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panies to avoid payment Of taxes due
the United States.
The charges In the present action are
that w. L. Mellon and the other Gulf
ofncials participated in a secret profit
sharing agreement which was concealed
from income tax examiners and that
they made "false statements of the
actual gross income received" by them
Returns Held Incomplete.
In the case Of Mellon incomplete re-
turns were alleged to have been filed
in 1925 to 1880, inclusive. It was al
legged he owed additional tax totaling
$2,020,056 for these years. Charging
that the internal revenue collectors as
well as Mellon had engaged in "wilful,
wrongful and negligent acts" the court
was asked to enter Judgment against
each Of them for double the amount, or
$4,040,112
Other men named as defendants and
the amounts sought of each were: F. A.
Leovy, s309.8 H. L. Stone. s69,178;
w. j. Guthrie, $269 ,958: j. E. Nelson,
$69.178; c. r. Nutty, $470,440, and w.
v. Hartman, $l59,116.
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Duties of a COnservatOr
Conseryes Assets Pending Development of Plans for
Reorganization; Has Wide Powers, But
Is Not q Receiver. - -

to the significance Of the appointment
Of conservators to banks Of high repute
I wish to say that there Is no deduc-
ton to be made that such banks are
necessarily in diffcultes.
There are o lot Of complications,
some Of them concerning afaliate en-
terprises which make 1t impractical for
banks to open to the full extent.
1T Is for the purpose Of insuring
that the banks will be put in apple pie
order. pending reorganization or other
necessary processes that conservators
in many cases are named.
Moreover this method makes It pos
sible that the bank so circumstanced
will be able to continue to render
service. as for example the receiving
ofof deposits to be segregated and kept
In cash or invested In Government
bonds and such like securities.
ut also enables the conservator to
set aside and make available for with
drawal and deposits and payment to
other creditors on q ratable basis such
amounts as in his opinion 1t is safe
to use for this purpose"
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On Own Initiative.

Olson. who filed the suits on his own
initiative as attorney in fact for the
American people, asks for restitution of
the money from each Of the defend
ants.
In addition to Mr. Burnet, he named
former Commissioners David H. Blair
and Robert H. Lucas. w. L. Mellon of
Pittsburgh, and six other Gulf officials
as defendants.
Olson. who was retained for q time as
Investigator in the stock exchange in
vestigation Of the Senate Banking Com
mittee, recently filed suits for many
millions against Andrew W. Mellon,
former Secretary of the Treasury; Alex
ander w. Gregg. an aide, alleging they
had assisted foreign steamship COM
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NEVADA BANK CLOSING
BLAMED ON OFFICIALS
State Board and Examiner Ac-
cused of Failure to Perform
"Full Duty"

BY the Associated Press.
CARSON CITY. New, March IA
The Nevada State Board Of Finance and
the State bank examiner were charged
with failure to perform their full duty"
in q report before the Legislature here
today.
The report was submitted BY a
special committee which investigated
the closing last November Of II banks
Of the George Wingfield group.
Had proper appraisals been made" I"
the report said, many OF these banks
would have been found to be insolvent
as early as . year ago"
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Of the COMMITTEES feel the legislation IS
unnecessary. t
The Robinson bill would permit any
State bank or trust company to borrow
directly from the Federal Reserve Bank
in its district for a period of one year,
panied by approval of the State banking
department.
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POMERENE CONDEMNS PUBLICITY
ON R. F. C.. LOANS TO BANKS
Declares Announcement of
Names Was "DamnabIe
and Vicious"
Trying to Catch Up on Sleep
After Seven Months "of
Greatest Strain"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, March 14.-Bitter de-
nunciatton Of the publication Of the
names Of banks that obtained loans
from the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration came today from Atlee POM
creme, the Democrat who served Is
r. F. c. chairman the last seven months
Of the Hoover administration.
1T was the most damnable and
vicious thing that was ever done" he
said in an interview. 1t almost counter
acted all the good we had been able
to do"
Since he returned home Friday Pom.
creme said he had been trying to catch
up on my sleep after seven months of
the greatest strain have ever had to
contend with"
"The banks which got r. F. c. loans
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LOS ANGELES EXCHANGE
TO REOPEN TOMORROW
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, March. 14.-Gov-
ernors Of the Los Angeles Stock Ex-
change have voted to reopen for trad
ing at z am. tomorrow after being
closed during the bank holiday.
Governing boards OF the San Fran
cisco Stock and Curb Exchanges an
nounced transactions made on the ex-
changes March !, uncompleted since.
will be cleared today, but no statement
was forthcoming as to when normal
operation will be resumed.
Charles E. Hudson, president Of the
San Francisco Mining Exchange, said
regular trading would be resumed to-
morrow or Thursday,
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ALL BANKS CAN ISSUE
CREDIT TRANSFER DRAFTS
Regulation Promulgated by Wood
in Excludes Payments or
Withdrawals of Gold.

