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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-07
THOUSANDS MAR00NED,
 SOUTHLAND
Tropical Disturbance Sweeps Along Coast
 -Headed Inland

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. T. Thousands are marooned by tidal waters as the tropical disturbance moved westward today along the Louisiana coast to Texas.
 Forecasters predict the tropical gale will move inland near Port Arthur.
 The wind reached a velocity of 50 to 50 miles an hour.
 Nineteen persons on a fishing trip out of Morgan City, La, in- cluding a Catholic Priest and State legislator, were reported missing last night, but this morning it was reported they were found safe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-07
McNUTT BANNERS HIGH

With the conventions out of the way and politicos settling down to picking over the bones, there's 8 growing conviction here that Paul V. McNutt came out of Chicago with colors flying.
 All over the place you hear how the Indiana boy made good. First, he was wise enough to duck the Presidency long before the convention started. A huge pie ture of Roosevelt covered one wall of his palatial Chicago head
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-07
NO COMMENT

TOKYO, Aug. 7.-The Japanese Admiralty refuses to comment on the Hongkong report that Japanese warships and troop ships have been seen heading southward from FOrmOSa
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-07
RELIGIOUS ISSUE

Farleys friends lay much of the blame for his shelving upon Hop kins. Hopkins always has professed to be a strong Farley booster, but Jim's lieutenants claim they have
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-07
STORM TO MOVE INLAND

ORANGE, Tex, Aug. 7.-Warning that the tropical storm will move inland along the Texas-Louisiana line near here, sent hundreds of persons along the coast scurrying for safety this forenoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-07
WAS TORPEDOED

LONDON, Aug. 7.-The motor ship Accra was torpedoed and sunk when in convoy. Twenty-Five per- sons are missing. The ship sank within half an hour and it is be- lieved the attacking submarine was also sunk. Four hundred and fifty persons were rescued and landed at
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
Sam son County Boy Wins
H. Horticultural Crown

the land was dragged with 4 sec
tlOn narrow.
Around the first OF April, rows
were run and 300 pounds of 1875
fertilizer mixture and one load of
manure applied to the land. A few
days later the plants were set in
the field. Between planting time
and up to the time of the last pick
ing, the land WAS ploWed eight
Zines
Picking was started June "a and
finished July 30, during which
time 1877 baskets were gathered
from the half-acre. Prices received
ranged from 25 cents to S2.70 a
basket, the average being $l.1O.
Expenses were divided as follows:
use Of land. $3.50; value OF men,
ber'S time. S3.l2; value of helps
time. S5.17; value of teams time,
$3.50: value of manure, $500: cost
OF fertilizer, $3.50; cost of seed,
$500; and 1877 baskets. Sl9.7O.
J. p. Stovall, assistant farm agent
at Sampson county. was the boys
adviser
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
Boyd Seeking
Legion Post

Wilson, Feb. lG.-Stickney Boyd,
alternate National Committeeman
of the North Carolina Department,
American Legion, has been unani-
mouSly endorsed by the membership
of the Robert B. Anderson Post No.
l3 American Legion, Wilson, for the
office OF National Committeeman,
subject to the action Of the Depart
ment Convention to be held in High
Point in June.
Mr.. Boyd has been a very active
member OF the Robert r. Anderson
Post since its organization in 1919.
His twenty years Of Legion service
to his post, district, department and
to the national organization has been
a creditable one.
He has served as commander Of
the Robert B. Anderson Post and
Chef de Care Of Voiture No. $50 of
the Forty and Eight in Wilson. For
five years he served as president Of
the Wilson County Fair, which is
owned and operated by the Robert
B. Anderson Post. This property
was purchased during his admins
tration. He has served as u men,
Der of the executive committee of
his post for great many years and
on many standing and special COM
mitteeS.
For the past six years Mr.. Boyd
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16

