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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 Ohly Daily Newspaper THE DAILY COURIER “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of the Mid-South” ni.IJME LXI ASHEBORO, N. DAY, AUGUST 19, 1937 ■ NUMBER 88 BY JAP BOMBS digress Closes [With Democrats Split Wide Open sident’s Fighting Speech 'At Manteo Seen Final Wedge. Liberals in Seat c Late Sen. Robinson And Sen. Byrnes Replaced With Young Men. : Washington, Aug. 19.—(AP)— sident Roosevelt, since the col of his legislative program, again in his Manteo, N| C. yesterday, emphasized the Jential split which has developed His own party this session. • Is the Chief Executive upheld i selection of liberal Senator uli (D-Ala.) for the Supreme with a fighting speech at ,i.ke Island, developments with [Ibe past week culminated a se i of events which has completely jiged the political picture since began his second term seven _nths ago today. At the outset of the congression Ijl session, the late Senator Robin ow, and Callahan and Byrnes were nowledged senate leaders and _ evelt spokesmen. Suddenly younger and more lib eral senators took their places. The session is ending with 76 democrats divided into nearly equal itions on some of the Roosevelt gislative proposals. id Age Pension Checks In County j First Payments Arrived To day; C om modity Room Hours. e Randolph county Welfare rtment, under direction of jss Lille Bulla, superintendent, y received the first checks for benefit of elderly persons who have granted old age relief. The checks cover pension allow »nees for the month of July. Receipt of the checks accorded deided pleasure in the department »nd especially to the three elderly residents It warrants anticipation of continued cooperation between the Federal, State and county de partments. Frank Glass, who has charge of the commodity room in the Court House has aranged a program which will allow him to spend aii day Monday and Tuesday in the city. He will also be in attendance Thursda and Saturday afternoons. Mr. Glass has charge of the clothing and food which is distri buted to accepted cases within the county. Witnesses Mute Covington, Tenn., Aug. 19.— (AP)—Witnesses who “heard Aots,” but “saw nothing’’ talked to the Tipton county grand jury leaving the jurors as much in the dark as ever concerning the identi ties of six masked men who strung up a bullet-riddled body with a frayed plow line early Monday. Woman Senator Washington, Aug. 19.—(AP)— | Mrs. Dixie Graves, wife of the gov ernor of Alabama was in the Capi tal city today ready to serve her atate as a senator. Her husband flew here in a plane. Both refused to say anything re , larding the possibility of Mrs. f Graves being named to fill the va «ncy when Senator Black resigns to take his seat on the Supreme Court bench. IH<2> MlOHE»/?T Temperaturb CTTHE UtST 24 HOURS THE WEATHER Carolina: Partly cloudy Friday somewhat unset Indicted in “Poison Plot” Deaths mmi ■ . gPfS '<■ Indicted by a Hamilton County grand jury on two charges of first degree murder, Mrs. Anna Marie Hahn; 31, of Cincinnati, central figure in a bizarre "poison plot” mystery, is shown above as 3hc embraced her son Oscar, 12, while ocr husband Philip looked on. Police believed Mrs. Hahn caused the death of five elderly persons in order to obtain their ife’s savings. County School Buses Will Be Checked in Safety Plan Local Boy With Marines in East William Carl McRae, son of William McRae, employed as a meat cutter in Prevoat’s mar ket, is with the 4th Battalion of United States Marines lo cated in the International set tlement in Shanghai. Mr. McRae is keeping in constant touch with Associat ed Press dispatches at The Daily Courier office in an en deavor to gain some informa tion relative to the welfare of his son. Young McRae left the Unit ed States for China duty two years ago. Series Broadcast For Eagles Play Rupert Trollinger Will Con tinue Service For Ashe boro Fans. Victory of the McCrary Eagles over the Corsica, S. D., entrants in the National semi-pro tourna ment at Wichita yesterday was re ceived with great enthusiasm in ' Asheboro last night. j The several hundred fans gath-j ered in the gymnasium during the afternoon listened to Rupert Trol-; linger’s broadcast of fhe play-by play of the game with bated breath and hilarious enthusiasm as the Eagles led by Bob McFadden, stamped themselves one of the out standing teams in the tourney. Mr. Trollinger’s broadcast