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The daily independent., 1937-04-16
WILLIAMSON Boy
Meets Death In
Sand-pit Cave-in

williamson, April 15.-Ral-
cigh Menderhall, 14-year-oid
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Claud
Marshall, met death this after
noon in a cave-in at a sand pit
near the Farm Life school. The
boy was digging in the pit when
the slide occurred, burying him
so deeply that it required the
labor of several men for an hour
to recover the body. He was
badly crushed and one arm was
broken.
He was a student at the Farm
Life school.
Funeral services will be held
at Maple Grove at 3 o'clock TINS
afternoon, the Rev. Mr.. har-
rington and Ambrose officiating.
The daily independent., 1937-04-16
llDuceIO
Discuss S
Var Aid
European Tension Is
Eased by MussOli-
mis- Decision
Russia Responds
rour.Naiiom Patrol of the
Gn,ni.h Coast In Effect
Monday Night

-o~fon Asril Is. - W.9 -
r.-,r,.s crave fears of an inter
80 80 explosion. touched off by
sans ;;,,. evil war. were alleged to-
,,,,,. when Premier Benito Mus
.,.,r, -, announced his readiness to
rs,s,,..s ;ne recall of all Italian
rn,gr,eers from Spain.
T Dgce'S decision was conveyed
e., -rs - nations of the interna-
.,-a, ren-.ntervention committee
- r-S ambassador to London, dap
49, and hoc-tempered little Dino
Grand.
va6 lIusso,ini refused TO dis
..,,. .aa purge" of foreign mer-
cs~a~v troops in Spain and had
Ss decided to pour more Italians
mn I've ranks of General Fran
r.s,, francois Rebels the entire
.~.s-rs-,onal neutrality would
have been teopardized.
GrandTS Announcement
GranCys announcement before
.,a executive subcommittee OF
.,a ron-interrention group i'm
~s6,are,y brought a concihatory
-ssYonse from Russia, MusSollni S
most bitter enemy on the con-
..1en.
Ivan Ma!sky. Soviet amoaSSa-
nor Of London. said Moscow would
ABANDON demands for the dispatch
O: neu.ra. Investigators to the
syansh ba.c,etyontS to deter
mine on the spot" whether Italy
was sending units Of her regular
army into Spain.
Tie neutrality committee work
cd with new vigor after the Rus
sian and Italian announcements
:, announced that the Spanish
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The daily independent., 1937-04-16
Fire Alarm Relayed
To Headquarters
By Engineer

A fire alarm reached headquar-
ters by a devious route yesterday
morning when the engineer of a
Norfolk k-Southern freight train
saw a house Of West Broad street
with roof ablaze, and notified en-
ployes of the Elizabeth City Hos
iery mill Of the fact as he passed
the plant a few minutes later. In
cidentally, the house, occupied by
Tom Pritehard, is owned by the
hosiery company. '...''
Firemen responded to the alarm
and extinguiShed the fire, which
is estimated : to have done ,$25
damage. :.
The daily independent., 1937-04-16
A Senate
Fight Is
Expected
Summers Leads Opp0-
sitiOn of Southern
Members
Borah Is Opposed
Bill Requires Federal Pros.
ecutiOn for DerelictiOn
of Duty by Officials

Washington, April l5.-U.D-In
one of the most fiery sessions in
years the house tonight beat down
stubborn southern opposition and
passed the drastic gavagan anti
lynching bill, the first such meas
ure to obtain approval in is years.
All attempts to emasculate it with
amendments were defeated.
The vote of 276 to 119 was an
nounced after seven hours of de-
bate.
The bill is expected to encount-
er a rocker road in the senate
where southern Democrats are
prepared to oppose it as an in
vasion of States rights. Also Sen.
William E. Borah, R., Ida. Serv-
ed notice in a sharply worded
statement today that he is against
it.
Borah's Opposition
AT a time when the people in
the states are having the greatest
success in dealing with the lynch
ing problem" Borah said, this
measure is put forth to place a
stigma of condemnation upon all
their efforts and brand the people
in the states as wilfully neglect
ing their duty.
THE measure is legitimate
descendant of those reconstruction
measure which followed the civil
war. 1t is grounded in the belief
that the people are unable and
unwilling to cope with the internal
affairs of a state. The measure Is
Continued on Page Six
The daily independent., 1937-04-16
TODAY'S LOCAL
CALENDAR

