North Carolina Newspapers

WEATHER North Carolina: Rain this after noon and early tonight; Thursday m<>tly cloudy, probably rain. Official Shelby temperatures: Hish 47, low 37, ralnrall .03. Tshe Hhelhy Bnily Hielt MARKETS Cotton, *pnt .. 13c to 13f4e Cotton MTd, wagon, ton .... $3.1.00 Cotton Hoed, car, ton lot .... $33.00 FORMERLY THE CLEVELAND STAR, ESTABLISHED 1896 VOL. XL1I—NO. 167 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS THE SHELBY DAILY STAR SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, DEC. 16, 1936 AUDITED CIRCULATION SINGLE COPIES Be L.'ii_ . ii nili ii ift NATIONS APPROVE U. S AMERICAN PLAN FOR PEACE Still Fear Crisis In Far East THINK CIVIL WAR IN CHINA TO BE KIDNAP OUTCOME Lack Of Central Con trol Seen In Chiang Loss JAPAN’S THREAT SHANGHAI, Dec. 16.—</P)—An irtny campaign to rescue General issimo Chiang Kai-Shek; if alive and ivenge him if dead was reported un officially to have been voted today by the executive Yuan (governing committee) of the Chinese govern ment at Nanking. The report came from Chinese lources considered authoritative. The goal of the punitive expedi tion. it was stated, would be Slanfu, ghensi province, the stronghold of Martha! Chang Hsueh-Liang who kidnapped the generalissimo, China’s most powerful individual, last week. Is Chiang Alive? Official sources have been unable to state whether Chiang is alive or dead—and there were-rjjmors that a punitive expedition might result in his execution if he still lives. Eight or ten Chinese divisions al ready have been preroted moving In en Shensi province with numerous Ikirmtohes resulting. Certain Chinese sources inter-' preted the report of the decision for a punitive campaign as indicating file belief ot government officials that further efforts to negotiate in file present chaotic situation are hopeless. General Ho Ying-Ohin, the min ister of war and acting head of the military affairs commission replac ing Generalissimo Chiang in his absence was reported named com mander-in-chief of the punitive lorce. Unrest Spreads Chiang’g fate spread unrest (Continued on page two.) Whiskey Research Body Is To Report RALEIGH, Dec. 16.—Victor * Bryant of Durham, Durham jj *ounty legislative representatrtfe j and chairman of the state liquor ■ eommission, said today the report of the commission’s findings would j be presented to the regular session j of the general assembly to meet Bert, month. Members of the commission late yesterday completed a final draft of recommendations, Bryant said the recommendations would be made public between adjournment of the special session and the meeting of the regular session. In the past year the commission hefci hearings throughout the state, Sphering data for and against var ious methods of liquor sales. WILL INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF J. A. CARTER CLINTON, Dec. 16.—WP)—A cor ner's jury tomorrow will investi gate the death early yesterday of •John A. Carter, 76, whose charred Jody was found in the fireplace at fus home near Ingold. Sheriff Carlisle Jackson and Cor o*1"! Paul Crump]er said they found ®o stgn of foul play. The moderate ly wealthy farmer’s body was round by his son, Oland Carter. The eider Carter lived alone. Bold up men are NABBED VERT QUICKLY Kannapolis, Dec. 16.—(A>>—Po M Chief Ira T. Chapman arrested arees Oates, Concord negro, and ®nest High Elk. 16-year-old In r*n fr°m Eagle Buttee, S. D., a ew ^ours after he said they held n a drug store in the negro sec- 1 J)1 hf ,e- Chapman said they ad- i m!upd the holdup. Name Wilklnoon < . ' KINGTON, Dec. U.—m— -Ppotntment of William Edgar Wilk- i rf °-f Durham, N. C., as a first i ' J «aant in the army medical : was announced today by the ! ir department < Killed By Truck LLMberton, Dec. 16.—(flh— 1 Jordan, 64: hit by a grocery i ■ died in a hospital several : later, , Popular On the pretty head of Lo. Halver •on of Montgomery, Ala* reeta the orown of “Ml«« Popularity." She wae choeen the most popular girl at the Unlveralty of Alabama In a conteat conducted by the Rammer Jammer, atudent magazine. She la a sophomore and a member of Chi Omega sorority. (Associated Press Photo) Security Bill N. C. Law Now RALEIGH, Dec. 16.