’ HENDERSON
GATEWAY to
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
twenty-fourth year
FOES Os COURT BILL SEEK SENATE VICTORY
Inter-Union Rivalry Takes
Spotlight Over Real Battle
Between Labor And Industry
HOLLYWOOD GROUP
RENEWS PLEA FOR
PIOTUREJBOYCOn
Guild Members Panned for
Refusal To Recommend
Avoidance of Picket
Vicinity
C. 1. O. MIGHT BE
ASKED TO SCENE
Steel Workers Committee
and Independent Union At
Pittsburgh Square Away
for Campaign for Supre
macy in Collective Bargain
ing Struggle
(By The Associated Press.)
Inter-union rivalry at opposite ends
of the continent eclipsed the broader
struggle between organized labor and
capital today.
At Hollywood, Cal., striking mem
bers of the Federated Motion Picture
Crafts asked labor union to boycott
films starring five members of the
screen actors guild.
The craftsmen, on strike for a clos
ed shop and union recognition, said
the players failed to recommend that
guild members decline to pass picket
lines at studios. The players, Robert
Montgomery, Frank Morgan; Fran
chot Tone, Humphrey Bogart and Ed
ward Arnold, are members of the
guild executive board.
In a telegram to the American
Federation of Labor the craftsmen
threatened to invite the C. I. O. to
move in unless the A. F. of L. dis
ciplines the International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees “for re
cruiting members from our ranks.”
At Pittsburgh the steel workers or
ganizing committee, a C. I. O. af
filiate and a rival independent union,
put the finishing touches on cam
paigns for collective bargaining su
premacy in Jones & Loughlin. Steel
Corporation plants.
MICHIGAN CITIES
ARE WITHOUT POWER
Bay City, Mich., May 19.—A strike
of Consumers Power Company em
ployees paralyzed industries employ
ing 95.000 persons in Flint,. Saginaw,
Bay City and Owosso, this afternoon.
The employees shut off electric
power on all industrial circuits at
noon signalling the start of a strike.
Circuits serving homes were not af
fected.
The power company sells electricity
to the city, which retails the power
to small consumers. The city circuit
was the only one left intact.
Presses of the Bay City Times stop
ped at noon in the midst of a run.
An ultimatum had been issued by
groups representing power company
employees engaged in wage dispute
with threatened suspension to Flint,
Saginaw and Bay. City.
The three cities in eastern Mich
igan have a total population of 300,-
000.
Mother Who
Slew Infant
Remorseful
New York, May 19.—(AP)- Mrs.
Helen Tiernan, young widow accus
ed of killing her little girl and try
ing to kill her little son, became re
morseful today.
Her giggling turned to sobbing, and
she showed signs of anxiety regard
ing the surviving child, four-year-old
Jimmy.
In the Suffolk county jail at River
head, L. 1., where she was held on a
charge of first degree murder after
Police announced she had confessed,
the 25-year-old embroidery worker
told District Attorney Hill she would
like to see Jimmy.
But Hill said she told him she was
Ashamed to see the boy.
, “Would it be all right?” she asked,
she could just peek in at the door
■while he was asleep. Hill did not act
on the request immediately.
Jimmy was in a hospital recover
3Rg from a throat slash his mother
'"as accused of inflicting.
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
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Here are the men who are spotlighted in the desperate efforts being mads
in Valencia to settle the bitter wrangling between Spanish leftist fac
tions. At top is Indalecio Prieto, popular radical slated for the Ministry
of Defense. At lower left is Juan Negrin, former Minister of the Treas
ury, named by President Azana to form a new government, and at rightj
is Julio Alvarez del Vayo, present Foreign Minister, who is expected to (
retain his post. (Central Press)
State Rules
OnLiquorTo
Be Enforced
Protests of County
Boards Will Be Ig
nored Chairman
Moore States
Doilr Dlapatcii Barrna,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. ■aASKEHVILL.
Raleigh, May 19. —The rules and re-,
gulations drawn up by the State Al
coholic Beverages Control Board will
be put into effect in just about the
same form as they were read to the
chairman and members of the county
boards here last Friday, despite the
fact that some of the county boards
are objecting strenuously to a good
many of them, Chairman Cutlar
Moore, of the State Liquor Control
Board, said today. The only changes
made in the rules and regulations are
that some are being worded different
ly, and they are being separated into
two groups, one applying to the liquor
stores and the personnel of the stores
the other group applying to the coun
ty boards.
“All of these rules and regulations
were drawn up after thorough and
careful study by the board and are
designed to correct specific abuses
which we know have crept into the
administration of some of the county
stores,” Moore said. “The law requires
us to draw up and enforce uniform
rules and regulations for all stores
that will insure a minimum amount
of control and service to the public.
