comp rrsei the Daily Independent ztr jj-^ .mda> Inc COMBINED WITH TKJ INDEPENDENT, A WEEKLY ESTABLISHED BY W. 0. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 ~ V). 101 published Every l?a> Kxe^^S^Uy T..;Jcp^uK..t 1'uMLJvms Co. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1936 QtereJ ?l 1Cilr' N' SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS ^ STTL.1 : JW?--ra We Are \ Wishing You A Sane And Happy Christmas :?"i?: .? -:v" *'?"" " Senators Vgainst Gold Plan | lUmkin and Thomas ( nikise Inactive Fund Coming Conflict !iin \rh U In For Much 1 ?ii r?* From The Left IIHIK F. DEGREVE :ton. Dec. 24.?(U.R!?! ....v.ius of sharp conflicts Roosevelt is expected .:i controlling unwieldy majorities in Congress rouiuht when Rep. John D . Miss., warned of the ? : the administration's Id policy. vasurv's plan to set aside inactive" fund all future .ises of gold from aboard .at mined at home in order ??.all dangers of a S20.0o4i a00 credit boom, carries ac :n_ to Rankin. "grave danger : mother depression." He warned that unless the pro- | a: :> dropped a congressional ap is inevitable. Sen. Elmer . mas. D.. Okla.. congressional .ey expert, who approved the : usury plan when it was pro d. revised his opinion after rather sutdy. He has joined j i.km in ur ging the government' proveed cautiously. Thomas and Rankin see in the Id policy an attempt by the" ernment to meet growing "icism of skyrocketing prices by ntracting credit and removing ?? ney from circulation. They ?ke the position that prices have yet reached a level sufficienly ? Continued on Page Three! Chris I mas Is Observed In B e I hi eh em ':!t! Spirit of the .Alan of J'eaee Seems lo Have Forsaken the Town "wlehem. Friday. Dec. 25.? The star of Bethelehem that wise men to the cradle of ::fant Christ shone early to . a scene which mocked his ings of "Peace on Earth, Will Toward Men." . rs in steel helmets stalk- ! row. rutted streets to keep and Jews from killing each Bells rang out at midnight ; the believers to prayer in Catherine's church. Carols ung. tension existed everywhere 1 ntinued on Page Three) W rather Statistics December 24, 1936 T 'KKATIRE: . ' rage for December ..44.70 ; lest today 53.00 west today 23.00 ?V crage today 38.00 ?/?ess today minus 6.70 1 V rage for the year 60.60 ?'UK 1 CITATION < In inches) rage for December 3.90 j Val amount today ? 0.00 '?htl amt this month.. 7.03 ?1 amt since Jan. 1 ..61.00 rage for the year __.47.50 ?"? for the year 13.50 ? 1 ?/: Direction?South ."??tor of L)ay?Clear. W H. SANDERS TIDES I ridav, December 25 High Low a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. hii'-t 4:36 4:53 11:07 11.02 | ia:. 4:16 4:33 10:47 10:42 ! "silurday, December 26 High Low a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m.1 :? ,5 3 53 13:02 H:53 ! -?To j. 15 0.53 11:42 11:53 Unseated i; ~ I FRBSIDENT ..iIGUEL fvi.iRIANO GOMEZ, ousted from the presi dency of the Cuban Republic fol lowing the impeachment. Pro-: ccedings against burn w. re or ova1;: following his veto cf a rru r. ure whereby a nine-cent tax on ? sugar would be used to support j army controlled schools. Federieo Bru Is President Of Cuba Now"i Regular (Vromom of in stallation ()lwr\r(l lit:I IV?|?I?' SiM'in Vnatiiclic Havana. Cuba. Dec. 24.?'U.P Federico Laredo Bru. 61 year uM vice president under Pi oiclcnt .Mi guel Mariano Gomez. today v. a. sworn in to .succeed the latter a., chief executive. Cuba's fourth within 13 months. Gomez was voted out of office by the senate which, sustained a bill of impeachment passed by the chamber of representatives charg ed him with "coercion" and with "impeding the fiee function of leg islative power." The ouster was dictated by Co). Fukcncio Batis ta. army chief of staff, because of Gomez' veto of the nine-cent a bar sugar tax bill. Batista sponsored the bill to obtain revenue for the army's rural school program. Chief Justice Juan Federico Ed elinann of the supreme court, ac companied by other black-gowncd (Continued on Page Three) In a u sp ie i ous Fall Hunting Closes Today a/ Aim! For The Lawless The Season For Hunting W il?l f owI is