HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR
DROUGHT CONDITION
IN SOUTH “PITIFUL”
CONGRESS IS TOLD
Liberalization of Soil Con
servation Rules Will Be
Sought As Aid to
Farmers
BENEFIT PAYMENTS
may be increased
Retirement of More Acres
Now Flanted to Soil De
pleting Crops Is Proposed;
Tobacco and Cotton Crops
Included in South Carolin
ian’s Plan
Washington, June I.—(AP)—De
thing southern drought conditions
as •pitiful," Represent ntive Fulmer,
of Orangeburg, S. C., today said the
aid of county agents would be sought
in urging liberalization of soil con
servation rules so larger farm bene
fit payments may be made through
ihc retirement of more acres now
planted to soil depleting crops.
Fulmer will meet with representa
tives in Congress from the stricken
southeastern states sometime this aft
ernoon to discuss plans for liberaliz
ing the rules.
••We will ask county agents in the
drought states to present a true pic
ture of conditions to Secretary Wal
lace," Fulmer said. ‘‘Conditions are
pitiful down there, and I am sure
Wallace will be glad to do something
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MUTINY PAMPHLETS
FOUND IN PALESTINE
British Troops Urged To Rebel; Six
More Persons Die in Arab
.lewish Disorders
Jerusalem. Palestine. June I.—(AP)
Pamphlets inciting British troops in
Palestine to mutiny were discovered
today after six more persons died in
Arab-Jewish disorders during the
week-end.
Literature printed in English was
signed by a ‘‘Central Committee for
Palestine of the Communist Party.”
Earlier the police reported discovery
of posters asserting Jews “are com
munists and enemies of Europe and
Christianity.” These were printed in
Italian.
The new deaths, which raised (he
fatality toll since the start of racial
disturbances seven weeks ago to near
70. occurred in a series of encounters.
Three Arabs, including one woman,
were killed in a skirmish between
Arab attackers and a police patrol at
Jaffa.
Bombings, shootings and incidents
of attempted aroson were again re
ported from various sections.
Normal Crop
Over State
Not Likely
I obacco Depends on
Rain This Week,
Schaub Says; Crop
Conditions Critical
Raleigh, June I.—(AP) —Dean I. O.
Sfhaub, of the North Carolina State
College Extension Service expressed
the opinion today “there is very small
chance of a. normal agricultural crop
in North Carolina this year, due to
Ihe extremely dry weather.”
Schaub said showers in some places
near the end of last week gave tem
porary relief in spots, but he had
beard of no general rains to break
drought conditions which have existed
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Politicians Wondering If
Ballyhoo Or Brains To Be
Winner In This Campaign
Dully DiNpntrb Rnre'in,
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
I C. IIASKICIt VIU,
Haloigh, June 1. —Will ballyhoo or
Hins win out in the present cam
-I'Hign for the Democratic nomination
f,,r governor? Will showmanship of
the type that prevails in Hollywood
Hnd wedded to the idea that votes
,na .V be obtained ifcy anything that is
stupendous and colossal prevail over
ttie less blatant but heretofore effec
tive methods used in previous cam
pnigns in North Carolina? Do the peo
ple of North Carolina want a John
Harry more, a Clark Gable, or a P. T.
itarnum for governor, whose special
a Pl>pal is essentially to the emotions,
ei do they want a governor with the
fiptuterstm Hat hi BtHtrahrh
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Sign outside a Chicago agency
Employment agency managers in
Chicago say there are plenty of
menial jobs for unemployed. As
if in proof of their claims this
sign was seen outside an employ
ment agency there. Employers
blanie (he WPA; workers blame
low pay offered.
- Ventral Press
M’DONALD AND HOEY
FISH UP IN WEST
Graham, However, Concen
trates Last-Minute Effort
In the East
ALL TAKE TO THE AIR
Radio Speeches To Augment Address
es in Many Scattered Regions
of State as Campaign
Nears End
Unity Dispatch Burena,
In The Sir Walter Hole-.
|*y ,1 O. 11ASlv 10ItVII,I-
Raleigh, June I—With the cam
paign for the Democratic nomination
for governor in its final week, the va
rious candidates have scheduled 25
campaign speeches and seven radio
addresses as their closing oratorical
barrage before the voters go to the
polls Saturday. This total will pro
bably be swelled by the speeches
which John A. Mcßae, of Charlotte,
will make but which he did not yet
have fully scheduled today.
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald will con
centrate most of his oratory in the
Piedmont, and western counties after
today. He spoke this morning in
I.aurenburg, Scotland county, and to
night will speak in Wallact, in Duplin
county. Tomorrow he will speak in
Thomasville at 5 p. m. and in High
Point at 8 o’clock. Wednesday he
will speak in Morganton at noon and
at a big «rally in Charlotte at night.
