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Evening star., 1938-05-29
WEATHER REPORT

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Evening star., 1938-05-29

Record Until 10 PM. Saturday.
Hishest. II, at 4 OH Yesterday year
ago. rs.
Lowest, SO, 4 Am. Yesterday, gear
ago. "a.
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest, 81, on April 28.
Lowest, 1s, on January %.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Evening star., 1938-05-29
FARMER AID ASKED
World Agriculture Group Calls
for Stabilized Earnings.

for Stabilized Earnings.
ROME, May % lR.-1ntensification
of efforts to stabilize farmers earn
ings was decided on tonight by the
International Institute of Agriculture
before adjourning its 14th general as
sembly.
Delegates from 70 nations, includ-
ing the United States, also called on
their governments t6 adopt policies to
combat "malnutrition in all countries
and serious under-nutrition among
both rural ana urban populations IN
many countries"
Evening star., 1938-05-29
CHINESE GAINING
INLANF ENG FIGHT
Recapture by Defenders Is
Admitted by Japan,
Rushing Troops.
BACKGROUND

japanese, Dith Sucho1c In their
grasp, are striking ,Dest,Dard along
Lunghai RailWdy to,Gdrd Cheng-
chou. junction OF the Lunghai and
Peiping- -Hanko,D rail lines, prepar-
dtory to an assault on HdnkotD,
seat of the fugitive Chinese Nation
alist government. Arms for con-
ttnued Chinese resistance hare been
fo,ping to Hankow by ,Uay of Can
ton and the French controlled rail-
tDdu in Yunndn.
Evening star., 1938-05-29
PART THREE.
PART FOUR.

AmnSement SectiOn.
Evening star., 1938-05-29
River Report.
- 0a.>~ord dnoh VArV MILDLY

Potomac and Shenandoah very muooy
at Harpers Ferry late yesterday.
Report Until 10 PM. SATURDAY.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

L.S.U. undergraduate campaign,
have flocked to. the L.S.U. campus
to watch its progress through ral
lies, paradeS, mass meetings, and
have gasped at the sight of Russell
Long in action.
Its Huey come back again!"
They have said it over and over.
Huey Longs fantastic pug nose,
his windmill gestures, his torren-
tial flow of language, his eyes hot
with excitement, his storm of vitu-
peration at his opponents, are all
there again on this earth in his
son Russell Long.
Russell Longs campaign was
hurricane. He used his fathers
methods. ShoWmanship Russell
Long organized a corps of fair CO.
eds to parade around the Louisiana
State University campus in the
scantiest of swimming suits, with
LONG in big black letters painted
on their bare young backs. He Or
ganized loud-speakers on trucks to
roll about the campus.
The morning of the election, he
plastered L.S.U. campus with black
printed handbills, the same kind
of political dodgers in the same
kind of type his father used to
issue to plaster Louisiana from one
end to the other. BEWARE OF
LAST MINUTE LIES!" They were
headed. The Ship Is Sinking and
Blonde Bennett and His Gang Are
Blowed Up!'
They went on to promise L. S. U.
students a cooperative laundry
cooperative book exchange,
straightaway bus service between
the campus and Baton Rouge, if
Russell Long were elected, and all
lat no additional increase in fees"
Just as Huey Long used to promise
new highways and bridges, free
school books, land all with no in
crease in taXes!"
Whiffs of tear-gas and fistfights
marked Russell Longs meeting
when it was held the night before
election.
He shouted vituperation at the
| laundry trust that he SAID was
charging students at L. S. U. twice
what they should pay; offered to
resign the presidency of the stu
dent body if he couldn't get them,
without extra fee, a cooperative
laundry plant on the campus, a
cooperative book exchange and q
straightaway bus service to town.
1t was like Huey Long attacking
the trusts in his Louisiana cam
paigns in 1923 and 1927. Same voice,
same gestures, same tactics.
Il \ X
Nearly 5000 Louisiana boys and
girls attend L.S.U. from every par
iSh (county) in the state. If Rus
sell Long makes good with them.
how high will he climb? Will the
Long dynasty rule on into a second
generation? Louisiana is asking that
very seriously today.
If you ask Russell Long that
question, his answer is: "Yes!" His
avowed intention is to follow in
his fathers footsteps.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

