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Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
CentrO C. of &
Plans Nominations

Members of the Ell Centro Cham
Der of Commerce will gather at
luncheon Wednesday at the Bar
bara Worth hotel and elect. a nomi-
mating committee of five persons,
who will, in turn, make nominations
for directors of the chamber for the
ensuing year President Walter B..
Havekorst has urged full attend
ance.
The chamber is observing Nation
al School Week, and an address on
Ell Centro's school system will be
made by Guy A. Weakley, superin-
tcndent.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Sloan, General
Motors Head,
Reduced
lsed Legal Holding Com.
pany Methods; Others
Named at Inquiry

Washington. June 29.-U,P)-
aired ?. Sloan, Jr., General Mo-
osS Corp, executive and his wife,
.e11ced federal taxes on their
.'54-55-35 income of S6,636,241
E 5l922,507 through the use of
persona, holding companies,
treasury officials disclosed today
Vs,':e Inc 'O.nt congressional in
'e2,.ga,.Gg committee.
aoe For,as. young, dark-haired
.sasiyy lawyer. who barred the
',ya1 tax record when the COM
.-'..ee resumed its inquiry. into
.s'eN0e :. ac, IOopholes, said that
."e motor magnate and his wife
:, ,,a0 operated entirely within the
''@. he warned that individuals,
oso oy resOUrceful lawyers, "are
%'' u escaping paying their fair
%."'e o, taxes" by use of the
- Incorporated poCketbook" and
%9'o !, congress to act immediate
o,neg individuals utilizing per-
- .S.'at holding companies and
, sIeoy s.Icing their tax pay
~.s r1''' named by Fortas today
~ .,'''iF L. Doherty. wealthy util-
80. ., operator. He was reported to
'''s Sa'ed Sl6O,OOO in 1884 in
.NoNtInUed on Page Eight)
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Irwin Plays
Madnnan Part
AT A Hearing
Puts On a Show When At
torncy Leibowitz Gives
Him the Cue

New York, June 29.-(UR)-Rob-
ert Irwin, the mad sculptor of
Beekman Hill" pranced into court
today and served notice on his
prosecutors they will have their
hands full proving he was not
crazy when he murdered beautiful
Veronica Gedeon, her mother and
a lodger at the Gedeon home last
Easter Sunday morning.
Irwin appeared in Judge Will
liam Aliens court to answer an
indictment found by the grand
jury, and in a brief but brisk ses-
sion he guffawed at the judge,
winked at reporters and bowed to
policemen, presumably as prelim-
mary proof of his mental condi-
ton.
District Attorney William c.
Dodge, who appeared to superin-
tend the proceedings, quickly
agreed to a postponement of the
hearing until tomorrow and Ir-
win was hustled back to the
TombS.
His attorney, Samuel LeiboWitz
Continued on Page Eight
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Marriages On
The Boom
Here
Fiscal Year Sets ALL
Time Record; 224
Licenses Issued Since
January /

Along with practically every
other business, the marriage Ii
cense business in Pasquotank
county comes to the close of the
first six months of 1887 with def
mite promise of an excellent years
record.
The total number of licenses is
sued during the siX-monthS per-
iod has been 224, against a total
of 172 for the first six months of
1896. The total for the 1886 cal
endar year was 433, and since the
last six months of the year always
show a much larger total than
the first six months, the 1887 to-
tai should exceed this somewhat.
The number of licenses issued
during the 1867 fiscal year
which ends today, has been 485,
an all-time record. The l935-36
fiscal year showed a total of only
379 marriage licenses issued here
The 485 total was distributed as
follows: July, %; Aug, AZ; Sept,
Al; Oct., 35; Nov. 50; Dec, 59;
JAN, Al; Feb, 35; March, SO;
April, 80; May, SO, and June "a.
Of the months total of 224
licenses, 1872 were issued to white
couples and 81 to colored couples
The fiscal year total included 33e
white couples and 149 colored.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Premier
Gets Full
Authority
French Plan to Fur
ther Reduce Value
of the Franc

