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American Leaguers Trounce Nationals, 8 To 3
Senators'
In Angry;
\\ t angle
n d Tumble
Debate On the Su
preme C ourt issue
Logan and Wheeler
I'alioa Vrriixsl of
Political INrMMiition
of li- Kin'iiiios
\V. m. July 7. ?(U.R>? A
Democratic sena
-ick'llt Roosevelt's
: o: .anization plan
:r. latitude, today
ngiy accusations of ad
persocution" as poi
re aired in sen
j-.-r. M i '.. Mills Logan. D..
\ an ins party col
??.ailing out an anti
: ? oil: r port which has been
- vc :. by enemies of the
;>t as a campaign
...it Sen. Burton
K . D Mont., to h.is feet.
I ta:::k the senator is seeing
Wheeler said. Earl
...id toid Wheeler he
a.- pooks" when he im
: Roosevelt's pur
:.a ?: the court.
K..1) at Chief Justice
.. fcllowed one by
'< v. D.. Pa., in
>a.u the "palm
. atical strute
ui^. oui by the supreme
go to "the supremely
a. and scholarly Mr.
? . Hughes."
Tii' ir speeches were the only
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Independents
Claim Most Ot
Workers Back
' him 7,r> to 7B 1 hnusand
Mt-'-l Kniployes Have
Returned to Jobs
Cleveland. July 7. ? <U.R??
met. for three independent
? - affected in the
H'vr.-- a'tr strike siege claimed
' ? ? 55 819 of a total of
"3 270 once-idle mill hands h?d
r. . ? work.
I ? .mates were made as
? S*- I Corporation, sec
ond lar? ?? >f the independents:
rtr the steel workers or
c mmittee has sought
r. Tacts. prepared to re
last closed plant in
c, V< ,
Republic claimed that 20.302
29.070 once made idle
' back to work in its mills.
' 5. dot the smoky
and Cuyahoga valleys j
? |nd ;st:.al Ohio.
ov n Sheet and Tube ;
d 12.517 of a once
most of them in i
r-vn ana its suburbs of
an Little Ruhr." were
at work.
*? plant of Bethlehem
independent?its
. mill at Johnstown.
- en affected. There, it
'? 'hat 10.000 out of a
r! 15 000 employes
; - c; to their jobs.
-''???ei. fourth of the in
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Tempt rat lire of 91.2 Is
: ark Hiqh Mark
. NV" V->: k. July 7 ? <U.R>?'The '
*
m ached 91.2 degrees
York's hottest day
The mark was with- j
o tenths degrees of
' high for the date,
high for 1937 was
? the reading was 89.
one death was attri- I
- ? at Sarah Jacobs.
? f on a fire escape
n the Bronx and fell
A few heat pros
re reported.
t was for continu
?ot spell tomorrow. <
[ Russia Prepares for Coming Struggle
TO provide a vast defense fund. a diplomats failed to reach any 'casi lor s.'tilement ol the clash
en the Amur river between Soviet and Japanese fo ecs Ru <ia fl a cu tl . I an of 4.000.000.000 rubles,
about $300,000,000. According to officials the loan was quickly oversub cribcd. Meanwhile 350.000 hel
tneted Russian soldiers, like these on parade in Red Square. Moscow, are reported along the Amur
border.
A "Judgmen t Of Solom on?
Pronounced Palestine
British Koyal Commission Proclaims Three
Way Partition With Holy Cities
in Neutral Zone
Jerusalem. July 7.?(U.R>?More than 12.000 British troops and po
lice transformed the Hoiy Land into an armed camp tonight when
Lord Peel's British royal commission announced its plan to . plit
Palestine into Jewish and Arab sovereign state, in an effort to end
15 years of Arab-Jewish bloodshed.
Loudspeakers blared the 400- ?
page royal report from stores. I
theaters, mosques and synagogues
throughout Palestine.
The British high commissioner
appealed to 1.000.000 Arabs and
400.000 Jewish colonists to keep
order. Troops with fixed bayonets,
tear gas and clubs were scattered
everywhere.
