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ME LXI
ASHEBORO, N. C„ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1937
NUMBER 125
I5THDISTRICT CLUB WOMEN GATHER
Iipanese Planes Attack Autos
Carrying British Officials; Soviet
Representative Passenger in Car
‘upants Escape
Without Injury
[ Car Carried England's
distant Air Attache; On
Way to Shanghai.
"he Cars Riddled
ck Continued on Men As
^ey Jumped For Safety;
Open Probe.
inghai, Oct. 12.—</P)—Three
mobiles, belonging to the Brit
nbassy, were machine-gunned
by two Japanese war plane3.
of the occupants were injur
staff car, in which S. S. Mor
ssktant air attache of the
embassy was riding, with
al other Englishmen, was at
by the Jap planes near Min
14 miles south of Shan
f about 4 p. m. although the
motor cars carried the Union
.ho British officials said.
Japanese planes continued
machine-gunning after the
ants jumped to seek cover.
British asserted the cars
have been easily identified.
ith the British, in one of the
t was a Soviet embassy secre-|
had been picked up a few min
[ before when his car broke
embassy staff cars were en
*.o Shanghai from Nanking
l same highway where two
ie planes recently S&ffously
_ the British ambassador to
by bombing and machine
ng the automobile in which
48 riding.
itish sources received the news
affair with the gravest con
anese authorities said the in
had not been reported.
believed, it was indicated,
tish authorities had not no
either the army or navy that
itish were using the high
To Roxboro Sunday
rn Funeral At
indlen
Brat service
, this afternoon at the Coun
bliness church, near Randle
for Joseph Hubbard Brown,
tr-old resident of Randolph
and one of that
frespeoted citizens,
i Brown succumbed sunaay
on at 4 o’clock after an illness
nut six weeks
hospital,
viving are hi;
obertson Brown,
__ Brown, of Randleman; »
liter, Mrs. J. A. Shirley, of the
, two brothers, A. C. Brown,
andleman, and Henry Brown,
Jgi Point; and a sister, Mrs.
ry Bullard, of Randleman.
3. A. A. Bennett
Passes Suddenly
.. Elma Iola Bennett, wife of
_ Bennett, of Sophia route one,
[suddenly at her home yester
[ afternoon at 6:30 o’clock of
. failure. The funeral will be
acted tomorrow afternoon at 1
k from the Union Grove Meth
Protestant church, near Sia
Bennett, 37, was a member
. Welch Memorial Methodist
itant church in High Point,
i her marriage she was Miss
Iola Freeman, of Montgom
mnty.
is survived by her father,
, Freeman, of Ether; her hus
and three daughters, Irene,
t, and Lucy; four sons, Clyde,
Donald Raye and Archie
of the home; one brother,
„>man, of Dayton, 0.| and
iter, Mrs. J. W. Brame, of
route one
i and Mrs. W. C. Hammond,
Mrs. Larry Hammond mo
Roxboro Sunday for the
i Mr. and Mrs. Neal Paris,
ok little Larry Neal Paris
a month’s stay in Ashe
his grandparents.
Belittles Speech
by Roosevelt
"It would be bad for the 0. S.
to start anything with Japan—it
would lose a good customer,”
opines Fumitaka Konoye, son of
Japan’s premier, who above
reads the Daily Princetonian,
which published bis statement
that President Roosevelt’s speech
against aggressor nations was
“nothing much." Young Konoye
is a student of political science
at~Mna*toa University. -
Britain’s Policy
Quiets To Italy
Believe New Note Will Not In
crease Danger of Wide Eu
ropean Conflict.
London, Oct. 12.—(.V)—Prime
Minister Chamberlain and Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden, in high
command of the British foreign
policy, drafted insistent but mod
erate action today in an attempt
to change II Duce’s mind regarding
foreign soldiers in Spain.
Diplomaic sources indicated its
course—supported by France—
would not increase the danger of a
general war but was expected to
bring Italy into line on non-inter
vention.
The change of course was in
face of gathering insurgent offen
sives.
Washington, Oct. 12.—(/P>—Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt said today
she “supposed” the Duke and Du
chess ox Windsor would visit the
White House during their forthcom
ing visit to this country.
Washington, Oct. 12—C/P)—At
torney General Cummings renewed
his criticsm of some Supreme court
decisions last night and asserted
that present-day social and econo
mic needs “must and will be met.”
Postmaster Redding Hopes
To Place Asheboro on List
!
