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The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Three Small Girls
Found Murdered
In Baldwin Hills

Continued from Page One)
from a group. Several mothers in
the district said his picture re-
Sembled that of man who had
annoyed their daughters. He as
sertedly invited the children to
go rabbit hunting with him.
Detention of two men one be-
cause he allegedly attempted to
flee from officers, and the other
because he lived near where the
bodies were found caused wild
rumors to spread that police were
about to obtain a confession. A
bowling mob of more than 200
persons, shouting lynch threats.
milled around the small jail and
police headquarters until Camp
bell assured them the guilty man
still was at large.
Mob Quieted
While the mob quieted, feeling
still ran fever-hot and caused po-
lice to take extra precautions to
safeguard any prisoners they
might arrest.
The Sheriff's office in Los An
geles printed hundreds of pictures
of Strong for distribution to law
enforcement agencies and min
ute description of him was flash
ed over the police teletype system
The bodies were found in a ra-
vine in the Baldwin Hills region
by four Boy Scouts late today. The
slayer apparently had garrotted
his victims with pieces of clothes
line.
Their clothing was ripped away
and their bodies were blooc
smeared.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
GOOD TASTE
= TO-DAY D Y
kEMIlY POSTD
Worlds Foremost Authority
on Etiquette
q Emily Post
e0sSsssssssssssSOOsSsoeo
CUTTING WEDDING CAKE
CALLS FOR REAL SKILL

Dear Mrs. Post: was at a very
miniature wedding reception re-
Gently. In fact. there were only
ten persons present. But it was
one of the loveliest after wedding
parties I have ever known. It
was later afternoon and almost
dark, the dining table was set with
a lace cloth and candelabra, there
was a small brides cake orna-
mented with the wedding couples
first names and bride and groom
fgurine set on top, and there was
champagne to drink the tradition
al toasts. Unlike all other we'd
dingS at which I have been, at this
one I sat close enough so that I
could watch the wedding cake be-
ing cut, and I never before realiz-
ed that this could be such a task.
The bride pierced the cake with
the point of the blade but when
she tried to bring the side of the
blade down through the cake, the
slice broke into many pieces. One
of the guests took the knife then
but her luck was just about the
same. I have wondered since the
wedding whether there was any
right way to cut wedding cake,
or is it, as in this case, just a
matter of chance?
Answer: Of course you don't
tell me whether the cake was not
very fresh, or perhaps the knife
very dull. In any case, the best
way to cut wedding cake is to
spear it first and with the knife in
the same point down position,
continue to stab the slice all the
way across. If after the first stab
is made, the knife blade is brought
down as though it were a lever,
the piece invariably crumbles even
though the blade is very sharp.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Offers Cold Gauges
Free of Charge

An instrument for measuring
refrigerator temperatures is be-
ing offered free of charge to any
adult person owning an ice refrig-
orator in Elizabeth City, accord
ing to announcement today by the
Anderson Radio & Electric COM
pany local Frigidaire dealers.
THE device we are offering" !"
said Mr.. Anderson, lis cold
gauge. There is nothing tricky
about it Gince is design is based
upon the same principle as a
standard thermometer. The only
difference is that it is not neces-
sary to read and interpret figures
which ordinarily represent degrees
of temperature. Since it Is intend
ed to tell whether conditions in
the food compartment are safe or
unsafe, it is equipped with just
three divisions, or zones. These
are the too warm zone the
afety zone and the too cold
zone Within a few minutes after
being placed in any kind of ice
box, it will point to one of these
three conditions, thereby enabling
the user to take the necessary &C
ton.
Whatever type of refrigerator
one may be using, from now on
he need no longer be in doubt as
to it's performance. Any adult who
will call at our headquarters will
be given a cold gauge absolutely
free. There will be nothing to buy,
no contest to enter, nothing to
turn in. Ours is a free service be-
ing offered in the interest OF a
broader public education in the
matter of better food preserVa-
tion."
The daily independent., 1937-06-29

