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The Washington times., 1938-10-31
FARM OUTLOOK
ROSY, SAYS US.

G.N.s) The Department of
Agriculture today predicted in
creased income and lower pro-
duction costs, for the American
farmer in 1889.
The optimistic outlook was
based on a survey of more than
so farm commodities and the gen.
eral farm price and production
situation in AZ States. The farm
income increase was coupled with
upward trends in industrial &C.
tivity, expansion Of consumers in
comes, and better economic con-
ditionS abroad.
The Bureau of Agricultural
Economics brushed aside its Au-
gust prediction of a $500, ,000,-
900 farm income in 1889, and said
the figure may be substantially
increased. The boost is expected
to come mainly from commodities
which respond more quickly to
increases in consumer purchasing
power" the bureau said.
"An increase in marketingS
Of this group of commodities
is likely to more than Offset the
effect on income of any decline
in prices which may accompany
the increased supplies" the bu-
reau added. t.+ all
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
Dig for Dog
llth Day:
Hope Dim

CLARKSBURG, w. Va,
Oct. 81 U.N.S0.-"SpOrt'S"
faint yips have died away
but a band Of weary men kept
digging away through solid
rock today hoping eventually
to reach the beagle hound
who tumbled into a mountain
crevice IL days ago.
Their task was made more
difficult today for there were
no longer any sounds from
the dog to guide them.
"SpOrt" had endeared him
self to the entire community
of nearby Spelter by his
friendlinesS and virtually all
the residents are aiding in
the efforts to reach him.
Swinging picks and ShOvelS
in the glare of flickering oil
lights, sports" friends are
keeping up the battle day and
night. Mrs. Ethel Burton, an
aunt of his owner, provides
them coffee and sandwiches.
"SpOrt" fell into the noun
tain crevice while hunting
with Robert DrummOnd who
had borrowed him from his
owner, Howard Walls.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 G.N.S0
Eleanor Boehm, Hunter College
graduate, was expected to tell a
Federal Court jury today how she
escaped the clutches of the Ger
man espionage ring.
The 25-year-old Brooklyn wit
ness at the Nazi spy trial, also
may relate how Berlin tried to
enlist beautiful girls for its under
cover service.
Miss Boehm was to take the wit
ness stand when defense lawyers
finish cross-examination of Kate
Moog, friend of DR.. Ignatz Griebl,
fugitive physician.
Termed a hostile witness" by
Judge John C. Knox, Miss Hoog
has confounded the Governments
case by disclosing that DR.. Griebls
flight to Germany was precipi.
tated by tip from ex-G-man Leon
Turrou that subpoena against
him had lapSed.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
Bishop Gives Talk
AT Mural UnVeiIinQ

Bishop Cameron Chesterfield
Alleyne, of Philadelphia, prelate
in charge Of the Washington
Baltimore conference of the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church, spoke last night at serv-
ices in which a large mural was
unveiled at John Wesley A. M. E.
Zion Church.
dwelling of the mural, 10 feet
long and 6 feet wide, concluded
the redecoration program Of the
church. Officiating at the Serv-
ices was Miss Saline Bungay, the
oldest member of the church. Mu-
sic was provided by the cathedral
choir under the direction Of DR..
w. Scott Mayo.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
Train Hits Bus,
ID. C.. ROy Hurt

Ned Loftin, son of Comdr. and
Mrs. E. H. Loftin of the Kennedy
Warren Apartments, was seri-
ously injured with five teammates
when the bus carrying the Harris
burg Academy football team was
struck by Pennsylvania Railroad
train at a grade crossing near
New Providence, Pa, Saturday.
Young Loftin suffered a prob
able skull fracture. Teammates
injured with him were John An
Stine, Robert Davis, Charles Mac
Nance, Edwin Englehart and Pat.
rick Maley. The team was enroute
to Colora, Md, for a game with
Nottingham Preparatory School.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
Sale Will Benefit
Blind Of District

