Statesville Record and Landmark from Statesville, North Carolina • 1

Watch label on your Paper and let your subscription ex pire! wliiiiWwiyi'1'1111 THE LANDMARK r'Ti'iWiWWiiMwwiiiiJ 11 JI ri Tiowa i he date on the label is the date your paper will be stop ped! VOL 61 STATESVILLE MONDAY JUNE 3 1935 No 103 VOLNEY DAVIS IS 1 THE NORMANDIE WEST HARASSED PLACED ON TRI Al BREAKS RECORD BE EARS NEW It OR KIDNAPING ON MAIDEN TRIP LOODS DANGER lection hard waa average hours 5 surpass crossing lane Statesville having born An Auto Wreck the i Saturday Night Consider School Mr Dr Phifer operated the Billingsley President Giving Thought to NRA be coni Commissioners in presented by Monthly Session Phifer at Wheatland of County Superintendent of WEATHER MR and Tues tonight day in tempera 1 change iture were buried in the wreckage 44? Mr two money from for the erec building for a declara NRA until 1902 mar an east automo or three beat the present German Lloyd than the Cand and Mr $75 was Sun of in darn $12 work i Davis Put On ith Row for His Own Protection ribbon across the these ree Superintend ent elect A' Steele of Mooresville who was in town this morning is an other Davidson alumnus who will at tend alumni gatherings this after noon and this evening KIDNAPERS THEN TOOK HIS AUTO Mr Crouch gave notice of appeal to Supreme court ollowing disposition of the Ma theson case about 5 riday afternoon Iredell Superior Court ad journed after two weeks session Mr Clarence Steele Named Commissioner Lucile McLean is Recuperating from Operation Miss Lucile McLean is recuperat COVERS 748 MILES IN 25 HOUR PERIOD of a routine nature at the morning ses WALKED INTO TRAP LAID IN CHICAGO Condition Of Mr Brady Much Im proved The condition of Mr John Brady who has been seriously ill following a stroke which he Thursday is much improved today Car Accident And lood Blamed or our Phifer Deaths Mrs Menchen Dies In Baltimore Mrs Sara Haardt Mencken 37 writer teacher and lecturer and wife of IL Mencken the editor and au thor died late riday at Johns Hop kins hospital in Baltimore Mrs Mencken was a native of Montgom ery Ala and lived there until she was 18 years old Visit Rev Bost Who Is Critically III of his automobile entered its plenty of at his home in Brenham Texas His Mrs Adda Phifer Stimson died in this city in June 1901 Dr Phifer is an uncle of Messrs Ben and Greensboro June 3 Ervin West Comnanv of Statesville 1 was awarded the contract for the general work on the Edgeville school project at a cost of $13661 The award was made by t'he Guil ford county board of education which met in the office of Thomas oust superintendent of schools It is stipulated that the work is to be completed not later than September 10 IL A Collier Named Second Lieutenant In Cavalry Troop County Council To Plan Summer Camp JOHN A BRADY SUERS A STROKE Mr John A brady has been ill since Thursday at his home on Race 4 Service Group Holds A Meeting The jury late riday afternoon in the case of Mrs Matheson against Crouch brought in a verdict favorable to the plaintiff awarding Mrs Matheson the sum of $lC00 for injuries sustained over a year ago when Mrs Matheson was krccked down on the street by a car driven by Mr Crouch Mrs Mathe son was suing for $10000 damages Mrs Jonah Cowart reported finding a black widow spider at her home on Buffalo street early this afternoon The poisonous insect was found inside a can in the top of an abandoned well She killed the spider before it had to do any damage Miss Mr John Milhollanu Clerk of Superior court announced this morn ing appointment of Mr Clarence Steele of Statesville as a member of the Iredell county board of com missioners to fill the vacancy made An Associated Press dispatch ri day night told of the death of Dr red Phifer Mrs Phifer and their son Wood Phifer at Wheatland Wyoming Thursday All three were drowned in the Colorado Hood Thurs day but the details of the were not given Pleads Guilty to $200 000 Kidnaping of Bremer The Giant rench Liner Crosses Atlantic in 99 Hours Kingsley Smith be at Loray Smith young Rev and Mrs missionaries to Africa will Concord Presbyterian church next Sunday evening Mrs will speak to the ladies and people at 73() and Mr Smith will give an illustrated picture lecture on the missionary work in Africa at 8 and Mrs Smith are on their way to York for the re turn trip to Africa after a furlough in the United Mates Sunday school at Loray next day will lie at 10 a