HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR
tOOO FEDERALS SLAIN; MADRID MAY FALL
DEAD GIRL’S UNCLE
CONVINCED SLAYING
WAS “INSIDE” JOB
Prof. Clevenger Says At Ra
leigh He Would Not Be
Surprised by An
Early Arrest
BITS OF EVIDENCE
ARE BEING TESTED
Hoover’s Bureau In Wash
ington Aiding in Inquiry;
Sheriff Brown Says Case
Will Crack Yet, Though
His Two Weeks Deadline
Has Already Passed
Asheville, July 30 (AP)—The two
weeks Sheriff Laurence E. Brown al
lotted to "crack” the Clevenger case
ended today with the murder mystery
apparently still far from a solution.
Brown, the chief investigator of the
hotel-room slaying of 18-year-old Hel
en Clevenger, said, however, he was
still confident of solving the crime,
though it might take a long time.
At Washington, J. Edgar Hoover,
chief of the bureau of investigation,
gap or tied thiree Asheville detectives
had turned over to him “several
pieces of evidence” which he was hav
ing studied by chemists in the bu
reau's laboratory.
Hoover said he could not tell how
long it would take to complete the
He declined to describe
the nature of the evidence which
Asheville authorities were said to be
lieve would aid materially in identi
fying the slayer.
Statements from persons who stay
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Knox Will Accept
G. 0. P. Nomination
At Meet Tonight
Chicago, July 30 (AP)—{Colonel
Frank Knox, Chicago newspaper pub
lisher and former rough rider, takes
the stage tonight to accept the Re
pub vice-presidential nomination and
to amplify the party’s 1936 challenge.
/The Chicagoan will officially be
notified in ceremonies beginning at
7:30 o'clock, eastern standard time,
at the big Chicago stadium.
His speech was expected to be the
second half df the Republican party’s
statement of aims in the current ca.m
paign.
It will supplement the 45-minute ad
dress delivered last week in Topeka
by his running mate, Governor Alf
M. Landon of Kansas.
Outlook Is
Strong For
’36 Cotton
Washington, July 30 (AP) —A
strong market position for cotton was
indicated today by the Agriculture
department report on world cotton
prospects.
Rising prices during June and early
July were attributed to the high level
,J f world consumption of American
cotton, compared with last year, the
small supply in private hands, reduc
tion in stocks of government financ
-1 d cotton, and a belief that the com-
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Scattered Skirmishes
Reported Over Nation
As Campaign Starts
Washington, July 30 (AP) —Scat-
t'lcd political skirmishing occurred
'ill over the map today, while in Chi
<ago Republican leaders gathered for
the notification of Colonel Frank
Knox, the last formal ceremony be
fore the parties rush to the campaign
wars.
The skirmishing included a speech
b.v Chester C. Davis, prominent New
Dealer, declaring that the country
should be on guard against a "mad
priest,’’ an impractical dreamer, and
a political charlatan. He said at
Blackstone, Va., that "the greatest
danger ahead of America lies in the
false and inflaming propaganda of
the demoagogues.’”
At another point in the campaign
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Find New Clue In
- Clevenger Murder
Asheville, July 30 (AP)—Captain
Fred Jones, ehief of the Asheville
detective force, said today a clue
picked up in the slain Helen Clev
enger’s hotel room, and now being
examined by Federal Bureau of
Investigation chemists in Wash
ington “is liable to break the case.”
"I can't tell you what the clue is”
he said, “but I’ll tell you this. It’s
liable to break the case. It will
either be a strong link in a chain
or it won’t amount to a hill of
beans.”
Hold-UpOf
Reynolds To
Be Dropped
Action of Mexican
Authorities Ap -
pears Satisfactory
to Washington
Washington, July 30 (AP)—The
State Department had not been in
formed officially today of the high
way hold-up in Mexico yesterday of
Senator Democrat, North
Carolina, and it appeared unlikely
that any formal inquiry into the in
cident would be made.
