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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13

Mrs. Woolen. Mrs. Mckinney, and
Mrs. kenfeld Travel by Plane

Automobile travel was too
slow for them, and so, when they
got to Washington last week
Mrs. Woolen, Mrs. Mckinney,
and Mrs. kentield changed to an
airplane. 1t took them from the
capital to New York, about 225
miles, in two hours, with a short
stop at Baltimore.
They toured the shops, and
saw plays, and visited the art
galleries and the museums, and
strolled up and down the ave
nues, and were entertained by
relatives and friends.
Miss Lois Warren, who used
to live here and is now a buyer
for Macy's, had them to lunch
eon, and they took tea with Mrs
Woollen's sister, Mrs. Roy Ma
son. Mrs. Woollen ran across
Mrs. Bill FetZer in one Of the
fifth avenue shops. On her way
back she visited her daughter in
Washington.
Mrs. Kenheld and Mrs. Nc
Kinney, having got used to New
York noises, now find their sleep
disturbed by the cats and birds
.of Chapel Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
Chapel Hill Chaf

One of the sons of a woman
of my acquaintance reproached
her the other day for not allow
ing him TO sleep with his dog.
This boy has reached what is
sometimes called the goat age,
and his motheE responded: Il
don't believe your dog would be
willing to sleep with you unless
you take a bath oftener." The
boy is studying the matter; he
has not yet decided which he
dislikes the more, to forfeit the
pleasure of having his dog as a
bedfelloW or to take more fre-
quent baths.
Every now and then | am sur
prised at discovering some hlth-
erto unsuspected gift. talent, or
aptitude in one of my fellow citi-
zens. Irl Summerlin, the heat
ing engineer, is the latest man to
make me cape in wonder.
| went on an automobile trip
with him the other day. A bag
gage rack on the running-board
had put the left doors out of use.
Before we set out Mr.. Summer
lin roped the suit cases to the
rack. The next step in the pro-
gram was for him to get to the
wheel and drive off. was sit
ting on the right side of the
front seat, and | supposed he
would either climb over my knees
or make me get out to give him
free passage.
But no. The left front window
was open about 8 inches. Sud
denly he heaved his right leg
upward, and | saw his foot, sup
ported by one hand, come
Continued on last page
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13

The North Carolina state gov
ernment, if it is asked to, will
stock with fish the lake to be ere
ated by the. University's new
dam across Morgan Creek out to
the west of Chapel Hill.
An inquiry addressed to the
department of conservation and
development brings this reply
from j. S. Hargett, assistant di-
rector of the division Of inland
fisheries:
"The state provides fish free to
the public waters Of the state,
and to all private lakes or ponds
worthy of consideration when
the owners undertake to coop
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
Tax Sale, Mandatory Under Law,
Is Ordered by the Town Council

The state Local Government
Commission declared the other
day that any municipality vio-
lating the law in this way incur
red a grave risk of impairing its
credit. Furthermore, said the
commission, failure to advertise
a sale of delinquents' property
might be construed as a breach
of obligation,to holders of bonds
and notes secured by tax levies.
Mr.. Sawyer told the aldermen
that. if they failed to follow out
the program laid down in the
law, and if then taxes remained
unpaid and uncollectible, there
was a possibility that the mem
bers of the board would become
personally liable for the def
cheney.
The property of any delin-
quent who settles his tax bill by
3 ?. NJ. next Tuesday, the 17th,
will not be advertised for sale.
And, after the advertising be-
gins, any delinquent who settles
may have his name removed
from the list.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13

At a meeting Monday evening
the aldermen voted to advertise
for sale, from May 20 to June
10, the property of delinquent
taxpayers in Chapel Hill.
The action was taken by the
board with great reluctance, be-
cause Of the unusual difficulty
many property owners have had
in meeting their tax bills in this
time of depression; but after the
members had questioned the
towns attorney, Bonner Sawyer,
and learned from him that At
torney General Brummitt had
declared the publication of the
list of delinquents this month OBJ
ligatory under the law, they
found they had no choice.
True, a municipal governing
body may decline to advertise
delinquents' property for sale at
present, deferring the proce-
dure; but this is plainly illegal
and may be done only in the hope
that the next legislature will pass
a retroactive validating the post
nOOpmpnt
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
ALDERMEN PLACE
RESTRICTION ON
BANKRUPT SALES
Enact Ordinance the Purpose
of Which Is to Prevent
Deceptive Practice

