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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEi\R Spanish Rebellion Crushed With Government As Master, Madrid Announcement Says REBELS REPORTED AS IN CONTROL IN SPANISH MOROCCO Routed, However, in Most of Mainland of Spain Under Stern Gov ernment Measures CITY OF MALAGA IS REPORTED BURNING Rebel General Rumored in Flight by Plane; Mutinous Garrisons in Madrid Forc ed To Capitulate; Right ists Put Up Hard Fight for Control l’ralia, Czecho-Slovakta, July *2O (Al*) —Former King Alfonso of Spain suddenly departed today with a large amount of baggage {or an unannounced destination. 'Mien lie disappeared today he was accompanied by the count whose guest he has been. Speculation was aroused as to whether Alfonso might be head ing for Spain. Madrid, Spain, July 20.—(AP)—-The government today announced itself “master” of the situation in Spain after loyal forces, using bombing planes and artillery, had blasted rebels into submission. However, rebels, under leadership of the rightist general Francisco Franco, were reported in control of, Spanish Morocco, where an insurrec tion with rightist tendencies broke out Friday. ■More than 1,000 army officers were announced as under arrest in their commands in Madrid by order of the government. An official statement said province after province was announcing its submission to the government. (Sour ces outside Spain said control over southern provinces had been gained Continued on Page Two.) Huge Film Merger Includes Interest In British Agency New York. July 23 (AP)—A deal consolidating the producing and dis tributing interests of two American and one British film companies was announced today by Joseph M Schenck chairman of the board of directors of the Twentieth Century- Fox Film Corporation. Made public as an agreement in principle, the deal whereby Metro- Goldwyn-Maycr will purchase half of the holdings of Twentieth-Century- Fox in the trust company controlling Gaumont British Films is subject to approval by the board of directors of the three corporations. The amount of money involved in the deal was not announced. T ownsend’s I )elegations Going Home Delegates to Cleve 1a n d Convention Hear Lemke En dorse Pensions Plan Cleveland, July 20.—(AP)—Emotion ally weary delegates to the second Townsend national convention return ed to their homes today with the en dorsement by Presidential Candidate William Lemke of “an old age revolv ing pension” to give “honest and fair compensation to old people.” The Union party’s ticket leader did not directly endorse the Townsend plan in his address, which brought the five-day conclave to a close yes terday. “The details of such legislation must, of course, be worked out by your organization and Congress,” said the representative from North Da kota as he addressed the convention. The question of how the Townsend family would vote in the November national election was officially unde cided as 15,000-odd delegates returned to all sections of the United States to carry on their battle for Townsend endorsed senatorial and congressional candidates. MntiU'rsmt Datlu Htspatrir ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA LEASER WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Sudden Death Reaps Big Toll During Week-End In Various Parts Os State King’s Attacker | mmm I I I Central Press Soundphoto George Andrew McMahon Ceneral Press brings you a radio* photo of George Andrew Mo* Mahon, who attempted to shoot King Edward VIII of Great Brit ain as he rode through a London street following ceremonies at Hyde Park. McMahon who was remanded for eight days in which time he was to undergo physical and mental tests, is quoted as say ing, “The king wasn’t hurt in any way, was he? I didn’t want to hurt him in any way. I only did it as a protest.” This radiophoto was transmitted from London to New York and soundphotoed to Central Press in Cleveland. Paramount Suing MGM $4,000,000 Plaintiff Charges Goldwyn Enticed Gary Cooper Away from Their Lot Los Angeles, Cal., July 20.—(AP) — Paramount Pictures Corporation filed a $4,000,000 damage suit today against Samuel Goldwyn, film producer, and the company that bears his name, for allegedly “raiding” the Paramount’s contract list and inducing Gary Coop er to leave Paramount and sign with him. The complaint was filed in United States District Court today. It alleged that Goldwyn, or his re presentatives, lured Cooper away from his home studio last January “by means of falst and fraudulent repre sentations.” This act, the brief stated, was to he kept secret from Paramount exe cutives until the erpiration of his pre sent. contract in December, 1936. The suit asks actual damages of $3,000,000 and punitive damages of $1,000,000. Drought Overcome In The Corn Belt Chicago, July 20.