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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-02

The District Commissioners,
concurring in recommendations Of
former Corporation Counsel E.
Barrett Prettyman, today dis
patched the proposed new juve-
nile court bill to the Budget Blu
reau for it's report.
Introduced by Representative
Mary T. Norton, chairman of the
House District Committee, the bill
is now pending in the judiciary
subcommittee headed by Repre-
sentative Vincent Palmisano CD
of Maryland. Mr.. Palmisano has
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-02
WAVES MONEY
FOR DECREE
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Morrison alleged her polo-playing
spouse was worth $4,000, 1000, and
had asked $4,000 a month for her
self and $4,000 for support of their
child.
In an amended complaint on file
today, Mrs. Morrison withdrew
her request for money and charges
mental cruelty. A property settle
ment out of court, it was learned,
provides payment of 500 a month
for their 21-month-old son.
Attorneys for Morrison said this
complaint would not be fought.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-02
Blizzard Of Spring,
Natures April Fool
Joke on ChiCaqoans

CHICAGO, April 2 G.N.SJ.
Mother Nature played an April
fool joke on Chicagoans yester-
day and apparently doesn't know
when to stop.
She brought Old Man Winter
back and he let loose a clustering
blizzardy snowstorm last night.
And the weather man said
there will be more snow and tenn
peratureS in the low twenties to-
day,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-02
JURISDICTION
DENIED IN
LABOR ACT
Refused
Four Companies in
D. c. Court

Avoiding a ruling on the con-
stitutionality of the national la
Dor relations act, District SUI
preme Court Justice Jesse c.
Adkins today dismissed four in
junction suits filed here against
the Labor Board by manufao'
turing companies on grounds
that the local court has no juriS-
diction to interfere with the pro-
cedural methods of the board.
The four suits are those Of
the Heller Brothers Company,
tool manufacturers, of Newcomers
town, Ohio; the Brown Shoe
Company, of St. Louis, Mo-; the
A. C. Lawrence Leather Com
pany, of Peabody, Mass, and
Beaver Mills. Inc, a cotton tex
tile plant at Douglasville, Ga.
Matter of Procedure
Taking the Heller Brothers case
as a key suit, Justice Adkins
pointed out that Section is of the
act provides that the entire act
shall not fail if only portion Of
it shall be held invalid.
The four cases in question, how
ever, the court said, involve pro
cedural matters of the board a.
provided in the act and, in con-
stitutional attack on the act ITSELF
could not be made in this con-
nection.
The Heller Brothers Company
had sought to enjoin the board
from requiring it to furnish books
and records of the firm at a hear
ing the board was about to conduct
on a labor complaint against the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-02
International News Service

The Townsend National Weekly,
official organ of the Townsend
old-age pension movement, received
large revenues from patent medi-
cine advertisements offering fake
cures" to the old folks, a congress
sional investigating committee was
told today.
James r. Sullivan, committee
counsel, read numerous patent
medicine advertisements published
in the Townsend Weekly and prey
ing on the credulity of its aged
readers.
One was headed Married Again
at 120."
REGENERATION and glandular
remedy ads predominated.
The advertisements brought rip
Piles of laughter from the spec
tators and a running fire of wise
cracks from committee members.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-02
House Asks President
To Proclaim Army Day

