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ASHEBORO, N. cffillPAY, OCTOBER 8, 1937
NUMBER 123
aps Scrap Nine
Power Pact; Will
Turn Down Bid
ipire's Spokesman Spurns
Treaty Promising China
Territorial Rights.
'o Answer America
jkyo Stock Exchange In
| Revival After Roosevelt
Condemnation Talk.
[ Tokyo, Oct. 8.—(,W—The Japan ■
foreign office said today that
ifting a formal statement of Ja
“Imperial government” was
sin’s avtitude on their condemn-i
|ion by the United States and the
ague of Nations for violation of
he 9-power treaty.
Reliable sources indicated that
fapan would denounce the treaty
an obsolete and impracticab'e
the present emergency.
Japan, these sources implied,
vould refuse to participate in any
Conference of the treaty signator
“These are the nation’s senti
nents” the foreign voice spokesman
aid. He declined to state the gov
ernment’s answer would be dictat
by national sentiment. The time
for releasing the statement was
not announced, although it wa3
expected tonight.
The Tokyo stock exchange which
had been thrown into disorder by
Roosevelt’s speech opened
slightly stronger today.
[any Attend Rites
Dr Hunter Today
ctois of Town and County
Honorary Pall Bearers;
Many Flowers.
Many and beautiful were the flo
al tributes offering mute testi
nony of the high esteem in which
Or. J. V. Hunter was held, and rep
-■esentative was the crowd at the
Funeral for this prominent profes
sional man, held this morning. The
irites were in charge of Dr. Coth
ran G. Smith, pastor of the local
Presbyterian church of which the
deceased was ruling elder. (
Friends from Asheboro, from
[the county and from several other
Jcities were among those who at
tended the service at the Hunter
home ami the cemetery afterward.
Close friends of the deceased
vere the pall bearers with all the
doctors of the town and county act
ng as honorary pall bearers. Mem
bers of the Randolph Book club, of
Fhich Mr. Hunter has been a mem
er for thirty-five years, with the
jelp of some other friends, carried
he flowers.
Expressions of sympathy have
^een sincere and many since the
hews of the sudden illnfcss of Dr.
Jlunter last Sunday morning. From
[the beginning, there was little ba
sis for hope for hia recovery but
his brother-physicians and nurses
vere efficiently attentive. Dr. Hun
er has made his home and practic
ed in Randolph county since he
came here from Mecklenburg in
11906.
rs. Hayworth And
Mrs. Neely Leave
mediately for his bedside.
appeal of Haywood Patterson, one
of the nine negroes involved in the
ftaious Scottsboro case.
i Fish Raps F. D. R.
| New York, Oct. 8.—UP>—Repre
sentative Hamilton Fish, republican
of New York, ranking minority
member of the house committee on
Iforeign relations, said yesterday
that when President Roosevelt
“proposes to quarantine nations like
Japan, Germany, and Italy, or join
in sanctions, he ceases to speak for
the vast majority of Americans
' who have definitely made up their
: minds not to fight other people’s
[battles.”
Detroit, Oct. 8,—(JPl—The Rev.
father Charles E. Coughlin's first
itterancc- on current public ques
ions since the Archdiocese of De
roit was created drew from his
lew archbishop last night the com
nent that he used "unfortunate
Fleet street is London’s news
iper row.
Mapping Strategy for A, F. of L.
Intent upon determining the best course for the American Federa
tion of Labor to follow in the turbulent convention at Denver, and
a critical national labor situation, were Frank J. Duffy, left, first
vice president, and Frank Morrison, veteran secretary-treasurer, as
this picture was taken. Internal strife and a campaign against
the C. I. O. make their task more difficult.
Legion Plans Armistice Day
Ceremony In Public Schools
' Italian Ace
Second son of II Duce, who is re
ported to be leading crack Italian
flyers in new bombing raids over
Spanish government lines.
Asheboro Council
Discuss Program
City Fathers Pressed For
Constant Improvements In
Municipality.
The Asheboro city council last
night devoted considerable time to
discussing ways and means of pro
viding the necessary improvements
to streets, water and sewer lines
and to the city water supply. The
demand for additional municipal
service of all kinds has been in
creasing from day to-day until it
has reached a critical stage.
The rapid growth of the city, the
ever increasing residential section
has tax id the city to keep with the
demands for all kinds of service.
Several taxpayers appeared be
fore the council last night with ver
bal petitions for street repairs and
improvements. Among those receiv
ed were requests for re-surfacing
White Oak and West Ward streets.
