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ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1937.
PUBLISHED TUESDAY. THURSagT n TTTT "TTTTP *1T
NUMBER 34
Murray Field Reelected
President 01 Asheboro
Parenl-Teacher Group
Full Corps Named
For PTA Offices
Mrs. L. F. Ross, Vice Presi
dent For The Coining Year;
Mrs. Smith Secretary
Mrs. Alexander Chm.
Nominating Com.
Cleveland Thayer, Treasurer,
Makes Report Of Year’s
Expenditures
Murray Field was reelected
president of the Asheboro Parent -
Teachers Assqciation at the regular
monthly meeting of that body Mon
day evening. Mrs. Maude Allred
was again named historian, while
other officers for next year will be
Mrs. L. F. Ross, vice president;
Mrs. C. G. Smith, secretary; and
John Durkhead, treasurer.
The report of the nominating
committee was made by Mrs.
Kemp Alexander. The association
also heard the treasurer’s report,
presented by Cleveland Thayer,
and the report of the Music Club,
jiven by Miss Clara Gill.
Mrs. Franz Strickland announc
ed that a pre-school clinic for all
ihildren who expect to enter
school next fall for the first time
would be held in the Park street
school Thursday morning begin
ning at 9 o’clock. Dr.* George
Sumner, who will conduct the
ilirtic, desires that the parents ac
company the children if possible.
The attendance prize for the
grammar grade room having the
most parents at the meeting went
lo Miss Katy Belle Cagle’s second
grade room. Miss Massa Lambert’s
and John Garrett’s rooms were
tied for the high school prize.
Miss Cagle’s class presented a
very entertaining playlet, entitled
“Spring”, which was greatly en
joyed by those at the meeting.
Informal Program
For Worth Marker
A short and informal program
is being planned for the placing of
the highway marker in memory of
Governor Jonathan Worth, which
will take place Thursday morning
at 10 o’clock. The marker will be
erected on Salisbury street, High
way 04, in front of the Allen apart
ments, on the site of the old court
house.
M. E. Johnson, chairman of the
county board of commissioners,
will be in charge of the program,
to which have been invited repre
sentatives of the civic organiza
tions as well as of the schools
and the bar, Governor Worth hav
ing particularly interested in both
education and the law. The public
is also cordially invited to be pre
sent at the ceremony.
n usual Accident
At Randleman Mon,
;r liberty
Resident ]
Willard Burrow and Millard
fright, both of Randleman, es
aped without serious injury in an
pnusual automobile accident early
.ionday morning. The Ford V-8
pickup in which they were travel
ing left the highway about two
miles north of Randleman and hit
Ihe bank of a small branch with
Such force that it sprang clear of
)he ground some ten feet forward
jand from 15 to 20 feet up in the
air, to judge from the tom limbs
pf a small tree which it hit at the
_ak of its flight. The men were
prought to the Randolph hospital
or treatment, ^here they are re
orted to be making a rapid re
overy.
Daniel Richard Hughes, 65, 3on
the late William and Sarah Gall
an Hughes, died Sunday night at
ps home in Gibsonville, following
short illness. Mr. Hughes, who
prmerly made his home in Trinity,
ad been in his usual good health
ntil a week ago.
Surviving are his wife, who be
ore marriage was Miss Martha
arner; four daughters, Mra.
iren F. Andrews, of Trinity, Mrs.
aul Flynn, of Kannapolis, Evelyn
Martha Hughes of the home;
|x sons, J. G. and W. M. Hughes.
Trinity, C. C. Hughes, of
Greensboro, L. P., D. R., Jr., and
{. T. Hughes of the home; one
brother, Sam Hughes; and one
lister, Mrs. Lily O'Shields of
Spartansburg, S. C.
Funeral services were held at the
home in Gibsonville this afternoon,
nmediately after which the fun
I procession left for the Trinity
ive
Health Officer
WU1 Hold Clinic
The county health department
will conduct a pre-school clinic
for Asheboro children who are
planning to enter school next
year Thursday morning from
9-12 o’clock in the Park street
school. Dr. Gqprge Sumner is
anxious to have a large number
of children present and desires
that they be accompanied by
their parents if possible.
