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' HENDERSON gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR SATS BILL FOR TWO HEW JUDGES CAN PASS NEW MOTOR STRIKES THREATENED IN U. S. TO HELP CANADIANS Sympathy Walkout Consid ered as Company Re sists Union De mands Over Border COMPANY^ ACCUSED OF BREAKING PACT Meantime, Ontario Premier Says Even Sterner Meas ures Will Follow If Lewis Organization Further In vades Province; Drive on Ford Mapped (By The Associated Press.) Threats of new walk-outs from Pen oral Motors plants drew the at tention of automobile manufacturers and employees today. Leaders of the automobile workers union were reported considering a sympathy walkout in the United States after Premier Mitchell Hep .v mT of Ontario, failed for the second time' to negotiate settlement of the General Motrs strike at Oshawa, On tario. where 3,700 workers are idle. Agents of the John L. Lewis Com mittee for Industrial Organization were barred from the conferences. Union officials charged that Gen eral Motors had broken two agree ments in failing to settle the Oshawa said he had been told C. I 0 organizers were to bring on strikes in two Canadian mining areas. The premier warned that any fur ther invasion by the Lewis organiza tion would bring “more combative ac tion than had been instituted to date. Lewis met in Washington with leaders of the U. A. W. A. to outline plans for organizing the Ford Motor Company workers. Ford is the only major producer who so far has not negotiated with the.U. A. W. A. STOCKS ARE SLOW EXCEPT IN SPOTS Market Fails To Get Up Any Great Steam Only In Few Special Issues Traded New York, April 19 (AP)—Ex cept tor a handful of electric ifr sues and heavy industrial • lines, stocks failed to get up advancing steam in today’s market. Dealings were exceptionally quiet and open ing gains of fractions to a point or more were whittled down in most cases near the fourth hour. Coppers, rubbers, a few steels and specialties accounted for the ma jority of plus signs. Refraining trade ardor was the inclination to wait for details of the President’s first budget message and the out come of new threats of a General Motors strike if settlement of the company’s Canadian controversy is not effected soon. Following a sharp rally abroad, futures of grains, cotton, rubber and other staples turned up sub stantially. Bonds marked time. ROANOKE RAPIDS BOY IS DROWNED Roanoke Rapids, April 19. —(AP) — Hall Smith, 25-year-old store clerk of Roanoke Rapids, drowned in the Roanoke river near Weldon early to day when the boat in which he was fishing with two companions capsized Clamp Lid Upon Spain At Midnight London, April 19.— (AP)—The na tions of Europe, bound by a neutrality accord unique in world history, order ed that the long-sought non-interven tion patrol to prevent any possible spread of the Spanish civil war go in to effect at midnight tonight. While the naval and land staffs stood ready to clamp down on the supply of volunteers and munitions to Spain at the stroke of 12, the nations themselves turned to new measures to remove any last danger to Europe t>V withdrawing all volunteers now fighting in Spain. A special sub-committee similar to that which threshed out the details ol the control plan took under con sideration the British - sponsored scheme and sought a solution to what observers said was its biggest pro blem, persauding Italy to withdraw the 50,000 Italian volunteers reported fighting in Spain. HmtiU'rsmt TDatfffiiHsjiaf rh ■ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. leased wire service of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Tells of Terrorism _ _ \ ht .. \ ——, • ■■■* Richard C. Tackett After appearing before the La Fol lette senate civil liberties committee hearing in Washington, Richard C. Tackett, drawling Kentucky moun taineer and guard for the Harlan County Coal Operators’ association, leaves hearing room. Tackett was one of three who told the inquiry that an official of the association had . paid them to “blow up” a union organizer with dynamite. He and the two oth ers denied setting off the actual charge, which ripped away the wall of the organizer’s hotel room in Pineville, Ky., in 1933. The organizer was in jured, not killed. Teachers Os State Might Elect Rose Greenville Superin tendent, Believed Favorite for State Office. Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Itv .1 C BASkERVILI Raleigh, April 19. —One of the war mest contests in years for the vice presidency of the North Carolina Edu cation Association is in prospect when the association meets in Durham Thursday and Friday of this week for its annual convention and election of officers, according to reports being heard here. The main contest will toe over the vice-presidency rather than the presidency, due to the fact that the vice president is by custom always advanced to the presidency. Accord ingly, Dr. W. C. Jackson, administra tive dean of the Women’s College of the University of North Carolina, in Greensboro, will automatically become president of the association this week, succeeding Miss Oma Clare Lafferty, of Charlotte, incumbent, sipce Dr. Jackson was elected vice president last year. The two leading contenders for the vice presidency of the association in this week’s meeting are Junius H. Rose, superintendent of the Greenville city schools, and Ben L. .Smith, super intendent of the Greensboro city schools, former superintendent of the Shelby city schools. It is generally agreed that Rose has the backing support of the more liberal group of superintendents and teachers in the association, while Smith has the sup port of the group of superintendents (Continued on Page Three.) HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 19, 1937 ! TO RESUME ATTACK UPON BILBAO PORI Ready To Defend Positions Against Any Government Attack in Bay of Biscay Area BASQUE SAYS HALT TO BE PERMANENT Britain Investigating Re ports Germany Has Sent Poison Gas Into Spain; Rebels To Intensify Mine- Laying as Patrol of Spain Begins (By The Associated Press.) Insurgent besiegers of Bilbao drew their lines today for renewal of their offensive, after warning the Basque government that 500 artillery pieces were lined up to hold the city’s de fenses. Although communications from headquarters of insurgent General Emilio Mola reported preparations to close the 20-mile gap which separates his army from the besieged, blockad ed and near starving city, Basques declared the interruption meant the drive was permanently halted. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that the government was investigat ing reports that poison gas had been shipped from Hamburg, Germany, to Spain. Speaking a few hours before the scheduled launching of a unique in ternational patrol of Spain by 27 mem Iter nations of the non-intervention committee, Eden also disclosed that insurgent general Francisco Franco had notified London his forces would intensify their mine-laying at certain Bay of Biscay points. The British freighter Thorpehall successfully ran the insurgent block ade. arriving at the port of Musel, in Overido province, under the pro tection of three British destroyers. Musel is the port for Gijon, about 140 miles west of Bilbao. Near the Bas que’s war zone non-intervention offi cials toured the frontier post to over see preparations for the comlbined land and sea patrol of Spain which starts at midnight tonight. IG3 DfERSIOSE mm WEEK Big Increase From Previons Week; 9,963 Revoca tions in Effect Dally Dlapatch Bareaa, In Ihe Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVIIiI- Raleigh, April 19—-During the week ending April 17, the driving licenses of 168 drivers were revoked by the high way safety division of the Department of Revenue, Arthur Fulk, director of the division, announced today. During the previous week, 140 driving per mits were revoked. This brings the total number of revocations now in effect to 9,963, although a total of more than 13,000 driving permits have been revoked since the law went into effect in November, 1935. Most of tne revocations, as usual, were for drunken driving, Director Fulk pointed out, although an increas ing number of revocations now are for two convictions of reckless driving and for driving after the revocation of a license. For under the law, it is mandatory for the division to revoke the license of any person twice con victed of reckless driving, or of any person convicted of driving after his or her license has been revoked. Among the 29 persons whose licen ses were revoked April 14 were four who had their revocations extended for an additional year, because of con viced for driving while their origi nal licenses were revoked. These were Hulin B. Hunter of Asheville, who also was convicted of drunken driving; Roy L. Smith, of Kannapolis, (Continued on Page Four.* BOOKING AGENT IN MURDER CASE HELD Hammer Murder in Rehearsal Hall Latest Killing To Stir New York's Police New York, April 19 (AP) —A theat rical booking agent was taken into custody for questioning as police tried to solve another of New York’s spec tacular homicides, a hammer murder in a rehearsal hall within earshot of the bright light district. Micah Ross, 30, was found at the home of his father-in-law, a former police chief. Apprehended at Moun tain Dale, by a State trooper, Ross was being brought to New York for questioning. Another Yankee Clipper in New Zealand Waters i Like the storied clipper ships of the era of sail, when the American flag was carried to the farthermost corners of the world, this picture shows the Pan-American Airlines' Clipper after its arrival in Auckland, New Zealand, on its historic hop from Alameda, Cal. The flight is the forerunner at regular passenger and mail service to the Antipodes, (Central Press) Roosevelt Calls In Leaders To Discuss His 1938 Budget' Washington, April 19.