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"The Watchman Carries a Summary of <lAU The JS(etvs” FOUNDED 1832—100TH YEAR SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1932 VOL. 100 NO. 18 PRICE 2 CENTS
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Demand Adoption Of Five-Day Week PLAH TEST VOTEON BEEfFOHDAY Urge Labor Work Hard For Results Pay Reduction
Is Opposed President Green Outlines Change
In Addressing Convention In, Cincinnati
Use Of Force Is Recommended If Necessary To Restore Em-
ployment In This Country
Exhorted by William Green, their president, to "secure it by force of some kind” if necessary, delegates to the convention of the American Federation of Labor in Cincinnati unanimously called for universal adoption of the six-hour day and five-day week.
The convention approved a com-
mittee report calling for universal adoption of the short week as "the only means whereby prosperity can
be restored.” It agreed that "such reduction in labor hours should carry with it no reduction in
) pay.” lhe convention ordered the fed-
eration's executive council to ap- pear before congress and before "industry generally,” to present the convention’s views and "de- mand” action.
While the action on a short week is not binding on member unions, an A. F. of L. office em-
ploye said that none of the mem-
bers yet had voiced opposition to
the shorter work-week and work- day program federation leaders have advocated in a general way for months.
The relationship between the crafts unions represented by con-
vention delegates and the federa- tion is voluntary, it was explained further, though the annual con-
ventions are considered as express- ing the voice of Labor.
This relationship is maintained it was pointed out, to allow mem-
ber unions to handle their own sit- uations without restraint from the federation. Thus, though all us-
ually favor in a large measure goals set by the convention, no member union can be prevented from de- viating from the declared federa- tion program if it so desires.
Allot Rowan $4,252.00 In
Relief Fund Rowan county was this week
allotted $4,252 for relief aid in the distribution of federal funds to help the needy.
Allotment of $236,750 to the state’s 100 counties for relief aid was announced by state relief headquarters.
The distribution was the fihal one from the $815,000 secured by the state from the Reconstruction Finance corporation some weeks ago. Three previous allotments of $188,500 each had been made.
Gov. O. Max Gardner and Re- lief Director fired W. Morrison are now in Washington seeking a
new allotment of funds for the state from the federal agency.
CURTAIL PEANUT SALES
Peaniut growers of five counties met at Scotland Neck, to organize curtailment in sales and in move-
ment of peanuts to market hop- ing to stop further recession in al- ready ruinous prices. Highway: will be picketed to stop shipment
I ~ Years ... The President-Elect and His Mothe,
From the family album of Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, mother of, the President-Elect, comes the picture of mother and son when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was 3 months old. Left is the picture of mother and son, taken at the Hyde Park, N. Y. home since Mr. Roose- velt’s election to the presidency
the two pictures spanning fifty years and fulfilling the dream of every mother—and son. Be- low, The President-Elect’s cottage at Warm Springs, Ga., where Mr. Roosevelt is now spending a short vacation, and also conferring with Democratic leaders.
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SPEAKING of depressed prices, | think how long it has been since anybody offered a kingdom for a
horse!
YOU DON’T have to be a hero to get your name on a tablet. Just look at the aspirin manufacturers!
SOME HUSBANDS are more
dead than alive but the trouble :s
their wives can’t collect the in surance.
ANY LAWYER can tell you where there is a will there is a
fray.
She: "Is your husband a book- worm?”
Her: "No, just an ordinary one.”
Cop: "Why’re you stopping man? You can’t park here.”
Driver: "I’ve got a flat tire. I ran over a bottle about a mile back.”
Cop: "Couldn’t you see it and drive around it?”
Driver: "No, the damn fool had it in his hip pocket.”
Cop: "Hey, what are you try- ing to do?”
Drunk: "I’m trying to pull this
lamp post off the bridge, hie, my wife wants a bridge lamp.”
Sonny (at breakfast): "I don't understand it, I don’t.”
"What, sonny?” "How chickens know the size
eggs that fit my egg cup.”
She had just been hired for a
job in the circus, and she said to
the boss: "Is there any particular advice
you would like to give me about this work I am starting?”
"Well,” said he, thoughtfully: "Don’t ever undress in front of the bearded lady.”
"Is your brother wealthy?” "He’s worth a thousand dollars
in Arizona.” "How so?” "That’s what the sheriff offered
for him, dead or alive.”
Flapper Francis (bufyng pre-t sent)—I want a pair of squeaky slippers, size 10.
Salesman (amused)—Must they be squeaky?
Oh, yes. They’re for Father’s birthday. I want them squeaky so my boy friend can hear him coming down the hall.
