CHANG ORDERED
TO STAND TRIAL
FOR HIS MUTINY
Hi* Former Captive
Will Preside At
Hearing
NANKING. Dec. 30.— W —The
Rebellious Young Marshal Chang
Hsueh-Liang has been ordered to
stand trial before the Nanking Mi
litary Commission tomorrow morn
ing for his mutiny at Sianfu, au
thoritative quarters disclosed to
day.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek,
who was held captive by Chang for
two weeks and then released in a
sudden turning of the tables, will
preside at the trial.
Officials declined to speculate on
the verdict but professed the belief
• it is no routine matter with the
outcome already determined.”
The Generalissimo who was ex
pected to go to Penghua today to
the funeral of his elder brother de
layed departure.
Chiang again submitted his re
signation from the high posts he
holds in the government as an in
dication of the responsibility he
feels for Chang’s attempt to force
war on Japan and inclusion of
communists in the government. The
resignation was refused Just as
promptly as a previous one.
A month’s leave of absence, how
ever. was granted to the Premier to
allow him to recuperate.
After he was freed and Chang
voluntarily came to Nanking to
wface the music,” the Generalissimo
recomended he be treated lenient
regret for his rebellion,
rgret for his rebellion.
Before the announcement that
Chang would have to stand trial, it
had been expected he would be
exiled temporarily and his rebel
lious command turned over to a
representative of the Nanking gov
ernment.
CHEVROLET IS
STRIKE VICTIM
Fisher Body Workers
Strike May Close
Assembly Line
• FLINT, Mich., Dec. 30.—W—A
"sit-down" strike by an undeter
mined number of employes closed
plant No. 2 of the Fisher Body di
vision of General Motors Corp. her?
today. The plant supplies bodies for
the Chevrolet Motor Co.
Twelve hundred employes, com
posing the day shift at the body
plant, were affected immediately
but neither company officials nor
officers of the United Automobile
Workers of America could say defi
nitely how many of them were en
gaged in the strike. The plant em
ploys about 3,000.
Union officials said the demon
stration was a protest against al
leged discrimination, based upon
the recent discharge of two mem
bers of the union.
Should the strike continue, it
would necessitate curtailment if not
suspension of the assembly line at
the Chevrolet plant, union officials
said.
Company officials said there was
no trouble at Fisher plant No. 1,
which supplies bodies for the Buick
Motor Co., the Pontiac Motor Co.,
the Cadillac Motorcar Co., the Olds
Motor Works and other General
Motors units.
The strike of Fisher Body com
pany employes spread today to the
company’s plant No. 2 at Flint,
Mich., aggravating further the la
bor difficulties whiejf have beset the
automobile industry. Strikes previ
ously were called at Fisher plants
in Cleveland and Kansas City.
Workers returned to their Jobs
at the Kelsey Wheel company plant
in Windsor, Ont., ending one auto
motive labor dispute.
Otner developments in the strike
picture:
Automotive
Detroit—One hundred employ
es of the Bohn Aluminum and Brass
corp’s plant Mo. 3, auto parts mak
ers, continued a “stay-in” strike.
• Jackson, Mich —A new strike of 100
employes of the Walter-Michigan
company, accessories manufactur
ers, which began yesterday after
®on, continued.
Cleveland — Labor department
conciliators renewed efforts to end:
a walkout of 7,000 Fisher Body com- }
pany employes, but union officials
refused to accept a local settle
ment.
Kansas City—Picket lines at the
Fisher Body plant were ordered
doubled The plant manager denied
a report that production on the
truck assembly line would be re- ;
sumed. The plant has been closed'
since December 15.
Maritime
Jersey City, N. J.—The last at the
, Dollar line's fleet at 14 ships was
due to be tied up today with the
docking of the President Harrison
Because of the maritime strike it
will not be permitted to leave.
1? - ■ ' . —.
Leopold 1 was elected king of the
; Belgians in 1831 after declining the
\i ciown of Greece in the previous
ik year.