A. M.
$3.50 Mems Christian Federation
P. M.
2::30 Farm Bureau Federation
at Virginia Dare
7:30 l. o. o. F.; B. P. .. T.;
Daughters of America
8:00-Cooperative Concert as
Sociation presents the
Russian Imperial Singers
at First Methodist; Farm
Bureau Federation at
Newland and WeekSvllle
high schools
Library hours: 2-6, 7-9
The daily independent., 1937-04-16
d. WALTER HARRIS ILL

D. Walter Harris, Main street
merchant. is reported as oeing
quite ill at his home at the Vlr-
Sinia pars hotsl.
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...r,. cloudy Friday, probably showers
"a, ,,,rrbeast coast. cooler on coast;
S....,rtqv o. cloudy and slightly warmer.
Evening star., 1937-05-20
MRS. CARR OUTLINES
BARNEY HOUSE WORK
President Of Organization Speaks
at Federal Community Chest
Forum.

The work of Barney Neighborhood
House in the maintenance of
nursery, kindergarten and club for
boys and girls was outlined yester-
day at the regular meeting of the
Federal Community Chest Forum by
Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, president Of the
neighborhood house and wife OF the
Assistant Secretary of State.
The speaker was introduced by DR..
John A. Lapp, president Of the forum.
She told of the operation OF the
house for the last SO years and de-
scribed its good neighbor" policies.
Mrs. Carr pointed out the Advan-
tages OF the nursery school to parents
who both must work to maintain q
home and have no other place to
leave their small children during
hours of employment.
Mrs. Carr also described the op-
GRAFTON of the kindergarten and the
many activities Of the clubs for boys
and girls. Another speaker was Miss
Margaret Bell Merrill, head resident
of Neighborhood House, 470 N street
southwest
Evening star., 1937-05-20
MAN wanted HERE
IN GEM THEFT HELD.
May Be Turned Over to New
York Police in Staying
Case.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 20-Jewell Ashby
Gould, 80, holder Of an extensive
police record and wanted in WASH
ington in connection with jewelry
theft, may be turned over to police
here today in connection with the 1884
jewel robbery Staying Of Max Silver
stein, Federal authorities indicated.
Witnesses produced by New York
detectives said they identified Gould,
owner Of many aliases, as an associate
Of jeWelry firm" at 83 Canal street,
where Silverstein, answering a call
for samples, was found beaten and
suffocated by gags, his $500 in gems
gone.
Silverstein was member of the
| firm of Kalmus & Silverstein when a
firm known as Stern & Weiner"
opened its Office. After the new ar
rivals had inspected the old firms
stock, Silverstein was asked to bring
some diamonds to Stern e. Weiner's
for inspection and possible purchase.
Recognized by Detectives.
After 16 detectives and a host Of
other witnesses said they recognized
Gould, aides Of United States Attor-
| ney Lamar Hardy said they would ask
| a Federal judge today for authority to
turn him over to the police on pos
sible charge of murder.
Gould was arrested here May 6 in
connection with the Washington case
which was based on robberies in New
York and Greenwich, Conn, in 1885.
Eula Mae Bennett, companion of
Gould, who was indicted with him in
the Washington case. was in the line
up here yesterday, but was not con-
| nected with Gould's activities here.
Record of Gould.
Known from coast to coast as Beau
Brummel" and gentleman operator"
Gould was said at the Federal Build
ing to have been arrested in Portland,
Greg; Ogden, Utah: Denver, Colo;
Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calf;
Seattle, Wash; Chicago, ILL.,, and
Miami, Fla. Counterfeiting, larceny,
white slavery, burglary and national
stolen property act violations were
among the charges
He did one stretch of three year.
at San Quentin Prison, in California.
in addition to the connection with
| the Silverstein case, Gould also was
accused here today as perpetrator of
matinee burglaries" in New Rochelle,
N. Y, and Greenwich, Conn.
Indicted Here Last Year.
Local authorities have not been ad-
vised officially OF the arrest In New
York of Jewell Ashby Gould, and 1t
was said today that if the New York
police wanted him on a murder charge,
this more serious count likely would
be pressed.
The charge against Gould here is
transporting stolen property. He was
indicted along with the Bennett
woman in August, 1896, but never was
located until last week. The woman
was released under $500 bond.
The Bennett woman and David
Pinas, alias David Sparks, first were
picked up here in october, 1885, when
they were found in possession Of
jeWelry valued at 100000. There was
nothing to indicate it had been stolen,
and they were released Two days
later however, police determined that
part of the jewelry came from q rob-
berry, and the woman was rearrested.
Her companion had disappeared. He
also is under charges.
Evening star., 1937-05-20
WASHINGTON OBSERVES
CELEBRATION IN CUBA
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press
Cuba's celebration Of her ndepend-
ence was observed today in WASH
ington.
President Roosevelt sent a con-
gratulatory message to President Bru,
and DR.. Leo S. Rowe, director general
Of the Pan-American Union, issued
the following statement:
THE Republic of Cuba today cele-
brates the anniversary of her inde-
pendence which she gained in 1902.
The Pan-American Union extends to
the government and to the people IT
Cuba warm congratulations and best
wishes for the prosperity and welfare
OF their country"
Ambassador Pedro Martinez Fraga
will give reception tonight at the
Embassy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
New Loan Bill
Has Interest Rate of
IPer Cent O. Month