POHCl anu JlhtdOCilo DCIiiOCId dbIC
prospects in the state in 1910,
In a statement issued even before
complete returns of the primary
had been tabulated, Farley said
he had congratulated all of the
winning candidates, assuring them
that the committee and himself
would give them all possible assist
ance in the November election.
Warning that complete Demo-
cratic victory in the state is essen
tial if the Roosevelt program of
social reform" is to be carried on,
he added:
Il hope the message goes to those
Democrats who opposed the sue
cessful candidates that the admin
istration, and the country generally.
wishes and expects them to support
the party nominees loyalty"
Farley attempted to set the pace
for peace talks by stating that he
holds no rancor toward Pennsyl
vania Democrats who, he said. dis
regarded in part" his suggestion Of
Monday that they nominate Lieut..
Gov. Thomas A. Kennedy. Lewis
candidate, as governor, and Gov.
George A. Earle, the candidate of
the state committee, to the U. s.
senate. Instead, the majority Of
Democrats voted for Charles Alvin
Jones, Pittsburgh lawyer and the
state committees choice and for
Earle. who also was backed by the
committee and who sharply rebuked
Farley for intervening in the fight
in Kennedy's behalf.
In expressing gubernat1rial
choice, Farley said ne did so be-
cause the party rift had reached
such proportions as to threaten seri-
ously the ability of the Democrats
to retain control OF the state which
it gained in 1894 for the first time
since the Civil war Today he said
he stepped into the fight only in
the interest of party harmony and
said the Democrats were absolutely
within their rights" in rejecting
Kennedy.
Control OF Pennsylvania is one
of the most luscious plums in the
political orchard. With it go SO
J electoral votes. huge state pay
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
CENTER
WILL HEAR TWO
TALKS FRIDAY

The monthly meeting OF the Jas
per farm center will feature two
speakers, a All club orchestra
presentation, and one-act play.
Robert Rood. center director. an
nounced Wednesday.
The center will meet at Jasper
school Friday night at 7.30.
Ralph Gray will discuss the agri-
culture development of Imperial
Valley and Frank Beyschlag. sub
hing for Lee Landerman. will talk
on general work of the extension
service.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Bob Burns Tells
Rags to Riches
Story i'm Court

HOLLYWOOD. May 10 CUP) -
Another Hollywood rags to
riches story was revealed today
when Bob Burns, comedian, told Il
court his income increased from
$500 in 1884 to 100000 last year.
The high price the movies and
radio pay for bazoka-playing and
an Arkansas drawl ws cited by
Burns in deposition filed in sup
port of his suit against Radio
Transcription company of Amer
ca Ltd, Charles G. Pyle and
others.
Burns asked an injunction re-
straining them fro musing tran
scribed programs he made with
other entertainers five years ago.
The old programs are not up to
the standard of his work today,
and would be injurious to his rep
utation, Burns contended.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Louisiana BIinl<s Eyes, Sees Huey Long
Reincarnated As Ills Son Campaiqns

BATON ROUGE, La. May 10 (NEA)-It isn't often that
people of whole state pay much attention the campus
campaign and the election of undergraduate officers of
the state university.
But when Russell Long started his drive for president
of the student body of Louisiana State University here
the people of Louisiana cooked their peeled their
eyes to hear and watch the hottest spectacular cam
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
Pistol Planted
In Car, Claim

o. E. Burch, under peace bond
in a dispute over union trucking to
Ell Centre, Thursday charged that
q pistol was planted in his auto
mobile Wednesday night.
Officer T. M. Sharp brought the
gun to the police station following
a call from Burch. who claimed
the weapon was placed in the rear
of his machine while he was on a
trip to Brawley. Burch charged
the gun was a plant" to jeopardize
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

nents combined, Louisiana is Won
dering whether another member of
the Long dynasty has leaped into
the saddle to ride to the political
wars.
Long received 1892 votes; Clai-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

borne Dameron, 1903 votes; and
Blonde" Bennett, against whom
Long concentrated his campaign,
only 1876 votes. If Dameron demands
it, Long must enter a runoff pri-
mary, but Dameron is expected to
withdraw instead. Said Long after
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

the election, with the confidence
typical of his father: We've got
EN- licked to a FRAGILE"
X
Adults with no family or personal
interest in the outcome of that
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

roll, 70 votes in the Democratic ma
tional convention and IS delegates
to the Republican national conven-
tion.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19
FARLEY PROMISES
full PARTY HELP
TO PENN NCTORS

= WASHINGTON, May IY. (UP)-Chalrman James A.
Farley of the Democratic national committee today pledg
ed full administration support party nominees in the
Pennsylvania primary in a attempt to end a feud
which has hurt CIO Leader John L. Lewis bid for political
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-19

paign in L. S. US history
For 19-year-old Russell Long, in
face, voice and electioneering me-
thods, is the reincarnation of his
father, the late Senator Huey P.
Long. And now that Long has DEM
onstrated his ability to poll almost
as many votes as did his two oppo-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-09
S13,337 ADDED
BY STORES TO
FUND OF CHEST
"SeCond Hell pings" Lift
Total to SO Per Cent

