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tfHOOl OFFICIAL BEATEN IN BERTIE bert W. Early Assaulted ^ I ateSt Development In Hill School Problems „.,vnSOR, Sept. 18—W)— Her ’%/ Early, veteran Bertie ^...•'school superintendent, was t!"' beaten today in the latest <pment of the Mars Hill High i"el 1 consolidation problems. nreliiTiinary hearing, Rob ;'L and Clyde Milter, 20, were under S100 bonds. Magi p x. Perry withheld judg iF-c r.;i Saturday to determine fitcnt of Early’s injuries. F -v testified at the hearing ‘•‘V, bovs came into his office ^ Enounced, “We are going to srt f u Put of you.” Then, he said, Ks:smianded that he take off his but he refused. F" of the boys, he testified, off his glasses and both 'mated in the assault and ; betWeen 15 and 20 blows on Kr?d and body. g a mccting this morning prior 'o asSault. 50 residents of the !) fHill' community pleaded with !k Bertie board of education to v 'jts influence with the state ef', r'mmission to allot teachers ; inuation of Mars Hill Til ii school. Allother Bertie county schools wan operation September 9 hut f’ i- 60 and 70 high school stu v'sof Mars Hill community have ‘fve* enrolled, although they ap unsuccessfully Monday for ad >;0n to Ashoskie High school. Hill High school was to .' t,een combined with Powells K;sh school at the start of this i'X bu' patrons and students de j ihev would never support or jjnd powellsville school. GERMAN PLANES BLAST LONDON (Continued from Page One) t! bursting shells an dexplosives stich leaped high in the air on the tier ide of the water. Dus latest attack on London be 'kst night at 7:45 p. m„ after seven daylight attacks on this end jgsly harasser city—a city which miiit'ary attaches agreed already hd withstood in recent weeks a t,eater bombardment from the lies that ever was loosed before, tom Warsaw to Rotterdam. Early this morning, the scene along the French and Belgian coastlines was one of scarlet fury -aleaping medic yo flight and fire from British bombs and parachute fares and Nazi ground guns. The long write beams of the searchlight stretched far out over the channel toward England. The raid, intended to smash those Nazi facilities for invasion which Ere closest to England, began soon after 9 o'clock (3 p. m. EST) last night and hours later many ties of the French coast seemed ablaze. Fresh squadrons of British bomb ers pounded first at the area of Boulogne and then widened their attack to a violent bombardment of the Calais region, where great fe sprang up into the night. Early this morning not alone London was being raided: German planes likewise were over south east. southwest and northeast Eng land and Wales. During yesterday’s seven day cr.t attacks here, the air ministry sad. not a bomb fell in the city felf. although explosives killed an determined number of persons “ Thames Estuary. [ interpreting The War 1UKKE L. SIMPSON A dreadful moonlight sonata of German bomb attack battered Lon doners as the fourth month of the Battle of Britain opened. How many dvilian lives were lost in that deluge of destruction, which descended on the great, sprawling city for nearly ten hours, can only be conjectured. Yet there are circumstances sur rounding the fight for air mastery that are definitely heartening for Britishers, whatever the London casualties. The prompt repulse by Royal Air Force fighters of Nazi planes which sought to make a follow-up flight to London in the daytime emphasizes Prime Minis ter Winston Churchill’s contention that daylight mastery of the air is the “crux” of the battle. Desperate Venture Without that, German invasion of England would be a desperate venture, even with assurances of a prolonged spell of favorable wea ther for a channel crossing. There can be no such assurances at this season of the year. The near-gale that swept the channel September 17 served notice of that. Neutral eye witnesses in posts of vantage on Britain’s channel coast reported that the Nazi fol low-up daylight flight, estimated to include 300 or more pi nes, was more heavily escorted by German fighter ships than any previous thrust at England. Yet it w a s quickly turned back short of Lon don. Whether its mission was bombing or observation of damage done in the prolonged night raids which preceded it, the British fighters retained day time air mas tery. And if British figures on air loss ratios during the last three months are anywhere near accuracy, day light air mastery over England ap pears farther from Germany’s grasp today than it was June 18, ■’*** *" when the Battle of Britain began with the surrender of France, Churchill has given the British public and the world his word that they are accurate. He has stated that German plane casualties dur ing the three months have run three-to-one to British losses an German air personnel losses six to-one. Figures on Lesses To supplement this assertjpn, British Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair has issued specific figures on losses for the period from Aug ust 8 to September 18. Against 621 British planes of all types downed, he asserted that 1,867 Nazi air craft had been destroyed. Against less than 600 Rayal Air Force fly ing personnel lost, he scored against Germany 4,000 airmen kill ed or captured. Those figures bear out the Chur chill three-to-one and six-to-o n e loss ratios favoring Britain. If they are even reasonably correct, it fol lows that the flower of the Nazi air fighters has been expended, yet Britains relative strength in air has increased instead of decreased since June 18. That is Churchill’s boast. The Sinclair figures presumably include British bombers and their