«I/M1 I AT vvm«v«wv** va Aja«j tewspaper Published [in Randolph County MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS THE I •— N. E. A. FEATURE SERVICE Randolph County’s Only Daily Newspaper COURIER “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of North Carolina” 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.—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 1 • . [ 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. --ip- ---- 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 (Please turn to Page 6) t 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. 3S IsfiSsSw "J hi.. .i 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, .■i.j'jMUiC'-- a. . 1 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.—

—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.