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MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS * The Largest Paid-jUp Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in Randolph County N* E. A. FEATURE SERVICE Dally Newspaper COURIER “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of North Carolina” I# VOLUME LX1 ASHEBORO, N. C., THUKS DAY, OCTOBER 28, 1937 NUMBER 137 II mice Supports Germany’s Demand For Lost Colonies Italian Premier Lauds Ally As “Great People”; Raps Soviet-Russian. Hitler Sends Group 100,000 Fascists Present For 16th Anniversary of March On Rome. Rome, Italy. Oct. 28.—CP)—II Ducc, celebrating the 16th an niversary of the Fascist march on Rome declared today it is “nec essary that Germany be restored to her place in the African Zone.”' II Duce thus voiced support for Germany to regain her war-lost colonies. He spoke in the presence of 100,000 Fascists from all parts of Italy. A German delegate, sent to Rome by Chancellor Hitler for the celebration, as present along with other foreign diplomats. “For durable peace,” he declar ed, “it is necessary that Bolshevism be eliminated from Europe.” “It is necessary that some clauses of the peace treaty be revised,” he went on. “It is necessary that a great people—the Germany people —have once more the place which it occupied in Africa.” The Premier shifted to Italian colonized empire. “It is necessary that Italy be left tranquil because she has creator an empire with her own blood and without pinching a single corner of others.” Suggest Subsidy For Cotton Crop Representative Ford Says “Control” Witt Not Ease Cotton Situation. Washington, Oct. 28.—(JP>—Rep resentative Ford, (D-Miss.) head of the House Cotton bloc, said to day he would ask the house agri culture committee to include a sub sidy for exporting cotton, in the general farm bill. “The apparent solution to the cotton problem”, he told reporters, “lies in finding a way for the farmers to compete. with foreign produce. Our industry cannot do it because of high tariff, thus we must have a subsidy.” Ford returned to the capital to submit his recommendations to the agriculture committee which yes terday discussed the broad prob lems involved in preparing farm legislation. Sub-committees were appointed to draft provisions dealing with certain crops. “My theoary,” Ford said, “is that you never can meet the cotton situation by trying to control pro duction.”. Floods Threaten Johnstown Area High Waters Also Point To Trouble in Other River Communities. Cumberland, Md- Oct. 28.—UP>— Waves rose above the PatpraaC river and stopped traffic, as back waters rose even with streets and storm sewers in the business sec tion today. Shortly after noon, no damage was reported in Cumberland, but half of Richly. W. Va., across the / river was under water. 11 persons in the flood sections . time to flee. Johnstown, Pa. Oct. 28.—</P>— Johnstown’s Stony Creek river climbed past the afoot level today towards a predicted level of 10 feet tonight, within two feet of flood stage. The river was rising one foot an hour. >, At 12 feet it would pour into the basements of homes in the low ly s, but streets themselves, be inundated until the | reached 14 feet. Asks Increase . Oct. 28. UB—Passenger carriers lh North Carolina have asked the Utility Commission for authority to advance day coach rates in interstate travel 1 f-* cents to 2 cents a mi‘ The Weather Carolina. Partly cloudy, cooler in the north and t if clear tonight, sr in the School Masters’ Unit Organized! In County; H.H. Hamilton Elected Virginia Will Wed Director more than a year since the death of Actor John Gilbert has been Hollywood’s most popular wid ow, will marry at Christmas time her director. Jack Walter Ruben,- below. Miss Bruce be gan her theatrical career in the Follies and is considered one of Hollywood’s loveliest blonds. Cross Scheduled For Trial Nov. 17 Hoke County Prosecutor to Be Aided by U. S. Army Judge Advocate. Raeford. Oct. 28. (Special to The Daily Courier). Bill Cross, Ashe boro, held in the county jail here charged with the slaying of Ser geant J. F, Mott, of the Fort Bragg reservation, will go to trial Nov ember 17, before a jury in Hoke ceunty Superior court. The fall term of the court opens November 16 but other cases have been placed at the head of the cal endar. No definite decision pertaining to the trials of H. S. Rush, Jess Crotts and Walt Routh, charged with being accessories after the fact has been announced. The State prosecution, it is understood, will be agumented by representatives of the U. S. Army Judge Advocate’s department. Both Hoke county and Federal representatives have been conduct ing investigations, for which the technical evidence will be presented during the trial. Lazzeri Signed As Chicago Cub Head Yankee Star Joins Rigley Staff As Player and Coach For 1938. Chicago, Oct. 28.