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The daily independent., 1937-02-27
The Pioneer Fur Go.
Enlarges Business

Additional machinery and
equipment for the plant OF the
Pioneer Fur company on East
Main street arrived here yeSter-
day and is being installed. The
additional equipment is being
brought mere in furtherance OF
the company's plan to shift much
of it's operations to this city from
its plants in New York and Penn
sylvania, due to the more settled
labor situation here.
The daily independent., 1937-02-27
Will The Justices
Retire Is Question
Summers Bill Passed
and Now Up To
President
Divided Opinion
Senator johnson W ouI d
Have No Respect for One
Who Retreats Under Fire

Washington, Feb. 26.-W,R-
President Roosevelt indicated to-
day he will carry his Supreme
Court fight before the nation in
a radio "Fireside Chat" March 9.
and two hours later the senate
completed congressional action on
a bill opening the way for justices
over 10 to retire.
The senate debated for less than
an hour before passing the Sum-
nerS full pay retirement bill, rs to
q. The house approved the meas
ure Feb. 10 and it now goes to Mr..
Roosevelt for signature-but not
before Monday because vice pre-
sident John N. Garner must sign
it While the senate is in session.
The presidents announcement
regarding the impending fireSide
chat came at his semi-weekly
press conference in response to a
question as to whether he planned
to go on the air to discuss the
Supreme Court. Mr.. Roosevelt re-
piled that he would make an ad-
dress at 1890 p. m. Tuesday
March 9 from the White House,
on the state of the nation.
Nom Committal
He warned correspondents
against specializing as to the con-
tents of the talk, but he joined in
a good-natured qujp when some
one pointed out that March 9 was
the day the senate judiciary COM
mittee will start public hearings
on his bill permitting an increase
in membership Of the Supreme
Court and reorganzing the judi
ciary. With the Court a para
mount issue at present, observers
presumed it would be one topic.
The senate judiciary committee
decided to postpone its initial
hearing until after the president
broadcast after learning that Mr.
Roosevelt would give a "Fireside
Chat" The first session on the
Continued OF Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-02-27
House Passes
Grocery Bill
For E. City
Revenue Bill Passed On
Final Reading and Be-
comes Law of State

Raleigh, Feb. 27.-(U.1-Repre-
sentative F. Webb Williams Of
Pasquotank late yesterday intro
duced a bill to regulate the sale
of groceries in Elizabeth City, un-
der which family groceries
might be sold at any place in that
city where meats and sea food
were for sale. Under a suspension
of the rules, the bill was passed on
three readings and goes to the
senate for action.
Converting at one minute past
midnight the house shortly after
ward this morning passed the
revenue bill, concurring in the
senate amendments, on its third
reading. The bill now becames a
law.
The house also passed the bill
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-02-27
SomeFood Prices a Year Ago,
And the Price ofSame To-day

The reporters were arguing about the increasing coS' Oh living
night. .o. ouo oor
My dollar doesn't begin to buy what IL oo yea" "e ~
plained O. staff
"The me- said another
And then some one thought looking up prices year ago anu
naring them with todays prices. agreed a Ian CH
raron could be reference to PenoeFS I'o 81
sale prices and sale prices Everybody was @
February 1886 week.
The daily independent., 1937-02-27
Dykes viii Soon Protect
Hatteras And OcyucOke
Villages Against Storms
Next Project of National
Park Service Will Be-
gin In Near Future

Manteo, Feb. 60 The con-
struction of two systems of dykes,
designed to protect the villages of
Hatteras and Ocracoke from the
periodical floods which have dev-
aStated them in the past, is the
next objective of the National
Park Service, Department of In
terror, according to A. c. STRAIT
ton, project manager, who is in
charge of the work for the pre-
vention of beach erosion now in
progress along the coast. The
work is scheduled to begin short
ly.
Dredges will be used on the
Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-02-27
OF
Staying
Gas Chamber Execu-
ton Is Set for
April %
Notes An Appeal
Will Not Be Tried On Sec.
ond Indictment Charg.
ing Murder of Wife

