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THE DAILY COURIER
ASHEBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1937
NUMBER 95
Air Bombers
Carry War Into
City Of Shanghai
ct 600 Civilian Casualties
Into Manteo, HeretofoA
Unscratched.
116 planes Participate
liM Americans Witness Thrill
1 jng Battle While Shower
Of Shrapnel Rains.
Shanghai, Aug. 28.—(JB—Great
[jipanese air bombers today carried
L war into Manteo, old native
Ijjty of Shanghai, and inflicted 600
I Julian casualties, in that section,
I heretofore unscratched by the two
[reeks battle for Shanghai.
| Sixteen planes participated in
thorough bombing of Manteo
I (dewing death and destruction thru
[ #5 narrow crowded streets. The*'
[payor of the city said 200 were
| killed and 400 wounded, all Chinese
J jon-combatants.
[ One hundred and sixty Ameri
cans, carried on a tender down the
Vtngpoo river to board the Manila
| bound President Lincoln, witness
,,1 a thrilling battle between Japa
jnese bombing planes and Chinese
llind forces near Woosung. But
I the thrills involved risks. The
[Americans saw two big Japanese
[bombers shot down in flames, the
|most decisive blow struck at the
[Japanese air forces in the fighting
[around Shanghai.
[ Showers of shrapnel and steel
[fragments from Chinese and Japa
nese gun alike, fell on the Presi
[ dent Lincoln’s decks, causing pas
[sengers to seek safety below.
None were hurt.
Shanghai, Aug. 28.—<.B—Sixteen
[ Japanese planes poured bombs into
the narrow, densely-peopled streets
! of the Chinese Nantao quarter of
I Shanghai today to kill 200 help
[ less, screaming natives and wound
\ 400 more.
Apparently there was no mili
tary objective to account for the
[ holocaust.
It brought to nearly 6,000 the
I known casualties among the non
1 combatants of this great city in 15
[ jays of awful warfare.
Nobody knows how many more
Jtvff been killed ~«r 'Woaft&M «Wt
| their fate never reported.
Chinese Shell Honkew
Late today, in angry reprisal for
I the Nantao tombing at the very
I edge of the French concession, Chi
nese cannon duelled Japanese Hon
kew, which lias at the north of in
ternational Shanghai. Numerous
casualties were reported as the
I shells burst near the Japenese po
lice station and along Boone and
Hiller roads.
Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatch
bull-Hugessen, British ambassador
to China who was wounded Thurs
day by a Japanese aerial machine
gunner, was reported improved to
day but his condition still is very
grave. (In London, Britain or
dered a strong protest and it was
reported, might suspend relations
with Japan unless Nippon satisfied
British demands for suitable settle
ment.)
Lights Out
Merchants on the north side of
Sunset avenue, between Fayette
ville and North street, were handi
capped for about one-half hour la3t
night when all lighting facilities
failed. Lamps, lanterns and can
dles were used in the emergency.
Tobacco Prices
Raleigh, Aug. 28.—UP)—Eastern
North Carolina growers, looking
back upon the first two days of the
1937 tobacco auction seasons, found
prices to fie closely in line with
last years’s.
Marines Sail Today
San Diego, Calif., Aug. 28.—LV)
—The transport Chaumont will sail
from here at 2 p. m. Sunday with
1,200 marines for Shanghai, offi
cials announced today. Aboard
the cruiser Marblehead, acting as
convoy, will be 108 marines.
Temperature
<*THE LAST 24 HOURS
Partly cloudy
After Navy Bomber’s Fatal Dive
After six out of eight members of the crew of a U. S. navy bomber
were killed in San Diego Bay, when the plane crashed during a
routine night practice flight, a ship’s crane hooked the tragic wreck
age and hauled it out of water.
Union Evangelistic Services
Open in Asheboro Tonight
City Churches and Choir Par
ticipating; Noted Speaker
In Charge.
