HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR
7-POINT “MUST PROGRAM GIVEN CONGRESS
DOZEN OFFICIALS OF
TOWNSEND QUARTERS
RESIGN THEIR POST
Quit Old Age Organization
Because of Townsend’s
Attacks on Presi
dent Roosevelt
CLAIM MOVEMENT
NEEDS FDR’S AID
Repeated Public Utterances
in Press and in Addresses
Angers Officials of Chi
cago Headquarters; Don’t
Like Way Money Is Be
ing Used
Chicago, June 5 (AP) —Twelve of
ficials of the Townsend national or
ganization resigned today because “of
repeated public utterances attacking
the President and his administration,”
which they attributed to Dr. Francis
Townsend, leader of the old age pen
sion movement.
The officials critisized Dr. Town
sends attacks “on legislation not as
sociated with the aims of the organi
zation,” in a formal statement.
Tiie mass resignations, J.W. Brigh
ton, vice-president and general man
ager, and one of the 12 officials, said,
were addressed to Dr. Townsend and
effective today. He said the resigna
tions had been accepted “verbally.”
A statement released by Brighton
said;
“We feel that our services are of
no value to. those who contribute to
our salaries, in view of your repeated
public utterances in the press and on
the platform attacking the President
and his administration, whose support
and good will we must have if we are
to secure the enactment of the gen
eral welfare act during the next four
years.”
“As you already know, we are not
in accord with your activity in us
ing money contributed to you in the
Townsend organization to carry on
a fight against legislation proposed by
the President which has no bearing on
the Townsend plan.”
PROFIT-TAKING IS
HALT TO EXCHANGE
Stocks Get Off To Good Start at
Brief Session, But Usable To
Hold All Gains
New York, June s.—(AP)—Stocks
got off to a good start in today’s brief
market session, but, aside from favor
ed specialities, most fell back under
week-end profit-selling. The overnight
news grist provided nothing startling
marketv/ise, and many traders decid
ed to cash in some of their gains. The
gold fever appeared to have abated in
the wake of the President’s warning
against worry over this situation.
After a fairly active first hour, the
volume wwindled. Transfers were
around 400,000 shares.
American Radiator 22
American Telephone 167
American Tob B 79
Anaconda ... 51 7"®
Atlantic Coast Line 50 3-4
Atlantic Refining 29 1-2
Bendix Aviation 20 3-8
Bethlehem Steel 66 1-2
Chrysler .. ... H 3 3-8
Columbia Gas & Elec Co 11 7-8
Commercial H
Continental Oil Co 15 3-4
DuPont 158
Elec Pow & Light 17
General Electric 54 1^
General Motors 55 3-8
Liggett & Myers B 99
Montgomery Ward & Co .... 54 1-2
Reynolds Tob B 51
Southern Railway 37 5-8
Standard Oil Co N J 66 5-8
U S Steel * 191 8-8
Bell Phone
ProfitsFor
1936 Lower
Raleigh, June s—(AP)—The South
ern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany reported to Utilities Commis
sioner Stanley Winborne today it
made a net income of $903,181.82 in
North Carolina last year, as compar
ed with $939,234.63 in 1935.
Gross revenue last year was listed
at $5,305,679.30, whereas in 1935 it was
$5,069,324.15.
The company said it paid a total of
$789,223.15 in taxes last year, while
taxes in 1935 amounted to $738,889.09.
The firm valued its property in
f his State at $19,267,300 last year, a
decrease from 1935, when the valua
tion was placed at $19,295,100.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Hamilton Sails
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John D. M. Hamilton
John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of
the Republican national commit
tee, is shown aboard the S. S.
Normandie, ticket in hand, en
route to France —vacation bound.
WALLISINSPECTS
“HAUNTED” CASTLE
Duke and Duchess, Arriving
Late, Are Late To Get
Up for Breakfast
Noetsch, Austria, June S.—(AP) —
The Duchess of Windsor put on a
simple-figured house dress and toured
the “haunted” rooms of Wasserleons
burg castle today with a happily
critical eye.
As she poked about this storied
place that is her honeymoon home, a
host of spectral knicknacks, dust
gatherers all, went promptly out. She
consigned them to an exile in the
lofty attic on just one look.
But on the whole she seemed to
like the place her husband picked
out.
The duke and duchess, late in ar
riving last night, were late in getting
up, then Wallis, in her figured dress,
received the house-keeper, talked a
bout meals and started her tour of in
spection.
Both Wallis and Edward paid no
regard to the castle’s prized ghosts,
the shades of a 16th century “lady
bluebeard’s” six husbands and a
prowling wolf that has spread fear
among the country folk.
They entered the domestic phase
of their honeymoon while a corps of
20 unemployed men beat through the
brush of the countryside for the wolf
that has harassed the neighborhood
for months, threatening the flocks in
the Alpine slopes.
