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The daily independent., 1937-04-19
Would Break
Up Thefts
OF Shad
Stumpy Point Fishermen
Indict Three and Are
After Others

Stumpy Point, April l8. -
throughout the past few years
the bu mess of thieves stealing
shad from fishermen's nets has
grown to such an extent that II
has driven the citizens OF this
community to take drastic steps
to catch the thieves and pro~e-
cute them.
There was a bill introduced and
passed in the legislature OF this
state a few years ago by request
of Stumpy Point citizens prohlo-
iting the fishing of nets on Sun
DAYS. al.o setting a minimum fine
and sentence for violation OF TINS
law. But that didn't seem to help
the situation much, as the en-
forcement agencies Of the state
department did not have Suttl-
cient boats for patrolling the wa
ters and were thus unable to en-
force the law.
All these years the stealing OF
shad has become a thriving buSl-
ness and has reached the point
OContinued on Page Six
The daily independent., 1937-04-19
Vaccinations
Today
Free Diphtheria Clinics In
City and County to Last
Through Thursday

PaSquotank County's free anti
diptheria vaccinations will start
today and continue thru Thurs
day, according to DR.. c. B. Will
liamS, County Health Officer.
Today'5 schedule is as follows:
Newland school at 1:30 p. m, w,
F. Sawyer's store at 2:30 p. m,
and ELS Place at 800 p. m.
Tomorrow's schedule is: Cen
tral school at 1:30 p. m, Black
Head Sign Post at 2:30 p. m, and
OkiSko at 800 p. m.
On Wednesday the lower end of
the county will be covered in a
very busy afternoon, as follows:
Four Forks at 1870 p. m, Union
Chapel at 2:l5 p. m, and Chill
dren Home, Nixonton, at 3:45
p. m.
Thursdays schedule will include
the Elizabeth City High school at
1:30 p. m, the Bank Street Col
ored school at 2:30 p. m, and the
Continued on Page Six
The daily independent., 1937-04-19
Oman Dies OF
Wounds Dealt
In Gun Fight
Is the Eighth Operative to
Fall Before Guns of
Gangland Foes

Topeka, Kans., April l8.-U'R)-
Wayne w. Baker, Federal Bureau
of Investigation agent, died late
last night of bullet wounds in
flicted Friday by two New York
gunmen, S. S. Alexander, United
States attorney for the district of
Kansas, announced today.
Baker was shot several times in
the back in the lobby of the To-
peka postoffice when he attempt
ed to arrest Alfred Power and
Robert J. Suhay. During the bat
tie with other federal agents Su-
hay was shot in the arm.
The bandits escaped the trap
set for them at the poStoffice and
fled northeast. They were cap
tured late Friday night at Pats
mouth, Neb., by Sheriff Homer
Sylvester and a deputy, and re-
turned to federal custody in Kan
saS City, Mo-, yesterday.
Power, an Englishman sought
for deportation, and Suhay were
Continued on Page Six)
The daily independent., 1937-04-19

Need, Says
DOzier
Attorney Says Camden Of
fcers Remiss; ToXey
Is Convicted

Camden, April 10 Camden
county stands sorely in need OF
better law enforcement, " Attorney
R. Clarence Dozier declared in a
talk before the Camden county re-
corder's court yesterday.
Mr. Dozier, defending Wiley
ToXey of Elizabeth City. who was
arraigned on a charge Of assault
with a deadly weapon as the al
termath of a fraCaS at TeXaco
Beach on Saturday night, April
10. expressed a belief that such a
fracas would not have occurred
had there been a deputy sheriff or
sCme other law enforcement Offl-
Ger at the resort that night.
Mr.. Dozier also pointed out IN
his talk. which was in the nature
of an indictment of some of the
county officials, that Camden
county had too long been remiSs
in providing officers at the Ellz-
abeth City country club, TeXaco
Beach and other places in Cam
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The daily independent., 1937-04-19
|Inee Breeches
For Bingham
NJ Coronation
|. :. Ambassador Falls I'm
Line But Per>hing and
Rodman In | inform

