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ASHEBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1937
NUMBER 139
Sunshine Invades Wall
Street; Prices at New
High, Some Gain $15
A. P. Survey Shows
Jumps Range From
$5 Up To $15
Sixty Leading Issues in Big
gest Weekly Gain Since
January, 1934.
U. S. Steel Dividend
Stocks Have Picked Up 19
Percent of Loss in Big Slide
Of Summer.
New York, Oct. 30.—(JP>—The
biggest stock market advance its
nearly tour years brought sunshine
into "the deep canyons of Wall
street this week after more than
two months of almost utter gloom.
Prices of shares of several of the
leading corporations at the close of
trading were from $5 to nearly $15
above the levels of a week ago.
Today’s session was not in itself
very inspiring. Prices floated
about wi’.ii little progress in either
direction, but when compared with
levels of last Saturday, recorded a
striking recovery.
The Associated Press average of
60 leading issues showed an ad
vance of $3.90 for the week to $50.
16, the biggest gain since the third
week of January, 1934.
At this level, prices had recov
ered 19 percent of the loss suffered
in the big slide from mid-August
to October 18.
Tuesday brought news that the
directors of United States corpora
tion had ordered a dividend of $1 a
share on common stock, the first in
five and one-half years.
N. CState Whips
BcstonTeam 12J
Eddie Berlinski Scores Both
Touchdowns; Game Played
At Newton.
Newton, Mass., Oct. 30.—CP)—
Sore jawed Eddie Berlinski, called,
“little buzzar” by his North Caro
Hot State teammates because he
sounds the signal to get under way,
scored both touchdowns to give the
southern Wolfpack a 12-7 victory
over Boston college’s powerful but
sluggish forces today before a
crowd of 12,000.
That sjeedy right half back, a
senior from New Jersey, was kept
imt of ‘he starting line up by the
after-effects of a recent extraction
of a tooth. When Boston college
scored rally in the first, he wa»
rushed into action. He moved the
invaders up to C-7 in the second by
racing 42 yards from his own 30
and then completing a 28 yard pass
from Art Rooney, the N. C. State
passing (Xpert in the Boston end
zone.
The southerners trailed by a sig
nal point until the 11th minute of
the final quarters when Berlinski
waited calmly on his own 28 for an
opening, then sped through his
right guard for a 72 yard touch
down that decided the game.
Gerald Ford Talks
To Senior Class
[ Gerald Ford, director of young
people’s activities in the First
[Methodist church, talked at the
[chapel program to the senior class
[in their home room Friday morn
ling. Mr. Ford gave extracts from
this scrap book as the chief part of
[the devotional program. These con
sisted chiefly of memory gems and
[short poems that have been col
lected by Mr. Ford.
Washington, Oct. HO.—(VP)—
[Chairman Copeland (D-N. Y.) of
[the Senate commerce committee
[took preliminary steps today to
wards investigation of what he call
led “communistic influences” at
[work on American ships.
Football Scores
Cornell 14, Columbia 0.
Duke J.T, W. * L. 0.
Rutgers 34, Lehigh 0.
N. C. State 12, Boston 7.
Fordham 14, U. N C. 0.
Go. Tech 14. Vandy 0.
N. W. 14. Wis. «. V
Purdue 13, Ohio 9.
Davidson 13. Furman 9.
Yale », Dartmouth 9 (Tie).
Pitt. 25, Car. Tech. 4.
Princeton 6, Harvard 34.
N. Y. U. 7, Colgate 14.
Holy Cross 9, Temple 0.
Syracuse 19, Pom. State 13.
Army 29. V. M. I. 7.
Baylor 6, Tea. Christian 0.
Southern Moth. 13, Texas 2.
Clemson 32, Wake Forest 0.
Youth's Vision.
Called Miracle
Given up as a hopeless case
when, an hour after birth, his
eyes were seared with a blinding
concentration of silver nitrate
and pneumonia later set in, the
recovery of Peter Smith, 16
year-old New York student for
the priesthood, is called a mir
acle of Mother Cabrini of Chi
cago, founder of the Institute of
Missionary Sisters. The circum
stances of his recovery without
scars or impairment of sjght
have been cited in the examina
tion of her life looking toward
beatification as a saint.
