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The Washington times., 1938-08-08
|"CRAVY" FOUGHT
AS PWA DOLES
% U 7 MILLIONS
Check and Re-CheCk fol-
Graft, ICkes Orders

G.N.S) PWA is waging a cam
paign to prevent graft in its pub
lie works contracts.
Regional chiefs were told today
that to protect the $1,l10,000, 900
program approved to date, all
building contracts are to be
checked and re-checked to guard
against any gravy" being handed
out.
First revelation that PWA was
fighting collusion in contract bid
ding came with the letter Of Ad-
ministrator Ickes to Mayor Rich
ard Reading, of Detroit, warning
him that continued activities on
the part of local contractors, in
juring what the called free and
open competition. would jeopar-
die the city future PWA grants.
ORDER EMPHASIZED
At that time, Ickes ordered all
his regional chiefs to guard against
such activities which raise the
estimated costs Of projects with
out added legitimate expense.
That same order has been re-
peated, with emphasis.
PWA construction engineers
have been ordered to bear down"
in their scrutiny of contracts. Ger
tain percentage Of profits are al
lowed contractors for each region,
beyond which added explanation
Is required. All identical bids of
any one project are automatically
thrown out under the new ruling,
except in cases where one bidder
is hundreds Of miles from the
other. Under such conditions, pro
vided all bids are identical and
within profit limitations, the PWA
policy is to award the contract to
the bidder fartheSt removed from
the project site.
PROGRAM STEPS UP
AS PWA prepared a new list Of
approximately 100 projects with
construction values of about $13,-
100000 and grants Of $4,000, 900,
renewed activity on the part Of
several other large recovery spend
ers heightened the program for
the first time in several weeks.
The Rural Identification Ad-
ministration is working on an.
other group Of rural power.line
projects with loans totaling $8,-
O. 1000. The United States HouS-
ing Authority will announce short
ly a group of earmarkings totaling
about 10000, 900 for nearly 20
cities for slum clearance and low.
rent housing.
The WPA prepared to raise its
monthly budget to about $780,
100000 as it gradually increased
its work-relief rolls to 100000 by
the absorption Of 200 agricultural
workers in Southern States.
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MEANWHILE, plans are being
AVA completed to receive the
President when he disembarks
from the heavy cruiser Houston
at Pensacola, Fla, tomorrow.
secretary Marvin Mcintyre
leaves Washington tonight to
head the official reception COM
mittee.
Present schedules call for F.
D. R. to entrain Immediately
for Athens, Ca, where he will
receive an honorary degree from
the State University, on August
10. That afternoon he will take
up the cudgels as ''lesder Of the
Democratic party" with a speech
at GAINESVILLE, Ga. There is
little doubt that his remarks
will not make life sweeter for
anti-New Deal Senator George,
up for reelection.
Roosevelt intends to spend
August II at Warm Springs,
leaving that night for Washing
ton. He will remain here Sev.
eral days before going to Hyde
Park.
4 i
Senator J. Ham Lewis (D),
Of Illinois, who announced his
retirement last week. will leava
The Washington times., 1938-08-08


Cabinet members and kitchen
maids, Senators and Salesgirls,
have all been bitten by the bug.
From corner taverns to the air
cooled Sanctums of more exclu-
sive liquoring spots, you can
hear the unvarying question:
will Roosevelt run in 1902"
Nearest thing to an official
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Mrs. CaruVdu
Faces Battle

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. 8
(I.N.S).-The determined fight
being waged by Representative
John L. Mcclellan. of Malvern,
Ark, to unseat United States Sen
ator Hattie w. Caraway of Jones
boro, held the spotlight today on
the eve of Arkansas primary elec-
ton.
A third candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for UnitedStates
Senator, tantamount to election,
in Arkansas, is j. Ross Venable
World War veteran. The senatorial
nomination race has not developed
q single New Deal issue.
Six Of Arkansas seven Congress
sional seats also are at stake in
tomorrow'S primary.
The gubernatorial race finds
Governor Carl E. Bailey, seeking
denomination. He is opposed by
Robert A. Cook. Little Rock bust
ness man and DR.. w. S. McNutt
church college professor, on a pro
hibition platform.
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Soviet-U. ). Trade
PdCt Is Renewed