The council approved the.payrolls
and vouchers for the past month.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina. Fair tonight and
Saturday. Slightly colder in the
and south eastern sections. Scatter
ed frosts in the west portion to
night.
Deflated Life Raft Found
In Pacific; Earhart Clue
Honolulu, Oct. 8.—(i/P)—The
Anding of a deflated life raft off
the coast of Hawi, a small island
near here, was indicated as a pos
sible clue to the mysterious disap
pearance of Amelia Earhart today.
Lieut. Thomas G. Richards, of
the United Ctates navy flight base
here said there was a possibility
the raft was one carried by Miss
Earhart. He said it was the type
carried on civilian trans-ocean
flights.
Speaker to Address Pupils At
Public Gathering; Stores
Cooperate.
The Dixon Post 45, American Le -
gion today completed tentative
plans for an observance of Armis
tice day, Monday, November 11,
with opening ceremonies in the au
ditorium of the Fayetteville Street
high school auditorium.
Members of a committee, ap
pointed at Tuesday’s meeting, fnfltfe'
arrangements with Superintendent
Reginald Turner for a public meet
ing in the school building.
The Legion committee plans to
decorate the stage with American
flags and post colors. Other de
tails of the decoration program
are being worked out this week.
The tentative plans call for an
assembly of the school students,
singing of patriotic songs and sev
eral musical numbers by the High
school band.
The Legion will provide a speak
er for the occasion. The public
will be invited to attend the cere
mony.
Coffin and Scarboro today offer
ed the Legion a section of its show
window space for a special patrio
tic decoration for the day. Rufus
F. Routh, a member of the subcom
mittee will have charge of gather
ing the necessary articles for the
display. It will include gas masks,
steel helmets, pieces of armament
and many other articles brought
back from France by the veterans.
Tho Amos Furniture company
joined other merchants today in
indicating a desire to carry out
window displays of a patriotic na
ture for the occasion. Others who
have expressed their willingness to
cooperate, according to committee
reports today, include the B. C.
Moore company, W. W. Jones and
Sons, the Rose 5 and 10 store and
Huntley-Stockton-Hill. The com
mittee is interviewing all merch
ants and expects to have a complete
report within the next few days.
Moscow, Oct. 8.—UP)—Secretary
of .State Cordell Hull’s condemna
tion of Japan’s undeclared war
against China caused a mild sensa
tion in Soviet circles today.
Denver, Colo., Oct. 8.—(A1)—The
American Federation of Labor de
clared economic war on Japan to
day, with delegates to the federa
tion’s convention shouting their ap
proval of a boycott on Japanese
goods.
Washington, Oct. 8.—(TP)—China
bought more implements of war
from the United States in the last
two years than any other country.
Had the ra£t been inflated, he
said, the winds might have carried
it this far. Its mutiliations, he
pointed out, might have been caus
ed by beating against rocks.
Christian, N. J., Oct. 8.—CW—
Officials of the Air Cruisers, Inc.,
whose main pladt is located here
said today the deflated raft found
on the shore of Hawi was not the
one Amelia Earhart purchased
from that company.
Conference Plans
British Minis
Lauds Presi
Roosevelt’s
Contends Roosevelt Speflefi j
Calls For United Acta Of f
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‘Peace” Nations.
Discuss Procedure fo
Power Parley; May Mepi
In Hague.
London, Oct. 8.—<70—J
secretary, Anthony Eden, today
pressed the British goverinni
“gratification” over President
evelt’s speech to the Amei
charge-de-aqairs, Hershel Jdh:
and, toia him that Great
considers it a “real contribution'
wards peace.”
At the same time, infor
sources said, during a meetii
the cabinet yesterday, the gen
implications of the United St
speech called for cooperation
“peace loving nations”.
They also went over the pr
dure to be followed at the 9-po*
conference appeal from the Jap
nese invasion ol' China.
Informed sources hinted it
unlikely Washington, London
any other big capital would be ch
sen as the scene of the 9-pa*
talk.
It was indicated the LeagtTC
would dc considered in view of
Netherlands important trade inters
ests in the Far East. . Hi
indicated the United States was
With these developments, it «a|
taking over Britain’s traditional
role as the holder of the internal
tional balance of power, at least in
the Eastern situation.
The British were suddenly silea
on 11 Duce’s delay on answerhs
the bid for a tri-power conferenc
to discuss getting foreign troop
out of Spain. ,,
Britain stood by France today,
ready to support immediate de
ive actions, if the Italian leader’4
reply to the situation failed to me
the Anglo-French requirements.