——The i special session of tho North Car olina general assembly adjourn ed sine die at 12:27 this afternoon after writing Into law the "ad ministration" unemployment compensation bill by unanimous vote. The clocks in the senate and house chambers showed the hour as noon, as stipulated in the res olution of adjournment, but the work was not finished so that gavels of the presiding officers could fall simultaneously to end the session until 27 minutes lat er. The unemployment compensa tion act, cause of the special ses sion, became effective at 12:26 when it was signed by the lieu- ! tenant governor and speaker of the house aa in North Carolina the governor has no veto power. The 1937 biennial session of the legislature will convene here on January 6. I HILDEBRAND WILL GO ON TRIAL TODAY MORGANTON, Dec. 16.— (#t — Bruce Hildebrand, furniture com pany official Indicted yesterday on ■t charge of manslaughter, faced trial in Superior court today. The indictment was a result of the death of Thomas M. Branch, Morganton carpenter, who was kill id by an automobile which failed to halt. EXPECT FLOODS RALEIGH, Dec. 16.—(/P)—Lee A. Denson, in charge of the weather bureau here, warned that heavy rains of last night and this morning in central and eastern North Carolina would prolong and perhaps slightly in crease floods which prevailed in rivers of the area today. Boiling Springs Planning Vote For New High School A new high school building in 3oiling Springs community is the ibjective of a large number of resi ients and patrons of the schools, t was learned today. Leaders have lad a mass meeting and many are aid to favor a special tax rate to srect an adequate building. At the present time high school itudents in No. 1 and No. 2 town hips are attending classes in the Soiling Springs junior college build ngs, but both the college and high ohool have grown too large for the pace. School leaders In Bolling Springs lave discussed the possibility of a lew building with Supt. J. H. Grigg ind members of the board of edu ction, but have presented no for m&l request. A. L. Calton, head of the board, said today that Bolling Springs is the only major community in the county which does not have a high school building. No. I township does not have one but at present students from there are coming to Boiling Springs satisfactorily. A building costing from $35,000 to $50,000 is thought to be large enough for the territory. It was learned from the county tax office that a special rate of 40 cents per $100 val uation on the $469,000 of listed property in Boiling Springs district would pay for the community’s part in 15 years. The county would pay for half (Continued on page two) Expect Furious Edward May Talk To Archbishop As Private Citizen Can If He Does No Mincing Words Are Expected; Is Reported In Anguish At Reference To Friends ENZESFELD, Austria, Dee. 16.— Vt)—Furious in spite of his anguish aqd despondency, Edward of Wind sor may talk back to the Arch bishop of Canterbury, it was re ported reliable today. Baron Eugene De Rothschild, at whose castle the former king is staying, disclosed Edward was deeply stirred by the radio broad cast Sunday in which the Arch bishop, spiritual leader of the Blu ish Empire, rebuked him and his friends. It was said the self-exiled king might make a fiery answer to the Archbishop’s empire-wide censure, especially of Edward's friends, as one of the first uses of his dearly bought personal freedom. Even more than by the scornful reference to Edward’s desire to marry Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simp son as a violation of the “Christian principle of marriage,” the former ruler was said to have been anger ed by the Archbishop’s aspersions on his friends. (The head of the church of Eng (Continued on page two) ITALY SEEKING NEW TREATY IN I). S. RELATIONS Old Treaty"Of 1871 Is Now Expiring; Consular Rights ROME, Dec. 16.— «P) —Negotia tion* for a new commercial accord between the United ' State* arid Italy, have been begun, to replace the expiring treaty Of 1871, It was announced officially today. The announcement also disclos ed the denunciation today of the existing pact, effective in one year. “For some months,” an official communique stated, ‘Commercial ne gotiations have been going on be tween Italy and the United States and the treaty drafts are now in the course of examination. “Today at Chigi Palace, Italian Foreign Minister Count O&lleazo Ciano and William Phillips, United States ambassador to Rome, sign ed a memorandum denouncing the agreement of 1871 which does not present, “This denunciation win become effective a year from now.” Informed sources said the nego tiations centered on a new com mercial treaty, not on a separate trade agreement which will come up later. The commercial treaty, It was said, provides