MOSCOW. Aug. 8 G.NSO.
The trade agreement between the
United States and the Soviet
Union has been renewed for one
year, it was officially announced
here todsy. Under the agreement,
which renewS the pact for a fourth
year, the Soviet Union pledged to
buy a minimum of 1000 900
worth Of American goods and to
limit its exports to the United
States Of anthracite coal to 4OO, 900
tons during the next year.
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NORRIS WANTS
'FRANKFURTER ON
SUPREME BENCH
Asks Appointment As
Favor to People

WAUPACA, Wis, Aug. s-United
States Senator George w. Norris
Of Nebraska, has urged President
Roosevelt to appoint Felix Frank.
furter as Justice Of the U. s.
Supreme Court to succeed the late
Justice Benjamin Cardozo.
Norris said the opportunity to
appoint Frankfurter, known as the
original New Deal brain truster,"
to the Supreme Court bench was
"an opportunity to perform one Of
the greatest services ever per.
formed for the American people
an opportunity that seldom comes
more than once in a lifetime"
The Nebraska Senator, a noted
independent and liberal, urged
Frankfurter's appointment in q
statement issued at his Waupaca
summer home, where he is vaca-
tioning with Mrs. Norris.
There Is no man now in the
public eye who so fully and
truly represents the philosophy
of government of Justice
(Oliver WendelD Holmes and
his successor, Justice Cardozo,
as does Frankfurter," Norris
said.
"Frankfurter was the conf.
dental friend and adviser Of
these two great justices. He has
always been the admirer and
partisan of these two great men.
The American people are only
now beginning fully to appreci-
ate the justice Of the late
Justice Holmes, and admiring
patriots by the millions have
but recently mingled their tears
at the bier Of Justice Cardozo."
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At the same time, Governor
Chandler offered his support to
the Senate majority leader in the
November election campaign.
Governor Chandler conceded his
defeat in a wire from the State
capital at Frankfort even before
the final tabulation Of votes. He
bowed to the Barkley victory after
Senator Barkley held a 38,764 vote
lead in 1876 of the states 4,310
precincts. The vote at that stage
was Senator Barkley, 226,655
Chandler, 1881.
AS tabulation continued today,
Senator Barkley added to his lead.
With 1889 precincts in, Senator
Barkley had 227,156, Chandler,
188,378.
ROOSEVELT TRIUMPH
The governor said in his tele-
gram, in effect, that he recognized
Barkley's victory as triumph for
President Roosevelt who made
three speeches in Kentucky during
the bitter pre-primary campaign
to urge Barkley's denomination.
In the speeches, President Roose-
Velt referred to Senator Barkley
as "Dearf Alben," and because OF
the strong Roosevelt Endorsement
Senator Barkley was regarded as
the foremost New Deal standard
bearer in the off-year elections.
TEXT OF MESSAGE
Governor Chandler, in the wire
stated:
The returns from Saturdays
election, while not complete,
indicate your denomination to
the Senate by a safe majority.
president Roosevelt said he
desired your return and a ma
jority of Kentucky Democrats
agreed to return you to the
Senate.
Il bow to the majority Of my
| 1ellOW ClJlHenS. o.,
II have no excuses, alibis or
regrets. AS the Democratic
nominee, you will have my
active support in the November
election and I wish you a sue
cessful term in the Senate"
"sTILL HAVE CHIN UP"
The telegram was signed "cor
daily yours"
In separate statement to news
papermen, Governor Chandle'
thanked campaign workers ant
voters who supported him ant
added II still have my chin up.
smile on my lips and song in m!
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heart, and will stay here fighting
the battles for the people on the
same base"
1t, too, indicated the governor
would be active in the final elec.
tion campaign on behalf of Sena.
tor Barkley.
Governor Chambers pledge o.
support was in contrast to tn.
bitter charges and counter-charge:
which had marked the campaign
1t was believed in response tt
Senator Barkley's victory state
ment Saturday in which the Sens
tor had expressed hope that "thos,
who opposed me" would work fol
interests Of party harmony in tn,
election campaign.
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Politics for All"
Mrs. Roosevelt

The public must share the
blame for the unSavOry con-
notation that the words
politics" and politicians"
have, Mrs. Franklin d. ROOse-
welt said today in her column
in the August issue of the
Democratic Digest. She
wrote:
Zone reason that politics
and politicians have a bad
name is that the public has
first of all been careless of
its choice Of public officials
and then ever more negligent
in following up their work.
when politicians have q
bad name, naturally politics
carries the same stigma, but
when we learn that living in
a democracy means we must
all be active citizens and take
part in politics, we will soon
find a change"
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Barley Vote
F. D. r. Aid
CONTINUED from Page II