guards to both the individual worker
and the employer against group ty-
ranny; and to encourage cooperation
of employers and workers who want
to develop honest labor relations.
Halt Pyramiding Debt.
The real cause for alarm is not
alone the sheer size OF our public
debt, but rather the tendency of the
debt to keep on mounting to the
skies. | see no reason why we can
not cope with 45-billion-dollar
debt, provided we stop there and do
not continue to pile fresh burdens
on the camel's back. For seven years
now, we have been pyramiding the
debt at an average rate OF three bill
lion dollars year. In recent years
(l936 and 1887 for instance), COR
porations had a net income of around
eight billions, but four and half
billions Of this were consumed by
taxes. Under such circumstances,
how can business men be encouraged
to expand? What are their incentives
to provide new jobs?
Ten years ago, business needed a
spanking; but this is no longer true.
Today we can risk unshackled bust
ness initiative. We have tried every
experiment imaginable since 1929
except budget balancing. l believe
that our next President-regardless
of who he is-Will try this method
OF solving unemployment-and will
succeed With such a trial should
come a period Of great prosperity
for the United States. Moreover, it
will be a good prosperity period be-
cause it will, for a while at least, be
free of many Of the evils that have
ruined previous booms. Such de-
velopment would be the best way
to celebrate the birthday Of Wash
ington, who always stood for honesty
above everything else.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
Pitts Asks
Cooperation
Of Public
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel,

Raleigh, Feb. l6-The problem
presented by discharged prisoners
will never be solved in North Car
DINA until penal authorities get CO.
operation from the public. Oscar
Pitts, superintendent of prisons, told
the American Legion luncheon club
here.
I'VE have secured such effective
cooperation of law enforcement Of
ficers that we frequently re-capture
escapes in half an hour or even less;
but we can never solve the problem
presented by discharged prisoners
until we have just as full cooperation
from the public in giving these ex-
convicts a real chance, he said.
North Cardinals prison system,
from the physical point of view, has
been practically modernized" he de-
clared, but the state still lags in the
social consciousness which would
lead to some sort of organized eff
fort to give former prisoners an OBJ
portunity to 60 straight and become
useful citizens.
Magnitude of the problem, he
pointed out, is indicated by the fact
that the prison system discharges
about 1900 prisoners each month
and its annual turnover" runs tc
about $1,000.
The prison population averages
around $500 at all times. he said
a statement which drew from Willis
Smith Zone OF the Legionnaires pres
ent the remark that this is larger
than the total of North CaroIinian:
going to college in their home state
Pitts said that of the prisoners il
North Carolina about At per cent ars
'repeaters'.
IF we can get people to take ar
interest and help the discharged pr.
soners get job, am convinced tina
we can radically reduce the numbe,
Of repeaters", he said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
Weights and Measures
Division Checks Alleged
Chiseling by Corporations

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practically without exception every
bag contained just exactly the legal
tolerance" less than the amount it
should have contained.
The case was so obviously one OF
audacious chiseling that the weights
and measures division wired the con-
Germ it could either ship its consign-
ment back out of the State Of North
Carolina or re-sack it SO that Tar
Heel customers would not be victims
of the deliberate underWeight pack
ages.
Similar cases were discovered in
other commodities. Whereas there
are ordinarily only about ten to
twenty per cent Of underWeight
packages, percentage went up to
nearly eighty on some lines during
January.
Officials of the division have not
;et evidence enough to make the flat
.harge that there is any wholesale
.hiseling going on; and it is for that
.eason they are keeping quiet about
the whole thing and doing no talk
ing whatever for publication.
There isn't the slightest doubt,
however, that c. D. Baucom, divi-
sion head, is actively investigating
and plans to put his entire force to
work.
Connection between chiseling pGac-
icing and campaign years are some
thing of matter of surlnise; but in
previous national election years it
has been observed that many large
CORPORATIONS apparently have gone in
,r more than little edge cut
ing.
Usually the chiseling is such that
o the individual buyer the damage
5 slight.
Thus, the tolerance" on a stick Of
u1tter is one-siXteenth Of an ounce
which would be almost negligible so
ar as the purchaser Of one stick is
Concerned. When this process, how
.ver, is carried through several hun
Ired thousand sticks Of butter it runs
INTO big money chiseled out of the
consumer by the seller.
The surmise about election year is
that the corporations-or the COR
ooration executives, at least-are
called upon to make heavy contri-
buttons to party war chests; and
make it practice to make up these
contributions from the money chisel-
ed off the consumers.
The weights and measures division
intends to see to it that nothing Of
this sort is put over on Tar Heel con-
surners this. year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
Closing Grain
GOODRICH RECEIVES
FOUR BLUE RIBBONS

