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. , ' , Tuesday and Wednesday ? HI? I ^ A XX "^z7" TT\TrAX7X3 L/1 ]\TX^T71\Tr I ^ I MARITIME forecast \ X llJZj 1/iilLI lllJJlliX iLilJUIllll I Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moderate east Z "l0>t COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT, A WEEKLY ESTABLISHED BY W. O. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 proTably"cSionalStrata Say ll!LJ "" ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., TUESDAY. .IANUARY 19 .937 ...... .. ======! ^ olIVliLb COPY 5 C^NTfe* \ Gradual Lowering Of Relief 1 imitated by Presi (KrJ' Request for Appropriation L;-. This Year (!\iiij?!?v<> Miist Co-oper-| j > Kt ? ;? Krlicf ifh i ::?a Forecast Vl. T :n. 11. ?(U.R)? ! today sharp employers fori atk-week 20 per .sth of NRA and a>lced v S790.000.000 to j fir. :: a<r the next five | T:v :v;:r-e1 appropriation >>>t of relief dur- ! :ns die year which i to S2.215.000.000 a ilf of what it ' ??e previous 12 m volt has asked . :: 1 853.000.000 for :: 19J8 to care for the ' is..'. ;:e and idle. V j-upi'raiiuii w;. r this amount will be! jU;;to meet all needs. the j -tu-.. mphasized again to ?nd ipon the cooper- j ? < v"tt nd to the gov . ;n reducing the size of - Mr. Roosevelt reiter- I ri tr. .. letter to Chairman B" nan. D.. Tex., of the utiat.cns committee, cia " *::o government would : men. women and chil- i cirer. of America who "are desti It. no fault of their I OTO." T'.t " r. ncy toward a longer week :?;> had ah extremely im portan: effect on reemployment." h Mr. Roosevelt wrote. "Hours of I, work tr. manufacturing industries, ( as shown by the bureau of labor! | statistics index, averaged 33.3 ( i'.oui - week 'n September. 1934. The : reased by 20 , per cent, to more than 40 hours j< per week in October 1936. h AVi... ant nz n. -t industries , 'Continued on Page Eight) Police Find! ^cgro \\ oman ? Badl\ Scalded 1 ? Nearer |)a?h('(l a i Pan of iioiiin^ \\ atcr < >n Her a V\ eek Vi?o T' discovery in a house on ? ? street yesterday of a i lored ?.voman terribly scalded > < - tin face ana upper part of j V. led "o the arrest of Ber ni Spr '.man Bel!, Poplar street Is charged with hav- ? i a pan of boiling water trired woman's face. /ible came to light when " Police Chief Meads, in >f an investigation of ? ? i"h had come into cir 1 ;r.d Maronica Harri r home, swathed and ilid in great pain from ? received last Tues-1 day. nearly a week before. It is I re likely that the woman lose the sight of one eye. to her story Bernice . called her to her home : after first offering her a of v i us key. which she re- , ] T. tioned her about her 'tons with John Spellman . j. of Bernice Boll. Maronica < she told her that her : was old enough to look out , va affairs and charges ( she was about to leave i >'?m. Bernice took up a pan water, as if to use it Continued on Page Eight) W eathcr Statistics ?January 11, 1937 I f MI'I KATI KE v. go for January ?44.40 Hi.'host today 72.00 | .owost today 43.00 , Average today 57.50 ? K-tress today plus 11.10 Average for the year 60.60 30.43 Cil'iTXTION (In inches) : A- eraue for January 3.60 Amount today 0.03 ?1 amt. this month 1.44 o amt. since Jan. 1st 1.44 ue for the year 47.50 1 ? u ection-?North East ' r of Day?Cloudy W. H. & ANDERS i' Hertford's New Amusement Palace HERE is the first photo of the new State Theatre in Hertford, made for this newspaper by Frisby's Studio, on the occasion cf the formal opening last Friday. Claim Heavy ?/ Losses At Madrid ; ?j Say Week-long Drive to the Northwest (lost 4,000 Dead Madrid. Tuesday. Jan. 12.?(U P1 Mcarly 1.000 Germans were killed a-hen Gen. Francisco Franco's reb ?1 legions were repulsed at subur oan Aravaca. loyalist officials :laimed today. 