—(AP)—(Pre sident Roosevelt called ten adminis tration leaders to the White House today to go over a new set of budget figures for the next fiscal year. Among those invited to the confer ence to be held late in the afternoon were Vice-President Garner, Acting Budget Director Daniel Bell, Speak er Bankhead and Secretary Morgen thau. Facing the administrating is the possibility that the fiscal year be ginning July 1 will be ended with a deficit rather than a balanced budget, President Roosevelt provisionally fore cast the balanced budget when he re viewed the situation in January. HOEY CHOICE WILL BE KNOWN FRIDAY Appointments t o Liquor and Highway Boards by End of the Week Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, April 19.—Governor Clyde R. Hoey will announce his appoint ments to the Alcoholic Beverages Con trol board and to the reorganized State Highway and Public Works Commission by the latter part of this week, probably Friday or Saturday, he indicated today, with a possibility that the liquor board appointments might be announced by Thursday. The announcement of the liquor board ap pointments is expected to precede the highway commission appointments by at least one day, and to be released to the afternoon newspapers. The highway commission appointments are expected to go -to the morning papers. Due to the overwhelming interest in the highway situation and in who will be named chairman of the new commission as well as the ten new members, there is very little interest ibeing shown here in the contest for places on the liquor board, despite the (Continued on Page Three.) PHILS WINNERS IN OPENER AT BOSTON Boston, April 19.—(AP) — The Philadelphia Nationals defeated the Boston Bees 2 to 1 in 11 in nings today In a morning Pat riot’s Day game. A crowd of 10, 000 watched the season’s opener, which ended when Norris Ar novic-h dropped a home run into the left field bleachers. ~ow»^g»ai~ FOR NORTH CAROLINA Fair tonight and cooler; Tues day fair. Income since then, however, have failed to come up to revenue esti mates, and the President was repre sented as hoping he would be able to keep relief and other costs down to a minimum to avoid a large deficit. The revised budget figures are ex pected to be presented to Congress when the President sends up his re lief message in two or three days. Chairman Jones, Democrat, Texas, of the Agriculture Committee, inform ed the House Rules Committee he would oppose any attempt to write into the farm tenancy bill authority for the government to purchase farms for re-sale to tenants. Senator Vandenburg, Republican, Michigan, injected into congressional Ai F. ofL. Will Oust Lewis Body Washington, April 19 (AP) —A high labor source predicted confi dently today that the American Fedbration of Labor executive council, in session here, would move immediately toward expul sion of unions in John L. Lewis’ committee for Industrial Organiza tion. The first step toward expulsion of C. I. O. unions, now under su spension, would be the council to call a special convention of the A. F. of L. The labor authority, who asked that his name not be used, said the council would make that move during a three-day ses sion which started this morning. As the council convened, Lewis president of Y,he United Mine Workers, met with members of the C. I. O. executive board to decide upon future policy in the organi zation of automobile workers. Low Cost Projects Also Urged by Foresters of United States By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, April 19.—1 was sur prised by what you might call the unintended significance of the coin cidental meeting in Washington re cently of the representative foresters of the United States and members of sympathetic groups and the Na tional Lumber Manufacturers’ Asso ciation. That is to say, it occurred to me that this was a sort of “lion and lamb” gathering. Because I am sure it has been the public impression for many years that the forest products industries were the horrid ravagers of our beautiful forests which preservers were so vigo (Continued on Page Three.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. discussion of relief needs an assertion that current estimates of the jobless were perhaps 5,000,000 too high. Basing his calculations on the so cial security board’s registration of 26,000,000 employed, Vandenburg ar rived at the conclusion there are only about 2,975,000 unemployed. He called for “an accurate, current census of the unemployed.” 