THE COURIER AND'
ASHEBORO MARCH
IN STEP—AHEAD
BOTH ARE LEADERS
THE COURIER
ALWAYS ABREAST WITH
THE CHANGING TIME
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY
THE COURIER LEADS
Ert. As The Regulator
_ February 2. 1876
Oldert Paper Publiahed In Randolph County
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September 13. 1379
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND r ^DAY
NUMBER 64
ederal Funds
Problem Stirs
N. E. A. Meeting
ichers at Detroit Hear Of
Roosevelt Survey
Action.
12,000 Present
«■ Commission to Study
Education Systems
Cause Comment.
trojt.—Twelve thousand teach
here this week for the seventy
annual meeting of the Nation
Education association learned
ir the first time that President
isevelt has appointed a predomi
tly lay commission of 22 mem
a to study and report to him
Dec. 1 on all phases of federal
tions to education.
iile the commission may be ex
to unearth many interesting
i regarding the public school
ition in the United States the
jers are mainly concerned with
possible effect upon President
jevelt’s attitude toward federal
irppriations for education.
At the present time the annual
l0ol bill amounts to $2,250,000,
l with an expenditure for tSe
,rly 3,000,000 students in public
itutions of approximately $140
child in some states and $25
capita in others, or an average
$73’ per pupil.
In the effort to increase school
ids and equalize them the asso
ion is backing the Harrison
jk-Fletcher federal aid bill
jeh calls for an initial annual
nditure of $100,000,000, in
ing over a period of years to
1,000,000.
Deterrent Factor
president Roosevelt’s request to
igress to balance the budget as
earliest possible date is re
ed by the teachers as the chief
irrent factor in preventing pas
ife of the bill this year.
Jf the President could be won
^er, it might mean not only the
iption of this bill, but also fa
•bie consideration for pending
ipoials on behalf of the educa
of crippled children, adult ci
jeation, nursery schools and
forms of pre-grade educa
;,'conservation education, and
support of libraries.
» commission’s plan of work
presented to the convention by
chairman, Floyd W. Reeves, of
University of Chicago who saici
t it would make brief but com
lensive studies of the financing
jf education, educational adminis
mtion as a major phase of state
jfyernment, the quality of existing
ducational programs in the statS,
he new and emergency federal ed
1 itional programs, education in
cial federal jurisdictions, a!!d
social, economic, and govem
ntal factors basic to a consider
ifSon of federal relations to edu
ition.
jreensboro Takes
Security Work
nployees Must Now Apply
To Field Office; Urge
Hasty Action.
The Asheboro postoffice today
ounced that future applications,
|»y employees, for Social Security
)lank3 and numbers must be ch
ained from tha Field Office, Social
curity Board, 301 South Elm
^treet, Greensboro. Postmaster
tiding and his associates have
andled hundreds of applications
i date but under the Federal rul
ing the work was transferred to
|the Board office in Greensboro this
norning.
Applications should be made at
pnce as no definite extension time
1 been announced by the Federal
ard.
[Smith Family Meet
At Old Homeplace
The family, children and grand
ildren, of the late Albert Smith
®et Sunday at the old homeplace
2 1-2 miles from Asheboro for a
reunion. There were no speakers,
just the reunion of close relatives
»nd a picnic dinner together.
Among those who attended from
Asheboro were: Mr. and Mrs. Bax
Jj* Rich, Mr. and Mrs. Manley
w$rd, Mr. and Mrg. Clyde Bur
rews; Mrs. William Burrows and
Clyde, of Asheboro route;
**“: and Mrs. Hal Smith of Ashe
“oro star route; Charles Smith
*nd family, who reside at the old
Tonsil Clinic
The tonsil clinic, under auspices
of the county health department
opened in the Randolph hospital
yesterday morning. Dr. George
«• Sumner, health officer was in
charge. Five operations were per
fonned at yesterday’s session.
