The Largest Paid-Up Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in Randolph County member of associated prbm N. B. A. FBATVBB SERVICE Randolph County’s Only Daily Newspaper THE DAILY COURIER “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of North Carolina" Ilume lxi ASHEBORQ, N. C-> WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22,1937 NUMBER 175 ERM fait Refugees Tsingtao As ips Mass For iastal Attack Ihf.nghai, Dec. 22.—(/I*)—.Japan horn belts roared today over industrial seaport of Tsingtao three United States war stood by to evacute the 200 jericans there if necessary, ['liited States consular author ■ advised Americans to leave ,'ears increased that the Japan would attack the city in retaila i of destruction of Japanese ;on mills by Chinese troops, ho U. S. Marblehead, the dcs ci Pope and the gunboat Sac onta were in the harbor of the which is 290 miles north of righai. eports that 20,000 Japanese ops had left Shanghaif or an un o n destination and that 80 nsporls were ready for addition treops gave impetus to fears ;t Tsingtao, as well as other use coastal cities would be naked. 'ho .Japanese planes apparently |king a reconnitering flight, shortly after. .•iision caused by their appear o however remained high. Chinese set fire to dormitories jrurted with cotton mills'. Au Irities repeated they intended to list, the Japanese to the utmost least of attack. rank B. Kellogg >ad; Former U, S. Imbassador (St. Paul, Doc. 22.——Frank Kellogg, who served as world Ir.-j judge, ambassador to Great IHain, United States senator and pretary of State, died at his I’m' here at 7:28 p. in. last night, would huve been 81 years old y. |Ktl)ogg, noted as a staunch I'kir for world-wide peace, had r-n in failing health for more Ian a year. His illness became pi leal early in November, when was stricken with cerebral rombosis. life rallied several times, but jmonia complicated his condi bn last Saturday night and caused [tern for the worse. He lapsed to ;• coma then an regained con Soosness for only short periods Jereaftcr. |With Kellogg at the time of death ere Mrs. Kellogg, Mrs. F. J. Ottis, |i sister; Mr. and Mrs. Burnham irris, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dean |ark and Dr. A. J. Lepak. Mrs. irris and Mrs. Clark arc nieces Kellogg. [ O'her survivors arc Mrs. Jean K. stin, a sister of Kellogg, and her l ugh ter, Mrs. Seabury Stanton, pth of New Bedford, Mass. The elloggs had no children. recovery wm Japan 22.—LV)—Santa Appeal men were arrested released by a police ying court costs. isheboro Man Hospital Charles Watson, Ashcboro, who istained injuries when the auto lobilc he was driving left the |ghway south of Greensboro and ashed into a service station Mon ty night, was reported to be in a irious condition in the Wesley jng hospital today. Watson was driving an autonm ile in which three. «*•>*«■ Ashehoro itn were ridini Two of the id yesterday released 03 istice after paying court The automobile, according to atson’s attorney, William C. ork, was virtually demolished. The car damaged two gasoline nks and endangered the stability two brick pillars supporting he overhanging canopy of the sta |ion. The proprietor of the station was reported today, has institut a civil action seeking ‘or the alleged dam Ban Santa F ^ Tokyo, Dec 21aus was banished from Japan to Say. A Home Ministry ordinsnee (forbids the usual festive manner pf celebrating Christmas this year. Capone Loses Chicago, Dec. 22.-M/n—u, lost his appeal today for a luction of a year from the 11 nposed for violation Reunited by Holdup Slaying Altoi 10 yt jis. Mrs. Dorothy Reeder of Davenport, la., lound her missing boy—in the Cook county jail at Chicago, where Paul Reeder, 19. awaits trial on a holdup murder charge. Tragic instead df lojouS is the pictured reunion with the boy, taken front her by his father when they separated 16 years ago. Tokyo Nips Revolution; High Officials Arrested Tokyo, Dec. 22.—(.'B—Police deck.red today their secret arrest of .‘!70 suspected agitators had bn red action for a “general revolu tion" based on communism. A member of parliament and several former university pro fessors were held on conspiracy charges in the communistic move ment They were rounded up in a nation-wide series of raids last Wednesday. , “The main part of the movement was to lead a general revolution based on communism”, the metro politan police declared. “Since the outbreak of the Chinese incident, they have used Baby Derby Will Upheld By Canadian Court Ottawa, Dec. 22.—(By Canadian Press)—The Supreme Court of Ca nada today upheld the eccentric will of Charles Vance Miller, insti gator of Toronto’s unique “baby derby.” Millet’s will provided his estate, estimated In excess of $500,000, should go to the mother or mothers giving birth to the most children in Toronto between October 31, 1926 and October 31,1936. The Supreme Court left to the Ontario courts, the task of deter mining the mother or mothers en titled to the money for which a doz en or more women have filed claims. Other clauses in the will left bre wery shares to clergymen and race track shares to opponents of horse . racing. ' At least a dozen Toronto women are contenders for the Miller for tune, willed in the “baby derby.” Six of the contestants claim to have had nine babies in the specified time. Charlotte, Dec. 22.