WEATHER S()riti Carolina: Fair and con tin,1(,d cold tonight with heavy frost ,n interior. Off'*'”1 flheU* temperatures: High 60. low 4Z-_ Tshe Hhelhy Baily Stett FORMERLY THE CLEVELAND STAR, ESTABLISHED 18M MARKETS Cotton, spot.. ,.1*H to ltl4« Cotton *oo«1, ««(on, ton .... U1.N Cotton (wxl. cor, ton ...... (34.00 VOL XU1-MJ. 140 fli Ciivus fJK ASSOCIATED PRESS THE SHELBY DAILY STAR SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, NOV. 16. 1936 AUDITED CIRCULATION ..... SINGLE COPIES 6c REBELS ENTER MADRID AND CLAIM VICTORY ASSURED Local Financing Of New Houses Increasing building loans index to homes NOW UNDER WAY Nearly $70,000 Loan ed Bv Local B. and L In 60 Day* AVERAGE IS $1,000 Hai-bingen- of increased building activity and more home ownership ire the reports from three building ind loan associations which show a post-depression high ftor mounts and number of loans made during SeDtember and October. Frederick Willets of Wilmington, president of the North Carolina Building and Loan league says rec ords for all organizations in the note are fc ng broken. Amounts Listed In this city the Shelby and Cleve land association of which John P Mull is secretary, led with $29,775 in loons for the two months; the Shel by association. J. F. Roberts, sec retary. loaned $24,695.32 and the Cleveland association, J. L. Buttle, secretary, loaned $15,200. Most of the loans averaged around *1.000 or less. In the state President Willets’ re port it is revealed that 518 loans »e remade by associations in North Carolina in the amount of $772.800.. One hundred and twenty-eight of tee loans representing $247,200 lent for new construction, and an additional $83,500 went for repairs Bid reconditioning. Two hundred wd one loans for $166,800 went for refinancing existing loans and 82 Where in the amount of $84,800 were Bade for other purposes. “The contribution of the build ing and loan associations to new eonstniction has shown a gradual, hut consistent increase for each Bonth since early spring,” says Mr. fillets. “These loans.” Mr. Willets con tinued. "are going largely for the construction of homes among wage earners and small-salaried folks. The majority of the loans made by the associations are for homes cost ing less than *6.000.” securityforms GO OUT TODAY Unless Returned To P- O. By Nov. 21, Must Mail hhrTro to employers under the wial security act will be handed !®pj/'Prs 'oday by postoffice au cities and ail employers are ask 'o return the cards properly fill jfnc°ut at their earliest conven Prompt. response will save firms is anti becaUse the local postoffice until v°med t0 receive them only 2*°Vember 21- Aftpr that date direct have t0 SPnd them ° be central social security re m Baltimore. Md. taken t« Tk" distrlbuted may be tumari he P^tofflce in person, 2 WPr to a letter carrier or a franked envelope. And Policy May Affect City Hr.,.. •*hiCh amonB important Items torch 10n by the lR8islature or toy hrirlc.e?1Pral change of policy inforrr,," ’ Shelby’ according to ■ M3urce6, will Include: setUn® UP a non Wm lnci^ard ot electione to ap next r v ?s and re?istrars for the the inc'lr!^ction' ln*lead of having point th"^‘nt administration ap WininDamv8* *? past yeare- The special 'J" could come under a ipjrs -.f ■;,’.d.or present county ? ^—“CtlOUS by 'vhich fee city would '* maicint comi®unity chest" idea Wni«-io£ I'm^1 drlves for or s*Hi*crhi, hich depend on public °P to lnfl“, A bud«et would be set ®coui, s i, t the Cross, Boy ■Vhr. u 00 Army- ™»lk hinds lr| nhjort*. £ Passes At 91 ISPSIffSpiPW Jacob S. Mauney, one of the ear lier settlers of Kings Mountain who was buried yesterday with services at the Lutheran church of which he was a charter member. Mr. Mauney was in his 91st year. Serv ices were in charge of the pastor, Rev. Boyd Hamm. A throng of peo ple gathered to pay their respects to the “grand old man’’ of Kings Mountain. WIND HOWLS AS FIRST TOUCH OF WINTER IS FELT Thin Ice Reported For First Time This Year The weather man spoke In pro phetic terms last night to residents of Shelby and Cleveland county. A stiff cold wind howled until late in the evening and deposited a thin layer of snow on the Blue Ridge and the South Mountains, both visible from the western part of the county. Hurts Late Cotton Temperatures went down yester day and almost to tfc freezing point last night. Thin ice was re ported for the fist time this season, although the temperature swung back up to around 42 degrees this morning. Some fear was expressed for the late cotton crop. A hard freeze would keep many of the bolls from opening, and would lower germina tion of the green seeds. Most of the (Continued on page tenj Germany Protest* Citizens Arrests At Russian Hands MOSCOW, Nov. 16.