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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
FARM MEET AT LAUREL
SPRINGS INTERESTING

The Ashe Dairymen's Association
held an interesting and well-attend-
ed meeting at the w. B. Austin farm
at Laurel Springs last week with
Ruhos Pyron, of the Klondike Farm
near Elkin and F. R. Farnum, of
Raleigh, the chief speakers of the
day.
A large number of farmers were
present and the meeting was called
a most educational one.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
ROBERTS REUNION IN JULY

A reunion of the Roberts family,
their relatives and friends, is an
nounced for the third Sunday in
July on the 18th day, at 10 a. m. It
will be held at the family graveyard
at the old home place of the late
Rev. D. j. Roberts, two miles west
of Roaring Gap post office. It is on
top of the Blue Ridge, on the old
Elk Spur road in Allegheny county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
ORPHANAGE CONCERT AT
COURTHOUSE ON JUNE %

The concert class of the Odd Eel
lows Orphan Home will be in jeff
erson at the courthouse on Wednes-
day, June %, at eight o'clock. The
public is invited to attend. There
will be no admission charges but a
free will offering will be taken. All
the funds taken in will be given to
the home.
The Jefferson Lodge is sponsor
ing the concert and is anxious to
have good crowd present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17

The North Carolina Unemp1oy-
ment Compensation Act is admins
tered by a commission composed of
Charles G. Powell, chairman, Mrs.
j. B. Spilman and Major A. L.
Fletcher. E. w. Price is director OF
the Unemployment Compensation
Division and R. Mayne Albright is
acting director of the Employment
Service Division.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
Figures Wrong Somewhere

Treasury experts are digging
through mass of statistics to learn
why they overshot the mark in eSti-
mating revenue from the new I'M
distributed profits tax.
Preliminary reports indicate the
levy will put $238, 100000 in the
Federal cash box during the fiscal
year ending June 80, or about q per
cent under the estimate.
This would be a much sharper
drop than the II per cent decline
the budget revenue predicts for in
come tax revenues as a whole.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
500 GIVEN JOBS BY
DISTRICT OFFICE

NORTH WILKESBORO, June
15.-During the month of May
the district office of the state en-
ployment service here made a to-
tai of 500 placements. OF this
number 521 were on public jobs
and IS were assigned to private
employment; IS on jobs of a per-
manent nature and 20 on tempo
rary jobs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
ENGLISH SHIPS COLLIDE

With water pouring through a
gaping hole in the side of the Brit
ish steamer Royal Archer, 100 pas
sengers CROPPED their way to safety
Saturday night aboard lifeboats and
motor launches after a collision in
a fog in the Thames river.
The other vessel involved in the
mishap, the 9,429-ton Newcastle
steamer Gleniffer, apparently was
little damaged.
The Royal Archer is a 2,266-ton
ship.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
PARKER ROLAND DIES

Parker Paul Roland, 12-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Roland, died
suddenly Sunday and was buried
Monday. Funeral services were held
at the Roland home on Mill Creek
with Rev. A. C. Lackey in charge.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
BELIEVE 1T OR NOT!

Calvin Hughes, dairyman in
Texas, has a pig which he says turn
ed white overnight.
The best explanation is that light
ming struck an object near the ami
mal-which like it's brothers and
sisters was coal black-and he turn
ed white with fright.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
LONG ENGAGEMENT IDEAL

The ideal engagement lasts II
months and II days and the betroth-
al period of unsuccessful marriages
lasts two months and six days.
DR.. G. w. Hall who conducts a
popular marriage" course at the
University of Texas, says these are
the medians of 800 happily married
and 300 divorced couples he studied.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17

From 5000 to 5000 cards an hour
are being printed from metal plates
for records for workers in North
Carolina by "speedomat" matchine
in the offices of the State Unem-
ployment Compensation Commits
sion.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
Big Bass Caught
in New River

Theodore Hudler, of Lansing,
caught a bass weighing one pound
and fourteen and ene-half ounces
on the north fork of New River,
last week.
While this is not the biggest
bass ever caught, it proves that
there are some gOOd-sized ones in
the river and fishermen should
take notice while the season is
still open.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
White and COlOred
People to Attend
Celebration July 4

The white and the colored are
planning to hold a Fourth of July
celebration on top of the Negro
Mountain in the form of an all day
preaching service which will begin
at ten o'clock in the morning. Those
attending are asked to bring lunch.
The public is invited to attend
this religious celebration.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
REV. G. r. STAFFORD AT
CHESTNUT HILL SUNDAY

