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"ot titf hattv tnt^rpi?]\im?ivt ? ujv Wednesday and Thurs- B | E I l IV / % II 1 I ^1 I I I 1 I 1 I ^1 I I I 1 . I I southeast or east winds and mostly ov ittered afternoon thunder- J) B B B J I W f \ B IJ B [_ 1 B / I Ji B J I 1 B / B J I 1 B ercast weather Wednesday; probably wets: continued warm. occasional showers. ?- 1908 COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT, A WEEKLY ESTABLISHED BY W. 0. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 So. 92 ?Total No. 267 1^btial"tl K?? '?>' {M'-p^ent Publishing Co. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 14, 1937 4t m' N SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS (president Can t Aid j|n Europe |H.t. Economic Con I feronce As F u I tile Now Eips and Housing |\rr i'wo Domestic I'rob I Now Oceu I |i\ Chief Kxecutive I Wellington. July 13. ?(U.PJ? I- sevelt indicated to- j I:.... : cr.ly a magician can ?io.vt- Europe's economic and fi- , I ms and he observed j I silk hat with a rab- ; I H made :: plan at his bi-week I nee, that he has I .ailing or presid I rnational econom 1:.- par.ey. -lie:, as several foreign I. ,. have indicated a will :o atvnd. and also that I:look to another land 1;.: .? with a magic wand. I Meantime. Mr. Roosevelt said I idyiii- two domestic I and the ship I ty of Xavy yards I li:t executive said he j to ascertain first why ; I tion today :s 750. ixiiind the actual de- I Hr -.iid th.at 50 per cent of j | Ihntmutd on Page Three) Plans Shapingj For Dual R a c e s 1'n- Oar- Yrrivt?: Uni form- to lie Ordered; \rral K\?nts Likely ? .i .> are rapidly shaping up j >.u races to be held in t.n with the Coast Guard j:. ?: oration on Roanoke Is ?rc r. Wednesday. August 4. it >. .tinea at Seventh District 1 H . .ere yesterday. F.f en picked men have been Kitty Hawk Bay for five days, and Coxswain : M.(i'_"tt this week will sel ' crew of ten men from this -. ?>. reguation racing oars ar d Monday. They are 13 feet *nd are much lighter than ?avy lifeboat oars which the ' oci been using temporarily. 1 -.i uniforms, which will r--- ' of cabardine trunks and - ' 'ersevs. or sweaters, rdered this week. They j he blue, or blue and , ?btii the words "Seventh i or. the backs of the jer- 1 ej - ? boat racing between r ^4i... _ ?? JiU a on Page Three) Outlines Activities for Kiwanians projects which the lo- [ C; ;'o might undertake year were outlin-1 * ? bv President Howard , -rau. 4 club's regular week ; tr.c ? r.. Cj'-' ? 'i'. :'y suggested was the , of a summer camp Sernourished and under- | -Itiren. Another was ' ? 1 y f'inics for children. ? Graul - aid he would mmittee at the next ti'-vise means of rais- I ? money with which to carry a"*ivities. '?vas no prepared pro- : but the Kiwan ging several old ) ; m the Kiwanis song -' '.'"".imk Built Boat . Bert ? boat Prophet, re . E. W. Tate of been licensed at the ' deputy collector of The Prophet, which for freighting and tons burden and 16 feet wide and " P Its cost was ap ' - '??? 31 000. England Takes to Streamline WHAT Eritishers are doing in the way of streamlining is shown in this unusual picture of the new Coro na^'on. express train special v constructed to make the London to Glasgow run in 6'2 hours. This is the fastest time on record for the journey of 401 mile . The blue-and-silver high-;peed train is shown get t ng into its stride near Watford. England, on a test run to Crews and back. House Overrides Veto Of Farm Land Bank Measure J Votes 260 to 97 to Repass the Extension of Low Interest Rates On Loans; Senate May Delay Action Washington. July 13.?(U.R<?The house late today overrode Presi- j dent Roosevelt's veto of a bill to extend low interest rate.; of federal ; farm land bank loans for another year, despite a stern white house I warning that the measure presents a $30.000.000 threat to a balanced budget. The vote was 260 to 97. < Face of the bill now lies in the | senate which a;so must override i before the measure can become ; I law. Early action is improbable, since it cannot be called up until the controversial judiciary reor ganization bill is disposed of. The vote came after Majority Leader Sam Rayburn. D.. Tex., ap pealed for support of th? president on the ground that the farm em ergency had passed and that the loan bill set up a dangerous pre < Continued on Page Three) , Corn And Hogs A Good Bet, Falls j County A gent Sees Bright Shies Ahead for Corn-Hog Farmers With hogs selling high and a . bumper corn crop in prospect. | County Agent Grover W. Falls j sees bright skies ahead for the I corn-and-hog larmers of this county and section. The corn crop hereabouts this i year not only is going to be one j of the largest, but also one of the i best this section has ever seen, j according tc present indications. 