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~^thkleather I rpjjT? Fl ATTV T^VTT\17"OX?lV^P^T?l\Tr^, I MARIT,MEtorecast occasional rains Tuesday: I I I wA II J\ II J I \ \i I I fj r* IH |\ I I uA I %| I Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moderate cenerally fair and some- I I I I J I / / 1 I I J I I I ^ I W I J I I J I 1 I W I J I 1 J. easterly winds and overcast weather wha: warmer. " -J- m w m m -m- with occasional showers Tuesday. _ 1908 COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT, A WEEKLY ESTABLISHED BY W. 0. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 _____ II. No. 97?Total No. 272 ^ UoTy. 00 ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 20. 1937 ***" * * ?" SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS Moorish prisoners | Vi cuted li>t> Retaliate r Sin airery of Africans iin> Conflict ! i,|r- Report Success , lighting Racing round Brunete Franco - Spanish j ;c ? w 3?Loyalist infuriated by the : M -:r_>h Rebel troops -.vest of Madrid, set Moroccans and cut LoyalVt frontier aid trnigrt. ?.i.tter of the wounded - ::;rs was -aid to ? ed hand - to-hand ? ixiec tract near :r. the right flank of .curving , . r. :: the international i c: men cf many : techy wiped out an :: Moorish troops, -.-patches tonight in hat Gen. Francisco .i.ents were attempt ?? :ry weapon available hmves to ranks and -T_r Brunete but were encircle the town. Claim Victory . ;u;v 19.?1U-PJ?The ugh c-mmand asserted at the " cream of the had been repulsed idr.i with a loss of 6 - r. 14 hours of the most .-.ting witnessed since War. of the insurgents O-rr.il? salient curving ur. te west of the capi ..d to have had "a ter . ?. hzir.c effect" on Re troops and to have .v.-i on Page Seven) i vel Costs '? Officials Vr Attack ? ntative Charges 3 '? lru\cl Bill Great* lian \. E. F. Trunc ation. r.r on July 19. ?iU.Pj? - :-pent or will pay 0? more than it .-r.-port the American r..-..-- Forces to Europe ??var? in travel ex - 1936-37-38. Rep. . r. R. Minn , said ?'.V:- today. .. r. he said, the ieg '... ..men* which in tern.- . of the senate and a- e spent a max -,33 during the three He demanded that j : cur.ailed sharply1 of economy. - d into the record that The depart -? cure proposes to 5 >34 m travel ex- i C'-i:.;.. t..c 1933 fiscal year ?ate department maximum of $623. diplomats around cm of literature" " c agriculture ae H ? or. declared, deals ?'rva-ion and trips ?' d on Pa ge Three) Woman Lawyer 1 of Alcoholism July 19. 'UP?The y May Garland. "? district attorney, t. chronic alcohol - an autopsy report ' exonerated an ac .0 had beer, held of murder. Wagner. county au rc-ported the victim f acute alcoholism com? treatment at ? er death. ? '.r.g cause was num aocut the body." his When a person is - the natural flow of -?Peded." ; Here's A Mighty Important Map?Study It j ? m ^ ^ ^ U ; . ? ~ L ^ ' ^^''. ^- ?''' '"^' .^/:x ' ? -?;:^:r:i:V^^:^: IP! ? 1 ^ ^ NN ' J. I* C<f? HCtlr** f / v ^ ^A #??**???? **rf.-^^ K . 1 / ^ **? p * -.^v ???(,.?? ? / I ?r v?p ?;?: ??i ELIZABETH CITY business interest are beginning to show some ' concern about the development of greater trade relations with the j Southern Albemarle. One way is to know the Southern Albemarle and give intelligent consideration to its road problems. Here is a map. prepared by a member of The Daily Independent sta3. that will be very helpful. Clip it. file it or. better still, paste it uo where you can refer to its frequently. We are all more cr less familier with Tyrrell County's insistent demand for a bridge over Alligator River and a thru rcute from the west to Roanoke Island and the Dare coast. But quite as insistent \ a:e the people of Hyde County for an all weather road from Eneel- ' hard to Manns Harbor, via Stumpy Point, putting Roanoke Island r and the Dare beaches within approxtmately 60 miles of a large population in Hyde, and inviting tourist traffic from the interior to 1 cons-der their direct route to this section's coastal playground And then the people of Fairfield in Hyde and Columbia in Tyrrell want an all weather road in place of the dirt road <N. C. 94) which i connects the two towns, but which is now impassable six months in* the year. Here is an important map for the consideration of everybody in terested in the fullest possible development of the whole region. Study it and prepare yourself to talk intelligently and sympathetically to the people of Tyrrell and Dare about their road problems. They want to do business in Elizabeth City. Elizabeth City can cement its elations with these counties by cooperating with them. Japanese Set Deadline For Attack * flow L. D. Aydelo Began To Portray Lincoln + Fire Dept. Has New Alarm System | ] La??t orcl In Alarm ij Indicators; Is Said to Be Fool-Proof j ; Installation of a modem tele- ; cal fire department was completed yesterday, it was announced last r night by Fire Commissioner W. C. i Dawson, who termed it " the out- ] standing mechanical improvement 1 in the department in recent * years." 