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Weather _ partly cloudy tonight * ga turd ay, thunder showers Sjjjy afternoon in moun 13Yesterday's local temperature1 Hlgh 84, low 69, Rainfall .006, TM Mievklldmd Stka 12 PAGES TODAY VOL XLII* No. 87 Member of Associated Press SHELBY, N. a FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1936 PubUahed Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons Bf M U. PM l>M, on edetneet «. M.M Carrier, per rear, an advanc'd _ U.B Gy de Hoey Speaks At Stale Meet Of Young Democrats County Will Be Well Represented Other Important Men hi State Affairs Listed On two Oay Program Shelby and Cleveland gowi tv will be well represented at L young Democratic meet inc which convenes at Greens- j horo today with nearly a score of delegates in the body *d With Clyde R- Moey, Dem Trratic nominee for govemhr sneaking at. the morning ses sion on Saturday. T>if Shflbv contingent has *« »rvod a suite of room* at one of the Hotels at Greensboro, and sev ere! of the officers of the young Oroocrats of this county went to th« meeting early. Shelby Delegates Among those who have gone or u-hn will attend are A. A. Powell, president of the local organization; Mr, Hoey, accompanied by Miss Isabel Hoey; Clyde Nolan, Repres- j »ntative, Ernest Gardner, Frank L. Hovle. jr.. .1. L Suttle, .1r„ Troy Mc Kinney, Bill Blanton. J. W. Gard ner. Raymond Cline, D. W. Royster, L H. Ledford. Charles Hoey, Mr and Mr? Frank Hoey, Yates Mc graver and possibly others from the city and county. Mrs. Bessie B. Phoenix, of Ra leigh, state president, who establish ed temporary state headquarters at the King Cotton hotel, said several of the speakers had arrived. Among thou speaking at this afternoon's session wit! be United States Sena tor Robert R. Reynolds, of Asheville; Mrs. Phoenix, D. Ed Hudgins, of Greensboro; J. T. Gresham, jr., of Warsaw; Mrs. John Galleher, of Leesburg. Va , vice president of the Young Democratic clubs, of America, and several others. Speaking at various sessions Sat * Continued on page nine.) Mrs. S. E. Hoey Is Notified of Sudden Death of Brother Thomas L Henkle of Statesville. "T'ther of Mrs S. E. Hoey, died at hospital there Wednesday after noon following a heart attack. He 12 years of age. Mr Henkle was born near Con er m Catawba county. He was or a number of years associated the Hpnkle-Craig Livestock l ™panv operating in Hickory, Le noir, Statesville and Salisbury, and vr the past ten years had been in nr livestock business in Statesville. Tuners! services were held yester !,v afternoon at 3:30 from the me of the only surviving child, : Glenn Henkle, in Hickory. Mrs. J -v' **!• Virginia Smith, Mr. and I Irs Frank Hoey and daughter, Eleanor and Mr. and Mrs. Play IHoey attended the funeral. | A sister 0f Mrs Hoey. Miss Can Prp henkle. died less than a month ago. Morning Codon letter l <et flr;r- rnost of the day wit! t* argfdl taking the contract Kunng first half hour of tradm Lr;: t>:“' LCi t0 be against pur IrlteH A 1? cem loan cott°n re p«ed decima about 10 prints fo Itrm ' 3 t0 8 Points. Wort) L , g:?? ?r>r‘d's ntoderate trad' L L,' * ,rading »ith a fe\ ftS% f ^ M 1-8 c off. C : T* thf fiml dat* 01 L-, ,„ " ma-y be repuestet W Mook held b: L*,,' ' r *** r°ttan » southen nLw', ^rong likelihood o |t. * decline .seems remote setback ft*de buying wfil ev T9eessK5Bs._s;. * snd Oe the markets w, spot .. H( ***?- w*8on, ton . -t seed- car lot. ton .. IS ^(rch 12.20. May R. rk 12-30. Dec. 1 • mid t3.33 May Round Up Spies In Navy The arrest of John Seiner Farnsworth (above), former naval officer in Washington, revealed a widespread drive q£ 6-m« 1» »o*&d db spy suspects. Farnrtrorth pleaded not gjrilty to cnarge of Mnog (!: 8f mveU secrets to Japan, Blue Ridge Safety Council To Draw Hundreds To Meet epresentatives From Five Counties To Hear Speakers On Industrial Safety; J. O. Williams Is Vice-President Concerted effort to reduce accidents In homes, Industry and all places where men work will be the central aim'of the Blue Ridge Safety Council which meets here tonight with more than 300 representatives from Cleveland, Rutherford, Burke. Polk, and Mitchell counties expected. The meeting will begin at eight i >'dock at the high school building, he first gathering of the organiza iion since it was constituted at 3pindale eight weeks ago. Speakers Speakers tonight will be T. A. (Vilson, state