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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-13
FILLING STATION
CASE WON BY N. c.
u. S. Supreme Court Up
holds Right To Levy
Against Properties
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
H. tho Cir XVHIfQr Hotel.

An the SIT VVdIVer I1ONCAs
Raleigh, Oct Accommodations of
General A. A. F. Seawell are the
Yankees of tax suits against the
State.
Just as Joe McCarthy's baseballers
are invincible on the diamond, these
State officials are tops when it comes
to enforcing North Cardinals revenue
gathering statutes.
The record stands thus: Neither Mr..
Maxwell, who is going into his ninth
wear as commissioner, nor Mr.. Sea-
we'll, who has held his post for four
years or thereabout, has ever been
On the losing side in a tax suit when
it was finally determined.
Latest victory for the pair came
just a day or two ago when the Unit
ed States Supreme Court refused a
writ of certiOrari to review Judg-
ment compelling oil and gasoline COM
panies to pay the chain station tax
levied by the 1885 legislature.
This ruling ends the litigation and
means. that the State now need worry
no more about the possibility or los
ing approximately 100000 it collect
ed under protest over a period OF ap-
proximately two years. The 1881 as
sembly changed the taxing system 10
a levy on pumps rather than on ad-
ditional units in chain filling stations.
The oil companies had contended
thew were not liable for the tax he
cause they had leased most, If not all,
the chain units. The State commended
thew still exercised sufficient control
to make them due for the tax. The
federal district court upheld the COM
panies. the circuit court of appeals
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-13

=, BOSTON, Mass, Oct 3-(AFO-Orval
W. Adams, So, Salt Lake City banker,
whose entire banking career has been
spent IN Utah, today was elected pre-
Siueht of the American Bankers AS
sociatlon at its 63rd annual conven-
1'ol. succeeding Tom K. Smith, of ST..
rhiilp Benson, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
poS elected first vice-president, and
- r.ooert Hanes, of Winston-Salem, N.
~ ~ was elected second vice-president.
80 ieie was no opposition to the report
y ~ me nominating committee.
s;5 me new first vice-president is pre-
5luent and trustee of the Dime Saw
sS BANK of Brooklyn, and former
p 20 of the National Association
~ mutual Savings Banks. Hanes is
FeS'oent of the Wachovia Bank &
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-13
0rval Adams President
OF American Bank Body
Salt Lake City Banker Elect ed at Boston Conventlc"
Robert Hanes of Winston Salem, Second Vlce-rresl
dent; Dictatorship c ry Made in Speech

Trust Company of Winston7Salem,
and a native of that city. He is a pass
president of the North Carolina Bank
ers Association.
Henning Prentis, Jr., Lancaster Pa''
manufacturer, said ;d
"As General (Hugh s. Johnson sald
Tho other day, we are moving towar a
eiie .;o;d dictatorship because we don't
e realize ali. what we are doing to ,o our,
selves. Certainly there are enough ,.l;11
sstraight-thinking Americans ..o. VINO on ~ltl
insist that this dangerous roaa aneao
i he re-surveyed and relocated: ;oh
" In the first convention tax IN w nea1
President Roosevelt and the New Ded.
were 1 mentioned specifically, Pren sa
expressed concern" over Mr: MI; H 'ya 90
veit's court policy, over Feoeral ""e
and hour legislation and rellel'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-13
Japs Lose 5000 Troops
In Disastrous Attempts
To Break Chinese Lines
JAPAN BITES OFF
TOO BIG A CHEW
But Unless Results Are Had,
Revolution Is Likely on
Island
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlumnist

Washington, Oct. 13.-Japan's gov
eminent is in bad pickle.
1t has bitten off more than it car
chew. Yet, in a way. = had to attempt
the mouthful. Disar prove Of their be-
havior as one may, the fac. remains
thai the n,ikados SUBJECT are so ir-
creasingly numerous that they have
got to have more room or begin fall
ing off their islands.
And no additional room is available
unless they take it away from some
one else, if possible.
So that was the policy which their
government adopted
Biting Off Too Much?
Now, as previously remarked, the
mouthful is proving to be exceedingly
difficult, to say the least, for the is
landers properly to masticate.
For one thing, the modern Chinese
have turned out to he unexpectedly
hard to lick. Had the japanese sue
ceeded in assimilating their morsel at
one quick swallow, all would have
been we'll, from their standpoint.
But they did not thus succeed.
It is evident that they must chew
and chew and chew. And Nippon has
not the economic capacity to continue
such expensive chewing for very long.
No Aid.
Anyway, they cannot keep on chew
ing with most of the rest of the world
trying to handicap them.
Today it appears that the really civ
ilized countries of the earth are in
clined to deny them the supplies es-
sential to enable any people to main
tain an international chewing match
Germany and Italy sympathize with
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-13
Weed Sales
l82,529,449
Lbs. In Sept.
Henderson Second
Highest in Belt. Will
son Leads All Mar
kets in Sales

Raleigh, Oct 13.-(AP)-North Car
DINA tobacco growers sold 1872, 529, 44o
pounds of tobacco in September for
an average of $22.33 per hundred
weight.
The crop reporting service released
the figures today, showing the aver
age topped the $21.91 per hundred av-
erage of September. 1886, even though
total sales increased 100000 from a
year ago.
The report did not reveal the sea-
sons average price, but said 281, 515,-
DIG pounds had been sold by producers
this year to October 1, as compared
with 51,O6O,745 pounds in 1896.
The Old Bright Belt led in average
last month, with $25.87 per hundred
for q, 88O,43 pounds of producers to-
bacco, and 1,O43, 122 pounds of deal
ers' re-sales. The New Bright Belt
average was $22.O2 for 128,111, 49O
pounds, ow hich 116,715,778 pounds
were sold by producers.
The South Carolina belt, border
markets, evaraged $21.42 for 49,481, 438
pounds, including 1898 ,233 by prod
ucers.
Roxboro topped all markets in av-
erages reported, $28.61 per hundred
with Henderson's average OF $27.91
lext.
Durham led the Old Bright Belt IN
sales, 6,277,26O pounds at $25.37, and
Wilson led all markets in sales, with
25o15,598 pounds at $21.73.
Williamston's average Of $23.65 for
d 360642 pounds topped the New
Bright Belt prices, and Fair Blutts
$3.50 for 978,354 pounds led the Bor-
der Belt averages. Fairmont led IN
sales in the Border Belt, with 2l,2O2,-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-13
COTTON DECLINES
AFTER EARLY RISE
Higher Gables, Trade and Foreign
Buying Boosts Quotations at
DAYS Outset

New York, Oct. 13.-(AP)-Cotton
futures opened steady, up 8 to 10
points on higher Liverpool cables,
trade and foreign buying. Shortly
after the first half hour, December
was 8.15, when the general list was
II to % points net higher. December
sold off to 8!O8, and by midday was
$40, with prices generally to II
points net lower.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-13
LOSS OF WIGS MENACES
DIGNITY OF LAW COUF

London, Oct. 13-(AP)-The loss OF
three wigs threatened the dignity OF
the law courts today on the opening
of the Michaelmas term.
Attendants searched up ana oo"n
fruitlessly with the result that Two
lord justices wore borrowed, mlsflttlng
wigs and a third appeared on the
bench in a spare.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-13
SUPREME COURT TO
RENDER OPINIONS

Raleigh, Oct. 13.-(AP)-The State
Supreme Court prepared today to
hand down opinions late in the aft
ernOOn.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-13
WEATHER

Cloudy, probably occasional
light rains tonight and Thursday;
colder Thursday and in north and
west portions tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-13

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-13

CONTINUED on Page Three.)
Evening star., 1937-02-11
Priest-Apiator From Bengal
Here Before Returning g to Post