The aldermen enacted Mon
day evening an ordinance plac-
ing restrictions on bankrupt
sales. The purpose of the meas
ure, which became effective i'm
mediately upon its passage, is to
prevent the offering for sale,
under false pretenses. Of goods
other than those which were ac-
tually in stock at the time the
posseSsOr became bankrupt.
IN recent years this practice
has grown up: Companies and
individuals have made a business
Of going about from town to
town and buying the goods of
bankrupt merchants. Then they
have offered to the public, under
the name of a bankrupt sale, not
only these goods but others, of
ten not of the same grade,
brought in from various places.
A merchant going out of bust
ness might have, say, a stock
valued at a few hundred dollars;
but the visiting concern, oSten-
sibly offering this stock, might
add to it, and put up for sale, a
large quantity of other stock, re-
plenishing the shelves from day
to day.
Resident merchants have pro-
tested that this practice is an in
ustice to them and often fraud
upon the buying public, and sew
eral municipalities have enacted
measures similar to the one now
in effect in Chapel Hill.
BY this ordinance anybody
who has not been engaged in
business in Chapel Hill for at
least a year, and who comes here
and offers for sale amy bank
rupt or fire stock, or any other
goods, wares, or merchandise,
must comply with these regula-
tions:
He must obtain from the town
government a license and pay
fee therefor. He must provide
"a complete inventory of the
goods to be offered for sale, and
in the case of a bankrupt or fire
sale he may offer for sale only
Continued on last page
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
A New Realty Concern
Cobb and .Scott Add Real Estate to
Their Insurance Business
pOnenent

Collier Cobb, Jr., and w. der.
Scott have organized a new cor
poratiOn, the Service Insurance
and Realty Company, to succeed
the Service Insurance Agency
which they have conducted in
Chapel Hill for nearly five years.
Henceforth, besides writing
insurance of various kinds, they
will act as rental agents and as
agents for purchasers and sellers
of business and residential prop
erty For some time they have
been rental agents for the Gra-
ham Court apartments and the
Carolina Theatre building, and
on the first Of June they VIII
take over the management Of
the homes on Cobb Terrace.
Mr.. Cobb and Mr.. Scott have
their plans perfected to make
appraisals and to perform all
the other functions of a modern
real estate agency. They will
retain their Offices in the Mac
Rae building, on Henderson
street opposite the post--oflice.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13

Point, and J. Clyde Ray Of Hills
boro. The Republican candidate
is William |. Ward of Graham.
The editor of the Chapel Hill
Weekly has sent to every one
of these candidates the follow
ing letter:
''In view of the recent revela-
tions as to the use of public
money for the payment Of sal
aries to the relatives of men,
bers of Congress, / address to
you the following questions.
81. What is your opinion as
to the propriety of the employ
ment by a member of Congress,
at the public expense, of his
relatives.
"2. If you should be elected
to Congress would you employ
at the public expense any of
your relatives?
II request that you send me
a reply at your earliest con-
venience for publication in the
Chapel Hill Weekly. A return
stamped envelope is enclosed"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
A Question Is Put to Candidates for Congress

In the last week or so the des-
patches from Washington have
told of the presence on the gov
ernment payroll of relatives of
many members of the Senate
and the House.
The salary of a member Of
Congress is $4,000 a year. In
addition he receives an allow
ance Of several thousands more
for office assistants-a secrc-
tary, stenographers, clerks-and
it is a common practice for SEN
ators and representatives to ap-
point wives, sons, daughters,
and other relatives to these
positions. That is, they use the
public money for their families.
The Democratic candidates
for the House of Representatives
from this 9th district of North
Carolina are Norman A. Boren,
Charles L. Van Noppen, and
Charles r. Leviness of Greens
boro; William 3. Umstead and
James n. Umstead of Durham,
Bruce H, Carraway of High
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
Heer to Speak Monday
Topic to be Possible Reduction in
the Cost of Government

