North Carolina Newspapers

r;,weather I Tttf n A TT V TNT^FDrMnrNT 101- Thursday and Friday. J_ I I Mj 1 3 / m I I J I 1 X 1 I J 1 iL lj I ll I J I I wutherly over north portion S^aLr weather Thursday. 1908 COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT, A WEEKLY ESTABLISHED BY W. 0. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 l__??? JJJjii. N,)- w?'101111 No" 274 l"ubl""'ed i,,y Kxc,et"Kif/"b.!u> atyTN |rdependent 1*ublu,lun't Co- ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1937 ***** it u^po^fio*^ su^th mj. n. a. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS Zeppelin pilaster Evjjlained Hvdvo^n Explosion }n \ >? Destroyed ii: ulenberg' lomis'^sion Report Ihunl i Sabotage ( |,a,jr- Bui Found N(> K\ . 21.?ftifi)?An irk. which ignited ma air. and not an caused the explo : roy:d the giant g and took 36 . t Commerce Dan n unced tonight, tiiis theory of the formulated by a ten he appointed .me of the tragedy. May 6 as the air m the world, was ^ tor a landing at A C.as Leak ?..men* investigators, re port to Roper. ra< leak appar el in the vicinity of five of the Hinden iy:a.: gas probably a:r to form a h ghly ombination which ov the static spark.: Murently fanned in. : <ti.i of the ship and nsiderable quantity," r.p r rated. ; appearance of an a- on the top of the a relatively short dis : of the upper ver ? report continued. that a brush dis Cor,:j.. d on Page Three) L.I). Aydelotte Charms Local Audience Lincoln Impersonator Viill I ea\e for Home !u Buffalo Today - . : I) Aydelotte. native of : unci former resi City. now a res- j N. Y.. held a audience spell nanutes last night . onation of Abra-i re was filled spite was Wednesday 1 . rsday night jack ncircd dollars puding .. : ..is'.ic revelation >u u great, meek, un ..ageous soul bow burden of the great the history of his packed with heart . Jefferson in the Van Winkle: David " Return of Peter ..uik Bacon in the r xcelled this man One who went back Mr. Aydelotte on ; on Page Seven; hcontf Scottsboro b"hmiant (liven a -) ear Sentence Yu. July 21. ? (U.PJ? :")-year-old Negro udan . was found .1 sentenced to n the state peni ..ual assault of two second convic ar-oid cases. He ? 't get justice," as aiian pronounced la'er Judge Cal titenced Clarence ?i. the electric chair on Sept. 24. Nor ity last week and u death sentence, t ney Samuel Lei u-e has gained re th sentences by the court, immediately " appeal in Norris' ?' ally staying execu > said he would ap ; conviction. Farmers Evicted by Dust Storms v _ v MORE than 70.000 refugees made homeless in the roust Bow. a.cas nave wandered into the San Jcaquin valley of California and are living in such conditions as are shown here. Upper panel, chil dren whose schooling is a problem, at piay in the clebris-litter:d yard of their "home." Lower panel, heme camp established near Weedpatch, Cal? by refugees. Eden Makes Last Bid Eor # Salvage Non- tervention Places the Question of Further Efforts Up to Grandi London. July 21.?(U.R)?Great Britain tonight made what was believed a final effort to salvage a compromise plan for non-in- ' tervention in the Spanish civil war and at the same time indicat ed that British patience with the , attitude of Germany and Italy would not continue indefinitely. Anthony Eden. British foreign secretary and author of the com promise plan, conferred with Andre Corbin. the French Ambas sador. and Dino Grandi. the Ital ian Ambassador, separately at the foreign office. Eden was understood to have asked Grandi bluntly whether Premier Benito Mussolini desired the whole non-intervention plan shelved, thus precipitating a crisis ? 'Continued on Page Three) Sinclair Oil Co. Coming Here Will Erect Distriliut- j ing Piant On Knolihs Creek Soon Local oil distributors were speculating yesterday as to how spon the Sinclair Refining Co.. is going to invade the local field and whom they have selected as their local distributor. The fact that the Sinclair peo ple are getting ready to come in to Elizabeth City leaked out when the War Department sent out a public notice to the effect that permission has been requested by the Sinclair Refining Co. to con- | struct a wharf in Knobbs Creek, j (Continued on Page Three) Oil W orker Tells How He Shot Oklahoma Gunmen , y Editor's Note: In the following dispatch. James E. Denton. 44-year old. 143-pound oil field worker, tells how he killed Fred Tindol and captured Pete Traxler. Southwestern outlaws, who for 12 days eluded officers in two states. By JAMES E. DEMON t Kingston, Okla., July 21.?