the tournament. In the case
of high schools and colleges, only
bona fida students of the COM
peting institutions may be in
cluded in the casts. County and
city high schools, junior colleges,
and preparatory schools are 20
use tragedies or serious plays
for the contest, while the senior
colleges, community groups and
little theatres will confine their
entries to comedies. No play that
has won in the finals of past
tournaments can be entered until
three years have elapsed.
Preliminary contests will be
completed by March t2, and the
festival and final contests will be
held in the Playmakers Theatre
March 81 and April and 2.
Special contests will be held at
the tournament for the best cos
tune effect shown on the stage,
for the best makeup, and for the
best designed and executed
stage-model for any play.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-01-08
A New Dog Pound

An old garage behind the town
hall has been converted into a
dog pound. When a stray dog
wearing license tag is taken in
by the police, the owner will be
notified and may come to the
pound and recover the dog by the
payment of fine. Unlicensed
dogs will be kept in the pound
five days and then, if not
claimed, will be killed.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-01-08
Town License Tags Ready

The 1882 automobile license
tags of the town of Chapel Hill
are ready for delivery at the
town managers office. Every
car-owner in the village must
have one. Those who have not
procured the tags by January 15
are subject to arrest.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-01-08
Holmes to Address A. A. u. w.

Urban T. Holmes will talk
about some phases of modern
French literature at the meeting
Of the Chapel Hill branch of ting
American Association of Uni
versity Women at 8 o'clock next
Tuesday evening in the Episco-
pal parish house.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-01-08
Kellam Succeeds McHaIe

w. P. Keilam has been selected
to succeed C. j. McHale as head
of the circulation department in
the University library. He is a
graduate of Duke University and
of the Emory University library
school.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-01-08
Everitts Expected Today

Samuel A. Everitt, formerly
vice-president of Doubleday,
Doran & Company, Publishers,
and and Mrs Mr. s. Evefftttt vefitt are expected It
the Carolina Inn today. They are
on their way from the North TO
Florida.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-01-08
Carolina 49, Guilford %

The University of North Caro-
lima defeated GuilfOrd College at
basketball Wednesday evening in
the Tin Can, 49 to %.
The Washington times., 1932-07-26
DEBT CUT TALK,
HOOVER'S IDEA,
SAYS JOHNSON

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26
'US0.-Senator Hiram w. John
son today placed upon President
Hoover responsibility for starting
the movement to cancel the debts
due from Europe to the United
States and ito lay them upon
the American taxpayers.
The stalwart Californian EN-
phasized in no uncertain terms
the conviction that cancellation
Of those debts. mo matter what
effort may be made to prevent
it." will be one Of the issues OF
the presidential campaign.
Senator johnson commented
upon "inadequacy" Of relief meas
ures of the Washington admins
tration. He said:
"The President stood like a
rock against the Government
GOing anything for just com.
mon humanity. Finally Con-
gress won, but only an made
Quate sum was voted for re-
lief Of human misery"
Senator johnson charged that
agents of the international bank
ers are conducting a propaganda
to deceive the public as to Euro
pean debts.
The Washington times., 1932-07-26
DANCES SLATED
At MONUMENT

With several colored groups
participating, the Fourth Summer
Festival program will be pre-
sented tomorrow evening at the
National Sylvan Theater on the
Monument Grounds.
The Mabel Jones Freeman dan
GERS and the Community Center
Band will constitute the major
part of the program.
This program is one Of a series
to be presented this month and
next under the auspices Of the
Community Center Department
and the office of Public Buildings
and Public Parks, assisted by the
National Capital Civic Fund.
The Washington times., 1932-07-26
WHATS DOING

