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N. C.,
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15,1937
NUMBER 106
|U. S. ADMIRAL ^WARNS JAPS AND CHINESE
rtoughton Considered
For Comptroller Post
May Leave Congress
jinouncement To
Come October 1
Representative Believed To
Favor Federal Post To
Political Life.
Will Consult P. D. R.
Appointment Will Take One
Prospect From Senator
Reynold’s Opposition.
Washington, Sept. 15.—Political
prognosticators here pricked up
heir cars yesterday when it was
lired that Representative Robert L.
poughton is seeking a job in the
overnment service in preference
running for reelection or oppos
ng Senator Robert R. Reynolds.
Two attractive vacancies report
as being eyed by the dean of the
forth Carolina delegation are
Comptroller general and Federal
rade commissioner. Both positions
pay $10,000 a year.
Mr. Doughton is expected in
Washington this week for a visit at
he White House, when it is be
lieved he will discuss the matter
vith the President. It is recalled
|hat, before leaving the nation’s
apital after adjournment of Con
ess, Mr. Doughton engaged in a
prolonged conference with the
sident.
While predictions as to Mr.
loughton’s political course are run
ning rampant, the veteran solon has
erved comment except to say ne
rill probably make some announce
nent as to his plans about October
Sources close to Mr. Doughton,
[though not “unimpeachable" and re
fusing to be quoted, said the 73
year-old North Carolinian is defin
itely considering retiring from
olitical life.
Doughton Justified
Chairman of the ways and means
committee, R. Doughton stands as
he best fitted and qualified man
for the position of colleagues who
ave worked with him in formulat
ng measures and programs where
the Federal Treasury would be
pie to meet the obligations heaved
pon it.
In connection with the possible
federal appointment for the North
Carolina solon it is pointed out that
liss Johnnie Mabry, member of
his secretarial staff, is considering
new position.
It is believed that, if Mr. Dough
ton anticipated a campaign, he
vould be inclined to hold together
his forces which have served him
Ito an advantage in previous poli
Itical episodes which have been
I preludes to his return to the house.
Electric Rate Cut
Raleigh, Sept. 15.—<.P>—Utili
ties Commissioner Stanley Win
borne said today that effective Oc
tober 1, the Carolina Power and
Light company minimum charge
for rural churches and schools
would be $1.50 instead of $3.
New York, Sept. 16.—UP)—Pub
lished reports that department of
justice agents had intercepted let
ters from Elizabeth and Newark,
N. J., saying Mrs. Alice McDonnell
Parsons, missing Long Island so
ciety woman, was dead were term
ed correct tonight by Benjamin
Chiverts, an attorney.
Miohe^H
Temperature
OFTHE LAST 24 HOURS
I I « « ' l_ —
THE WEATHER
North Carolina: Fair and warm
er in the western and < rWt—l por
tions tonight. Thursday partly
cloudy, except in the extreme sou
Innocence
Abroad
The American boy of 14
enrolls this month for his
first year of high school. Sup
pose he were in Italy. What
would he be thinking about
these days....what would he
face in the school tertn ahead
-what would be his chances
for getting somewhere in life?
For answers to these ques
tions—and they may surprise
you—. There is the first of a
series of articles on “Inno
cents Abroad.” Succeeding ar
ticles will examine the status
of today’s 14-year-old boy in
England, Germany and France.
President Takes
Up Hack Charges
Says He Heard of No KKK
Connections Prior'to Court
Appointment.
Washington, Sept. 15.—UP)—
President Roosevelt has taken no
tice of the flare-up over allegations
of charges that Justice Hugo L.
Black belongs to the Ku Klux Klan
by declaring he had received no
such information from any source
before he appointed the Alabama
senator to the Supreme Court.
The President told his press con
ference he did not know whether
the justice department hqd investi
gated Black’s qualifications.
Until the new Justice returns
from nis European vacation, Mr.
Roosevelt said, “there is no further
comment to be made.” Justice
Black, himself, refused hi London
to discuss the allegations.
Lewis Has Talk
With Roosevelt
“Discuss Matters of Mutual
Interest** at White House
Parley.
Washington, Sept. 15.—(jP>—
John L. Lewis, chairman of the
CIO said after a White House call
today, he “had a very pleasant con
ference with the President.
“We talked over a number of
matters of mutual interest to the
President and myself,” the labor
leader said.
Asked whether his recent speech,
interpreted by some as a repudia
tion of the President, Lewis said
he “had no further comment to
make.”
