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HENDERSON gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR ROBINSON SAYS U. S. SPENDING TO INCREASE ROBESON’S SHERIFF ASKS STATE AID AT. LUMBERTON STRIKE Labor Board Agent Begins Hearings Into Union Charges of Discrim ination There hoey calledon to SEND PATROL GROUP Headquarters in Greensboro Sends 15 Men To Assist in Maintaining Order In Cot ton Mill Strike; Mill At torney Asks Dismissal of Charges Lumberton, Juno 10. —(AP) —Sher- iff Mirk page asked State help in preventing disorder at the Mamns field cotton mills here today as a re presentative of the National Labor Relations Board began a hearing in to union charges that employees had been subjected to discrimination be cause of their union membership. The Robeson county officer said he had requested Governor Hoey to send a detachment of State highway patrolmen here to augment a force of deputies which has been on duty at the Mannsfield mill since part of the weave room force struck Mon day. "I have heard reports of threats being made and there seems to be some danger of disorders,” said the sheriff. Patrol headquarters in Greensboro said Lieutenant Aflthur Moore, in charge of Troop B, had sent 15 men to the area and they were to assist county and municipal authorities. The mill, through its attorneys, de nied it had discriminated against any employees because of their labor union activities, and challenged the authority of the board to intervene in the situation. At the outset of the hearing, held in the Robeson county court house before a capacity crowd, Dixon Mc- Lean, attorney for the mill, filed a motion the complaint of discrimina tion be dismissed on the ground that the board was without jurisdiction. The- attorney argued the alleged transactions in the proceedings were of a purely intrastate character, and that as a result the Federal board had no authority to intervene. Examiner Henry Hunt, of Wash ington, withheld action on the mo tion, but announced it would be sub mitted in his report to the full board. Arrest 308 ForDriving As Drunks Dally Dlapatek Unreal, In the Sir Waller Hotel. By J. C. IIASKKItVILL Raleigh, June 10.—A total of 303 drunken drivers were arrested by highway patrolmen during the month of May, according to figures released today by Captain Charles D. Farmer, commander of the patrol. This num ber is slightly higher than in April, when 280 were arrested for drunken driving. In March 294 were arrested for driving while tipsy. Arrests for all violation in May numbered 3,331, the consolidated re port for all highway patrol districts shows, while a total of 25,077 motor (Continued on Page Three.) j County May Avoid Loan For ACB’s Raleigh, June 10 ( A P)— Attorney General A. A. F. SeaWjell expressed in a ruling today that a ban loan to county alcoholic stores would be an obligation of a county. t “Perhaps the question als to wheth er or not such a loan is an obliga.- ti'.ii of the county cannot jbe authori tutively answered until it is decided *0 the Supreme Court,” Seawell’s rul- * ll ß said. “However, I think the bet ter opinion is that it is not an obliga tion of the county.” Sea well gave the ruling tio Gurney Hood, State bank commissioner, w ho made inquiry to answ'er B. R. Roberts, executive vice-prei»ident of Re Durham Loan and Trust Company Hurham. Hood asked if the county liquor (Continued on Page Seven.) smtiteraim llattu IHsmtfrit Untermyer at 79 wKiil Samuel Untermyer Pictured at his estate in Yonkers, N. Y., on his 79th birthday, Sam uel Untermyer, well-known New York lawyer, revels in the fact that since the 15th birthday of his children and grandchildren he has paid them SSOO yearly not to drink or smoke. Untermyer says he hQpes to retain his mental powers for another 10 years. —Central Press LONG ISLAND LADY LEADER IN SOCIETY, THOUGHTKIDNAPED Mrs. Alice Parsons, 38, Be lieved Snatched or Else Murdered at Coun try Home FOUND MISSING BY RETURNING HUSBAND Alarm Is Given and Kidnap Note Is Left, Also Axe, Ap parently Blood - Stained, Located on Chicken Farm at Estate; G-Men Quickly on the Job Stony Brook, N. Y., June 10.—(AP) —Two theories, kidnaping or murder, confronted government investigators seeking to unravel the mystery to day of the disappearance of Mrs. Alice Parsons, 38, New York social regis terite, from her fashionable North Shore home on Long Island. Bolstering the abduction theory was a note penciled on cheap paper enclosed in a cheap white envelope, addressed to William H. Parsons, hus band of the missing woman. Parsons is a Yale graduate and retired busi ness man. The note was unsigned. It demand ed $25,000 and contained the sinister suggestion police activity might mean death for Mrs. Parsons. In support of the murder theory was a blood-stained axe found on the grounds of the Parsons chicken farm. (Continued on Page Three.) Roosevelt Asks