I The Largest Paid-Up Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in Randolph County MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS N. E. A. FEATURE SERVICE Randolph County’s Only Daily Newspaper THE DAILY COURIER “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of North Carolina” LUME LXI ASHEBORO, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22, 1937__ NUMBER 111 rolerance Urged At Yets Session; Minds Should Stay Young [esume Sessions After Big Parade Jany Resolutions on Peace And Foreign Relations Being Prepared. ’arade Closed Today leaker Contends Mind i Should Be Open to Ali New Ideas. | New York, Sept. 22.—CPI—The linericai) Legion today selected os Angeles, Calif., as the city for le 1938 annual convention. [ The choice was made after rank N. Belgrano, former nation commander had painted the lories of the west coast city. ! Denver and Chicago made bids or the session. New York, Sept. 22.—(.1*1—Tof rance towards new ideas was urg upou the American Legion to »y by General Frank T. Hines, ad ministrator of Veterans affairs and ne of the principal speakers at bday’s session of the 19th conven |on of the organization. ‘ Wo must remain young in mind nd in spirit to the full and fair Kchange of ideas and by practic bg tolerance of new ones but at he same time pointing with pride the faith we have kept with the orefathers of this, the greatest »tion on earth.” New York, Sept. 22.—(.Tt— The American Legion gave 5th avenue ack "today and went to work on lore ser ious phases of the cdhvfcn |on. J'ootweary from a 17 1-2 hour pa ade—the greatest parade of mar ling men and music New York the Legion ever saw—the vet rans turned to the task of for mulating a peace program design to keep America out of war. •A record crowd, estimated at least 2,500,000 persons watched ^ith alternating awe and passion te enthusiasm as 200,000 Legion |ien and women marched up the ag-decked world famous avenue the ptal of bugles and the roil thousands of drums. A detail of motorcycle police assed the reviewing stand at 50th treet at 8:20 a. m. yesterday and he last unit wheezed by at 10:40 f’clock this morning. Today the 1,939 delegates gath ed to hear reports on resolutions pneerning finances, Americanism, dild Welfare, peace relations and » reign relations. Insurgent Advance Jovernor Hoey To New Orleans Meet New Orleans, Sept. 22.—Nine Southern governors have united to pay in an industrial proclamation Lnd invitation made public here. F Included in this gubernatorial loncert is Governor Clyde R. Hoey |f North Carolina. The other governors signing are: pari E. Dailey, Arkansas; E. D. tivers, Georgia; R. W. Leche, Lou giana; Hugh L. White, Mississippi; E. W. Marland, Oklahoma; Gordon Browning, Tennessee; James V. Ulred, Texas; George C. Peery, Virginia. “Within the last few years the Rattle tick, scourge of the southern dairy farm, has been practically' Eradicated,” says the joint procla- | nation. “Milk production through- ( all of the South is rapidly increas- j JT, anl a field of expanding enter- j prise for Southerners and for the j enefit of all of the citizens of the ! South exists in the production of nilk and in its handling, processing j nanufacture and distribution, not j only in fluid form but in the form I of all the other accustomed dairy j products. “This year,” the governors’ state- j nent continues, “the conventions of the International Association of j Cream Manufacturers and the! International Association of Milk Dealers are to be held in Dallas, I Dctober 18 to 23 inclusive, and the! |National Dairy Industries Exposi-1 tion, the nation’s largest regularly ccurring industrial exposition, is o be held in New Orleans, Octo Iber 21 to 2Tv inclusive. Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Fron tier, Sept. 228.—(AD—Fresh ad | vances east and south of Gijon Iwere reported today by Insurgents. iThe announcement included a re |ported capture of another govern nt village. Trouble Afoot for Legionnaire You’d think L. B. Lowenstein of Los Angeles had had enough hiking in the army. But here he rubs weary feet on arrival for the American Legion convention in New York. He came afoot! County Scouts To Exhibit At Fair AH Tioots in County Plan To Aid in Operation Of Fair Booth. The executive committee of the Randolph county council Boy Scouts of America have completed plans for a scout exhibit during the county tair at the fair grounds. Every troop in the county has been invited to prepare articles of a scout nature for the exhibit. The committee has obtained a large booth which will be attrac tively decorated at which Scouts from various troops will be sta tioned during the hours of the fair. The exhibits include sample of wood-crafting, rope tyeing, and •many othed features which are out standing in scout activity. Unemployment To Be Listed By Dec. 1 Roosevelt Approves Plans Today; Project to Open At Once. Hyde Park, Sept. 22.