crews brought down in counter raids over the channel and in Ger many. If so, casualties among RAF fighter pilots, the vital per sonnel element, would be far less than the 600 fliers he mentioned. A substantial number of British fighter pilots who are shot down bail out safely to fight again. German casualties over England, however, like British cross-channel flight losses, are net losses. All air men shot down over enemy territory are necessarily killed or captured. That accounts for the six-to-one air personnel loss ratio the British claim. It is the price paid by the aggressor in the air. 4 Tobacco Market Reports Sales supervisors or other officials on North Carolina markets of the Border Belt reported the following figures on yesterday's tobacco sales Pounds Money Price Market Sold Paid Out Average Chadbourn - 68.088 $ 10.369.80 ' $15.23 Fair Bluff --(No Report) - - Fairmont -(No Report) - - Eumbertcn (E) -600,000 90.000.00 15.00 Tabor City -(No Report) —- - Whiteville (E)-625,000 (No Report) (E) Estimated figures. - ★---• SALES COMMENT CHADBOURN — Prices held their same range on the market here yes terday, with most offerings of in ferior quality, Garland Warren, sales supervisor, reported. FAIRMONT—C, B. Stafford, sales supervisor, reported Fairmont’s to tal sales this season are 21,469,284 pounds for $3,764,418.55 or an aver age of $17.51 per hundred pounds. Most of yesterday’s offerings were of low quality. LUMBERTON — All sales were conducted here yesterday by 3 o’clock, with common and low grades predominating, J. C. Fulton, sales supervisor, said. Farmers appeared pleased with returns. WHITEVILLE — Prices ranged from $4 to $44 here yesterday with most of the weed offered being of low quality, however, M. S- Smith, supervisor of sales, reported. The Whiteville market will remain open indefinitely and it is expected that two sets of buyers will stay on the market after next Monday until the season is over. SENATE SEEKS TO REDUCE DRAFTEES’ MONEY BURDENS (Continued From Page One) guardsmen called into active serv ice. The outlay for dependents is ex pected to be comparatively smal at the start inasmuch as the gen eral policy is not to draft men with dependent relatives at present, but to place them in a deferred clas sification. However, they may be drafted later. velt, just back from attending the iuneral of Speaker Bankhead at Jasper, Ala., prepared to sign to morrow the first of a series of exr ecutive orders governing the ad ministration of the draft, and the enrollment, classification and se lection of conscripts. In addition, he is expected to appoint a director of the draft within a. few days. Probabilities point toward Lieut. Col. Lewis B. Hershey for the job. At present he is executive officer of the joint army-navy committee which was spent 14 years perfecting plans for conscription. Preparations of the war depart ment, it was said, have progressed to a point at which money still to be appropriated had been tenta tively allocated to the states for the printing of forms incident to the registration. The money ac tually is included in a $2,000,000, 00 appropriation bill now pending before a house committee. 2 Plant lice sometimes lay eggs and sometimes bring forth their young alive. RIBBENTROP’S TALKS MAY BRING ‘ACTION* (Continued from Page One) rano Suner, key minister and broth er-in-law of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, to Berlin, and now, infromed sources say, the problem is where to fit Spain into the axis scheme of things. That Spain will want some thing in return for her cooperation is accepted, and most frequently mentioned is the great French island colony of Madagascar, in the Indian ocean. One usually reliable source indi cated the Rome conference might develop a secret treaty or even a public pronouncement of Spanish adherence to the axis — although Spain is unable to do very much in a military or economic manner. OBITUARIES C. D. DeVANE Funeral services for Clarence Dixon DeVane, of Tomahawk, prom inent Sampson county farmer, who died Tuesday afternoon in a local hospital after a short illness, were held at 3 o’clock yesterday after noon from the Centre Baptist church at Clear Run. Dr. Frank Marshburn, of Pine land college, conducted the services. Burial followed in the DeVane ceme tery. Active pallbearers were fellow deacons of the church, Billie Her ring, Robert Herring, E. C. Herring, Robert Peterson, Graham DeVane and Wilbur Peterson- Honorary pall bearers were: J. M. DeVane, C. T. DeVane, W. L. McPhail, Kelley Pet erson, Robert Murphy, Livingston Herring, Dr. A. N. Johnson, Edgar Herring, William E. Herring, Rich ard Pendergras, King Newkirk, Da vid Newkirk, Chatam Marley and Brother Pridgen. Mr. DeVane is survived by three brothers, R. S. DeVane, of Fayette ville, L. J. and W- T. DeVane, Jr., of Wilmington; and several nieces and nephews. JESSIE REED CHICAGO, Sept. 18.—OP)—Jessie Reed, who once was hailed as the most glamorous girl in Florenz Ziegfeld’s bevy of beauties, relin quished her role in Life’s drama today. • She died of bronchial pneumon ia at the age of 43. During the so-called “Golden Era”—the mad and merry epoch of Dempsey and Rickard, McGraw and Grange, speakeasies, silent films and model T’s — she was known as one of the highest paid of Ziegfeld’s show girls. Miss Reed danced in the “Fol lies” for the last time in 1924. Since then she slipped gradually into relative obscurity. Her name bobbed back in print in 1935. Reporters found her in a North Side rooming house. She was contemplating an application to the relief commission for aid. Pub lished stories brought her engage ments in a Loop'theater and night clubs, ^ MAJOR W. F. MOODY RALEIGH, Sept. 18—UB—Major W. F. Moody, 70, since January, 1901, deputy state treasurer, suf fered a heart attack on the steps }f the state capitol tonight and died ;n route to a hospital. TRIBUNAL GIVES RULING ON TAXES Says Expenses For Courts Must Be Met From Coun ty’s Ad Valorem Levy RALEIGH, Sept. 18.