Doctors To Care For Needy Poor; Hints At Federal Moves Atlantic City, N. J, June 10 (AP)- A personal message from President Roosevelt asking in cooperation in nlans to give medical care to those Enable to pay for it, was delivered to the House of Delegates of the Ameri can Medical Association here today bv United States Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, Democrat, Illinois. The message was delivered in se cret executive session and its gist was given out at the session s close by Dr. MorHs Fishbein, official spokesman for the association. . He said Senator Lewis telephoned +hp President and asked. “What shall I say to the American ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. WIRE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 10 1937 4 ' ttfp " / , j. * Beauty Missing _ —Central Press Radiophoto Diana Battye Mysterious disappearance of Diana Battye, 21-year-old London society beauty, has Scotland Yard baffled, al though she returned and was found lying on a door step. Miss Battye, fiancee of Michael Asquith, Oxford student and son of Lady Cynthia As quith, is said to have received several threatening letters. iShe had been seeking a film career. BRITAIN TO CLAIM mmrnm Anxious for Vast Hidden Wealth on “Lost Conti nent” in Frozen Southern Wastes ■ . mrrntm * STEPS TAKEN FOR POSSESSING AREA Imperial Conference In Lon don Adopts Report Re commending Region Be Taken Over; Byrd Says No Briton Ever Set Foot On Land He Saw ' London, June 10.—(AP)—Britain advanced her claims to territorial sovereignty in the Antarctic today, seeking eventual domination of the Southern polar wastes, where the United States, too, has staked out an ice-bound domain. Antarctica, the world’s “lost con tinent,” is believed to contain vast hidden wealth in raw materials, in cluding coal, but still retains it de spite the years of exploratory study. In a surprise move, the Imperial Conference now meeting in London, adopted the report of a little pub licized polar committee to inaugurate the extension of the British empire at the pole. The report, brought to the “empire family’! yesterday, in cludes recommendations for dealing with any future territorial problems. Sessions of the empire representa tives are closed, but British sources (Continued on Page Four.) LIVES ARE LOST IN BLAZE IN GERMANY Hawlee, Germany, Junej lty — (AP) —A fiercely burning fire fed by inflamable acids killed at least five persons and injured four oth ers today in a freight depot here. Nine other employees of the yard still were missing. The mysterious blaae, railway officials said, destroyed 120 freight cars, loaded with 360 tons of goods, and 45 empty cars. Medical Association?” The answer was, first, to seek co operation of the doctors in care for the medically poor; second, Senator Lewis said, that legislation is under consideration on which recommenda tions of the doctors are desired con cerning distribution of medical care and arrangements for patients to se lect their own physician. The senator asked the American Medical Association to submit plans for suitable controls over these medi cal services and methods of payment for them so as to keep them out of the realm of political appointments and to maintain the high standards of American medicine. Police And Pickets Clash At Youngstown Steel Plant And 17 Are Hurt In Melee 1 STRIKERS ATTEMPT TO KEEP FOOD CAR FROM STEEL PLANT Tension Also Increases at Monroe, Mich., As Closed Mills Plan To Start Up NEW DISORDERS IN OTHER MILLS SEEN Repercussions Heard Os Previous Bloody Clash; More Than 127,000 Per sons Are Idle in Strikes in Nation’s Industry; Wagner Act Invoked (By the Associated Press.) An early morning clash between pickets and officers shattered an in terlude of relative calm in the seven state steel strike which entered its third week today. Repercussions of a previous bloody clash and threatened new disorders contributed to unrest in industrial conflicts which have rendered more than 127,000 idle. Fifty policemen and sheriff’s de puties used tear gas and night sticks at Youngstown today. Several hun dred "participated in the melee precipitated by pickets’ attempt to block a food-laden truck destined for the Republic Corporation’s mill. At least 17, including two policemen, were hurt. Tension increased at Monroe, Mich, where Republic’s subsidiary, Newton Steel Company, planned to reopen its strike-closed plant. Company officials said the plant would resume opera tion regardless of the outcome of Governor Murphy’s conference with employees. Two hundred special police ‘ were sworn in to aid a force of 20 police men and 50 deputies. Leaders of the steel workers organizing committee said picket forces would be streng thened by 8,000 to 10,000 unionists from steel mills in the Detroit area. ’ A formal complaint charging the Inland Steel Corporation with viola tion of the