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ME LXI
ASHEBORO. N. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1937
NUMBER 92
Ilagles Eliminated By
Texans; Unable to Hit
Offerings of Eaves
ils To Share
In Series Money
jjoway Touched For Nine
[gits; Game Lost in Open
Hal Johnson Out
mdle Nine Unbeatable
t Night; Pitcher Never
Endangered.
Eagles Results
Eagies 4, Kansas Ciay Po
J,
[ Buford, Ga. 11, Eagles 7.
Eagles 11, Corsica 0.
Eagles 6, Lisbon Falls, Me.
I Mt. Pleasant Falls, Tex. 4,
[Eagles 1.
[ Won 3, lost 2.
Awards. Will receive a share
Id orize money as they fin
ished in the first ten teams.
Wichita, Aug. 25.—The McCrary
hgles, Asheboro, went down to
feat and elimination in the Na
jnal Semi-pro baseball series last
ght when the team from Mt.
basant, Texas, turned them back
■ The Texas aggregation was un
Hatable last night. Eaves, on the
Hound, allowed but three scattered
Hts, the most damaging one being
Htwo sacker by Clodfelter in tha
Hb. Eaves struck out nine and
Hilked four McCrary hitters.
BCalloway hurling for the Eagles
Hi one bad inning, the opener.
Hhe Texans scored three runs in
Hit inning via a walk, two hits and
H error. Calloway held the oppo
Htion well in hand for the remain
Hr of the game. They, did man
He to put over another run in the
Kh. Summer started the inning
Hith a three bagger into right,
ftunpbell the next up sent a high
ly to Burge, then the next two,
•rice ind LoBough singled bring
ig in Summers.
Calloway drew a big hand from
he packed stands in the third when
e pulled his team out of a bad
pot. Wilson, Texas 1st baseman,
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Miss Annie B. Cox
Is Buried Sunday
Miss Annie Bell Cox was bom
March 28, 1867, and died at her
borne on Sophia route 1, Friday
morning, August 20, aged 70 years.
She had been afflicted for about
two years but was seriously ill the
put week. She was the daugh
ter of the late John Milton and
Elizabeth Davis Cox. She is sur
vived by two sisters, Arminta Rey
*olds of Lakewood, N. J., and Miss
Ettie Cox of the home place, one
brother, Jabez M. Cox, of Sophia
route l, 13 nieces and 9 nephews,
m»d by Amos Davis who lived in
the home as a brother from the age
of 6 years until his marriage some
Jfcsrs ago then lived nearby to care
for the two sisters who lived alone.
MlOHE«/>T!
TEMPERATURe
OFTHE LAST 24 HOURS
the weather
■th Carolina: Partly cloudy
and Thursday. Scattered
« in the north west portion.
Elected Head
of Young Demos
, Waging a vigorous last-minute
battle, Pitt Tyson Maner, secre
tary to Oov. Bibb Graves of
Alabama, is shown above after
his election as national presi
dent of the Young Democrat
Clubs of America at the con
vention in Indianapolis, Ind.
Withdrawal of his two principal
opponents paved the way for
unanimous selection.
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Kiwanians Enjoy
Oat-door Lunch
Local Club Entertained By
Charlotte Church; Next
Meeting at Seagrove.
Members of the Asheboro Kiwa
nis club and guests, including sev
eral ladies, were entertained at an
outdoor fried chicken supper by the
women of the Charlotte M. P.
church at the City Pond last even
ing.
President Walter Craven called
attention to the Carolinas state
convention in Charlotte this fall
and to the barbecue of the Lexing
ton club tomorrow night. Several
members plan to attend the Lex
ington affair.
J. M. Cavanaugh of The Daily
Courier was the guest speaker.
Mr. Cavanaugh discussed the ad
vantage of a daily newspaper in
the city of Asheboro.
The next meeting will take place
at Clyde Lucas’ camp near Sea
grove.
American People
Will Prevent War
Senator Thomas Claims Citi
zens are United In
Avoiding War.
New York, Aug. 26.—UF)—The
United States will keep out of the
far eastern conflict because “ of the
determination of the American
people,” Senator E. D. Thomas, (D
Utah) a member of the foreign re
lations committee said today upon
sailing for a European trip.
Bescher Injured
E. P. Bescher, local plumber sus
tained severe injuries to his hand
and wrist this morning when he
was cut by broken glass in a win
dow in his shop in the armory
building.