industrial commis iioner of Raleigh who will give a short talk, to be followed by C. M. Kimball of Charlotte and safety di rector of the Southern railway com pany. i Officers of the organization are [vy Cowan of the Stonecutter Mills >f Spin dale; J. O. Williams of Shel >y, vice president; W. L. McBrayer >f Forest City, secretary, Frank Crane, safety officer of1 laleigh and promoter of safety un- j ler the industrial commission said! oday that thel-e will likely be some ither officers elected tonight. He explained the set-up over the state tnd said there are units centered at Durham, Qreensboro and High »oint. and at Asheville. The west m district recently had its fifth tnniversary meeting. # A aeries of contests are being asr (Continued on page nine.) ^egro Asphyxiated RALEIGH, July 17.—(/P)—W. A. lodgin, 36. negro o£ Elisabeth City, nts asphyxiated at central prison ■ oday for the murder in Forsyth; wmnty of Tl-year-old Herbert (earcy. ' Officers Seek ! Man Who Stole Quantity Of Tin Officers are still looking for Vaughn Bridges, 36-year-old white man from Boiling Springs who to day shipped a bond of SHOO after being chargen with breaking, en tering and stealing a quantity of galvanized roofing from the ware house of C. J. Hamfick and Sons Co. at Boiling Springs. Two negroes. Waiter Morgan and, Hubert McKinney are still ki the Cleveland county jail on the same charge. Prom $60 to $75 worth of roofing was taken from the Ham rick warehouse and was found' at the home of Bridges a mile east of Boiling Springs. There wa6 about enough to cover a barn, and a place had been pre- , pared and lumber laid down for a j bam , Deputies JoHey and McKinney worked up the case and were as sisted by Sheriff Raymond C^ine in making an investigation. The bond was furnished by Rob- ! ert and Ray Bridges, brother* to ‘ (Continued on page nine.) < - 1 Barns, Cribs, Chimneys, Crops Blown Down In Boiling Springs (Special to The Star.) BOMjING SPRINGS, July 17.—A leavy rainstorm accompanied by a errifir wind swept over Boiling springs doing much damage Mon-; lay. The wand which first came rom the south at a high rate of j ipeed caused some genera! damage j » core crops. blowing shingles rom roofs, etc. But suddenly there i eas a change after which fori ibout five minutes the wind bore, town at a tremendous velocity: 'rom the west. Chimneys were! down down at about a dozen! lomes. A bam belonging to Mrs.i 3obbie Greene was completely team town and parts of it blown a con iiderable distance. A home owned >y Mrs. Duke Hamrick and Decupl 'd by Mr. and Mrs. Avery Buchan-] an was luted from fake piMows and set several feet away and was ao damaged that it cannot be repair ed Mrs, Hamrick will probably re build soon, also the bam at this home was blown away. Bams, cribs, smoke houses and , chicken houses at the homes of George Thomas McSwaln and j Henry Hodge were blown over. A i section of the church roof was taken away, A back porch to the i Cleveland sandwich shop was de molished and part of the roof of Zim Bridges store building was blown off. j A number of beautiful shade , trees at many homes were uproot- j ed. The worst of the storm seemed ■ to be in the central part of this ( place. But almost every family i sustained minor damages. ,| Three Rockingham People Die As Automobile And Train Crash ASHEBORO. July 17.—UP)— Three Rockingham citizens—a man and two women—were kill ed and another woman criti cal injured near here today in the crash of their automo bile with a Southern railway train. The dead: William Covington. 24* his 21 year old sister. Elizabeth, and a cousin, Miss Maude Moore Steele, 30. Mrs. Stansill Cov ington, 50. mother of William and Elisabeth.‘was taken to an Asheboro hospital not expected to live. The bodies Were mutilated al most beyond recognition. The car was demolished. The crash occurred about three miles north of Randleman on the High Point highway. New Wage Scales For WPA Given; Meet Requirement Payroll Under New Set-Up^ Doe MO Or More Workers CM Saturday. Announcement was made from WPA headquarters that the first cayrcril under the new set-up is lue Saturday and will likely be inder the new scale of wages and working hours released from Wash ington. The new plan calls for the Works Progress Administration to meet the minimum wage requirements which it Is doing by shortening the work ing hours. New Wage Scale The new scale will give unskilled labor 30 cents per hour and allow unskilled men or women to work only 130 hours per month and re ceive a total of |34. Intermediate skilled labor will get 35 cents per hour, work 104 hours per month and receive $36.40. 