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Evening star., 1938-02-02
MAJ. JOHN LlTTIG
DIES HERE AT 81
Retired Medical Corps Officer Ex.
pires at Walter Reed Of
Heart Ailment.

Maj. John v. Littig. 81. Medical
Corps, U. s. A., retired, died today
of . heart ailment in Walter Reed
Hospital.
Maj. Littig, who retired in Febru-
ary, 1882, had been living in War;
renton. Va, until entering the hos
pital last November. Among survivors
are his widow, Mrs. Bessie c. Littig,
residing at 1921 Eighth street NV,
and a son. John c. Lettig, living in
the Philippines.
A native Of Davenport, Iowa, Maj.
Littig was graduated from Rush Med
ical College in Chicago, receiving
his degree in 1901. He was commits
stoned captain in the medical sec
ton. Officers Reserve Corps. in July,
1917, and shortly afterward was called
to active duty. He was promoted to
major in January. 1918. In Septem-
Der, 1920, he vacated his commission
in the Reserve Corps and was ap-
pointed a ajor in the Medical Corps
of the Regular Army. He was on
duty here in the Army General Dis
pensary from February, 1926, to May,
1929.
Funeral arrangements were to be
announced later.
Evening star., 1938-02-02

Bucharest, Rumania, has installed
deaf mutes as traffic officers.
Evening star., 1938-02-02
BURKE lNSISTENT
ON n. |. R. B. QUIZ
Supreme Court Decision Makes
Inquiry More Imperative,
Senator Asserts.

By the Associated Press.
Senator Burke, Democrat, Of Ne
braska, asserted today that a Supreme
Court decision this week in q National
Labor Relations Board case made an
investigation Of the boards activities
more imperative than ever"
The court held that Federal district
courts have no right to prevent board
hearings by inlunctions.
Senator Burke said he would renew
his request for an inquiry at hearings
which will be resumed tomorrow by
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Chairman J. Warren Madden of the
Labor Board has been called to reply
to charges by Senator Burke that the
board Is biased in its decisions
Senator Logan, Democrat, of Ken
lucky, member of the subcommittee
said he believed the Supreme Court
decision upheld the contention that
the board vas An investigatory agency
and not a judicial body For that rea.
son. he argued that the, Judiciary Com.
mittee should not order an investiga.
ton. but that the Labor COMMITTED
should determine If any action were
to be taken.
Evening star., 1938-02-02
DEATHS REPORTED.

Mary A. Thompson. %, .ale Albemarle
st. NV.
Elizabeth J. Hall. 50, St. Eliz.b.th. Hos
william J. Hughes, "A. ee5e Cathedral
Charles E. slentz, 20. 54a7 Connecticut
ave. NV.
Henry Young. IS. Providence Hospital.
MORGAN L. Steele, 81, Naval Hospital
Thomas Madigan. 81. Emergency Hospital
Lalrln L. Lawson. 81, Capitol Park Hotel
Eugene l.. Blaevost. 30. 1897 o.nd st, NV,
Ethel NJ Barrow. So 21OS 31st pl, ne.
Daisy v. Heaey. So. 1920 Upton st. NV.
Sephus DodSon, "a, St. Elizabe Hospital
Francis j. Conneen. 81, Providence Hos
alexander M 1} T. sage. 20, 1873 18th ST. NV.
Key Could 30. Gallinger Hospital
Nathaniel Everard, %. National Homeo-
Mary Wolf. p. District line ne.
kenneth sykes. =. Chidrens Hospital
FANNIE Douglas 6S Emergency Hospital.
Elizabeth E. Smith, 6S, 12O 18th st. Sc.
Sloney Morris. 81. $50 N st. NV.
Matte II. Haig. SIS, 1899 @ ST. NV
Richard Lientfoot. So, Georsetown Hos.
James r. johnson. ~. 1923 Ames st. ne.
Thomas Goodloe, ~. Emergency Hospital.
Bell Holmes. AZ, 2435 st. NV.
Cornella Williams. 43, St. E1izabeth's Hos.
Dewey GleRhorn. 3s. Fr.edmen's HOSPITAL.
Arthur Pinekett. %. r. .edmen's Hospitaj.
Infart Brown. Children's Hospital.
Evening star., 1938-02-02
A. F. G. E. PROTESTS
RIDER AS "SPOILS"

