HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-SECOND YEAK
HALT AGAIN TALKS OF OUITTING LEAGUE
Long-Threatened Strike Os
Soft Coal Miners Is Begun
With Nearly 300,000 Idle
QUARTER MILLION
WORKMEN GO OUT
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Paralysis of One of Nation’s
Basic Industries Follows
Breakdown of
Conference
EFFORTS CONTINUE
TOWARD NEW PLAN
Operators and Miners Only
11-2 Cents Per Ton apart
In Negotiations Over
Wage Agreement; Further
Meeting Set for Hour Dur
ing the Afternoon
(By The Associated Press.)
The long-threatened soft coal strike
was on today.
In Pennsylvania and West Virginia
more than 250,000 men joined the
walk-out. In Illinois about 25,000 were
said to have been affected.
Even in Washington State, orders
were issued for the 2,000 members of
the United Mine Workers to strike
immediately.
In the capital an afternoon confer
ence was planned to try to get miners
and operators to compromise the 1
1-2 cents wage rate difference that
blocked wagg negotiations at 2:30
o’clock this morning.
Union leaders claimed these figures
for other states:
Alabama, 20,000 idle; Illinois, 25,000
affected; Washington State, 2,000 or
dered to strike; Montana, 1,600 af
fected; Tennessee and eastern Ken
tucky, “the miners are not working.”
Indiana, 8,500 affected; Ohio, 30,000
idle; Kansas, 3,000 affected; Maryland
6,500 affected; Colorado, “the miners
(Continued on Page Three.)
REYNOLDS’ DAUGHTER
SUES FOR A DIVORCE
Reno. Nev., Sept. 23.—(AP) Mrs.
Frances Reynolds Colt, daughter of
United States Senator Robert R. Rey
nolds, of North Carolina, filed suit
here today to divorce Lee Baron Colt.
She charged cruelty.
They were married July 4, 1934, at
Virginia Beach, Va.
James M. Landis
Heads Securities
Commission Body
Washington, Sept 23 (AP)
Selection of James M. Landis as
chairman of the Securities and
Exchange Commission was an
nounced today by Joseph P. Ken
nedy, retiring chairman, after a
conference with President Roose
velt. ,
Kennedy said to newspapef
men:
“The commission meets this aft
ernoon to elect a chairman. T ey
will elect Landis. He’s a damn
good man.” _ Al _
Kennedy recommended Lanflis
to the president and said the
President agreed to the appoin
ment.
Chance For
Settling Oj
Strike Seen
r,p^t a fof gt a°n ’ Element eSg J
soft coal strike were reported g
today by the Presidents
tive, which has been strugglig
end differences between miners ad,
M. McGrady, assistant
secretary of labor, made that opti
istic assertion, as he left p res _
House. He leu report of the
'sl“burdid i -K Preside*,
tial assistance.
UenrU'rsmt Datlit Ulspafrlj
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
LSAHJ9BD WIKJB BRJRTICBJ OF
THE ASSOCIATHD PRISM.
MAXWELL TO CLAIM
DEALERS’ LICENSES
ON SCRAP TOBACCO
Leads British Fleet
■ Sir Roger Backhouse
Biggest responsibility entrusted to
any military or naval leader since
the World War rests upon shoul
ders of Sir Roger Backhouse, com
mander-in-chief of British fleet, as
ha assembles forces in Mediter
ranean under secret orders.
(Central Press)
McDonald Is
To Get Help
From Labor
But * State and Na
tional Backing Ma}
Intensify Conserva
tive Opposition
Dally DUpntch Dnreaa,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, Sept. 23.—Not only is the
State Federation of Labor going to
support Dr. Ralph W. McDonald In
his campaign for governor more vig
orously than it has ever before back
ed a gubernatorial candidate, but the
American Federation of Labor is also
likely to extend assistance to him.
both moral and financial, it was
learned here today from a former of
ficial of the State Federation of La
bor still active in its councils. It has
been conceded for some time that the
State Federation of Labor would take
a more active part in the forthcom
ing campaign than it has in. any for
(Continued on Page Five.)