Wilmington, Feb. 20. 0UR)-
Pale and shaken, Edgar L. Smoak,
middle aged railroad carpenter,
stood in superior court tonight
and heard jury pronounce him
guilty of killing his daughter with
a poison dose. Smoak was SEN
fenced to die April % in the gas
chamber at State prison.
Annie Thelma, Smoak's l5-year-
old daughter, died last Dec. !. An
autopsy, performed after two
physicians refused to sign her
death certificate, revealed pres
ence of a large quantity of strych-
nine in the girls body. Smoak's
arrest followed when investiga-
tors found a bottle of the poison
in his possession.
Out Three Hours
A jury composed mainly of
busines smen found the defendant
guilty of first degree murder ap-
proximately three hours after re-
sewing the case.
Judge j. H. Clement overruled
a defense motion to set aside the
verdict, and L. Clayton Grant.
chief defense attorney. said he
would appeal to state supreme
court.
Solicitor j. ]. Burney, who di-
rected the states case against
Smoak, indicated tonight he would
not demand trial of a separate in
dictment, returned this week,
(ropfi,,,,ad nv, Do uo Tbraal
The daily independent., 1937-02-27
g
On Steel
Industry
Tive Unions In Race
10 Organize the
u OrkerS
CLIO. andS. Z. IL.
Lewis, , Organization Says
Company Union Is Adj
nilt2dly Illegal

r....,-, Feb. 26.-U.R-The
vs.,r., srcc! mills tonight became
~are track for the c. I. o., and
now union built after collapse
=. .ss .aaustry'S emp.oye repre-
s.r.s-.vys plan.
tn, zee, workers organizing
.,r,~,..--,. unit Of John L. Lewis
,,,,r,...ss Tor industrial organiza-
.,,~ and TIE recently formed
rss, s.3g.oyes independent labor
o-rsr,za- on each claimed the ad-
ra~-sge IN q race against time,
r,,,, may expire in March, when
.,a c : O. IS expected to hold
on irrational convention in the
C~ss9 or Pittsburgh area.
- 5. E. 7. l.. hailed a lap to-
t.v =. d!sYarching to Carnegie
limo, Steel corporation in Pitts
bv-gn a demand that collective
barga.n,ng begin within 10 days.
c. |. D. Biding Time
We're b.dng our time res
bonded N.cha.C5 FOntecchio, S.
v. o. C.. field director for the
C,,ume, area. who claims 50 per
cen. c. 7 o.. organization Of the
Chicago S,eel district.
The new union has taking ap-
p.,ca;.oas Tor membership only
dur!rg the pas, week. spokes-
man SAID. s. far the organization
has been confirmed 10 Carnegie
Illinois employees IN the Chicago
.rD~-,v,,eS IN page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-02-27
NeW Bdttieship TO Be
The North Carolina

Raleigh, Feb. 26.-Representa-
tive w. B. Armistead tonight Wir-
ed Governor Hoey that he had
been authorized by the Navy De-
partment to announce that one of
the new battleships authorized
will be named North Carolina.
The daily independent., 1937-02-27

There is no form Of nerve dis,
order that may not be caused or
aggravated by Eye strain. For a
thorough Eye examination see
DRS. j. D. HATHAWAY. (advD
The daily independent., 1937-02-27

onIv prices on comparable quoted ana e Is an open
oeson as to the item of bread it IS not SCaeo weVel ~
ants contains the number of ounces last
ear loaf at the same price otherwise oCeo prices year ago
are as low and in some slightly lower Ca year ago
The daily independent., 1937-02-27
THE WEATHER

, -. Cloudy with probable rain OF
.n,w IN west portion Saturday and
.,,,5ov and rain in east portion Sun
,, 5or. no decided change in temperature,
The daily independent., 1937-02-27

Continued on Page Three)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-16
sAUK CENTRE HERALD. Sank Centre, MINI.

spite of brutal punishment from
Jealous teammates. Both Harvey
and Toftness have expressed the
sentiment, echoed ny your CORES
pondent, that the boys look pretty
good. That Is II they maintain the
pace they have set in their prac-
tice. But I'll tell you something,
you've got lot Of skepticism to
overcome from the local street
coaches. They don't believe you've
got the stuff. This Parkers game
looks like good time to show who
has the STUFF.
I might go rambling through a
flock Of meaningless names
meaningless until they have tested
their mettle-of the players. But
let 1t suffice to say that for the
first time in long spell Harvey
and Toftness have a stock Of re-
serves. On the line positions we
have such boys as Beste, Egan,
Rivette. Vandesteeg, Berggreen,
and Kringen, all interchangeable
in number Of positions. There are
several men for the end slots, and
relief for Bohn at Center. Half
backs, who need speeding up Har-
vey said, are in pretty good num-
bers. There's Ethun, Cokeley,
Rattle, and Fish. And the beauty
of it is none Of those boys know II
they have a berth or not Har-
vey and this new fellow Toftness,
work like hand and glove together
Which Is nice setup. They're
both so enthusiastic not so much
over the prospects, they simply like
athletics, that doggone you can't
help getting popped up yourself !.
And don't go trotting out to the
Fair Grounds Friday afternoon.
The new field is in the clearing
just south of the golf course. And
a nice turf it is, TOO.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-16