?? : ..
The royal commission's plan,
already approved by the British
government and awaiting only
consent of the League of Nations,
gives one third of Palestine to
the Jews and two-thirds to their
Moslem enemies.
Between these two states?the
Jews on the north along the
Mediterranean and tire Arabs on
the south and west bordering on
the British-mandated Arab na
tion of Transjordania?will be a
British-controlled neutral corri
dor incuding Jerusalem. Bethle
hem and Nazareth.
Seek Expedite
Start On |
Building
County A^ks Vpprov
nl Bond Issue for ihe
AtrrieulUire ISii i i<! itiir
Seeking to expedite the begin
ning of ccn.traction on the pro
posed Pasquotank county agricul
ture building, the board of coun
ty commissioners yesterday voted
to send Chairman Noah Burfoot |
and County Attorney John Mc
Mullan to New York City to con
fer with bond attorneys there |
relative to the approval of the j
county's propo ed bond issue.
It was reported to the commis- j
sioners that the WPA is ready to :
begin work on the project and
that the only hitch now is in the !
county's bond is ue. which will J
provide the county's share of the i
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War Is Declared
On Summer
Pest
Ordinance Vimed a!
Control of Malaria Is
Passed by the Council
War was declared here tonight j
against a summer pest worse than |
the fellow who want; to know if j
it's "hot enufT for you?" and the !
fellow who slaps you on your sun- i
burn?that pest being the mos
quito.
In an effort to further the pro
gram of malaria control in this |
city. Dr. T. S. McMullan. city i
health officer, drafted a compre- :
hensive ordinance applying to
standing water and other likely
breeding ' places for mosquitoes. |
This ordinance was adopted by |
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Many Prolesl
Dare Counlv's
%/
Assessmen i s
Courtroom Im Crowd
ed V* hen the Initiali
zation Board Meets
Manteo. July 7.? 'Special*?A
courtroom more than half full of
beach property holder appeared
before the board of equalization
here today to protest against what
they regarded as an arbitrary and
unwarranted upping of their as
sessment values. As: cssments in
many cases being more than dou
ble former valuations.
Notable among the protestant:
were the Wright Memorial Bridge
company, A. B. Houtz. Frank
Stick. Theo. S. Meekins and C. M.
Baker interests.
The board went into executive
session after a long and stormy
public hearing, announcing that
they would review all complaints
and try to effect readjustments
that would be generally accept
able. And that is as far as the
board would go in the way of a
commitment at this time.
TODAY'S LOCAL
CALENDAR
A. M.
8:30 Mens Christian Federation
P. M.
8:00 Red Men: Troop 152 BSA:
Blackwell Memorial C. M.
B. class; Choir practices;
Eastern Star
Library hours: 10-12, 2-6
r
One Dead And
|20 W ounded
in Strike Riot
Tennessee .National Guard
Is Galled Out After
Alcoa Glasli
Alcoa. Tenn.. July 7.?<U.R>? A
striker, wounded in a gun battle
j around the Aluminum Co.. of Am
erica plant in which 20 other men
were shot, died tonight as Tennes
J see national guardsmen marched
j into Alcoa to prevent further
bloodshed.
Kenson Ciick. 26. died in a hos
pital at nearby Maryvil'e of a bul
! let would in his throat while
! troops set up machine guns around
I the huge aluminum plant here.
Click was the first fatality of
; the fuiious fight between police
and striking aluminum workers
who lor seven weeks have paralyz
ed Uh aluminum plant here. But
! VV. H. Hunt, an Aleoa policeman,
also was in the hospital where
1 Click died, and physicians gave
him little chance to recover.
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\\ ou hi lies I ore
Deer To Kitty
Hawk Woods
Were Once Plentiful,
Killed Out by Unre
stricted Shooting
An appeal to J. D. Chalk, State
! Game Warden, to consider the
[possibilities of the Kitty Hawk
? woods as a preserve for deer, is
| sponsored by J. W. Hobbs. game
j warden, of this city.
