•GJendERSON
gateway to
central
CAROLINA
YEAR
IS. WARSHIP SHELLED, f DEAD, 18 HURT
CLOSE OF CONGRESS
DEFERRED BY SPLIT
OVER HOUSING BILL
House Quickly Adopts Con
ference Report on Sugar
and Tax Loopholes
Measure
deficiency bill
SHARPLY EXTENDED
Meantime, Wife of Alabama
Governor, Appointed by
Her Husband, Takes Oath
as U. S. Senator Succeed
ing Hugo Black, Named to
The Supreme Court
Washington, Aug. 20. —(AP) — Con
gressional leaders virtually abandon
ed hone of adjourning Congress to
ni°ht when Senate-House conferees
failed to reach an agreement on the
important Wagner housing bill.
House Leader Rayburn told report
er a resolution for adjournment to
nmht definitely would not be brought
before the House. He said he had told
Senate Majority Leader Barkley it
would be impossible to adjourn before
tomorrow, and Barkley had agreed
with him.
House leaders had not been so op
timistic. but the House membership
displayed a distinct desire to get the
lons grind over with as soon as pos
sible.
In quick succession, Representa
tives accepted a conference report on
the revised sugar control bill, and ap
proved minor Senate amendments to
the administration tax loophole meas
ure. Both bills were sent by this final
congressional action to the AVhite
House.
The Wagner low-cost housing bill,
over which the Senate and House
have differed sharply, possibly had
held the key to adjournment, al
though another major factor was the
fact the House had a full calendar
for today, and a private bill session
set for tonight.
The Senate debated the $138,000,-
Ofifi third deficiency appropriation bill.
The bill was millions larger than
when it passed the House.
Speaker Bankhead summed up the
adjournment situation, so far as the
House was concerned, icy saying:
"We expect to adjourn tomorrow
by midnight—before, if possible.’’
Meantime, Mrs. Dixie Graves, wife
of Governor Bibb Graves, of Alabama,
too kher oath of office as the succes
sor in the Senate of Senator Black,
recently appointed to the Supreme
(Continued on Page Four.)
Two Negroes
Electrocuted
For Slaying
Richmond, Va., Aug. 20.—(AP)—
Two Negroes died in the electric chair
at the State Prison today after one
of them had failed in an attempt to
take all the blame for the murder of
Willie Smith, nephew of a Greensville
county store-keeper.
Lawrence Wyche was electrocuted
first. Willie Leake, of Dunn, N. C.,
w ho tried to save his companion this
w ,,( ‘k by writing a letter to Governor
Pee, y declaring Wyche had no part
in the slaying, died next.
Smith was killed in an attempt to
r °b his uncle, the State contending
he was struck by a bullet intended
for the oldei man. The Virginia Su
preme Court of Appeals declined to
review the case.
Vi' orldwide Crop Control
Is Only Effective Kind
&*bson Says Cotton Is Wor Id Commodity and World Is
Growing It, and Short Cr op Here Would Only Help
U. S. Competitors; Yses t Cotton Year Since 1929
1; V KOGEIt W. BABSON,
Copyright 1937, Publishers
J* iiuiiiflal Bureau, Inc.
'absdu Park, Mass., Aug. 20. —
° Wn in deep Dixie the field hands
' now picking the fourth largest
,, 1 on fj'op in history. After two poor
o'ni V( f' ’ in 1034 and 1935 - and with
a Hii -liocre crop in 1936, this big
" J gK ’.vih should be welcomed. Be-
' 01 big world yield, however,
so* , l !i us cot ton has been falling
int, 1 vr ( ' ; t,iat demands are pouring
? and forcing action
j • tnr ‘ decline. The highest pros
’>Ut lai ‘iu income since 1929 has
Ben&prstJ’rr tlatltt iDisuatrlt
LEASED WIRE SERVICE OB’
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Justin Miller Is
Named U. S. Judge
Washington, Aug. 20 (AP) —Pres-
ident Roosevelt nominated Justin
Miller, of North Carolina, to be an
associate justice o? the United
States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia.
