WEATHER
North Carolina: Cloudy and much
coltlcr preceded by rain in east por
lion tonight: Tuesday cloudy.
Yesterday’s Shelby temperature:
High 49, Low 38. Rainfall .04.
Tshe Hhelhy Baily star
FORMERLY THE CLEVELAND STAR, ESTABLISHED 1896
MARKETS
l otion, spot ...... ..1IH to 1IH«
Cotton M*d, wagon, ton .... $36.0#
Cotton aoed, car lot, ton .... I3S.M
XLII—NO. 160
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE SHELBY DAILY STAR
SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, DEC. 7, 1986
AUDITED CIRCULATION SINGLE COPIES 5c
\Review U. S. Executive Budget Estimates
federal finance
FOR 1937 GREAT
CONGRESS QUEST
Routine Expense# To
Amount To Over
$6,000,000,000
closephearings
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. — (/P) —
Amid demands for economy and
idministration budget balancing
plans, congressional committees be
gin this week to review executive
estimates of the billions needed to
finance the government for the
coming fiscal year.
Apart from emergency appropria
tions for relief, the men who hold
the federal purse strings will be
ashed to approve routine govern
mental expenditures which, inform
ed sources said, may exceed $6,000,
000.000.
Discuss Huge Sums
Relief appropriations and the
12.237.000.000 soldiers’ bonus shoved
authorizations of the last session
above $10,000,000,000. *
Closed hearings on the budgetary
demands of independent agencies of
the government were called today
by a house appropriations subcom
mittee headed by Rep. Woodrum
ID. Va.i. Another subcommittee
will begin hearings tomorrow on
the treasury-postofflee department
appropriations.
Committee leaders said they knew
of uo unusual financial requests
during the coming session which
would compare with the soldiers’
bonus. Officials said housing and
farm tenancy legislation, however,
might carry authorizations $or
(Continued on page ten.)
WINTER STRIKES
COUNTRY A BLOW
Minimum Of 15 Be
low Predicted In
Iowa
By The Associated Press
Winter drove a spearhead of cold
Into the middle Uhited States today
while suminerlike rains fell in the
&st and the South counted ex
tensive damage from high winds.
Sub zero temperatures prevailed
to Iowa Sunday night with a mini
mum of 15 below predicted. Snow,
tanging up to six inches, blocked
many secondary roads.
A sudden downward plunge sent
the mercury to the zero mark in
Illinois, turning to ice a slushy com
bination of rain and snow which
lei! during the previous 24 hours.
A three inch snow covered north
ern Missouri. The temperature was
12 above at St. Louis, 8 at Kansas
City;
Nebraska temperatures were near
*rc' Below zero readings were gen
et3l in Minnesota, Wisconsin and
w Dakotas. It was 13 below at St.
Paul. The coast guard predicted
pluth, Minn., harbor would be
•rozen over within 48 hours unless
1 break came in a cold wave which
■*nt lhe mercury there to one be
low.
Snow swept western Michigan,
mercury dropped 26 degrees at
"etroit from 40 above zero at 1 p.
13 to 14 at midnight. Sub zero
father was predicted for the up
peninsula. Two lake freighters
*ent ground. Fire in a Detroit resl
„nce hilled five persons and injur
M eight.
Torna die winds struck parts of
tabama, Arkansas, Mississippi,
£®f*lan and Texas. Near Tusca
a, Ala., 20 were Injured and half
dozen homes flattened. Four were
“toed when wind caved in a two
. h brick building in Greenville,
ti, Wir,d accompanied by torren
rain blew down 50 small houses
B Lotl?view, Tex., injuring several
ar,d destroyed 10 houses
** Marshall. A cold wave befean
„d,n8 over the panhandle state.
«e&vy rain feU mt Washington
S? Philadelphia. Freezing weather
u°wed Ohio rains. Louisville’s
“hthikht temperature was 48 and
* hidmnapolis reading was 18.
°fth Battleford, Sask., Canada.
had
Ho
a temperature of minus 46. Sub|
»'k
'^dings were general in Can-!
I
t
Hoey Will Become
Tenderfoot Scout
In Ceremony Here
Boy Scout Clyde R. Hoey will
apply for hie rank of “tenderfoot”
tonight at a special court of honor
session to be held in the Central
Methodist church, beginning at 7:30
o’clock.
The rank of honorary tenderfoot
will be given him by officials of the
Piedmont Council of Boy Scouts,
and a picture of Mr. Hoey receiv
ing the badge along with a number
of other scouts will be made.
