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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-07
Work On MilLers Creek
Road Was Scheduled
To Begin Last Monday
Contract Calls For Grazing And
Surfacing Z Miles; Around
800 To Be Given Jobs

The Wilkes-Journal Patriot an
nounces that work on the Millers
ek-Glendale Springs road,
known as highway 16, was sched-
uled to begin last Monday, Nov. 4.
The Wilkes paper further reports
that representatives of T. M. Strider
Construction company, of Nash
vile, Tenn, who holds contracts
for the job, have arrived in North
Wilkesboro and have called on the
unemployment Office for force of
4 men to begin work on the right of
SWAY Monday morning.
The project calls for grading,
gravel surfacing and structures on
7.3 miles of road from the end OF
the present new grade at Wilbar to
the Ashe county line.
The project will furnish employ
ment to total of approximately
200 men, although only a small
number will begin right of way
work Monday. The labor will be
assigned through the re-employ-
ment Office, which will give prefer
ence to persons on the relief when
practical Wages for laborers will
be Is cents per hour and they will
be allowed to work a total of 140
hours per month instead of 100 as
was the case on former PWA pro-
jects.
J. c. Jamison is superintendent
of the construction forces and has
arrived on the job to place $4,000
worth of new machinery and other
equipment of the firm. Two shovels
will be used in the grading and two
forces Of men, working six hours
each, will be used daily to rush the
job to completion as early as posi-
BE. -
q Highway Is is one of the more
important and most badly needed
roads under construction in this
part of the state. It will not only
serve a great portion of Wilkes but
will be the principal outlet from
Ashe county to the remainder of
the state.
Several months will be needed in
which to complete the construction
of the road. The contract price for
grading, gravel surfa cling and
structures is $143, 394.70. Engineers
are of the opinion that the new
road will be one of the best to cross
the Blue Ridge mountains in east
ern America.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-07
SON OF Cd MILLER
KILLED BY WAGON
Four Year-OId Child Crushed To
Death Under Wheels OF
Wagon Monday

Raymond, four-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cd Miller of the
Bethel community, was run over
and killed by a wagon Monday.
The wagon, loaded but with no
horses hitched to it. was near the
Miller home. It has been scotched
and the child, playing around it,
had in some way removed the
scotch. The heavy. wagon ran back
on him and crushed him under a
rear wheel. Mrs Miller saw a part
of the tragedy and in her anxiety
was able. to lift the wagon off the
child even though it was a load
that two men later could not man.
age.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday at the Bethel church with
Rev. w. T. Wilmington, of this city,
in charge.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-07
Two Criminals Killed
By Own Devices

w OWu DeVACeS
Two men and a little girl were
killed in Milwaukee Sunday by
bomb explosion that is thought
to be the end of a week of terror
from unknown bombers who
have blown up and wrecked five
buildings in six days.
Bodies of the two men found
were pieced together enough to
identify them as the men SUI
speeted Of the bombing. The
body of the nine-year-Old girl
was said to be that of resident
Of q ncighboring house that was
sliced into blythe blast.
The men were working on
new bombs in a garage, using
dynamite stolen from . public
works project, when something
happened and they were killed
by their own methods. Pieces Of
their bodies were found as far
as 100 feet from the wrecked
garage.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-07
DUNCAN MOTOR CO.
CHANGES LOCATION

The Duncan Motor Co., dealers
in Dodge and Plymouth cars, has
moved from their old location on
East Main ST., to the building that
was formerly occupied by the Cen
trail Garage E. D. Barr, manager OF
the Central Garage, has moved into
the Bare building on the street
opposite the Skyland Post and will
call his new shop the Central Radio
lCompany.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-07
Road Head Assures Public
Of Square Deals For Land
Letter To Johnston Says That
Parkway Right Of-Ways
To Be Gained Fairly