These pre-school clinics have
been held in Asheboro for sev
eral years by the health depart
ment and have brought satis
factory results. In mai\y in
stances, minor faults and de
fects in children have been
found that were corrected be
fore they started their school
life enabling them to get a good
physical start which is consider
ed a most important thing from
a health standpoint.
Awards Are Given
For Safe Flying
National Safety Council
Honors Three Commercial
Transport Companies
Perfect Record
Three Airlines Have Flown
Total Of 225,000,000
Without Fatality
The important improvements iii
safe flying which have occurred in
recent years were stressed at the
peremonies last week at which
three commercial transport com
panies were awarded medals by the
National Safety •Council hi recogni
tion of their having flown 225,000,
000 passenger miles without a fata!
accident. First of their kind to be
given, the awards went to Eastern
Airlines, Northwest Airlines and
Pennsylvania Central Airlines.
Eastern Airlines was the winner
of the award for a company operat
ing more than 50,000,000 passeng
er miles annually, and the medal
was accepted in behalf of the con
cern by Capt. Edward Rickenback
er, its general manager. In six
years of operation, during which
its first airplanes has covered
nearly 142,000,000 miles, the
system has had not fatal accidents.
In the class operating less than
50,000,000 miles annually, North
west Airlines was said to have
flown its equipment since 1957
without a fatality.
A special award was given Penn
sylvania Central airlines for its
record of no passenger fatalities
between 1930 and 1936, during
which period the company flew
equipment more than 36,000,000
miles.
While airline traffic has increas
ed enormously during the past
decade, accidents per mile on Am
erican airlines have remained vir
tually stationary, it was announc
ed by Maj. R. W. Schroeder, re
presenting the bureau of air com
merce in the Department of Com
merce.
Franklinville Baptists Had
Hard Struggle In Early Days
By REV. H. M. STROUI’,
Pastor, Franklinville Baptist
Church
“Now, there was great rejoicing,”
said Miss Zephie York recently,
“when Mary Marible joined the
Baptist church. You see she made
twenty-flve members. Some had
said we would never get that many.
Yet, we are told the young or
ganization grew steadily from
thirteen charter members to the
present enrollment in fifty years to
two hundred and forty members.”
“Those were stirring days when
the Baptists were trying to get a
start at Franklinville,” chimed in
Miss Maggie York, “it seemed that
everything was against us but the
good Loid. We had to fight hard
to keep ourselves right. Then there
were those who did not care along
with Borne who opposed us. Those
were trying days.” Then with joy
in her voice she said, “we are on
better days now. The trials then
have brought joy to many hearts
then and now.”
. The stirring days of long ago
are' of no ordinary interest to the
present day. The days of trials
from without the fold passed long
ago. There is no more peaceful and
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Randolph County
Field Day Will Be
Observed April 29
Will Be Held At Lindley Field,
Asheboro; Rotary Club
Sponsors
Robertson, Manager
Tentative Schedule Includes
Many Sports; Several Rules
Are Published
Randolph County Field Day will
be held Thursday, April 29, at
Lindley Field, Asheboro, according
to an announcement from Glenn
Robertson, principal of Gray’s
Chapel school and Field Day man
ager. The Asheboro Rotary Club is
sponsoring the event, to be held
for the first time in the county,
and a large number of entries from
all schools in the county is desired.
There will be contests in the all
1 more popular track and field
events, with awards for individuals
and teams. Among the events are
jump, running and standing broad
jump, ronning and standing broad
jump, shot put, baseball throw,
horseshoe pitching, 880 yhrd run,
and relays.
Each member of the winning
I relay team .will receive a medal,
' and there will be medals for first
and second place in horseshoe
pitching and for the first three
places in all other events. There
will be cups for the teams winning
first and second places, while the
winner of the 220 yard relay will
get a trophy and the 100 yard re
lay winner will be awarded a ban
ner.
The eligibility rules, with refer
ence to scholastic standing and
time spent in school, will be the
same as for other sports in the
county. In the 100 and 220 yard
dashes, each school will be allowed
but two entries, and can enter only
one double ahd one single horse
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Prominent Farmer
Of Randolph Dies
Marcus £. Wood, 77, prominent
farmer of Randolph county, died
Monday morning at his home in
Concord township after an illness
of two months. He was born in this
county, a son of John and Sarah
Wood'.
Surviving are two sons, E. L.
