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The Largest Paid-Up Circulation of Any , Newspaper Published in Randolph County MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS N. E. A. FEATURE SERVICE Daily Newspaper Randolph County7# “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of North Carolina” m ASHEBORO. N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1937. w NUMBER 172 hip Augusta (dy Of Seaman Be Buried In nerica; Naval quiry Opens hanghai, Dec. 17.—(/V) With s fluttering at half mast, the c United States gunboat Oahu ve(l at Shanghai tonight bear the dead, wounded and rescued ,ivors of her sister Panay. w0 Japanese destroyers and jjvitish gunboat, Lady Bird, f'oyed the United States vessel ipc steamed alongside the flag « Augusta, ending her 220 mile down the Yangtze. n board were the bodies of ekeeper Charles L. Ensminger, tain C. H. Carlson of the Stan 1 Oil vessel, Meiam; Sandro dii, Italian newspaperman and Chinese quartermaster of one the three oil company’s craft troyed in the Japanese attack day. he ship also carried some 60 mors, 15 of them wounded, he United States concern over Ited information that Japan boats had machine-gunned the my before she went down was •busied when a naval court of dry boarded the Oahu down the r.ngpoo at Poottmg. lost of the Panay’s officers and ,v were transfered to the rusta which was scheduled to for Manila Sunday or Mon . The Augusta was to carry En inger’s body for burial in the lied States. Jodies of the three other vic is were claimed by friends and utives. aptist W. M. U;. Ian Meeting On inday Afternoon Tin quarterly meeting of the ptist Associational W. M. U. 11 he held on Sunday afternoon, comber 19th., at 2:00 o’clock at : 1’andleman Baptist church, cry society in the county is rod to send representatives from •ir church. The young people of the hostess irob urc preparing a program ti will be interesting and edu .iojial. The Christmas theme will o be included in the program. Mrs. M. T. Lambert, associat ed superintendent, will be in u ge of the meeting and espec ly urges a full attendance since s is the last meeting of the cal lar year. bounty School Holidays To pegin Wednesday; Resume Indies January 3 If your lamp goes out Christmas morning, according to a Middle European superstition, you will see spirits. And if you burn elder on Christmas Eve, witches will be revealed. liberty, Dec. 17.—The Christmas idays for the Liberty school and other schools in the Randolph inty system (Asheboro is not ler the county system as they ic a city administrative unit) 1 begin on Wednesday, De'cem • 22 and school will resume on nday, January 8. Many people re inquired why two full weeks HRISTMAS IJPERSflTIONS 6 Shopping fill ffktiitmti Tiber Raging; Flood Threat In Rome Troops Called Out To Assist Laborers Fight _ing' River._ Rome, Italy, Dec. 17.—— Troops were called out today to reinforce thousands of men to keep the river Tiber from inundating central Rome. The river, swept through the center of the city, at its high est level in 67 years. Troy Group With Lopl Rotarians Today A group of Troy Rotarians wore guests of the Asheboro club today at noon in one of the most interest ing meetings of the season. Rev. Leslie Thompson, pastor of the Troy Presbyterian church, was the chief speaker, using as his topic? Fellowship. The talk was espec ially appropriate at this season and M.'. Thompson held his listeners with unusual interest. I Others from Troy were: Glenn | Lee, president of the Troy clul) anil [Evans Wallace. i During the brief business session, j names were drawn for the Chrisi |mas baskets for crippled children, | which is a benevolent custom of the | club at the holiday season. Each | club member will take a. basket to | some one of the fifty crippled chil i dren being cared for by the club. i __ ‘ McAdoo Halts Senate Action With New Bill Washington, Dec. 17.—<.T)—The senate, after four weeks of talk on the ever normal granary farm bill debated today on a special measure submitted by Senator McAdoo of California. Despite the delay entailed in con.