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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR SPANISH FACTIONS BATTLE FOR CAPITAL Expect Arrest Os Clevenger Slayer At Any Hour Now Sheriff Brown Sticks To His Prediction of Cracking Mystery by This Evening MOMENT OF ARREST UNCERTAIN AS YET Sheriff Maintains Silence, However, Excecpt To Say Suspect Is Not One of Three Persons Now Being Held for Questioning in Asheville Murder Ahevllle, July 24.—(AP)—’Sheriff Laurence E. Brown, said today he ex pected to arrest “at any moment now" the ravisher-killer of Helen Clevenger, 18-year-old college girl, slain at her room in a fashionable hotel here. Wednesday night the sheriff an nounced he expected to take the slay er- -"a particular person known to m o"—into custody within 48 hours. Those 18 hours expire at 7 o'clock to night and today the sheriff said: “I still stick by the 7 p. m., dead line." “Have you decided what time today you ’ll make the arrest?” he was asked. “No." The sheriff declined to reveal any thing about the promised “break" in the case, except that the suspect is not one of the three persons now de tained for questioning. “I’ll have to question him (the un named suspect) only three minutes,” the sheriff said, “and then I’ll be able to tell whether to book him on a murder charge.” CROP INSURANCE IS GIVEN ENDORSEMENT Texas Farm Agent Says Commodity Loan Plan Good and He Will Help It Along College Station, Texas, July 24 <AP) —H. R. Tolley, farm administrator, today told a gathering of Texas farrft era he will do all he can to put Sec retary Wallace’s proposed system of commodity loans into effect. In an address prepared for deliv ery here at the annual farmers' short course, he asserted such a program would give additional crop insurance to farmers...which he said they now have to a degree unde.r the existing farm progtam. “To mv mind, the insurance phases of the AAA programs are among their best features. “Tolley said. “Sec retary Wallace feels so, too. and he wants farmers to have additional crop insurance. He would couple it with a system of commodity loans that would store wheat, corn and other crops in time of plenty to he used in the years when drought or other causes reduced production. “I think such a plan is feasible and will do all that I can to help nut it into execution at the earliest pos sible moment.” "Not only will additional protec tion be given the grower but protec tion will he given consumers as well against threats of scarcity or prices that are too high.” TOBACCO RESEARCH SOUGHT BY REVIEW Such’ Foundation Major Need of That Industry, NRA Report Says Wia-hington, July 24.—(AP) —Re- commending establishment of a to bacco research foundation, the Na tional Recovery Administration’s re view division pointed today to such an agency as the major need of the industry. The division undertook a sweeping statistical and analytical study of the industry during the code period, com pleting it after invalidation of NRA. It was made public last night. Fields of research, the report said, includ ed the problems of better curing of tobacco by growers, better methods of marketing the cured leaf, experi mental work in the manufacture of bi-products, distribution problems, foreign markets and relationship as a major tax payer with the govern ment. The study included a survey of wages in the tobacco industry since invalidation of the code, and it said that the largo manufacturers of the cigarette, smoking and chewing to bacco industry had not only maintain ed Lut increased code wages. Criticism was levelled at the Amer v (Continued on Page Eight.) Untiirrsmt tUulu Ufapatrfj ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. “Warns” Townsend illlllllllikA Dr. Clinton Wunder If Dr. Francis E. Townsend in sists on stumping the country with the Rev. Charles E. Cough lin and the Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith in behalf of the third party candidacy of William Lemke, II eastern states which comprise 2,000 of the 8,500 Townsend clubs will withhold their funds. That Is the threat hurled at Dr. Town send by Dr. Clinton Wunder, above, board member and eastern area director of the pension or ganization. —Central Press LEGISLATLIRE WILL FIND IE DIFFICULT TO FIND REVENUES At Most Conservative Esti mates, $12,000,000 Will Be Needed for Hoey’s Program SOCIAL SECURITY IS BIGGEST ITEM More for Schools and More To Replace Restored Food Exemptions; Anti - Sales Taxers May Attempt To Broaden Base of Exemp tions Provided Dully DiN|»nt«*h Hurenti. In The Sir Walter Hotel, Hr ,1. <’ OANKRRVII.I. Raleigh, July 24.—The 1937 General Assembly' is going to have a big job on its hands trying to find the addi tional revenue which will be needed to put the program advocated by Clyde R. Hoey and the Democratic platform into operation, those who are already looking ahead to the 1937 session are convinced. For indications arc that the coming session of the General Assembly will have to raise about $12,000,000 in new revenue if it does nothing more than provide about half tiie increase that will be asked for the public schools, remove the sales tax from essential foods, pro vide for cooperation with the Federal government in social security legisla tion and makes the normal, minimum Continued on Page Two.) QUR WEATHER MAH FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight and Sat urday, preceded by local thunder showers in east portion this aft ernoon and early tonight. HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 24, 1936 UNDON CALLS IN AIDES TO DEVELOP CAMPAIGN PROGRAM To Battle New Deal “Re cord” To Restore Gov ernment to Efficient Basis in U. S. CHAIRMAN HAMILTON SEES THE NOMINEE National Committeemen and State Chairmen Also Call on G. O. P. Candidate Fol lowing Acceptance Speech in Topeka; Would Stop Tumbling With Recovery’ Topeka, Kans., July 24.