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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21

GROUP PREMIUMS
/. First place ------Basketball
2. Second place Volley Ball
INDIVIDUAL PREMIUMS FOR
TRACK EVENTS
so ward dash--5Oc-25c-Ribbon
100 ward dash--5Oc-25c-Ribbon
High Jump ---50c-25c-Ribbon
Broad Jump ---5Oc-25c-Ribbon
Pole Vault --5Oc-25c-Ribbon
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
so yard dash ----------------oOc
High Jump -----------------oOc
Three-legged race ----------5Oc
1.-TWO girls from each schooD
Basketball throw for distance, SOC
Basketball throw ------------5Oc
1,arpest number of basketball
goals out of 10 trials)
GROUP PREMIUMS
First place Soft ball and bat
Second place ----Playground pail
Third place -------------RlpDoh
GRADE SCHOOL BOYS
Fifty yard dash -------------zoc
Sack race
Is yard potato -------------zoc
Three legged race ----------zoc
1.-TWO boys from each schooD
GRADE SCHOOL GIRLS
Fifty yard dash -------------2oc
cooi1 ,oco -25c
Ok word notato -25c
Three legged race ----------2oc
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
Big Record Made
By Insurance Co.
Jefferson Standard Passes
4OO,OOO,OOO. First In The
South To Do It.

GREENSBORO, Sept. IL. -
Striding steadily forward, a ma
jor factor in supplying southern
capital and credit to meet the
vital needs of farm, factory and
business in the South, the JEFF
ferson Standard Life Insurance
Company on September l, pass
ed the significant milestone of
$400,00O,000 of ordinary insur-
ance in force, states Paul
Perkins, jefferson Standard rep
resentative in Ashe County.
1t is the first life insurance in
stitution lin the South or the
Southwest to reach this high
mark, and it's officers are conf
dent forward-looking southern
ers will join them in open pride
of this leadership. They are vast.
ly more proud, however, that
federal figures of review show
the Jefferson Standard, owned by
southerners, directed by south
erners, is offering citizens in 26
states of the nation a service and
a security the equal of any in the
entire country.
I'VE who live and work in the
South, believe in its future,
says President Julian Price. 1--WE
know it has great natural re-
sources and advantages-a Sec
ton destined, despite handicaps
of the past, for leadership in the
development of the nation. The
jefferson Standard is not resting
on it's laurels. We intend to
march forward with the South.
This Company dedicates itself to
meet greater responsibilities in
the Frightening future.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
DEPT. P-VEGETABLES
RLATE OF SIX
Fred N. Coward, Supt.

l64. Onions plate-1st prize
l Auto Bug Screen (85c) West
Jefferson Parts Co., West Jeffer-
son - End prize - Tie (5Oc)
Smithey's Store, West Jefferson.
l65. Carrots-Plate-1st prize
/ pair Boys Or Girls Half Soles
& Heels (75c), Quality Shoe
Shop. West Jefferson-2nd prize
i 5-Ib. Pail of Coffee (69c)
Smithey's Store, West jefferson.
166. Sweet Potatoes-1st prize
l pair Boys or Girls Half Soles
& Heels (75c), West Jefferson
Shoe Shop-2nd prize sub
scription to FARMERS FEDE-
RATION NEWS. Asheville, N. c.
167. Peppers-Red-lst prize-l
Vanity Mirror (SD SegraveS Mo
tor Co.. Lansing-2nd prize-1
subscription to FARMERS FED
GRAFTON NEWS, Asheville, N
c.
1853. Peppers-Sweet - 1st prize
Seeds (SD Burrell Seed Growers
Rocky Ford, Colorado-2nd prize
i subscription to FARMERS
FEDERATION NEWS, Asheville
N. c.
1859. Turnips-1st prize - Seeds
($D Burrell Seed Growers
Rocky Ford, Colorado.-2nd prize
i subscription to FARMERS
FEDERATION, Asheville, N. c.
II. Beets (Table)-1st prize
Seeds-(SD Burrell Seed Grow
ers, Rocky Ford, Colorado-2nd
prize-T subscription to FARM
Frs FEDERATION NEW S
AsheviIIe, N. G.
III. Tomatoes - 1st prize -
Grease Job (75c) Gulf Service
Station, West Jefferson - 2nc
prize-I can Auto Polish (50c
Segraves Motor Company, Ian
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
RALPH MILLER PURCHASES
HIS PARTNERS INTEREST
IN WARRENSVILLE STORE

