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rw-j The Daily independent :n southwest portion. ?? J?A -L- .*?? ? ? M JL. ? 1 ^ J?J-M- ^ J?J-L- * -M. overcast weather Saturday. . 1908 COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT, A WEEKLY ESTABLISHED BY W. 0. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 L_^? ?so. 101?Total No. 276 ltub"ahfd "?> K*tTra?S!?h ;m'-Pen,ien. eobiuhing Co. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1937 ???* u u* po?om<? ?t m?bih otty. w. p.. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS Responsibility For Spanish Status I p To The Fascists Kngland Admits Fail I Vttempts at a i ompromise I \ Fuiile Meeting iBriluiii M iii Vsk Germany I an.I il.il> ??? Surest I A Solution I lulv IT,.? (U.R) I n. admitting fail : attempts to iiiid a I i"i?r tlif intorna .ralitv deadlock, to I uoviti to throw full rv I. pun (iirinanv I ,i i;.ih. f.?r the plan's eol 5 utile Conference I s ib-committee of I non-interven I includes 27 neu I to a "hands off I met at the foreign 1 :: hours in another I tc bridge ine en |r.. :: Europe's leftist and I 3 : . subcommittee was Is hance" proposal ... ;.,o ti e non-intervention : ay substituting Spanish Ipor: control for the collapsed I- u.ival patrol and I. elligerent rights to the lu. ... and loyalists, depend I drawal of all foreign I from Spain. I Fascist Position I Italj an Germany refused to I ithcirawal of Nazi |f eers from Spain un I rights are accord I C'or.f.uu.ci on Page Three) Bailey Named A> Successor Sen. Robinson \rkan?u? (,o\ernor*s Nonii ualion U Kquivalent to Kleelion Rock Ark.. July 23.?(U.R) j E Bailey of Arkansas cud as the demo da:. r. m.:. o for the senate ?a: vacated by the death of M ? Leader Joseph T Rooir, r. ion was made by the Democratic committee. mination in Arkan nvalent to election. tal; . > of 35 members of the . on Page Three) I ? S. Xary Recruiter Community Kuildinrj tation for the U. | oened yesterday af- j Community build- ; ad Cedar streets by | . : torpedoman will be maintained j ' y 29. Arrangements ! . tlie building were j :me ago by Mayor jra, which the re ? requested such cer to save appli e of going to and for examination. ' recruits has just ? for the district Norfolk Elizabeth aiding territory, nix is anxious to ' from this immed Approximately 40 mice from this year he says, and ; s in examination dly high qualifica ?leal and education T Uie service an appli 1 n the ages of : from 18 to 25 "or must be a crituen 'ales. must have h o! education or its must be mentally ' be single with no must be of good , :i without juvenile. ?>1 or prison record. Madrid Is Fired By Bombing Incendiary Shells Set Heart of City Ablaze Madrid. July 23.?(U.R)?Flames j spread by incendiary shells of a Rebel bombardment ate their way through buildings in the center of Madrid late today as rescue squads stumb ed through crackling debris seeking the bodies cf men. women and children. The Loyalist defense Junta es- j timated that at least 150 persons ' were ki led and wounded in the murderous 12-hour shelling that, left the capital's principal j thoroughfares in ruin. The screech of fire engine sir- I ens merged with the clanging of j ambulance alarms throughout the day. At Barcelona. Loyalist seaport on the Mediterranean, the Rebel cruiser Canarias crept into the harbor, her guns ejecting big ?shells that took six lives and wounded 25. While Madrid nursed its wounds I the Loyalist forces under Gen. ? Jose Miuja struck deep into Rebel territory around Las Rozas, nine miles northwest of the city along the Escorial highway. The objective c: the drive was Majadahonda. foothill town four miles south of Las Rozas where heavy concentrations of insurgents i were reported. The Coruna road north and' south of Las Rozas was in posses sion of Miaja's troops while two j government columns closed in on Majadahonda from the direction 1 of Villafranca del Castillo and Zarazuela in a nu*-cracker op- I eration. If Majadahonda falls to Miaja t the Rebels in Las Rozas will be : isolated from their comrades to the south. DAR To Hold Sway At Ft. Raleigh National and Stalc.Of ficials to Be In Dare Observance Today Manteo. July 23.?National and State officials of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be honor guests at the observance of D. A. R. Day at old