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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-12-12
Death Claims
VIM. Leftridge

Funeral services for the late
William Leftridge, of w. Kirby and
oath street, were held Thursday
morningfi Dec. 3, from St Peter
Claver Catholic Church.
Mr.. Leftridge died suddenly
Monday, Nov. 30. at Receiving Hos
pital where he had been taken fol-
lowing heart attack with which
he was stricken at his work
The deceased is survived by his
widow, Lena, and other relatives.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-12-12
Ypsi Minister
Dies Sunday

Ypsilanti-Rev. Waymond Ran
som died here suddenly last Sun
day night, at his late residence on
Harriet street. He was a supernu-
merary minister of the Michigan
A. M. e. Conference. He had pastor
ed many churches in his denomi-
nation and his death is mourned
by large numbers of friends and
acquaintances in Ypsilanti and
other cities of Michigan.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-12-12
Harmonica Band To
Appear In r. Rouge

Willis wilson's Harmonica Band
of Detroit, will appear in concert
in River Rouge, Dec. 10, 8 p. m,
at Rev. Baber's A. NJ r. Church.
More than twenty-five boys will
take part in the concert, which
promises to be a real musical
treat.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20

The Chinese are extrayerts; they
make gestures and chatter sna laugh
and ger angry ali in pnblie
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
-FOUR PAT|ENTSAT
MATERNITY CLINIC
Four Infants Brought Thurs
day in Addition to Ex-
pectant Mothers

Four prospective mothers and four
infants were brought to the first
monthly maternity and infant welfare
clinic held Thursday at Maria Par
ham hospital here under auspices of
the Vance County Health Department,
and DR.. A. D. Gregg, health officer,
said today he considered it a good
start Since it is a new venture, he
thinks the value and benefit of the
clinic must become known to the
community, he said.
DR.. Vance 3. Rollins was in charge
of the clinic Thursday afternoon. It
was the first Of what is expected to
be a permanent service to mothers
and infants, and is made possible
partly through financial aid of the
maternal and infant welfare division
Of the social security bureau of the
Federal government.
Parent-Teacher Association Of the
city assisted in furnishing transport
tation for mothers, who were restrict
ed to those who were not already u1l-
der the care of a physician. The next
clinic will be on the third Thursday
in December, which is the 18th, Dr.
Gregg stated.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
$48,O48 PAID OUT
IN THURSDAY SALE:
Average $500 for 217,442
Pounds of Tobacco Dur
ing the Day

Sale of 217,442 pounds of tobacco
on the Henderson market Thursday
brought the season total to 15,939,6
pounds, selling for s., 1877, 294.8O for an
average of approximately 26 cents a
pound. A total of $48, 04S.74 was paid
for the sale on Thursday, and the av-
erage was $22.09 per hundred pounds.
Some 80 percent of the seasons
crop has been sold, in the estimation
of some tobacco men, although there
is quite lot of leaf yet in the hnds
of growers to be disposed Of.
1t was expected that today's break
would occupy virtually the entire day
day for the sale, with close to AGO.
600 pounds probably on the floors of
the warehouses. With today's Offer
ings and what will be sold during
the three days the market will operate
next week is expected to bring the
season figure well up to the 100000
pound figure. If not indeed surpass-
ing it. The market will be closed
Thursday and Friday of next week for
the Thanksgiving holiday period.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
the attorney generalship-

the attorney geusralship, -
But Cummings again is mention
ed for the Philippines high COM
missioner to the new commonwealth,
q post relinQuished by GoYerp0r-Eleet
Frank Murphy Of Michigan, That
seems to be a hint that Cumming
has outlined his usefulness in the
Justice Department.
SWANSON, FARLEY
RESIGNING?
The health Of Secretary of the Navy
swanson Is falling; his resignation on
that ground is anticipated.
James A. Farley's usefulness as q
combined campaign manager and cab
met officer is about ended. He has
TO quit as one or the other, and his
postmaster generalship Is the likeliest
Of his two activities to be surrendered
Roper, with his proposed Is to 20
million dollar unemployment census
wants to become arbiter between cap
ital and labor-a vastly more impor-
tant stunt than the secretaryship OF
commerce.
AS for Secretary Of Labor Frances
Perkins ?-her department hasn't ac-
complished much in the last four
years.
Her prime trouble shooter" Ed
ward F. McGrady, is spoken of as
her logical successor. Also Mayor
F'iorello H. La Guardia Of New York
is mentioned for the jo5.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
RULING ABOUT GAS
SERVICE AWAITED
Oxford's Gas Supply Involv-
ed in Decision From
Commission