Hon. Ira T. Johnston, of Jefferson,
has received the letter quoted be-
low from Capus M.Waynick, Chair
man of the State Highway and
Public Works Commission. The let
ter assures the public that the mat
ter of the right-of-ways for the
parkway that will 60 through Ashe
county will be gained with fairness
and honesty. Mr.. Waynick wrote
Mr.. Johnston in reply to a letter OF
inquiry into the matter of giving
just compensation for the recessaly
right-of- for the national road
The letter written from Raleigh
is as follows:
Dear Mr.. Johnston: -
"You letter of October 4th ex-
pressing appreciation for the prog
ress we are making on the road
from Wilkesboro to Ashe County
has been received. / thank you fol-
this expression.
81 am interested too in your sug-
gestion that we do everything we
can to make the people along the
Skyline Parkway feel assured that
the State Highway Commission will
protect their rights as they deal
with them over this matter of right
of way. We are proceeding now as
rapidly as we can to take care OF
the claims arising from the pro-
curement of this right of way. Up
to the present time our experience
shows a very fine cooperative atti-
tude on the part of the people. OF
course there are some who would
like to make political capital of the
matter but for the most part the
people are keenly interested in the
road and anxious to work with us
in realizing it.
"You can be assured that every
property owner will be dealt with
frankly and fairly and we would
appreciate anything you can do to
give this assurance to those who
make contact with you. I know how
helpful you can be when you have
this assurance yourself.
Cordially yours,
CAPUS M. WAYNICK"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-07
NAVAL RECRUITING
OFFICE HAS A QUOTA
OF 8 MEN THIS MONTH

The U. S. Navy Recruiting Sub
Station, Salisbury, N. c., located in
the Post Office Building, has been
assigned a quota of eight men for
enlistment during the month of
November, it is stated, and all ap-
plicants interested in the Navy may
interview the Petty Officer in
charge any day between the hours
of 900 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. Except
Saturday between 900 a. m. and
100 p. N.Y..
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-07
PHnCO RADIO DEALER
OPENS OFFICE In A. p.
BARE BUILDING HERE

E. D. Barr, local Philco radio
dealer, opened a new shop in the
building owned by A. P. Bare and
recently occupied by the Ada's
Ready-to- Wear Shop. The building
is next to the Office of DR.. B. E
Reeves.
Mr.. Barr is a trained and expert
enced electrician and he invites the
public to visit his shop and allow
him to demonstrate the new model
PhilcoS he has on hand.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-07
Memphis Woman Shoots
Husband In Jealous Rage

Mrs. Brenton Root, aged 80,
shot and killed her husband, q
Memphis, Tenn, business man,
early Sunday morning after
having gone with him to q dance
Saturday night and become I'M
sanely jealous Of q cigarette
girl with whom her husband
flirted. The dead man was q SON
Of an EpiscOpalian minister.
There is 4-year-Old daughter.
Mrs. Root and her husband
had not been on good terms fOr
some time although they had
been married seven years. he
bought her the pistol with which
she shot him and taught her to
use it as . method Of protection.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-07
Pie Supper AT Duncan School

A pie supper will be given at the
Duncan School Saturday night,
Nov. 9, for the purpose of purchas-
ing supplementary reading materi-
al for the school.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-07
LATE NEWS
BULLETINS
Florida Again In Grip
Of Tropical Hurricane

The section OF Florida In ana
around Miami was dashed by .
tropical hurricane Sunday and
Monday of this week and three
were reported dead with more
than a score injured and an estir
mated property damage of over
one million dollars.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-07

Representative Henry Cabot Lodge
Jr., of Beverly, Mass, who has for
mally announced his candidacy for
United States senator, an office held
for many years by his grandfather,
who was one of the common
wealth's most distinguished sena-
tors. He is thirty-three years old.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-07

SUBSCRIBE to The Skyland
Post, the only newspaper that
is printed in Ashe county, and
the newspaper that is by far
the most popular and widely
read Of any circulated in Ashe
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

IN Burlington, N. O., during the
general strike were recently SEN
fenced to terms of imprisonment
totalHng fifty-seven years on
charges Of conspiracy to dynamite
the E. M. Holt Plaid Mill. The
fight for which Anderson, with the
help Of organized labor hopes to
arouse New York workers is a fight
to smash this obvious frame-up.
Like most labor frame-ups this
one is crude and only thinly dis
guised but that didn't prevent the
judge from charging the jury to
bring in verdict of guilty.
Anderson will tell detailed story
of the frame-up and of the heroic
general textile strike which pre-
coded it before a mass meeting to-
night at 8 West Twenty Ninth
Street. Yesterday he discussed the
trial in leisurely, emotionless tones
though he is fully aware of the
danger which faces him and his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

