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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15
LITTLE HOPE. HELD
IN AUTO FATALITIES
Number Increases Every
Year Despite Warnings
and Precautions
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlumnisF

Washington, Nov. 15.-Secretarv of
Commerce Daniel c. Roper is nearly
LOO per cent discouraged relative to
a solution of the automobile accident
problem.
Washington had an auto show re-
Gently and Roper issued a statement
IN connection with it, "There are few
situations in the world" he said 'ab-
solutely without hope, but candor
compels me to say that very little
cause for optimism can be found in
the field of accident prevention-par-
tlcularly in that segment relating to
street and highway fatalities"
Meaning, the secretary continued:
Automobile killings!
Terrible Slaughter.
The cabinet members statement
mentioned approximately $1,000 such
deaths in the United States in 1895.
That was more than in any previous
year, but 1875 total will be larger
than 1855 and 1885 record. the
statements author surmises. will be
worse than this years. The public is
shocked, sut the slaughter not only
continues; it increases.
The same day that Secretary Rop-
ers statement appeared, the announce
ment was made that certain drivers
for the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey drivers operating in Delaware
Maryland and the District of Colun-
bit) had been added to the companys
roll of honor for five years of driv-
ing for the corporation without an ac-
cident." The company maintains one
of the largest truck fleets in the
world, it's personnel running. into four
figures. And how many of them
achieved what is described as "this
unusual record?
Twenty-three!
And, as such records go among hab-
itual drivers, the announcement did
not err in calling it unusual Twenty
three safe drivers, among hundreds,
was creditable proportion.
ROper's Opinion.
Secretary Roper conjectures that
accident prevention never will be eff
fective until leading executives of the
country, including those engaged in
the manufacture and sale of motor
cars, take over the safety job person
ally
But what are auto manufacturers
and statesmen going to do about it?
even if they try?
They cannot manufacture and sell
foolproof automobiles.
Horses q can remember those days.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15
Ailments OF
Heart Lead
Deaths Here
We're Five L a s t
Month, Kid n e y
Trouble Second; 60
Births, q Deaths

Hort ailments again in October
-, 40 number of deaths in Vance
le with five, though kidney trou-
W. caused three for second place, it
,.os revealed today in the monthly
VOL satisfies report of the Vance
county Health Department.
fractured skull caused two deaths,
md one each was attributed to tuber-
cnlosis premature birth, gunshot
wounds cere.ral hemorrhage, NAL
,,rtrition and colitis. There were five
stllbirths More of the deaths occur
red among infants one year of age
+han anv other bracket, there being
o;oht of these. There were none be-
tween one and ten years, three be-
tween 10 and 20, one between 30 and
% four between so and 20, one be-
tween 10 and so, none between so and
en- two between so and TO- one be-
tween 70 and so, and one over so.
There were u deaths and so births,
three of the latter being listed as il
legitimate. Thirteen of the 81 deaths
we're white and eight colored, and
eiobt were males and IS females. Hen
derson township accounted for ii of
the deaths, including ten white and
four colored, and six males and eight
females. Sandy Greek township had
three deaths and there were two each
in Kittrell and Watkins townships.
OF the go births reported, 80 were
males and 80 females, thirty were
white and 80 colored, and SO attended
nv doctors and 81 by midwives. Nine
teen of the go births were in Hender
son township, u of them males and
seven females, IS white and six color
ed. and Is attended by doctors and
six midwives
Sandy Creek township reported
nine births, Middleburg eight, Wat
kins seven. I[ittrell six, Nutbush five,
Townsville four and WILLIAMSBURG
TWO.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15
PAGE THREE
CIV accords to others

CIV accords to others
Two. FLEXIBLE" machinery to pro.
vide minimum wages. ma :iniini houls
II Punishment OF chi!i labor.
TREE. Regeneration :: govern
ment in the interest of "efficiency,'
but with a warning against trying to
make major savings in this way
Four. Regional planning boards to
"avoid waste and give tna nation it's
moneys worth" from COVE ,rmsnt Cx-
penditures.
''What lhes.. four s'ih .s"ts promise
in continued and increased purchasing
power, what they promis" IN greater
effioielcY III ...e use of government
funds, Mr.. Roosevelt Sd Gar. m
telligent foundations for the other
plans for encouragement of industrial
expansion, with government help. If
private enterprise does not respond,
government must take UP the slack. >
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15