Fort Raleigh tomorrow, at which Thomas Dix on novelist and United States Court clerk, will make the feature address. The Betsy Dowdy chapter of Elizabeth City will be hostesses on the occasion, which is a part of the celebration of the 350th anni versary of the establishment of the First Colony on Roanoke Is land. As a part of the morning exer cises which begin at 11 o'clock with Mrs. Eugene Norfleet Davis, (Continued on Page Three) Governor and Headlines Mixed a Bit v ^ Through a combination of errors, Governor Hoey and his captions were strangely mixed in Friday morning's issue of The Daily Independent. Headlines for the story of the Governor's address on Roanoke Island landed in their assigned postion on the front page, but beneath them appeared a brief account of his flying visit to Hertford enroute to the island; a reverse transposition of head and story appearing on an in side page. It was just one of thos^ things. The Daily Independent can only hope that its readers read both stciries and unscrambled the headlines for themeslves. Predict Bumper Crop V PREDICTIONS, out where the tall corn grows, indicate a bumper crop of the grain this season. Here. J. A. Orr of the Crop Reporting board of Washington, and Leslie M. Carl, federal crop statistician, find healthy tasselj and silk on the William Pearson farm in Dallas county, near Waukee. Iowa. r " " ~ : I N| Curse Of Conquistadores Remains /Is Gold Vanishes Alleged Discoverer of Treasure Trove Is Shot As He : Leads Police Into Aline Shaft; Panama Presi dent Wants Everything Investigated - / Panama City, July 23.?<U.R?? The supposed "curse" of the $3, 000,000 La Estrella gold hoard of Spanish conquistadores to night was credited whh the death of at least one man who claimed to have discovered it. Naked jungle Indians warned other searchers to abandon their efforts to find the fabulous mine. Johannes Von Steck. a Frenchman who appeared at a jungle outpost a few days ago with a story that he and two other men had stumbled on the lost La Estrella mine, died with a bullet through his head. Panama City. July 23. ?(U.R)? The curse of the fabulous La Es trella gold hoard of Spanish con quistadores? reportedly found in Central American jungles by three wandering prospectors ? tonight apparently had laid low one ?dis coverer." caused another to van ish and supplied the government of Panama with its most fascinat ing mystery in years. President Juan Dcmosethenes Arosemena took personal charge of the investigation, which com bines the best features of the Cap tain Kidd legends, novels of the China Seas, and O. Henry's tales of Latin American politics. He sent Police Chief Manuel Pi no. who flew from here to David, capital of Chiriqui province where the treasure supposedly was found, to make an exhaustive investiga tion of the matter. Meanwhile Johannes von Steck, a French citizen, and one of the three supposed discoverers of the treasure? variously estimated at S3.000.000 to $7.000.000? lay near death with a shot through his (Continued on Page Three) Russia Begins New Hunt For 'Trotskyists' Scores of High Govern ment Officials Are De nounced In Press Moscow, July 23.?(U.R)?The Soviet preys tonight, led by the government newspaper, Izve^tia. denounced scores of high govern ment officials in what was ' be lieved to be a new drive against "Trotskyists." Charges that usually are the equivalent of arrest and possibly execution were hurled at directors of the unfinished Volga-Don can al; 13 directors of labor commune, officials in the internal trade commissariat and prominent gov ernment leaders of the Azerbaijan Republic. Most were accused of "wreck ing activities," "Trotskyism" and being "enemies of the people." It was the greatest concerted press campaign since eight of the high (Continued on Page Three) TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A. M. 8:30 Mens Christian Federation P. M. 2:30 Local 119 AFHW. Library Hours: 10-12, 2-6. SUNDAY CALENDAR A. M. 9:30 Church schools. 110:00 Morning worship. P. M. 7:15 Young People's Leagues. 