HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR
IIEWLABOR AND POWER BILLS COMING SOOH
U. S. NAVAL INQUIRY
INTO HINDENBURG’S
DESTRUCTION BEGUN
Investigation Is Secret and
Begins as Soon as Ord
ers To Proceed Are
Given
TWO MORE DEATHS
PUT TOTAL NOW 35
Radio Officer Died In New
York Hospital and Ger
man Passenger Succumbs
on Asbury Park; Public In
vestigation at Lakehurst
Starts Tuesday
Lakehurst, N. J., May B.—(AP) —
The Navy Department ordered a court
of inquiry to convene today to inves
tigate the destruction of the German
dirigible Hindenburg here with the
loss of 33 lives.
The investigation began as soon as
announced and was secret. The Com
merce Department already had ar
ranged for public hearings to start
next Monday at the reservation. The
court has four members.
Two deaths in the early morning
raised to 35 the number who lost their
lives in the crash of the giant sky
liner, pride of Germany’s air fleet.
William Speck, chief radio officer
of the airship, which plunged in
flames upon the Lakehurst naval air
station grounds here Thursday night
at the end of its first crossing of the
year, succumbed in a New York hos
pital. A German passenger, Erich
Knocher, died at Asbury Park.
The man who commanded the ship
on ten safe voyages to Lakehurst
from Germany last year, Captain Er
nst Lehmann, died last night.
The public investigation of the
tragedy begins Monday, but officials
‘ tried meanwhile, to correlate evidence
that may ultimately establish the
Continued on Page Five.)
BLUM GIVEN VOTE
CONFIDENCE TODAY
Paris, May 8 (AP)—The Chamber
of Deputies gave an overwhelming
vote of confidence to the government
of Premier Leon Blub, the vote was
380 to 199.
The vote came after a two day de
bate on Blum’s interior policy center
ing about the application of a 40
hour week.
22MenOf
Foundering
Ship Saved
Hoquiam, Wash., May 8 (AP) —Un-
official reports said 22 men of the
grounded lumber schooner Trinidad,
of San Francisco, had been rescued
as a heavy sea pounded the ship to
pieces three miles off Willapa harbor
today.
The ship carried a crew of about 35,
but coast guardsmen at North Cove
station on the harbor said they believ
ed “all but one or two of the men
had been saved.”
Neither the Trinidad nor the two
coast boats that went to the rescue
had wireless.
First reports said the 22 men were
taken to South Bend, Wash., near
Raymond, where the schooner sailed
from yesterday afternoon.
Taxes Already At Point
Os Diminishing Returns
Absence of Reliable Data Is Obstacle in Estimating
1938 Costs of Relief and O ther Essentials; Liquor,
Beer, Incomes Almo st at Breaking Point
* his is the second of three ar
ticles by Charles l* Stewart on
the t: x situation as seen from
W .i>hington.
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Pre«s Staff Writer
Washington, May 8. — A confused
muddied tax situation is further
by the absence of authentic
data the ?Tnolln t necessary for re
l(if The extent varies, depending up
the source of the figures, and no
body seems to know, even approxi
tnately, the number of persons who
roust be fed and clothed out of the
hatianal purse.
i he president has said, and often
HcttDrrsmt Hatltj Dispatch
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
NEWSPAPERS FROM
ENGLAND EXCLUDED
BY ITALIAN ORDER
Only Three Allowed To En
ter Country, and Italian
Journalists Are
Recalled
boycottTlanned
ON THE CORONATION
Rome Is Angered by What
Is Termed “Campaign of
Lies” About Italy in British
Press; Action May Strain
Relations of Two Peoples
Rome, May 8 (AP)—All but three
English newspapers were banned
from Italy today and all Italian news
paper correspondents in London were
ordered home.
These measures and a semi-official
press boycott of next Wednesday’s
coronation of King George VI is in
answer to what the Italian press has
bitterly termed “a campaign of lies”
in British newspapers about Italy,
particularly in regard to Italian de
feats in Spain.
They also replied to the British ac
tion in inviting a representative of
Haile Selassie, conquered Ethionian
emperor, to the coronation.
An official press communique said
the action was taken “because the at
titude of nearly all the British press
against Italy and Italy’s armed for
ces.”
