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Silver Democrats And Republicans
Score Triumph In Senate Battle
The drive of the Silver Bloc to advance
the price that the treasury pays for
newly mined domestic silver reached its
full force in the U. S. senate last week
on an amendment to peg the price at
77.57 cents an ounce, the price that was
paid by the treasury from 1934 to 1937.
This demand split the democratic party
wide open, the majority dividing 30 to 27
in favor of the amendment. However, if
the ■'pairs" are included, the democrats
divided 31 to 30.
The Mississippi river almost marked
the exact cleavage within the ranks of
the majority party. Twenty-five senators,
west of the great river, and six demo
crats east of the stream, were for the
amendment, while five from the west and
twenty-five from the east were recorded
against it. Sixteen republicans voted and
two were paired in favor of the boost
in the price of silver, while only two re
publicans voted against the measure.
The “deal” by which the advocates of
an increased price for silver gained re
publican support for their proposal be
came evident when the senate took up
the amendment to end the president’s
authority to devalue the gold dollar fur
ther. This passed, 47 to 31, with four
republicans in favor of the amendment
and four democrats paired against it.
The only republican to vote against this
proposal was Senator Borah, of Idaho.
Twenty-nine democrats, including nine
teen supporters of the Silver amendment,
and a group composed almost entirely of
anti-New Deal democrats, voted with the
republicans to “freeze” the present value
of the dollar. This stands at 59.06 in
terms of the old gold standard.
At Hyde Park the next day, President
Roosevelt insisted that the administration
should have the right to devalue further
(to 50 cents) as a weapon to prevent
foreign nations from tampering with their
currencies to obtain a competitive ad
vantage in our trade. He pointed out
that he had the right for five and one
half years to further devalue the dollar,
but did not ,use it, and had no intention
of using it unless other principal na
tions take a crack at this country.
The president also insisted that con
trol over money might be handed over to
Wall Street speculators and internation
al bankers, enabling internationa spec
ulators to sell competing currencies short
of their profit and to the injury of in
ternational trade. He found it amusing
that republican senators had voted for
a fixed price subsidy for silver and took
it for granted they would vote for a
fixed price for cotton, wheat, pigs and
cattle.
The silver issue has been before the
country for many years. Since 1934, the
treasury has been buying newly-mined
domestic silver. The price paid was 77.57
cents an ounce for three years and, since
1937, 64.64 cents an ounce. Under the
law, the United States also went into
the world market to buy silver. Its activ
ity virtually set the world’s price at 43
cents an ounce. Following the senate
vote the foreign price was cut to 40
cents. All silver acquired by the treasu
ry, under the statute, is arbitrarily val
ued at $1.29 an ounce.
The silver holdings are now carried on
the treasury books at about $3,500,000,-
000. This is on a valuation of $1.29 an
ounce. The world price of 40 cents an
ounce is maintained only by U. S. buy
ing. According to Senator Thomas, the
treasury silver can be used as legal re
serve for an additional $6,000,000,000 of
currency.
The senate also voted to stop the buy
ing of foreign silver. The treasury has
acquired considerable amounts of the
metal from Mexico and China at a price
deliberately set by this government above
world prices. In the United States, sil
ver is produced mainly in Arizona, Colo
rado, Montana and New Mexico. A large
part comes as a by-product in the pro
duction of gold, copper and lead, when
prices are low, but the white metal will
be mined for its own sake when prices
are high.
Advocates of the proposal insist that it
will maintain work for 200.000 miners.
In addition, senators from the grain belt
and those from the far west supported
the proposal in the evident belief that
the prosperity of the silver interests
would l>e beneficial to their states.
World wheat crop is expected to be
600.000,000 bushels under the total of
4.555.000.000 last year.
Southern Women
Reply to Query
Wherever they go, the "Touring
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their question, “Were you helped
by CARDUI?”
