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ASHEBOKO, N. C.„ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26,1937
NUMBER 157
Inti-Lynching Bill
Blocks Tax Relief
At Special Session
ponsors Refuse to Give Way
For Business Aid; Long
Debate Anticipated.
Bailey Against Bill
Forth Carolina Senator In
Vanguard For Side-Track
ing Measure.
Washington, Nov. 26.—UP)—De
iands for a senate vote on the
nti-lynching at the special session
lay prevent any quick revision on
psiness taxes.
Senator VanNuys (D-Ind.), co
Uthor of the anti-lynching bill
lid he would insist that the sen
te stick to its agreement to take
up immediately after voting in
le crop control program. An
'reement on that point was ap
■oved, formally, in August.
Senator Bailey, (D-N. C.) sug
■sted sponsors of the anti-lynch
g bill,' which he opposes, might
i willing to side track it on the
•ounds that the tax proposal is
i emergency measure but Van
uys declared:
“There is no reason in the world
>t to take up the anti-lynching
easure after the farm bill is
it of the way."
The likelihood of prolonged anti
nching debate however caused
ime of the “do something for bus
ess” talk in Congress to veer to
ards the possibility of giving the
lx revising the right of way at
le regular session in January.
hanksgiving Day
Church Services
tv. Gerald K. Ford Preacher
At Union Service; Offering
For Orphanage Benefit.
Thanksgiving Day in Asheboro
Is observed yesterday with a
lion service in the Presbyterian
urch following the custom estab
hed here several years ago. The
iv. Gerald K. Ford preached the
tanksgiving service. The choir
• the Presbyterian church had
Urge of the special musical pro
am.
Members of the several congre
tions in the city joined in the
■vice and made a special dona
n for the benefit of orphanges
!>ported by the various churches
re.
The holiday was observed gen
illy in the x city, all county and
y offices, the banks and bus
ies houses remained closed all
rs. Amanda Smith
Passes in Liberty
.liberty, Nov. 26.—Mrs. Amanda
lith, wife of William Smith, died
her home yesterday after an
less of about two years. Mrs.
lith was 56 years old. Survivors,
addition to her husband, are a
Ighter, Mrs. D. T. Maynard, of
icolnton; two sons, Herman and
lliam, of Liberty; three sisters,
•. Coy Richardson and Mrs.
in Light, both of Siler City, and
s. Eli Warren, of Staley; a bro
>r, Minter Beaver, of Siler City,
e funeral will be held Saturday.
THE WEATHER
forth Carolina: Rain tonight and
urday. Slightly warmer tonight.
CHRISTMAS
UPERSTITSONS
Christmas Eve the trees
plants, especially on the
x of the River Jordan, bow
everence to the Saviour,
rating to a superstition be
lieved in Greece.
A Chopping "Pay*
"■ 'Till iSktiitmai
Fault Line
of Landslide
Rivaling the coiossal spectacles of the movies, a sliding mountain,
overhanging scenic Riverside Drive', is giving bored Los Angeles its
greatest thrili. Splitting away from the mountain at points indicated
by the dotted line, above, the two-million-ton mass of soil and rock
'threatens to plunge 600 feet into the Los Angeles river, covering road
way, bridges, railroad tracks and small residences and the entrance to
the Figuero street tunnel. In greatest immediate danger was the
Elysian Park roadway, winding around the mountain directly below the
main fissure. Newsreel cameramen are standing by.
Russians Reported Massing
1,500 Warplanes Near Japs
Mountain Sliding on Los Angeles
| where
| Roadway
Endangered
Figueroa
Street
Tunnel
Tokyo, Nov. 26.—UP)—The
Tokyo newspaper, Hochi, today
published a dispatch from Tsu
ruta, asserting 1,500 Soviet air
planes had been massed in the
maritime province, that part of
Siberia nearest Japan.
The same source reported
1,000 Russian bombing planes
were entering China by way of
Sianfu, presumably to buttress
Chinese resistance to Japan.
Tsuruta is a port on the Ja
panese controlled west coast
Carolina Student Council
Sends Duke Note of Regret
Chapel Hill, Nov. 26.—The
Student Council of the University
of North Carolina has written a
letter to the Duke University
Council expressing regret for the
action of the Carolina students who
tore down the goal posts at one
end of the field following the Caro
lina-Duke game.