— <iP> —The expenses of holding courts and main taining a jail are necessary and must be met by returns from the country’s ad valorem tax which, un der the constitution, may not exceed 15 cents, the state supreme court ruled today. Deciding 21 civil cases in its first batch of opinions after moving into the new justice building, the court held as "unconstitutional, illegal and invalid” a Cherokee county tax of five cents—levied in addition to the 15-cent maximum — for the "special purpose” of meeting court and jail expenses. These, the court said in an opinion by Associate Justice J. Wallace Win borne, “are general expenses recur ring regularly in the ordinary course of and as necessary steps in the orderly operation of county govern ment.” The Southern Railway company paid under protest $713.93 arising from the five-cent tax, and brought the action to recover that amount. The superior court decided in favor of the railway and the county ap pealed. In another opinion, by Associate Justice A. A. F. Seawell, the court termed as “amazing” the “little re gard” paid to the necessity for legality in adoption proceedings. "A closer understanding of the limitations of jurisdiction and au thority of the various agencies deal ing with the custody and welfare of children is imperative,” Seawell wrote regarding an adoption case j-iuiu crumuru cuuiiLy; The court reversed a superior court ruling that Mr. and Mrs. M, J. Bullock had legally adopted Eller Louise Holder, on the ground that the parents’ consent was not obtain ed, that the Guilford county superior court did not have jurisdiction in the supposed adoption, and tha1 there was no evidence the child had been abandoned. “The necessary steps are easy tc understand and to observe, and only a fair degree of attention at the right time will serve to preveni frustration, disappointment ant heartbreak,’’ Seawell observed. “On< cause of such recurring disappoint ments seems to lie in the mistake! notion that some of the essentia elements of the proceeding may bt initiated in the juvenile court. Or as in this instance, that some in stitution or agency to which th< child has been committed may take over and exercise functions whicl the statute leaves exclusively to the parent or guardian.” AIRPORT DEFENSE PROJECT DELAYED (Continued From Page One) county board and the airport com mittee. Among the reasons for the post ponement was the fact that the airport’s proposed paved runways have not yet been completed and that other physical improvements have not been finished. Addison Hewlett, chairman ol the board, who made the announce ment, said, however, that all hope for ultimate designation of the field has not been abandoned and it is still quite possible that the army may see fit to develop the field and to use it in training pilots. The field was inspected by a group of army officers several weeks ago. At that time they said the area has swdinirw poaaivili ties for development and use by the government. Plans for the Aunt Abby says The most interestin’ person in the world to most folks is the one they see in the mirror. * * * * I like to have the sewin’ circle meet at my house so I can be sure the tea I’m goin’ to drink is good, honest-to-gosh LIPTON’S TEA. Just a whiff of LIP TON’S brewing in the pot and I start in to purr. * * * * Allen Clark tells me that gettin’ one o’ those single-seater coupes, where everybody sits up front, didn’t inter fere a mite with Mrs. Clark’s back seat drivin’. * * * * I hear tell even the rich summer col ony folks figure out a food budget, these days. But figurin’ never inter feres with anybody enjoyin’ LIPTON’S TEA, for it figures to less than half cent a cup! UPTON’S TEA “world-famous for flavor’ ’ erecting of barracks and the can tonment of troops was also dis cussed at that time. Members of the airport commit tee present yesterday were: R. B. Page. H. E. Boyd, Mayor Thomas E. Cooper, Julian Fields, Lewis J. Coleman, Harry Gardner and Hew lett. No reasons, other than the non completion of the improvements, were givi/i for the postponement of the designation. Meanwhile, work ahs started on the removal of rock and other ma terial at the rock quarry for use in laying the runways at the field. The county’s recently-purchased tractor and other equipment are being used in the work. Actual work at the field is sche duled to start within a few days. 4 BACK IN CITY WASHINGTON.—By meeting Manhatan at the Polo Grounds, Oct. 4, in a night game, George Washington plays in New York for the first time in 12 years. SCOTT WOULD CATCH COLUMBUS, O.—Don Scott, Ohio State quarterback, hopes to be a big league catcher. He worked out with the Pirates for a few days. 2 BRO ASKS NEW V LEGISLATION Wants To Make Interest From All Future Government Bonds Subject To Taxes WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-13') — Senator Brown (D-Mich), pressing to make the interest from all future government securities subject to tax ation, told the senate today that existing tax exemptions on such se curities constituted “an unjust legal escape” which benefitted the wealthy. “Our taxation falls heavier on the ADVERTISEMENT SOOTHE LEG CHAFING Comfort chafing and minor skin irritations. Spread on Moroline as soothing dressing. 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