Somehow the Christmas spirit
has warmed up a second help
ing for the Community Chest
and a S13.337 helping at that!
Givers have raised the total to
1878 per cent of the total objec-
tive. and if. during the next few
days. other firms follow the ex-
ample set by the 81 Washington
concerns whose efforts brought
this upsurge-all will yet be we'll!
extra HELPINGS"
In the more than 500" class
Of the weeks extra helpings"
were Boss and Phelps S. S. Kresge,
Continental Hotel. Tolman Laun-
dry. EdmundS, Inc, Griffith Con-
sumers, William E. Miller Furni-
ture Company, Armour and Com
pany, wilkins Rogers Milling Com
pany. the last giving 5000 addi-
tional.
Not only has the Yuletide en-
thusiaSm struck the givers- has
also stimulated the workers-and
recanvassing has resulted in ad-
ditlonal pledges from District
newspaper offices.
UP GOES QUOTA
The Metropolitan Unit, under
the Craftsmanship of w. w.
Wheeler, has brought its total up
to $194,826, or 1888 per cent OF
quota.
Increases were also brought
about in the Special Assignments
Unit, under Fred M. Bradley; the
Governmental Unit, under the
leadership of Alvin w. Hall; the
Suburban Unit. under Randolph
Leigh, and the Capital Unit, whose
total has been raised to TILT OF
quota.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-09
Piozet Will Direct
Naval Personnel

Appointment of Charles Piozet
of College Park, Md. as acting
director of the division of per
sonnet supervision and manage
ment of the Navy Department
was announced today by Secre-
tary of the Navy Swanson. Piozet
is native of Hyattsville. He has
served as chief of the Navy De
partment division of civil per-
sonnet for five years. He is a
graduate of George Washington
University Law School and has
been in the Government service
for 80 years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-09
Mask, BaubIe Club
To Present Lincoln

The Mask and Bauble Club of
Georgetown University will pre-
sent John DrinkWater's abraham
Lincoln" tonight at $50 o'clock in
CASTOR Hall. The play is the
cluo's contribution to George
towns sesquicentennial celebra-
ton. 1t will be staged exactly as
the Broadway production was sew
eral years ago. Carl H. Watson,
jr., will play Lincoln.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-09
KiWaniS Band Concert

ARLINGTON, Va, Dec. 9.-The
Arlington Kiwanis Clubs boys
band will give its annual concert
at 8 p. m. today in the Washing
ton-Lee High School auditorium.
John Miller, band director, has
charge of the program.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01

Burley tobacco growers in Ashe
and surrounding counties are
now getting ready to sell some
cf their fgolden-brown weed on
the opening day of the marketing
season, which will ~be next Wed
nesday, December L. {r~ /
The markets in Abingdon, Ashe-
viffeand Tennessee=wi1l all be
open next Wednesday and extern
isive plans are being made to take
care. ef~reeofd opening sales.
Because of the increased de
Eniand and sales Sof hurley and
fue==cured .--: tobacco in foreign
countries, the prices this season
are gaxpheted to she slightly high
er than last year, when the. aver
age was around &c per pound. @'''
If the average is Csc per pound
Eahis year aIadiswith san. estin1at ted
yield ofcne- half niiiillIiisolri popndss
the Asfg cour1ngz crop Should
bring between $125,O and $780,
At6und i Hoo farmers I'll ii This
county raised a patch of hurley
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
Fires Caused.
.rGEl3r f+>5-E ~..a
D. Damage In Ashe
...- During D lL1ti Past t: Wk.
Local Store Has Small Blaze.
Methodist Parsonage At,
Warrensville Destroyed. :
CAUTION is URGED .

