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FORMERLY THE CLEVELAND STAR, ESTABLISHED 1896
VOL. XLH—NO. 176
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE SHELBY DAILY STAR
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SHELBY, N. C. THURSDAY, DEC. 31, 1936
AUDITED CIRCULATION
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NATIONS ARE SECRETLY SENDING SPAIN ARMED MEN
Mattsons Are More Hopeful
THINK CONTACT
IS MADE TO PAY
RANSOM MONEY
No Definite Report,
Cheerful Attitude
Is Noted
AD IS PRINTED
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 81.—WV
Apparent restoration of confidence
within the family of Chas. Mattson
gave rise to sjjeculation today that
contact had been made with his
bearded abductor and assurances
received that the 10-year-old lad
was safe.
A household visitor, who would
not permit use of his name, re
ported a new spirit of confidence
.hroughout the household of Dr. W.
W, Mattson, well-to-do phyisician
md father of the missing boy.
Mrs. Mattson Sleeps
Mrs. Mattson reported Tuesday to
be near a breakdown, slept soundly
hrough the night, the visitor said,
ifter mingling with friends most of
Wednesday. Muriel, 14 year old ste
er of Charles, likewise seemed to
have recovered from the shock of
he kidnapping she witnessed, the
, Lsitor said.
Dr. Mattson and William, 16,
Charles' brother, made several trips
Tuesday to undisclosed destinations
and appeared in good spirits.
Early today. Dr, Mattson denied
making any statements about ran-!
som negotiations. Informed he had |
been quoted as saying no contact;
with the kidnapper had been estab
lished, Dr. Mattson said:
Any such reports are untrue. I
have made no statements. I have
nothing to say now.”
The new confidence that Charles
(Continued on Page Eight)
Morrison To Get
Sentence Today
MARION, Dec. 31.—Lee Morri
son, Cleveland county man, will j
likely be sentenced this afternoon!
after conviction of manslaughter in j
connection with the death in Octo
ber of his mother. Verdict was re
turned yesterday afternoon.
Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., presid
ing deferred sentence until today.
Mrs. Minnie Morrison, the mother,
vas drowned when the car in
which she and her son were riding
tan into Lake Tahoma near here.
Morison, the state charged, told
conflicting stories.
Pope Improves Is
Statement Today
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 31.—(/Ph~
Pope Pius XI was reported semi
officially today to hare rallied and
*pt better last night than at any
«me since his illness took a turn
w the worse.
The aged Holy Father, after
»nng mass, was said to have felt
refreshed enough to begin drafting
^driers To Attend
White House Dinner
f'ormer Governor and Mrs. O.
7** G*rdner will leave Shelby Fri
I night to be the guests of
"Wident and Mrs. Franklin D.
iTj’wvelt at a private dinner at
“• White House, and the dlplo
reception which follows. All
somatic representatives from for
u® Gantries located In Washing
a number American dip
L7~tf‘ &t home for the holidays as
L,1* other high government of
C* ® Washington, will attend
P* reception.
IJ^ner Governor and Mrs. Gard
EJj- return to Shelby hi time to
the inauguration ct Oov
Cr'*-ect Clyde R. Hoey in Ral
P J*a. 7th.
, — w ucgiil UlOibUlS
, New Year’s greetings to sover
i
football
I bruadcMt. tomorrow of
^ Years football gurnet fol
Sfu' WJ2, 8:15 p m.
I^nge Bowl. WABC, 2:15 pjn.
W°R 4:S* P-m.
***1. W'JZ. 1:50 p.m.
Avenger
Before 150 horrified spectators In
the court room at Jackson, Ky., Mrs.
Viola Wickline (above) suddenly
drew a pistol and killed 18-year
old Johnny Shepherd who was on
trial for the slaying of' her son,
Harvey Jaffard, 17, Christmas Eve.
Two by-standers were wounded by
stray bullets. (Associated Press
°hoto)
GENERAL MOTORS
MAY BE TIED UP
IN STRIKE SPREAD
Belief Entire Auto In
dustry Except Ford
To Be Affected
CINCINNATI, Dec. 31.—(/P)—
About 2,600 employes of the
Chevrolet Motor Co. and Fisher
Body Co. plants in suburban
Norwood joined today the In
creasing number of strikes
against units of the General
Motons Corp.