London. Apy.. ,6.-.2- U. S
Ambassador Roba-. Y. Bingham.
one O.. whose predecessors blus-
.gyed You can 90 plumb 10 hell!''
r.a- knee-ya..s 70 Buckingham
| c4a.s disclosed .or.gn, that he
! s -sa~ed rs black koickers for
i - ...ca..ga Of KING George VI.
l-= s:.seC % dress IN like
The daily independent., 1937-04-19
Red Squirrel
New Courthouse
Square Denizen

The --latest addition to the
squirrel colony on Elizabeth
City's courthouse square is a red
squirrel. No one knows whence
he came or how he got there.
But it has found a mate in one
of the common gray squirrels
and seems to be having a gay
time of it.
Red squirrels are rare in this
section, almost as rare as white
ones.
Two baby squirrels ventured
out on the limb of tree just
beside the ]. d. Hathaway res
idence yesterday, appearing to
scan the world about them with
caution and wonderment. But
they will have no economic wor-
ries; DR.. Bud" Hathaway has
a box nailed to the tree which
he keeps generously filled with
peanuts, opening the box for an
hour each day to give The saur-
rels access to free lunch.
The daily independent., 1937-04-19
Boeing's Super Clippers
VIII Garry y Passengers
Six Giant Flying Boats Be
ing Built for Trans
Atlantic Service

New York. april i6.-lU,R)-A
fleet of six of the mightieSt air
planes ever built-72-paSsenger
air titans designed for regular
service over the AtlantiC-are now
under construction in closely
guarded hangers of the Boeing
Aircraft company in Seattle, 1t
was disclosed tonight.
The information was released
Pan American AirwayS coincident
with an announcement by the
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
that it had developed a 1900
horsepower motor-by far the
most powerful airplane motor IN
the world-to power the giant
flying boats.
The planes were ordered by Pan
American shortly after an agree
ment was reached with American
and British air officials for open
ing transatlantic service, linking
the last overwater gap to round
the-world commercial airplane
routes.
The new express airlinerS will
carry a capacity load of 72 pas
sengers, a crew Of eight and two
and a half tons of cargo, and will
have a cruising range OF 5000
miles.
Pan American officials said the
new "super-clipperS" would be
twice the size of the SikorSky fly
ing boats which blazed air routes
to South America and across the
Pacific, and one and half times
as big as the four-motor Martin
clipper planes used in trans-Pa-
cific flights.
A description of the new flying
boats reads like fiction. They will
be equipped with sleeping quar-
ters and de luxe cabins, with pull
man berths in the wings and a
lounge and dining room. Cabins
will have hot and cold running
. Continued On Paga SlXD
The daily independent., 1937-04-19
"Rich Cargoes" Begins
With Tor,orrOw's Issue

The first inStallment OF
Henry C. Rowland's fascinat-
ing story, "Rich Cargoes" ap-
pears in tomorrow's issue as a
fresh treat to readers OF The
Daily Independent.
A lively story of forgotten
island in the Bahamas, where
a rollicking old adVanturer
lives in regal magnificence
among an army of Caribs, ana
where Oriental luxury and
streamlined modernity PROVIDE
contrasting backgrounds Tor a
dramatic romance, Rich car
goes" offers many hours OF
daily entertainment.
The arrival of an uneXpect-
ed guest to lay siege to the
heart of the lord of the islands
niece is the handspring OF a
tale which offers rich rewards
in romance, drama and ad-
venture.
Begin with the first install
ment in The Daily Independent
tomorrow morning.
The daily independent., 1937-04-19
Canadian CMC
Employees Ask
Strike In y. S.
Threaten to Abandon the
Union Unless Sympa.
thetic Strike Called