Il The first touch of winter in
creased fire hazards here. during
the past week, with blazes result
ing from overheated stoves and
chimneys in the attempt to cope
with the cold weather.
On Sunday morning some. Of
the. church services were cut
short by the sirene which sound
ed just before noon, but the fire
which was in the flue of. Mrs.
Maude Hams home, a =. small
dwelling near the stock. market
building, was extinguished before
any damage was caused. ..,..,...
Monday around noon the whis-
tie was heard again when mat
tresses in Rhodes furniture store
caught on, fire. Fortunately the
blaze was discovered before much
Roadway was made and, was put
out, after considerable damage
been done. to the mattresses. OBJ
servers stated that the mattresses
were stored near the partition
separating the store from .Belk's
and that the stove in the adjoin-
ing store had heated the connect
ing fiue to such an extent that
the mattresses were ignited.9e4
The county's biggest fire loss
of the week was the total destruc-
ton of the Methodist parsonage
at Warrensville Thursday morn
ing which caught while the "oc-
cupants Mr.. and Mrs. w. W., Col
Inns and small child were sleep
ing. The blaze was discovered by
neighbors who rushed in to
arouse the occupants who bare
ly escaped. The house and all
furnishings valued at around $2,-
600 were destroyed. The house
was not occupied by the pastor
who is unmarried, but by MIR.
Collins who is the N. and w.
agent. ...9
Another loss was also incurred
in this fire by c. D. Biller, War
rensville carpenter who was
working on the house at the time
and had LETT all .Uf his tools On
the porcrr It was reported that
neither the tools, house or furn-
ture were insured. /
In order to keep the fire from
spreading, convicts from the
nearby state prison camp were
called in to help. Water was
thrown on all of the surrounding
buildings and the fire was stop
Continued on Page Eight 4
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
Arthur Fletcher RIB
~. Is Given Praise
Asst. Administrator Of Wage
Hour Division Of Dept. Of
~ Labor Born In AShe. ~-.-

Leading daily papers of North
Carolina, carried last Sunday, q
feature story on one of Ashe
County's most distinguished citi-
zens, Major Arthur l.. Fletcher,
who is now assistant administrat-
or of the wage-hour division of
the Department Of Labor.
The article outlines the history
of this labor executive who was
born in Ashe county in 1882 and
tells how he arose to success in
spite of early handicaps. His
war record as well as that of q
newspaper man and labor adj
ministrator are notable.
When he recently accepted the
position as assistant to Elmer F.
Andrews, Mr.. Andrews paid trib-
ute to his brilliant record for
progressive and efficient admin
istration in North Carolina and
his close practical knowledge OF
industrial conditions and prob
lens confronting employers and
wage earners." He was appoint
ed to his present position Sept 2
1888. .-.z..--
Major Fletcher who still main
tains a summer home here has
many friends who rejoice over his
success. .=
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
Will |
Speak At Rotary
Club TONIGHT
Rev. w. T. Wilmington Gave
A Fine Thanksgiving Mes
sage Last Week. i

Congressman R. L. Doughton
will be the guest speaker at the
Jeffersons Rotary Club meeting
tonight at 7:15 o'clock at the West
Jefferson hotel, Wade Eller, pro
gram chairman for this month,
has announced. /
eve are delighted to have DUR
distinguished Congressman and
we are counting on 100 percent
attendance" Mr.. Eller said.
Last Friday night Rev. w. T.
Whittine ton, popular pastor of
the West Jefferson Baptist
church, delivered a unique and
impressive Thanksgiving message
to the club. He was introduced
by Rotarian Ira T. Johnston. The
other members of the program
committee for this month are
Lem Hafer and Gale Mcmillan.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
Large Crowd Expected For
q REA Meeting Saturday Mite
Countrywide Electrical. Meet
ing To Be Held In Court
house. Good Program.

The courthouse in Jefferson is
expected to be filled to capacity
Saturday night. at o'clock, for
the special countrywide meeting
of the members of the Caldwell
Mutual Corporation, their falmi-
lies and friends and everyone
who is interested in rural electri-
fication is invited to attend
An interesting and instructive
program has been arranged for
the meeting, which will include
brief talks by C. F. Messick, sup
erintendent of the Caldwell Mu-
tual; H. F. Clark and Miss Thel-
ma Wilson, of the REA in Wash
ington, D. c., and a motion pic
ture, demonstrating the proper
wiring methods.
During the meeting a. model
home in the county to be wired
free will be selected and a num-
Der of valuable electrical gifts
from different dealers will be Civ
en- away as prizes.
Another highlight will be a
cooking dueP' between Bob Har-
din, chairman of the county agri-
oa*etVral committee and j.. c.
Goodman, one of the Ashe direc-
tors of the CALDWELL Mutual
Corporation. I -
The program as announced yes
terday is as follows: @''.'H :
ZOO P. M.-htroductory Re
marks, by C. J. Rich, County
Agt.;e 7:10 P. M.-Our Project, by
C. T. Messick, Project Supt.; 7:2C
P. M.-"Ccoperation is the By
word", H. F. Clark, REA; 1885
P. M.-"Cooking Duel'', Conduct
ed by Miss Thelma Wilson, .REA;
1855 P. How, to Increase
Poultry Profits, Lee c. Prickett
REA; 8:15 P. M.-Fi1m Showing:
$50 P. M.-Prizes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01

