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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-05-14
Alcohol Causes Many
Deaths Coroner T inds
Blizzard i'm New
Mexico, Colorado

Caught in raging blizzard which
isolated Trinidad, Col, a mining
town of 1900, more than $50 per-
sons were snow-bound Friday atop
lofty Ration pass between Trinidad
and Ration, N. NJ.
The town of Morley, Colo, on the
north slope of the mile and half
high pass, was completely cut off
from the outside. Two buses reach
ed there late today, having plowed
through a snow-piled mountain
highway which was impossible for
hours.
Snow and heavy rains spread over
much of the "dustlands" of the
prairie states during the day, reviv-
ing hope for spring crops and bring
ing prediction of a breakup in the
prolonged drought.
Despite efforts of the New Mexico
Highway department and bus COM
panies, the stranded groups on the
pass, scattered over a stretch of road
more than four miles long, were not
expected to be rescued until dawn.
Authorities foresaw possibility of
extreme suffering through the night
with the temperature near the freez-
ing point and no immediate sign of
a letup in the snow and wind. The
United States weather bureaus said
the mercury probably would go far
below freezing.
Five buses were caught on the
pass, along with half dozen trucks
and more than 20 automobiles.
A spiral highway rising steeply
from Ration to the top of the pass
a well-known scenic spot-dirfted
deep with wet snow and turned back
New Mexico Highway department
crews who sought to reach the
stranded travellers.
They returned to Ration for rein
forcements and snow plows.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-05-14
CAR SALES ON INCREASE

North Carolinians bought 4,931
new automobiles and 1,439 new
trucks during April, the motor We
hicle bureau report in Raleigh last
week.
In March there were 3,426 new
cars and 1,120 new trucks sold in
the state, and in April, 1885, there
were 1894 new cars and 1881
trucks.
In four months this year there
were 13,509 new cars and 4,475 new
trucks sold, compared with 1882
cars and 4,710 trucks in the perioc
last year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-05-14
DECLARES THAT MEN CAUSE
BEAUTY SHOP PROBLEMS

BOSTON.-It's the men, not the
women, who cause the beauty shop
problems these days, one.of Boston's
leading hairdressers has found.
'The men won't 60 to a barber
shop" Frank Bartell told a meeting
of New England ladies' hair dressers
because there is no privacy"
tsMen are still sensitive about let
ting other men know they are hav-
ing their eyebrows plucked and their
hair touched up" he said. $50 they
come to women's parlors where
there is booth service"
"And," he added, cts really not
the place for them"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-05-14
Deadly Liquors Fail to Leave
Definite Traces According
to Tests Made
LESS CASES SINCE REPEAL

Alcohol was given as an unseen
and unreported cause of many
deaths among chronic drinkers, in q
study reported to the American
Psychiatric association in Chicago
recently by v. G. Urse, M. D., assist
ant psychiatrist of the Cook county
psychopathic hospital.
Of 81 deaths which he found due
to alcohol he said the coroner at
tributed only five to that cause,
missing 78 per cent. They were miss
ed, DR.. Urse said, because presum-
ably fatal alcohol may fail to leave
clear traces. He suggested need for
denomination Of the true role of
chronic alcoholism.
"Those Of u.s." he reported, "asso-
ciated with institutions in which the
admission rate is heavy, find rath-
er large percentage of patients ad-
mitted as suffering from chronic al
coholism or one of its end pictures.
TIn many instances individuals so
diagnosed expire, and from the
clinical aspect the alcoholism seems
to have played an important part in
the death. In studying deaths of a
number of alcoholics we note that
the alcoholism is not included as a
primary or secondary factor in the
cause of death.
After chronic alcoholism, DR.. Urse
said, the most common findings are
serious miningitis, fatty degeneration
of the liver, puffy condition of lungs,
brain, stomach and duodenum. The
liver condition is the most consistent
finding.
Repeal of the 18th amendment in
its first two years." DR.. Urse said,
"does not seem to show an increase
in the number of alcoholic admis-
sions to Cook county Psychopathic
hospital. If anything there is a de-
crease"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-05-14
One Week to Register

