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HOPE TO BRING PEACE IN STRIKE OF GLASS LABOR ' Will Hold Conference For Peace Today In Washington By The Associated Prm. Strike-plagued branches of the euromobile industry turned their i attention today to a conference at; Washington between John L. Lewis, | head of the committee for indus trial organization, and leaders of glass and automobile workers un ions. Conferees included President Glen W. McCabe of the flat glass workers —who have 14,000 members on strike—and President Horner Mar tin of the United Automobile Work ers. McCabe and Martin announced' last week their unions would coop erate in labor disputes. Some automobile companies said glass supplies were adequate for a! month or so. McCabe predicted the] strikers would affect the industry if continued for another three or four weeks. At Kansas City, Fisher Body plant -. employes started the second day of a "sit down” demonstration protest ing dismissal of an employe. They claimed to be 1,000 In number. Detroit conciliators reported no progress in two "sit down’ strikes by the United Automobile Workers, affecting 5,000 employes of the Kel sey-Hayes Wheel company and another dispute Involving 600 work ers of the Aluminum Company of America, In Windsor, Ont„ 140 em ployes began a "sit down’’ strike | yesterday at the Kelsey Wheel com- j pany. subsidiary of the Detroit firm j Wages remained the chief issue unsettled in tjie 49-day maritime j strike Which tied up Pacific coast j shipping operations. The unions andI shipowners were called into new meetings to try for accord today. Horry Bridges, Pacific coast mar itime leader, asked Atlantic coast longshoremen, at a rally last night to New York’s Madison Square Gar den, to support the west coast walkout. Joseph P. Ryan, international president of the International Long shoremen's association, has refused to sanction such a sympathy strike and declared Fridges had been cus eharged as an I. L. A. officer. Brid ■ ges denied Ryan had the right to remove him from office. Owl Mistook' Fog For Night, Is Dead A large hoot owl, one of the few remaining in the county, evidently mistook the heavy fog this morn ing for another night and didn’t go back to his hiding place. He was shot by Marvin McCurry near Little River. Another owl which may have been a mate was killed several weeks ago by Mar vin’s father. The owl killed today had a wingspread of 40 inches. To someone you really care for... Give one of those stunning new ELGINS Ml OUI COMMIT! STOCKS TODAY Ton’]] find the ptrftet gift right here in our store. It's an Elgin, of coarse, from oar complete stock of the brilliant new models. There are bosky, sturdy models for men and exquisitely dainty models for weenm. All of them flawless, de pendable, accurate. Stop in today and choose the one that will carry year best wishes an Christmas day. Swart ts jewel esmiAagsstts IH.fi Popular 17 jswtl strap Elsin I47.M George Alexander jewelry Store Now Owns All Common Stock (Continued from page one.) the Federal court in Western North Carolina. Mr. Mull has always been active in public affairs and is regarded as one of the best business men In this part of the state. He repres ented Cleveland county in the Gen eral Assembly three times in 1807, 1919 and 1929. From 1928 to 1932 he served as chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee and later was appointed executive counsel under Governor Gardner. That position is now called Com missioner of Pardons. Does Grand Job Ex-Governor Gardner this morn ing issued the following statement with reference to the change: "I sincerely regret that my friend and partner, O. M. Mull, decided to sell his stock in the Cleveland Cloth Mill and go back to his first love, the practice of law. “Although when he came to the management of the mill it was never contemplated that he would remain more than a year or two. He undertook this new work in the middle of the depression and he has done, as he does everything, a grand Job, "The Cleveland Cloth Mill today is in the best financial position in its history. It has always been a source of satisfaction to me to have I'uuueivcu Mic pittii iw me Ization of this industry In Shelby. Its complete ownership has not been acquired from the . original stockholders except upon a basis of liberal profit to each of them. J. W. Gardner Manager "It will be my ambition and the policy of my family to make this mill of continuing progressive bene fit to the community and to main tain and improve the standards of living of its eight hundred employ ees and their families. "I will serve as President and Treasurer. My son, James Webb Gardner, will be general manager and Aaron Quinn. Secretary and Assistant Treasurer. “The Board of Directors will consist of