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* TODAY r
TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES
1639 —Jean Baptiste Racine, famed
French dramatist, born. Died April
26. 1699.
1740 —Arthur Lee, the Virginia Ijee
who studied law to more effectively
assist the colonies in their struggles
for liberty, America’s agent and dip
lomat in Europe during Revolution,
born in Virginia. Died there. Dec.
12, 1792.
1604-Benjamin Disraeli. Earl of
Beaconsfield, English statesman, born.
Died April 19. 1831.
1823 —Jean Henri Fabre. famed
French entomologist, born. Died Oct.
11. 1915.
1829 —Laura D. Bridgman, blind,
deaf, mute who. like Helen Keller,
made life's potentialities fuller and
richer for those similarly afflicted,
born at Hanover. N. H. Died in
Boston. May 24. 1889.
1849—James Lane Allen, noted Ken
tucky novelist, born near Lexington,
Ky. Died Feb. 18, 1825.
ISs4—Mbrton Prince. Boston physi
cian, neurologist and psychologist,
born in Boston. Died there August
31. 1929.
TODAY IN HISTORY
1620 —Pilgrim Fathers landed at Ply
mouth, Mass.
1807 —Because of insults to Ameri
can flag by British ships. Congress
passed an embargo act forbidding
American shpis leaving port for for
eign countries and closing American
ports to British commerce.
1928—President Coolidge signed
Boulder Canyon Dam bill.
1932 U. S. House of Representa
tives voted to legalize and tax 3.2 per
cent beer.
1933 President Roosevelt ordered
purchase of 24,121,410 silver ounces
yearly.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
U. S. Senator David A. Reed of
Pennsylvania, defeated for reelection
in the November elections, born in
Pittsburgh, 54 years ago.
U. S. Senator Lynn J. Frazier of
North Dakota, born in Steele Co.,
Minn., 60 years ago.
Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadas
sah, the Women’s Zionist Organiza
tion of America, born in Baltimore,
74 years ago.
Lawrence Richey of Washington, D.
C., former secretary to President
Hoover, born at Harrisburg. Pa., 49
years ago.
Dr. Edward C. Elliott, president ol
Purdue University, born in Chicago.
60 years ago.
TODAY’S HOROSCOPE
The native of today has a some
what lavish disposition which may
hit troubh Tfu mind em
to have considerate,,- force and there
is a strong erne for a direct md
honest course, in .if*- but there «
twist in the condition which, under
Adverse aspect: may overthrow all
the benefit that nan accrued trom
honest and patient effort.
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page
1. English philosopher.
2. South Russia.
3. Richard I.
4? Woodrow Wilson.
6. One who lives in solitude.
6. Chicago, 111.
7 Paraguay.
8. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
9. American historian and educator.
10. Stockholm.
of hang-over from thed epression.
The World War 20 Years Ago Today jggflff
Strc«t barricadet in outskirts of Przemysl.
0 Yrara Ago Today: 1 ”0,000 pri sons in Przemysl were suffering from the effects of food { fuel and clotfcb*
rig shortages as Russians, who hud been besieging city for four weeks, launched determined attacks t 9
capture city from Austrians.
See “Today is the Day.*
Today is the Day
With DAY-BY-DAY STORY OF THE WORLD WAR 20 Ysart After
By CLARK KINNAIRD yntr«l Pr«M AuoclttlMi|
Friday, Dec. 21; 170th day. 159th
year of our Independence. St.
Thomas’ Day. Morning stars: Mer
cury, Mars, Jupiter. Evening stars:
Venus and Saturn. Full moon. Zodiac
sign Sagittarius.
THE WORLD WAR DAY-BY-DAY
Doc. 21, 1914 —Przemysl was under
going its second terrible seige. It was
the mightiest of Austria's eastern fort
. .. . , ......
it I f
withu ' *ts cat it * i
weakness. 1’ *•>*uui me '
The flight of the Aust:o-Hungari
before the onrushing army to the pro
tection of Przemysl Russian horde
had been so precipitate that the mili
tary authorities in Przemysl had no
time to clear the civil population out
of the city, or to provide sufficient
food for a long seige. Butchering of
horses, to provide meat and save fod
der had to begin almpst immediately.