—(AP)—Gov eronr Alf M. Bandon summoned his chief aides today to develop in detail his strategy for battling what he calls the New Deal “record” in a presiden tial campaign “to restore our govern ment to an efficient, as well as con stitutional, basis.” John D. M. Hamilton, the national chairman, fresh from an eastern swing and conferences with anti- Roosevelt Democrats, was called to the governor’s desk. In turn, visiting Republican chief tains, national committeemen and State chairmen anticipated a personal chat with the presidential candidate. Topping the problems was the itinerary of campaign trips for Lan don, and his running mate, Colonel Frank Knox, of Chicago, Governor Lanoron told a vast throng last night which covered Capitol Square for “notification night” that “the time has come to stop this fum bling with recovery,” and “to restore and maintain a free competitive sys tem —a system under which and only under which can there ibe indepen dence, equality of opportunity and work for all.” KI |S GIVEN HEARING McMahon Remanded To Jail for More Complete Testimony Week Hence London, July 24.—(AP) —George An drew McMahon, bald Briton who drew a revolver at King Edward’s military parade was remanded to jail for a week today after a hearing on a charge of producing a weapon “with intent to alarm His Majesty." The decision to grant a remand pending continuance of the hearing next Friday was made after Alfred Kerstein, counsel for the prisoner had announced MclM/ahon wished to testify himself and to call witnesses. Sitting in the Bow Street police sta tion court room, McMahon heard Special Constable Anthony Gordon Dick tell how he smashed at the pri soner’s pistol hand when King Ed ward rode by on Constitution Hill eight days ago. Other testimony identified the “ob- Continued on Page Five.) WHERE CO-ED WAS FOUND SLAIN I t ij|| ) . .of • Ss ffi:. \s*.+ This is the hotel room In Asheville, N. C., where Helen Clevenger, New York university co-ed, was found slain. The folded blanket marks the spot where Miss Clevenger’s body was found. —Central Pres « U. S. EMBASSY IN MADRID, REFUGE FOR AMERICAN? Photo by Foreign Service Journal U. S. embassy in Madrid, where Americans are taking refuge Americans in Madrid have taken refuge in the United States embassy. From 150 to 200 Ameri Coughlin Due Reprimand From Vatican City Soon Most Branches Os Trade Go Forward V —f New York, July 24 (AF) —Most branches of trade progressed en eretically this week, aided by broadening retail distribution and active preparation for fall, accord ing to Dun and Bradstreet. More comfortable shopping weather was reported. “Most of the wholesale markets were crowded with buyers,” the agency said, “whose . orders were more generous than since 1929. As fewer schedules were abbreviated because of the heat, factory ope rations were widened with heavy goods divisions the strongest fac to rin maintenance of the higher summer level.” SCHOOL COMMISSION WILL FIX SALARIES Flat 4.16 Percent Increase Over Pre sent Schedules Now Indicat ed at Raleigh Raleigh. July 24.—(AP)— The State School Commission prepared this aft ernoon to fix teachers’ salaries for next year, with many members for the commission saying they favored a flat 4.16 percent increase over the present schedules for all teachers. Dr. B. B. Daugherty, chairman of the salary committee, and several other members of the commission, said they expected the flat salary in creases to be voted. | can citizens are believed to be in Spain’s capital I city. Detroit Radio Priest’s De signation of Roosevelt as Liar Stuns Pope’s Entourage CREATES PAINFUL IMPRESSION THERE Coughlin, Meanwhile Makes Public Apology To President * for Language Used; Catholic Bishop Journeying to Rome About Priest’s Activity Vatican City, July 24 (AP)—IA trans-Atlantic telephone conversation between Father Charles E. Coughlin and Vatican officials aroused specu lation today among prelates who ac knowledged that the radio priest’s “liar” attack on President Roosevelt had created a painful impression here. “Whether the conversation, which a reliable source said took place last week, had anything to do with Fath er Coughlin’s subsequent apology and promise to “obey orders” from the Vatican was not disclosed. (Father Coughlin yesterday made public the text of a public apology for terms he applied to the President at a convention of Townsend old age pension adherents recently, but de clared later that he still deemed It best that the President “be supplant ed.”) Prelates were said on excellent au thority to be awaiting with interest the arrival of Bishop Michael Galla gher of Detroit, Father Coughlin’s superior, on the S. S. Rex, Saturday. He will be the key witness in an examination of the radio priest’s cru sading tactics in the United States, a high American prelate said, adding that. Coughlin’s recent assertion that President Roosevelt was a “liar” had caused a painful impression in the Vatican. FfIRLONGSERIFE Three Elements Seek Sup remacy, and Old Bour bons May Come Back By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, July 24. —Such of Washington officialdom as under stands Spain at all i« of the opinion that the peninsula is in for a long period of disorder which may even, tempt foreign interference. ■Spain is one of the queerest coun tries in the world. It is an old saying that Europ© stops at the Pyrennes. To the south ward is Africa. This does not alto gether tell the story, however. Africa is calculable. Spain is calculable as Europe or Africa, either one. There is the old Spain saturated with Moor ish influence, the new Spain which is somewhat Nordic, and the original (Continued on Page Eight.