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The Largest Paid-Up Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in Randolph County VOLUME LXI MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS N. E. A. FEATURE SERVICE Randolph County’s|Only Daily Newspaper THE DAILY COURIER , N. C., SUllD ASHEBORO, AY SEPTEMBER 5, 1937 “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of North Carolina” NUMBER 99 JAPAN LOSES FIRST MAJOR LAND CONFLICT School District Changes Are Made At Three Places :>) Trinity, Archdale, Caraway Schools Will Have Several Changes on Opening. Faculty Published Archdale Will Have Bus Ser vice for First Time; Cara way Only Six Grades. % A few changes in the organiza tion of the Trinity, Archdale and Caraway schools will take place at the opening of school on September 9th. Archdale school will have only four grades; the upper gram mar grades will be brought to Trinity. Caraway school will have only six grades, the seventh grad ers will be enrolled in the Trinity school due to crowded conditions at Caraway. Archdale school will have bus pu pils for first time. Truck No. 60 will put off all pupils in first four grades at Archdale, picking up pu pils in grades above fourth and bringing them to Trinity. The Bouldin truck, starting at Monroe Spencer’s, will do likewise. Truck No. 61 will also do same for its trip from up the railroad in Trin ity. These children who are put off at Archdale will get to ride with their older brothers and sisters to and from home on the same bus. m Archdale School Faculty Mrs. Walter Fuller, 1st grade; Mrs. Pauline Simpson, 2nd grade; Irs. Esther Crouch, 3rd grade; ad Mrs. Annie L. Baldwin, fourth faraway School Faculty Mrs. Ernest Brilles, the primary grades; Mrs. A. 0. Adams, the grammar grades. —... ~ Trinity School Faculty ... Helen Hinkle, 1st grade; Norine Homey, 2nd grade; Mrs. John Pay ne and Bertha Pritchard, 3rd grades; Bess Johnson, 4th grade; Virginia Redding and Mrs. Lottie McDowell, 5th grades; Hazel Col trane .ind Nona Stout, 6th grades; Ora Mae Welbom and Mrs. Ralph Smith, 7th grade; Mary Lee Star ling, high school English; Mrs. John Easter, English and French; Elizabeth Earle, history; Carrie Cranford, math; Mildred Covington home economics; Ralph Vance, sci ence; and H. E. Mesimer, histoy. A. R. Bullock, principal of the three schools above. f J. L Lewis Splits With Roosevelt CIO Leader States Labor Seeks Other Allies; Rap ped By Frey. Washington, Sept. 4.—<iP)—John L. Lew's, last night, reputing Pres ident Roosevelt as a “fair weath er” friend of labor, served notice of the administration today that his CIO is preparing to look elsewhere for its political allies. Lewis, reported in a radio bristl , , ing tone that the CIO has enrolled 3, 718,000 workers. He left up to the new deal high command wheth er the democratic party and the CIO shall tread separate paths. There was no immediate reply from the administration. As for the speech as a whole, John T. Frey, president of the me tal trades department of the A. F. L. called it “rather flat and color less." Frey said Lewis’ disclaim er of communistic connection of the CIO “was anything but satis factory.” ► Ho* MiGHEw*t! Temperature OFTHE LAST 24 HOURS THE WEATHER North Carolina: Fair tonight and Sunday. Partly cloudy with local showers in late afternoon. C. C. fiorney, Master Of Farmer Grange; Merits Lauded by W. Kerr Scott -—._-4 _ _ © 'MANCHUKUO TATUNG -_-•/ / •($) PEIPING jr , r . TIENTSI NANKIN^ SHANGHAI CANTON SWAT OW1 Where Japanese Offensives Rage NANCHANG War observers Relieve that Japan’s ferocious campaign against China is directed at de stroying or controlling major Poms, ran ahd "«5ntm«*£ftrt*n-- - ters and at driving steadily north, as the map above shows: (1) base of Japanese northern campaign. (2) major battle pending here. (3) and (4) this area laid waste by Japan’s aerial bombs. (5) fierce battle fought here. (6) terrorized by air attack. (7) Japanese plant bomb three schools here. (? target of new air offensive, (f Japanese destroyers check fo eign cargoes here. Preparations For Seagrove School School Opens September 9th; Faculty Members Announ ced; Improvements. Seagrove, Sept. 4.