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- the weather npTTTl 1"^ A TT "\7" TlVTTAlj^ 1T)T7IXTTATj^lVT^P maritime forecast ^ fair and continued wann | H ?, I / A l I J I liN ?J l_jL ?jiS lj Hi 11 l ^wesf^ a^ ~ Saturday and Sunday. ? ? A 1 XiJ-IX 1 ~a~^ J?J J- 1 J?IX 1 J- weather Saturday. _J 1908 COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT, A WEEKLY ESTABLISHED BY W. 0. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 i [j \0. ?>.") Total No. 270 Published Ererj 1)?, ixcept ^ Sunday b, The Independent Publishing Co. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1937 N' SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS pii.Miaja (Resumes (Offensive ?attacks On First An I niversary of War's I beginning jlKnaniite.i Trench Lalfalit Claim Capture of I J.000 Kehels Since I Drive lie<rau I Mac!: :ti. July 16. ?(U.R)? Gen. 1-iKC Mm a s loyalist armies to- j iforated the close of the I year of the civil war with a I I.-.:::;": :: of their smashing of lyr;>;vt the Guadarrama Hills. I;; <> a . m of tlie capital. I Tlx mvargcnt artillery of Gen. I killed 20 persons I- a bombardment of Madrid's I skirts, attempting to I;. ? M.a a from moving up re I for his drive to free I. troni eight months of Have l op nana Miaju. asserting that his troops iave the "top hand" at last, an nounced that the enemy strong :olii of Villa Franca del Castillo ie Ooruna highway was encircled. ? On t!u northwestern fringe of Madrid, amid the ruins of Uni versity City, many insurgents is; reported killed and wounded i .-ii loyalist " dynamiteros" blew p a rebel front line trench near the shambles of what once was i medical school. Two mines were set off after an artillery barrage. More than 50 rebels were in i ?he trencii and those who escap ee death beneath tons of bricks and earth were heavily machine gunned. Keats Counter-attack Tiro assault on Villa Franca del Castillo indicated that Miaja had beau n off insurgent counter-as saults and was ready to resume tiny southward toward Naval .arnera. southwest of Madrid, in au eflort to break the backbone of ?Continued on Page Three) C. G. Accepts New Boat House I'roltuhlv Means Re uioval of (iapc Henry i Nation to Little Creek The first move preliminary to removal of -he Cape Henry Coast >? to Little Creek, Va.. .nad' yesterday when the r- ??-' Guard service formally took er a new boathouse at Little Cr'ek A new ifeboat will be placed in ?c boathouse there shortly, and ?'??ntuaily it is planned to have a L ?? ? Guard station erected there. The Coast, Guard's reason for 3-ar.r.u * boat at Little Creek is cause it is always possible to ^ a boat out of the creek and ? Or.'vapeake Bay \and the '? -j' Henry, whereas in r it is very difficult 0 .aunr:. a boat thru the surf *rw the Cape Henry Coast Guard Station is now located. . Seventh. District Coast Guard v/; ? j;ere jias no definite ^ ? r.n,i- ni regarding the even ? ia; removal of Cape Henry Sta hon to Little Creek. Yesterday Was Hottest Day of 1937 Here J1-' l< ,o..e is not always right, bo - mess firms to the con ar- tiotwithstanding, but the Public ?< ,, cTtainly right yester ^ when. between puffs and it declared that yesterday aT ? . sttest day of 1937. ther Man's official re rhe day recorded a high M <\> rees and an average for r'f b degrees, dav long a hot sun beat *>iy down upon the swelt "bulace. the only relief? r of a temporary nature? ' ? - : ;nu m the river, under a ?J '"'?"?ver or in front of an elec Dr.. [ China No Longer Pacifist Nation I " WAR reports from Spain are now paralleled with reports of the new war in North China between the Chinese and Japanese. These are typical fighting men of the Chinese army, members of the 29th bri gade. They are repelling a Japanese attack during r.cent fighting near Peiping. Note how some of them are throwing hand grenades. Japanese Army Moves Upon Strategic Points In China Hull Warns Far East ern Powers of the World Reaction Tinelsin. North China. Satur day. July 17.?<U.R>?Steel-helmet - cd soldiers of the regular Japan ese army closed in on North Chi na along three routes today and were expected to occupy strategic areas in three of Cathay's rich est provinces during the week end. Both Chinese and Japanese agreed that major hostilities, in which more than 200.000 season ed soldiers may be engaged, ap peared to be "a matter of hours." A division of the Japanese home army was reported to have reached the strategic city of Tsingtao on naval transports, es corted by destroyers, and to be preparing to land despite Chinese resistance. Tsingtao is the key to Shantung province?one of the richest in all China? and its occupation will give the Japanese command of the vital railway line which runs from the Port Northwest to the Yellow river near the provincial capital. Tsinan. Once in command of this rail way. the Japanese will be in a po sition to prevent Chinese rein forcements from Nanking from proceeding north. The Japanese already dominate the Peiping-Tientsin-Mukden rail way and part of the northern ap proaches to the Peipin-Hankow railway as well as the motor roads between Tientsin and Peiping and north from Peiping to the for tified passes in the great wall. Hull's Message Washington. July 16. ?