HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR Bitter, Bloody Battles Now Being Fought In Spain May Decide Fate Os Revolution FEDERAL SOLDIERS ON THE DEFENSIVE IN NORTHERN AREA 4,600-Foot Mountain Peak Scaled by Government Troops To Halt In surgent Drive REBELS ON DEFENSE IN MINING REGION Future of General Franco’s Command May Turn on Outcome of Northern Struggle; Cuba and Mex ico Move in Effort To Halt i Spanish, Civil War (By The Associated Press.) Two of the bitterest, bloodiest and most important battles of the Span ish civil war raged on widely separat ed fronts of the campaign today. On the northern front near Bilbao the Spanish government rushed all available fighting men to repel a big insurgent advance, and sent its militia men up a 4,600-foot mountain peak to block one segment of the assault. Far to the south, in Cordoba pro vince. opposing armies still were locked in a furious struggle for pos session of a rich mining country. But there the insurgents were on the de fensive. The success or failure of the insur gent drive in northern Spain was con strued in many quarters as likely to (Continued on Page Six.) ' •* Two Men Confess Frauding Cunard Steamship Lines TWO ME ...... p4l-gls cmfwyp shrd Columbia, S. C., Apiri.l 3.— (AP) — Police Chief W. H. Rawlihson said to day two men, he listed as Courtney Taylor and Reynolds Mcßeady had confessed defrauding the Conrad Steamship Line in New York last De cember of more than $3,000 in a sen sational maneuver. The chief said Taylor confessed taking a dividend check for $3,500 from the mail box of an aged New York man after trailing the postman with the knowledge the check was in the mail. Taylor related, the chief said, of how he went to the Conrad Line offices on the pretense of buying a ticket for Europe just a shortt time before the boat sailed. He explained, Rawlinson quoted the confession, that the check was the only money he had and it was vital for him to catch the boat. Spain Says Gas Shipped ByGermany Valencia, Spain, April 3. — (AP) — The .Spanish government issued a statement today declaring large quan tities of poison gas were being loaed at Hamburg for shipment to the in surgents. The government declared its infor mation came from “official sources.” TOO RIDICULOUS TO DENY, BERLIN SPOKESMAN* SAYS Berlin; April 3. —(AP) —A German government spokesman said today a statement from the Spanish govern ment at Valencia regarding purported poison gas shipments to insurgenits from Hamburg was “too ridiculous’* to deny. Mexico Will Allow Women Vote Sunday Mexico City, April 3 (AP)—‘‘Organ ized women,” members of labor syn dicates, peasant unions and agrarian leagues, will cast their first ballots °n a nationwide basis tomorrow in pri maries of the National Revolutionary (government) party. Despite their contention the consti tution does not bar them from voting, the women will not be allowed to vote m the final congressional election next July. Women have voted before in bome state elections, but never on a nationwide scale. BintiWrsmt Batlu Dinuairh SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEW MAPS OF SPANISH WAR FRONT ~ iv VALLADOLID - ■ / * • If BARCELONA f .^SALAMANCA hi' l nßr # GUADALAJARA ( -= < { MADRID® /=— = « ! /r- j „ rebels in retreat I f -zrr~( O w * pursued bv four, f "~~:- =? a / CORDOBA• loyalist columns' J=r~:v : . =7 jjSEVU-LE x srr*..--.:. •; - - —7 \ £MEQ/TERRAHEAM SEA MALAGA ——— % % ALLEGED PLOT AGAINST : r IN MOROCCO AND OCRA/V : —•' / V ■— v - PLANNED TO SPREAD =/ THROUGH SPAIN VIA • y' ' " MOROCCO - • • I ■—| ■.. w II eCEO.GgFFri : —g ) I nUb 5 a | cooler first period; showers mid dle of week; fair weather last pe riod. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA , .... mr ALLEN J. MAXWELL Governor Hoey had today announc ed re-appointment of Allen J. Max well as State commissioner of reve nue to succeed himself in an office he has held for many years. Maxwell was a staunch supporter of Governor Hoey in the pre-primary campaign last summer. STATE WILL DELAY BOND SALES UNTIL NEAR MIDDLE MAY Market Will Be Advantage ous at That Time, Treas urer Johnson Learns in New York NEW BUILDING TO BE PUSHED ANYHOW State Authorities Hope Huge Structure Can Be Ready by First of Year; New Bonds Will Bear Higher Interest; Com mission Called to Meet k Dally Dispatch Bnreaa, In the Sir Walter Hqtel. By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, April 3.