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fHENDERSON gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA j\VENTY-FOUR FARLEY ASSAILS FOES OF COURT REFORM |- r * fa y . ********* * **************** free lexis And Social Security Measures Now Law Workers Now On Strike Are In Excess Os 100,000 Over Nation, Latest Count Shows I Hit UNIONS ARE I HEARING DRIVES 10 i UNIONIZATION Industrial Conflict Envel ■ opes Large Segment of | Nation's Automotive 1 Industry I SITDOWN~ORDERED IN CHRYSLER MILL I Detroit Still Center of Great -1 est Idleness Resulting from I Demands of Workers for I Corcessions; Truce in * Chevrolet-Fisher Plants I Reached I (By The Associated Press). ■ Industrial conflict enveloped 1 a larvre segment of the automo- Btive industry today, raising to ■ more than 100.000 the number ■ of persons made idle by strikes I from coast to coast. H While workers deserted scores of I factories ar.d business establishments ■ :o enforce various demands, leaders I of rival labor groups drew plans for I far-reaching unionization drives. i 1 The United Automobile Workers of I America, balked in its efforts to gain I recognition as sole bargaining agency I for <57,000 Chrysler Corporation em- I ployees, called sitdown strikes that I clo=ed nine Chrysler plants in Detroit. 9 In addition to some 55,000 Chrysler I workers in Detroit, 4,000 at the com- I pany's Newcastle, Ind., plant were I made idle. The plant closed for lack I of supplies from Detroit unit. The I Br;ggs Manufacturing Company, I which supplies Chrysler with bodies, I (Continued on Page Six.) \Girls End Strike At I Asheville ■ Asheville, March 9 —(AP) —Students I 5 5 Asheville Norman & Teachers Col- I ended a five-day sitdown strike I day after school officials acceded to I ‘heir requests for more litberal cam regulations. Settlement of the strike was an iiounced by a student committee, I*'hich carried on negotiations with Dr -John Calfee, president of the girls’ ■ ‘Kg' and members of the school’s administrative hoard, at the supper "our la night. A signed agreement delivered to the students by Dr. Calfee. Reaction On Bailey Aids Stale Much Means More Patron age Power to Rey nolds, Doughton And Congressmen Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel, p. o C. BASKKRVIIiL j, *' March 9—The entire State th( , ! H beginning to benefit from j’ ! ‘ :i ' ! ion to opposition of Senator df ; n ‘ ah William Bailey to the Presi- Supreme Court program and Dj effects of the farcial Victory ‘ ■ here last week at which Sen i Continued on Page Six.) Hfitliprann laibi lisnairfa H YEAR leased wire service of X XXJTLX* THE ASSOCIATED Victim of ü ßoy Gang” Slaying JgßwMg’ BSIIisiM . .v. >. • Nlfei 1 ~~ - • ... \ . P i; Ui The battered body of 4-year-old Beverly Ann Page (above) was found face down in the shallow water of Mill Pond, Windsor, Vt. Authorities say the child was not a victim of drowning. Her jaw had been broken and her body bore deep gashes and other marks of violence. Police Chief [John Edmonds said that the child had been killed by a “gang of hellions” not much older than little Beverly. (Central Presa) County Politicians Are Balking Ballot Reforms Abuses in Absentee Voting Are Powerful Weapon in Hands of Local Office-H olders in Election Cam paigns; State Authorities for Change Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel By HENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, March 9. —Desire of county political bosses to retain control of their little local affairs is responsible for flat failure of every effort to re form North Carolina’s absentee ballot law so as to correct abuses which are almost universally admitted, in the opinion of most clear-headed political observers. This fact, which sticks out more and more like a sore thumb, is un questionably causing grave concern, if not embarrassment, to Governor ROAD BONDS Nllf NOT BE ISSUED NOW / If Funds Are Sufficient, There Will Be No Diver sion, Hoey Says Dally Dlapatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, March 9.—Governor Clyde R. Hoey wants the $5,600,000 road bond measure, now on the House calendar, enacted us a sort of insur ance polic with which to protect the county roads, provided there should be a decrease in either general or highway fund revenues, he intimated today For while Governor Hoey is convinced it will not be necessary to divert any highway funds to the gen eral fund at the close of the first year of the biennium, he believes that it will be a good thing to have the au thority to issue $5,000,000 worth of road bonds for the county roads if re venues should slump any the second year of the biennium or if unusual weather conditions should again do (Continued on Page Six.) only daily newspaper Clyde Hoey and to prominent admin istration leaders, and it would not be surprising to find the governor ap pling some of the well-known political “heat” in an effort to break the stran gle hold these small-time and small town politicians have applied to the bills emboding the recommendations of the Democratic State Executive Committee. As the governor and man of his leading advisers see the matter, there is likel to be such a blow-up as will (Continued on Page Six.) scuooTmacuinery TO PASS!QUICKLY Lieutenant Governor to Continue Head, Instead or Mr. Erwin Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, March 9.