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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-THIRD YEAR CANDIDATES END BATTLE TOMORROW NIGHT Government Troops Attack Rebels To Save Madrid In One Os Bloodiest Battles INSURGENTS HALT i COUNTER ASSAULT I BY LOYAL TROOPS I Socialist Soldiers Start Of fensive Suddenly With Capture of Three Towns Thursday RUSSIAN SOLDIERS AMONG PRISONERS Madrid Government De clared To Have Mobilized Secret Army in South To Strike at Rear of Fascist Rebels; Heavy Losses As Bloody Battle Rages (By The Associated Press) i Government forces, reinforced with new war planes and modern tanks, hat tied today' to drive the Fascist line hack from Madrid. Fresh men were rushed to the front ranks as the second day of one of the •war’s bloodiest battles opened with Me Madrid army shelling Torrejon de Velasco preparatory to a renewed char The counter offensive, which turn ed the Socialists into aggressors aft er a steadily receding defense, start ed suddemy yesterday with the cap ture of three towns. General Francisco Franco’s insurg ents, which government reports said lost heavily in the battle, shifted their front to repulse the fierce govern ment drive. A communique issued at General , Jose Varela’s Fascist headquarters, reports from Lisbon said, claimed in surgent troops had captured many p.,.oners ‘‘including 3CO Russian sol diers,” in fighting yesterday on the southern front. , | me war ministry posted bulletins i in Madrid asserting government air | squadrons had scored heavily on Fascist bases. j Reports in Faria said the Madrid government had mobilized a secret army supported by tanks, and air»- craft in southern Spain, with which to strike General Franco’s unguarded i rear. LORADO TAFT, NOTED SCULPTOR, IS DEAD t Chicago, Oct. SO (AP>— Lorado Taft, noted sculptor, died at his home today. He was stricken with j n paralytic stroke a week ago. Hi.s death came at 9:30 a. m. He vas 70 years old. Gaining soma strength yesterday T* ft had asked to be taken among bis works of art today only a short timy? before he passed away. Shipping Is j Crippled By Big Strike West Coast Labor Crisis Grows and Repercussions Are Felt in East, South Han Francisco, Cal., Oct. 30 (AP) A complete tie-up paralyzed ship ping along the pacific coast today with the walk-out .of 37,000 maritime workers, and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins immediately inter red in an attempt to bring ship owners and workers together for negotiations. Picket lines along the piers began *° increase, but extra guards of po hec went on duty to prevent repeti tion of the bloody clashes it) a similar 'tike in 1934, which resulted in seven deaths. Mis* Perkins telephoned Buf falo several times, possibly to Assist ant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady, and declared she was con vinced “the strike involves nothing that cannot be arranged by adj'ust- Jnent and negotiation.” The general strike threatened to Continued on Page Five.) TEintiU'rsmt Daily Dispatch LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATE!) PRESS. Election Outcome Will Not Halt The Recovery, No Matter Who Wins It Two Eventualities, However, for Either Roosevelt Or L&ndon; 24,000,000 Lazy , Sfay-itt-Hcme Voters Will Elect President, Roger Babson Declares BV ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1936, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park, Mass., Oct. 30.—With only a few days to go, every eye is trained on Tuesday’s big event. The campaign jumps out from the head lines of the daily paper, monopolizes the radio,, and is the chief subject of conversation wherever people gather. There is no question that the election is now. having a temporary influence upon sales and business plans. Peo ple everywhere are postponing de cisions awaiting the outcome of the national polling and its effect on the security and commodity markets. Indifference To Election. Millions of investors and business men would like to know the definite answer to the question: “Who will be elected on November 37” I am not Amendments Only Thing Not Sure About Election Voters, Skeptical As They Usually Are About Such Things, May Take Long Swing and Kill All Five; Many Groups Fighting Some or All of Them Unity Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. By .1. C. RANKERVI 1,1. Raleigh, Oct. 30.—The only uncer tain thing about outcome of the gen eral election November 3 is the fate of the five proposed constitutional amendments to be voted upon at that time, many observers here agree. There is no doubt but that the State will give an overwhelming majority to President Roosevelt and that Clyde R. Hoey will be elected governor by a large majority, along with all the other candidates on the Democratic ticket, while more than the usual number of counties are expected to elect Democratic county officials, ac cording to the opinion in political cir cles. But very few are making any FARMERS RAPIDLY PAYING OFF LOANS •' Resettlement Reports Its Collections Best in North Carolina . . Dally Dispatch Bureaw. in the Sir Walter Hotel, ay J. C. BA.SK.KHVII.I. Raleigh, Oct. 30.