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HENDERSON GATEWAY to CENTRAL CAROLINA year REVISED WISE-HOUR BILL GIVEN ID HOUSE “FINAL OFFENSIVE” BY REBELS STARTS IN NORTHERN SPAIN Insurgent Planes and Artil* lery Bomb Government Lines in Bay of Biscay Sector LONG QUIET THERE broken by attack Franco Hopes To Conquer Last Strongholds in North and Transfer Troops Fur ther to South for Winter Campaign; Gain “Com plete Control of Air” Hendaye. Fronco-Spanish Frontier, Air " 9 1_ (AP)—General Francisco Franco's northern forces today launch ed what insurgent officers called their •final offensive’’ against the provinces of Asturias and Santander, last gov ernment strongholds in northern Spain. Insurgent planes and artillery bombed government lines in the Bis cayan sector- trying to wipe out the last government resistance in the Bas que-Asturian fronts. Insurgents reported the bombard ment was as intense as the fire pour ed upon the iron ring of fortifications of Bilbao before that Basque capital fell last June. The northern sector had been vir tually quiet since the insurgent ad vance through Bilbao and a short dis tance along the highway to Santan der. It was believed renewed hos tilities meant General Franco hoper to mop up the region before fall to release his northern concentration of troops and war equipment for use on the Madrid front or elsewhere. Insurgent officers at Irun, so term ing it the final offensive, declined to reveal the point from which the drive started. The officers said insurgent aviators and artillerymen had been waiting several days for “perfect (Continued on Page Four.) Protest By Britain On Ships Loss London, Aug. 9. —CAP)-Great Bri tain protested directiy to insurgent General Francisco Franco today a gainst the bombing last Friday of the British tanker British Corporal off Algeria. Italian and French ships w«-Te bonded at the same place and the captain of the French shiD kaa killed. Today’s protest; lolged through British Ambassador Sir Henry Chil ton at Hendaye, France, was based on the presumption that insurgent planes carried out the attacks, al though British officials said they were not sure. The insurgents have denied they were responsible. A similar protest was lodged with insurgent authorities at Paleromo, Malloras, by British naval officials. Three ships were known to have been attacked by “mystery” planes in the Mediterranean within striking dis tance of government and insurgent air bases. European powers divided in placing responsibility. Great Britain accused the Spanish insurgents, and Italians blamed “red” planes. ttTIIIH REFORMS PROMISED Division Work in Agricul ture Department Not Coordinated Yet 3>s«ily Dispatch Burenn, In The Sir Walter Hotel, taleit'h, Aug. 9.—Friends of Com issiom of Agriculture W. Keri ► con v were especially interested n Finns to “revitalize” the De- Par meat of Agriculture and his pro iso to reorganize the food, oil and ertilizer divisions and laboratories, t h e ‘becoming somewhat disappointed a no move has been made as yet to anH nate the chemical laboratories new life in these divisions, th > ° U^n 1 >r ’ W. Kilgore has been < acting head of this work for more dn seven months. Point i h<: time Dr - Kil £° re was a P- Ce !. t 0 take over this work, suc beo- r ’ Allen » who was retiring d 1(; had reached the age of 70, (Con; mued on Page Eight). Hrttiteramt Batht Biamttrh LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Court Timber: Hllllll I Stanley P. Reed (above), Solicitor General of the United States, is be ing prominently mentioned as a possible choice to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the resigna tion of Justice Willis Van Devanter. Border Belt Looking For Rising Price First Carolina Sales of Season Will Get Under Way Tomor row Morning (By The Associated Press.) Hopeful of higher prices, Carolina tobacco growers will begin tomorrow converting into cash a crop that last year brought them about $117,000,000. Sales will begin simultaneously on 16 markets to the chant of the auc tioneer and the curious pantomime of the buyers. Prediction of farm experts of a bumper yield, together with reports of good prices on the earlier opening Georgia markets, lent cheer to grow ers hauling their weed to market. From each of the markets, some of which have as many as nine giant warehouses, came reports tha huge opening day sales were in prospect. A large opening day “breok” means “blocked,” or carry-over, sales, and it is sometimes several days before the jam is over. The border belt is made up of seven towns in North Carolina, Clarkton, Chadbourn, Fair Bluff, Tabor City, Whiteville, Fairmont and Lumberton, and nine markets in South Carolina, Mullins, Timmonsville, Conway, Dar lington, Dillon, Kingstree, Lake City, Loris and Pamplico. Prices on the Georgia market last week averaged from 22 to 27 cents a pound. Good prices on the Carolina markets, however, depend largely on (Continued on Page Eight.) GEORGIA TOBACCO HIGHER THAN 1936 Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 9.