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TimDATTY INDFPFNTIFNT Tut- night or Wed. morning; ? III1. I W f-\ ???? I 1^1 / I J I |jlll./|j|^l I erly winds over north portion and mod >'!lt n , interior Tues. night; Wed. -JL JLJ _J _? J JL JL JL J M -M- _M__L 1 _??J -? J J- l ? ^ ? ? JX 1 erate southerly over south portion, and ?older r. much colder. ? mostly overcast weather. I CA'uU ' 1908 COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT, A WEEKLY ESTABLISHED BY W. 0. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 ?J ^pfyrrui. PublUhlu'J^___ ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1936. N a SINGLE COPY 5 CBNTfe Campaign Ends In a Whirlwind Of Confusing Oratory Ijthe Most Expensive ! Political Campaign In r. S. History lost 813,000,000,000 Both Nil*'- < I aimed \ ietory ||ir Zero Hour \|)|>nKH'hed New York. Nov. 2.?(U.R)?Politi cs. crater- t ' < to rostrum and radio tonmiit and filled the air with cleu-ntk-hour bids for votes as the r.a'ion prepared to pass ;.;a:". :i' tomorrow on presiden ? . :... - io:ai. state and local candidate;-. Out of til? quiet, tiny study in Hyde Park house came the voice c; Pi ::: Ho -ovelt. asking the electorate tor anotiier four-year mandate for tiie new deal. From Tjpeka. Km:- Gov. Alfred M. Lander, delivered a final attack it ..dnunistration sr.: " voters to put him m ? m< :v.- couid "restore the American way." Mm . p.irty candidates bat b major tickets and : tuht amoroa themselves. ?.-.?? i imoi'd many Dem ocrats wore marching under the c-r.iv: : >tm: lower and thou . : .,v were singing Happy Days Are Here Again." Betting on Roosevelt A- say r. wiii be America's ;.n ?' r. Tic popular vote probably will pass 44.000.000. I -Vert- money has been spent by I urties I tan ever before; I already expenditures totaling $13. 000.000 have been reported to Con gress. Wa.l Stive? betting odd.- favored 1-v : ? Wafers rang ::;e from to I tip to 3 to 1 were 0 ? t...it . would be re elected. In" presidential polls were straws m d wind that blew m two directions. Governor Landon led * ' poll and Mr. p-" " ' ' ' ? ction was pre c;'" K ;.imp:- ballots taken : -i. In ? itute of Pub ? ?. T , ua.i'.u .%:a cieci jo unuea 4 52 members of Ncntatives. 33 tireds of judges. t:. i local officials. (. introl of ( ongress C o! Congress was a prize rival parties were ' r. ;.m< t as hard as they re io: ? election of President. I' be an amazing turn H ;r ? entative Chester Ej." ?? ;.airman of tlie national ; >:onal commit i-." tiiat the G. O. P. ou.ci 20 into the next Congress "? of the house. ? Democratic Cliairman A Farley said he expected ?..." *o noid their present the house. Privately. Duai.viatic leaders look for a loss f': "11 and 60 seats, which "... . rj the new deal ? an adequate working ma ;or;ty frrr.o'T;-.--, cannot lose control 1 ?*naff this year, because ??' a third of the membership of Continued on Page Six) ^ealluT Statistics November 2. 1936 'Wkrvtirk Average for November 53.40 Hiane.' today .80.00 ' today 55.00 ra." today 67.50 Av"ta-." for the year 60.60 Excess for today ..*14.30 'Pais. Barometer _ 30.34 PRE( 1PIT VI ION ,|n Inches) Average for November 2.60 Amount today 0.00 Total amount this month. 0.00 Excess since Jan. 1st 3.42 for the year 47.50 Wind Dire-1 ion South West Caaraetcr of Day Party Cloudy W. H. SANDERS Till; TIDES Tuesday. Nov. 3 ,v a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Iti'.ct lft:27 10.54 3:58 4:57 Uu""ra: 10:07 10:34 3:38 4:37 Or* r ^r',nr>clay. Nov. 4 " 11 21 11:54 5:00 5:57 | ti (fl 11:34 4 40 5:3 Cold Wave And Rain Or Snow For Election Is Expected To Strike the Eastern States Late Today Washington. Nov. 2.?(U.R)?Fall ing temperatures and rain or snow will make election day weather disagreeable for most of the na tion's voters, the U. S. weather bureau predicted today. A cold wave that may cause thermometers to tumble below zero in the middle west will move across the country slowly, prob ably striking the eastern states by late tomorrow. Bitter cold already gripped the northwest and snow covered the Rocky Mountain region today. Fair weather was in prospect for the west coast and for Florida and the Carolinas in the old South. Forecasts for other parts of the country, however, included: Cold and rain for Ohio. Indiana. Ten nessee. Kentucky and western Pennsylvania and New York: rain in Alabama. Virginia. Arkansas, Georgia. Louisiana. West Virginia: rain or snow in Illinois. Missouri. Michigan. Wisconsin. Iowa and possibly parts of Kansas. To Pray Until Dawn For The Defeat of FDR * ^ Would Sing Too, But Says the Landlord Won't Stand for It Hartford. Conn.. Nov. 2?