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ASHEBORO, N. C., W^pNESDAY, NOV. 10, 1937
NUMBER 146
HITS SNAGS
Britain Urges New
“Hand-In-Hand”
Tie-Up With U. S.
Peeking Strongest Line-Up
Since World War; Points
To FDR Chicago Talk.
Lauds Far East Act
Says United States Has Set
Way For Peace Loving
Nations In World.
London, Nov. 10.—CT)—The
British government today was
seeking its closest co-operation
with the United States since the
World war, advocating a “hand-in
hand” policy in the Far East and
cslewhere on the troubled world
diplomatic front.
The strong move-apparently was
the outgrowth of President Roose
velt’s Chicago address which en
:ouraged the British after close
scrutiny to believe the Washing
ton government might rewrite its
traditional policy of isolation.
Prune Minister Neville Chamber
lain, who in a speech at Birming
ham', October 8, had welcomed the
Roosevelt plea for concerted action
for peace, went a step further last
sight in a speech calling for the
Fullest Britain—American action.
The Prime Minister hailed the
United States’ participation in
the current Far East conference at
Brussels as the “first and most val
uable step towards fulfillment of
he desire expressed by President
Roosevelt at Chicago for concerted
efforts by peaee loving nations
’or the. scantity of treaties and the
tcttlcment of difficulties by peace
ful means.”
Christian
Session
Conference In
At Big Oak Church
The 67th‘ annual session of the
Western N. C. Christian Confer
ence will convene at Big Oak
Christian church, near Biscoe,
Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 10
and 11. Rev. T. E. White, Sanford,
will be the presiding officer.
Thu opening session will begin at
10 o’clock Wednesday morning,
ind Rev. T. E. AVhite will deliver
he annual sermon at 11:30. The
..ord’s Supper will be administered
>y Rev. G. M. Tally, host pastor,
assisted by Dr. William L. Beard.
Some of the prominent leaders of
he denomination who will address
he conference are: Dr. L. E. Smith,
resident of Elon College, Chas. D.
ohnston, Sup’t. Elon Orphanage,
lev. F. C. Lester, Norfolk, Va.,
Sditor of The Christian Sun and
executive Secretary of the Board
>f Christian Education, and Dr.
W. L. Beard, Shelton, Conn., re
Ramsay MacDonald, 71, Dies;
Three Times Prime Minister
Thursday, 11 A. M.
Mayor Bunch Requests All
Residents of Asheboro
To Honor Dead.
Mayor W. A. Bunch, head
of the city government, today
urged all residents of the (Aty
of Asheboro to cease their
work and other activities for
two minutes tomorrow morn
ing beginning at 11 o’clock. In
calling attention to the na
tion’s observance of Armis
tice Day, Mayor Bunch said:
“Tomorrow marks the day
this nation pays tribute to all
its sons and daughters who
gave their lives ior their coun
try during the World war.
“The Armistice was signed
at It o’clock, Thursday morn
ing, November 11, 1918.
“As a memorial to the ces
sation of conflict, at that time
and as a tribute to Asheboro’s
sons and daughters who gave
their lives that we might bet
ter enjoy freedom, I request'
all citizens, all business and,
all manner of activity, to
pause for two minutes at 11
o’clock tomorrow morning.
“In this simple manner—we
re-dedicate our lives to better
citizenship and our prays for
continued peace for this coun
try.”
W. A. Bunch,
Mayor, City of Asheboro.
Slot Machines
Raleigh, Nov. 10.—(M—-Attorney
General A. A. F. Seawell held ille
gal today slot machines which show
before each play how much money
they will pay off.
With President Roosevelt help
ing out, love will laugh at U. S.
naval regulations, hopes pretty
smiling Grace McDonald. 18.
above, a very determined young
woman who loves a sailor Writ
ing to the President from New
York, she sought release of
Bradford Greene. 22. from a
siN-ye-.ii enlistment in the navy,
to <11:116 with her the success
of a beialedly-produced musical
comedy. Greene wrote
turWta missionary Ho China.
Others scheduled to take part
on the two day meet are: W. P.
Copeland, Biscoe; Rev. A. L. Lucas,
Pisgah; Rev. J. U. Fogleman, Bur
lington; Rev. M. A. Pollard, Liber
ty; Rev. S. M. Penn, Sophia; Rev.
E. Carly Brady, Hemp; George T.
Gunter, Asheboro; Rev. H. V.
