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Stores Close Teddy At One o'Clock ^=-1 The Daily Independent lihhfe ;: ir temperatures in the interior. """ A 1 ? ? J W ^ -L m M M JX * ' * 1 1 Wednesday morning. A ' 1908 COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT, A WEEKLY ESTABLISHED BY W. 0. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 \(?. PS?Total No. ?73 Eiery **? ^m. ^uJeu. rubiuhin, co. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1937 t*Ul" u t*Mp25??^,E5??h ?lt1, Ml ?" SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS Opposition Claims Votes Enough Co Pigeonhole The Court Reorganization Bill - v p Eiirht Democrats So Vote Barring Compromise Two-Day Deadline Both Harrison ami Barkley (outi<l?'iit of Winning Choice Today ?AM-::.".-:an. July 20. <U.R>?Sen. J %u-x K. Burke. D.. Neb., tonight ( mod enough opposi , v.. ? pigeonhole President , rc-r-vk's supreme court reor- ] ;; after eight Demo- , -> agreed to join the ' ? bottle it up for this session. s : c: ie Herring. D.. Ia.. one - said the agreement , nt on failure of ad -::tsTa::on and opposition to t < acceptable compro- | atwo days. Climax of Day 7 . velopment climaxed a ?.?rtainty and surprises 1 ;Democrats prepared to r.-;: i -accessor to their dead > :? .;der. Sen. Joe T. Rob : u: a caucus tomorrow. The -indidates. Sen. Alben. i Bark. D. Ky.. and Sen. Pat. Hrrrt-cr. D.. Miss., were confl :en: of victory. T lustration denied tak ;; any par; in the contest al : impression on capital s..- ? at the white house pre ?r:ec Bat kley. S.and Harrison figured in >nf rence with President : at the white house, along re. V: President John Nance : : ar.ti Sen Key Pittman. D.. ' h resident pro tempoe of the < ;r... ? N : ? of the participants < touici discuss the parley. They : aas no talk of the lead ?.:p fish: and that the court I ? mentioned only in co& Cor.tuiued on Page Three) I Police Killing1 Chicago Strike Held Justified ] Coronrr'-. Jury Finds Ttia^ Striker* Preripitated th^t i Memorial I)av Riot Chicago. July 20.?dJ.R)? The j strikers and sympa- t by Chicago policemen dur ' n Memorial Day riot at the 1 ?s : Corporation's south ; Chicago p. -nt was "Justifiable ] ?'-..ex d coroner's jury ruled ] today. ' i The jurv winch saw a special ] twsreel of the bat- i lozens of witnesses ' '-??'trw t:.< five-day inquest, took i i than : .our to reach its ver- 1 fcet i was returned for ?' All read the same ex ;ame and cause ojt *'v T first read: finds that Kenneth a bullet wound in abciorr. caused when struck a built ? fired from a gun held "? >f unknown police 'Continued on Page Three) ^orida Lynch Mob Wasn't Identified Tail* e F,a July 20.?<U.PJ Harry Fairbanks. ? d two Negro pris masked leaders of a ?thin the shadow of ' he capital, testified uid not be able to 7:i;; ' ? abductors. is a witness at a fiu?\st called to inves a'e's first lynching Negroes. Richard Ernest Ponder, were miles from town 'rh bullets because ?f hi m stabbed Po j.. ' V rnon Kelly as he arrest them Sunday, f* a sign near the ing. This is whJit to Negroes if they ' People." Makes Lincoln Live Again At Carolina Tonight * Luther Adelotte Will Give Old Home Town His Impersonation of Abraham Lincoln Elizabeth City theatregoers will have an opportunity tonight to see Luther D. Aydelotte. former Elizabeth Citizen in his famous impersonation of Abraham Lin coln. with which he has held East ern audiences spellbound. Mr. Aydelotte will appear on the stage of the Carolina Theatre at 0 o'clock tonight, his one and only appearance on the stage in this city. Press reports from other ci ties are unanimous in proclaiming kfr. Aydelotte's act one of the greatest one-man shows of our times. Somewhere, sometime, some one told Luther Aydlett <or Aydelotte) that he looked like Abraham Lin coln. Others noted and remarked his striking resemblance to Am erica's man of sorrows. Luther Aydelotte began to read about T woGovernors Expected At Dare Peery of Virginia May Come Today; Gover nor Hoey Tomorrow i ?? s v.? Manteo, July 20.?The people of Dare county were all keyed up to lay in anticipation of the visit 3f two state governors to Roanoke island within the next 48 hours. Gov. George C. Peery. of Vir ginia. is expected to come here on Wednesday to take part in the Virginia Day exercises in connec tion with the Roanoke Colony cel ebration. and Gov. Clyde R. Hoey, of North Carolina, has