Just Heiriimiiiir Thanks to the kindly benev olence of Uncle Sam. represented by stricter game laws, migratory wildfowl in the Albemarle sec tion have come thru another shooting season without any con siderable decrease in their num ber. But the ducks and geese needn't count themselves too lucky, for with the closing of tne open season at four o'clock this afternoon their troubles will just begin. The 1936 open season on migra tory wildfowl, tho not a dis astrous one from the sportsman's viewpoint, has not been an auspi cious season at all. There have been plenty of ducks and geese in the sounds and bays and rivers of this section?more than have been in a number of years?but getting a shot at them has been the problem. For one thing, the season was too short and also too cariy to provide many days of good liunt iCoutuiutd on Pa0fc Tin je> President Christmas Message . Trarltiims oi Sermon On The Mount Adequate Today Washington, Dec. 24.?(U.R>? The nation's first family freely shared its Christmas joy today with proud and lowly citizens a- ; like in a series of celebrations cli maxed when President Roosevelt lighted the community tree and called on men and nation to seek peace in the spirit of the sermon on the mount. Tomorrow the Roosevelts will enjoy a private, family Christmas ?all except Franklin. Jr.. ill in a Boston hospital, and Mr. and Mrs. j John Bocitiger in Seattle?but to- j day they participated, like ordin ary folk, in the excitement and bustle of a town preparing for the year's greatest religious holiday. It was at the traditional tree lighiing eercmcny in Lafayette Park across from the pillared i beaut:' of the White House, that Mr. Roosevelt spoke his Christ mas message to the nation. He recalled Dickens" glorious j old story about old Scrooge and ! Tinv Tim and how the spirit of h crippled little boy softened the heart of the old man until he be came "as good a friend, as good a master and as good a man as the uood old city knew, or any other good old city, town or borough in the good old world." "The teaching of the sermon on the mount." Mr. Roosevelt added, "is as adequate to the needs of men antt of nations today as when it was first proclaimed a mon: the hills above the sea of Galilee, in such measure as its j spirit is accepted men and nat- i ? Continued on Page Three) G? Posthumous recognition came to night to Lewis Timothy Stone, editor of the Winsted Evening Citizen, who made the name of Winsted synonymous with fake animal and nature stories. Robert Mahr. chairman of the bridge committee, announced that a new bridge under construction on the boulevard in the western part of the town would be named after the man who hoaxed the country with such stories as the cat that whistled "Yankee Doodle" because of a harelip. "Stone." said Mahr, "put Win sted on the map." Stone?born 1875, died March 13. 1933?was one of the nation's most famous country correspond I ents. He achieved his first suc cessful fake in 1895 because he needed SI 50. He telegraphed Boston and New York papers that for that sum he would "cover" the wild man running about town stark naked chasing city officials. Out-of-town reporters poured in to Winsted looking for the naked man. and hotel and tavern keep ers profited. Subsequently Stone hoaxed the country on such stories as the hen that laid a red, white and blue egg on the Fourth of July; the cow that was so modest it re fused to permit a man to milk it | and had to be milked by a wo man; the bullfrog with maternal instinct that sat on hens' eggs; the hen that laid an egg on its 'Continued on Page Three) No Pomp and Parade to Spanish War THERE is no romance in warfare on the Spanish fronts, as winter sets in and cold, damp winds blow out of leaden skies. This picture, received recently in the United States, shows Rebel infantry men wearing heavy clothing as they gather behind a barbed wire entanglement near Villaverde. War with wet clothing and chill blankets has little brilliance. Crisis In Spanish Chaos Is Imminent ? . T Fascist Nations Must Either Advance or Hetreat Germany and Italy Franco's Call for Greater Military Aid Expected to Precipitate Decision By FREDERICK KL'H I United Press Staff Correspondent I London, Dec. 24.?