(U.R) They kidnaped me about 5:30 this morning and all day I kept won dering about my wife and kids, what they'd do if Traxler and Tin dol killed me. I guess tfiat sort of nerved me up. I'd shot a pistol several times before and I knew that if I got one of their guns, I couldn't miss them. What scared me was to think whether I could do it be fore they could grab me. I guess we must have passed 100 officers driving around during the day and sometimes it looked like a pretty narrow s?ueak getting by. They shot at us once down by the Washita river. They told us three or four times that they didn't want to hurt any body and that we'd better not try any funny stuff. They had picked up Fred Trimmer by then. They meant business. Then when we got down in the river bottoms by Bos well I was afraid they'd ' ill us and dump us out somewhere. Then they'd make (Continued on Page Three) Anti-Rabies Campaign Lags Only About a Fourth of Dog's Vaccinated; County Takes Action T^e 1937 anti-rabies campaign in Pasquotank County has been a dl-.mal failure to date, according to Dr. Victor Finck. local veterin arian and rabies inspector for Elizabeth City Township. "I have vaccinated only 180 dogs ' this year, and I vaccinated over 1. 000 last year." said Dr. Finck yesterday. "Reports I have receiv ed from other inspectors whom I; have supplied with vaccine point to a similar experience thruout the county. Around 1.800 dogs were vaccinated in Pasquotank County last year, and I doubt that 400 have been vaccinated this year. There seems to be a silent revolt against the State anti-rab ies law. The rabies inspectors will vaccinate all the dogs brought to them, but they have no authority to round up the dogs or compel (Continued on Page Three) Shipyard Will Construct A New Pier Marine Gas and Oil Station to Be Includ ed In New Facilities Construction of a new yacht pier in combination with a marine service station will begin at the yards of the Elizabeth City Iron Works & Supply company the lat ter part of this, or early next week. The new pier will be located at the eastern end of the Willey property, acquired by the iron works some months ago, and will extend approximately 160 feet in 1 A' - " **ri CV* CO mc river vu cuiuuuu mui mv present piers. Unlike them, how ever, an "L" will be provided at the end of the pier, a platform 100 feet long parallel to the river (Continued on Page Three) Sidewalk Extension To Be Resumed Work will be resumed next week in the extension of the city's side walk program now being carried out under the auspices of the WPA. Next improvements on the program are the laying of con crete sidewalks on the east side of Water street betwene Burgess and the Poindexter creek bridge, on Pearl street between Mar:in and Poindexter and the laying of a brick sidewalk on Pool street, be tween Pearl and Elizabeth streets. What Every Woman Needs ; ?By One Of Them J Atlantic City. N. J., July 21.? (U P)?Personality?which includes ' ' "good but not rakish clothes," naturally colored hair, "girdles and brassieres when necessary" and restrained use of lipstick and fingernail polish?was advocated today as the prime requiste for women in business. Miss Louise Cheney. New York Insurance company executive, told delegates to the convention of National Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs that personality is "the thing a I girl seeking a job requires above i all else." "The best possible perfor mance," she said, "is of small value to a woman if she cannot j meet the personality require- , ments." She exhibited a chart giv ing an expert analysis of what constitute "personality" in a busi ness woman: 1. Wearing apparel and acces sories that are "conservative, im- i maculate, feminine, appropriate? good but not rakish or bizarre; girdles and brassieres to be used when necessary." 2. Hair that is of natural color; fingernails and makup "restrain ed"; posture that is erect, with (Continued on Page Three) Barkley Elected Leader Too Late To Save Court Reorganisation Measure ?- ^ Garner Strives for the Restoration of Party Peace Compromise Seen Wheeler to Draft Bill; No New Members Supreme Court Expected Washington, July 21. (U.R)?Pres ident Roosevelt's cherished plan to reorganize the supreme court foundered today and warring sen ate Democrats, who sealed its doom, chose Sen. Alben W. Bark ley, 59, of Kentucky, to restore party harmony, Barkley, reportedly favored by the president, defeated Sen. Pat Harrison, D? Miss., 38 to 37, in a dramatic race for the post left vacant by death of senate major ity leader Joe T. Robinson. But apparently he seized the helm too late to save the supreme bench enlargement program. Garner for Unity Immediately, however, Vice Pres ident John N. Garner, a canny navigator in rough political seas, assumed command of a drive to reunite the party and possibly to achieve judicial reform in the low er courts with the aid of the sena tors who gave Mr. Roosevelt the severest reversal of his adminis tration on the supreme court is sue. One of Garner's first acts?after Barkley's one-vote victory was an nounced and both sides loudly proclaimed harmony?was to con fer with Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont., leader of the court bill (Continued on Page Three) Rebels Ready For A Second Comeback Try Rain of Bombs Indicates Another Assault On Loyalist Lines Marid, July 21.?