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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
National Body
Backs Increase.
For Employees
automobile C. of C. Indorses Cuts
In Hours and Raises.
100000 FORD MEN AIDED
Average Hour Rate OF Workers
This Month Better Than In
1929.

Wage increases granted and
proposed for the nations automo-
bile workers will cost manufac-
turers in excess of three quarter
million dollars weekly, leaders in
the industry estimated.
Approximately 100000 wage
will be affected by the &C
ton taken by the Ford Motor
company and the proposed plan of
the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce.
The Ford order which went into
Tuesday restoring a IS min
imum for its workers throughout
the United States will add appro-
ximaeely 100000 to the COM
pany's weekly payroll. 4,
Directors Of the N. A. c.. C. in
dorsed a 36-hour week, a reduc-
ton of four hours each week, and
compromising pay increases to ap-
proximately 1873 workmen.
While the. individual workers
pay envelope in member plants of
the N. A. C. c. will not be in
creased from the present 4o-hour
basis, the manufacturer will be
paying them the same amount for
So hours, it was explained. As
many plants are working in excess
of 40 hours on an emergency basis,
the workmen will benefit thereby.
The average pay for workers in
these plants is 71.S cents per hour
which would increase the manu-
facturers' cost 2.S7 the workman,
the week, or a total to the member
plants of more than 100000.
1.-THE average hourly earned rate
of workers this month in the mem
Der plants" N. A. c. c.. executives
pointed out, twill equal OF. exceed
the average rate in 1929. The
members of the National Automo-
tive Chamber of Commerce have
substantially restored the level of
employment and wage rates Of the
year 1929, although production for
the year is not expected to be more
than 50 per cent Of that of 1929"
The action of the motor manu-
facturers came as the national la
Dor board. in Washington met to
hear grievances of union labor on
wages, hours and working condi-
lions in the plants which last week
threatened a strike. A sizeable
walkout at this time might tie up
the entire industry now in the
midst of new a model produc-
ton.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
BUSINESS TREND CON-
TINUES UPWARD

Manufacture and distribution of
merchandise in the past week be-
gan TO reach proportions reminis-
cent of the minor boom in several
lines last July. Preparations for
the Easter shopping season went
forward feverishly, with many
wholesalers hard pressed to make
deliveries, and merchants in several
localities planning for the best
volume in four years.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
BREVARD MEN ENTER
PRISON

Thomas H. Shipman, ]. H. Pick
elsimer, c. R. McNeely, and Ralph
Fisher were placed in the state
prison at Raleigh Sunday. They
were convicted in 1881 under
charges of violating banking rules
and given sentnces of two years.
After appeals and r%etrials the men
must serve their sentences, although
they protest their innocence of any
crime.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
WELCOMES PROBE

MELLON PROBE
Attorney General Cummings
has authorized a grand jury inves-
tigation of Andrew w. Mellon
income tax affairs. The former
secretary Of the treasury brands
the move as politics of the cruel
est Sort, and says he welcomes the
chance to clear the matter before
a local court. Cummings says
there are many indictments rest
ing against big and little men of
affairs and MI. Mellon comes un-
der the hammer like any other in
dividual.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
HEAVY r SNOW
SATURDAY

Snow began falling early Satur-
day morning, which seemed to
center. in the Raleigh-Rocky
Mount area of the state. At Raj
eigh, the depth gained was five
inches or more, while the larger
part that fell over a period of II
or IA hours dissolved. Tourists
driving East found it hard to keep
vision clear.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
ITALY BREAKS WITH


Growing impatient over the
turbulent and unsettled conditions
in which war-like preparations ano
unrest have reached a menancing
stage, Mussolini is declared to be
at a breaking point with the other
powers and will seek alignment
with Hungary and Autria to form
a three-power pact in order to
preserve Austria's independence
from Nazi Grmany's efforts to
force her into a combine witLs the
Reich. The situation is intense in
its menace to peace in Genital Eu-
rope.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
.OMEN'S PLACE

M PLACE
Myrtle: II think the govern
ment is terribly mean. They say
they want people to manage the
Conservation camps who can best
handle men,"
Evelyn: eyes, that sounds Q.
to me-"
Myrtle: "Then why don't they
let us women enlist:"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

