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SINKERS HUE ORDERED FROM Ml PUNTS
Geysers Open In Cairo As Waters Rise Up In Citv
“SAND BOILS” ARE
OPENED INTO HEART
OF BESEIGED CITY
Emergency Squads Rush to
Danger Points To Plug
Holes Speedily With
Sand Bags
defenders prepare
TO LEAVE THE CITY
Boats Are Available To
Carry Them Away If
Mighty Floods Crash
Through Levees; A1 1
Along Lower Mississippi
Waves Stir New Fears
( By The Associted Press)
Dread “sand boils” bursting
up in the heart of beleaguered
Cairo, 111, forwarned of deeply
undermined barriers guarding
the flood-seiged city today.
Emergency squads rushed to the
danger spot?, dumping hundreds of
sandbags on the miniature geysers,
boiling through the thin strata of pro
ective surface over the city’s founda
tion of sand.
The eruptions, Major R. D. Burdick,
U. S. Army Engineers, explained,
sprang from the terrific pressure of
the Ohio river waters, slowly eating
their way beneath the man’s guard
ed levees and seeping under the city
to make it in time a virtual “floating
island.”
In the mounting emergency, 40 ex
tra coast guard boats arrived to eva
cuate the city's army of 6,000 defend
ers if the river breaks through.
All along the lower Mississippi be
low Cairo the pounding assault of
waves stirred fresh apprehension
among army engineers and the 120,000
pick and shovel workers toiling day
and night to save the cotton kingdom
from the $500,000,000 scourge that has
already blighted the Ohio river valley
in the north.
The fight along the Arkansas side
of the Mississippi became hourly more
desperate today.
Lewis Goes
Into Flint
Strike Area
Washington, Feb. 2 (AP) —John L.
I,owis. whose movement for industrial
organization of labor has met a cru
cial test in the General Motors strike,
decided today on a personal trip into
the strike zone. His office said he
would h ave here at 4:40 p. m. for De
troit, having decided to go after study
ln k reports of rioting yesterday in the
■trikr. front at Flint, Mich.
Already at Flint was James Dewey,
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McKeeChild
Labor Bill Is
bivenChance
Defeat of Federal
Amendment Held
lo Clear Way for
State Measure
V
Daily DiopHtch Bureau,
In <he Sir Walter Hotel.
I'.y HENTRY AVERILL.
, ' i'Wh. Feb. 2.—The Federal child
amendment is dead as an issue
!" ' session of the North Carolina
! i din!. The House disposed of it
. d'terday, voting 58 to 47 to lay upon
“ ,:| hle a resolution ratifying tfie
'' ,n ‘i drnent. It would require a two
fllu| majority to take the resolution
'l'm the table and no one sees the
‘ possibility of such action.
' v,, n the clincher of reconsideration
tabling the motion to reconsider
dn h ut on with the aid of a very dub
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lUmtiteramt Bathi
leased wire service of
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
House’s Committee
Orders Substitute
For Liquor Bills
Sub-Group Told To Bring i n Measure Tomorrow To
Displace Referendum and Liquor Manufacture Bills;
Big New Commission In Raleigh Is Opposed
Raleigh, Feb. 2 (AP) —The House
Judiciary Committee No. 1, work ng
on liquor legislation, ordered a sub
committee today to prepare “another
bill” and have it ready for study to
morrow.
The sub-group, Representatives
Bryant, of Durham; Rouse, of Lenoir;
and Gardner, of Cleveland, were told
to take the Hutchins measure for a
Statewide prohibition referendum and
the Hanford bill to provide for State
manufacture and sale of liquor to
county-election-approved\ stores, and
draft a substitute.
Gardner had proposed favorable re
Lindberghs Given
Welcome By Rome
Rome, Feb. 2.—(AP)—Excited Ro
mans gave the Charles A. Lindberghs
a “hide and seek” welcome today at
the end of a leisurely flight from
Pisa, second stage of the birthday air
jaunt that seemingly leads to Egypt.
In high spirits, they pursued the
famous couple into a hangar, around
the wings and props of planes, and
finally into an airport office.
The Lindberghs reached Littorio air
port at 4:58 p. m.
Colonel, and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh landed at Vittorio airport late
today. It was about 10:58 eastern
standard time.
