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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
HIGH POINT MAN is
KIDNAPPED, ROBBED
w. o. Mccormick, As, Tells Officers
Two Men Burned His Car
Near Lexington

High Point Oct. 7.-(AP)-W. O.
Mccormick, IS, told police here to-
day that two men had kidnapped him
late last night and driven him until
early today wnen, lie salG, they burn
ed his car at point near Lexington.
Mccormick. former taxi driver
here, said the pair got into his car
at street intersection here shortly
before II o'clock last night and blind
folded him at the point of pistol.
The pair, Mccormick said. released
him, burned his machine and robbed
him of about $18 early today. NC
Cormick told police they stopped twice
during the ride and the two men
bought several cans of what he as
sumed was gasoline.
When they finally stopped, McCor,
mick said, the pair told him to gel
the cans from the back of the car
at the same time throwing Lighted
match on the gasoline.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
Yanks Win
By 81 Score

Yankee Stadium, New York, Oct.
THE powerful Rupert Rifles, bet
ter known as the Yankees, added the
second game of the Worlds Series to
their string, making the series count
2 to O in their favor as they met the
New York Giants in the blue ribbon
baseball event. 4
The Yankees had little trouble IN
handing the Giants defeat by a
score of to /.
The Giants drew first blood, the
only blood they drew during the con-
test, in the first inning when Barteli
doubled, and OFT singled him home.
Cliff Melton had the Yanks in check
until the fifth inning, when 1oag led
off the scoring with double to left,
Selkirk singled to right, Lazzeri got
a single, and Ruffing followed with
a base blow. Rolf singled, but Ruff
ing was caught off base. Dimaggio
struck out to end the inning.
The sixth was the big inning for
the Yanks when they scored four tai
lies. Then they added two more in
the seventh for good measure to end
their scoring for the day.
The series moves tomorrow to the
Polo Grounds the home of the Giants
for three games, if it takes that many
Score by innings: r H E
Giants ..... 100 900 O0O-1 {
Yankees ...... 900 024 20x-8 IL
Giants: Melton, Gumbert and Man
cuso. Yankees Ruffing and Dickey
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
Three Draw
Death Order
For Assault
Duplin Negroes Are
Sentenced on Testl-
mony of 2O-Year-
Old Attack Victim

Kenansville, Oct. 7.-(AP)-A SUI
perior court jury convicted three Ne
groes today of criminally attacking
Mrs. T. r. Coe 20, of Madison, Fla,
last August 49, The trio were sentenc-
ed to die in the gas chamber at Ra-
leigh next December II.
The Negroes are Apson Outlaw, 30;
Lonnie Gardner, 25, and Sylvester
Outlaw.
The jury brought in it's verdict after
less than a half hours deliberations.
Judge Henry Grady, of Clinton, pass
ed sentence Immediately.
Mrs. Coe. mother of a small child.
identified the defendants as the three
men who she said forced her into
their automobile on the night Of Au-
gust 18 and attacked her near Pink
Hill, in this county.
Sheriff D. S. Williamson testified
Apson Outlaw and Lonnie Gardner
had confessed the attack when they
were arrested.
Mrs. Coe, native of Goldsboro, who
was visiting relatives in Duplin coun-
ty at the time of the act, apparently
was on the verge of breaking down
during the testimony. She said she
had gone with group of friends to
a movie at Pink Hill, and was walk
ing home with an escort, James Suggs,
when the Negroes drove by and in
vited them to ride. When Suggs de-
clined the offer, she said, the Ne
oroes threatened him with knives,
forcing him to flee. The Negroes then
forced her into their car, Mrs. Coe
related and drove about eight miles
away stopped and each attacked her.
Mrs. Coe said she was released about
two miles farther down the road.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
KHAN AFF|[|AT|ON
BLIGHT TO BLACK
Will Always Be Cloud on
His Career as Supreme
Court Justice
Bv CHARLES r. STEWART
CantraI Press COlumniSt

