’ HENDERSON
gateway TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR
THREE RETIREMEHTS FROM COURT LIKELY
BILL AND PAL
TELL PRESIDENT OF
ATLANTIC FLIGHTS
Roosevelt Asks Them of the
Weather Conditions, Al
titudes and Other
Events of Trip
LONDON PAPER IS
GIVEN PRESIDENT
Carries Accounts of Corona
tion; Merrill Grooming
Himself for Air Race from
New York to Paris In
August Celebrating Lind
bergh’s Feat
Washington, May 15. —(AP) —Dick
Merrill and Jack Lambie told Presi
dent Roosevelt today of their experi
ences on the round trip flight across
the North Atlantic.
The aviators were accompanied to
the White House by eßn Smith, their
New York backer. They said the Pre
sident asked them about weather con
ditions, the altitudes they flew and
how the instruments and motors func
tioned.
They presented Mr. Roosevelt with
a copy of a Thursday London news
paper describing the coronation, and
a first cover with New York and Lon
don postmarks for his large stamp
collection.
The two fliers had left Newark, N.
J., airport at 10:36 a. m., eastern stand
aid time, in an Eastern Air Line plane
piloted by Captain Robert Minnick
and Co-Pilot Leon Cloney.
Merrill, the only man who has
flown the Atlantic four times in an
airplane, had talked earlier at New
York City of his next flight, the air
race to Paris, and decided his experi
ence “gives me a pretty good chance
at that prize.”
The race in August will commemor
ate Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh’s
epochal flight to Paris, accomplished
just ten years ago next week.
HURRY CALL FROM
LONDON FOR DUKE
What About and From Whom Not
Learned; Bride, However, Won’t
Be “Koyal Highness”
Monts, France, May 15 (AP) —The
Duke of Windsor, who gave .up the
British throne so he could
whom he pleased and play golf when
he felt like it, couldn’t even finish his
golf game today.
He had been on the Chateau de
Cande couise about two hours when
an urgent telephone call from London
sent him scurrying back to the cha
teau.
Just who wias calling and why
was not disclosed.
Meantime, at London a titled friend
of the duke asserted “it is definitely
fixed" the duke’s bride-to-be. will not
become “her royal highness,” at least
not immediately,.
This intimate admitted the former
British monarch was most anxious to
obtain for his bride his own royal
style when they marry, probably next
month.
Lawrence Is
Cited Before
Labor Board
Flop to C. I. O. ‘May
Embarrass Head of
A. F. L. Group In
North Carolina
Charlotte, May 15 (AP)—Roy Law
rence, State president of Labor, who
recently became Carolinas adminis
trator for C. I. O. textile organization
activities, was cited today to appear
F'forc. the State Federation’s execu
tive board tomorrow on charges of
“violation of your oath of office, spon
sot ing dual unionism, and treason.”
Lawrence made public a telegram
from George Googe, of Atlanta, sou
thern .representative of the American
Federation of Labor, requesting him
■ > appear before the board at a meet
i ig fit re tomorrow afternoon, but de
fined to make any comment or to say
whether he would attend the session.
At its last meeting, just two days
before Lawrence accepted a post with
J°hn Le wis’ forces, the State board
ijf L pted a resolution. It suggested
Dispute between the A. F. of L.
anr J C. I. O. be settled on a basis of
recognizing; craft unions advocated by
'William Green's federatio* be main
tained wh<»re they now exist, and that
ftiass prodxiction industries be organ-
L.cd oii an industrial union system, as
advocated t>y Lewis.
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Merrill F lie s Atlantic Round Tr ip in Ths Ship
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In this plane Dick Merrill, ace transport pilot, and Co-Pilot Jack Lambie, winged their way across the Atlantic
on a non-stop trip to London from New York. On Friday they landed back in New York after leaving London on
Thursday, following the coronation of King George VI on Wednesday.
First Move Is Made By
Ford To Resist Unions
In His Auto Factories
Faces Trial Soon ,
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Green Allen Brooks, 82-year-old
evangelist and a former circuit
judge of east Tennessee, soon
goes on trial at Jonesville, Va.,
charged with the slaying of two
deputies two years ago. Follow
ing the slaying, Brooks escaped
into Kentucky and on into Texas,
where he recently was arrested
while preaching the gospel.
Brooks is shown in Jonesville jail.
