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
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Two Men Confess
Frauding Cunard
Steamship Lines
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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.
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was is now concentrated
Maxwell Is
Not To Fire
His W orkers
Re-Appointed Reve
nue Head Sees No
Need for Changes
In His Personnel
Raleigh, April 3 (AP) —A. J. Max
well, who started a new term today
as State revenue commissioner by ap
pointment of Governor Hoey, issued
a statement saying “there is no ne
cessity for general changes in person
nel.
Maxwell announced appointment of
a departmental committee to exer
cise the initial responsibility in all
matters of employment, with recom
mendations to the commissioner.
The committee, Maxwell said, will
be expected to give consideration to
the character of work performed by
employers in all divisions and the pro
per classification of employees, as
well .as recommendations .for filling
vacancies that may occur.
On the group will be Assistant Com
missioner W. J. Spain, R. R. Mc-
Laughlin, director of the motor ve
hicle bureau, and Charles England, di
rector of field deputies.'
TRIPLE MING IS
AS YET UNRAVELED
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New York Detectives Have
Only Suspicions as
Guide in Inquiry
New York, April 3 (AP)—One week
ago tonight a stealthy iron-fingered
murderer took the lives of three per
sons in a Beekman Hill apartment,
and today police detectives had only
their suspicions to guide them in
trying to solve the case.
They had what they called “Suspect
No. 1,” the grayish, odd Joseph Ged
eon, husband of one of the victims,
but after many hours of questioning,
charged him only with possession of
firearms without a license.
Gedeon, father of Veronica, 20, mo
del who was strangled to death with
her mother, Mary, was free on bail.
Police examined assorted needles in
his tiny upholstery shop, hut were
loathe to say exactly what fcind of in
strument was used to kill the third
victim, Frank Byrnes, a roomer in
the Gedeon household.
CHffgWEAniEjg^lM
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight; Sunday
mostly cloudy and slightly war
mer; probably rain. ,
WEEKLY WEATHER OUTLGOK.
South Atlantic States: r ai J>
cooler first period; showers mid
dle of week; fair weather last pe
riod.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA <AND VIRGINIA.
Sees All-Powerful
Federal Authority
Coral Gables, Fla., April 3 (AP)
—President Frederick Stinchfield,
of the American Bar Association,
predicted today an allrpowerful
central government should Presi
dent 'Roosevelt’s proposal to in
crease membership of the Supreme
Court be enacted.
Speaking to the Florida Bar As
sociation on the final day of its
annual meeting, Stinchfield said:
“The necessary consequences, of
course, will be an ali-powerful cen
tral government, with the rights
of the states entirely subordinated
to Congress and the executive, or
to one of them, depending upon
the era.”
124 TO 37 AGAINST.
Coral Gables, Fla., April 3. —(AP)
—'The Florida Bar Assodlajfioi
adopted a resolution today, 124 to
37, opposing President Roosevelt’s
judiciary revision biU.
The vote followed an address by
Frederick Stinchfield, American
Bar Association president, who
predicted an all-powerful central
government should the Roosevelt
proposal be enacted.
WAYNICK IS GIVEN
EDGE ON ROAD JOB
I
Activity of Coan and Bailey
and Doughton for Him
Have Hurt Him
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BASKERVILI,
Raleigh, April 3.—The outlook for
the reappointment of Capus M. Way
nick as chairman of the reorganized
State Highway and Public Works
Commission is brighter now than at
any time so far, in spite of the tre
mendous campaign being put on in
favor of George W. Coan, Jr., State
administrator of the Works Progress
Administration, many observers here
iare convinced. In fact, a good many
who are familiar with what has been
and is going on behind the scenes 1 arei
now freely predicting the reappoint
ment of Waynick, although three)
weeks ago most of these were predict
ing he would not be reappointed. In
dications are that the intensity and
fervor of the campaign in behalf of
Coan has served to get Waynick’s
friends busy, with the result that just
as many indorsements are now being
received for the reappJointrnen't vof
Waynick as have been coming in for
Coan.
There is no doubt that one of the
most intense campaigns ever known
here has been made in behalf of Coan
for chairman of the new highway
commission. No one but Governor
Clyde R. Hoey knows how many hun
dreds of letters, telegrams and tele
phone calls have been received and
how many dlegations have called in
person urging the appointment of
Coan —and Governor Hoey is not talk
ing. But it is known that the “pres
sure” which has been put on, under
and around the governor in favor of
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NEWTON MAN DEAD
IN WRECK OF CAR
Newton, April 3 (AJP) —Logan Ed
mundson, 58, textile employee, was
fatally injured when his car over
turned at a road intersection near
here early today.
HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 3, 1937',
Appointed Again
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.