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J CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
TWENTIETH year
ECONUM U .CONFERENCE SET TO ADJOURN ON JULY ?A
Shorter Higher Pay Begins
BAROS 400,000
WEES TO BE
AFFECTED BY ACT
40 Hours Work With Mini
mum Pay of sl2 in South,
Compared With $8
Heretofore
ROOSEVELT SIGNS
INDUSTRY’S PACT
Present Set-Up Remains In
Force Four Months, Sub.
ject Then to Extension or
Modification; Some Excep
tions Allowed; Other In
dustries Follow
Wishington. Ju*y 10.—(API— Up-
Tirts of 400.000 employees in cotton
textile mills next Monday will beg n
rcrking only 40 hours a week instead
d4B to 50 for no less than sl2 or
sl3. against $8 to $9.
That wa assured when President ]
Roosevelt, with reservations and in
terpretations, last night approved and
promulgated the first work spread*
ing. wage-raising code of fair com
pe'it.on completed under «the national
recovery act.
By approval of this agreement, of
ficia’s said, would bring more from
ether big industries in the attempt to
recover prosperity by what the Presi
dent calls “a parnership” between
business and the government.
The cotton textile industry’s code of
fair competit.on, as approved by Pres
ide n‘ Roosevelt:
Becomes effective July 17, next
Monday.
Remains in force four months, sub
ject ’hen to extension or modifica
tion.
Guarantees minimum wages of sl2
a week in the South and sl3 in the
North, receipts cleaners, outside em
ployees and learners.
Limit? any employee to 40 hours
a week, except repair shop crews elec*
tr clans, engineers and watching crews
’!» thall get time and a half
over time. - ftr
Forbids employment of children’
(Continued on Page Three.)
Argument
Overßank
Is Begun
Chjr lojte. July 10.—(AP)—Argu-
* of a ten *Porary injunction is-
P nst the Independence Trust
♦r ftrn P ? n , y Charlotte, to restrain it
1 . a^ lng P art in the proposed mer-
■ he bank with two other banks
tutir Frn a statewid e financial insti
on were started before Judge W.
Hirding here today.
to’-. 3 Cnrrie Mc Lean. Charlotte, at
from t s *. cured the temporary order
, , Us Ke G- V. Cowper last week
aS t^ ed that a recelv ed be ap
ical h- u llc,u ’ da e the affairs of the
L’nri n ’ and distribute its assets .J
Indp-JL' he P r °P°sed merger plan, the
tecomf - nCe Trust Company would
bt’n-r f a Part Os the statew ide bank
CaroUn» rn l ed by mer * er of the North
and th p ßlnk and Trußt Company
p age Truat Company
More Moderate Element
h oung Democrats Wins
Pr ' 1
®vent Organization as Such Launching Into Repeal
ampatgn; Al so Squelch Effort as Repudiation of
North Carolina’s Own Prohibition Statute
P" , . , Y U'Tatck Bnrrna.
_ »Y J <•***.. Hotel.
mod
lion Os y, In * he State organiza-
Hctory in P emocrat » scored a
Wri &ht BV in ( « M * te convention at
lhf XXi, Saturday when
re - Sf *lutlon th-?t lefused to consider a
Young , wou ’d have put the
I(, crais as an organization
'•ah. , ' w ’P a g' n for repeal of the
'he it r ne u dment ’ lhu » follow
h ,G e r h ' S r hip ° f the otder lieads
acr -tndm/ n voled down au
ta the resolution that
HritSti'rsmt
FULL LSASBD Wlftß
OF THt ABSOCIAT*D PlUwf"
Where Mattern Was Fouad
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Jimmie Mattern* round-the-world flier, missing since Junt 15, has
reason to.-smile oyer another narrow escape from death in Russia.
He was found safe at remote point in northeastern Siberia, where ’
he was forced down on a hop from Kharbarovsk to Nome. Photo?
shows his plane after ita first crackup in Russia. '
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Steel Will
Set Up Its
Code Soon
U. S. Steel Elead Gon
i / ■ *’■ t f * 5 hjp ,j. it
fers With Roosevelt
and Promises Quick
Action
Washington, July 10 (AP)—(Prompt
establishbment of an industrial code
for the steel industry was promised to
President Roosevelt today by Myron
Taylor, chairman of the board of the
United States Steel Corporation.