BY the Associated Press.
All banks We're authorized to issue
drafts transferring credit from one place
to another, but withholding gold, in
ruling handed down last night by the
Treasury Department.
The formal regulation issued by Sec
retary Woodin said:
"All banking institutions may issue
drafts transferring credits from any
place in the United States to any other
place in the United States and from
any place in the United States to any
place in foreign country in connection
with payments for domestic and foreign
patent, trademark and design appli-
cation fees, and in payment for domes-
tic and foreign patent and trademark
taxes and renewals. No gold or gold
certificates shall be paid out, withdrawn,
or exported under this regulation
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THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Rain tonight
and probably tomorrow morning; colder
tomorrow morning. much colder to-
morrow night; moderate to fresh south
west winds, shifting to northwest by to-
morrow morning.
Maryland and Virginia-Rain tonight
and probably tomorrow morning; colder
tomorrow and in west portions late to-
night; much colder tomorrow night.
West Virginia-Rain and colder to-
flurries and much colder.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear this morning.
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Districts Heroes
in the
World War
Compiled By serEt. L. Z. Jaeekel.

A 8 recorded in the oficial citation,
~ Ulysses S. Grant, Sd, colonel,
~ Corps Of Engineers, United
4 4 States Army. was awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal
for exceptionally meritorious and dis
tinguished services in a position of
great responsibility. As secretary of
the American sector Of the Supreme
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HONDURAN BANK HOLIDAY
EXTENDED INDEFINITELY
Institutions There Allowed to Pay
Out on 10 Per Cent on
American Currency.

BY the Associated Press.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras March
1.-THE government issued a new de-
cree yesterday extending the banking
moratorium indefinitely until circum-
stances make 1t possible to end 1t.
The decree altered regulations set
forth in the decree of March T. Banks
now may pay out so per cent on Hon.
duran currency deposits and only 10
per cent on American currency.
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BANK conservator, it was e

4 u has by statute the powers ana
authority of a receiver. His
duty is to conserve the assets and hold
the bank In its present condition, pend
ing development OF plans for reorgan-
ization.
He has complete authority and is not
subservient to the board OF directors.
However. he would be expected to CO.
operate with the board Of directors to
the fullest extent to the end that an
Immediate rehabilitation of the bank
may be attained If possible. He will
collect maturing paper and may or may
not receive deposits, as determined by
the Controller.
Each bank will be handled as q sep
arate unit. Banks under conservator
are entirely under the control OF the
Controller of the Currency.
Secretary Woodin issued the follow
ing statement regarding conservators:
I'm response to many inquiries as
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NEGLIGENCE HELD
IN INCOME TAXSU|T
Attorney in Fact Sues Oil
Officials and Three Com.
miSsi0ners.
BY the Associated Press.


Seven suits against officials of the
Gulf OIL Corporation. Commissioner of
Internal Revenue David Burnet and two
former commissioners were filed in Dis
trict Supreme Court yesterday by David
A. Olson. who alleges the oil men failed
to pay $5,228. 754 income taxes as a re-
suit Of negligence on the part of the
Government officials.
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w dE ScuIlCll, Ilc
was entrusted with
the important duty
of CO ordinating
the work of the
joint secretariat of
the Supreme War
Council and Of the
joint secretariat of
the military repre-
sentatives OF the
s upre m e w ar
Council, and as a
member of the
w ar Prisoners
Commission, Berne.
Switzerland, he rem
dered conspicuous
services to the
Government.
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Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
Highest, 69, 1000 am. today. Year
ago, IS.
Lowest, So, 400 pm. yesterday. Year
ago, 81.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, SO, on March a.
Lowest, IA, on February 9.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodatic CI1ry,pv =
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The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation.