DUNLAP 1$ TRYING ~
TO SAVE PARKWAY
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Highway Chairman Relies
on Doughton’s Influence
With President
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKEBVILL
Raleigh, May 15—More detailed in
formation concerning the status of the
Blue Ridge Parkway and the out
look for further construction on it,
was brought back here today when
Chairman Frank L. Dunlap, of the
State Highway and Public Commis
sion returned from Washington where
he went somewhat hurriedly Thurs
day night to learn what he could
about the parkway, following disquiet
ing rumors here and distrubing hap
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MILD RECOVERY OF
COTTON IS SHOWN
Futures Tip 8 to 14 Points at Close,
With Middling 13.26; For
eign Buyers Active
New York, May 15.—(AP)—Cotton
futures opened very steady, 8 to 12
points higher on foreign buying and
week-end covering, with offerings
' small. _ . „. . .
Futures closed steady, 8 to 14 points
higher. Spots steady; middling 13-26.
Open Close
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HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 15,1937
Cards Bearing Ford’s Views
on Labor Organizations
To Be Distributed
Monday
ST. LOUIS HOTELS
IN STRIKE GRIPS
Seven Establishments Find
Service Crippled; Steel Or
ganizers Move To Sign In
dependents Following Vic
tory in Jones-Loughlin
Plant
Detroit, Mich., May 15 (AP) —The
first apparent move of the Ford Motor
Company to oppose unionization of
its 150,000 employees in the United
States was revealed today.
An announcement that cards bear
ing Henry Ford’s views on labor or
ganizations and policies would be cir
culated among the workers Monday
came soon after the union indicated it
would seek a closed shop in General
Motors plants.
Conferences last night between
union officials and management of
two strike-closed General Motors
plants at Saginaw provided for the
men to Teturn to work Monday with
negotiations of the disputed opening
the same day.
Harry Bennett, Ford personnel di
rector, made public the cards —label-
led “Fordisms” that will be circulat
ed among the employees.
“We have always made a better
bargain for our men than an outsider
could,” they informed the workers.
“We have never had to bargain
against our men, and we don’t expect
to begin now.”
STRIKES HALT SERVICE
IN HOTELS IN ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Mo., May 15 (AP) —Ser-
vice in seven St. Louis hotels was dis
rupted today by a strike of bellhops,
Continued on Page Five.)
COWBOY EMON
Percy Gassaway Was Ridi
culer of Late Huey Long
v In the Congress
Coalgate, Okla., May 15 (AP)—
Persy Gassaway, Oklahoma “former
cowboy congressman,” died at 8 a. m.
today in an ambulance enroute to
Ada after suffering a heart attack at
his ranch home near here. He was
51 years old.
Gassaway, whose cowboy hat, high
boots and western mannerisms be
came widely known in Washington,
was defeated for re-election last No
vember by Lyle Boren, of Seminone.
Gassaway was a leader in Democra
tic politics in southeastern Oklahoma
and was a former district judged
During his one term in Congress he
ridiculed the late Senator Huey Long’s
“share the wealth” plan. Gassaway
proposed facetiously that “10,000 Gass
away plan” clubs be established to
lobby for SIO,OOO annual income for
each head of a family, against $5,000
mentioned by the Louisiana senator.
HDEY WONT SAVE
CONDEMNED NEGRO
18-Year-Old Craven Youth
Is Due To Die Next Fri
day for Murder
IT WOULD BE FIRST
No Execution Has Occurred as -Yet
During Hoey Administration;
Criminal Assault Case
Being Studied
Raleigh, May 15 (AP) —Parole Com
missioner Edwin Gill announced to
day Governor Hoey has declined to in
tervene for Robert Glenn Brown, 18-
year-old Craven county Negro sche
duled to be executed by gas Friday for
murder.
If Brown dies next week, it will be
the first execution since Hoey became
governor in January.
Gill said it was still possible a re
prieve might delay Brown’s execu
tion, due to renovation work under
way at State’s Prison, but “the gover
nor has decided not to intervene on
the merits of the case.”
Brown was convicted in January of
the robbery-murder of J. B. Peacock,
a 75-year-old partially blind merch
ant. Judge E, H. Cranmer, presiding
jurist, and the jury, which recom
mended mercy, though it returned a
verdict of first degree murder, asked
for clemency for the Negro, but So
licitor D. M. Clark said he saw no
reason to intervene.
The governor now fyas under thor
ough study the case of Raymond
Early, convicted in Yadkin county of
criminal assault and scheduled to die
May 28, Gill said, and a decision
should be announced shortly.