—l/D—Detec tive chief Frank A. Littlejohn said today evidence obtained by ex humation of the body of 20-year old Mrs. Lucice OvcvCash West moreland, yesterday would be for warded to the Washington head quarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 7/ THE WEATHER North Carolina: Increasing clou diness followed, by rain in the in terior tonight and Thursday. War mer tohightV every opportunity to spread anti war propaganda throughout the nation “Therefore the authorities have been forced to arrest those who violate the peact* preservation law, disrupt the private property sys tem and sought to change the state .structure.” Many citizens appeared stunned by the arrests and there was wide spread belief they were made to deflect the nation’s attention from the strained international relations. Ordinarly such a campaign would have been kept secret for months. Jap Boats Were Firing As U. S. Panay Sunk T'.jkyo, Dec. 22.—DB—the for eign office, in what it called an “interim report” on the sinking of the United States Panay by Japanese planes declared today Japanese surface boats were machine-gunning Chinese at the time “and there might have been stray bullets flying towards the Panay.” The report declared also, the Japanese flyers who sank the gun boat, in the Yangtze above Nan king, also bombed Japanese troops and killed two soldiers, despite the fact the troops waved ten Japanese flags. Spanish Loyal Forces Capture Insurgent City Hendave, Spanish-Franco Fron tier, Dec 22.-—UB—The capture today of Teruel after a week of fierce fighting gave the Spanish government its first important civil war victory since last June’s offen sive west of Madrid. Confirmation of the fall of Teru el, insurgent post on the southern tip of the Aragon front, came from both insurgent and government heads, akhdugh with reports of ter rific casualties. The battle regarded as the first major test of the government’s ar med forces since insurgent treatment. Randolph County Listed For New Highway Work Raleigh, Dec. 22.—The state highway department and public works department yesterday an nounced low bids totaling $1,192, 201.S4 on 18 road projects had been received. Contracts were scheduled to be awarded today. Among the bids sumitted, was one covering construction, in Ran | Roosevelt Plans Bid For Public Confidence In January Message -.. Washington, Dec. 22.—(.V)—Ad mmistration advisors today said President Roosevelt would make an aggressive bid for public con fidence in his January message to congress. They said he would insist on his. Legislation program but would propose no New Deal “reforms,” The chief executive laid the ground work for this apparently in his press conference yesterday by asset ting fear was being fostered by a large percentage of news papers and minorities of the pub lic utilities. His observance followed a secret conference with seven of his most loyal supporters in the senate lib end ranks, in which he was au thoiilively reported to have plann ed no slackening of New Deal act ivities. Taylor Stresses Charity Aspects Of Christmas The annual Christmas meeting of the Kotary club took place yes terday at 12:15 in the Methodist Protestant church with Dr. S. W. Taylor speaking on “The Practical and Ideal Aspects of Christmas.” Dr. Taylor, delivering his third successive Christmas address to the Rotarians, made it clear that charitable enterprises in every quarter of the globe were springing out of the ideal and spiritual as pects of Christmas. Following his address yesterday Dr. Taylor was asked by the Rotary club to fill the same engagement next Christmas, which he graceful ly accepted. Frank McCrary introduced Al bert Janover of New York city, the only guest present. At the last meeting of the club each Rotarian took the name of some crippled child to visit with toys and Christmas goodies during the holiday season. Reports were made to Charles McCrary, chairman of the. crippled children’s committee, as to the gen eral reception of the Rotarians in their visits to the crippled chil dren. Boy Scouts And Sorosis Gub To Play Santa Many needy children in Ashe-: boro will receive an early call from .Santil Claus Thursday when mem bers of the Boy Scout troops will distribute Christmas toys and oth er articles to various hemes. The toys, collected by the Boy and Girl Scouts, have been redeco rated and prepared for distribution under direction of members of the Sorosis club. The sir! scouts, meeting Monday with Miss Virginia Barker, conclud ed their assignment of dressing many dolls gathered during the past week. Margaret Robbins was awarded a prize for accomplishing the best result. Mrs. Harris Coffin had general charge of the collection and will ov ersee the distribution. i : Ludendorff Rites Munich, Germany, Dec. 22.