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HENDERSON gateway to CENTRAL , CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR TOBACCO AVERAGES M SEPTEMBER ARE 16.82 ABOVE 1935 Middle Belt Running Well Ahead of All Other Mar kets in State Up to October 1 HENDERSON LEADS BELT’S BIG THREE Average Better Than Eith er of Them; Wilson Led in Sales for September, With 17,11172,334 Pounds; Smith field Has Best Average for Eastern Belt Rah'iu’h. Oct. 12 (AP) —North Caro lin;l tobacco farmers who sold their , ’ [ ; . the Middle Belt markets dur •i) > closing days of September re ’, ' e i an average of $6.62 per hun j.’.,] pounds higher than in 1935. Tin- September marketing report of ; , crop reporting service, released afternoon, showed the Middle j; ;t m irkets were running well ahead 0 t others in the State in average, with total sales at 30 markets aver , ing only $21.93 for the month, while the ton Middle markets averaged $24.76. During September, growers sold 129,986.626 pounds, compared with 159,696.861 pounds in the similar pe riod l:*st year, while total sales were 141.979.781 pounds this year, at an average of $21.93. compared with 177,- 589.607 pounds in the period last year at $18.87 per hundred. The ten Middle Belt markets sold 13.137.4-40 pounds of farmers’ tobacco and 11413.324 pounds in all, up to Oc tober 1 Last year the average for the period was $18.14. Carthage .reported the highest aver aeo in the State, $26.10 for 454,942 pounds of producers’ tobacco, while last year the average there was only $16.81. Wilson led the Bright Belt markets m pounds sold, with 17,272,334 pounds offered by farmers. The weed aver aged $21.75 per hundred, compared with $19.15 last year. Smithfield had the best average in the New Bright Beit. $22.56 for 2,896,004 pounds, com pared with an average of $17.76 last year. Durham’s market producers’ sales were 3,242,072 pounds at an average price of $25.32. Henderson reported producers’ sales of 2.2-3,66 b pounds at an average price of $25.73. Oxford reported producers’ sales of 2 14 M i pounds at an average price o; $24.19. liquor T est At Hearings 1 u Asheville Sentiment of Wet Counties Will B e Manifest at Legisla tive Inquiry Dally Dixpnlrh H tire.-in. In tin* Sir Wnlter Hotel. **y •!• C. I’ASKKRVII,I. ibtlojgh, Oct.. 12.—Much interest is *’ f ‘ing shown here in the forthcoming fi, ing to be held in Asheville, Oc tober 30, by the special commission t udving the liquor control question L North Carolina, of which Victor B:yant, of Durham, is chairman. * ol ' Hi is hearing, at which all those ' t'rested in the liquor problem are itsvited to be present, is expected to 7, ' a ! for the first time the sentiment of the Western North Carolina coun with regard to liquor control and county liquor stores. In the past, a majority of the west counties have always been theo ' 'cully “dr” as well as politically ' d >y", and it was the votes of west onators, who were politically dry, ough several were personally wet, '{■at. prevented the enactment of a • ntewide liquor control bill in the 1935 General Assembly. The result w the enactment in the closing days 1 the 1935 session of the New Han 'A >• ;t nd Pasquotank liquor control under which 17 counties and two ' own ships in an eighteenth county -w have legal liquor stores, while He remaining counties in the State an still theoretically “dry," There is no longer any doubt but r : ‘t sentiment in most of the eastern "aunties is definitely in favor of the ''gal sale of liquor in county liquor •"tores, many observers now agree. Inis was definitely indicated in the hearings by the liquor fact-finding "■mmission held here in Raleigh, in Wilson and in Wilmington some weeks ago when the representatives fJ t both the present “wet” counties " d of neighboring “dry” counties presented facts, figures and testi m°ny in favor of the county liquor ores and county control system now hi effect in the eastern part of the ate. The “wet” counties were al most unanimous in favor of retaining (Continued on Page Two), lEeniteramt Batht Dtspairfr WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED TRESS. Fears Os Russian Opposition Speed Insurgents ’ Drive Santa on Wagon E. J. Becker Jolly old Santa Claus has been put on the water wagon in Missouri by State Liquor Commissioner E. J. Becker, above. Becker has is sued instructions to all liquor pro ducers, distributors and retailers to use “no illustrations of Santa Claus in their advertising.” Beck er fears the wide appeal that pic tures of Santa