The government, it is said, has
been high handed, but it will need
to be low footed also to get rid Of
some of the grafters.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

BIRMINGHAM HAS DESTRUC-
TIVE FIRE
A fire loss of three million dol
lars and injury to SO firemen was
reported from Birmingham, Ala,
in the heart of the downtown bust
ness district. Every piece of
fighting equipment was Brought in
to play, it is stated.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL
Mrs. Jones (spitefully): "Shc's
of the bungalow type. No upper
story."
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

MISUNDERSTANDING up the
iesuies OF President Roosevelt's
f'rse year in office, the gen
feeling here is that it has bT
ABOUT an even break between tt
haminlstration and the Depression
II the Government hasn't sue
eeeded in licking Hard Times,
neither has that Big Bad Wolf got
n Administration licked. And
that these observers point out, is
all to the good, because the under
lying causes of the depression, at
home and abroad have pretty
nearly caused to function, while
the Government still has plenty of
weapons left in its arsenal. There
are a lot more experiments that
can be tried.
One of the most important of
these, IN the view of many, is that
of giving the President power to
alter the tariff schedules at will.
This appeals not only to those who
favor tariff reduction but to those
who believe that it is a sign that
the Administration has come a.
round definitely to the realization
that the Depression is not a local
affair but worldwide, and that it
has its roots in international con-
ditions.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
TO SHORTER
HOURS

q
An MIRA survey was reported
to show a commanding congress
sional sentiment in favor of short
er hours in industry. The survey
led to speculation that the admins
tration would seek definite legis-
lation to carry out its program for
a reduction in hours for a ten
per cent reduction in hours with
unreduced pay. if industrial resist
ance should become too great.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

HOPEFUL
The sad-looking man stopped at
the lunch-counter and said: Five
ham sandwiches, please"
will you eat them here or take
them away?"
II hope to do BOTH" was the re.
ply.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
IN POPULATION

Gain in population of the Unit
ed States in 1893 over that of 1882
is estimated at 10000 by the
Scripps foundation for research
in population problems. The pop
ulation on January l, 1884, totaled
126,144,ooo. the report estimated.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

NO HOLDING BACK
He: Experience is our great
est teacher, isn't it,"
She: '"Yes, there's no holding
back her salary either"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

PARTNER NEEDED
MAY I have this dance?"
"Certainly-if you can find
partner"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

A DESPERATE PLIGHT
Wedding Guest: "This is your
fourth daughter to get married,
isn't it,"
Scotchman: GAY, and our con-
fetti's gettin' awful gritty"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
Ear Cotton Bill Vote
PAYR0lLS INCREASE
GOOD
MORNING

KEEP IT DARK
Chief: I'VE must dismiss that
traveller. He has been telling all
our clients that I am an asst"
Partner: "I'll speak to him and
tell him not to discuss business
secrets"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

THE TREATMENT NEEDED
A woman who had been to a
party in one of those new back
less" gowns thought she was catch
ing cold and stopped in at her doc
tors to get his advice. 1.-THE bess
advice I can give YOU, he said,
bluntly, "is to go home and dress
yourself and go to bed"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