bacco is bringing very satisfactory
prices, largely due to the continued in
crease in consumption
Department estimates for Novem-
Der indicated that the 1887 tobacco
crop would be 26 per cent larger than
the 457, 375,O00 pounds harvested last
year and % per cent greater than the
1928-1932 five-year average produc-
ton.
Indications are chat this years to-
bacco production will be exceeded
only nv the production in 1880 and
1885," Rhodes said
Tobacco production by belts as of
November 1 were reported as follows:
Old Bright Belt, FOG, 10000 pounds,
compared with 177,750,O0O pounds in
1925; Now Bright Belt, 295, 200, goo
pounds, compared with 222,6S0,0oO in
1886; Border, or South Carolina, Belt
68,40O,OG0 pounds, compared with ST.
$4,000 in 1896, and a Burley crop of
100000 pounds, compared with s.
100000 pounds last year.
Rhodes reported that "y Novem-
Der, farmers were generally satisfied
that the cotton crop was .one of the
best for many years, in spite of severe
boil weevil conditions beginning il
late July" and "thc unusually good
harvest and ginning conditions, with
out damaging winds Or rains resulted
in little loss in spite of farm labor
shortage and low price prospects"
The November report on other crops
follows:
Peanuts = A crop of 258,750,000
pounds indicated, 16 per cent greater
than the 1882 five-year average,
with the yield almost eight per cent
better than in 1886.
Irish Potatoes-Yields were fairly
good in spite of a dry early growing
condition, with the heavy increase in
total production due to the II per
cent expansion in acreage.
Sweet Fotatocs-An appreciate in
crease in yield Fer acre was shown
but only a small acreage increase.
Feed crops-Both plant growth and
good prices have been conducive to
heavy productions this year. Soybeans
and especially cowpeas have shown a
tremendous increase in acreage with
the yield per acre of ell legumes bet
ter than usual The increased acre
age and extra good yields resulted in
a II per cent increase in production
in hay crops.
Fruit crops-Last winter was very
mild with no loss to fruits until the
late spring freeze which fortunately
came at time when practically no
damage resulted to apples or grapes.
Peaches showed spotted damage, but
the commercial, sandhill area had an
excellent crop both in size and quality
Extra good prices were received Tor
peaches while, apples have I-een "a
distinct drag on the market due to
the heavy production. The pecan crop
is somewhat better than usual with
the total production slightly more
than last year and almost twice as
much as last year for the country as
a whole.
Rhodes said that "the United states
crop conditions have been mucn nhe
those in North Carolina in that exIra
good Yields show ID per cent ABOVE
| the past 1O-year average and ~ pei
cent above the very low average OF
the past four years" and this year
| is exceeding the record year l9-'o II,
| the average yields per acre TOT ai'
crops"
He added that Gin North Carolina
in spite of farm labor shortage, the
harvest season has been suffiently Ia,
vorabIe and prolonged to permit o.
harvesting the crop by farm FANNY
| labor"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15
EIGHT TAKEN INTO
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Supper at Capitol Cafe Held in Con-
nectiOn With High Masonic
Ceremony Here

Eight candidates were initiated in
to the knights Templar branch of the
Masons here at a ceremonial Friday
night. Visitors were here from Ra-
leigh and Oxford, and they assisted
in the work. Most of those given the
degrees were Henderson men. During
the intermission from the afternoon
session and the evening program, a
supper was served for the members
and the candidates at the Capitol
Cafe
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15
President Urges Congress
To Cut Unjust Burdens
Continued from Page one.)

ed the next budget "can be brought
within definite balance" and di-
rected special attention to business
conditions.
Notes Business Decline.
Since your adjournment in August,
there has keen a marked recession in
industrial production and industrial
purchases, following a fairly steady
advance for more than four years." he
said.
''The present decline has not reach
ed serious proportions. But it has the
effect of decreasing the national in
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15
LEARN A TRADE

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES: Print
ing offers many opportunities for
advancement to young men. Skilled
workmen in this industry are In de-
mand. THE SOUTHERN SCHOOL
OF PRINTING's facilities for
teaching the mechanics of the trade
are the best. For particulars write
to v. c. Garrett, Secretary-Treasur-
er, 1514-16 South Street, Nashville.
TennesseN.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15