—Preparations the opening of Seagrove higlf are rapidly being completed for schooi September 9. A strong fa culty has been selected and a num ber of improvements made in the physical equipment. J. M. Green returns for his sev enth year as principal at the school. He is ably supported by James H. Lineberry, history and basketball; A. L. Eggers, math, French and boys basketball; Mrs. Lena Flenni ken, English; W. V. Redding, ag riculture; Mrs. Ruby Rich, sev enth grade; May Wrenn, sixth grade; Jessie Wood, fifth grade; Mrs. Kathleen Redding, fourth grade; Mary Auman, third grade; Alberta Auman, second grade; and Strowda Hare, first grade. Among the improvements are more complete agricultural equip ment, new drinking fountains and a new sewerage disposal plant. There has been only one change in the Seagrove school faculty since last term. This change was in the high school department where A. L. Eggers of Boone, takes over the teaching of math and French and coaching of the hoys’ basketball team, succeeding G. A. York, whd resigned. Mr. Eggers is a graduate of Car son-Newman college, holding the A. B. degree from that institution. After several years successful teaching experience he entered George Peabody college for teach ers from which he received his M. A. degree last spring. He comes to Seagrove with the best of rec ommendations and is well qualified for the work that lies ahead. Revolt Reported Shanghai, Sept. 4.—(JP)—A cen tral Chinese news agency dispatch from Kweihua today asserted that the entire second division of the Manchoukuoan army stationed in north Chabar province had revolted j against the Japanese and declared its allegiance to the Nanking gov ernment. State Head Urges Farmers To Unite _ Contends Grange is Medium Of Farmers’ Help; Milk Scales Discussed. $3,000 Laboratory State Lecturer Points To Financial Return Through Grange. The county-wide meeting and pic nic, sponsored by the Pomona Grange, held at Farmer School house Friday was well attended by the farm people in the County. Among other things transacted in the closed session of the Pomona Grance was the election of officers. C. C. Horney of the Farmer Grange, was elected Pomona, or County Master. After the picnic dinner, in the open meeting assistant county agent presided and presented E. S. Millsaps, county agent, who intro duced Hon W. Keen Scott, Com missioner of Agriculture, who was the first speaker on the program. Commissioner Scott spoke very highly of the personnel o’f the Grange throughout the State and called attention to the strong in fluence of the Grange as a farm agency doing things here and in other places to help the county agents, the agricultural teachers, and other farm agencies toward the upbuilding of agriculture. He assured the farm people that the- department of Agriculture, is trying to work out a program res ponsive to their needs, and under their new set-up he states that they are prepared to give service which they have not heretofore given. They have recently spent $3,000.00 in equipping a laboratory so that the farmers may have free labora tory service to meet their needs. This department is rendering a great service in the seed labora tory. Are prepared to give seed germinations, and have charge of the fertilizer inspection work and feed analysis. The Weights and Measures Divison is another im portant feature of their work. They are checking scales through out the state so that the farmers may get fair weights and measures for what they have to buy and sell Cream and milk scales are being checked where milk is sold, and they ask where anything along this line needs to be checked that this Department by notified di rect or through your county agent. In the Dairy Division, Mr. Scott pointed out that many irregular ities had been found and being corrected. Individual milk tests have been made—And many tests made through the Veterinary Divi sion. In explaining the duties of the Agriculture Department, Com missioner Scott reminded the cot (Please turn to Page 8) \__ Union Services Have Drawn Wide Interest During Week The union revival services this week has drawn hundreds of peo ple from all denominations of the town. The services are held in a large tent, placed on the Cox street side of the school grounds, and the scope of the audience is nightly en larged. Ushers from various denomina tions welcome the people with gen uine heartness and good fellow ship which pervades the entire ser vices. Dr. George Wood Anderson, of Chautauqua, New York, is the preacher and his audience has in creased nightly. Announcement comes that serv ices will be held every night dur ing the coming week with the ex ception of Monday evening when there will be no service. Special nights will continue through the week with Tuesday designated as Officer’s night; Wednesday, Wo men’s night; Thursday, Men’3 night; Friday, Young People’s night. Dr. Anderson, who is considered one of the foremost revivalists in the United States, has already been greatly enjoyed by those who have heard him in Asheboro and his mes sages have inspired both congrega tion and the many ministers who have nightly been in the congrega tion. Tokyo Meets In War Session; To 1 Vote Large Fund Places Biame of Warfare Op China; Cabinet Asks For $592,000,000. Avoids Declaration Admits “Conflict” Over Wide Fields With