Delta Star, The (Newspaper) - February 19, 1938, Greenville, Mississippi This World of Ours t La If Quirks And P lures Which Put Your Front Porch f If TT If 1 IT Ml H A THE DELTA ONE DAY AHEAD KEER IN PURPOSE OF THE COMING SAFETY MAKE GREENVILLE STREETS SAFE the weevil Gulf port GULFPORT Fob 18 UP A three-hour fire night gutted the two-story building in town Gulfport at an estimated loss of Contents of three shops and 15 offices occupying the brick structure were lost Thousands of persons jammed the streets as the entire Gulfport fire department aided by that from the nearby veterans hospital fought the blaze in n lashing rain Nearby structures were menaced by the flames that had an undetermined origin on the second floor Mansour one of the owners said the structure occupying a quarter of a block was virtually a total loss Iron Mining Disturbs MIAMI Fla Feb 18 UP Iron mining was revealed as a new Miami industry by complaints made lo zoning inspector Frank Stearns Residents com- that a nearby field which had filled in with the carcasses of old automobiles was mined for scrap iron and gaping holes were being left in the ground President's Defense Program Soon Ready WASHINGTON Feb 18 UP President Roosevelt's national defense super navy the world's greatest air force and u highly mobile army will bo ready for final action week it was indicated tonight as Administration leaders rallied lo beat down opposition in both houses 1 Although tho measures are expected to bo used as a vehicle to force further debate 071 tho delicate situation and this country's foreign policy leaders said they would bring them lo the floor as soon as possible VOLUME II GREENVILLE MISS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19 1938 NUMBER 80 PRESIDENT WILL TRY TO JACK PRICES Would Combat ary Forces of the Recession WANTS INCREASE TO RE MODERATE Calls New Deal Price Policy a of dance WASHINGTON Feb 18 President velt pledging government action to combat ary forces nf the recession today called fov a moderate increase in the general structure Ho warned ever that IMP rise must be restricted to commodities which are produced or sold in highly competitive kels Uen who until the peak uf a business lull not indicate whether hr believes should be raised lowered nl this lime He gave thai tion is not contemplating further devaluation of the nr other to achieve its oT i of price to promote n ex- oT production Tho Chief restated the policy nnd jit i conference in which ho rend n statement prepared al his request by tary of the Treasury Henry Secretary of culture Henry A rotary of Labor Frances v valley aril and ordered the mobilizations Chairman Marriner Eccles -61 100.000 Haven Connecticut February 1938 To tbc Editor The Delta Greenville Miss Dear While visiting In Greenville recently I read your paper and delighted to find n daily so independent nnd fearless in its policies up-to-date and in comments on local problems Mot content with destructive criticism as the organs of the radicals too often are you of- sane and constructive and lost but not j least showed an ability I on local talent for touches of I humor that do certainly make North and South close kin 1 feel that Greenville is to be congratulated in possessing such I n newspaper I Sin revel v 1 MARY B CRAY Mrs George H STATE COMMISSION IS UNDER FIRE Rep Tom Bailey Introduces Measure Which Would Abolish State's Allotment Cut Nearly One Million Ac res Photographers Leave Boxes Home x NEW YORK Pub 18 UP The Press Photographers association of Now hold ils ninth annual and No one wus lo lake pictures Is Dismayed SHANGHAI Saturday Feb UP Dismayed because of the failure of his armies lo advance in their campaign to occupy provisional capital in Hankow Emperor Hirohito of today named a new supreme commander for JACKSON Miss Feb 18 UP Abolition of the present stale railroad commission and creation of a public service body was sought in a introduced in trio legislature today by Rep Tom Bailey measures would create a bureau ol motor carriers within the public service mission and provide for tion supervision control of motor carriers Deciding that an emergency from the severe financial and yet existed the House extended until May 1 the Mortgage Moratorium The House also drive to end war Dr Johnson of Memphis Is Dead MEMPHIS Fell IS UP Dr Johnson lill the Smith's most famous surgeons died late today hospital was hie to Tie had hecu ill wo Der Fuehrer's Touch Austria Goes Anti-Semitic I SEE BY THE STAR Thai juvenile in 4 Thn t th is b G ton 1 That the Delta 7 Thai n I Junior lary 1 Today's A nno Roosevelt culled on Congress for of insurance lo protect farmers and consumers against crop ters In Greenville launched their campaign the spread of syphilis anil The Hivor rising The cloudy nnd colder ruin in ensl of state Sunday fair er in west portion American Local Atlanta Birmingham 70 Charleston Chicago ver Helena ton Jacksonville Kansas Cily Memphis 08 Miami Mobile New Orleans New York Phonix Pittsburgh SI Louis Tampa Washington al an elevation of feet is tlie highest capital in the world Examination of 5000 