HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR
MAY REMOVE CROP BARS IN DROUGHT AREA
To Continue Fight,
McDonald Says -As
Vote Count Nears
Defeated Gubernatorial
Candidate Says He’s Al
ways Been Democrat,
Will Stay So
PROGRESS MADE IN
STRUGGLE, HE SAYS
Just Begun, He Declares;
Board of Elections To Can
vass Official Returns Mon
day; Contests by McDon
ald Managers in Many
Counties Rumored
Charlotte, July 7 (Al’)—Unoffi
cial returns from 1,809 of the
State’s 1,858 precincts this aft
ernoon gave for governor: Hoey,
’81.181; McDonald, 21<U>51y
For lieutenant governor, 1,787
precincts have Horton 211,091,
Grady 204,561.
Releigh. July 7—(AP>—The State
Board of Elections will meet here at
ID o'clock Monday morning to can
vass the result of last Saturday’s run
off Democratic primary and certify
the nominees.
Raymond C. Maxwell the secretary
said today he had not received any
reports yet from any counties, as un
der the law they were to canvass the
vote today. Some counties held the
canvasses yesterday.
Maxwell said he had received no
notices of contests of the voting any
wnere, but it was learned the forces
of Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, defeated
gubernatorial candidate, had protest
ed absentee ballots cast in Rowan
county, and a hearing of the charges
was to be set later.
It was learned authoritatively, too,
that managers in a number of coun
ties of the unsuccessful campaign of
Dr. McDonald planned protests. List
ed for possible contests were Bun
combe, Clay, Cleveland, Burke, Yan
cey, Rutherford and Wake counties.
WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT
DK. RALPH MCDONALD SAYS
Raleigh, July 7. —(AP) —Dr. Ralph
McDonald, defeated for the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination, reit
erated today his campaign slogan,
“We have just begun to fight,’’ but
added, “Our fight is in the Demo
cratic party.”
It was McDonald’s first announce
ment since the Democratic primary
Saturday, in which he was defeated
by Clyde R. Hoey l’;y nearly 50,000
majority on the face of unofficial re
turns.
Dispelling speculative reports that
he might run as an independent, Mc-
Donald said:
“We have gone a long way toward
winning out fight for the principles
on which our case is founded.
"Let our slogan continue ot be:
‘We have just begun to fight’ for
these principles. I have always been
a Democrat and I shall remain one.
Our fight is within the Democratic
party.”
Straggling returns today failed to
change the candidates’ relative stand
ing. Unofficial returns from 1.798 out
of the 1,858 precincts gave Hoey 263,-
718 votes and McDonald 210,261.
In the lieutenant governor's race,
W. P. Horton led Paul Grady by 6,000
votes, with 1,768 precincts tabulated.
Thad Eure defeated the incumbent,
Stacey W). Wade, for secretary of
state, by a wide margin.
Contest By
McDonald’s
W ake Group
All Absentee Votes
Cast in County Last
Saturday Are Being
Challenged
Raleigh, July 7.—(AP)—Ben Tem
pleton, appearing on Ibehalf of one of
the Wake county managers of the
gubernatorial campaign of Dr. Ralph
W. McDonald, challenged all absen
tee votes cast in the county in Sat
urday’s primary when the county
board of elections met today.
Templeton filed a written protest
for W. H. Yarborough, Jr., contend
ing the notaries or justices attesting
to the signatures of absentee voters
had not filed a list of the names with
the clerk of the court, as he alleged
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HintiU'rsmt Daily Dispatch
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
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Ruth Bryan Owen
“MEW DHL" FROM
“OLD GUARD’’ NOW
UKELYJOR STATE
Hoey Neither Dense Nor
Dumb and Can Easily
Interpret Handwrit
ing on Wall
KNOW MEANING IN
OPPOSITION VOTES
Leaders of Old Guard So
Badly Frightened by Foun
tain Scare in 1932 and Mc-
Donald Threat Now That
They Will Take no Chance
From Here om
Dull)’ Dlftiiutt'h Bnieim.
In The Sir Walter Hole.,
IM J U. HASH 1011V11,1.
