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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVII Piteous Calls For Aid From The Flood Areas Where Homes Are Gone At New Orleans Broken Levees May Save City From Inundation But Danger Is Not All Gone. OTHER STATES NEEDING HELP In Arkansas and Missis sippi Homeless and Des titue Calling for Money, Food and Clothing. Memphis. April. 27.— UP) —While 1 smisinmi authorities were preparing for the unprecedented expedient of deliberately cutting the dykes to save New Orleans front the mighty flood tide sweeping down the Mississippi, situations little short of desperate were presented today in southeast Ar kansas and the Mississippi delta sec tion. Nearly two score of towns within a radius of less than 100 miles in the two states were under water, with the plight of thousands of refugees de scribed in official reports to Ked Dross headquarters here ns serious ip the extreme. With the racing waters battering at their homes on the levees or knolls on which they had sought refuge, those in the devastated areas were sending out piteous calls for boats, clothing, food and other supplies. Directors of lied Cross relief moved ns speedily as possible to render aid. Almost hourly new groups of refu gees are being found by relief workers as they move by steamer, motor boat or airplane over the desolated re gions. One such group was found last night on the Mississippi north of Helena. They had been without adequate food for days and had little shelter on the levee where they were perched. An intrepid little woman, Nell Wil liams, a lied Cross worker from hit. I <QUis, was the first to carry aid to them, braving the racing flood crest in •a tiny motor boat alone at night, that some measure of relief might be af forded the women and children at least. While no new reports of breaks on the levees on either the Mississippi or the Arkansas rivers were'roported ov ernight, the floodwaters already loos ened by levee breaks were rushing over j lowlands and through valleys to lay wade new areas and drive more thou sands from their homes. The flood, roaring through the Stops Landing break in the Mississippi above Greenville, was slowly forcing waters in the delta region eastward and to day lielboni. Miss., sixty miles south east of Greenville, and almost eighty miles from the Stops Landing crevasse was being inundated. Isola, Louise and Midnight, nearby towns, were reported under from seven to ten feet of water. Their combined population is 1,000 nnd while most of the people got out ahead of the flood some were reported on roofs nnd in trees. Across the Mississippi in Arkansas, Arkansas City was being flooded deep er nnd deeper, with approximately 1,- 500 of its inhabitants still stranded on the levee. Nearly a dozen nearby towns also were flooded. Thinks Greatest Danger Over. New Orleans, April 27.—140—The crisis probably has passed in the Mis sissippi River flood situation, and no more hardship, suffering and loss of life and property is anticipated, in the opinion of Secretary of Commerce Hoover. President Goolidge's observer ill The Staircase; to Happiness Thd man who blithely goes up the steps into his own home is a man to be envied. Each dollar you invest in a thrift account is a step toward home ownership. Build up a fund now. When you are ready for a home,,this association will help you fi nance the deal. MAY SERIES NOW OPEN CITIZENS BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily j STAT E SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CONVENES I Dr.'ll. E. Spence, of Duke University, | Speaks in Place of Governor Mc | Lean. | llurlington, April 2<l.—The annual [convention of the North .Carolina Sunday School association opened here tonigh at the First Christian Church With a large delegation of distinguished men and women Sunday shool work ers in rittendatice from various sec tions of the state ami country. Elaborate preparations had been made by the Alamance county Sunday school officials to receive the visitors, and to place them comfortably as quickly as possible after arrival. Hundreds of them have been received into the homes of citizeus for the three days' sessions. J. K. Ivey, state president, presid ed tonight when the convention was officially called to order, with “wor ship in song" led by Rev. F. A. Rower. This was followed with scrip ture reading nnd prayer by Rev. G. O. Lankford, pastor of the First Christiuu church, and host to the meeting. The business of the convention will begin in earnest Wednesday nnd through Thursday when big affairs of the Sunday school will be discussed in the headquarters church and scat tered through the various churches-of the city in short conference work. A feature of the initial session was an address by Dr. H. K. Science, dir ector of religious education at Duke university, Durham, who substituted for Gov. A. W. McLean, who had a place on the program but coul not attend. THE STOCK REPORT. Operators For The Advance Continued In Control of the Market Today. New York, April 27.