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I' . jn u ^? rn Raleigh NTT The Daily Independent ~?==i y. av partly cloudy. ^ -?- * rM J \ A J - J?^ _x_ 1 J?^ B .J J- 1 JL cloudy Thursday, probably followed by ?- __?COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT, AJWEEKLY^ESTABLISHFD BY W. O. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 ram" II fir i k e fu nil oil Goes On 'French Liner Mustj Take Cargo Back \tToss Ocean Manhattan Sails j ?. Vflcr Turmoil atWk Only to Anchor wait Crew . ... York Dl-c. 2.?(U.PJ?The , 's strike strategy : said it expected xamen from the Ch rap lam over pos which would ;i finitely in the H* f L ?; \:ti arrived from r * id American long 5 refused to un .if heavy cargo be vcott of American ; French waters. The aid the ship wouid returning the cargo to France u: a huge loss. Curran. leader of the : at ion of French > xpected momentarily . ^quarters. He said. French seamen C ..unplain should take ion in protest of Jo p r.van's vicious strike or Kir. \ictics. action represented a com reversal on the part of When Joseph P. Ryan, the International L . . : :r. n s association, an : eel that his men wouid not Champlain. striking >. they would do [ so themselves. I: '.v.v indicated that the giant l.ner Normandie is due I. and it is expected her to 6.000-ton t:argo will not be unloaded. S;.r ..tancously the ,-JJ n i t e d S - !:r.er ManhattafT left her p;.r at noon en route to Europe bv dropped anchdr off fiedloe's Isiar. lacking five able seamen Continued on Page Three) BoatnienHere Disagree W LHst. Engineer Deny That A. & C. Canal Route Is Shorter As Major Cole Says : ?< al boating men queried by wspaper last night were in to disagree with Major H. - c. acting district engineer War Department at Nor ? ho this week declined to the wording of the sign al civic leaders vis 1 to th.e Elizabeth River en to Deep Creek in an effort :ng more yachts thru here. 1L or Cole approved all of the wording lor the sign ex igence reading "Short ? protected route to the of Alligator River." engineer said it is his t ie Aibemarle and ke Canal route is actual vs shorter than the Dis . ; Canal route. 2-' local boating people dis with the Major, of them : the opinion that the two f equal length, and a :hng that the Dismal Canal route is several ? r than the other. ?' as it may. Major Cole pokon. and what he says riie wording will now be an effort to win his of the sign. It is likely r word ' shortest" will be and the depth of the '?ami) Canal inserted in ion to erect the sign on on the south side of nee to Deep Creek has "otained. and the sign will "?o enrted as soon as the v'Pir.i is approved. 'i warded to Major Cole 'lie sign carried an ar ? [H inting up Deep the lollowing wording "She jlost?most pro mouth of Alligator t-j Elizabeth City. ?';ag facilities." Roosevelt Ends His Three Day Visit, To Argentine Capital i " In Parting illi President Jnsto He Voiced Expecta tion That "Good Neighbor Policy" Will Apply to Commercial As Well As Political Relations Buenos Aires, Dee. 2.?(U.PJ? < President Roosevelt ended his i three-day visit to Buenos Aires 1 today with a hope for negotiation : soon of a "mutually profitable" i trade agreement between the I < United States and Argentina. The President, in a statement i he read at a luncheon to President and Senora De Justo at the United States embassy, said that he ex pected his "good neighbor" policy . to be applied to commercial as well as political relations among | the American republics. It was a i reiteration of his statement in Rio de Janeiro, and repeated in his j addrc~ to the inter-American , peace conference yesterday, that "each ore of us has learned the j glories of independence. Let each one of us learn the glories of : inter-dependence." The luncheon preceded the President's departure for Monte video. Uruguay, after three days j of the greatest and most tumuh j tuous reception ever accorded a ? foreign visitor to Argentina. It j was the only official event on his final day's schedule. Attends Funeral of Bodyguard Prior to the luncheon. Mr. Roosevelt attended simple funeral services at the embassy for Au ?ust Gcnnerich, his pcrxnai body guard and friend cf many years, who died of a heart attack c ir.'y irestcrday. After the services, the flag-draped casket containing CJenncrich's remains was conveyed to the North Basin and placed aboard