And while some of the county board
chairmen and members are objecting
to the rules and regulations, many of
the other board members are strongly
(Continued on Page Six.)
CRAVEN NEGRO IS
GRANTED A RESPITE
Raleigh, May 19 (AP)--Governor
Hoey today granted a reprieve to Rob
ert Glenn Brown, Craven county Ne
gro, due to be executed Friday, due to
renovation work at Central prison.
Last week, the Governor announced
that he would not intervene for
Brown on the merits of the case.
Warden H. H. Honeycutt said he
would ask for a 30 day respite so as
to avoid having to walk Brown 200
yards or more out of doors from the
death house.
leased wire service op
the associated press.
HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNO ON, MAY 19, 1937
Fatally Inqured
In 30-Foot Fall
Plymouth, May 19.—(AP)—Rob
ert Whitehurst, 19, married man
who recently moved to Plymouth
from near Everett, Martin county,
was fatally injured late yesterday
afternoon when he fell 30 feet to
the ground from a steel structure
while at work on the construction
of a pulp mill here.
His skull was fractured and he
was rushed by ambulance, accom
panied by Dr. T. L. Bray, to Park
view hospital, Rocky Mount.
He did not regain consciousness
and died at 8:15 last night.
UTILITIES TO AID
Pledges Made at Conference
in Raleigh; Highway
Body Leading
Dally Dispatch Barea*.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J- C. BASKEUVIIiL
Raleigh, May 19. —The various pow
er companies, telephone and telegraph
companies are going to cooperate with
the North Carolina Rural Electrifica
tion Authority and the State Highway
and Public Works Commission to pre
serve the natural beauty of the road
sides and to try to build their lines
without having to destroy the trees
and shruibbery in their path.
The decision on the part of the
(Continued on Page Two)
OXFORD IS CHOSEN
ATI. O. O.F. MEETING
Wilmington, May 19 (AP) —Election
of officers and selection of Oxford for
the May, 1938 meeting, marked the
meeting of the final session here to
day of the two-day 94th annual meet
ing of the North Carolina Grand
Lodge I. O. O. F. and the 29th an
nual convention of Rebekahs.
R. D. Watson, of Winston-Salem,
was elected grand master of the Odd
Fellows and Mrs. Sallie Belle West
moreland, of Goldsboro, was named
president of the Rebekahs.
Other Odd Fellow officers included:
R. V. Pate, of Goldsboro, grand ward
ed, D. F. Lanier, of Oxford, grand
treasurer; and J. T. Shrago of Golds
boro, was appointed to a two year
term as representative to the sover
eign grand lodge.
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Presumably Provides for
Disposition of Holdings
After Death Or
Separation
WALLY WONT GET
MUCH OF HERITAGE
Herman Rogers, Couple’s
Spokesman, Says Royal
Family Won’t Be Repre
sented at Marriage Because
King George Was Advised
Against Such Course
Monts, France, May 19 (AP) —
Herman Rogers, spokesman for
the Duke of Windsor, and Wallis
Warfield declared Mrs. Warfield
would become “Her Royal High
ness” upon her June 3 wedding.
“She will be Her Royal High
ness by noon on June 3,” said Rogr
ers. He intimated the British
government has acceded to the
Duke’s demands that his future
duchess have the title.
Monts, France, May 19. —(AP) —
The Duke of Windsor made known
today he and Mrs. Wallis Warfield
had signed a contract of marriage,
presumably for disposition of property
in the event of death or separation
after their June 3 wedding.
Herman H. Rogers, spokesman for
the couple, said the contract was sign
ed yesterday under British law, but
its provisions would not Ibe disclosed.
Rogers added his personal opinion
that members of the royal family
were absenting themselves from the
duke’s marriage “because the king,
George VI, was advised not to send
any one.”
Although details of the marriage
contract were not known, it was dis
(Continued on Page Four.)
Agriculture Board
Takes Office Oath
In Raleigh Today
Raleigh, May 19. —(AP)—The new
State Board of Agriculture took of
fice today and then met for the ap
pointment of committees and a re
port from Dr. J. S. Borden, manager
of the State fair.
Superior Court Judge Spears of
Durham administered the oaths be
fore Governor Hoey, Sesecretary of
State Thad Eure and Agriculture
Commissioner Kerr Scott.
New members sworn in included
J. H. Poole, of Moore .county, and
Lionel Weil, of Wayne county and W.
Ivan Bissett, of Pitt county.
REPUBLICAN LEADER
DECLARED SUICIDE
South Harwinton, Conn., May 19.