Cox, Ramseur; Rev. John T. Pugh,
Franklinvillc; Cyrus Shoffner,
Liberty; O. D. Lawrence, Seagrove;
and Rev. T. J. Green, Ramseur.
Special feature for the service
on Wednesday evening will be a
program given by the Woman’s
Missionary Society of Big Oak
Church, Mrs. J. B. Cole, leader.
The main officers who assist
president White are: Rev. E. Carl
Brad.v. Hemp, vice-president, Geo
rge T. Gunter, secretary; Rev. M.
A. Pollard, assistant secretary; O.
D. Lawrence, treasurer.
London, Nov. 10.—LP)—J Ram
say MacDonald, who rose through
Labor’s ranks from Scottish pover
ty to become thrice Prime Minis
ter of Great Britain, died suddenly
last night aboard a cruise ship
bound for South America.
Dr. Alastair MacKinnon, Mac
Donald’s son-in-law, received news
by radio of the death of Britain’s
first Labor Prime Minister.
The man who was bom the son
of a Scottish fanner and spurned
an earldom only this year, died
aboard the steamer Reina del Pa
cifico at 8:45 p. m., apparently of a
heart attack.
Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain received news of his death
shortly after addressing the Lord
Mayor’s banquet in the guildhall,
the occasion at which only a year
ago MacDonald suffered a sudden
collapse.
The body will be taken off the
ship at Bermuda, where it is due
November 15, and returned to Eng
land.
He Sought Rest
The 71-year-old former Prime
Minister with his daughter Shelia
sailed last Thursday for South
America in search of what he called
“the most elusive of all forms of
happiness—rest.”
Destroyers Sail
Washington, Nov. 10.—LP)—
The Navy department announced
today the destroyers Claxton and
Manley had relieved the Hatfield
’and Kane in the special Euro
pean squadron organized last
year to assist in evacuating
Americans from war-torn Spain.
The Hatfield and Kane sailed
from Gibraltar.
Chinese Expecting
Jap Drive Towards
Nation’s Capitoi
Rush Troops Towards New
Front as Japan Lands
40,000 Fresh Troops.
Confident of Future
Small Bands of Chinese In
Shanghai Holding Off
Nipponese Thrusts.
Shanghai, Nov. 10.—</P)—Japan
ese reinforcements landed on the
south and north shores of Hang
chow Bay today for what may be
come a major drive' towards Nank
ing, China’s capital.
Chinese said the reinforcements
would mark Hangchow as the first
step in the Nanking drive, now that
Shanghai is in Japanese hands, ex
cept for Nantao, native quarter in
which small bodies of the Chinese
army are located.
A few Chinese are also holding
out on the Pootung, industrial cen
ter across the Whangpoo from
Shanghai. *
Japanese utilized airplanes and
artillery bombardment in their ef
fort to drive out the remaining
Chinese.
Many bombs fell along the Nan
tao-Whangpoo water front within a
few hundred yards of American and
other foreign war vessels anchored
in the river.
Chinese said thirty-four Japanese
transports already had arrived off
the Chekiang coast in the new
Hangchow movement carring ap
proximately 40,000 soldiers. Cap
ture of Hangchow would cut one of
the two railroads now open oe
tween Shanghai and Nanking.
About one half of the troops
landed in the Chapoo section on the
north shore of the bay.
Chinese authorities declared, the
nese forces now beingCrushed to the
Yuoa would be able to check the
new Japanese reinforcements.
Shanghai harbor, off the French
concession, today was the scene of
a bitter machine gun battle be
tween Japanese warcraft and Chin
ese troops on both banks of the
Whangpoo.
At nightfall three Japanese ships
joined in an announcement that
Nantao would be bombed unless
Chinese withdrew.
Merchant Marine
Needs U.S. Help
Commission Reports Ships In
Poor Condition; Ask Gov
ernment Subsidy.
Washington, Nov. 10.—t.P)—The
Maritime commission, reporting on
a comprehensive study of American
shipping, said today that, if priv
ate enterprise is not able to restore
the nation’s fast-aging merchant
fleet, the government will have to
do the job.
The commission outlined a tenta
tive five-year program fer subsi
dized construction of 65 vessels at
an estimated cost of $137,000,000
including more than $50,000,000 in
government subsidies.
This projected undertaking will
require heavy investments of priv
ate capital, and the commission ex
pressed doubt as to whether the
money would be forthcoming.