Hero in a death battle with an in,
truder in his lonely mountain
cabin near Santa Rosa, Cal,
Thomas Elliott, almost 80 years
of age, fights for his life in a hos
pital where he is pictured. FL
lott fought a duel with the burg
lar, severed the. mans hand with
an ancient sword and then shot
him to death. Elliott was crit
ically wounded in the battle.
Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15
ALLEGED FATHER OF BABY
WORKING IN WASHTNGTO

Washington, Nov. Is (AP)-The
Washington Evening Star said today
that Ned Parks, "a, alleged father of
a two-months-old son born to Martha
Barley Ryan, wife of Basil Ryan, was
a soda clerk in a capital drug store
Parks was named father of the child
In warrant issued by the Burke
county, North Carolina, sheriff.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15

1S33-William F. Durfee, engineer
inventor, who superintendent the max
ing of the first Bessemer steel here,
born at New Bedford Mass. Died at
Middletown, N. Y, Nov. IA, 1899.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15
Greek Survivors
Tell Wreck Story
Continued from Page one0

80 threatened to kill him unless h7
cont cont the signal Immediately.
cantain Coufopandelis said the yes
sol had sprung leak, but the pumps
SCI &c aronlv able to handle the water
Wit ',nt;, heavy seas swept the vessei
carrying away ventilator ana iioo
ing the engine room.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15
Ryan Unable To Re-
member His Marriage

fContisfsse1 from r1age Ore,
Thomas Fortune Ryan and the attor-
ney conferred in Sells private office
During his tenday stay in the hos
pital, physicians said the bridegroom
had been suffering from a gastro-in-
teStinal ailment.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15
Weed Crop 577 Mil
lion Pounds 1897

(ConilnrSo from rage One.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15

retained at his Greensboro post.
Politically, Mrs. Helen Robertson
Wohl, who polled something like 100,-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-15
Agriculture Post
Causes Some Stir

CONTINUED rom Page One.}
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25
Britain Supports France In
Ban on II Duce's Soldiers

CONTINUED from Page One.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25

ton of the old age pensions and chill
dren's aid laws. In the past, the chair
man of this board has been elected by
the board from among it's member
ship, all of whom the governor ap-
pointed. Now, however, the governor
will appoint a chairman as we'll as the
other members. The chairman and
board members will be on a per diem
basis. while the director of public as
sistance is expected to receive a sal
airy of at least $4,000 a year.
The governor is also empowered
at his discretion to transfer to his
own office from the Department of
Revenue the State Highway Patrol
and the drivers license division and
to combine these with the newly Gre
ated bureau of identification and in
vestigation into a new Division OF
Public Safety and to appoint a direc-
tor for all of these activlties-a sort
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25
Edgecon1be
Man ;SB;odv
Recovered

Macclesfield. March 25.-(AP)-The
oooy OF J. Frank Brown, IS, prom
lnent farmer of the Crisp section of
Edgecombe county, was removed from
the waters of Owens pond near here
early today after an all-night search.
While no official investigation has
peen made, searchers who found the
BODY in standing position in the CEN
ter OF the fish pond expressed the
opinion that Brown, who had remov-
ed his shoes, had waded into. the pond
IN search of fish and had suffered
heart attack or had died from ex-
posture.
Mrs. Brown said she had taken her
husband to the pond yesterday morn
ing to fish. When she returned for
him IN the afternoon he could not be
found and she spread the alarm.
Neighbors organized searching
party and dragged the pond last night.
The body was found about 8 o'clock
this morning.
Funeral services were to be con-
Quoted this afternoon from the home.
with interment following in the family
grounds nearby.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25

