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HENDERSON gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR OWjMS ASSAULT AMERICAN LEGATION Political America Watches Primary Votings Under Way In The Far Western States PRESIDENT TRENDS IN BALLOTING NOW Roosevelt, Landon, Sinclair and Others Involved In Voting in Califor nia State PRESIDENT NAMES DELEGATES SLATE Personally Picks Men To Run for National Conven tion; Sinclair Holds Roose velt His Second Choice; Re publican Interest Centered in Gov. Landon Washington, May 4 (AP) Political attention was focused on the Far Western campaign today. Not only in the Pacific Coast states hut in South Dakota tomorrow and Maryland today are Statewide pri maries the top filling of the week’s political shows. In California, however, the entry of many names stirred greater interest. The primaries there involve Presi dent Roosevelt, Governor Alf M. Lan don, of Kansas; Upton Sinclair; Rep re.sentat.ivei McGroarty, Democrat, California, and an uninstructed Re publican slato. President Roosevelt formally en dorsed a slate of 44 persons he him self selected as candidates for dele gates to the Democratic National Con vention. Upton Sinclair consented to be nominal presidential choice of an other group. Sinclair, however, gave his consent to this arrangement only on condition that the ticket, if elected, would V(, t‘- for him on the Initial ballot and for Mr. Roosevelt thereafter. The Republican struggles center around the ticket supporting Gover noi Landon, which is backed by Gov (Continued on Page Three.) 5 Convicts Break Out In Duplin Raleigh, May 4.—(AP)— Five pri soners overpowered a guard and es (;,l"*d at the Kenansville prison camp in Duplin county this morning, the .tats. penal division announced. Oscar Pitts, acting director, said he liar) “very meagre reports” on the I,|( ;ak, and did not have the names '•f the prisoners who got away nor of the guard. “The camp is for long term prison 's Pitts said. ‘‘My little informa i,jn is that the men attacked their ;:uard when they got to work. He was hurt— how badly I have not been yl !o to learn—and five prisoners got away.” D. G. Whitley, assistant penal direc tor, left immediately for Kenansville. cAPiiraiN SCENE OF RIOTING Humors Priests and Nuns Giving Poison Candy to Children There Madrid, Spain, May 4.—(AP)—Riot irs, inflamed by rumors that priests and nuns were distributing poison candy to children, set fire to more than twelve Roman Catholic churches, •schools and monasteries today. At least 32 persons were wounded. The fiercest rioting since October, lt>3t, 'spread through the northern part of the capital. Two of those wounded were nuns. Rioters exchanged gunfire with squads of civil guards who attempted to clear the streets. Hctxltrrsmi Batltt tlnuiatrli Court Again Fails To Give Decision Washington, May 4.—(AP)— An other opinion session failed to pro duce a Supreme Court ruling today on constitutionality of the Guffey coal act. The decision was post poned for at least two weeks. The court adjourned until May 18 after meeting briefly to an nounce whether it would review 18 controversies appealed from lower courts. Not a single decision was handed down. Three more sessions for the an nouncement of edcisions will be held before the court adjourns for the summer on June 1. effeSmer VOTE FORGRAHAM Veterans Organization For Gubernatorial Aspirant Formed at Raleigh Saturday R. L. McMILLAN IS CHOSEN CHAIRMAN Three Former Legion Com manders in State Join In Movement; Henry Stevens Also Included in Group Backing Campaign, Which Is Now Under Way Raleigh, May 4. —(AP) —Political activity quickened over North Caro lina today and observers watched with interest reaction from the formation of a ‘‘veterans organization for Sandy Graham,” which started work yester day in the Democratic gubernatorial campaign. The “veterans organization,” was perfected at a meeting here Saturday night which was addressed by Henry Stevens, of Warsaw, former national American Legion commander, and by three former State Legion command ers, Tom C. Daniels, of New Bern; Henry Bourne, of Tarboro, and Bryce Beard, of Salisbury. R. L. McMillan, of Raleigh, named chairman, announced this morning the veterans would conduct an ag gressive speaking campaign for Gra ham. Ol)R WEATHER MAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler Tuesday. Italian Airplane Falls In Capital, Scene Os Mutiny Paris, May 4.—(AP) —Paul Bodard, France’s minister to Ethiopia, wire lessed hfs government today that an Italian airplane fell into Addis Ababa at noon. The report did not say whether the plane had been shot down or give any details of the incident. The state of siege of the Srench Le gation, which earlier Bodard had re ported menaced by its own native guard, which mutinied, apparently ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 4, 1936 McDonald Is Far Ahead Os Rivals Here Straw Vote Gives Professor 91, Graham 36, Hoey 18 in 145 Votes in This County RATIO ABOUT SAME IN WARREN COUNTY 55 Ballots (Returned From Warren Give McDonald 39 and Hoey and Graham Eight Each; Town Folk and Men Cast Big Major ity of Ballots Returned Copyright 1936, by Henderson Daily Dispatch and 24 Cooperating North Carolina Newspapers. Complete tabulation of ballots in the straw vote for Vance and Warren counties, in the Statewide poll being carried on in the gubernatorial con test in North Carolina by 25 daily newspapers, through last Saturday night showed today that Dr. Ralph W. McDonald is far ahead of his three opponents in these two counties. The Winston-Salem professor had a ma jority over the field in this territory, which is being polled by the Daily Dispatch for