Joins Other Groups Opposing Re-
Quirement of Senate Action
on 81, 900 Jobs.
The American Federation of Gov
eminent Employees yesterday joined
the protest of the McKellar amend
ment to the independent Offices ap-
preparation bill, which would require
Senate approval of appointments to
Federal jobs involving salary of
$4,000 or more per year.
Charles I. Stengle. federation presi-
dent. in prepared statement de-
clared the scheme would. if adopted.
place every important position in the
Civil Service Commission in the spoils
category. thereby controlling the en-
tire civil service in the interest Of
craftsmanship"
He said his organization is joining
the Civil Service Commission, the Ma
tional Civil Service Reform League
and the National League of Women
Voters "in most emphstically oppos-
ing" the rider.
Evening star., 1938-02-02

There are six saints bearing the
name st. Catherine.
Evening star., 1938-02-02
BIRTHS REPORTED,

Aubrey and Ethel Southard. girl.
GeorKe snd Anne Hemmeter, boy,
Andrew and Delphine Haley. boy.
John and Florence Faunce. boy.
Carl and Jessie Peterson. boy.
Sydney and Celia Resnick, boy.
John and Alice Bresnahan. boy.
Paul and Laura LaFond. boy.
Maxwell and Christine Black, boy,
Alexander and Judith Couble, girl,
Paul and Lucille Myers. girl.
Emor7 and Helen Wheeler, girl.
Abner and Doris Roe. girl.
Jesse and Geneva Fol]in, girl.
Uue and Frances Anderson. girl
Melvin and Martha Kennedy. girl,
John and Elizabeth Ballard. boy.
Albert and Catherine Arndt. boy.
Johr and Margaret O'Leary, boy.
Elcole and Anna Marine. boy,
Lester and Anastasia Wrisht. boy.
SGnn 91Hd. and ,md t1use 101n,hx White: Ute boy boy u
Charles and Hilda jackson, girl.
william and Una Becker. girl.
John and Luilette Koerner. girl.
william md Margaret King, girl.
yohn ana Bessie Kremer. girl
Raymond and Marian Thomas. boy.
william and Theresa Butler, boy.
Thick and Nok Jew, girl.
Salton and sonice Judd. girl.
Charlie and Marie Gilchrist. girl.
xohn ana Alice Davis, boy.
Lee ano Leola Nelson. boy.
Allison and Helen Everett. girl.
clarence and Martha Grimm, girl.
Evening star., 1938-02-02
NORTHEAST BUSINESS
GROUP TO HEAR DODD

Association Holds Annual Ban
quet Tonight-senators
Invited to Speak.
William E. Dodd, former Ambas-
sador to Germany. is scheduled to be
the principal speaker at the eleventh
annual banquet of the. Northeast
Business Mems Association at the
Mayflower Hotel at 7:30 O'Clock to-
night.
Newly elected officers to be installed
are Julian Cardin. president; James
P. Rogers and Robert E. Wilhelm, first
and second vice presidents, respec-
lively; Louis Obergh, secretary, and
Harry p. White, treasurer.
Besides Mr.. Dodd, others invited to
speak include Senators Capper of
Kansas, Copeland of New York and
Gillette of Iowa, Police Supt. Ernest
W. Brown and Theodore S. Grape,
president of the Federation Of Business
Mems Associations.
An entertainment program and
dancing will follow the banquet.
More than 600 guests are expected.
Evening star., 1938-02-02
MRS.H.A.$TR0NG. H.
.G.W.U.BENEF ACTOR.
Dr.. Marvin DiscIodes She
Gave Hall Of Goverrment
to University

Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong Of Wash
lngton and Rochester, N. Y, is the
donor of the new George Washington
University Hall of Government, to be
built on the northwest corner Of
Twenty-first and G streets NV, it
was announced today by DR.. Cloyd
H. Marvin, university president.
Gift of the building was disclosed
last June as from an anonymous
donor, but DR.. Marvin said Mrs.
Strong had been persuaded to an
nounce the gift in her name now that
the site has been selected and the
work about to begin.
The hall is being erected by Mrs.
Strong, who is widely known for her
educational benefactions, as a tribute
to her son, L. Corrin Strong, in ap-
probation of his willingness to give
up a personal career to carry on
without remuneration the educational
and philanthropic work of his mother.
Mr.. Strong is president and treas
urer of the Hattie NJ Strong Founda-
tion,- incorporated and endowed by
Mrs. Strong in 1928.
President Marvin described the gift
as especially appropriate in form.
since the high type of citizenship
and devotion to human welfare char
acterizing the one to whom the Hall
Of Government is tribute are pre-
cisely the qualities which must be de-
veloped in those who are to be our
statesmen and public servants of the
future"
Mrs. Strong expressed hope the
work done in this building will aid
the university to stand staunchly for
the American system of free represen-
tative government and individual op-
portunity which has made the gift
possible.
The new hall will be opposite the
Hall for Women. given by Mrs. Strong
to the university in 1886.
Evening star., 1938-02-02
JOHN A. LEWIS, so, DIES;
JUSTICE UNIT OFFICIAL
Funeral Services This Afternoon,
With Burial Friday in
Oak Hill. Va,