He may be asked to "tie the Scout
knots and take the tenderfoot ini
tiation.”
Mr. Hoey has always been as
sociated with youth and the ges
ture of support tonight Is a part of
the program of scout leaders here
to Increase the membership of the
troops, and to expand the leader
training efforts of the organisa
tion.
Joe Whisnant, court of honor
chairman and M. A. Spangler, dis
trict chairman, are asking that all
scouts in the county be present,
properly uniformed. The regular
court of honor will be held.
In addition the program will in
clude a complete set of motion pic
tures taken and shown by R. M.
Schiele, soout executive of the
camp and camp life at Lake Lanier,
Try on, during the post summer.
Legislators Will
Attend Meeting
CHAPEL mu.. Dee. •t.—m— A
two day conference on social se
curity taxes opened here today.
A number of government offi
cials were on the program for
speeches explaining phases of tax
ation.
Ewan Clague of the social securi
ty board, Washington, will speak
tomorrow on "technical problems
involved in a state social security
program*
Discussion of these problems from
the North Carolina point of view
will be led by H. D. Wolf, econ
omics professor at the University of
North Carolina, and Clarence Heer,
tax economist and professor of
public finance at the University.
Dean M. T. Van Hecke of the
University of Law School, who is in
charge of arrangements, said he ex
pected a number of state legisla
tors to attend the sessions.
Red Cross Seals
Sale Wednesday
Red Cross seals, proceeds of
which are used to fight tuber
culosis, go cm sale Wednesday
of this week and the sale will
continue until Christmas. Mrs.
Chas. H. Wells is chairman of
the committee handling the sale
this year and she is assisted by .
Mrs. Q. S. Dellingbr, assistant
chairman, Mrs. Annie Smith
Long, Mrs. Charles Washburn,
Mrs. C. C. Carpenter, Mrs. J. J.
Owen, Mrs. Bill Beam. Mrs.
Dennis Beam, Mrs. M. E. Olsby,
Mrs. Rush Hamrick, Mrs. Brant
ly Smith, Mrs. P. M. Washburn,
Mrs. Earl Hamrick and Mrs.
John McClurd.
Mayor Harry S. Woodson join
ed the list of officials today who
have endorsed the sale of seals.
Three-fourths of the money is
kept here for local purposes
and the other fourth goes to
the state sanitarium.
New Chairman
Blanton Again Is
County Chairman
As Board Elects
Joe E. Blanton, of Shelby, who
received the highest number of votes
In the election November 3, was to
day unanimously elected chairman
of the county board of commis
sioners.
Mr. Blanton succeeds J. Lester
Herndon of Grover, who held the
chairmanship two yean. He begins
a second term, having been chair
man from 1932 to 1934. The nomina
tion was made by Mr. Herndon and
seconded by G. L. Cornwell.
Troy McKinney, re-%ppolnted
county auditor to begin his third
term. He was first appointed in
1932. The commissioners praised Mr.
McKinney’s record in directing the
finances of the county.
Peyton McSwaln was re-appointed
county attorney, with his past wort
receiving commendation.
Most of the morning was engaged
in arranging and approving bonds
for the various county officials who
were inducted Into office today.
The commissioners were this aft
ernoon busily engaged In a large
volume of business such as check
ing and paying bills, hearing dele
gations and other routine affairs.
Pew transactions were recorded
before noon, due to the delay this
morning when they were given the
oath of office.
President Turns
To Washington
WITH PRESIDENT ROOSE
VELT, AT SEA, Dec. 7. — (JP) —
President Roosevelt, speeding past
the coast of Brazil today on the
cruiser Indianapolis, kept his at
tention close to Washington.
The ocean voyage, clear skies and
a smooth sea provided the Presi
dent a welcome opportunity to rest.
But he took advantage also of the
absence of daily callers and official
engagements to study the,material
for his message to Congress next
month.
The Indianapolis, bearing him
homeward from his trip to South
America, was making 24 knots as it
sailed past Pernambuco, Brazil,
this morning.
The President attended church
services yesterday but there was no
fishing although a dozen fishing
smacks 50 miles off shore displayed
tempting catches.
Simplicio Godino, Other
Twin, Dies After 11 Days
NEW YORK, Dec. 7—The Godino
twine, Joined together by nature
aftd separated by surgical science,
are reunited in death.
Simpllclo Godino died in York
hospital Saturday night of cerebro
spinal meningitis, 11 days after his
"Siamese twin” brother, Ludo, suc
cumbed to rheumatic fever. They
were 28 years old.
