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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-15
SOlOns Are in Favor of
Cutting Relief Funds
Procedures for
Filing Old-Age
Benefits Claims

Procedures for filing of claims for
the payment of lump sums under
the Federal old-age benefits plan of
the Social Security Act, surprising
in simplicity any others for similar
use yet devised either for govern
ment or private business purposes,
were outlined this week by Marvin
Shirley, field representative, post
office building, Salisbury, N. c.
Moreover, Mr.. Shirley declared
that when the claims procedures are
in full operation the adjudication of
properly completed claims can be
accomplished with unusual dispatch
following their receipt in the Wash
ington office of the Board. Claims
already filed range from a few dol
lars each to $1O5.
A simple form has been devised
by the Social Security Board for the
use of each of the five different
types of claimants. Separate forms
are provided for: CD wage earners,
(2) widows or widowers, (3) other
close relatives, az executors or adj
ministrators, and 90 guardians or
committees. They ask minimum of
from two to a maximum of II ques-
tions.
A sixth form, known as estate
ment of Employer" is a simple re-
port by the employer giving only
the total amount of wages paid the
employee and the employment
period.
Mr.. Shirley pointed out that one
means of achieving simplicity in the
claims procedure was by devising
form for all types.
Mr.. Shirley said forms are obtain
abe, and that assistance in executing
them is available at the Salisbury
office of the board, in the post office
building.
Field offices of the board will con-
tact claimants when it is indivated
they may be eligible for benefit
and explain and help claimants to
execute the necessary forms
Pointing to the simplicity of the
claims forms, Mr.. Shirley declared
this makes unnecessary the employ
ment of attorneys or claims agents
to assist claimants. Even a notary
fee will not be necessary, Mr.. Shir-
ley said, on claims of 500 or less.
The lump-sum payment provisions
of the Federal old-age benefits plan
became effective January l. Month
ly benefits do not become operative
until 1912. Persons eligible for
lump-sum payments are those in
covered employments after 1886,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-15
Eight Plane Crash
Victims i'm Mishap

A posse trudging out the White
mountains with bodies of eight
plane crash victims said the first of
the week four fellow searchers, re-
ported missing, had made their way
to the wreckage and joined the fun
eral party.
The four had been unreported
since they left Greer shortly after
noon Tuesday to seek the crashed
Douglas airliner.
An alarm was spread when Cliff
ford Wentz returned to Greer and
said he left the four when he feared
he would be stricken with snow
blindness.
Searching parties, their attention
diverted to new emergency. rush.
ed to Greer. They included John L.
Butler, another of one of the missing
men, who had discounted the theory
the men might have lost their way.
but expressed fear the glare of the
snow might have blinded them.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-15
Clyde Hoey to Name
Commissions Soon

Governor Hoey, in Charlotte to
speak Friday at the dinner of the
State Federation of Women's clubs,
said he had not decided upon the
personnel of two important boards
he is to appoint, the State Highway
and Public Works commission and
the State Liquor commission.
IT shall name the members of the
liquor commission before April 81,
when Durham county is to vote up
on the question of opening liquor
stores in that county," said the Gov
ernor, land I hope to be in position
soon to name the members of the
highway commission. But at this
time I am not ready to make any
announcements concerning those
boards"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-15
SPARTAN NAMED
FOR BANK POST
EDWIN DUNCAN is EXECUTIVE
NONRESIDENT OF NEWLY
FORMED INSTITUTION

North Wilkesboro, April 1O.-At a
meeting of the directors of the new
ly formed Northwestern bank in
this city this afternoon, Edwin Dun
can, cashier of the Bank of Sparta,
was elected executive vice-president
to succeed Leroy Martin, who is
connected with the Raleigh branch
of the Wachovia Bank and Trust
company, and who decided not to
accept the position offered by the
new bank, which has resources to-
falling nearly 100000.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-15
u. S. Representatives Against
Raising Taxes to Finance
Program of Relief


