MADRID TROOPS
ARE READY FOR
FRANCO ATTACK
Expect Action At Any
Minute, They
Say
MADRID. Dec 9.— (M*) —Govern
ment bombing planes blasted the
fascist front line along the Casa
Del Camp Park today and devas
tated the Insurgent supply base.
Scarcely had the fifteen socialist
bombers settled down at Bararajas
airport when 23 Insurgent planes
appeared out of the clouds and
loosed tons of explosives, in retalia
tion, on the airport and the gov
ernment positions.
Socialist batteries blazed away at
the fascist lines throughout the
early morning.
Puzzled At Delay
Government commanders, an au
thoritative source said, frankly
were puzled at Gen. Francisco
Franco’s insurgent strategy in fall
ing to launch the long-expected at
tack on Madrid.
Worried lest a trap were being
baited for them, the socialist offi
cers ordered the continual bom
bardment to forestall any insurgent
maneuver. All mi'itia leaves were
cancelled and soldiers were ordered
to report Immediately to their
• commands.
Concentrate Troops
The government concentrated all
available forces around the capital
jtnd ordered the troops to stand un
der arms In readiness for the threa
tened "big push."
For days Insurgent batteries and
planes have concentrated their full
firing power on the government
lines in what the socialists believed
was a large scale preparatory bom
bardment for the attack.
The activity along the Madrid
front In the northwestern univer
sity city spread over the entire
battlefield as the aerial and artil
lery engagements developed.
Government militiamen claimed
decisive advances, capturing the
former civil guard barracks.
Insurgent aircraft rained theii
"ash-cans’’ on the Puente De Tole
do bridge and government bomberi
attacked insurgent concentrations.
Seven persons were killed and
fifty wounded when fascist planet
bombed Alcala De Henares to the
north-east, while northwest of the
capital Insurgents trained theii
heavy batteries on government po
sitions.
The famous El Escorial Monas
tery, it was said, had been shells
despite stringent orders of Genera
Franco that It was to be spared
Other sources reported the historic
building unscathed.
INo statement
Ready Today
f Continued from page one.)
had offered to abdicate on compli
cated terms.
One thing was certain — thal
Baldwin brought back to his cabi
net a voluminous report.
> Kent With King
King Edward, upon whose deci
sion hung the welfare of five hun
dred million subjects, clung to hia
ice-covered fortress.
His youngest brother, the Duke oi
Kent, was there at his side to con
sole him no matter which heart
breaking course he had oosen.
The royal brothers had been to
gether, almost without a break, for
the last 24 hours, despite the fact
that Kent's wife, the young Prin
cess Marina, shortly is expecting her
second child.
Downing street was crowded but
the watchers remained silent and
undemonstrative as the sober-faced
, ministers arrivod.
With the climax of the crisis near
the people of London had aban
doned the rowdy scenes that mark
ed last week-end.
MRS. SIMPSON IS NOT
SICK, OFFICIAL STATES
CANNES. TYance, Dec. 9.—{/FV—
Mrs. Wallis Simpson, secluded in
tha Villa of New York friends, con
ferred today with her London law
yer on arrangements for closing her
home in the British capital.
Dr. Douglas Kirkwood, the phy
sician who flew with Attorney
Theodore Goddard to Mrs. Simp
son’s seaside retreat, went to Mar
seille from Cannes and one report
said he planned to fly back to Lon
don from there.
Mrs. Simpson, said the King ,
court official, is “in perfect health,’
does not require the services of s
physician and, in fact, has seer
none since coming to the Villa las*
week-end.”
The spokesman explained thath<
made the statement fully aware o'
the "implications” surrounding th<
hurried trip of Dr. Kirkwood froir
London.
W.O.W. Will Meet
To Elect Officer!
Officers for the ensuing year wil
be elected at the regular meetim
of the Woodmen of the World t
he held Friday evening, beglnnin
St 7:30, at the W. O. W. hall. .
good attendance of members i
Creamery Now
Being Expanded
(Continued from page one.)
tawba and Rutherford is brought
to the plant where it ia first weigh
ed and a two ounce sample taken
out for testing. The test is made
before his eyes, showing tlffe actual
butterfat content and he is paid
the cash market price for his SO or
100 pounds of cream.
S5C,00« Paid Out
More than $30,000 in cash was
paid to farmers in this territory
last year, with 175,000 pounds ol
butter being made. The 15,000 pa
trons who have about 25 special
carriers for their products, are al
lowed to buy the buttermilk back at
one cent per gallon. Most of it Is
f«l to hogs on the farm.