The three British papers excepted
from the ban are the Daily Mail, the
Evening News and the Observer. The
exclusion orders are effective until
further notices
Several London papers have been
banned for several weeks because
(Continued on Page Five)
RECOVERY IS SLOW
, FOR STOCKS TODAY
New York, May B.—(AP)—Stocks
were unable to get a recovery foot
hold in today’s market and many
leaders slipped from factions to more
than a point.
A handful of issues notably spe
cialties, managed to weather chilling 1
currents, even forging to new highs of
a year or longer.
Transfers approximated 300,000
shares.
American Radiator 22
American Telephone 167
American Tobacco B 81 1-4
Anaconda 53 1-2
Atlantic Coast Line 59 1-2
Atlantic Refining 30
Bendix Aviation i 21
Bethlehem Steel 86 1-4
Chrysler ... H 5 1-4
Columbia Gas & Elec Co 13 1-2
Commercial 15 3-4
Continental Oil Co 15 3-4
DuPont 156 1-2
Electric Pow & Light •... 19 5-8
General Electric 53 1-8
General Motors 59 1-2
Liggett & Myers B 97 7-8
Montgomery Ward & Co 53 3-8
Reynolds Tob B 50 3-8
Southern Railway 39
Standard Oil Co N J 67 1-2
U S Steel 103 3-4
repeated, that no one will starve and
no one will go cold. A billion and a
half is desired for this relief for the
fiscal year 1938. This sum, is consid
ered too small by many, among the
objectors being William Green, presi
dent of the American Federation' of
Labor. Others, by implication, have
held it is too great. Senator Arthur
Vandertburg. of Michigan recently as
serted figures on unemployment,
given out by the department of labor
are excessive. Senator Harry F. Byrd
of Virginia has warned that the fixed
charges of government will be &
increased for a long time to come. He
(Continued on Page Six.)
leased WIRE SERVICE OF
the ASSOCIATED press.
Remarkable Photo Os Actual Explosion Os Hindenburg
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One of the most remarkable pictures ever taken —the actual explosion of the Zeppelin Hindenburg over Lakehurst, N. J. —Central Press Soundphoto
Relief Men
Turn Down
Farm Jobs
Raleigh, May 8 (AP) —W. H.
Rhodes, department of Agriculture
statistician, said today a “primary fac
tor affecting the progress on farms is
the reported shortage of farm labor
attributed by farmers\to the govern
ment relief programs, which offer
more attractive wages that farmers
can afford to pay.”
“Growers indicate that, despite the
shortage of farm labor, when workers
leave relief jobs and are idle, it is
difficult to secure them for farm work
at the prevailing wages,” Rhodes said,
reporting May farm conditions based
on information from State-Federal
crop reporters.
The late, cold spring was seen as “a
primary factor” curbing farm prog
ress now, and blue mold, Rhodes said,
“was the most important problem
facing the tobacco grower.”
However, he said it was probable a
shortage in plants would not seriously
curtain tobacco acreage.
“Very little damage from spring
cold has resulted except to crops such
as strawberries and cabbage,” he said.
“A late cold snap resulted in some
damage to peaches, but did not seem
to hurt the apple crop.”
expectThoOsand
AT DRUGGIST MEET
State Convention To Be
Held In Raleigh On Mon
day and Tuesday
Dally Dispatch Bareaa,
In the Sir Wnfler Hotel.
By J. C. RASKERVILL
Raleigh, May 8. —Finishing touches
are being put on the preparations
here today for the entertainment of
more than 1,000 druggists who are ex
pected to start arriving Monday for
the fifty-eighth annual convention of
the North Carolina Pharmaceutical
Association and its affiliated bodies.
The general committee on arrange
ments is headod by Phil D. Gattis,
while Robert I. Cromley is chairman
of the entertainment committee, and
indications are that this convention
is not only going to be the largest but
the most interesting held in years.
It is pointed out that the State
Pharmaceutical Association was or
ganized in Raleigh 58 years ago. Two
of the charter members of the asso
ciation are still living and will pre
sent. They are Frank W. Hancock,
of Oxford, father of Congressman
Frank Hancock, and E. V. Zoeller,
of Tarboro, Mr. Hancock is sceretary
treasurer of the State Board of Phar
macy.
Registration will start Monday
morning with headquarters in the Sir
Walter hotel, with a meeting of the
executive committee set for 4 o’clock
(Continued on Page Six.)
HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 8, 1937
Bilbao, Spain, May B.—(AP) —Three
French merchant ships arrived today
to evacuate non-combatants from the
refuge-crowded city, while warships
were anchored in the harbor for pro
tection.
A cruiser and two destroyers halt
ed at the three-mile limit off the
mouth of the Nervion river, which
leads up to Bilbao, while the steamers
prepared to take on the refugees.
ACTIVITY IS RENEWED AT
TOLEDO BY REBEL FORCES
Madrid, May 8. —(AP) —< General
Francisco Franco’s army at Toledo
sought today to dislodge government
forces which have threatened to sur-
Film Stars
Might Join
In Strikes
Hollywood, Cal., May 8 (AP) —A
growing threat of filmland’s high sal
aried stars to join with make-up art
ists and other studio craftsmen in a
strike rocked interest today in the
multi-million dollar industry.
Plans for picketing of theatres
throughout the nation further height
ened the situation.
Business Manager Aubrey Blair, of
the powerful screen actors’ guild,
which is headed by Robert Montgom
ery, said 99 percent of members polled
favored the strike unless producers
met demands.
The guild is seeking improved con
ditions for supporting players and
guild recognition.
MAN SUICIDES BY
LEAPING OFF TRAIN
Salisbury, May B.—(AP)—A mid
dled aged man, who was indentified
by papers*in his pocket as Charles F.
Fields, was found dead beside the
Southern railway track here early to
day.
Coroner W. E. Tatum said he had
apparently committed suicide fey leap
ing from a freight train. The coroner
said that a letter on the body was
addressed to Cecil Fields in Atlanta
notifying him of the writers inten
tion to commit suicide.
French Merchant Ships
Arrive To Remove More
Refugees Out Os Bilbao
Battleships Anchor in Harbor, Meanwhile, To Protect
Evacuation; Insurgent F orces of Franco Renew
Attack at Toledo After Long Quiet
round the ancient imperial city and
cut a road southwest out of Madrid.
After almost complete inactivity
since Toledo was captured and em
battled insurgents in the Alcazar were
delivered from government beseigers
October 27, Franco’s men launched a
violent attack.
Government troops who took up po
sitions outside Toledo after the Al
cazar tables were turned were report
ed to have repulsed yesterday’s on
slaught.
The government threw an armored
train against the insurgents and shell
ed the road from Toledo to Args,
about four miles south. Toledo itself
is about 40 miles south and slightly
west of Madrid.
HMMANDEOR
BEER, WINE PERMIT
Most Applications for “Off
Premises” Sales in State,
However
Dally Dispatch Bareaa,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. V. B ASKER VII.L
Raleigh, May B—Applications are
continuing to pour into the beer and
wine license division of th4 Depart
ment of Revenue for “off premises"
licenses to sell wine, although very
few applications have been received
(Continued on Page Six.)
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair tonight and Sun
day 1 ; slightly warmer in northeast
portion Sunday.
WEATHER OUTLOOK.
South Atlantic States: Showers,
shower period at the beginning
and near end of week. Temper '
Hires below normal during most j
of week.
PUBLISHED HVHJRY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
MS WOULD EAT
CAKE YET HAVE IT
Congress Wants To Cut
Costs Without Reduc
ing; It’s Impossible
By CHARLES F. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, May B.—What Con
gress really is trying to do is to cut
down the government’s living ex
penses without reducing expenditures
anywhere.
Naturally this is a difficult job.
Its difficulty accounts for the mult
ipicity of different schemers which
states statesmen on Capitol Hill are
arguing over, to accomplish the de
sired result
The complications involved in these
various schemes are such as to make,
none of them easy to understand. It
doesn’t much matter, however, wheth
er one understands any or all of them
for none of them will work.
ONLY ONE WAY
Os course the only way to reduce
expenses is not to spend so much, the
very method that Congrels is so de
termined to avoid adopting.
The plan the legislators are en
deavoring to hit on is something that
will give an appearance of economiz
ing without doing any of it. They
know, as well as any one, that it will
fizzle out in the long run, but they
hope it will fool the country until
they have been elected another time
or two.
The likeliest of these suggestions is
advanced by Representative Clarence
Cannon of Missouri, who favors let
ting the President hold out 15 pen
cent of the allowance to any govern
mental agency, thus having a hand
some collection of these 15 percent
(Continued on Page Six.)
