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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-30

served further that he doesn't go in
for that sort of thing.
Pm a good Christian and law
abiding citizen" he said. His face is
unwrinkled and his white hair is thick
and heavy.
He was born in Battle Creek in 1847
a period during which, he says, there
were three Indians to every white
man in the smaller cities of Michigan.
Part of his boyhood was spent on a
farm near Battle Creek. From there
he went into the employ of the rail-
road. He served as station agent at
Mason, Michigan, for II years and
was mayor of that town for three
years. Later he was in charge of
the station at North Lansing and sub
sequently served as travelling auditor
for the railroad.
His railroad experience was direct
ly responsible for his first and only
job change. He came to Oldsmobile
as a telegraph operator, receiving
kilograms over a special wire. Later
he took charge of the company infor-
nation desk. In recent years, how
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-30

ever, he has returned to the telegraph
room.
Murray's wife, Lois, is IS years old
They have been married for 81 years
She does all of the cooking and house
work in their neat little home about
mile from the Oldsmobile factory
and daily tends to the shopping.
"She's the treasurer" said Murray
II give her the money and she does
the buying. She even buys my cloth
es. 1t saves me a lot of trouble"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
McNary, Minority Leader,
Says That Will Allow
Time To Try Emer-
gency Proposal
DEMOCRATS BLOCK
AMENDMENT, SIPS
Opponents of Compulsory
Cotton Control Continue
Fight in House; Section for
Farmer-Approved Wheat
Quotas Eliminated by
House Vote

Washington, Dec. lap = Tho
Senate rejected today by vote of 81
to 81 an amendment by Senator Nc
Nary, Oregon, the Republican leader.
to limit operation of the farm bill to
three years, 1888 through 1910.
McNary argued that a three-year
period "will give us some time to try.
out this measure, which is an emer-
gency, after ALL
Senator Pope, Democrat Idaho, and
co-author of the measure, answered
that McNary's proposal would "seri-
ously injure" the program.
The House, meanwhile, resumed de-
bate on compulsory control of cot
ton through marketing quotas after
rejecting a proposal by Representa-
tive HOBBS, Democrat, Alabama, to
make controlled planting effective in
1888. The bill provides for delaying
operations of that feature until 1889.
Opponents of compulsory crop con-
troll sought other notifications OF
the pending measure, with hopes a
reused by tentative House approval Of
elimination of section imposing far
mer-approved marketing quotas for
wheat whenever SURPRISES might low
er prices.
Representative Coffee, Democrat,
Nebraska, who suggested the change,
said he would attempt the same pro-
cedure when the compulsory control
section is discussed.
Another amendment, on which &C
ton was deferred, would modify the
control provisions for cotton.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
lax Assessment Reduced
from $685. 03 to $780,
600, but Appeal
Is Noted
RELATIVES CLAIM
VICTORY IN ORDER
Executor of Estate Says
Charge of Fraud Was I'm
portant Issue; Some Parts
of Decision on Corporate
Reorganization Declared
Surprising"

Washington, Dec. T. -(APl-'Ehr
United States Board of Tax Appeals
today cut a government tax claim
against the late Andrew w. Mellon
erom $3,078, 103 to approximately $500
coo
Shortly after the decision was an
bounced. Donald Shepard. executor o.
he Mellon estate. said ION behalf OF
Mr.. Melons family and other execu-
tors and trustees of his charitable
trust, I may say that the decision OF
the board is a victory for Mr.. Mellon.
"The Treasury Departments charge
Of fraud was the important issue. The
board, in unanimously rejecting Thu;
charge, confirmed the decision of a
Pittsburgh grand jury in May, 1884. on
the same charge, first raised by the
attorney general"
Shepard said some points of the
decision relating to corporate reor-
CARNATIONS were Surprising, and
that attorneys have been asked to
study it Immediately docking toward
an appeal to the circuit court of ap-
peals at Philadelphia"
Melons attorneys won a deduction
for the cost of five priceless paint
ings, which Mellon gave to his char1t-
able and educational trusts, and which
have since been donated to the Fed
eral government.
Most of the other issues in the dis
pute about Melons 1881 taxes dealt
with securities transactions for which
Mellon claimed exemptions.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
Mt. Mitchell Has ID Below
Zero. Coolest Point in
Whole Nation for
The Day
WEATHER is COLD
AND CLEAR MOSTLY
Snow Flurries in Many Sec
tons Precede Frigid Drop;
Florida Citrus Crop Feared
Greatly Damaged; Three
Deaths Caused by Intense
Cold
(Bv The Associated Press0

