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The daily independent., 1937-07-09
Demonstrates
Worth
C.. W. Ives Makes Il
Profit of $56.Ol Dur.
ing June On Egg Sales

If our farmers would 60 in
more for diversification instead of
sinking all their money and labor
in cash crops such as peas and po-
tatoes, they would be lots better
off," said County Agent Grover w
Falls yesterday as he looked over
a report on a poultry demonstra-
ton held on the c. w. Ives farm
during June.
Mr.. Ives had a flock of 420
white leghorn pullets, out OF
which there were Alb laying on an
average.
This flock laid 1928 eggs, or 444
dozen eggs, during the month.
Eighteen dozen of these we're sold
for Matching purposes and brought
27 cents per dozen. The remaining
426 dozen were sold at 25 cents
per dozen. The total amount re-
ceived for the eggs was S111.36.
The flock was fed $50 pounds of
scratch feed costing $3.50, 1900
pounds of mash costing $500,
shell costing SIS cents and green
feed that cost $3.50, making a to-
tai feed cost of $685..
Deducting the feed cost from
the money realized from sale of
the eggs, Mr.. Ives had a profit of
S56.01 for the month.
ANY farmer with a few side
lines like this would not have to
worry if peas and potatoes went
to smash" said Mr.. Falls.
The daily independent., 1937-07-09
Senator Norris
Must Leave
Washington

Washington, July 8.-(U.R)-A
stunned capital learned tonight
that "Uncle George" w. Norris,
Independent Senator from Ne
braska, will be forced to leave
Washington for the balance of
this congressional session be-
cause he stands in urgent need
of rest"
Announcement of the Is
year-Old Liberals impending
departure was made by DIR.
George w. CaIver, congression-
al physician, who said it was
most important" that Norris
get away from the tension and
worry associated with legisla-
tive activity. He has been a
patient at the Naval hospital
here for the past several weeks.
The haired, black brow
ed NeEraskan, in the GorefrOnt
of the fight for liberal legisla-
tion for the past half century,
is suffering from a gastric COM
plant. His progress has been
entirely satisfactory, DR..
Carver said, and his general
health, aside from the need for
rest, is excellent for a man of
his advanced years. He will be
rs on July IL.
Removal of Norris from the
legislative scene will cripple
President Roosevelt's fight for
social legislation, senatorial OBJ
servers believe. The Nebraskan
was author of a pending bill to
set up seven regional power
authorities fashioned on the
lines of the Tennessee Valley
Authority which he fathered.
The daily independent., 1937-07-09
Announce Schedule
Performances
Of Pageant

Maneto, July 8.-U.R)-The
schedule for the performances of
THE Lost Colony, Paul Green's
pageant drama. which is being
presented in connection with the
Roanoke Island celebration this
and next month, was announced
today.
The pageant is to be presented
each Friday, Saturday and Sum
day night at 8:15 o'clock during
July; and nightly on the follow
ing special days: Wednesday, July
Ia, WPA Day; Thursday, Juy Is,
Dare County Day; Tuesday, July
20, C. C. C. Day; Wednesday, July
81, Virginia Day; Thursday, July
%, North Carolina Day; Tuesday
July 27, American Legion Day;
Wednesday, July %, Aviation
Day: Thursday, July 29, National
Park Service Day.
Nightly performances are
scheduled during the month Of
August.
The daily independent., 1937-07-09
Buxton, AU0n May
Get POUer Line

Raleigh, July 8.-U.I-North
Cardinals rural electrif1cation
program may soon be extended
out into the Atlantic Ocean.
T. S. Eaton of Hatteras has ap-
piled to the state REA for a loan
to construct lines on the states
easternmost land, the banks of
Dare County, according to Dudley
Bagley, state REA director.
The proposed lines would be 20
miles long, extending from Hat
teras, where Eaton already sup
plies current to customers, to
Buxton and Avon.
Eaton conferred with Bagley
yesterday. They plan to 60 to
Washington next week for a con-
ference with the federal rural
electrification authority.
The daily independent., 1937-07-09
Macs Husband
Bids for a
Reconciliation
Is Willing to Take Her
Back and Half Her
Fortune

