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' ~"_S2 -- rr,-^..^.?R?> --- - -- ? |. "ss= The daily Independent -s~== . ?j?|ij ?*? i ? ? i "*._...? t ? ~- ?? ~ -r" _ partly overcast lucsday. "^J1"' ? 190S COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT, A WEEKLY ESTABLISHED BY W. 0. SAUNDERS IN 1908 1936 ' ^ ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1936. Application Set'un(1<'lasi SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS Woodiest Battle Of Xspanish Civil War I Fought Yesterday loyalists found Al ILazar Castle Into Mas* of Ruins I (JKKKN REDS L.I... Nation- On Both I Nile- Broatlca^ C.lainw atnl t ountcf C laims r,v \noiK) OA ROSA m i-ni Bv United Press> ? . ? Sept. 1 ?"? ? asualtfcs today 1 , bat.:. lor Tata vera Dc the Estremadura ^a-st ?t u* awn* ittiiw failure to re ? ... Moorish wai r Spanish foreign I lv:nfoJZ ? gaps opened by machine guns and aitilleiy WSZ: of Red militiamen, in ? ur but fanatica - V to flung into battle ? V, "V. cannon fodder in a ? atempt to turn :? :>?: threat on the Cap southwest. ? equal fury. |w . through the Red ? ., x, lo where 1.700 rebels. and children (j, ? ? ui the Alca-; which was being ruin by ceaseless i t tilery fire and aerial ? - a a battle over ? engagements. ? marking loyalist at K t tels from their Is ? c.v.-.t front rebels, . ft bullet-riddled! |' .. n concentrated for | the S"aside 1 ac p water port of j I c and ( ountrrrlaims I W : t;oops fought in the j c war. radio sta I ; bt oacast claims j I: -( a:in. ? H c i at of the m B ? ? ?: . . ml Government, ft I ?. .. Franco, supreme B broadcast that I ? ' to regain control I: li n Islands failed. I :? l>?! planes had 1 ' ? j loyalist aircrafts I inmcntal at I lavera De I. m ?: ..it loyalists] ? bombard- j B tx 1 stronghold. ? , barracks were |c was be ll much war ma-1 It b rracks. I ilumns of smoke I* from the north B T Nation al-| L initions dump.' B ing plane was re ? lased two rebel! ? bombard-j I hspatches from I y that rebels at the p n Toledo continued! j' ir fortress. They II against be I* occasionally tak I in Madrid | H sts attacking y ? ) penetrate B' uphold but were! B block by block for I? Loyalists P scored sev on the southern B":/ vole/, 25 miles la. and the vil I. md Alledejar in B l'< asants re : :!??' against the * t I !asc \larni I rveral times by J I " k. cxpcrienc I ' us morning, i I >1.30 a. m.. j uiicd throughout j L rful searchlights I a starry sky. The ] I aider a moon , n > hurried to ! .mobiles filled ?' n roiled through bcls planes fail There was sound th ing on the out 1 hi.sts expected to at Toledo when ja v. rnes complete .?? a destroyer. ?Jean De Luze. iltar: It land REBELS THREATEN BOMBARD SPANISH CAPITAL WITH GAS Hendaye, Franco - Spanish Frontier, Sept. 7. ? (UR> ? The Madrid government today in formed foreign diplomats estab hed in temporary embassies here that Spanish rebels have threatened to drop gas bombs on 1 the capital. The government informed the diplomats that rebel planes had dropped leaflets over Madrid, threatening the se of gas in event of failure of the capital to surrender. Several ambassadors informed their governments of the threat and asked for instructions re garding a possible protest in the j event gas is used. LOYALISTS HAVE UPPER HAND TODAY LFbon. Tuesday. Sept. 8.?(U.P> ?Loyalist armie; appeared to have the upper hand today ? at least for the moment ? on all fronts of the Spanish civil war except the San Sebastian sector. Bloody fighting in the Estre madura. where insurgents last week made advances in a drive toward Madrid from the south west. had quieted and the Madrid war office said the rebels were in retreat. Loyalists were forti fying positions taken from the insurgents during three days of fighting. ed 42 refugees, including iO Amer ican and numberous Latin-Ameri cans, from various Spanish ports. The Kane was bombed but not struck by a Spanish plane last week. Lieut. Commander John D. Al vis. captain of the destroyer. Told the United Press that none of the bombs dropped by the Spanish piane struck his ship. But a piece of bomb shrapnel dented a deck. When The Kane Fired "The plane swooped suddenly and dropped its bombs." Alvis said. "It missed so widely we thought it was aiming at a Span ish Merchant ship