for consular rights and privileges, provisions for tax ation and agreements on such matters as authority to engage In business. Negotiations wfll be Initiated for a trade agreement on lines similar to those concluded by the United States with Canada, Prance and other nations, but will be deferred until the commercial treaty is signed, it was said. SCOTT OFFERS KILGORE AGRICULTURE JOB RALEIGH, Dec. 1« —(IP)—'Vi- Kerr Scott, commissioner-elect of agri culture, said today he had offered Dr. B. W. Kilgore of Raleigh, the post of state chemist. Scott said more than 1,000 per sons had applied to him for jobs. GLASS WORKERS STRIKE SLOWING UP CAR INDUSTRY Car Production Soon To Be Affected By Shortage By The Associated Press extension glass BfWkfrs strike to three mltherto Unaffected manufacturing centers threatened today to curtail automobile Industry operations. The federation of flat glass work ers, refusing to accept a contract offered by the Libbey-Owens-FOrd company, called a strike of com pany employes last midnight In To ledo, Ohio, Charleston, W. Va., and Shreveport, La., to support demands for union recognition and salary adjustments. 6,000 Already Out Already Idle were 6,000 Pittsburgh Plate Glass company employes, and 1,300 Llbbey-Owens-Ford workers at Ottawa, m. The two companies produce 85 per cent of the safety glass used In American-made automobiles, as well as 70 per cent of the nation’s win dow glass and 93 per cent of the plate glass. Pacific seaports, strike-bound by a maritime walkout, saw hope of a settlement. Harry Lundenberg, chief of the sailors’ union, said striking members of three union had agreed verbally with ship owners on two important issues, Involving seamen’s hiring halls and penalties. Still un der discussion were wages and working conditions. Truck Drivers Strike Pour hundred truck drivers struck for higher wages at Philadelphia, (Continued on page two.) BULLETINS “GO TO CHURCH” WILMINGTON, Dec. 16.—</P) —Sheriff J. A. Russ of Bruns wick county said today a three county investigation is being launched into the activities of a hooded, nightriding band of “Christians” who allegedly for the past several years have periodically terrorised “people who don’t go to church” in the area along the Waccamaw river in Brunswick, Columbus and Horry counties. NO RECOGNITION LONDON, Dec. 16.— (/P) — Great Britain does not intend to recognize Italy's annexation of Ethiopia, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden stated flatly in the house of commons today. His declaration came in answer to a question from Eleanor Rath bone, independent member of the honse. MANY DIVIDENDS NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—<PP> Postmen throughout the nation carried today check: represent ing the $150,000,006 advance guard of one of the greatest seven-day dividend distribu tions in the history of American industry. Get Desperado, Wound Wife, In N. Y. Led bj^J. Edgar Hoover, ohlef of the United Stataa Bureau of Inveatlgatlon. federal agenta captured Harry Brunette (left), 25-yeer-old dee„erado, and wounded hie wife In a 4B-mlnute gun battle In an apartment on New York Clty’a upper weet aide. Polloemen are ehown carrying the wounded woman from the building. Hoover eald Brunette wae wanted for kidnaping a New Jereey itde trooper and for numeroua bank robberlea. (Aeeoolated Preaa Photoe) Roosevelt Gets Into Domestic Problems Today WASHINGTON, ~DeC. 18.—</P>— President Roosevelt, home from Buenos Aires with an expression of “highest hones" for the tntcr-Amor Icta pekce dbhfererfoe, plunged to day Into the task of setting up the machinery for his second term. Conferences an subjects ranging from the congressional program and the new budget to possible cabinet changes were on his pre-Christmas calendar. Before going to his desk, however, he arranged to attend a brief fu neral service In the east room of the White House for his personal bodyguard, August “Qua” GennerlcH, who died unexpectedly at Buenos Aires. Mr. Roosevelt, heavily sunburned, arrived last night on a special train from Charleston, 8. C, where he landed after a 28-day Journey of 12,000 miles on the U. S. S. Indiana polis. Declaring It was too early to analyze the peace meeting’s speci-1 fic results, he said in a statement: "But we have every reason for gratitude for the far-reaching and historic accomplishments already in sight at Buenos Aires. “The conference should be an in spiration to all the peoples of the Americas and an example to the rest of the world. Good neighbors , we are; good neighbors we shall re- , main.” ( Simultaneously with Mr. Roose- | velt’s return came a report from ] high administrative quarters that a ] new cabinet post—Secretary of Public Welfare—might be created. Harry L. Hopkins, WPA administra tor, and Secretary Perkins were men- 1 tloned for the office. * The department would correlate such activities as the social secur ity program, the children’s bureau, To Get Reprieve RALEIGH, Dec. 16.