(U.R)?Ger many and Italy tonight reached j the crossroads where they must decide either to plunge deeper in to the Spanish situation or with ; draw with loss of prestige. Diplomatis said the Spanish | rebels have told Premier Mussi I lini and Reichsfuehrer Hitler that they urgently need more aid. All Europe was tense tonight. French and British newspaper voiced the fear of "grace deve lopments." Thousands, in the midst of Yuletide merriment, realized Europe was approaching a crisis. General Wilhelm Faupel. secret German Emissary to the Spanish | rebels, has been in Berlin this week urging Hitler to dispatch a big expeditionary force, well arm ed, to Spain to tilt the scales! against the loyalists. Diplomats says his arguments have impressed Hitler, particular- j ly since Italy reportedly is ready I to come to terms with Britain on j Mediterranean policy and relax its aid to the Spanish rebels. This would mean that Germany would be isolated as the sole great power helping Franco. Germany military leaders re portedly are divided in opinion. Some believe that General Her mann Goering's policy of "guns rather than butter" is driving the I 'Continued on Page Three) Hotel Guests find J Employes at Parly j Guests of the Virginia Dare ! hotel, permanent and transient, and employes of the hotel corpor ation, white and colored, were | guests of the management at a Christmas entertainment held in ) the lobby of the hotel last night, i The singing of Christmas carols and spirituals by the colored em ployes was a feature of the enter tainment. Gifts were distributed to all during the evening. About 35 guests and 35 employes were present. j .J Christmas Evel In Madrid Air Haiders Strike as Pov erty Stricken War Worn People Celebrate the I Dan 11 of Christianity By IRVING PFLAUM j United Press Staff Correspondent i I Madrid, Dec. 24.?(U.R)?Fascist {pianes stared a Christmas Eve j raid on Madrid tonight, shower j ing bombs on citizens as they went to shell-torn churches to sing the "Misa Del Gallo" in praise of Christ's birth. Many were reported to have been killed and wounded in the surprise appearance of the Rebel bombers over the city, breaking a lull of several days. Rebel artillery in the frozen Guadrrama hills joined in the Christmas Eve bombardment, pouring huge shells into the cen ter of the capital. Between 10 and 20 persons, including women and children, were killed. The slaughter from land and skies spread panic through the city that was one of the oldest citadels of Christianity. It was the saddest Noche De Navidad?Christmas Eve ? that | Madrid has known. Families gathered in the remn ants of their homes to sing the Christmas hymn of Villancicos and look forward to a pitiful din 'Continued on Page Five) j The Christmas Morning Egg Nog While liquor in any form is tabu in the homes of many readers of this newspaper, there are those to whom Christmas would not be Christmas without the cheering bowl of egg nog on Christmas morning The Dailv Independent offers this recipe. If one is going to make egg nog, one might as well make it right. I pint 100 proof Apple Jack or straight bourbon or rye whisky. (No blends.) 1 to 2 ounces Jamaica rum. 1 doz. strictly fresh eggs. Va cup of sugar. 1 at. of thin cream Nutmeg. Beat yolks and whites of eggs, separately, beating the sugar with the yolks. Whites should be beaten until stiff and the yolks until smooth and creamy. Add the Apple Jack or whisky to the beaten yolks slowly, mixing briskly. Add rum and cream. Fold the beaten whites into the above mixture and serve in tall glasses with a sprinkle of nutmeg to top off the treat. Makes about six pints. Trying To Buy Germany Oi l France and Great Brilian Offer Economic Salva tion in Exchange for Withdrawal of Troops By RALPH IIEINEN United Press Staff Correspondent Paris. Dec. 24.?