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The Daily Times-News from Burlington, North Carolina • Page 7

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THE BURLINGTON (N. DILY TIMES NEWS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1934. MANY SALARY RAISE Final Stock List Navin Borrows $100,000, Buys Cochrane Expelled By Reich! i I Can A Foundry II Ji (Continued From Pass One) All Comoanlnlhm Lines Down Al 10:30 a SIX Of the great GIVEN JOHNSON I to i By HARRY GRAYSON Sports Kditor NEA Service Prank J. Navin was lorn belwten JUNGLELAND'S ROYAL FAMILY I NBA CbWUta to 115.000 An imUr From Sow ens Ends Ho nor of IteMmnejil From JW. Waahineion.

Au. Gen. I Huffh S. Johnson's frequent com I plaints that ht could not tflorit to I satrinc his prlvaw buslwss Hini I inj capacHj' for Buvernment ser I Tict hive won him a pay boost I (mm W.OOO to 00l a year as I NBA sdnslnislrator. FlMDwrv srimininlrstinn onir.iab I revealed today that Johnson's sal I ary was Increased July 1 by order I of Preiident Roosewlt.

I Johnson repeatedly, has remarlc I ed upon the comparatively small I salary he received Irom the jov pnt and predicted innr. wnen Ilia returned to private business he would "earn 1100,000 year I pirderi as additions! evidence of I ills desire to have Johnson con I tuiiK lb the rfcowry I gf mzninn ULrnngnoin; lis iransl I torv wrier! and whiie leirLsiatloh I is beinc dratted lor whatever torm I Of conro: siii rlrrds NRA I nes'. June. The recovery administrators I salary tras fixed by himself When NRA was first estHWJshed and an iwo choices las: fall. The president of ihe Dettoit BtuebaJl Club could obtain Habe Hmh In exchange for 5100.000 and a catcher for Mlckev Cochrane.

Navin leii 1 lo Harry G. Sal Mitger. veieran Detroit sports editor. Salsinger didn't have to be told bv Rucky Harrn. who had bowed out to go lo Ba ton that liie ineffec rivenesi oi ihe Tiger pitchers in 1933 larttely was due to bush laEiie eatcliing.

Havinri made his decision. Navm did not let rlie fact that tlie Detroit broke slop him. He hop rain, and ed SlOO.OoO in Wall Street he telephoned Mack In Philadelphia, Pasek went to ihe aaaaa ill the deal. The banei turned out to lie a rtarhnr: (or Navin autl his rlub. Dr and this sininc in becnm Inc.

the bisecst card in Ihe game. The Tigers will play to clove to 1. 000,000 people at home. They recently performed hefore paid admissions in three playing davs at Ihe Yankee Stadium. Navin'? prntil will be more than SiSn.noo.

Detroit led Cleveland, 4 lo 3, as Mome Pearson rtouWed into the ov erflow crowd lo open The seventh dining of a touch came at Navin Field. Galalrer bent out a bunt to Marvin Owen. Pearson irsctne. i( to third base. Cochrane elected to cut on the tying ran.

lie yanked the Tiger' infield In. Then, suddenly, with one Urike and iwo balls on Bill: Knickerbocker, the impulsive Coch rane switched. He decided to make the tying run a seenndary 1s Knickerbocker took a toe hold with Hamlin's next pilch. Wham! A screeching liner rifled its way to Owen's left. The third baseman slabhed at.

Hie ball with Ids gloved hand grabhed it with a backhand motion, stepped on the hap to double Pearson, and threw tn Hani: Gi eenbere. retiring Galalzer. and cutnplctinr. a t.rlpie play. It Tvould have been impossible for Owen to spear tli.it ball had he been play ir i "TJiar Hirkv Coehrnn imsnnd Billy thr.

fnm niu ik Reneial maiwcr the In tic en nuhi. nil Cuc hrnnc might hnve bten nlny i mg hunnh on lhaL occar.ion. Hr rnirhi, simply have chunGed his1 very goud rnn. for riolnp some thinp. His Jihie yenrs undrr orre not Aastert.

However. 1L Ik just as well for baiebnll that, younp got away rroni be tlieary ol plfliiiig uordin to Hnylr nou' then. A. little Icidividunllty spiers the proprnm. icemenl of the Increase came sujorise to his subordinates.