Os 1297 users queried among
those of 12 states, 1206 stated
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Users everywhere are glad to
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them want and enjoy food; how,
with its help, they gained
strength, energy, were thus re
lieved of the symptoms of “func
tional dysmenorrhea” due to mal
nutrition. Many also say that,
when symptoms indicate the
need, CARDUI in larger doset
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World’s Fair Success Story Written On Ice
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Ralph Hitz, New York hotel Impresario, (inset) is achieving colossal success with his Ice skating shows
during the New York World’s Fair. Above is a general view of the Fair’s Sun Valley, where he operates
the famous Rheingold Inn. Left, Etna Anderson, Norwegian skating star, who skates at Sun Valley; right,
Vera Hruba, featured skater at the Hotel New Yorker’s ice show. Ice skating is taking New York by storm.
'T’HE talk of New York these
1 World’s Fair days is an ag
gressively pleasant hotel man
named Ralph Hitz. In his early for
ties, Hitz has learned that America
loves showmanship, and, like Billy
Rose, he gives the country what it
wants.
Ice carnivals, he found, never
lose their popularity, particularly
in warm weather. So at his Hotel
New Yorker, biggest in New York
City, he’s putting on a big ice show
presented on a portable rink in the
Ice Terrace. It’s helped make the
hotel the busiest in town. World’s
SENATOR GEORGE URGES
LARGER COTTON MARKET
IN PUERTO RICO
WASHINGTON, D. C. Pointing out that Puerto Rico is a
large consumer of cotton products from the mainland, and that
the Island has a common problem with the deep South resulting
from application of the wage-hour law to the needlework indus
try, Senator Walter F. George of Georgia, in a special interview
on Puerto Rican affairs, today urged Congress to take steps to
remedy the serious unemployment problem of the Island.
Interior Department officials recently reported that approximately
42 per cent of the population of the Island is either unemployed or
dependent on unemployed persons, while the Commerce Department
reported that Puerto Rican purchases of cotton products from the
mainland dropped from $16,356,085 in 1937 to $14,533,922 in 1938.
Federal officials in charge of theU
Island testified before the House 1
Ways and Means Committee that J
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this condition
Sen. George
resulted fro,m
the drastic sugar
quota, under
which Cuba got
an allotment al
most three times
as large as
Puerto Rico, to
reduction of
tariffs under
the trade agree
ment program,
and to applica
tion of the
wage-hour law to the Island’s
needlework industry.
Senator George pointed out that
the deep South has a direct inter
est in application of the wage-hour
law to the Island’s needlework,
since many women, particularly in
the mountain sections of the South,
who formerly earned money making
hand-worked bedspreads, have been
thrown out of work as a result of
application of the wage-hour law
to this industry. The Georgia Sen-
1939 Coffee Queen
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SELECTED as the “1939 Coffee
Queen,” pretty Elvira Laine will
officially open Iced Coffee Week as
the representative of the American
coffee industry. So here Miss Laine,
in private life an American Airlines
hostess, drinks a toast in the iced
beverage in preparation for her
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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1939
Fair visitors first ask on arriving
at the hotel, “Where’s the Ice Ter
race?”
It was only natural that when
Sun Valley, the winter wonderland
was created at the New York
World’s Fair by R. J. Sipchen,
famed for his Black Forest at the
Chicago Fair, that Ralph Hitz
turned toward ice skating to
make cool dining a byword. Hitz
now operates the Rheingold Inn,
directly in Sun Valley and bring
ing all the winter charm of the
famous Idaho resort into the con-
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ator pointed out that Wage-Hour
Administrator Andrews has recog
nized that application of the law
has seriously reduced employment
in that industry in the Island, and
said he is strongly in favor of ex
empting it.
"We of the South are naturally
interested in the Puerto Ricans be
cause of their relatively large pur
chases of cotton goods,” Senator
George said. “But more than that, we
are interested in them because they
are American citizens. The Island
of Puerto Rico is a Possession of
the United States, and its people
should receive every consideration
from Congress, especially so since
they have no voting representation
in Congress.”
Commenting on the unemploy
ment problem of the Island arising
from the drastic sugar quota, Sena
tor George said he thought that
Puerto Rico’s quota .should be lib
eralized, and that if necessary the
difference should be taken from the
quotas now granted to foreign coun
tries. “Puerto Rico really is a part
of the United States and should be
treated as such,” he said.
BERRYTON
Miss Helen Sue Wood is visiting her
father in Washington, D. C.
