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The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Showdown Near
With Business
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES

O.N.S.) The savage attacks
which New Deal spokesmen have
leveled at big business as 1887
ends on a depression note prob
ably presage some sort Of a show.
down before 1888 is very far ad.
vanced, observers here were agreed
today. ,'7s
Both Secretary of the Interior
Ickes and Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Robert H. Jackson, two Of the
most ardent Of the New Dealers,
have accused business and capital
this week of engaging in a sit
down strike against the public
interest.
Ickes said the go families" who
control most of the corporate
wealth of the country were respon-
sible for the current recession in
business. jackson said capital
was engaged in "a general strike
against the Government, strike
to coerce political action"
ROOSEVELT SILENT
President Roosevelt thus far has
not commented on these philippics,
but there can be little doubt he
inferentially approved them. If
he had not, they would not have
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The Washington times., 1937-12-31
LIBRARY TO BE OPEN

The holiday schedule will be OBJ
served at the Library of Congress
tomorrow, with service from to
10 p. M, it was announced today.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
RUSSIA SENDS.
TO.
AID OF CHINA.
Cut Off by
Heavy Bombing

SHANGHAI, Dec. 81 U.N.S).
While Japanese air raiders again
attacked Canton, breaking all
communications with the south
ern port, new reports of increased
Soviet aid to China reached
Shanghai today.
Officials here heard that fleet
Of small soviet-manufactured
submarines, shipped overland
from Russia, have appeared in
the Yangtze River west of Nam
king to harass japanese warships.
TANKS ARRIVE
Chinese newspapers also re.
ported, without confirmation,
that twelve Soviet "amphibian
tanks" have arrived in China to
aid in resisting Nippon's military
machine
Hongkong advices told Of the
new aerial assault on Canton by
swarms Of Nipponese aircraft
the second heavy attack in "a
hours.
CASUALTIES HEAVY
High explosive bombs showered
on the city by the planes COM
plete1y disrupted Canton's COM
munications, these reports said,
and civilian casualties were be-
ieved heavy.
The Japanese planes flew in
from an aircraft carrier anchored
off the South China Coast,
dropped their bombs shortly after
dawn, damaging railroad tracks
and terminals, telegraph and
telephone lines, government
buildings, warehouses and other
strategic structures. Thousands
of Canton's 100000 residents
fled.
CHAOS IN TSINGTAO
Meanwhile, the situation at
Tsingtao, northern Shantung prov
ince port menaced by advancing
Japanese troops, approached a state
of chaos.
Chinese troops and marines sta
toned there have been withdrawn
and the police are deserting the
dynamite-wrecked city, where huge
amounts Of Japanese property
have been blown up by the Chi
neSe.
Looting has broken out, especi-
ally in the Japanese trading dis
trict, despite harsh efforts to pre-
vent it, including the summary
Notwithstanding Of all looters who
are caught.
NATIVES FLEE
The Chinese mayor, Admiral
Shen Hung-Lieh and the garri-
son commander, Admiral HSieh
Kang- Chen, have fled to the in
terror and the foreign volunteer
corps, including Americans and
other nationals, have taken over
police duties.
The panic stricken exodus of Chi
nese is continuing unabated.
The Chinese troops in TsingtaoI
number some 100000 men, but
they were described as retreating
under fire from Japanese war
planes. Nippon ese authorities
here said two attacking forces, one
advancing from the Nanking area
and another from the north, were
planning to trap and annihilate
the Chinese 1InInSS thnv SJI1.ra,1do1.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Cit Y IAMMED.
FOR new YEAR
CELEBRATION
Hotels, Clubs See
Biggest Night"