Washington, Oct. T. If ever man
was sorry for having done thln9
before he was mature enough 10
know better Justice Hugo L. Black OF
the Federal Supreme Court undoubt-
edlv is entitled to consideration for
the grand prize as that sort OF an
Individual.
He does not say he was sorry that
be Joined the Ku Klux Klan decade
and half ago, when he was IN MS
comparatively youthful mid-SVs.
But gosh! how sorry he must be!
Expediency Then.
Enthusiastically it seemed to Black
back in the early 1920's, as if it were
. mere matter of local political ex-
nediency to become a Kluxer in
community where the Klan was over
whelmingly strong, and where he pro
bablv thought that it always would De-
He had not had much experience
then and did not realize that such
movements are ephemeral.
Anyway. how could he have fore
seen. at that time, that his relatively
Juvenile Khan membership would be
nationally remembered against MN
so many years later?
Under Stress.
The affair is no temporary incident
regardless of the fact that Black Is
practically sure. to spend the remain
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
Hull Says u. S. Determined
To Have Hand In Nine
Power Conference
If 1t Comes
SEEK WHEREABOUTS
OF JUSTICE BLACK
Supreme Court Attaches Sill
ent on Whether New Just
ice Is Attending Court Con-
ferences; Roosevelt Back
ers Plan To Rush Program
Through

Hyde Park, N. Y, Oct. 7.-(AP)-
President Roosevelt was in frequent
communication with the State Depart
ment today, presumably ascertaining
reaction to the governments latest
pronouncement denouncing Japan for
her undeclared war on China.
1t was also disclosed by Secretary
James Roosevelt that William Phil
lips, ambassador to Rome, who has
been vacationing in the Berkshires,
was a caller at the summer White
House yesterday afternoon.
He said Phillips stopped only about
five minutes for tea, but undoubtedly
talked about the foreign situation.
Saturday morning the President will
attend the funeral of Mrs. Harry Hop
kins, wife of the works progress ad-
miniStratOr.
Meantime, at Washington, Secretary
Hull indicated this governments firm
intention of participating in a nine
power conference to consider the Far
Eastern conflict.
Hull said at his press conference no
invitation to such a parley thus far
has been received, but naturally, as
one of the signatories to the nine
power treaty guaranteeing China's
territorial sovereignty, that he "pre-
sumed" this government would accept
if and when the bid is received.
Other Washington developments:
Supreme Court attaches are main
tanning strict secrecy about the where
abouts of Hugo Black, the new JUS
tice. Officials would not say whether
he attended today's conference of JUS
tees to act on pending litigation.
They would not even say whether he
was in the Supreme Court building.
Administration supporters in Con-
gress said they were prepared to push
the Presidents legislative program to
quick enactment at either a special
session or the regular session in Jan
uary.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
INSURGENT TROOPS PUSH
FORWARD ON TARNA FRONT

Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Frontier,
Oct. T. (AP) Spanish insurgent
troops pushed forward today in the
Tarna sector on the border of Leon
and Oviedo provinces, trying to tight
en- the southern line of their offensive
On Gijon.
Walking through rugged mountain
country, under renewed rainfall, one
column was reported by the daily in
surgent communique to have taken
control of roads around Tarna, while
another occupied the mountain ridge
Cierra de TornaS.
Government (Asturian) militia put
up a stubborn resistance on the line
between insurgent bases in the Eu-
ropa mountains east of Gijon and
some peaks to the south of the gov
ernment's Biscayan seaport.
Both southern and eastern insur-
gent columns were about 30 air miles
from their detectives.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
JAPAN TO REFUSE
TO TAKE PART AT
N|NE-PONER MEET
Tokyo Takes Position Unit
ed States Acted Without
justification In
Its Stand
STATE DEPARTMENT
ACTION SURPRISING
Proposed Conference To Be
Held in Washington, If
Called; Immediate Reply
to Washington Not Ex-
pected from Imperial Jap
Government
STATE DEPARTMENT
ACTION SURPRISING
(By The Associated Press.)