When Rev. ]. N. Rick returns to
his foreign mission post next month,
he will again have the address he has
had since 1929-"Catholic Mission.
Ranikong Village, Baghmara Post
ONCE, Mymensingh District, Ramna,
Dacca, Bengal, India"
Technically, this is the complete
way to write my address" said Father
Rick, a Holy Cross foreign missionary
priest. There Is no shorter way un-
less 1t be '2110 La Branch, Houston,
Tex but that would require for
warding from my home, and then
the postman would have the Job Of
setting down my Indian address"
Distinguishing himself as the first
priest aviator while a student in the
Bengalese Foreign Mission Seminary
of Holy Cross, Hardwood road north
east, where he is resting prior to leav-
ing next month for his Indian post,
Father Rick earned his commercial
flying license at Hoover Field in 1929.
Arriving at my post seven years
ago, I learned that what fiat, clear
stretches there were Il. this region, 300
miles inland though only 80 feet above
sea level, were chopped up by fields Of
rice with embankmentI every 100
yards. Gasoline at SIS cents q gallon
also proved the impracticability Of the
airplane in my work." he explained.
"Of the 357,0O0,0OO people in India,
00,000.000 are Hindus. thus involved
in the caste system. Caste is based on
color. While Hindus and Mohamme-
Evening star., 1937-02-11
RED CROSS
RENAMES COLLIER
Arlington Chapter Holds
EIection-Quota Is
Nearly TripIed.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CLARENDON, Va, February IL
q. A. Collier was reelected chairman
Of Arlington County Chapter, Ameri-
can Red ross, at a meeting of the
Executive Committee at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Butterfield, Airing
ton Farms.
Mrs. j. H. Walton was reelected
vice chairman. Mrs. ]. w. Tapp was
chosen for her twentieth consecutive
term as treasurer. Mrs. George F.
Cooke was elected secretary to sue
ceed Mrs. Burt Smoker, who has
moved from the county.
Members of the Executive Commit.
tee elected at the annual meeting tt
succeed seven whose terms expired
January l are Mrs. E. C. Butterfield
Mrs. N. Rex Hunt, Mrs. Dean H
Rose, Mrs. G. A. Collier, Mrs. Pauline
A. Smith, Mrs. George F. Cooke ane
Miss A. Backus.
Reporting on the food relief cam
paign, Mrs. Butterfield, chairman O
the Flood Disaster Committee, Sait
mately $4,000, or nearly three time
the county's original quota.
Organizations or groups contrib
uting since the last report include,
members of Arlington Farm, $l13
officers and enlisted men in For
Myer, $236; members Arlington
Cement Co., $24.5O; C. g. P. Tele
phone Co, $50; st. Charles Catholi
School, $25; Benedictine Sisters, S25
Women's Democratic Club, $25; Van
derwerken Church and Sunday schoo
e4S; Cherrydale Baptist Sunda
school, SIG; Ballston M. E.. Church
SIS; Cherrydale Cement Block Co
$40; Secret Squadron Club compose
OF children 10 to IL years of age il
Clarendon), $5; Lyon Village Citizens
Association, $25.
Additional contributions of SIC wer
received from Junior Red Cross to
gether with number of subscription
from 81 to $40.
Evening star., 1937-02-11
five HIGH SCHOOLS
f. ARE ACCREDITED
Montgomery Board Advised Of
Ratings-Deputies to Aid
Pupils in Traffic.
Z uPHS III 1IdIIC
epecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, February Ii
The Middle States Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools has
advised the Montgomery County
Board OF Education that the high
schools Of Montgomery County which
have been accredited by the associa-
ton are Bethesda Chevy Chase, Cal
thersburg, Richard Montgomery,
Nontgomery-Blair and Sherwood.
At the monthly meeting of the
county Educational Board a report
was submitted for plan to use part
time deputies for the protection Of
children in crossing highways in front
Of school buildings. The board ap-
proved the plan in principle and or
oered that the details be worked out
In cooperation with the county COM
Enissioners.
The board received requests from
ehe Town Council Of Kensington for
. sidewalk along the front of the
kensington School property, and from
Seven Oaks Manor Citizens Associa-
tion for sidewalk from the Coles
Vile road to the Parkside School and
q driveway for automobiles to turn in
'front.' Of the school.
The board also received resolutions
Ia support of improvement Of the
athletic fields at the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School from the New
comb Club, Bethesda; the Garden
Club of Chevy Chase, the Citizens
Committee, Section 8, Chevy Chase;
the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce
and the Bethesda Parent-Teacher As
sociation. The Glenmont Elementary
School Parent-Teacher Association,
the Newcomb Club, Bethesda and Le-
land Junior High School Parent
TEACHER Association urged increased
salaries for the public school teachers
ef the county.
Evening star., 1937-02-11
HALF BILLION URGED
FOR YOUTH PROGRAM
Plan Of Scholarships, Public
Works and Training Is Put
i Before Congress Houses.