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ginia Beach: Richard Nelson,
boatswain's mate. 1st class, OF
Dam Neck Mills; Chief Boat
awain's Mate Peter Henley OF
Dam Neck Mills; BoS'n. R. V.
Dudley of False Cape; C.M.B. Pell
3. Austin of Wash Woods; Chm.
Jesse L. Gard, of Currituck
Beach; BoS'n. G. G. Snow, of Paul
CAMEL Hill; Bos'n. T. E. Midget,
of Caffeys Inlet; BoS'n. w. H.
Lewark, of Kill Devil Hills; Chm.
Steve G. Basnight, of Nags Head;
Chm. Norman Etheridge, OF Bo-
die Isand; Chm. Levine W..
Midget, of Oregon Inlet; Bos'n.
P. S. Midget, of Pea Island; C..
B. M. c. P. Brady, of Little Kin
nakeet; Bos'n. Bernice R. Bal
lance, of Cape HatteraS; C.B.M.
w. L. Scarborough, of CreedS Hill;
Chm. j. L. Gray, of HatteraS In
let: P. A. Tillett, C. B. NJ. Of Ocra-
coke; Chm. Monroe Gillikin, OF
Core Bank; BoS'n. P. G. Gillikin
of Cape Lookout; Bos'n. G. H.
Meekins, of Fort Macon; D. E.
Meekins, Chm, of Bogue Inlet,
and Bos'n. w. H. Barnett, of Oak
Island.
Those attending from headquar-
ters were BoatSwains Walter G..
Etheridge and C. o. Peel. Tom
Merritt, radio man, and Eddie
Voeth, yeoman, lst class, also at
tended.
Chicamacomico station was not
represented, due to the fact that
it's commanding officer, John AL
len Midget, and three of its men
are in Warrington, D. c., with
the detail that is demonstrating
the use of the breeches buoy at
the National Boy Scout Jamboree.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Liquor Can't Take
Place Electric Fan
Continued from Page One)

(COnIlTlueu lIUlIl dSC INV
vertising embargo. A Tom Collins
with lot; of ice and fizz water and
lemon Juice. he indicated, is a
pleasant potion when it's 80 IN
the shade, and the advertising
lads can go to town on it.
There was one other thing that
Alexander took up with the liquor
publicists and that was the fact
that no Olympic champion IN the
history of the world ever trained
on whisky sours, side cars, and
martins.
He said he'd noticed that sew
eral liquor advertisements had
contained pictures of athletes,
such as old-time boxers and big
time ball players. Use of these
pictures, he laid, may create the
impression that the products ad-
vertised are conducive to the de-
velopment of athletic prowess."
That also is fraud, he said, and
it has got to stop.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Europe Faces New
Crisis AS Pact Fails
Continued from Page One)

to save the neutrality plan. said
the Italo- German stand provided
only two alternatives:
/. Complete withdrawal OF
Italy and Germany from the
neutrality committee, leaving
them free to rusll openly to the
aid of the Spanish insurgents
with men. munitions asd mater
ials.
2. Complete collapse of the
control scheme.
Italian and German diplomats
have insisted, however, that even
though the two totalits rian states
have quit the naval patrol Of
Spanish seacoasts they will re-
main members of the main neu-
trality committee.
Should Italy and Germany
withdraw from the committee,
leaving Britain and France to
patrol the coasts with their war
ships, Russia might qUi' the COM
mittee and openly intervene in
the Spanish war on the side OF
the LoyaliStS.
Regarless of what course Hitl-
Ter and Mussulini decide to take
the situation was filled with all
the grave and foreboding possibi-
lities of % years ago when a
young Serbian student, Gavrilo
Princip. asSasSinated the Arch
duke Francis of Austria and his
wife in the streets of little Sara
jevo.
One month after those shots
Austria declared war on Serbia
and Germany invaded Belgium
and France while Russian troops
streamed across Gcrmany's east
ern frontier.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Scouts Arrive
LIN Washington
By Thousands
Gather From All Quarters
for Jamboree Opening
On Wednesday

