-SS&soN
fATKWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR
EIGHT CHILDREN PERISH AS HOME BURNS
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Italian Northern And Southern Armies Move Near Point Os Merger
SEEKING TO UNITE
ITALIAN COLONIES
FLANKING ETHIOPIA
Northern Forces Also Head
ing Westward Toward
Lake Tana, British
Power Site
heavy CASUALTIES
SUFFERED TUESDAY
goth Sides Have Serious
Losses, Addis Ababa Re
ports; Mussolini and Eng
lish Envoy in Rome, Mean
while, Seek Way To Re
lieve European Tension
Harrar. Ethiopia. Nov. 13 (AP)
-rn«'onflrnmble reports from the
interior suid today that a fast
meting motorizeda Italian col
umn won cieelincr the Ethiopian
left wing and nearing Sasa Beneh
lj.A miies to the soiitneast of here.
Another similar column was re
ported moving up the valley of the
Wehhe Shebeli, toward the Bale
area, about 125 miles to the south
west of llarrar.
(Ky The Associated Press)
Invading Fascist forces ex
tended their northern lines to_
day and the cities of Harrar
and -liiiga became the focal
points of Ethiopian defense.
Possession of Harrar and Ji
iiga would constitute one of the
steps necessary to extend the
Fascist lines joining the two
Italian colonies.
TV movement of the northern
forces westward along the Cakkaze
river pointed toward the Lake Tana
region, s">at of British power interests.
An official communique from Addis
Ababa said both sides suffered many
casualties during an engagement yes
’erday near Anele, Ogaden procince,
on the southern front. In anoth n r en
2a2ement, the Ethiopians chased the
Italians out of tho position- the re
port caid. a
In an orthern engagement yester
day th<* Ethiopians took the offen
sive. attacked an Italian column, kill
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DETROIT* BASEBALL
CLUB HEAD KILLED
Detroit. Mich., Nov. 13.—(AP)
—Frank .1. Navin, 64. owner of
the World's champion Detroit
Tiger baseball club, died today
within an hour after lie fell from
a horse at the Detroit riding and
hunting club. It was not deter
mined immediately whether death
was due to a heart attack or to
injuries suffered in the fall from
his horse. oi
S. C. Facing
New Crisis
In Payrolls
Salary for Highway
Workers Due Fri
day and Funds Are
All Tied Up
Columbia. S. C., Nov. 13.— (AP)—A
,1f ‘ w financial crisis impended in State
• ughway affairs today as Governor
)lln Johnston’s militia-made road re-
Sime approached another payroll date
niost of its funds tied up by in
junctions.
Approximately $25,000 in salaries of
employees of the State offices here
comes due Friday, and between $40,-
M and $45,000 more is due mainten
ance employees over the State a week
later,
Nearly all cash on hand was dis
r 11 k t 0 meet a s< *V)‘-monthly pay
-01 beginning November 31. and like
Payments by certified check and pos
' money or der have been held up
Attorney General John M. Daniel
prepared a petition for the court
approximately $500,000 need
1 State Treasurer E. P. Miller to
‘ Hgliway pond obligations.
IU lw ay tuna., in hanks were
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TirttJicrsmt iLttlu IBtspairh
- ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VlliflNlA. *
Wlßa BH3RTICB OF
THH ABBOCIATHD PRBSS.
STRATOSPHERE RECORD IS BROKEN
Capt. A. W. Stevens
Balloon ascends Capt. Orvil Anderso*
With Capt. A. W. Stevens, top, and Capt. Orvil Anderson, aboard,
the U. S. Army-National Geographic society stratosphere balloon
took off from Rapid City, S. D., and established a new altitude
record. Temperature of 108 degrees below zero was recorded.
Photo at left show* the balloon, on previous attempt.
State Now
About Over
Depression
Washington, Noy. 13.—(AP)—North
Carolina, a,s it is in 1935, is more like
the North Carolina of pre-depression
days than it has been at any time
since the crash of 1929, Commissioner
of Agriculture W. A. Lrranam, of that
State, told the eighteenth annual ses
sion of the National Association of
Commissioners, Secretaries of De
partments of Agriculture here today.