—(/P)—The German government protested sharply to Soviet Russia today against' the arrest of 23 German citizens. The protest followed Soviet an nouncement to the German govern ment that charges of espionage and conspiracy had been lodged against 14 of those arrested. Accusations against the other nine Germans had not been disclosed. Previously they were reported de tained with a number of persona if other nationalities in connection with an alleged Fascist plot against the Soviet government. STILL SEEKING TERMINATION OF PACIFIC STRIKE N. Y. Ship Affected As Sailors Leave On Arrival McGRADY ACTING SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16.—(/P) —Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed ward F. McGrady sought another peace proposal today to present to employers in the Pacific coast’s far-reaching maritime strike. The Labor Department’s ace trouble shooter called a meeting with leaders of sailors and engine room workers, believed by observers to be the key unions in the peace efforts. He Indicated he hopes to obtain at least a tentative acceptance of proposals "along lines suggested by employers who rejected McGra dy's negotiations formula Saturday. Mayors To Help Mayor Angelo J. Rossi of San Francisco and Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New York both said they would do what they could toward bringing about a settlement. Rank and file seamen leaders, who picketed the transatlantic liner George Washington by airplane and motor launch when it docked at New York Saturday, claimed the deck and engine room crews would refuse to sign on for the scheduled sailing Wednesday. The claim was disrupted by Cap t&ln Schuyler M. Cummings, -mar rine superintendent of the Inter national Mercantile Marine, who said 380 of the 500 crew members pledged to stand by the ship for the sailing. On Japanese Liner Seventy of 700 ship passengers, stranded In Honolulu when the strike was called October 39, ob (Continued on Page Ten) Pinehurst Golf PINEHURST, Nov. 16.—(*»)— Pal Coleman, the 31-year-old Culver City, Calif., entry who has been a salaried shotmaker only five years, equalled the'No. 2 course record today when he shot a 68 in the first 18-hole round of the 36-hole medal test of the Professional Golfers’ championship. Scores in the 18-hole round, the first half of the 36-hole qualifying round of the Profes sional Golfers’ association cham pionship; Walter Reynolds, Rock Hill, S. C., 37-40—77. Alvey Hume, Lexington, Ky., 40-40—80. Clarence Yocbey, Kansas City, 36-37—73. Andy Velican, Warren, O., 40- 38—78. George Easton, Providence, R. I., 40-41—81. Harry Markel, Reading, Pa., 41- 44—85. KILLS SPLENDID DEER AND THEN IS ROBBED TALIHINA. Okla, Nov. 16.—(fP)— Andrew Patterson, proud of the nine point deer he killed on the last day of the season, was rolling merrily homeward with it on his car, he told game rangers, when five men with rifles stopped him and took his deer. State Chaplain To Speak At District Meeting Here One of the largest district meet ings of Legion and Auxiliary mem bers ever held in this part of the state is indicated for Shelby Tues day, say local Legion and Auxiliary officials. Jack Stafford, of Burlington, de partment chaplain will be the principal speaker at the banquet Tuesday night, which will follow business sessions in the afternoon. Ray Galloway of Charlotte, district jommander, is to preside at the banquet, which begins at 7 o'clock. The program will be ended with the Commander's ball, an invita tion dance, which begins at 9 o’ rlnck. The opening fiance i* u> hr led by the district commander and commanders of the 12 posts In the district Auxiliary members of the district ; will gather for their business ses sion at 3:30 o’clock in the Legion , buildinf. Mrs T. B. Gold, of Shel- , by district commlttecwoman, will , preside at this meeting. In addi- J tion to presidents of the various auxiliary units Mrs. C. P Andrews, ! of Charlotte, state president, and Mrs. Lee P. Franz, of Hickory, vice president, are to be present at the meeting. ; The Legion business meeting will (Continued on Page Ten) Nineteen Dead, 43 Are Injured By The Associated Preoa An Associated Press tabulation today showed 19 persons killed and 43 injured In week-end au tomobile mishaps in the two Carolina*. North Carolina accounted for ten of the dead and 28 of the injured, while South Carolina had nine killed and IS injured. NASONS GATHER TO HEAR GRAND master mm Masons from the nine lodges li Cleveland county gathered here ?Y1 lay night with Cleveland lodge Nc 302 to hear J. Giles Hudson, grant worshipful master of the Grant Lodge of North Carolina in an in formal rally. The meeting was presided over b; Grand Master Hackett Wilson whi recognized past masters and off! cials from other lodges for words o greeting. Walter Lee, district deputy, callet the meeting and welcomed the vis Itors which numbered nearly IOC Mr. Hudson outlined his objective which are to revive interest of de linquent members and provide mar accommodations for the orphans a the Masonic home at Oxford ant lor aged Masons and their wives a the Greensboro home. At Oxford nearly 400 fatherless children ar being cared for. served in the lobby of the chapte: room.* FEAR MR. DORSEY IS LOST IN LAKE Former Shelby Mar Disappears At Lake Lure Scores of friends and hr embers o: the family were still searching a noon today for the body of M. E Dorsey, of Forest City and a for mer resident of Shelby who waj apparently drowned there last Sat urday night while fishing. A search for Mr. Dorsey wai started Sunday afternoon by towr authorities at Lake Lure after thej had been notified of his disappear ance by Maurie Smart, a son-in law. Maurice was with him untl about 10 o’clock Saturday evening bhen went ashore in another boat. Planned To Fish Mr. Dorsey called at the Lake Lure Dam shop about midnlghi and left word that he was planning to fish all night. His son-in-law die not miss him until late the nexl morning. A niece, Miss Faye Dellinger ol Shelby coincidentally p a s s e c through Lake Eure in the early af ternoon and brought word to hii relatives in Forest City and Shelby She said Mr. Dorsey had beer subject to slight heart attacks. II was also conjectured that the chop py waves on the lake may have capsized the boat. He was a mas ter mechanic at Florence Mills. Mr. Dorsey lived here until aboul 18 years ago. He has two brothers John N. Dorsey, carpenter, anc Robert Dorsey, a mechanic, anc two sisters. Mrs. B. R. Delllngei ind Mrs. B. F. Spangler, all living here. He also has a wife and six chil dren. The children are Marvin, ol Charlotte; Tom, Frances, Bernice ind Ruth Dorsey and Mrs. Maurice Smart, all of Forest City. a_• n_a i _ «ir*it L uuuuy f f 111 Wed Mary Pickford OLATHE, Kfts., Nov. 16.—— left Rogers, father of Charles “Buddy’’ Rogers, motion picture itar and orchestra leader, said to lay the engagement of Mies Man 3ickford and his son would be an lounced Friday in Hollywood SIGH SCHOOL pTt.~A. MEETS THIS EVENING The November meeting of th« ligh school parent teacher associa tion will be held this evening in th< school auditorium, beginning hi 1:30. SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNTS TO BE STARTED TODAY Is Most Gigantic Task U. S. Has Ever Attempted ACT EXPLAINED WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.