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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-18

(COntlnueQ From rage U nounced determination to drive fol enactment of his court enlargement plan might be changed.
 Word of Van Devanter'S an- nouncement reached Capitol Hill as members of the senate judiciary committee were assembling for 2 meeting scheduled at 10:30 a. m. EST. Chairman Henry F. Ashurs of the committee had planned tha the committee would take today it. vote on the question of reporting favorably or unfavorably to the senate MT. Roosevelt's much-con- traverted judiciary program. The committee was scheduled, also, tC vote on a series of suggested con- promise plans.
 Fate Determined
 The fate of the presidential pro- gram in the committee, however, had been virtually determined in advance by pre-vote caucus.
 At least 10 members of the 18- man committee had determined to vote against the proposal which President Roosevelt submitted to congress last February.
 Increasing determination of con- mittee members to oppose outright the presidents program was marked by what they characterized as a last-minute drive by Postmaster General James A. Farley to put the heat" on democratic senators to vote for the program.
 May Make Change
 It was widely anticipated that the committee might make last minute change in plans and post pone it's vote on MT. RooSevelt'S program in order to afford an op- portunity to determine whether any change of front by the White House would result from the Van Devan- ter retirement.
 Whom the president might name to fill the venerable conservatives court seat was by no means certain. Among those who have been promi- nently named for a supreme court vacancy are Judge Florence Allen of the U. s. circuit court of appeals. Solicitor General Stanley Reed, As sistant Attorney General Robert Jackson, Senator Robert F. Wagner, Professor Felix Frankfurter and Chairman James M. Landis of the securities and exchange commission.
 Others May Follow
 Another factor of immediate speculation was the possibility that Van Devanters retirement action might be followed by several other members of the court.
 The retirement of liberal Justice Louis D. Brendeis has been widely rumored although only a few days ago he was understood to have let it be known through friends that he had no immediate intention of quitting. The retirement of con- servatives George Sutherland and James c. McReynouds has also been a matter of speculation.
 In court quarters several factors were believed to have inspired Van Devanter's retirement. Most inn portant, it was thought, was the fact that the jurist has not been in good health. It was thought that he hao planned for some time to quit the bench and had only been impelled to remain by the whirl of contro- versy which has surrounded the court since announcement of the presidents judiciary program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-18
Long Objected To

Walker was under the influence af- ter the accident.
 Long Objected To
 "In this case, your honor" said Attorney McGrath, i've have some thing that the bench and bar have objected to from time immemorial --the taking of statements at the scenes of accidents. And was sur prised yesterday in listening to the traffic court cases to hear the po- lice bringing forward these state mentS in many cases. They all seem the same; it looks as if the police handed them uniform paper tc sign. We all know that lots of these people want to please the cops, and that's apparently what this young fellow (Grossenback) wanted to The only time you can really be- lieve a man in a case like this is when he takes an oaath and SWears that he'll tell the truth"
 Walker Testifies
 Testifying in his own defense Walker said that on the night o1 tIlC dCC1uCllI llC llceA NOAAC CO we terbuly with friend, Louis Taylor of Southington. They had a gir cooler at Bank street restaurant he said, and later a gin cooler and a glass of beer at place on Nortl, Main street, where they also ate This statement was corroborated by Taylor.
 Walker denied that he was under the influence, or that he even fell the drinks he had taken. He de clared he did not know why h. was being arrested. Walkers son Kenneth, testified that he drove tc Waterbury when his father called him up after the accident, and tha the police did not say why thei were arresting his father.
 "The testimony on both sides i directly opposed" said Judge Mas colo, "and it's a question of whicl I'll believe. I see no reason wh, the police officers should wish t. tell anything but the truth"
 In view of Walkers age and tn fact that he had never before beel arrested, the judge remitted hal the fine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-18
GIRL DOING WELL

Whitinsville, Mass, May 18-(UP)
 Barring unforeseen complications, Winona Laura Nelson, two, Upton's babe in the woods" should be able to leave Whitinsville hospital in about two weeks. physicians said to-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-18

day. The child's name was removed from the danger list after 20 days disqualification for pneumonia and gangerene that developed while she was exposed form 92 hours in damp woods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-18

Palestine may seek reciprocal trade agreements with other coun- tries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-18
LOCAL LAWYER
 ATTACKS POLICE
Walker was under the influence af ter the accident.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-18
ACTION MAY BE
 GIVEN CHANGES