Wood, High Point, and R. J. Wood,
Jackson’s Creek, and two daugh
ters, Mrs. Onslow Parrish, Trinity,
route one, and Mrs. Clarence Small,
Franklinville.
Funeral service was conducted
at Pierce’s Chapel this afternoon
with Rev. J. R. Williams and Rev.
Mr. Tucker officiating. Interment
was made in the church cemetery.
Pneumonia Fatal
To Liberty Man
John Oliver Jordan, 75, died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. R.
T. Smith, in Liberty Monday night
of pneumonia, after an illness of
only a few days. Funeral arrange
ments are as yet incomplete.
He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Smith, with whom he lived:
three sons, Clyde, of Greensboro,
route four; Ben, of Greensboro,
and Paul, of Seaforth; three sist
ers, Mrs. C. L. Peeden, of Greens
boro; Mrs. Lou McDowell, of
Mecklin, Ga., and Mrs. John Hin
shaw, near Liberty; two brothers,
J. L., of Liberty, and H. L., of
Julian, and 16 grandchildren.
Fox Proves Speed
In South Carolina
How fast can a fox run?
On a South Carolina road last
winter, a gray fox answered the
question with a burst of speed at
the rate of 26 miles an hour for
about 100 yards,- gradually slowing
to a speed of about 21 miles an
hour at the end of a half mile.
Clarence Cottaro, of the Bureau
of Biological Survey, was inspect
ing wildlife areas in the southeast,
when the fox jumped ahead of his
car. Cottam, interested in all
phases of wildlife, tooted the horn
to encourage the. fox to extend
himself, and, watching the speed
ometer, followed close. He found
he had to throttle down as the fox
lost speed after the first spurt.
How does the speed of this fox
compare with the best efforts by
men? Sprinting at 26 miles an
hour the fox went the first hundred
yards in a shade less than 8
seconds. The world record for the
100-yard dash is 9.4 seconds. At 21
miles an hour the fox would go
half a mile in a little less than 1
minute and 26 seconds. The fastest
half mile by a man is just under 1
minute 50 seconds.
VICTIM OF SAVAGE ATTACK
\ Julia Nussenbaum (above) 25-year-old dancer from Bridgeport,
Conn., died in hospital after a brutal hammer assault in her New York
City dance rehearsal studio. Miss Nussenbaum, who danced under the
name of Tania Lebova, was repeatedly struck on the head by a claw
hammer. Mischa Ross, 37, booking agent and former suitor of Miss
Nussenbaum, is being held by police, who say he made a “vague con
fession.”
Asheboro School Band Has
Made Wonderful Progress
Ruling Against
Social Security,
Federal Court Of Appeals In
Boston Says Law Violates
State’s Rights
Tax Is Illegal
Court Rules Out Both llnenr
ployment Insurance And
Old-Age Clauses
The Social Security Act received
its first setback in a federal court
Friday when the United States
First Ciicuit Court of Appeals in
Boston ruled that both the unem
employment insurance and old-age
assistance provisions of the act
were unconstitutional. The two-to,
one decision in the case, brought
by a Massachusetts public utility
stockholder, asserted that the act
infringed on state’s rights in its
method of taxation.
The appeals court decision came
while the United States supreme
court already was digesting argu
ments pro and con as to the con
stitutionality of the act. The Fed
eral Circuit Court of Appeals at
New Orleans upheld the validity nf
| the statute. The case was carried
to the Supreme Court and argu
ments already have been held.'
The court majority said:
“The important issues, we think,
are whether the tax imposed (under
the unemployment insurance provi
sion) can be termed an excise tax;
and whether the federal govern
ment. . . seeks indirectly to control
state action in matters resting sole
ly within the powers reserved to
the states under amendment 10 of
the constitution.”
In an array of arguments going
back to Adam Smith’s “Wealth of
Nations,” the court held that the
clause providing for state unem
ployment acts to match the federal
provisions amounted “to coercion
of the states and control by con
gress of a matter clearly within
the province of the states.”
The court, in labeling the act as
outside the constitution, mentioned
the possibility of an amendment,
saying that “if the constitution, as
construed through the years, re
quires amendments to meet new
conditions, the way is provided
therein.” ,
Harvey Green Is
Killed Sunday P. M.
