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The Weather I TTTT^ r\ * TT^-n "r 1 HJi DAILIl INDEPENDENT ^l~?ssr """" ? -'?.??? IS^aHSS ^ ' I?)36. Entered ? l?^? ' ^ "Second Clm \u?1. aty S'NGLE COPY 5 CENTfr 175,000 Dead In Spain's Civil W ar To Date I And There Will Be As Many More Before It Is All Over To Kill, Is Order Casual!!#*- To Date Great V? Our Ow n I Years of t.'ml War Hendaye. Franco-Spanish Fron- j tier. Oct. 19.?'U.R -Spain's civil | war went into the fourth month today with more than 175.000 of her fearless but befuddled people dead in what may be only the prelude to worse horrors. Of this number ? almost as many as were killed during the four years of the American Civil war ? less than one-third were killed in battle. The others, many of them women and children, wer* victims of "mopping up" op erations and firing squad execu tions. These will not be stopped scon, even should Madrid fall this week. A few hours ago one of Gen. Emilio Mola's rebel officers told this correspondent that when the insurgents march into Madrid "there will be at least 30.000 ex ecutions." The executions wili be of Anarchists and Communists, and the rebel officer added: "We have got their names down in a big fat book." If Gen. Francisco Franco. Arab speaking generalissimo of the in surgents. smashes through the last loyalist barriers and into Ma drid ? as he certainly will ? his first job as military dictator of Spam will be to beat into submis mission factions already grum bling as they fight for him. If. by intervention of some strange fate, the loyalists win. there is certain to be a bitter and bloody feud when extremist fac tions of the government attempt to set up an outright Communist government. This correspondent mentioned to a young Car list officer from Irun the fierce fighting instincts of the Fascist legions, including the Moroccans and legionnaires upon whom Franco depends for his real fighting. "After we get to Madrid we will clean those fellows out. but we mast win this war first." he said. "We are fighting for king and country, not a dictator." On the government side extrem ists. including Communists. An archists and syndicalists who gave the Spanish people a taste of what is to come when they staged a general strike last May. arc not waiting until the revolution is over to impose their demands. It is the personal opinion of this correspondent that tiiis situation, as much as any other, accounts for the one-sided progress of the war. for instead of fighting against a common enemy, the An 1 Continued on Page Six) Weather Statistics Monday. Oct. 19. 1936 TEMPERATURE Average for October 63.40 Hiehest today 73.00 Lowest today 45.00 Average today 59.00 Excess for today ?4.40 Average for the year 60.60 PRECIPITATION <In Inches) Average for October 2.60 Amount today 0-66 Total amount this month. 5.07 Total amount since Jan. 1.50.71 Excess since Jan. 1 3.21 Average for the year 47.50 Barometer 29.89 Character of day?Clear. W. H. SANDERS. MARINE FORECAST Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Mod frate to fresh southwest winds, except gentle variable over the ex treme south portion, generally fair weather Tuesday. THE TIDES Hipfh Low a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Tuesday. Oct. 20 Ore. Inlet 10:54 11:14 4:14 5:30 C. Hatteras 10:34 10:54 3:54 5:10 Wednesday, Oct. 21 Oregon Inlet 9:33 9:4? 3:05 3:38 Oaoe Hatteras 9:18 9 27 2:45 3 38 METEORS FALL IN NEWFOUNDLAND St. Johns, Newfoundland. Oct. 19.?<U.R)?A shower of (. meteors was observed today I across 100 miles of the sky. There was a noise like a ter- | rifie explosion high in the air and then the meteors appeared. Some of them fell into the sea I and sent columns of water sev- I eral feet high. No injuries or property dam- I age were reported. A. P. Misled On I61I1 Century Ship Project Flack Has No Commission To Build Ships?Alex Mathis Architect An Associated Press dispatch j published in "our favorite after- j | noon newspaper" under date of Oct. 19. says: HUton. N. Y.. Oct. 19.? <AP>? Commissioned by the North Carolina Historical Society. ; Arthur W. Flack, of this village : soon will start to build full- j sized models of the 16th century i sailing ships for use during ' I celebrations commemorating the 350th anniversary of the birth of Virginia Dare. Construction of the ships, sim ilar to those used to carry the first colonists to America." will be by WPA labor under Flack's direction. This was news indeed to those ; familiar with the proposed ship project. Mr. Flack was once thought of in connection with the : designing of the 16th century ships of the Sir Walter Raleigh expedi tion. but he was never commis sioned by the North Carolina His