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-18
LOYALIST CAUSE
 TAKES NEW LIFE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-18
SENDS PRESIDENT
 HIS RESIGNATION

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-18
ANSONIA CHECKS
 ON HERMAN CASE

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The daily independent., 1937-06-04

Italy, 37O ships, 1921, 900 gross
tons.
France, 374 ships, 2,184,OOO
gross tons.
There are 18 foreign super-lin-
ers larger than The TWO American
sister ships, Manhattan and
Washington. The United States is
last in rank of the six major sea-
going nations in The number OF
ships and tonnage of vessels less
than 10 years old. 1t is fifth of
six nations having ships capable
of a speed of II knots or more.
The total ocean-going fleet of
this country, including tanker5
and intercoastal trading ships,
numbers 1,444 vessels with a gross
tonnage of 8,46? 900. Ninty per
cent of these will be 20 or more
years old within five years. This
is considered the deadline of OBJ
solescence and the 1886 merchant
marine act forbids granting Of
operating subsidies 20 ships of
this age except under eXtraordin-
ary circumstances.
The commission has figures
showing that Japan is construct
ing a super-fleet of freighters
capable of from 18 to % knots.
Japan is now making heavy in
roads in American shipping on
| Pacific.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

rock; used in special heat-resist-
Ing products and important for
manufacturing steel and copper
Can replace "magnesite" which is
imported from Austria.
Vermicullite- type OF mica
ideal for light, porous insulating
material; amount of supply not es-
timated but enough in A.heville
area upon which to base an in
dustry."
Magnesium tale (soapStone) -
for talcum powder. insulating,
heating units in gas and electric
stoves, and a. filler" for rubber,
textiles and paper.
Mica - for roofing material,
Christmas decorations, electrical
insulation; found everywhere de-
posts of felSpar and kaolin are
located.
Marble Quarries
Various types of marble in the
Murphy district; best grades blue,
pink and white; white marble
measures up to famous Italian
marble which is considered bet in
| the world.
State College has made valuable
strides in discovering new uses for
| those minerals and hunting new,
undeveloped varieties.
Possibly the most important re-
cent work has been with pyrophyl-
lite. Prof. A. F.. Greaves- Walker,
director of the Ceramic Engineer
ing department, assisted by R. l..
Stone. T. l.. Hurst and c. w.
Owens, Jr., experimental over a
long period and learned pyrophyl-
! lite can be made into the bet re
fractory" Or heat-reSiSting -
product found in the Southeast.
Out state Capital
Known mineral deposits in
North Carolina have been bought
and leased principally by out-of-
state capital. Besides the actual
ale or lease transaction. interests
within the state benefit financial
ly from the ceramic operations by
tax collection and furnishing la
Dor.
Most of the minerals are mined
and processed in North Carolina,
then shipped to another state or
nation for manufacture into fin
iShed products. Establishment Of
the finishing up" factories near
the source of raw materials, in
the opinion of ceramic engineers,
would offer North Carolina field
for wide industrial expansion.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
WiSecracking Gets
An Added Penalty