An automobile collision occurring
between Troy- and Candor on Sun
day afternoon resulted in the death
of Harvey Grein, driver of one of
the two cars. Green was 1*9 years
old and lived near Candor. The
other cm was from Wallace and
was en mite to , Salisbury. The
names of the occupants of the
car are not known. They were not
seriously injured. Funeral for the
dead man was held, this afternoon
at his home.
Several New Instruments And
Members Have Recently
Been Added To Group
tlie recent addition of
eleven new members, the Asheboro
school band has now nearly reach
ed its full quota. It is being or
ganized with the idea of building
up to a 35 piece band, and the new
increase brings the total up to 27,
leaving room for only eight more at
most.
The new members are Clayton
Milks, Harold Walton, Patsy Ann
Story, Nina Walton, Willis Hooper,
John Bunch, Jimmy Lee Field,
Branford Bulla, Jimmy Moore,
Sam Story, and Fred Glass.
In adding to the personnel, of
the band, Pat Leonard, its teacher
and leader, has increased its ef
fectiveness by adding several in
struments previously lacking. Of
greatest value are three melo
phones, of which he had none be
fore, while the trombone section
has been greatly strengthened, and
two clarinets, a comet, and a so
prano saxaphone have been added.
The band now has a snare drummer
for the first time, since among the
new recruits was a drummer who
could take over the job of the
present bass drummer and let him
play the snares. The band still i
needs a saxaphone, bass horn, I
baritone horn, and several clari- f
nets.
The improvement in the original
members of the band has bee*
noted and often commented upon
by the people of Asheboro, but Mr.
Leonard expects the newcomers to
do even better than the old mem
bers. Those who have just come in
have a standard to equal and must
work harder to catch up, he said,
while those who started out with
the band had nothing by which to
judge how well they were doing and
no incentive except their own in
terest; How well the first members
have done, however, is apparent to
anyone who has heard them.
Mr. Leonard gives a large share
of the credit for the success of the
band to the splendid cooperation of
the citizens of Asheboro, and more
particularly of the parents of its
members. Without their encourage
ment and support in such matters
as seeing that the children practic
ed faithfully the band could not
have succeeded.
One thing Asheboro needs which
would be of value to the town and
to the band as well is a open air
handstand where the school or
ganization and others could give
concerts. Many citizens have cited
the need for more musical enter
tainment in Asheboro and this
would be one way of providing it.
The school band is affiliated with
the Young Men’s Musical Associa
tion, which not only organizes
bands but also provides a com
petent teacher to stay with the
band and give it first class instruc
tion. The association is growing
rapidly, .and expects to begin bands
in ten more towns in this part of
the state in September.
Tax Expert Makes I
Clear Explanation
Of Legal Changes
Brooks Parham, Special Tax
Investigator, Calls Atten
tion To Many Changes
Effective July 1
Is Pleased With Response And'
Cooperation Of Randolph
County Merchants
The cooperation by Randolph
county merchants was praised to
day by Brooks Parham, special in
vestigator for the state tax depart
ment, who said that he had had no
trouble in getting the records of
any one in making his check. Con
ditions in the county as well as in
Asheboro were described as about
average in reference to the amount
due the state.
Mr. Brooks said that the state is
preparing to keep a much closer
check on sales tax than has ever
been done before. Merchants should
be careful to keep accurate and
thorough records to avoid the ap
pearance of attempting to evade
the law, as in cases of evasion a
heavy penalty is inflicted.
Another fact which will make
the bookkeeping heavier is that on
July 1 the new law, providing cer
tain exemptions, goes into effect.
This will exempt the same nine
articles as were exempted from
1933-1935, with the addition of
bread. These items, ten in all,
must be kept separate in the re
cords of every store.
Funeral Service
For Mrs. Russell
Funeral service for Mrs. Lou/et
ta Russell, 34, of Randleman, who
died in the local hospital Sunday,
was held at Plainfield church this
afternoon. Dr. J. L. Stokes and
Rev. John Allred were in charge of
the service. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, Glenn
Russell; one daughter, Ruth; five
sons, Donald, James, Millard,
Johnny and an infant, unnamed;
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Millard
Allred, of Sophia, route one; four
sisters, Mrs. Eugene Brown, Ashe
boro; Mrs. Manuel Lilly, Randle
man ; Mrs. Walter Rich and Mrs.
