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The daily independent., 1937-07-03
Will Resist Any Effort OF
Rebels to Block Medi-
terranean Coast

Hendaye, Franco-Spanish From
tier, July 2.-U.R)- The Spanish
loyalist fleet, bottled up in its
Carthagena and Almeria bases Tor
months, sailed tonight into the
Mediterranean where Italian ana
German warships were alleged to
be menacing loyalist coastal de-
fenSeS.
The surprise appearance OF the
government war fleet, whose OIL
GERS were mostly French, Russian
and anti-fascist volunteers from
IUaly and Germany, followed
charges that an Italo-German
fleet Staged q sea parade" OIL
Mahon. loyaliSt base at the tip OF
the Balearic Island of Minorca.
This is an act of war;" it was
announced in Madrid.
The parade of Fascist warships
before our coastal defenses may
be considered bluff to aggravate
an already delicate situation"
1t also was reported that the
loyalist fleet, in addition to pro-
tecting the only Balearic base left
in it's possession, would resist any
effort on the part of the insurgent
generalissimo, Francisco Franco.
and his German allies to
blockade the Mediterranean coast.
As result of todays virtual COL
lapse of the Spanish neutrality
patrol in the deadlock Of the Lon
don non-intervention committee,
the loyaliSts predicted that Ger
many and Italy would embark
upon direct aggression" in Spain.
The navies of Premier Benito
Mussolini and Chancellor Adolf
Hitler. it was said in Madrid, un-
doubtedly will assist Franco in his
blockade of loyalist seaports.
The loya!ist fleet, which has
been bottled up by Frances war
ships since late last summer, SAIL
ed under secret orders. 1t was un-
derstood to include seven ships led
by the 7.850-tCn cruisers LibertaS,
Miguel de Cervantes and Mendez
Nunez. Following were four de-
ctroyers, the Lepanto, Almirante
Mirande, Jose Luis Diez and the
AlSedo.
The daily independent., 1937-07-03
Spanish Loyalist Fleet
Moves Out On Sea Patrol

The fleet originally had plan
ned to attempet to break through
FRANCOIS Biscay blockade and save
Bilbao and Santander, but this
plan was rejected when it ap-
peared that Bilbao was doomed.
The loyalist warships may stage
raids on Frances naval communl-
cations between Africa and south
ern Spain over which he moves
troops and munitions.
The loyalist fleet is superior to
FRANCOIS in gunnage and tonnage.
The rebels have only one destroy
or. the Velasco, while the loyallstS
have II, although four are in such
disrepair that they are useless.
While Frances northern army
drove in closer to Castro Urdiales
along the BiScay coast on the road
TO SanLandcr and claimed the
cap ure of the entire San Julian
mountain range. the war shifted
to the air with bombing raids on
San ander and the rebel civil cap
ital of BurgoS.
An insurgcnt communique said
18 persons were killed and q
wounded when loyaiiSt planes
bombed Burgos, seat of Frances
junta.
The daily independent., 1937-07-03
Resents Being Called
HaWker and Peddler

Il resent being called a peddler
or a hawker and if your sheriff
tries to impose a tax upon me for
my legit mate activities, he will
have a fight on his hands de-
clared S. L. Freeman, resident
salesman for the J. Schoenith
Co., of Charlotte, manufacturers
of candies, cosmetics and shoe
polishes, and brokers of various
household goods.
What provoked Mr.. Freeman,
who has been working the Eliza
beth City territory for the past
twelve months was a statement
given the afternoon press by
Sheriff Charles Carmine, Thurs
day, announcing his intent on to
crack down on itinerant peddlers
who were not paying licenses and
whose sales escaped the sales
tax.
Il deal mostly with church and
fraternal groups" says Mr.. Free
man, taking orders and deliver
ing the gooGs later, often on con-
Signment. My customers find an
easy way to make money for their
church and lodge activities thru
the sale of my company's pro-
ducts. They make 33-1-3 per cent
commission on their sales. If your
Sherlff's office wants to crack
down on these worthy religious
and fraternal money making &C
tivities, it seems to me that he is
engaged in small business"
Mr.. Freeman admitted however
that his sales were not confined
to churches and fraternal organ
izations as such; many ind:vid-
uals of churches and lodges buy
ing his goods for resale on their
own account. 1t is these individ-
uals peddlers, going into the
fields, homes and workshops of
the working class and selling
small package good, that Sheriff
Carmine is cunning for. And
thereby has the sheriff taken on
a large order.
The daily independent., 1937-07-03
PoWder and Match
Worked Too Wei
In This Case