—(A3)—(tpern tors for the advance continued in con trol of the stock tnarket today in the face of smaller quarterly steel earn ings than had been expected, and n decline in steel operations. The un usually large supply of money had eased rates, effected a bullish influence on sentiment and some excellent earn ing reports contributed to the advnnce. Bangor & Aroostook touched u new high on the report that the road's quarterly earnings exceeded $8 a sure. Charlotte Main Nominated For Rotary Governorship. ' Spartanburg, April 2(l.—Dave Clark, of Chnrlntte, was nominated for the governorship of the 58th district ’of Rotary International for I!>2.S and Charlotte was chosen for the 1028 conference at the final meeting of the annual conference here today. Mr. Clark will be officially elected to the governorship at the internation al conference nt Oetend, Belgium. Sir Walter Scott wrote the second and third volumes of “AVnverley” in the evenings of three weeks—a rec ord. in the inundated region, who arrived here today completing his tour of the entire area from Memphis to New Orleans. In the states of Mississippi aud Ar kansas. Mr. Hoover finds no unsatis factory conditions, and only the ne cessity of continuing adequate relief measures. Mr. Hoover said that his view of the end of the flood danger may be upset by later developments. The cabinet official whose rapid survey of the flooded region was through the trained eyes of a relief worker —the director of the World ’War relief in Belgium—found the fol lowing situation in the * inundated areas: “I believe the flood dead will not greatly exceed 200. “The homeless will probably not be much greater than 150,000. ‘■The world war training has taught us to handle a crisis. Our war or ganizations—the national guard, the American Legion, and the Red Cross —and the men and women of the South did not become hysterical and lose control of the situation, but im mediately * commenced the machinery of assistance. This is the great les son of the flood. “Our greatest problem is the reha bilitation of the homeless persons in their former habitations, and the re establishment of agricultural produe -1 tiou in the stricken regions.” Relief Fund Now $2,54«,800. . Washington, April 27. —Os)—The Red Cross relief fund reached a total of $2,546,800 today. Eastern states have given $1,705,- ! 500; mid-western states $600,000; and the Pacific coast $135,000. Contribu tions by the Red Cross itself nnd other items mnke up the balance. A fund of $5,000,000 is sought. Soldiers on Duty. Nqw Orleans, April 27. —Cf)—The tramp of national guardsmen echoed along levees today as two southern Louisiana parishes were being evacu ated preparatory to surrendering thbm to the Mississippi River, that the South's largest city might be saved from the onslought of the flood. Vigorous protests on the pnrt of the citizens of the two parishes, St. Bernard and Plaquemines, which often have witnessed the withering fire of guns ,in the perennial trappers war fare, gave way to a determination to insist: upon adequate reparations as the residents continued to patrol the levees, while the territory to be given over to the water was being evacuat ed. FORMER SENATOR A. J. BEVERIDGE DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME Former Indiana Senator Victim of Heart Attack. —Had Been in 111 Health Recently. - j TWICE SERVED IN CONGRESS Twice Was Defeated Al though He Was Promi nent in the Republican Party for Years. lndinuapolis, I ml., April 27. — UP) — Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, former United States senator from Indiana, died suddenly of heart trouble here today. He whs 64 years old. Mr. Beveridge was twice elected to the senate from Indiana. He re tired in 11)11 nnd twice sought to re turn. but was defeated iu 1014 as the progressive party candidate, and in 1022 was defeated by Samuel M. Rals ton. democrat. Death came this morning nt bis home here. He had been working for some time upon his latest book. “The Life of Abraham Lincoln,” and it was only half completed. The - former senator's health had not been the best for several months, but his condition was not regarded as serious. Death occurred at 6:10 o’clock thin morning. It came ns a shock to close associates, who said there there was no intimation yesterday that his condition was in any way critical. SEES NEW ORLEANS AS GREAT AIR TERMINUS City Will Be Used By Planes to West Indian. Central and South Ameri can Points. New Orleans, 1-n., April 27.