HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR 19 PRIVATE POWER COMPANIES REVOKE SUII AGAINST TVA Dismissal in Birmingham Courts Ordered At Re quest of Companies’ Attorneys MOTION TO DISMISS WAS ALREADY MADE Similar Suit Is Still Pending, However, In Tennessee Federal Court; Both Were Filed Last May, Chal lenging Constitutionality of the TVA Act Lexington, Tenn.. Sept. 5 (AP) —The Tennessee Valley Authority’s legal division was notified today that a suit brought against the TVA by 19 private pow T er companies in Federal court in Birmingham had been dismissed at the re quest of attorneys for the pow er companies. James Lawrence Fly .general soli citor for the TVA. said h e was in formed of the action by a Cleveland law firm, acting fo r the power con cerns. The TVA motion in the Birming ham suit asked dismissal on grounds that no issue had been raised by the companies that had not been passed on by the United States Supreme Court decision in the Ashwander case. A suit similar to the one filed in Birmingham still is pending in Fede ral court in Tennessee. Both suits were filed by the power companies last May, and asked that the power program of the govern ment agency be decreed in violation of the Constitution of the United States. "I am pleased to have it reduced to one suit,” Fly said. A TVA motion in the Tennessee suit asked dismissal on grounds of jurisdiction, the Authority contending it could not be sued outside of the northern district of Alabama, its lega’ residence. Arguments on the juris diction question are scheduled before Federal Judge John Gore at Cooke ville, Tenn., next Friday. HIGH AVERAGES ON TOBACCO REPORTED Rocky Mount, Greenville, Goldsboro, Kinston All Show Good Prices On Weed Sales Rocky Mount, Sept. 5. —(AP)—Sale's of 578,780 pounds of tobacco on th® Rocky Mount market yesterday for $135,923.32 for an average of $23.48 per hundred brought the week’s sales the week’s sales here to 2,051,442 pounds for $438,644.06, an average of $23.58. OTHER MARKETS ALSO GET GOOD AVERAGES FOR WEEK Raleigh, Sept. S.—JAP) —THobacca sales on New Bright Belt markets yes terday included: Greenville, 611,126 pounds, $22.50 av erage. Goldsboro, 132,784 pounds, $24.60. Kinston (estimated), 800,000 pounds $25. WILSON REPORTS AVERAGE OF $24.35 IN FRIDAY SALE Wilson, Sept. 5 (AP) —Sales on Wil son’s tobacco market yesterday amounted to 791,458 pounds for an average of $24.35. Sales since the market opened Tuesday totalled 2,- 536,030 pounds, bringing farmers $605- 128.87, an average of $23.86 per hun dred, compared with 3,300,018 pounds for $685,521.71 and $20.77 average for the first four days of the 1935 season. Industry Steps To New High New York, Sept. 5. —(AP) —Steam- ing along at close to the year’s peak, the tempo of industry was speeded up another notch this week. The Associated Press seasonally ad justed index of industrial activity ad vanced to 5.2 from 95.1 last week and compares with 72.7 in the same week last year. Electric power output again estab lished a new peak for any week. Resi dential building pushed ahead to the best figure since July, 1931, with apartt.ment and private home build ing near the big centers outstripping the most optimistic estimates of a few months ago. Railroad carloadingg scored more than a normal rise, with coal ship ments jumping sharply in the face of warnings that the supply this fall and winter might be short. Automobile production fell and steel mill activity and cotton manufactur ing dipped slightly. liroiUTsmt £1 atlit Biapatrh LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. GOVERNMENT GOLD TRANSFERRED TO NEW VAULT p~~" - m •. • The new depository at Fort Knox, Ky. A great portion of the gold supply of the U. S. government is being transferred secretly to this new depository at Fort Knox. Ky.. recently com Ten Rebel Unions Officially Out Os A. F. L., Green Says Gov. Landon Want; Labor To Be Free Topeka, lians., Sept. 5. —(AP)— Governor Alf M. Landon said today in a Labor Day address proclama tion that “labor should be free to organize for fair consideration x x x x forever free from govern mental or any other form ol coercion.” Sininltat/cr.usly with issuance ot the proclamation, the Republican nominee told ;; p *ess conference that f . • f ' g-:- -: j ’ J: | * * f 4 ♦ s i ||ggg' _ ‘ .Xy ' Xx ; : Major William P. Richards (above) of the United States Marines, real ized the ambition of every marks man when he shot the first perfecl pistol score ever recorded by the Navy. Major Richards’ home is ir SDokane. Wash. tCentral Press ] FIREWORKS LIKELY AT LIBERALS’ MEET Statement by House of Sup port for Ticket Not Bind ing, Some Say Daily Dispute!* Rnrena, In The Sir Walter Hote., Ht J. C. BASKERVim. Raleigh, Sept. s.—Everything may not be hunky-dory when the Liberal Democrats hold their first, State con vention here Tuesday, September 8, to complete their permanent organi zation and outline their program for the coming year. It will convene at 12 o’clock noon in the Carolina Hotel and the list of speakers is expected to include Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Winston-Salem, who had the sup port of the “liberal” Democrats for the nomination for governor in the Democratic primaries, although at that time the organization of the Li beral Democrats had not been begun. The present move to form an organ ization of liberals on a statewide scale is conceded to be an effort to or ganize and hold together all those who supported Dr. McDonald into a permanent body with a view to get ting legislation in which they are in terested and to keep their forces in tact until the next gubernatorial pri