Automobile lights must be turned on
one-han hour after sunset.
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As lieutenant colonel in the Corps
of Engineers, he serves In Washington
and resides at 2117 lie Roy place north
west
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-14

similar products have been attack
ed as placing too heavy a burden
on one class of citizens.
Many administration officials
are counting on early repeal of the
eighteenth amendment to correct
many of present alleged tax ire
gularities." :
Revenues derived from various
liquors by the federal government
in the fiscal year of 1918 amount
ed to $449,S10,00 according to
the department of commerce. This
exceeds the current annual income
of the federal government from
personal income taxes. 1t. is higher
than the annual collections from
cigarette. taxes and is double the
amount of revenue received BY the
various excise taxes put into effect
last July.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-14

A general revision of federal
lax laws to remove present an
capabilities and to bring them in
line with changing economic con-
ditions will be presented to the
next congress, it was learned this
week.
Drastic changes in financial
conditions and in the lives of many
citizens as we'll as tapping of new
tax sources through THE possible
repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment have caused house and senate
committees to take up the ques-
ton of a revision of lax laws.
Present tax laws, according to
governmental officials, are obnoxi-
Gus and have fallen short by bill
lions of dollars to meet the federal
governments expenditures.
Among the general proposals
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-14
To Ask Next Congress To
Revise Federal Tax Laws

now under discussion are widen
ing Of present nuisance taxes" as
those on automobile tires, gasoline
and mechanical refrigerators into
a low rate general sales tax, a rails
ing of exemptions on personal in
come taxes and elimination of du.
plication of federal and state taxes.
Even with the numerous NUS
ance taxes put into effect last July
and with some $30,000,000 in
beer revenues in the past three
months, the governments income
from direct taxes for the current
1888 fiscal year ending June 80,
exceeds only slightly the $780,
OOO, 900 collected in the preced-
ing fiscal year.
Present taxes like the excise
rates On automobiles, mechanical
refrigeratiors, sporting goods and
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-14
Old Guard
Gathers Forces
darlington Voices Determination
To tiSbt Repeal; Surrey Field
(By I. M. Prideen)

The North Carolina prohibition
cid guard, the invincible political
group which dominated the stare
for a solid generation, issues but
haltingly its one militant cry for
the salvation of the dry cause.
Il am against repeal of the
eighteenth amendment, of course"
said former Senator F. M. Simmons
the one-time leader who rallied a
sursing Democracy from the hills
to the ocean to stamp out the sal
DON.
But he spoke over the telephone
from his home in New Bern, where
he is spending his declining years
free from the cares of campaign
ing.
"Oh, well-I don't know" he
said, answering a question as to
what part he would take in the
oncoming repeal campaign. Il have
no plans as to that
From the other end of the state
came the voice of Clyde R. Hoey,
who stepped into the front ranks
of the prohibitionists as far back
as 1899, when he passed the state
Law which made Cleveland county
dry.
II am against repeal" he said,
On the question as to what port
he would take in the fall campaign
he said: II don't know, l haven
decided"
Only one voice rose militantly,
that of Zeb V. burlington, whose
name, North Carolina's last and
most drastic law bears.
II shall fight repeal with my
whole soul, he declared. mo fight
is lost until it is over, and the
same menace of the saloon that
led US through victorious campaign
after victorious campaign for pro-
hibition exists today as we'll as
then. I can't bring myself to be
lieve that when the voting young
people of this state learn of the
conditions that existed back in the
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-14

old saloon days they will vote fer
liquor any more than did their
fathers"
From up in the mountains came
the voice of former Judge Tam C.
Bowie-one of the wheel horses of
Democracy in the old days when
Democracy and prohibition success
were synonymous.
"I go with my party" he said.
1.-The platform calls for repeal, and
so do l."
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-14
ROBIN WHIPS A AS
GOLFERS T