You Have Only One More Week to Register Your Child
or Children for the Countrywide Tonsil and
Adenoid Clinic Which Will Be Held
in West Jefferson the
Week of May 25th,
Beginning
Threats examined and have been given card showing
which need operations and which do not Register
they advantage the clinic that will
be held of this month.
rate of $125O will be charged for the
operation expenses. Nurses and cots
will be provided. The patient however, should bring
sleeping garment, two sheets, and quilt blanket.
can't afford to let your child miss this opportunity to
be operated experienced surgeons right here home
where you can help attend to him yourself
Send stop and give your chlds and address
to the secretary office of the Ashe County Superintendent
of Schools-that is you do to register him.
All registrations must be in the County Superinten-
dents office by Thursday May e. Register at
Delay may further damage your child's health.
DR. J. REEVES GAMBLE and DR. J. FRANK GAMBLE,
county professional OF Lnconton
N. C., will be in charge of the clinic.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-05-14
100, 900 WITNESS APPLE
BLOSSOM FETE AFFAm

WINCHESTER, May 1.-The Az
pie Blossom festival finale here yer
terday is estimated to have been
witnessed by at least 100000 sper
tators. It was the 18th annual affair
of its kind here.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-05-14
FARM AND GARDEN
SuperphOSphate More Effective
With Lime

SuperphOsphate More Effective
| With Lime
Farmers are finding that the triple
superphosphate manufactured by the
IVA gives better results when mix
ed with ground dolomitic limestone.
The limestone dilutes the highly
concentrated superphosphate and
thus makes possible a more even
distribution over the fields, said L.
G. Willis, soil chemist of the N. c.
Agricultural Experiment Station.
1t also increases the efficiency of
the phosphate, neutralizes soil acid
ity, and supplies the calcium and
magnesium needed by many North
Carolina soils, he added.
Generally speaking, he said, the
mixture should contain three parts
of ground dolomitic limestone to one
part of triple superphosphate, but
the proportions may be varied to
suit the soil on which it is to be
applied.
If wet grade of limestone is US
ed, a few Jumps will be formed in
the mixture, but they can be broken
easily by shoveling over the pile of
limestone and superphosphate occa-
sionally, Willis pointed out.
When the two elements are mixed,
he continued, the chemical reaction
will take up the water in the lime,
leaving dry product in excellent
mechanical condition from which
the limestone and phosphate will
not separate.
The mixture may be made with
dry limestone, Willis observed, but
better results will be secured if it is
dampened with water.
Although the limestone and phos-
plate do not separate while waiting
to be spread on the fields, he went
on, there is no reason to believe that
the limestone causes any reaction
which would make the phosphate
less available to plants.
RotenOne Dust Killy Mexican
Bean Beetle
Rotenone dust is not poisonous to
human beings, but it is deadly to
Mexican bean beetles, according to
c. H. Brannon, extension entomolo-
gist at State College.
It is also a good insecticide for
controlling the Harlequin bug (fire
bug, terrapin bug) on cabbage, col
lards, turnips, and the like, he add
ed, and it will eradicate cabbage
worms.
Rotenone, which is obtained from
both derris and cube root, may be
purchased from dealers all over the
State, Brannon pointed out.
The pure dust is unusually strong,
he continued, so it is diluted with
tale For bean beetles and other such
insect pests, the mixture should con-
tain three-fourths of one percent
rotenone.
Rotenone may be sprayed on the
garden plants, but it does not give
as good results as when busted on.
The ready prepared rotenone-talc
mixture is not suitable for use as
spray, Brannon warned.
When making spray, ground
derris or cube root should be dis
solved in water at the rate of l IL
pounds of dust to so gallons of wa
ter.
Or for a smaller amount / 1-2
ounces of dust will be enough for
three gallons of water. Ten level
tablespoonful of dust will weigh
/ IL ounces.
The busting or spraying should
start as soon as the beetles or other
insects are found on the plants in
numbers great enough to do any
damage, Brannon said. Repeat every
week or ten days, or as often as
necessary.
The spray or dust must cover the
plants thoroughly, especially the un-
derSida of the leaves
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-05-14
Timely Farm Questions Answered
at State College

Timely Farm Questions Answered
at State College
Question: Is there a limit to the
soil-building payments on any farm?
Answer: Yes. This payment cannot
exceed an amount arrived at by
multiplying by $1.00 the total acres
of soil-conserving and soil-building
crops on the farm in 1886. However,
where there are less than 10 acres
as the minimum requirement on the
farm the payment may be as much
as $1,000. This minimum is Is per-
cent of the general soil-depleting
base, and 20 percent of the cotton,
tobacco, and peanut base as estab-
lished.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
NAVY DEVELOPS
MYSTERY RAY
BY ROBERT G. NIXON
International News Service