the Administration has come a.
round definitely to the realization
that the Depression is not a local
affair but worldwide, and that it
has its roots in international con-
ditions.
There has been a good deal of
uneasiness over what seemed like
moves toward a policy of narrow
nationalism in the United States,
just at a time when several Of the
other nations of the world were
beginning to abandon their nation
alistic policies. Some of the most
vocal of the Presidents advisers
have been outspoken in their ,advo-
cacy of building a wall around the
United States and proceeding to
try to straighten our affairs out as
if there were no other people in the
world but us.
1t is regarded here as a victory
for the sane and well-considered
analysis of u situation by Henry
wallace, Secretary Of Agriculture,
whose reputation for having the
dearest, most logical and best in
formed mind in the whole Admin
istration group is growing. In his
widely-circuhted article, "America
Must Choose" Mr.. Wallace pointed
out that Nationalism, pursued to its
logical conclusion, could lead only
to either Fascism or Communism.
He did not think America was
ready for either. Internationalism,
he agreed, has its dangers, as ha.
any other policy.
If America were to continue ir
its international relations on the
principle that other nations must
buy our goods but we would not
buy any of theirs then we woulc
be laying up plenty trouble fo1
ourselves and destroying all the
foreign markets, on which so much
of our income from natural pro.
ducts, farm products and factor;
products depends.
Wallace's conclusion is that the
Nation should follow a middle
of-the-road policy neither wholly
Nationalistic nor wholly Interna'
t;cualistic. And that, his admir-
ers say, is what Mi. Roosevelt ha
in mind in asking Congress fo'
authority to elevate OF reduce tar
iff schedules by Executive orde'
without having to submit then
TO revision by Congress nor wal
upon the slow STUDIES" by tn
Tariff Board necessary under tn
existing law.
Mr.. R~oosevelt's friends call thi
the greatest display of courage h
has given yet. For there is nj
political topic which carries SC
much dynamite in itself as tn
tariff. More than one Admins
tration has been wrecked on tn
tariff rocks. One promising can
d;date for the Presidency, Genera
winfield Scott Hancock, who raj
m the Democratic ticket agains
General Garfield in 1880, probabl,
would have been elected had h
not incurred the hostility Of East
ern manufacturers by his perfectl
truthful but politically tactics
s+atment that "the tariff is a loca
# IS Just because the tariff is
local issue that it is so dangerous
r. can stir up more sectional ami
,,osity than anything else in poll
.;cs There is nothing for whic]
he average Congressman will figh
co bitterly as for tariff protection
for the industries Of his home dis
.r;ct. for not only votes but cam
zion funds depend upon his recor
r that respect more than in All
particular.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
NEWS
BRIEFS
IN Chalk

Robert M. Waes, 4s-year-old
kidnaper and killer, faced the zero
hour of his life Monday morning
at s o'clock, when he was led to
the death chair in Columbia, S.
c., prison. He kidnapped and kill
ed H. HI. Harris, Jr., last Deem
Der.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
THE Jest

"You're laughing at your hand
kerchief."
"Yeh. It's an old gag of NINE
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
6!'.!AAIN
6';':STREET


Was there ever a boy, tin can hat
on his head,
Who never has seen floating round
his bed,
Visions of Firemen, fearless and
bold,
Who, Drawing danger, fire and cold,
Fight the inferno's raging flame;
To reign supreme in their hall Of
fame.
Now dreams have their place
In the juvenile heart,
But in the adult driver,
They're a thing apart.
So TAKE HEED all Scofflaws,
Minute-men and Racers;
The LAW deals severely
With Fire Truck Chasers.
+ - +
Estimates were rampant, on the
street today, as to the amount of
filling material necessary to fill the
old we'll in the center of the Square.
Interest was keen, and onlookers
numerous as the excavators uncov-
cred the opening only to find it
already filled up to the brim'
Funny, the tricks our memory
plays us.
i ~ +
Traffic Misfits, whom we
could do without, -. The driver
who picks out Saturday evening.
with its congested traffic condi-
tons, to ease his car up and down
the street at a pace of about two
miles an hour, with utterly no re-
gard for the long line of cars behind
him, whose occupants may possibly
have some business to transact in a
hurry.
- +
Moral for today, "A telephone
pole never hits a car except in
self defence.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16
NOT INTERESTED

NOT INTERESTED
'Sambo, I'll give you ten dollars
to have your picture made in the
cage with that lion."
mo, sub, boss, not me-"
"He won't hurt you; he hasn't
any teeth"
"Mebbe so, but All amt amin
to be gummed to DEATH"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

WIDE OPEN SPACES
She (reading sign): 20 look!
1t says, Entire Balcony 25c.'"
He: "Well. what of it,"
She: Let's get it so we can be
all alone"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

for my wife"
"What are you asking for her?'
o THAN ONE SYLLABLE
First Student: "She uses words
I don't understand"
Second Student: "Polysyllabic.'
First Student: "Yeah, and some
longer than that"
A PLEA FOR FAIR PLAY
Rastus: "Say, niggah, amt 20
play honest? Them amt the cards
ah dealt you."
|BAKESHOP QUALIFICATIONS
Jack: "My idea of a good wife
is a woman who can make goo
bread"
Jill: "My idea OF a good husband
is a man who can raise enough
dough in the hour of knead."
:l:r
1.-THE YELLOW PERIL
Chinese Patient: Doctor, VIVA
time you fixes teeth for me?"
Doctor: "Two-thlrty; all right?'
Patient: eyes, tooth hurry me
all light, but wha' time yor
fxee?"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