The Rev. George Wood Ander
son, noted evangelist, will open the
Union Evangelistic services in
Asheboro tonight at 8:00 o’clock.
First Baptist church of Lexington
will have charge of the musical
program including the community
choir.
The local churches, in coopera
tion with Dr. Anderson, have ob
tained a large tent, sufficient for
the seating of several thousands of
persons.
This tent has been erected in
rear of the Fayetteville street high
school building. A large rotunda
for accommodation of the choir and
speakers has also been erected
within the tent proper.
Dr. Anderson arrived in the city
yesterday afternoon and met with
the central committee in the M. P.
church in the afternoon. Dr.
Gains will meet the community
choir at the tent this afternoon at
4 o’clock for rehearsal.
The committee includes, Mrs. L.
L. Whitaker, Mrs. James Bums,
Presbyterian; Mrs. Herbert Wood,
and Robert E. Lloyd, Central M. P.;
Miss Ruth Way and Ray Thomas,
Friends; Mrs. C. W. Scott, Mrs. L.
R. O’Brian, Baptist; Mrs. Murray
Field, Gerald Ford, M. E.; Mrs. E.
O. Schaeffer and Mrs. Don Alexan
der, Episcopal.
Mellon’s Estate
To Charity Trust
Giant Fortune Goes to Educa
tional Fund; Left $180,000
To Help.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 28.—UP>—An
drew W. Mellon left his entire per
sonal fortune with the exception
of $180,000 to his educational and
charitable trust, his attorney, D.
B. Shepard, disclosed tonight. The
$180,000 exempted in the will will
be divided among his personal em
ployes.
The fortune will thus be exempt
from inheritance taxes.
Probation Sections
Raleigh, Aug. 28.—Geographical j
borders of the 10 divisions into
which North Carolina will be di
vided for probation purposes will
be determined by judicial district
lines.
Hendersonville, Aug. 28—UP*—
Comer Bruce Cox sumoned a score
of witnesses to testify today at the
inquest into the death of 12-year
old Gloria Hauser, for whose alleg
ed murder her stepfather, T. D.
Hazelwood, is held in jail here with
out privilege of bond.
New York, Aug. 28.-UW-A
German liner discharged nearly 1,
100 passengers here yesterday with
tut having halted previously at
luarantine for public health exam
nation, city health authorities said,
«fore it w*» disclosed that 16 of
«r seamen were ill with a fever.
| Evangelist
Car Crashes; Two
Men Do “Fade-Out”
Mystery Driver Returns And
Drives Damaged Machine
Away.
Two. unidentified men, described
as “youngish” by persons in the
vicinity, damaged a Ford coupe,
when they drove it into a tele
graph pole near Neighbors Grove
church, north of Asheboro, last
night. No definite details of the
affair could be ascertained.
One report received was to the
effect the two men jumped from the
| machine and dashed out of sight
into the nearby woods. This report
was given to a driver summoned
to the scene from Farlowe’s Fun
eral home with an ambulance. Ac
cording to that report, the car was
driving at a high rate of speed
when it collided with the pole.
Persons nearby, hearing the crash,
summoned Jhe ambulance.
Later investigation brought in
formation to the effect the two men
were not injured and after the
ambulance left the stene came run
ning back, started the motor and
i drove off inthe direction of the
junction of the Greensboro-High
Point highway.
New Senator
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 28.—(A1)
—Alabama democrats will choose a
successor to Mrs. Dixie Graves, now
U. S. Senator, February 8. The
state Democratic executive commit
tee fixed the date today and then
yelled aown as “out of order” a
motion to make the February win
ner the party’s nominee for a re
gular six year term beginning in
January, 1939i
Mungo Suspended
Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 28.—UP>—
Van Mungo, ailing righthanded
pitching ace of the Brooklyn Dodg
ers, today was suspended indefi
nitely without pay for “insubordi
nation.”
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Fear For Safety
Of U. S, Shipping
Somewhat Abated
Secretary Hull Receives No
tice That Japanese Block
ade Applies to Chnia.