BY ne ASSOCIdIcU [ CSS.J
Winter paid the Carolinas a visit
today and sent temperatures tumblin2c
far below freezing at some points.
Mount Mitchell recorded the coolest
weather of the area, with 10 below
zero. Sub-normal marks were reported
all along the line and some weather
observers termed them unusual this
early in the season.
Although several inches of snow
covered some western areas yesterday
and flurries were general in the cen
tral and eastern portions, the weather
for the most part was cold and clear
today.
One of the coolest points in the
area besides Mt. Mitchell, was Ashe-
Vile. with low reading of four be-
low zero. Other temperatures ranged
from ten degrees in Hickory to 20 IN
New Bern and % at Wilmington.
The most severe cold wave of the
season struck Florida and forecasters
said some fruit and vegetable dam
age was inevitable. Hopes were high.
however, that growers precautlons
had held losses to a low figure, but
fruit men said it would be ten days
CONTINUED on Page ThreeO
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
Big Chicago
Doctors Join
MaladyFight

Chicago, Dec. 7.-(AP)-Twelve Of
the citys most prominent experts on
children's diseases were summoned to
a conference today to map a cam
paign against the mysterious disease
which killed eleven infants at st.
Elizabeth's hospital in the last two
weeks.
They were called by DR.. Herman
Bundensen, president of the Chicago
Board of Health. He said the board
wanted ''to enlist the best brains of
the Chicago medical profession to
combat the Infection
Autopsies upon two of the babies
provided clues which medical. author
tiles hoped would lead to Identified
ton of the disease. Experiments were
icing made to determine whether it
is caused by bacteria or virus.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
Home Construction, Equit-
able Taxes, Fair Farm
Legislation and
Other Plans
WANTS WAGE-HOUR
MEASURE INCLUDED
Would Have Healthy Secur-
tiles Market and Continu-
ed Government Spending;
Agriculture Head Says All
Factions Must Give Their
Cooperation

Washington, Dec. 7.-(AP)-Secre
tary Wallace introduced into business
discussions today the prediction that
industrial production can be increas
ed cat least forty percent within
three years if farmers, workers, bus
mess men and government cooperate. .
He proposed in a radio speech
seven common sense" ways of re-
storing trade:
1. Home construction, equitable tax
law revision, farm legislation that is
fair to producers and consumers alike,
enactment of a "well drawn" wage
hour bill maintenance of a "healthy
securities market, continued govern
ment spending until private capital
takes up the slack and continuance
of reciprocal trade treaties
Wallaces address was made almost
simultaneously with the launching of
a two-phase program by the commit
tee for Industrial Organization "to
cope with the rising wave of unem-
ployment."
Wallace also discussed the labor sit
uation, saying "if farmers block the
level of labor to maintain fair wages,
they themselves will be the losers
when the workers have less money to
spend for farm products. If workers
carry on strikes against their prices
for food, then they will be the losers
when farmers have less money to
spend for industrial products.
eff business is to thrive, above all,
to paw smaller taxes and to keep
wages and farm prices down, then
business will lose the market for the
things it has to SELL
Members of the Senate committee
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
Find Man Lost In
Coal Mines Since
Early on Sunday

Pinclxneyville, Ill, Dec. lap
Lawrence Lee, %, mine book
keeper, lost in the Briar Hill
workings since Sunday morning,
was found today at the bottom of
the air shaft of an adjoining mine
into which he had wandered in
the darkness.
State Mine Inspector Leonard
Forester said Lee was pretty
tagged out, and had been put to
bed at his home. Lee had rOved
about in the mine since Sunday
afternoon. He was crawling away
from the Briar Hill shaft all the
time toward the other shaft. APP
parently, he kept working away
from us as we were working to-
ward him, and kept just out of
hearing distance
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
MOVIE MEN ELECT
SIDNEY STEVENSON
Carolinas Group Meeting at
Pinehurst Honor Hen
derson Exhibitor