Tokyo statesmen assembled in an
emergency session today to discuss
United States condemnation of Jap
ans invasion of China, while Bri-
tain and France began an exchange of
views with Washington on convoca-
ton of a nine-power conference aim
ed to curb hostilities in the Far East
Taken completely off guard, accord
ing to the highest Japanese govern
ment officials, the Tokyo statesmen
were not expected however, to reply
Immediately to the formal statement
of the American State Department ac-
cusing Japan of violating the nine
power act guaranteeing Chinas ter
ritorial integrity in the Kellogg pact
outlawing war as an instrument of ma
tional policy
1.-THE prevailing sentiment of the
Japanese government is that there is
no reason for the Omitted States) &C
tion,' the high official said. 1--WE COM
pletely fail to understand the Amer
lean action, which is bound to make
very bad impression on the Japanese
public"
In London the possibility was ad-
vanced that the nine-power conference
would be held in Washington. Of
ficials declined to say whether a flat
request was made to hold the parley
in the American capital but they did
point out it's suitability since it was
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1922.
The Domei (Japanese) News Agency
quoted an unnamed foreign office of
fetal as saying: Japan is confident
she will prove equal to the contin-
gency," even in the face of possible
concrete measures the powers might
take. This same source said Japan, a
signatory of the nine-power treaty,
would not participate in nine-power
conference if one were held.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
Many Towns in Rich Pro-
vince of Kwantung At
tackled by Japanese
Air Squadrons
SHANGHAI AREA is
SHELLED FROM SEA
Flagship Idzumo F ir e S
Across International Set
Element to Scene of Des-
perate Battle Northwest of
City; Chinese Planes Bat
tie Enemy

Shanghai. Oct. 7.-(AP)-More than
5O0 Chinese civilians were reported
TODAY to have been killed by mass
bombing raids of Japanese war planes
on the rich southern province OF
Kwantung.
The Chinese Central News Agency
reported eight Japanese planes, in
GLIDING two huge bombers, were shot
down BY a surprise Chinese defense on
the strategic military railway linking
Canton on the south coast and the
Yangtze river port of Hankow.
The massed Japanese flights took to
the air yesterday just as the League
of Nations and the United States were
condemning Japan for her violation
of her treaty obligations by invasion
of Chinese territory.
A dozen railway centers were bomb
ed along the route from Canton to
Hankow, Chinese dispatches said, kill
ing and wounding more than 300 non
combatants in those towns alone.
In northern Kwantung province the
raidng planes were said to have caus-
ed several hundred more casualties.
While the massed flights of Sc Jap
anese planes followed the railroad to
the north, dropping bombs on each
village as they came to it, Chinese
said a spirited attack by 20 Chinese
planes kept the line from being more
than slightly damaged.
At Shanghai, where a desperate bat
tie was raging through the rice pad
dies, northwest of the city, the Jap
anese flagship Idzumo sent countless
shells screaming over the internation-
al settlement in an effort to blast the
Chinese out of stubbornly defended
positions.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
Registration OF
New Cars Strikes
An All-Time High

Raleigh, Oct. 7.-(AP)-Regis-
tration of motor vehicles in North
Carolina sets a new high record
daily now, and the Motor Venice
Bureau reported today September
sale of 5,4S6 new motor vehicles
rushed to 55,851 the total for nine
months.
Last year in nine months there
were 47.744 motor vehicles SOLO.
There were 566,641 cars Licensed
this year to October compar-
ed with a record annual reg1strar
ton of 55O,O5O in 1886.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
GASOLINE HEARING
PURELY TECHNICAL
Layman, and Even Some
Members of Commission,
Know Little About 1t
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
T.. Tho Sir XNs.lfnr HnfAI