definitely promised to be here on Thursday, to be principal speaker on the North Carolina Day program. Roanoke Island for several years having been a popular mecca for Virginia motorists, hundreds of Virginia automobiles are expected here on Virginia Day tomorrow. Prank E. Train and W. S. Har ney have arranged the program and have given wide publicity to Virginia Day in Norfolk and other Virginia cities and towns. Congressman Norman R. Ham ilton of Portsmouth will be one of the principal speakers of the day. A baseball game at 3 p. m. be tween the Manteo team and the Madison Ward Athletic club of Portsmouth, an organ concert at Port Raleigh, a band concert fea turing the Manteo band and the Norfolk Firemen's band, the speak ing at 7 p. m. and presentation of 'The Lost Colony" pageant-drama around 8:15 or 8:30 o'clock will be the features of the day's pro gram. Aydelotte As Lincoln Lincoln; he steeped himself in the history and lore of that trag ic figure. He got what actors call "the feer of the character; he knew his Lincoln, knew his speeches by heart; Lincoln's sor rows and mannerisms came nat urally to him. And so this former Elizabeth City man. a native of Rebel Curri (Continued on Page Three) Mr. Aydlotte Proud Of E. City Says Olcl Home Town Hard to Beat; Enter tains Kiwanians "I claim Elizabeth City as my home town, wherever I go, and I want to say that no resident of this city need ever be ashamed to point with pride to his home town," declared Luther D. Ayde lotte. of Buffalo. N. Y.. in a speech before the local Kiwanis Club last night. Mr. Aydelotte (or Aydlett), who is visiting his brother, N. T. Ayd l lette. lived here at one time but had not been here in a quarter of a century until this week. "I was surprised and amazed to the changes and improvements in the old home town as I walked down its streets today," the speak er said. "In your beautiful river, your clean streets and yards, your shade trees, your handsome build ings and your splendid hotel, you people of Elizabeth City have plenty of cause for pride. I have seen many towns of 40.000 to 50, 000 population that can not be gin to compare with your fine lit tle town." Mr. Aydelotte, who is ranked as 'Continued on Page Three) Marconi Died Attempting To Prolong Human Life j V Rome, July 20.?(U.R)?As peas ants. princes and prelates made (he sign of the cross tonight over the body of Gugliemo 'arconi, it was revealed that as early as yes terday he foretold that death was about to cut him down in the midst of his amazing attempt to prolong life with micro-waves. Nearly 12 hours before his death, which came at 3:45 a. m. today, the wizard of wireless insisted on keeping an appointment with Premier Benito Mussolini. "I must go," he said, "something tells me that this is the last time I shall see II Duce." II Duce. one of the first to arrive at the Galatea hall of the Italian academy where the body of the shy inventor of wireless and radio I lay on a high bier, knelt in soli tary prayer for 15 minutes. Outside Rome, Pope Pius XI. reciting mass in the summer pa pal palace, was told of Marconi's death and immediately dedicated his prayers to the repose of the scientist's soul. Marconi's white-gloved hands clutched a rosary against the medals of many lands emblazoned on his breast. Death was caused by heart paralysis and the word of his passing was carried to ev ery reach of civilization by the invention he developed 41 years ago. Death found Marconi working on research which he hoped would prolong man's life and ease his sufferings?and, at the same time, be a terrifying implement of war. Since 1935 he had been experi menting with micro-waves, tiny radio impulses so minute they were measured in centimeters from peak to peak. - Using them in the manner of (Continued on Page Three) TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A. M. 3:30 Mens Christian Federation P. M. 8:00 Midweek religious services Library closed. V J Assaults Given Up By Rebels ?* '/ Three-Day Battle to Retake Loyalist Gains Over Madrid, July 20.?(U.R)?Nearly 250.000 rebel troops and 300 war planes tonight abandoned their three-day assault on newly-won loyalist positions west of Madrid after suffering "staggering" casu alties, the government high com mand announced. I "We threw back the cream of General Franco's troops without , losing an inch of ground gained in the government offensive in the Guadarama sector," a member of Gen. Jose Miaja's staff said. A sudden calm descended upon the shattered battlefront around Brunete. 