Sharon, Pa.-A golf game was
halted while club-wielders watch
ed a strange combat between a
robin and a snake.
Golfers said the snake, a small
one, wrapped the struggling bird
in its coils, but the robin beat free
with its wings and attacked the
reptile with claws and beak, then
tried to fly away with it.
The snake was too heavy.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-14
Pains
this better way

WOMEN who get into a weak, rum
down condition can hardly expect
to be free from troublesome small
symptoms" '
Where the trouble is due to weak
ness, Cardui helps women to get
stronger and thus makes it easier for
nature to take its orderly course
Painful, nagging symptoms disap-
pear as nourishment of the body IS
improved with the assistance of
Cardui. S5's
Instead Of depending on temporary
pain pills during the time of suffer-
ing, take Cardui to. build up your
resistance to womanly ailments.
Thousands. of. women have found
relief by taking -CARDUI.
Sold at the drug store.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-14
WORDS THAT PUZZLE

The Greenville, S. c., Observer,
in commenting On ,"Words that
puzzle spellers," says many per-
.;ons also when desiring to use
,ither word to not know whether
20 spell it effect or affect, princi-
pie or principal, capitol or capital
Especially to the younger gen.
Grafton 1 recommend Webster's
Blue Back Spelling Book. In les
ON CXLVII Tor No. 1874, may be
:ound "wcrds nearly but not ex-
city alike in pronunciation" A
few follow and which anyone
would do we'll to memorize:
Accept-to take.
Except-to take out.
Afect-to impress.
Efect-what is produced.
Accede-to agree.
Exceed-to surpass.
Prescribe-to direct.
Proscribe-to Danish.
Access-approach.
Excess-superbuity.
Allusion-hint, reference.
Illusion-deception.
Elusin-evasion.
Assay-trial of metals.
Essay-to try.
Agusion-a pouring on.
Allowed-admitted, garnted.
Aloud-with a great voice.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-14

Statement of The Rowan County Building and
Loan Association at close of business June 9th.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-07-14

SO Paid on instalment shares if carried to maturity. so Paid on full
paid Shares, interest paid semi-annualy. Throughout the recent depres-
sion, we have matured stock promptly and have paid all obligations
without requiring u shareholders to file notice of withdrawal.
Let us finance your home. Series No. 81 now open.
Nc. L. Richie, Pres. Jno. H. Rutedge, Vice-Pres. c. C. Graham,
Sec. & Treas.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-03-17
Lumber From Cornstalks

Scientists at Iowa State college
have perfected a process for max
ing synthetic lumber from corn
stalks. They declare every kind
of lumber can be manufactured from
this farm waste in sizes that even
great trees cannot furnish.
The making of wood" from corn
stalks is not a recent discovery. DR..
O. r. Sweeney, Of the Tall Corn
State institution, has been working
on the problem of utilizing the
states large farm waste for some
time. He has succeeded in produc-
ing lumber" not only from corn
stalks, but oat hulls, sugar cane,
straw and common weeds as well.
To make his synthetic wood"
Doctor Sweeney cooks cornstalks
under pressure in steam until they
are boiled up into fibers not more
than two to three-hundredths of an
inch long. This pulpy, pasty mass
is then allowed to harden in forms.
The more cooking the harder the
resulting lumber" will be.-Path-
fiDder Magazine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-03-17
Collector Delinquent;
Township Has Surplus

Altoona, Pa. - Allegheny town.
ship, Blair county, had a surplus in
its treasury as the new year start
ed because of the delinquencies Of
tax collector.
Frank Ertl. collector of school,
county and road taxes for many
years. was accused of converting
S17,641 of tax money to his own use
over a four-year period. He was
arrested. tried and sent to prison.
Bondsmen for the tax collector
gave the township a check for $14,-
500 and agreed to return to the
district back tax duplicates aggre
eating SS.55S in settlement of the
case. Officials estimate about so per
cent of the back taxes can be col.
lected.
With these funds deposited in the
bank, the township was able to
meet 1888 with a balanced budget
and a treasury surplus.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-03-17
Connects Up Neanderthal
Man With Modern.