Ray w. Goodrich, Henderson
photographer. won four blue rib
bons at the annual convention OF
the n. c. Photographer Association
in Raleigh this week, according to
adviceS received here.
There were % blue ribbons
awarded at the convention, with
around 400 pictures entered.
Blue ribbon winners for Mr..
Goodrich were pictures OF Miss
Peace Peace. Of this city. Miss Fen
nett Gardiner, Of Warrenton. Guy
Sumpter. ST., of this city. and Boy
Blue. 4 dos belonging to Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. R. Doggett, who were here
during the tobacco season.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
FACULTY MEMBERS
OF WAKE FOREST
MAKE ADDRESSES

Wake Forest, Feb. lG.-During
the past week three members of the
Wake Forest College faculty have
had speaking engagements away
from the campus. President Thur
man D. Kitchin addressed the Bap-
list Brotherhood in Wilmington on
The Religion of Layman.' Dean
Daniel B. Bryan was in Greensboro
last week for the principal address
at the mid-year graduation exer-
cises of the Greensboro Central
senior high school. Monday evening,
Professor J. L. Memory, Jr.. adj
dressed the Schoolmasters' Club of
the WinSton-Salem city schools on
the subject. "Deficiencies in High
School Teaching as Related TO Re-
quirements in the Liberal Arts Col
lege."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
Hamilton Welcomes
Third Term Issue
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office. We need select but one OF
them and with righteous PRINCIPLES
on our side we are assured OF a
sweeping victory next November
D.
Never has there been an adj
ministration in Washington" ne
said. that so disregarded the plain
mandate of the Constitution as this
one: never has there been a ma
tional leadership that boldly under
took to sabotage the judicial system
before the New Deal tried to pack
the Supreme Court with its par
tisans: never before 1888 has there
been party in power that hao
given such ardent sympathy and
encouragement to subverslVe ele'
ments seeking the downfall OF our
american system"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16

has served us alternate National
Committeeman representing the
North Carolina Department and has
attended quite Il few meetings OF
the National Executive Committee
held both at national headquarters
in indianapolis and at national con-
ventions. He has also served as q
member of special national conven-
ton committees at the New York,
Los Angeles and Chicago conven-
lions.
During the World War Mr.. Boyd
served with Headquarters Company,
322nd Infantry 8lSt (WildcaO DlviS-
ion and was twelve months IN
France where he saw active ser
vice.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
HOEY WILL NOT
RECOMMEND FUND

Raleigh. Feb. 16.-(AP)-Governor
Hoe- said today he would not recon-
mend the appropriation OF additional
state funds for North Carolina e%-
hibit at the New York worlds fan
this summer.
His statement, made at confer
cnce with Leslie s. Baker. commits
sioner OF the fair, was interpreted to
mean the state would not have an
exhibit this year.
North Cardinals display last year
cost $4,000. part Of which was rails
ed by subscription.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
Balancing of Budget And
Return of Prosperity To
Be Together, Babson Says
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for all who are able and willing to
work at fair market wages. Balanc-
ing the budget and putting capital
back TO work does not mean a sudden
.slashing OF farm aid, public works,
,or national defense. 1t calls only for
Ihonest taxing and financing.
How can this miracle" be per-
formed? Read your history. In 1926,
the governments policy was to en-
courage business initiative. In that
year the surtaX was only 20 percent.
It reached its maximum on net in
comes Of 100000. Business men and
investors, both big and small, had
an incentive to invest capital and
create jobs. Furthermore, in 1926,
corporations were taxed at a flat rate
of Is 1-2 per cent. Ten years later
business earning power was laid
low by undistributed profits taxes
and excessive slrtaXes. Business sta
tiStcs show that such taxes dry up
the sources Of capital, depress in
dustry and trade, cause unemploy-
ment, cut government receipts, and
unbalance the budget.
Good Taxes Aid Jobs
On the other hand, really effici-
ent program of taxation encourages
employers to enlarge their business
and hire new workers. | recipe fol
prosperity is: Low surtaX rates, fla.
rates on corporate net income.
Furthermore, business men should
be aided by specific legislation. Con-
gress is unWisely entrusting tremen-
dous powers Of discretion to the
Whims of administrative agencies.
Here, then, is a five-poinnt program
for prosperity and budget balancing
|. Keep corporate tax rates where
they arc, but change today's surtax
rates. These SurtaX rates should be
cut from top figure of IS percent
TO 20 percent and applied to incomes
Of 100000 or more. The Federal
treasury should get more money from
such rates.
2. Wipe out the so-caled "tax
deterrents" that destroy a business
mans incentive to expand his acti-
vitieS and provide more jobs. l I'M
derstand that the Treasury Depart
ment and the House Ways and Means
Committee are fully aware that GER
tain provisions in the present law
are Gripping business initiative. The
law should be purged of these need
less deterrents.
3. have given hearty approval
to the purposes Of the Security and
Exchange Act However, 1 favor
amending this act SO that new issues
under S750,0O0 will be given ex-
emption from most of the red tape
that is SO costly. The S. E. c. should
be retained as the safe guardian OF
honest investment interests, but il
should avoid killing the geese which
lay the golden eggs.
4. The antitrust laws should be
amended so that business men will
have specific standards whereby tc
Judge what is deemed monopolistit
and in restraint of trade. The federal
Trade Commission should be given
the exclusive power to initiate the
prosecution of dishonest competition
5. The National Labor Relations
Act calls for amendment. This &C
should be made to furnish SAFE
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
Allies Cannot
Aid immediately