Ralph Miller, we'll known Ashe
county merchant who has been
operating the Miller and Rotten
Store in Warrensville for the
past four years, has purchased his
partners interest in the business
and changed the name of the
popular retail establishment to
Ralph Miller's Store, it was an
nounced few days ago. The
purchase was made last July.
Raleigh Rotten, who owned an
interest in the business, also owns
and operates Roten's Store in
Warrensville and another store at
SlV.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
Offer Premiums
Ii Departments
And 200 Entries
Final Premium List Printed
In This Issue. Cash and
Merchandise.
Continued from Last Week)

Continued from Last Week
1856. Sheaf Alflfa - 1st prize
. Tons Lime-Maymead Lime
Company, Shouns, Tenn. = Enc
prize Ton Lime - Maymeao
Lime Company, Shouns, Tenn.
157. Sheaf of Alsike Clover-ls1
PRICE tons Lime - Maymeao
Lime Co., Shouns, Tenn. End
prize-1 Ton Lime - Maymeao
Lime Company, Shouns, Tenn.
15S. Sheaf of Sweet Clover
LIST prize Tons Lime - May
mead Lime Company, Shouns'
Tenn.-2nd prize Ton Lime
Msvmead Lime Company,
Shouns, Tenn.
159. Timothy-1st prizes yrs
subscription to DIXIE FARM
ER.-2nd prize Grease JOB
(75c) Gulf Service Station, West
Jefferson.
100. Orchard Grass - 5 years
subscription to DIXIE FARMER.
End prize-1 Car Wash Goc)
Gulf Service Station, West JET
ferson.
ISL Bundle of Cane-1st prize
l Shirt fS1.OO) T. E. Parker, West
Jefferson-2nd prize Grease
lob (75c) Gulf Service Station,
West Jefferson.
1872. Ten Stalks of Tobacco-lst
prize-4O0 lbs. Agrico Tobacco
Fertilizer, Agrico Chemical Co.,
Greensboro, through Ashe Hard
ware Co.,-2nd prizes OTIS. Mo-
tor Oil ($1.75) Segraves Motor
Co., Lansing.
1853. Soy Bean Hay-lst prize
2 Tons Ground Lime-Maymead
Lime Company, Shouns, Tenn
End prize-1 Ton Ground Lime
Maymead Lime Co., Shouns,
Tenn.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
DEPT. Q-FRUITS
William Nj. TranSOu, Supt.
Ed Barr-Sharpe Shoemaker

1873. Best Plate-Virginia Beau
ty-1st prizes Apple Trees
Howard Hickory Company, Hlck-
ory-2nd prize subscription to
BETTER FRUIT.
1874. Best Plate-ROman Beauty
list prizes Apple Trees-Ho-
ward Hickory Company, Hickory
-2nd prize subscription TO
BETTER FRUIT.
1876. Best Plate-Stayman Vine
sap-1st prize-Laundry Ticket
(S1.OO) Ideal Laundry, West JET
ferson-2nd prize-1 subscription
to BETTER FRUIT.
1856. Best Plate-Johnson FINE
Winter-1st prize-Laundry Tic
ket ($1.OO) Ideal Laundry, West
Jefferson-2nd prize-1 subscrlp-
ton to BETTER FRUIT.
287. Best Plate-Other Varieties
list prize-Laundry Ticket (SD
Ideal Laundry, West Jefferson
End prize subscription to BET
{ TER FRUIT.
+ 1873. Best Plate - Pears - LIST
prize-Laundry Ticket ($1) Ideal
| Laundry, West Jefferson - End
prize-1 subscription to BETTER
! FRUIT.
1870 Plate Concord Grapes-1st
prize-Laundry Ticket ($D Ideal
Laundry, West Jefferson - End
prize Agricultural Text Book
Turner E. Smith & Co., Allan
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21

