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A.SHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, DEC. 28, 1937
NUMBER 178
■Roosevelt Will Urge
■Congress to Watch
■Year’s Relief Fund
Washington, Dec. 28.—(/B—
Jsuu !ly well informed officials
laid today President Roosevelt
rould tell congress next week that
he 1938-39 budget can be balanc
ed if relief expenditures can be
ie!d within bounds.
The budget, which he will send
o Capitol Hill January 4, is not
■xpected to contain a definite re
jef estimate because of uneer
aintv about the severity and dura
tion of the current business rec
ession.
The President probably will give
mly a tentative figure.
Some members have expressed
he opinion relief costs will be so
ugh that the balance between fed
Eral income and outgo cannot be
cached.
Treasury officials, however, indi
:ated that expenditures for items
ither th tu relief and national de
ense would be sliced, liberally, in
an attempt to bring about a bal
inco.
Army and navy expenditures
may be slightly over the billion dol
lar mark, informed observers said,
forming tne largest peace time de
fense time fund in American his
tory. *
Government expenses will -be one
of the principle subjects before the
session of congress, which meets
next Monday
Other subjects, which many be
lieve will take the session into May
include, posgibly new anti-trust
legislation, farm control,- anti
lynching, governmental reorganiza
tion and taxation.
ford Company ~
Threatened By
Labor Board
Washington, Dec. 28.-.—(.l*)—The
National Labor Relations board
su'd today that unless the Ford
Motor company complies With the
order directing the restoration of
discharged men, it would ask the
court to enfare the order.
The board ruled December 22,
that: the Ford Motor company had
violated the National Labor Rela
tions Act. The company has ten
days from that date to comply with
the' order.
Statements attributed to the
company officials and attorneys”,
the board said, “indicate that the
company docs not intend to com
ply .with the order without further
litigation.”
Steels, Motors
Tumble In Wall
Street Dealings
New York, Dec. 28.—(:P>—Heavy
selling developed on the stock mar
ket today shortly aftekr the noon
hour sending many leading issues
1 to 4 or more points lower.
The ticker tape was several min
utes behind as steel and automo
bile shares tumbled downward in
wake of Wall street worries over
anti-trust news from Washington
and other unfavorable develop
ments in business.
Some of the issues on the i‘big
board” reached new 1937 lows in
the downward sweep. Bonds and
commodities, likewise were gener
ally lower.
Farm Security
Now Effective
In This State
Washington, Dec. 28.—(.P>—The
farm security administration said |
today machinery for the making of !
farm tenant loans was in operation
in 21 states.
Other states now are setting up
state and county committee pro
ps raiory to receiving applications.
States where receipt of applica
tions has started and amounts al
located to those states for this
year include.
North Carolina, $627,585. South
Carolina, $406,166.
Warren, 0., Dec. 28.—<.R—Sher
iff's deputies, acting on a report
that 28-year-old Louise Campbell
“wanted to die,” placed a clos“
guard over her last night.
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BEAK HUG FOB
’BAMA TACKLE
Jim Ryba, Alabama tackle, gets
a bear hug from his best girl.
Co-ed Louise Wheat, as the
Crimson Tide shoves off fof the
Pasadena Rose Bpwi ami the
battle with C^blorfiiaf'JiAi. 1.
locaiijfetoroey^.
Change Quarters
In Lawyers’ Row
It was “moving day” in the Ashe
boro' lawyers’ building today.
Bright, and early, two attorneys
started to transfer their quarters
and right behind them came a jus
ice of the peace.
J. V. Wilson, who sometime ago
acquired one section of the build
ing, tooK over the quarters former
ly occupied by J. G. Prevette and
Justice of the Peace H. A. Colvin.
Mr, Prevette is now located in
the office formerly occupied by Mr.
Wilson, overlooking the courthouse
lawn, and, Mr. Colvin, took over the
office in rear of Mr. Prevette’s pre
sent quarters.
Scouts Have Court
Of Honor Thursday
All Scouts in Asheboro qnd Ran
dolph county are asked to attend
a Cotirt of Honor to be held Pec
ember 30, at 7:30 o’clock. The oc
casion will take place at the Pres
byterian church.
Chief Bunn Hackney from High
Point will be present.