- idora ting the McAdoo bill, Senator Pope (D-Idaho), a mcm | ber of the agriculture committee, expressed hope the ever normal I granary plan would reach a vote by nightfall. McAdoo’s proposal would re quire the secretary of agriculture to ascertain the market for farm commodities each year and the amount available for market. The secretary, then would fix the market price. were not allowed for the holidays and some have pointed out that in many places schools get out on the 17th. For the benefit of such in quirers it might be stated that the time for closing schools for the hol idays in all county schools in this county was agreed upon by the Randolph County School Masters’ club after they were given their choice of two dates, one to close on December 17 and open again on December 29, and the other, to close on December 22 and open on January 3. The vote was for clos ing on the 22nd, and opening on the 3rd of January. They were not given the opportunity to vote on closing on the 17th and opening again on January 3. Liberty school is under the county system and, has to abide by the majority decision; hence the reason for clos ing on the 22nd, and opening again on the 3rd of J[anuary. It is thought that perhaps the reason for teaching three days in to the Christmas week is to make up for any time that may be lost later on in the school term because of bad weather and bad roads. Last year and most every year some time is lost on account of impas sable roads that make it dangerous if not impossible for school busses to go over. The farmers will need their children in the spring and it is desired to cooperate with them as much as possible by closing school early in the spring. The present tentative date for the clos ing of Liberty school this year is on Friday, May 6, but bad weather, some possible holidays and othee causes might change this date. Tokyo Contends Early Note Was Sufficient; To Deny Gunning Tokyo, Dec. 7. —t.P)— Japan may refrain from a direct reply to the United States protest in the Panay incident, the foreign office spokesman indicated today, ,on the grounds that the govern mcr. had apologized before the American note was delivered. fto said the question was still being weighed but pointed out. “The Japanese note of apology was given (to the United States ambassador) before the United States note was handed to the foreign minister. “Therefore, whether some other note will be given has not yet been decided.” Informed of the spokesman’s declaration, the state department officer in Washington declined to ^comment. Informed observers, however, expressed belief that a direct rep'.v to the American protest would be forthcoming. The foreign office spokesman flatly denied that Japanese river craft had machine-gunned the United States Panay before it sunk in the Yangtze, near Nanking, un der the pounding of Japanese bombers. Alcatraz Prison Walls Scaled; HuntEscaj ! IrsN San Francisco, Dec. 17.—OP)— Heavy shore patrols and federal and state police boats searched the waters of San Francisco bay today for two desperate criminals who escaped from Alcatraz Island,-“Es cape Proof” federal prison under cover of a dense fog yesterday. Officers expected to find their bodies. Washington, Dec. 17.—(JP)—Fed eral officials announced last night that two prisoners, Ralph Roe, 29, of Duncan, Okla., and Theodore Cole, 23, of Stroud, Okla., were missing from the heretofore escape proof prison on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco harbor. The two men’s absence was dis covered late yesterday when offic ials of the insittution made a rou tine check-up of all inmates. A heavy fog which enveloped the grim prison all day hompered the search. Four Delegates To Steel Union Held In Murder Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 17.—(TP)— Four delegates to this week’s con vention of the Steel Workers or ganization committee, were held on a technical charge of murder today while police investigated the death of .'10-year-old Rose Ault, whose nude body was found in their hotel room. Inspector of detectives, Walter Monaghan said Jacob Calkind and Morris Engod, both of Brooklyn, were being detained here and that New York police had taken Louis H. Green of Brooklyn and Fred A. Odenwald of Ozone Park, L. I., into custody on murder charges pending an inquiry. Monaghan said the four men came to Pittsburgh to attend the steel workers convention. 29 Cases Measles In New Hope, Union According to a report from the county health department, 29 cases of measles have been dis covered existing in Randolph co unty, 28 of these concentrated in Unio.. and New Hope townships and one case in Asheboro. The outbreak has caused no un due alarm, but compared to the 15 cases reported during the entire month of November the present number shows a decided increase. Rumors of a Small Pox epidemic were disproved by the health de partment, only one case having been called to their attention this month. Georgia Lawyer And Wife Killed; Insane Brother Accused Q.iitman, Ga., Dec. 17.—CV>— Lee W. Branch, former president of the Georgia association and one of the state’s outstanding attor neys. and his wife, were shot to death in their home here today. Patrolman Grady Marable said the two were killed by Livingston Snow, Mrs. Branch’s brother. Marable said he was called to the home by neighbors and eaptur ed Snow in the dining room after a short struggle. Marble said the Branchs were killed, instantly, with pistol bul lets through the head. “Livingston Snow," the officer said, “was raving. I understand he was mentally ill and plans were made to place him. in an institu tion.’’ North Carolina Relief Projects Get$260,000 Raleigh, Dec. 17.—(.Pi—George W. Goan, Jr., WI’A state adminis trator, announced yesterday the al lotment of $260,609.36 in state and sponsors’ funds to finance 13 new relief projects in North Carolina. The two largest projects at Mor row Mountain state park, to cost $80,641, and for the construction of an airport in Burke and Ca-, tawba counties, near Hickory, to cost $75,516. .. .. ■ Wiirk at the '.state Jpairfc \v*Tinin clude landscaping and grading, and the construction of a bath house, swimming pool septic tank, park ing area ,and connecting roads. Land for the new airport will be excavated, graded, drained, and seeded, and runways, moving dwellings and outhouses will De built. Other projects approved fallow: Mount Airy, construct sidewalks along public thoroughfares, $9,096; Tyrrell county, community sanita tion work, $5,898; Cherokee coun ty, prepare school lunches for un dernourished children, $7,027.26; North Wilkesboro, improve streets, curbs and gutters, $12,253; Wake Forest, grade and drain streets, $20,043; Rowan county, grade new ly acquired playground and drain basement of Granite Quarry high school, $2,999.20. Engelhard, construct gymnasium at Engelhard High school, $8,230; Raeford, repair and improve Hoke county courthouse, $2,090.90; Bla den county, drain swamps and per form other malaria control work, $12,786; Hemp, build six rooms and an auditorium at Hemp graded school, $9,586; Brunswick county, prepare school lunches for under nourished children, $7,493. Andrew Allen New Baptist Secretary Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 17.—(,T>— Andrew Allen, for the past two years State Sunday school super intendent of the Baptist conven tion of Tennessee, was elected last night secretary of the elementary department of the Sunday school board. He will assume the office Jan uary 1, succeeding Miss Mattie Leatherwood. She will remain in the department as first associate secretary. Announcement of the change was made at the conclusion late today of the semi-annual meeting of the convention’s Sunday school board which was attended by church leaders from 18 southern states and the District of Columbia. U.S.ToBuUd 12 New Vessels Washington, Dec. 17.—-UP)—The government went into the ship building market today with an or der for 12 fast cargo vessels ex pected to cost a total of $18,000, 000 to $23,000,000. Officials of the Maritime com mission said it was the largest in dividual peace-time order for mer' chant cargo construction exer ed in this country. Goes Danish S Countess Ueventlow Wool worth Five and Ten cent *tore heiress, who yesterday sailed suddenly for Europe, announcing was planning to become a sub of Denmark. s” Hutton anisn New York, Dec. 17.—(.!’)—Coun tess Barbara Haugwitz-Reventlow who as plain “Babs” Hutton inher ited some $20,000,000 of the great fortune founded by F. W. Wool worth, 5-and-10-cent store man, has renounced her American citi zenship to become a subject of Denmark. Announcement of her action was made late today by the law firm of White and Case. The countess, who is 27, was mar ried in May, 1935, in Reno to the Danish count, Count Haugwitz-Re ventlow. They have one child, a son, Lance, born in February, 1930. Through her marriage, a state ment of the law firm said, the countess became a Danish citizen under Danish law, although under American law she retained her American citizenship. Fellowship Campaign Is Discussetl In Ashehoro A small group of workers met at the Central Methodist Protestant church Friday to work out plans for the proposed Fellowship Cru sade which has been designed by the three branches of Methodism, now contemplating a merger. The movement got its name from the Fellowship campaign, staged by the Northern branch of Methodism, and from the Crusade, of the Sou thern branch. The plan will be Railroads May Get U.S. Help Washington, Dec. 17.—OV)—The Reconstruction Finance corpora tion reopened its coffers to rail roads yesterday. Chairman Jesse 11. Jones told re porters the ltFC has available whatever funds the carriers need “within limitations.” , “Just a few” of the carriers will need RFC money to “tide them over until they get a rate increase”. Jones added. Asked if he thought the Inter I state Commerce commission would approve the railroads’ application for a 15 per cent increase in freight rates, and a one-half per cent' increase in eastern passenger, fares, Jones replied that some of the carriers would be “out of win dow” if they did not obtain addi tional revenues. He declined to predict how much money the railroads would need before their application for in creased rates is acted upon by the I. C. C. Japan Kicks At “Unthinkable” Acts Of Soviet Police Officers Tokyo, Dec. 17.