the Statewide newspaper balloting. In Vance county, Dr. McDonald’s total was 91, that for A. H. (Sandy) Graham 36 and for Clyde R. Hoey was 18. John A. Mcßae, of Charlotte, did not receive a single vote either in Vance or Warren. In Warren county Dr. McDonald had 39, Graham eight and Hoey eight. The total vote for Vance, through Saturday night, was 145 and for War ren 55, or a total of exactly 200 votes in the territory. Additional votes have been received but will not be shown in a tabulation until a week hence. The standing of the candidates in the two counties is as follows; Candidate Vance Warren Tota McDonald 91 39 130 Graham 36 8 44 Hoey 18 8 26 Mcßae 0 0 0 Total 145 55 200 Residential Returns. For Vance county 106 gave their residence as urban and 32 as rural, with seven unclassified. Eighty-six were men and 54 women, with five un classified. Hoey got 15 votes in town two in the country and one unclassi fied, and had 12 men, five women and one unclassified. Graham had 18 in town and 18 in the county, and had 20 men, 15 women and one unclassified. McDonald had 73 in town, 12 in the country, six unclassified, and 54 men, 34 women and three unclassified. In Warren county there were 29 town voters, 19 rural and seven not designated, and showed 39 men, eleven women and five not designated. Hoey had four in town, three in the country and one unclassified, and had six men and one woman and one not stated. Graham showed five in town and three in the country, with six men and two women voting for him. Mc- Donald’s figures divided up as show ing 20 in town, 16 in the country and (Continued on Page Three.) had relaxed, for the minister said the Legation trucks, manned by em ployees with automatic rifles had gone out into the streets to pick up the wounded. He said the whole city was occupied by groups of mutinous soldiers, arm ed with machine guns. They had looted the native quar ters, he said, and it was feared they planned a mass attack on the foreign legations. Treasury Secretary Seeks More Taxes f • \ ... : &j| : \ |ljjk l|j| |^pPff - Ilk J— hh . . A J > Harrison Couzens Keyes , Morgenthau Senate finance committee members put their heads together to search for new levies to raise $337,- 000,000 following a warning by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., appearing before the finance committee in Washington, above, that the $803,000,000 house tax bill fell short of the revenue urged by President Roosevelt. Morgenthau submitted to the committee a surprise figure—a forecast that the federal deficit for the fiscal year ending July 1 would reach the peace-time record- Northern Methodists Vote i Enmasse For Church Unity Approval of Southern Meth odist and Methodist Pro testant Bodies Seems Assured WOULD BE LARGEST PROTESTANT BODY Membership Would Total Total 8,000,000; Northern Church Conference in Ohio Meets Resistance by Ne gro Members to Proposal in Debate of Two Hours Columbus, Ohio, May 4.—(AP)—De legates to the quadrennial General Conference of the Metohdist Epis copal Church overwhelmingly approv ed today its unification with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Protestant Church. Unification of the church, if approv ed by the other two bodies, would give the Methodist Church a member ship of 8,000,000 —the largest Protes tant body in the world. The vote for approval was 470 to 83. It followed a two-hour debate on the plan, which met a protest from Negro delegates. The Methodist Church, South, and the Methodist Protestant Church gov erning bodies have indicated the pro (Continued on Page Three.) Recent “Red” Convention in Washington Bears Out Fears of Enemy By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, May 4. An overly hard-boiled capitalism tends to breed radicalism in the masses. How it works has been strikingly brought out recently >by unmistakably pretty Red gathering in Washington coincidentally with disclosures before senatorial investigators concerning certain big business’ plans to combat future labor trouble. Senator Nye’s munitions committee revealed, at least in part, the extent to which various large corporations have been laying in supplies of arms, ammunition and poison gases for their plants’ defense in the event of strikes. Maybe they are entitled to defend their plants, but they cannot expect their workers to view such prepara tions with complacency. Senator La Follette’s civil liberties committee uncovered something of the 'Continued on Page Four.). Selassie Blames His Own Soldiers Djibouti, French Somaliland May 4.—(AP) —Emperor Haile Selassie, accorded full honors even in exile, blamed today a revolt of his own tribesmen, rather than the power of the Italian armies, for the col lapse of his Ethiopian empire. The king of kings, finding a haven in this French territory, after fleeing his capital, sought solitude under heavy guard in the governor’s palace. T”m Congressmen Fear for Seats in Opposing “Share-the- Wealth” Bunch By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer AT LAST the depositors in closed state banks are beginning to get a "break.” Some judges have intervened in sales, chiefly of real estate, at sacri fice prices to “insiders.” Buc it is feared that in the early days of some receiverships, much of the choice securities and realty went to “insiders.” An investigation into the receiver ship of banks would disclose terrible losses to creditors, it is believed. But depositors are unorganized and state banking departments in many (Continued on Page Five.) PWAMISHEAVY Hoey, McDonald and Gra ham to be Busy; Graham in Oxford Wednesday Dnily DiMpatrh Burena. In The Sir Walter Hotel, Br J. C BASKF.RVILL Raleigh, May 4.