Thursday he will move farther west
to Swannonoa, Canton and Asheville
at night for a big Western North
Carolina rally of his supporters. Fri
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training and experience to deal with
the hard, cold problems of govern
ment and finance?
These are some of the questions be
ing asked by people in every section
1 of the State as the campaign for the
Democratic nomination for governor
draws nearer to the primary election
on Saturday, June 6, although the an
swers will not be known until the
votes have been cast and counted. But
the belief is growing steadily in most
political circles here and elsewhere
that the Democrats of North Carolina
are not going to ibe enticed and lured
away from the consistently progres
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LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 1, 1936
tSSs
DECIDEDBY CHINA
Stiffening Attitude Inspired
By Valiant Defense of
Great Wall Three
Years Ago
ALL-NIGHT MEETING
IS HELD BY MAYORS
Japanese at Tientsin Also
Confer on Means To Take
More Drastic Steps Toward
Chinese Following Bomb
ing of Railroad and Threat
to Troops
Shanghai, China, June 1. —(AP) —In-
spired by the valiant defense of the
Great Wall defenders of 1933, General
Sung Cheh-Yuan, chairman of the
Hopeh-Chahar military council, decid
ed today to pursue a stronger policy
against Japan’s military expansion in
North China.
Reports from Peiping said (his de
cision was reached following all-night
conferences of North China, mayors.
General Sung, who became head of
the semi-autonomous council for
Hopeh and Chahar provinces when it
was organized last December 18, as a
compromise answer to demands for
North China independence, was said
to have been inspired in his new stand
by officers of the famous 29th route
army.
These officers gallantly defended
the Great Wall passes against Japan
three years ago.
Japan, nevertheless, was taking
steps to accommodate its ever-increas
ing troops in North China, which to
day its estimates stated total around
10,000.
At Tientsin the municipal authori
ties orderd the arrest of those respon
sible for Friday night’s railroad
bombings “within three days,” no
matter what their nationalism.
Also at Tientsin, Japan’s highest
military officers were called to con
fer for consideration of possible con
sequences of the bomlbings which
menaced Japanese troop trains.
Informed observers believed the
conference might result in new and
drastic Japanese demands, leading to
ward extension of Japanese military
occupation.
GARDEN HOMES AIM
OF HOUSING BOARD
Low Cost Homes for Low Income
Classes in City Suburbs Pro
posed in New Plan
Washington, June 1 (AP)—The Fed
eral Housing Administration explain
ed a new program today calling for
construction of thousands of "gard
en homes" in semi-rural areas.
Officials expressed hope that un
der It private interests would take
over the major housing problem—
how to provide moderately-priced
homes for low income classes.
Reported to have the endorsement
of President Roosevelt, the plan was
said by Housing Administrator Ste
wart McDonald to call for the estab
lishment of industrial workers in
areas several miles outside large cities.
These homes, McDonald said, would
he situated on one to two acres of
land. The home owners would raise
produce for their own use, he said,
and would have the advantages of
country life, plus the conveniences
of the city.
In the past, McDonald said, lenders
have been reluctant to go into the
semi-rural field. He expressed con
fidence, however, that private capital
would flow out for this type of con
struction .
2nd Place
Contest Is
Looming Up
Horton Appears
Somewhat Favorite
To Lead Lieuten
ant Governor Fight
Dully Dispatch Btirenn.
In The Sir Walter Hotel.
Hr J. i\ BASKF.RVIM,
Raleigh, June I.—The contest for
the nomination for lieutenant gover
nor in the Democratic primary Sat
urday of this week, i® beginning to
arouse more interest than at any
timd so far. Indications point to a
rather spirited contest at the polls be
tween the three contests for the nom
ination, State Senator W. P. Horton,
of Pittsboro, Chatham county; State
Senator George McNeill, of Fayette
ville, Cumberland county, and State
Senator Paul D. Grady, of Kenly,
Johnston county.
The fact that the contest for lieute
nant governor has been so overshad
owed by the intesest in the campaign
for governor, is regarded as unfor
tunate by many close political obser
vers, due to the fact that in many
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Americans Facing
Nicaragua Danger
Managua* Nicaragua, June I.
(AP) —United States citizens were
warned to seek safety today as
rebel troops surrounded the presi
dential palace, cutting President
Juan B. Sacasa and his bodyguard
off from the outside world.
Hostilities between armed forces
of the palace and guardsmen start
ed yesterday with machine guns,
rifles and some artillery.
