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LUME LXI
ASHEBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1937
NUMBER 129
J-X
anting Official
To Attend Parley
On Sino-Jap War
inese Planes Drive at Japa
nese Warships in Wham
poo River
ause Little Damage
king Railroad Bombed By
Japs; Strike at Chinese
Supplies.
(By The Associated Press)
Shanghai, Oct. 17 (Sunday).—
e Chinese government at Nan
g today announced rcecipt of an
itation from Belgium to attend a
ting of the 9-power treaty sig
ries at Brussels, October 30,
i, an official spokesman said Chi
would accept.
Chinese airplanes early today
le a lightning raid on Japanese
ships on the Whangpoo river,
r Shanghai, and at Japanese
>p concentrations at Woosung,
miles north of here. Apparently
te damage was done.
Hie Chinese air attack was in
msc for extensive and damag
raids carried out by the Japa
e air forces Friday and Satur
near Shanghai and several
[its to the south.
Ihinese dispatches listed at least
Chinese civilians killed in the
aneso bombing raids.
(aval planes struck at railroad
iters end army depots south and
of Shanghai in an effort to
supplies from reaching the
inese armies massed near this
i the Shanghai sector the bom
iment centered on the railroad
Nanking and'south to Hang
ar, the two main rail arteries
n thi3 city.
ike Blasts Tech
In Last Quarter
irn Georgia’s Fumble to 20
[19 Victory; Scored From
12 Yard Line.
tlanta. Ga. Oct. 16. GP)—In a
tular demonstration of of
live power, the Blue Devils of
:e took advantage of a single
ke today to blast aside the
neers of Georgia Tech 20 to 19
-re 26,000 thrilled spectators,
ir some two hours the cmbattl
lcgions fought it out in one of
e nightmare games with
rgia Tech, unbeaten and untied
rently headed for a victory
1 a fumble was turned into a
ling touchdown for Duke,
was the first time in 19 years
coaching that Wallace Wade’s
s had won a regular season
e by an extra point,
ice before a Wade piloted
triumphed by that margin
m in 1926 Alabama’s Crimson
i beat Washington 20 to 19 in
Rose Bowl. The same score as
iy’s thriller.
Rh • Georgia holding an ap
tly insurmountable lead of
14 and only five minutes of
,y remaining, quarterback Sims
had performed brillantly as a
general fumbled a Duke punt
his 12 yard line and the Blue
ils drove across for the win
touchdown.
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Football Scores
Alabama 14, Tenn. 7.
srolina 28, Wake Forest 0.
20, Georgia Tech 19.
smegie Tech 9, Notre Dame 7.
itadel 8, Furman 8 (tie).
liana 13, Illinois 6.
Nebraska 0, Oklahoma 0 (tic).
Villanova 20, Manhattan 0.
nth Carolina 12, Davidson 7.
Syracuse 14, Cornell 0.
(aryland 3, Virginia 0.
M. I. 21, Richmond 7.
loly Cross 7, Georgia 6.
sit 0, Rice 0 (tie),
rulane 7, Colgate 6.
Vanderbilt 6, Southern Methodist
0.
lylor 20, Centenary 0.
14, Ohio State 6.
Iiwestern 14, Purdue 0.
A Mary 20, Guilford 0.
nbia 26, Peon. 6.
15, Army 7.
dhant 0. Pitt 0 (tie),
ota 39, IKehigan 6.
Vyomjng 7. Col. State 0.
31, Texas U. 10.
d 0, Navy 0 (tie),
sin 13, Iowa f.
33. Mias. State 7.
19. Miami 0.
Filling the Air With Steel to Repulse Air Raidersf
Guns blazing fiercely' to fill the air with exploding steel
_ _ this Chinese anti-aircraft unit was pHoto-5
graphed in .the very act of repulsing Japanese air raiders, whose bombs were aimed at the gun nest.
Slate Tour Executives Due In
Asheboro Today; Advertise City;
Margaret O’Brian Chosen
Beauty Queen at Meredith
U'«. -ftfao '>■■■ Margafetr- O’Brtfrn,
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.
