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HENDERSON gateway TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR NYE UTS ITALY IS FIGHTING N SPAIN Peace Reigns On Aitto Front First Time In Five Months; C. I. O. Is Opposed In Canada DETERMINED HAND BY GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIOIS SHOWN Premier Says C. I. O. Has Brought United States Almost Into State of Anarchy READY TO RAISE AN ARMY, OFFICIAL SAYS Will See To It That Lewis Union Does Not Dominate Ontario Industries; Con stables and Provincial Po lice Are Speedily Mobiliz ed at Scene (By The Associated Press.) Peace reigned over the American automotive strike front today for the first time in five months. While union leaders cheered agree ments with four Michigan automobile producers, their foray into the Cana dian motor industry brought deter mined opposition from the Ontario government. Premier Mitchell Heupburn charg ed the C. I. O. had “brought the United States almost into a state of anarchy." “If necessary, we’ll raise an army," he said, "to prevent the C. I. O. from dominating Ontario indutetries.’’ Reports that strife in the General Motors plant at Oshawa was spread ing to other industries brought mobi lization of law enforcement agencies. In th Toronto area, 300 constables from the Ontario provincial police augmented a force of Royal Canadian Mounted Police ordered on strike duty. Sixty mounted officers were ordered in from Ottawa. Negotiations on the issue of union (Continued on Page Four.) 9 Millions Jobless Or On Relief Washington, April 9. —(AP) —A sur vey made for Secretary Wallace esti mated today 9,773,000 persons were unemployed or were on relief jobs at the start of this year, compared with 12,838,000 idle in 1933. Louis Bean, one of Wallace’s econo mic advisors, reported potential gain for workers, excluding those engaged in agriculture, numbered 40,027,000 at the beginning of 1937, and that about one in four of these was unemployed or on relief. He said this compared with 38.916,000 workers in 1933, when one out of three persons was idle or on relief. The economist estimated the aver age annual wage for employed work ers was $l,lBO last year, compared w >th a low of $933 in 1933, and a peak of 51,388 in 1929. Score Slain As Workers Stage Fight Rival Union Textile Operatives in Mex ican Factory Fight Own Battle iMuhla, Mexico, April 9.—(AP) ■—Riotous workmen were report 'd today holding (their barricades 1,1 a textile factory at nearby San Martin Texmelucadri, surrounded > soldiers, after a 45-minute ’ oody battle among themselves ''V. r trade union rivalries in ,u ‘h an estimated score of work ers were slain. the workers, after deadly fight continued on -Bage Four.) i&LESUE PERRY MEMORIAL. Himftrrsiw ulatly Dispatch L^i EI ? 'X IR K SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Labor Factional Fight Comes Before Congress In Workers’ Poll Plans Lindberghs Home From East Tours London, April 9. (AP) —The Charles A. Lindberghs, anxious to see their little son, Jon, ended a ten-weeks aerial tour of Europe and the East at 2:45 p. m. today (9:45 a. m. eastern standard time). They landed at Gatwick air drome, Surrey, after a flight from Bavaria. Before bringing his trim plane to earth, Colonel Lindbergh flew over Long Barn, his Seven Oaks home, and twice dipped the ship in salute to young Jon. The Lindberghs’ entire flight covered about 15,000 miles to India and back. CONTEST FOR TWO APPOINTMENTS ON Barnhill and Cooper in East and Winborne and Alley in West Seem Favorites A. D. McLEAN ALSO IS MUCH FAVORED But He Is Reputedly Making $50,000 Annually in Ral eigh Law Firm and May Not Give That Up; Three New Superior Court Judges Are to Be Named Dully Dispatch Bareaa, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. TIASKEItVILL Raleigh, April 9.