Former Resident
Dies In Raleigh
Archie E. Greeson, Employed
'Aft MsSystear Store For ?-*•
Years Died Saturday.
Archie E. Greeson, 44, former
resident of Asheboro, died at his
home in Raleigh Saturday morn
ing at 8 o’clock. Mr. Greeson had
many friends in Asheboro, where
for seven years, he was employed
as a meat cutter in the M System
store. He had been ill for about
eight weeks.
The funeral will take place this
afternoon at 2..'i0 o’clock at the
Rich and Thompson Chapel in Bur
lington.
The survivors in addition to his
wife, Mrs. Irma Boone Greeson, in
clude three sons, Archie E. and
Willard H. of Baltimore, Md., and
Charles F. Greeson of Asheboro.
One brother, P. A. Greeson, Gib
ersonvillc and one sister, Mrs. J.
Mautie, Burlington, also survive.
York “Captures”
15-lb. Gold Carp
Local Attorney, With Help Of
Others, Takes Fish From
Nearby Pond.
W. C. York, Asheboro attorney,
yesterday exhibited what he said
was the head of a Golden Carp,
that weighed, when taken from the
water, between ten and fifteen
pounds.
Mr. York also was showing a
group of several smaller golden
and silvered fishes, which he said
were of the same species.
The head of the main fish, was
aobut five inches long and four in
ches wide. He said he and a group
of other fishermen took the fish
from a pond owned*T>y J. F. Green.
P. A. fetutts Hurt 1
In Auto Accident
P. A. Stutts of Asheboro was
carried to Barnes and Griffin Clinic
with an injuried shoulder yesterday
afternoon about 4 o’clock as a
result of a collision of his car
with that of Lee Angel from Spruce
Pines, the accident occurring at the
intersection of Sunset Avenue and
Park Street.
According to Lee Moore, police
man who investigated the wreck,
Angel’s car was coming down Park
Street and Stutts was traveling
east on Sunset when the collision
occurred. Mr. Stutts suffered a
fractured shoulder.
Married Brother
Warrensburg, Mo., Oct. 30,—(,P>
—Mary Lee Williams, 21, resumed
the routine of farm life today, her
month-oid secret marriage shatter
ed by the discovery that the young
farm worker she married was her
brother from whom she was sepa
rated in babyhood.
Southern Leaders
Oppose President
On Labor Problem
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Dixie Legislators Contend
Proposed Law Will Hinder
Industry in South.
Speed Session Plans
Farm Proposals Will Have
Right-of-way; No Hope
Of Completing Work.
Washington. Oct. 30.—( V)—Ad
ministration leaders in Congress
were working against the time in
an effort to get the President’s 5
point pngram ready for debate
when the special session opens No
vember lb.
House end senate agriculture
committers are the busiest, for
farm legislation has the right of
way. Members interested in othsr
bills, also are returning early.
Even if all the major bills should
be ready at the start of the special
session—and some will not—many
legislator? expressed belief the en
tire program cannot be enacted be
fore thj ltgular session in Jan
uary.
The House agriculture committee
is completing a bill to limit acre
age planted in principal crops, al
lowing farmers to raise and mark
et as much as they can on the al
loted land.
Chairman Jones, (D-Tex.) sa^d
the measure also would continue
the present soil conservation bene
fits.
There have been unconfirmed re
ports that revisions may be offer
ed to the wage and hour bill, em
powering u board to establish and
interstate industry, a work week
of not lesi than 40 hours and a
minimum wage of not more than
40 cents an hour.
Many southern Congressmen are
opposed to it, contending it would
retard industrial development in
the South.
W. And L Fail To
Score On Duke
Blue Devils Pile Up Huge
Score With Second String
Players.
Richmond', Va., Oct. 30.—(.!’)—A
blue clad horde from Duke Univer
sity overpowered a big but out
classed Washington and Lee foot
ball team 43 to 0 in a southern con
ference gtme before 5,000 specta
tors here today.
