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HOUSE ACCEPTS SENATE REVENUE CHANGES
Strike Epidemic Spreading
To All Sections Os Nation
Slowing Industry’s Output
SCORES OF FIRMS
ARE AFFECTED BY
CONTINUED STRIFE
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New Strikes Break Out or
Old Ones Are Settled
Somewhere Almost
Hourly
WOMEN PARTICIPATE
WITH MEN WORKERS
Walkout and Picket Method
and New Sitdown Techni
que; Many Diversified Pro
ducts Affected by Strikes;
Dozen Detroit Plants
Closed
Santa Monica, Cal., Feb. 25.
(AlM—Doors of the Northrup Cor
poration. subsidiary of the strike
affected Douglas Aircraft Manu
facturing company, were clojsed
today to employees as picket lines
formed around the place.
<Bv The Associated Press.)
An epidemic of strikes that spread
to all sections of the nation held a
check on production in scores of in
dustrial and business establishments
today.
More than 27,000 workers were
made jobless by labor disputes in at
least 50 firms.
New strikes broke out or oTd ones
were settled almost hourly. Women
as well as men participated, both us
intr the walkout and picket method
and the new sitdown technique.
The strike involved firms manufac
turing such diversified products as
airplanes, wall paper, rubber tires,
stoves, ships, cigars, watches, auto
parts, shoes, pens, clothing and
jewely.
The dozen strikes in the Detroit
{Continued on Page Six.)
Big Plants
Yet Gripped
In Strikes
( By The Associated Press.)
Strikes at a glance.
Santa Conica, Cal—Several hundred
striker- bold Douglas aircraft plant
for the third day; 5,600 jobless.
Decatur, 111. —Forty-seven sitdown
oi' evacuate Century Wall Paper
Mills; face contempt citations March
16.
Boston—Hundreds jobless in New
England shoe strikes; many firms
agree to pay hikes.
't. Paul.—Strikers picket northern
State.- Power Company plants in St.
Eaui and Minneapolis; 300 to 500 in
walk-out.
Elgin, 111. —Six hundred strike at
Illinois Watch Case Company; plant
Picketed; 900 jobless.
Detroit Strikers hold dozen fac
torir Chrysler Corporation agrees
1,1 con ider union demands.
ttLIIDCUP
DRIVER’S LICENSE
Measure by New Hanover
Representatives Smacks
of Local Connection
Dally Dlkiiatrb Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
, Feb. ,2}5— -(Representatives
' ' mbhs; and Thomas E. Cooper of
‘" w i I mover county, have introduc
a Min which would have the effect
f ;‘ 1,1 I'm in half the period of revo
of driver’s licenses for offenses
" m:h driving while drunk, in cases
1 ' no damage was done by the
driver
Eiid( r present law, revocation is for
.. peri °d of one year in all cases of
Ilr; d offense. The Hobbs-Cooper act
k'Mvides that the driver’s license
be restored after six months
Wirec there has been only a techni-
d ‘ 'olation of the driver’s license
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Hrlntitrrsmt Batht tltspatrlr
Smoak Sticks Fa«t
To Innocence Plea
Wilmington Man Denies He Poisoned Two Wives and
Daughter; Housekeeper Admits “Going Out” With
Smoak Before His Se cond Wife Had Died
Wilmington, Feb. 25. —(AP)—Thro-
ugh a two-hour cross-examination to
day, Edgar Smoak steadfastly protest
ed his innocence of the State’s char
ges that he killed his two wives and
young- daughter to collect insurance.
A procession of his neighbors fol
lowed him to the witness stand and
said he was a man of good charactei
and he was kindly toward 16-year-old
Annie Thelma Smoak, the daughter
whom the State accuses him of
poisoning.
Several, however, admitted on cross
examination that they would not al
low their children to go to the home
after Mrs. Jennette Harker, 26-year
old widow, came to keep house for
Smoak.
Mrs. Harker previously had testi
fied she moved to the Smoak home
SEAWELL, WINBORNE
BELIEVED CERTAIN
OF COURI CHOICES
State Chairman Winborne
Especially Looked on
With Favor for One
of New Jobs
OLIVE WOULD GET
RECOGNITION ALSO
If Seawell Goes to Court,
Hoey Campaign Manager
Would Become Attorney
General, Under Set-Up
Gossiped About in State
Capital Circles
Dally Dispatch Bnreaa,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
fly J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, Feb. 25- Attorney General
A. A. F. Seawell may be appointed
as one of the two new members of
the State Supreme Court some time
in June, in which event Hubert E.