—The contest be tween the various judges and lawyers in the State for the two new appoint ments to the State Supreme Court is rapidly narrowing down to not more than half a dozen candidates, despite the fact that there are at least 23 judges and lawyers who are either re garded as active candidates for one' of these appointments or who have been endorsed for one. It is also ag reed that a spirited contest has been going on for many months between the “bar boys’’ and the “bench boys,” the former group maintaining that the new appointees should come from among the lawyers at the bar instead of from the judges already on the bench. The latter group has insisted that the two. new Supreme Court jus tices should be selected from among the judges who have served on the (Continued on Page Four.) Babson Warns Pitfalls Lurk In Building Boom New Construction Rush May Control Length of Up swing in Business; Caut ions All Interests Not to Kill Goose That Lays Go lden Egg of Prosperity BY ROGER W. BABSONi, Copyright, 1937, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Augusta, Ga., April 9.— Few indus tries can match the shift in fortunes of the home-building business. From feverish activity in 1929 to death-like silence in 1933 was the story of con struction during the depression. Slow, gradual progress is the record of the industry since then. Today building is the “sparkplug” of our business en gine. In fact, I feel that residential building will be a major factor in de termining the length of the present prosperity period. Hence, it is of vital importance to everybody that the pit ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 9, 1937 Measure Favors A. F. of L. Set-Up and Is Expected To Draw Fire from Lewis SEES COURT PLAN BLOW AT BUSINESS Notre Dame Professor Warns Senators Against Scheme; New Yorker Urges Court as Defender Os Rights; Committee Prepares for Vote Washington, April 9. —(AP) —(House leaders conferred today on whether to take an early vote on the Senate approved resolution condemning both sitdown strikes and company es pionage. . The House rejected the proposal of Representative Dies, Democrat, Texas for an investigation of sitdown strikes after an argumentative session yes terday, but Democratic Leader Ray burn said the vote was not to be in terpreted as condoning the strikes. The fight between two factions of organized labor came before Congress in a bill to make the labor relations board poll workers by crafts rather than by plants in deciding who should represent the employees. The American Federation of Labor, which favors craft organizationes, ad vocated the measure. Opposition is expected from the rival John L. Lewis group, which favors workers unions embracing all workers in an industry. Senate Judiciary Committee mem bers took steps toward the first showdown on the President’s court reorganization proposal—a committee vote on whether to recommend the bill. In the committee, as in the Sen ate itself, senators who are still un committed for or against the measure hold the balance of power. The committee will not start its secret testing of strength, however, for at least another week. The committee’s hearings continu ed with a statement from Professor (Continued on Page Four.) HOLD INQUEST INTO AUTOMOBILE DEATHS Erwin Taxi Driver Held in Deaths of Two New York Women Last Monday Night Fayetteville, April 9 (AP) Inquest into the motor crash deaths of Mrs. Florence Isaacson and Cecilia Ander son, of Jamestown, N. Y., will be held this afternoon at 3 o’clock before Coroner W. C. Davis, of Cumberland county. Clyde Gaster, Erwin taxicab driver, who was operating his machine which collided with one driven by the wo men Monday night, was taken from a local hospital and lodged in jail yes-! terday, but later was taken back to the hospital on advice of physicians. He was expected to be in shape to at tend the inquest He was denied bail until after the inquest. falls of the 1925 to 1929 building boom ■are avoided in the months ahead. Costs Highest Since 1920. A number of forces have combined to pull building from the extreme lows of three years ago. Depreciation and obsolescence keep right on at their work, regardless of booms or depressions. Young people contine to marry and the population to grow no matter whether the United States Steel is above or below 100. Bank holi days do not stop carelessness and fires. It is estimated that at least 400,- 000 homes should be built every year (Continued on Page Two) FIRST CARGO LIFTED AT $2,000,000 PORT *.*.*.