After the cream is weighed and
tested, and the big cans thoroughly
| washed and sterilised in an auto
matic live steam washer, it goes to a
I large vat where it Is heated by
steam to 150 degrees for pasturlza
! tion. It is then cabled to 55 degrees
l In a 2,500 gallon container to be
prepared for the church. Prepara
tion consists of being pumped
through several fine filters to eli
minate any Impurities.
Then to the chum which rolls
j steadily for 45 minutes after which
the golden yellow butter Is removed
and packet} into 60-pound boxes for
cooling in a 35 degree storage. The
following morning it Is cut and
1 packaged in quarter-pound and
, pound sites, labeled and ready for
<sale.
The local plant has two machines
I ivhtch handle and pack the butter
] with hardly a touch of the opera
tor's hand. It is placed In Gilt Edge
boxes, the trade name for the prod
uct. This plant has manufactured
approximately 3.500.000 pounds since
it began 22 years ago. The creamery
has had the same firm name for 14
years.
Personnel includes J.L. Buttle vice
president , and acting president since
Mr. Lineberger’s death; J. A. Sut
tle. secretary and treasurer; Her
bert Blanton, buttermaker, with the
plant 21 years; T. G. Morehead and
C. E. Spangler, assistants; Miss
Vertie Hendrick, cashier far 13
years, and Hubert Wilson, acting
secretary and manager.
Direct Control
Crop Reduction
(Continued on page ten.)
plan this year, and diversion from
i these major soli depleting and sur
plus crops will be encouraged."
Will Make Deductions
Deductions will be made frorr
payments on any farm where th<
com acreage is larger than the quoti
established by county AAA commit
tees.
Similar deductions will be If th<
1937 acreage of cotton, tobacco, pea
nuts or general crop exceeds th<
base established for these crops or
any farm. These bases are the aver
age of previous Production over sev
eral yean.
(These moves were regarded gen
erally as a direct attempt to bloc)
the usual tendency of farmers tc
expand acreage In certain crop*
after short yields have pushed price;
skyward).
The average rate of payment foi
diverting acreage from soil-deplet
ing crops was cut from $10 an acre
this year to $9 for next year. This
was qualified with the provision
that $3 will be deducted unless the
acreage is planted to crops classed
as soil-conserving In most regions
- -.. a
Bolivian Proposal
It Up For Debate
(Continued from page one.)
, Pension of diplomatic relations; ces
sation of all land, air and water com
| munlcations; prohibition of any
loans or credits; and isolation from
i postal and telegraphic conununica
: tions.
By the terms of the Bolivian proj
i °ct, any nation would be adjudged
; an aggrestor which invaded the tan
! rltory of anothei', even if war were
j not declared, or which attacked
1 another by land, sea or air.
Observers said the proposal also
! would condemn a nation as an ag
gressor if it aided armed bands in
vading another’s territory or if it
refused to submit a dispute which
might lead to war to pasific settle
ment.
Bolivia’s plan was said to go fur
ther than any as yet submitted both
‘in identifying an aggressor and in
! applying sanations calculated to
prevent hostilities.
Committeemen also were consid
ering a Peruvian plan to permit
American members of the League
jof Nations to coordinate with the
Geneva covenant all existing Pan
American treaties to which they art
signatories.
SOCIAL SECURITY PHASES
DISCUSSED THOROUGHL1
CHAPEL HILL, Dec. 9.—<;P>-Th<
application of various phases ofthi
Federal Social Security program tc
North Carolina was explained tc
| approximately ISO legislators, state
> | officers and other citizens who at
i tended the conference an social s»
l curity taxes held at the Universitj
of North Carolina yesterday.
> Ewan Clague and Wilbur J. Co
hen, of the social security board
l divisions of research and statistic!
* j and legislative aid. led the «i»
j cushions.
'END OF STRIKE
PREDICTED NEAR
Seamen At Galveston
Beaten Up; Public
Rally
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9.—</P)
Partlal settlement of the 41-day
Pacific coast maritime strike waf
closer today than at any time since
the tie-up began as both sides
watched for possible public reaction
to an unprecedented discussion of
the dispute last night.
The masters, mates and pilots oi
America called a meeting to vote
on settlement proposals offered by
the coastwise shippers, who oper
ate more than 70 of the 226 strike
bound coast vessels and carry 10
percent of cargo tonnage.
