HENDERSON
GATEWAY to
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR
INDUSTRY AT 1929 LEVELS
Moscow Thinks Jap-German
Alliance Long Step Toward
WarEnvoicing Whole World
OUTRIGHT DENIAL
OF AGREEMENT NOT
[LEAR AT BERLIN
High Government Spokes
man There Says Japan
and Germany Have
Much In Common
MAY ACT TOGETHER
IN ANY EMERGENCY
If Either Should Become In
volved in War, Other
Would Exercise at Least
Benevolent Neutrality*
Spokesman Says; Plot
Against World Charged
Moscow, Nov. 21 (AP) High So
viet sources today pronounced the
reported Japanese-German alliance a
‘•progressive, but not final, action
cirected in preparation for a world
war." . .
Informed sources hinted the Soviet
general staff had considered the sit
uation.
Speaking with the full authority of
the government, the newspaper Iz
vestia declared “this mobilization of
the forces of war” demanded the im
mediate organization of tho world’s
forces of peace to counteract it.
“It is recessary to be an elighten
rd politician fully to understand that
the (Japanese-German) alliance in
creases the Japanese menace to the
United States and Great Britain, as
well as the German menace against
all Europe," the senspaper said.
‘The truth is that the alliance is
not a plot against the U. S. S. R-,
but against the world.
WOULD ACT TOGETHER IF
EMERGENCY SHOULD COME
Berlin, Nov. 21.—(AP)—Japan and
Germany “have much in common” in
Continued on Page Five.)
Students At
Negro School
Are Striking
Greensboro, Nov. 21. —(AP) —None
of the 170 Negro students who began
a hunger strike Thursday night at
the Agriculture and Technical College
hole reported for meals today as the
situation became tense over the dis
rm.-o-al of 15 students yesterday for
their participation in the strike.
No r lasses were held yesterday at
the institution, all of the 665 students
remaining away to show their sym
pathy with the strikers.
President F. D. Bluford, said today
Continued on Page Five.)
President Is
Welcomed at
Old Trinidad
Roosevelt Stops At
Island Columbus
Discovered s Speecli
Not Yet Ready
Pom of Spain, Trinidad, Nov. 21 —
1 A P Historic Tr.nidad, discovered
,r Uoiumbus in 1496, ceremoniously
welcomed President Roosevelt today
0:1 hi arrival aboard the cruiser In
dianapolis.
Although the President deferred
Nohing until his return from Buenos
Auf.f,, Deputy Governor W. W. Sey
tllr,ur was received by the President.
President Roosevelt also received
!!l ' press in his cabin recalling a vis
i! he made to Port of Spain 32 years
ago.
* he President said his speech to be
d slivered to the inter-American peace
conference at Buenos Aires was not
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lipttiU'rsnn Daily Dtspatrb
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VHtGINM
leased wire service of
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Madrid Defenders Claim
Gains Against Fascists
In Battle For Capital
Heavy, Freezing Rain Gives Populace of Grateful Cap
ital Respite from Aerial Bombardment; Intense
Cold Plagues Homeless; City Entrances Blocked '
Madrid, Nov. 21, —(AP) —Madrid’s
gunners rolled heavy batteries up to
University City this afternoon and be
gan a short-range bombardment pf
the position still held by Fascist in
vaders.
They announced the recapture of
the National Institute of Biology in
the northeastern Madrid section and
said withdrawal of hteir forces from
across the Manzanares river on the
west had strengthened the University
City corps.
Reports reached Madrid of the sink
ing of a Spanish merchantman off
Talamos on the eastern Spanish coast
LEWIS BACKERS IN
LABOR CONVENTION
BECOMEJILITANT
Few in Numbers But Loud
in Opposition to Steam
roller Tactics
Against Group
THEY LOSE OUT IN
THEIR FIRST TEST
Boycott Voted Against Pro
ducts of Lewis Affiliate
Union, Which Enrages His
Handful of Followers At
Tampa Meeting; Declared
Undemocratic
Tampa, Fla., Nov. 21—(AP)—A mili
tant band of John L. Lewis support
ers, short in voting strength Ibut de
termined to be heard on the floor of
the American Federation of Labor
convention, whipped up opposition to
day to steam-roller action on their re
solutions proposing peace with indus
trial unionists.
