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The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09
Nearly 10000 Independent
Telephone Companies in u. S.

When ! heard that some of the
subordinateS in Mr.. Andrews agen-
cy were determined to apply the
provisions of the wages and hours
law to the independent telephone, l
began to dig around for information
about them. l am acquainted with
those units of service. | know what
it is to turn the crank on the big
box that hangs on the wall in order
to ring neighbor on a party line;
it is not an unfamiliar fact either
to hear of how the switchboard, To-
Gated in somebody's home in the
village, closes down at nine o'clock
at night, and no one is supposed to
ring unless it is a case of sickness
or other emergency.
l was stunned, however, to real
ize that there are nearly 10000 such
companies in the United States Nor
was l prepared to understand, at
once, that there are approximately
4,100, 900 stations" or subscribers
to those companies. If we figure an
average family as five, we arrive
at the conclusion obviously that
nearly 2l,OOO,O0O persons depend
upon that type of service.
The wages and hours administra-
ton does not propose to apply the
law to all of these; it eliminated
more than half of the total, but a
bunch Of the smart boys under Mr..
Andrews have decided the law
should apply to 12,461 such compa-
MES. They decided the law can be
applied, even though the companies
are entirely within the confines OF
county, in most instances, because
the little sWitchboards are able to
make a connection with long dis
lance" companies. 1t may not hap
pen more than five times a month,
but the little company is doing ''in-
terstate' business. Hence, your Un-
Gle Sam, acting through the bureau
Gratis, proposes to tell the local com
panies they must pay the wages
designated by the federal law and
limit the hours of those who earn
their living that way.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09

a financial or political entree to tht
new Spain than would strong-willed,
independent General Franco.
Thus the Spanish solution fits per-
fectly into Italo-German anti-democ-
racy plans, to be climaxed when
Rome pushes Mediterranean terri
torial demands against France
Most astute piece of diplomatic
maneuvering in recent weeks was
the Polish junket of Count Galeaz-
20 Ciano, Italian foreign minister.
While Count Ciano did his best to
destroy the already Intellectual Po-
lish-French military alliance, 5000
Italians were repatriated from
French possessions, mobilization
was sped and three new decree
laws were effected. giving the gov
eminent more wartime power.
Even so the Polish victory was
small spoils beside the moral vic
tory gained when Britain and
France, standing up and barking
back for the first time in three
years, openly declared their soli-
darity and went busily ahead with
military plans to the chagrin of
Rome and Berlin. Another demo-
cratic victory took place in Poland
even while Count Ciano was making
his triumphal entry. Angry anti
Nazi demonstrations informed the
count that while Poland might be
his friend, it was not the friend of
Count Ciano's Friend Hitler. AS
before, the key to Europe's future
still rests in Spain, where a note
from General Franco will place eth
er a French-British or an Italian
German combination ace high. Un-
believably, nation just emerging
from civil war apparently holds the
balance of power.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09
Agriculture

Some 1000, 900 bales Of surplus
u. S. cotton are piled up under gov
eminent loans of about $500, 600, 900.
Though unhappy, cotton farmers
voted for continued production con-
troll last December because they eX-
pected more loans. With planting
time near and no substitute yet
found for the present loan system
(Which cannot be continued econom-
ically so long as huge government
held SURPRISES fail to move), Secre-
tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal
lace offered three suggestions to the
senate farm committee and ended
by urging adoption of the last;
Cd Continue the present loan plan,
provided American cotton can be
placed on the unhappily low world
market. One means of doing this is
through U. S. subsidy.
90 Abandon the loan plan and
grant sufficiently large outright
benefit payments to maintain farm
income. Mr.. Wallace'S favorite
method here is probably the i'll
regarded processing tax.
go Peg domestic prices and sell
SURPRISES abroad for whatever they
would bring, as under the much
debated ost-of-production" plan.
Though cost-of-production has never
held favor with Mr.. Wallace, the
impossibility of winning a return of
processing taxes has presumably
forced compromise. The few
known facts of the tWo-price cotton
plan are that present loan provi-
sions would be retained to maintain
domestic prices higher than the
present level (about 8.3 cents per
pound, while aforementioned
cotton would be sold to exporters
for world distribution.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09
Europe

