| N J State L-itiary ? rw?m k v. Rfileigh N C oov ir> N c. Occasional rain Saturday, colder I?I hi I I \ I I I \ lll70I?MT^T?lVTrn I maritime forecast irst and central portions; Sunday. I I I I ? W H\ I I l 9 I ^ I F ?* i fi ? ? ? \ I 111 \W 1 Sandy Hook Hatteras: Moderate colder with occasional rain. -??? * -M?^ _Z_ m ? U A J- -??L 1 J J J J _jj_ f! J J ^ | j I J I ? shifting winds becoming fresh to strong ? 1908 COMBINED WITH THE INDEPENDENT. A WEEKI.Y ESTABLISHED BY W. O. SAUNDERS I\ im, 1936 ? "" ? ELIZABETH CTV. N. C.. SATUKFAY. JAW?ABV M =1 lty' a SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS Assembly Slows Up On Work Senate Already Dis cards Six-day Week ' State Fair Up (isaiu Slore Taxation Is 111 for Much Discussion I'ro and Con Kulcigh. Jan. 22.?(U.R)?House committee consideration of the ! unal child labor legislation to day was postponed until next Wednesday to permit members of the constitutional amendments committee, one of whom is knotfn to oppose ratification, to speak before the committee. Reps. T. P. Dellingcr of Gaston and Walter Murphy of Rowan were absent today when the com iv, it tee met to formulate recom mendations oa the proposed amendment. and the comniitt or , : vd the pcstpoiunent to permit them to be Iteard before final de cision is made. Deiiinger is op [xv cd to ratification of the federal which was requested recently by President Roosevelt in a letter to! Gov. Clyde R. Hoev. Meanwhile. House and Senate ? roiled through brief sessions and adjourned until tomorrow morn- i rag The senate gave indirect not- j I r e of revolt against the six-day week for the legislature by voting to meet at 8 p. m. Monday, the i usual time during the past session, j instead of at 1 p. m. Local Measures Only local measures will be con- j iicieiecl at tomorrow's sessions. Seven local bills were introduced j in the house today, and one state- ! w ide measure, a bill by Rep.' G or I",'/ell of Rowan providing for a commission to study classi- | at. a oi property for taxation, was presented. Property classiflca- 1 tion for tax purposes were permit- i ted under the constitutional | am moment adopted by the people last Nov. 3. the biil was referred to the finance committee. In tire senate, a measure look in/. to state operation of the an nual state fair by providing a j fund to cover a possible deficit I \va-> pit nted by Sen. Clarke of E:.e T:r measure permits the governor and the council of state to set aside not more than ? $25,000 annually to cover a defi- 1 ?Continued on Page Three) Congress Is \\ orking On Partisan Note ilii' Mnjorit) I'uts Admin* Mrttliou Measures Vt ith Little Opposition Wa ton. .Fan. 22.?(U.PJ?The uy cleared away the last nal obstacle to continu of the temporary federal u ncics clue to expire on n it approved and sent W. to House a bill extend Reconstruction Finance . in until June 30, 1939. ? was no record vote. An at' mpt lo send the bill back to committee failed 176 to 9. I ' bill also extended the el iiome and farm authority, '? HFC mortgage corporation. 1 port-import bank and the ?ii ?. (iity credit corporation, all Continued on Page Three) (ri-sis In Japanese (tort. Is Expected liv II. O. THOMPSON lokvo. Saturday. Jan. 23.?(U.R) >w-down between militarists fHvonrm a fascist government for J*l>au and their parliamentary ?Pl?o:icntJ> was imminent today. ? Japanese feared a new -aty coup d'etat this week "??vin? Thursday's riotous i. Cie diet, when an attack ? army because of its de mands tor huge appropriations ment of the military es and for government F' lotrn which would give the gen eral .staff virtual control of all fl lirs, resulted in a two pension of parliament. : s issued a declaration - - r^fosing to cooperate Doiitical parties. Sloan Defies Lewis; President 9s Rebuke Is Directed At Both GMC President De termined to Reopen Closed Plants New York. Jan. 22. ?(U.R)? Hurling a challenge to auto un ion leaders. President Alfred P. Sloan of General Motors tonight declared that "every effort will be made "to reopen strike-locked General Motors plants." His statement was a direct an swer to Chairman John L. Lewis of the committee for industrial organization, who warned that "labor is on the march" and that the unionization drive in the au to industry would be intensified. Unlawful Possession In crisp staccato words. Sloan i blamed the United Automobile Workers of America and "unlaw ful possession of our plants" by I sit-down strikers for preventing a strike settlement, asserted that the corporation was ready to bargain collectively and estimated that the strike was costing workers $1,000, 000 daily in wages. "The present deadlock cannot go on indefinitely." Sloan warned. "Our men wish to work. They are prevented by a small group of sit down strikers and their leaders, who are willing to jeopardize the country's recovery in order to impose dictatorship on our coun try and on our people. "Our duty is plain. We have a ?