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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR BURGLAR CHARGE IS DROPPED WHEN JURY BANS ALL NEGROES Judge Pless in Mecklenburg Superior Court Quashes Capital Count on Negro SECOND CASE ALSO DEFERRED FOR TERM Attorneys for Colored De fendants Base Stand on U. S. Supreme Court Ruling in Scottsboro Case; Pless Says Negroes Can’t Be Tried if They Object Charlotte, Oct. 7.—(AP) —Judge J. Will Pleas, Jr., today quashed a bur glary indictment against a Negro de fendant and deferred the trial of two Negroes accused of murdering a taxi driver because there were no Ne groes on the Mecklenburg county grand jury that voted the indictments P Judge Pless, in superior court, up held the contention of the defense in the case of Tommie Walls, charged with the capital crime of burglary, that the grand jury was “without constitutional status’’ owing to the failure of the county commissioners to have the Negro race represented. He announced that the trial of Fred Steele and Sam Jones, youthful Negroes alleged by officers to have confessed the slaying of Clifford Fow ler, taxicab driver, last week, would not be called tomorrow, as scheduled, since their attorney had informed him he would raise the same question. Attorneys for the Negroes based their stand upon the ruling of the United States Supreme Court in the Scottsboro case from Alabama. In that the Negro defendants obtained a new trial because members of their race were excluded from the grand jurv. Judge Pless said the situation left the superior criminal court at the mercy of “the whims of the defen dants. who, if they don’t want to be tried, cannot be tried.’’ Before announcing his ruling, Judge Pless hoard Baxter Hunter, chairman of the board of county commissioners, testify that it had been the practice to discard the names of Negroes drawn for both grand and petit jury service. “Why?" asked the judge. “Well, personally, I thought it was for the host interests of the com munity and all concerned,” Hunter answered. Roosevelt’s Last “Eighth, Going Into Action Now, Will Win By CHARLES P. STEWART Washington, Oct. 7.—The persn tonoy with which trends have shifted, first one way, then the other, and subsequently back and forth again in the course of the current presidential campaign, is something unprecedent ed in American politics. My own opinion is that the present White House tenant has had a mar gin of apparent advantage, more or less, throughout, but it has been al ternately very much more and very much less. Governor Landon’s margin of dis advantage, if any, of course, has been corns pondingly variable. I P AND DOWN AND UP With I,andon’s selection Republican spirits bean to revive a little. They picked up, day by day. Lan don seemed to be “taking’ pietty well. The Democrats, in convention in Philadelphia were not worried, but they had begun to accept the Kan sas as a candidate to be beaten, not Continued on Page Two.) FARiMISH FALK OF COMPACTS Congressman Harold Cooley One of Speakers to 1,- 500 Farmers Today Nashville, N. C., Oat. 7. —(AP) — around 1,500 farmers were expected to assemble here today for a tobacco compact legislation session at the court house with Congressman Harold I). Cooley, of Nashville, F. P. Spruill, Rocky Mount banker, and J. E. Win slow, of Greenville, president of the State Farm Bureau Federation, as the principle speakers. E. B. Sellers, Jr., committeeman lor the Nash unit of the farm bu reau, said the purpose of the meet ing was to discuss plans for tobacco compact legislation to be presented to the State legislature in January. Umtitersmt 23 atlit Btapatrh LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Lone Survivor ot 40 /jjj^ M. Goudec (above) is the only sur vivor of the ill-fated French ex ploration ship, Pourquoi Pas, which was destroyed in a storm off the coast of Iceland. One of the victims was the distinguished French ex plorer and scientist, Dr. Charcot. (Central Press) Dave Clark Big Shot In Grid Policy Charlotte Textile Leader Both Prais ed and Blamed for State Dabbling Dnl'y Ilispiitch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. By C. RASKFinvtLI. Raleigh; Oct. 7. —'The remote con trol exercised over State College foot- IfeiH,. Including its coachesby Dave Clark, "Charlotte industrialist and pur ported- “angel” to many of the State players, is one of the things the mat ter with the State "ootball squad this year, according to a good many of the “fans” and alumni here who are anything but happy over the showing made by State so far and especially since the defeats by both Davidson and Wake Forest. The reports of fric tion between the native born North Carolina members of the football squad and the