Meeting and Exhibit-Society
of Philatelic Americans, all day,
Mayflower Hotel.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Electric
Co., all day, Mayflower Hotel.
Annual Supper and Lawn Fete
Montgomery County General
Hospital, evening, Sandy Spring,
Md.
Community Programs-Auspices
of the Community Center De
partment of the public schools,
7:3O p. M, lexington Recreation
Center.
Opening of School-The
Auxiliary Training School of the
Virginia Syndical of the Lutheran
Church, 8 p. M, at Massanetta
Springs, Va.
Card Party-The Sanctuary
Society of st. James Catholic
Church, 8 p. m, in the church
auditorium, Thirty-seventh Street
and Rhode Island Avenue North
east.
Meeting-The Advisory Com
mittee of the Mt. Rainier Brent.
wood Boys Club, 8 p. m, Mt,
Rainier Town Hall.
Water Show-Neptune's Corps
of the District of Columbia
Chapter, American Red Cross
7:45 p. M, Fort Myer. Va.
Bridge-Duplicate Contract
Tournament, 8 p. m, Carlton
Hotel.
Carnival-Holy Comforter
Church, evening, on school
grounds at Fifteenth and East
Tanit01 Streets
The Washington times., 1932-07-26
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage liceness were issued at
Rockville to Frank E. Thornton,
40, and Marjorie Adeline Parezo,
81, both Of Washington; Paul S.
Peninger, %, and Felicia B. Ka-
lasz, %. both of Washington, and
w. Bryant Clark, 80, of Philadel-
phia, and Lucille Maitland
Hughes, 81, of Richmond, Va.
The Washington times., 1932-07-26

Convention-The Ameri C q n
Legion Department of the District
of Columbia, 8 p. M, Stuart
Junior High School, Fifth and E
Streets Northeast.
Conference-Hispanic American
Affairs, all day, George Wash
ington University
Lawn Fete-Silver Spring Unit
Of Jobs Daughters, evening, on
the lawn of the Episcopal
Church, at Thirty-fourth Street
and Rainier.
Band CONGRATULATED States
Marine Band, z p. m, U. S. Vet
Grams Hospital, Mt. Alto.
Bingo Game-WaShington Coun-
Gil, Daughters Of Liberty, $3.50
p. M, Naval Hall, Fourth and
Pennsylvania Ave. S. E.
Card Party-St. James Cath
olic Church, 8 p. m, church audi
torium, Mt. Rainier, Md.
Band CONGRATULATED States
Navy Band, 1880 p. M, District
of Columbia War Memorial.
Athletic Carnival-Benefit Of
the children's health farm of the
Volunteers Of America, evening,
Griffith Stadium.
Lecture-Rabbi Moses Romm, 8
D. M, Ohev Sholom Synagogue,
Fifth and Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1932-07-26
NEW BOOKS DUE

One hundred and fifty volumes
of books for adults will be re-
ceived by the Arlington Com
munity Library at Arlington, Va,
on September /. it was an
nounced today. The library has
greatly increased its stock Of
books through contributions.
The Washington times., 1932-07-26
MISSING MANS WIFE ILL

Police have been asked to look
for Clarence H. Osterman, As,
who disappeared from his home,
GIT L st. N. W., October %. His
wife, Mrs. Emma E. OSterman,
who lives at First st. s. E.,
is seriously ill.
The Washington times., 1932-07-26

The longer gas is stored, the weaker it gets.
Volatile "easy starting' elements evaporate. In
addition, definite chemical change takes place
so that gas gets staler, it gets feebler
and feebler!
Stale gas is stickier, too-and is more apt
to knock
The entire petroleum industry has long
sought way to halt gasoline deterioration
The Washington times., 1932-02-09
"a 4 Observation-Disclosures
- +z-ADVENTURE CLUB

