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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24
Membership Campaign
Farm Produce Will BE Accepted in
Payment Of Legion Dues

The Chapel Hill post of the
American Legion is conducting
a campaign for members, called
the commanders and adjutant's
membership drive. 1t closes
next Tuesday, February %. All
former commanders are led by
Commander Owen Robertson,
and all former adjutants are led
by Adjutant l.. J. Phipps. The
dues for 1888 have been reduced
to $3.50, and any kind of farm
produce will be accepted, at its
market value, in payment of
dues. 4
Veterans in the southern part
of the county who would like to
barter farm produce on this
basis should see Paul Robertson
in Chapel Hill, and veterans in
the northern part of the county
should see H. G.. Coleman in
Hillsboro.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24
SEADROMES WILL
BRING WEEKEND
TRIPS TO EUROPE
Grant Tells How Floating Is
lands Will Make Crossings
Fast. Safe. Comfortable
BY WAY OF THE AZORES

Captain Hugh Duncan Grant,
meteorological expert, formerly
of the British Navy, fascinated
a large audience Monday eve
ming in Gerard hall by describ-
ing the seadromes - floating
islands, to serve as landings for
airplanes-which are to be plac-
ed in the Atlantic ocean.
The route is to be by the
Azores islands. Along this
route, which is far to the south
of the transatlantic steamship
lanes, there is little fog, the
temperature is mild, and severe
storms are infrequent.
There are to be three sea-
dromes between America and
the Azores and two between the
Azores and Europe. Immedi-
ate plans are under way for the
construction of them by associ-
ated American and European
companies. According to pres
ent plans, says Captain Grant,
the first should be in posifyn
within Is months, and by that
time the others should be we'll
on their way toward completion.
The inventor of the seadrome
is Edward r. Armstrong, con-
sulting engineer to the Du POnt
Corporation, and the Du Points
are the financial hackers of the
enterprise.
For all that they had read and
heard of the wonders of avia-
ton, Captain Grant made his
hearers gasp when he pictured
the speed and comfort of future
travel between America and
Europe.
"a week-end trip to Europe is
a prospect by no means fanci-
full" he said, "for Europe will
be easily accessible from New
York, Boston, or Washington, in
"a hours. Even a person who
lives in California will be able
to get to Europe in around 40
hours.
"And there will be no appreci-
Continued on nert page)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24

The members of the Univer-
sity faculty are still in doubt as
to what the legislature will do
to their pay, but they will know
within the next two or three
days. The joint appropriations
committee of the two houses is
expected to make its report Mon
day.
A final appeal for a revision
upward Of the grant of $500, 900
recommended by the state bud
get commission was made at a
meeting Of the committee day
before yesterday.
Josephus Daniels, represent
ing the board of trustees of the
consolidated University, devoted
part of his talk to answering the
argument that the per student
cost of University education was
too high in comparison with that
of normal schools. He spoke of
the character of University
training and said that the work
and needs of the University were
no more to be compared with
those of lesser institutions than
the state capitol with county
cOurthOuSes.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24
Rotary Hears ROZZelle
Chapel Hills Former Methodist Pas
tor Addresses the Club

Rev. G.. Excel Rozzelle Of Lee
noir, former pastor of the
Methodist church here, was the
speaker at the Rotary club Wed
nesday evening. The meeting
was celebration of the 26th
anniversary of Rotary Inter
national.
DR.. Eric A. Abernethy, the
first president of the club here
was toastmaster. T. S. McCorkle
is now president.
"In the face of the steadily
increasing interdependency OF
one nation upon another" said
Mr.. Rozzelle, "the reactionary
spirit of self-sufficiency and Sc.
clusion that is abroad in the land
today must give way to an in
ternational spirit of understand
ing and brotherhood"
He said that Rotary, with
clubs in 67 nations. was playing
a prominent part in promoting
international goodwill.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24
The JOneses Sail Today
After Visit Here, They Are Leaving
On Pennland for Europe