—(INS) —New Orleans ns a great nil- terminus for West Indian, Central and South American points, at some time in the near future, is seen by Colonel Charles H. Dnnforth, air officer for the Fourth Corps Area. The flight, which De I’inedo, Italian four-continent flyer.jmade from Hav ana to New Orleans in six hours, can tie nmde in exactly half that time toy (d»4uw now in use u* ssut navy. Planes will reach points south of New Orleans in the everyday trans action of business within a short time, and that the city will be connected by airplane with northern points is also virtually assured, Colonel Dan forth said. “Efficient development of New Or leans as a great air port calls for ade quate landing facilities on this side of the Mississippi river,” the Colonel said. Colonel Damforth declared that aerial transportation will be adopted because it is a saver of time. “Greater safety will result when landing fields are made available every thirty or forty miles along all aerial routes,” he said. “These fields and the employment of planes with three mo tors will practically obviate any pos sibility of accident.” Will Arrange Rout For Dempsey. New York. April 27.— UP) —After receiving positive' assurances today that Jack Dempsey intends to stage a comeback. Tex Rickard announced he will match the former champion for a bout with Paulino Uzcudun on or about July 1, probably nt the Yankee Stadium. Francois Villon, the Freuch poet and scholar, was a burglar. THE STOCK MARKET Reported by Fenner & Beane. (Quotations at 1:30 P. M.) Atchison < 182 American Tobacco B 125% American Smelting 148 American Locomotive 110 Atlantic Coast Line 182% Allied Chemical 140% American Tel. & Tel. 163 American Can 46 Allis Chalmers 105 Baldwin Locomotive 185% Baltimore & Ohio 117% Bangor 7!) Bethlehem teel 50% Chesapeake & Ohio 168 Coca-Cola x. Div. 98% DuPont 241% Dodge Bros. 17% Erie „ - 53% Frisco : 112 General Motors 190 General Electric 97% Great Northern 86% Gulf State Steel 53 Gold Dust 52% Hudson 72% Int. Tel. 135% Kennecott Copper 64% Liggett & Myers B 100% Mack Truck .. 110% Mo.-Pacifie 55% Norfolk & Western 179% New York Central 147% Pan. American Pet. B 57% Rock Island - 98% R. J. Reynolds 122 Rep. Iron and Steel 66 Standard Oil of N. J. 36% Southern Railway 124 Studebaker - 53% Texas Co. 46% Tobacco Products 99% U. S, Steel s 169 U. S. Steel, New .... 122 Vick Chemical 54 Wfstinghouse 72% Western Maryland 36% Chrysler ..... 43% CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1927 Flood Fund The local chapter of -the Red Cross is collecting a fund to be forwarded to be used in the aid of the flood vic tims in the Mississippi Valley and any one desiring to contribute to thefund may send it to L. I). Coltrane, Sr., at the Concord National Bank. The National Chapter of Red Cress has stated that the quota for Cabar rus County is ,SI,OOO, und the contri butions received will be acknowledged through The Concord Daily Tribune 1 and The Times: Previously acknowledged $506.20 Concord Theatre 10.00 Miss I.elia A. King •_ 5.(1) Mrs. P. B. Fetzer 5.0(1 Mrs. Geo. Richmond S.QU Geo. Richmond. Jr. Dr. W. D. Pemberton I.QB W. W. Flowe 10.01) H. 1. Woodhouse 10.ftp E. F. Shepherd O.Sj Mrs. H. W. Fryling l.flo Mrs. M. R. Marcho 1.00 Miss May White 5;(k) E. C. Bernhardt, Sr. 25.60 M. 1,. Marsh 10.(4) W. E. Benfield 5.00 Ritchie Hardware Store 10.00 Miss Cottrell Sherrill 5.6(1 Sirs. R. S. Young 25.00 C. D. McDonald .... 5.0 b Mrs. R. A. Sloop : Sam) F. R. Shepherd 5.0(j Mrs. Z. M. Moore SJJO Ed. S. Ervin 5.00 Miss Pearl Cochran 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cook 10.00 Mrs. Jno. A. Cline 5.00 A. S. Webb _. 5.09 Dr. W. C. Houston 10.00 W. R. Odell 10100 Dr. J. C. Rowan 5,09 W. J. Glass & Son 5.00 A. B. Pounds 35,00 Jus. L. Brown SAX) J. L. Cannon 5.00 Ernest Porter 5.00 Mrs. Mary Fetzer 5.00 P. B. Fetzer • 5.00 Miss Elizabeth Smith 5.00 C. L. Smith 5.00 Mrs. D. B. Porter 5.00 Mm. Mattie Lee Cannon 5.00 Totffl Concord $798?f6 Kannapolis Contributions J. J. Barnhardt. $25.00 E. Sauvain 10.00 E. J. Sharp :. 