Ths Largest Paid-Up Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in Randolph County . olEMBER OF ASSOCIATED I*HM8 —■■ ■' - .> - .t-i ' If. E. A, FEATURE SERVICE Randolph County’s Only Daily Newspaper THE DAILY COURIER “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of North Carolina” I,UME LXI ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, NOV. 23,1937 NUMBER 155 'ive Murder Cases On Superior Court Slate; Opens Here December 6 [amie Isley And ''our Others Face Trial Next Month jy Cases Involve Liquor Violations; Will Crcaker And Bailey Indicted. [Rousseau Presides _Eird Wright, Lloyd Mills, oby Spencer, Amos Kea.ns Charged With Murder. five murder cases are scheduled trial at the December term of i Randolph county Superior court kch opens in Asheboro, Monday, tember 6, with Judge Julius Rou au presiding. It will be Judge sseau’s second term here this Ir. fhe murder cases, involve sev I carried over from the Septem term, including the charges jtinst Roby Spencer and Amos ■rns, State against Mamie Isley, pged to have been the driver it uck at the time her mother and pt were killed; the case of Wil i Wright, Lloyd Mills and one olving murder filed against Lee nings. ckless driving, driving auto Ibiles while intoxicated and illicit tilling and possession and trans ition of liquor are among the jority of cases slated for the De sber term. ilyde Bailey, who has-been ar-* ' several times in connection violation of liquor laws, will two separate charges of illicit tilling. Will Croaker, now held he county jail will face trial on |harge of possession and trans tation. he first case for several terni3, Diving the alleged slandering of toman, is scheduled in the indict ilt filed against Isabelle Boone This defendant is also char I with abandonment. here are several defendants to rges involving assault, larcenv, appropriation of funds, trespass, ng crops and other minor of |es. sdge Rousseau will open the ember term of civil court here aday, December 13. Forty-one es are scheduled for trial. Worth Home Is Being Moved fhc home of the late Hal M. th on Worth street is now own by Frank Auman of Asheboro, eing rolled from the present to a lot on Cox street. Mr. th built the home in 1907 and spied it until his death a few ^rs ago. (r. Auman has not announced plans for the use of the lot ch has a 100-foot frontage on th street. Iannett Deplores Impaired ’ressol Europe During War eving an old superstition it ghosts of the family dead isit the old homestead on itmas Eve, families in Scan via leave their, beds ists and sleep on the Shopping 1 Till ShtUtn Still Dishing It Out Max Schmeling dons the chefs cap and samples the chow at where the Ger- ' man heavyweight has pitched camp to prepare for his warm up bout with Harry Thomas, Eagle Bend, Minn., farmer, at Madison Square Garden, Dec. 13. Rev. O’Brian Elected To Board of Trustees Pastor of the Asheboro Baptist church, Rev. L. R. O’Brian at the state convention in Wilmington last week was selected one of the trus tees of the Baptist state conven tion for the coming year, as well as being made chairman of steward ship of the Randolph association. Rev. O’Brian said the Wilmington convention was universally concern ed to be one of the most deeply spiritual meetings ever held in the I state. The convention selected as its meeting place next year the Taber i nacle Baptist church in Raleigh. Wallace Warns Farmers _ j Wichita, Kas. Nov. 23.—(/P>— American agriculture must es tablish its stability, secretary Wal lace declared today or again be come the nation’s “forgotten in dustry” and carry the country back to another depression. Addressing a group of Kansas wheat producers, he proposed a six-point farm campaign for farm relief. Miami Beach, Fla., Nov. 23.—(#1 —Prominent publishers of two nations, Frank E. Gannett of the United States and Lord Beaver brook of Great Britain, disagreed last night over governmental con trol of newspapers for propaganda in war time. Beaverbrook, in his discussion with the New York publisher across a luncheon table, stood firmly be hind use of the press ‘‘to assist the national defense in a crisis, where the country is in peril.” Gannett deplored propaganda as “having deceived the American public and influenced this country into participation in the World war. The American publisher said re linquishing Control of newspapers in time of war “would impair free dom of the press in time of peace. I oppose censorship in any form, and I believe freedom of the press is vital if democracy is to survive.” “Truth, I have found, always tri umphs," continued Gannett, “and in the end is far better than de ception. It would have to be a supreme emergency that would justify a newspaper publisher in deceiving his readers.” Rice is India’s most important crop. American Envoy On U.S. Gunboat; Left Aides In Nanking Ambassador Johnson to Set Up New Headquarters In Hankow on Yangtze. Japs Bomb Chinese Seek to Drive Defenders From Keystone Position on Way To Nanking. Shanghai. Nov. 23.