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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25

The movement for the abolition
of holding companies is gain
ing momentum day by day. At
this writing. it is disclosed that
Senator Carter Glass, 3D., Va
is low drafting legislation to
the end of doing away with hold
ing companies. To be more
explicit, the current meaning of
holding companies; are slick
devices where few people con
troll large sums of money be-
longing to the investing public.
Under the Roosevelt govern
ment, business in general has
had ample warning not to get
out of line and bring on an un-
healthy situation. To abandon
fraud and dishonesty in business
ethics and let the economic
machinery move on. Business
failed to heed the governments
warning. In the lap of five
years of prosperity, big business
is accused of high pricing the
country into business recess
sion. If indeed, big business is
responsible for our present eco
nomic slump, as many seem to
think, business defends on the
strength of fear psychology.
However, economic experts,
in fixing, or assessing the res
/ possibility for our present bust
ness slump, there is a wide di-
vergence of opinion. But in the
midst of the charges and counter
charges the government seems
to have by far the better edge
in the contention. The employ
ment base is the difficult factor
in the present economic situa-
ton. Fear psychology, as adj
vanced by big business for idle
men now roaming the country
well on to twelve million, is not
now accepted by the general
public, as sufficient reason f o I
these lay-offs and shortened
work hours. For after all the
people have rights which are due
respect and consideration.
To be Continued.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25

overconfident victory will al
ways follow this monster gentle
man Joe Louis who says but a
little yet delivers the goods when
the time comes. 1T was just
as easy for Louis to pick up that
fifty or seventy five thousand
dollars in eight minutes as it
was to take drink of cold spring
water. Of course that is about
all Louis drink anyway, except
he occasionally takes a glass of
sweet milk. Now Louis might
havev allowed the fight to have
gone on Just little furthurer
to gi We the spectators little
more fun for their money had it
not been one of the Mann blows
on his face stung Louis bring
ing out the lightning and fire
eating spirit of revenge. Then
it was Joe opened every valve
put Manns water on and heat
ed it so hot till the poor fellow
could not stand it at all.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25
keystone, Mcdowell Co.

Mayor. j. Stuart (R.)
RECORDER-N. F.. ordon,
Republican.
TREASURER-F. c. Bernardo
Republican.
CHIEF OF POLICE-F. J Moore
Republican.
STREET CONC. l.. Man s.
field. (R)
FIRE CHIEF-L. l.. Hughes,
Republican.
CITY ATTY S. A. Calhoun,
Republican.
CITY HEALTH OFFICER
DR.. j. f.. Brown, (RD
POSTMASTER-T. w. link,
Jr., Democrat.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL-
J. f. Painter, (RD r. l.. Hatcher
RI Joe Pals, Rep, S. A. Cal
houn. (RD Archie Davis, Rep
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25
JOE LOUIS EASILY DEFENDS
CHAMPIONSHIP

The New OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
thing over five thousand strong
who travelled to Madison Square
Garden to see their pet idol Ma
than Mann make good his own
boosted superiority over champ
ion Joe Louis had to return home
full of disappointment and CON
sidcrably bereft o that glitter
ing generality having inscribed
on its face In God We Trust,
having wagered same on their
misconceived champion. They
soon learned that there is no
thing to it sending a boy to at
tend man sbusiness when deal
ing with Joe Louis.
Well IT h e y will do it every
time" This little bout went to
show as is has always shown.
that Joe Louis wont become too
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25

are Democrats except one of the
Concilment, Joe Zano, Rep.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25
GASOLINE TAXES HIGH