14 miles west of Madrid, after five days of slaughter in which nearly 500,000 men fought the greatest military engagement since the World war. Many observers believed tne casualties of rebels and loyalists would reach 15,000 or 18,000. After throwing back Franco's troops along a 30-mile salient curving across the Guadarama hills on the southern outskirts of Brunete the loyalist militiamen drove on in a counter-attack, re capturing territory lost Sunday to Franco's superorly-equipped men. A first-line trench outside Qui jorna. on the right flank of the salient, and a hilltop 80 by 100 yards, were retaken after hand to-hand fighting. The United Press correspondent visited the salient late today and found the noise of battle stilled, indicating that Franco is moving his heavy reinforcements back to the rear. District Cre>v Will Race On 29th At Chincoteague Pony Penning; Is Develop ing Nicely The whaleboat racing crew from the Seventh District will race against crews from the Fourth and Sixth Districts on July 29th, at the annual Pony- J Penning on Chincoteague Island, it was announced yesterday by _ Boatswain Palmer Midgett, of Pea Island Station, who will act as coxswain for the crew. In all probability, the whale boat from this district will be towed to Chincoteague by a picket boat or supply boat, and the crew will make the trip in automobiles. It was originally intended that ( the Seventh District crew would not race until Coast Guard Day, | August 4, but the crew has devel oped so nicely that Coxswain | Midgett believed it capable of, ( racing before that date. So the invitation to race at Chincotea gue was accepted. "This crew will compare favor ably with any of them," said Cox (Continued on Page Three) ?? * "Wv 19 1 j Bold Daylight Robber Is Caught Conversed Pleasantly With Woman He Had Robbed Prank White, Tatem's Lane Negro, will appear in Recorder's Court this morning to face charg es of breaking and entering the home of Elwood T. Maston of -1103 Woodruff Avenue in a daring daylight robbery Monday after noon. White was picked up early yes terday morning while loitering on the streets and acting in a sus picious manner, and Mrs. Mas ton was quick to identify him as the Negro who committed robbery a* her home Monday afternoon. Driving up in front of her house after taking her little girl (Continued on Page Three) Chinese 'Suicide Brigade9 Charges Japanese Lines + ? Big Push Against the Defenders of Pei ping Expected Peiping, Wednesday, July 21.? (U.P.)?- Led by naked Chinese war riors of the "suicide brigade," who rushed screaming into the face of Japanese machine-gun fire, Chin es$ troops of the 29th army flung themselves against Japanese lines below the walls of Peiping early today in an attack that threaten ed! to explode the North China crisis into open war. While the Japanese cabinet met in Tokyo in emergency session, with rumors that a formal declar ation of war might be made, the Japanese military command in North China ordered an advance on; Chinese positions along the Yi ngting River, southwest of Pe iping. The roar of artillery could be hefcrd in the walled city, where foreign nationals, including Amer icans, were instructed to prepare for immediate evacuation. The unexepected Chinese at tack, after intermittent artillery fire had rumbled throughout the night, was believed to have touch ed off the spark of war. Maj. Gen. Torashiro Kawabe, commander of the Japanese bri gade stationed in Peiping, immed iately notified the Japanese mili r \ Deserted Island In Tyrrell Once Busy But Buck Island Is Now Inhabited Only by Deer and Bear Gum Neck July 20.?In looking over a soil map of Gum Neck one notices a little island of fine sand in the heart of the swamp -at the southeast of the settlement of Gum Neck?Buck Island. Prom Its position one would jiot suppose that this little island had ever been inhabited but about 35 years ago the woods echoed with the- sound of the axe at the wood pile, the low of the cow at milk ing time, and the laughter of happy children. Several families (Continued on Page Three) CCC Day Was Marred By Rain Supper Enjoyed by a Large Crowd; Crafts ? nianship Is Exhibited Manteo, July 20. ?Altho most of the CCC Day program sched uled to be held today in connec tion