Mr. Taylor conferred at length with
the President, who is determined that
the code for governing (production,
hours of work and minimum wages
shal£ gp into effect immediately as a
partVof his recovery program.
The President hastened into effect
last flight the code for the cotton
textile Industry. |
“We will have our coae promptly,”
said Mr. Taylor. “That means ust as
fast as the work can be done. We
are very friendly to it.”
At' the same time Secretary Roper,
chairman of the industrial recovery
board, made it known that plans are
being studied to force the lagging in
dustries into line if they don’t come
forward voluntarily.
would have pledged the Young Demo
crats to wor kfor repeal of the State’s
prohibition enforcement act, the Tur
lington act, in the belief that the re
peal movement would be endangered
by coupling the Turlington act with
it in any way. The resolution adopt
ed by the convention by an almost
unanimous vote, merely put the con
vention on record as favoring repeal
of Ithe right eenth am&ndmeilt and.
peal of the eighteenth amendmentm
urged the enactment of ‘.adequate leg-
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Week-End Deaths;
For South Are 19
Atlanta, Ga., July 10,—(AP)j—
Nineteen persons were killed in
week-end accidents over the South,
eight by automobiles, seven by
drowning, one by a train, one by a
, horse, one by a fall and another by
the accidental discharge of a gun.
North Carolina reported one
fatal accident.
otessandpoF
, TC DIVIDE POWERS
Just How Authority Will Be
Apportioned In New
Merger Uncertain J
$
Daily s>iapatch Bareaa.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. DASKERVILL.
Raleigh, July 10 —Arrival of th e 'day
for reorganizatio nos the State high
way and the State Prison with pres
ent Chairman E, B. Jeffress. of the
highway commission, and present
Superintendent George Ross Pou, of
the prison, dividing duties, finds no
announcement as to the allocation of
authority. ,
Mr. Jeffress and a new highway or
ganiation are to b e sworn in,> Mr.
Jeffress is the chairman. Mr. Pou is
executive director. No rules have bee n
formulated. The continued illness of
'Mr. Jeffress has delayed the organi
zation under the 1933 act creating a
State highway and public de
partment. i, ;
The outgoing highway commission
has more than 4,500 prisoners under
its direction. ~ The, state prison has
-a papulation of about 2,500. It does
-aot appear that there has been tenta
tive plan of reorganization with its
. attendant distribution of authority. It
has been assumed that as executive dfc
rector of the new organization Mr,
Pou w®l have authority chiefly in the
prison division. <
The meeting of today was originally
planned for June 28, but Governor
Ehringhaus called it off on account
of the illness of Mr. Jeffress. The
chairan has been two weeks in Duke
University hospital, but has greatlly
improved and if the doctors do hot
that he must have his tonsils
removed he will probably remain here
for the dispatching of a pile of work
which has been accumulated by his
absence from the office.
The reorganization synchronise?
with fc he Washington plan to put con
siderable money into road construc
tion- . But these are which will
develop later, u L _ ;
PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VtR&INIA
HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 10 loss
Daily Dispatrii
Labor Dispute To
Close S. A. L. Shop
Norfolk, Va., July 10.—(AP)—A
result of the inability o f the Sea
board Air L'ne management and
♦he general shop crafts committee
to agre on a basis for a threeday
week for shop employees the Ports
mouth, Va., and Jacksonville, Fla.,
shops of the railroad will be closed
niter July 15 fbr lnd*«jnite
(period, probably until fall, it was
Announced today.
Approximately 600 men are af
ifected in each Os the two points,
it was estimated today. Hope is ex
pressed in Portsmouth that some
means will be fonnd to adjust the
matter so as to provide at least
part time work fbr shopmen.
HMAMiN
COMMISSIONTAKES
OVER NEW DUTIES
Old State Highway Com
mission Retires and Turns
Road Matters Over
To New Group
OLD STATEPRISON
BOARD IS ALSO OUT
Chief Justice Stacy Admin
isters Oath in Presence of
Governor Efiringhaus; E.
B. Jeffress Is Chairman;
Will Manage $200,000,000
Road System >
Raleigh, July 10.—(AP)—The direc
tion of the administrative affairs of
two of the State’s largest enterprises,
the highway department and State
prison today was formally turned over
to the new State Highway and Public
Works Commission.
At a morning meeting the old State
Hghway Commission, which for two
years had directed the road matters of
■the State, and also had charge of some
4,500 county prisoners, wound up its
work ah I retired.