Parents should make application
for their children with Dr. Sum
«er, who after an investigation
viU decide if the case is merited.
Josephus Daniels Off
For Extended Trip To
Europe; Leaves July 14
i
Lester Burge In
Giants Squad
Lester Burge, crack left
fielder of the McCrary Eagles,
will report to the New York
Giants, July 15. Burge and,
Charles McCrary, representing
the local team in the Inter
city league yesterday received
word that the scouts who have
been looking Burge over had
decided he was ripe for big
league work and instructed
him to join the ranks of the
second place National league
team next month.
The loss of Burge to the
McCrary team will be a great
one. He has been an out- i
standing player in the outfield
and is one of the ranking hit
ters in the entire league.
The Red Sox and the De
troit Americans had made
Burge offers but he considered
the Giant contract the best of
the three.
Burge commenced playing
baseball in Archdale, his home
town but during the past four
years has been on the Mc
Crary roster. He is 6 feet
and one inch tall and weighs
195 pounds.
Interesting News
Center Community
Many Summer Visitors Make
Neighborhood Active; Dem
onstration Club Meets.
Randleman, July 1.—Mr. and
Mrs. Seth B. Henshaw of Asheboro
spent the week-end with Dr. and
Mrs. J. W. Woody.
Mrs. W. R. Pickett and daugh
ter, Sally Jean, of Chicago, are
hare -visiting relatives. —
J. E. Murrow and family have
moved Into their new home on
highway 61.
Misse3 Gertrude and Lillian Hire
visited Mrs. W. C. Hodgin recent
ly. The Misses Hire are former
classmates of Mrs. Hodgin and re
side in Winston-Salem.
Mrs. D. S. Draper has been very
ill for some time.
Mrs. H. W. Reynolds and daugh
ter, Mary, visited Mr. and Mrs.
John Reynolds in Burlington dur
ing the week-end.
Miss Alta Ruth Kirkman of
Greensboro and Miss Irene Sharp
of Elon college visited Evelyn
Kearns tecently.
Misses Louise and Hallie Hack
ett had as their guest Saturday and
Sunday Miss Beeson of near Gle
nola.
Miss Margaret Gamble is visit
ing in Biscoe this week.
The center Missionary society
sponsored a lawn party Saturday
night at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Phal Hodgins. The proceeds will
be used towards the new parson
age which will be erected near the
church very soon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Kirkman of
Greensboro spent Sunday after
noon in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Z. V. Huffman.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Kearns of
Greensboro attended the lawn par
ty here Saturday evening.
Miss Eloise Rockett of Biscoe,
spent several days last week with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
E. Rockett.
Much interest is being shown in
summer vacation Bible school
which is in session at Center
Friends church. About fifty chil
dren are enrolled. The closing
exercises will be held next Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock.
The Hackney Bible class will
have their annual picnic Saturday
evening, July 10th, at the High
Point city lake.
Mrs. Earl Kearns and children
of High Point spent Sunday with
Mrs. Kearns’ brother, Wade
Elwood Reynolds of Whittier,
alifomia, is here visiting rela
ves. Mr. Reynold is a native of
iis community.
Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Gamble of
reensboro, visited in the home of
E. Hodgin Sunday.
Mr. Terrell and family from the
ate of Ohio visited his brother
i-law, Dr. J. W. Woody, one day
it week. . ..
The Center Home demonstration
ib met Friday afternoon in the
urch hut for the regular meeting.
ie subject for discussion was
ictures.” Mrs. H. J. Parsons
d Mrs. Ira T. Woody served re
sshments.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina: Partly cloudy
[ay. Thundershowers in eas.
rtion, slightly warmer in west
i central portions; Friday,
rtly cloudy. I
Noted Democrat j
Plans Long Rest
No Political Aspect to Trip
Ambassador to Mexico
States.
Visits Asheboro
Closely Tied to Randolph
County; Mrs. Daniels
Unable to Go.