10.00 T. T. Smith 5.00 J. X. Pharr 5.00 E. G. Copses 5.00 Mary Ella Hall 25.00 M. B. Foil 2.00 Alex Caton 1 2.00 Fred Powell 1.00 G. E. Kesler 1.00 Mrs. D. B. Castor 2.50 H. A. Scott 10.00 M of Christ jgjg Total Kannapolis $113.50 Mt. Pleasant Contributions Previously acknowledged $ 26.26 By Cash 66.84 Total Mt. Pleasant $93.10 Grand Total SIOOS.:iG LEXINGTON INDORSES P. AND N. EXTENSION" Coming of Interurban Line to That City Would Mean Much To Its Progress. • Lexington, April 26.—Lexington has not "been slow fil let the Interstate Commerce commission know that it is solidly on the side of the ’Piedmont and Northern in its plan to extend its line from Charlotte to Winston- Salem byway of this city. Secretary Q. M. Starkey has telegraphed Com missioners Eastman, Woodlock and Meyer • that he has conferred with representatives of other cities between Charlotte and Winston-Salem and finds that sentiment abounds in all of these places that the extension of the P. and N. is important to the future development of the section. Not only would the extension of the road add great impetus to the present development of this section, Mr. Sturke.v urged in his message to the commissioners, but he points out that failure of the commission to grant the company permission to go ahead with its plans would be an actual det errent to development now in pros pect. He has learned, it is stated, that a number of industrial enterprises are in process of formation on the basis of the prospect that the road will come into this section and greatly increase the number of industrial sites nnd at the same time aid in the mutter of rapid transportation. WILL ROGERS IS FOR VIC DONAHEY Soys Ohio Governor Will Be Choice of Democrats For President. High Point, April 26.—Wi1l ling ers, cowboy humorist, came to High Point today and made a new com ment on the political situation. He predicted that neither A1 Smith oor William Gibbs McAdoo will win the nomnation for President, but that Governor Vic Deuahey, of Ohio, will be the Democratic choice. The famous peddler of political dope remarked that Governor Doua hey has all the good qualities of Smith with none of the objections. McAdoo has played out, und will never be able to “round up” surfi ctent following to make his candi dacy a sure thing, stated Mr. Rogers. Smith, too. has become un popular on account of his stiiiul on prohibition nnd his Catholic affilia tion. he continued. Donnhey has been mentioned by numerous papers m the Mid-West as Presidential tim ber, and has gained n large following in that section, he said. No Improvement In Dr. Battle's Con dition. Raleigh, April 27.—(A 3 )—The con dition of Dr. S. Westray Battle, of Asheville, veteran medical man and widely known over the state, remains unimproved today, attendants nt a local hospital reported. He is suf fering from a stroke of paralysis. VIENNA GIVES MOTHERS BABY LINEN SUPPLIES (By International News Service) Vienna. April 27.—Henceforth the municipality is to supply all mothers of newly born babes with a parcel of baby linen, including a number of little jackets, chemises, towels, soap, powder and every thing necessary for the treatment <if n new citizen of the world. t'Ol_\ NEGRI MAKING PLANS FOR WEDDING jShe ami Russian Prince Will Wed as Soon as Legal Tangles Can j Be Straightened. j Paris, April 2(5.—P01a Negri the j motion picture Hctross, and her | prince, the Russian nobleman Serge Mjdivani. e'ated tonight by their warm reception here by the prince’s brother. Alex, planned to drive to-i I morrow to the Chauteau de Reuil at I Serainconrt near Paris to prepare for their wedding their next month. 1 It now apiiears that the “single shadow” hovering over the marriage I which Miss Negri spoke of when she i arrived at Cherbourg today on the -Vqiiitnnia—the opposition of the prince’s family to the marriage—was I all a “fake.” as the star and htv en tourage put it. j Serge's brother Alex. when lie lushed tip and kissed both of them |at the station here, declared that i "Papa" Mdivani wanted to come in the worst way but was deterred bv la cold. ' “It's not anything serious I hope?" queried Pola with daughter in-law like anxiety. "Oh. dear. no. He's all right and tomorrow will go to the chateau with us.” Alex replied. Miss Negri said that her marriage to the prince would take place some time between May 5 and May 15. the precise date depending upon how much time was needed to conform with all the French regulations, which are most cumbersome for those who have been divorced. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Firm at an Advance of 7 to 1# Points. July Selling Up to 15:30 on Rise. New York. April 27.—(A 3 )—The ent tou market opened firm today at an advance of 7 to 1!) points in response to unexpectedly firm Liverpool cables. The decline yesterday seemed to have strengthened its technical position to some extent, nnd there was covering and fresh buying at the opening, pro moted by continued anxiety over the Mississippi Valley situation. ’ July sold up to 15.30 and December to 15.66 but these prices awraeted .re newed realizing anil southern selling, and the market eased off a few points from the best during the first hour. Private cables attributed the firm ness in Liverpool to realization of the seriousness of the floods in the central belt. Trading was quiet, at midday, with July setting at 15.18, or 6 points net higher, while May at 14.94, showed net advance of 12 points. C„tton futures opened firm: May 15.00: July 15.30 j Oet. 15:50; Dec. 15.66; Jan. 15.67. WALTER BOOTHE FEELS THE GRIP OF DEATH Pneumonia Stalking Youth Who Has Fought for Six Days Against Suf flration. Roanoke. Vn., April 27. —WP)—Wal- ter Boothe’s lease on life is short. Even the IS year old Botetourt county farmer himself now seems to realize this. “I'll have to leave you soon,” he told his parents today, as he neared the end of the sixth full day that the precious breath of life has been pumped into his tired lungs toy alter nating pairs of friends. "The Ixird has called me, and I'll have to go." The grim apparition of pneumonia stalked the youth today. He com plains of a sensation in the thront and lungs that indicated to attending physicians that hypostatic pneumonia would soon end the battle the youth has waged with death since his lungs collapsed last Thursday. State Supreme Court in Session. Raleigh, April 27.—(A 3 )—Supreme Court continued hearing appeals to day. The question of the distance of liquor from one's premises before the owner may be convicted of violat ing the prohibition law was presented in one appeal in which Lester Mull, of Gaston County, contends that 35 pints found within 250 yards of his filling station, was closer to another man's premises than his, and that er ror was made in the two years county road sentence against him. Call For Purging Os Registration Books. Charlotte, April 26.—Members of (he local League of Women Voters today suggested purging of the reg istration .books here iu order that names of "lead persons, those who have moved away, those -who have moved into other parts of the city, be stricken from the lists of the six teen boxes in the city. This action came nfter an election held here yes terday. Two Negroes Escape. Raleigh. April 27.—(A 3)—Superin tendent. l’ou at the state prison today reported that two negroes escaped last night from the Liberty Hill work farm near Greendboro. Frank Johnson of Wilson County, serving 9 to 12 months for lareny, whose time would have axpried in July, and Cleo Gastello from Edgecombe County, serving 3 to 6 years for assault with a deadly weapon, who would have been dis charged in June, escaped. A decoction of boiled crickets is used by tbe Chinese as a blood-puri fier. Flood At (By the Associated Press) To protect New Orleans from the mighty flood rolling down the Mississ ippi a long break in the levee south of the city has been ordered at noon Friday. National Guard has been mobilized for any emergency, nnd sol diers now stand guard over long stretches of the levee. Many cropers and other residents of the two parishes to be flooded maintain their armed watch where the break is to be made, demanding guarantees against loss before quitting their posts. A general exodus of the residents of the two parishes has begun with the roads to New Orleans crowded with automobiles and wagons piled high with household goods and other possessions. With the crest of the flood approach ing. inundated Arkansas City and ad ditional towns in that state and Miss issippi are in danger. Complete flooding of southeast. Ar- INDIANA DEMOCRATS ASK CONVENTION AND CANDIDATE Fear National Conclave at Capital Next Year .Might. Hurt Woolen. (By International News Service) Indianapolis. Ind., April 27.