Raleigh, Oct. 1.-THE only thing
made clear at Wednesdays lengthy
hearing before the new gasoline in
spection commission was that the
commission is faced by task which
will tax it's ability to the utmost.
Practically everything else was so
thoroughly hidden behind cloud OF
technical discussion and abstruse cal
culation that newsmen and lay spec
tators went away wondering what it
was all about, anyway, and there was
more than a sneaking suspicion that
at least some members of the COM
mission were in little better case.
The heart Of the matter lies In de-
termining just how gasoline shall be
graded and how the various grades
shall be made known to the buying
nublic. This central fact was thorough
lv shrouded by talk about "octanes
and other incomprehensible gadgets
When the hearing was over, the con-
sensus was that there weren't three
people in the hall of the House who
knew ANYTHING at all about an "oc-
tanes." is characteristics, place of
residence and previous condition OF
servitude, if any. Some commended oc-
tanes were animalculi, others were
decidedly doubtful whether they
should be classed as flora or fauna.
From what representatives Of num-
Gus gasoline companies said, it seems
that octanes have something to DO
with the power and pep of gasoline;
but it also appeared that 10y adding
an ounce-or maybe it was quart
Of ethvl to otherwise sub-grade gas
oline, enough octanes can be general
ed, or created, or whatever is done
to bring octanes into being, to make
this sub-grade gasoline test as high
in octanes as the finest premium
grades.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
SOUTH cAROL|NA'S
SENATORS CRITICAL
OF COTTON POLICY
Smith Blames Cotton Loan
Program for Present
Starvation Price of
Cotton
SAYS HE PLEADED
FOR 12-CENT LOAN
Says He Lacked Power,
Which Comes from ''Hand
ing Out Money and Jobs;
Byrnes Wants Subsidy To
Continue on Cotton Stored
to July 81

Iva, S. c., Oct. Senator
E. D. Smith, of So3th Carolina, chair
man of the Senate Agriculture Com,
mittee, blamed the administration s
cotton loan program for the present
price of cotton in speech here today.
Addressing students of the Iva and
Antreville high schools, and scat
tering of adults, Smith declared:
81 pleaded and begged for ten
cent loan and a subsidy of two cents
on this years crop, and he said it
was left up to the administration, y
and added: Look what we got!
don't know what it is"
"You ought to read that mess" he
said, in referring to the provisions OF
the loan program. Declaring that if
the government loan had been placed
at twelve cents the market would have
held that figure, Smith said that it
it had been left to him he would have
demanded a price of Is cents for cot
ton.
"But 1 didn't have the power" he
said, adding power came from hand
ing out money and jobs
Referring to recent talks with Sec
rotary of Agriculture Henry Wallace,
and assistants, in. which the senator
said he had requested a full explana-
ton of the cotton loan program, Smith
pointed to the recent action of the
Commodity Credit Corporation in max
ing eligible for loans two more grades
of cotton.
The ga loan rate for cotton 7-8 OF
an inch and above in staple and strict
low middling of equivalent grades
was increased under the new regula-
tionS to s IL cents.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
TWO BRITISH SHIPS
CAPTURED BY REBELS

London, Oct. 7.-(AP)- Two
British steamers were captured off
the northern Spanish coast by a
Spanish insurgent trawler, the Ad-
miralty said today. The vessels
were the YOrkbrOOk and the
DOvery Abbey.
The Admiralty said -"presum-
ably the ships were within ter
ritOrial waters. 1t was pointed out
such vessels had been warned re-
peatedly they enter territorial
waters at their own risk.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
BYRNES ASKS SUBSIDIES
ON COTTON TO JULY 8