“It is a source of gratification to
me that orth Carolina last year rose
from fourth to third place in the
Union in the value of its crops, which
increased from $194,390,000 to $266,-
449,000 ” Graham said. “In 1931 we
dropped as low as ninth, but the
comeback has been steady since that
year.
“North Carolina is no longer de
pendent upon cotton for its agricul
tutai eistence. Our three main crops
are corn, cotton and tobacco, and we
have shown a marked tendency to
ward diversification.”
BAILEY’S FINDS
WORK FEVERISHLY
No Formidable Candidate
In Sight, But They Take
No Chances
In Ihe Sir Walter Hotel.
Daily DiMpnteh Iturenn,
RY J. O. RASKERVILLE.
Raleigh, Nov. 13. —Supporters and
appointees of Senator Josiah W.
Bailey, especially in the Piedmont and
west, are working night and day tear
ing their shirts for him and getting
as many counties lined up for him as
possible, according to word heard
here today from Greensboro, the
Bailey political capital. Since at pre
sent Senator Bailey has no active op
position other than that or foremr
Lieutenant Governor R. T. Fountain,
with most indications pointing to no
other opposition, a good many obser
vers here are at a loss to understand
this almost feverish activity on the
part of the Bailey supporters in the
Piedmont and West.
Wlhile there are rumors that Con
gressman Frank Hancock, of the
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HENDERSON, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNO ON, NOVEMBER 13 1935 PUBLIBHHD BVBftY AFTERNOON
Republicans
In State See
FDR Defeat
Count Strongly on
Naming President
in 1936; Even Hope
To Get N. C.
Daily Dtapntch Rnrean,
la the Sir Waller Hotel,
RY J. C. RASKEHVILLE.
Raleigh, Nov. 13.—The Republican
leaders in the State are still all pep
ped up over the rceent Republican
victories in New York State and in
Philadelphia—so much so that they
are now confident they will be able
to defeat President Roosevelt in the
election next fall and again elect a
Republican president. For while most
of the Democratic leaders see very
little significance in the New York
and Philadelphia victories, the Re
publicans are greatly encouraged be
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ECfINOIICSTATUS
TO TURN ELECTION
1936 May Be Year of Reac
tion Politically, in View
of Observers
New York. Nov. 13. —There are two
kinds of Democratic victories. There
is the kind in New York City—and
the kind in Kentucky. The kind in
Kentucky is pro-New Deal. The kind
in New York is not.
And thereby hangs the Roosevelt
problem.
From now until election he will be
bound to the Democratic machines of
New York, Boston, Chicago. They
will have it within their power to
exert a certain dominion over the
President.
The same will be true of any Re
publican, in his own party, if he
seeks the presidential nomination. He
will either bow to the will of the Re
publican machines of New York state
California, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
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A. $ N. C. Applies
For New Permits
Washington, Nov. 13—(AP)—The
Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
road Company today petitioned the
Interstate Commerce Commission
for authority to resume operation
of the 96 miles of line in North
Carolina.
The line traverses the counties
of Carteret. Craven, Jones, Lenior
and Wayne, and is owned by the
State of North Carolina. The ap
plication said present conuitions
required continued operation of the
railroad for the public welfare.
BOTH PARTIESGO
INTO CAMPAIGN ON
UNCERTAIN BASIS
Scattered Elections of Last
Week Gave Neither the
Decided Trend It
Had Desired
NATIONAL ISSUES
WERE UPPERMOST
Outcome Believed To Have
Been Sufficient, However,
To Provide Republicans
With Much of the Greatly-
Needed Cash to Run Their
Campaign in 1936
D. C. Nov. 13.—Demo
crats and Republicans alike are go
ing into the 1936 national campaign
(which may be considered as having
started with the scattering local elec,
tions of Nov. 5) in a state of decided
uncertainty.
