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ChENPEKSON I to central CAROLINA | TV-fOURTH YEAR MOP INSURANCE PUN SENT 10 CONGRESS State Senate In Mass Vote Refuses To Drop Sales Tax In Debate On Revenue Bill CONFERENCE RULE m LIQUOR BILL IS BEING AWAITED House Votes for One-Day Legislative Meeting in Edenton, Sends Bill | To Senate I SPEED MONEY BILL TO 'FIRST PASSAGE ■ House Passes on Second Reading Bill for Free Text books for Elementary Schools; Vote Is 88 to 0; Will Go To Senate by End I of Present Week I Raleigh, Feb. 18.—(AP) —Senators I continued work today on the $75,000,- I 000 biennial general fund revenue foil! I for 1937-39 as the House again passed I on second reading the measure to pro- I vide free textbooks for elementary I; school pupils. I Both divisions awaited a report I from the conference committee on the I county options liquor bill which sche- I juled a meeting for this afternoon. To Meet in Eaenton. House members voted to have a one-day legislative meeting at Eden ton, bur did not fix the day and sent the measure to the Senate. The Senate, by an overwhelming oral vote, refused to strike out the three percent sales tax, with basic foods exempted, which is in the rev enue hill, but amended the House-ap proved measure to eliminate reference as to how the levy should be passed on. Supplementary legislation' to pro vide application of the tax on sales (Cor.tunned on Parre Threat ASK HABEAS CORPUS IN TORCH SLAYING Lawyers for Tailed Man at Southport Seek Freedom of Suspect in Man’s Death Southport, Feb. 17 <AP)—Attorneys for Irrnan Clemmons, 32, held without bail it. the torch slaying of Hobson Seilers, 21-year-old truck driver, said today they planned to seek his re lease on a habeas corpus writ. The lawyers, Bunn Frink and Rob ert D/vi.-, said a hearing would be h*ld in Wilmington early next week through an agreement with Solicitor John Burney on the ground Clemmons held on a bailable offense.' A coroner's jury, which completed ; ‘ii inqur t last night, ordered Clem h'-ld without bond for the grand > ur y- Clemmons has been held in the jail here since his arrest more than a week ago. House Will Agree Upon Liquor Bill Most of Senate Amendments Will l*e Accepted; Final pressure Terrific Dully Bureno, In the Sir Walter Hotel. p I’-.v .1. r. lUSHnp.VJMi Feb. 18.—The county op ' i'luor hill is now in conference v-' 1 Oouse and Senate with a ’ ’ 'i ironing out difference which reason of the amendments ’* ' :f ' T the upper branch; n te statement has been leaders, but it is generally 1 -'.td' d a .', likely that the House con will readily agree to all Senate men's except that inserted by W. I. Halstead requiring i fj K '' a^e - s ;in d enforcement officers 1 ’ 'ko reports on control to every t a superior court in every coun- w.nefi may elect to open liquor * objected that this will entail (Continued on Page Six.) Utettiteramt fßathi tlisuafrlr LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS! SEARCH FOR CONVICTS WIDENS 1 m <IP fl f 11 W * I A widespread search by land and air was being made in the Carolinas and Virginia for the seven convicts shown above who escaped from the Caledonia prison in North Carolina. The seven took with them three men as hostages but later released them unharmed. Top row left to right: Arth ur Pettitt, Robert S. Smith and Clark York. Below, left to right: C. F. Yeager, Ralph Page, J. W. Turner and Bill Payne. (A. P. Photo). Warning Made On Bridge’s Safety San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 18. — (AP) —The question whether scaf folding on the world’s longest sus pension span, the Golden Gate bridge, had been declared unsafe, stood high today among those for which investigators sought an an swer in explaining the 200-foot death plunge of ten workers yes terday. Frank McDonald, State indus trial accident commissioner, said Inspector A. F. Mailloux twice made such a protest to several construction officials. McDonald pointed out that the commission and bridge authorities were ap proaching the $35,000,000 structure for another inspection of the 4,200- foot span when the scaffolding col lapsed yesterday. Marriage Ban For Children Appears Sure I»jiliy Dispatch B arena. In (he Sir Wnlter Hotel By >. O. BASKERVILL Raleigh. Feb. 18—Child marirages in North Carolina will be definitely banned as soon as the Senate and House pass the bill already on the Senate calendar with a favorable re port which prohibits the marriage of any persons less than 18 years of age without the consent of parents or guardians, and provides that no one may marry in the State under 16 years of age, even with the cons°nc of parents or guardians. The bill was introduced several days ago by Sena tors J. D. Larkin, of Jones