And put a mike" in his hand
so you could see just how he
looked when he was talking to
you.
Warner Schriener has sent
us a little picture of himself
in pirate costume. We wish we
could publish it but it is not
clear enough for a newspaper
cut. If Warner will bring his
rig down to The Times office
we'll make a picture of him
here.
Hurry up, Warner, because
we would like the gang to see
how bloodthirsty you can look.
You will recall that the other
Tuesday Kit Karson talking
over WJSV, asked the boy or
girl who heard from the most
distent point to send in their
names and get a prize.
The winner so far is John w.
Vaitkus, 13 Chatham Place,
Worcester, Mass. He writes:
TUNED in on around 1850 kc.
Heard the Adventure Club with
Kit Karson under auspices OF
Washington Times. Station an
nouncement at lis p. m,
February g"
John wants to be a member
of the Adventure Club and have
The washington Times sent
him daily so that he can keep
in touch with the activities Of
the organization.
If any of the club members
would like to write to John he
would be glad to hear from
them, we know. He is a radio
bug" so you WJSV fans will
have plenty to talk about in
your letters.
Isn't it thrilling to think as
you sit by your radio here in
Washington or nearby suburbs
that Adventure Club members
way up North and down South
and out West are listening in
at the same minute? It sort of
makes you realize that no mat
ter how big this country is and
how far away the other mem
bers are we all belong to one
club.
That, we think, is one of the
incest things about our little
15-minute radio talk twice
week. We often think of it as
we listen. All the boys and
girls-many of whom we will
never see. worse luck-hearing
old Kit talk and read The
Times comics. And all of us en-
joying it together.
The Washington times., 1932-02-09

h4AOW A4AAAA GA
ready. Made a swell speech,
didn't he?
It was Arthur's first talk
over the air and he says:
81 wasn't frightened a bit,
except just at first. 1t really
was fun, and hope the boys
and girls who belong to the
Adventure Club enjoyed it as
much as l did"
Arthur was one of the win
ners of the tickets for THE
Speckled Band" He says he
took his father and mother to
see the show and they all
thought it was great. But
Arthur admits he didn't sleep
so we'll that night for thinking
of it. We had a hunch that
show was going to give some
of the boys and girls the
creeps.
In fact we have to admit
and we're plenty grown up
that it made the hair rise on
our heads. But that was part
of the fun. ChillS up and
down our columns are good for
us at times.
We made this picture of
Arthur in our studio here at
The Washington Times office.
The Washington times., 1932-02-09

We are not telling yesterdays
secret password until tomor-
row, when we can announce
the name of the winner and
everything.
Hereafter, both word and
winner will be announced on
Wednesday to give the gang a
The Washington times., 1932-02-09

chance t Il e
weeks " h e n
it's a hard
one.
Ad venture
Club, this is
Arthur SiSlen,
one of our
m os t active
club men,
b ers. H e
talked, y Ou
will renem-
ber, oV r
WJSV a S t
F id a y, so
most of you
know him al
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-22

AssessmentAo the amount of
$4,000 were laid, about six
years ago, upon the owners of
property along West Franklin
street in Chapel Hill. Now Sev-
eral of the owners, Negroes,
unable to pay their inStallmentS,
are threatened with the loss Of
their homes by forced sale.
This case provides an excel
lent illustration Of the reckless
spending. for public improve
ments, which went on all over
North Carolina in the ten years
preceding the crash of 1929 and
has left the state groaning I'M
der a burden of taxation. Most
.0t the improvements We're not
really needed. but the ma jority
.ot the people were in a boom
time frame Of mind and were
easily persuaded to say yes to
almost any money-spendlng
proposal.
Lets build court house
it won't cost but $150,000,
somebody would say The lead
ing men in the county gave their
approval to the plan, and who
ever objected was scorned as un-
progressive, a tightwad, a sour
souled kill-joy. The bonds were
issued; an enormous granite
building, with marble trim
mings, arose; dedication eXer-
cises were held, amid loud hur-
rahs; and picture of the court
house appeared in the newspa-
pers with some such caption as
"Splendid New Court House in
Hicktown, Cottonield County
Or maybe it was a plan to
have concrete curbs and cutters,
Continued on page four)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-22
President Graham Weds
Married TO Miss Marian Drane at Her
Home in EdentOn