near by. When the bombs fell nearer us I order ed the forward gun uncovered and fired nine shots." After the Kane fired. Alvis said, the plane flew away. The war ministry said loyalists artillery had destroyed what re mained of the military school ad joining the Alcazar at Toledo. The towers of the historic castle were in ruin, leaving the rebels without machine gun emplace ments. "The road at Toledo is now op cnto final, definitive action," Mad rid said. President Manuel Azana offici ally received the new Red cabinet at the National Palace in Madrid. Premier Francisco Largo Caballero said no meeting was held although there was discussion of the situa tion without attempts to reach de cisions. The newspaper O Scculo of Lisbon reported smashing rebel victories on the Estremadura front, enabling them to consoli date their positions at Talavera De La Reina and open the high way to Toledo. In one sector of the line. Seculo reported, the loy alists lost 350 dead while 200 pri soners were taken from their ranks. Rebels were reported to have captured machine guns, field pieces, rifles, small arms ammuni tion and armored cars. Spanish Loyalists Attack Ancient Alcazar With Planes and Artillery Toledo, Spain. Scpt.7?(U.R)__ Spanish loyalists attacked the anc ient Alcazar with planes and ar tillery today, leaving one wall and two towers of the fortress in ruins. Three Government airplanes dropped 10 bombs on the Alcazar while loyalist artillery shelled it. Seventeen hundred rebels with in the Alcazar refused to sur-1 render, despite the heavy bom bardment. JUST INNOCENT BY-STANDKR Washington. Sept. 7?(U.PJ? A reporter who thought he might get a scoop because he can talk German watched the delegates from 52 nations gathered about the third world power conference registration desk today until he found a man talking in German. He edged up and sought an in-1 terview. "Oh, I'm just an inter-1 preter." he was told. j Expect Bombardment of San Sebastian at Any I lour HOUSEWIVES FLY ; Spend Tlieir All for Tinned Goods and Candles, and Hide Away In Caves By HARRISON LA ROCIIL ? Copyright 1036 By United Press* Son Sabastian, Spain, Sept. 7? (U.R)?Convinced that rebel bom bardment of San Sabastian? "Jewel of Seven Provinces,", was only a matter of hours, house wives to day spent all their money for tinned goods, eandles and water and fled to hillside caves. Government defense forces worked day and night to block holes in the fortifications before the rebels, now consolidating their positions this side of smouldering, blood-drenched Iruh, get their drive under way. Efforts of Basque nationlists to save San Sebastian by surrender ing. appeared to have failed. Reds, Anarchists and other extremists seem determined to resist the in surgent advance. I watched elaborate prepara tions for the defense of the city. A new militia battalion of 1,000 volunteers, called the "Guillermo Torrezos" battalion in honor of a municipal councilman and chair man of the labor committee, spent the day learning the rudiments of military discipline and maneu vers. Long lines of automobiles miners and Bilbao seamen in the ; great shaded public spuare In 'front of the Casino. The Merchants' Hard Luck There were long lines outside the banks as the population obeyed the orders of Civil Gov ernor Ortega to deposit all their I money except 25 pesetas ? about j$3.25>. This order, issued to pre vent the hoarding of cash and Ifood. had only on? effect, house ? wives, fearing their money would I be last once they had banked it. hastened to buy up all they could. Merchants regretted parting with their goods, because they were re quired to bank the money they re ceived. As a result, bank clerks worked overtime, piling up the mnnpv in vaults. Farther to the west, in Asturias. new militia divisions were being recruited in an effort to gather 60.000 volunteers to march on Gal icia and stamp out an insurrect ion in that seacoast province I Other units of Austurian militia were busy today, fighting off a rebel Galician column trying to storm Ovicdo to relieve a rebel garrison there. These forces met today at Saint Esteban De Dravia. where the Galician advance was temporarily halted. Basques and Anarchists in San Sebastian continued their quarrel today, the former trying to