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Evening star., 1936-11-08
ADMR. STANDBY
ASKS RETIREMENT
Chief of Naval Operations
Clarifies Situation by
Voluntary Action.

Formal announcement Of the deci-
sion of Admiral William H. Standley.
chief of naval operations, to end his
IS years of active service on January
!, was made by Secretary Swanson.
The admiral. who, although 64 on
December l8, would not be forced to
retire at this time because Of his high
rank, clarified the situation by taking
voluntary action under the law which
permits retirement after 40 years of
service.
1t is widely expected that Admiral
william D. Leahy, now in command
of the battle force, will be appointed
to succeed him as chief of naval opera
tions. The announcement of Admiral
Standley's decision to retire also
aroused speculation over the likelihood
that he may be asked to serve on the
new Maritime Commission.
= In his letter to the secretary,
Admiral Standley said:
On December 18, 1886, will be
64 years old. the age for statutory
retirement for officers Of the Navy
below the grade of vice admiral and,
but for the fact that hold the office
of chief Of naval operations, with the
rank of admiral. my retirement would
automatically become effective on
January /, 1887
In order that there may be no un-
certainty as to my status and that
there may be no embarrassment in
naming my successor, hereby sub
init my application for retirement
: after 40 years service (section 381
of title "a. United States code), effec-
tive on January l, 1887"
In commenting on Admiral Stand
leys retirement from active duty, the
Secretary said:
THE career of Admiral Standley.
extending over a period of As years,
has included many activities within
the naval profession. Admiral Stand
ley saw active service in two wars, as
we'll as combat service during the
Philippine insurrection. In commend
ing him for his valor at Baler. Philip
pine Islands, during the pacification
campaign, Secretary of the Navy Long
wrote in part: Your conduct in thus
bravely venturing into a territory oc-
cupied by cruel and unscrupulous
enemy merits and receives the highest
commendation of the Department
In addition to his distinguished
service as a naval officer, Admiral
Standley was appointed twice to dis
armament conferences, the first time
as member of the American delega-
tion to the General Disarmament Con-
ference held in London in 1894; the
second time as delegate of the United
States to the London Naval Conference
Of 1885. Together with his colleague,
the Honorable Norman H. Davis, he
signed on behalf of the United States
the London naval treaty which was
the outcome of these later negotiations.
Admiral Standley's conduct of the
office Of chief Of naval operations, the
highest post in the naval service, has
been distinguished by sound and orig
1nal thinking. as well as vigorous
action. and has greatly contributed to
the welfare and efficiency of the Navy"
Evening star., 1936-11-08
ALBERTA DEBT MOUNTS

EDMONTON, Alberta, November I
N).-Alberta's debt increased by ST.
472,30l in the fiscal year ending March
81, 1886, Provincial Treasurer Cock
roft announced today.
A cash deficit of s1,65o,792 was re.
ported on ordinary running expenses
One of the major public
schemes of the social credit govern
ment, the liquor control board, netted
. profit Of $l,843,589. The other, Al.
berta government telephones, showed
D net deficit of S2S8,797.
Evening star., 1936-11-08

Continued From First Page)
agents. was in the pocket of a coat
that Arthur threw away in the hope
OF avoiding identification. They quoted
Arthur as saying he stuffed the bills
hastily in his coat pocket at the time
OF the robbery and forgot to remove
them before throwing the coat away
after releasing Bowman. Arthur, the
agents said, told them he could not
remember where he discarded the coat.
Has Record of Arrests.
Arthur Halfpap, who is known also
as Arthur Cayton, has a record of
several arrests in the District for un-
lawful use of automobiles. On jan
uary 18, 1888, he was sent to Lorton
reformatory to serve an indeterminate
Evening star., 1936-11-08

Right Rev. James Freeman Bishop of Washington
shon he ocaed yesterday at the stone laying at
Trinity Episcopal Church. Pney
Takoma Park The Reno Harp rector
church, is looking
OF early English Gothic architecture the church ,0u cost
$48 900 completed DI about 250
designed by Philip Hubert Frohman architect OF the Wash
fngtOn Cathedral Star Std6 Photo.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
Embossed metallic cloths

A elittering investment you don't meet up with
every doy. These are smart silver and gold COM
blnotions with white, black, red, green and blue
Only 300 yards at this special prioe-ond you'll
want enough for bIouses and dresses
Evening star., 1936-11-08
LuStrOuS black velvet