Funeral Today For
Martha Venerable
Puberal service was conducted
this afternoon at 2 o’clock for
Maltha Melvin Venerable, 87, by
Rev Rufus Moffitt at the Glenola
Missionary Baptist church, burial
following in the church cemetery.
Death came Sunday afternoon at
5:45 at the home of Millard Smith,
High Point route three.
Surviving are two daughters,
Airs. Millard Smith, and Mrs. L. G.
Tucker of Stokes county, 18 grand
children and 14 great-grandchild
ren.
Asheboro Merchants Cheek
Up Another Great Season
Thi City of Ashcboro and Ran
dolph county generally felt no
reaction of the must discussed re
cession over the holiday-trade per
iod. .
Merchants today said their
Christmas business equaled that
of last year and in many instances
created a new high for retail trade
in this city. '
Inclement weather Thursday fail
ed to dampen the spirit of the holi
day shoppers who, in addition to
turning out for the regular Christ
mas bargains offered here throng
ed the city streets for the drawing
Girl Freed In
Mother’s Death;
In Jail Since
Shooting Sunday
Warren, Ohio, Dec. 28.—(/P)—
Miss Louise Campbell was ordered
freed from the Trumbel county
jail today after Coroner J. C. Hen
sliaw ruled the gunshot death of
her mother was accidental.
The 28-year old girl had been in
jail, without charge, since Satur
da; .
Mrs. Campbell 55, daughter-in
lav. of a pioneer Ohio steel manu
facturer, died Sunday of a bullet
.woued. despite the blood trans
fusion of her daughter.
The order for the release of the
young woman gave her an oppor
tunity of attending the private fun-r
oral services of her mother at a
Youngstown funeral home.
A close guard had been placed
over the blonde, beautiful girl, last
night after her attorney said she
“wanted to-die."
Tarheel Probe
Leads To 46
Liquor Arrests
Forty arrests were made by in
vestigators of the alcohol tax Unit
of North Carolina last week, ac
cording to reports made yesterday
at the office of T. Ed Patton, in
vest gator in charge of the unit.
Si.;ty-five indictments were re
turned by grand juries in Asheville
and Bryson City on evidence ob
tained by the investigators.
Tht\ investigators made raids on
wrth * total-Capacity of
55° gallons, according to the report.
Eighi hundred and forty-five gal
lon'- of whiskey were seized and
54,(ICO gallons of mash were de
stroyed.
Other activities included seizure
of six automobiles, valued at $1,090
and two trucks valued at $775,
There were 22 cases with arrests
and eight eases in which there
were no arrests.
Evidence presented in courts led
to sentences totaling 8,493 days and
fines totaling $1,850. Twenty de
fandants were convicted. Eighty
nine defendants wanted by the
unit arc fugitives from justice.
Mexican Silver
Purchasing To
Continue By U. S.
Washington, Dec. 28.—(*-!*)—
Treasury and Mexican officials an
nounced today continuance of the
United .States’ purchase of Mexican
silver through January.
The understanding was reached
in a conference this morning be
tween Mexican finance minister
Eduardo Suaraz and secretary of
the treasury, Morgenthau.
Bingham Estate
Over 4 Millions
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 28.—(,P>—
The will of Robert W. Bingham,
U. S. ambassador to Great Britain,
filed for probate in Jefferson coun
ty court here today, vests control
of the Bingham newspapers. The
Courier Journal and Louisville
Times, in a son, Harry Bingham,
who was co-publisher of the pa
pers.
Directions for the disposal of an
estate valued by County Judge Ben
F. Ewing for probate purposes at
$4,625,000 were contained in the
will, dated last September 30.
of the automobile given away by
the Merchants Association.
Friday, shopping reached its
peak, the reinforced army of clerks
in many stores finding it difficult
to satisfy the ever increasing de
mands of the throngs which crowd
ed the stores from early morning
until the proprietors sounded the
closing bell late at night.
Many merchanlts have already
commenaed their annual inven
tories, prior to the early year show
ing of thousands of special bar
gains.
A.Blue and Bearded iBluebeard’ j
Time has made the title of “Bluebeard II” more appropriate for Eu
gene George Weidmann, confessed slayer of six persons, including
Jean Dekoven of Brooklyn, N. Y. A clean-shaven Lothario when
arrested, weeks in a Paris jail have given him a heavy growth of
whiskers that threaten to becopae a beard. Weidmann, hands
shackled behind him, is pictured leaving his cell for questioning.