<U.R>? Secretary of State Cordell Hull today warned Japan and China (Continued on Page Three) Drinkwater To Broadcast On Ripley's Program A i .Sunday Program At Old Fort Raleigh Sermon at Old Fort Raleigh j by the Rev. Rowland P. Wag I ner, pastor of Central Baptist I Chureh. Norfolk, Va. Special Choral numbers by "The Lost I Colony Choir" made up of Westminster Choir School I singers, Princeton, N. J. Ser vices begin at 11 a. m. Organ concert in Fort Raleigh am i phitheatre 4 p. m. Paul Green's out-door symphonic drama ! "The Lost Colony" 8:15 p. m. I V ' Navy Asked To Send Planes |July 28th Would Have Them Participate In Avia ation Day Observance Manteo, July 16, (Special)?The suggestion comes from Louis H. Windholz. of Norfolk, himself a great showman, that the U. S. Navy should be urged to sent a fleet of planes to Roanoke Island on July 28 to take part in the Aviation Day ceremonies incident to the celebration of the 350th anniversary of the Roanoke Is | land settlements. The suggestion was imparted to i Chairman A. W. Drinkwater in charge of the Aviation Day pro continued on Page Three) Will Tell Him He Sent the News of First Air plane Flight Manteo. July 16 'Special) Al I pheus W. Drinkwater. has been J invited to appear on Robt. 'Be lieve It Or Not> Ripley's radio I program, to give a national radio audience the low down on how he happened to flash the news of' the first successful Wright flight at Kill Devil Hills to an incredulous world. Mr. Drinkwater. veteran weath er bureau telegrapher, received the invitation today to be the guest of Mr. Ripley in New York, on the occasion of the proposed broadcast. At the Ripley radio programs are arranged months in advance, it will be some time this fall before Drinkwater will ap pear on the program. Needless to say. Mr. Drinkwater accepted the Ripley invitation with alacrity. The first attempt of the Wrights to fly a powered heavier-than-air machine at Kill Devil Hills was on Dec. 17. 1903. The flight was hardly a success, lasting only 12 seconds, the machine being in the air only 12 seconds. The first really successful flight was made not until May 6. 1908, the Wright brothers having spent nearly five years in building a (Continued on Page Three) Elizabeth City May See Itself In Movies Awaits Sentence For Auto Death Forced Novice to Take the Wheel; Man Killed Wife Injured Raleigh. July 16.?(U.R)?Joe Rogers. 33. Raleigh ex-convict, to day awaited sentence following a plea of guilty of causing the death of Clarence D. Moore. Jacksonville, Fla.. lumberman, in an automobile collision here a month ago. Statutes provide a sentence ranging from four months to 20 years in prison. Moore was killed and his wife was critically injured two miles east of here when an automobile in which Rogers was riding crashed head-on into the Florida couple's car. Testimony at the trial here showed that a 13-year-old Negro boy, Rufus Haywood, was steer ing the death car, with Rogers "stepping on the gas" at the time of the crash. The Negro youth testified he had never before driven an auto (Continued on Page Three) Warner Bros. Write for Photos of Town As It Looked In 1903 Elizabeth City is likely to see itself in the movies a few months hence, but the chances are only a small percentage of the Elizabeth Citizens who see the movie will recognize the old home town in the picture. The thing is shrouded in mys (Continued on Page Three) TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A. M. 8:30 Mens Christian Federation P. M. 2:30 Local 119 AFHW Library Hours: 10-12, 2-6. SUNDAY CALENDAR A. M. 3:30 St. Elizabeth Mass 9:30 Church Schools 11:00 Morning worship P. M. 7:15 Young Peoples Leagues 7:45 Christian Science services 702 Boston Ave. 8:00 Evening worship Library Closed. Court Opponents Believe Administration Plans To Combat Their Reelection ^ Accord Is Reached BvPowers J Accept Eden Compro mise Rather Than Risk a Break London, July 16.?<U.R)? Eu rope's powers agreed tonight, as the Spanish civil strife roun icd out a year of bloodshed and de struction, to join in a final effort to revive their shattered non-in tervention project. The delegates of 27 nations, meeting against the grim back drop of 350,000 Spanish dead and more than $2,000,000,000 in de struction, consented to use a com promise plan of Anthony Eden, British foreign secretary, as a "ba sis of discussion." (Continued on Page Three) Tribe Installs New Set of Officers William K. "Bill) Carter was installed aw Sachem of Pasquo tank Tribe No. 8. Improved Or der of Red Men. at the tribe's weekly meeting Thursday night. Other officers installed were: Senior Sagamore, A. P. Belan ga; Junior Sagamore, Walter W. Cohoon; and Prophet, E. B. Leary. The following were previously installed: W. Ben Goodwin, Col lector of Wampum: W. L. Sher lock. Keeper of Wampum and C. D. Pappendick, Chief of Records. Trustees of the tribe are C. W. Ward. J. W. Johnson and T. O. Bundy. In addition to the elective of ficers, the following appointive positions have been filled: First sannap, William Chesson: second sannap. Dwight L. Silves ter. First warrior. J. Elliott Cook: second warrior, J. T. Jackson; third warrior, George Owens; fourth warrior, Willie Barnes. First brave, C. W. Ward. Jr.: second brave. B. F. Jones; third brave, Edwa-'d Bell; fourth brave James Ferebee. Jr. Guard of wigwam, S. A. Twi ford. Guard of forest, Walter Spcnce. i 11 i /v- irrv I dJheSANK CLCQK ?