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s-'sssF- The Daily Independent rieee? _ 190S rriUDivm ? ^ B I m JL 1 " -j B m . ^ ? fresh northerly and partly overcast r ^" bined with the independent, a weekly established by w 0 SAUNDERS IN 19ns IQQC weather Monday, probably showers. 1(01- "? N"- ^-Total 2n E,iry ^ , i, ^ ? kt^-th city, n. c? monday, may 10, 1937 ~ single c^tggf flasq lies prepare |) dense Viriiiere Takes Over Army. Reorgan izes His Staff Refugees Leaving ]?}?. I va.' -t (><?vrriiment Villi- iiriii forconicnts n> IJarct'lona t - ? May 10? '.U.R>? Defense Minister A.uinv today an jt warning to surrender . - umint; per :c...r..l of th? Basque ... ::: his g.ner tire defense u: nt'y taking the . Llano de la v.-ho had been in ijr-'.v additional r fu : - e.< tli? oi<_ j .v.o fight aiv.l women ' ere sen. to France nr reliant protective suns of n;-'ht. P.ii!. riorob.nss face daily - '.he refugees c Chateau Mar and Cari - urc? at the " N :-:cn river, motor hip Viscaya iiips to the t? a Frencii the convoy, other destroy .ned the escort :r. m? refugees tomorrow ^ moved to La r-'- iast Thursday. 1 ILi \(! \ sE\l)S AID TO B\R( HON A GOVERNMENT ??rp..r..!.r. Franco - Spanish " . . M ay. May 10 - -5 I nd five hundred a from Valencia -? - Barcelona .'rem :io ? . i'. ? : ;a<: ?. >?.?...1; ... *< revolt iv.uch left Continued on Page Three1 lira/il Faces Solution In ."outliernSlates I'M1"- I l?o\crnor Saitl to I'lan I rouble at Head ?>f State I roops V .: ;ay. May 9.? newspaper El Diario. "hat a revolution was "ar: in two Brazilian ?-? Grande Do Sul and 340 Parle- a: dawn Monday, -'?'.v.v-fh. ? thousand stave rr.dfr General Flore-s da ?:? . 1 nt of Rio Grande J*,r- ready to oppose 17. -.ore federal troops in the -paper said. ^R.o Grande Do Sul and optically-powerful -. i on Page Three) Three Slir/htly Hurt '*}\ewland Road ' vllixioii 1 White of Parsonage . Madie Miller of Queen William Mann of Par v.ended. riding in a : ?L: pick-up truck collid r;,; ^-or. .ast night with a coupe '"/ti b. Claude "Bocvs" Zieg wr- of ''-is cr?y. Audrey Meads also of ?^b?'r. city, a passenger in the r *: received a slight injury r'r'( arm. Ziegler was unhurt and ti.. . . j o companions riding , ' ? '? cere treated for minor ar b: ii^es at vhe Albemarle <Tat!' 'I:r! re'ease^ . f ; ''' cient took place on the Highway approxi <?? miles from Elizabeth l> aieund eight o'clock. In received by State Clyde W. Gibson, offi ?tieating. way that the ?' out to pass another car >1 -on into the coupe. - car was almost de ? ' and was Drought to '? City bottom side up. ! s truck was also bad '? - .d. The Dirigible Hindenburg Sinking to the Earth a Flaming Torch ' LIKE a giant torch, with fire streaming from her nose, here is the giant German airship as she settled to the ground at Lakehurst. N. J after she had hurst into flames. The explosion occurred as the stern seemed to touch the earth, as shown here. Fire shot through her. killing at least 21 of the 97 passengers and crew. The mooring mast is seen at lower left, near the silhouette of an officer of the ground crew. \\ ilcox-Lowe Case Again Pops L |> Papers Are Filed Agreeing to Separation 1>\ Both the Parties For the .econd time within a period of a few months Mr. and Mr.s. Ralph Wilcox of this citj* signed papers Saturday agreeing I to a mutual separation. Wilcox had threatened a fort night ago to sue lor a divorce on the grounds of incompatibility, but he had a change of mind. Wilcox ana Fannie Mather Lowe j were married in Suffolk last No vember. A few weeks later she en i tered suit for divorce on the grounds that Wilcox wa. physical I ly impotent. He retaliated with a j threat of a slander suit, and she j withdrew her complaint and I agreed to a mutual separation. Within a few weeks, however, they were reunited. A fortnight or so ago they had another quarrel, and Wilcox an nounced his intention of suing for a divorce on the grounds of in compatibility, but this intention | was never carried out. The papers agreeing to a mutual I separation were signed by both I parties Saturday morning and were filed in the office of Clerk of Superior Court N. Elton Ayd lett. Weeksville Road IKow h earing Completion Residents of vhe Weeksville sec- I tion. noting the progress being j j made on the paving of the few re- j maining unpaved gaps in the road from Elizabeth City to a point j | just north of Weeksville. are counting the days until they will be able to ride to town on a smooth road. The paving of the Weeksville road was completed last fall ex j cept for a half dozen short stretches, and 'these are now bo i ing paved. Approximately half of the 1.6 miles that was not com pleted last fall was paved last week, and if fair weather prevails it is expected that most of the paving will have been completed ; by the end of this week. FLEET IN WAR GAME Aboard USS Pennsylvania. May 9.?