r,,.rest of Oxford people in the
e.,,,-eoming ruling of the State
r,.1iti.. Commission on gas service
shared 10 some extent by Hender-
since the Henderson q Oxford
"a Company's plant in this city fur
''tshes both cities with their supplies
IS This type Of fuel.
Arer nearing in Raleigh last
,,,rdav il was decided to defer the
,nni.,on Tor ten days, which would
NOV the date on Thanksgiving, and
nicn means it will be later than
XXX The commission at the time as
,'red the Oxford customers Of the
'a. company, numbering $40, that
NV, would not be absolutely shut off
t',,r, fine service without ample notice
4, me time Mayor James A. Tay-
49, If oxford, told the commission
.hot fine service to his town probably
''.a,ld rct have been so Improbable
- the company had it not allowed it's
on,iDment and mains to lapse into
bad repair
oxford authorities are considering
three proposals TO continue gas SER
vice TO citizens. namely, d) The adj
Visibility Of the town entering the
business Of manufacturing and SELL
inc Gas to patrons; (2) endeavoring
~ induce some olher company to
come To the city and manufacture and
seu Gas. and 80 determine whether
.ottled gas is sufficiently satisfac-
tory to permit the discontinuance
Of the coal gas service to the city.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
FIRST SCHOOL PLAY
SET FOR TUESDAY
Three-Act Comedy Seeks
Money To Buy Books
For School Library

The first play by a group of stu
dents Of the Henderson high school
to be given in the auditorium Of the
new high school building will be a
three-act comedy, New Fires" which
is to be played there next Tuesday
evening. The net proceeds will be
used to buy books for the new library
at the school.
The play will be under the direction
of Mrs. j. M. Pigford and Miss Shan
non Morton, both Of the high school
faculty.
Fifteen high school pupils have
parts in the performance and re-
hearsals have been under way for the
past several weeks.
A special matinee will be given fol
the grammar school pupils of the city
on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
and the main performance will re at
o'clock Tuesday night
The scene of the plot is laid in
Missouri The story is declared to be
a very interesting one, and the pub
lie is assured of an evening of en-
joyment and pleasure in attending.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20

any attempt TO divert OF endanger it's
maritime fleet by threats Of q bonn
baFdment.
FTanee, although well informed
sources said the government IS deter
mined to adhere to strict neutrelity,
answered the reported threat with
wsrships. Authpritattvs ale1ters said
two vessels HsFs ORDERED TO stand by
Rarcslena.
In Madrid Socialist troops repulsed
insurgent infantry and cavalry at
tacks at the start Of the third week
OF the siege of the capital the war
ministry asserted.
Authoritative estimates of the
death toll were not available as Fas-
cist air raiders dumped new loads of
bombs into the heart Of the battered
city The figure, however, was said to
Zee hundreds"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
Britain Is Lean
ing To Rebel Side

Continued from Page One.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
Shake-Up In Cabinet
For Term Is Due
CONTINUED from Page One.)
that he will remain.

that he will remain.
There was much gossip for a while
that the administration wanted to I'M
load Secretary OF the Interior Harold
L. Ickes, because of his constant fric-
ton with Federal Relief Administra-
tor Harry L. Hopkins, whose judg-
ment the White House seemed to rate
above Ickes--does yet, possibly. But
Ickes proved to be an extraordinarily
effective New Deal election cam
paigner; it would be politically very
poor form to retire him from the cab
met as sequel to it.
And Secretary of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace appears to be pretty solid
in his department.
STOP-GAPS
Woodrliig is only acting secretary
Of war, siI.U- the recent death of Sec
rotary Georgo H. Dern, in office. He
already could have been appointed to
the regular secretaryship if that had
been the intention. One would sur
mise that that isn't the intention.
Cummings never was anything ex-
cept a stop-gap appointee to the at
torney generalship. The late Senator
Thomas j. Walsh was to have had
the position, but died before the
Roosevelt administration came into
power Cummings, then sclated for
the governor generalship of the Phil
ippines, got the place temporarily, ~
it was stated. His tenure did not
prove to be so temporary. 1t continues
to date. Cummings hasn't been such
brilliant attorney general, either
What the Supreme Court has done to
his cases is a-plenty. Chief Oman J.
Edgar Hoover has been more promi-
nent than he.
Not that Hoover is advertised fol-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
Roosevelt Party
Goes To Trinidad