A national youth program calling
Tor $500,0o0,000 in public works,
scholarships and vocational training
to aid those between 16 and Is who
are out of school and out Of work, has
been put before both branches Of Con-
Gress for consideration.
Broadening the scope of the Ma
eional Youth Administration estab-
lkhed as part of the New Deal, the
measure was introduced yesterday in
the Senate by Senator Lundeen OF
Minnesota and jointly in the House
by Representatives Maverick Of Texas
and Voorhis of California.
To create work it would provide for
construction of hospitals, Fairgrounds
schools, parks, slum clearance and
flood control and soil conservation
projects. Another feature of the plan
would be vocational training and
scholarships for high school students
who otherwise could not complete theil
studies.
The bill has the backing Of the
National Council Of the American
Youth Congress.
Evening star., 1937-02-11

dams, of which there are $4,000, 900,
intermingle in a commercial way,
never do they mix socially. 1t is
harder for Hindu to become Mo-
hammedan than it is for Frenchman
to become q German"
Evening star., 1937-02-11

"ABSoRBlNc PUNISHMENT, and plenty
of it, is all part of this game. Steer-dodging
takes it out of you. Tea puts the old vitality
right back again. So say make mine tea'"
says Eddie Curtis, steer-wrangling cham.
pion. ''Tea is what need - what anybody
needs - to keep up the old pep when the
going is rough. drink tea every day. Good
tea, made right, with plenty of 'heft' to
1t, is the worlds prize drink" Wherever
there's hard, exhausting work to be done,
men and women rely on TEA for vitality to
carry them through. From North Woods to
the Tropics, tea is universally recognized as
the worlds most vitalizing drink"
Evening star., 1937-02-11

cup - plus one for the pot. Pour freshly boiling
and brew for S minutes. Add milk
Tor cream and sugar taste. Buy Q good brand of
ORANGE PEKOE bearing the names india, csyIon
and avaSumatra. OR this map. N
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
PICKUPS AND PUTOUTS

The elements hold no terror
Tor r. d. "KlOndike" Morgan,
d. G. tran-shoOting veteran. He
has slept on an open porch at
his home In Vienna, Va, for
years, wrapped in an Arctic bag
E. colds never bother him. .....
DebOnair George L. Isemann's
golden voice Is down to q whisper
rs he cOnvaleSceS from . siege of
illness. b elieve it or not,
George became Ill while in Mi.
ami, Florida.
The tennis blood tingleS In the
veins Of Bill Shreve every time
we have one Of those warm,
spring like days we've been hav-
ing once or twice q week lately
E. but It stops quickly enough
when February gets back to its
overcast gray skies and its cold
drizzle. E.
No less than 40 candidates are
hOt.fOOting after the job left va
cant at St. Thomas College,
Scranton, Pa, by Jack Harding's
change to Miami University.
Many are calling but only one
will be chosen. The Maryland
COLLEGIATE Basketball League is
only five years old, and the West
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
Card
Will Settle
TitIeRdCe
BY GARRETT WATERS


