North Carolina Newspapers

I The Largest Paid-Up ■ Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in Randolph County oiEMBHR OP ASSOCIATED PRES* N. E. A. FEATURE tBRTICE Randolph County's Only Dally Newspaper THE DAILY COURIER “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of North Carolina” i [volume lxi ASHEBORO, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1937 -* NUMBER 162 IJAPANESE TROOPS BOW TO U. S. MARINES fage-Hours Bill In few Danger; House Foes Open Battle iMove to Either Defeat Or Revise Measure Started; Form Battle Lines. Mav Affect South iDifference of Northern And Southern Wages Center Of Disagreement. Washington, Dec. 3.—DP)—Sup porters of the battered wage and [hours bill, successful in forcing a [house vote this month, began a new fight today to save it from general 1 revision. Almost before the ink dried yes jterdoy on the final signature to a Petition to free the bill from the [rules committee, critics discussed [proposals to modify or defeat it. One wants to strike the regional differentials from the measure, ef fecting the northern and southern fs'tates. As battle lines formed, the Amex jican Federation of Labor executive [council formed to draft new re commendations to form labor stand lard legislation. The Federation recently opposed ■the administration plan of opera llion by a board of five members. Iriminal Court To Open Monday ISeveral Murder Cases to Be Tried; Robbery and Other Charges Listed. The regular December term of [the Randolph county Superior court will open Monday morning [in the court house at Asheboro [with Judge J. A. Rousseua pre | siding. There are several manslaughter leases scheduled for trial including [that of Minnie Isley, who was driving an automobile when it col lided with another machine killing [the defendant’s mother and the latter’s twin sister. Other cases involve several al | leged, violations of the liquor laws, [robbery and assaults with deadly | weapons. Fish Block Inlet On Carolina Coast Millions Die as Tidal Waves Wash Menhaden Inland To Topsail Sound. Wilmington, Dec. 3.—An enor mous school of menhaden, millions upon millions of them, yesterday filled Topsail sound, near Hamp stead, so full that coats could not move in the waters, forming one of the most astonishing sights ever seen on the coast of North Caro lina, it was learned here today. Many fishermen, both in Wil mington and at Hamstead, attest ed today that tremendous quanti ties of the fish were killed in the ••rush, and today they were still piled up in heaps on the beaches where the waves washed them. Many dead fish could be seen float ing in the waters of the sound adjoining the mainland, two miles from open water. Some persons estimated that $300,000 worth of fish were killed. There was no ready explanation of their reason for rushing into the inlet. It was surmised that a strong tide caught them off shore and forced them toward land. Early American Indians, con verted to Christianity, believed that on the eve of the Holy Day the deer fell on their knees in worship of the Great Spirit. Shopping ‘Pe.tj* Till Shxiitmai Italy Hurls Another Blast At American- ! England Relations Dodges Chair i j Stanley Martin, Jr., above, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison instead of the electric chair as tire strangler of his par amour, Mis. Florence Jackson, because Iris manslaughter« plea u a> accepted when he went on li t.:! tor murder in New York. Labor Leaders In Continued Parley j Lewis and Green Continue Conferences; Seek Plan For United Peace. Washington, Dec. !?.—(.D—Duel unionism, an outgrowth of organ ized labor’s civil war, was the big obstacle confronting William Green and John L, Lewis in their peace negotiations for a labor peace. They spent four hours yesterday exploring all possible forms of in • dustrial organization, then they re cessed until 8 o’clock tonight with out reaching any conclusions of the peace pact. Four men sat in dramatic con ference and weighed the. chances of merging the strength and re sources of some 7 millions of or ganized workers. The CIO chieftain, John L. Lewis, was accompanied by Phillip Morris while Green was supported by George M. Harrison, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad clerks. Methods of merging labor’s fact ions, w'ith the CIO throwing off its separate idenity to become a semi independant agency within the AF L, constituted the problem before the conference. Cates Sees Dark Future For Labor Unemployment Bureau Heqd Sees Slim Chance For Unskilled Labor “After an unskilled laborer reaches the age of 45 it is mighty hard for him to get a job, or keep one after it is given to him,” is the opinion of Clyde Cates, head of the local Unemployment Bureau. Mr. Cate says his report cards show 260 unemployed white people in Randolph county November 29, 152 men and 108 women. Study ing the report, Mr. Cates came to the conclusion that “It is practical ly impossible for a man 45 years old or older, who is unskilled, to land a job.” “At the present”, said Mr. Cates, “there are 1,040,000 people work ing in the stat^ of North Carolina, and out of this number only 200, 000 are skilled laborers.” Mr. Cates expressed doubt as to the fate of the young men and women grad uating from high schools, since only 34,299 out of the 1,500,000, or one out of every 30 now in school have any definite trade or profess ion in mind for a livelihood. At this rate, according to Mr. Cates, there will still be a shortage of skilled laborers when these high school graduates start crowding their way into the working world in an almost futile effort to provide for themselves. Gastonia, N. C., Dec. .