torical Commission or any other sponsoring group. Designs for the ships?three of ' them- haw been prepared by Alex Mathis. of Manteo. a naval architect and engineer, from ! working drawings supplied by j Gregory Robinson, of London. Eng. and other autliorities on j ships of the period. Mr. Mathis' designs are now in the hands of the WPA for approval, but there has been no action on them to ; date. If those ships are built, j they will be built under the sup- j ervision of Albert Q. Bell, super- i visor of the Fort Raleigh restora tion project, with Mr. Mathis act ? ing as architectural consultant. Says Strong-Arm Squad Needed In Suburban Vice Dens The Daily Independent was the recipient of commendation from many sources yesterday, for its editorial of yesterday morning. "Where Law Enforcement Is Needed." But no sheriff's deputy and no one policeman can handle those dives just outside the city limits. Is the opinion of Township Cons table Hersey P. Williams. "I have tried it," said Constable Williams, "and I know what I am talking about. Once I tried to make arrests in one of those out of-town joints and I was knocked down and tramped upon. When a fight starts in one of those places they gang up, six. eight or ten on a side, and only a strong-arm squad could handle them. I don't go near them any more, because I'm only one man." Looks For Fggs, But Discovers a 'Possum Columbia, Oct. 19. ? J. B. Swain, of near here, received a surprise today when he went to look for eggs in his potato planter. Instead of finding the eggs for which he was looking, he found a large opossum. The animal was curled up on a bed of straw with the remains of a dead hen and seemed to be pretty well fixed for a con tented stay during the winter. >Ir. Swain, however, had dif ferent plans for Br'er 'Possum, <o he was removed to a new if aot wholly desirable habitat. I Around World In 18 Days H. R. Kkins Wins In Race Around the World by 10,000-Mile Lead New York, Oct. 19.-(U.R)?A great silver Douglas monoplane soared out of the golden haze of autumn today, circled over the airport at Newark, N. J., and landed to disembark an eiatcd young man who had established a world record for travel around the globe in ordinary commercial con veyances. The young man was H. R. Ekins, "flying reporter" of the New York World-Telegram and other Scripps-Howard newspapers. He stepped into the World Telegram building in New York at 11:14:20 2-5 a. m., eastern stand ard time. Pertinent facts of the race: Distance flown from Lakehurst. N. J., where took off aboard Hin denburg 11:17:27 p. m., eastern I standard time, September 30, back to Lakehurst aboard TWA Sky | Chief?25.654 miles. Total elapsed time from Lake hurst to Lakehurst?18 days. 11 hours. 14 minutes, 33 seconds. Total elapsed time from Lake hurst to Newark. N. J., where ended transcontinental lap ? 18 days, 11 hours, 31 minutes, 36 4-5 seconds. Total elapsed time from World Telegram building, where left 8:17:30 p. m.. eastern standard time. September 30. back to build- | ing?18 days, 14 hours, 56 min- I utes, 50 2-5 seconds. Total flying time?8 days, 10 j hours. 3 4-5 seconds. Total average flying speed?127 miles an hour. Last lap of flight across United States?Flew from Burbank, Cal.. to Newark, N. J? in 14 hours, 13 minutes, 3 4-5 seconds, averaging 177 miles an hour over a 2,524 mile course. Air lines traveled?KLM-Royal Dutch Air Lines from Frankfort. Germany, to Batavia, Java: Knilm-Royal Netherlands Indian Air Ways from Batavia to Manila. P. I.: Pan American Air Ways i f-om Manila to Alameda: United Air Lines from Oakland, Cal., to i Burbank: TWA from Burbank to i Newark. Rivals?Dorothy Kilgallen. New York Journal-International News Service, and Leo Kieran, New York Times-N. A. N. A. service? six days and 10.000 miles behind, en route from Manila to Guam Island aboard China Clipper. Tomorrow night's dinner for Ekins at the Explorers' club will be broadcast over the N. B. C. blue network from 11 to 11:30 p. m. Lowell Thomas will be master of ceremonies. ElijahHubbard Fal ls Off Boa I And Drowns East Lake Man Falls Off Sbad Boat In Croa tan Sound Manteo, Oct. 19.?Elijah Hub bard. 55-year-old resident of East Lake, was drowned this afternoon when he fell off a shad boat on which he and two other men were en route from Buffalo City to Manteo with a load of juniper shingles. Hubbard was sitting on a pile of shingles eating his lunch when he suddenly fell over backwards and landed in the water. Several bun dles of shingles tumbled over be hind him, but he made no at tempt to grasp these or a long plank which was extended to him by the other occupants of the boat, Peter Gallop, of Roanoke Island, and William Griggs, of East