HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR
JAPAN AND RUSSIA MOBILIZING FOR WAR
Huge Appropriations Bills
Quickly Passed In Congress
After Fiscal Year Is Over
ARMY SUPPLY BILL
PASSES, PROVIDING
FOR 1415,000,000
Interior Department’s $135,-
000,000 Measure Also
Passes Short While
Before
CCC, RAILWAY BOARD
ALSO PROVIDED FOR
Non-Military Appropria
tions of War Department
Passed for $247,000,000;
Flood Control Given Huge
Slice of Money Made
Available
Washington, July 1-—'(API Con
gress virtually completed action to
day on two major appropriation bills
left pending when the fiscal year end
ed last midnight.
A House-Senate deadlock was
broken when the Senate agreed to a
conference report on the $115,000,000
army appropriation bill, and sent it
to the White House without the ap
propriations for the War Depart
ment's non-military activities. It had
approved a few minutes earlier a con
ference report on the Interior Depart
ment appropriations bill carrying
$135,000,000. The House was expected
to approve that report during the day.
The Senate also completed congres
sional action on a $449,930,000 appro
priation bill for the CCC, the Rail
road Retirement Board and other
agencies which were not included in
the regular supply bills. This measure
was forwarded quickly to the White
House.
Approval also was given by the
Senate to a measure continuing until
July 15 former appropriations for
the Interior and War Departments
which will permit them to operate un
til President Roosevelt signs the two
appropriations bills.
Later the Senate passed and sent
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2 Suspects
Being Held
In Killings
Cal,, July L —KAPI-
Two men, one the scion of a promi
nent Los Angeles family, the other a
transient ex-convict, were held today
in connection with the brutal kidnap
murder of three young girls.
The ex-convict, Luther Daw, was
charged with suspicion of murder
after he was identified as the man
who played with the three victims
before they disappeared last Satur
day. Officials withheld the name of
the other chief suspect.
Captain William Penfrase, of the
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Oaths Given
ToWinborne
And Barnhill
I\vo New State Su
preme Court Just
ices Assume Duties
at State Capital
Raleigh, July I.—(AP)—Maurice V.
Barnhill, of Rocky Mount, and J. Wal
lace Winborne, of Marion, became as
sociate justices of the North Carolina
Supreme Court in a history-making
ceremony today as the court member
ship increased from five to seven.
Judge Barnhill, veteran of itiore
than a dozen years on the superior
court bench, took his oath first and
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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Pictured at the tea house adjoining the gardens of Owl’s Nest, the estate
of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene du Pont at Greenville, Del., are Ethel du Pont
and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., prior to their wedding, June 30th.
(Central Pre's)
Business In Past Year
Better Than 1929, Boost
In State Income Shows
Income Tax Totals Set New All-Time Record for State,
Amounting to $11,013,081; Virtually All Lines of
Business Share 1m provement in Profits
Daily Dispatch Rarent,,
In the Sir Waiter Hotel.
By A <3. IIASKEItVILL
Raleigh, July 1. —Business condi
tions were better in North Carolina
during the fiscal year which ended at
midnight last night than for the cor
responding period ending June 30,
1929, judging from the State income
tax collections this past fiscal year,
amounting to $11,013,081, Commission
er of Revenue A. J. Maxwell said to
day, in commenting on the total col
lections just released by the depart
ment of revenue. Total general fund
collections this past fiscal year a
mounted to $37,089,925 as compared
with collections last year of $28,755-
425, an increase of $8,334,500 from the
same taxes and under the same rev- i
MAN ARRESTED FOR
THREATENING FDR
Morton Wainwright, 72 of Winthrop,
Mass., Faces Arraignment
on Those Charges
Boston, July L—(AP)—Federal
officers today arrested Horton
Wainwright, 72, of Winthrop, and
charged him with writing threat
ening letters to President Roose
velt. Texts of the letters were not
divulged, although officers said
they threatened death to the Pre
sident.