—UP)—Tony Lazzzri, for twelve years, star sec ond baseman of the New Yorif Yan kees was signed today by owner Rigley of the Chicago Cubs as player and coach for 1938. Rap Johnson Greenville, S. C. Oct. 28.—tT)— The Greenville county £rand jury today critized the “loose manner” in which Governor Olin Johnson has handled certain affidivats concern ing residents of this city. . < Resort Theatre Barns Ocean City, N. J;, Oct. 28.—(.ft— The Strand theatre, a boardwalk landmark here for many years, was destroyed by Are last night. Educators Meet In Ashlyn Hotel; Plan December Session Outline Plans For General ‘ Sports Program; Clearing House For Problems. County Parley Nov. 6 All Teachers to Convene Here For County-wide Annual Meeting. The Randolph County School Masters’ association, active in the county several years ago, was re organized last night at a gather ing of county educators in the Ashlyn hotel, ^.sheboro. The meeting was attended by thirty-one men, all active in var ious branches of education in this county. The officers to servo for the en suing year are; Chairman, H. H. Hamilton, Randleman High school. Vice-chairman, H. M. Hackney, Franklinville High. Secretary and treasurer, Frank McLeod, Trinity. T. Fletcher Bulla, Randolph , county schools superintendent, presided at the meeting prior to the election when Mr. Hamilton took the chair. The object of the association is to give the. principles and men *R oppo***nity of bring ing their (troblems before a gen eral discussion body once a month. The meetings will take place the first Wednesday of each month. The November meeting will be ommitted this fall, and the next one taking place in Asheboro the first Wednesday in December. The program calls for several guest speakers during the series of meetings this winter and spring. Topics of general interest to the educators were discussed last night. Considerable time was de voted to a county-wide program of conducting sports. The association appointed a special committee, rep resenting eveiy district in Ran dolph, to prepare a set of rules which all school coaches will fol low in management of sports. T. Fletcher Bulla outlined the purpose of the association and also give suggestions pertaining to a general program in both education al and sports programs. Mr. Bulla announced the .county wide meeting of all teachers in Randolph county will take place in this city November 6. The association closed last night’s meeting with a dinner seryed by the management of the Ashlyn hotel. Award Dr. Dillard Roosevelt Medal Southern Educator Cited For Furthering Understanding Between Two Races. New York, Oct. 28.—UP)—The Roosevelt medal for 1937 was awarded formally last night to Dr. James Hardy Dillard, for whom the Dillard university of New Orleans was named at a ceremony in the old brownstone house where Theodore Roosevelt the elder was bom. The medal showing on one side a head of the former President and on the other a flaming sword with the mptto. "If I must choose be tween righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness,” was presen ted to the distinguished southern educator t or his work in furthering understanding between the white and Negro rapes. . Grange Session Winston-Salem, Oct 28.—UPI— Committies worked at top speed today to formulate a new program for the North Carolina Grange in which it is expected to be embodied compulsory crop control and con tinuance of soil conservation. The annual meeting opens to morrow. G.O.P.—S.O.S. New York, Oct. 28.—UP*—State Senator J. Kenneth Bradley of Con necticut, chairman of the Young republican national federation, call ed upon the nation’s youth last night to help turn the New Deal out of office three yyars hence. Deadly Elixir Fatal to Six Already six of the patients t< whom Dr. A. S. Calhoun, above, county health officer at Mount Olive, Miss., has administeied the deadly elixir of sulfanilamide Jave died, and he battles gallantly to save the lives of seven othfrs whom he treated with the drug which, until the deaths, was believed to be a powerful agent against infection. Dr. Calhoun is seen examining a bottle of the fluid. Holly wood oil Windsors’ Cross-Country U. S. Tour Paris. Oct. 28.