Although declining to comment on
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Farm Belt Desert
Is Not Feared By
Wallace, He Says
Washington, July 30—(AP) —The
hteory that droughts may convert
much of the farm belt into a des
ert is doubted by Secretary Wal
lace.
Asked at a press conference late
yesterday whether he thought the
area would become waste land, the
secretary of agriculture shook his
head negatively, but added:
“The dry years 1930-34 and 1936
make you want to keep your mind
open.”
Wallace indicated a hope that
“the laws of chance” would bring
sufficient moisture to prevent
droughts in coming years.
British-Russian
Naval Agreement
Bared at London
London, July 30.—(AP)—An An
glo-Russian naval agreement “on
all points” was announced in
Whitehall today.
No date was set for signing the
treaty, hut it was stated to be
completely drafted.
All that now remains to be done
officials said, is to inform other
powers which are parties to the
Washington naval treaty, includ
ing France, the United States and
Japan, and other governments with
which Great Britain is now ne
gotiating bilateral treaties.
front Republican Chairman John D.
M. Hamilton struck at six Democrat
ic governors who had criticised Gov
ernor Alf M. Landon’s acceptance
speech. He said at Chicago that they
confessed inability to understand
words "which were perfectly clear to
the American nation.”
Today found the two major party
presidential candidates at widely se
parated spots. President Roosevelt
was at Campobcllo Island, New Bruns
wick, preparing to leave late today
for Canada to discuss possibilities of
joint American and Canadian power
developments at Quoddy and on the
St. Lawrence river.
Governor Landon at Topeka con
tinued to confer with party leaders.
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY . AFTERNOON, JULY 30, 1936
QUEBEC PLAYS HOST TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
The historic city of Quebec plays host to the i
dignitaries of two nations when President Franklin
D. Roosevelt of the United States arrives there
July 31 for a brief visit. Pictured above is an air
view of the city and photos of the three principal I
Florida, Georgia Will Feel
Tropic Hurricane By Night
Jacksonville, Fla., July 30 (AP) —
The Weather Bureau predicted in its
10 a. m. advisory statement that a
tropical storm moving across the
Gulf of Mexico would strike the north
west Florida coast during the mid
dle or latter part of the day with
winds of “probable hurricane inten
sity.”
The center of the disturbance at 8
a. m. was reported at about 80 miles
south of Apalachicola. The storm
SSS
Americans in Inland City in
Dangerous Plight Dur
in Revolution
By CHARLES P. CTEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington, D. C. July 30—It is
noteworthy that the State and Navy
Departments, considering the desir
ability of keeping a squadron of
American warships in European
waters, suggest that such a policy
may be a necessity on account of
“generally disturbed conditions” in
that part of the world.
fThey so not confine themseiiveis
to mentioning conditions in Spain
as disturbed.
They give the impression that
Sf'ain’is d/L c iorders jsimp% have re
minded them of the threat of simi
lar trouble here, there and almost
anywhere—civil trouble or interna
tional trouble, which will make
American Sojourners in whatever
may be the afflicted area mightily
anxious for an emergeucy refuge
under the Stars and Stripes.
All of which goes to show how
lapptrehensive the Washington gov
ernment is in regard to the Euro
pean outlook.
BEING CAUGHT INLAND
An American in an inland Euro
pean city, when an insurrection
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"OURWEATHER MAH
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy, rain tonight except in
northwest portion; cooler except
in north central portion; Friday
cloudy, probably rain in south
*nd eastern parts.
area then was moving at a speed of
from 12 to 15 miles an hour.
Forecasters believed the disturb
ance would strike the coast some
where between Apalachicola and
Pensacola.
Persons in low places were caution
ed against rising tides, which already
were advancing this morning.
West Florida communities battend
ed down to withstand the blow.