Paris, Wednesday, June 80. -
W.H-Finance Minister Georges
Bonnet of the week-old Chautemps
government early today told the
chamber of deputies that the
franc will be devalued to avert a
national panic and indicated that
he was negotiating with the Unit
ed States and Britain for new
three-power monetary accord.
Shortly before $3.50 a. m, the
chamber passed, by big major
ity, a bill giving Premier Camille
ChautempS almost dictatorial
powers to deal with the crisis.
The chambers right wing at
tempted to obstruct the bill by
loading it down with amendments,
limiting Chautemps' powers, but
the popular front parties rallied
and defeated the amendments 383
to 225.
In a stormy session during
which deputies came to blows and
blood was splattered in the mar
BILE corridors of the chamber, Bon
net, who returned only 42 hours
ago from an ambassadorial post
in Washington, said the govern
ment was forced to resort to de-
valuation to pull the nation out of
bankruptcy.
The franc, which recently has
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Nathaniel Macon Home
Dedicated By HOey

es which have taken place since
then, Macon's concepts of citizen
ship and ideals of representative
government are still fundamental
ly sound. The same virtues and
attributes possessed by this great
ly beloved statesman in his day
are essential in the public Serv-
ant today, and the ideals of the
citizens of that period are the
only, safe guide for our people IN
this greatly changed order.
"The essense of his faith was
expressed in his loyalty to true
representative government and
the strength of his CONSTITUENCY
was it's belief in fairness and just
ice in administration of public af-
fairs and liberty and freedom for
the individual citizen.
1.-The mass movement cannot
take the place of the independ-
ence and initiative of the indi-
vidual and we shall lose much
when VIC adopt a policy which
seeks to place every person on a
dead level. The changing order in
the industrial world leads away
from individual responsibility and
attainment but we should not per-
nit it to lower our ideals, lessen
our faith in ourselves or destroy
our personal concepts of individ-
ual liberty and freedom"
The daily independent., 1937-06-30

Warrenton. June 20 W.P)-War-
rem county today dedicated on the
Tooth anniversary of his death the
home of Nathaniel Macon, pioneer
North Carolina congressman, ana
a 7O-acre park surrounding 1t as
a community shrine.
Gov. Clyde R. Hoey delivered
the principal address at the dedl-
cation ceremonies held at the
Macon home.
I'VE come to this shrine to pay
tribute to the memory of one OF
the states greatest public serV-
ants" the chief executive SAID.
.The virtues and attributes OF the
model public official fowered IN
Nathaniel Macon. His greatness
served to emphasize his devotion
to the cause of popular govern
ment and his interest and con-
Germ in the average man."
Macon represented the section
of North Carolina now comprising
the second, fourth, fifth and sixth
congressional districts in wash
ington during the early part OF
the 18th century.
Warren county several monthS
ago purchased the old Macon
home near here ard dedicated 1t
to "the use of the citizens OF War
rem county for ever"
Civilization was not so COM
plex in Macon's day." Governor
Hoey said, the processes and &C
tivities of government were Inn
tied. 1t was a day of individuallsm
and government largely followed
the thought of Jefferson that It's
sole obligation was to maintain
the conditions of liberty and leave
men alone.
|" Notwithstanding all the chang
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
britain And France May
abandon Spanish Patrol;
Recognise Belligerents
No Social Security Checks
Until Next Week
Applications Not Ap.
proved Yet; Many to
Be Disappointed