7 The week-long siege cf*tne rut ted northwest sector, where in surgents swept down the Escorial highway in great waves, was said to have cost Franco more than 1.000 casualties. During the height of the fight ing around Aravaca. about six j niles to the northwest, the rebels illegedly used tear-gas bombs and ! lung squadrons of new airplanes ; nto the decisive battle. A loyalist communique tcday ! said loyalist troops, advancing un 3er cover of a low-hanging mist, had opened a new offensive rgainst Las Rozas. Mahadahonda md Villa Neuva del Pardillo. Several strategic points and large quantities of war materials | 'Continued on page eight? (lorn mil tees Birthday Bail A n n o u n e Vt. (? Morse, Jr., General (.hairninn, Names (!om mittees to Help Him A complete list ox tne commit- | tecs for Elizabeth City's 1937 | President's Birthday Bail was an nounced yesterday afternoon by W. C. Morse, Jr., general chair- i man. The general committee is com posed of Mr. Morse, chairman, N. j Elton Aydlett, W. C. Dawson, A. H. Outlaw. Robert Page, Howard j Graul, Buxton White. Keith i Saunders, Jesse Mercer. Frank W. j Selig, Jerome B. Flora. Mrs. J. W. ? Cox. Mrs. W. W. Stinemates. Miss Margaret Fearing and G. C. 1 Meads, secretary-treasurer. The committee on decorations ! and arrangements is composed of j Mrs. G. C. Meads, chairman, and , Mrs. N. E. Aydlett, Mrs. J. T. j Coppersmith, Mrs. Ray Jones. 'Continued on Page Eight) Industrial Bank's Directors for 1937 Are Elected Here Directors for the Industrial Bank of Elizabeth City for the year 1937 were elected last night at a stockholders meeting at the bank. The following men were elected I as directors for the coming year: I Miles Clark. M. G. Morrisette. I Frank W. Selig. S. W. Twiford. C. E. Thompson. C. B Morrisette and U. VV. Ward. i r ? -n Some Aspects of the Spanish War V. / By UNITED PRESS Chancellor Adolf Hitler eased j the tension of Europe's war | fears Monday when he assured j the French Ambassador in Ber- j lin that Germany has no designs on Spanish Morocco. More grave complications ap peared in other continental cap itals however: London?Soviet Russia asked j England to support drastic in ternational naval action against the Spanish insurgents on the J high seas. Geneva?Diplomats heard [ that .3.000 Japanese volunteers were en route to Spain, mobiliz ed as part of an anti-Bolshevik J crusade. London ? Suspicions spread j that Hitler might be seeking a I foothold in Morocco as a means j of enlarging the German Em-' I pirc. Gibraltar?Ten German sub marines were reported in the I Rebels port of t'euta, Spanish Morocco. Another report said 10 German military experts arrived j from Naples and were taken in to Spain by insurgent officials. Madrid?Loyalists claimed to | have smashed the Rebels' "Big j i Push'' on the capital and to have forced the enemy to re treat into the Guadarrama mountains. Paris?Officials said neither France nor Germany would con sides ceding any territories to German. School at Sunbury Is Declared Unsafe ' Sunbury, Jan. 11.? State au- ' thorities have condemned the Sunbury school building as un safe for further occupancy, so there will be no school during the present week. The school furni ture will be moved to adjacent buildings and rooms. The teach erage wiil be vacated by the facul ty members and used as class rooms. A delegation of school of ficials left Monday for Raleigh to confer with state authorities about the building. It is not known at this time whether the building will be repaired or rebuilt. Landis Leaves SEC to Head Harvard School Boston. Jan. 11.?(U.R)?The board of overseers of Harvard University late today officially confirmed the appointment of James M. Landis. 37-year-old di rector of the Securities and Ex change Commission and member of President Roosevelt's original "brain trust", as dean of Harvard Law school, effective Sept. 1. Landis will succeed Dean Emeritus Roscoe Pound, who re- \ signed last September, Fix Time For Shad F i s li i n g Divide Sounds Into North and South Zones | Different Seasons Gill ?Vets Fob. 5 and Pound Nets Fob. 15 to May 1 for North Zone Raleigh, Jan. 11.?