Hurricane warnings flew over a
mider area as the Weather Bureau
extended them from Cedar Key to
Corn Acreage Is
Nearly Half Lost
Washington, July 30 (AP)— The
Department of Agriculture report
ed today that about half the total
;orn acreage in the states of Mis
souri, lowa, Kansas, Nebraska,
Oklahoma and South Dakota was
‘damaged beyond recovery for
;rain production” as of July 28.
The department’s Bureau of Ag
ricultural Economics said pro
spects were better in Ohio, Indiana
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota, but “even in most of
these states there aiv sizeable
areas where very little corn will
make grain.”
N mSoSs
Total of 132 Now in Process
of Delivery for Early
Opening
Dally Dispatch n urea a.
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
Hy J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, July 30—A total of 1932
new school buses are now in process
of delivery to 29 counties, principally
in the eastern and Piedmont sections,
wthere “split terms” are still operat
ed, making it necessary for the
school term to begin early in August,
it was learned today from the State
ftrhool Commission.. Under the
“split term” plan, the school session
begins usually the first week in
August, runs until abouc September
15 and then a recess is taken until
about November 1, in order to per
mit the children to help on the farms,
principally with the cotton picking
or other farm work in the late fall.
“Some of these 132 new sohooi bus
es have already been delivered and
the others will be delivered either
by the latter part of tin 3 week or the
first of next week,” Charles C. Brown
in charge of bus transportation for
the school commission, said today.
“Last year we were not able to de-
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visitors. MacKenzie King, prime minister of
Canada, extends the formal welcome to President
Roosevelt on his arrival. A reception for the presi
dent by Lord Tuidsmuir, governor general ot
Canada, follows the program of welcome.
Pensacola.
Southern Georgia was told to ex
pect rain and possibly gales when the
disturbed mass of air moved inland.
Grady Norton, meteorologist in the
Bureau’s' storm warning
service, said the disturbance will
probably lose its force rapidly as it
passes over land. He saw a possi
bility that the drought, still persist
ing in some parts of northern Geor
gia and North and South Carolina,
might be ended when the dying storm
swings over these sectors.
GRISSOM ECONOMY
CLAIMSUNSIABLE
Would Be Impossible to Cut
State Costs As G. O. P.
Nominee Says
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
By J. r, BASKBRVILL
Raleigh, July 30—Gilliam Grissom,
the Republican candidate for gover
nor of North Carolina, is declaring
that if he is elected governor he can
operate the State government so
much more economically than have
past Democratic governors—although
no governor actually “operates” the
State government—-that the sales tax
can be abolished without recourse to
any other revenue.
There are three fallacies in this
statement, however. One is that the
legislature and not the governor de
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Soil Act Is
Liberalized
In New Rule
Washington, July 30. —(AP) —The
AAA today made two new regulations
under the soil conservation act in
tended to help farmers in the east
central region meet drought condi
tions and still qualify for payments
under the 1936 farm program
States in this region are Delaware,
Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina,
Tennessee, irginia and West Virginia.
One change, the AAA said, allows
farmers to qualify land for soil con
servation rating if it is seeded by
September 1 with soil conserving
crops, provided no soil depleting crop
is harvested from the land this year.
The other allows payments for land
seeded with perennial grasses, or on
which green-manure crops are grow
ing, if soil building crops seeded on
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FRANCE MAY ASSIST
LEFTISTS TO STALL
DICTATOR IN SPAIN
Defends Americans
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Col. Stephen O. Fuqua, military
attache at Madrid, is the only Amer
ican army officer in Spain at pres
ent. He is chiefly responsible for
the defense of the Embassy, where
148 Americans have taken refuge.
(Central Press)
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Grower Cut His Crop Un
der Old AAA, But Im
proves His Soil Un
der New Agreement
TOBACCO ACREAGE
ONE-FOURTH LESS
Cbtton Off About Same But
Soybeans Increased 65 Per
cent and Alfalfa 35 Per
cent by Comparison With
1928-32 Period; Erosion
Dangers Explained
Raleigh, July 30.—(AP)—Farmers
and farm women of North Carolina
had the new Federal soil improvement
program explained to them in detail
by J. B. Hutson, director for the east
central region, and heard H. H. Ben
nett, director of the Federal soil con
servation service, point out the ad
vantages of stopping soil erosion and
rebuilding farm lands.