The first assault failed. Uncon
firmed reports said four or five
persons were killed and a number
wounded in the presidential man
sion. A few civilians were killed
by stray bullets in the capital.
A concerted movement was re
ported among United States, Mex
ican and Central American diplo
matic representatives to appear to
both sides to cease firing between
the opposing forces.
DEATH FIGURES IN
LMWFOR
Roy Pidcock, of Detroit,
Hanged 24 Hours After
Slaying of Charles
A. Poole
DOZEN DEATHS ARE
BEING SCRUTINIZED
Pidcock Believed By Some
To Have Suicided, But
Friend Says He Had Been
Asked To Join Legion;
Two Detroit Judges Under
Subpoena for Inquiry
Detroit, Mich., June I—(AP1 —(AP) —Death
crossed the sinister trail of the black
legion again today.
Authorities sought to learn if co
incidence alone explained the hanging
of Roy Pidcock within 24 hours after
the slaying of Charles A. Poole, which
unmasked the night riding terrorists.
Adding the supposed suicide of Pid
cock on., a Canadian island to a list
of a dozen deaths under Bcrutinity for
possible black legion connections,
State police also pressed their inves
tigation of the shooting of John L.
Bielak, an active member of the Unit
ed Auto Workers Union in 1934.
The “excution” of Poole, the one
death definitely attributed to black
legionnaires, occurred on May 13.
Pidcock, 32-year-old steel worker,
disappeared from his home the same
day. His body was found hanging in
a hut on an uninhabited island in
Canadian waters of the Detroit river
the following day.
State police asked Canadian au
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M HM TO WIN
Proposal to That Effect Is
Made by His Manager,
Willie L. Lumpkin
Dnlly Dispatch Biirean,
in The Slt Walter Hotel,
By J. C. BASKERVIIdL
Raleigh, June I.—A proposal by Dr.
Ralph W. McDonald to the other can
didates for the Democratic nomina
tion for governor that the high mart
in the primary get the nomination,
regardless of whether he has a ma
jority or not, and thus eliminate the
possibility of a second primary, was
made today through his manager,
Willie Lee Lumpkin, his headquart
ers announced. Such an agreement
would “spare the voters the rigors
of a second primary campaign and
mean a considerable saving to the
taxpayers,” Lumpkin declared.
“Each of the manager® for the three
major candidates for the Democratic
nomination for governor has predict
ed that his candidate will lead the
field in the first primary,” Lumpkin
said. “I know that the second high
candidate is entitled to a run-off. But
I propose to the other candidates for
governor that all the candidates en
ter into a pulblic agreement to allow
the first primary leader to be declar
ed the Democratic nominee.”
"I am perfectly willing to enter such
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OUR weatherman"
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair, slightly warmner in ex
treme west and extreme southeast
portions tonight; Tuesday increas
ing cloudiness, becoming unsettl
ed.
Congressman Zioncheck Is
Committed To Hospital As
Being Os An Unsound Mind
Her Lawyers Ciet a Million
Traveling alone, Libby Holman Reynolds (above), famous torch singei
and widow of the tobacco heir, Zachary Smith Reynolds, is shown at
Baltimore as she met Bennett Polikoff, one of her three attorneys who
were awarded $1,000,000 for their legal action in settling the estate of
her husband. Libby’s young son, Christopher Smith Reynolds, will re
ceive $7,000,000 of the $28,000,000 estate/ Central Press)
1933 New York Wage Act
Is Invalidated By Court
Labor Chiefs May
Suspend 9 Unions
Washington, June 1. —(AP)-—Au-
thoritative sources said today the
chiefs of the American Federation
of Labor are planning to suspend
nine unions which adhere to the
industrial union policy of John L.
Lewis, Miner Workers* president.
STS
Says Senator Has Remained
in Washington Fighting
New Tax Bill
Raleigh, June 1. —(AP)—R. T. Foun
tain, an opponent of Senator J. W.
Bailey, for the Democratic nomina
tion for the United States Senate,
charged today “Bailey has been in
Washington fighting [the Roosevelt
tax measure,” and asked the senator
to explain his opposition.
Bailey issued a week-end statement
in which he denied he had opposed
the administration, in reply to earlier
attacks by his three opponents, Foun
tain, David L. Strain and William H.
Griffin.
Fountain’s new attack quoted Chair
man Doughton of the House Ways
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Italy Will
Defy League
On Ethiopia
Rome, June 1. —(AP) —Italy prepar
ed a display of potential force today
to backstop her annextion of Ethio
pia before the League of Nations.
Premier IMiussolini decided to send
more than 1,000,000 soldiers in a test
mobilization to the northern frontier
at the same time the League Council
resumes on June 15 its discussion of
the Italo-Ethiopian war.