<U.R)? Shad | fishermen operating in North Car | olina waters north of Long Shoal j may begin their work with gil'. i nets on February 5, with pound j nets on February 15 for a season I extending until May 1, it was an ; nounced today by the board of I conservation and development fol | lowing its adoption of the recom mendation of a special committee composed of J. L. Home, of Rocky Mount, J. L. McNair of Laurinburg and E. S. Askew of Windsor. The division of coastal waters into two zones with Long Shoal as the line of demarcation, was adopted on recommendation of the committee, and fishermen in the south zone will have a season j beginning January 20 with gill ! nets and February 1 with pound ! nets, their season ending April 15. All waters emptying into the sounds north of Long Shoal are deemed to be within the north | zone and all emptying to the south I of the shoal are recognized as be ! ing in the south zone, according to I the decision of the board. I Fisheries Commissioner John Nelson informed the board that oysters were in strong demand and bringing high prices, while Com missioner Chalk submitted a plan for increased effectiveness of statewide distribution of game fish from the hatcheries. Williams Opposed To Creating Any New Clerkship Representative F. Webb Wil- ! liams. of Pasquotank, back in i Elizabeth City for the week-end, says he is not going to introduce: a measure sponsored by the board of commissioners of Pasquotank, creating a clerk of the recorder's court in this county. "Those records have been kept without the expense of a clerk,"' says Mr. Williams, "and I have an idea that the taxpayers of my county don't want to be burdened with the expense of more office holders. When I get that bill I am going to pigeon-hole it, if it j costs me my seat in the legisla-j ture." Many are expecting Represen tative Williams to reduce the per- | sonnel of the recorder's court, ra- j ther than increase it. He may in troduce a bill any day to do away j, with the office of county prosecu- i tor. TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR 8:30 Mens Christian Federa tion. P. M. 3:30 Womans Christian Tem perance Union meets in First Baptist B a r a c a classroom 4:00 First Baptist Intermed iate Girls Auxiliary. 6:15 First Baptist YWA. " 6:30 Kiwanis club. 7:30 J. O. U. A. M.; Eureka Lodge Masons. 8:15 Pan-Hellenic Club meets with Mrs. E. J. Bowden Library Hours: 2-6, 7-9. V. . I Decision In Favor New Deal Supreme Court Holds With Government In Silver Act For the Third Time The Court lias Not Ruled Against a New Deal Meas ure at Present Term Washington, Jan. 11.?(U.R)? The Supreme Court today added another pro-new deal decision to its growing list when it upheld validity of retroactive 50 per cent tax on silver profits contained in the silver purchase act of 1934. In its first decision day since President Roosevelt publicly ap pealed for "more cooperation" from the courts, the high tribunal voted unanimously to reject the claim of Percy K. Hudson of New York for receovery of $4,311 paid in taxes under the act. Justice Willis Vandevanter, per haps the court's most conservative jurist, wrote the opinion, the only one of the day. Indirect Effect Taken by itself the silver decis ion cannot be given too great im portance, since indirectly it in volved only about $400,000. Had (Continued On Page Eight) Judcje Small Wants Co. Traffic Schools Wilmington. Jan. 11. ? (U.R) ? Judge Walter L. Small of Eliza beth City today recommended a monthly traffic school in each county seat in North Carolina. Judge Small made the recom mendation in his charge to the New Hanover county grand jury at the opening of the January session cf superior court. Each motorist in the state should be required to attend at least one such meeting a year. Judge Small said. He deplored the highway accident death toll in the state, and called attention of the grand jury to considering possible methods to reduce it. Tobacco Control, Old Age Measures Before Assembly 4 Expect Governor to Pre sent Budget Measure at Today's Session Raleigh, Jan. 11.?(U.R)?Within the space of 35 minutes last night the North Carolina General As sembly received two major bills, an old age pension measure and a crop control bill. With the backing of three state farm or ganizations and a bloc of farm representatives. Representative W. W. Eagles of Edgecomb introduc ed a tobacco crop control bill, which was referred to the com mittee on agriculture. Hard on the heels of the crop control bill another designed to give aid to the aged of the state was introduced by Representative J. R. Williams of Columbus. The measure is designed to administer old age benefits and cooperate with the government social secur ity administration. The bill was referred to the committee on in surance. By unanimous vote of both houses former governor McNutt of Indiana was invited to address the assembly Thursday or Friday. The House and Senate recessed until 11 o'clock tomorrow morn ing although the appropriations committee will gather at 10:30 to organize in preparation for re ceiving the Governor's budget message. Governor Hoey will not I (Continued on Page Five) % New York Police Must Solve New Bathtub Murder Strikingly Similar to the Tittcrton Murder Last Year New York, Jan. 11?