Seldom has history found a con-
queror who would retire to let 9TH
ers enjoy the sweet fruit of victory.
Since 1882 Gen. Francisco Franco
has grown in stature as Spain's man
Of destiny, at first unknown outside
his native land but later an inter-
national figure as head of the In
surgent rebellion. With the civil war
apparently ended, all Europe has
looked to Spain for some hint of
Generalissimo Frances plans, dis
covering that the impossible is APP
parently true.
Best guesses hold that monarchy
will return in the person Of Don
Juan, third son of former King AL
fonso whose properties were re-
stored last fall. Popular, untouched
by the deadly haemophilia that
plaques many Bourbons, Prince
Juan would apparently rule with
Ramon Serrano Suner, Francois
brother-in-law, who holds the best
chance of becoming premier. Fran
CO himself would retire to head the
army.
But what appears an overgenerous
gesture on Frances part may be
dictated by Rome. An Italian resi-
dent for several years, 25-year-old
Don Juan would not only bow to
Fascist wishes but would pacify hos
tile Spaniards as General Franco
never could Moreover such a pup
pet would be less apt to offer Britain
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09
Forces Industry Into Spot
Where 1t Cannot Do Business

If those little fellows have to meet
wages and hours set for them by
Miss Perkins, secretary of labor, to
whom Mr.. Andrews is subordinate,
the steel people say they will go
broke. Or, at least, they charged,
they could get no government con-
tracts because of failure to comply
with the law. Since the government
is spending billions of dollars to
create employment and for general
relief, l can not help wondering why
it wants to force one segment of
industry into spot where it can
do no business and employ labor.
The whole thing, however, gets
more cockeyed as time cones on
lengths to which bureaucrats, drunk
with power, will go in abusing the
nation. Who was there that did not
express the greatest disgust at the
assinine story which came out OF
New York city the other day. 1 re-
fer to the problem before the New
York state labor board which was
called upon to decide whether a pro-
fessional woman model was fired
because she had been active as a
union organizer or because her hips
were too wide The woman claimed
she had been fired because she was
trying to organize union Of mod
els. Her former employers said her
hips were too broad to properly wear
the clothes they wished to display.
While the story is not lacking in
humor, it must be treated serious
ly because the width of this girls
hips may yet be question of ma
tional importance. 1t is fact, and
not a witicism, that the national la
Dor relations board may yet be
called upon to measure those hips
and determine, as judges of fashion,
whether she can properly display
the latest mode Of spring apparel
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09
TRANSFORMATION

Current legislative proposals to
aid railroads rest mainly on the
thesis that all transportation must
be co-ordinated to eliminate favor
itism and duplication of service
Even more pointed than bills ia
thered by CALIFORNIA; Rep. Clar-
ence F. Lea and Montanas Sen.
Burton K. Wheeler is the proposal
of the Association of American Rail-
roads, just submitted to the house
interstate commerce committee.
Its gist: All rail, water and motor
transport systems would be regulat-
ed by single federal agency.
While the interstate commerce COM
mission would continue to fix rates,
financial and administrative func-
tons would be vested in five $4,000
a-year men appointed by the Presi-
dent. The boards tasks: Cd to
determine the relative economy
and fitness" of all carriers; CD to
ferret out reports of U. S. subsi-
dies to common carriers other than
the railroads.
Complained Attorney R. V. Fetch
er, general counsel for the railroads:
Under present conditions there are
no good times for the railroads.
When earnings are not good we
can't raise the rates and when they
are good we are told that a rate
increase would be contrary to a
sound economic end"
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09
How Women
in Their 4O'S
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for a woman during her
change usually from 38 to 52), who fears
she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries
about hot flashes, loss of pep, dizzy spells,
upset nerves and moody spells.
Get more fresh air, hrs. sleep and if you
need good general system tonic take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for tDomen. 1t helps Nature build
up physical resistance, thus helps give more
vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change of life. WELL
WORTH TRYING!
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09

come is possible, Guaranty Trust
maintains that this alone would be
no index Of prosperity. A better
idea: To encourage private invest
ment by a government policy which
eschews federal spending via long
range investment" in wealth Great
ing public works.
Echoed Michigan's Sen. Arthur H.
Vandenberg, bitter New Deal critic
and 1910 possibility for the G.. o.
P: II am sorry to say there is
no tangible encouragement in
speech (Mr. HopkinsD which waves
the olive branch with one hand and
indorses deficit spending on the 9TH
er hand If Mr. Hopkins will
reduce his conversation to con-
crete and helpful formula which
means what it says, think he can
be sure of great hospitality in both
congress and the country"
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09
Congress