New York, July 8.-(U.R)- Mae
West. who says she hasn't been
kissed in 26 years of married life,
tonight got a bona fide offer from
her gone-but-not- forgotten hus-
band, frankie Wallace, to dash to
Hollywood and make up for lost
time.
Wallace, vaudeville hoofer and
admittedly the man who married
Mae way back in 1911, announced
through his attorney that he was
ready to settle down" with Mae
in California, where they could
spend their old age together.
Sam Siegel. the attorney, said
Wallace had not only made the
offer, but put it in writing.
One of the reasons for putting
it in writing, he explained, was
that Wallace estimated Macs
wealth to be lin the neighborhooc
of S3,O00,O0O," and under Cali
foTnia law, Wallace was entitled
to half.
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The daily independent., 1937-07-09
routure Six Villages
Southwest of
Madrid
Near Rebel Base
,I.o Stage Offensive Aimed
al Granada and Malaga
In the South

,,.,s,v, Fyanco-Spanish From
r,.,r 8-UP,-More than 25,-
~ .'''' ,rar,. troops led by dlVl-
w, ,,,r. .. the International brigade
.rr.gs, claimed the capture OF
-v owns and villages in a violent
s-.,,,,- =, on Gen. Francisco Fran
-. vsva.caynero baSe, Is miles
rg.hwss, Of Madrid.
-, cag.wed towns. lying north
.r+ w,s- Of Brunette, which fell
49, ..,, ,ova..SCS yesterday when
r-.~,o.s ,nsurgent lines buckled
w. 5~7ks opened the way to a
~~re, push" on the base where
er,r.oS forces have concentrated
,,r.~s the eight-months siege OF
Ii. capital.
Most Violent Yet
The trS,wgenv high command.
,sm.-,yg thar It might be forced
- more lid reinforcements from
,.,sr fronts 10 stem the enemy
s-re described the attack as the
~rv ~.o.euy ,oyalist offensive dur
nc the year-o,d civil war.
The towns which fell to the
,,rar,-s we're Las LlanoS, e. Mos
Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-07-09
NeckBrOkenIn
Nags Head
S urf
Bill Norton of Beach
Club Orchestra Here
In Critical Condition

William Bill" Norton, Smith
field, N. c., resident and drum
mer with the Newell Campbell or
chestra playing this season at the
Nags Head Beach Club, lay ir
Albemarle hospital here last night
suffering from fracture of the
fifth vertebra sustained while div
ing through the surf at the Dare
county resort yesterday.
Norton was completely paralyz-
ed after striking his head on the
ocean bottom and his condition
was pronounced last night as very
critical by attending surgeon, DR.
z. D. Owens.
According to DR.. Owens, the
boy had presence of mind enough
to hold his breath subsequent to
his injury and allow the waves to
wash his body toward the shore,
being unable to use either of his
arms or legs to assist him to safe
ty.
The daily independent., 1937-07-09
lIiniilllulnWag age
lIaxilllrllnHOuir
Bill Reported
Senate Committee Brings
Out Compromise to
Meet Objections

Washington. July 8.-U.P)- A
c?mpromise 1910" Eaximum
hour and minimum wage bill de-
-,2et 10 NEE. sharp objections
,aset bv industry and labor to
features Of the administrations
-. measure. was reported favor
adj" Today by the senate educa-
"5C and labor committee.
Tia. provisions of the new la
Dor bill include:
Establishment of a five-man
ooa.c TO administer the act.
De.egar.on of power TO the board
o ..X minimum wages not in ex-
cess o. 70 cents an hour and max
mum hours not in excess of 40
~o,us q week.
Ro@Cra. yf authority whereun-
&c. Tie board would have been
empowered 10 pass Judgment on
contracts Degouated through COL
ac,."e bargaining.
exemptions granted to execu-
.'e' administrative workers, pro-
,e,>.02a.S local retail employees,
,'a|a.. railroad emDloveS except
NJ maintenance of way men not
c0'esec under the 1916 railway
ac. fishermen. agricultural and
~e,.cu.'u-a. workers.
W exemptions for small en-
9oG-.a. IT,. original measure pro-
2.>-c % exempt those who en-
P.Eea fewer than eight persons.
Oe-ga,.Du Of power to the board
y so1>.ce- ge0graphical problems
|L.t'rrInt IN DaUa T'brppl
The daily independent., 1937-07-09