The House today adopted a joint
resolution requesting the President
to proclaim April 6 as Army Day,
and calling upon the various Gov
eminent departments to lend their
assistance to the activities. It
does not provide that the day shall
be a holiday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-02
DR.. GEBHARDT
ISPAINTEDAS
PH|LANDERER
Girl Fell for 'OIdest
Line in the WorId,'
Counsel Asserts
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resumed today, however. Justice
Collins nodded toward Leibowitz
and said:
"The court denies your mo-
tion."
Vera evinced no emotion at the
ruling.
Pale but composed, her express
sion Stolid, she sat quietly, her
hands folded in her lap, her eyes
closed.
Leibowitz Immediately began his
summation for the defense.
He explained to the "blue-rib-
bon" jury that will receive the
case tomorrow that in addition to
the first degree murder count
against his client she is charged
with second degree murder and
first degree manslaughter. The
first charge is the only one for
which a death sentence may be
imposed.
Explains the Law
Leibowitz then explained the
legal requirement for conviction
Of a jury beyond reasonable
doubt" that crime has been COM
mitted in the manner charged in
order to justify a verdict of guilt.
He explained also that the burden
Of proof of the crime lay upon the
prosecution.
Insisting that Vera had slain
Gebhardt in Selfdefense only
after he had assaulted her and
sought to force her into unnatu-
raj indignities, Leibowitz insisted
there be no compromise verdict"
Leibowitz told the jury the fact
Vera had admitted intimate rela-
lions with Gebhardt over a period
Of nine months before the shoot
ing had no bearing on the case so
far as her claim of self-defenSe is
concerned.
Turning toward Vera, who
stared at the floor, Leibowitz as
serted:
"NO punishment you can mete
out to her can equal the soul
soaring torture she has under
gone these last three days on
the witness stand.
1--WE torn her heart out and
laid it before you. She has al
ready died q thousand deaths"
Traces Romance
Leibowitz traced the history of
Vera and Gebhardt's relationship,
painting the German promoter as
q glib, gallant philanderer and
Vera as IAN educated woman
from the books, but sucker for
fellow like that"
Gebhardt, he insisted, was the
one who really promoted and per-
sisted in maintaining the ill-starred
romance.
The German promoter, accord
ing to Leibowitz, pressed his
attentions on Vera constantly after
they returned to New York early
last year from a West Indies cruise
during which they first met.
And Vera, her counsel claimed,
"fell for one of the Oldest lines in
the world smooth talk of a
man of the world who sold her the
idea he saw something in her he
wanted to develop"
Vera, enmeshed in the romance,
was dominated completely by
Gebhardt who was a disciple of
the doctrines of Friedrich Metz
che, German philosopher who
preached the superiority of ego
ism and the mastery of the
"Superman," LeiboWitz asserted.
Her lover, he claimed, gave her
nothing but the hope of mar
rage, a home, responsibility, and
then, her counsel asserted, "he
double-croSSed her"
Leibowitz read numerous ex-
tracts from letters exchanged by
Vera and Gebhardt to support
his claim that the "superman
lover" frequently asserted his de-
sire to give her permanent hap
piness."
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
LOWER EGG PRODUCTION
EXPECTED THIS SUMMER

Egg production in North Carolina
will be below normal this summer,
and unless good care is given the
focks, the eggs will be of inferior
quality.
To make the most of high sum-
mer prices, said Roy S. Dearstyne,
head of the poultry department at
State College, poultrymen will need
to take special pains with their fiocks
and eggs.
The first step, he said, is to pro-
duce infertile eggs, as they are bet
ter for immediate consumption and
they also will keep in good condition
for longer period than fertile eggs.
Keep the nests clean, he added, so
the eggs will not have to be cleaned
before marketing. Eggs not to be
consumed Immediately should not be
washed, as washing removes from
the shells protective substance that
is needed to prevent rapid deteriora-
ton.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
FARMS AND GARDENS

present tax system is too rigid It
is not flexible enough to meet sud-
den changes in incomes, and the in
comes of farmers vary quite often
to a marked degree. When the farm
income is low, growers probably
pay more than a fair share of the tax
load, but when incomes advance
sharply, such as they did during
AAA days, farmers probably expend
less for taxes than is fair.
DR.. Forster believes that a more
flexible tax system can be enacted.
In his radio talk for July Is, he will
discuss a plan for making the sys-
tenn less rigid.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
Corn Crop Will Determine
Effect of Drought on Cost
of Food for Average Buyer