the U. S. S. Indianapolis. At the luncheon, the President thanked President Justo for the reception accorded him by the Argentine people and said that he was "quite sad" to be going away from "this great nation." Off for Montevideo A welcome for the President equal to that accorded him in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires was in preparation in Montevideo to night. All streets have been decorated with Uruguayan and American flags 'nd President Roosevelt's picture is displayed everywhere. Mr. Roosevelt will debark at 10 a. m. to be greeted by President. Gabriel Terra. After a review of troops at the dock, the two presi dents and their official parties will motor 18 miles through this city of 750.000 inhabitants and along the capital's famed beaches. At 1 p. m. President Roosevcit ? Continued on Page Three* V Spencer Case, In News From Three Angles; I Kunior Spreads; Joe Spen cer Issues Statement; \ Morse Explains The Spencer case?a classic ex- | ample of the revolt of youth J ( against parental interference and opposition?made news yesterday from three different angles. The feature angle was a report | I from reliable but unofficial sources J that J. Henry LeRoy, Jr., attorney l for Mrs. Carroll Spencer. Jr., 16- I year-old bride around whose mar riage the storm of litigation and publicity has centered, will appear in recorder's court Saturday morning and move for withdrawal of his client's warrant charging J. C. Spencer. Sr.. her father-in law. with assault upon his son and her husband. Another angle was a statement ! sent to this newspaper by the j elder Spencer in which he asserted j that he is not reconciled to his i son's marriage. The third angle was an expla nation by Recorder W. C. Morse, Jr., of the part he played last Fri day in the rescue of the young bridegroom from his father's home, where he had been impris oned for five days. "I have been criticized for what I did," said Judge Morse, "but I acted in good faith. The girl ? Mrs. Spencer, Jr.) came to my I office and there, in the presence of her father and her attorney, told me a story of the treatment her young husband was receiving which smacked of a medieval tor ture chamber. Then she asked for a warrant charging his father with assault. I felt it to be my duty, in view of what she had told me. to issue a subpoena for the boy and have him brought to police headquarters for question ing. "In questioning him. I found that his wife had exaggerated matters, but that he had been I confined in his parents' home with I no clothing except his underwear, and that he had been struck with a razor strop. He said he would be sixteen years old in two more days, and that he intended living with his bride. I felt that I had no alternative but to instruct the officers to release htm to go where | he pleased.'' Holiday Goods Monopolise Displays In Local Stores Merchants Are Prepare*! to Fill Any Demand In Christinas Trade That Elizabeth City merchants expect an excellent Christmas sea son was evident yesterday from a survey made of retail store stocks for the holiday trade. With larger and more complete lines of goods on hand and ship ments coming in every day. local stores will be able to afford a greater variety of gifts than ever before. So great is the demand for manufactured products this sea son. that many lines of business are having difficulty in having their orders shipped on time, with salesmen for some products mere ly stopping by to pass greeting and advise their customers that they are unable to sell anything due to the heavy demand until factories can catch up on inven i tory. In Elizabeth City's business sec tion, practically any desired ar ticle was in hands of dealers yes terday. with Selig's showing the I new shape in watches, which this I year arc taking a trend to the small round and square models j with aviption dials. Pearls, too. are coming back in the jewelry line, with that store offering a 1 complete selection of these stones j and also of gift novelties, luggage and dresser sets. Among the strictly men's wear stores. Sawyer Co.. reports stock ing of the largest line of paja mas and shirts in several years in expectation of a great demand for I these items. Featured also by Sawyer Co., are the new person ( alized bath robes so well protrayed in ' Esquire", in addition to their usual lines of men's haberdashery. P. W. Melick Company yester day was in the process of setting up its large toy department with all kinds of merchanical play things for the kiddies along with games, dolls, books, Christmas (Continued on Page Four) Distance Calls To Be Lower Telephone Users To Save Twelve Mil lions Yearly Second Reduction Follows Continued Investi gation by Federal Commission Washington, Dec. 2.?