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Evening star., 1933-06-02
BAL LT|MORE MAYOR
SAVES 2,22Q,O())
Rigid Economy in City's
depending Credited With
Bringing Results.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 2.-Rigid econ
ony in city expenditures during the
first four months of 1888 has given the
administration of Baltimore hopes OF
effecting a saving of approximately
So ,220, 600 in the budget estimates Tor
the year.
Faced with the necessity Of operating
the city government on budget OF
Sc, 900, 900 less than that Of 1882, Mayor
Howard w. Jackson set himself up as
a virtual financial dictator and ordered
q strict supervision OF every cent. =,
THE chief credit goes to the mayor,
saws Herbert Fallin, budget director.
''Iie cIamped down on all expenses and
riaced a close supervision over al
maintenance operations F."
Figures Show Reduction.
The prospective saving of more than
So, 600 900 was revealed in q report OF
the city budgetary expenses for the
first four months, prepared by Fallin.
The report came out in May and was
received with such acclaim that he de-
cided to issue monthly statements.
The budget for 1888 totaled $685.
2ls.23, including fixed charges of more
than 5000, 900 for shortages, interest,
dIlu ANAAASaos A@-S go
ministration was allowed $2T,25O, STATS
for operating accounts, in which the
saving is being made.
Fallin's statement showed S8,343 ,2O7.13
had been spent between January l and
April 80, or approximately 30.61 per
cent of the years budget. In the same
period of 1892, when the budget was
$4,000 900 more, the city spent 33.o6
per cent of its allowance.
Most of the city departments main
tanned the same percentage Of expen-
ditures over the two periods, but the
commission for opening streets and the
bureau of highways cut their percentage
to nearly one-third.
Only One Increase Shown.
The only marked increase was in the
Office of the central purchasing agent,
being approximately one-third more,
but that Office is operating on only one
third of its allowance of last year.
Budget Director Fallin explained that
Mayor Jackson this year must approve
every cent spent for the city. After an
order for some supplies or work has
been approved by the proper depart
ment or bureau, 1t is then sent to the
mayor.
Another check is made by special
committee, named by Jackson, to over
see the general finances of the various
departments. On the committee are: E.
Lester Muller, president of the Board
of Estimates; r. Walter Graham, city
comptroller; Eugene H. Beer, city regis
ter; Bernard L. Crozier, city engineer,
and Fallin
This committee meets regularly"
Fallin explained, "and goes over the ex-
penseS. If one department seems to be
spending more than its allowance for
the period, the head of the department
is told he must cut down In the future"
Fallin said officials expect to finish
the year more than $2,000,000 under
the appropriation voted by the city
council for 1898.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

mGt0n.
In 1893 he received special permis-
sion, as soldier, to take a civil service
examination. He passed the examina-
tions and became part of the staff of
the Adjutant Generals once in the
Once of Publication of Records of the
Rebellion.
A year later he entered the Quarter
master Generals ONCE, in which he
remained until Wednesday On May
Is, when friends in the Mail and Rec
ord Division Of the @. NJ. G. o. learned
he was going to retire, he was presented
with a travelling bag.
Two Of Mr.. McCreight's sons were
officers in the World War, and two
others non-commIssioned officers.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

This deal consists of q
25c tube of Fitch's Shay
ing Cream, bottle of At
ter Shaving Lotion, one 4
side of which Is designed
to resharpen double -edged
safety razor blades. Be sure tc
age of this shaving deal
your face much comfort. Specii
today and Saturday only.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

republic are worse than the worst days
Of the monarchy He urged that the
government repudiate the President,
''inasmuch as the latter Is secretly abet-
ting obstructionists."
Hidalgo's statement, given out in
corridors of Congress. was described by
Minister Of the Interior Casares Qui-
roga as dangerous to the point where
the law Of public defense is applicable
Evening star., 1933-06-02
ACTRESS CROSSES SEA TO SPEND
VACATION WITH HER HUSBAND
Olga Petrova, Arriving in u S., Denies She and New
Yorker Are Planning to Separate

for the express purpose Of taking him
away on his annual vacation.
"The doctor has his work in life and
have mine, and we always plan to
be together on our vacations"
Gardening, wine, bread, onions
lots of onions-and books occupy her
time at her. home near Villa Franche
Cape Ferrat, Nine. Petrova said.
Evening star., 1933-06-02
TWO CONDEMNED MEN
ARE GRANTED REPRIEvES
Gov. Rolph Postpones Execution of
Pair Pending Sanity
Hearing.