—</P>—The Duke and Dutchess of Wind sor are planning a double swing across the United States from New York to Hollywood: and back to Miami, a dose sociate disclosed today. The western trip would talcl the former British Monarch and hi£ American born wifi along a' northern route w the eastward journey woi take them through the This member of the Duke' party ^staled Abe ?xac* Piedmont Farmers Lose Two Million Annually Soil conservation was reduced to a business proposition by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace in an address before an erosion-con trol rally of more than 1,000 farm ers, farm experts and business men at High Point municipal lake near Jamestown, yesterday afternoon. His address concluded a tour of the 186,000-acre demonstration areas comprising the Reedy Fork and Deep river soil conservation areas, with intermediate trips to A. and T. college, Greensboro, and High Point. Introduced By Umstead Secretary Wallace was presented to the crowd, which filled the cen tral sections of the spacious out door theater at the High Point lake park, by Representative William B. Umstead, of Durham, as “a sincere friend of the farmer.” His address followed talks by Dr. H. H. Ben A. T. Hobson and W.J.Moffitt Franklinville Citizens, Die Franklinville, Oct. 28.—Alfred Thomas Hobson, 66, died at his home, south of Franklinville, Sun day morning, October 24. Funeral was held at Pleasant Cross Chris tian chhr~h, Monday afternoon con ducted by Rev. John M. Allred, as sisted by Rev. John Q. Pugh. In terment was in the church ceme tery. He was a son of the late Wm. J Hobson and Martha Jane (Lane) Hobson, ana one of Franklinvifle’s substantial citizens. He is surviv ed, besides his mother, by two daughters, Mrs. Wade Rumley, anl Mrs. Vernon Chaney of this com munity, and one son, Clyde Hobson of High Point. William Jasper Moffitt, 73, died in Randolph hospital, Asheboro, Monday afternoon. Some two years ago he suffered a light stroke of paralysis from which he recovered. He has been night watchman at. Randlph mill No. 1 for some time ana worked Saturday night. Sun day morning he was taken seriously ill and was taken to Randolph hos pital for treatment. Funeral was held at M. E. church Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. R. M. Hauss, assisted by Rev. L. W. Lee. Interment in church cemetery. Mr. Moffitt moved here from Shiloh about 18 years ago and has made one of our best and lead ing citizens. He was aji active member of Franklinville M. E. church, serving in the capacity of steward and Sunday school teacher and served for two terms as mayor of Franklpville. He iR survived I the five weeks tour was still under advisement. The Duke and Dutchess will sail on November 5 on the liner Bremen. After arrival in Florida they plan to visit a Carribbean is land, not yet decided upon. A friend of the couple said Washington and Pittsburgh already on the list and that it was likely the Windsors would : Slid some industrial center of JjiSe'w Englartd. to thoir trip. . nett, chief of the United States soil conservation service, and E. B. Garrett, of Raleigh, state conserva tion co-ordinator. Others on the speakers’ platform included Gov. Clyde R. Hoey, who addressed a luncheon meeting honoring the cabinet member in High Point; Dean L 0. Schaub, of North Caro lina State college, who presided at the outdoor meeting; Mrs. M. J. Wrenn, of High Point; Mrs. Gar rett and J. I. Wagoner, Guilford county farm agent. In development of his propo sition that soil conservation is good business, Secretary Wallace sought to show that by the expenditure of some $30,000,000 in piedmont North Carolina during the next 20 years, a $438,000,000 loss in land produc tivity over the next 50 years may be forestalled. by his wife, the former Miss Mary Wrenn; three daugnters, Mrs. J. C. Moffitt of Central Falls; Mrs. C. W. Craveh of Ramseur and Mrs. H. C. Bray, of Asheboro; five sons, R. E. Moffitt of Asheboro route 1; E. F. Moffitt of Siler City; Clinard Mof fitt of Winston-Salem; Alton Mof fitt of Greensboro, and Hampton Moffitt of Franklinville; two haif sisters, Mrs. Carson Burgess of Asheboro, and Mrs. Nixon Lucas of Malone, Ala., and 27 grandchildren. Women Gather At Democrat Parley North Carolina Folk Hear Speaker Laud Policy Of Roosevelt. Raleigh, Oct. 28.