county, and L. M. Obernathy, of Caldwell. It was reported favorably by Senate Ju diciary Committee Number One, of which Senator T. J. Gold, of High Point is chairman. This bill is regarded as having been indirectly suggested by the Charlie Johns-Eunice Winstead marriage in Tennessee recently, in which Johns, 22 years old, married Eunice, only nine years old, and stirred up a na tional sensation that has focused at tention oh marriage laws in almost every state. This incident resulted- in (Continued on Page Two). NEW BERN MAN ON BOND FOR SLAYING New Bern, Feb. 18 (AP)—Hub ert Norris, 36, was under $2,000 bond today on a charge of killing John Hansen, 33, of Bridgeton. A coroner’s jury ordered Norris held for the grand jury and Mag istrate G. W. Brite set his bond. Norris is alleged to have hit Han son on the head with a heavy piece of wood after an argument. ONLY DAILY Many Dykes Cracking On Mississippi Natchez, Miss., Feb. 18. —(AP) —The flood fight in the lower Mississippi valley centered today 22 miles below Natchez on the Louisiana side of the river, where a 35-mile stretch of em bamkment was reported “cracking and caving.” Hundred's of men struggled to bol ster a main line dyke between Deer Park and Bougere, pounded fcy the river’s rising crest. B. F. Young, president of the fifth Louisiana levee district, rushed man power reinforcements to the threaten ed area and said it would be a hard fight to hold the earthn bulwarks. Fifty men were added to the work crew last night, and Young issued a rush call for 600 more to swell the fighting force along the 35-mile stretch to more than 1,000. The crest rolled along between, Vicksburg and Natchez. At Natchez the guage stood at 57.7 feet, an all time high. WILSON MERCHANT PASSES SUDDENLY Wilson, Feb. 18 (AP) —J. I. Hill, 60, Wilson store-keeper, dropped dead at his hom e today. Move Launched To Double Number In Highway Patrol That and Safety Division Would *se Lifted From Re venue Department and Pu t Into New Division; Gov ernor Hoey Reported to Favor Proposal Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Dy J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Feb. 18.— I The move to da vorce the’State Highway Patrol from the Department of Revenue and set it up in a special division under a com missioner of public safety appointed by the governor. i& arousing consider able interest here. The bill to trans fer the highway patrol and the high way safety division and comibine them into a new commission directly under the governor, was introduced in the House Wednesday by Representative Con C. Johnston, of Iredell county, and is expected to come back in a few days with a favorable committee re port, since the bill is regarded as an “administration bill’ having the full support of Governor Clyde R. Hoey. The bill also provides for an increase in the number of highway patrolmen to 300, or almost three times the size of the present patrol of 120 officers and men. Both the highway patrol and the di vision of highway safety would' be. W NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY * AFTERNOO N FEBRUARY 18,1937 Convict Hunt Now About Greensboro Greensboro Feb. 18 (AP) —Search for seven long-term convicts who escaped from the Caledonia prison farm Monday continued today to center on Greensboro. Officers admitted, however, no trace of the fugitives had come to light since their abandoned auto mobile was found on a muddy high way near High Point Tuesday. Two of the fugitives, officers said were familiar with Guilford county. The State has offered a reward of SIOO each for the capture of the seven men. REBEL VICTORIES DOMINATE MAP IN THE SPANISH WAR \ Insurgent Troops Hurled Against Government Forces in Mass Of fensive Movement SEIZURE OF MADRID IS OBJECTIVE NOW ”N ■ ■■ .i —■ Meantime, Portugal Refuses To Join 26 Nations in Plans To Stop Foreign Help from Reaching Spain; Casualties Among Govern ment Troops Are Heavy (By The Associated Press.) Insurgent victories dotted the Span ish war map today as General Fran cisco Franco’s men were hurled a gainst government troops in mass of fensives southeast of Madrid, and a triple air attack left many dead and wounded in Madrid’s streets. While the civil war raged with re newed intensity, Portugal remained aloof from non-intervention efforts in London, again refusing to join 26 na tions in a plan to stop foreign help from reaching Spain. In France, however, President Al bert Lebrun signed a decree prohibit ing Frenchmen from joining either side in the war. The general ban on foreign volunteers to Spain is effec tive Saturday midnight. Severe fighting was concentrated in the siege of Madrid as the conflict entered its eighth month. Insurgents reported they had crushed a mass on