Johnson receives the same salary ss the vice president and cabinet officer. Senators and representatives are paid 310,001) an nintUj1 minus a 5 per cent reduction. The chief justice of the supreme court, second hifhest salaried officer in the government, receives KO.SO0. and associate Justices. Johnson's new salary (a snbjrct to the 5 per cent reduction.

PACT DRAWN IN ALUMINUM WAR I 'Agreement' Addressed to All Strik ing employer supposed (o contain Basin for Wasfiinrjtoti. Aup. 2S. lU.rTi An r'rn nr. r.

IT rn rr mi Mirkry liorhranr jrels in rvrn bipjrrr bfwt out oi manaiinp hie it of lashing; the Tigris tfl a pennant. Herp the nclrnlt slratrcUt iin. S. ajid Gnrdon Stanley Cochrane. 8.

who alms to fpllnu hnppv hnusrhoM (hau he dOH it. sliown with HIf. or nine, hi (he fimtsltps of his illutriouJ Cynwyd, onLshlP ff Phllndclphin. I employes, proposed as a basis far settlement of the aluminum work father. The Corhrflnfft" horn In at Tlie trouble i ncounteied by lft.y.

Grnvp. Enrnshaw and WniberR sincft thny pErtt company with Coch ranr inntrnles hie vulue behind Uie loy. But his. ability Is Ftrraseo lo mi even prftntrr eTttent hy the lm provfd form nf thr Drr.rnit ntn lT 1 this jcnrin the plieiioint ual Schwlboy Rowe. Btidflet.

Mfirhrr 1 rv, prid Auker. Alvm tlrowri'r's strike, was submitted to raure Council today bv the Aluminum I Criiopany of America. Uetalls nt the Trmmsed asree Imetll. drarll last night by enmnanvi loiticials, were withheld, pending consideration by union mpreseuta I ves in exeeiiry tewln i o'clock, the comoftnv horied I tc have an answer. i dlfTiculties drsappeered as quicklj' aa he hit tlie Jungle.

I Cochrnnp ho? a lot. of stufl as plaver su inudi thj.1 he iusuiiuo his team. Anri thr FhirlgHwalnr InslunRn is an fti nat in store clothes at he in a hat.ybhJl unlforni popular rhnr he Teqinrrj; Cy Perkinr as a caretaker to prourt htm from fll Spokesmen Tor tne companv said i the Jo I. cohered the" tfl I parry's stand on strike issues gen I employes. The eniy.n?i iy Hd.on in address I inc tile ducumcnt to all employes blternroted in Wlne ouarters reiteretmn ot its rerusal to deal I only with the Aluminum workers' I An specific lie uotiaiioils concern I American Foreign Power 1 4 American Home Products 32 1 1 American ipwnationa.) 1 2 American Power At Light.

1 4. American Smelting 33 1 8 American Sugar American American Tobacco Anaconda Atchison Atlanjic Refinery Auburn Baltimoie A Ohio Bethlehem fitee! Canadian Pacific Case I Celanese .17 1 2 12 3 4 51 5 25 1 8 30 8 21 1 1 1 4 ...3 3 4 Chesapeake Ohio Chrysler Columbia Gas Commercial Eolven! 21 7 Commercial ft Southern 15 8 Consolidated Gas 28 3 1 Consolidated nil 9 1 8 Connnenial Can 31 Continental Moiors 7 Corn Producis 61 3 4 Curliss Wright 1 I DuPent 91 5 8 Fox Film A 111 2 Ocnersl Electric 3 I General Motort 30 1 2 Gold Oust 9 Goodrich Goodyear Giahaiu Paige International Harvest! IntemationPl Nickel International Kennecotl 1 imhert Lipgelt Mvers 23 3 4 1 7 8 27 3 4 97 7 8 Mathteson 29 Hfonsantn 53 7 a Montgomery Ward 24 4 Nash Motors 15 National Blacult 33 i National Cash Register 14 3 i National Dairy 3 National Power Jr Llsht 8 1 4 Central 33 North American 14 3 6 Packard 3 1 Penney 5B Pennsylvania Railroad 213 1 Peoples Gas 27 Public Service 33 3 4 Radio 5 7 8 Reynolds Tobacco 4B 3 Simmons 11 3 SOC Vac 15 Southern Pacific 18 7 Southern Railway Standard Brands standard As Siandard Oil fttudebaker Texas corporation Tirnken Roller Bearing Union Carbide United Biscuit United Corpora Lion United Gas Imp II a Rubber Smelting Sleel Vanadium Warner Bros 20 3 8 1 4 44 5 21 1 4 30 1 4 43 1 4 15 1 4 17 1 2 .136 1 35 1 4 16 1 2 Western Union 37 3 4 westinghouse Air Brake 18 1 2 tVestlnghouse Electric 33 3 4 Know why GOODYEAR TRUCK TIRES outsell any other make? Let us show you and quote prices. GOODYEAR SPEEDWAY Tough thick Center Traction Tread. Built with Supertwist Cnrd. Full Oversee.