Josephus Daniels, United States
ambassador to Mexico and former
secretary of the Navy, editor of
The Raleigh News and Observer,
will sail for an extended trip to
Europe, leaving July 14.
Mr. Daniels, one of the nation’s
leading Democrats, in annouucing
his trip said he believed he’s ear
ned a long rest and is looking for
ward to his trip with great antici
pation.
Questioned regarding details of
his journey and of any possible na
tional implication in connection
with his trip, Mr. Daniels said it
was purely a personal journey.
“Just a vacation,” he said.
Mr. Daniels stopped in Asheboro
enroute to Junaluska where he
spoke last night. During his stay
in this city he called at The Cour
ier plant where he held an im
promptu reception, greeting many
of his old friends and acquaint
ances. He paid his regular inspec
tion to the print shop where he
shook hands with all the men and
women connected with The Cour
ier.
He was accompanied by Mrs.
Daniels who, it is understood, has
been ill and will not be able to take
the European trip.
The Daniels’ are pretty closely
affiliated with Randolph county
folk. Mrs. Daniels was Miss Ad
die Bagley, before her marriage to
Josephus Daniels, a young newspa
per man. Her mother, Adelaide
Worth, was a daughter of the late
Governor Worth—and was born
and spent her young girlhood in
Asheboro before moving with her
family to Raleigh. The old Gov
ernor Worth homeplace is the site
where the present McCrary homes
are located, on Worth street. She
was married to Major W. H. Bag
ley. Thus, ihe close tie of the
Daniels to Randolph and many
Randolph folk who are related by
blood, marriage and friendship.
Director Urges
Full Registration
State Bureau of Vital Statis
tics Urges AH Parents To
Register Births.
Raleigh, July 1—The increasing
importance of seeing that every
child born is properly registered
was emphasied by Dr. R. T. Stimp
son, director of the Vital Statis
tics Division of the State Board of
Health. Among other things, he
called attention to the fact that af
ter 1942 all persons registering
for benefits under the Federal
Social Security Act must furnish
copies of their birth certificates.
Much of the child welfare work
now being done by states, towns
and other agencies is dependent
uopn proper birth reports, while, in
order to comply with child labor
laws, ages must be legally and def
initely established.
“See that the child’s name ap
pears on its birth certificate, be
cause. this gives it an undisputed
status”, Dr. Stimpson advised. “A
certificate without the child’s name
is of little value to the child. Fre
quently, in legal matters, much de
pends upon the birth record. There
have been frequent cases where
the absence of such authentic re
cord meant serious financial loss.”
Registration may be accomplish
ed by mail. “It is such a small
thing to ask, this filling out of a.
certificate to guard the child’3
birthright and prevent future legal
and other complications ,. Dr.
Stimpson declared. “The child is
not the only one affected by the
failure of the doctor, the midwife
or parent, in the order named, to
report its birth. Failure to make
reports will soon throw the regis
trar’s record out of balance. To
be completely effective, vital sta
tistics must be as nearly accurate
as opssible. The law says every
baby shall be registered within
five days after birth. Reports are
made to local registrars in the var
ious counties. The names of these
have been printed in a pamphlet by
the State Board of Health.
“For the sake of the baby, who
may later stand in need of this
very important information, see
that each birth is property re
gistered with the right official.”
IVisits Briefly in Asheboro
AMBASSADOR JOSEPHUS DANIELS
Randolph County Welfare
Board Announced by State
News Flashes
-irom --r
Everywhere
Duke Will
New York.—Mrs. Sarah P. Duke,
widow of Benjamin N. Duke, North
Carolina industrialist, left a gros3
estate of $12,713,802 and a net es
tate of $11,830,757, it was shown
yesterday in the filng of an estate
tax appraisal. Mrs. Duke died
September 2, ,1936.