—CM— Two Cherryville men, Oopc Dillin ger 30, and, Gaiser Kistler 23, were killed in a highway accident near Cherryville last night. II Duce Includes Democracies In Economic Plots Second Italian Attack on In ternational Issues Within Past Week. “Bip: Three” Named Newspaper Contends France, Britain and U. S. Plan Acts Against Others. London, Dec. 3.—(.V)—Great Britain today began a drastic overhauling of her army, from the past, placing younger men in control to keep pace with “modern development of war fare.” (By The Associated Press) An Italian press attack on the “big three” democracies—Britain, France and the United States—and British and French moves towards increasing military strength, were new factors today in the trouble some affairs of Europe. A bitter editorial in the II Popop 10 d-Italia, presumedly written by 11 Duce of Italy, accused the three democracies of “planning an eco nomic stranglation” of the “have nots” nation, presumedly including Italy, Germany and Japan. The attack, undoubtedly the work of II Duce himself, seemed direct ly primarily at pending negotia tions between- Great Britain and the unitei) States for a trade agree ment. This was the second time this week that the newspaper dealt pointedly with international issues. An editorial Wednesday also be lieved to have been written by II Duce contended China could ex pect. no help from other powers, acting collectively, and, advised her, therefore, to ask Japan for peace. Today’s editorial was studded with such phrases as “the democra | tic noose” and “insulting threats.” To the. threat of economic pres sure the paper said: “People, worthy of the name, are | constrained to respond in the only way possible with timely and whole- j hearted spirity and arms.” Paris, Dec. 3.—UP)—The French chamber of deputies voted today to approve the 1938 army budget after the minister of national de fense flatly rejected a communistic request of cancelling the 2 year compulsory military service. iBorah Strikes At New Farm Control Says Proposed Measure Will \ Hinder Farmer; Points To j Suffering and Needy. Washington, Dec. 3.—LV)—Sena tor Borah (R-Idaho) criticided the i senate farm bill today saying it would impose “punishment"' of farmers who failed to sign adjust ment act control bill. Borah told the senate the mea sure would prove a complete “con trol over the fanner” and would en tail the “reduction of crops at the time when millions are hungry and needy in the country." While the senator was speaking, house leaders abandoned plans to complete house consideration of its farm bill by tomorrow night. The house will not meet tomorrow. as planned. Senator Jones of the agriculture committee said he expected debate to conclude within three or four days. Labor Request St. Louis, Dec. 3.—CP)—The i United Automobile Workers of America today petitioned the Nat ional Labor Relations Board for certification as the collective bar gaining agency at the St. Louis assembly plant of the Ford Motor company. Hendaye, Spanish-Franco Fron tier, Dec. 3.—UP)—The Spanish insurgents opened a heavy artil lery bombardment on Madrid to day. The Weather North Carolina: Generally fair tonight, not quiet so cold in ex treme west portion. Saturday, ex tremely cloudy. I Offering a curriculum ranging from economics lo dancing, the Com mittee for Industrial Organization has organized a new Federal Workers School in Washington, designed lo “give expression to the needs of the people” and to provide a “better understanding of the problems of labor.” The top photo shows a public relations teacher explaining the operation of a duplicating machine. Below —Ruth Riley, energetic dancing instructress, swings her arms as she leads pupils through the intricacies of a modern dance. German Envoy Visits China Secretly; May Bring Peace Nanking. Dec. 3.—t/P)—Re ports of German efforts to mediate in the Chinese-Japan ese conflict were strengthened today when it was learned the German ambassador had paid a flying visit to Nanking dur ing which, it was understood, he talked with General Chiang. The ambassador, who left for Nanking from Hankow LaGuardia Makes Bid For National Presidency New York, Dec. 3.—LF)—In an j impromtu speech before a wholly j urban audience describing farm re lief as the greatest American nec essity, Mayor Riorello H. La Guar dia, of New York, last night vir tually served notice that he has larger—perhaps national—political aspirations. La Guardia, who ascended to greatly increased prominence last month when in the city election he became the first man ever to defeat the Democratic machine twice in a row appeared before the 25th an niversary dinner of Survey Associ ates, a research organization, with Gov. Frank Murphy, of Michigan; | Prof. Felix Frankfurter and other nationally known figures. Almost at the start of his address the mayor brought the presidency into the consciousness of the audi ence by referring obliquely to a statement some time ago by Will iam Allen White, Kansas editor, to the effect La Guardia was a presi dential