Tentative Agreement
The coastal operators have reach
ed tentative agreements with all
unions but the licensed deck offi
cers and the radio telegraphers.
Federal Conciliator E. P. Marsh said
agreement with radiomen had been
reached on all points except wages.
There still was no sign of agree
ment between the unions and off
shore operators.
Unions and the offshore shippers,
carriers of about 66 percent of the
coast’s marine commerce, are dead
locked over control of hiring. Un
ions demand control and employers
insist It be placed In neutral hands
at least. ^
A crowd officials estimated at 18,
000 overflowed the civic auditorium
last night as spokesmen for both
union and employers expressed de
sire for early settlement.
Eight seamen off the tanker W
L. Steed were attacked at Galves
ton, Tex,, by about 16 seamen as the;
were leaving a beer parlor early to
day. Eight men were taken to ttu
hospital with cuts and bruises
Police attributed the outbreak tc
the strike.
Charles E. Kistler
Of Morganton Diet
MOROANTON, Dec. 9.—CJharlei
K. Kistler, 37, Morganton capitalist
and civic leader, died Tuesday aft
ernoon In the Mayo clinic at Roch
ester, Minn., where he had beei
undergoing treatment for twi
weeks.
Mr. Kistler was a member of i
family prominent In the Industrie
development of Burke county. H<
was bom In Chicago, October 25
1899, a son of the late Andrew Mil
ton Kistler and Ernestine Hebnei
Kistler, who moved to Morgantoi
when he was a child.
After completing his education ai
the University of North Carolina
he was connected with the Burki
tannery, owned by his father, unti
its sale to the International Shot
company. He was later manager o;
the local plant of the Drexel Pur
■ niture company, a post he relin
quished to be associated with hli
father In managing extensive busi
ness Interests in Burke and adjoin
. ing counties. Since his father’)
I death In 1931 he had been one ol
the exteutors of the estate.
Mr. Kistler was a director It
any financial and manufacturing
enterprises, was serving his fourth
i term as a member of the Morgan
ton town council and was past
president of the Morganton Kiwanli
club. He was active In the affair/
of Grace Episcopal church, holding
the office of vestryman and treas
urer.
A younger brother, J. Prederid
Kistler, pas killed In 1934 when hli
airplane crashed, carrying him with
his bride of a few weeks to death.
Mr. Kistler is survived by hi/
stepmother, his wife, the formei
Miss Mary Collett Wilson, ol
Greensboro, whom he married ir
1921; one daughter, Mary Wllsor
Kistler, a student at St. Mary’s ai
Raleigh, and two sons, Charles Ed
, mund Kistler, Jr., and Andrew Mil
ton Kistler.
Fred Baird Talks
Before Lions Club
Fred L. Baird, Lion member
spoke to tbe lions Club last night
in their regular meeting, held at
the Lutheran church, on what the
local club is doing and on Iionism
COTTON LETTER
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—As the ftna
crop report removes further uncer
tainty as to tbe size it seems then
may be presently less resistance ,tc
an upturn in twice based on the
supply and demand factors. Cer
tainly the weight of a large per
| eentage of the crop has spent ite
■ force on the future market anc
| during the period of heaviest croj
pressure the sustained improvement
i in the domestic textile industry hat
created a mill demand sufficient tc
stabilize the market between 11 1-2
and 12c. The advance in prices ol
: manufactured goods has not beer
' followed by an advance in cotton
Consequently the mills have beer
able to book forward sales into the
spring months on a very profitable
bads. The present domestic out
look warrants assumption that the
| upswing in textile activity may wei:
extend through summer month;
; while Lancashier and other textile
centers report greatly improvec
trade which should provide stead}
demand for contracts which de
. mand may be supplied on a rising
l market.
; Today’s
Markets
New York cotton at 2:30 today:
Jan. 12.27, Mar. 12.22, May 12.08,
July 11.00, Oct. 11.43, Dec. 11.45.
SMALL GAINS
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—(JP)^-Small
gains predominated In today's early
stock market dealings, but a num
ber of declines were registered at
the moderately active opening.
COTTON UP
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—(AP)—Cotton
futures opened steady, 8 to 13 points
: advance on general buying owing
to higher Liverpool cables and a
constructive Interpretation of the
government’s agricultural program.