A talk on "The Possibilities of
Reduction in the Cost Of Govern
mcnt' will be delivered by Clar-
ence Heer, Of the University $
DEPARTMENTS Of economics and
commerce, at 7:30 Monday eve
ming in Bingham hall.
Mr.. Heer, whose specially is
taxation, has been on leave Of
absence since October for the
purpose Of carrying on studies Of
trends Of taxation and their re-
latiOn to the costs of government.
In his lecture Monday evening
he will discuss the expenditures
upon various governmental ac-
tfVities, the causes of increases
in recent years, and possible say
ings through measures OF re
trcnchment which have been
suggested in the newspapers and
elsewhere.
This will be the last Of the Sc
ries Of five public lectures on
current economic problems Civ
en- by members of the economics
and commerce faculty. Every
body is invited.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
Knight Back from IraQ
Professor Returns from His Trip to
King Fysais Country

Edgar w. Knight returned
last week from his expedition to
the kingdom Of Iraq He went
there in January, along with
Paul Monroe and William G..
Bagley Of Columbia University,
to study the country'8 educatiOn-
al system and give advice to King
Fysal as to how it could be i'm
proved and extended.
The King gave Mr.. knight and
his two fellow commissioners a
glad welcome and had them es-
corted all over the land. From
their headquarters in Baghdad
they sailed forth to inspect what
was left of Babylon, Nineveh,
and other famous settlements of
ancient Mesopotamia. And, pass
ing to and from lraq, they saw
Jerusalem and Damascus and
crossed the deserts of Arabia and
Syria.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conner celebrat-
ed Mr.. Knights return by hav-
ing him as the guest Of honor at
a dinner party Wednesday eve
ming.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
Against Signboard Plague

The Chapel Hill aldermen
adopted a resolution Wednes-
day evening declaring that they
would cooperate as far as pos
sible with efforts to remove bill
boards placed at curves in such
way as to distract the atten-
tion Of motorists, to keep the
roadsides clear of trash and un-
slightly objects, to eliminate ad-
vertising signs of all kinds, and
to beautify the roadsldes by
planting grass, vines, shrubs, Or
trees wherever these will be
most advantageous"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
SYMPHONY GROUP
TO GIVE CONCERT
TOMORROW NIGHT
This Is Part of SOciety's
Program to Organize a
Permanent Orchestra

Fifty-three musicians from
fourteen cities and towns, rep
resenting the best talent in the
state, came to Chapel Hill yester-
day to rehearse for the North
Carolina Symphony Society's s
opening concert, with Lamar
Springfield as conductor, at 8
o'clock tomorrow Saturday
evening in the Hill music hall.
They had their first rehearsal
last evening. They will assemble
three times today-mornfng, af-
ternoon, and evening - and will
have their fifth and final re-
hearsal tomorrow morning. The
men are quartered in one of the
University dormitories, and the
women are at homes in the viii
lage.
This concert will be the first of
a series which will lead to the
establishment of full-time
North Carolina Symphony Or
chestra. Before the orchestra is
organized, performances such as
the one here will be given at
many other places in the state.
The admission fee for the
opening event will be 81. But
everybody who has become a
member of the Society, at the
annual fee Of 81, will be admit
ted free, and members will get
a 80 per cent discount on tickets
10 future concerts.
At the intermission tomorrow
evening Colonel Joseph Hyde
Pratt. president Of the Society,
will make a brief talk about the
aims Of the Society and the
methods by which these aims
are to be achieved. The orches-
ira is one Of the projects Of the
North Carolina Plan, Incorpor-
ated, and the Symphony Society
is enlisting the support OF com
munity music clubs, schools, and
colleges, as well as individual
support, all over the state.
The program tomorrow eve
ming is: Reinzi Overture (Wag-
ner), Symphony No. (Beethov-
en- La Media Noche (StOesseD
On/the Steppes Of Central Asia
fBorodin), and Marche Slave
(Tschaikowsky).
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
Athletic Victories
Carolina Teams Have Won Laurels
in Last Few Days

The University athletic teams
have had an unusual number of
victories in the last week or so.
And the village of Chapel Hill
shares in the glory through the
triumph of Miss EStelle Lawson
on the golf links at Greensboro.
Touring in the North, the Uni
Versity tennis team made a clean
sweep, defeating Georgetown,
The Navy, the Army, New York
University, Yale, Harvard, and
Brown. Harvard, taking >
matches out of 9, Was the only
opponent that gave the Tar
Heels serious opposition The
Carolina tennis team has won As
consecutive victories since 1929.
In baseball Carolina won from
Virginia here Friday, tieing the
series, and broke the tie by tax
ing the game in Greensboro the
next day.
The University track team,
competing here Saturday with
Duke, Wake Forest, Davidson,
State, and Guilford, won its 18th
consecutive state championship.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
Studio Productions