(U.R)?With many of its ships theoretically out of commission, a 135-unit fleet of the U. S. Navy steamed into Pearl Harbor, off Honolulu, T. H., today, at the I j completion of its annual mancu- j vers. | ? ? I First Inquiry Into [lindenburg's Loss Scheduled Today * Possibility of Sabot age Considered Untenable Berlin, May 9. ? <U.R ? Col. Gen. Hermann Aillielm Goering, German air minister, tonight suspended all flights of the dirigible Graf Zeppelin pending a report from the German com mission enroute to the United States to investigate the Hin denburg disaster. The Graf Zeppelin arrived at Fricdrichshafcn yesterday from Rio do Janeiro. Passengers were unaware of the Hindcnburg dis aster at Lakchurst, N. J., until (Continued on Page Three) NebraskanPay $600 For A Coronation Seal V. London. May 9.?(U.R;? Levy L. Coryell, who built up a "helluva bin bu-siness" back in Nebraska with $100 capital, counted out six crisp hundred-dollar bilL tonight as his contribution toward help ing King George "get his hat on." Coryell, who is the Horatio Al I ger hero of Lincoln. Neb., with a chain of filling stations in 400 cities and a smattering of grain elevators, banks, farms and apart ment house,, didn't bat an eye lash when they charged him $600 for a window along the coronation route. "Well, it's a lot of money but j we just didn't think his majesty could get his hat on without us so we came over?the whole family," j the Nebraska millionaire said. The "whole family" is Mr. and I Mrs. Coryell. He gazed around his $15-a-day I room in the Savoy hotel, the same [ room he and Mrs. Coryell occu- j pied on his 13 other visits to Eng land since his $100 capital bios- j somed into millions. They came over on the Europa April 28 and are going back on the Queen Mary May 19. "I gotta hand it to the Eng- : lish," he said. "They certainly j aren't going in for any excessive j prices for the coronation. Look at' (Continued on Page Three) \ jj Studios Give In To Movie Actors Guild And Sturs Abandon Plans to Join Technicians In General Walk-out Hollywood. May 9. ?CU.R)?The screen actors' guild at a mass : meeting tonight tumultously j I agreed to abandon plans for a gen I eral walkout tomorrow after six j I of the nine major studios granted them a guild shop. With a shout that vibrated the j wooden rafters of old Hollywood | Legion stadium, actors and ac tresses abandoned their strike plan; and voted to accept the ac cord previous approved by the six | studios. An amendment was tacked on and passed, authorizing the guild's executive board to call a strke at either of the three studios? War ner Brothers, Hal Roach and (Continued on Page Three) Roanoke Colony Edition Makes Fine Progress The Daily Independent has rea son to be gratified by vhe manner in which the people of Elizabeth City and the Albemarle have co operated with it in the matter of its Official Roanoke Colony Sou venir Edition, which is vo be pub lished in the green |otogravurc, magazine size within fne next few week. To date a large number of the leading firms, individuals and cirpora lions of this region have supported the edition, which par tocipavion in itself justifies the printing of two eight page sec tions already. In a letter from the Dare Coun ty Chamber of Commerce of May 5th addressed to the Citizens of Manteo and Dare Counvy, Mr. D. B. Fearing, the Secretary-Treas urer had the following to say: "Two thousand five hundred copies of this edition are being J furnished the Roanoke Colony Memorial Association, which will be used by such Association in giving added publicity to the 35Cvh Anniversary of English speaking civilization in America; and that tliis is put by a nev spaper that j has been a wonderful helper to our people during the past two decades, and such an edivion is a most worthy undertaking and that organization urges your sup port in this edition." As a souvenir of the greatest historical celebration ever staged by the people of the United States, this Official Roanoke Colony Souvenir edition of this newspap er, soon to be off the press, will in itself be an historical production in practical form, for convenient! reading and reference, worthy of preservation by every one