A sale of linens, leather goods,
woven baskets and dolls, made by
blind persons of the District, will
be held November 3 through No.
vember S at the Anne Lewis Lend
ing Library, 2605 Connecticut Ave.
". w.
The sale is sponsored by the
Committee on Service to the Blind
Of the Washington Council of
Social Agencies, and the entire
proceeds will go to aid the sight
less. Mrs. Joseph Solomon will
direct a sales staff of volunteers.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
COED SPY SNARE ROAD PROBLEMS
PROBED IN TRIAL up WEDNESDAY

ARLINGTON, Va, Oct. 81.
With a view % protecting tenta-
tive ALLEGATIONS totaling SLIT 1858
for highway improvements here.
members of the Arlington county
board, County Manager F. c. Han
rahan and Engineer c. L. Kinnier
will attend a State highway COM
mission hearing in Fredericksburg
at p, M, Wednesday,.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
BIG GUNS AIMED.
AT EIGHT STATES.
FOR NOV, POLLS.
Will Broadcast to
Nation Friday
By GEORGE r. HOLMES

G.N.S) The off.year political
campaign swung into It's final
week today with both Democrats
and Republicans concentrating
their heaviest fire in a relatively
small group of States where the
issues are closely drawn and the
outcome considered in doubt.
Along the Atlantic Seahoard, at
tention is rivited on New York,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and
New Jersey.
In the near Midwest, the lead
ers are bearing down in Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana and Illinois.
Before the week is ended the
titual leaders will all be on the
firing line. President Roosevelt
will personally go to the front
next Friday with a speech in New
York which will be broadcast to
the country.
Mr.. Roosevelt will address pri-
marily the voters of New York, but
the nation will listen in over the
radio.
In announcing some time ago
his determination to stay out OF
the bitter intrastate battles, the
President made one reservation
the right to intervene in cases
where there was misuse Of his own
name or the name of his admins
tration.
AIDS IN PENNSYLVANIA
Over the weekend, Mr.. Roose-
velt found reason for interjecting
himself into the Pennsylvania
situation and for coming to the
aid of the harrassed Democratic
State ticket there. It took the
form of a letter to Michael Francis
Doyle, distinguished Philadelphia
attorney. - - -. :: :. -. - 80 -
Recalling his declaration to abb
stain from engaging in politics
save where there had been misuse
of his name, Mr.. Roosevelt said:
That has happened in Pennsyl'
vania."
II recognize" he said, "that
my name and the name Of my
administration cannot wholly
be eliminated from the cam
paign AS Judge James Gre
publican candidate for governor)
has misused by name in the
Pennsylvania campaign, I do
not think it amiss for me to
point out that, to put it mildly,
there is a clear inconsistency
in his position in appealing for
the votes of opponents Of the
New Deal on the grounds that
he is opposed to the New Deal
and in appealing for the votes
of liberals on the ground that
I am not actively participating
in the Pennsylvania campaign.
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE"
"That does not make sense.
GAS against his inconsistency,
it seems to me that liberals in
Pennsylvania, irrespective Of
party, can scarcely place their
trust in the liberalism or desire
for social justice of any candi-
dates who are sponsored by
such obvious reactionaries as
the well known MeSSrs. Amen.
berg, Grundy and Pew"
The President referred to M. L.
Annenberg, Philadelphia pub
Usher; Joseph N. Pew, millionaire
oil man and a heavy contributor
to Republican financing, and
Joseph r. Grundy, wealthy Penn
sylvania manufacturer.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

c o m mission.
ers, Thad H.
Brown and
Paul A. Walk.
er, are sin"
cerely devouC
a nd g odly
men and are
still Mortified
at the SnortS
of d riSion
which greeted
t h ir recent
efforts to
keep the air
waves p ur e.
Inside reports
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
Golden Mirror Girl
Gives Freshman Tea

