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HENDERSON gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR NEEDY AGED WILL GET SECURITY PAY OF JI2PER MONTH fleetly Children Will Aver age Around $6 in State When Payments Are Started WILL BEGIN JULY 1, MRS. BOST ASSERTS Federal Special Security Board Asked for $292,950 for Its Share for Next Quarter, States and Coun ties Pushing Total to $621,000 R:iieigh, June 8 (AP)—Mrs. W. T. g o , t state welfare commisisoner, said today -he estimated needy aged would receive grants averaging sl2 a month in North Carolina after July 1, with needy children getting an average of $6 a month under the social security program. The commissioner said she was ask ing the Federal Social Security Board to allot §295.950 as its share of the cost for the two programs during the quarter starting July 1, with State and county funds to push the total grants to §*121.000. Mrs. Bost said she estimated 9.000 persons over 65 years of age would be eligible for benefits July 1, and another 6,000 during the quarter, with an average load of 12,000. This would mean grants of $432,000, she said. She figured an average load of 10,- 50*3 needy children, with $189,000 need ed for grants, and a total of 12,500 on the lists by the end of the quarter. NET LOSSES SHOWN FOR COTTON PRICES Lower Cables, Favorable Weather and Foreign and Wall Street Selling Sag Mart New York, June 8. —(AP) —Cotton futures opened barely steady, down four to six points on lower Liverpool cables, favorable weather, foreign and Wall Street selling. October, which had eased from 12.24 to 12.14 in the first half hour, recovered to 12.19, leaving quotations nine to 12 points net lower. October sold off to 12.12, but by midday had recovered to 12.18, when prices generally were 10 to 12 points net lower. Futures closed steady, 9 to 12 points lower. Spot qu|iet, n<i<dd(ling 12.69. Open Close July 12.25 12.20 October 12.22 12.20 December 12.20 12.16 January 12.21 12.16 March 12.31 12.22 May .... 12.31 12.25 Britain Not To Return To Gold Basis London, June B.—(AP) —Sir John Cimond, now chancellor of the ex chequer, today blasted British hopes for an immediate return to the gold standard. “1 see no need for any new declara tion of policy at the present time,” said the chancellor, who succeeded the new conservative prime minister, Seville Chamberlain, in the post. He answered a question in the House of Commissions. Sir John reaffirmed Great Britain’s policy of maintaining a flexible price for the pound, regulating its value with relation to foreign currencies through purchases and sales of boui llon in London. DOUGHTONCERTAIN I PARKWAY FUNDS J Says $5,000,000 for Great Smoky Highway Will Pass the Senate Unity Dispatch Harems, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. O. HASKUHVIIiL Raleigh, June 8. Congressman Koi .-tt 1,. Doughton is confident" that ts" 1 8. Senate will approve the $5,- boo appropriation for parkways in the Department of the Interior ap prejM mt ions bill, now before the Sen- Appropriations Committee, and tii.it the hill w jjj fj e enacted before Jul . v 1 so that this money will be available whenever needed after that he indicated while passing thro ng!, here en route to New Bern, where 9' v-’as one of the principal speakers ’he convention of the North Caro lma Merchants Association. 11 1 have no cause for worry over 1,1 fate of the parkway appropriation in thf. Senate and feel confident it be approved without any material ,J Ppe. ition,” Congressman Doughton “1 think that, most of the mem (Continued on Page Six.) Hmtiterscm Hafltj SHspnfrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. BRITAIN TRYING TO BRING GERMANY AND ITALY INTO ACCORD Protesting Almeria HP iHB Protesting the recent bombardment of Almeria by the Nazi navy in re prisal for the aerial bombing of the pocket battleship Deutchland, this picket is shown as he bore his placard before the German concili ate at Philadelphia. Scores joined in the protest, which was marked by no disturbance. (Central Press) GER cruiseHtklel Admiral Tells Men “You Be First To Attack if War Does Come” Kiel, Germany, June 8 (AP) —Ger- many launched the second of three cruisers on her naval building pro gram today with this admonition