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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11
Excessive Heat In
The Middle West
Threatens Crops

De- Moines, IA day of sizz-
ling sun over the midd1e-west
heightened over crop
prospects.
In Chicago the heat set a record
for the date at 92.1 in unofficial
readings. Thousands sought COM
fort in the parks and 500 swimmers
enjoyed dips at Oak street beach
Over the cornbelt states of 1lli-
nois, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota
Missouri and Kansas, the ~unrelent-
ing warmth assumed aspects of 9
serious menace to crop yields. Elk
perts said that unless the unwontec
May drought ended soon, shor'
crops might be expected.
But forecasts offered no imme.
date indication of the greatly de.
sired general rainfall over the are:
At Omaha, Neb.. weather forecast
|ers said no rain had fallen within
800 miles of hat city during thu
day. 1t was a steaming sc there
and clear.
A hot south wind added to TIN
drouth peril in parts of Nebrask;
and sent the temperature to an un
lofficial maximum for the season o:
|95 at Lincoln.
No rain came to Kansas, Mis-
ouri, Wisconsin or Minnesota ane
the temperature in these state
ranged from the high sos to 81
degrees.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11
Admiral Byrd
Keeps Cool In
Isolated Home

Little America, Antarctia-Ad-
miral Richard E. Byrd, isolated l24
miles south of here, keeps in touch
with his base and the world bv
working a wireless key with fingers
numbed by cold.
The temperature in the shack
which is his home and workshop
remains at about 20 degrees above
zero, he reported, while outside
temperatures range from 40 to 81
degrees below.
Admiral Byrd might be more
comfortable if he used more fuel.
but he is conserving every resource,
he reported.
Il am enjoying myself" he
stated. Besides, the m~eteorologi-
cal observations keep me busy"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11
Mooney Appeals
To u. S. Court

San Francisco-A petition for a
writ of habeas corpus seeking the
release of Thomas Mooney, known
as Americas most famous prison.
err" from San Quentin Prison was
filed in Federal District Court.
Attorney George Davis an.
nounced that he was carrying hi'
to the federal courts in, the
belief that Mooney, serving a life
sentence for the fatal Preparedness.
Day bombing outrage here in 1916
cannot get justice in the state
courts.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11
State Wide Wage
Scale For FERA
Jobs Goes Out

Raleigh-The statewide uniform
wage scale for men employed on
FERA work relief projects has been
done away with, Mrs. Thomas o.
Berry, state relief administrators.
SAID. Prevailing scales inl the va
Iricrs communities will be paid.
The statewide scale was 81
cents an hour for unskilled labol
and ranged up to Is cents an hou'
for skilled labor. That compared
with the old eva wage scale wa
As m to $1.1O an hour.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11

Bones of prehistoric peoples are
being discovered, but you ar see
the bones of many living ones
Through their evening dresses.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11

They may talk about more trade
with Russia, but it's hard to be-
many razors can be sold there.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11

There is much complaint about
propaganda, and not merely does
some of it fail to be proper, but
of it seems of grander origin.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11

Another thing needed now is for
a lot of people to close their mouths
and open their ears.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11

Some people who are driving au-
tomobiles, should experiment for a
long period with a wheelbarrow.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11

LIST neighbor-"How did that
naughty boy of yours get hurt?"
End ditto-"That good little boy
of yours hit him with a brick"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11

We are getting a good many
workless days in these times, but
no taxless ones.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11

Formerly dancing was controlled
by the chaperons, but now it seems
to need the police.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-05-11

Nations go to war for a place in
the sun, but what they get is in the
heap.
The Washington times., 1934-06-08

In til" At ASH
J..
The Washington times., 1934-06-08
Americans Proud y. S. Did Not
Grab German Colonies
Blu James T. Williams, T.