A possibility that proposed new
government activities might be fl
nanced by cutting next years relief
fund, instead of raising taxes, came
to light this week at the press con-
ference of Senator Robinson, the
Democratic leader.
Robinson said such an idea "hasn't
crystallized yet" but "is possible"
Despite demands from several
quarters in and out of Congress for
bigger relief fund, the administra-
ton leader asserted next years ap-
preparation was more likely to be
reduced than increased"
Like President Roosevelt, he ex-
pressed hope of avoiding new taxes
this session.
cat this juncture, I don't see any
new taxes" Robinson said. "The
President doesn't want them, but
there are some proposals for new
expenditures that might require adj
ditional funds"
Only a few days ago Mr.. Roose-
welt reiterated that he hoped there
would be no new taxes at this ses-
sion.
Chairman Harrison, Democrat,
Mississippi, of the senate finance
committee, repeatedly has spoken
in similar vein. He favored cur
tailed expenditures, rather than in
creased tax levies, if necessary to
balance the budget.
Robinson did not make clear what
relief figure he thought might be
cut, whether it would be the $780,
100000 which the President men
toned tentatively for relief in his
budget, a smaller figure which some
members of Congress have predicted
the chief executive would recon-
mend next week, or the present re-
lief spending rate of about $2,000,-
100000 a year.
The point of the suggestion, how
ever, was that instead of adding to
the budget expenditures for such
things as farm tenacy, housing and
other legislation now pending, the
cost of these things might be cut out
of the relief money.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-15
Corn Mill Explodes
Killing 2 Persons

At least two men were killed and
more than 80 persons injured Mon
day in an explosion at the Charles
A. Krause Milling company in Mil
waukee, Wis. Firemen searched the
ruins for six to 10 persons reported
missing. The mill was destroyed.
The blast was believed to have
been caused from accumulated dust
in the corn mill, five-story con-
crete and brick building.
The contents of the corn mill were
ignited and a large grain elevator
about 40 feet from the structure
caught fire.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-15
Does Bladder
Irritation Get
You Up?

Results guaranteed, Csc. If not
pleased, in four days 60 back and
get your Csc. Flush the bladder as
you would the bowels. Help nature
eliminate impurities and excess
acids which can cause irritation that
results in getting up nights, scanty
flow, frequent desire, burning,
backache, or leg pains. Get buchu
leaves, juniper oil, etc., made into
little green tablets. Just say Bukets
to any druggist. RAY DRUG co.
West Jefferson, N. c. 4-29
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-15

who at age IS either fail to have
total wages of $4,000 or fail to meet
the time requirement, or BOTH To
qualify for monthly benefit wage
Garner must be IS years old, his
total wages from covered employ
ments after 1896, must be $4,000 or
more, and he must have earned
wages after 1886 in covered employ
ment for at least one day in each of
five different calendar years.
Lump-sum payments now payable
amount to three and one-half per-
cent of the total wages earned by
the individual in covered employ
ments after 1886.
If wage Garner files claim, the
form for "wage Garner" is to be US
ed. If the wage Garner dies before
attaining age IS, or before filing a
claim on the "wage Garner" form,
and does not leave will, payment
will be made to the widow or wild
over, if either survives. The widow
or widower form is to be used in
such cases.
Where the wage Garner dies with
out leaving a will or a surviving
spouse, the "close relative" form is
to be used for a claim filed by a
child or grandchild or his legal GUS
todian if under legal disability, or
by the father or mother of the de-
ceased wage Garner.
The executor or administrator"
form is for the use of the executor
or administrator of the deceased
wage Garner. The guardian or COM
mittee of the legally incompetent
wage Garner.
The Statement of Employer" is
to be filed with each type of claim.
Promp execution of this form by the
employer will be of material help to
the wage Garner who is filing a
claim. The" Statement of Employer u
Mr.. Shirley explained, is required in
adjudicating early claims. When the
board has completed the setting up
of initial records for each of the
100000 wage earners under this
section of the act, and as employees
earnings are reported, there will be
less OCCASION to use the Statement of
Employer" form now required.
However, since the first report OF
employee wages are not due from
the employer until next July, the
Statement of Employer" is being
used in every case. After wage rec
ords of employees are current, the
Statement of Employer" may be
used in some cases to supplement
the Boards records.
Supporting papers necessary for
claims adjudication are: (1) proof of
date of birth where the claim is for
an amount in excess of $500, (2)
proof of death if the wage Garner is
deceased, and 60 proof of appoint
ment where the duplication is filed
by executor, administrator, guardian
or committee.
Complete details and assistance
regarding the filing of claims may
be obtained by employers and en-
ployees located in Rowan, Iredell,
Catawba, Alexander, Caldwell,
Wilkes, Watauga, Ashe and Allie
ghany counties, upon application to
the Salisbury office of the Social Sc
curity Board.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-15
Birth Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs A. McBradley an
nounce the birth of daughter, Bet
ty Grant, on Saturday, April 8, at
their home in Abingdon, Va. Mrs.
Bradley is the granddaughter of
Mrs. George Gilley, of Clifton, and
Mrs. Fred Shoemaker, of Warrens-
vile.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-15

