North Carolina Newspapers

THE BURNSVILLE EAGLE VOL. 39. BURNSVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1931. MAY VIStT POLAND MUST TAKI FOR UN FARMS to STATES No Citizens! Alien Wilion iw-.-lKiiaii' I’inli-i-fwslii. lli€ fii'iinrl old iiiiiii of 1-ollsli Mtiili'siiiaii- sliij) iiiiti imi.sir. Ims asUerl \Vio(l- row WIImiii to jillioir] ilic (invciliiiK of }i SllKi.OdO iiioiiDiiiciit lo .Uiicrii'a's war I'losidcrit. .Inly -1. nl I’oiizaii. (Iciiprul ror.Htiintt niay aliciid also, $730,000,000 IS PAID TO U. S. VETERANS WasI flip rriilcd Stfli idc(l nn Jipplicun r lake .in oath to the Hia Was reached iti lUand, I'anadiai Dougins i.Nyde > Diogy I'Tofe.ssi .lastio' .SutliPfti lority o(i!nIoi) am Iteynoli agreed, ’liipf ,rt vigorous disseiii Hrandei- arftl S;. 'J'he L '\eriiiiie iiralizat;"ir of Ml I- .Mac ike j I'osh I Papers for cifists. Jorlty of c iipreine court izpnsliip II If n , for is conclusion 4 of Marie •se, and Prof, di, Yale tilo- 'anadian. Yored the inn 's I’.iitler, Mc- and Itohcrts lices Holmes, so dissented, ajiposiiig the nnt- :aiid and Profes- fo tight for •land iijiii Tin mid r In defense all circiiin- liad been ;-al of the conit to Hungarian take Two Million Take Advantage of Bonus Loan Law. \Va«liingion,~.V total of STlid.OOO,- fhx) has heen paid out iindiT the new honiiM loan law during the last few inoniliK. Thus far former soldiers liave taken advnnlage of the provisions of the law which pernilfs > per of Hie value of their adjusted pciisation policies. The new loans bring the total h ir- rowed on veterans' insurance certlh- cnie.s up aliove the hillion dcdlar mark, as previous loans of more than MOO,- iiOO.fHKi had been arranged at lower Interest rates, Washington. D. leads the country In the amount of money paid out, with a total of Odd.tXK'i, New York city came second with $T2.(KMM100, As more than -ni.t.Ou loans nave nui been noted on and npiilicntions are still arriving. Veterans' bureau otll- cinls expei-r Hie lolal loana under the new net will amount to close to 1*11,000,- 000.000, Hawks Makes Tour of Europe in Ten Hours I’ai'ls.- t'liiii. Friink Hawks toured Hurope In ten hours -May ‘J7. He lind hreakfiisi lu I.omiou, luncheon in Her- lUi, and dinner In the evening in Paris, Captain llinvk.s eompleled Ids tour In 7 hours -10 minutes’ aetnni flying time, avernging 18li miles an hour. In- iluding Hie lime reiinlred for break- fast la London niid luncheon In Herllii, 0 lioiirs .'ll minutes elapsed lietween Ills takeoff from l.e Hourget In the mornlnc and Ids return at night. ■file route covered Is 1,100 miles long, according to the ineasnrements of the ordinary commercial air route.s. Nation’s Business Shows Signs of Improvement coiiacientiiiiis ol red to congr high the tnaJorUy of^lon ■ rill II 1. of Is fni ipf .Iiisiic Hie power t wliidi alleni a result of the Congre.ss, both ly .Tustlce Suth- oiiinion of iiilnled ‘ eoniliiloiis • obtain citi7.enslil[fr Protetl Prtfettor't Removal Coliiiubu- (iHici.-Five Ohio State university iirofBKs.ns protested to the American .\'ijoe!ation of University Professors ilie di'iuissnl of (Tof. Her- .nnn A. .Miller, InternationiHly known sociologist, and iin opponent of mili tary trainina, from tlie faculty of the unlv She^s Controlling a Rolling Mill oi=aoE=2ZOcaiO] No, the young lady Is not playing an organ’or any other musical instru ment. She Is operating the controls for a reversing rolling null in the steel industry. This “piano" type control keyboard Is designed so that one person can easily control a large number of auxiliary mill drives. The foot pedals cause two large motors to reverse their direction of rotation, from full speed to full speed, in less than two seconds. * Pet Dog Provided % I a Grave by Will * * Stamford, Conn.