The arrest was made by Alonzo
Rice, a secret service agent. The
letters were written over a 16-
months period, authoriites said.
Wainwright formerly was a de
puty United States marshal at
Seattle, Wash. His arraignment
was set for later «** the day.
FAGAN QUITS BANK
JOB; AYRES NAMED
New Bern, July 1 < AP)—Fre< *
of Washington, N. C., was appointed
receiver of the Bank of New Bern
and four other national banks “
section today succeeding Frank F.
Fagan, resigned.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
enue act—an increase of 28.98 per
cent.
Highway fund collection showed an
increase of 14.34 per cent over collec
tions during the 1935-36 fiscal year,
with receipts of $31,401,000 this past
year as compared with $27,194,885 for
the previous year—an increase of $3,-
899,515.
$12,234,015 Greater.
The increase in the collections for
both fundi was $12,234,015 greater this
past fiscal year than during the year
ending June 30, 1936, the final fig
ures of the Department of Revenue
show, with a total of $68,184,327. col
lected from general and highway fund
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ROOSEVELT DIDTtT
LIKE EARLE BLAST
President Prefers To Do
Own Announcing About
Any Third Term
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, July I. President
Roosevelt, they say (it isn’t verifiable,
but it sounds mighty probable,) was)
not a bit pleased by Gov. George H.
Earle’s nomination of F. D. R. for a
third term in the White House.
F. D. R. may or may not want an
other term, but it is quite understand
able that he greatly objects to have a
boom started for him at this juncture.
In fact, he cannot possibly desire
to be the first third-termer. Still, per
haps he can be drafted. But there is
a deal of difference between being
“boomed” and feeing “drafted.”
A Difficult Position.
If boomed, away in advance of 1940,
the impression cannot but be given
that he is the inspiration of the boom.
That would mean that he must ac
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HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 1, 1937
300,000 SOLDIERS
OF SOVIETS PUI ON
Border of Japanese Puppet
State of Manchoukou
May Be Scene of
Far East War
SOVIET WITHDRAWAL
DEMANDED BY JAPAN
Tokyo Cabinet Decides Only
Evacuation of Russian
Fighters and Gunboats
From Amur River Area
Can Effect Peace; Ready
for Any Eventuality
Tokyo, July 1 (AP)—Japanese re
ports said tonight five more Soviet
gunboats had appeared today at Sun
nufu island in the Amur river, where
an alleged Soviet “invasion” has led
to an armed clash between the Rus
sian river craft and Japanese-Man
choukuoan border artillery.
Earler in the day Emperor Hirohito
called upon high defense heads for the
facts in the Russo-Japanes crisis after
a Japanes cabinet decision that only
the immediatew ithdrawal of Soviet
fighters and gunboats from the dis
puted Amur river borderlands could
effect a peaceful settlement.
In an uneasy atmosphere of official
silence indicating a ban on dispatches
from the trouble zone that lies be
tween Soviet Siberia and Japanese
sponsored Manchukuo, the armies of
the so-called puppet state were an
nounced to be prepared for any even
tuality.
From both sides of the frontier
came reports of massed troops move
ments following a naval-artillery burst
of violence—some newspaper divisions
said the Soviets had mobilized 300,-
000 men in 13 divisions of their vast
Far Eastern red army, supported by
planes, armored cars and tanks.
HIGHWAY PERSONNEL
IN DISTRICT NAMED
Commissioner T. B. Ward Appoints
Markham District Engineer;
Others Are Selected
Wilson, July 1 (AP) —State High
way Commissioner T. B. Ward an
nounced today that R. Markham,
division engineer, would be in
charge cf the fourth division,
which has established headquart
ers here. W. H. Rogers, Jr. was
named his assistant.
The division has been divided
into three districts. Raleigh has
been designated headquarters for
Wake, Franklin ai\d Vance coun
ties. J. W. Taylor is district en
gineer.
