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NATIONAL,
STATE AND
LOCAL
HAPPENINGS
VOL. 50; NO. 41.
Wise Owl Will
Give Children’s
Letters to Santa
PRIZE OF 50c FOR BEST LETTER
—BESSIE LOU TAYLOR, OF
LYERLY, IS WINNER.
By “THE SUNSHINE LADY.”
The Wise Old Owl and I were talk
ing about Santa Claus last night. You
know, boys and girls, it is only two
more weeks until old Santa will be
coming with his huge load of Christ
mas presents for all good children,
and for grown-ups as well.
Even now, the Wise Old Owl tells
me, Santa Claus ' traveling around
trying to learn v> C- children want
for Christmas, and % x will make
everyone happiest.
The Wise Old Owl sa, <' he saw
Santa Claus and talked wi : m the
other night, and that Sant,. ’’aus
asked him to help collect the "S
which boys and girls write te.
what they want for Christmas.
children, all of you who are not more
than 12 years old, may send your
letters to Santa Claus in our care, if ■
you wish, and the Wise Old Owl will l
deliver them to Santa Claus without ■
fail.
Prize for Best Letter.
Also if your letter to Santa Claus
reaches us before Dec. 18, Friday of
next week, you may perhaps be the
winner of The Summerville News’
weekly prize of 50 cents, for we are
going to give next week’s prize for
the best letter to Santa Claus which
we receive 'before that time. Send
your letter to Santa Cluas, in care of
the “Sunshine Lady” and the “Wise
Old Owl” at The Summerville News
office, and whether you are the prize
winner or not, we will surely see that
Santa Claus receives it in time.
Last week we received a number of
splendid letters about “Thanksgiving
Day,” and we want to tell you about
some of them. First you will want to ,
know who was prize-winner for that j
week, and we are happy to tell you
that a little girl from Lyerly wrote
the best letter of all. We are mailing
the check for 50 cents to Bessie Lou
Taylor from whom we received the
following letter:
Lyerly, Ga., Nov. 30, 1936.
Dear Sunshine Lady:
I am a litle girl 10 years old and
weigh 58 pounds.
The reason we have a holiday on
the last Thursday of November is
because the pilgrims came to this
country. ■
They came here so that they could
worship God as they wanted to.
When they got here and builftheir
homes they gave a day of thanks.
The men killed wild turkeys and
animals while the women cooked meat j
and corn. The Indians were friendly
with the pilgrims and they had a
good time together.
The people still take the day in
hunting and feasting.
Your friend,
BESSIE LOU TAYLOR.
Honorable Mention.
Another especially interesting let
ter was from Joe Stephenson, of
Summerville. Joe told us about his
Thanksgiving day birthday party, j
And from Gaylesville, Ala., came five
letters which pleased us greatly.
They were from Annie Lue Banister,
Ruth Banister, Elsie Waltz, J. W.
Waltz and Nelda Waltz. We are giv
ing honorable mention to these five
little Alabama friends, and to Joe
right here in Summerville; and we
hope that all of them, and also our
prize-winner, Bessie Lou, will contin
ue writing to us and become mem
bers of the Boys’ and Girls’ Sunshine
club. It takes only four letters to win
your membership certificates, you ’
know.
Tell us about the school you at
tend, and try to get your classmates
to help you win the “Fairyland” scrap
basket which will be given to the
classroom from which we receive the
most letters before Jan, 15, 1937. If
your teachers who are interested will
write and ask us, we will give them
all the information about this contest
/■, Wise Owl’s Story.
And now, just a little of the Wise
Old Owl’s story which we hope to fin
ish for you next week: ✓
Presently Princess Saphir returned
wearing her new gown of flower pet
als, and they all gathered around the
table to enjoy the feast. The princess
was pleased with the gifts her fairies
had given her. The fairies were cur
ious to know more about Prince Kro
tunn, but politely they waited for the
princess to tell them.
They started to tell Princess Sap-1
hir about the moonbeams which had.
been taken from the caves under the
rocks where they hid them. When
they told of how they had found the
gnomes who lived in the crotons tak
ing their moonbeams, to their sur
prise, the prince jumped quickly to j
his feet, drew a small silver whistle j
from his pocket, and blew a loud,
shrill blast.