pre vent destruction of the city and the latter making preparations to burn it as they did Irun. This morning Anarchists carried little tin receptacles of gasoline about the city and placed them in build ings. They also anounced their intention of setting fire to homes as soon as the rebels are in sight of the city. Women with children in their arms begged the Anarchists not to put their plan into execution as the fire would ripe out all their belongings. But whenever their differences become acute the An archists do not hestiate to fire on civilians. Socialists and Basques come to the defense of the popula tion, and thus numerous clashes . occur. Several were killed in street fighting today. Quirks In the News St. Louis, Sept. 7?(ll.Ri?While I Gordon Helton stood fascinated in' the reptile house of the Zoo to day a pickpocket slit his coat with a safety razor blade and removed his wallet from the inside pocket. Police said it was the first time in 20 years that the slit pocket method had been used in St. Louis. THE GREAT SLIPPER MURDER MYSTERY Minneapolis, Sept. 7?HJ.R)? "There's a woman screaming." a : voice told police over the phone. ."It sounds like murder. You bet-1 ter send a squad car quick. " Pol ice arrived and found a father spanking his 17-year-old daugh ter with a slipper. "She got in too late from a party, " he said. "I thought she deserved it." Police agreed. IT WAS HARD CiOINfi Andovcr, N. J., Sept. 7?(U.R) ? WPA workers dug frantically in High Street but were unable to get through the hard ground. Finally they dug around the spot and discovered they had been try ing to get through a meteor weigh ing more than 1.500 pounds. J The Play Yard of the Quints wrnammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mil ill ? .. THOUSANDS of visitors arrive in Callcndcr, Ont., every week-end to get a glimpse of tne iamous Dionne quintuplets. Here is the yard adjoining the new playhouse recently constructed by the govern ment. with a heavy wire fence protecting them. The five babies may be seen with two nurses, leaving the yard. Labor Renews Its I )emaii(lfor *>()-1 lour Week, Six-J lour Day J Drive to Organize 30,000,000 Workers From Coast to Coast to Achieve Ends ? Both Lewis and Green Praise Roosevelt. By ARTHUR F. DEGREVL Washington. Sept. 7?(U.R)? New and vigorous attempts to impose the 30-hour work week upon in dustry and to organize more than 30.000.000 workers from coast-to coast were promised by trade un ion leaders tonight as millions of toilers solemnly celebraed the 49th anniversary of Labor Day. The usually jubilant festivities were marred this year by strife among labor chiefains which plunged the American trade un ion movement to the greatest cris is it has experienced in more than half a century. The struggle was carried to the nation in speeches by the warring lenders President William Green of the American Federation of Labor and John L. Lewis, mine boss and head of the committc for industrial organiza tion. To night Lewis the steely-eyed, granite-jawed mine leader, with out directly mentioning the feud, made it clear that he and his col leagues would not abandon their fight or their organization. The schism in the ranks of the Federation and the future politi cal plans of labor shared attent ion today as workers met on par ade lines at picnics and at rallies throughout the country. Lewis and his "rebel" colleagues are working openly for the re-election ? Continued on page five> Secretary Hull Stirs World Power Conference With Plea For Universal Peace Says General War Would Let Loose Forres Wliieli Mi^lil Easily Destroy All Modern Political Thought. Washington Sept. 7?(U.R)?Se cretary of State Cordell Hull wel comed third World Power Confer ence Delegates to America tonight with the earnest plea they use their inventive genius to lighten the burdens of man?not to des troy him with new machines of war. He presented these two proposi tions straight from the American Government to 3.000 delegates from 52 nations in words that made international goodwill a key note of the conclave: "Shall we allow this application of genius and energy to be dissi pated in the agony of armed con flict: or shall we insist with all the determination at our com mand that they be employed ob jectively in the pursuits of peace? "Shal the brains of the world be used to lighten the burdens of man: or shall they be used for the grim purposes of war?" While Englishmen and Italians. German and Frenchmen listened intently to America's plea for peace, the United States cabinet officer drew a grim picture of what conflict would spell for the world. "A general war," lie said, "Now (Continued on page five) TODAY'S LOCAL CALENDAR A. M. 8:30 Men's Christian Federa tion. P. M. | 2:00 Diphtheria Clinic. 