Embargo On Arms
May Be Enforced
Commission Investigates Sta
tus of Wichita on Way
To China.
Washington, Sept. 15.—UP)—
Maritime officials worked swiftly
today to carry out a partial embar
go, ordered by President Roosevelt,
on arms shipments to China and
Japan.
The full conference was summon
ed to a special session to consider
whether it will intercept the Am
erican freighter Wichita enroute
from Baltimore, to China with a
cargo of 19 airplanes as the first
application of Hie rule.
The vassal sailed from Baltimore
August 97 and was expected to
reach San Pedro, Calif., during the
day for re-fueling.
Return From Richmond
Mrs. Dempsey Barnes, %frs. Jas.
Burns, Mrs.C. L. Presnell, Mrs.
King Moore returned Monday night
from a week-end trip to Richmond
where they went by motor Sunday
morning.
New Leviathian
Washington, Sept. 16.—UP)—The
Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock corporation submitted to
day the low bid for construction
of a trans-Atlantic liner to replace
the Leviathian. Only three bids
were submitted.
Orange is said to be the color
which attracts the most attention
to billboards in outdoor adver
tising.
He Flies Through Air but Not With Greatest of Ease
The hurtling rrr^er of Curly Aschelman of Indianapolis flew through the air as if it had wings after colliding with the machine under it»
piloted by Charles Van Acker of South Bend, when the latter lost a wheel during a race at New Hammond, Ind. Both drivers were injured.
I
Highway Bandits Hold-up Earl Cox, Local
Truckman; Take $50, Spurn Small Change
200 Warships Now
In Mediterranean
Combined Fleets of France
And Great Britain May
Be Moved Quickly.
Paris, Sept. 15.—UP)—France
and Great Britain have mobilized
nearly 200 warships in the Mediter
ranean in their hunt for submarine
pirates.
Organized on a wartime basis,
commanders said tfas _ British and
French combined fleet is scheduled
to reach its war strength within a
week when all additions ordered for
patrol duty arrive.
Working in closest harmony,
manders of the British and French
fleets have laid down to shift the
patrol fleet weight quickly to any
section where trouble might arrive
—thus backing with might—the 9
power anti-piracy agreement rea
ched at Nyon.
France has ordered a special fleet
of 24 destroyers to the Mediterran
ean and naval officials said the fuil
French fleet in those waters would
back the extraordinary patrol if
necessary.
Although reluctant to reveal the
exact power of France’s maritime
forces, French officials admitted
that the patrol addition to the
Mediterianean concentration would
total 100 warships.
British warships, with additional
patrol vessels ordered to speed in
to the Mediterranean within a few
days, will total more than ninety
units.
May Ban Cotton
Washington, Sept. 15.—(JP)—Sec
retary Roper said today the com
merce department was conducting
a study to determine whether cot
ton should be classed as an imple
ment of war and be banned from
export tiade to the Far East.
Madrid Offensive
Madrid, Sept. 15.—UP)—The
thunder of .a fresh Insurgent at
tempt to smash into Madrid, this
time through the southwest, roared
over this war-tired city today.
Powers Refuse Italy’s Bid
To Halt Sub-Piracy Search
/ *
London, Sept. 15.—(jB—Britain
and France refused today to delay
their patrol of the Mediterranean
against submarine piracy—because
of Italian objection to the Nyon
accord—and announced that the 9
power agreement would go into ef
fect at once.
British and French warships al
ready >'n the Mediterranean were
reported to have begun their scour
ing of the sea lanes without wait
ing for reinforcements.
Informed sources, however, said
that the door was left open to Italy
for participation in the patrol if
Italy wishes to offer constructive
Suggestions although she had de
clined the invitation to join the ar
rangements.
Italy was offered jurisdiction of
sea lanes just off her coasts in
the patrol plan drafted Saturday
at Nyon, at a conference boycotted
both by Premier Mussolini and
Reichsfuehrer Hitler of Germany.
Plan Unacceptable
Last night with German adher
Reaped No Ride
“Ride mister?” But no shudder
ing motorist cared to offer a lift
to death, portrayed by this
ghastly figure of the grim reaper
shown thumbing a ride on a
much-traveled Arkansas high
way. The figure had such a so
bering effect on motorists that a
tour of all the state’s main high
' ways was proposed for it.
$16,000 Hold-up
Near Norton, Va.