-;—“Kuby’’ a $ * pet dog of the late Mrs. Lizzie ^ * T. Smith, has l>eei> assured of a * ^ permanent grave in the Harts- J * dale, N. V-, canine cemetery, Un- * * der the terms of her will, offered ^ ^ for probate here, Mrs. Smith left * * §2,0i»0 for the maintenance of the * J dog's final resting place. * GRAIN EXPERTS SEE BIG SURPLUS CROPS Solution of Problem Not Yet Pointed Out. **************************** tr.agedy ghowed In his melancholy face. ‘'\\*!iat (lid yon do when Hie relief sliip finally came?" he was asked. "I hardly remember," he said. “Fifty people came ashore. They brought food, supplies and machin ery and they are going to rebuild the canning factory, lluledut and Mmo, Brunon are staying there." Flaw in Story Convicts Man as Wife Murderer Crew of Chicago News Plane Killed in Fall f'hicngo,—Four men comprising tlie Crew of the Chicago Dally News plane nine Streak were killed when Hiespe- dally designed sesquiplane fell while attempting f|> set a 2,f)00-kllometpr speed record I iprlh of Udeii Kllyn. ..The.dead i>^J‘llilrlev .1. Short, chlof S. Uice. rttl;o operator; and Robert Tonnley, iJtclianic. Short was n veteran pilot. In a Harmon inlernatinnnl tnipliy for Ids record in flying Hie II lietween Cleveland and Cliicngo. •'arniers »ho saw the accident .said the right wing appeared to shake loo.se. Short dumpeil Hie gasoline, dint off the motor and tried to glide .o a landing, hut Hie wing fell off will'll Hie ship was nliont ISO feet 'rom Hie grouiui, and the plane nosed Into ft floM. Harsher Sentence for Kirkland to Be Asked ViHpiirniso. Ind.—With Virgil Klrk- tVnsliIngion,—l''act.H and ligure.s iinli- raiing InipriiM'inent in the liuslne>s and nnemployuient Klination were re- porled to I'rcsUletU Hoover by mem bers of his cabinet. The more favor able symptoins of lietler economic con- ditions included a coiiHiined slight In- iToase in employment tlirougliout Hie comnry, better crop prospects In the agriciilmriH nreas, a pickup in postal business and n genenil disiuisition on Hie part of industry U> a liille belter Hinn hold Its own. Former Ruler of Spain Before Supreme Court Madrid, Former King Alfonso, ex. d In the Pendleton reformatory, starting n odp to ten year prison sen. ;enee Imposefi the legal mnehinery of the stnie was in motion to set aside •Hs senteiicfi ns arbitrary to law and niliet .. lieftvter peiinit.v, A Jury fonnil him guilty of assault rind lifttterf with fnleiit to rape his seventeeti-yoiii ohl sweetheart. .Arlene Oravps. It a party which resulted in the girl's death, which was popularly jupposed 10 carry an automatic one to ten year nenaliy. A few iiours after sentence had been fironouiiced I’ndecutor Robert ('. Ks. till nnn''iui(’ed lip had ri'ceived olllcial -loHce from .Mtbrney '.enei-iH .Tamos M. Ogdon that .llidgc Crumpneker bad 'rred, ihat Hie penalty called for nn- tier the law "Is five lo Iwenly-one voars in .Mh hig.lii City peniteiiHar.v. "I expect to gl before .Tiidge (’rum- packer ■ Mr. Fsill said, "with a mo 'ion t" alter Hi" liidgmenl." Tells Tale of an Ocean Tragedy Boy Relates How Marooned Co>»raleo Perished on Island. I'nris.—The transport Chamlioril of the Messagerics Maritinies, plying be tween islands of the South Sens and Indian ocean, and assigned to carry the -Mndiignscar mail, slipped into Marseilles recently with one of the most tragic stories of the sen. a story of seven marooned fisherfolk. one be ing a woman, who gave birth to an unnourished babe. Four slow and langukshing deatbs were caused by starvation and scur vy. Tlie three survivors helplessly awaited the next to go wlien tlie long- promised relief ship arrived. Tlie In fant Ihai perlslied counted five lo the in the Su preme court of criminal responalliili:y for his olli, ial acts. He was charged spei’illcnlly with having failed to put down the reliel- lioii 111 llCl niui with not having ex ecuted its Instigator, Hen. Don Miguel I'riimi lie Rivera, Instead of plncing him lit the head of a military dicta- Wheat Prediction to Be Less, Washington Learns Freak Tornado Wrecks Great Northern Train Fargo. .