2:30 Farm Bureau Federation J at Courthouse. 3:30 Susana Wesley Bible Class First Methodist 6:30 Kiwanis Club. 8:00 Jr. O. U. A. M.: Eureka Lodge Masons; Cardinal foot ball practice. SUITOR IS WILLING IF BRIDE PAYS CARFARE Madrid. Tim-day, Srpt. 8.?(U.R) ?The beautiful. 18-year-old Spanish girl who came to the American embassy last Saturday recking protection, and who of fered to marry an American in order to be admitted, had an offer of marriage today from North Birmingham, Ala. The United Press here received a cable signed by Peter Sevtell, of 1810 Frtirth avenue, North I Birmingham. He said he would ecme to Madrid and marry the girl if she would pay his way to Spain and back home. The Unit ed Press located the girl, who Saturday declined to give her name, and submitted Sevtell's proposal. The girl is a slim brunette, typically Spanish, with large, brown eyes and classical features. | When tcld no one but Americans were admitted to the U. S. em bassy, she said she was the granddaughter of a general and would do anything to insure her personal safety. I "If necessary I would marry an American," she said, "and if he would take me to the United States I would immediately give him a divorce. I would make it worth his while in cash." HOSPITAL NOTES Raymond Raper, Route One, City, was admitted Monday. Those discharged Monday were: Mrs. Charles Carmine. City; Alice Cox, Route Two, Edenton and j James Holland, colored. City. Elsie Janis Sells Out By Divine Orders North Tarrytown, N. Y., Sept. 7 ?(U.R)?E.sic Janis. golden-haired "sweetheart of the A. E. P.," play ed the most dramatic role of her life today as she walked to the lawn of her 250-ycar-old castle Phi ipse and opened the auction of all her worldly possessions be cause ol "Divine inspiration from God." The siim, 47-year-old actress, dressed in polo shirt and corduroy slacks, unwelcomed a crowd of 1,000 to the sale and told how she would use the money to aid un derprivileged children after pay ing offher debts. Cameras began to grind and "Little Elsie," hard ened by overseas service, shouted: Her 14-room mansion, built in 1686. with tall shady trees, was thrown open an hour before the auctions for visitors to inspect the objects. As she spoke in the cool shade beneath the oak trees, people thought of the explanation she gave not long ago as to why she was selling her possession: "It is a result of Divine inspira tion from God. the same impluse that caused me to give up the stage when America entered the World War and go to France. The only really insired happiness I have ever had was when I was giv ing without any thought of mam mon?In the war and after it. "I'm giving everything I have I except the talent, personality, pep or whatever it was that put me in the money as Little Elsie, and kept me there for 30 years. I want to be a rookie again, and as any army guy knows, the less you carry on a march the better." Today Elsie entertained the crowd with impersonations of auctioneer types. Then the auct ion swept on. Elsie's husband, Gilbert Wilson. 30. bond salesman and actor, whom she married in 1932, was combination host and usher. He thought his wife's action a "very good idea" and said "I'm all for it." Weatlier Statistics September 7, 1936 Highsst temperature -86 Lowest temperature 58 Average temperature 72 Barometer reading .30.23 Precipitation?inone. Wind direction?south. Character of day?partly cloody. iW. H. SANDERS. SELBY STOKES IN RESCUE OF CURRITUCKIANS Relief was near at hanrl for Dr. S. M. Mann and Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Mann of Moyock when their boat capsized at the Wright Memorial Bridge late yesterday af ternoon as th e three Currituck county residents were enjoying a fishing jaunt, according to eye- ; witness's story that