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that Balance will have to serve
his sentence within the walls of
state prison, instead of being sent
TO any of the state farms.
Balance companions in the
Chesscn entry, Billy Hooker and
Charles Griffin, were given SEN
scnces Of seven to 10 years and
VIC to four years respectively.
Ralph Morris and Clarence
Barkley, convicted of possessing
illicit Whiskey, drew road sentences
of six months each at the final
session Of the court, which was
devoted largely to imposing pen
altieg upon those convicted earlier
in the term.
Thelma Banks Perry was given
II to 18 months prison term
under the forgery charge on which
she was convicted.
l. Claudio Stanley, convicted Of
larceny, was given a four months
term but asked through counsel
that the verdict be .et aside and
the point will be argued before
Judge Williams here next Wednes-
day.
The case of Fred Colson and
Murdock Gibbs. under robbery in
dictment, was continued until the
next term due to the failure Of
witnesses to appear. Bonds were
ct at $3.50 each.
Conclusion Of the court term
leaves the Pasquotank County jail
well filled with offenders who
have terms of considerable length
to serve. Sheriff Charles Carmine
stationed a guard on the premises
last night tC guard against a last
minute break and plans to trans
port those sentenced to the road
camp and prison thi3 morning.
The court reconvenes Monday
for two weeks civil term.
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Beard asked that Father Arnold
Walters. chaplain at the North
Carol ma penitenitary at Raleigh,
conduct his funeral.
The former North Carolina
University football star became
acquainted with Father Waters
while under stence of death in
North Carolina for numbering a
storekeeper during an $1,000 hold
up. That sentence was commuted
10 life Imprisonment and Beard
later escaped from the pen. tenti-
ary.
Another murderer will follow
Beard to the chair. The second
condemned man was WisiC Ellin-
son, 38-year- old Negro from
Lockhart, who beat his wife to
death with a poker.
Boards criminal career started
while he was a forest ranger, af-
ter he spent three years studying
forestry and engineering. H S
first recorded crime was The theft
Of a pig.
He told officers after his cap
ture in Dallas that he had num-
erouS battles with police while a
fugitive, that he once attended a
football game in a city where he
was being hunted, and that on
one occasion he joined a posse
which was searching for him.
Boards last desperate bid for
freedom was made Tuesday night
when he fashioned a pistol out of
a bar of soap and forced a guard
to change clothes with him. He
failed to get out of The cellhouse
however, when the guard hid the
key under a mattress while ap-
parerCly complying with all of
Boards orders.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