America Assured
Concern Expressed as to Am
erican Freighter Bearing
Bombing Plans, Wire.
Washington, Aug. 28.—
Fear for the safety of China-bound
shipping from this country abated
somewhat today when Secretary
Hull received notice from Japan
that her blockade of Chinese porta
applied only to Chinese vessels.
The Japan notification said the
blockade will not interfere with
“peaceful commerce” of foreign
nations.
Consular officials, at Hull’s direc
tion, however, continued to assem
ble full facts considering the Jap
anese policy.
Thera was unofficial concern as
to whether Japan would regard as
“peaceful commerce” the voyage
now being made by a government
owned American freighter ladened
with bombing planes and barbed
wire for China.
The freighter Wichita sailed
from Baltimore last night with the
cargo of war supplies.
Senator Burke Is
Giving An Opinio^
Thinks Court Bill “Outrag
eous and Vicious” and Shall
Speak His Mind.
Washington, Aug. 28.—UP)—
Senator Burke (D-Nebr.) today de
clared that if the president too*?
the country in behalf of his defeat
ed court bill it will be a final indi
cation of his plans to “purge the
democratic party of those unwilling
to support anything” the Presiatpjt
“If Senator Guffey, Mr. FaifH’
or the President go into NebAL
ka tw defend the origtaal flf W
substitute court proposals or to
criticize me for opposing them” he
added, “I shall welcome the occas
ion to let my people know just
how outrageous and vicious a prop
osition it was.”
New Partner In
Coleridge Firm
Marven Beane, Greensboro,
Joins A. R. (Graven In
General Business.
Coleridge, Aug. 28.—A. R. Cra
ven, prominent merchant, announ
ces that he has entered into a part
nership with Marven Beane of
Greenville, who will move his fam
ily here this week, and will assume
his duties in the new merchantiie
venture.
Mr. Beane has had considerable
experience in the retail business in
Greenville. Important changes are
new being made in the Craven and
Beane store building; a new coat
of paint, inside and out, will
brighten up appearances; new fix
tures, including a refrigeration
plant, are being installed; and a
complete line of quality merchan
dise will be stocked and sold at low
est prices.
Severed Snake’s
Head Bites Dog
Coleridge, Aug. 28.—This is
a curious but true snake story.
While tying out a cow, Mrs. R.
A. Cox saw a large copperhead
snake. With an ax in hand,
which she was using at the mo
ment to drive a stake, she sev
ered the snake’s head from its
body some two inches back of
the jaws and went about her
job of tethering the cow.
The family’s pet, a rat terr
ior pup, was with Mrs. Cox.
Suddenly the dog gave a shrill
yelp and jumped high into the
air. On examination the foot
was found to be badly bitten,
and soon the poison from the
fangs had the leg of the little
dog swollen to three sixes of
normal. It is doubtful if the
small terrior will survive the
effects of the bite. At last re
port, the dog was in a daze
and only semi-conscious, and
the skin of the leg bu rated
from the intense swelling.
When questioned about the
incident, Mrs. Cox averred
that the next copperhead she
killed, she is either going to
mash its head into pieces or
else have the snake’s eye-teeth
pulled thus preventing a tra
gedy like this from ever hap
pening again.
Hide, Kelley, Hide
They thought it was some
tinguished young foreign diplo
mat who stepped so spryly off
the ocean liner in New York the
other day, but it turned out to be
Larry Kelley, colorful former
Yale end, sporting a fine set of
whiskers which he raised while
louring Europe.
Former Asheboro
Man Is Promoted
Henry B. Martin, Formerly
With The Courier, Receives
Merited Promotion.
According to a recent announce
ment from Gordon Gray, publisher
of The Journal-Sentinel, of Wins
ton-Salem, Henry B. Martin has
been appointed associate news edi
tor for both the Journal and the
Sentinel, Winston-Salem’s two
daily newspapers.