CAGE OUTFITS
GO INTO ACTION
Playing Schedule For
Friday, January lj
Is Given j
The effect of Christmas candles,
pies, fruits and the various stages]
of “out of training” practices, will
be seen on Friday night when the
teams of the county basketball lea
gue get going again.
In the north zone the play will be:
Fallston at Polkville.
Casar at Piedmont.
Belwood at Waco. *
South zone playing will see:
i Beth-Ware at Lattimorr.
Bolling Springs at No. 3.
Mooresboro at Grover.
A standing of the teams, 12 boys
and 12 girls is expected to be re
leased tomorrow, with some of the
former leaders expected to find
competition rather tough.
Most coaches have expressed the
opinion that the new of playing
only half as much basketball wil.
be a help to school work, although
thus far it does not appear that
the county will have as many out
standing teams or individual stars.
Woman Bowling
Champ To Play
Matches Here
Miss Ida Simmons, national cham
pion bowler among women will be
in Shelby for an exhibition match
on Thursday evening at 7:30 it was
announced today by Julius Wal
drop, manager of the local bowling
center.
With Miss Simmons will be four
of the best women bowlers of Char
lotte, who will compete in a three
game match.
A feature of the opening will be
a match in which Miss Simmons
and one of the Charlotte experts
take on two of Shelby’s best men
bowlers. The general public is in
vited to see the matches.
Gurley Asks For
The State Job
IMck Gurley, Newton high school
coach, former Shelby coac^. Is
among the 13 applicants for the
State college coaching Job, It was
announced today by Col. J. W. Har
relson. dean of the college.
Gurley Is an alumnus of State
college, where he was a star player.
When appointment will be made Is
, not known.
Hunt Gun Woman
Near Waynesville
CANTON, Dec. 30.—(/P)—Officers
throughout this mountain country
today sought a gun woman and two
men companions reported by Bob
Green, Haywood county farmer, to
have held him up and robbed ijirn
of $91.
Green told officers he was walk
ing along Crabtree road, eight miles
west of here, about 5:30 this morn
ing. when an automobile pulled up
beside him and stopped.
“How far is it to Waynesville?”
A woman in it asked, he said.
Before he could answer, Green
told officers, the woman covered
him with a pistol, and the two men
with her went through his pockets,
taking his roll.
Gaffney Family
Goes To Florida
The J. L. Gaffney family has
moved to Pensacola, Florida to live,
vacating their practically new home
in Beaumonde Terraces. Mr. Gaff
ney went down sometime ago and
bought an interest in a bottling
plant. His family moved a few
days ago to join him.
Report Mussolini
Wants Hitler Out
(Continued from page one.)
terday after the cruiser Koenigs
berg appeared in Bilbao Harbor and
its commander demanded the
steamer be turned loose.
Nazi warships, Germany warned,
may retaliate by searching ships of
any nation destined for Bilbao.
The conference of Nazi chief
i tains may mean an early reply to
! the French and British note of Sun
■ day demanding assurances that
Hitler would halt volunteer aid to
General Franco.
Also possibly on schedule for the
meeting was a reported request
from General Franco for addition
; al masses of Nazi troops to help
; beat down Madrid’s stubborn de
' fenses.
i -
1 TAB. HEEL WES IN
OHIO COLLISION
SYLVAN!A Ohio. Dec. 30-
Oeorge A Wines, 40, of Gold Hill. I
N. C., died here today in an auto- |
mobile-truck collision.
Investigating officers said they I
were told that Wines, driving alone,
apparently fell asleep and that his
.'car struck the rear wheel of the
i truck in passing.
'NAVAL DECISIONS
OF IMPORTANCE
ARE COMING UP
Matters Of Far East*
ern Policy Are To
Be Considered
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30— (A>) —
Momentous decisions on naval con
struction and far eastern policy lie
ahead of the United States with
the termination at midnight to
morrow of the Washington and
London naval limitation treaties.’’
Coincident with the lapse of re
strictions on the size of the world's
fighting fleets for the first time in
15 years, these problems will be
uppermost for solutions by the ad
ministration:
New Battleships
1. Whether two new battleships
are to be added to the American
Navy.
