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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
-Ern Elm.
Backward, turn backward.

Backward turn backward. Your clocks please tonight Saturday the night of the year that we gain an hour We were waiting for that extra hour of sleep
 made the most of it. Mornings from will be bit brighter Evening will close in early The days outing will have to be terminated hour earlier As drives or walks through the country these early autumn days wouldn't it be good idea to continue daylight saving throughout the month of October Some cities in the middlewest have it the year around You'll find it all the time in Ireland and Scotland and wouldn't wonder ii it isn't that way in England How about little cam pagn favor of prolonged daylight saving You start it, readers; we suggested it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
Tall Tower Topics
Good Evening.
QUOTE AND UNouoTE
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Whosis had word for 1t You will all agree, s There's none blind As those who will not see. He knows not when to be silent, (Does that derive from the Latin or Greek?) Now how did the old boy finish it, Oh yes-who knows not when to speak. Nothing is stronger than custom, What is life? Just a little gleam Between you and me and the privet hedge Things seldom what they seem There are vciSsitudeS in all things, That's one for the book You can't judge volume by the cover Or just by single look My time is your time, That's one you can't mistake, This is your daily column shouting, Hope you're still awake
 Elm Elm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27

something more from the White House. Although Roosevelt pres ently plans to stand on Blacks Senate record as sufficient reason
 for the appointment - assuming Black is not demonstrated to have had any Klan contact in the last eight or ten years, enough heat may develop to change his position.
 Copyright, 1887, lJEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
4n4nerican WoDaanS D1aaatic Stofes o C WaS ad010!
Madrid Notebook

War in all it's fury lashes out at Madrid. From the dramatic notes of an American woman comes a. truly great, human wOrd-painting of civilian life in the Spanish capital under the constant menace of rebel shells and airplane bombs. The author is Mrs. Melanie PflaUm, wife of an American newspaper cOrres- pondent stationed in Madrid. So tersely, tensely-written are each of her paragraphs that they become almost shOrt-stOries in themselves. Here is the first of two series of her notes; the second series will appear in The Democrat tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
May Turn Thumbs Down


 Many administration critics, in- cluding some of Roosevelt's own liberal followers who have been seri- ously perturbed, take the position that no man who wa3 ever a Klan member should be o1l the Supreme Court.
 Roosevelt himself eventually
 may be forced into that position.
 But at present he is anxious to keep Black on the cOutr and may be expected to do what he can
 un0fficiaIIy to make it easier Tor Black to stay. off the record, It seems, the Roosevelt position is that regardless of how regrettable Blacks monkey shines with the Klan a dozen years agC may nave been, the mans liberal record m the Senate for many years makes him the type of man Roosevelt wants on the court.
 That doesn't mean that the Pres ident is even slightly happy about the Black incident. Like everyone else, he thinks it has made one grand mess for him and he is look ing for the most graceful, least cost ly way out of it. He expects a statement from Black. He will ex- pect the statement to make it clear what contact, if any, Black has hao with the Klan since his election ln 1926. And 1t is more than likely that he will give consideration to what ever other evidence there may be on the subject. Certain federal agents have been extremely busy, looking into the situation from all angles. Seeking An "Out"
 Finding themselves very definitely in a hole, New Dealers have built up the theory that their opponents purposely failed to reveal evidence as to Black'c Klan affiliations prior to his confirmation by the Senate in order to get Black on the bench so as to put Roosevelt in that very hole. Although 1t sounds bit fan tastic, this supposed plot - ii there was one - would seem to have worked out with conspicuous suc- cess.
 Complications are added by the fact that the President, distinctly
 on the defensive, is not - ac-
 cOrding to his closest advisers in any position to take official
 action. If he were to ask boldly
 for Blacks resignation he would
 be subjected to attack for an at-
 tempt to exert executive dictator
 ship over the court and it would
 be said that any president might
 subsequently, ask for the resigna-
 tion of any other justice of whose
 past he didn't approve. On the
 other hand he can't possibly ignore
 the issues raised.
 Roosevelt may make no further statement. But that will depend on what Black says. If Black says nothing you are fairly sure to hear
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
BY MELANIE PFLAUM { Copyright, 1897, NEA Service, Incl