brought vividly to the attention of patrons over a direct telegraph wire from the press box at Wichi ta to Asheboro, has afforded fol lowers of the team an excellent op portunity of following the play during the tourney. Mr. Trollinger will continue the broadcast during the Eagles stay at the series. Announcement of the next op ponent and hour of the game will be announced in The Daily Courier a3 soon as the management of the se ries line-up future programs. During the broadcast a door prize of interest to women and one of decided interest to the average man is awarded by Mr. Trollinger. Play by play of the Corsica game was published in the Daily Courier last evening, available to readers shortly after the conclu sion of the tilt. The game report was carried in the second edition of the afternoon publication. Tax Bill Passed ashington, Aug. 19-—(AP)— senate passed today the ad stration tax avoidance bill, de id to close loop holes through h the government lost fiou, KK> revenue annually. Stowes on Vacation r. and Mm. Walter Stowe of re’s Florist place, are planning iave for a several days vaca in eastern North Carolina. Clvde Wood will be in charge le shop In the absence of the Supt. Bulla Will Have Equip | ment Tested by Highway Patrolman. A press release from t Raleigh yesterday stated that a special saf ety drive would be made on school busses before the opening of schools in the fall. iRandolph county is not idle ;n this line, according to Superinten dent T. F. Bulla. Mr. Bulla states that C. S. McGill, expert mechanic who is in charge of the repairs of the busses is quite busy putting the county’s supply in A1 shape. In addition to striving for me chanical perfection, Mr. McGill is painting thirty-five of the buses. It is then the plan to have Patrolman Norris check them for brakes and other mechanical defects before any children are permitted to ride in them. In addition to working over the old busts, eight fine, shiny new ones have been assigned Randolph and will ba on the roads in Sep tember when the school bells be gin to ring. Another thing new in Randolph with this fall’s opening of schoogls is the certification of all bus driv ers. Patrolman Norris will also attend to this matter, examining the drivers and taking the steps necessary for safety conditions for our county children. Accordin to a report from Ra leigh, headquarters, when the com ing school year opens, the school situation will be “well in hand,” according to Lloyd Griffin, execu tive secretary of the state school commission. j Final delivery of buses, shed uled to be completed before Sep [ tember 1, will give every county an adequate number of buses in good operating condition, he said.( How long the condition will con tinue satisfactry will depend lar gely upn the “kind of winter the weather man gives us,” Mr. Grif fin added. Since the opening of the fiscal year the commission has ordered 700 buses, Mr. Griffin said, many of which have already been deliv ered and have been allocated to va rious counties. In addition, there were some 50 buses delivered be tween the passage of an emergen cy appropriations measure by the 1937 legislature and the end of June. A total of $750,000 has been spent on these buses, Mr. Griffin said. Still to be delivered to the com mission and still to be allocated to the counties are 50 all-steel buses which will come from an Indiana plant. All bodies, for the other buses are manufactured in the state at Wilson, High Point and Conover. There are already a dozen all steel buses in operation, not more than one in any county. Of the new buses no more than one will be allocated to any county with the possible exception of two counties which may get two buses each, Mr. Griffin said. They will be allocated he said, to those counties in which the bus route are most traveled. The school commission secretary said, however, that the other buses have proved entirely satisfactory and that they have shown great strength in “crack up” tests. Portugal Bre Off Relation? To Czechs! Charges Czecks Fail liver Machine Guni Third Party Czecks Aston Complaining Goverm tent Lies - At Back DoorfOf Spain’s Wai d to In cites shed 4 en% iad* Lisbon, Portugal, Augf 19.