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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR BAILEYSm COlffiT BILL IS POWER GRAB Spanish Government Rakes Rebel Armies With Greatest Air Force Os War Thus Far> TmSrai SIZE AND FEROCITY Insurgent Lines So Terribly Harassed They Are Un able To Send Reinforcements GOVERNMENT POWER MATCH FOR REBELS Field Mechanized Force Even Stronger Than Rebel Equipment; Insurgents Are Hard Pressed on Three Separate Fronts as Civil War Is Intensified Madrid, July 13.—(AP) —Govern- ment offensives, bolstered by air pow er the Madrid forces never before have shown, hammered insurgent lines today on three separate fronts. Fighting is on a World War scale, eye witnesses related. ‘•lt is a completely new phase of this war in size and intensity,” one visitor to the battelfields comment ed. “The government has been able to put into the field mechanized pow er to match, perhaps more than match, the rebel (insurgent) air force." Waves of government fighting planes bombed insurgent batteries and machine-gunned troops near Vil laneuva del Pardill, making it vir tually impossible for them to send re inforcements to the front west of Madrid. On the Basque front in northern Spain, government airplanes flew low over the insurgents' zigzag lines from Somorrostro, on the Santandor high way. Desperado From State In Custody Conway, S. C., July 13. —(AP) — Lieutenant Leo Jenkins, of the South Carolina Highway Fatrol, announced today a man he identified as Robert S. Smith, escaped North Carolina con vict. had been arrested in connection with the Fourth of July slaying of Policeman Frank Sowell at Lancaster. The prisoner’s fingerprints tallied with those found on the stolen car ih which Sowell’s slayer and a red-head ed woman fled from theOscene of the shooting, reported Jenkins, who is identification officer of the State patrol. Although the pursuing officers poured a fusillade of gunfire at the fleeing automobile every time they came within range, Smith escaped in jury. He suffered a broken knee and possible internal injuries when he wrecked his car in Georgetown, where he was arrested. 63 Airplanes Begin Search For Earhart Aircraft Carrier Lex ington Late at Des tination Due To Storm Honolulu, July 13. <AF) —The greatest war air force ever assem bled for a peace-time mission—63 planes—was poised today ready to skim along the mid-Pacific equator in the navy’s last search for Amelia Larhart, missing for eleven days. If weather conditions are favorable ibe planes will zoom from the air maft carrier Lexington to survey an mea of 36,000 square miles centering (Continued on Page Three.) Uettitersmt Batly ® tipifrtt ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Tax Inquiry Snubs Appeal For Returns Os Roosevelt’s Son Hopes for Peace W jjj!l .&* V Jj: Jm Sir Arthur Wauchop# The British high com nitsioner for Palestine, Lieutenant General Sir Ar thur Wauchope, believes peace will prevail in the Holy Land in spite of agitations over the British plan to partition Palestine mto three parts. JUDICIARY FIGHTS “ LIKELY NEXT YEAR Judgeship and Solicitor Ap pointments in State Late ly Displease Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, July 13.—Three recently apointed superior court judges and one solicitor will probably have fights on their hands in the 193 S primaries and what the electorate will do to them will be exceedingly interesting. Jucfge Frank M. Armstrong, who succeeded Judge John M. Oglesby, was named by Governor J. C. B. Eh ringhaus, but the appointment was considered Governor Hoey’s because the days of Governor Ehringhaus (Continued on Page Three.) FEAR DYER WRONG MAN FOR SLAYING Persistent Rumors in Los Angeles That Another Killed Three Little Girls Los Angeles Cal., July 13 (AP) — District Attorney investigators, spurred by “persistent rumors” that the “wrong man has been ar rested’ in conection with the slay ing of three young Inglewood girls, .sought new evidence today to sup port their contention that Albert Dyer, 32, committed the crime. Although the former WPA street crossing guard allegedly made a confession, he pleaded innocent when arraigned yesterday. His trial was set for August 6. statTreabegins UPON THIRD YEAR Two New Directors Assume Duties; 6,842 Miles of Lines Voted Raleigh, July 13.—(AP) The State Rural Electrification Authority enter- new year todaywUhEdF. len. of Lemor, and D. E. Purcell, or Rpidsville, as new members, and a record of having aecured tion or authorization of 6,842 miles of rural electric lines during two years in which estimates of possible construction totalled 1,500 miles. Associate Justice George Connor, of (Continued on Page Three.) HENDERSON, N. C., TUES Republican Asks That Pres ident’s Secretary Be Re quired To Present Tax Report PROMINENT NAMES PUT INTO RECORDS Hearst, Ruppert and Paley Named at Inquiry; Tread way and Vinson Roar at Each Other in Argument Over Young Roosevelt; He Testifies Washington, July 13. —(AF) — The names of William Randolph Hearst, publisher; Jacob Ruppert, New York brewer and baseball magnate; and William S. Paley, of New York, presi dent of the Columbia Broadcasting Company, Inc., went into the records of the congressional tax inquiry to day. Earlier Reresentative Treadway, Republican, Massachusetts, demanded James Roosevelt, son of the Presi dent, submffe to a congressional tax committee his income tax return for the five-year period during which he was in the insurance business. The committee, however, refused to press the demand, deciding to take it up later in closed sessions. Young Roosevelt, now serving his father gts secretary, entered the in surance business in 1930. He appeared before the committee somewhat unex pectedly today and denied a sugges tion of Representative Fish, Repub lican, New York, that he had had an interest in a personal holding com- on Page Five) PEANUT GROWERS TO DIVERT THEIR CROP Farm Bureau Federation Fostering Corporation To Protect Prices of Commodity Raleigh, July 13.