BY MELANIE PFLAUM Copyright, 1887, NEA Service, Incl
 Madrid, Sept. 27 = Good bye, dear," said my husband. This was at Perthus, a bor- der town between France and Spain. It didn't register. Much to his astonishment, I'm still with him. Not again was going to be evacuated, as l was last November with our two sons, the littlest be- ing Peter, then 2 weeks old (the only American child born so far in Madrid during the siege.)
 Barcelona Valencia then we drove on to Madrid under full moon. It lit our convoy like target. Patrols stopped us fre- quently, examined our passports. The dust was choking. We couldn't pass ahead or wait behind. We had to go by little by-rOad, the main highway being under fire. Our chauffeur hadn't slept in three nights. Every time we reached a cliff he seemed to decide to catch up on lost sleep. The wheel would slip. We would grab it. We breathed through handkerchiefS and counted the sweltering minutes. At last we reached Madrid.
 At midday, washed and refreshed, we were drinking beer with friends at the Casa Vasca, when suddenly, in the distance, there was heaAy thud, then a loud explosion not far away. The shells fell closer and closer, One explosion shook the cafe. No one in the safe seemed to notice it! they went right on drinking and talking as though nothing wefe happening. Another explosion, and my beer spilled on the floor. At that moment, the waiter, who had just recognized me, rushed up to our table. He shook my hand warmly. "Senora" he cried, Welcome back to Madrid!"
 I soon learned that this indiffer- ence to bOmbardmentS was the fashion in Madrid. Last week I was in a crowded beauty parlor when the Nationalist batteries let loose upon the city. There were about ten women and six operators. A shell dropped at the end of the street, followed by several in the next block. Four women were having permanent waves. They were trap ped in their chairs, but they showed no signs of fear. A few of the pa irons left quietly for the basement, but the others continued to receive their messages, shampOOs and mani- cures. These same women would have screamed if wasp had en- tered the room.
 ..
 The soldiers of General Jose Mi- aja,s army bear no resemblance to tTie badly armed. Oyer-allied militia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27

Right now our films seem to be going quite educa- tiona Leading the list is "The Life of Emile ZOla This means many reprints of the story finding their way to the bookshops also books in general that deal with the life of this realisnovelist Zola was born in Paris in 184O. His mother Italian. For his activity in the affair of Alfred Dreyfus French
 military officer who had been thrown into prison for life for supplying information to foreign power and other activities through the literary medium he came to be known as great defender of human rights. All this you will perhaps glean when and you the pictures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27

They say ,. keep thing fifteen years and it's bound back in style They say also the old jokes are the best and the old entertainment Just take the entertainment furnished by ventrOqust. That came back Who knows but what Swedish bell ringers may again come into their own, skirt dances and even pony balets....
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27

Cavalcade .. We found among mail this morn ing copy of "Cavalcade," magazine of the coat pocket type In succession of articles that includes so on, quite famous collection of writers are noted Among them are Valentine Williams, Henry F. Pringle F. Britten Austin Maude Parker Elery Queen Wallace tion to stirring article Drums of Peace" by G. Kirk Cartoons and illustration appear at casual first gancng quite up-to-the-mnute We are much magazine-minded at present. and story by picture holds popularity There is good share of this in Cavalcade although it pr marly made up of reading matter. Some of us still like to read
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
. BEHIND THE SCENES. WASHINGTON M RODNEY DUTcHER-'
 Democrat Washington
 COrreSpOndent

FDR Would Like to Stand
 on Blacks Progressive Senate Record and For get Previous Klan Con- nection, But Incident Gives No Signs of Dying
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27

Washington, September 27. - AS Justice Hugo L. Black sailed toward the Atlantic coast and Roosevelt headed in the general direction of the Pacific, it ap- peared that the President had boiled down the Black-Klan issue in his own mind to what he con- sidered by all odds the most import ant question:
 Has Black in recent years had any connection with the Ku Klux Klan?
 No answer to that question has been available, since Black has given no explanation, secret or otherwise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27

The soldiers of General Jose Mi- ajA,s army bear no resemblance to the badly armed, over -allied militia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
CLICKS OF 1887.