Mr. Martin will devote special
attention to features and to ex
pansion of the Sunday paper.
Twenty-six years service to The
Sentinel and a lifetime acquain
tance with Winston-Salem and its
history make him particularly fit
ted for hfejiew dutiaftr-r >,
Und--:r his direction as city' edi
tor The Sentinel has grown from
a comparatively small paper to a
publication with the largest home
town circulation of any afternoon
daily in the Carolinas.
The new associate editor has an
unusually fine record in the news
paper field. A native of Stokes,
Mr. Martin moved here in 1884
wi^h his father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Martin. The elder
Mr. Martin was in the merchandis
ing business in this section of the
state for 46 years. At one time
he had an interest in the old Hin
shaw-Medearis store and later in
the D. D. Schouler department
store here.
At the age of 9 young Henry
went to work as a newspaper car
rier for The Sentinel and served
for a number of years while at
tending the West End school. Dur
ing summer vacations he learned
the printing trade in The Sentinel
shop.
Leaving Winston, he worked in
the mechanical departments of
newspapers in Charlotte and
Greensboro, then went to Bur
lington as editor of the Burlington
Daily Messenger. At that time the
paper was published on a Washing
ton hand press.
In 1903 Mr. Martin came back
to Winston to work for The Jour
nal and stayed here until 1906,
when he went to Asheboro to take
charge of the Asheboro Weekly
Courier. The late Congressman
Wm. C. Hammer was publisher of
The Courier at that time.
While in Asheboro Mr. Martin
married Miss Rosa Evelyn Spen
cer.
Twenty-six years ago Mr. Mar
tin left the Courier and came to
The Sentinel to work in the me
chanical department. After a few
years he was transferred to the
news department and in a short
time put in charge of city news.
Covering a beat himself, Mr. Mar
tin became acquainted with vir
tually every news source in the
section and this wide range of
acquaintance has aided him in
recent years in uncovering “spot”
stories for his staff.
Mr. Martin’s advancement to
the post of associate editor is a
Step toward the publisher’s policy
of expanding the Winston-Salem
newspapers and the enlargement of
the Sunday edition, Mr. Gray an
nounced.
Will Build Home
D. D. Penry has purchased a lot
on highway 220 a mile south of
Asheboro, a part ofthe Hammer
McAlister tract, and plans to build
a home in the near future.
Scottsboro Case
Decatur, Ala. Aug. 28.—UP>—A
motion for a new trial for three
of the five negroes under sentence
in the “Scottsboro" case was denied
today by Judge W. W. Callahan.
President May Go
To West Coast;
Daniels A Guest
Hyde Park Secretary Says
No Definite Plans Yet;
Non-Political Trip.
Watches Jap War
Pecora and Ambassador To
Mexico Call at Vacation
' Capital
Hyde Park, N. Y., Aug. 28.—CM
—Informed White House officials!
said toady President Roosevelt has i
“tentative plans” for a west coast
trip this fall. After showing a
Seattle report to the Chief Execu
tive Secretary McIntyre told re
porters :
“The president says he has not
made any definite plans and does
not know what he is going to do.
Of course there are tentative plans.
He has been asked to come out
there and he has talked about it,
but there has been no decision.
The president kept close watch
on the Sino-Japanese developments
He signed seven more bills, vetoed
3 others and received several call
ers. Iicluding Justice Ferdinand
Pecora of the New York Supreme
court and Josephus Daniels, am
bassador to Mexico, who has just
returned from Europe.
Jack Hayworth In
Weak Condition
Two Transfusions Fail To
Bring- Much Change; Par
ents With Him.
Jack Hayworth, popular Ashe
boro young man, who has been ill
for almost two weeks and for the
past week in a Greensboro hospi
tal, remains in a gravely serious
condition. For almost a week he
was a patient at Reaves infirmary
until a blood transfusion was nec
essary when he was moved to Wes
ley Long hospital Thursday after
noon. This blood was given by
James Neely, banker of Asheboro
and "Wsthsf-iri-law of the 111 ytrafigr
man.