Optimistically looking to 1888
for business prosperity and world
peace, the Nations Capital was
preparing today for lusty cele-
bration of the new year.
Evidence pointed to the most
expensive and expansive celehra-
ton of the New Years eve in the
history of Washington.
HOTELS JAMNTED
Hotels and night clubs here an
nounced thousands Of reservations
by parties whose Joyful acclaim Of
1888 will cost tens of thousands of
dollars. Moving picture theaters
are giving midnight shows, and
private parties will keep the city
lights burning into the wee hours
Of the morning.
Because of lateness of the hour
ct which tonight's celebrations
will end, the Capital Transit Com.
pany is providing early morning
service on major bus and street
car lines.
EXTRA ToL1CE
Even the police will be on extra
guard to help make the joyful cele-
bration a peaceful one. All police
leave has been cancelled.
Private parties will do most Of
the New Year celebrating tonight.
The parties range in size from
quiet little foursomes to the biggest
Washington celebration at Friend
ship, where Mrs. Evelyn Walsh NC
Lean will entertain 500 guests.
The holiday brought thousands
of visitors to the city today, and
in like manner, thousands left
town to celebrate the beginning
of a new year in other places.
There was tremendous activity at
Union Station.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31

Occasional rain tonight and tomorrow
morning. Slightly warmer tonight. Low.
est temperature about AZ degrees.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12
HutsOn Discusses
New Farm Plan

The ideal farm porgram under the
AAA would be one confined to edu-
cational work and soil conservation
but in actual experience such pro-
gram is inadequate.
This is the opinion of j. B. Hutson,
assistant administrator of the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administra-
ton, who spoke twice last ewek be-
fore delegates attending the 34th an
nual Farm and Home week exer-
cises at State College.
Mr.. Hutson said it was almost a
necessity to place some restrictions
on the production of price-depress-
ing SURPRISES of cash crops. Even
with acreage control, there are Oft
entimes good growing seasons when
production will go higher than was
anticipated. Mr.. Hutson declared
that the present tobacco crop indi-
Gated a production of $50 million
pounds and if the amount did not
go materially beyond this figure,
prices should be as good or better
than last year. The cotton situation
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12
FARM
NEWS

and a bright green color indicates a
high vitamin content.
Arey pointed out direct relation
ship between the vitamin content Of
milk and the roughage which the
cow consumes. Therefore, he said,
it is important that the animal re-
ceive hay of a high vitaInin content.
Growers should follow three rules
if they wish to produce a good
quality hay.
First, the extension dairyman de-
clared, the farmer should seed lib
orally. Thin seeding results in
coarse, stemmy hay.
Second, cut early. Alfalfa should
be harvested when one-tenth tc
one-fourth in bloom, soybeans when
seed are about one-half developed
lespedeza when around SO per cent
in bloom, coWpeas when the first
pods begin to yellow, and cereals,
such as wheat, oats, and barley,
when the seed are in the milk stage
of maturity.
Third rule, Arey declared, is that
growers should cure their hay as
rapidly as possibvle. However, he
causes leaves to fall off and teaches
cautioned against overcurring This
out the green color.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12
Misses Church But
Wipes Out Snakes

KINGS MOUNTAIN July 28.-It's
not often that P. D. Herndon misses
church, but he did last Sunday
morning-and he gives what he con-
SiderS pretty good excuse.
The job of killing SO snakes, it
must be admitted, is nothing to be
sneezed at, and it was just that task
that kept Mr. Herndon from his IA
miliar place in the Baptist church
at the morning service.
Just as Mr.. Herndon was coming
out of his house to 60 to church, his
son, Allen, and a brother-in-law,
John Floyd, called his attention to
large snake crawling from be-
meath stone wall.
The three proceeded to do the
snake in-but hadn't counted on
the 90 additional small snakes that
emerged when they struck the big
one.
Thus, they spent the next hour
and five minutes executing the 90
little snakes, which measured, they
said, from 8 to 10 inches. The large
snake was 81 inches long. All were
of the non-poisonous garter snake
variety.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

does not look so good, he said. hdi-
cations are that IA million bale
crop will be produced in the South
with consumption at Is million
bales for this year.
Looking forward to 1888, Mr.. Hut
son said a simplified and more
equitable farm program is being
constructed by the AAA. The idea
is not to make farm commodities
scarce but to keep cash crop pro-
duction in line with market needs.
A special effort will be made to help
growers of truck crops and the
whole prgram will be developed so
as to fit to every kind of farm in
this and other states. It is likely
that the old "base acreage" plan
will be discarded but that each
farmer will be given his share of the
soil depicting crops that he can
grow without penalty and will be
paid on that allotment. The a1lott-
ments will be made by counties and
divided within the counties by COM
mlttees of farmers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12
1uh
and
KeAneN
By
TROY
ISAIAH
JONES