—(AP)— Rains and falling temperature in the wake of destructive winds routed heat and shook the grip of drought on much of the nation’s corn belt today. A gale which struck northeastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri at 55 and 60 miles an hour, killed two persons and injured at least eight last night, but brought rain to some parch ed sections. Twisting north winds, whipping up HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 20, 1936 Traffic Accidents Alone Claim At Least Seven Lives On North Caro lina Highways MANY OTHERS ARE * INJURED IN STATE Week-End Tragedy Toll Is Swollen Also by One Drowning; Two Victims Step In Front of Taxis; Collisions and Blow-Out Account for Others Charlotte, July 20.—(AP)—“Sudden death” struck heavily in North Caro lina over the week-end, traffic acci dents claiming at least seven lives and injuring more than a dozen persons. Greensboro had two fatalities yes terday. Douglass Glass, young Bes semer City man, received fatal in juries in a truck collision, and Johnny Greggs, 24-year-old Negro, stepped in to the path of a taxi. A thii'd fatality was recorded at Greensboro when Miss Beulah York, 24, of Carroll county, Virginia, died from injuries received Saturday when she stepped in front of an automobile on the Greensboro-High Point high way. A sudden heart attack was fatal to Fred Teague, WPA field engineer, of Granite Falls, while he was driving to Charlotte Saturday. In the ensuing ci’ash of his car six companions were injured. Helen Farmer, 16-year-old Cramer ton girl, suffered fatal injuries when the car in which she I’ode with four companions was wrecked near Gas tonia Saturday night. When a tire blew out near Conover,, West Williams, 28, of Marion, was kill ed yesterday and three other young men were hurt as they were en route home from High Point. iMTs. J. S. Covington, of Rocking- Iham, succombed to injuries she re ceived in the train-automobile crash that claimed three other lives at Asheboro Friday. Six persons were injured yesterday \near (Lourinburig wihen their auto mobile overturned on a highway. The drowning of Zeb Burnett, 23, of Cabarrus county, brought the week end tragedy toll to eight. Labor Will Make Drive For Rayon Washington, July 20.—(AP) —Plans for a drive to bring 55,000 rayon mill employees into the United Textile Workers Union were watched today to see if they would draw support from the committee for industrial or ganization, already backing industrial organization in the steel, automobile ai d rubber industries. Francis J. Gorman, vice-president of the textile union, announced yes terday that the effort to enlist rayon workers would begin August 1, and would include employees at the var ious plants of the Viscose Corpora tion, DuPont, Industrial Rayon Cor poration and American Enka. Labor observers generally expect ed the effort to get the united sup port of the United Mine Workers and eleven other American Federation of Labor Unions which have joined a campaign to bring all workers into one big union. Leaders headed by John L. Lewis, president of the mine workers, are scheduled to meet tomorrow. blinding clouds of dust, swept across eastern Nebraska and western lowa, damaging property and felling power lines. Badly needed showers followed. A tree limb fell through the top of an automobile and crushed to death Forrest Powell, 29, at Indepen dence, Mo. Mrs. McCoy Umstot, 70, was electrocuted when she stepped on a power line blown down at Cameron, Mo. Four were injured when a revival meeting tent collapsed at Pattons bufg, Mo. Rebukes Coughlin Samuel Harden Church Protesting against the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin’s reference to President Roosevelt as a “liar” and a “double-crosser” in hia speech before the Townsend con vention in Cleveland, Samuel Har den Church, above, president of Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, telegraphed a caustic rebuke to the Detroit radio priest. The tele gram said: “I indignantly protest against your calling President Roosevelt a liar and insist that the foul-mouthed and malignant language used by you is un worthy of the privileges of Amer ican citizenship which has been granted to you as an alien.” —Central Press lUbodyfajiT TO BOTH SIDES, AS OBSERVERS SEE II Drys Cannot Complain With Such Men as Varser, Hines, Robinson and Even Beasley WETS ON BOARD ARE BUT MODERATELY SO Gravely Only One from County That Has Liquor i Store; Commission Will Meet Shortly on Call of Chairman Bryant To Begin Its Duties Daily niNimti'h Tlnreim. In The Sir Walter lintel. Raleigh, July 20.