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? "Ei.IZABETH CITY. N. C- THURSDAY. MAY 20, 1937 a? .. u? ?;??? ?. o.. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
{acketeering In
farm Benefits Is
{('publican Charge
|,navj Approves Ex
K?nVi'>n Soil Con
servation
iars More
? ii - ( aso of
iu? 1 .ollertotl
; 1 < criplying
M-.v 19. ? (U.W? |
r.dccl action tc j
katecring in farm i
- v ii.-j us t i... I
. ::d federal ccn- |
?r.<;rvat!on pro
ve urs.
W.ndcnberg. R.. |
; cr from a M?s - I
I" v;.o .-aid a federal I
,-:nt it was "ail i
? benefit payments]
jeratir.g in the pro- j
1. charges tha" |
. ??. rackets and rack
- program."
K Borah. R".. Ida..!
Var.denberg that the ;
kedne s" was not
? - farm service but
up at the top
risibility should
II ? .arges came
ite on a bill ex
I :: . .. administration of j
.r.ir. e.r.d distribution of I
r.:s to cooperating ,
::1 Jar.. 1. 1942. Under i
-:ates would tak. ^
I r.-.: approved the exten- ]
without a record i
back to the house 1
?? m minor amend
| r.. iting down a Re
.r.pt to limit the ex
C reiued or. Pane Three >
tuinherlon Is
|lgain Scene
labor Trouble
ufomoitilf ol Organizer
Ihmuxnl: Mmt* Fired
In?o One ? Home
Vd-vilJp May 19.?fU.PJ?
I & committee for industrial
IrantMtion won its first North
brolina textile strike victory
if tonistht.
TV (10 ?i?::ird an agreement
lue with the Edna Mills
week-old walkout
r- - who returned to
to'ir ),/> immediately. The
nt ;n force until Oct.
- ' i workers collective
^tunin; powers, a 40-hour
' ^ ? tter working con
dition-.
May 19.?(U.R??An
: . inging to an or
e Text le Workers
? mmittee. unit of
for Industrial Or
damaged early to
?ciiy by agitators
bar CIO organiza
; ommunrty has al
: m a request for in
conditions by a
ucci on Page Three)
J-Henry R or abacky
Retime Republican
I'ouer, Shoots Self
Conn.. May 19?(U.R)
aback. National Re
rr.mitteerr.an and a
: the powerful little
:. who a*v one time
dictate who should
ntial nomination,
uicide today by shoot
?f in the head,
b' en in a highly nerv
lor several years,
and recently had
the care of a physi
i B. Hanchett. medi
caid he would re
echct of suicide.
ad been in political
".tly. chiefly because
l ooen removed frorr
iington. The period
influence was dur
ni trations of Hard
and Hoover. He was
'r t ie Republican Old
>nt rolled the partj
nn hand and virtually
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Valedictorian
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Phcio by Frishy
VALEDICTORIAN of the 193 7
graduating class of Elizabeth City
high school is Mary Prances
Brown, studious and serious-mind
ed daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Prank Brown of East Burgess j
street, who made an average of j
97.361 on 18 subjects taken dur
ing her four years in high school, i
Graham Bell Is
Named On
j B o a r d
Rounds Out Board io
Handle Soeia! Serur
ily Benefits Here
The County Welfare Board
1 which will handle all Social Se
| cur ty matters for Pasquotank
j courr.y was rounded out yester- j
day when Graham Bell, trust of
ficer of the First & Citzen Nat
ional bank, was named as third
, member of the board.
Noah Burfoot was named re
cently as a member of the wel
i tare board by the board of coun
ty commissioners. John Hall was
appointed as the second member
of the board by the State Wel
, fare Board. The third member
was to be named by Messrs. Bur
foot and Hall, who yesterday ap
pointed Mr. Beil '.o the board.
Mr. Hall has been appointed tor
a one-year term. Mr. Burfoot for
two years and Mr. Bell for three
j years.
This board will supervise social
? Continued on Page Three)
Hound Sets Record
Columbia. May 19. ? A hound
owned by Jimmie Jones of Gum
Neck established something of a
record yesterday when she gave
; birth to 16 puppies. The owner
! balked at rearing so large a litter
and only ten will be kept.
Receive Their Diplomas Tonight
\ J
The steps of the Elizabeth City
High school main entrance v.ere,
taxed to capacity to accommodate
the 1937 graduating cla.s. above,
largest graduating class in the |
schools history. There are 98 i
graduating.