^o TME SODA JEQKE.G JOHN Q. PUBLIC AND FIRST RATE RESORT HOTELS "They tell me that 50 years ago, i before there were any roads or bridges, and when it took Ave hours to go to Nags Head from Elizabeth City by steamer, that there was a hundred-room hotel at Nags Head and it did a thriv ing business. And now with all of our roads and bridges and auto mobiles, more people and more money, nobdy has the nerve to build a hundred-room hotel any where on the Dare coast." It was the Soda Jerker speaking and he was appealing to the Bank Clerk for enlightenment. "I'll tell you something else," said the Bank Clerk; "that old Nags Head hotel had a big ball room, an orchettra and a bar room." "But why can't Nags Head or Kitty Hawk support something like that now?" pursued the Soda Jerker. "They can," said the Bank Clerk, "and it is my guess that you will see hotels of more than a hundred rooms along that Vir ginia Dare Trail between Kitty Hawk and Nags Head. But the resort hotel business has under gone a revolution in a quarter of a century. It used to be that an investor who had the nerve to build a resort hotel in some iso lated place could count on build ing up a clientele that would make it pay. Travel was different then. "People who went to the moun tains or seashore in those days made a month's or a summer's vacation of it and took along the whole family, with the exception of the old man. They left him be hind to scratch for the where withal, and let him join the fam ily for an occasional week-end. "But times have changed. Peo ple who want a season at the sea shore today build their own cot tages. And instead of finding re sort hotels filled up with families booked for a fortnight, a month or a summer, you find them de serted for five days in the week and overflowing with joy-parties on week-ends. "And the highways are lousy with hot dog and .soda pop stands at which the motoring masses pick up half their meals at the cost of a dime. "But don't worry about the lack of big hotels on the Nags Head and Kitty Hawk beaches. It took a lot of small hotels and boarding houses to make place for a Cava lier at Virginia Beach. It should not be long now before you'll see a 200-room hotel with a ball room and a steel fishing pier on the coast." "Well, when they build it I shall thumb a ride and go down and give it the once over," said the Soda Jerker. "Which is just about all a first rate hotel ever gets from the gen eral public," replied the Bank Clerk cynically. Denies Any Evasion JAMES ROOSEVELT, son of the president, denying to newspapermen that he had any interest in foreign holding companies, as implied by Congressman Fish. He repeated it to the Joint Congressional Tax Evasion committee later. Robinson Funeral Brings Armistice <* Can Start On Building By August 10 Bond Issue Is Finally Approved; No Oilier Obstacle Remains Actual construction work on Pasquotank County's proposed agriculture building probably will be started around August 10th, if ' not a little sooner, according to T. P. Richardson, district WPA engineer, who is preparing an operations schedule to be sent to State WPA headquarters in Ral- : eigh. ] As soon as word is received here that the plans and estimates have < been approved, the WPA will be i ready to start work on the build- 1 ing. Mr. Richardson said. The WPA authorities and Pres- ] ident Roosevelt approved the proj- i ect last spring, but there was < some little hitch on the county's part in obtaining funds with which to supplement the WPA ] funds. This week, tho, the coun- : ty's $20,000 bond issue was ap- ] (Continued on Page Three) Political Friends and Foes Join In Rites Washington. July 16.?(U.R)? Senate judiciary bill opponents shelved bitter enmities today to don the cloak of mourning in fin al tribute to their dead colleague, Majority Leader Joe T. Robinson, but the truce was only temporary. After brief funeral services in the capitol they parted to lay plans for renewal of their epochal en counter next Tuesday after Rob inson's burial in Arkansas. They sat shoulder to shoulder? those who fought him and these who supported him in the battle in which he fell?and bowed their heads as the solemn ritual for the dead wan pronounced ^in the chamber which only last Monday echoed with the dead leader's booming voice. President Roose velt, his government, diplomatic representatives of the world, and great and humble citizens parti cipated in the farewell. Leave Fclr Little Rock Tonight a funeral train stood ready