Erect pile. Silk foce Two important feo-
lures you'd never associate with this low price, A
fobrc and color thot always have q place in the
fashion sun. 4O-inches Wde-in weight thot's
suitable for wrops and dresses.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
values from
Our Silk Dept.
MallinSOn'S velyetS

You don't often find such fine transparent velvet
and such low price going hand in hand! It's rich,
lustrous and has exquisite dropino ouotes In 30
ort'st-inspired coIors-besides black and white
Suitable for street, afternoon and formal wear.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
kidnapping

Continued From First Page.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
lEMKE ENDORSEMENT
DESTROYS UNITY
OF IOWA PARTY

DES MONIES, Ia.-(LSP)-At
a special convention called for the
express purpose of nominating or
endorsing a candidate for U. S.
senator to fill the vacancy left by
Louis Murphy, DEM, who died,
demagogic elements succeeded in
swinging enough votes to have the
Iowa Farmer-Labor party ode
signate" William Lemke and
Thomas C. O'Brien as their can
didates for president and vice
president.
Smith w. Brookhart, former
senator, was nominated to fill the
vacancy left by Murphy.
At the regular convention Of the
party, two weeks earlier, the en-
dorsement IF Lemke was defeat
ed. At both conventions Social
lists led the fight against endors-
ing candidates over whom the or
ganized workers and farmers have
no control.
The Lemke endorsement means
that many elements heretofore af-
filiated with the Iowa Farmer
Labor party can no longer &c
along with it. IF the endorse
ment is allowed to stand, the so
cialist party, in line with the de-
cision of their national executive
committee, will have to withdraw
because they cannot support 8
national ticket other than the So
cialist ticket.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

Mason, by the Secretary of the
Beet Workers Union, which is I'M
answered up to date.
They thought they had beaten
the local labor. But the Almighty
God imposed upon them a plague
Of grasshoppers that loved tender
beets. will say the Secretary Of
Montana Beet Workers Union, to-
gether with the support of every
organization in the state, has re-
turned the beet workers to the pro-
jects and they still remain on the
job up to date with the same raise
in pay that everyone on WPA is
getting, which is insufficient. Fol-
a raise over the present raise, is
the battle we are staging now.
After laboring all these years
with little pay, producing so much
the Government is in debt Il
every laborer to the. extent of {
living wage without sacrificing
This goes for all the working class
regardless of color or creed.
This is what organization
stands for. And also what th'
Farmer-Labor Party stands foI
Which is already in the field OF
the program of production foI
use.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

By Montana Beet Growers Onlon'
Per Felipe Moralez, Billings
Montana.
Billings, Montana
August 10, 1896
1880 was the last year Of the
high wages for beet labor-$25.OO
per acre on a 12-ton basis and a
5Oc-bonus for every additional ton.
From 1881 till 1888 the crash
came, lowered prices to $1,000 per
acre and the same SOC bonus.
The thinning rules changed with
prices. More beets left in the
ground reduced the tonnage per
acre. Also meant more work for
the laborer, less tonnage for the
farmer, but more sugar for the
sugar companies.
After harvest in the fall, from
November on, every worker was
penniless, forced to steal coal to
keep his family from freezing, beg
food to keep from starving, and
was evicted the remainder of the
winter. This was during the low
labor-priced years. And after
working beets for so little money,
stealing coal, begging food, thrown
in the streets, the laborers were
then thrown into Jail. That was
their pay for overproduction for
the sugar companies.
Finally the workers decided to
organize and fight their way out
of such depressed circumstances:
We did, but we were still denied
relief everywhere we went.
Workers were monopolized and
forced to trade in the sugar COM
panies commissaries, which sold
groceries twice as high as other
stores. The workers had this
taken out of their checks through
the summer, which left the labor
er penniless as usual in the fall.
We went more than one step
farther. Then a demonstration
was staged on the State Capitol
270 miles away in severe, cold
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
Socialist Sound
Truck Aids Union

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-DSP)-
Rushed back from a state tour in
behalf of Mrs. Kate Bradford
Stockton, Socialist candidate for
governor, Socialist sound truck
N. has been placed at the dis
posal of the striking truck drivers
of the Nashville Pure Milk Co.
It is touring the downtown
streets broadcasting an appeal to
boycott Tru-li-Pure milk. George
Lambert, state campaign director,
is in charge of the truck.
The striking drivers are touring
their former routes giving their
customers the facts about the
strike.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14