A new mystery ray protector,
the exact nature of which is a
closely guarded secret, has been
developed by American naval ex-
perts and is expected to make the
submarine. dreaded Scourge of the
sea during the World War, ineffec-
tual as an offensive weapon.
New details of the antisubma-
rine device were revealed to Inter
national News Service today by
high Congressional authority fol-
lowing secret hearings by the
House Naval Appropriations Com
mittee on the $549, 000,000 Navy
supply bill.
Using a ray which it projects
through the water from high-speed
destroyers. designed to harry and
destroy subsea craft, the instru'
ment locates submarines at dis
tances beyond the range of tor
pedoes and enables the destroyers
speedily to crush. the submersible
with a shower of depth bombs.
The navy. it was learned, has
asked for 100000 to develop the
ray-projector further.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
NIP L|NDBERGH
RANSOM TALE
International News Service

Bothered by frequent reports Of
the finding of alleged Lindbergh
ransom money. in various parts of
the country, j. Edgar Hoover.
chief of the "G-men." today AS
serted the Lindbergh kidnapping
case was CLOSED" so far. as the
Department Of Justice was con-
cerned. He said:
eve are not looking for any
Lindbergh ransom money"
His statement was prompted by
reports that approximately $4,000
in Lindebrgh ransom bills had
been located in New England. Re.
ports also reached Hoover that
other bills believed to have been
part Of the $4,000 which Col,
Charles A. Lindbergh paid out in
the hope of recovering his kid.
mapped baby had been located in
New Orleans.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
$65,9OO Post Office
For Silver Sprinq

SILVER SPRING, Md, April Is
The HARDWOOD Nobel Construction
Company of Washington submit
ted the lowest estimate, $65,9oo
for construction of a new post
office building here, bids opened
at procurement division of the
United States Treasury revealed
today.
Other bids were as follows: Lee
T. Turner Of Washington, $66, 800;
Seymour Ruff & Sons. Inc. OF
Baltimore. $6S,400; Carlstrand
Engineering Company Of Balti-
more, $74,600.
The building will be erected on
the west side of Georgia Avenue,
between Oak Avenue and Harden
Street on o site purchased from
James H. Cissel last year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
JERSEY. GROUP
WILL KEEP
SEATS
Vote to Go to Jail
Rather Than Leave
AssembIyHalI
fContinuaA from Pare II

CONTINUED from Page u
learned that o meeting had
been called. Now we learn
that they are going to let us
Starve rather than take any
action when they come back
Monday night.
"If the legislators don't in
tend to act I don't see why they
should be allowed to come back.
The worst that can happen to
MS is to 90 to jail, and there the
State must feed u.s."
Cries Of "That's right" LET
them try to throw US out" and
''We'll stay here till hell freezes
over" greeted Cookies announce.
ment.
Time and again Speaker" John
Spain, who has ruled the group
since his men and women took
possession Of the assembly cham
Der last Tuesday, warned there
must not be any disorder or v1o'
lence. He said:
I'VE don't want any trouble,
but we're here to stay. We are
getting desperate and fed up
with the way the assemblymen
and senators are treating our
situation"
There were reports in Trenton
today Of a march on the capital
by every available unemployed
man and woman on relief through.
out the State to support the "un-
employed legislators"
Chief Norman Collard, Of the
State House police, said he did
not expect any trouble, but all
days of have been cancelled for
his men, nevertheless.
The weary group discussed the
situation in open meeting and IN
small groups during the night.
Yesterday they passed a resolu'
ton laying the responsibility for
the death Of George W. Elhoff. Of
Trenton, who died Wednesday
from pneumonia. directly at the
door Of the legislators.
Elhoff, it was declared by
Speaker" Spain. had suffered a
bronchial affliction which devel.
oped into pneumonia because Of
lack Of proper medical attention.
He said lack of relief funds was
responsible.
Nearly a score Of the tattered
group volunteered TO give their
blood in an effort to save the life
Of 9-year-old Donald Sommers,
critically i'll with pneumonia and
empyema at the Mercer Hospital:
The lad is the son Of one of the
groups members and his illness
also was attributed to lack Of
proper nourishment resulting from
curtailed relief.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
U. S, WEATHER FORECAST