mary four years hence. All of the speakers who will address the convention of liberal Democrats here Tuesday have been asked to re frain from mentioning anything about the recent primary and to con continued on Page Three.) Tfl FOLLOW NOBLE s Governor Not To Pay Debts With Job, Though Many Want It Badly Dally Uinpntch Rnrenn, In The Sir Walter Hotel, Ity J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Sept. s—ln5 —In spite of the scramble already under way in poli tical circles for the post of assistant commissioner of revenue, which will be vacated by Dr. M. C. S. Noble, Jr. Sept. 15, when he will become an employe of Mr. Rockefeller instead of the State of North Carolina, and in spite of the many names which are being mentioned as “possibilities” for the appointment, no one but Governor J. C- B. Ehringhaus and Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Max well really has any idea of who the ! (Continued on Page Three.) Government Resistance To Rebels Collapses Entirely At Irun In Northern Spain English Woman Flier Is Grounded In Nova Scotia After Crossing Atlantic Mrs. Beryl Markham Be comes First Woman Ever To Make Westward Crossing Alone UNHURT IN LANDING, BUT PLANE DAMAGED Was Heading for New York as Destination; F ought Desperate Weather All Way Across Water and Encountered It Over New foundland m Morning Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Sept. 5 (AP) —(By Canadian Press) — Mrs. Beryl Markham’s tiny mono plane, attempting a trans-Atlantic flight, was wrecked in a forced landing at Balienne Cove, on the northern tip of Nova Scotia, to day. Mrs. Markham was reported to have sustained only scratches about the face. The crash occurred at 12:50 p. m., eastern standard time. Mrs. Markham notified the Cape Breton Air Club that she was safe and asked that a car be sent for her. “The Messenger” was brought down in a field and damaged heavily, re ports here said. PLANE BELIEVED SIGHTED OVER NEWFOUNDLAND COASI New York, Sept. 5.—'(AP) —A plane believed to be that of Mrs. Beryl Markham, flying the North Atlantic alone from England, was reported by the Canadian Press to have passed over Renews, Newfoundland, today at 8:35 a. m., eastern standard time. The Canadian Press said the air plane was flying low and toward the west. The time of the report was 19 1-2 hours after the English society wo man took off from Abingdon, Eng land. An hour and a half earlier the wo man, who said she wanted to be the first to fly the Atlantic from the east to the west, had been reported ap parently sighted nearly 300 miles at sea.. Spectators along the shore of Re news Harbor said the small airplane circled the bay while its pilot appar ently checked maps, then started on a straight line for Cape Race, 25 miles to the southwest. Ten minutes later persons at Cape Race said the plane had reached there. A few minutes later it flew over Brook Point. Cape Race is 1,200 miles from New York by flying line. The coast of Newfoundland wan blanketed by heavy mists and rain. Mrs. Markham fought storms from the moment of her take-off at 12:50 eastern standard time yesterday. The weather off America was cold, misty and harried by a strong north wester. Exports Os U. S. Cotton Show Gains Washington, Sept. 5. —(AP) — An improved position for this country a mong the major exporters of raw cot ton in the world for the season just closed, compared with the previous year, was reported today by the De partment of Agriculture. It said the United States, British India and Egypt exported 11,045,000 baits in international trade in the sea son ended July 31, as against 9,315,- 000 bales for the same countries in the 1934-35 season. This country was said to have sup plied 57 percent of total exports of the three major countries as against 54 percent the previous year. However, last season’s exports were far under the 12,581,000 bales total for the 1933-34 season, and the 1923- through-’35 ten-year average by 12,- 437,000 bales. The German market for American cotton was reported at a standstill be cause of recent trade moves between the two countries. Chinese consump tion of American cotton was at a low ebb, it was said. Japan was the best buyer of Amer ican cotton during the last season, tak ing 1,543,000 of the total exports of 6,267,000 bales, or 25 percent, it was I said. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Flies Atlantic ||||||| ip|||W SJ Mrs. Beryl Markham In a. single-wing monoplane, “The Messenger,” Mrs. Beryl Markham, 31-year-old mother and society wo man of London, has flown alone acros sthe Atlantic, from east to west to be the first woman to accomplish that feat. She started from Abing don, England, airport late Friday, and safely crossed the ocean, but early this afternoon made a forced land ing in Sova Scotia. Her plane was badly damaged, but she escaped with minor bruises. 5! ScAL S Events Like Bombing of U. S. Destroyer Off Spafn Cause Conflicts By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, Sept. 5. —The other day I finished an article dwelling up on the ease with which Uncle Sam, despite all hig efforts to remain neu tral, may be involved in the next overseas conflict, if one breaks out, as seems almost inevitable; soon, too. About the same hour, European time, that I was ending the article, a Spanish airplane was dropping bombs on the American destroyer Kane, in the Bay of Biscay, and the Kane was answering the Spaniards' fire. If this doesn’t prove that the sit uation is critical, I don’t know how it can be demonstrated. MISTAKEN IDENTITY The attack on the Kane wag a ease of mistaken identity on the Span- Continued on Page Two.)