myself, James W. Gard ner and Ralph W. Gardner. Aaron Quinn and Mrs. O. Max Gardner, O. M. Mull, attorney.” Continue Hunt For Big Plane 'Continued from page one.) ager, was pessimistic as he mobils ed his men for a new ascent. Jimmy James, veteran western air flier and a buddy of Pilot Samp son, was confident he could find; the plane. Volunteers from the regular army post at Salt Lake City, members of the Civilian Conservation Corps and ranchers—in all between 400 and 500 men—joined the search. On snowshoes, skils and horse back they plunged into the moun tainous region, intent on scouring an area approximately six miles square before dusk. Gladys Witt, who recently figured in a cross country romance in which she quit her Job, left one man wait ing at the altar, flew to meet an other and returned to wt>rk without marrying either. The two men between whom the stewardess, sought spectacular ly to decide commented soberly to day on her plight. They are Erich K. Balzer, west coast steamship! executive, and Pilot James A. Roe| of Transcontinental and Western: Air at Kansas City. Pilot Roe, on1 a flight eastward, said, "She is a! very dear friend, but there are no definite plans as to the future.” Balzer declared: “If w'e had been married she would be stte at home now. We had agreed she could give up that kind of work." He added: “I don’t love her any more —though I do hope the ship is found and she’s all right.” Social Security Nurse Is Certain (Continued from page one.) annual program will not be actively begun until the decision is made on the nurse. It will likely consist of corrective work in schools. The social security nurse would do approximately the same type of work as was done here last year by Miss Harte Oliver. This consisted of hygiene and personal health classes at a number of the mills and in other communities. She also made surveys as to tuberculosis, pellagra and assisted with much pre-natal work. English Wrath Is Now Aroused (Continued from page one.) a preview of their messages? Other members declared all pro grams during the empire’s consti tutional crisis were "too mournful and sad,” and should have been brighter in order to help Britons take their minds off their troubles. Constituents kept a steady stream of letters, mostly critical of the Archbishop’s broadcast, in fire members’ mail. Laborite Josiah Wedgwood, announced his deter mination to raise the B.B.C. issue , tonight when the general debate on | its affairs is scheduled to come up. 800 Women Ask Duke For Jobs ENZESFELD, Austria. Dec. 17. —(JP)—The Duke of Windsor, Buf fering again from severe head aches, received 6,000 letters from feminine admirers today ap plauding his “romantic gesture” in giving up the British throne for Wallis Warfield Simpson. Eight hundred of the writers also asked the British prince for jobs, most of them expressing a preference for secretarial work. Carols, Special Services In City (Continued from page one.) Anna Coble, alto; Mrs. J. R. Robin son and Miss Nettle Rayle, soprano. Gifts for “White Christmas” will be brought at the Sunday school horn-. Rev. R. M. Courtney will speak on ' The Prince of Peace.” Presbyterian Service Rev. H. N. McDlarmid, pastor of the Presbyterian church said today he will speak Sunday at 11 o’clock on “The Humility of Jesus” and in tlie evening on “The Visit of the Wise Men.” The evening service will be at 5 o’clock. The young people of the church will give spcial music in th morn ing. The annual gifts and special offerings for Christian Education on old ministers relief will be taken at that time. E astride Church Rev. R. P. Hamby, pastor of the> Eastside Baptist church announced this morning that his Sunday morn ing subject will be "God’s Gift on the Tree.” Young people will meet at 6 o'clock in the evening and at rt . Oft 4U. : 11 l _i i slating of selections of Christmas I numbers. Members will bring at that time gifts for the “White Christmas” program. South LaFayette Christmas services at the South LaFayette Street Methodist church will begin Sunday morning with Sunday school at the regular time, the pastor Rev. F. H. Price speak ing on “Christmas’’ at 11 o’clock. "Carols Around the World” Is the title of a special program planned for Sunday evening beginning at 7 o’clock. Christmas gifts for the poor and the regular “White Christmas” will be held at the church at S o’clock Christmas eve. South Shelby Following regular services In the morning and a Christmas sermon by the pastor, Rev. C. V. Martin, the South Shelby Baptist church will see a pageant on Christmas, given by members of the YY W. A., under the direction of Miss Mary Abernethy. “The “White Christinas’’ program will be held following the pageant Chiang Is Alive Now Is Belief 'Continued from page one.) rector of