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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-19

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-19

BICYCLES
COMPLETE LINE OF NEW AND USED
BICYCLES. Repairs all makes. Work
called for and delivered. Mt Vernon Cycle
Shop, 73s 9th St. N. W. NET 2735.
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Concert Class Will
Appear Here
Tonight
I.O.O.F. Entertainers
Will Appear at the
Christian Church

A varied and entertaining pro-
gram will be presented at the
Christian Church tonight at 8:no
o'clock when the 1. o. 0. F., Con-
cert Glass of 1887 makes its an
nuaI appearance here.
The concert class, which IS
from the Odd Fellows Orphan
Home at Goldsboro, will combine
two programs into one tonight
using some of the numbers from
it's regular concert program and
some from the program 1t uses
in churches on Sundays.
A quartet, an orchestra, vocal
solcists, instrumental soloists, a
mandolin ensemble and other
features will contribute to the
evenings entertainment.
The class is composed OF the
following members: Mildred Cart
wright. of Camden; Richard Ball
and Shirley Ball OF Sulphur
Springs, Sibyl and Margaret Blay-
lock of Waynesville, Eunice High
smith of Mt. Olive. Lillian Rob-
erts of Hamburg, and Ben, Mick
ey and Lorena Wellons, OF Jeffer-
son. :,
No admission will be charged
but a free will offering WILL De
taken at the door.
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Verdict for Railroad
In OWnley Case

The case Of H. E. OWnley and
others against the Norfolk
Southern railroad was decided in
favor of the defendant by a jury
in United States court yesterday
afternoon. The plaintiffs had
claimed $4,000 for alleged dam
age to farm lands in the OkiSko
section from defective drainage Of
the railroads right of way.
Hearing of evidence in the case
of Ethel Payne Of Ehringhaus St.,
against N. B. Stonestreet, the
Elliott Chevrolet company of Nor
folk and Kenneth Jarvis, was be-
gun at the afternoon session. Miss
Payne is claiming damages for
personal injuries received when
the car in which she was riding
with Jarvis crashed into one driv-
en- by Stonestreet, an employe of
the Norfolk concern. The accid-
ent occurred at night and it is
contended that Stonestreet'S car
was parked without lights on the
highway near ShaWboro.
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
.Covt.QuickTo
Act About
Camp
Will Move Coinjock
Transients; the Coun-
ty Loses Erosion Work

Coinjock, July 14.-Word was
received here today from Wash
ington that the WPA Negro
transient camp which has been
located here since last summer
will be removed from Currituck
County within 80 days. in COM
pliance with the request of the
Board of County Commissioners.
The camp, which quarters some
200 Negro tranSients who have
been engaged in making sand
fences for use in beach erosion
work, is housed on half a dozen
floating units tied alongside Of
the north bank of the Albemarle
& Chesapeake Canal, just east of
the Coinjock bridge.
Exactly as those who fought
against removal of the camp had
predicted. the National Park Ser
vice announced that removal of
the camp will mean that no beach
erosion work will be done in Cur
rituck county, altho quite a bit
had had been contemplated.
Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-07-15

New York, July 14.-W.P)-Mrs.
Theresa Caffrey was acclaimed the
most beautiful grandmother in
New York tonight, and her knit
ting needles went click-click-click
while she explained that life be-
gan at 80 and that she was in the
market for a husband.
She was the winner among so
entrants in the three score and
ten clubs" beauty contest an
epic event which she won by the
slender margin of two wrinkles
and fallen arch. Her opponents
had the wrinkles. Mrs. Caffrey
had the fallen arch and that is
why she headed straight for her
rocking chair as soon as they gave
her the tall silver cup.
That is when her secret came
out. She not only is a grandma
ther, but a great-grandmother "a
tall brunette lady who Subscribes
to the theory that you are as
young as you feel so long as you
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
|Chinese Communists Come
To Assistance Of Nanking
In Defense Against Japan
Russian Airmen Hang Up A
New Long Distance Record
over 0.168 Miles From Moscow Over Top o. the
World and Land In Pasture Near San Jacinto,
California; 62 @ Hours In the Air