players brought in from other states continue, as do the reports of friction “between Coach Hunk Anderson and some of his squad as well as with some of his as sistant coaches, although it is difficult to verify these reports since mem bers of the squad shut up like clams if any questions are asked. But many of the students, alumni, fans and even a few faculty mem bers are dropping remarks here and there which indicate that something is radically wrong with the football business at State College, that all is noi as harmonious within the squad as some would make it appear and that there is a lot of bitter feeling among the students and alumni alike towards Coach Hunk Anderson and Dave Clark. For whether there is any truth in it or , not, the feeling i s pre valent .both among many of the State (Continued on Page Three.) Says Soil Program Patterned On AAA Boston, Mass., Oct. 7.—(AP)—Rus sell T. Fisher, secretary of the Na tional Association of Cotton Manufac turers, declared today the national administration sought, through the soil conservation act, to “secure si milar results” to the invalidated ag riculture adjustment, act. “Invalidation by the Supreme Court of the AAA brought to a dramatio close the efforts of the Department of Agriculture to control the size of the cottpn crop through subsidies col lected from manufacturers in the form of a processing tax,” Fisher de clared in an address prepared for de livery to the 82nd annual convention, of Northern Cotton Manufacturers. “The administration, far from be ing discouraged by this court action, ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 7, 1936 Fascist Threatened Sir Oswald Mosley Sir Oswald Mosley, above, leader of the British Union of Fascists, was threatened with cries of “kill Mosley” when anti-Fascists dem onstrated and massed in London to force a sudden cancellation of a parade by the Fascists. Police broke up the demonstration and arrested more than 50. -Central Press DISSENSION OVER IN FRANCE VOICED Communists Ask Socialists To Join hi Defense of Freedom of Assembly . SUNDAY’S FIGHTING IN STREETS CAUSE Communists Favor Supress ing ‘Troublesome Leagues’ and Were Surprised at Government’s Action ; Communists Affirm Desire to Assist In Perserving Order Paris, Oct. 7. —(AP) —Dissension among government supporters sprang today from an official ban on political demonstrations. Claiming communists asked So cialists to join with them “in defense of the freedom of assembly,” after Premier Leon Blum’s approval of an order prohibiting partisan meetings “susceptible to provoking hostile ac tion and reaction and causing new agitation of public opinion.” (The ban issued by Interior Minis ter Roger Salengro followed disorder 'Continued on Page Three.) FOB NORTH CAROLINA. aloud y to&ijgiht and Thursday; occasional showers; slightly warmer in north central and Southeast portions tonight; cooler in extreme west portion Thursday. immediately began plans to secure similar results through a soil conser vation scheme. “It is much too soon to comment on the effectiveness of the soil con servation act, or whether the anti cipated control of production through this plan can be effected.” Fisher also asserted “imports of Japanese cotton cloth during the past year have increased steadily.” “The President,” he continued, “re cognized the impossibility of the in dustry to compete with coolie labor i x x x x he ordered duties increased approximately 42 percent on count ■ able cloths, effective June 20. “The amount of this increase has been generally misunderstood, and lit ■ tie, if any, relief will .be given by it,” i Fisher charged. Rebel Big Push On Madrid Begun And Success Follows 1 Insurgents' First Attacks GOVERNMENT ARMY BATTLES BITTERLY TO HOLD DEFENSES Crumbling Lines Waver Be fore Fascist Juggernaut Men, Artillery and Planes BATTLE RAGES FROM DAWN TO NIGHTFALL Withering Artillery and Aerial Bombardment Cited by Fascist Leaders as Sample of Speed To Be Employed in Campaign to Capture Spanish Capital (By The Associated Press.) General Francisco Franco set the insurgent “big push” rolling against Madrid roday. Government militiamen fought bit terly to hold their crumbling defense lines against the Fascist juggernaut of men, artillery and bombing planes. .With a spearhead driven to within 20 miles of the capital on the south western front, the insurgents attempt ed to straighten out their front in a 40-mile sector from Naval Pearl, northwest of Madrid, to Torrejon, 16 miles southwest. An insurgent column quickly swept the Santa Cruz del Retamar sector, Fascist headquarters claimed, occupy ing several strategic towns. The assault extraordinary for the extent of territory it covered, began shortly b.