Freshmen at American Univer-
sity were guests yesterday at tea
given by Miss Gere Dell Sale,
former Central High School stu
dent and a freshman at the uni
versity. Approximately 106 boys
and girls attended.
Miss Sales, now IT, lives with
her family at 1923 Whittier st.
N. w. She was one of the finaliSts
in the Washington Times-Herald
Golden Mirror Contest.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

Strout also pointed out that
1.-THE Die Committee gets more
attention, more headlines and
more newspaper space in the
average week than the La
Toilette Committee gets in a
normal mo. tn"
1t is fair to say in this connec-
ton that Dies obligingly
operated his show during the
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

dead summer
months when
the President
W a s absent
from Wash
ington a n d
t h e corr E.
Sp on d e n is
were painting
for news. The
New Dealers
n OW realize
that it would
h a We be e n
smart tactics
for them to
have induced
RH-llAAL L.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

NNAOs Az AONAAN
Eleven out
of eighteen re-
porters cover
ing the Dies
h e a; in g S
agree with F.
D. r. that the
Dies investi-
cation is un-
fair. only
Two voted IL
fair. r W o
t h o u g h t it
was as fair as
o t her Con-
greSSional in
v e S legations,
mhinh aU
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

hold a rival show during the
summer to blanket, if possible,
Dies stuff. However, it's too late
for that now.
The Dies committee and its
labors are clearly going to be a
strain on the family tie between
the President and Speaker Of
the House Bankhead when
Bankhead returns to the Capital
and reports to the Chief. Bank
head, who appoints House COM
mittees, gave the reactionary
Texan, always openly hostile to
the New Deal, committee top
heavy with anti.NeW Deal con-
servatives who back Dies in any.
thing he wants to do.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

Sem. LaFOIIette from FEC IN
dicate that the commission will
pursue it's determination to pun
iSh the radio stations which
broadcast the "Hell," Damn"
and For Gods sake" expletiveS
which Salted the radio version
of Eugene ONeilps Pulitzer
Prize drama, Beyond the Hori'
Zon" ,
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
COMPETITION PHASE

Schwartz declared the transfer
and renewal of licenses without
reference to retailers credit would
result in competition by whole
salers as to the amount of credit
extended. Eventually, he warned,
the contest would spread to dis
tillers as to wholesalers credit.
Leo A. Rover, former United
States Attorney, who said he
spoke for 95 per cent of the whole
sale beer distributors in Washing
ton, said the brewers opposed the
ABC proposal and asked for more
stringent regulation of ere d t
rather than relaXtion of the finan-
cial relationship.
Rover decried assertions the
wholesalers were seeking to have
the ABC board act as a bill col
lector."
: BLANKEN FOR CHANGE
The greatest evil of pre-prohibi-
ton days, Rover said, was retail
outlets over which wholesalers ex-
ercised economic and political
domination. In the act of 1886
which set up the ABC board, Rover
declared, Congress intended to
make such tie-upS impossible.
Relaxation of rules governing
credit, he warned would benefit
only the inefficient minority Of
retailers"
Payment of debts by retailers,
he said, was beneficial to the pub
lie in that better grade men were
attracted to the industry.
After hearing David L. Blanken,
An attorney, nidorsed the proposal
the ABC board adjourned the hear
ing. The proposal was sen to
Corporation Counsel Elwood H.
Seal for a study of its legal phases.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, who frequently indicates his
suppressed desire to be managing editor suggested last
week that if White House correspondents wanted to get
"a swell story" they should interview the Capitol Hill
porers who have actually covered the hearings of the Dies
committee. Ask them, proposed F. D. R. what they think
of the fairness of the methods pursued by Chairman Martin
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
Hearsay Evidence