Out of a clear blue sky at 10:58
this morning a gull winged Stinson
Reliant monoplane swooped down
and settled before a throng of
about 200 people on the Randolph
landing field to gather up some 13
28 air mail letters from Postmas
ter J. O. Redding, the first air mail
to be sent from Asheboro, and then
after seven minutes took off for the
next stopping, point.
Pilot Griffith circled the field
once on arrival, turning the orange
tical angle and giving the specta
white-striped Gulf plane at a ver
tors a full view of the government
chartered ship, while Postmaster
Redding and the directors of the
.Asheboro Chamber of Commerce
made ready to give him a cordial
welcome.
A motorcade formed along North
t Fayetteville street at 9:30, compris
ing about 20 cars, and journeyed
Sthe field where the members of
e local high school band were
already warming up their horns.
And when the form of the plane
loomed over a distant green hill Di
rector Pat Leonard swung his ba
ton down and the red day field was
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Nanking Crushes
Jap Air Raiders
♦luge Observation Plane
Crashes in City; Bombs
Mark Attack.
Nanking, Oct. 12.—UP)—A fleet
of 24 Japanese warplanes bombed
the Chinese capital today.
Two of the Japanese craft were
brought down, one of the Jap
planes crashed headlong in the cen
ter of the city after a sepctacuiar
dog fight with Chinese pursuit
planes.
The Japanese invaders were
greeted with terrific anti-aircraft
barrages as they swooped down on
the arsenal, dropping the heaviest
bombs yet used in an air attack.
Chinese pursuit planes immed
iately took to the air and engage !
the Japanese in a terrific dog
fight. One Chinese plane was
struck but managed to make the air
base safely.
Other Chinese planes engaged a
fast Japanese observation plane
that looped, dived and side-slipped
in an effort to escape. It was
struck in a vital spot and crashed
into the center of Nanking.
Japan Holds A. P.
Reporter As Spy
Haldore Hanson, Arrested
Two Weeks Ago, May Be
Released Today.
Peiping, Oct. 12.—LVt—Japanese
military authorities at Paotingfu
last night refused to release Hal
dore Hanson Associated Press cor
respondent whom they arrested
two weeks ago as a spy.
Col. J. T. Stilwell, military at
tache to the United States embas
sy here was not permitted to visit
Hanson, despite repeated requests.
Col. Stilwell went to Paotingfu
during the day with a Japanese es
corted partly of foreign newspap
ermen and officials.
Lt. Col. Junzo Hiracka, Japanese
officer ;n charge of the party, how
ever, assured Stilwell that Han
son would be released and allowed
to return to Peiping tomorrow.
Randolph Pupils
To Attend Fair
Students to Receive Full
Credit For Studies While
At Raleigh.
Children throughout Randolph
county will be given an opportunity
of attending one day’s session of
the State Fair at Raleigh this
week. Superintendent of Schools 1
T. Fletcher Bulla has distributed
student’s tickets to the various i
schools were they will be available
this week.
Students attending the fair will 1
be given full credit for attendance
the day they devote to the 'fair.
the scene of a cordial welcoming i
committee. <
Among those on hand that were 1
introduced to Pilot Griffith were 1
Cleveland Thayer, secretary of the '
Chamber of Commerce, and Char- *
lie Bossong, president. Other pro
minent members of the town or
ganization were present to extend t
best wishes to Mr. Griffith as well
as a host of Asheboro citizens.
Concerning the amount of air
mail letters that were sent by the
special plane, Mr. Redding ventur
ed to say that he hoped for Ashe- *
boro a commendable showing when
compared by government officials
with the other towns and cities vis
ited by the special mail plane. The
idea behind the air mail week is to ]
spot the more suitable towns anl ]
cities which could be placed on a :
regular route for air mail service, ]
Mr. Redding thinks, and he is par- i
ticularly anxious that Asheboro >
make as good showing as possible i
during this week. He urges all the
citizens of Asheboro and Randolph <
county to use air mail service at <
every possible opportunity this 3
week with this in mind. f!
The Daily Courier ip pleased Wtmhounce to its many friends and
readers that today installation was completed on the new linotype ma
chine for this plant. The machine is a new Mergenthaler linotype, Mo
del 8, which is the last word in typesetting equipment, having all th3
latest electrical devices that make modern newspaper publication a
pleasure. It will cast from the smallest body matter to the large dis
play type, and is as handsome a piece of machinery as it is efficient.