instead the afternoon Miss Mrs Miss Lions To Elect Officers This Evening Statesville Lions at their regular weekly dinner meeting at the Vance Hotel this evening at 6:30 will elect officers for the coming year run during 25 noon Saturday to noon he ship covered 718 knots 736 Quetta India June 3 Authorities contemplated today finishing the de struction of this garden citv of In dia ruined in a series of earthquakes bv dynamiting the debris to prevent' an outbreak of disease With the death toll in quakes estimated at 40000 it lie had built up anil his as one of the best in the Milholland clerk of filed notice of ap Lester Colson colored of Albe marle driving a sedan and Joe Tor rence colored of Belmont operating an ancient touring car were both moving east when the Albemarle se dan in the act of passing the tour ing collided and crashed into a tele phone pole breaking the pule com pletely in two and coming to a stand still 30 feet away in a side ditch car was practically demol ished but he and the other four with him apparently escaped injury as by magic when his car plowed through the pole and landed in a ditch Deputy Sheriff Carl Bailey who investigated the matter stated that a hearing in the case was scheduled for this morning but that Colson sent word by his attorney that he was too sore from shock and bruises to here Party of our People from Hender son Injured When Their Car is Sideswiped by Trailer and Turned Over Two or Three Times A party of four people from Hen derson headed for Statesville were in a wreck about 7:30 Sun day morning at Colfax on the high way between Kernersville and Greens boro when the trailer ot bound car sideswiped their bile and turned it over two times Mr Griffith Mr II ler Miss Margaret Candler William Candler all of Henderson were coming to visit Mr IL Candler was at the wheel when he met an eastbound car with wobbling trader wobbling trailer on a curve The Henderson car turned over two or three times and badly disabled All the occupants were removed to Memorial Hospital in Winston Sal em for treatment Mr Griffith suf fered bruises over the left eye the left side of the face and righ shoul der Miss Margaret Candler suffer ed bruises on the face and both her feet were badly lacerated Miss Mar garet remained in the hospital until lato Sunday afternoon but t'he oth ers were able to come on to States ville after their injuries were treat ed in the hospital The driver of the auto with trailer attached was headed for Henderson It was understood that he assumed responsibility for the wreck since his trailer wheel was over t'he central marker in the highway at the time of the crash Mr Ben Stimson received a wire from Mr John Phifer Saturday stating that Mr and Mrs ree VV Phifer and Mr and Mrs Wood Phif er all lost their lives in the Hood wa ters (f Chugwater Creek a tributary to Colorado in what is consid ered the greatest Hood condition in the history of that section Many other lives were lost Captain George eild of t'he local cavalry troop received notice from tie: Adjutant General of North Car olina this morning of the anpiit met of Mr Robert A Colli Statesville to the office of second lieutenant assigned to the Machine Gun Troop 109 Cavalry North Caro lina iNational Guard Mr Collier has served his requir ed three year enlistment in the local National Guard troop has served thiee years in the Virginia National Guard and three years in the school Captain eild states that the up pointnient of Mr Collier as second lieutenant completes his officers' personnel for the local National Guard troop married to Miss Margaret Hue West tn Aboard Normandie nt Sen June 3 The mammoth Normandie having wrested at least two trans Atlantic speed records on her maiden voyage reached Ambrose Lightship in New York harbor today al 9:35 In court this morning it was ordered that the case of Toni Summers charged with larceny be tried by jury in court June 18 The order was issued by the court when counsel for defend ant asked for trial by jury The de bond was set at $250 justified Bradford lherrill appeared in court showed good behavior and his case was continued under former order A leming charged with trans porting and possessing liquor for the purpose of sale tendered a plea of nolo contender and was lined and costs The car also forfeited and ordered sold Bryant Summers charged with transporting and possessing liquor pleaded not guilty and at the close of the evidence the motion