Strout pointed out that the
Dies Committee serves its sub
poenas on witnesses who accuse
groups or individuals, the La
Follete group put the accused on
the stand. Strout likened the
La Toilette procedure to a nor
NAL courtroom where both sides
are heard while, he said, Dies
publicly Sifted hearSay evidence"
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
TRADE ALLIANCE.
WITH DICTATORS..
DECLARED VITAL.
Patterson Also Urges
S. American Drive

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 UN.S0
Cooperation between democracieS
and dictatorship nations in main
tanning an economic and mutually
profitable international trade re.
lationship is of vital necessity, AS
siStant Secretary of Commerce
Richard c. Patterson declared to-
day before the national foreign
trade convention.
At the same time Paterson as
serted that the United States must
work toward further development
Of it's Latin-American markets II
it wishes to expand its foreign
trade.
ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED
The Assistant Secretary con.
tended that it is not impossible for
the Democratic and totalitarian
systems to work side by side in so
far as foreign trade is concerned.
The trend toward control
economy and the economic dis
turbances Of the postwar period
have imposed a heavy burden Of
restrictions and controls on in
ternational trade" Patterson
said.
"a tremendous distortion Of
trade channels has occurred,
and the international invest
ment market, SO essential to
foreign commerce, has been de-
moralized.
"It is possible that adjust
ments can be made which will
permit a system of free, private
enterprise and a system of man.
aged economy to exist peaceably
side by side. We must insure
that democracy is just as eff
cient as autocracy."
CONFIDENCE NEEDED
In building up markets in the
Western Hemisphere, the United
States will go far in working for
the survival of confidence in demo
cratic ideals and principles, &C.
cording to Patterson.
I'm dealing with Latin Amer
lea and other sections Of the
world" he added, foreign
traders must be prepared for de-
velopments that will challenge
their abilities and their resource
fulness. More than ever before,
this will call for prompt, COM
plete and accurate knowledge Of
events. as they occur and the
ability to- appreciate correctly
their significance"
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
Keeping Ether Pure

Chairman Frank McNich Of
the Federal Communications
Commission and his brother
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
CoUer Wide Range

The response of reporters in
the unfair" group covered a
wide range. Paul Y. Anderson,
noted liberal correspondent Of
the st. Louis Star-Times and
the Nation, asserted that some
Congressional committees smell,
some are foul and some stink
the Dies committee StinkS."
Richard L. Strout sent a dis
passionate analysis of the Dies
technique to his paper, the
Christian Science Monitor. con-
trasting Dies procedure with
that Of Chairman Bob La Fol
lette, whose committee has been
investigating infringement OF
civil liberties.
Dies, incidentally, has COM
plGined bitterly because La
FolIette secured d much larger
GppTopriGtton of funds and also
got the cooperation of GdmtniS-
trGtive agencies tOhtch Dies has
been denied.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31

Capitol Stuff undertook to do
the leg work for Editor Roose-
,,oIk To Fo,,-L.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
LIQUOR AND BEER.
DEALERS FIGHT.
RULES REVISION
Want Present Retail
Credit Clause Kept

Liquor and beer wholesalers
pleaded today for retention of the
present credit relationship with
retailers 1t the resumption of pub
lie hearings on the proposal of the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
to grant 1889 license renewals and
transfers without regard to the
credit standing of retailers.
Milford F. Schwartz, represent
ing the Wholesale Liquor Dealers
Of Washington, Inc, told the ABCI
board the present regulations are
a distinct benefit both to the pub
lie and the industry.
The Washington times., 1938-10-31
BASED UPON CREDIT

These regulations prohibit re-
newals and transfers of licenses
where retailers fail to pay their
liquor bills within the As days
designated by the board as a
reasonable credit period.
ANY change now or in the
future might tend to create the
possibility of the So-called tied
house" Schwartz asserted.
He defined the tied house" as
q "pre-prohibition" evil, by which
the wholesaler dominated retail
outlets,
The Washington times., 1938-10-31


agreed, did not set a high mark
for fairness. Three insisted a
reporter should not comment on
a story he was covering.
A press association reporter
and correspondents for four
conservative metropolitan news
papers joined with correspond
ents for liberal newspapers, for
a radio news service and for the
Daily Worker to brand the Texas
CongreSSman'S hearing unfair.
The two reporters voting "fair"
and the two who rated the Dies
probe as fair as other Congress
Sional investigations represent
metropolitan newspapers claSSed
as conservative.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-10
NOTICE OF RESALE