belts, surprising the record Of S.
657 miles set three years ago by
two Frenchmen, Paul CodoS and
Maurice RoSSi, in flight from
New York to Raykak, Syria.
Pilot Michael Gromov, Co-pilot
Andrei Yumashev and the navi-
gator, Sergei Danilin, grinning de-
Spi.e their WEAKNESS, found them
selves unable to take with any
persons in the crowd which rush.
ed toward the Soviet plane.
With gestures for emphasis,
GromoV Wro,e:
"SiX.y-tWo hours and thirty
minutes in the air"
That was the elapsed time since
the trio Of intrepid Russian air
men took off from Schelkovo air
port, near Moscow, al 1925 p. m,
'EDT Sunday. They landed at
about 1O:30 a. N. EDIT, making
their unofficial elapsed time 81
hours, six minutes.
The flierS, los. for hours carly
today as they roared down the
Pacific coast on the home stretch
Of their trip, had indicated they
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Survey Shows
Importance
OF Road
Engelhard Fairfield
Highway Bears Heavy
Traffic

There is little guess work about
the number of families, the num-
ber of cultivated farm acres and
the traffic and commerce on that
Is miles of N. C. highway No. 264
between Fairfield and Engelhard,
in Hyde county. A survey made
by R. L. Patrick, w. w. Watson,
A. B. Harris and p. E. SWindell in
1885 has just come to the atten-
ton of this newspaper. While not
up to date, it shows what can be
done in the matter of assembling
important statistics for use in in
Vulnerable ways. Hyde county
folks are using these figures right
now to emphasize the Importance
of leveling and surfacing the eX-
tension of 264 from Engelhard to
Manns Harbor where Hyde county
people will find a convenient out
let to the Dare Coast, to Elizabeth
City and Norfolk. This highway
would put Engelhard within ap-
proXimately so miles of Manteo,
whereas the best route afforded
an Engelharder who wants to at
Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Boss Sitdowner Has New
Run-In With The Unions
Walter L. Frye Tells Them
to Incorporate Before
He Will Sign

Detroit, July 14.-U.R)-Walter
l.. Fry, the nations number one
sit-doWn boss, tonight announced
to the world that there are too
many bosses trying to run Fry
Products, Inc"
His charge that multiple man
agement was interfering with the
auto seat cover business he owns
was included in a letter to the
United Automobile Workers OF
America in which he suggested
that the auto union should.
/. Be legally incorporated.
2. Present its financial state
ment.
8. Prove it's responsibility and
ability to fulfil contracts.
Then" said Mr.. Fry, Il shall
consider signing your submitted
contract"
1t was Fry's second brush with
the youthful auto union. On Feb
ruary 10, when $50 Of his girls
Shutdown for higher wages and
Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-07-15

Luther D. Adydelotte who in
every Cay life looks not unlike
George Arli5s but who on the
stage is known from coast to
coast as the greatest living i'm
personator Of Abraham Lincoln
will visit the old home town next
week. and while here will give the
home folk an exhibition of his
famous Lincoln impersonation on
the stage of the Carolina We'd
ne&day night, July 81.
Mr.. Ayd2lotte is a brother of
N. T. Aydiett, of the Aydlett Pro-
ducts Co., Of this city, and of
Mrs. J. 0. Meiggs. A native of
CurritUck County, he came to
Elizabeth City with his father,
the late c. c. Aydlett in 1904 and
opened a mems furnishing store,
trading as The Elk Store. The
business was closed out a few
years later and Mr.. Aydelotte
went first to Norfolk and then to
Chicago. in which latter city he
was employed by Marshall Field
& Co. Later he removed to Buff
falo. N. Y. where he is now sales
manager of Kleinhans Co., one OF
the largest mems stores in that
city. In wa in Buffalo that he
Continued on Page Tlree)
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
FHteen-POUnd cat
Landed On Local
Waterfront