2. What the United States in
tends to do about fortification of
its territories in the Pacific Ocean.
Officers expressed general satis
faction with the State of the Amer
ican fleet as the year ends, and
hailed progress toward the navy’s
i objective of a combat flotilla of al
lotted strength by 1642.
Authoritative quarters predicted
President Roosevelt will lose little
time after the treaties expire in
ordering construction of two $50,
000,000 men-o-war.
The last congress authorised him
to do so if similar action were tak
en by any other signatory to the
London Limitation pact of 1930,
which provided for a “building
holiday’’ in capital ships.
Great Britain already has an
nounced plans for laying the keels
of two new battleships early in
1937.
The second problem for this gov
ernment is created by the ending
of the fortifications “status quo” in
the Pacific simultaneously with the
termination of naval limitations.
The Washington accord included
an agreement among the United
States, Great Britain and Japan to
refrain from erecting new fortifica
tions or naval bases in certain of
their far eastern territories.
Five Hurt As Car
Leaves Highway
HENDERSON, Dec. 30.—<#)—An
automobile loaded with negroes was
forced off a highway 13 miles north
of here and five of them were hurt.
The driver said a large truck forc
ed him off the pavement and that
the car bogged in a soft shoulder
and then toppled down a bank.
The negroes were treated at a hos
pital here. They were going from
Clinton, N. C. to Philadelphia.
Christmas Trees
Are dangerous Now
Fire" Chief J. L. McDowell today
issued a warning to housewives and
home owners that dry Christmas
trees are a fire hazard.
"After staying in a warm dry
house for two or three weeks, a tree
is almost like tinder and the leaves
and trimming can be ignited easily.
It ought to be removed at once,”
the chief said.
Negroes’ Removal
Stops Lynching
ROME, Ga., Dec. 30—(A3)—Prompt
removal of two negroes from the
Floyd county jail early today frus
trated a mob effort to seize the
prisoners.
The negroes, booked as Frank
Simpson, 46, and Zola Dillard, 32,
were brought here from Dalton yes
terday where they were arrested in
connection with a torch murder at
tempt against Walter Schneider,
Dalton merchant.
New Year’* Sing At
Oak Grove Church
There will be a New Year’s sing
at Oak Grove church on January
10th with Prof. Wade Humphries
in charge. Public is cordially invit
ed to attend with baskets for picnic
lunch.
Seaboard Wreck Is
Cause Of Delay
HENDERSON, Dec. 30. —(/Ph~ A
Seaboard locomotive axle broke
near here, derailed five express cars
and delayed travel on the line half
an hour. No one was hurt.
KILLS MAN WHO
STARTS ROUGH HOUSE
LAURENS. S. C, Dec. 30.—(VP)—
Deputy Sheriff Tom Abrams said
today that Vince Ross, 65. held here
m connection with the slaying of
.Joe! Blackwell. 46, claimed to have
I fired when Blackwell made forcible
[entrance into his home 'and start
ed a rough house.”
Mrs. Dell Brees of Leonardville,
Kas.. mother of nine children, says
she is ‘ lost.” it's the first time in
35 years she hasn't had a child in
school Her youngest graduated
from high school in 1936.
CRUISER SHELLS
PORT OF GUON
Fighting Continues
With Socialist
Victories
MADRID, Dec. 30.—i/P)—The in
surgent cruiser Velasco attacked the
northern coastal port of Gljon, send
ing 14 shells into the Musel Hills
surrounding the harbor, dispatches
to the capital reported today.
Government war planes took ofl
quickly in response to the bombard
ment. The Fascist warship left the
harbor after turning machine guns
on the defendant ships, the report
declared.
(The port of Musel, maritime en
trance to Gijon, was the scene Dec.
18 of the shelling of the United
States gunboat Erie by the Fascist
cruiser Espana. The American ves
sel was not hit by shells which struck
the surrounding hills).