Providing for an interest rate
of / per cent a month on all loans
of 5000 or less, a new small loan
bill was introduce in the House
today by Representative Vincent
L. Palmisano CD of Maryland,
chairman of the House District
Committee.
The bill, designed to put teeth"
into the present law, is a substl-
tue for small loan bills introduced
in the Senate by Senator William
H. King CD of Utah, chairman
of the Senate District Committee,
and in the House by Representa-
tive William F. Allen CD OF Del
aware.
Prepared by the District Com
missioners, the new measure fixes
the / per cent rate of interest to
be computed on unpaid principal
with no deductions for investiga-
ton, examination and insurance.
The two bills, for which the
Palmisano measure Is a SubStl-
tute, provide a maximum rate OF
interest Of 2 per cent a month.
During the last five years similar
small loan legislation has been
proposed, with an interest rate
ranging from to 312 per cent
per month.
The Palmisano bill was referred
to the House District Committee,
where there is little possibility Of
action this session.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
PAY, HOUR FIGHT
GOES TO HOUSE
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL

The wage and hour controversy
shifted to the House today with
Administration leaders hopeful Of
driving the measure through to
passage within a week.
In spite Of the request of Presi-
dent Roosevelt for action, a series
of House controversies may result
in the measure being shelved for
the session.
The Black Senate bill. which
was passed Saturday in the Senate
by a 56-to-2S vote, already has been
drastically revised by the House
Labor Committee, and further re-
vision is likely. The measure may
be finally reShaped for House &C.
ton by the committee tomorrow.
Southern Democrats. who con-
tend the measure will destroy
major industries in the South,
sought an alliance with Western
farm members on the theory that
the bill will increase prices Of
things bought by farmers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
PRESIDENT GETS
WIDE LATITUDE
ON COURT POST
Can Put Off Action Till.
Congress Adjourns

The White House today dis
closed that Attorney General Cum
mings had advised President
Roosevelt, in an informal opinion,
that both on precedent and under
the law he could make an appoint
ment to the Supreme Court either
when Congress was in session or
in adjournment.
Presidential aides cautioned
against too broad an inference be-
ing drawn from this opinion. Mr..
Roosevelt, 1t was said, has not de-
cided when he will make his initial
appointment to the vacancy
created by the retirement of Asso-
ciate Justice Willis Van Devanter.
Can Delay Selection
Under the Cummings ruling, the
President can withhold his SUI
preme Court appointment until
Congress has gone home and then
make a recess appointment.
With prospects that Congress
will remain in session until the
middle of this month, the. Presi.
dent has about two weeks in
which to submit a nomination
for immediate confirmation.
Murphy Denies Reports
Gov. Frank Murphy, of
Michigan, flew back to Detroit
this morning after spending a
weekend with the President.
Murphy secuted reports that he
might be appointed to the high
bench.
Several close associates Of the
President "guess" that Mr.. Roose-
welt will elevate a sitting judge,
presumably from the circuit
court. They make it clear,
however, that they are express
ing persnoal beliefs because the
President apparently has taken
no one into his confidence,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
An0nWn0uS6
eaBrought
From Britain
By EARL GOODWIN