ALAMANCE LIQUOR
ELECTION DELAYED
Graham, June .5. —(AP) Mrs.
A. M. Carroll, chairman of the
Alamance County Board of Elec
tions, said today a liquor referen
dum would not be held here June
29, as scheduled, because of the
disqualification of several hun
dred names on the petition de
manding the election.
wakeHtul in
LIQUOR ELECTION
Drys Have Been Quietly
Getting in Some Hard
Blows in Late Weeks
Dally Dispatch Barean,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKRBVILL.
Raleigh, June s—Liquor control
advocates here in Wake county are
already organizing in order to put on
a countywide campaign in favor of
liquor control and liquor stores and
to offset the vigorous anti-control
drive already being made by the dry
forces in the county. One meeting of
the liquor control advocates has al
ready been held and another is slat
ed to be called within the next few
days. Wfake county will vote on
whether or not it will open liquor
stores on June 22.
The liquor control forces realize
they have a real fight on their hands,
(Continued on Page Three.)
HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 5, 1937
CONDUCT PROBE OF FORD CLASH
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Announcement that Edsel Ford would be called as a witness in in
vestigation of circumstances of a fight at the Ford Motor Co. plant
between company employes and union organizers, was made at
Detroit by Duncan C. McCrea, right, Wayne county prosecutor, who
brought about a grand jury investigation into the clash. At left is
Common Pleas Judge Ralph M. Liddy, acting as one-man grand jury.
Peace Negotiations For
Ohio Strikes Uncertain
After Statements Made
Governor Is “Hopeful” and Strike Chief Says Confer
ence Is “Satisfactory”; Deputies Armed With
Rifles and Tear Gas at Youngstown Plant
Shelby, June 5 (AP)—The tex
tile workers organizing commit
tee, an offshoot of the C. I. 0., be
gan a drive for enlistment in the
textile areas here today. Roy
Lawrence, Carolinas director for
the TWOC, said a permanent or
ganizer would be named shortly.
(By The Associated Press).
Non-committal statements from
Ohio’s governor and Philip Murray,
chairman of the steel workers organ
izing committee, on their conference
at Columbus left in doubt today the
status of peace negotitions in the sev
en-state steel strike.
Governor Martin Davey repeated he
was “hopeful”, any Murray said the
conference was “satisfactory,” but
long picket lines were maintained at
the steel mills.
The governor indicated he would
follow up the peace parley by anoth
er conference with officials of the Re-
Se
Speculators Put Him On Su
preme Court by Process
of Elimination
Dally Dlapatch Bnreaa,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Bv J C BASKERVILI
Raleigh, June 5 With the time
getting closer and closer for the ap
paintment of the two new justices to
the State Supreme Court—they must
be named before July I—the1 —the belief in
many circles here is that Judge M. V.
Barnhill, of Rocky Mount, still has
the best chance of winning the east
ern appointment, in spite of the many
aspirants for it. There is virtually no
speculation concerning the western
appointment, since most observers
agree that J. Wallace Winborne, of
Marion, present chairman of the State
Democratic Executive Committee,
will be named.
While Judge Barnhill, at present
resident superior court judge in the
second judicial district, is regarded
as having the edge over. all of the
other potential candidates in the east,
it is generally agreed that several
other easterners are still under con
sideration, among these being Judge
G. Vernon Cowper, and John G. Daw
son, both of Kinston, and Angus Dhu
Mac Lean, of Raleigh and Washing
ton, N. C., formerly solicitor general
(Continued on Page Four.)
public Steel Corporation and Youngs
town Sheet & Tube Company. Those
companies and Inland Steel are in
volved in the strike.
A force of deputies armed with rif
les and tear gas was mobilized at the
sheet and tube plant at Youngstown
after a box car of food was run into
the strike-closed property. Pickets
apparently were taken by surprise-.
Later a group of me ncut rails lead
ing to the plant with acetylene
torches.
In notrehern Minnesota the SWOC
started it drive to unionize iron min
ers who dig most of the ore for the
nation’s steel mills. Representative
John Bernard, of Minnesota, predict
ed a strong miner's union wou'/l be
established.
Striking UOWO workers rejected
their leaders’ proposal to return to
work Monday in the Richmond, Cal.,
assembly plant of the Ford Motor
Company.
FDR’S TMffliH
New Laws To Catch Rich
Evaders Is Popular With
the Masses
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, June 5. President
Roosevelt goes about his campaign
to catch very rich income tax dodgers
(if any) in a fashion that is highly
creditable to his sense of what’s pop
ular and good publicity.
The internal revenue folk have
bungled their job in these respects.
Two or three years ago they hit on
the motion that large numbers of
small taxpayers were holding out, a
few dollars apiece, on their returns.
