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Evening star., 1937-11-10
FOUGHT
/, BY SUMMIT PARK
Citizens Association Votes
to Oppose Good Hope
Road Permit.

The Summit Park Citizens Asso-
citation indicated last night that 1t
will take determined action on the
granting of a liquor dealers license
along Good Hope road in the vicinity
of the Stanton School. The associa-
ton at its last meeting voted to ask
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
to deny the application for the license.
The association voted to contact
the Hillcrest Citizens Association on
the possibility Of concerted action to
persuade the board to deny the license.
Prior to the resolution a Hillcrest
group member spoke against granting
the permit.
w. j. Smith, retiring president, re-
ported the receipt of partial answer
from the Water Department to the
associations query as to why Summit
Park home owners without meters paid
rates so far in excess of those of meter
owners, although apparently unable
to obtain meters. He said that q letter
from the department stated that ap-
plications for meters to be installed
before January l should have been in
before October /. A meter can be
obtained by July l, the letter con-
tinued, if application is made this year.
A motion asking the paving and
widening of Suitland road between
Alabama avenue and the District line
WAS annroved
The following officers were elected:
President, w. j. Fisher; first vice
president, w. j. Smith; second vice
president, j. S. Davis; secretary, Mrs.
j. S. Davis; treasurer, Miss Verda
Layton, and financial secretary, C. L.
Hall. MIR. Marshall, Mr.. Fisher and
Mr.. Smith were elected delegates to
the Southeast Council of Citizens As
sociations. Mrs. George H. Marshall
and Mr.. Smith were elected delegates
to the Federation Of Citizens Asso-
Citations.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
CHEST PLEA HEARD
BY BURLEITH GROUP
Districts Tax System Cited as
Cumbersome in Supply
ing Relief.

John Nixon of the Community Chest
speakers bureau told members of the
Burleith Citizens Association last
night that relief organizations in
Washington were less able to meet the
needs Of the community than were
those of other cities of comparable size
because residents of the District cannot
impose taxes to take up the slack"
caused by withdrawal or curtailment
Of Federal relief funds.
"In other Cities" Mr.. Nixon said,
sit has been possible, through added
taxation, to meet the relief emergency
arising through the withdrawal or
curtailment of United States funds.
In Washington, even though a public
sentiment may favor meeting the sit
uation through a tax increase, any
action Is made cumbersome and slow
because of the necessity of Federal
Government cooperation"
Mr. Nixon, who also is director of
the Department Of Social Welfare
of the Washington Federation of
Churches, said that because of this
Sltudt tlOl IcSlOcllIS VI Lie ONtIlCG
should use the Community Chest as
means Of providing relief for those
who would be left in need.
He said the Community Chest faces
an unusually difficult situation be-
cause citizens, not taking into con-
sideration the fact comparatively low
taxes for relief were In effect, often
objected to the size Of the Chest
goal set each year. He said this
years quota of $2,059,OO0 was not
nearly adequate" to meet the relief
problems of the District.
Martin j. Cannon was chosen pres
ident of the association. Other officers
elected were Gordon E. Clark, vice
president; Geoffrey Creyke, jr., Sec
retary-treasurer, reelected; John S.
Gorrell, delegate to the Federation of
Citizens Association, reelected, and
Henry F. Brown and Perry A. Fellows,
elected to the Executive Committee.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Lecture on Spain Tomorrow.

The Rev. John K. Cartwright, pas
tor OF Immaculate Conception Church,
will give lecture on Spain at 8:15
pm. tomorrow in the auditorium of
Gonzaga School, North Capitol and
I streets. The lecture is under the
auspices Of the Sodality Union Liter
ary Club.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Twizzler Answer.