- —Demo- crats of Indiana, the politically doubt ful state, are in a .doubtful state them selves these days. For they are em bnrassed by two lintionnl ambitions that threaten to cross each other. These aspirations are to hold the 1928 national convention in Indian apolis and to induce that gathering to nominate Evans Woolen, president of the largest bank iu the Hoosier capital, for the presidency. Backers of Woolen are fearful about pushing the boom nationally because, since the tumultous demonstratidtns for A1 Smith at the 1924 convention in New Y'ork, party leaders are shying away from the national gathering in the home city of a candidate. Former United States Senator Thomas Taggart, wily member of the "big three" that rules the party, is behind both the Woolen and the con vention movements and is having his hands full. Taggart first must stage a come-back in politics in his own state, for he has suffered a few or ganization reverses during recent years. Wooolen, a Harvard graduate, has a national reputation as an economist, but lias had little political experience other than an unsuccessful race against Senutor Arthur R. Robinson last No vember. t . Oppohcilts of Wool trii -ttr Trattann say that Taggart is only playing the old favorite-son brand of politics with the hope of trailing during the con vention for. political prestige. However, friends of the former sen ator point out that he could have ob tained the presidential nomination for the late Senator Samuel M. Ralston nt the 1924 convention, had Senator Ralston not declined to accept the honor because of ill health. Charles A. Greathouse, member of the national committee from Indiana, has predicted that the national gath ering will be held in a city of the middle west. He said he believed that the only cities that will have a chance will be Indianapolis, Chicago,..Clcvc land, St. Louis or Denver. Hoosier political observers predict a scries of vital conferences of national chieftains will be entertained at French Lick by Taggart during the next few months. Two Boys Perish When Home Burns. Danville. Vn.. April 26. —News re ceived from Franklin county today told of the denth otf Isaac Rakes, 13, and John Rakes, aged nine, sons of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Rakes, who were burned to death in a fire which con sumed their home near Henry last night. Another child was so seri ously burned that little hope is enter tained for it a a Roanoke hospital, the reiiort said. How the fire started is a mystery. The mother nnd father were aroused by the rackle of flame and barely esaped with their lives. Once outside the building they found none of the children. One was staggering to the door and was rescued but the sweep of the Iblaze prevented the 'parents from re-entering the structure, which was completely destroyed. Episcopal Women Hear Y'irginia Bishop. Salisbury, April 26.—Rev. Arthur C. A. Thompson, bishop coatjutor of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, was the principal speaker at the first eviniug session of the minimal convention of the Woman's Auxili ary of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, which opened here today. Dr. Thompson also conducted the quiet hour this afternoon. The convention continues through Thurs day. A' visit to Christ's Church. Cleveland, will be made by the dele gates tomorrow afternoon. The first business session will be held Wed lifsday morning, presided over by the president. Mrs. W- W. Way, of Ra leigh. ( f" City Tax Notice All property on which 1926 Taxes have not been paid will be advertised and sold after May Ist, 1927. Also all 1917 street asessments that expired December let, 1926, on the fallowing streets: South Union, East Corbin, North Church, Franklin Avenue, North and South Spring, Buffalo, Mc- Gill and North Kerr. CHAB. N. FIELD, City Tax Collector. A Glance \ kansius iR threjMlC’C of the South <fl" the Ar kansas River v ..-fmo Blu^fi The great ab. ,w#fJiomeless now es timated at move than 150.000 is hourly increasing as the floodwaters move across Arkansas and northern Louisiana. To rescue the marooned the Red Cross has requisitioned 100 small craft from the coast guard. Additional seaplanes for use oyer the 10.000 square miles of inutulJted territory in seeking out the isoHted refugees have been called for b*the organized relief forces. Health officers from the seven states hit by the Hood confer here today with Red Cross officials to coordinate medical and sanitary efforts, state and national. Secretary Hoover today completes an inspection trip down the Mississippi and will return to Memphis to arrange with Red Cross officials there a more extensive plan of relief, rescue and rehabilitation. SPAN OF LIFE IS NOW ON THE INCREASE Boy Baby Now Has Chance to Live 11 Years Longer Than His Fattier. New York. April 27.