Oshawa, Ont, April l8.-'U'H-
Unless the United Automobile
Workers call a sympathetic strike
in all United States plants OF Cen
eral Motors by 9 a. m. tomorrow,
Canadian workers will settle their
own controversy and "get along
without the union, a spokesman
for the strikers said late today.
The threat came as negotiations
for settlement of the strike in
General Motors main Canadian
assembly plant affecting 3,7OO
workers. broke down because OF
the refusal of Premier Mitchell F.
Hepburn to deal with John l..
Lewis and his paid hirelings of the
Committee for Industrial Organi-
zation."
Homer Martin, UAW president,
left for the United States today,
refusing to comment on the fire.
quent threats made by union
leaders to call out all of General
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The daily independent., 1937-04-19
Beautiful Dancer
FOundMurderedM
A Ne1U York Studio
Skull Crushed w it h
Hammer by Un-
known Man
Was Seen to Enter
A New Mystery Comes As
Police Are Still Search.
ing for GedeOn Killer

New York, April 18.-(U.H-Julla
Nussenbaum, Is, beautiful dancer
and violinist, died in a Roosevelt
hospital tonight from a blow de-
livered with a hammer by a mys-
terious assailant in a rehearsal
hall.
The murder occurred while po-
lice still were looking for the per-
son who killed Veronica Gedeon,
beautiful artists model; her mo-
ther, Mrs. Mary Gedeon; and
Frank Byrnes, their lodger. The
chief suspect is Robert Irwin, a
sculptor, for whom a nationwide
.earch is being made.
Known As LeBova
Her stage name was Tania Le-
Bova, and she had gone to the re-
hearsal hall in the building oc-
cupied by Radio Station WOW -
to prepare for a night club en-
gagement in Toronto.
The girl was struck on the head
with a hammer, which was found
in the hall near where she was
lying unconscious under a pile OF
gray draperies. Surgeons operated
at Roosevelt hospital. but had
small hope of saving Miss Nussen-
baum's life. She suffered a COM
pound skull fracture.
Police sought a man who was
seen to enter the rehearsal hall
around 10 a. m. today. He depart
ed at 1920, according to an eleva-
tor man. Miss Nussenbaum en-
tered the studio at 10:l5 a. m. She
was found in mid-afternoon by
(Continued on Page Six
The daily independent., 1937-04-19

Dema
Economy
Budget Message Goes
to Congress the
Coming Week
Is Being Revised
President Is Still Hopeful
That No New Taxes
Will Be Needed

Washington, April l8. -IU'H'-
New demands for economy in gov
ernment were made by business
and congressional leaders tonight
as President Roosevelt prepared to
send his revised budget to the
capitol this week.
Harper Sibley, president OF the
Chamber of Commerce OF the
United State5, urged very mod
crate lowering" of the scale OF
federal spending to permit modl-
fication of the undistributed cor
porate profits tax law which he
said contains inequities "detri-
mental to both public and private
interests
Senator Byrd's View
simultaneously, Sen. Harry F
Byrd. D., Va, indicated that he
favored sharp reduction in the
governments administrative per-
sonnel. He made public prellml-
nary studies by the Brookings in
stitution undertaken for his SEN
ate committee investigating ex-
ecutive agencies showing that pay
roll costs constitute the largest
item of administrative expense.
President Roosevelt, meanwhile
worked overtime recasting the ad-
miniStration's spending plans ir
the light of indications that fed
eral income would fall millions be-
low the figure estimated in the
budget submitted last January.
To Decrease Spending
Only last week, the president
advised the heads Of all depart
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The daily independent., 1937-04-19
MunitiOneer
ThWarted
By Druggist 4
Boy Prodigy Suspends
Plans for GunpOw-
der Making