Norton, Va., Sept. 15.—(/B—
Three masked white men today
held up two payroll officials of the
Blackwood Coal and Coke company
and a deputy sheriff enroute from
Norton to the mine and escaped
with a payroll of between $15,000
| and $16,000. __
Deputy Sheriff C. W. McNutt who
accompanied the two company em
ployes said the robbers passed their
car about midway between the city
and the mine and blocked the road,
then covered them with shot guns.
ence, Premier Mussolini advised the
British and French charge d’affairc
that the. situation which would re
sult from the patrol plan “seems
unacceptable.”
The immediate reaction here was
that the war against the submarine
[pirates will be real war neverthe
less, but observers were quick to
| point to the possibility of danger
lous embarrassment if Italy remains
on the outside. (Germany was not
asked to participate, and merely
gave to Italy her diplomatic sup
port in the matter).
Should Italy, disregarding the
patrol, send her submarines into
the sea lanes of the Mediterranean
a difficult situation might arise—
(The Nyon agreement provides that
participating powers keep submar
ines out of the sea lanes, unless
convoyed by a surface vessel.)
Italy May Get Zone
The accord, however, provides
for revision of the control rones
and it is possible that Great Britain
and France will be willing to make
this revision in favor of Italy.
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State B.&P. Clubs
Name Many Heads
Chairman of Departments Of
Business Women are An
nounced by Miss Conrad.
Charlotte, Sept. 15.—Announce
ment of the appointment of several
important committee heads was
made here this week by Miss Eliz
abeth Conrad, president of the
North Carolina Federation of Busi
ness and Professional Women’s
clubs. Among these appointments,
each of which carries with it mem
bership on the state board of direc
tors, were the following:
Chairman of international rela
tions, Mrs. Naomi Jordan, of Hen
derson; chairman of membership,
Mrs. Dess M. Gurganus, of Ra
leigh; chairman of publicity, Miss
Myrtle Ellen LaBarr, of Greens
boro; chairman o f public relations,
Miss Lucy Rogers, of Wilson; and
chairman of research, Mrs. Stella
J. Price, of Hickory.
Mrs. Walter Lee Lednum, of
Durham, has been re-elected edi
tor of The Tar Heel Woman, mon
thly magazine issued by the North
Carolina Federation. The publica
tion is being enlarged and improv
ed in several ways this year, ac
cording to Miss Conrad.
Miss Conrad said that the per
sonnel of her official family for the
coming year will be completed soon.
She stated, too, that plans for the
year’s program are shaping up nic
ely. The membership continues to
grow and local clubs are going
about their work with notable en
thusiaesm.
Officers who are serving with
Miss Conrad are the following:
First vice-president, Miss Mae
Holtzclaw, of Canton; second vice
president, Mrs. Ruby McGougan
Humphrey, of Fayetteville; record
ing secretary, Mrs. Lucy Rhodes
Duncan, of Smithfield; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. Lillian Hoff
man, of Charlotte; treasurer, Miss
Esther M. Pate, of Goldsboro; past
president, Miss Mae Reynolds, of
Raleigh; director of the first dis
trict, Miss Genevieve Rutherford,
of Asheville; director of the second
district, Miss Lulie Andrews, of Ba
rium Springs; director of the third
district, Miss Eloise Ward, of High
Point; director of the fourth dis
trict, Miss Edith Gilbert, of Ra
leigh; director of the fifth district,
Mrs. Pearl C. Green, of Henderson;
and director of the sixth district,
Mrs. Arthur Wilson of Kinston.
An interesting action of the stats
convention which met in Durham ill
June was the conferring of the rank
of past president upon former head
of the state federation. The group
includes the following:
. Miss Julia Alexander, of Char
lotte; Miss Elsie G. Riddick, of
Jlaleigh; Miss Fronde Kennedy, of
tAbingdon, Va.; Mrs. R. O. Everett,
of Durham; Mrs. Pearl C. Green,
of Henderson; Mrs. Stein J. Price,
of Hickory; Miss Lona Glidewell,
of Raleigh; Miss Nettie E. Brog
don, of Carrollton, Ga.; and Dr.
Elisabeth H. Ramsay, of Ashe
ville.
Vienna, Sept. 15.—(.PI—Cries of
“Heil the King! Heil Edward!”
greeted the Duke and Duchess of
Windsor last night on their arrival
from Hungary for an overnight
stay.
Washington, Sept 15.—LFI—Ad
ministration leaders began to pre
'pare ye.iteiday for stricter control
of major crops in 1938.
