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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-18
$9l, 900, 900 TO BE SPENT FOR
BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS
Government to Use Money for Reha-
Utilization and Resettlement
: of Relief Families

Establishment of IL regions for rural
rehabilitation, and the distribution OF
$91, OOO, 900 between the areas, were
announced in Washington Saturday,
by Rockford G. Tugwell, resettlement
administrator.
The $91 ,ooo,O was allocated re
Gently to the administration by the
President from the $4,oco,e oe'ooo
works appropriation, and IS Tor the
six month period, July 1-Decemper
81, 1885.
officisls' explained that no break
down of the fund By states will be
made. Unaer plans now being draft
ed, specific projects will be planned
where the administration determines
a need. Then individual ;alfotments
will be made within the regions for
specific projects.
Tt has not been determined, oftlcl-
ais said, what portions of the region
al aElotnents VIII be fused for the va
rious purposes permitted under the
ersettlement program. Thus in one
region, a larger amount might De
used for loans and grants to families
than in another. I'm "a second region,
greater expenditures might be made
!. tn purchase hand for relocation OF
families
The ss1, ooa; uU0DUo fund, officials
said, may be used for :the following
purposes:
To make leans cor grants, or both,
To individual families for livestock,
farm supplies, farm equipment, re-
pairs and taxes for farms, and for
subsistence, food and clothing to
facilitate the rehabilitation of these
GROUPS on self4sustaining basis.
To purchase or lease land for the
relocation of families living on sub
standard land in stricken areas.
To establish, maintain and operate
AGRICULTURAL industrial communities.
The program, officials said, calls
for the rehabilitation of 10000 farm
families. In addition, efforts will be
made to resettle $4,000 families on
better land.
It was reported President Roose-
vel NAV send to the Senate for con-
firmation within the next week or ten
DAYS the mans of the directors of the
II regions. =
Funds allocated to the regions, Of
ficials said, will be used to maintain
projects already launched by other
agencies absorbed by the resettie-
ment administration and for new
projects now being planned.
The Southern regions, the states
ineach. and the ALLEGATIONS:
Region four - Kentucky, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and
West Virginia, 81 Az, 500.
Region five-Alabama, Florida,
Georgia and South Carolina, $1O,-
479,681.
Region six-Arkansas, Louisiana
and Mississippi, $8,083,O18
Region ten-Oklahoma and Texas,
Evening star., 1935-01-31
ORIGIN OF CONSTITUTION
PUBLICATION APPROVED
National Historical Commission
Makes Recommendation at
First Meeting.

In observance of the sesquicenten-
nial of the adoption of the Constitu-
ton of the United States, in 1887, the
National Historical Publications Com
mission has recommended there should
be published "an historical work, Illus
trative of the origins of the Constitu-
tion."
The commission, set up by Congress
in the archives act, made this rec
ommendation Tuesday, in its first Of
fetal meeting in the temporary office
of the archivist, DR.. Robert D. w.
Connor, in the Department Of Justice
Building. Permanent Offices of the
archivist are being completed in the
new Archives Building on the site of
the old Center Market.
The Historical Commission recon-
mended its first publication in re-
sponse to a resolution passed by the
Council Of the American Historical
Association The work would be pub
lished Gin connection with any celebra-
ton which may be held to commem-
crate the sesquicentennial of the
adoption of the Constitution Of the
United States"
Evening star., 1935-01-31
RADIO TO GUIDE
! POST ON FLIGHT
Noted Flyer Will Get Bear
zings From N. B. C. on
Stratosphere Hop.