— Farmers in North I Carolina who have received rural re habilitation loans are repaying them faster than those in any of the other four states in the region, according to figures just made public by Re gional Director George S. Mitchell, from the regional office here. The latest total compiled for the week ending October 24, shows that North Carolina farmers have repaid $389,888 on their 1936 loans, while the total re paid through today is estimated as well in excess of $400,000. For several weeks now the daily receipts from farmers repaying their rural .rehabilitation loans have aver aged about $50,000 and as much as $75,000 has been received in a single day These receipts are routed direct-, ly into, the United States Treasury, Director Mitchell said. Loans amounting to approximately $7,400,000 have been made to farm ers in the five states in this region to help them get back on their feet and on a living producing basis. This money was loaned to them to buy mules, seed, fertilizer, cows, farm machinery and other things needed to enable them to produce crops so they would not have to go on relief. /Continued on Page Four A ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA giving my opinion on the question for my studies are devoted to analyzing business trends. I will, however, tell readers who will elect the President on, November 3. Four years ago 30,- 448,000 people cast their vote in the presidential election. Os these, Mr. Roosevelt received 22,821,000, Mr. Hcfover 15,761,000, and Mr. Thomas 884(000. Because of its importance, the largest ■ number of people on record visited-the-polls at that election. All citizens of the United States over, twenty-one years of age are en titled tb register and to vote. The cen sus of 1930 reveaLs that tt\ere were nearly 73,000,000 people ewenty-one years, of age or over. Outright aliens and .semi-naturalized citizens number ed around 5,000,000 and illierates of predictions about the outcome of the vote on the five constitutional amend ments. Those tavoring the adoption of the amendments, including Dr. Clarence Poe, chairman of the Committee for the Tax Reform Amendments, are confident that the educational cam paign which has been under way for several w<*®ks has been very success ful and that the widespread discus sion which has been general for some time now has helped their cause great ly. They are confident that all or most of the amendments will he ap proved and that the vote on them will he much larger than many believe it Continued on Page Five.) MORE REPORTS ON CAMPAIGN COSTS J ! Huge Outlays of Money Listed By Republican and Democrat Groups Washington, Oct. 30.—(AP)—Jay C. Cook, treasurer of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania, ex clusive of the Pittsburgh district list ed campaign contributions of $735,345 from January 1 to October 28 in a re port filed today with the clerk of the House. Campaign expenditures for the year were reported at $676,628. The com mittee’s receipts from October 21 to 28 were placed at $147,333, including 88,932 from the sale of “dollar cer tificates.” The total from these cer tificates for the year was placed at $172,085. In a final pre-election report, the American Liberty League disclosed that its campaign expenditures for the year totalled $466,574. * The League reported contributions totalling $424,580 from January 1 to October 28, including a $2,500 dona tion from Howard Heinz, of Pitts burgh. In another report, the United Mine Workers of America, supporting Pre sident Roosevelt for re-election, re ported expenditures of $97,500 from October 21 to 28. Receipts for this pe riod were listed by the union as SBO3. The Democratic Congressional Cam > paign Committee reported expendi tures of $36,625 from October 2Z. to 29. Its receipts for the same period were placed at $36,966 HENDERSON. N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 30,1936 (Continued on Page Three.) MOLLISON, PLANE ON NEW YORK TO LONDON HOP -lames Mollison and monoplane on Atlantic try In hi.s new Bellanca monoplane, the Irish Swoop, Capt. Grace, Newfoundland, for the night, before making James Mollison, British aviator, took off from Floyd the Atlantic try. After reaching England the aviator Bennett fiel din New York on the first leg of an at- said he would rest a few days and then continue to tempted flight to London. Molliso nflew to Harbor Australia. —Central Press. Iraq Government