GRAIN STRONG
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—UP)—Unex
pected strength shown by Liverpool
quotations led to early upturns of
Chicago wheat values today. Open
ing 6-8 to 1 cent up, Chicago wheat
futures then climbed further. Corn
started at a small gain and for the
time being altered little.
POULTRY EASY
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—(It)— Live
poultry barely steady. By freight:
chickens: Rocks 15-17; fowls: col
ored 18-20; turkeys 14-22; duoks
14-17; other freight prices un
changed.
Summary Of
The Market
Furnished by E. A. Pierce 4b Ce.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Dow-Jones
stock summary for today is aa fol
lows:
Production of electricity In U. 8.
week ended Dec. 6 was 2,243,916,000
k.wh., a new record high vs. 1.
969,662,000 like 1986 week Increase
13.9 percent.
1 Iron Age says steel output' this
' week estimated 76 1-3 percent but
Is possibly higher in view of fact
that actual output in Nov. at 79.95
1 percent was several points above
highest weekly estimates, It can be
definitely predicted that operations
' ■ at present rate or higher will con
1 tlnue at least through Jan. and pro
bably through the entire first quar
- ter.
N. T. Sc Honduras Rosario Min
1 ing declares dividend $1.65 n«ty Dec.
34 and Dec. 14.
$1.50 Bethlehem Steel common
| dividend, Dec. 34 and Dec. 17.
J. C. Penney sales Nov. sales in
crease 4.3 percent, 11 months in
crease 13.6 percent. Nov. sales
highest for any Nov. in company’s
1 history.
N. 7. Shipbuilding omits divld
| end on preferred.
Melville Shoe declares extra di
vidend $1.13 1-3 on common Dec.
' 33 and Dec. 18. calls preferred at
105 plus dividends to Feb. 1, 1937.
B. F. Goodrich declares special
dividend of $1 oh common pay Dec.
| 34 record Dec. 19. First paid $1 on
common In June 1930.
Florence stove Co. declares di
vidend of $4.35 pay Dec. 31 record
Dec. 13.
London stock market firm, trans
Atlantics firm, Paris irregular.
Waldorf System declares further
dividend 35c Dec. 23 and Dec. 18.
Southwestern Bell Co. declares
quarter dividend of $3 on common
pay Dee. 31 record Dec. 24.
Okies of Studebaker passenger
cars and trucks in Nov. total 8,*
944 units, largest Nov. for com
pany since 1924 and comparing
with 5,383 in Nov. 1935. 11 months
total 84,394 vs. 48,813 year ago, gain
80 peroent.
London dispatch says for the first
time since the world war Lloyds re
fused today to issue any more war
risk insurance policies for the Unit
ed Kingdom and indicated the pol
icy would be made world wide Jan.
1.
Fenick & Ford declares dividend
of 75c Dec. 34 and Dec. 11.
London dispatch says Oreai Bri
tain and France have decided to
try to arrange a joint appeal by 5
or 6 leading powers to the chief!
of the Madrid government and the
Spanish nationalists to cease fight
ing, it was said in a reliable quar
ter.
American Pete Institute reports
for week end Dec. 5 drop of about
10,460 barrels daily in crude oil out
put in U. 8. to 3,002,000 stocks of
gasoline gained 323,00 barrels.
Penny Column
LOST: PAIR GOLD RIM GLASSES
in black case in Woolworth’s or
between Woolworth’s and Cleve
land Drug Store. Mabel Wray
Doggett. ltci
1__i
Dutch Airliner
Falls And Burns
(Continued from page one.)
injured.
Seventeen Aboard
The plane, in charge of Pilot
Hautman, carried U passengers and
a crew of three.
The flames were so fierce several
houses near the Airdrome caught
fire.
A woman living nearby said:
“I heard a crash, ahd running in
to the street, saw the plane had
crashed on the roof of an unoccu
pied house. Unburst into flames at
once and the house caught Are."
Another woman gave this ver
sion:
“I heard a terrific crash, and
thought someone had hit my house.
“I ran out and saw a huge plane
burning, with the flames shooting
up from the wreckage.
“It was awful. The heat was so
terrific we could not get near.”
Juan De La Clerva, Inventor of
the autogyro, began experiments
with its predecessor, the helicopter,
twelve years ago, witnessing the
first flight of the device la March,
1034.
Three months later the Spanish
inventor himself made a flight,
with King Alfonso of Spain as a
spectator.
