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WEATHER Norih Carolina: Fair tonight and Saturday; warmer tonight, colder Saturday night. Official Shelby Temperatures: ygh 57, low 31, rainfall 0. - Tshe Welbe Baily Stett FORMERLY THE CLEVELAND STAR, ESTABLISHED 1896 MARKETS < oiUin. ft pot. to IS He < niton srfd, wnpMi, ton_$31.00 Cotton nerd, rar, ton ...... $34.00 * MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS H ^)L- xlii~~n°' 149 THE SHELBY DAILY STAR SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, NOV. 20, 1936 AUDITED CIRCULATION SINGLE COPIES 5c HONOLULU, PRACTICALLY ISOLATED, ASKS U. S. FOR AID Plan Blockade believe rebels ARE TO DESTROY BARCELONA PORT Watch England’s At titude Toward Sea Blockade FIGHT GOES ON Bt The Associated Press Spanish fascists, Intent on cut ting off war supplies to the Madrid government, will destroy the port of Barcelona if necessary, British foreign Secretary Anthony Eden iniormed the house of commons to day Eden disclosed his government had received a communication Nov. 17 from the Burgos Junta threaten ing such action to halt what it called "The scandalous traffic In arms, munitions, tanks, airplanes and even toxic cases.” The administration of Gen. Fran cisco Franco charged the “real na tionality'' of ships bringing the supplies to Barcelona was “Russian or Spanish.” The foreign secretary’s declara tion followed a British demand to the insurgent provisional govern ment to declare its intentions re garding a threatened fascist block ade of Barcelona. Informed sources in Paris indi cated the French government would follow London’s-example. Some quarters in London inter preted the British action as lend ing “tacit recognition” to the pro visional administration at Burgos merely by acknowledging its exist ance. Italy and Germany already have recognized the fascist government formally as the real government of Spain British British Reaction How will Britain react to a block ade restricting the freedom of the Mediterranean? Some sources insisted the govern (Continued on Page Ten) TORONTO WILL IS HELD VALID Only Question Now Is Who Gets The Money TOHRONTO, Nov. 20.—(Canadian mss).—Justice w. E. Middleton Way upheld the validity of the stork derby” clause of Charles v»nce Millar's will. The clause, providing a bequest ®t approximately $500,000 to the bother in Toronto who bore the bow chilcjren ln a ten-year period »hich ended last Oct. 31, had been backed dv relatives of the wealthy Canadian. Some 17 mothers competed in “ derby, which wound up in a " tei- of ties, conflicting claims and ■cciisa tjon.s. Tic judgment was preliminary ^ nature. It ,.uled aga^t the Ian-' 01 rr'at'ves of the Toronto bahPr W^° contended the 10-year ' ra' f was against public policy. *!er Mr. Justice Middleton will r,lclence on the claims of the. ding mothers and direct the ex tion r r>! the wiU 85 ^ distribu Bon of the $500,000. Neero Students In Strike About Food f’REKNSBOR^ f,Vv. 20.—(&)— ZT'n F'. D' Bluford of the TPrh, alolina Agricultural and C1?', college for negroes pre fijto. f0<jaV t0 investigate the re ' Indents to eat their meals. s.nk. Ilr,f'ntp began their "hunger ?o in ,,st niR>1t bv refusing to 'Wri l;!'!’rr' "iTioy indicated they rjs ' c,t nn breakfast nor attend ^ ^ tortev. W!" declared they were pro fcdd m poorly prepared - me college dining hall. W,wD*vl* To Moscow Ti., ,,, iINGTON' NPv. 20.—(4V ^‘ntment of Joseph E. Da nati0nfl, ,!‘lnent Washington Inter bas.sar' ilA-ver’ as American am rd >rJ Moscow was announc / ' bj i he White House. Cruiser Bearing President Noses Into Carribean ABOARD THE U. S. S. CHES TER AT SEA, Nov. 20.—<A»>—Thi cruiser Indianapolis, bearing Pres! dent Roosevelt Buenos Aires for thi Inter-American Peace Conference nosed into the Blue Caribbean Set today and members of the Presi dential party had their first sighi of land in two days. “King Neptune's* Loyal Subjects’ aboard the Indianapolis and iti escort, the Chester, took the entn into tropic waters as the occasior for making Initial plans incident t< the ceremony next week at tht crossing of the equator. There was much conjecture ast< whether the President, who nevei has crossed the equator, would bt subjected to the same practica jokes as other members of his part; when the “pusillanimous polloy wogs” are purged of dockyard bar nacles. The two cruisers passed the wes1 coast of the Virgin islands befori breakfast and the Presidential par ty rose early for the land view. The skies were clear and tern peratures were higher as the cruis ers continued a southeast course at 25 knots. Th party will reach Trinidac early tomorrow. There the vessel! will be refuelled and the crew mem bers will have several hours’ short leave. The next stop after Trinidac will be at Rio De Janeiro probablj Nov. 27. The President dined last nigh with Capt.’ Henry t£. Hewitt ant officers of the Indianapolis afte: attending movies on a breezy deck Shelby Gets $3,200 Grant From WPA RALEIGH, Nov. 20.—W>>—Stat< WPA administrator George W. Coan Jr., announced today approval of 51 relief projects involving federal anc sponsors’ funds of near $750,000. The list of projects was one ol the largest yet approved in a single day by the state WPA. Shelby was granted $3,220 to clean and renovate public buildings. Hoey Believes State To Share In Social Plan RALEIGH, Nov. 20.—</P) Govemor-elect Clyde R. Hoey expressed the opinion here to day that congress would amend the social security law “so as to allow all states to participate in the sooial security program with out any losses.” Here attending meetings of the advisory budget commis sion, Hoey pointed to recent recommendations of the annual governors’ conference for amendments to allow states to participate without losing any taxes paid by businesses for this year. “I don't see how any other course can be taken,” Hoey said. "Only 17 states have quali fied under the present laws and I am confident congress will not let present statutes stand.” It Is estimated by Major A. L. Fletcher, state labor commis sioner, that Nosfch Carolina firms are paying $2,500,000 to $3,000,000 in social security taxes this year. Thus state has not qualified to share in the pro gram. Police Hunt Bandits Who Ran Wild Through The State ASHEVILLE. Nov. 20.—(fl’;—Of ficers hunted some trace today of three armed men who held up a wine 6hop here and escaped with a wrist watch and more than $100 from employes and patrons The robbers bound up the three employes in the shop and four oth er persons who were there at the time. Among the latter was Hazel West, a 16 year old cripple who sells pencils. The girl said one of the men hit her in the fare after she refused to stop screaming and had spit out a gasoline-soaked rag with which she was gagged. The employes and patrons were bound with sash cord while the robbers rifled the cash drawer and everyone’s pockets. About $50 was taken from the cash register, the rest from the employes and pat rons. The robbery here followed by a few hours similar ones last night and yesterday at Newton and Ma (Continnrd on Paso Ten) I LESS HASTE IN CRITICISM ASKED OF BUSINESS MEN Leaders Seek Lessen Bitterness Of Campaign SIBLEY’S WISH WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—</P>— Leaders of business sought today to wipe out the bitterness of pre-elec tion days and attain more harmon ious relation with the New Deal. Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the U. S., rep resenting a total membership of about 700,000 business men, gath ered for their first meeting since the election, with President Harper Sibley pulling for friendlier rela tions and “less haste’’ by the Chamber in criticizing Rc*»evelt policy. Expect Conciliation Chamber pronouncements were i expected to be more conciliatory than in the past, though its offi cials said its principles would not be scrapped, and it was indicated that a committee report recom mending economies to balance the | budget without further taxes would 1 be one of the chief documents un der study at the current meeting. Another report to the directors ■ was said authoritatively to recom mend continuance of the works progress administration only until | the .“employables’* novr out of work ■ have been absorbed into private in dustry. It contains data showing" that there will always be a relief load of some sort,” one source said, be cause there is a certain group which Is unable to work. Recommendations for a permanent program to pro vide for this class were expected. Two Are Killed I n Gas Chamber Today RALEIGH, Nov. 20.