——James M. Gray, associate regional direc tor for the Resettlement Adminis tration, said today he had accept ed options on 146,800 acres of land in North Carolina for land use demonstration projects and the , .options had been accepted on around 400,000 acres in region four. Cleveland’s Crop Will Be Smallest In Last 15 Years The smallest cotton crop In more than IS years was seen tor Cleve land county today as the report from T. C. Beam, special agent, In dicated that only 10,701 bales had been ginned up to November 1. Bales ginned last year up to the same date were 38,006. Reports at the office of the coun ty agent indicated that picking and ginning was nearly half completed by November 1. Some growers think 20.000 bales will be the full Cleve land crop and other feel that if dry weather and sunshine will last a week or more, the total may hit 25.000 Last veer's crop was nearly 45,000 ; bulo.v FDR’s Son To Wed Dupont A flurry of political and aoelal excitement waa created In Waahlngton with the announcement that Franklin D. Rooaevelt, Jr. (left), aon of the Prealdent, la engaged to marry Ethel Du Pont (right), daughter of Mr. and Mro. Eugene Du Pont, of Greenville, Del. In pre-election actlv Itlea, Prealdent Rooaevelt and the Du Pont family ware decidedly at odda politically. (Aaooolated Preaa Photoa) FIRE DESTROYS 18-CAR GARAGE Several Firemen Are Overcome By Heat Official* of the Cleveland Cloth mill were today making plans for the replacement of an 18-car gar age which was destroyed by fire here Saturday afternoon, entailing a lose to the mill of approximately >3,600. Origin of the fire Is still a mys tery although speculation has rang ed from boys smoking cigarettes In some of the empty garages to spon taneous combustion in wastes and supplies kept In one section. The fire was noticed about 2:16 Saturday afternoon and the entire structure was blazing when the alarm was sent In. A still wind whip ped the blaze into an Inferno of heat making it almost Impossible to come near with firefighting equipment. Three firemen, Jim Reid, Grady Mauney and Clyde Brown sustained burned faces and hands. Efforts of firemen with 1,200 feet of hose with an auxiliary hose from the mill saved other buildings near by. Hwo cars, a new Chevrolet and an Oldsmoblle were taken from the garage, although the heat damaged the tops and paint. The structure was partially covered by Insurance. Diphtheria Takes Tiny Whisnant Girl Little Prances Whisnant, two and a half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Whisnant of Lawn dale, died shortly before noon to day. Cause of her death was diph theria. She lived only a few min utes after she was brought to the local hospital. Funeral services had not been arranged this afternoon. Legislative Basket May Hold New Laws For County A number of laws which may or may not be put on the books for Cleveland county citizens to obey or to break, and some other laws which may be repealed were the object #f a preliminary survey here today. With Christmas drawing nearer and after Christmas the meeting of the legislature, some are won dering what laws the county can get or get rid of. Major Items Taxes, courts and health are three major Interests of those who have thought anything at all about laws of any kind. "I don't think wr nerd any more laws at all, and likely need half we have repealed” was In general the sentiment struck In the survey, both of lawyers and laymen. “There Is only one law which I think of," said Troy McKinney, county tax supervisor, “which we will need passed, and that Is the validation of the postponement of the sale of land for taxes for a period of two months. I think the legislature will do It. and certainly the county people will not be un happy’* Mr. Hoey Speaks Governor-elect Clyde Hoey said (Continued on page ten.) HUNTING KILLER OF GAME WARDEN Henderson County Warden Shot At Home Sunday HENDERSONVILLE. Nov. 16.