(COMtlMue0 from rage ~
is getting crowded-always pro
vided, of course, that Mr.. Roose-
welt himself is not a candidate.
In view of Saturdays primary,
Barkiey undoubtedly will be Ken
tucky's "favorite son" in 1910.
Twice he has been the keynoter
of Democratic national conven-
tions. He has been in Congress
for more than a quarter Of q cen.
tury. Although not extremely
popular, he is rated an extremely
able legislator.
In Missouri, last week, another
favorite son came to the front
Senator Bennett Champ Clark,
son Of the oldt-ime Speaker Of the
House. Clark was renominated
overwhelmingly in the Missouri
primary.
There will be other favorite sons
in the 1910 Democratic conven-
tion-Wheeler in Montana, Byrd
in Virginia, and Garner and Jesse
Jones from Texas.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. {
U.N.SD D.-Ohio's heated primary
campaign drew to close as ar
estimated 100000 voters pre-
pared to give tomorrow the an
swers gingerly awaited by scores
of Democratic and Republican
candidates. The main issue Is
neither the New Deal nor John L
Lewis power.
While Senator Robert ]. Bulkley
has received a pat on the back
from President Roosevelt, his op,
ponent. former Governor George
White has not been enough of an
enti-administration man to make
the New Deal a clear-cut issue.
DAVEY MAIN ISSUE
The main issue has been the
policies of Gov. Martin L. Davey
In dealing with the national
administration and labor dis
putes. His opponent is Charles
Sawyer. Democratic national COM
mitteeman. whom Davey defeated
In the 1884 primaries.
TAFT IN RUNNING
The other close contest is be-
tween Robert A. Taft. of Gin
cinnati, "favorjte son" candidate
for president IN 1885. and Judge
Arthur H. Day. of Cleveland, for
the Republican senatorial nomina-
ton.
Taft has confined his campaign
to an attack on the New Deal.
His opponent charges that the son
Of former President and Chief
Justice William Howard Taft
seeks the office to protect his
family's holdings.
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sen. d. nam Lewis corr eSpond-
entS will never forget the time
a few years ago when the aged
Senator posted this Micawber-
like statement in the Senate
press gallery
Senator J. Hamilton Lewis
is departing the city at night
sall. Duty calls him homeward
from these pleasant scenes and
iovial companions. The teeming
0opulace Of his great State de-
nandS the personal attention OF
)ne who was chosen to serve"
That evening the following
sentence appeared in a Wash
ington political column:
Senator Lewis left for illinois
last night to repair his political
fences before the primaries"
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Foreign Dirk Found
In Dead Mans Back

ST. ALBANS, VT, Aug. 8 UN.S0
Solution Of the strange Staying Of
Wellington P. Churchill rested to.
day in tracing ownership Of a
black.handled fiSherman's knife
found lodged in his back.
The five-inch dirk, Of foreign
make, protruded from above the
left shoulder when the body was
found in clump of bushes out.
side the Churchill home three days
ago. Authorities have questioned
more than SO relatives and friends
Of the victim, who for 81 years LED
q quiet life here.
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answer came
y e s t e r d a y
from Charley
Nicholson, as
tute publicity
dire C tor of
t h e D e m o.
cratic nation
al committee.
In q cagily.
w ASN oOoSOS
ment he de-
cl re d that
F. D. r. would
rather take
q c q s Q o I
hive s than
four m or Q
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New Air Authority
To Boss 2O,O76 Pilots

GNSD When the new Civil
Aeronautics Authority is sworn in
late today, its members are going
to find they have exactly 20,076
licensed airplane pilots under
their wing. The Bureau of Air
Commerce, which will be absorbed
in the new authority, announced
today that on July l licensed pi-
lots had increased 3,498 since July
/, 1887.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

A man who knows debunks the
strange legend of D'AnnunZiO. Dur
ing 30 wears as the eccentric Italian
poets secretary, Tom AntOngini jotted
down notes about his employers curl.
Gus habits. such as dressing like a
Monk and acting like Casanova. Read
this inside story of one Of the most
cOlOrful characters that ever lived, in
The American Weekly. the maya zine
distributed with next Sundays Herald
Times,
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q definite gap
in the Wash
ington scene.
His p i n K
whiskers, i'm
m q C u | o t e
dr. e s S an d
I ! o W e r y
speech eS-
pecially the
t ! o W e r y
speech are
revered and
n o S t al gic
mementoS Of
a bygone day.
Capitol Hill
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DAVEY POLICIES
MAIN ISSUE IN.
OHIO PRIMARIES
Mrs. Caraway Is FaCing|
Hard Arkansas Fight
Berrodin Summoned

