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’ HENDERSON gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR PEACE CONFERENCE OF GENERAL MOTORS IN CANADA STARTED Company and Agents of Striking Employees Ac cept Premier Hep burn’s Invitation BARGAINING PLAN TO BE DISCUSSED Secretary Perkins Calls Gathering in Washington To Solve Basic Problems Between Employers and Employees; Sequence To Wagner Decision Oshawa, Ontario, April 17.—(AP) — General Motors of Canada, Ltd., and representatives of the company’s 3,- 700 strikers today accepted Premier Mitchell Hepburn’s invitation to a 2 p. m. peace conference in his Toronto office. Hepburn's invitation followed the United Automobile Workers’ decision to withdraw from its negotiating com mittee. i 'M\ A -'imilar conference slated for last Saturday failed to materialize when Hepburn. outspoken opponent of John Lewis’ labor movement, refused tc let Thompson come into his office. INDUSTRIAL HORIZON IS VERY MUCH BRIGHTENED Postponement of a strike of 8,500 railroad employees, a prospective ag reement in a dispute involving 3,700 automobile workers and the possi bility cf a broader understanding be tween capital and labor brightened the troubled industrial horizon today.* Less than two hours before the strike deadline, firemen and ti’ainmen brothernoods called off a proposed walkout on the Southern Pacific rail way. A Federal mediation board will hear complaints which included char ges the railroad violated past agree ments. The decision of the United Auto mobile Workers Unions at Oshawa, Ontario, local to heed an invitation for a peace parley, extended by Pre mier Mitchell HepUbum, of Ontario, promised to open the way for an ag reement Affecting the striking Gen eral Motors employees. Homer Martin, president of the U. A. W. A., with whom Premier Hep burn would not treat in the negotia tions, announced the Oshawa local would represent the strikers at the premier's peace parley. Solution of the basic problems of collective bargaining between employ ers and employees was the aim of a conference planned for Tuesday at Washington by Secretary of Labor Perkins. The secretary said the con ferees, labor leaders and industrial execu’ives would consider collective bargaining in the light of Supreme Court validation of the Wagner labor act. NUMBER OF GAINS FOR STOCK MARKET Dealings Exceptionally Quiets How ever, Even for Saturday, and Changes Are Narrow New York, April 17 (AP) —'Mild sup port appeared for leading stocks in to day’s market and a number of special ties pushed up substantially. Dealings were exceptionally quiet, even for a Saturday, and numerous issues held * to a restricted throughout the session. There was an assortment of losers at the close. Bolstering stock favorites also were brighter earnings statements and fav orable dividend actions. Coppers, lead ing Friday’s slow retreat, drifted to still lower levels. Transfers were around 450,000 shares. FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 100LSJNLIKELY Tendency Toward Economy Will Bar Money Sought, Erwin Thinks Dally Dispatch Bnrea*. In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, April 17. —-The outlook, for getting any Federal appropriation for use by the states in supplementing state or local funds for the public schools is not so very bright, despite the fact that the bill now before Con gress is the Ibest that has ever been offered, in the opinion of State Super intendent of Public Instruction Clyde A. Erwin, The bill now pending in Congress is the Harrison-Black-Flet chor measure, which would approp riate $100,000,000 of Federal funds to be divided up among the states on the basis of the number persons in the State between five and 20 years of a ge. On this basis, North Carolina would get approximately $3,100,000 the first year. The approximation would increase each year for five years, so that by the fifth year, North Carolina would get approximately $9,000,000 (Continued on Page Eight.) Hrttitrrsmi Daily Dtspafrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. He Baited Schwab This young man has a hobby of bait ing “big shots.” He is Lewis D. Gil bert, rich young New Yorker and minority stockholder in thirty cor porations. His latest exploit was a demand that Charles M. Schwab be ousted as the chairman of the board of Bethlehem Steel. Gilbert charged, at a corporation meeting,'" that Schwab had outlived his usefulness to the corporation. Gilbert lost. (Central Press ) Dispute Is Provokedßy News Reels Wheeler’s Attack on Court Plan Cut Out, Starting Bitter Controversy Kansas City, April 17. —(AP) — A heated dispute was provoked today by censorship deletion from newsreel showings in Kansas of a 66-word speech in which United States Senator Burton Wheeler assailed President Roosevelt’s court plan. Miss May Clausen, chairman of the Kansas State Board of Review, said the Montana Democrat’s remark, which touched on (patronage, were “deemed partisan and biased.” Immediate contention was raised that the censorship action itself made the film biased. Louis de Rochem mont, producer of the March of Time feature, pointed out in New York that the matter all was favorable to the court proposal. In Washington Senator Wheeler said he was informed film distribu tors had been told the criticism must be eliminated because Governor Wal ter Huxman, a Democrat, and the legislature, predominantly Republican were “in favor of the President.” ' ON AUTOSKI FALL Decline in Losses Seen As Big Factor in Early Cost Reductions Dally Dispatch Boreas, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Jlv «I C BASKEfiVILI Raleigh, April 17.