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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
Train Was Bombed

Some fifty miles west of Shang hal, an additional seventy five Chinese civilians were killed when Japanese planes bombed a pass train on the Soochow kashino Railway.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
More Fed. Funds Issued to Assist
 Alaska Old Age

JUNEAU, October 6-The Social Security Board today issued a statement through Hugh J. Wade, Director of it's office in Juneau, Alaska, that it had authorized grant of funds amounting to S3l,- 368.75 for the purpose of assisting the Territory of Alaska in financ ing it's Old-Age Assistance plan.
 The amount of money is to be matched by at least an equal amount of territorial money, and paid out to needy aged persons who qualify under the new Alas ka Old Age Assistance law.
 It is estimated that the Depart ment of Public Welfare will give old age assistance to 750 aged per sons during the quarter beginn- ing October 1st and ending De- cember 31, 1887.
 MT. Wade pointed out that, since the 1887 legislature in it's xtra-ordinary session held in March of this year amended the Alaska Old Age Assistance law to comply with the requirements of ' the Social Security Act, Alaska | has received from the federal government through grants made by the Social Security Board a total of $6O,2O6.25 The Territory having received from the Social Security Board a previous grant amount to $2913750.
 The Alaska Old Age Assistance law is administered gy the De partment of Public Welfare, and w. B. Kirk is the Director.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
BOmbardment Also Cited
SLUICE BOX ROBBERY
 ON LIVENGOOD CREEK

Sluice boxes on the claim on Livengood Creek operated by Henry Spall and Jay Livengood were robbed October ), according to arrivals in Fairbanks from Livengood. Some of the boxes were emptied of their golden con tents. How much was taken or by whom is unknown, but 1t Is said the value of the missing gold may run into several thousand dollars.
 The owners are oldtime miners of the camp. Livengood is one of the discovere CTS.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
Sol Lewis Of
 Nome, Passed Away Today

Sol Lewis, member of the firm of Greenberg & Lewis, operators of the Nome Liquor Store, died at ll:30 o'clock this morning at the store.
 Death, said the report, was due to failure of the heart. MT. Lewis who was about 60 years of age, had received medical advice re- gently to make a trip to the sta tes, as he had been suffering from other complications as we'll as heart trouble for several years.
 He had planned on leaving Nome on the last boat for Seattle this fall, intending to place him. self under medical care on the outside. His ds,ath today came unexpectedly.
 Herbert Greenberg, his partner, has wired Mrs. Lewis and child dren in Seattle, who survive, ad- vising them of the death of Sol Lewis and awaiting instructions for funeral arrangements.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14

Canada leads the world in the transportation of freight by air. In the last year, commercial trans port companies operating chiefly in the mining areas of the north carried 22,947, ,000 pounds of frei- ght consisting largely of machin- cry, fuel oil and supplies.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14

will commence immedi-
 ately said Chief Laws, and the city may expect the department to be on hand to assist in fighting all fires from this date on.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
Japanese shells sprayed the big cruiser, lying an anchor in the WhangpOO river.
 Protest Was Made

Japanese naval commander Ad miral Kiyoshi HaSegawa apolo- gized for the incident after Ad miral Harry Yarnell of the Aug usta protested against the reck less firing of Japanese warships.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
Draft of Fundamental Principles