The referendum among hurley
tobacco growers to determine
whether they shall continue to
have marketing quotas in 1889
will be held on Saturday, Deem
Der II, and not December 10, it
was learned this week.
On December 10 the f1ue-cured
tobacco and cotton growers vote
on the continuance of quotas and
the hurley referendum will be
2 week later.
County Agent G. J. Rich is now
mapping out schedule of COM
munitys meetings at which time
thes advantages and disadvantages
of marketing quotas will be dis
cussed. / +:
{ 1f@amore than one-third Of the
voters voting oppose the quota;
twill not. become effective; Last
year about 80 percent Of the bprs
] e sgIg va 9s Sd favored it. Il !
The marketing quota pla1d is
ID apartof, the Triple A2ptpgram
Acreage al1otments and spill
huildingepEaGtices are in the pros
gram every year. If all burleY
tobacco farmers planted within
their acreage =. all6tnents,, mark
citing A1oRs Wduh not be neeesE-
sary IN most Years Floyd Pkg
panied. / d
.4Ynae uH1e;sfarmach of 1885
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
Elleqtfo4FettltrlgT
Certified Tuesday
By State. Board
Barnhia Led Demo-
cratic Ticket. Democratic
Reply TO Petition Given.
CHARGES DENIED

The state board of elections
made their official. canvass OF
ballots cast in the, general cleo
ton November 8 and declared
the results, which were virtually
the same as had been previously
reported. ,.....--., !
On the state ticket, Associate
Justice M. ". Barnhill,, of the
Supreme Court, led the Demo
cratic ticket with 318,442 votes
Senator R. R. Reynolds was Sc
cond high, with 316,685. ,r
Two other counties, in addi-
ton to the five that were heard
on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov.
% and %, filed protests. They
were Franklin and Polk. Their
complaints were heard, but prac-
tically no action other than dis
missal was taken.
AS announced in a last-ninute
news flash in last weeks paper,
the Ashe Republican petition
was dismissed on the grounds
that it contained no detailed allie
cations of Irregularities or fraud
and that it was not filed within
the time allowed by law. go 2
Charge of election law viola
tons and Irregularities were de-
MED, in a. seven-page answer to
the COP candidates petition,
filed with the state board, by
Coleman Payne, chairman of
Ashe county board of elections
and Bruce Dent, the other Demo
cratic member of the board.
This reply to the Republican
petition was not available here
until after the hearing was over
and therefore was not included
in the news story Of last week.
It stated that the official can
vass of ballots and declaring OF
winners were carried out as pre-
scribed by law, that the petition
was not filed with the chairman
until after o'clock on Saturday,
Nov. IL, that due notice of a
hearing was given to all parties
concerned, that $50 notices were
served on the Democratic candi-
dates, that the allegations in the
COP petition were of a general
nature and not specific, as re-
quired by the law and upon the
finding of these facts, the board
has, as matter of law, dismiss
ed the petition and the said
board is still of the opinion that
under the law they had no dis
erection in the matter except to
dismiss the petition" d..
Answering the allegations in
paragraph Z, these atlantis
payne and Dent), state that a
complete. and correct record was
kept by the board of elections
of all applications for absentee
ballots and: the issuing of all alb
sentee ballots as required by
law and that said record is now
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
To Ask County
" Commissioners To Sponsor
=....W PA Ashe County Hospital
Committees And All Others
Interested To Meet With
E. Board Monday. =
TO PRESENT PLAN

The proposed plan of securing
an Ashe county hospital through
the assistance of WPA, with the
county acting as the sponsoring
agent and an Ashe County Hos
pital Association raising the spon-
sor's share of funds, will be pre-
sentcd to the county commission
ers next Monday afternoon at 4
o'clock, the finance committee an
1lounced this week.
All of the members of the fl
nance committee and committee
appointed to contact the commits
sioners are. expected to be pres
ant for the meeting. Members of
all other committees and anyone
in the county who, is interested
in the hospital movement are al
Sc invited to attend.
The entire proposed plan of OBJ
tanning WPA approval, raising
the sponsors share and operation
of the hospital will be presented
and discussed at the time. -
Several prominent physicians
and surgeons in the state who are
successfully operating hospitals
have made brief investigation
in Ashe and state that hopsital
in Ashe county, properly manag-
ed and operated, will be a sue
cess.
WPA officials have indicated a
desire, to cooperate, if necessary
requirements are met, in the con-
struction Of such an institution.
The building plans committee is
new having blue prints made, by
the architect of the Duke Founda-
ton, of the proposed hospital
building. This plan provides for
27-bed hospital, one-story high,
stone-veneered structure.
It has been estimated that the
building can be erected for
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