Raleigh, July 7.—The “Old Guard”
is in the saddle again for another
four years after having won out in
the closest, hottest, bitterest, nuttiest
primary campaign in the history of
the Democratic party. But unless the
“Old Guard” changes its tactics and
does something to palliate the violent
disapproval of its past policies, as
shown by the more than 208,000 votes
cast for Dr. Ralph W. McDonald in
the second primary ,and shows more
consideration for the minority group
in tlie party than it has in the past,
this group is going to buck so hard
four years from now that the “Old
Guard” will likely Ite thrown, saddle
and all, and the present minority
group become the majority and the
“New Guard,” many observers here
now frankly admit. They point out
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STAMMS
ARE MUCH WORRIED
They Feel Hoey Will Make
Some Changes Same as
McDonald Would
Dully DiMllMtl’h Iliirfßß,
In Tlie Sir Waller Hotel,
lly J. V. lUSKERVILL
Raleigh, July 7 Despite the fact
that Clyde R. Hoey is now the Demo
cratic nominee for governor and
Ralph W. McDonald only an “also
ran,” the various State appointive of
ficials and their employes are not as
happy as they might be. For in the
208,000 votes or more which McDon
ald received they see some hand
writing on the wall which indicates
that not all of the cogs in the so
called Gardner-Ehringhaus “ma
chine” will be kept by Mr. Hoey aft
er he becomes governor. Most of
them have sufficient political sense
to realize that Mr. Hoey is not going
to run the risk of permitting the Mc-
Donaldites to point accusing fingers
and say “I told you so” by reappoint
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LEASED WIRE SEUVR’E OP
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 7, 1936
The Lowing Herd Bellows for Water and Fodder
.. .
(Central Press)
Bailey Woman Is
Held for Killing
Bailey, July 7 (AP)—The char
red body of a man identified as
Howard Godwin, 49, Wilson county
white man, was found among the
ruins of his home near here early
today, and Sudie Haynes, 33, al
legedly his half sister, was being
held at Wilson charged with burn
ing down the house.
W. A. Weathersbee, Wilson coun
ty sheriff, who investigated the
tragedy and placed the Hanes wo
man un.:er arrest, charged with
arson and murder, said that an
unidentified Negro woman had
toid of seeing a woman pour some
thing on the building. A kerosene
can was found nearby, according
to officers.
Officers believed the fire was
started about 4 o’clock this morn
ing. They arrived about 5 o’clock
and reported finding a skull believ
ed to be Godwin’s behide the
chimney inside the ruins of the
house.
RUTH BRYAN OWEN'
Woman Minister at Copen
hagen To Wed Captain
of King’s Guard
Copenhagen, Denmark, July 7 (AP)
—The mother of Boerge Rohde, 42,
a captain in King Christian’s body
guard, announced today her son
would be married shortly to Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Owen, United States minis
ter to Denmark.
Captain Rohde is due to arrive in
New York in a few days, his mother
said.
The announcement of an impend
ing marriage was a surprise. Even
members of the United States Lega
tion staff said they were without of
ficial knowledge on the subject.
The Danes, however, immediately
began a discussion of whether Mrs.
Owen, who is very popular, could
remain a minister representing the
United States after marrying a Dan
ish officer.
Mrs. Owen, now 50 years old, is the
daughter of William Jennings Bryan,
and has been married twice.
MRS OWNE CONFIRMS STORY
OF HER COMING MARRIAGE
Washington, July 7 (AP)—Mrs.
Ruth Bryan Owen, United States
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ss
Correspondent Senses Glar
ing Hypocracy at Phila
delphia Meeting
By LESLIE EICIIEL
Central Press Staff Writer
“WHAT IS YOUR OUTSTANDING
memory of the two political conven
tions ” a reader asks.
Os the Republican convention:
Kansas women singing hymns in a
crowded hotel lobby in Cleveland;
men —not necessarily Kansans—stag
gering down streets (but nothing in
comparison to Philadelphia).
Os the Democratic convention: The
700 motorcycle police escorting “dis
tinguished” visitors in sleek- high
powered automobiles at top speed; the
shrieking of their sirens one day,
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Social Security Law Urged
Or%Kansas Solons By Landon
Constitutional Changes Per
mitting Legislative Ac
tion Asked of Ex
tra Session
PLATFORM STANDS
CITED SPECIFICALLY
Amendments To Be Submit
ted to Electorate in No
vember by Western State;
Shows Difference Between
Democratic and Republi
can Social Position
Topeka, Kans., July 7.—(AP)—Re
ferring pointedly to New Deal and Re
publican platform differences over so
cial security, Governor Alf M. Lan
don urged the Kansas legislature to
day to draft constitutional changes
enabling compliance with the “final,
settled law” on “this public obliga
tion.”