Girl whips gossiper in New Or
leans" If that practice were to start
here it would be like playing ring
around-Rosy with nearly everybody
in it.
The constitution guarantees life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happi-
ness. Happiness is nothing but a
pursuit and when you catch up with
her you are so tired that you can't
enjoy it.
1t has gotten so that if you tell
anything and want the truth told
you had better wrap it up with all
the lies that you can think of or
the truth won't get there.
Court bill battle will echo in
1888 campaign" That is a forerun-
ner of another one of these here
whispering campaigns, where politi-
clans don't want to be heard on both
sides of the street so there won't be
but one lie.
/ know of a man who fell out of
the bed and all he knew about it
next morning was the he "heard
something drap." This is a dumb
world.
Gullibility: Most people will come
the farthest to see the least of any
country in the world.
The nan who drove the magic
car did not have thing on the
public. They saw the wire!
*
1 have heard of wire pulling. But
they pushed car up the street with
a wire It looked like niger pull
ing a bell cord across a mules back.
When the politicians get all the
wool pulled over the publ;c's eyes.
then they resort to blanket legisla-
ton.
Major BulwinklS says that he is
returning to Washington when the
main legislation hits the floor. We
have an example in the event of the
court bill that hit the floor to tune
of 70 to 20.
A man told me that he gave two
preachers two dollars a piece and
they prayed for rain. He said that
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

the rain nearly washed him away.
He says that he can get just as good
results on ten cents, which goes to
show that times are getting better.
I knew there was a catch in my
going to church. I was caught with
out any money when the plate was
passed around.
AS substitute for one-amed men,
noticed that the collectors are
required to pass back down the aisle
almost arm in arm.
=
Used to, honesty was referred to
as a policy. Now all the policy we
hear of is foreign policy, foreign
to honesty.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12
Cure Hay Early
to Get Quality

Coarseness, late cutting, and i'm
proper during cause large amount
If low quality hay in North Caro-
lima each year, according to John A.
>rey, extension dairy specialist at
State College.
This inferior quality hay has a
lower protein and vitan1in content
than number on hay. The percent
age of waste when it is fed to farm
animals is also much greater than
that for good quality hay, Arey
stated.
Leafiness and bright green color
are requirments for No. hay Most
of the protein is found in the leaves.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

Superphosphate, along with lime
stone, is proving its worth with
sweet clover in Pennsylvania coun-
ty. Where these materials were not
used on the farm of J. B. Jones, he
secured no clover.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12
Farm Questions
and Answers

Question: When should lespedeza
be cut for hay?
Answer: Lespedeza should be cut
when the plants attain a height of
Is inches or when it is in full bloom,
whichever occurs first. The usual
dates for cutting is from August to
September l for the Korean and
from August Is to October for the
other varieties. When July and Au-
gust are dry and September wet the
main growth of Common, Tennessee
rs and Koke will take place in Sep
TENDER and the cutting of hay
should be delayed. If cut early, les
pedeza will make enough second
growth to reseed the land, but it
is seldom possible to remove a hay
crop and a seed crop in the same
year.
Question: How long should cock
erel be kept off feed both before
and after caponiZing?
Answer: The birds should receive
no food for at least "A hours before
caponizing. This reduced the con
tent of the intestires and make for
I more efficient operation After the
operation the cockerels should be
placed in a restricted area and given
water and soft food such as we
mash for "a hours. The incision will
heal rapidly if this practice is fol
lowed but winds puffs will usually
occur in a certain percent of the
birds. These may be corrected, how
ever, by clipping out a small tri-
angular piece of the skin.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

Down in Pasquotank, boil weevils
are playing havoc with the cotton
crop. Frequent rains, cloudy wealth
er, and lowlying fields make con-
ditions ideal for the pests.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

Question: When should crimson
clover be sown in corn and cotton?
Answer: AS a rule, the best time
20 sow this crop is from August Is
to September Is in the mountain
valleys, from Sept. Is to 80 in the
Piedmont section, and from Sept.
Is to October Is in the Coastal
Plains. Many stands of crimson Glow
err are lost by sowing before the
summer heat has moderated and ex-
cessive shading will also kill the
young plants if sown too early in
corn and cotton. Seed in the hulls
should be seeded earlier than the
dates given.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