Lea Parodned
Raeligh. — Governor Hoey an
nounced tonight he had granted .a
pardon to Col. Luke Lea, former
United States senator and publish
er of Tennessee, who served two
years in North Carolina State pri
son for conspiracy to violate the
State banking laws. ,
Governor Hoey said the pardon
was signed “a few days ago.1’
Ban Strike Leaders
Johnstown, Pa.—City council of
this strike embattled community
last night backed militant Mayor
Dartiel J. Shields in ordering two
of the three leaders in the strike
at the Cambria plant of the Beth
lehem Steel corporation to leave
the1 city.
Vanderlip Dead
New York.—Frank A. Vanderlip,
veteran financier, died in a New
York hospital yesterday after an
illness of several weeks. He was
72.
New Grant Clerk
Raleigh.—Wofford F. Humphries
of Asheville, was appointed grant
land clerk in the office of Thad
Eure, secretary of state yesterday.
No War, Says Hitler
Berlin.—Adolf Hitler assured
Thoas Jm. Watson of New York
yesterday that “there will not be
any war.”
“No country wants war,” Hitler
said, “No country can afford it.
Certainly that is true of Ger
many.”
ANNUAL REUNION FOR
BEANE FAMILY PLANNED
The annual reunion of the Beane
family will be held at Pleasant
Hill Methodist Protestant church
Sunday, July 4th. Rev. P. F.
Beane of Delmar, Delaware, will
preach at the morning session. A
picnic lunch will be served at the
noon hour.
Lee Buie, Farmer, Dies Of
Injuries; Highway Accident
Farmer, July 1.—Lee Buie, 39, a
resident Of Concord township for
about a year, died Tuesday from in
uries sustained Monday afternoon
when a hay baler ran over his
body. Mr. Buie, with Moses Gal
ilmore, was bringing the baler from
Davidson when the team hauling
it ran away. Mr. Buie jumped
from the baler but was caught in
the path of the rear section which
broke away from the trailer rod.
He was taken to his home, the
old Ingram homestead, where Dr.
D. C. Hubbard had him removed to
Randolph hospital for X-rays. It
was ascertained no bones had been
broken and he was brought back
Charles M. Staley Will Serve
Until 1940, Two Other
Members.
Raleigh, July 1.—A complete
list of the newly-formed county
boards of welfare in the 100 coun
ties of North Carolina was made
public Tuesday by Mrs. W. T. Bosi,
commissioner of the state board of
cherities and public welfare, thru
Mrs. W. B. Aycock, director of
county organization. These boards
will assist in the administration
of the state’s social security pro
gram, which becomes operative on
July 1.
Randolph County Board
1 State board appointfee, Mrs.' T:
R. English, Trinity, May 1938.
Commissioners appointee, Robt.
W. Wood, Asheboro, May 1939.
Third member, Chas. M. Staley,
Asheboro, May 1940.
The county boards will serve in
an advisory capacity to the county
superintendents of public welfare
in developing policies and plans.
Investigations of applicants for
old age asistance and aid to de
pendent children will be made by
the county welfare departments
and passed upon by the county
boards of welfare, which also will
furnish any information requested
by the state board of charities a hi
public welfare.
For the first time in the history
of organized welfare work in
North Carolina, county superinten
dents of public welfare have been
or will be selected by the couriy
boards of welfare and the county
commissioners, meeting in joint
session.
The terms of the county boards
of welfare, consisting of three
members, are rotating. One mem
ber will serve until May 1938; an
other until May 1939, and the
third until May 1940.
In all instances, except Wake
county the first member was se
lected by the state board of chari
ties and public welfare; the second
was named by the county commis
sioners, and the third was ap
pointed by a joint decision of the
first two. In Wake, the third
member was named by the city
commissioners of Raleigh.
Asheboro Banks
To Observe 5th
An official statement from both
banks in Asheboro indicates that
the personnel of the Bank of Ran
dolph and that of the First Na
tional will observe July 5th as a
holiday. Since the fourth of July
falls on Sunday this year, tiw
banks will take holiday on Mon
day.