-esponsibnity to our employes. This strike is costing the employes of General Motors a million dol lars a day in wages. Our duty to them is to do everything possible to save them from further loss of income and from being thrown on relief. Must Be Solved "The situation must be solved and I am sure that a way will be (Continued on Page Three) Settle In Conference, ! Not Headline, Says Roosevelt Washington. Jan. 22. ? (U.R)? President Roosevelt tonight stern ly implied that capital and labor should seek peace in conferences and not victory through newspa per headlines as efforts to mediate the General Motors strike collaps ed here in a burst of angry state ments. The issue of presidential inter vention in the automobile crisis was placed squarely before the White House when John L. Lewis, "rebel" C. I. O. leader demanded that the administration come to to the aid of workers who rallied to the support of Mr. Roosevelt in his campaign for re-election. President Quoted Today the president continued in his refusal to be drawn into the situation. It was significant, however, that he deviated from his usual custom to permit news paper reporters at .his press con ference to quote him directly on his views of the strike problem. "I have no further news than what's you've got." Mr. Roosevelt began. "Of course, I think in the interest of peace there come mo ments when statements, conver sation and headlines are not in order." The president met further ques tions as to whether he intends to intervene and whether he would comment on Lewis' statement, in terpreted by some as a demand for repayment 1 Spanish War i Developments By UNITED PRESS Developments Friday in Spain's civil war: Madrid. Twenty Loyalists planes bombed their former air port at Getafe to prevent its use by Rebels. Other Loyalist planes attacked enemy lines on_ several fronts and bombed the Rebel port of Cadiz sinking a ship. Paris. Rebel General Francis co Franco was reported to have brought 6,000 fresh troops from Spanish Morocco for a new drive on Madrid. Geneva. League of Nations promised the Loyalist govern ment to aid in evacuating the civilian population of shell-torn Madrid. Pope Pius Rallies; In Cheerful Mood Rome, Jan. 22.?(U.R)? Pope | Pius was in a cheerful mood to- i night, refreshed by much-needed sleep, but his fundamental condi- ! tion remained serious and Vatican | attaches did not change their previous opinion that permanent recovery is impossible. The pontiff was allowed to sit up in his wheelchair for a while today and was promised by Doc- . tor Aminta Milani that he might spend a maximum of an hour or two out of bed each day so long as his condition docs not become more serious. Seventh Dist. C. To Aid Flood Area I Capt. W. H. Lcwark and 21 Men Left Klizabetli City This Morning On Way *-to Ohio Valley to Do Rescue Work. A contingent of Seventh District Coast Guardsmen, under the command of Capt. W. H. Lcwark, of Kill Devil Hilis station, left here early this morning en route for the flood area ;n the Ohio Valley, where they will engage in life saving and rescue work until the flood now threatening the val ley has subsided. The men, 25 in number, as sembled their equipment and made their departure within 14 hours after their orders were re ceived at District Headquarters here yesterday at 4.00 p. m. They left here this morning at 6:00 a. m. In view of the amount of equipment they had to assemble and pack and the extent and na ture of the area over which they were scattered, their embarkation was a miracle of speed and effi ciency. ( Life boats and men from six stations in this district arc being rushed to the flood area. The Nags Head. Oregon Inlet, Chicamacoico, Cape Hatteras, False Cape and Virginia Beach stations are each represented by a boatswain's mate and three surfmen. Each life boat will be manned by four men. The men and boats from False Cape and Virginia Beach stations went direct to Norfolk late last night without reporting to head quarters here. The men from the other four stations had to report ? Continued on Page Three) ' N j Auction Market Meeting , Held Minus Reporters j Reporters were excluded from the '?round-table" conference on the subject of the proposed auc tion market held at the Chamber of Commerce-Merchants associa- ' tion offices last night. It was la ter explained by