interest ed in American history. This Edit ion will picture the hunting and flohing, yachting and other out dour sports of this region. We also plan to tell and picture the ad vantages offered desirable immi- | gration from the west, by the ver satility of the siil of these Albe marle counties which permits the growing of all kinds of crops. Every point of interest in this section of North Carolina will be pictorially displayed in attractive tContinued on Page Three) Rice Miller, Perquimans Student, Dies After Auto Collision 4* John Everett of Hertford In Hospital With Se vere Inj uries Hertford, May 9.?Rice Miller, Perquimans high school student, died in the Albemarle hospital early tonight, the result of injuries sustained in ar^auto crash on the Elizabeth City highway late this afternoon. John Everett, of Hertford, a passenger in the car, driven by Ben Thatch of Hertford, which collided with Miller's car, was picked up in an unconscious con dition shortly after the crash and carried to the Albemarle hospital where his injuries were described a ; "serious", but he was said to hav'e a good chance to recover. Like Miller, Everett suffered a fractured skull and several severe lacerations. Before Miller's Home Information available last night was to the effect that the Thatch car was passing Miller when Mil ler made a left hand turn into his own driveway. The accident oc curred ju t in front of the Miller home about six miles from Hert ford and both cars were badly damaged. A young brother, riding in the car with Miller, was reported un injured, and two other passengers in the Thatch car, Harold Thatch and George Butler of Hertford, escaped with cuts and bruises as did the driver, Ben Thatch, least I seriously injured. All the young men were treated by local physicians and released. Rice Mller, a son of Mr. and j Mrs. J. K. Miller, died approxi | mately four hours after the crash I and his injuries were multiple; in cluding besides the fractured skull, severe cuts and the loss of one eye. Funeral arrangements have not j been completed. Harry S. New, Former j Postmaster - General, Dies In Baltimore Baltimore, Mr., May 9.?(U.R)? | Harry S. New. 78, former postmas ter general and former U. S. sen ator from Indiana, died at 10:30 p. ! m. tonight in Johns Hopkins hos | pital. He had been sick for the j past two weeks with pneumonia. Mrs. New and Col. and Mrs. Parker Hitt, friends of the News, were in the ho:pital when he died. No Stranger ? *? GEORGE F. SEYFFERT, manager of the new business department of the Elizabeth City Public Utilities Commission is no stranger to Elizabeth City and no stranger to his job. For about 18 monhs, prior to his return to Elizabeth City, he was general manager of the Home Heating Co., of Newport News, Va., one of the largest con cerns in Tidewater Virginia speci alizing in electrical appliances, modern heating equipment and air cinditioning. Mr. Seyffert brings) to his new job a lot of practical experience in the field of air-con ditioning, in which Elizabeth City is beginning to show a lively in terest. George Seyffert was born in Cincinnati. O., but is almost a native, his parents having resided in North Carolina since he was 12 years old. He came to Eliz abeth City first in 1902 as Super intendent of the Elizabeth City Hosiery Mills, which positions he occupied until 1926 when he went to Phoebus, Va. as general man ager of the Stilwell (hoiesry) Mills if that place. He is a high type if citizen, active in civic af fairs and religious work, and was formerly superintendent of the City Road M. E. Sunday School. He expest to re-affiliate himself with that church. Photo by Frisby. Dick Merrill Takes Off For Trans-Atlantic Hop Veteran Orean Flier Flans to Return With Coro nation Pictures New York, Monday, May 10. ? (U.R)?Dick Merrill was flying over i the North Atlantic early today, well on his way to London to at tend the coronation of King George VI. The veteran transport pilot, who has flown the Atlantic twice, was accompanied by Co-Pi lot Jack Lambie. Merrill, piloting a Lockheed Electra transport plane, took off from Floyd Bennett airport here at 3:35 p. m. <EST> yesterday and made good time up the coast with a tailwnd helping him along. He ran into rain over Canada's mari time provinces, but radio advices from the plane to Eastern Air lines indicated he was having no difficulties as he sped over New foundland and headed for the open sea. The flight was encased in some myistery, as Merrill declined to reveal up to the moment of start