1884. The demonstration lasted 3
days. Sometimes we were fed once
a dav and sometimes fortunate
enough to eat three times a day.
The demonstration had quite a de-
sired effect. We thought the ice
was broken and it was.
Beet workers were given relief
through the sugar companies
agents to stores fully monopoliz-
ed by the sugar companies IN
every sugar beet district. But the
largest store was in Billings, Mon
tana (Malin- Yates Company.
This store is out of existence to-
day, because, after the workers
organized, they learned how this
store overcharged. When they
could no longer hook the workers,
this store closed. There is no
Malin- Yates grocery store any
more.
The same year, 1884, the sugar
companies set the wages on a
$19.20-slide scale, on basis OF
twelve tons per acre. They also
threatened to collect or deduct
from the workers checks for re-
lief they had received through the
winter.
The organizations discovered
this trick and the workers stuck
together. The sugar companies
came to the conclusion they were
up against it and have not col
lected or deducted yet. And Or
ganized pressure forced federal
relief which exists today for beet
workers along with every one else.
But God knows the work, the Suf-
fering, the waiting, and time we
put in, even a strike in the beet
fields in June to straighten out the
situation as we'll as it is today
which is still very poor and un-
satisfactory for everybody.
This brings us up to 1885.
The key to the sugar trust, Mr..
Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of
Agriculture, set the wages for the
Montana areas at $21.50 per acre
on basis of twelve ton slide scale:
For thinning ....---....-------$8.5O
For hoeing ----..--.------..-.--.-. ESQ
For wedding ......--..-----..----- LOO
For pulling and topping 900
Or IS cents for every ton, from
one and up.
A raise of $3.50 per acre COM
pared to 1884.
Then he turns around and raises
commodities % per cent in Mon
tana. On February LIST, in Har-
din, Montana, Bighorn county, the
relief set-up forced the beet
workers off relief. The Holly
Sugar Corporation put in a Com.
misary food supply and sold food
at a very high price to beet
workers in order to hook all THEN
checks and keep them in debt tt
the corporation in the fall.
eLaborers protested this and call.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

The land of the free . y. =.
in a local news item -
three undesirable aliens - =.
northwest mol today were e y. y.
Ellis Island for dep'i|
their native countries.
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FALL QUARTER
COMMONWEALTH
OPESSEPT !,

1 SsGbmm SH CoSSsaSlsaA opal j,
taD0G os sshGol s sitoatsd & d, 9
on September % viii wilma At6sS.
teal and theor rt; o1ter an
course to workers = NJ.
students, with new lsrnsS
new teachers t. &c. eoOtss :
vital needs of labor S eSnISass
FORT FORT PECK PERKINS ,os'o
JOINS STAFF N!NS
Recognizing the ino..
organizational wo,l l,mpcraOs
unemployed today ,'e conaSSooo1 5
has introduced a nsv U,oaulnonVa
Organization of the s TSETo a'e i 3
to be taught bv E,r UaeSl,,
who has received na aiTSa Ps
ton for his able leaS tISllIl ''''
militant Federal Union W. I T 6
affiliated with the A. = 50.
Fort Peck Dam in Mont,.C%o l
METHODIST LADY
TEACHES CURRENT Eyp,
Winifred Chappell. A.. y
with the Methodist FsssSs s.e.
Social Service, win ''T T.Ss :
Commonwealth where 'I ~ (, /
taught previously, to e5 IA
course in Current Eysr Syl'' Z.
Karstein of PhladelDbis
been AIDED to the fac1Ity y y. ' !.
courses in advanced POTTS. ~ I. I
omy and in public SDesFin., Z; !
latter course is especially 49, 7 /.
under Karstein's able iS,i- =.
ship to train students a, !.
effective speaking in the, \,
union activity.
Other important cmn. :,
are offered include: elsmr.
Political Economy, .HiStoTv J. /
American Labor Movement 81
erS' Problems and OrTssiu
Trade Union Problems, Wa
English, Labor Reporting I
Writing, Labor Drama, TyvH,r
Graphic Methods Of ProDaTr
The latter course is unique 4 I
practical instruction It Tyg
problems of mimeOgraphhE :
ducing shop papers, lesfss I
posters.
LIFE AT COLLEGE
SIMPLE AND WHOLESOME
Life at Commonwealth is d
and wholesome and reaEhz
adapted to present ecOnOni; d
ditions. Virtually the Whoh
pense to the student is b. {
ton fee of $50 for q tFsW
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Further information sOSA
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; writing to Charlotte A ~.
! Executive Secretary,
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n The land of the free . -.
e in a local news item; ~
:. three undesirable aliens z.
n northwest today were e =. =;
r Ellis Island for deP'i'
their native countries
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WRITE FOR
INFORMATION