—(AP)— E. F. Ar nold, secretary of the State Farm Bu reau, announced today peanut grow ers from ten counties would meet at Jackson tomorrow afternoon to form a corporation to handle peanut diver sin to protect prices of the product. B. D. Stephenson, chairman of the peanut committee, called for farmers from Halifax, Edgecombe, Hertford, Bertie, Martin, Pitt, Beaufort, Gates, Perquimans and Northampton county to meet him, Arnold said. E. R. Chamberlain, organization director for the American Farm Bureau Fed eration in New England the north east, will attend the meeting. This afternoon Chamberlain and Arnold will speak at Oxford and to night at Louisburg. RALEIGHIYHAVE COUPLE CANDIDATES Broughton and Smith May Seek Governorship in 1940 Campaign Daily Dispatch Bureau. In The Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, July 13.—Raleigh may have two candidates for governor and the plurality may hurt both, accord ing to political gossips who are hear ing again that Willis Smith, of Ra leigh, is about to dispute the territory with J. Melville Broughton about whose candidacy nobody seems to have any doubt. The Smith talk followed the late Bermuda cruise in which the State bar and the State Press Associations were joint sailors. Travelers said they heard no politics during the visit, tout there was some when they got back. It was pretty widely talked the past week that Smith will enter the race for the nomination. Smith probably would have run in 1932 had J. C. B. Ehringhaus, also of Elizabeth City, not been in the race. Smith went to Duke University, then (Continued on Page Three.) 'AY AFTERNOON, JULY 13, 1937 i 1 Chinese Nationalists in Peiping Defense ■ -1. '.j|p ; >•••"; v : .. - v ' .. . j These Chinese Nationalist troops, shown during recent maneuvers at Peiping, are expected to bear tha brunt of the fighting in the event the present Sino-Japanese situation developes into real warfare. Both atdftl art reported rushing huge forces as new hostilities broke out in Peiping’s western suburbs. (Central Press) Polar Plane Flies South From Arctic j] i Soviet Airmen Cross NorthtjPole in Gale and Blinding Snow storm San Francisco, July 13.—(AP) — Safely through a North Pole snow storm, three Russian fliers soar ed over northern British Colum bia today en route from Moscow to San Francisco. Their big plane had covered about 4,000 miles of the 6,000 mile journey, and army officers calculated avia,torsi might arrive here at 3 a. m. to morrow, eastern standard time. Army officers said the position indicated the plane had reached northern British Columbia be tween Fort Nelson and Hudson’s Hope. This would place it approxim ately 1,600 miles north of San Francisco. Seattle, Wash., July 13—(AP)—The U. S. Army Signal Corps reported the Soviet trans-polar plane messaged “everything o. k.” at 7:21 a. m., east ern standard time, today to the Cana (Contlnued on Page Three.) Grain Crop Valued At 4 Billions Chicago, July 13.—(AP)—Mar ket experts estimated today the 1937 harvest of principal grains, including the nation’s first two •billion-doilar corn crop since 1929, would be worth almost four bil lion dollars. ' Timely rains in the midst of the heat wave have contributed to the almost ideal growing condition o? corn, the farmer’s greatest money crop. The market valuation of corn and the other major grains, wheat, oats and rye, was figured at more than $3,500,000,000. The valuation was an eight-year high and 13 percent greater than a year ago. OUR WEATHER MAN .»* FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight, preceded hy local thundershowers on the coast this afternoon or early to night; Wednesday partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in afternoon in north portion. Five Large Jap Bombers Attack Chinese Barracks And Airdrome At Peiping Report, Not Confirmed, De layed by Intense Fight ing During Day at Nanyuan JAPS DRIVEN BACK BY CHINESE FORCE Hand-to-Hand Fighting Oc curs in Blistering Noonday Sun; 100 Japanese War Planes Reported Enroute to Scelne of Intense Con flict Tientsin, China, July 13. —(AP) —Thirteen hundred Japanese from the east Hopei and Fengtai . railway junction garrisons began today a concerted and direct at tack on China’s ancient and wall ed city of Peiping. Without awaiting arrival of further Manchoukuoan reinforce ments, the Japanese directed their attack against the city from the east and south. Peiping, China, July 13. —(API- Five Japanese bombers, Chinese sou'r- on Page Three.) DIES OF HURTS IN FALL UNDER TRUCK Goldsboro, July 13 (AP)-Olaude C. Townsend, 41, saw mill fireman, died late yesterday when the wheel of a truck from which he fell crushed his head. ICE PLANT WORKER AT WILSON KILLED Wilson, July 13 (AP) —J. W. Smith, 45, engineer at a local ice plant, was electrocuted early this afternoon dur ing a severe electric storm when he attempted to pull a switch at the plant. It was believed a bolt of lightning struck the wire as Smith attempted to pull the switch.. SCOTTSBORO VICTIM IS FIRST WITNESS Woman Testifies of Mass Assault by Eight Negroes on Her and Another White Woman Decatur, Ala., July 13.