11 The new alarm system consists [ * of a large brass bell, which strikes off the alarm as it comes in. and ' s a telegraphic ticker machine wliich > < iContinued on Page Three) c 1 Remodeling Coffee \ Shop This Week The Virginia Dare Hotel Coffee " Shop is being remodeled this week and its patrons are being served in the main dining room of the hotel pending completion of the work, it was announced yesterday by Chas. Vanture. proprietor. The lunch counter which here tofore has been located in th? i coffee shop is being removed and the space it has occupied will b? taken up with booths. > { A Jot Started It Alls Greatest Lincoln Im personator It was the good-m tured kid ling of a fellow clerk in Marshall Welds' big store in Chicago 30 rears ago that started Luther D. \ydelotte on the way to becom ng the greatest living imperson itor of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. \ydelotte disclosed in an inter ,iew late yesterday afternoon, ihortly after his arrival here to risit his brother. N. T. Aydlett. Mr. Aydelotte. who changed his lame to the French spelling of t shortly after leaving here in 1912. was an awkward and rather lomeiy fellow when he went to vork for Marshall Fields. A fel ow clerk soon had dubbed him Abe Lincoln." "You're the only man I've ever een who was as homely as Lin ?oln." said the clerk. Luther Aydelotte took the kid ling good-naturtily and thought ittle about it until he happened o attend John Drinkwater's pro luction "Abraham Lincoln" in 'Continued on Page Three) TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A. M. 8:30 Mens Christian Federation P. M. 6:30 Kiwanis club 8:00 Jr. O. U. A. M.; Eureka Lodge Masons: Public Utilities commission Library hours: 2-6. 7-9 Prepare to Make Assault on Peiping Unless Chinese Meet Terms; Americans Move to Protected Area Peiping. China. Tuesday. July 20.?(U.Pi?Japan's powerful North : China army drew a ring of steel around the walls of Peiping this morning, prepared to smash into the city and drive out its Chinese ' defenders if Japan's ultimatum is not accepted by noon today 'mid-| night. Monday. EDT.) Within the walled city the roar* of Japanese cannon could be 1 heard as they opened preliminary J fire to clear a road to the gates j of the city. All Americans were < I ordered to clear out of the danger i zone. The " final warning" of the Jap- 1 anese military high command, ae-1 manding evacuation of Chinese j (Continued on Page Three) Applications Made Out * Wrong j? ?r c Social Security Appli- A cations Are Being Re vaniped by Outlaw Mast of the applications for So- ! t ! cia! Security benefits submitted T from this county will have to be ' revamped, it was learned this j /| week, but County Welfare Agent A H. Outlaw is of the opinion that this technicality will not hold up ! _ {the July checks, which should be q here within the next week. 1 On the application blanks, in fi i the space calling for certification j y of the applicant's citizenship, res- ; n : idence and domicile. Mr. Outlaw I tl h (Continued on Page Three) , s: Hearing About Bond Issue ; \ug. 2 : ! No Protests Anticipate ?, ed; But a Hearing Is Required Residents of Pasquotank conn s' who arc opposed to the con '.ruction of the proposed $39,000 ounty agriculture building will be iven an opportunity to register heir protests before the board of ounty commissioners on Monday, itigust 2. in accordance with erms laid down by the bond at c (Continued on Page Three) feat Wave Hurtful \ no Currituck 1 Melons i ? Harbinger. July 19. ?'Special) -Watermelon growers in lower 1 Currituck are feeling depressed. ? "heir bumper crop of watermelons ? rom which they expected big11 ields and fair returns this sum- ? ler has been badly damaged by i he excessive heat of the past two reeks and the yield is not at all < atisfactory. ? t Coinjock Transient Camp May Move To Camden * ? - Report Points to Ar neuse Creek As New Location of ^ PA Or ganization Cionjock. July 19.? ? Special> It is learned from semi-official sources that the floating barracks in which 200 or more \VPA Negro Transients have been quartered here will be removed to a point on Pasquotank River, near Eliza beth City. Arneuse Creek, near the Elizabeth City Country Club, is indicated as the possible loca tion. It is said that the cost of re moving the great fleet of house boats will be approximately $10. 