The first autogyro flew the Eng
lish Channel in September, 1928
after the "flying windmill” and its
previous experimental models had
undergone extensive tests in Eng
land.
Two Charged With
Criminal Assault
Cone Harrison and Broadus Eak
er, well known young men of No. 5
Township, were unaer $1,000 and
$500 bonds respectively today fol
lowing their arrest on charges of
criminal assault. Preliminary hear
ings were waived.
Miss Nellie Craft is the prosecut
ing witness. The alleged offense oc
curred December 6.
Witnesses Summoned
Witnesses summoned were given
Drr. J. T. Ramseur, Dave Dellinger,
Lawrence Comer, Ben Wright,
Amos Fortenberry, and Wyte Roy
ster.
Among cases were aired lr. Re
corder’s Court today was an embez
zlement and forgery charge against
E. L. Eades. Mr. Eades is alleged to
have embezzled the sum of $68 from
W. A. Pendleton in a deal involv
ing a washing machine which was
sold to C. W. Parker. Probable
cause was shown and found. Eades
posted $250 bond.
Capias was sent out for F. C.
Barrett, Kings Mountain merchant
who is alleged to have failed to
make a sales tax return.
Mr*. W7s7 Wilson, 64,
* Die* In Cherokee
GAFFNEY, S. C., Dec. 8.—Fun
eral services were held Tuesday for
Mrs. Lucy Huskey Wilson, 64, widow
of W. S. Wilson, former cotton buy
er, who died of a heart attack
shortly before Sunday midnight.
Mrs. Wilson Is survived by six
daughters and three sons, as fol
lows: Mrs. O. H. Whelchel and Mrs.
G. O. Lemmons of Gaffney; Mrs. E.
E. Vines, Concord, N. C.; Miss
Reath Wilson, Greenville; Mrs.
Eura Randall and Mrs. H. G. Free
1 man, Shelby, N. C.; and Stanley.
' and Shell Wilso nof Gaffney. Pour
brothers and two sisters also sur
vive: J. P. Huskey, Cowpens; Rev.
R. A. Huskey, Westminster; Chas.
Huskey, Spartanburg; Robert Hus
key, Whitney; Mrs. Polly Busby,
Spartanburg; and Mrs. Nora Bolin.
Blacksburg.
American Oil
Dealers In Meeting
Fifteen American Oil company
dealers in this district gathered
here last night at the Hotel Char
i les for a conference with Messrs,
i Dassel and Aldridge, refinery rep
j resentatives from Baltimore. The
j meeting was for promotion of sales
of petroleum products manufactur
| ed by this concern. Will Arey Is dis
j tribution of American Oil in this
I immediate territory.
! CHARLOTTE PHYSICIAN
IS DEAD IN FALL
CHARLOTTE, Dec. 9.—(JP)—Dr.
George David McGregor, about 35,
was found dead of a broken neck
ion the ground under his second
1 floor bedroom window early today.
Dr. lYed Austin, Mecklenburg
! county coroner, said the physician
had apparently met death in an
accidental fall.
Dr. McGregor was a native of
Lynchburg, Va. He was unmarried.
Robt W. Jw*
Dies In Rale'
RALEIGH, Dec. 9. - (.p,
W. Haywood, 63. connected ^7*
Raleigh News and Observer
editorial capacity since m2
Monday while alone in hi* k,
here. His wife was v,su '
daughter at Culpepper, va
His body was not found m,tn
yesterday.
He was a native oi Pollocks
aad was graduated from 7
Forest. College in 189f took n
uate work at Johns Hopkin^
verslty and later joined th, J
Forest College faculty.
Later he was a reporter ‘for
Wilmington Star and then bor
the Greensboro Telegram He
to the News and Observer as
soclate of Edward E. Britton
tor. His widow, daughter aZ,
survive.
MRS. J. P. SHUFORD/Dies
SUDDENLY At GAFp
GAFFNEY, Dec/9. - Rlte8 ,
conducted here for Mr< m
Humphries Shuford, 65, widow i
P. Shuford, Gaffney business i
who died unexpectedly at midr
Sunday. Mrs. Shuford leaves t
daughters, Mrs. V. H Lipso
and Mrs. D. W. Hicks of Gaff
And Mrs. Hal L. Purlow of L
land, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. M A i
ratt of Gaffney; and three br
ers/ Wade and Bryan Humphrie
iffney, and Ellie Humphries
kory, N. O.
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