Rev. G. R. Stafford will preach
the annual memorial service at
Chestnut Hill Methodist Church
Sunday morning, June 20, at eleven
o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
New York Mother Admits
Killing Little Daughter
Steel Waits
Election On
Ba rgan ing

Pittsburgh, Pa, May II (AP)-The
steel workers organizing committee,
set to call strikes in the nations in
dependent steel producing firms I'M
less it obtains collective bargaining
agreements, turned today to an en-
ployee election in the Jones & Laugh
lin Steel Corporation plants.
The vote Thursday will determine
if the committee shall be the collec-
tive bargaining agent for the firms
$4,000 workers. The corporation
agreed to give contract if the union
could prouce majority in the bal
loting.
A 36-hour strike called in the midst
Of the negotiations for a collective
bargaining agreement between Chair
man H. E. Lewis, of the $2OO,OOO,O OC
corporation, and Chairman Philip
Murray, of the steel workers organic
ing committee, led to the election.
Both sides agreed not to electioneel
on the company properties.
Regional Director Ernest Dunbar
of the National Labor Relations
Board, will have charge.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
Also Badly Wounded Small
Son In Effort To De-
stroy Both of Them
in Woods Sunday
SHE WAS IN LOVE
AND NEEDED ROOM
Apartment Wasn't Big
Enough for Intended Hus-
band and Children, Too;
Gives Full Details to Po-
lice After Grilling Follow
ing Varied Stories

New York, May 17.-(AP)-Police
said today that Mrs. Ellen Herman,
28-year-old attractive waitress, con-
fessed she killed her eight-year-old
daughter, Helen, and assaulted her
five-year old son, James, in woods
near Brookhaven, Long Island.
Deputy Chief Inspector Francis
Kear announced the confession.
'She told me that she committed
the acts because she was in love with
a man. but could not accommodate
him and the children in the small
apartment the family lived in," the
inspector stated.
Kear said the woman confessed
that she alone did the deed.
The girls body was found cut and
burned yesterday afternoon at 2:30 p.
m. Her little wounded brother was
nearby.
Kear said the love motive was sus-
pected and that questioning was push
ed along that line.
"She made a complete confession
Continued on Page Five.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
American Farm Bureau and
Other Organizations
Sponsor Crop Con-
troll Proposal
PARITY PRICES FOR
FARMERS is ASKED
Government Loans Would
Be Made if Prices Fell Be-
low or Approached Parity;
Part of Crops Would Be
Turned Over to Govern
ment for Loans

Washington, May 17.-(AP)-
Farm leaders offered to Congress
today a new agriculture adjust
ment program which they said
combined features of the invalidat
el AAA, Secretary Wallace's ever
normal granary proposal and the
CID Hoover farm board.
The American Farm Bureau
Federation and other Organiza-
tons drafted the bill, aimed at
controlled production and parity
prices for farmers. 1t was sent to
the House and Senate Agricul-
ture Committees.
Government loans would be
made only if the market price APP
preached or Hv!l below parity.
IL it went below, farmers could
turn over part of their crops to
the Commodity Credit Corpora
ton and receive loan. They also
would receive a parity represent
ing the difference between the loan
and the parity price.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
Il. s. PO7Uer
Unit Asked
ByBureaus

Washington, May II (AP)-A pro-
posal to consolidate all Federal pow
er, activities under one agency reach-
ed Congress today in q Brooklngs
Institution report.
Chirmn Byrd Democrt, virgin
said the Institution, retained by MS
special committee on government re-
organization, had expressed the opin-
ion that substantial savings would re-
suit
The proposal would empower the
new agency to fix rates and determine
production for such "yardstick' power
developments as the Tennessee Val
ley Authority.
This, the report explained was sug-
gested on the assumption that on OPP
Grating agency once functioning as
yardstick should not be permitted to
regulate it's own production or deter
mine it's own rates.
Congressional leaders said, mean
while, they expected the President &c
recommend by Wednesday a national
program for power development, flood
control, reforestation and soil con-
servation.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
Ore Newspaper Says King
George Himself Will
Announce Engage
ment of Brother
ANOTHER ASSERTS
IDEA RIDICULOUS
Sunday Paper Even Ven
lures Form Announce
ment Will Take as Given
by George vi; Ecclesiasti-
cal Objections Again
Brought into Argument