Lifetime guarantee. 4.40 21 4.75 19 SJJ.70 Prlcea aubjecr to chanite without notice, State tai, If nv, additional. GOODYEAR TIRES SOLD ALL SHELL SERVICE STATIONS IN BURLINGTON AND VICINITY ALSO SOLD BY AMICK'S SERVICE STATION Could YOlsto I inrr hours, wnrklnr tanks were still blazing, and wifgrapn and telephon lines hau been burned down. Si hundred yards of rail lines were noihin but twis'ued masses scrap iron and the city was stripped or iti communication mth the outer her nearby towns sept Aires informed or me progress ei ihe connasraiion. but the ellvs calls for aid ere hamiwred by lacK wire racllitits.

Eye witnesses told drftmi ries of the holocaust. was exactly 1:59 a. I of them told the United Press, hen the first tirnnc occurred. Tt shivered eyery house in town and created panic. The inhabitants rushed into the darkness of the sirei ls, to watch with horror a huge flanr seemingly hundreds o) feet high, shooiincr toward the sky.

CTialn ftf ExrJnilnnr Tlie first explosion nas followed, almost Immediately, by a second, when the next tank exploded five explosions followed wiihln the next few hours. Meanwlu'le. the residents were fleeing, many oJ them with all their helonslnji! "Volunteers, on horseback and in automobiles, came pouring into town from outlying sectirwis. At 4 a. ihe first of the fire brigades from other cillei arrived.

They fouad the populace hysterical. Men and women were rushing around praying, weeping, hunting for members of their fam ilf who were Inst in the Strieker: UNION SAYS (Coiilluued Prom Page One) tlvlties In labor organiration collective bargaining. Gorman's letter, three closely typed par.es. went into detail con ctrnltiB the. "stretch ant" system, whereby workers claim the? have been forced to speed up their work to offset their reduction of worklns hours trom 55 and fill to under the cotton textile code, the first code to be set up.

Complaints Dismissed Wtthou Probe Oormaii said that 40 per cent of stretch out complainls hare been dismissed without Investigation by Ihe collon textile national Indus spite hundreds or investigations by the code authority not a single adjustment or the work loud hud "II. is imperative that some positive measures be taken towBrri remedying this inhuman device far forcin? ID to 12 hours productive labor out of a worker in eighi hours, Gorman wrote Concerning waje and iiourc he said: "It is apparent that the industry is not, prepared to operate on a 0 tlour basis, and that, ii intend.1: to continue to bolster net earnings with runds out of the pay enrs luues of Ihe He said he calculated Ihal in? per capita earnings of textile workers in June amounted to an average of tlO.86 per week and that in Alaoama tne average wag? during the same month wSi 7.4D per week. Want SO Hour Week Restating the demands of the wnrkcrs, Onrman listed the following points: 1. Establishment of a sin hour day and five day eetc with pay scales remaining the same as at present. 2.

Establishment ol maximum work loads. 3. Reinstatement of all workers for union membership. Heeogntiion of the United Textile Workers as the bargaining agency for textile labor. 5.

Establishment of an aihilrr tion tribunal to settle all disputes between labor and capital. Gorman pushed his strike meantime, received a whole shea! nf triegranis and letters endorsing lleved ihe department ot would regaTd the strike ai ranifd. ir ao the federal gency relief administration extend aid ta the strikers. labor wri'dri "There is every reason to believe rw whre itrlHfir nMrt relief. 1 Mjd.