fiom the Baltic naval commander, Vice Admiral Conrad Albrecht: “If war should be forced on us, be you the first in attack!” The 10,000-ton warship, mounting eight eight-inch guns, was christened Bluecher as she slid down the ways at this naval station. Thus she was named both in honor of the nineteenth Century Prussian military hero and General Prince Derhard von Bluecher, and for two warships of the same name. One of these, an armored cruiser, was sunk in«wartime. Both Adrajral Erich Raeder, the Reich navy chieftain and Vice-Ad miral Albrecht were present. Albrecht also told the new men of war: “Fight lijje your predecessors in the spirit of Bluecher, and may God give you victory.” RECOVERS BODY OF POST OFFICE AIDE George W. Howard, 45, Assistant Postmaster at New Bern, Pulled from the Neuse New Bern, June 8 (AP) —The Body George W. Howard, assistant post master* here, was found in Neuse riv er at Oriental this morning following discovery of his car there last night- No other details were immediately available. Mr. Howard, about, 45, had been missing since about 11 o’clock Sun day morning, when he left home tell ing his wife he was going to the country club to get his golf clubs. He was to have taken part during the afternoon in a golf match in Farm ville between teams of that place and New Bern. He did not go to the country club, and was not seen again until his body was found. Postmaster R. R- Eagle said a check of Howard’s accounts revealed them in perfect shape. POLA NEGRI IS ILL IN BERLIN HOSPITAL Suddenly Stricken in Bayreuthand Rushed to Berlin Hospital at Own Request Berlin, June 8~(AP)-Pola Negri. \he aetress, was reported tonight to have been suddenly stricken ill at Bayreuth and rushed to a Berlin hos -5 She was stricken ab&ut a week Pu and brought here at her own re “5L. an p h y"sans her ail ment as an Infection of the svstem. They said she was respona ing well to treatment and was ex pected to r^pover. „ WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 8, 1937 Would (Extend Safety Zones for Neutral Ships and Avoid Provocation In Future insurgentThells POUR INTO MADRID Besieging Troops Fight Fu tilely to Take New Ground; Inhabitants Ousted From Beds To Seek Safety; New Arrests Made on French Border London, June B.—(AP) —Great Bri tain attempted by a three-point pro posal today to induce Germany and Italy back into the non-intervention committee and avoid chaos that might result from a new incident in the Spanish civil war. Great Britain pro posed: 1. Extension of safety zones for neutral shipping in warships in the neutrality fleet patrolling Spain. 2. Assurances from both sides of the Spanish conflict to abstain from provocation such as the recent Span ish government aerial 'bombardment of the German pocket battleship Deutschland. 3. An arrangement, in the event the first two methods failed to bring Italo-German agreement, to bring the matter up for consultation by all four powers engaged in the patrol, Britain, France, Germany and Italy, to con sider necessary action. The prospects for an agreement were not viewed optimistically in Eu ropean chancellories,, but the situa tion was not regarded as hopeless. INSURGENiT SHELLS BURST ANEW IN ANCIENT CAPITAL Madrid, June 8. —(AP) —Insurgent shells screeched into Madrid in ten second intervals in a one-hour bom bardment today while besieging troops fought futilely to take a great er slice of suburban territory in the southwestern Carabanchel sector. Shattering the lull left by a day in (Continued on Page Six.) MARION LADY SAYS SHE WAS KIDNAPED Gives Damaging Testimony in Super ior Court Against Ruther ford County Man Marion, June 8. —(AP) —A 22-year old Yancey county woman, employed as a domestic here, testified in su perior court today that Dufay Black well and C. A. Goode, 26-year-old Rutherford county men, kidnaped her on a Marion street May 29 and took her on a long automobile ride, during which, she said, both attacked her. Blackwell, Rutherford county coro ner, and Goode are charged with kid naping and attempted rape in this county. The prosecuting witness told the jury she was taken as far as Chesney, S, C., by the two men and then brought back here. SOCICTYBEAUTY IS MISSING IN LONDON London, June B.