Mr. Bescher had opened the win
dow, one of the steel-framed type,
when it swung back. He reached
out to catch it but his hand went
through the glass.
He was taken to the Barnes clin
ic where seven stitches were re
quired to close the wounds.
Loan Resolution
Washington, Aug. 26.—(.PI—
TheWhite House announced today
that President Roosevelt had sign
ed the resolution adopted in the
final hours of Congress pledged to
take up farm loans at the next ses
sion.
No decision was given relative to
the loan to be granted farmers on
the 1937 crop.
Santander Falls
To Insurgents;
50,000 Captured
Government Officials Hand
Over Surrenders; Street
Fighting a Feature.
Loyal Troops Caught
Inhabitants Rush Police With
Demand That City Give
Up Defense.
Hendaye, Spanish Frontier, Aug
25.—</P>—Insurgent officials an
nounced today the surrender of
Santander, the last remaining gov
ernment stronghold on the north
western Spanish coast.
Advices from Insurgent field
headquarters said the government
authorities in the city officially
handed over the notice of surren
der.
Motorized insurgent troops im
mediately entered the city.
Late this afternoon a strong
detachment was only three miles
from Santander proper.
The fall of the city was hastened
by street fighting between Civil
guards, a part of the police, and
civilians. The inhabitants of the
city rushed the government troop3
demanding the authorities surren
der.
So fierce and fast was the offen
sive that 50,000 government troops
were caught in a pocket.
Boom McNutt For
1940 Nomination
Senators Claim' He Would
Make an Ideal Man For
President.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 25.—Uf)—
Senator Frederick Demars, senior
senator, joined Senator Sherman
Minton today in endorsing the can
didacy of Paul V. McNutt, high
commissioner to the Philippine Is
lands, lor the democratic nomina
tion for president in 1940.
Demars said he was satisfied from
conferences and information receiv
ed from other quarters that Presi
dent Roosevelt would not be a can
didate for a third term.
“Paul McNutt would make an
ideal candidate and an ideal presi
dent and I would be glad to go
right down the line with him in
1940,” Demars said.
Chinese Shell
Caused Damage
Investigator Declares Store
| Wrecked By Airmen’s *
Mistaken Aim.
Shanghai, Aug. 25.—(/P>—An in
ternational investigator after a
careful inquiry concluded today
that the projectiles that hit a large
department store here and a Unit
ed States naval store came from
a Chinese airplane.
Three Americans were wounded
and more than 400 Chiiiese killed
in the holocaust.
It was believed the shell was aim
ed at Japanese warships in the
harbor.
Cotton Loans
Washington, Aug. 25.—After re
ceiving assurance today from Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace that
cotton fanners will be granted a
loan of at least nine cents and a
price adjustment of three cents per
pound under the Byrnes provision
adopted by Congress, Senator
George of Georgia urged producers
of the South to keep a sales record
of all bales sold prior to the forth
coming official announcement of
new program in order that full par
ticipating benefits may be secured.
P. G. A. Leader
Charlotte, Aug. 25.——Charl
es Danner today led the field at the
three quarter mark in the P. G. A.
tournament here with a sizzling
230 for 54 holes.
Scout Jamboree
All Boy Scouts in Randolph
county will play hosts to Troop 27
of Asheboro, Thursday, September
2, in a little "Jamboree” to wel
come home David Stedman, the
only Randolph boy fortunate
enough to attend the International
Jamboree in Europe this summer.
The “Jamboree” will take place
at the Randolph fair grounds. A
splendid program is being arrang
ed for the event including a weiner
roast and watermelon feast.
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Principals in Chicago Killing
A new mystery confronted Chicago police following the cold-blood
ed killing of Robert Francis Burns, lower right, 40, who was shot to
death by two men while walking'in Grant Park with a blond young
woman, top right, who gave her name as Lucille Buehler, The girl’s
story, later supported by another witness, was that two men ap
proached them from a parked car, and while one slapped her, the
other shot Burns in the head. Both men escaped. Not knowing
Bums already was married, Miss Buehler said she had agreed to
marry him, and was discussing wedding plans when the killers ap
peared. Mrs. Robert Burns, left, above, wife of the murdered man,
<vrs en route home from a vacation at the time of the shooting.
Chapel Hill Awarded PWA
Grant lor New Buildings
Shown above as tie was booked
by New York police after his re
capture, Joseph J. Bruno, for
mer political boss of Kelayres,
Pa, faced return to prison to
serve his triple life sentence for
participation in the 1934 election
eve massacre at Kelayres in
which five men were killed.