Claus have to young and old would lead many astray. - •»7 Press byrdMitteT WONT CUT MUCH Little Likelihood It Will Re duce Departments Very Extensively By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, Oct. 12. At the last session of Congress a committee, un der Senator Harry F. Byrd’s chair manship, was appointed, to consider plans for compacting the Federal gov ernment into smaller compass, in the interst of efficiency as well as economy. The tendency of the government’s executive branches, commissions, boards and miscellaneous establish ments and sub-establishments is to multiply in number constantly, and to expand in size. This has been going on throughout the whole history of the United States. The desirability of weeding Continued on Page Two.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA The Rebels Pay Off—Death for the Conquered ~''‘ i' . ". ' * '—' • e •I**" < ; • XM? ' a -■m** **M x a A scene in ancient Toledo after the entry of the victorious rebel troops under Gen. Francisco Franco is pic tured above. Sixty defenders of the leftist government are shown lying dead in the bottom of a shell crater, just as they fell when thev were raked by rebel machine guns manned by the Spanish Legion and Moorish mercenaries. (Central Press) HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12, 1936 Rebels, Encompassing Madrid on Three Sides, Hope To Capture City In Ten Days GOVERNMENT TROOPS RESIST STUBBORNLY Insurgent Efforts To Con solidate /“Gains Hampered By Socialist Artillery; Rus sian Ship Invites Italian Inspection To Disprove Aid Charges (By The Associated Press.) A siege of cold, rainy weather and the prospect of Russian intervention on the side of Madrid propelled the insurgent armies to new speed today. Fascist leader’s, holding the whip hand in the campaign against the capital, with a front flanking it from the northeast to the southwest, align ed their forces for a thrust they hop ed would carry them into the city in ten days. . Workers’ militiamen, however, re sisted them actively on all fronts. The captain of the Soviet steamer Neva, bound for Alicante, Spain, with 2,500 tons of cloth and foodstuffs, in vited Italian representatives to board the ship and see for themselves she carries no arms. The invitation was a sequal to charges by Dino Grandi, Italian am bassador to London, before the inter national non-intervention committee in London, that Russian ships had carried arms to the government forces Socialist artillery and airplanes maintained a steady bombardment of the San Martin de Valdeiglesias sec tor, hampering insurgent efforts to consolidate ranks, but with small suc cess. Government bombing planes bom barded their own forces in two at tacks. Driving wind and rain turned the whole battlefront into a mire, but weighed heavier on the government troops, who suffered under inferior equipment. Want More Governme’t Road Fund Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Waiter Hotel. Bv J. C. IIASKEBVILL Raleigh, Oct. 12.—The Federal gov ernment should provide more Federal aid for highway construction, in ad dition to assisting states in the en forcement of highway laws and safety measures, Chairman Capus M. Way nick, of the State Highway and Pub lic Works Commission, said today. The Federal government could pro vide much more aid to the states than (Continued on Page Four.) Warrenton’s New Post Office Let Washington, Oct. 12 (AP) —A $50,813 contract for construction of a new post office building at War renton, N. C., was awarded today by the Treasury to the Upchurch Construction Company, Montgom ery, Ala. The contractor agreed to complete the project within 210 days. Two Bandits Rob Bank In Reidsville Daughter of Bank’s President Forced to Accompany Pair to Waiting Car Reidsville, Oct. 12. (AP) Two masked bandits armed with sawed-off shotguns held up the Bank of Reids ville here soon after it opened for bus iness today and escaped with three tags of currency. Officials of the bank were check ing up at mid-morning, but had not determined the loss. They expressed a belief, however, the amount taken was not large. Only two or three customers were in the bank when the two men, said to have been young looking and “nicely dressed,” walked in with drawn guns, grabbed the money bags on the teller’s counter and hurried out. They seized Miss Ellis Booth Wat lington, daughter of John F. Wat lington, bank president, and carried her to their grey sedan parked at & side entrance to the bank, apparent ly as a shield. She was released at