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ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1937
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hinese Government Evacuating
Nanking; Military Forces Plan”
Fight, Kai-Sheck In Command
lese Capitol Moved 300
[iles Inland; to Continue
Defense.
raps Bomb Cities
sands Fleeing Homes As
is Advance Towad Na
tion’s 03d Capitol.
■ Iran, Spain, Nov. 16.—(-P)—
Isurgent general headquart
h at Salamance announced to
by that Japan would recog
lize General Franco’s govern
ment November 25, the anni
versary of the signing of the
Jerman-Japanese pact against
ommunism.
■ Nanking, Nov. 16.—UP)—The
■hineae government decided tonight
■o move to Hankow, on the Yang
tze, nearly 800 miles to the west
because of threats to the capitol by
papanese armies advancing from
(Shanghai.
f The ministry of commerce took
the lead today by evacuating its
[staff and records to Hanchow—
bound steamers and the League of
Nations technical experts were to
leave tomorrow.
For greater security and freedom
from Japanese attacks, three or
[four cities will be used to harbor
k-arious civil departments.
I Hankow, as the major haven
Probably will house the ministry of
Bpreign affairs and the finance de
fcrtmrat. ..
■ Military establishments will re
Hain at Nanking until the very
Kt. The civil department will be
Hpved but officials stated that this
Hcl not mean abandonment of the
Hpitol and avowed that the army
Kid defend Nanking until last
■jh Chiang Kai-Sheck, premier
■ general himself in charge.
■f the Japanese break through
^defense, our army will retreat
King, for China is determined
wt compromise or capitula
■ said a high official.
Kiese have viewed with in
ftig alarm the advance of the
Hese troops on the “Hinden
KLine” of China’s defenses,
■125 miles southeast of here.
Thousands Flee
;Mi, Nov. 16.—UP)—Thous
panic stricken Chinese civ
ied from three great Chi
ies tonight to escape advan
janese armies and wide
jombing by Japan’s wrar
trly, others were fleeing
bianfu, Shantung provinc
tpl, north of the Shanghai
pr and from Soochow, cen
Et in the Chinese defense
Breen Shanghai and Nan
military observers pre
Japanese could reach
(thin a month. (
lanese northern China
■©ached the Yellow river,
rth of Tsinanfu to stem
b of the Chinese, report
i blown up the Tientsin
je spanning the river op
■prs, Belgium, Nov. 16.—UP)
Kae officials here today is
pharp blast to the Brussels
pee which criticized Japan
taction in China,
ptement from the Japanese
ky attacked Russia as a non
Dry to the 9-power treaty but
is participating in the confer
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Contest Closes
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■ The picture contest which ap
■ peered in Sunday’s issue of The
■ Daily Courier, according to Roy
■ Champion, manager of the Caro
I Tint theatre and sponsor of tha
I contest, will close tomorrow
r morning at 9 o’clock.
Already several hundred en
tries have been sent to The Daily
Courier and Mr. Champion ex
presses delight at the interest
Sttltai been taken. Decision of
fhe judges, selected by Mr.
Champion, will be Anal. The
•rfcmU* will be announced in
Wednesday’s issue of The Daily
Courier, first prise being a
month’s pass to the Carolina
theatre, second prize, a two
weeks’ pass.
Are They Bitin’, Mr. Speaker?
Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead apparently thinks some
crafty angling will be necessary to obtain administration objectives
in the special congressional session, for he arrived in Washington,
as pictured above,, with a fishing rod in his hand. Or maybe ho
thinks the session' will be short and he’ll soon be Cshing again
down Alabama way. With the speaker was Mrs. Bankhead.
Unemployment Census Opens
Today With Questions In Mail
Washington, Nov. 16.—UP)—Ap
proximately 160,000 postmen will
distribute questionnaires to every
American home today in an effort
to find out how many persons are
jobless and what they can do.
It will bo the biggest one-day
house-to-house canvass ever under
taken in this country.
The questionnaires are to be
filled out by all unemployed and
“partially unemployed” persons and
dropped in mail boxes, or given to
postmen, by Saturday midnight. No
stamps need be placed upon them.
The answers will be tabulated by
the census bureau and checked in
part, by the President’s special un
employment census office. Results
of the survey probably will be
made public in late December.