Gathering, their temporary chair
man announced in the name of “those
who love democracy,” some hundred
delegates laid plans, elected a board
of strategy and went forth to gain
converts to their cause.
Smarting under defeat in the first
major test of strength at the conven
tion, the industrial unionists forgot
any technical differences for an unit
ed front, after a boycott had been
voted by the convention on men’s
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EiALICITY
MUDDLE IS TRAGIC
Several Times Bigger Than
All Insurance Compan
ies Combined
Bv CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington, Nov. 21.—The human
brain reels at the complications In
volved in the administration of the
social securty program, just getting
under way.
Infinity hasn’t much on it.
Its actuarial calculations run into
astronomical figures. ...
If all the numbers of policy hold
ers in all the insurance companies in
the country were added together, the
total would have to be multiplied sev
eral times over to aggregate the num
ber involved in the social security act.
ONE SLOW, OTHER SPEEDY
But private insurance companies
were a slow growth.
They built up their systems and
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HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY t AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER gl, 1936
(by shells from an insurgent cruiser.
A day of heavy, freezing rain gave
the grateful capital respite from
aerial bombardment.
Pressed by an increasing food short
age, the government offered free
transportation to the. eastern regions
of Spain for women, children and old
persons of both sexes.
Intense cold increased the hard
ships of the homeless.
The defense announced all en
trances to Madrid were blocekd ef
fectively and promised the suffering
of Madrilenoe would be only “tem
porary.”
Americans Warned
To Depart Spain
Washington, Nov. 21 (AP) —The
American consul general at Bar
celona reported to the State De
partment today he had warned all
Americans still in that district the
consulate was likely to be closed,
and that those who continue to
stay is the area would do so on
their own responsibility.
The situation at Madrid, mean
while, was believed here to be giv
ing the American Embassy there
serious cause for closing, although
officials here emphasized that no
decision to that effect had been
made.
WAIT LEGISLATURE
FOR MANGES
Eure, Scott and Pou, New
State Officials, In No
Hurry About It
Daily Dispatch Ilnreau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Hy .1. C. KASKKIIVIM,
Raleigh, Nov. 21—The three newly
elected State officials who will take
office in January—Secretary oft Sate
Thad Eure, State Auditor George Ross
Pou and Commissioner of Agricul
ture W. Kerr Scott—are not plan
ning to make many changes in the
personnel of their departments or
offices immediately and will probab
ly wait until after the 1937 General
Assembly adjourns or at least gets
well under way before making many
changes, it was learned here today.
Some sow changes will probably be
made right at the beginning, of
course. But for the most part these
three new State officials are expect
ed to retain most of the present em
ployes for several months, at least.
It is understood that George Ross
Pou has already announced that he
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HABEAS CORPUsToR
DENHARDT DEFERRED
Army General and Famous Soldier
Held Without Bail in Death
of His Sweetheart
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 21. —(AP)—
Counsel for Brigadier General Den
hardt deferred today habeas corpus
proceedings to release the soldier poli
tician from the Jefferson county jail,
where he is held without (bond to
await action of the Henry county
grand jury on a charge of murdering
his sweetheart, Verna Carr Taylor.
Rodes K. Myers, who argued in
vain before Henry County Judge A.
S. Morgan at Newcastle yesterday
that the commonwealth’s evidence at
the examining trial was insufficient
to hold the veteran of three wars,
said there was no immediate pros
pect of an application for a writ.
The former adjutant general and
lieutenant governor of Kentucky, who
was cited for service on the St.
Mihiel front in the World War, rest
ed comfortably last night in his cell
in the county jail.
