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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA I'WENTY-THIRD YEAR POMNDS OF RUSSIA BRING ON NEW CRISIS Mrs. Ruby \tedder Ellingt on Freed Os Maying Husband; Jury Keeps Case 95Minutes DEFENDANT THANKS lORS AS SHE IS ACCORDED LIBERTY Swoons Into Sister’s Arms Weeping Freely As Ver dict Is Returned by 13 Men ADMITTED KILLING HUSBAND ON JULY 3 But Claimed Self Defense; Has Been In Jail Without Bail Since That Time; I Trial Has Been Under Way More Than Week in Vance Superior Court Mrs. Ruby Wilder Ellington, 30- | \ car-old blonde, was acquitted of the murder of her husband, Hartwell ■Red" Ellington, 25, by a 13-man jury in Vance Superior Court, which brought in a verdict at 12:30 o’clock th:.- afternoon after deliberating one hour and 35 minutes. The defendant was on trial for first degree murder, the only woman in the history of Vance county ever to face that charge, and the trial had been in progress since last Thursday. She shot her husband to death in George Rooker’s case at NoFth Hen derson the night of last July 3. On hearing the words, “not guilty,’’ from the jurors, Mrs. Ellington swoon ed into the arms of two of her sis ter.; and wept freely. She quickly re covered her composure, however, and walked across the bar to shake hands wi'h members of the jury and thank them in person. Her father, J. C. Wilder, who was one of the chief de fense witnesses, and sisters also ' thanked the jury for the acquittal. Taking of testimony ended Monday j afternoon and arguments by counsel j consumed two entire days Tuesday ai d Wednesday. Judge W. C. Harris charged the jury for one hour and 20 minutes immediately after the open ing of the court today, giving the im.-t to them at 10:55 a. m. He em phasized the self-defense aspect of the defendant’s contentions. The jury was allowed its liberty over r.hr past week-end, the dispers ing of a jury in the midst of a first degree murder case being without precedent in this county, so far as could i e recalled. The 13 men were kept together, however, up to that j time, and had been since they re assembled Monday morning for the • '■sumption of the testimony. Not. in recent years has a trial in thi. county attracted so much inter est. Large crowds have attended all (Continued on Page Four.) Rebels Claim Heavy Gains In New Push Drive Reaches Near er to Madrid, One Spearhead Advanc es by 13 Miles n Martin de Valdeiglesias, Spain, L ■ 15. —< AP) —Fascist armies, in a rnondous new offensive, smashed 1 r way to a point 25 miles west of M 'drid today. Throe columns of fighters, under *“ eeral Jose Varela, took part in the drive. 1 wo Madrid planes were shot down d’inng t.he advance. pen i head of the advance was a 1 iinn of steel-helmeted regulars, " •' pushed forward 13 miles under ' k ■' ela’s personal command. '' not her column rested at sunset at ‘Tiapineria, nine miles east of San Martin. 1 he third column struck northward ,M >rn Santa Cruz del Retamar, on the Muqueda-Madrld road in another nine advance. Trucks, tanks and armored cars Pounded ahead during the offensive hi which General Varela sought not 0nl Y to chase the retreating govern troop.,, but to block their retreat. ■Hrnlirrsmi Daily Diapafrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA “hWJRE SERVICE OF the associated press. The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, Detroit radio priest, had another brush with the press in Providence, when John J. Barry (inset), Boston news paperman, “interfered in a meeting with officials” of Coughlin’s organi sations in Providence. The priest, pacing the floor of his Boston hotel room, called Barry an interloper and shouted “I’ll tear him to pieces!” (Central Press) U. S. Gold Reserve Most In History Washington, Oct. 15. —(AT) —Foi the first time in history the Unit ed States’ huge gold reserve today parsed the $11.000,000.000 mark. Bouliion holdings for October 13. the day the new tri-power gold ex change agreement went into effect, were reported by the Trasury at $11,61.2 704,000, or about $15,000,000 above the previous day. At a press conference, however, Secretary Morgenthau said the in crease had “no relation” to the monetary pact because the boullion shipments were in transit before the understanding was arranged. He added that gold standards of the United States, under terms of the agreement would be rgearded as part of the stabilization fund’s operations, and, therefore, would be kept secret. KING’S COMPANION ASKS TO DIVORCE And American Woman Won’t Be Contested by Her American Husband London, Oct. 15. —(AP) — Mrs. Er nest (Wally) Simpson, following the example of an American friend who first introduced the former Baltimore debutante to King Edward’s intimate circle, charged her husband with mis conduct today in divorce proceedings. The suit, based on the chares which alone are grounds for divorce in Eng land, has been set for hearing at the Ipswich Assizes opening October 27. Simpson himself announced the suit after he and his wife, friend and traveling companion of the. British monarch, moved out of their apart ment. ~r , Mrs. Simpson, the former Miss Wal lis Warfield, of Baltimore, sent hex belongings to a new borne less than a mile from Buckingham Palace, of ficial residence of King Edward. Simp son moved his military club. “The case will not be defended,” Simpson authorized The Associated Press to say. Mrs. Simpson, it was predicted, will continue to appear in the presence of King Edward, accompanying the ruler to the royal country home at Sandringham, where early next week the monarch will go with a small party of friends. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY Heavy Sales For Tobacco Are Kept Up Market Among Leaders in State In Prices Paid For Grower’s’ Weed Sales on the Henderson tobac co market on Wednesday amount ed to 405,052 pounds for $99,310.20 at an average of $24.51 per hun dred poui-tls, it was shown in of ficial figures announced today by J. R. McDuffie, sales supervisor. The market this week has seen some of the heaviest sales of the sea son, and prices have shown a strong tendency to remain up among the very highest of the entire State. Growers continue to patronize the market from great distances, and many new friends are being made by the city as a tobacco marketing cen ter. Henderson merchants are showing their appreciation of the patronage of the farmers and their families by offering values and bargains in al most every line, and have increased their stocks of fall merchandise to Continued on Page Two.) ® Belgium s Desertion Startling Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 15. —(As) — Belgium’s return to complete Euro pean neutrality as urged by King Leopold, was interpreted today as re pudiating existing security agree ments with other powers and duties under the League of Nations cove nant. Informed sources held the Belgian monarch’s first speech before a full cabinet session to mean four things: 1. Repudation of the Franco-Bel gian military pact of 1920, which has been regarded as one of the keystones of French defense policy. 2. Belgium’s withdrawal from the Continued on Page Two.) AFTERNOO N, OCTOBER 15, 1936 President Speaking to 50,000 at Ca pitol in Denver The president speakng before 50,000 from the state capital in Denver, Colo. Speaking from the state capitol before 50,000 persons crowded in an entire city block in Denver, Colo., President Roosevelt is pictured telling his audience that “we are around the corner.” The president, campaigning through the Rocky mountain states and the midwest again promis ed a balanced budget “within a year or two.’’ The presi dent was given a tumultous reception. Japan Agrees To Subrparjne Slash Toykn, O' t. 15. (AP) Japan agreed formally today to retention of the submarine “humanizing’' clause of the London naval treaty. Shigueru Yoshita, Japanese am bassador to London, was instructed to sign a new' agreement retaining the submarine clause, which is Part of IV of the original pact. Arrangements for the new ac cord were completed late in 1935 when the United States, Great Bri tain and Japana decided to con tinue the section indefinitely. The three powers agreed to embody the clause, which limits the activities of submarines, in a separate pro toccol. At least two other nations, Italy and France, have consented recent ly to participate in the new ac cord. Great Britain, it was understood, intends to invite additional coun tries, possibly Germany, Bussia : Norway, Sweden and Denmark, te adhere to the submarine clause. pS DIMMING County and Municipal Gov ernment Heads Are Op posing Charges TEACHERS LINED UP Jule Warren Tells Them To Fight Constitutional Amendments; Action of Lawyers Con sidered Unfavorable Daily Dispatch liurcau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. By .T. C. BASKEItVIU, Ra’eigh, Oct 3." —The campaign for the a lop-.'ou o* ‘he five proposed amendments to the Constitution is running into some heavy seas and meeting with considerably more op position than had been anticipated. Tl:e result is that there is much more doubt as to the outcome of the vote on those amondim el.! in the general (Continued on Page Three.) FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy, probably occas ional mist or showers in west por tion and near south coast tonight and Friday; continued mild tem peratures. Roosevelt Cites Michigan Recovery At Grand Rapids As Benefits Os New Deal Tells Immense Throng Evidence Is At Hand Before Their Eyes as to What Ha s Happened in Four Years; Cheered by Great Throng in Chicago Aboard Roosevelt Train, En Route to Detroit, Oct. 15.—(AP) —President Roosevelt, making his first bid for Michigan’s 19 electoral votes, told an audience at Grand Rapids today that “you have here a pretty good exam ple c.f what happened in four years.” In the same city, Governor Alf M. Landon, the Republican nominee, dis puted last night the President’s con tention that real recovery was in pro cess over the nation. Police Superintendent J. O. O’Mai Landon Says Poor To Pay ForSpending Farmers And Work ers To Be Santa Claus for Extrava vagance Aboard Landon Special, Enroute Across Indiana, Oct. 15 —(AP) —Ad- dressing his presidential campaign to Indiana farmers, Governor Alf M. Landon asserted today “it is the far mers and the workers that eventually will play Santa Claus to the New Deal’s program ol reckless extra vanagee.” “I am opposed to waste, extrava gance and debt because I am opposed to the ultimate confiscation of farms and homes, the Rpublican nominee said in opening his drive for In diana’s 14 electoral votes at Kendall ville, first of seven scheduled stops in the Hoosier State. “Bonded indebtedness of the gov ernment is in reality a first mortgage on every home and farm in this