Recapture Village
Government militiamen, mean
while, were reported In a communi
que to have recaptured the village
of Villanueva de la Canada in a
surprise attack near Brunette, 18
miles west of Madrid.
(Reports from the Fascist high
command asserted, in direct con
tradiction, that Socialist troops were
repulsed with heavy losses in at
tacks both at Brunette and at Villa
nueva de la Canada).
Near Aranjuea, 25 miles south of
Madrid, on the south bank of the
Tagus river, government reports said,
six insurgent soldiers were killed in
a pitched battle between Fascist and
Socialist troops.
Fascist machine guns and artillery
battered government positions south
of the town.
Fierce Attack
A fierce attack by insurgents
failed to regain lost positions in
the Usera sector, a war office com
munique said, and Socialist militia
men withstood a terrific two-hour
onslaught.
Government troops, the announce
ment said, also repulsed an insur
gent attack to cut communications
between Saelices and Sesplagueras,
near Tarcena along the Guadala
jara highway northeast of Madrid.
The war ministry asserted several
insurgent troopers were killed and
about 40 wounded.
The Madrid defense junta an
nounced Socialist troops killed 5,000
Fascist Infantrymen and drove back
an insurgent column supported by
four battalions of German soldiers
in a southern offensive yesterday.
Dispatches from Andujar, in Jaen
province, claimed decisive gains for
the Socialists.
FARMERS ARE NOW
KEEPING RECORDS
Farm Program Causes
Farmers To Adopt
Business Methods
Business methods have come to
the farm, especially to farmers In
this area, and hundreds of them
are now taking Inventories and
checking on their past year’s record
while awaiting the announcement;
of the ”1937 AAA."
According to officials at the of- j
flee of the county agent today, the
farmers of this section liked the
government farm program of last
year better than any they have
tried.
Many Benefits
"Besides building up the land it
gave him a chance to grow diversi
fied crops, some money crops and
paid a cash benefit too.”
A litle more than $5,000 in soil
conservation payment came to the
office yesterday and is being dis
tributed this week.
Large numbers of the applica
tions have gone in and are certi
fied and a regular stream of pay
ments is expected from- now on
until spring. There will possibly not
be any large bulk of money such as
the $12,000 received at one time last
year.
New Farm Plan
Officials here have not learned
just when the 1937 farm plan will
be launched, but likely just after
the first of the year.
TTiere will be meetings of state
and county leaders first; then the
farmers of counties and districts
will convene and hear the new pro
gram.
The general opinion is that there
will be few changes In the conser
vation and soil Improvement work
for next year.
Tax Receipts In
State Are Heavy
RALEIGH. Dec. 30.—
—Allen J.
Maxwell, state revenue commission
er. looked over revenue receipts for
1936 today, pronounced it "a very
satisfactory year for tax gatherers"
and said the collections reflected
returning prosperity."
Maxwell said 1936 income taxes,*
i payable in 1937. probably will break
records set in pre-depression yeara'
and said revenue prospects in gen- ]
eral were bright.
Citing a general “recovery of
values,” Maxwell said North Caro
lina should Icok lo 1937 with
! abundant hope and expectation."
Today’s
Markets
New York cotton at 2:30 today:
Jan. 12:48, Mar. 12:43, May 12:32,
July 12:29, Oct. 11:87, Dec. 11:91.
COTTON STEADY
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—(/P)—Cot
ton futures opened steady, 4 to 6
higher on trade and foreign buying
with offers light.
PRICES HIGHER
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—(A>)—Prices,
on the whole, worked higher in to
day’s early stock market dealings.
Trading was active at the open
ing with gains of fractions to a
point or so being posted for Amer
ican Telephone, General Motors,
Chrysler, Goodyear, U. S. Steel,
Bethlehem, Montgomery Ward, Am.
Can, Douglas Aircraft and U. S In
dustrial Alcohol.
WHEAT OFF
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—P)—(U. S.
Dept Agr.)—Hogs 23,00, including
10,000 direct; steady to 10 higher
than Tuesday’s average; top 10.59.