(U.R>? Bald, walrus-moustached George | W .Smith knelt on the squeaky tloor of a dingy-looking tenement apartment tonight and led mem bers of his Hartford praying band in asking divine guidance for the defeat of President Roosevelt. "God is too good." he intoned, ?to let the nation prosper under the present administration." Prayers were to continue until rtawn It was planned to interpserse the all-night meeting with the I singing of "America" every two I hours. But landlord Chauncey N. i LcRoy complained, "there are 20 j other tenants in the biulding and j if they're a nuisance, I'll have to call the police to stop it." Brother Smith conceded the singing with terse observation that he believed "the landlord is a democrat and all democrats are scared?afraid our prayers are go- I ing to be answered." Supreme Court Is Asked To Kill Off Another Law Washington Nov. 2?(U.R>?The Supreme Court was asked today to declare unconstitutional the new federal law providing regula tion of commodity exchanges. Briefs filed by William S. Moore, a member of the Chicago Mer cantile Exchange, and by six cor porate members of the Chicago Board of Trade appealed for a re- j view of district court decisions up- I holding the act. j The traders charged that en- j forcement of the law would cause them injury and loss of profit, and asserted that it violated the tenth amendment because it seeks "to regulate a purely local and in terstate activity." Both petitions cited the Supreme Court rulings which outlaws the NRA and the Guffey Coal Control Act. TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A. M. 8:30 Mens Christian Federa tion P. M. 3:30 Business meeting Suz anna Wesley Bible class First Methodist 6:30 Kiwanis Club 7:30 School Board; Jr. O. U. A. M.: Eureka Lodge Masons Library Hours: 2-6. 7-9. 7 Sitting Pretty A CHAFTnCTNG picture %T Mrs. Wallis Warfleld Simpson, favorite of King Edward of Great Britain, in the apartment she formerly oc cupied with her husband. Ernest Simpson, in Bryanston Court, in London. But she luxuriates in more fashionable quarters since her divorce, and London rumor says King Edward will give her "the refusal" of his model home in Surry. Noisome Open Ditch Menaces Citv's Health| J Dr. MoMiillin Tells Coun cil of Condition In the Northwest Section The presence of more cases of malaria in the northwest section of the city than in other neighbor hoods is, in the opinion of Dr. T. S. McMullan, city health offi cer. attributable to a particularly | noisome open ditch which begins I beyond Broad street and traverses the northwest quadrant of the I city. v. This ditch, stagnant and often filthy, Dr. McMullan characterizes in his monthly report to the city j council as "the greatest menace | to health within the city area," (Continued on Page Six) AI Capone's Son Faces a Reckless Driving Charge Miami Beach, Fla., Nov. 2?(U.R) Albert Caponc, 18. son of the former Chicago gang czar, was charged with reckless driving to day after smashing his expensive roadster. The son of the imprisoned gangster immediately posted $150 bond and returned to the palatial estate owned here by his mother. He was scheduled to appear in police court Wednesday to face trial. Caponc yesterday wreeked his straight-eight roadster when he smashed into four palm trees and overturned it while trying to pass another car. Police said witnesses reported he was driving at high speed. He was confined to a hospital until late today for treatment of injuries to his head, right arm and left leg. As soon as he was released from the hospital, a pol ice escort took him to headquar ters. Edward To Strut His Stuff To Open Parliament Today From His Throne A Colorful Event While London Wonders If Friend Wally Will Be a Looker-on London Nov. 2.?