MILL TO GET
IS. EVANS’POST
1
State Unemployment Ser
vice Job Is To Go To
Concord Editor
Dally Dlapntrh Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, Feb. 2—'William M. Sherrill
of Concord, editor of the Concord
Tribune, is expected to accept the ap
pointment which has already been of
fered to him by Governor Clyde R.
Hoey and the Unemployment Compen
sation Commission as director of the
State Unemployment Service, although
no official announcement of Sherrill’s
appointment has been made as yet.
But Sherrill is here today conferring
with Governor Hoey and Chairman
Charles G. Powell of the Unemploy
ment Compensation Commission, and
before the day is over Sherrill is ex
pected to have accepted the post. He
will succeed ,MraV. Mae Thompson
Evans who has just resigned to ac
cept a post with the National Demo
cratic Committee as assistant direc
tor of the women’s division.
Although the appointment of Sher
rill as director of the unemployment
service is not occasioning much sur
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SEEiGTOILD
RELIEF BILL -DOWN
t
Administration Leaders In
Senate Fighting Off
Free Spenders
Washington, Feb. 2.—(AP)—Admin
istration leaders strove in the Senate
today to keep the deficiency relief ap
propriation at $790,000,000, and get en
actment before the flood-pressed
WPA spends its last dollar.
They were Ibeset from two sides. Ad
vocates of the retrenchment opposed
the attempt to restore the $15,000,000
for resettlement work, which the ap
propriations committee had clipped
off. . ...
While a vote was slated to settle
.-that question, the Democratic com
mand contemplated use of parliamen
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH
HENDERSON, N. C„ TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY ;2, 1937 (
port of the Hutchins bill, but Lumpkin
of Franklin moved for further 'study
and his motion prevailed.
Representative Senteile, of Bruns
wick, said he was opposed to creation
of any new big commission in Raleigh
to handle liquor matters, saying coun
t.es should handle them.
House Judiciary Committee No. 2
favorably reported HB 145 to create a
commission to regulate the cleaning,
dyeing and pressing business in the
State, It also recommended pass
age of HB 105 by Horton, of Martin, to
extend time for tax sales in Martin
and others.
PAUSE FOR SIGHT-SEEING
A WHILE IN FAMOUS PISA
Pisa, Italy, Feb. 2. —(AP) —The fly
ing Lindberghs paused for sight-see
ing in famous Pisa today after a
roundabout trip to avoid a “terrific
storm” over the Italian Alps.
The manager of the Hotel Vittoria,
where Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh re
gistered under their own names, quot
ed the American flier as saying they
landed at Pisa last night when their
gasoline supply ran low during the
long detour which they took to avoid
the storm in the mountains.
New Highway
Bill To Oust
Presentßody
Measure Expected
Daily To Mean
Their Walking Pa
pers; Waynick Stays
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. O. BASKER.VILL
Raleigh, Feb. 2—The bill being
drawn by the joint committees on
roads as a substitute bill for the one
introduced by Senator J. C. Pittman,
of Lee county, is rapidly nearing com
pletion and should be introduced al
most any day now, according to re
ports here today. The bill will
for a sweeping reorganization of the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission on a district basis and
probably call for a commission com
posed of ten members and a chairman
from the State at large. It is general
ly agreed that this committee substi
tute will be the “adminisration bill”
and have the full support of Gover
nor Clyde R. Hoey. It is known that
the chairman of the roads committees
—Representative Con C. Johnston in
the House and Senator S. Gilmer Spar
ger in the Senate—have held several
conferences recently with Governor
Hoey and that the bill when complet
ed will pretty generally conform with
the governor’s, ideas.
Means “Walking Papers”
The opinion in most political circles
here is that the bill, if enacted will
mean walking papers for most, if not
all of the members of the present high
way commission, with the exception
of Chairman Capus M. Waynick. A
Continued on Page Five.)
OtJRWtfniEPMAN
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair tonight and Wed
nesday; slightly colder tonight.
WAITING, HOPEFULLY, FOR SIGHT OF LOST ONES
IWffF mSiIHI'P Ti|
!■ f*!?:'! :: I
Friends and relatives held from restricted area
Standing at the edge of the flood line in Louisville,
Ky., friends and relatives of lost ones wait anxious-
“Too Moderate” ?