Members of the class, which is i
to graduate tonight, are as fol- j
lows: Iva Alexander. William T. j
Alexander. Jr.. Horace Ambro e.
Frances Tony Anderson. Mayo i
Williams Armstrong. William Gai- !
Cher Aydlett. Frances Barkley.
Laura Novella Bray. Alva Ruth I
Brown. Henry Lee Brown. Charles
Morris Burgess. Graham Bunch.
Hazel M. Byrum, Janet Cart- I
wright. Ada Pauline Cartwright. j
Kathryn Brite Cartwright. Wal- |
lace Chappell. Alvin B. Cox. Fran- i
ces Crain. Morris Davis, Zenovah.
E heridge, Kathleen Fearing.]
Mary Fodrey. George Fri by. Jun
nie Garrett. Edward M. Gregory.
Francis M. Grice. II. Samuel God
frey. Gaynell Harris. Helen Hill,
Hazel Hopkins. Fenner Hopkins,
Billy Hooper. Earl Hurdle. Frank
W. Hollowell. Jr.. Richard K. Hol
lowed, Jr.. Eugene Graham Hollo
well. Mary Hopkins. Barbara Hite.
Virgie Hughes. Lydia Mae Jones,
Miriam A. Jones. William Lewis i
Jones. Jr.. Raymond C. Jones, Jr..
George Luther Jordon. Frank Kra- |
mcr. Jr.. Madge Lambert. Frances |
EloLe Long. Elizabeth P. Meiggs,
Lona Margaret Meiggs, Mary Le
vina Meekins, Billy P. Miller. Ed
na Minton. Noah Morrisette. Mary
Evelyn Morrisette. Katherine Da
vis Murrell, Harry Grandy Mc
pherson. Robert E. Ownley, Shir
Icy Perry, Melba Parker. Clarice
Photo By Frlthy
Pritchard, Marion Eiwood Pritch
ard, Wilma Pri chard. Alma
Pritchard, Lucy Mae Pritchard.
Kathcrine Ralph. George Edward
Reid, Jr.. Gertrude Riggs. Silas B.
Seymour. Jr., Horace Seymour.
Jean Simpson, Mary Elizabeth
Simpson, Elizabeth Spence, Clara
Spcnce, Ruth Swain. Anna Louise
Simpson, Evelyn Skilec, Carolyn
Small. M. C. Sawyer, William
Sawyer. Aubrey Sawyer. Mildred
Jane Taylor, Claude Frances Tar
kington, Weymouth Tillett, Mar
tha Twiddy. Selma Watson, Jer
ry Wilcox, Jimmy White, Evie
Winslow, Marian White, James
Emory White. Ruth Bray. Doris
Bundy, Ann Britt, Samuel Nathan
Dulin. Jr., Luther Mann, and Wil
liam Edward Griffin. Jr.
Class N i g h I
Cosl Over
$ 2 0 0
\ cry Elaborate a n <1
Impressive; the .Audi
torium \\ a s Parked
What was probably the least en-1
! tertaining but certainly the most j
| elaborate Class Night program ev
i er pre en ted by a graduating class j
I of the Elizabeth City high school
was given last night in the school
auditorium.
The costumes alone, which were
j rented from a costume house in
: Norfolk, were rented at a total [
cost of upwards of $200. but they I
i served to make the exercises out
j standing and impressive.
The program took the form of
; A Dream" by Rip Van Winkle.'
i which part was played by Fenner
Hopkins. A large book with the
title written on its end and cover.
I occupied the rear center of the
i stage, and as the cover was opcn
I ed 70-odd characters from the
pages of history, fiction and poet- j
; ry stepped from the book,
i A minuet by a Colonial group j
, and the singing of "Madame But
I terfly" by Clarice Pritchard were
j features of the program.
| (Continued on Page Three)
King George < Hig
Naval Parade Today
I Portsmouth, Eng., May 19. <U.R>
! King George VI and Queen Eliza
beth arrived here tonight to re
view tomorrow's international "sea
parade" in which the finest fight
ing ships of 17 nations will steam
? down Spithead roadstead in hom
age to the newly-crowned mon
arch.
It will be the mightiest fleet of
sea power ever assembled. It will
thunder the royal salute from
scores of big guns as the sailor
trained king, in the gold of a
British admiral, journeys trium
phantly through a lane of the
massecj warships aboard the royal
yacht, Victoria and Albert.