slaught of government forces on a chemical factory settlement in the bullet-swept Jarama river sector. Gov ernment troops reported heavy casual ties. WILSON MAN FOUND DEAD IN HIS AUTO Machine Stuck in Mud and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Spin ning Car Is Feared Wilson, Feb. 17 (AP) —J. C. Camp er, widely known Wilson man, was found dead in his car on a country road near here today. The car was stuck in mud, its windows closed. Coroner V. C. Martin, said death apparently was due to carbon-mono xide generated by the machine as Camper sougfit to get out of the mud, but added a thorough investigation would be made. taken entirely away from the Depart ment of Revenue, of which they are now divisions, and would be placed under the complete control of the commissioner of public safety, who would be responsible only to the gov ernor. The commander of the patrol would have the rank of major instead of a captain, as at present, and have authority to name other officers. The reason Governor Hoey favors this change in the set-up for the safety division and the patrol is his desire to make both divisions more efficient, and especially to get the pa trol entirely out from under the in fluence of the Department of Revenue and away from the role of tax collec tors, those who have conferred with the governor concerning this bill say. They maintain that the governor wants the highway patrol to be a real highway patrol, with its chief jo|bi the prevention of highway accidents and the enforcement of the highway laws, Continued on Page Two.) Negotiators Still Long Way Apart In G-M Controversies • Last of Recent Strikers Ret urn to Jobs in Flint, How ever; Tug of War Over C oal Contract In New York and Frisco Shipyard Machinists Still Out (By The Associated Press.) Negotiators in Detroit and San Francisco tried today to consolidate gains made in agreements ending the automobile and shipyard strikes. Conferees in the General Motors labor controversy were reported far from an agreement on questions left unsettled by the strike compromise. These included speed of production, seniority rights, hours of work and wage scales. Flint, Mich., site of several General Motors factories, resumed normalcy as the last contingency of G-M em ployees went back to work and Na tional Guardsmen prepared to eva cuate. Shipyard machinists in the San Francisco bay area remained on. Farm Program Dependent On Roosevelt Court Plan, Wallace Tells Committee Admits Parts of It May Be Invalidated Unless More Justices Put Qn High Bench BELIEVES~FARMERS APPROVE CHANGES House Committee Has Hear ing on Measure To Finance Tenants Over 40-Year Per iod In Buying Own Farms; Labor Backs Court Propo sols Washington, Feb. 17 (AP) —Secre- tary Wallace started his farm pro gram through Congress today after declaring parts of its might be invali dated unless President Roosevelt’s court reorganization proposals are adopted. Wallace, before testifying in sup port of farm tenant legislation, said he believed most farmers would ap prove of increasing the Supreme Court as a “matter of democratic processes.” The House Agriculture Committee, with the secretary as its first witness took up a proposal to permit tenants to buy land over a 40-year period. Wal lace said this would not injure large land owners. This was the first part of the ad (Conlinued on Page Eight.) WOULD BE iANGEO Machinery Act Also Makes Many Other Alterations in Present Law Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. l*.v J r BASaERVILI Raleigh, Feb. 18—Probably the most important change in the tax machinery act, now under considers tion in the House, is that fixing a new tax listing date throughout the State. Certainly it is the change which will directly affect the most tax payers. Under the act, the tax listing date will be January Ist, beginning in 1938, Tax listing this year would begin in April, instead of in May. In addition to these, there are many (Continued on Page Three.) OURWEAnjEgMAN gp• 1 FOR NiORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy tonight and Fri day, with occasional rain tonight. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. strike after settlement of a dispute involving 2,000 metal workers. The machinists, demanding wage ip creases and shorter hours, announced they would continue picketing. In New York representatives of the soft coal and the United Mine Workers settled down to a tug of war over a new contract for 400,000 coal miners. Operators declared they could not meet the union’s demand for wage increases and shorter hours. A committee will be charged with drafting an agreement before expra ton of the existing contract March 31. National Guardsmen patrolled the county jail at militia-ruled Anderson, Jnd., where 17 union automotive! workers have been confined since their arrest Saturday after a shoot ing affray with non-unionists. Finnish President s V I? < ./ Premier K. Kallio Premier K. Kallio is the new pres.