W’agner act was submit ted by SWOC officials at Chicago. STATEMERCHANTS RECONCILED TO TAX Conclude Sales Tax Is Per manent and as Well Make Most of It Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Bv J C BASkCEsIVILT Raleigh, June 10—A majority of the merchants in the State are get ting more and more accustomed to the sales tax and realize that it is here to stay for a long, long time, ac cording to most of those who went from here to New Bern this week to guage the reaction of the merchants to the speech made by Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell in which he told the merchants that the State was going to make it more difficult than ever for any one to evade the sales tax and was going to “crack down” on those who tried to evade it. The merchants generally were pleased with Commissioner Maxwell’s declaration that the law was going to be more stringently enforced than ever, since this was one of the things they asked of Maxwell and of Gov ernor Hoey back before Governor Hoey took office. For some time they (Continued on Page Seven.) OUR WEATHER MAN FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy, probably scatter ed thundershowers in north por tion tonight, and Friday; slightly cooler in north central portion Friday. New Complications R ,e Out Os Non-Intervention Policies In Spanish War Okays Tax Evasion sSS||Br :: telfl John Pierpont Morgan Taking issue with President Roosevelt’s attack on wealthy men who evaded income taxes by incorporation of their yachts and similar measures, John Pierpont Morgan, the financier, tells news men that taxation is purely a legal and not a moral question. Morgan’s statements were mads in New York on his return from England. WRESSSTAGi" “SITOOWr ON FDR Neither Will Yield to Other and Deadlock Becomes Serious By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, June 10. —Congress virtually is on a sitdown strike a gainst President Roosevelt. It doesn’t quit and go home. In fact, it can’t. The White House has wished upon it a program that it must agree to or reject before it ad journs. It is determined not to agree. It hasn’t the nerve to say an out right “No.” If it were to adjourn, leaving every thing hanging fire, it would create a situation even worse than turning down the whole presidential plan de finitely. Moreover, the chief executive could call it back into special session. THERE THEY SIT! Thus President Roosevelt, in a way, is on a sitdown strike against Congress, too. Congress sites and does nothing but talk, nullifying his wishes. On the opposite hand, he refuses to modify his demands the least bit; therefore Congress is kept sweltering in Washington summer weather. (Continued on Page Seven) BRISK BUYING IS BOOST TO COTTON Market Closes 4 to 10 Points Higher With Spot at 12.59; Trad ing Turns Quiet New York, June 10.— futures opened steady, three to nine points higher, on improved Liverpool cables, covering and foreign buying. October rallied from 12.07 to 12.18, but shortly after the first half hour was selling at 12.14, when prices general ly showed net advances of 8 to 14 points. Trading later became quieter, leaving midday prices 4 to 9 points net higher. Futures closed steady, 4 to 10 points higher. Spot quiet, middling 1259. Open Close July 12.02 12.10 October 12.08 12.11 December 12.05 12.07 January 12 08 1 2 -® 8 March 12.12 12.11 May 12-19 1 2 -! 7 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Russia Is Refused Permis sion To Enter Conversa tions About Ger many and Italy WOULD ONLY BRING LARGER CONFUSION More Non - Combatants Evacuated from Madrid as Bad Weather Causes Lull in Actual Fighting; Diplo mats Interested in Moving Citizens (By The Associated Press.) Bad weather forced a temporary lull in the Spanish war today, but international diplomatic wrangling over non-intervention in Spain de veloped new complications. Russia, on the side of the Spanish government, asked and was refused permission to enter discussions de signed to bring Germany and Italy back into neutrality patrol in the waters off Spain-.- * «■. » Captain Euan Wallace, British vice chairman of the European non-inter vention committee, said there had been no objection to secret Anglo- French-1 taio-Ger man discussion of the problem when a sub-committee met May 1. Therefore, he denied Russia’s re quest that the problem be brought be fore Russia and all other members of the committee. Apparently the British felt there would be new friction if they let Russia into the talks. In Madrid, the Spanish government took advantage of the war lull to get to (Continued on Page Four.) WOMAN ADMITS PLOT ON WEALTHY YOUTH Confesses Hoax To Win Back Affec tions of Heir to Millions of Rockefellers Chicago, June 10 (AP) Assistant State’s Attorney Maynihan said today Miss Marguerite Montgomery admit ted a story she told of a plot against John Rockefeller