Hutson spoke at the general morn
ing session of Farm and Home Week
on the general soil improvement pro
gram, and a special session devoted
to discussion of the problems of to
bacco farmers.
Explaining the difference between
the old AAA and the new soil pro
gram, Hutson said a farmer contract
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Cooling Rains Bring
Relief To The State
But Wind Hits Crops
Raleigh, July 30.—(AP) —Cooling
and heavy rains, accompanied by
damaging winds in some sections,
visited most of North Carolina today.
Elizabeth City, Edenton and the
Albemarle section in the northeast
ern part of the State were cut off
from communications most of t«ne
night by severe winds and electrical
storms.
At Elizabeth City there was a re
port the wind had destroyed a Negro
school 12 miles from town, but it
could not be verified, due to telephone
lines being out.
Salisbury, in the Piedmont section,
reported widespread minor damage
from winds last night.
Raleigh and Wake county had wind
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Fascist Rebels, Meantime,
Announce Revolt of Gov
ernment Garrison at
Valencia
AMERICANS TRYING
TO FLEE COUNTRY
Some Already at Valencia
and Others Are Headed
There, Despite Outbreak at
That Seaport on* Mediter
ranean; Battle Rages To
Control Zaragoza
(By The Associated Press)
Two thousand loyal troops
marching on the northeastern
Spain rebel stronghold of Zora
goza were ambushed and slain
not far from their goal, rem
nants of their column reported
today.
Mountaineers who had comprised
part of the loyalist troops charged
with destroying rebel control of
Zaragoza related to French officials
across the border that machine gun
fire had been poured upon them at a
path in the hills.
Further, they said, other columns
in the march on the city had to fall
back to reorganize their lines due to
the defeat. .
Fall of Madrid Near
As rebel sources circulated reports
that it would be only a matter of a
few hours until Madrid itself was
surrounded so tightly that foreign
diplomats could not leave, a general
exodus of beleaguered Americans to
Valencia got under way.
(By The Associated Press)
Fascist insurrectionists announced
the revolt of the government garrison
at Valencia, Mediterranean Spanish
seaport, today even as more Ameri
icans fled Madrid toward that city to
escape from revolt-torn Spain.
Thirty Americans already are in
Valencia, nine entrained at the capi-
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Navy \Spy ’
Denies He
Is Traitor
Washington, July 30.—'(AP)—John
S. Farnsworth, whose career in the
American navy ended dismally in
courtmartial a number of years ago,
angrily denied in the District of
Columbia Federal court today that he
had betrayed his country’s defense
secrets to a foreign power.
Strengthened and steadied by a
two weeks “rest” in the District of
Columbia jail, the former lieutenant
commander appeared before Justice
Oscar Luhring to plead innocent to
two offenses charged by a Federal
grand jury.
The indictment, returned by the
jury last week, said Farnsworth had
delivered a confidential navy publi
cation to a Japanese agent in August
1934. It also charged that he attempt
ed to make such a delivery.
Farnsworth was returned to the
district jail after today’s arraignment
to await trial before a Federal court
jury early in October.
and hail last night. The county farm
agent’s office said in some instances
crops in two townships were complete
ly destroyed by hail, which swept an
area about one half mile wide by four
miles long.
The weather was decidedly cooler,
Lee A. Denson, in charge of the
Weather Bureau here, said, after a
hot spell which saw Wilmington have
its hottest weather in 57 years, 101.7
degrees, while other parts of the State
sweltered in unusually hot weather.
The heavy rain, reported generally
from the Virginia line across the
Piedmont and central coastal plains
section, probably would cause rivers
to rise considerably, Benson said,
but no levels could be forecast until
more information is received.