Federal Government Plans
To Push Payne-Borden Hunt
The federal government, having
taken a hand in the Bill Payne
search sometime ago, appears to
mean business by their placard in
the local postoffice today. Bill
Payne’s face is photographed from
three sides and the charge is un
lawful flight to avoid prosecution
for murder. Eight aliases are set
forth along with ten finger print
photographs. A full description of
this man, who is rather well known
in Randolph, was given including
his unusually sallow complexion
and deep circles under the eyes.
Many people are of the opinion
that Payne is a Randolph man.
But, not so. He is a native of For
syth county. He “uses” about in
several places in Randolph, but
none of his immediate relatives re
side in Randolph. His mother, a
son, his wife and a sister live in
High Point.
The placard also informs the
public of several of his prison
experiences and for what he was
incarcerated. His sins are many,
but he has out-smarted the federal
authorities as long as they ljke and
J. Edgar Hoover has issued this
ultimatum. Possibly this is sent to
postoffices all over the world, be
cause of the report that Payne
passed through Randolph enroute
for “foreign parts” some couple of
months ago. This may not be true,
however, as it would be a bit hard
for such a widely publicized person
to get out of the country.
Bill doeS not hold the entire
stage, for John Washington Tur
ner, knp\tfn to Asheboro and Ran
dolph as Jack Borden shares hon
ors with him in this publicity pro
gram of J. Edgar Hoover’s. Bor
den is rather well known here also
|and has participated in a bit of
highway robbery and similar gen
tle arts about Piedmont North
Carolina, but his people live in the
western section of the state. Jack,
himself, was born in McDowell
county. The chargft is the same for
Jack, and his prison record is about
equal to that of Bill Payne’s. His
Very dark complexion, hair and
eyes made it necessary for the
federal department to state that he
was “an American.”
But, the boys are still roaming
free.
Bill Croaker Held
In Randolph Jail
Mrs. Allen Hughes in Hospital
As Result of Blow Across
Forehead.
Bill Croaker was carried to the
county jail here about two o’clock
this afternoon by local policeman
Lee Moore after Moore had arrest
ed him on Mill street concerning
his alleged attack on Mrs. Allen
Hughes.
According to Mr. Moore, Mrs.
Hughes was carried to the Ran
dolph hospital with a four or five
inch gash across the top of her
forehead, inflicted, according to Of
ficer Moore, by Croaker who hit her
with a kerosene lamp.
Ostend, Belgium., Nov. 1C.—CP)
—Eight persons died today in the
burning wreckage of a Belgium
airliner which struck a chimney
and crashed in an attempt to land
during a fog near here.
Yankee Gangsters
Escape Upper New
York Penitentiary
Three Men Convicted in 1933
Kidnapping Flee Jail In
Prison Guard’s Car
“Outside” Plotting
One Sentenced to 77 Years;
Connected With Noted
O'Connell Snatch.
Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. \G.—</P>—
Three of the eight men convicted
of the 1933 kidnapping of John J
O’Connell, Jr., of Albany, escaped
from the Oneida county jail hert
today after tying up the jail stafi
of six in a carefully timed, bolJ
delivery plot.
The three were prussey Gary, 34
John Oley, Albany, 35, who wa$
sentenced to 77 years and Harold
Crowley, 35 of New York city sen?
fenced to 38 years.
The plot was led by Gary, H. H.
Paddock, superintendent of the pri
son said, “with apparent outside
help.”
The three were Prussey Gary, 34,
Hayes, a guard, and made then
escape in Hayes’ car which they
drove 5 miles from the prison to
Jamesville, south of this city to
downtown Syracuse where they
left it and sped away in another.
An 8-state alarm was immediate
ly broadcast by the New York state
police heaquarters which ordered
all road patrols to hunt for the
trio.
Loral Dentists
At District Meet
Three Dentists From Ashe
boro Attend; Ite. Graham ofi
Ramseur, President.
Dr. O. L. PresneD, Dr. George
Salisbury and Dr. John Swaim, all
well knowi dentists of Asheboro
are attending the meeting of the
third district dental society in
Greensboro today.