Each party organization had coount
ed on the Nov. 5 elections to furnish
it with a fairly accurate idea of the
current trend in public sentiment, but
said elections didn't do it. Both sides
claim to have had the advantage, but
neither side, as a matter of fact, is
at all sure whether it had or hadn’t
However, it was the rival manage
ment’s last chance to feel the Ameri
can pulse. They have felt it and are
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Japs’ Choice
As Leader In
China Killed
Marshal Sun Assas
sinated by Woman;
Situation In Far
East More Tense
(By the Associated Press.)
Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang, fre
quently mentioned as Japan’s pos
sible choice to lead an indepen
dence movement in North China,
was assaFdniJtled by a Chinese
woman at Tientsin today, while
Japanese police at Shanghai ac
cused Chinese of new outrages In
the increasingly tense Sino-Jap
anese situation.
At the same time, vernacular news
papers in Tokyo carried reports from
Hsingking, Manchoukuo, of a forth
coming secret agreement among the
United States, Russia and China to
keep armed forces in the Orient for
the maintenance of peace.
Officials at the State Department
in Washington described this report
as “too silly and ridiculous” to de
serve notice.
Japanese consular police at Shang
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OIJR WEATHER MAN
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday; colder tonight and on
coast Thursday
U. S. Seeks Peace Says President
lira m ;
V. ''imt ■ * .. |<
President Roosevelt speaks at the Armistice Day ceremonies at the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier, warning of “world dangers” and pledging
administration to nromote Deace. (Central Press) (
FDR Hopes
For Lower
Money Rate
President Wants
Large Cash Re -
serves Used In Cam
paign for Recovery
Washington, Nov. 13.—(AP)—Presi
dent Roosevelt repressed hope today
that interest rates would be lowered
so as to make large bank reserves
more useful in the drive for recovery.
Talking with newspaper men, the
President agreed that expanded bank
portfolios would play a very essential
part in recovery if properly used. He
added that if this money were not
used in a reasonable way the large
deposits would slow up recovery.
The President said he did believe
the old “pirate rates” which prevailed
in the South and the West for years
had been largely eliminated.
Asked if hank examiners were com
plaining to bankers against real es
tate loans, he replied that he thought
this was the case only where banks
had excessive loans of that kind.
M TOEASTFAILURE
Winston Professor Just
Didn’t Click in North
eastern Area
In Ihe Sir Waller Holel.
Daily Dirtpntcli Bureau,
BY J. C. BASKERVILLK.
Raleigh, Nov. 13—Dr. Ralph W. Mc-
Donald. the flashy quarterback for
the anti-sales tax football team, who
has been making some good gains in
the gubernatorial football game now
in progress, ran into a stone wall and
was unable to gain either through the
line or around the ends in hi.s most
recent efforts to tear off some yard
age in the northeastern part of the
State, according to reports reaching
here today. The result of McDonald’s
invasion of Gates and other eastern
counties during the pas tfew days is
that he is distinctly weaker there
than before he went, according to
those who have been checking up on
the results of his visit.
Both Clyde R. Hoey and Lieutenant
Governor A. H. (Sandy) Graham have
also been in the same section within
the last week or two ands Doth made
a very good impression, according to
reports.
McDonald rubbed his hearers and
those with whom he talked the wrong
way by presuming too much upon
their ignorance and by what they con
sidered his supercillious and condes
cending manner, according to several
here who have been up in that sec
tion since his recent speech in Sun
bury, Gates county.
“McDonald made his customary
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U. S. Is To Sign
Canadian Treaty
Washington, Nov. 13. —(AP)
President Roosevelt srfd at his
press conference today that he had
signed an authorization for the
government signature of the Cana
dian-American reciprocal traffic
treaty.
He said no time had been set for
signing the treaty. Prime Minister
King of Canada is expected here
tomorrow, however, Secretary Hull
probably will sign for the United
Slates
There still was no official indi
cation as to what provisions for
mutual tariff reductions the
Canadian-American compact con
tains. but it was believed details
probably would be made public at
the time of signing.