Olive, of Lexington, campaign man
ager for Governor Clyde R. Hoey in
his primary campaigns, will probably
b e appointed attorney general to fill
the unexpired term left vacant by Mr.
Seawell’s elevation to the Supreme
Court bench, according to the politi
cal prognosticators here who keep
their ears to the ground in an effort
to figure out what Governor Hoey is
(Continued on Page Four.)
IT ALI ANT EXECUTE
LAST OF ENEMIES
Haile Selassie’s Son-in-Law
Slain in Ethiopian Ex
terminations
Addis Ababa, Feb. 25.— (AP)
Ras Desta Demtu, son-in-law of
Haile Selassie, and last of the
Ethiopian chieftains to dispute
Italian occupation, has been cap
tured and executed, an official com
munique announced today.*
He was killed yesterday imme
' diately after an Italian scouting
party seized him in the mountain
region west of the lakes stretch
ing south of Addis Ababa.
The Fascist soldiers surprised
the Ras with a few followers.
There was a quick exchange of
shots, then capture.
His death was interpreted by
informed circles as marking the
removal of the final vestiges of
organized resistance to Italy’s col
onization of Haile Selassie’s for
mer domain. Colonial authorities
believe the Ras’s forces were the
only sizeable opposition to Italian
rule.
ONLY DAILY
LEASED WIRE SERVICE Ol?
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OP
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY 'AFTERNOO N, FEBRUARY|2S, 1937
two weeks after the death of Smoak’s
second wife, and she had “gone out”
with Smoak at least once before Mrs.
Smoak died.
William Farmer, a member of
Smoak’s counsel, said the defense
plans to rest early in the afternoon
as soon as one or two more witnesses
are called.
Denial Made by Defendant.
Edgar Smoak took the stand again
today and related further details of
his blank denial of the State’s char
ges that he killed three members of
his family to collect insurance.
Smoak said a bottle of poison he
bought a few days ibefore his 16-year
old daughter, Annie Thelma, died on
December 1, 1936, was for dogs that
had been killing his baby chicks, and
had no connection with the girl’s
death.
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Edward T. Taylor
With the death of Representative
James P. Buchanan, 70, of Texas,
the chairmanship of the powerful
house appropriations committee
passes to Representative Edward
T. Taylor of Colorado,: above.
Taylor, 79, the oldest member of
the house, has not been in the
best of health recently and is ex
pected to pass on some of the
chairmanship’s arduous duties to
other committee members.!
—Central Press
1 OGermans
To Be Freed
Byßussians
Moscow, Feb. 25.—(AP)—Ten Ger
mans arrested on suspicion of saba
tage and espionage in November last
year will be deported from Russia,
immediately, the Soviet government
informed the German Embassy today.
The Embassy declared it “was not
advised” on the status of 34 other
Germans known to be held in Russian,
jails.
Four of the Germans facing depor
tation are incarcerated in Moscow and
(Continued on Page Six.)
OURWyMIEPMAN
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair tonight and Fri
day; colder tonight; colder Fri
day.
Comes Nearer Balancing
Budget Than Its Own
Bill by Accepting
Meals Taxes
APPROPRIATIONS IN
SENATE GOES SLOW
Boosts Allotment to State
Sanatorium by $18,000;
House Committee Ap
proves State Probation
System; Many Local Bills
Are Quickly Passed
Raleigh, Feb. 25 —(AP) —The House,
by an overwhelming oral vote, accept
ed Senate amendments to the $76,-
000,000 biennial general revenue bill
this afternoon.
The House must now pass the
amended revenue act on roll call votes
tomorrow and Saturday. Leaders out
lined plans to complete voting on it
shortly after midnight Friday night.
House acceptance of the Senate
changes, especially a three percent
tax on meals, which The Democratic
party platform pledged to remove,
came as somewhat of a surprise.
More Han an hour was spent on de
bate after Representative Bryant, of
Durham, House finance chairman,
moved for concurrence.
Most of the opposition centered on
the tax on meals.
If the measure completes the read
ings in the House in its present form,
it will levy new taxes on intangibles,
gifts and wines. It will continue the
throe percent sales tax, except for
basic foods, and re-enact most other
present taxes without change.