-fore dawn, and lasted until nightfall. It was carried out under cover of a withering artillery and aerial bombardment, and Fascist lead ers declared its scope indicated the speed which they intend to strike at the capital The harassed government troops held .dubbornly to their positions, ap parently unaware of the Fascist flank ing movement in the Naval Paral sector. The government claimed capture of three towns. It conceded, however, that insurgent artillery had cut com munications between defense out posts and their supply base. flooFcoll of IAP COTTON ASKED New Englander Asserts Cool;e Made Goods Eas ily Undersell America Boston. Oct. 7 (AP)—Frank I. Neild, president of the National Asso ciation of Cotton Manufacturers call ed today for “flood control” of Japa nese cotton goods importation. Neild, head of a New Bedford cotton textile firm, told the 82nd anniial meeting of northern cotton manufacturers that “goods made on the coolie wage scale can undersell goods made on the New Bedford wage scale on any market in the world.” Neild asserted protests to Wash ington against Japanese importation “had very little result.” URGESPARENTSTO^ State Health Head Cites In crease of Disease Over Last Year Period Raleigh, Oct. 7 (AP) —Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, State health officer, call ed on the parents of North Carolina children to “stop the terrible annual loss of life due to neglect of immuni zation against diphtheria. Dr. Reynolds pointed to the occur ence of 112 cases of the disease In the State last week, nearly double the 64 in the corresponding week last year and up 41 from the 81 in the last week of September. “The increase in diphtheria can be accounted for by neglect of parent* to take advantage of immunization of infant children,” the officer said. “The time to really protect a child is when it is from six months to a year old. when only one dose of toxoid is needed, and there is no danger from the immunization. Ninety five per cent of such immunizations are effective.” “This state pays a terrible toll. In 1935, the death rate was 4.7 per cent per 100,000 population in North Caro lina, close to eight times as largo as the .51 per 100,000 in New York State/* _ _ . MINNESOTA DEAL AIDS F. D. R.? V , The Farmer-Laborites, Representative Elmer Lundeen, upper left, and Senator Elmer Benson, upper right. The withdrawing Democrats, Fred Curtis, lower left, and Patrick J. Delaney, lower right. In an unprecedented action, the Democratic nominees for governor and the U. S. senate in Minnesota have withdrawn from the raoe. In withdrawing, the two, Fred Curtis, lower left, and Patrick J. Delaney, lower right, respectively, urged Democratic candidates to throw their support to the two Farmer-Labor candidates, Senator Elmer Benson, upper right, seeking the governorship, and Repre sentative Ernest Lundeen, upper left, seeking the senatorship. A third Democratic candidate, Richard Walsh, also has withdrawn. He was seeking a congressional seat. The deal is supposed to bring Farmer-Labor support to President Roosevelt. No Word Had From Ocean Solo Flier On His Way To Sweden Stockholm, Oct. 7.—(AP) —A report that Kurt Bjorkvall, 31- year -old America to Sweden flier, had been sighted off the southern coast of Norway caused a brief flurry of excitement to day but investigas?on disclosed the plane probably was not that of the flier. The newspaper Tigningen, after an inquiry, announced a plane seen 40 miles south of Christian sand, Norway, was equipped with pontoons, Bjorkvall, who left New York at 7:35 a. m. Tuesday, was flying a land plane. New- York, Oct. 7.—(AP) Kurt Bjorkvall, 31-year-old Swed ish aviator, flying alone in an attempted non-stop flight from FDR VICTORY I Fletcher Says 34 States’ Representatives Predict Re-Election Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Ur J. C. BASKERVILI, Raleigh, Oct. 7. —The labor officials of 34 states attending the 22nd an nual convention of the International Association of Government Labor Of ficials in Topeka, Kansas, almost wiithout exception agreed that the bulk of the labor vote, both organized and unorganized, would be cast for President Roosevelt, and that he would without doubt be reelected, A. L. Fletcher, commissioner of labor in North Carolina, and newly elected president of the International Asso ciation of Governmental Labor Offi (Continued on Page Three.