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The Largest Paid-Up Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in Randolph County MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS -—-N.'E. A. FEATURE SERVICE Randolph County’s Only Daily Newspaper THE DAILY COURIER “Over 10,000 Popple Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of the Mid-South” I VOLUME lxi ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1937 NUMBER 81 FOUR KILLED IN GIANT AIRLINER CRASH Ideal Cleaning Plant Gutted'by Fire; City Business Threatened Damage Confined I To One Building Prompt Action of Firemen Check Flames Reaching For Gasoline Tank. Damage Unestimated • - Rogers Jewelry Threatened; Employes Nearby Quiet _ Jittery Spectators. Fire of undetermined origin yes terday evening at 5 o’clock for a few minutes threatened the entire business section of Asheboro. Prompt and efficient action of members of the fire department under direction of Assistant Chief Herman Cranford halted the fire '.ithiri the walls of the Ideal Clean i C company’s plant in Trade street wnere it origiinated. Chief Rush is in Greensboro. Members of the department con fined the immediate damage to the cleaning company’s plant in spite of the fact they faced possible death from the contents of a large gasoline tank which stands in the rear of the plant. The fire swept rapidly through the cleaning place, once through a partition separating it from the Rogers Jewelry store, or. Sunset avenue, and, for a few minutes threatened the rear of the Sunset cafe. It also sent heavy clouds of smoke seeping into the William Hasty cafe on Trade street. , ..The. fire Jw»ke. out suddenly. Hefore the employes and man ' agement of the cleaning establisn nient realized what had happened they were engulfed in heavy black smoke. Flames were licking up the side walls at their heels as they hasten ed to remove most of the clothing in the place. Igniting cleaning chemicals the fire sent up hugh, billowing clouds of smoke which brought hundreds of persons hurry ing to the scene. Members of the fire department arrived within a few minutes after the alarm. They stretched one line of hose in through the entrance of the Ideal plant, another up over the roof via Trade street and carried another in through the Ro gers Jewelry store on Sunset aven ue. Employes of the Carolina Power and Light company in a successful effort to combat further damage from wires cut several lines leading into the building and feeding other other sources. This it was pointed out by electricians, overcame any danger to spectators and fireman from a combination of water and electricity. The first line of hose went through the entrance of the Ideal plant. Two men carried it and im mediately commenced their battle against fire and smoke. They con centrated their efforts in the south east corner of the eastern division of the plant. Here was located a large tank filled with gasoline. In j spite of chocking, black smoke they stayed at their post, driving and holding back the flames from the tank. The tank, in event it had been fired, would have result ed in an explosion causing un estimated damage. While the fire was at its most threatening period employes of the Central Telephone company, the B. C. Moore and W. W- Jones and Sons department atore, The Rogers Jewelry store and others within the danger zone remained quitely at; work. Their actions served to steady the nerves of more jittery spectators. Within a half hour after the ar rival of the fire department the •blaze was under control. While damage was most severe in the Ideal company’s plant no de tailed account had been made of the total loss up to a late hour thi3 afternoon. Expensive machinery *t first glance seemed considerably damaged but a detail examination by experts may result in reducing first estimates of the loss. Cotton Farmers Washington, Aug. 10.—-(API Seven agriculture committeemen representing the border states in •m cotton Mlt met with the Sen today in legisla Will Decorate U. S. Embassies The U. S. State Department is going to take advantage of the ex perience of Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins, above, widow of the late diplomat, in the opening and clos ing of homes. She smiles her plea sure, above, over appointment as “Assistant Chief of Foreign Serv ice Buildings” with supervision of decoration of embassies, legations and consulates. Mrs. E. C Garner Injured In Crash Has Hemp Man, Driver Of Second Car Arrested; An other Man Hurt. Mrs. E. C. Garner, Asheboro, sus tained injuries to one knee and a Mr. Callahan, Hemp, had two stit ches taken in his head, yesterday afternoon following the collision of cars driven by Mrs. aGrner and E. R. Fox of Hemp at Salisbury ar.i Main streets. Mrs. Garner was driving north on Main street in a Ford coupe and Mr. Fox was driving an Oldsmobile sedan east on Salisbury street. Mrs. Gamer had Fox arrested on a charge of driving in a careless and reckless manner. The case was heard by Police Magistrate William K. Lewellan. Fox was found guilty and order ed to pay all expenses connected with the repair of both automo biles. Matheson Will Read Charlotte, Aug. 10.