\. I', ''The Umpire Huihler," pride of the tTrent Northern railroad, was struck by a freak tornado which throw Its coaclies off Hie track. One pas-senger. .Anderson, of Montesiino. Wash,, was killed and more tliiin a .score of passengers in jured. The lornado Hiei went into Minne- s,.ia. killing Andrew Hatlebnlt. near M",ii'heiul, when a building collapsed. f'hhii for Hie iii:tl-,':2 season was said ,y fc nppariuieijt of .Vgricultiire to bp 4'''hltely III pitispcct. the decrease IH'IU approxlniatHy - per cent, and to tal • iroducing area aggregating 181.- acres, agilnst l.'S.-i,27,NikNi acres last year, Roinrls indicate, it was aiU that in Argentina and Australia lie outstanding wheat-growing eoun- trU not incluili'd In the total, tliere al8 Is likely to be a reduction. Urges Pact Against Russia l.ondoii.—.\n economic union of (he Hritish empire in opposition to the compel Hi,,11 of the marketing methods of the Russians was demandeil hx Haldwin, consemnlixe foader In I AVa-hingliin. j reduction In world fatalities. Youth Tell* Story. The story was told by l.e Merdy Honielun, nineteen, a Hreton youtli from Font .Avon. Tliree years ago a Parisian firm estahlislicd a lobster cannery on Hip tiny island of St. Paul, one of tliosp Isolated, tost islands in Hie middle of the Indian ocean lie- tween .Aiislriilia and Africa. Sturdy fishermen were brought from Pont .Avon and Concarnean in Brittany. •At the lieginning of IfiiiO linrd times hit the cannery and three months later the company decided to with draw its workmen, leaving seven vol unteers to look after tlie material and to be taken off later by a relief ship. The band included young Herdelan I'uHoch, a machinist: M. and Mine. Hnmon : Qiiilllzlc ui>I Huledut, fisher man. and a negro, E'rancois. Life on the Island was good enough until spring, when Hie neoessary food »as lacking. Fire hud destroyed or loured most of the tinned goods. The water condensing apparatus wa.s out af order and scurvy attacked tlie gains' eggs, raidiiis. birds, shellfish 811(1 rainwater caught in the volcanic craters. Dies as Comrades Watch. Pnltocli. tlie machinist, died first, from scurvy, and was iniried in a shallow grave. E'ood of rabbit meat and penguins' eggs soon caused the end of M, Hrunon, wliose wife was prostrated. Her lift'y.'born some weeks later, had dl^qulckly. One aay the negro. F*'-i.'iC*‘*COlliaised on the rocks. Finally Qt iezic, a fisher man, endeavoring to (Jh'li some meaty fish in an iniprovist^ boat, was lost in sight of Ids comriih's, his body, tor tured with scurvy aid beri-berl, hav ing no resistance, j Three were left—llcrledan. Mine. Brunon and Huledut. Mine, Brunon seemed only to wait to Join her hus band and cldld in tlie grave. The rab bits jumped about penguins stood mournfully on the rocks and the three .survivors moved about and talked like ghosts, fearing to eJt that same awful food which brought scurvy. The youth of young Herledan probably kept him the strongest, though the Whitehall, N. Y.—Convicted of mur dering his pretty young wife while their baby daughter lay sleeping in her mother's arnis, Thomas Jlurion, promi nent young farmer, of near High Point, must serve twenty to thirty years In the state peidtentiar.v. Marion’s conviction, which came de spite his protestations that a negro bandit shot Mrs. Marion to death dur ing a holdup, was attributed by de fense attorneys and court attendants to one flaw in the young planter's story. Marion claimed he had a firm grip on Hie bandit's pistol when the shot fatal to Mrs. Marlon was ttred. This part of Marion’s story, the prosecution averred, proved the falsity of his entire account of the tragedy. The state introduced expert testi mony to show that liad Marlon'i bands been gripping the negro’s pis tol, powder marks would have been visible to tho.se who talked to him a few minutes later. Wyoming Turtle Death Puzzles U. S. Scientists Washington.