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HENDERSON gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR BRIGHTEST PICTURE IN LABOR IN WEEKS IN CHRYSLER PEACE 85,000 Workers Ready To Go Back to Work Fol lowing Agreement With Motor Chief SITDOWNS AT END FOR AUTO PLANTS Homer Martin Intimates Michigan Is To Have Peace on That Front; Peace Now Sought in Reo and Hudson Plants; 12,000 Workers Affected There (By The Associated Press) Labor's brightest picture in many weeks was painted today as 85,000 workers directly and indirectly af fected by the month-old Chrysler Cor poration strike stood ready to march back to their jobs. An agreement between Chrysler and the U. A. W. A. was signed at Lans ing. Mich., last night. Homer Martin, international pres ident of the union, indicated in a statement sitdown strikes in Michi gan's automobile plants were at an end. The agreement provided the U. A. \y. A. would call no more sitdown strikes in Chrysler plants and the corporation would recognize union bargaining rights for its employees who are members of the U. A. W. A. Further negotiations on issues not settled in the pact were planned. Meanwhile, Governor Frank Mur phy summoned executives of the Reo Motor Car Company and the Hudson Motor Car Company to conferences today to iron out difficulties in their plants, affecting about 12,000 work ers. FATAL PLANE CRASH AT WINSTON PROBE Federal Inspector To Return Tomor row To Study Death of John llarmon, 32, Tuesday Winston-Salem, April 7. —(AP) —J. G. Hall, United States Department of Commerce inspector, will return here tomorrow to complete his investiga tion of the plane crash that killed John Harmon, 32, pilot, here yester day. Harmon plunged to his death, his parachute unopened, after bailing out of his ship high over the airport here. Witnesses said Harmon was in the midst of a dive when he left his craft, and expressed the opinion some part of the ship had struck him and left him unconscious before he could pull the rip cord. Sitdowners Will Leave Rayon Mill Covington, Va., April 7 (AP) —Rob- ert Gaffney, United Textile Workers organizer, announced this afternoon the exacuation by strikers of the In dustrial Rayon Corporation’s plant here and end of the “sit-in” phase of the strike, in effect since March 29, would begin in a few hours. Gaffney said there would be exten sive picketing of the plant on the out side . “We want to avoid any possible trouble and pursue our objectives in an orderly manner, and, rather than jeopardize what I consider a 100 per cent in-the-bag proposition, we deem it advisable to ake the present course °f action,” Gaffney said. “Plans call tor extensive picketing of the plant from the outside. “It is believed that such a method will be equally as effective as the sit-in method, and at the same time eliminate possible friction between the union and forces of the law.” No Need For Property Tax Increases, Treasurer Says, If Listing Is Done Right Dally Dispatch Bnreaii In the Sir Walter Hotel. 1»V J. O. BASKERVH.L ualeigh, April 7.—There should he 110 nee d to increase property taxes in d! y county, city or town in the State tins year if the tax listing and tax ((, Hecting officials will only go after 1(; personal property and intangiblesi r ' ot now on the tax books, State treasurer Charles M. Johnson, who *' also director of local government Hl ISorth Carolina, said today. He so pointed out that where an addi ‘onal yield may be needed, this can . easily obtained by a readjustment ! n . val uations, rather than through a nigher tax rate. fheie has been a good deal of talk HrnDersmt Hatlu tlispafrit SERVICE of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Slaying Suspect I mm : —Central Press Soundphoto Robert Irwin Search for Robert Irwin, 29-yeai> old sculptor and former roomer at the home of Mrs. Mary Gedeon, was launched by New York police who sought to question him in connection with the slaying of Ronnie Gedeon, model. Irwin, a Student instructor at St. Lawrence university, Canton, N. Y., report edly had been missing since Fri day, March 26. —Central Press BIG APPOINTMENTS WIU BE DEFERRED BY GOVERNORHOEY Highway and Liquor Jobs Not To Be Announced Until Some Time in Coming Week HOLD CONFERENCES IN PIEDMONT AREA Governor in Charlotte for Several Days and Will Spend Week-End at His Home in Shelby; Dark Horse for Liquor Job; Waynick Appears Safe Daily Dispatch Bnrent, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, April 7. —Governor Clyde R. Hoey is not now expected to an nounce any of his major appointments this week, not even the chairman and members of the new Alcoholic Bever age Control Board, whose appoint ments have been expected almost any day for the past few days. The gov ernor told newsmen last week that he hoped to announce these appoint ments this week. Indication