possibility. “We have one man of great dis cernment here,” said the mayor, smiling broadly. “He is Mr. Will iam Allen White, of Kansas. He said I was good.” Looks to Capital La Guardia had been asked to talk upon the subject “The Shape of Things to Come,” and he re marked immediately that what in terested him was what was going to come from Washington, adding in an aside; “If I had any sense at all I wouldn’t discuss this at all.” with others from the embassy last week arrived here un anounced accompanied by the Chinese vice-minister of for eign affairs. Just as secretly he departed for Hankow early today on a Chinese customs cruiser. No announcement was made concerning the visit or its re sult. “The most important thing," he went on, “is' this’’—striking his hands together sharply—“we must balance the population. When you’ve balanced the population, all the lest of this balancing is easy.” “The way to get out of our pres ent troubles is to face facts. Noth ing is going to be balanced so long as we have eight to 10 million people unemployed through no fault of their own.” New Yorkers Store Fortunes in Gems New York, Dec. 3.—LI1)—An as tonishing rise in diamond sales—up 28.8 per cent over 1936 vgures for October—disclosed today that .many of he nation’s wealthy families are sinking their dollars in cashable brilliance. Some New York dealers asserted the wave of buying to fear that the dollar might be cheapen ed. “We have had calls from retail ers for especially large and valu able stones lately—stones of three and one-half to 15 carats worth 87,000 to $25,000 apiece,” said I. H. Stem, partner in a Fifth avenue diamond brokerage firm. “The jldea,” he added, “would be to have them as a backlog.” Diamond imports for the first nine months of 1937 totaled $32, 229,335 compared to $28,958,004 for all of 1936—an increase of $3, .90,731. Thirty Democrats Face Senatorial Election In 1938 — I Republican leaders Look For Big Gains; Only Four GOB Seats at Stake Result of ’32 Slide j I Nine Democrats Assured Of Re-election in South; See ! Great Campaign Fight. Washington, Dec. 3.—(,-P)-—Rep ublican party leaders, declaring that the odds favor them are look ing forward to the 1938 election with high hopes of picking up some senate seats. A record breaking group of 30 Democratic senators must face the voters next November while only four Republican seats will be at stake. This unequal division is the dir ect reselut of the Roosevelt land slide of 1932 which gave the dem ocrats almost a clean sweep of the senatorial election. The sena tors elected that year come up again in 1938. Only nine of the democratic seats ocratic victories are usually as sured early. This situation is one of the rea sons both parties have begun to plan next year's congressional cam paign so early. Special Session Ends Third Week No Part of President’s Plan Completed: Now Discuss Additional Taxes. Washington, , Dec. 3.—CP)—Con-, gress neared the end of the third week of the special session today without completing any part of President Roosevelt’s program. Debate on the farm bill continued in both chambers causing house leaders to abandon hope of a final vote there this week nor was the end of the talk by the senate in' sight. Sponsors of the wage and hours bill, a second item on the presi dent’s special session program, be gan a new fight to save the meas ure from revision. i A house sub-committee,, mean while, considered a constitutional amendment or act of congress to permit federal taxation of $14,834, 000,000 of state and municipal se i curities and state and local levies of j $35,000,000,000 of federal issues. Dental Clinic Ends At Liberty School | Children Enjoyed Visiting Dentist; Were Given Chewing Gum. j The state dentist who has been ; working' on the teeth of children in ! the Liberty school for the past two : weeks and two days had to leave our school after Tuesday of this week to.go to another school in the county, his time being limited. The services of this state den tist is made possible through ap propriations by the State of North Carolina and the county in which he works. He is allowed to work on the teeth of children only who are under 13 years of age and he sel dom gets to work on all children within this age limit in any school— he did not in the Liberty school as he finished with the pupils in the old building only—because there is not enough money set aside to pay for his service for a | longer period of time. The children in the Liberty school l enjoyed going to see him and hav j ing him work on their teeth, con trary to the usual fear that most | people have of going to a dentist. Dr. Pearman, who was the dentist in charge of the work in the school this year, had a way with children that made them like him and no body feared sitting in the dentist’s chair Each child was given a stick of chewing gum and a little pic ture folder after his teeth were worked on as a reward for being patient and not complaining. We | hope Dr. Pearman can come hack | to our school next year and finish the work he began this year. Tar' Heel Poll Washington, Dee. 3.