Manteo, July 2. Oh !d.,p -,
fire don't seem to get a,,n" QUO
well together. At least rbc~ -, ,,'F
in this case. 0'U+
Little Billy Walker. Of NAM.
along with several ccmDan,a.'
Wooe@cn Fearing. Bradford r..s ,'s
ing, Fl. A. Creef and Edcar -. =,
gett. found some OLD Gun 'S.T '
somewhere around thr ho,,. ,''' :,
Walker. They took the sb,. ~, y
wadding out and procacoed n '' ~
fire to the powder. Al first ~. y
were a little Shy of the Shells h.
after the first two didni c,,.t
as they must have been w,."
soaked. they became hol5er ~,
grouped around the thyI r5', %
Irylllg 10 llSnt IL. In one way lba
luck was better this tire. as ,fr
succeeded in lighting i: noyor,r
the shell caught quicker ,b,,
they had expected, rar.aq uy an
burning Billy around the ~,
and head.
The buns were moi sc..c,
however. In fact. Billy is nov han,
ing a great tine ly ne in bed :,
home and eating tho i~c cyo,~
cakes, etc. that his fricn& han
been bringing him.
None of the others Of The 9.,.
ty were hurt except Edgay MD.
gett, who received Sigh, bun
The daily independent., 1937-07-03
MustachiOs Are
A gain Subject
OF Film Dispute
Gable Case Is Disposed of.
But Tyrone Powers Is
Now In Limelight
BY HENRY SUTHERLAND

United Press Staff Correspondent
Hollywood, July 1-W,H-Darry
F. Zanuck, goth Century-Fox film
mogul, has sent out his inveSti-
gators to learn if the gals will &c
for matinee idol Tyrone Powers
with a mu3tache.
Question came up when script
of the new Fox terrific, In Old
Chicago" called for handle-bar
mustachio to be pasted JUS south
of Powers delicate Roman nose.
Metro faced a ;imilar great
crisis recently deciding whether
stalwart Clark Gables features
should be garnished with Bushy
black whiskers for "Parnell."
The anawer was NO" and Gable
compromised for a set Of six-inch
sideburnS, but the decision was
based purely on fan mail. 1t seems
thou ,ands of stricken maidens
wrote the M-G-Mites that they
could not and would not love a
Gable in ambush.
Zanuch's hirsute G-men, how
ever, suspected, suspected ballot
boxes may have been stuffed by
the anti whiaker crowd, and have
determined to make an objective
tect of feminine receptiVity to
mattress suffering material.
At first it was suggested Power
go on a personal appearance tour
with a trunkful of chin-WigS to
be worn successfully, while popu-
lar reaction was tested on an ap-
plause basis.
But two factors were against
that. First, it would take too
long, and second, the sight of
Powers leaping on and off stage
and changing whiskers at every
bound might be construed by audi
ences as slightly ridiculous. Powers
is not a comic-yet.
The current plan has more
dignity. Film tests will be made
of Powers wearing a dozen or
more snappy model, and another
with the powers chin bare to the
Kleig lights.
Then uon-partisan jury OF
women will be chosen to decide
which is the fetchingest.
How the gals will be mustered
hasn't been decided, but probably
four or five hundred nameJ will
be chosen at random from the
telephone book.
Now transpireS the exact ma
ture of the disagreement on char
acterization that caused Edward
Cromwell to quit as director of
Sam Goldwyn's Adventures Of
Marco Polo" Archie Mayo taking
over the megaphone.
Cromwell wanted to make an
historical epic, with gangling Gary
Cooper submerging in the identity
of the Venetian trail-blazer.
Doldwyn won. It's to be a sort
of Marco Polo Goes To Town"
Copyright 1887 by United Press)
The daily independent., 1937-07-03
Lindsay Warren
Tells Status OF
HarbOr Projects
Tar River Work Is Largest
Improvement Carried
In House Bill