—Liberal be quests to employes and former employes of the Charlotte Eye, Ear, and Throat hospital, to rela tives, to other hospitals and to ed ucational and religious institutions compose the will of Dr. J. P. Math eson, prominent Charlotte physic ian killed last Thursday in an au tomobile accident near Hartsville, S. C. Girl Found Norfolk, Va., Aug. 10.—(AP)— Doris Major, pretty Washington cigarette girl, found yesterday with a circus after being missing for a week, won parental consent to con tinue as a successful equestrienne. Courageous Coi Dresses Ow Mrs. Chess Farlow Kills Rep tile; Then Cuts and Treats Incision. Mrs. Chess Farlow a resident of Back Creek section of the county, yesterday displayed extreme cour age in killing a copperhead after she had been attacked and bitten by the reptile. Mrs. Farlow came upon the snake without warning. It bit her hand and Mrs. Farlow and her daughter clubbed it to death. Realizing the possible danger from the bite Mrs. Farlow hast ened into her home, took a knife and made a deep, clean incision where the venom had been deposit ^She then washed the wound thor oughly in kerosene. Up io a late hour this afternoon she has felt no iU effects. Chinese Massing Along Great Wall To Stem Attack' Region Northwest of Peiping Scene of Bitter Frays; Japs Wiped Out. Postoffice Closed Additional Bluejackets Join Increasing Ranks Of Japanese Troops. By The Associated Press Chinese defenders of the great wall of China today took up a de fense thirty miles northwest of Peiping in desperate attempt to stem the tide of Japanese troops rolling towards the provience of Chevar. Chinese forces reported a Japan ese detachment of several thou sands had been wiped out. Reports this morning were to the effect that 20,000 fresh Japanese troops were moving against the wall between Chevar and Shang hai. Tension was high in the region south of Shanghai where the kill ing of a Japanese officer and mar ine brought apprehension of the preservation of peace. With the arrival of thousands of new Japenese bluejackets came dis patches which indicated Japan’s forces were tighting their hold in several sections of the fighting zone. Civilians were notified to evacuate their homes and places of business and Japan officials stated that $11 mail matter, with the exception of that -intended for foreign consul ates, would be subject to censure. Shanghai. —(AP)— A shooting affray on the outskirts of Shangai in which an officer and a seaman of the Japanese navy were killed and a Chinese gendarme; wounded shifted tie spomShTmf^e month old Chinese-Japanese conflict tc this metropolis of China. , The clash occurred at an en trance to the Hungjao military air drome, just west of Shanghai, Chi nese said the Japanese officer fired first when his motor car was denied entry and wounded a Chinese guard. The Japenese version was that Chinese fired on the Japanese without provocation. The officer’s body remained in possession of the Chinese “peace preservation” troops guarding the, airdrome, Japanese officers said, while the seaman’s body was re ported still lying in the field where he was shot. , Japanese naval authorities char-' ged the Chinese with failure to keep a promise to deliver the two bodies, thus heightening the ten sion. DANIELS IS SPEAKER AT SHRINE IN FRANCE Cantigny, France, Aug. 9.—(AP) —The United States first division was honored today with a monu ment celebrating its first victory in the world war. Colonel Robert R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, a veteran of the division, said it taking of Cantigny in May ,1918, helped bolster the allied cause. Josephus Daniels, United States ambassador to Mexico and wartime secretary of the navy, urged veter ans to “fight to maintain peace.” Flood Control Washington. —(AP)— President Roosevelt has approved allocations totaling $44,437,700 for 44 flood control projects Congress authoriz ed in June, 1936. ant ry Woman Congress Expects To Quit August 21 Washington, Aug. 10.