A total of $7,144,184,000 has
been paid in state and federal
gasoline taxes in the United
States since 1919, with $76,675
900 of the total coming from the
pockets of West Virginia motor
list tax payers, it was reported
today by Edwin F. Patrick, the
secretary of the West Virginia
Petroleum Association.
Mr.. Patrick said his organiZa
ton had sent to governor Holt
telegram report showing that
motorist tax payers of West Va.
have paid $67,940,000 in state
gasoline taxes since this first
levy was imposed in 1928, plus
$8,735.000 in federal gasoline
taxes since 1882.
February 25, 1888 marks
the ninteenth anniversary of the
gasoline tax in the United
States" explained Mr.. Patrick,
land we dislike to see this gaso-
line tax birthday pass without
expressing gratitude to those
motorist tax payers, many of
them $50 aweek wage earnerS
and many more of them farmers
who have to dig down into their
pockets or these millions of doll
ars to pay for the states great
economic asset, its highway
system.
"The members of our state
wide organization, like many
other BUSINESS men, public off
ciais, and legislators, keenly
are interested in taxes paid by
motorists, and especially how the
money is spent to develop high
ways. Every citizen of West
Virginia also should have a pro
found sense of gratitude for
these tax payers. These people
of limited financial means, by
paying pc my after penny in
gasoline taxes, have contributed
the millions of dollars W h &c h
have gone into our highways,
They have given generously t o
the cost Of government.
When we contemplate these
millions Of dollars made avial
able for roads, and the billions
collected throughout the United
states, every dollar paid when
motorists have purchased motor
fuel at service stations, we come
to the realization that there is
here an enormous trust fund
which must be expended wisely
and economically upon planned
a d necessary roads. These
tax payers are lifting the bur
len of road cost from the backs |
If other citizens; paying well |
md fully for the roads they use. !
Continued on Page Three
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25
Williamson, Mingo Co.

MAYOR. Matt Smith, Dem.
CLERK TREAS B. c. Roach,
Democrat.
CHIEF OF POLICE - Elmer
Teller, Democrat.
ST. COM.-Henry Smith, Dem.
FIRE CHIEF-Wilton Fields,
Democrat.
WATER SUPT.-F. NJ. Offut,
Democrat.
City ENGINEER-F. M. Offut.
Democrat.
CITY HEALTH OFFICER -
Vacant.
CITY ATTY. - Chlide Nelms,
POSTMASTER Joe p. Sal
field, Democrat.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
J. l.. Rutherford, Dem; Andrew
Herald, Dem; Hubert G. Clark,
Dem. and Basil H. Reese, Dem.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25
ELECTION CALENDAR

July 1929
Mailing of absent voters bal
lots between these dates.
July %
Last day for any vacancies on
ticket to be filled by executive
committee.
July 80
Last day for designation of
election commissioners and last
day for issuance Of certificates
of transfer of registration by the
county clerk or registrar. Also
last day for election commits
sioners 70 receive election sup
plies for precincts.
August
Special messenger may be dis
patched for supplies if they have
not yet been provided. Also
last day for nomination certifi-
Gates of nomination to be filed
with the secretary of state or
clerk of the circuit court.
August | to August Is
state and judicial circuit con
ventions shall be held for nOmi
nation of supreme and circuit
court judges if any are to be
elected.
August 2
Primary election day. Twelve
hours after completion of count
and declaration Of winners, the
supplies and returns shall be
delivered to clerk of the circuit
court and certificates mailed to
the .ry of state.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25
Recesslng the Country

With this blast, the president
has big business on the run,
Already, in the air, there are
sweeping changes to be made
in the Industrial a n d financial
structure of the government,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25
We]ch-County Seat

MAYOR. ". Blakely. RD
Clerk-Treaa- G. Frank Wright,
Republican.
STREET COM.-W 3. Little.
Republican.
FIRE CHIEF-H e. Baringer,
CITY ATTORNEY. II. Hern.
don. OR.)
CITY FNGINEERt-L. A. o.
borne, (R)
CITY HEALTH OFFICER-W.
G. Hall(RD
POSTMASTER-Am Weather
by. Cd
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25
NOrthfork. W. Va.

MANOR-Sam ROscn. Rep.
RECORDEE-D. +. Hamilton,
Democrat.
TREASURER-L. Washington,
Jr., Democrat
CHIEF OF POLICE ID e a n
Spencer, Republican.
FIRE CHIEF. Robert Ander-
son. Democrat.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL-L.
Washington. Dem. w. A. Gre
ger. Dem; Harry Sliegman,
Rep; 7. +. Galloway, Rep. Jno.
Gibson, Republican.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25

Gail Carter, (R.) S. M. Burgess.
(R) !; Albert Barley, Rep; Geo
Suthers, Rep; James Smith,
Republican. A.~aasp
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-02-25
Speed Of Butterflies, Wings

Butterflies flap their wings only
nine times a second. Housef1ies
make $50 wing beats a second. b.
Evening star., 1938-06-25