"Col Know and l discussed the proposal which will come before the Republican National Commit tee at its meeting next November 5th, namely, of solidifying ani strengthening tae republican par ty. We favor the creation of a committee of distinguished Re- pub!icans to formulate a draft of fundamental principles for submis sion 10 a general conference of party members some time next spring. Young Republicans sho- uld be given a place in these par ty councils
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
IEACIE NATIONS LISTENS TO CHARGES BROUGHT BY
 CHINA ON JAP CRUELTIES
GENEVA, Oct. "A, - China today appeared again before the League to protest about the war tactics of Japan, in its undeclared campaign in China.
{By The Associated PreSS)

fBy The Associated PreSS)
 Geneva, Oct. IA, - With char acteristic caution, the League lis tened today to strong protest, charging the Japanese with us- ing asphyxiation gas and dunn dunn bullets, lodged by the Chin csc government.
 BOmbardment Also Cited
 The protest also alleged that the Japanese were continuing to openly bomb cities wherein the civilian population were helpless ly unprotected.
 The protest drew attention that such action was in open defiance to the League resolution denounc- ing such tactics.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
BARANOF SAILS FRIDAY

The s. S. Baranof, sailing on the last voyage to Nome this sea son, leaves Seattle at 10 A. M Friday, Oct. 18th.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
HOOVER URGES DRAFT
 OF COP PRINCIPLES

CHICAGO, Oct l3th-As the foundation for a mid-term Re- publican party conference in '38, a positive, courageous draft of fundamental principles should be formulated by leaders of the or ganization. former President Herbert Hoover. declared in Chi- cago. after a discussion with Col. Frank Knox, republican vice-pres idential candidate in 1886, and of Illinois at the LoWden home
 MT. Hoover issued formal
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
Fifteen Charter
 Members We're
 Organizers Opt

The permanent organization of the Nome Volunteer Fire Depart msnt was effected last evening al the meeting held at the city hall The Department consists of Chief w. w. Laws, and fifteen charter members, with a full com plement of 20 members prescrib- ed in their constitution. Follow ing are the officers and charter members of the organization: Chief f.................. ............W.W. Laws ASst-Chief, ,.............. Binks Seiffert Captain. .......... Garnet Martin Lieutenant,... ,........ Kurt Sprenger President N.VF.D., Norvin Lewis Vice. Pres, .,....... .......Henry Miller Secretary, ,............ ........E. J. Bundy Treasurer ...............- Jim Davidson Trustees: Chief, Asst. Chief, Sec retary, Al Arrowwood and Ray Decker.
 Original Is Charter Members:
 Norvin Lewis
 Binks Seiffert
 Garnet Martin
 Kurt Sprenger
 E. J. Bundy
 Henry Miller
 Ray Decker
 Al ArrowWood
 Curtis Jacobs
 Abe Shallit
 Jim Davidson
 Russell Maynard
 Alvin Polet
 Jack Hurley
 Bud Harper Supplementary bylaws were passed at last nights meeting & next Wednesday set as the time for the next meeting. Other de tails of the organization will prob ably be announced from time to time, as the Nome Volunteer Fire intends to be live wre organization and possibly entertainments and dances may be pulled off sometime in the future. The training of Nome's fire
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
CIVILIANS SUBJECT :: BOMBARDMENT BY '
 WARSHIPS PLANES

SHANGHAI, Oct IA. The International Settlement here felt the full force of a heavy bOmbment from the Japanese big guns, today. It was estimated more than a hundred Chinese civilians were either killed or wound ed.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
Fighting In The Air

Meanwhile, fihting ragged over head as Chinese planes attempt ed 10 raid the Japanese airfield in the Yangtzepoo area, and swirled along ahe fringes of the internatiOnal settlement.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
(By The Associated Press>

SHANGHAI, Oct. l4 Great shells crashed into the heart of international settle ment, as Chinese and Japanese armies battled with renewed fury for control to the approaches of the OrientS most important com mercial city. Killed or wounded Chinese civilian were estimated at r,nnrn than one hundred
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
American is Injured

An American Saioir, J. F. Michael of Connersville. Ind. a radioman aboard the flag ship Augusta of the U. s. Asiatic Fleet. was slightly injured when shrapnel from
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-14
China Charges Japs Using Gas & Dunn Dunn Bullets
Social Security Issues Another Grant to Territory
$ p Q I L | H T