—LP>- -A cross section poll of the North Carolina house delegation declosed today a “wait and see” attitude to wards the wage and hours bill. The general opinion was that the bill would pas.s but whether with their support, they said, depended on the shape of the measure when it came up for a final vote. i r ^ " A ^ • Tnw^ps Desert Section Upon Sharp Protest By American Commander As Songstress Won a Divorce Tears were very near and a puckery frown of regret creased the brow of Songstress Ruth Etting as she testified, above, about the alleged “cruelties” which won her an uncontested divorce from her husband of 15 years, Martin Snyder of New York. Ruth plans to live on a Nebraska farm with Snyder’s daughter, Edith, 19. Daring Robbery Of Big Payroll Chief of Police Carried Off By Bandits; Get More Than $24,000. Lockport, III., Dec. 5.—(.!’)—Five, .men, carrying sawed off shot guns and machine guns executed a dar ing postal robbery today to escape with a $24,800 payroll after shoot ing a postal clerk and abducting the chief of police. The robbery took place outside the Lockport postoffice while em ployes transferred cash mailed to the First National bank of Lock port to meet the payroll of one of the Texas company’s largest oil refinery plants. Police chief, Fred Lindner, who was ejected from the robber’s truck, after they had carried him a half mile said the gang threat ened his life and fired twice to frighten him when he made a sud den move of his head. Mebane Druggist Killed By Train F.L. White, 63, Dies When Freight Train Strikes His Automobile. Mebane, Dec. 3.—t.P)—F. L. White, for 34 years a Mebane drug gist, was killed instantly at 6:50 o’clock tonight when his car was struck by a west-bound, through freight train at a midtown cross ing He was 65 years old. Chief of Police J. K. Long said White apparently either did not hear the train or his car stalled on the tracks. The victim was hurled from the machine and carried about 30 feet, and the automobile was dragged about 250 feet. Return From New' York Mr. and Mrs. Francis White have returned from a week in New York city where they went on a business trip. 200 County Teachers Plan To Attend Friday Meeting More than 200 teachers, repre senting virtually every school in Randolph county, will attend tile county-wide monthly meeting of educators in the Asheboro high school auditorium tonight. The meeting will be in charge of county superintendent, T. Fletcher Bulla. Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, state supervisor of high schools will be the speaker at the general session. J. M. Green, will preside at the high school department meeting and Mrs. Jess Garner will preside over the grammar grade teachers session. Halt Celebration When Grenade Hits In Victor’s Ranks Japs Take Over 30 Shanghai City Blocks But Give Way Upon American Blast. Three Japs Wounded Col. Price of Marines, Force Japs to Leave Section; One Man Suicide. Shanghai, Dec. 3.—(/Hi—Japanese troops bowed to the United States Marine commander today and with drew from an American guarded sector of the international settle ment after a grenade explosion had interrupted a victory march cele bration the Japanese domination of Shanghai. A Chinese citizen threw the grenade and broke the ranks of the 6,000 marching Japanese as they neared the Wingon department store on Nanking road but the par ade quickly reformed and the troops completed thansfer from a park on the west to Hongkew, the Japan ese sector of the settlement. Immediately after the explosion, the Japanese troops surrounded and cleared a section of 30 blocks j around the scene. Because a part of the American | vigorous American protest eami.j j immediately. The Japanese yielded and with | drew from the sector. The grenade thrower was shot dead on the spot by a Chinese policeman, a member of the in ternational settlemen force. Three Japanese soldiers, olio member of the settlement police and, a British police inspector, were wounded. Amid a flurry of panic, a China man threw himself from a tall building into the street, in martyr dom The Japanese withdrew from the American sector of the. British American guarded international city at the insistance of Col. Charles S. B. Price, commander of the U. i S. Fort Marines. Sli anghai, Dec. 3.—(Friday)—■ UP)—Plans of the Japanese army command to send 8,000 troops on a “victory parade” through the In ternational Settlement today con fronted Shanghai with fresh inter national friction. Protests of American and other foreign officials apparently had no efect on Japanese arrangements to march infantry, cavalry, artillery, and tanks along a six-mile route through such famous streets as Bubbling Well and Nanking roads and the Bund, with Japanese war planes flying overhead. On the westward -moving battle front between Shanghai and Nan king the war was fouht mostly in the air. Japanese reported a vic tory over Nanking, where they said six Japanese pursuit planes shot down 13 Russian-made planes re cently added to the Chinese air for ces. pie who attended the production of “You Can’t Take it With You” at the National Theatre in Greens boro last night were: Mrs. John T. Moffitt, Miss Mazy Moffitt, John Moffitt; Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Cranford, Mr. and Mrs. Henry In gram and others. Newport News, Va., Dec. 3.—</PI -A police captain testified today that Michael Ritter, 77-year-old shopkeeper borrowed a pistol for a few hours on the day he is charged with having killed a young school girl and companion. Marine sector was included, See Road Show Among the several Asheboro peo