—UPi—United States Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson, and members of his staff, embarked today on the U. S. gun boat Luzon for the long Yangtze river trip from Nanking to Hankow where a new temporiarly embassy has been- established. Hankow, one of the three cities to which the Central government had moved under threat of ad vancing Japanese armies, lies about 280 miles by air southwest of Nan king and considerably further by way of the Yangtze. Johnson left several aides at Nanking, including second-secre tary George Atcheson, Jr., and J. Hall Paxton and, assistant military attache Frank Roberts and, a naval assistant attache, James McHugh. While fhe American ambassador followed the Nanking government on its withdrawal, another U. S. gunboat, the Oahu, steamed to the assistance of Americans at Wuhu, Kiukiand and other Yangtze ports up the river from Nanking. Japanese navy planes hammered today at Wufih, keypoint in the Chinese defense lines, hal way be tween Shanghai and Nanking. Although Chinese troops pre viously were reported in flight from crumbling defensives, Japanese ad mitted the Chinese still held Wusih, seme 95-miles southeast o# the na tion’s capitol. Cab Lloyd Jailed After Auto Crash Three Children Injured As Automobile Strikes Car Parked in Asheboro. Cab Lloyd, Asheboro, is locked up in the county jail charged with [driving an automobile while intox icated, in connection in an automo bile accident Sunday in which three children sustained minor injuries. The three, Ruth, Charles and Dorothy Way, children of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Way of this city, were sitting in a car owned by C. L. Thomas, in front of the latter’s North Fayetteville street residence, when the car driven by Lloyd cras hed into it. Lloyd’s car was badly damaged, He was arrested by the local police charged with driving an automobile while intoxicated and with assault with a deadly weapon. N. C. Employment Office to Change The North Carolina employment office here, under the management of Clyde Cates, have about comple ted plans for leasing a permanent location for the offices, which is at the present time located in a small office on the second floor of th3 court house, with little or no room for filing cabinets, etc. However, Mr. Cates is deeply appreciative of the courtesy of the county commis sioners in loaning this space, until such time as they were able to se cure permanent quarters. Mr. Cates advises that there were five applicants placed in positions yesterday,-and that^they have many desirable applicants, ranging from AB degrees down, and incidentally the greatest demand is for colored cooks, he states that they can find a job for many Colored women who likes to cook, there is also some de mand for laborers, and farm ten ants, and a few calls each week for corpenterS, brick masons; and other skilled laborers. Mr. Cates says the labor market is generally de pressed like the stock market, that is, abundance of labor and few calls. The employment service is begin ning today a survey of the active files of the state, not to find out the number of unemployed, but to “breakdown” the files in such way as to group the various classes, such as educated, uneducated, skilled, unskilled, or in other words grouping those of applicants as to their various ability. This survey is being made all over the entire country now, in order that something definite can be worked out, in an effort to really solve the unemployment problem. Black’s Firsit Court Picture Associate Jtistce Hugo La F Oun is' s" ' " © Harris and Ewing. Mack of the U, S. Supreme Court is showfi "here in his fitsF^dfRcial’* portrait sincebecoming a member of me nation's highest court. First appointee of Presi dent Roosevelt to the tribunal, Black left his Alabama seat in the U. S. Senate for the judicial post; This is his first picture jn the traditional robes pf office. Roosevelt In Conference To Remedy Business Ills Washington, Nov. 23.—^Cf)— President Roosevelt called in some of his principal advisors today to discuss ways the gov ernment can aid business. Secretary Morgenthau and under secretary, McGill, the treasury’s tax expert were summoned first for a confer ence on the latest treasury study of taxes. Womanless Jury May Create Issue In Case of Bill Cross Fayetteville, Nov. 23.—The ab sence of women from the jury list may be the basis of an appeal in case of the conviction of William Cross, Asheboro deer hunter, charg ed with murdering John S. Mott, Fort Bragg ranger, or his three hunting companions who are charg ed with being accessories in the killing of the ranger, who was found shot to death on the edge of the military reservation on the morning of October 16. Cross was arrainged for the sec ond time when his case came up before Judge Vernon Cowper in Cumberland Superior court Monday on a change of venue from Hoke county, where it was found impossi ble to obtain a jury last week. Motion Overruled Counsel for the four defendants promptly renewed the motion which they made last week in Hoke county, that the bill of indictment be quashed on the ground that women were excluded from the Paris Reports Spy Quarters Captured Mysterious Raid in Night; “Somewhere” in Paris; To Keep Details Secret. Paris, Nov. 23.