w YILEY POST, intrepid round
the-world' flyer, will en-
NN deavor to establish a new
" transcontinental flight rec
ord of 6 hours, within
the next 10 days, using National
Rroadcasting Co. transmitters for
navigation in lieu of the more orthodox
radio beam employed by transport
planes.
Post plans to take off from Los
Angeles Airport, drop the Winnie
Macs landing gear, climb into the
stfatosphere, and head for Floyd Ben
nett Airport in New York.
ssSince Post plans to make the entire
flight in the stratosphere, at speed
Averaging in the neighborhood OF 400
mixes per hour, ordinary navigating
equipment cannot be used, In its
place he will use a new development
insaerial navigation, which instead OF
using the dot-dash method of the
older direction finders, tunes in the
actual programs of the stations toward
Which the ship is heading.
N. B. C. stations, including KOA,
Denver; WHO, Des Moines; WTAM,
Cleveland, and WIZ, New York, Will
bestuned in by Post as he speeds East
ward. He will receive the program
through a single earphone set in his
aluminium stratosphere helmet. r..
Weather and flying conditions will
be reported by the National Broad
casting Co. approximately every half
hour from the stations along his route.
aPianS are nearing completion to
broadcast Posts arrival at Floyd Ben
nett Field. AS the Winnie Macs land
ing gear will be gone, he will have to
skid into the field.
aF THE people, for the people, by
~ the people-that's the title picked
for one of the radio programs on
the second anniversary of President
Roosevelt's Inauguration. Forty-five
nIcrophones will be used by Columbia
also points.
sarz X
r1rIM RYAN and Irene Noblette, who
Z are known on the air as Tim
lss~, and Irene, are the latest radio
celebrities drawn to Washington for a
personal stage engagement. The Fox
WIll feature them for week beginning
Friday.
y y y
cENATOR COSTIGAN, Democrat, of
- Colorado, has been booked for a
~ 15-minute broadcast on Columbia
February II. He will discuss anti
lynching legislation now before Con-
gTess.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
URUGUAYAN REVOLT
!. { BELIEVED CRUSHED
President Terra Says Normality
=
- Will Be Restored in Two
80 or Three Days.

by the Associated Press. =
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, January
s31.-The revolt against the govern
<ment of President Gabriel Terra has
been almost completely suppressed, an
official announcement said yesterday.
President Terra said normality
would be restored throughout Uruguay
within the next two or three days.
a.Army planes were reported to have
sbombed and dispersed rebel bands
sCencentrated in the border districts
of Tacuarembo and Cerrolargo Prov
zinces, infiicting heavy losses upon the
ShsurrectioniStS.
. 'The rebel casualties in yesterdays
clash at Costa de Cola were an
l1ounced as five dead and seven
Wounded Two federal soldiers died
in the encounter.
a !. A regiment of infantry dispersed
rebels in the Pasomendez District OF
Eolonia, capturing a score.
y Army aircraft scared above the little
republic today, seeking out scattered
BANDS in mountains and forests.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
PLOT IN MEXICO
!: APPEARS BROKEN
Eighteen Under Arrest in Revo.
.
! lutionary Movement-More
80 to Be Seized.
N the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
: g aMEXICO, D. F., January 31.-A
well-organized revolutionary move
aaent, allegedly financed in the United
States, had been apparently thwarted
Yesterday by the arrest of 18 persons
suspected of participating in the con-
spiracy. Additional arrests were ex-
pected.
asThe War Department said the re-
tplt was set for February with the
Backing of $300,000 in American funds.
s..The government said the suspects,
who have denied any conspiracy, were
duplicated by documents which also
revealed that the conspiracy had been
DgganiZed in the United States.
1.-The official announcement named as
leaders of the movement Gilberto
Valenzuela and Gen. Marcelo Caraveo
both in El Paso, Tex; Gen. Antonio
Vtllarreal and Enrique Vasconcelos,
Cousin of Jose Vasconcelos, who was
3ormerly prominent political figure.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
DOG SHUT IN OVEN

szTOWANDA, Pa. (P).-To escape the
cold, Reuben Cronshey's dog crawled
INTO the oven.
mot knowing the dog was there,
Mrs. Cronshey shut the oven door
and went on a shopping trip. Re-
tirning, she opened it again and the
pet rolled out, overcome by heat and
lack of air. In few minutes, though,
he had recovered
Evening star., 1935-01-31

Edmund Gwenn, star of J. B.
PrieStly's "Laburnam Grove" current
Broadway dramatic hit; Col. Stoop-
nagle and Budd, Tom Howard and
Freddy Bartholomew, who is featured
in the picture David Copperfield," +"
will contribute to Rudy Vallee's Variety
Hour on WRC at o'clock.
Three song hits from THE Gold
Diggers of 1885," will be the highlights
of Fred Warnings program on WJSV
at $50. The selections are Lullaby
of Broadway" 1.-The Words Are in My
Evening star., 1935-01-31
German Fashions by Order.

Women's fashions in Germany are
to be dominated by Reich fashion
Office with headquarters at Frankfurt
on-Main. The tailoring, jewelry, mil
inery and women's underwear in
dustries will receive their directions
from the new organization.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
MAJOR FEATURES AND PROGRAM NOTES.

Heart" and I'm Going Shopping
With You"
Helen Jepson of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, will return as the
guest star on Paul Whlteman's Music
Hall, a WRC attraction at 10. She
will sing the waltz from Romeo and
Juliet" and when Day Is Done"
A Memories" medley of the tunes
by woman composers will feature the
Hour of Charm" on WJSV at 8. The
medley will include such songs as
Evening star., 1935-01-31
SUES FOR FALSE ARREST
Former Baltimore Man Involved
in Divorce Action Files Claim.