Miller, a California native and
49 years old, is now a member of
the United Stales Board of Tax
Appeals. He was named to the
Post made vacant by the recent
death of Justice Josiah Van Orsdcl
of Wyoming.
Miller before going on the tax
board had served as dean of the
law schools at Duke University, N.
C., and the University of Southern
California.
ShmeT
MOVING EASTWARD
OUT OF THE WEST
High Degrees of Humidity
in Many Instances, Carry
ing Severe Suffer
ing Along
RAINFALL IN WEST
IS WORTH MILLIONS
Tennessee Crops, Meantime,
Are Shriveling for Lack of
Rain and None in Sight;
54-f Year Record for High
Is Broken In Reading at
Boston
(By The Associated Press)
Three distinct heat waves drifted
slowly across the United States from
west to east today, separated by vir
tual walls of rainfall which farmers
valued at millions of dollars.
Combined with the heat in most of
the areas affected were high degrees
of humidity which carried suffing to
sweltering residents.
A composite picture of the weather,
showing temperatures in various sec
tions of the country during the past
24 hours, follows:
New England—Temperatures up as
much as 17 points, with the heat in
Boston breaking a 54-year-old record
for August 20. At 10 a. m. the ther
mometer passed 91 degrees.
Middle Atlantic seaboard—Tempera
tures as high as 94 the same as yes
terday, recorded at Newark, N. J.,
witi» overnight rains in central Penn
sylvania and New York failing to re
lieve suffering more than momen
tarily .
The South—Temperatures holding
steady near yesterday’s top of 96 re
corded at Baltimore. Tennessee crops
shriveling for lack o frain and none
in sight.
Eastern Middle West— Temperatures
remaining high.
Western Middle West—and South
west —Rain swept across Nebraska,
Kansas, western Missouri and lowa,
dropping temperatures far below 90’s
recorded yesterday*
The West—Rain in the northern
Rockies separated the rest of the
west from high temperatures on the
northern seaboard of the Pacific.
not yet taken the farm problem out
of the political arena.
Frankly, I feel that planters would
nave no cause for complaint about
their prices this year if Mother Na
ture had not been tampered with
during recent seasons. While the per
plexed Dixie mules gingerly plowed
o own every third row of cotton
Egypt, Brazil, India, Russia and
China were urging their farmers to
raise cotton. While our cotton crops
were 30 per cent below par and our
cotton exports were at the lowest ebb
Continued on Page Two.)
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In his first political speech since the collapse of his court bill, President Roosevelt, speaking at Manteo, Roanoke Island N. C., re
affirmed his faith in Democracy and struck at what he called “tory” opposition. The President, shown above delivering his ad
dress, spoke at the 350th anniversary of the birth of Virginia Dare, first child of English parentage born on this continent.
Santander’s
Fall Certain
In Few Days
Spanish Rebels On
Verge of Taking
Last Government
City in the North
Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Frontier,
Aug. 20.—(AP) —Santander and the
Spanish Northwest today appeared
doomed to fall before General Fran
cisco Franco’s columns, slowly but
relentlessly advancing through rain
and mud.
"it’s only a question of days,’’ said
French and Belgian citizens who ar
rived ,from Santander, ilast impor
tant city-stronghold of the govern
ment in northwest Spain.
These refugees said famine faced
the city because it was impossible to
get food through the insurgent block
ade of the port.
Today Franco’s troops pounded
through a natural barrage of fog and
rain for possession of the waterworks
of the city. The general’s communi
ques said his forces met strong op
position on all parts of the Santan
der front, with government troops re
inforced by thousands of men rush
ed from the Asturias- An insurgent
brigade, the communique said, cap
tured Santa Clalla, taking 150 pri
soners.
In less than a week of the insur
gent offensive, Franco’s commanders
.reported Santander’s outlying de
fenses in the tumbling terrain to the
city’s southwest had been virtually
smashed.