Three more playing days and the
interhigh school basketball series
for 1887 will be history. two
games are listed tomorrow. a
doubleheader Friday night and a
single contest next Tuesday.
Roosevelt meets Western at Tech
at $3.50 p. m. in one Of tomorrow's
clashes. Tech engages woodrow
Wilson at Roosevelt, $3.50 p. M, in
the other.
Fridays twin bill is the feature
Of the week. it lists Central
against Western at 7:30 p. M, and
Eastern against Tech at $3.50.
Then concluding the series
schedule is the Tuesday game Of
next week which will send the Cen
tral and woodrow Wilson fives
against each other.
Anxious Week
Roosevelt and Western look
upon the week with anxiety L.
Both have chances Of tying East
ern for first place honors .
But things must happen to create
this picture.
Most important, Tech must de-
feat Eastern to open the path
Then, in Roosevelt's behalf,
the Riders must defeat Western
tomorrow OF course, should
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
RUCIAL GAMES GIVE HIGH FLOOR SERIES FITTING CLIMAX

title swim is there It is to
be assured they'll make the most
Of it.
Incidentally, the games as they
are arranged for the week, aid the
situation. now the real ending to
the series will be kept for q fitting
climax Friday night.
orchids to Birch E. Bayh for
this. the physical education di-
rector, sensing the situation,
changed the original schedule
after last Fridays twin bill at Tech
.. and his forethought will bring,
as said above, an interesting, en-
tertaining and successful evening
to the front Friday. not to for
get the financial rewards to be de.
rived. for a banner crowd should
witness the twin bill. "a crowd,
two-thirds of which will be pulling
for a Tech triumph over Eastern,
Play-Off, Maybe
Should tie result for first place
after these games, a play-off will
be arranged for the championship
>. announcement Of this will, OF
course, be made later.
In the meanwhile, the Eastern
Roosevelt, Western and Tech
teams will think earnestly about
their games. all four possess tai
ented lineups and should give
school fans and followers the most
interesting final week Of play in
years for interhigh basketball his.
tory.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22

this occur the Georgetowners
will be erased from the picture.
Taking Westerns "side," Cliff
Moore's crew must defeat Roose-
velt, then follow with a victory
over Central "A big order, a
general scramble of would-be
events But interhigh basket
ball all the while.
Western Path Tough
From the outset, Westerns
path is the hardest Particu-
larly from the pressure stand
point The GeorgetownerS
have shown their best form under
pressure, however, and if the
chance Of getting back into the
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
Mother S Voice
In1presses

CONTINUED from 1st Sports Page)
story of the sweet-faced, motherly
woman.
"a mother Is q mother still,
The hOliest thing alive"
Dick looks at my sweet.faced,
motherly woman. He shakes his
head, but says nothing. He turns
to his typewriter.
wonder what Mixes mother
would say could she be here now?
Now Bunsa and Lombardo
leave their respective corners.
They spar cautiously. A hush
falls over the crowd. It's a big
crowd. Possibly 5000 people.
Lombardo appears an expert.
enced boxer. He feints Bunsa off
balance and moves in to deliver
a left hook. From my sweet.faced,
motherly woman, comes a piercing
Screech:
Murder him, Nike"
I direct my eyes to the ring.
However. I cannot see the boxers
very we'll, for some reason or
other. am stunned, indeed.
xiii him, Mike!"
I know the voice. This time,
there is a note of hysteria that is
unmistakeable.
Murder him, Nike"
Dick O'Brien looks at me. He
shakes his head. He does not look
around.
"A mother is a mother still
The h0liest thing alive"
Over the loud speaker comes the
heavy voice:
"Ten seconds. Seconds out Of
the ring!"
The bell rings. Bunsa and
The Washington times., 1937-02-22