, The Republican presidential can
didate addressed a joint meeting of
the Senate and House to explain
his reasons for summoning a special
session on State constitutional amend
meats touching on the social security
problem.
Evidencing Landon’s new place as
Continued on Page Three.)
Support Os
Borah Good
For G. O. P.
Landon Much Pleas
ed at Pledge from
Idaho Senator of
Loyalty to Ticket
Washington, July 7.—(AP) —Senator
Borah’s declaration that he “had no
intention of bolting” the Republican
ticket was received with gratification
today by the party leadership.
Governor Landon, of Kansas, pre
paring for conferences with Repub
lican leaders before delivering his
nomination acceptance address and
plunging into the campaign, declared
at Topeka:
“I am happy to have the coopera
tion of Senator Borah in this cam
paign. I long have admired his dis
tinguished career as a great American
statesman.”
The Idahoan’s statement at Boise,
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OUR WEATHER MAN
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair tonight and Wed
nesday, except scattered showers
in mountains Wednesday after
noon.
National League
Beats Americans
National League Park, Boston,
Mass., July 7 (Al*) —The Nation
al League emerged with its first
triumph in four all-star ball
games with the American League
today, winning 4 to 3 before the
smallest crowd that has yet wit
nessed the annual classic.
Blasting Schoolboy Rowe for a
pair of runs in the fifth, after giv
ing Bob Grove the same treat
ment in the second inning, the
Nationals held a 4 to 0 lead over
the Americans after six innings of
the fourth annual All-Star game
played before a crowd of scarce
ly 30,000 fans. Meanwhile, Carl
Hubbell yielded two hits in his
three-inning stretch after Dizzy
Dean had held the Americans hit
less for three frames.
BELIEOISEVELf
NEEDS GOVTEHMAN
G. O. P. Thinks He Felt Un
safe in Home State With
out That Help
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington, July 7. —’Republican
are trying to convince themselves that
the circumstances of Herbert H. Leh
man’s candidacy for re-election to the
governorship of New York imply a
consciousness of weakness on Presi
dent Roosevelt’s part.
The argument is that the president
and his advisers would not have deem
ed it necessary to bring such tremen
dous pressure upon Lehman to seek a
third term if they had not felt un
easy concerning Empire State pros
pects.
As the G. O. P. folk profess to see
it, a gubernatorial nominee is entitled
to count on winning by virtue of a
presidential landslide in his party’s
favor, but they do not think it so
natural for the presidential aspirant
to rely on lesser candidacies to help
him.
A STRONG CANDIDATE
It is agreed Ifcy all politicians that
Lehman is strong in New York, and,
had he said in the first place that he
proposed to run again, most of them
admit that he would have been a
asset.
But when he did not say it, but said
contrary, it seems to the critics that
the White House tenant’s best policy
would have been to reply that, while
he appreciated the governor, he felt
able to take care of himself. Instead
of which the Rooseveltians showed
signs of near-panic and literally im
plored the New Yorker not to desert
him.
It was good advertising for Leh
man; it emphasized the value that the
Roosevelt supporters place upon his
political record ar.d personality. It,
however, gives some color to the claim
that they are aware they need all of
that kind of aid they can get.
CAN HE CARRY STATE?
Well, Lehman yielded.
But, even if he is re-elected, query
the Landonites, is it any certainty
that he can carry New York for the
Democratic national ticket, too?
Governors of New York have been
elected heretofore in years when their
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EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Bandit Gets
$1,200 From
Sou. Boston
Backs Bank Officials
Into Vault Before
Opening Time and
Gets Away
South Boston, Va., July 7 (AP)
A masked bandit robbed the Cit
izens Bank of South Boston of
$1,200 today, forcing Cashier Ar
thur Tuck and two other employ
ees to get into the safe from
which the money was taken.
The three men were white and
wet with perspiration when
Frank West, assistant cashier of
the South Boston Bank and Trust
i Company opened the safe door
by directions shouted through the
door by Mr. Tuck. The bandit
had vanished without a trace.
The gunman followed the jani
tor, Jeter Henderson, into the
building a few minutes after 8
o’clock and drew a gun of him.
He held the janitor at gunpoint
until a clerk arrived a few min
utes later.