ton of imperialism in the his
tory of Europe as this treaty
and this League of Nations
threatens to underwrite.
II call attention, first, to
what Lloyd George said during
the days of the war. He said:
"'As the Lord liveth, England
does not want a yard of terri
tory. We are in this war for
motives of purest chivalry to de.
fend the weak
"That is a quotation from
Lloyd George. Now, what did
England get?
Leaving out Persia, England
has received as q result of the
war at least one million six hum
dred and seven thousand and
fifty-three square miles of ter.
ritOry and dOminancy over IS
million people.
Our Hands Clean
''If you will take washington,
Oregon, California, Idaho, Ne
vada, Arizona, Utah, Montana,
Wyoming, Colorado, New Mex
leo, Texas, Oklahoma and Kan
sas and add them together, you
will have within a few hundred
square miles precisely what
England has secured out Of the
war;"
But Senator Borah was fair
enough to add that Great Brit
ain was not the only nation
which had been grabbing land.
''France," he continued, "has
taken possession Of Syria, in
cOntravention of every principle
upon which we went into the
conference at Versailles and in
opposition to the wishes Of the
people and inhabitants Of the
territory"
The United States did not
share in the division Of German
territory which the allied ma
lions took over. 1--WE came back
from the peace table clean
with nothing in our hands," as
Ambassador Clark said in Los
Angeles. "That was one Of the
high spots in world history:
We should always be proud
of it,"
But the Old World does not
like to be reminded of this fact
and those Americans who are
criticizing President Roosevelt
for refusing to cancel the war
debts seem to have forgotten all
about the land-grabbing which
took place after the Armistice'
as we'll as the names OF the ma"
lions which did the grabbing.
lNCopyrigtt, 1894. The washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-06-08
BIZ John Snure, T.

President Roosevelt appeals
for party unity.
One active gentleman in the
Democratic party may be ap-
pealed to until all foreign gov
ernments have paid the United
States their war debts. But his
personal beliefs will never be
sidetracked because Of any ap-
peal for uniformity in the ranks
Of the Democrats.
He is Senator Carter Glass Of
Virginia, one of the most re-
Spected men in the Senate and
one whose vocabulary is most
feared.
Little Carter" as he is known
to his colleagues, probably has
been the most Independent man
in the Senate since the Demo-
cratic Administration took con.
troll. He certainly is the most
Independent Democratic men,
Der.
Democrats wanted repeal.
Carter voted dry. The Admin
istration demanded a change in
the monetary policy. Glass in
sisted that the old standards re-
main.
President Roosevelt suggested,
when the stock exchange legiSla-
ton was being considered, that
the Federal Trade Commission
enforce its provisions. Carter
insisted that there be estab-
lished a separate commission.
His roars frightened his oppo-
nents and he won his fight.
Democrats demanded passage
of the reciprocal tariff bill. Car
ter voted against it, believing
that it would not have the de-
sired result.
A diminutive man, he is a big
fly in the Democratic ointment.
He has thrown more wrenches
into party machinery than any
other man among the Demo-
Gratis. When Glass turns down
the corner of his mouth and
ScoldS the opposition knows it
has been berated.
He has reached that age in
political life when he does not
care what the party or anyone
says.
He has attained that rare
position from whose heights he
can afford to stand for his
own convictions.
One of the most important
bits of legislation confronting
the Senate before adjournment
is a bill which was introduced
in the House by Representative
Everett D. Dirksen, of Pekin,
ILL.,, who is known to his col
leagues as "Pekingese."
The measure which was passed
by the House is entitled:
can act to authorize the re-
ductiOn Of the required distance
between liquor diStiIIeries and
rectifying plants and to au-
thOrize higher fences around
diStilIeries."
Existing law prohibits the
erection around a distillery OF
a fence or wall which is more
than five feet high. Dirksen'S
bill would permit the Secretary
The Washington times., 1934-06-08
The Human Side of the News
Being Presented at Court of st. James
BIZ EdWin C.. Hill