—— John B. Biggers, administrator of the unemployment census announ ced after a summer White House conference today that President Roosevelt had approved final plans for the ennumeration. He added he expected the count would be com pleted before December 1. Gaddis Reunion at Tabernacle The fourth Gaddis reunion will be held on next Sunday September 26 at Mt. Zion church in Tabernacle township near Fullers Mill, all fa mily connections and their friends are invited to be present and bring well fillet' baskets. ‘Come to the Fair’Was Theme Song of State Fair Boosters Singing “Come to the Fair”, three bus loads of Raleigh business men came through Asheboro at noon today, stopped on the square and advertised their fair. They gave tricky souvenirs, tickets, pro grams and attracted attention gen erally with their white hats and colorful Yankee-Doodle feathers therein. The State college band, traveling with the outfit, gave a band con cert on the lawn of the Moring home in center town. H. L. Trent man, 4 Raleigh insurance man, Japan “Regrets” Wounding Envoy Of Great Britain Note Claims Motor Was Mis taken for Chinese Military Lorry. Bombed August 22 Tokyo Adds Stinging Phase Pertaining to Demanded Punishment of Pilot. London, Sept. 22.—(.P)—Japan today expressed formal “deep re gret” for the wounding of the Brit ish ambassador to China by Jap anese airplanes, the Reuters News Agency said in a dispatch. The Ambassador was shot and seriously injured by machine gun bullets from two planes August 22. The Japanese reply to the pro test by the British government said the “incident may have been caused by a Japanese air plane which mistook the car” for a Chi nese army car. The note admitted, the agency said, that two Japanese planes ma chine-gunned and bombed two mo tor cars “believed in all sincerity to be military lorries” containing Chinese army officers. Of British demands of punish ment of the air men, the Japanese note sa>d: “It is needless to say the Japa nese government will take suitable steps whenever it is established the Japanese aviators killed or woun ded, intentionally nationals belong ing to a third country.” The reply was the second, a pre vious one having requested time to investigate the affair. Roosevelt Says PWA Exhausted Will Close When Projects Are Completed; Aid No Longer Required* H;He Park, N. Y., Sept. 22.——The United States government today delivered to Japan a second and more vigorous protest against bombing of Nanking. This second, it was announced by Secretary Hull at his press confer ence, differed from the other ad dressed to the Japanese govern ment in that it constituted a for mal written note to the Japanese foreign minister. • The previous protest was made on the grounds that the bombing violated human and international laws and was delivered orally. The new representations was conveyed to the Japanese minister by American Ambassador Joseph C. Grew at approximately the same time that Japanese planes were bombing the Chinese capital. Secretary Hull, indicating that some reply had been received from Japan, but failing to reveal its nature, said official reports to Washington were that one shell exploded within the American em bassy compound during the Japa nese raid on Nanking. The secretary of state asserted, however, that there had been 10 report ol damage to American property or injury to its citizens. Walsh Says Black Deceived Friends Hints at Resignation And Impeachment; Imposed On President. Worcester, Mass., Sept. 22.—OW —Senator David I. Walsh, D. Mass.) -today declared Justice Hu go L. Black of Alabama, by not “discussing his previous member ship in the Ku Klux Klan” had at tained his elevation to the Supreme Court “by deception.” By his sil ence, Walsh contended, Black had grossly imposed on President Roos evelt, even before his confirma tion. Walsh said an impeachment would have to originate in the house and he expressed the opin ion that the most feasible way Oe could be eliminated would be for President Roosevelt to obtain his resignation. Parade Toll New York, Sept. 22.—(Ah—One child was killed and nearly 200 persons injured yesterday as crowds estimated by Legion offi cials at more than 2,000,000 persons i jammed Fifth avenue for the an nual parade of the American Le gion. Major A. R. Splint of the 102nd medical regiment which es tablished three field hospitals along the line of march, said the casual ty list was “remarkably small.” Quizzed About ‘Baby Purchase’ The fact that a $50 gift was left for the mothers who gave up their babies for adoption by her sister led to the detention of Alice Karnick, above, in Phila delphia, for investigation of a possible “baby traffic.” She is alleged to have “purchased” the infant- daughter of Mrs. Ethel Stayton in Milford, Del. Plan Reduction In Next Budget Washington to Cut Work Re lief in Effort to Balance The Budget. Washington, Sept. 22.