ON THE BLOCK
II came in here to get something
for my wife"
What are you asking for here"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-03-16

Moral for today, "A telephone
pole never hits a car except in
self defence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-04
GERMAN ORIGIN
 OF GREEK ARTS
 RESEARCH GOAL
By A. J. BOUMAN

BERLIN, April 4.-Learned Ger man professors, wing with each other to find scientific basis for the nazi idea that civilization had it's roots in nordic soil, are tracing ancient cultures to Germanic or igins.
 me-honored theories are being thrown overheard. The old belief that mankind spread outward from Asia has been discarded by many of them as a fable.
 Instead, Prof Carl Schuchhardt noted Berlin archaeologist, claims it was the Germanic migrations from northern Europe that found- ed the Mycenaean culture in an- cient Greece as far back as 2.00O B. c.
 In the scientific periodical For schungen und Fortschritte CRe- search and Progress) Professor Schuchhardt used a wealth of de- tail to support his theory.
 He declared that the old Acha- ians built square houses similar tc those of the northern Germans
 Continued on Page Two)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-04
SCIENCE PUTS
 UP FIGHT FOR
 THREE KIDDIES
Boy Is Slowly Turning to Stone Two Girls
 Have Leucemia

NEW YORK, April 4.-Science is fighting against tremendous odds to save the lives of three children while they amused them selves unaware of their plight.
 Seven-year-ol Benny Hendrick, of Wilkes Barre, Pa, is slowly turning to stone" as calcium de- posits in his system harden the muscles in his legs and arms and are becoming stiff
 Willie Mae Miller, of Memphis, Tenn, can play for several hours before drowsiness forces her to bed, and Roma Garrett, of Peeks- hill, plays only ten minutes then goes to bed exhausted. Both are aged six years. They are suffer- ing from leucemia in which white corpuscles slowly crowd out the red from the bloodstream. They grow more listless daily.
 Doctors still have hopes of checking the diseases.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-04
NOTED CRIMINAL IS ARRESTED IN
 SURPR|SE RAID
Eugene Green, Pal of Des perado Dillinger, Is
 Caught with Woman

ST. PAUL, Minn., April An a swift descent on hideout, of ficers wounded and captured Eu- gene Green, veteran midwestern criminal and John Dillinger's pal, also woman who said resembles Evelyn Frechetti, Dillinger's girl friend.
 Gi1en admitted he was one of three men who shot their way out of police trap last Saturday.
 Dillinger is understood to be one of the trio
 Green was critically wounded by officers. He said the machine gun left in the auto abandoned by the trio last Saturday did not belong to him.
 Green was caught last night when he drove up to his hideout, which is owned by negress, to secure another machine gun, am munition and an automatic gun.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-04
SEARCH FOR TWO MEN SUSPECTED OF KILLING SIX
Tips Are Given Authorities Concerning Murders
 Near Bremerton

SEATTLE, April 4.-Authonties of two counties are studying the report that three men, two with bandaged heads, were seen travel ing rapidly through Bremerton last Friday near the time of the mass murders at Erlands Point.
 Mrs. Gladys Schrieder, wife of a Bremerton navy yard worker said she saw trio race past her home in a small green sedan.
 At the same time the investigat- ors are searching for two men, whose identity they said is known, for questioning about the killings of six persons at the Frank Flieder home last Thursday night. Brem- erton officials gave the names to the Seattle police.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-04
Proposed '. s. Ship Subsidy
 Resembles ItaIian "BOunties''
By CARL c. CRANMER