... A. ... 1
Park Urges Need
Of Unselfishness
Raleigh Publisher Guest Of
High Point Rotary; Dis
trict Governor
High Point, Oct. 8.—An inspira
tional address bountifully inter
spersed with humor by John A.
Park, of Raleigh, governor of the
189th District of Rotary Interna
tional, was the feature of yester
day’s luncheon meeting of the local
Rotary club.
Governor Park, whose experi
ences as a Rotarian covers a period
of 23 years, was a charter member
of the Raleigh club. Having seen
the number of Rotary clubs grow
from less , than 200 to more than:
4.000 the speaker believes that the
185.000 individual members of Ro
tary exercises an influence in the
82 countries in which they live, the
force and value of which is incal
culable.
Men maintain their Rotary af
filiation because they are interest
ed, Governor Park continued, stress
ing the fact that the unselfish in
terest in the welfare of others
which is . one of the cardinal princi
ples of Rotary, brings out the bet
ter qualities in the nature of the
individual. Men who have grown
rich and influential during their
lives will be remembered more for
their extensive philanthropies than
for their material accomplishments
he stated, mentioning in this con
nection several Americans whose
vast fortunes have been devoted to
the' improvement of living condit
tions in this country.
Rotarian W. H. Foy of Reids
ville, Was a visitor at today’s meet
ing. Other visitors were Ben Coop
er, and Arthur Marsh, Jr., both
of High Point and Sherman Hoov
er of Washington, D. C.
Preceding the regular meeting,
Governor Park met with chairmen
of the club’s various committees.
At this meeting a number of phas
es of Rotary activities generally
and of the local club particularly
were discussed in detail.
New York, Oct. 8.—(JP>—A strike
at 800 Brooklyn gasoline stations,
employing 6,000 men, was ordered
tonight by Walter J. Burke, presi
dent of local Na. 20,408 of the Gas
oline Station Attendants’ union, to
take effect Saturday morning.
Shelbyville, Ky., Oct. 8.—<-P>—
Roy and Jack Garr were freed on
bond again today, pending their
trial October 18, on an indictment
charging them with murdering
General Henry H. Denhardt.
E. S. Garr, eldest of the three
brothers, did not appear at the ar
raignment and the judge ordered
his 820,000 bond forfeited.
Japan “Declares” War In China;
\£arns Chinese Against Attack
On Nipponese Non-Combatants
20 Years Later—Still Shooting
and thinned their hair, but it,hadn’t affected the American dough
boy’? fondness for the peculiar, pastime of crap shooting,’ France
found when a group of legionnaires landed in Cherbourg and
started a game in the station, where this picture was taken. When
the game ended the veterans continued their pilgrimage to the
battlefields on which they had fought two decades before.
Cotton Futures Drop; Reach
Lowest Level Since 1933
$1.50 a bale shortly after trad
ing? was resumed, following a
halt when the market received
New York, Oct. 8.—(.IV
Caught off guard by the unex
eted big increase in the gov
' nt’s report of this year’s
crop, prices of the sta
dropped to the
17,573,000 Cotton Bales
Estimated for This Year
Green Declares
‘War’ on G.I.O,
TBmniag John L. Lewis a “dic
teter," William Green, president
fed Hit American Federation of
Labor, la riom above at Den
ver at be told delegates to the
eniiail convent km of the Fed
eration that near unions prob
ably would be organized to fight
the C. L O. in auto, steel, rub
ber and glass industries.
Hendaye, Spanish-Franco Fron
tier, Oct. 8.—(iP>—Spanish govern
ment militia abandoned their de
fense campaign today and hurled
themselves on the Insurgent army
east of the Austurian capital.
Lyon, France, Oct. 8.—(.H—
Hissing gave way to blows and
gunfire last night when members of
Col. Francois de la Rocque’s social
party clashed with a Communist
party group in the streets of Saint -
Fons.
Arizona was the last state to en
ter the union.
the report yield, the second
largest in the nation’s history.
Dealing was resumed and la
ter showed declines of 8 to 17
points from the level prior to
. the publication of Jthe estimate.
rally later but dealings showed
Commodities gained some.
Bonds were uneven.
Census Bureau Announces
Over 8 Million Baies Gin
ned to Date.
Washington, Oct. 8.—(;F>—The
agriculture department today fore
cast this year’s cotton crop at 17,
578.000 hales of 500 pounds each,
based on October 1 conditions.