DETROIT, Dec. 31.—(£>;—'The in
creasing number of strikes against
units of the General Motors cor
poration, an observer said today,
might lead to a tie-up of the entire
automotive industry except the Ford
Motor company.
“If the General Motors tie-up
becomes effective by Monday,” said
Alfred H. Ward, president of Ward's
automotive reports, “it will' mean
the whole industry will be faced
with the same proposition, with the
exception of Ford. The smaller
companies may work for a short
time longer because of existing sup
plies.
Show-Down
“It looks as if it will be a show
down between the committee for
industrial organization and the au
tomative industry. The manufac
turers do not want a show-down,
but John L. Lewis (head of the C.
I. O.) is forcing it.” The Ford Mo
tor company produces rribst of its
own automotive parts.
General Motors remained the
chief target of the United Auto
motive Workers of America, with
strikes in effect at five of its Fish
er Body plants. Three of these dis
putes caused the closing of nearby
Chevrolet plants dependent upon
them for bodies,
The fifth Fisher plant to close
(Continued on page eight.)
Clyde R. Hoey’s Election
Biggest News Event Of
1936 In Cleveland County
Roosevelt, General Politics, Violent Deaths,
Weather, Follow In Order
Named
By WYAN WASHBURN
The process of making Clyde R.
Hoey, a native of Shelby and Cleve
land county, the next governor of
North Carolina easily ranks as the
No. 1 story of the year for the Shel
by Dally Star as your news editor
today takas aMook at the files and
picks nine others.
By "story" I do not necessarily
mean one article, but a succession
of articles which follow one central
theme or character. What Mr. Hoey
has done, his political campaigns,
his speaking engagements and his
approaching governorship have
made news for The Star almost
daily.
Local Consideration
In picking the others I have con
sidered the play of the news as it
developed in the columns of the
paper and the display it got at the
time it happened. However we will
stick to local stories, although such
things as the Edward-Simpson af
fair, the violent storms, and wars
in Europe and Africa have carried
high interest. Here they are:
No. 2. President Roosevelt him
self, and all the political person
ality influences he had. And with
it (which would rate a position for
tte own perforthlftee) was his fa
mous and "never to be forgotten"
passing through Shelby without be
ing seen.
No. 3. Oeneral politics. In the
state and county.
No. 4. Violent deaths, of which 33
were by auto.
No. 5. The weather, hot, cold, dry
and wet, plus storms.
No. 6. Hie new farm program of
soil conservation and its Implica
tions for farmers.
No, 7. The “alphabets” or the con
tinuation of the WPA, the PWA,
NYA, RA, ERA, etc.
N. 8. Building activity.
No. 9. Rural and city schools, en
largement and building.
No. 10. Cleveland county fair.
Second Ten
A second ten stories which have
been important may be listed as
follows: No. 1. Surfacing of roads In
the county; No. 3. the Red Cross,
its end and rebirth in the county;
No. 3. county commissioners, their
meetings, and a new chairman; No.
4. Max Gardner, always In the news
and buying full control of the
Cleveland Cloth mill; No. 8. The
tulip gardens of Gideon Price and
Luther McSwain; No. 8. activities
of the 4-H clubs; No. 7. court ses
sions, county, superior and federal;
No. 8. Payment of the bonus to vet
erans; N©.* Ati-nresj Wo. 10, sports'j
(Continued on page eight.)
MANY PRESENT
AT HOEY DINNER
Interesting Program
Marks Banquet
t For Hoey
A banquet which climaxed a con
test of eight weeks in the Clyde
Hoey Bible Class and which was a
sort of farewell event for Mr. Hoey
was held at the Central Methodist
church last night with about 175
members present.
Oliver Anthony and his group, the
"reds” who lost the contest by two
points to Carl Thompson and his
“blues” provided the banquet.
J. D. Linberger was in charge of
the program which was one of the
most original and best planned of
class meetings recently.
Mrs. Carl Webb and son Billy
Webb entertained briefly with ma
rionettes; J. B. Ivey, Charlotte mer
chant, a close friend to Mr. Hoey
was present and gave some magi
cian's tricks.