Farley May Come
to Manteo Aug. 18
For Celebration
Raleigh, May B.—(AP)—Postmas
ter General James Farley said that
“if I can conveniently do so I shall
try to get down to your state to
straighten out my history,” in reply
ing to Governor Hoey’s invitation to
learn North Carolina history from
President Roosevelt at Manteo Au
gust 18.
“Anyway,” he said, “Virginia’s his
tory claims Roanoke colony which
North Carolina lists as its first white]
settlement.”
Farley, early in the week, made and
address at Alexandira early in the,
week, and the prepared copy credited
Virginia with having the Roanoke Is
land colony. He corrected the state
ment at the last minute.
“The trouble is governor,” said Far
iey, “I was allright in the delivery of
my speech, but the papers gave it the
wrong slant. It was a good newspaper
story I guess and I’ll have to stand for
a lot of kicking around.”
“My authority was some Virginia
histories and they are evidently in
conflict with some in North Caro
lina.”
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DRASTIC MEASURES
WILL BE GIVEN TO
CONGRESSSHORTLY
Whether Roosevelt Will Let
Them in Ahead of Court
Plan Is
Indicated
PROGRAM WILL NOT
AWAIT PRESIDENT
Ten More Days Intervene
/Before Senate Committee
Votes on Reporting of
Judiciary Reform Bill;
Prolonged Debate on Floor
Expected
Washington, May B.—(AP) —Con
templated proposals for new labor and
power legislation, Democratic leaders
said today, undoubtedly will bring
Congress out of the period of inac
tivity into which it lapsed this week.
Officials learned a comprehensive
administration power program would
be on the way even before President
Roosevelt returns next Friday.
White House advisors considered a
number of alternatives on wage and
hour and child labor legislation to be
discussed with Mr. Roosevelt for pos
sible presentation to Congress.
Whether he would agree with the
suggestion such major issues be given
precedent over the judiciary reorgani
zation bill was not indicated.
Ten more days intervene before the
Senate committee votes on the court
bill. Once that measure reaches the
floor, prolonged debate appears in
evitable unless a compromise is ac-
FIGHT INCREASE IN
RATES ON TOBACCO
Raleigh, May 8 (AP)—G. H. Noah,
rate-expert for the Utility commission
announced today he would file a pe
tition with the ICC Monday asking
for an investigation of proposed in
crease in commodity tobacco freight
rates.
Noah said the proposed increase
rate would affect both manufactured
and unmanufactured tobacco and
would “cost North Carolina manufac
turers from $200,000 to $300,000 a year
in increased railroad freight costs.
They would become effective May
20 unless ICC suspended them pend
ing investigation.
The rate would go to four cents on
unmanufactured and 10 per cent per
hundred on manufactured leaf.
LITTLE CHANGE IN
COTTON FUTURES
New York, May 8. —(AP) —Cotton
futures opened quiet, unchanged to
two higher with offers small in a
moderate trade and foreign demands.
July sold off from 13.09 to 15.04 and
shortly after the first half hour was
selling 13.05 with prices from one to
four points lower.
Futures closed with bidding to two
to four lower.
Cotton spots bidded at 13.58.
Open Close
May • • 13.09 13.08 ,
October 12.87 12.88
December 12.83 12.85
January 12.86 12.89
March 12.91 12.91
Two Airmen
Os The Navy
Dive In Sea
Tragedy Occurs Off
Hawaii During
Fleet’s Maneuvers
In Pacific Ocean
Aboard Battleship Pennsylvania,-in
Mid-Pacific Maneuvers, May 8 (API-
Two naval airmen were killed when
their plane crashed and sank in the
Pacific ocean during the United
States fleet’s war games, naval offic
ers reported today.
Victims of the crash were Lieuten
ant Commander John Francis Gillon,
40, pilot of the plane, and Glenn M.
Beal, radio man, first class.
Their plane crashed Friday of! Ha
waii, while the plane was returning
to the aircraft carrier Saratoga, where
other planes of the squadron were
landing on the deck.
Lieutenant Commander Gi'lon’s
plane suddenly went into a power dive
and plunged into the choppy seas.
Nearby destroyers rushed to the
scene but the plane and the two
aboard had sunk.