Coach Wallace Wade used three
squads in registering the Blue Devil
victory of the season and uncover
ed a dazzling sophomore ball car
rier in George McFem a long strid
ing youngster. He gathered in a
punt in rhe 4th and streaked 88
yards to - a touchdown through the
entire W. end L. team.
The Duke second string started
eth contest and in four minutes
Harwood Smith slipped over from
the one. yard line for a touchdown.
Midway .n the period Smith tossed
a 25 yard pass to Carpenter for a
second tally.
Purvis Home Is
Damaged By Fire
Breaking the quiet stillness of
a balmy Saturday morning Ashe
boros vqlunteer fire department
yesterday morning answered a call
to Eli Purvis home on Powatan
street to find a room filled with
smoke and a box of clothing burn
ing.
According to Mrs. Purvis, in the
-itchen at the time the fire started,
she heard a dull roaring which, she
thought, sounded too loud for the
kitchen stove. Going into the bed
room next to the kitchen she found
riung clothes and a portion
of the wall afire.
One jf the local firemen said
sparks fell from the pipe in the
kitchen through the outlet in thy
bedroo-n, and into the clothes.
Chief damage done was to the
clothing and a part of the wall in
the bedroom which was hewn out
to extinguish the flames.
Miss Lambert Is
Remodeling Home
Miss Massa Lambert is having
her home on Main street remodel
ed and completely renovated. In
cluded in the plan is the addition
of. an extra room, painting ana the
like.
WThen this work is completed,
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Lambert and
family plan to take a part of the
house with Miss Lambert.
Autos Collide
An automobile driven by Mrs. H.
S. Flower, Hickory and a bread
truck driven by M. C. Phemps, Ra
leigh, collided out north Fayette
ville street Friday evening. No
damage was caused by the accident,
according to police reports.
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Calm as State Asks Her Death
Her poise unruffled by testimony of a handwriting expert that she
“forged-’ the will signed by 78-year-eld Jacob '.Vagner, leaving all his es
tate to her, blond Mrs. Anna Marie Hahn, shown above on trial at Cin
cinnati for Wagner’s minder, heard herself oranded by state prosecutors
as the poison slayer of four elderly men. The death penalty was asked.
Japanese Threaten to Close
British Diplomatic Circles
Tokyo, Oct. 30.—(.'PI—An ‘
official group of high place
Japanese, today charged Great
Britain was helping China idf;
the war against Japan an*:'
warned Anglo-Japanese rela-r
tions might be broken if thitt
continued.
With more than 100 proms'
inent men attendihgTunt®-wider*
cheers, the group adopted this
resolution:
“If the British fail to recon
sider their attitude we may be i
forced to take at attitude of
grave determination by sever
ing years of friendly diplo
matic relations.”
London, Oct. 30.—(.-PI—Brit
ain will enter the 9-power |
treaty talks IVednesday, it was i
indicated today, with a “much
Legion Completes Plans For
Armistice Day Celebration
Dixon Post 45, American Legion,
has completed plans for the annual
observance of Armistice day here
which will open with a street par
ade at 10:00 o’clock, Thursday
morning, November 11.
All students of tne local schools,
Boy and Girl Scouts, Son of the
Legion, the Legion and Legion
Auxiliary will participate in the
parade.
At the conclusion of the parade,
the Legion and, Reginald Turner,
school superintendent, will con
duct special Armistice day pro
gram in each of the two city
schools.
State Senator Henry Ingram and
A. I. Ferree will be speakers in
the Fayetteville school and Mrs.
George Burkhead wilT address the
students of the Park street school.
Window Shopping Week
Ends With Street Dancing
Asheboro and Randolph county
turned out enmasse Friday night to
participate in the closing hours of
Asheboro s Window Shopping week.
Merchants generally distributed
awards during the evening which
was closed with a street dance on
Sunset avenue; The police and
street departments cleared that sec
tion of the highway from Fayette
ville street, west to the railroad sta
tion for the dancers.