Winter clothing supplies were short,
too.
Przemysl lacked both planes and
air defenses. Russian airmen circled
the fortress without hindrance, drop
ping bombs and observing everything
that was being done below to prepare
for the inevitable attack.
Nicholas Snowden, who was to be
a New York barber 20 years later
and write a book “Memories of a
Spy”—of his war experiences. wa.s in
Przemysl on this 21st. He was to re
call a Russian night bombardment:
“The city byway of comparison sug
gested nothing but an island surround
ed by volcanoes from which eruptions
were occurring all at the same time.
Smoke and the glaie of flame filled
the sky ... I thought of Pompeii
and the citizens who faced their last
hours there so many centuries ago.
The next moment I felt as if I were
in the courtyard of a madhouse whose
inmates had just freed themselves
from confinement, rushing about aim
lessly and then disappearing in all di
rections in darkness . . . Horses of
an ammunition wagon took fright
and crashed into an ambulance. In
the same instant a courier on a motor
cycle plunged headlong into the wreck
■age of the overturned wagons. Ming
led curses and cries for helps added
to the confusion, but it was only an
incident in the general turmoil.”
YOU’RE WRONG IF YOU
BELIEVE
That it is proper to “feed a cold
and starve a fever.”
That if close relatives (such as
cousins) marry, their children are
likely to be mentally or physically de
fective.
(There is no known biological rea
son for the conclusion that the mar
riage of cousins, merely because they
are cousins will result in defective
offspring. The relative purity of stock
is the deciding factor. Charles Pat
win, the great biologist, married his
first cousin. Their four sons became,
able men.)
That it indicates a severe winter
is ahead, if animals acquire an unusu
ally heavy coat of fur.
Write a wrong. Address Clark
Kinnaird. care this newspaper.
Preacher Declares
Union Man Claimed
Roosevelt Backing
(Continued from Pago One.)
once on December 4 and called the
re-hearing at the request of the
Rosemary management, which asked
t present additinal evidence- that
■there w.-, i threats ( vlp.n-:-- ,
; pniitd 1,1 111,- I til- m e
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strike, and he had advised against
employing 150 special deputies, be
cause he believed that number would
have beet) inadequate to obtain ad
mittance to the. mill for the 500 em-
OTHERS’ VIEWS
To the Editor:
I wish to take this manner of let
ting the public know that 1 worked
in the Post Office for eleven years
with Mr C. P. Wright. Mr. Wright is
a. kind Christian gentleman, and I
want him and the public to know that
1 appreciate his worth and character.
C. R. BECKHAM.
December 21, 1934.
(N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER |2l, 1934
plovers who wanted to work.
H. E. Dobbins, a Roanoke Rapids
policemen, testified pickets “were ten
deep” around the entrances to the
mill.
Dooley, who was present at the
henring, laterd enied he told Rose
mary employees he had conferred
will; President Roosevelt and had re
ceived the President's personal back
• * • to oi^diii2t k i
May Take Several Years,
However, to Attain Goal
(Continued from rage One.)
u municipal power plant at Colum
bus. Ohio, have received approval.
Others are being discussed. If built,
they would be part of the “yardstick”
system, whereby, administration lead
ers say. the rates of private com*
p.nni- s would be measured and forced
down where they are considered too
high
Eabson Declares Railroads
Are Being Choked to Death
(Continued from Page One,)
'hose losses were more than offset
: y increasing volume of general busi
ness. Now. however, the problem has
ci me to a head. Unless relief in some
form is secured, the capitalization of
a great many roads must be revised.