—No effort will be made to sell the $4,516,000 worth of North Carolina bonds authorized by the 1937 General Assembly until a bout the middle of May, State Treas urer Charles M. Johnson said today following his return from New York, where he had been for several days conferring with bankers and bond buy ers. At the present time there is vir tually no demand for bonds of any kind, Johnson found, but he believes the demand for bonds will pick up soon after May 1. “At the present time the banks are (Continued on Page Six.) RICH LYNCHBURGER HELD IN SLAYING Named in Note by Husband Who Killed Wife and Son and Then Attempted Suicide Lynchburg, Va., April 3 (AP) —Ar- thur S. Williams, 47, wealthy Lynch burg man, was at liberty under $2,500 bond today as a material witness in the case of William E. Craighead, who Commonwealth’s Attorney Wil liam Spencer, Jr., named as the slay er of his wife and son. Craighead, 42, remained in the hos pital with a throat wound self-inflict ed, Spencer said, with the same pock et knife police believe he used to slash his wife and child, Dan Penn, to death. Spencer said Williams was impli cated by a “suicide” note, in which Craighead wrote “Sallie had been drunk for a week. She is going to leave with Arth Williams. I can t stand it,” * * ** The official said Williams, bonded to appear in court May 3, admitted taking Mrs. Craighead out, and said he was a friend of the family. North Carolinians In National Capital BY PAUL BARKLEY; * Associated Press North Carolina Correspondent. Washington, April 3.—(AP>*—Move ment of scrap iron from American ports to foreign countries is causing concern in Washington. A shipment, bound for Japan, left only recently from the new public works administration financed port at ; Morehead City, N. C. Scrap iron is an important product in the making of steel, and it has been suggested in some quarters that scrap exports be embargoed to retain avail able supplies for domestic use. Senator Lewis H. Schwellenbach (D-Wash.), has introduced a bill to prohibit scrap exports except under government license. The cherry blossom season is ap proaching in Washington, and. be cause of the clote proximity of the nation’s capital to North Carolina that State is expected to send its full quota of pilgrims to view the trees on the Potomac tidal basin. But it will not be all gain for Wash Automobile Industry Again Chief Strike Trouble Spot I _ v4s Miners Settle Disputes GIRL ASLEEP FIVE YEARS NOW IS 32 / smii if Jllli J HI || Jjj| ! : f \ ' , I I i I I ; i . j ..,:al j | 111 |IS J / »’ [ > | Copyright, Chicago Herald and Examiner Patricia Maguire This exclusive photo of Patricia Maguire, “sleeping beauty” of Oak Park, 111., believed to be the first taken of her since she fell into the mysterious sleep in 1932, was made as she "celebrated” her 32nd birthday. Observers say she looks younger now than when she lapsed into the coma. Sitdowners Hold Stage For Capital Issue Supplants Su preme Court in De bates and Discus sions of Week Wilmington, Del., April 3 (AP) —•Mayor Walton Bacon announc ed today the strike called by the Central Labor Union had been cancelled, effective at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The cancellation does not affect the 19-day truck strike, which was the cause of the calling of the citywide strike by the Central La bor Union to force a settlement. The mayor’s announcement came after a conference with Gov ernor Richard McMullen; Federal Mediator Edward McDonald; Wil liam Hart, president of the State Federation of Labor; and Frank Pappa, president of the Central Labor Union. Washington, April 3, (AP) —Sitdown strikes supplanted the Supreme. Court issue as the center of congressional interest today. Senator Byrnes, Democrat, South Carolina, sometimes an administration spokesman, asked the Senate to ex press itself on the sitdowns by offer ing an amendment to the Guffey-Vin son coal control act, declaring it would be against public policy for miners to remain on company pro (Continued on Page Six.) ington and all'loss for North Caro lina. Washingtonians are making pil grimages to the peach blossoms in. the Tar Hell sandhills. Washington’s annual cherry blos som festival is set for April 8. Speaking of cherry blossoms, Miss Johnnie Mabry, of Albemarle, N. C., attractive blonde in the office of Re presentative Robert L. Doughton, of Laurel Springs, lends her beatuy an nually to post for Washington news photos announcing spring’s arrival. She posed this year beneath the boughs of a blooming tree in the shadow of the Capitol. Hope that John L. Lewis’ commit tee for industrial organization, can carry; out its campaign to organize textile workers “without any strikes or industrial disturbances” was voiced by Sidney Hillman, chairman of the textile workers organizing committee. Hillman told President Roosevelt in a conference this week it was hop (Continued on P®£© Three.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Assembly Enacted 1,163 Bills as Law Raleigh, April 3.