school children In one recently re- only had out cavities VIENNA Feb 10 Austria's first anti- Semitic decree ordered by the new minister of interior cr his conference with Fuehrer Adolf Hitler in Berlin sued today as the government announced io further would be to tighten his on the nation's Minister of Interior and Public Security Arthur von throughout Austria o with in Tews if the ol the Jews The decree from becoming into the pending ni fn il ion of their ship particularly of refugees who came to Austria after the Nazi accession power in A frw hours before as for Vienna it reported in Berlin thai ler intended to movo cautiously in liis dealings wilh Austrian Roman Catholics wiio per cent uf the population There arc- about Jews in Austria less than three per cent of the population From Parts it was reported that Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg in i conference with the French minister to Vienna briel assured that tria had no intention of ins Hie German Jewish Tho official an- that no further measures were an in and Herlin by a merit that Austrian nnd all other political groups outside Fatherland re- main outlawed Hitler it was has arranged to take measures lo uphold Austria's sovereignly by prohibiting the German Nazis from interfering in the conduct of Austrian internal affairs Hundreds of political ers most of thorn convicted Nazi terrorists continued to be re- leased from Austrian prisons and Continued nn Page made public charts on price and employment fluctuations ed hy and his the price survey which to him yesterday UN the statement Our i 1 such as will Continued on Page Threr Blake And Smith Explain New Farm Provisions of tho farm and what it means to the Delta were explained to nearly 100 Washington county ers at the courthouse yesterday by C C Smith Greenwood ex- tension agent and Blake Chamber nf Commerce County Agricultural Agent J W called the meeting lo give m opportunely of themselves with the measure recently signed by thn President Singling out the -outstanding features of the farm measure Mr Smith and Mr Blake pointed out lhat while the contained some good features it carried provisions that should have been eliminated County Whitaker said he was planning -j series of meetings to acquaint the farmers of county with the legislation A requiring executors to make publication for creditors another providing for arrests of persons in counties other than where charge's were filed and authorized purchase of land for the industrial and training school Before the legislature ed until Monday afternoon the Adopted the conference report recommending the ad valorem tax rale between two and six passed a creating the Mississippi Livestock Show as a corporate body gave it and designated bitions at Port Forest Couin and West Point payment of to Rogers and Dewey Hall New bany for arrest of Waller Moore charged with slaying J S man approved House ing up municipal- to 39 miles an hour Senale appropriation bills in- creased the vocational education speeding up through municipalities lo 30 lo 30 miles an hour Senate appropriation in- creased the vocational education fund to accepted the House for to for indigent sick and ed to Malty pital to Jackson hospital and each to Vicksburg and charity hospitals A repaying a loan tn finance the Confederate last reunion passed as did one for for Hie Como school district RODESSA ENDANGERED BY GAS CLOUDS Gas Comes from Two Wells out of Control Because Derricks RODESSA Feb 18 UP Thick white clouds of gas clung to the oil stained wreckage of Hits boom oil town tonight its presence created :i lhat be as dangerous as the tornado which killed more than a score of persons and injured 100 ers The gas came from two wells which blow nut of control when tornado crumpled sled d e i v i c k s They were wrenched from the well heads nnd a column of gas nnd crude nil n hundred feet high spewed over the town So thick was this shower of highly inflammable fuel that oil field workers searching the debris for dead were ordered to cease that work nnd attempt to control wild wells Barricades were placed on main highways to to stop traffic A spark from an automobile exhaust might fire the gas and cause a devastating explosion and five Unlike gas which cily dwellers get from a jel the natural gas in this field is wet gas It is line and clings to the ground jn U do PS not dissipate the air readily Can Well With frightened White River Families A- LITTLE UOCK Ark Feb 18 UP National guardsmen were ordered tonight to stond by for flood duty as rivers fed by incessant rains of the week became torrents and inundated lowlands A score of highways were inundated and impassable in- oil roads leading into the slute from the western der Two hundred families in Faulkner county near Fort Smith were homeless Arkansas liver overflows forced them to higher ground Although all railroads were operating on schedule tracks were being patrolled near and several other points where water rose to the level of the roadbed District offices of the American Red Cross throughout the state began preparations to aid in the flood