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!?! Vtoto RoleijRh N C 00 ". / | . Bll^l The Daily Independent ' f==? ?1{)08 COMBINED WITH THP Ivni?nnxTr?E<w'r \ wmivuorrim* * " " * A ng wmds and overcast weather with ? ?? || II - .. M'l-I ?EfcKU ESTABLISHED BY W. 0. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 rata M?nda1'' ? ^^ \BETH CITY ~\ t ??mm??? UfOli 0111^ [)ri??' By rc! On ? . ..i,i Consolidate #ar.d loping | ^jsily Shown :> Have %i,ar and j|, *>> IViz Saving ,... V" April 23.- OJ.P-? ! "> vn to: tpl t 5 drive to cu down , v.-rltead end pr.yroi| ?pice? meal" i . thai cio -vpe of work. :ri'""'.v.:nced tlwt he will in : ? ? .0 con "ft-o - :e V.orae owners loan : t'-> ? end the feleral hous l" "hi. ?? .? ten for a $24300 2 : and said 20 or r-o agencies could be ???;; c- profttab'y. *3-- said the discussion of j J"~r "moves following Presi- j "I' "r . ? ? - budge: message but warn - mriv economize and 11..'.- . write tinnecetvary ' Lending The Tight senator is ^ :er.ate reorgsniza.i-ni rmrrtee and ;< leading a light ...;::p;ny>cuttn; reorgan reor ciaticn program that would ? ? i:.. empowermc the president " v^av: and eliminate j--; 5 . - found necessary. \ - idem's m sage indicat j i cross treasury deficit of md 53 OCC 000.000 for the cur r fr-cal year and of more than C ntinucd on Page Three > | 'Uawk Man' Is Killed Vs His "Guile Fails American \\ ho >uarnl y% itli Caina* Dit> In French Fxhihiliim B RALPH L HEINZEN C. - :<} Am : " ???..o c.a lined ... of the ? from ^ 11..1 a : 50.000 as he grace Soar., who , on iris - ' r.e ir. Lan rr.:r. , . 600 feet to ite failed xiabition of years he Had barn *? United States r** i- :. ir..; from air p Vi3(i ?'??ci-ns through the; !!.'? - - .nus strap and a v-snapc j .tivtched be imitate his T-l. ''-one today' v.7'"'"r' ur?i'P:a from an air ?p.." * 1 of 0 800 feet. A >7 *7 He soared.; s. ; the -trange bird. " e sracc oi a-mg a white pow C"-'-r.r. s or. Page Three) Fetchit Hurt Ba% In Auto Crash Step! YJk April 25. ? (U.??I ^ con-r<ilaw'in(? Negro I ' in a "critical! sjfcr'71- Harlem hospital to- | rttl 'automobile acci- i phcrut fan,,,,, r , ? us for nts slow-j a . ^ ?an portrayals. sul ci- . ' : ?(i sku'i when his | L p:'*ar in Harlem. | ^ Hich* ^ a tl:ov;*out cau cd i i . *crve out of con- ' Ta'?'?'us alone. ^fr. ,'Kni1 Lincoln Theodore; h rtUO m Key West.1 4 race j-,5tasc name from u;till:.Jvr, ftfchr . ;r;(?ht of his career, cf ? r automobiles, one ttr - ' ..titr Rolls Ro"cc Fre-Coronation Pageantry Begins J FOR the f.rsi time since the death of the late Kin; Geoige v, tne :u.i guard was mounted at Windsor Ja.-tle. England. recently. Here, headed by its ba id. the guard leaves the castle after the ceremony ;f changing the patrols. King George VI and his family are occupying the famous old fortress until lf'er the coronation. Savs Aviation Strong For \\ right j l.apt. Ken Behr Says Move ineiit Progressing Rapidly i The movement now afoot to; have the original Wright plane i returned to this country and | placed in the Smithsonian Insti tute in Washington. D. C.. is gain ing rapid momentum and stands an excellent chance cf achieving .uccess, in the opinion of Ken-1 nc.h Paul Bear, manager of op-; ei at ions of the division of ivia- j ticn. New York City, who was a ' visitor in this section Saturday. ! "The world of aviation is strong for the proposal." said Mr. Behr. "and it appears to me that the j thing is going over big." According to Mr. Behr. the r.via- j tion trade paper. Contact, is ob taining thou, ands of signatures to a petition calling upon the direc tors of the Smithsonian Institute to ask Mr. Orville Wright's per mission to place the original Wright plane in the Institute and recognize it as the first successful airplane. The plane at pre en: is in the British museum, it having been loaned to that museum by Mr. Wright after the Smithsonian di rectors had snubbed it in favor of the Langley plane. Mr. Wright has agreed, however, to bring the plane back to this country on con dition that the Smithsonian Insti 1 ?Continued on Page Three) Death Takes j Last of the Lilliputians ! Survivor of Famous Midget Opera Is Dead Fort Wayne. Intl.. April 26.?<U.R> ?Eliza Neste!. 80. last of the mid gets who 50 year ago played with the American Liliipu.ian opera company, died today. Only eight days ago her broth er. Charles. 