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Mum
ford Jones, after a visit in Chap
ell Hill, have gone to New York
and will sail for Europe today
on the steamship Pennland.
Upon their arrival here from
California they were greeted
warmly by their old friends.
They strolled and rode about the
village and the campus. And a
reception was given for them
Monday evening by Mrs. Jose
phine Jones at the Chi Omega
house. Both of them were in
fine health and spirits.
Mr.. Jones, to whom was
awarded last year a fellowship
under the Guggenheim fund, is
on leave of absence from the
University of Michigan. He was
in Pasadena for several months,
and now he is to pursue his
studies in England and on the
Continent. He will return to
America in September.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24
The Proposed , st Amendment

imperative unless it shall have
been ratified as an amendment
to the Constitution by conven-
tions in the several states, as
provided in the Constitution,
within seven years from the date
of the submission hereof to the
states by the Congress.
The resolution adopted by
Congress provides that this
amendment "shall be valid to all
intents and purposes as part of
the Constitution when ratified
by conventions in three-fourths
of the several states"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24

The nurse who conducts the
health work among the Negroes
of the village will bring a group
of her singers, both men and
women, to the meeting Of the
Community Club at $3.50 this
(Friday) afternoon in the Epis-
copal parish house. The pro-
gram is sponsored by the clubs
health department.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24
University Faculty Soon to Know
How Much Their Pay Will Be Cut

Charles w. Tillett, speaking
on behalf of the branch in Chap
ell Hill, analyzed the recommen-
dation of the budget commission
and urged that the 100000 be
raised at least to $596,000.
The faculty members are now
receiving only 80 per cent of the
basic rate, and an additional
cut of Is per cent is contemplate
ed. Mr.. Tillett declared that
they had now only a barely liv-
ing stipend and suggested that
the salary schedule be based up
on a Is per cent reduction rather
than the proposed 35 per cent.
He called the committees at
tention to the fact that the bud
get commission had arbitrarily
set the enrolment of students at
1850, whereas it is actually
2,645, and had figured its ap-
preparation on the 1850 basis.
In the course of his remarks,
he opposed vigorously the pro-
posal to abandon the medical
school here. He said that the
school trained most of the physi-
clans for the rural districts of
the state.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24
Speakers at Forum Tonight

Fred Rippy, professor of his
tory in Duke University, and
Hubert C.. Herring, director of
the Committee on Cultural Re-
lations with Latin America, will
speak at 8 o'clock this (Friday)
evening in Gerard hall. They
come here under the auspices of
the University students organ
ization that is conducting a
series of meetings for the dis
cussion of public questions. The
topic will be America, an Inter
dependent World"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24

The University Concert Band,
under the direction of T. S. Nc
Corkle, will play at $3.50 next
Wednesday evening in the Hill
Music hall. Everybody is invit-
ed, and there is no admission
charge. Here is the program
Suite John Sebastian Bach)
Prelude, Polonaise, Sarabande,
Menuet, Chorale, Gavotte.
Andante from italian Sym
phony" (Mendelssohn).
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24

The proposed 21st amendment
to the Constitution of the United
States is as follows:
Sec. /. The Eighteenth Ar
ticle of amendment to the Con
stitution Of the United States is
hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. The transportation or
importation into any state, terri
tory, or possession OF the United
State for delivery or use therein
of intoxicating liquors, in viola
ton of the laws thereof, is here
by prohibited.
Sec. 3. This article shall be
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24
A Survey of Signboards
Community Club Committee Reports
On Highway Advertisements

There are 551 signboards on
the main highways between the
town limits of Chapel Hill and
the Orange county lines, accord
ing to a survey made by Mrs.
Felix A. Grisette, chairman, and
members of the civics depart
ment of the Community Club.
Numerically the Hillsboro
road, with its total of 233 signs,
is the worst offender says Mrs.
Grisette, "but actually the road
to Durham, with its 60 signs,
presents a more cluttered ap-
pearance. Although the Hills
boro road total is increased be-
cause Of number of barns plaS-
tered with long past circus dates,
fair signs, and ragged tobacco
legends, there are only four
large billboards on it as against
the sixteen large and medium
sized boards on the Durham
road.
"One fact the survey brought
out is that most of the signs
1922 out of the 551) advertise
national products whose manu-
facturers cannot in most cases
claim that their taxes help main
tain the roads they despoil, y
says Mrs. Grisette. "Of these
signs, a possible 81 (including
l9 large and 8 small billboards,
two enormous replicas of coffee
pots, and two pyramids) may
have paid trifling sum to the
owners of the land, but the usual
procedure is to send a truck
with crew who put up the signs
whenever they come to partic-
ularly nice tree or meadow.
"The detectives Of the civics
department include the immedl-
ate planting of ivy and shrubs
around the firehouse DR.. Coker
and DR.. Totten will help with adj
vice and shrubs. In addition to
the filling station contest, there
will be a campaign to induce
owners of property along the ap-
proaches to Chapel Hill to per-
NIT the removal of snipe signs
from their property. Most OF
those who have already been ap-
preached have shown willing
ness to cooperate"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24
Chapel Hill Chaf