Lake. Hubbard was given to epileptic fits and may have been seized with such a fit when he fell over board. He was formerly a resident of Currituck county and owned sev eral farms in that cjunty. Money lending, however, was his princi pal source of income for a num ber of years. Hubbard was unmarried and is survived only by two brothers. Carl Hubbard and another whose name is not kndwti here France Nips Communism In The Bud FRENCH Fascists swoope down on a taxi occupied by Paris Communists as they arrived at Porte de Versailles to hold one of their numerous meetings. Fists and clubs fly and police rush in to suppress the riot. This is one of the recent clashes occurring in France that the Blum government quelled with gendarmes and the Mobile Guards. Neiv Deal Wins Victory In The ! Supreme Court United States Government Wins Prelim inary Tests Involving Truth In Securities Law Washington. Oct. 19. ? (UP.)? The new deal today won prelimi nary Supreme Court tests involv ing its social security program, truth-in-securities law and con troversial municipal power loan policy. The court acted quickly to deny a surprise move to bring before it a challenge of the social security ? act's validity. Edward F. McClennen, promi nent Boston. Mass., attorney, rose ! unexpectedly in the hushed cham ber at the close of the regularj court session to ask permission to intervene as a "friend of the court" in three cases attacking va- j lidity of the New York state un- j employment insurance law, The cases are to be argued soon before the high tribunal. After considering the motion during the afternoon, the court unexpectedly entered an order late in the day throwing it out en tirely. This decision had not been expected until next Monday. His intervention was opposed in A brief filed late in the day by John J. Bennett. Jr.. New York state attorney-general, contending that validity of the federal social security program was not involved in the pending suit, which he in sisted concerned only the New York state law. Meantime, a challenge of the 'Continued on Page Six) Tolan Says Probe Of Totvnsend Plan A * Poli l ie a I Mo ve9 ? Members of the Senate Committee That Investigated Townsendism Is sues a Minority Report Washington, Oct. 19- (U.R)?The i House investigation of the Town- i send $200-a-month pension plan 3 was political in nature and not in- s tended as a basis for legislation, c Rep. John H. Tolan, D? Calif., ? charged tonight in a minority re j port on the inquiry. c Tolan. one of two Townsend c members of the eight-man in- * Ivestigating committee, refused to ' sign a majority report submitted ? by Chairman C. Jasper Bell. D., 1 Mo., and six other members. The * only other member who refused to sign was Rep. Clare E. Hoff- c man, R., Mich. The majority re- 1 port has not yet been made f public. 1 Tolan's charge of political in- 1 tent in the inquiry echoed recent t reports that the majority report s would be delayed until after the t elections two weeks hence. 1 Tolan. however, denied that the Roosevelt administration was con- , nected with the inquiry, which he said "was conceived and born . . . . in the minds of certain Congress men who were fearful of the . growing strength of the Townsend , people in their own particular dis tricts, and in accordance with the trend of the times, thought it , best to remove this danger by at- ' tacking and destroying." The Cahfornian's minority re- , port maintained that neither 1 house of Congress is authorized j to spend moqpy on investigations \ unless the intention is to propose ( remedial legislation. 1 "No such objective was intend- t ed or obtained in this particular ? Townsend investigation and when ' 1 ill the testimony is ready, as well is the report, of the committee, 'ou will not find therein the lightest hint or recommendation >f remedial legislation." Tolan aid. "In reading the majority report. >nc would glean that there is not >ne good thing in the Townscnd )lan. in the lives, minds and learts of Dr. Townscnd. his man igers, and the millions of fine American citizens who believed in lim and his plan. "It was always possible to draw ertain conclusions from partial y stated facts and this exactly its the case of the majority re >ort. When the members of the louse at its next session, read all he testimony, they will be amazed it the picked evidence quoted in he majority report and the nar ow conclusions drawn therefrom. "I wonder what they will think vhen they find in the record that or four months I tried to intro iuce in evidence the fact that ,hc committee spent $3,000 in vestigating the books of the na ional Townsend headquarters in Washington and found them cor ed? "I was denied the privilege of such introduction at the hearing )f the committee time and again n executive session. No, they vanted to parade, and did parade jefore the American public, the act that nearly one million dol ars was taken in by the Townsend wganization, and have our people jelieve that all this money was vasted. I challenge anyone to ihow from the record that a sin dp pennv was not accounted for." . Gov. London Cheered In TheSouthwesi Tells New Mexicans This Is a Clash Beliccen Two Ideas of Government Aboard Landon Train, En Route to California. Oct. 19.?