New York. April l8.-lU.Hl-Mar-
tin Sokol, 5, chemist and student
of Shakespeare, gave the neigh
borhood druggists a piece of his
mind-quite a mind, too-tonight
because they won't sell him the
stuff he needs to make gunpoW-
der in his laboratory.
The boy prodigy charged that
the druggists had entered into a
con-piracy in restraint OF trade
and had agreed not to sell him
saltpeter on the theory that he
was too young to go into the mu-
nitions business. Martin also sus-
poets that he is on the blacklist
for sulphuric acid and phosphor-
Gus.
Got any saltpeter?" he in
Continued on Page Six
The daily independent., 1937-04-19
Legalize Mercy Killing
Saws Noted Churchman

mercy-killing in the United
States.
I'VE need an American society
for the legalization of mercy-kill-
ing" said the founder and leader
of the first humanist society OF
New York. I'VE ought to have
courage to face reality
Thousands of persons through
out the United States, he said,
are ready to join the campaign.
Pressure will be brought to bear
on legislatures and, finally, con-
greSs.
Potter pointed out that Sen.
John H. ComStock Of Lancaster,
introduced a bill in7ha unicamer-
al legislature of Nebraska to make
it possible to kill the afflicted
without being charged with mur-
der.
Taxpayers who through ig-
norance, religious fear, OF mis-
taken sense of maudln humanl-
tarianism, permit incurableS TO
be kept alive by the thousands 1or
many years in state-supported in
stitutions, deserve to pay the IN
CreaSingly higher taxes and have
no right to complain, he said.
Potter said these inCurableS are
"a worry to relatives and a big
expense to the state"
I'VE ought to have the moral
courage" he said, Ito put them
out OF the way. A little Chloroform
and 1t would all be over. Just
think how much better that would
--T.k y
The daily independent., 1937-04-19

Great Britain. greatest champ
ion Of the procedure, admitted
that it has many loopholes.
Geneva Statemen, recalling the
League Of Nations crisis preci-
oitated by futile attempts to end
Premier Benito MuSSolini'S invaS-
ion Of Ethiopia, warned that if
the control plan collapseS it may
prove a boomerang and increase
the danger of an international ex-
ploSion growing out of Spain's
little world war"
The so or more British. French.
German and Italian warShipS
which will patrol the Spanish sea-
coasts already are moving into
their positions. Meanwhile the OBJ
servers are setting up a frontier
Gordon.
Control Ports Designated
After midnight all merchant
ships flying the flags Of the 81
participating nations will be
forced to visit specified control
ports before they may proceed to
Spain. At the control port the
ships will take aboard an agent
of the neutrality committee who
will inspect the cargoeS, examine
passengers and crews and over
see the discharge of cargoes at
Spanish wharveS.
The guardian waTships will
stand by to make sure that every
merchant ship bound for Spain
has a neutrality agent aboard. The
merchant ships will fly a special
| flag-two black balls on white
background.
On land, meanwhile. the 'front.'
ier guards will attempt to prevent
foreign volunteers or shipments OF
munitions and materials from
reaching either Spanish faction.
Car Only Warn
If the maritime or land obSerV-
ers discover any European ship
entering Spain with volunteers or
contraband war materials they
will warn the captain that he is
violating the laws of his own
country and will make a report
The daily independent., 1937-04-19
va ooCancy II Sails North;
Wher ' Yachts Are
expected Here

~ Inward bound. the Nancy II
r,-. ~, ,5A'e here this morning after
rs - Yea Up a. the yacht basin
,.,. -.= Elizabeth City shipyard
W, .@e weeE-end.
-. - number Of pleasure craft
: q. me local dock is expected
r,,- w increased during the week
-, .,, ,"e Ia Verrjerre and the
= -,~ ,,. a:s."c for a short stay.
S.. -5oC Sanders. shipyard Of
c,,-, ,,.,. SAD las, night other might
"a 80. ~ .a.1" n the week but that
=. = lad @ heard definitely only from
''seoom and the Verrierre.
The daily independent., 1937-04-19
Music Contest
Entrants
Ready
Leave for Greensboro for
Statewide Event Wednes-
day Morning