—(AP) —Mrs. Victoria Price, testified toddy Clar ence Norris, the first of eight Negro “Scottsboro case” defendants to face re-trial here, raped her aboard a freight train near Scottsboro, Ala., in 1931. The first witness to take the stand after the tHal opened, with a plea of innocence by Norris, Mrs. Price said the defendant was one of six Negroes who attacked her. Norris and eight other Negroes, one of whom is now under a 75-year sen tence, were accused of a mass attack on Mrs. Price and Ruby Bates, an other white woman. . The all-white jury selected yester day was sworn as court opened today. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Says Court Bill Is Power Grab I||Pl MaBK-Si: Senator Josiah W. Bailey* North Carolina—Democrat LITTLE COMMUNISM EOUND IN THE CIO Was Just As Unpopular 25 Years Ago to Be Socialist As “Red” Now By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, July 13. —The theory that there is any appreciable infusion of communism in John L. Lewis’ C. I. O. movement seems to me supported by very little evidence. I can remember when it was as vituperative to refer to an opponent (Continued on Page Three.) CHARLOTTE* MANTIS SPANISH WAR HEAD J. M. Maberry Unopposed for State Commander; Other Officers Also Are Elected Durham, July 15) —(AP) —A per functory electioh today closed the an nual convention of the North Caro lina Department of the United Span ish War Veterans. J. M. Maberry, of Charlotte, was unopposed for commander, and George W. Hartley, of Fayetteville, was unopposed for senior vice com mander. Albert Watson, of Boone; George DeOrgange, 6f Wfhwi.ngton; Frank Watson, of Fremont, and J. F. Strad ley, of Asheville, were nominated for junior vice commander. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY TAR HEEL SENATOR SAYS PEOPLE ONLY SOURCE OE POWER Speaks With Voice Hoarse From Long Argument in Senate on Monday Afternoon PROPONENTS PLAN FOR NEW STRATEGY Black To Resume Argument Tomorrow for Court Bill; Reveals Great Britain Has Moved for Concerted Ac tion for Peace In East Washington, July 13.—(AP)—Sena tor Bailey, Democrat, North Caro lina, asserted today the administra tion’s court bill was “confessedly” an attempt to obtain for Congress power that the Supreme Court said it did not have. The tall North Carolinian, his voice still hoarse from two hours of speak ing yesterday, told the Senate: “If you want more power don’t get. it by legislation. There is only one source of power in America. The source of power in America is the people of America.” Bailey, whose speech was interrupt ed by the Senate recess late yester day, had a somewhat smaller au dience on the* floor than yesterday, but the galleries were crowded again. He stood at his desk near the rear of the chamber, rarely moving to one side or the other. He gestured fre quently to emphasize his words, and occasionally paused to look sear in g ly at his colleagues nearby. He ended with a warning that he and his associates in opposition to tha bill were fighting a “holy cause.” Before the session started, Ma jority Leader Robinson, Democrat, Arkansas, conferred with a dozen pro ponents of the court bill on the strategy they would follow the next few days. Subsequently Senator Black, Demo crat, Alabama, announced he would resume tomorrow the administration fight for the bill. He will be the first spokesman for the measure since last Thursday. Elsewhere in the capital Secretary Hull said he had received a com munication from the British govern ment which was believed to contain (Continued on Page Three.) Few Areas Oet Relief From Heat (By The Associated Press) Showers and clouded skies relieved a large part of the nation today from the scorching temperatures of a week long heat wave. Meteorologist J. R* Lloyd at Chicago said more rain was expected today, but the plains states probably would be dry and warm tomorrow. . New York and New England states were cooler, but temperatures soared again in South Atlantic States. *>, An Associated Press survey showed at least persons in 25 states died (Continued on Page Three.) StedMills Open Again In Midwest Workers Return On Same Conditions as Before Strike; No Disorders East Chicago, Ind., July 13 (AP)— Idle for 46 days, steel Workers march ed peacefully through gates of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company plants here and at South Chicago to day to resume production at the last of the strike-bound Calumet district mills. r By trains, city buses and cars they came, reporting at gates marked with large notices: “This plant is open for work on the conditions which existed when work was stopped on May 26.” The signs, bearing the name of J. E. Daily, manager of the Chicago dis trict for Youngstown, added: *We ' (Continued on Page Three)* ,