• First vessel to lift an export cargo at the new $2,000,000 port of Morehead City, N. C., was the S. S. Waziristan, a British ship. She is shown above approaching the pier where she loaded scrap metal for Japan. Within less than a half-hour’s sailing of the sea, Morehead City boasts of being the only ocean port in North Carolina. Tugs are not required for the docking of ships and there are no pilot fees. (Associated Press Photo). First Foreman r-"" I I i jill I. J Jj nil jgL l|| pily i I While New York women fight for places in the jury box, New Jersey already has its first woman foreman of a Federal Grand Jury. She is Mrs. J. Isabel Sims (above), shown leaving courtroom in Newark. (Central Press) Lumberton Man, H oe y Campaigner, May Head New State Liquor Set-Up Daily Dispatch Boreas, In the Sir Walter Hotel By J. C. BASKERVILfj Raleigh, April 9.—Cutler Moore, of Lumberton, is regarded by a good many here as being more likely to be named chairman of the new State Alcoholic Beverages Control Board than any of the other 30 or more ap plicants or “indorsees” for the post. Qu te a number regarded as being in close touch with wAt is going on here are now predicting that Moore will he appointed chairman of the new liquor board when Governor Clyde R. Hoey gets back here next (Continued on Page Three.) TURLINGTON YOUTH INJURED IN WRECK Roanoke Rapids, April 9.—(AP) — Benjamin Franklin Turlington 14- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Turlington, suffered a broken collar bone and other injuries in a truck ac cident last night. Government Troops Near Raising Siege Os Madrid Insurgents Pushed Back On Coruna Highway Dur ing Desperate En gagement There VISE IS SQUEEZED TIGHTER IN SOUTH 15,000 Insurgents Confront ed With Mass Slaughter or Disorganized Flight into Mountains; Rebels Report Successes, However, In Northern. Area (By The Associated Press.) Long-besieged Spanish government troops swept from their trenches on the western Madrid front today and pushed insurgents back on the Co runa highway. The maneuver paralleled insurgent successes in the drive toward Bilbao, Basque headquarters. On the Cordoba front, south of Madrid, government troops believed they were close to bottling up 15,000 insurgents, confronting them with mass slaughter or disorganized flight into the mountains. The Madrid front battle, raging for more than 14 hours, was one of the fiercest of the five months siege. With the insurgents retreating south of Madrid, the government sup porters looked to the new western of fensive to relieve pressure exerted on the capital for five months and lead to evacuation by the insurgents of their long-held positions in the suburbs of Madrid. Reign Os T errorism On Lepers Yeungkong, Kwantung Province, China, April 9. —(AP) —Civil and military authorities directed a reign of terror today against lepers who have been in hiding sgice the Easter massacre of their fellows by provin cial soldiery. Soldiers and civil offi cers continued hunting down and ex ecuting them, while it was rumored blind persons were similarly doomed. Efforts of authorities to expel or kill the lepers have driven seriously afflicted persons, including the blind (Continued on Page Three.) FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy and cooler tonight; Saturday fair, cooler. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Franc Depressed To Lure Tourists Paris, April 9.—(AP) —France al lowed the franc to sag today to attract tourists this summer. The Treasury has deeided upon a cheaper franc, financial circles re ported, with the possibility the rate may go to the low of 22.96 francs to the dollar, agreed upon in the tri-partiie monetary agreement. At noon the rate was 4.484 cents per franc, a decline of almost 2 1-2 percent from the 4.593 rate before the drop started yesterday. (A rate of 22.96 to the United States dollar is the equivalent ol 4.227 to the franc.) ißmilirai Doesn’t Want to Give in to President in Controll ing Finances By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington. April 9.