Accompanied by Mrs. S. G..
Scott, Henry Brown and Luther
Mann, Elizabeth City high school
students, will leave here tomorrow
for Greensboro where they will
appear Wednesday morning as the
first of the local representatives In
the state musical contest at the
Womans College of the university.
The remainder of the delegation
will leave Elizabeth City by bus
in time to be in the Guilford coun-
ty city for the Wednesday night
session of the contest at 7:30, &C
cording to Miss Estelle McCleese
in charge of arrangements here
for the state meeting.
Program of the Greensboro con-
test was received by Miss McCleese
Saturday and the schedule Of ap-
pearances OF the Elizabeth City
students covers portions of two
days.
"The entire group of students
will be back home by Thursday
night" Miss McCleese said yes
terday. 1T will be necessary for
two contestants to leave tomorrow
in order that they might be pre-
sent at he early session on We'd
nesday."
Schedule of local students ap-
pearances is as follows:
Wednesday, 800 a. m: Baritone
solo, ITO the End of the Road"
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The daily independent., 1937-04-19
italy Backed Spy Ring
In Madrid, Accusation
LOyalists Claim Vic
tories Remove ISO-
latiOn Threat

Madrid. Monday, April l9.-lURD
A surprise LoyaliSt offensive led
by 40 bomberS and pursuit planes
captured the strategic villages OF
Broncales and Monterde, west Of
Teruel and between Madrid and
Valencia. the government an
nounCed today.
The villages dominate the road
to Teruel from Albarracin, and
their capture cut one of the chief
communications system used by
Rebel high command in its at
tempt to isolate Valencia from the
rich northern province of Catalon-
ia.
Strike Rear Guard
LCyaliSt militia struck the rear
guard of the Rebel forces occupy
ing Teruel. machine-gunned flee
ing insurgents from the air and
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The daily independent., 1937-04-19
Press For
;rnrerre Court Asked
''p to Rule On Old
Age Feature
4tPresent Term
, ,,,., Be trgucd Before
II W., 80 Obtain Early
Ruling On Law

....,.-.,r Apri, IS. UP
"~,.'',.- q. +-yar.ment officials to-
J >. \, -.,.S,a preparation Of an
.. -. s,...nsd 10 obtain a deci-
'..,', ., ,,.s.. vuonality Of Fed
Il <. ". ~. -, pension taxes before
=. =, s..,-sa,, court ends its term
Co -. Tia. re Boston circuit
,'., .. ,o-,a.s dcci ion holdin'
t. IT,. AVS unconstitutional might
-, 4 s.oppage Of tax income
-: - 10. The current year a
Ism 900 and affecting an es-
.....s. 100000 persons, gov
.--~s,. .,,. attorneys planned to use
.-.-~ ,sor, cut possible to get
.,s ,,ss before the court this
rssi
Argue by May 3
rs .awyerS who challenged
s axes on behalf Of George Z
7.~s .ockhO.de. in the Edison
-r-.rs..ag Co.. of Boston. we're
Dsc.ec 70 cooperate in speeding
= case which must be argued
90 .a.s. than the week OF May
1@:as court IS expected to rule
rs ,srm.
- nigh .v!buna. already has
s. adv. emeut cases testing
s .,as...u,.onaN,y Of federal
| Employment taxes, another par
Continued on Page Six
The daily independent., 1937-04-19

New York, April 18.-(U.R)-Con-
genital idiots, the hopelessly in
sane, and the incurable sick whose
every breath is a torture, should
be put to death, the Rev. Charles
Francis Potter said tonight as he
launched a campaign to legallze
The daily independent., 1937-04-19
First Attempt AT War Quarantine
Ve,ued With Misgiuings BY Europe
Neutrality Net Strung Around War-Torn
Spain Becomes Effective at Midnight;
Ships and Land Patrol