—(AP)— The average price of tobacco In 50 of the 56 Georgia warehouses was slightly higher for the first two weeks this* year than last, the Department of Agriculture said today. The two weeks average this year was 24.32 cents for 40,867,750 pounds, compared with 24.04 cents last year for 56,657,752 pounds. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. More Jap Warships Admiral Hirovasu Fushimi Japanese Fleet Admiral Hirovasu Fushimi is said to have informed Emperor Hirohito that it may be necessary to send additional war ships to the Yangtse river area. This was interpreted by observers as a move to “impress” the Nan king government with the “fu tility” of resistance. —Central Press 1937 com CROP NOW FORECAST A! 15,593,000 BALES More Than Three Million Bales Above 1936 and Over 5,000,000 Bales Over 1935 CONDITION OF CROP GOOD, ACREAGE BIG North Carolina Acreage 1,- 068,000 and Condition 85 Percent Normal, With Pro duction Estimated at 727,- 000 Bales; Price Adversely Affected Washington, Aug. 9.—(AP) — The Agriculture Department an nounced today that this year’s cotton crop would total 15,593,000 bales. ' The forecast was based on con ditions prevailing August 1 and on the area in cultivation July 1, less the ten-year 1927-36 average abandonment, announced as 33, 429,000 acres. The crop reporting board said the final outcome would depend upon whether the various influences af fecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more or less favor able than usual. Last year’s crop was 12,398,882 equivalent 500-pound boles; that of 1935 was 10,638,391 bales, and that of the 1927-36 ten-year average was 13,- 200,857 bales. This year’s acreage compares with the harvest acreages of 30,028,000 last year, 27,640,000 in 1935 and 35,596,000 for the ten-year average. The condition of the crop on Au gust 1 was 81.3 percent of a normal, compared with 72.3 a year ago and 67.7 for the 1923 32 ten-year average. The indicated acre yield is 223.3 pounds, compared -with 397.6 pounds produced last year and 1«>9.9 pounds the 1923-32 average. This year’s acreage in cultivation Lss than the ten-year average at an donment, the conation of the crop on August 1, and the indicated produc tion showed, respectively : North Carolina, 1,068,000; 85; aua 727,000. Scott Sees Large Crop Os Tobacco Daily Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, Aug. 9.—Farmers increas ed their tobacco acreage 12 per cent over 1936 and August 1 prospects in dicate even higher yields than were estimated a month ago, Commissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott said to day on the eve of the Border Belt Mlarjcet openings. “It is evident from farmers re ports coming into the Department of Agriculture on August first that this State is experiencing one of the best crop seasons it has had in a number of years,” he added. The commissioner pointed out that the July 1 estimated 810 pounds of (Continued on Page Four.) HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 9,1937 Shanghai Sector Is Alarmed By Approach Os Jap Armies Chinese Peace Preservation Corps Barricades Roads Leading to Chinese City JAPS TAKING OVER TIENTSIN REGION Complete Domination Near In Territory Wrested from Chinese; Invaders March Into Peiping to Take Con trol; Chinese Claims To Be Ignored Shanghai, China, Aug. 9. —(AP) — The Chinese peace preservation corps barricaded roads leading to Chinese areas around excited Shanghai to night after a clash in which one Chi nese soldier and one Japanese were killed. The clash came after Japanese re fugees, evacuating the Yangtze valley and other central Chinese areas, pour ed into Shanghai. The Kiang-wan area, on the north ern fringe of Shanghai, scene of major Chinese-Japanese fighting was rapidly closed off. Members of the peace preservation corps, which are militarized police, patroled the reads armed with rifles and hand grenades, and heaped up sandbag barricades. In Tientsin, while the Japanese army completed its conquest of north eastern Hopeh province from China, Japanese administrators moved slow ly toward establishment of a perma nent civil government that would ignore Chinese claims to sovereignty over the rich region. A Japanese brigade of 3,000 men marched into the city of Peiping yes terday with 50 trucks, ten heavy and (Continued on Page Eight.) HORSTS ARE GIVEN CUSTODY’ OF CHILD Foster Parents of 31-Year-Old Baby Seek Permanent Possession of Small Boy Chicago, Aug. 9.