Cash Brown, Sophia, route one, and
one brother, Troy Allred, Sophia.
Miss Sallie Webb
News Tip Winner
Miss Sallie Webb was first with
the most important news tip in
The Courier’s News Tip Contest
! for the period ending this after
noon and will receive the two
tickets to see Eric Linden in “Sins
I of Children”, Wednesday or Nino
Martini in “The Gay Desperado,”
Thursday both at the Carolina.
There were several who phoned or
brought in information of hap
penings Monday and Tuesday but
Miss Webb’s was adjudged the best
and so the tickets go to her.
The next period starts at once
and ends at 1:30 p. m. Thursday.
The winner will receive two
tickets to see Lew Ayres and Ruth
Coleman in “The Crime Nobody
Saw” at the Capitol either Friday
or Saturday. Importance is stress
ed again on promptness in send
ing in the tip on news just as early
as possible after it happens. Fre
quently several people phone in
the same item and of course, the
tickets go to the first to act.
Four Judges Announced For
Local Beautification Program
Old Resident Of
Randolph Is Dead
Mrs. Elminia A. Hayworth, 75,
well known resident of High Point
route three, died early Saturday
morning after an illness> of long
duration. The widow of William
Marmaduke Hayworth, she had
spent her entire life in that com
munity and was one of its oldest
residents.
Mr3. Hayworth was born in Ran
dolph county, October 9, 1861, a
daughter of Archie and Amanda
Jester Leach. She is survived by
two sons, V. E. Hayworth of High
Point, and J. E. Hayworth of the
homeplace; one daughter, Mrs. O.
C. Morris of High Point, route 5;
seven grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren. She was a
member of Providence Wesleyan
Methodist church.
Funeral services was conducted
from the Springfield Friends
church Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock by Miss Clara I.' Cox,
pastor, and Rev. E. W. Jones,
pastor of the Providence Wesleyan
Methodist church, and interment
followed in the family plot in the
Springfield cemetery.
Chaffer Night Will Be
Obser^d By Asheboro’s
Merchant’s Association
Death Knell For
Covered Bridge
Another of Randolph county’s
covered bridges will go the way
of all flesh shortly. The execu
tive order in the form of an
order to proceed with a new
bridge came today from Capus
Waynick, chairman of the high
way and public works commis
sion. A modern concrete bridge
of ten ton type will be built
across Deep river at Cedar
Falls, with work ordered to be
gin at once.
The new bridge will be erect
ed a few yards south of the pre
sent covered bridge, according
to advance plans for the work.
The bridge department of the
state highway and public works
commission has had orders to
begin the work and advance
men have been in the county
several days.
Women Will Hold
Democratic Meet
Women From Several South
ern States Will Attend
Regional Conference
Meet In Atlanta
Mrs. Charles Tillett Of Char
lotte Will Be One Speaker;
Two-Day Meeting
Democratic women of North
Carolina will join with those of
Maryland, South Carolina, Florida,
Virginia, and Georgia at a two day
regional conference in Atlanta,
Georgia, on April 28 and 29. Th»
conference is being sponsored by
the women’s division of the Demo
cratic National Committee and all
women interested in government
are invited to attend.
Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, Jr., of
Charlotte regional advisor for the
women’s division, will be one of
the principle speakers at the con
ference. Mrs. Tillett directed the
national speakers bureau for the
women’s division of the Democratic
National Committee during the
past campaign.
Among the other speakers are
M. L. Wilson, under-secretary of
agriculture, Miss Mary W. Dewson
of New York City, vice chairman of
the Democratic National Com
mittee, Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister,
director, and Mrs. May Thompson
Evans, assistant director of the
women’s division of the committee,
whose headquarters are in Wash
ington,- D. C.
Called an institute of govern
ment, the conference is designed
to make women fact-finding and
government minded. Much of the
time will be given over to a dis
cussion of the Reporter plan, which
is the educational program of the
women’s division, and is designed
to give women a knowledge of
government affairs and the ability
to talk intelligently on them.
The business sessions will be in
the form of round tables and open
forums. The program will include
a banquet on the evening of the
28th, a breakfast, and two luncheon
meetings.