sing, N. G.
172 Tender Be2ns-1st prize-6
pounds Dow Magnesium of Arse
nste-Dow Chemical Co., Mid
land, Mich.-2nd PRICE pounds
Dow Magnesium of Arsenate-
Dow Chemical Co., Midland,
Mich.
173. Lima Beans-1st prize-1
Case DR.. Pepper-Dr. Pepper
Bottling Co., West Jefferson-2nd
prize Can Auto Polish (50) Sc
graves Motor Co., Lansing.
TIA. Bird Eye Beans-1st prize
A pounds Dow Magnesium Ar
senate-Dow Chemical Co., Mid
land, Mich.-2nd price, pounds
Dow Magnesium Arsenate-Dow
Chemical Co., Midland, Mich.
ITS. Pink Kidney Beans - 1st
price pounds Dow Magnesium
Arsenate - Dow Chemical Co.,
Midland, Mich.-2nd PRICE lbs.
Dow Magnesium Arsenate-Dow
Chemical Co., Midland, Mich.
176. Rutabagas - LIST prize - 5
Gal. Essolene Gas ($1.1O Stand
ard Oil Co., West Jefferson-2nd
prize Everready Flashlight-
Natl Carbon Co., Atlanta, Ga.
1T. Best Head of Cabbage-1st
prizes gal. Essolene Gas ($11O)
Standard Oil Co., West Jeffer-
2on-2nd prize Everready
Flashlight-Nat'l. Carbon Com
pany, Atlanta, Ga.
178. Largest Squash-1st prize
5 gal. Essolene Gas ($1.10) STAN
dard Oil Co., West Jefferson
End prize Everready Flash
light-Nat'l. Carbon Co., Allan
ia, Ga.
179. Largest Pumpkin (Field)-
1st prizes Gal. Essolene Gas
($1.1O) Standard Oil Co., West
Jefferson-2nd prize-1 Ever
ready Flashlight-Nat'l. Carbon
Co., Atlanta, Ga.
1870. Largest Pumpkin (Pie)-
1st prizes gal Essolene Gas
($1.1O) Standard Oil Co., West
Jefferson-2nd prize-1 Ever
ready Flashlight-Nat'l. Carbon
Co., Atlanta, Ga.
181. Plate of Cucumbers - 1st
prize-Agricultural Text Book
Turner E. Smith & Co., Atlanta,
Ga.,-2nd prize Everready
Flashlight-National Carbon Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
1872. Bundle of Rhubarb 90
stalks)-1st prize - Agricultural
Text Book-Turner E. Smith &
Co., Atlanta, Ga.,-2nd prize-l
Coz. Pyrote Garden Spray
Mechling Prod. Co., Camden, N.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
LAUREL SPRINGS
METHODIST CIRCUIT
T. A. Plyler, Jr., Minister
Sunday, Sept. "a.

HOO A. M. Nathan's Creek.
Sermon: 'T'he Lords Side"
7:3O Young peoples meeting at
Chestnut Hill.
This will be the last morning
service of the conference year
for Nathan's Creek. Since the at
tendance has been off for the last
Sunday we are especially urging
every member of the church to
be present at this service. Please
one person to church yourself.
Church Schools will meet at 10
be responsible for getting at least
o'clock. The year is about to
close, let's get busy.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21

Northampton County growers
showing unusual interest in win
ter cover crops, have placed or
ders for more than $4,000 pounds
of winter legumes so far.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21

1.-TWO BIIIo I1OIII Co'ol1
PONY RACES
Gwyn Gambill in Charge
Earl GRAPHICAL, Capt. DOggett
Friday, Sept. 20, 1890 O'Clock
All boys and girls IL years old
and under, living in Ashe coun-
ty are eligible to participate in
these races. The ponies must not
be over ii hands high.
BOYS PONY RACE
1st prize-$5-2nd-$3-3rd 81.
GIRLS PONY RACE
1st prize -$5-2nd-$3-3rd-$l.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21