—(AP)—The foster parents of baby Donald Otto Horst won a court order for his temporary custody today after they filed a for mal petition to adopt him. County Judge Edmund Jarecki agreed to permit the child to be taken from an orphanage and returned to his “mummy” late today, as soon as the Horsts could post a $2,500 bond. Weeping and fidgeting, Mrs. Martha Horst testified in a brief hear ing she wanted “to take my baby home right away.” In seeking permanent custody of the 31-months-old child, the Horsts cited that his natural mother, Miss Lydia Nelson, had agreed in writing to let them have him. They cited also that she had “abandoned” the child immediately after his birth in Jan uary, 1935, and that since then they had “tenderly and affectionately nur tured him.’ co sa What Isn’t Done Now Won’t Be Done; Boys Away to Campaign Wars By CHARLES P. STEWART * Central Press Columnist Washington, Aug. 9. Whatever legislating is left over from Congress’ current session, to be attended to when the lawmakers reconvene next January, is extremely unlikely to be disposed of then, either. “Maybe President Roosevelt will call an extra session in the meantime say in October, to take care of the farm legislation, as Majority Leader Barkley assured the cotton and grain eenators. ' .. If so, a certain amount of unfinish ed business perhaps will be cleaned up during two or three autumn and early winter months. But not much (Continued on Page Eight.) nuRWEATHIP MAH t* ..... FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy, possibly scattered ed thundershowers Tuesday and in west and north central portions this afternoon or early tonight. “NO SPECIAL CONGRESS SESSION” ***"* - —< Representative Marvin Jones and Speaker William B. Bankhead No special session of congress in October to pass farm aid legislation, but a farm measure will be the first and only order of business when congress convenes on Jan. 3. This is the word from President Roose velt carried to congressmen from agricultural districts by Repre sentative Marvin Jones, left, of Texas, chairman of the house agri cultural committee, and Speaker William B. Bankhead. Senators and representatives from cotton districts, especially desired congress to remain in session to formulate a plan for regulation, due to the tremendous cotton crop and falling prices and President Roosevelt’s unwillingness to grant commodity loans without regulation. Since the supreme court killed the AAA, difficulty has been encountered in formulating a plan that would be held constitutionaL mm Folger, Back From Wash ington, Says Bill, With Its Horrors, to Pass Daily Dispatch Bureau. In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Aug. 9. —Enactment of the 40-40 wage and hour bill into Federal law is seen as a certainty by A. D. (Lon) Folger, North Carolina’s Demo cratic national committeeman, wiho was in Washington last week. “Opposition to the wage and hour bill has completely collapsed,” Mr. Folger said in discussing the outlook for the measure. “The bill will be come a law practically as it passed the Senate—that is, with the 40-hour and 40-cents provisions.” Under the Senate bill a five-man board will be given power to fix mini mum wages —not higher than 40 cents an hour —and maximum hours —not lower than 40 hours —and to make ad justments for sectional and other fac tors affecting the cost of living. Mr. Folger, however, sees tremen dous difficulties in the path of the board, which will be called on to fix the wage minimums and. hour maxi mums for every nook and cranny of the United States. He declined to ex press any opinioin of the merits of (Continued on Page Four.) Germanyln Protest On British Act London, Aug. 9.—(AP)—Germany protested formally to Great Britain today against the expulsion of three Nazi newzspaper men. The three, Werner von Crome, of a Berlin paper, and two younger writ ers, Franz Otto Wrede, and Wold Dietrich Langen, working for a news agency which reports news and op inion of Germans abroad, were order ed to leave England by the Home Of fice last week-end. There was no ex planation of the order. Dr. E. Woermann, of the German Embassay, protested at the foreign office. It was described by the Bri tish as made in “restricted terms.” The protest followed conferences of German diplomats in Renfrew Scot land, where German Ambassador Rib bentrop is on holiday. ÜBLISHBD IVIiT AFTH*N< EXCEPT SUNDAY. Agriculture Bill Pledged At Opening Senate Committee Will Report Meas ure Out in Week at Next Session Washington, Aug. 9 (AP) —The Sen ate Agriculture Committee voted un animously today to report out a gen eral farm bill within a week after re covering of the next session