(U.R)?National ist airplanes rained tons of bombs on loyalist positions west of Ma drid tonight to clear the way for 200.000 insurgent reinforcements sent to the front by Generalissimo Francisco Franco to replace thou sands of men who fell in Sunday's bloody battle. Heavy rebel troop movements indicated Franco was preparing for another crushing assault upon government lines in the Brunette sector 14 miles west of Madrid. Government artillery units pounded the high road between Brunete and San Martin de Val diglesias in an effort to scatter the rebel troops arriving from the west. The nationalist planes swept low over the government trenches stretching out in a wide arc of aproximately 30 miles, dropped hundreds of bombs and machine gunned front line troops in an ef fort to pave the way for the in surgent advance. Government military observers believed Franco planned to at tempt a flanking operation aimed (Continued on Page Three) Health Service wui Be Discussed at Meeting The attitude of Elizabeth City toward setting up a full-time health service here and in Pas quotank county will probably be decided at a public meeting which will be held in the municipal of fices tonight at 8 o'clock. The special committee of the city council, composed of Fred M. White, chairman, Charles M. Griggs, Thomas J. Boswell, J. Evans Blades and C. D. Pappen dick expect to get expressions of opinion from citizens, which will do much to influence the report which the committee will make to the council. The public is invited to attend. Chinese Troops Commence Withdrawal Trouble Zone * Indications Are That Local Agreement Has Been Reached Between Factions In Warfare Around Peiping Washington, July 21.?(U.R)?Japanese military officials at Pei ping, China, today exprcrscd regret to the commander of the American embassy guard for the kicking and rough handling of two American women in front of the Japanese embassy by Nip ponese soldiers. + Thnrcrlnv Tlllv 99 4? 11CJ.XVC111, XilUl OUHJ , WUij (U.R)?Chinese troops began to evacuate their -shell-torn trenches below the walls of Peiping today, while Japanese war planes pat rolled the Yungting River, skim ming low over retreating columns as a "warning" to speed the re treat. Both Japanese and Chinese sources indicated an agreement, approved by the central Chinese government at Nanking, had been reached for withdrawal of armed forces of both sides from the "war zone" until tension eased. There was some skepticism as to whether the agreement would be enforced. Meanwhile, Japanese contiued to pour troops into North China, as transports unloaled at the Tangku wharves which are now virtually under Japanese military control. Transports shuttled be tween Japan and the China coast this week and were expected to bring 35,000 additional troops in to the area. The Japanese military com mand. wary of movements of the regular Chinese army reportedly encamped near the Yellow River sent scouting planes southward along the Hankow-Peiping rail road. The central government detach (Continued on Page Three) " One Bright" Named In Action Named As Co-respond ent In Lawton Divorce Action Here Some man referred to in the complaint only as "one Bright" has been named co-respondent in the divorce action of Harry Law ton vs Grace P. Lawton, which is scheduled for a hearing in Super ior Court in September. The complaint, which sets forth that the plaintiff and defendent, who before her marriage was Miss Grace Price of 204 N. Dyer Street, were married in Camden County on May 27, 1936. It then goes on to allege: "That the plaintiff is and was a seafaring man and left Eliza beth City shortly after his mar riage and went away as he was required to do by reason of the nature of his employment: "That the defendant has com mitted adultery with one Bright at various times and that she has not lived with the plaintiff since the time he went away shortly af ter the marriage between plain tiff and defendant." (Continued on Page Three) TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A. M. 8:30 Mens Christian Federation P. M. 8:00 Red Men; Troop 152 BSA; Elizabeth Rebekah Lodge No. 62; Choir practices Library Hours, 10-12, 2-6. Governor Will Be Speaker Tonight Observance of Virginia Day Brought M any From That State Manteo, July 21.?North Car olina's Governor Clyde R. Hoey will speak at Old Fort Raleigh tomorrow evening just prior to a performance of the symphonic drama, The Lost Colony, which will climax the observance of North Carolina