Earl Cox, Asheboro truckman,
| was held up at pistol point, last
| night about 11:30 o’clock on the
I Central Falls-Worthville highway
| and robbed of about $50 in cash,
j The bandits allowed him to keep
I “small change” and a check calling
! for $3.5£1.
The hold-up marked a new fash
ion in highway robbery for this
section of the state. Mr. Cox was
driving home after delivering a
load of merchandise when he notic
ed a man walking with the aid of
crutches along the highway. The
man turned towards the truck and
waved one crutch, seeking a ride.
Mr. Cox pulled over to one side,
of the highway, opened the left
hand door and proceeded to move a
blanket and a heavy coat in order
i to make room for the “cripple.”
'Just as the man reached the car,
j Mr. Cox said, he threw his crutch
j es to the ground, and, another man
■ jumped into the right hand door
I with a pistol.
“Holdup your hands,” Mr. Cox
! reported the second man as say
ing. Ho was then ordered to get
out of the cab and stand along
side the truck body. The “crip
ple” took Mr. Cox’s wallet from his
pocket and removed bills amount
. ing to about $50.
Finding some small change in
j Cox’s pocket, the ‘cripple” said,
j “Let the guy kee that he may
' want to eat in the morning”. The
bandits also allowed their victim
j to retain a check for $3.50 made
out to him.
I After the men had taken his
' money, one of them ordered Mr.
I Cox to “keep his hands up and face
' the truck.” He did so, but man
' aged to see the “cripple” pick up
his crutches. The jfciir then, he re
! ported to the police, walked down
j the highway a few yards and jum
, ped into an automobile wich had
i been parked in a side road. They
started their machine, he said, and
hastened away.
Mr. Cox then jumped back into
his truck and came t<5 Asheboro
where he reported the affair. No
trace of the two bandits had been
■ found up to a late hour this after
noon.
Franc Drops
Paris, Sept. 15.—t/P)—A heavy
selling wave today toppled the
French franc *to its lowest depth in
more than a decade.
At noon the franc was quoted at
28.90 to the dollar or 3.42 cents and
143.00 to the pound sterling.
Tubercular Clinic to Close
Friday After Successful Week
This week Randolph county’s
health department is offering a
wonderful opportunity to the people
of the town and county—and at no
cost to them. Dr. George H. Sum
ner, head of the county department
is staging a tubercular clinic at the
county headquarters in the court
house.
Dr. G. C. Godwin, of Raleigh,
with the extension department of
the tubercular service of the state
health department, has been in
Asheboro since Monday and is as
sisting in the examination of the
many people who are availing
themselves of the opportunity of
free examinations and advice as to
treatment, if necessary. Dr. Godwin
is-no novice at thia work which he
has specialized in for the past
twenty years. He has been here for
the purpose of examination of
adults, white and colored, who have
been exposed to tuberculosis, or
who have had pleurisy, or symp
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Western Power Naval
Commander Insist On
Halt of Reckless Fire
| Schools Resume
The Asheboro city schools
will resume sessions tomor
row morning at 8:30 o’clock.
All students attending
grade; lower than the hign
school are requested ro report
for registration promptly at
ihat hour.
Reginald Turner, superin
tendent of schools, has ar
ranged a detailed schedule for
high school student registra
tion.
Those residing outside the city
will report between 8:30 and
9:30 o'clock, with certificates
of iicmotion.
Asheboro 7th grade gradu
ates will report between 9:30
and :0:30.
Those who enrolled in the
8th grade last year will repnt
between 10:30 and 11:30.
Last year 9th giade stu
dents will report in the after
noon from 1 o’clock to ?. o’c'ock
and 10th graders of last year
will report between 2 and 3
o’clock.
Registration will take place
in the school library.
City Tax Bills In
Nail; Due Oct 1
October Payments Allowed
1 Per Cent; Penalty
After January 30.
City tax bills went in the mail?
yesterday and today.
The city tax bills are computed,
on a basis of $100 valuation, as
follows:
Bond general Purpose, .68.
Bond Interest Fund, .70.
School Fund, .05.
Total tax rate, $1.43.
Taxes are due October 1.
City taxpayers, in event they
elect to pay during October may
deduct 1 per cent.
Persons paying in November
pay deduct 1-2 per cent.
December and January payments
are listed at par, while one percent
per month, will be added thereaf
ter.
Japan Will Brook
No League Plans
Envoy Announces Country
Will Play Lone Hand In
The Far East.