88. known on the stage as "Commander Foote", died, and grief at his passing was believed to have hastened the death of the tiny "Queenie". Blind and unable to walk. Eliza was carried tocher brother's cas ket la : Monday. She ran her fin gers gently over his face end then was taken back to bed to die six days later. Brother and sister began their | theatrical career in 1861 in "The Little Ptopie". produced by the lute Co!. Eliinger. With them were such famous midgets as Mary Doyle. Col. Dotte and Jennie Quig ley. After Jennie Quigley's death in Chicago a year ago, it was learned that . he and Commander Foce had been sweethearts. In 1881 and 1382 the tiny pair appeared four times before Queen Victoria in London, and lunched with her. Commander Foote adopted his staee name because of his frus j trated desire for a soldier's life. He wore a uniform at every per 1 formance. Both parents ?the father was i a black mith ?a sister, and a brother, were of normal size. British Mobilize A Host To Guard The Coronation Soldiers and Police Will Pmleel Line of March On May 12th London. April 25. ?(U.R>?British authorities tonight began the mo bilization of 52,000 policemen, de tectives and soldiers who will handle the coronation crowds and protect scores of visiting digni tarie... Britain's royal guests and offi cial envoys from foreign lands will be surrounded by guards from the moment they set foot on British soil until they sail away. In addition to the personal bodyguards, numbering into the hundred... 30,000 troops will line the route of the coronation pro cession on May 12 and 20,000 uni brought from the provinces?will be on duty. Nearly 2.000 Scotland Yard de tectives in plain clothes will work "under cover'' among the crowds. The 30,00 soldiers, flanking the route on either side and standing almost shoulder to shoulder, are part of the ceremonials. But if any trouble should break out they will come instantly under the com ! mand of Scotland Yard. The police vigilance will be most strict along Constitution Hill and the Mall?leading from Buck ingham Palace to Whitehall?be cause history ha# shown this spot to be the favorite of would-be as sa sins. It was there that George An I (Continued on Page Three) Two Wanchese Girls Heard On Radio i.?iun<i<*rs Thrill?*<] al Hear ing \ oices of .Native* Daughters Manteo, Aprii 25. ?Practically every man. woman and child on Roancke Island gathered around radios this afternoon at four o clock ana thrilled as two native daughters spoke on the " We, the People", program. The two girls who spoke were j Marilyn Daniels, daughter of Mr. and Mr:. Preston Daniels, and Polly Daniels, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tucker Daniels and a cou sin of Marilyn. Both are from Wanchese. Polly did most of the talking because her Elizabethan brogue was more pronounced than that of Marilyn. Asked why this was ..o, she re plied. "Oi guess it's because she has been off the oisiand more than oi have." The giils related snatches of the early attempts at colonization by the English on Roanoke Island and told of the disappearance of the -"Lost Colony". They also told of how this county was so long isolated and how it had become more accessible in recent years. 'Continued on Pase Three) A. F. Toxey Co. | To Change j N a 111 e I \\ ho legale Grocery F i r m W ill Liquidate and j Reorganize A. F. Toxey & Co.. local whole sale grocers and one of the city's ! oldest business firms, is now in the process of liquidation and is soon to b? succeeded by a new firm, it | was announced yesterday by Ray S. Toxey. president of the com I pany. | The liquidation is supposed to I be completed and the reorganiza i tion effected not later than May I 1. Mr. Toxey said. The iirm of A. F. Toxey & Co., I was organized in 1908 by the late A. F. Toxey. who prior to that time had been in the grocery busi t ness under the firm name of Toxey and Gallop. In recent years the firm has been owned jointly by the R. B. Martin estate and the A. F. Toxey ! estate. Ray S. Toxey is the only ! surviving partner. In order to facilitate the liquid | ation of the two estate which con i trol the firm, it was decided re i cently to dissolve or liquidate the firm of A. F. Toxey & Co.. which ! is now being done, j The will continue in business, but under a different name. The new name will be Toxey Grocery j Co.. Inc.. with Ray S. Toxey. M. <Continued on Page Three) Southeast Storm Does Minor Damage A southeast storm which set in yesterday afternoon and switched j around to northeast last