for non suit was allowed Not much' Phifer and Mary Jane Phifer His mother was a sister of the late Morrison He is survived by four brothers Messrs Jule Phifer of Houston Texas Dr Allie Phif er Baltimore Charles Phifer Sum ter Rev Everett Phifer New York City Another A Conference for Young People to be Held at Davidson The Presbvterian Young League Conference will hold its 17th annual meeting at Davidson College June 11 18 This conference is held under the auspices of the Synod of North Carolina for young people of the churches between the ages of 15 and The conference is put on jointly by the synod and the synodical auxiliary The faculty members include Mrs Askew of Decatur Ga who was this year dean of students at Mitchell College Rev Richards of Davidson Rev Glas gow of Savannah Ga Rev Long Greenwood Rev John Grey of Raleigh Rev Calhoun of Lavras Brazil Katherine of Lansing Anderson of Atlanta Lucy Steele of Washington Rev Elliott of Knoxville Tenn Miss Margaret Engle of Or lando la and Rev Cary Adams of Maxton Miss Mamiq McElwee of this city is a member ot the conference mittee The regular meeting of the 4 II ser vice group was held Saturday night June 1 at the American Legion Hut This meeting was held in the form of a banquet Miss Ruth Current dis trict agent who was a special guest gave a very interesting talk on table manners Other visitors present were Robert Lowder and Edith Shuping of Rowan 4 Clubs The menu con sisted of moulded chicken salad po tato chips cream cheese sandwiches saltines and ice cream and cake This was followed by a short recreational program John Scott Raynal Undergoes Opera tion or Appendicitis John Scott Raynal underwent an operation for acute appendicitis at the II Long Hospital Sunday aft ernoon He is doing well John who had been with a party of friends at Island for several days returned home Saturday eve ning and suffered an attack of ap pendicitis Sunday morning MRS JONAH COWART INDS BLACK WIDOW SPIDER EST unofficial clocking The rench flagship covered the I distance of 2971 miles from Bishops' Rock to Ambrose at an speed of 2998 knots The elapsed time was 99 minutes The Normandie officially cd the 2982 knot record set by (hi Italian liner Rex on run from Gi braltar Beside the mythical blue won for the fastest time ocean the Normandie set ords: astest t'he time from Southampton of 107 hours 33 minutes mark of the North Bremen 111) hours 27 minutes by al most three hours astest hours from yesterday miles at an average of beating the Rex high mark of miles in a day 4 Plans for the summer camp of the Iredell county federation of home fleqwnstration clubs and for the short course in July will be made at the meeting of the county council of the federation to be held Thursday after noon at 2 at the home demon stration cottage Mr Cloyd oX insurance agent 5will talk to the council on Insurance as a arm Investment Estimate Quake Deaths at 40000 City and County Boards of Education May Seek ederal unds To Meet Present and uture Needs of Schools The idea of launching a comnre hensive building program io taxe care of the needs of the city and cmmty schools of Iredell for some time was considered in the regular monthly meeting of the Iredell coun ty board of education which was held this morning in the office of Supt IL Gentry 1 The Statesville school board met with the county board this morning to consider plans for securing federal money for both the city and county schools It was agreed by the two boards that each would secure the services of an architect to make an estimate on the cost of the various improve ments and buildings in the school systems The first step is to secure an estimate of cost and then the hoards will have something more definite to work on A delegation from the Union Grove school appeared before the board this morning and asked for the federal government tion of an elementary their school There was a Detition the citizens of Turnersburg asking that their school which was discon tinued last year be re established Ac tion was deferred A fiplpizJltinn frnm Pol act Henkel school asked for $1000 to finish the heating and plumbing their school Action was deferred on all requests for schools pending developments in the movement to secure funds from the federal government about 10:30 Cases Heard in Court Washington June dent steps NRA sixth lights ahead 'The executive reserved tion of general policy of later in the week Speaker Byrns