There was no warning of the
hofd-up when Tuck entered the
Bank at 8:30 and the bandit turn
ed his gun on him. The cashier
was forced to open the door of
a small safe and take out money
there which Tuck said amounted
to $1,200.
NAME LIODMD^
Ehringhaus To Act Immedi
ately To Assure Reports
by 1937
Dull)’ Dispatch flnreaa.
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
Hr J. O. UASKEIIVILt
Raleigh, July 7—The liquor and
county road debt adjustment com
missions, authorized by the 1935 Gen
eral Assembly to be appointed by the
Governor to make a study of the
liquor situation in the State and to
investigate the claims of some 44
counties which maintain that the
State still owes them money they ad
vanced to the State Highway Com
mission for road building purposes,
will be appointed in the near future.
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus said
today. He declined to state the exact
dates when the personnel of these
commissions will be announced, but
indicated that it would be soon.
Both before and during the recent
campaign for the Democratic nomi
nation for governor, Ehringhaus was
severely criticized by some people be
cause he had not yet appointed these
commissions. He has maintained all
along, however, that since these com
missions are not to report until just
before the 1937 General Assembly
meets, that there was no rush about
naming them and that they did not
need more than six months time to
make their studies and submit their
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
NO RELIEF LIKELY
ANY TIME SOON TO
NORTHWEST FARMS
Wave of Record-Shattering
Temperatures Engulfs
Middle America
for Fifth Day
CROP DAMAGE THERE
NEAR 300 MILLIONS
Situation in Western Min
nesota and Dakotas De
clared Worst in History;
Repayment of Feed and
Seed Loans May Be Dis
carded by Farmer Group
Chicago, July 7. —(AP) —A plea for
removal of crop restrictions in
drought-ravaged states came out of
the heat-harried farm belt today.
A wave of record-shattering tem
peratures engulfed Middle America
for the fifth consecutive day as the
Farmers National Holiday Association
appealed to President Roosevelt and
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to
abandon production curtailment mea
cures.
A searing sun raised the mercury
far beyond the century mark in many
official thermometers yesterday. Si
multaneously the red line of crop
losses advanced toward the $300,000,-
000 level. Commodity prices spurted
upward.
The Weather Bureau could foresee
no rain to ease “the most trying and
damaging period of the drought.” In
stead, it issued the worst possible
news: “No relief.”
John Bosch, head of the Farmers
National Holiday Association, tele
graphed President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Wallace in a plea to end crop
restrictions last night. He advised
them the situation in Western Min
nesota and the Dakotas was the
“worst in history,” and spreading
rapidly.
\ He announced his organizattion—
sponsor of farm strikes in 1932 and
1933—would conduct a series of mass
meetings in western Minnesota to dis
cuss the feasibility of stopping feed
and seed loan repayments to the gov
ernment, and halting rent payments
by farmers, whose fields are (barren.
VOCATIONAL AID TO
STATES INCREASED
Will Be Nearly Five Times As Much
Under New Aet; North Caro
lina Gets $496,851
Washington, July 7. —(AP) — The
Federal Department of education to
day made public figures showing the
states would receive almost five times
as much aid for vocational education
under the George-Deen act, which be
comes effective next July 1, as under
the present George-Ellsey act.
Allocations to the states and ter
ritories under the George-Deen act
total $24,797,496 for the fiscal year
1938, as compared with $3,084,603 un
der the George-Ellsey act for the fis
cal year of 1937. Virtually the same
allocations will be made annually un
der the George-Deen act until 1940.
States and territories must match
funds allocated under the George-
Deen act.
North Carolina will receive under
the George-Deen act $496,851 a year,
compared with $112,967 received un
der the George-Ellsey act.
LewbTWill
Push Fight
For Unions
Threatens To Prose
cute Morgan Com
pany If Violence
Develops in Steel
Washington, July 7 (AP) —Threat-
ening to prosecute J. P. Morgan and
Company if “lawlessness develops”
John Li. Lewis, today signalled full
speed ahead in the campaign to bring
500,000 steel employees into the Amal
gamated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tih Workers.
In a radio speech last night, the
head of the committee for industrial
organization charged that the “over
lords of the steel empire” had declar
ed war” against the unionization
drive.
On the heels of a prediction that
the industry would “deliberately pro
voke strife and bloodshed at the
mills” to discredit organizers and the
workers, Lewis said the high and the
low in steel would be “brought to
justice” if infaractions of the law
were uncovered.