Was Becoveriag
Until stricken with meningitis
Friday, Simpllclo was recovering
rapidly from the operation that;
severed him from his brother’s
body within an hour of Lucio's)
death. Physicians at first believed
Simpllcio had a favorable chance
of living and he was looking for
ward to the day when he would
try to stand and walk alone.
Largely because the twins had
separate blood and nervous sys
tems—they were Joined by a seg
ment of muscular tissue at the base
of their spines—Simpllcio had not
been affected by bis brother’s ill
ness. He lapsed into a coma last
night, however, and died a few
hours later. Hospital authorities
(Continued on page ten.)
No Small Offices, Hoey
Says In Talk To Those
Taking Oaths Of Duty
Governor-Elect In Radio Speech To County
Officers All Over State; Cleveland
Officers Sworn
“There are no small offices,”
Governor-elect Clyde R. Hoey told
occupants of 100 county courthous
es In a radio address this morning.
“And every officer in the state
should have industry, Intelligence
and integrity, most of all, integri
ty.” he said. He made a plea for
state unity and promised the state
will serve the county and the peo
ple.
Officers in Cleveland county and
a large crowd of listeners crowded
the local courtroom to hear the ra
dio program sponsored by the lo
cal government commission at Ral
eigh and to witness the induction
of county officials for the two year
term.
Officers Sworn
County board of elections chair
man John P. Mull presided over
the meeting and Clerk of court A.
M. Hamrick administered the oath.
Mr. Mull praised the county offi
cers, their record and the low tax
rate afforded.
Mr. Hoey’s remarks were preced
ed by a short address by Albert
Costae, head of the Institute of
Government of Chapel Hill who
warned officeholders and voters of
I-‘ ■—"-w* vr*■%»■ .. . "MjgBCg
the “spoils system" in politics, that
a public office is a public trust, and
that the danger lies not in the par
ty in power, but “in ourselves." He
admonished North Carolinians to
keep up their traditions for good
government.
T. R. Wolfe, of Stanley county
and chairman of the state county
commissioners association, said, “No
man has a right to run for office
unless he is going to do the Job
right. Commissioners will face
problems of liquor, debt, records,
roads, and they will need the help
of the people."
Cleveland officers Inducted were:
Commissioners, J. Lester Herndon,
Joe E. Blanton and George Corn
well: treasurer, Mrs. Lillian E. New
ton; register of deeds, A. F. New
ton; coroner, Roscoe Luts; survey
or, D. R. 8. Prasier.
Others Later
Judge of Recorder’s court and
Solicitor Prank L. Hoyle Jr. will be
sworn in January 1 and Sheriff
Raymond Cline in April. Represen
tative Ernest Gardner will take the
oath at Raleigh.
Justices who took the oath today
(Continued on page ten.)
Withdraw Bids Today On
Kings Mtn.$100,000 Bridge
RALEIGH, Dec. 7.—All bide for
building a $100,000 overpass to eli
minate the grade crossing at Kings
Mountain on highway No. 74, will
be withdrawn by the state highway
commission today and the federal
funds allocated for this project will
be placed to some other project, it
is learned from Capus Waynlck,
chairman of the highway commis
sion.
All necessary engineering was
done on this grade crossing elimina
tion and bids were received from
contractors, but the town of Kings
Mountain did not provide the nec
essary right of way and agree to
take care of right of way damages,
incident to the changing of the
road. Hence contractors who placed
bl(h on the grade crossing elimina
tion project are being notified to
day that all bids are refused. This
will mean the abandonment of the
Kings Mountain job which was to
have been done with federal grade
crossing elimination funds, provided
the town had furnished the right
of-way paid for any property dam
ages incident to changing the route
slightly.
“We regard this crossing as Im
portant and would like to build
this bridge," says Chairman Way
nick. “We have no funds we can use
for right of way and damages and
the town of Kings Mountain has
signified its unwillingness to carry
through on the lines of plan which
we necessarily have adopted. We
should like very much to go ahead
with the contract except for the
hitch with the Kings Mountain au
thorities.”
Two Are Dead In
Fire I nlndiana
CANNELTON, Ind., Dec. 7.—<JP)—
Mrs. Dorothea Lehman, 36, and her
son, William, 14, were burned to
death and three other members of
the family were burned badly when
their log cabin summer residence
was destroyed by fire early today.