1--WE have some corn fields in
Henderson county this season, which
1 believe will produce $50 bushels
to the acre." said County Agent G..
D. White.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

Cotton following crimson clover
on the farm Of F. A. Barnhardt,
Concord, Route 3, Cabarrus county,
is demonstrating the value of le-
gume crops in improving lands.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

A newly fenced pasture with
plenty of grass and shade is good
investment for hog raising, says
Scott of Lees township in Columbus
county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

Limestone for alfalfa, clovers and
other winter cover crops should be
applied early and worked into the
soil before seeding, say Extension
specialists.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

Corn grown on land in Rockinham
county that was in lespedeza for two
years will produce twice the yield
of corn planted on land where nc
lespedeza have been grown.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

Corn and hay crops in Edegcombe
county are being severely damaged
by army worms.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

All the radium that has yet been
collected will not weigh as much as
a golf ball.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

A marketing center for shipping
hogs from Washington and Tyrrell
counties will be established soon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

H. T. Creech of Snow Hill sold
% hogs for $341.84 net last week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

Bargains E E EST Tractors H;t
Working and Road Building Machin-
cry, Well Drilling Machines, Case
line Engines, etc.-R. P. JOHNSON,
Wytheville, Va.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

If you lift guinea pig by the tail
its eyes will drop out.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

The red fire-fish can fly and emit
sounds like crow.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-12

This August 2, 1887.
w. E. MILLER, Sheriff
and Tax Collector.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-10

Dakar Senegal, June 10.-(UP) Amelia Earhart, American woman round the world flyer, took of today for the African interior. Her plane refueled and carefully ovefhauled after her flight across the Atlantic from Brazil, Miss Earhart took oil at 6:55 a. m. Greenwich mean time (2:55 a. m. EDT) with Fred Noonan, her navigator. The plane headed eastward for the Niger river valley via Bamako, Timbuctu, Gao and Niamey. From the Niger, Miss Ear hart was expected to continue across the continent by way of Fort Lamy. the French army station south or Lake Chad, and thence on to Khar- toum in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan. A message from Air Minister Pierre Cot, at Paris, had ordered all French desert aviation posts to be on the look out for Miss Earhart and to give her every assistance.
 Miss Earhart selected the route directly across Africa despite bad weather conditlonS which caused her for a time to consider skirting the northern coast of Africa Miss Earhart decided only at midnight to start at dawn today. French army air fields along the southern edge of the Great Sahara reported then that visibility was good. She cecided to fly the direc5 route if possible at all the way across.
 Her first objective was Bamako $40 miles tc ths east. and French
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-10
LOCAL STRIKES
 ARE NOT ENDED
C. I. 0. Leaders Say It Is Up to Management of
 Closed Plants

Strikers at the Waterbury Buckle Co.,, and the Noera Mfg. Co.,, con- tinued today, with CIO leaders de- claring that the next steps are up to the arrangements of the plants. Meantime the Waterbury Brass Workers Union, a CIO affiliate, con- tinued negotiations with the Shoe Hardware O., and the Waterbury Manufacturing Go.
 Strikers at the Buckle Go. plant this afternoon claimed that 100 new members had been added to the union this morning. Work in the South Main street factory was at a Standstill, with only a small per- centage of the factors 500 CT more employees at work. A factory official said that there were "A employees at work today, while the strikers claimed thaht only 30 or 35 were at work. Tickets marched by the factory all morning long and the union plans a 24-hour day picket line indefinitely. The union seeks a preferential hiring system, amounting virtually to closed shop, and the reinstatement of Thomas Bowling, who was allegedly dis missed from the factory for union activity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-10
WonanLouer OfCats Fined $500 For Poisoning Dogs