CLICKS OF 1857. .Charle McCarChy ana EdWaru Bergen. Tyrone Power. Gone With the Wind (cont) Sonia Henie. Wallis blue. Marta Abba (she cavorts in "TovarchD sidewalk cafes. w. c. Fields
 Live Alone and Like It and Orchids On Your Budget. :. Nelson Eddy and Jeanette Mcdonald: Grandpa in
 . gin and bitters and royal mugs and plates (by way of the Windsor-Smpson nuptias and the Coronaton). mink, sable koinsky and chincilla coats. Helen Hayes in Victoria Regina" (cont) dictionaries and encyclopedias popularity in Waterbury boosted by yours truly the Waterbury DemocraD best coined phrase of the year. I should've stood in bed brought to light by sports newspaperman Dan Parker the birth of the picture magazine. Lewis J. Valentine, head of New York cy's police force Beatrice Lillie singing Buy onion soup. dry sherry dark glasses. .Rosalind Russell Venetian blinds skumps, yacht races and tennis matches Richard II (get out your Shakes pear). two Hamlets (refer to Shakespear again) the mall park you will in Rockefeller Centre during the summer months. Connecticut country homes of famous folk. Any horse race and place. daily dou- bles. bigger and better caravans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27

Shades of Siberia! Work at the county court weaSns stragee dsV overcpas and sweaters showing early indications of cold winter. Reason is, that there's no heat heating system Judge Edwin C. DckensOn presiding at the fall term of superior court who has cold and many at the court house ready to agree with his announcement in court Friday that due to the temperature of the bud ing his greeting would not be too unseasOnal if he marked ''Merry Christmas"
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The daily independent., 1937-07-10
A Valuable Recipe
Book Given Away
BY Anderson

A few months ago officials OF
Frigidaire Division of General
Motors Corporation, an organiza-
ton dedicated to the proper
handling, preparation and pre-
aervation of family foods, con-
ceived the idea of providing an
exceedingly wide variety of in
triguing dishes by collecting one
or more favorites from each state
in the Union, and presenting
them to the American homemak-
er in a single volume.
This work has now been COM
pleted and is available under the
title: Famous Dishes from Every
State" Although the book was
sponsored by the Home Econo-
mic department of Frigidaire, val
liable aid was provided in the COL
lecting of recipes by Mrs. Nell B.
Nichols. Field Editor of Woman's
Home Companion, and by Kath-
crime Fisher, Director, Good
Housekeeping Institute. 1t has
not confined to chilled or frozen
recipes, but includes a variety of
hot dishes as well.
In addition to being Illustrated
and indeXcd, the book provides
the so-cal!ed popular names of
each separate state, such as The
Keystone State. The Sunshine
State, and the like. Below an out
line map of each state is given
the official state flower, while
the capital city of each state is
named and located on each man.
In more ways than one the
book will make a desirable addi-
ton to the planning library OF
every home" stated Mr.. Jim And
erson of Anderson Radio & Elec-
trio Co., local Frigidaire dealers,
who announce they have just re-
ceived a supply of the books for
local distribution.
"One of these books Will be
given to every housewife who will
indicate a desire to have one" >"
said Mr.. Anderson. There is no
cost or other obligation. There is
nothing to buy, or nothing to clip
and send us. They may be had by
calling at the store, or by send
ing a post card or telephone re-
quest" =
The daily independent., 1937-07-10

steel-favorable and otherwise -
include:
Whether or not serious la
bor agitation may be renewed
soon.
.2-How rapidly reopened plants
can resume peak production. The
Youngstown district next week will
likely operate at 80 per cent of
capacity, the highest rate since
late in April and one of the best
July operating rates in several
years. The magazine Iron Age pre-
dicted operations at IS per cent of
capacity next week.
3-Profit taking in steel issues
as U. S. Steel approached the 10
mark. Many of the longs had
planned to use 110 as the profit
taking basis and it was noticeable
that the stock was unable to push
through to that level today.
5-Some Slackening of demand
for new shipments reported in the
trade. However, companies have
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
Beauty Shop Operated
By Native of Dare