Silky Smith got to the train first.
High Pressure" missed it because he
tried to arrive little before 4:05 by
his watch, but that was really 4:15.
Silky" tried to arrive a little before
$3.50 by his watch, but that was really
3:45.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
School Repair
Program Is
Voted
Extensive Improve"
mcnts TO The White
Schools to Begin Soon

A program of cOrely needed re-
pairs and Improvements for the
three local white schools was ap-
proved this week by the Schoo!
board and will get underway
shortly, according to Superinten-
dent E. E. Bundy. The only WORK
recommended to be done at the
primary school was the lcveling OF
the playground and lawn.
In the S. l.. Sheep @chool, the
auditorium is to be given needed
paint, plaster and minor repairs
and the lavatorieS arc to be equip
ped with new and modern fix
lures.
In the high school, considerable
painting will be done, arrange
ments will be made to heat the
auditorium more satisfactorily
new quarter3 for the home eco
nomics department will be Gre
ated on the second floor, and a
hardwood floor may possibly DC
installed in the gymnasium.
No estimate as to the total cost
of this program IS available as
yet. This is the first major pro-
fran of repairs and improvements
to the local schools in severa.
years.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Merchants May
Be Invited
Here
May Ask Merchants
AssO. Convention to
Meet Here In 1888

The North Carolina Merchants
Association. which holds It's 3oth
annual convention in New Bern
next week, may be asked to meet
in Elizabeth City in 1888, accord
ing to G.. C. Meads, secretary OF
the Chamber of Commerce-Mer-
chants association.
Secretary Meads said the fact
that the convention is being held
in the extreme eastern part OF the
state this year would hurt Eliza
beth City's chances OF obtaining
the 1888 convention, but he also
said that he believes many OF the
merchants are anxious to return
here. ,
The Merchants Association last
met here in 1928, and some OF the
merchants have been talking ABOUT
the good time they had at that
convention ever since.
The local directors have not DEL
initely decided whether to exteno
an invitation but they are expect
ed to do so.
Secretary Meads and Frank w.
Selig. president of the local mer-
chants association, are planning
to attend the convention in New
Bern next Monday and Tuesday
and several others may accompany
them.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Conservation
Program
Objectiyes

Washington. June 3. -'U.R)-
Legislation introduced today to
establish a national conservation
policy forecasts the greatest at
tempt ever made by any country
to change natures handiWork.
The scope of the forthcoming
program j. limited only by the
boundaries of this country. 1t is
founded on the Tennessee valley
authority an experiment which
has captured the attention and
the interest of many countries
abroad; which has been the tar
get of innumerable legal battles
and which today 2tands as one of
the most controversial Social-eco-
nomic reforms instituted under
the new deal.
President kooSevelt'S program
cnvisages the day when all Of Am
erica major streams Will be
made navigable in the interest of
commerce and as a safeguard for
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The daily independent., 1937-06-04

New York, June 3. -U'H-
Science, which is always popping
up with something new and in
terdsting, 6Ccideo tonight that
there is aomething lop-sided about
the scx-life of a Virginia oyster.
The discovery was announced by
DR.. Wesley R. Coe, a thin, bald
man from Yale, and was in direct
contradiction to theories main
tanned by the Cape Cod fisher
mems debating society, which
holds that an oyster has no SEX
life.
DR.. Coe told the oyster institute
of North America, which gathers
each year to find out what it is
that annoys an oyster, that a Vlr-
ginia oyster not only has sex-llfe,
but lot of it.
The reproductive capacity OF
any OYSTER" said DR.. Coe, is enor-
nous.
But he said certain variations
had been noted which were OF
economic Significance" One of
these is the fact that there are
from two to IL times as many
gentlemen oyster in every bed, as
there are lady oysters.
The oysters themselves have
partly solved their problems, &C
cording to the professor, by shift
ing sexes. Late in life the ratio OF
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

Gets Added
Penalty
Balance Has Punish.
mcnt Intensified Aft
cr His Sarcastic Sally