The Kitty Hawk woods once
abounded with deer, but in the ab
sence of protective game laws and
the isolation of the locality before
the advent of roads and bridges,
the natives killed them all off.
But now that game has the pro
tection of the law and law en
! forcement machinery. Mr. Hobbs
I thinks it would be desirable to re
stock the Kitty Hawk woods by
introducing several doe and a buck
to start. A closed season could be
maintained until the increase jus
tified shooting.
Since the Slate-wide Stock law
has been made to apply to Kitty
Hawk and the residents have got
ten rid of their wild cattle, there
is an abundance of natural food
available to sustain a large num
i ber of deer.
1 (Continued on Page Three)
Seaplanes Join Search
For Earhart And Noonan
Fliers Take to the Air
From Deck of the
Colorado
Honolulu. T. Y.. July 7.?(U.R>?
The U. S. Colorado today cata
j puited its seaplanes into the air
j over the mid-Pacific in the first
I aerial search for Amelia Earhart
and Frederick J. Noonan. missing
j trans-Pacific fliers.
The three seaplanes carried by
the mighty battleship swept
southward toward the Phoenix j
Island group for flights on which
he pilots and the observer aboard
each plane hoped to find some
trace of the missing fliers.
The aerial search began shortly
after 11 p. m. E.D.T.
In the few hours of daylight re
maining in the mid-Pacific area,
ithe speedy scout planes headed |
[ toward the Winslow Banks, north- j
ernmost point of the Phoenix Isl
and group.
As the Navy fliers joined Navy
! vessels in the farflung hunt for
America's No. 1 woman flier and
! her navigator, missing since Fri
| day. her husband. George Palmer
I Putnam, said in San Francisco,
"the search has only just begun."
Admiral Orin G. Murfin. com
mandant of the 14th Naval dis
? trict. directing the hunt from Hon
j olulu. said that after the Coiorado
J planes cover thoroughly the area
I around Winslow Reef, they would
' work steadily southward toward
the Corondolet Reef, southernmost
of the charted islands of t!je
Phoenix group. Before they reach
that objective, however, the U. S.
Lexington, carrying 90 planes,
probably will have joined the
search covering 36.000 square
miles.
- - .. ~ .-...j. I
Hours betore tne uoiorauu
I reached the new search zone and
j air. reports circulated here and on
the mainland that the battleship
j had found Miss Earhart. Lt. Com
mander J. L. Reynolds officially
j denied the reports.
Two other American naval ves
sels already were in the South
I Seas area, five others were on
their way, and several Japanese
! vessels were reported enroute to
participate in the fifth day of
search.
Now Training
Whaleboat
C re w
Practice Begins Today
at the Kill Devil Hills
Coast Guard Station
Fifteen stalwart Coast Guards
men. crack oarsmen of the dis
trict. will gather at Kill Devil Hill
Station today to begin training for
a whaleboat race against a Sixth
District crew on Coast Guard Day.
August 4. at Manteo.
These 15 men will be trained
for five days, at the end of which
time the 10-man crew which will
represent this district will be se
lected. The 15 men are: Thomas
, J. Harris iB.M.2c>, of Kill Devil
Hill Station; Vernon H. Tillett
<B.M.2c), of Nags Head Station,
and Surfmen Clyde A. Beacham
of Nags Head. Robert L. Austin
of Wash Woods. David B. Gar
rish of Bogue Inlet, Erving T.
Gray and Wm. A. Meekins, of
Oregon Inlet, Manie Haywood of
Paul Gamiels Hill, Dalton E.
Hooper of Cape Henry, Wm. W.
Hooper of Little Island. Leonard
L. Rollinson of Ocracoke, Richard
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To Keep Trucks Off
Narrow West
Main St.
The ordinance committee of the
City Council was instructed last
night to draft an ordinance for
bidding heavy trucks and
buses on West Main Street and
the police department was asked
to take steps to route such traf
fic via some other street or
streets.