000. but that this would be offset in a year by the more favorable location, nearer the point of ori gin of the brush that this labor unit is engaged in cutting and bundling for beach erosion work. The removal of the camps from Coinjock will mean a loss of a monthly payroll of more than $5. 000. a large part of which will now to Elizabeth City if the re moval is effected. Some at Coinjock are hopeful however that the camps will not be removed, believing that the Currituck County Commissioners may yet reconsider and withdraw their petition to Congressman Warren to have the camps remov ed. Objection to the camps at Coinjock originated with a few influential citizens in the upper Coinjock neighborhood who were distrubed by the alleged boister ous conduct of men from the camps under the influence of liq uor purveyed by bootleg joints in that neighborhood. Again it has been hard for some farmers to employ local Negro labor at depression-low wages this summer, and the proximity of the Negro transients has been held (Continued on Page Three) Travel Group Coming In October Carolina Motor Club to Sponsor Another Tour; Co-operation Is Asked Another group of travel execu tives ana travel editors similar to the group that visited Elizabeth City in October. 1935. will be here sometime in October, according to letters received here yesterday j from Coleman W. Roberts. Caro lina Motor Club executive. In letters to Mayor Jerome B. Flora and G. C. Meads, secretary j of the Chamber of Commerce Merchants Association. Mr. Rob erts stated that Elizabeth City had oeen selected as one of the stop over points for the group in their tour of the State. He also said that Manager Ray S. Jones of the Eliz abeth City Hotel Corp.. had agreed to furnish rooms for the entire rroup. just as he did two years ago. "Will the good people of your ? Continued on Page Three) , , Fort Raleigh Program Today and Tomorrow Tuesday. July 20. ? CCC j Day" at Old Fort Raleigh. L". S. ! Department of Interior officials n a tendance. Manteo Bov Scouts cooperating. Concerts by Manteo's 14-piece WPA 1 band under the direction of Gene Gorman. Fort Raleigh Museum of quaint Sixteenth century relics open all day. Wednesday. July 21.? "Vir ginia Day." Gov. George C. Peery. of Virginia, scheduled to make an address. Representa tive Norman R. Hamilton, of Por.smouth. Va.. will also speak. Music by Manteo's 14 piece WPA band. Exercises bc Tln at 2:20 p. m. Taul Green's irama "The Lost Colony" will be repeated at 8:15 p. m. j Bob Jennings On Police Comm. Appointed LasF Night and Will Accept: Suc ceeds Selig Robert M. Jennings last night was appointed by the City Coun cil as a member of the Elizabeth City Police Commission, succeed ing Dr. Julian \V. Selig. who re j signed July 1st. First informed of his appoint ment by a reporter for this news paper. Jennings said: T shall accept the appointment and will perform the duties of i the office to the very best of my i ability." Robert Jennings, who is con nected with his father. Miles Jen ; nings. in the machine shop busi : ness. is regarded as being a high ly conscientious, public-spirited and industrious young business man. He has never previously held any public office, elective or ap pointive. altho he has been re peatedly asked to run for the City 'Continued on Page Three) Tommy Miller Kayoed By Stranger At Nags Head Sunday Morning: Rumors Arc Straightened Nags Head. July 19.?All sorts of wild rumors concerning a sup posed hold-up of Tommy Miller. Elizabeth City youth employed here for the summer. were straightened out tonight by Mil ler himself. Miller is employed at Frank Stick's Ocean Beach tourist camps between here ana Manteo. He and David Stick and David Lawrence attended the dance at the Beach Club Saturday night and were out until daybreak, due to somewhat of a deal in locating one another (Continued on Page Three) Polar Flights Prove The World Flat, Says Voliva Zion. 111., July 19.?