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I 1 I 1 1 1. 1 1. 1. 1 10c Saturday CAMDEN. ARKANSAS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1937.

NUMBER 120 THE POLL Sen. KU KLUX KLAN CHARGE REVIVED. Fitness Of Justice Attacked By Solon New York, Sept. 13 (UP). Sen.

Royal S. Copeland of New York, who opposed confirmation of Son. Hugo L. Black of Alabama, as associate justice of the U. S.

Supreme Court said today that "the supreme court and the senate should find some way despite the senatorial confirmation" to keep the Alabaman from becoming a member of the court. Copeland bused his renewed opposition to Black on the first of six dispatches copyrighted by the North American Newspaper Alliance, in which 0 reported gave to the Pittsburgh Post Ganette, said he h.rd found that Black is a life member of the Ku Klux Klan. The dispatch assorted that Black joined the Robert E. Lee Klan in 1921 and later resigned but was received back ir: the Klan and made a lite member. Copeland said he felt that in view ol these disclosures, the Supreme Court and the senate should find some way despite the senatorial confirmation to keep this man from "wearing the black robe by day and the shameful white robe of the Klan in the Jark of night." Washington, Sept.

13 (UP). Justice department officials said that Justice lugo L. Black's appointment to the Supreme Court was "fur life" and that the could not reconsider its action confirming him. There is pending in the supreme court an action brought by the former district judge calling on the former senator to show cause why he was not constitutionally for the justiceship. Justice department said it could decide whether it wanted to hear: the case, saying the first time that the court had ever been called to determine the fitness of upon one of its members.

Jasper, Ala, Sept. 13 (UP). Sen. John H. Bankhead( Democrat, Alabama) today termed "campaign propagar.da" a by Sen.

Royal S. Copeland, Black be barred from the Supreme Court because alleged life membership Ku Klux Klan. New York Sept, 13 (P) ator Royal S. Copeland the name of Supreme Court demand So terrific via thist Engine No. 150 U.

S. heavy boiler 211 Not Bro: of autodgo of lie Van Baron in the Fo drop in it for mal foot. ---Sonremains of once powerful In the other photos can brought Just engine after tho explosion. Er BUILDING TO BE REPLACED HERE ON CIVIC Copeland Renews Railroad Worker Killed In Terrific Explosion PROJECTS Fight BULLETINS Sendaye. -Spanish Conti.

r. Sept. 13 (AD) Spanish insurgents today broke through hard-fighting Government lines Leon province, advanced six miles 10- wardi the government's Bis683all defense positions, Germans, Mont. I. CAP Squadrons of now 11.7 N.

party congress today in gigantic display of oh: arica's rorytablished militery man Bousatonie, Mass. Set. 13 (AF). Ellis Parker butler. 1.7.

burmorist. and author 4:1 Pi; Is died Indas. a Sept, 13 (aP) nit art Jury oratore.i Jessie Amos. 35, negro. sententer to death today 1.32 with: the assull of a cid white girt here 091: Sug.

13. Sept. 13 (AP). today :1 negro as Banesu Mi. Texas, told them 210 and nonther 1'23 burglarized the Lonoke Saturday nigiat but 1:0 with the of City Marshal J.

Robert Bennett there. SCHOOLS OPEN HERE. TODAY Many Students Back Desks In Camden Camden Public School: mpence :1 8:301 Monday mornin with 3 member of pupils enroll Dr. (. Rover.

pastor 'he Fira Methodat church opening wtor :1 Grad. School Al: Oriell 1 Hamilton. 2: not. 0: 13 chat. A1: 1: Potts aha 'o me; Tor No first day waR 326 stuci- i Tint Rev don -pole 1: at high school :11: ant! Given their shoots will: schedules Ant made the textbooks, This will be the in of don that fro.

1exibo 8: .::1 provided for tad in the now teacher for The English 1.1 Tire hi. br I the matulay rotten morning p. :11 8:30. fo 1:1 101: Thro 1 1 juni: high Ar Hi tee Kathe Fin 1: in f1: 1. this sea Dr.at it.