Nebraska's Rep. John ]. Cochran
has fought steadily for President
Roosevelt's Inflated reorganization
bill which failed last session amid
charges of dictatorship" Now be-
fore congress is a Cochran-spon-
sored compromise bill designed to
eliminate last years stumbling
blocks. Its main points: ID the
President could propose plans for
consolidation, abolition and trans
fers in the executive department, to
be rejected by congress within 60
days via concurrent resolution;
90 financial estimates of independ-
ent federal boards and commissions
would reach the President via the
budget bureau. as is now the case
with other governmental depart
ments; CD the President could ap-
point six administrative assistants at
$40, 900 year. One important safe
guard is that such quazi-judicial
agencies as the civil service COM
mission, coast guard, federal COM
munications commission and inter-
state commerce commission could
not be reorganiZed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09

NEW YORK.-IS the "cZar on
l his way out? Before and since
the elevation of Judge Lands and
viii Hays we have hired benevolent
autocrats, in
Impartial Unp times of stress
Pushing Gear and confusion
"'o ' York city hotel
industry hires, instead, an impair
tial chairman" with labor concur
ring, as he will represent both en-
ployers and labor Is this a prece-
dent, or is the title just a euphe-
mism for "czar"?
Granite-faced, tight-lipped Ed
ward P. Mulrooney gets the umplr"
ing job, at $3.50 year. He also
is now entitled to his $4,000 yearly
pension, as a former police commits
sioner, withheld while he held pub
lie office. In 1888, he became chair
man of the state alcoholic beverage
control board, and later state COM
missioner of correction, from which
office he will resign to accept the
hotel post.
He started pounding a beat
In West street forty-eight years
ago, when Theodore Roosevelt
was police commissioner. He
first hit the headlines by rescu-
ing women and children in
small boat when the SlOcum
burned. AS a waterfront fiat
foot" he was known as cops
cop" always having his mind
on his work.
He became police commissioner
in 1880. He gave his men orders
to shoot to kill. and set shotgun
squads patrolling the city. He
roughed up the racketeers lot,
and, when he was switched to the
Albany liquor control job in 1888,
the word was out that certain anti
social, anti-cop elements had desired
the transfer and helped bring it
about.
At 68, his reddish hair is turn
ing brindle. His ferrety eyes
reveal a penetrating alertness
of mind. He looks a great deal
like General Pershing. 1t would
seem unlikely that anybody in
the hotel business here will be
giving the umpire any back
talk.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09

NEWS reports from Havana are
that, when Colonel Fulgencio
Batista, Cuba's strong man, visited
Mexico, he was regarded by some
of his conserva-
Cuban Business tive supporters
FroUns on Left as having gone
over to the
wrong side of
the tracks" There was particular
displeasure over his fraternizing
with President Cardenas of Mexico,
and business representation at his
welcome home ceremonies was con-
spicuously lacking. He told the
crowd of cheering workers that
IF capital does not wish to respect
the desires and rights of the people,
the resulting confusion will work
against its own aspirations.
This is one of several recent
signs that the one-time cane
rustler, barber, buck private
anu StCHO L ii pHCi WIN uUN IuiiS
Cuba is veering left, after
wide swing to the right. Soon
after his seizure of power, with
the downfall of Machado in
August, 1888, he treasured the
Flaw and order" elements, and
left-wingers have been pasting
him as the Hitler of Cuba"
He made peace with foreign and
native industrialists, and, from
all accounts, they are jolted con-
siderably by his getting chubby
with Cardenas, the "EXprOpria-
tor" He is circulating much
more than he used to, and there
is talk that he aspires to be the
Napoleon of the Caribbean"
His hole-card is the army, which
he commands efficiently as chief
of staff. A big, reticent. swarthy
man, 81 years old, he says little
and keeps sharp, wary eye on his
soldiers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns. they
are those of the news analyst. and not
necessarily 81 the newspaper.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09