—(AP") —Fears that blonde “Didi” Battye might have been abducted were raised after her fiance disclosed today he had received a note threatening “to remove” the missing society beauty. High officials of Scotland Yard took personal chai’ge of the search and issued instructions to watch every port and air field. NEWSPAPER GUILD JOINS WITH C. I. O. St. Louis, Mo., June B.—(AP) —The American Newspaper Guild, now a member of the American Federation of Labor, voted today at its annual convention 118 1-2 to 12 1-2 to affiliate with the C. I. O. BREADIDILS TO BE EXEMPTED Included in Other Commod ities Relieved of Sales Tax July 1 Dally Dlipatrh Barfim, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. B4BKERVILL Raleigh, June 8. —Bread and rolls will not be subject to the sales tax after July 1, after which date nine other basic food articles will also be come exempt, it was pointed out to day by Department of Revenue of ficials, coincident with the announce ment by Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell that the tax would be more stringently enforced and col lected than ever before, that mer chants would be required to keep more complete records. The nine other exempted food ar ticles are flour, meal, meat, sugar, (Continued on Page Three.) Leads Dutch Fascists if WIIMmHmM it H Wm •. mm 111 W- * Bill ‘ Anton Adrian Mussert Peaceful Holland, world famous for its tulips and its windmills, also has its Fascist party and here is the kingpin of that or ganization. He is Anton Adrian Mussert, 43-year-old ex-engineer. As in Germany, the party officially is the “National Socialist” party. WILL TIGHTEN UP Maxwell Tells Merchants at New Bern Enforcement Will Be Strict TOUGH ON CHISELERS Revenue Department Has Money and System To Go To Bottom of Possible Evasions of the Sales Levy BY J. C. BASKERVILL, Staff Correspondent. New Bern, June 8. —The sales tax must be paid by the purchaser, as the law requires, and in no case absorb ed by the merchants, and the mer chants must transmit the tax collect ed each month amount to three per cent of their gross sales, for it will be just too bad for the merchant who itries to “chisel,” Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell, who is in charge of the enforcement 'of the sales tax and all Other State revenue laws, today told the hundreds of mer chants from every section of the State attending the annual convention of the North Carolina Merchants Asso ciation. For while most of the merchants of the State have been and still are co operating with the Department of Re venue, and are observing both the spirit and letter of the sales tax law, there are some who are still trying to “chisel” and get by without pay ing the tax to the State or the amount which they should pay, Maxwell said. These are the merchants the depart ment is going after harder than ever —and it is going to be rough going for them, Mr. Maxwell said. “The merchant who collects his tax when he sells his merchandise, who keeps an accurate record of his sales (Continued on Page Six.) liquoTTstore vote SOUGHT FOR ROWAN Salisbury, June 8. —(AP) —W. J. Talley, of Spencer, said today he would place petitions asking for a referendum on the liquor store ques tion before the Rowan County Com missioners within the next few weeks. ARKANSAS DEPUTY SLAIN BY U. S. MEN Both Groups Had Raided Moonshine Still and Shooting Resulted In The Confusion Marked Tree, Ark., June 8. —(AP) — An Arkansas deputy sheriff died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital today, a victim of bullets said by a companion to have been fired by a Federal agent raiding a moonshine still already seiz ed by State officers. County and Federal officers car ried out their raids independently of each other yesterday and met at the still site in a wooded section north of here. In the resultant confusion, Deputy Frank White, of Marked Tree, was fatally wounded. Sheriff J. D. Dubard, of Marked Tree, said today the Federal revenue agents were J. R. Jones and J. L. Kidd, working out of Jonesboro, Ar kansas. “i’ve only heard one side of the story,” Sheriff Dubard said. “I’d rather withhold comment until I find out what the Federal men have to say about it.” OUR WEATHER MAN L. ...jil 1 FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight; Wednes