1 Herat 1: l. Baptist Deacons 'To Meet Tonight 1 1.. Nom to. miln-r I.mporate .11 11 93 ALL THE NEWS State Correspondents Associated Press United Press Week In Camden Pay Carrier Each Saturday VOLUME XVIII The DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY- -GOROUND A TRADE REGISTERED MARK by DREW PEARSON ON ROBERT S. ALLEN Staid State Department, Rusty for Years, Got.

Thorough Overhauling; Sumner Welles, with Hull's Approval, Put Well-Trained Team at Top; "nefficient Handling of Funds, Buildings, Personned, is Shaken Out; Anti-Soviet Bias Removed by Combining Divisions; Anti-Jap is INext. Washington, Sept. 13. From exterior viewpoint, the Deportment of State is a sedate and solemn institution noted chief-. of the saloon variety, and for its carly penitentiary architecture, its jat'iced swinging of the saloon variely, and battery of antiquated cannon which glower 14,000 the passpublic.

Inside, however, the Departis not sU furbidding. It stunds on far less ceremony than foreign office of Europe. Its bureaucrats are not 35 unfriendas they look. And the Negro messengers, who study law in corridors, are permitted to receive their clients and render eloquent legal advice, between carrying code messages upon which may hand world peace. Ori the whole the machinery foreign affairs has functioned reasonable efficiency, But the last few yeurs there has noticeable increase in the self-contentment and red-tape rustiness.

which always accumulike barnacles, around, any departmental ship not put' regularly into dry-dock. Recently, nowever the partment of State has been given of the most thorough haulings of its staid existence, this house-cleaning--as ditferentiated from 1142 the career service--has done a world of goad. Chief ruffler of State Department dignity has been Sumner Welles, newly appointed Under Welles is a man 01 Secretury. broad Ideas, and al scute understanding of nature, Furthermore he and Cordell Hull see eye-to-eye SO closely that a well-trained team running the foreign now fairs of the United States. Russian Poison One of the first things Welles was to root out the bureaucracy in charge of appropriations buildings, consuls, visas, by transferring the gentleman it: of this work, Wilbur J.

charge Assistant Secretary of State. Carr, Carr had been there for years, had passed the peak of bi: long efficiency. Altnough charged with getting bigger and better appropriations from Congress, it was bers of discovered the Appropriations certain Comthut memmittee would not attend when was present. So Mr. Carr was made Minister to Czechuskivakia.

Next was ousted Robert Kelley, for year's chief. of the Eastern European Division which handles Russia. Kelley was the Soviet man who fed the antipoison to Hughes and Kellogg. had never been to Russia, but Hie wus constantly in touch with the fathers at Georgetown UniJesuit versity. Kelley WAS sent to Istanbul.

Transferred from Istanbul Washington was G. Howland Shaw to take charge of personnel. educated in Jesuit Shaw was planned to enter the school, once priesthood, but does not let enter into his work. One ligion of the most brilliant men in the State Department, his chief ligion now is 2A more efficient in the office in charge of nest Foreign Service Buildings. Estimates on the construction of American embassies and consulates abroad were thousands of dollars out of whack.

A million dollar embussy was purchased in Berlin, then ullowed to stand six years unused, supposedly because money wus not available to recondition it. Meanwhile New buildings were erected in other (Continued on Page Six) career service. Rat's Nest. Welles also discovered a rut's Fire Damaged Office Edifice Being Rebuilt 1'1 Ar.li build J. with M.

tractor iti CUtErgo floor will built only a front tier of office added. The Moor vi! as 11:3 form Fat de -fros al this hall building: a for work: ago. the second fire and laird 10 A wheel.ed it several He Sen. Gathings 'To Represent State Mo 99 pt. 13 UP.

nior A C. Gather 1.. wit: to -out Arb: n- at tine das or tie Mid-: Fair. nonher Ga. Carl Hales Lit ut.

Ga. Bai, Battle, were in ant WEATHER Fair tonight, Twaday Fair warmer in the west and norti. portions. Black 1 1 fort fro: 1 the end hostler. in over-heated hailer.

unb it -d toN north and in 8.11• 1: rowerful was :1:. in. The body of 4. It. men :10 tine it Rock nd that hurled this pir.