{Holds Security
Bill Is Legal
BOSTON, Dec. 7.—(ffV-Ped
eral Judge George C. Sweeney
ruled today that the Federal
Social Security Act is legal
when he denied George P. Da
vis of Waltham, a stockholder
of the Boston and Maine rail
road, an injunction which
would have prevented the rail
road from paying unemploy
I ment insurance.
f
HOPE FOR PEACE
IN LABOR FIGHT
Lewis And Green
Factions To Meet
Thursday
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—(A*>—
American Federation of Labor
peacemakers are planning to use
George L. Berry’s industrial prog
ress conference Thursday as the
background for a new attempt to
end labor’s epochal civil war.
For the first time in months,
leaders of John L. Lewis' ten sus
pended unions and the federation's
dominating craft union faction will
meet together—to discuss Industrial
legislation.
Peacemakers hope to use this
meeting to find out whether Lewis
would be willing to modify his de
mand that all workers in each
large Industry be organised Into
one union without regard to tra
ditional A. F. of L. craft lines.
They also want to learn whether
the Lewis unions would give up
their committee for industrial or
ganisation if the federation under
took a modified organization cam
paign.
If the peace makers find Lewis
willing to make any concessions they
will propose informal negotiations,
to be followed by a formal peace
conference.
Merchants Meet
At Hotel Tuesday
Meeting of merchants has been
called for 10 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing at the Charles hotel for discus
sion of various problems Affecting
merchants during the holiday per
iod.
Extra hours to be open, possibil
ity of closing the day after Christ
mas and other matters are to be
discussed. It is also possible, it li
learned, that officers for next yeai
may be named at Tuesday’s meet
ing. Joe E. Nash is president and
George Wray secretary of the Mer
chants association.
Fear Bevolatloa
DETROIT, Dec. 7.—(AV-The Righl
Rev. Michael J. Gallagher, blahoi:
of Detroit, warned the annual con
ference on Catholic family life her*
today to “get busy" tj avert the
possibility of “a red revolution with
in three or four years,” in Detroit.
King Acknow ledges Cheers
Eleven Week-End
Deaths In State
CHARLOTTE, Dev. T.-W
Eleven person* were killed on
North Carolina highway* over
the week-end.
A car knocked Raymond Wil
liams, 13, and his brother, Wal
ter, 8, off their bicycle at Roa
noke Rapids and they died a
few minutes later.
Injuries suffered In a car
truck wreck at Lumberton end
ed fatally for FTed Evans. W. O.
Taylor, 88, was killed In an ac
cident at Kinston.
James H. Gilliland, of Slier
City, died of wreck Injuries.
John Nelson, of Marlon, S. O.,
was fatally hurt at Durham.
George Speight, Jr., 13, was
the victim of a hit-run driver
at Rocky Mount. James B.
Johnson, third, four years old,
was killed near Hickory.
Lacy McCallum, negro, was
killed In a wreck near Rowland.
James F. Money, 69, was killed
by a hit-run motorists near Yad
klnvllle. Frank C. Mullis, 55, was
killed by a car at Monroe.
Six Dead In S. C.
Motor Accidents
COLUMBIA, Dec. 7. —(*)— Six
persons were killed on South Caro
lina highways over the week end. A
number of others were injured.
A truck hit Belson Todd at An
derson and killed him. Robert Snet
ley, Jr., 13, was killed In a similar
accident at Greenville.
James Deas, 6, Julia Gaillard, 35,
both of Jackson boro and Theodora
Holmes, 39, of Parker’s Ferry, were
killed In a wreck at Charleston.
At Greenville Vivian Baker a
negro girl, was hit by a trackless
trolley and was killed.
Lord Islington Dies
LONDON, Dec. 7.—iff)—Lord Is
lington, former governor of New
Zealand, died last night at the age
of 70.
Inter - America Con
ference eGts to Real
Work
BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 1— m —
The Inter - American conference
delved today in to the delicate
teak of bringing agreement out of
more than 30 projects submitted to
seal peace In the weitm world.
Among the foremost proposals
was that submitted last night by
the United States delegation, em
bodying Ideals set forth by Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary of
State Codell Hull.
It would create a permanent In
ter-American consultative commit
tee to coordinate existing peace in
struments and develop a common
neutrality policy based on the Unit
ed States's neutrality theory.
The warm reception accorded the
plan, some sources said, made it
probable it would be the basis for
agreement.
The conference, splitting up for
committee work, was not expected
to reassemble in plenary session
this week.
Plans to secure peace among the
31 republics represented at the con
ference developed along four main
channels: conciliation, neutrality,
economic cooperation and intellec
tual cooperation.