—MV-Mirth Carolina set a new record for legal executions in one year today by executing Willie Tate of Pitt coun ty and Evans Macklin of Halifax for murder. The deaths brought to 22 the number of men executed this year, compared with a previous high mark of 20 in 1934. Tate, 28, and Mackhn, 20, both negroes, died by gas, the 11th and 12th victims of that method since it was first used in January, and 10 men were elec trocuted this year. Two others are under sentence to die next month. A. P. Moore, Jr., of Scotland Neck, 19 year old son of the Chief of Police of that place for whose murder Macklin was convicted, and R. W. Moore of Fountain, a broth er of the dead chief, witnessed the execution and said they believed justice had been done. Concord Dog Leads In Field Trials ROCKY MOUNT. Nov. 20.—<fP>— The second cast in the all-age field trials of the North. Carolina Fox Hunters Association drew a large field today. Alexander, owned by C. R. Richie of Concord, too the lead in the first cast yesterday. Bill Lee, owned by William Wingate of Columbia, S. C. was second. Rocket, entered by S. D. Brad shaw, of Kernersville, took third place, and Beauty, entered by C. S. Bunn of Rocky Mount, fourth. Deadly Fire Imperils Many r "■ "PH At least two persona were known to have perished, 10 others were In jured and damage estimated at 9200,000 was caused in a stubborn fire that swept the five-story Cable Piano company building in Atlanta, Ga. Among the numerous heroic rescues was that of Mrs. H. W. Talmadge (arrow) who is shown as firemen helped her down a ladder to safety. (Associated Press Photo) Telephone Office Has Busy'Voices, Flashing Lights, Buzzing Wires Most Of Equipment Entirely Automatic; No Cache Of Wrong Numbers In Evidence; 1300 Phones A hum of busy voices and buzzing wires, mixed with the clicking: oi electrical apparatus, the flashing ol vari-colored lights, arid numerous other details prove to the casual visitor that a telephone office it certainly no playhouse . A visit to the local office reveals the fact that the pretty girls with the pleasant "number please’’ and courteous “tnank you" are not only among the busiest persons irf town but among the most important. Complicated Plant A thorough search of the com plicated plant over the Union bank, the converging plant for the thou sands of wires in the city, failed to SOPHS LEADING ON HONOR ROLL AT HIGH SCHOOL Those dauntless sophomores not only boast of their smartless, but prove it—according to the second month honor roll Just released by school authorities. The sophomores led the othei classes with 17 per cent making honor grades and deportment stand ards. The juniors who tied them last month were fast a shade behind with 16.5 percent. Seniors were next with 13 pel cent and freshmen with 12 percent a school average of 15 per cent. Due to the fact that it would bt almost mechanically impossible tc run the names of all elementary honor roll students in the city and county each month, The Star will run only high school honor lists Those for the second month are: Eighth grade: Clara Lee Fitch Dorothy Crapps, Frances Jones Margaret Jones, Marie Justice, Helen Mauney, Roy Sue Turner, June Wil son. Herman Crook, Hobby Frazier Warren Graham, Ben Gold, Chris tine Crawford, Mary L. Doggett Bettie Ellis, Virginia Falls, Marjorie Lail, Frances Martin, Mary Annie McBrayer, Jessie Lou Collins, Eula Mae Hicks, Phyllis McWhlrter Ninth grade: Ned Fowler, Russel Craig, Max Gardner, Alfred Green, Walter Laughridge, Gene LeGrand Billie Richbourg, Billy Webb, Mary E Apple, Ina L. Forney, Sara Mull Sara Newton, Betsy H. Roberts, El va A Thompson, Phyllis Yates (Contm rd on Pagi I'cn i reveal the hiding place of the "wrong numbers” which many irate persons swear were given them. In fact, the marvel is that sa few numbers given are wrong num bers, as the 12,000 to 15,000 local calls are made daily and given by the 15 operators who work on shifts from four to five hours at a time. Hundreds of persons in the city who use one of the 1300 'phones have never seen inside the office and have no idea whatever as to how messages go from their own re ceiver through the complicated maize of wires and coils, through the (Continued on page ten.) MOST TEXTILES PROFIT-IN LAST HALF OF YEAR WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—(flV The Federal Trade Commission re ported today that cotton textile manufacturers were “on the whole more prosperous" during the second half of 1935 than during the first six months. The report, analyzing labor costs, profits and investments of 813 cot ton textile companies for the July December period, said spinning, combined spinning and weaving, and stock dyeing and finishing companies averaged “some profit" on investment the second half ol the year after suffering losses the first half. Two of