There will be no Social Security
checks available for distribution
in Pa quotank county on July l,
it was announced yesterday by A.
H. Outlaw, Ctrnty Welfare super
jntcndcnt. According to Mr.. Out
lew, it will probably be at least
another week before the first
batch of checks for the needy
&Gcd and dependent children Of
This county will reach here.
Some over 100 applications are
on file in Mr.. Outlaws office, but
these must be checked thoroly,
approved by the County Welfare
Board and then okayed by the
board of county commissioners be-
fore being sent to Raleigh, where
the checks will be made out.
According to instructions from
the State Board of Charities and
Public Welfare, we are going to
proceed very slowly and cautious
ly with this social security pro-
gram" said Mr.. Outlaw. 1T is
better for some to wait a while
than to put some on the approved
list now and have to take them off
later"
The first applicants approved in
this county will be transfers from
the county's regular benefit list,
and others will be added from
time to time.
The County Welfare Board will
meet some night this week and
approve the first batch of appli-
cants, and those approved will be
submitted to the board of COM
at their regular meet
ing next Monday. The commits
sioners will pass upon the appli-
cations and the amounts, and du-
plicates of each approved appli-
cation will be sent to Raleigh. The
Continued on Page Eight
The daily independent., 1937-06-30

Chicago, June 29.-U'R)-NeWs-
paper publishers from all parts OF
the United States, assembled IN
convention here, today went on
record as declaring their "unal-
terable opposition to the closed
guild shop or any other form OF
closed shop for those who prepare
and edit news and pictures Tor
newspapers"
The publishers expressed their
determination not to enter lnto
any agreement with editorial en-
ployes upon a closed shop basis.
A resolution containing these
points was adopted unanimously.
The resolution gave as the basis
for this decision the statement
that mo newspaper can command
confidence in the fairness OF its
news presentation if it selects all
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Continued on Page Eight
ShaWbOrOTrip
EnjoyedBy
Judge Meekins Is the
Speaker; Good Will
Affair

The Elizabeth City Kiwanis clubs
first good will visit outside of Pas
quotank county since 1895 went
off happily last night as members
of the club and their wives, sweet
hearts and friends sat down in
Shawboro hall to sumptuous
dinner prepared by the Ladies Aid
society of the Providence Baptist
church.
Highlight of the meeting was
an inspiring speech by Judge I.
M. Meekins, who chose as his text
from jeremiah 5l:27, the state
ment Set We up a standard in
the land"
THE setting up of standards
among the nations of the earth
and among the peoples of these
nations is just as important to-
day as jeremiah thought it was
then" declared the speaker.
I'VE all must have standard.
But before we can successfully set
up our standard we must under
stand people, their conditions OF
life, modes of thought and habits
of life. The standard of life is
made up of composite pieces,
chief of which are truth, love,
courtesy, frankness and prepared
ness.
Truth is not obvious; it is elu-
sive, and it must be pursued with
the utmost diligence. And we
must realize that we can never
see the whole truth at once and
must recognize that others car
see bits of the truth as well as we
can.
Love is a most wonderful vir-
tue, and liberation for the opin-
ions of others is the greatest man
Hesitation of this virtue.
Human fear is the greatest
Continued on Page Eight
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Farm Tenancy
Measure Goes
TO The Senate
Will Do for Agriculture
What Social Security
Does for Industry

Washington, June %. W.a)-The
house late today passed and sent
to the senate a bill to undertake
a $135, 100000 experiment in max
ing independent farmers out OF
8 100000 farm tenants and share
croppers, through government
land purchase loans.
The standing vote was 275 to IA
but roll call vote was demanded.
Before passage the house re-
jected a Republican motion TO re-
commit the bill to committee with
instructions to eliminate a clause
exempting persons employed un-
der the program from civil sery-
ice regulations. The roll call vote
on this motion was demanded and
the bill finally was approved 307
to Is.
The program, pushed with the
specific approval of President
Roosevelt, is socially as revolu-
tionary in the field of agriculture
for the United States government
Continued on Page Eight)
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Newspaper Publishers To
Oppose Closed Shop

it's employees from only one poll
tical party, one religious denom-
ination, or any one group devoted
to a single cause"
After referring to the attitude
assumed by the American News
paper Guild at its st. Louis con-
vention on issues such as the war
in Spain, and the court bill, the
resolution said that the publish
ers united in "unswerving OBJ
lection to the closed shop for
news and editorial department
workers-not because we regard
it as a labor issue involving ques-
tions of wages, hours and work.
ing conditions, but because we are
unwilling to turn over the news
columns to any group already
committed as an organization on
highly controversial public ques-
tions."
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Steamer Is Standing
By Yacht In Distress