peace" army are more than indif-
ferent to what is going on. They
are actually aiding the illegal set
ting up of Hitlerist power. Not one
member of the international police
force was allowed to stir in defense
of supporters of the status quo
while they were being beaten and
intimidated during the plebiscite-
and at this moment Major Hen
messy, chief Of the international
police, is concluding his arrest of
sixty policemen stationed here on
the Nazi-inspired canard that they
were part of Socialist force pre-
pairing a revolution! On learning of
the shameful fascist activity of
League deputies, Herr Ritter and
Machtz, the former a one-time So
cialist deputy in the German Reich
stag, resigned as officers of the Saar
police.
In forwarding the plebiscite re-
suits to the conservative French
paper, Journal DIES Nations, spe-
cial correspondent wrote in high in
dignation:
The Plebiscite Commission had
guaranteed the people of the Saar a
secret vote. Yet the freedom of a
secret vote was completely lacking.
German propaganda poured across
the border through radio broadcasts
and unlimited funds we're provided
for the publication of placards and
leaflets. On the other hand the
prosecuted United Front of Com
munists and Socialists issued only
few newspapers. 1t required a
heroic spirit indeed, to issue such
a fighting paper such as they had
In the light of such a situation
the population of the Saar was
never correctly informed concerning
many things. They did not know
for instance, that vote for the
status quo did not mean a final
separation from Germany-and the
reason they did not know was that
a second plebiscite was deliberately
presented by the Nazis as impos-
sible. They did not know that at
the last minute the Vatican
through the bishops of Trier anc
Speyer, acknowledged the road tt
the status quo, a fact which the
population could have learned only
through the Social-Democratic anc
Communist press. At the last
fraudulent maneuvers and false re.
ports did not fail the Nazis. THU
SAAR VOTED UNDER TERROR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Detroit AT OIL
Auto Unions
Call Farley
Unions Condemn Denial
Of Autonomy Rights
By Top Leaders

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 15.-Local
unions of the United Automobile
Workers CA. F. of L. have issued q
call for a conference of all auto
local unions to take place in Detroit,
Sunday, Jan. 26. The conference call
is signed by eighteen delegates of
local unions, representing the White
Motor, Fisher Body, Hupmobile,
Murray Ohio, Bender Body and Ma
tional Carbon locals Of the United
Automobile Workers.
The call for the conference quotes
and cond emns the resolutions
passed by the last A. F. of L. con-
vention which declares that THE
A. F. of L. shall for a provisional
period direct the policy, administer
the business and designate the ad-
ministrative and financial officers"
of the auto workers and other newly
organized internationals.
I'VE feel that the auto worker is
just as intelligent and capable of
electing his own officers, fixing his
own policies, administering his own
business, and handling his own fin
anceS as are the other workers in
any other National or International
union" says the conference call.
The resolution of the A. F. of L. Is
termed "a denial of the most ele-
mentary rights guaranteed to us in
law and custom. We claim the right
to fix our own policies, and admin
lister our own business, based up n
the widest possible democracy"
The Executive Council of the A.
F. of L. is composed mostly of heads
of craft unions, the local unions
point out. The call favors vigor-
Gus struggle against the miserable
conditions now prevailing in the in
dustry, and condemns the do-noth-
ing, no-strike policy of Green.
All auto local unions are asked to
elect delegates to the Jan. 26 con-
ference to discuss these problems.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Shoe Strikers
Flay Policies
OfS.P. Paper
Resolution Condemns
Strikebreaking Role
OF Daily Forward