—(AP) —Adjournment of Congress by August 21 was indicated on Capital Hill this morning. Ad vices were to the effect that Jmth the Senate and House would cram more legislation through both branches in two weeks than has been passed in the last seven months. F. R. On Fence Hyde Park. N. Y.—(AP)—A formal denial that President Roose velt would lend a hand in the New York City mayoralty cpntest was issued yesterday by Marvin H. Mc Intyre, secretary to the Presi-j dent. Bite Japanese ‘Moving Up’ at Peiping * . Grim, deadly Japanese machine gunners race across a peaceful ap pearing meadow in North China during a lull in fighting, top photo, and Jig into the shell hole shown below. The machine gun is trained on Chinese lines only yards away, where similarly helmeted and armed troops crouch in trenches. Noted Baseball Operator to Local Wire iff McCrary Eagles Off For Wichita Ben Smith to Send Daily Stories Concerning Trip To Courier. The McCrary Eagles left Ashe boro this morning at 11 o’clock en route to Wichita where they will play the Kansas City Police team Friday night in the opening tilt of the National Semi-pro Congress. The team entrained at High Point and will take the so-called north ern route through St. Louis. Ben Smith, former employe of The Courier accompanied the team and will send daily stories to this newspaper concerning the activities of the team during their trip and stay in Wichita. Details of each game will be broadcast over a loud speaking system and Postal press wire in the Asheboro gymnasium. The rules of the Congress pro vide for elimination of teams only after they have lost two games. I Forecasts of the Congress offi cials indicate the Eagles are one of the outstanding teams and will undoubtedly go a long way in the series. I Many Errors Made In N. C. Reports Raleigh, Aug. 10.—Nearly 2400 employers in North Carolina have made errors in their reports of con tribution to North Carolina Unem ployment Compensation Comission since the reporting started in Jan uary and through August 5, the auditor’s office found so far in checking up the reports, Director E. W. Price, of the Unemployment Compensation Division, states. The errors so far found indicates that approximately 1800 employers have made errors resulting, in pay ments which were short $31,453.06. Their accounts have been charged with that amount and much of it has been paid. About 475 employ ers paid too much to a total of $7,456.21, and their accounts have been credited with that amount. “By close observance of the in structions accompanying each re port blank, employers will be able to reduce these errors to a min imum,” Mr. Price said. “We re alize that many employers, espec ially those with small forces, have trouble with their reports, partic ularly while the act is new, but a thorough study will eliminate most of the errors and make the progress simple in making later re ports’', he said. THE WEATHER North Carolina: Cloudy and scat tered thundershowers in the inter ior and on the coast Tuesday and Wednesday. w. F. Meattoi* PoslaT^porfs' Writer Will Work With Wichita Reporter. W F. Meador, noted baseball sports-operator has been assign ed to Asheboro end of the special Postal telegraph wire which will carry the play by play story of the McCrary Eagles-Kansas City police team Friday night. The receiving key will be set up in the Asheboro gymnasium in rear of the High school building. Mr. Meador is one of the out standing baseball operators in the south. His service will be argu mented with a modern broadcast loud speaking system owned by J3. C. Frazier of the Recreation cen ter. Mr. Frazier will handle the mechanics of the speaking system while another man will announced the play as fast as it appears on the tape receiving set. Employes of the Postal telegraph company have already made ar- j rangements for installation of the set.. It will be placed in one of the dressing rooms in rear of the stage. I The broadcast system will include j the “mike” in the dressing room ! and the several loud speakers at various points of vantage in the auditorium. Railroad Man Is Well Known Here i James Augustus (Gus) Beaver, Southern railway passenger con ductor, who died of heart trouble while in charge of his southbound train near Reidsville Saturday rooming, was one of the most pop ular railroad men running out of Salisbury. He was a native of the Organ church neighborhood, Rowan county, and was 63 years old. Captain Beaver and his family lived in Asheboro for a number of years and have many friends in the town and county. He began his railroad work at the age of 19 as a fireman and had been a passenber conductor for many years. Surviving is the wife and three children, Mrs. Paul Phil lips anr David E. Beaver, of Salis bury, and J. F. Beaver, of Green ville, S. C.; one brother, J. L. Bea ver, of Kannapolis, and the follow ing sisters: Mrs. Sallie Coley and Mrs. A. M. Bassinger, of Char lotte; Mrs. H. M. Penninger of Concord; Mrs. Pearl Bost, of Rock well and Mrs. D. T. Roseman of Salisbury. The funeral was conducted Mon day afternoon at 3 o’clock from First Presbyterian church at Sal isbury with interment following in Chestnut Hill cemetery. Washington, Aug. 7.