(U.R)?The American Telephone and Te.e graph company has agreed to rate reductions that will save long distance telephone users $12,000, 000 a year, the federal communi cations commission announced to day. The rate cuts, to go into effect not later than next January 15, bring to a total of $22,000,000 an nual reductions made since the FCC began its special investiga tion of the world's biggest cor poration more than a year ago. Commissioner Paul A. Walker, head of the FCC telephone com mission, said iic hoped there would be a series of further reductions in the interstate phone rates and that there would be no let-up in; the A. T. & T. inquiry. Public hearings will be resumed next Tuesday and will continue to the end of December. Walker said. The commission will ask Congress for more money to continue the investigation after February 1 when its present funds will be exhausted. By that date the inquiry will have cost $1,150,000 and Walker said he believed Congress would* j consider the $22,000,000 annual I public saving that has resulted ! made it a "good investment." A. T. & T. engineers are now busy drafting rate schedules to effect the new reduction, Walker said. Tiic amounts of specific cuts have not been determined. They will range from 5 cents on a 42-mile call up to about 35 cciUs for a transcontinentaf'Calh ?* SHOW WILL GO ON Sarasota. Fla., Dee. 2.?(U.R)? Sarasota, winter home of "The Greatest Show On Earth" plung I ed into mourning today on news | of the death of circus magnate i John Ringling in New York. Out in the 700-acre winter headquarters of Ringling Brothers, I Barnum & Bailey's circus, the word passed hurriedly among the sawdust rings where keepers were working with the animals and equipment of the "Big Show." Circus men and women, how ever said tonight that "Show will go on." "The show will go on, grow and prosper under direction of Sam I W. Gumpertz, Mrs. Charles Ring ling and Mrs. Richard Ringlind," I said Roland Butler, press repre sentative of the circus. Englehard Bank Opens a Branch In Columbia Town Fools Forlimutc In Having New Hank Open Chore Columbia. Doc. 2.?The Englc hard Banking and Trust company opened its branch in Columbia yesterday. The building in which the bank is located was the old Merchants and Farmers bank building. This bank was Colum bia's first bank. It was estab lished in 1902. merged with the Carolina Banking and Trust com pany in 1922, and went entirely out of existence with the failure of that bank. It is one of Colum bia's old landmarks, and has played quite an important part in the progress of the county. Columbia is very fortunate in getting the Englehard Banking and Trust company to establish a branch here. It is a very sound banking institution. And while its personnel is conservative, they arc at the same time experienced in all of the problems surrounding an agricultural community like this. They arc good business men and speak the same language we do. They have grown up with the same problems we have facing us. Mr. Matthews, the cashier, is from Clinton, and has been a banker all of his life. Mr. Coley. assistant cashier, is from Beaufort I county and has been associated I with the bank for several years. American Architecture for American Capitols _ _ ? GETTING away from the traditional Greek temple design for State capitols, the new State building at Wilson Park. Oregon, reflects the modern trend in American architecture. This design by Trow bridge & Livingston and Francis Keally was selected from 125 in a nation-wide competition. It will cost $2,500,000. * TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A. M. 8:30 Mens Christian Federa tion. P. M. 7:30 Red Men: W. O. W.: Cub pack scouts; Eliza beth Rebokah Lodge No. 62. 