Agriculture department econo-
mists, boring into Labyrinth of food
price factors, Friday, in Washington,
termed the prospective supply of
corn as a feed for meat animals the
master key to the drought's effect on
table expenses.
AS in 1884, they said, if feed sup
plies are drastically reduced the con-
sumner will be touched first by an
increasing cost for meat.
In that year, they recalled, corn
received no rain in May and June,
but hope was held for lifesaving
downpours in July. The late rains
did not come.
Again May and June have parched
the corn fields and hope for heavy
yields once more are pinned on July
precipitation. The outcome of the
corn crop will be determined with
in the next three weeks, and a fair
insight into feed and food supplies
in general will be provided by the
governments crop forecast July 10.
The prospective loss of 100,OOO,OOO
bushel of spring wheat, the experts
said, has been largely discounted by
higher grain prices without penalty
to the cost of flour. Secretary Wal
lace's program of buying 100000
drought distressed cattle, they ex-
pected, would be reflected chiefly in
firmer farm values for foundation
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
FARMERS URGED TO GROW
MORE FOOD, FEED CROPS

The AAA is seeking to aid in the
further production of food and feed
crops on farms hard hit by the
drouth, according to an announce
ment by Dean I. O. Schaub, of State
College.
On farms where dry weather has
cut the production of these crops
below normal, he said, growers may
plant more food and feed crops with
out affecting their payments, provid-
ed they comply with other require
ments of the new farm program.
However, their paintings of crops
other than annual grasses, small
grains, and sorghums must not make
their total acreage of general soil
depicting crops equal or exceed their
base acreage of gnral soil-deplting
crops.
They may plant all the annual
grasses, small grains, and sorghums
necessary to bring production up to
normal.
The program originally provided
that deductions would be made from
a growers payments if his acreage
of soil-depleting crops exceeded his
base acreage of these crops.
There is still time to plant sorg-
huns, cowpeas, soybeans, sudan
grass, other grasses and legumes
sweet potatoes, and fall vegetables
the dean pointed out.
He also stated that to qualify for
payments. growers must grow an
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
POULTRY FLOCK NEED
GOOD CARE IN SUMMER

During the hot summer days,
poultry fiocks need plenty of fresh
air, shade, and fresh drinking water.
Birds will not grow or lay well
when overcrowded in hot, poorly
ventilated houses, said Roy S. Dear
styne, head Of the poultry depart
ment at State College.
However, he said, provision should
be made to protect the birds from
chilling at night in localities where
night temperatures fall rapidly.
At this time of year, he continued,
green fed is sparse and hard to di-
gest. A good fish oil should be placed
in all mash fed during the summer
months to provide the necessary
vitamins.
Do not attempt to save on feed
costs by cutting down on the mount
of feed given in summer. A we'll
balanced developing mash should be
before growing birds at all times.
A wet mash should be fed layers
to help maintain summer egg pro-
duction. This should be fed in
troughs in the early afternoon, Civ
ing the birds all they will clean up
in about 20 minutes.
If natural shade is not available,
artificial shade may be provided by
placing feed sacks over a light frame
work. A portable frame enables the
poultryman to move his artificial
shade as necessary.
Parasites are especially bad in
summer, so check the flock fire.
quently for infestations. Clean the
dropping boards as often as practi-
cal.
Instead of saving on feed costs by
cutting down on the amount fed
each bird, Gull the poor layers out
of the flock. Developing birds that
appear to be inferior should also be
culled out
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS

ANSWERED AT STATE COLLEGE
Question: Can skim-milk or but
termilk be substituted for anything
else in the laying mash other than
dried milk.
Answer: Yes. When as much as
three gallons is fed each day to 1OC
hens all the dried milk products
one-half the fish meal, and one-haH
the meat meal as recommended may
be left out of the ration. The success
of these substitutions, however, de-
pend upon the regular feelings oil
the skim milk or buttermlik. Unless
there is an ample supply of these
items at all times no substitutions
should be made, or if only one gal.
lon is available only the dried milk
products should be removed from
the ration.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
SAYS PRESENT TAX
SYSTEM TOO RIGID

Are farmers of North Carolina
paying more than their share of the
tax burden?
In a series of broadcasts, heard
every other Wednesday, DR.. C. w.
Forster, agricultural economist for
the North Carolina Experiment Sta
ton, is attempting to explain both
sides of the tax question as it re-
lates to farmers. The next in this
series will be heard July Is.
DR.. Forster maintains that the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

acreage of soi1-conserving crops
equal to is per cent Of their, general
soil-conserving crops equal to is per
cent of their general soil-depleting
base and 20 per cent of their cotton,
tobacco and or peanut base.
Deductions will be made in the
payments of growers whose acreages
of soil-conserving crops do, not
equal the amount required.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