Spartanburg, S. c., Oct. 7.-(AP)-
Senator Byrnes, Democrat, South Car
DINA, tried today to impose subsidy
payments on cotton stored by July 81
1898, thus making the regulations this
year the same as 1885.
Byrnes placed the matter before
President Roosevelt and Agriculture
Secretary Wallace. He wired the Pre-
sident:
Department regulations this year
limit subsidy to cotton which is sold,
and as a result all cotton is being sold
and the price depressed. Under the re-
gulations there is an inducement to
sell and a penalty for holding"
Byrnes said he had discussed the
proposal with Jesse H. Jones, Recon
struction Finance Corporation chair
man, and urged quick action, as cot.
ton is "being thrown on the market.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
HOODLAUDS BANKS
IN NEW YORK STATE

New York, Oct. 7-(AP)-Gurney
p. Hood, State bank commissioner OF
North Carolina, praised the super
vision of State banks in New York
today as he responded to addresses
of welcome to the 37th annual meet
ing of the Association of Supervisors
of State Banks.
Hood also praised Mayor Laguarola
and emphasized he agreed with the
mayor in supporting the detectives OF
the New Deal.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
Resources Ut
u s. BanksAt
$40 Billions

New Orleans, La, Oct. T.
(AP)-The resources of the ma
TONS banks were placed today at
almost, $4,000, 100000.
The figure was revealed i'm the
annual report of r.. N. Sims, sec
retary-treasurer of the National
Association of Supervisors of State
Banks. He said as of June 80,
1887, State banks had total re-
sources of $3S,644,777.25, and ma
tiOnL banks 1887 ,O71, the COM
bined total being $1,676,256,8O8
above that of last year.
There were 1859 fewer state
banks and IS less national banks
this year than last.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
HARRY l.. HOPKINS
WIFE PASSES AWAY

Washington, Oct. 7.-(AP)- Mrs.
Harry L. Hopkins wife of the Works
Progress Administration head, died
at Garfield hospital here early today.
She had been ill several weeks. Mr..
hopkins was at her bedside when she
died.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
Government
Claims Win
Over Rebels
Insurgents in Spain
Push 4 OrW ar d,
However, on Other
Fronts of War

Madrid, Oct. 7.-(AP)-A Spanish
government communique said today
three insurgent tanks were destroyed,
200 insurgents were killed and two
companies of insurgents were sur
rounded in fighting for possession of
Hill COZ, dominating the valley of
Santriso in Asturias province.
An insurgent attack on the hill was
preceded by an aerial bombardment in
which Is planes took part, and an
artillery bombardment, the communi-
que said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07
WEATHER

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy and somewhat I'M
settled tonight and Friday; cooler
Friday and in north portion to-
night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-10-07

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The Washington times., 1937-10-07
Son Is Born

Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Rains,
who make their home at the
Westchester, are receiving con.
gratulations on the birth of a
son Monday at Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital. Mrs. Rains is
the former Mary Elizabeth Nc
FAN, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne G. McFall Of York, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Parker are
stopping at the Ritz-Carlton Ho.
tel in New York City.
Col. and Mrs. s. G. Talbot,
U. S. A., of Columbus, Ohio,
are spending several days at
the Martinique.
Col. and Mrs. F. Charles
Starr, who arrived recently
from Chicago, have taken an
apartment at the Roosevelt
Hotel.
MRS. w. ForbeS Morgan re-
turned on the Queen Mary and
is staying at the Ritz-Carlton
Hotel in New York city.
* X
Mrs. william Belknap, of Hol-
lyWood, Calf, with her son, has
taken an apartment at Ward
man Park Hotel.
The Washington times., 1937-10-07

The marriage of Miss Eleanor
Teresa Bishop, daughter of Mrs.
Nancy Rust Bishop, and Mr..
William j. Mileham, son OF
Mrs. w. J. Mileham OF Jersey
City, N. j.. took place this after
noon in the Chinese Room OF
the Mayflower Hotel.
The Rev. Allen Stockdale per-
formed the ceremony, in room
banked with palms and vari-
colored gladioli.
The bride, who was given In
marriage by her brother, Frances
Rust Bishop, looked lovely in a
gown of ivory satin made on
princess lines flowing into a
sweeping train. The yoke of
rose point lace formed a high
neckline.
MOTHER ATTENDS
Her veil of Breton lace fell
from a tiara of rosepoint lace.
She carried shower bouquet of
gardenias and lilies Of the val
ley.
The Washington times., 1937-10-07
Lykeses Here