NCOIlllluCQ llOlll 7 dSC Ol1C'
side in dense fog, wa announced
officially by the San Sebastian ra-
dio station at l0:l5 p. m. C5:l5
EDIT.
John Dagant, United Press cor
respondent with Mola's armies
sent official Corroboration of the
general, death from the insur-
gent headquarters at Vitoria.
The plane crashed, he said, near
Briviesca, "a miles north of Bur
goS, while Mola and his aides were
flying from Vitoria to Valladolid,
Second in Command
Mola, who was second in COM
mand to Gen. Franco, roe to
his position through an almost
identical stroke of fase-the death
of General Jose Sanjurjo in an
airplane crash in the early days
of the revolution.
1t was believed that Gen. Mar
tinCz SochalgaS would succeed
Mola Immediately and continue
the drive on torn and bleeding
Bilbao, now invested from the
mountains and the sea.
Jose Antonio Aquirre, president
of the semi-autonomouS Basque
government, as soon as he learn
ed of Mola'S death, went into the
loyalist lines and ordered a vio-
lent attack all along the Basque
front in an effort to drive the
rebels back from the iron ring"
of defenses surrounding Bilbao
Mcla's body, removed from the
Wreckage of the plane by inSur-
gent soldier, was taken to Bur-
COS where it will lie in state in the
cavalry barracks.
Born in Cuba
The general who was born in
Cuba in 1887 and came to Spain
at the age of l6 to enter the Span
ish West Point" at Toledo, was
made a member of the BurgoS
provincial government last July
%.
1t was reported that Mola was
flying to a conference with Gen.
Franco at which they were to map
plans for the death blow" against
Bilbao.
Along the Basque front the fog
was so dense today that both 10y
alist and rebel fighting planes
were grounded, but Mola insisted
on the flight to Valladolid.
General CochalgaS, who proba-
bly, will succeed Mola, is comman-
der of the southern insurgent COL
umn advancing upon Bilbao thru
the Nervion valley from the
heights of Orduna to the south.
Mola was a man of strong per-
sonality, a hero of Spanish colon
ial campaign in Africa and a
student of Spanish history and
military tactics.
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Tent Meeting Will
Start Here Sunday
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commodate from $50 to 300 per-
sons.
Most of the preaching will be
done by Envoy Cookies wife, who
was an ordained minister of the
Wesleyan Methodist church for 10
years before taking up Salvation
Army work. From time to time
there will be other speakers.
The meetings will probably last
until fall, Envoy Cooke said.
This is the beginning of our
work in Elizabeth City," he said.
"As soon as we get our corps Or
ganized we will launch into the
regular Salvation Army program,
with emphasis on children's work,
such as fresh ali camps"
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Strikers Hold Mass
Funeral For Slain
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distributed placardS in the crowd
which read:
Blood On Steel"
Another black -bordered card,
which bore the signature of the
SWOC, read:
Honor our dead-murdered by
Chicago police for the Republic
Steel corporation.
There were no large banners,
and the huge crowd was orderly
throughout the day. No procession
of any kind followed the service.
the throng dispensing quietly.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Congress Gets Long
Term Conservation
Program
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He outlined -eVeral reasons for
quick action by congress on
national conservation policy. First,
he emphasized the urgency of the
problem as displayed by recurrent
floods, droughts and dust .torms.
These, he said, are manifestations
of natures refusal to tolerate
continued abuse of her bountie,
I'VE must act while there is yet
time if we would preserve for our
selves and our pos Gritty the nat
ural sources of a Viriie, national
life" he said.
Interest of Economy
Planned conservation Of natur-
al resources, he insisted, is in the
interest of economy. Furthermore,
the message said, the water power
re. ourceS of the nation must be
protected from private monopoly
and used to benefit the people"
To achieve this objective, Mr..
Roosevelt proposed:
/. Seven regional authorities
charged with the du.y of develop
ing integrated plans to conserve
and safeguard the prudent use OF
waters, water powers, coilS, forests
and other resources of the areas
entrusted to their charge.
2. Establishment OF a national
planning board which he previous
ly had proposed.
3. Maintenance of the Tennes-
ZEE valley authority, the proposed
Columbia valley authority and the
Mississippi river commission.
4. Federal, state and local CO.
ordination of effort.
5. Effective administration of
hydro electric projects which may
have been or may be undertaken
as a part of the multiple purpo.eS
of the vast program.
Regional Authori les
He proposed that regional au-
thorities be set up first on the
Atlantic seaboard; one for the
Great Lakes and Ohio Valley; one
for the drainage basin of the Ten
ne see and Cumberland rivers;
one embracing the drainage basins
of the Missouri and Red rivers:
one embracing the drainage basins
of the Arkansas, Red and Rio
Grande rivers; one for the ba inS
of the Colorado river and rivers
flowing into the Pacific south of
California and Oregon line, al
one for the Columbia river basin.
Under the presidents plan the
regional authorities would submit
their plans to the national plan
ming commits. ion for coordination.
The commission would report to
the chief executive who would in
turn make recommendation TO
congress on the basis of budgetary
considerations. The president en-
phasizcd in his message that the
planning commission would not
have executive authority over the
construction of public works or
over management of the completed
works.
In effect what the president pro-
posed is: That congress and The
government drop its costly, hap
hazard custom of pouring millions
of dollars annually into lolated
communities for flood control,
droughtS and other ravages of ma
ture and, instead consider and
cope with the problem on ma
tional basis. His proposal is GER
tain to affect hundreds Of little
so-called pork" or vote getting
projects.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
DiSbarment OF
Congleton Toll
Argued To-
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Congleton but had beer il,
Congleton pracyiccd lay
HertIord for some five o. six
leaving here about l3 month
presumably to go to Wi.mln
where he was located bcfgro ,
ing here. His reputation here
none too good and in onn INST
he pulled a kn fe on a man ,
ing argument.
The trial committee thai
hear the charges againS, Con
ton this morning is compo>o,
Judge Albion Williams OF Gre.
will. r. H. Perry Of Hondcr
and Dickson Mclean of l.gmi
ton.
1t is .:nown here that Con
ton has subpocnacd ScrycrsI
fense witnesses in Pcrqun
county.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

surface n the form Of blue rocks;
located between Spruce Pine and
HeudCrsOuyill2: used IN electrical
.nSuIat0rs. adds the quality which
resi- Is electricity: meltS at approx
.ma.2lv 34G0 degrees. Fahrenheit.
SpOdumCnG- found near Kings
NC-n.a ain: contains "ithium", an
important stee! alloy.
O.tvene- looks like green. CLASSY
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Hirll Pressure

ITO commend stranger said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, lis
easier than to recognize the sim.
pie honesty of an old acquaintance.
From this fact largely arises the
art known as salesn:anship."
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Weather Statistics

Thursday, June 3, l9S;
TEMPERATURE
Average for June $780,
Highest today -- !
Lowest today - I
Average today -
EXCSs today plus
Yearly average - {
PRECIPITATION In Inches
Average for June
Amount today - =
Total amt. his moni:.
TOTAL amt. since Jan. | 2
Yearly average - !
Wind Direction-SoUth Wrr
Character of Day-Paltly Cr
w. II. SANDER,
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