John A. Lewis, 80, Of 2112 r street
NV, general foreman Of laborers In
the Department Of Justice, died Mon
day in Emergency Hospital after .
short illness.
Mr.. Lewis, q native Of Sanford, Va,
Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Efiie
E. Lewis: q son, j. Vernon Lewis, and
two daughters. Mrs. Gladys Ross and
Mrs. George Tull, all OF this city: his
mother, Mrs. Susan E. Lewis OF San
ford, and two sisters, Mrs. Alice
Chase. Hallwood. Va. and Mrs. Darius
Hall, Oak Hill, Va. He also leaves two
grandchildren.
Funeral services are being held this
afternoon in Gawlers chapel, l756
Pennsylvania avenue NV. Burial
will be at Oak Hill on Friday.
Evening star., 1938-02-02
CHURCH CLUB ELECTS
]. W. Monroe Heads Nineteenth
Street Baptist Men.

Officers elected by the Mems Club
Of the Nineteenth Street Baptist
Church to serve during the 1898 term
were announced yesterday.
They include J. William Monroe,
president; Walter J. Coster, vice pres
ident: Robert N. Simms, recording
secretary; William H. Brown, financial
secretary; Robert r. Cameron. treas
urer; Charles H. Cabaniss, librarian:
A. s. Rodgers. musical director: NJ. A..
Postel, chaplain, and Hugh j. Nc
Entree, sergeant at arms.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23
r. T. Mcneil Not
Seeking Office As
Sheriff OF County
Name Frequently Mentioned
For Post. Issues Formal
Statement This Week.


P. T. Mcneil, whose name had
been frequently mentioned during
recent weeks as a possible candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
as sheriff Of Ashe county, this week
announcement that his name not be
placed before the convention Sat-
urday.
II wish to thank my friends
throughout the county for express
ing their desire to see me become
the Democratic nominee for sheriff.
However, I do not feel that should
permit my name to go before the
convention at this time" he stated.
II shall ever be grateful to my
loyal friends and my sincere desire
is always to remain trustworthy and
never betray any, trust reposed in
me, ever looking to the welfare of
Ashe and her people," he explained
Mr.. McNeill, who is now state
probation officer in the 18th and
21st judicial districts, has the dis
tinction of being perhaps the only
man in Ashe who has represented
the county in the senate and house.
He was in the senate in 1927 and
1893 and the house in 1929. For
four years he served as an internal
revenue collector.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23
NOTICE

There having been a good deal
said about becoming candidate for
State Senate, in and out of the news
papers, I wish to state that filed
as candidate for the State Senate
in the last Primary and filed on
April %, 1888 and filed in time and
mot a little too late", as stated by
Coleman Payne, chairman of the
Ashe county board of elections.
81 went to Mr.. Payne and asked
him if any one had filed. He stated
that no one had, but that several
wanted to file for sheriff, register
of deeds and clerk and so on, but
that he was not going to let them
file.
I, at that time, asked him what
he had to do with their filing and
that I thought he was appointed as
a member of the board so any one
could file and not prevent them from
filing.
I Immediately went back to my
Office to write up my fling papers
and when I returned to the place
where Mr.. Payne worked, they stat
ed that he had gotten into his car
and left. I went to his home and
he was not, there: I returned again
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23
ASHES GREATEST NEED

We thoroughly agree with Supt. ]. B. Hash
that perhaps the greatest need in Ashe county
today is agricultural departments in our high
schools and we. hope that every effort will be
made to establish such departments during the
ensuing year.
Statistics not only show constant decline in
the raising of cattle and livestock in the coun-
ty-to say nothing of the, tremendous loss
Ashe has sustained from erosion of soil. but also
glance at the census records indicates that our
population during. the past twenty years has
been practically at stand-still..
The reason for this twofold unfortunate con-
dition is obvious. The principal occupations
that Ashe has to offer its boys and girls are:
farming, dairying, cattle raising, poultry rails
ing and, on limited scale, numbering. We have
as yet virtually no manufacturing and the tour
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23
Burley Growers
Can Get Refunds