The Carolina Playmakers'
spring Studio Productions be-
gan last evening, and there will
be performances this (Friday)
tomorrow evening, and Monday
evening, May %.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
Republicans Meet Next Week

The Orange county Republi-
cans will meet at 8 o'clock next
Thursday evening in IIillsboro
to nominate their county candi-
dates. Judge w. |. Ward, can
didate for Congress from this
district, will address the gather
ing.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-05-13
Mrs. Grumman's New Office

Mrs. Russell NJ. Grumman has
been elected recording secretary
of the North Carolina Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs.
The Washington times., 1932-12-24

There is picture of for you and incidentally,
illustration of the sympathy that hatred cannot
entirely eliminate The British pilot when he the
German in agony in his burning plane would have ended
his suferngs with burst of machine gun fire had not the
pilot jumped at that moment.
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
The Plan Has
Been Declined

The English evidently ap-
preciate the situation and
realize that a debt commits
sion formed now by the
President going out in two
months, and in defiance Of
the opposition of the incom-
ing President, cannot pos
sibly be Of any service. We
learn from London that cit
is of the utmost Importance
to the British to know that
any debt funding commits
sion will not have it's au-
thority impaired by the
change in Administrations
March f."
Here we have the insist
ence Of the British that the
proposed Hoover debt fund
ing commission shall have
authority" It is but fair
to the British to let them
know that any commission
not authorized or sanctioned
by Congress can have no
authority" And that even
should Congress give it's
sanction now, its authority
will not be much should its
decisions not meet with the
approval of the coming Ad-
ministration.
1t is clear, therefore, that
with the declination of Mr..
Roosevelt to accept the Pres
ident's plan it is incumbent
upon the President to aban-
don it. He has made h:s
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
JOURNEYS IN BRIEF
By Temple Manning

If you have a desire to get
away from the hustle and strife
of busy. workaday world and
revel in a sense of remoteness,
there is only one place for you
and that is the Farce Islands.
Right out in the middle of
the broad Atlantic, about equi-
distant between Scotland and
Iceland, is the group of four
islands, three small ones sur
rounding the larger island of
Streymoy. whose principal port
Is Torshavn.
Until a few years ago great
many people had never even
heard of the Faroes, and to
others the group was just a
speck on the map. But since
then several Arctic cruisers
have used Torshavn as a port
of call, and so much has been
printed about it that it has
been put on the map" as more
than just name. z
Settled In Eighth Century
If one has not heard much
about the Farce Islands it is
not the fault of the islanders.
for they have an interesting
and absorbing history. In the
eighth century party of Irish
monks, seeking solitude, made
their way to Torshavn and set
tied there. Then came the
Norwegian conquerors, with
consequent fights and strug-
giles, as related in the Sagas.
Sigmunder Brestisson was
the first apostle actively en-
gagged there in spreading
Christianity and he was over
thrown by King Olay Trygva-
son. In turn, the islands
passed from the control of Nor
way to that of Denmark; but
since the eleventh century the
rugged Farce Islanders have
had a voice and a hand in the
making of their local laws.
A hard lot, these islanders,
and more up-to-date and doing
than one would think, when
one reflects that their closest
neighbor, Scotland, is over $50
miles away, while the nearest
point of the capital of the
The Washington times., 1932-12-24