—Governor Ehring haus took a year, two months and 10 days to .do it but when Saturday aft ernoon he named his liquor commis sion to make a study of the situation in the State with a view to furnish ing a basis for legislative action, ob servers agreed that his wait was justified. First glance at the personnel will impress the glancer that if the drys do not i redominate in numbers they do in zeal, but a study of the group impresses these 'observers with the balance of the body. The commission is well represented in (business and legal ability. The lawyers rate high, but do not overbalance in numbers. Most prominent in the attorneys is ex Supreme Court Justice L. R. Var ser ,who has been identified with the dry cause 30 years. Scarcely less eminent is Charles Hines, of Greens boro, who once was city editor of one of the dailies of that city, then rose rapidly enough in the legal profession to get near the highest bench. Then Lawyer John M. Robinson of Char lotte, son of the famous Irish jurist W. S. O’B. Robinson, despite his hibernicisms, ranks as the smartest of the near-young barristers, and does it dry. Judge Robinson helped to car ry North Carolina dry in 1908. The judge was a Republican, ,but did not work hard at the trade. Senator Lee L. Graveley, of Nash, isn’t dry, but he isn’t wildly wet. He speaks for a large business which al ways has done more for prohibition, than the organization promoting the cause. Thomas W. Raoul of Asheville, is another in whom the business ap peal is powerful. This pair will know how to make an intelligent survey. R. F. Beaseley, of IMbnroe, has had as much prohibition experience afct his illustrious lawyer-colleagues Judge Varser and Mr. Hines. But the Union man’s mind still is open and if there Continued on Page Five.) OUR WEATHER MAH FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Partly; cloudy tonight and Tues day. Witnesses Are Sought For Contradicting Alibis From Violinist In Hotel Murder Latest Portrait of Slain Girl This portrait of Helen Clevenger is one of the last pictures taken of the New York University sophomore before her southern holiday trip to Asheville, N. C., where, in her hotel room, she was shot to death by an intruder who first ripped her face with a scissor. (Central Press). Major Parties Awaiting Landon’s Acceptance At Topeka, Kans., Thursday Drought, Labor Dissension and Townsend Issue Claim Attention; Farley Deplor es Injection of Racial and Religious Issues into Coming Campaign Washington, July 20.—(AP) — That old problem in politics as in war— tactics—is pushing to the fore as party leaders await the speech by Governor Alf. M. Landon, of Kansas, accepting the Republican presidential nomination in Topeka Thursday. With new and potentially important factors, such as drought, organized labor dissension and developments at the Townsend convention entering the picture daily, all hands are watching to see which particular issues the presidential candidates choose to stress and how they will maneuver their shock troops. None of the candidates has commit ted himself to a hard and fast course, gasEaiile Commission To Study Ad visability of Having Its Own Terminals Dally Dispatch Rmena, In Sip Walter Hate. Raleigh, July 20. —'North Carolina will continue its fight for better gaso line prices and a commission named Saturday afternoon to determine the wisdom of a State-owned gasoline ter minal will lead the campaign. Governor Ehringhaus Saturday ap pointed Representative Oscar Barker, of Durham, chairman of the commis sion, created by a piece of legislation offered by Mr. Barker. The represen tative tied up the General Assembly with some tax measures designed to get at the companies said to be en gaged in sharp practices toward North Carolina. Eventually, Mr. Bar ker had to accept a commission as a ornpromise. The entire personnel Is made up of legislators. The three House members are Mir. Barker, Representative D. L. Ward, of Craven county; Thomas L. Royster of Granville; Senators E. V. Webb, of Lenior, and Harriss Newman, of New Hanover. Both New Bern and Wilmington could operate terminals if tr.ey should be regarded a necessity in this war against the oil companies. Governor Ehringhaus held several Continued on Page Two.