$500 a year. Some of these new po-
sitions carry no salary, being on a per
diem basis instead. But they are re-
garded as being very important in
that they carry strong prestige. AL
together, it is estimated that Cover
nor Hoey will have to make between
$50 and 300 appointments between
now and July 1, when the many APP
pointments of members to the many
different boards and commissions are
considered.
Although not new job in the strict
sense of the word, the craftsmanship
of the reorganiZed State Highway and
Public Works Commission is regard
ed by many as being the most choice
plum whinh Governor Hoey will have
to bestow, with the ten memberships
on the commission also very highly
priced. The job is regarded as being
almost in the new class, since the
General Assembly enacted the admin
stration-sponsored bill to expand the
commission from five to eleven men,
bers, to be selected on district basis,
increasing the salary of the chair
man to $500 a year and increasing
the pay Of the commission members
to $40 a day and travelling expenses
whenever engaged in official business.
This new law goes into effect May 1,
or 60 days before most of the other
changes take place.
The next most lucious appoint
ments at the disposal of the governor
are those of chairmen and members
of the newly created State Alcoholic
Beverages Control Board to be COM
posed of a chairman, at a salary of
$4,000 a year, with two part-time mem
bers who shall draw per diem of $25
a day and travelling expenses, when
the board is in session. Since the State
liquor control law is already in effect
and some go liquor stores are in OPP
GRAFTON in 18 counties, the belief is
that Governor Hoey will name this
ABC board and chairman in the very
near future In fact, he has alraedy
indicated he will name this board a.
mong his first appointments.
Another important new job created
by the assembly is that of director of
public assistance, who will lie in i'm
mediate charge of the administration
of the old age pensions and aid to de-
pendent children, under the general
supervision of the State Board of
Charities and Public Welfare. An
other new law enacted in the session
just ended provides that the COVER
nor shall also appoint the chairman
of the State Board of Charities and
Public Welfare, who also will play
an important part in the administra-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25
Outlook Clouded
For Bright Weed

Continued from Page Oce.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25

of unofficial director of puclic safety.
This also gives the governor the pow
er to appoint the commander of the
highway patrol and hence indirectly
of all the highway patrolmen; the
head of the drivers license division
ard all those. employed in it and the
head and entire personnel of the new
bureau of Identification and inves-
tigation.
In addition to the new positions al
ready enumerated, the assembly has
authorized the appointment of an adj
ditional assistant attorney general, at
an expected salary of at least $4,000
a year. and created a new judicial dis
trict. the twenty-first, to be composed
of Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes and
Surry counties, calling for the ap-
pointment of a new superior court
judge at a salary of $1,000 a year, and
of new solicitor at a salary of S.
0O0 a year, the salaries of all solicit
tors having been increased from $4,-
500 to $4,000 a year. In addition to this
the governor still has authority to
appoint three more special judges any
time they may be needed, at salaries
of $8,050 a year each.
But this is not all. For in accord.
ance with the amendment to the State
Constitution as adopted in the gen
eral election last November, the Gen
eral Assembly provided for the ap
pointment by the governor of two
more associate justices of the State
Supreme Court, on or before July 1
1897 Each of these new justices will
receive a salary of $4,000 a year.
The list of appointments which the
governor has to make on existing
boards and commissions and in al
ready established departments, nigh
be continued indefinitely.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25
SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE
OF ITALIANS SURPRISE

Valencia, Spain, March 25.-(AP)-
Spanish government aerial scouts re-
ported today a sudden disappearance
of all Italians from insurgent divis-
ions on the Guadalajara front north
east of Madrid.
Officials announced the aerial OBJ
servers spotted insurgent reinforce
ments of Spanish Fascists following
the recent insurgent retreat on the
Guaralajara salient.
But there was no trace whatsoever
of the Italian units which had par
ticipated in the unsuccessful insur-
gent drive toward Madrid.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25
FAYETTEVILLE OFFICERS
ARE HIIRRTED To SCENE

Fayetteville, March 25.-(AP)-Of-
ficers and patrolmen from this area
were called to Pinehurst early this
morning after officers there reported
Bill Payne, escaped desperate, and
two companions, had overturned a
stolen automobile near there and es-
capped into nearby woods.
Hoke. Moore, Cumberland Scot
land and Farnett county officers, to-
gether with State highway patrolmen
modified yesterday in a search for
Payne after a farmer had reported
seeing the fugitive.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25
FAMED REPUBLICAN
OF MISSOURI DIES

st. Louis, Mo-. March 25.-(AP)-
William Sacks, 6S, nationally known
Missouri Republican leader, died at
a hospital here early today. He was
defeated for the United States senate
in 1922 and was an attorney and
banker.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25

normal, the bureau said production
probably could not be sold at prices
satisfactory to the grower
The bureau said flue-cured tobacco
acreage this year was expected to be
about 968,OOO acres, or ten percent
larger than the harvested acreage last
year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25