For sometime The Daily Courier has held the distinction of being
the only full-sized newspaper published daily with one linotype. Ad
ded to the publication has also been some job work.
The installation cf this new machine, which arrived this week
straight from the factory, enables this newspaper to have adequate fa
cilities for publication for the growing city of Asheboro for many years
to come and will enable us to give efficient service to the city, county
and section, which was the prime reason for the establishment of this
newspaper more than 62 years ago.
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High Court Endorses
Black; T. V; A. Victor
Italy Calls Air
Aces From China
Dramatic Move Believed Indi
cation of Berlin Support
To Japan.
Romo, Oct. 12.—(JP)—Reliable
sources last night disclosed Pre
mier Mussolini has ordered Italian
aviation experts aiding tho Chinese
government to quit now that China
is engaged in a bitter conflict with
Japan.
This dramatic move was said to
be part of an understanding reach
ed with Adolf Hitler, on II Duce’s
recent Perlin visit, to support Ja
pan in her struggle with China.
An order for the large Italian
military mission to return home
was reported to have been issued
immediately after Mussolini’s re
turn from Germany.
About 75 Italian aviation experts
are said to be in war-torn China,
headed by Colonel Silvio Scaroni.
Helped Build Army
With a German military mission
composed of approximately 100 re
tired Reichswehr officers, the Ital
ians have been largely instrumen
tal in building up Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek’s armies now bat
tling Japan, which has the sympa
thy of the two Fascist powers.
Hitler, these same sources said,
has already recalled or intends soon
to recall the Germans thus putting
an end to the paradoxical situation
in which German and Italian offi
cers have lent their military knowl
edge to push the battle against the
power their governments favor.
An airplane factory built in Chi
na say Italians has passed almost
entirely to Chinese hands, but a
part of the planes used for instrue
tion were Italian property. It was
understood these had been ordered
sent to Ethiopia.
Asheboro Council
Discuss Flusher
City
Fathers Ask Bids For
New Equipment; Decision
At Next Meeting;.
The Asheboro City council at its
November meeting will receive bids
from manufacturers of street flu
shers and sweepers. The council
has been studying the problem of
street cleaning for several months
and likewise during that time has
inspected several different makes.
While the decision to receive bids
does not necessarily mean the coun
cil will purchase it is believed the
_ Step towards
war—— '
; Justices Refuse
I Levitt Petition
Boston Attorney Accuses
Court of Evasion; Ends
Present Discussion.
500 Cases Reviewed
To Hear Labor’s Charge
Against Newport News
Shipbuilding Unit.
Washington, Oct. 12.—CP)—
Some legal experts expressed
the opinion today that the Su
preme court left the way open
for further challenges to As
sociate Justice Hugo L. Black’s
eligibility.
The court ruled yesterday
that Arthur Levitt, former
federal judge of the Virgin Is
land and, Patrick Henry Kel
ly, Boston attorney, did not
have sufficient entry in the out
come to warrant their attacks
to the new justice's right to
his seat.
Washington, Oct. 12.—CP)—Tho
Supreme Court brushed aside yes
terday two suits challenging the
right of Justice Hugo L. Black to
sit upon the nation’s highest trib
unal.
It refused to consider ouster ac
tions proposed by Albert Levitt and
Patrick Henry Kelly, attorney,
who contended Black is constitut
ionally ineligible for the office.
Bearded Chief Justice Hughes an
nounced that neither had sufficient
interest in the case to justify insti
tuting the proceedings.
The battle to unseat Black was
not ended, however. Levitt de
clared immediately that other cou
rses of action were open to him
and that he would make use of one,
or another, of them. Kelly brus
quely accused the court of evading
the issue.
The Supreme Court gave the Ten
nessee Valley authority a victory
over a private power company yes
terday and agreed to hear argu
ments from Roosevelt administra
tion laws.
The Court also disposed of 300
petitions for review.
In the TVA case, the Court re
fused to review a lower court de
cision forbidding the Georgia Pow
er company to prosecute, in the
Eastern Tennessee federal district
court litigation intended to halt
TVA expansion in Georgia. The
question at issue was solely one if
jurisdiction—the right of the Ten
nessee court to consider the liti
gation. The legality of TVA acti
vities was not involved.
In another order the High Court
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A. F. Of L. Demands
Change In Labor’s
Bargaining Laws
Say National Board Acts Fa
vorably Towards CIO In
AH Elections.
Lewis Union Hailed
Representative Claims CIO
Got Pay Boost For One
Million Men.