8:00 Evening worship. Library Closed. <rr Anrv C/hf<BAf\JK CLERK TUE SODA JCRKE.R HE COULD HOLD HER BY THE EARS "What has happened to the bridal tour or honeymoon trip that our ancestors were so strong for?" asked the Soda Jerker. "Why, I thought young married couples still went on bridal tours," said the Bank Clerk. "Not like they used to," said the Soda Jerker. "I can remember when a honeymoon was supposed to last three weeks and a pair of newlyweds on their bridal tour would feel disgraced if they came back home inside ten days or two weeks. Nowadays they run up to Norfolk or Washington for a night and are back home before the rice is out of their hair. "As a matter of fact, we have a lot of cases now where they do their honeymooning from three to six months before they announce their marriage." "I hadn't given it any thought before." said the Bank Clerk, "but times have changed. The honey moon trip or bridal tour isn't as important as it was in other years, say before the advent of the automobile and birth control. "In former years marriage meant settling down, establishing a home and raising a family. The bride who didn't get a honeymoon trip was doomed to years of con finement to her own fireside rais ing babies. If she didn't get her fling in the first two or three weeks of her married life, chances are she would have to wait years and years to go places and see things. Yes. times have changed. Every week-end is a lark for most young married couples today. They would be bored stiff having to get their fun in two solid weeks of touring; nowadays they gad about on every wek-end, stringing their fun out week-ends without end. "And don't forget that the cost of modern living has reduced most young couples to such financial straits they can't save up enough money for an extended honey moon any more; they have to take their honeymooning like almost every other luxury, on the install ment plan." "And don't forget that there are a lot of them that can't afford a bridal tour," said the Soda Jerker. "Back in the sticks where I was born they never heard of such a thing. Which reminds me of a country boy who was about to get married and some one asked him if he planned to take a bridal tour. " 'Shucks,' he exclaimed, 'I don't reckon I'll have to take a bridle to her; I can hold her by the ears ontil I gits her broke in'." I Leaders Combat Growing Adjournment Sentiment Many Congressmen for Ending of 'Do Nothing' Session Lobbies Opposed Many Bills to Carry Out Ob jectives of New Deal Are On Calendar Washington, July 23.?(U.R) Tightly-knit blocs backed by two of the capital's most po tent lobbies?farm and labor ?tonight hurried to aid Dem ocratic leaders in their strug gle to combat a stampede to ward early adjournment of congress that began when the supreme court reorganization bill w as killed. Decision Next Week A final decision on whether the legislators, who have done nothing since they convened six months ago, will go home within a few weeks with that record intact or wallow on into the fall until a chunk of Mr. Roosevelt's program is enacted, probably will not be determined until early next week. Meantime, those stampeding for adjournment pondered the presi dent's latest position on that is sue: He ha? recommended legisla tion which he feels is essential to the prevention of another depres sion and if congress fails to act thereon then it must accept re sponsibility for future crashes. A source close to the White House said today that Mr. Roosevelt has not listed any part of the admin istration's program as "must" but (Continued on Page Three) Liberalization Of High Court Seen By F.D.R. Restoration of Complete Harmony In Party Pre dicted by Leaders Washington, July 23.?(U.R)? President Roosevelt was described today as feeling that regarless of the senate's defeat of hfc supreme court reorganization program he has achieved at least a temporary liberalization of the bench. A high administration source summed up the president's views in these words: "We are getting somewhere but we have a long way to go." This attitude was expressed as the senate judiciary committee, under senate instructions deliv <Continued on page seven) Two Mills Install New Generating Plants Here An Allis-Chalmers turbine elec tric generator now being installed at the Foreman-Blades saw and planing mill here will quadruple the mill's available electric pow er. The new turbine will generate 700 kilowatts, whereas the old steam turbine now in use has a capacity of 175 k.w.'s. It will sup ply more than enough electric current to run the motors which operate the