the curb. The hold-up men jumped into the car and it sped out of town amid a blaze of gunfire. Officers quickly threw guards about all surrounding roads. WOMENDEMOCRATS BETTER ORGANIZED Mrs. Spilman Reports Great Enthusiasm Among Them Over State Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Waiter Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Oct. 12. Organization work among the Democratic women of the State is proceeding rapidly and by the time of the election on Novem ber 3, strong women’s organizations will be formed and functioning in almost every one of the 100 counties, Mrs. J. B. Spillman, vice chairman of the State Democratic Committee, in charge of women’s organization, work in Democratic headquarters here, said today. The women are showing more interest and enthus iasm than ever before and organiza tions have been formes this year in (Continued on Page Four.). America s Monetary System Safest In The World Today, Roosevelt Says In Address Supreme Court Refuses To Review Decision On New York Wage Statute Also Agrees To Give Ruling on Similar Statute En acted in Wash ington State wagnerTabor ACT LEFT FOR PRESENT Will Not Be Taken Up As Yet; Lower Court Ruling Upholding New Frazier- Lemke Farm Mortgage Act Left Standing By Refusing To Review the Action Washington, Oct. 12. —(AP) —As a part of a series of significant actions, the Supreme Court today stuck by its earlier decision that New York’s minimum wage law for women was unconstitutional and simultaneously agreed to review an attack on a si milar Washington State statute. Fashioning part of the docket for its current term, during which de cisions will be forthcoming on much New Deal and other legislation, the high tribunal either agreed to review or refused to consider scores of cases brought to its bar. The court left until later a decision as to whether it will decide on the constitutionality of the Wagner labor relations act. It refused today to pass on a case attacking it after hearing a government contention that in this particular case the constitutionality of the statute was not involved. Six other appeals involving the act are on file at the court. At the same time, however, the jus tices agreed to review an attack by the Virginian Railway Company on (Continued on Page Four.) 310 Dead In Typhoon In Philippines Many Other Dead Expected To Be Re vealed ,as Floods Recede in Luzon Manila, P. 1., Oct. 12.—(AP)—One of the worst typhoons ever to strike the Philippines had caused at least 310 deaths and left hundreds unac counted for as it spread destruction into additional areas tonight. The latest compilation by the Manila Tribune showed most of the 310 known dead in Neuva Ecija pro vince. Reports were far from com plete in four other provinces of Luzon island, where the fury of the storm was greatest north of Manila. The total number of fatalities will not be known until floods subside and communication is restored. The typhoon tore into Isabella pro vince today after lashing other pro vinces. MANY MISSING BESIDES NUMBER NOW KNOWN DEAD Manila, P. 1., Oct. 12. —(AP) —At least 109 persons were killed by a typhoon which swept across the is land of Luzon Friday and Saturday. Four hundred were reported missing today and were believed washed away by flood waters. Officials expressed fear the death list would go much higher. Reports indicated the storm was one of the worst in the history of the Philip pines. Officials estimated 120 were killed (Continued on Page Three.) OUR WEATHER MAN FOB NORTH CAKOI.IXA. Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; somewhat cooler in north and central portions Tues day. , * PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. On World Court Dr. Manley O. Hudson Dr. Manley O. Hudson, jSQ, Bemis professor of international law at Harvard university, has been named by the League of Nations council to succeed Frank B. Kel logg, resigned, as a judge of the world court at The Hague. Dr. Hudson is a native of St. Peters, Mo. He served on several com missions during the 1919 peace conference at Versailles. SUICIDE ENDS CASE OF POIISLAYING Mt. Airy Doctor Held At Eastville, Va., Kills Him self In Jail Eastville, Va., Oct. 12 (AP)—With one of two prisoners held here in the mail bomb slaying of an eastern shore farmer, dead by his own hands, North ampton county authorities indicated today they would close the case by releasing his companion, Dr. H. R. Hege, 74-year-old Mt. Airy, N. C., den tist, who bled to death early Sunday from gashes cut in his wrist and neck