Frank P. Graham, President
of the University, and Miss
Marian Drane were married yes
terday afternoon in Edenton.
The ceremony was performed at
the home of the bride by her ia
ther, Rev. Robert B. Drane.
Only members Of the two fam
lies were present. There will
be no invitations or announce
ments.
Mr.. Graham was graduated
from the University in 1909. He
studied law and received his IL
cense to practice, but he decided
to turn to teaching. His career
as teacher was interrupted by
two years of service, from 1917
to 1919, in the Marine Corps.
After the war he became a
member of the University facul-
ty in the department of history,
and he was elected President in
1880 in succession to President
Chase.
Miss Drane is a graduate OF
iSt. Mary's. She has been a fire.
quent visitor in Chapel Hill and
at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Cheshire Webb, in Hillsboro.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-22
Called Home by Bees
Pittard Leaves Printing job, Goes |,
Miles to Capture Swarms

II. NJ. Pittard, of the staff of
the Orange Printshop, received
a telegram the other day: Come
home at once" "A member of
his family had been i'll, and the
message alarmed him. He con-
suited Manager Pugh, quit the
lob on which he was engaged,
and rushed to his car.
Mr.. Pittard lives about Is
miles from Chapel Hill on the
road to Apex. He covered the
distance at high speed. When
he reached home his wife was
awaiting him on the front porch.
"The bees are out" !" she ex-
claimed.
Three families of bees had
left the hive and had swarmed
on three trees. Mrs. Pittard
pointed out the clusters to her
husband. He grabbed his "bee-
catcher" wire-net enclosure
on the end of a long pole, and
presently he had captured two
of the swarms and transferred
them to new hives. The third
swarm was high up in tree in
a neighbor's yard, and the
neighb0r would not consent to
having the tree cut down.
Having done all he could to
recover and domesticate his
bees, Mr.. -Pittard re-entered his
car and returned to his printing
lob.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-22
p. o. Men FurlOughed
Clerks Here Will Take Vacations in
the Interest of Economy

An inspector came from
" ashington to Chapel Hill this
week to study the routine of the
pOSt-officc here and arrange fur
loughs for the clerks in accord
ance with President Hoover 5
economy plan. Under this plan,
government employees are LAID
off one month out of the year,
so that the saving IN the pay
roll will amount to 8 l-3 per
cent.
The idea is to lay the men off
at the seasons when work Is
slack. This means summer time
in Chapel Hill. The inspector
here in the last few days must
have decided that furloughs had
better be declared at once for
the Chapel Hill clerks, because
the number of people calling at
the windows was unusually
small. "In my nine years Of
service here" said Postmaste.
Herndon yesterday, II have
never known the office to do so
little business as it has done this
week"
Postmaster Herndon himself
has to take the cut in pay of
8 .l-3 per cent, but, unlike the
clerks, he does not get a fur
Tough.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-22
ROtarians Gather Here
Meeting of Officers of 9th Division
of 57th District

Rotarians from clubs in the
north middle section of North
Carolina flocked into Chapel Hill
yesterday for the annual meet
ing of the officers of the 9th
division of the 57th district. The
communities represented were
Raleigh, Durham, Sanford, Clay
ton, Oxford, Henderson, and
Chapel Hill.
The proceedings began at
$3.50 in the morning and con-
tinued throughout the day. An
sessions were held at the Caro-
lima Inn. An inter-city supper
meeting was held last evening;
it was attended by about 200.
A bridge party was given at
Mrs. M. E. Hogan's for the wives
of the visiting Rotarians, and
they were taken on tour Of the
University and the village.
Eugene Newsom, past presi-
dent of Rotary international,
was the principal speaker at the
supper. Charles w. Phillips of
Greensboro, the district presi-
dent, was the headliner on the
daytime program.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-22
A Raid by Radio
Young WoOllen Draws on His Father
by Wireless Telegraph