Mediation Board Urged
Next to financing new construc
tion, it said, the most serious prob
lem is that of stabilizing strike-rid
den maritime labor. Creation of a
mediation board, similar to that
created in 1934 to handle railway
labor disputes, was recommended.
Establishment of a school at^New
York city to train 500 new seamen
annually also was suggested.
Both of these proposals long con
sidered, already have drawn ex
pressions of opposition from one
labor leader, Joe Ciseran, president
of the National Maritime union.
Hoey Praises N.C.
Tuberculosis Plan
Dedicates Sanitorium at Black
Mountain; 165 Bed
Hospital
Black Mountain, Nov. 10.—(-T)—
Governor Clyde R. Hoey today
marked North Carolina’s com
pletion of the sanitorium here as
another victory in the state’s fight
against tuberculosis.
Speaking at the dedication of the
165-bed sanitorium Governor Hoey
said the chair of health and pre
servation of life have become chief
concern of the world’s people.
I
One Truck Did This to a Flyer
not always the smaller vehicle
iy shown In this remarkable air
hit a truck at a grade crossing
ae'fengtpe ended upside-down in
per" ears folded together like an
| died in the wreckage. ,
When a train meets a truck. It
that gels the worst of the deaikti
view. This crack Southland |p
in the village of Lovejoy, Gjpfl
an adjoining held and the pass^
accordion. Four persoi
London, Nov. 10.—(.1’)—The fate
of James Ramsay MacDonald, the
son of a poor Scottish farmer, who
lived to decline an earldom, divided
Britain today in an apprasial of
his life.
Again those who lauded, the
three-time prime minister as the
savior of his country during the
dark days of 1931, there were
others who regarded him as a trait
Federal Spending May Face
FDR Plan to Balance Budget
Washington, Nov. 10.—CP)—
President Roosevelt’s reiteration of
his intent to balance next year’s
budget brought the prediction from
usually informed observers today
that suggestions to increase gov
ernment spending will'get nowhere.
President Roosevelt’s budget
statement was made at his press
conference yesterday, after he was
asked if current business condi
tions had upset his fiscal calcula
tions.
Secretary Morganthau may bare
Peace League To
Honor Armistice
Rabbi Rypins Guest Speaker
At County Meeting In
Asheboto Sunday.
The Randolph County Peace
League will hold its Armistice Day
Program at the M. E. Church,
Asheboro, N. C., next Sunday, Nov.
14th at 3:30 p. m. and it is ex
pected there will be a J large num
ber present to hear Rabbi Fred 1.
Rypins of Greensboro, N. C., ad
dress the meeting, also the organ
recital and song service.
Rabbi Rypins is noted through
out North Carolina as an interest
ing speaker and one who is
thoroughly familiar with the quest
ions involving international peace.
The Peace League is exceedingly
fortunate in securing this able man
for its Armistice Day Program and
it is expected there will be a large
attendance from all party of Ran
dolph county.
Seeks Clemency
Releigh, Nov. 10.—(.PI—Paroles
'commissioner, Edwin Hill said to
day that R. E. Sentelle, member
of the legislature from Bruns
wick had notified him he would
request executive clemency to evade
a 30 day sentence for drunken
driving.
or to the Labor party which he
built.
The 71 -year-old prime minister
and, first prime minister to visit
the United States, died last night
aboard a South American bound
ship on quest ot peace which he had
failed to find in his unique stormy
political career.
Death apparently was due to a |
heart attack following a long ill
ness.
some of the administration’s in
tentions in relation to present bus
iness conditions in a New York
speech tonight. He has indicated
the subject of “pump priming”
might be an official answer to
advocates of heavier Federal ex
penditures to offset any slowing
up in the business pace.
Mr. Roosevelt may touch on bus
iness conditions in a radio speech
next week urging the unemployed
to register in next week’s census.
Urge Governor To 1
Pardon Sentelle!
|
Southport Representative Fa- j
cing Jail Sentence; Now
At Liberty.
Raleigh, Nov. 10.—i.B—Gover
nor Hoey said today he had re
ceived several letters urging a
parole or pardon for Representa
tive R. E. Sentelle of Southport,
who is under sentence of 00 days in
jail after conviction on drunken
driving charges.
Sentelle lost an appeal to the
State Supreme Court last Wednes
day. The Governor said the case
probably would come before him
“throuth the regular channels.”
He pointed out that the representa
tive, now free on bond, would not
begin serving the jail term at
least until the court’s opinion was
certified.