Summary Of
The Market
Furnished by E. A. Pierce & Co.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30—Dow-Jones
stock summary lor today is as fol
lows:
Production of electricity in U. S.
week ended Dec. 26 increased 12.7
percent.
___ 4
Following demand for commercial
credit coupled with reduction in
excess reserves seen in banking cir
cles as possibly haying reflection in
higher acceptance rates.
Standard Gas and Electric week
ended Dec. 26 output increased 18
1-2 percent over like 1935 week.
Chicago and Northwestern re
ceives federal court authority to
buy new equipment costing $6,307,
500 of which $1,000,000 will be for
eight streamlined locomotives. $1,
385.000 for 23 passengt* cars, $2,
000,000 for 500 auto cars and $1,«
540.000 for 500 hopper cars.
California Packing stockholders
authorise $16,000,000 $ per cent pre
ferred issued in lieu of cash as di
vidend on common, directors meet
today ta act on declaration of di
vidend on common.
Beatrice Creamery and subsidiar
ies quarter ended Nov. 30 net in
come $360,599 vt. $316,471 like quar
ter year ago. 12 months net income'
$1,427,293.
Steel industry entering 1937 with
greater confidence than since 1930
and with every indication of con
tinuing activity, according to My
ron C. Taylor, chairman U. S. steel.
New buisness booked in current
quarter most encouraging and suf
ficient to enabfe industry to start
1937 with assurance, expressed par
ticular gratification regarding in
creasing indications of larger rail
road buying.
President Roosevelt hints thnt
incomplete budget for 1937-38 fiscal
year, to be sent to congress, Jan. 8
either will be balanced or show a
temporary surplus, relief cost esti
mate will not be included in budget
until later.
-_
London stock market quiet, trans
Atlantics firmer, Paris firm.
Associated Gas and Electric week
ended Dec. 25 output increased 17.7
percent over same 1935 week.
Daily average crude oil produc
tion week ended Dec. 26, 3,133,250
barrels, decrease 12,450 from pre
ceding week.
COTTON LETTER
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Liquida
tion and profit taking brought a
setback yesterday with prices grad
ually sagging under weight of offer
ings as trade buying was lighter
and largely on scale down. Poor
exports, selling in later months pre
sumably against foreign cotton and
reactionary tendency of other mar- I
kets and uncertainty as to terms 1
and conditions under which gov
ernment loan cotton may be re
leased were market factors causing
hesitation. Exports of American
cotton may show considerable in
crease upon settlement of marine
strike and upon release of govern-;
mcnt loan stock. We believe pur
chases on setbacks will prove pro
fitable.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to thank our friends for
the many expressions of kindnes and
sympathy given us at the sudden
death of our husband and son, Joe
Guyton. May richest blessings at
tend each and every one who had a |
part in helping us.—Mrs. Vanna '
Groves Guyton and Mr and Mrs. J.j
J. Guyton.
At The Theatres
ROGERS
Today and Tuesday—"Can This
Be Dixie,” with Jane Withers, Slim
j Summerville, Helen Wood and
Thomas Beck. Comedy and cartoon.
Friday and Saturday—“After The
Thin Man.”
CAROLINA
Today—“The Legion of Terror,
with Bruce Cabot and Marguerite
Churchill. Shorts.
Thursday—"Come Closer, Folks,
with Marian Marsh, Wynn Gibson
and Herman Bing. News reels and
shorts.
WEBB
Today- Seven Sinners,” with Ed
mund Lowe and Constance Cum
mings. Serial and selected shorts.
Thursday and Friday—“Myster
ious Crossing,” with James Dunn
and Jean Rogers. Comedy and lat
est news.
| Judicial Power
I* Great Danger
(Continued from page one.)
'— -----■ ■ ' -
"it was necessary lor the majority
of the coprt to deny to the legisla
tive branch of the government the
right to use its judgment in the
exercise of a legislative power ex-!
pressly conferred by the constitu-'
tion.” He added:
"Our entire scheme of govem
men depends on maltnaining in the
integrity and supremacy of the
legislative authority exercised by
the elected representatives within :
the field of power which has been
granted to them by the people in
their constitution.”