now are, however, that he is not planning to make public his decision with regard to these or any other of the more im portant appointments until next .week The reason for this change in plans is believed to be the fact that Gov ernor Hoey is to go to Charlotte Thursday to address a State Federa tion of Women’s Clubs which will be in session there, and that he also ex pects to spend Friday and Saturday in Charlotte conferring with delega tions from the Piedmont and western portions of the State on various mat ters many of these “matters” pre sumably being some of the pending appointments. Sunday Governor Hoey will spend at his hoine in Shelby and probably confere with some of his friends there, possibly Odus M. Mull. (Continued on Page Three.) to the effect that many counties, cities and towns are going to have to increase their tax rates for next year in order to meet their budgets and take care of the additional expense they will have as a result of social security, old age pensions and other things;’’ Johnson said. “But if the tax listers will insist upon a more full and complete list w of personal property at its real value, and also get more intangibles on the tax books, they will get all the additional revenue they can possibly need Every one knows there are mil lion and millions of dollars worth of (Continued on Page Three.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Other Nations On Brink Os Plunging Into Spanish War (By The Associated Press.) Renewed Spanish insurgent bomb ings of British warships and mer chant vessels and charges by Italy of Franco-Soviet violations of the “hands-off Spain” agreement threaten ed serious international reverbera tions today. Opposing Spanish armies clashed! in two of the bloodiest battles of the civil war. Great Britain demanded a quick and satisfactory explanation of two AGENCIES SEEKING STATE ADVERTISING Conservation Department Swamped With Offers of Services Dally Dispatch Rarean, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, April 7.—Although the De partment of Conservation and Devel opment will not be able to spend any of the $250,000 appropriated by the recent General Assembly with which to advertise North Carolina until after July 1, advertising men, repre sentatives of advertising agencies, ad vertising “experts” and promoters of all sorts are almost falling over each other to get into the offices of Di rector R. Bruce Etheridge, of the con servation department, or of Paul Kelly, assistant director. Telephone calls are being received almost daily from New York and other large east ern advertising agencies, asking for appointments for their representa tives. Many advertising firms have already submitted sample lay-outs and have prepared elaborate plans for (Continued on Page Three.) THIS DEPARTMENT MAY BE ABOLISHED Advertising Section of FHA Only One That Is Self- Sustaining By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, April 7.—About the only governmental activity I ever heard of that makes money enough to support itself, plus a fair profit, too. is the advertising section of the Federal Housing Administration. And they are talking about abolish (Continued on Page Three.) MURDER TRIALS IN BRUNSWICK TO WAIT Alleged Torch Slayer and Pistol Kill er May Have Cases Deter mined at Extra Terms Southport, April 7. —(AP) —Trail of murder charges against Irman Clem mons, charged with the torch death of Hobson Sellers, of Suuply, and of Donald Skipper, charged with the pis tol slaying of Howard Scott six months ago at a Maco filling station, ’were continued he,re tihis morning until the next term of Brunswick Su perior court. It is understood Solicitor John Bur ney will ask the county commission ers to request Governor Hoey to call a special term of criminal court for trial cf the cases. The next regular term of criminal court will convene here in October. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNO ON, APRIL 7, 1937 “Speech!” Shout Demonstrators to Lewis r %i 818 i I James Dewey, John L. Lewis, Gov. Frank Murphy, Walter P. Chrysler Called upon to speak to Detroit automobile work ers who massed below Gov. Frank Murphy's execu tive offices in the capitoi at Lanaing, Mich., John L. Lewis, head of the C. I. 0., is joined on the balcony by Walter P. Chrysler, chairman of the Chrysler corporation. Shown, left to right, are James Dewey, federal labor conciliator; Lewis, Gov. Mur phy and Chrysler. —Central Press insurgent attacks on a ship off the east coast of Spain. She sent the destroyer Garland to Palma, Mallorca, held by insurgents, to hack up her warning she will not tolerate interference with her ship ping. The destroyer was bombed twice yesterday but was not hit. Britain also considered making a formal protest over the shelling of the British steamer Tropehall by in surgent vessels in