—(/P)—Com missioner of Paroles Edwin M. Gill said today he would recommend a reprieve for Fred Gray, Onslow ne gro sentenced to die Friday for the murder of his wife. Reed Coffey, white youth of Av- ' ery county, Is scheduled to die Fri day for the slaying of his uncle. Expect Aviation Will Be Speeded WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—W) j —Reviewing aviation progress i since the Wright brothers’ fa mous Kitty Hawk flights 33 years ago, Air Commerce Dlree- i tor Eugene Vidal predicted to day the next three decades will bring advances “even more l breath taking.” i Preparing to observe the 33rd 1 anniversary of the Wright flights | tomorrow as “National Aviation Day,” Vidal hailed develop- 11 ments which have made possi ble trans-Pacific air service and said air liners soon will be ' i speeding back and forth across •.he Atlantic. Make Wide Search For Missing Western Plane .UHVULMUN WAS CAUSE OF STILL ANOTHER DEATH Further Investigation Made In Wilming ton Case WILMINGTON. Dec. 16.— (/P) - Solicitor John J. Burney said todaj m was investigating what he term ed “the attempted poisoning” ol Mrs. Bertha Stuart, mother of the woman who was arrested with E. L. 3moak Sunday night charged with murdering Smoak’s 15 year old laughter. Burney said the aged woman, mother of Mrs. Ennette Harker who lad lived in Smoak's home since ;he death of his second wife in 1935, was taken to James Walker Memorial hospital here Sept. 10 in jonvulslons. Burney added that lospltal records showed she was reated for the same kind of pois ming which Dr. Haywood Tryior, oxicologist for Duke Hospital at Durham said caused the death of innie Thelma Smoak Dec. 1. Burney said Mrs. Stuart told him Smoak gave her capsules when she »mplained of indigestion. The soli :ltor added that he had found Imoak had taken out an Insurance xrlicy on Mrs. Stuart for $500 in November, 1935, without her knowl (Continued on page two) ilia Re-Opening Hearing Dec. 22 Hearing on the Consolidated Textile corporation plan for re opening its mills, including the Ella division here, has been post poned until Dec. 22, it was learn ed here today. The proposal must be approved by a federal Judge in New York before it can be put into effect. Second Day Hunt It Centered Near Salt ' Lake City SALT LAKE CITY, Deo, 18.—<*) —Searching plana* droned over head and land parties combed snow-drifted mountain wilds today, seeking a big airliner lost more than 24 hours with five men and two women. The second day’s hunt centered near here for the Western Air Ex press transport and its occupants— one a pretty blonde stewardess who dodged the altar to keep her Job; another a bride of only a few days. "It looks bad,” admitted Frank Eastmas. Western Air Station man ager here. He added: "We're pray ing for clear weather.” The 10-passenger, twin-motored Boeing last was heard from at 3:37 a.m. mountain time. Tuesday, when its pilot S. J. Samson, radioed his position over the southwestern Utah village of Milford. However, word from a score of early risers in the vicinity of Tiny Alpine, 25 miles southeast of here, I that they heard a plane in dis ' tress, led to concentration of the j hunt in that region on the western slopes of the Wasatch mountains. The plane left Los Angeles at 11:15 pun., Pacific time, Monday ! night and was due in Utah's moun tain-ringed capital at 4:10 a.m., Pacific time, Tuesday. Missing with the craft were the stewardess, aiadys Witt; Pilot Samson, co-pilot William Bogan, and the passengers, Mr. and Mrs. John Wolfe of Chicago; H. W. Ed wards of Minneapolis, and C. Chris topher of Dwight, 111. Wake Forest Gets Martin Moore Body RALEIGH, Dec. 16.