The Senate worked slowly on the
appropriations bill, boosting allot
ments to the North Carolina Sana
torium about SIB,OOO, then recessed to
continue deliberation tonight.
Representative Bryant explained
each of the Senate tax changes in de
tail.
The House-passed revenue proposal,
he said, lacked about $600,000 meeting
general fund expenditures for 1937 to
1933. Senate changes cut the gap to
about $300,000 by reductions in taxes
on building materials and chain fill
ing stations, to reduce the estimated
total ty $475,000 and an addition of
SBOO,OOO by a three percent tax on
meals.
Thirty-two local bills were quickly
passed as the legislature continued to
keep calendars in good shape.
Creation of a probation system for
North Carolina won approval of the
House Penal Institutions Committee
today.
The group amended the Ward bill
so as to give the governor veto power
(Continued on Page Eight.)
TIHEIR PUN OF
SPANISH BLOCKADE
France and Russia Both
Object to Certain Details
of Neutrality
Proposal
BRITAIN FEARFUL v
OF NEW SHELLINGS
Others of Her Warships
May Be Struck; Hope Now
Is Only for Modified
Blockade b y March 6
Deadline; Fighting Severe
Around Madrid
(By The Associated Press.)
Delay in affecting a neutrality
blockade of the Spanish civil war was
forecast at London today.
In Spain severe* fighting raged from
the Madrid front, especially the
Jarama sector to the torn city of
Oviedo near the Bay of Biscay.
French objections to details of a
land patrol and Russia’s objections to
her part of a sea patrol complicated
the picture as six powers gathered
for a neutrality sub-committee meet
ing in London. An “act of God’’ shell
ing of the British warship Royal Oak
off Valencia Tuesday presented the
possibility of other such incidents
when the' powers begin to partlo
Spain to keep foreign men and arms
out.
Although a full blockade was be
lieved impossible by the deadline
March 6, some hope was expressed
a modified plan could Ibe effected by
them.
Amendment To Constitution
Giving States More Power
Offered By Senator Borah
Rival for “Wally’s” Hand?
I .y'
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Nicolas Zographos, left, dining at Deauville, French resort
Has Edward, the Duke of Windsor, a would-be rival for the affec
tions of Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson? That is what the world
wonders as the French Riviera bua#es with talk that “Wally” has
been seen several times in Cannes, France, with Nicolas Zographos,
•Greek gambling magnate. He is seen, left, above, dining with a
friend at Deauville, France. Zographos has been termed "the world’s
biggest gambler”.
Chances Fade Completely
For Compacts On Tobacco
Murder of Farmer
In Nash Unsolved
Nashville, Feb. 25.—(AP)—Work
ing without clues, Nash county of
ficers pursued their investigation
today into the death of Junie Fog
leman, 30, farmer, whose body was
found in a wood near his home
with a shotgun wound in the abdo
men and a badly bruised head.
Sheriff C. V. Faulkner said evi
dence pointed clearly to fold play,
but said his investigation had pro
duced neither motive nor clue so
far.
SMALL LOANS BILL
IS DUEFOR DEBATE
Industrial Banks Claim They
Are Filling Needs
Adequately
Dally Dispatch Bnrenn,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Uy O. BA SKERVILt
Raleigh, Feb. 25. —One of the hot
test fights so far witnessed on the
floor of the House was expected to
develop this afternoon when the
small loans bank bill, introduced by
Representative R. T. Pickens of High
Point, comes up for action. For more
than two weeks, lobbyists for the in
dustrial banks and for the “loan
sharks” have been working against
the bill and have been trying to con
vince members of the General Assem
bly that it is a “loan shark” bill be
cause it permits the making of loans
at the rate of 3 1-2 per cent per month
Within the last week or so the in
dustrial tanks have also enlisted the
aid of most of the other ibanks in the
State in fighting it and this morning
the opponents of the bill were con
fident they had it beaten.
Good Chance Claimed.
But the proponents of the bill, in
cluding the State Federation of Labor
and those favorable to labor, who
have been working for the bill, be
lieved there was a good chance for
the bill to pass the House today, and
that if it passes the House, it will also
get by the Senate. They maintain that
the bill is not generally understood
(Continued on Page Eight.)