REBEL TROOPERS CHARGE—READY TO DEAL DEATH
Spanish rebel troops charging over a stone barricade near Madrid
This Spanish battl:front picture, snapped in the |
village of Illescas, outside Madrid, Spain, shows |
NO BREAK IS SEEN
AS LOSS EXPANDS
V
Business on West Coast Ap
peals to Roosevelt, Esti
mating Costs In
Millions
MORE SHIPS ADDED
TO THOSE TIED UP
McGrady Tries Again To
Solve Crucial “Hiring
Hall” Issue from New
Angles After Ship Owners
Reject His Proposals; Ten
ants Are Losing Jobs
San Francisco, Nov. 21.—(AP) —
With no break in sight on the 23rd
day of the maritime walk-out, inde
pendent business organizations direct
ed appeals for help to Washington to
day and figured in millions of dol
lars the strike’s cost to west coast
industries.
Waterfront employees said three
ships had been added to the number
paralyzed in coast ports, bringing the
total to 216 in the dispute which has
thrown more than 37,000 union mari
time employees out of work and af
fected tens of thousands in other in
dustries.
Assistant Labor Secretary Edward
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Democratic
State Cost
Is $29,801
■— ym
Winborne Reports
$2,272 Balance With
Bills Paid; Counties
Are Aided
Raleigh, Nov. 21. —(AP) —J. Wallace
Winborne, State Democratic chairman
reported today that $29,801.23 was
spent through his organization during
the recent campaign, and that a bal
ance of $2,272.11 remained in the
party’s State treasury yesterday.
The final report of the chairman,
filed this morning with Charles G.
Powell, secretary of state, listed con
tributions by around 2,800 persons to
Continued on Page Two.)
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair and cooler tonight and
Sunday. _
Social Security Set-Up
Holds Raleigh Spotlight
Speculation Is How Far Leg islature Will Go In Cooper
ating With Federal Government; Will Require $3,-
000,000 to $5,000,0 00 Annually for Fund
Dully Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
B.v J. C. B ASK Kit V ILIi
Raleigh, Nov. 21. —Social security,
or rather the many different angles
and ramifications of social security
legislation, both in Washington and
North Carolina, is in the spotlight
here as never ibefore. Virtually every
thing else is being shoved into the
background as State officials, poli
ticians and even individuals discuss
what should be done or speculate on
what will be done by the approaching
General Assembly with regard to the
various phases of social security. It
is already agreed that the new Gen
eral Assembly will have to devote a
Football Game Drinking
Denounced In M. E. Votes
State and County Revenues from Liquor Traffic Also
Condemned in Resolutions at New Bern Confer
ence; Dr. Graham Comm ended for His Bold Efforts
New Bern, Nov. 21.—(AP) —Resolu-
tions condemning the liquor traffic
generally, and opposing “promiscuous
drinking at football games” were pass
ed by acclamation today at the 100th
annual North Carolina Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.
Both resolutions were presented by
Rev. L. M. Hall, of Aberdeen, the gen
eral indictment of the liquor traffic
being offered in behalf of the board
of lay activities, of which Dr. W. P.
Few, president of Duke University, is
chairman.
The football resolution described
SAYS SOCIAL ACT
WILL BE CHANGED
Will Be Altered To Let In
States So Far Not Aid
ing, Bailey Says
Dully Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKERVIMi
Raleigh, Nov. 21—Senator Josiah
W. Bailey is inclined to the belief
that this coming session of Congress
will amend the soc.al security act so
that the 32 states which have not yet
enacted unemployment insurance
laws saisfactory to the Social Secur
ity Board, will not lose the payroll
taxes which will be collected in Jan
uary, he said here today. Governor
J. C. B. Ehringhaus has maintained
for some time that Congress would
amend the law so that North Caro
lina would not lose the approximately
$3,000,000 which will be due under this
act in January and which under the
present law will he lost to the State
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rebel troopers, bayonets in hand, making a furious
advance. —Central Press
large portion of its time and atten
tion to social security legislation, es
pecially at the beginning of the ses
sion. -
The first phase of the problem to
be dealt, with, will be old age assis
tance, generally referred to as old
age pensions, most observers agree.
This will make it necessary for the
assembly to do two things:
Number and Amount.