A WisecraCk directed at Judge
CIaWson Williams in superior
court yesterday gained an inten-
sifiCation of punishment for Olln
Balance. who had just been SEN
fenced to a pri on term of from
seven to 10 years, following his
convict ton earlier in the term on
charge of breaking into the
commiSSary of the Chesson Manu-
featuring company.
Subsequent to the sentence,
Balance rose and after thanking
The judge for hi5 lien:ency, evi-
IDENTITY intended in sarcastic vein,
continued:
Il hope to live to get out of
iail and to own a hotel with q
thousand rooms and to see you
dying in every one of them.
The judge failed to understand
the mumbled conclusion of the
statement, but when informed of
it's import directed the clerk to
add the word, confinement" to
the sentence.
The addition is taken to mean
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The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Commander SuiHUdn
A Visitor Here
Yesterday

Commander Christopher j. Sui
Ivan. commanding officer Of the
Sixth Coast Guard District, was
here yesterday looking over the
office he will occupy when he
comes here June 25Uh to succeed
Commander James A. Price as Of
ficer in charge of the Seventh Dis
triCt.
In addition TO inspecting the
local dis s.rict Coast Guard head
quarter. Commander Sullivan,
while here, also met the men with
whom he will work and spent an
hour or so looking for a house for
his family.
Commander Sullivan is now To-
Gated at Chincoteago, Va. Com
mander Price. whom he succeeds
here, will 60 to Jacksonville, Fla,
On the 25th Of this month to take
over the dutie. of commanding o.
ficcr of the Second District.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Ask improvement
Merchant Marine
United States Shipping Is Seen AS Falling
Behind In the Competition Between
Maritime Nations of World

Washington, June 3.-(U.R)-
Chairman Joseph F. Kennedy of
the maritime commission will an
n0unCe plans for a powerful new
merchant marine within the next
two weeks it was learned tonight.
The plan VII encompass new
construction for both commercial
and naval purposes.
Kennedy conferred with PreSi-
dent Roosevelt today on final de-
tails. It was understood they dis
cussed means of financing the
huge program which is designed
20 recapture for America shipping
billions of dollars in fore gn trade
iost during the depression.
It is doubtful that congress will
be called upon for an immediate
appropriation, due to the general
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Dwight Beard
Goes TO Chair
This Morning
Former Carolina Football
Star Must Pay for His
Career of Crime

Huntsville, Tex, June 3.-(U'H'
Dwight Beard, 27, husky North
Carolina youth who forSook the
cheers of university football
crowds for a life of crime, waited
calmly tonight for his short walk
to the electric chair.
He was scheduled to die in the
Texas prison here few minutes
after | a. m. (EST) Friday for
numbering John Roberts, former
Dallas policeman, during a hold
up two days before Christmas,
1885.
Beard, who boaSted that he had
been wounded 80 times in battles
with police in Atlanta, Ga, and
other cites, spent considerable
time talking and praying with
Father Hugh Finnegan, prison
chaplain. Mass was held in death
row Thursday afternoon and
Beard participated in holy COM
munion.
In letter to his mother
(Conti1ued on Page Eight)
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

governmental economy drive al
though acting director of the
budget Daniel w. Bell may be
forced to rule otherwise. He now
has under consideration several
financing proposals.
While Kennedy was comforting
with the president the maritime
commission made public figures
showing the exact condition of
American ships in relation to
foreign fleets. Officials made no
secret Of their acute worry over
the situation.
The following table diScloses
the relative position of United
States ocean-going shipping COM
pared with that of other leading
nations:
Great Britain 2,129 ships, 49,
100000 gross tons.
Japan, 602 ships, 3,O25,000
gross tons.
United States, 442 ships, $780,
900 gross tons.
Germany, 463 ships, 2,747OOO
gloss tons.
(Continled on Pape Eiol,t)
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Cherokees To
Take Part
In Play
W i'll Participate In
Virginia Dare Pageant
and Act As Guides