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTEXNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Refusal of Georgia to Go
Along With Other States
Kills Laborious
Process
GROWERS TURN TO
WASHINGTON AGAIN
Hutson Says Something
Might Be Done “If the Peo
ple Press so rlt”; Soil Con
servation Chief Hope Now,
E. Y. Floyd, of State Col
lege, Says
Raleigh, Feb. 25. —(AP) —Chances
for a flue-cured tobacco production
control through State compacts for
1937 have apparently faded complete
ly, farm leaders here said today.
Some control, however, will be pos
sible if farmers cooperate fully in
soil conservation, E. Y. Floyd, N. C.
State College tobacco specialist, said.
Action of a Georgia legislative com
mittee in killing a proposed compact
measure for that State ended chances
for control this year, E. F. Arnold,
executive secretary of the State Farm
Bureau Federation, said.
The North Carolina compact law
passed recently is inoperative unless
Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia
(Continued on Page Six.)
W. D. HACKNEY, OF
WAGON FAME, DIES
Prominent Wilson Man Succumbs to
Injuries Sustained When Hit by
Motor Truck.
Wilson, Feb. 25 (AP) W. D.
Hackney, whose name was once fami
liar throughout the South as the
builder of the Hackney farm wagon,
died here today, the victim of a motor
truck injury.
The 79-year-old retired manufactur
er, was knocked down on a street
here ten days ago and suffered a frac
tured skull. M. L. Williamson, truck
operator, was held in default of SSOO
bond.
Hackney’s father founded the
wagon company here in 1854, and he
succeeded to the presidency upon the
death of the founder. Before the era
of car and truck transport, the com
pany conducted a thriving business
in Wilson.
Funeral services will ibe held to
morrow afternoon at 4 o’clock from
the residence here.
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SEEK REPUL AND
THEN RE-WRITING
14TH AMENDMENT
Measure Would Make New
York Minimum Wage
Law Constitutional
Immediately
roosevellt^till
HAS CONFERENCES
President Now Talking With
House Members; President
Lunches With Justice De
partment Lawyers in Draft
ing of Wage and Hour
Legislation
Washington, Feb. 25.—(AP)—Sena
tor Borah, Republican, of Idaho, in
troduced today a constitutional
amendment to limit the due process
law of the fourteenth amendment so
as to permit states to handle social
and economic problems within their
own fcorders.
Borah’s proposed amendment would
repeal the fourteenth amendment and
re-write it to limit the due process
clause to procedure rather than sub
stance of laws.
He told newspaper men it would
make constitutional the New York
minimum wage law which the Su
preme Court held invalid last year.
Borah tossed his proposal into the
legislative hopper without comment
on the Senate floor as the battle was
faging warmer and warmer over Pre
sident Roosevelt’s proposal to reor
ganize the Supreme Court in an ef
fort to broaden the Federal govern
ment’s power to handle such problems
Meanwhile, more White House con
ferences formed the medium through
which the President worked today for
the success of his court reorganiza
tion program.
Continuing discussions with con
(Continued on Page Six.)
Senate Near
Vote Now On
Trade Pacts!
Washington, Feb. 25.—(AP)— The
Senate neared a vote today on the re
ciprocal trade act after Senator
Borah, Republican, Idaho, declared it
“burdened American agriculture with
foreign competition.”
Asked by Senator Harrison, Demo
crat, Mississippi, a champion of the
program, if he thought the Canadian
treaty had seriously affected Amer
ican cattle prices, Borah said:
“If enough cattle came in to help
the Canadian farmer, enough came in
to hurt the American farmer.”
Although his protest joined those
of Senators Vandenibiurg, Republican,
Michigan, and Capper, Republican,
(Continued on Page Slx.>
OFFERSIiON
OF LABOR PROBLEM
Toledo Man Would Make
Capital and Labor Part
ners in Busines
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Feb. 25.—A reader of
this column, one Harry Stoddard, ad
dressing me from Toledo (O.) has, to
offer, a solution of this country’s (and
for that matter, the world’s) capital
ani-labor problems, which he want 3
to publicize.
He says it is a “simple solution.”
I accept this assurance with my
fingers crossed. Nevertheless, Mr.
Stoddard evidently has done some
thinking on his subject, which is more
than most folk have done. He may bo
a second Henry George, for all I
know. Parenthetically, Henry George's
plan never has been adopted. Any
(Continued on Page Four.)