—</P)—The Japa nese foreign office today charged Soviet Russia with acting in a man ner “utterly unthinkable in any ci vilized country” in connection with the arrest of Japanese in Russia. The foreign office protest to the Soviet ambassador, citing what Ja pan called numerous cases in which the Soviet authorities had arrest ed Japanese and held them without trial. The note demanded a “responsi ble answer.” Almost concurrently the Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri, charged that Russia was continuing to strength en her military forces of her far eastern seaports. The foreign office statement said in part: “On November 4, an unknown woman handed the director of a Japanese company at Talaisok, an envelope on the street. Immediat ely several officers who were ap parently in ambush, arrested him and took the letter, declaring' he would be indicted for espionage.” The note listed other similar ca uses, asserting Soviet authorities ac | cused each Japanese of “military espionage” but failed to place them on trial. Payne Gang; But Bill May Have Been Absent — Siler City, Dec. 17. Robbers I shot two locks off the front door of I the Dennett Hardware store here last night, blasted open the safe and escaped with approximately $200 in cash. Sheriff George H. Andrews Said i the yeggmen overlooked a consid erable amount of cash in envelopes I inside the safe. The locks appar ently were broken with shotgun slugs. The sheriff expressed the belief the robbery was committed by members of the Bill Payne gang. The Weather North Carolina: Rain tonight and possibly Saturday. Slightly col.lei Saturday night and in west and central portions in the af ternoon. participated in by the two branch es mentioned and the Methodist Protestant group, also planning to unite. The Fellowship Crusade is de signed for three prime purposes: to re-awaken spiritualism; promote education; and clear up financial obligations before the merger. In the absence of Dr. R. M. Andrews, who was unable to at tend, Rev. E. G. Bethea, and Rev. Elwood Carroll, of Greensboro, ] were in charge of the meeting in Ashcboro. Dr. S. W. Taylor, pas I tor of the Central church, was i present and assisted in the plans as did Rev. E. G. Cowan, of Sea j grove; M. C. Henderson, Ashe Iboro; Rev. Charles Spencer, Ran dleman; Rev. G. W. Reynolds of Richland; W. L. Ward, Mrs. Win. C. Hammer and Miss Esther Ross, of Asheboro. Bailey’s Move For Sound Legislation Gains Ground Washington, Dec. 17—While New Deal zealots and camp followers last night tried to laguh and ridi cule into lost hope the movement of Senator Josiah W. Bailey and others to seek a sound and reason able basis of legislation to avert a business depression, the fact re mained that sentiment continued to grow in their plan. Admitting that he had joined in the movement to bring about salu jtory laws that would rejuvenate business, such as repealing the un distributed profits tax, and other ' burdensome laws placed on business Senate and House May Get Farm Measure; Drop Anti-Lynching Panay Attacked By Japanese Land Party Survivors Claim Boats Carrying Wounded Met _Fire of Troops._ Shanghai, Dec. 17.—(,P)— How Japanese war planes machine-gunned small boats Carrying wounded men ashore from the bombed gunboat Panay causing more wounded — was (old in detail tonight by survivors of the disastrous at tack. They concerned a report— denied by the Japanese—that such machine gun fire harass ed survivors, many already suffering from serious wounds incurred aboard the striken Panay as they tried to reach safety ■ ashore last Sunday. Ill addition, survivors reach ing here aboard the United States gunboat Oahu, said a Japanese army detachment, in launches, on the Yangtze and along the shore, fired I machine-gun bursts at the Panay before it sank. The river party also board I ed the Panay after the crew and passengers had abandon ed her for a hurried inspect ion just before she went down under the river's muddy wat ers. v m Canton May Be Attacked Br - Japanese Army Shanghai, Dec. 17. (.lb—Chincse Japanose warfare threatened to day to spread to the southern China coast in farflung attacks “not satisfied” with the capture of Nanking. Tne Japanese announcement, proclaiming formal entry into the fallen Chinese capitol, declared the “armed forces of the Empire are determined in their endeavor to cany on to a conclusion of the purpose of the present expedition —establishment of lasting peace in the Orient. Chinese sources expected a Japanese attack to invade southern Kwaiigtung and attack Canton, GO