One of the consequences OF the
depression is that horse and
mule-drawn vehicles are much
more in evidence than they were
a few years ago. The other day
a farmer in a buggy, driving a
mule, came along the broad
paved highway south of the
campus and drew up behind the
University library.
J. w. Long. a student, was
passing by and the man appealed
to him for help.
Il live down at Bynum, he
said, land my boy is writing a
composition about Edison. He
asked me to come by here and
get a book out of the library for
him. Can you tell me how to go
about it,"
Mr.. Long escorted him to the
card index and then to the desk.
He got the book he wanted, re-
turned to his buggy, and drove
off.
Speaking of libraries, | am re-
minded of a plan of mine.
The University has a library.
| am going to give one to the
people Of Chapel Hill. 1t will
be in the middle of the village,
perhaps on the main street
where a store building now
stands. It's floor will be not
more than a foot or so above the
level of the ground. Over the
main door will be a sign read
ing: Smoking is permitted in
this building.' (But there may
be a small room to one side re-
served for non-smokers). The
library will be open from one
o'clock in the afternoon until
midnight, Sundays included.
There will be a large central
reading room with well-uphol-
stored chairs and sofas and with
an abundance of conveniently
placed lamps.
l am going to build and endow
this library when | learn that
some hitherto unsuspected uncle
or aunt or cousin has bequeathed
to me a mountain range full of
gold or flock of oil wells.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24
RATTLESNAKE IS
LUNCHEON TIDBIT
AT MRS. kLUTTZ'
Flesh of Diamondback. Sent to
w. C. COker from Florida,
Wins Favor of Guests
TT is WHITE AND TENDER

The truth is, if | must con-
fess it, that l did not expect to
be called upon, actually, to eat
rattlesnake meat. When | told
in last weeks paper that w. c.
Coker was to get a can of this
delicacy from Florida, and that
he would arrange to have it
served by Mrs. Kluttz, and that
he was going to invite me to par
take of it,-when | wrote all
this I thought that probably the
can would never come and that
the matter would probably never
be mentioned again.
SO | got a shock when Mrs.
kluttz called me on the tele-
phone yesterday morning and
said:
The rattlesnake has come.
Wen expect you for luncheon at
one o'clock"
What - what's that" /
asked, in a stammering tone Of
voice.
Yes, it's here. It's in a
pretty orange-colored can. Lis
ten what it says. Here's the la
bel Genuine Diamondback Rat
tlesnake with Supreme Sauce.
You said you wanted to taste it,
and now's your chance"
hadn't said so at all. | ap-
peal to the record. The exact
words in last weeks chronicle
were as follows: Tll let you
know when it gets here, said
Mr.. Coker, and maybe you'd
like to come around and have
taste of it. Maybe; and maybe
not. | have not quite decided
| have a long-standing prejudice
to overcome before try such a
meal"
would probably have found
some excuse not to attend the
luncheon had it not been for a
call | had received last Saturday
Charles Neaf,& instructor in
French in the University, drop
ped in at the printshop.
I've been reading your piece
about rattlesnakes as food" he
said. "and thought you might
Continued on last pd0e)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24
The Stamp Clubs Meeting

The Stamp Club will meet at
7:3O Saturday evening in
room 215 of the Graham Men,
orial. Students, faculty men,
bers, and all other citizens inter-
ested in stamps are invited.
Colonel Pratt will have charge
of the program.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24
A George Washington Dance

A George Washington dance
will be given from 9 to IL o'clock
this friday evening at the
Country Club. There will be en-
tertainment features.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24

Norman Thomas will speak
here next Friday evening,
March 3.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24

Advertise in the Weekly rooms
and apartments for rent or
Wanted, articles to buy or sell,
lost and fOnnd, etc.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-24