In the North and Middlewest it
is not unusual for students of the
winning team to uproot the goal
posts of their victim and take
them home as souvenirs, but this
practice has not as yet been gen
erally followed in the South.
The Fordham students tried to
uproot the Carolina goal posts fol
lowing their victory here this fall,
but they were so badly outnumber
ed they soon gave up the attempt.
The Fordham boys probably gave
the Carolina boys their idea of
taking Duke’s posts.
Tho Carolina Athletic Council
has offered to assume financial res
ponsibility for the damage done.
The Student Council made no
Green Urges Ease
In Property Tax
AFL Leader Contends Home
Ownership Will Improve
With Realty Aid.
Washington, Nov. 26.—CP)—Pres
ident William Green of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor suggested
today that reduction of real estate
I taxes—rather than labor costs—
would be the most effective way of
stimulating home ownership.
While President Roosevelt work
ed on a special message to Con
gress, Green proposed the admin
istration sponsor an, interstate pro
gram to coordinate ways and means
of lightening the tax load.
terminus of steamer service to
Russia.
Japanese correspondents fre
quently forward rumors of de
velopments in Siberia, many of
which are not confirmed. Lat
est reports here have not plac
ed the Russian air force at
more than 700 or 800. The dis
patch also said the Russians
were rushing submarine parts
to be assembled in that locali
ty.
reference to the painting of signs
in the Duke Stadium, supposedly
by the Carolina students, prior to
the game, as a reprisal for an in
vasion of Duke students who set
fire to a large pile of wood the
Carolina students had assembled
for a bonfire celebration; but cam
pus sentiment is that this sign
painting was a much more serious
incident than the uprooting of the
goal posts. These incidents recall
the exchange of visits made by
Carolina and Duke students prior
to the game two years ago. Caro
lina claimed the Duke boys stole
their mascot and invaded the Duke
campus in search of Ramases. The
following night some Duke boys
came over and painted the Con
federate monument.
Such sorties may seem merely
the prankish way of collegians, but
the more responsible citizenship of
both institutions ‘deplore such in
cidents which, while they may ap
pear harmless enough, may ajso
have serious consequences.
Hoey Reprieves
Condemned Negro
Raleigh, Nov. 26.—OP)—Gover
nor Clyde R. Hoey today granted a
30-day reprive to Tommy Walls),
just one hour before the Mecklen
burg county negro was due to die
in the gas chamber for first de
gree burglarly.
Duke-Pitt Game To
Be Graced With Rain
Durham, Nov. 26.—OP)—Threat
of rain for the Duke-Pi ttsburg in
tersectional football game tomor
row was seen by weather bureau of
ficials today.
An attendance of 45,000 or more
is expected for the contest.
Japan Strikes At ‘
Nanking; Issues A
Warning To Chiang
Commander - in - Chief Sends
“Futility” Message To
Foreign Countries.
Ultimatum to Chiang
Threaten to invaide Tar inianq
Unless Chinese Leader
Ends All Warfare.
(By the Associated Press)
Shanghai, Nov. 27.(S»tur
day)—Japan tightened her
grip on Shanghai today, by '
taking over controll of all com* :
muncation facilities held by
the Chinese government in the
international settlement as
well as in the native parts of
the city.
The postoffice, telephone and
telegraph and radio adminis
tration and broadcasting stat
ions were placed under the
Japanese rules. Many of thOi!
principle offices of these ser
vices are in the international jt
settlement. s; |
Japanese authorities have-;
not indicated whether they in
tend to establish their own
censorship in the cable aridj
radio communications with for- ;
eign countries.
Japan indicated plans to ex- t
tend their influence in the ;
Chinese service at Shanghai by 1
placing Japanese appraisers}
and examiners in custom*
houses.
Shanghai, Nov. 2(i.—OP)—Spe
head units of Japan's armies
into the heart of Chinese defen
today in a drive their command^
in-chief declared would fti
speedy Collapse of 4
'government.
Field officers sent back word to
the Japanese headquarters that
their troops had crossed Lake Pai,
the great natural barrier between
Shanghai and Nanking, for a push
capitol.
The Japanese commander pro
claimed in an interview with the
Japan-Shanghai United News, that
his armies might be forced to in
vade the interior far up the Yang
tze from Nanking unless Chaing’s
government ends its resistance.