On Friday night physicians de
cided upon another transfusion and
Samuel Hayworth, a cousin, and
son of C. M. Hayworth, was inocu
lated for twelve hours preparatory
to thi3 transfusion which was giv
en Saturday afternoon. Shortly
after the transfusion, he became
alarmingly weak, but rallied some
what and is about in the condition
he was before the transfusion.
Physicians in charge of the case
hold ou: little, if any, hope for his'
recovery.
Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Hayworth,
of Asheboro, parents, Mrs. James
Neely, the only sister, and Mr.
Neely remained in Greensboro last
night and have been at the bedside
almost constantly. C. H. Hay
worth and Gus Hayworth returned
to their Asheboro homes about mid
night last night. It was thought
at that time there would be slight
change for some hours.
Governments Cause Europe
Ills, Dr. Smith Contends
Hawk Attacks
Hen; Is Killed
H. A. Spoon, who lives one
mile east of Ulah early yester
day morning captured a hawk
measuring 30 inches from tip
to tip.
Hearing one of his hens do
ing considerable squawking he
rushed to the hen-yard where
he saw the hen in the grasp
ing claws of a large hawk. The
hawk was so busy attempting
to subdue the fighting hen that
it gave Mr. Spoon no notice.
He grabbed the hawk by his
neck and one leg and killed it.
The hen, Mr. Spoon said,
sustained but a slight scratch
in back of its neck. It was
doing right proudly after the
attack.
Co-op Receives
Hillsboro, Aug. 28.—An applica
tion for the appointment of a tem
porary receiver to administer the
affairs of the Carolina Co-operative |
association, of Chapel Hill, was
denied by Judge Walter Bone in
Orange Superior court here yes
terday morning.
Suggest Garner
Dallas, Aug. 28.—UP*—1The first
move in what Texans say will be a
strong John Gamer for President
campaign in 1940 carrie here today
from Roy Miller, of Corpus Christi,
director of the democratic national
campaign committee in this state.
President’s Son
Visits in Paris
Caught by tht > cameraman just
as he came to a street comer,
John Roosevelt, youngest son of
the President, is shown above in
a recent visit to Paris, France,
during his vacation tour of Eu
rope. Young Roosevelt denied
having any part in the incident
at Cannes, in which someone
tossed champagne in the mayor’s
face and cast the bouquet which
the mayor offered as a token of
welcome, into the gutter.
Asheboro Stores
Adopt New Hours
Wednesday Half - Holidays
End Sept. 1; New Hours
Effective That Date.
The Asheboro Merchants associa
tion yesterday announced that be
schedule of hours into effect,
Stores, under the new schedule,
will open at 8:30 in the morning
and close at 5:30 in the afternoon,
each day except Saturday.
The Saturday hours will be from
8:30 in the morning until 8 o’clock
at night.
Resumption of' regular (8:30 a.
m. until 5:30 p. m.) hours will be
come effective, Wednesdays, com
mencing September 1.
Young Democrats
Attendance topping 1,500 is pre
dicted by officials in charge of ar
rangements for the annual conven
tion of the Young democratic clubs
of North Carolina, which will be
in session at Winston-Salem Sep
tember 10-11 and will bring to the
assembly a number of state and na
tional figures, including James
Roosevelt, son and secretary of the
President'.
Rotarians Told Peace Depends
On Brotherly Liove; Peo
ple’s Hope.
Further contention that the peo
ple of Europe favor peace and that
wars throughout the world are
caused by government bodies rath
er than citizens was expressed in
a very interesting address by Dr.
G. C. Smith at the meeting of the
Asheboio Rotary club yesterday af
ternoon.
Dr. Smith has recently returned
from Europe where he had an ex
cellent opportunity of studying
government and the lives and hopes
of the people at large. He attend
ed the Rotary International while
abroad.