Worry About Safety
Of Tacoma Youth
(Continued from page one.)
ed his son from his home Sunday
night.
Four clear paths lay open for
the kidnapper to contact the prom
inent physician and collect the
money.
Mother Worried
But the boy's mother and grand
mother were worried.
Through the press Mrs. Mattson
appealed to the kidnapper to "save
the boy from harm. Keep him warm.
He has just had a severe cold.”
"I don’t think Charles will be
able to stand being away from his
mother much longer. They were
very close.”
Contacts offered to the kidnap
per were:
(1) An advertisement in the
Seattle Times inviting him to con
tact the Mattsons. It said:
"Mable: Please give us your ad
dress. Ann.”
Ad In Paper
Though members of tlje Mattson
family denied knowledge of the ad
in the personal columns, reliable
sources said unqualifiedly the invi
tation was published to establish
contact with Charles' captor.
(2) The boy’s grandmother in a
sttement to newsppermen invited
the kidnpper to us her as an inter
mediary, and offered him all the!
property she and her husband pos
sessed—a heat white cottage and
the remains of a once-large fortune!
in exchange for the boy’s freedom.j
(3) Open telephone lines gave
the kidnapper access to the Matt
son home, where no officers were on
guard.
<4) An uninterrupted mail serv
ice gave him still another route to
the Mattson family. Each member
-Doctor Mattson, his wife, William,
16; and Muriel, 14—was directed to
open his own mail without scrutiny
by officers.
A family spokesman disclosing
that actual negotiations are under
way with the kidnapper, predicted
the ransom would be paid today.
No Activity I
Lack of activity at the home dur
ing the night led to the belief ne
gotiations might be taking place
somewhere far removed from the
scene of the abduction.
Although approximately 40 de
partment of justice agents were be
lieved to be in Tacoma area, C. C
Spears, commanding the hunt was
absent from the city during the
night. as«was Chief William Cole of
the Washington state highway pa
Most recent of many reported
clues was the impounding of a
stolen automobile at Seattle. The
car, stolen from Carl Bertocchine
of Tacoma a few hours before Char
les was taken from his living room
was found abandoned Monday night
in King county. Two gunnysacks
were in a rear seat.
Mrs. Maud Desmond told polici
a man and a boy got out of the ma
chme near her home at 11 p. rn
Monday. Apparently they then stoh
a car belonging to Allen Strickland
a neighbor. This machine was
covered in Tacoma later.
The Bertocchine auto was exam
uied carefully by officers seektot
fingerprints '
In the Seattle advertisement ob
servers believed the name “Ann"
might have been substituted for the
“Tim” now known to have been
mentioned in the ransom note left
by the lone, masked kidnapper in
the home of Dr. W. W. Mattson
Sunday night when he escaped
through a window, carrying Charles
in his arms.
l<
CITIES PLAN TO
FIGHT COMPANIES
Who Oppose Cities
Entering Power
6
DECATUR, Ala., Dec. 30.—(>P)—
Hints of disagreement were heard
today while representatives of cities
in four Tennesse Valley states met
for the announced purpose of com
batting “power companies opposing
municipal ownership of utilities."
Mayor Roy Ingrain of Tarrant
City, Ala., expressed confidence the
conference he called would agree
on a “proper expression of policy.”
Co-operation with the power pro
gram of the Tennessee Valley Au
thority is one of Ingram's announc
ed goals.
Prom Knoxville, Tenn., however,
came Mayor James S. Elmore with
the assertion “if the conference isn't
right, we’ll ^reak it up.”
Prepared for Introduction were
resolutions urging congress to “pro
vide a source of public funds for
municipalities for construction of
electrical distribution systems and
other municipal projects after ex
pira of the FERA act in June, 1937."
A resolution urging congress to
curb the power of federal courts in
granting injunctions to prevent op
eration of federal statutes before
their constitutionality has been act
ed upon by the United States su
pere court also was ready for in
troduction.