Bruno escaped from a Schuyl
kill county prison guard who
bad taken him to a dentist’s
office for treatment
Former Asheboro
Man Dies Today
Lewis White Dies Suddenly
Following Tonsil Operation
In Greensboro Tuesday.
A telephone message to friends
in Asheboro announced the death
of Lewis White of Greensboro at
2:00 o'clock this morning. Mr.
White is a former resident of Ash
eboro, having been in charge of
the Asiilyn hotel soon after that
place was built. He was married
while in Asheboro to Miss Margar
et Whitaker, the daughter of the
late Dr. C. L. tyhitaker, pastor of
the Methodist Protestant church,
and Mrs. Whitaker. .
Some years ago, they moved to
Greensboro but both Mr. and Mrs.
White and their daughter, Miss
Margaret White, who was born in
Asheboro, have a great many
friends in the town.
Mr. White, wl^o was in his usual
health, had a tonsil operation in
Greensboro yesterday morning and
was recovering in what seemed to
be quite a satisfactory manner. Ho
sufered a sudden heart attack at
2:00 o’clock this morning, however,
and died almost immediately.
Funeral service will be held in
Reich Funeral home in Greensboro
Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
with burial in Qakwood cemetery.
Washington Announces Uni
versity Will Get $184,905
Fund.
Washington,~ Xug. ' 25.-*P)
Secretary Iccles announced today
approval of 117 public works ad-,
ministration projects in 32 states.
The PWA said the grants ap
proved totaled $14,247,577 for pro
jects for which appropriations had
been made state legislation.
The projects include the follow
ing:
Chapel Hill, N. C. university
buildings, $184,905.
Gastonia, N. C., hospital build
ing, $32,625.
Charleston, S. C., college build
ing, $251,727. «.
Rock Hill, S. C., textile building,
$302,727.
Virginia Dare Is
Now Registered
President Roosevelt, Governor
Hoey and State Health Sign
The Certficate.
Raleigh, Aug. 26.—The signing
of the birth certificate of Virginia
Dare, first native American white
child, was ocmpleted on Roanoke
Island, Wednesday, August, 18,
when President Franklin D. Roose
velt and Governor Clyde R. Hoey
affixed their signatures to the
document that was signed in Ra
leigh by Dr. Carl V. Reynolds,
State Health Officer. Six copies
were brought to Raleigh by Col.
Graham K. Hobbs, who acted as
aide to the President on the occas
ion of Ins recent visit to North
Carolina, and delivered to Dr. Rey
nolds, in person, Friday, Aug. 20,
i at 10:50 a. m.
While preliminary arrangements
were made to have this document
filed during the preceding week, it
was not actually completed uptil
August 18, just 350 years to the
day after Virginia Dare’s birth.
One copy of the duly signed docu
ment will be sent to the President,
Dr. Reynolds sand. Another will be
given to Governor Hoey, while a
third will be deposited in the ar
chives of the State Historical Com
mission. A fourth will become a
part of the records of the Vital Sta
tistics Divison of the Sjtate Board
of Health, of which Dr. R. T.
Stimpson is the director. Dr. Rey
nolds said he planned to keep one
copy, while one will go to J. A.
Buchanan, Roanoke Island resident,
in whose home, while he was a
guest there, the President affixed
his signature to this, the offical re
cord of the first native wihte
American’s birth.
New York, Aug. 25.—</P>—Sena
tor Joseph F. Guffey yesterday de
clared industrial unionism had pro
ved “a definite success in indus
trial America” and denounced those
“economic royalists" of the steel
industry who had refused to sign
contracts with the C. I. 0.
500 Japs Drown;
Hundreds Die In
Landing Party
Attempt to Take Shanghai
Ends in Mines and Machine
Gun Pits.
Two Ships Sunk.
U. S. Destroyer Parrott
Driven Off Anchorage By
Heavy Shelling.
Shanghai, Aug. 25.—(A1)—The
lives of hundreds Japanese soldiers
were sacrificed today in a mass
last desperate attempt to land re
inforcements.
The city defenders took a heavy
toll of Japanese landing parties a
part of the plan of Japanese to land
50,000 troops near Woosung and
take Shanghai from the rear.
it is estimated that about 42,000
Japanese troops were here on their
ships and their ranks were riddled.