DEWOLFF HOPPER IS
DEAD IN THE WEST
Kansas City, Sept. 23. (AP) De-
Woff Hopper, famous comedian,
whose stage career spanned more
than half a century, died unexpectedly
here today.
The sprightly 77-year-old actro, had
broadcast a radio program yesterday
afternoon, although he was ill.
Afterwards he was taken to a hos
pital. He died this morning of a heart
attack.
Hopper had been giving a series of
broadcasts each Sunday, usually com
ing here by plane.
HENDERSON, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 23, 1935
SI,OOO Per County Lev>
May Remove Weed from
Sales and Lift Prices
for Others
SOUTH CAROLINA IS
READY TO JOIN NOW
Will Cooperate in Any Reas
onable Movement, Gover
nor Johnston Advises Gov
ernor Ehringhaus; Assur
ances Also Given by the
Governor of Virginia
Raleigh, ISept. 23. —(AP) —Efforts
to secure better prjees for tobacco in
North Carolina received new momen
tum today when A. J. Maxwell, State
revenue commissioner, assured rep
resentaitves of tobacco growers that
his department would do everything
in its power to enforce license laws
relating to marketing of scrap to
bacco.
The 1935 legislature passed a law
levying a license fee of SI,OOO per
county on dealers in scrap tobacco.
“Strict enforcement of the law will
certainly take several millions of
pounds of toobacco off the market,”
said Dr. Clarence Poe.
James Lipscombe, of the American
Tobacco Company, and Andrew J.
Bullington, of Liggett and Myers To
bacco Company, telegraphed this
morning their concerns would have
representatives in Washington Wed
nesday for conferences between grow
ers’ representatives and AAA officials.
Answers had not been received from
(Continued on Page Five.)
FORK UNION BANK
ROBBED, ONE SHOT
Richmond, Va., Sept. 23.—(AP)
State police reported today that bank
robbers held up a bank at Fork
Union, Va., and shot and critically
woupded a trooper tentatively iden
tified as W. R. Thompson, in making
good their escape.
Ray Bailey Free
By Shooting Out
Os Police Cordon
Brevard, Sept. 23. — (AP) — Ray
Bailey, Western North Carolina des
perado, wanted for murder of a Green
ville, S. C., policeman in 1932 shot
his way to freedom out of a police
raid in the mountains near here ear
ly today, wounding one deputy slight
iy.
Officers from the Carolinas ana
Tennessee surrounded a house in a
remote section of Transylvania coun
ty, following a tip that Bailey wae
Staying 4ijere, knocked at the door
and were met with a blaze of gunfire
as the fugitive burst from a shutter
ed window to escape in the darkness.
LITTLE
Governor Apparently Most
Popular Speaker With
Farmers Saturday
D&ily Plapntck n«ren«,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
> BY J. C LASKERVILL.
Raleigh, Sept. 23. —There was not
much political significance in the
mass meeting of tobacco farmers held
here Saturday, and it turned out to
be less of a political field day for the
various candidates than had been ex
pected, most of those who attended
the meeting agree. One reason for
this was* Undoubtedly because Dr.
Clarence Poe, chairman of the com.
(Continued on Page Four.),
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WEST AFRICA / ' E sudaN N '
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As Britain masses its gigantic air force to cooperate with its naval concentration ill Mediterranean, ob
servers believe it could bottle up Italian forces and prevent them from waging war in Ethiopia. Presum
ably, first step would be closing of Suez Canal, compelling Italy to support its expeditionary force by air.
In the meanwhile British armadas could speed to Gibraltar, Malta, Suez or any threatened pointj,.to sup»j
port British fleet from attack by Italian air force. Distances involved are shown in map.