China; Ducks ■ Word “War.” Tokyo, Sept. 5—(Sunday)— Japan’s purpose to compel Chinesfe to submit to her will was made clear by her foreign minister Hiro ta today in a statement of policy to a “war session.” He said Japan must make “imr possible recurrence of such calami ties hostilities as at present” and readjust relations with China sb Japan could put into effect her pol icy of “cooperation” between Ja pan, Manchukuo and China. Hiro“a blamed the Chinese, es pecially the Nanking government, for the spread of warfare. He avoided the use of the world war, but came close to a declaration when he said: “Japan finds herself engaged in a major conflict with China on an ex tensive field.” Hirola, premier Price Konove and other cabinet ministers spoke i to open a 5-day session in which * to vote $592,000,000 for the cam paign in China and swell the tottd appropriation to $737,000,000.' j Discharged Cop Accuses Hoover Contends G-Men Failed To Co-Operate With Indiana 8 Police. Indianapolis, Sept. 4.—(.Tt—Matt Leach, discharged today as captain of state police, issued a statement in which he demanded a congres sional investigation of the “meth od and motives” of J. Edgar Hoo ver, head of the federal bureau of investigation. Leach charged the department of justice with failure to co-operate with the state police and said “the attitude of the department of jus tice now becomes definite antagon ism.” Will File Charge Donald F. Silver, superintendent of state police, said formal charges would be filed against Leachlater, one of which he said would be fail ure to co-operate with federal agents. ___ Leach, in charge of state police since 1933 during which numerous attempts to capture John Dillinger, notorious desperado now dead, were , made, had refused to resign at the request of the state police head. Leach said he would demand a hearing as provided by the state police law. Bus System — Raleigh, Sept. 4.—By the middle of this month the state of North Carolina will agaiin be operating the world’s largest school trans portation system. In addition to Dr. Anderson, Dr. Lewis S. Gains, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lexington, has added greatly to the service with his music. Not only does Dr. Gaines give, or provide, a solo each evening, but he directs a choir of many voices. Features of the mu sic this week have been a solo by H. Grady Miller of Asheboro, who has taught music several years n Garden City, N. Y. and Herbert Eaddy, radio artist of New York of his sister, Mrs. Franz Strick land. A quartet composed of Ger ald Foro, Franz Strickland, Dr. Gaines and Rev. L. R. O’Brien has also been an inspiring part of the musical program. A special request has been made by Dr. Anderson that all Sunday school classes of the town attend church in a body, some evening next week. Dj. Anderson further requests that the teacher accom pany the class and hand in the name rf the class to him before the service, if possible. Each member of the various classes are also asked to bring a friend with them. This method has been found quite effectual by Dr. Anderson in his experience as a revivalist in various parts of the country. The meeting will continue thru September 26th. Boy Risks Life to Share Precious ~ - - * t " t * " ~ . Vn Lung’ Bright-eyed Billy Epperson, 14-year-old Tulsa infantile paralysis victim, is shown above in an “iron lung” which he has been sharing heroically with others similarly afflicted. Another stricken youth, Jimmy Montgomery, 11, lies on the bed, knowing that Billy will give up the lung if Jimmy needs it. l or his voluntary sacrifice, Tulsa citizens are trying to get Billy a Carnegie medal of heroism. 'Two youths for whom Billy gave up the lung died. One was a Muskogee infantile paralysis victim. The other was a Tulsa youth who had broken his neck diving. In the latter case Billy s sacrifice nearly caused his death. Growing weaker, he had to be rushed to another hospital where he was placed in a lung just vacated. Finger of Suspicion Pointed At Italy on Eve of League Session Criminal Court To Open Monday Several Murder Cases Among Those Scheduled; Grand Jury to Convene. The September criminal term of the Randolph county Superior court will open Monday morning with Judge J. U. Rousseau, presid ing. One of the largest calendars in the history of the county is scheduled for the session. Several murder cases and others involving crimes are cited for trial. Jurors, called for the grand jury have been advised to be present the opening day. Jurors called in oth er cases have been advised to re port for duty the individual cases are scheduled. Randolph Baptist Parley Wednesday Meeting Called in Local Church; Supper Served At 6 o’clock. The officers of the Randolph Baptist association will meet in the First church, Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock. More than seventy-five invitations have been mailed to of ficers of the association. Secretary W. Perry Crouch, Ra leigh; Sunday school secretary, L. L. Morgan and Boyce Brooks, B. T. U. secretary are expected to at tend. Matters of importance to the or ganization will be discussed. Dinner will be served promptly at 6 o’clock in order that the ses sion may close prior to the taberna cle services which open at eight o’clock. Governor Hoey To Extradite Beai State Executive Says He Will Issue Papers When Apprehended Raleigh, Sept. 4.