The census bureau announced
8,259,445 bales of this year’s crop
had been ginned prior to October
1 compared with 6,031,850 of last
year.
A month ago the agriculture de
partment reported 16,098,000 bales
were indicoted from conditions
existing September 1.
Today’s forecast was based on
33.736.000 acres and a condition of
79 per cent of a normal year as of
October 1, indicating a yield of
249.3 pounds of lint to the acre.
Improvements At
Pugh Funeral Home
Modern Green Awning Makes
Covered Walk-way From
Chapel to Street.
Among the many improvements
now in process in the main business
district of Asheboro is obvious to
all who pass Pugh’s Funeral Home
on oWrth street. Taking on addi
tional winter clothing in the form
of an oval awning running from
the door to the street, is the first
step of this winter preparation.
The awning is of a soft green
shade wih the name in very large
letters for all to see. This awning
helps the looks cf the building and
of the entire street as well.
In addition to the outside im
provements, a transformation and
fall cleaning is going on inside the
establishment. Venetian blinds of a
cream color are being placed at the
windows, transforming the entire
place.
‘Depression Babies’
Lower Enrollment
Indianapolis (.Pi—Six hundred
fewer beginners enrolled in Indian
apolis schools this fall than last.
School commissioners attributed
the decline to the fact that this
year is the first in which “de
pression babies” reached school age.
A decline in the birth rate was one
of the results of the depression,
[they said.
Lives, Property
Of Foreigners To
Be Safe-guarded
Statement Believed to Mark
Opening of Jap Big
Offensive.
May Come Oct. 10
Jap General Believes He Has
Sufficient Force To
Defeat Chinese.
Shanghai, Oct. 8. —(,V>— Iwabe
Matsu,, Japanese commander-in
chief «n the Shanghai front issued
a proclamation today as the first
official announcement of the Jap
anese invasion of China—which
Chinese considered the equivalent,
if not a diplomatic formal declara
tion of war.
The general declared the Jap
anese army “is now prepared to
use every means to subdue its op
ponents.''
In view of previous declarations
of Japanese army and navy spokes
men, observers considered this a
verbal prelude of Japan’s threaten
ed “big push” against Chinese de
fense lines north west of Shantung.
The commander, in the name of
the Japanese emperor, promised
“an early victory and a peaceful
future after scourging the Chinese
government army which has been
pursuing an anti-foreign and Japa
nese policy in cooperation with
Communistic influences.” He add
ed that the lives and property of
nationals of third nations would be
protected.
His announcement came shortly
after army authorities made an im
plied threat to turn their plane and
warship battle against Pootung
acroBSlhe Wampoo unless Chinese
batteries cease firing at Japanese
civilians in the Hungkew sector of
the International settlement.
Questioned concerning the procla
mation, and army spokesman ex
plained that General Mateur,
after gathering the necessary un
its, now considers himself equal to
carrying on out the mission entrus
ted to him by the Emperor.
The Japanese army, the. spokes
man said, was prepared to utilize
all reinforcements and military
equipment but declined to say whe
ther the “big push” was planned to
begin October 10.
Plan For Revival
Raraseur Church
Rev. W. R. Phillips, Former
Pastor, Will Assist Minis
ter in Special Meeting
Ramseur, Oct. 8.—Rev. W. R.
Phillips, pastor of the Pilgrim Hol
iness church here announces that
Rev. W. C. Frazier, native of Ran
dolph county and a former pastor
here, will hold special services
October 16 and 17.
Rev. Mr. Frazier is now pastor |
in Burbank, Calif., where he has1
been for a number of years. Dur
ing his years in Burbank Rev.
Frazier has organized and built
Nazarene churches there. Before
going ip California he was super
intendent of the Pilgrim Holiness
church of the Southern District.
Referring to the special services
Rev. Mr. Phillips said “we are ex
pecting a great crowd and are ar
ranging for loud speakers in order
that everyone will be able to hear
the speaker.
Man Electrocuted
By Short Circuit
Charlotte Youth Killed as He
Repairs Auto; Wire Run
From Residence.
Charlotte, Oct. 8—Horace Short,
20-year-old mill worker of Kings
Mountain, was electrocuted here
early last night while repairing his
automobile at the rear of 438 Mal
lory street, North Charlotte.
Short, police reported, was stand
ing in a puddle of water holding
a drop cord he had run from the
house when he was suddenly knock
ed off his feet by strong voltage
caused by a short circuit.