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LONGER STAPLE.
WASHINGTON.—The 1936 cotton
crop was “longer in staple on the av- I
erage,” than last year’s crop, accord
ing to the bureau of agricultural ec
onomics. A total of 9,881,527 bales
were ginned, or about 80 per cent, of
the estimated crop.
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LOST—Strayed from my home on
Nov. 30, one white and black
Pointer female bird dog. Finder
please notify me and receive re
ward,— Frank Waters, Summer-
Mlle, Ga. Bex 01-
The Summerville News
CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS’
EDITION NEXT WEEK
The News will issue its annual
Christmas shoppers’ edition next
Thursday, Dec. 17. Mr. Merchant,
if you have not sent copy for your
ad, do so now and cash in on extra
Christmas business, which is at its
highest peak in several years.
New Farm Plans
Will Aid Georgia
1937 PROGRAM CALLS FOR SOIL
CONSERVATION AND PRO
DUCTION CONTROL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. B.—Compre
hensive diversification of farming ac
tivities in Georgia is expected to re
ceive added impetus from the 1937
AAA conservation program announc
. here today by Secretary of Agri
i culture Wallace.
“Like the 1936 plan, the new pro-
I gram offers payments to those farm-
I ers who meet specified conditions for
shifting land from soil depletion
crops to soil conserving crops, for
carrying out approved soil building
practices and calls for a more direct
attempt at controlling crop produc
tion, especially corn,” Secretary Wal
lace said in releasing a detailed
prospectus of the 1937 program.
Before the department will be able
to carry out its new program, how
ever, the incoming congress will have
to appropriate some $500,0(0,000 to
prosecute the first year’s work
throughout the country.
It is confidently anticipated in ad
ministration circles that the neces
sary appropriation will be made
within a month or two after the first
session of the 75th congress gets
under way on Jan. 5.
Ten Salient Points.
The ten salient points of the new
plan follow:
1. Provides for expenditures not to
exceed the $500,000,000 authorized to
carry out the soil conservation and
domestic allotment act.
2. The plan of establishing soil
depletion bases for farms has been
continued. These bases will be used
as a yardstick to measure diversion
from soil depleting to soil conserving
crops. / ;
3. Payment for shifts from general
depleting crops and cotton, tobacco
and peanuts will be continued jn
1937, together with payments to sug
ar and rice producers who particL
pate.
4. Crops will be classified as soil
conserving and soil depleting. These
classifications follow those establish
ed in 1936 but some changes have
been made in the light of experience
gained in the actual operation of the
program and conditions brought
about by the 1936 drought.
5. The regional setup for the ad
ministration of the program will be
virtually the same as for 1936. The
southern region is now composed of
Georgia, South Carolina, Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar
kansas and Oklahoma.
Program’s Expenses.
6. The administrative expenses of
all county agricultural conservation
associations will be deducted from
the payments to farmers in their re
spective counties. Formerly this was
true to the north central, east central
and western regions but county ad
ministrative expenses in southern and
northeast regions were paid out of
the general administrative fund in
1936.
7. The range program, which ap
plied only to western regions states
in 1936, will be extended to include
range lands in western parts of the
southern and north central regions.
8. The allowance which growers of
vegetables and fruits can earn thru.
soil building practices will be in
creased for the 1937 program.
9. Any producer, no matter how
small his farm, will have an oppor
tunity to earn at least S2O. The min
imum allowance in the 1936 program
was $lO.
10. Producers with sizeable acre
ages in permanent pasture will be
given an opportunity for additional
participation in the program.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SPONSORING BANQUET FOR
LOCAL FOOTBALL TEAM
The directors of the local chamber
of commerce met Tuesday evening at
their regular monthly meeting. At
this meeting, a dinner, to be given at
the Sturdivant gym in honor of the
local football team, was planned for
Thursday evening, Dec. 17, the exact
hour to be decided later.
A special appointed committee will
sell tickets for this dinner at 50 cents
each. It is hoped that every member
of the chamber of commerce will be
present and bring other guests, as a I
large crowd is desired.