Still a student is the wife of Supreme Court Nominee Hugo L. Black, shown here
 with her young daughter. Josephine. The mother of
 three children halted her education during the war to enlist in service and now studies
 for her college degree.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-02-11

.i44
ting her sewing aside, /" in few
moments we will sit down together,
not forgetting Barney"
b, Costs $1O0 a Month.
May / ask the amount of your
budget?"
"About 500 month covers
everything. No rent, no taxes, no
servants. Only food and gasoline.
4 do all the cooking, buy fresh
eggs, fowl, vegetables and fruit
from the farmers, drive my own
car, halting whenever please.
I look forward to ten more years
of trailing with my grandchildren,
who will know more about the Unit
ed States at the end of that time
than I knew when I was in my
sixtieth year. AS for myself, I am
a healthy and contented woman,
glad to be alive and without the
shackles Of a fixed place Of resi-
dence and all that it calls for in
monotony and responsibility. Won't
you join us for luncheon?"
A hundred yards down the road
turned back to see the free and
independent trio waving farewell,
grandmother standing between the
two children like a silent figure
g. . upon a peak at Darien ="
These are the new argonauts for
whom the trails are already broken.
To them the points of the compass
mean nothing. Guided only by the
hearts desire, they drift, disdain-
ing all sense Of direction. They are
the whimsical wanderers gathering
in their chariots for a crusade, the
Precise nature of which is still a
mystery. Will they find the prom
ised land? Who can say? js4
So, in an earnest effort to shed a
modicum of light upon the subject,
I am off for two months tour on
the trail of the trailers, moving like
themselves wherever the mood in
vites and the story unfolds.
@-WNU Service.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-02-11
Don't Sleep
When Gas
Presses Heart

If you want to really GET RID OF
GAS and terrible bIoating, don't expect
to do it by just doctoring your stomach
with harsh, irritating alkalies a gas as
stomach and upper intestine and is
due to old poisonous matter II tie
constipated bowels that are loaded
with ll-causing bacteria.
If your constipation is of long stand.
Ing, enormous quantities Of dangerous
bacteria accumulate. Then your d..
gestion is upset. GAS often presses
heart and lungs, making life miserable:
You can't eat or sleep. Your head
aches. Your back aches. Your COM
pexion is sallow and pmpIy. Your
breath is, foul. You are sick, sroueih "
SYSTEM is POISONED.
Thousands of sufferers have found In
Adlerika the quick, scientific. way to
rid their systems of harmful bacteria.
Adlerika 'rlds you Of gas and cleans ms
lower bowels. Give your bowels
REAL cleansing with AdIerlkaA Gel
rid of GAS. Adlerika does not grippe
lis not habit forming. At all Leading
Druggists.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-02-11
The OTHER WOMAN LIVES
JUST AROUND THE CORNER

TT may seem unreasonable, but
Wona Wbo IS nsualIy happyy
and loving should have recurring
periods when her whole character
seems changed. He cannot appre-
ciate the distress, the discomfort
that all women must endure. He
does not know what it is to do
housework with an aching back
and failing energy. All he does
know is that other women seem
more cheerful by comparison.
Are you such a three-quarter
wife?
Don't let the ordeals that all
women face cause you avoidable
discomfort or endanger your home.
try Lydia 3. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
For three generations one wom-
an has told another how to go
"smiling through" with Lydia T..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
1t helps Nature tone up the sys-
tenn, thus lessening the discon1-
forts from the functional disorders
which women must endure in the
three ordeals of life: /. Turning
from girlhoOd to womanhood. 2.
i Preparing for motherhood. 3. APP
preaching middle age"
Don't be three-Quarter wife:
take LYDIA e. PfNKHAM'S
Go Smiling Through"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-02-11
A Severe Test

According to Marco Polo, whel.
an aspirant to priesthood in India
arrived at the monastery, the fair
est young girls belonging to it
came forth to meet him, and gath
ering round, would overwhelm
him with embraces and kisses.
The old priests, meanwhile, would
stand by, keenly watching. If he
betrayed any pleasure at the ca
resses of the girls, he was at once
rejected; but if he submitted him
self to them colby, and with un-
moved face, he was admitted to
the priesthood. Il