BY tine Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Calf, June RE
prieves to Frank J. Paciga and Harry
Fuller Goold have been granted by
Gov. James Rolph. The date to which
the reprieves viii be granted win be
set later.
The Governor granted the stay in ex-
ecution to keep the two men, convicted
In Los Angeles OF the murder of william
Evening star., 1933-06-02

E. Fuller, out of the death cells In San
Quentin Prison. where they were TO be
hanged today.
Goold. a former inmate Of hospital
for the insane. Is believed by officers to
be insane at present. and the Governor
has said he probably will order him
transferred to State hospital. Buron
Fits. district attorney Of Los Angeles
County. who prosecuted the two men,
wants to be heard before final action is
taken.
Evening star., 1933-06-02
Guards the water Sunnly.

Electrical investigators have made use
Of the electric eye" to guard a water
supply instead Of relying on occasional
tests in the laboratory. A sample of
standard water is placed beside sample
of the water to be tested and the light
at once detects and indicates any
difference in the color.
Evening star., 1933-06-02
CHARGE AGAINST ZAM0RA
STIRS LEGISLATIVE HALLS
Socialist Deputy Declares President
Is Working Against Original
Revolutionary Program.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MADRID, June 2.-The charge that
President Alcala Zamora is now work
ing against the original revolutionary
program of the national revolution
caused legislative halls to buzz with
comment today.
Deputy Diego Hidalgo opposition So
cialist, made the accusation, saying that
present conditions in this two-year- -old
Evening star., 1933-06-02

uOIGuSdSt, WIlen ne
was retired from
the Quarternlaster
Generals ONCE Of
the Armyat his own
request. He took
advantage of the
So years optional
retirement provided
by an act of 1880.
Born in Winns-
boro, S. c., in 1864,
and reared n e ar
Memphis, T e n,
Mr.. McCreight en-
listed in the Army
in 1886, serving on
posts all over the
country until, in
1891, he was trans
ferred to Wash
Evening star., 1933-06-02
World Oil War Predicted.

That the British embargo on Soviet
products will cause another era of cut
throat competition in the world oil
markets is predicted by prominent oil
authority in Paris. He says that the
100000 tons of petroleum which Soviet
Russia exported to Great Britain last
year will be diverted to other markets.
This will disturb the quota agreements
reached in April.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

Pure, fresh cocoanut squares
in a delicious cool icy coat
ing =. a favorite summer
time delicacy. Take home
several pounds after the
very first piece you will say
you never tasted finer =. at
any price!
Evening star., 1933-06-02

Gives hotter, more intense flame for quicker
results Handy for heating baby's milk. camp
ing trips and for heating water for shaving.
Outfit consists of a of Sterno Heat, an Ex-
tingusher, Collapsible Stove, a Heat Intensi-
fier and Saucepan with lid.
Evening star., 1933-06-02

These water bottles and fountain {
well made of good grade of rubber
a long time. Specially priced for
Saturday only.
Evening star., 1933-06-02
Finds Giant Mushroom.

A sponge mushroom weighing !
pound. 9 ounces, was found near Mum
Gle, Ind, by Carl johnson. town mar
shal. The giant fungus could barely be
tucked into a flour sack
Evening star., 1933-06-02
Big Nugget of Platinum.

The Ural Mountains are the source
Of nearly all of the worlds platinum
supply and recently one nugget was
uncovered which weighed 10 pounds.
Evening star., 1933-06-02
COMPLETES AZ YEARS
IN FEDERAL SERVICE.
John G. McCreight Retires From
Quartermaster Generals Office
on Own Request.

Forty-Seyen years service to the Gov
ernment ended Wednesday for John G..
2617 Seventeenth street
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11
Delinquents Advertised
List Is Published by Town Govern.
ment in mpliance with Law

In compliance with the law the
town government is publishing
this week the names Of delin-
quent taxpayers. The list ap-
pears on page 4. The taxes here
set down as unpaid are for the
year 1882.
The publication will be con-
tinued for three more weeks.
When any delinquent settles his
tax bill within that period his
name will be removed from the
list.
The names are arranged in
sections. One section shows the
unpaid property taxes, another
the street assessments, another
the sewer rentals, another the
district school taxes. Hence the
name of a person or concern may
appear in the list more than
once.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11

Result Of Too Strong Solution APP
piled by Beauty Expert

On the street and in the stores
yesterday friends of Mrs. T. J,
Wilson, Jr., were congratulating
her upon her blue hair. AL
ways mindful of harmony she
wore a blue voile dress to match.
She had gone over to beauty
parlor in Durham the day be-
fore for a hair washing and wav-
ing. Her white hair had seem
ed to be taking on creamy
tinge. and she remarked upon
this to the hair dresser.
81 don't want it to get
cream-colored," she said.
"Well, the way to fix that"
replied the hair dresser, 'is to
put some blueing in the water" "
The blueing was put in. II
was so strong that it did more
than offset the creaminess OF
which Mrs. Wilson had com.
plained. It left her with a head
of hair becomingly blue.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11
Miss Flynn to Leave