various planers, saws, etc., in the mill and will take care of future expansion. One reason the new generating plant was needed was because of the recent installation of a new S. A. Woods Machine Co., planer, which cost $6,000 and is capable of turning out as much as 40,000 board feet per day. The turbine is being set up on a heavy concrete base on the west end of the main building of the mill and is now practically ready for use except for a few details. It will probably be placed in opera tion in about two weeks. A twin to this turbine has been purchased by the Foreman-Dcr rickson Veneer Co., and is now being installed. There is no form of nerve dis order that may not be caused or aggravated by eye strain. For a thorough eye examination set DRS. J. D. HATHAWAY, (adv.) Amateur Snapshot Contest Gets Under Way Today V Attention all you amateur pho tographers! The Daily Indepen dent, in cooperation with the N. C. Board of Conservation and Development, today announces an amateur snapshot contest for which some worthwhile prizes are being offered. As a feature of the State Ad vertising Program, it is hoped to tell the story of North Carolina's attractions graphically by means of pictures. The primary problem is to assemble a collection of pho tographs with sufficient art and news value to attract publishers thruout the nation. The advertis ing committee of the Board of Conservation and development has approved a plan which appears to U" T A ? . /) offer the best results in obtaining a wide variety of pictures with a minimum drain on the advertising fund. This proposal is to conduct a snapshot contest thru the co operation of the newspapers. Rules of Contest 1. Pictures must be taken in North Carolina before October 1, 1937. 2. Entries may be made under any of the six divisions listed and each entry may qualify for one of the major prizes. 3. Each print must be on smooth Glossy Stock and may be either contact or enlargement. Awards will be made for outstanding in terest and composition and must reproduce clearly. 4. Each entry must have pasted to it an entry blank or slip of pa per stating under what division it is entered, where and when it was taken, and the name and address of the taker. 5. You may enter as many sub jects as aesirea. au prints ana negatives submitted become the property of this newspaper, first, and then of the Board of Conser vation and Development. Nega tives must be forwarded with ev ery entry made. 6. Only amateur photographers may compete in this contest. 7. Pictures entered must be of the following subjects, and enter ed under division of: Hunting, fishing, recreation < other than hunting and fishing), industry, scenic (including historical pic tures), and agriculture. This newspaper will give a cash prize of $10 for the best snapshot submitted, the judging to be done by the editors. For the second best snapshot, the prize will be a Brownie camera. The best picture submitted in each of the six divi sions will win a $1 credit for film developing at Frisby's studio. In addition, all of the pictures submitted in compliance with the rules will be elegible for the Grand Sweepstake prizes offered by the State, which total around $500. So, get busy, you amateur snap shot sleuths. There are subjects all around you. And may the best snapshotter win. ?"* 1 * . 0 University Ut N. C. Day Set August 7 th Will He Outstanding Event On Dare Me morial Program Manteo, July 23. ? Saturday, August, the 7th., was definitely set as University of North Carolina Day by the Roanoke Colony Mem orial Committee after conference with members of the local Alum ni-Alumnae club of the Greater University this morning. Previous to this setting. J. Maryon Saun ders, secretary of the general alumni association, had wired that this date was agreeable to the as sociation. Principal feature of the day will be a luncheon at the Nags Head Beach Club, where all alumni of both the Chapel Hill and State College branches and alumnae of the Womans College branch at Greensboro will meet, eat and talk from one o'clock until about 2:30. President Frank P. Graham will be the principal speaker at (Continued on Page Three) Work Begun On New Storage Tank Woik has been begun on the new concrete water tank at the municipal well field. W. H. Bart lett having been awarded the contract at