R. O’Brian of Asheboro, was
recently selected as the most
beautiful girl in the Senior
class at Meredith college this
year.
During her four years at
Meredith Miss O’Brian has
made an envious record. Last
year she was president of the
junior class. And besides being
chosen as the most beautiful
Thirty-Two Miners Die In
Alabama Mine Explosion
Tar Heels Crush
Wake Forest 28-0
Carolina Stages Parade Of
Touchdowns in Each
Quarter.
Wake Forest, Oct. 16.—The un
defeated Tar Heels from Chapel
Hill invaded the Wake Forest
Deacon’s home grounds this after
noon and before a capacity crowd
of 10,000 including Governor Clyde
R. Hoey staged a touchdown par
ade in each quarter to walk through
the Baptists 28 to 0.
The Deacons never passed the
mid-field strip and closed the game
with a net yardage of minus 16
yards by rushing. The Tar Heels
made 19 first downs to two for
the Deacons.
Coach Ray Wolf’s boys scored in
the first period on an eight yard
pass, coupled with a 12 yard run.
Game Cocks Whip
Davidson 12 To 7
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 16.—t/Pl-—
The South Carolina Game Cocks an
nexed their first southern confer
ence victory of the year today sub
duing a stubborn band of Davidson
Wild Cats 12 to 7 before 8,000
spectators.
Davidson, although missing its
great back, Lafferty, who was kept
out on the sidelines with an injured
shoulder, made it a real battle and
pushed across 7 points in the final
period,
Labor Peace Move
Denver, Oct. 16.—UP)—The Am
erican Federation of Labor agreed
today to meet John L. Lewis’ rebel
CIO to try to end organized labor’s
bitter civil war.
Each side will send a committee
to Washington, D. C., October 26
for a peace conference.
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class, she is president of Silver
Shield Sorority, and honorary
society organization whose
members are selected accord
ing to their scholar and leader
ship ability.
Miss O’Brian has also been
chosen as chief marshall of
the Astro Teckon literary soc
iety and is a member of the
Meredith Glee club.
Coal Gas Blamed For Blast
In Shaft; One Man Lives;
Rescue Crew Busy.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 16.—(itt
—A shattering explosion deep in a
shaft o' the Mulga coal mine 10
miles west of here killed .32 men—
virtually the entire shift at work- —
early today.
The Hast, blamed by Fire Mar
shal Sam Williams on coal gas, tore
an elbow in the Woodward Iron
works about 2 o’clock when a shift
of 32 men was on duty in the aft
fected section. Fallen rock debris
hampered rescue workers.
A single victim, Ivan Fox, who
was working near the elbow crum
bled by the explosion was brought
out alive. He was seriously burned
and Marshal Williams said he was
the only person working near the
blast “who did not lose his life.”
Condition Critical
Fox was in critical condition at a
Bessemer, Ala.,' hospital and could
not be questioned about the explo
sion.
R. M. Marshall, Woodward vice
president, said bodies of the vic
tims were located about four miles
from the shaft mouth by the rescue
crews, which sent back word that
many were buried in fallen rock
and coni. The victims were about
equally divided between negroes
and whites, he said.
The mine, he added, normally
employed about 600 men. Only one
wing was damaged. Jhis was near
the shaft’s deepest extremely, a
fact which kept the death list from
mounting to staggering propor
tions, it was said.
First of the bodies were trundled
out of the shaft on coal cars at
6:46 o’clock, approximately five
hours after the explosion. More
than 600 persons, friends and rela
tives and sightseers looked on.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina: Sunday, cloudy
followed by rain at night and pos
sibly in south and central portions
in afternoon. Slightly warmer in
north portion and near the coast.
City Latchstring
Chamber of Commerce Met
Tourists at Salem; Over 100
In Motorcade.
Lunch At Fort Bragg
State’s Advertising Plans
Cover Both East and West
Development.
Out To Visitors;
One hundred men and women,
including many newspaper men,
the complete personnel of the ex
ecutive tour covering North Caro
lina were due in Asheboro this
morning at 9:15.