—(Jf)—Governor Hoey, who as an attorney, assisted in the prosecution of Fred Erwin Beal, asserted today he would issue extradition papers to bring the Communistic leaderof 1929 Gas tonia textile strike back to North Carolina to serve a 17 to 20 year prison term. The papers will be drawn as soon as Beal Is located, the gover nor said. Convicted 8 years ago of con spiracy charges growing out of the slaying of a police officer, Beal posted $5,000 bond pending an ap peal t* the state Supreme court and then fled to Russia. The court subsequently found there was “no error” in his trial. Greatest Crisis Pirate Subs Classed With Occupation of Rhineland By Germany Forces. II Duce Invited Britain Will Seek Plan To End Attacks on Its War And Merchantmen. London, Sept. 4.—UP)—European diplomats facing the league of na tions to assemble at a conference of Mediterranean powers next week, today were engaged in the most intense acts since German Rhineland 18 months ago. The foremost question before them, an outgrowth of the Spanish war, was the protection of merch antmen and wai- ships against re cent series of attacks of piratical land unidentified submarines and 'airplanes. This was the chief concern to the Mediterranean conference, which has come to overshadow the league meeting in importance. While the Germans was the disturbance of the troops marched back into the Rhine crisis which brought the ma jor powers together in March, 1936—the finger of suspicion in the Mediterranean crisis points to Italy This was due largely to II Duce’s friendly exchanges with Insurgent General Franco after the latter’s recent capture of Santander. Whil 5 France was credited with initiating the Mediterranean con ference Britain with the announce ment she would have important proposals assumed leadership in the movement to keep European peace. Italy was invited to attend the Mediterranean conference but whe ther she would attend was uncer tain. As Europe’s chancellors pored over plans for the hurriedly sum moned meeting, these developments added new elements to the situa tion: 1. Official Russian newspapers ac cused Italy of “piracy on the Medi terranean” and said the soviets would make “fascist bandits pay dearly” for the sinking of a Rus sian vessel off Algiers Monday. 2. Diplomats reported the Span ish government, as well as Insrug ent General Francisco Franco, would be excluded from the confer ence. 3. Italy’s price for co-operation was reported to be British recogni tion of insurgent belligerent rights. 4. Spanish insurgents denied re sponsibility for submarine attacks on foreign shipping. ^ Garner Nomed Washington, Sept. 4.—(.'P)—Sen ator Burke (D-Nbr.) today named Vice President Garner, Texas, as his choice for the democratic nomi nation in 1940. Dr. T. Wheeldon Rotary Speaker Bone Specialist Gives Inter esting Talk on Bone Ailments. The committee on community welfare, Charles McCrary, chair man, was in charge of the pro gram -it the Rotary meeting Fri day. Mr. McCrary spoke particularly of the work that is being done in Community service by the cripple children’s clinic, and then present ed Dr. Thomas Wheeldon, Rich mond, Va„ as the guest speaker 'for this meeting-. Dr. Wheelton spoke in a most in forming way about this work, pointing out particularly the very vital relationship that exists be tween the professional aspect of orthopedic surgery and the social service organizations of the coun try. As the people become ac quainted with the cause of bone dis eases in children and in adults, too, they will set themselves the task of removing these causes, and in that way they will become invalu able allies to the doctors in their efforts to relieve suffering human ity and cripples, caused by bone diseases and give to them a more happy and wholesome condition of life. For instance, he pointed out that nearly all bone and joints tubercu losis in the state of Massachusetts had been stamped out, and so rare are such diseases in that state that medical schools have difficulty in securing patients to be observed by students in their medical courses. This has been done by stamping out tuberculosis among dairy