* ident-elect of Finland, having de feated President Pehr Evind Swinhufvud in recent election. Kallio takes office March 1. —Central Press MARY ASTOR WEDS MEXICOCItY MAN Movie Actress, Center of “Diary Case” Is Married in Yuma, Arizona Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 17. —(AP) —Ac- tress Mary Astor., central figure in the widely publicized “diary case,” was married here early today to Manuel del Campo, Mexico City in surance salesman, after a secret plane elopment from Hollywood. The red-haired actress, once widow ed and once divorced, identified her self to a country license clerk as Lucile Thorpe, 30. Del Campo said he was 25. Superior Court Judge Henry Kelly performed the wedding cere mony at 4:30 a. m. The couple departed by automobile for Calexico, California, where Del Campo previously had arranged to board a Pan-Amierican transport for Mexico City. There a few hours later, the thrice wedded actress kissed her new hus band goodfeye and the handsome in surance salesman,, who had aspired briefly to an acting career, left alone. His father died at the Mexican capital (Continued on Page Two) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY ROOSEVELT WANTS ON WHEAT FIRST Farmer Would Be Protected Against 75 Percent of Loss oIF Crop from the Elements COURT REFORM TALK QUIETS DOWN SOME Seed Loans Available This Week; Witness Says Tele phone Company Sought To Dominate Movie Industry; Labor Spy Probe Bares New Facts Washington, Feb. 18 (AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt proposed to Congress today that it underwrite th e nation’s major farm crops. Advocating a system of crop insur ance he applied first to wheat in 1937, he said: “Legislation should authorize appli cation of similar programs to other commodities when it is established that producers desire them and appli cation of the plan to wheat, has pro vided a backlog of experience in ap plying the principles of crop insur ance.” Under the plan worked out by a special committee of Federal officials named by the President in September, the farmer would be protected against 75 percent of his crop losses due to drought, grasshoppers or other natu ral unavoidable caused. The committee estimated $100,000,- 000 to $150,000,000 would be needed to establish reserves and pay neces sary costs of putting t|he plan into operation. . Talk of court reorganization quiet ed around the Capitol, bait a number of committee activities jwere in /ull swing. Chairman LaFollotte, Progressive, Wisconsin, of the Senate council lib erties committee, asserted during an investigation of labor relations of the Chevrolet Motor Company that spy ing on workers has been used effec tively by employers as a weapon against collective bargaining. Francis Staten, accountant for the Federal Communications Commission, told the committee that American Telephone and Telegraph Company had tried to dominate the motion pic ture industry in order to sell and ser vice film equipment on an exclusive basis. The Farm Credit Administration announced $50,000,000 provided by Congress for 1937 emergency crop and seed loans would be available this week. Asks G-Men For Help In Sparta Case Washington, Feb. 18. —(AP)—Sher- iff Walter Irvin, of Alleghany county, North Carolina, sought the aid of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to day in solving the murder of Elva Brannock, 16-year-old mountain girl, whose ravished body was found near •her home in a wood last Friday. He brought to Washington blood stained garments worn by the girl when she was attacked and strang led to death and specimente of cloth ing of Paul Eld wards, 22-year-old sus pect under arrest at Sparta. Irvin said there were traces of blood on Edwards’ clothing, and he wanted the Federal Bureau of Inves tigation to compare them with the stains found on the girl’s garments. NEW SUSPECT JAILED IN ABSENCE OF THE SHERIFF Sparta, Feb. 18.— (AP) Connie Rice, resident of the Dividing Ridge community, who had (been sought for Continued on Page Two.) SOILPAYMENTSFOR SEASON ANNOUNCED Division Between Landlords and Tenants Fixed by . Government College Station, Raleigh, Feb. 18.— The method of dividing 1937 payments under the soilconservation program in North Carolina was announced today by J. F. Criswell, of State College. The cotton and peanut diversion payments will be divided among land lords and tenants as follows: To the producer who furnishes the (Continued on Page Three.)
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