—What hit the turtles is one of the things Smithsonian insti tution e.xcavators hope to discover in future examination of fossil fields of the Bridger Basin, Wyoming. In its report recently published, the iixatltution’s fiYBsil party (l*'s'rlhes a vast turtle death spot where one out crop TiO feet long was composed al most exclusively of turtle shells side by side, What caused this wholesale and obviously sudden annihilation could not he learned. Charles W. Olhnore. leader of ’the party, thought It might have been noxious gas, volcanic ash or perhaps a sudden flow of boiling water—all hinting at prehistoric upheavals in^he Wyoming bad lands. ('rocodile skulls and an almost com^ plete skeleton of the long extinct Ily- rachyus, which Is similar to a rhinoc eros. were among the expedition’s finds Id Wyoming. Model of “Radio City” for New York The New York putilic got its first conception of the ?250,('(K>,tX)O ••Undlo uity" wlien plans for the project, wliich i.s to occupy three blocks facing Fifth avenue, between E'orty-eiglitli and E'lfty-ftrst streets, were sliown in the offices of the engineers for the entorpri.se. The r>0-story sk.vscraper group, which will be established through the interest of John D. Itockofeller, Jr., is e.xpected to be completed by 11*3-1. Irpeachment Voted for Go'vernor of Tennessee ashvllle. Tcui^. — Tlie Tcnne.sseo htise of reiiros.'iTtatives voted. to If to appoint a onniuittee to consider iVivl.'.s of Impeachment against (lov, Hnry H. Horten as a result of tiie flancial crasli of hanks in Hiis state (H the loss of '•late funds. J»p Rail Worker* Strike Tokyo.—As a protest against the • blnet’s announced move to cut the iges 01' t'ltl.OOH government employees, etween 2,0(X) to 3.0tK> workers left leir Jobs on Hie government-oper- ed railroads. £*•1 Indian Mine Dii (hirgauin. British India seven miners are known to and more than a score more Ing ns Hie result of a fire In theNan-Iwo dyilroi'g gold mine in the Kolar lielda.beeu Mexican Mine Fatality Forty Mexico A’lty. -Eire in a mine at dead '(in t'r.ilos. Paihuea. took several ilss-Hves and was not undi i'cover»'l. I bodies so far have WESTERN BAD MEN UKED ICE CREAM FRUIT DRINK Gold Rush Druggist Pioneered in De velopment of Seda Con- coctlons. New York.—Who invented the ice cream soda? Wefl, one of the pioneers in its development was a pioneer drug gist of the gold-rush days. He served n mixture of heavy cream and fruit juice to Hie he-men who had flocked to California in search of the bright 'metal. And the forty-niners, who could swallow tuirblersful of whisky without winking, liked it. Justin CiUtes. Jr., was the druggist He was the first graduate chemist to arrive in California, his gnmdson, Hates Ilebbard, writes in the .American Druggist. .After the gold rush had abated a little Hates sold his fruit slruii and crentn mixture at the state fair at Sacramento. It create i a sen- svliou. Years later the ice cream soda —a somewhat similar concoction— came along. Cates saved many lives in the min ing camps liy fitting out "traveling drug stores' and sending them into the gold OIKHWOOaaOCHJCHWKlSHKKKKKKKJ 0 Both Jaws Broken a by Kicks of Mules 5 Courtland, Kan.—J. C. Smith, Jewell county farmer, bad both his Jaws cracked by tlie kicks of different mules. Smith uftempted to remove a nail from a mule’s hoof. The mule kicked, the blow breaking the J.tw and Hirowlng him back ward into the range of the other mule, who likewise let bis bind foot fly out, cracking Smitli's other jaw. 0K>0HKHKKX(«0H3KKKH>aot»»a regions, his grandson writes. The 'traveling drug stores’ were wagons filled with drugs and medicines. There were four of them and a capable apothecary was in cliarge of each. The wagons covered hundreds of miles of territory. Few doctors in ttie gold re gions were able to compound their own medicines and they came lo rely upon the ‘trnveiing drug stores,' Some of the mining camps were so Inaccessible that doctors rarely visited them, tiates therefore made up a number of family medicine cliesta wlik'li contained remedies for common complaints and directions for use. These the apothecaries left In the camps. Hundreds of sick men thus got medical aid wlilch they would nev er tiave received had it not been for Hates’ wagon.s. Pullet Lay* Huge Egg Astoria. Ore.