1 Nearly every farmer has corn planted, anc it is estimated that j this year's c; op represents at least | a 20 per cent increase over the j 1936 corn crop. Furthermore, the ' crop is shooting skyward at a diz zy pace. Neat ly every stand of corn looks good. Many farmers who (Continued on Page Three) WorkmenFall Out From II eat Hottest Day of ^ ear Here Causes Several Heat Prostrations Several cases of heat prostra tion were reported hero yesterday morning as a garish sun blazed forth the strongest heat of the year. W. B. Coppei>mith & Sons reported that one laborer fell out at their shingle mill on Pennsyl vania Avenue, extended, and that around a score of Negro laborers were bowled over by the terrific (Continued on Page Three) *Brain Waves' Charted In Seeking Insanity Cause I Radio Technique Used In Search for Cause and Cure of Mental Ills Chicago, July 13.?(U.R)?Scient ists. working in lead-sheathed laboratories and using super-sen sitive tubes similar to those in radio, hope* through readings of electric waves of the human brain to determine the cause of and find cure for insanity, a Univer sity of Chicago physiologist dis | closed today. Gray-haired Dr. A. J. Carlson, who has dealt with living cells for nearly half a century, said the new discoveries opened. the way to untouched fields of ^tudy and for the first time gave investiga tors access to "silent" areas of the brain. It is expected to be helpfu par ticularly in study of mental ma adjustments which have no ap parent physical causes. "Many kinds of mental malad justments fall into this type," Dr. Carlson said, "shell-shock suffer i (Continued on Page Three) Dare County Day Observance Tomorrow W ill B<- One of Bif; Days of Celebration; Many Attractions Manteo, July 13.?Dare County Day at Fort Raleigh. July 15, will be one of the big days of the cele bration. Probably the largest | crowd to be here any one day of this season so far will be here on that date. The majority of the {people of the county as well as many from adjoining counties will visit historic Fort Raleigh to i be one of the many to enjoy the old-time picnic that will be held there about noon. There will be many attractions during the morning, probably the greatest of these being the prin cipal speech to be given by Willis Smith, of Raleigh, former speaker of the North Carolina House of ! (Continued on Page Three) Congressmen . Become Columnists Many Lawmakers Write Weekly for Their Home Papers Washington. July 13.?(U.R)? Congressmen, who seldom over look any bets to keep their names before their constituents, are try ing to be columnists?with pro fessional aid and even occasional literary piracy. Kermit Ross of the Congression Publicity association revealed to night that he helps-"about a doz en or 15 congressmen" handle weekly columns of comment. He mimeographs the material and the congressmen then sends it out to daily and weekly papers in their congressional districts. Ross further disclosed that when a congressman is too busy (Continued on Page Three) Girl Drowned Near Soulh M ills Negro Girl, Bathing In Canal, Got Over Her Depth South Mills, July 13.?Mary Mc pherson. 13-year-old colored girl of near here, was drowned late this afternoon when she stepped over her depth while bathing in the Dismal Swamp canal with her sister. The drowning occurred at a point near W. B. Coppersmith & Sons' saw mill, a little over a mile north of South Mills, around five o'clock. The girl's body was recovered by John H. Jones and Waverly Sawyer, white men, after it had been in the water from 20 to 30 minutes. , The Elizabeth City fire depart ment, which made a quick trip here in response to a telephone call, applied artificial respiration for half an hour or longer, but it was too late to save the girl's life. .? . TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A.. M. 8:30 Mens Christian Federation P. M. 1:00 First Christian Church an nual picnic, members meet at church for further transportation 8:00 Midweek religious services; First Methodist third quarterly conference Library closed V J Fight Is Renewed By Bailey Sumners Also Breaks With the President On Court Issue Washington, July 13.?(U.R)? Chairman Hatton I. Summers, D., Tex., of the house judiciary com mittee, openly broke with Presi dent Roosevelt over the supreme court issue today, urging him to ?abandon the "unnecessary" reor ganization bill which, he said, is "tearing the country wide open." Sumners spoke his mind on the court issue as two Democratic senators sought to warn the pre sident that "disaster" lies ahead for the party if the bill is passed, and one suggested that Mr. Roose velt would have to become dic (Continued on Page Three) Milton Love Is Victim Odd Accident Head Caught In Ceil ing Fan; Two Stileli es Are Necessary Milton Love, local meat dealer and partner in the firm of Love Bros., narrowly escaped serious injury yesterday afternoon when his head accidentally became caught in an electric ceiling fan. The accident occurred in Love Bros., new market on Front street, to which the finishing touches are now being put. The cloudiness that accompanied yesterday's rainfall made the interior of the market a bit dark, so Mr. Love climbed up on a counter to turn on a light. He thought he was well out