Just after noon, wi'h Governor J.
C. B. Ehringhaus present, the new
highway and public works commis
sion was sworn into office and took
over a highway system representing
an investment of some $200,000,000
and the direction of prison and prison
(Continued on Page Three )
Disappearance of
John Factor Still
Unsolved Mystery
Chicago, July 10 (AP)—The disap
pearance of John Factor was as much
a mystery today as it was the morn
ing his abduction was reported nine
days ago. ’
Local authorities said that Mrs.
(Bella Factor, the missing speculator’s
wife, apparently was convinced that
(Factor’s disappearance was a bona
fide kidnaping , and polluting to a
statement that she would offer a re
ward of information leading to his safe
return as substantiation of her be
lief.
Tennessee
Land To Be
Purchased
Washington, July 10.—(AP) — The
Tennessee Valley Authority announc
ed today it plans to acquire all land
in about three miles of the proposed
Cove Creek dam near Knoxville, but
served notice speculative prices would
not be recognized.
The valley authority, j na formal
statement, warns the people of that
section against real estate explorita
tion, and predicted that “three-fourths
of he uyers of property may be stung”
WEATHER
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Showens tonight and Tuesday;
slightly cooler in northeast ppor
' lion tpnight. ; .
In Textile Industry Next Monday
Lindberghs Resume Hop
To Iceland After Being
Downed By Fog In Maine
Forced To Land Far Short of
Goal Sunday Evening
After Departure From
New York
JIMMY MATTERN TO
CONTINUE HIS TRIP
Calls for Plane In Siberia To
Finish Round -World
Flight; Italians Wait
Weather To Continue To
Chicago; Post Waits
Weather for World Hop
Halif, Nova Scotia. July 10—
(AP)—Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh will arrive in Halifax to
morx-ow afternoon, according to a
message received today by Collec
tor of Customs W. C. Acker from
the American flier.
The message signed bby Lind
bergh said: \
“At North Haven, Maine. De
layed due to jninor breakage. Ex
pect ot arrive tomorrow after
noon.’*
(By The Associated Press)
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh, forced down by fog near Rock
land, Maine, about 6 p. m., eastern
standard time last night, continued
their survey flight to Greenland and
Iceland today e
They hopped off from South Pond,
where they spent last might, at 9:25
a. m.
Yesterday they took off from New-
York at 2:40 p. m.,’ expecting to
reach Halifax in one hop, but the fog
intervened. They were expected to
stop at Halifax today for re-fueling
and then go on to Newfoundland.
They seek to chart a possible commer
cial route across the Atlantic.
Jimmy Mattern, Texas round-the
world flier, found recently at Ana-
(Continued nn page Th res.)
Man Arrested on
Charge of Recent
Gastonia Bombing
Gastolnia, July 10 (AP) —Gastonia
police disclosed today that George W.
Johnson, of Landrum, S. C., had been
arrested by Greenville, S. C. officers
on the charge of lighting the fuse to
a bomlb whic hblew up an automobile
owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Brice
of Gastonia, and startled a section of
the city on June 6. \
Johnson was arrested Friday, po
lice said, and released on bond. He
indicated he would not fight extra
dition, but would come here willingly
.when his trial date is set.
Mrs. IHrice told autU>rt|,ies she
could identify the man who blew up
the automobile, as she got a good view
of him from a window shortly betfljyt
the bomib went off.
SAYS DEMOF
DOIIARUNNATURAL
Will Rebound by Autumn,
British Exchequer Head
Tells Commons
London, July 10. —(AP) — The depre
ciation of the American dollar in
world exchanges is largely unnatural
and artificial, Nfevllle Chamberlain,
British chancellor of the exchequer,
declared in the House of Commons to
day during the debate on the govern
ment policy With regard to the world
economic conference.
The chancellor predicted a reversal
of this process in the autumn when
various factors will begin to work to
strengthen*the dollar.
The depreciated dollar, he said, is a
disturbing factor in the world situa
tion, “but we must remember that de
preciation is to a large extent unna
tural and artificial and is not based
on instrinsic economic and financ><
factors, but is chiefly the result of
speculation.” .
PUBLISHED HVBRY A KTIBNnnM
EXCmPT RUND*r
Heads Educators
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Miss Jessie Gray
Miss Jessie Gray of Philadelphia
is the new president of the Na
tional Education association. She
was elected at the organization’s
contention in Chicago.
