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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR ROOSEVELT BARGAINING ACCORD NOW PRINCIPAL GOAL OF CHRYSLER UNION Efforts Aimed at Agreement That Will Get 60,000 Strikers Speedily Back on Job NEGOTIATIONS ARE SLOWED BY EASTER One Spokesman Says Con tract Terms Can Easily Be Reached, But Speed Is Be ing Sacrificed in Hope of Reaching Thorough Un derstanding Lansing:, Mich., March 26. —(AP) — Seeking agreement on one issue, sole bargaining recognition, that will en able 60,000 employees to get back to work quickly, Walter Chrysler and John Lewis resumed their conferences in Governor Frank Murphy’s office today. A final agreement was not expect ed in today’s short session here, but Governor Murphy, optimistic since he succeeded in getting the leaders to gether, asserted “progress is being made.” STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS IN DISPUTE WAITING EASTER (By The Associated Press.) Negotiations for settlement of the Chrysler Motor Corporation strike tapered off today for the Easter week end, with indications an agrement might soon be reached. Evacuation of Chrysler plants in Detroit by 6,000 sitdown strikers prompted a‘belief a settlement was in .he offing. A source close to Governor Frank (Continued on Page Six.) Hoey Glad Os Revenue Expansion Raleigh, March 16 (Al*) —Gov- ernor Iloey smiled today and com mented revenues of the State are now running more than $7,000,000 ahead gs last year’s receipts in the general fund, with highway money also showing a good gain. The governor did not have ex act figures before him, but said income tax receipts had reached about $9,900,000 for the year, a new record by around 1,700,000, and sl,- 300,000 above estimates before March 15. BURY UNIDENTIFIED BUS DISASTER DEAD Nine Charred Bodies Remain of Holo caust of Highway Occurring At Salem, 111. Salem, 111., March 26 (AP)—Nine charred bodies, burned beyond recog nition in the motor bus disaster fatal to 20 persons near here Wednesday, today were being prepared for burial in the cool earth of Salem s cemetery. Announcement of burial plans for the unidentified dead was made by of ficials of the Transcontinental Roller Derby Association, Inc., after Mayor Omar Mackin, of Salem, the owner of the mortuary where 15 of the bodies were taken, said he doubted “if very many more will be identified. * Eleven of the victims are known. The three survivors, Dick Thomas, Chicago, the driver; Don Flanery, 18, of Kansas City, and John Creekmore, Miami, Fla., are waging a grim fight for their lives in a St. Louis hospital. 1,225 Laws Enacted By Legislature Raleigh, March 26. (AP) Thad Eure, secretary of state said today a preliminary final check indicated the 1937 legislature en acted 1,225 laws and resolutions. The legislature adjourned Tues day. ‘‘There were 422 laws and re solutions enacted the last three days,” Eure said. “We still are en gaged in trying to get all records complete, and it Is just humanly impossible to fill many requests coming in for copies of laws and resolutions.” iimuterstfit Hath* Btsrrafrfr LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. School Blast Not Due to Gas Leaks Washington, March 26 (Al») — Daniel Harrington, director of the saf€»ty division of the Bureau of Mines, said today his field men at the scene of the New London, Texas, school explosion had defi nitely established the blast did not result from seepage of gas through the strata. Harrington said his men made borings deep into the earth be neath the shattered school. He added, at the request of school boards in nearby towns, Bureau of Mine officials were making invest igations to determine whether oth er buildings were in danger of ex plosions similar to that which kill ed more than 450 children at New London. MULL MAY BECOME HOEY LAISSON MAN t Shelby Manufacturer Form erly Was Democratic State Chairman HE MAY HEAD BUDGET Dunlap, Moreover, May Be Transfer red to Direct Division of Pur chase and Contract by the Governor Dally Dliipatrfe Barenn, In the Sir Waller Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, March 26. —Where and when will Odus M. Mull, of Shelby, enter into the scheme of things in the Hoey administration? This question is being asked more ■and more often behind the scenes here in connection with the specula tion as to who will ifce appointed to what—and why. For there are a good many who are convinced that Odus M. Mull is slated for one of the more choice appointments at the disposal of Governor Clyde R. Hoey, despite the fact that Governor Hoey has so far imitated an oyster better than has any governor in years with regard to his forthcoming appointments. Yet those who are always digging around back of the scenes in an effort to find out what the governor is going to do before he does it, are convinced that in the back of his head. Governor Hoey has from the first planned to bring Odus Mull to Raleigh to assist him and to become his unofficial “eyes and ears” in the administration (Continued on Page Eight.) Woman Confesses Extortion Letter She Mailed Aimee Los Angeles, Cal., March 26 (AP)— A bottle of purple ink, Detective Lieu tenant Robert Underwood said today caused a 43-year-old housewife to confess writing a “blackhand” note to Aimee Semple McPherson demanding S2OO. The note, one of two received yes terday by the evangelist, warned, “You are in great danger of the black hand.” “I needed S2OO to pay down on a new car,” Underwood said the wo man told him. muniMtTesjo SEEK ME RULE’ Cities, Counties ond Towns Want Freer Control Over Own Affairs Dally Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, March 26.