of range of the ceiling fan. but he had miscalculated His head got entangled in the flying wood en blades, which dealt him a stun ning blow. He was rushed to the Medical Building, where it was found nec essary to take two stitches in his head. He was resting comfortably last night at his home on Ehring haus street. Two blades of the fan were broken off by the impact with the hapless Mr. Love's head. Half Holidays Are To Begin This Afternoon Today is a red letter day in the lives of local salespeople, cash iers and other store employes, for today marks the beginning .of the first concerted Wednesday after noon closing of stores in Elizabeth City in several years. Practically every store in town will close today at one o'clock, i and will close at the same hour each Wednesday afternon thru the remainder of July and all of August. The Wednesday half holidays were sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce-Merchants Associa tion which procured the signa tures of practically every local merchant to an agreement to close on Wednesday afternoons during July and August. The plan ordinarily would have gohe into effect on Wednesday, July 7, but in view of the fact that local stores observed Mon day, July 5, as a Jull holiday, the merchants decided to wait a week before beginning the half holi days. G. C. Meads, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce-Merchants Association is now working on a plan to have local stores observe a full holiday instead of a half holiday on Wednesday, August 18, on which date President Roose velt is scheduled to speak at Fort Raleigh. T Soviet Fliers Nearing Their California Goal A But Indications Are That They May Con tinue Beyond Oakland to Los Angeles, San Diego or Even On to Mexico San Francisco, July 13.?(U.R)?Three Soviet fliers aimed their sin gle-motored monoplane for a landing in southern California tonight as they sped down the Pacific coast in the last stages of a trans-polar flight from Moscow in an attempt to set a new world's distance record. , From three sources came indi- n cations that Michael Gromov and his two companions were looking beyond their original destination, The Oakland airport in the San Francisco area, and were consid ering the possibility of continuing on to Los Angeles, San Diego or Mexico. In asking for weather reports as they sped southward, they re quested that information on con ditions at Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego be included. This message came to the U. S. Army signal corps station in San Fran cisco at 11:50 p. m. EDT. In San Francisco, acting Soviet y , consul general Gregori Gohkman had a chartered plane ready, waiting to follow the trio south ward if they succeeded in shoot ing beyond their original goal. While exchanging messages with army stations along the (Continued on Page Three) Growers Get $9,000 For Cukes Season Not Half Over; Heat Hampers Daily Picking With the picking season not quite half over, cucumber grow esr in the Albemarle section al ready have received from $9,000 to $10,000 from their crop, ac cording to Lyman Roberts, man ager of the C. C. Lang & Sons pickle plant here. The season opened around June 25 and will last for at least three more weeks, and longer if there are any rains. < Approximately 10.000 bushels of cukes have been brought in to the pickle plant to date, and Man ager Roberts hopes to get 35.000 to 40,000 bushels before the sea son ends. He has contracted for i around 700 acres in some five or six counties. The cucumbers brought in aver age about 60 per cent No. l's ac (Continued on Page Three) Farm Tenancy T ? 1 f Legislation Near Passage A Compromise Has Been Agreed Upon In Confer ence of Both Houses Washington, July 13. ?(U.R)? Farm tenancy legislation was just short of enactment tonight after the house adopted and sent to the senae a revised bill agreed on by conferees of the two chambers calling for a permanent program of loans to help tenant farmers become independent producers. Seate and house previously ap proved different bills. The adjiKt ed measure authorized $10,000,000 for loans during the current fis cal year, $25,000,000 in 1939, and $50,000,000 annually thereafter. The loans will carry three per cent interest and will be repayable in 40 years. The bill also carries a $50,000, 000 authorization to provide for retirement of submarginal land over a period of three years. The house approved, without de bate, a bill appropriating $1,000, 000 for aid in the fight against grasshoppers and other insect pests. The measure goes to the senate. The action followed an appeal by representatives of eight western states for funds. (Continued on Page T,hree) Witness Denies Frame-Up Charge Scottsboro Case at* Mrs. Price Repeats Account of Attack In the Fourth Trial of Famous Case Decatur, Ala., July 13.?