London, FEB. i0.-fAp)-Britain
too"y mInmI%cd the possibility of
tesulaf troops being sent quickly by
the western powers To AID Finland
IN comment on Stockholm advces
that FINLAND would ask such aid rs
an alternative to suing FOR peace
with Russia.
They said that aside from politi-
cal considerations it would be diff
cult technically for the Allies to
place SIzeabie active service detach-
mentS on the front immediately.
Most OF Britain's trained troops
are either in France or engaged in
training conScripts.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
"PROGRAM"

Elberto, Ca, Feb. 16.-(AP)-El-
bert County Coroner j. w. Dixon
is seeking reelection ito complete
my program"
His program:
There still are two or three fell
lows in this county that l would
like to hold inquests over"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
Films Admit Penetration
Ut Mannerheim Line; Aid
VI Swedish Forces Refused

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tuesday the Finnish foreign minis
UF mad talks Of this matter with
. tne Sweden foreign minister and
the prime minister.
IN This occasion the transport
VI oWeoISh military troops was re-
q.leSted. From the Swedish side the
ptlhclple was enunciated that SWed-
in principles governing aid to Fin
Esflo are us declared in the speech
OF I lne Swedish prime minister in
lile swedish Richtad Fell. II and
"i I.ic We're generally accepted.
!, mere has been no change in
this position"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
Two Negroes Executed!
At State Prison
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and filling station in Hoke county.
Bryant entered the death cham
Der at iO.Ol. The gas was started at
1908 and II minutes later he was
pronounced dead.
Chaplain L. A. Watts said this
morning that Bryant and Young
continued to deny any participation
IN the Hoke county crime. Young,
however, admitted that he stl'angled
J. S. CheSser. a death row guard,
in futile escape attempt last
December.
Young walked to the gas cham
Der at 1881 ID. The gas started
two minutes later. He was pro-
nOunced dead l3 minutes later.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
Finn Losses Spread
Alarm In Europe
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tie news except the knowledge of
Finnish losses. Firms reported tens
OF thousands OF Soviet dead, but still
contend they lost few men because
Of the Manncrheim defense tactics.
The line Itself is a multiplicity of
fortified points over a wide area so
that loss of 4 few positions may not
be SeriOilS
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16
PROJECT APPROVED

Raleigh, Feb. l6.-(AP)-PlanS
for a new $4,000 jail in Mcdowell
,0unty were approved Thursday by
w. Curtis Ezell, State director OF in
;titutions and corrections.
The new building, which Will &C
conmodate Sc prisoners, will be
constructed as a W.P.A. project.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-16

: the past six years Mr.. Boyd
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-01
Three-DoY Institute
For NYA Under Wuy