NOTICE OF RESALE
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
GUY T. BADGER, ADMINIS-
TRAITOR OF GEO. w. WEAVER,
DECEASED, PETITIONER
VS..
BESIE WELLS, EFT AL, DE-
PENDANTS.
Bid at former sale having been
raised and by order Of the Su-
perior Court of Ashe County the
undersigned Commissioner will
on the 18th day of November,
1888, at one o'clock P. M. at the
Courthouse door in Jefferson,
North Carolina, offer for resale
to the highest bidder for cash a
certain lot of land fully described
in a deed from John A. Weaver
to Geo. w. Weaver, which is re-
corded in the office of the Regis
ter of Deeds of Ashe County in
Book H-H, page 2O4, which re-
cord by reference is made part
hereof for full and complete de-
scription of said lot of land.
This October 81, 1888.
IRA T. JOHNSTON,
11-3-2t Commissioner.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-10
MODIFIED SPRAY FOR
APPLES is SUCCESS

A modified spray schedule for
apples, tested during the SIMMER
in Alexander, Buncombe, Hen
derson and Yadkin counties
compared favorably with the reg
ular recommended schedule in
! the control of diseases affecting
Bonum, Delicious and Winesar
varieties of the fruit, reports H
R. Niswonger, extension horticul-
turist at State College. Spray
burn damage and the cost of ma
terials was reduced by the new
schedule. which calls for less
concentration of liquid lime sui
phur and Bordeaux mixture, he
revealed.
On Delicious apples at the
Brushmont Orchard in Alexan-
der county the percentage OF
fruit free from scab or rots was
increased from 81 to 95 per cent
by seven sprayings of the modi-
fed schedule. Bonum Delicious
were sprayed five times at the
Mountain Experiment Station at
Salamanca in Buncombe coun-
ty, and the percentage of disease
free fruit was increased from
98.5 to 98.7. Delicious apples
were tested in the E. l.. Marshall
orchard in Henderson county and
the gain in good fruit was from
Ola to 92.6 per cent, with seven
sprayings. Red Winesaps in the
Highland Orchard in Yadkin
county received six sprayings
with the modified schedule and
showed 92.6 per cent free from
scab and rots as compared with
91.9 per cent under the regular
schedule.
In the modified spray the liquid
lime sulphur is reduced from 21a
gallons Irregular schedule) to IL
gallons per 100 gallons of water,
and the Bordeaux mixture form
ular is changed from 4 pounds of
blue stone and pounds of lime
per 100 gallons of water to 2
pounds of blue stone and 6
pounds of lime per 100 gallons
of water. Hydrated lime is also
omitted from the combined spray
mixture of liquid lime sulphur
and arsenate of lead.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-10