Dr. C. A. Graham of Ramseur,
who is a prominent dentist of the
state, is president of the third dis
trict and is presiding over the ses
sions which opened last night with
a banquet. Dr. Presnell is among
the group who are committee chair
men, Dr. Presnell heading the table
clinic. Dr. C. D. Kistler of Randle
man is on the constitution and by
laws committee; Dr. D. K. Lock
hart of Durham, formerly a resi
dent of Asheboro, is on the ethics
committee; Dr. J. J. Hamlin of
High Point is on the auditing com
mittee. Dr. Hamlin was bom and
reared in Randolph.
Featuring the session are two
noted speakers of the dental profes
sion. Burt B. Ide, D-D.fLF.A.C.O.,
of Baltimore, Md., professor of ope
rative industry at die Baltimore
college of dental surgery and the
dental school of the University of
Maryland, will address the gather
ing Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock
on “The Importance of Definite
Patient Management,” using lan
tern slides to illustrate the remarks
Prior to his instructive speech, at
9:30 o’clock, Thomas J. Cook, D.D.
S., of Philadelphia, Pa., assistant
professor of oral diagnosis at the
University of Pennsylvania and
chief of the dental staff of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania hospital,
will lecture on “Oral Hygiene.” He
will demonstrate salient points of
his talk by means of a colored film
which has just been completed.
Wichita Launched
At Philadelphia
Last of United States Heavy
Cruisers to be Built Un
der London Pact.
Philadelphia, Nov. 16.—(/F>—
The U. S. S. Wichita, last of the
18 heavy cruisers built under the
London treaty limitations, was
launched at ceremonies at the
Philadelphia navy yard this morn
ing. The vessel, first U. S. ship to
bear the name of the Kansas city,
was sponsored by Miss Margaret
Ayres, a native of Wichita and
daughter of William A. Ayres.
“—Even
‘‘—As You And I—”
Washington, Nov. 16.—UP)
—President Roosevelt cancell
ed all his engagements today
because of a painfully infected
tooth while vice-president
Garner was having one pulled.
The vice-president went
back to work immediately af
ter visiting the dentist.
Seeking Way to End Japanese Conflict in China
With most of the world hopeful that it would ease the Sino-Japanese crisis, the Far Eastern Peace
Conference met under terms of the nine-power treaty in the Palais des Academies in Brussels. Bel
gium. to find a mutually satisfactory formula for action to end hostilities. Pictured above is the
opening session under the presidency of Paul Spaak, Belgian foreign minister. Seated at extreme
right, bending over to read, is Anthony Eden, British foreign minister.
Cross Trial Scheduled; Judge
Walter D. Siler, Defense Ace
Cross Statement, Denies He
Fired Fatal Shot At Mott
Bill Cross, held in the Hoke county jail charged with slaying
Sergeant J. T. Mott, of the Fort Bragg reservation, today through
one of his attorneys, T. A. Burns of the defense legal staff issued
the following statement:
“That on the day Sergeant Moss was killed, the defendant,
Cross, saw him and talked with him:
A “That when Mr. Mott attempted to arrest Cross, the latter
.. asked foivhis warrant or his authority to make the arrest tend Mott
threw his gun into Cross’ face and exclaimed:
“ ‘Here is my authority’—and Mott started to count—‘one,
two’—at which time. Cross says, that he took hold of the muzzle of
Mott's shotgun and pushed it to one side;
“Then Mott jerked the gun from Cross and struck him over
the head, knocking him to his knees at which time, while Cross was
on his knees, a gun fired and Mott fell to the ground critically woun
ded.
“Cross says that he does not know where the shot came from
and does not know who fired the shot. That he was about two or
three feet from Molt at the iime he was shot. Cross says that he
got up and started to leave and looked for his cap and then found
that his head was bleeding from wounds.
“Cross says that he did not know Mott and did not know
that he was an officer or a game warden and was not acquainted
with any authority for the attempted arrest.
“Cross affirms his denial in this brief statement, which wilt
be more detailed later, that he is innocent of the alleged murder and
killing and is perfectly willing to allow any 12 men in Hoke county
or any 12 men from Fort Bragg, fellow soldiers of Sergeant Mott,
to try him on the true facts.
“Cross also wishes to extend his appreciation to his friends
in Asheboro who have been gracious in assisting his family since he
was arrested.”