ing whether or not an unidentified backer of the flight?reportedly a New York broker?would fly with him. Tail-Wind Helper He had a 20-mile tail wind boosting him along on the north east leg to Newfoundland, and ex pected a 35-mile northwest wind from there out over the Atlantic. There were storms over the Irish coast. Merrill dickered with depart ment of commerce officials before i Continued on Page Three) j Cars May Be Listed Both Today and Tomorrow Automobile owners in Pasquo tank county who have not yet list ed their cars for taxation may do so today and tomorrow, according to Edward Punstan, county tax supervisor. Many cars owners already have filed -their taxes and have failed to list their cars, according to Dunstan. In many cases this was due to the taxes being given in to the list-takers by 'the wives or daughters of the taxpayers. Those who already have listed their taxes but did not list their cars may do so -today and tomor row without being placed on the delinquent list. All others will be listed as delinquent. The listing office closed last Saturday, May 8 th. TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A. M. 8:30 Mens Christian Federation 10:00 Pasquotank county Sup erior court civil term sec ond week. P. M. 1:00 Rotary club 3:30 First Methodist WMS 4:00 First Baptist Jr., G. A. 7:30 Pocahoirias; Kiwanis Jr. Glee club; W. O. W. 8:00 American Legion Library Hours: 10-12, 2-6. Half Million Spectators View Final Rehearsal Of Coronation Ceremony Full Dress Practice Included All But King and Queen 260,000 Visitors Influx Is Must Impressive Congregation of World Famed Figures In His tory. London, May 9. ?<U.R)? More than a half-million persons jam med London's flag-choked streets in a drizzling rain today to wit ness final polishing-up exercises for the coronation of King George VI next Wednesday. The "little coronation" parade was the final dress rehearsal for the big show, and it included ev erything except the actual corona tion of the king, who was repre sented by an empty carriage drawn by eight gray horses. Started at Dawn It started at dawn and included five full processions from Buck ingham Palace to Westminister Abbey, where the king will be crowned. In spite of the early start, more than 100,000 who had bought deeping space on grand stands were ready at 6:30 a. m. when the eight grays pulled smart ly out of the palace with an empty carriage. The king and queen spent a quiet week-end at the Royal lodge at Windsor, but they were the only principals missing. What may be described histori cally as the first coronation jol lification occurred when 200 (Continued on Page Three) London Faces Strike Crisis At Bad Time Has Threat of Traffic Tie Up On Eve of the Coronation London, Monday, May 10.?(U.K Possibility of a complete tie-up ol all subway, taxi and bus trans portation here on coronation day appeared imminent today after 11 to 50 branches of the Transport General Workers Union rejected a "trial offer" to settle the bus strike. The offer was extended by the transport board, whcih enjoys ex clusive monopoly of all bus trans portation in London. The remaining branches will re port their decision to a delegates meeting tonight. They are expect ed to vote to continue the strike which began 10 days ago when 25,000 bus workers walked out for shorter hours and slower sched ules. Trolley, subway and taxi em ployes announced unofficially that if the bus drivers continue the strike, they will walk out in sym pathy. Such action would create an unprecedented traffic jam in London which is preparing for the coronation Wednesday. The labor ministry, led by Er nest Brown, abandoned concilia tion efforts pending the bus men's decision. It apparently be lieved that the transport boards compromise offer was unlikely to be improved upon. Yesterday hundreds of striking busmen, carrying banners en scribed "long hours for busmen means danger for you" and "Lon don busmen demand right ti live a little longer," paraded to Tra falgar Square. 'Tis Memorial Day In The Southland Today May 10th is Confederate Mem orial day, but you'd never know it in Elizabeth City unless you hap pened to pass by the Confederate monument on the court house plaza. ! As usual, the United Daughters j of the Confederacy will decorate the monument with Confederate flags this morning, but other than that the day will pass practically unnoticed here. There may be some exercises in the local gram mar school in observance of Con federate Memorial day. but no 'public exercise# are planned.