Washington July 2-The House
today passed the Rivers and Har-
bors bill, carrying among other
North Carolina projects, Repre-
sentative Lindsay Warren's pro-
ject for the improvement of Tar
river from Washington to Hardee
Creek, about miles below Green
vile. This was the largest North
Carolina project in the bill, as
Tar river calls for an expenditure
of $328,000 and $4,000 annually
for maintenance. The bill also
carried a survey item offered as
an amendment from the floor by
Mr.. Warren for a channel from
the south end of Roll nson chan
mel to the WharveS of the town of
Hatteras, as we'll as one for a
channel from Pamlico Sound
through Pug's channel to town Of
Rodanthe.
Representative Warren today
gave the status Of other water
way projects now pending in the
First Congressional District, as
follows:
Meherrin River. Passed by Con-
gress in 1885. An allotment of
$4,000 will be made for the work
within next few months.
Roanoke River. Complete sur
vey now being made from Weldon
to Hamilton and from Hamilton
to the mouth of the river. Report
due to reach Board of Engineers
on Feb. 13t. 1888.
Belhaven Breakwater. Unfavor-
abe report sent to Congress by
Secretary of War. Has been re-
referred TO Board of Engineers for
further confederation.
Stumpy Point Harbor. Report
on preliminary survey not yet re-
ceived by Board of Engineers.
The daily independent., 1937-07-03

colored boy and how he found
his way to the circus where his
pappy was the wild man.
Miss Creole illustrates her own
books, most of which have already
been translated into 1everal for
eign languages. She is also
painter and clay modeler and in
1881 was commissioned to draw
the muralS for the ChildrenS
The daily independent., 1937-07-03
Ouirks In the News

Bellmore, N. Y, July 80
Emo Emo Fiermonte, former ~. ~,
fighter who qualified f.. |a'
Roosevelt Speedway rac" L I
week, was arrested toIay ~ n
ing to answer a specdinS :" Ia
mons. Fiermonte ALLEGED. S4s
given the summons on ,Iy,., Y; !,
1884, which required him Wy ~
pear in court the next dsv y o.s .
finally caught up with tbs s0l'
fighter today. F @
The daily independent., 1937-07-03

Museum in Brooklyn.
At the Book Fair in Radio City
last Fall NJ SIS Cred,,e was speaker
on the program which featured
many other we'll known authors,
including Mrs. Pearl Buck and
Hervy Allen.
She spends much of her time
in Eastern North Carolina, amid
girlhood scenes and friends.
The daily independent., 1937-07-03
By UNITED PRESS

Brooklyn, N. Y, July 2.-W3-
First fourth Of July causualty for
greater New York is William
Anderson, II, who placed a fire.
cracker in a bottle today and ex-
ploded it. Glass from the shatter-
ed bottle put out one of Williams
eyes.
Mount Holly, N. j., July 2-WD
Ellis H. Parker, 65, sentenced to
six years in prison for conspiracy
IN connection with the kidnapping
of Paul Wendell, during the per-
iod just before Bruno Hauptmann
was executed for the Lindbergh
baby kidnapping, reported for duty
as usual today and made it clear
that he still considers himself
chief of Burlington county's de-
tectives. Parker and his son, Ell
lis, Jr., have appealed their con-
viction IN Federal court, Newark.
Newark N. j. July 2.-U.H-
Advisory Master Robert Grosman
today annulled the marriage of
Alfred Coleman, 81, a farm boy on
grounds of jactitation. The mas
ter defined the word as meaning
marriage in jest" 1t seems that
Alfred went riding with q woman
older than himself and happened
by the signboard Of one Of the
marrying preachers of Elkton Md.
The woman suggested they get
married and Alfred, WHO thought
it some k nd of joke, went through
a ceremony with her. The annul-
ment cost him $3.50.
New York, July 2.-U.H-Nine-
ycar-old Peter Colovite toppled
out of a five-story window today
and when rescuers reached him a
few second later he was wrapped
in a blanket, ready to be taken to
the hospital and treated for a
broken rib. He hit a clothesline
with a blanket hanging over it
on the way down, which doctors
said saved his life.
The daily independent., 1937-07-03
To Meet Tuesday Night