(Central Press)
HOPE IS BRIGHTER
BOOSTING TOBAffiE
Determination of Farmers
Saturday Believed to
Have Impressed Chief
J. B. Hutson
CONGRESSMEN AND
GOVERNOR HELPING
With Cooperation From All
Quarters, Belief Is Grow
ing That Way May Be
Found to Lift Prices for
Remainder of Present To
bacco Marketing Season
Dally Dlapntcfc Barest,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. O.
Raleigh, Sept. 23. —Hope is some
what brighter here today that the
AAA and the Department of Agricul
ture in Washington may change their
attitude and make some effort to
boost tobacco prices for the remain
der of the season, despite the fact
that .J. B. Hutson, who attended the
mass meeting of tobacco farmers hare
Saturday, g>ve virtually no en
couragement that anything could or
would be done. Hutson is chief of the
tobacco division of the AAA and in
charge of the administration of the
Kerr-Smith tobacco control act.
But those who were present at this
meeting, attended by nearly 3,000 to
bacco farmers, feel that Hutson must
have been impressed by their deep
desire that something he done and by
their conviction that they have not
received a square deal from the AAA
this year as far as tobacco prices are
concerned. As a result it is being hop
ed that after Hutson gets bacn to
Washington and confers with Secre
(Continued on Page Five.)
OUR MATHER MAN
.11H ' 1 1 1. [H CAROLINA.
Fair tonight and Tuesday; cool
er tonight. ;
New Move In East
Britain May Make
London, Sept. 23 (AP) —Specu-
lation as to whether further im
portant military moves in the
Mediterranean were contemplated
was aroused today by the action
of Prime Minister Stanley Bald
win summoning members of the
imperial defense council to his of
fice in advance of tomoif ow1»i
cabinet session.
It was immediately recalled by
observers that the doubling of the
British fleet in the strength in the
Mediterranean began shortly aft
er the cabinet meeting and defense
council consultations one month
ago.
ROOSEVELT LEAVES
AS STORM HOVER'
Agriculture and Labor May
Back Inflationist Move
in Congress
By LESLIE EICHEL
New York, Sept. 23.—President
Roosevelt will start out on his west
ern trip under the peace of a “breath
ing spell,” but with a storm threaten
ing to break. And it is not a political
storm, although it may have political
repercussions later.
Beyond the sunshine of improving
business lie lowering clouds.
Why the clouds?
Onc.fifth of the population still is
existing on less than subsistence
levels.
In addition, there is a growing rs
sistance on the part of labor and a
large part of the farm population to
conditions as they are—in spite of
soothing words.
And the war situation overseas re
quires the most delicate hahdling to
preserve American neutrality.
“SHARE-THE-WEALTHERS”
There is every indication that the
agricultural groups will demand a
larger and larger share of the na
tional income.
The Huey Long “Share Our
W/ealth” movement was as nothing to
the inflationist and pension groups of
the west.
Huey Long had no tangible plan
(Continued on Page Three.)
C. H. WHITAKER, 72
TOBACCONIST, DEAD
Winston-Salem, Sept. 23 (AP) —C.
H. Whitaker, 72, pioneer tobacco
manufacturer, died at a local hospifS?
this morning. , -
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3Long-Term
Negroes Flee
Prison Camp
Fire Upon Guard,
Seriously Wound
ing Him, As They
Leave Woodville
Camp
Woodville, Sept. 23. —(AP) —Firing
at a guard as they made their way to
freedom, four long-term Negro con
victs, all of whom participated in the
rioting here last spring, escaped from
the prison camp here at about 3:45
o’clock this morning after knocking
a guard unconscious and seizing his
double-barreled shotgun and 38-cali
bre pistol.
The guard, G. G. Ingram, who was
taken to an Elizabeth City hospital,
probably was saved from death at the
hands of the convicts by Sanford
Corey, another guard. Corey, seeing
the prisoners striking Ingram, fired
into the air. The quartette ran, climb
ed the fence around the camp and
disappeared into the early morning
mists. *
Captain J. iMI Tolar, superintendent
of the camp, put bloodhounds on the
trail and notified city and county of
(Continued on Page Five.)