In hot weather, eggs should be
collected several times a day and
stored Immediately in a cool, moist
place where there is plenty Of venti-
lation. A spring house or cellar is an
ideal place.
Air in the storage room should be
free FROM strong odors, as eggs read
lily absorb such odors from the at
mosphere.
Candle eggs, especially in summer,
to keep inferior ones off the market.
Good prices can be commanded only
by poultrymen who maintain a repu-
tation for selling good eggs.
Deliveries should be made more
frequently in summer than in win
ter, as this is necessary to supply the
trade with strictly fresh eggs.
To bring high prices, eggs must
look good. Customers demanding
high quality eggs will not pay top
prices for small dirty, or cracked
eggs, Dearstyne warned.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
Nation Celebrates / Goth
Birthday With Tragedy
Record Number of Deaths il
Country for Fourth of
July; Isl Dead

+
The nations celebration of its
l6Oth birthday ended Saturday
night the worst July 4th tragedy in
five years.
Deaths were counted at 251-more
than one and half for every year
of the United States independence.
Banking firecrackers played a
comparatively innocent role in the
slaughter, taking but five lives in
three States. but motoring accidents
and drownings rolled up a terrific
toll.
Not since 1881, when 483 celebra-
tors died, was the death list so long.
All but seven of the 48 States
Colorado, Delaware, Mississippi, Ne
vada, New Mexico, Vermont and
Wyoming reported fatalities.
Airplane crashes, auto races, light
ming, railroad trains, burning build
ings, celebrators' wild bullets and
tavern brawls all made their contri-
buttons.
Traffic Wrecks Lead
Traffic accidents were responsible
for the most deaths, accounting for
149 lives in 36 States. Seventy-fve
persons drowned in SO States. Mis-
cellaneous tragedies accounted for
% more in Is States.
Although fireworks fatalities were
low, burns and injuries were legion
across the land.
In New York City, SOL persons
were treated at hospitals for fire.
works burns. Two fires were started
during the celebration, and one man
was killed by a stray bullet as he
stood on a rooftop.
A six-year-old girl burned to
death by firecracker thrown into
her lap was Chicago's only fatality.
Sixty-two others were hurt and IL
arrested. A small dog, maddened by
exploding firecrackers, bit three per-
sons at Montrose Avenue beach.
Two men were killed at Lexing-
ton, Mich, when fireworks blew up
on a scow during the annual cele-
bration there. Sixteen spectators at
community fireworks display at
Findlay, Ohio, were hurt by noise
bomb that shot across the river into
the crowd instead of rising in the air
as expected.
st. Louis counted it's fireworks in
juries at 343, and reported one dead
from tavern brawl.
Kansas City's anti-frecracker or
dinance cut injuries there to 100.
There were no deaths.
At Los Angeles, Patricia Kramer,
AZ, put a firecracker in her mouth
and lit it. She was badly burned.
Theodore Clothen, 10, slipped and
sat down on a cannon cracker and
went to hospital. Eighty others had
similar experiences.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

herds.
Comparing the situation to 1884,
they related that manufactured &C.
real prices remained fairly steady
during the drought and that a delay
ed, moderate rise of Is per cent from
rather low levels occurred in the
prices of dairy and poultry products
in late 1884 and early 1885.
The real impact on the consumers
purchases was produced by meat
prices which rose from the middle
of 1884 to the middle of 1885, then
eased off from August, 1885 to the
present time. Peak prices were not
reached until supplies created by
heavy Slaughter of hogs and cattle
had been exhausted.
This far, it was pointed out, the
drought was settled chiefly on grain
producing areas. The big dairy pro-
ducts states, Wisconsin, Mich an,
and Minnesota, have not sufH ed
much and drought effects on d ny
market prices are expected I'd be
confined principally to whateverI y
is caused in feed costs.
Potato prices are expected + 1be
considerably lower than last month
but higher than last year. There was
an unusual shortage of both new and
old crop potatoes in June, but sea-
sonal increase in marketing is now
in progress.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