“Nanking must abandon its pol
icy of depending upon European
and American countries and Euro
peans and Americans must under
stand their support of the Chinese
policy will never contribute to
security and peace in the Orient,”
he asserted.
The general added a prediction
that the Chinese government would
fall soon, bringing about (‘serious
trouble” which would be settled un
der Japanese guidance.
In Nanking, Chaing appeared
undaunted by the Japanese march
up the Yangtze.
Former. Randolph
Woman Is Buried
Miss Lillie Fentress, Well
Known School Teacher, Dies
Of Long Illness.
Funeral service was held Tues
day at Sanford for Miss Lillie Fen
tress, 46, who died Sunday at
Guilford sanatorium after an ill
ness of eight years. Miss Fentress
was a native of Randolph county
having been bom and reared hero.
She was a daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas C. Fentress, of
eastern Randolph.
Miss Fentress taught school in
Asheboro for several years, living
in the home of the late Elijah Mof
fltt and Mrs. Moffitt on Worth
street. She is well known in the
town and county. After leaving
Asheboro, Miss Fentress taught in
Sanford and the schools of Guil
ford county. She was a member
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
moving her membership to West
Market Street church in Greens
boro, when she went to Guilford
county.
Funeral service was conducted
from the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles P. Rogers in Sanford with
interment in the Buffalo cemetery
near that city. Two brothers, L.
W. and J. M. Fentress, both of
Greensboro, survive.
Neely Roof Damaged
Slight damage to the roof of
the John M. Neely dwelling, 618
Sunset avenue, was caused by a
spark from a chimney last night
about 10 o’clock. The Asheboro
fire department extinguished the
blaze with little difficulty.
Altar Beckons
Betty, Johnny
......
Betty Furness, diminutive 21
year-old movie actress, has a
collecting bobby—match folders
ole orchestra leader. The couple,
shown above in recent photos,
set the wedding date in Holly
wood. Johnny’s former wife
just got a Reno divorce, but it
will be Betty’s first venture
Into matrimony.
Roosevelt Couples
All Relief Plans
Senator Vinson Uncertain Of
Progress of Business
Relief Proposals.
Washington, Nov. 20.—Cl’)—
President Roosevelt ocupled today
the new advocacy of tax revision—
as soon as Congress is ready—with
other moves designed to aid busi
ness.
How soon the tax revision might
be “ready” was not immediately ap
parent however. Chairman Vinson
(D.-Ky) \of the house packed sub
committee said he would have no
objection to bringing legislation
easing business tax burdens before
the special session if it could be
completed in time.
He added he could not predict
when his committee program would
be ready.
The sub-committee still has
many tax fields to cover before ^ it
can start writing changes in the
present law.
The house ways and means com
mittee is slated to hold hearings
on the bills or recommendations of
the sub-committee.
Vinson said the committee had
obtained from the treasury depart
ment a history of the estate and
gift tax and that any changes
might bring some relief.
Dr. Will Lambeth
Kills Large Bear
Bear hunting proved a pleasur
able sport with a big black reward
at evening for Dr. Will A. Lam
beth, presiding cider of the Win
ston-Salem district Methodist
Episcopal church as he finished up
a ten-day hunt in PisgaK National
Forest in western Carolina. This
was the only bear killed on Thanks
giving day in the Pisgah forest
although there were many hunters
about.
Dr. Lambert is known to many
Asheboro people as Will, having
been born and reared in Thomas
ville, a son of Mr. and Mi's. Frank
Lambeth. They have many friends
and relatives in Randolph where
they have been frequent visitors
for - years. There are, therefore,
many who are interested in the
story of the minister’s powess.
This hunt began November 1st
with Dr. Lambeth’s brother, James
E. Lambeth of Thomasville, as com
panion.
Thirteenth Man
Now Being Drawn
Cumberland Court!
Twelve Men in Jury Box At
Noon Ready For Sitting On
Trial Randolph Men.
Testimony Imminent
Solicitor McNeill Will Begin
Testimony Immediately Af
ter 13th is Drawn.
Working all day Thanksgiving,'
court officials of Cumberland coun
ty and attorneys for and against
the four deer hunter from Ashe- |
boro, succeeded in securing nine
of the necessary twelve jurors for
the trial.
Judge G. V. Cowper ordered an
other of 75 to be drawn to ap
pear in court this morning.
