The Largest Paid-Up Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in Randolph County MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS T N. B. A. FEATURE SERVICE Randolph County’s Only Daily Newspaper THE DAILY COURIER “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro. the Center of North Carolina” ASHEBORO, N. C-, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15,1937 NUMBER 170 APAN “DICKERING” TO SALUTE U. S. FLAG ndon “Cracks tvn”; Advises lyo Of Split Relations idon, Dec. 16.—CP)—Foreign atry Anthony Eden, informed Commons today that Great in is seeking definite action by , to guard against recurrence tack on British shipping, said the Japanese govern realized that recurrence of incidents in the Far East im relations between the two ries. ; note dispatched today, would ; the British government’s at e “towards the whole series of snts, the seriousness of the sit n thus created and require s which in their judgment from it,” Eden said, foreign secretary added, that iote would further “draw at in to recent grave incidents overed by the reply of the Ja ie government.” part, they (the British gov ent) wish to be assured action ing taken of such a nature as prevent a repetition of these »nts which the Japanese, them i, realize must impair rela between the two countries.” 1 Figured In ip For Payne nvict-Trio ilmington, Dec. 16.—CP)—Po Chief Joseph Rourke, said to two persons had identified an irked picture of Wash Turner, Jack Borden, escaped convict, lat of a man who had been in section two or three weeks, i lent credence to the belief it was Turner who escaped lay from a police net, in which ompanion, J. B. Byrd of Dur was shot and captured. >urk said he showed the picture lez Bumgartner, a girl, said to a date with Borden, which led into the trap and that she told it was the picture of a mail whom she had been associated ;hree weeks. e knew him, she said, as Ralph ir, one alias used by him. i chief said he also showed the ire to a safe attendant here immediately recognized it as iture of a man who had been g in the cafe for three weeks. res Predicts wer Prices 1938 eveland, Dec. 15.—m—Col. lard P. Ayres since 1921 has led aphorisms and forecasts in annual predictions on the ahead in business. Today, ng at 1937 figures, he foresaw .938: \vcr industrial production ages, including automobiles, iron, and steel... .lower stock >3.... lower wholesale prices.. r freight carloading-lower f of department store sales. gher petroleum refining. Br unemployment..higher less failures. ttle change in electric power uction and in tobacco prod* ome of the brjiifj baked at 'hristmas in Denmark is kept ntil sowing time, then crum led and mixed with the seed to insure a good harvest. :hristma$ ypiRSTrriONS U. S. Gunboat Sunk by Bombs pfpp*: A i«i noie lii.MuiKe was otamed by the Japanese naval authorities at Nanking for the sinking, in an air raid, of the U. S. gunboat Panay, above, in the Yangtze river, killing one seaman, and injuring nearly a score of the 55 known survivors. Passengers and crew aboard the ship at the time of the bombing totaled 117. Three oil tankers being cpnveyed by the Panay also were attacked. One was beached, and two burned. Yellow ' i Sea'! NANKING HOSHIEN Woosung Shanghai WiJHU Hangchow ^jfBay gf 40 f Hangchow scene oi riane itaia _ . TJjeJeMS aroy^fey nyidgnte daring tl»e-h&Ukfwiihanghai were realized in full measure in the sinking of the U. S. S. Panay by Japa nese bombers at Hoshien (1). British vessels at Wuhu (2) were the targets of bombs and British gunboats fired on Japanese planes that raided them three time-3 at Nanking (3.) Sheriff King In Boston; Extradites Roby Soencer * -4 Sheriff Carl King, left Ashe boro yesterday, enroute to Boston, Mass., to bring Roby Spencer back to Randolph county to stand charge for manslaughter in con nection with the death of Aliene I Luther, May 19, 1936. Miss Luther met death in an automobile ac cident. Spencer, according to information J. Benton Stacy Succeeds Waynick at Purchase Post Raleigh, Dee. 16.—<*P)— Governor Hoey yesterday appointed Senator J. Benton Stagey of Ruffin to suc ceed Capus M. Waynick as director of the Division of Purchase and Contract. He will receive a salary of $ virtually ev ery home in the city and were well awarded with a large collection. The toys were taken to the headquarters of Troop 24 where the boys and girls are devoting ev ery spare hour to preparing them for distribution. 'Americans Safe In Nanking; 16 Reported There Shanghai, Dec. 15.—The Japanese embassy said today 27 foreigners—including 18 Americans —who were within the walls of Nanking when Japanese troops stormed and captured the Chinese capitol city were all reported safe in a message from Nanking., Beside the Americans there were 6 Germans, 2 Russians and a Briton who chose to remain in the city rather than evacuate on a river boat as many other foreigners did. The embassy report said there were 150,000 Chinese “in the safety zone”. There were no foreign diplomats remaining in Nanking, according to Japanese information. The Japanese embassy was re ported to have escaped damage but the Japanese sources said they were not informed about how other dip lomatic embassy's had fared in the fighting. Reports from the war front in 1 dicated hard fighting beyond Nan king where the Japanese army was driving into the interior. Chinese troops have established a new defense line east and ap proximately 5 miles northwest of the fallen capitol city. Seeks Probe Of Labor Board Washington, Dec. 15.