Senate Ignores House Group
In Move For Farm Measure
Washington, Nov. 1(5.—<.P>—
Chainnan Smith, (D-S. C.), an
nounced today the senate agricul
ture committee would press ahead
with its own farm program, pat
terned along the lines of the “ever
normal granary” without waiting
for house action on new farm legis
lation.
Smith said the committee voted
to start separate action with the
Pope-McGill bill as a base. This
measure follows the administration
farm proposals.
A special committee of southern
Belgium Ruler In
England For Talks
Viscount Halifax Leaves With
“Olive Branch” For Hitler
Quest For Colonies.
London, Nov. 1(5.—(,P)—Britain
today despatched Viscount Halifax
on a “feeler” visit to Adolph Hit
ler and • welcomed Leopold, King
of the Belgiums, to her shores for
diplomatic talks of possibly far
reaching effect.
Leopold arrived at Dover aboard
the Prince Albert at 12:55 A. M.
(7:55 A. M. EST) and the King
stood at attention while, the guns
of Dover Castle boomed their sal
ute.
Halifax, Lord President of the
Council, enroute to Germany by
train and channel boat will arrive
in Berlin tomorrow—and among
other things—will discuss with the
German leader Germany’s aspira
tion for her lost eolonies Thursday.
senators, Smith said would work
out a special section for cotton. Sen
ator Bankhead it was reported, is
urging a rigid compulsory program.
“I am going to call this commit
tee together every morning,” Smith
said, “until we get some bill ready
for the senate. We asked Wallace
and his group crowd to come up
here tomorrow and explain what all
these farm bills mean.”
Senators Bankhead, Pope, McGill
| Ellendor and Bilboa began working
j on a cotton section at the close oi
I the general conference session.
TVA Attacked By
Power Companie:
Seek Injunction Against Gov
ernmental Agency; In
Federal Court.
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Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 16.—
(.-Pi—Opposing counsel made elec
tric power the battleground todaj
while 18 private utility companies
launched a new attack on the con
stitutionality of the Tennessee Val
ley authority.
Power production was attacked
as the predominant function of the
New Deal agency and defended as a
vital adjunct to navigation and
flood control in opening arguments
before a three-judge federal court
hearing the utilities’ plea for an in
junction.
It generally is conceded this liti
gation will find its way to the Su
preme Court, where the govern
ment already has won a partial vic
tory in the Ashwander case.
Fort Bragg Case
Involves Others
From This City
Hal Rush, Walt Routh And
Jesse Crotts Will Be State’s
Witnesses.
G-Men Participate
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T. A. Burns and L. T. Ham
mond Defense Attorneys;
Cross; in Jail.
Raeiord, Nov. 16.—(Special to
The Daily Courier)—When Justice
G. V. Cowper, assigned to the No
vember term of the Hoke county
Superior court which opened here
yesterday, remounts the bench
Wednesday morning it is expected
the first case he will call will be
that of the State of North Carolina
against Bill Cross of Asheboro.
Cross will face a jury of twelve
men, a strong array of state’s at
torneys, led by T. A. McNeill, Lum
berton, solicitor and a half dozen
specialists from the federal bureau
of investigation, all with but one
idea—of proving the state’s conten
tion that he shot and killed Ser
geant J. S. Mott, of Fort Bragg
reservation near here on Saturday j
October 1C.
With Cross, against this array of
the prosecution’s might, will be
Judge Walter D. Siler, of Siler
City, well known throughout the
state as a keen defender and with
him as council will sit T. A. Burns,
a prominent attorney of the city of
Asheboro, Cross’ home and the
I source, according to report, of wit*
! nesses who will bear reputed evi
dence against him.
L. T. Hamm nod, Asheboro, will
cooperate iin the defense of Routh,
Rush and Crotts.
Just w'hat immediate action will
he taken against Hal Rush, Walt
j douth and Jesse Crotts, arrested
i vith Cross in Randolph county and,
I lccused of being accessories after
1 he fact, has not been announced
I >y the prosecution. Beyond the
| act that these three men—said to
lave been with or near Cross when
j he slaying occurred—will be used
j is witness for the state, nothing
I las been said by Solicitor Mc
Neill.