100. Grapes (Green)-1st prize
Il Dress Shirt ($1) E. A. Nc
Neill, West Jefferson-2nd prize
II Lawn Broom-Union Fork &
Hoe Co., Columbus, Ohio.
DEPT. R-4-H CLUBS
Bruce GRAPHICAL, Supt.
Wayne Blevins-Rev. ]. w. Hun
eycutt
Entries are limited to AShe
County boys
191. Best Baby Beef-1st prize
-$5 Cash, given by Prof. Wade
Eller-2nd prize-$3 Cash-3rd
prize-$2 Cash and 4th prize-$l
Cash.
1872. Best Dairy Heifer - LIST
prize-$5 Cash-2nd prize-$3
Cash.-3rd prize-$2 Cash and
4th prize-$1 Cash.
All Club boys winning the high
est number of points, standard
system to be used, will get the
following sweepstakes prizes-$5
cash and End prize-$3 Cash.
CONTEST FOR ASHE COUNTY
FARM MEN AND WOMEN
B. ID. Barr in charge, aSsited by
Con IreSOn, DIR. ]. X. Hunter and
Mrs. Levern Johnson
CONTEST FOR MEN
Horse Shoe Pitching
First, g entrants) 50 Cash
Second ,(2 entrants) So Cash
Hog Calling
First, $2-Second, $1-Third, soc.
Hundred Yard Race
First, $2-Second, $1-Third, soc
CONTEST FOR WOMEN
Rolling Pin Throwing
First, $2-Second-$1 Third. SOC.
Short Egg Race
First, $2-Second, $1-Third, SOC.
Apple Pealing Relay Race
First $2-Second, $1-Third, SOC.
FIELD DAY FOR
ASHE COUNTY SCHOOLS
RULES & REGULATIONS
Contest to be held Friday A.
NJ, Sept. 49,, 1880 to 1890.
Coach Paul Perkins, in charge,
assisted by Coach r. w. MOrphis,
Prof. George VanHoy, Miss Thel-
ma Shepherd and Mrs. H. D.
QuesSenberry.
l. Every contestant must be in
attendance so per cent of the
time from the opening date of his
particular school.
2. No individual may enter
more than one contest.
3. Each first place will count
five points; second place, three
points; third place, one point.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21
)ver 900 Worth Of Prizes Offered This Year By Ashe County

4. In awarding group pre-
miums, the schools will be rank
ed according to the total points
won.
s Standard rules will be OBJ
served in all contests.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-21

Secretary of Agriculture Hen
nv A. Wallace is advising Amerl-
can farmers to 60 ahead with
their farm plans just as they had
planned before the war in Europe
broke out.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Pittmon to Be Forum Speaker
Position Of u S. in Foreign Affairs
To Be Discussed Tomorrow Night

Position of the United States in
foreign affairs will be discussed by
Senator Key Pittman of Nevada,
chairman Of the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations, in the National
Radio Forum tomorrow at 10 80 p. m.
His subject will be "Our Foreign
Policy"
The Senator expects to touch on
every phase of the United States
foreign policy as he understands it.
The forum, arranged by The Star
and broadcast over a NATIONWIDE
network of the National Broadcast
Ing Co., will be heard locally over
Station WMAL.
AS chairman of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee, Senator
Pittman exerts a powerful influence
In shaping Americas foreign poll
cies. His statements are frequently
taken as an indication of American
policy, and particularly at this time,
due to the disturbed condition of
world affairs, the question of neu-
tarlity legislation and America S
future role in foreign affairs.
Although a specialist in the field
In which diplomatic suavity holds
sway, Senator Pittman is sometimes
outspoken in his beliefs. Thus, re-
Gently, he came out with the forth
right declaration, without further
elaboration, that the people Of the
United States do not like % the
government Of Japan, az the govern
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Federal Little Man to Have
His Say on New Radio Program

Marston of the National Advisory
Council for Aeronautics and Roy
Gray, also Of the engineering bureau.
A special feature of the weekly
broadcasts will be the presentation
of news features by Joseph A. Fox,
The Stars expert on Government
departmental affairs.
The Agriculture Players, dramatic
group, also will participate Wednes-
day night In special skit directed
by John l.. Stewart of the Foreign
Agriculture Service. In the cast are
Leah Lipson and James B. Rome,
both of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, and Carl G. Christian
son of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration.
Bill Coyle, radio director of The
Star. who is in charge of the pro-
grams, will interview James. j.
Holzer, 70, who will retire this
month from his job as assistant
gardener of the department.
Principals on next weeks broad
cast will be employees of the Labor
Department. Applications for places
on the program are being received
by Charles sharkey Of the Bureau
Of Labor Statistics.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
W. P. A. Denies Football
Players on Rolls
BY the Associated Press.

