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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA WENTY-THIRD YEAR FRANCE MAY ACT ALONE AGAINST GERMANY McDonald And Graham Urge ' Ehringhaus To Call Extra Session In Tobacco Crisis REPUBLICANS VOTE COMPACT MEASURE Several Tar Heel Congress man Issue Statements Urging Call by Gov. Ehringhaus MEASURE TO PASS SENATE VERY SOON Senator Smith • Predicts Speedy Approval There; South Carolina Legislature, Meanwhile, Defers Action On Its Cooperation Until Eater Date Kjileiph, April 9.—(Al*) I>r. Kalpli W. McDonald and A. H. (Sandy) Graham, two of the four men seeking the Democratic gub ernatorial nomination, today is sued statements requesting Gov ernor Ehringhaus to issue an im mediate call for a special session of tlie legislature to consider to bacco control and social security legislation. Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, requested the governor to convene the General Assembly “immediately” in special session to act on tobacco legislation and social security matters. Governor Silent. Governor Ehringhaus had no com ment to make on passage in the lower House of Congress yesterday of to bacco compact legislation, nor on the McDonald statement. “North Carolina can wait no longer to hold a special session of its legis lature,” McDonald said, though such action would hamper his campaign. “The national House has already pass ed the tobacco act, and the Senate will inevitably follow the House, and in all probability within 48 hours.” Washington, April 9 (AP) Demand today for a special ses sion of the North Carolina leg islature followed House passage (Cnntlniiod on F*te r « Sl* > Accusation OnHospital fs Pressed Winston-Salem, April 9.—(AP) While an aldermanic investigation was launched into charges by James Climes that city hospital authorities refused to admit his dying child, a fresh accusation was presented a gainst the institution. C. L. Stewart, in an affivdavit., charged the hospital and city wel fare authorities with responsibility for his wife's death, who. he said, was denied admission to the hospital, though his physician had warned au thorities of her certain death unless •she received hospital care. Dr. P. O. Schallert confirmed Slew art's statement. He said three days be fore the death he called the hospital and advised them that “if they ddin’t get her to the hospital at once, she would die.” Si There Is Real Problem in Agriculture; But They Don’t Want It By CHARLES P. STEWART Washington, April 9—A report of Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace to the Senate Agricultural Committee showing million-dollar benefit payments to big corporations under the invalidated AAA calls at tention to something that is seri ously the matter with American farm ing. Names of the recipients, demanded . , (Contlnuedon Pago Seven) Mtnuvv&tnx Hatltt Utstrafritl LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. A Heroine of the Air J '■' • * '■■'*' '• ■ .*.... •**........... iwßywni tnolllt ~~ -. v ••••• • ■W-&SU6; *• .. v. :> Jh Bb —& JannHHSRSHMff flmfffffri' id&ak BBBI&.-vfr Miss N. H. Granger (above), stewardess on the TWA airliner which crashed near Uniontown, Pa., despite severe injuries, crawled from the wreckage in which 11 lay dead and telephoned for aid. Among the sur vivors were a man passenger and Mrs. Meyer Ellenstein, wife of the mayor of Newark, New Jersey. ( Central Press) Debt-Ridden Firms Given Concessions New Tax Bill Will Go Easier On Them; House To Get Huge Bill Next Week Washington, April 9.—(AP) House Ways and Means Commitr tee Democrats reported today that they were in definite agreement on giving special treatment to debt-ridden corporations under the new tax program. Also they said dividends from banks would be subjected to the normal four percent tax rate. This information was given news men after another closed session from which Republican committee mem bers were absent. While the method of handling the problem of corporations that must use portions of their earnings to retire indebtedness has not been worked out fully, Representative Vinson, Demo crat, Kentucky, said the majority of committee members had decided that such firms should be given some sort of favored handling. This step has been opposed by ad ministration spokesmen, but urged re peatedly by business spokesmen. Chairman Doughton, Democrat, North Carolina, said the decision to apply the normal tax to bank divid ends, which was left undetermined by the sub-committee which drafted the (Continued on Page Seven.) Duke Power Wins Ruling From Court Richmond, Va„ April 9 (AP) —The United States fourth district circuit court of appeals today denied a mo tion of Greenwood county, S. C.. and the Public Works Administration to vacate a stay of mandate granted the Duke Power company in connec tion with the court’s denial of the company’s petition for an injunction to prevent construction of a propos ed power plant at Buzzard Roost. “We don’t feel this motion ought to be allowed,” Judge John J. Parker said in announcing the denial. “We don’t see any indication that counsel for the appellees are delaying. They ought to have opportunity to prepare their case properly.” ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Japanese Officer Killed on Border Tokyo, April 9. — (AP) —The Har bin, Manchoukuo, correspondent of the Domei (Japanese) News Agency reported tonight that a Japanese lieuetenant had been kill ed in a new clash with Russian sol diers near Suifernho. Five Japanese soldiers were re ported missing after the skirmish. The lieutenant with a small com mand was patrolling the hilly coun try east of Suifernoho, according to Domei, when they encountered 14 Russian soldiers. It was stated the Russians were on Manchuoknoan territory. The encounter occurred at noon today. Apparently both sides started shooting at approximately the same time. BALTIMORE MAYOR RESIDENCEBOMBEO Police Believe Deliberate Attempt Made on Life of Jackson Baltimore, Md., April 9. —(AP)— The home of Mayor Howard W. Jackson was bombed here early today in what was believed to have been a direct attempt on the i layer’s life. The explosion, which police said was apparently thrown from a passing au tomobile, landed on the ground about five feet from the house. Mayor Jack son was sitting in bed reading when the blast broke out cellar windows and fi’led his room with acrid fumes. A police guard was thrown about the Jackson home immediately and officers were assigned to patrol the nearby streets. Neither Mayor Jack son nor investigating officers could give any reason for the act. OUR WEATHER MAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Occasional rains tonight and probably Friday; slightly warmer tonight and in central portion Fri day. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 9, 1936 "Orphans of the Storm,” Animal and Human © 1936 Hearst Metrocone News At top are children being cared for by townsmen and guardsmen, at Tupelo, Miss., after the tornado had separated them from their mothers. Below, Tupelo’s goats go back to peaceful grazing after the storm. Several were killed by the tornado- (Central Press) Dangers Os Flood Still Grip South Tar Heel Rivers Do Little Harm, But Many Tennessee ans Are Homeless Raleigh, April 9.—(AP) —The Cape Fear river at Fayetteville dropped half a foot last night after reaching 54.9 feet, nearly 20 feet in flood, while other Eastern North Carolina rivers continued to rise today in their mid dle portions and closed highways. Lee A. Denson, in charge of the Weather Bureau here, said conditions were still unsettled and flood stages in lower portions of the streams might be intensified if further rains of any consequence fall. The Cape Fear at 33.4 feet today at Elizabethtown, expected to reach 35 tonight. The Neuse at Smithfield was 20.7, due to go to 21. The Tar at Tarboro was 21.1 feet, four in flood, with 25 feet to 26 feet expected Sun day, and at Greenville it was 15.5, two feet out of its channel, with 19 feet forecast for Monday. At Weldon the Roanoke was 38.1 feet and rising slowly, with a crest of 40 feet forecast. FAMILIES IN TENNESSEE MADE HOMELESS BY FLOOD Chattanooga, Tenn., April 9.—(AP) —The Tennessee river at one end and the Mississippi river at the other ren dered hundreds of Tennessee families homeless today as flood waters crept across lowlands. Additional hundreds of Georgians and Kentuckians were forced out of their homes. Relief was in sight, however, for Chattanooga, following a forecast by the Weather Bureau that the Tennes see would fall gradually. City officials estimated, nevertheless, that 75 famil (Continued on Page Six.) Sylvia Sidney Is Given Divorce On 6-Months Wedding Los Angeles, Cal., April 9 (AP) — Sylvia Sidney, brunette film actress, won an uncontested divorce decree today from Rennett Cerf, New York (publisher. Shie testified that he quarreled with her over the time she gave to her picture career. .She appeared in Superior Court Judge Harry R. Archibald’s court room several minutes before the time set for the hearing and waited with her lawyers and two witnesses. Miss Sidney testified that before her marriage to Cerf October 1, 1935, he had agreed that she might con tinue her film work. He quarreled with her after the ceremony, and these quarrels finally led to their separation early this year, the actress said. Gainesville Relief Body Called In By Roosevelt President’s Trailni Stops in Heart of Tornado Area To night To Hear Firsthand Reports of Disaster; Work ers To Board Train While At Gainesville Warm Springs, Ga., April 9 (AP) —President Roosevelt ar ranged today to confer with Federal and local relief offici als at Gainesville, Ga., the heart of the tornado disaster, on his way to Washington tonight. A half hour's stop will be made by the President at Gainesville, which will be iea,.~;hed at 10:15 p. m. Major General Van Horn Mosely, commander of the Fourth Corps Area, who has just completed an inspection of the tornado belt, has been Invited to join the President at Atlanta earlier in the night on the journey north ward. Relief Workers Summoned Mr. Roosevelt upon his arrival here, asked representatives of the Red Cross, the Works Progress Adminis tration, the Civilian Conservation Corps and local relief officials to board his train at Gainesville for a general discussion of the disaster problem. M’DONAID NOT TO CLEARUT ERROR" Allegation About Bowman Gray’s Taxes Disproved By The Records Daily Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel, By J. C. ItASIiERVILL Raleigh, April 9.—Dr. Ralph W. McDonald is not going to attempt to make any explanation of the “error” in nis Winston-Salem speech in which he charged that the name of “a res pected citizen of Winston-Salem” who died recently, and whose will.had been probated “in this very court house, revealing an estate which had been appraised conservatively at $11,500,- 000,” did not even appear on the For syth county tax books, his headquar ters indicated today, although earlier indications were that Dr. McDonald would explain this “error.” Name Was Listed. It is generally known and “conceded that Dr. McDonald was referring to the late Bowman Gray, of Winston- Salem. At any rate, the Winston- Salem Journal sent a reporter to in vestigate the day following the Mc- Donald speech, and found that Mr. and Mrs. Gray had property listed at a valuation of $566,195 and that they had paid taxes of $2,830.97 on this pro perty. It is also being pointed out that Mr. and Mrs. Bowman Gray likewise (Continued on Page Two.