The theory was that, if all these pe
wees could be scared into making up
their supposed delinquencies, the
total would run into handsome figures
So the revenue oufit went after
us. I know something about this, for
I was included. Being, perhaps, a
trifle more belligerent than the aver
age, I took a lawyer along with me,
when called on to xplain myself. My
lawyer, in turn, alarmed the income
taxers. They not only said I was all
right, but apologized for bothering
me. However, I imagine that quite a
few of us were mulcted each of a
handful of small silver. I do not be
(Continued on Page Four.)
HEAVY MENU STILL
ID BE PUT ACROSS
BEFORE IDE CLOSE
Judicial and Executive Re
organization Proposals
Top List Given by
Roosevelt
NUISANCE TAXES TO
BE ENACTED AGAIN
Tax Dodging Legislation,
Farm Tenancy, Low-Cost
Housing and Wages and
Hours Measure Only
Things Wanted Before
This Session Is Closed
Washington, June 6 (AP)—House
Democratic leaders agreed with Pres
ident Roosevelt today on a seven
point preferential legislative program
for action this session, headed by the
judicial-executive reorganization pro
posals .
Other measures which representa
tive Rayburn, Democrat, Texas, ma
jority flood leader, said would be
pushed for final disposition before ad
journment were:
Extension of nuisance taxes and
prevention of tax dodging, farm ten
ancy aid, low cost housing, wages
and hours legislation and conserva
tion planning and power authorities.
With Rayburn at the White House
conference were Speaker Bankhead
and Representative Vinson, Democrat,
Kentucky, a member of the ways and
means committee.
Rayburn said the court bill was dis
cussed in general fashion. He added
it had not been decided when the mea
sure would be taken un in the House.
The Texan warded off questions on
whether a court compromise was men
tioned.
Rayburn predicted the House would
pass Thursday the bill to extend about
$500,000,000 so-called nuisance levies-
Deadlocks
In Congress
Breaking Up
Washington, June 5. — (AP) —Dead-
locks on several major issues are be
ginning to break, leaders said today,
following hints of compromise on the
Roosevelt court bill.
“That bill is the key to the situa
tion,” said Senator Harrison, Demo
crat, Mississippi, surveying the pro
blems facing Congress at the start of
its sixth month.
Although the outcome of the court
battle was regarded as uncertainty
by many legislators, they noted dis
agreements over the proposed tax in
quiry, farm tenancy aids and relief
funds gradually were being settled.
Some issues, such as government
reorganization and regional planning
remained highly controversial. Con
fContinued on Page Three.)
cottoFTmarket is
QUIET FOR THE DAY
Closing Is Steady With Prices Three
To Seven Points Higher,
Spots 13.24
New York, June s.—(AP)—Cotton
futures opened quiet, unchanged to
two points advance, on higher Liver
pool cables, trade and foreign buy
ing. Fluctuations were limited to one
to three points during the first half
hour, with October moving between
1.69 and 12.67. Prices were about one
to two points net higher. Futures clos
ed steady, three to seven points high
er. Spot steady, middling 13.24.
Open Close
July 12.70 12.75
October 12.69 12.72
December 12.65 12.68
January 12.66 12.69
March 12 -71
May «•» 12.79
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J * ———
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight and Sun
day, with scattered thundershow
ers-
WEEKLY WEATHER
South Atlantic States: Scattered
thundershowers and near season
al temperatures will prevail, al
though cooler indicated in extreme
north portion first part of week.
PUBLISHED IVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
REBELS BRING DOWN
FIVE PLANES MADE
IN UNITED STATES
S. W. O. C. Leader
Van A. Bittner
Answering police charges that
Communists fomented the Memor
ial Day clash at the South Chi
cago plant of the Republic Steel
company, Van A. Bittner, Chi
cago regional director of the Steel
Workers’ Organizing Committee,
said: “If Republic Steel hires
Communists, then surely’ there
will be Communists in the C. I.
O.” Bittner said the company,
was “loading” its plants “with
paraphernalia of war”. The union
prepared a mass funeral for six
victims of the clash.
Rockefeller
Taxes Near
$4,350,000
New York State Gets
Huge Lift from Oil
King Estate; Will Is
Changed
Albany, N. Y., June 5.—(AP) —
Taxes of about $4,350,000 accrued to
New York State from the estate of
John D. Rockefeller, Sr., if the es
tate’s gross value is $25,000,000, State
tax department officials estimated to
day.
The nonogenarian philanthropist
died in Ormond Beach, Fla., May 23,
and his will was filed in Westchester
county surrogate court today. The Ivy
Lee offices in New York estimated
its value at $25,000,000.
“There may be debts and liabilities
that would bring the gross value of
the estate down,” a department
spokesman said, but, based on a $25,-
000,000 figure, the. tax would amount
to about $4,350,000.