Washington, June 28.-U.n)-
Thousands of Uncle Sans mid
get" soldiers-the Boy Scouts Of
America-continued to pour into
Washington tonight for their first
National Jamboree beginning
Wednesday.
They were quartered in huge
tent city lining both sides of the
historic Potomac river near the
shadow of the Washington mon
ument. With the addition of to-
days arrivals, tff encampment
took on the appearance of giant
circus.
Washington's railroad termin-
al is crowded with the specials
bringing in more and more new
recruits. Tomorrow 81 special
special trains will swell the en-
rollment past 10000 with the re-
naming 5000 coming by bus,
automobile, airplane and on foot.
BY Wednesday. $1,000 scouts
will be here from every state in
the union and "a foreign coun-
tries.
The camp is subdivided INTO
units each under the personal
supervision of scout leaders who
accompanied the troops here.
CHARTERED along HainS Point,
stretching far out into the Poto-
mac are camps of snappily attir-
ed sea scouts. This group is con-
structing a model ship on which
they VIII hold special ceremonies
and reviews.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Harry Sample
Is Director OF +
Prob a ito n
Continued from Page One)

Sample will work in close COL
labration with Commissioner Gill
IN dealing with paroe and proba-
ton matters as they arise in the
courts and prisons of the state.
Gill, who has been acting secre-
tary of the probation commission
since it was first organized a few
weeks ago, will relinquish that
post to Sample.
A en-member commiSS: on
was appointed late today 10 make
an exhaustive study of North Car
olina property classification and
prepare a report to be transmit
ted to the 1887 General Assembly
by Gov. Clyde r. Hoey.
Members of the commission are
Revenue Commissioner, A. j.
Maxwell, chairman: Vernon w.
Flynt, WinstonSalem; DR.. Clar-
ence Poe, Raleigh; S. H. Hobbs,
Jr., Chapel Hill; Verne Rhodes,
Asheville; Ben B. GossetU, Char
lotte, and Marvin K. Blount of
Greenville.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Perkins
Is Criticized For
Her Attitude e
Continued from Page One)


Warren, O., The committee also
refused to call postmaster general
James A. Farley, whose subordl-
mates authorized the rejection OF
irregular" mail bound for strike
torn plants of Republic Steel
Corp. for question.
The only vote for the resolu-
ton proposing the mail investi-
cation was cast by its author,
Sen. H. Styles Bridges, r.. N. H.
He had demanded, also, that Far
ley be summoned for questioning
and in this demand he was sup
ported by Sen. Rush D. Holt. D.,
w. Va, who commented sarcastl-
cally:
Call Farley? Ridiculous! Tell
Farley what do do? Absurd! Far
ey will tell the senate what TO
do. Who is the boss. anyway?
Farley is the man who tells us
how to vote!"
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Insanity Is Plea
Made by Irwin
Continued from Page One)

legally insane since he was able
to tell right from wrong.
Samuel LeibowitZ, veteran GRIM
inal lawyer who has defended
scores of killers, lost no time. how
ever, in streSsing remarks of po-
lice themselves concerning IT.
wins sanity. He said he wanted to
study" a statement of Inspector
John Lyons. who was quoted as
saying, while Irwin was at large,
that he probably would be sent
to an asylum without trial.
Inspector Lyons later told re-
porters he had not promised Irwin
immunity in his statement, in
which he was quoted as saying in
effect that if Irwin would give
himself up he would be sent to a
hospital and would not be placed
on trial.
Police Commissioner Louis j.
Valentine had no comment to
make to this phase of the case. 1t
was apparent the police now in
tend to bring him to trial.
When Irwin, pale and haggard,
with a days growth of stubble on
his face, was brought to police
headquarters, he Immediately ask
ed permission to telephone DR..
Wertham.
They talked for 20 minutes pri-
vately, and Irwin was smirking
when he emerged from the con-
ference. Later DR.. Wertham said
the sculptor was suffering from a
mental disease known as rata
thymic crisis"
He said it was progressive in
sanity in five cycles. First the
personality is unhinged by some
psychological crisis, such as a
death or jealousy; then the suf-
ferer becomes obsessed with the
belief that only an act of violence
can relieve him; for period he
restrains himself until his tension
reaches the breaking point; and
finally he performs the act Of vio-
lence- suicide or murder.
The fifth stage is a complete re-
lief from tension and apparently
normal mental processes.
The history conforms to Irwin's
own confession of the killings. He
said he was in love with Ethel
Gedeon Kudner, Miss Gedeon's
sister, ard became insanely jeal-
GUS When she married another
man.
He told of a growing need OF
spiritual release" 1t was during
this time-in 1892 that he went
to DR.. Wertham and asked him to
emasculate him. Il figured II !
could remove the sexual impulse
L could solve the problem. ne
wrote in his confession.
He added:
"All the time I knew there was
only one way out. by numbering
somebody. If I were to do that
would put myself on a spiritual
plane and make everything even.'
The confession was written Sat-
urday night for the Chicago Her.
aid and Examiner, after Irwin
suddenly surrendered himself in
the newspaper office, apparently
without consulting a lawyer OF
psychiatrist.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Personals