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Last Washington Dies
Alexandria, Va., Nov. 10—CP)—
Mrs. Eleanor Selden Washington
, Howard, 81, last of the Washing
ton family born at Mount Vernon,
died here last night. She was the
great-great-grandniece of George
Washington.
The Weather
North Carolina: Occassional
mins tonight and Thursday. Some
what colder in the interior Thurs
day.
Armistice Day
Marked With Many
Features; Parade
School Students and Legion
Parade in Morning; Church
Services at Noon.
Veterans To Banquet
Special Memorial Service In
Pugh's Chapel: Dinner At
Baptist Church.
The City of Asheboro will ob
serve the annual observance of
Armistice Day tomorrow with a
program which will virtuall in
clude every resident.
The day’s activity will open at
10 o’clock with a street parade in
which all students of the local
schools, veterans and many others
will participate.
Walter Craven has been appoint
ed grand marshal of the parade.
His aides will include officers of
the Legion and representatives of
the High school student body.
Chief of Police Dewey Bulla and
other members of the police depart
ment will also participate in the
parade.
Following the parade the Ameri
can Legion, through co-operation
of Superintendent of Schools Reg
inal Turner, will conduct patraotic
programs in the Fayetteville and
Park street schools. State Senator
Henry Ingram and A. I. Ferree
will speak in the Fayetteville
school and Mrs. George Burkhead
will bring a message to the stu
dents in the Park street institu
tion.
At the conclusion of the school
program, the parishioners of the
Church of The Good Shepherd will
conduct a short memorial service
in Pugh’s Funeral Home at noon.
The service will be in charge of
Eugene Schaefer, senior -warden]
ner will take place in the Baptist
church at 7 o’clock. Members of
Dixon Post 45, American Legion
and the Auxiliary will have charge
of the affair. Tickets are available
at the Old Hickory cafe. There
will be a speaker at the dinner.
The holiday will be observed by
the Bank of Randolph and by the
First National Bank.
Grocery Stock Is
Sold Here Today
National Food Stores of High
Point Purchase Stock; Fix
tures Distributed.
The National Food Store of
High Point, with G. E. Hutchens,
owner and manager, purchased the
stock of goods from the M System
sale this morning. With several
bidders, Mr. Hutchens’ price of
$1,005.00 bought the stock of gro
ceries.
The fixtures were sold to var
ious merchants from this section
of the state, most of them going
out of town. It is estimated by
Sheriff King that the entire stock
bought between $2,500 and $3,000.
The figures were not complete nor
the matter closed as this newspaper
goes to press.
The M. System has been closed
for several weeks since the illness
of E. V. Hobbs, manager of this
store, sometime ago.
Russia Seeks U. S.
Aid Against Japs
Moscow Contends England
And France Should Fight
Anti-Communist Pact.
Moscow, Nov. 10.—<.P)—The Com
munist party organ, Travada, to
day declared that the real purpose
ol the Italian-Japanese-German
anti-communistic pact was to grab
new territory in a new world war.
The newspaper urged collective
action by the United States, Great
Britain and France against the
three power pact.
“An end must be put,” the news
paper said, “once and for all to the
policy of protecting the aggres
sors.”
West Coast ’Quake
Watsonville, Calif., Nov. 10.—(A3)
—A sharp earthquake was felt here
at 9:29 a. m. (EST) today but no
damage was reported.
Washington, Nov. 10.—UP)—
Secretary Perkins said after a
White House conference today she
would propose changes in the ad
ministration wage and hour bill
when Congressional committees
start new hearings on the subject.
Sponsors
Enactmei
Problei
r Speedy
Face New
I at Session
Hostess Plays
Self in Films
“Act natural’’ was all the di
rector told beautiful Daphne
Lane, above, in her first role as
an air stewardess in a forth
coming production, for that is
her daily job—hostess on an
airliner. Called the “most bcau
L'ul” air stewardess by Artist
" McClelland Barclay, Daphne
will have a small but important
part in “The Lady Misbehaves.”
Local Davy Plant
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Garland l^ake Dairy Attracts
Many Visitors to Inspect
New Sanitary Process.
Open House Day, celebrating
the modernization of Garland Lake
Dairy yesterday, was a huge suc
cess from every viewpoint. More
than 400 ladies of the town, with
several of the business men thrown
in for good measure and because of
their interest in the plant, were
visitors of G. P. Pritchard, owner
of this one, the oldest, and cer
tainly the most modern, dairy of
Asheboro.