That rambling bouncer Of
bas1retball II back with us for
q time. It's Wilfred Hetzel, who
holds q championship medal
from the q - . free shot art
1T and who claims the worlds
amateur championship for his
trick shots. He's hack for q bit,
but he told this busy body that
he intends to leave for New
York. He's going there TO see
n he can arrange an exhibition
In Madison Square Garden,
sports center Of the world. He
has connections with the coach
Of City College In the Gotham,
whose name I can't remember
but who IL the outstanding
professional basheteer of the
age. III Hetxel puss this one
over, he'll be In the pay dirt
for some time to come. Luck
to you.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-16
to a $50 dinner to be served by
members Of Naomi Chapter. o. e.


members Of Naomi Chapter. o. e.
s..
Rev. John A. Fearon, popular
clergyman and business manager
OF the st. Cloud Institute, has been
assigned to the pastorate Of the
Church Of Our Lady Of the Angels
in this city. He assumed his duties
the latter part Of the week and has
already made a favorable impress
sion on his parishioners.
w. A. Moore disposed Of the VIM.
Bosacker 120-acre farm, northeast
Of Sank Centre, to r. G. Penrose,
Of Whiting, Iowa. The farm sold
for 500 per acre.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Bishop and
family, who have been summering
at their farm near Hackensack, ar
rived in Sank Centre by car Sun
day. They expect to make their fu-
ture home in Sank Centre and will
reside in the w. s. Dean house.
Mrs. j. F. Coyle left Friday night
for Winnipeg to visit with her son
Herbert, whe is in an army hospi-
tai. She returned early in the week
The quantity beautiful Church OF
the Good Samaritan was the scene
of the wedding OF Miss Mary Cliff.
ford Watson, daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Watson, Of this city, tc
Roy Lawrence Scott, Of Elk River
Wednesday morning, September II
at half past ten o'clock.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-16
s Sport
81 Wags
BY Chuck Rattle

This Is the year
In that simple statement Is pen
up all the latent potentialities, al
the fond hopes, and it's the dope
around which football will develop
this year ). And neither the boy.
nor the coaches are waiting for the
first game to put on the heat. Ten
sion runs the strongest I've evel
seen in a Sank Centre edition o.
the footballers, and there's a great
deal more enthusiasm than ha:
been evidenced in a number OF
years. If those boys on whom the
football hopes are being pinned
I say If they have half of the get
up-and-go-at-it that Coach Harvey
and Toftness have, doggone they'll
have some team And the psy
chology Of their enthusiasm Il
working, too, from appearances
for those lads are getting in thei,
and battling.
MOlting-While youse guys
weren't looking the boys In the
know got together and chang
ed the official rules for inter
scholastic football. It seems the
thing to do each fall, and
pressmen are busy trying to ac-
quaint themselves with the new
modes of play. Coaches are In q
other often, too. So when you
get out there next Friday af-
ternoon-that's September IL
watch the boys play Parkers
Prairie, and they do some
things You may not know
about, I'll just brush over the
fundamental changes for your
info:
Here's one that knocks In
the head that sleeping Indian
play-that originated with the
landing Of Columbus. Accord
Ing to the 1887 change: "No
player may be pr0strate at the
time Of the snap" Which Is TO
say you can't lie down on the
job while the rest Of the boys
are putting the ball into play.
Do I make myself clear?
And another: TT is not for
ward pass when the ball is
merely handed forward to an
eligible player who is at least
one yard behind the line"
Which is to say that such
passes were called forward and
treated as such in the penalties
heretofore. Now they will be
termed laterals.
"A disqualifying foul (such as
smuggling or clipping) is now offset
by most fouls by the opponents and
the administration and distance
penalty are the same as for an I'M
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-16