The ANNE Willis circle of City
Road Church will meet Tuesday
night instead of Monday night
with Mrs. w. o. Barnette on
Pennsylvania Avenue.
All members are requested to
be present.
The daily independent., 1937-07-03

Capacity Of Human Stomach
The capacity of the human stom-
ach depends upon the size OF the
person and varies in the adult from
four to FIVE pints.
The Washington times., 1937-09-15

Wide swing skirts; slim
waistline and short
puffed sleeves: smart
new prints; sizes 2 to
IA yrs.
The Washington times., 1937-09-15
Girls Wool Sweaters

Slipover style; long sleeves: wee and crew
novelty weave; sizes to 16 yrs.
The Washington times., 1937-09-15

It was a German speaking; one
of Chancellor Hitler's closest
aides, and he was referring to the
statue over the Russian pavilion
at the French Exposition.
Although this man refused to
allow his name to be used, he was
one of q small party which had
flown to Paris from Munich and
which included Heinrich Hoff.
man, Hitler's personal photogra.
pher, Geim, one Of Hitler's pilots;
DR.. Brandt, Hitler's physician,
and Mrs. Brandt and Mr.. and
Mrs. Werlin.
All were unanimous in the
praise of the Russian building.
1--WE are not discussing poll
tics, we are admiring artistic
beauty" they told International
News Service.
"That picture Of Lenin is one
Of the best we have ever seen
and I am sure any Of our mu-
seums would be proud to hang
it in a prominent place."
The German group made a
rapid tour of the exposition by
boat and only saw two pavilions
which they really admired, they
stated afterwards - the German
and the Russian.
Greeted with many Hell Hit
ler'S" by the attendants in the
German building, their passage
through Russian was by contrast
silent and strained. Not one Of
The Washington times., 1937-09-15
MISSING Girl, I,
FOUND IN HIDING

Missing for more than IL hours,
Mary Crismond, z, Of 453 K ST.
N. W., was found early today.
hiding in a garage near her home.
The little girls mother, Mrs.
Nora Crismond, had reported her
missing to police, after searching
the neighborhood for several
hours.
Police were also asked to search
for Eda Mae Sitter, Is, Of Capitol
Heights, Md, who disappeared last
Thursday. She was last seen on
the Capitol grounds the day after
she left home.
The Washington times., 1937-09-15
800 LOYALISTS
SLAIN AS SPAIN
CONFLICT RACES
Gijon Leader Desserts"
Madrid, Is Report

ST. JEAN DE LUZ, France,
Sept. is G.N.S).-Widespread in
surgent successes, including the
killing Of 300 loyalist troops on
the Aragon front, were claimed
today in an insurgent communique
from Salamanca.
The insurgent announcement
said:
"Despite poor weather the
Asturian nationalist advance
continued. The heights west Of
Penavilla were captured follow.
ing occupation Of Ceuto noun
tain.
OCCUPY MINES
ION the Leon front the In
surgents occupied the Santa
Lucio mines and the villages OF
Cervera and Villa del Puerto, as
well as three ridges Of Corbeta
mountain.
Three hundred government
troops were surrounded ana
slain during q counter-attack on
the Valdescalera sector Of the
Aragon 'front.'"
From Madrid came reports that
the insurgents succeeded in break
ing through the Mazuco road on
the Asturian front southwest OF
Lanes, but that loyalist troops
later counter-attacked and re
gained their earlier losses.
DRIVE ON arrange
The government admitted the
insurgents captured Ceuto Noun
tain on the Leon front and were
continuing their drive toward
Arrange.
BREAK REPORTED
Insurgent radio stations broad
cast reports that the loyaliSt
leader at Gijon, last remaining
major government stronghold on
the Bay Of Biscay. had broken off
relations with the Valencia govern
ment, declaring the loyalist zone
in the ASturias region as "inde'
pendent Canton"
It was rumored several chiefs
Of the regular army have been
placed on trial, including the chief
of staff Of the Basque army.
The Washington times., 1937-09-15
Hit-Run Driver
Injuries Two Men