Christmas Shoppers Edition Will Be Published Dec. 16th
The Watchman will publish its annual CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS’ EDITION Friday morning, Dec- ember 16 th.
Local merchants will offer a
wide choice of holiday merchan- dise in this edition. The outstand- ing values of the season will be listed while helpful suggestions and recommendations as to proper gifts for men, women and child- ren will be advertised.
Splendid Gift Selections Salisbury merchants, always in
tune with the times, and up-to-the minute with their merchandisej hat e laid plans months ago to serve
the people of this section with 'a display of; holiday goods that compares favorably with any found in the State’s largest cities. Counters are piled high with de- sirable gift goods; show cases re-
flect shinning trinklets, and the salespeople themselves, in happy mood, reflect a spirit of goodwill and Christmas cheer that is irre-
sistibly contagious. Stores Decorated
This year the merchants have made extra efforts to give the
whole town a Christmassy appear- ance. Lighted stars, suspended from the electric light standards in the shopping section, spread their radiance over a scene that is gay in holiday dress. The win- dows—some of them real work of art—are masterpieces of holiday decoration. The interiors of the stores are attractively decorated and the gift merchandise, assembl- ed from the ends of the earth, now spread out for the selection of Christmas shoppers, is fresh, at-
tractive and desirable. The Christmas Shoppers Edition
will also carry man; interesting articles pertinent to the "greatest of all days.” Some of these are as
follows: "Is there a Santa Claus?” "The First Christmas Tree,” "A Sermon for Christmas,” "Why We Hang Up Our Stockings?” "The First Christmas,” and other Christmas classics.
A crazed Filipino with a bolo knife ran wild on Seattle streets,
slashing six to death arid wound- ing 12 before he was overpowered by po'ice.
Xmas Seals Now On Sale Here Sale of Red Cross Christmas
seals has already been started in
Salisbury, and an effort will be made to sell the greatest number of these seals here this year in his-
tory. The sale of these seals, the pro-
ceeds of which go to fight tuber- culosis in the United States, is an
enterprise of the National Tuber- culosis association, and is not to
be confysed with the Red Cross activities, which are along more
general lines of relief. These cherry little seals on your letters and
packages show that you are help- ing fight tuberculosis in your own
locality. It is hoped at least $1,000 will
be realized from these sales, ac-
cording to Mrs. C. H. Wentz, gen- eral chairman.
An excellent organzation ha: been set up for this work. Leader: for the various divisions anc
groups of workers have been ap-
pointed and an active campaign i
rapidly getting underway.
4 DIE IN FREIGHT CRASH
Four trainmen were killed an<
two hurt in a collision of tw<
freight trains near Richmond, Va
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An unusual view of the Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawk N. G, unveiled this month to commemorate the spot where Wilbur and
Orville Wright gave wings to man in 1903. The monument is a magnif- l icent triangular granite shaft, topped by an airway beacon, standing , 60 feet high upon a hill of sand 90 feet high. The architects were
Alfred Easton Poor and Robert Perry Rodgers. The memorial was
authorized by Congress.
Floyd Owens Found Guilty Of Seduction
Jury Convicts Salisbury Man
Sentence Will Be Passed In The Superior Court Probably
Today
Other Criminal Cases Disposed Of In Superior Court Here This
Week
Floyd (Monk) Owens, Salis- bury young man, was found guilty of seduction by a jury here_ in Superior court late Thursday af- ternoon. Sentence will probably be passed today by Judge T. B. Finley who is presiding over the two-weeks criminal term here.
The charge against Owens was
preferred by Miss Nina Bean, Sea- grove, N. C. The case consumed over a day for trial.
Other cases tried this week fol- low:
Carl Whirlow, Paul Parks and M. E. Holshouser, charged with violation of the prohibition laws in, separate bills, werg found not n-ulltxr O ’-J )
The case against Dave Brady, indicted for manslaughter, was
dismissed on motion. Othell Shoaf, indicted for reck-
less driving, was found not guilty. Judgement has not yet been pro-
nounced on Norman J. Overcash, Theo Harrington and Horn Over- cash, three young white men char- ged with highway robbery of E. P. Epley, on the Rowan side of Kannapolis about two weeks ago, at which time Epley alleges they secured about $223 and a witch from him. Norman Overcash and Harrington were adjudged guilty by a jury as charged in the bill of indictment, and Horn Overcash entered a plea of guilty of forcible treaspass, which was accepted by the state.
When court adjourned Thurs- day afternoon, the case of state a-
gainst Marshall Stamper indicted for burglary, was being tried.
CANNON HEADS MANUFACTURERS
C. A. Cannon, Kannapolis, was
elected president of the N. C. Manufacturers’ association in con-
cluding the annual session at Pine- hurst.