after a White House conference said it was his personal opinion that nothing should be done about a constitutional amend ment until final effects of the decis ion had been determined Byrns indicated he was opposed to a suggestion from some quarters that congress adjourn soon and meet in special session next fall At the same time Senator O'Ma Democrat Wyoming urged upon the president the federal in corporation of all businesses engaged in interstate commerce and the con stitutional definition of interstate commerce to meet the emergency on No 10 highway store in town One car was demolished when ago to engage in the it cut on a leiepnone pole ana tanaea in a gulley 30 leet Irom the point ot collision but it appeared that no one ightbigh Titcomb Unde of George Delivered The $200000 As Roosevelt prepared further to meet the Supreme decision congress month today with our Phifers Lose Lives in Wyoming Mrs Matheson Is Awarded $1000 I work He reputation recognized West He was Giffen of and one son was born to this riage Statesville for a Kidnapers May Be in Hollywood 1 DESCRIPTION RANSOM NOTES Gentry Serves Until July 1st Visitors Here In Bad Wreck zi i fi nr une uar uemoiisnea mien vm Telephone Pole and Landed In a 1 sister Ditch No One Seriously Hurt Saturday night The Iredell county board of com missioners met in regular monthly business session today with Mr Kennedy vice chairman presid mg Only matters were considered sion Mr John Superior court pointnient of Mr Clarence Steele as a member of the board Members of the board stated early this after noon that a permanent chairman of the board would not be elected until the vacancy is filled Missionaries Will Be Heard at Loray Local Man Shoots Himself Head With a Shot Gun Born Near Mooresville uneral at Cornelius Mr Rufus Hall ended his own life by shooting himself in the head with a shot gun at his home three miles north of Statesville Sunday morning about 1 1 :30 He was 33 years of age or some time before the tragedy was enacted Mr Hall his wife and his brother had been sitting under a tree in the yard engaged in con versation bet i five or ten minutesafter Mr got un and walked LittIe Boy Suffers Serious Injuries into the house his wife and brother 'When Knocked Down by Car Driv 1 heard the report of a gun The en by Mr Pope of Shiloh I rheoting occurred in a front bed Township (room on the west side of the house i Robert Arnold four year old son nIIis 8'11P was found lying across his i at xir a ins body and the ton of his head of Mr and Mrs Arnold Who off on a lot adjoining the Mitchell I KfAmhAVG iLa rnnLl nnf College grounds on the northwest figure out the motive for the was seriously injured Saturday alter Mr Hall had net been' well for a noon about 4 when knocked while but he had made no threats down by an automobile on West at self destruction 'ront street bear the Race street! Coroner Tomlin held an in inEersection (quest at the home known as the old The child had been to a grocery Nicholson house which is Isitulated store and was returning home with near the flying field at one a package walking from the Shell Sunday afternoon His jury compos filling station on the south side of ed of Messrs A Leinster John ront street across to the north side Jenkins Tillery the street when an east bound 'A1 Gibson and Stevenson car driven by Mr Pope of I found that the deceased came to his Shiloh township struck the little boyl(eath from self inflicted wounds and knocked him down Mr John Rmade by a single barrel shot gun McLaughlin removed the child to the iufus Qujncy Hall was bom in Davis Hospital where an examina Iredell county near Mooresville Oc tion revealed a fracture of the skuil tuber 28 1901 a son of the late John aiiu a uiuKtii ngnu uiign uune It was learned from the hospital this morning that the little condition is satisfactory Mr Pope filed a $500 bond withChief of Police Thomas pend ing further developments in the case and awaiting a preliminary! healing Mr Pope lives in Shiloh but is in the employ of the Phoenix mills Ijos Angeles June 3 'A tan ord sedan answering the description of the machine in which the sheriff of Kern county north of here said two men were riding who resembled sus pects wanted in the $200000 George Weyerhaeuser kidnaping was found abandoned in north Hollywood today Preparations were made to take1 but the jury cut it to $1000 i ingerprinxs rrom tne car ana simul taneously police began a search of underwi