Misses Peggy and MaDel HaIiell
returned to Newport News. They
were accompanied home by MISS
Mary Gwen Osborne, who Will
spend some time there.
Mss Jerry Humble visited IN
Edenton, Saturday she was &C
companied by her sister Frances
who will visit relatives there ior
several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Old and son,
Howard spent Sunday in Middle.
ton with relatives and friends.
Mrs. John Cooke is in New Hol-
land this week visiting her daugh-
ter, Mis-. Hugh Wyatt.
Mrs. H. o. Peele, Mss Mar
guerite Cooke, and Misses Maoel
and Peggy Harrell and Mary
Gwen Osborne spent Saturday in
Belhaven with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Everett ana
Mayor John L. Hassell and Mrs.
Mary Bonner Gurganus spent
Sunday at Virginia Beach and
Ocean View.
Misses Frances Cox, Mamie
Clyde Taylor and Mollie White
Ray visited friends in Robertson
vile. Sunday.
Miss Mary Benson returned to
her home in Ben3on, after spend
ing some time here and at Pamll-
CO Beach with friends.
Rev. z. T. Piephoff left Mon
day for Camp Sapphire, where he
will spend several days.
DR.. J. L. Spencer and MISS
Elsie Andrews spent Sunday at
Atlantic Beach. :,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Copeland,
Mr.. Irwin Hull, Of Petersburg, Va,
and Miss Mary Davis Hardison
spent the week end at Atlantic
Beach.
Miss Ethel Mae James spent
the week end in Parmele with re-
latvieS.
Miss Mary Pritchard returned
home from Suffolk, Va, after
visiting friends there for several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Bundy and
daughters. Alice and Mary OF
Elizabeth City visited Mrs. w. E
Warren Sunday.
Miss Sophie Little returned
from Pactolus, Monday where she
spent the week end with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Manning
and little son, Robert, Jr., spent
Sunday in Littleton with rela
tives, they were accompanied
home by Miss Mary Harris who
will spend some time here.
Horace Clayton and Mr.. Wilson
of Columbia spent the week end
here with Mrs. Clayton in the
Tar Heel apartments.
Misses Florence Spain and
Fannie Holiday, of Wilson are
visiting their aunt, Mis-. Bob
Swain at the George Reynolds
hotel this week.
Mrs. Beaulah Britton, Of Rob-
ersonv.lle is here visiting her son,
Marvin Britton and Mrs. Britton.
J. D. Bowen, of Duke Univer-
Sity spent the week end here with
his mother on Main street.
Mrs. John Sparks of Robertson
vile visited Mrs. w. H. Leggette
Monday afternoon.
Miss Bertha r. ThrCWer is Wis
iting relatives IN Yatesville this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Clark and
daughter, Betty Sue spent Sunday
at Eden House Beach.
Tom Crockett, of Chapel Hill
spent the week end her with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. c. G.
Crockett on Church street.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29