CHICAGO, January 81 P.-Ed-
mund R. Harris, jr., an architect. filed
a $250,000 damage suit in Superior
Court yesterday, charging he was
falsely indicted and arrested in Fed
eral Court on charge of attempted
extortion growing out of the divorce
litigation of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
L. Willett.
Harris, formerly of Baltimore.
named as defendants, Willett, Mrs
Mary Cave Hall, defendant in an
alienation of affections suit brought
by Willett's wife; Alice Greenacre,
attorney for Mrs Hall, and Thomas
Marshall, attorney for Willett.
The indictment later was dismissed
Evening star., 1935-01-31
Falls Named for Marina.

A new 5oo-foot waterfall discovered
by gold prospectors flying over the
jungle of British Guinea has been
named Marina Falls in honor of the
Duchess of Kent.
Evening star., 1935-01-31

Cant We Be Friends?" "In a Little
Spanish Town" and Dinner at Eight" {"
Lewis H. Brown. one of the domi-
nant figures behind the national
housing act, will discuss "Moderniza-
ton and Building of Homes" during
the Forum of Liberty" on WJSV at
$50.
Recovery in 1885" Is the topic Of
Maj. Henry H. Curran, director Of the
National Economy League, who will
be heard on WJSV at 1880.
Evening star., 1935-08-25
Long Plans Return
To State to Boost
L. S. u. Grid Team
tests With Black Who
Refers to Him as
''PreSident.''
By The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
With the closing of Congress. Sen
ator Long, Democrat. of Louisiana,
said yesterday he would return to
Louisiana and take a rest from ma
tional and State affairs because they
will be secondary" to his interest in
the affairs of Louisiana State Uni
versity and its foot ball team.
While being interviewed in the Sen
ate reception room, he was smilingly
interrupted by Senator Black, Demo-
crat, of Alabama. who said We'll.
the President is being interviewed" :"
"You can say this" Long then
added, "that since the Senator from
Alabama has interrupted me, that I
have been informed the reason why
Louisiana can't get a foot ball game
with Alabama is because that uni
versity is advised by its Senators not
to play us. They know we would
whip them"
Long indicated he would leave for
Louisiana during the week end. He
said that when he returned he would
Immediately push plan of the uni
versity to buy farm lands and en-
able youths Of Louisiana to work
their way through college.
Evening star., 1935-08-25
SCANDINAVIA DUE
TO INDORSE LEAGUE
Foreign Ministers Expected to
Restate Adherence, but Stand
on Sanctions Is Unknown.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OSLO, Norway, August 24.-Foreign
ministers of the four Scandinavian
countries who will meet here August
81 and % are expected by diplomatic
observers to reaffirm their nations
loyal adherence to the League of Ma
tions.
Oficial circles, however, have not
indicated so far to what extent the
four are willing to 60 on the question
of possible League sanctions against
Italy in the event of war with Ethiopia.
OF the four countries Norway has
the largest economic interests with
Italy, exporting to that country ap-
proximately $4,000, 900 worth Of prod
ucts and importing goods to the extent
of about So 10000 annually.
The newspaper Arbeiderbladet. chiei
mouthpiece Of the cabinet, editorially
expressed surprise today at Russian
"pacivity" in the East African situa-
ton.
STOCKHOLM. August "a Dr.
Swedish army officers now serving as
instructors and advisers to the Ethio-
plan army may remain on their pres
ent assignments at least until war be-
tween Ethiopia and Italy is declared
it was said here today.
Should an order for their return be
issued the officers could still remain
but with the penalty of losing their
Swedish commission.
Evening star., 1935-08-25
Monkey Runa,0ays
Create Stampede
In Elephant House
Al CapOne' Leads SOrtie
at Frank Bucks An.
inldI Compound.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 24.-Followers
Of the great monkey hunt on Long
Island tonight were digesting reports
of . wild midnight sortie, in which
band Of escaped simians was supposed
to have thrown six full-grown ele-
phants into hysterical confusion.
Attendants in the elephant house at
Frank Bucks Massapequa animal
compound told of being awakened in
the middle of the night by loud and
frantic trumpetings from their charges.
Dashing out in pajamas and trailing
night shirts, they said they found IL
Of the fugitive monkeys bombarding
the outraged elephants with water
buckets and other missiles.
The elephants thundered ana
stomped, and the monkeys screamed
defiance at the inruShing keepers. AL
was bedlam until the keepers man
aged to round up Is of the shrieking
little fugitives. The three others then
fed, leaving the elephants on the
verge of q nervous breakdown.
Keepers said the monkeys had in
vaded the elephant house in search
Of food, and insisted they were led by
Al Capone, the scar-faced little
monkey gangster for whose capture
O $50 reward has been offered. Ca
pone was among the three that es-
capped.
Evening star., 1935-08-25