London, May II (AP)0Ihe BRITISH
nress today brought out into the open
tbe controversy over royal recognition
of Mrs. Wallis Warfield by a contro-
versv of its own over the possibility
of formal announcement of her en-
gagement to the Duke of Windsor by
King George vi himself.
While the Sunday Referee reported
tbe king was ready to extend the roy
al family's sanction to the match by
announcing the betrOthal of his broth
er and the woman for whom Edward
gave up his throne, the Express SAID
such move was impossible.
Ecclesiastical objections" to Mrs.
Warfield as a twice divorced person,
the Express said, prevented the king
from taking any such action.
The Sunday Referee, which has not
always been correct in its information
concerning the abdicated monarch
and his American fiance, predicted
King George would announce his
brothers engagement this week.
1T will be the royal family's first
public recognition of the dukes aSso-
Cont led on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
Will Come Certainly ON Next
Monday or on June l,
When Court Quits
for Summer
CHAIN STORES TAX
UPHELD IN RULING
Louisiana Levy Based on
Number of Units Operated
in State and Elsewhere De-
cided; Chief Justice
Hughes Delivers Process
ing Tax Decision

Washington, May 17.-(AP)- The
Supreme Court failed today to pass
on constitutionality of the Federal so
cial security act
Before adjourning until next Mon
day, it announced opinions in nine
cases. The social security decision will
be delivered either next Monday or
on Tuesday, June l, when the court
adjourns for the summer.
The major decision today upheld
provisions of the 1886 revenue act
barring refund of $963,OO0,OO0 of pro-
cessing and floor stock taxes, collect
ed under the invalidated agriculture
adjustment act, unless the taxpayer
proved that he bore the cost himself.
Another decision held constitution
al a 1884 Louisiana statute impos-
inc q graduated license tax on chain
stores based on the number of units
operated throughout the State and
elsewhere.
Nineteen decisions remained Tor
delivery during the next two opinion
sessions.
Chief Justice Hughes, delivering
the eight-to-one opinion on the AAA
tax case. said 1--WE conclude that the
authorized procedure provides for 8
full and fair hearing and determine
ton of all matters of fact and that
through judicial review it provides for
the protection of all the legal rights
of the petitioner, including any con-
stitutional rights which it may be en-
titled to invoke with respect to the
refund which it seeks"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
DR.. Juan Negrin, 48, Medi-
cal Professor, Undertakes
Sixth Civil War
Government
FINAL ASSAULT ON
BASQUE PREPARED
Insurgent Help from Sea
Rumored for Attack on
Lovalists in Northern
Spain; Bloody Hand-to-
Hand Fighting Occurs in
Battle Outside City

Valencia, Spain, May 17.-(AP)-
DR.. Juan Negrin, Socialist former
minister of the treasury, began today
an effort to form Spain sixth civil
war government
President Manuel Azana called
from virtual retirement to find win
the war; government after Premier
Francisco Largo Caballero was forced
to resign, selected DR.. Negrin as pre-
mier-designate after he had talked
with both the treasury minister and
the Diego Martinez Barrio, president
of Congress.
Largo Caballero asked first to try
a new government failed to obtain
the support of all parties.
DR.. Negrin, the new man OF the
hour, is 48 years old, and former
professor of medicine at the Unlver
sity of Madrid.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
5ODend In
HomgK0mg'
Explosion

Hong Kong, China, May 17.-(AP)
The explosion of a boiler ABOARD d
Japanese launch made sham oles OF
the Hong Kong waterfront toplgnt
killing perhaps so persons and blow
ing bodies over an area of from zOU
yards to a quarter of a mile.
The lunch was owned by stea III
ship company. Every member of h>:1
crew was killed. Other victims were
numerous Chinese boatmen and pass
ersby in the vicinity.
Parts Of several bodies were blown
even to the veranda of the Hong
Kong club from the Queens pier
vicinity, scene of the blast. Several
bodies were found on roofs of build
lngs in the vicinity.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
STOCKS APATHETIC
FOR DULL SESSION
Trading Slowest in Two Years as
Leaders Give Ground Mod
erately With Losses

