HENDERSON
gateway TO ’
central
CAROLINA
twenty-fourth YEAR
MRS. OVERBY KILLS
HER 2 SMALL BOYS,
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Leaves Note Saying She
Wanted Them To Go To
Heaven and Couldn’t
Lead Them
she is RUSHED TO
HOSPITAL I NCITY
Now There and in Critical
Condition; Note Tells Hus
band and Father To Meet
Bovs In Heaven, She
Couldn’t Go There; Trag
edy Shocks City
Because she “wanted them to go to
heaven" and she “didn’t have sense
enouuh to lead them,” Mrs. Leah
Davis Ovetbv, 31, wife of P. Russell
Overby, shot and killed her two small
bov ? with a shotgun this morning
about 10 o'clock and then took poison
at her home on the Lynbank Road,
about four miles from Bearpond and
seven miles from Henderson.
Mrs. Overby was being treated at
Maria Parham hospital this afternoon
for the poison dose, and her condi
tion was said by hospital attaches to
be critical.
The mother and her two small sons
were said to be alone in the home at
the time of the tragedy, Mr. Overby
beim* at his work at Henderson Vul
canizing Company, this city, where he
has been employed for several years
Mrs. Overby evidently killed John
Russell Overby, seven years old, first,
by firing a shotgun load into the right
side of his head, blowing it away,
while he was playing in the living
room. The shotgun was found lying in
the crib in the kitchen, where a load
had been fired into the left forehead
of Jimmy Davis, six months old son,
as he lay in his crib. Death in both
instances apparently was instantan
eous. „ ~
Mrs. J. L. Davis, an aunt of Mrs.
Oberty who lives about a quarter mils
away, said the woman called her and
told her that she had killed the boys
and taken bichloride of mercury. She
rushed to the home and found Mrs.
Overby lying across a bed in the bed
room and the children dead in the
other rooms. She telephone for an
ambulance, which rushed the woman
to the hospital.
Leaves Note
A note written on an envelope that
contained a baby’s book was found,
and was said by Coroner A. P. Pas
chall, who visited the scene to have
been written by Mrs. Overby.
The text of the note follows:
“I didn't have sense enough to lead
them and I wanted them to go to
heaven so I killed them. It was the
only way I could get them there, by
killing them while they were children.
“Toby, you and papa stay good so
• Continued on Page Three.)
Says Labor
FavorsFair
Profit Base
Salisbuiy, July 28. (AP) — The
American Federation of Labor* George
Googe, southern representative, said
today, believes in a fair return on the
investment of capital and proper re
spect for capital rights.
Speaking before the annual conven
tion of the State federation, Googe
said: “Such recognition preserves the
rights of wage earners and the work
of an organization to improve the
economic and social status of work
ers.”
Outlining a three-point program for
the federation, he pledged the sup
port of the national organization to
the State executive board in all fu
ture organization activities.
The community and common
(Continued on Page Three.)
Warehouse Closing
Planned If Prices
Os Tobacco Go Lou)
Washington, July 28.—(AP)—Rep
resentatives of North Carolina tobac-
C ° growers expressed determination
m i\ 10,la y *-° keep leaf prices at fav
orable levels.
a f warning that tobacco markets ’.n
;; at, ‘ would be closed if prices
rn ' | l< ’ unfavorable followed a state-
T, 1 . hy Chairman Jones, Democrat,
House Agriculture Com
p cp ' that farm legislation at the
doubtful session of Congress was
J. E. Winslow, of Greenville, N. C.,
| Hrnurrsmt Hatut tHtspafrlr
Ascends Throne
If • Jg 1<
■
King Farouk 1
Egypt celebrates as its boy King,
Farouk I, ascends throne on his
18th birthday, July 29. The young
monarch, who succeeded to the
throne upon the death of his fa
ther, King Fuad I, has been
touring Europe for five months. A
regency governed as the youth
awaited his majority Egypt is
a British protectorate.
REAMeeting
Will Be Last
Ofßuralßow
Federal REA Is
Greatly Peeved Be
cause It Lost Out in
Johnston County.
Daily Dispatch Bnrean,
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh, July 28. —The mass meet
ing to be held iri Smithfield tonight,
called by Administrator John M. Car
mody, of the Rural Electrification
Administration in Washington, for
the purpose of protesting the action
of the directors of the Johnston Coun
ty Electric Membership Corporation
which recently decided to reject an
REA loan of $310,000 for the building
of electric lines, and accepted the of
fer of the Carolina Power and Light
Company to build the lines instead, is
expected in most circles here to re
sult in nothing more than a tempest
in a teapot, or perhaps in only a
breeze in an electric percolator. For
what started out to be a great face
saving demonstration on the part of
the Federal REA, in which it hoped
to get Governor Clyde R Hoey to be
present, and if possible “on the spot,’’
now promises to fizzle out like a
blown fuse.