reached here late last night. At the time of the accident, the i west-bound bus from Manteo { came opposite the Manns and the incident was witnessed immediate- i |ly by the driver of the vehicle. Selby Stokes of this city, who | was a passenger on the bus, dived overboard at once and carried a rope to the three peonlc since the distance was too great for it to have been thrown with any degree of success. The victims were hauled safely to the bridge, little the worst for their uncxpccting ducking, but just in time since, when Stokes reached the elder Dr. Mann, he had gone down for the first time. The Manns were running along-1 side the bridge in a speed boat at a light fast clip when, in attempt ing to make a turn, they capsized the boat. All three were thrown out of the boat, which went on for a little ways, righted itself and then difted away from them. The Manteo-Elizabeth bus. run ning behind time, was almost di rectly opposite the boat at the time. The bus sloped and passengers piled out and lined the bridge railing. But everyone was look ing and no one was making any move to assist the trio in the wa ter. Stokes, seeing that the elder Dr. Mann was weakening, decid ed that something ought to be done at once. Having passed the Red Cross Life Saving tests, he felt that he might be of some as sistance if the trio were in dan ger. Unhesitatingly removing most of his clothing in the bus, Stokes jumped over the bridge railing in his underwear and socks. He swam out and took a rope to the elder Dr. Mann, who snatch ed at it so strongly that he broke it. Stokes picked up the broken end and again handed it to the physician. Ho then turned his at tention to the wife of the younger doctor, and took her on his back' and tsarted swimming toward the ( bridge with her. The younger Dr. Mann made his own way to the , bridge. All of them clung to the creosatcd bridge pilings until boats , from the shore arrived and pick ed them up. Eyewitnesses said that at least j, one of the three, if not more, pro-1 bably would have drowned but for Stokes' quick thinking and act ing. GOVERNOR LEAVES TO JOIN PARTY OF THE PRESIDENT Raleigh. N. C.. Sept. 7?(U.R>? 1 Gov. J. C. B. Ehrinhaus will leave here tomorrow to join President Franklin D. Roosevelt's party at Knoekvillc. Tcnn., for a 140-mile tour of the Great Smoky Mount ains National Park. Governor Ehringhaus said today he was invited by the President to accompany him on the tour. The ; President will arrive at Knoxville on Wednesday, will tour the park ' i lands of Tennessee and North Car- i olna and take a train at Asheville, : N. C.. for Charlotte where he will '< speak Thursday at the "Green Pastures" rally. France to Spend a Billion For Armaments In Answer To German Military Threats Paris, Sept. 7?OJ.R)?France to day answered Germany's creation of the world's largest army out side of the Soviet union with hugh military appropriations to re-es tablish the balance of power up "serby Fuehrer Adolf Hitler. The cabinet, meeting with Pre sident Albert Lebrun and Premier Leon Blum at Rambouillet, ap proved armament expenditures to total $921,550,000 over four years. Edward Daladier, Minister of naitonal defense, outlined plans to modernize the army, reinforce frontier fortifications, rush motor ization of the army and build a fleet of armor-plated airplanes. This work alone will cost $658, 000,000. "We must spend to reinforce security and re-establish the bal anr e of power upset by Germany." Roger Salengro, Minister of the Interior, told the United Press af ter the cabinet meeting. "We will re-establish security not by lengthening conscript ser-1 vice but by increasing to tlic max- i( imum the technical means of de fense. we will create a corps of specialists to tide the army over four years of numerical insuffici ency and we will enforce the Magir. not line <t]ic steel and concrete forts on the western frontier from Switzerland to Belgium) by fur- t ther strengthening the fortifica tions." The cabinet approved a special credet of $6,580,000 to be spent before the end of this year for naval construction, naval artillery, naval aviation and extraordinary work at naval bases. It approved a bill to be present ed to Parliament appropriating $262,500,000 to be expended in 1937 to improve