Ashe county hurley tobacco grow
ers who paid taxes under the old
AAA that was declared unconstitu
tional will get refund on the
money which they paid out for this
purpose.
Attached as raider to the huge
appropriation bill that passed in the
closing hours of Congress last week
was such an amendment to refund
these taxes to the tobacco and cot
ton growers.
Attorney r. H. McNeill, of Wash
ington, waged a big fight to get such
an amendment passed. Grant Bau-
guess, who has been filing claims
for Ashe farmers, this week stated
that the farmers who have lost their
warehouse receipts can get duplicate
ones from the warehouse in which
they sold their tobacco. These re-
ceipts are necessary in order to get
the refund. Applications should be
made at once.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23

ist business has not been promoted to the point
where it provides profitable endeavor for
many persons, although its opportunities are
unlimited. isg
Faced with these facts, what kind Of an edu-
cation are we offering to our youth? How much
incentive are we giving the lon-coming genera
ton to stay in their home county? The answers
to those questions are also obvious In the main,
the kind of an education which our boys have
been receiving more or less encourages the ones
with the most ability to go elsewhere to live.
And that is what they have been doing too
Besides cultural subjects, we need to teach
our boys how to conserve the soil, to produce
profitable crops, to breed better COWS and cattle;
to-wit, to make happy prosperous living right
here at home. And this can only be accom-
plished through training in our schools.
The greatest physical asset in any country is
its soil. Where the soil is good and productive,
the people have settled and made their homes
and established business and cities. No city
in this great country of ours has ever grown
UP in a section where the soil was poor, wasted
and not productive. Where the soil has been al
lowed to wash away, the citizens have become
poor and as desolate as the land upon which they
live.
With it's matchless scenery, its healthy CHI
mate, it's resources, its fertile valleys, Ashe is
great county, but Ashe today is relatively I'M
developed county and unadvertised county To
its youth of today it offers challenge. Their
opportunities here are greater than they are in
many sections of the country. May we encou-
rage and train them to stay on the land on
which they were. born and develop greater
Ashe of tomorrow. III - -.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23
THE G.MEN SCORE AGAIN

But for the work of the Federal Bureau of In.
vestigation, the kidnapping and death of the
little Cash boy in Florida might have remained
an unsolved mystery Anyone who has followed
the work of the "G-Men" since the enactment of
the "Lindy Law" giving them jurisdiction in cas-
es involving kidnapping for ransom, must have
acquired great respect for this trained corps
or criminal investigators and their chief, J.
Edgar Hoover.
We have not at hand the full list of kidnap-
ping mysteries which the work of the "G-Men'
has resulted either in the recovery of the vic
tim alive or in the swift detection and punish
ment of the criminals; but it is long and i'm
pressive list. It istto be hoped that it Will soon
be added by the apprehension of the scoundrels
who are responsible for the death of the kid
mapped Levine boy in New Rochelle.
Kidnaps cases are only one phase, and COM
paratively minor one, of the public service
which the "G-Men" perform. Their relentless
war on gangsters, racketeers, holdup men and
bank robbers has resulted in a sharp decrease
in the number of such crimes. The underworld
has come to understand that the F. B. T. means
business, and to dread it accordingly.
There should be no withholding Of funds from
the "G-Men" because some politicians are jeal-S
Gus of the publicity which they anr their lead
er receive. If it were not for newspaper cooper
alton in telling the world of their good work,
they would not have become such terror to
evil-doers as they are. And to try to handicap
them because some political leader wants to put
his own henchman into Mr.. Hoover's job seems
to us almost as despicable as anything any kid
napper has done.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23

to his place Of business and he had
not gotten back and did not return
until it was too late for any one to
file.
! then went to Mr.. Payne's ppst
office and put the letter in that
Office and did not mail it from some
other Office.
I filed under section 81, Of the
State Election Laws of 1897, which
states as follows: Where there is a
senatorial district, composed of two
or more counties and any candi-
date shall have complied with the
law and files that no other candi-
date shall have filed, that his name
will not appear on the primary bal
lot, but shall appear on the general
election ballot This ! complied with
in every way and furthermore, there
has never been a candidate nominate
ed for the state senate in this dis
trict any other way only by fling
in the primary.
Therefore, my name will not be
placed before the convention Sat-
urday, June Is, for nomination as I
consider that I have the nomina-
ton already, as it has always been
the custom and so held by the par
ties that are trying to knock me
out of the nomination.
Thanking my friends for the sup
port that they have heretofore given
me and the support that expect to
receive from them, am,
Yours very truly,
T (Signed) H. C.: TUCKER.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23
To Hold Training
School For Field
Workers Next Wk,