1 Among the top ranking profes sions will be buck masons with 30 cants per hour who will work 68 hours and get $47.60 per month; pipe-layers, 55 cents per hour, M hours, (48.40 per month; stone ma sons, 60 cents per hour, M hours, $46.00 per month. Minor Chances John Hudson said there has been no important changes in the per sonnel of the supervisors of the some 300 workers. In the district, however, there has been a change. Mr. Hudson has become area time keeper far Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties, and H. H. Hick man of Gastonia has become as signment supervisor of the same territory. There has been no permission given to continue the WPA adult education program which was dis continued last month, but it is ex pected to begin about August 1. Certification of new labor for the entire Droaram is due to begin soon. Believe It Or Not, Two Christopher* Very Muck Alike A tip tor Mr. Ripley was found his week in a news item of an Lshevifle paper, announcing the leath in an automobile accident in daple, Fla., of one Paul Christoph - f. Shelby’s Paul Christopher who is iriee president of the North Carolina State Federation of Labor was hown the news items about the tshevffle Paul Christopher’s fatal iccideni. While the Shelby Christ ipher knew there was a family b; his name living m Asheville, he ays they are not related Not only do they bear the same lame, but both are 26 years of age, narried and have two children. The nother of the deceased Paul Chris topher is Mrs. C. W. Christopher vhile the local man’s parents are Hr. and Mrs. C. E. Christopher. The ieceased Paul Christopher had ihree brothers, Lloyd, James and Jack. The 8helby Paul has three Mothers, one of whom is named femes. Remains of the deceased Paul Christopher who was killed m an icddent, were brought to Asheville, its former home, for interment in 3reen Hill cemetery, following the funeral rites at Cadvary Baptist shurch. lap Naval Program TOKYO, July 17—A five-year ■aval program costing two billion en ($580,000.000) was reported by wo Japanese newspapers today, rhe program includes construction rf at least two ships and expansion if the naval air force in 1937-38 the tapers said. 4 3 Locarno Powers Reach'Accord On 3-Point Program Qm( Britain, France And Belgian Acme On PnupecUn Discussion. PARIS, July 17.—(*>>-Three Lo carno powers seeking to reconstruci European peace framework reach ec an agreement today on three points tor a prospective discussion. Great Britain, France and Bel gium have formed an accord on thf following three points: Representatives of three poweri will meet Wednesday in a flam promise seMlcn. The meeting will concern itsel with an exchange of views rathe: than detailed considerations of th< Locarno question, thrust More th< signatories by Germany's reoccupa tion of the Rhineland. The Wench and British will pub lish a statement before the meet ing to assure Germany and Ital: the conference is not directei against ttteni. M0NTREUX, Switpariaad, Jui; 17.—(IP)—A reliable source said to day a private understanding hai been reached by which Italy wil later adhere to the Dardenellei convention to be signed next Mon day. The understanding was sai< to have been reached between Ital; and the Turkish delegation. The delegates are anxious no* to know if Japan will be willing ti accept the convention’s conclusioi about ship passage through thi Dardanelles. Last Rites Held For Clyde Dixon At Kadesh Church Funeral services were held at th< Kadesh church yesterday afternoor at four o'clock for Clyde Hoyle Dix on, 3d, who died at the Shelby hos pital Wednesday afternoon after at illness of three or four months duration. Rev. W. L. Scott conducted th< gprvirpfl Hp waA ajatiftiaH hv R.pv Van B. Harrison of Polkville anc Rev. H. P. Fogleman of Fallston. A large crowd was present at th< services. Surviving Mr. Dixon are his wif< who was Miss Velma Houser before marriage; three children: Gordon Dwight and Peggy Anne; and the following brothers and sisters: Henry and Claude Dixon and Mrs Mattie Williams of Fallston, Mrs Lee Boggs of Statesville. Dewey anc Roseoe Dixon and