he says. :. . Frank McHugh plans
a New York vacation. Mary
Maquire, Australian find, had to
move from her bungalow to a
large house in the hills when her
father, mother and two sisters
came from the Antipodes to visit
. And Paul MUM has moved in
to his new house at PaloS Verdes.
. David Terrence. brother of the
late Ernest Terrence. is cast in a
supporting role in "Ebb Tide"
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
johnson Faction
Is Asked to Back
Raise In Taxes
Continued from Page One)


year, part of which went for
teacher supplements, part for
library books and textbooks, part
for music teachers and part for
school nurses. That money will
not De available for the 1878
school year, therefore, something
must be done about the situation.
with the poor taxpayers in
mind, we must drop the music
teachers, the nursing service and
other extra servides which this
county has enjoyed and which
most counties have not had. But
with all our pairing, we must have
from $500 to $4,000 for our 1887
and 1888 school budget. Hereto
fore, the county has been called
upon for only $4,000 or so for the
operation of its schools.
"One thing we can not do with
out IS our two agriculture teach
ers. The county's share of their
salaries heretofore has been only
around $1,000, but due to a sal
ary increase this year and an in
crease in the county's share of
this expense, the county will be
called upon for something like
ST 600 for the agriculture teach
erS for the next Schol year. And
if we lose these teachers, there is
very strong likelihood that all
boys in the class of 1888 who are
studying agriculture will be un-
able to graduate next year. And
since nearly all of the boys in the
Currituck County schools study
agriculture, it will be seen that
critical situation is impending.
when we ask the county COM
missioners for more money for
the operation of the county
schools next term, we Will not be
asking that Currituck taxpayers
be made to pay any more taxes
for the operation of their school
than the taxpayers of other
counties are called upon to pay.
We are merely asking that Cur
rituck taxpayers now assume a
portion of thu sdhool budget
which they are supposed to pay
but Of which they have been re-
lieved in recent years.
In view of the fact that acti-
vities of one political faction in
Currituck was directly responsible
for the loss of Knapp's aid and
consequently responsible for the
increase in our 1878 budget,
and since they knew what these
consequences would be, we consid-
er it only fair and just that men,
berS of this faction support us in
asking for this increase"
And one more thing" added
the school man, Il wish to call
the attention of all parents in
Currituck County to the urgent
need for funds with which to en-
ploy competent school truck dirv-
ers of the type this county has
employed heretofore. In recent
years, fines, forfeitureS, dog
taxes and poll taxes have been
| split up and allotted to many
uses, but more of this money must
be paid to school truck drivers
next year unless the lives and
limbs of the school children of
this county are to be entrusted to
16 and II year ole drivers. Par
entS who think anything Of the
safety of their children should
insist and demand that enough
money be provided for the pay
ment of competent adult drivers.
Il am making this plea only in
the interest of the schools and the
children of Currituck County
There is no other motive. Our
scholS are faced with a crisis, and
I consider it only right that those
responsible for this deplorable
condition should assist in remedy
ing it,"
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
BUTTER BALLS REMAIN

Dear Mrs. Post: Has the vogue
for butter balls" gone out?
Several years ago it seemed that
every hostess served fancy designs
of individual butter portions but
today I never see them anywhere.
Answer: No, 1 think butter
balls are still seen in many houses
although it is true that in quite
as many others butter is simply
cut neatly into squares. The
reason is probably that of time
saving since very few of us have
as many servants as we used to.
One might, in fact, say that COM
paratively few have any.
WNU-SerVice
The daily independent., 1937-06-29

bills, en- which payment was post
poned in conditions fixed by said
article.
Article 8. During the same
period interest on debt cores
ponding to bills and other COM
mericial engagements affected by
the preceding articles will be CAL
culated at the red!scount rate of
the bank of France"
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
,Iiir.ley Temple
Plans To Trail
After Pickford
Slated to Play Old Roles
'f,mcrica's Sweetheart;
Fiyr.Ncar Contract
ur<RY SUTHERLAND