zones nnd supply many with clothing and fuel before a predicted cold wove sot in tonight to add to the suffering The U S Weather Bureau at Little Rock predicted that heaviest of thn which has been falling for tho past week would continue least 24 hours longer Four rivers had become raging torrents The Arkansas White Black nnd were rising rapidly A stiff breeze would lessen the clanger from this source and for a few hours earlier today a ing wind had blown away the gas for a time During iod the workers ripped away the twisted metal and other debris in Supply the section of shoot metal buildings containing oil field supplies Supply now was the first section hit by the twister The funnel-shaped cloud lifted for mi instant and then swooped down on the residential section mostly oil field shacks and farm homes on the other side of the village workers ed by National Guardsmen ex- a mangled body from the wreckage Tonight 20 bodies were in the morgues An accurate check of the injured was cult Others were treated here at Atlanta at Vivian La and neighboring towns Chief Deputy Sheriff W T estimated hot at least 30 hnd been killed He said that tho death loll might 50 WILEY URGES TRAFFIC SAFETY Commends Cooperating for Their Parts in Safety Campaign the increasing number of traffic Hugh Wiley of the Beppo Arnold Post of the urged unceasing us a means to de- crease traffic hazards Statisticians continually lell us that the death rale in the United States from automobile accidents since the World War has steadily said Com- mander Wiley who is local Legion Post's safety campaign director The number of tims is increasing despite im- proved highways better auto- mobiles and a greater number of police officers Available reports are hat the total number of automobile in the United States ex- the number lost in all its wars One of the erican Legion's main objectives is and wilh genuine satisfaction that T ily commend The Star the Boy Scouts and Civic the interest they are taking in the forthcoming Safety and Parade of Death Reports from Mississippi cities where this feature has been staged give me reason lo believe that the program will do untold good I urge everyone to view the Parade of a vivid portrayal of the result of way accidents The Parade of will he singed at 4 p in March 4 TOMBOY SCHOOL GIRL HEARS JURY FOREMAN SAY NOT GUILTY JR AUXILIARY HOLDS ELECTIONS Mrs Kate Foote Jordan fs New president Succeeding Mrs Hubert Armstrong Mrs Kate Foole Jordan was elected president of the Greenville Junior Auxiliary at a meeting yesterday ing in the clinic build inf will assume her office on March a I the annual spring luncheon when Mrs her I Armstrong retiring dent will officially present her with the gavel of tion officers to serve with Mrs Jordan also elected ai the ing Mrs George vice-president Ernest William Payne clinic director Other business transacted at meeting was he completion of plans the style show lo be given ai American Legion Home on the night of February and the reports of the committees were heard and approved The reports were as 10 children examined who are in need of operations 2 dental cases -1 turned over lo the Follow Up for special diets and 1 to be given blood tests 23 children been laken lo the dentists G articles hnd appeared in local 4 children had been given clothes and one baby sent a complete the tor corps reported 34 children taken lo the doctor nnd 11 lo and from the clinic 32 children on special wore bring fed 12 proscriptions had 1 child being for mont U S Allotment Is Set Below 1937 Acreage SECRETARY WALLACE INVOKES BROAD POWER Farmers to Vote March 12 Refusing Or Accepting Offered Quota By United Press WASHINGTON Feb 18 Mississippi's 1938 cotton acreage allotment was ed nearly a million bales der the 1937 by Secretory Agriculture Henry A Wallace today the powers given him under HUM new crop control Secretary sol he national acreage for colton at noes u of about below 1937 He estimated that this would produce ly on the Basis of a len year average Mississippi's acreage allotment was KCI at as compared with the acres planned in 10.17 n cut of for Texas whose cut was approximately three lion bales Mississippi's reduction was the largest Wallace ing quotas for 1038 on al pounds as against the 1937 of 850 000 pounds and pounds fov dark tobaccos as against the pound 1837 cMp Under terms of the new per year e fanners will voje a national referenda to mine if market crops under quotas Unless rev by ouu third of the quotas will be Wallace explained If Hie quotas are approved marketed above the limits will Inv penalized cinl taxes while then glowers will lose benefit payments der the soil conservation Wallace said that huge crops in both commodities during 1937 piled up unwieldly surpluses making reduced production im- to avoid price He pointed out that 1937 colton crop of bales set an record resulting in a carryover supply that will on Pane Three THE DAILY I WASHINGTON MERRY-Go-ROUND KENNEDY OF IMPERILED SHIPPING FUTURE Feb 18 P Kennedy resigned today as of the Commission to crime lo the Court of St ufter warning President