Miss Minnie Sue Flynn, teach
er of physical education in the
Chapel Hill school, has resigned
her position here to accept an
offer from the Hendersonville
school. Whether or not Miss
Flynn would be retained here de-
pended upon the outcome of the
special tax election, scheduled
for October IL. Because of the
uncertainty, she felt obliged to
take the opportunity offered her
in HendersOnville.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11
COUNTY TAXES TO
BE 18 PER CENT
DOWN FROM 1892
Is % Cut in Assessments More
Than COunterbaiances Ad-
vance Of 7 Cts. in Rate
DECLINE IN SCHOOL LEVY

At their meeting this week
the Orange county commission
ers fixed the 1888 tax rate (for
all expenses, including schools)
at 81 cents on the 500 of as
sessed valuation. Last year it
was 80 cents.
On the face, therefore. the
rate has been Increased by 7
cents. But actually, because of
the horizontal reduction of 25
per cent in assessments, it has
been reduced.
By way of illustration: The
owner of property assessed at
S., 900 last year paid the coun-
ty $40 in taxes. This year the
same property is assessed at
$3.50. If the owners tax bill
remained the same, $40, he
would have to pay a rate of
$1.O6 2-3 on $3.50.
The owner of property assess
ed last year at $4,000 and this
year at $3.50 will have a county
tax bill Of $32.63 for 1888 as
compared with $40 in 1882, a
reduction of 1874 per cent.
The county budgets of 1888
and 1884 compare as follows:
General county fund: last
year, $33,174; this year, $32, ,2o9.
Salary fund: last year, SIG, ZIG;
this year, $14,246; Debt service:
last year, $44, ,285; this year,
$43,377. Total for county (not
including schools): last year,
$93,735; this year, $S9,832.
The decrease in the tax levy,
for 1888 as compared with 1882.
is due chiefly to assumption by
(Co~ttnusd on last pass)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11
Carolina Day at Fair
X och to Make Address; Photographs
Weavings, Pottery, on Exhibit

Thursday, September Z, will
be North Carolina Day at the
Chicago Fair.
Frederick H. Koch has been
invited to make the principal
address at the celebration. TIVE
plays produced here by the Car
olina Playmakers will be pre-
sented: "Magnolia's Man." by
Gertrude Coffin, and Lighted
Candies" by Margaret Bland
In response to a request from
the magazine, Time, Mr.. Koch
has sent the Carolina Playbooh
for display at the Fair.
One of the North Carolina ex.
hibits is a log cabin containing
specimens of weavings and pot
tery made at Penland under the
direction of Miss Lucy Morgan
Miss Morgan had the cabin car
ried to Chicago on trucks.
A collection of Mrs. Bayarc
Wootten's camera studies OF
North Carolina characters ano
scenes will be shown.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11

November Z; Pennsylvania,
November 7; North Carolina,
November Z; South Carolina,
November Z; Utah, November
7. In these states, the conven-
tions will occur not long after
the popular vote is taken. No
convention is scheduled later
than December 6.
Votes have been authorized,
but dates have not been set in
Montana and Oklahoma.
A special session Of the legis-
lature Of Virginia has been
called for August II for the pur-
pose Of submitting repeal to the
people. In Colorado a bill for a
vote September IL has been
passed by both houses of the
legislature, and the Governor is
expected to sign it.
The number Of states in which
there seems to be no chance Of
action before the end Of 1888
has been reduced to 7. ).
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11

The calendar of repeal indi-
Gates that the 18th Amendment
will be out Of the Constitution
before Christmas. It becomes
void when the state department
has received formal notification
of ratification of repeal from
the seth state.
Twenty-one states have voted
thus far, and all have declared
for repeal. The latest is Ari-
zona, which voted 8 to for re-
peal Tuesday. Fifteen more
have set election dates for this
year.
The states in which dates have
been set for votes are:
Missouri, August 19; Texas,
August 20; Washington, Aug
ust 29: Vermont, September s;
Maine, September IL; Mary
land, September IL; Minnesota,
September IL; New Mexico, Sep
tember 10; Idaho, September
.19; Florida, October 10; Ohio,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11
University Has No Intention Of Dis
missing Employees