Add to the loss of freight revenues
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% $3.98 up'. S«-S««. s Boy ,. „ d C i r W-*27.50 up to $39.50 1
•£?• $9.95 to $10.75 Charlie Horses —slo*9s Balloon Tires—and other kinds. I 3R
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-oil beds, Doll Swings, « 98 $19 .95 $37.50 Pistols at 39c each Cow Boy Suit _ $2.98 §
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DECEMBER
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the sharp rise in costs in the last
eighteen months. Adavnces in mat
erial prices have added $140,000,000 to
operating costs. By July 1, 1935, wages
will have returned to the 1929 level
and will have added $150,000,000 to
operating expenses. Inasmuch as total
revenues in 1933. after payment of all
operating and interest charges, show
ed a deficit of $13,800,000, these ad
ded exDenses nro obviously endan
■ ■ ' ture of the
w ia roads
Rule Im-re.i.si t*id> Hypodermic
Wb.it i- ?h vv: .: the rail pro
blem? is it an increase in freight
rates? Most railroad men feel this
would only turn additional traffic
over to competitors. The roads can
not, of course, continue to maintain
the same service at present rates, but
if rates are not boosted, the freqency
of service must be curtailed. This,
likewise, will drive more business over
to competitors. Hence, the railroads
are between the devil and the deep
sea. Freight rates must be boosted
about ten per cent as a temporary
measure. While this would increase
revenue approximately $300,000,000
per year, over the long term any rate
increase is bearish.
If competition were regulated would
it help the roads? Some, but it would
not hit at the root of the problem.
Even railrqad men admit that truck
ing is economic, efficient, and con
venient for short hauls. However, for
the long haul, the railroad is indis
putably the more efficient. Railroad
people argue that rtucks should be
subject to the same labor tax and
rate regulation as the carriers. Ac
tually, motor taxes have jumped 50
per cent since 1929, but trucking con
“Knowledge Is Power!”
corns are doing more business every
day. Truck regulation would give abck
to the carriers some of their longer
haul business, but trucks are hete
to stay for the short haul.
Problem One of Efficiency and
Modernization.
The only answer to the railroad s
dilemma is more efficient operation.
In pooling of service, in a new type
of freight car, and in modernization
of equipment, big economies can be
made. Railroad men have known this
for years. But these reforms will eli
minate hundreds of railroad empoly
ees. Consequently, the labor brother
hoods. backed by Congress and the
ICC, have prevented the roads from
going ahead on a progressive pro
gram. Unlike other able business men
the rail managements have hitherto
not been able to spend five dollars
to save ten. The time for dallying is
now past. Hence, when Congress
meets in January it must squarely
face two alternatives: (1) Cutting the
shackles which are throttling the
roads, or (2) Completely recamping
the financial set-up of the industry.
Many readers will immediately say
that it is more humane to maintain
employment than to put the railroads
on a paying basis. That is not the
whole story. There is the question of
the endowment institutions, such as
hospitals and savings banks, whose
funds are heavily invested in rail se
curities. Then, too. if the railroads ar»
given a free hand to reorganize their
operating facilities, thousands of peo
ple will be reemployed in the rail
road equipment factories: the latter’s
demand for metals will put men back
to work in them ines; and so on down
the line. Only the building trades
have a greater opportunity to con
tribute toward recovery than the rail
road equipment makers.
Not for the Baby’s Bank.
The big “if” in the railroad mod
ernization problem is the financing.
After the recent public utility de
bacle. it will be difficult to persuade
investors to finance an industry
where the government and labor dic
tate the policies and tax the profits.
The cost of modernization would be
terrific. Most of the railroad equip-
ment in use today has been robbing
the scrap heap for years. The pool
ing of services and the development
of a new freight car, however, would
enable the roads to make a huge cut
in operating costs without laying out
too much new money.
The action which Congress takes
will be very important from the in
vestors’ standpoint. My guess is that
the administration is going to attack
the railroad problem in a constructive,
manner. Hence, at present prices most
railroad securities have discounted
the worst. I feel, however, that there
are better opportunities for the avei
age investor in other groups. If we
have inflation —even credit inflation
—the railroads will not benefit
n'jch as (commodity, industrial or
merchandising stocks. Taking a long
swing viewpoint of the industry, m\
advice to investors would be to keep
most rail stocks and many rail bonas
at the top of your strong-box.
Business, as estimated by the Bab
sonchart, now registers nine per cent
above a year ago. but is still 27 per
cent below normal.