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'Henderson gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA | Twenty-fourth year WASHINGTON • v <p * # Farm Women Demand Tobacco TWO GREAT STRIKES ARE YET GRIPPED IN SERIOUS DEADLOCK Hopes Dashed for Quick Settlement of Either Motor Car or Sea men’s Strike PICKETS WITHSTAND TEAR GAS ATTACKS Close Briggs Body Plant at Detroit, Supplying Lincoln and Dodge Plants; Gover nor Murphy Thinks Stale mate Will Be Worked Out Shortly (By The Associated Press) Deadlock gripped the nation’s two labor disputes today, dashing hope.- of quick settlement in the car worker strike against General Mot ors Corporation, and a seamen’s walk out on the Pacific coast. The two controversies affect some 155000 of the nation’s 210,000 strike idle. A United Automobile Workers pick et lit; estimated by a union official to number 1,000 men, withstood a po ;ce tear gas attack today and closed the Briggs Manufacturing Company’s Detroit plant. Company officials said at 8 a. m. the plant is not operating.” The picket line then had dwindled to about 100 men. A police inspector was temporarily overcome when a gas bomb exploded a: his feet as he tried to rescue Wil liam Myers, plant manager, from a group of pickets. Neither required hospital treatment. The Briggs plant produces car bod ies for the Lincoln Motor Car Com {any and Dodge division of the Chrys ler Corporation. Governor Frank Murphy of Michi gan, professing belief the auto stale mate 'would he worked out,” headed for Washington to confer with Secre tary of Labor Frances Perkins and other Federal officials. $600,000 Is Asked To Buy School Buses Knleigh, Jan. 19 (AP) —The leg islature moved today to provide SMO.OOO at once for new school buses in North Carolina to replace “unsafe” vehicles, but centered uiain attention on committees. Hundreds of tobacco growers at ' .'I-d • House Agriculture Commit pu die hearing on the proposed tobacco compact bill at Memorial Auditorium despite bad weather. Ihe joint finance committee con tmuf ' work on taxes. Hou ■ members of the appropria -1 't. - group took up the bill to pro v 'h trie new school buses, then the J,Jlr anting committee resumed boo.o rringg a (_ w hich educational 1 i'>ri presented pleas for big -1 '..otments than the budget com mission recommended. iwo a w assaults werel aunched '‘o'' lll, ‘ the motor vehicle license laws, 'o' would allow trucks and trailers ir ontinue.i on Page Four.) Tax On Municipal Power slants Seriously Talked Comparisons Show Cities O wning Plants Charge Much for Current Than P rivate Utilities and Cities Pay No Taxes on I nvestment Either l)iM|»;i<fh linrrnii, *•' <h«* Sir Walter Hotel, p <'• IIASKKHVILL, . ' !y 'b Jan. 19.—Representative ' 1 ; Vogler, of Charlotte, may ! ; 'Hy started something when ( ‘ '< luleri before the joint finance that the various munici ’' '-wned and operated electric V,"'.’ ,)f * distribution systems in the n ‘ 1 * l °uld be brought under the ;il‘ h | !l an d taxed on the same 1 ■ private utilities, j '•' > the tendency at first was to *1 11 the proposal, indications to- a,,, ‘ that it is /being regarded “ fe an d more seriously both by Urttitmunt Dmln Hisrrafth LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. 1' risco To Newark Just 7 1-2 Hours Newark, N. J., Jan. 19.—(AP)— Streaking at an estimated aver age speed of 332 miles per hour, Howard Hughes, the flying cinema producer, today drove his high speed monoplane across the con tinent in seven hours, 31 minutes, for a new trans-continental speed mark. Hughes took off from Union air terminal, Jars Angeles, at 2:14 a. m. (5:14 a. m. eastern standard time) and roared down across Newark municipal airport 2,490 miles away to make his official time seven hours, 29 minutes and 27 seconds. The new record breaks his old mark of nine hours, 25 minutes and ten seconds set set last Jan uary 14. He roared away into the mists east of the field after being sure he was identified, but eame back in a few minutes and circled the the field at terrific speed, appar ently in exuberance at setting the new mark. Tobaccoßill Hearing Has Large Crowd Much Concern Man ifested Over Fate of Small Grower Un der Compacts Plan Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By HEN,BY AVERILL. Raleigh, Jan. 19--Tobacco growers, farm experts, warehousemen, agricul tural publicists and just plain politi ticians are this afternoon presenting their views to the legislature’s two agricultural committees on the tobac co compacts act, a measure almost un ique in that nobody is fighting its purposes but almost everybody is ad vancing a different method for put ting it into practice. There seems to be no fight what ever about control in principle, but there is in progress a brisk battle over how much control there shall be and who shall be controlled. Boiled (Continued on Page Four.) ROANOKE RIVER IS AGAIN IN FLOODS Raleigh, Jan. 19.