—LM— Senator Burke (D.-Nebr.) who is seeking a senate investigation of the National Labor Relations board made public today a letter from Chairman Madden saying the “board was patterned after several other federal agencies which are prosecutors as well as judges.” U. S. Writer Says Panay Went Down Blazing Guns; Boarded By Japs Shanghai, Dec. 15.—(.D—Jim Marshall, Collier’s magazine’s far' east representative and survivor of j the Funuy bombing, said today the j Pnnay, “opened fire on the at- j tacking Japanese warplanes when ' bombs started to drop and kept her j guns blazing until the last minute.” i Marshall arrived in Shanghai by airplane today from Wuhu, Yang tze river port, to where he had made his way after the attack which destroyed the Panay and damaged three Standard Oil com pany’s ships. “The Japanese planes dropped 12 bombs around the Panay and the Standard' Oil vessels”, the writer related, “they came so low it was impossible for them not to know the Panay was a foreign vessel.” Marshall was wounded, severely, but his condition was not serious. Two other survivors of the sink ing of the United States gunboat and a British naval officer ar rived in Shanghai with Marshall on a Japanese plane. The plane sur vivors were F. II. Vines, Roanoke, Vi'.., employee of the British-Amer ican Tobacco company and John L. Hedges, Panay fireman. The United States gunboat Oahu and the British gunboat. Lady Bird, conveyed by the Japanese gunboat Hodeu. wery steaming down the Yangtze towards Shanghai with most of the survivors. ci4ent, except three known dead, -All foreigners involved in the in were reported safe, either aboard the vessel or ready to embark. The United States Cruiser Au gusta listed 16 wounded in the sinking. Further reports gave mote wounded. j Marshall said he had not seen Japanese launches machinc-gun the Panay before, she went down as reported by Colin McDonald, Lon don trans-radio correspondent, an other of the survivors. The American writer explained, however, that he got to the near est standard Oil vessel and aided in getting her underway. A report had declared, in a mes sage to the Augusta, that before the Panay went down with flags flying, crews of two Japanese launches machine-gunned the American gunboat and boarded her for inspection. Japanese authorities, meanwhile, announced they had heard no re port of the machine-gunning and declined to comment. jVeto Indicated For Wages And Hours Measure Washington, Dec. 15.—(.P*—Sen ator VanDcnburg, (R-Mieh.) quot ing from a letter of President Roosevelt told the senate today that | the president would be forced to | veto the ever normal granary bill unless the costs are held under $500,000,000. Senator Adams (D-Col.), member of the senate appropriations com mittee, joined VanDcnburg in the latter's attempt to write a definite cost limit into the measure. Debate, during the first hour of j a session, which may be stretched into this evening, brought a flurry of discussion over proposals turn ed down yesterday for a definite l.mit on costs. Vandenberg quoted Mr. Roose velt’s letter to majority leader Barkley (D-Ky.) which said “I feel every effort should be made to keep the new farm proposals within the present limits of $600,000,000 per annum. Vandenburg said it was rather freely stated the president would veto any farm bill over the limit referred to. Two Local Nurses Pass State Examination According to a recent announce men.t by Miss Bessie M. Chapman, secretary of the North Carolina board of nurse examiners, two nur ses of the Randolph hospital, Miss es Josie Ritter and Helen Clotfel ter were successful in the exami nation given by the state board in Raleigh last month. Miss Ritter and Miss Clotfelter will be granted nurse’s certifi cate*. •sir Wage And Hours ' Threatened; May j Go Into Discard As House Battles Washington, Dec. 15.—-hi’)—j Militant house blocs relied on in- I vnlving parlimentary procedure to day in their plan to sweep the ad ministration’s wage and hours bill into the discard and substitute more rigid legislation. Administration leaders expressed confidence, however, that they could side-i rack any serious threat to the hill, the second item of the spec ial session agenda, and force it to passage late Thursday. This was the complicated situa tion confronting the house at noon. Chairman Norton, (I)-N. ,J.) of the labor committee wanted to substitute a reprinted version of the hill, containing several com mittee amendments from the draft originally offered last summer. Crider the rules, any other sub stitute has to be voted upon before the Norton proposal was disposed of. At least six members would su plant the committee hill. AU but two of the substitutes would impose uniform wage and hours standards on all industry in interstate commerce and leave en forcement either to the Justice de partment or the Federal trade com mission. Note Writing Indicated In Jap-U. S. Fuss Washington, Dec. 15.