—Municipalities of North Carolina are planning an intensive campaign for “home rule and are hopeful that the 1939 legis lature will adopt a constitutional amendment which will not only en able local governmental units to at tend to their own affairs, but will remedy the appalling “local "JJJ sance with which theGeneralAssem biy has been afflicted from time im memorial. . d Efforts in the late session to (Continued on Page Eight.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. TO TICKLE SITDOWN PROBLEM NINETEEN DIE WHEN BUS CRASHES AND BURNS ■fit' ii iiiiinf w " ' Imßt T. IIP - >iH| ' o ' - IKSr w IF lUlIk -• v reSiliii^MJihk. Close up charred remains of bus, still smouldering, after it struck the concrete abutment of a bride over a small creek near Salem, 111., March 24—turned over on its side and became a pyre for the trapped passengers when gasoline exploded. The cause of the crash was a blow-out of the right front tire. Nineteen of the twenty-four occupants of the bus, bearing nationally known professional roller skaters from !S‘t. Louis to Cincinnati, were killed in the highway tragedy. Note the damaged abutment. Ice On Controls Is Blamed For Plane Crash Killing 13 Pittsburgh, Pa., March 26. —(AP) — Officials of the Transcontinental & Western Air Lines declared today ice florming on the control equipment caused the crash of its liner near Pittsburgh with the loss of 13 lives. Meanwhile, Federal, State and county authorities sought a clue to the cause of the crash which killed ten passengers and three members of the crew last night. WEBB WILLIAMS TO GET LIQUOR .OFFICE Has Widespread Endorse ment Over State for Newly Created Job Dolly Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, March 26. —Representative F. Webb Williams, of Elizabeth City, author of the “Pasquotank County Li quor Act” of 1935, which made it pos sible for 17 eastern counties to have county liquor stores and paved the way for the enactment of the State wide liquor control law by the 1937 General Assembly, is regarded as in (Continued on Page Six.) Burlington Man Faces Arson Case In Child’s Death Burlington, March 26, —(AP) — George Shatterly, 30, delivery man faced arson charges today as a re- . suit of the death of eight-year-old Yoonne Patton, in a business apartment fire here. Shatterly is being held in jail without bond on a warrant sworn to by Eva Bain, who said she found her apartment in flames when she returned Wednesday night after a visit downstairs. Yoonne’s body was found be neath the kitchen sink. The par ents were attending a theatre when the blaze engulfed their apartment. otjßWtfni|gMAN ft" • ft I FOR NORTI CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy tonight at Sat urday; somewhat colder tonight. HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 26, 1937 The nose dive of the palatial sky liner into a hillside, carrying its 13 occupants to instant death furnished today another mystery of thd airways. The giant Transcontinental! and Western Air Lines Silver Bird, near ing the Alleghany county airport for a stop on its journey from Newark to Chicago, dropped like a plummet seven minutes after the sun had set yesterday. Sees Chilly Temperature For Easter Washington, March 26 (AP) — The weather man advised the pub lic today to “dress warmly and snugly” for Easter Sunday. “It is certain to be a cool or cold Easter for most of the coun try east of the Rocky Mountains, said Charles Mitchell, Washing ton forecaster. “The possibility of rain or snow is too uncertain to predict now.’* Mitchell said “an enormous amount of eold air now covered much of the country east of the Rockies, with some temperatures 42 degrees below normal. There is also a disturbance over the gulf coast, he said. If the warm, moist air from the gulf meets the cold air mass, Mitchell said, there is certain to he rain or snow over the eastern and northern parts of the United States. He added unusual condi tions blocking these masses now made an exact prediction of pre cipitation impossible. “IDOMIKE Moreover, Big Labor Chiefs Seem Not Entirely Sold on the Idea By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, March 26. —The con census in Congress seems to be that the sitdown strike is a dangerous la bor development. It has proved to be extraordinarily effective, for one time. Also, tech nically, undoubtedly it is trespass. The strikers’ Bargument is that a worker’s job is his iptroperty; accordingly it is his right to camp on it. However, the average American is not yet educated Continued on Page Five.) The sky was clear for some 2,400 feet, there was not much wind, and a sister ship was cruising a few hun dred yards above and behind the twin-motored Douglass C 2, numbered 320. All the victims except the pretty blonde hostess, Doris Hammons, of Elk City, Okla., were battered almost beyond recognition. EDITOR SHOT W California Newspaper Man Wires Associated Press of Own Shooting Alturas, Cal., March 27(AP)—Killed in what Sheriff John Sharp said to day was the climax of a newspaper feud, Claude McCracken, 46-year-old editor, reported the story of his shoot ing as his last act. Harry French, 30, State employe and son of Alturas’ rival newspaper publisher, surrendered voluntarily aft er McCracken was shot down in his own home last night as he ate dinner with two young women. French was held on an open charge today. With five bullets in his body, Mc- Cracken was carried to a hospital where his wife was the nurse assign ed to care for him. There he dictated a telegram to The Associated Press bureau in San Francisco. It read: “Tonight about 6:30 Harry French shot Claude McCracken, editor of the Modoc Mail, with an automatic pistol Condition of McCracken serious.” (Signed) “McCracken.’