rid haunts on the possibility some of the kidnapers may have fled here from the northwest A Glendale hotel was searched af ter a polceman said he saw a man resembling Alvin Karpis public ene my No 1 enter it but the search was futile 1 Building Program 'CIRCULARS GIVE Serious Nature' Aged Colored Man Was Struck By' Car Driven Bv Mr i'leinilur Suffered Broken Thigh Several ractured Ribs Both Arms Broken and Head Injuries Tom eimsler colored who was knocked uown by an automobile while walking on No 10 highway in the 1 onnDHiHihv Ss 1 1 nrl 1 flfl uuuiann vj ernoon suffered a broken ri bone several fractured ribs both arms broken and head injuries His injuries were treated at the Davis I Hospital after which he was removed to the colored ward of the hospital 1 eimster about 75 years of age had been living near Piedmont Ex periment Station The report from his bedside today indicates that there) is practical no change in ms eonm Taco Was Juno tion though the injuries are consul i ered very serious owing to the pa or Justice agents aisirmutea advanced age circulars today describing the 20009 The automobile which hit eimster bank notes with which 9 year old was driven by Mr leming of George Weyerhaeuser was ransomed Statesville It is understood that Mr last week as the department offices leming blew his horn and did every I jtl Washington announced the arrest thing possible to keep from hitting in Chicago of Volney Davis at one the aged colored man who was walk time suspected in the abduction of ing on the highway near the western the heir jo a fortune limits of Statesville eimster is said I Edgar Hoover director of the to be hard of hearing (federal bureau of investigation said Davis was taken Saturday Davis is II I 11 wanted in connection with the $200 jyjf lle 000 Edwal (1 Bremer kidnaping ii St Paul more than a year ago HeA associate of Alvin Karpis also VOminitS ijUlClUC I wanted for the Bremer kidnaping ana was luentinea Leniuvivviy ium 'week as having been 'here May 2 1 in the the day George was kidnaped Government agents disclaimed knowledge of the authenticity of a Seattle newspaper article today which said a mysterious Aitomobile found in Seattle Saturday after George was freed belonged to his uncle Titcomb They also de nied knowledge of the report that Titcomb was the inter mediary who delivered the ransom money to t'he kidnapers that the transaction was in a wood about 60 miles from here and that the kid napers set Titcomb afoot by stealing his car The investigators refused to reveal who paid the ransom and when and where it was paid George was quot ed Saturday as saying Titcomb paid it It was not revealed how he knew Hall and MaYtha Hall He livefl in Mooresville for a number of years before coming to Statesville two years ago He was a farmer and istock dealer having spent most of his time trading horses since coming to Statesville He is survived by his widow nee Miss Chillabane Moose a daughter of Mr Moose Statesville and the late Mrs Lida Brookshire Moose They have no children One brother and three sis ters survive Mr WD Hall andMrs Clarence Honeycutt of Statesville Mrs Jane McCracken of West End and Mrs Ed Cashion of Mt Mourne The body was taken to Cornelius Mecklenburg county for burial The iservice was held from Mt Zion Methodist church at Cornelius this afternoon at 4 and interment was in the familv nlot in the church Perm cemetery i Schools Does Not Expire Until July I i unuer rreseni naw I When the announcement made regarding the election of Mr A Steele of Mooresville as superin tendent of the Iredell county schools it was stated that Mr IL term of office would expire June 1 at which time his successor would as sume his duties i It was in accordance with the 1933 law that the superintendent's office would expire June 1 but according to the latest law Mr term Mr and Mrs Kincaid spent will not end until July 1 and he will I Sunday in Durham with Rev and continue to serve as head of the I Mrs Bost the latter a sister of county schools until that time nuolflc inin toil nh 4B DBA suffered last believed at Jeast 20000 bodies still St Paul June 3 Volney Davis 33considered by police one of the most adangerous members of the Barker Karpis gang pleaded guilty here to rday to a part in the $200000 kidnap ping of Edward Bremer St (banker Davis admitted hi? guilt a fewhours after he had been brought hereby plane under heavy guard of spe cial agents of the Department of Jus