—</P>~State prison officials said today that the body of Martin Moore, Asheville ne gro asphyxiated last week for the slaying last summer of Miss Helen Clevenger, had been procured by Wake Forest college for its medical college. Forged Checks For School Expense Says Honor Student Because he wanted to go to chool and because he needed extra ilothes, shoes and materials, Les er White, 19 year old Casar youth,1 orged five checks totalling nearly 1100 on A. C. Brackett and J. P. j jogan, well knbwn Casar men Such Is his story confessed late ast night by White to Sheriff Ray-1 nond Cline at the local Jail after ie had tried to shield himself by Hinging In the names of several >ther young men In the commu-l iity. “Whole Truth” Late In the night Lester sent for he sheriff and told him he wanted n tell the “whole truth.” In tears' he young man, who is an honor student at Casar high school, said he forged the first check for $22.50 for money he needed to go to school. “Then it seemed so easy, 1 guess that is why the others hap pened.” He told of $50 hidden in his suitcase, and accounted for all except $19.25 of the other which he spent. James and Ezell Bumgardner and Cecil Warlick, all friends of White, were freed of blame, and the court nol pressed the cases against them. Held For Trial After hearing the evidence and the sheriff’s story, and accepting j (Continued on page two.) ! AMERICAN PEACE PROPOSALS TAKE INTEREST CENTER Security In Western World Theme Of Conference PROJECTS LISTED BUENOS AIRES. Disc. !«.—f/P) —A. UnUrd State* proposal for ootvmlUtlon by the American republics If American peace la menaced from within or with out won final approval today by the full Inter-American peace conference, alone with eight other project*. The United State* plan, only slightly modified a* It passed through a committee, had the unanimous aponaomhlp of all the 21 American republic*. H waa described by United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull an "epochal." BUENOS AIRES. Dtsc. 16—<A>>— Ten project*. Including a conven tion to act up a consultative system In caao of any throat to the peace and security of an American re public. were ready today for final approval by a plenary session of the Inter-American peace conference. Well-informed observers expected all ten projects to be ratified with out opposition. Annoonc Program 1. A resolution suggested by Unit ed States Secretary of State Cordell Hull urging all American nations to complete approval of existing Inter-American peace treaties. 3. A convention for ths mainten ance of peace and security firths western hemisphere. 3. An additional protocol to the 1033 Montevledo non-intervention convention reiterating that Inter vention by any American nation In the affalra of another would be "ln admlssable." 4. A resolution postponing eoVi slderation of various projects for creating an Inter-American court until 1038. 6. A proposal that treaties and conventions approved at Inter American conferences be open to adherence by American states which did not subscribe to them at the be ginning; that treaties which make specific provision for It. be open to signatories from any continent. 8. A resolution to systematises the codification of international law in the Americas. 7. A recommendation that each government Issue doctrines and de cisions concerning points of inter national law and that the Pan American union publish a continen tal digest of them, 8. A recommendation lor the foundation of any Inter-American academy of International law sim ilar to one at the Hague, the Neth erlands. 9. A resolution honoring 80 Jurists of American nations and “all others who have contributed to the prog ress of International law.” 10. A resolution to establish na tional commissions to further a pro gram of Intellectual cooperation among the American republic*. Glee Club Gives Chapel Program Christmas drama with Its color ful songs and rustic characters was given tilts morning at the high school building in one of the most impressive chapel programs of the year. In charge of the girls glee club, the students saw the pageantry of the nativity with the shepherd, the manager scene and the wise men. The stage setting and Christmas carols by the some 30 members of the club brought praise from all the teachers. Mary was Mabel Wray Doggett, Joseph was Walter Walker, the shepherds were Charles Aberncthy, Charles Logan and Charles Byers, kings of the Orient were Jack Bab er, Blair Stephenson and James Sanders. Solos were given by Con stance Coopar and Catherine Bailey Ada Wall, president of the glee club, presided. Miss Bertha Bostic directs the singers. H. C. Pond Dies FAYETTEVILLE, Dec. 16.—CAV IL c. Pond, 81. insurance man and former chamber of commerce sec retary, died this morning of pneu monia. He was a native of Ohio and for years superintendent af a railroad in that state.