r. HENRY SuliiEhLaNn IL. y
p, n,,,,.r.,,i. June 28.-U.R)-The
.!.,'' .,l NJ Mary Pickford is being
an, i f,r shirley Temple. be-
'"'' r,, rolden-haired million
w., ,~,r baby is growing up and can
|, ',,, Ioascr play herself. =.
.nahs,ca of Sumnybrook Farm, y
u, ...r,,a TN Little Princess, two box
,r,a hes of World War days
', Miss Pickford was winning
'| ,.,r, Americas Sweetheart, "
.,l, me being prepared as
'S~ ,Io rpbjc!es on the goth Gen.
>; = ,ha<e are successful the prob
.",,, ;s Shirley Temple will fol-
- ,hrorgh in the famous Pick
! foorsttUs with such pictures
Daddy Long Legs" "Fanchon
E, cricket. and "Pollyanna."
,nnarcntly. this is the answer
.bp familiar question what
;rrsr will do when she reaches
f. Awkward. Adolescent Age.
The new Shirley Temple first
,,s,rrd in her picture Just be-
raIaa ed Wee Willie Winkie." "
r. SHOW is really not a Temple
.,rra 2. all in the old Song
|r3.Dance Conf1ctiOn" sense.
| r really belongs 10 Victor Nc
,rqn co-StaTCd with the little
and Shirley plays an in
iar,aI and purely dramatic part.
The Temple transformation is
|rraiuing in Heidi. the 60
[s,r-old Johanna Spyri chill
f., classic which is now in pro-
Ertion.
Not only is the studio making
% book straight. but Shirley
|ga!!r has a film boy friend. in
|lng Dclma Watson as Goat
F.ty
How the Temple characteriza-
Ian is changing is witnessed by
yction Of Allan Dawn. who u ed
| handle the mcgaphone on
fwslas Fairbanks pictures.
That was fine work for Miss
[.mple," said Dawn after Shirley
tnshed a scene. But let's do it
[,ar and tni time I want you to
L as Heidi would"
Shirley is under contract for
B. ycarS. with yearly options.
E.eIl be 13 when he agreement
DreS.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Enemy to Young Fish

The larva Of the dragonfy is a
savage enemy to young fish. 1t lies
in wait until victim comes into
reach and then snares it with a
vicious, pincer-like organ.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Patented the Tape Measure

The first patent on tape meas.
ure was granted to Alvin ]. Eel.
lows in 1868. The tape was en-
closed in a circular case. with a
spring clock that held the tape at
any desired length.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Williamson Society
GrifSins Township Citizens
DESIGNATE Road For Surfaclni

Holding an impromptu meet
ing in the Far m Life School re-
Gently about rs citizens OF Crit
fins township expressed the opln-
ion that the road from j. Rome
Coreys to the Old Mill Inn on the
Washington road by way OF Mrs;
Gr:ffins' and Lilley's store should
be the first route improved IN
that district. The road was
designated by the farmers follow
ing a meeting held for the elect
ion of a district soil conservation
committee.
1t was pointed out that while
the route is a mile or two longer
than a direct outlet to Highway 64
at Holly Springs, it would be pos
sibly serve more people than the
other outlet. The entire district
was not represented at the meet
ing, but it is believed a maJorltV
of the people IN Griffins will ia
vor the route designated.
Unless some opposition is pre-
sented to the Corey-Old Mill Inn
route, the county commissioners,
at their meeting, plan to recon-
mend it's improvement to the
highway authorities, it is under
stood.
The road designated for i'm
provement by the meeting IS
about 9 miles long and runs from
Mr.. Rome Coreys home by a
point near SmithWickS Creek
church, ON to John A. GritflnS
filling station and by Lilleys
store.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29
Basuue National Anthem

The Basque national anthem Is
the "Guernikako Arbola," the Tree
of Guernlca.
The daily independent., 1937-06-29

Gene Raymond and Jeanette
Mcdonald celebrated their first
anniversary a week after their
raT:age, I; was all Raymond'S
Eel. and the props were a huge
bedding cake and a buShel of
iSoS.