The Idea Of six $40, 900 assistants
the President will get out Of his
reorganization bill is an English
importation, brought back to this
country by Louis Brownlow, Q
former District Commissioner.
The President asked Congress
for six assistants, and sticking up
like q sore thumb was the phrase
in the Brownlow report, that these
men should have certain qualifica-
lions, most memorable being "a
passion for anonymity"
The phrase was passed on to the
President by Chairman Brownlow
in his report Of the committee on
administrative management.
Borrowed From Lloyd George
Brownlow got it in London
while talking, it is understood,
with David Lloyd George, who
found great need for a band Of
strong assistants who could come
bs11O ~ ekI1O 4COC41 dL1U CdL1J H11AAC
wearing a cloak Of invisibility and
a mask of silence-as far as press
and public were concerned.
President Roosevelt is likely to
get his six aides; the Congress
knows that the White House is
understaffed and that all Presi-
dents Of recent years have had to
borrow aides as well as clerical
assistance from other govern
mental offices.
Few people realize however, that
the six silent leg-men will typify
Louis Brownlow's almost terrific
disregard of politicians and elected
officials, a hangover from the
time he was president of the
Board of Commissioners Of the
District Of Columbia and had to
spend most of his time arguing
with members of Congress and
other elected statesmen. about the
legality and feasibility of various
parking tickets, speeding charges,
etc,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
Supports Repeal of LeUies
On CAPITAL Gain

Celler told Morgenthau that
met capital gains are considered
as part of taxable income, but cap
ital losses are not considered at
ALL" under the present law.
"Pretty Poor Policy"
"This strikes me as being a
pretty poor policy" he said. cit
is essentially one of heads you
win, tails lose
THE tax constitutes a barrier
to more complete recovery and
is an ever present danger to the
prosperity Of our people. It helps
produce bigger booms and deeper
depresSionS."
The levy has been responsible
for much Of the difficulties of the
Federal Government in collecting
income taxes, Celler continued,
adding:
"Its removal would cut down
tax avoidanceS. Unreasonable
provisions lead to the use of un-
reasonable methods to avoid the
tax.
1.-THE general improvement In
business that would follow the re-
peal Of these provisions would
create more taxable revenue"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
Editor Home
Day Declares Europe
Looks Peaceful

NEW YORK, Aug. 2 G.N.s0.
Edward c. Day, managing editor
of the Denver Post, returned to-
day on the French Liner Norman
die after a trip abroad during
which he visited England, Hol-
land, Germany, Switzerland, italy
and France. He was accompanied
by his wife, his son, Edward C.
Day, jr., an attorney, and his
daughter.in-law. He said:
"The casual traveller hears
virtually no war talk in Europe.
/ assume foreign newspaper cor
respondents hear plenty Of 1t,
But the average tourist hears
little, If any.
Europe looked industrious
and peaceful to me. / thought
Lucerne, Switzerland, the most
beautiful place we visited.
II saw comparatively more
soldiers in Germany than in the
other countries. The Rhineland
was full of soldiers. We visited
q beer garden in Coblenz and
fully go per cent of the crowd
, were soldiers"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02

Immediate, outright repeal Of
the capital gains and losses tax as
impractical and unproductive OF
revenue yesterday was urged upon
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
THAI by Representative Celler CD
of New York.
In a letter to Morgenthau, ask.
ing his support of the movement
to abolish the levy, Celler said 1t
is universally condemned" by
merchants, manufacturers and
taxpayers"
Costly to Collect
Officials high in your depart
ment and in other branches Of the
Administration feel the time has
come at least to revalue and re-
gauge the efficacy Of this form
Of tax" he said.
It has been reliably reported in
official circles here for several
months that the joint House-Sen-
ate Committee on Taxation favorS
repeal Of the measure, and that
many Treasury taxation advisers
agree.
Treasury StatisticianS have
stated informally that the tax Is
very costly to collect.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
BIG OBSTACLES
HURDLED, hill"
QUITS AUG. 18TH
Wage-Hour, Sugar, and
Housing Laws Goal
WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
international News Service