OUT WISCONSIN Are TO Van Ness nsst on Vcr
Ness 'ocross NehroskG Are,l TO 43-d Street and
nome NOTE-Von Ness st iutersects Nebraska
Az m,dudy oetween Wisconsin ana Mossacfu-
Evening star., 1938-06-25

larly when these loans are amortized
only over long periods. In relation
to this factor the raising of standards
and all esthetic considerations are, as
far as making the proposition busi-
ness one, secondary" it is pointed out.
The architects have tried to inn
prove this situation at their own ex-
pense They cannot afford to do it.
No real advance in the standards OF
small homes is to be expected till
the bulk of the lending institutions
is prepared to require uniform stand
ards of professional control as a pre-
requisite to their loans and, further
more. to bear the expense of setting
up and maintaining such control as
an insurance on their own money"
Although officials of various lend
ing institutions are sympathetic to
the central office" plan, competition
and the recession deter them from
independent action. the committee
says. Federal influence naturally
suggests itself" the report continues,
adding that the plan should receive
its first test in the smaller COM
munities.
Flaw Seen in Federal Plan.
THE interest of the Washington
organizers of the Federal Home Loan
Bank in their plan. which is sub
Stantially the same as ours, continues
most solicltolls. 1t has chances of sue
cess in Westchester and in medium
sized communities where the building
interests are concentrated in a few
hands and civic pride is more init
mate asset 1t falls down in the
metropolitan area because there is not
enough business of this variety to en-
courage the banks individual members
in uniform development of competent
personnel and methods in the face of
probable sacrifices of cash and
autonomy.
The Federal Housing Administra-
ton is everywhere and provides an
Olympian terminal to which the buck
may he passed. When asked if pro-
feSsional supervision could not be in
sisted upon as prerequisite to F. H. A.
guarantees. the administra ton answer
ed that this could be done only where
communities. as in the case Of
Memphis, Tenn, were already or
Evening star., 1938-06-25
nents included this year for the first

ments included this year for the first
time).
Occupancy in other cities as shown
by surveys made in 1888 under the
auspices Of real estate boards, often
through cooperation of the local post
office, as reported to the National As
sociation Of Real Estate Boards:
Detroit, single-family dwellings, 90
per cent; multi-family dwellings, 985
per cent; all residential units, 98.75
per cent. st. Louis, all units, 95.4 per
cent; Kansas City. Mo-, single-family
residences, 942 per cent; apartments,
92.5 per cent.
Worcester, Mass, all serviceable resi-
Dental units, 9813 per cent. Trenton,
N. j., total residential occupancy, SO 2
per cent. Orange and Maplewood, N.
j., single-family residences, 976 per
cent (same as 1880; apartments, 95.5
per cent (04 per cent lower than
1880; all residential housing, 97.3
per cent (as compared with 81 per
cent in 1880.
Evening star., 1938-06-25
EMERGENCY LIGHTING
Auxiliary Service Is Suggested
for Business Places.

A business property owner or lessee
who is considering making his store as
up-to-date and efficient as possible by
means Of modernization should con-
slider the advantage that an emergency
lighting system might have to offer
him.
There is scarcely a person who has
not experienced the unpleasant sensa-
ton that comes when the electric cur
rent is suddenly cut of. There have
been instances where near-panic en-
sued despite the fact that there was no
danger present. At other times the
current remained out for a consider
able period of time and business was
at standstill. Costs of such equip
ment are not prohibitive as the prop
erty owner will find upon investigation.
Evening star., 1938-06-25
MASSPRODUCT|ON
OF HOMES URGED
SmalI.House Committee of
Architects Holds Aid of
Profession Needed.