General Hayashi
Gen. Senjjuro Hayashi, ministei
of war in two recent Japanese
cabinets, was the second to ac
cept the call of Emperor Hirohito
to attempt formation of a new
cabinet to replace that of Premier
Koki Horota, forced out Jan. 21
by military-Fascist factions. It
was believed, however, that Gen
eral Hayashi would be considered
“too moderate” by the military-
Fascist group.
—Central Presr
Legislature
Votes More
High Judges
Two New Justices on
Supreme Bench Ap
proved; Advertis
ing Fund Asked
Raleigh, Feb. 2, —(AP) —The legis
lature voted the addition of two as
sociate justices of the State Supreme
Court today.
The senators quickly passed the
court expansion bill, already approved
by the House. The court, after July
1, will consist of the chief justice and
six associate justices under a consti
tutional amendment approved in No
vember after a number of defeats.
Committee activity held the center
of the stage throughout the day.
Senator Gold, of Guilford, introduc
ed a blind aid bill to conform to Fed
eral social security requirements. It
would provide an annual State ap
propriation of $85,180, with counties
to match State funds and with the
Federal government contributing to
the aid of the blind.
Representative Siler, of Chatham,
offered a bill similar to one already
one introduced in the Senate to re
lieve owners of cars from liability for
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Hispatrb
CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
I ly as flood victims are brought from a ravaged
I district.
River Breaking Through
Dykes Near Memphis But
Damage Is Not Serious
Levee Workers Confident
of Ultimate Victory Along
“Main Line” In
Flood Area
TIPTONVILLE, TENN.,
MAY BE ISOLATED
Fire Adds Destruction In
Paducah, Ky., and Dyke
Workers at Hickman, Ky.,
Are Encouraged As Winds
Die Down and Waters Be
come Calm Again
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 2 (AP) —Mis-
sissippi flood waters, churned up by
a cold wind throughout the night
broke through the Bessie Landing
Neck dykes for the fourth time today.
Levee workers, confident of ulti
mate victory along the “main line,
yielded additional acres to inundation.
A crevasse occurred near two miles
above the Cates Landing mud box
and threatened much of Lake county.
Engineers said Tiptonville, fTenn.,
might be entirely isolated.
Engineers on the scene said there
was still no fear the river would cut
a new channel through nearby reels
foot lake, unless there was a break in
the levee above the lake.
Fire added its destruction to that of
the flood in Paducah, Ky. A grain
elevator, hosiery mill and two resi
dences were damaged by flames. Re
lief workers estimated the damage -at
$75,000.
At Hickman, Ky., an army in dun
garrees, fighting to keep the river’s
chilly hand from grasping 100 square
jniles of western Tennessee took on
new courage when the winds subsid
ed and the waters calmed.
FLOOOIsICTS
JO BEREOCCUPIED
City Dwellers Won’t Move
Permanently from “River
bed” Houses
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Feb. 2.—Just as fast
as the water runs off, flood sufferers
alongside the Mississippi and its tri
butaries will hasten to move back in
to the erstwhile inundated areas.
Such is the information available at
the Washington headquarters’ of all
relief agencies, from their field repre
sentatives.
Nowhere does there seem to be the
slightest inclination to abandon their
domicles so hazardously situated. Tq
the contrary, force has had to be em
ployed in many instances to evacuate
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PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Roosevelt Admits
Foods “Duty Free”
Washington, Feb. 2. (AP)
President Roosevelt proclaimed an
“emergency” today to permit the
importation, duty free, of foreign
donations of food, clothing, medi
cal and other supplies for flood
sufferers.
Officials said several foreign
countries, particularly Canada, had
sent and were sending* relief sup
plies to the flood zones.
The President acted under a pro
vision of the 1930 tariff law.
STATE EXPOmN
Conservation Committees
Also Hear of State Ad
vertising Proposal
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, Feb. 2—Two special com
mittees of the State Board of Con
servation and Development met here
this morning with the Senate and
{House committees on conservation
and development to discuss Governor
Hoey’s proposal for a nationwide
North Carolina exposition, the exten
sive campaign for advertising North
Carolina throughout the country and
the proposal that North Carolina par
ticipate in the New York World’s
Fair in New York City in 1939.