Acting as joint hostesses with
Mr. Pritchard were a group of
women from Asheboro P-T. A. who
provided transportation for many
of the visitors in order that the
science department of the school
might profit by their efforts. While
the exact figures have not been
announced, Mr. Pritchard estimates
that about $45 will be the share of
the science department from the
attendance record yesterday. This
is a very generous gesture on the
part of Mr. Pritchard and warm
appreciation w'as expressed to him,
and about him, on all sides. This
department of the school has been
in dire need of funds for equip
ment.
The visitors were divided into
groups of about twenty and taken
through the plant in order that W.
F. Freeman, from the state depart
ment of health at Raleigh might
explain the value and operation of
the pasturization process and point
out the extra sanitation points that
safeguard health by such modern
methods. The large groups were
thoroughly impressed with the
i complete sanitation of the dairy and
the processes from cow to bottle.
The barn is large, well ventilated
and scrupopously clean, as are the
animals and workmen attending.
As Mr. Freeman explained, the
health of children, infants, grown
ups and whole communities often
hinge on milk sanitation, since milk
is such an important food in diet.
He unhesitatingly recommended
the pasteurization process recently
installed by Mr. Pritchard.
Dr. George Sumner and JVfr.
Wylie, from the county health de
partment, were also present and
added to the praise of such modern
methods of sanitation installed at
Garland Lake Dairy.
As the guests left, they were ser
ved chocolate milk and wafers.
Visiting hours werq between 2:00
and 3:00 p. m.
Asks Square Deal
Detroit, Nov. 10.—LP>—Alfred
Reeves, general manager of the Au
tomobile manufacturers association,
called for a “square deal for man
agement as well as for workers” in
an address today at the annual con
vention of the association.
Administration To
Separate Revenue
And Control Bills
Senate Committee Proceeds
Without Chairman Smith;
Wheat Men Gather.
Corn Prediction Due
Advocates Measure to Keep
Market Prices Up To
Production Cost.
Washington, Nov. 10.—l#)—
Sponsors of the crop control leg
islation seeking its quick enact
ment at the special session of Con
gress here next week noted these
developments today.
1. Impatient members of the Sen
ate agriculture committee said they
would try to assemble a group to
go to work on the bill without a
waiting the return of chairman
Smith (D-S. C.).
2. Wheat belt representatives
said they would ask the House
agriculture committee to include
in its bill a guarantee of wheat
prices to meet production costs.
3. Informed persons said the ad- |
ministration is considering sep- -j
arating the crop control bill and the
revenue measure which would fin
ance it.
4. A new estimate of the corn
crop was due at 3 p. m. (EST) to- |
Death Duel Marks
Knife-Sword Tilt
Rancher Uses Rusty Saber
When Attacked With A
Butcher Knife.
Santa Rosa, Calif., Nov. 10.—CB
—A story of a gruesome deadly
duel between a 70-year-old rancher
with an old rusty sword and an
intruder brandishing a butcher
knife, was pieced together by of
ficials today by the dying surviv
or’s gasps.
Thomas Elliot, the rancher cut
off the intruder’s left' hand but
finally was over-powered as he
promised to get his money, but in
stead, he grabbed a gun and killed
the invader with one shot. Elliott
was critically wounded and was
not expected to survive, hospital
authorities said.
Randolph Cotton
Ginning Increase
Washington Reports Jump
From 79 to 248 Bales To
November 1, 1937.
Washington, Nov. 10. (Special tc
The Daily Courier) The Depart
ment of Commerce today announc
ed that there were 248 bales of
cotton ginned in Randolph county,
N. C., from the 1937 crop prior to
November 1, this year, as compared
with 79 bales ginned to November
1, 1936.
PWA To Construct
College Building
University of North State
Granted $410,000 By New
Federal Ruling.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 10.—jLB—Thfe
public works administration called
for bids on over $12,000,000 worth
of new projects in nine southern
states.
H. T. Cole, regional director, said
the new projects would be iinanced
under the PWA extension act
which appropriated $369,000,000,
available for 1937.
The projects include:
North Carolina, Carteret county.
I schools, $168,124. University of
[ North Carolina, college buildings,
! $410,900. Western North Carolinu
sanitorium, $286,000.
Durham, Nov. 10.—CP)—Sqme
1,600 tickets to the Duke-Carolina
grid battle here Saturday are
available, it was
day.