Prentice, grandson of the late John D. Rockefeller, was a hoax designed to “make a martyr of herself.” The 27-year-old nurse, whom Pren tice said he had met last September while a hospital patient, suffering from injuries in a motoring collision, had told police two men abducted her last night, drove about the South Side for some time and then directed her to summon Prentice to a meeting place. Moynihan said the girl admitted she fabricated the story in the be lief Prentice’s regard for her had cooled, and she wanted to re-establish their friendship. On the basis of her story, Police Lieutenant John Coughlin had an nounced a theory Prentice “was to have been kidnaped and held for a large sum of Money.” Prosecutor Maynihan, after an in terview with the nurse, said Miss Montgomery admitted “she framed the whole thing,” to ‘make a martyr of herself, because Prentice’s affections were cooling.” EARHARTWIING EAST DYER AFRICA • Alters Course Slightly Be cause of Weather, But KeepS'On Going Dakar, French Senegal, Africa, June 10.—(AP) —Amelia Earhart flew eastward across Africa’s wild expanse today, despite warnings that tor nadoes ranged the path of her “just for fun” round the world flight. After a smooth take-off at 6:55 a. m., Greenwich time, 1:55 a. m., east ern standard time, from Ouakam air port, the American woman headed for Gao, altering somewhat her pie (Continued on Page Three.) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY CHIEF DIFFICULTY IN CONGRESS IS IN FINDING REVENGES Financing of Social Legisla tion Already Planned Constitutes Immedi ate Problem CONGRESSCHOKED NOW WITH REFORMS Senators Ask for More and More Investigations of This and That; Post Office Re fusal To Carry Mail Into Strike Areas To Be Inquir ed Into Washington, June 10. —(AP) —Sen- ator Majority Deader Robinson of Ar kansas said today a chief difficulty of Congress just now is finding “suf ficient additional revenue” to finance social legislation already planned. He said in the future he looked for a steady increase in government spending for “what we call social wel fare,” but asserted no further under taking would be scheduled for this Congress. Already, he said, there have been laid out as many reforms as we can carry through this session, and the problem has resolved itself into one of financing. As Robinson made his remarks to representatives of the Peoples Lobby, who had visited him in behalf of cer tain tax changes, the Senate approv ed a resolution authorizing an in quiry into tax dodging. Meanwhile, Senator Guffey, Dem ocrat, Pennsylvania, asked the Sen ate to broaden its proposed investiga tion of the midwestern steel strike situation to. include “importation of gunmen,” and the “illegal holding of machine guns and other war para phernalia” by the steel firms involved He urged the Senate instruct its post office committee to inquire into' the “moral conduct of both parties” to the strike and to decide whether the refusal of the steel companies to sign a contract constituted a viola tion of the national labor relations act. He offered his proposal as an amendment to a resolution by Senator Bridges, Republican, New Hampshire, calling for investigation of reports that the Post Office Department had refused to deliver mail to workers (Continued on Page Three.) Veterans Mad Over Amnesties Brussels, Belgium, June 10—(API- Embittered Belgian war veterans caused a cabinet crisis today by their angry opposition to a government pro posal to pardon all Belgians convict ed of treason during the World War. Mounted troops and tanks were thrown about the Parliament build ings and strategic points to prevent a repeition of demonstrations such as one yesterday in which 400 veterans hurled their war decorations on the tomb of the unknown soldier. The government received a dele gation of the veterans in an effort to mollify them, but feared a new out burst when the amnesty measure comes up for action before the Sen ate today. CPL Rates Lowest In The State Raleigh, June 10.—(AP) —Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winborne sa d today a rate of 3.4 cents per kilowatt hour for residential electricity sold by the Carolina Power & Light Com pany during the first quarter of 1937 set a low record rate for the State. Winborne said the old average of, the Carolina company was 3.827 cents per kwh. for 1936, and that major utilities of the State averaged a rate of 4.218 cents per kwh. last year. The commissioner estimated tha„ electric customers of the State saved 7,703,952.56 in reduced rates since 1933. In four years, Winborne said, five major companies have reduced the average residential rate from 5.54 cents per kwh. hour to 4.218 cents, but total revenues of the companies have increased from $4,751,854 to $6,- 0538i.838.15, and customers Increased from 136,489 to 171,888.
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