E. O. McGowan told what Mr.
Hoey has meant to the class and to
Shelby and a quartet composed of
R. H. Cooke, B. B. Dellinger jr.,
Clyde Brown, and Neal Moser gave
special music.
Mr. Hoey graciously accepted all
the compliments. 3. H. Grigg will
take his place as teacher of the
large class next Sunday.
WANTS $25,000 FOR
ENGINE HITTING C|Ut
WINSTON-SALEM, Dec. SI.—(IP)
—E F. Edwards filed a $25,000 dam
age suit here for injuries he said
he suffered when a train engine
backed into his automobile on De
cember 18.
Dry Rainy Year Brings All
Sorts Of Weather To County
It has been a- dry rainy year!
As paradoxical as that statement j
sounds, It Is entirely the truth. More ]
rain has fallen the past year than
in any five previous years, yet .
crops in this county suffered the ]
worst drought In the memory of
residents under 50 years of age.
A total erf 62.10 Inches of rain had |
fallen up until six o’clock last night. ,
according to the official figures oi,
John Phifer, government record ,
keeper.
Haiti By Men t h s
Rain was still falling today in]
proportion* to add at least another
inch, possibly two inches to those
figures.
To show what made it a wet. dry,
year here is how the rain fell: Jan
uary, 10.32 inches; February, 4.79;
March. 6.13; April, 7.89; May, 0.47;
June, 2.08; July 6.52; August, 5.64;
September 3.94; October 6.44; Nov
ember 1.37; December, 6.53.
May, the planting month and
June the starting month were al-,
most as dry as tinder, and Cleve
t Continued on page eight.)
COUNTY NURSE
SEEMS CERTAIN
Medical Society And
County Boards
Approve
Complete accord of the county
medical society, the board of com
missioners, board of health and rep
resentatives of the state board of
health was announced here today
following two meetings last night
and this morning.
As the situation now stands only
official action is needed by the
county board of commissioners on
Monday to give this county a social
security nurse as the first step in
a full-fledged health department.
Dr. G. M. Cooper, chairman of
the state board of health of Raleigh
and Dr. Roy Norton, in charge of
county heaRh service with the board,
conferred last night with the phy
sicians of the county and today
with the local board of health.
The physicians voted to support
and cooperate with the health de
partment and recommended that
it be expanded later to the full $13,
000 per year program of which the
state would furnish approximately
$6,500. This would include a physi
cian and two nurses.
However, what they recommend
ed and what Chairman Joe E. Blan
ton says the county will likely do is
to begin with an $1,800 a year pro
gram of which the county and city
will pay $900 and the state $900. A
social security nurse would be se
cured to direct in an educational way
the public health program of the
county.
Large Estate Is
Left By Lambeth
GREENSBORO. Dec. 31.—(£>;—
An Inventory filed with the clerk
of court showed Robert Lee Lam
beth, furniture manufacturer, left
an estate valued at $1,022,200 78. j
only $80,000 In real estate and the
rest in stocks, bonds, Insurance,
and bank deposits.
Banks, B. and L. and
Pos toff ice Close
Banks, building and loan asso
ciations and the postofflce will ob
serve a holiday tomorrow. City and
county offices will remain open
There will be no rural or city deli
very of mail nor will any of ihri
poctoffice windows be open
HAPPY NEW YEAR
World Toes Line
Today To Start
Big Naval Race
LONDON, Dec. 31. — (IP) — The
world toed the line today tor an
unchecked naval rearmament race
as the Washington limitations
treaty of 1922 and the London pact
of 1930 reached their end.
PTvM the dawn of the New Year,
technically, all barriers to naval
building would be lifted as the
London treaty of 1930, signed by
the United States, France and
Oreat Britain, had been ratified
only by the United States.
Europe’s shipyards hummed with
preparations for unbridled competi
tion in strengthening the nation's
naval arms, permitted after the
treaties die at midnight,
Oreat Britain stood foremost
among the expected builders of sea
power embittered because it believes
the dying pacts gave other great
powers an advantage so great the
empire’s first line of defense has
been weakened.
The only hopes for slowing down
rearmament rested in the possibi
lity other powers would sign bila
terally with Great Britain, under
the unratifled 1936 treaty, binding
themselves to the provision for an
nual exchanges of information re
garding new construction inten
tions.