Chatham, Mass, June 90. -(U,H
-Radiomarine here tonight re-
ported that the Steamship Tillie
Likes had radioed she was stand
ing by within Is miles of the dis
tressed yacht Jane II off Cape
Francis Cuba.
Radiomarine reported that Jane
II was owned by w. w. Filter of
(517 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
There were no reports as to who
who aboard the ship.
Earlier Jane II had radioed she
was in trouble off Cape Francis.
in a very rough sea-" and needed
help Immediately. She gave her
position as 21.54 north latitude,
84.O2 west longitude.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
F0rty-Six Treated
At OrthOpedic
, ..kjssI.Clin Here

Forty-six patients, % old and
% new, received treatment at yes
terday's session of the orthopedic
clinic conducted under the aus
pices of Seth E. Perry Post of the
American Legion. Twenty-one OF
the patients came from Pasquo-
tank county, five from Perqui-
mans, five from Chowan, three
from Gates, four from Camden.
four from Currituck, three from
Dare and one from Hertford
county.
Treatments given or recon-
mended were as follows:
disqualification advised, eight:
casts applied, six: corrective shoes.
three; exercises, two; braces ap-
Piled, three; braces advised, two;
X-rays advised, one; corrective
garment, one; dressing applied.
one; pads and strapping, four.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Calls Down a Plague
On Both Houses
In Labor War
Strike Dying Down
Warning Factions Begin to
Realize That Public
Is Resentful

Washington, June 29.-WG-
President Roosevelt warned ex-
tremists in the seven-state steel
strike tonight that the public
firing of violence and refusal Of
some employers to negotiate COL
lective bargaining agreements and
has adopted plague on both
of your houses" attitude.
He made the statement at q
press conference after conferring
with Charles P. Taft II, chair
man of the three-man federal
board which today suspended ef-
forts to settle the steel conflict.
Apparently seeking to give en-
phasis to his observation Mr..
Roosevelt permitted reporters to
quote the words plague on both
Of your houses"
No Action Forecast
This was as far as he would 60,
however, and he declined COM
ment when asked if he intended
to do anything about the "pla-
gue." The chief executive said he
contemplated no immediate radio
fireside chat on the adminiStra-
tion's labor policies. He gave no
indication that he planned to in
tervene personally in the steel
dispute.
Puzzled newspaper correspond
ents drew amplification Of Mr..
Roosevelt's plague" remarks from
a White House official after the
press conference.
1.-The use of both Of your
houses means houses of extre-
mists on both sideS-thoSe who
want violence on one hand and
thoe who will not negotiate on
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Extremists On Both Sides
Denounced By President
Roosevelt And du P0nt
Clans Gather For Rites
American Substitute
for the Coronation
Staged Today

W.lmington, Del, June 29-U.H
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., said
goodbye to bachelorhood tonight
and prepared to walk up the aisle
tomorrow to marry Ethel du Pont
Of Americas No. l industrial clan.
Twelve hundred persons only
a third of whom will be able to
crowd into the tiny Christ church
where the ceremony will take
place have invitations to the
reception after the wedding.
The principal mystery tonight
was what the bride will wear.
Miss du Pont has religiously
guarded the secret, but just to
set the public mind at rest, this
is what it will be:
A white dress of tulle, fully
shirred to the waist, with a wide
TERED skirt in Spanish style: and
a long full train.
After a wedding rehearsal in
the church, at which Miss du Pont
was only a spectator following
the traditional belief that it is
unlucky for a bride to walk the
aisle before she is ready to do
business at the altar young
Roosevelt presented his 22-year-
old bride -to-be with her wedding
gift, a diamond and star sapphire
bracelet set in platinum.
Miss du Pont gave him a flat
gold watch with a thin gold chain.
On the back was an inscription:
To F.D.R. from E. Du P, June 30,
1887"
Tomorrow ceremony will be
the nearest thing this country can
offer to compete with the corona
ton. Only 40 members of the i'm
mediate families will be present
in the home, while $40 whose
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
JOneS-PersOn
Counties In
Dry Column