Put Out by Coup Jerusalem, Oct. 30 (Al‘) —The Iraq army, in defiance to King Ghazi, bombed and machine-gun ned the capital, chased the cabi net out of office and took con trol of the government, reports reaching here said today. Despite a threatening show of force, the military coup was blood less, the advices some of which were official, asserted. Army leaders were said to have used dissatisfaction over the nar tional budget as a pretext to spring a plot that had been under consideration for a long time. The unrest was believed to be connected with the long smould ering Pan-Arabian movement, which has as its object an Ara bian kingdom carved out of the desert wastes of the Near East. The reports from Iraq conflicted as to the identity of:, the coup's leader. Parliament Hears King j First Time Edward’s Message Read, Deploring Spanish War; Ex presses Gratitude London, Oct. 30.—(AP) —King Ed ward told his Parliament today his government had “spared no pain” to check the brutality of the Spanish war and to keep it within its Iberian boundaries. In his first address to the Parlia ment as soverign, the monarch de clared: “I have viewed with concern and anxiety the events in Spain during the last three months.” The speech was read by the Earl of Onslow, acting Lord Chancellor, on the occasion of the prorogation of Parliament. The king himself was not present. He will open the new Parliament in state next Tuesday. “I am addressing you for the first time as soverign,” the address said. “I desire before all to express once more my deep appreciation of the sympathy which has been extended to me and my dear mother in every part of my dominions.” “I have viewed with concern and anxiety the events in Spain during the last three months. The govern ment has spared no pain to promote and encourage humanitarian efforts to mitigate the suffering of the Span ish people.” “It has been the consistent policy of the government to attempt to lo calize the unhappy struggle.” FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight: and Saturday; cooler tonight; light frost in in terior. Mollison Sets New Record For Flight Over The Atlantic Hops from Harbor Grace Clear to London &i Lit tle More Than Just : Thirteen Hours NEW YORK-LONDON TIME IS 20 HOURS Will Rest Few Days and Start Out for Cape Town, South Africa, In Search of New Speed Record for Entire Distance; Water Time 9 Hours Croydon, England, Oct. 30. —(AP) — Shattering all speed records for an eastward crossing of the Atlantic, Captain James A. Mollison landed here today only 13 hours, 17 minutes after hopping off from wintry New foundland. Roaring across the stormy Atlantic in his Bellanca monoplane, the lone pilot • averaged approximately 160 miles an hour to reach his goal at 9:57 a. m. (:57 a. m. eastern standard time). It was the first time a flight with London as the eastern goal had ifceen successfully completed without a for ced landing en route. Counting the six hours and 41 min utes he took to reach Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, from New York; he had made the entire flight in 19 hours and 59 minutes.' Not content with this feat, he said he planned to rest only a few days before flying bn in attempts -to break the record to Cape Town,' South Africa.' The English flier took off from Harbor Grace, at 3:40 p. m., eastern standard time, yesterday on his fourth lngxic* across tne Atlantic. He reached the coast of, Ireland in the amazing time of nine hours, 15 minutes. COW FORTUNE LARGELY UNTAXED Senator So Invested His Money But Argued Against the System By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, o<;t. 30—Strange as it may seem, the late Senator James Couzens of Michigan, who was in my opinion one of the most lovable indi viduals who ever occupied a seat on Capital Hill, had enemies. These folk are predicting now that, when his'estate comes to be probated, the bulk of his very large fortune will be found to be invested in tax exempt' securities. I verily believe it,' In fact, I am sure of it. The senator told me re peatedly that his wealth was mainly so invested. He told the Senate, again and* agriin, that that was how 1 he had (Continued on Page Four.