Question:: How can 1 keep my
cream cool and pure between col
lectiOns?
Answer: After the milk is strained
and separated the, cream should be
placed in a can and the can sub
merged in cold water so that all the
cream is under water. Stir the cream
occasionally to hasten the cooling. A
concrete cooling tank placed where
the water from a spring will pass
through the tank is ideal, but where
this cannot be secured, a serviceable
tank may be made from a barrel.
Change the water in such tank at
least three times a day. Do not add
warm cream to that already cooled.
Cool each separation before adding
to the cold cream and then stir until
the entire batch presents uniform
smooth body.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

Mcdonald and I are in about the
same fix. I write for the Saturday
Evening Post. But they don't pub
lish it. But I write for 'em just the
same.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

5479 nickels with v but emitting
the word "cents" were coined in
1888.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

The number of asteroids or tiny
planets that have been discovered
totals over 10000.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

The Papaya tree has buds, flowers,
green and ripe fruit growing upon
it all at one time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

There are more ants in the world
than any other kind of living crea-
ture.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

Somebody asked me what that
thar" fellow by the name of Dan
Graham was a-runnin' fur. Dan is
conducting a revival here. So I told
him that Graham was running to
beat help.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

It does not make any difference
whether you are born upstairs in
the front room or downstairs in the
back room. But if you are running
for governor of North Carolina it
does matter if you were born in ILL
nois and fetched up in Arkansas.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

1,134,208,000 postage stamps are
made every month in this country.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

Along with the sales tax, hell will
be to pay from now on.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

Hoey would make a good prize
fighter. He knew how to get his man.
He got Mack's "gall'', for that was
the biggest part of him.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

When I got defeated for the SEN
ate, I felt it was the best for the
country.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

If the election would Kome about
every third Saturday I would call
my Kolumn Krazy Krax.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

I amt got nothing to say about
nobody's coattail in an election: ]
made use of mine once upon time
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

Question: Should old canes on
raspberry and dewberry fields be
destroyed?
Answer: All canes in the rasp-
berry field that have fruited should
be cut out and burned as soon as the
harvest is over. This prevents the
spread of any disease to the new
canes. With dewberries, the old
canes should be cut off even with
the ground as soon as the picking
season is over. Where the Lucretia
variety of dewberries is produced
commercially, all canes, both old
and new, are usually cut immediate4
ly after harvest. With the Young
variety, it is advisable to cut only
the old fruiting canes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

It was worse than Joe Lewis.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

Mack was not the kind of doc t
give medicine. He had to take it.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09
NUTS
AND
KERNELS
By TROY IAsIAH JONES

ny 1hO1 1AO1bAA JO4NGO
Some little astronomer that did
not have much to do, discovered a
planet that busts and divides up,
gets back together and busts again.
I think that he was just looking at
the democratic party during the
Hoey- Mcdonald campaign.
If a strange horn had a-tooted
here in West Jefferson Saturday, it
would have scared me nearly to
death-no more ready than I am.
Judging from the resurrection Of
the dead" I would have thought it
was Gabriel tootin' his horn.
And this election was not without
it's paradox.
Mcdonald carried the Harrigan as
well as I. But that just goes to
show
Mack was not the kind of doc to
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-09

And this election was not without
its paradox.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-01-24
RELIGIOUS
SNAP SHOTS
By j. M. Walker

God is a million times
stronger than the Devil. But
does your life prove it?
God is no respecter of
persons. But some people
are.
Gods army is composed,
only, of the deserters of the
DEVILS army.
Christ is being crucified,
daily, by the "willful sins"
of the Human race.
God says: ''In the begin
ming was the word" There
fore, we begin with the
word, and the word begins
with us.
Wise men let God do the
Judging of their daily af-
fairs, and are always sue
cessful.
Fools risk their own judi
gment and are failures.