F. M. Edgerton will be district
engineer in charge of Wayne and
Johnston counties, with headquart
ers at Goldsboro. Nashville is
headquarters for Nash and Wilson
counties, and T. D. Grantham is
engineer in charge.
Parsons Case
Note Dropped
At Lillington
Dunn July 1 (AP)—Sheriff W. E.
Salmon, of Harnett county, announced
today he was investigating a note
dropped from a speeding car and ap
parently purporting to be a message
from Mrs. Alice McDonnell Parsons, of
Long Island, who disappeared May 9.
Salmon said the note, obviously
hastily scrawled, read:
“I’m being held near Raleigh.” It
was signed Mrs. Parsons.”
. A. H. Phelps, filling station opera
tor near Lillington, told Salmon it was
dropped from an automobile _as it
dashed swiftly by his station.
The sheriff notified the Department
of Justice, who he said was also mak
ing an investigation.
A kidnaping theory was advanced
to account for Mrs. Parsons’ disap
pearance after officers found a note
demanding ransom. No clue to her
whereabouts has been reported since
she dropped from sight.
PUP WEATHEP MAH
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FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair tonight and Fri
day. with moderate temperature.
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Tri-Po wer Money Agreem ent
To Remain, Morgenthau Says,
Despite Affairs In France 1
STEEL STACKS SMOKING AGAIN
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Trooper on guard as stacks smoke
Tall stacks of some steel mills affected by C. I. O. strike are smok
ing again as many workers return to jobs under militia protection.
This photo was taken at a plant of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube
company, Youngstown. O. — Central Press
Union Chief
Is Put Under
$50,000 Bail
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Gus Hall Surrenders
To Police; Inland
Plants In Chicago
Open on Truce
Warren, Ohio, July I.—(AP) Gus
Hall, Warren-Niles district CIO or
ganizer, surrendered to police today
on a charge of unlawful possession
of explosive devices in connection
with disorders in the steel strike.
Hall, who was accompanied by Lee
Pressman, CIO general counsel, waiv
ed preliminary examination before
municipal Judge Ralph Speaks, and
was bound to the grand jury under
$50,000 bond. Pressman said he could
not say whether bond would be given.
Sidney Watkins, 29, arrested yes
terday, was arraigned on the same
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GOLDSBORO MAN IS
PAROLE SUPERVISOR
Raleigh, July I.—-(AP) Parole
Commissioner Edwin Gill announced
today appointment of W. Dortch
Langston of Goldsboro as paroles su
pervisor.
RENTAL FEES FOR
SCHOOLS ARE SET
Figure Varies in Several Counties;
Also Fixed for Supplementary
Reader Texts
Raleigh, July I.—(AP)—The State
Textbook Commission, handling the
free distribution of basic texts to ele
mentary school pupils and rentals to
high school students, set rental fees
at $2.50 a year for high school pupils
of Wake, Johnston, Harnett, Moore,
Carteret, Hyde, Brunswick and Lee
counties today.
Books for use in both the free and
rental systems are being distributed
throughout the State. A rental fee of
60 cents a year was set for supple
mentary readers it was estimated
some 30 counties would use, with a
fee of 50 to 70 cents for three readers
under another plan and a fee of $1
to $1.40 for rental of ten readers un
der a third system.
PUBLISHED IV3IT AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Amelia Ready For
Long Water Dash
Oakland, Cal., July I.—(AP)
George Palmer Putnam announced
that his flying wife, Amelia Ear
hart, would take off at 4:30 p. m.
(eastern standard time) today on
the hazardous 2,570-mile flight
from Lae, New Guinea, on her
flight around the world.
Putnam said she possibly would
complete the hop in 19 hours.
TRIO ARE HELD IN
CREMATION DEATH
Kinsmen Charged With
Slaying of Machinist at
Burgaw Year Ago
Burgaw, July 1 (AP) —Three kins
men were held without privilege of
bond today after a magistrate’s court
bound them over to the grand jury on
a charge of murdering Paul Kroch
malny, Toledo, Ohio, machinist and
cremating his body in a furnace on
their farm.