The king and queen, accom
panied by 11-year-old Princess
Elizabeth and the Duke and
Duchess of Kent, arrived aboard
a special train from London to be
greeted by thousands.
Tomorrow's naval review, the
1 first in King George VI's rein.
' starts at 10:30 a. m. <5:30 EDT>
i when the king receives high naval
1 officials and the commanders of
? the foreign warships aboard the
royal yacht. At 1:30 p. m. the first
> gun will be fired to clear the Spit
l head roadstead and an hour and
' a half later the Victoria and Al
t bert will steam up to the admiral
ty yacht Enchantress.
With a pilot boat' on one side
| and the Enchantress on the other,
the royal yacht will steam out of
Portsmouth harbor into Spithead.
As the king's ship approaches
eight lines of warships, signal
flags will order the royal salute.
The guns aboard 165 British
ships and 17 foreign ships will
roar a mighty welcome. The U. S.
battleship New York will partici
pate.
A half dozen small steamers
carrying government guests and
newspapermen will follow the
royal yacht.
At 510 p. m. (12:10 p. m. EDT?
the Victoria and Albert will an
chor at the head of the "E" line
of the review, close to the battle
ship Queen Elizabeth and a few |
minutes later the fleet's air arm
will fly overhead.
f TODAY'S LOCAL j
CALENDAR
A. M.
8:30 Mens Christian Federation
! P. M.
7:30 Red Men; Troop 152 BSA;
Elizabeth Rebekah Lodge
No. 62
7:45 Choir practices
Library Hours: 10-12, 2-6.
SeniorsToBeWhole Show
At Tonight's Exercises
The entire program of the grad
uation exercises of the Elizabeth
City high school tonight from the
invocation to the benediction, with I
the exception of the presentation
of diploma., and awards, will be
conducted by members of the
graduating class.
It is the seniors' big night, and
they are going to be the whole!
show in what probably will be the
most unique graduation exercises
ever held here, and what certainly
will be the first without a .peech
by some person from outside the
senior class.
The program for the exercises
which will begin at eight o'clock
in the high school auditorium, is
as follow.: Invocation by Ruth
Newbern Bray: introduction of
the Salutatorian by James L.
White, III. president of the class:
Salutatory by Jean Simpson: talk
on the school library by Doris
Bundy; talk on high school Eng- I
lish by Clarice Pritchard; talk on
social sciences by Ann Britt: talk i
on natural sciences by Graham
Hollowell; talk on health and j
physical education by Sam Dulin;
talk on industrial arts by Ed- |
ward Griffin; talk on home eco- i
nomics by Melba Parker; talk on
the commercial course by Mary j
Sitnpson: Valedictory by Mary
Frances Brown: presentation of J
silver cup for the best speller in
high school to Mary Hopkins, and
Benediction by Barbara Hite.
Other than the diplomas and ;
attendance and honor certificates,
the only awards to be made will
b? a cash prize for the Valedictor- j
iam, donated by the Parent- !
Teachers association: a cash prize j
for the Salutatorian, donated by |
D. Pender grocery company, and |
the spelling cup, donated by !
Bright Jewelry Company.
Emergency Water Supply Is
Public Llililies' Aim
Kiifrinccrs to Survey I'olen
liul Capacity of the
Present Field
Engineers from the Bureau of |
the U. S. Geological Survey, who
have been studying data on Eliza'-1
beth City's public water field over}
a period of two years are expect
j cd to come to Elizabeth City to
confer with the Public Utility
| Commission as to the desirability
of increasing the supply of water
from this source for emergency
purposes.
In emergencies water is drawn
from an emergency basin in which
the water many months in the
year is decidedly brackish. When
this brackish water is mixed in
the mains with the ground water
from the water field, the Public
Utilities Commission is swamped
with complaints from consumers
who can't get a lather for their
bath, shave or wash.
"We believe that we can aban
don this emergency basin alto
gether and, by increasing the
number of pump points at the wa
ter field, have an ample supply of
wholesome water on tap in any
emergency," says Supt. J. C. Par
ker. "But we are going to confer
with engineers of the Geological
survey before we take such steps."
^Continued on Page Three)
Navy Recruiting Here
Until Saturday
Join the Navy, boys, and see the
world. Young men between the
ages of 17 and 25 desiring to en
?ier the Naval service may make
application to C. E. Phoenix. U.
S. Navy recruiter, in the Com
munty building here today, to
morrow and Saturday until 4:30
o'clock.