Supt. J. H. Cook is assisting the
chamber of commerce in preparing a
good entertainment for all the guests ,
at the banquet. Prof. Jenkins, presi- i
dent of G. M. college, at Milledge
ville, will address the football team.
After the dinner and address, the en- 1
tertainment will be given and is to
be free to all members of chamber
of commerce.
FOR SALE—One 1932 Ford truck,,
dual wheels, long wheelbase; in
good condition.— W. A. Hix, Sum
merville, Ga., Rout* 4.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1936.
Welfare Leader
Asks Help For
Needy Children
SAYS SOME CHILDREN OF COUN
TY BADLY IN NEED OF
WARM CLOTHES.
The Christmas season is nearly
here—the birthday of Jesus. This is
the most unselfish season of the
year. We parents are busy with our
preparations for the children to make
the Christmases of their childhood
unforgettable memories of happiness.
To all the noises of fireworks and
Christmas carols and bells and chimes
there answers in our souls some re
sponse to the Divine truth of Christ’s
birth and life and death. We feel
growing pains in our souls and by
Christmas day we are in the same
state of ecstasy that the children
reach.
The Child Welfare council asks you
to have a thought for the cold and
hungry children of our county. Give
a thought to those children whose
thin little faces shine with the same
longing your children show; whose
unkempt, sick little bodies have noth
ing to withstand the cold of winter.
«So bundle up all those discarded warm
clothes you have packed away and
phone me and I will see that they
are given to needy people.
Merry Christmas!
JANET FARRAR,
Chairman, Welfare Committee.
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Result of J. P. Elections
In Chattooga County
Considerable interest was mani
fested in the justice of the peace and
constable elections held throughout
the county last Saturday. Elections
were held in nine of the eleven dis
tricts, Haywood and Subligna being
the two in which no election was
held.
The vote in the various districts
was as follows:
Alpine: For justice of the peace, W.
D. Estes, 132; for constable, A. C.
Estes, 85; G. E. Pless, 69c; Gilbert
Stephenson, 40.
Coldwater: For justice of peace, O.
T. House, 59. For constable, Gordon
Reynolds, 59; Clyde Stephenson, 34.
Dirtseller: For justice of peace, W.
A. Hawkins, 16. For constable, Joe
Reed, 16; Richard Hutton, 8.
Dirttown: For justice of peace, G.
G. Christian. 13. For constable, G.
W. Woods, 13.
Lyerlsr: For justice of peace, R. W.
Bagley, 193. For constable, J. R. Kel
lett, 135; J. I. Kimbell, 73; Grady H.
Jackson, 15; James Lipham, 26; J.
W. Wilson, 11.
Seminole: For justice of peace, Ed
ward Gayler, 105. For constable. M.
D. Battles, 40; L. B. Cook, 65; H. F.
Jrabtree, 41; J. D. Rowlls, 40.
Summerville: For justice of peace,
I. E. Baker, 435. For constable, W.
Cchen. 66; J. E. Gass, 203; E. H.
Smith, 274; Frank White, 93.
Teloga: For justice of peace, W. A.
food, 12. No one offered for con
stable.
Trion: For justice of peace, J. B.
Perry, 129. For constable, D. T. Gar
ner, 58; F. P. Nunn, 113.
LYERLY DEFEATS MENLO.
Lyerly High defeated Menlo High
in their first double-header basket
sail game Friday night. The Lyerly
girls won over the Menlo girls by the
score of 20 to 19, with Majors and
Lawless leading in points for Menlo, |
and Taylor for Lyerly.
The Lyerly boys won over the
Menlo boys by the score of 45 to 33.
Borders led in points for Lyerly with
17. Ballard and Welch led for Menlo
with 13 and 10 points, respectively.
ALEJANDER FIVE WINS
FIRST HOME GAME
In the first home game of the sea
son. the locals displayed good form
in defeating the First Methodist team
of Chattanooga, 45 to 29.
The entire beam showed unusually ’
good form for this early time of the ,
year.
See the games to be played at the |
Sturdivant gym during the season ,
and enjoy a good sport and good
sportsmanship.