Intelligence, announced “Chang Hsueh-Liang broadcasted a statement that protection had been afforded the Generalissimo." Wants To Trade It was believed the rebellious marshal Chang, who seized China’s j dictator and 30 other dignitaries In a sudden coup d’etat last week at Sian, had outlined his terms for settlement of the mutiny In his message to the minister of war. Earlier in the day James Elder, Chang's American adviser, flew to Nanking from Sian, mountainous stronghold of the mutiny in remote Shensi province. FIGHTING REPORTED AS BEING HEAVY SHANGHAI. Dec. 17—<JP)—Fighting around Sian for the release of Die* tator Chlang Kai-Shek vac report ed today to have spread in a wide circle about the capital of Shensi province where the Generalissimo was held captive. Loyal troops of the Nanking gov ernment and the rebel army of Marshal Chang Hauer-Liang were reported by the official central news agency to have clashed 70 miles east of Sian. The news agency described the engagement as spreading from the battle which began yesterday to the west of Sian. The rebels guarding the ap proaches to their headquarters, were said to have attacked the central army at Hwayin, first stop on the Important Lunghal railway; in Shensi province. Four hundred planes, one report said, darkened the skies over the provincial capital as an indication to the rebels of the Nanking gov ernment’s ability to blow Stan off the map. Plenty Mistletoe For All The Girls WINSTON-SALEM, Dec. 17.—UP) —Game Warden J. E. Scott is au thority for the statement that no blushing maid need go unkiwed this Yule season. Mistletoe, a rarity for many years, is abundant throughout this area this year, Scott said. Freshness of cut flowers may be prolonged for days if a teaspoon - ful of 6 per cent sulphurous acid its added to the water. i Gifts Come In To Army’s Fund The local Salvation Army today announced that plans for the Christmas season are shaping up well. So far many of the local clubs have expressed their intentions of aiding the Army with Christmas efforts. Captain Ben Jones said that with the aid of the fire department he plans to give a party to at least 300 needy kiddles and give as many Christmas baskets as possible. Donations to this project are as follows: F. L. Hoyle. Jr.$1.00 10th Century Book club, 32 pair gloves. Cecelia Music club . $4.36 Legion Auxiliary . _..... $9.00 Junior Civic League ...._$3.00 Mothers club- groceries 3outh Shelby school_groceries Mrs. Virginia Snyder Jones .. $10.00 3. E. Eord Co..$5.00 C. B. Redmond . __ $1.00 Clyde R. Hoey . $5.00 All clubs or individuals that would like to help the Salvation Army with this work are asked to send In their gifts to the Army po6t as soon »s possible or call Captain Jones tt 760. Man Is Held For Girl’s Abduction WHITE VTLI.E nw 17_r/piiii bert Sheppard, 44, sought for a week since surprised in an under ground hideout where Estelle Shaw, 14 year old school girl, said she had been a prisoner for a month, was arrested by a posse near here today. He was lodged In jail charged with kidnapping and with offenses against the girl, who was lured from her school room Nov. 3, she said, by a note saying her father wanted her at home. Sheriff H. D. Stanley said he and a posse of about a dozen men found Shepard hiding in a cove near his farm in the Evergreen community. He quoted the prisoner as saying he had lived In the woods and slept in tobacco bams since he fled last Thursday night in his underwear and shirt from the hideout beneath his garage. Previously the girl, who has been sent to the state reformatory at Samarcand by welfare authorities, said she was kept in the cave for more than three weeks with Shep ard while he pretended to his wife because of a warrant out for him Shepard fled through a tunnel when a posse seeking the girl raid ed the garage. Before being taken t© the garage, the girl said, Shep agd kept her In another cleverly concealed hideout—a room in a haystacy piled against the rear wall of his tobacco bam—for a week. Many Fail To Call For Bank Checks Depositors of the First National Bank before re-organization, are slow to call for their second divid end checks, representing ten per cent on the amount of their de posit at the time of the re-organiz ation. Clarence Mull, assistant cashier, in charge of distributing the divid end checks, says it is not necessary for depositors to bring their parti cipation certificates. Payment will be made upon signing a receipt at the bank. Only one-third of those entitled to share in the second dividend amounting to $26,000, have called at the bank for payment. In addition, 400 or more have not called for the first payment of ten Der cent made a venr turn Edwin B. Bridges Dies In Charlotte CHARLOTTE, Dec. 17.