All applicants under 21 must
have 'the consent or their parents.
A high school educat on is desir
ed. but is not required.
General Morrow '
Disinherits
Sister
Because One of Her
Sons Cheered \\ roup
Side at the Army
INavy Game
Hackensack. N. J.. May 19.?(U.R)
?Gen. Jay J. Morrow, a staunch
army man. cut a sister out of his
will, it was revealed today, be
cause one of her sons once cheer
ed for the Navy at an Army-Navy
football game.
Morrow, brother of the late
Dwight W. Morrow, died April 16.
The will, filed for probate today,
left a set of studs and cuff links I
to Jon Lindbergh, second son of
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh.
Mrs. Agnes Scandrett of Wash
ington, D. C., was the sister left
out of the personal bequests.
"I am leaving Agnes out of this,"
the will read, "because one of her
sons sat beside me at an Army
Navy football game and cheered
lustily for the Navy."
Morrow left his jig-saw puzzles
?"I think they are pretty good" ,
?to Ruth Voorhees. He directed
that his clothing be distributed to |
"those most needing it if it can be j
done without a scene.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Rev. H. A. Trotter of Pitts
burgh, Pa., ex-pastor of the Mt.
Lebanon A M. E. Zion church of
this city, will preach tonight at
the Mt. Lebanon church.
Dr. Spaulding, the pastor, ex
tends to all members and friends
a cordial invitation to hear Dr.
Trotter. I
Explains Drop
In May Pea
Market
Poor Quality and a
Flooded Market Are
Blamed; PrieeSlumps
Poor quality ana a flooded mar
ket were the factors blamed here
for the sudden drop in the price
of May peas from $1.05 and bet
ter on Tuesday to 80-90 cents
yesverday.
"I would say offhand that the
poor quality of -the crop had a lot
to do with the drop in price."
said F .P. Markham. prominent
farmer of this county, yesterday.
"The unseasonal cold weavher
of early May d d a lot of damage
to the peas in this section, and
the crop also has suffered a lot
of damage from lice. The peas
that have been shipped from here
so far have, for the most part,
been of poor quality."
S. G. Scovt, local produce,
dealer, agreed with Mr. Mark
ham's views about the quality of
| the peas, but he placed most of
the blame for the price drop on a
i flooded market.
J "The New York and Philadel
phia markets are being swamped
with shipments of May peas this
week." said Mr. Scott. "California
i and South Carolina peas are
I pouring in the markets. The sec
tion just South of us is s'till ship
(Continued on Page Three)
President Drives
Forward With His
Economy Program
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Salutatorian
Photo by Frisby
SALUTATORIAN of this year's
Elizabeth City high school is Jean
Simpson, intelligent daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Martin B. Simpson
of West Church street. Jean aver
aged 97.353 on 17 subjects taken
during her four years in high
school.
Sen. Robinson
Is Working For |
A Compromise
Is Silent As to Reports
That He Will Fill
Court Vacancy
Washington, May 19.? (U.R)?
Senate majority leader Joe T.
Robinson sought tonight to win
senate support for a compromise
supreme court reorganization pro
posal limiting new appointments
to one a year and shifting the age
limit upward to 75 years.
Robinson and other administra
tion leaders, far from conceding
defeat of the president's request
for up to six new appointments,
were confident of ultimate suc
cess on a compromise along the
lines proposed to?and rejected by
?the senate judiciary committee
yesterday.
Logan Amendment
That was the amendment offer
ed by Sen. Mathew M. Logan, D.,
Ky., which was voted down 10 to
8. Originally it was proposed by
Sen. Carl A. Hatch, D? N. M? but
with the age limit at 70 instead
of 75.
One administration strategist
(Continued on Page Three!
Broadcast Today
The Norman Concert Singers of
this city, who will leave tomorrow
on a tour that will take 'them as
far North as New York City, are
scheduled to broadcast from Sta
tion WTAR in Norfolk at four
o'clock 'this afternoon.
Local music lovers and well
wishers of this musical group are
urged to listen in on the broad
cast today.
Basques Hear Mola
Make Bilbao Cemetery
j Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Fron
tier. May 19.?(U.R)?Enraged Bas
ques tonight accused rebel Gen.
Emilio Mola of planning to make
a "cemetery" of 600-year-old Bil
bao for its 340,000 frightened ref
J ugees.
They rushed machine guns and
artillery to weakening sections of
their defense lines seven miles
from the city to stem the advance
of Moors, Carlists, Germans and
Italians.