—The school ma chinery bill as amended by the House Finance Committee, is expected to pass with little opposition, especially as a result of the inclusion of an amendment suggested by Governor Clyde R. Hoey designed to bring a bout closer coordination between the State Department of Public Instruc tion and the State School Commis sion. The hill is expected to pass its three readings in the House by Fri day and then go to the Senate, where it is expected to have less opposition than it had in the House. The bill, as amended, leaves the lieutenant governor as chairman of the commission, as at present, in spite of the insistence of the school forces that the State superintendent of pub (Continued on Page Six.) PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 9, 1937 SENATE VOTE FOR FULLY UNANIMOUS \ House Amendments Are Adopted and House Ac cepts Amendments on Textbook Bill CHEAPER AUTO TAG IS VOTED IN HOUSE House Cuts Adult Educa tion Fund to $25,000, Half ,of Amount Asked; Both Houses Vigorously Attack Calendars foi* Speedy Ad journment Raleigh, March 9 (AP) —The legislature enacte dinto law to day the free textbooks and old age and child aid bills. (Senators voted 36 to 0 for the social security measure on its final reading for adoption of House amendments. Senator Bell of Mecklenburg voted “present” after opposing it ori ginally. The House without a record vote, approved a Senate change in the text book act to remove the mandatory provision that free textbooks be pro vided elementary school pupils next year, with high school pupils continu ing to rent textbooks. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 38 to 4 last night as both houses reconvened for another week’s work and vigorously tackled their calendars in a drive toward sine die adjourn ment ity March 18. The House passed the motor vehicle bill cutting the price of license plates from 40 to 30 cents per hundred weight. The bill now goes to the Sen ate. The House reduced a proposed $50,- 000 ann'ual appropriation for adult education to $25,000 and sent it to the Senate. The Senate killed a proposed constitutional amendment bill to abolish capital punishment. 60 Local Bills Pass. More than 60 bills were quickly (Continued on Page Six.) SAYS~ioUTH NEEDS ITS WINTER CROPS Hugh Mcßae Says Section Will Be Free Economically When Fields Are Green Atlanta, Ga., March 9.—(AP) —Hugh Mcßae, of Wilmington, told the South western Economic Conference here to day the South will be free from econo mic bondage when the South’s fields are green in winter. He told the conference the South needed greater planting of winter crops to make the soil free from erosion. The meeting was called to center study of southern leaders on soil erosion, human erosion, the evils of one-crop and long continued row-crop farming, farm tenancy and other pro blems of the South. Chloroform Slaying Up Next Month Charlottesville, Va., March 9.—(AP) —Charles Moran, clerk of Albemarle circuit court, said today the trial of Dr. R. G. Miller, charged with murder in the death of 18-year-old Cleo Sprouse, “most likely’’ will be the first on the docket of the April term of court. Dr. Miller, held in Henrico county jail at Richmond, was indicted on charges of murder late yesterday by the regular grand jury of Albemarle county. FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair and colder, possibly frost tonight; Wednesday fair. NEGOTIATORS IN G-E CONFERENCE ‘ . ' I * 1 Janies B. Carey William Russell Burrows Union and company representatives who will open negotiations between General Electric and the Committee for Industrial Organi sation March 15 are shown above. James B. Carey, 25-year-old president of the Radio and Electrical Union, is the C. I. O. repre sentative. William Russell Burrows, vice president in charge of manufacturing in the General Electric company, will represent the company in conferences. Carey began his union as a fishing club. Todav it has 72,000 members. Roosevelt Hopes Tonight To Reach ‘Man On Street’ In Plea To Change Court Indict Nash Man In Farm Slaying Nashville, March '8 (AP) —Th|S Nash county grandjury today in dicted Melvin Coggins, farmer, on a charge of murdering Henry June Fogieman, Castalia farmer, ten days ago. Fogieman was found in the woods with shotgun wounds in his abdomen and severe blows on his head. Nash Sheriff C. V. Faulk ner arrested Coggin shortly aft erward. The case was continued until the May term of superior court. SEES PARTNERSHIP FOR LABOR-CAPITAL Steel Agreement Marks Epoch and Also En thrones John Lewis By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, March 9.—What may be described as vertical unionism’s newly-cemented partnership with cap ital in the steel industry pretty effec tively establishes John L. Lewis’ su premacy in a leadership of American labor. It is fair to call it a partnership. It long has been a commonplace that capital and labor ought to be partners, but, in fact, as we all know, they by no means have behaved to ward each other as if they considered (Continued on Page Four.) DR. A. D. WILCOX, OF LOUISBURG, IS DEAD Was Long Member of North Carolina Conference; Widow and Two Sons Survive. Durham, March 9.