necessary roughness foul" In 9th
err words, dear fan, IL one Of the
boys Is caught slipping his elbow
into the other boys kisser, whilst
on the opposing team another lad
is playfully clipping, which Is a
neat leg breaker, the fouls OF
neither will not send them to the
bench. They will cancel each other.
But teams will be penalized Is
yards, If my distance for unnec-
essary roughness does not fail me.
I don't particularly like that rule,
but who am I?
Distance penalty is never greater
than half the distance to the goal
line.
Penalty for q pass not from
scrimmage Is five yards and no
exceptions are made for in
compilations in the end zone.
This relates to that technical
problem of forward passes
again. IF q forward pass is
used when q lateral should
have been. Up to now q
pass incomplete I'm the end zone
resulted In q touchback, In
which the ball was brought out
to the twenty yard line. Now
five yard penalty is inserted
eliminating the touchback. II
don't understand it either).
And another one Of those pass
es, which I'm not going to attempt
to clarity: Penalty for pass from
beyond the line is loss Of down and
five yards from the spot of the
pass" Oh, excuse me, got it now.
This relates to a forward that
should have been lateral. From
the spot Of the pass, where the
pass was thrown, the yard penal
ty is inflicted. Previously the ball
was brought back where 1t was
first put in play. In other words
the offending team will be allowed
the gain up to the spot Of the pass.
And when that pass Is incomplete
behind the opponents goal line, en-
forcement of penalty is made from
the spot Of the pass.
Say, Harv, II it's going 10 be
so hard to interpret these pass
rules, let's not use any. Now,
Shucks here's another one:
When a ball from a pass acct
dentally strikes an ineligible
player on or behind the line, 1t
is not a major incompletion.
That's what I like about tennis.
Throughout the years the rules, the
scoring and the courts have re-
manned intact from the original.
The boys are saying that last
Friday night was the toughest
practice that Harvey ever dished
out. Armed with two thoughts ~
that this is the year, and (2) I'm
starting from scratch and those
boys are going to work for posi-
tions, Harvey went to work on the
boys in the toughest workout in 10
cal history. And the boys ate it up.
I mean they seemed to like it in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-16
Looking Back
Through Time
Excerpts from Herald of Thursday
Sept. Is, 1917-Items Of Inter-
est of Twenty Years Ago

Twice within a week robbers
have attempted to burglarize the
store of G. Hillerud & Co. Sunday
afternoon they succeeded and
made away with $10.10.
Monday evening Of next week
the Masonic fraternity of Sank
Centre will be host to the men
drafted into Uncle Sans selectivc
CONSUMPTION army, due to be call
ed into service in the very near flu
ture. Young men getting their mail
in Sank Centre have been invited
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-16
Gone!- The High Cost
OF Stomach Trouble

Don't pay $500 to $500 for relief
from stomach pains, indigestion,
due to acidity. Try Ada Tablets
weeks treatment only SLIPS. Re
lief or your money back. Hansen &
Emerson, Druggists.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-01-18
"BAD FAITH" is CHARGED
ON PART OF CORPORATION

(By The Associated Press)
New differences menaced proposed
negotiations today between striking
car workers and the General Motors
Corporation, principles in a dispute
involving the jobs of at least $4,000
persons.
On the eve of the scheduled meet
ing with the management at Detroit,
the union accused the corporation of
dad faith" and cancelled scheduled
evacuation by sitdown strikers of two
Fisher Body plants in Flint, Mich.
The union charged the corporation
planned to resume operations at the
strikerbound Ca&illac plant in De-
troit, evacuated by sitdowners, who
were promised it would be kept closed
during negotiations, and the corpora
ton had agreed to meet with the anti
strike Flint alliance.
GIN officials declined to discuss i'm
mediately the possible effect of the
union action on the scheduled nego-
tiations.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-01-18
Mid7UeSt Is
Fearful OF
Big Floods

Chicago, Jan. 18.-(AP)-Rivers
rose dangerously in the middle
west today. Cincinnati suffered it's
31st flood in 81 years, with the
Ohio river rising a quarter inch
an hour. If heavy rains continued,
metOrOIogists said, the Ohio would
be six or seven feet above flood
stage by mid-week.
Chicago, Jan. 18.-(AP)-Turulent
rivers, over4burdened by winter rains,
c,ct deeply. into, levees today to re-
vive fears of Widespread floods in
parts of the Middle West.
Hundreds of men patched weakened
sea walls in Missouri and Arkansas
where flood conditions are acute
Many streams which broke their banN
and inundated thousands of acres in
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois last week.
renewed climb toward flood stages
Charles Blanton, WPA supervisor
termed conditions in southeastern
Missouri critical. Fresh shock
troops joined an army of 1,5Oc work
ers in an effort to stem the raging
st. Francis river assault On levees
Blant:r reported levees near Hol
comb, Kennett and Senath, Mo-, were
Continued on Page Four.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-01-18
Little Done
At Sessions
OfAssen1bly