^ome. Monday morning he be
came suddenly worse and died in a
few minutes. Death, it was stat
ed, was a result of shock.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Kate Welch and, four
children, Darrtll, Ruth, Elizabeth
and Nancy.
His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gar
ner, two sisters, Mrs. Tom Whit
man and Mrs. Wade Cross and a
half brother, James Garner, abo
survive.
The fnueTal was yesterday after
noon at the Presbyterian Christian
church. The Rev. LowdermiRc,
I pastor, officiated.
Social Security
Brings New Task
In Tax Collection
North Carolina Opens Virgin
Venture iWth New
Services.
Has Fat Surplus
Education, School, Oid Aid
Relief Among Added
Gestures.
Bolstered with a fat surplus ac
cumulated from the largest tax col
elction in its history, the State of
North Carolina ventures today to
the field of governmental service
on an unprecedented scale.
' To discharge obligations imposed
upon it by the 1937 Legislature, the
State will undertake to collect and
plans to spend, more money in the
next two years than ever was in
cluded in a biennial budget before.
The old bienninum, which ended
last night, saw State tax collections
for the last year of $68,184,327.04,
or 12 millions more than the prev
ious year. Commissioner of Reve
nue A. J. Maxwell reported yester
day. The collections were bolster
ed by the largest income and sales
tax totals in history.
“The State is in fine financial
shape and the citizens should feel
justly proud of their contributions
to better government,” commented
Governor Hoey. “You know, our
expansion for serving the people of
the State means that we start our
biggest biennium tomorrow.”
A broad Social Security program
will dispense annually more than
$5,500,000 in Federal, State and
county funds to 25,000 aged needy
and 22,000 dependent children.
Needy blind will receive $170,000
per year.
A free textbook system calling
on the public purse for $1,500,000
a year will distribute free basal
books to approximately 10,000 ele
mentary school children, in addi
tion to the rental texts now avail
able for both grammar and high
school students.
A new state office building and
improvements to the Supreme
Court and Revenue buildings will
take $650,000. A two-year adver
tising program will cost $250,000.
The largest school budget in the
history of the State will provide
salary increases of approximately
10 per cent for 23,750 teachers. For
1937-38 the school appropriation
will be $23,960,367 and in 1938-39
will be $24,896,160 for the eigh
months school term.
Mrs. Ellen Russell
Dies At Seagrove
Twelve Children From All
Sections of Country
Attend Service.
Seagrove, July 1.—The funeral
service for Mrs. Ellen Russell, 76,
who died Wednesday at her home
here took place this morning at 10
o’clock. The funeral was attend
ed by twelve children who came
frotji as far away as Texas. Three
of her children have died.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell were known
as pioneer residents of Seagrove
community.
Beside her husband, William H.
Russell, the survivers include the
twelve children; Romie Russell,
Alexander, La,, Ernest Russell,
Long View, Texas; Carl Russell, of
Ruston, La.; Cecil and Lane Rus
sell, of Asheboro; Clyde and Char
lie Russell, Seagrove; Mrs. C. M.
Ingold, Salisbury; Mrs. J. R. Au
man, Mrs. Bertha Stuart, Mrs. W.
P. Flenniken and, Miss Mattie
Russell of Seagrove who spends
part of her time in Asheboro.
Burial was in the Sugg’s Creek
Baptist churchyard.
Legion to Elect
Dixion Post 45, American Leg
ion, will elect officers for the en
suing year at its meeting Tuesday
night. Reports ot various com
mittees will be filed at the same
time.
It is expected delegates and al
ternates to the state convention
at Durham will be selected at
Tuesday’s session.
W. H. Grimes is chairman of the
nominating committee.
H. H. Kennedy 111
—
H. H. Kennedy of High Point,
formerly a citizen of Asheboro, suf
fered a stroke of paralysis Mon
day night. His daughter, Mrs.
W. M. Ridge of Asheboro has been
at his bedside for two days this
' week. His condition is considered
serious.