Your Beauty Shop, owned and
operated by Mrs. Ollie Bell Swain
of Manteo has been enjoying a
thriving business. Mrs. Swain is a
native of Dare County, although
she has lived elsewhere part of
her life. She moved back several
years ago and set up a beauty
shop which has been steadily on
the upgrade since.
For many years Curtis Ba5-
night has been known as a pretty
hard working boy. He has worked
with many of the leading bust
neSSaS of town. Now, however, he
has a business of his own, the
Hotel Raleigh Confectionery. The
confectionery is doing fair
business now and is expecting a
fairly large increase before the
summer is over.
Working with Curtis is Earl
Perry, Elizabeth City. Both are
members of the Manteo baseball
team and are good ball players.
Between playing ball and running
confectionery these boys are
kept pretty busy.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
POPULAR PASTOR AT
MT. LEBANON CHURCH

The Rev. A. j. Wood, the pop
ular pastor of the Poplar Run A.
M. E. Zion church of Winfall, will
be the guest speaker at the special
services which will be held at the
Mt. Lebanon A. M. E. Zion church
Sunday afternoon at o'clock. He
will be accompanied by his choir
and congregation.
An interesting feature of the
service will be the music which
will be furnished by the famous
choir of Winfall. DR.. Spaulding
extends to the white friends cor
dial invitation to attend these SER
vices.
Pastors of all churches with
their congregations are cordially
invited.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Chicago, July 9.-(U.R)- Live
stock:
Hogs 1000, including $500 di-
rects. Market 10-25c lower; 230-
lbs. up showing most decline;
packing sows most 15-25c lower;
top, selected 10000 lbs. 1890;
bulk good and choice 180-23O lbs.
12.5O-12.8O; 240-30O lbs. 11.9O-
1850; most good packing soWs
300-500 lbs. 10.10-10.80; light
weights to HOO; heavies 9.75 or
less.
Cattle $500, calves 500. Gener-
al trade steady. Grass COWS, heif-
ers less active, suggesting recent
advance about over; grain fed
steers and yearlings at 14.00 up in
good demand; best medium weight
steers 16.40; strictly prime kinds
absent; native grasserS 8.50-11.5O
according to weight and condl-
ton; thin natives 8.25 down to
CTS; weighty sausage bulls up to
tbs and selected vealers to 1000.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
ParkersOn's Enjoys
A Good Business

During it's couple of years OF
existence, ParkerSon's has been a
great success. 1t has housed many
visitors among these some very
distinguished. Owned and operat-
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S. Parker
son, it is well managed.
This is not the first place on
the beach that has born the name
of Parkerson's in the last four or
five year. For several years MI.
Parkerson operated the Nags
Head Casino, which is still often
referred to by his name. He met
with much success here and soon
built place of his own, the hotel
that he is now operating.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
C. G. Engineers Move to
Carolina Building

The Civil Engineering office OF
the Coast Guard has been forced
to move out of the postoffice
building due to the remodeling op-
erations now in progress. Temper
airy quarters have been secured in
Carolina building and moving is
now in progress. Mr.. Philip Levine
field assistant, U. S. Coast Guard,
has arrived from Milwaukee, Wis
cosin, and will be in charge of this
unit in the absence of Captain
Hite. Mr.. Levine is being well
coined by the many friends he
made on his previous sojourn in
Elizabeth City last May and June.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
Dancing at Casino
Attracts Crowds