WITH a bullet in his shoulder
w and one heel shot away, DR..
Oswaldo Aranha, foreign minister
of Brazil, is an effective emissary
of peace in the
Aranha Thinks western hemi-
1t Time to StoD sphere, and the
Shooting Irons wnl'e nope OF
partment, as he visits this country.
He was the leader of five revolu-
tons in eight years, including the
one which established DR.. Getulio
Vargas, the present president Of
Brazil.
His present mission is mainly
financial. 1t is possible that a
central bank of Brazil will grow
out of it, with the United States
supplying $50, 900, 900 capital. He
is 43 years old, the son of a
wealthy hidalgo in Rio Grande
do Sui. His life activities have
been the army, law and poll
tics. When President Vargas
set up his one-man state last
year, Doctor Aranha's cooper
alton was taken in this country
as reinsurance against Euro
rean fascism in that country.
G Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09
Trend

49, tNsfs6 - OtOttbhS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to u.
S. public health service, babies
born in 1888 had a 62-year life
expectancy, one and one-tenth
years more than 1887 babies and
two years more than in 1881.
SCIENCE - DR.. Percy w.
Bridgeman, noted Harvard physi-
cist, will henceforth refuse to deal
with scientists from totalitarian
states.
AUTOMOBILES - Advanced
four weeks ahead of last years
show. 1895 New York automo-
bile exposition will show models
only mildly changed from the
current makes.
EMPLOYMENT-U. S. employ
ment dropped $50, 900 in January,
first time since August.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09
Use Genuine BAYER Aspirin
the Moment Your Cold Starts

The simple way pictured above
often brings amazingly fast relief
from discomfort and sore throat
accompanying colds.
Try it. Then - see your doctor.
He probably will tell you to con-
tinue with Bayer Aspirin because it
acts so fast to relieve discomforts
of cold. And to reduce fever.
This simple way, backed by
scientific authority, has largely sup
planted the use of strong medicines
in easing cold symptoms. Perhaps
the easiest. most effective way yet
discovered. But make sure you get
genuine BAYER ~
Aspirin Aspirin: "a
l5EoR Il TABLETS ~IH
FULL DOZEN Csc VsxD)
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09
Road to Beggary

He who spends all he gets is in
the highroad to beggary.-ProV-
erb.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW YORK.-Is the GEAR" on
y his way out? Before and since
the elevation of Judge Lands and
viii Hays we have hired benevolent
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-09

NJ EWS reports from Havana are
l that, when Colonel Fulgencio
Batista, Cuba's strong man, visited
Mexico. he was regarded by some
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-01
Daily Service
Is Started By
''StrearnIiner''

Daily streamliner service in the
passenger trade between New York
and Florida was inaugurated today
by the SeabOard Railway, which ad-
ded two new diesel-electric trains tC
the every third day" service that
has been operated since last February
|.
These strcanliners feature tavern
cars, observation lounges, and mod
ern diners, in addition to their eX-
pensively- styled sleeper coaches. Ad-
Unstable seats, steWardess- nurse SER
vice and spacious lounging and rest
room facilities are also provided
The trains consist of the diesel
electric locomotives and seven cars
built of stainless steel, all-chair
trains, with regular fares prevailing
The SeabOard's trains are known
as the Silver Meteor, as has been
the one train that has been operated
every third day for the past ten
months
About the middle Of this month,
the Seaboard will add nine more
diesel-electric units to the fleet OF
nine it has had in operation a year,
these to pull the winter tourists trains
known as the Orange Blossoms. One
of these will serve the east and the
other the west coast Of Florida.
The Silver Meteor is stepped up
slightly in its schedule, and its new
time calls for only IS hours from
New York to Miami, the fastest run
ever made between the two points.
Since it has been operation in the
last ten months, the lone Silver
Meteor has established a SO percent
on-time record between New York
and ST. Petersburg, and 961 percent
on-time for the Miami run, according
to announcement from the roads Of
fices in Norfolk.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-01
Supply Men
Of Builders
Meet Dec. 6