the groups surveyed — weaving companies and thread manufacturing firms — showed smaller returns the second half of the year. Three other groups—commission dyeing and flnshing companies those finishing and spooling thread and cordage and twine manufac turers—sustained losses the second half of the year after showing some profit the first six months. Reports submitted to the com mission indicated the companies included In the survey operated more than 60 per cent of the spin dles In the United States and about 78 per cent of the looms in place. Blase In Charlotte CHARLOTTE, Nov. ' downtown blaze did several thou sand dollars damage to the Varsitj Shop and the National Hal shop OCEAN SERVICE BY DIRIGIBLES NOW FORECAST To Carry Passengers And Freight Over Atlantic U. S. SUBSIDIZED WASHINGTON. Nov. 20—(AV Amerlcan dirigibles will soon b< carrying passengers and freight across the Atlantic with the aid ol government subsidies If plans no* coming to a head here are flnallj approved. Representatives of the com mere* department, the navy and private business will meet next Tuesday tc formulate recommendations foi such a subsidised service. Study Subsidy Plans The meeting will make a report to the maritime commission, which In turn, will submit Its findings t( congress. Called by J. Monroe Johnson, as sistant to Secretary Roper in chargi of the commerce department'! transportation activities, the meet ing will be attended by Commando Charles E. Rosendahl, who has beer prominently Identified with the navy's llghter-than-air activities; Commander Garland Fulton, anoth er navy expert; Robert G. El ben of New York and Samuel P. Wcthe rill of Philadelphia, both member! of the business advisory council and Gill Rob Wilson of Trenton N. J.. an aviation authority . Johnson said today the conferee) would study subsidy plans whicl would place American operators ol a transatlantic service ‘‘on a par ity” with operators In other coun tries. He pid some subsidy system elate ly resemBflng that provided for thi merchant marine might be worker out. The latter provides direct con struction and operating subsidies based upon difference betweer American and foreign costs. The business advisory council, i group of business men who advise with the commerce department .sug gested a subsidised dirigible pro gram several months ago and Sec retary Roper approved. General Electric Plans Dividend NEW YORK, Nov. 20.— (JP) —A $14,400,000 extra dividend by the General Electric Co. and added compensation for workers under Its profit-sharing plan topped another shower of dolalrs from industry today. Some 41.000 Oeneral Electric workers were counted Into the hundreds of thousands sharing the year end dollar windfall through wage increases and special pay ments. The company. In line with a recent policy for adjusting com pensation to living co6t changes added 2 per cent to the year end profit-sharing disbursement, esti mated at 6 per cent of employee earnings. Ab Little See* Unfortunate Day Ab Little, colored man of Lawndale saw life hard yester day. In the first place he had a WTeck In the only car he owned. After the wreck flames burst out in the engine and was about to destroy it. On top of that he looked In the back scat and found that most of the Jars which had contained 12 to 15 gallons of com liquor were smashed. His heart was broken when Deputy E. J. Cordell came along. He ran, but was captured and Is now under a $200 bond to face charges In recorder’s court. Cordell put out the fire. Thousand Drown As Water Sweeps Over Nippon Town OSARuSAwA, AKTA PRBFBC TORB, Japan, Nov. 30.— (/P) —A rushing avalanche of water from a bursted mine reservoir swept away this little Japanese town today, drowning more than 1,000 residents and destroying 500 homes. The torrent raced down upon the village from one of the largest cop per mines In the empire. Sleeping Inhabitants were trapped in their beds. Their homes were caught up by the released flood and dashed ucainsi the rocky bunks oi • mountain stream The majority of the residents met immediate death by drowning Others were suffocated In mud car ried by the water, a poisonous eolu tlon which was used at the min for washing copper ore*. Hundreds of bodies were washec onto the banks of the mount&U stream, transformed into a inudd; torrent. Many were women, whi still clasped babies in their arms. Rehabilitation work beltsn ini H'onUlKKxl on page t•'u.