DETROIT Mich, sept. IS
U.N.SO-The hunt for a hit-run
driver who ran down two men in
two blocks in less than a minute
led to the arrest of one suspect
today. The motorist ran down
Max Kowolski, As, in the street,
Speeded up and then struck
Adolph MaSokowSk1, 40.
The Washington times., 1937-09-15

the Germans said a word as they
filed past the gigantic picture of
Stain which dominates the en-.
tire hall.
The Washington times., 1937-09-15

ways an outstanding feature Of her
collection will appear beginning Mon
day in the Herald. So don't miss the
SChIaparelH series. Better call Di.
$3.50 and ask for Home Delivery.
The Washington times., 1937-09-15
NaZiS Laud Russian
Art at Paris Show

PARIS Sept. Is N.S.).-"Germany would be proud to
have created that is the finest thing in the exposition
The Washington times., 1937-09-15
Women's French Crepe Gowns

Lace trimmed tailored choice Of tea rose D
and blue; sizes 16 and IT; extra special
The Washington times., 1937-09-15

Pretty novelty prints
and plain colors: many
new styles to choose
from: all tub-fast;
sizes z to IA and 10h
to 1914.
Evening star., 1937-11-16
Ample Parking Space.

For greater convenience use our Modern
Porkinq Building right at the reor Of the
store. l0c for the first hour. Sc for every
half hour or fraction thereafter.
Evening star., 1937-10-10

upper lip. 1t was about half that
size-which was still quite long
when he was kid In South Bend.
Charlie was shy and formed the habit
Of drawing down his upper lip over
his teeth. 1t finally grew that way.
Charles private life humor is similar
to that for which he is paid-nothing
ever excites him; his voice is KEYED
to fiat tone. He Is quiet. rather
shy, gentle with women, but happiest
in the company Of Robert Benchley
and Eddie Sutherland. Tennis and
inventing gadgets occupy his free
time.
THE Marx brothers are non-recog-
nizable away from the camera.
Groucho is baldish and minus mus
tache. Harpo even more hairless.
Ditto Chico, who is rarely seen in
public. Groucho's off-screen wise
cracks remind me of hiccoughs-you
keep waiting for the next one to hap
pen-and you're not disappointed.
e~OA@tN vi tiiSbA diC Wei OOIllc
not. But always there Is a smile
on his bespectacled face. Groucho
plays the piano-very badly-but this
does not stop him from strumming
away all evening at every party he
attends. Harpo can't read music. and
held his harp on the wrong shoulder
for years until he saw a painting Of
a harp-playing angel Tennis and
bridge are the Marx brothers off-work
diversions.
Bob Burns is so busy he has no
time to waste being funny. In pri-
vate life his is the hardest head Of
Hollywood's funny men. He is
business man first and foremost. But
he's like little boy when showing
the swimming pool. dressing room and
girls powder room in his recently
bought estate. Unlike that other
Hollywood comic, w. C. Fields. who
cannot stay put in any place for more
than year, Bob plans to remain on
his plot Of land for the rest of his
life.
Eddie Cantor always looks serious
because he's always thinking up new
Jokes. His principal interest is charity
work, zionism, the Eddie Cantor BOYS
Camp, his antique shop on Sunset
boulevard and his five buxon daugh-
ters and wife.
Shyest connected Healy.
Copyright. 1887. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1937-10-10