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Warm Springs, Ga., April 9.—(AP) —President Roosevelt, leading toward Washington after a two weeks fishing trip in southern waters, came by train through flooded central Georgia to day for a brief stop-over at his home here. The presidential special was forced to proceed at a slow pace through some of the flood zones as water crept over the roadbed at various points in Georgia. A drizzling rain added to the de solate picture. Mr. Roosevelt was looking for first hand information during the day from relief officials on the task of re habilitation of flooded and storm stricken areas. He has allotted $2,- 500,000 for such work. The President remained aboard the train for breakfast before driving to the Georgia Warm Springs Founda tion. On his way through Georgia to night he will be traveling through the Georgia tornado-stricken zone. MIEAN WILL TELL OF SCHOOL STATUS Gubernatorial Candidates Wait Word From Maim Who Wrote 1931-33 Acts Daily Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel, By J. r. BASKERVILI, Raleigh, April 9. —The radio speech which Angus Dhu McLean is going to make tonight over Station WPTF here from 8:30 to 9 o’clock, is ex pected to prove a veritable keg of dynamite in the present campaign for the Democratic nomination for gover nor and there is almost as much in terest in this speech as if it were be ing delivered by one of the candidates for the nomination. It is admittedly causing some uneasiness in the head quarters of Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Winston-Salem, since the word has gotten around today that Mac Lean is going to tear a great deal of the Mc- Donald platform into shreds, especial ly those portions dealing with the pub lic schools and taxation. Hoey and Graham Wait. The managers of both Clyde R. Hoey and A. H. Graham are also a waiting the Mac Lean speech with great expectation, since they believe it is going to prove one of the most damaging broadsides yet turned loose on McDonald, although Dr. McDonald will probably not be mentioned in the (Continued on Page Seven.) 19 Pages VL Today TWO SECTIONS. FIVE CENTS COPY ffßttSw FRENCH AT GENEVA New Steps Uncertain, But Concern German Mili tary Defenses in the Rhineland MUSSOLINI URGED TO ABANDON GASES League, at Insistence of British, Calls Also on Eth iopia for Cessation of In human War Practice; Eden Demands Probe Os Charge on xMussolini Geneva, April 9 (AP) French ministers have inform ed British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden that if Germany, continuing its violation of trea ties, erects fortifications along the Rhine, France reserves the right to take any steps the sit uation may justify. The French pointed out that build ing of fortifications in the Rhineland zone, already remilitarized In defiance of the Versailles treaty and the La carno pact, would be another direct violation of the Versailles treaty which ended the World War. Fortifications Feared. What new steps France might con sider were not discussed, but Foreign Minister Pierre Etienne-Flandin at tached greatest importance to the question of fortifications. The French stand was disclosed while the League of Nations, seeking to avert any Italo-Ethiopian settle ment in force in Fascist arms and al leged gas attacks, pressed both bel ligerents for definite statements of their terms for peace negotiations. The French indicated that German erection of fortificationa on France’s eastern frontier would certainly be likely to render extremely difficult the negotiations for a new security system in Europe. Wolde Mariam, Ethiopian minister to Paris, called on Eden and said Ethiopia was ready to talk peace with Italy, but only under the auspices of the League, and within the spirit and the framework of the League cove nant. BOTH SIDES ARE URGED TO OUTLAW POISON GAS Geneva, April 9.—(AP)—The com mittee of 13 of the League of Nations decided today to send a supreme ap (Continued on Page Two.) GERMAN ZEPPELIN DEVELOPS TROUBLE Bordeaux. France, April 9 (AP) —Haves (French) News Agency reported tonight that the new German Zeppelin Hindenburg had signalled that it was having grave engine difficulty over the Moroccan coast. Rain Pours On Stricken Gainesville Rescue Workers Chilled, Funerals Checked and Re habilitation Slowed Gainesville, Ga., April 9.—(API- Cold rain poured down upon tornado stricken Gainesville today, chilling re scue workers and relief agents and in terfering with the burial of the re mainder of the 184 dead. Rehabilitation work was slow and the streets were deserted except for the military and a handful of pedes trians. Prospects were that normal busi ness would be resumed in steadily in creasing volume when the skies clear ed. Physicians expressed fear that con tinued bad weather would result in sickness among the many homeless. Red Cross authorities announced 8,- 600 persons made destitute by the twister Monday had registered for help. The Red Cross early today reported 153 identified dead, 30 unidentified bodies and 33 missing. Two hundred and twenty-five were listed as “seri ously injured.” Eight hundred and thirty-nine fami lies, representing between 3,000 and 4,000 individuals without homes. Damage estimates continued to run in the neighborhood of $10,000,000.
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