Continues IRON. sage One.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
DIRECTORS
IN MONTHLY MEET

The directors or the Kiwanis Club
held their regular monthly meeting in
the home of DR.. r. S. Register on Belle
street Thursday evening with the fol-
lowing officers and directors present:
J. c. Gardner, M. c. Miles, William
r. Turner, c. E. Greene, DR.. H. L. AL
len, A. P. Barnes, +. w. Bruin, j. H.
Bryan, E. O. Falkner, D. I. Dickie
and the host
A delicious turkey dinner was serv-
ed, after which the regular routine
business was transacted.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20

A NJ U S E M E N T S
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
TWO NEW CASES or
DIPHTHERIA FOUND

Two new cases of diphthefia were
reported this week to the county
health department, DR.. A. D. Gregg,
health officer, announced today. They
were tie first In Two weeks and about
the only active cases Of the disease in
the ccunty at the present time, other
than q few scattered ones in which
the patients are recovering. One of
the new cases is at South Henderson
and the other on the Henderson-Ox-
ford road
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
BOTTLERS ATTEND
ANNUAL CONVENTION

C. O. Seifert, of Coca-Cola Bottling
Company, and S. j. Lane, Jr., and w.
H. Windley, of Lane Nehi Bottling
Company, have been in Raleigh the
last two days attending the 23rd an
nual two-day convention of the North
Carolina Bottlers Association.
A full convention program was fol-
lowed by the bottlers, with plenty OF
entertainment to make the conven-
ton a success. A dance this evening
will bring the convention to close.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
E. H. Adkins, Jr.
& Ill In Miami, Fla

The condition of E. H. Atkins Jr.,
of Miami, Fla, grandson of Mrs. J..
T. Elmore, of this city. was reported
very serious today.
Young Adkins, son of DR.. and Mrs.
E. H. Adkins, was practicing on a
Mani rifle range, when his gun ex-
ploded, sending the bullet through his
thigh
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20
5th Sunday Rally
OF Sunday Schools
Be Held Nov. %

The Fifth Sunday Rally of all
Methodist Protestant Sunday schools
In this district will be held at Re-
oobeth church, Granville circuit. Sun
day, November %, it was announced
today ey the chairman.
All sunday schools wera ,..ged to
nave large delegations for TX. rally.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20

Continues iron. sage One)
subjected to the same practical jokes
as other members of the party.
The party WIN reach Trinidad early
tomorrow.
The next stop after Trinidad will be
at Rio de Janeiro probably Novem-
Der e..
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-20

Francisco Franco charged the real
nationality of ships bringing the sup
plies to Barcelona was Russian or
Spanish
Some quarters in London interpret
ed the British action as lending "tacit
recognition" to the provisional adj
ministration at Bergos.
Some sources insisted the British
government never would acquiese to
Evening star., 1936-01-19

clipping services. Publicity relative to
the department served by the secti'n
and Of general interest to its heads is
clipped and brought to their attention
Most Of them have extensive mail
ing lists. Those on their lists receive
the daily releases compiled by the press
service. Most newspaper offices re-
write them; sometimes they are print
ed verbatim Some press sections, how
ever, do not maintain a mailing serv-
ice. Their releases are available to
whoever comes to the Office for them.
Another invaluable aid which the
press service provides is special re-
search. If a newspaper man requests
information which the press agent does
not have at hand the press agent either
will find it and call back, or will obilge
by referring the reporter to some one
in the bureau who can supply the
wanted information.
MEMBERS of the Fifth Estate vary
" as much as the rooms they oc-
cupy. Some of them. by virtue of their
present position, have the look of jour-
nalists; others smack still of the Fourth
Estate and have been known to work
in their shirt sleeves.
Most of them landed behind the
press agents desk via the Washington
correspondent route
Mike Strauss, who keeps the press
informed Of the doings of Mr.. Ickes
and the Public Works Administration.
is big enough for two press agents, and
does the work Of half q dozen.
Since he joined the Ickes staff In
July, 1888, Strauss and hts helpers
Evening star., 1936-01-19