The London season is in full
flower to the great joy of Lon
don tradesmen and Of Ameri-
can ladies who long for the
prestige of bowling a silken
knee before King George and
Queen Mary. We may be a
democratic country but our
ladies like the social pride that
come from a presentation at a
royal court. It's an old Eng
1ish custom, this being pre-
scented at court. And yet it ,
never Stales in the eyes of
Londoners, nor, it seems, in the
eyes of their cousins, across
the water.
At every such ceremony there
is always an enormous "gal-
lery." The commoners of Lon
don are invariably out en- masse
along the Mall leading to the
gates of Buckingham. They
are there early and by the
scores Of thousands, standing
four and five deep and feast
ing their eyes on the young
lydies who sit in their limou-
sines expecting to be stared at,
and certainly being stared at,
while they wait for the hours
to pass and for Big Ben at
Westminster to toll eight
thirty, which is the time for
the opening of the palace gates.
Supreme Moment
The ballroom occupies the en-
tire west wing of the palace and
1t is an apartment magnificent
and massive. It is a cathedral
interior with a dais and the
royal canopy and thrones in
place of the altar. Red is the
dominant color of the walls
and the hangings and huge
white and gilt candelabra pro-
vide the illumination of the
scene.
Outside, in the picture gall
lery, remain the hundred and
more ladies in white court
dress, three white feathers in
their hair, holding their white
feather fans and their four
feet of train. And yet they also
serve and only stand and wait
while the diplomatic corps is
received by their Britannia
MajestieS. After that, one of
the moments supreme in this
life-or at least in the life of
each Of the ladies to be pre-
sented. One by one the Lord
Chamberlain calls out their
names, and one by one in
stately steps they make their
way from the doorway into the
glittering ballroom and over
before the thrones-a curtsey
for the King-a curtSey for the
Queen-that is all; there isn't
any more.
They have been received at
the Court of st. James. And
not st. James's if you please,
for Henry the Eighth was the
one who cut off that final
The Washington times., 1934-06-08

This touching picture shows ingenious device invented and
utilized by lady farmer near Brookfed NO. to feed eleven
little orphan pigs. Their mother killed in windstorm
"Dning Car"
The mother sow and eleven little pigs belonged to Mrs. L.
a. Pointer and that intelligent lady farmer only few
minutes to devise the above scheme replacing the pig
mother You cannot fully appreciate the righteousness
arrangement unless you know the label that usually spread
put before newborn pigs.
Mrs Pointer took eleven bed springs fastened milk bottle
IN spring. put soft rubber nipple on each bottle
The little pigs twist and push springs supply all
The elasticity that the mother would have supplied
thing works perfectly You that the little pigs
Friends have urged Mrs. Pointer to patent her interesting
invention for feeding orphan pige and she ought
Perhaps Gen. R. E. Wood who knows all about the needs
useful arrangement for fattenng pigs utilizing skim milk
1t would be especially valuable apart from pg orphans after
che pets have passed to the hoat stage their way
adult life and the slaughter house.
This picture reproduced with thanks from 1.-THE AERI
CAN WEEKLY" published Sunday with the Washington
Sunday Herald The American Weekly has the biggest cir
negent 4mercan woM% ba an Soe
publications in the world and all of these intelligent women
with sympathy for all of Gods creatures will be interested
IN this device invented by It will make many Of
them reflect that living farm experimenting crops and
the of animals with children growing up of DOORS
might be desirable life
The millions of readers of the American Weekly
seeing this picture and their husbands brothers
well, will perhaps ask themselves this question:
"What do these little pigs think about this deUice
that feeds them? HOuV do they explain the fact that
they WeH taken OF, nice, milk put in
front of them whenever they need it, soft nipples
drink from, board Uhich their front feet?
"DO they attribute the Whole device to their
merits? Do they say: Don't talk about that kind
Mrs Pointer alleged lady farmer that planned and
arranged all this for There is Mrs. Pointer.
There is no lady farmer 1t just happened accident
ally"
If the pgts should talk in that foolish manner you could
hardly blame them for the bad example them by
legged pg philosophers that call themselves atheists and
say:
"AH the wonderful things done for US on EARTH all
he OF he of Sum- f0od
produced by the Earth, all this comes from
chance, from fOrtuitOus of
There is God, unless it be myself"
That is how talk but you would hardly suggest
that these little pigs could be as foolish.
The Washington times., 1934-06-08