—W—-The gov ernment is on the verge of "impor tant discoveries” in its drive to crush an armed secret revolution ary society, Marx Dormoy, minister of the interior told the Chamber of Deputies today. Documents of great importance, he said, Were seized (juring a raid last night. Details wfere kept secret. The raid was “somewhere in Paris,” Chairman W. A. Harrison, of Secretary Roper’s business ad visory council followed the treasury officials to the White House. A th:rd conference was with Edward F. McGrady, director of labor • relations for the Ra dio corporation of America and former assistant labor secretary. j jui'y box and the jury list. Judge Cowper overruled this and the other motions made by defense counsel, and exceptions were noted. Judge Cowper ordered a special venire of 150 men draws from the jury list of Cumberland county. He directed that residents of Manches ter and Seventy-First townships be excepted in the drawing of the venire, as these townships adjoin the Fort Bragg reservation. The veniremen are to report tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. No women were included in the jury list from which the venire is drawn, Charles W. Broadfoot, clerk of the court, stated tonight. Others Not Arrainged As they are charged only with being accessories, before the fact | and accessories after the fact, it was deemed necessary to arraign for the second time the other three defendants, H. S. Rush, Walter Routh and Jesse Crotts, all of Asheboro. Public Schools To Close For Holiday Students Will Enjoy Week End Vacation; Stores To Close Thursday. All public schools in Randolph county, including the schools in Asheboro, will close Wednesday af ternoon and remain closed until Monday morning in observance of Thanksgiving day. Merchants throughout the city of Asheboro, city and county oifi ces, bank and the local post office wili be closed all day Thursday, Thanksgiving day. Wage And Hour Bill; Endangered; Faces New Labor Split William Green, AFL Leader, Asks Revision: J. L. Lewis CIO, Head, Opposes. Senators on “Spot” Many Refuse Signatures To Force Measure Out Of Rules Committee. Washington, Nov. 23.—l/P)—Or ganized labor’s internal feud, some legislators said today, has lessen ed the chances of enactment of the wage and hours legislation in the special congressional session. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, de manded that the bill be revised or another substituted. He stated his organization’s position in a letter to Chairman Norton, (D-N. J.) of the house labor committee. House members received last week a statement from John L. Lewis, CIO head, urging enactment of the measure “without further delay.” As a result of the labor split, some representatives said any cam paign to force the labor standards bill to a house vote might be en dangered. They said some might not want to appear to be taking sides in the labor dispute by signing a petition compelling the rules committee to release the measure. The petition has 162 signatures out of the 218 needed to compel re lease. Britain Divided On Envoy Berlin Trip Newspapers Hint at Lonchn Loss of Face; Others Say Trade Pacts Coming. London, Nov. 23.—OP)—Viscount Halifax reported today to King George at Buckingham Palace. With the London press specula ing vaguely about his talks with Chancellor Hitler of Germany, *he had already had reported to Prime Minister Neville Chambei-lain and foreign .secretary Anthony Eden on his visit to Hitler last week. On one hand it was fully intimat- I ed that the talk was successful— for Germany. These quarters be lieved that the journey would re sult in Britain’s adbandonment of the policy of seeking general Euro pean settlement. The greater body of opinion, however, was that the talks might lead to some sort of trade agree ment between the two countries. These persons insisted Halifax was instructed to keep Gel-many guess ing about the British policy in cen tral Europe. Pope Pius 111 Vatican City, Nov. 23.—OP)— Sources close to the Papal house hold said Pope Pius suffered a sink ing spell last night but appeared considerably better today. Charles M. Ketchum Greensboro, Nov. 23.—OB— Charles M. Ketchum, 52, secretary and manager of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce died today at a hospital here after an illness of five weeks. Detroit Labor Front Detroit, Nov. 23.—OP)—Charges that paid provoateurs acted in the Pontiac, Michigan, wildcat strike, were voiced today as steps were taken to make the newest peace in the automobile labor field a last ing one. Hendaye, Spanish-Franco Front ier, Nov. 23.—CP>—Spanish govern ment infantrymen were reported to have driven insurgents from the Cadus river front today. Washington, Nov. 23.—The wages and hours bill would be un fair to the States and an invasion of rights that would harm all indus try, Senator Josiah W. Bailey of North Carolina declared today in a new blast at the Black-Connery proposal now pending in the House. Fayetteville, Nov. 23.—-Maj. Schaumburg McGeehee, 13th field artillery brigade, Fort Bragg, died late last night in New Orleans from injuries received in an automobile accident near Tallahassee, Fla., last week while on his way to New Or leans for a visit. Paris, Nov. 23.