This message was delivered
to Charles r. Woollen, business
manager of the University
Monday morning:
RadiOgram
Gas and oil cost $3.50 stop
Billy 01Oes me fifty cents stop
having a fine time at camp stop
please send the rest of mn mOn-
ey. Westcott Woollen.
Westcott is at the Cherokee
Camp of the Boy Scouts near
Reidsville. George Koch, one
of the leaders there, has his ra-
dio apparatus with him, and
Stanley Preston operates a ra-
dio in Chapel Hill. They COM
municate with each other, by the
Morse code, every morning
around 9:30, and Westcott had
used their facilities for his raid
on the paternal exchequer.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-22
At Camp Cherokee
Many Chapel Hill Scouts are There
and Are Visited by Parents

More than half the Boy Scouts
now at Cherokee Camp, near
Reidsville, are from Chapel Hill,
and many parents have gone
from here to visit their sons.
The campfire celebration last
night drew a big crowd.
Hugo Giduz is serving as a
volunteer manager of transpor-
tation, for persons and things,
between here and the camp.
Those who are motoring thither,
and those who want a ride,
should communicate with him.
Daily communication by radio
telegraph-with George Koch
operating at the camp and Stan
ley w. Preston here's main
tanned. Messages are handled
free of charge; if filed with
Preston telephone 4656) before
9 A. M, they are transmitted
the same day.
Among the leaders at the
camp are Paul Mckee, Craig
Mcintosh, N. w. Walker, Jr., and
George Koch. Campers are K.
c. Andrews, Jr., Robert Cald-
well, Edward E. Caldwell, Char
les Giduz, James Van Hecke,
John Henderson, David w. Hoe
fer, Bobby Koch, George w.
Meyer, Don Mckee, Loren Mac
Kinney, Cameron Murchison, ST.
mon A. Nathan, Jr, j. Blodgett
PEBBLES, P. r. Perry, Jr., Hubert
Privette, Marvin Utley, Jr., Al
ton Utley, and Westcott Wool
len.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-22

O. F. Richardson, the South
ern Railway agent here, receiv-
ed Saturday the notice that he
was to be pulled" and the bad
news spread about the village.
Pulled" in the slang of the
railway world, means transfer
red. Rights to jobs go by SEN
iOrity in the service, and if an
employee who has served a long
time applies for the place held
by one who has not served so
long, the junior has to give it
up. The agent in Mebane, an
old-timer, applied for the Chap
ell Hill job, and the result was
that Mr.. Richardson was slated
to go to Pine Level, a little town
between Smithfield and Colds
bOrO.
He is popular here, and the
prospect of his departure sad
dened the village. The Kiwanis
Club, of which he is a member,
prepared to make their Tuesday
evening meeting a Richardson
farewell celebration.
When the kiwanians assem-
bled they found the railway
agent not looking mournful, as
he properly should have looked,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-22
RECREATION PLAN
IS BEING STUDIED
BY COMMITTEE
Place with Pool and Billiard
Tables and Bowling Alley
May Be Licensed Here
QUESTION OF REGULATION

The establishment of a recre-
alton centre in Chapel Hill, with
pool and billiard tables and a
bowling alley, is now under con-
Sideration.
For about century there
was state law forbidding this
and other kinds of amusement
at the seat of the University.
Theatrical performances, for
example, We're under the ban.
The law came to be a dead let
ter as far as some forms of en-
tertalnment were concerned; IN
fact, most people didn't even
know it was on the books. A
year or so ago it was repealed,
and at the same time the legis-
lature enacted a law which per
mitted pool and billiard tables
and bowling alleys here on the
condition that they should be
operated under regulations ap-
proved by the President of the
University.
Games hitherto banned are
now played in the basement If
The Graham Memorial. These
are for the students. and now
there has developed a consider
able sentiment for the provision
of similar amusement for the
benefit Of other people in Chap
ii Hill.
Several persons have asked
the board Of aldermen for per-
mission to conduct places with
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