New York, May 17.-(AP)- The
stock markets pulse beat feebly today
and efforts at a rally were unavail-
ing in most instances. With the ticket
tape barely moving, declines of frac-
tons to a point or so predominated
near the fourth hour. Business and
industrial news, while not especially
depressing, apparently lacked suffi-
cient sparkle to inspire trading forces
to step out on the buying side of the
market. Labor questions also continu-
ed to dim the picture.
Smallness of volume and the gen
orally restricted range of losses was
encouraging to board rooms, although
brokers seemed unable to impress Gus
toners with the constructive elements
attached to apathetic lealings.
Bonds and commodities were IN
even but grains inclined to do better.
Leading stocks gave ground MOD.
erately in the slowest five-hour mar
ket session in more than two years.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
y. S. Department
Checks Air Races
Across Atlantic

Lakehurst, N. J., May IL (AP)-
Colonel Monroe johnson, assistant
secretary of the Department OF
Commerce, said today the Depart
ment of Commerce had refused to
issue licenses for the projected
New York to Paris transatlantic
air race.
johnson is at the United States
Naval Air Station here attending
the investigation of the dirigible
Hindenburg disaster.
Speaking of trans-Oceanic air
races, jackson said:
1--WE consider them extra haz-
ardous. We are trying to insti-
tute transatlantic flying and don't
want to jeOpardize it. We are in
terested in commercial aviation
that has no thrills"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
TRADING QUIET AS
COTTON EASES OFF
Further Net Declines of to III Points
Shown for Days Business
on Exchange

New York, May 17.-(AF)-Cotton
futures opened steady, three to four
points higher on trade and spothouse
buying. Offerings were small. October
sold off from 1858 to 12.46, and at
midday was quoted at 12.49, when
prices were to II points lower After
the first half hour October, which
had sold up to 1858, was quoted at
1850 and prices generally were one
to four points net higher.
Cotton futures closed steady, to
II points lower. Spot quiet, middllng
1919
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
S. E. HOEY, BROTHER
OF GOVERNOR, DIES
Official of Shelby Star Suffers Heart
Attack; With Paper 40
Years; He Was &c

Shelby, May II (AP)-S. Ernest
Hoey, 66, brother of Governor Clyde
r. Hoey, died here today from a heart
attack.
He was associated with his brother
in the launching of the Shelby Star
and remained with the paper for 40
years.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row afternoon.
In addition to the governor, he is
survived by his widow, six children
and a sister.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
Rarnhill And WinbOrne
To Go On Supreme Court
Indications in State Capital Now Point to Their Eeva-
ton to High Tribunal by Governor Hoey With
Terms Starting Tn is Coming July

minated in the opinion of most obser-
vers here. Some think that Winborne
may not want the appointment, If 1t
is offered him. since he may prefer
to stay in Marion and practice law,
since most observers maintain that
Winborne's income from his law prac-
tice is considerably in excess of the
$4,000 a year he would get as an as
sociate Justice on the State supreme
Court. In case Winborne should de-
cline the appointment, Judge Felix E
Alley. of Waynesville, is regarded as
being next in line. But most of those
in political circles here who have been
Continued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
= Daily Dispatch Bureaus
I'm the sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, May IL Judge M: Y.
Rarnhill. of Rocky Mount, and ).
Wallace Winborne, of Marion, are re-
garded as the best bets in the race for
the the two appointments to the State su-
nreme Court, to be made by Governor
Clyde r. Hoey before July l and just
oho,,t the only really luscious appoint
ments he has yet to make.
Now that Hubert Olive, of Lexing-
ton, has been neatly tucked i IN 90 ms
berth as a special judge at $o'ooO a
year, virtually the only remaining %.
stacle in the path of the appointment
to the Supreme Court has been ell
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
Continued on Page ThreeE
YE[TON TAKES Up
'OlD AGE"' DUTIES
New Director OF Public
Assistance Former Mitch
ell .Schol Head
Daily Dispatch Bureau
tn the Sir Walter Hotel.
Vi G [ER VIII.