50 SURVIVORS OF
FREIGHTER SAVED
Two Known Dead and Two
Missing from Disaster
Near Philippines
Manila, P. 1., Nov. 13.—(AP)-Fifty
survivors of the wrecked freighter
Silver Hazel sailed from the tragic,
scene today after a four-day battle
against death, in which two persons,
one a woman, lost thgjr lives, and
two others were reported missing.
The survivors rescued from the
wreckage, and the rock on which the
vessel crashed Sunday night in the
San Bernardino Straits, were being
brought here aboard the destroyer
Peary.
A’so aboard the navy ship was the
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Texas Mob
Lynchings
Defended
Columbus. Texas, Nov. 13. —(AP)—
County Attorney O. P. Moore said
today he believed the lynching of two
youthful Negroes by a mob of 700
persons, including several women, on
a farm near here last night was “an
expression of the will of the people.”
Moore’s statement came soon after
Justice of hte Peace E. C. Thrower
said he would conduct a court of in
quiry into the lynchings during the
day.
The mob seized Ernest Collins, 15,
and Benny Mitchell, 16, who assert
edly had confessed to criminal attack
and subsequent drowning of Mis 3
Geraldine Kollmann. high school
honor graduate, from officers and
left them dangling from a live oak
tree near the girl’s home.
“I do not call the citizens who exe
cuted the Negroes a mob,’’ said Moore
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FARM HOME SCENE
OF GREAT TRAGEDY
IN GASTONCOUNTY
Parents Burned in Effort to
Rescue Children But
Not In Serious
Condition
BODIES ARE BURNED
BEYOND RECOGNITION
Victims Range From One to
19 Years in Age; Mother
Sees Two Struggling in
Flames But Is Helpless;
Two-Story Frame Structure
Is Destroyed
Alexis, N. C., Nov. 13 (AP)
—The eight children of Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Cunningham,
farm couple, were burned to
death here early . today when
flames swept the two-story
dwelling they rented on the
| Press Stroupe farm.
The bodies were recovered later in
the morning-, but most of them had
been charred beyond recognition.
Alexis is a small community three
miles from Stanley and about 15 miles
from Gastonia.
Trapped and fatally burned in the
blaze were Robert Cunningham, 19;
Louise, 7; Nellie, 12; Thomas, 15; Jack;
2; Grace. 10; Juanita, 4, and Ruth,
one.
Clyde Burke of Gastonia, brother
in-law of_ Mrs. Jenny Cunningham,
i mother of the children, told an As
sociated Press reporter at the scene
of the fire this morning that Mrs.
Cunningham and her husband, Hu
bert, both suffered burns themselves,
but were not seriously hurt.
Burke said Mrs. Cunningham saw two
of her children in the burning room,
where seven of them were sleeping
together, but furious flames drove
her back. when, she attempted to re
scue them. She and her husband es
caped through the back door. The
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Morro Castle
Officers Are
Put On Trial
New York, Nov. 13 (AP) —Graphi-
cally describing the horrors of th£
burning of the steamer Morro Castle.
W. S. Adams today accused Acting
Captain William F. Warms of fail
ing to do his duty the night the ves
sel burned, with the loss of 125 lives.
“Warms, who succeeded his dead
captain a few hours before the fire,
failed in many respects to discharge
his duties,” Adams told the jury as
the the prosecution opened its case.
Warms, Eben S. Abbott, chief en
gineer; Henry E. Cabaud, executive
vice-president of the New York and
Cuba Mail Steamship Company, and
the comany itself are charged under
seven indictments with criminal neg
ligence.
Banks Show
Good Profit
During Year
Battle Over New
Deal Breaks On
Elections at New
Orleans Meeting
New Orleans, La., Nov. 13 (AP)—
Declaring that national banks had
made a profit of 3.93 percent on cap
ital in the first six months of 1933
F. J. T. O’Connor, comptroller of the
currency, predicted today that the
present six months would prove to be
the most prosperous period banks
have enjoyed for more than four years
The national bank chief spoke be
fore the American Bankers Associa
tion, in convention here.
“It has always been my custom
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