SUMMIT, N. j., Jan. IS. - The
strikebreaking activities of the jew
isla Daily Forward were once more
brought to light yesterday. The
readers of this organ of the right
wing of the Socialist Party among
the striking workers Of the Feifer
Brothers Slipper Company adopted
a resolution condemning it.
The IT'S employees of the COM
pany are now in the eighth week
of strike under the leadership of
the United Shoe and Leather
Workers Union, after the owners
moved their shop from New York
in order to escape the agreement
they had with the union and to
operate under sweat shop condi-
tons.
The indignation of the strikers,
the members of the U. S. L. w. U.
and the rank and file of the Boot
and Shoe Workers Union, A. F. of
L., was aroused by the strikebreak-
ing actions of Mike Tesoro and c.
E. Danner, officials of the A. F. of L.
union.
In spite of the claims of the For
ward to be a Socialist" and work
erS' paper, it proved to be the only
newspaper, approached by the strik-
ers, that refused to publish news of
the strike and the resolution of
protest adopted by the strikers
against the actions of the officials
of the B. S. w. U. The resolution
in question appeared in the Daily
Worker on Wednesday, Jan. 9.
This action of the Forward ex-
posed its true character, as strike
breaker, before its own readers
among the strikers, who adopted
the following resolution:
I'VE, the strikers of Feifer
Brothers Slipper Company shop
and readers of the Jewish Daily
Forward condemn the action of
the Forward in refusing to print
the announcements of our strike
and the resolution of our crew con-
demning the officials of the Boot
and Shoe Workers Union, A. F. of
L., for their attempt to aid the
Bosses in breaking our strike.
Our resolution has been accepted
and published by all newspapers
that we have approached.
The Jewish Daily Forward, the
so-called workers papers, was the
only newspaper that refused to give
us any aid to win our strike"
The resolution was signed by M.
zeitlin, Phil Levine, Nathan Nor
man (reader of the Forward for %
/ years., Morris Katz, Max Fuller,
Morris Schiff, L. Sheiner and B.
Hofenberg (reader of the Forward
/ for 81 years..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

falling from the ceiling of one of
the large rooms in that building.
Alderman John Cashmere, Brook
Ign Democrat, speaking at the reg
ular meeting of the Board of Alder
men attacked Mayor LaGuardia
sharply for blocking the appropria-
ton Of $25 900 for the investigation
If the Mayor would not vote the
sum, Cashmere threatened, he
would call for popular subscrip-
ton Of the sum through the poll
teal clubhouses and the newspa-
pers of the city. Cashmere recently
declared that the relief rolls were
packed with aliens"
The Board adopted a resolution
offered by Alderman Lambert Fair
child, Manhattan Republican. ap-
proving the work of the investi-
eating committee.
Close observers feel that the new
developments foreshadow a sharper
partisan fight around the relief
probe, with the Democrats doing
everything possible to embarrass
Fusion appointees. LaGusrdia, of
course, will try to cover his own
people as much as possible, it is felt.
! The unemployed will simply be the
subject OF discussion-that's all.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

Continued from Page y,
Krumbein, will be chairman. There
will be only two speakers.
The meeting will begin promptly
at 8 p. m, and adjourn at 1890
General admission will be IS cents
Reserved seats at $10O and 40 cents
may still be obtained at the Dis
trict ONCE of the Communist Party.
so E. 18th Street.
More Meetings
Lenin Memorial meetings thru
out the country include the follow
ing:
Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. 49, at 73O
pms Central Auditorium. William
Weinstone, speaker.
Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 10, at
p. M, Market Arena, 45th and
Market SITS. Speakers, Earl Brow
der and Manning Johnson.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 10, at 8 pm,
Pythian Temple, Wylie Ave. Speak
ers, Ben Careathers and Jack John
stone.
New Britain, Conn, Jan. 20 at 3
p. m, William Taylor, speaker.
Boston, Mass, Jan. 10, at g pm.
113 Dudley st. (Roxbury). Speaker
Mother Bloor.
Providence, r. L, Jan. 20, at
pm, Swedish Workingmen's Hall
SO Chestnut st. Mother Bloor.
Worcester, Mass, Jan. 20, at 8 p
M, A. o. H. Hall, Trumbull Street
Mother Bloor.
Norwood Mass, Jan. 20, at 8 pm.
Finnish Workers Hall, 81 Chape
Court. Fred Roberts.
Peabody, Mass, Jan. %, at 8 pm.
II Northend st. Edward Stevens.
Maynard, Mass, Jan. 20 at 7::3(
pm, Russian Hall, 20 Powder Mil
Road Joseph Day.
New Bedford, Jan. 20, at 8 pm.
North End. Sam VIM.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

five fellow defendants. Talking, with
his big, WorkiWpnan's hands, rest
ing uneasily on his knees, he quietly
piled up evidence of the crude
manner in which the mill operators
are trying to take their revenge on
the leaders of the textile workers
whose flying squads closed down
everyone of the fifty-five mills in
Alamance County.
At the moment, all the defend
ants but one are free on bail. But
whether or not they all go back for
long terms depends in large meas
ure on the working-cla support
that can be reused for them. That's
why Anderson, and everyone else
who knows about the case, is
anxious to see a good turnout at
tonight's meeting, which is being
held under the auspices of the
Committee to Support Southern
Organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Chicago Issues PIon Of Work in Daily Campaign