Some arresting facts and
figures regarding Europe's war
debts to the United States were
given to the people Of Califor-
mia this week in an address at
Los Angeles, which might well
have been broadcast to the other
States of the Union.
In the course of his argument
against American entrance into
the League of Nations or the
League Court and against the
cancellation of any of the war
debts owed this country, the
Hon. j. Reuben Clark, jr., for.
merly Undersecretary of State
and the worthy successor of the
late Dwight w. Morrow as Am
bassador to Mexico, made no
apology for linking the League
and the Court with war debts.
Gall are related" he said, Gin a
powerful impulse which repre-
sents active. impending, entan.
Cling alliances against which we
were warned by the Father of
our Country"
Evaluating at $198, 200, 000, 1000
the colonies wrested from Ger
many by the allied powers, Am
bassador Clark added this chal-
longing assertion to his appraisal
Of the value in money of all this
conquered territory:
'In all the discussion Of can
collation. of EurOpe'S war debts
to the United States have not
heard a single suggestion from
any one Of the debtor nations
Of REIMBURSEMENT to us of any
VI IT'S Wal S6AMSs
Grabbing Unrivaled
Ambassador Clark'S allusion
to the former German colonies
recalls one of the brilliant con-
tributionS to the great debate
which took place in the United
States Senate IA years ago. This
was the speech Of Senator b.
rah, Of Idaho, on March 3, 1920,
when the Senate had under con-
sideration in open executive SeS-
sion the Treaty Of Versailles,
the so-called treaty Of peace
with Germany which included
the Covenant Of the League Of
Nations.
Describing Europe since the
ArmiStice and addressing him.
self to the imperialistic aspects
of postwar European policies
Mr.. Borah said:
"There has never been such
Undertaking in the history Of
Europe as has taken place since
the ArmiStice was signed. There
never has been such an exhibit
The Washington times., 1934-06-08

SuperfluouS S." Formal enough,
you will say, but nothing like
the formality of even Victoria's
time. Then the presentations
were in the afternoon and four
curtseyS were required and
everyone stood throughout the
long ceremony. The Queen
bows about 20 times a minute
through the entire three-hour
ceremony and the Kings bow,
a nod of his head, is noticed
about ten times a minute.
Incidentally, the King has to
endure none of the handshak-
ing orgies which fall to the lot
of the American President. For
the King, according to custom,
shakes hands only with peers
of the realm, with foreign am
bassadors, and clergy of the
high church.
Dramatic Spectacle
The great regret of this sea-
son Of 1884, is that Mrs. Helen
Wills Moody, probably the great
est woman tennis player who
ever swung a racquet, with the
possible exception of Mademoi-
selle Lenglen at her best, is
probably out of tournament
competition. Her retirement
dates back to that blazing after
noon at Forest Hills when hard
pressed by that other California
marvel, Miss Helen Jacobs, she
surrendered her crown and
walked off the courts, physically
unable to continue the siren
uous battle.
Controversy over that dra-
matte incident quaked the world
of sport for many months. but
time revealed that Mrs. Moody
had had the moral courage to do
the difficult, the unpopular
thing, rather than continue a
blazing battle to the possible per-
manent injury to her health. For
a wear she has been steadily
pursuing a regime calculated to
restore her strength. but ap-
parently more time is needed be-
fore she can return to tourna-
ment competition with its fierce
grind, physical and mental.
What a dramatic spectacle
would he the renewal of her an
nual duel with the present wom-
ans champion, Miss Jacobs. For
there's no love lost between
Little Helen, Miss Jacobs, and
Big Helen, Mrs. Moody-no ten
mis- love, that is. Their rivalry
has been intense for some nine
years.
Playing Miss Jacobs, Mrs.
Moody invariably bore down
with all she had-or all she
needed to have. She seemed to
take pleasure in simply smash
ing her California rival. Against
others she would let up now
and then, as Bill Hidden had
a way of doing. But against
Helen Jacobs, never!
copyright, 1894, King Features
Syndicate 1nc.A
The Washington times., 1934-06-08

Gigolo-ing in America has
ceased to be an amateur sport
and become a profession with a
quite respectable rating. You
know how it is with everything
here, First, we laugh at It,
then we crusade against it, then
we endure it-and finally we
accept it. It was that way with
bobbed hair, cigarettes Tor
women, lip-rouge, pajamas ana
Mae West-an now popular
American institutions.
But, very few people are
aware that the righteousness
was started in this country, IN
a. mild, incipient way, some
20 or 80 years ago when tired
business men took up golf, and
dancing men began to get
scarce.
It was then that poor but per-
sonable young bachelors OF I'm:
questioned social standing ana
business integrity found them
selves deluged with polite 1nVi-
tations to spend their vacations
at the smarteSt resort hotels as
NON-paying guests.
Nobody had ever heard the
word "gigolo," and nothing was
said about the nonpaying bach
elor's duties in return for free
board-and-lodging. Things were
done more delicately. But the
bachelor knew that he was ex.
pected to brighten up the hotel
piazza, dance with all the debu"
tantes and pay flattering little
attentions to all the unattached
The Washington times., 1934-06-08