Further information soSE !
monwealth may be s:clls.
writing to Charlotte A -.
Executive Secretary -
wealth College, Msnai ARD
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-06
SETTLEMENT MADE
FOR MANY DEBTS
Debtors and Creditors Learning To
Be Good iNeighbOrs, Scott
Says in Address

Siler City, April 6.-"Creditors and
debtors are learning to be friends in
the settlement of their troubles out
of court like good neighbors," w.
Kerr Scott, regional farm debt ad-
justment chief, Resettlement Admins
tration, Raleigh, told Rotarians and
their guests here today.
Tracing the history of FDA, Mr..
Scott reminded his hearers that bus
mess men for long time have found
it advantageous in extreme cases of
debts to compromise and settle debts
without foreclosure and without re-
sort to the courts. Good business
men have followed this procedure be-
cause such a settlement is usually
more profitable in the long run to
both the creditor and the debtor.
"The farm debt adjustment section
of the Resettlement Administration
is applying these same business prin-
ciples in the adjustment of debts"
he added.
Mr.. Scott gave large part Of the
credit for debt adjustment to the vol
untary county FDA committees in
each county, which are composed of
OuIoIoIIUA1S 1OCdl ClLlZcIlS Ill edCn
county. These committees arrange
the meetings between the debtors and
Their attempt to work out plan
whereby the debt may be adjusted and
refinanced.
"Since the first of last September
until the end of March this year
NEARLY a half million dollars Gin
round numbers) of farm debts have
been adjusted in the five states Of
this region due to this FDA SERVICE"
Mr.. Scott said. I'm North Carolina
distressed farmer-debts totaling $780,
OOO were reduced or refinanced to
$586,OOO, leaving a net reduction of
approximately 100000. AS a result of
this adjustment an drefinancing near
ly $4,000 in taxes have been paid on
the property refinanced." =
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-06
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE.

Under and by virtue of an order of
the Superior Court of Vance County,
made in the Special Proceeding en-
titled Z. j. Evans, vs. Clifton Cook
and others, same being No. 3773 upon
the Special Proceeding Docket of said
Court, the undersigned Commissioner
will on the Doth day of April, 1895, at
II o'clock, Noon, at the Court House
door in Henderson, N. c., offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash
those two certain lots lying and being
in Henderson Township, Vance Coun-
ty, North Carolina, being lots No. /
and No. bought of Henderson Real
Estate Company as described by deed
recorded in Book SO at page 228,
Vance County Registry, a plot of
which is recorded in Book 65 page
ESQ. Said lots being on High Street
and the road leading from Corbitt
Motor Truck Company.
The undersigned Commissioner will
on the 10th day of April, 1896, at 200
O'CLOCK, p. m. at the Court House Door
IN jackson, N. c.. offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash, that certain
tract of land lying and being in -
Township, Northampton County, N.
c., described as follows:
That tract of Ill acres more or
less, known as the w. S. Powell land
and being bounded on the North by
lands of the Ellen Cook Estate; on
the East by lands of J. A. Suffer: on
the South by the lands of w. H. JOY
ner Estate, and on the West by the
lands of p. r. Capel.
This 18th day of March, 1885.
r. G. KITTRELL,
Commissioners
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-06
. TODAY =
TODAY,S ANNIVERSARIES

1483-Raphael Sdnzio, famed Ital-
ian painter of madonnas, born. Died
April 6, 1920.
1736-John Montresor, British mil
itary engineer and surveyor active
in America in the generation before
the Revolution, son of a military engi-
neer also active here, born in Glib
raltar. Died in England, June rs,
1893.
1785-John Pierpont, Boston Unita-
rian clergyman of note, reformer and
poet, grandfather of the first ]. P.
Morgan, born at Litchfield, Conn.
Died Aug. u, 1866.
1823-Joseph Medill, Chicago editor,
newspaper owner, mayor and Repub-
lican leader, born in New Brunswick
Canada. Died March 16, 1899.
1843-Edward T. Jeffrey, Illinois
Central Railway shopman for 20 years
rising to superintendent, president
Denver and Rio Grande and Western
Pacific, born in England. Died in
New York City, Sept. "a, 1927.
1874-Harry Houdini. noted Ameri-
can magician, born at Appleton, Wis.
Died in Detroit, Oct 81, 1926.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-06
Today is the Day
. BY CLARK Kll@E\AIRD
Copyright. 1886, for this Newspaper
by Central Press Association