haunted the room for generations
there has been created a series OF
mural decorations. These were con-
cocted from pictures and headlines
combined In somewhat shocking word
pictures.
In some of the departments in the
newer buildings the press rooms do
not adjoin the rooms which house
the press relations man and his as
sistants. In the beautiful new Labor
! Building, John Fitzgerald and his
secretary have room which is in the
Secretary's suite. The press room,
however, is three floors above.
Everything is orderly in the new
Justice Building, where Henry Suy-
dam, once Washington correspondent
for the Brooklyn Eagle, listed as
special assistant to the Attorney
General" rather than just plain
common press agent, directs the
preparation of and releases the news
made by j. Edgar Hoover and his
special agents, the G-men. There a
clean and prim little room is set
aside for the reporters in a mad rush
to telephone their head offices the
latest crime wave news.
Washington probably is the most
printed city in the United States.
Daily hundreds of thousands of
words, prefaced by Washington date
line. find their way out Of the Capital
by telegraph, long distance telephone
ana typed and mimeographed copy
mailed to papers all over the world.
Exclusive Of dope" stories, reports
OF interviews with the President and
Evening star., 1936-01-19
Fourth Estate Capital Served Fifth Comprising Expert
Other Writers Whose Function 1t Public Has
Brought Vast Increase Number Thus Kept

the press, who were keenly interested
in their activities. So they estab-
lished this bureau as contact with
the press, being convinced it was
necessary to adopt an open door
policy.
We broadcast the activities of the
commission, being charged with the
responsibility that We convey correct
picture of its actions. policies and
procedure. Initiative. tact. discretion
and intelligence are necessary be-
cause of the many delicate problems
and situations constantly arising.
"As time permits we prepare special
articles for leading magazines. peri
| odicals, and newspapers setting forth
some striking phases of the work Of
the commission.
1--WE also act as editor to the COM
missioners, often submitting rough
drafts Of talks when they have oc-
casion to make public speeches or
special announcements"
In explaining the work of the F. c.
c. press service. Wisner said
I'VE are, in fact, an information
bureau in the fullest sense. We serve
now not only the press but lawyers
and engineers practicing before the
commisi0; supply the general pub
lie with all sorts of data as well as
the Office force.
"A LARGE number of specialized
radio writer's and representa-
tives of newspapers located through
out the Nation communicate with the
bureau daily. We furnish information
about applications awaiting commits
sion action, the commissions de-
cisions, licenses. and construction
permits issued and variety of mis-
cellaneous information. We keep
abreast with all the activities of the
commission so as to render correct
and exact information in response to
numerous queries from the press.
members of Congress, Government
departments. and the general public
The bureaus activities are confined to
news, no propaganda being prepared
or encouraged. thereby permitting
writer's to place their individual in
terpretations on the acts of the
commission"
The work Of the Federal Commune
cations Commission press service is like
that of other departments and agen-
cies.
Nearly all press sections maintain
Evening star., 1936-01-19

Continued on Eleventh Page.)
Evening star., 1936-01-19

are willing to make sacrifices and en-
dure hardships in order to find them
selves" continued Mr.. Salmon, who is,
by the way, one Of the executives who
wears mllstache to conceal his
youth. For instance, I went to coll
lege with the idea of studying for the
ministry. All expenses are paid in
the seminary, but was perfectly will
ing to work my way in order to find
out where I belonged. and I am Just
one example Of how the younger gen.
Grafton feels about this adjusting Of
oneself. It's members are not looking
for the easiest way out, but they are
willing to endure a great deal in order
to find the niche in the world for
which they are best suited. Some Of
the things did to earn my expenses
were dish-washing, waiting on table
Evening star., 1936-01-19

sround that helps you to find your
self and find out what you don't know
about life and where you belong, !"
said Mr.. Salmon. 1.-THE boys and
girls graduating today take about
three years to find themselves. In
the old days boys first job was his
life job. He had no basis Of COM
parison, no way to find his likes and
dislikes. OF course that made the
executives of the old school better
grounded in the details of their work,
due to the slow process of learning
their job. In the old days an execu-
tive even did the chores. Today we
believe in paying somebody to do the
chores and saving the executives sai-
ary for brain work.
II believe it is the character of the
younger generation that its members
Evening star., 1936-01-19