day partly cloudy; slightly war mer in north central portion. Government Monopoly Asked By Five Senators To Remove Profits From War Business CONTINUE EFFORTS TO RESTORE PEACE IN RANKS OF STEEL State Police May Be Asked To Assure Reopening of Republic Steel Subsidiary company Studies moves upon c. i. o. Heinz Company Employees Favor A. F. L. ot Company Union as Their Bargaining Unit; Lansing Returns To Normalcy After Labor Demonstration (By The Associated Press.) Quiet prevailed over the nation’s industrial fields today as mediators tried to bring opposing factions to the conference table. Mayor Daniel Knages, of Monroe, Mich., said he would ask Governor Frank Murphy for State police, if nec essary, to permit reopening of the Newton Steel Company, a subsidiary of Republic steel. He said a straw vote showed a majority wished to return to work and the plant would reopen tomorrow. While an estimated 73,000 steel workers remained idle in seven states, the Republic company planned new moves against C. i. O. affiliates. Republic officers shunted Pullman cars into a plant siding in South Chi cago to house non-striking workers after Mayor Edward Kelly said the company was violating the city health and housing ordinances. The South Chicago plant was the scene of a re cent bloody riot, which brought death (Continued on Page Three.) GROCER IS SUICIDE IN ELIZABETH CITY J. V. Mann Dies In Hospital After Receiving Shotgun Load in His Left Side Elizabeth City, June B.—(AP) J. V. Mann, local grocer, died at the Albemarle hospital here at 10 a. m. today, about 25 minutes after he had been shot in the left side of the chest with a shotgun in the bathroom of his home. Coroner J. B. Ferebee said the shooting was suicide. Mann had been in ill health recent ly and friends said he had suffered recent financial losses. JUDGE WARLICK IS PROBATION LEADER Made Chairman of New State Body, For Whose Secretary 25 Ap plicants Wait Raleigh, June 8 (AP)—The new State Probation Commission elected Judge Wilson Warlick, of Newton, as its chairman today and discussed fu ture plans at its first meeting. Ed win Gill, parole commissioner, was named temporary secretary. The di rector of probation, under the law, will serve as secretary, but it appear ed he might not be named at once. There are some 25 applicants for the Representative D. B. Ward, of New Bern, introducer of the legislative bill creating the commission, outlined the law in a brief talk to the members. Associate Justice George W. Con nor, of the Supreme Court, administ ered the oath of office to Dr. John Bradway, director of the Duke Uni versity legal clinic. Judge Warlick, Gill, Attorney Gen eral A. A. F. Seawell and Superin tendent of Instruction Clyde Erwin all had taken similar oaths recently. HUGEIMiEN FOR RURAL LINES North Carolina Gets $1,226,- 250 Allotment from Fed eral Commission College Station, Raleigh, June 8— The national Rural Eltcirification Ad ministration has allotted $1,226,250 to North Carolina projects during the nast two years, Dean I. O. Schaub, of State College, revealed today In a report from the REA, the dean was informed that these projects re ceiving federal aid would, when all are completed, mean the construction (Continued on Page Three.) PUBLISHED, FIVE CENTS COPY Honor Man .qv' . I; $ JSfeftdfnn % JBBBBszBvBBBP r ► \J3880? Midshipman Jack A. Obermeyer, of New York, is shown with the numer ous trophies given him during the United States Naval Academy’s “Presentation Day.” He’s the Acad emy’s No. 1 Honor Man for 1937. (Central Press) HARLOW’S BODY IT IN BRONZEICASKET ‘Platinum Blonde’ of Movies Had Premonition Death Was Near FORTUNE IS $1,000,000 Ever Since Christmas 26-Year-Old Aetress Had Worn Huge Star Sapphire Given Her by William Powell Los Angeles, Cal., June B.