Beginning about 7 o’clock the
crowd started milling around, run
ning from one store to another,
dropping their names in the various
boxes in hopes of being able to par
ticipate in more than one drawing.
And immediately following the aw
arding of prizes, music blared forth
from a huge speaker and the
Big Apple was started. People
left the sidelines, crowding in
around the dancers, and some yell
ed jesting remarks at dancing
friends.
Not or'.y was Randolph county
represented, but also the sur
rounding territory, including people
from High Point and Greensboro,
and one of the prize winners bore
stiffer back," as a result of re
peated Japanese offensives
against British troops and
property in China.
The troublesome Spanish
war situation—still deadlocked
on the British plan of foreign
troop withdrawal—was vir
tually shelved over the week
end,- as British ministers de
voted attention to the incidents
In the Orient and approached
the conference aimed to curb
the Chinese-Japanese war.
The sharpest protest yet, in
the growing series of represen
tations to the Tokyo govern
ment, was expected to be estab
lished as soon as facts con
cerning the killing of three
Royal Ulster Riflemen yester
day at Shanghai, became avail
able.
The parade, headed by the Ashe
boro High school band, will form
in front of the Fayetteville school
in charge of Walter Craven, grand
marshall. It will march to Wain
man and Church streets where the
delegation from the Park street
school will join the procession. It
will then proceed to Sunset avenue,
east to Fayetteville street and
thence to the Fayetteville street
school.
The Legion unit will be in com
mand of Dr. B. M. Weston, corn
headed by Mrs. Jan- fs G. Crutch
mander. The Auxiliary will be
field and her staff of r*ficers. The
Sons of the Legion will be in com
mand of Mrs. Blanche Walker.
Later in the day the ex-service
men will enjoy their regular Ar
mistice day dinner.
the South Carolina trade mark.
Everyone uas in a gala mood. The
avenue, covered with chalk dust
was a scene of frivolity', gay hal
lowe’en colors, and loud and laugh
ing voices. The air of the occas
ion even surrounded the song an
nouncer, and with his dialogue was
mingled bits of humor and good
will. He even let a visiting an
nouncer page a friend. The paged
friends name was “Pottsie”’, and he
was instructed to report to his par
ticular business establishment for
work. Set mingly a wise fellow, ho
investigated before reporting, and
then didn’t report. Thus went the
evening.
Huntley-Stockton-Hill was awar
ded $15 foi the best lighted win
dow.
And here’s a list of the names of
all people winning prizes, with the
prize and the store donating:
Jones tc to $5 store, blanket, Mrs.
Oliver Honry.
Kate Hammer’s Millinery Shoppe
hose, Frances Williams.
Coffin & Scarboro, bedroom slip
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Roosevelt Cites j
Peace Proposals i
Of Both Americas I
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Tells “Flying Deputies” To
Spread Treaty Religion
Throughout Continent.
17,000 Mile Air Trip
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Representatives of Peoples j
Mandate Will Visit All
Latin Americas.
Hyde Park, Oct. 29.—<.T>—
President Roosevelt urged “flying
deputies" of the People Mandate
committee today to urge on their
17,000 mile all-America peace
flight, that treaties are not scraps
of paper but are meant to be kept.
The President expressed the be
lief that progress in the Americas
towards peace during the last four
years has had a very good effect
in other parts of the world. He said
the effect had been perhaps greater
than would be realized from the
attitude of some other countries.
The people, all over the world
are beginning to say to themselves,
the President asserted, that in
the western part of the world is
the most interesting thing that
has ever happened—a whole con
tinent has abolished war and has
provided machinery so any quest-'
ion between nations may be peace
bly qettled.
The Americas also, he said, have
set an example to the rest of the
world in treatly adherence.
The President received the Peo
ples Mandate group a few hours
before representaties of the organ
ization set out to urge republics in
Latin America to ratify the anti
war commercial treaties that came
from the 1936 South American
conference.
