THIMBLE THEATRE » i— »■ ■ T1 IJ» '' «!.»■ make aboi yield of last yea cated by the gin report Jui 'issued by the Census Bureau throug Thamer C. Beam, county cotto statistician. Prior to Dec. 13th of this yea there had been ginned in the couri ty 22,667 bales as compared wit 44,736 bales up to the same date year ago from the 1935 crop. Cleveland county which usuall maintains top rank as a cotton pro cticing county in North Carolina will likely rank fifth place this yeai due to unfavorable weather condi uons. The weather has been mor unfavorable for cotton in this coun ty than in the past quarter centur or longer and has seriously cut lnt the cash income of farmers. Some cotton, however, remain! in the fields unpicked because o bad weather. Many farmers havi been gathering the bolts and tak ing them Into the house for pick lng. Each Side Blames Other For Delay In Ending Strike BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 33.—<#> As each side blamed the other fa blocking settlement, peace move , practically were at a standstill toda; m me coast maritime sirine, ai fecting nearly 40,000 men and estl mated by employers to have cos $385,000,000 to date. Assistant Labor Secretary Edwan P. McGrady temporarily abandon ed plans to return to Washington for Christmas after announclni ship-owners and licensed deck of fleers would confer today on possi billtles of renewing negotiations li the 55-day deadlock. A spokesman for the maritlm riremen said they would not vot on whether to accept a tentatlv agreement until proposals wer ready for other striking union* Sailors left indefinite the date 01 which they will take a similar vot* T. G. Plant, spokesman for t.h offshore shippers, accused Harr Bridges, West coast longshoremen’ president, of blocking settlemen and attributed to him the remarl that there can be no coast peac until striking eastern seamen wi their demands. Bridges promptly denied an such stand. He said "no smok screen" can be "big enough to con cr-al thoee realty responsible for pro longing the strike.” Dream Of F.D.R. To Bear Frui (Continued from page one.) ordinate these treaties and provtd for consultation to decide on common neutrality policy If was oc curs anywhere. 4. A protocol to the pact approv ed by the 1935 Pan-American con ference at Montevideo. Uruguaj declaring intervention by one Amer ican country in another’s affairs ! "inadmissible." 5. A Central American recoin mendation for solidarity ainopgjtii American republics. provides fo consultation if the rights x»f an American state arc damaged; pro bibits.territorial conquest, interven tion and collection of debts b lorce; declares all disagreement among American republics must b submitted to arbitration, and ex pressed the legal equality of all th American republics. 6. A Chilean recommendation fo negotiation of bilateral arms limi tation agreements 7. A Uruguayan resolution de nr-uncing use of poison gas, liquo fire and bacteria in warfare. The peace proposal to which th United States declined to adhen provided that non-members of th' League of Nations which signed th( Kellogg-Briand anti-war agreemen and the Argentine anti-war pact o 1933 cooperate with the league it its attempts to prevent and em wars. Textile Employees Get Four Days Of! Thousands of textile employe; will get four days of leisure foi Christmas shopping and holiday vis iting. A check-up this morning revealec that most of the mills in the countj are closing their plants tonight anc will reopen next Monday morning. Payrolls and bonuses are belnf given today and the flood of monej Is expected to enlarge the Christ mas trade extensively. JOSEPHUS DANIELS AT HOME FOR HOLIDAY; RALEIGH, Dec. 23.--{JV-Jogc phus Daniels, ambassador to Mex ico. has come home for the Christ mas holidays. Daniels, war-time secretary of th navy and publi her of the Raleitl News and Observer, c;me by Wash ington where he was a guest of Pres ldent Roosevelt at the White Hous< President Roosevelt was Daniels’ as slstant in the o"m' -^nartment 1 World war days SI r nt tr^NUSTMENt LONDON. Dec. 23.—(-TV- Great Britain asked 27 other member nations in the non-intervention committee today to halt foreign enlistments In Spanish armies by January 4. The British proposal asked specific pledfM from the inter national delegates that their governments would not allow fresh volunteers to leave for the Spanish frontiers. f FAIR TRADE LAW STATESVILLE. Dec. 23.—(/P) ’ —A fair trade law. similar to California and Illinois statutes i recently upheld by the supreme court, may be sought for this ' state in the 1937 legislature, Secretary J. Paul Leonard of , the North Carolina Fair Tax [ association said here today. SPLIT ON RELIEF WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—W) —A reported ultimatum from Harry L. Hopkins that he will, resign as Works Progress Ad ministrator unless he gets $750, 000,000 to carry the relief pro gram through next June threat ened today to split the admin istration forces in the new con gress. > r i [ t \ i b c i 7 P t e i! e r f s One ponp was described as lining up behind Hopkins, while another Is counselling cuts In relief spending to pave the way for a balanced budget. TALKING MAN DEAD OCALA, Fla, Dec. 23.