The executives were met at
Winston-Salem by Harris. Birk
hcad, president, and Cleveland
Thayer secretary, of the Asheboro
Chamber of Commerce. Several
other merchants and industrialists
accompanied the welcoming com
mittee to Salem.
Upon their arrival here the
tourists were to be met at the Sun
set theatre in an official welcome
to Randolph county. Several of the
industrialists supplied samples of
articles manufactured here includ
ing ladies silk stockings, men’s
socks, hankerchiefs and many other
articles for which Randolph county
is famous.
The tourists, due to a set sche
dule, were expected to spend but
little time in Asheboro as they
were to visit the Sandhills and at
tend a dinner at Fort Bragg at
noon.
The motorcade from this city
left at 7 o’clock in order to meet
the visitors in Salem and advise
them of local plans. The outstand
ing features of Randolph county
and Asheboro were to be conveyed
to the visitors while they were en
routc to this city.
The Blowing Rock stop ended
the six days which began at Ashe
ville Saturday, ran through Sun
day in and about, the mountain
metropolis and continued through
Monday in the wonders of Canton,
Waynesville, Sylva, the Cherokee
Indian reservation, Newfound Gap,
Clingman’s Dome and Bryson City
for the night. The travelers play
ed short engagements in Franklin,
Highlands, High Hampton, Bre
vard and Hendersonville, sleeping
and dancing at Skyland hotel to
end the fourth day. They bore south
to Tryon where the making of
mountain dew was dramatized by
the best players in town, aided by
some of the forst, former time
servers in the hoosegow. They
came over through Lake Lure ter
ritory, rode tax free up Chimney
Rock, dined at Snug Harbor, visit
ed the chalet, and wound up the
night and the fifth day in Lake
Lure inn.
Through Mountains
They began their sixth day
Thursday with breakfast at.,the
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Youth, 18, Admits
Physician Murder
In Northern State
Carried Body of Doctor And
Wife in Car For Over
Fifty Hours.
Arrest Accidental
Picked Up as Vagrant; Inves
togation Ends In Grue
some Find.
North Arlington, N. J., Oct. 16.
—-W)—A sleepy eyed aubum-hair
ed youth of 18 faced quick removal
tk> Maine tonight after Prosecutor
John J. Breslin announced he con
fessed killing an elderly physician
and his wife, stuffing their bodies
in a car and driving his gruesome
cargo through six northeastern
States.
The youth, Paul Dwyer, South
|Paris, Maine, high school junior
and son of a widowed nurse was ar
rested shortly after 4 a. m. by two
patrolmen who saw the worn soles
of his shoes sticking out of the
Window of a parked automobile
wjiere h» slept—so tired from a 56
hour ride, policesaid, he told them
"day eyes are sore.”
Taken to police headquarters for
routine questioning—police thought
he was a vagrant—the youth was
! said by the police chief to have de
scribed readily the double murder
of Dr. John G. Littlefield, 67, a
South Paris physician and his
wife, Lydia, 64.
He began to talk after a patrol
man, making a quick search of tin
car, reported he found the body of
a middle aged grey haired woman
on the floor below the back seat
with suit cases and blankets on top
of her.
“I might as well tell you,” the po
lice chief quoted the youth as say
^ng^"tfrere. is a mail in the back
In the truck police found Dr.
Littlefield’s battered body.
Soviet And Italy
Renew Discussion
Verbal Warfare Follows II
Duce’s “Token” Offer In
Spanish War.
London. Oct. 16. UP)—Italy to
day offered to make a conditional
“token” of withdrawal of part of
the Italian volunteers fighting
with the Spanish insurgent armies
but delegates of other powers heard
the offer witl^ doubt.
Count Grandi, Italy’s spokesman,
made the gesture at the session of
the sub-committee of the 27-nation
non-intervention committee.
The meeting was marked by a
revival of the bitter verbal war
fare between Italy and Soviet Rus
sia which has marked the hisory
of the entire European non-inter
vention efforts.