* Two hours later he died. McCracken was the Associated Press correspondent at Alturas and publish (Continued on Page Six.) Texas May Watch Public Buildings Construction Now Austin, Texas, March 26.—(AP)— A military court which investigated the New London school explosion made a preliminary report to Gover nor Allred today recommendating cre ation of a State agency to supervise erction of public buildings and in stallation of heating and lighting de vices. It recommended the agency make periodic inspections of such buildings and be empowered to enforce protec tive regulations, and legislation be en acted requiring the mixing of a malo dorant with gas so any leaks would be more noticeable. I PUBLISHED A7TBXNOON T7iT'\7’Tr PUMTO pnnv EXCEPT SUNDAY. T 1 V 111 CJCiiN 1 O LUr I SrSack Franio’s Rebels Pushed Back Five Miles by Sav age Troop Attacks Andujar, Spain, March 26. (AP) —Government troops preced ed by bombing planes, penetrated insurgent southern tines in fresh attacks today, forcing General Francisco Franco’s Italian-rein forced legions back five miles from positions outside Pozoblanco. Under terrific bombing and ma chine gun fire, the insurgents retired along the Pozoblanco - Alcaracejos highway. Their retreat described by govern ment commanders as “disorderly, was hastened by repeated attacks on the insurgent rear guard. (The government’s victory appar ently halted the insurgent drive on two strategic positions: (1. The town of Pozoblanco, which had been encircled earlier by the in surgents in an effort to drive out the government garrison and gain control of a new southern field base. (2. The town of Almaden, north west of Pozoblanco, in the center of (Continued on Page Three.) GROUP MEETINGS OF BANKERS TO START Raleigh, March 26 (AP) —Bankers of North Carolina will start their group meetings next month, all being dinner meetings. The dates for all groups have been set except for the fourth district in Durham an dthe Salisbury meeting. More Goods Rather Than More Dollars Great Need Advantages of Workers in Small Towns Over Those In Big Cities Pointed to by Babson* Urging Better Un derstanding of Present Boom Tendencies BY ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1937, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park, Fla., March 26. —The usual conception of inflation is print ing paper-money by the carload. This, however, is an effect rather than a cause of inflation. It is one of the rea sons why countries unwittingly drift into inflation. Today, right in our own nation, there is a major infla tionary cause at work, This is the labor situation. Many of the New Deal’s reforms have long been needed by this coun try. There is grave danger, however, that some of the forces which have been set in motion have been easier* 8 PAGES TODAY PRESIDENT PLANS TO SEE CONGRESS LEADERSOUICKLY Question of Whether Gov ernment Can Do Any thing About Situa tion Unsettled VANDENBURG URGES ROOSEVELT VIEWS Michigan Republican Sena tor Thinks President Should Express Himself; Relief Among* First Mat ters Claiming Attention of Roosevelt Tomorrow Washington, March 26.—(AP) —Thel question of whether the government . can do anything about sitdown strikes topped a stack of public problems awaiting Fresident Roosevelt’s return from Georgia. The President will call congres sional leaders to his office soon after he reaches the capital tomorrow. Aides said he would discuss with them the labor situation as well as other major questions. Some sentiment for government ac tion against sitdown strikes develop ed in floor speeches of senators and representatives this week. Senator Vandenburg, Republican, Michigan, said he hoped the President would make some statement on the subject. Administration officials point ed out, however, there appeared to be little Federal officials could da unless a State asked for assistance. Relief will be among the first leg- Continued on Page Two.) Court Foes Might Block New Justice Roosevelt Nominee In Oklahoma May Fail of Confirmation In the Senate Washington, March 26. —(AP) —The possibility arose today that opponents of the Roosevelt court bill might try to block the elevation of Judge Robert Williams, of Oklahoma, to the Federal circuit court. Senator Burke, Democrat, Nebras ka, said Williams’ letter to Attorney General Cummings saying he would be willing to retire in less than two years when he reaches 70, “raises the question of his qualifications for the post.” Williams, now a district judge, was nominated by the President yesterday for the tenth circuit court of appeals. The White House gave out hie letter. “I disapprove of the letter entire ly,” Burke said. “Any judge who would write the kind of letter Wil liams did raises the question of his qualifications. I would very strongly oppose putting a man on the bench who would say he was going to serve only so long and then get off.” Burke is a leading opponent of the President’s request for authority to name additional justices to the Su preme Court unless justices now over 70 retire. to start than they will be to stop. For example, note the howl that goes up every time an attempt is made to cut “relief” hand-outs. The present labor row is another illustration. I think that the administration is guilty of making the worker believe that he gets further by fighting with the man agement rather than by cooperating with it. This is a reason why we are now witnessing one of the most un usual waves of labor troubles we have ever seen. Yet, in spite of the fact that I am a large employer of labor myself, I am not siding with the man agements. Labor has just as much (Continued on Page Two)
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