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MEDORIAL DAY hendersonH gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR PERSHING Campaign Is Closev And Hottev As Election Neavs HoeyAnd Graham Claim Huge Gains In East Carolina Graham’s Advances At Ex pense of McDonald, His Supporters and Ad visors Think PROFESSOR CERTAIN TO BE IN THE LEAD But His Headquarters Ra diates Somewhat Less Cocksureness As to Size of Margin; Graham Folks Say Their Trend Will Be Big ger and Bigger Next Week Uiiily OiM|iat«*h Bureau, *■» The Sir Walter Hotel, By J. C. BASIi ER.VILI, Raleign, May 30 —As the campaign lor the Democratic nomination for governor enters the final week, it looks more like the Kentucky Derby than a North Carolina primary—a horse race in which the three lead ing candidates are running much clos er to each other than any of them will admit and in which none is con ceding anything to the other. It is a tight race and any one may win, al though Dr. Ralph W. McDonald is still the favorite to lead, with Clyde R. Hoey to place in second and Sandy Graham to show in third. John A. Mcßae may come in under the wire after the crowd has gone home. Rut McDonald, Hoey and Graham do not enter the last lap until Mon day. Those betting on Hoey main tain that he has an excellent chance to close the gap between him and Mc (Contir.ued on J age Three.) Queen Mary Speeds Pace To America Aboard the .S. S. Queen Mary, En Route to New York, May 30. —(AP)— Running close to her French rival’s record, the great British liner Queen Mary increased her speed early today to more than 30 knots. With weather conditions still favor able f)n this third day at sea, it was indicated unofficially the liner wn running slightly better than 31 knots at 3:13 a. m. Greenwich time (10:45 1> m., Friday, eastern standard time). Cunard-White Star Line officials in dicated there was no intention of at tempting to capture the blue ribbon for trans-Atlantic speed from the French liner Normandie on this maiden voyage to America, but tho Queen Miary remained in an apparent position to do so. Meyer Gets Race Leads At The Half California Sets Rec ord l ime First Part of Indianapolis Me morial Classic Speedway, Indianapolis, Ind., May <AF) With half the distance cov ered with record-breaking speed, Rouis Meyer, Huntington Park, Cal., lf; d the 500-mile automobile race over the Indianapolis motor speedway to day at the end of 250 miles, with Ted (Continued on Page Flve.£ Hi'uiUu'smt latlu Biauatrh For Vice President? Bp/* SIB Hn mL m Gifford Pinchot Boom for Gifford Pinchot, above, former governor of Pennsylvania, for the Republican vice presiden tial nomination followed his trip to Topeka, Kas., to talk with Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kan sas, Republican presidential po tentiality. Pinchot and Landon standing in Washington was that Pinchot went west on Landon’a invitation. —Central Press McDonald Is For Top Man To Have Job Rumor Is He Will Make Proposal to Hoey and Graham Early Coming Week Saleigh, Maty 30.—Dr. Ralph Mc- Donald, concededly leader in the four cornered race for the Democratic nomination for governor in next Sat urday’s Statewide primary, will make a proposal to the other candidates early next week that the high man in the primary be allowed to have the nomination without a run-off election, (Continued on Page Five) Hard Fight On Tax Bill For Senate Washington, May 30. —(AP) —Clash- ing reactions to the tax bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee to day raised prospects of a vehment floor struggle, which might prolong the congressional session indefinitely. Administration men hinted sub stitutes would be offered, indicating they contemplated opening on the floor the whole tangled topic of steep (Continued on Page Four.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA LKASBD WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. WARNS OF THREAT HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 30, 1936 CONFIDENCE ABOUT RESULT EXPRESSED BY THREE LEADERS McDonald Concentrates in Piedmont and Western Counties for Close of Campaign HOEY TO BE WINNER, HUBERT OLIVE SAYS Prediction Based Upon Ac tual Facts, Campaign Man ager Says; Graham Forces Predict Sure Place in Run- Off Primary As Result of Recent Advances Daily Dl.spntfh Uurcsin. In The Sir Walter Hotel, llr J. r. IIA UK Hit Vll,l, Raleigh, May 30.