Starting in Durham, rumor
has been circulating in Chapel
Hill that the University is going
to dismiss its janitors and other
Negro employees. The officers
of the University Janitors' AS
ISOLATION send this letter to the
editor:
1--WE are sure you will be glad
to correct this rumor. We want
to say that no janitors are
being or will be discharged.
This has been the policy OF
President Graham and Business
Manager Woollen during the de-
preston. We have the assur-
ance of these responsible officials
that mo janitors have been or
will be discharged
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11

not stop. Pursued by motorists
who had witnessed the crash
for more than three miles, he
was taken to the Chapel Hill Jail,
The next day he was removed to
the Jail in Hillsboro, where he is
held under charges of man
slaughter, reckless driving, and
driving while intoxicated.
A double funeral for the two
victims of the accident was con-
Quoted by Rev. L. H. Hackney
yesterday afternoon in the
Rock Hill Baptist church.
The Strayhorns have been
we'll known in and around the
village for a long time. William
was held in high regard for his
|capability as a mason and fol-
his good habits and honesty,
Tony Strayhorn, his father, IL
one Of the respected patriarchs
of the Chapel Hill -Carrboro COM
munity.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11
M'MULLEN GIVES
RULING ON TAXN
REPLY TO WADAM
Customer Should Pay Levy Not
on Each Separate Purchase
in 5-and-1O-Cent Stores
BUT ON TOTAL PURCHASES

RAYMOND Adams of the Uni
versity faculty has brought into
public discussion an important
question relating to North Caro-
lina's new sales tax. He asks if
it is allowable under the law for
a five-and-ten-cent store to add
l cent as tax to each of sever
al 10-cent purchases all made in
the course of one visit to the
store.
The answer of the state de-
partment of revenue is: No.
Mr.. Adams sent to the Dur
ham HerdId, and the Herald
published day before yesterday,
his correspondence with the de-
partment. This is the letter he
sent to Commissioner Maxwell
'In your busy season just now
/ hope you will find time to an
swer an inquiry about the
phrase, one trading period,
in the new rule about the retail
sales tax. ask it because l think
there is a principle involved that
should be ruled on, and not
simply because l am personally
liable to a tax in excess of the
usual 3 per cent.
II sometimes buy as many as
ten ten-cent articles in a single
trip to a five-and-ten-cent store.
AT present | am taxed one cent
on each ten cent purchase if
each purchase is made at diff
ferent counter. That is 10
per cent tax, though l am buy
ing the entire dollars worth at
one store at what seems to me
to be one period of buying.
"Can | be taxed separately in
each department Of store dur
ing one visit to the store, or
should the tax be 3 per cent of
my total purchaser
Harry McMullen, director OF
the sales tax division, to whom
(ContimMsd on nsSt pGSs)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11
Chapel Hill Chaf

There are certain numbers
which people, for no very good
reason. have come to regard as
having a special importance. For
example, 50 and 100. If a man
reaches the age of SO, the fact
is of no interest except in rel
ative small circle of friends and
neighbors; but if he reaches 100
he is not only written up and
pictured in the hometown pa
pers but is more than apt to get
into Associated Press despatch
es; and reporters come to inter-
view him on what he thinks OF
whiskey, tobacco, the one-piece
bathing suits, and the morals of
modern youth. Likewise, 50th
birthday is considered of more
significance than 49th or a
|51st. Friends felicitate you, or
condole with you, with a much
greater show of feeling when
you turn SO than either a year
earlier or a year later.
One day this week | arrived
at what is frequently called
disagreeably, to my mind-the
half-century mark. Taking
stock of myself, l make the fol-
lowing observations: | have lost
a large part of my hair, so that
the suns rays dance upon my
Uranium as upon FURNISHED
glass. Many of my most USE
full teeth are gone. have an
extra chin. My eyesight is
CONTINUED on last pags)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11
HI. III. Williams Is
Professor of Philosophy Has Birth
day Next Wednesday

Henry Horace Williams, pro-
fessor of philosophy in the Uni
versity, will be Is years old
next Wednesday. August 16.
Mr.. Williams has a vigor not
ordinarily associated with the
age of Is. He rides a horse with
the same enjoyment, and with
the same erect posture, as forty
years ago. He gets up early in
the morning, prepares his own
breakfast, and often does odd
jobs about the house and yard.
Usually, when he goes uptown,
he prefers to leave his car at
home and travel afoot. He re-
tains his lively interest in talk,
ing. upon all manner Of topics
with whomever he happens to
meet on the street or in the
stores-fellow faculty members,
students. merchants, visiting al
umni, whoever comes along.
He is as alert and as keenly in
terested in discussing the Ma
tional Recovery Act in 1888 as he
was in discussing the currency
question in the Mckinley Bryan
campaign of 1896.
Mr.. Williams was born in Sun
bury, down in the northeastern
part of the state, in 1858. He
took both his B.A. and AM. de-
grees here in 1883, and later he
studied at Yale and Harvard. He
joined the University Of North
Carolina faculty in 1890.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11