Bailey Contends Farm
Bill Unconstitutional
’ Senator Josiah W. Bailey (D.-i
N. C.). in a special article prepare
cd-ifor The Daily Cauriw. outlined!
the farm bill pending in Con
gress. Senator Bailey voted
against the measure contending it
is unconstitutional. His article is
appended.
“The farm bill which passed the
senate will not become a law. The
house passed a different bill. When
the senate passes one bill and the
house passes another, both bills
are referred to a conference com
mittee made up of senate and
house members, and they wrork
over both bills with a view to re
porting a compromise measure.
“We may look for the compro
mise measure in the session in Jan
uary. Meantime, there is little to
be said.
“I voted against the measure in
the senate because I am sure it is
unconstitutional, and I do not like
to disregard the Constitution. Mor
eover, l think it an unwise policy
to be passing unconstitutional mea
sures that cannot last long and that
fall under the first attack. Con
gress has no power to tell a far
mer that he shall not plant pas
tures for the dairy business. It
has no power to tell North Caro
lina farmers that they shall not
expand in the production of hogs.
It cannot say to one man you may
plant, and to another you shall not
plant. It cannot impose prohibi
tions or prohibitive penalties upon
the production or sale of crops.
This is so obvious that I wonder
that any one ever took a different
view.
“The senate bill would greatly
reduce cotton acreage in North
Carolina and at the same time pie
vent farmers from expanding thc'r
production of hogs, dairy products,
etc.
“We can write a sound and help
ful bill within the Constitution.
Such a bill should be founded upon
conditional gifts and conditional
loans; that is to say, we can pro
vide financial aid for farmers who
comply with the conditions imposed
in the interest of the conservation
of the soil. To this we may add
loans upon thfcir non-perishable pro
ducts upon a condition that they
will limit their production. To this
we can add provisions for the pay
ment of at least the cost of pro
duction to farmers producing ex
port crops, such as tobacco, cotton
and wheat.
“The conditional gifts, the condi
tional loans, and the guarantee of
the cost of production on export
crops would be sufficient to induce |
all sensible farmers to comply
with the terms of the gifts, th.»!
loans, and the export' marketing.
Such a system would bring about
an orderly agriculture. It wouUI
be permanent, and I think it would
be within the power of Congress.
Such a law ought to make favorable
provisions for the small farmers.
“You will ask why such a system
has- not already been proposed. The
answer is simple. There has been
so much confusion of counsel and
such insistent demand for extreme
measures that a bill of the chaiao
ter I have described would not be
[Youth, 15, Gets
Life in Mur3er
While most boys his age are go
ing to skating parties, dances
and other winter social activi
ties, pleasant-appearing 15
year-old Nick Megugorac,
above, has nothing to look for
ward to except a life in prison.
A jury convicted him of mur
dering a filling station attend
ant during a holdup in Los An
geles. Superior Judge Dudley
Valentine sentenced the young
ster, but was so broken up by
the case he had to go to bed.
considered. You may ask why I
think such a measure will now be
considered. The answer is equally
simple. Having tried these uncon
stitutional. unsound and drastic
measures, the Congress and the
farmers will be willing to consider
a moderate and sound measure. I
predict confidently that such a mea
sure will be passed within two
years. I am preparing such a men •
sure. The only way to prevent the
passage of such a measure is agita
tion for extreme and drastic mea
sures. Let us hope that we can gel
now the cooperation of our farm
ers for such a measure as I have
described.
“I regret very much that the na
ture of the measures proposed in
the nam; of our farmers and pro
fessedly in their interests have been
such that I have not felt myself
permitted under the oath of my of
fice to vote for them. I ant not'
inclined to go beyond the powers
which the people gave me as Sena
tor, and I am not inclined to mis
lead them with the hope of relief
in measures which will not stand
the test of the courts.”
The Weather
North Carolina: Coludy tonight
and Wednesday, probably nvist or
light rain in the southern portion.
Slig'.iily colder near the coast and
extreme northwest portion and in
the north and west Wednesday.