They have enjoyed freedom since
'ctober 21 in $10,000 bail each.
Cross was confined to the Hoke
ounty jail here without privilege
f bail.
This will be the first murder case
n the local court house for several
ears. Already preparations have
ieen completed for handling wh-n
s believed will be one of the larg
est throngs gathered in the bulki
ng for several terms. Larger
[uartars for the attorneys have
ieen mapped out and special quar
,ers set up for the ever increasing
irrry of the state’s witnesses.
That Fort Bragg and its officials
life will be present is evident here
iue to the fact that representatives
of that post, where Mott served for
time nearly sufficient to acquire a
retirement, have been active in
their cooperation with the state and
federal departments.
The federal angle, it was report
ed, was developed duo to the re
ports first given out that Mott was
killed on the reservation, and, that
he was an enlisted man in the Unit
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Aft -Lynching To
Ci se Friction In
Se \te And House
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Leader Barkley Plans For
“Idle” Week; No Farm
Measures Prepared.
Filibuster Threats
Friends of Old Measure Re
fuse to Give Way to Reor
ganization Plan.
Washing-ton, Nov. 16.—CP)—
The senate sidetracked the ad
ministration program this aft
ernoon as it prepared to take
up the anti-lynching bill.
Senator Byrnes (D-S. C.)
announced on the floor that a
motion would be made for con
sideration of the anti-lynching
measure.
He said leaders had decided
not to permit him to move for
immediate consideration of the
government reorganization bill,
only one of President Roose
velt’s measures reday for con
sideration.
There was immediate signs of a
fulibuster to block action on the
anti-lynching measure.
There was a short, sharp explos
ion on the part of the senators who
have been opposed to it.
Senator Wagner, (D.-N. Y.),
backing the bill, has said any fili
buster would be short lived.
The house measure was in a tan
gle over adjournment until Friday.
Representative Snell, (R.-N. Y.),
forced a roll call on the adjourn
ment until tomorrow.
Washington, Nov. 16.—CP)—
President Roosevelt’s legislative
program bogged-down today in
both the House and Senate before
the special session was fully under
way. ,
Failure of the agriculture cofn
mittees to have farm bills ready
for either may cost the adminis
tration a full week of the schedul
ed five weeks session.
In the senate the situation was
even more serious from an admin
istration standpoint. Leaders there
were striving desperately to hold
back consideration of the anti
lynching bill which involves the
possibility of'a filibuster.
Friends ' of the anti-lynching
measure, which occupies a preferr
ed spot on the senate calendar re
fused to give way to government
reorganization bill, only measure
on the President’s program ready
for senate action.
To prevent the anti-lynching bill
from floor status Democratic Lead
er Barkley was considering a pro
posal to idle the week away in hope
that a farm bill could be framed by
next week. ,
Chairman Smith, (D-S. C.) call
ed the divided agriculture commit
tee together to bring about a pos
sible drafting of a bill.
Tar Heel Escapees
Caught By Police
Columbia Police Refuse To
Identify Men Charged
With Mass Thefts.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 16.—CD—*
City detectives arrested two men,
;hey described as escaped North
Carolina convicts, in a surprise
raid upon a rooming house hcg»
ast night. Two others made their
jet-a-way after a furious automo
bile chase through the streets of
this city. ,t
Chief W. H. Rawlinson and Lieut
Jnant Leo Jenkins of the state pa
trol did not immediately announce
the identity of the arrested rami.
They said, “We have positively
identified them as among partici
pants in robberies at Newberry,
Laurins, Clinton, Florence and Mc
Bee and four other places.
Greatest Hater
Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 16.—UP)
—Secretary of agriculture Henry
Wallace described Thomas Jeff
erson, in a speech today, as the
greatest hater of the Supreme
Court “than of any president be
fore or since.”
Auto Strike
Pontaic, Mich., Nov. 16.—UP)—
Sit-down strikers who had occupied'
the Fisher Body Corporation’s
plant for 12 hours left at 8:26 A. M.
today and the management took
possession of the factory.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina: Rain tonight,
probably changing to sleet or snow
in the mountains. Colder in the ex
treme west portion.
Wednesday, cloudy and contin
ued cold.