(U.R)?The battered body of Mrs. Mary Case, attractive 25-year-ol,d housewife, , was found tonight wrapped in a bedspread in the' water-filled 1 bathtub of her fourtl| floor apart ment in Jackson Heights, Queens. ( Police said she apparently had j been killed by blows Jon the head, i The body was discovered by her ' husband Frank, 30, a general electric employe, on his return ( from work. The murder was striking simi- 1 lar to that of Mrs. Nancy Titter- 1 ton. who was strangled to death J and placed in a bathtub in her Manhattan apartment by John i Firoenza. an upholsterer's assist- t ant, on April 10, 1936. Fiorenza is i schedule to die in the elctric chair 1 in Sing Sing prison a week from i Thursday. i Case returned home about 7 o'clock and found the body. He i (eleDhnnerl for a Hortor. j / -V Beyond Ransom lv j i CHARLES MATTSON, 10, whose body was found in a thicket yes terday near Everett, Wash., 15 days after he was kidnaped from his home at Tacoma. The boy's head was crushed and indications were that he had been killed elsewhere and his bcdy brought to the loca tion where found. Son of Dr. William W. Mattson, well-to-do physician, the boy was taken from his home by a bearded man. who broke through a glass door and left a note demanding $28,000 ransom. EhringhausIs Slated For A Federal Plum Unilcd Press Learns Thai He Will Join Staff of Attorney-General Raleigh, Jan. 11. ?(U.R)? A source usually unimpeachable told the United Press today that for mer Gov. J. C. B. Ehringhaus will be appointed to the staff of At torney General Homer S. Cum mings for a special assignment to head the government's prosecu tion of a group of major oil com panies under the anti-trust laws. The United Press confidant said announcement of the ap pointment would be made in Washington probably "sometime this week." It was understood that Ehring haus flew'/to Washington last week to discuss the appointment with administration _ officials, but that several considerations were de laying a decision as to whether he would accept the preferred post. The anti-trust suits are a con tinuation of the case involving allfeged price fixing by large gaso line and oil companies through out the midwest. Indictments charging the anti-trust law vio lations already have been handed down by a federal grand jury at Madison. Wis., and the trials are I expected to start late in the win ter or early in the spring. The former governor, who has been resting at Edenton for a few days since turning over the generalship of the state to Gov. Dlyde R. Hoey, is expected here this week to open offices in the law firm of Ehringhaus, Royall, 3osney and Smith. Ehnnghaus has neither con formed nor denied reports that he vill go with the attorney gener il's office. Known to stand in high regard n official Washington circled af ;er his campaign through the mid vest in October for President rtoosevelt. Ehringhaus has been j mentioned for several assign ments. it is understood. Announcement that he would practice law here put an end to much speculation. G-Men, Troopers and Police Join In Hunt Every Clue to Kid naper to Be Run Down Tacoma, Wash.. Jan. 11.?