Mrs. H. P. Brotherton is back from
a visit in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Edge visited
Howard Pickle and family Sunday.
A revival is in progress at the Baptist
church and is proving very successful.
The employes of the Berryton store
enjoyed their annual picnic July 4.
Miss Dora' Garner is ill at her home
here.
Mrs. Boyce Arp and her mother are
visiting relatives at Round Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Quinn and Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Brasfield, of Chattanooga.
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cession area of the Fair. The Inn
overlooks a large outdoor ice rink
where spectacular skating shows
are presented. Besides skating, Sun
Valley also features a tremendous
ski slide, and this wintry setting
provides a cool haven for Fair vis
itors on a warm day.
Os course, there are other reas
ons why Ralph Hitz has become
the most successful hotel and res
taurant man in America. Service
and hospitality, for instance. But
he still says: "You can’t lose if
you provide an ice rink and good
skaters to go with it.”
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jack
son Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ponder announce
the birth of a daughter. She has been
named Vivian Elaine.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young, of Trion,
visited Mr. Young’s parents here Sunday.
Radio services are co-ordinated by five
nations to guard passenger planes on At
lantic routes.
TRION THEATER
Wednesday-Thursday
“ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL"
Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry
Fonda, Charles Coburn, Sally Blane,
Gene Lockheart, Spring Byington. His
tory's most amazing real-life romance —•
inspiringly brought to the screen as the
story of one of mankind's most priceless
boons. They called him a mad dreamer
-—his brainchild a top—but love alone
drove him on to invent the telephone.
March of Time No. 10.
Friday
“INSIDE STORY”
Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler, Jean
Rogers, Douglas Fowler, Jane Darwell.
Another chapter in the “Roving Report
er” series. Nosing out news-ready for
romance—and always on the lookout for
love —that's these newshounds.
Starting new serial —“Wild Bil Hick
ok.” Excitement, thrills and action I ...
Saturday
JITTERBUG CONTEST!
Cash Prizes Awardade!
County Jitterbug Contest to be held
here Saturday night. First and second
prize winners wil have chance to com
pete at distrit conference in Rome July
29. Three winners there may compete in
Atlanta at state contest Aug. 12.
On the Screen:
“MEXICALI ROSE”
Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Noah
Beery, Luana Walters. Spine-tingling ac
tion —breath-taking stunts —and heart
warming songs. Also:
“KING OF THE UNDERWORLD”
Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James
Stephenson, John Eldredge, Charley Foy.
It took a lot of courage, but this woman
doctor intended to clear herself of a rec
ord which she did not deserve.
Monday-Tuesday
“THE LADY’S FROM KENTUCKY”
l George Raft, Eden Drew, Hugh Her
; bert, Zasu Pitts, Louis Beavers. A story
lof old Kentucky, where the grass is
bluer, the horses are faster, and a lady in
love is like a girl anywhere else.
Wednesday
“EVERYBODY’S BABY”
Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring By
ington, Russell Gleason and Reginald
Denny.
During July, twenty-five men will be
accepted for enlisted in the United
States Marine corps from this area, of
which Macon, Ga., is headquarters, it has
been announced by Lieut.-Col. J. M.
Tildsley, officer in charge.
Applicants must be between the ages
of 18 to 28; 64 to 74 inches tall; of good
moral character; in excellent physical
condition, and with at least one year of
high school education or the equivalent.
Full information concerning enlistment
may be had from the headquaters in Ma
con.
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Pints 65c
Caps and Rubbers . 25c
J. G. Allen Hardware Co.
Our Job Printing Dept,
has won statewide rec
ognition by turning out
BETTER PRINTING
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NEW GUNS.
The army has two new powerful weap
ons — a long-range field gun that hurls a
100-pound shell fifteen miles and a new
anti-tank gun firing a projectile to pene
trate armor plate a half-mile away. Many
of the guns are already being manufac
tured. The field gun weighs about fifteen
tons and is mounted on a ten-wheel,
pneumatic-tired carriage. The anti-tank
gun weighs only ninety pounds and can
be readily moved in manoeuvres and bat
tles.
Business activity is again reported on
an upgrade. In addition, agricultural
experts expect a jump in farm income.