The Promised Land, Near
Kingston, N. Y, July 8.-'U'H-
Father Divine, the Negro who
Harlem believes is God, tonight
led five thousand of his angels IN
To the Promise Land across the
Jordan "a wide, placid stream
that map-makers, in their stub
born way, insist on calling the
Hudson river.
Instead of milk and honey the
angels found the Promise Lana
filled with pork chops and water
melon, aad when the smell OF
cooking food reached their nos
trils they spread their wings ana
screamed "Lordy, Father, you're
so sweet" God" paid 'em no
mind, but hurried about his ouSl-
The daily independent., 1937-07-09

day would be strictly enforced.
This means that no senator will
be permitted more than two
speeches in the entire debate.
3. Robinson will hold the SEN
ate in session six days a week,
abandoning the usual Saturday
holiday and if it becomes neces-
sary, hold continuous session.
4. Pittman, in a strict interpre-
tation of the rules, told senator's
they could not interrupt speakers,
even on points of personal privi-
lege, without the speakers per-
mission.
S. Pittman also announced that
senators would not be permitted
to farm out" their time to others
in order to get rest. A senator
yielding to another for a speech
will lose the floor, he said.
This procedure depends on
Robinson's maintaining a voting
majority to uphold the rulings
made by Pittman, who presides
whenever vice president John N.
Garner is absent, as he is at pre-
The daily independent., 1937-07-09
Planes Explore Ph0e-
nix Group With
out Result
Continue South
Expect to Complete Search
of Islands Saturday;
Weather Clear

Aboard the U. S. S. Colorado in
Mid-Pacific, July 8.-W.D-Three
Navy seaplanes from the U. S. S.
Colorado flew deep into the reef
strewn Phoenix group Of islands
today in a fruitless search for
Amelia Earhart and her naviga-
tor, Frederick Noonan.
The planes returned to the ship
with a routine report that they
had seen nothing of the $4,000
Flying Laboratory plane in which
the fliers have been missing since
July /.
Weather Ideal
The SeaplaneS secuted Mexican
Island and the water between the
northernmost tip of the group and
Mexican Island. Weather condi-
tions were ideal, with calm seas
and sunny skies.
The ships officers were conf
dent that they would know by
Saturday whether Miss Earhart
and Noonan were in the Phoenix
area.
Navy fliers said they had been
unable to sight WinSlow Bank
although they searched an area
near the point charted On the
map.
They doubted its existence al
though some charts Of the South
Seas have been known to be in
accurate.
Unlimited visibility aided the
filters as they swept deeper into
the area.
Push Search South
The search will push southwark
to Corondelet and then swing tow
fNook;ruad ~, Darn Tyorool
The daily independent., 1937-07-09
Bill DaWs son
Declines
p O S t
Says He Cannot Ac-
cept Appointment to
p olice e Commission

Stating that numerous other
duties and interests would pre-
vent him from giving the position
the time and attention it justly
deserves, w. c. (BilD Dawson
yesterday formally declined his
appointment as a member of the
Elizabeth City Police Commission
Mr.. Dawson was rendered the
appointment by the City Council
Wednesday night after DR.. j. w
Selig, chairpan Of the Commits
sion since its establishment six
years ago, had handed in his re-
signation. His formal state form
al statement declining the ap-
pointment follows:
Announcement of my appoint
ment to the Police Commission
last night came as a distinct sur
prise. Several members of the
City Council had approached me
relative to membership on the
Commission and 1 had in each
case definitely advised them that
I could not accept the appoint
ment in the event it was made. ]
appreciate the confidence the
Council members have shown in
me in making the appointment
and exceedingly regret that !
cannot accept same for I do not
know of any group of men with
whom I would like to work better
than Chief Raymond Madrin, his
force, the present members of the
Police Commission and the City
Council.
I am proud of our police de-
partment and sincerely wish that
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The daily independent., 1937-07-09

Both sides realized on this
third day of debate on the most
controversial issue in years that
the fight will be to the finish with
no quarter given. Administration
arguments that the supreme court
plan represented Democratic
platform pledge of 1886 were
quickly laid aside as senators
fought over application Of rules
developed during a century OF
filibusters which usually are not
too strictly observed.
This was the unexpected par
liamentary strategem used by
majority leader Joe T. Robinson
and presiding officer Key Pitt
man before the threatened op-
position filibuster actually had
time to develop:
/. Robinson, presumably with
support of an administration
majority, Will conduct the entlre
supreme court debate in one leg
islatlve day by recessing at the
end of each calendar day instead
of adjourning. This practice, US
ually observed by consent, en-
ableS a theoretical stopping Of
the sun so that even when the
calendar shows it to be Aug. 10
the senate would be on "the leg
islative day of July6", the day the
supreme court bill was called from
the calendar.
2. Pittman served notice that
an old rule limiting senators to
two speeches on any legislative
The daily independent., 1937-07-09

this year was 3,23O,OOO acres
greater than last year and was
the largest since 1884. The gov
ernment did not estimate 1887
production. but officials said a
crop of between 13,500,000 and
14.OOO.OOO bales is indicated.
If other conditions, such as nat
ional prosperity and world trade,
remain unchanged the trade
probably would absorb l4,OOO,-
OOO-bale crop at about the pre-
sent price, around II cents a
pound. agriculture department
economStS said.
Cotton planting this year. due
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The daily independent., 1937-07-09
.Spud Control
Is TALKED
II er
County Agent Asserts
Disastrous Seas son
Taught Lesson Here