-i-(AP — The Portugese fcoverntheiJ today announced, l'ormftlly, it hi severed diplomatic remtions with the republic of Czechoslovakia over an unfilled order of machine guns and at the same time the Portun gese accused Czechoslovakia of yielding “to the influence and presjg sure” of an unidentified “third par-? ty in blocking fullfillment of the arms order.” The official Portugese announce ment attributed the Czechoslova kia government reluctantly to per mit an armament plan to supply a larger order of machine guns to Portugal to the Portugese attitude on the civil war raging in Spain. Portugal, governed by a Fascist inclined dictator, lies at the back door of the Spanish territory con trolled by Insurgents. Tranha, Czechoslovakia, Aug. 18. —(AP)—The government today voiced astonishment over Portu gal’s decision to break diplomatic relations because of a munitions dispute. The action was referred to by government officials here as unprecedented. Local Fire Dept t Will Reap Profit Big Outdoor Show With EighjL Rides Attracting Many" ^ People Nightly.. The Asheboro Fire department and Bob Penny are in a fair way to prosper financially and the people of the town and county en joy a week of clean entertainment, if the weather stays good the re mainder of the week. Whether the town’s people are thronging to the lot on North Fayetteville street because they want to aid the local fire department—for the company does get a percentage of the pro ceeds—or whether the folk just like good, clean, out-door fun like mery-go-rounds and loop-the-loop, including a little Bingo for good measure, is hard to say. Anyway, they are going, rich, poor, city of ficials, bankers (with the grand children for excuses and having just a3 good a time as the young fry), the butcher, the baker, the candle-stick-maker all meet and ride on the eight modern rides anr have a ood time. Bob Penny is in his glory in Randolph where he has “used” for many years and enjoys shaking hands with his old friends, making many new ones every night, and sharing with his old friend, Clar ence Rush, fire chief of Asheboro. The Penny band, famed for .30 years in this section of the State, was on hand the opening night and gathered around the fire truck in the center of town and gave a con cert, Fire Chief Rush added to the scene by sitting in the drivers seat of the truck, and thoroughly en joying the music which reminded many Asheboro citizens of the days when Chief Rush himself played in the local band as “one of the band boys.” Such wholesome entertainment has drawn crowds and will prob ably draw many more people the latter part of the week which will profit our local fire company which, as everybody knows, are a volun teer group and give of their time and services to their town. Postmaster At State Meet, 18th Steeds, Aug. 19—Mrs. R. R. Au man attended postmasters con vention in Fayetteville, Tuesday. Bill Brown of High Point spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williamsson. Several from here are attending the revival at Dover this week. J. H. Williamson and Charlie Dunlap were business visitors in Fayetteville Tuesday. Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Heath of Balfour spent Honday here with friends. , 840-Mile Race Istres, France, Aug. 19.—(AP)— Crack flyers of many nations, in cluding Bruno Mussolini of Italy will take off here Friday on a 3, 000-mile race to Syria and back. NOROHEER Bidding for trans-Atlantic air supremacy with a flight of 16 1-2 hours, from the Azores, the German flying boat Norrimeer, top, and its crew, below, are shown at Port Washington, L. I., awaiting orders to be gin the return trip. Catapulted from the S. S. Schwabenland, the Nordmeer completed the initial survey flight for a trans-Atlantic commercial route as Germany entered the rivalry now involving three nations. Members of the flying boat’s crew tre, left to right: Capt. Joachim H. Blankenburg, Count Siegfried Schack, Otto Gruschwitz, and Wilhelm Kueppers. City Council Lowers Tax Rate 5 Cents; Valuation Increased P* ■—«n • ...i Lieut. Fisher Is Promoted In SHP Will Head Western District Of Which Randolph is Part; Capt. Farmer, East. The change in personnal of the state highway department made yesterday when Leut. L. R. Fisher was raised to the rank of Captain and put in charge of the western district of North Carolina, will make no difference in the head quarters of this district. The head quarters, located at Greensboro will hereafterbe known as Troop B, to Troop C, according to advice from Raleigh. Leut. Arthur Moore will remain in command of the of fice. As yesterday’s news reports rev ealed the promotion of Captain Fisher, a statement was also made that Captain Charles D. Farmer, who has been