(U.R)? Mrs. Victoria Price, alleged victim of mass criminal assault by nine Negroes, angrily denied today she had "trumped up" rape charges against the defendants. Testifying for the state in the case of Clarence Norris, first of eight Negroes who will be tried on assault charges, Mrs. Price re futed charges of Samuel Leibowitz, defense counsel, that she "fram ed" rape charges against the Ne groes. "Isn't it a fact that you trump ed up this charge of rape because you yourself had violated the law by taking a minor girl (Ruby Bates) across a state line, from Alabama to Chattanooga, Tenn., for the purpose of starting her on (Continued on Page Three) Drowning Scare Was A False Alarm Hysterical screams of a mother who believed that her boy had fallen into the river created a furore in the vicinity of the Nor folk-Southern dock yesterday af ternoon around 2 o'clock. A con siderable number of people were attracted to the scene and an emergency squad from the fire department made a quick run in the midst of a downpour of rain, in response to a telephone call. Also attracted to the scene was the missing boy, who had been ) fishing from the dock. Fire and Police Depts. Here Stack Up They Compare Favor ably With Other Like Size Towns In State Elizabeth City compares favor ably with other North Carolina towns of like population with re spect to the number of men, work ing hours and salaries in its po lice and fire departments, accord ing to a report issued this week by the Bureau of Municipal In formation of the North Carolina League of Municipalities. (Continued on Page Three) "The Captive Bride" Begins In This Issue "The Captive Bride," the story of a man. a girl and a mystic river in the land of the Northern Lights, begins in this issue of The Daily Independ ent. In the story, Barirett YVil loughby has captured the spell of her beloved Alaska in un winding a tale of a gently-bred city girl, forced into the rug ged life of a primitive people. How does she escape an ill fated romance to find genuine happiness? Read every chapter of this fascinating stdry. V Chinese Battle Invaders Before Gates Of Peiping Japanese Will Force Decision for War or Surrender To Isolate the City Veteran 29tli Division Digs In at the Outskirts und Claim Successes United Press Staff Correspondent Peiping, Wednesday, 11:30 a, m., July 14.?XU.R)?Raked by Ja panese artillery and machine gun fire and threatened by huge bomb ing planes above, Gen. Sung Cheh Yuan's 29th Chinese route army fought back against the Invaders today, convinced they would re ceive aid from Generalissimo Chi ang Kai-Shek's Nanking army. With the towers of Peiping's massive Yungtingmen gate scarred by Japanese shells and with Nip ponese legions sweeping over the Hopei plains, the 29th army fought back, shouting the slogan: "Remember the stand the 19th route army made at Shanghai in 1932." Will Force Decision The Japanese action, in massing its crack Kwantung army forces around Peiping and subjecting the ancient walled city to its first fire since Chiang Kai-Shek captured it in 1928 from old-time war-lords, will force Chinese leaders to de cide whether to withdraw or en gage in major warfare. The Japanese regulars, their steel helmets reflecting the sun shine. moved over the plains tow ard Peiping with surprising swift ness. Their trench mortars hurled shells at the walls and gates of the ancient city. The smashing offensive against entrenched veterans of the 29th route army, who dug in at the edge of the walled city in a des perate battle to hold the Japan ese back, virtually ended hope (Continued on Page Three) Initial Flight Of Lexington Planes Is Made Aircraft Cover 21,000 Square Miles of Pacific Without Result Aboard U. S. S. Lexington off Howland Island, July 13.?<U.R)? Rain over the mid-Pacific forc ed U. S. Navy fliers to curtail their search of the Howland Isl and area for Amelia Earhart and her navigator tonight. Washington. July 13. ?<U.R)? The aircraft carrier Lexington, carrying 63 airplanes, has begun search of a wide area west of Howland Island for Amelia Ear hart and her companion, Fred Noonan, missing on a South Pa cific hop, according to a message received by Navy communications late today. The search began this morning, Howland Time, the message said. The aircraft carrier, according to previously announced plans, was to send its fleet of fighting (Continued on Page Three) Bagley and Griffin Expected To Be Re-elected Raleigh, July 13.? (U.R) ? Re freshed by a 12-day vacation speaking tour of western North Carolina. Gov. Clyde R. Hoey to day returned to his executive desk to face a week of swearing in and meetings. The state rural electrification authority members will take oaths of office in the governor's office today. They will meeet afterwards to elect a director. Dudley Bagley, incumbent, is slated for re-elec tion. The state school commission will be sworn in in Governor Hoey's office tomorrow. They also will meet afterwards to elect an ex ecutive secretary, with incumbent Lloyd Griffin slated for the post. The new state commission to study property classification and homestead exemptions will hol^^^ its first meeting with the goverjT^ nor. F 1 t
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