Chefoo, China, Oct. 8.—(.PI—The
American destroyer squadron No. 5
moved out of Chefoo harbor yester
day in response to a Chinese warn
ing that the breakwater protect
ing this Shantung province port
would be destroyed.
r Eastern Plan
its Conference
In U. S. Capital
a
Itooseve -‘Awaits Party
Leaders; May Come
Wednesday.
w
No Black Meeting
Chief Executive States He
Plans No Talk With
New Member.
Washington, Oct. 8.—UP)—Pres
ident Roosevelt told a largely at
tended press conference today he
■ would make no important decision
| on foreign policies until he had a
i chance to talk with leaders in
| Washington.
In reply to a series of questions,
| he said, he was not sure of what
j decision he would make on the mat
ter of a special session of Con
i gress until he returned to Hyde
j Park Wednesday morning.
The President told reporters he
i did not have any plans to confer
I with Associate Justice Hugo L.
Black, whose appointment to the
| Supreme Court aroused a storm of
I controversy.
Yanks Lead 5 To 0
At End Of Sixth
Giants Unable to Hit Pearson;
Americans Hit
Freely.
New York, Oct. 8.—The New
York Yankees, at the close of the
seventh inning were continuing
their baseball instructions to the
Giants in a slugging fest which up
to that time had given them a 5 to
1 lead.
Schumaker, hurling for the Giants
j was taken from the mound in the
i sixth and Melton went in.
First inning. Yanks. Crosetti
drew a pass. Rolfe flied out. Di
Maggio fanned and Gehrig went
out, second to first.
Giancs. Moore, the first up, was
thrown out at first. Bartell and Ott
1 took turns flying out to center,
i No hits, no runs, no errors.
Second inning. Yanks. Dickey
i flied out to center. Selkirk was
! passed and scored on Hoag’s single.
1 Lazerri singled to right. Pearson
was passed and Crosetti was safe
on a fielder’s Choice which cut
Hoag down at the plate. Rolfe
fouled out to the catcher. One run,
2 hits.
Giants. Ripple and McCarthy the
first two up flied out to center. Chi
ozza flied out to third.
No hits, no runs, no errors.
Third inning. Yanks. Di Maggio
flied out to center. Gehrig singled
Dickey hit a three bagger and Geh
rig scored. Selkirk scored. Hoag
went out to third to first. Lazzeri
was passed. Pearson struck out.
Three hits, 2 runs, no errors.
Banning flied out to short.
Whitehead flied out to first and
Shumaker struck out. No hits, no
runs, no errors.
Fourth inning. Yanks. Crosetti
went out third to first. Rolfe hit a
two bagger and scored on Di Mag
gio’s single. Di Maggio was
caught off second. Gehrig flied
out to left. Dickey went down.
Two hits, one run, no errors.
Giants. Moore went down short
to first. Bartell took the same
route. Ott struck out. No hits,
no runs, no errors.
Fifth inning. Yanks. Selkirk was
safe at first on an error. Hoag sin
gled an 1 Selkirk went to second.
Lazzeri fanned. Selkirk was on
third. Pearson went out pitcher to
first. Selkirk scored. Crosetti
flied out to left. One hit, one run,
one error.
Giants. Ripple went down short
to first. McCarthy was out. Chioz
za got a single but was caught nap
ping at first. One hit, no runs, no
errors.
Sixth inning. Rolfe hit a two bag
ger. Di Maggio went out, short to
first. Gehrig flied out to second.
Dickey went down, second to first.
One hit, no runs, no errors.
Giants. Whitehead went out sec
ond to first. Berger, hitting for
Schumaker, fanned. Moore singled.
Bartell struck out. One hit, no
runs, no errors.
Seventh inning. Yanks. Selkirk
flied out to right. Hoag singled.
Lazzeri drew a pass and was
caught in a double when Pearson
slid into second, to short to first.
One hit, no runs, no errors.
Giants. Ott went down. Ripple hit
a single and scored on McCarthy’s
double. It was Mac’s second hit of
the series. Chiozza was out, sec
ond to first. Melton was thrown
out. Two hits, one run, no errors.
Eighth inning. Yanks. Crosetti
was thrown out. Rolfe drew a base
on balls. Dj Maggio and Gehrig
flied out to right. No hits, no runs,
no errors. .
Giants. Whitehead went out on a
nice throw, third to first. Sam Lefy
hitting for Melton, fouled out to
Dickey. Moore was thrown out
short to first. No hits, no runs, do
errors.
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