—(AP) —Dr. A. D. Wilcox, president of Louisburg Col lege, died at Duke hospital here at 12:45 o’clock this afternoon. He was brought to Duke last night after be ing ill for several days. He was 68 and had been president of Louisburg College for the past six years, and was a member of the North Carolina Methodist Conference 35 years. The widow and two sons survive. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. PUBLISHER HVBRY^XFTHXNOON FIVE CENTS COPY Speech Is Revamped by President After Finding First Draft Unsat isfactory A. F. L. WILL BEGIN DRIVE FOR STEEL Metal Trades Leader Goes to Pittsburgh To Attempt To Swing Anti-C. I. O. Union; House Substitutes Own Neurality Bill for Senate Bill Washington, March 9. —(AP) —Pres- ident Roosevelt worked over his latest speech on the Supreme Court today*to point it toward the “man on the street.” Dissatisfied with the rough draft of the address he will broadcast tonight at 10:30 o’clock, he cleared his calen dar of all except official engagements and sat down to re-dedicate his argu ments in simple language. White House aides said he wanted to be sure “the man on the street” un derstood his contentions. As the President worked, a swirl of labo~ developments commanded atten tion. In one a leader of the American Federation of Labor agreed to take counsel with directors of an anti-C. I. O. movement among steel workers. John Frey, president of the labor federation’s metal trades department, said he would go to Pittsburgh to night to meet employee representa tives of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Cor (Continued on Page Four.) Grave Crisis To Be Told In Talk Tonight Washington, March 9.—(AP)—Pres ident Roosevelt approached his second appeal to the country for his court reform today with assurances from a group of organized labor leaders that sentiment among their followers were with him. Labor’s Non-Partisan League, which was pro-Roosevelt in the 1936 support for the President’s proposal. Friends said Mr. Roosevelt’s speech at 10:30 o’clock tonight would put forth his program as the only prac (Continued on Page Four.) 8 PAGES TODAY ofEy FOES, Says Opponents Straining at Gnat and There Is Ample Precedent for Change Asked PRESIDENT S MOTIVE DECLARED PATRIOTIC Only Trying To Preserve Democratic Institutions in America; Farley Speaks at New Reidsville Federal Building and Also at Cha pel Hill Chapel Hill, March 9 (AP) James A. Farley accused oppon ents of President Roosevelt’s court reorganization plan of “straining at a gnat” today and cited what he called ample pre cedent for a change. “The question is constantly arising as to where politics ends and where patriotism begins,” the speaker said at the outset of his address. “The ans wer is, of course, that, while loyalty to the party is essential, the welfare of the nation is pre-eminent. How ever, that situation arises onljj when the two cannot be reconciled.” The chairman of the Democratic National Committee made the state ment in a speech prepared for deliv ery here under the auspices of the North Carolina Political Union, a non partisan student organization at the University of North Carolina. A broadcast over a nationwide hook-up was planned. Asserting those in the Democratic party who oppose the plan agree with his (President Roosevelt’s) diagnosis of the evil, but fight against the me thod he offers to cure the evil,” Far ley said he had not heard any of them offer “an adequate alternative.” He told his hearers three Demo cratic senators who opposod the plan, Glass of Virginia, Wheeler of Mon tana and Connally of Texas, had join ed in attacking the court's “econo (Continued on Page Six.) FORMER MEMBER OF RESERVE BODY DIES George James, of Memphis, in 111 Health Since Resigning in January, 1936 Memphis, Tenn., March 9 (AP) — George James, former member of the Federal Reserve Board, died here to day. The 70-year-old financier and mer chant had been in ill health since January, 1936, when he resigned from the reserve board after years of ser vice, and died this morning at 4:45 o’clock at his home. He was chairman of the board of William Moore Drygoods Company here. He returned to Memphis last April, after having spent the major part of his time in Washington. Italians Are Fighting For Rebel Forces Captured Foreigners Say They Reached Spain After Ban Was Clamped on (By The Associated Press.) With Spanish insurgents staging a new major push on Madrid front the northeast, the city’s defense chief, General Jose Miaja asserted today three captured Italians had said they belonged to “a whole Italian division” participating in the drive. Italy, along with 26 other nations, had foresworn the sending of volun teers to Spain. The ban was effective February 20, but Miaja said the pri soner’s declared they landed at Cadiz February 22. The French government’s fear volunteers and arms might be con tinuing to enter Spain, despite the Eu rope-wide agreement, caused the Paris administration to instruct its (Continued on Page Four.)
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