—(AP)—Laurie McEachern, legislative enrolling clerk, closed his office today. The 1937 General Assembly, Mc- Eachem said, enacted 1,163 laws and adopted 60 joint resolutions. All of the new statutes are now in the hands of Thad Eure, secre tary of State, and his staff, or the printer, and as soon as possible the 1937 volumes containing the laws will be ready for distribution. FDR Wants Land Buying In New Law Wants House Com mittee to Act Again on Its Refusal of His Request Washington, April 3 (AP)—An ad ministration leader said today Presi dent Roosevelt had expressed the hope the House Agriculture Committee would restore a land buying proposal to farm tenancy legislation. The committee voted 13 to 11 Wednesday against authorizing the secretary of agriculture to spend $50,000,000 a year to buy farms for re-sale to tenants and share-croppers on easy terms. It expects to decide Tuesday wheth er to reconsider this vote. The administration official, who (Continued on Page Six.) ROOSEVELTAGAIN RATED CANDIDATE Washington Correspon dents Think Now He Is Best Bet for 1940 By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, March 3.—The Rev Edward Dowling, S. J., of the editorial staff of The Queen’s Work, national Catholic monthly magazine, it will be recalled, recently undertook a poll of Washington’s newspaper correspon dents on the question: “Who will be the Democratic presi dential nominee in 1940?” This poll is not complete yet but Father Dowling reports as to its pro gress. . It seems to me a very interesting showing; the correspondents number into the hundreds, on an average they (Continued on Page Six.) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY 185,000,000 BOOST IN PAY JS GRANTED MINERS OF NATION All of Big Three Car Pro ducers Beset by Labor Trouble As Week Is Closed SITDOWNERS~TIE UP BIG FORD FACTORY Plant in Kansas City Held by Workmen Who Call Strike on Grounds Senior ity Rights Are Ignored and Union Discriminated Against There (By The Associated Press.) Withdrawal of the soft coal indus try from the scene of industrial con flict left the automobile industry as the major trouble spot on the strike front today. At Wilmington, Del., sporadic dis orders attended first hours of a strike called by the Central Labor Union de signed to call out all the city’s 3,500 organized workers in support of a truck drivers walk-out. Signing of a new two-year contract after a one-day shutdown of all soft coal mines dissipated the threat of ia strike involving more than 400,000 miners. The compact put more than 300,000 members of the United Mine Workers of America in line for an $85,000,000 a year pay boost. But the U. M. W. withdrew demands for a 30-hour week and other concessions respecting working conditions. All of the “big throe’’ car producers were beset by labor troublo, the Ford Motor Company joining the list when a sitdown stopped assembly lines at its Kansas City plant. The others af flicted by sitdown strikes were the Genera! Motors and Chrysler Corpora tions. The U. A. W. A. was the union in volved in those strikes and others in the country. It claimed 1,400 of the approximately 130,000 idle automotive workers were strikers occupying the Ford Kansas City plant. The union charged the company ignored senior ity rights and discriminated against the union. Sitdown strikers evacuated thd Chevrolet motor assembly plant at Flint, Mich., last night after General Motors officials agreed to confer with union leaders on strikers’ grienvances. (Continued or Page Three.) 34 Tarboro Women Quit Hosiery Job Tarboro, April 3—(AP)—Twenty- nine women in the looping depart ment of the Runnymeade Hosiery Mills here remained away from work today after a walk-out of 34 or more yesterday. Rawls Howard, (president of the mill, said he would confer during the day with department heads, and “do all vdiat the few demanded." Spokesmen for the strikers, about half of whom later returned volun tarily, said they struck for half a cent a dozen more for looping sox. The mill employs 260 workers. Howard said the demands of the strikers would be considered by a grievance committee, which the work ers formed with his consent. “ Windfall ” Tax Will Be Challenged Richmond, Va., April 3. (AP)—A case challenging the constitutionality of the “windfall" tax of 1936 will be among the 27 pending for decision before the United States fourth cir cuit court of appeals when it convenes here next week. The case was ap pealed to the circuit court by the White Packing Company, of Salisbury N. C-, from a decision of the middle district Federal court of North Caro lina, denying an injunction to restrain Charles Robertson, collector of inter nal revenue for North Carolina, from collecting the tax. The “windfall” tax was enacted aft er the invalidation of the AAA to re capture processing taxes levied under the old legislation.