Credit Abroad
For Cotton Is
Now Sought
Washington, Sept. 23. —(AP) —Sena-
tor Bankhead, Democrat, Alabama,
recommended to President Roosevelt
today the establishment of commer
cial credit abroad to stimulate the
cotton export market.
“Lowering the price of cotton,” the
Alabaman said on leaving the White
House, will not increase exports. I
think there is but one way—enabling
foreign spinner® to get American 'dol.
lars.”
Bankhead expressed confidence Mr.
Roosevelt “will work out the best
way."
He suggested that some one be
named to work out a commercial cre
dit system and said he thought such
a program was a proper function of
a government export-import bank.
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COUNTER PROPOSAL
FROM ITALY IS NOT
LIKED
Another Deadlock May Re
sult from Attitude After
Italy Rejects Lea
gue’s Plans
BRITAIN WILL STAY
IN MEDITERRANEAN
But Tension There Is Eased
With Assurances To Italy
That Fleet Mobilization Is
Mere Precaution and Not
Aimed at Sanctions If Italy
Does Attack
(By The Associated Press.)
The lobbies of the League of Na<*
tions were filled with reports today
that the Italian delegation might quit
Geneva as a result of the League’s
compromise plan for settlment of the
Italo-Ethiopian dispute.
The committee of five entrusted the
working out of the plan decided to
submit the whole matter to the Lea
gue Council, and it was said that Ar
ticle XV of the covenant, which calls
upon the Council t 0 make decisions
in the event of international conflicts,
might be invoked.
From London came word, from an
authoritative source, that Great Bri
tain will not reduce her military and
naval strength in the Mediterranean.
Another possible deadlock in the
Italo-Ethiopian conflict was indicated
today by a report from Geneva that
the British had found Italy’s counter
proposals to the League peace plan
unacceptable.
The peace plan, offered as a com
promise to both Italy and Ethiopia,
accepted by Ethiopia and reject
ed by Italy over the week-end.
The tense situation in the Mediter
ranean, where both Italian and Brit
ish battle fletes were deployed, was>
eased considerably by an official com
munique assuring Italy that neither
of the naval concentrations meant im
mediate war.
The communique was issued after
Sir Eric Drummond, British ambas
sador to Rome, had assured the Ital
ian government that the British fleet
dispositions were solely precautionary
and not intended as an effort to ap
ply ‘.sanctions” against Italy in the
event of war with Ethiopia.
Woman Is Accused
With False! Claims
As to Owning Baby,
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 23. —(AP)—
Mrs. Nellie Titton Muench, 43-year
old former society woman and alleged
kidnaper, today was accused by a 19-
year-old mother with “falsely” claim,
ing a month-old ba'by as her own.
The accusation was made in a
habeas corpus suit filed in the St.
Louse court of appeals by Anna Ware,
of Newton, Pa. She alleged thjit, she
was induced to come to St. Louis to
give birth to her child and that' the
baby was then turned over to Mr. and
Mrs. Ludwig Muench.
Mrs. Muench, facing trial Septem
ber 30, at Mexico, Mo., as the “finger
woman” in the 1931 kidnaping oT Dr.
Issac D. Kelly, wealthy St. Louis phy
sician, announced the birth of a son
August 18, the day after Miss Ware’*
boy was born at the home of 4 St.
Louis' midwife.
Legion Will
Seek Bonus
Once More
"“i „ .
Organization Preli
minaries Occupy
Convention Start
ing at St. Louis
Municipal Auditorium, St. Loris,
Mo., Sept. 23.1—(AP)—The busin s»
of the bonus supplanted a carnf al
spirit here today when National Co n
mander Frank N. Belgrano, Jr., f >r
mally called to order the first seas: m
of the national convention of the
American Legion.
Today’s morning session was de li
cated largely to formalities marl ed
by an address of welcome by Gov r
nor Guy B. Parks, of Missouri aad
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