Raleigh, Jun= ~. U,P-
Jones and Persons counties
joined the dry column today as
result from their elections, show
ed that the opponents of county
option liquor stores had won.
Results from Jones county
chow 579 votes cast aga nSt the
:a5,iShmCnt of liquor stores,
with i44 .cor them.
The result was closcI' in Per-
sen county where the DryS poll
cd 1il3 votes against 1901 for
The vets.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
UU'ScuSS " Tr-COunty
n.eoith Unit At
Hertford

am g.'a,' -, oS PCrquimanS. Gates
III, 1'''"an counties will meet
5,,." " 'tpgcScntative of the State
corr., VI "eaith at the Hertford
: o,o1. '''.''e Friday afternoon at
,r.oo, ',S". 10 discuss the proposed
dor .',"'1y public health unit. Un-
go.,oG ."s organization plans sug-
5ss,,'1 mere would be a full-time
off, - o'I'cer, dentist and sanitary
f,.g,. .' serve the three counties
rs-,. with Individual nurses and
~s II, each county.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Aerial Survey
OF Canal
Soon
To Be First Step To.
ward Charting Dismal
Swamp Canal Route

That an aerial survey of the
Dismal Swamp Canal will prob
ably be made next month pre-
paratory to the charting of the
canal by the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, is the news contained in
a letter received yesterday by G.
C. Meads, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce-M Merchants As
sociation.
The letter came from Congress
man Lindsay C. Warren, to whom
Secretary Meads had written re-
garding the urgent need for a
government charting of the Dis
NAL Swamp Canal route. The let
ter read, in part, as follows:
In a personal talk this morn
ing with the director of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey, he tells me
that sometime after July 1st he
will Initiate this project, causing
first an aerial survey to be made
I am, therefore, glad to advise
you that I have been able to get
it started, but you must simply
have patience for it will require
considerable time as well as more
money before a chart is official
ly issued"
Lack of government charts OF
the Dismal Swamp Canal is caus-
ing hundreds of pleasure craft
annually to use the Albemarle
and Chesapeake Canal in prefer
ence to the Dismal Swamp Cana.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Man Hunt For
Girls Slayer
Covers w est
First Suspect Is Eliminated
When Discovered In
Washington State

Inglewood. Calf. June 29-(U.R)
Pol ce and state highway patrol
men watched roads from Oregon
to the Mexican border tonight in
coast t-wide manhunt for SEX
crazed degenerate who attacked
and strangled three young girls in
lonely Baldwin Hills last Satur-
day.
As the aarm spread, hundreds
of angry townfolk gathered at the
city Jail here, openly threatening
to lynch the murderer if he is
brought in.
Police started a house-to-house
hunt through Inglewood in belief
that the murderer may have re-
manned near the scene Of his
crime.
District Attorney Buron Fits of
Los Angeles, whose office was
working with police and sheriff's
agencies, personally posted a ST.
500 reward for information lead
ing to the arrest and conviction
of the sex-mad slayer.
Twelve men, with records as
degenerates. were pulled in by
police for questioning, but they
did not dare bring them to the
jail for fear the mob would at
tack them.
Police said the man they sus-
pected of the depraved crime was
known only as Eddie the
sailor" All II men held as Sus-
poets are named Eddie, accord
(Continued on Page Eight)
The daily independent., 1937-06-30