New York, June 3.-U.P)-Philip
d'Avanza, a butcher, pleaded gull
ty in court today but not to a
charge of weighing his hand along
with the meat. An inspector of the
department of weights and meas
ures told the court how the butch
er .old his foot for lamb chops.
Attached to the scales, he said,
was a string running to wooden
pedal under the counter.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

New York, June 3.-U.R)- DR..
James Stotter, plastic surgeon, re-
vealed today that identical twins,
Betty and Mary Yartner, Chica-
go. had applied to him for surg
cry that would end their facial
reSembla nee.
The girls say they were so self
conscious that they finally went
to a psychologist who recommend
ed that they alter their facial ap-
pearance," Stotter said.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
QU1RKS
In The Neu,s
BY UNITED PRESS

Nanking, June 3.-'U.P)- The
Chinese celebrated opium sup
preston day" today by executing
three Chine e drug peddlerS in
front of a Confucian temple. Of
ficials also made speeches.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

Watching WPA laborers laying
a four-foot idewalk on Pool street,
leading past the Jail, an Elizabeth
Citizen remarked:
That sidewalk amt going to be
wide enough"
why not?" asked another par
ty.
Because" he responded, lit al
ways takes two cops to take a pris-
on2r to Jail here"
Sign seen on the front of a 10
cal theatre recently:
Her Hu band Lies" with Gail
Patrick.
Two couples were returning
from Nags Head the other night
and all in the car but the driver
were tight and half-asleep.
AS the car approached the sharp
curve at Currituck Court House,
the young lady on the front seat
opened her eyes in time to see the
warning light on the approach to
the curve blinking.
Stop the car, quick" .he shout
ed "a trains coming"
She felt like perfect fool when
she realized her mistake.
When the show boat was here
recently, the girls in the troupe
attracted no little attention by
promenading on the Main Drag
attired in slacks and halterS, with
no small portion of their anatom-
ieJ exposed.
IF they had any sense OBJ
served a public official, "they
would hang signs on their backs
reading, Come to the show boat
tonight and sec more"
The War Between the States
came to a close 70 years ago, but
many Southerners still harbor Ill
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Water CIassed as FUud

Water is classed as a food. Scicn-
lists are not agreed as to whether
ii is fattening.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
HQahdnndSQQn
on WZni1 Sb1QQt
By WIN. KEITH SAUNDERS

will against tic "damyankces'
above the Mason-DiXOn line.
Right here in Elizabeth City,
the United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy observe CCnfedera' e
Memorial Day Cn May 10. but ig-
more National Memorial Day on
May 30. On the 10th Of last month
the U.D.C. decorated the Confed-
crate monument on the court
house green with FLAG and flowers.
but en- National Memorial Day the
only adornmcut CT decoration Oh
the monument wa a tomato can
filled with rambling roses placed
there by some unknown person.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

Trenton, N. j., June 3.-(U.R)-
Leon Kreuger's automobile skid
ded 80 feet, crashed through the
gates of a railroad eros ing and
was wrecked by a locomotive to-
day. Kreuger suffered cut on
one finger.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

l. was too bad th3t there had
o be a frce-for-all fist fight at
thc Beach Club on the opening
night
1t was an Elizabeth City crowd,
Of course. that tarted the fracaS.
There arc some fellows here who
drink nothing but fighting Whis-
key. One dance after ano.hsr at
the Virginia Dare Hotel. the cCun-
try club. the Brown Derby, Tex
AGO Beach and every other place in
this section where dances have
been held has been broken UP by
fist fights tartcd by young men
CT this town And il is practically
the same bunch every time.
l hear that the Bcach Club has
made up a Black List and is
going to deny admlttancc to some
cf these trCupl1 maker from now
en-. I hCpe he lesson VIII do them
good.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Ask Improvement
Merchant Marine

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Ten Nights in Bar Room"
Ten Nights in a Bar Room" a
temperance narrative, was written
in 1855 by r. S. Arthur.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Airplane Crashes
Into Side of Hill

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Dwight Beard Goes
To the Chair Today

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The War Between the States
came to a close 70 years ago, but
many Southerners still harbor i'll
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

Sign seen on the front of a 10
cal theatre recently:
Her Hu band Lies" with Gail
Patrick.