—(AP) — The body of Jean Harlow, clad in white, her favorite color, lay in a bronze coffin today as a close asso ciate recalled the blonde film star voiced a premonition of death when she was stricken ill May 29. The strange fear of the actress, who amassed an estimated $1,000,000 in seven years of screen success, was described by Violet Denoyer, friend and make-up attendant for Miss Har low. “Jean looked at me strangely one morning—the same day she was taken ill.” said Miss Denoyer. “You know, Violet,” she told me, “I have a feeling I’m going away from here and never come back.” Ever since Christmas the 26-year old actress had worn a huge star sapphire ring on the third finger of her right hand. It was a gift from William Powell. The body of the star was held at a mortuary for her mother and imme diate relatives to look upon her a last time before a funeral service tomorrow. PRISON REPAIRS TO DELAY EXECUTIONS fThrce Cap Val Felons Due to [Die Next Friday To Receive Re prieves for Time Raleigh, June B.—(AP)—Palrore Commissioner Edwin Gill announced today renovation work at State’s Pri son would again necessitate reprieve of three men scheduled to die Fri day. There have been no executions since Governor Hoey took office in January, and 20 men are on death row in temporary quarters under sen tence. The men who had been scheduled to die this week for murder are Mel vine Coghill, convicted in Nash; A. W. Watson, convicted in Martin, and Thomas Perry, sentenced in Wake for rape. O PAGES O TODAY NEW PLAN WOULD SUPPLEMENTIAXES LEVIED ON PROFITS Federal Child Labor Law May Use State Systems For Enforcement Purposes O’NEAL PLANS FOR DOLLAR VALUATIONS Farm Chief Would Base Proposal on Index of Basic Commodity Prices; Two Extra Court Judges Idea is Being Given Considera tion Now Washington, June B. (AP) A grdup of five senators proposed to day “to help take the private profit out of war” by giving the government a practical monopoly in the manu facture of war weapons and muni tions. Senator Bone, Democrat, Wash ington, headed the group, which in cluded also Clark, of Missouri, and Pope, of Idaho, Democrats, and Nye and Frazier, of North Dakota, Re publicans. They said their proposed legisla tion would be supplementary to oth er methods, such as high profits taxes designed to make war a profitless en terprise in this country. While Bone disclosed the quin tette’s munitions nationalization plan, a variety of committee hearings went forward on Capitol Hill. The House Interstate Commerce Committee undertook a study of an administration-approved bill to ex tend Securities Commission regulation over bond and stockholders protective committees involved in corporate re organizations. • Katherine Lenroot, children’s bu (Continued on Page Six.) Earhart Is Pressing On Over Africa Dakar, British Senegal, June 8, (AP) —Amelia Earhart flew here to day from St. Louis, capital of Sene gal, for an easier take-off on the next leg of her flight around the world. Aviators here said Miss Earhart’s time of 13 hours, 22 minutes for the 1,900 miles from Natal, Brazil, to St. Louis, Senegal, where she landed yes terday, was apparently a record for the eastward flight. j M!iss Earhart flew through rain most of the way across the ocean. Visibility was bad and her wireless worked poorly. The slim American flier, after her arrival here from the Senegalese cap ital, laid up her plane for repairs. She said it would be tomorrow or Thurs day before she could hop off across Africa. She planned to follow the British Route to Khartoum in the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan to avoid flying across the Sahara. WORK RESUMES IN LUMBERION PLANT Deputy Sheriffs on Guard as Employees Return; Statements Vary Lumberton, June 8. —(AP) — The Mansfield cotton mills, in East Lum berton, where a strike of weave room operatives was called yesterday, re sumed operation this morning under the protection of deputy sheriffs and amid conflicting statements from the management and labor leaders. Mill officials said loyal employees of the weave room returned to work under the protection of ten deputies and started the plant’s machinery to running at full blast. 'Chester Man ning, chairman of the Lumberton unit of the textile workers organization committee, C. I. O. affiliate, asserted the management had brought in out side workers to replace regular em ployees and a force of 36 armed guards was protecting the plant. Manning said only seven of the mill’s 100 employees remained at work when the walk-out too kplace yester day. The official announcement from the mill was only 23 employees, all in the weave room, had gone on strike
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