Continued from Page Oce)
year about IS per cent above the 1896
harvested area.
with the indicated acreage" the
bureau said, "the outlook now appears
favorable for hurley, cigar and dark
air-cured types. There is more I'M
certainty, however, in the outlook for
flue-cured and Maryland"
Average yields on planned acreage
on flue-cureG tobacco will result in a
market situation similar to last year,
the bureau said. If yields are above
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25

Not guilty! That's verdict Mrs.
Flossie Hartman, 32-year-old
former Dunkard, Pa, housekeep-
er hears in common pleas court
in Cleveland, where she was on
trial for the murder Of her es-
tranged husband. The judge said
he disagreed with the jury's find
Ings, reached after two hours de-
liberation. Mrs. Hartman, hold
Ing a year-old son in her arms,
fred four shots into the back Of
her husbands. head as he sat in
the front seat of an automobile
with. q 34-year-old widow on q
Cleveland street in January.
-CentrGl Press
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25


took up the battle and began to pour
shells into the beleaguered capital.
The insurgent assault began short
ly before midnight and lasted until
dawn. In bright moonlight the aerial
raiders circled the city, loosing heavy
bombs on the central district.
Officials, completing a hasty sur
vey of the damage, admitted there
were many casualties, but '1ess than
expected"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25
Many Big Offices In Hands
Of Hoey For Appointments

Continued from Page One.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-25
Pinehurst Group
Not Payne's Pals

Continued from Page One.)
but they said he was not a member.
of Faynes party.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25
Begin Operations

Reports from the Kougarok said that J J. Keenan had com menced hydraulic mining opera tions in the vicinity of Taylor in the Kougarok. yesterday.
 The dredge on the Kougarok River at Taylor, operated by the Kougarok Consolidated Placers Inc, commenced digging the rich river gravels yesterday, after hay ing been serviced and placed in condition for an active season this year. With such an early start this season should be exception ally successful it was said.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25
American Fishermen Bristol Bay
 Count 26 Foreign Fisheries Ships
(By The Associated Press)

LIBBYVILLE, Alaska, June 25-As two thousand tense American fishermen prepared to shove off today they scanned Bristol Bay and counted 26 large foreign fishing boats and floating canneres down the Bay await ing the worlds largest Red salmon
 Michael Hatton of the Territorial Fisheries Bureau who was sent here to investigate the invason said he had identified of them Japanese, also that some of them within the three mile limit He fur ther said that he drew up along side of the Japanese boats but was not welcomed. and that foreign boats have been increasing yearly and with the type of gear they are using there will be salmon in these waters in five or six years
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25
Open to Mile 5O

An Alaska Road Commission railroad crew. working on the kougarok Tramway, have open ed up the track as far as Mile 50, it was reliably reported today.
 Work of removing snow and glacier, and alignment of tracks has occupied the crew for some time. It is expected the track will be opened to Shelton and Bunk CT Hill in the near future.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25
HOUSE TERRITORIES
 COMMITTEE FAVORS
 REINDEER MEASURE
(By The Associated PresS)

WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 25-The House Terri tories Committee has approved the measure made by Delegate Anthony J. Dmond to authorize two million dollar appropriation for the purchase of reindeer abat toirs and corrals owned by whtemen for the purpose of redstrbuting the reindeer solely among the natives of Alaska Delegate Dimond said that an acute prob ,em was precipitated when the white gained virtual monopoly of the deer
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25
DUKE AND DUCHESS
 HAVE CELEBRATION
(By The Associated Press)

VIENNA, June 24-The Duke and Duchess of Wind sor celebrated their birthdays his in advance and her. belatedly, amid scenes they visited together when he was king of England and she Mrs. Wallis Simpson The Duchess II Saturday last and rle Duke was 43 Thursday, June 24
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24-Amid cheers and clen- ched fist salutes from the crowd Russias trans-Poar iers received San Francscos official welcome in the city hall rotunda under the red flag of the Soviet Union The flying trio tentatively planned to leave for Wash ington Thursday.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25

ST. WOLFGANG, June 24-The Duke of Windsor celebrated his 43rd birthday in strange contrast to the ponp and pageantry accorded him last year when he was King Edward of England. His bride, the former Wallis Warfeld arranged quiet party for him. Last year coors trooped and an Empire feted in his honor. It is reported they are very happy.