—(AP) —Heavy rains in the past two days sent the Roanoke river into flood at Weldon again today at a depth of 33.7 feet. Uee A. Denson, in charge of the Weather Bureau here., said today the river would reach a depth of 37 feet or more, some five feet in flood, but little damage was expected. members of the finance committees and by the General Assembly. Chair man Victor S. Bryant, of the House Finance Committee, said today he was going to appoint a special sub committee to study the proposal, while individual members of the House and Senate are already begin ning to look into the matter. 70 Cities Own Plants. There are 70 cities and towns in North Carolina which have muni cipally-owned and operated electric generating plants or distribution sys (Continued on Page Three.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EQUITABLE SHARE OF ALLOTMENTS IN 1937 BEING ASKED Provision in Compacts Bill for Small Cropper De manded at Legisla tive Hearing U AAA ACREAGES HAD MUCH UNFAIRNESS Speakers at Mass Hearing in Afternoon Limited To Five Minutes Each, and Representative Eagles, of Edgecombe, Is Named To Answer Questions Raleigh, Jan. 19.—(AP) —Two farm women urged the agricultural corm mittce today to provide “fair and equitable” tobacco acreage for “the little farmers” under the proposed to bacco compact bill to limit produc tion. The House committee on courts and judicial district favorably reported the bill to increase the number of asso ciate justices on the State Supreme Court from four tc six under terms of a constitutional amendment ap proved in November. It was intro duced by nine representatives. The agriculture committee discuss ed the compact question in general and voted to limit speakers at a pub lic hearing in the afternoon to five minutes each after tfce fii'st 30 min utes devoted to reading and explana tion of the measure. Mrs. Victor Penny, of Johnston county, who described herself as “the wife of a little farmer. 1 ’ told the com mittee careful consideration should be given the status of fa>.liters plant ing small acreages, as they had fam ilies to look after “,'ust a? the big far mers did.” Mrs. Sam Austin, of Nash county, said the AAA a.loim«.r -:s were not equitable, citing her own experience (Continued on Page Four.) Virginia’s Markets At High Level Richmond, Va., Jan. 19.—(AP) —Vir- ginia bright belt tobacco markets re sumed activity today after a month’s holiday, while dark-fired growers com pleted tabulation of some of the sea son’s best averages in sales yesterday. The eleven flue-cured auction cen ters reported a heavy influx of leaf that might lead to blocked sales. Both Lynchburg and Farmville, dark-fired markets, reported the high est averages of the season yesterday, while sales were blocked at Black stone, with an estimated 290,000 pounds gold. Lynchburg sold 171990 pounds for an average of $14.97; Farmville 233,- 976 pounds for $14.90, and Bedford more than 37,000 pounds for an aver age of about sls per hundred. Heavy Loss From Floods In The West Over Half Dozen States Menaced By Swollen Streams After Winter Rains (By The Associated Press.) The mighty Ohio river surged at flood stage along its entire 980-mile course today and other over-burdened Middle West streams threatened ad ditional destruction of life and prop erty in at least eight states. From Pennsylvania to Arkansas workers battled flood waters created by heavy rains. Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Vir ginia, Illinois and Missouri were oth er states menaced by swollen streams. Thousands fled from their homes when waters engulfed lowlands in the Ohio valley in Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas. Six deaths were attributed to floods two each in Illinois and one in Mis suri and one in Kentucky. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 19, 1937 CROWDED FOR INAUGIHtATION IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Ole Man River Goes on the Rampage Again T' .