President Jose Antonio Agu
irre protested to the neutral non
intervention committee that Mola
was preparing to destroy Bilbao.
Aided by rains which halted
fighting, the Basques concentrated
troops to the southeast of the
capital, one mile west'-of Amore
bieta which the rebels captured
yesterday.
Mola's troops moved southward
around Munguia, seven miles
north of Bilbao. His Carlist mon
archists claimed they captured
2,000 prisoners and huge quanti
ties of war materials.
Both lines were rapidly tighten
ing about the Basque capital. In
a dozen places the loyalists were
back in their famous "El Gallo"
triple-trench lines with the rebels
a few hundred yards away.
Mola abandoned plans to sur
round Bilbao, and apparently was
massing men and guns along the
highway southeast of the city for
a final, smashing drive.
Amorebieta virtually was a no
man's land. After Mola's troops
moved in, they were subjected to
such violent shelling that he
withdrew to trenches east of the
city.
John DeGandt, United Press
staff correspondent with the rebels
at Amorebieta, reported that hun
dreds of women and children
streamed from the town to the
rebel lines. The refugees said the
city was fired by retreating loy
alists
None of the women had eaten for
48 hours, and had been without
bread for a month. They said the
Basques led them from the town
at rifle point and threatened to
shoot them unless they fled.
Rep. Doiighton Draws
Fire for the Park
Amendment
N. Y. BiUIs Vetoed
Threats Made to bight Re
lief Appropriation In
Retaliation
Washington, May 19. ?(U.R)?
President Roosevelt drove the new
deal's first real effort to balance
the budget forward tonight in the
face of angry taunts and blister
ing opposition from congressional
Democrats fighting to save their
personal vote-getting projects
from the economy ax.
A rowdy session of the house
today clearly outlined the difficul
ties Mr. Roosevelt must hurdle if
he succeeds in transforming a
freely-spending congress into one
that saves the taxpayers' money.
One of the president's own lead
ers, Chairman Robert L. Dough
ton, D., N. C., of the house ways
and means committee, jammed
through an amendment to the in
terior department appropriation
bill which increased the total
grant by $2,000,000.
Blue Ridge Park
The additional money is to go
into the Blue Ridge parkway
which runs through Doughton's
district in North Carolina. Twit
ted by Rep. J. William Ditter, R.,
Pa., who urged Doughtou to with
draw his amendment "to prevent
chastisement by the president,"
the elderly North Carolinian leap
ed to his feet.
Red-faced and angry, his shell
rimmed spectacles jogging about
on his forehead, Doughton lnsist
(Continued on Page Three)
Hoey Makes 6
Appointments
To State Jobs
L. Y. Gray of Salvo Named
As Wreck Commission
er; ABC Meeting
Raleigh. May 19.?(U.R)?Gov.
Clyde R. Hoey tonight announced
six appointments to state posts.
They included:
Sen. J. Benton Stacy, of Rock
ingham county, to fill a vacancy
on the advisory budget commis
sion due to appointment of Sen.
Ernest V. Webb. Lenoir county, -to
the state highway and public
works commission.
Leonard C. Cooke, Charlotte,
and Ben. V. Matthews, Winston
Salem, re-appoiirLments to the
state board of photographic ex
aminers.
Luther Y. Gray, of Salvo, re
appointed as wreck commissioner
for the third district of Dare
county.
Mrs. S. Clay Williams, Wins
?ion-Salem, to the board of trus
tees of the Stonewall Jackson
Training school to succeed Mrs.
W. N. Reynolds, who declined rc
(Continued on Page Three)
Local Boy's Paper
Has Chance for
High Honor
A paper written by Bill Daniels,
nephew of Mrs. Gladys S. Daniels
of West Church street, is to be
read shortly before -the American
Osteopathic association in com
petition with similar papers sub
mitted by winners of contests
conducted in the various schools
of osteopathy in this country.
Daniels, whose paper is a re
search paper on Angina Pectoris,
is a student at the Still College
of Osteopathy at Des Moines,
Iowa.
In a letter to his aunt this
week Bill wrote: Can you imagine
my paper before a national con
vention. The other colleges will
have their papers, of course but
Dr. Tacto of this college said he
thought I had a good chance of
winning the nat'onal contest. This
is quite an honor and I'm proud
of it."
A graduate of Elizabeth City
high school, Bill Daniels attended
the University of North Carolina
for two years before deciding to
take up the study of osteopathy.