H.N.S.) The Social Secur-
ity Board today announced
It had decided to summon
Henry J. BerrOdin. head of
the State Department Of Pub
lie Welfare of Ohio, and two
of his assistants to Wash
ingtOn for examination in
the forthcoming board in
vestigatiOn into alleged pOliti-
cal coercion Of Ohio's old age
pensioners.
Governor Martin L. Davey.
author of one of two open"
letters to pensioners which
reused the boards ire, will
not be asked to appear, the
board disclosed.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

WIHEN the suntanned Chief Executive returns to the
w White House late this week. after spell of nonpoti-
cal angling in the blue waters of the South Pacific he will
discover that hrdterm speculation has become the Capt.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
RUSS, JAPANESE
CLASH IN BITTER
BORDER BATTLE
Continued from Page II

Continued from PAGE II
involved in the frontier contro
versy.
Korean authorities were reported
agitating strongly for counter
action by the Japanese air force,
which so far has not yet risen to
meet the Soviet planes.
LitUinoU's Offer
A communique issued by the
Tokyo foreign office gave the
Japanese version Of the latest con-
versation between Soviet Foreign
Commissar Maxim Litvinov and
Japanese Ambassador Mamoru
Shigemitsu in Moscow.
This stated that in their inter
view last night, Litvinov opened
the negotiations by stating that
the Japanese already had with
drawn to positions outside the
Soviet border as a result of at
tacks by Russian troops. He was
quoted as adding that if the Jap.
anese would suspend artillery
bombardments, the SovietS would
do likewise.
Shigemitsu, said the foreign
office, replied:
Japanese troops are only
defending the border and have
never taken the offensive.
Suspension of attacks by Soviet
troops is a sine qua non (abSo-
lutte necessity for further
negotiation.
Japan suggests the present
case should be referred to peace
full negotiation by agreement
upon suspension Of hostilities
with the status quo maintained
and by settlement of the ques-
ton of border demarcation."
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Queen Mary Sldshes
So Minutes Off Mark

NEW YORK, Aug 8 NNS)-The Cunard liner Queen Mary
today clipped So minutes from the previous steamship
for westward crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
The giant liner passed Ambrose Lghshp at 32 today
just days % hours and minutes after passing Bishops Rock
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Happy FeIicitates
BarkIey on Victory
Calls Senator's Big Vote Roosevelt
Triumph; Pledges Election Aid
International News Photo

LOUISVILLE KY, Aug. (LN.S).-Swamped by an avail
anche of New Deal votes Gov B. Happy Chandler today
conceded his defeat by United States Senator Aben W. Dear
Aben Barkey in the Kentucky Democratic primary Saturday
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

LINER QUEEN MARY-sETs NEW RECORD

big vessel continued the bay and will dock this morning
The British ship took the speed record away from the French
liner Normande which had made the crossing in days
hours minutes In setting the record the Queen Mary
also established record of 100 miles at average speed Of
31'O0 knots for one days run
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

Az MAIL sUBeCRTPTIoNO PAYABLE
m ADVANCE
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26

Shaw, Red Taylor, and Ed Duncan.
am not going to send Fuller Brush"
Robertson a card, but would like to
have a tie clasp like her wears, with
a brush on it.
If l were sending cards, 1 would
not forget the gang at the Dispatch
office, nor ~. j. Powell at E. c.
Davis store, nor Assistant Chief
Charlie Harris, of the police force.
Would also like to send a card to
Johnny Breedlove at the new wait
On-Yourself' store
| would not forget Mr.. and Mrs.
Bridgers, Mr.. and MRS. Ollie Mitchell,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Lewis and lots of
other Vance County folks.
Then I would take the complete
Granville list of Dispatch subscribers
and send them each a card. So all
of you just imagine that did so. If
/ do not hurry and get to bed, I am
afraid I will be writing Grits and
Gravel in my sleep all night long.
Keep happy until 1 see you again.
can't help repeating that this is
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26
1888 POTATO CROP
is SECOND BIGGEST