night ! caused a very high tide ana twist I ed off a number of tree limbs in the city but otherwise was of mi j nor consequence. The otorm began I shortly after noon yesterday with I a rain which became gradually I heavier and winds which became | increasingly strong by mid-after I noon. Large sections of trees were | blown off by the wind in several parts of the city, two of the larg est being in front of Dr. J. D. Hatha way's home on East Colonial avenue and ir front of Noah i Blight's home on North Road street. ; A high tide pushed up into the | city by the wind flooded several places in the city. The Pasquotank river yesterday resembled the ocean on a windy day as strong winds piled up ;ize able waves and made the river quite choppy. The storm apparently was all over at an early hour this morn ing. Coast land Lashed by Heavy Surf, Rain \Antl High Wind The coast section was lashed I last night by a severe storm, ac I cording to advices reaching here, i From Rodanthe, Captain John Al len Midgett reported that a strong southeast wind was piling the surf up on the beach, the wind being accompanied by a heavy rain. I Manteo also reported winds of ! much violence and a torrential ram. but no damage reported. Predicts Vote For Change1 Chairman Confident I Committee Will Approve Ten of Eighteen Boil. Si;les Wail Decision of Supreme Court On i Security Bill 1 i Washing .on, April 25. ?(U.R*? Chairman Henry Fountain Ash- < urst, D., Ariz., said tonight he was ' "sure" that 10 members of his 18- 1 man senate judiciary committee will vo.e to report President I Roosevelt's . upreme court reor- 1 ganization bill favorably to the ( senate with provisions for six 1 possible new justices. Ashurst made this prediction ' de pile the claims of opposition 1 leaders that the bill would be re- 1 ported unfavorably by a 10 to 8 or D to 9 margin. Ashurst had lent strength to opposition claims yes- 1 terday by asserting that an un- I favorable report to the senate j1 would not be a "fatal blow". Hopes for Ten Votes "I'm quite sure there will be 10 votes for the bill?as it is," Ash urst said tonight. "I believe there will be seven or eight votes against it." Against this claim stood the statement of Sen. Frederick Van Nuys. D.. Ind an opposition lead- ; er, who said: "I don't believe the report will ' be favorable to the addition of six ju tices. It might be for a two member increase in the supreme court: that proposal seems to be ' stronger in the committee. But as far as I am concerned, I shall op- ! pose two judges just as much as six. It's a matter of principle." Look to the Court . Meanwhile, both sides in the ! controversy looked to the supreme I (Continued on Page Three) President Is New Orleans Visitor Soon; I Destroyers Wait to Take' Chief Executive On Gulf Fishing Trip New Orleans. April 25.?(U.R)? 1 Sportsmen eyed the "Ashing flo tilla" of President Roosevelt in the river here tonight and said he could have chosen no finer waters than the gulf for his sea going vacation beginning Thurs day. After a brief visit in New Or- j leans. Mr. Roosevelt is to be tak-. en to sea aboard the new 1.850- |' ton destroyer, MofTett, it was | learned. The MofTett and the: smaller destroyer Decatur, tied up at the Algiers naval station, across j the river from the Destroyer Schenck and the presidential yacht, Patomac to which Mr. I' Roosevelt will transfer in the gulf, j1 Tentative plans called for the president to witness the dedica- * tion of Roosevelt Mail, part of the 1 huge city parK WPA project, and i perhaps to motor 22 miles upriver ? j to inspect the $13,000,000 Bonnett. Carre spillway which shunted wat ers away from New Orleans dur- 1 ing this year's flood. The presidential train will ar- ' rive here at 12:30 p. m. Thurs- ' day. after Mr. Roosevelt and his ' party pause briefly on the Missis- ! sippi gulf coast. Elliott Roosevelt ' and Gov. Richard Leche plan to 1 meet the president at Gulfport, ' Miss. Wholesalers here were piqued J tonight when they found them- 1 selves unable to supply a favorite 1 brand of cigar for the presidential I stores going aboard the Potomac. ' The cigar is of Cuban tobacco, '? made in Tampa, with a rich, 1 heavy smoke. Other supplies put aboard the ' Potomac included choice Louisi- 1 ana strawberries for shortcake, Chilean honeydew melon* Belgian endives and a wide variety of 1 vcgi tables. The presidential fishing tackle will include light rods and rolling : reels to make the art of landing gameflsh more difficult. Fishermen believe that most of the world's gamefish can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, from three J to 180 paunds of flashing, fight- J ing specimens. But talk quickly i .'