Lombardo rush from their corners.
"Kill him, Mike!"
I can hear only one voice now.
Perhaps the crowd is cheering,
Shrieking, whistling-I don't know.
Monotonously:
xiii him, Mike! Murder him,
Mike"
Coleridge?
"A mother Is q mother stilL
The hOliest thing alive"
The Catholic University of
America boxing team ties with the
boxing team Of the University of
Maryland, at 4 to 4-in an inter
collegiate competition!
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
Lindsfrom Is Handed
Release by Dodgers

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-Out-
fielder Freddy Lindstrom Of the
Brooklyn Dodgers today was given
his unconditional release, Business
Manager John German an
ounced.
Lindstrom, placed on the volun-
tary retirement list last season
when he quit the Dodgers, recently
was reinstated.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
Takes Little Trip

Nolen Richardson, Georgia boy,
has gone to Houston, Tex, for a
visit before joining the Newark In
ternationals in spring training at
Sebring, Fla. He has been work
ing at a floorwalker in an Atlanta
department store.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22
Rain Halls Local
Soccer Loop Games

There was little soccer action
in Washington yesterday. The
game between Heurich and MARI.
boro, on the Monument Field,
was called off in the second half
when the field markings became
obliterated due to rain and mud.
All other scheduled games were
postponed.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22

Virginia five is on its way to its
third championship Maybe
those Mountaineers are really
good. :.
standing Room Only" didn't
mean . thing for the Maryland
C. u. boxing matches Saturday
there wasn't any standing
room. .Iven "Curley" Byrd had
trouble getting tickets. It's q
fact... -GINO SIM.
Leisure to Repent" Ursula PARROTS
new best selling novel, starting Wednes'
day In The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22

Ursula PARROT has written a moving
novel of modern life entitled Leisure To
Repent" which starts Wednesday In The
Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22

CONTINUED from 1St Sports Page)
story Of the sweetfaced, motherly
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-11
Tracy Favored
Continued from page one)

CONTINUED from page one)
its game with Sleepy Eye but the
Lambs had made enough of their
first half shots to offset the Indian
uprising and they nosed out a q
to "a victory.
Lamberton'S offense worked
beautifully in the first half when
they ran up an 18 to 10 lead
which became 20 to 10 as the last
period opened. Then the Sleepy
Eye tribe got range of the basket
and Lamberton suddenly discov-
cred the score tied at 81. The
rally was stemmed at "a and
Lamberton proceeded to place the
shots needed to take the contest.
Playing its first year of bask-
etball for which it already has
handsome trophy won at the SUBJ
district, Walnut Grove flashed its
best tournament form against
Fairfax during the first half to
lead 9 and but the more exper-
fenced Fairfax lads found their
stride in the final quarters to
walk off with the game. Master
son, named on the first all-tour-
ney team by the Gazette after sub
district, turned in an even better
performance than usual for the
Grove lads.
Another all-tourney team mem
Der, Thiede of Gaylord, was off
on shooting, break for the New
Ulm team which had a II to 10
edge at halftime and managed to
hold about that edge although
Gaylord was worthy competition.
The favored New Timers won Is
to 16.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-11
OldNotes, NoavPaid, Burned
At Methodist Celebration

day on a three weeks tour
through Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas
and South Dakota.
Mrs. J. S. Gunelson visited with
Mrs. Andrew Davidson at Rem
vile Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Mogen and
Betty and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Oeltjen and Maxine were Sunday
callers of Mr.. and Mrs Fred
Brockman at Echo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Miller and
family moved to their farm near
Delhi which was recently vacated
by the Hjalmer Hultquist family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hultquist moved to
their farm which was formerly
occupied by the Martin Enger
family who moved to the Martin
Swanson farm. Mr. and Mrs. John
Peterson of Delhi are moving to
the Dan Miller farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Hultquist
and family visited at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Brockman at
Echo Sunday.
Mrs. Russell Sherman accom-
panied by Mrs. Andrew Peterson
ard Florence Lyslo spent We'd
nesday in Minneapolis.