Dr. Smith called attention to
the worn-out condition of most of
Europe’s people, cited instances
which have and may lead to war
again. He said the people at large
are a home-loving, neighborly and
peace-loving group. He said he
met brotherly love in all commun
ities and stated the brotherly-love,
Christianity and continued interna
tional relatives will save the coun
try from future wars.
He said the average government
head today is seeking to enhance
his own position and the position
of his individual following rather
than his entire country,
Arthur Ross, vice president of
the club presided. The program
was in charge of Tom Truesdale,
chairman of the international rela
tions committee.
Guests included J. Lester Walls,
Tarboro; L. E. Whitfield, of the
6th District Highway department,
and John Haworth, Southern Pines.
Ace Man-Hunters
On Payne Trail;
Murder Charged
Added Second Kidnaping To
List of Crimes Late
Last Night.
At Lexington
^-evious Snatch Took Includ
ed Boy and Girl
Victims.
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Lexington, N. C., Aug. 28.—UP)—
The government ace man-hunters,
followed tonight, the trail of North
Carolina’s most wanted bad man—*
lanky, lean-faced William (Bill)
Payne, sought for murder and two
kidnapings—two of which occurred
within the last 48 hours. Char
lotte heads of the federal bureau
of investigation made the state
ment:
“We are after him.”
Siler City, Aug. 28.—UP)—Dep
uty Sheriff P. T. Elkin said a man
reported to him today that he had
been kidnaped near Greensboro last
night by three men, armed with
machine guns, one of whom fitted
the description of Bill Payne, es
caped convict charged with the kill
ing last Sunday of George Penn,
state highway patrolman.
Elkins said the man, who identi
fied himself at V. C. Blount, of
Lexington^ said the trio, after tak
ing him for an all night ride, burn
ed his car near here early this
morning and sped aw^iy in a high
powered automobile, presumably
containing friends.
Car Located
This information came hot on the
heels of the discovery in front of
the Chatham News building here
of the automobile that a young
Swannar.oa couple said was taken
from them night before last by a
man they identified as Payne.
The burned car was found three
miles from here this morning.
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Taxing Profits
Bars Recov<
.V. M...
Firms Contend Law Saps Re*
covery; Hinders AD Credit
Expansion.
Washington, Aug. 28. — In
North Carolina the federal undis
tributed profits tax law passed by
Congress has proved a deterrent to
recovery and has discouraged em
ployment gains.
That is the view of many Tar
Heel manufacturers who have join
ed with those in other parts of the
country in filing statements with
the Treasury department for study
in view of the proposal to revamp
and simplify, and generally over
haul the revenue laws at the next
session of Congress.
The bulky exhibit that was filed
included letters from manufactur
ers in every section of the coun
try that were sent to the National
Association of Manufacturers to be
filed with the Treasury department
for its guidance in connection with
the work that is to be done by the
special tax committee of the ways
and means committee headed by
Congressman Clifton N. Woodrum,
of Virginia, which is to report, just
as has some committee every ses
sion for a decade, some new scheme
on taxes.
Favors Big Firms
The letters filed today stress tEe
fact that the present law places a
heavy hand upon young and grow
ing children, and favors the big
business concern.
U. S. Rush Plans
For 2 New Ships
Navy Hastens Preparations
For Construction of De
stroyer-Tender. |
Postponed Inquest
Washington, Aug. 28.—(A*)—
The Navy department hastened
preparations today for the con
struction of two auxiliary vessels,
a destroyer tender and a seaplane
tender.
The ships will be of the heavy
type, about 9,000 tons being speci
fied for the destroyer vessel and
about 8.300 for the seaplane ten
der.
Sealed bids will be opened No
vember 17, officials said, following
advertisement for bids from pri
vate ship builders next month.
The department has virtually
completed contract plans and speci
fications.
Hendersonville, N C.,
<-P)—An inquest into
12-year-old Gloria
stepfather T. B.
charged with ravishing
was postponed today
Wednesday.