Manteo, June 3-(U,R)-As plans
for the great Roanoke Island
celebration near completion it
appears virtually certain a tribe
of Cherokee Indians, will partici-
pate in the 350th anniversary
pageant.
Harold Foght, superintendent
of The Cherokee Indian Agency
in North Carolina. has advised D
B. Fearing. executive secretary OF
the celebration. that I'VE may be
able to manage it in spite of the
Indians own pageant and cele-
bration at Cherokee this sum-
mer."
Plans have also been made tc
have Chief Blue Water, Cherokee
chief of Tulsa, Oklahoma and
Indian actor, play to the role OF
either Manteo of Wanchese N
Paul Green's new play, The Lost
Colony"
The leading role in the play
has been assigned to Katherine
Gale, British actress, who vii.
take the parts OF Elanor, mother
of Virginia Dare, as we'll as OF
Virginia Dare herself at maturity
The Cherokces, whom some au-
thorit.es claim are direct de:5-
cendants of The Lost Colony OF
Continued on Page Eight
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

Into Hill
Leader In the Drive
Against Loyal
ist Bilbao
Second to Franco
Hero of Spanish Colonial
Warfare Was Born On
the Island of Cuba

Hendayc, Franco Spanish
Frontier, June 3. W.H-Gen.
Emilio Mola. fifty year old
Spanish rebel commander on
the northern Basque front,
was killed today i'm an air.
plane crash near the insur-
gent provisional capital of
Burgos, the San Sebastian
rebel headquarters announc-
ed tonight.
The San Sebastian head
quarters. just south of the
frontier on the Biscay coast
where Mola had been direct
ing he cncirclcmcnt of Bilbao,
said three others were killed
in the crash.
His Companions
They were the pilot of the
plane, Mola's chief of staff and
another officer.
B.. Mels,s death, which came when~
the pilot of his reconnaissance air
plane smashed into a mountain
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The daily independent., 1937-06-04

Advertising
Agency Wins
Gels Contract to Cooper.
ate In Publicizing
the State

Raleigh, June 3.-UD Tho
state Board Of Conservation and
Development today selected East
man Scott & company of Atlanta.
advertising agency to cooperate
with it in handling the S250,000
state advertising program author
lied by the 1887 General Assem-
bly,.
R. Bruce Etheridge, director OF
the conservation department, an
nounced that EaStman-Scott'S bid
fer the program had been APPROX
ed by a special committee consid-
erlng applications of upwards OF
so agencies and that the complete
conservation board had confirm
ed the appointment.
The S250000 appropriation will
be used to advertise North Caro-
lima to citizens of other states. IT
was believed most of the money
would be spent outside the state.
Gov. Clyde r. Hoey, in his in
augural address list January, urg-
ed a state advertising program
and suggested plans for national
exhibition within the state as part
of it. This feature was abandoned.
however. and the General Assem-
bly, appropriated the $250,000 Tor
general advertising purposes.
Etheridge pointed out that the
agency selected today would not
be given complete charge Of the
program, but would merely CO.
operate with the conservation de-
partment in spending the money.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Long Term Conservation
Program Before Congress
President Would Combat Floods, Droughts
and Dust Storms Through Prudent
Regulation of Resources

Washington June 3.-W.R)-Congrcss began work to-
night on the governments first onglrrm program TO
bat foods rougts and dust storms through conservation
and development Of the nations natural after
President Roosevelt appealed for prudcnL far-slghtcd
treatment of the problem.
Legislation designed to achieve the national policy long
sought bv the president was introduced in both houses
after special message outlining his recommendations was
read The program touched of scorchng fight in the two
chambers over which committees to be entrusted with
one of the most vital and farreachnS projects yet initiated
bv the New Deal.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
"Fiying Laboratory"
HOPS To PQranlQribO

Faramaribo. Dutch Guiana,
June Sup - Amelia Earhart
Putnam. American woman flier,
brought her 100000 Flying Lab
oratory" in which she is attempt
ing to fly around the world. into
the Jungle airport here after a
four-hour flight from Caripito,
Venezuela.
Miss Earhart decided to remain
here tonight and fly to Natal,
Brazil. her last stopping point in
South America, tomorrow if the
weather permits.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Disbarnlent Proceedings
Against COngieton
Heard Today
Former HcrtfOrd At
torncy On Trial; the
Stale Bar Prosecuting