—CM—More than 250 democratic women, from all parts of North Carolina, heard an appeal today to “become inform ed of legislation enacted for a bet ter economic and social order and build a better understanding on the part of the people of President ( Roosevelt’s plan.” Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister, di rector of the women’s division of the Naticnal Democratic committee the speaker said, “politics have taken on a new meaning under President Roosevelt. It means op portunity U participate in govern ment- for the improvement of con ditions under which We live.” Cooley In Capital . For Pre-Congress Farm Discussion North Carolina Membei/ On Important Committee; Wili Map Roosevelt Aid. Corn-Cotton On List Agriculture Group Smooth Way For Administration Five Point Program. Washington, Oct. 28,—With ar rival in Washington yesterday of Congressman Harold D. Cooley, North Carolina's member of the House agriculture committee, that body took the first steps toward smoothing the legislative path for the President’s five-point program for the session of Congress that be-' gins November 15. Farm legislation, which this com mittee will study, is one of the chief objectives of the special ses sion. Cooley was signally honored by being named a member of the subcommittees on both cotton and tobacco. Congressman H. P. Ful mer of South Carolina, vice chair man of the committee, was also named a member of the former group. Other members of the committee on tobacco legislation are Congress- j men Mitchell of Tennessee, Flan-| nagan of Virginia, and Kinzer of! Pennsylvania, while members of the cotton legislation group are Fulmer of South Carolina, Doxey of Mississippi, Kleberg of Texas, and Owen of Georgia. The subcommittee on tobacco, however, will have little to do, as it has already reported a bill em bodied in a general bill intro duced near the close of the last session which will stand as the report of the subcommittee to be included in a general farm bill. Vandenberg Raps New Deal Policy Claims Business Must Be Suc cessful in Effort To Make More Jobs. Grand Kapids, Mich., Oct. 28.— (.P)—Senator Arthur H. Vanden berg, (lt-Mich.) told a joint meet ing of community clubs today "that if legitimate American business does not have a chance to survive none of us have a chaYice to sur vive.” He criticized the New Deal’s pol icy. “It is a fine ideal to have ‘share the wealth’ it ought to be as widely shared as possible in a de mocracy bat wealth has to be crea ted before it can be shared. “Business has to succeed before it can make jobs.” Russia Refuses To Aid Parley Funds Will Remain Member of Non Intervention in Seeking Peace. London, Oct. 28.—(.V)—Soviet Russia informed the non-interven tion committee today she would not consider further funds towards the non-intervention efforts to control the Spanish civil war. It was understood the Russians intended to stay on the non-inter vention committee which has for months beer, endeavoring to localize the Spanish conflict and prevent it undermining- European peace. Ezra Cox Owner Of Identical Twin Calves Ezra Cox, fanner of Asheboro route two dropped by the Courier office while in town this morning to report that on his farm was iden tical twin calves. The calves, according to the own er, are exactly a week old today. Mr. Cox says that to the minutest detail the part Hertfords are iden tical. The curves in their color, the streaks across and urt&er their eyes and the white tipped tails correspond precisely. Mr. Cox extends an invitation to anyone interested to drop by his home on the old Buffaloe road, five and a half miles out of Asheboro, and see his calves. Liberty School Men Here W. E. Powell and Roger Ewing, principal and coach of the Liberty high school, respectively, dropped by The Courier office last night fol lowing *he meeting in the Ashlyn hotel of all Randolph county men teachers. The school men met in Asheboro to organize a Randolph school masters club. Doomed squad Refuses Help From Americans As Japanese Close In Blaze Destroys Historic Church Modern improvements are blamed ' for the flames and smoke that lick the roof and spire of the 202-year-old Dutch Reformed Church at Pompton Plains, N. J. The fire was blamed on a short circuit of electric wiring. Many