WASHINGTON, April 4. The direct subsidy system recommend ed to Congress by the Department of Commerce for the American Merchant Marine, if enacted, would most nearly conform to the Ital- ian plan of government aid to shipping and ship building.
 Italy has a plan, formulated in 1926, which includes contract ser vice. subsidies similar to but more inclusive than the United States mail contracts, construction boun- ties to encourage the building of new ships, and tariff bounties.
 Lately she has added a small bounty for tramp" or cargo ves- sels paid on a voyage basis.
 Two Italian Categories
 A feature of the Italian system is the division of her subsidized lines into indispensable" and use- ful" categories.
 The former are almost entirely confined to the Mediterranean and in effect constitute a local system of communication and transporta- tion between Italian islands, col onies and southern European wa ters. These lines receive the bulk of Italian subsidy.
 The useful" lines run to for eign ports and engage in foreign trade.
 Construction bounties are so ar ranged as to encourage building of larger and more efficient ships.
 Proposed U. S. Subsidies
 The recommended American sys- tenn would provide three kinds of subsidies-operating, trade pene- tration and construction.
 The first would recognize the difference in the cost of opera tions of American ships and their foreign competitors by reason of higher wages, etc, and would ap- ply mostly to lines equipped to
 Continued on Page Six.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-04
TREASURY ISSUE OvERSUBSCRIBED BY S750,000,
Refunding Operations to Save Per Cent Inter-
 est on Liberty Bonds

WASHINGTON, April A $2,- 000,000,000 supply of ready cash was indicated today as the answer to the Treasury's decision to con- fine the April financing strictly to refunding operations for s1,250, ,000,- 900 in maturing bond notes.
 Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr., today offered publicly a 10 to 12 year issue of 3A per cent Treasury bonds for $1 0O0, 100000 in A per cent Liberty bonds maturing April l5, and S244,0OO0OO in Treasury notes maturing April 2.
 He sought no extra cash and limited the subscriptions entirely to an exchange basis, thereby in- dicating that there are sufficient funds on hand for the next three months expenses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-04
STOCK PRICES AIDED TODAY,
 WHEAT RALLY

NEW YORK, April A general good sentiment, materially aided by a rally in wheat, which was up one cent, helped today's mar ket. Corn improved and rubber and cotton were up. Silver eased. Coca Cola was up more than two points.
 Various issues advanced moder- |ately.
 Rails moved slightly ahead
 Dupont and American Can were up one point.
 Kennecott and Anaconda were stronger.
 United States Smelling was off two points.
 American Smelling Jagged with Depasco.
 American Telephone and Tele- graph, United States Steel, Gen eral Motors, Chrysler, moved mar rowly.
 Most of the oils steadied.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-04
British Industry Gains
 as Workers Find Jobs

LONDON, April A decrease of 7l,159 compared with January and of 538, ,729 compared with Feb. ruary of last year is marked in the British unemployment figures for February, 1884
 The official count shows that the number registered with employ ment exchanges in Great Britain as wholly unemployed was 1881 .532.
 Industries showing the greatest improvement were building and public works, contracting, tailoring boot and shoe manufacture and pottery plants.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-04
SEN. COPELAND SHOWS FIGHT
 IN CANDIDACY
Peeved at Action of Chair. man Farley and Takes
 Definite Stand

WASHINGTON, April 4-Arous- ed by reports that Chairman James A. Farley, of the Democratic Ma tional Committee, would like to see someone else in his seat in Con- gress, Senator Senator Dr. Royal $. Copeland has challenged Far ley's ability to bring about his removal.
 Senator Copeland declared his candidacy for reelection today and indicated hez would run as an independent if the State Conven- tion failed to nominate him next fall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-04
PRESIDENT IS UNLUCKY; NOT
 GETTING FISH
Roosevelt Feeling Swell. However, Dressed in
 His Old Clothes

MIAMI, Florida, April 4.-Care- free and feeling swell, President Franklin D. Roosevelt entered an extended vacation cruise with the determination to have better luck at fishing.
 Elliott Roosevelt, second son of the President returned here from a flying trip to the Presidential yacht and reported as follows:
 Dad is feeling swell, but he is an unlucky fisherman. I found father dressed in his usual white hat and shirt, supposed to be white, and the dirtiest pair of trousers you ever saw"
 Three barracudas were caught yesterday but the President did not get bite.
 The Presidential party is fishing off Elbow Key Light.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-04
NO STRIKE OF
 | PACIFIC COAST | LONCSHOREMEN
Peaceful Settlement Made Between Workers
 andEmployers

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 4. "A peaceful settlement of the threatened strike of Pacific Coast Longshoremen is announce by Henry Grady, Chairman of Presi- dent Roosevelt's Mediation Board. Grady said that under the agree ment reached by the dock workers
 and shipping companies, the en- ployers will recognize the Interna- tional Longshoremen' Association and contract to enter into col lective bargaining with it while the union withdraws it's demands or a closed shop.