There is nothing the Federal REA,
Administrator Carmody and the few
farmers in Johnston, county can do
about the situation now, since the di
rectors of the cooperative several
weeks ago voted to reject the REA
loan and then signed a contract with
the Carolina Power and Light Com
pany under which the power com
pany has agreed to build more miles
on Page Five)
EXTRADITION PLEA
OF GEORGIA FAILS
Boston, Mass., July 28 (AP)—Gover
nor Charles Hurley’s refusal to extra
dite a prisoner from Massachusetts to
Georgia was attributed by a Georgia
prison official today to “a mistaken
conception of that State’s penal sys
tem.”
president of the North Carolina Farm
Federation, said efforts would be con
tinued to obtain tobacco legislation,
but if they failed emergency steps
would he taken.
He said the plan agreed upon was
if prices were held to be unfair, to
the grower, the market* would be
closed, during which a referendum
S he held on establishing mar
keting quotas for the 39.18 crop.
Winslow and other representatives
of North Carolina tobacco growers
met yesterday with congressmen in
terested in tobacco legislation.
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HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNO ON, JULY 28, 1937
STRIKERS MARCH ON CITY HALL
Steel strikers at Cleveland’s city hall
C. I. O. steel strikers marched on Cleveland's city hall to protest t«
Mayor Harold H. Burton against police action in breaking through
picket lines in taking men into the Corrigan-McKinney plant of
Republic Steel corporation. More than a score of persons were in
jured when police forced open a path. Police, who charged into the
strikers at the steel plant, said the crowd was throwing rocks.
Strikers protected burning of picket tents and said they would seek
federal action against “importation of strikebreakers.”
Three Americans Among
15 Dead In Dutch Plane
■ . i ...
Giant Douglas Air Liner, Made in United States, Ex
plodes in Air Near Bruss els and Plunges in Flames;
Plane Was On Run To Paris
Amsterdam, July 28 (AP) —Fifteen
persons, three of them identified by
air line attaches as Americans, died
today in the flaming plunge of a Neth
erlands air liner at Hal, Belgium.
The air line identified the Ameri
cans only as “Whitehouse, Canton and
Goldbloom,” and said it had no other
information about them at present.
The transport, a Douglass (United
make) crashed in flames after
an explosion in mid-air. Its ten pas
sengers and five crew members,includ
ing a stewardess, were killed instant-
SANDHILL PROJECT
Actual Resettlement Work
at Hoffman Will Be
Demonstrated.
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh, July 28—The several thou
sand people who are expected to at
tend the big barbecue and formal open
ing of the Sandhills Land Use Pro
ject of the Resettlement Administra
tion, near Hoffman, are expected to
be surprised at what they will find
there, despite the fact that the pro
ject is still far from completion, ac
cording to Resettlement officials here
today. For while those attending the
celebration, including Governor Clyde
R. Hoey and other State officials are
expected to show particular interest
in the 2,000 pounds of pig meat which
has already been purchased for the
big barbecue when noon and eating
time arrives, they are also expected
to become just as interested in many
other aspects of the celebration, which
will include a tour of the 62,000 acre
project.
This Sandhills project is in reality
a three-fold project, in that it is de
signed to show what can be accom
plished at the same time and on the
same land, along the lines of forest
{Continued on Page Three.)
Krochmalny
Defense Has
11 Witnesses
Burgaw, July 28.—(AF) —The de
fense offered eleven witnesses today
in an effort to refute State’s testi
mony at the trial of three men charg
ed with the cremation murder of a
kinsman, Paul Krochmalny, on the
night of April 4, 1936.
A number of the witnesses testi
fied Nick Zuravio, who testified for
the State that he saw the trio burn
the crippled laborer’s body in a dairy
sterilizer furnace, had a “bad” repu
tation. Several admitted on cross-ex
amination, however, they had never
heard of his being involved in “trou
(Continued on Page Three.).
The ship left Amsterdam at 9:20 a.
m., and crashed on a flight to Paris
after having landed at the Brussels
airport.
PLANE WAS ON REGULAR
SCHEDULED RUN TO PARIS
Brussels, Belgium, July 28 (AP) —
Fifteen persons were reported to have
been killed today when a Dutch air
liner crashed at Hal, near here.
The plane was on its regular sche
duled run from Rotterdam to Brus
sels to Paris, with ten passengers and
five crew members. All were report
ed killed.
BARKLEY WON BUT
HAS TERRIBLE JOB
No Credit To Win, With His
Big Majority, but Set
back if He Loses.