(U.R)? Harold Nathan, first assistant to J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the fed eral bureau of investigation, to night issued the following state ment in connection with the kid nap-murder of Charles Mattson: "It is the established policy of the federal bureau of investiga tion to discuss with press no mat (Continued on page five) Chinese Reds Are A Menace To Americans .Marshal Chan Is Said to Be j Trying to Restrain His Former Comrades Shanghai. Tuesday, Jan. 12.? (U.R)?Scores of Americans were endangered in Shensi province to day as result of increasing com munist control of the region. The assistant U. S. military at tache, Capt. David D. Barrett, | reached Loyang from Pelping and | planned to continue to Sian-Fu. j the provincial capital, to arrange i for evacuation of the Americans if necessary. Representatives of the commun ist generals Chu- Teh and Mao Tse-Tung were reported to have j reached Sian-Fu to assist in or- ; ganization of a red provincial re gime. It also was confirmed that | the American communist, Miss i Agnes Smedley, is in Sian-Fu or (Continued on page eignt) Mr. Bright Reported As Holding His Own The condition of George R. , Bright, veteran Elizabeth City ' merchant, was reported at a late j hour last night as being no worse, j Mr. Bright is suffering from an old heart ailment complicated by a congested lung. but. according to a member of his family appeared to be holding his own well. Mr. Bright was 80 years old last Au gust Find Kidnaped Boy's Body Hid In Thicket Discovered by Youth While Hunting*; Murdered Killed Elsewhere Short Distance From Koa<l near Kverett, 50 Miles From Tucoma Home Tacoma. Wash.. Jan. 11.?(U.R) ?Dr. William W. Mattson re vealed through an intermediary, Paul Seeva. tonight that at tempts had been made to eolleet S28.000 ransom after 10-ycar old Charles Mattson had been slain. Seeva quoted Dr. Mattson, now near collapse at his home, as follows: "The ransom was not paid, al though I made every effort to pay it, and put forth every en deavor to try to follow instrue tions. The instructions were so elusive, however, and there was such a confusion of notes I was unable to pay the ransom. "It is quite evident the boy was killed instantly and had been dead a considerable time. "The kidnaper became exceed ingly wary during the last few days and judging from the con dition of Charles' body he was still trying to collect the ransom money after Charles was dead." Everett, Wash. Jan. 11.?CU.R)?? The nude body of Charles Matt son. 10, kidnaped 15 days ago from his Tacoma home, was found in an alder thicket today. The body, the head crushed, was identified by Paul H. Seeva, in termediary. after police took pho tographs of the body and G-Mcn raced to the scene from Tacoma. The body was dumped into a thicket six miles from here by the kidnaper. Fresh footprints and tire prints in the snow indicated the boy was killed elsewhere and the body brought here. Head Crushed The body was found by Gordon (Continued on Page Five) Mediation In Strike Moves To Washington General .Motors Exeeiilives Say 107.000 Will Be Out of Work by Tomorrow Detroit. Jan. 11.?<U.R)? Gener al Motors executives said tonight there would be 107 000 of their employes out of work by Wednes day as a result of strikes called by the United Automobile Workers. Strikes have crippled assembly lines, they added, forcing them to close down four more plants with in the next two days. Mediation efforts shifted to Washington tonight, and Gov. Frank Murphy, who tried last week to nring rival factions to gether. left for Lansing, state capital. He will keep in touch with the situation and may resume mediation efforts late. Homer Martin, strike leader, and John Brophy, organizer for John L. Lewis' committee for in dustrial organization, left by air plane in mid-afternoon for Wash ington. They said their conference (Continued on Page Eight) Mrs. Grace Coolidgc Receives a Pension Washington. Jan. 11.?<U.R)?'The senate today, four years after for mer President Calvin Coolidge's death, passed a resolution author izing a $5,000 annual pension tc his widow. Mrs. Grace Coolidgc. The resolution, one of the short est ever introduced in congress, read. "Be it enacted that the admin istrator of veterans' affairs is au thorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the name oi Grace C. Coolidgc. widow of Cal t'in Coohdge. late president of the United States, and to pay her a pension of $5,000 per annum." The former first lady is living luietly with a friend, Mrs. Flor ence Adams, in Northampton. Mass.. where Mr Coolidgc estab lished his home a few months be Sore his death She is one ut seen r/in;j, widows oi former presidents.
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