the sole ruler of this department of the state, would not be demoted, but would be in charge of the eastern district while Capt ain Fisher would be in command of the western section. Randolph people know Captain Fisher and requested at one time that he be located in Asheboro, but because of an accident while riding a motorcycle on duty, he was not assigned this work. Major Fulk, director of the high way safety division, was named head of the patrol organization and Charles D. Farmer, his predecessor, who has been with the patrol since its creation in 1929, was designated a captain commanding the eastern division of the state. L. R. Fisher has been promoted from lieutenant to captain in charge of the western division. The appointment of one addition al lieutenant, D. T. Lambert, who has been a sergeant, increases the. number of troops to four and mak es necessary the change in desig nation, it was announced.' Troop A headquarters will re main in Greenville, Troop B will haVe its base, for the present at least, at Fayetteville, troop C head quarters will be in Greensboro, and troop D headquarters will be ten tatively located in Salisbury, home of Lieut. C. R. Adams, just ap pointed. Major Fulk’s office explained that a redraft of counties covered by each troop will be necessary, but nothing definite will be done until a thorough survey of the traffic in each area has been completed. It is planned that the western and eastern division shall each con tain approximately 50 counties, with headquarters at Asheville and Raleigh, respectively. Eagles To Play Sunday, 2 P. M. Wichita, Aug. 19.—(Special to The Daily Courier.)—The McCrary Eagles, Asheboro will line up against the team from Lisbon Falls, Maine, Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock, (2 o’clock Eastern Standard Time). Lisbon has won two and lost one game, the same as the Eagles. The Maine team is consider ed the “dark horse” of the se ries. Rupert Trollinger, today announced the series would be broadcast at the Asheboro gymnasium Sunday afternoon. The wire to Wichita will be opened at 1:30 o’clock, E. S. T. Welfare Office Hours Schedule Superintendent Bulla to Mail. Notice For Case Applicants. Residents seeking old age assis tance, cases involving dependent children and assistance for the blind will be notified of time for application by the Department of Public Welfare. Miss Lille Bulla, superintendent today mailed com munications to those who have al ready made application notifying tehm of scheduled hours for ap pearance at the county office. Miss Bulla’s letter is appendde: “For the sake of serving you more efficiently it has been decid ed to make out applications only for those who have previous ap pointments. This will prevent you waiting such long hours and then persons having to go home without being served. This deision has been made after much thought in the of fice and by some suggestions which some of you have made. We have a list of persons desiring to put in their applications. From this list we will send notices giving de finite appointments. You will bring these notices back with you and that will guarantee that you will be served on the day that you come. “I am sure that you will agree with me that this will be more satisfactory all around.” Life of Christ Newark, N. J., Aug. 19.—(AP)— When Bert Humphreys of Metuch en isn’t using his right hand to toss the ball across the plate for the Pine Bluff, Ark., club of the Cot ton States league, he’s using it to write the Life of Christ. Realty Valuation Kites Up $800,000 Councilmen Point to City Growth as Means Of Lowering Rates. Change Street Name Valuation Jumps to Over Five Millions; Rate Fixed at $1.45. The Asheboro city council, at its called meeting last night, finally adopted the 1937-38 budget and tax rate. The rate for the; ensuing; fiscal year was fixed at $1.43 a hundred valuation. This figure is 5 cents a hundred lower than the past year. The valuation jumped from $4, 430,214 to $5,238,663, a gain of $808,449. This, figure may be slightly chan ged due to the state report of cer tain public utilities not available to the council last night. The ap pended report will not, it is be lieved, affect the rate. The council pointed to the lower .rate as a result of the ever grow ing city. ' A large number of new residen ces, new business situations, addi tions, and improvements to local realty have all gone to increase the city’s valuation. The distribution of the rate as