Denver, Oct. 12.—LV>—The Am
erican Federation of Labor voted
today to support an amendment to
the Wagner labor gelations act to
permit workers to vote by crafts in
selecting collective bargaining
agents.
The present law authorizes the
National Relations board to decide
in each instance whether election
of bargaining agents shall be by
crafts (th$ form of union organi
zation generally favored by the A.
F. L.) plants or employer units.
Earlier in the convention, the
delegates charged repeatedly that
the Labor relations board acted in
favor "of the CIO. ,
In such elections, they contend,
masses of unskilled workers were
able to impose their will on smaller
groups of skilled craftsmen.
Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 12.—(.T)
—Sidney Hillman, CIO textile di
rector, told a committee for indus
trial organization here today it had
been responsible for a 20 percent
increase in the wages of more than
one million workers.
County Schools
Plan Armistice
To Observe Celebration Mon
day, November U^earate
Programs.
All schools throughout Randolph
county, according to Superinten
dent T. Fletcher Bulla, will conduct
appropriate programs Monday,
November 11, for the annual ob
servance of Armistice Day.
Superintendent Bulla said the
principals and superintendents of
the various schools will have charge
of plans for each individual school
ceremony.
Chape! Hill, Oct. 12.—CP)—Rob
ert H. Jackson, assistant United
States attorney general, asserted
here today that “friction caused by
judiciary review” of the acts of the
legislative and executive branches
presume the “most vexing prob
lems” in making this government
system “function as a whole.”
Toledo, 0., Oct. 12.—(VP)—City
Manager John Edy told William E.
Cahill, Ku Klux Klan organizer, to
day that under no circumstances
would ne issue a permit for a par
ade of hooded persons, whether
members of the Klan or any other
order.
American Ambassador Shot
By Syrian; Struck 6 Times
Doughton Attends
White House Talk
North Carolina Leader In
Group at Important Parley
Today.
Washington, Oct. 12.—(.P)—
President Roosevelt summoned con- .
gressional leaders to the White
House today to consult with him
before making his nation-wide ra- (
dio broadcast tonight.
A White House secretary in
making the announcement, advised 1
newspapermen to be sure that they ,
attend the regular semi-weekly
press conference this afternoon, In
dicating Mr. Roosevelt would have
an important announcement. 1
The secretary would not say whe- i
ther the Chief Executive would an- ;
nounce e special session of Con
gress. ]
Some advisors predicted he would i
do so either at the press confer- ;
ence or in his radio address.
i Among chieftains called to the
! White House conference were ■
Doughton (D-N. C.) Representative <
Vinson ID-Ky.) and O’Connor (D- ,
N. Y„ chairman of the rules com
mittee. i
THE WEATHER
North Carolina. Partly cloudy,
slightly warmer tonight. Wednes- ;
day mostly cloudy with light show- i
I ers. Cooler Wednesday night.
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Club Women Will Gather
In Asheboro Wednesday
For 15th District Meet
To Helm of U.S.
Naval Academy
In anticipation of the retirement
of Rear Admiral David Foote
Sellers, who will be 64 next
March 1, Rear Admiral Wilson
Brown, Jr., above, has been
named to succeed him in the post
of superintendent of the U. S.
Naval Academy at Annapolis. A
native ol Philadelphia. Brown
has been m charge ol naval
training5 detachments,
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G-Men Send Brady
To Sudden Death
Indiana Outlaws Machine
Gunned in Maine Attack;
One Gangster Quits.
Bangor, Me., Oct. 12.—f.P)—Fed
eral agents, operating with charac
teristic precision, erased in a hail
of bullets of machine gun fire, the
notorious A1 Brady gang of Indiana
outlaw's today.
Swept to quick death, when the
federals struck, were Brady and
Clarence Shaffer, Jr., one of his
henchmen.
A third member (of the gang,
James Delover, threw down his pis
tol and surrendered after a machine
gun bullet had clipped his nose.
Only one G,-man sustained in
jury, he, Walter Walsh, was sh.it
in the shoulder. Physicians said his
injury was not serious.
The Brady gang had enjoyed un
savory reputation at the head of
the G-men’s “wanted list.”
Dean of Foreign Service Killed
By Man Denied United
States Visa.
Heirup, Syria, Oct. 12.—i.-P)—
Jas. Theodore Marriner, one of the
best known American foreign of
ficers, was shot and killed today by
a native of this city to whom Mar
riner had refused a visa to enter
the United States.