—With the excep tion of two speeches in eastern coun ties on Monday, Dr. Ralph W. Mc- Donald will devote most, of next week to the clinching of his campaign in the Piedmont and western counties, Willie Lee Lumpkin, his campaign manager, announced today. In addi tion, Dr. McDonald will make a 15 minutes radio broadcast over a State wide hook-up every night next week with the exception of Friday, when his broadcast will be for 30 minutes. Earlier in the campaign Dr. McDon ald had planned to make 13 radio '.broadcasts, but this number was later cut down to only five during the final week of the campaign. “In spite of the efforts of our op ponents to minimize the tremendous lead which Dr. McDonald now has, and to try to convince the people that he is slipping, we are more confident than ever that the people who have put him in the lead are going to keep on Page Three.) WARRANT PUT OUT FOR ANN HARDING Harry Banister, Screen Star’s Hus band, After Her To Get Cus tody of Their Child Quebec, May 30. —(AP) —Harry Ban ister, former husband of Ann Hard ing, swore out a warrant for the ar rest of the screen star today on a charge of abducting their daughter, Jane. His action came on the heels of Miss Harding’s unexpected departure for Europe with the seven-year-old child last night. Miss Harding, meanwhile, apparent ly had a long lead over her former husband in her race to England, where she has a film contract. The charge preferred by the former husband of the blonde film player was drawn under a section of the Canadian criminal code concerning abduction of a child under 14 years of age. Overtaken in Quebec by Banister, who had flown up from Newark, N, J., Miss Harding sailed aboard the liner Duchess of Atholl last night in stead of waiting for a liner due to sail this afternoon. Z wS LANDLADY |M)rjs. Benjamin Young In Hospital With Fractured Hip After Scuffle Washington, May 30.—(AP) — Mrs. Benjamin Scott Young, who was forcibly ejected early today from the apartment she sub-leased to Repre sentative and Mrs. Marion A. Zion check, later was taken to Emergency hospital in an ambulance. Ambulance attendants said she had a fractured right hip, Mrs. Young contended the injury was a direct re sult of scuffles with the Zionchecks. “Don’t take me to the hospital,” she (Continued on Page Five.) CHINESE BLOW UP RAILROADLO STOP Attempt Also Made To Wreck Troop Train of Nipponese Invaders Near Tientsin MUCH NERVOUSNESS FELT AT THAT CITY American Colony and 8,000 American Soldiers Located There; Japanese Military Authorities Take Grave View of Situation After Railroad Attacks • Tientsin, China, May 30.—'(AP) — China delivered an answer today to Japan’s action in dispatching more troops to northern garrisons, with de struction of a railroad bridge between Tangku and Tientsin and attempted wrecking of a Japanese troop train near Tientsin. The incidents occurred without casualties, i’:-ut Japanese military au thorities took a grave view of the situation. High Chinese sources de plored the episode, declaring Japan mignt welcome such occurences as a pretext for armed intervention in North China. Extreme nervousness prevailed in Tientsin, where there is a consider able American colony, and where 800 American soldiers are quartered. The two incidents arose last night just after Japan, overriding Chinese pro (Continued on Page Four.) Industry Riding Recovery’s Crest In the Past Week New York, May 30.—(AP)—Indus try rode along the crest of the re covery movement’s recent peak this week, with residential (btuilding sup plying the necessary forward impetus. The Associated Press index of in dustrial activity was 89, against 89.2 last week and 70.8 in the comparable period a year ago. Residential building stepped up to the highest level since early 1932 as the demand held up well beyond the normal seasonal top. Automobile output slipped back less than the customary seasonal amount, with the high rate of seasonal sales acting a bulwark as against the sum mer reaction. Total carloadings rose less than was to he expected. Cotton manufacturing, electric pow er production and steel mill activity dipped slightly. ROOSEVELT TO WIN Writer in London Time* Sums Up Election in America By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer IS IT INTERESTING to read the comment in foreign papers on the American political situation. The London Times has had the most detailed account, the gist of which ap pears herewith. All that you read from here on is from the London Times: Sir Arthur Willert, in the course of a detailed analysis of the presidential election campaign in the United States, writes: “Nearly everybody who possesses or earns any appreciable amount of money seems to be against iMr. Roose velt. The President, one is given to understand, is a reqkless radical and a danger to the existing order of so (Continued on Page Four.) PUTTING “O. K.” ON BONUS BONDS Jack Maclnnes at work on seal machine This is the way Uncle Sam puts his official seal on the bonus bonds for war veterans. Jack Maclnnes is shown at the “impression seal machine” in the printing office in Washington. The bonds will be delivered the night of June 15, in registered letters marked for delivery to the addressee only. —Central Press Five Young People Dead In Wreck Near Richmond Car With Eight Crashes In to Rear of Lumber Truck on Return from Dance in Richmond; Protruding Lum ber Shears Away Top of Automobile Sedan Richmond, Va., May 30.