Accumulated excess of precipita-
ton since January l, 1886, 2.78.
Deficiency of precipitation since
April /, 1886, ii.
Tide Table
High tide today at 1888 a. m.
and at 1888 p. m.
Low tide today at SIT a. m. and
at 1854 p. m.
High tide tomorrow at 1852
a. m. and at 1901 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow at 6:12 a. m.
and at 6:47 p. m.
Sum and Moon
The sun rises today at 5:1S a. m.
and sets at 1854 p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow at SIT
a. m. and sets at 6:55 p. m.
The moon rises today at S:31
a. m. and sets at 11:48 p. m.
The moon rises tomorrow at 9:35
a. m. and sets at 1901 a. m.
Weekly Weather Outlook
North and Middle Atlantic
States: Local showers about
Wednesday and again toward end
of week. Temperatures should
average near or above normal for
the week, but with cooler spells at
beginning of week and again about
Thursday.
Ohio Valley and Tennessee:
Local showers Monday or Tuesday
and again Thursday or Friday. The
week will average moderately
warm.
TENDED ATT-Drc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25

Peoples Counsel William A.
Roberts has threatened to bring
suit against the Capital Transit
Company because of the impure
air inside its buses. He made the
threat following publication Of a
report made by the Health De-
partment of bus ventilation condi-
lions.
The commissioners turned the
report over to the Public Utilities
Commission which Is preparing an
order for standardized ventilation.
The law under which Mr.. Rob
erts threatened the suit requires
companies to operate buses which
are sanitary and imposes a maxi
mum penalty of 5000 a day for
each violation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
THREATEN SUIT PAYS $1O0 FINE
lover BAD AIR FOR GAMING

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. April
25.-Arthur Mister. Of T. B., Md,
paid a fine Of 500 and $3.50
court costs in county court here
yesterday following his conviction
on a charge Of operating a gam.
bling house in r. B. He pleaded
guilty to the charge before Judge
George Merrick.
Police Sergt. A. W. Hepburn, OF
Prince Georges county, staged a
raid on the place last Sunday
night and found about 80 persons
at gaming tables. Police confis'
Gated $40 in cash and gambling
apparatus. Mister was not in the
place at the time Of the raid but
was brought into court on a war
rant. It was the second time the
place had been raided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
SECURITY PLAN
IS EXPLAINED
BY WINANT
Many Get Payments
In 1887, Says Head
of u. S Board

NEW YORK, April Is GN.sj.
Social security is now an estab-
lished principle in this country.
John G. Winant, chairman Of the
Social Security Board, declared
in an address today before the
ninth annual Conference on So
cial Security. He said:
ut took many years for this
young and vigorous country Of
ours to realize that its frontiers
finally would disappear, that q
time would come when indi.
viduaI initiative and enterprise
would not result automatically
in a secure economic existence,
that millions Of our fellow citi.
Gems would come to economic
grief through on fault of their
own, and that we. as q gov
eminent, il we were to survive,
must provide these individuals
with something more than &C.
casiOnaI charity or emergency
relief"
EV1u6HCe VI EIUBEcSS
AS evidences of progress result
ing from passage of the social
security act on August IA, 1885,
the head of the Federal board
pointed to the items in the pro-
posed social security appropria.
ton of $195, O00, 900. These in.
cluded $29, 100000 for administra.
ton of unemployment compensa-
ton, $85, 100000 for grants to
States for old-age assistance, $751;
000, 900 for aid to dependent chill
dren and 100000 as aid to the
blind.
Despite the fact that funds
have been available only three
months. Winant said, the social
security board has assisted State
governments in providing for:
Unemployment compensation
which will affect about 40 per
cent Of those eligible when all
States come under the act.
Assistance to needy aged at.
1eCC1ng ABOUT 0UU,UuU INDIVIDUALS.
Aid to dependent children at.
fecting about 100000 individuals.
Aids 1900 Blind
Aid to the blind affecting about
1900 individuals. He added:
at is often said that Federal
OId-age benefits under the act
will not begin until 1912. This
is a misunderstanding which I
would like to take this Oppor.
tunity to clear up. On the con.
trary, lump gum payments to
persons receiving wages in GOV.
cred emplOymentS after Decenl.
Der 81, 1886, and who reach IS
after that date and before 1912,
will be paid Immediately, as will
death benefits to the estates of
such persons who die after De-
cember 81, 1896, and before
reaching the age Of IS. 1t is evi.
dent that there will be a large
number of payments under the
Federal Old-age benefit system
beginning in 1887"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
BILLS PILED UP
FOR PRESIDENT