"The distention, however. to meke. Hearten! Strike Heal "Let me emplialw thit: rletr ininalion. aolidarlty Bud a oumlng aerue or outmsc will vdn this jberi through milriy W4 have lived ttirsush them, thnush people nunc irone nunpry. riflr any the sversgic walil 30 Inches." REALIGNMENT i tCODllnueri i Page One) reabgnment and classification of codes are: 1 Assure allied Industries of Identical treatment on common problems.

3 Reduce administrative overhead by eliminating duplication. 3 Give allied codes opportunity to merge tor greater economy. 4 Provide clearer perspective on code classes, with government and I industry problems ttened, and overlapping definitions eliml Simplify and clarify statistics. Code mergers are expected to bring the present codes down to about, 250, to bring Industries into better coordination with kindred groups and reduce the unit administrative cost. Studies of code expense are under way both tn NRA and outride aimed tn reach "the minimum consistent with effective adminisl ration." NRA sees indications or "room for vety marked overhead reduction" with large savings to industry.

Cotton Market Closing quotations: Oct. 1S.22 Dec 1334 35 Jan. 13.38 Mar 13.44 45 Mav I3.B2 53 mi, in time norothv Thomoson. noted and wife of Sinclair Lewis, the novelist, has left Germany at the invitation of Adol! Hitler's 0V ernmeut, rhich died unfavorable articles about Our Feuhrrr, written before his rise to power, as the circumstance making her an undesirable visitor. DEMS RE ELECT WINBORNEHEAD Mm.

Charle Tlllel. of Charlotte, and Miss Beatrice Cobb of Mor (raiiU.ii on Notional Committee. Raleijfh. Aug. 28.

Ml The State Uemocrutic executive committee last night re elected J. Wallace Winborne, Marlon atLoruey, chairman, and named Mrs. Charles W. Tllletl, Charlotte, vice chairman, and Miss Beatrice Cohb, Morganton, national commit ieewo Wlnbornc has been chairman for the past twu years. Mrs.

Tuiett succeeds Mrs. Thomas O'Berry. cf Ooldsboro. state relief administrator, who did not stand for re elee Umi Miss Cobb. publisher of The Moiganton flews Herald and secretary ot the State Press Association for many years, lakes the place of Palmer Jetman, who re.Mgneo 6 i u.

Pastl 01 collector oi inwr outstanair.g party di.ih th" Wcst, Greensboro. IP national committee' Marv Henderson, Chapel Hill, and Mrs. E. L. McKee.

Svlva. Mis Cobb nolled 68 vote on the Williams, on the second ballot. uls5 Henderson hau received 31 sinl Mrs. McKee five. Miss Hen i y.uiimi hih.i The committee met, In the hall ol the House of Representatives with 130 out of 132 members present, in person or by proxy.

Wlnhome reported the party treasury had a cash balance having met an expenses of the 1932 campaign. rkivemnr fihriiiuhaus otaised the record of Ihe party in the state in a brief address. "The dunger now in the state Is the failure to adopt a sound fiscal policy which we now have," he said. The governor denied charges that efforts were being made lo build up a polilieul machine with state fluids. ST0RM RUSHES DOWN ON TEXAS Gulf Coast Residents Batten Down Hatches as Barometer Falls Rapidly, Presagiiyf llnrrlwne.

Freeuort. Texas, Aua. 2fl. tu.Rl Residents of freepurt and adjoin ing Texas coastal commimltics re a trnpinal hurrkane Irom the CiiiU or Mexico from which they had fled to satrty dissipated Its force harm No traca of the storm ert on the coast on ntthr There no repoTt sine oi property damage here and no "i uind 63 lo 70 the. night.

muned in velocity Ire miles an hour during reaching SD miles In 01 a ust before subsldiiiir. JJuriliR me nignr. the mwn wrw almost deserted. Fewer than 50 of he. 3.50fi tnhabltnntf remained lo face the storm, Automobues ana tpBcial trai" tk Ul 10 P1ntS p' Woman On Stand In Her Own Trial On Murder Charge Coorierstown.