7:45 Choir practices 8:00 Central high school P. T. A. meeting. Library hours: 10-12, 2-6. Rep. Roy Davis Is For A Slale ABC Authority J Hill Wants Lion's Share of Profits to Go to City ami County An enabling act whereby any county which so voted could es tablish an ABC store, all such stores to be under the regulation of a central authority, is advo cated by Roy L. Davis, member of the general assembly from Dare county, who was a visitor here yesterday. The lion's share of the profits from such stores, he be lieves. however, would go to the county and city where located, and the state's "take" should be limited to a percentage sufficient only to cover administrative ex penses. What the next session of the legislature accomplishes will be dependent entirely upon its ability (Continued on Page Three) Weather Statistics December 2, 1936 TEMPERATURE Average for December 44.70 Highest today 60.00 Lowest today 35.00 Average today 42.50 Average for the year 60.60 Excess today Minus 2.20 Barometer 30.00 PRECIPITATION (In Inches) Average for December 3.90 Amount today 1.02 Total amount this month- 1.07 Total amount since Jan. 1-55.04 Average for the year 47.50 Excess since Jan. 1 7.54 Wind Direction?Southeast. Character of Day?Cloudy. W. H. SANDERS. TIDES Thursday, Drccmbcr 3 High Low a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Ore. Inlet 10:56 11:27 4:39 5:25 C. Hatteras 10:36 11:07 4:19 5:05 Friday, December 4 High Low a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Ore. Inlet 11:46 - 5:49 6:20 |C. Hatteras 11:26 5:20 6:UU King Edward Said To Have Abandoned Plan To Make Mrs. Wall is Simpson Queen Young Ruler May Be Ready to Yield to Cabinet Crisis Now Near Bill Hi' May Marry Her ami Make Her Duch ess of Some Place or Another. London, Thursday. Dec. 3.? (U.R>?King Edward's struggle with the cabinet over his plans to marry Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson today reached a staged where the resignation of Prime Minister Stanley Bald win was an imminent possibil ity? . Buckingham Palace attend ants said that Baldwin has giv en the King 48 hours to decide his future relations with Mrs. Simpson or be prepared to have Parliament take the "strongest measures". These measures might include a request for Edward's abdication. , London, Dec. 2.?(U.R>?King Edward left Buckingham palace by motor tonight for an un known destination. He was alone and it was reported that he planned to call on Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson at her Cum berland Terrace home to inform her of his conversation with Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. London, Dec. 2.?(U.R)? Bucking ham palace courtiers understood tonight that King Edward has surrendered conditionally to the cabinet and has abandoned his plan to make Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson Britain's queen. The report followed an hour long conference between his maj esty and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin at the palace. The conditions attached to Ed <Continued on Page Three) Rebels Dropj j Tons Of Bombs On Madrilenos i The City's Hospitals! Are Jammed With the Wounded Citizens Panicky Franco Is Reported to Re Spreading Poison Gas In Madrid Suburbs Madrid, Thursday, Dec. 3? I (U.R>?Red Cross authorities es timated today that 11,500 men, women and children have been killed in Madrid during the month-long Rebel siege. Madrid. Dec. 2.?(U.R)? Rebel I bombers dumped tons of bombs on Madrid today in two murderous iaids. Scores of mangled bodies littered the streets. Hospitals were j jammed with wounded. The bombers appeared shortly after noon, zooming low and drop ping 30 incendiary bombs. Men, | women and children ran scream ing towards shelter as thunderous explosions rocked the city. At 3.45 the planes reappeared, and dropped 10 more bombs while militiamen and Red Cross crews still dug among burning, crumbled ? Continued on Page Three) HOSIERY WORKERS IN ROUTINE MEETING [ The meeting of the local branch i of the Federation of Hosiery ! Workers held last night was of I a routine nature, and without any particular local significance, ac cording to Henry I. Adams, dis trict manager of the federation, who came here to attend. Among other subjects, a propos ed convention which is scheduled for Washington, D. C., next month, probably for the week of the 18th, occupied much of the discussion, said Mr. Adams. A Dime fn Salaries Sells] 4 Dollar's Worth Of Goods\ It costs an Elizabeth City merchant a little less than ten cents in salaries to his sales force to sell a dollar's worth of poods, it would appear from sales and payroll statistics of