tice His capture had been announced only a few minutes before he came into court When the Bremer case indictmentwhich charged Davis with writing theransom notes while the banker was a prisoner was read Davis said quietly: capture Saturday by federal agents in Chicago where he walked into a carefully laid trap and found himself surrounded by special agents left only one important member of the Barker Karpis gang at large Alvin Karpis unofficial public enemy JNO 1 Robert Arnold Struck by Car Develops that Man He Cut Se verely Did Not Die Lexington May "Ralph Davis notorious former Davidson county outlaw who soxernl months ago was sentenced in Iredell anil Rowan counties to more than 100 year in prison on charges niimier analno i highway robbery is now on death row 128 1)63(1 COUIlted 11001 al State's prison for his own proteC in tion it was learned here today from 1 1LC lit official sources Area It bad been reported that Davis had fatally ut a follow prisoner Caledonia but it isleai ned the innnJ RO1 KlV 1 I DAMAGfct luidly ent did not die eeling is in (PIO AOO OOH reported to have itin high against Davis among the Calendonia prison ers it was decided remove him Oxford Neb June 3 Harassed by to Central prison for Iris own pro f)ars )f 1)u new fods the western Great Plains area today counted itsead from raging waters of the past week at 128 fixed its property age in six stales at more 000000 and plunged into of reconstruction Southcentral Nebraska hit Stricken simultaneously by the twin disaster of the tornado and the Republican river leaping out of its banks over a 200 mile area its dead numbered 86 Today it watch ed with apprehension as the North and South Platte rivers swept to ward a junction in the western part of the state Colorado had 19 known dead Wy oming 7 Texas 5 Kansas 9 and Missouri 2 Hampered by the break down of communication facilities re lief workers could make only lough estimates of the complete flood damage Duplication of death reports made tabulation difficult Power of St Ixdiis direct ing Red Cross work said will be at least a week before the full num ber of dead and injured is known lie said an increase by official sur vey showed at least 1090 families homeless Reports of 'heavy live stock casu alties were unitorni throughout valley Probably showers No further details of the drowning of Dr and Mrs red Phifer and Mr rind Mrs Wood Wyoming last Thursday have been received here The telegram received early Satur day afternoon by Dr nephew Mr Ben A Stimson stated that Drffrifer his wife son and daughter in aw lost their lives as a result of a accident and being drowned in the flood of Chugwater Creek a tributary to the Colorado river The message to Mr Stimson came from Mr John Phifer a younger son of Dr red Phifer who operates his father ranch near Wheatland and Mrs Wood Phifer leave small chiliTien Statesville irm Awardpd Gontracf Kincaid Rev Mr Bost is crit 1 zinmuvu uviindti hnBnti Durham I lavinsinn Alumni I hnf hail a mnro nnnYfnrtahlp HflV SsllH i a i i 4 i A fW "rfllay than he has had since he under I LieilUlIIg IVIVC odLUHldy 4 i a i i I num (All wpciakiuu laov Dtua ZA 1 1 1A 1 1 local HlUIlHli VI JJctVIUAUII i College 'who are in Davidson today to Luther Millsaps Taxed With Costs attend alumni meetings and class re Luther Millsaps colored of Stony unions are Messrs Karl Sherrill Point was brought into Justice Rickert and Dr Gibson Ma court this morning for driv jor Robert Hill S' Army who ing a car without a registration card1 js visiting his sister Mrs McKendree Highway Patrolman Nail find Ixng is also there today to take ing this to be the second offense for part in alumni activities Dr Gibson the defendant who was taxed withjs attending the twenty fifth reunion i lie cosus ana aaviseu lo bLuuic class cam ai once clock there was an automobile wreck Raymond Stimson ol this city j' i nr 1 I in mini oi niuinii it i i tir Hospital here and removed to Wheat Belmont east ot land Wyoming about thirty years same line ot a national institution was stieet and his condition is regarded ing from an operation for append! as serious his friends will regret to Iritis whch she underwent at the Da i learn "Mr Brady who has been in vis hcspital several days ago She I fnilincr Tnr thn nnsL ImnrAviniv ctfAodlv thrtllfrh will vears suffered a stroke Thursday probably be in the hospital several by the resignation of Mr bhel and has since been confined to bed days longer ton.