■ ~ ... ... " ; - | ' lip , !l!llllllll«ll*ill • & IfjP||'...sß»j|k f ...... . f hK j 1111 1 I!» Without -waiting for the usual Spring rains, the Mississippi River has swollen to flood stae-e and through levees m many sections. These residents of St. Francis, Mo., are shown watching the risa of the flood waters over one of the state’s Drominent highways. fCentmf Press) Spaniards Reject Plans To Control Arms Supply Fight Over Liquor Now Is Intense Daily Di&pntcii Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel, llv J C BASKERVILI. Raleigh, Jan. 19. —Postponement of the open hearing upon the Hutchins and Hanford liquor bills until next week has by no means brought ajbout any statement of the fury with which the battle over booze is being waged under the outwardly serene surface of the legislature. Postponement was granted by Re presentative Sam Blount, chairman of House Judiciary Committee No. 1, at the request of Cale K. Burgess, head of the United Dry Forces, the hearing being set back just one week to Thursday afternoon, January 28. As the legislative session proceeds, it became more and more evident that it is going to be somewhat difficult for those who favor some form of li quor control as opposed to prohibition to got together i o a definite, con crete plan around which they can rally. On the othei hand, about the only advantage the drys enjoy, most ob servers agree, is that they have unit ed upon support of a Statewide re ferendum. Feeling that they can de feat. controllers in a Statewide vote, they are willing to stake their whole cause upon such a plan. On the other hand, the controllers split from those who are bluntly op posed to any participation by the (Continued on Page Two). STANLY MAN KILLS FATHER WITH GUN Walks To Store, Lays Rifle on Counter and Waits for Officers To Come After Him Albemarle, Jan. 19 (AP) —Reu- ben Shaver, 52, was shot to death at his home at Richfield, near here, last night and shortly after the shooting his son, Banks Shav er, 21, was taken into custody by Sheriff’s officers. Sheriff R. U. Furr said he was told the younger Shaver walked in to a Richfield store, laid a 22- calibre rifle on the counter and told persons in the store he had shot his father, adding he “had to do it.” He waited at the store for officers. The cause of the shooting was not known. OURWEgHEPMAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy and occasional rain to night and Wednesday; somewhat colder tonight. Crop For “Little Man” Both Socialist Government and Fascist Rebels Op pose Shutting Off Their Supply MANY CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON PLAN Germany and Italy Think It Is Up To France and Bri tain To Say Whether Gen eral Conflict Will Gome Before Issue Is Finally Set tled Completely (By The Associated Press.) Fighting Spaniards, Fascist insur gents and the Socialist government, turned cold shoulders to international arms control today. The fought on at fever heat, with the edge seemingly going to the gov ernment. Beth parties to the “little world war” rejected proposals of the inter national neutrality group to control rhe flow of arms to the theatre of battle. Both complained about for eign volunteers fighting on the side of the others. General Francisco Franco, the Fas cist chieftian, sidestepped the whole question of international control to (Continued on Page Four.) AMERICAN MISSION FOLK LEAVE CHINA Withdrawn from Sianfu Province in Anticipation of Civil War There Shortly Nanking, China, Jan. 20 (Wednes day)—(AP)— Seventy-five American and other foreign missionaries have reached the safety of Loyang, after a trip through the snows of western China from revolt-endangered Sianfu, Hall Paxton, second secretary of the United States Emassy, reported early today. Paxton said the evacuating mis sionaries reached Loyang just before last midnight, and all, so far as could be ascertained quickly, were well. With the exception of a small group who remained overnight at Loyang, all missionaries left for Chengchow on the Feiping-Hankow railroad. General Lee Was Foe Os Lynchings Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 19 (AP)— Robert E. Lee, long honored as a warrior, Statesman and educator, was com mended as a foe of lynch law today on the 130th anniversary of his birth. While states from Virginia to Texas paid official tribute to the memory of “Marse Robert,” the Inter-Racial Com mission cited Riley’s biography to prove Lee on two occasions person ally thwarted mob violence. The biography quoted “an eye wit ness” of an instance in 1886, when (Continued on Page Four.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Suspect Glad of Mattson Killing Portland, Ore., Jan. 19.