Five Negroes-William Stray
horn and his wife Marjorie; his
daughter, Algia Mccoy; and his
son-in-law and daughter, Al
bert and Laura Reeves-Were
coming home Sunday afternoon
from church services in Burling-
ton. Reeves was driving. About
10 miles from here. on route 81.
they saw a car coming toward
them. It was pursuing zigzag
course, swaying from one side 0f
the road to the other. Reeves,
fearing a collision, pulled far
over to the right.
The driver Of the other car
was Ernest Glaston, 25-year-old
white man, Of Saxapahaw.
He crashed into the Negroes
car and overturned it. Algia
Mccoy was instantly killed.
William Strayhorn received in
iuries from which he died later
in a Durham hospital.
Glaston, after the collision, did
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11
The Governments Home Loan Plan

it is clear that the main activity
of the corporation will be car
ried out under the 80 per cent
plan, the plan under which the
mortgage holder exchanges his
mortgage for bonds of the cor
poration.
There is much questioning as
to the practicability of the Home
Loan law. The measure is COM
ing in for some severe criticism
from both radical and conserva-
tive quarters. A writer in the
left-wing Nation declares it a
deliberate fraud" and the
right-wing New York Herald
Tribune says: "The inexplicable
home loan program, while osten-
sibly devised for the benefit OF
the home owner, really is of pri-
mary aid to the mortgage hold
er. 1t is for the latter to decide
whether he will turn over his
mortgage to the Government in
return for the latter's safer, but
lower yielding, obligation. This
puts him in fine strategic po-
sition. If the property is worth
more than his mortgage, he can
foreclose; if there is no chance
of getting his money out of the
property he can swap his mort
gage for a Government bond"
1t is observed that the criti-
cisms expressed in these two
periodicals rest upon different
grounds. The Herald Tribune
appears to assume the safety Of
the corporations bends; one OF
the Nations chief complaints is
that these bonds are not safe,
since only the interest, not the
principal, is guaranteed by the
Government.
The consent of the mortgage
holder is obviously an essential
! to the exchange Of bonds for 9
mortgage. Suppose the holder
does not consent?
A large proportion of home
mortgages, estimated at 80 per
cent of the total, are held by Fl.
nancial institutions Insurance
companies, savings banks, build
ing and loan associations, and
(ContinMed on last pdos)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11

The purpose Of the new Home
Loan law, enacted at the recent
session of Congress, is to aid
home owners who are in danger
of losing their property through
foreclosure. The lending agency
set up under this law is the
Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton. The capital stock, not to
exceed S2OO,00O,0O0, is subscrib-
ed by the United States Govern
ment. The corporation is au-
thorized to issue $2,OOO.OOO, 900
of a per cent bonds, which are
guaranteed as to interest but not
as to principal, by the Govern
ment.
The plan is for the corpora
ton to take over home mort
cages upon which foreclosure is
threatened; mortgage holders
receive, in return for the surren-
der of the mortgages, bonds of
the corporation up to a maxi
mum of 80 per cent Of the ap-
praised value of the property:
In cases where the debt does
not amount to more than 40 per
cent of the appraised value, the
corporation will advance cash,
instead of Offering it's bonds in
exchange, for the liquidation of
the debt. =
Thus the home owner, re-
lieved of his debt to an individ-
ual or to a loan company, be-
comes a debtor to the Govern
ment. He pays interests of not
more than 5 per cent for the 80
per cent mortgages and not more
than 6 per cent for the 40 per
cent mortgages. The principal
is to be paid off in Is years.
William F. Stevenson, chair
man of the board Of directors OF
the Home Owners Loan Corpor.
alton, says, in a statement ex-
planning the law: "No large vol
ume of mortgages can be liqui-
dated under the 40 per cent plan,
because most homes are mort
gagged for more than 40 per cent
and also because sufficient funds
are not available to take over
any large percentage Of home
mortgages in the country" Thus
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-08-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips Russell,
out for a drive in their Ford on
the mountain above Lake Toxa-
way one day last week, were in
collision with a car driven by a
nOuntaineer. They got a crump-
led fender and a damaged radi-
ator. Since the mountaineer
had no insurance and no money,
they were not indemnified. The
Russells will be back in Chapel
Hill early in September.