the Bay of Biscay yesterday. In Rome, government-controlled Climbers Start For Lost Ship McNary, Ariz., April 7 (AP) — Handicapped by a sudden spring thaw swollen streams and snow three to ten feet deep, a posse of peace offic ers, mountain men and lumberjacks moved into the White Mountains to day toward the blackened ruins of a fallen sky liner. By mid-afternoon, possibly earlier, they expected to reach the burned hulk they believed contained the bo dies of six men and two women who left Burbank, Cal., Saturday morning to “ferry” a luxurious Douglas trans port to New York City. High overhead as a guide to the ground party flew plane piloted by (Continued on Page Three.) IRWIN’SIASCH is EXTENOEDTO WEST Alleged Triple Slayer Was Vain Enough To Have Tried Hollywood New York, April 7 (AP)— Search for Robert Irwin, sculptor named by police as the slayer of “Ronnie” Ge deon and her mother in the triple murder easter morning spread east to Boston today and as far west as the Pacific coast. Failure to find trace in New York of the 29-year-old di vinity student at St. Lawrence Uni versity, police here turned for aid to the west coast. “Irwin was very vain,” said Assist ant Chief Inspector John Lyon. “We are not overlooking the possibility of his going to Hollywood. He regarded himself as an excellent motion picture prospect and had ambitions in that direction.” IRWIN’S PRESENT LOVER FLEES SEEKING SAFETY New York, April 7 (AP) —The ob ject of squint-eyed Robert Irwin’s af fections fled from her Long Island home to seek sanctuary from the (Continued on Page Three.) OtJfnVUTHEPMAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight; Thursday increas ing cloudiness. t newspapers said because other na tions had violated the agreement not to send ai ms and volunteers to Spain, Italy might feel forced to take counter action. Usually well informed sources said Italy and Germany might withdarw from the 27-nation agreement in pro test against alleged foreign aid to the Madrid-Valencia government, parti cularly by France and Russia. Italy and Germany have repeatedly been accused of breaking neutrality! pledges. ASK STATEBANKS TO TAKEJP ISSUE Hood Wants $4,000,000 Se curity Authorized Bought At Home Goldsboro, April 7.—(AP) —'State Commissioner of Banks Gurney Hood, remarking the New York bond mar ket is slow, recommended that North Carolina banks buy the $4,000,000 worth of bonds authorized by the last General Assembly before a meeting of Group 3 of the State Bankers As sociation here last night. Former Governor Ehringhaus prais ed the record of the banks of the State in aiding the State in 1933 in his address. The former chief executive said re sponses of State bankers to his plea then that they withdraw funds lying idle and interest-less in New York banks for investment in State bonds freed banking institutions of a “thralldom” which New York insti tutions had held for years. NEWTON MAN KILLED IN PLANT ACCIDENT Newton, April 7. —(AP) —F. R. Shu maker, Jr., 26, employee of the New ton Roller Mills, was killed today In an accident in the plant shortly after 7 a. m. MAYOR WINS AGAIN IN ROANOKE RAPIDS Madry Nominated for Fourth Conse cutive Term, Defeating Elliott Clark, Attorney Roanoke Rapids, April 7. —fAP) Mayor Madry was nominated yester day for his fourth consecutive term, election officials announced today. He defeated Elliott Clark, attorney, 399 to 258 in yesterday’s Democratic pri mary. Town Commissioners D. W. Seifert, H. L. Grant, Fierce Johnson and W. A. Pierce, Jr., were renominated with out opposition. SIX COUNTIES SOON TO VOTE ON LIQUOR First Under New 1937 State Law Will Be In Durham County Tues day, April 27 Raleigh, April 7. (AP) At least six North Carolina counties have called elections on Minor stores under the new 1937 law. The first election will be in Durham county April 27, and Gov ernor Hoey says he will name the new State liquor board before that day. Columbus county will vote May 4; Johnston May 29, and Meck lenburg June 1. Haywood and Dare counties have also called elections, but the dates are not known here. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. COMPANY UNION AND SITDOWNS ARE BOTH UNDER SENATE FIRE Court Has Visitors IHH ■ Visitors to U. S. supreme court Many visitors trek to the U. S. supreme court building in Wash ington these days. * President Roosevelt’s court plan places the highest tribunal in the limelight. - Central Press nFwIrT .GIVEN KILLERS IN COUPLE,DECISIONS - ) State Supreme Court Over rules Judge Cranmer in Harnett and Johns ton Cases OMISSIONS FOUND IN JURY CHARGES 30 Decisions Handed Down, in Day’s Batch, With De fendants in Manslaughter Sentences Afforded An other Effort To Present Their Cases Raleigh, April 7.