Leave For the Beach
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Redding
plan to leave Saturday for Myrtle
Beach where they have taken a
cottage. They will be accompan
ied by Miss Kate Hammer, Frank
Redding, Jr., 3rd, and little Miss
Annie Lou Myatt. They plan to
remain two weeks.
Library Not %
- \
Local Association Hat y
ceived Several NeW
Editions.
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The Randolph Public librar4
has received several new books '<
during the past week, all gifts
of residents of Asheboro. The
library club has asked The
Courier to extend its apprecia
tion to the donors and will ex
ert every influence in keeping
the new volumes in constant
circulation.
Persons borrowing the books
are requested to return them
to the library as soon as pos
sible in order that all may be
accommodated.
The new volumes are listed
below.
The Limestone Tree, Joseph
Hergesheimer, donated by Bill
Presnell.
The Dark Island, V. Sach
ville West, donated by Miss
Massa Lambert.
Peter Pan and Wendy, J. M.
f Barries (Sir James M. Barrie
t died recently and last week
was buried in his family plot
in his old home in Scotland).
The Mystery of The Ivory
Charm, Carolyn Keene.
Helen’s Babies, Halbberton.
Peggy Stewart at School,
Gabrielle E. Jackson, donated
by Dorothy Presnell.
Car Backfires;
Mule Run-away
Dumps Cart as Train Ap
proaches; No Damage
Was Done.
“Help, help, save my child—”
that old cry—we heard in our
youth, if we “were born thirty
years too soon,” rang out or should
have rang out yesterday after
noon. But maybe we should change
the slogan and bring it up to the
minute—“help, help, save my.
mule.”
That’s the story—a mule ran
away—frightened by an old T
model car—ran, when the car back
fired. It’s a long time since we
have seen a real honest-to-goodness
run-a-way and it thrilled us to the
tTbrie. -----
The Ford drove up to Walter
Betts eatery, out South Fayette
ville street, halted with a rush—
then sent out the old familiar back
fire, The mule had been left, un
hitched, by its owner, Sherman
Haddock. Up went the mule’s tail
and away he went.
He dragged the cart he was hit
ched to and its load of a water bar
rel over the road, turned down an
embankment, hit the railroad track
and over went the cart up-side
down.
Mr. Mule, he just stood still and
commenced to gnaw on the grass.
“Toot-to-toodled-toot,” came the
danger signal. The fast mail train
was a-dashing into town. “Is
my mule safe?” the owner yelled.
He was—and we missed a chance
to play a Alger hero.
Fanners Field
Day July 15th
Twenty-five Years of Pro
gress Wilt Be Shown
At Wenona.
Raleigh, July 1.—Commissioner
of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott today
invited North Carolina farmers and
their families to attend the elev
enth annual Farmers Field day of
the Blackland test farm, at Weno
na, July 15.
Twenty-five years of agricultural
progress will be viewed at the 362
acre test farm which was estab
lished in 1912. Speakers will in
clude Dudley W. Bagley, director,
rura electrification authority; D.
S. Coltrane, assistant to the com
missioner of agriculture, who will
speak on the “New North Carolina
Seed Law”; Dr. R. Y. Winters, di
rector of the North Carolina agri
cultural experiment station, on
i “Progress in Agricultural Re
) search”; and commissioner of ag
riculture, Scott. T. E. Browne, di
rector of vocational education, will
be chairman for the day.
Exhibits on livestock, beef cat
tle, hogs, sheep, Percheron horses,
agronomy, field crops and soils will
be viewed. Miss Mary Frances
Misenheimer, Washington county
home agent, will be in charge of
the womans program. Contest’s
and games will also be a feature cf
the occasion.
Kiwanis Speaker
Dr Julian Pennington, Atlanta,
Ga., was the guest speaker of the
Asheboro Kiwanis club meeting in
the Methodist Episcopal church
Tuesday night. The program was
in charge of Harvey Griffin and
Ralph White.