Including the regular panel which
was exausted, 174 men have been
called. Two negroes were among
the special veniremen.
One of them did not believe in
capital punishment and the other
was peremptorily challenged.
Bill Cross has remained in jail at
Raeford since the death of John
Mott, Fort Bragg ranger, but was
taken to Cumberland county on
Monday when the trial started.
Rush, Routh and Crotts, who are
arraigned as accessories before the
fact, with Cross are among the in
terested spectators during the ted
ious business of drawing the jury
which is being done by Solicitor
McNeill and Judge Walter D. Siler,
well known criminal lawyer of the
state, who is appearing for Cross.
They were rewarded by the time
court adjourned at noon today with
twelve men sitting serenely in the
jury box waiting for the selection
of the one extra man as court went
back into session this afternoon. It
was prophesied by court officials
that testimony would befein by mid
afternoon today.
The jury includes a real estate
man, the first chosen; two carpen
eers, one electrician, a merchant
farmer, a nurseryman and the re
maining number were fanfters. The
first report that a traveling sales
man was on the jury is not true. Of
the 154 jurymen questioned, 84 ad
mitted having formed an opinion of
the guilt of the men or had ex
pressed their sentiments publicly
which disqualified them for service.
According to reports there is lit
tle feeling about Fayetteville and
not a lot of interest being display
ed. Possibly since the tedious pro
cess of selecting the jurymen is
ended, matters will pick up and
with them, interest among the local
folk may pick up.
The evidence which will begin as
soon as the thirteenth man is drawn
will come from the state with So
licitor McNeill in charge of the ex
amination of witnesses. It is en
tirely probable that evidence for
the defendants may not begin until
the first of the coming week, ac
cording to Judge Siler this after
noon. He did not know as yet, ci
ther, whether court will be held on
Sunday in order to dispose of the
case more speedily.
Tiny Baby Still
Lives; 3 Days Old
Nurses Name Infant, Martha,
After Dead Mother; Father
Is Grief Stricken.
Charlotte, Nov. 26.—UP)—A tiny
baby girl, brought into the world
by an operation after the mother’s
death, continued to hold her own
today in a hospital here where she
approached her 72 hour of life.
Nurses said they had decided to
call her “Martha”, for the 19 year
old mother who died two months
before the baby was due to be
born.
The father they said, was too
grief stricken to name the child.
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY AT UNC
HEARS UNIVERSITY PROFS.
Chapel Hill, Nov. 26.—Dr. A. G.
Bayroff of the University of North
Carolina psychology department
and Dr. A. E. Ruark, bead of the
physics department, addressed the
Elisha Mitchell scientific society at
its weekly meeting.
Dr. Bayroff spoke on “Experimen
tal Social Behavior of Animals,”
and Dr. Ruark spoke on “Atom
Smashing Equipment.”
Albany, N. Y., Nov. 26.—LP>—
Mrs. Agnes Oley and Mrs. Joseph
ine Geary, said by federal officers
to have “created quite a disturb
ance” yesterday, were confined, like
their kidnaper husbands, behind
the bars of Albany county peniten
tiary tonight.
President Favfe Help
For Industry; To Urge
Action In Message
Run Industries,
He Advises U.S.
m
be
limited U SoUU.OUU and the
government would control all
railroads, factories, banks, in
surance companies, utilities and
natural resources If John Ve
secky, above, new head of the
National Farmers Union, had
his way. Vesecky, of Salina,
Kan., was elected at an Okla
homa City convention - which
overwhelmingly approved a
resolution calling for national
ization of industry.
“Cowboys” Foiled
In Train Holdup
Brooklyn Gangsters Try To
Imitate Billy the Kid;
Charged With Murder.
Denting, N. M., Nov. 26.—CP)—
Two gaudily dressed “Brooklyn
cowboys” attempted a desert train
robbery which cost the life of a
switchman yesterday but were floo
red by the fists of enraged passen
gers and trainmen.
The fantastic “wild west” gunplay
of the young tenderfeet aboard the
Southern Pacific’s Apache Limited
resulted in the fatal shooting of W.
L. Smith of El Paso.
Lashed to car seats, they were
brought here where they identified
themselves as Henry Lorenz, 22,
formerly of Manitowoc, Wis., and
Harry Dwyer, 27, of Canada.