Once more in control of q re-
bellious Senate, Administration,
leaders today headed Congress
toward an August IS adjourn.
ment, with enactment Of wage
hour, housing, sugar and minor
court reform legislation as the
immediate goal.
The Administration faced a
comparatively smooth path to ad.
journment after hurdling three
major obstacles over the week.
end. The path-clearing moves
were Senate passage of the wage
hour bill, despite a violent revolt
by southern Democrats, Senate
refusal to consider anti-lynching
legislation, and an agreement by
warning sugar factions to call UP
sugar import quota bill and let
the best man win.
While the wage.hour bill was
sent to the House, the Senate be-
gan consideration of the Wagner
housing act. This bill would Gre
ate a Federal board, armed with
$700, 000, 900 to make loans to
States and municipalities, for low
cost housing projects. It would
set UP q $40, 600, 900 fund annually
for three years for rent subsidies
to the poor who would live on
the low-cost projects. It's spon-
Sors said the bill would repay the
Government every cent eventu-
ally.
Administration leaders planned
to call up the court reform bill
Wednesday. This measure, a
peace treaty" which ended the
five-month Senate battle over the
Presidents Supreme Court bill,
carried proposed reforms for the
minor Federal judiciary. It was
really noncontroversial, although
some of the Presidents supporters
may try to revive the Supreme
Court row by offering amend
mentS to it.
The sugar factions agreed to
call up an Administration bill in
the House, proposing three-year
extension Of import quotas, but
giving preferred treatment to in
sular possessions. Once up, the
sugar bloc proposed to amend it
to suit themselves-if they can
get the votes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
SECURITY BOARD
GIVES RESULT OF
PENSION SURVEY
Most Of Applicants
. Are Under s. :.
international News Service

EAA4e44NAAAAA
More than half Of the 20, 600, 900
applicants for old age benefit pay.
ments are less than IS years Of
age, the Social Security Board es-
timated today.
Twenty,seven per cent Of the
applicants are women wage earn
ers, more than SO per cent Of whom
are under IS years Of age.
The report, based on study Of
the first 11,5O0,000 applications
tabulated from the various States,
showed q total Of 8,343, 1886 men
and 3,071, $40 women applicants.
Where the 1880 census showed
only 5o.36 per cent Of the gain
fully employed" group Of the pop.
ulation was under IS, the social
security survey placed this group
at 54.12 per cent. The census
showed 1884 per cent of the work
erS over so years old, but the Social
Security Board figures showed
only 1895 per cent Of its appli-
cants to be past so.
The census figures also showed
only 20 per cent Of the "gainfuI
workers" are women, while the
board reported ~ per cent. Only
2.83 per cent Of the applicants are
over 80 years Of age. Among the
women applicants, only 1928 per
cent are over go, while $40 per
cent Of the men are over that age.
Women workers under the age Of
10 total GIT per cent and men
workers only 3.27 per cent, tho
survey revealed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02

scot. 8, Margaret BiddIe,
Green Hill Farms Hotel. Over.
brook. $4,000"
That apparently innocuous no
tation is causing quite a stir in
Democratic circles.
1t means that the wife Of A. J.
Drexel Biddle, jr., ambassador to
Poland contributed almost three
times as much as the Bethlehem
Steel Corp, to the Democratic
National Committee for the pur-
chase Of the history of the 1886
national convention. Among the
names Of Pennsylvania subscrib-
ers, the name Of Biddle leads all
the rest.
That is the assertion Of Repre-
sentative j. William Otter, vice
chairman Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee. BY such an
nouncements, he wants to spur
the House into investigating the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
Seeks Passage of
Flood Control Bill

DANIEL j. SHIELDS, mayor
of YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, has taken a
novel way Of addressing his plea
to Congress for passage Of the
flood-control bill.
He has sent an enlarged
photograph Of the cemetery in
Johnstown in which the TIT
unidentified victims Of the IA
nous flood of May 81, 1889, are
buried.
At the bottom Of the picture
is the legend:
Gin memory Of the unidenti-
fled dead from the flood Of
May 81, 1882"
Also some printed matter call
ing attention to the fact that
his city has been periodically
inundated since 1926, resulting
in great loss Of life and prop.
erty.