local stores, released yesterday to the Chamber of Commerce Merchants association by the Bureau of Census, U. S. Depart ment of Commerce. A wage total of $327,000 and a sales total of $3,537,000 for the year covering 175 stores divided into twelve business groups showed a considerable increase over the 1933 totals which were given for comparison. Largest payroll sum was in the automobile group with $93, 000 for 86 employees and more than a million dollars of sales. Next largest wage group was the food stores employing 120 I persons who received $52,000 out of the second highest in come of $687,000. Third place in wages went to wearing a:'pparel stores which employed 56 persons at wages totaling $39,000 for the year with the third place sales of 396.000. Lowest total wages paid were in drug establishments at * a figure of $10,000 divided among 16 workers who helped sell $117,000 worth of merchan dise. In 1933, 298 full and part time workers received $248,000 for selling $2,587,000 of mer chandise in 174 stores covered in the survey. Five hundred and twenty-four employees of 175 stores shares m the sales work and wage receipts of the 1925 figure?. 26 Nations Move To Prevent Spread Of Spanish WarToContinentalEurope Alarm Is Felt Over French - German Meddling A Grave Situation German, Italian and British Fighting Ships Are Now Gathering I n Spanish Waters. London. Dec. 2.?(U.R)?Twenty six neutral nations today asked opposing factions in Spain's atro city-spangled civil war to aiu them in preventing the conflict from igniting a general European holocaust. The international committee for non-intervention in pain,8 meet ing at the foreign office at the call of its British chairman, Lord Plymouth, drafted a plan to thwart shipment of war mater ials to Spain from foreign coun tries. The representatives of neutral powers, alarmed by evidence that thousands of Frenchmen and Germans have arrived in Spain to bear arms also called (or an investigation of foreign volunteers fighting with the Loyalist and in surgent forces. A sub-committee meeting at 11 a. m., Friday will start the in vestigation. . i Lord Plymouth announced that Great Britain looked upon the surge of foreign fighters to the Spanish fronts with "grave anx iety" and asked that some im mediate action be taken in re gard to these menacing events. His plea was coincident with disclosure that Britain has re ceived news that between 5,000 and 6.000 Germans, who joined General Francisco Franco's in surgent armies last week were re cruited with the tacit consent of the Berlin government. Germans Helping Rebels Headquarters of the German army helped find volunteers for (Continued-cnPBg?" Three J " Husband Of Three Weeks Is Offended | "Chisel" Wilcox Breaks IS civs That Wife Will Di vorce Him On Grounds of Impotence. That Mrs. Charles Parker Wil cox will file for a divorce" from her husband of three weeks was news confirmed last night by Mr. Wilcox himself. ! "And what makes me sore," said young Wilcox, "she says she is going to sue under the statute allowing a divorce for physical impotence. She says I'm impo tent." Mrs. Wilcox, formerly Miss Fanny Mather Lowe, was married to C. P. <Chisel) Wilcox in Suf folk, Va., on Thursday, Novem ber 12. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Fredericka Niles Earlie, formerly of Ohio, but for several months past a resident of Eliza beth City. Both of the contracting parties are young and popular about town, and the bride's family gave the newlyweds a brilliant recep tion a few nights after the wed ding. Mrs. Wilcox pleaded being "very busy" when called on the telephone by a reporter for this newspaper last night. She could not be interviewed for a state ment and this newspaper has only "Chisel's" word for it that a di vorce action is to be instituted this morning. SERUM ARRIVES IN NICK OF TIME Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 2.?<U.R> A precious supply of serum, rushed here by ocean liner, air plane and train from Paris, France, tonight stood between 26-year-old Jaypee Easley and death from a deadly and rare streptococcus veridans infection. Physicians attending the at tractive young artist agreed her only hope for life was Vincent's serum, an emergency supply of which arrived today as she ap parently we.s sinking into the coma that precedes death.
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