Romance and Rondo (Wieni-
awski).
Oriental Dance (Lubomirsky) .
Serenade Rocco (Meyer-Hel-
mund).
A n d a tie Cantibile from
Fifth Symphony" (Tschaikow-
sky).
Evening star., 1933-06-05
INITIATION CHECKS
u. S. BOND BUYING
Increased Demand for Common
Stocks Laid to Uncertainty
About Value Of Dollar.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 5.-Had Americas S
monetary policy remain unchanged, the
expected reduction in governmental ex-
penditure of 81 ,000, 900 900 for the cur
rent fiscal year would be viewed with
a considerably greater degree of favor
than it is today with the dollar selling
at an appreciable discount in relation to
gold.
The deficit for the first II months of
the fiscal year ending June 80, amount
ing to about 81, TOO ,000, 900, represents a
deficit, compared with the preceding II
months, of more than SO per cent. The
Nations indebtedness stands at close to
$22, ,000, 900 900 and may exceed this fig
ure at the end of the fiscal year. A per
capita debt of about SITS is not alarm
ing.
1t compares favorably with similar
statistics for Great Britain, France and
Canada
However, fear over the immediate
and ultimate course of the dollar rem
ders the acquisition of these issues
somewhat less desirable than would be
the case if the dollar were immune
against erratic fluctuations.
This uncertainty as to what the dollar
may do in the future also has resulted
in an increased demand for common
stocks, regardless of earnings, yields and
prospects, so far as it is possible to
gauge them.
(Copyright, 1888, BY North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1933-06-05
YUG0SLAVIA INCREASES
FAVORABLE TRADE BASIS
Balance of About Three Millions
Casts Doubt on Whether Ex-
change Curb Is Justified.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 5.-Yugoslavia's s
exchange restrictions do not seem jus
titled by latest trade statistics. Figures
covering 1882 indicate an excess of ex-
ports over imports amounting to 1885,
100000 dinars. Although this sum is
equivalent to only about $4,000, 900. it
is gratifying to note that it compares
with favorable balance of trade for
1881 OF only 10000 dinars.
YugoSlavia's best customer was italy,
taking more than % per cent of the
country's total exports. Austria was
close second with about % per cent
OF the total, followed by Czechoslovakia
with more than Is per cent, and Ger
many with "a per cent. =
Among countries supplying Yugo-
slavia with merchandise Germany
ranks first, 1874 per cent Of the total.
CzechoSlovakia is second, with well
over 1874 per cent. The United States
is eighth.
(Copyright. 1888. by North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1933-06-05
SECURITIES LAW
CAUSES CONCERN
Brokerage Houses Proceed
ing CautiousIy-Tips
Are Being Barred.
special Dispateh to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 5.-The new Sc
curities act has sent shivers through
Wall Street the last few days. 1t has
caused most brokerage houses to in
struct their customers men against
giving any sort of advice. It has re-
suited in numerous bond houses telling
their statesmen to take long vacation.
starting at once. 1t has made few
houses stamp all buy and sell orders
with I'VE are executing this trade solely
at your order, which you are giving
without any advice from U.S."
The securities act, as Washington
quickly points out, is not retroactive,
but it raises whole series of nice legal
questions. You as a seller of 10 shares
of stock, which you know nothing
about, might be held by the purchaser,
according to interpretations here of
section IL, for the buyer Of this stock
might live in another State and might
turn around and sue you for damages
If the investment" is not satisfactory.
Tips Discontinued.
Thus far the securities act has put q
stop to tips from customers men, rec
concentrations from bond statesmen and
the writing of market letters contain
ing mention of specific securities. 1t
has produced boom In the legal trade,
for investment counselors, investment
trusts, trustees, estates, ETC., are all
anxious to get some real information
about what the law does and does not
prohibit.
A quick survey Of tipster sheets and
tipping services, however, reveals no
letdown in their activities. Some of
them frankly indicate that the law
will mean nothing to them. In other
words, the law so far has affected only
such elements who might normally be
termed as law abiding.
The law will not be in effect until
late in July, but it offers plenty of
ground for discussion between now and
that time. Some shining legal lights
In Wall Street even insist that mere
mention of q stock in a market dis.
patch might be interpreted as q "rec-
ommendation," and the buyer OF such
stock could sue the writer,
Could any reasonable reader Of a
financial page expect to learn anything
about the securities markets by reading
columns in which not single security
was mentioned by name? It would be
about as easy to write about base ball
game without naming the players.
Summarized Reports.
OF course, the mere mention Of this
stock or that bond as moving higher or
lower and Of the immediate surface
reason for 1t, such as an official an
nouncement Of cut in dividends, an
increase in sales, etc., constitute no rec
ommendation to buy such securities.
Often the news is unfavorable, but that
should constitute no immediate reason
for selling the security.
The financial commentator makes
every effort to present a summarized
report, giving true picture of a COR
poration'S condition, but the company
itself may have withheld important
facts. If it refuses to report such facts
to the stock exchange, it is not likely
to give them to its shareholders, much
less the public generally.
Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-06-05
SUMMER LET-D0WN
MISSING THIS YEAR
Business Activity Gains Headway
Without Single Sign Of
Usual Slackness.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 5.-Standard Sta
tistics Co., in its weekly summary Of
the general business situation says:
Business activity Is unfolding in a
highly encouraging manner, with
scarcely sign as yet Of the usual Sum-
mer let-down. Two weeks ago there
were tentative indications Of slack
ening in the steel trade, but the more
recent reports indicate another forward
surge. Electric power output continues
to gain, both In comparison with re-
turns of Immediately preceding weeks
and last years figures. The increase in
Industrial activity to date has added
substantially to the volume Of employ
ment and pay rolls"
Lumber orders booked during the week
ended May ~ slightly exceeded those re-
ported for the previous week and were
the heaviest since April. 1891. Produc-.
ton and shipments were respectively
and per cent greater than the week.
before and exceeded all weeks since
November. 1891.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
BOND PRICES UP
AFTER EARLY SAG
First DuIIness Gives Way to
Stronger Trend at
Midday.
BY JOHN A. CRONE,