(AP) —Henry Roaraback, chieftian o
the Republican state committee, was
found shot to death outside his sum
mer home here this afternoon.
Medical Examiner H. B. Manchept,
of Torrington, gave a verdict, of
suicide.
The 67-year-old Republican chair
man and national committeeman was
found with a .32 calibre bullet wound
in his head, between the house and
barn, scene of a Republican state rally
last June.
Doctors said the shooting occurred
shortly after 2 p. m.
COTTON IS STEADY
IN DAY’S OFFERING
New York, May 19. —(AP) —Cotton
futures opened very steady up seven
to ten points ih response to higher
Liverpool cables and on trade of for
eign buying.
October sold off from 12.73 to 12.63,
leading quotations from one to four
points net higher.
Futures closed steadily, unchang
ed to five points higher. Spots 13.27.
Open Close
July 12.84 12.79
October 12.70 12.68
December • 12.70 12.65
January 12.74 12.69
March 12.78 12.72
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair tonight and
Thursday; slightly cooler tonight.
New Bridge to Open
Golden Gate bridge from air
This is the latest photo of the
Golden Gate bridge, the $35,000,-
000 span connecting San Fran
cisco with northern California
counties. The bridge, the long
est and highest single-span sus
pension bridge in the world, is ex
pected to be dedicated May 27.
UNION LEADERSAI
OBSTACLES PATH
Organizer Claims Manager
of Mills Refuses To Con
fer on Union Dis
charges
CHARGES ARE MADE
AGAINST MANAGER
Accused by Union Leaders
of Violation Labor Rela
tions Act; Organizer Says
East Lumbercon Mayor
Said They Did Not Intend
To Have Union
Lumherton, May 19 (AP)—Seth
Brewer, of Charlotte, organizer for the
textile workers organizing committee,
an offshoot of the C. I. 0., said today
H B Jennings, president of the Mans
field‘Cotton Mills Company of East
Lumlberton, h&d refused to confer with
him and other union officials about
the alleged discharge of union mem
bers for organization activities.
Describing the situation as “tense”
Brewer said his organization had filed
charges of violation of the national
labor relations act against the mills.
Brewer said Mayor V. E. Lamb, of
East Lumherton, informed him today
“we do not intend to have any union
here.” Last night, he said, the win
dows of a car of R. F. Strickland, of
Selma, T. W. O. C. organizer, were
smashed and the home of C. H. Man
ning, chairman of the Lumherton or
gan!. ing committee, was fired upon.
A brick thrown through the window
of Frank Sutton, vice chairman of the
Lumherton organizing committee, he
said, struck one of Sutton’s children.
Myles Horton, T. W. O. C. organizer
Strickland and Brewer arrived last
night to push union activities in the
mills, which have an employment of
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hughes near death
WITH AILING HEART
New Bern, May 19. —(AP) Slight
improvement was reported in the con
dition of George .Hughes today by
Dr. H. B. Wadsworth, attending phy-
Hughes 97-year-old Confederate vet
eran and father of two children' is
suffering from heart affliction, and
death may come at any time.
tarboro publisher
THREATENED IN NOTE
Tarboro, May 19 (APj-Aubrey
Shackell, local rtewspaper editor, an
nounced today he had received a
threatening letter today signed
squeezer,” the cognomen bestowed
upon a tall white robed prowler re
ported to have tried to attack several
citizens of the county.
Several policemen said they had
been called to a graveyard near the
town’s negro quarter on report that a
ehostly figure had been seen nearby.
S Shackell, editor of the Southerner,
which gave the first account of the
prowling activities, said he received a
note postmarked here.
“Dear sir. '
This letter is from the Squeezer. If
vou do not stop riting about me in
the peper, I will squeeze you hard to
mght' Yours trulli,
The Squeezer.”
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leaders Os Fight
Claim President’s
Measure Is Dead
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Col. J. M. Johnson (above), Assist
ant Secretary of Commerce, has an
nounced that permits will be re
fused to pilots seeking to fly in the
transatlantic race from New York
to Paris, scheduled to mark the
opening of the Paris Exposition.
“The Government will permit no
more stunt flights,” he said.
(Central Press)
Payments Os
Crop Parity
Advocated
Kansas Farm Head
Sees This As Means
of Crop Insurance
For 1937
Washington, May 19.—(AP) —'Amer-
ican Farm Bureau Federation advo
cated a system of parity payments
crop insurance to “keep many farmers
off relief rolls.”
Appearing before the House Agri
culture group in behalf of a “propos
ed AAA of 1937”, Dr. O. O. Wolfe,
president of the Kansas Farm Bu
reau Federation, said the measure
would guarantee farmery parity pay
ments on their base production fig
ure regardless of whether they raise
a crop.