A three-day NYA regional in
stitute opened Friday in Olympic
hotel, Seattle. Featured in dis
cussions, being held from 9 a. m.
until noon, and from 2 until 5 p. m.
each day, are methods Of training
foremen for various projects spon-
sored by the administration, &C
cording to John II. Binns, state
youth administrator.
Meetings are being conducted by
John T. Tessari, director of work
projects for the Minnesota NYA,
with representative officials and
supervisors from Northwestern
states in attendance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-01

in every state, and Willkie him.
self recently completed a trip 10
the middle west where he delivered
several public addresses.
Since presidential candidates
are nominated by conventions,
and not by popular acclaim,
the survey results do not mean
that Willkie, or Dewey. or any
of the other leaders will neces-
sarily be the choice of the
COP convention In Philadel-
phia next month.
Wilkes popular strength is
largely confined 10 the eastern
states at the present time. Twice
as many voters are for him in New
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-01

England and the Middle Atlantic
states as in the sections west 81
Ohio and Indiana.
Intervicwers who conducted the
poll for the institute report that
the willkie followers are for him
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-01

about two months. In March a
survey found him polling less than
one per cent. BY early May the
Wiilk.e figure rose to per cent,
By May II to 5 per cent and today
it climbs to 10 per cent, Willkie
hackers have circulated petitions
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-01
CCC ENROLLEE KILLED

SPOkANE-Fort George Wright
CCC headquarters reported today
Doris Bennett, %, a CCC enrollee
from st. Mary's, w. Va, was in
stantly killed when struck by
falling snag while at work near
Priest River, Ida.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-01

mainly because of his business
achievements Their most typical
remarks are I'm for wilikie be-
cause he's good businessman.
"Wilikie could coordinate re-
sources in time 81 emergency"
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Other Republican leaders who
received prominent mention IN To-
days survey include Alfred Ian
sson. Charles A. findb~rxh. Repre-
sentative Joseph Martin. Senator
n. styles Bridges. Senator Charles
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-01
Wendell Wilkes Popularity Continues
Sharp Rise in Nationwide Poll of COP
Tom Dewey Down
Some. But Still
Far In Lead
BY DR.. GEORGE GALLUP
Director. American Institute of
Public Opinion

PRINCETON, y. IA sharp
rise in the popularity of Wendell
Willkie as presidential candidate,
and a small decline in the popu-
larity of Thomas E. Dewey have
taken place in the last two weeks
of May. A survey conducted
among Republican voters by the
American Institute of Public Opin-
ion finds that Wilkes popularity
has doubled since the last check
up May Il, while the Dewey per-
centage has declined six points.
Senator Robert A. Taft has gained
slightly.
Despite these changes, Dewey
continues far in the lead as the
presidential choice of the Repub-
lican rank and file. When a cross
section of COP voters throughout
the country were asked Whom
would you like to see elected presi-
dent?" the spontaneous choices Of
those expressing an opinion were:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-01

MeNary. Congressman rrucs unr-
ton. senator Henry c. f>odee. CIV
ernor James Broker 81 ONO. Jue-
fIce Owen Roberts. Glenn Frnnn,
Publisher Frank Knox and gpna-
tor Gerald r. Nyes
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-01
TODAY

There is a sufficiently high I'M
decided vote, however, to indicate
that the race is by no means
closed. Nearly one-third (32 per
cent? of those polled said they had
not made up their minds about
any candidate vet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-01
WILLKIE RISE BEGAN

WILLkIE RISE BEGAN
IN EARLY APRIL
Wendell Willkie's rise to fourth
position in the institutes surveys
has come in the short space Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-19
| G. SCHOOL PIT. A.
WILL MEET TUESDAY

The New Hanover High school
Parent Teacher association will
hold the final meeting of the year
in the auditorium of the high school
at $3.50 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon.
The following musical program
will be rendered: "Casardas," ".
Monti; Meditation from "Thais,"
j. Massenet; Violin by W. c. Var
borough, Jr., accompanied at the
piano by Mrs. o. o. HUMPHREYS;
"The Fantaisie : Impromptu,'
Chopin; Piano by Mrs. o. o. Hum
phries.
The president, Mrs. John E. Ev-
ans, will make a report on the re-
cent state convention held in High
Point.
All chairmen and their commit
tees are asked to be present and a
full attendance of the membership
is urged.