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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR TOBACCO PUCES HIGHER ON BORDER BELT WAR BY JAPAN AND CmNHONIERED Japanese Military Activity In North China and Inner Mongolia To Be Speeded Up SPURRED BY BOOST FOR RUSSIAN ARMY Japan Claims China Has Refused To Settle Diplo matically for Score of Out standing Issues; China Says This Is Distrust and Fear of Japan Peiping, China, Aug. 13. —(AP) — Armed conflict between China and japan over a long series of differ ences was looked upon in informed circles today as not improbable with in a short time. japan’s military activities in North China and Inner Mongolia, which it is believed will be speeded up because of a Moscow announcement increas ing the size of the red army, have greatly aggravated the tension be tween Nanking and Tokyo. Japanese said efforts to induce China to undertake diplomatic settle ment of a score of outstanding issues had failed. The Chinese, in turn, said this was the result of China’s fundamental dis trust and fear of Japan, which they allege under a guise of economic de velopment was attempting to establish a military hegemony. American authorities here frankly stated a virtual deadlock in diploma tic activities between China and Japan did not augur well for peace in the Orient. Astor Case Settlement Agreed On Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 13 (AP) —A settlement agreement ending the sen sational child custody fight between Mary Astor, movie star, and her ex husband, Dr. Franklin Thorpe, was approved today by Superior Judge Goodwin J. Knight, Attorney Ethel M. Pepin said. CURTAIN GOING DOWN ON SENSATIONAL MOVIE CASE Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 13 (AP) — An agreement sealing shut Mary As ter's frank diary of film colony life and granting the pretty actress par tial custody of her little daughter tarted the curtain downward today on one court drama —tout disgruntled others threatened more fireworks. Cutting short a bitter court bat tle, attorneys for Miss Astor and her former husband, Dr. Franklin Thorpe completed for the judge’s considera tion an agreement assigning to mys terious hiding the diary. Its con tent Dr. Thorpe's counsel said, would have exploded in the face of several prominent persons. But Miss Aster’s accusations in at tempting to break the full custody order held by her former husband that tihe physician hs&d associated with other women left open the pos sibility of new sensations. Paul Schofield, film writer, whose wife’s name was linked with Dr. Thorpe by an Astor witness, said em phatically: “Depend upon it. I’m going to take legal steps to refute that slanderous (Continued on Page Six.) Effort To “Get” Waynick Has Complicated Aspects Chairman and Members of to Blame for All Troubles Legislature to Blame Dally DlHpnti'h l(arena, i In The Sir Walter Hotel. By J. IJ. UAHKfCIIVILJ Raleigh, Aug. 13.—The movement! now generally conceded to be under way to “get” Chairman Capus M. Waynick, of the State Highway and i’uhiic Works Commission and pre vent his reappointment as chairman when Clyde R. Hoey takes office in January, as well as the widespread dissatisfaction with the present high way commission, has an involved and complicated background, according to those who have been following the ins and outs of the now generally ad mitted wave of resentment against ihe commission. For it has been an HENDERSON _ HntiU'rsmt tlatht Htsprafrh LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED TRESS. President in Surprise Visit to Cleveland Expo The showboat, Moses Cleaveland, Inset top, scene of President Roosevelt’s conference and speech; Gov. Martin L. Davey of Ohio, inset below. Other governors invited, left to right, are Herbert H. Lehman of New York, Paul V. McNutt of Indiana, Philip La Follette of Wisconsin, Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota, George A. Earle of Pennsylvania and Frank D. Fitzgerald of Michigan. Minnesota’s Forest Fire Is Unabated 25,000 Men Unable To Check Towering F lames Doing Ter rific Damage There St. Paul. Minn., Aug. 13 (AP) — Towering flames spread swiftly through a northern wilderness today despite the effort of 25,000 grimy men who labored under increasing haz ards. Official pessimism grew. Adverse winds and low humidity handicapped the fire-fighting forces. But they struggled to stem the fiery onslaughts as Minnesota State Forester Grover Conzet warned: “Anything may happen.” Hundreds of men were picked up on the street sos International Falls, Minn., and enlisted along adjacent highways. They joined 1,000 striving to head off an uncontrolled blaze on the international boundary north of Kabetogama Lake which broadened after blackening 6,000 acres. Trucks rushed CCC reinforcements (Continued on Page Six.) Highway Commission Not They Are Credited With; for Waning Funds I open secret for weeks that a big fight I has been brewing over the roads and | the highway commission and that all those who are disgruntled with the present highway set-up are going to make a bitter fight on both Waynick and the commission in the forthcom ing General Assembly. Those who have been following the course of this dissatisfaction, how ever, are convinced that both Chair man Waynick and the members of the commission are more victims of circumstance than anything else and that many of the grievances against (Continued on Page Three.