—^/Pv—— Death stilled the tired Ups of Howard Stillman In a hospital here today. The 44-year-old fanner died of a strange malady which caused him to talk, sing or mumble without stopping for 18 days. His last words — he died In the 418th hour of his uncon trollable flow of speech- -were mumblings about the Bible. NAMED TO OFFICE WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—(/P) —Another step in the re-elec tion of President Roosevelt and Vice-President Garner was com pleted today with the announce ment that all 48 states had complied with the law requir ing them to report their elec toral votes by the fourth Wed nesday in December." Japan, Russia Are In Fishing Accord MOSCOW,' Dec. 23.—(AV-Japan won the right today to continue fishing in Siberian waters for one year after lengthy negotiations which almost collapsed because of | the Japanese-German accord against communism. Officials of the soviet foreign of fice approved the one year exten sion of the expiring agreement but made no promises for future proce- ; dure. Details have still to be complet-1 ed. Japanese Ambassador Mamoru Shlgemltsu and Russian Foreign Commissar Maxim LitvinofT ar-1 ranged for another conference to discuss the agreement. (In Tokyo, Foreign Minister Ha chiro Arita announced the one year extension at a session of the privy j council.) Russia made it plain it considers » upyiuvut umy » suup-gap ar - rangement which will prevent—for ; the time being—trouble between the two nations. Parcel Post Hurt By Railroad Fire LEXINGTON, Dec. 23.—3fi Pigford Is Held In Death Of His Wife WILMINGTON, Dec. 23.— E. (Bud) Pigford, Wilmingtoi painter, was held on a murdei charge today In the fatal shootlm of his estranged wife here Iasi night. Wilbur Brew, 29, Mrs. Pigford’i son-in-law, was treated at a hospl tal for a bullet wound In the shoul der. Police said Brew sought to in tercede when the painter went t< Mrs. Pigford's house and started t fight, Pigford, they said, shot Brev as he fled from the room, fired s bullet into Mrs. Pigford’s head then ran into the street and in flirted a wound in his own head Bloody Hat Found By Asheboro Man ASHEBORO. Dec. 23.—(JPh-Lewi Campbell, a carpenter turned ove: to police a blood-splotched greer felt hat he said he found on a creel bank near here and officers con sidered the possibility it might havi been worn by William A. White mining executive missing from hli home since December 1. Child’s Death Due To Christmas Fire MEMPHIS, Tenn„ Dec. 23.—(/Pi Baby Clara Marie Schmidt looker with wondering eyes on her firs: Christmas tree. The two month old child lay ir a large chair last night afld watch ed her father—Ernest M. Schmidt a cotton gin operator at Marion Ark. -reach to place a jolly red anc unite banta Claus in the top of th( brilliant tree. There was a spark from a win of the lights and cotton at the tre< base blazed up. Schmidt beat at th« flames fultilely with his bare hand) Then he turned to help his wife gel their six children to safety. In the smoke-filled room—no on< noticed Clara Marie. Firemen found her seared body in the big chair before the charred limbs of her first Christmas tree. Santa Can Now See Way In Shelby Home Santa Claus can now see how tc come to see Mrs. Mary Gantt, 102 oldest resident in the county. City electricians this week turn ed on electric lights in Mrs. Gantt’s house. Until then she had used e lamp, and in her youth made llghl with tallow candles and torches. Mrs. Gantt is delighted with th« new lights and is “Just beginning tc live." WOMAN'S DEATH IS DECLARED SUICIDE NORTH W1LKESBORO, Dec. 23 —(Ah—Coroner M. Myers today list ed as suicide the death of Mre Hillary Billings. 42, whose body waj found suspended by a rope from a joist in her home yesterday. Her father, Frank Cheek, whe discovred the body, said she had been in ill health. Second Crop Apples A second crop of June apples -licit came to maturity almost on Christmas day have been reported by Sam Weaver of near Earl. The apples are not large, but are of good quality. I Today’s Markets New York cotton at 2:30 today: Jan. 12:00. Mar. 12:13, May 12:06, July 12:98, Oct. 11:65, Dec. 11:62. STOCKS UP NEW YORK, Dec. 23—(VP)—Prices ’ again pointed upward In todays’ early stock market proceedings. At an active opening gains of fractions to a point or so were reg istered for Bethlehem Steel, U. S. Steel, American Telephone, Kenne cott, Cerro De asco, Schenley, In spiration, Calumet -->^ential impeachment in Cuban - history. t bp.uftcally the president was y charged with "interfering with the free functioning of a legislative power” an dthreatening with poli tical reprisals all legislators who F voted against him in the proceed ings. If convicted by the senate, Gomez f could be removed from office with in a few hours. o One of the president's strongest e supporters, Radio Cremata, said - the Gomez partisans in office plan ned to resign should the president All Records For M«il_Are Broken < Continued from pa?, ^ glo said Monday and TuesdaThT'' ness at the Detroit post the greatest In hlsto^ Vo Jm 29 per cent and receipt.. 22 ^*** ahead of 1935 for the first To ^ of December. 1 ,9