—The boy baby born in the United States to day has a reasonable expectation of eleven years longer life than his' father had. This statement, based upon statis tics gathered in Massachusetts, which has complete death registration records for thirty-seven years back, was made by Dr. (Jeorge T. Palmer of the American Child Health As sociation. in charge of the program plan for the annual meeting of the Association to be held in Washing ton May !) to 11. “The theme of this year's meeting in the words of Herbert Hoover, our president," said Dr. Palmer, “is, ‘to evaluate gains made, to take stock of resources and to delineate the course ahead.' “One of the distinct gains is in this matter of life exiiectation. The decline in the death rate during the thirty-year period from IS! 10 to 1020. due to the prevention of disease has resulted in the securing of longer ami happier lives for the average individual. "The chief saving has been in the earlier years of life. The baby death rate is less than one-half its former figure. The seven-year-old school child, during the thirty years, has added five, years to his span of life. The young man of twenty-two • has had three additional years alloted to .biut.. ... - , . ; “At sixty. ■ however, the outlook Is still the same. A man or woman of sixty has no greater expection of life duration now than lie had in IKJXI. "Tho meeting of the American Child health Association will par ticlaruly stress the necessity for finding improved methods of market ing health facts—that is, of trans porting the knowledge about pro longing life from the producer in the laboratory to the producer in the home. There will be reports from states on what is being done by the Child Hygiene Divisions of the Health • Departments. Secretary- Hoover will preside at the meeting an<J will make the opening address." With Our Advertisers. The 3. C. Penney Co. is again of fering features in dresses. The sizes are for women, misses and junior miss es and the colors include rose tans, blues, greens, navies, blacks and whites. Priced now at SO.OO. Every dollar invested in the Citi zens Building and Loan Asociation is a step toward home ownership. New series in this association now open. "The Bride Breezes In." a play, will be presented at the Winecoff High School Friday night at 8 o'clock. The Standard Buiek Co. has a num ber of used ears for sale or exchange. See list in new ad. today. Johnny Hines is being starred at the Concord Theatre today in “All Board.” Tomorrow Jetto Goudal in "White Gold." The Alemite lubrication and car washing system used by the Auto Sup ply and Repair Co. is fine. They al so handle Dodge Brothel's and Stude baker cars, and Graham trucks. Wrenn, the Kannapolis cleaner, does especially fine work on curtains and such materials. Appropriate gifts for Mother’s Day and for graduation are in stock at Cline's Pharmacy. Also Johnston's and Elmer's candies. Have you thought about your will? This is an important task. The Citi zens Bank and Trust Company has an expert who will gladly assist you. Smart sport suits at. sls at the Gray Shop. Sport coats a $8 and millinery at prices lower than the us ual. Street drosses are being sold for $15.60 and smart coats for $lB. Rend new ad. today for further particulars. Remember May the Bth is Mother’s Day. Send her candy. See ad. of the Gibson Drug Co. Missionaries Are Safe. New York, N. Y„ April 27- —Alt missionaries of the Lutheran Free Church stationed in four provinces in China have fled to Tising-Tae, Shantung, where they have taken refuge at the sister station of. the United Lutheran Church in Amer ica mission, according to the News Bureau of the National Lutheran Council. It is further reported that the Board of Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America has notified its missionaries in all sections of Japan to hold themselves in readiness to assist missionaries in distress who fine to that country from China. More than 330 mission aries and foreign workers of at! de nominations have now taken mugc in Tsing-Tao, the Lutherans report. THE TRIBUNE I i PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODA? N °'il gray mmm READ IN RECORD AT MURDER TRIMi In It Defendant With Nfcjg|j Ruth Snyder Says Wgdß an “Hounded” Him w to Get Help in Her HE PURCHASED 1 I MURDER TOflM Did Not Think He Wouifl Carry Out Plan, fgPJH Confession, and in Daze at Slaying. New York. April 27.