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA President Roosevelt, deciding, to include the Great Lakes exposition at Cleveland as an extension of his tour of western Pennsylvania and New York flood regions, announced that he had invited the gover nors of eight states bordering on the Great Lakes to meet him there Friday for a conference. Ar rangement was made for a luncheon aboard the HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 13,1936 Collapse Os Revolt In Spain Within Few Hours Is Predicted In Madrid Loyalist Advances and Re pulse of Rebels on Seve ral Fronts Form Basis of Claims REBELS PUSHING ON FOR SAN SEBASTAIN Miners in Northwest Sup port Government Defense; France Awaits German Note of Assent To Com plete New General Euro pean Neutrality Accord/ (By The Associated Press.) Collapse of the Fascist revolt a gainst the Madrid communist-socialist regime within a few hours was fore cast today by the Spanish govern ment. Advances against the rebels, who have fought for almost four weeks to establish a dictatorial government in Spain, and repulse of rebel offensives on various fronts were pictured in (Continued on Page Eight.) * State Due Big Sum On Electricity College Station, Raleigh, Aug. 13. North Carolina stands in line to re ceive $1,00(1,000 to $3,500,000 from the Federal government for electrifying rural communities during the 1936-37 fiscal year. The National Rural Electrification Administration hag allotted $1,000,000 to this State for loans to be used in, constructing rural power lines and wiring farm homes. An additional $2,500,000 may be al lotted if the REA is convinced that (Continued on Page Three.) showboat Moses Cleaveland, moored at a pier abut ting from the exposition grounds on Cleveland’s lake front. The president’s visit coincides with the opening session of the convention in Cleveland of the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin’s National Union for Social Justice, transferring the spotlight from that group for the day. — Central r Says South Has Helped Weed Drop Dillon, S. C., Aug. 13.—(API—B. D. Hill, chief of the tobacco division. Department of Commerce, attributed the decline in American exports of tobacco in recent years to general world conditions and increased produo tion of tobacco in other countries in an address at the opening of the Dil lon tobacco market. “What the future will bring forth,” he said, “is problematical. Your type of tobacco leads in the export trade, and any adverse effect upon that trade as a whole is reflected directly on the farms of South Carolina grow ers.” Hill said growers had benefitted temporarily by increased values but that this was a factor in declining exports. Values necessarily placed upon your (Continued on Page Six.) Roosevelt Sees Damage by Flood En Route With President Roose velt to Johnstown, Pa., Aug. 13. (AP)—Off on a swift-moving flood survey control trip through Penn sylvania and New York, President Roosevelt today set himself to view personally before dusk some of the area inundated by last spring’s overflows. As the presidential special train moved across Maryland and into Pennsylvania, Mr. Roosevelt had before him not only the subject matter of addresses to be delivered tomorrow at Cleveland and Chau tauqua, N. Y., the latter on for eign affairs, but also a tax revision suggestion by Secretary Morgen thau. GROWERS PLEASED WITHAVERAGESON SEASON’S OPENING I Brisk Sales Range From $2 to SBO Per Hundred on Floors of Various Markets CROP SELLING FINE, KNOTT WIRES HERE “Prospects for Us Bright,” Henderson Warehouseman Wires from* Fair Bluff; Heavy Offerings on Most Markets, With Large Sales for Day Certain SELLING FINE A telegram was received this afternoon by Boy O. Rod well, vice-president and cashier of the Citizens Bank &' Trust. Company, from G. W. Knott, Henderson warehousemen, at Fair Bluff, N. C., observing the opening sales, and which read: > h “Tobacco selling fine, especially better and medium grades. .Pros pects for us bright.” Florence, S. C., Aug. 13. —(AP)—To- bacco Bales on the 21 markets of the Carolirras “border belt” opened briskly today. Renort from over the belt indicated growers were pleased with the open ing prices. The Mullins market opened its auc tioning at 9 a. m., with more than 1,500,000 pounds on the floors of the eight large warehouses there. Early estimates said prices apparently would average about 25 cents a pound for the day. Opening bids ran from $5 to S6O per 100 pounds. Dillon warehouses were jammed with an estimated 300,000 pbunds for the first sales. Pile prices were low, with first bids ranging from $5 to $45 per 100 pounds. Officials estimated the day’s average would amount to $23 to $25 per hundred. At Lake City a check upon 100 of (Continued on Page Six.) lewisTankls 10 BE KICKED OUT Rebel Union Group Wants A. F. of L. Convention to Expel Them By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, Aug. 13. President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers and the approximate 1,000,- 000 members of his affiliated unions, enlisted in the campaign for indus trial labor organization, undoubtedly want to be expelled from the A. F. of L. It would not be good policy for them to admit it, out and out, but they almost do so. They were hopeful of expulsion by the A. F. of L.’s executive council, at 'Continued on Page Three.) Will Not Reveal Tests of Slayer Asheville, Aug. 13. — (AP) —Coun- sel for Martin Moore, 22-year-old Negro who Sheriff Laurence Brown said admitted killing Helen Clevenger here, said today they woidd not divulge findings of psy chiatrists who examined the Negro until he goes to trial. Dr. B. E. Morgan and Dr. Charles A. Hensley made the examination yesterday at the request of defense attorneys, soon after Solicitor Zeb- V. ; Nettles had announced Moore would be called to trial in superior court here Wednesday. Sheriff Brown also questioned the prisoner about his confession, hut, asserted the Negro declined to make any changes in it. 011ß WEATHER MAN,, ' FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight; Friday partly cloudy to unsettled. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. WHITE HOUSE SAYS NO NEW TAXES WILL BE ASKED IN 1937 WPA Storm Center [Mrs. Sarah S. Dennen (top) quit as head of the New York WPA wo men’s division because “the WPA is 'abetting Communism.” Her resign nation was accepted by Lieut. Col. jßrehon B. Somervell, New York ad ministrator, with the remark that “men don't engage in controversies v.!ih women.” Central Press) Democrats Will Elect A Chairman State Executive Committee Meets in Raleigh Tomorrow Night for Purpose Raleigh, Aug. 13.—(AP) —The Dem ocratic State Executive Committee meets here tomorrow night to elect a chairman, a vice-chairman and secre tary and transact any other necessary business, with eyes trained on the fall campaign. The chairman will be designated by Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, the Demo cratic gubernatorial nominee, and if he has divulged his choice the capital city has not been able to ascertain it. Most speculation brings in the .name of the present chairman, J. Wallace Winborne, of Marion, to continue m the post, but numerous other names are also talked. At Greenville, Mrs. J. B. Spillman (Continued on Page Three.) Retail Sales Rise 34.6 Pet. Fo r July, Best For District Daily Dmpntrk Bar«ai, In The Sir Walter Hotel, Vt J C. BASK.JSH.VILI> Raleigh, Aug. 13 —Retail ales in North Carolina showed an increase of 34.6 per cent in July as compared with an increase of only 2.5 per cent in July a year ago, and as com pared with a gain of only 15 per cent ir. July for the four states in the fifth jFederal Reserve district, and ian average gain for the United States of only 14 per cent, according to the retail sales report for July just is sued by the Federal Reserve Bank of 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Announcement Follows Roosevelt Conference With Morgenthau, Doughton, Harrison MAY BE POSSIBLE TO REDUCE LEVIES Nuisance Taxes and Those Hard To Collect May Be Eliminated Or Altered; Rise in Business Volume May Bring Balanced Bud« get at Very Earl/ Date Washington, Aug. 13 (AP) —A White House tax confer ence today produced an an nouncement that no new taxes would be recommended to Con gress at the next session, and that a thorough going study to begin immediately may, in fact, lead to reductions. Secretary Morgenthau, Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Com mittee, and Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Commit tee, met with the President, just prior to his departure from Washington on a drought inspection trip, to study a recommendation made to the chief executive by Mr. Morgenthau that: “Any changes in the tax structure should, therefore, not be in the di rection of increased taxes. But this very situation makes it possible and timely for us no wto consider revision of the tax laws with the purpose of removing any inequities or unneces sary administrative difficulties that may jje, inherent in the law and abatn gor modifying taxes that cre ate unfairness to consumers or to trade, or have other disadvantages (Continued on Page Six.) SUmIAGE Attorney General Cummings Sends Data to Little Rock Grand Jury Washington, Aug. 13.—(AP)—Attor ney General Cummings today acted to send a Little Rock, Ark., grand jury a report which he said contain ed evidence of possible violations of the Federal peonage laws by south ern planters. The report, prepared by Samuel Whitaker, a special assistant to Cum mings, contained “conflicting” evi dence, the attorney general said. He declined to explain use of the word “conflicting,” hut said there was a question as to what Federal laws were involved. Whitaker’s investigation, Cummings added, failed to produce any evidence that a Federal statute had been violat ed in connection with the alleged flog gings of Miss Willie Sue Blagden, Memphis, Tenn., social worker, and Rev. Claude C. Williams, of Little Rock, near Earle, Ark., last June 15. Announcement late yesterday of the department’s action was greeted with outward unconcern by Arkansas planters. Miss Blagden, here to lecture on living conditions of southern cotton workers, said she was “very glad" to hear that the Justice Department was going "to carry on” the peonage charges. Richmond, Va. The four states in the fifth Federal reserve district are Virginia, West Virginia, North Caro lina and South Carolina. The average increase in (retail sales in these four states in July was 15 per cent more than the sales in July, 1935, the report shows, and the cumulative sales for the first seven months of 1936, from January through July, were 10 per cent greater than the cumulative sales for the corres (Continued on Page Three.)
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