ing and what qualities of personality
do these men possess?
Harold M. Salmon has the colorful
title Of personnel research specialist
and = personality to match the title.
He is proud Of being a self-made man
who was made by a self-made man.
He had no notion Of going to college
until an astute philanthropist gave
him his car fare to Colgate and made
him stay there for four years, paying
only his bare tuition. When he left
college the same benefactor, being
man Of vision, refused to help him get
q job Of any kind. Thrown on his
own resources, this is what he did:
During those first years out Of col.
lege ! was everything from bridge
painter to = dress buyer for lS de-
partment stores. II Is this floating
Evening star., 1936-01-19

W Herbert CASTOR (seated) chief of the Press Relations
Bureau, Treasury ~ Mike Sraus, press chief Interior
Department (P. w. Az, and member of his staff (3) G.
Franklin Wisner, chief of the Federal Communications
Commission press service, and member of his staff.
~ Alfred OLeary, assistant chief, Division of Public
information Department of Commerce. (5) Linotype
operators the Government Printing Office 6) In the
White House press Qnsert Stephen T. Early,
press secretary President Roosevelt ~ Press the
Government Printing Office, which prints the Congress.
siona Record. (8) Congressional Records ready for
mailing at the Government Printing Office (9) New Su.
preme Court press Q0) Part of the staff of the De-
partment of Commerce press mailing division
Photos by Wilkinson
Evening star., 1936-01-19

and peddling sandwiches. The sand
wich business was very lucrative" he
smiled, Il made them late at night.
about 2 in the morning, and it would
often be 20 below zero when started
out to peddle them"
Mr.. SALMON agrees with the
Az minority about lot Of things.
for example:
"The modern boy, contrary to
opinion" he says, rs unwilling to
incur debts. I know I was."
"You ask why today's executive is
more youthful than yesterdays, 1t Is
because Of this migratory procedure
Of the young college graduate.
Through knocking about from one
thing to another the mind becomes
Evening star., 1936-01-19

action on numer0s applications
pending and plans and policies of the
new regulatory body authorized by
Congress to bring order out Of chaos in
the air.
The commissioners decided, If they
were to do the job assigned to them,
they could not be interrupted at fire.
quent intervals by representatives Of
Evening star., 1936-01-19
w WASHINGTON is a city ol
M the Fifth Estate, a select
" v group of men and women

M the Fifth Estate, a select
" group of men and women
whose ranks have fattened
On the New Deal.
The Fifth Estates primary func-
ton is to make life. easy for the
members of the Fourth Estate, the
term generally applied to newspaper
men. For members of the Fifth
Estate are the Government publicity
men who provide news for nearly 500
newspaper men and women who are
members of the press galleries at the
Capitol, the 200 others who cover
the Government but do not include
Capitol Hill on their runs, and the
hundred or so others who represent
the Washington papers.
Members of the Fifth Estate num-
Der now hundreds of men and
women, most of them formerly en-
ployed in the city rooms of news
papers from one end of the country
to the other, who work in the press
sections of all the Government de-
partments. Even the Supreme Court
has succumbed to the need for
publicity man, although he is mot
called that.
They are the newspaper men who
have forsaken the city room. the
press gallery. the beat-the-edition
business which is the life of the re-
porter, and have graduated to an
once, secretary and several as
sistants.
Some Of them are almost as difa-
cult to see as q member of the
Cabinet himself; some Of them are rs
accessible as police station is for
e drunk.
Some Of them have offices as Or
nate as q Hollywood hotel lobby;
others carried with them the aroma
Of printers Ink and newsprint into
their ofices, which look like minia-
ture' city rooms-blue with tobacco
smoke, cigarette stubs on the fioor,
tickers clacking, telephones ringing
and feet on desks.
Members of the Fourth Estate who
have business with the Fifth Estate
have their own quarters-the press
rooms, urikempt, desk-filled, and
supplied with typewriters, a long
table and q pack Of cards. Usually
these press rooms are close by the
sanctums Of the publicity men.
THE press room at the Treasury is
one Of the Oldest and most typi-
cal. To add to the atmosphere,
humor and sense of the artistic or
the part Of newspaper men who have