Pinehurst, Dec. 7.-(AP-The thea
ire owners of North and South Car
DINA, Incorporated, elected S. s.
Stevenson, of Henderson, president to-
day to succeed Charles Pioquet, of
Pinehurst, who declined to continue
in the office after IA years.
The election capped session of the
silver jubilee convention, at which
the theatre owners adopted resolu-
ton objecting to appearance of white
persons and Negroes in movie scenes
on an equal social basis.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
FOUR CONVICTS IN
ESCAPE ARE TAKEN
Five Still at Large, However, of Group
Fleeing State Camp at
Sanford Sunday

Raleigh, Dec. (AP)-Three men
who escaped from the Lee county pri-
son camp at Sanford Sunday night
were caught at Kinston and Windsor
today, Oscar Pitts, superintendent OF
prisons, announced.
Joe Smith, convicted in Lenoir coun-
ty, and Marvin McLamb, sentenced in
Harnett county, were taken at Kins-
ton and Tom Rhodes, sent up from
BERTHE county, was caught at indsor
Pitts said.
Last night Monroe Hendrick, con-
victed in Mecklenburg, surrendered
leaving five men still free as a result
of the break.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
Ne7V York S.
Kdmap YET
Is Mystery

White Plains, N. Y, Dec. 7.-(AP)-
The disappearance of Arthur Fried.
New York business man, from his
suburban Westminster county home,
still mystified authorities today as
they pushed investigation into reports
he had been kidnapped.
Fried, office manager of the Col
onial Sand g. Stone Company, van
ished Saturday night. A few hours
later his car was found abandoned
in a lonely section and it was re-
ported he had been abducted and was
being held for ransom, the amount
VARYING from 100000 to 100000.
His family, meanwhile, repeated
Continued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
POwerFunds
GrantArgued
BeforeCourt
Duke Power Gas e
from Buzzard RoOst
Next on List Before
High Tribunal

Washington, Dec. 7-(AP)-Gov-
eminent attorneys argued before thu
Supreme Court today that public
works loans and grants for publicly
owned utility plants constituted a
lawful attempt to relief unemploy-
inent.
Jeremone Frank, special assistant
to the attorney general, disputed
what he said was the claim of w.
H. Thompson, attorney for the Ala
tama Power Company, that the gov
eminent was engaged in campaign
against the power companies"
"In view of the limited number OF
competitive power plants" he said,
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
RAIL BOOST BALKS
HOUSING PROGRAM
Yet Roads Must H v e
Money or Go Broke;
Building Approved
By CHARLES r. STEWART
Central Press COlumnist

OO-~----~---0
Washington, Dec. T. President
Roosevelt's housing campaign is
starting to the accompaniment of a
general chorus of expressions of good
will.
1t has an excellent press.
In Congress even anti-New Dealers,
including Republicans, with few ex-
ceptions, are friendly to the plan.
Business and industry mostly like
it.
Still, discordant note is audible
here and there.
Higher Rail Costs.
For example:
The railroads are screeching loudly
for higher rates, which must add to
the cost of construction material, de-
livered on the vacant lot, for trans
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
Wallace Predicts Industry
Pick-Up Under Cooperation
Roosevelt Tooth
Ailnent Better

Washington, Dec. Z (AP)-White
House officials said today examina-
ton of X-Ray photographs had dis
closed mo bone involvement" in
President ROOsevelt's unhealed
tooth socket.
Secretary Early told reporters
this meant it would be unnecessary
to scrape the jawbOne.
He added that the infection was
confined solely to the soft tissue of
the gum, and that another treat
nlent involving cleansing of the
socket from which tooth recently
was extracted, was given this morn
ing. Shortly afterwards, the Pres
ident returned to his office and ar
ranged his appointments
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07

Washington, Dec. 7.-(AP)-It was
reported today in diplomatic circles
that Hugh Wilson assistant secretary
ol state, soon will be appointed am
passador to Germany to replace Will
nam E. Dodd, who is expected to re-
sign
state Department officials decline
70 discuss the reports referring all in
qulrles on the subject to the White
mouse. Wilson also declined to discuss
the matter.
Wilson, a veteran career diplomat,
mas served only four months as as
Slstant secretary of state.
Dodd, native of Clayton, N. c.,
dnd former professor of American
history at the University of Chicago,
las been envoy to Germany since
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
Dupont Has
|SchenesFOr
Making Jobs
Says Sterilization Is
Necessity for Sue
cess of Elaborate
Proposal