—<;TV—‘The exiled Duke of Guise today proclaimed his decision “to reconquer” the non existent French throne as police pressed their search for leaders of a secret rightist revolutionary com mittee. Democratic Leac^rs Fail To Break Line Of House Opponents Pastor Jailed on Old Charge Fighting extradition to Illinois as a parole violator. Rev. Har ley Croucher, pastor of the i Southern Baptist church, at Alamosa, Colo., where he is pic- j tured above in a jail cell, doesn’t I let hjs troubles interfere with his enjoyment of a baked rabbit dinner provided by the sheriff.-^ The minister, who has admitted he was sentenced for forgery, declares he has led a blameless life since he became an evange list seven years ago _ Mrs. M.H. Hammer Funeral Tomorrow; Well Known Resident of Kemp Mills Died in Hospital Tuesday. Ramseur, Nov. 23.Mrs. Nannie Hammer, 62, wife of M. F. Ham mer, of the Kemp Mills section, Asheboro star route, died yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Ran dolph hospital at Asheboro fol lowing an illness of four days with pneumonia. She is survived by her husband; four daughters, Mrs. F.d Scott of Ramseur, Mrs. William Morrison, of Asheboro, Mrs. Glenn Moffit, of Seagrove, route 1, and Miss Estelle Hammer, of the home; six sons, Theodore, William, J. Van and Thurman Hammer, of Char lotte, and John and Dissie Hammer, of the home; two half sisters, Mrs. Franklin Brady, of Bennett route l, and Mrs. John Johnson, of High Point; one half brother, James Gardner of Bennett, route 1, and 15 grandchildren. Mrs. Hammer was a member of Union Grove Christian church. Funeral service will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Pleasant Grove Christian church, with Rev. John M. Allred officiat ing. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. North Wilkesboro, Nov. 23.-—Mc Kinley Jarvis, 32, was found dead at a still on the Brushy mountains Sunday morning. Sea Island, Ga., Nov. 23.—

— The gunshot death of Howard Earle Coffin, automotive pioneer and textile executive, remained of ficially unsolved today after a cor oner’s jury failed to decide how the fatal bullet was fired. Washington, Nov. 23.—t/Pl— j Alertness of two Syracuse, N. Y., I residents in furnishing information to local police leading to the re capture there last week of three convicted kidnappers netted them $6,000 in Federal rewaids today. Philadelphia, Nov. 23.— (. —A house packed sub-com mittee approved complete re vision of the corporate tax sys tem. The new plan would repeal the undistributed profits tax for all corporation with in comes up to $5,000. The new plan would impose on corporations with incomes of $25,020, a tax of 12 1-2 per cent on the first $5,000 and 14 percent on earnings of from $5,000 to $25,000. Washington, Nov. 23.—GD—■ Well informed legislators said to j day that Democratic leaders fail ed completely in last minute ef forts to get southern members of the House rules committee to with ; draw their opposition to the ad ministration wages and hourB bill. Speaker Bankhead and Democra- „ tic leader, Rayburn, conferred secretly this morning with several of the bills opponents on the com mittee and it was learned that they found no change in their attitude. The conference took place shortly before the committee met to re consider the measure again. Washington, Nov. 23.—UP)—The senate got down to business today on farm legislation but President Roosevelt’s special session pro gram still was locked in committee on the house side. Despite signs of prolonged con troversy over the crop control , measure, senate chieftains took it ! up with obvious relief after south ern senators talked against the anti-lynching measure for a full week of the five weeks session. House leaders hoped to get the farm bill into their chamber within a day or two but their efforts to pry loose the wage and hours bill were given a set-back by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. Democratic leader, Rayburn, (D Tex.) said he would sign a petition to make the rules committee give up the wage and hours bill, then make a speech, unless the com mittee voluntary releases the mea sure. , The house rivers and harbor com mittee began healings on the re gional planning measure, another of President Roosevelt’s recom mendations. Business Helps Washington, Nov. 23.—UP)—At tempts of both the Roosevelt ad ministration and Republican con gressional leaders to find methods of helping business resulted today in four developments. 1. —Members of a house packed sub-committee showed sentiment for exemption of a big percentage of corporate incomes from the un distributed profits tax. 2. —President Roosevelt began a series of talks with private utility power leaders. 3. —Senator Vandenburg, (R Mich.) offered an “opposition” program in which, he said, “bus iness should be allowed a reason able latitude to run itself.” 4. —House representative at re quent of Knutson (R-Minn.) viho opposes the levies, arranged a cau cas on repeal of the undistributed and capital gains tax. SANTA and the WHITE FOX By SIGRID ARNE tells how the White Fox steals Heljca, the Doll of the North, and how the brave Sailor Doll sails to her rescue in an ice boat and how Santa and the Fairies help save her. Read The Christmas Story Starting Nova IN THIS Pi