PRESIDENfSPEAKS
IN OWN “SEITING"
He Fathered All WPA
Schemes That Made Man
teo Event Possible
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter lintel,
Raleigh, Aug. 20—Critics of WPA
projects as “wasteful” and “useless”
should consider the setting in which
President Roosevelt made his Manteo
address Wednesday, it has been point
ed out by Fred Cohn, information di
rector of the State WPA with head
quarters here.
For at Manteo the chief executive
was surrounded on all sides by pro
ducts of the organization for which
he was ,'primarily responsible, Mr.
Cohn said.
“The president was really right in
the ‘bosom of his family,’ figuratively
speaking” said Mr. Cohn.
Listing the things done by WPA
in connection with the Manteo cele
bration, Mr. Cohn noted the following:
(10 The ,entire (restoration for
Roanoke Island was a WPA project
and was carried out by WPA workers.
(2) The amphitheatre and stage
upon which the “Lost Colony’ is pre
(Continued on Page Four.)
HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 20 1937
Sharp Earthquakes Shake
Manila As U. S. Fugitives
Arrive There From China
Residents Flee from Homes and Hotels into Darkened
Streets; Shocks Felt 200 Miles Away; Woman in
From Shanghai Asks I f It Is Another War
Manila, P. 1., Aug. 20. —(AP) —Two
sharp earthquakes threw Manila into
darkness tonight in a terrifying wel
come to American refugees arriving
from war-torn Shanghai.
Manila residents fled from their
homes and hotels into the darkened
streets. Many fires started by the
shocks, the worst in 40 years, added
to the panic.
Several large buildings and a num
ber of churches were damaged. Other
major structures swayed noticeably.
Many injuries but no deaths were re
ported during the confusion after the
first shock about 8 p. m. The second
tremor added new terror 20 minutes
later. The shocks were felt at least
200 miles away.
Refugees Terrified.
Most terrified by the rumbling and
shaking of the earth were the 376
WILKINS JOINS IN
HUNTfORSOVIETS
Group of Planes Poised At
Fairbanks Waiting
Weather for Dash
Fairbanks, Alaska, Aug. 20.—(AP)
—Sir Hubert Wilkins brought new
cheer today to an impatient crew of
rescue pilots waiting for fair weather
to push over polar wastes in their
search for six missing Russian fliers.
Sir Hubert and his pilot, Hertbert
Hollick-Kenyon, took off for Fort
Smith, Northwest Territory, 1,200
miles distant, this morning.
Their huge silver flying boat will
then fly north to help the other avia
tors search for Sigismund Levaneff
sky and his five companions, last
heard from a week ago today sev
eral hours before their four-motored
plane was expected in Fairbanks to
re-fuel for a dash to the United States
Jimmy Mattern, grounded for three
days by bad weather, continued pre
parations here for an exhaustive
search of the Northern Alaska coast
and beyond to the polar ice cap.
OUR WEATHER MAN
,r *
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy and somewhat
unsettled tonight and Saturday.
refugees arriving aboard the Presi
dent Jefferson to a supposed haven
after their experiences in Shanghai.
One girl among a score of sream
ing refugee women and children un
dergoing rigid inspection in the cus
toms house, cried:
“Is this another war?”
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and
son, Quentin, had hurried ashore un
der the escort of President Manuel
Quezon’s personal bodyguard and
were whisked away in an automobile.
Confusion at Docks.
Some refugees were forced to look
for persons expected to greet them
on their arrival. Others carried their
own bundles some wrapped only in
papers.
The composure of all was largely
restored when the electric lights were
turned on again after the main pow
er line had been blown out.
SAYS JAPAN TRYING
10 GRAB^SHANGHAI
Killing of American In Hos
tilities There Is Serious
Incident
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Aug. 20. —As I have
previously remarked, it is painful to
have an American killed, as a result
of the Jap-Chinese war, right in front
of the Palace hotel, in Shanghai
Some accounts have it that he was
killed ir the . ote'l loibby. A few other
Americans were killed about the same
ti ne, but they ran into trouble in the
outskirts of the city, which maybe
they • ere indiscreet in visiting at
such a juncture.