Exports Exceed
Imports; U. S. In
Favorable Trade
Balance For 1937
Washington, Dec. 28.—<.P)— The
commerce department announced
today United States merchandise
exports showed a $151,670,000 ex
cess of imports in the first eleven
months of the year.
Although imports ran ahead of
exports during most of the year, the
last few months changed the t re rid
and November alone accounted for
$91,456,000 of the export balance.
November foreign trade was
slightly smaller than in October but
the commerce department said the
decline was somewhat seasonable.
In the first 11 months of the year
$3,026,872,000 in merchandise was
sent abroad.
Son A Suicide
In Probe Of
Mother’s Death
F ayetteville, Dec. 28.—(.'Pi
Deputy sheriff W. O. Patrick said
today he had been informed that
Cbestane Weeks, 24-year-old son
of Mrs. Nannie Weeks 49, had shot
himself to death when officers
approached him to question him
about a fire at her home which cost
her life.
The body of the widow was found
Saturday in ashes of her home and
officers announced they would in
vestigate in an effort to determine
whether there was any evidence
of foul play.
Patrick said he had been inform
ed that officers came upon Weeks
ortu raije frqni, the homed house
and approached to question him
but he lied carrying a shotgun.
The officers telephoned him, he
said, that after a short chase
Weeks turned the gun upon him
self and ‘blew his brains out.”
Former Randolph
Citizen Dies
Grover C. Redding ,53, former
resident of Randolph county, died
suddenly Monday morning at his
home in McCall S. C.
He is survived by his wife Mrs.
Mary Currie Redding; six sons,
Clarence of Bristol Tenn., Jim,
Hoyet.te, Milton, Harris and Guil
ford of the home; two daughters,
Mrs. Pauline Holt and Miss Mildred
Redding of Springfield, Mo.; three
brothers W. W. Redding of Ashe
boro, J. H. Redding of Archdale
and T. T. Redding of Trinity; six
sisters, Mrs. D. T. McCain of Ashe
boro route 2, Mrs. G. W. Brady
of Iicmp route 1, Mrs. Annie Mc
Cain, Mrs. A. B. Bulla of Ashe
boio, Mrs. G. F. Watson of Red
Springs route 3, and Mrs. J. W.
Wright of Denton.
I1 uneral services will be held
Wednesday at 1 o’clock at Char
lotte M. P. church near Asheboro.
McCallister
Quits S. C.
Columbia, S. a, Dec. 28.—CPI—
President J. Rion McKissick of the
University of South Carolina an
nounced in a statement last night
the resignation of Head Coach
Don C. McCallister and the selec
tion of Rex Enright, former back
field coach at North Carolina and
Georgia universities, as his suc
cessor.
New iork. Dec. 28.—(.PI—After
four strenuous years in exile, Gen
eral Gerardo Machado, one-tiim
dictator of Cuba, slept securely last
night, freed by his homeland of all
charges against him.
Worst Storm of History
Ties-Up Pacific Cities
.Scuttle, Wash. Dec. 28.—</P>—
Gales, ice, snow, rains and land
slides crippled travel and commun
ications as the year’s worst and
most wide spread storm lashed the'
Pacific northwest today.
Traffic was halted on Portland
streets as 4.47 inches of rain—the
heaviest fall since 1911—was re
corded in 24 hours.
A. Ui£ boat overturned and sank
in Portland harbor while trying
to move a heavy barge. The two
of the crew were saved.
Persons residing on the Idaho
U. S. Gunboat Carrying
280 to Shanghai; War
Continues In Spain
After Killing
Two Children
Dry-eyed, oepi c.-.soci and moody,
Mrs. Bertha Watters. 38. is
shown above in jail at Wayerly,
la., just after she killed two of
her ' children and wounded
the other two. in a rage because
they “wouldn't mind.” Bugene,
and Beverly, 2. were killed as
their infuriated mother turned a
rifle on them. Lavonne. 5. and
Bernard. 9. were wounded.
Roosevelt May
Adopt 24-Hour
Silver Program
Washington, Dec. 28.—(.P)-—Some
informed officials indicated today
that President Roosevelt might put
his silver buying program on a 24
hour basis.
His custom in the past has been
to issue a proclamation fixing the
Treasury price for newly-mined,
domestic silver for a year. It was
learned today Mr. Roosevelt might
in the future announce that silver
prices would be subject to change
at any time that conditions war
ranted.