—The material re duction in the loss ratio of automo bile liability and property damage in surance companies doing business in North Carolina, as recently announc ed by Commissioner of Insurance Dan C. Boney, not only indicates that low er automobile insurance rates should result within the next year or two, but that the new highway safety laws are really proving effective, it was pointed out here today by Director Arthur Fulk, of the highway safety division. The figures just released by Com missioner Boney show a decrease of 14.7 per cent in the combined liability, property damage and collision losses in North Carolina in 1936 as compar ed with 1935 and a still greater de crease when compared with Josses in .previous years. The average loss ratio for 1935 was 59.90, while the same loss ratio for 1906 was 45.20, a decrease of 14.7 per cent in one year. If the in surance losses continue to this year and next there is an excellent (Continued on Page Eight.) WHO WAS ENGLAND’S KING A THOUSAND YEARS AGO? That question is answered in the sketch-strip story of the ad venturous lives of ENGLAND’S KINGS, running daily in the Henderson Daily Dispatch. HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APR1U17,1937 Medal for the Boss G-Man 1; t J -• | |jf \* w ;’ tv-?* : The distinguished public service rendered the nation by J. Edgar Hoover, No. 1 G-Man, won him the distinguished service medal of the Penn Ath letic Club. The presentation is shown in the club’s quarters at Phila delphia. Left to right are Hoover, Judge Frank Smith, president of th« club, and Robert V. Bolger, judge of the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court (Central Frees) HOEY PUT ON SPOT IN NAMING OF NEW HIGHWAY CHAIRMAN Strong Pressure to Have Waynick Thrown Out in Interest of “Party Harmony” SOME INDICATIONS HOEY MAY GIVE IN Admittedly Satisfactory Man for Place Is Lacking If Waynick Is Let Out; Governor Must Also Re member Obligation to Own Supporters Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, April 17.—Governor Clyde R. Hoey is definitely up a tree, if not on a hoi spot with regard to his ap pointment of a chairman for the re organized State Highway and Fublic Works Comm ission which will take office May 1, observers here are con vinced For the question Which Gov ernor Hoey must decide within the next two weeks is whether he will re appoint Capus M. Waynick, the pre sent chairman, who is generally con ceded to have made a record for ef ficiencv and economy, or whether he will sacrifice Waynick to the poli ticians and political factions which are demanding his removal, in the belief that greater political harmony will result, it is agreed in most circles here. Strong Pressure. There is no doubt that very strong pressure is still being brought to bear upon Governor Hoey to appoint some one other than Waynick as the head of the new highway commission, on the ground that Wanick must be sacrificed “for the good of the party and in order to restore harmony. These maintain that, while Wlanick has proved to be very efficient and (Continued on Page Six.) TRUCK DRIVER NOT BLAMES FOR DEATH Fayetteville, April 17. (AP)—Luther Greason, gasoline truck driver who lives near Greensboro, was exonerated this morning by a Cumberland county coroner’s jury of blame for the death of Seth Gooden, 52, Elizabethtown, N. C., merchant, who died when his car collided with Greason’s truck on a curve three miles from here on the Elizabethtown road. hoey - talks with dr. HERMAN BAITY Rumor Has Been Baity Was Consid ered for Highway Head; Road Matters Not Talked Raleigh, April 17 (AP)—Governor Hoey conferred t(>Cay with Herman G. Baity, former State public works ad ministrator, and said after the talk they had discussed canvass of the State to secure Federal funds to sup plement money for State buildings. The governor said highway matters were not discussed, although Baity has been mentioned as a possible head of the new commission to be appoint ed next week. Find Body of Girl Missing in Wreck Brunswick, Ga., April 17. —(AP) —Miss Emma Mae Hough, 18, miss ing passenger of a Pan-American bus wrecked In White Oak creek early Tuesday, was found dead in the stream today a mile from the scene of the accident. R. M. Hough, of Lakeland, Fla., her father, identified the body. It was recovered by coast guardsmen. Twenty-two persons were hurt when the bus left the highway on a fill during a heavy fog, plunged into the creek and turned upon its side. White Oak boatmen rescued them. TWO STUOENTSOF^ Lose Lives in Auto Crash Near Monroe When Car Goes Off Curve Charlotte, April 17 (AP)—Two Dav idson College students were killed and another seriously injured early today when their automobile failed to nego tiate a curve on the Charlotte-Mat thews highway near here. The dead: Archie C. Cline, Jr., of Concord, who died on the way to a Charlotte hospi tal. Hoxie M. Thompson, Jr., of Houston, Texas, killed instantly. David McMillan, of Norfolk, Va., son