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, July 28. —Senator Al
ben W. Barkley of Kentucky general
ly is pictured with a broad smile on
his face.
It is artificial; put on for the photo
graphers.
Barkley hasn’t much to smile
about; he has his worries.
He won the Democratic senatorial
leadership, to be sure, but it is a lead
ership which is a terrible headache.
It wasn’t even much of a compliment
to him, either —37 to 38. If the 37
Dehnocratic senators Who voted a
gainst him refuse to follow his lead,
and if the small Republican group
joins them, he isn’t in fact, a major
ity leader; he leads only a minority.
It is not so bad to be the leader of
a party which has to admit,, frankly,
that it is in a minority, like Senator
Charles D. McNary, of Oregon, gen
eralissimo of the Republicans’ sena
torial faction.
McNary simply bushwacks. That is
all he is expected to do. If he is beat
en, folk say, “Well, what of it, with
76 Democrats in the Senate versus a
mere 16 Republicans?” Not counting
four miscellaneous, at least two of
whom are pro-New Dealers. But, if
because of a lot of Democratic flops
to the Republican side, McNary scores
a victory, it’s wonderful. What mar
velous management by the Ore
gonian!
But if Barkley is licked, notwith
standing a nearly 5-to-l nominal ad-
Continued on Page Five.)
OUttWEATHEPMAH
L 1
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday, possibly occasional
showers on the coast.
Americans At Peiping Flee
To U. S. Embassy For Safety
And May Be Evacuated Soon
End Os Congress Nearer
As Result Os Agreement
To Drop Farm Measures
Definite Plans for Adjourn
ment To Be Made at
White House Con
ference Tonight
WAGES-HOURS BILL
SHARPLY TIGHTENED
Labor Standards Board
Would Have Broader Pow
ers; Change May Defeat
Measure in House if Left
in Bill; Roosevelt Wants
Big Program Yet
Washington, July 28.(AP)—Speak
er Bankhead declared today an agree
ment to postpone general farm legis
lation until next session had “greatly
clarified” the congressional adjourn
ment situation.
He told his press conference several
questions about the legislative pro
gram remained undecided, but he ex
pressed hope further progress toward
fixing a time for adjournment would
fce made at a White House conference
late today.
Senate Majority Leader Barkley, of
Kentucky, r#.d House Majority Lead
er Rayburn, of Texas, will accompany
him to the parley, Bankhead said.
Chairman Jones, Democrat, Texas,
of the House Agriculture Committee,
announced the decision on the farm
bill, saying this would permit full
study of the legislation before the
next session.
The decision moved from the path
to adjournment one of the main ob
stacles. Another big hurdle, the wage
hour bill, was up in the Senate for
debate and discussion of a number of
amendments.
The House Labor Committee, mean
while, drastically revised the admin
istration’s wage-hour bill to give the
proposed labor standards broad power
to establish minimum wages as high
as 70 cents an hour and a maximum
(Continued on Page Two).
MANTEO PROGRAM IS
CANCELLED BY RAIN
Services In Memory of Wright Broth
ers’ Feat in First Airplane
Are Halted
Manteo, July 28 (AP)—Heavy rains
throughout this section interfered with
the program planned in memory of
the Wright brothers on Roanoke Is
land today. The program, a part of
the celebration of the 350th anniver
sary of the birth of Virginia Dare,
first white child born on this conti
nent, was almost completely abandon
ed by the scheduled speakers.
Representative Fritz Lanhan, of
Texas, was the only speaker to arrive.
He was scheduled to speak tonight.
A squadron of army planes from
Langley Field, Va., descended out of
the haze, saluted the village and re
turned. The scheduled appearance of
navy planes from Hampton Roads,
Va., failed to materialize.
A full day’s program had been ar
ranged by A. W. Drinkwater, presi
dent of the Kill Devil Hill Memorial
Association, and the man who flash
ed to the world the Wrights’ first suc
cessful airplane flight in 1903 i.
Battle Lull
For Madrid;
Dead Buried
Combat on Both
Sides Restricted
Mainly to Artillery;
Bodies Collected
Madrid, July 28.—>(AP) —Fagged by
seven days of furious struggle over
who is to have Madrid in Spain’s civil
war, insurgent and government
armies today held their combat to
artillery duels. Activity in the Brunete
and Villaneiva de la Canada sectors
of the western front was confined
to shelling of each side’s positions,
while each army dug itself in further
for a determination of “the battle for
Madrid.”
In the respite from the hand-to
(Continued on Page Three.)