—Family breakfast egg was laid liere by a pallet owned by Otto Lebeek. The egg measured 914 inches by 7*4 Inches. More people are disappointed In their dinners than In anytliing else. Chicago. — Unles.s iinprecedenfed droughts or other disasters smite vast fields of wheat now sprouting, dealers on the board of trade see a world’s carryover ^t the end of tlie present "wheat year" June 30 of approximate ly OOO.tXX'.UOO bushels, That is almost 100,000,000 bushels more tlian last year's surplus and an oxces.s over world needs of 3o0,00(1,000 bushels. Tlie exi>eris of the board of trade, say the present supply and demand sit uation does not promise to right itself until 1933 or 1034—and then only if the different world governments main tain a Immis-off policy. Regret Conference Failure London.—The recent wheat confer ence, indicative in itself of the world's apprehension over the grain situation, made these recommendations: -Approv ing the principle of acreage reduction, suggesting search for new and greater uses of wheat and urging the necessity for orderly marketing. Tlie Times editorially expressed dis appointment that the grain conference Imd been forced to adjourn, "leaving the problem very niucli where it was." The paper said it assumed that prices eventually would bo brought hack to a remunerative level by grow ing less wheat, but that “this natural method of readju.stment Is expensive in suffering to both producer and con sumer.” The Telegram said It was not sur prised that the conference failed to find an effective remedy for overpro duction and that the real solution lies In the development of mixed liusband- ry in countries now growing too much wheat. Taxpayers in Illinois Ask Court Injunction Chicago.—.'A suit for injunction to restrain County Treasurer McDonough from collection of delimjueiit 10'20 realt.v taxes was filed on behalf of 3,000 taxpayers. Tlie suit alleges that Hie 1929 levy was '•Illegal, fraudulent and confiscatory,” Realty to the amount of $400,000,000 is involved. Approximately .$121,000,000 of the 1929 county tax levy, totaling $27(1,- 000,0(X) has not been paid. The 3,000 property owners protesting their taxes are among the delinquents. Grandson of President Garfield Kills Himself Cleveland.—.A bullet wound which .Sheriff James Maloney said was self- inflicted caused the death of .Tobn Newell Harfield, thirty-nine, grandson 3f the late James .A. Garfield, twenti eth President of the United State.s. Relatives said Mr. Garfield had been in ill health, but there was nothing definite to explain the tragedy. John Barton Payne Is Honored by Austrians AVa.shlngton.—John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross, received a medal of distinction from the .Austrian Red Cross society. Min ister IToclinlk of Austria conferred on Payne the senior order of the first class of the Au.strian Red Cros.s to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the American organization. Report Drought Is Not Likely to Be Repeated Washington.—Tlie weather bureau reports tliat there Ls no Indication now of a repetition of last year’s drought. Substantial amounts of rain througli- out most of the country with the ex. ceiiiinn of the Northwest encouraged cliis forecast, in the face of a. recog nized tendency for one dry year to follow another. Banker Free of Charge of Embezzling $2,000,000 Louisville, Ky.—.Tames B. Brown, former president of the Bancokentucky company, was freed of a charge of embezzlement in connection with In dorsement of a $2,000,000 note Brown executed to his brokers, and which subsequently was indorsed to the Ban cokentucky conipnn.v, of wlilcli Brown was president. Potters Submit to Wage Cut, but With Proviso Cleveland.—.A 10 per cent wage re duction was agreed upon here between the T'niled States Poiters’ association and the National Broiherliood of Oiier- Fotters. It was agreed that If conditions changed during operation of the new scale, either side could reopen nego tiations by giving 00 days’ notice, Order* 30 Fighting Plane* Wasliington.