Miss Louis Lykes, of Tampa,
Fla, has joined her father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Lykes, at the Carlton Hotel,
where they will remain a few
days before motoring back to
their home. With them is Mrs.
Margaret Knauf, of Tampa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w. White,
of Scarsdale, N. Y, are stopping
at the Carlton Hotel while in
Washington, en- route to spend
some time at The Homestead in
Hot Springs, Va.
~
Mr.. and Mrs. Sterling Byrd
Lacy, of Denver, Colo, are at
the Shoreham for a months
stay. Mr.. Lacy is a member Of
the Byrd family of Virginia.
While in this vicinity he and
Mrs. Lacy will visit relatives in
Fredericksburg, Va.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert T. Whir-
ter, of Edinburgh, Scotland, are
at Wardman Park Hotel.
Major and Mrs. H. A. Nc
Aleenan, of New York, have ar
rived to spend a month at the
Shoreham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter H.
Baker are at the Hotel Tray
more in Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Wilson, of
Salt Lake City, Utah, are stop
ping at the Dodge while in the
Capital.
The Washington times., 1937-10-07

about life. Not so long ago
she went with her mother
and dad on a motor trip
through the West. It seems that
out there so miles an hour seems
like % here in the District and
the driver Of a big cattle truck
Just ahead of the Cooks was
taking advantage Of the situa.
ton and clipping off the miles
with speedy precision. But-try.
ing to make q small incline the
truck turned over, spilled cows
and pigs over the entire road
and stunned the driver and .
male companion.
The Cooks did what they could
and then went to the next town
for help, meanwhile doing their
best to hide the seriousness Of
the accident from their child.
Cynthia listened to their explae
nations in silence. Finally she
turned to her mother, Well"
she informed her, matter OF
factly, you did all you could.
After all, it is just another one
Of those things"
Young RAY CAHIIL, and
L nobody has ever called him
anything but Sticks" the entire
year he has lived in this town,
is nursing a broken ankle. Last
Sunday, while visiting down in
Annapolis, he walked off the
porch of a friends house onto
the flagstone terrace and
broke his ankle. Mr.. CahilpS
explanation of this amazing ac-
cident is brief and a bit humor.
GUS, for he says it bears out the
statement he has been making
for the past 10 years, that he is
getting, in fact is-"an old
man."
MRS. RICHARD EGLIN
W1 TON. the pretty and
former Lily Campbell, daughter
of the Commercial Attache Of
the Chilean Embassy and Sonora
Carlos Campbell, has changed
her plans about leaving Wash
ington to go back to Chile. She
is no end distressed, too, about
delaying her departure. for her
very nice American husband is
down there on business and she
makes no bones about missing
him. However, she will not
leave here before December and
at the moment, is filled with sad
thoughts of her Christmas,
which will be spent aboard an
ocean liner.
The Washington times., 1937-10-07
Mrs. Barnett
To Entertain

Wakefield Manor, the home
of Mrs. George Barnett which
has been in the social spotlight
recently because of the rumored
visit of the Duke and Duchess
of Windsor to the ancestral es-
tate, will be the scene of a party
for the Capitals n aper
women on Sunday.
Mrs. Barnett has invited mem
bers of both the Women's Ma
tional Press Club and the News
paper Women's Club to a buffet
luncheon there. If the weather
permits, luncheon will be served
al fresco on the porches and
lawns. Mint julepS also have
been promised the feminine
scribes by the gracious hostess.
Club members will go from
Washington by motor and bus,
following the Lee Highway over
Route 211 to Massie's Corners
where they will turn right for a
jaunt of some seven miles down
the highway to Wakefield.