—(AP)- —The State Supreme Court today granted Mrs. Sina Pope Godwin, of Harnett county, convicted of second degree murder, and Brantley Thurston, of Johnston counter, convicted of manslaughter, each a new trial. The cases involved different crimes, but Associate Justice George W. Con nor wrote both opinions and found er ror in each case in the instructions of the trial judge, E. H. Cranmer. Each new trial was ordered be cause of the failure of Judge Cranmer to instruct the jury and made man datory by statute on certain phases relating to killing in self-defense. The court decided 30 cases. Mrs. Godwin was charged with the murder of her husband, Furman God win in July, 1936, at their home near Dunn. The solicitor sought a second degree, or manslaughter, verdict, and Mrs. Godwin contended she killed in tCont*niied on Put'*' Throp) ROBESON SLAYER IS GIVEN A LONG TERM Lumberton, April 7.—(AP) —Judge M. V. Barnhill today sentenced Frank Locklear to 17 to 20 years in prison after the latter pleaded guilty to man slaughter in connection with the am bush slaying January 8 of Herman McNeill at Rennert. Robert Locklear, a brother, was released. Because of an attack of influenza, Judge Barnhill adjourned court until Monday and returned to his home in Rocky Mount. State Banks Show Gain In Resources Near $39,000,000 Raleigh, April 7.—(AP)—Gover nor Hoey today released the 1936 annual report on bank conditions in North Carolina, prepared by Commissioner Gurney Hood, show ing total resources December 31 of $344,008,32L40, a gain of $38,- 957,260.52 during the year, for State commercial banks. The report said deposits in creased $37,564,598.11 during the year. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CSNTS COPY Robinson Adds Former to Resolution Condemning Latter and Also Spy System BRITISH TEXTILERS GIVEN ASSURANCES Max Gardner Tells Them 40-Hour Week Won’t In jure Them; More Condem nation of Roosevelt Court Plan Is Heard In Testi mony at Committee Hear ing Washing-ton, April 7.—(AP)—Sen ate Majority Leader Robinson pro posed today congressional condemna tion of company union and “any other unifair labor practices”—along with eitdown strikers. He predicted quick. Senate action on a resolution, which he called “statement of policy” de nouncing certain practices of both in dustry and labor. Sitdown tactics were described in the resolution as “illegal and con trary to sound public policy.” The resolution also described In dustrial spy systems and (practices contrary to the national labor rela tions act as against public interest. The measure, if adopted by the Sen ate, would call for similar action by) the House, but would not require President Roosevelt’s signature. Other developments of the day ini Washington: The American textile industry sought to quiet British industry’s fears of disastrous effects from the 40-hour work week. O. Max Gardner, American industry delegate to the world textile conference, said the 00- hour schedule was instituted under NRA without curtailment of profits. His address was a reply to Ernest Martin, representing British industry, who predicted the shortened work week would bring “distaster” for emr ployers and workers alike. The ,Senate Judiciary Committee re ceived a resolution opposing the Pre sident’s court bill, signed “by all law yers on the faculty of Fordham Uni versity” at New York. Simultaneously there were signs the committee's hearings might be brought to a close within the next few weeks. SITDOWN STRIKES ARE CONDEMNED IN MEASURE Washington, April 7.—«( AP) — A group of administration leaders of fered the Senate today a resolution condemning sitdown strikes as a sub stitute for one rejected earlier this week. They agreed on methods of streng thening the resolution of Senate Pitt man, Democrat, Nevada, which called sitdown illegal and contrary to pub lic policy, and also described “so-call (Contihued on Page Three.) Strikers In Candy Plant Are Ousted Hershey, Pa., April 7 (AP) — Irate farmers and workers oppos ed to the union went into the plant of the Hershey Chocolate Corporation today and drove sit down strikers from the building. The farmers, whose market for some 800,000 pounds of milk daily has been paralyzed since the strike broke out last Friday, took matters in their own hands after the sitdown strikers rescinded an agreement to come out by 1 p. m., which was the final deadline set by milk producers and loyal work- GTS* A fight broke out inside the ivy covered separator plant, which was one of the first buildings In the great plant and was modelled 79 years ago. During 1936 the number of com mercial banks increased by one to 264, and industrial banks drop ped from 34 to 32. Industrial bank resources rose from $13,267,784.05 at the end of 1935 to $14,695,461.96 at the end of 1936. The total net earnings of 11 commericial banks showed much improvement over 1935, the report said.
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