Day, the 350th an niversary of the landing of Sir Walter Raleigh's colonists on Roanoke Island. A delegation including D. B. Fearing, chairman of the Roan oke Island Historical committee, Representative Roy Davis and Mayor L. D. Tarkington of Manteo and an escort of motorcycle po licemen will meet Governor Hoey at the Wright Memorial Bridge entrance to Dare county and ac company him on the drive down the beach highway to Roanoke Island. A mucical program which will include selections by the Manteo band and the Westminster choir will precede the introduction of the governor as the speaker of ihe evening by Representative Da vis. Observance today of Virginia Day drew many from that neigh boring state and swelled the au dience at the pageant tonight to a mid-week record. Dr. H. J. Eckenrode, Virginia state historian brought greetings from Governor Perry in an excel lent address which was a feature of the observance. At the start of the exercises D. Bradford Fearing introduced (Continued on Page Three) fTraffic First Problem Of Board Police Commission to Regulate Parking; Bi cycle Nuisance Traffic and parking problems will be the first problems tackled by the Elizabeth City Police com mission under the chairmanship of Sidney G. Etheridge, who was elected chairman of the commis sion this week. "The first thing we want to do is to clamp down on bicyclists, and especially on delivery boys who use bicycles," said the new chair man. "Bicycle traffic in Elizabeth City is a big nuisance and a menace. The bicyclist can seldom harm anyone else, but he can certainly risk his own life and limbs. We in oelr tlm nnlipp rfpnnrt Cll C l?U UOIV 1/llV jJWi*vw MVJ'V** ? ment to see that bicyclists ride on the right side of the street, stay off of sidewalks, equip their bi cycles with red reflector lights on (Continued on Page Three) The Best Bet On August 18 th Is to Go to Roanoke Island hy Boat From Elizabeth City That all local people owning cabin type pleasure boats should arrange to take parties to Roa- 1 noke Island on August 18, the day 1 of the President's address, is the suggestion made yesterday by several local business men. If arrangements could be made with Camp Wirth officials to tie up at the Camp Wirth pier on the north end of Roanoke Island, one could walk from there to Fort Raleigh, in 10 minutes, it was pointed out. This would be the ideal way to make the trip to Roanoke Island on that day, for it would eliminate the hazards and bother of high way traffic and the trouble of get ting into and out of a parking place. Furthermore, it would be a cool and pleasant trip, in con trast to creeping along in the hot sun in a continuous stream of mo (Continued on Page Three) Museum At Fort Raleigh Of Much Interest * Tells Story of Sir Wal ter Raleigh's Coloni zation Attempts Manteo, July 2!?Of much in terest and historical value is the museum at Fort Raleigh, contain ing many relics from both Amer ica and England, mostly pertain ing to the "Lost Colony." The collection of articles in this museum constitutes a graphic commentary on events that occur red on Roanoke Island during the time of the efforts of Sir Walter Raleigh to successfully settle a colony in this country made up of English inhabitants and under the English government. The displays in the museum have been arranged in logical or der, telling the story of Raleigh's attempt to colonize America, be ginning in England and ending with the lost colony. There are many display^c* in terest, in fact, all are of interest. However, some are exceedingly in teresting. John White, artist of Lane's colony, painted a remark able set of fine an<S accurate pic tures, the first known to have been painted by an Englishman in America. The entire collection of paintings of White are on exhibit here. They were loaned to the museum by the Clements museum of Ann Arbor, Mich. Many of the (Continued on Page Three) Teacher Salaries Considered Today Twenty Millions Will Be Paid Out to Instructors In Coming Year Raleigh, July 21.? (U.R) ? The teachers' salary adjustment com mittee met today to continue ad justment of pay scales looking to ward final consideration of the work by the full state school com mission tomorrow. The ten per cent pay hike au thorized by the 1937 General As sembly, in addition to the regular j yearly salary increases, necessitat ed the special study, commission secretary Lloyd Griffin said. Ap proximately $20,000,000 will be paid out in salaries during the next term, he added. The final adjustment of salaries will take two or three weeks more, Griffin said. The full commission will allo cate approximately 100 teachers to sub-standard schools, consider three requests for new high schools in Edgecombe, Wayne and Colum bus counties, in addition to study ing wage scales. Griffin said.