(U.R)?Gov. Alf M. Landon summoned the vot ers of the Southwest tonight to defeat an "attack from within" against the "American way" of government. Pressing the Republican offen sive against the New Deal as he campaigned toward the scene of .Tuesday night's major address at Los Angeles, the G. O. P. presi dential nominee reviewed his earl ier proposals for solution of the farm and trade problems in the interest of American farmers, workmen and industry. He spoke to colorful Western crowds in New Mexico. Ten-gal (Continued on Page Six) Roosevelt To Hit The Road Again Tonite Broadcasts From If orces ler Wednesday Night; May Go West Again Washington, Oct. 19. ? (U.R) ? President Roosevelt, working in the seclusion of his White House study, prepared today for a whirl wind campaign invasion of Re publican New England which will be climaxed by a major address at Worcester, Mass., Wednesday, night. The President, who returned to Washington this morning after his 12-state western tour and a week-end of rest at Hyde Park, is (Continued on Page Six) Knox Sticks To Original Scare Tactics Still Trying To Frighten Hank Depositors and Policyholders Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 19?(U.R)? Frank Knoxu Republican vice presidential nominee, said in a campaign address tonight that "the administration has secret and undisclosed plans if victorious in November." Knox charged that the Demo cratic administration had failed to offer a program of its future policies and that its campaign lias reeked of propaganda and false argument. "From the day this administra tion took office it abandoned and j repudiated the American form of government," Knox said before warning of secret and undisclos ed plans. The 1932 Democrat party platform promises, he said, "were broken because the Amer ican principles of government ? Continued on Page Six'* A Proposal To Preserve Relics Of Present Age New York. Oct. 19.?(U.R)?Six thousands years from now, if the plans of President Thornwell Ja cobs of Oglethorpe University materialize, men will break into a gas-filled, underground chamber an gaze with curious eyes on chewing gum, a disk on which the voice of President Roosevelt is im prisoned and a score of other things from the world and time in which we live. He proposed tonignt to create a treasure vault of the present and deed it to the future so that there might be an authentic record of 20th century civilization in the year 8113 A. D. Jacobs already has started preparing a room in the basement of one of Ogle thorpe's buildings?a waterproof room, resting on the bedrock of the Appalachians, which event ually will be lined with stainless steel In the current issue of the mag azine Scientific American Jacabs proposed that scientists, philanth opists, journalists and all other persons interested contribute time, money and thought to the project. Guarding this treasure tomb, he said, will be a non-rusting steel tablet, asking?somewhat in the manner of the inscription on Shakespeare's gravestone?that no one shall disturb the contents until the appointed hour in the year 8113. He chose that date be cause it has been 6,177 years since the establishment of the Egypt ian calendar, and by adding 6,177 to 1936 he got 8113. Jacobs asks what, of all the things we use and see in our daily lives, should be placed in the tomb as significant of our time? He answers it partly himself by say ing: "There should be a phonograph or film record carrying a saluta tion from the President of the United States to the rulers, who ever and whatever hey may be, of the year 8113 A. D.?We must, of course, include such homely, everday things as the foods we cat, our drinks, even our chewing gum. "We must describe and illus trstt?.spur spurts and recreations, | our buildings and our furniture, | our engines, printing presses, au tomobiles, typewriters and so on. Models made of stainless stell. , , When preserved in a vault lined with similar materials will no doubt last for at least 6,000 years. "Of course, an illustrated en cyclopedia. if it could be printed with an ink that did not carry self-destruction in its formula and cn paper of the most permanent