The only hopeful signs of to
day’s meeting, informed sources
said, was the willingness to ask
quick instruction from home cap
itals on the Anglo-French last ef
forts to end foreign intervention
through committee action.
Baptist Revival
Begins Tomorrow
Pastor Will be Assisted By
Rev. Charlie Howard Of
Campbell College.
The annual revival meeting of
the Ashebor Baptist church, to be
gin tomorrow night at 7:30 in the
local church, will bring to Ashe
boro one of the most able ministers
in the southland, Rev. Charlie How
ard, pastor of the Campbell college
church at Buies Creek.
Using the words of local pastor
Rev. L. R. O’Brian, “Young Bro
ther Howard is attractive, humble,
eloquent in his presentation of
sermons, and has a marvelous pas
sion for souls. The First. Baptist
Church considers itself fortunate
in being able to secure the splendid
assistance of Mr. Howard.”
Services will be conducted twice
daily, at 9 in the mornings and at
7:30 in the evenings during the
two weeks meeting. Rev. O’Brian
extends a cordial invitation to the
public to attend these services.
Tax Proposals
Washington, Oct. 16.—<.P>—Sen
ator LaFollette called the treas
ury’s proposed tax bill “a great
mistake” today and promised to
renew his fight for a broader in
come base and higher surtaxes on
middle bracket incomes.
!
Four Randolph County
For Questioning; One
Hoke County for
Getting Picture Almost ‘Got’ Him
waiting to get pictures of
NEA's ace photographer, Rudolph Brandt crouches here beside a
stone pillar, the closest protection he could find in a hurry when
air bombs started dropping. .This picture was taken by Joy Lacks,
his companion NEA photographer, who was crouched similarly
beside another stone column.
Washington, Oct. 16.—(.T>—
The United States formally
accepted today an invitation to
participate in the nine-power
treaty conference over the far
eastern crisis at Brussels on
October 30 and designated
Norman H. Davis to head this
government’s delegation.
Secretary Hull, in announc
ing the acceptance a few min
utes alter the Belgian ambas
sador had delivered the formal
invitation, told his press con
ference the delegation probab
ly will sail the middle of next
week.
Legion’s Armistice Plans
Include Parade and Dinner
Asheboro, if plans of Dixon Post
45, American Legion work out will
have an out standing observance of
Armistice Day, Thursday Novem
ber 11, this year.
The post's committees have al
ready interested merchants in the
proposition of extensive holiday
window displays and yesterday
completed tentative plans with
Reginal Turner, superintendent of
the city schools, for cooperation on
the part of the faculty and students
of Asheboro.
The tentative plans include a
street parade in which the school
students, members of the Legion
and Legion auxiliary and the Sons
of the Legion will participate.
The Legion will provide a grand
marshall and several aides to as
sist the school authorities in hand
Boy Scout Activity Topic
Of Asheboro Rotary Club
The regular meeting of the Ashe
boro Rotary club Friday assumed
the appearance of father and son
banquet when Sulon Stedman,
chairman of the Boy Scout council
of Randolph and, his son, David
Stedman, bave interesting talks
relative to the past and present
work of scouting.
Mr. Stedman discussed the Scout
plans throughout Randolph county
while his son, David, gave an inter
esting account of the activities of
the Boy Scouts at the national jam
boree in Washington and at the in
ternational jamboree in Holland
this past summer.
Mr. Stedman has been actively
engaged in scout work and during
OTHER DELEGATES
Other members of the Amer
ican delegation were announc
ed by Hull as follows:
Dr. Stanley Hornbeck, spe
cial political advisor of the
secretary of state on far east
ern affairs.
J. Pierrepont Moffet, chief of
the state department’s Euro
pean division.
Robert T. Pell, an attache of
the European division, and
Charles E. Bohlen, also attach-'
ed to the European division.
Hornbeck and Moffett will act
as advisors to Davis in the
conference proceedings.
ling the parade.
The local police, under direction
of Chief Dewey Bulla will also par
ticipate.