fixed by the council is appended: General fund 68 cents. Bond and interest fund, 70 cents. School, current expense, 3 1-2 cents. School debit, service, 1 1-2 cents. The council acted favorably upon a petition of several residents on what is known as Cemetery street to change the name of that thor oughfare to Oak street. The change affects that street from West Salisbury street, in a northerly direction to Liberty street. Two More Counties x Into Dry Column Two more counties went into the dry column yesterday with elec tions. Stokes and Almance voted, 2,566 to 1,914, and 4,086 to 3,088, respectively, to prohibit the insti tution of alcholic board of control stores. Two precincts remained to be herd from in each county, but election officials said final results could not change the result. Twenty-four of the states 100 counties now are classed as wet and ten as dry. Two others, Moore and Bertie, have stores in certain districts. United States In Warning To Jap’s Naval Commander States Gateway to Sea Must Be Unrestricted; Only Safety Path. No Word of Mission 20 Churchmen Missing; U. S. Hospital Missed In Bombing Attack. Shanghai, Aug. 39.—(AP)— Masses of Chinese infantry struck hard at the heart of Japanese shore positions in eastern Shan ghai late today and forced the ene my back almost to the Whampoo river. The Chinese drive came just as vanguards of a new Japanese army, from the homeland, were arriving in the war zone. The advance of the Chinese was reported to have reached wall within the eastern-Japanese-held district of the International settle ment. The attacking Chinese came from the north east, apparently they were trying to isolate several thou sands of Japanese marines holding the Hctkaw sector. The Chinese braved savage bom bing from the air, fire from the Japanese warships on the river and batteries ashore as they drove their lines forward. Military experts said that if the Chinese succeeded in reaching the water front and holding their new lines the position of the Japanese between the Whampoo and Sooch ow creek—hitherto the main Japa nese line—the latter’s situation would be serious. Whampoo and Soochow forms section of the International settle the boundary between the Japanese ment and the western district guar ded by American Marines and Brit ish infantry. Seven troop ships landed Japa nese reinforcements and war sup plies today. Japanese air bombs missed their mark and smashed the American Baptist, South, Mission in Cheti in northern Shanghai and just missed the American missionary hospital at Yanksee river. The mission suffered heavily and the fate of the 20 American inhab itants was not known. The bombs were apparently aimed at a power house. American consulate authorities took a firm stand against an Japa nese naval officers plan to assume complete control of Whampoo by which Americans must be evacuat ed to the sea. Consular General Clarence E. Gauss, told Japanese naval authori ties, between Shanghai and Woo song, the gateway to the sea and safety for the thousands of Ameri cans, must be absolutely unrestric ted. N Randolph Native Dies Wednesday Charles F. Finch, Thomas ville Pioneer Furniture Man Dies in Hospital. Charles E. Finch, native of Ran dolph county, who has made his home at Thomasville for many years and is widely known as one of the founders of the-furniture in dustry at that place, died in a Win ston-Salem hospital August 18th. Mr. Finch’s death came after a fortnight's illness. He was 65 years old. Funeral service will be conduct eed at Community Methodist Pro testant church at Thomasville Fri day morning at 11 o’clock. 11118 church was practically the gift of Mr. Finch to the denomination and one of the many public spirited gestures from the man to his town. The Finch family have long been known as prominent residents of Randolph and are widely known in the state, and in other states as well, especially in Washington. He is a brother of the late well known Tom Finch, former sheriff of Ran dolph. Immediate survivors include the widow, Mrs. Susan Green Finch and one son, Harry B. Finch, both of Thomasville. Cotton Loan Washington, Aug. 19.—(AP)— Senator Bankhead (D-Ala.) asked President Roosevelt today to auth orize a government loan of 10 cents on cotton. The Senator said Secretary Wal lace had advocated a 9 cent loap. He told newspapermen 10 cents would be best for both the govern ment and the farmer, although the farmer was actually going to get 12 cents a pound anyway.