international NOWO SeeVlco
Hundreds Of bills, ordering pay.
ment Of damage claims against
the Federal Government, were
ready for President Roosevelt's sig.
nature today following their en-
actment by Congress.
The list was topped by a new
type Of claim, growing out Of dam.
ages inflicted on innocent citizens
by members OF the Civilian Con.
servation Corps.
Most Of these claims were for
damages resulting from alleged
reckless operation. Of trucks. Other
claims resulted from crashes with
other Government trucks, airplane
accidents, post office accidents and
even prohibition raids.
The list Of liabilities started
with a $1,000 claim ordered paid
to Harry wallace. Of Polkadotte.
Ohio, for injuries suffered when
run down by a conservation corps
truck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
PLANES HUN |
FOR SELASS|E
CONTINUED from Page II

kCOnt1mueG from rage ~
cupatiOn Of the Lake Tsana
zone, reaching yesterday Bar
dar GiyOrgis at the southern
point Of the lake.
"Our troops everywhere were
received jOyfully by the LEGAL
populations.
ION the SOmaIiland front
since yesterday morning there
has been fighting in the SaSa
Baneh sector"
Premier MuSsolini, at the wheel
Of a motor pillow whose burrows
delineated a new city while the
jaws of his military machine
closed in on Ethiopia, today told
an enthusiastic crowd in the re
claimed Pontine marshes:
"The victorious progress Of
our African undertaking in the
fifteenth year of the Fascist era
Is another proof Of our method
ical, tenacious, and indOmitable
will"
The new city bounded by Mus.
solini's plowshare is to be called
Aprilia, and it will be formally
dedicated on october 90. 1887
the fifteenth anniversary Of the
March on Rome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
Planes Fly Over Capital
In Search for Selassie

Adds ABABA, April IS G.N.S).
Trying to locate Emperor Halle
Selassie, and spotting Ethiopian
troop concentrations, two italian
scouting airplanes today made a
visit to Adds Ababa.
Swooping through bursts Of
rifle fire, one plane banked within
100 feet of the radio station office,
and at another time skinned over
the capital only so feet above
ground
Both planes flew low several
times around the imperial palace.
With the approach of Marshal
Pietro Badoglio's forces from DeS-
sye, accommodating flights by
Italian scouts are now a daily
occurrence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
Trip TO Convention
Club Birthday Gift

MARTTNSBURG, w. Va, April
25.-As q birthday gift to its mem
bers the Martinsburg Rotary Club,
celebrating its fifteenth anniver'
sary yesterday, said the club would
stand travelling expenses and reg.
istration fees for the entire mem.
bership to the Rotary 1nterna'
tional Convention at Atlantic City.
N. j., June 1926 this year, or as
many members as desired to go.
The club also gave smaller birth
day gifts.
President r. c. Greenland and
President-elect Harry A. Reaves
were named official delegates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
Knights Temp|ar
Cirrus Draws Crowd

Complete with elephants, aero
bats and pink lemonade, the circus
sponsored by the Knights Templar
at Fifth Street and Florida Avenue
Northeast today entered its second
day, following an opening last
night attended by hundreds.
Officials announced that, begin
ming next Monday, Vittorino Fac
chini, the human cannon-ban, :"
will appear as the major attraction
in his act of being shot from a
"cann0n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-25
SENATE. LIKELY
TO MODIFY
TAX BILL
King Leads Opposition
To Surplus Levy on
Corporations
BY WILLIAM s. NEAL
international News Service


Drastic revision of the Admin
istration's new tax program ap-
peared likely today as foes broad
ened their attack and a Demo
cratic split was threatened in
the Senate.
The focal point Of the drive
against the plan, as contained in
the 803 million-dollar House bill,
was the move to abandon present
corporation taxes and use u1-
distributed earnings as the yard
stick" for taxation.
While both senate and House
were in adjournment today, q
series of conferences was held
which forecast intensive efforts
to alter the measure next week.
Senator King Leads Fight
Senator King CD Of Utah,
emerged as the leader Of opposi'
ton in the Senate Finance Com
mittee. He predicted the new
plan if enacted would result in
years Of litigation and would be
undoing the framework Of taxa
ton built up by Congress in the
last 20 years.
Retention of the present flat
corporation tax with a super-tax
designed to prevent boarding"
was being considered as a sub
Stitute for the Administration
plan.
Some tax experts declared the
House bill would sound the death
knell of many big utility holding
companies. A provision written
into the bill by the Ways and
Means Committee was declared
to be even more potent than the
er-Rayburn law in destroy
ing utility holding companies.