MILWAUKEE, August "a (P.-
Frank Wickhem, assistant United
States district attorney from Sioux
Falls, S. OAK, pledged tonight a
three-point program during his presi-
dency of the young Democratic clubs
Of America.
IT pledge to do everything in my
power to build up the Young Demo-
Gratis organization, to build up the
Democratic party and to re-elect
Franklin Delano Roosevelt next year, "
he told the clubs national convention
Victor in spirited one-ballot con-
test that had much of the fanfare of
a national presidential convention, the
S4-year- attorney. received the &C
claim Of parading delegates as John
Roosevelt, youngest son of the Presi-
dent reached out to clasp his hand.
wickhem won over Ralph Cham
bers, Picher, Okla, banker and cat
tleman, by a "a to rs vote. Five
votes were cast by the Michigan dele
cation for william F. Dorm, Detroit.
28-year-old former assistant State
attorney general.
Mrs. Louis Galleher from Lees
burg, Va, was elected vice president
without opposition.
Charles Murphy of Portland, Me,
defeated Frank Reel of Boston, Mass,
for treasurer.
Two of the men doomed for presi-
dent were nominated for secretary to
succeed James Roosevelt. Before the
roll call was finished, George William
son Of st. Paul conceded the elec-
ton of Joe Cordell Carr of Nash
vile, Tenn, and his motion that the
election be made unanimous was
carried.
indianapolis was named host city
for the 1887 convention.
A motion to table settled parlia-
mentary dispute over a resolution to
suggest to the national Democratic
party that nominations for President
and Vice President be a simple ma
jority rather than by the two-third
vote as at present.
Other resolutions approved by voice
included:
"A COIlHleIlOdliOii OI SOilSlcoo Aoi
acting to forbid the sale of war ma
terials to warning nations, and to pre-
vent loans to warning nations. and a
request that such a policy be made
permanent.
A suggestion that the Young DEM
ocrats conduct regional meetings.
A demand that Federal employment
be permitted only those in sympathy
with the principles Of the Democratic
party and the administration.
An Endorsement of the principle
that the farmer is entitled to fair
share of the national income, and the
continuance Of the farm program for
national prosperity.
Evening star., 1935-08-25
PROBE OF SPREAD
/ IN PRICES URGED
Baltimore Senator Scores
Wide Variation in Farm
and Retail Rates.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, August pa legis-
lative inquiry into the spread between
prices paid Maryland farmers for pro-
duce, and prices paid by consumers for
the same produce was proposed today
by State Senator Raymond E. Ken
nedy, Democrat, fifth Baltimore.
Kennedy, declaring this spread Is
out of all proportion" asserted thou
sands of bushels Of food are rotting
in fields near Baltimore because Of
low prices.
At the same time. he pointed out.
prices to the consumer in city mar
kets are rising.
Cites Bacon Prices.
1T Is not confined to vegetables
alone" he said. Bacon In Balti-
more market is 81 cents a pound. The
highest a farmer can get is IL cents
per pound on the hoof. All the pro-
cessing taxes and anything else I
can think Of cannot account for that"
Senator Kennedy said many farmers
haul their produce to market. only to
be told that commission merchants
are overstocked and do not want it at
any price. He asserted an official
agency to apprise farmers of such con-
ditions would result in marked savings.
viii Propose Law.
When the special session Of the
Legislature convenes, Kennedy said, he
plans to introduce a resolution calling
for a commission to study middlemen's
profits in the State. The commission
he proposes will investigate:
The possibilities Of Gull law as
means of holding up prices to the
farmers and increasing the standard
of quality In the markets.
A proposal for the official agency to
notify farmers when markets are
glutted
A system OF community canning
houses, backed by the State. to afford
disposal of surplus produce such as
tomatoes and beans.
Evening star., 1935-08-25
18th Congress Bats
Only .O43, Half as
Well as Predecessor

BY the Associated Press.
The statisticians busted them
selves yesterday to discover that
an amazing number Of bills and
resolutions were introduced dur
ing the first session Of the
Seventy-fourth Congress, but the
percentage of measures which
became law was low.
In fact. Congress batting aver
age was but .043.
Here are the figures, up to
date:
introduced in House, 9,245.
Introduced in Senate, 3,467.
Public and private bills and
resolutions passed by House and
Senate and already signed into
law. $50.
The Seventy-third Congress,
the first of the New Deal, at work
1877 days in both sessions. con-
sidered 10,848 measures. 976 Of
which became law, a batting
average" OF .o89.
Evening star., 1935-08-25
|A.A.A. AMENDMENT
bill IS NOW LAW
Signing of Act Forestalls
Suits and Enables Tax
Collections.