documents and his toric relics were destroyed. H Foreign Experts View Battle Zone U. S. Marines Officers on Top Of 22-story Hotel; Watch Day and Night. Shanghai, Oct. 28 —(.P)—For eign military experts, mounting positions in rear of operations— studied the battle of Shanghai to day. Never in modem history, they said, had military observers such opportunities to observe military operations in such broad fashion. With telescopes arid maps, perch ed high on roofs of apartments and hotels they have viewed the moves of forces in the battle, by day and by night. The United States Marine corps officers have probably the finest observation post of all—atop the .2-story Park hotel. The British occupy the tower of the Nether hotel. Capital Host To Windsors Settled British Embassy Attache Pre paring Large Suits In Capital Hotel. Washington, Oct. 28.—(.P)— The Washington Post said in a copy right story today that Harold Sims, attache of the British embassy and Mrs. Sims, will be hosts to the Duke and Dutchess of Windsor in the capital next, month. Mr. and Mrs Sims, the paper said, are having large suits pre pared f' r the couple in a fashion able hotel here. 30 Years Late New York, Oct. 28.—(.Pi—John Barnes, 28, did well enough weav ing his bicycle in and out of New York city traffic until he collided with a police radio car. He was convicted of “dangerous driving” and fined $5. Labor’s Peace Washington, Oct. 28.^~UP)—The lc of “No surrender” by both factions of Labor’s civil war creat ed a belief today the Week’s recsss loaf nin-ht miivkf lock - »— British Join U. S. Offer Of Sanctuary To Reduce Menace One Battalion of Chinese Cling to Abandoned Post In-1 Face of Advance. Chapei in Flames Civilians Gather on Roofs To Watch Battle; Shells Spray Settlement. l’aris, Oct. 28.—<.V>—Japan is disposed to accept friendly conservations with interested powers, including the United States, looking towards event- ' ual restoration of peace be- . tween Japan and China, a high authority said here tonight. Shanghai, Oct. 28.—(JP)—The United States Marines and British troops offered tonight to aid with drawal of a Chinese battalion to end the menace of stray bullets falling in Shanghai’s international settlement with its thousands of, civilians, including Americans. The offer was refused. In defiance of almost certain doom, the battalion held to a small sector within the Chapei zone which the remainder of the Chinese army abandoned yesterday to flames and the advancing Japanese. Crowds of foreign and Chinese gathered on roof tops despite a* shower of machine gun bullets to watch the battle on the settlement’s northern border. General John C. Beaumont, Marine commander in Shanghai, and the British Major General con tacted the Chinese battalion in Chapei by a still serviceable tele phone line connected with a ware house in the battle zone. The American and British com manders suggested their forces be used to assist the Chinese in obtaining a santuary south of Soockow Creek. Warren Suggests Potato Plans Urges House Members to Pro vide Commercial Rights Of Growers. Washington, Oct. 28.—CM—Rep resentative Lindsay C. Warren, (D N. C.) w.red members of the house agriculture committee today an';ap peal for their appointment of a sub committee to prepare a plan , for including commercial potato grow ing in the proposed new farm bill. London, Oct. 28.—UP)—Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told a cheering House of Commons yester day that Britain had informed Ja pan that British soldiers henceforth “always” would retaliate with fire against any attack on a British post. Washington, Oct. 28.—UP)—The Federal Reserve board announced last night a drastic revision in its stock market margin requirements. The move was expected by many Washington authorities to bolster sagging security prices. Italy Celebrates Today Rome, Oct. 28.—(.TV—Italy will celebrate today the fifteenth anni versary of the Fascist march on Rome with the greatest fanfare' Premier Benito Mussolini ever mus tered for the occasion. HILLS OF DAMASCUS ? LOOSE MIGHTY FLOOD Damascus, Oct. 28.—UP)— A great, flood rushed down from the hills of Damascus to day and swept through the I town of Dmeir where almost j all the houses , were washed away. Dozens of bodies were recov ered by troops and poliee. Over 100 persons wen missing. The flood followed a cloub burst.
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