THREE MEN HELD IN
' GASTONIA SLAYING
Under SI,OOO Bonds Each Pending In
quest into Death of T. M.
Fayssoux, Found Dead
Gastonia, May 15. (AP)— C. A.
Veitch, case operator, and Banks and
Everett Howell, brothers, were free
today on bonds of SI,OOO each pend
ing an inquest in the death of T. M.
Fayssoux, found dead here yesterday
morning. The bonds were reduced
from .$5,000.
Coroner C. C. Wallace, investigat
ing the death of Fayssoux, 45, sought
to determine whether the Gastonia in
surance man, had been given “knock
out drop” or some similar drug.
Wiallace said he had ordered an
analysis made of the man’s vital or
gans. He said he had learned Fay
ssoux had been robbed of S6O after a
drinking party two weeks ago.
Fayssoux had been found on the
porch of the home of his mother, Mrs..
T. M. Fayssoux. The coroner then or
dered the three men jailed pending
an inquest set for Tuesday.
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight and Sunday; some
what warmer in the interior Sun
day.
WEEKLY WEATHER.
For South Atlantic States:
Showery Monday and again about
Friday; rising temperature at
beginning of week; cooler Tues
day and Wednesday; warmer
Thursday and Friday.
King-Emperor Addresses World
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* Speaking from Buckingham Palace over a world-wide hookup to the
“free and equal partners” of the British Commonwealth, the newly
crowned King-Emperor, George VI, is shown before a radio microphone
in his study. This was the first time a monarch of England had addressed
the world by radio after his coronation. This radiophoto was flashed
from London to New York. (Central Press)
Cabinet Os Spain
Resigns After Its
Year Os Civil War
Valencia, Spain, May 15.—(AP) —
The wartime government of Premier
Francisco Caballero resigned today
and Spain’s republic began at once to
seek a new cabinet.
Caballero, the extreme socialist
who has guided the destinies of the
regime through eight months of con
tinuous assault by Fascist insurgents,
handed in the resignation of his left
ist coalition cabinet at 10 a. m. (This
news was delayed five hours by the
Valencia censor.)
It appeared that Caballero might
also form the new government.
Leaders of the U. G. T. socialist
communistl labor union, were insistent
that he continue in power. They said
his forceful personality was “indis
penable.”
FIVE CHILDREN iN '
SCHOOL CAB KILLED
Struck By Train at Grade
Crossing Near Milton,
In Vermont
Milton, Vt., May 15. —(AP) — Five
persons, four of whom were school
children, were killed today when an
automobile used for transporting the
children to school collided with a
train two miles south of Milton vil
lage.
The dead were: John Vasseur, 37,
driver of the car; Rene Laßochelle,
11, and her brother, Howard, 13; Earl
Murray, 10, and Earl Fuller, 14, all of
Milton.
The children were enroute to school
on Saturday to make up for time pre
viously lost.
Investigatrs said the driver appar
ently expected a clear track, unaware
,the express from and
New York to Montreal was running
45 minutes late.
Every person in the vehicle was
killed.
Milton is a village of 600 popula
tion.
36TH VICTIM FROM
‘HINDENBJJRG’ DIES
Otto Ernst, 7s. Hamburg Cotton Brok
er, Succumbs in Hospital at
Lakewood, N. J. t
Lakewood, N. J., May 15.—-(AP)
—Otto Ernst, 78, Hamburg cotton
broker, who was injured in the
destruction of the airship Hinden
burg, died today at Paul Kimball
hospital. This brought the num
ber of disaster dead to 36.
Ernst, who had failed to rally
from a blood transfusion yester
day, died at 9 a. m., eas tern stand
ard time. His wife, 63, also injur
ed in the disaster, is in the hos
pital, where her condition was de
scribed as good.
PUBLISHED HVHRY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
An official announcement said all
elements represented in the old cab
inet would be consulted before the
new government was decided upon.
(This dispatch was heavily censored.)
General Francisco Franco’s insur
gents are still just outside Madrid
and are pounding at the defenses of
Bilbao, seat of the Basque regime,
which is the main government sup
porter on the northwest of Spain.
At Toledo, Spain, a column of gov
ernment troops south of the Tahjo
river was reported to have been vir
tually destroyed with bombs and ma
chine gun fire in an insurgent air at
tack.
At Vittorio insurgents pressed their
offensive against Bilbao in heavy
fighting the whole length of the Bas
que front.