—'Signs multi ply that President Roosevelt and Congress decidedly differ as to the best method of reorganizing govern mental machinery in the interest of greater compactness, enhanced effi ciency and reduced expenditures. The presidential plan calls for more executive authority over Uncle Sam’s use of his money. Congress apparently is disinclined to yield it. The issue is mightily important. (Continued on Page Three.) THINK IRWIN MAY NOW BE A SUICIDE Dr. Russell Blaisdell, of Hospital Where Irwin Was Patient, Ex presses Opinion New York, April 9. —(AP) —Dr. Russell Blaisdell, superintendent of the Rockland County Hospital foC the Insane, where Robert Irwin un derwent treatment for three years, said today he was ‘inclined to believe” the scultpor suspect in the triple mur ders of Beekman Hill had committed suicide. “That’s the only way I can recon cile with the records of his case here his disappearance since police start ed search for him,” Dr. Blaisdell said. Dr. Blaisdell, one of New York s leading psychiatrists, said he was still far from convinced Irwin had any thing to do with the murder. While at the hospital Irwin, in whom he took a great interest, displayed no “homi cidal tendencies,” Dr. Blaisdell said. The doctor said he believed that if Irwin was responsible for the strang ling of the 20-year-old art model, “Ronnie” Gedeon, her mother, Mary, and a roomer, it was the result of shock following his being requested to leave divinity school at St. Lawrence University March 18 “because of in stability.” . —i- 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY SENATOR DEMANDS APPLICATION FDR North Dakotan Would Im pose Embargo on Na tions Supplying Civil War Factions SAYS OTHERS ALSO • HELPING SPANIARDS Roosevelt Studies Relief Problem Further; Denies Plan To Cut Gold Price; Y* a 1 e President Joins Chorus Against Curb On Supreme Court Washington, April 9.—(AP)—(Sen ator Nye, Republican, North Dakota, urged the Senate today to find out whether the present neutrality laws would provide an embargo against foreign nations having armed forces fighting in Spain. Nye accused Italy of “waging un declared war on Spain,’’ but added that the request applied equally to “Portugal, Italy, Germany, Russia and others.” Under the request, the Senate would ask the State Department view on the breadth and application of the neutrality laws. “I don’t think it’s dangerous for ua to acknowledge the fact that there are foreign troops and munitions engag ed in Spain,” Nye declared, “and they are there by the active consent of their governments.” Meanwhile, President Roosevelt, studying the future of Federal relief, planned to meet today four governors who recently protested any cut in relief funds. The four were Lehman, New York; LaFollette, Wisconsin; "Benson, Minnesota, and Quinn, of Rhode Island. Two others Hurley, of CSiAtlnued on Page Two.) TWO TORNADO DEAD IN ALABAMA TOWN Brundidge Mourns Couple and Digs Debris Toward Rehabilita tion from Storm Brundidge, Ala., April 9 (AP) —This storm-raked southeast Alabama farm ing and lumber town mourned two dead today as workers cleared debris left by a tornado yesterday. Mrs. Clarence Crowley, 18, died at a Troy hospital of injuries received when her home was demolished yes terday by the storm which killed her brother-in-law, Fred Crawley, 13. She left a 13-months-old baby who suffered a broken leg. AIR OFFICIALS ARE VICTIMS OF CRASH Los Angeles, Cal., April 9 (AP) — Two men identified by the State Highway Patrol as E. B. Christ offer, president • of the Swallow Aireraft Manufacturing Corpora tion, of Wichita, Kans., and E. A. Crumm, vice president, and G. B. Brasherarars and Company, were killed today in the crash of an airplane near Gorman, Cal. Miami, Fla., Again Swept By Tornado Several Injured and Much Property Damage Done In Southwest Section Miami, Fla,, April 9.—YAP)— A miniature tornado struck in Miami’s southwest residential section today, injuring at least two persons and un roofing several houses. Sam Scowins suffered serous head injuries, and Lillian Brewer, 40, was cut and bruised when a frame house collapsed after being blown from its foundations. Some 50 policemen were sent into the area to direct traffic. . The twister, cutting a swath about two blocks wide, travelled in a zig zag course for almost two miles. About half a dozen houses were un roofed. Windows were broken in oth ers and awnings blown off. Limbs of trees and other debris were scattered through the streets. Power lines were disrupted. The tornado accompanying an elec trical storm, routed several hundreds from their beds in the early morning. Sight-seers hurring to the scene ad ded to the confusion.
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