NOTICE OF EXECUTION
NORTH CAROLINA
ASEIE COUNTY ~ z " IS
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
WEST. JEFFERSON
VS..
T. E. BALLOU, L. w. BAKER,
And BRYAN OLIVER b
By virtue Of an execution di-
rected to the undersigned from
the Superior Court Of Ashe coun-
ty in the above entitled action
I WILL. on Monday, December s.
1888, at one o'clock P. NJ, at the
courthouse door of .Ashe Coun-
! ty, sell to the highest bidder for
cash, to satisfy said execution,
all rights, title, and interest,
which T. E. Ballou, the defend
ant, has in the following describ-
ed real estate:
FIRST TRACT: That certain
tract of land lying in Ashe Coun-
ty, Walnut Hill Township, the
property of T. E. Ballou, given
him by Item Four of the Will of
N. B. Ballou, which is recorded
in Will Book E, at Page 80 to
313, in the office of the Clerk of
Superior Court of Ashe County,
to which Will reference is here
by made for a description of said
property by metes and bounds.
SECOND TRACT: That certain
tract of land situated in Ashe
County, Walnut Hill Township,
North Carolina, adjoining the
lands of T. E. Ballou, J. A. Bal
lou, c. l.. Blevins, ct al, contain
ing 81 acres 116 poles, and speci-
fically described in a deed from
N. F. Ballou, ct al to T. E. Bal
lou, recorded in the Office of the
Register of Deeds of Ashe county,
in Book RI, Page 1877, to which
recorded instrument, reference is
hereby made for a description of
said property by metes and
bounds.
EXCEPTION: There is except
ed from the operation of this sale
and lands above described, the
following tract of land:
BEGINNING on Walnut tree,
near a corner of c. L. Blevins,
running with the fence on top
Of a ridge known as the Joe and
Tom Ballou line to an Oak tree
at corner of woods; then running
Southerly direction with edge of
woods and field to the top Of the
ridge to a Red oak tree on top
Of ridge; then a direct South line
to Uriah Ballou's line, known as
johnson land; then with J. A. and
Tom Ballou's line to Estel Hur-
ley and T. E. Ballou's corner;
then with Estel Hurley and T. E..
Ballou's line to Estel Hurley's
and Tom Ballou's corner in Clint
Ballou's line; then with Clint Bal
lou and T. E. Ballou's line to the
beginning.
This 3rd day of November
1888.
w. E. MILLER,
ll-lO-4t Sheriff.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-10
FOR SALE

FORM FOR SALE-I have a
farm for sale near Idlewild, con-
tanning 81 acres, several buildings
and two-thirds of the land is
cleared and in grass. Price ST.
600 half down and years on the
balance, in yearly payments.
Near school and church good
neighborhood. See c. J. Jones,
Miller's Creek in Wilkes county,
or write W. L. Richardson, Pine
vile, KY. 1O-2O-5tc
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-10

WALTER FRANKLIN p e NJ
;NINGTON, PAULINE PENN
INGTON and DAMN PENNING-
TON, by their Guardian AID Lit
tenn, l.. P. COWARD. ".
The defendants, Walter Frank
lin Pennington, Pauline Penning-
ton and Diam Pennington, will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in
the Superior Court of .Ashe coun-
ty, N. c., to sell lands or divi-
sion; and the said defendants will
further take notice that they are
required to appear at the office
of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of said county in the court
house in Jefferson, North Caro-
lima, within ten (10) days after
the 18th day of Nov, 1888, and
answer or demur to the complaint
in said action, or the plaintiffs
will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in said COM
plant.
This IA day of Oct, 1888.
J. D. STANSBERRY,
1O-20-4t Clerk Superior Court.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-11-10
DolGCda.rneQiQ
.s,Minutq Biographies
Z 1thor Of "Hosv to Win Friends
and Influence People," VsSIN

casionally and goes about with
his hair uncombed and his chin
unshaved.
The Nazim of Hyderabad has
chairs, touches, carriages and
even cannon, cast in solid gold
and inlaid with emerals and
rubies. Of course, he can't shoot
these golden cannon, because
they are too soft, but they dc
make a mighty impression upon
the visitors.
He goes on regular shopping
expeditions into the public mar
ket, tasting this food and that,
and whenever His Exalted
Highness admires anything, (cus-
tom demands that hte shopkeep-
err give it to him free of charge.
So he goes back to the palace
with an army of servants car
rying baskets of food that didn't
cost him a cent.
The Nizam speaks perfect Eng
lish, shoots tigers from the back
of an elephant, wears rings in
his ears, gives his favorite wife
two hundred dollars a month for
spending money and sleeps in a
bed that doesn't have any
springs.