—f/P)—Ed win B. Bridges, 42-year-old Char lotte attorney who served as state commissioner of pardons several years ago, died today in a hospital here. A rare form of meningitis, tire sequel to influenza, was described as the cause of death. Bridges was a son of the late Dr J. R. Bridges, president of Presby terian college in Charlotte, and edi tor for many years erf the Presby terian Standard. After serving in in Raleigh as parole commissioner during the McLean administration and later, he returned to this city to practice law. BULLETIN MRS. SIMPSON RIDES CANNES, France, Dec. 17.— MV-Mrs. Wallis Simpson left the Villa Lon Viei for a twi light motor drive late today. A villa spokesman said she was merely “taking advantage of the wonderful weather.” The chauffeur and a bodyguard ac companied her. Letters threat ening Mrs. Simpson for caus ing the abdication of Edward VIII are still being received at the Riviera villa where she is staying, a spokesman said. Mrs. Simpson herself, he said, tore up many of the letters, spum ing suggestions that some of the more violent ones be turned over to the police. Today’s Markets New York cotton at 2:30 today: Jan. 13.12, Mar. 12.17, May 12.04, July 11.96. UNEVEN PRICES NE WYORK, Dec. 17.—<A»>—Un- j even price trends ruled In today's; early market dealings. At an active opening small gains were shown by American Telephone, General Electric, Loews, Vanadium, Electric Power and .Ligtit and Commercial Solvents. Lower were Anaconda, Chrysler, Douglas Air craft, U. S. Steel and Radio. COTTON WEAK ..NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—<A‘,—Cot ton futures opened barely steady, 1 to 6 points decline under lower Liverpool cables and liquidation. WHEAT LOWER CHICAGO. Dec. 17.—{&)—Wheat prices were lower here early today, because of moisture forecasts in Kansas and Nebraska. An additional factor was that the liverpool wheat market reflected only in part rallies here late yesterday. CHICAGO HOGS CHICAGD, Dec. 17.—(A>)—(D. S. Dept. Agr.)—Hogs 25,000; including 7,000 direct; generally 10-15 higher than Wednesday’s average; spots up more; top 10.30. ! Summary Of The Market Furnished by E. A. Pierce & Co. NEW YORK, Dec. 17—Dow-Jones stock summary tor today is as fol . lows: I 50 dividend Pacific Gas & Elec tric comon dividend. London stocks steady. trans-At lantlcs and German bonds easier, Paris irregular. Havana: Thousands of cane field workers and farmers marched on Havana to support Colonel Batista, i whose social program is threatened in congress, they favor nine cents a bag sugar tax for the support of rural schools. San Francisco: Striking shipboard workers and Pacific coast ship owners began negotiations aimed at settlement of wage question. Engineering constriction awards this week $39,853,000 vs. $87,817,000 like week 1935. Public service commission an nounces that electric companies of Cons. Edison system have agreed to cut rates $7,000,000 annually in New York city effective Jan. 1, reduction makes savings of $22,500,000 to con sumers since 1931. Caterpillar Nov. net profit $743, 251 vs. $472,410 in Nov. 1935, 11 months net profit $4.50 a common share vs. $2.76 in 1935. Penna railroad Oct. net income $5,373,781 vs. $3,911,890 year ago, ten months $2.23 a share vs. $1.43 like 1935 period. Judge Inch in U. S. court direc tors reorganisation trustees of Bush Terminal to pay interest of $150 per $1,000 bond due Jan. 1, 1936 on cons. 5s 1955. B & O earnings for 1936 may be around $3,000,000 or 25c a common share vs. net loss $3,180,908 in 1935. J. of C. says: Additional supplies oi copper to ease any tignt marsei situation which may develop in this country can now be brought in at a profit over the four cent duty from the lower cost South American mines. A number of larger railroads which have not been accruing pen sion payments from earnings may decide to do so as a year end ad justment In order to avoid surtax on undistributed profits, estimated amounts to be due for the 1936 are. Southern Railway $1,600,000. Sea board Airline $586,000, N. Y. Cen tral $4,800,000; Lehigh Valley $630, 000 and Delaware Lackawanna & Western $720,000. American & Foreign Power ex-; I pected show net earnings after charges of well over $3,000,000 this year, or approximately sufficient to cover dividend on $7 preferred stock no resumption of payments is ex ; pected at this time. t COTTON LETTER , j NEW YORK. Dec. 17. — Selling | increasod yesterday, most of which I appeared to be realising sales as i hedging operations were almost j negligible. Despite the selling the ' market gave ground stubbornly. As ' on recent days the European trade | were buyers here and there was a | rather liberal amount of buying by j domestic interests both trade and |-speculative. Aside from the poor ; comparison shown by exports the situation remains unchanged and generally favorable. The prospects based on present outlook warrants some further advance in prices. LEGISLATORS TO HAVE A HOLIDAY [ UNTIL JANUARY 6 Special Session Over In Seven Days; Many Problems RALEIGH, Dec. 17.