The largest activity in Dare
county this summer has been
dancing. Many people, especially
the young folks and visitors,
dance at every opportunity. G. T.
Wescott, Jr., has contributed
greatly to the enjoyment of every
one in this type of sport by put
ting electric victrolas in practi-
cally every large service station,
dance hall, and confectionery in
the county, and in many Of the
smaller ones. One can have music
at almost every stop on the NagS
Head Beach,
The Nags Head Casino, operat-
ed by Jere Parker, one of the best
liked men in the county, has
shown large success under Park
er's wing this summer. Contain
ing one of Wescott's monographs,
having free dancing every night,
it has drawn some Of the largest
crowds to assemble anywhere on
the beach.
Bowling has also been a great
asset to the Casino. Everyone
likes to bowl-that is everyone
that has ever bowled or that
knows anything about the game.
The alleys here, equal to the best
on the beach, are crowded all
night and at times during the
day.
Besides dancing and bowling
the Casino has other assets. 1t
is very conveniently located at
about the center of Nags Head, in
the center of activity. This is the
only place on the beach in which
are sold magazines. You can also
secure here beer, soft drinks,
meals, ice cream, groceries and
Standard products along with
many other things.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
Mrs. Harrington Does
Well In New Store

In all the history of Dare coun-
ty there has been only one SC, 10c,
and $1.00 store. This store, open
ed not very long ago by Mrs. l..
D. Harrington. has been a great
asset to the community. During
its brief period of being open this
store has been thriving business
it has progressed greatly.
Mrs. Harrington has recently
announced new stock contain
ing practically anything in kitch-
en- utensils and many other
things that one wants. The store
is located across the street from
the court house, almost directly
between the court house and the
bank.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
Betsy Dowdy Inn Named
For Young Heroine

First in Dare County, as you
come over the long Wright Mem
orial Bridge across Currltucf
Sound, is the Betsy DoWdy Inn. 4
modern service station overlook
ing beautiful waters, with tour
ist cabins, fishing boats for hire,
lunches, dance floor and dining
room.
Operated by ElWood DoWdy and
his family, descendants of the
family in which belonged Betsy
Dowdy, a heroine of the Revolu-
ton, and for whom this station
is named, this is one of the most
progressive places of business on
the Dare county side Of the
bridge.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
Sea Breeze Inn Popular
Beach Place

The Sea Breeze Inn, owned and
operated by Lindsay Dowdy, and
located in the fork of the roads
Just before the last turn ap-
preaching the Currituck bridge, is
one of the best places for dancing
on the beach. 1t has ample room
for rather large crowd. Refresh
ments can be gotten here also.
Beer, soft drinks, practically any
thing in this line that you want
you can get.
Being located almost on the
ocean, Sea Breeze Inn will be
found to be a modern filling sta
ton, giving courteous service and
aid in making arrangements for
fishing trips or hotels further
down the beach.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10

Thomas is very active outside
of his confectionery-in fact be-
fore he acquired this business it
was rather hard to think of his
settling down to a steady busi-
ness Of this type. He was too &C
tive mechanically. His favorite
hobby is fooling with automobiles,
speed boats, and motorcycles. In
all of these he has had some very
thrilling experiences-in fact,
much fun. However, when he got
a business, although still liking
to fool around with engines, he
settled down and is now the own
er of a thriving confectionery.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
BARITONE AT OLIVE BRANCH

The Norman Concert Singers
will present H. C. Butler, noted
baritone soloist, in a recital at
Olive Branch Baptist church
Monday night at 8 o'clock.
The program will include such
numbers as "On the Road to
Mandalay," II Hear You Calling
Me-" Trees" "Machushla," "Ah,
Sweet Mystery of Life, 60 Down
Moses" Deep River"
The public is invited to attend
and reservations will be made for
white patrons.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK

Richmond, Va, July 9.-lU.R)-
Livestock:
Hogs, receipts moderate, market
fairly steady and Csc higher; top
for good and choice 1915.
Cattle, receipts light, market
fairly steady. Veal top 900; COWS
4.O0-75O; heifers 5.50-10.00; good
steers 11.00.
Sheep, receipts very light.
Spring lambs 1880; ewes $50.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
Sundry Shop In Manteo
Is Doing Well

An up and coming place is
Thomas Fearing's Sundry Shop
in Manteo. Thomas, although
quite young to own a business of
his own is making a big success.
Dancing is a very popular sport
in Manteo and Tom aims to
please. Fountain drinks, fishing
equipment, practically anything
you want can be got here.
The daily independent., 1937-07-10
LOCAL MARKETS

Following are the offering prices
to the producers on Elizabeth City
markets at the close of business
hours yesterday.