HUH.’ I OONT
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"He who imagines he has knowledge
enough has none at all "
DECEMBER
10—First United States labor
*- strike, New York sailors.
—James II flees from the
English throne. 1688
—Arthur Brisbane, noted
editor and columnist, born.
1864
Wrj 13—Caxton produces the first
'jJaL printed iob in England.
—dgy*- 1476
/-A 14—Alabama is the 22nd State
| to be admitted to the
L — 1 Union. 1819
15— Sioux Chief Sitting Bull
killed in a skirmish. 1890
16— That world-famed Boston
itfim *j • "ft Tm Party i» held, 177*.
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Baptist Executive
Committee Meet
Sunday, Dec. 13
SESSION WILL BE HELD AT THE
SOUTH SUMMERVILLE BAP
TIST CHURCH AT 2 P. M.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Baptist executive committee is
to be held with the South Summer
ville Baptist church next Sunday at
2 o’clock p.m. Please note and be on
j time.
The committee has been greatly
encouraged by the attendance at
’ these meetings, and we are expecting
■ a large attendance at this meeting.
Bro. C. E. Hankins has charge of the
program at this meeting. Chattooga
Baptists are sponsoring, this month,
Foreign Misisons, and this work will
be featured at this meeting.
The South Summerville people have
recently erected a splendid new
church building, and they have done
a large part of this work themselves.
They have just closed one of the
most fruitful revivals ever held in
this county. The writer of this arti
cle feels that it will be an inspiration
to all Baptist of the county to visit
this church, see what they have done
for themselves and what the Lord
has done for them. It is hoped that
every church will have a large rep
resentation at this meeting.
B. E. NEAL,
Chairman, Executive Committee.
P. S.: The people of South Sum
merville are regularly holding sun
rise meetings each Sunday morning,
from 6 to 7 o’clock, which are well
attended. The writer attended one
recently when there were some five
or six men converted. Let us attend
this service at this church next Sun
day at 2 p.m., and be much in prayer
that we may catch this spirit of re
vival that has been so wonderfully
blessing this church for the past few
months.
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COTTON DEMONSTRATION
CONTEST CLOSES.
The nitrate cotton demonstration,
which was carried on by Ben Grigs
by on the Sturdivant farm near Way
side and under the direction of the
Summerville F. F. A. chapter, has
been turned in to Mr. Young, voca
tional agriculture teacher of Sum
merville High.
The yield where the cotton was
side dressed with Chilean Nitrate was
I, pounds of seed cotton per acre
and where no nitrate was used the
yield was 1,590 pounds of seed cotton
per acre. The increase of yield where
nitrate was used is 190 pounds seed
cotton per acre.
The estimating, cards will be sent
to the office of the Chilean Nitrate
of Soda company, of Atlanta, and the
winner of the estimating contest will.
be announced later.
The yield of the corn demonstra
tion, which was tried at Joe Eleam’s
farm near Chelsea, hasn’t been fig
ured yet, but will be within a few
days. We feel that the results of
these demonstrations should show us
the value of side dressing our crops
with Chilean Nitrate of Soda, and
should encourage us to side dress
crops with soda to secure a larger
and better yield.—J. H. Willingham,
Reporter.
ALEXANDER FIVE WINS
MEETS STRONG FOES
After a very fast start, the Alex
ander five will take on a faster pace
when the Avondale Clippers, of
Chattanooga, invade tonight (Thurs
day) in what promises to be the best
game of the season. _ '
Then Friday night the menu is still
better. The great Dixie Spinner team
of Lupton City will tangle with the
up and coming Alexander case team.
If you are at all interested in bas
ket ball don’t fail to see both of these
games.
The local team is, without doubt,
the best one to fly the Alexander case
banner.
Come out tonight and then again
tomorrow night and help the locals
win these games.
GORE~F.F.A. GIVE MINSTREL.
The boys of the F. F. A. chapter
at Gore school presented a negro
minstrel for the general public Fri
day night, Dec. 4. The profits, s2l,
are to be used toward the completion
of their recreational cabin which as
yet is unfinished. —Arnold Perry, Re
porter.