—(AP)—An early Memorial Day automobile crash near here took the lives of five young persons and injured three others, two so seriously that they also may die. The eight, all of Hopewell and Motocaca, Va., had been to a dance in Richmond and were driving home ward at 1:15 a. m. over the Petersburg turnpike when the car plunged into the rear of a lumber truck driven by C. H. Dußose, 18 of Roseboro, N. C. The five victims ranged in ages from 14 to 18. The automobile plowed into the COURTS TD REVEAL LEGION’S SECRETS 18 Men In Custody in Mich igan Alone as Probe En ters Second Week Detroit, Mich., May 30 (AP)—What ever remains untold of the secrets of the night riding 'black legion, guard ed with lash and pistol, seemed head ed for exposure in multiple inquir ies that took definite form today. Eighteen men were in custody in Michigan as the investigation of the order went into its second week. The eighteenth was detained for questioning last night. Reticent de tectives of the homicide squad, who identified him as Virgil Morrow, said they wanted to question him about a meeting at which the “execution” of Charles Poole allegedly was planned. Thirteen men who attended that meeting faced murder charges here. At Jackson four others are charged with kidnaping and assault in con nection with the flogging of a black legionnaire, who refused to attend meetings. In grand jury rooms in Detroit and (Continued on Page Five.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. TO IATWH lumber projecting from the trailer of the truck. The timber sheared away the top of the sedan and struck the c-ight occupants, almost decapitating them. Three were dead upon arrival at the hospital, attaches there said. One of those still alive had a crushed head and he was “not expected to live,” the hospital reported. Officers held Dußose on technical charges and placed him in jail pend ing an investigation. His helper, R. H. Lewis, of Salemberg, N. C., was released. Neither was hurt and the truck was not damaged. COMMON MEMORIAL DAV WINNING EAVOR Southerners for It Except Confederate Veterans Officials Atlanta, Ga., May 30. —(AP) —Pub- lic leaders below the Mason and Dixon line differed over a Georgia editor’s proposal for a common North-South memorial observance. “Confederates never would agree to 'Continued on Page Four.) ~OUR WEATHER MAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight and Sun day. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY VETERAN GENERAL MUCH AFRAID LEST DICTATOR APPEAR 1 People Who Listen To Al luring Promises in Line To Lose Their Rights^ He Says URGES VIGILANCE TO SAVE LIBERTY People Who Grant De mands of Clamorous Mi nority Will Certainly Fall Prey to Dictator; Speaks In Roosevelt’s Presence at Arlington Rites Washington, May 30. —(AP) —A plea for the preservation of traditional ideals of democracy in government, lest the American people become tho prey of a dictator, was voiced today by General John J. Perishing. Surrounded by the graves of the nation's hero dead in Arlington Na tional Cemetery, the commander of the A. E. F. coupled with his plea a call to the United States to do Its full share in maintaining world peace. He sipoke in the presence of Presi dent Roosevelt and other dignitaries at iMlemorial Day ceremonies. “These holy rites,” General Perish ing said, “should arouse a new con sciousness of the responsibility that rests upon us to serve the nation for fContinupH on Pare Fiv«.) Homage To U. S. Dead In Europe Washington, May 30 (AP) —At home and on foreign soil, homage was paid today to the memory of American soldier dead. Ceremonies in the Capital included a parade of the veterans of the Civil, Spanish- American and World Wars along Pennsylvania and Constitutional ave nues, with government leaders and diplomats in the reviewing stand. Arlington National Cemetery, where 43,000 war veterans lie was the scene of midday ceremonies, including ad dresses by General John J. Pershing and Secretary Roper, with President Roosevelt attending to pay silent tri bute . In Belgium, among other nations (Continued on Page Five) Battle Over Relief Holds Senate Tight Passamaquoddy Ti dal Project and Flo rida Canal Bones of Contention Washington, May 30 (AP)-—A torrid fight centering around the $2,370,000,- 000 relief-deficiency bill, spoiled the Senate’s hidlday today. Unable to reach a vote last night on the big measure, carrying funds for next year’s jobs program, the cham ber was forced into one of its rare Saturday sessions. Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, majority leader, and Senator Vandenberg, Republican, (Continued on Page Five.)
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