<U.R)?Fashion able London tonight discussed a report that Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, American divorcee friend of King Edward, has been given "first refusal" of tenancy of a model home in Surrey which was presented to the King by the Royal Warrant Holders' associa tion last July. What Mrs. Simpson's decision will be remained unknown. She has a lease for one year on the palatial, columned home she is occupying at 16 Cumberland Ter race. The Surrey house was built by the association for presentation to the late King George V in honor of the silver jubilee of his reign, but it was unfinished when he died. On completion it was given to King Edward. London tonight awaited one of the most colorful of its many gor geous "shows"?the state opening of parliament tomorrow by the King?and gossip connected Mrs. Simpson with the event. A ques tion of great interest on many tongues was: "Will Mrs. Simpson be there?" r The King, in brilliant uniform, will drive to parliament in theJ great .gilded coach oL skate, drawn | by "ight black horses. His coach will be preceded and followed by . a sovereign's escort of the house hold cavalry, with glittering breastplates and tossing plumes. He will address the house of lorcft from his throne on the dais, with members of the house of commons also present. Peers in rich robes of state, peeresses in jewels and costly gowns will crowd the chamber. But most people will be looking up into the distin guished strangers' gallery to see whether Mrs. Simpson, a veritable will-o'-the-wisp since her divorce, has come to see her royal friend open his first parliament^ Will Wally Look On? Rumor had it that Mrs. Simp son and the King were together yesterday, but there was no veri fication. The King spent the week-end at Fort Belvedere, his I favorite retreat in the country near here. Mrs. Simpson left her Cumberland Terrace home on Sat urday for an unknown destination and her whereabouts since have not been reported. Opening of parliament will be the bachelor king's first public appearance since accession to the throne last January. In history this much-discussed royal occa sion will be unusual for three rea sons: As this is the first time King (Continued on page five) The Country Is Safe No Matter Who Wins Today President am! Rival Join In Expressing Their Faith In Country's Future New York, Nov. 2.?(U.R)? President Roosevelt and Gov. Alf M. Landon?half a conti nent apart?united tonight in expressing faith that America would go forward toward better days no matter who is elected tomorrow. Gone was all the anger and heat of a hard campaign as the presidential candidates of the two major parties urged the voters to make their own con sciences the only barometer by which they will cast their bal lots. "Whoever is elected tomorrow will become the President of the people," said Mr. Roosevelt from his quiet study In Hyde Park, New York. "I am confident that the peo ple will go to the polls tomor row to vote as Americans for the future of America," said Governor Landon in Topeko, Kansas She Got Her Men PAQUITA VINDEL, 12, said to have killed five Rebels, as she fought with the Loyalist forces at Toledo, Spain. The schoolgirl soldier is shown with two members of a Scottish ambulance unit. Robert Budge of Glasgow is at left, wit'1 Angus MacLean of Stirling, Scot land. The girl's home was at Taiancon, 30 m^les from Madrid. Rebel Planes Bomb Spanish Capital, Killing Children 4 ? ?? Rebel f orces Within Ten Miles of the City of Madrid Show No Mercy Drop Bombs On School houses and Women Shoppers Madrid, Nov. 2.?(U.R)?Rebel planes bombed Madrid and its suburbs again today, killing sever al children, while General Fran cisco Franco's ground troops drove to within 10 miles of frhe capital. Three children were killed in the village of Vallecas, about Ave miles southeast of Madrid. Sev eral more?the exact number could not be ascertained immed iately?were killed when a bomb struck a school house in the out skirts of Madrid. Meanwhile, as the highly mechanized Rebel army moved northward, civilians evacuated Mostoles on the Madrid-Talavera highway and Brunete, object of a Rebel drive designed to protect their left flank from a possible ruinous Loyalist attack. The scmi-circle of Rebel armies (Continued on page eight,' i I Head of Legion Deplores Acts Of Lawlessness Descend to Level of the Communists In Using Violence, He Says Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 2.?(U.R) Reported participation of legion naires. -as individuals, in several acts of violence against commun ist speakers was decried tonight by Harry W. Colmery. national commander of the American Leg ion. Writing in "The National Leg ionnaire," official publication of the organization, Colmery said on the topic of "Let's Be American"! "Within the month, according to press reports, there have been instances in various parts of the country where mob tactics have been employed to break up meet ings where communist represent ative were to speak in open forum or by radio. "Unfortunately, either rightly or wrongly. Legionnaires are re ported to have been associated (Continued on page five) Late News Flashes ? 