Local anglers instead Of trek
king to Oregon Inlet these days
are wetting their lines along the
riverfront, spurred by the report
of the 15-pound catfish hooked
and landed at the Globe Fish COM
pany dock Tuesday night by Will
lie Rogers, employe of the Eliza
beth City Iron Works.
No fish story, the catch was on
exhibition yesterday in the cold
storage room of the Globe Fish
company, a bullet-headed, bewhis-
kered Mississippi cat" 32R
inches long and measuring 5k
inches between the eyes.
Rogers was using a reed pole
when he hooked the fish, which
was landed in a dip net after a
struggle of about 10 minutes.
Cecil Richardson landed a 5la-
pound cat near the same spot on
Tuesday night and there have
been previous catches of the fish
weighing nine and IL pounds. The
advent of the Mississippi catfish
in these waters is said to have oc-
Cured within the past three years.
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Bagley Working For
Dare and Hyde
Projects

Raleigh, July 14.-U.P-State
REA chairman Dudley Bagley
prepared to leave for Washing
ton tomorrow to make "a special
plea" for federal REA loans on
three North Carolina rural elect
ric projects.
The proposed lines are sought
for the HatteraS Development
company, to extend about %
miles of lines TO Buxton and
Avon; the Town Creek Rural
Electric Corporation, Edgecombe
county, 120 miles; and 80 to 40
miles of lines in Hyde county.
from Engelhard to Stumpy Point
and Fairfield.
T. S. Eaton, head of the Hat
teras power company, will ac-
company Bagley to Washington.
Bagley also said the state rural
electrification authority would
meet again August 5.
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Barkley, Harrison
and Byrnes Are
Likely Timber
Presidents Pick
Would Probably Be First
Named But Court OPP.
ponents to Fight

Washington, July IA W.1-
The struggle by conservative
Democrats in congress to recap
ture their party from the hands
of President Roosevelt and his
new dealers, was expected tonight
to flare into the open when a sue
cessor to the late Senate Majority
Leader Joe T. Robinson, D., Ark,
is chosen.
The leadership post is one of
power and honor. Its occupant
speaks for the White House in the
senate; he moulds party policies:
combats legislation distasteful to
the administration and guides its
measures through the upper
house. His authority in the cham
ber is second to the vice president
who is presiding officer.
Elected Next Week
Early next week 76 Democrats
in the senate will go into caucus
to select Robinson's successor. On
their selection will rest the fate
of legislation such as the supreme
court reorganization bill, the gov
ernment reorganization bill, the
ages-and-hours measure already
brought forward by President
Roosevelt, and future reform leg
islation which may be offered.
A three-cornered fight for the
leadership began weeks ago when
Robinson's name was brought for
ward as a successor to Supreme
Court Justice Willis Van Devanter,
retired. The candidates MENTION
ed in connection with the post
are Sen. Alben Barkley, D., KY,
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Second Day OF
Futile Search
By Lexington
MiIlion-to-One Chance But
Planes Will ScOur the
Pacific for 5 Days

Honolulu. T. H, July 14.-(U.P-
U. S. Navy seaplanes backtracked
today over the aerial route be-
lieved taken BY Amelia Earhart
and Frederick Noonan on their
around the world flight which
ended in their disappearance in
mid-Pacific II days ago.
AS the planes, shooting from the
broad decks of the aircraft car
rier Lexington, began the second
day of their search, it was indi-
Gated they would fly back over at
least 600 miles of the 1850 mile
route the filters followed from Lac,
New Guinea.
Forty-two planes went out this
morning, to make final search
of the area Immediately around
Rowland Island, toward which
Miss Earhart was aiming.
The planes found no trace OF
the fIiers or their $4,000 Lock-
heed Electra plane in the morning,
The same number of planes went
into the air in the afternoon. The
Lexington. moving southwestward
as the hunt was extended, was at
the equator and the international
The daily independent., 1937-07-15