to bear Robinson's body from the flower-banked senate rostrum to Little Rock, his birth (Continued on Page Three) Sixteen-Year-Old Parents Happier Than Ever a. Soil Born to Young Couple Who Braved Parental Opposition A baby son arrived tms week to bless the union of a young couple whose love for one another tri umphed over parental opposition in one of the most dramatic stor ies of young love ever unfolded here. Parents of the baby boy are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carroll Spencer, Jr., of 111 Glade street. The fa ther, who was 15 when he was married last summer, will be 17 in November. The young mother will be 17 n*xt month. Lina Elizabeth Bright, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bright of 104 Glade street, and Joseph Carroll Spencer, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Spencer, Sr., of 400 Pearl street, were secretly married at South Mills on July 25, 1936. The young couple broke the news to their parents in mid-No vember, whereupon the young bridegroom's parents, arguing that he was entirely too young to mar ry. instituted annulment proceed ings. Consulting an attorney, the young couple learned that the married could not possibly be an nulled in less than 30 days and (Continued on frage Three) State Negro Farm Asso. Is Organized Delegates From All Parts of North Carolina In Meeting at Raleigh Wilson, July.?(U.R)?North Car olina's Negro farm leaders today began organization of a statewide association for agriculturists of their race. Officers were to be elected and committees appointed during the day's sessions. Dean I. O. Schaub of State College was the principal speaker. He discussed the "Out look for Agriculture in North Car olina." Delegate, representing all parts of the state and including all but four of North Carolina's 28 Negro farm agents, heard addres ses covering various phases of farm and home life, by speakers including: C. R. Hudson, state agent in charge of Negro work; A. C. Kimrey, State College exten sion dairy specialist: Murphey Barnes, field representative of the federal soil conservation ser vic; and Miss Ruth Current, state home demonstration agent. Will Join Forces to Combat Any Such Reprisal Fear Punishment Van Nuys and McCarran Among Those Up for Re-election In '38 Washington, July 16. ?(U.R)? Senate Democrats fighting Presi dent Roosevelt's supreme court reorganization bill anticipate at tempts by the administration to defeat them when they come up for re-election in 1938 and already are preparing to Join hands in combatting such reprisals it wa9 learned tonight. The attitude the administration will take toward party members who have broken with the presi dent to condemn the new deal's most drastic reform proposal has been the subject of informal dis cussions among court foes. They were cheered last week when Post master General James A. Parley who also is chairman of the Dem ocratic National Committee said in a speech that no permanent party split would arise from the court fight. But, a few days later Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, of Indiana, said on leaving a conference with President Roosevelt that Senator Frederick Van Nuys, D, Ind,. one of the foes of the court measure, would not be renominated. Town send heads the powerful political machine built up by Paul McNutt, Governor General of the Phillip pines, when he was Indiana's Gov ernor. Until he broke with the ad ministration, Van Nuys was popu (Continued on Page Three) Legion Day At Ft. Raleigh Delayed National Commander Leaves at Once for France; Comes Later ? Manteo, July 16.?American Le gion Day in connection with the 350th anniversary celebration of the Lost Colony was indefinitely postponed last night upon re ceipt of a telegram by I. P. Davis, commander of Fort Raleigh post, from National Commander Har ry W. Colmery saying that he found it impossible to come to Roanoke Island on July 23, the day set. The national commander said that the date for the dedica tion of a national war memorial in France at which he is to offi ciate had been set up to July 24 from a later date originally speci fied, and that he would be oblig ed to sail at once. It had been his plan to leave for France immed iately after the Roanoke Island ceremonial. Commander Colmery, however, expressed his intention of making (Continued on Page Three) Pennsylvania Ave. Sidewalks Near Completion The laying of concrete sidewalks along the west side of Pennsyl vania avenue has been completed as far as Railroad avenue, and bricks of the old walkways will be used to extend the paving on tow ard Knobbs creek. Some of the brick have already been used to provide a sidewalk on Chesnut street. The work is being done under WPA auspices. Street forces are now engaged in grading the city's dirt streets in preparation for winter, using the tractor and grading machine recently purchased by the city. There is no form of nerve dis order that may not be caused or aggravated by eye strain. For a thorough eye examination see DRS. J. D. HATHAWAY. <adv.>