The Legion committee next week
will interview various organizat
ions, business houses and indus
trialists in an effort to secure a
number of floats of a patriotic na
ture to lend color to the affair.
The opening ceremony will pro
bably be in the school auditorium
at 8:30 a. in., where a special pro
gram will be conducted for the
children in the grammer grades.
The main program will follow the
street parade. The Legion will
supply a speaker for the later
meeting.
Veterans of Randolph county
will assemble in evening for an
Armistice Day dinner to be served
probably, in the local armory.
his ter.u as chairman of the county
the troops in Asheboro have in
creased 100 percent and the activi
ties have been encouraged and
brought to a success in two other
communities.
The meeting was in charge of
Cleveland Thayer, chairman of
the community service committee
and Henry Redding chairman of
the special committee on Boy
Scdut activities.
The meeting next week will be
in charge of Dr. George Sumner
and will be devoted to the eye clin
ic for school children which the
club is sponsoring.
Guests included Seddon Goode of
Lake City, Fla.
Slain Man Found
Near Spot Where
Quartet Had Deer
Men Said to Have Given Their
Addresses as This City
And Randleman.
No Charges Filed
Sheri ft' King Apprehended
Men in Asheboro; Slain
Man Leaves Widow.
Fayetteville, Oct. 10.—OF)—Ser
geant J. F. Mott, 39, forest ranger,
stationed at the Fort Bragg reser
vation, was found shot to death
near the reserve today.
Officers advanced the theory that
he had been shot by deer hunters
whom he had warned to leave the
vicinity.
Four men were being questioned
tonight but no* charges had been
filed against them.
Sheriff C. E. King, of Randolph
county, said he had booked H. F.
Rush, Bill Cross, Walter Routh
and a man named Crotts in the
shooting.
An attempt was underway to
night tc identify one man as the
one seen near the reservation
shortly before Mott’s body was dis
covered.
B. L. Guinn, an overseer, said
that just before he had found the
body he encountered three men car-,
ryihg aiieec. • .... ...
He said his attention first had
been attracted by the discharge of
a gun he almost immediately came
across the men.
He told Sheriff T. H. Hodgin that
the men told him they lived in High
Point, Asntboro and Randleman.
Dr. G. W. Brown, county coroner,
held an inquest in Raeford this af
; ternoon but the hearing was con
j tinued until Monday after all avail?
■ able evidence had been presented.
A board of inquiry meanwhile,
| was appointed at Fort Bragg to in
[ vestigite the shooting.
Mott was a member of Battery
j B, 17th Field Artillery but had
i held a rangers job since 1923.
He was born in Ellenville, Ga.,
i and was 39 years old.
The widow and two children sur
vive.
Guinn was a probable witness at
today’s hearing.
Cash Awards For
Best Show Window
Electric Displays Will Be Fea
tured in City October
22 to 25.
Cash prizes will be the awards .
made to the most sucessful bus
iness men in Asheboro next week
when they compete in the window
lighting campaign being sponsor
ed by the Merchants Association.
The contest will take place Oct
ober 22-25, inclusive.
According to Mrs. Ervin Frye,
secretary of the association, a
prize of $15 is in store for the win
dow dresser who most effectively
uses electricity to brighten and
beautifly his show window.
Mr. Johnson, of Raleigh, will ar
rive in town before the contest
begins and will assist the different
merchants in working out details
for the proper and most attractive
lighting of their w’indows.
In addition to the prizes offered
the merchant who proves that he
would do well in the display field
will be $10 for, the person in Ashe
boro who gives the best answer to
the question, “Why is Good Win
dow lighting an Asset to Ashe
boro.”
Exact details have not as yet
been completed, but the various
merchants are planning to indi
vidually put on contests in their
respective stores and present
prizes to the winners.
Fire Damage
Slight damage to the residence
owned by Ellis Jordan and, oc
cupied by Kenneth Taylor, lo
cated in the Garland Lake road,
was caused by fire yesterday af
ternoon.
The fire, Chief Clarence Rush
reported, was caused from a spark
from a kitchen stove. The roof of
the dwelling was slightly damaged.