—The navy awarded n contract fur 30 fighting planes to the Boeing .Aircraft company of Seattle at a coat of Sl94,4I."i. The planes are scheduled for delivery next year as reiilncements. Ambattador Sail* Lisbon. Portugal.—John Grover South, Uaiied States minister to i’ortugal. and Mrs. South sailed for America aboard the liner Satiirnia fur Hiree moiRlis' home leave. HEAR RUSSIAN LEADER Heiieva,—.A recent meeting of (he executive committee of the League of Nations'gave respectful attention to plans laid before it by this Influential member of the Soviet organization. U. S. WANTS CHINA TO TAKE UP LOANS American Money Borrowed by Peiping Government. ' Slianghai.—Nelson T. Johnson. Amerrcan minister to China, left for Nanking, where he will ask the Chinese government to take steps to refund two defaulted American loans which were made by the defunct Peiping government about ten years ago. The loans total about $12,000,- 000. One of them, for $.",,700,000, was made by the Continental ond Comroer- clai National bank of Chicago. These loans originally were default ed at the time of the Washington arms conference, and no principal or interest has since lieen paid. Foreign Ministi C. T, Wang has promised to give Ihe matter his consideration, but the Chinese pre.ss claims certain elements of the Kuomliitnng object to a rofunil on the ground that the old ' Peking government u.scd the ' i.io'hiW to prosecute the war against Canton. Unemployed Workers In Germany Stage Riots Berlin.—Serious rioting by unem ployed has taken jiiaco lu many towns of central Herniany niul In the Iluhr industrial district. Barricades were built at Es.sen, po lice were stoned and shop windows were smashed. .At Gruffenhainlchen, near Haile, jobless workers forced the burgomaster to pay a higher relief dole. Similar scenes were enacted at Holzweissjg and Schornewltz. -At Wehoffen, In the Ruhr district, the unemployed elected a committee to negotiate with the burgomaster for Increase of relief. The request was granted. Slayer of Milwaukee Lawyer Commits Suicide Milwaukee, AVla.—AVilliam Sullivan, one of Hie city's leading attorneys, was shot to dentil in his home in Whltefish Bay, a suliurh. Police said William Reiiike, a visitor, shot him. Reinke Hien committed suicide. Sullivan went to the servants' quar ters to Investigate after lie heard a sliot fired. Police said they were told Reinke fired Hie siiot at a maid in the Sullivan home to whom he had been paying court. Resenting .Sullivan's interference, Reinke killed tlie lawyer, llien him self. King Carol Deprives Wife of Royal Status Builappst, Hungary.—Helen, prince.s.s of Greece, and divorced wife of King Carol of Rumania, has been ruled out of tlie royal family, ttie Rumanian newsiiaper Piiirin, organ of tlie Na tional parly, said. The military commanders liave been ordered to treat Helen, who only last year was proclaimed queen by Carol, as a private person in future. She is to receive none of the honors ncconi- ■ ed only members of the royal family. Hie dispatch said. North Carolina Mills in Big Cotton Merger Gastonia. N. C.—OmsoHdntlon of It cotton mills In their district conlrol- ling 30,'i,0(10 spindles and with n capital of S17,-"iO0,O(K> was approved by tlie stockholders of Hie companies. Tlie consolidated unit is (o bo known ns Textiles, Inc. Tills merger, lo take effect at once, is the most Important effecteil in the industry In years. Life for Triple Murder Medford, Wis.—Joseph E'lelsclitnann. Medford farmer, who killed liis wlfo and two children, wan sentenced to life Imprisonment in Waupun prison when he pleaded guilty to three first- degree murder counts. Irrigation Co*t* $11,000,000 Sun Benito, Texas.—Con-iructlon of new irrigation districts under way In tlie lower Rio Grande valley at tiie jiresent time will coat approximately $11,000,000.