Raleigh. Jan. 18.-(AP)-The leg
islature abandoned it's custom of re-
cent years of resting through the day
Monday, when both divisions met for
regular business today, but little leg
islative work was accomplished.
Interest conferred on the afternoon
meetings f the finance and approp-
riations committees, drafting the tax
and money spending measures in ex-
cess of $7O,OOO,00G per year for the
1898 biennium.
A public hearing on liquor legisla-
ton scheduled for this week was post
poned until January %.
A quorum of the Senate attended
the meeting at noon, but no bills
were introduced, debated or passed
The House met an hour later and
likewise did little. Five minor bills
were passed and five introduced One
new measure by Best, of Wayne
would exempt Wayne county from the
1885 Statewide slot machine law.
DR.. Clarence Poe, Raleigh agricul-
tural editor, sent letters to Governor
Hoey and agricultural leaders of the
State urging something much better
than the historic base plan" in max
ing tobacco acreage allotments. He
said the 1888 allotments were adopt
ed in a hurry of a crisis and every
farmer got the same rough meat
axe cut"
He called for a drastic change in
the method of ALLEGATION of acreage
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-01-18
Free Texts
Bill To Be
Ready Soon
Some Publishers To
Fight Plan; Would
Make for Efficiency
In Schools
Daily DispaUch Bureau.
In the, Sir Walter Hotel.

- g; HASH EsCV1II.
Raleigh, Jan. 18.-Preparation of
bill to provide free textbooks in all
the elementary grades of the North
Carolina public school system is 60
ing ahead rapidly and Governor Clyde
r. Hoey and State Superintendent of
Public instruction Clyde A. Erwin
are confident the bill will be enacted,
despite the fact that some opposition
is beginning to develop. This opposi-
ton so. far does not seem to be very
we'll organized but gives indications of
I2eing fOstered by group of textbook
manufacturers known to be unfriend-
ly towards the establishment of a free
textbook system. In fact, it is gen
orally agreed that most of the text
book manufacturers would openly
fight the free textbook movement if
they dared do so, due to the fact that
free textbook system reduces the
number of texts used in a school sys-
tenn and hence reduces their profits
from the sale of books.
Would Have Old System.
Most of the textbook statesmen and
lobbyists, however, maintain they are
in favor of the free textbook plan
the larger textbook manufacturers
are openly in favor of it, due to the
fact that they will sell in large guam
titles direct to the State and will not
have to bother with distributing
books to hundreds of different units.
A good many of the smaller compan-
les, however, would like very much
to return to the old system, with no
State adoptions and no rental of free
books, so that every county and city
superintendent would be a prospective
customer.
Will Raise Efficiency.
But Governor Hoey and State Sup
erintendent Erwin are convinced that
nothing will help the efficiency of the
schools more than free textbooks, also
that free textbooks will. relieve par
ents of school children of financial
burden amounting to from SIS to $25
per child per year, depending upon
the grade and the number of books
required
Judging from the fine results we
have had as a result of the rental
textbook system authorized by the
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-01-18
CONGRESS OBJECTS
TO REORGANIZATION
Too Much Capitalization in
Roosevelt Proposal for
Departments
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlUmnist

Washington, Jan. 18.-Even Demo
cratic leaders in Congress may clash
with President Roosevelt on his re-
organization program.
The plan of reorganization has Con-
greSS wondering.
A reorganization has been urged for
some time, but not one giving so
much centralized power as does the
Presidents plan.
The idea has been that emergency
organizations have been created at a
tremendous rate in recent years
first as a result of war and postwar
conditions; then as a result of depres-
sion conditions-and that the time
has come, said emergencies having
passed or being in process of passing,
to abolish at least some of them.
SEPARATE INVESTIGATIONS
The White House and Congress got
to work on this task.
The White House chose a commit
tee under the leadership of Louis
Brownlow, famed as an economist in
the details Of city government. Con
gress named a parallel committee
headed by Senator Harry F. Byrd
who performed a wonderful task, as
Continued on Page Five)