The committee from the conserva
tion board which presented the na
tional exposition and State advertis
ing proposals to the legislative com
mittees was composed of J. L. Horne,
Jr., Rocky Mount; J. P. Rawley, of
High Point, and E. S. Askew of
Merry Rill. The committee on the
proposal for State participation in the
New York World’s Fair in 1939 was
composed of J. Q. Gilkey of Marion,
Santford Martin, of Winston-Salem,
and Mr. Horne. ,
Senator L. B. Gravely, of Rocky
Mount, is chairman of the Senate
Committee on Conservation and Deve
lopment, and Representative F. Webb
Williams, of Elizabeth City, is chair
man of the House committee.
Nothing definite was decided as a
result of the meeting, but it was evi
dent that the two legislative commit
tees were much interested in the data
presented by the committees from the
conservation board and especially in
the plans for the advertising cam
paign for the State. The Department
of Conservation and Development is
expected to ask for an appropriation
of between $200,000 and $250,000 a
year to be used in advertising the
State, in seeking new industries to lo
cate here and in a nationwide and
even worldwide publicity campaign to
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FLINT,JUDGE ALSO
TO STOP PICKETING
Sit-Downers Given 24 Hours
in Which To Evacuate
Factories at Flint,
Michigan
REFUSES MANDATE
OF 1936 AS GUIDE
Guardsmen, 1,200 Strong,
Patrol Streets of Motors
City and Disperse Pickets;
Chevrolet Plants Protect
ed by Soldiers’ Rings of
Steel
Flint, Mich", Feb. 2 (AP)
Circuit Judge Hall V. Gadola
granted an injunction this aft
ernoon restraining strikers from
occupying two General Motors
plants here.
The injunction also restrained
the strikers from picketing and
ordered the men to evacuate the
plants within 24 hours.
After citing numerous Michigan
court decisions, mostly regarding the
legality of picketing and on property
rights, Judge Gadola said:
“This court cannot take the man
date of 1936 as a guide, but must
follow the law of the states.
“We, therefore, must grant the re
lief asked by the plaintiffs.”
PICKETS ARE DISPERSED
B YNATTONAL GUARDSMEN
Flint, Mich., Feb. 2. —(AP)—Nation-
al Guardsmen, enforcing order in the
strike zone here, seized the United Au
tomobile Workers’ sound truck this
afternoon, dispersed two score or
more pickets, and set up machine
guns in the middle of the street in
front of Chevrolet plant No. 4.
More than 1,200 National Guards
men controlled the “trouble spot” of
General Motors strikes today with a
ring of steel bayonets and guns drawn
taut that food-bearers were forbidden
to pass the military lines.
Inside the troop patrol, which stret
ched about an 80-acre area, contain
ing the huge Chevrolet Motor Com
pany plants, were several hundred
members of the United Automobile
Workers of America, after a series
of disorders last night started Flint’s
third sit-down strike, occupying the
“key” motor assembly plant.
“When the men get hungrq they
can go out and eat,” Colenel Joseph
Lewis, National Guard commander
said. “Nobody is keeping them from
going out.”
Judge Paul Gadola, who heard four
hours of argument yeßterday after
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Liberals In
House Offer
Peace Plan
Restrictions on Ame
ricans and Ship
ments Would Keep
U. S. Out of Wars
Washington, Feb. 2—(AP) —A group
of 31 House members proposed today
immediate enactment of a cash and
carry neutrality plan, with partial na
tionalization of the munitions indus
try and legislation to take the profits
out of war.
The 31, chiefly • members of the
House liberal bloc, said in a statement
that “war or peace at this time is the
most important subject before the
American people.”
Adequate neutrality legislation, they
said, should include:
A mandatory embargo on all ma
terials that might be used for war
purposes, applicable both to belliger
ent nations and to factions engaged
in civil strife.
A mandatory embargo on loans and
credits to all belligerents.
Equal application of embargoes to
all parts in conflict.
A cash and carry policy for trading
in non-war materials with combatants
Prohibitions of travel of American
citizens in war zones or on vessels of
belligerent nations, with American
ships forbidden to enter war zones.