Raleigh July 26-North Carolina
Irish potato growers indicate they
produced their second largest crop
this year, reports the State Depart
ment of Agriculture in the July
crop survey
w. H. Rhodes, chief statistician for
the Department, said that farmers
reports indicate a harvest of 100000
"spuds" this season.
"The 1888 estimated production IS
only $4,000 bushels more than he
1887 crop, but is 2 Sper cent large
than the past 1O-year average crop,
he reported. "The increase IN pro-
duction prospects is due primarily to
the record yield per acre, at 11S
bushel average for the State"
The acreage cultivated this year,
estimated at $4,000, is II per cent
less than that harvested in 1887.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26

"CALLING ALL CARSw finds
Radio Patrolman Harold Sickles
(right) always alert, ready for
action! He says: II can't afford
iittery nerves. SO my off duty
smoke is Camel. l smoke Camels
plenty for digestion's sake too"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26
OXFORD HOTEL BOND
HOLDERS. SELL OUT

Oxford, July 26-Hotel Oxford has
been sold by the bond holders, Old
Dominion Mortgage Corporation, of
Richmond, Va, to p. A. Leveque, of
New York and Florida, according to
an announcement made by the mort
gage corporation. The sale price was
not made known. The transfer Of
management becomes effective ALL
gust 1.
P. L. Stewart has been manager of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26

banquet meeting in Cleveland, O.
He will discuss parole and proba
ton, two phases of criminal law ad-
ministration in which he has exhib-
tied particular interest. The governor
is a staunch defender of both sys-
TENS and will no doubt cite facts and
figures from North Carolina's records
to sustain the position he has taken
on the matter.
He has frequently said: II am def
nitely committed to the work of hui
man reclamation in connection with
Dur prisons"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26
SURVEY OF CROPS
NEAR COMPLETION

Raleigh, July 26-The North Caro-
lima Department of Agricultures an
nual farm census survey, giving COM
plete information on the acreage for
all 1898 crops, will be completed by
September Is, Farm Census Super
visor S. M. Hines announced today
Farmers desiring copies of the
Farm Census, which will appear in
the fall Farm Forecaster," should
write the Statistics Division, N. c..
Department of Agriculture, Raleigh.
Tabulations Of the crop reports fur
nished by county tax listers were be-
gun May 1. North Carolina is the
only Southern state rendering this
service
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26
Today's
Church Message
By
REV. j. EVERETTE NEESE
Pastor
First Observation-Disclosures
Church
DAY DREAMS

DAY DREAMS
We take little stock in dreams. The
most of the time they are the result
of too much beef steak in the eve
ming. But none Of us can avoid the
Importance of day dreams. These are
the dreams we have when we are
just sitting around or possibly the
things we think about when we are
lying sleeplessly upon our bed. They
reveal the true character of our per-
sonality.
If petty things occupy our minds
then, the soul must be small. If large
things, great and good, hold the field.
life will be measured thereby. God
will have his way then.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26

the hotel during the past three years
for the Old Dominion Mortgage Cor
poration. He and the employees were
notified today of the sale.
Hotel Oxford was erected in 1927
by r. B. Lloyd of Oxford, at cost
of approximately $175,0O0. Later, he
sold half interest to the late NJ. p.
,Chamblee. Following the death of
Mr.. Chamblee, he sold his half in
terest to the Chamblee estate.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26
HOW TO SLEEP SOUND
SEE FREE OFFER BELOW

A common cause Of disturbed sleep
is bladder irritation. Make this 4
day test. Use juniper oil, buchu
leaves, ETC., made into green tablets.
Help nature flush excess acids and
other wastes from the kidneys. Ex-
cess acids can cause the irritation or
burning that wakes you up Just say
Bukets (25c) to any druggist. FREE
Cut this out. One 25c box Mayets,
the MILLION DOLLAR LAXATIVE,
free with each 25c box Bukets. This
offer applies to our present stock.
Only one to each family. Miles Phar-
macy, Parkers Drug Store.-(Adv).
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26
OTHER CAMEL SMOKERS
TELL THEIR EXPERIENCES TOO

Qeft) LONE REED, movie stunt
girl. Her most famous exploit: a
dangerous leap from speeding
auto to train. Healthy nerves are
a big must" with Miss Reed.
Camels," she says, "are SO mild
that steady smoking never gets
on my nerves"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26

ter year the choicest lots of my
tobacco have gone to the Camel
buyers. Naturally, we growers Sc
lect the best tobacco for our own
smoking. So we choose Camels."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26

a wonderful place, in spite of the
rainy weather.
T. MOSES JONES.
Lake Junaluska, July 1888.