IVIYRIADBUREAUS
HATE EACH OTHER
Struggle Between Them for
Power Control Example
of Octopus
By CHARLES I*. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, May 15. —Jealousy a
rnong governmental bureaus is caus
ing the administration and Congress
plenty of headaches.
Each bureau wants to be more im
portant than any of the others. On
Capitol Hill they lobby industriously
against one another. They also per
secute President Roosevelt, each in
its own behalf and in opposition to
all rivals.
Their quarrels are increasing in bit
terness, too, doubtless because of the
multiplication in the number of bu
reaus.
ON3E INSTANCE
The fight for predominance in the
field of hydro-electric power develop
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PHILIP SNOWDEN, OF
ENGLAND, PASSES ON
Socialist Peer Was Twice Chancellor
of Exchequer of Great
British Empire
London, May 15 (AP)—Philip Snow
den, first viscount of Ickornshaw,
former chancellor of the exchequer,
and a guiding spirit of the British
labor movement, died suddenly today
of a heart attack.
The socialist peer was 72.
The viscount, who overcame invali
dism to rise from obscurity in Lan
cashire and twice hold the purse
strings of the British empire, died at
4 a. m. at his country home.
He had been confined there some
time in ill health. His widow ex
plained on the day before the corona
tion of King George VI that Lord
Snowden was not well enough to at
tend.
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WILL QUIT BENCH
IF THE PRESIDENT
WILL DROP PLANS
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Senators Fighting Roosevelt
Plan Assured of Changes
Imminent Under
Condition
presidenTwants
TO KEEP UP FIGHT
Brandies, Van Devanter and
Sutherland Probable Re
signations, and Van De
vanter Will Retire Very
Shortly Regardless of
Court Plan, Is Story
Washington, May 15.—(AP)— Op
ponents of the Roosevelt court bill
said today three early retirements
from the Supreme Court were assur
ed if the President would drop his
reorganization plan.
Administration leaders who con
ferred with Mr. Roosevelt last night
reported the battle for the bill “would
go on.” In stating there would be no
compromise, these officials did not in
dicate whether the reported readiness
of three justices to retire had been
communicated to the chief xecutive.
High opposition senators who did
not wish to be quoted by name said
the justices ready to retire were Bran
dies, Van Devanter and Sutherland.
From other persons came a hint
at least one of the trio, Justice Van
I'avanter, would quit soon regardless
of continuance of the court dispute.
There were suggestions today that
Van Davanter had made up his mind
to quit and might announce his de
cision either just before or just after
the Senate Judiciary Committee votes
next Tuesday on the court bill.
DRUNK DRIVING LAW
IS HELD MANDATORY
SSO Mine or Prison Term or Both
Compulsory, Assistant Attor
ney General Says
Raleigh, May 15. —(AP) Wade
Bruton, assistant attorney general
said today he had ruled a 1937 law
on drunken driving repeals all pre
vious laws on the subject and makes
it mandatory a person convicted of
such charges pay a SSO fine or re
ceive a prison sentence of from 30
days to a year, or both, in the dis
cretion of the judge.
Bruton made the ruling on request
of Duncan C. Wilson, acting judge
of Dunn recorder’s court after attor
neys had insisted a fine of SIOO could
not be levied under the new law.
THREE-COUNTY UNIT
FOR HEALTH WORK
Washington, Hyde and Tyrrell Will
Set Up District Service Start
ing on July 1
Raleigh, May 15. —(AP) —Dr. Carl
Reynolds, State health officer, an
nounced today Washington, Hyde and
Tyrrell counties would set up a dis
trict health department to start op
eration July 1.
Dare and Carteret counties are con
sidering establishing health depart
ments, Dr. Reynolds said.
Elsewhere in Eastern North Caro
lina the troubles of the State Board of
Health with municipal water supplies
spread when Angier asked aid in eli
mination of hydrogen sulphite from
its drinking water.
Experts from the department are
now engaged in treating the water at
Nashville.
Elliott Shaw
Is President
State T. P. A.
J. M. Baity Also Hon
ored at Goldsboro
Meet; Both Go To
National Meet
Goldsboro, May 15. —(AP) — E. G.
Shaw, of Henderson, was elected pre
sident and Hickory was selected as
the 1938 meeting place at the closing
session of the 40th annual convention
of the North Carolina division of the
Traveler’s Protective Association here
today.
James E. Wilson, of Washington,
was among four vice-presidents
chosen.
Directors chosen for two-year
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