—(AP)— President Roosevelt refused to take a public stand yesterday on a sug gested special session of the Con gress in the fall to take up farm legislation. Firemen Gather At Greensboro Annual Session More Than 1,000 Firemen And Wives in Gate City For Two-day Session. Memorial Service Fun and Frolic Will Inter sperse Business Sessions; Close Thursday Night. North Carolina firemen, number ing 1,000, gathered in Greensboro yesterday afternoon for the golden jubilee session of North Carolina state firemen association. The North Carolina Fire Chiefs association, headed by W. H. Pal mer, of Charlotte, held a business session during the afternoon in the ballroom of the O. Henry hotel, at which time preliminary consid eration was given matters to be brought before the convention at its later sessions. Registration of the delegates which opened Monday morning at the O. Henry hotel, convention headquarters, took on an increased pace during the afternoon, indicat ing one of the best attended con ventions of the association. Several hundred more are expected to ar rive in time for the opening busi ness session this morning at 9:30 o’clock in the Guilford county courthouse. 1 The meeting will continue through Thursday with business sessions interspersed with baseball games, floor sljows staged by a dance studio, speeches by out standing members of the organiza tion, including Sherwood Brock well of Raleigh, state fire marshal, Chief Frank D. Shaw, chief of the Greensboro department and others. W. E. Holland of Raleigh is state president of the organization with tomorrow nKinn^^wifl be an out standing feature of the convention. A rather elaborate program has been planned. This service will,be held in the Carolina theatre. Bar becues and dances will be addi tional features of the summer ses sion. Farm Clubs Name New Officials Raleigh, Aug. 10—New officers of the State Farmers Convention and the State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs elected during Farm and Home Week at State college are: D. Hubert Boney, of Duplin Co unty, president of the convention; George Slockwell, Guilford County, first vice-president; H. C. Feribee, | Camden County, second vice-presi |dent; John W. Goodman, of State j College, secretary. I Mrs. T. L. Lloyd, of Durham Co unty, president of the home demon stration federation; Mrs W. E. Ne I ill, Mecklenburg County, first vice president; Mrs. Dudley Bagley, ! Currituck County, second vice president; Mrs. Annie Godwin, Cumberland County, third vice ■ president. Mrs. Porter Paisley, Guilford Co j unty, recording secretary; Mrs. ! Harold Fowler, Iredell County, cor I responding secretary; Mrs. J. H. Suttenfield, Moore County, treas urer; and Mrs D. Hubert Boney, | Duplin County, retiring president, was named a director of the south eastern district of the federation and a delegate to the national home demonstration council in Manhat tan, Kansas. The federation, in its meeting last week, adopted resolutions sponsoring active home demonstra tion club work against social dis eases and cancer, endorsing county libraries and library trucks, cooper ation with 4-H clubs, a definite stand for community hospitals, an appeal for peace, and a request for more dormitories at State College. Rutherford County won the at tendance gavel for sending to the meeting the largest number of wo men traveling the most miles. The number of women multiplied by the miles gave a figure in excess I of 12,000. A report on , the Jane S. Mc Kimmon loan fund, established to help worthy girls secure college educations, showed it had been in creased from $6,065 to $7,000 dur ing the year preceding July 1, 1937. An additional $800 was subscribed during the federation meeting. Park Stamp Sale is Asked Washington, Aug. 10.