oS tDe Associated PTeSS.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. 1s-
Huber Earle, assistant Florida Works
Progress administrator, said today
there was positively no truth to
the reports that University of Florida
football players were carried on the
w. P. A. during the 1898 football
season"
Mr.. Earle. in a formal statement
released after an investigation of
the reports, added, however, that
some few players had worked as
certified relief clients at security
wages for a few weeks during last
summer"
All these persons, Earle stated,
performed their duties daily and
had been released from the pay rolls
before August 30, 1888, and no checks
were issued for their employment
after that date"
Reports said Federal Bureau of
Investigation agents had been ques-
tioning various persons to learn
whether the players employed by
the W. P. A. were paid after Sep
tember l.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
La Roe Protests Race Bills
As Loss 10 D. T.. Trade

Protests against proposed horse
racing and pari-mutuel betting in
the city were sent to the Senate and
House chairmen of the District COM
mittees by Wilbur La Roe. jr., chair
man of the Washington Federation
of Churches.
The letters denouncing bills in
troduced in Congress said this is no
time to bring race track gambling
into the District, with all its con-
comitant evils. It would seriously
injure local merchants by diverting
large sums from the normal chan
nels of trade, and most of this
money would go to outside op-
orators"
Mr.. La Roe charged that Senator
Reynolds, Democrat, of North Caro-
lima and Representative Leon Sacks,
Democrat, Of Pennsylvania had
rendered distinct disservice to the
District of Columbia by the intro
duction of this bill and this will
serve notice that the church people
propose to fight the bill to the limit" "
Evening star., 1939-02-19

The Government "little man" will
have his weekly radio say beginning
Wednesday in a new I'VE, the Gov
ernment People" program sponsored
by The Star and broadcast through
the facilities of Station WMAL.
Designed to feature special enter
tainment talent among Government
employees, news and interviews on
employe problems and f1rst-person
stories of men and women in unusual
Federal jobs, the special series will
begin this week with a program pre-
sented by a group of Department Of
Agriculture employees. The show will
be on the air from 10 to 1890 pm.
On the initial program will be the
departments vocal chorus, directed
for the last five years by Robert
Frederick Freund. Myrtle Alcorn
will be the accompanist Solos will
be sung by Prudence jackson of the
Bureau of Agriculture Economics,
and John Wilson Of the Commodities
Exchange. Other numbers will be
presented by the departments male
quartet, featuring the voices Of Mr..
Wilson, Walter Redit Of the Bureau
Of Agricultural Engineering, Ralph
Evening star., 1939-02-19
One Killed, 7 Hurt
Seriously in D. {.
Area Traffic
Driver Of Truck Is Held
By Maryland Police in
Probing FotoI Accident