of Dr. Jason McMillan, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Norfolk, was seriously injured. Hospital attaches described his con dition as critical, but said there was hope he would live. McMillan said Cline was driving the machine, which he said swerved from the highway, crashed into a tree, swung back across the road and turn ed around. Witnesses said the automobile was cut almost in two. Cline was the son of A. Campbell Cline, Concord newspaper man. TAR HEEL INDIANS DIVIDED ON LANDS Conflicting Views Expressed About Swapping Lands for Great Smoky Highway Washington, April 17. —(AP) —< A House public lands sub-committee heard Indians of the North Carolina Cherokee Indian reservation express conflicting views today on a proposal to exchange lands with the Indians to provide a right of way for the Blue Ridge parkway. Jarrett Blythe, chief of the eastern Cherokee band, told the committee he saw no harm in the proposed ex change, while F. B. Bower, assistant chief, vigorously opposed the change. W. T. Shelton, Windsor, N. C., tes tified in behalf of the exchange. LARGE LOBBY FEES BY CAROLINA POWER Norman Shepard, of Smithfield, Got $2,500 and John Hinsdale, Raleigh, Got SI,OOO Raleigh, April 17 (AP) —The Caro lina Power and Light Company of Ra leigh reported today to Thad Eure, secretary of State, it paid $3,500 in fees to legislative counsel. John Hinsdale, of Raleigh, got SI,OOO and Norman Sheppard, of Smithfield, $2,500, the company said. Willard Dowell, secretary of the North Carolina Merchants Association here and J. A. Bolich, of Winston- Salem, who opposed the "full crew” bill for the Southern Railway system, reported no special payments received for legislative work. Court Bill Hearings Close April 28, Senate Committee Decides After An Argument Insurgents, Now Led By German Officers, Beaten On North Spanish Front Hurried Call by Basque De fenders for Reinforce ments Denied for Lack of Men INSURGENTS AGAIN SHELL OLD MADRID High Explosives Dropped in Heart of Capital City, But Government Troops Re taliate With Hot Fire; Day Ends Ninth Month of Civil War (By The Associated Press) Opposing armies in Spain concen trated their warfare in two widely separated sectors today, the northern Bay of Biscay coast and at the door way to Madrid, in the South. Today ended the ninth month of the war. Basque defenders of the im portant manufacturing and shipping center of Bilbao declared they had halted insurgent advances command ed by German officers. A hurried call for reinforcements from the Basque was denied by the Spanish government because “not a single man can be spared from other fronts.” Serious coal and food short ages aggravated a tense situation in Bilbao. Factories were closed. Insurgents again pumped shells in to the heart of Madrid. One struck a jail, killing a prisoner and wound ing five others, and two other shells wounded several personsy Government troops shelled insurg ent positions in the University City and Casa de Campo suburb of Madrid. JUDSON WHITE HEAD OF STUENTS BODY College Group Ends Convention In Greensboro With Election of New Officers Greensboro, April 17.—(AP)—Jud son White, of East Carolina Teachers College, Greenville, was elected presi dent of the North Carolina Federa tion of Students at the concluding business session of the student gov ernment conference held here this aft ernoon. White succeeds William Aycock, of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who presided over the morning conference that ended a suc cessful meeting. Raleigh was selected as the site for the 1938 conference. Other officers elected during the final business session included Miss Alma Hall, of Woman's College, Greensboro, vice-president; Lindon Wilson, Guilford College, secretary; and Robert Campbell, Wake Forest College, treasurer. Miss Sarah Bain Ward, of Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, and Char les Holloman 1 , of Western Carolina Teachers College, Cullowhee, were named on the coordination council with the president and former presi dent. TAR HEEL JUNIOR ORGANIZER KILLED A. R. McCollen, Dies and Companion, of Meridian, Miss., Injured In Car Collision Meridian, Miss., April 17. —(AP) A. R. McCollen, of North Carolina, or ganizer for the Junior Order United American Mechanics was killed and W. G. Hawkins, of Meridian, Missis sippi secretary, was injured, in a motor car collision list night. They were returning from a lodge rally at Canton. OUBWWIItPMAN FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy, slightly warmer tonight; Sunday mostly cloudy, probably showers. weekly weather For South Atlantic States: Most ly cloudy and warmer, with local showers at beginning, followed by fair and cooler weather at middle of week; somewhat warmer with showers end of week. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. •To Federal Bench? i yLfct nn. Ws4 Frank L. Kloeb According to political observers, Representative Frank L. Kloeb (D.), of Celina, 0., stands an ex cellent chance of being selected by President Roosevelt for the vacant federal judgeship at Toledo. He is a graduate of the Univer sity of Wisconsin and Ohio State university and was prosecutor of Mercer county, Ohio, prior to election to congress. —Central Press Taken Near Omaha After Shooting Up Crowd In Topeka, Kans., Jail Omaha, Neb., April 17.