—<.P>—Fis cal officials predicted today the administration would trim work re lief spending especially during the next fiscal year in an effort to bal ance the budget. Hearings on the 1938-29 budget have already been started by Dan iel W. Bell, acting budget direc tor. President Roosevelt will submit estimates to Congress in January. Plea Self-defense Shelbyville, Ky., Sept. 22.—(/PI— A self-defense plea, it was indicat ed tonight, will be made by Jack, Roy, and Dr. E. S. Garr, charged with the murder of Brig. General Henry H. Denhardt on the eve of the lawyer-soldier-politician’s wi dowed sister, Mrs. Verna Garr Tay lor, his fiancee. “Men don’t kill each other for nothing,” was the terse reply of J. Ballard Clark of La Grange, their attorney, to questions concerning reports the Garrs planned such a plea. THE WEATHER North and South Carolina: Fair tonight and Thursday. Dental Clinic To Operate 24 Weeks Randolph County A Free Service For Ali School Children of Randolph Coun ty Offered by State. Dr. Pearman Here Has Taken House and Plans To Make Asheboro Home; Schedule to Follow. Beginning in Asheboro Monday, a twenty-four week dental clinic op ened for Randolph county. Dr. H. R. Pearman, who is employed by the state board of health for this full-time work, is in charge of the clinic and is working with Dr. George H. Sumner and the health department of this county. Dr. Pearman, who has been in Randolph before, has decided to take a house here and make this his headquarters, since it is the center of the state and couples con - venience with a decided choice of Asheboro as a permanent location. Mrs. Pearman and their son are with the doctor here. Dr. Pearman urges all children between the ages of six and thir teen to come to him when he is in their locality for this free dental examination and work. Monday •morning, Dr. Pearman went to Central Falls where he spent two days attending to the dental needs of the children in that school. He was quite pleased with the response and with the fact that cildren real ize the importance of this work. He urges parents to cooperate by hav ing their children take advantage of this free service to them offered by the health department of the state of North Carolina.. Today, he went to Bethel school and plans to make a round of all the county schools. A complete list of hi3 itinerary will appear in this news paper as soon as the doctor is able to complete the schedule. French General Reported Captive Insurgents Said to Have Placed Ambassador Under Guard at Malaga. Bayonne, France, Sept. 22.—(.V) —The French consulate at Malaga said advices at this Franco-Span ish front town today is being held by the Spanish insurgent forces is an aftermath to the arrest of In surgent Major General Julian Tro ncosos in France on a charge of conspiracy to steal a submarine. There was no immediate confir mation of the report that the con sul general was under guard at the Southern Spanish city. Mrs. Coltrane Is Buried This P. M. Funeral service was held at 3:00 o’colck this afternoon for Mrs. Blanche Coltrane Wall, of near Randleman, who died at a Greens boro hospital yesterday. The ser vice was held at Burnett’s Chapel in Sumner township with burial in the churchyard. Mrs. Wall, a native of Guilford county, is survived by her husband J. Monroe Wall; four daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Laster and Misses Myrtle, Cleo and Edna Wall, all of Greensboro; three sons, Claude, Ray and W. C. Wall, all of Greens boro; one sister, Mrs. W. B. Gray, of Greensboro; three brothers, Tyle Coltrane, of Antes Fort, Pa., and Grovener and Vernon Coltrane, of Greensboro, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Coltrane, of Ran dleman road. Berlin, Sept. 22.—CP)—Ger- \ many, which has an anti-commun- I istic pact with Japan requested Tokyo today to refrain from bom- j bardment of the Reich-Nanking embassy. Hyde Park, N. Y„ Sept. 22.—(.P) | —President Roosevelt ordered his heavy ciothes packed today for a whirlwind tour to Seattle and back to find out if the country is j thinking about administration ob- j jectives. i Asheboro Man Obtains Big Verdict Alter 9 Year Suit New Haven, Conn., Sept. 22. —t.W—A judgment of $21,952 ended a $40,000 civil suit in progress here for nine years today when Superior Court Judge John Booth entered that judgment for Clyde C. Hart 50 Jap Planes Rain Death and Fire On Feeble and Disabled Exiled Windsors Visit in Hungary good humor, the Duch ess of Windsor, right, laughs merrily when greeted by Mrs. Charles Ecdeaux at Mezokovesd, Hungary. Mr. Bedeaux, left, chats with the duke in the back ground. The visit with the Be deaux, who had been their hosts at Monts, France, prior to the wedding, marked the end of the Windsors' ho~oy-?