There was also a waning possibi
lity Japan might agree to an exten
sion of articles 19 of the Washing
ton treaty restricting battleships to
14-inch guns.
WILL BROADCAST THE
INAUGURATION OF HOEY
RALEIGH, Dec. 31.—(IP)—Plains
are being made here to broadcast
the inauguration erf Governor-elect
Clyde R. Hoey January 7.
Ferocious Dogs
Used In Attack
AVILA, Spair*, Dec. 31.—(IP)—
Ferocious dogs loosed by Socialist
militiamen during hand-to
troops by surprise today, in a
hand fighting with insurgents,
took Fascist Gen. Jose Varela's
government counter-attack near
Villa Verde.
The maneuver almost result
ed in a socialist victory, insur-*
gent field headquarters ac
knowledged, but the animals
and men were finally beaten off
after penetrating the Fascist
front line.
The animals were described
as savage “halfwolves” which,
led by militiamen, leaped at the
throats cf the Insurgent de
fenders. Many of the Fascists
were bitten by the dogs, head
quarters declared.
The dogs apparently had been
trained to obey their masters
and attacked blindly on a given
signal They did not bark warn
ings to unsuspecting Fascists I
S. C. Man Abducted, Taken
To Texas, Shot, Robbed
I BULLETINS
BEAM, KENDALL
RALEIGH, Dee. 31. — <A>) —
Robert D. Beam, formerly of
Shelby, engineer with the State
School Commission in cljarge of
operation of plants, resigned
this afternoon to Join the staff
of the Wachovia Bank and Trust
company and Henry Kendall of
Shelby was appointed to suc
ceed him.
..
JERSEY EXPLOSION
CLIFTON, N. J,Dec. 31.—(/P>
—At least five men were criti
cally burned today when an ex
plosion destroyed one building
at the plant of the Standard
Textile Products company, one
of the country's largest manu
facturers of oilcloth.
STEEL AFFECTED
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Dec. 11.—
W—Strikes in the automobile
industry began today to affect
the steel industry, with work
men already laid off in fabri
cating plant and with “hold”
orders on steel shipments re
ceived by larger producers.
BIG EVENING
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—(>Pj—
A. note of prosperity was in the
air today as the nation ushered
another old year toward its exit
and went rally about prepara
tions to sound a rousing wel
come for the New Year tonight.
From coast to coart there were
reports indicating the arrival of
1937 would witness a New Year’s
eve celebration perhaps unpar
alleled in the country’s history.
SIXTEEN HURT
CHESTER. Pa., Dec. 31.—
—A gas tank on a ship way at
the Sun Shipbuilding company
yard exploded today, injuring
sixteen workmen.
Bound During Long
Trip; Little Chance
Of Recovery
FORT WORTH, Tex. Dec, 31—UP)
—Police searched today for two men
who kidnaped Foster Shaw, your*}
South Carolina man, near his home
on Christmas day, drove him to
Texas, discharged a shotgun load in
his stomach and then left him near
Arlington Downs race track.
To officers who questioned him as
he lay crltlcaly inljured in an Ar
lington hospital, Shaw told of pick
ing up the men on a road near his
Colhoun Falls, S. C„ home. He said
they kept him bound during the
long trip and at night tied him to
the car or a tree.
When they released him in the vi
cinity of the race track, they left
but returned to shoot him with his
own gun.
Shaw said they robbed him of
$600 with which he planned to buy
a farm. Bound as he was, Shaw
managed to pencil a note to his wife
which was on his person when two
men found him lying by the road
and rushed him to the hospital.
Doctors, who performed an emer
gency operation in an attempt to
save Shaw’s life, said he had little
chance for recovery.
Plans Being Made
For Annual Meeting
Dr. Zeno Wall today announced
that preliminary plans have been
made for tha annual revival meet
ing of the church.
Dr. Finley Johnson, pastor of the
Walnut Street Baptist church, larg
est in Louisville. Ky„ will be the
visiting minister. He Is a well known
figure in the south. The date of the
meeting will be June 6 to 20.
Announcement was also made ot'
the names of seven new deacons
recently added to the board of the
church. They are: John P. Mull, J.
L. Suttle, S. A. McMury, Dr. A. Pitt
Beam, W. H. Hudson, O. V. Ham
rick and Paul Webb.