Davidson Tricks
Furman Boys 13-9
Wildcats Open Bag of Tricks
In Last Quarter to Whip
S. C. Visitors.
Davidson, Oct. SO.—(.PI—David
son opened a box of tricks in the
final quarter to come from behind
and defeat the Furman 13 to 9 be
fore 4,000 spectators. With Fur
man leading: 6 to 0, the Wildcats
brought the crowd to its toes in
the fourth when a long armed pas
ser, Bill Davis, slipped to Dennis
and \\ illiams in a 65 yard drive
that ended in a fourth down town
down pass from Davis to Williams.
Williams, Wildcat captain added the
extra point from placement. After
a first period tussle that saw both
teams fighting for a scoring op
portunity Davidson took the lead
late ip the second when Davis re
ceived a lateral from Dennis crash
ed over.
Clemson Tramples
Wake Forest 32-0
Tigers Put on Heat to Keep
Southern Conference Title
Unblemished.
Clemson, Oct. 30.—-(.'PI—Clemson
Tigers, turning on as much heat
as the blistering summer sun to
day kept its southern conference
record unblemished by brushing
aside Wake Forest 32 to 0.
The soph stole the • show as
Coach Neely played the Tiger re
serve for two quarters. Clemson
scored two touchdowns in the sec
ond, two more in the third and the
fifth in the final period.
Clemson’s Charlie Woods, a jun
ior center, and tackle Fred Wyse
and Curtis Pennington were the
powers in the Tiger line that al
lowed Wake Forest only three
first downs and a net gain of only
48 yards.
Farmers’ Exhibition
Farmers of Randolph county |
have received invitations to attend I
the annual, farmers, dairymen and
poultry raisers convention at the
Purina Farms Experimental
Farms, St. Louis, Mo., next week.
A special train will leave Greens- l
boro, Saturday morning, Novem- i
ber (i.
The group will return to Greens
i boro November 10. Local dealers
have arranged a special round trip,
including hotel accommodations and
meal for $25.
Dr. B. M. Weston is in charge of
the local arrangements.
Charlie Moore Honored
Charlie Moore, a sophomore at
the University of North Carolina,
who spends his summers with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. j
Smith in Asheboro, has recently
been initiated into The Shieks, an
honary organization of the Uni
versity. Each year, 12 men from
the entire sophofnore class are
chosen, and it is indeed a signal
honor that Charles Moore was
among that small group.
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Lost Bat;>lioii Speeds
To SafetJ Carry Flags
But Lei e 200 Killed
Ready to Fight
Japs or Deluge
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Holding his umbrella at ready
and his rifle at ease, this Chinese
soldier presents a view 'of a
novel type of military equip
ment. Frequent rains make nec
essary the issuance of umbrellas
as part of the regular equipment
of soldiers in north China.
Rams Too Much
For Tar Heels
Ford ham Tops Carolina in Ke
nan Stadium By Score
Of 14-0.
Chapel Hill, Oct 30.—CPI—
Fordham showed its power and
razzle dazzle today to combat a
hard fighting University of North
Carolina team 14 to 0 and continue
its undefeated season.
The learns entered the game un
beaten ;n this year’s campaign, but
..each had been tied. A crowd of 24,
000 watched the Rams "emerge vic
torious in their first southern in
vasion.
The Ram? turned on the heat for
an 88 yard scoring march in the
first and a 56 yard advance in the
third.
The ok! statute of liberty play
gave the invaders their first touch
down, Sieve Kazlo taking the ball
out of Joe Granski’s hand as Gran
dski faked a pass swept 26 yards
around right end to score.
Captain Druce converted from
placement for the extra point and
also made his kick good after the
second touchdown.
Butch Fortinto, a relief Ford
ham back, drove one yard through
second for the see and tally.
Police Open Drive j
On ‘One-Lighters’
State Patrolmen Halting Of
fending Drivers in Ran
dolph County.
Patrolman H. V. Norris, local
patrolman in charge of this dis
trict with the help of the state
highway patrolmen, Friday and
last night opened a campaign to end
“one-lighters” in this section of
Randolph county.
Patrolman Norris and two other I
members of the state department
stationed themselves at Fayette
ville and Salisbury streets where
driver after driver, handling an
automobile with but one light
burning was “headed to the curb”
where after making identification
they were directed to repair their
defective lights.