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EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Drive on Madrid
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This map shows how insurgents
are driving on Madrid. The in
surgents with Italian shock
troops leading the drive, smashed
through government troops in the
Guadarrama gulleys and advanced
nearly four miles from Brunete
to the gates of Villanueva de la
Canada. Reports stated 7,000 had
been slain in 48 hours as the
Fascists drove on from Brunete.
Court Fight
Regius Over
CIO Charge
Meantime, Uniform
ed Policemen Pa
trol Strike Zone In
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio, July 28 (AP) —Uni-
formed city police patrolled a newly
established strike' zone in the mill
dotted Cuyahoga river valley today as
counsel for striking steel workers and
the Republic Steel Corporation open
ed the latest court battle in the ClO’s
steel campaign for bargaining con
tracts.
Enforcing a proclamation issued by
Elliott Nees, city safety director, the
officers moved pickets 500 yards from
the Republic’s Corrigan-McKinney
works.
Ness issued the mandate following
Monday’s riotous clash between strik
ers and non-striking Republic em
ployees, in which one man was struck
and killed by a oar and at least 80
were hurt in hand-to-hand fighting.
B. J. Damich, regional CIO director,
named as a defendant in Republic’s
action, asserted:
“All of the trouble was instigated
by paid agents and hired thugs. This
on Page Three.)
Terror In Belfast
On Official Visit
Os King And Queen
Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 28.
—(AP) Terrorists shattered the
peace of Belfast and Ulster s free
state border with bombs, arson and
gunfire today in hostile greeting to
King George VI ani Queen Elizabeth,
Police blamed the outbreak on Irish
republicans.
While the king and queen on a
coronation visit, were driving to the
Belfast city hall through crow Jed
streets, a gas mein explosion a half
mile away boo'n. d througi a wide
area of Belfast, it came as a climax
to a night of terror in which cus
toms houses were burned and a rail
road bridge dynamited.
After the British sovereigns were
received at the city hall, attended a
state luncheon and a garden party,
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CHINESE DECLARE
DRIVE BY JAPS ON
Roosevelt and Hull Keep
Close Eye on Far East
Situation, Regarded
Dangerous
MUNITIONS SHIPS
OF JAPS STOPPED
Chinese Mortar Fire Turrts
Back Four Vessels Taking
Supplies to Army Near
Peiping; Japanese Air
Fleet Drops Warnings To
Populace To Leave
Pefping, China; July 28.—(AP) —
The majority of the 675 American
civilians in Peiping took refuge in the
United States Embassy compound to--
night at the close of the first day of
major Chinese-Japanese hostilities in
this area.
The 500 United States Marines of
the Embassy guard hurriedly set up
an emergency encampment for the
civilian refugees.
JAPS DROP WARNING TO
' THE CHINESE TO GET OUT
Tientsin, July 29—(AP)—(Thurs
day)—A Japanese air fleet roared
overed over the countryside here this
morning, dropping leaflets warning
the Chinese populace to evacuate,
after a full day of undeclared war in
North China that extended from the
former dragon capital to the sea.
Peiping, the airmen reported on
their return to Tientsin, “appeared a
city of the dead.”
ALL AMERICANS MAY BE
MOVED BY UNITED STATES
Washington, July 28.— (AP) —Sec-
retary Hull said today possible eva
cuation of American civilians from
Peiping was being considered as one
eventuaality to be met in the present
Sino-Japanese crisis. He made the
statement at, his press conference
shortly after it became known that
President Roosevelt was keeping in
constant touch with Far Eastern de
velopments to determine, among oth
er things, whether the neutrality act
should be invoked.
The secretary said no decision had
(Continued on Page Five)
U.S.Marine
Is Wounded
At Peiping
Washington, July 28 (AP) —The
Navy Department announced to
day that Private Flisbar, of the
mounted Marine detachment at
Peiping, had been wounded by un
aimed rifle fire from Chinese
troops barricaded near the United
States Embassy. It was the first
American casualty announced here
in the current Sino-Japanese fight
ing at the ancient walled city.
Bliszar, a native of Nazareth,
Pa., with a gunshot wound in his
side was being treated at the corps
hospital, the Navy report said. His
condition was described as not se
rious.
and saw a parade or youth organiza
tions, investigators decided the gas
explosion probablv wa3 accidental.
However, the royal Ulster consta
bulary at Belfsst said they were in
vestigating the possibility the blast
might have been caused by a laud
mine.
Other explosions and orders, In
cluding the burning of 28 customs
houses between and
doran were attributed to a “big plot,”
rumors of which had reached the ears
of authorities last week.
Crowds lining the streets cheered
the king and queen on their drive
through the city. The throngs started
gathering last night and hundreds ate
picnic breakfast in the streets to keep
their places.