and increase land, air and naval araments. A corps of military specialists will be $262.500created and the size of the professional army, as district from the conscript army, will be in creased. It will develop defensive organization against motorized at-1 tack. 1 Court Will Set Sale Of Bank Assets Aside Action Is Contingent Upon Posting of Guarantees ' by Complainants Sale of notes, judgments and other assets of the Savings Bank & Trust Company to J. W. P. Mitchell of Trotville will be set a sidc by the court, conditioned up on the execution of a certain guar antees by Calvin B. Morrisettc and Frank W. Selig. complaintants; according to an order entered by Judge J. Paul Frizzell, presiding in Currituck County Superior Court yesterday. Suit entered by the two com plaintants, former directors of the closed bank, ased that the sale which took place several weeks ago. be set aside on the grounds that the $4,255 realized was in adequate; and in accordance with the court order the plea will be granted provided the complaint ants post guarantees that the as sets will, on resale, bring the equi valent or better than the proceeds of the first sale. Under the order the complaintants must post the sum of $4,255, plus $500 to cover re-advertising costs and $50 to cover interest. Under the terms of the order the guarantees must be made bv Wednesday night. Reached by telephone last night Mr. Selig said that he was unable to state wkhether or not the guar antees would be posted until he consulted with his joint coin plaintant, Mr. Morrisette, who was absent from the city, but expect ed to return today. R. Clarence Dozier anu Martin B. Simpson arc attorneys for the complaintants, while C. E. Thompson. J. Kenyon Wilson and A. P. Gowin of Gatesville. repre sented the State Banking Com mission, R. C. Coppedge, liquidat ing agent, and Mr. Mitchell. Allcox Jailed In Default of Bond In Trespass Case Unable to raise $400 appeal bond at a late hour last night, Cleat cnce "Flowers" Allcox. 22 of Par sonage street, was still in the county jail after having been found guilty yesterday of forcibly entering the room of a young New York woman visitor of the Virginia Dare Hotel Saturday night. Allcox drew a sentence of six months on the roads with alternative of a $300 fine. Indicted with Allcox was Albert Roy Peterson. 19, of Rocky Mount and Portsmouth, who returned to the Virginia city with his father yesterday, after paying a fine of $25 and costs on the same count. In the trial before Recorder W. C. Morse in a lengthy session yes terday, testimony by Allcox was to the effect that, he, accompanied by Peterson as his guest, bad mis taken the identity of a young lady guest at the hotel and had at tempted to enter her room before he realized that he had made a mistake. Shortly before, Allcox testified, lie had engaged in conversation with a former waitress at the City Cafe who had invited him to a room in the building "to take a few drinks and bring your friend along." When the girl disappeared with money given her by Allcox to purchase ginger ale, he said, he and Peterson waited in the lobby until tliey saw a person they took to be the girl in question enter the elevator. Acordlng to the testimony. All cox elbowed his way into the room and cried: "Wait, let me explain!" when the lady screamed and reached for the telephone. When she rushed into the hall and to ward the elevator, both boys went down the stairs to the lobby. Allcox was taken in custody by drug store in the hotel building while Peterson was arrested near the main hotel entrance a short time later. Both defendants were drunk when carried to police headquarters, the testimony si low ed. Peterson especially being some what dazed. In ruling on the case Judge Morse advised Peterson that, while he might liave been under the in fluence of liquor to a greater or less extent, that fact did not miti gate his blame since lie had the opportunity of refusing to ac company his host. Allcox drew the stiffer judg ment, said the judge, in view of the fact that lie seemed from the evidence to be the motivating in fluence in the affair. Defense counsel P. G. Sawyer immediately noted an appeal and requested that bond be set in accordance with the ability of his client to furnish the same.