The campaign, statewide, will go
a long way, autoists believe, in
decreasing the number of highway
accidents. Persons driving after
dark agree that “one-lighters” are
a great menace to safe driving.
Labor Battle
Washington, Oct. 30.—(fP>—
Organized labor's civil warfare
broke out openly again today over
a C. 1. O. proposal to enroll all
■furniture workers into one big
union.
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Chinese Disarmed
By British Army;
377 Reach Haven
Commander Says Evacuation
Older Came From General
Chaing'-Kai-Sheck.
Too Valuable to Spare
Japs Enter Warehouse Ten
Minutes After Chinese
Sprint 20 Yard Lane.
(By The Associated Press)
Shanghai, Oct. 31—(Sunday)—
China’s “Lost Battalion” escaped
its besieged warehouse early today,
running a blazing machine-gun
gauntlet to sanctuary in Shanghai’s
international settlement.
At the height of the furious bat
tle that sprayed shells over foreign
owned areas of central Shanghai,
377 Chinese dashed down a 20 yard
opening to safety.
They were disarmed immediate
ly by British troo'ps and interned
for duration of the conflict.
Twenty-live were gravely wound
ed.
Chine.se said they had left behind
200 dear, who “fulfilled their pledge
to defend the warehouse until
death” ir. face of the Japanese ulti
matum of surrender or die.
Ten minutes after the last sur
vivors tell the crumbling ware
house, the Japanese hoisted the
Rising Sun flag over the site of the
most dramatic incident of the con
flict.
Col. drug-Yuan, commander of
the battalion, a part of General
Chaing-Kai-Sheck’s 88th division,
was the last to reach safety of for
eign protection.
He said the evacuation was ori
General Chaing’s direct order co
(leave bet.pase the battalion— ‘-‘-waa>,
' too valuable to spare.” With
them, the escaping Chinese brought
national and battalion flags that
had floated above the warehouse
through the four days of pounding
attacks since the Chinese with
drawal from war-ravaged Chapei,
across the Soochow creek from the
international settlement.
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Shanghai, Oct. 30.—CP)—The
British authorities reported tonight
that the famous Chinese “lost bat
talion” in the devastated Chapei
district ,.t.s laying down its arms
and soon would come into the inter
national settlement for sanctuary.
The reported decision of the bat
talion to abandon its stand against
the advancing Japanese was said to
be the rcsi.lt of urgings from con
suls-gen »■ al, who sought to end i
situation of grave danger to the in
ternational area.
Asheboro People
At Kiwanis Meet
Among the Asheboro people at
tending the District Kiawanis meet
ing held in Charlotte Friday were
Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Sykes, Mr. and
Mrs. John Neely, Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Routh, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Craven, and Henry Loman, Clyde
Lucas, Lee Kearns, and Dr. George
R. Salisbury.
1,000 Drown
Damascus, Oct. 30.—OP)—Morp
than 1,000 persons drowned in
floods northeast of here authorities
announced today.
Ten thousand persons were made
homeless and several villages were
destroyed.
Five hundred listed as missing in
the Dmeir.
French troops and police rushed
medical supplies into the devastat
ed region.
Cripple Clinic
The Cripple Childrens clinic will
take place Thursday, November 4
in the Rardolph hospital. The clin
is sponsored by the Rotary club.
Called to Virginia
Dr. C. G. Smith and Mrs. Smith
left last night for Staunton, Va.
in response to a telegram that Dr.
Smith’s mother, Mrs. Wade Smith
is seriously ill. Mrs. Smith suf- J
fered a heart attack at Staunton
several weeks ago and has been in ]
a hospital there. Her condition is
considered serious.
I HE WEATHER
North Carolina: Sunday, fair and
cooler. Warmer Sunday night.
San Francisco, Oct. 30.—t.P)—The
, California Supreme court today de
j nied Thomas J. Mooney’s idea for
freedom cna writ of habeas corpus.
Hyde Park, Oct. 30.——Pres
ident Roosevelt turned briefly to
day from work on the ljudget for a
conference on peace.