Hertford, June 3-Luther F.
Congleton, former HEREFORD at
torney will be hailed before the
grievances committee of the State
Bar Assoc: alton in special session
here this morning at II o'clock
to answer to charges of failing to
remit fines collected.
This is the first time in the re-
collection of Hertford citizens
that disbarment proceedings have
been brought against an attorney
of this section.
Congleton is accused Of failing
to remit fines collected by him
self. In what capacity he collect
ed these fines is not known, since
he never held any public office
while practiCing law in Hertford
Secretary Henry NJ. London of the
STATE Bar Associat on said last
night that he had made many at
tempts to get in touch with
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The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Hoey Receives Gift
OF Captured Banner

Raleigh, June 3.-U.p)-Ar-
rival here of a faded flag and a
letter saying, II am glad to as
sist in a happy ending to the
affair."" paid off an old civil
war score today. ]. r. Seitzer,
SteubenvilIe, o., mailed the
small Confederate flag to Gov.
Clyde Hoey of North Carolina.
Seltzer said his father, a cap
tain in the Norther army, cap
tured the flag from North Car
olina's fourth regiment in a
battle at Winchester, Va, and
kept it the rest of his life as a
souvenir.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04

Hertford. June 3. -LIidshipman
T. j. Nixon, III, who graduated
today from the Naval Academy at
Annapolis. A son Of the late T. J.
Nixon, Jr.. and Mrs. Nixon Of
Hertford. he was graduated from
PerquimanS high chool in 1881
Where he engaged in all athletic
aCtivi les and where he was an
outstanding figure in scholastic
activities. He finished his prepara-
tory course at Marion Military in
titutC in Alabama in 1888 and
WAS a member of the varsity foot
ball squad.
While at the Naval Academy he
served for one year en- the staff
Of The Log" the official Annapo-
lis publication. and this year was
a member Of the editorial board
Of The Log"
Mr.. Nixon now expects to spend
overall weeks in Hertford with his
mother. leaving the latter part of
June fer the West Coast where he
joins the Saratoga. to which ship
he has been assigned. with its
home port in the state of Wash
ington.
Mr. Nixon. her son. HolloWell.
and Mir. and Mrs. w H. HardCaS-
tie attended the graduation eXer-
ciseS ct The academy today.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Strikers Hold
Mass Funeral
For The Slain
Ten Thousand Hear Ccre-
monte. But Crowd Re-
main. Orderly

C-oaac. June 3.-U.H p Strik-
.2- ee' workers today gave three
o: then comrades a mass funeral
..~.-.- IN size and splendor that
.. movie idol or a slain gang
,."t-a.n.
More than 10000 people. unable
- cain entrance to the black
..apud Eagles hall in South Chi
oag.. c0Od in roped-of streets
do .he building to hear the
.Go-sl services through loud
...a aEcys.
Inside the small hall, into which
no 400 had wedged their way,
the three dead - Joseph Roth
muad Alfred Causey, and Sam
P.povick-lay in state in bron%e
casEcts which had been purchased
B." TIE Steel workers organizing
committee at a reported cost OF
$500 each.
With four others, they were
~0g-dcd fatally Sunday in fierce
1o..ag before the South Chicago
plan, Of Republic Steel corpora
""u More than 100 police and
.nerrators were injured.
About the caskets was placed
au os'.mated $1,000 worth of flow
".. many Of them sent by SWOC
a9prters in Pittsburgh. one
large wreath bore the card OF the
Workers Alliance. a union OF
"rA workers.
r0J~ hours before the service
Il long line passed in single file
2..orc the Caskets, while children
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Pasqu0tdnk Tribes
Home Opening
June 24th