Cotton Up
$2.50 Bale
With Cuts
Sharp Upturn As
Success of Acreage,
Dr iv e Looms
Throughout South
New York, July 10.—(AP)—The cot
ton market held the spotlight today
by soaring $2.50 a bale in the active
contracts.
The market closed around the top,
showing net gains of $2.45 to $2.60 a
bale.
Gossip in trading quarters attribut
ed the rise to a change in sentiment
on the acreage curtailment situation.
The official report on acreage pub
lished at the 1 close of the market on
Saturday left tradrs a bit disappoint
ed, because the figures were unex
pectedly high, but a later announc
ing viewing the acreage retirement as
making substantial progress, and an
unofficial forecast tjhat it would
achieve the results souht by the gov
ernment gave the market strong sup
port.
An early rise of about $1 a bale
was later extended another $1.50 or so
OKLAHOMA TO VOTE '
TOMORROW ON BEER
Oklahoma City, July 10 (AP)—
Oklahoma votes tomorrow on
whether 3.2 percent beer will be
legal in the State, with *»eer for
cer confident and leaders of the
opposition intent ion getting out
the dry vote.
New Deal Is Centering
Attention On The South,
And Upon North Carolina
Daily Dispatch Bnreaa,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
«T J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, July 10—America’s “New
Deal” is centering attention on the
South, with North Carolina in. parti
cular occupying a place in the spoil
light, as judged by inquiries froffiTEe
four quarters of the natio n received at
the office of Col. J. W. Harrelson,
director of the Department of Con
servation and Development.
The conservation director cites re
cent requests for information con
cerning North Carolina from home-
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COMMITTEEFIXES ■
DATE FOR ENDING!
PRESENT SESSION
Many Leading Delegates
Frankly Say Continuance
at This Time Would
Be Fruitless
AMERICANS FIGHT
TO RESCUE PARLEY
Controversial Issue of Mon.
etary Questions on Agenda
Next Two Weeks To Be
Determined Tomorrow;
Resumption in Early Fall Is
Now Contemplated
—— •
London, July 10.—(AP)—Th& wind
ing up of the present phase of the
world economic conference on July 26
was tentatively decided upon today by
the stearing committee’ of the parley,
it was understood in a usually well
informed source.
The conference ha been a deadlock
for more than a wVesk over the ques
tion of currency stabilization and
many leading diegates have frankly
iissertcd that its continuance under
present circumstances would be use
less .
The American delegation, however,
has been fighting strenuously to keep
the conclave at work.
Meeting today to decide what sub
jects should be included in the revised
agenda for the conference, the steering
committee, decided to eliminate the
discussion of subsidies and commer
cial policies-including tariffs ajid
quotas.
The committee, however, was un
able to decide whether monetary quetf-
tContinued on Paae Three.)
MoWeal
FOR HARDER DRIVE
I
Mrs. McKimmon Also Calls
on Farm Women To Urge
Cotton Campaign
Raleigh, July 10 (AP)—North
Carolina Qotton growers will havi
to sign up their acreage at the
rate of 88,000 acres per day if the
th© State’s quota of 3C:3,000 .i®res
for iVtH‘emer> from ithfr yearfc
crop is to be reached bv Wednes
day night. Charles A. Sheffield,
assistant director of the State’s
cotton reductqon campnign, said
today.
About 30 per cent of the quota
has been contracted and about one
third of the 90,000 cotton growers
have agreed t)o refiidve acreage,
Sheffield said.
Only one county In the State.
Pender, has passed its quota.
Hyde county, with 830 acres of
cotton. Is the only one in the
State to report no retirement acre
age signed.
WARM WOMEN APPEALED TO
JOIN IN THE CAMPAIGN
Mnlljr IMxpafrh
In the Sir Wnlter T-otel.
BY J. C. BASKERVTLL
Raleigh, July 10—Although officia
announcement had not been made
from Washington Saturday that the
cotton afcreage reductio n campaign •
(Continued on Page Three >
seekers, prospective tourists, and seek
ers for industrial opportunity as a de
finite indication of renewed interest
in the Old North State. Travel bu
reaus are also reflecting th e tide tha
is turning southward. One touris'
bureau which requested an assort
ment of Nortt Carolina literature re
peated its request within about two
weeks with the explanation that th
original supply has been exhausted.
The following examples of inquiries
on Page ThreeQi gg]