San Jacinto, Calf, July Ia -
WH-Three daring Soviet flicrs
riding a red-winged, single-mo.or-
ed monoplane over the Jcp of
the world from Moscow, circled
out Of the SUnbaked hills south of
this tiny desert town today and
landed in a cow pasture, shatter-
ing the world nonstop flying rec
ord by more than 1000 miles.
The giant Russian plane, which
fought through Arctic blizzards
AMI buffeting storms over the
Canadian Rockies. was forced to
land when a leak in a gasoline line
sent a spray of precious fuel
squirting into the air behind the
roaring flame Of It's exhaust.
The fiierS. tired but happy,
climbed out of the long-hulled
p one with a new mark of 1858
miles nonstop flying under their
The daily independent., 1937-07-15

Sident after a shocked congress
had declared a temporary armis-
tice, said the fight will go on"
Mr.. Roosevelt, who received the
news in bed this morning, mourn
ed the passing of soldier who
fell with face to the battle" He
will attend state funeral services
for Robinson in the senate cham
ber at noon Friday, while vice
president John Nance Garner will
go from his home at Uvalde, Tex,
where he is vacationing, to attend
state ceremonies and the burial
rites at Little Rock, RobinsonS
birthplace, on Sunday.
Robinson was found in his
apartment across Capitol Plaza
from the scene of his 34-year con-
gressional career at 8:15 a. m, by
a maid who had gone to awaken
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Rucketeer Is
b. City
Uses Sprained Ankle
and Hard Luck Story
As Her Bait

A hold-up artist whose Wea-
ponS are a hard luck story and a
bandaged ankle has been plying
her trade in Elizabeth City for the
past week, according to several
business and professional men
whom she attempted to victimize
The modus operandi of this fe-
male racketeer is simple and OBJ
vious. For example:
Walking into an insurance Of
flee, she asks to see the mana
ger.
Il am Mrs. Cooley" she says by
way of introduction. MY mother
carries insurance on my two chill
rem in Greensboro with your COM
pany. My husband will be here
next week, and as soon as he ar
rives I will want to take out pol
icy on him and one on myself al
so. Meanwhile, I am in need OF
little money in order to pay fol
some bandages for my ankle.
wonder would it be asking too
much of you to lend me forty cent!
until my husband gets here?"
In a farm supply store, she tell:
the proprietor that her HUSBAND
bought some equipment there las
spring and intends to purchase
some machinery in the fall. Blu
she is caught in town short O
funds and needs money to pay foI
prescription. Could she borrow
(Continued on Page T1ree)
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
BastiIle Day
.0bseryedAn1id
Riotous Scene
Giant Military Parade Is
Ovcr,hadowcd by Out
\ break of Disorder

Pas. July I4.-U.9 Gunfire
Wounded police and demonStra-
tors. -cay gas bombs we're thrown,
a.aca rack demolished, and scor-
@ we're injured today as the ma
ton celebrated Bastille Day, the
se1c. Fourth Of July"
R.C..Gg in Paris and Mar eilles
o-e.s1adowed the governments
22C.5ceN, display of military
Strength before representatives OF
N.e.gc powers. Supporters of the
2o2u.a~ front and FasciSt5 seized
'-e Gay as an opportunity to vent
po-,ica. feeling with guns, fists
a1a m2gomp,u weapons.
Ca.. waters taking part in the
popular front parade in the east
enc o. Pag-, smashed window in
s4 ca,es along The line of march,
Is 390y0 popular frontiers march
"a L Ma.sei,,CS so members OF
'aleje D0..Ot's French Popular
sa..E Fasc.c' repeatedly threw
,'af gas bombs. whereupon hand
.V-"a1o fighting ensued. A police
-.al and tWO others were wound
ea 0y revolver fire.
Inc I0.lag at MareSilleS' Pont
" 'FaUX race course occurred
""eA, IN The third race, the start
continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Griffin Is Reelected
As Secretary TO
Commission