Hot upon the heels of its chal-
lenge to Cleveland, the Chicago Dis
trict of the Communist Party yes
terday issued its plan of work in
the Daily Worker circulation and
subscription campaign.
Thirty delegates from Communist
Party units and Chicago working
class organizations have accepted
the plan. Chicago's quota in the
drive is $500 daily subs and $3.50
Saturday subs.
I'VE must spur the Chicago
working class into immediate ac-
ton" the District resolution de-
clared.
Especially now, when all the
forces of reaction are bearing ex-
preston in the Hearst press. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

liver sample copies of the Daily
Worker in a concentrated area for
six days, with an especially pre-
pared circular. On the seventh day
the workers to whom the papers
were delivered are to be personally
visited and urged to subscribe.
Outlines for discussion are being
sent to each unit. The units are to
issue special leaflets. They are also
to arrange special symposiums on
the role of the Daily Worker.
Under no circumstances" the
resolution declares, "is attention
to be detracted from street sales
of the Daily Worker. They must
grow side by side with the sub
scription lists!"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

Tribune and others are daily
slandering our workers movement
and the Soviet Union. What other
English daily paper in the coun-
try will answer these faIsities, but
the Daily Worker?
"The question of subscriptions
and circulation must be placed
boldly before all workers and
working class organizations.
Workers, answer this urgent
appeal. Get subscriptions and
more subscriptions"
New Prize in Subs Race
With the free trop to the Soviet
Union, which the Daily Worker is
as first prize in the sub
scription contest, Chicago is offer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

and intimate friend of Haupt-
mann's.
Nothing better than Reilly's ma
newer to fasten the crime on Fisch
and use Uhlig as his main support
can be brought to exemplify the
stupidity, from the point of view Of
their own interest, of the capitalist
politicians and newspaper publish
ers, who jumped into the Haupt-
man trial head first and with their
eyes closed.
Trying to Keep Issues Hidden
When the trial opened, it ap-
peared that they would be able to
maintain the fiction that Haupt-
mann was the only criminal in
volved in the kidnapping and muir
der. But as time went on they be-
gan to realize that the disclosures
they had from the very day of kid
naping two years ago until and
even after the arrest of Hauptmann,
and which they have been desper-
ately trying to keep hidden since
the trial began, could not forever
be suppressed,
Today it can be said without any
possible basis for contradiction that
the capitalist politicians and news
papers both are heartily sick over
the fact that they ever began to
make Roman holiday of the trial
They have been playing with dyna-
mite in this trial and they realize it.
The conviction that Hauptmann
is not the only one guilty in the
kidnapping and murder, and that
both the Prosecution and defense
attorneys know it and are SUPPRESS
ing evidence that would involve
well-known figures in the crime, is
SO strong among newspapermen
here that some of their viewpoint
is seeping into their accounts OF
the trial Notwithstanding the dan
ser to the Lindbergh myth which
their intimations carry.
Reilly's Fisch Story
Reilly's intention to try to link
Fisch to the crime and his in
tended use of Uhlig is a case in
point. Both District Attorney Foley
of the Bronx and Hauptmann him.
self, according to Wilentz, have
exonerated the furrier. Moreover
the very newspapers which today
gravely argue over the merit of the
latest statement by Uhlig that
Fisch gave Hauptmann the money
which was found on the latter al
the time of his arrest recently pub
lished statements by Uhlig that
Fisch could not have given any
money to Hauptmann.
The proceedings inside the court.
room here are as dull as the fact.
which are not being divulged are
interesting and important. How
long the barrage of silence which
the press and politicians are laying
around the significant facts will
last, will depend on many factors
not all of which can be discussed
as yet. The case may break wild,
open suddenly, or it may collaps,
into oblivion just as quickly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

ing its own second prize of a free
trip to New York for the May Day
celebration.
Twelve points are in the two
parts of the Chicago program.
They call for shock brigades and
Socialist competition among the
units and sections, for responsible
Daily Worker Committees, for in
vOlvement of the mass organiza-
tionS, for Friends CT the Daily
Worker clubs, for intense canvas
sing, for wide publicity on the
campaign, and for weekly reports
and check-ups.
Action for Subscriptions
Each unit and mass organization
is to assign several workers to de-