1. Determine the number of persons
entitled to old age assistance, which
in turn will reveal how much money
will be needed to put the program iu
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conduct at some football games as
“disgraceful,” and called on Duke
University and the church administra
tion to take its “rightful place in the
forefront,” by “endeavoring to de
crease such drinking.”
The resolution commended Dr.
Frank P. Graham and other officials
of the University of North Carolina
for their efforts in thi s direction be
fore the Duke-Carolina game.
Another resolution condemned
“growing use of liquor and drugs”
and use of liquor revenue to meet
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SECURITY JOBS QN
THE CIVIL SERVICE
Non-Political and Beyond
Influence of Congress
men, Says Bailey
Dolly Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Waiter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKERVILIi
Raleigh, Nov. 21—The jobs now be
ing filled in the various social se
curity offices in the State —and in
other states —are strictly non-politi
cal and will be filled entirely from
civil service lists, with the result
that the Senators and congressmen
have nothing whatever to do with
these jobs and will not be consulted
in filling them, it .was anounced here
today by Senator Josiah W. Bailey.
He pointed out that it was useless
for any one to ask any senator or
congressman for indorsements since
these would not be considered if they
should be given and might even pred
judice the chances of those seeking
Continued on Page Five.)
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GAINS GENERAL AS
PAMNTSSPEEDED
FOR CORPORATIONS
Car Loadings, Auto Output,
Steel Activity and Other
Lines Increase
Their Upturn
WEEK SETS RECORD
IN FLOW OF MONEY
Shareholders and Workers
Alike Dip Into Earnings;
20 More Companies Dur
ing Day Disburse $15,000,-
000; Christmas Bonuses
From Oil Companies
New York, Nov. 21.—(AP)—Indus
trial activity has climbed back to the
1929 level, moving ' out of the 1930
range in the latest week.
The Associated Press index rose to
98 from 97 a week ago, and 83.4 in
the same period last year.
Gains were general and only cot
ton manufacturing activity dipped
from the previous rate.
Freight car loadings advanced con-
pushing the index to
a new top for the year.
Production of 1937 model automo
biles stepped ahead smartly as the
recent auto shows reported unexpect
edly large orders for new cars.
Steel mill operations inched higher
with demand from auto makers, rail
roads and miscellaneous categories
steady. Electric power output nudged
Continued on Page Two.)
Balance Os
Budget Now
Is Forecast
Washington, Nov. 21 (AP) —Talk of
a possible balanced budget in 1937-38
was followed today by internal reve
nue reports that the government in
come surged upward $170,000,000 in
the first four months of the present
fiscal year.
With business gaining daily, re
ceipts of the Treasury from July 1
to October 31' were $1,209,242,000, com
pared with $1,037,689,000 in corres
ponding months last year.
Encouraged by these figures, Treas
ury experts said hew estimates “ob-
Continued on Page Two.)
GINNINGS THUS FAR
EXCEED LAST YEAR
10,366,378 Bales of This Year’s Crop
To November 14; North Caro
lina 433,333
Washington, TV r \ 21..—(AP)—Cot
ton of this year’s growth ginned prior
to November 14 was reported by the
Census Bureau today to have totalled
10,366,378 running bales.
Ginnings last year to November 14
totalled 8,436,538 running bales, and
to that date, two years ago 8,634,632
running bales.
Ginnings this year to November 14
by states included: North Carolina,
433,333.
Business Is
Now Talking
Os Compacts
Groupings by States
Regulate Practices
In Preserving Con
stitution
Washington, Nov. 21 (AP)—The
Chamber of Commerce of the Unit
ed States urged business men today
to “give most careful attention to
State compacts as a means of in
dustrial regulation.”
Chamber directors approved a com
mittee report asserting such agree
ments among states having similar
interests would provide “respect for
the constitutional reservation to the
states of all powers not expressly
granted to the Federal government."
This, it was said, would enable
courts reviewing the agreements to
“take a more liberal view than in
construing legislation purporting to
be based upon liimted Federal pow
ers.”