Il believe this years disastrous
experience with the Irish potato
crop has shown the share plant
ers and the large growers that
some form of control is absolute
ly necessary" said County Agent
Grover w. Falls yesterday in dis
cussing the 1887 potato season.
They already are talking II" !"
he continued, "and the more they
think about it, the more thoroly
will they be convinced that the
present haphazard system Of
planting potatoes must give way
to an organized system Of control.
A system of voluntary control will
never work satisfactorily. We
must have government control OF
potato planting and marketing" D."
(Continued on page FOUR
The daily independent., 1937-07-09
Father Diuine;s Angels
Visit Promised Land

ness of arranging the Heavenly
Olympic games" Things prompt
ly got out of control. The 100
yard dash involving 1000 entrants
scheduled to be the feature
event of the Olympics just at SUM-
down-occurred as soon as the
angels saw a long table loaded
with Watermelons.
There was no starting gun, but
a tall black angel named Wind
ham-he is called wonderful
Spirit" in Fathers heaven where
people shed their real names
won, and cracked the first water
melon, then, proving that he was
a potential pentathlon man, he
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The daily independent., 1937-07-09
HOu Will The
President
TrdUeI?
Congressman Spikes
One Rumor; Route
Is Being Kept Secret

The rumor that President
Roosevelt would go to Roanoke Is
land ON August 18 via Rocky
Mount and Columbia was tenn
porarily spiked by Congressman
Lindsay C. Warren yesterday.
Somehow or other, word had
got around on the other side Of
the Chowan River and Albemarle
Sound that the President would
travel by special train to Rocky
Mount, the proceed by automobile
to Columbia, and go from Colum-
bia to Roanoke Island on the
Coast Guard Cutter Pamlico.
Have never heard of the ar
The daily independent., 1937-07-09

Prices advanced around a uOI-7
lar a bale on New York and New
Orleans exchanges due to a low =
er government acreage than pri-
vate traders had expected. Many
traders had expected 1887
acreage of around 35.000.000.
Cotton in cultivation on July l
The daily independent., 1937-07-09

Wanpinghsien, Hopei Province.
North China, Friday, July 9.-U.3
Chinese around this shell-shatter-
cred walled city today defied the
Japanese army to oust them from
positions they have held during
more than "a hours of fighting
and another clash appeared i'm
minent as both sides continued to
bring up reinforcements.
Following a new japanese de-
mand that the Chinese withdraw
from Lukouciliao, Col Chih Shing
Wen, the Chinese commander, re-
piled:
I'VE would rather die than
withdraw. This town can be our
grave. If we must die, we die
here defending Chinese territory
with our last breath"
Col. Chih said that he was not
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The daily independent., 1937-07-09
Senate Debate On Court
Subjected Strict Rules
Surprise Move by Administration Leaders
Designed to Prevent Filibuster
by Foes of Change

8-PDPesdent Roosevelts leaders
struck surprise opponents reorganization
today invoking debating rules to head off ibue in
move that aroused futile protests.
The daily independent., 1937-07-09
Chinese Are
DeternninedTO
Hold Position
Defy Japan to Gust Them
From Walled City In
Hopei Province

Wanpinghsien, Hopei Prov
ince, North China, Friday, July
9.-U.H-Heavy fighting broke
out again early today between
Japanese and Chinese forces af-
ter the latter defied their ad-
versaries to Oust them from pO-
sitiOns they had held for more
than "a hours.
The daily independent., 1937-07-09
Cotton Prices Soar AS
The Government reports
Quotations Rise a Dollar Bale In New
York and New Orleans AS Lower
Acreage Is Shown

Washngon July 9UThe first cotton report OF
yar showing cultivation July tonight sent
prices upward and added dollars farmers pros
1897 income.
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THE WEATHER

-,. .3,r and continued warm With
Gene, %,,; afternoon thundershowers in
&a' '.S,r~ mans Friday and in west por-
The .''', -ion Saturday.
The Kusko times., 1937-07-02