40 People Meet Violent
Death In County In 1936
Death struck violently 40 times In
Cleveland county laat year or to
persons who live to or were passing
through Cleveland county, and 22
of the deaths were directly caused
by auto accidents.
Tragedy and heartaches were
brought to the homes of scores of
other persons who were injured or
who had members of their family
! injured.
Five By Lightning
Five persons were killed by light-1
■ oing; four were murdered, three j
j met death in fire, two killed them-1
<
selves, two fell, end one was drown-1
ed and one sawed.
The llafc, as taken from the col- i
umns of the Cleveland Star, now1
the Shelby Dally Star, contains 40
persons. There may be some others
unreported.
Auto fatalities: Mann Tolbert.:
Lawndale: Charles Hopper, Earl;
L. D. Munday, Shelby; W. E. White:!
Hazel Costner, Toluca; .John Elam!
Davis, county line—Lincoln; Wil-j
liam Carl Hpmdon, Grover; Petc
(Contmued on page eight.)
HITLER REPORTED
RUSHING TROOPS
TO HELP FRANCO
German Soldiers In
Civilian Garb Leave
Ports
OTHERS~ALSO GO
By The AwwitUd Frege
Powere of e««tern end weet
em hemisphere* faced i deep*
ening pintle over Spain end e
new novel erme race today while
the “little world war” on the
Iberian peninsula raged un
checked through the dying hours
of 1838.
BERLIN. Dec. 31.— (dV-Chancgl*
lor Adolf Hitler was reported la
diplomatic quarters today to be talc*
ing advantage of the delay In non
intervention negotiations to epeed
up movement of Nan volunteers to
Fascist Spain.
Oermany, these sources said, was
unlikely to call a one-sided truce
in the face of reports volunteers
were still continuing to Join the
socialist troops from other coun
tries.
Uj|jk| --
*coi i roopw
The Nasi pram reported departure
of Madrid sympathiser* from Scot
land despite the Franco-Brltatn de
mand for Hitler to agree to halt the
flow of aid to Oen. Francisco fran
co's Insurgents.
Diplomatic quarters pictured a
rush by all countries concerned to
get as many troops as possible on
the battlefields of what has been
described as "the little world war"
In Spain before strict regulations
.*? *W:lotw*«W#iL
ftjfrGftu on*
How many Nasia were leaving
Germany to answer Franoo’a re
ported demand for more aid to
storm Madrid was a secret held in
utmost confidence by high offi
cials.
Apparently not even tha port au
thorities knew.
In Civilian Garb
Most of the volunteers were as
sumed to be leaving from Bremen
and Hamburg fe* civilian clothing.
From scattered section* of the
country came vague reports from
families whose sons were in the
military service.
They knew only their soldier sons
suddenly left home In civilian
garb, asserting they had been or
dered on "special missions.”
Estimates three weeks ago put
the number of Germans fighting
under the Spanish Fascist flag at
10,000. if that figure was correct,
there are probably many more <ow.
After a day of hurried confer
ences in which high diplomatic and
military officials were recalled to
Berlin, Hitler left last night to re
sume his holiday In the Bavarian
Hills at Berchtesgaden.
Der Fuehrer did not lift the veil
from Spanish policy, suddenly
brought to the fore by French-Brlt
ish demands for strict non-inter
vention and Franco's reported plea
(Continued on page eight.)
Lindbergh Money
Is Again In News
TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 31.——
A report that a (21,650 “goldback"
cache of Lindbergh ransom money
had been found and that he was
ready to “tell all" about reputed
new developments in the case
brought a terse "no comment" from
Oovemor Harold O. Hoffman to
day. Other official sources made
denials.
Through his press aide, William
Conklin, the governor said he would
neither affirm nor deny the report
published by the Philadelphia Rec
ord, and would hold no press con
ferences on the case during the day.
County Lightning
Deaths Are High
Your chance of being killed
by lightning anywhere In the
United States to one in a million
Year chance of being killed by
lightning In Cleveland county la
one in 11,400. If this year’s num
ber is kept up.
Five people were killed by
lightning in this eounty during
1036. a county containing 37,000
inhabitant Roughly, '.he per
centage of deaths in this county
was almost 100 times as much a*
ihc average for the nation.
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