'President Roosevelt will send Con gress this week his estimates of re lief needs for the next year. Fiscal authorities said this figure would be an important factor in the final determination of whether the government must issue additional iconds when $300,000,000 in discount bills comes due in June. ASK DEATH PENALTY fOR t DESPERADOES Kansas Seeks Extreme Pen alty for Gunmen Who Slew G-Man in Topeka Topeka, Kans., April 19 (AP)— The government made ready today to charge two New York gunmen with murder and demand the death penal ty, while the father of a young Fede ral agent who was cut down by bul lets in the post office here Friday pre pared to return his son’s body to their Arizona home. United States District Attorney S. S. Alexander planned to issue war rants charging Alfred Power and Robert Suhay, accused of an SIB,OOO bank robbery, with the murder of Wimberly Baker, 27, Federal Bureau Investigation agent, shot in the back as he participated in an attempt by G-Men to arrest the two men when they called for mail at the post office. Alexander said he would ask the death penalty for the accused men. They are held for safe keeping in the strongly-fortified Jackson county jail in Kansas City. Mo. Their arraign ment, the district attorney indicated, would be held before a United States commissioner either in Kansas City or in Leavenworth. H. H. Baker, an Arizona State sen ator and father of the slain agent, said he will take his son’s body home for funeral services and burial. Baker died in a hospital here near midnight Saturday after an emergency opera tion and at least two blood transfus ions were futile. SLIGHT NET GAINS IN COTTON MARKET Market Is Steady Throughout Day, With Prices Fluctuating Only Slightly New York, April 19 (AP) —Cotton futures opened steady, 11 to 19 high er, following a sharp advance at Liv erpool. Foreign and commission house buying was active. July, which had sold off from 13.52 to 13.45, was quoted at 13.04 at the end of the first hour, when prices showed gains of 13 to 15 points. By midday the market had recovered a few points from the lows, with July selling at 13.42 and the list showing net gains of about 8 to 10 points. 8‘ PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY IEADER IN SENATE OPPOSITION OFFERS TEIISJNMTTLE Modification of Roosevelt 4 Measure Would Win Over Enough Sena tors To Pass FIRST CONCESSION BY THE OPPOSITION Insist They Have Block of 43 Senators and No Meas ure Can Pass With That Many Fighting Opponents; May Force Vote on Pres ent Measure Washington, April 19.— (AP) — Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers, an nounced today the U. A. W. A. had filed charges of “discrimina tion and intimidation” against Henry Ford with the National La bor Relations Board. Martin said the charges were filed at the board’s Detroit of fice. Martin flew here from Detroit today to discuss with the U. A. W. executive board the strike at Gen eral Motors plants at Ashawa, On tario, and plans to organize the Ford Motor Company plant. “We alreaay have drawn up plans for organization of FjDrd workers,” Martin said. “The only thing we will vote on is a sym pathy strike at General Motors plants in this country.” Martin declined to forecast what the board would do or ex press a personal opinion as to the advisability of a second series of strikes in United States plants of General Motors. Washington, April 19.—(AP) A leader of the Senate opposition to the Roosevelt court bill said today the measure would pass if the President would accept two instead of a poten tial six additional Supreme Court jus tices. The senator, who asked not to be quoted by name, said a modification would win over .enough Democrats who want to get right with their party leaders and their constituents to pass the bill. It was the first time any of the leading opponents of the hotly con tested measure had agreed it could be enacted with a provision for any in crease in the size of the Supreme Court. Opposition leaders have insisted they had a solid block of 43 votes ar gainst the bill and that no measure could pass the Senate with that many fighting opponents. Labor's Nonpartisan League will hold mass meetings tonight in 26 cities in support of the bill. *George Berry, League president, and Attor ney General Cummings will give na tionwide radio addresses. Some of the principal foes were un decided whether it would be better strategy for them to vote to cut down the number of new justices or to op pose any compromise and force a vote on the bill as it stands. The measure would permit the ap pointment of sir new justices unless memlbers over 70 retire. AP Hears Story Os 1936 Told New York, April 19 (AP)—The men whose publications record the news of the world daily for readers num bered in tens of millions gathered in New York today for the annual meet ing of The Associated Press and the golden jubilee of the American News paper Publishers Association. Late this morning hundreds of pub lishers from hamlet and metropolis thronged into a mid-town hotel con vention hall, where President Frank Noyes, publisher of the Washington Star, of The Associated Press, presid ed at a session devoted to a discus sion of membership, the directorate and an expanded news and photo ser vice. The annual luncheon of The Asso ciated Press, with Secretary Daniel C. Roper, of the Commerce Department, as guest speaker, followed. The report of Kent Cooper, general manager, reflected the expansion of the last year of both the news report and the photo service. "The world . news and pictorial events in 1936 were so diversified and sustained in developments that the daily demand on the facilities of the organization reached a new peak,” he said.
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