Geneva, Sept. 15.—(JP)—Japan
will refuse and ignore mediation of
the League of Nations in the Sino
Japanese conflict, the Japanese
minister here disclosed today.
The Japanese envoy told the As
sociated Press Japan would brook
no interference in the far eastern
crisis.
His statement came as the Lea
gue pondered what action to take,
if any, on China’s blistering indict
ment of Japanese “aggression” and
their demand for a League denun
ciation of the Japanese military
campaign.
„ “There is no question of Japan
accepting a temporary league coun
cil seat in case she is invited to de -
fend herself.” the Japanese envoy
declared.
toms of the disease which was once
known as “the white plague”, but
is now known as curable in the j
early stages.
Every day since Monday, and j
through tomorrow, the doctors
have been in the health office from
9:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m., making
I examinations. In the several cases
where active tuberculosis has been
discovered, they have recommend
ed treatment either in the state
santitarium or in private institut
ions.
It is gratifying to know, how
ever, that a very small percentage
of the more than 75 people who
have been examined have really
shown active germs. The doctors
urge any citizen of the town or
county who desires this free ser
vice, to come on Friday, the last
day of the clinic and avail them
selves of this wonderful oppor
tunity.
Demands Made As
Japs Are Stopped
Chinese Second Line Prove
Too Strong For Nippon
Thrust at Shanghai.
Seek Rich Lands
i -
Prize Will Control All Main
Railroad Lines And
Northern Entry.
Shanghai, Sept. 15.—(jP)—Naval
commanders of the United States
and four other western powers de
manded today that both Chinese
and Japanese anti-craft gunners
take immediate steps to spare the
lives of “innocent non-combatants.”
stretching 20 miles north and west
of the international steelement.
' The urgent request of the Amer
ican admiral, Harry G. Yemell, and
the other neutral naval command
ers went forward while Chinese, in
'the face of wave after wave of
Japanese attackers, stood their
ground on their new inland line,
Far tc the north the whole might
of 125,000 Japaness troops, and
their modem equipment, was
thrown into the long-bogged offen
sive against a 100 mile battle line.
This campaign into the rich sec
tions of the Yellow river holds the
real military importance of the
whole undeclared war.
On the altered Shanghai front it
became apparent that the Chinese
had retreated in three days of or
derly withdrawal to well establish
ed positions and have halted the
Japanese advance inland from the
main city.,
But a Japanese army spokesman
announced that his forces were pre
paring a general attack on Chinese
positions along the Tsingtao-Pukow
Hankow railroad the most import
ant ltne running from the Yang
tze valley to the norfh.
Yarnell and other foreign com
manders repeated their strong war
ning to the Japanese and Chinese
army to cease the reckless firing
over foreign warcraft in the harbor
that is endangering not only the
lives of those on warships but the
densely populated foreign settle
ment.
Peanut Farm Will
Be Placed Today
Decision on Location of North
Carolina Test Project
Delayed.
Raleigh, Sept. 15.—(IP)—The
state board of agriculture toda;
postponed until tomorrow selection
of a site for the state’s peanut test
farm, authorized by the 1937 Gen
eral assembly.
Commissioner of Agriculture W.
Kerr Scott said the board would
pick the location after a hearing
for delegations from Tarboro, and
Rocky Mount and farm organiza
tions.
Earlier, R. C. Holland of Eden
ton, president of the peanut stabil
ization co-operatives, urged in a
letter to Scott that the proposed
peanut farm be made ,a separate
project devoted to peanut and pea
nue disease research. E. F. Arnold,
bureau executive secretary and
members feared Scott planned to
put the work at one of the present
stations.
The board set 100 cubic feet as
the unit for shipping wood and vot
ed to require issuance of wood
purchase tickets in triplicate. An
other resolution required $4,000 for
the state warehouse system super
vision fund to test scales used in
weighing cotton.
Dr. R. Y. Winters, who resigned
yesterday as head of the central
experiment station at N. C. State
college, submitted the report of a
subcommittee studying soil types
and proposed locations for the pea
nut station. F. E. Miller, director
of the department’s test farms, is
expected to report omorrow on re
pair work and additions needed at
the stations.
Japanese Drive
* Peiping, Sept. 16—UB—A Japa
nese army of 125,000 men struck
at Chinese positions along the Em
pire’s north China front today
from the hills 40 miles west of here \
to the Peiping,Nanking railroad, 60
miles to the east in the bitterest
battle of the 9 weeks undeclared
war.