homeland, Denmark, is 400
miles distant.
Torshavn is quite an enter
prising town, with a population
of 5000 souls and a small army
of officials. There are a gram
mar school, a high school, a
school for the teaching of nav
igation, museum and a hall Of
records, not to speak of an elec-
trio power plant and a water
service station.
The main street winds its
way over a hillside to the water
front and singing along at its
side is a fastly moving stream,
with several waterfalls. Shops
line both sides of the main
thoroughfare, and the shops
are amazingly well stocked, con-
sidering how remote the place
is from the marts of commerce.
There is plenty of color in
Streymoy and the other islands
of the Farce group. The frame
houses are all thatched with
reed grass and every man wears
a gay red bonnet very similar
to that worn by the Scotch
HighlanderS. There is plenty
of fishing and boating, also
much cattle farming, for there
are rich meadows that provide
luxurious grazing. So there is
always a flock of fat sheep to
be encountered wherever one
may walk or look.
A thrifty, industrious people,
these Farce Islanders, with the
tow heads and blue eyes of the
northland Their trade is with
the Shetlands and the Orkneys,
as we'll as with Iceland and the
homeland, Denmark.
Civilization Moves On
Lately the express route, be-
tween Norway and Reykjavik,
Iceland, has made Torshavn
regular, scheduled stop, which
means that there is a boat
every II days. And that is
really speeding things up-for
the Faroes. No longer do they
feel themselves away from
civilization. The shops are even
carrying stocks of American
goods, in addition to European
merchandise.
Danish translations of the
works of well-known authors are
beginning to appear frequently
Il Torshavn book shops, with
several American names very
prominently displayed. So civ
ilization is catching up with
the Faroes at last, and perhaps
some day its remoteness will be
conquered by a regular plane
service to Scotland and Scan
dtnavia.
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
A GERMAN PILOT WITH NO PARACHUTE, LEAPING
FROM HIS BURNING PLANE.

There various degrees Of terror fear
tive This dreadful picture reproduction of actual photo
graph taken in the great it. shows German
air pilot eapng from his flaming plane after vainy striving
to bring it to earth before should burn him to death
His choice of death wse although perhaps the jump
was involuntary-forced by heat and pain
Had the pilot remained with his plane he would have
endured torture the flaming machine dropped earth
Leaping free, with NO PARACHUTE, he ended his misery
promptly for he knew felt the fghu death shock
with which he landed upon the earth
One of the most appalling and impressive of all pictures
taken in the big this of intensely interesting
series recently published by the London illustrated News
and taken from the "cockburnL Lange Collection
The photographs taken by British pilot in actual combat
show the destruction of many planes and give idea of what
air fighting must have been in the big especially before
the of the modern parachute.
When in the like Captain Rickenbacker our "Ace
Of Aces David ingalls, the fighting Of the American
Navy and others went flying there they that coming
down alive depended on their ability as 'flers.
1t isn't necessary to say much about this picture tells
its story most wildly
An Englishman who with extraordinary nerve, fought
against the German planes while photogaphing them
making notes
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
ONCE OVERS

There Is too much assumed
seriousness and too much eff.
fort to create the impression of
deep-minded edness.
Often back of the most Sc
rious countenance there \are
frivolous thoughts, but the per-
son is afraid to express them.
Hence the long face and an
equally strong desire to get
away where nature might be
permitted to take it's course in
a hearty laugh.
Some men assume the Sc
riouS attitude to cover UP their
weak points,
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
Get Your Tags Now
Warming To Motorists

Washington motorists to be preparing for their
annual jam at the automobile license windows
This crowding to obtain tags at the minute is
unnecessary than of the traffic jams that make
driving a nuisance rather than pleasure
Traffic Director Van Duzer estimates that than
10000 will attempt obtain their licenses week. the
deadlne week He grounds his estimate the number
of licenses issued in December of last year.
It possible that the traffic director may be estimating
high and that many of those who operated machines during
1882 abandoning them in view conditions
At any there undoubtedly will be many thousands
Of motorists who will rush to the license bureau
minute, franticaly demanding tags.
Then will complaints that the bureau is shorhanded
and that applicants cannot get the proper service
Any motorist who is late has only himself to blame.
| Go down and get those tags at onceY -
The Washington times., 1932-12-24

Men of little or no education
get the reputation for being
ponderous in thought and
makeup because they don't
dare open their mouths in
speech, fearing to show how
really illiterate they are.
Being stern, and hard, or
high-hat and unbending. they
try to camouflage their true
personality.
It is natural for some men
to be always austere.
But there are very few like
that.
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Syndicate, 1RS.)
The Washington times., 1932-12-24
Lovers-and Others

omy," by passing "along their
husbands so that one little i'm
ported title makes at least
three American marquises.
To change united" into
united" requires only the
tranSposition of one letter.
and the price of the fare to
Reno.
Mother may not have known
how to do the crawl stroke,
drive a plane or paint a cupid S
bow on her lips; but she knew
enough about batting and
casting SO that when she
reeled in, she usually had an
eligible on the end of her line.
This is the time of year
when father begins to hope
secretly that Santa will leave
a nice, substantial young man
under the mistletoe or behind
the grand piano, VINO will take
a big load off his hands.
The bridegroom may not be
an important item at a smart
wedding; but he has the COM