—(JPy—Mem bers of North Carolina’s legislature rested from their public duties to day after a record-breaking special session and prepared for the regu lar biennial meeting which starts January’ 6. The special session covered seven days but only six were legislative working days and not a single neg ative vote was recorded as an un employment compensation law #vas enacted. Shortest In 1908 It was the fifth special session j since 1900, and the shortest of the! other four was 12 days in 1908. In' 1908 a seven-day "adjourned- ses-; sion" of the legislature of 1899 was held but this does not rank as a. special session. Paced with most of the same prob lems which have caused recent ses sions to run from January until mid-May, the legislators expressed hope as usual for a short regular session. The advisory budget commission met today to complete its work of paring down record-breaking re quests for appropriations and to fin ish its drafting of revenue recom mendations for the legislature. Senator A. Hall Johnston of Bun combe, president pro-tem of the! senate, predicted the regular ses sion would be completed in about 90 days. Senator J. A. Patterson of Scot • i land and Representatives W. W.j Eagles of Edgecombe and W. E. Fen-! ner of Nash said they expected leg-; islation dealing with agriculture to I play an unusually important part in I tha regular session’s deliberations. ' i Name Commission To Administer Act FtALEIGH, Dec. 17.—<fP)—The com nlssion to administer North Caro ina’s new unemployment compen jation insurance act will be made jp of Charles G. Powell and Mrs. J B. Spilman and Commissioner o: Labor A. L. Fletcher, an ex-offict( nember. Powell, secretary of state, anc Mrs. Spilman, state Democratic vic< chairman, were appointed to th< oew commission by Governor Eh •inghaus within ten hours after t special session of the legislation en icted the law. Governor Ehringhaus said the ap pointments had the approval oJ jovemor-elect Clyde R. Hoey, w'hi ;akes office next month. Powell was tppointed for a six-year term; Mrs Spilman, for a two-year term. Then salaries are to be fixed by the gov ;rnor with the council of state's ap jroval. Powrell was the governor's private ;scretary until his recent appoint nent to fill out an unexpired tern is secretary ef state. School Books For State Are Cheaper RALEIGH, Dec. 17.—(/P)—Clyde A Erwin, state superintendent o jublic instruction, said today sub stantial reductions in textbooi :osts were made by publishers sub nitting bids for the new contract: ipproved hy the state board of edu cation. Contracts totaling $125,000 for 3; ligh school and elementary text socks in five subjects wfere approv 2d by the board in a session her< yesterday. Erwin said the price: would be 20 per cent below retail cost. ■ Kannapolis Increase KANNAPOLIS, Dec. 17.—(JPy-,A comparison of school enrollmen with 1930 census figures indicate t 100 per cent increase in the Kan mpolis population since 1930, when he federal census listed 12,000. Charge Two With Attack On Mayo Dec He me,, f !o% if (’r«nod j ‘tcssed u GREENVILl.k i-P)—Two young Cuv, held by officers h. 7' Solicitor J. g. it ( nounced they hud 7 attacked Mayor C A i GreenvUle aV Pickens county la... >TU,':. Ur Solicitor Leathenvood - j men. William B. ;, .:r 7id and Reuben Samuel F7‘ J,r-' had signed formal com-7,^' mitting the crime. ^ Duncan was arre-.d D wards was arrested her Boling remained in a seriomf dition at St. Francis ho.pj1 ^aA^#i!7ne Conduct At Wake This Y WAKE FOREST n, "a Dean D. B. Bryan or v>akc ^ College said today "th conduct of the student body m year has broken all precedent* during the 15 years „f my conj tion as dean of the college." The dean said he had not eeived a single complain' reyard the conduct of a ■ ;cient of college since the opemr.a of seH in September. Tlie Christmas holidavj tomorrow and extend to Januarv the longest hodiday season here 72 years. _____ lc* OPTOMETRISTS TO .MEET IN SHELBY TONIC] ! A dinner meeting of the Asl ville group of the North Caroli ■ I Association of Optometrists Ext< . i sion program will be held in Shel | Thursday evening. December 1' at 7:30 p.m. under the chairnu ship of Dr. P N DeVere Marion Washington, D. C, has the lai est number of telephones per cap with 35.8 per 100 residents. £ Francisco is second with 35 08 1 100. J. C. PENNEY CO., Incorporated Give him several of these colorful ties. They're handmade and look much more expensive than they really are! Popular patterns. SHIRTS He’ll Be Proud to Wear! 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