a bid of $2,995. The tank will be 30 by 50 feet and will impound 100.000 gallons of water. It will be fed by a new 8-inch drive well which is yet to be sunk. About 30 days will be required to complete the work. WPA To Give Free Music Lessons Mrs. L. L. Brown to Give Instrumental and Choral Lessons Lessons in piano, organ, har mony and choral work are to be given here, beginning next week, j as a part of the WPA Teaching Project for Pasquotank County, it was announced yesterday by Mrs. Sallie M. Boettcher, supervisor of the project. This free musical instruction, which will be available only to persons not in school and unable to pay for musical instruction, will be given by Mrs. L. L. Brown of 411 E. Burgess St. Mrs. Brown is a graduate of Peabody Institute and took post-graduate work at a large music school in Chicago. She was organist for the City Road Methodist church for two years. One of Mrs. Brown's major objectives will be to organize mix ed choruses and to promote group singing. She already is pre paring to organize choral groups in the Free Will Baptist Church, (Continued on Page Three) ropularity Ut Library Is Growing Housewives Prefer Love Stories; 1,363 Books Read So Far When rural housewives in Pas quotank County find an hour or two of leisure, their overwhelm ing preference in the way of lit erature is a light love story, ac cording to Lessie Mae Jennings, librarian of the county's rolling library. "The women hardly ever read anything but light fiction princip pally love stories and the men pre fer Western stories." Miss Jen nings said. "Girls lean towards Westerns and detective myster ies." Strangely, altho the rolling library was set up originally with the prime purpose of making boks available to the youngsters (Continued on Page Three) 4 Motorcycle Police Escort Would Cramp Governor I Joey s Style *. But An Executive Who Takes So Much Time to Be Nice to Folks Must - Speed When He Gets Going. Governor Clyde R. Hoey needs no motorcycle polce escort on his trips over the State. In fact the motorcycle cops would impede rather than help his progress. For instance, the Governor left 1 the Hotel Nags Header at 11:15 I a. m.. yesterday morning and ar- 5 rived at the Virginia Dare Hotel I in his custom built 1937 Lincoln 1 limousine at 12:15 p. m., making i the 60 odd miles dash in an hour 1 flat. But we haven't heard a word of < criticism of the State's chief exe- i cutive for violating traffic laws 1 which the common citizen is re- 3 quired to respect at the risk of 1 a court fine or imprisonment. < Altho compelled to be in Ral- 1 eigh yesterday afternoon for a 1 number of important appoint- 1 ments, the Governor obligingly yielded to an urgent invitation to I stop in Elizabeth City for lunch- 1 ?eon at the Virginia Dare Hotel, I with the officers and members of < the Chamber of Commerce Asso- ' ciation. When the Governor con- t sented. Secretary Meads got busy < on the telephone to try to round 1 up a crowd, only to find that most '< of his crowd had run out on him. J He finally rounded up Frank < Selig, president of the Association, i (Continued on Page Three) 1 l Hamp's Orchestra At Beach Club Next Week Famous Band Will Play at Nags Head Oil July 28th In keeping with his promise to oring several "Big Name" bands ;c the Nags Head Beach Club this season, Braxton Dawson, owner of she club, now has booked Johnny Hainp and his versatile band for i dance at the Beach Club next Wednesday night, July 28th. Hamp and his orchestra reach ed a new high in popularity dur ng their stay at Radio City's fashionable Rainbow Grill this rear. The band's coast-to-coast jroadcasts from this spot achiev ed an enviable record. By a poll ,aken by major stations, Hamp's A-as selected as having the biggest istening audience. Hamp's record is replete with shrills at such places as the famed Edgewater Beach Hotel, the Con gress Hotel and the Drake, in Chi cago; the Hotel New Yorker and She Rainbow Room in New York; she Kit Kat Club in London, the Tocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, lang-out of the movie stars, and i record stay of five years at the > n o o t y Westchester-Biltmore Country Club. It is expected that Hamp's band ivill attract a record crowd to the Beach club next Wednesday night.'
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