cows. Most bone and joint tuberculosis comes from contaminated milk, said Dr. Wheelton. That is, milk from cows that are not entirely free from tuberculosis. What Massachusetts has done in this matter can be done by all other states. But this is a matter not for the doctor alone, but for social betterment clubs, and all other or ganizations that can create senti ment for the necessary laws to re gulate this, and other causes from which diseases spring. His address was heard with much interest and appreciation. Dr. Wheelton has been conduct ing the clinic for crippled children at the Randolph county hospital for two or three years. The work is fostered and financed by the Ashe boro Rotary club. Visitors vesterday were. Dr. Geo. Wood A'derson, Chautauqua, N. Y., Rotarian; Do. Louis S. Gains, Lexington, N. C., and Dr. J. L. Fritts, Asheboro. Mayor Injured Dublin, Ga., Sept. 4.—UP)—John W. Underwood, youthful mayor of Mount Vernon, Ga., lay seriously wounded here today because he tried futilely to intervene between an aroused posse and an aged negro suspected of harboring a fugitive sought in a criminal assault case. One Nippon Ship Disabled; Towed From Battle Zone Defense of Chinese Said To Be Stiffest Since Jap Russia War. Shanghai Quiet 200,000 Chinese Troops Face Jap Army of About 60,000. (By The Associated Press) Shanghai, Sept. 5.—(Sunday)—• japan’s bristling naval guns and bombing planes carried the battle for supremacy in China this morn ing, 500 miles into the southland—• and lost the first major encounter. Three Japanese warships steam ed into the southern port of Amoy on Friday, above them several squadrons of war planes and be gan firing on Chinese forts. The defense answered with ar tillery tire and the battle roared throughout the day. By nightfall Chinese reports said one Japanese warship was disabled and had to be towed away by her two com panions; the air bombing caused no serious damage. A second air attack on Saturday was apparently more successful Fifty bombs were dropped on Sing po, south of Shanghai, the United States consulate here was advised. Within Shanghai itself, Saturday was confined largely to reconsoli dating of forces along the front, 12 to 20 miles north and east, from Liuho to Woosung. Each side claimed advances, but it appeared to foreign observers that the Japanese army had en countered far more serious opposi tion than it expected. The resist ance is the fiercest since the Japa nese fought Russia in 1904, for ign observers believe. The promised big Japanese push has riot materialized, Is in fact two weeks overdue. Foreign military circles believe the reason is that Japan’s leaders here have appealed to Tokyo for more man power and are awaiting it before it launches their wholesale attack. Japan has landed large forces of reinforcements along the Woosung front, and i3 estimated to have 60, 000 men now available within striking distance of Shanghai— against an estimated 200,000 Chi nese, many of them members of China-German trained regiments. Shanghi, Sept. 4. OP)—American, British and French consuls-general today demanded that Chinese land forces and Japanese warships withdraw from the vicinity of the International settlement and the French concession, havens for thou sands of foreigners in this war torn international city. The International settlement wa3 threatened with scattered artillery shelling in the bitter warfare be tween the Chinese an<^ Japanese forces. The consular chiefs asked the Chinese troops be withdrawn to the east of the Duoopong Road. They requested the Japanese naval com mander to remove Japanese gun boats to a point beyond the seventh sector of the Whampoo rives to get them out of range. One of the Chinese, American built, pursuit planes struck down a heavy Jap bomber in flames. All the bombing crew were killed. Dispite the complaint of the Jap anese vice-admiral that Japan’s gunners were hampered by U. S. and other foreign ships in line of fire, the U. S. flagship Augusta was still frozen to its anchorage opposite Shanghai’s bund. The an chorage for the protection of U. S. nationals. Lewis Talk “Hot”, Censored By Wire Remarks Directed at Ohio Governor and Girdler Stricken From Talk. Washington, Sept. 4.—(JB—Some of the phiaseology John L. Lewis intended to hurl in his broadcast address last night proved' too strong for Columbia broadcasting system and radio officials felt it was imperative to censor his re marks. They announced that at their “suggestion” Lewis agreed td leave out a word in one passage at his text, and a whole paragraph in another. The single word was an adjec tive applied to Governor Davoy of Ohio, and the paragraph excor iated one of Lewis’ principal foes, Tom Girdler, president of the Re upblic Steel corporation.