(U.R)?France and Great Britain tonight pitted their gold against Germany's mil itary aid to the Spanish Rebels in one of the most sensational diplo matic poker games Europe has seen since pre-war days. Stripped of diplomatic verbiage, talks among statesmen in Paris, Berlin and London tonight pro ceeded along these lines: If Germany will pull its troops out of Spain and let Rebel Gen eral Francisco Franco fight his own battle, then England and France may help lift the third Reich from the economic hole in to which it is slipping. Both foreign minister Yvon Deibos and foreign minister An thony Eden of Great Britain have sent word to Chancellor Adolf Hitler that they regard the send ing of German troops to Spain with the utmost seriousness. It was this message that caused Hit ler to abandon plans for an ex tensive Christmas holiday. The Quai D'Orsay tonight took ? Continued on page five) Elton Aydlett Is I Victim of Thief Christmas came and went hist niffht for the family of N. Elton Aydlett on West Church street when they returned home at about S:30 o'clock and found that a thief had entered the house and made off with the bulk of their Christmas presents which were prepared for the n\orrow. Entering: by breaking: a back window and releasing: the latch, the thief picked and chosed a mong the presents, taking: what appealed to him. Mr. Aydlett was the heaviest loser. The entry followed, in every detail of technique, that made at tiic home of Ivan P.vshn.v a- I cross the street from the Ayd- i Ictt home, sfcitia! di.i ago. ABC Does A Record Business Christmas Eve Busi ness Largest In Store's History Sales 13,211.90 Sold Around 3,500 Bottles Of Spiritious Beverages ~~ . Breaking all previous records, Pasquotank county's alcoholic bev erage control store yesterday sold $3,211.90 worth of assorted spiri tuous beverages to thirsty holiday ers from several counties. It was by far the biggest day's business done by the local liquor store since it opened its doors on July 24, 1935. The nearest day's business to it was that of Christ mas Eve a year ago, when the store's gross business Was less than $2,000. This week's sales, incidentally, with only four selling days yet c lapsed, have been the largest of any week in the store's history and have almost equalled fie gross sales of three dull week?. Monday's sales totaled around $850, Tuesday's sales rose to around $935, and Wednesday's sales soared to above $1,600. The sales for these three days, togeth er with yesterday's record sales, aggregate around- *8.500.. Of course, it must be taken in to consideration that the local li quor store is the only such store in this county. In fact, it is the only such store within a radius of 50 square miles, or between South Norfolk and Wiliiamston. It was estimated that two-thirds or bet ter of the customers patronizing the local ABC store yesterday were Irom neighboring counties. Around 3,500 bottles of liquor, ? Continued on Page Three) E. Cily Ready To Celebrate In Cay Style Merry, Noisy Xnius In Prospect For Elizabeth City Today Elizabeth City late last night was preparing to celebrate one of the merriest, noisiest and busiest Christmas days in its history to day. The day started out majestical ly and quietly with a midnight mass at St. Eliz3beth's Catholic church. The early part of the morning will be spent in hundreds of homes opening and exchanging drifts. The local Elks, following their annual custom, will provide bags of Christmas joy this morning for around 400 white children of the town. At 2:30 p m. today, on Hunsuck cr field, Hunsucker's All-Stars will meet the local Cardinals in 'Continued on Page Three) Lionel Barrymore Is Overcome at Bedside Of His Former Wife r: t Hollywood. Dec. 24.? Lionel Barrymore. motion picture actor, collapsed at the bedside of Irene Fenwick, his former wife, shortly after he watched her die tonight. He wjus taken to Santa Monica sanitarium. Barrymore was sched uled to play the part of "Scrooge* in the film colony's annual pro duction of Dickens' "Christme" Carol" tonight, but his appearance was cancelled. Dr. F. A. Speik. who had treat ed Miss Fenwick. said Barrymore was alone with her wh?n he ar rived at a hospital where she died. Barrymore was kneeling by her btd una sobbing. Sptik said.