miles northwest of the British crown colony Hongkong. The announcement declared the Japanese government was “not satisfied 'with the success of its arms with the capture of Nan king, the situation is far from | being settled.” The announcement added that Japanese efforts to accord every protection had been marred by a “most unhappy incident, involv ing American and British war ships, which has deplored from the bottom of the heart.” Injured By Firecracker Miss Katherine Cox, student of the Liberty school, was painfully but not seriously injured Monday afternoon as a result of an explo ding firecracker held in her hand. Miss Cox, after lighting the fire cracker, failed to release it before it exploded. She has been unable to use her right hand in continuing her school work, but has continued in school. Reports are that she is recovering nicely. and industry during the flush days of the Roosevelt administration, Senator Bailey admitted part au thorship of the document that was to have been an address to the peo ple of the United States. Joining in the movement with Bailey are the majority of the sen ators who fought the President’s court bill for several long, weary months, then to see it reach a state of uncertainty, when it was buried with the late Joe T. Robinson, and jwith Vice President Garner admin I istering the death blow to the plan. Washington, Dec. 17.—UP)-—> President Roosevelt’s two major proposals—the wage and hours bill and the farm bill—approached fi nal vote in the house and senate today although administration chieftains virtually abandoned hope for enactment at the special ses sion. They wanted, however, to get the bills off the floor so they could pave the way for housing measures before Christmas. During the holiday season, they said, .joint committees of senators and representatives can work out compromises on the house and sen ate form and wages and hours me asures. To clear the way for the housing bill, senate leaders negotiated an agreement to lay aside the anti lynching bill until the January session when it will have the right of way. It otherwise would have come up immediately after the farm vote. A night session of the house was forecast, if necessary, to get a fi nal vote of the wage and hours bill. Democratic leader, Rayburn, hopes to take up the housing mea sure tomorrow. Washiigton, Dec. 17.—LT)—A re publican substitute for the undis tributed profits tax was defeated today in a house sub-committee. Chairman Vinson (D.-Ky.) an nounced the vote 6 to 3 was along party lines. The plan defeated was introduced by Representative Crowther (R.« N. Y.). Vinson said it would have decreased federal revenues $416, 000,000 had it been effective this year.— The development was considered " with action by the house rules com mittee giving right of way to the administration housing bill. The measure will be considered as soon as the house has voted on the wage and hours bill. Randolph County Men Arrested In Liquor Raid Karl Davidson, Asheboro, was one of three .men arrested late yes terday afternoon when federal ag ents raided an alleged still on the old county home road about one mile from Flint Hill church. The agents reported the still was in operation and that they seized about 100 gallons of mash and su gar, as well as jugs and other ma terials. The men arrested were Charlie Curry, Thomasvilte, Earl Davidson, Asheboro, and Sam Jones, negro. [Jones was reportedly caught oper ating the still. At a hearing before United States Commissioner W. T. Kennedy at High Point Curry was released. Davison and Jones were bound over to federal court aiul sent to Greensboro in default of bond of $500 each. Curry, whose son, George Curry, is poprietor of the store in which the still was found, was arrested with Davidson when the two re* turned to the farm from Thomas ville. George Curry is a patient ill a local hospital, and the father tes tified that today’s visit, was the first ♦ trip to his sons farm in two years. 'Davidson has been living in a house of George Curry near the store building since the owner was re moved to the hospital. FDR Against Public Vote On National War Washington, Dec. 17.—(At—Pres ident Roosevelt told a press confer ence today he did not believe a re ferendum on war was consistent with a representative form of gov ernment. . Asked by a woman reporter if he thought a referendum requiring a public vote before this nation could go to war was consistent with the United States form of government, the President said the easiest way to answer that was to say too, andf stop right there. Charlotte, Dec. 17.—CP)—The carded yarn group of the textile institute today elected W. M. Banks, Grantville, Ga., chairman, to succeed T. P. Johnson of Wake Forest. - —■ •' ... G,.,: .