After an executive session, the Pre
sident was not immediately intense
on the farm question zut on impor
tant personal changes.
He sent to the Senate the nomina
tion of Sumner Wells, of Maryland,
to be Undersecretary of State, and
Walton Moore, of Virginia, to be State
Department counselor.
Both men are serving as assistant
secretary of state.
Meantime, the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee postponed inde
finitely action on a resolution to
Ambassador William Dodd to name
the American billionaire Dodd said
was ready to back an “American
Dictatorship.’’
The Georgia Power Company ap
pealed to the Supreme Court from a
fifth circuit court decision, which per
mitted the TVA to build new power
lines and sell electricity in Georgia.
REIDMBI
ROBBERS CAPTURED
Federal Authorities to Try
Three Men, Woman for
October Robbery
Reidsville, May 19.—(AP) — U. S.
District Judge Carlyle Higgins an
nounced today three men and a wo
man had been indicted in the $88,009
robbery of the Bank of Reidsville last
October and would he tried in the
June term of Federal court in Greens
boro.
He listed the defendants as Nettie
Jackson and Isaac Coltrane in jail at
Greensboro, Bill Barber in jail at
Carthage and Guy Northcott, in jail
at Troy.
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Fight Now Expected to Cen
ter Around Logan Com
promise for Tempor
ary Increase
REPORT ROBINSON
FAVORS THAT PLAN
No One Qualified To Speak
for Administration Con
cedes Battle for Roosevelt
Measure Has Been Drop
ped ; Robinson Mentioned
for Vacancy
Washington, May 19. —(AP) —Vic-
torious Senate foes of the Roosevelt
court bill turned away from indica
tions of administration compromise
today in pursuit of a triumph on the
Senate floors as decisive as the ad
verse vote in the judiciary committee
yesterday.
Opposition leaders said the measure
was dead. They forecast the comprom
ise advanced unsuccessfully in the
committee by Senator Logan, Demo
crat, Kentucky, would prove the new
fighting ground.
Logan suggested one additional jus
tice be appointed each if any members
of the Supreme Court served past 75.
The number would drop back to nine
when the older justices retired.
The Roosevelt hill would permit an
increase up to 15 if justices over 70
did not withdraw. The court would
remain permanently at the number to
which it was raised.
No one qualified to speak for the
administration had conceded the bat
tle for the President’s bill had been
dropped, but Logan said his comprom
ise was favored by Senator Robinson,
of Arkansas, the Democratic leader,
who was mentioned as a possible auo
cessor to Associate Justice Van De
vanter, who gave notice yesterday of
his resignation.
GIRL WHO KILLED
MOTHER IS TRIED
Gladys MeKnight Asked “Where’s the
Old Man?” After Recent Ar
rest in New Jersey
Jersey City, May 19 (AP) —Seven-
teen-year-old Gladys MeKnight, wks
portrayed in court today as a cool
young woman who asked "where's the
old man?” after her arrest on a
charge of hacking her mother to death
with a hatchet.
The girl on trial for her life with
Donald Whiteman, 18, her former
sweetheart, for the slaying of Mr*.
Helen MeKnight, 47, Bayonne club
woman also “wanted to see the
newspapers," the witness said.
Gladys, in the same navy blue out
fit she has worn since her trial be
ban, stared at Emily Hassmiller,
Bayonne police woman, as she gave
this testimony.
The girl’s tenniis togs dhe wore
when arrested were stained the po
lice woman said.
The State then called Dr. William
Braunstein, and blood ex
perts, who testified the stains oh the
hatchet and the dark cullotts Gladys
wore were “human blood of the same
type.”
STUDEBAKER STRIKE
CALLED BY WORKERS
South Bend, Ind. May 19 (API-
Most departments of the Studebaker
Corporation, oar manufacturers, were
closed today when several thousand
union workers refused to work.
Propeller
Not Cause
Zep Crash
Lakehurst, N. J., May Ift.—(AP) —
The broken propeller theory of the
Hindenburg’s destruction was elimi
nated today when an expert testified
it appeared certain none of the diri
gible’s four propellers had been
broken in flight.
Frank Caldwell, of Hartford, Conn.,
an expert on propellers, gave the evi
dence which dismissed as “improb
able” the possibility a broken propel
ler blade had been flung through the
hull and punctured a gas cell start
ing the disaster, which took 38 lives
May 6.
The witness said he spent several
days examining all the wrecked diri
gible’s propellers, giving particular at
tention to the blades of the port en
gine aft which was nearest the out
break of the flames.