London Monday, April l9-WH-The worlds attempt to
quarantine" and
operation midnight
neutrality net around SpanS frontiers and coasts
The international nonntervenon developed
eight months CT governments
nearly SOO0000 operate require
and about so warShipS.
Expensive Instrument
Even with this extensive setupthe expensive
ervaon instrument devisedEuropean skep CT
effectiveness
The daily independent., 1937-04-19
EEgther wv, and Children
"0'ed By Explosion

4 80 .a-59 Wis, April l8.-U.RJ-
dion ...,-s and seven of her chill
.aafr were killed tonight when
deg,,o.,'a. ,a.G home near here was
asnt,o a5'u oE an explosion of dy-
stored in the basement.
Cd ~. S",p',y sheriff WIG investigat-
Tho oy.,, ,'asHdY said so pounds of
;,po .,,,. .@p.'>''c. for use in blasting
go. ..1'"P'. Vas transferred from
- ~ 80 LA~-iusnt yesterday.
The daily independent., 1937-04-19
TODAY'S LOCAL
CALENDAR

A. M.
$50 Mems Christian Federation
1000 County commissioners
P. M.
100 Rotary club
$3.50 First Baptist WINS circles
7:3O Pocahontas; KiwaniS Jun
ior glee club; w. o. w.
500 First Methodist WINS
benefit lecture by Rev.
John Everington on Gar
dens Of Old England.
Library Hours: 1912, 20.
The daily independent., 1937-04-19

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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
YOUNG FINLAYSON
GIRL LAID TO REST

Rev. And. Mikkelson of Cloquet, Of
ficiated at the funeral last Thursday
OF Miss Esther M. Gustafson of the
F1nlayson community, who passed
away following a short illness with
scarlet fever. Pallbearers were Har-
old Lindquist, Howard and Albert
Carlson, Waino and Edwin Pajala and
Carl Osladil, all neighbor boys and
schoolmates of the deceased.
Miss GustafsOn was in her senior
year in the Finlayson high school
and had not missed day for four
years. She would have been one of
the honor students had she lived I'M
til the end of the term.
She is survived by her parents, a
grandfather and grandmother, four
aunts and one uncle.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04

stitution prepares boys and girls for
the colleges and the universities.
During the teens Of these youths the
schools hold up the ideals of higher
educatiOn-to get away from manual
labor and enter upon life of ease
wearing good clothes and where So
ciety will see to it that fat salaries
are paid and but little work is re-
quired. But, unfortunately, society
has not enough of these jobs to 60
around to all and so the students aft
err graduation is disillusioned. he does
not fit in anywhere.
In order to live certain amount
of manual labor must be performed
The farms have to be titled, the wheat
ground. the cows MIXED, the food pre-
pared, the floors scrubbed, the clothes
and shoes made, and so forth ad in
finitum. But this new graduate has
not fitted himself for any of these
jobs, and so-he has to live-maybe
he turns to crime.
The New Deal should provide
schools where all these necessary
things were taught instead of center
ing on academic studies trying to
make us all into statesmen, lawyers,
doctors and whatnot, and on the COM
pletion of a described course give us
degree and turn us out in world
that is already too Overcrowded with
our ilks.
We should start in that drecti IN
now. What should be done to the
surplus crop of graduates now on
hand, | do not know. The idea of
blowing it under does not appeal to
me. 1t might be that if some able
and wise leadership were provided
that the tide could be turned, and
that the overflow could be led into
greener and better fields where the
energy could be used for the good
of society.
We need the statesman, the lawyer
and TIE doctor; but we also need the
the tailor 1t takes lot of different
people to make harmonious world
and the better each is fitted for his
job the smoother the world will be,
and the more we will respect each
other.
A statesman may be illustriOus in
his line of work and so may a mental
worker. 1t isn't the position you hold
or the job you do that should count.
but the manner in which you per-
form the work.
GRATING.