—(AP)— Senator Robert R. Reynolds, of North Carolina, suggested to Post master General Farley today that souvenir 10 cent stamps of the Great Smoky Mountains national park issue be placed on sale August 26-28 at Asheville, N. C. Admits Killing- <j» Girl in Attav % convict, the detailed confession of how he had strangled 8-year-old Paula Magagna in Brooklyn, N. Y. in an attempt to attack her. He is seen above in the clothes he says he wore when he killed the girl. Physicians Keep Working At Fire Randolph Hospital Sustains Slight Damage During Morning Operation. Fire, reported to have originated in a short circuit of wiring feed ing an exaust fan, carrying ether waves from the operating room in the Randolph county hospital yes ternoon caused considerable dam age to the fan mechanism and bur ned its housing shed on top of the institution’s roof. Inspite of the presence of the fire, physicians and nurses, re ported to be engaged to two operat ions continued their trying tasks j while attendants cut in an auxil- j iary motor and fan. Attendants discovered the fire immediately notified the Asheboro fire department which responded and prevented the fire from spread ing along the roof. Madrid Rumbles With New Attack Madrid, Aug. 10.—(AP)—Mad rid’s western war front rumbled into new life today in what appear ed to be a start of a second huge insurgent push to engulf the capi tal city. Insurgent troops in command of General Franco commenced bomb ing air attacks with gas bombs and renewed their efforts to take the first strongholds of Madrid. The intensity of the attack was centered on those environs of the city from which the Insurgents were driven during the last few, weeks. At that time they were driven out of their positions about 15 miles from the city. Former Solicitor • Is Gravely 111 Hon. Zeb V. Long, of States ville, for many years solicitor in this district, is gravely ill in the H. P. Long hospital at Statesville. Mr. Long suffered a stroke of par alysis on August 2nd and has been in a grave condition ever since. There are many people in Ran dolph who know Mr. Long and will learn with regret of his illness. He is known as an old-line politician of the state. 114-Passenger Ship I Hit Cable Placed a After Nightfall Pi. put Switches Just Prior v4 His Death; Motors In Flames. Dropped 100 Feet Officials Report Power Co. Employes Placed Wire With No Notice. Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 10.— (AP)—Four persons, including the pilot of a giant 14-passenger Eas tern Airline plane were killed here this morning when the aircraft flew into a large over-ground cable which had been stretched across a section of the airport sometime af ter dark last night. The plane coming in for a land ing from Chicago and Miami Beach hit the cable when about 100 feet off the runway. It plunged to the ground and the two motors for a moment flashed fire. It is believed further^ fire damage was prevented when the pilot, just prior to his death, cut the switches. The stricken liner plowed up ground for over 150 feet. According to airport officials wire had been strung on by Florida Power company ployes sometime after 10:20 T. last night. A plane arr took off at that time with culty. The injured, many of whom were suffering from shock were taken to the local hospital where attendants y said they were in no immediate , m danger. jj The dead including pilot Dahl, -■? Piatz, Baltimore; 4 The injured included D. W. Philpots, Jamaica; H. M. Hamil ton, Detroit; F. M. Thompson, Greenville, S. C.; C. W. Dunlap, and Bryan Murell Stuart of Chi cago. According to information ob tained at the airport the overhead cable was stretched to replace an underground system that failed sometime early last night. F.R. Will Not Be At Barkley Stagg Will Send Greetings By Gar ner; Senate to Honor Leader. Washington, Aug. 10.—(AP)— An announcement at the White House today stated that President Roosevelt would not attend the stagg dinner in honor of Senator Barkley tonight. Instead of being present the President will send his regrets to Vice-President Garner who will read the message to the diners. Staphen T. Early, press secretary stated the communication will in clude a message of greetings to Senator Barkley. Tobacco Farmers Average 25 Cents _ Insurgents Open Air And Land Drive; Seek to Regain Lost Ground. Washington, Aug. 10.—(AP)— Indications today in the several border tobacco markets were to the effect that tobacco farmers in North and South Carolina would receive approximately .26 a pound, average for this year’s crop. The farmers, apparently were satisfied. Roosevelt Signs Interior Bill Washington, Aug. 10.—(AP)— President Roosevelt today signed the interior department supply bill with “much reluctance”. He said he objected to one $10,000,000 ap propriation. Negro Captured Laurinburg, Aug. 9.—Roosevelt Rollins, 27, negro, sought since the knifing of Officer S. H. Dunlap yesterday while resisting arrest with another negro who was fatally shot, was captured tonight at 10 o’clock on a farm two miles west | of Rockingham after he had asked (for aid.