4-.^?i. 1 ? STRIKE HITS CHARLESTON Charleston. S. C.. Nov. 2.?(U.R) Shipping paralysis on the Eastern Seaboard crept slowly into South Atlantic ports tonight. Thirty members of the crew of the Sinclair Refining Co., tanker. Virginia Sinclair. established picket lines tonight after walking out in sympathy for striking West coast maritime workers. Longshoremen working the ves sel also quit work as the crew I members went out. MORE BOMBING New York. Nov. 2?(U.R)?Pat rons of five Times Square picture theatres were driven into the street tonight by exploding tear gas bombs in the second series of bombing within four days. Twelve patrons were injured, one seriously in tonight's outburst of violence, attributed to labor trouble. ELECTION ODDS STEADY New York, Nov. 2.?(U.R)?Pre sident Roosevelt was a 3 to 1 favorite to defeat Gov. Landon in tomorrow's elections in the late Wall Street betting tonight. The late odds followed a tum ultous day in betting commission 2 to l favorite aoved up to 2 1-2 houses, ine president, opcucu a to 1 noon, jumped to 3 1-2 to 1 soon after, nit a peak of 4 to 1 and then reacted to 3 to 1. Every one of the houses can vassed reported wagering "the best of the campaign" but only one firm claimed that actual bet ting was in excess of recent years. WAR SHIPMENTS WATCHED London. Nov. 2.?(U.R)?The com mittee for non-intervention in the Spanish civil war began work to night on a draft plan to keep watch on shipments from abroad to the strife-torn nation to make sure that arms do not enter Spain. DISREGARD WEATHER Chicago, Nov. 2.?(U.R)?Secre tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal lace today urged farmers to go to the polls tomorrow despite stormy weather. "Farmers often thought they had elections won in the past," Wallace said in a message to farm leaders, "only to be beaten by stormy weather on election day." President Roosevelt might lose several farm states because of bad weather unless special efforts are made Tuesday to get out the farm vote, wjijaee ??I CREWS OF 113 SHIPS SUBSCRIBE TO STRIKE New York, Nov. 2.?(U.R)-The Seamen's Defense committee tonight announced that 113 ships had struck or were pledged to strike along the At lantic seaboard and in Gulf ports, affecting 6,978 seamen. The list: Ships Men New York 28 2,929 Baltimore 22 1,100 New Orleans 16 450 Houston 12 900 Philadelphia 7 300 Port Arthur, Texas. 9 300 Boston 2 250 Galveston, Texas 6 3u0 Newark, N. J. 2 80 Providence, R. I 3 125 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1 42 Texas City, Texas. _ 1 41 Mobile 1 44 Charleston 1 38 Norfolk 1 42 Albany, N. Y 1 37 Recognition Of Ethiopia Is Question Whether to Replace Ideal ism With Realism Puz zles U. S., France and England. Washington, Nov.. 2.-*-(V.R) re state depfiirtmdht exwratives to night declined to comment offi cially on a London dispatch which said the British foreign office was consulting the United States and Prance on the possibility of con verting their legations in Addis Ababa into consulates. However, it has been known for some time that the state depart ment was seeking a realistic ap proach to the situation which was created in Ethiopia when Italian troops occupied most of the coun try and captured the capital. Secretary of State Cordell Hull has been questioned repeatedly during the past months on what this country's attitude will be, and he has replied that the United States was pursuing an independ course. In view of this attitude, observ ers believed that it would be un likely that this nation would join officially in any such proposal as advanced by the British foreign office. However, it was regarded as a good guess that this country eventually would establish its Ad dis Ababa headquarters on the basis of a consulate. : J J it. UDservers cunsiucicu iu mgum cant that revelation of these con versations followed closely Pre mier Benito Mussolini's Sunday speech at Milan in which he inti mated recognition of the new Ital ian empire would be a welcome prelude to an Anglo-Italian agree ment on their respective rights and interests in the Mediter ranean. Considerable interest