New York, Dec. 7-(AP)-A two to
ten-year plan to create 100000 new
jobs through investment of $25,000-
100000 by private industry was pro
posed today by Lammot DUPONT, pre-
sident of E. 1. Dupont de Nemours
& Company, in an address at the Ma
tional Association Of Manufacturers
Convention.
DUPONT pictured bringing about q
new era with eventual elimination OF
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
GRAHAM MEN1SCOFF
HOEY IMPART|A[|TY
PARTY Factions Not Being
Reconciled by Governors
Appointments
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
e. XXTnIHnv. EInfnv

Raleigh, Dec. 7. - Adeherents of
Sandy Graham are soothing loudly at
the claim, so frequently made, that
Governor Clyde r. Hoey is recon
Cling" diverse factions of the Demo-
cratic party and drawing them close
together in one big happy family.
The soothing has reached a cres-
cendo with the report that Leroy Mar
tin. vice-president of the Wachovia
rank and Trust Company, and one
of Sandys most vigorous supporters
NAV be named director of the division
of purchase and contract to succeed
Continued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
Gates of Apparently Doom
ed City Are Closed as
Chinese Make A
Last Stand
CHANG AND WIFE
DEPART BY PLANE
Government Evacuated Two
Weeks Ago; Japanese War
Planes Pound City With
Bombs; 80 Planes Join In
Greatest Bombardment of
War

Shanghai, Dec. 7.-(APtAdvancec
columns of Japanese troops assailed
Markings walls tonight.
Japanese officers said 2, spearhead
of the invaders was attempting tc
climb the city's massive battlements
with scaling ladders. Gates of the ap-
parently doomed city were closed
Chinese had started a final stand
which seemed destined to fail.
Japanese asserted that their main
forces had not yet reached the city
but added that they were progress
sing satisfactorily and according te
schedule"
The spokesman did not say how
,Continued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE
SOME TIME I'M JANUARY

Berlin, Dec. 7.-(AP)..Unlted states
Ambassador William f. Dooo mas
made his resignation effective IN
January, 1888, it was ascertalned mere
tonight. a,,r
inc a. visit by Dodd to washington
last summer, and it occasloned no
surprise to the American colony mere
for Nazis in authority have said open
" they considered him persona non
grata.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
MINOR RECESSIONS
COTTON MARKET
TRADING Is Quiet Under Moderate
Liquidation and Hedge Sell
ing for Day

New York, Dec. 7-(AF)-Cotton
futures opened quiet, unchanged to
three points lower under moderate IL
quotation and hedge selling. Prices
eased few points further under scat
tered liquidation, leaving quotations
one to five points net lower after the
first half hour At midday March was
791 and prices generally were net
unchanged to two points lower.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
5 Men Lost
IuStOYmIN
Philippines

Manila, P. l., Dec. 7-(AP)- The
Philippine army chief of staff, a
United States army pilot and three
ether native army officers, the latter
in a bomb-laden plane, were missing
today as the Philippines third devas-
tating typhoon in three weeks swept
out toward the China Sea.
Unreported for more than "a hours,
Continued ON Page Three)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
WEATHER

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair, not quite SO cold
in extreme west portion tonight;
Wednesday increasing clOudiness,
slightly warmer, probably follow
ed by snow in the mountains.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07
Vim. E. D0ddQuits
As Ambassador OF
o. s. To Germany

June. 1888. 1t was understood in dip
lomatic circles that he expects to re-
turn to the university sometime Mex
year.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07

Continued ON Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07

CONTINUED on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-07

HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
Smyrna times., 1937-05-13
might MISHAPS
ON INCREASE
Warning Given Motorists and
Pedestrians to Be On
Their Guard
GLARE OF HEADLIGHTS

Warning that night accidents
are on the increase, the Delaware
Automobile Association calls at
tention of motorists and pedes-
trians to definite safeguards essen
tial under present traffic condi-
tions. On the basis of competent
research findings, it is declared
that the driver of an automobile
receiving in his eyes the full force
of improperly focused headlights is
literally blinded for fully one sec
ond, and in that fractional period
of time his car covers about go
feet when driven at speed of ap-
proximately 40 miles peer hour.
This blind period said Linnaeus
L. Hopes, Executive Secretary of
the Association, sis responsible for
many accidents, but the average
motorist apparently fails to realize
its seriousness and consequently
fails to adjust his driving speed to
meet the conditions of night driv-
ing. Such the same fault applies
to the pedestrian. Because the
lights of a car illuminate the road
Smyrna times., 1937-05-13