The production of small houses
must approximate the mechanism of
otner large-scale products which the
pubic buys, it is declared in a report
OF the Small-House Committee of the
New York Chapter of the American
institute of Architects, of which
harvey Stevenson is chairman.
1t cannot succeed unless it is done
on large scale" says the report.
LABOR costs at the moment are too
nigh to induce individual production.
1hls means that from the producer's
point OF view the house must be
handled from start to finish with the
closest cooperation between financing,
oeslgnmg, construction and SUPER
vision. From the purchasers point
OF view the finished product must
oe produced at given price without
tne distraction and uncertainties of
dealing with disassocated controls"
A plan to secure professional su-
pervision for the IS per cent of build
mg which now receives no architec-
tural service was outlined in the re-
port. The plan emissions central
ofhces" wherever justified by demand,
IRON which the potential client,
whether an individual or a developer,
could obtain the necessary informa-
ton and advice and could make all
arrangements so that the completed
building or buildings would be salts
factory to himself. the lending in
stltution and the Government.
Would Direct Standards.
These offices should have a super
vising architect directing the stand
ards of design and supervision" it
Is asserted. The productin of the
designs, the arrangements for design
ing for the client and the apportion-
ment of fees could be worked out as
soon as the fundamental premises
are assured.
When the house or houses are
completed in manner satisfactory
TO the lending institutions they would
receive a stamp of approval, the
slgnlhcance and value of which would
be properly publicized 1t is con-
ceivable that the market value of
this seal would become sufficient to
lead developers to conform to the
requirements laid down in order to
obtain this stamp.
The first hurdle to be overcome
Is the competitive quality of the
individual lending institutions. If it
Is possible for the architects and the
technical participants to collaborate
1t ought to be possible for the finan-
clal institutions to do the same.
This cooperative effort suggests
other facilities which the individual
institution cannot afford to maintain
at high standard-for example, a
skilled inspector from a central or
eanization can handle the work of
inspection for number of operations
better than dozen less competent
inspectors working full or part time
for the various Individuals
Sees Loans Safeguarded.
A primary reason for professional
service. according to the report. is
the safeguarding of loans, particu-
Evening star., 1938-06-25
ganiZed with this service in full swing.

sanized with this service in full swing.
THE F. H. A. could not, at least
not now in the face Of Government
pressure for immediate production, do
anything that might handicap volume.
Here again. If any such plan is to be
tried it should be begun in those
smaller communities where the bulk
OF building is individually owned and
where all the interested parties may
be organized to demand professional
control as community interest. The
F. H. A., or any big business for that
matter. will support any plan for
building that a whole community
wants"
Evening star., 1938-06-25
MINNEAPOLIS SHOWS
1.89 PCT. VACANCY
Survey Shows Residential Units
Not Sufficient if Families
"Cndouble."

Minneapolis, most recent city to
survey residential occupancy, has
vacancy Of 1.89 per cent in its total
number Of residential units. The sur
vey made in May by postal carriers
and complied by the Minneapolis Real
Estate Board, as summarized in the
June is issue Of Freehold. magazine of
real estate, shows number of dou-
bled-up families (3,302), more than
matching the number of available un-
occupied residential units (2,545).
Occupancy in single-family homes is
$50 per cent, as compared with 98.7
per cent a year ago. Apartment occu-
pancy was found as 96.48 per cent,
as against 98.2 per cent a year ago
housekeeping rooms and hotel apart
Evening star., 1938-06-25
SHOWERS IMPROVED
Wide Range of Choice Fits Nearly
Every Budget.

Summertime is shower bath time
Available for the bathroom in the new
house or the bathroom to be modern
lied are showers to At every budget,
new and more economical shower
heads, improved valves and controls,
metal pre-fabricated shower cabinets.
swanky glass shower Enclosures and
doors, and handsome shower curtains
in an infinite variety OF designs and
colorS.
No other item of plumbing equip
ment is made in such a variety OF
styles and is offered at such q wide
price range. says the Plumbing and
Heating Industries Bureau.
Any showerless bathroom can be
modernized with a shower regardless
of whether the tub is Of the leg type
or the built-in style. the bureau points
out.
Evening star., 1938-06-25

Over 1000 fishermen on 160 Japa-
nese ships are pearl fishing of Aus
tralia,
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
24O CHILDREN
TO co TO CAMP

Encouraged by contributions
totaling $1,000, the Family Service
Association sent notices today to
240 boys and girls to prepare to
enter its two summer camps for
the third two-week period starting
next Tuesday.
The children, all under IL, will
thus be given an opportunity to
escape from hot city homes of
their low-income families and
spend two weeks in the woods in
the Chopawamsic recreation area
at Quantico. There will be 100
white children at Camp Goodwill
and an equal number of colored
at Camp Pleasant.
William H. Savin, director &
the association, said about $2,50O
was needed to operate the camp
for the two weeks, while a total
Of $4,000 is asked to operate
through q fourth two-week period
ending August %.
However, he said, although
funds in hand are insufficient.
they felt sufficiently encouraged
by the rate at which contributions
are being received to proceed with
the opening Tuesday, confident
that they would be able to con-
tinue operations through the next
two weeks. He was uncertain at
this time whether or not it would
be possible to continue after
August 9, when the last period
should begin.
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
Meet Biggest Han, in Town. Good Mon TO- Hove Around
Roy Codnm Direct Work Radio Operators Disaster Strikes CT