One man was killed and two other
persons seriously injured in the
Washington area yesterday after.
noon and last night.
The victim of the fatal accident
was Charles F. Ihrig, 40, of Carl
stadt. N. j., who suffered a COM
pound fracture of the skull and died
instantly yesterday afternoon when
knocked down while walking on an
extension of Central avenue, in
Prince Georges County, near the
PatuXent River.
Spectators took the license num-
ber of truck alleged to have struck
the pedestrian and informed police.
Washington officers later arrested
Charles White. 20, of the 200 block
OF Indiana avenue NV, and turned
him over to Maryland authorities.
A companion of White in the truck
also was returned to Maryland for
questioning. The men denied all
knowledge of the accident. Police
said they found bloodstains on an
iron superstructure on the rear Of
the truck, which was owned by
washington construction company.
Swing to Right Side.
Alfred Norwood of 1880 Vermont
avenue NV, told police he and his
wife obtained the license number of
the truck. They said the truck. COM
ing toward Washington. struck the
pedestrian as it swung back to the
right-hand side of the highway after
passing another vehicle going in the
same direction.
Officers were investigating the
possibility that the rear of the truck
might have swung into Mr.. Ihrig
as the vehicle was pulled back to
the rlght-hand side of the highway.
1t was said the pedestrian might
have been struck without the occu-
pants of the trcuk becoming aware
of the accident.
Mr.. Norwood, police said, followed
the truck toward Washington. and
several miles west of the scene of
the accident saw the vehicle parked
in front of a cafe. Washington po-
lice stopped the truck after it en-
tered the District and held the oc-
cupants at No. 9 precinct for Mary
land authorities.
Woman Hit by Car.
A hit-and-run driver last night
seriously injured Katheryn Williams,
colored. A, of 495 Cullinane court
S.W, while she was crossing I street
S.W. in the 400 block The injured
woman was taken to Casualty Hos
pital where she was treated for con-
cussion OF the brain and cuts about
the scalp and arms.
Police were unable to locate any
witnesses who could give the license
number Of the car or describe it.
Another hit-and-run driver criti-
cally injured Thomas A. Mcdonald
colored, 40, of Fort Belvoir, Va, on
King street in Alexandria last night.
He was taken to Alexandria City
Hospital by the. Alexandria rescue
squad. At the hospital it was said
the man suffered compound frac-
lures of both legs. one of which
probably will be amputated.
The hit-and-run automobile later
struck tree. Police expected to
arrest the driver soon.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Six House Members
Initial Minority
Navy Bill Report
Criticize Plan to Better
Plune Facilities and
Hurbor Of Guam
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Six members of the House Naval
Affairs Committee yesterday adopt
ed minority report on the $50, ,800,-
600 naval air base bill which was
approved by the full committee Fri
day
The minority report. foreshadow-
ing sharp floor fight when the
legislation comes up in the House
Tuesday, criticized only the pro-
posal to improve plane landing IA
cilities and the harbor at the tiny
Pacific island of Guam.
The proposed construction there
would include dredging the harbor
to permit seaplanes to land, take
off and the building of seaplane
ramps on the beach.
Japanese officials already have
raised questions as to the "inten-
tions" of the United States in max
ing the improvements.
The minority report criticized the
project on the ground the implica-
tions of having the work done by
the Nations military establishment
were "of such grave Importance as
to justify its omission from a naval
defense program.
Called Too Great a Price.
"The hazards in taking a step
such as this. minor though it is in
itself, when done by the military es-
tablishment of the country are, to
our minds" the minority said, too
great price to pay for the benefits
that might inure either to CONNER
cial aviation or to the naval air
service.
Divorce these Improvements from
any military implication. make them
as a civil improvement and there
can be no objection from any
source"
The minority report was signed
by five Republicans and one Demo-
crat - Representatives Shannon,
Democrat, Of Missouri; Church, Re-
publican, of Illinois; Cole. Republic
can, of New York: Bates. Republic
can, of Massachusetts,; Hess, Repub-
lican, of Ohio, and jerks. Republi-
can, of New Hampshire All but
Representative Shannon voted for
the entire bill in committee, but
the elderly Missourian refused on
the ground Guam is the teaser
that's going to draw you into war;
Vital Aid to Navy Planes.
High ranking naval officers have
assured Congress that the improve
ments. to cost $5,0OO,O0O, would be
of principal benefit to civil aviation,
although they conceded the i'm
provements would be vital aid to
naval planes.
Asked about the minority report,
Chairman Vinson said he agreed
with the committee majority that
no foreign power could logically
object to the harbor improvements
unless they had aggressive designs
on the territory thus defended"
Il will have no objection to a
straight-out vote on Guam Repre-
sentative Vinson said. ITS for
Congress to decide whether the work
shall be undertaken.
If it is eliminated, We will 20
ahead with the rest of the program
and press it to completion as rapidly
as possible
In addition to the Guam project,
the naval measure authorizes air
base construction and improve
ments on the continent, in Alaska,
the mid-Pacific and the Caribbean.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

Irrespective of his own convic-
tions, the Treasury Secretary un-
sWervingly has followed policies laid
down by his boss-President Roose-
velt.
Since 1884 he has purchased tons
OF foreign silver against what
friends say are his inclinations, but
never has publicly opposed the
program.
He has spent more money than
any peace time cabinet member in
history, but in 1887 made it clear
ne favored balancing the budget If
it possibly could be done.
Then when the business recession
plummeted trade downward soon
afterWard, he embraced without
dissent Mr.. Roosevelt's new spend
ing program, expected to run the
Federal debt to the unprecedented
figure OF nearly $4,000, ,00O,O00 in
the next year and a half.