ordered her chauffeur to stop in EaStcheSter when she had seen 8 "panicky dog, seeking wet trying to get under hole in fence" She said she tried to coax the dog out with dog biscuits which she always carried. She denied any knowledge of capsule containing potassium cyanide found rear where she was seen. T have always been fond of animals" Mrs. Futile said. T be- longed to the Connecticut Humane society, the New Rochelle society and the New York Women's League and others"
 Allan Blunt, of New Rochelle. 8 former employe of Mrs. Futile, tes- tified that he resigned because he was "disgusted" with the way she handled "as many as 30 cats day" He said he once saw his employer put capsule in some salmon and toss it to a cat in the street. The cat, he said, fell over immediately. Mrs. Virginia Palmer, defense wit ness, said that the capsule to which Blunt referred was filled with catnip and that this caused the cat to fall asleep"
 The small courtroom was crowded with dog-owners who hisscd and booed Defense Attorney E:chelen- berger's tactics. While questioning the arresting police officer he asked him why R. B. Milligan. owner of one of the dead dogs, wasn't arrest ed for not muzzling the d,g The offlcer replied: "The dog was dead. He didn't need a muzzle.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-10

Tuckahoe, N. Y, June. 10.-CUP) A wealthy widow, convicted Of poisoning pedigreed dogs planned today to appeal the police court ver- dict. She had been fined $500. Known for more than 10 years by animal lovers for her Solicitude for stray cats, Mrs. Juliet Futile, 65, who maintains country home near here and a Park Avenue apartment, was found guilty last night by Justice of the Peace Matthew J. Siano of pois- oning four dogs in EastcheSter last month. Three of the dogs died. Mrs. Futile testified that she had fed the dogs only dog biscuits. Her back ground as lover of cats was col- laborated by several character wit neSses. She pald the fi,ie and through her lawyer, George H. Eich- elberger, announced that an appeal would be filed.
 Mrs. Futile was arrested May IT after one of the owners of the dead dogs had reported that an elderly woman who had stepped ut Of a chauffeur driven limousine and fed two dogs something" out c! a paper bag. Mrs. John Stewart, whose de- scription led to the arrest, identified Mrs. Futile last night as the woman she had seen. When she arrived home later, she said, her own Irish setter was dead from poisoning The defense argued that under the pub- lie health law, killing of an rnmuz- zled dog on pub!is property was jus- tified.
 Mrs Futile testified that she had
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-10
ROCKEFELLER IN
 KIDNAP ATTEMPT

Chicago, June 10.-(UP). Police disclosed today what they believed was an attempt to kidnap John Rockefeller Perntice, Chicago lawyer and grandson of the late ichn D.. Rockefeller, ST. Lieut& John Cough lin of the Warren avenue station announced that pretty young nurse, friend of Prentice, had been abducted late last night and freed with message" for Prentice which might have delivered him into the hands of kidnaperS.
 The nurse, Miss Margaret Mont gomery, was held about two hours and threatened with death, sine said. Prentice notified police after she had telephoned to him from a res- taurant near the place she was re- leased and asked him to hasten there.
 Miss Montgomery said two men who bound and gagged her as she walked home from the Presbyterian hospital had threatened to shoot her if she failed to deliver message to Prentice She was to tell t.irn, they said, that he had disappointed our sister" and mus. settle down In Acknowledgement Prentice was to drive his automobile three times past a elcsi2natcd street intersection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-10
FORMER CANADA
 PREMIER DIES
Sir Robert Borden Passes Away of Heart Ailment
 at Age of 83

Ottawa, June 1O-(UP)-Sir Rob- ert Borden, former premier of Can ada, died today. The 83-year-old statesman died of heart ailment which became acute last night. Sir Robert, who became prime minis- ter ip October, 1911, and headed the war time union government formed in 1917. suffered his first heart attack last May 3l, and doc tors said then he would not recover.
 Heart stimulants were administ- cred throughout last night, but he became steadily weaker and died at 7:30 a. m. today. Lady Borden, the former Laura Bond of Halifax was at his bedside.
 Born In 1854
 Sir Robert was born at Grand Pre- June 26, 1854. He was educat- ed in law, became a member of the bar in 1878 and subsequently, prac- ticed before the. supreme court of Nova Scotia and the supreme court of Canada. He tried several cases before the judicial committee of the privy council. By the time the World War broke out he had re- ceived many honors from Canadian. Scottish and British universities and was recognized as one of the empires outstanding barristers. He was knighted in 1914.
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