— </& Judd Gray agreed to kill Albert Sbt#* J tier because Mrs. Snyder ‘houfdJCd ’ me and got me in a whirl wtU'wl love making," Gray asserted (k jßfcH confession read in court today: l Th» j confession related how Gray met JnSEI Snyder and stated slip told him of’Mt&ijf % a dozen attempts she had made On husband's life. He told her he thought she wags "terrible" the confession continued, ' "hut she played me pretty hard.”' amt | he finally agreed to help her. IwO Gray got the wire, chloroform :nnA| sasli weight with which Albert; MM der was killed, at her orders, he VgMkfj but, never really thought he wmifap through with the scheme tin til found himself actually striking sleeping husband. Gray’s confession said he was in g? daze throughout and his descripts«|Bß himself was that of a man in <it notie trance, unable to withstaWPaßl commands of the hypnotist. - 'rt 'JI He asserted Mrs. Snyder dicecM>j|i him in every action, and wh<% Husband seized him after the blow, she seized the sash weight iufjfl heat the stunned man unconseS»uhgl||| The confession then told of itig the blood stained shirt and goWHt; 1 to turning the house topsy-turvy simulate a burglary, and of his rct»MjK'?J ing to Syracuse, after binding Mrs,-i Snyder. Gray said lie had decided liffll to go through with their plans, attjf| was leaving when the Snyders return- 5 ed frbm a party, and he had to run ; J back to tin- unoccupied bedroom wliefwfl he was hiding. Once Mrs. Snyder came to hint audjj said her husband was asleep and “™§9 time has come.' He said^he. was.possjl crless disobey her. The confession then related how hgj' had established an alibi by gettipgfl Haddon Gray, a Syracuse friend, to| occupy his hotel room. whHe he wt|)§ away. He exonerated Haddon who is not related to him, of any i knowledge of the real purpose Joel which the alibi was intended. Gray said in his confession Mrs. Snyder not only took the wt«h weight and beat her husband, but il- > so it was she who administered chloroform. in Mrs. Snyder's confession, read j to the jury yesterday, it was that all blows were struck by’ GrfiPS and that lie soaked the pillows witStj chloroform and pushed Snyder's st<?j|| into it. HUNDREDS ASKING FOR STATE Hundred Temporary Places to fit j Filled; 750 Applications for Thejl^H Raleigh, April 26.—The pertinent of revenue, with a temporary jobs to fill, has mutely 750 applications on more coming in by each mail, ..m The temporary made each spring to handle the incident to the distribution of 4(K).(bK automobile license plates. ers are being put on now fbr-’Mba that will run to around Young women, including teachers, are hired and draw jnßjj Stitt) to $125 tlte month. Each 'fMH finds the department overrun with WM plications for the temporary* jpg be filled but the list has now reAclwts u new high record, and the stedSfe flow of mail promises to hooAV nßj grand total of applicants even mbw|J There is never any labor shortage aH bother the State government. Will Beautify Highway. Tribune Bureau; Ji Sir Walter Raleigh. April the tjteg servance «f American Forest Wm into practical channels, the citizeiUCTM Franklin arc planning to begin the| beautification of highway No. 286 s)■ tween that town and the Georgia line;; with white pines for the entire mSB tanee of fourteen miles. jfSjM 'Exercises to mark the beginning the program have been planned foy| Friday, and officials of the of Conservation and Developmejt£d|ijHl been invited t<> lake part. District. Forester It. <!. Wheaton of AshctMH has been selected for this purpmjß Director Wade H. Phillips and fjjttfH Forcstor J. S. Holmes, yvho were itjsl vited, will the unable to attend bccjjpHß of previous engagements. Weimar Jones, secretary of uflH Franklin chamber of written that the program i*f mB planting is being \mdertaken to IgnW mote the practice and nppredi|H| of forestry and to beautify thexil mile drive through Macon ColuilHH Partly cloudy tonight jj day • * ,, 4* > Jll 2M ff|H
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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April 27, 1927, edition 1
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