Raleigh, July l4.-Lloyd E.
Griffin today was reelected exc
cutive secretary of the state
school commission after Gov.
Clyde R. Hoey had strongly urg-
ed his retention at the commits
sion's swearing-in ceremonies.
Supreme Court Justice George
Connor administered the oath OF
office to 10 members of the COM
mission, recently named to that
group by Gov. Hoey. James Oates,
11th member, was not present due
to illness.
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
fOrt Raleigh Turned
Oyer to Memorial
Association

p -''Ai'o. July IA George w.
.o'a, wa. Jr- State WPA administra-
" vi formally turned the finished
D.. :. Raleigh project over to the
,,.'1 ,s'"',o@e Co,Ony Memorial Asso-
t,a..oA i.e al the opening ceremon-
- ~ VI WPA Day at the amphi-
81. ,~.'.'e her" tonight. The project
~, accepted on behalf of the as
and ,,,," ,'1 aT D. Bradford Fearing,
S,,~ pe~ o1ra- the ceremonies A. @.
e,. ,, W., las been in charge of
~ ,,.'., :, .'...-1 Mrs. Mae Campbell
r,,-.'@ - '.I.@ Ioa P, Hodges, state and
,,.' a.,DervisOrS of women's
s,..l. .. and Howard Bailey, state
ec,, ,,..o, Of federal theatre prof.
~, were called upon to speak.
,as s'.>e 70 1000 persons attended
De- lowing Of the symphonic
s,S9.s.S'aa,-drama, sS..' The Lost Col
cs,., d, the conclusion of the
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
PyTethrunl Is
Skeeters'
Doom
Test On Roanoke ISL
and Proves MOsquitO-
Proofing Is Possible

AS a result of an experiment
carried out at Fort Raleigh last
week, State health authorities
have declared that making large
outdoor areas mosquito-proof IS
now an established fact.
The Raleigh New & Observer
tells the story thus:
When preparations for the
Virginia Dare celebration at
Roanoke Island got underway
earlier this year, these familiar
with the region between Manteo
and Wanchese began to wonder
about the mosquito situation.
They pictured huge crowds slap
ping the insects from their faces
and necks as they tried to watch
the evening pageantry at the eX-
hibition.
Some who were connected with
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Mil Defend North
China to Last,
Is Resolve
COurting Russia
rbians central Govern
mcnl Forces Move Into
the Battle Zone

p,,,,nr. Thur day, July 10. U,H
,,.r,,< red horde moved out of
:, ' wo.-crn mountains Of Shensi
- -: p, ,o,u the nationalist le-
s,~. % of General Chang Kai-shek,
s,,r,-,rs n1.h to defend Pciping
..,,r,- Ta9aneSc mil:ta~iStS seek
- =, annex China richest ter
- 10 the empire Of Manchu-
warned by Japan that she will
,-. .a..ys.c intervention by for
y, r,g... il The undeclared
,c.. China wa. the central gov
,,~r.,a. .C-or.cd with a VOW TO
ss.rG north China Ito the last
i-oy o. Chinese blood"
R.d> Encourage Defense
r. C.u- t Communist party
.er ..-.rL,G Chinese politi-
h, va.. a-.a, from the National
r X1,g.....aZ icG by Chang Kai-
lgs- pa~eJ Chinese d,termina-
.c. 70 make 3 last ditch fight
AGAINST The N.pponeSe.
Amid. .UmorS that the Nam
zns cenwa, government was
.,.l ..ag Sor.e. Ru sian support II
Is ssa. . retain contrCl over
Chimes territory between the Vel
0T river CAina'5 sorrow - ano
ID. Gree. Val. the Chinese Com
NUNS. party issued a manifesto
con,a.n.Gz these demands:
!. Tia. Gen. Sung Cheh-yuan
.C-r.,r-aE ~, DaUa Tbrapl
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Green Corn Moving
TO the Markets