centers here on the view President Roose 'Continued on Page Eight) Find No Trace of Man Reported Drowned There was a little excitement on the local waterfront last night when it was reported that an unidentified man had drowned back of the Gulf serv ice station at the foot of the Camden bridge. Mrs. Grace "Red" Shrader, proprietress of the Edgewater cafe, on the Camden side of the river, came across the river in a row skiff around 11:15 o'clock last night and reported to a policeman whom she encoun tered on Water street that she had heard a man shouting for help behind the service station. Firemen went to the scene and searched for 45 minutes without finding any trace of a drowned person. The bridge keeper, the at tendants at the service station and a man working nearby said they had heard no shouts. The firemen, puzzled, gave up the search. In ^ j Maritime Strike On Both Coasts May Yet Result In Violence 113 Ships On Atlantic and Gulf Coasts Involved Movement Spreads ? _____ Longshoremen Demand $1 An Hour and Seamen $80 Per Month . I.t, ^ i,,. New York, Nov. 2. ? <U.W? Charges of communistic (Support, threats of violence and additional ship t<e-ups swept the New York waterfront tonight In the outlaw ed "rank and file" strike of the International Seamen's Union, called to support West Coast strikers . One hundred and thirteen ships employing 6,978 men were affect on the Atlantic seaboard and in Gulf ports as the insurgent walk out spread. Trans-Atlantic lines were drawn Into the walkout when the United States lines canceled tomorrow's sailing of the S. S. Manhattan. i weniy-one snips were iiea up in the Metropolitan area when seamen refused to take out two more vessels. The Panama Pac fic line cancelled the scheduled sailing of its luxury liner, the 8. S. Virginia, and made refunds to 525 passengers. Members of the American Steamship Owners' Association were in heated conference'tonight discussing ways of clrcupfrtatihg the strike which already has oostj them thousands. An appeal tor federal aid with the navy man ning the vessels reported^ was dehata*. rv,v , . Curran Fears Violenee The strategy committee of the seamen's defense committee, an insurgent group of the union headed by Lanky Joseph Curran, met in secret session to discuss possible intervention of the navy. Curran said he feared violence. "Tnere will be no holding the men in line if the ship owners bring in Navy and Coast Guard," he said. "It will be a case of try ing to hold back the men as a matter of preserving their own lives. "I foresee violence and plenty of it. I charge that the ship owners are trying to stir up real trouble." Clarence Angle, secretary of the union, which has declared ? the strike unauthorized, accused com munist agitators of supporting the strike. ?_ ? - "The policies of the sorcalled strike in New York harbor and other East coast ports is being dictated by Harry Bridges, the West coast leader, with the aid of Curran, who is supported by local communists," he said. "There is no doubt that the communists are behind this strike. The policies and public state ments are obviously being dictat ed by a group of radicals bent up on causing as much tiouble as possible." i ? nnW Viisi flrmiin nrnrn or. ui i an aiiu nitm 5?vu|/ ??v* v cused of soliciting communist support in their strike last spring. He denied the charges tonight. "Do I look like a Red?" he ask ed. "This charge about'commun ists is an old story and a ridicul ous one." Angle asserted that less than (Continued on Page 81x> West Point Gets a :ITt i ? i Mascot Mule From Far-away Ecuador Washington, Nov. 2.? CUJ5> ? When the S. S. Santa Barbara docks in New York Tuesday a United States army truck will meet the ship prepared to take off and transport an army mule to West Point. The mule destined to become the new mascot for Uncle Sam's cadets at the military academy, was foaled in the interior of Ecuador and has been presented to the academy by Captain Colon Eloy Alfaro, Ecuadarian Ambas ! sador here. Ambassador Alfaro is an old "West Pointer" himselt and no* has two sons enrolled there as cadets. He expects to see the new mascot in action at Philadelphia when the Army meets the Navy in their annual football classic on Nov. 28. The new mascot is three years old and is certified as bemg "free irom any and all infectious and contagious diseases." l/> '? .> idvi. ?
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