—UP)—The United Slate’s protest to Japan against the bombing of the gun boat Panay, informed persona, said TfRfeJVHas'sefved to felSe"T7f% nro-' ader question of the whole future of American rights in China. President Roosevelt and Secre tary Hull in a formal note, deman ded not only adequate reparations for the Panay sinking, but also promises of no “further unlawful interference” with American rights. It was on this wider issue, res ponsible persons said, that a pos sible show-down might come in American-Japanese relations unless Japan agrees unconditionally to the United States terms for a set tlement. Many observers expressed the belief that nothing stronger than note writing was indicated in the situation. School Holiday From Friday To January 3 The public schools in Randolph county and the city of Asheboro will commence the regular Christ mas holidays at the conclusion of the Friday afternoon session. The vacation will continue until Monday morning, January' 3. Several of the schools, and, va rious grades, are planning speciil Christmas programs for Friday af ternoon. Gu4****1 Meets Death In Prison Outbreak r Guard Captain J. 01 in Sanders, (above) was stabbed to death dur ing an outbreak at the South Car olina state prison at Columbia. Six convicts seized him in his office in their attempt to escape and one of them confessed killing him when tear gas was shot into the room. Tokyo Discuss! Nation Honors Victims of The On Sunken Gunboat Ernest Clayton Branch (above) of Lumerton, N. C., was a fireman aboard the United States gunboat Panay which was sunk by Japanese air bombs in the Yangtze river a short distance from Nanking. Blundering Is Charged In Jail Break-Killing i - Columbia, S. C„ Dec. 15.—UP)— The handling of the attempted jail break of six state prison convicts, which resulted in the death of guard-captain Olin Saunders was classed as “blundering” by State Senator A. Brown of Barnsville to day. “It looked like somebody was trying to make a show at the ex pense of Sanders”, said Brown, who is ranking member of the senate prison committee. Carolina Liquor Sales Decline Raleigh, Dec. 15.—(.P>—Sales of legal liquor in North Carolina de clined last month, officials of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control board said today. An audit showed that November sales totaled $747, 160.65, compared with" $818,676 in October. Chairman Cutlar Moore said Ocober purchases probably set a record. Advises Union Encouragement Charlotte, Dec. 15.—t.¥)—Labor commissioner, A. L. Fletcher, of North Carolina, predicted here to day that “unionization is sure to come” and advised employers to encourage unions along lines that are “safe and sane.” Major Fletcher addressed the an nual convention of the Assocnation of General Contractors. Concord Woman In Hospital The condition of Mrs. Ada Rog ers Gorman, prominent Concord resident, who sustained severe in juries in an automobile accident yesterday, was reported unchanged at the Randolph hospital today. Mrs. Gorman sustained a fractur ed right arm when the car in which she was riding skidded and left the highway on route 64. Tokyo, Dec. 15.—UP)—Japan, al ready having apologized and of fered indemnity for war-like at tacks on the United States gun boat Panay anil three other Ameri can-owned vessels was prepared to day to go “even further if nec essary” to meet diplomatic emer gencies. As an added gesture of regret, it was said, a nation wide salute to the American flag and military honors for the Americans killed Sunday in the Yangtze river in cident was under consideration. The general public was deeply concerned, although the Japanese press published virtually nothing of the sentiment in Washington or the United States and refrained from editorial comments. Some papers, however, did print a long statement of the Imperial headquarters, the highest Japan ese military and naval organ, in which it was charged that three gunboats, among the several ves sels attacked by naval flyers, fired on the Japanese warplanes when the Panay went down. The headquarters statement de clared the Japanese airmen had re ported the vessel “carried no flags” and that “many soldiers, apparently Chinese, were sighted aboard them”. National Vote On War “Killed” By Senate Group „ Washington,-- -Dec. ... -15.--UPW Houst leaders expressed confidence today that could defeat an impend ing move to send the wages and hours bill back to committee for re I vamping. i Speaker Bankhead said he was j sure the leadership would prevail ; and announced intention to hold night sessions, if necessary, to ; complete action this” week. Tactics, however, kept the house from considerating amendments, i The house committee, meantime, 1 called off hearings on a measure i requiring a national vote before war could be declared. Payne Didn’t Rob This Man; Cops Are Sure j Spartanburg, S. C., Dec. 16.— !—The automobile belonging to J. ! C. Morris of Asheville, trainmaster j of the Southern railroad, who was : held up and robbed of his car anr valuables last night, was found abandoned here today. Recovery of their car led oiicers to discount the belief that the ; gunmen might have been Bill Pay ne or Wash Turner, escaped North Carolina convicts, being widaiy i sought over the Carolinas. Morris was able to give officers j only little information. The of I deers said Morris’ description did not tally with either Payne or Turner. The Weather | North Carolina: Partly cloudy to j nigh! and Thursday. Unsettled in ; the west portion. Slowing rising j temperature in the central and east ! portions. War Flashes ! Washington— United States | fears future in China. London.—Great Britain warm Japan of possible diplomatic break. W ashington.—Hungary starts repayment of World War debt. Shanghai. — Americans re* 1 ported safe in Nanking, Tokyo.—Japanese newspa per claim U. S. gunboat car ried Chinese soldiers. Shanghai. — American ma gazine claims Jap planes could not possibly mistake Panay for Chinese vessel. , h 1 Tokyo.—Japan Mexico sad sals flag.