The Chinese allowed the new
Japanese troops to rush what seem
ed to be a second line of defense—
then exploded hidden mines and
virtually wiped out the invaders
with fire from secret machine gun
pits. Both sides admitted casual
ties.
One late report tonight, uncon
firmed, said the Chinese were with
drawing inland in face of firing
from big guns on the Japanese
ships.
The Chinese asserted that two
Japanese warships were sunk to
day in the Yangtze river, Shan
ghai’s waterway to the sea and
that 500 of the Japanese landing
party drowned at one point alone.
A Chinese artillery shelling on
the water front drove the U. S.
destroyer Parrott from where it
was protecting a Texas company’s
plant '.iff Gough Island.
Great fires were raging in three
ifcethJns pf Shanghai. --
The Japanese third fleet struck
a blockade along 800 miles against
all Chinese shipping. It extend
ed from a point north of here to
the extreme southern tip of China.
Clearing skies after weeks of
rain threw Hopeli-Chahar sections
into new bursts of warfare. It
was reported the Chinese in that
section were again on the defen
sive.
Mrs. A. S. Buckner
Dies in Raleigh
Liberty, Aug. 25—Mrs. Annie
Stroud Buckner of Winston Salem,
widow ol' the iate S. J . Buckner
and former resident of Liberty,
passed away Saturday morning
August 14, 1937 at Watts Hospital,
Durham.
She was taken 'suddenly ill on
the Sunday night previous while
visiting relatives near Chapel Hill
and was taken to the hospital where
she developed pneumonia.
She was 69 years old, her birth
day anniversary coming two days
before her edath.
Funeral service was conducted
from the First Baptist church of
Liberty Sunday afternoon by Rev.
R. P. Ellington of Graham assisted
by Rev. M. C. Wilkerson of Durham
and Rev. G. J. Griffin, pastor of the
church.
Internment was made in Ook
wood Cemetery at Liberty.
Paulbearers were—Otis P. Brow
er, J. A. Martin, W. H. Albright,
E. C. Williamson and R. M. Gar
ner alf of Liberty and A. C. Smith
of Winstin Salem.
Mrs. Buckner was born in Orange
county August 12,1868. She moved
to Almance county and lived there
until her marriage. She was
united with the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church at an early age, but later
moved her membership to the Lib
erty Baptist Church.
The large crowd attending the
funeral and the many floral offer
ings evidenced the high esteem in
which she was held. In 1904 she
was married to Samuel James
Buckner of Chatham county, who
died April 7, 1930.
After his death she went to
Winston Salem to make her home
with her daughter Mrs. K. G.
Phillips who survives. She also
leaves one brother C. C. Stroud of
Liberty. A sister Mrs. R. B. Wil
son of Clinton and one grandson,
Kermit Phillips II.
Payne Named
Asheville, Aug. 25.—A warrant,
charging Jack Borden, alias Wash
Turner, and William (Bill) Payne,
ex-convicts of High Point, with the
murder of State Highway Patrol
man George C. Penn, who was shot
and killed on a highway near here
Sunday night, were issued last
night by Sheriff Laurence E.
Brown.
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Her Marriage
to Heir Bared
Edith Marjorie Haldinand’s mar
riage was so secret that even her
father didn’t know about it until
she obtained an annulment in
Chicago. The 17-year-old New
York society girl and Wrigley
Offield, 20, heir to the Wrigley
fortune, testified they had given
false information in obtaining a
marriage license last April.
Millard Wright
Held For Court
Bond Fixed at $2,000 in An
derson Shooting by Two
Justices.
Millard Wright, Randleman, who
gave himself up to the sheriff’s de
partment, August 8, after the
'Shooting Of Edgar “Mutt” Ander
son, 22, in Gaither Wright’s filling
station was bound over to Superior
court yesterday after a hearing be
fore J. T" Routh and J. H. Lambert,
justices, sitting as a joint court.
Wright’s bail was fixed at $2,000.
Mrs. Emma Anderson, mother of
the dead man, and another son, ob
jected to what they termed a “low
bond.”
Anderson according to testimony
submitted by witnesses yesterday
evening called at the Wright sta
tion in an intoxicated condition
where he raised a general disturb
ance.
Witnesses contended he threw
watermelons at persons in the vi
cinity and later chased Millard
Wright into the service station. No
witnesses were sworn who saw the
actual shooting.