With the potato movement from
this section all but concluded,
green corn is beginning to move to
the markets in considerable guam
tity. Shipped in bags of 60 ears
each, the corn so far has been
going north to Richmond, Wash
ington, Baltimore and Philadel-
phia by truck, though a consider
able quantity was forwarded by
rail last year.
Current prices are II cents a
dozen ears for the Stores Ever
green grade of sweet sugar corn,
and 10 cents for the Norfolk Mar
ket, early field corn.
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
EnglandReady
To Rear1n Her
Merchantmen
Spanish Situation Reaches
Critical Stage AS Ship
Is Captured

London, July l4.-W.H-Great
Britain, reaching the cross roads
of peace and war, announced to-
night that she is massing guns
and equipment to arm her mer-
chant ships in preparation for
any emergency" arising from the
Spanish civil war.
While Alfred Duff Cooper, First
Lord of the Admiralty, made the
grave announcement in the House
of Commons, grim war games"
started along a 150-mile stretch
of the British channel coast to
test the islands defense against
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Prettiest Grandmother Is
Looking For A Husband

are in a rocking chair. From that
throne she issued this statement:
THE young 'uns are always get
ting married. Why shouldn't i?
I have two grandsons and one
great grandson. But 1 still think
I'm young, and I'm looking for a
husband"
The beauty contest was sight
to see. Mrs. Caffrey is pretty sure
that what really put her across
was the dance she did. The rest
of the grandmothers just went out
and looked pretty. None of that
stuff for Grandma Caffrey. She
went to work on the judges with
a flashing smile and a saucy tilt
to her chin. Then her feet began
to move.
What was that dance you did?"
she was asked.
Mrs. Caffrey looked bit coy
and everybody thought she was
Continued on page five)
The daily independent., 1937-07-15

So stunned were RobinSon's
senate colleagues who witnessed
the vigor with which he opened
the greatest legislative foray of
his career, that Sen. Burton K.
Wheeler, D.. Mont, called on Mr..
Roosevelt to drop the court bat
tie lest he appear to fight against
God." Wheeler attributed the
Arkansas Democrats death to
over-eXerton accentuated by the
court fight.
But senator's who saw the pre-
The daily independent., 1937-07-15

him. He apparently had been dead
five hours or more, victim of a
heart attack when he got up dur
ing the night. He was in paja-
mas.
The only survivor is his widow,
who was at their home at Little
Rock. After communicating with
her Col. Edwin A. Halsey, secre-
tary Of the senate, said she would
come here for the state funeral.
At IS Robinson was at the eli
max of a political career that be-
gan in 1894 in the Arkansas gen.
eral assembly and which, had he
(Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
.Loyalist Push
Halted Claims
Rebel General
Franco Tells Correspond
ent That Enemy Drive
Has Been ''Completely
Smashed"
By REYNOLDS PACKARD

Salamanca. Spain, July l4-U.R)
GeneralisSimo Francisco Franco,
dictator of the Nationalist armies,
announced tonight that the 10y
alist offensive west of Madrid had
been completely smashed" and
that his troops were reorganizing
their battered lines.
Franco, who received foreign
correspondents in his headquar-
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-15
Death Of Senate Leader
PreciPitates Three Way
Fight For Vacant Place
Senator Joe T. Robinson
Dies In Midst OF Battle
Temporary Arnistice In Court Reorgani-
Zation Campaign But the President
Indicates Fight Will Go On

Washington, 14U-Polca sheathed their
tonight tribute majority leader T. Robinson
whose death while fighting reorganization bereft
President evet valiant leadership of
battle
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THE WEATHER

,I,,Idv with scattered AFTERNOON
2'E,E .rowers in east portion Thurs
liN"I r,-dav generally fair and con-
jay tinued warm.
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