—(AP)—Two New York bank robbery suspects, cap tured by rural officers after a flight from Topeka, Kans., where they shot a Federal agent in a gun battle, were spirited away from jail here today. The gangsters, taken by surprise in a bloodless coup, were placed in two cars by Federal agents and driven south, ostensibly to Topeka. Last night they lost their way in the criss cross streets of a small Nebraska town and surrendered without resis tance. Ten hours after the men, identified as Robert Suhay, 26, and Alfred Pow ers, 45, shot their way out of the trap set by Federal agents in the Topeka post office, they were captives of Sheriff Homer Sylvester. During their flight they kidnaped a country physician and forced him to treat Suhay who was wounded. The sheriff and his brother, De puty Cass Sylvester, arrested them at Plattsmouth, Neb., a town of 3,700 population 25 miles south of here with out a shot being fired. H. B. Fletcher, Federal agent in charge here, identified the men as those charged with conspiring with Raymond McNelly and others to rob the Katonah, N. Y., (bank, and with the SIB,OOO robbery of the bank last March 18. imIEDIOIION YIELD IS FORECAST Experts Warn Farmers of State Against Excessive Production College Station, Raleigh, April 17 North Carolina farmers are planning a considerable increase in their cot ton acreage this year, sail J. F. Cris well, of State College. Recent improvements in the cotton market, he said, have filled many growers with “hope that they can get good prices for all the cotton they can raise.” But this hope may not be borne out next fall if a bumper crop is dumped on the market, Criswell warned, in urging farmers not to let the moder ate price increases this spring deceive them. The heavy surplus that has been hanging over the market for years (Continued on Page Eight.) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY EARLY CLOSING OF TESTIMONY DENIED DN FDR’S MEASURE All Next Week Will Be Given Opponents of Pres ident’s Court Re form Bill FRIENDS THEN WILL HAVE THREE DAYS Administration May Rest Its Case and Refuse To Of fer More Testimony; Two Non-Committal Members of Committee Propose Substitutes Wlashington, April 17. (AP)—The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to day to close hearings on the Roose velt court bill Toy April 28. Attempt to close the hearings im mediately failed. The ten-day exten sion was voted to take care of those already invited to testify. All next week will be devoted to giving testimony by opponents. Friends of the measure then will be allowed to present closing evidence for the first three days of the follow ing week, if they choose. It was considered possible, however, that the administration would rest its case and permit the testimony to end! next week. The committee decision coincided with a proposal by Senator McGill, Democrat, Kansas, and one of the un committed senators holding the bal ance of power on the committee, that President Roosevelt be allowed to ap point two new Supreme Court jus tices if those over 75 do not retire. Two of the other non-committal committee members, Senators Hatch, Democrat, New Mexico, and McCar ran, Democrat, Nevada, have offered somewhat similar compromises of the President’s proposal to appoint six new members to the court unless jus tices over 70 retire. Opposition senators said submis sion on these compromise proposals indicated the reluctance of these un committed legislators to accept the Roosevelt proposal. Secretary Perkins counted 19 ac ceptances today from leaders of labor and industry for a conference Tues day on problems of collective bargain ing between employers and em ployees. SLIGHT GAINS FOR COTTON ARE SHOWN Cables Are Higher and Foreign and Trade Buying Is More Brisk During Session New York, April 17. —(AP)—Cotton futures opened steady, up four to 13 points on higher Liverpool cables, trade and foreign buying. Trading was comparatively light, with initial advances representing only a partial response to firmness at Liverpool. Nervousness continued following the developments* of the past week, and there was further tired long liquida tion. Wall Street buyers also appeared,' and July sold up from 13.25 to 13.34. Prices were holding close to the best shortly after the first half hour, when the market was net 7 to 18 points higher. Futures closed steady, 1 to 19 high er. Spots steady, middling 13.39. RULIIBYIRI ISSTILL DEBATED Friends of Roosevelt Court Plan Are Still Far From Convinced By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, April 17. Official Washington has not even begun to appraise all the possibilities of the Supreme Court’s action in upholding the Wagner labor relations law. In fact, there are statesmen who say it will be years before the full effects of the decisions reveal themselves. Its immediate effect, of course, is to settle the sitdown strike contro versy, at least, very largely, since vir tually all big employers are placed in the position of being legally required to bargain with their workers col lectively. Hen’-y Ford, indeed, is left out on a limb, having already gone on re cord as refusing to recognize any kind of unionism. Now he will have (Continued on Page Four.)
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