Special Leased Wire to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 5.-The dullness
and irreguiarity that marked opening
dealings In bonds today gave way to
a somewhat quicker pace and more
uniform strength in domestic issues as
the session progressed.
Foreign loans, however. Jagged, with
overseas orders at minimum. as the
principal European marts today OBJ
served the Whitsuntide holiday.
United States Government bonds,
due TO the appearance of several large
blocks, were slightly more active.
The Street was rather disappointed
that the Treasury did not, as expected,
announce details Of its June is f1nanc-
ing program today.
Budget Threat Seen.
Dealers believed that Secretary
Woodin was waiting to see If the
money market would take turn that
would enable the Government to float
q long term, low interest bearing issue.
In political circles, however, it was said
that the attempt to restore veterans
cuts had thrown budget reductions out
of line and threatened once again to
unbalance the budget.
Brisk movements in speculative COM
munication securities marked afternoon
trading. There were wide gains in
some of the industrials, with the metals
higher after their heaviness in the
morning and the oils lower. Increasing
activity also was noted in wide list
of rails and utilities.
Reach New Highs.
Postal Telegraph IS were at new
highs and so were various International
Telephone issues, the strength accom-
panying uneonfirmed reports of a
merger in the communication field.
Western Union IS were up point
Chile Copper IS made a new high,
Colorado Fuel & Iron bonds hardened
on reports of Oil drilling on the COM
panys property. Pan-American Petro-
leum IS of 1910 broke points and most
of the other oil issues inclined to
heaviness Republic Iron d Steel IS
bettered. .
The recovery in German city issues
did not extend to either the states. the
Land Bank, public utility or govern
ment issues of the Reich. Argentine IS
of September, 1860, were up couple of
points.
st. Paul general As and indianapolis &,
Louisville As reached new high quota
tions in the final hour. First-grade
rails rallied late in the day under the
leadership of Mahoning Coal Railroad
IS Of 1884 and Atchison general As.
United State Governments generally
were firm near the end.
Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-06-05
Grain Market

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June Sensational crop
damage asserted to total upward Of
S10,000,000 in Kansas, Nebraska and
Oklahoma hoisted wheat prices late to-
day.
Temperatures as high as ITO were re-
ported in Kansas. and many messages
indicated the wheat crop was being
prematurely ripened. Forecasts pointed
TO no relief, and wheat harvesting now
is expected to become general much
earlier than was looked for.
Wheat closed strong, IA above Satur-
days finish; corn, 1a-A up; oats, -
20 advanced, and provisions varying
from Is cents decline to 10 cents gain.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
Appeals for Debentures.

NEW YORK, June C9.-An ap-
peal for deposit of Associated Telephone
Utilities debentures has been issued by
the Debenture Holders Protective Com
mittee, headed by Malcolm c. Rorty.
The committees statement said that
no plan of reorganization could be ef-
fected until the bankruptcy proceed
ings now pending in the United States
District Court of Delaware have been
disposed Of.