Arms limitation also figured in
the program but little was expected
(Continued on page ten.)
New Baby Belongs
To 5th Generation
The baby boy bom Saturday at
the Shelby hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Peeler, is a member of the
fifth, living generation on the moth
er's side of the family.
Mrs. Peeler, before marriage, was
Miss Elsie Whitener. Her mother
Mrs. Fred Whitener, her grand
mother, Mrs. W. F. Ritch, and her
great grandmother, Mrs. Mary
Dover, are all living. The latter ie
seventy-eight years of age.
Mrs. Simpson Remains In ■
Seclusion With Friends
CANNES, France, Dec. 7.—(/P)—
Wallis Warfield Simpson and King
Edward of England talked by trans
channel telephone several times to
day while the world waited for a
decisive development In England's
crown quandary.
Mrs. Simpson, It was learned on
good authority, also communicated
by telephone with several other per
sons In London from Villa Lou Viet
here.
She spent the day In the deepest
seclusion. The road to the villa
was closed a quarter mile from the
I entrance t.o all save the-residents
*
and others with important business,
A Scotland Yard detective and n
local gendarme barred the way tc
the curious. The servants were vir
tual prisoners; obliged to remair
on the estate, which is owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rogers ol
New York.
Thus Mr. and Mrs. Rogers had
to drive to the center of Cannes
themselves to attend to errands.
Kn route back to the villa this
morning, Mrs. Rogers' inotcr car
struck a parked taxi in the narrow
tContinued on pace ten.)
BALDWIN CLAIMS
NO WISH BY HIM
TO RUSH EDWARD
Think Cheer* For The
King Bring*
Decision
HE IS ADAMANT
LONDON, Dec. 7.—</P>—Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin told the
house of commons today the govern
ment will not pres* King Edward for
a decision an ms plans tor possible
marriage with Mrs. Wallis Simpson.
*1 am glad to have occasion be
make a further statement on the
cabinets position," Baldwin said,
reading from a manuscript.
Te Weigh Decision
‘•In considering this whole matter
It has always been and remain* the
earnest desire of the government
to afford his majesty the fullest
opportunity of weighing the dedUien
which involves so directly hie own
future happiness and the interests
of all his subjects," -
"At the seme time they cannot
but be aware that any considerable
prolongation of the present state of
suspense and uncertainty would in*
voLve the risk of gravest Injury In
the national and imperial Interests
—and Indeed no one Is more Insist
ent upon this aspect of the situa
tion than his majesty.” the prim*
minister continued.
"In view of certain statements
which have been made about the
relations bet wen the government
and the king, I should add that with
the exception of the Question of
morganatio marriage, no advice has
‘Her tka WAtmvMiwanlt
“These matters were not raised
been tendered by the government
personal and informal,"
Baldwin continued:
(Continued on page ten.)
i|
COUNTY WELFARE
DEPENDS ON SOIL
WILKINS STATES
i
i
Terracing Program,
Cover Crops Are
Imperative
Characterising soil erosion as a
"thief and a robber," and dedicat
ing himself to the continued pro
greseiveness of Cleveland county la
agricultural leadership, «J. 9. Wil
kins. county farm agent, today out
lined his general program ef work
for. the coming year.,
The outline followed the making
of an annual report which was sent
to the extension department In Ra
leigh. He commented on the con
trast between the year 19W and
1930.
“Continuation of the soli improve
ment program will be made through
out next year and for many years,*
Mr. Wilkins said "Our very Ufa and
welfare of all the county depends on
our soil.
Terracing Program
“It is imperative that Cleveland
county continue Its terracing pro
gram, along with planting cover
crape which add humus and water
reservoirs to the soil.
"With the passing of many of
our pioneer farmers the leadership
of our county needs to be replenish
ed. We propose to do thie hi the
future by training boys and girl*
through our 4-H club, educational,
and fair activities.
“In the club members receive
training In leadership, In literature,
field crops, home industry and arts,
school work and in social aspects.
"Well bred seed, not only for cot
ton, but for com, small grain, and
other crops is a goal. It will saTS
time and money.
“More and better livestock must
(Continued on page ten.)
Hunt Amlltnt
WINSTON-SALEM. Dec. T—
—Police today continued their
search for an unidentified negro IS
year old Elsie Largents said crim
inally assaulted her Friday night.
Five suspects were taken into cut
today and then released.
Within
GREENSBORO,
Greensboro's city government was
more than *7.000 within its bmlgct
for the first five months of Mf.
fiscal year. |