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LYERLY BAPTIST WOMEN MEET
The Lyerly B. W. M. S. observed
the week of prayer Friday with Mrs.
J. L. Pollock. Twelve were present.
Fifteen dollars were collected for
Lottie Moon offering.
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MOST DANGEROUS AGE.
Twenty-one is the most dangerous
age—the United States bureau of
investigation reports more persons of
that age are arrested for crimes than
at any other age. Women constitute
only 7.4 per cent, of those arrested
and 17.5 per cent, of those arrested
are under 21.
171 CONVICTED.
Since the “Lindbergh Law” went
into effect on June 22, 1932, 171 per
sons have been convicted under the
kidnaping statute 'and received terms
aggregating 2,229 years. Thirty-three
others were sent up for life and four
were given the death penalty.
ALL KINDS of fireworks for sale at
Favor Case, 1 mil* south of Trion.
NEWS STARTS NEW
STORY THIS WEEK
,f Libeled Lady” is The News’
new story which begins in this
week’s issue.
“Libeled Lady”' i« taken from the
M-G-M motion picture of the same
name and will be run serially in
The News. “Libeled Lady” will
be shown at the Royal theater Jan.
14 and 15. Turn to inside page and
read the first chapter now.
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Short Session
Os City Court
10 CASES DISPOSED OF BY NEW
CITY COURT MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.
The newly-established City Court
of Chattooga county convened in its
first session Monday with Judge B. I
E. Neal presiding.
Following is a list of the cases
disposed of Monday and Tuesday:
State vs. Melford Burton —posses-
sing liquor; plea of guilty. Fined
costs or sixty days in chaingang.
State vs. Bill Ledbetter —possessing
liquor; plea of guilty. Fined $5.00
and costs.
State vs. G. T. Dunn public
drunkenness; plea of guilty. Fined
$35 including costs.
State vs. John Martin public
drunkenness; plea of guilty. Fined
costs.
State vs. Arthur Wilson—public
drunkenness; verdict guilty. Fined j
costs.
State vs. Sam Favor —operating
slot machine; verdict guilty. Fined
SSO and costs.
State vs. Willie Gilreath —carrying
pistol. Fined SSO and costs.
State vs. John Mathis —obscene
language; plea of guilty. Fined costs.
State vs. Lester Harris—operating
slot machine; plea of guilty. Fined
SSO and costs.
State vs. W. H. Morris —abandon-1
ment; verdict guilty. Placed under
eighteen months’ probation and re
quired to pay S2O per month for the
support of his children.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Sunday, Dec. 13th:
' Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.
Morning worship at 11 a.m.
Y. P. society at 6 p.m.
Christmas pageant at 7:15 p.m.
Prayer meeting, Wednesdays, at
7 p.m.
Mrs. N. B. Murphy, chairman of
the auxiliary’s committee on Chris-1
tian education and ministerial relief, j
has arranged for a pageant to be j
presented for this cause next Sunday I
night. j
At the close of the pageant the
“Joy Gift,” which goes for the old!
and dependent ministers of our j
church, will be taken.
WASHINGTON.—UncIe Sam’s 3,-|
000 forest-fire fighters are rapidly 1
turning to the use of airplanes and 1
radio in their work, as proved by
methods used during 1936, the busiest
year for these men in the history of.
the work. Experiments are being
made in dropping tools, supplies and
equipment from airplanes to the
ground and also for dropping liquids
and explosives to stop small fires.
CURIOSITY CAUSES DEATH.
HILLSBORO, Ore.—A brush fire
caused two poles carrying a 25,000-
volt power line to fall in a pasture.
Six valuable registered Holstein
cows, belonging .to Arthur Connell,
were unable to control their curiosi
ty. They went over to investigate,
smelled it and were electrocuted.
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NOTICE.
The Trion Gins will run only on
Friday of each week until further
notice. THE TRION GIN.
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Rivers Makes It
Clear Sales Tax
Out of Question
governor-elect; says he is
CONVINCED PEOPLE DO
NOT WANT IT.
(By Georgia News Service.)