Berkeley, Calif.-Digging in
cave on the west side of Mount Car
mel in Palestine during the sum-
mer, Theodore d. McCOwn, Univer-
sity of California anthropologist, un-
earthed what is believed to be the
missing link" in the evolution of
man.
McCown, who returned here re-
Gently after heading a joint expe-
dition of the American School of
Prehistoric Research and the Brit
ish School of Archaeology, un-
earthed eight skeletons of the
Mousterian period which probably
link Neanderthal man to the mod
ern.
Four of the skeletons were found
in excellent condition and four
others were fragmentary, McCown
said
Sir Arthur Keith, noted British
anthropolOgist, characterized the
discovery as one of the most i'm
portant ever made.
While at work in the same cave
last year. McCown obtained the
skeleton of child, and returned
this year to complete his work. AL
though there will be controversy as
to the exact place of this ancient
race in the evolution of man. it
is believed probably it was a close
link to modern man. McCown said.
The skeletons were found in pos.
lures which indicated they had been
buried by their kinsmen. These pre-
historic men possessed chins. which
is fact not found in earlier discov-
cries.
They had great overhanging brows
giving their eyes a sunken appear
ance, McCown said. He pointed ont
that their lower jaws were i'm
mense, and that they probably
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-03-17
u. S. Farm Exports
Boosted by Cotton
Volume of Products Leav-
ing Country Is 120 Per
ct. Pre-War Record.

The index of the volume of eX-
ports of American farm products in
November was 120 per cent of pre-
war, reports the bureau of agricul-
tural economics, United States De
partment of Agriculture. Cotton
exports continued to bolster the ex-
ports index, since If this commod-
ity is omitted the index of exports
would be only 50 per cent of pre-
war.
The index of all farm products
exported in November, 1881, was 1871
per cent of pre-war, and with cot
ton omitted the index was ia per
cent of pre-war. A smaller volume
of nearly all agricultural products
was exported in November, 1882,
than in the preceding month when
the index of exports was 126 per
cent of pre-war.
Fruit exports in November were
in volume 423 per cent of pre-war,
cotton 147 per cent, manufactured
tobacco IA per cent of pre-war. All
other commodities were exported in
smaller volume than pre-war, viz:
Grains and products, 73 per cent;
animal products, 63 per cent; dairy
products and eggs, 6S per cent;
wheat and flour, 67 per cent; hams
and bacon, 27 per cent; and lard,
81 per cent.
Cotton exports for the FIVE months
ended November 80, 1882, totaled
3,S73,000 bales compared with 3,2S7,-
600 bales for the corresponding pc
riod of 1881. Total exports of wheat
and flour in the five months ended
November 30, last, were 25,0S7 900
bushels, which was a decrease of
ca per cent from the exports for
the corresponding period in 1881. Al
though exports of manufactured
leaf tobacco were IA per cent of
pre-war in November, the bureau
says that the volume exported in
that month was smaller than in any
corresponding month since 1924.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-03-17
.Qgbts Of New I0rk, 1,wA1rrR rRunBull

Service" AS further proof that this
particular book had been through
the war was a list of those who
apparently had taken it from the
library. They ranged all the way
from corporals to colonels. And
the pages had many names and com.
ments scribbled on the margin. On
one page had been penciled a quota
tion from alice in Wonderland" 4"
The name written below 1t was that
Of an Englishman. 1t was Rupert
Brooke.
Several big industrialists are in
terested in a research body, which
they call the National Committee
for Rebuilding Purchasing Power
and Prices" The research part of
it consists in trying to find out how
to do the rebuilding.
Many do not appear to know that
Franklin d. Roosevelt had a half
brother. The President Elects moth
er was Sara Delano, but his fathers
first wife was Helen Astor. Their
son was James Roosevelt Roosevelt,
once secretary to the embassy In
London. who died only a few years
ago. He was known to his intimates
as "Rosy" Roosevelt.
One of the most beautiful moving
pictures | ever saw is a series of
storm shots on a square-rigger off
Cape Horn. The man who took the
first of these pictures was washed
overheard and lost.
charitable organization appealed
to a New York woman for a dona-
tion of clothes. She went to a re
postory where her husband kept
cherished relics of the past and