— —Officers throughout the mountain country were on the alert today lor clues to the mysterious slaying of Joseph D. Whitaker, 33. Henderson county game warden, In front of his cabin about 4 a. m. Sunday, David Whitaker, brother of the slain man, said someone fired point blank at the warden when he went out to greet occupants of a car which had stopped In front of the house. David said he fired two shots at the car as it sped away, and that his brother died within a few mln utes. Investigation indicated the kill ing might have been connected with the warden's activities against hunters who work the mountains at night by flashlight. Several mem bers of one party which has been accosted by the warden the night before, however, were given a clean bill after questioning. Two suspects arrested Sunday were freed a short time later, and officers said they had few clues on which to work be yond a plaster cast of the tracks of the death car. Red Cross Seeking Additional Funds With the goal of glSOO for the Red Cross still in mind, drive offi cials stated today they had raised only a little more than half of the sum desired. The active drive is over but it Is believed other people would like to contribute and those desiring to do so are asked to see Troy V. Mc Kinney, county accountant and treasurer of the fund, or to mall him check. Contributions of any and all sizes will be welcomed and acknowledged. FASCIST TROOPS FOR FIRST TIME i NOW JIN MADRID Ford. River, Occupy University Building DESTROY PLANES By The Associated Frew A vanguard of Fascist troop*. tha first to penetrate Madrid proper, occupied a building of the capita? city's university today, an official Insurgent Communique announced. The troops, the first of the Mad^ rid besiegers to cross the Man can* ares river, gained their objSQtlvf after heavy fighting which began early Sunday. An aerial bombardment of the university center on the west sid* of Madrid prepared the way for the attack. Ford Stream Fascist troops forded the stream preceded by tanka and took tha building under cover of a second terrific bombardment by planes and artillery. The force of the attack was not retarded, observer* noted, by tha government’s destruction of tha Los Franceses railroad brtdpa which closed ths Invaders’ sasiest line of advance. The insurgent troops, in another sector, drove across the Casa Del Campo park, heavily wooded former Royal estate across the river from the National Palaoe. Madrid’s defenders, meanwhile, mobilised labor battalions td edh struct new redoubts against threats of further drives by Fascist forces from tha north and west. Fighting Intensified along the city* .wastasn outakifU «mr tf week-end of bombardments. More than 100 Madrllenoa were killed and 300 injured in air raids while Fas cist artillery ripped paving Mocks in the /Iran Via kla main hnai. ness thoroughfare. '' The government air ministry said 30 Insurgent planes war* de stroyed in retaliatory raids on Fas cist hangars at Avila, Toledo, Tor rejon and NavalmoraL Two factors led observers to be lieve the Fascists were attempting a flanking movement on the ** corial and Alto de Leon mad* northwest of the capital. Collapse of the Madrid defenses in the northern sector, which ’in cludes El Esoorial, a government stronghold, would release vital Fascist reinforcements far a direct northern attack on the besieged city. ARMY SEEKS OLD TOYS AND DOLLS Seek To Co-operftjbr With All Agencies In City Solicitation of did toys far distil* button to children during this Christmas holidays is being mads by the Salvation Army. Officials of the Salvation Army are asking the co-operation of the fire department, which has always entered into the repair of old and broken toys for Christmas. The boys' workshop will be Util ized, also, In repairing toys and the girls' club will mend and redress dolls. Contributions of old toys is sought and will be sent for if Sal vation Army headquarters are noti fied. Army officials state they are not trying to Interfere in any plans made by other organizations but wish to cooperate and will be glad to work with any other group or groups who wish to join in an ef fort to see that all children of Shelby may receive something for Christmas. 200 Fox Hunters In Session Today ROCKY MOUNT, Nov. 1«.— Registration for the seventeenth annual field trials and bench show of the North Carolina Fox Hunters Association began here today. Ap proximately 300 hunters are ex pected here for the week’s pro gram. First cast of the derby class will be held tomorrow with the second cast scheduled for Wednesday. Trials in the all-age class will feature the last three days. The henrh show will he held Thursday.