11 (111 the paving. leaving this romforced concerto and The 100 pitato cit hotter. bo remains of the had been skidded inel: DI1 the 1: an a the mi boiler. 50 in 18 89 1: ent where the or 11t RAILROAD NOSTLER IS EARLY TO LEAD DISTRICT KILLED IN EXPLOSION State Welfare Mead Appoints Local Man trier Drosen Fired Be Hi: Fie L' al CAMDEN NEWS TO SPONSOR VOTE Citizens Asked To State Views On Work Can and should Camden provide six municipal projects at a Post of $125,000, is an important Muration, and one that the News wal! endeavor to give Camden qualitied voters an opportunity to through the medium of a saw vote. Ballots will appear Wednesday's edition of the 'The voting will close this end.

Only persons 21 years :1 may vote, and you must resident of Camden. Negroes nay also vole in this unofficial an doers ly doors its ing ment any ly its cf with in been lates, one and of it is 31 did he 11 apparent that with the highest per capita pur-' power in the state has no municipal improvements which our neighboring The questions are, does c'annon want these municipal wrojects and are we able to proide them? 'The proposed SIX municipal abjects are: 1. Municipal swimming pool, :30,000. 2. Purchase of additional fire quipment, to meet the reof the Fire Prevention Bureau of Arkansas to reduce Comden's fire insurance classification from the Seventh to the Sixth class, $15,000.

(Note: This cluction will affect 2 blanket aving of 15 per cent of our fire insurance premiums which will ave purchasers of fire insurance $12,000 per year.) 3. Funds to be given to the 'inden Cemetery Association for Do purchase of improving and naintaining the cemeteries, 00: Renovation of present city fall into a modern and adequate Department House present unci additional equipment and 'or the renovation and moderniation of the city jail, $5,000. 5. Funds to liquidate Camden's present outstanding indebledness, 7,500. 6.

Municipal nuditorium to ice quarter: for various city fires, Chamber of Commerce lice. and National Guard $125.000. Accenting to Joe Coan, an auhority alt bond matters, based present assessed valuation real and personal property of :,505.241, 1-2 mills will be required to amortize a $50,000 aoud issue on a 20-year basis at per cent interest. On this bai: 3 3-4 mills will be necessary to retire this bond issue of )60). The present millage For the I of Camden as follows: 5 pill Tor general maintenance which 13 the maximum under Arkan: 23 statutory law.

1 mill or fire fighting equipment, and MO a'ld one half mills for the retirement of the bond issue on the Ounchita laver dump. makleg. a total of right and one haif The two and one balf-mill fut the river dump will be retired :1 1.40 sears. Experience ot other A alit swamming pools 2'C- veal: In fart that the revenue the operation is and of said pools. The Cufficient to amagainst them.

1:: that unless the ily provides a Natlocal Get sooner OL inter date 10 lose our Git.ml 11 to provided the true! of these project- dirt first six months mi 1908 order that we Linte WPA 41 wal! far Quor11: comet which the first December lu SeSS 4t mullage to almortize Gal: 1: 100 It has been definite13 co that if this pal the. election 10 I provate of the Citv c'ouncil 1.1 -m bord will have 1:1 be called net later than The election must be thirty daS which would Camden voters to It the the at all election eel: None imber Tine Quorum Lin 11 10- the first tv 11t Doromb: and assess. the mail. provated the election It C'andon News also asks) ice Hugo L. Black, into the New York mayorality campaign day.

referring 10 new allegation: of the former Alabama senato' was. and is now again a mnem ber of the Ku Klux Klan and demanding his immediate 10514. nation once" from the Sup reme Court bench. Senator Copoland's demand wa: followed by Sen. David I.

Wal.li (D.Mars.) who said if Justice Bluck haci not resigned his alleged life membership" in the Kl.in he felt the Justice wat "confirmed by the Senate unite. bousior, and the President should misunderstanding and misappro ask his resignation." Negro Body Found In Ouachita River The body of il negro man was found Doting in the: Quachita river between the Cotton Bolt railroad and highway bridges Sunday. The negro was unidentified and Coroner O. N. Hamilton: held an inquest with verdict that death was due to drowning.

Band Practice On Wednesday Morn Band practico will be hole! daily at 8:15 il. 111.. on school days. it was announced tuda; First practice sestion will be heid Wednesday morning. Last ye practico sessions were held it1 noon, This year a new plan ba been adopted by school and band officials, All band members are urged to take note of this change, One date: he.

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