"Finest Screen Actress”
Helen Hayes, through her per- formance in "The Sin of Madelon Claudet” has been acclaimed the finest screen actress of 1932 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.
NEWS BRIEFS
ROBINS REACHES HOME Col. Raymond Robins, militant
prohibitions champion, who had been in seclusion at Whittier. Swain county town, for two mon-
ths while allegedly suffering frorr loss of memory, reached Brookes- ville, Fla., his home, after a secret
departure from a Asheville sani- torium.
FIVE KILLED AT CROSSING Four children and the driver of
an automobile load bound for school were killed at Athens, Ga., when a freight train hit the car at
a crossing. Another child was
badly hurt.
DUKE CONCERN CUTS WAGES
The Duke Power company and its distributing subsidiaries will re-
duce wages of all employes by 10
per cent on December 1, it is un-
officially stated. Lower rates for electric and gas service were a-
greed upon by the Duke company and the state corporation commis- sion, effective December 1.
MUST PAY DEBT INSTALL- MENT
Great Britain, France and other European nations were notified by the American government, Friday, that the December 15 installment of debts due America must be paid before favorable considera- tion can be be made of the request for a general review of the entire war debt problem. The American government’s action was taken af- ter a White House conference by President Hoover and President- elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.
N. C. SCHOOL COST DROPS Total expenses of the state for
public schools has dropped from $50,155,928 in 1928-1929 by 35
per cent to the budgeted sum of $32,463,074 for 1931-1932. Cur- rent expense including teachers’ salaries, dropped 22 1-2 per cent
in the period.
CLAIMS JAPS SLAUGHTER- ED 2,700
The Chinese foreign office claims 2,700 Chinese men, women
and children were slaughtered with machine guns anid bayonets by Japanese troops in three northern Manchurian villages recently.
AVERAGES $10.71 AT DAN- VILLE
In four days’ sale on the Dan- ville tobacco market last week 2,- 167,109 pounds were sold at an
average of $10.71 per hundred pounds. Sales to date total 13,- 862,913 pounds at an average cf $10.29, the Danville Tobacco as-
sociation reports. \
MoveToEnd Dry Law Is Made Public Suspend Rules
On First Day Later Bill providing For State
Conventions Also Proposed By Rep. Garner
Would Designate Number Of Delegates To Each Session;
Opposition Expected
Speaker Garner has prepared a
resolution for repealing the Eigh- teenth Amendment to be submit- ted to the House under the sus-
pension of the rules on December 5, the first day of the session.
The text of the proposed consti- tutional amendment provides for outright repeal in accordance with the Democratic platform pledges.
It further provides for ratifica- tion of the amendment by specj-dl-"-^ elected State conventions and lim- its the period of possible ratifica- tion to seven years.
1 believe this resolution to be in
line with the mandate of the vot-
ers,” said Speaker Garner. "The proposed ratification of the
repeal by conventions in the several States is in accordance with the platform plank of both parties.
"Congress will later, if the re-
peal resolution passes, pass a bill providing for the calling of con-
ventions in the forty-eight States. This bill will name the number of delegates in each State and also will name the city where the conven-
tion is to be held in each State. I suppose the national Government also will be obliged to provide funds to cover the cost of holding these conventions.
"I have handed the draft of my resolution to Chairman Sumners, of the Judiciary Committee, who has called a meeting for Friday to
consider it. "It is in the province of the
Judiciary Committee to make such amendments as it deems wise to my proposed resolution, which is after all intended as merely a working basis.
"If the Judiciary Committee shall report the repeal resolution favorably, it will be presented to
the House on the first day of the session under suspension of the rules. Only on the first and third Monday of each month can the rlouse permit its rules to oe sus-
pended. Consequently if the res-
olution is not acted on, it would necessarily go over until December 19.”
The present plan, if the repeal resolution is passed on Decemoer 5, is to bring in a bill amending the Volstead act on December 19, the second day on which suspen- sion of the rules is permitted.
NEGRO CONFESSES KILLING Kings Mountain.—Dora Wil-
liams, negro, has confessed stab- bing Boyd Morris, negro, to death here. Morris was found lying in the street in a dying condition. Of- ficers were summorided and medi- cal aid was called, but1 Morris died before aid could be administered. He was found to have a wound in his right shoulder, and died from the loss of blood. After an all
night hunt, Chief of Police G. W.
Allen finally arrested the Williams woman on a train in Blacksburg, S. C. After being brought back here, she confessed to the killng, saying that Morris had beaten her on several occasions and started to
beat her again when she stabbed him with the knife that was found on her person when arrested.