ROCKEFELLER WILL CHANGED
SEVERAL I'IMLS RECENTI.Y
White Plains, N. Y., June S.—(AP)
—John D. Rockefeller’s will dispos
ing of an estate estimated to be worth
about $25,000,000, was filed today in
surrogate’s court, Westchester county.
The will was dated June 2, 1925, and
appended to it were three codicils.
These were dated May 14, 1930, No
vember 4, 1932, and October 3, 1934,
and the last made a radical change
in the disposition of the estate.
Under the original will, the capi
talist, after disposing of his personal
(Continued on Page Three.)
ALABAMA SHERIFF
GIVEN ACQUITTAL
Supreme Court Accords Freedom from
Impeachment Charges Fol
lowing Lynching
Montgomery, Ala., June 5. —(AP) —
Sheriff Corbett of Henry county was
acquitted today by the Alabama Su
preme Court of impeachment charges
growing out of the lynching of a Ne
gro February 1. This action followed
the Supreme Court’s taking under ad
visement of his case after Attorney
General A. A. Carmichael warned “if
we don’t enforce the constitutional
clause on lynching, Congress will pass
an anti-lynching bill.”
There had been no indication pre
viously when the court would an
i ounce a verdict. Corbett was charg
ed with “negligence, grave fault, con
nivance and cowardice” in connection
with the lynching of Wesley Johnson,
Negro, charged with attacking a
white woman.
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Insurgent Artillery Pounds
at Last Concrete Trenches
Defending City of
Bilbao
MAJOR BATTLE NOW
AT MADRID’S DOORS
Government Troops Repulse
Insurgent Counter-Offen
sive; France and Britain
Still Working for With
drawal of Foreign Troops
in Spain
Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Frontier,
June S.—(AP) —Five American-made
pla,nes were reported by an insurgent
communique to have been shot down
in a “dog fight” with insurgent air
men on the Biscayan front.
The headquarters statement gave
no further information.
INSURGENT GUNS ROUND
AT CAPITOL CITY, BILBAO
(By The Associated Press.)
Insurgent artillery pounded Bil
bao’s “El Gallo” line, the besieged
Basque capital’s last ditch line of
concrete trenches, today.
Sections of the insurgent general’s
line of 800 artillery pieces opened the
bombardment, while unconfirmed
French border reports said a “time
bomb” caused the plane crash Thurs
day that killed Insurgent General
Mola and four of his officers. The
rumors, although without any sub
stantiation, were persistent.
Fighting on a new front at the side
door to Madrid flared into a major
battle. Government machine gun
crews were 'said to have beaten back
an insurgent counter offensive of
combined artillery, infantry and air
forces about 33 miles northwest of
the capital.
Insurgent war planes trying to hold
General Jose Miaja’s forces from a
place about six miles north of the
Guadarrama sector, above Madrid,
bombarded the government defenses
as, the’insurgent foot troops went
“over the top.”
The main purpose of French and
British diplomats apparently was to
promote German and Italian interest
in the recall of foreign troops from
Spain. That would simplify the pro
blem of the international non-inter
vention committee’s naval patrol and
eliminate one source of incidents.
MORE BODIES ARE
SOUGHT IN DEBRIS
Fear Woman and Child Remain in
Charred Wreckage of Bus Where
Six Are Known Dead
Redding, Cal., June 5. (AP)—
Authorities searched burned wreck
age today for a woman and little
girl reported aboard the passen
ger bus which carried at least six
other persons to death in a moun
tain crash and fire*
The possible death toll was set
at nine after the driver of anoth
er bus declared positively that
the woman and child transferred
from his bus to the ill-fated stage
here yesterday.
“I closed the door behind them
and saw them on the bus when it
pulled out,” he declared.
EARHART DELAYS
FLIGHT FOR DAY
Fort Aleza, Brazil June 5 (AP) —
Amelia Earhart postponed her
take-off here today to have her
round-the-world monoplane in
spected. She probably will remain
over at least until tomorrow at
this northeast Brazil port, ®B7
miles from Natal.
Name Board
To Welcome
N. C. Guests'
Raleigh, June 5. —(AF> —Governor
Hoey announced today the appoint
ment of a commission to welcome for
eign and national dignitaries at the
celebration of the 350th anniversary
of the birth of Virginia Dare on Roa
noke Island.
Among the dignitaries will be Pres
ident Roosevelt, who will make the
main address August 18 at the cele
bration. Governor Hoey is ex-officio
chairman of the body.
Other members are: Former Gov
ernor Ehringhaus, of Elizabeth City;
Mrs. W. H. Belk, of Charlotte; Hiden
Ramsey, of Asheville; H. B. Page, of
Wilmington; W. P. Meekins, of
Lenior; Mrs. M. D. Yelverton, of
Fountain; and Wade H. Lucas, of the
Raleigh Times staff.