RALEIGH, May 17.-Nathan H. Yel-
~ ~ Rakersville, Mitchell county,
todav began his duties as director OF
49, nivision of Public Assistance,
Nth NJ Carolina Boayd of Charities
~ p,blic welfare. This division will
10 i, charge of administering the var
ious phases of the ola az 49, p oct
and aid to dependent cui!u 80
adopted by the 1887 session u '-'''
General Assembly. yoohodv
Mr.. Yelton, a graduate OF Feaoouy
College. Nashville, Tenn, was appo1ii'
CONTINUED on Page Three"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
H|NDENBURG MAN
SUSPECTS SPARK
Only Surviving Rigger Says
Gas Cell Cause of Zep-
pelin's Disaster

Lakehurst, N. j., May 17.-(AP)-
One of the Hindenburgs ringers who
was on duty close to the spot where
the destructive flames first burst
from her stern gave the Department
of Commerce investigating board TO-
day his opinion that gas cell started
the disaster.
Hans Freund, the only one OF tne
dirigibles three riggers to survive
was the first witness yet called VINO
was able to give any account OF what
took place in the stern when the first
and explosion occurred.
His story emphasized the speed ana
Continued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
AutOGrOMb
Again Quit
Their Jobs

Detroit, Mich, May II (AP)-The
Briggs Manufacturing Company clos
ed Its Meldrum plant, employing 2,OOO
men, today following a walkout OF
maintenance workers. Officials con-
Ierred with Representatives of the
united Automobile Workers to adjust
the dispute.
y. A. w. A. leaders said the walk
w. after wage demands were refus-
GU was not authorized. An agree
Continued on Page Five.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
Presidents
Court Plan
A:gainLoser
Log n, Kentucky,
Roosevelt BaCker,
Comes % u t for
Sharp Compromise

Washington, May II (AP)-A Sen
ate Judiciary Committeeman hereto
fore considered a supporter of the ad-
ministration plan for reorganizlng the
Supreme Court, came out today for
a compromise.
Senator Logan, Democrat, Kentucky
said he woulG propose changing the
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
INSURGENTS PREPARE FOR
FINAL ATTACK ON BILBAO

Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Frontier
Nav 17-(AP) = SPANS insurgent
armies of the north, creeping at
snairs pace toward their Bilbao goal
for a month and half, Strengthened
their lines on long and curving front
some ten miles from the Basque CAPT.
tai. today to clear the way for the
final assault.
There were unconfirmed reports
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17
MONEY SAVED OFF
TEXTBOOKS BONDS
Loan From State Surplus
Saves $4,000 Year in
Interest Charges
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh, May IL The reason it
was decided not to issue the $1,5OO,OOC
in bonds for free textbooks, as au-
thorized by the 1887 General Assem-
bly. was that the maturities of these
bonds were fixed too far in the future,
which would mean a high rate of in
terest,, and because it was found that
there was enough cash in the States
<Noo%inund IN Dooo ThroaN
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17

American Radiator =. ....... Il
American Telephone -. 49,. 1913
nroor;can Tobacco B Is
Anaconda 48 IA
Atlantic Coast Line .......... AZ
Atlantic Refining -. ........ ~
Bendix Aviation -. ...... ~ IL
Bethlehem Steel 49,. -. ....... " 80
Cbrvsler -. go. 1O7 1-8
Columbia Gas & Elec Co -. 10
Conomarcial ...... IA IL
Continental Oil Co IA ga
DuPont 153
E,lec pow & Light. Is 7-8
General Electric -. 0U
Ceneral Motors ....... 81 5-8
Liggett & Myers B ............ 70
Montgomery Ward & Co ...... ~ 81
REYNOLDS Tobacco B ......... 40
sontbern Railway ..... IS G-8
Standard Oil Co N So 7-8
u S Steel -. 80. W 90
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-17

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-07-31
THE
HEADLINER
(By JACKIE ARTHUR

Saturday The policemen Of De-
,roit held their annual field meet
az the state Fair Grounds. OBJ
served a, The meet Walter House.
Gladys House. william Homer,
Roberta Greenidge. Helen Nutall,
Bernie Watkins, her parents, DR..
and Mrs watkins, Mrs. r. Green
'idge and quite a few others. In
spite OF the rain all were glad
they attended.
Vera Pate was very much. sur
prised al the birthday party given
her last Wednesday by her sister
and mother az her home on In
verness The party provided an
enjoyable evening for Vera as we'll
as her guests. Many pretty and
useful gifts were presented TO her.
We all wish you many more hap
py birthdays. Vera
The Ivy Leaf club held a very
unique party at the Congregation
al Church: Saturday night. The
affair was given the name OF a
cabaret parry. The members Of
the club are: Jesse Carter. presi-
dent: Marjorie Greenidge. vice
president: Justine Nelson. Secre-