—(;V) —Adolph Hitler, himself, laid a wreath today at the brillant mili i tarv funeral of World War General Hemich Ludendorff. No one of military importance or political life in Nazi Germany was missing at the ceremony. dolph county, of 6.59 miles of grading, paving: and. structures on United States route 04 from Ram Seur to the Chatham county line. The bidders on this project were: Brown Paving company, Lexing '.on, $151,849.24, paving; and Hobbs Peabody company, $19,516, struc tures. sw Roosevelt’s Program Left “In Air”; Colons Off For Holiday Rest Cummings Asks Judge’s Ouster Impeachment ot United States Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger, above, of the eastern district of Wisconsin, has been asked by Attorney General Cummings. The attorney general charged impeachable conduct by Judge Geiger In grand jury hearings involving auto financing com panies. Cummings cited his ac cusations in a letter to Repre sentative -'Hatton W. ■Sumner (Dem.-Tex.), asking that charges _ be brought. Kiwanians Make Eight Boys Happy For Xmas The Asbeboro Kiwanis club, last night, entertained eight boys at an informal Christmas party during their regular pre-holiday meeting. The boys received toys and use ful articles as well as a large bas ket of Christmas “goodies” to take home to other members of thei> families. During the meeting. Rev. H. P. I Powell, pastor of the M. E. church, gave an interesting talk on “Five Ways to Celebrate Christmas.” One new member, justice of the peace, Richard Colvin, was present ed his membership bulletin. Tarheels Show Big Jump In Income Taxes ■ Washington, Dec. 22.—l.P)—Ail ^ sections of the country contributed to a 70 percent increase in income taxes collected this month, througn December 20, compared with the same period last year. They in cluded last payments of the 1930 income tax. The announcement said the total collected this year was $467,782, 101. The collections by districts in cluded: North Carolina, 1936, $3,877,528; 1937, $5,127,661. Local Station Robbed Last Night .Ashehoro was the scene of an other robbery last nightf according to Dewey Bulla, police chief, when one or more persons broke into the Red Star service station and made away with several cartons of cigarettes and $1.30 in money. The robbery occurred just after •1 o’clock this morning, the police said, but as yet no clue to the bandit has been picked up. Ted Healy Dies Culver City, Calif., Dec. 22.—(.P) —Ted Healy, dour-faced comedian who made humor and a career out of slapping his pals around the stage and screen, died from a heart attack at his home here last night. He was 41. Morganton, Dec. 22.—<.P)—Spon sors of a drive for $250,000 for es tablishment of a hosiery mill here said today more than $100,000 had been subscribed. . ' Vv'dshington, Dec. 22.—CPI— Members of congress left the ad ministration special session pro grant up in the air today and began a 12 day Christmas vacation that will defer enactment of major legislation until new year. The sudden adjournment, at dusk yesterday, after the senate passed the housing measure, saw none of President Roosevelt’s recommen dations actually written into law. Administration leaders, however, contended the session served a valuable purpose in finishing pre liirrnary work on farm, housing and other administration measures. Final approval of these will be sought at the regular session which opens January 3. Democratic leader, Barkley, as serted the session had clipped from six weeks to two months off the regular 1938 session. The Republican leader, McNary* predicted the regular session would end In May “if the president does not keep sending recommendations? to congress”. McNary, however, asserted the special session was a failure and “did not in any way cai i y out the proposals of the president.” Leaders, originally, intended to end the five weeks session today so that a joint committee could ad just. differences in the senate and house bill. Some men appointed to the com mittee were among many mem bers who had gone home,necessita ting postponment of final action until January. - Plane Concerns Charged With Aiding In War Ne w York, Dec. 22.—Ufl—A Fed eral yrand jury brought forth 14 indictments yesterday charging Cm'ti'ss-Wright airplane concerns and ethers with selling the imple ments of war to Bolivia In viola tion of a Federal embargo design ed to help end the long Chaco con flict The prohibition against selling arms either to Bolivia or Paraguay war made, by President Roosevelt, on May 28, 1934, under authority of a joint congressional resolution which provided maximum fines of “110.000 and maximum imprison ment of two years for violations. • Southern Rural Sections Facing Recession Atlanta, Ga., Dee. 22.—CP)—.Des pite bumper crops and increased farm income for 1937, agriculture leaders reported today a year of business recession in some rural sections of the south. Recent price declines, a cotton surplus boosted by the season’s yield of 18.74(1,000 bales and uncer tainty over the administration's farm aid program were described as major points in the outlook for 1938. CHRISTMAS: SUPERSTITIONS On Christmas Eve in parts of Bavaria and Switzerland, girls seek to learn- of their -future husbands by drawing sticks. A long stick meant he would be tall, a short one stout, and a crooked one deformed.