of Con gress. Chairman Smith, South Carolina Democrat, said the new bill would be ready for the Senate regardless of whether the President called a special session of the Congress or Congress did not meet until January. President Roosevelt told a recent press conference that crop control legislation should precede any renew al of commodity credit loans on crops. Southern congressmen had been urg ing a 12 cent loan on cotton. Members who conferred later with the President said crop loans might be forthcoming if assurance were given that a general farm bill would be enacted either at a special fall ses sion or upon convening at the regu lar January session. The President later told the press, however, that he had not yet received sufficient assur ance of crop control legislation to ex tend loans. Action on a Senate resolution for (Continued on Page Four.) HOEYWILL ATTEND LUMBERTON OPENING Lumberton, Aug. 9. —(AP) —Cutlar Moore, of Lumberton, chairman of the State Liquor Commission, announced today that Governor Hoey would be here tomorrow for the opening of the Moore said that Mrs. Hoey and their daughter, Isabel; State Treas urer Charles M. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson would be in the party. FREIGHT RATES ON FOODS ARE TRIMMED Raleigh, Aug. 9 (AP)—The Utilities Commission announced today that the Carolina Southern, Atlantic Coast Line Norfolk Southern and Southern Rail roads had reduced rates on ship ments of a number of food commodi ties handled between Windson and Ra leigh, and Windsor and Wilson. 8 PAGES TODAY & fcWfcSENTS COPY MUR TOP, WITH 40 CENTS MINIMUM CONTAINED IN BILL House Labor Committee As serts It Will Strengthen Collective Bargain ing Eff&rt “MODEST APPROACH” TO ROOSEVELT IDEA Designed To Apply to 111-; dustries in Interstate Com merce and Those Directly Affecting Such Commerce; Extreme House Amend ment Discarded Washington, Aug. 9 (AP) —The House Labor Committee formally, re commended today enactment of a re vised version of the wage-hour bill already approved by the Senate, as serting it would greatly strengthen collective bargaining efforts. “The bill is intended to aid and not supplant the efforts of American workers to improve their own position by self-organization and collective bargaining,” the committee’s report said. Terming the measure “a modest and conservative approach” to the objec tives outlined by President Roosevelt' in his message to Congress recom mending such legislation, the commit tee said it represented “an attempt to begin to meet and not to avoid some of the most vital problems of Ameri can economic life.” Designed to apply only to industries in interstate commerce and those di rectly affecting such commerce, the bill would empower a national labor standards /board to ,fix minimum wages not higher than 40 cents an hour and a work week not shorter than 40 hours. The House committee discarded a previously adopted amendment which would have permitted establishment of minimum wages as high as 70 cents an hour and a work week as short as 35 hours in favor of the more moderate Senate provisions. Final Form Court Bill Is Drafted Washington, Aug. 9 (AP) —The Sen ate and House turned over to a ten man committee today the job of’draft ing the final form of the legislation which will result from the six months controversy over the Roosevelt aourt bill. The lower court reform bill, which passed the Seriate Saturday, was sent to conference committee of five sena tors and five representatives to have differences between th form in which it was approved by the two branches of Congress reconciled. Earlier Chairman Sumners, of the House Judiciary Committee, Demo crat, Texas, obtained unanimous con sent of the House for this action. Leaders said it eliminated the need for extended consideration of the re vised measure, which contains no mention of the Supreme Court by the House Judiciary Committee. Silk Strike In The East Is Ordered 60,000 Workers Af fected in Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, New England Paterson, N. J., Ai:g. 9.—(API —CIO strike call to 60.000 silk workers in New Jersey, Pennsylvar.il, New Eng land and New York caused thousands of men and women to leave their looms i oday in an announced effort to obtain union contvacrs to imprme labor conditions and stabilize the in dustry. The only disorder reported along the wide front was a; U vdeton, Pa, where a picket at the large Dui ran Silk Corporation mill was stab'ried in the arm. His alleged assailant WK3 ar rested after being almost mobbed by the crowd which gathered. Earlier four sheriff’s deputies wci-» sent from Wilkesbarre to aid nine city (Continued on Page Four.)
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