ATLANTA, —All doubt to the pos
sibility of a sales tax was dispelled
by Gov.-elect E. D. Rivers in an ad
dress here last week before the con
■ vention of the Georgia League of
I Women Voters.
“I am convinced the people do not
I want it,” the governor-elect said.
I “We know that to accomplish the
' widespread humanitarian aims of the
platform adopted by the state demo
cratic convention means we must have
money. My sales tax plan was aban
doned last year. It is still abadoned.
The general assembly and the neople
would not take my plan, and I now
stand ready to take theirs.”
Mr. Rivers advocated a drastic re
vision of the state tax system which
would lift the major burden of taxa
tion from the counties and the mu
nicipalities.
The governor-elect declared he ex
pected the new system to be develop
ed by the general assembly and urged
support of it by the people in order
that the state democratic platform
providing for expansion of services
performed by the state be carried out.
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“SOPHRONIA’S WEDDING.”
The Gore home economics girls are
giving a play Friday night, Dec. 11,
in the Gore High school auditorium,
entitled, “Sophronia’s Wedding.”
Sophronia, a somewhat frivolous
and gushing—though sweet-tempered
—girl, much given to “style” since
her one year’s course at a fashion
able girls’ school, has come home to
Tattletown much imbued with up-to
date ideas and attempts to make over
her own village friends, and succeed
ing establishing- the Tattletown Up
lift society. This club meets to dis
cuss the civic welfare of the com
munity, and gossip is strictly “taboo,”
but they get far away from their
ideal.
The proceeds go to the home eco
nomics department.—Vilma Hix, Re
porter.
HOLIDAY NOTICE.
The undersigned banks will ob
serve Friday, Dec. 25, and Saturday,
Dec. 26, and no business will be
transacted:
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Chattooga County Bank
Bank of Trion.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday, Dec. 13, 1936:
Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.
Morning worship at 11 a.m.
B. Y. P. U. at 6 p.m.
Evening worship, “God’s Call To
the Unconverted,” at 7 p.m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7 p.m.
On Dec. 16 there will be a Christ
mas program at the prayer meeting
service. Every member is invited to
attend.
Fellowship club Thursday, 7 p.m.
Summerville Methodist Church.
Church school at 9:45 a.m.; Dr. E.
R. Buskin superintendent.
Preaching by the pastor at 11 a.m.
Sermon subject, “Our Task.”
Subject for the evening sermon,
“The One Thing of Supreme Value.”
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7 p.m.
A thought for the day: “Physical
exercise produces deep breathing;
mental exercise produces deep think
ing; spiritual exercise produces deep
living.”
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VOTE.
With 44,500,000 votes reported, one
of the latest compilations shows
these totals: Roosevelt, 27,109,428;
Landon, 16,383,451. The Landon total
is 621,610 votes over that of Hoover
in 1932, while Mr. Roosevelt’s ma
jority is 10,725,977.
BRIEF; VERY BRIEF.
A. F. of L. asks federal 30-hour
| week law; re-elects Green.
“Deficit” of 750,000 weddings is
j reported for 1930 to 1935.
$100,000,(00 new treasury bills to
. be offered on Dec. 22.
Volume of wholesale trade shows
I rise of 41 per cent.
Wallace commends resettlement
1 work in southern states.
Retail Dry Goods association quits
: Commerce Chamber.
Social security forms are distrib
uted to 26,000,000 in nation.
October net income of eleven rail
roads shows gain of 16.9 per cent.
Great Britain decides to forbid her
ships to carry arms to Spain.
Roosevelt to order construction of
two great battleships.
No decline shown in arms exports
in 1935, the league reveals.
November’s dividends the highest
for any month on record.
Rail earning for October 19.4 per
I cent, more than year before.
French will ask the United States
for a new war-debt plan.
Dividends declared in November are
estimated at $800,000,000.
Federal review finds trade recov
ery is at a new high level.
Winant predicts the extension of
j social security act benefits.
A. F. of L. demands large wage
rises on a continuing basis.
Filing show campaign spending to
taled $13,000,000, a record.
Record total of automobile deaths
is predicted for the year.
Red army leader says Soviet has
i more than 7,000 war planes.
$1.50 A YEAR