with the Roanoke Colony cel ebration was rained out, it was a big day for the several hundred CCC boys from Camp Virginia Dare and Camp Diamond Shoals. One feature of the program that was not rained out was a supper on the reservation grounds at 6:30 o'clock this evening, with upwards (Continued on Page Three) Fort Raleigh Program Today and Tomorrow Wednesday, July 21.? "Vir ginia Day." Gov. George C. Peery, of Virginia, scheduled to make an address. Representa tive Norman R. Hamilton, of Portsmouth, Va., t,,, will, ? also speak. Music by Man'teo's 14 piece WPA band. Exercises be gin at 2:30 p. m. Paul Green's drama "The Lost Colony" will be repeated at 8:15 p. m. ? Thursday, July 22.?"Nckth Carolina Day". Gov. fclydc R. Hoey, of North Carolina will make the address. Special mus ic by Manteo band and the "Lost Colony Chorus". Exer cises begin at 11 a. m. R. Bruce Etheridge, director of the North Cairolina Department of Conservation and Develop ment, will introduce Governor Hoey. Organ concert in the af ternoon, 4 p. m. Paul Green's out-door drama "The Lost Colony" at 8.15 p. m. ( A Japanese Objective V J ONE OF THE GREAT CITY GATES OF PEIPING tary high command that it would be necessary to strike "another and deadlier blow unless the Chinese reflect on their actions." The so-called "suicide brigade" ?young Chinese students who strip off their clothes as a sym bol that they have determined to die for their cause?raced toward Japanese lines near Lukouchiao carrying machine-guns. Their fate was not known, but it was supposed they had been annihilated by Japanese machine guns. Inspired by the death charge, Chinese troops attacked Japanese positions, but apparently failed to dislodge the veteran fighters of the Kwantung army. The attack, however, was a signal for a general Japanese ad vance in what their military lead ers called a "punitive expedition" against the Chinese. The Chinese batteries on the right bank of the Yungting, near Lukoudhiao, opened fire after hours of silence, and the Japan ese replied, shelling the barracks at Lukouchiao. The soliders' quarters were in flames and two watch towers col lapsed under the shelling. East of the barracks, at Fengtai wliere Japanese troops are based for the "big push" on the defenders of Peiping, another artillery engage ment broke out and lasted more than an hour. The Japanese guns apparently silenced the Chinese batteries there, although the outcome of the battle could not be immediate ly learned. Windsor Boy Winner Of Contest Russell Knowles East ern Winner In Essay Contest Raleigh, July 20. ? Russell Knowles of Windsor high school in Bertie county, has been de clared eastern district winner of the tenth annual Co-operative Essay contest from hundreds of contes t a n t s from the 25 coun ties in the dis trict. The* announce ment was made he tie today by M. G. Mann, I general manager | of the North? Carolina Cotton Knowles Growers Co-operative association and the Farmers Co-operative Ex change, the two organizations sponsoring the contest. At the same time, Mr. Mann pointed out that by virtue of his victory Knowles will come to Raleigh on July 30 to compete with four oth er district winners in the final contest for the state champion (Continued on Page Three) | Price Changes Worry Mgr. Reid Manager of ABC Store Says May Change En tire Sales Picture Price changes on several popu lar brands of whiskey are giving a head ache these days to Man ager Clarence Reid. of the Pas quotank County ABC store. "Just as I was getting things working smoothly and knew enough about the demand for various brands to enable me to order in carload lots from certain distillers, price changes come thru and upset my apple cart," said Manager Reid. "An increase of five cents per bottle on one brand and a decrease of five cents on another can easily change the en tire sales picture in a short while. The result is that I won't know how to order until I have had (Continued on Page Three) ^ [ President Denies Huge Cost Earhart Search ^ Washington, July 20. (U.R)?The navy's failure to find Amelia Ear hart and her navigator, Frederick Noonan. lost in the Pacific ocean near Howland island, was unfor tunate but the search provided valuable training and experience for those who took part in the hunt. President Roosevelt said to day. He branded as plain prevarica tion reports that the search had cost the government $4,250,000 and struck back at those who pub licly questioned whether such a hunt would have been ordered if the victim were a poor fisherman or any other American less prom inent than Miss Earhart. The navy, the president said, will go into action again in the future to search for missing Amer icans, rich or poor, if information is available giving the slightest hope of a rescue. The cost of the Earhart-Noonan search could not be estimated, he added, because fliers are required to have a cer tain number of flying hours each year as part of their training and it matter not whether the hours are obtained on search duty or on maneuvers. Likewise, the chief executive said, the navy boats operate within what he described as skimpy fuel budgets and the search called for only faster use of fuel oil than budget plans. He said the aircraft carrier Lexington which bore planes to the Howland island area, did a good job in getting under full steam 16 hours from tne time its commander received orders to proceed. The president would not commit himself on the subject of future "stunt flights." Questioned about Assistant Secretary of Commerce Monroe Johnson's new policy that permits would not be issued for future stunt flights, the president said he understood the limitation applied to planes inadequately | manned or equipped. New Farm Measure In House Substitute Bill Is In . . . ... i. troduced by Rep. , Jones of Texas r i Benefit Payments Agriculture Officials Give Tentative Approval; Granary Idea ' Washington, July 20.?(U.R)? Department of Agriculture offi cials tonight indicated tentative approval of a board substitute farm legislative program intro duced in the house today by Rep. Marvin Jones, D., Tex., chairman of the house agriculture commit tee. Official comment was withheld - pending word from secretary of agriculture Henry A. Wallace but it was said that the bill, which gives Wallace sweeping powers in crop control, would be "given fav orable consideration." Jones offered the bill after sev eral weeks of hearings. It does not differ greatly from the ever normal Granary measure approv ed by Wallace. It provides for: Its Provisions 1. Continuation of the present soil conservation program, wLtii benefit payments graduated to a $10,000 maximum for any one farmer. 2. Loans on major commodities stored in years of good produc (Contlnued on Page Three) II Duce Won't Withdraw His Men From War Reported to Have Offereil More Men If Germany Will Aid Too London, July 20.?<U.R)?Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy tonight shattered a British "last chance" plan to salvage the Spanish non intervention project and dissolve the threat of a general war in Eu rope. Ambassador Dino Grandi of Italy informed representatives of eight other key powers, meeting in the foreign office, that Italy refused to discuss the withdrawal of foreign "volunteers" from Spain's battlefronts. Grandi s announcement dead locked the session and forced its adjournment "sine die" because France and Russia refused to consider recognition of the Span ish nationalists as belligerents un til all foreign soldiers are out of Spain? particularly the organiz ed Italo-German units fighting for the nationalists. Germany supported the Italian refusal to discuss the withdrawal of volunteers, thereby maintain ing solid Nazi-Fascist support of the Spanish insurgents. Grandi said the question of bel ligerent rights for Francisco Fran (Continued on Page Three) Panamanians Guard New-Found Treasure Panama City, July 20.? (U.P) ? Government police tonight guard ed 6,000 pounds of gold bars worth more than $3,000,000 as plans were made to bring the treasure, discovered last week in an aban doned mine tunnel near Piedra Candela, Chirlqui province, to this city. The authorities said the gold, unearthed by three prospectors, would be flown here in five planes from David. The treasure com prises 120 gold bars, each weigh ing 50 pounds. The problem of transporting the gold to David was overcome by employing horse and mule trains to carry it to Volcan where three police trucks will transfer it to David. The treasure, believed to have belonged to Spanish con quistadores who worked the "lost" La Estrella mine over three cen turies ago. is guarded constantly by a special detachment of police armed with machine guns and rifles.
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