Secretary of the Interior IckeS, in his report recently made to the Committee on Territories on the bill introduced by Delegate Dimond to authorize the construction and oper- ation Of a Federal hospital for the insane in Alaska, definitely recogniz-
 es the desirabIity of a change from the present contract system of car
 ing for insane patients to the meth
 cd that would be provided through the enactment of the Delegates bill.
 After summarizing the situation with respect to the care of the men tal patients from Alaska from the time the first call for bids was is sued. under authority of an Act az proved June 6, 1900, the Secretary's s report states:
 Tt is believed the situation has materially changed during the 37 years the contract system has been in effect The erection of a hospital in the interest of the Territory of Alaska IT. 1900 with but one patient in view, and with many matters con- corning the future of the Territory unsettleG.' was hardly justihable. Faced with this situation 1t would appear that Congress resorted to a temporary expedient and improvised upon the lowest bidder formula which 1t had found satisfactory in protecting the Federal Treasury when securing materials or when ar ranging for services of Q more inn personal nature. By February of l937 the number of patients had grown to 800 and at one time, Feb ruary 1886, as many as 312 patients were receiving care
 The history of the care of the AL aska insane is now sufficiently long. and the number of patients sufh- ciently stabilized to warrant perman- ent provisions for their treatment. The contract method can hardly be accepted as the basis upon which to build permanent plans The large number of patients HOW hospitalized ImTrs the freedom of the Secretary of the Interior m choosing Q contract ing hospital. Psychiatric hospitals are rare which are in a position 10 consider Q contract increasing thelr patient load by 300 persons The ex- perience Of the Department indicates there Is none west of the Main Ridge of the Rocky Mountains When com petition becomes so restricted, the contract method as prescribed lIi the law of 1909 runs the grave risk of placing the Secretary of the Interior at the mercy of the contractor both in arrangng proper treatment for the patients and in securing 6 reasonable rate Of payment Further such Q sys- tenn lends itself entirely too easily to attack on humanitarian grounds. II Is conceivable that despite proper at reasonable figure, pub lie sentiment aroused by law re- uuiring the insane to be delivered to the lowest responsible bidder could seriously interfere with both the and the contracting in- stitution in the discharge of their ob- legations to the patients.
 AS Q permanent plan for the care of the Alaska insane, the contract
The Kusko times., 1937-07-02
WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER BY l J. PICKLES
 Secretary O the Delegate

Cities and towns m Alaska that do not have airfelds may yet enjoy the benefits of air-mail service in the near future If experiments now be ing conducted m the development of a pickup and delivery deVIce for dis charging mall or express from 8 plane in flight prove successful.
 A demonstration of the automatic pickup and delivery system was held recently at an airport near Washington. A numbersof- Congress men who witnessed the operations saw heavy loads of mail picked up and released to the grouad E. air planes 7raveling al nearly 100 miles an hour. No special packing was given the loads handled, ,Twfuch includ- : ed fragile glass objects in. the ship ments. all of which were delivered and taken up without, ,breakage. The demonstration showed that stunt fly ing is not required in this work, as the pilot of the plane appears to merely Ky his ship reasonably low toward the simple device on the ground which holds the shipment 4 thin steel cable with a hook on the free end Is lowered through the bot tom Of the plane and IS guided to an attachment holding the bag by an angle or V formed with a rope and held asove the ground by uprights. The pouch or other package is hook ed and the cable Is reeled up. draw ing II into the pane as II speeds on to it's next point of delivery. The de- vice automatically delivers it's load before making the pickup Of out going mail
 The device has been patented by Dr. Lytle $. Adams, who has been working on the problem for some years. During this time Dr. Adams has been a frequent caller or Dele gate DinOnd who expressed interest Tn the potential possibilities Of the equipment because of the consider able use that could be made Of t n Alaska, not only for delivery of mail but of express shipments.
 Last week an amendment 10 the air-mail bill was favorably reported to Tne House which would provide SI00, O. fir experimental service II several states for the next year 10 determine the practicabiliry Of the
 
 ment is needed before making geI- eral use of II.
 If the equipment Is approved and its use is made general IL Alaska, the Delegate said he could foresee considerable expansion of me routes in the Territory where mail is car ried by planes. In addition 10 mak- ing the air servace available 70 naEy towns that do not have airfelds- some of which, because Uf topograph- ical features which make construe- ton Of fields impossible, will never have landing facilities-the opera ton of this equipment should permit aIr-mai contractors to lower their bids under the figures now current and thus make possible the extension Of this service to many points where II IS not at present economically feasible to make deliveries.
The Kusko times., 1937-07-02

and hardware. 475,0O0 pounds was used in the dac itself in expansion strips, gate guides, and spiltway drum gates. 1t is possible that the continuing demand may result in 6e- velopment of new copper producing properties in Alaska