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. New York to Stockholm, remain ed unreported over the Atlantic today, although his red and green monoplane was due off the Irish coast. His craft, the Pacemaker, car ried only a radio receiving set and there was no possibility of re ceiving word of his progress ex cept from ships, .as he swung over the sea. Bjorkvall’s friends here express ed little apprehension for his safety, sinee the Bellanca plane, driven by a 450 horsepower motor, had a cruising speed of only 120 miles an hour, and he was not ex pected to make full speed because of the headwinds predicted near the Irish coast. They said his supply of gasoline was ample. REPUBLICANS ARE AFTER NEGRO VOTE Making Desperate Effort To Get It In Raleigh, Re ports Indicate Dully Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVIEL Raleigh, Oct. 7.—Some concern is being fe!+ in Democratic circles here ever the icport that the Republican leaders in the city are making an in tensive effort to line up the large Ne gro vote here for Gilliam Gri6som, the Republican candidate for gover nor, especially in the tenth and six teenth wards, inhabited almost en tirely by Negroes. These two wards went almost solidly for Dr. Ralph W. McDonald in the Democratic primary elections in Junq and July, when sev eral of the colored leaders openly ad (Contlnued on Page Three.) o PAGES O TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY ROOSEVELT’S SON DRAWN INTO FIGHT i Affidavit Charges Elliott Roosevelt Was To Get $500,000 on Sale to Soviet Russia PRESIDENT SPEAKS IN OMAHA SATURDAY Will Also Talk in Denver, Chicago and Detroit on Trip West; Landon Pre pares for Invasion of Lakes States; Wheeler and Knox Dive Into Campaign (By The Associated Press.) While New Dealers and their foes whaled away at each other more lustily than ever today, an additional argument arose over an affidavit say ing that Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, contracted to sell 50 mili tary planes to Russia, for a $500,000 commission. Attributed to Anthony H. G. Fok ker, airplane manufacturer, the docu ment was made public by aides of the Senate Munitions Committee, who said Chairman Nye, Republican, North Dakota, had ordered its release. YTpung Roosevelt denied he even agreed to sell military planes to any government. While campaign strategists studied this development, President Roose velt and Governor Landon spent much time preparing for forthcoming speak ing tours. The only definite date announced for Mr. Roosevelt on his western s wing, to start this week, is a speech at Omaha Saturday night, but there were indications of other ad dressee at Denver, Chicago and De troit, among other places. On the eve of a departure for a drive through the lakes states, Gov ernor Landon set aside time to con fer today with Gifford Pinchot, for mer Governor of Pennsylvania. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Mon tana, said in a broadcast address at Washington last night that the ad ministration earned the hatred of “economic royalists” by moving to curb “monopoly and excessive concen tration of economic power.” Colonel Frank Knox told a Pater son, N. J., audience that the New Deal campaign wag a “shabby spec tacle” and an attempt to gain favor by “lavish gifts from the public treasury.” JOHNSTON ORDERS TROOP WITHDRAWAL Union, S. C., Mill Begins Operation of Double Shift After Long Strike Columbia, S. C., Oct. 7.—(AP) — Governor Olin Johnston announced today that a company of National Guardsmen at the Monarch mills strike at Union “probably will be withdrawn in 24 hours.” His statement followed an announce ment from the management at Union that the mill would resume double shift operation this afternoon for the first time since textile union mem bers struck September 9. The governor indicated he had de cided not to act upon a request said to have come from 950 Union county residents, a Monareh mill village mag istrate and a Spartanburg union ask ing that he declare a state of insur rection and to put the troops in full charge. TWO N.C JEN FACE VA. MURDERCOUNTS Mt. Airy Citizens Charged With Mailing Bomb to Cape Charles Farmer Eastville, Va., Oct. 7.—(AP) —Char- les Langford, Jr., Northampton coun ty proseoutor, said today that tho cases of two Mt. Airy, N. C., men, charged with the mail bomb killing of Curry Thomas, farmer, would bft laid before Hie regular grand jury meeting here November 9. The commonwealth attorney said he -had decided that a special grand jury would not be necessary to con sider evidence against Dr. H. R. Hege 37 year old dentist, and Ed Banner, WPA foreman, both of whom were jailed on murder charges here yes terday morning. Hege was receiving treatment this morning for a severe cut on the wrist near the artery, which he told of ficers was accidently inflicted last night when his watch crystal broke. Hege apd Banner aFe charged with mailing a bomb which killed Thomas at Cape Charles, July 22, and injured his bride of six weeks.
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