Dr. Pennington addressed the
club on “Analyzing Human Na
ture”. By analyzing individuals
for firms, he said, he is able to
tell whether the person is suited
for some kind of speclat work.
Soviet-Japan Sea
Battle; One Ship
Sunk; Big Losses
Russians Lose Gunboat, An
other Disabled in Clash
On Amur.
Two Nations Bitter
Sea, Land and Air Forces
Ready For Immediate
Retaliatory Move.
aeMfriCMinnn rifWMWtiii'iWiiSfiWBfti
Tokyo.—Reports of a sea fight
between Russian ships and those of
Japan were reported here today.
The report also stated one Russian
gunboat was sunk, another disabl
ed and a third forced to flee in a
battle with Japanese-Manchoukoan
artillery along the Amur river on
the Siberian frontier.
According to reports, Russia is
concentrating a fleet on 40 battle
ships, heavy contingents of troops,
airplanes and tanks in what is said
to be preparations for an attack on
the Japan controlled frontier.
The battle occurred south of
Sennufu (Kanchatzu) island, one
of a small group claimed both by
Manchoukuo and by Russia.
Dispatches from the area yester
day and the Russian army was con
centrating land, naval, and air for
ces at Boyarkov, southward from
Biagoveschensk, and that the for
ces appeared ready for retaliatory
attacks.
The Japanese - Manchoukuoan
troops mobilized to combat any in
cidents that might occur.
Japan Blames Reds
Foreign office officials professed
hope that the incident would be
settled by diplomatic means. (The
Japanese ambassador to Moscow
was in midnight conference with
the Russian foreign office.)
Army, navy, and cabinet offic
ers, however, were in urgent night
long conferences, presumably map
ping a course of action.
Newspapers blazoned the Amur
river battle in great headlines,
placing responsibility upon the So
viet force.
The Japanese (Domei) news
agency and newspapers were with
out details of the reported Amur
battle, but the newspaper
in a dispatch- from Hsinking
that reports to Japenese headquar
ters there indicate that “Soviet
losses are far greater than imag
ined.”
Monday Holiday
Planned In City
Many Residents Plan Trips
To Mountains and Shore;
Heavy Auto Traffic.
Merchants, generally in Ashe
boro, both banks and city and
county offices as well as the post
office will observe the 4th of July.
Monday. The majority of stores
will be closed all day as will the
banks and majority of 1 offices' in
the city.
Indications point to an exodus cf
many of the city’s residents who
are planning trips to the shore and
mountain resorts taking advantage
of the double holiday while in
many instances vacations will com
mence Saturday noon.
Local and state police anticipate
the heaviest automobile traffic of
the summer and urge all drivers to
exert every caution during the
heavy traffic through cities and
over the state and county high
ways.
Kermit Cagle Dies
Under Motor Truck
Kermit Cagle, 21-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Cagle who
reside between Ether and Steeds in
Montgomery county was instantly
killed Monday night when he was
run over by a truck on the highway
near his home. The driver of the
truck left the scene of the accident
without stopping.
He was a nephew of the late
Mrs. Wiley Ward of Asheboro. The
funeral services were at the home
yesterday afternoon.
Judge Olive Visits
Judge Hubert Olive and Mrs.
Olive and mother, Mrs. E. B. Olive,
all of Lexington, passed through
Asheboro today en route to Hen
derso'n. They stopped in Asheboro
for a brief visit to friends as they
passed through town.
Remodeling Home
Of the many homes being remod
eled in Asheboro, is that of C, M.
Hayworth and family on Old Main
street. In addition to remodeling,
extensive additions and improve
ments "are included in the plans.
Mrs. Auman 111
Mrs. Alson Auman is quite ill
at her home at Seagrove. Mrs.
Auman is a' former resident of
Asheboro and quite a well known
woman in Randolph. Mrs. Marvin
Lovett of Asheboro, a daughter, is
at her bedside.