names will not be announced -
will witness the ceremony. There
will be 800 more at the reception.
Miss du Pont will wear Juliet
cap, possibly in recognition of
references to the Montague and
Capulet" romance linking the
family of the new deal chief with
the liberty league" du Points.
Instead of pearls, loops of the
cap will consist of mock mother
of-pearl, made by du Pont fac
tories. Synthetic orange blossoms
also du Pont products will be
worn around her waist and on
her slippers.
The president and Mrs. Roose-
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Sinclair POstpOnes
Slot Machine Rule

Fayetteville, June 29-U.R)-
Judge N. A. Sinclair today took
under advisement a petition for a
permanent injunction in the case
of the Joseph Calcutt Vending
Machine Co.. which is seeking to
prevent the confscation of its slot
machines pending final inter-
probation of the act by the courts.
Judge Sinclair commented that
he did no believe that he had au-
thority to declare the law un-
constitutional.
Calcutt is represented by the
Raleigh law firm of Ehringhous,
Royal, Gosney & Smith.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
State ABC Meetings
VIII Be PubLicized

Raleigh, June 29.-(U.H-Cutlar
Moore, chairman of the state
board of alcoholic control, said
today he would recommend to the
board that all county ABC meet
ings henceforth be open to news
papermen.
Moore's announcement followed
a meeting of the Wake County
ABC board to elect a chairman.
Newspapermen and others present
were barred from the meeting.
Wake and Ra eigh voted wet last
week.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Mack Jennings Held
Under q $500 Bond

Mack Jennings, arrested by
Federal officers in the Horseshoe
section of Camden county yester-
day, was released under $500 bond
for his appearance at the next
term of United States court, fol-
lowing a hearing before Commis-
sioner j. A. Hooper. An automo-
bile containing Is gallons Of whis-
key was conflscated.
John Turner, Negro youth who
was riding with Jennings, was
dismissed when no evidence con-
Meeting him with transportation
was presented. Turner claimed to
be but Is years old but appeared
older.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
# Would Give Both
Sides Right of
Blockade
Nazl-t'asclst Threat
Only Alternative Would Be
Change In Attitude by
Germany and Italy

london. June 29.-W.D-Great
britain and France decided to-
.,.,. N abandon the tottcring
,,,r ,n neutrality patrol and re-
.,,ri-, both the insurgents and
,or,r,,s g; bcl!igerentS unless
r,rr and Germany climb down
.r,m their war-Iikc defiance, it
vas reliably reported. ,
n, granting Of belligerent
-gtrS 70 !nSurgent Generalissimo
grars,sco Franco and the Loyal
e.. c7y2rnmCnt at Valenc a-car-
-r.rc the right of blockade and
.,qr,r A. Sca-waS regarded by
~,rv diplomats as the only al
.,~ra-,ve TO a course which might
bad 10 a general European war.
Open Threat
Tie decision was said to have
tap reached by the French and
British foreign offices after Italy
and Germany openly threatened
70 send ther merchant ships into
Sganlsh Rebel ports under arm
cd c.cOrt " thOut submitting them
70 inspection of Franco-BritiSh
neutrality control agents, either
a. sea Vr in port.
The only thing that can pre-
zen, Paris and London from re-
c5gnlzlng the beliigerency of the
Spanish factions. it was stated in
PasS. will be an Italo-German
announcement before Fridays
meeting Of the International nom
Intervention subcommittee here
La. a two-power patrol of the
Spanish coasts is acceptable to
mem.
There vas not one chance in
Continued on Page Eight)
The daily independent., 1937-06-30

velt and Mrs. James Roosevelt,
the presidents mother, will ar
rive tomorrow morning and have
lunch with the du Pont family, in
cluding Irenee du Pont, chief
spokesman for the clan. who re-
Gently said I'VE are living under