Tom Heflin III
In Hospital
La Fayette, Ala., Dec. 28.—Crl!—
iJ. Thomas Heflih, 68, sharp-tong
ued former Alabama senator, lay
ill today of lobar pneumonia but
physicians said he was responding
to treatment and expressed belief
he would recover.
Heflin in the midst of a come
back campaign from his 1030 de
feat, was forced to cancel all
speaking engagements in a race
which will culminate in a demo
cratic primary January 4. He is
one of three seeking nomination to
succeed Senator Dixie Graves, ser
ving temporarily since Hugo L.
Black became a Supreme Court
member.
Junior Order To
Receive Officer
State councelor, Victor A. John
son, will make his official visita
tion to Asheboro council 199, jun
ior O.U.A.M. at the regular meet
ing tonight.
All members are urged to attend.
panhandle said the two day snow
storm was the worst in memory.
The 35 inches at Wallace closed
several mines.
The fall was 96 inches at Look
out mountain on the Idaho-Mont
ana divide.
Rising' waters of Williamette
river threatened 45 families at
Grand Island and Wheatland as
the Wheatland dam weakened.
A log jam, 30 feet high, reported
to have damned the Wilson river
and marroned a construction camp
with 400 men.
fierce battle to rescue several
thousand insurgents, trapped in.
Tiuel. highlighted the Spanish civil
war today. While half-way around
the world, in China, foreigners fled
from Tsingtao in the face of a
Japanese advance on that seaport.
A strongly reinforced insurgent
army was reported breaking
through the government lines
northwest of Truel in a counter
offensive designed to lift the
seige of approximately 6,000 in
surgent soldiers and civilians who
have been holding out since gov
ernment troops captured the city
last week.
Dispatches to the French front
ier said the troops were ‘fighting
without pause” and the advance
guard might soon drive through to
the shell tom buildings occupied
by the insurgents.
Barcelona reports told of actual
fighting within Truel.
The United States gunboat Saca
mento evacuated a load of Ameri
can refugees from Tsingtao today,
transporting them towards Shang
hai, 400 miles to the south, as
Japanese troops pushed on the rich
Shantung seaport. Dispatches said
280 Americans had left the city.
In Tokyo, the foreign mirtister
had replied to Sir Robert Leslie
Craigie, British ambassador’s pro
test against Japanese attacking the
British gunboat Lady Bird.
Meanwhile in Milan, the news
papers of II Duce, critized demo
cracy, saying its “faults” had been
proved by opposition of the Wash
ington government to a bill which
would require a national vote be
fore the United States could d<r
i-Clarc wjh-.
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Anti-War Vote
Upheld By Bill
Supporters
Washington, Dec. 28.—OP)—
Some proponents of the proposed
Ludlow war referendum contended
today a congressional vote on that
measure at this time would have
no bearing whatever on the United
State!? foreign policies.
Twenty-three of the 218 house
j members, who forced consideration
j of the proposed constitutional
i amendment requiring a national
! referendum before this nation
could declare war, said in a state
\ mem, a vote would “not imply any
: critism of any of our officers who
, are handling our foreign affairs."
Old Hickory Host
jTo County And
I Town Officers
The Old Hickory cafe last night
was host to all members of the lo
cal police department, Sheriff Carl
j King and his deputies and Highway
! Patrolman Norris at a dinner in
the cans at 6:30.
Policemen Myers and Gained
were the only members of the law
enforcement body unable to at
tend. lteid Hannah, proprietor,
said the Old Hickory sometime dur
ing each year was host to the ofr
fleers, showing their appreciation
for the work accomplished by the
law.
General Motors
Slices 30,000
Front Payrolls
Detroit, Dec. 28.—(.T)—Williapt
S. Kjundsen president of the Gen
eral Motors corporation announced
today that employment in the Gen
eral Motors plants throughout the
United States would be reduced ap
proximately 30,000 employes effec
tive January 1.
The reduction in Michigan, he
said, will approximate 20,000 em
ployes.
Kjundsen said the “recession in
i business makes a readjustment Of
the working force necessary.”
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 28.—td*—
The Southern States Industrial
council said today southern indus
try expanded by $165,000,000 dur
ing 1937. T
This expapsion, the council
ported, gave permanent
ment to 65,785 workers.