—The Democratic voters of the State are going to be subjected to the heaviest barrage of campaign speeches this week since the campaign for the Democlratic nomination for governor has been un-> der way, with the exception that Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, is not going to * (Continued on Page Five.) smashing total of $5,966,000,000. After Morgen thau’s appearance Chairman Pat Harrison (D.) of Mississippi said, “We've got to raise a little more revenue,” and then added, “I think I have away.” Senator Harrison, however, refused to even hint at the nature of his plan. In the photo, above, seated, left to right, are Senators Harrison, James Couzens of Michigan, and Henry W. Keyes of New Hamp shire. Secretary Morgenthau is standing at the right of the committee members. Badoglio’s Troops Now Near Goals Italian Soldiers All But In Addis Ababa After Hard Drive From North Rome, May 4.—(AP) —A report from Marshal Piedro Badoglio indicated to day that Italy’s Eritrean troops, act ing as an advance point for the main Italian army fiom the north, was vir tually at Addis Ababa. Marshal Badoglio reported in his daily communique that the advance guard for the motorized column had passed a point approximately 50 miles from Addis Ababa. Since this advance guard is preced ed by native infantrymen, it was as sumed that Italian fighters were prac tically at their goal. Reports of the looting and burning in Addis Ababa and the flight of Em peror Haile Selassie gave the Italians a chance to renew their assertion that the Ethiopian empire had crumpled and that Italian domination must be recognized by the world. OFALVMPIS Robbery and Murder Charges Pressed Along With Kidnap Affairs St. Paul, Minn., May 4.—(AP)—Au thorities at Minneapolis sought today indictment of Alvin Karpis for bank robbery and murder. United States District Attorney George S. Sullivan, said, however, Karpis would be arraigned first on four kidnaping and conspiracy counts in connection with the abduct»ons of two St. Paul business leaders, William Hamm, Jr., brewer, and Edward G. Bremer, banker. Protracted questioning of Karpis continued today. Federal agents at tempted to learn additional details of the kidnaping plots and the names of other accomplices. While Karpis was held in the Fed eral building, Ed J. Goff, Hennepin county attorney, announced he was (Continued on Page Three.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY fSS Washington Tele phones London To 'Rush Assist ance Immediately to the Compound BRITISH RESPOND BUT DANGER GROWS Latest Advices by Wireless from U. S. Envoy Say Two Already Wounded And Situation Is Becoming Worse; Capital In State of Riot, Looting Washington, May 4 (AP) A handful of Americans, aided by native servants, today held America’s Legation at Eddis Ababa against savage attack by Ethiopian bandits. After beating off on vicious assault by Ethiopian bandits, the American minister to, Ethiopia, told Washing ton the “situation is getting worse,” and appealed for British assistance to protect America’s Legation. Evidence the danger threatening tihe tiny group of Americans still 'holding the legation against maraud ers was the serious wounding of two native women in the servants’ quart ers. The story of how the marauders were repulsed was wirelessed to the State Department by Cornelius V. H. Engert .minister, whose wife narrow ly escaped bullets that whistled through the Legation compound. But six hours after this clash, Engert radioed an urgent appeal to the State Department to request as sistance of the British government In holding America’s Legation against rioters. Saying he could not get messages through to the British Legation, En gert asked that London be asked to try to reach its minister by radio And say that, with the assistance of a few British Indian troops and one Lewis machine gun, the American Legation could be held “if Italians arrive within a few days.” The State Department immediately established contact with London by trans-Atlantic telephone. A heavy bandit fire came from be hind trees and fences as the attack was directed at two widely seperated gates of the legation between 8:45 and 9 o’clock in the morning. Bullets peppered the back yard, where Mrs. Engert and John Spencer, a Navy radio man were standing. Navy services, including cooks, rushed to the defense with revolvers, spears and swords. "After a brisk exchange of shots, (Continued on Tage Three.) Gen. Hagood Quits Army After A Day Restored Corps Commander Leav es Servite to Write Book on Army Washington, May 4.—(AP)—Major General Johnson Hagood, after serv ing only one full day as commanding officer of the Sixth Army Corps area in Chicago, requested immediate re tirement today. In a communication received here at the same time from Chicago, the veteran officer, who spent seven weeks in military exile after he cri ticized WPA spending policies, an nounced that he expected to go to his home in Charleston, S. C., to write a book. In it, he said, “I shall show how the United States can get a much bet ter national defense at very much less cost to the tax-payer.” Without specifically mentioning his "punishment,” or the controversy in Congress until he was restored to ac tive duty, General Hagood said hla friends considered he had been "vin dicated.” “Under the circumstances,” he said, "I do not feel that it will be of any advantage to the army for me to re main on the active list for another year.” Under army regulations, Hagood— after more than 44 years’ active duty —is entitled to retire with the rank of major general at full retirement pay. Granting his request is mandatory.
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