The matter was brought up by
Councilman Fred White, who re
ported considerable congestion on
the narrow West Main Street and
danger arising from the use of
this street by heavy trucks com
i (Continued on Page Three)
r a
Old and New Chairmen I
W. C. Dawson, left, la.t night was chosen by the city council as
chairman of the Elizabeth City Police commission to succeed Dr.
J. W. Selig. right, whose term expired July 1 and whose resignation
was read to the council last night.
Bill Daw., on has long been prominent in civic affairs and is a
past president of the Chamber of Commerce-Merchants association.
He is president of the Coca-Cola Bottling works and is regarded as
one of the town's most progressive and most fearle s citizen.
Dr. Selig. who has been chairman of the police commission since
it; creation by the 1931 General Assembly, expressed regret at sever
ing his connection with the commission and wished the new ad
ministration the best of luck.
Health Dept.
lis Hanging
Fire
Board Approves Pro
posal; City Council
Defers Aetion
i
Already approved by the board
' of county commissioners, the
State Board of Health's plan for
a district health department with
Elizabeth City as its headquarters
is still hanging fire as a result of
the City Council's failure to vote
upon the matter last night.
The health program was ap
proved by the commissioners yes
terday afternoon, on condition
| that Pasquotank County's -share
| of the expense not be increased
by reason of the failure of either
i of the other counties to partici
pate. and on the further condition
that the City of Elizabeth City
pay half of this county's pro rata
part.
Dr. R. E. Fox. director of eoun
I ty health work for the State
; Board of Health, who outlined
the program to the county com
| missioners Tuesday, assured them
; that this county would have to
j pay no more if some other county
i or counties failed to come in on
the plan. The other counties to
| bo included in the proposed dis
; trict were Camden. Currituck, and
| Dare. The latter county approv
: ed the matter on Tuesday, so the
City Council's approval is all that
! stands in the way of the program
I going into effect next month.
J The council preferred not to
' take action on the proposel last
i night, and it was moved and car
ried that Mayor Flora appoint a
committee to study the matter
and report back at the next meet
ing. If the City Council turns
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PWAHas Ok'd
Local Street
Project
Sen. Reynolds Wires
Mayor of Approval;
to Surface Dirt Streets
The City of Elizabeth City's
project calling for the surface
treatment of 30,000 square yards
of dirt streets within the city lim
its has been approved by the PWA
and is now being forwarded to
President Roosevelt for final ap
proval, according to a telegram
Mayor Jerome B. Flora has re
ceived from Senator Robert R.
Reynolds.
This project, the second large
street project the city has asked
of the PWA. calls for tar. stone
and sand surfacing on 30.000
square yards of street at a total
cost of S14.191.25, of which the
sponsor's share is $7,982.50, and
the PWA share is $6,208.75.
The streets to be surfaced un
der this project are as follows: 900
sq. yards on Third St., 2.200 on
Queen. 1.800 on Broad. 4.000 on
Skinner Ave., 1,100 on Grady, 2,
400 on Greenleaf, 1.200 on Bell, 600
on Broad. 1.100 on Chestnut, 1,
100 on Glade. 600 on Selden. 1,
200 on McPherson. 600 on Persse,
800 on Cobb. 1.700 on Peartree
Road, 1.000 on Brooks Ave., 2.200
on Speed. 400 on Griee. 400 at the
hospital. 1.600 on B St.. 800 on
Woodlawn, 1.300 on Goodwin Ave.,
and 1.000 on Green.
Mayor Flora, in his capacity as
City Manager, was given authori
ty by the City Council last night
to apply a second coating of tar
and gravel to the streets treated
in that manner last year.
"When these two projects are
carried out, Elizabeth City should
have no kick on its streets," said
City Manager Flora last night.