A training school for prospective
Ashe county supervisors who check
compliance with the 1888 Soil Con-
servation program, will be held in
Jefferson next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, C.. J. Rich, county agent,
announced this week.
This school will be conducted by
J. P. Davis, district supervisor from
Raleigh and any one who wishes to
make application for these jobs is
requested to attend at least the first
day of the school. The school will
open at 9 o'clock next Thursday
morning.
Work will commence in July and
the selection of workers will be
made by the county committee, Mr..
Rich said. Last year there were Is
county supervisors who received So
per day for checking farms cooper
ating with the farm program. This
year work sheets have been signed
by 1000 Ashe farmers, most of
whom are expected to participate
in the program.
Similar training schools will be
held in Allegheny county on July
TO and Watauga, July 11-13.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23
GOING TO SCHOOL IN A THEATRE!

CO1NNI HI SChOOA In "A 1HEkAARCI:
1t is with pardonable pride that we present to
the home-makers Of Ashe and surrounding
counties an opportunity to attend as our guests
the most modern, entertaining, instructive and
fascinating cooking schools available in America
today 4. 30 ssislsse
"Star in My Kitchen was produced this year.
in Hollywood studio by sKraft-Phenix Cheese
corporation and several other large national
manufacturers under the sponsorship Of the Ma
tional Editorial Association. West Jefferson is
said to be the smallest town in which it has ever
been booked and we feel extremely fortunate
in having secured this novel cooking school that
offers helpful suggestions to housewives glori-
fies the art OF Rome-making and brings romance
to everyday happenings.
We are grateful to the loyal and progressive
merchants ofoWest Jefferson for their splendid
cooperation in acting as co-sponsors by giving
many useful and valuable prizes and by helping
to make this issue real cooking school
edition.. =
Again we wish to extend cordial invitation
to every housewife in this section to attend the
motion picture cooking school next Monday,
sYuedays and Wednesday at the Parkway Theatre
here Besides an hour and a half of free enter
tainnent, you may also win nice prize.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23
Committee Setting
Up 50 Farm Bases

The Ashe county soil conservation
committee is now busy setting up
tentative soil depicting bases for the
1000 farmers who have signed work
sheets and who will be given an OPP
portunity to cooperate with the
1888 program and receive its bene-
fits.
When this work is completed,
Gwyn Price, chairman of the COM
mittee, stated that County Agent c.
J. Rich will hold a series of educa-
tional meetings in the various COM
munities in county, explaining the
program, the various bases and the
benefits to be derived from co-opera-
ton.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23
NOW MAKING UP ORDER
FOR CAR OF FERTILIZER

In accordance with the tentative
registration of farmers for the 1888
program, Ashe county is entitled to
receive 8 carloads of triple-super-
phosphate, County Agent c. j. Rich
stated this week.
The cost Of this fertilizer can be
charged up to the proposed benefit
payments those co-bpegA tins with
the program are scheduled 70 rece-
i've. All they have to pay now is
cost Of freight and handling expen-
ses.
Orders for the first carload will
be placed at once and those desiring
to get shipment are urged TO see
Mr.. Rich.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23
Joe Louis Knocks
Max Out LIST Round

Joe Louis knocked Max Schmeling
out last night in one minute and 80
second after the first bell sounded.
The 24-year-old American negro
not only kept his world champion
title, but also established q new
record in world champion-fight his
tory. Max didn't have chance.
Joe smothered him from the, first
moment with fast, hard blows. w
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23

dies Of the community church.
This ice cream supper will pre-
cede the Temperance rally that will
be held in the gym at 1880 o'clock
and the proceeds will be turned
over to the proposed District Health
Department.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23
Miss Roland Laid
To Rest Tuesday

Miss Mary Roland, age 81, died
Monday at the home of John May
where she had been living for the
past several years.
Funeral services was conducted
tuesday by Elders Worth
Davis and Dewey Rotten and inter-
men was made in the family ceine-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23

terry.
Miss Roland had been more or less
an invalid for some time. For the
last is years she has been blind, but
in spite of this unfortunate condi-.
tiofS she was always cheerfGI 4
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23

Mr.. Archie Triplett, Of Lexington,
son, is attending the Greyhound
Bus school at Charleston, w. Va,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23

FOR SALE-A few good used ear
bargains left. See me before you
Buy. n
J. G. Rhodes, West Jefferson,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-23
ICE CREAM SUPPER TO
BE HELD SATURDAY. p. M.

A big ice cream supper will be
held at the Riverview high school
gym Saturday night, starting
at o'clock, sponsored by the la