The exhibition is intended to prove
the Fascist nation stands behind the
declaration of its dictator that Ethi
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PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
U. S. Supreme Court Hands
Down Another Five-to-
Four Decision on Min
imum Pay Law
MEASURE RELATED
TO WOMEN, CHILDREN
Legislation Challenged By
Brooklyn Laundry Manag
er After Being Indicted;
“Due Process” Clause Bas
is for Undoing; Like Deci
sion in 1923
Washington, June I.—(AP) —By five
to four, the Supreme Court today de
clared unconstitutional a 1933 New
York law establishing minimum
wages for women and children.
Justice Butler spoke for the ma
jority.
Chief Justice Hughes and Justices
Brandies, Stone and Cardozo dissent
ed.
Justices Roberts, Van deVanter,
Sutherland and Mcßeynolds sided
with Butler.
The legislation had been challenged
iby Joseph Tipaldo, Brooklyn laundry
manager, who was indicted for for
gery in an alleged attempt to con
(Continiied on Pace Five.)
Governor Poll Produces
Three Ballots For Week
Otherwise Final Tabulations for Vance and Warren
Counties Remain as Last Week; Last Statewide
Totals To Be Publish ed Next Thursday
Only three ballots came back last
week for the gubernatorial straw bal
lot being conducted in Vance and
Warren counties by the Henderson
Daily Dispatch as part of the State
wide poll carried on by a total of 25
daily newspapers. Two of these
three were for McDonald, one each
from the two counties, and the other
was a Warren county male vote for
Graham, and an unemployed man.
Both the McDonald votes were
from the farm, that from Warren be
ing a man, and the one from Vance a
rural housewife.
The result is that there are few
changes in the totals for this terri
tory as announced a week ago. It v/ill
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POLICE ACT AFTER
THE NAVY HOSPITAL
District of Columbia Sani
tary Officer Signs Charge
In Papers of
Committal
RECKLESS DRIVING
CHARGES RECALLED
“ t
'Commitment Says Zion
check Drove Down Busy
Sidewalk at 60 Miles An
Hour; Patient Himself
Asks That He Be Given
Thorough Examination
Washington, June I.—(AP)—Rep
resentative Marion Zioncheck, of
Washington State, charged today in
an order commiting him to Gallinger
hospital, with “being of unsound
mind.”
The charge was sworn by E. P.
Stump, sanitary officer of the District
of Columbia.
Commitment was presented when
police took Zioncheck to Gallinger
hospital after arresting him at the
naval hospital. During the morning
•the representative had called at the
White House executive offices twice,
asking to see the President.
The commitment read:
“The admission of Marion A. Zion
check (congressman) to Gallinger
hospital Is requested for observation
and a report on his mental status.
The charge of unsound mind la made
by E. P. Stump, sanitary officer of
the District of Columbia.”
On the back of the order was the
following notation iby Inspector Ber
nard Thompson, chief of detectives:
“This man has been driving his au
tomobile in a reckless manner over
the streets of the District of Colum
bia and annoying prominent officials
and citizens and is believed to be of
unsound mind."
His arrest climaxed a day of excite
ment, during which Zioncheck drove
down a busy sidewalk and visited
police court at 60 miles an hour.
Naval hospital officials said Zion
check had reported voluntarily to the
institution a few minutes before po
lice arrived to arrest him.
“All I want,” Zioncheck cried, as
two detectives took him away, “is to
be givne a thorough examination.”
Queen Mary
Arrives On
First Trip
Aboard the S. S. Queen Mary, at
Quarantine, In New York Harbor,
June I.—(AP) —The Queen Mary, Bri
tain's greatest liner, completed her
maiden voyage across the Atlantic to
day amidst the colorful scenes of an
enthusiastic welcome, but she failed
to take the blue ribbon of speed away
from the Normandie.
The Queen Mary dropped anchor at
Quarantine, In lower New York bay,
at 9:10 a. m. eastern standard time,
after passing Ambrose Lightship at
8:03 (eastern standard time).
Averaging 29.133 knots an hour on
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be remembered that the last batch
ballots was mailed on Thursday, May,
14, throughout the State, so that there
has been ample opportunity for every
one to return the ballots received if
they are to be returned at all.
The last Statewide tabulation on the
poll will be published in the Hender
son Daily Dispatch next Thursday.
Final fiugres for Vance county show
the following results:
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald. 123; A. H.
Sandy Graham, 52; Clyde R. Hoey, 27;
John A. Mcßae 1.
For Warren county the final fig
ures follow:
McDonald, 72; Graham 17; Hoey,
15; Mcßae, 0.