—(AP)— John Keegan, captain of police de tectives, said today he was ques tioning a man who fits “perectly” the description of the kidnaper of Charles Mattson, slain Tacoma boy. He was identified by Keegan as George Wilson, 38, and was taken into custody by two patrolmen after they had noticed his resem blance to published drawings of the kidnaper. “I’d like to see every member of the Mattson family killed,” the of ficers quoted him as saying. “I wouldn’t hesitate to do it myself. I’m glad the Mattson boy was kid naped and glad he was killed. If I had an opportunity, I’d kill all families like that.” ROOSEVELT’S PLAN BAFFLESCONGRESS Reorganization Plan Would Make President More Powerful Than Ever By CHARLES P. STEWART Washington, Jan. 19. Congress really does not know what it thinks of President Roosevelt’s plan for re organization of the executive branch of the government. Perhaps it would be nearly correct to speak of the plan as Louis Brown low’s, Brownlow having been chair man of the committee which framed it. Perhaps also it would be more near ly correct to speak of the plan as con templating a reorganization of the bureaucratic rather than the execu tive branch of the government. To be sure, upon the plan’s adoption the consolidated bureaucracy would be placed more effectively than ever un der presidential control. However, the President, now the government’s chief executive, would become its bureau cratic chief also. He would have dual functions, with an enormous increase in authority. PROCESS A cabinet officer is an executive Continued on Page Five.) Size Os Crop Will Determine Price Os Tobacco This Year Raleigh, Jari. 19 (AP) —W. G. Finn, assistant director of the soil conser vation program in the east central re gion, told North Carolina tobacco growers today the size of the 1937 weed crop would largely determine the price. Finn and J. E. Thigpen, principal economist for the region, substituted for J. B. Hutson, regional director, who could not be here. The assistant director told the to bacco short course students at N. C. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY THRONGS JAM CITY DESPITE DOWNPOUR OF RAIN ALL DAY ■\ White House Says Roose velt Will Not Seek Leg islation Curbing Supreme Court GOVERNOR MURPHY WILL TALK STRIKE Michigan Executive Also Will Attend Inauguration of Roosevelt Tomorrow; Smiles Wreathe Faces Os Visitors, In Contrast to Sad March, 1933 Washington, Jan. 19. —(AP) — The Senate today passed the ad ministration bill to extend the $2,- 000,000,000 staibilization fund and the President’s authority to de value the dollar. The House was expected to complete congression al action later this afternoon. The bill extends him vast pow ers until June 30, 1939. Washington, Jan. 19.—(AP) — Rou tine state cares gave way to a fes tive inauguration mood today despite drenching rain that held the increas ing thousands of visitors indoors. The administration-Supreme Court wrangle took a new turn with dis closure by White House officials the chief executive is not contemplating a conference of congressmen on leg islation to re-define the powers of the court. Senator Minton, Democrat, In diana, said yesterday such a confer ence was near. Governor Frank Murphy, of Mich (Continued on Page Three.) ROCKY MOUNT MAN FREED OF CHARGES Absolved in Richmond of Blame for Death of Aged Citizen Struck by His Car Richmond, Va., Jan. 19. — (AP) Fletcher Wilson, of Rocky Mount, N. C., was acquitted today in police court on charges of involuntary manslaugh ter resulting from the death of Thomas Duke, go, who was struck by Wilson’s car here Christmas day. Duke died January 7 after contract ing pneumonia. When Wilson learned the manslaughter warrant had been sworn against him, he came here and surrendered. Witnesses To See Man As Suspect Children in Mattson Home To Confront Prisoner Already Being Questioned Tacoma, WadhL, Jan. 19. —(AP) Eye witnesses of the Charles Mattson kidnaping case will confront Lee Fow ler, 36, now that he has been com pelled to grow a heard, it was learned today from an unimpeachable source. This was disclosed as Federal Bu reau of Investigation agents finished questioning Fowler for the third time at Bellingham, Wash. The meeting of Fowler and the wit- Continued on Page Five.) State College the stocks of flue-cured tobacco are about normal, and those of hurley are below estimated re quirements. He said foreign consump tion was expected to remain about as it is, with domestic consumption in creasing slightly. “This would seem to indicate a small increase could be made in pro duction for 1937, with farmers getting about the same price as in 1936,” Finn said, “but it appears the price level for 1937 will depend on the size of the crop,"
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