Pasquotank Tribe of Red Men
voted last night to open its new
S25, 900 home on North PoindeXter
street on the night of Thursday,
June "a, with dedicatory exercises
held at Joint meeting OF the
tribe and Mataoka council OF the
PocahontaS.
State officers of the order Will
be invited and it is expected that
Harvey 0. Barnett of Harrisburg,
Pa, Great Incohonee OF the Or
der. will visit the city on the oc-
Ca2ion.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Tent Meeting
viii Start
Sunday
Salvation Army Tent
Is Up; First Service
Sunday Night

The words Salvation Army con-
jure up in the mind of the aver
age Elizabeth Citizen a picture of
a group Of hymn-Singing, tam
BOURNE shaking gospel shouters
doing their act on a street corner.
An attempt will De IIla~e 20 give
Elizabeth City a different concep-
tion Of the Salvation Army this
summer.
Envoy Charles Cooke, VINO has
been in the city for about three
weeks, announced yesterday that
a series of Salvation Army tent
meetings will be held here begin
ming Sunday night, June 6, at 7:45
o'clock.
A new canvas tent, 35 by 40
feet in dimensions, was erected on
the Elizabeth City high school
grounds on Pool street yesterday
and seats will be installed today
and tomorrow. The tent will ac-
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The daily independent., 1937-06-04
TWO Fires But Not
Much Damage
Yesterday

Two fires gave the local fire de-
parSment something 10 do yester-
day but did very little damage.
The first fire, which was Short
ly before noon, burned a small
hole in the kitchen roof of the
house occupied by Wiley Skinner
at 1908 Southern Avenue. the
fire caught from sparks from the
flue.
Last night around 100 o'clock,
children playing with matches IN
the Toulouse behind L. D. Wal
drof's home on Raleigh Avenue
set the building afire. The damage
amounted to around $50.
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Seville Of The Oyster
Has Unique Aspects

lady oysters to gentleman oysters
is almost even.
So DR.. Coe set out to find out
how this happened, and discover
ed another remarkable thing. 1t
seems that whenever an oyster
gets in hot water. it becomes more
ladyiike.
He examined oysters from Cape
Cod to North Carolina, and found
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The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Greatest Romance of
the Age Reaches
elimination
Bound for Austria
C.,gs Britain Alarmed al
Possibility They May
Come io The L. :.
Ev WEBB MILLER

Nru,S. France. June =.
Ir0 The Duke of Windsor,
hnra lo rule over onc-fourth
Of lh.. worlds peoples, and
nj, twice divorced duchess
whose mother kept 4 board
rre house i'm Baltimore sped
across HE AlPS tonight to Il
hon.ymoun castle after their
.airy-talr wedding.
Their marriage - first a
French civil ceremony and
then an anglican religious
service in open defiance of
thr dukes enemies among the
Church of England hierarchy
occurred in the fOO-yCar-
obi Chateau dc CaHdC at noon
To- culminatc the greatest ro-
nance Of the age.
\ Happy Bride
Tie duchess. who was Mrs.
Wallis Warfeld until she answer
.: q firm french "oui' to Mayor
C.a..ss MERCER Of MontS as she
sd rand-;r-hand with the man
w.0 vas king in the chateau's S
a,.~. said she was 80 very
happy.
lie duke. q broad smile on his
1.~.-n face. announced. with a
The daily independent., 1937-06-04
Potato Inspection
OifCe Is Set
p Here

Getting set for the 1887 potato
-.".-t.ng season. the division OF
markets, Department of Agricul-
."r. mas opened an office in the
DE" Southern Hotel building on
North Road Street and is ready to
'.--a inspection OF the 1887 spud
'.., Of this county.
The inspection office this year
~ a charge of j. w. vessels, OF
.-" Eastern Shore section Of Vir-
-"..a. At the peak of the spud
movement Mr.. VESSEL will have
aoDroximately IS inspectors at
e. a@.e.