Mrs. M. L Gantt of Belwood, Ben and Marvir Dixon of Rosebud. Arkansas, anc Clarence Dixon of Kings Mountain Mr. Dixon’s death was the firs) among a family of eleven children W. J. Cash Looks For Naval War With Japa Wilbur J. Cash of Shelby, autho: of many contributions to magasinei of national note and author of i book. “The Mind of the South,' which will soon be in the hands 01 printers, says a naval war betweei the United States and Japan it likely to develop next year. "The common conception of the cause of wars Ja.the greed of muni tions manufacturers and interna tional bankers," said Mr. Cash. Hii belie!, however, is that wars ar» brought on by Industrial expansion seeking broader market* Mr. Cash gave a scholarly revie* of wars, their causes And terntoria acquisition. Control Arms Planti PARIS, July 17.—(4*)—The Franc! chamber of deputies voted national isation of the arms industry today The measure will clamp strict gov ernment control on all armameni plants. Nearly Missed The Olympic Boat ktu*. Arden of New York finished second In the Olympic try-outs for the high jump hot finished last in nuking the boat at New York for Berlin. Ben she is waving the ffiOO cheek which made the trip possible for her. Mutilation Death Of Helen Clevenger Still Unsolved How Beautiful Girl la Asheville Met Her Death Is Cloaked In Mystery; Brother Quizzed In Inquest (By The Associated Press) ASHEVILLE, July >7—-The mutilation death of HelPn 1 Clevenger in her hotel room remained cloaked in mystery r today as authoritie|"npened a routine inquest. _■ -fr*-;—r- a ri“ i Tha (’nroner a mrv hreran rollinfr i Tom Bridget, 80, ! Visits County; Away 46 Yean Tom Bridges, 80-year-old na tive of Cleveland county who , has lived In Texas for the past i 60 yean Is here for a brief visit with friends and relatives. His adopted Texas town Is Breck enridge. The visit is the first in 46 years, although Mr. Bridges did return one other time in his younger days. On this visit with him to the land where he spent his youth are hi* daughter, Mrs. Carl Cutshall and her two chil dren, Bobbie and Gene. The closest surviving rela tive of Mr. Bridges is Mrs. S. J. McKinney of EJlenboro, although there are hundreds of nephews and nieces and other close rel atives. Mr. Bridges left Cleveland shout the time he was 30 to 21 years of age. He will possibly spend 10 days to two weeks here. 1 He will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. McKinney to night and tomorrow. S. C. Liquor Taxes COLUMBIA, 8. C., July 17.—</P) The state tax commission announr ed today the allotment of $296,29 in liquor taxes in the largest alio cation of the revenue since stat repeal including sums collected dur | ing May and June: To Greenwoo i $712. Greenwood county $L24K I Rock Hill $848, York county $2,111. witness*, but Sheriff Brown Inten sified their Investigation behind a wall of secrecy. Question Uncle l They questioned Professor W L. Clevenger of N. C. State college, the girl's uncle, at length as to any of her connections which might have a bearing on the case, but declined to reveal results. Clevenger, who found her bodv yesterday morning when he went to her room from his own just around the comer, retired to the home of a friend and was not ex pected to appear at the Inquest. The Jury viewed the body and recessed until 2:30 without mak ing a statement. The girl had been stabbed several times about the face with a sharp instrument, officers said, probably a pair of scissors, and had been shot in the left chest. The bullet pene trated her lung and lodged Just under the skin in her back. An at tempt had been made to criminally attack her. it was said. Apparently, officers said, she had been on her knees pleading with the slayer to spare her life when shot. Their theory was based on the downward course the bullet took. Discovered By Uncle 8he was found Just inside the un locked door of her room by her un do, W. L. Clevenger, professor at State college. Raleigh, with whom she had come to visit in western North Carolina. Apparently she had fallen back ' ward when shot; her feet and the * lower portion of her legs were ’ crumped under her thighs. B Dr. George F. Baler, Jr„ county * coroner, called an Inquest for 11 1 o’clock today. Should the Bun (Continued on page nine.) New Rule Keeps Planes In Zones And Regulates Speed, Altitude I WASHINGTON, July 17.