>—■> >—' ■ •> Santee-Cooper In Uncertain Status President’s Decision to End PWA Raises Question In South Carolina. Washington, Sept. 22.—CP)— President Roosevelt’s announce ment of the end of the PWA—in sofar as new projects are concern ed—left in doubt today the status of the South Carolina Santee Cooper power project. Although the South Carolina project has been appropriated $6, 000,000, doubt was expressed con cerning the remaining $31,500,000 in view of the President’s statement that no more funds were to be al located. PWA officials refused to inter pret the President’s statement in reference to what effect it would have on the Santee-Cooper project. They said further comment would have to came from Me. Roosevelt. G. O. P. Cheerful Washington, Sept. 22.—CP)—Re: publican leaders from the big cities talked strategy here today and re ported improved party prospect.3 in many sections. Under the leadership of John D. Hamilton, chairman of the national committee, they-eanvassed trends of the political situation and pre dicted a big turnover in next years congressional elections. Washington, Sept. 22.—UP>— Greenwood county, South Carolina, told the Supreme Court today that an electric plant at Buzzard’s Roost would not serve as a yardstick to fix power utility rates. zell, of Asheboro, N. C., against the Acme Wire company. The suit was based on Hartzell’s contention the money was due on unpaid commissions for a 5-year period from 1923 to 1928. Non-Combatants Caught In Raid Straw-hutted Sections Burn Like Match Boxes; For eign Envoys in Danger. Johnson Back in Zone United States Ambassador Ordered Back to Office In War-Torn City Honkong, Sept. 22.—(.W— Three hundred lives were fear ed lost at Canton today in a series of devastation air raids by Japanese bombing planes. The fourth attack of the day and the sixth within 24 hours kited the toll of lives and pro perty and the official toll was mounting hourly. Tokyo, Sept. 22.—CP>— The foreign office announced today Joseph Grew, the United States ambassador and Sir Robert Cragie, the British ambassa dor had conferred with Minis ter Koki Hirota on the Japa nese threat to devastate the Chinese capital of Nanking, with air bombs. The foreign office denied the ambassadors had protested against the bombing or reserv ed the right to indemification for loss of lives and property. Nanking. Sept. 22.——Less than forty-eight hours after Brit ish and American protests to the. Japanese government against un restricted bombing of this capital, more than 50 Jap airjlanes twice rained death and destruction from the skies today, killing, wounding and buring to death more than 200 noncombatant- Chinese. Killed or injured were mostly those who had been too feeble or helpless to join the exodus into the safer countryside. Dozens of bombs and high ex1 plosives fell into the native straw hut section which burned like mat ch boxes. Many were caught and burned to death. At many places dismembered legs, arms and heads were to -oe seen. The lives of 20 -Americans in cluding 7 women were endangered by the bombing and screen of fire raised b> the Chinese anti-aircraft batteries. Despite the American and Brit ish protests against bombing civi lian populations and private prop erty the mostly deeply settled sec tion of the city was attacked, in cluding the new residential dis trict where the American, Italian, German and Netehrlands embassies or legetations are located. Thirty-two sections of the capital were bombed with an average of three projectiles for each spot. The stations of two of China’s most im portant railroads were bombed near where American and Brit ish, French and Italian warships are anchored in the Yangtze. Many additional causalties were reported in this section. Chinese claimed to have brought down four of the raiding planes. Despite the air raid, United States Ambassador Nelson T. John son and his staff returned tonight to the embassy from the American patrol boat Luzon aboard which they had taken refuge since Tues day. Johnson indicated he is ready to remain at the capital notwith standing today’s raid. Chinese of ficials expressed extreme gratifi cation and Americans here assum ed the Ambassador had received instructions to return from Wash ington. Maj, Bruce Craven Is Convalescing The many friends in Randolph of Major Bruce Craven of Trinity will be delighted to know that he is now well on the road to recovery after a recent illness. Major Craven suf fered a heart attack three weeks ago and has been resting at hi3 home since that time. He is now sufficiently recovered to enjoy see ing friends. Germany leads the world in the manufacture of motorcycles, its production in the last year being 151,000 units out of a world total of 316,000. Great Britain ranked Second with a producton of 75,000.