about him, he assumes the driver
sees him, but unfortunately for
many the blind period intervenes
with the approach of another car,
and the pedestrian is struck before
he has a chance to step off the
roadway" the Association official
explained that a pedestrian is in
grave danger if he is within 200
feet of vehicle moving at the
legal maximum speed at the time
the driver is temporarily blinded
AT exactly 40 m.p.h.," ne said, "a
motor vehicle travels SO feet per
second. The average braking dis
tance at this speed is 1O9 feet. To
this must be added the average re
action" distance Of As feet, making
the average stopping distance 154
feet. With headlight blindness as
a factor, the stopping distance is
appreciably increased, depending
on the individuals ability to recov-
er from the binding glare. AS
suming that it requires a full sec
ond for this recovery, another SO
feet must be added to the stopping
distance, making the total 213
feet"
Smyrna times., 1937-05-13
VALUE OF FORD EQUIPMENT
Now Rolling Up Over a Million
and Haf Miles Monthly

Use of Ford equipment which is
now rolling up over a million and
a half miles a month in the service
of the Detroit Street Railway has
enabled the company to increase
patronage, reduce the cost of
handling passengers and to profit
accordingly, latest figures on the
subject reveal. Records show that
the cost of handling passengers
with Ford equipment is and 72-
100 cents per passenger while the
cost per passenger with other
equipment is z and 55-100 cents.
A part of the reduction in cost of
handling passengers results from
the greater safety with which Ford
units are operated. The records
show that accidents are As percent
less and claims 1873 percent less
per hundred thousand dollars of
revenue with Ford buses than with
other equipment. That the COM
pany is making money is indicated
by the fact that it now has over a
million dollars in cash in the bank,
a cash position unique among
transportation companies. Faster
and more frequent service which
has accompanied the increasing
use of Ford units has resulted in
corresponding increase in en-
ployment of men and wages paid
to drivers and shopmen. Yet the
DSR today is paying these drivers
and shopmen the highest wages of
any transportation company in the
country. Shopmen receive approxi-
mately 85 cents an hour and the
shop foreman is paid higher sal
ary than most heads of automotive
departments. The increase in pa
tronage, shown to be 43 percent on
lines on which Ford units are useC
exclusively, is ample evidence that
the public approves the use of light
fast equipment.
Smyrna times., 1937-05-13
DEATHS

Hazel-At his residence IN Leip-
sic, May 9Th, H. K. Hazel, 73 years
of age.
Smyrna times., 1937-05-13
OBITUARIES
MRS. LAURETTA E. BAGGS

MRS. LAURETTA E. BAGGS
Mrs. Lauretta z. Baggs, the
wife of William E. Baggs, son of
the Ex-Postmaster William H.
Baggs, died on the 23rd ult., in
Stevensville, Montana Territory,
aged 25 years. Mr.. Baggs left
Smyrna for the far West ten years
ago and married the above named
lady, whose maiden name was
Dobbins, only little over three
years ago. She was personally
unknown to his family and friends
here. never having been east, but
the North West Tribune gives over
a half column of space in not;ng
her brief history, usefu ire and
lamented death. She was a woman
(ContinuAd on PAGE Sikh
Smyrna times., 1937-05-13
ANOTHER WILMINGTON DAY
Mercantile Section of Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce Sponsors

The Mercantile Section of the
Chamber of Commerce of Will
mington, announce the official
Spring Wilmington Day" for
Wednesday, May 19. This is an
annual Spring cooperative event
in which the leading Wilmington
merchants, under the auspices of
the Mercantile Section, combine in
stated merchandising event
which will be held for the benefit
of their customers in all parts of
the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula and sur
rounding territory of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Maryland. The
sponsors are arranging for the wild
est and best observance of the day
since these semi-annual event were
inaugurated several years ago.
Every possible step has been taken
by Wilmington merchants to in
sure the most attractive and eco
nomical purchasing event which
has been offered to housewives in
the city's natural retail trade ter
ritory for many years. Through
the courtesy of the Bureau of Po-
lice of the Department of Public
Safety, parking coupons are being
printed in this and other papers,
extending the courtesies of the Po-
lice Bureau to visiting shoppers
who come by motor The courtesy
coupon should be clipped and dis
played prominently upon motor cars