—"You have gob me going in. circles, in loops and in straight lines. It is I getting so a guy can’t even practice freedom in the air.’’ The above quotation is what most of the pilots of the commer cial airlines of the United States might be expected to say following a riling which requires all planes to be checked in and out, to stay in sones, keep certain speeds at certain altitudes, just as systemati cally as do trains in a big station. > Three exprimental traffic control stations—at Newark, N. J., Chicago and Cleveland—have been taken over permanently by the bureau of . air commerce, and five more sta tions will soon be placed in opera Ion—at Washington, Pitts burgh, os Angeles and San Francisco. From these points planes on es a Wished airways will be as closely ontrolled as railroad trains. There nil be invisible blocks.’1 Each ilane will be kept within its two limenslonal “block*'—position and Itltude—until told that the next is lear. They will be brought into lrport at regular intervals. This development, resulting from he steady increase in air trans ortation, serves to emphasise the nd of the period of what flight be ailed nonchalant “rugged indivi lyalism’’ on the airways. The dyas irhen a flier could, and often did. (Continued on page nine.) Death Toll Passes 4,200MarkToday; No Relief Is Near Damages Amount To Many Millions Corn And Host Farmers In ‘Bread Basket Suffer Intensely By The AHiwiitnl Prewe CHICAGO, III.. July 17-A1 ready resigned to drought losses calculated in hundreds of millions of dollars, farmers of the nation’s com belt look ed in vain for a break in the adverse conditions as fore casters reported no general relief sighted, Heat deaths although reduced, in rate ,by more moderate tempers tutee in the hard hit* states of Minnesota, Michigan, Wtaccnsm and Illinois. neared the 4,300 mark In the nation. Scattered showers and slightly lower temperatures but no Inclu sive alleviation of heat wen pn dietad tor parts at Ifjmnurt, Illi nois and Indiana. At Dea Melina At Das Moines, Iowa, weather man S. E. Becker aaid reports imi. • ated drought and heat reduced that state’s probable com yield a bushel an acre each day. Crop damage in Missouri already was figured at one million dollars .to a crop bulletin. Purdue University eirtlmttiul the dwught had damaged Indiana's corn crop to the sntsnt of $13,000, 000 and that the oats yield would be only one-half of normal. . In Ohio Departure of Ohio’s beat wan left crop damage figured at MU* 000,000 with rains still badly need ed. Blighted corn fields were spotted throughout Nebraska. Oklahoma expected a cattle feed crisis within the next week unless rain* are forthcoming. Caitle men said 6„ to 60 per cent of eastern Montana's 750,000 cattle were being moved to the market hut that ranchers thought to save foundation herds. Roots, vegetables and hay ’re damaged extensively in up-stats New York. Norman Thomas Defends F. D. R. And His Policy CHARLOTTESVILLE, Vs., July 17.—t/p)—Norman Thomas, socialist candidate for the presidency, said here today that "President Roose velt is unquestionably mors pro gressive. more alert to the human problems of his time than Mr. Len der) or the men and forces who made that highly synthetic candi date and can break him." But the socialist speaker added, “What I have said of Mr. Roose velt cannot be said of some of his associates, as Vloe President Gar nci, apnnw uurepn i. reooinson. or National Democratic Chairman, James A. Faidey. Thomas spoke before a morning round-table session of the Instl tue of Public Affairs at the Uni versity of Virginia. “One of the alarming and con temptible things about the cad* paign is the hate, many of our re spectable persons, openly express of Mr. Roosevelt ” he said. “I have never heard such hate or such in citement to possible violence in any radical meeting in New York's Un ion Square. The hate is as stupid i as it is malignant. Jt comes from a class whose prestige and profit Mr. Roosevelt has saved during dis tressing times at little coat t» themselves" * . Textile Worker Fatally Injured MOORESVILLE, July 17—<AP)—Al bert Brown, 23, textile worker, was fatally in lured here today when he , was run over by a train as he sat 1 on a siding* One leg was cut off i and he died shortly after from ! loss of blood. Police said pnibaH* no inquest would be held.
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