> Hawaii Fears Panic Among People, Food Is Becoming Scarce Deer Hunter A You'll excuse Mrs. L. B. Scheare of Modoc county, Calif., if she’ smiling a bit boMtfully, because th 275-pound deer she's standing b; fell at her own hands. It's the larg est deer shot in that county tht year. CLEVELAND GAINS HILF MILLION IN TAXABLE VALUES It Highest Valuation Since Bad Year Of 1932 A tax valuation gain of $507,241 for taxable property in Clevelanc county was revealed today as fina figures were tabulated In the ta> office. The gain runs the total val uation to $20,016,066, the highesi valuation since the depression yeai of 1032. Last year’s valuation was $28,703, 040. The new valuation was reachec despite the new ruling created b; the last legislature which allow, livestock to be included in the $301 personal exemption. A loss in valuation of $104,227 b; this route was recorded. Figures indicate that of the $215, 000 levy for this year corporation in the county will pay approximate ly one third the amount. Corpora tions alone are assessed at nearlj nine and a half million dollars. Colored persons pay (ax on $425, 166 worth of property and whitei pay on $19,143,317. The various taxes are divided in to exactly 50 different funds, In cluding 26 road funds. 15 specla school funds, the general, poor debt service, school, school main tenance, and hospital funds. The county wide rate Is 40 cent and the average rate is 80 cents oi a $100 valuation. Strike Causing Fear Of Early Shortage In Island SAN FRANCI8CO, Nov. 30.— Hawaii, which import* about SO par cent of its foods, urged tha federal government to prevent a possible “panto among our people” by g rush shipment of supplies at thf three-weeks-old maritime strike held 313 ships In Paotflo porta to* day. No American nhipa have oarried food to the Islands since the strike was declared; foreign ships havs deposited only small cargoes; and, the situation In partially isolated Honolulu has been aggravated by' the presence of 700 stranded pas*' sengers and 1,000 striking seamen. Meanwhile the picture of othef widespread labor trouble was bright*. ened by settlement of a milk trorka] ers’ dispute. It had caused tha cit|| governments of Oakland and Berke ley, with a combined population of 400,000 to take over distribution. The trouble, which started Sat urday over union picketing of an Oakland plant, was cleared up at a conference which announced the men Involved would be re-employed and that employers would not op pose unionisation of milkers. The milk dispute, along with others affecting textile workers and -nnrrhmirrrrirn — TirHl with the marttiiftw strike. NO SETTLEMENT SEEN IN FOURTH WEEK By The AwncMed The fourth week of the Pacific coast maritime strike, tying up 313 ships, opened today with little indi cation of early settlement, while Atlantic and Gulf ooast sailors sought to void a working agreement (Continued on Page Ten> LEGISLATURE TO SETTLESECURITY Hoey Says the Budget; Comission to Make No Report RALEIGH, Nov. 10.—{*)—Oovert nor-elect Clyde R. Hoey said today that the state advisory budget com- j mission would make no recommen* ’ datton on the appropriation of funde J North Carolina and that the mat ter would be left entirely In the hands of the 1937 legislature. The amount of money needed for such a program was estimated at I $5,000,000. * Hoey, who attended a one day session of the budget commission, said whether sufficient revenue could be raised to meet new finan cial demands depended on “how well the legislature accepts these new sources of revenue (recom mended by the commission) and how much social security coots." Hard Ice Greets Early Risers Here Hard Ice, the hardest of the sea son thus far, greted early risers in the county today as the thermomet ers dropped to around 33 degrees above just before daylight this morning. Promise of warmer weather was made by the weather man as the west coast and central part of the nation are being released from the freezing grip of winter’s first real onslaught. Court Was Ready, But Had No Cases A record was set today le the court annals of the county, Ali officials erf the recorder’s court were ready for work, but there were no prisoners. More than that, Sher iff Raymond Cline te ready for real action now He has just returned from a district school or confer ence for sheriffs, held at Gastonia There the chief county officers were I'ivrn important pointers on crimes, arrests and court procedure. A
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