Of the Treasury to authorize
the erection of higher fences to
keep out trespassers.
Apparently someone has been
scaling the distillery walls.
Distillers should hang a few
of their price tags on the fences.
They would keep anyone out.
When the Post Office Depart
ment issued a Mothers Day"
stamp tearing a likeness Of
WhiStler's immortal picture
Mother a storm of protest
arose.
Artists and art-minded con-
tended that certain features of
the Whistler picture had been
removed which lessened its ar.
tistic character.
There has been, also, com.
mept on the stamp issued by
the department which purports
to bear a picture of William
Penn.
Penn probably was the most
God-fearing man among the
early settlers. His was a wor-
shipping nature and no doubt
his religious beliefs were re-
vealed in the features of his
face.
Penn, however, was thrown
out Of his home twice by his
father. He was expelled from
school for rioting. He served
terms in jail when jaiIs were
not bankers clubs. He came to
America and colOnized Penn
sylvania when that territory
was bothered by Indians and
not by mine disputes.
Yet, the engraving on the
stamp which the Post Office De-
partment issues shows all the
masculinity of blushing school
girl attending her first ball
with a football hero.
Joseph Tumulty, who was
secretary to the late President
Wilson and who now is active
in the Roosevelt regime, is one
of the greatest perpetrators of
practical jokes.
Friends tell of the time when
Joe emerged from his office
one evening to be greeted by
a man on whom he had tried
some of his jokes.
The man exploded:
"JOe, your practical jokes
have gone far enough. 1 don't
care for them!"
Tumulty patted him on the
back and reminded him that
"they were all in fun"
To appease his friend. Joe
said:
eff you are going home l will
take you. Get in my car over
there and will be back in a
moment!"
Joe escorted his friend to a
luxurious car and walked away,
while the man seated himself
in the machine.
He waited for Joe to return
until an irate woman appeared
and ordered him out Of the car.
Tumulty had perpetrated an
other joke.
Copyright, 1884, Tho Washington Time s
The Washington times., 1934-06-08

to be a one-woman man. He
was community property, and
no gal had any strings on him.
But, alas, a gIgolo's life, now
adays, is no Sinecure, because
every woman expects to be
made love to-and no fooling!
Gigolo-ing is no longer a mere
Sideline or amateur sport.
Like professional hostess-ing,
it is a serious business with
pretty hard work for pretty
small profits. And, unless a
man can get out Of it and into
something more profitable, it is
likely to turn into an awfully
big gamble for awfully small
stakes. The best he can hope
for, after 40, is to spend his
days misunderstanding for
some Big-Butter-and-Egg Wom-
an!
Copyright, 1884. King Features
Syndicate Inca
The Washington times., 1934-06-08
Retain the Amendments
Bank Relief Vital

The bank depositors relief bill in conference Of the
Senate represents the irreducible minimum Of
assistance which, simple justice the Government owes TO
the victims of the closed banks
The relief embodied amendments adopted by the House
by unanimous vote. THOSE AMENDMENTS MUST BE
RETAINED BY THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
They cannot be sheved by the eight members of the
ference representing the two houses without doing further
violence the patriotism and thrift of ten million of
citizens
The House certainly will accept conference report
on the bin which seeks to eliminate the amendments
4 ON THE OTHER HAND THERE IS EVERY PROSPECT
THAT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF SENATORS ARE I'M
PRESSED WITH THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE GOVERN
MENT TO THE DEPOSITORS TO LEAD TO THE BELIEF
REPORT WHICH APPROVES THE RELIEF AMEND
MENTs
The importance of the action of the conferees enhanced
because of the that the leaders of the House. aided
by few turncoas among the Mcleod forces have apparently
made it impossible for the House to vote the full
program of Representative Clarence j. Mcleod at the pres
ont session.
The leaders by application of the unprecedented gag
rule which they recently forced through have recessed the
calendar.
They have simply lifted three days out of the calendar and
thus have nued the efforts of 45 members of the House
TO bring about vote the Mcleod bill
But the vigorous fight which Representative Mcleod is
making has forced far the conference
bank relief
IN ORDER TO BRING THAT RELIEF MEASURE OUT
ACTIVE AND ALERT. THAT THEY WILL REMAIN so
is F0REGONE CONCLUSION.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME 1T WOULD BE WELL FOR
ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED TO CON-
VEY THEIR OPINIONS ON THE MATTER TO THE MEM
BERS OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.