Among the emergency Hams are
Miss Elizabeth M. Zandenini, OF
the U. s.. Bureau Of Standard, with
Station W3CDQ at 1888 Everett
st. N. W.; Eppa Darne, of the
Potomac Electric Power Company
with Station W3BWT at 1872
Tennyson Ave. N. E.; Lieut.. ]. H
Nicholson, Of the Bureau of Air
Commerce, with Station N3EEN at
Falls Church, Va, and r. E. Ma.
comber at Sixteenth and Flower
SITS. N. w.
All Of the 800 Hams in Wash
ington will play just as an impor.
tant a role as himself in an emer.
gency, Corderman said. All will
listen for messages and clear them
through his station.
Busiest Ham in Washington
now is Darne who is local grour
manager for the Relay League
He listens in every evening, picks
up messages fer this area, tele.
phones or mails them to their
destination and forwards others
into more distant areas.
ONCE A HAM
Once a Ham, always Ham, &C
cording to Corderman. He be
came Ham back in 1909 when he
built a receiving set. It took him
two years to get a message. In
1912 he broadcast a message two
miles. Now almost every night he
chats with friends all over the
world whom he has never seen.
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
ToDAY'S SHORT WAVE PROGRAM

CARACAS, $50 P. M.-Billo's
Orchestra. YV5RC, 51.7 m, So
meg.
LONDON, e:35 P. M.-Aesop's
stories about the frogs told in a
new way. GSI, 1876 m, 1926 meg. !;
esd, 25.5 M, Ills meg; Csc,
31.3 M, 9.58 meg; GSB, 31.5 m,
9.51 meg.
PRAGUE, 9:55 P. M.-Brass
Band. OLR4A, 1853 M, 11.84
meg; OLR5A, 1877 M, 1923 meg.
PARIS, 1920 P. M.-Talk by
Nine. de Gramont Tin English ..
TPA4. 25.6 M, It'll meg.
TOKYO, 12:45 A. M.-JapapeSe
Children's Songs. JZJ, 25.4 M,
11.80 meg.
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

If major disaster ever strikes
Washington, Roy C. Corderman
will be the biggest Ham in town.
Ali other "HamS"-and there
are more than 300 of them in the
District and it's SuburbS-will CO.
operate in an emergency to leave
Corderman'S status unqueStioned.
Because Corderman, an official
of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company, has been
named emergency coordinator for
the Washington Area of the Amer
lean Radio Relay League.
The Radio Relay League is an
organization of broadcaSting anna
teurs. Affectionately they call each
other Hams" (for h'amateurs)
and they keep the low-frequency
air bands buzzing "a hours a day.
PROVED WORTH
The Hams" have proven time
and again that they are invaluable
in disaster areas where regular
communication lines have been
broken by storm, flood or earth
quake.
But in past disasters the
Hams" in their eagerness to be
of service have caused some con-
fusion by duplicating each others
broadcasts. So the League decided
to appoint emergency coordina-
tors in all large cities and in
watershed areas. In each area
a Ham" is named to control all
broadcaStS.
Should Washington ever be left
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

TOKYO, 6:15 P. M.-Western
Music. JZJ, 25.4 m, 11.80 meg.
LONDON, 1920 P. M.-George
Bernard Shaw. CSC, 1873 M,
T.79 meg; esp, 1876 m, 1881
meg; ESQ, 1877 M, 1918 meg;
esd, 25.5 m, Ills meg; GSB,
BIS m, ISL meg.
ROME, 7:30 P. Mount Luigi
Cozza: Regulating the Tiber Be
low Rome" 2RO4, 25.4 m, 11.81
meg; IRF. 3O.5 m, 9.83 meg.
PRAGUE, 900 P. M. - Sere-
nades. OLR4A. 25.3 M, 11.84
meg: OLR5A. 1877 M, 1923 meg.
BERLIN, Oils P. M.-Military
Anecdotes. DJD, 25.4 m, lit
meg.