The better homes and garden
contest, a unit in the Asheboro
beautification program now on,
will be judged by Mrs. Ervin Frye,
Mrs. John Neely, Mrs. Ed Steere
and Mrs. Henry Robins. Mrs.
Charles Fox, president of the local
Woman’s Club and Mrs. Dan
Burns, chairman for the better
homes and garden contest, make
the announcement of the selection
of the judges. For those who are
interested in this community pro
ject, a detailed outline of the pur
poses of the plan is given:
A contest for every home owner
and renter who wishes to enter is
being sponsored by the civic or
ganizations of Asheboro.
This contest is not only being
planned for the purpose of improv
ing Asheboro as a whole but to
create a real desire in the resi
dents to improve their homes and
premises.
If Asheboro is to grow so rapid
ly materially, she must also grow
in beauty and dignity. With the
aid of each property owner and
renter this may be accomplished.
The contest begins April 18 and
from that date through April 30 all
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Willard L. Dowell
Presents Charter
Charter Which Has Been
Ready For Sometime Will
Be Presented Friday
Dinner Meeting At
Local M. P. Church
Many Out-Of-Town Visitors
Will Join With Members
And Their Several Guests
Charter night will be an im
portant event in the early history
of the Asheboro Merchant’s .As
sociation. This event, plannecf for
Friday evening will include the
sixty odd members of the associa
tion and their guests. Dinner will
be served in the dining room of the
Methodist Protestant church at
7:30 with the presentation of the
charter and a program of talks and
discussion of the work following.
Willard Dowell of Raleigh, exe
cutive secretary of the North Caro
lina Merchants association, will
present the charter and discuss
some of the varied purposes and
advantages of an association. Mr.
Trosper of the Greensboro associa
tion will be the second speaker on
the program. There will be repre
sentatives from Burlington, High
Point and other organizations in
this section of the state.
During the program there will
be a time when any member may
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Succumbs At Home
West Of Asheboro
Mrs. Abigail Lowe Poole, 74,
died late Saturday night at her
home six miles west of Asheboro
after a lingering illness. Mrs.
Poole was a prominent resident of
the courtly, and was a Gold Star
' Mother, a member of the Randolph
Chapter of War Mothers, and a
member of the Back Creek Friends
churcbr
Funeral was conducted from
Back Creek Friends church Mon
day morning by Rev. L. W. Mcr
Farland, Friends minister of White
Plains, assisted by Rev. Douglas I*
Rights, Moravian minister of
Winston-Salem. Interment was iij
the church cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
Joseph E. Poole; three daughters,
Mrs. J. C. Harriss, of Burlington.
Mrs. Tom Wood of Asheboro, and
Miss Ina Poole, of the home; three
sons, Edward, Fred and Oscar
Poole, of the home; two sisters,
Mrs. Mary Hepler and Mrs. Sarah
Walker, of Asheboro, route 2; and
a number of grandchildren, nieces
and nephews.
Pall bearers were: Lacy Lewis,
Clarence Lovett, Reid Hannah,
Idol Ferree, Emory Walker and
Rufus Routh. The local chapter of
War Mothers were in charge of the
many beautiful flowers.
Mrs. Deaton Dies
At Liberty Monday
Mrs. Myrtle Deaton, 49, wife of
E. C. Deaton, died at her home
three miles north of Liberty Mon
day afternoon after a week’s ill
ness. Surviving are her husband,
her mother, Mrs. Mary McNabb,
who made her home with Mrs.
Deaton; a brother, George McNabb
of Washington, D. C.; and a half
brother, Grover C. McNabb of
Irwin, Tennessee.
Funeral service was held from
the home this afternoon by Rev.
John Cox of Central Falls and Rev.
M. A. Pollard of Liberty. Inter
ment, was in the church cemetery.
U. S. Ranks Sixth
Among Air Powers
The 1937 edition of the aircraft
year book, published by the
Aeronautical Chamber of Com
merce, placed the United States
sixth among the seven air powers
in number of combat planes “now
available for emergency.” This was
a slip from fifth place in 1936, but
the year book said this decline
alone “would not be bo important
except for the intense research and
development work” which other
powers are undertaking as part lot
definite development programs.
The annual placed the British
Empire at the head of the list, with
France, Russia, Italy, Germany,
the United States, and Japan, fol
lowing that order.
The estimates include
ed plane
light
scout
m