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Tufts Talks For County Liquor Plan Hotel Men Tell State Commission That Is Best Method of Whisky Control Asheville, Oct. 30 (AP)— Richard Tufts, president of Pinehurst, Inc., told the North Carolina liquor in vestigating commission today that the Pasquotank act, under which two stores operate in Moore county, had resulted in decreased liquor consump tion in Pinehurst. He was testifying at the last pub lic hearing of the commission on prohibition and various county con trol proposals. Tufts told the investigators the Pasquotank act, with a few modifica tions, would be practical if* applied .o the entire State. t . He said the act as applied in Moore rounty had been “particularly* bene ficial” in controlling the liquoi* situ ition in hotels, and that this also was True in Wilson county. Asked how he reached the conclu ision, Tufts said it was based oii ex perience with conditions t in hotel rooms. His company operates a ho tel at Pinehurst. . O. W. Donnell, of Greensboro, pres ident of the North Carolina division of the Southern Hotelmen’s Association, told the commission that hotel men men favor county control systems, and that he believed his group pre ferred the Pasquotank and New Han over store plans to any plan for sale of the drink. Winborne Now Puts Democratic Majority At Around 285,000 Raleigh, Octt 3a—(AP)—Con flicting claims of political victory began to simmer down to de finite forecasts of figures today as North Carolina Republicans and Democrats worked hard with on ly three more days for cam paigning. Gilliam Grissom, Republican gubernatorial nominee, s&id he was confident he would be elect ed by a majority of upward of 25,000. J. Wallace Winborne, State Democratic chairman, said he was not ready yet to make a final forecast, but already had enough information in hand from, the 100 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY WAVEOF EMOTION SELDOM HAD EQUAL Landon Wildly Cheered In Madison Square Garden As Is Roosevelt In Delaware ROOSEVELT CLOSES IN GARDEN SPEECH Makes Closing Campaign In New York Tomorrow Night; Resorts to Wolves and Sheep Illustration To Emphasize His Point In Wilmington Talk (By The Assocated Press.) On a wave of emotion and argu mentation rarely equalled, the long campaign of 1936 entered its final phase today. Both bidding for the votes of the populous east, President Roosevelt and Governor Alf M. Lan don spoke last night to madly cheer ing throngs. The former appealed to the sayings of Abraham Lincoln to show the New Deal is right and the latter challenged the President to “tell us where you stand" on such questions as NRA, AAA and executive powers. Leaving Washington late today, Mr. Roosevelt planned to speak tonight in Brooklyn and tomorrow night in Madison Square Garden, his last major utterance in the campaign. Late yesterday he received from a crowd at Wilmington, Del., a recep tion he called “marvellous.” Abraham Lincoln, he told the Dela ware citizens, once said that when the shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat, the eheep thanks the shepherd a a a liberator, while the wolf denounces him as ft destroyer of liberty. Mr. Roosevelt said the great eman cipator “believed in the kind of lib erty which our administration sought and continues to seek,” Among the challenges Landon hurl ed at the President in his address at Madison .Square Garden last night was this: “Does he favor revieving the prin ciples of the national recovery act, or does he favor the American sys tem of free initiative?” He also asked whether Mr. Roose velt favored concentrating more and more power in the hands of the chief executive, and demanded: “Tell us where you stand, Mr. President.” Today Landon was homeward bound but he planned to stop off at St. Louis for a speech Saturday night. fourTugitivesin HOLD-UP ARE HELD Quartette Escaping From Norfolk Jail Held in Lumberton On Charges of Robbery Lumberton, Oct. 30. —(AP) — Four fugitives from the Norfolk, Va., jail were bound over to superior court in $5,000 bond each today on charges of robbing the Western Union Telegraph Company office here of $6.13 in a hold Monday. The four, listed as Paul Edwards, Clifford Hollowell, C. E. Smith and Arnold Scott, went to jail in default of bond. Mrs. William Parmele, operator of the Western Union office, identified HolloWell, Smith and Scott at the hearing held by Recorder John G. Proctor. Edwards was identified by Police man J. S. Lassiter as the driver who sat at the wheel of the automobilo while his accomplices robbed the of fice at the point of a gun. Hollowell was the only defendant to testify. Taking the stand, he repudiated a confession attributed to him by Polce Chief McGill, who said he admitted participating in the robbery. counties to forecast a party ma jority in the State of 285,000. Tuesday the 1,855 polling places in North Carolina will open at sunrise, which will be 6:39 o’clock in Raleigh, and will close at sun set, which will be at 5:16 p. m., here. The opening and closing time varies by about 30 minutes from the east tp the west in the State. Every properly qualified and registered voter In the State may cast his or her choice for nation al, State, county and township of ficers, and vote for or against five proposed amendments to the State Constitution.
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