.itched to tarpon here tonight.. Iood Sh ipsBom bed In Bilbao Harbor Loyalists Deny That Any Were Damaged by Rebel Planes Hold the Passes lily's Attackers Are Said to Have Suffered Loss In Nearby Mountains Hcndaye. Franco-Spanish Fron tier. April 25. ? (U.R)? Rebel war slanes, swooping low over the ter rorized city of Bilbao, bombed two British food ship., as they unloaded cargoes that meant life ,o thousands of starving Basques, insurgent dispatches said tonight. The semi-autonomous Basque government, denying that any of the British food fleet which ran General Francisco Franco's rebel naval blockade to reach Bilbao had been damaged, asserted jubi lantly that an enemy assault in the nearby mountains had been smashed. Rebels Suffer Losses General Emilio Mola's insurgent armies, fighting through the crag gy Cantabrian mountains, were described as suffering heavy losses in "the most bitter fighting of the entire war on the Ba que front." After aerial and artillery bom bardment in the El Orrio and El Gueta sectors 21 miles east of Bilbao, Mola sent wave after wave of picked infantry against the loyalist lines. The Basque defenders of the mountain passes met the charge with mortar and machine-gun fire, brewing the mountain sides with dead. Announcement of the bombing of the British food ships? there are six in Bilbao harbor? came from Gen. Franco's general head quarters at Salamanca and the rebels' radio at Seville. Other Food Ships Come The United Press correspondent at Bilbao, Emilio Herrero, said none of the ships had been dam aged and that the millions of pounds of food which they brought the city's 340.000.000 men, women and children had been discharged from their holds before the enemy air raiders appeared. Two more British freighters, the Thurston and Stesso, broke thru the rebel sea net in the Bay of Biscay last night and brought more food for the revel-invested city. They sailed down the Biscay coast from Rochelle, France. REVOLT IN BILBAO RUMORED ON FRONTIER Hendaye. Franco-Spanish Fron tier, Monday, April 26. ?(U.R)? (Continued on Page Three) *_ N New Minister ANTHONY J. Drexei Biddie, scion of the famed Philadelphia Biddie family, appointed by President Roosevelt Ambassador to Poland. Formerly Minister to Norway, Mr. Biddie succeeds John Cudahy of Wisconsin, transferred to the Irish Free State as Minister. More than a dozen recent changes were made in diplomatic posts. IDrys Appear I To Have Won Dare County Unofficial Compilers Have It That Dry Lead Is Unbeatable Manteo, April 25.? Dare coun ty, first North Carolina county to take advantage of the county op tion bill passed by the 1937 Gen eral Assembly to call a referendum on the question of legalization of liquor, apparently had rejected the ABC plan as 14 out of 15 precincts showed a total dry vote of 661 and a wet vote of 648, according to un official compilers. The only precinct that had not been heard from at midnight to night was Mashoes, which nor mally casts only 17 votes, and un less that precinct voted practical ly 100 per cent wet the drys ap parently carried the election. Manteo, Nags Head, Kitty Hawk, Colington. Buxton and East Lake were the wet strongholds, while Stumpy Point, Avon, Rodanthe (Continued on Page Three) 'Chisel' Wilcox To Start Suit For Divorce Today Hapless Bridegroom of 4 Months Says He Is Through Elizabeth City's most bizarre ro mance will step into the limelight *gain today when Ralph ("Chis ;1") Wilcox, bridegroom of four months, will institute divorce pro- J ;eedings against his wife, the for mer Fanny Mather Lowe. The divorce will be sought on ;he grounds of incompatibility, Wilcox stated yesterday when in ;erviewed by a representative of this newspaper. "I think incompatibility will be ;asy enough to prove," said Wil cox, "for we certainly have vir tually notning in common. She is ,elf-centered and selfish and will lo nothing except what she wants :o do. Furthermore, she obviously nas never loved me." The divorce, when obtained, will mark the end of the most unusual and most bizarre romance this ;ity has eve}- known, and on need ?o no further than in this case to find a striking example of the statement that truth is stranger than