Dr. Freeman testified that one
bullet entered Anderson’s body mid
way between his left side and spin
al column. This brought a broth
er of the dead man to his feet with
an exclamation “that’s it—he shot
him in the back.” Dr. Freeman re
fused to state the man was “shot
in the back” but merely pointed to
approximate location of the bullet
wound.
Anderson died in the Randolph
hospital four days after the shoot
ing.
Anderson’s brother once during
the hearing contended bail should
not be allowed Wright. “If you let
this man out,” he said, “it would
be just like turning all the mur
derers out of jail. If you do that
we may as well start shooting.”
Autumn Session
Virtually Sure
Official Washington, Save
Roosevelt, Indicate Con
gress Recall.
Washington, Aug. 251—(JPt—
The Capital—aside from Presi
dent Roosevelt—predicted today a3
a certainty a fall session of Con
gress to consider the farm and the
wage and hour legislation.
Mr. Roosevelt said he was con
sidering the arguments for and
against the proposed session but
had not made up his mind.
He conferred yesterday with
Senator Barkley, and Representa
tive Rayburn, senate and house
leaders on the question. Neither
would comment on his probable de
cision.
Senator Barkley said, l‘I do not
wish to impinge on his (Mr. Roose
velt’s) preserve.
Refugees Reach Manila
Manila, Aug. 25.—UP)—'The Dol
lar liner McKinley docked here yes
terday with 97 refugees from war
tom Shanghai. The new arrivals
brought the number of refugees
here to nearly 2,000.
^resident States
Change Majors In
Administration
Contends Added Justices For
Those Over 70 Must
Become Law.
Lower Court Bill
Executive Contends Field
Calls For Further And
Complete Exploration.
Washington, Aug. 25.—(JP>—
President Roosevelt served notice
today that reorganization of the
Supreme court still remains the ob
jective of his administration.
He made his first statement on
the court since Congress adjourn
ed, and stated that many shared
in his demand for providing for
one member for each justice over
70.
The statement came with a White
House announcement that Mr.
Roosevelt had signed a measure
providing for changes in the judic
ial procedure in the lower courts.
Out of the long and bitter fight
this bill was alone the only one re
tained.
The President said that the low
court bill “limited advance into a
field which calls for further and
more complete exploration.”
Contemplated changes, he said,
are of a necessity a part of any
complete rounded plan for the re- J
form of judicial processes.” He
contended that the “attorney gen
eral should be given notice of con
stitutional questions involved in :
private litigation and accord the
government the right to defend the
constitution and the law of the
land.”
“No longer,” he added, “must the
government stand idly by as a
spectator while acts of Congress
are stricken down by the Supreme «
Court.” gSafl
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Later in the day Chairman Ash
urst and vice chairman Hatch of a
special senate committee to study
possible supreme court changes
talked plans with President Roose
velt.
Asked if they would consider the
proposed enlargement plans, Sena
tor Ashurst said:
“We are not afraid to touch or
avoid* any subject. We will take
up all proposals in the Supreme
Court.”
Businesswomen
Gose Charter
Constitution and By-Laws
Adopted Last Night;
New Members.
The Asheboro Women’s Business
and Professional club last night
adopted its constitution and closed
its charter. Several new members
signed The club’s charter last night.
The constitution and by-laws were
read by Miss Cleta Rich.
The meeting was in the social .
room of the M. E. church. Mi33
Marion Stedman, president, presid
ed.
Miss Ethel Johnson played sev
eral delightful piano numbers.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read by Miss Radie
Hughes, secretary.
The board of directors will meet
the thi'.-d Tuesday night in Sep
tember. The next dinner meeting
will take place the 4th "Tuesday in
September at 6:30 o’closk.
Social Security
Washington, Aug. 25.—UP)—
A bill authorizing an outlay of
$30,000,000 aid to states which
complied with the Social Security
act became law today with the
President’s signature.
More Comfortable
The many friends of Jack Hay
worth will be glad to know that he
had a slightly more comfortable
night last night at Reeves infir
mary in Greensboro. Jack, who is
one of the most popular young boys
of the town, is the son of Mr. C. A.
Hayworth and Mrs. Hayworth. He
is suffering from an infected sinus
and his condition is still grave.
War Talk
Columbus, O., Aug. 26.—UP)—
The United American Spanish war
veterans today adopted a resolution
demanding a “powerful navy and
an air force and artny to meet all
emergencies.”
Berlin, Aug. 25.—(AV-The Nali
party high command started a cam
paign against Rotary clubs in Ger
many today because the dubs are
“not anti-Semitic.”