(U.R)?Wilbur 31enn 'the world is flat) Voliva :hewed reflectively- on a Brazil nut :oday and said the two Russian lights over the North Pole "ab solutely confirm my theory that he world is as flat as a new pine >oard." "They went up in the air and lew over the earth." he said, "not iround it. "The pole is just a point fixed jy the North star. It's nothing special. A cricket can hop over in ant hill and do the sai:.e thing, fle just starts from one point on i flat surface and lands on anoth ;r." Voliva. militant head of the Christian Catholic church, pic :ures the world as something like a plate. In the case of the Russian I flyers. Moscow might be on one , edge and San Francisco or Los Angeles on the other. But. had the Russians claimed to fly via the south pole, that would be different. Voliva indicated he might even suspect trickery. "Ther? isn't any south pole." he said. "Why should there be? There is no need of it. "But even if there was. I'm still right. You might fly south for a while but sooner or later you'd have to turn east or west. You might think it was south but it wouldn't be. It would be impossi ble." (Continued on Page Three) Administration Neutral In Selection Of Senate Leader Declares Garner ? r ?? Lehman's Declaration Heartens Foes of Court Change Governor's Letter Wednesday Vole Oil Rob inson Successor Will In dicate Factions* Might Aboard Congressional Special. Enroute to Washington. July 19. ?(U.P.?Vice President John Nance Garner tonight proclaim ed the administration's neutrality in the contest for leadership of the senate to replace the late Major ity Leader, Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas. His announcement was made at a time when it was believed the senate vote on President Roose velt's judiciary bill would be de layed until after Robinson's suc cessor is chosen .Wednesday, and as foes of the administration court bill were heartened by the addition of Gov. Herbert H. Leh man. New York Democrat and friend of Mr. Roosevelt, to their ranks. The Candidates Returning fivm Robinson's funeral. Vice President Garner sat in his special car alongside of Sen. Pat. Harrison. D.. Miss., and Sen Alben Barklev. D.. Ky . only candidates for Robinson's post, and asserted: "In the contest for the senate leadership, there is not by the bat of an eye. or by the nod of a head, or my the squeak of a vocal cord any preference." He squinted out from under his bushy white brows, glancing fint at one candidate and then at the other. Harrison chewed solemnly on a long black cigar. Barklcy sat stiffy on an oterstufiea chair, his hand on his knees. Garner (Continued on Page Three) State Patrol Searching For Stolen Autos Cars Taken In New Jersey Have Been Disposed of In This Slate Raleigh. July 19.?'U.R ? State highway poixe and automobile in spectors today increased the scope .of their investigation of an auto theft syndicate with headquarters at Charlotte following reports from New Jersey that cars' stolen there may have been disposed of in North Carolina. Simultaneously, the state auto license bureau reported several sections of North Carolina were being combed for additional autos stolen out of Philadelphia and sold by agents of a theft ring ;n the state. Numerous arrests are expected momentarily, the bureau said. iContinued on Page Seven) Hertford Tax Rate Fixed at $1.60 Hertford. July 19.?The county board of commissioners in an all day session today did quite a bit of arranging on the budget for the coming year to settle the tax rate at $1.60: last year's figures. The building of the new Perqui mans county consolidated graded school in Winfall. which has been completed and is ready for occu pancy this fall, failed to make an increase in the tax rate for the year just ahead. Robt. Rouse, Member Legislature, Dead Kinston. July 19.?'U.R1?Robert H. Rouse. 42. Lenoir county repre sentative in the General Assem bly died at his home here this afternoon of a heart attack. Sur viving are his wife and mother. Mrs. Mattie R. Rouse, and a brother. Charles Rouse of Kinston assistant United States district attorney. He was a nephew of Superior Court Judge Cowper. Funeral services will be held at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
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