of more than 100 in posts Of great
responsibility as managers and OFF,
cials Of insurance companies. At the
other end Of the scale one finds more
than 900 women working as laborers
in coal and lumber yards and more
than 400 are listed as "newsboys. I"
There are today, according to Uncle
Sans calculations, more than 500
women established as retail automobile
and automobile accessory dealers.
Even business so widely identified as
one belonging exclusively to men
that Of auctioneering-has yielded to
the rising tide Of femininity. Four
women, according to that official data,
WELD the authoritative hammer.
OF the 34l32 undertakers-that is
to say, morticians-in the country,
nearly 1000 are women.
In the public service 685 women
carrying the detectives shiny badge
Evening star., 1937-10-10

perhangers and one plumber and gas
and steam filter. Does the latter ever
forget her tools?
Never having seen a woman cob
bier 1t Is interesting to note that there
are more than 260 OF them working.
More women than men are en-
ployed in the Nations clothing fac
tories and in plants where tobacco
products are fabricated.
A small number Of women work In
the ship and boat building industry
and IN car and railroad shops. In
many other industries great num-
bers OF women are employed as skilled
operators. Scores of industries give
employment to hundreds of thou
sands Of women who perform Jobs
alongside men operatives.
VET 1t Is surprising to discover that
there are IS women carriage
drivers, draymen, and teamsters; Al
Evening star., 1937-10-10

AOuuiy. Auu, Unlike Ills OIcLQIen, Will
laugh just as boisterously at your joke
as at his own. Bobs digestion is one
Of the seven wonders of Hollywood
I've seen him polish of q hamburger
sandwich smothered In raw onions at
3 o'clock in the morning. top 1t of
with q large snack OF kidney bean,
and wash the whole thing down with
two glasses of milk. Yes, said milk
Mr.. Benchley, however, Is not . tee
totaler. He took his first drink at the
age of 3l-which perhaps explains hi,
cast-iron constitution.
Bob is among the most popular men
in town. Strangers cut in on him all
the time, telling him what swell guy
he is. I've seen him sore only once
when a waiter served him with tough
chops. Benchley disapproves Of nearly
all forms Of exercise and between pic
lures does not leave his Garden OF
Allah bungalow until nigitfall
Jack Oakie's idea OF q rip-roaring
joke is to push his fully dressed wife
and friends into the swimming pool
His stream of wisecracks never stops
I'm told he gags in his sleep. Jack is
foot ball and polo fan, but his ever
increasing weight prohibits active ex-
ercise for himself. His hobby is rails
ing Afghan hounds.
The saddest comic in town is Charlie
Chaplin. Two things bother him-his
health (he looks healthy, but consults
his doctor night and day. and ex-
travagance. Early hardships in
Charles native England inculcated a
strong respect for the almighty dol
lar, and nothing is ever wasted at
home. But he is generous to studio
employees, some Of whom, including
Edna Purviance, have been on his pay
roll since 1924. Favorite sport
tennis, at which he is better than
average.
CHAPLIN has no sense Of time, and
it is practically impossible to gel
him to stop talking-once he begins
At dinner tables he suddenly pushes
back his chair, leaps to his feet and
goes through a whole routine to en-
phasize point. His voice is pleasant
on the ear-and should score a great
success if he ever makes the talkie
he's been talking about for the last
two years.
You'd never know the Ritz brothers
were comedians-not even when they
tell you by giving out gags. Harry
the youngest. insists on being in the
middle in private life as we'll as on the
screen. Which makes Jimmy, the
official moaner for the trio, jealous
What has Harry got that haven't?
Put me in the middle and I'd be as
good-if not better" he recently COM
planned bitterly. Al, the oldest Ritz
brother. has never been seen to smile
away from the camera. I'll say this
for the Ritzes, their wives and girl
friend (Jimmy's) sport the best fur
coats and capes in town.
Charlie Butterworth did not always
have that outsize lugubrious long