possible quality and preserved in a vacuum or inert cases would be one of the most perfect ways to preserve the thought and content of our civilization. "During the last 100. years scientists. . .Have spent millions of dollars endeavoring to find some old piece of pottery, some ancient trinket, some sun-baked brick from which they might de duce the every-day maimer of living of people whose names are forgotten and of kingdoms long since perished. Let us be the first generation to preserve, for the intellectual hunger of those who come after us, a complete re cord of our daily life." Jacobs made no estimate of the cost. He said similar proposals had been made in the past, al though not on the scale of his project. SHIP LOST IN JAVA Batavia, Java, Dutch East In dies, Tuesday, Oct. 20.?(U.R)? Heavy loss of life among the 250 passengers of the Dutch steamer Van Der Wijck reportedly oc curred when the ship foundered in the Java sea near here today. Reports reaching here said the steamer Reael was standing by at the scene of the disaster trying to pick up passengers. TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A. M. 8:30?Men's Christian Federa tion. P. M. 6:30?Kiwanis Club. 7:30?Jr. O. U. A. M.; Eu reka Lodge Masons. Library Hours: 2-6, 7-9. Morgenthau Says Hoover Misstated Facts In His Speech Declares There Is No Double Keeping of Books Lawful Methods Says Accounts of Treasury Are Kept Strictly Ac cording To Law Washington, Oct. 13?(U.R)?Sec retary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., tonight accused former President Hoover of "mis stating facts" in his Philadelphia speech implying that the New Deal "juggles" its accounts. Asserting that the bookkeeping procedure followed in the daily treasury statement and the budget have been in effect for many years, Morgenthau issued a for mal statement in which he said: "The facts are that the treasury accounts are kept strictly in ac - cordance with law, and are not based upon any partisan political considerations. ... I believe it can truthfully be said that this administration has furnished the public more detailed information on the financial operations of the government than any preceding administration." Morgenthau said the treasury ordinarily does not attempt to check the accuracy of statements about government finances made "in the heat of campaigns." "When, however, a former pres ident of the United States in a public address charges the treas ury of the United States with 'intellectual dishonesty' and 'per nicious deceit' the publio interest demands that these charges be not ignored," he said. "The citizens naturally impute to a former president intimate knowledge of the financial opera tions of the government, and when Mr. Hoover attacks the integrity of the public accounts, Ids state ments. if permitted to go unchal lenged. might tend to irooair the confidence of the public in its fi nancial officials, with consequent detrimental effect on the federal credit." 4 In response to a question re garding the effect of statements such as- Mr. Hoover's on public confidence, Morgenthau said it might affect government bonds if the public believed it. "But," he said, "I might draw your attention to the fact that Mr. Hoover's speech was Friday night and that the government bond market went up Saturday. So did today's." Morgenthau's statement added that there has been "too much loose talk" about the use of a "double budget." "There is no such thing in the j United States government as a double budget," he said, "nor is there any system of double book keeping." Meanwhile Sen. Pat Harrison, (Continued on page six Judge Meekins Speaks A Word For Moonshine Wilson, Oct. 19.?(U.R*?Federal j Judge I. M. Meekins, of Elizabeth City, today told a federal grand ' jury here that the proposed state amendment to increase the su- | preme court membership to seven I members is "just, honest, almost persuaded to say necessary." He pointed out everything clss has been increased except the membership of the court. "It is not a question of politics," he said, "but a question of citizen ship. Members of the court are J only human. They are delightful, j learned gentlemen, but now can only give an hour to a case." He said the five Justices last year had to render 539 opinions. Speaking from "hearsay" and "not personal experience," Judge Meekins said "moonshine liquor is better than ABC liquor." The comparison was made while Judge Meekins was relating the history of a case involving three alleged violators of the federal prohibition law. His comment was i not construed by courtroom at- ? taches as an attack ou the state liquor system. . ?
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