The assassin’s gun felled the tally
scholarly counsel general as h/
stepped from his automoblie before
entering his office to start the
day’s business.
Marriner’s chauffer captured the
assassin Police, after an investiga
tion, said the man’s name was Ja l
erish Karayan.
They reported he pumped six
bullets from a revolver into Mar
riner at close range. Karayan told
the police that Marriner’s refusal
to grant him a visa was the motive
for the attack.
The police also reported that
Marriner had refused the visa on
the grounds there was insanity in
Karayan’s family.
Washington, Oct. 12.—</P>—The.
state department withheld comment
on the slaying of Consul General
James T. Marringer today pending
receipts of full details of the assas
sination.
High authorities said however,
that the incident, regretable as it
is, is not likely to participate a di
plomatic breach beween the two
countries. Syria functions under a
French mandate.
* Meeting Opens On
Wednesday At
Methodist Church
Women From Twenty-one
Clubs Expected For Im
portant Event Tomorrow.
Mrs. C. M. Fox, Pres.
Mrs. Guy Simpson, District
Chairman, Will Preside;
Federation Heald Coming.
As women from all over the fif
teenth district gather Wednesday
in Asheboro for a one-day meeting,
interest centers at the First Meth
odist church, where the meeting
will be held* Mrs. Charles Fox,
president of the local club, announ
ces that plans are practically com
plete for the event which will at
tract approximately 150 women
from several counties nearby. Mr3.
Guy Simpson from Madison, chair
man of the fifteenth district will be
in charge of the meeting and will
speak during the day on general
club work. The program is one
of practical interest and will give
the large membership of the local
club a broader outlook of the pur
poses and activities of the club
work in the district and in the
state.
Mrs. E. V. Hobbs will act as
chairman of the welcoming com
mittee with several able assist
ants. Mrs. M. G. Lovett will be
registrar. Jhe .luncheon to be
served- at noon at a smalf-cost- fcj -*r
any club woman who cares to at
tend, is already an assured success
in the hands of Mrs. J. A. Spence.
Mrs. John Neely, who is well ’known
for her talent along the artistic
line, will be in charge of the deco
rations.
Two popular local girls will act
as pages and attend to smoothing
out the mechanics necessitated by
| the meeting. These are Miss Cor
nelia Hunt Hedrick and Miss Cath
erine Cranford. Miss Madeline
Simpson, daughter of the district
chairman, will also be a page for
the day. \
Members from the twenty-one
clubs in the district will be on hand
for the program which has been
arranged by the district president
and will open by an invocation by
Rev. H. P. Powell, pastor of tho
I hostess church. Mrs. Charles Fox
I president of the local club, will
j then welcome the guests after
which Mrs. James Neely, president
of the Junior Woman’s club, will
extend a further greeting. Res
ponse will be made by Mrs. Edgar
Broadhurst of Greensboro. Greet
ings from home demonstration
clubs will be made by Mrs. R. L.
Walker.
The main address of the day will
be made by Mrs. Howard G. Etth
idge of Asheville, president of the
state federation. Mrs. J. N. Britt
of Lumberton, second vice presi
dent of the federation, will also
speak. One of the most interest
ing features of the program prom
ises to be an institute conducted by
Mrs. Karl Bishopric of Spray, first
vice president of the federation.
Miss Margaret Gilbert of the state
library commission, and Mrs. B. E.
Labberton of Madison, general fed
eration contact chairman, will also
be speakers on the program.
Music will be a part of the day’s
plans and will be in charge of Mrs.
Murray Field, Mrs. S. B. Stedmari
both local club members, and Mrs.
Harry Byrum of Greensboro, who
will give several vocal numbers.
At noon, the visitors and local
club women will have an opportuni
ty for better acquaintanceship dur
ing the luncheon which will be
served in the church dining room.
A small fee will be carged for this'
meal and all local members are ur
ged to secure tickets.
Cincinnati, Oct. 12.—CiD—The
house of bishops of the Protestant
Episcopal church voted informally
late yesterday to turn over the ad-,
ministration reins of the denomi
nation to its presiding bishop, who
already is the spiritual leader.
Berlin, Oct. 12.—(JP)—German
workmen at a Berlin machine plant
today ate luncheon with the Duke
of Windsor, talked with him about
wages and working conditions, and
shouted “Heil Edward” when he
left.
—
Approximately 110,000 American
soldiers and sailors died in the
World war.