Glancing: at their torn and blood
ed cowboy- regalia, Sheriff R. G.
Franey said:
“They hadn’t ever been in the cow
country until five or six weeks ago,
and from what Lorenz says he has
lived in Brooklyn since 1935.”
The two boarded the train at E!
Paso about midnight.
As the train approached Mt. Smith
one of them drew a gun and forced
Conductor W. M. Holloway to the
front of the train, where the other
robber waited.
Miami, Nov. 26.—LP)—Tropical
radio advised today the seventeen
seamen aboard the British freight
er Court, in distress off Haiti, had
i been rescued but that the vessel
| was a complete loss.
Randolph Baptist Group To
Meet Sunday, November 28
Pastors, Sunday school superin
tendents and Sunday school work
ers of the Randolph county Baptist
association met this week in the
First Baptist church, Asheboro.
The Rev. L. R. O’Brian, pastor,
spoke on the subject of “Qualifica
tions for Leadership.”
R. S. Allred, who presided, had
already been selected as association
Sunday school superintendent. Oth
er officers elected this week includ
ed:
Associate superintendent, Rev, O.
P. Dix; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. R.
S. Allred; clouister, W. F. Cates;
pianist, Mrs. L. W. Lee. Group
superintendents, J. C. Pearce, 0. C.
Moffitt, W. M. Bennett, Dr. Helms.
The group decided to have a gen
eral meeting of all Sunday school
workers of the Randolph associa
tion Sunday, November 28, at 2:30
p. m. at the Balfour Baptist church
North Asheboro. The following
program will be rendered:
Chief Executive
Will Push Action
In Official Letter
Also Glancing at Balanced
Budget; Plans Cut in Fund ‘
For Federal Highways.
Shear Relief Money
Advocates Large Scale Plan
For Financing Housing
And Other Projects.
Washington, Nov. ‘26.—(iP>—•
President Roosevelt said today he
wanted tax revision as soon as con
gress is ready to go ahead with it.
As further moves to restore con
fidence and stimulate industry, the
President told his press conference
he would send a message to Con
gress Monday, recommending legis
lation to spur private financing of
large scale housing programs, and,
another Tuesday, proposing cur
tailment in the annual appropria
tions for federal aid in road build
ing.
A fourth step, Mr. Roosevelt de
clared, involves a Presidential letter
to department heads to anticipate
federal purchase of supplies for the
remaining seven months of the cur
rent fiscal year instead of spread
ing over until July SO.
Asked if he favored tax revision
as an aid to business, now, or, at
the regular Session in January,
I*wsrd?Hfc^«ked wffh his
ers. He added, he wanted tax
changes when congress had them
ready to be made.
The reduction is federal aid for
highway construction recalled Sec
retary Morgenthau’s recent Bpeech
in which he listed this item, as well
as relief, as possible outlays that
could be cut to help balance the
budget. '. »
Supply-Demand In
New Cotton Rules
Senators Who Wrote Act Say
They Have Followed Old
Economic Laws.
Washington, Nov. 26.—GTV-•
Senators who wrote the cotton
section of the ever normal gran
ary program, described their plan
today as “based on the old eco
nomic law of supply and demand/*
They said it sets up machinery
under which the cotton production
can be effectively adjusted the an
nual supply of cotton to meet ef
fectively, demands in the world
markets.
Attempt To Rob Bank
Wilmington, Del., Nov. 26.—OB—■
Three young gunmen made an un
successful attempt today to rob
the Tramond Trust company of
Clairmont, Del., just south of the
Pennsylvania state line. One of
the men cai'ried a machine gun
and another a pistol.
The hold-up was frustrated when
a clerk discharged a tear gas bomb
in the lobby. The men ran out and
escaped in an automobile.
2:30, song; 2:35, devotional, Kev.
Mr. Swinson of Central Falls; 2.45,
the Five Year Program, R. S. All
red, Asheboro; 2:55, special music;
3:00, The Need for Enlargement,
George Wallace, Cedar Falls; 3:15,
Evangelism, Rev. R. E. Heath; 3:30,
Department Conference; 3:45, ad
journment.
SANTA
WHITEPOX
By
SIGRID ARNE
HELGA THE DOLL
gives Sants a lot ef trouble.
She wants to go to spa but is
captured by the White Fox.
Read about her adventures hi