The A. A. A. amendment bill-in-
tenoed both to extend the Farm Ad-
ministration's power and bulwark IL
legally-was written into Law yester-
lay by President Roosevelt.
Peppered by its foes on constitu-
tional grounds, some Of its provisions
will face the Supreme Court in the
Fall.
The Presidents pen stroke was the
signal for a formal Justice Depart
ment move to seek dismissal Of more
than 500 temporary injunctions which
have been granted against processing
tax collections. Instructions already
had been sent throughout the country
for starting the counter-atack.
The bill moves to ratify the collec-
ton of such taxes. More than $780,
OOO,0 900 has been taken in. But the
suits have been mounting daily.
When a Federal Judge in Boston in
July held that the tax system was un-
constitutional, in the case Of the Hoo
sac Mills, there were 200 such suits on
file. Today. however, they had mount
| Gu DeyOIlO IIlc 4yOOO 41LdA "a
Recovery Is Limited.
The measure seeks further to safe
guard the Government by providing
that should the Supreme Court hold
the law unconditional, only those
| taxpayers who had absorbed the levy
themselves, without passing 1t on to
| the producer or consumer, could re-
cover. The professor would have to
| file a claim with the commissioner Of
internal revenue and the transcript
of hearings and findings Of the COM
missioner would constitute the court
of record when the recovery suit was
filed.
The L.easure is designed to:
Permit the use Of 80 per cent Of the
customs receipts under tariff laws for
premiums on exports Of farm prod
ucts, indemnifying losses on exports,
paying additional benefits to farmers
in connection with the adjustment
p-ogram and diversion Of farm COM
modities into channels away from the
usual.
Extends Cattle Purchases.
Extend the cattle purchase act and
provide $4,000 900 to be used with
unexpended balances to eliminate dis
eased animals.
Let the President use submarginal
lands to be acquired with relief funds,
for public purposes.
Enact similar potato control meas
ure, providing for production quotas
and taxes on production in excess TO
the given quotas.
Extend the Bankhead cotton con-
troll and Kerr-Smith tobacco control
acts for two years with the approval
of producers
Put into operation 'e "ever normal
granary plan," authorizing the Gov
ernment to acquire agricultural COM
modities pledged as security for Gov
ernment loans and to make payments
lin kind" to producers who Cooper
ate in the adjustment programs.
Evening star., 1935-08-25
MENNONITES ASSEMBLE
IN ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KITCHENER, Ontario, August "a
More than $50 Mennonite ministers
will preach in 80 Ontario Mennonite
Churches tomorrow in the opening
fundamental conferences of the. Gen
eral Conference Of the Mennonite
Church in North America, which be-
gins business sessions Monday.
Actual conference sessions will be
held in a camp meeting tabernacle
mile south of Kitchener, where the
seating capacity has been doubled to
hold 1000 persons. Fifty tents have
been erected on the grounds.
The first delegates to appear were
Rev. ]. N. Kaufman Of Dhamtari,
India, and Bishop T. K. Kennedy
Trenque Sanquen. Argentina, with
their families.
Evening star., 1935-08-25

the Otter Cliffs radio station on
Mount Desert Island, in the State Of
Maine, as an addition to the Acadia
National Park. and for other purposes.
Joint resolution authorizing the
State of Arizona to transfer to the
town Of Benson, without cost, tile to
section Is, township II south, range
20 east, Gila and Salt River meridian,
for school and park purposes.
An act for the relief Of Oswald
Orlando.
An act for the relief of Albert Henry
Geroga.
Evening star., 1935-08-25
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
PLEDGE THEIR AID
viii Work for Roosevelt.
Frank Wickhem Elected
to Head Organization.
Young Democrats
Urge Amendment
For ID. C.. Franchise

Amendment of the United
States Constitution to grant full
rights Of citizenship to the people
of the District OF Columbia was
advocated by delegates to the con-
vention Of the Young Democratic
Clubs of America at Milwaukee.
Wis, in a resolution adopted last
night, according to the Associated
Press.
In its resolution, the organiza-
ton Endorsed a proposed amend
ment which grants full voting
privileges to District residents,
placing the Federal territory on a
political footing similar to that
Of the States.