with a fragment of his eye glasses. W. S. D. Williams, Northampton trial justice, called the prisoner’s death a plain case of suicide and said no inquest would be held. Commonwealth’s Attorney Charles Langford, Jr., indicated a murder charge against Ed Banner, Mt. Airy WPA foreman, would be nolle prosed “We don’t think that Banner did anything he could be punished for,” •Langford said. The two men were arrested in Car- Continued on Page Two.) Warning To World From Reich Chief Hos, Germany, Oct. 12. —(AP) — Rudolf Hess, Reichfuehrer Adolf Hit ler’s minister without portfolio, warn ed Europe tonight that Germany might have to employ “dumping” methods in international commerce if she fails to get her lost colonies back. Hess, speaking at the opening of a new meeting hall, declared the re storation of the colonies taken from Germany as a result of the World War would be in the interest of for eign nations, because otherwise “Ger many would be forced to export at any price, thus impairing the exports of other nations.” Der Fuehrer’s minister said the on ly way out of the present difficulties lay in the “world giving Germany colonies having raw materials,” “Then,” he said, “we could produce in our own territory the raw products which we are now forced to buy abroad.” Food imports have been cut, safd Hess, because Germany had been forced to import other raw materials. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY SAYS NATION HAS TURNED CORNER IN DEPRESSION FIGHT Cost of Relief and Other Costs Dropping as Pri vate Employment Is Increasing PRESIDENT IS HEARD IN DENVER, COLORADO Pledges New Deal To Sound Action To Preserve Ameri can Constitutional Form of Government; Says Boul lion Reserves Exceed All U. S. Currency Denver, Col., Oct. 12.—(AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt, standing in the shad ow of the Rockies today, coupled in with the declaration “we are around the comer” a statement that Amer ica’s monetary system is the safest in the world today.” He asserted, too, that the cost of relief and other costs were coming down with an increase in private em ployment, and pledged the New Deal to “more action, sound action, x x x x to save the constitutional representa tive form of government in which we rejoice.” Declaring local citizens suggested works projects approved in Washing ton, he said it was a “pitiful spectacle to see Republican leaders call this great program waste and extravag ance—for they are the same leaders who, when their own state or city or county was involved, were the first to run to Washington pleading for Fed eral aid.” He spoke also of mining revival after the administration had “laid the ghost of the old gold parity of the dollar,” and when it purchased gold and silver. The great boullion reserves now in the United States Treasury, he said, “are sufficient to redeem every dol lar of our currency far more than 100 percent, and yet people, for par tisan purposes, are willing to spread the gospel of fear that our currency is not on a sound foundation. “I tell you and you know that our monetary system is the soundest in the world today.” Two Italians Are Leading In Motor Races For Prizes Roosevelt Raceway, Long Island, N. Y., Oct. 12. —(AP) —Two Italian dare devils waged a blistering battle for the pace-setting honors today in the 300-mile race for $60,000 in prize money and the George Vanderbilt cup on the new million dollar Long Island track. Tazio Nuvoladi, after losing the lead for a lap to his countryman, Count Antonio Brivio, because of a short stop in the pits for gasoline, quickly command, with one-third of the twisting grind completed. Nuvolari negotiated 25 laps of the 75-lap journey in one hour, 28 min utes, 16 seconds, His average speed was 67.717 miles per hour. FDlTclaims Deceptive, Is Landon Plea Says President Mis led Public in Omaha About Increases In U. S. Exports Aboard Landon Special, Enroute to Cleveland, Oct. 12.—(AP) —Governor Alf M. Landon told Ohio farmers to day statements of President Roose velt at Omaha were “more calculated to deceive than to enlighten.” Taking direct issue with his revival for the presidency, the Republican nominee resumed his drive for Ohio’s 26 electoral votes, now claimed de finitely by Democratic National Chair man James A. Farley. “The American fai’mer is suffering,” Landon asserted, “as a result of New Deal tariff policies.” The governor said Roosevelt at Omaha indicated in plain language (Continued on Page Three.)
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