fiction. Ralph Wilcox and Fanny Ma ther Lowe were married in Suf folk, Va? on Thursday, Nov. 12, 1936. Mrs. Fredericka Niles Ear lie, mother of the bride, announc 3d the marriage shortly thereaf ter. On December 4, Mrs. Wilcox in stituted proceedings to have the marriage annulled on the grounds that her husband was physically impotent. In her complaint she said, "That at the time of the said attempted marriage ceremony the defendant ? Continued on Page Three) 1 Concert Singers Are Richly Enjoyed Please Audience at the Vir ginia Dare In First Loral Concert If Northern urbanites are as ap preciative of surenuff good Negro singing as are the people of Eliza beth City, then Norman's concert singers, local Negro choral group, should score a tremendous hit on their tour of Northern cities next month. Before a white audience num bering approximately 100 persons, Norman's concert singers present ed a concert that was richly en joyed in the ballroom of the Vir ginia Dare Hotel yesterday after noon. Acting as spokesman for the (Continued on Page Three) TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A. M. 8:30 Mens Christian Federation 10:00 Ministerial association P. M. 1:00 Rotary Club 3:30 Circles First Methodist WMS: First Baptist WMS 4:00 First Baptist Jr. G. A. 7:30 Pocahontas: W. O. W.; Ki wanis Jr. glee club 8:00 American Legion Library horns: 10-12, 2-6 Labor Is Planning Campaign Lewis and Green Get Together On One Point No Incorporation Electrical ami Radio Work ers Make Demands On Westinghouse By UNITED PRESS Labor moved on half a dozen fronts Sunday to consolidate its gains under the Wagner act. In Washington, John L. Lewis, leader of the powerful C. I. O. group, and William Green, his bitter rival, agreed on a policy of combatting any effort to incorpo rate unions. In Detroit the newly organized American Labor League came to grips with the Lewis-controlled United Automobile Workers in an effort to establish bargaining agencies for workers who are not members of the C. I. O. union. The infant union is incorporated ?first to accept legal responsibil ity by this method. At Oshawa. Ont., the United Automobile Workers, following their settlement with the General Motors of Canada, began plans to organize 300 "feeder plants" for automobile manufacturers in Canada. On the Pacific Coast, tne Ford Automobile company's dispute with the United Automobile Work ers was reported settled. Ed Hall, vice-president of the union, des cribed the settlement as an "im portant gain" against the third of the "Big Three" in the Automo (Continued on Page Three) f I" m Frank Dunlap New Chairman Highway Com. Barnes First District Ap pointee; Waynick Is Offered New Job Raleigh, April 25.? Governor Hoey yesterday announced the appointment of Frank Dunlap as State Highway Commissioner, of R. G. Deyton as Assistant Direc tor of the Budget to succeed Com I missioner Dunlap, and the tender of the position of Director of the Division of Purchase and Contract to Capus M. Waynick, who is be ing displaced by Dunlap as High way Commissioner. That Mr. Waynick will accept the position tendered him is con sidered doubtful. The Governor also announced the appointment of 10 members of the new State Highway Com mission under the 1937 act. None of the old road commissioners was reappointed. Commissioners appointed for the various districts are as fol lows: First, D. Collin Barnes of Hert ford County, for six years; Second, Ernest V. Webb, of Lenoir Coun ty, for four years; Third, Robert Grady Johnson, of Pender, for two years; Fourth, T. Boddie Ward of Wilson, for two years; Fifth, Sam uel W. Bason of Caswell, for four years; Sixth, D. B. McCrary of Randolph, for six years; Seventh, Thomas R. Wolfe of Stanly, for (Continued on Page Three) Legion Post Holds An Interesting Meet Tonight An address by William T. Dowd. of Sanford, head of the Forty and-Eight, recreational affiliate of the American Legion, will feature the meeting of Seth E. Perry post tonight. Mr. Dowd's talk is looked upon as preliminary work toward the organization of a voiture of the organization here. Other features of the meeting will be the report of Dr. A. R. Shands of Duke hospital on the orthopedic clinic held here under the auspices of the post, who will j be accompanied by Jamep T. Barnes, superintendent of the di i vision of crippled children of the ! State Board of Health, and : Charles H. Warren, supervisor of vocational rehabilitation.