Monday April 6; Nissan IA, 1886
Passover Eve in J. c. 35th Day of
Lent. Army Day. Full moon. Birth
stone: diamond.
Scanning The Skies: Some 24OOO,-
600 meteors, bright enough to be seen
without telescope, daily strike the at
mosphere around the earth and burn
themselves up. The number of giant
meteors striking the Earth is small
only on weighing as much as IS tons
hits the earth in 800 years.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-06
Medical Fads Valuable
HNOt Opposed TO Health

now? Why don't you continue to do
It? Why don't you tell other people
about it? In the days when the fad
tens Of thousands Of people doing
the same thing. assuring everybody
else that it was Of great benefit to
them. Why aren't there tens Of
thousands Of people doing It now?
Quinine Still Used
If you had malaria ten years ago
they would have given you quinine.
If you have malaria today. they will
still give you quinine. It's still good.
It is. Of course. q little cruel of me
to remind those OF you who were
ardent Coueites that you have for
gotten all about 1t. AS q matter Of
fact. it was form Of psychotherapy
recognized by the profession. and a
very sensible one. It unquestionably
did great deal Of good. just as any
other such optimistic suggestion un-
questionably does a great deal of
good. There are many people who
need just the amount Of self-assur-
ance that the Coue formula gave
them to feel well all the time.
I think it would be a very good
thing to revive Coueism. AS l said
in the beginning, it is at least harm
less.
QUESTIONS FROM READERS
A. B.: would you kindly advise
me what Is the cause Of the ripping
noise in a persons stomach as II full
Of water, and what could be done to
stop same?"
Answer: The movements of the
stomach. which are called "borboryg-
ma" probably are mostly caused by
nervousness and swallowing air
They do not indicate any particular
harmful condition. and their worst
trouble Is that they are embarrassing
when in the presence Of other peo-
pie. It is possible that they could
be controlled by the use Of a small
amount Of raNing soda in water.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-06

opinion Of a regular medical man.
The only thing that is important is
to be sure that the fad is harmless
Rndsnot antagonistic to health. Some
Of them, some dietary fads, and es-
pecially fasting fads. are not HARM
less.
The point of view of the medical
man about fad treatments is that
they go and come. Not very many
years ago there was fad treatment
originated by a French apothecary
named Coue. It was a form of auto
suggestion. the basis Of which was
acknowledgement. You stood be-
fore the mirror every morning and
said. Every day in every way / am
getting better and better" You took
little pieces Of paper and wrote down.
Every day in every way am get
ting better and better, and put the
writing in your hat. Do you still
do that? Even those who are old
enough to have been converts to
Coueism. do you still do It? If It
was good then. why isn't it good
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-06
IT'S TRUE

IT'S TRUE
Genuine mink-coats and ieweled
tiaras are rented out in New York.
Best rental customers for the coats
are persons taking cruises or going
to fashionable resorts.
Last year, more persons rode the
buslines than the railroads.
Arnold Rothstein, New York gamb-
Ter, bet 100000 to 100000 on Hour
less to beat Omar Khayyam in a
match race at Laurel, Md, in 1917
and won!
The largest army ever to march in
single command was that which fol-
lowed Xerxes of Persia when he start
ed out to attack Athens. It COM
prised 2,317, $40 men, plus servants and
camp followers.
G. w. N. Brown, Erwin, Tenn, of
fers testimony in the controversy
over whether mother snakes SWALLOW
their young in time of danger. He
writes:
"At the U. c., Fisheries Station near
Erwin, I was walking between two
buildings of the hatchery when I
heard a peculiar noise. I looked
down and saw a number Of small
snakes squirming toward a large
snake. She opened her mouth and
the little fellows went down her
throat as fast as they could go. I
struck the mother snake with a rock.
Immediately the young snakes began
coming out of her mouth. They were
from four to six inches long There
were at least eight or ten of them. I
killed the mother and all the little
ones"
Queries, reproofs ETC., are welcomed
by Clark Kinnaird.