Ingram said he expected delega
tions from at least 60 municipali
ties in Alabama, Mississippi and
Georgia.
Match At Dance
Cause Of Death
(Continued from page one.)
ton-flannel costume" and the flame i
spread swiftly to similar garments
of those nearby.
The seriously burned.
Mrs. Clarence Agee, bums of the
body, condition critical.
Mrs. James Rowell, major burns
of the hands and body, condition
critical.
Mrs. William Craig, body and
neck.
Mrs. Edward Smith, back.
Mrs. Richard Williams, back.
Mrs. Bernard Reynolds, body and
neck.
Mrs. Tyler Wilby Cleveland, body.
Mrs. Austin Keith, body.
Mrs. Leaske Harris, body and
arms.
Mrs. Stewart, hands and back.
Miss Philbeck Has
Dinner For Niece
LATTIMORE, Dec. 30— Miss
Mabel philbeck was hostess Monday
evening at a six o’clock dinner;
complimenting her niece, Mrs. Sam
W. Gold, on her seventeenth birth
day anniversary.
About forty of Mrs. Gold's close 1
friends were invited and she re
ceivt'u a number of beautiful and
u. “ful gifts.
Mis* Philbeck was assisted in
serving by Mrs. Olive D. Williamson
and Miss Lillian McSwain.
MULLINAX CHILD DIES
AT BLACKSBURG HOME
BLACKSBURG. Dec. 30—Harold
Mullinax, four year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Pulton Muilinax of Blacks
burg, died at the City Hospital on
Sunday afternoon after an illness
of two weeks.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon at 3*30 o'clock
at the Church of God in Blacks
burg.
Hollywood
Sights And Sound*
By ROBIN CoONs
HOLLYWOOD—Even other mo
vie actor in town has the i,Tsidl0Us
affliction of ‘lelephoiiiths
Let the victim of this n1aiaci (
joyous habit, depending on 'yZ
point of view) get within r»n (m
dml and WS fingers Nin to
When it comes to telepiohine
some of the stars can t take it h,.t
they can certainly dish it out Tn
penetrate the privacy of a stellar
dressing room a 'phoner may have
to beat down ten intermediaries
with arguments, and then mav he
told that Miss Fluffy Ruffles « 0!
vacation in Timbuktu. But *h»
dear Fluffy wants a ••line" she eels
it faster than a censored kis*
There’s a Reason
There’s a good reason, of course
for those difficulties in telephoning
stars. It s the same reason that
justifies their unlisted numbers iu
fans. Stars could easily spend '■j
hours a day answering fanni/h
phone calls, but If they did they
would have no time for pictures
and then they would have no tans
At home, on the set, in dressing
rooms, in restaurants, the telephone
dials whirr under stellar fmgM,
Business, romance, domesticity
shopping, babies and “just visit
ing account for the multiplicity of
calls. Telephone time for many
stars averages an hour and a half
a day, for a dozen calls ' out” and
a dozen ’’in.''
uick. roweu, Who attend;: to bua
ness, recording, and radio details
that crop up during his mo: ie
working day, has made as high a>
36 telephonic trips in one day, by
actual count. Now that he's work
ing on loan to 20th Onttiry-Fcx,
and Joan Blondell is at Warner
Bros., his average may jump. Joan'?
telephoning instincts take form m
frequent calls, home to check on
Norman Scott Barnes, her you*tg
son. Louise Fazenda is another con
stant child-checker-upper.
Franchot .Tone had Joan Cran -
ford’s portable dressing room equip
ped with a telephone, and Joan uses
it for shopping, telling cook what
to have for dinner, and generally
arranging her day.
Boy Is Phone Carrier
The boy who takes around Hie
plug-in telephone from table to ta
ble in the studio restaurant is a
literal table-hopper. At Metro, on;
comissary where the meal-disturber
can get right into your soup, Rob
ert Taylor, Clark Gable and Jam:
Stewart get the most calls’ i most