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. but all have indicated determination to strike out aggressively with argu ments subordinating party loyalties to fundamental principles. Both Governor Landon and Presi dent Roosevelt have (been in conver sation with their lieutenants on the task ahead. The persuading of Governor Leh man to run for re-election in New York, and the decision of Frank Mur phy to stand for governor in Mich igan had their places in Democratic planning. Mr. Roosevelt is expected to do his share of New Deal speech-maklne. Continued on Page Two.) DROUGHTS BLIGHT^ Small Food Crop Comes on Heels of Three Previous Shortages This is the third and final article by Charles P. Stewart, on the U. S. government’s efforts to comibat the drouth. By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, July 20—Early in the year the crop yield throughout the major part of the agrarian areas of the United States promised to be above the average. No one, except the farmers direct ly concerned, paid much attention. Full and plenty was promised for tlhe autumn harvest. Almost over night the picture changed. A sinister hand turned the crop kaleidoscope. The green of growing grains and the yellow, pro , mising fat ears of wheat and maize, turned brown and then black. Then the shadow spread until now it dark ens, with disaster, more than 89 per cent of our plow lands and adds mil lions to already heavy relief rolls. Striking silently and suddenly, the blight spread to the south and east, Ilfiying heaviesjt on Alabama and Georgia in the south, but also mak ing itself keenly felt in Virginia, Ten- Continued on Page Two.) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY WOLLNER WILL BE FURTHER GRILLED IN CO-EDMING Sheriff Finishes Checking His Claims as to Where abouts Night Killing Occurred SHERIFF CONCEDES CASE A TOUGH ONE Says It Is Titterton Case of South, But Believes It Will Be Solved Within Short Time; Helen Clevenger, New York Student, Slain In Asheville Asheville, July 20. — (AP) —'Four more witnesses have been obtained by Sheriff Lawrence E. Brown to con tradict Mark Wollner’s alibi for the night *Helen Clevenger was slain in her hotel room, he said late today as he deferred his announced plan to question the internationally known violinist further about the brutal killing. Brown said the four, whose names he did not disclose, had given him statements saying they had seen Woll ner at various places outside his rooming house between 9:30 p. m. last Wednesday and 8:30 the next morn ing. He also said he planned to ques tion Harold Gaddy, hotel night watch man. Asheville, July 20.—(AP) —Sheriff LawreiKM E Frown said today he had finished checking statements by Mark Wollner and his “alibi woman,” Mil dred Ward, and late today or tonight would question “my suspect,” Wollner in the slaying of Helen Clevenger. Wollner, international known violin ist, had not been questioned since Saturday night, except briefly after he was taken into custody. No formal charge nas been lodged against the violinist, who was detained for ques tioning. The sheriff said flatly that Woll ncr, Miss Wlard or Daniel Gaddy, hotel night watchman, who was also in custooy, would not be released during the day. The Clevenger slaying was describ ed by Brown as the Titterton case of the South, referring to the murder of Nancy Titterton, writer and wife of a -.broadcasting company executive of New Yoik “We realize we’re got a tough case, just as touh as the Titterton case,” the sheriff said. “It took New York officers two weeks with a whole city police force to solve the Titterton case, and I hope we can solve this one in that time.” The sheriff said he was looking for a number of witnesses who would contradict Wollner’s claim that he was at home all night the night the pretty New York University co-ed was slain. Labor Rows Dot Map In Many Spots Strikes Called, With Others Expected Soon To Be Settled in Places (By The Associated Press.) Labor difficulties dotted the map to day with a mass demonstration of or ganized labor expected in one city, 800 workers on strike in a second, and a peace meeting called in a third, where conferees expected to return 1,500 men to their jobs. The mass demonstration oi labor was scheduled in Chattanooga, Tenn., against two companies, but Erskine Mabee, secretary of the trades and labor council, predicted that negotia tions would soon lead to settlement of both strikes. The strikes were in progress at the Bennett-Hubbard Candy Company for recognition of their union as a .bar gaining agency, at the Pound Build ing, which is being remodeled for oc cupation by the Tennessee Valley Au thority, where workmen demanded higher wages. Private guards and deputies were on watch at the Northwestern Barbed Wire Company plant at Sterling, 111., where strike activities last week re Continued on Page Two.)
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