Mae West Admits She Wed
Wallace 26 Years Ago
v. ___________ >
Los Angeles, July 7.?(U.R)?Mae
West, buxom screen siren, admit
ted tonight after two years of de
nial that she abandoned her spin
irterhoori 26 years ago when she
j married Frank Wallace, a vaude
ville actor.
As far as she knew she still
was married. Mae conceded in an
answer filed in superior court to
Wallace's action to establish the
validity of their marriage.
But she denied that they had
ever lived together as man and
j wife.
The marriage took place in Mil
waukee, April 11, 1911.
The screen's billowy blonde de
[nied that she ever represented to
; Wallace that she had divorced
jhim and added that so far as she
knew he had never divorced her.
Yet he remarried, taking out a
license in New York City on Feb
ruary 3. 1916. to marry Ray Blake
sly. the answer contended. The
ceremony was performed three
days later.
Miss West related that Wallace
was divorced by his second wife |
on May 1, 1935, in New Jersey.
In obtaining the license to mar
ry Miss Blakesly, Wallace "swore
falsely," that he had never mar
ried and that he had no former
wife or wives either living or dead,
she recited.
Mi:s West asked the local courts
to refuse "any declaration or de
cree to Wallace," who has sued
both in New York and California
to have the actress declared his
legal wife.
Mungo In
The Best
Of Form
Dean, Hubbell and
Mungo Could Not
Stop Barrage
Stadium Packed
Lou Gehrig Hits a Homer
and Double to Set New
Runs-Driven-In Record
By GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press Staff Correspondent
Griffith Stadium, Washington,
July 7.?(U.R)?The American lea
gue, paced by the New York Yan
kees' heavy artillery, shelled the
National league's greatest pitching
masters to cover today and won
the fifth annual major league
All-Star game 8 to 3, before 31,
391 persons, including President
Roosevelt.
Three of the National league's
ace mound stars? Dizzy Dean,
Carl Hubbell and Van Mungo ?
felt the sting of the Yankee bar
rage as the American league scor
ed its fourth victory in five All
Star classics.
Through two hours and 30 min
utes of hammer-and-tongs base
ball. the National league feebly
tried to stem the tide of booming
Yankee bats. President Roosevelt
and one of the most extinguished
gatherings of statesmen and dig
nitaries ever to attend a baseball
game, saw the Yankees dominate
the day with these feats:
Lou Gehrig hit a home run and
double, and drove in 4 runs, a
new All-Star runs-driven-in rec
ord for one individual.
Bill Dickey hit a single and dou
ble and drove in one run.
Red Roite hit a single and tri
ple. and drove in two runs.
The Yanks drove in 7 of the 8
American league runs.
The Yanks scored 5 of the 8
American league runs.
Joe DiMaggio broke up a threat
ening National league rally with a
rifle throw to the plate to cut off
a run.
Vernon i'EI Goofy) Gomez car
ried off the day's pitching laurels
(Continued on Page Five)
Japanese Are
Now Battling
With Chinese
Start New Border Warfare
With Equally Ancient
Enemies
Shanghai, Thursday, July 8.?
<U.R)?A bloody clash early today
between Japanese and Chinese
forces near Fengtai, north of
Peiping, reportedly resulted in the
death of scores of Chinese. Several
Japanese were said to have been
killed.
According to reports from the
Domei (Japanese) news agency
correspondent in Peiping, the in
cident was precipitated by Chi
nese irregulars and the Japanese
were "compelled to return th?
fire."
Fighting broke out shortly after
5 a. m. and. according to reports
reaching Shanghai, the Chinese
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A Famous Portrait
Painter Pays Us
A Visit
William Steene, nationally fa
mous artist who has made por
traits of scores of men and wom
en prominent in American life, in
cluding President Roosevelt him
self, was a visitor to Elizabeth City
yesterday, on his way from Miami
to New York.
"I like your town," he said, "and
think I should enjoy spending a
few weeks or a few months here
and exploring the interesting
country hereabouts."
One of Artist Steene's notable
works, "The Baptism of Virginia
Dare," hangs in the Hall of His
tory in Raleigh.