nation,’’ he said, adding that the “New Deal administration has hurt the farmer more than any one else. “Its wasteful practices,” he con tinued, “are in direct contrast with the good farm efforts of Indiana agri culture. The present administration has piled up an intolerable burden of public debt. It rests largely on the backs of property owners, farmers and wage earners. They cannot pass their taxes on to some one else as other income-producing groups can.” PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. ley estimated the crowd gathered along the route of the President’s parade and where he spoke at 150,000. Roosevelt told the crowd that “ac tion had to be taken to bring pros perity back.” “The first thing in 1933,” he said, “was to stop persons from starving and to give relief, to give work. After we had done that came the next step, to take measures to enable people to (Continued on Page Six.) NEXT PRESIDENT TO REVAMP COURT Roosevelt Will Have Chance To Turn High Tribunal Into Liberal By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Pres 4 Staff Writer • Washington, Oct. 15. — American voters quite likely will be choosing a Federal Supreme Court majority on November’s election day, as well as a president, a House of Represen tatives and one-third of the members of the Senate. The high court is predominantly conservative now. But it is fairly certain to be largely made over in the course of the com ing four years. If it is made over through appointments by a conserva tive president, undoubtedly it will stay conservative. If made over by a liberal chief excutive, it easily can be given quite a liberal complexion. WINNER WILL CHANGE IT That is to say, November’s White House winner probably will have the choosing of four, five or maybe six new justices before the end of his 1937-to--1941 term. Let him make lib eral selections and the court, by that time, will be mote than one-half lib eral. Let him select conservatives and the tribunal’s majority will remain as stand-pat as today; perhaps will have become even more go. Seldom or never has a single presi dent been called on to name more than two Supreme Court justices. Therefore, changes in their total personnel have been very gradual. They started as an extremely con servative group—a group which has been somewhat diluted with liberal ism, but only by the slowest of glow (Continued on Page Six.) 14 14 Today TWO SECTIONS. FIVE CENTS COPY l/FEARFUL LEST EXPLOSION OCCUR Soviet Ambassador De mands Virtual Blockade of Portuguese Ports Aiding Spain EUROPEAN SECURITY SERIOUSLY DELAYED Proposed Discussions of New Agreement for Mutu al Pacification May Be Nullified; Belgian and German Situations Are Also Worrying Great Bri tain London, Oct. 15. (AP) —Soviet Russia renewed its heavy pressure to force the Spanish military aid issue today and gathering grave perplex* ities on European security. Ambassador Ivan Maisky of the Soviet Union, and M. Kagan, Russian member of the “hands-off-Spain” committee, descended again upon Lord Plymouth, harassed secretary of the non-intervention group. They pressed him a second time to con voke the committee immediately to act on their demand for a virtual blockade of Portuguese ports to stop Fascist arms shipments to Spain. At the moment Britain was pon dering this double-barrelled barrage. 1. Belgium’s nanounced reversion to pre-war isolation. 2. A German reply to Locarno pact questions, regarded in many quarters as unfavorable. British and French officials began immediate conferences over the new (Belgian neutrality 'policy as enun ciated by King Leopold himself. The German reply on British queries for detailed suggestions as to future European security wag de livered to the foreign office today by Prince Otto von Bismarck, counsellor of the German Embassy in London. “The (British) government is fear ful of some unexpected development (Continued on Page Six.) Officers In U.D.C.Are Designated Durham, Oct. 15. —(AP) —Mrs. John H. Anderson, of Raleigh, was elected president of the North Carolina Di vision of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the closing session of the 40th annual convention here this morning. The convention next year will go to Wilson. Other officers elected this morning are: Mrs. L. E. Fisher, of Asheville, re elected first vice-president; Mrs. J. D. Vivens, of Albemarle, second vice president; Mrs. J. F. Hayden, High Point, third vice-president; Mrs. S. S. Holt, Graham, re-elected recording secretary; Miss Margaret Lee, Ra leigh, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Garland Daniel, of Greensboro, treas urer; Mrs. R. P. Reese, Winston- Salem, registrar; Mrs. J. A. Yar lorough, Charlotte, Historian;; Mrs. Claudius McGowan, Plymouth, re elected recorder of crosses; Mrs. J. B. Rose, of Asheboro, ohaplain; Mrs. Martha Haywood, of Raleigh, honor ary president, and Mrs. L. V. Morrill, of Snow Hill, honorary vice-president. G. O. P. Gets DuPontCash Os $750,000 Senator Guffey Com piles Campaign Do nations of Muni* tions Firm Member New York, Oct. 15.—(AP) —Senator Joseph T. Guffey, chairman of the Democratic senatorial committee, said today the DuPont family and their business associates had contributed a total of $383,090 to the Republican national campaign up to September 30. Senator Guffey, said the list of Du- Continued on Page Five.)
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