The 18th annual convention of
the Carolina Lumber & Building
Supply Association will be held in
Columbia, S. c., Tuesday to Thurs
day Of next week, December 5, 8,
z, according to announcement from
the associations offices in Charlotte.
Alex S. Watkins, a leading dealer OF
this city. is e-president of the
association and in line for advance
ment to the presidency at the Co
lumbia meeting.
Mrs. Watkins is president of the
Ladies Auxiliary Of the association,
and is to preside over meetings OF
the women who attend the conVen-
ton with their husbands.
The program arranged includes
educational and interesting ad-
dresses from leaders Of prominence
in the industry, covering every
phase Of building. A record crowd
is expected to be in attendance at
the gathering. The annual cOnVen-
ton alternate between North Caro-
lima and South Carolina points, since
the organization embraces the two
states. The 1910 convention is to
be held at some North Carolina city
to be chosen at the coming meet
ing.
groups. and at the Jefferson hotel,
where the convention will be held,
there will be demonstrations Of
various building projects put on by
architects, engineers and others.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-01
Chest Meet
Set Tonight

A meeting of directors of the Vance
County Community Chest is to be
held at s o'clock tonight in the XII
wants club quarters on the second
floo- Of the Horner building opposite
the post office, and plans for the
chest for 1910 will be outlined at
that time. Clarence B. White, the
president, said today.
All directors are urged to be IN
attendance. New directors and Of
ficers for the coming year are to be
named, and the budget for next year
is also to be fixed. Those agencies
sharing in the chest fund have been
advised that they must have their
requests in by tonight's meeting, and
also present a statement as to their
expenditures for the year 1889.
1t is expected that a date will be
fixed for the chest campaign at to-
nights meeting.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-01
Leaf Sales
Will Resume
On Monday
Market Has Sold H.
63O,516 Pounds For
$3,644.734 at $16.1O
Average; Capacity
Sales Looked F o r
First of Week.

Sales will resume on the Hender-
son tobacco market next Monday fol-
lowing the Thursday-Friday holiday
over Thanksgiving, with season sales
to the close last Wednesday amount
ing to 22,630,516 pounds for 1884,
1874 for an average Of $16.1O per hun
dred pounds.
All houses are expecting capacity
sales with the re-Opening Monday.
There will be two full weeks before
the suspension for the Christmas
New Year holiday period, expected to
begin after sales Of Friday Deem
Der Is, and lasting approximately
three weeks.
Considerable tobacco will be left
for sale after the first Of the year,
Sales Supervisor Fred M. Allen, Jr.,
said He added many farmers had
told him it would be impossible for
them to prepare all Of their remain
ing leaf for market before Christmas.
He predicted sales would be carried
on several weeks in January.
The supervisor said all indications
now pointed to season sales here Of
% to 20 million pounds, which, #
realized, will set a new all-time high
for this market.
Mr.. Allen announced sales for last
Wednesdays closing day at 242,024
pounds, which brought $32 ,027.15 for
an average OF 1924 1t was the US
ual Notwithstanding offering, he
said, consisting of very light and very
low grades of leaf. Much Of it was
left over from Tuesday, being low
grades for sale on the final day be-
fore the holiday
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-01
Sufficient Funds
Given And Pledged
To Assure Lighting in
Business District;
Nav Be Turned on
Saturday Night.

Merchants Of Henderson will fin
ancey outdoor illuminated Christmas
decorations in the business section
and these will be erected at once ano
the lights may be turned on for the
first time Saturday night, Fred M
Allen, Jr., secretary Of the Cham
Der of Commerce, said today.
After the City Council last Monday
night refused to assume the respon-
sibility for the decorations, com
mittee Of the Chamber Of Commerce
made a WhirlWind solicitation among
business people on Wednesday, and
in the one day obtained cash and
pledges-abou half cash-to provide
the estimated approximately $3.50
cost of the venture.
Erection and maintenance of the
lights and the greenery has already
been provided for. While the lights
may be ready for switching on Sat-
urday night, the greenery festoons
will not be placed until next week
it was said by Mr. Allen. The wealth
er was a factor in the speed with
which the work could be done.
Laurel wreaths will be put up next
week, and these will add color and