N. Ann. 28. m.m Eva Coo. blonde roadhouse mlstrVLii Qahtlnii to eficape the electric chair, told from the Trtt ncn stand at her own trial tonay the story of weird evente on Crum hDrn mountain on the nlsht Harry Wright allegedly was murdered.

She repudiated alleged "confessions of the crime. Mrs. Cdo testified unexpectedly after the state had drawn from her former friends account in tended to support the charge thnt "llttte Eva" struck Wright, a crippled handyman, with a mallet, ordered an aceomnllce to drive an automobile over his body nnd then carted the bodv to the hnlhwav. The stale alleged she sought to mane me crime appear an acciaeni so she could collect Wright's ln UndersheTlfT Owen Brady a lestllylng when Prosecuting Attorney Donald K. Orant stopped hlr ouestionj to corner orieny witn defem" rfl rjnn ellrl in hirt they are snyiiflin? th sum A.fl.C." VA31tKKS iiold and thta Mwith.

Buyrrs Say: "BSt 1 WHEN YOU 3" YOUR LOOK WHAT YOU GET NoEstraCostlFlatter, Wider All Weather Tread. More Center Traction (16 more non skid blocks). Heavier Tougher Tread. Supertwist Cord Body and il More Miles of Real Non Skid. FIte Pnlnli I wages, woulo' follow later, it was I said.

Includod in the conference today Were Fred Kelrfhtlv. Labor Denarl I merit; conciliator, Horis Shlshicin, of I the American Federation of ijihor. I eonsrutano to the Aluminant Work Council, anri fv'erl nfTirnr, If the company's terms are accepted, it, was believed gientct It Mies in the strike would 30 lo arbitration. rFish Discharging 1 Luminous Liquids V.ewedByBeebe Hamilton. Bermuda.

Amr in I Fish which discharged lumi liquids ay re seen hy Tlr Illsrn Beebc and Otis Darton in a dive 1,800 feel deep in the bathys pnere In winch they are exploring ihe ocean, they announced today. Beetle and Barton itiHrin thaw I dive oft Nonsuch island yeslerdav. A short circuit in a fhauillght batter caused four flashlight bulbs to explode in the sealed steel ball. anc temporarily blinded both men. I John Tee Van.

another associate. tney went i.aun leet. They were I given rough finish to their ad 1 venture when the sphere spllther tne necK ot tne landln? rauea. Ttiey New England R.R. To Cut Personnel Down Throughoutj Thl A n' 38 V10 I Hartford Rallr(ind todny I riomicsr! Ihnt "In cDmmon with I other rfductinn in I porsoimH tlirouehoul the entire system if ImmdiaUilv I because or decreased Dusiness snd I increawrj opeTatlne costs.

I How many of the approximately I 22.000 employes of the road yjatlld I be laid off tbe not in an I official announcement, which I read: "Due to continued Ealllne nff In I business and Increased enstj; nt I materials and labor, Thich refiiilt I ed in inorejiaed deneits in net In lootne. the New Haven. In common with olher railroads, has found It I necessary to make further tem I porary reductions in personnel. I "Some employes will he dropped I snd others will be tarloushed for I a temporary period. This applies I to all departments." Silk Market Furnished by B.

A. Pearce Si Goocfyears Grip best, Stop quickest! 8,400 tests prove it! Smooth tires skid 77 farther other new tires skid 14 to 19 than 3" AH Weathers! More accidents SV4 times more! are due to skidding than to "blowouts" or punctures that's the Insurance record that's how important real non skid is on your tires! You not only get grip that stops you quicker (The Goodyear Margin of Safety) you get grip that lasts 43 longer plus blowout protection in EVERY ply when you put the new 3" on your wheels. And It costs you nothing extra! No wonder this tire is the most spectacular success In years Gome see why and you'll Patterson Tire Co. Exclusive Goodyear Dealers for Alamance County North Main af GOODYEAR TIRES ON SALE AT SHELL STATIONS. Greensboro: 107 11 08 na 08 ipt irm io io OB ob tI a.

ia lo it Not. 11 13 13 Dec 113 14 14 13 12 13 Jan 114 15 14 14 Fob 15 14 14 Mar. 15 14 14 nr 14.

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