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. 2 American Consul Men Lose Lives Spanish and British Employees of Con sulate at Barcelona Are Slain Washington, July 24. — (AP) —The killing of two men attempting a mis sion of relief for the American con sulate at Barcelona was confirmed to day in dispatches to the State De partment. One of those shot was Santiago It surralde, a Spanish clerk employed by the consulate for many years. The other was an unidentified chauffeur described as a British sub ject. It was not made clear whether he also had been employed by the consulate. Both men set out from the con sulate on July 22 v/ith an automobile Continued on Page Five.) $7,545,915 Ready For Road Work In State This Year Washington, July 24. —(AP) — Federal agencies listed $7,345,915 a*s available for new highway and grade crossing construction in North Carolina at the close of the fiscal year June 30. This included $3,767,106 of the $5,884,927 apportioned for Federal aid highway projects for 1936-37. Other balances listed were $980,- 222 of the $4,720,173 apportioned from the emergency relief act of 1935 for works program highway projects; $2,622,262 of the $4,823.- 958 apportioned for the works pro gram grade crossing projects from the relief act, and $254,591 of the $14,363,234 apportioned for public works road construction under the national industrial recovery act. Election May Influence Trend Os Prices In U. S. But Higher Quotations Over Long Term Are Forecast By Babson; Four Alternates Depending on Roose velt or Landon May Offset Eeach Other BY ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1936, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park, IMlass., July 24.—Com modity prices are more sensitive to the trend of business than any other factor. The possibility that prices may fall, causing inventory losses, post pones business plans; a favorable outlook for prices, on the other hand, hastens business men in placing or ders. This simple statement applies all the way from big department stores and huge construction projects right down the line to backyard manu facturing and modest-home building. That is why everybody is vitally in 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY REBELS SHOW GAIN. ADVICES 10 PARIS FROM MADRID SAY Battle Being Fought at Mountain Pass 26 Miles to North as Gate way to Capital GOVERNMENT SAYS REBELS “FAILING” U. S. Ambassador Claude Bowers and Embassy Staff Are Living in Cellar In San Sebastian, Summer Resort, Reporter in Ruins; Aristo crats Threatened (By The Associated Press). iSpanish fascists and loyal leftist troops battled today 2d miles north west of Madrid for possession of the capital city. Renewing an attack blocked yes terday by liberal artillery, infantry and aii-planes, the Fascist armies of General Francisco Franco, rebel lead er, fought for control of the pass of Guadarrama, gateway to Madrid. Some 6,000 men, bulwarked by the natural protection of the Guadarrama range, defended the pass. Reinforce ments of militia and of assault and civil guards were despatched to their aid during the night. Reports tended to indicate neither side had gained the advantage. Diplomatic dispatches received in Continued on Page Two.) GOVERNMENT SEEKS COURT’S PROTECTION Wants Flood of Suits Against Hold ing Company Act Stemmed Until Test Is Made Washington, July 24 (AP)-JThe government asked the Supreme Court today to protect it against a flood of “complicated” and “expensive suits" until the constitutionality of the 1935 public utility holding company act could be decided in a single test case. Stanley Reed, solicitor general, sought a review of a court of appeals ruling, which refused to delay pro ceedings in seven injunction suits in volving the same statues. Reed told the Supreme Court the government would be burdened with 40 similar suits in 12 different courts, all of them attacking validity of the holding company legislation if the appellate court’s decree was allowed to stand. He said the government preferred to test constitutionality of the law in the Electric Bond and Share Com pany case, brought in the southern district court of New York. Sebastian Dead Alone Near 4,000 (By The Associated Press.) Madrid, July 24.—(AP)—An esti mate of 4,000 dead in bitter fascist leftist fighting for possession of San Sebastian, famous Spanish resort on the Bay of Biscay was made tonight by Colonel Villaneuva, rebel com mander. These casualties added to a roughly estimated 25,000 killed and wounded previously during the insurrection. American Ambassador Claude G. Bowers, who had been summering in Continued on Page Two.) terestd in commodity price trends. Four Alternatives As the situation now lines up it looks to me as though there are four definite price possibilities,—two if Mr. Roosevelt is re-elected and two if Governor Landon comes out. on top. So far in discussing this matter, most every commentator has insisted that there are only two alternatives. If the writer is a Republican, he figures that Mr. Landon’s election means prices will go up while Mr. Roose velt’s victory would put prices down. If he is a Democrat, the story is vice (Continued on Page Three.)
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