Solicitor John Burney said the trio,
Pete Krochmalny, his son, Paul, and
Irwin Williams JPete’s son-in-law,
would be brought to trial here July 19.
At the preliminary hearing Nick
Zaravio, a St. Helena farmer, testi
fied he saw Pete and young Paul
Krochmalny burn the body of the
elder Paul, Pete’s brother, in the fur
nace of a dairy sterilizer the night of
April 4, 1936, while Williams stood
guard with a rifle.
WOLTZ WILL HELP
DIRECT SALES TAX
Gastonia Man Named to Revenue De
partment Post by Commis
sioner A. J. Maxwell
Raleigh, July I.—(AP)—Revenue
Commissioner A. J. Maxwell announc
ed this afternoon appointment of A.
E. Woltz, of Gastonia, as assistant
director of the sales tax division and
selection of nine new gasoline inspec
tors and eight new junior auditors.
New inspectors to join seven now
working include: William David Ful
ler, of Wood.
New junior auditors, who will de
vote their work mainly to enforce
ment of the revised sales tax law and
its levy on buijding materiala, in
clude Milton Lee Dale, of New BeVn.
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OJMIAIN ANO
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Morgenthau Calls Reporters
To Announce Policy of
United States In
Crisis
STABILIZATION NOW
THEIR CHIEF GOAL
To Buy and Sell Currency to
Prevent Sharp Fluctuations
In International Exchange;
Morgenthau In Constant
Touch With Two Capitals
Washington, July I.—(AP)—Secre
tary Morgenthau announced today
the tri-power monetary agreement
would be continued despite the finan
cial crisis in France.
Calling reporters to an early morn
ing press conference, the Treasury
secretary made public a communica
tion to Georges Bonnet, France fin
ance minister, saying this country
“looks forward to a continuation of
close cooperation between our treas
uries under the tripartite declara
tion.”
The monetary understanding, ef
toetecKteMt-September between Great
Britain, France and the United States
pledges participating nations to use.
stabilization funds to • prevent sharp
fluctuations in international exchange
The stabilization funds buy and sell
currency to raise or lower its value
and maintain steady money relation
ships.
Morgenthau said he had been in
constant touch with British and
French financial authorities during
the French crisis.
Morgenthau told reporters there
had been “no changes in any tech
nical arrangements under the agree
ment.”
This statement indicated participat
ing nations would continue to permit
the free movement of gold between
their central banks and stabilization*
funds.
TOBACCOmFeN PLAN
OPENING SCHEDULE
Association Meets at Old Point Com
fort To Arrange for Coming
Selling Season
Old Point Comfort, Va., July I.
(AP) —Committees of the Tobacco
Association of the United States as
sembled here today to prepare their
reports for action of the 37th annual
convention of about 250 delegates re
presenting tobacco interests in all
parts of the country.
The sales committee will announce
opening dates for markets in the vari
ous belts tomorrow morning, follow
ing the address of E. J. O’Brien, Jr.,
of Louisville, Ky., president of the
association.
Problems of the tobacco industry
will be discussed by a number of gov
ernment representatives tomorrow.
Among them will He C. E. Gage, of
Washington, senjfor marketing spe
cialist of the Department of Agri
culture, and J. C. Lanier, of Green
ville, N. C., formerly connected with
the tobacco divison of the AAA.
Mussolini s
Paper Hits
2 Nations
(By The Associated Press.)
Italian Premier Benito Mussolini’s
newspaper, 11 Popolo d’ltalia, of Milan
accused Great Britain and France to
day of violating the Spanish non-in
tervention agreement.
An editorial regarded fey some ob
servers as from the pen of II Duce
himself, declared Great Britain had
supplied the Spanish Valencia govern
ment with arms and men, and that
big recruiting stations for war volun
teers were operated in France.
British officials showed but scant
interest in the latest of Italian at
tacks on British policy.
Instead, Britain looked to Rome
and Berlin for suggestions to rebuild
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