Secretary G. C. Meads, that, due to the fact that County Agents G. W. Falls of Pas quotank and T. L. Carr of Camden had declined to attend the meet ing. R. B. Etheridge, chief of the j division of markets, did not wish ! to be quoted in any way in the | course of the discussion. Mr. Falls j and Mr. Carr declined to attend ! on the grounds that a survey had j shown that a large percentage of | the farmers of this section favor ed the cooperative marketing idea j rather than the auction market. While not quoting Mr. Ether-1 idge. Mr. Meads said that those ! present were of 'he opinion that j there would be no conflict be-! tween the two ideas, and that both might hp operated with the grow- ! cr free to make his choice between them. He expressed the belief that the auction market would be more readily applicable to crops other than white potatoes, and that its operation would do much to im prove the quality of crops grown ! and promote better packaging i practices. Mr. Meads also said that it was i the belief of those present that those farmers who had expressed | themselves as for the cooperative | idea, had not fully considered the J possibilities of the auction mar-1 ket. Carrol Abbott, local produce' dealer, was appointed chairman of 1 a committee of those present to \ interview farmers of the section on the subject. Present at the meeting were Mr. Etheridge and his colleagues, I C. W. Sheffield and Harry West- ( cott. officials of the chamber, lo- | cal produce dealers, and two far- j mers. Robert Benton and H. C. I Ferebee. Thousands Flee Before Steadily Rising Floods Waters of the Ohio and Mississippi Spread Havoc Dire Privation Pittsburgh, Louisville ami Other Ohio Valley Towns Share Toll of Oamape Memphis, Tenn.. Jan. 22.--(U.R) ?Sleet and snow whipped across the middle Mississippi basin to night as 20,000 men. women and children fled from raging waters of the roaring Mississippi and its tributaries. The flood was growing to pro portions that may make it the worst in the basin's history as stories of indescribable privation truckled in from water-soaked refugees in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi. New Levee Breaks Raging murky floodwaters, which for days have battered against their barriers, smashed three new breaks in levees on the St. Francis river and on a little river drainage ditch tonight. The engulfing floods poured through the new breaks to cover hundreds of thousands of acres in the world's richest cotton sec tion. Seven cities and towns in the danger zone were under water. Several others were isolated and their only contact with the out side world was by boat. Suffering among the more than 20,000 homeless refugees was ac centuated as sleet and snow re placed the endless rains tonight. On the heels of the snow came sub-freezing temperatures which dropped as low as 18 degrees above zero. Mid-South Submerged Virtually all highways in Uie rich mid-south section are closed by two to 10 feet of water. The few that remained open were sheathed with ice and dangerous. So severely frozen they no long er could walk, nine women and children were carried into a hos pital at Joncsboro, Ark., tonight. Rescuers who brought them to shelter, from nearby Black Oak said scores of others were maroon ed and facing the same privations. A woman near Black Oak gave birth to a child late today with out medical aid. Doctors who sought to reach, her to attend the 'Continued on Page Three) Mobilize For Assistance To Flood Victims President Directs the Coast Guard, Red Cross and Other Agencies to Gi%e Relief. Washington, Jan. 22. President Roosevelt tonight di rected that all resources of the government be mobilized for the aid of refuges in the midwestern and southern flood areas. He acted after Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, national chair man of the Red Cross, informed him that 120.000 persons were temporarily homeless in the flood regions and that 'he situation was approaching a crisis. Grayson's report was tendered at the president's cabinet meet ing. The chief executive immedi ately directed that all government departments involved give full cooperation. Mobilizing Meantime, the Red Cross, Coast Guard and works progress admin istration mustered airplanes, boa is and trucks to rush supplies to the stricken areas to aid in rescue work and otherwise care for the cold and homeless. Sixty Red Cross relief workers were hurried to the inundated re gions to direct rescue work. The coast guard and 8.000 WPA work ers "on emergency duty" cooper ated. The titanic battle against hu man suffering was concentrated in the tri-state area of Ohio. Ken