Roosevelt Dint labor nnd high roust ruction imperil future of the rine The Chipf Executive accepted the resignation of the New troubleshooter was the first Chairman of the Securities nnd Exchange Commission with real bud ing his worn and expressing gratification he h staying in family in his new assignment appointed Commissioner Emory S Land to Kennedy Al the same he thai he would send lo the Senate the no- of Max the General to fill the vacancy on the commission caused by the shift Land a retired Admiral has been a member of the sion Fince its inception last April Kennedy recommended 1 changes to the President Tho Boston man reviewing his 10 months nf stewardship in the Maritime Commission told Mr Roosevelt thai candor compels me lo stiy thai the shipping problem far from solved despite his efforts to rehabilitate the Merchant rine through a long-range construction program It is going U take some ex- strenuous measures on the part of the United States to preserve a fleet of anything like the present proportions in cither foreign or Kennedy wrote President Roosevelt in his press conference echoed dy's over excessive bidd for merchant ship construction after standard ship sub- mitted offers to build 12 new cargo sh i ps th n t ra fa r above the ted coat of to Ho said thai costs ore ar above those during the World period if PHILADELPHIA IS nor a tomboy school girl leaned against a able with a court at- tendant supporting her today and heard 1 jury acquit her nf charges that she murdered Nancy Old in of a neighbor Slie slumped into a cnair ns she heard the words meant freedom lo her there no on her face when around to con- gratulate her The wen Ith in a trial that started Monday attempted lo prove lhat Miss O'Connor killed the Glenn child by striking her with her fisl and then placing her iti a mud puddle where Nancy drowned Miss O'Connor and Nancy quarreled lasl Labor Day over whether the child should he en for a ride on a bicycle and Mary admitted she struck Nancy She contended however lhat the accidental There were two indictments containing four degree murder second-degree voluntary ter and involuntary her Frank hoff court crier walked the Jury box and How find you on the indictment charging Mary O'Connor wilh John Dl Gildo a pharmacist and foreman tn be perplexed by the tion He thought a while nnd said not Then he was asked for a verdict on Hie si u lighter indictment A Rain he said not guilty Miss O'Connor slipped from the arms of Ihu courl attendant into Friends moved ward her but halted when Di Gildo rose from his seal in the jury box nnd asked Judge seph May I oKer n The court ately hauled Miss O'Connor lo her feet again A look of came on her face She had the ordeal was over Lawyers were running toward the bench shouting a I Judge but he ignored them and spoke to Foreman Di Gildo he said You ask n question We are going to poll this jury All you can rlo is an- swer to the poll.1 The court clerk asked each in- dividual juror fov a verdict and every time got the answer not Then Uie judge allowed the verdict lo be entered on the record Now may we leave Miss O'Connor's lawyer naked judge nodded Di Gildo explained later that his to ask a question was because unfamiliar with al court he thought that his announcement of the verdict was when a jury noli was Compiles Employment And Payroll Data ifE In an effort lo answer erous inquiries as lo ber of people employed in Greenville and tlie amount of the average weekly payroll John A Fox manager of the ington county Chamber of Com- merce has compiled ing inquirers Four thousand nro employed their average weekly payroll amounting to The major part of the weekly payroll Manager Fox finds is paid by 15 manufacturing com- panies two railroads the age commission the levee board the city itself and the United SUites government No data is included on the U S District force or payroll Also included in tho census are three clinics the hospit- al all department and dise stores drug stores grocery stores floral companies barber shops dry cleaning companies laundries Omitted are offices such as doctors lawyers and insurance offices not presuming to give out tbf information complete Mr fox It eve the By DREW PEARSON And ROBERT S ALLEN WASHINGTON Tho of Hiram regarding Roosevelt's naval to tlie British are interesting when com- pared to the senator's silence during Henry L Stimson's ering with the British in Mr Stimson Secretary of State under Hoover did his to get British naval aid for the United States in blocking the in Manchuria saw the Manchurian invasion as the first Japanese step toward the conquest of all China At one time the Japanese sailed for a secret destination In the Pacific and Slimson through a hectic period in which serious consideration was given to sending the U S fleet to off the Japanese before they could get to the Philippines Stimson went much further with the British than and Roosevelt but John at that time was playing secret bal with the Japanese v ENGLISH In 1934 the British were beginning to anticipate trouble with the when President brought the to New York on Putt