The Palace, however, is in the very
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HOEY AND KERR AT
WILSON’S FESTIVAL
Tobacco Celebration Comes To Close
Tonight With Crowning of
King and Queen
Wilson, Aug. 20.—(AP)—Governor
Hoey and Congressman John Kerr
came here to speak today as Wilson’s
tobacco exposition and festival near
ed a coronation climax.
The king and queen of the festival
will be crowned tonight in the con
clusion of three days of gaiety that
featured a square dance last night in
front of the court house, a carnival
street dance and a fiddlers contest.
Bringing a sober note to the 6cene
of festivity, J. B. Hutson, assistant
AAA administrator, yesterday urged
crop control and a continuation of
the soil conservation program.
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EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Portuguese
Actßacked
Byindustry
Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 20.—(AP)—
Portuguese industrialists rallied today
to the support of the government in
its severance of diplomatic relations
with Czechoslovakia
Manufacturers praised Portugal’s
decision not to accept tenders of of
ficial supplies from Czechoslovakia
firms after the Praha government’s
reluctance to allow the filling of a
large Portuguese order for machine
guns.
An official communique here yes
terday attributed the diplomatic
breach to international quarrel over
the machine gun order and declared
Czechoslovakia was influenced in her
stand by “third party pressure.”
(The “third party” presumably was
the Soviet Union.)
A special meeting of the Portu
guese commercial association express
ed approval of the government’s
stand in the “face of the impertin
ence” of Czechoslovakia in failing to
fulfill the arms contract.
The association characterized the
Praha government as “daring not to.
trust the word given by the Portu
guese government.”
VANCE ROAD FUNDS
SUM WAS IN ERROR
Raleigh, Aug. 20 (AP) —The high
way department said today it had
made errors in a newspaper release of
allotments to counties of the $2,000,-
000 road betterment fund.
Allocations for four counties were
incorrect. The counties and the cor
rect amounts are:
Vance, $14,320; Wake, $53,500;
Wayne, $30,120; Wilson, $22,820.
MUSSOLINI EXPECTS
BRITISH AGREEMENT
Palermo, Italy, Aug. 20 (AP) —
Benito Mussolini told 200,000 Ital
ials here tonight “a lasting reap
proaehment with England can be
reached.”
LENOIR FACTORY IS
CLOSED BY STRIKE
Walkout Follows Collapse of Wage
• Negotiations With Union
H for 40 Cents Pay
Lenior, Aug. 20. —(AP) —The Cald
well Furniture Company was closed
here today by a walkout begun, union
organizers said, when the manage
ment refused to negotiate union de
mands for a 40-hour week and 40
cents an hour minimum pay.
J. C. Talbert, Caldwell coupty sher
iff, said the plant had been closed
completely and strikers were picket
ing the premises peacefully.
Albert Beck of Lenior, and 1 W. E.
Cheek, of Nashville, Tenn., Jl. F. of
L. representatives, said the 300 work
ers at the plant voted at a mass meet
ing to go on strike Monday when ef
forts to reach an agreement with the
management failed. The two A. F. of
L. men predicted the strike would toe
settled shortly.
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FOURTH OF GREAT
CITY OF SHANGHAI
REPORTED ABLAZE
American Property Suffers
Heavily in Fierce Chi
nese Attack on the
Japanese
CHINESE QUICK TO
OFFENSIVE ATTACK
Natives Reported Launch
ing General Drive in Peip
ing Area To Drive Japa
nese from North China;
Roosevelt Silent on Shell
ing of Warship
Washington, Aug. 20 (AP)
President Roosevelt said today
whatever action was deemed ad
visable in connection with the
shelling of the cruiser Augusta
off Shanghai would be deter
mined by officials on the ground
there.
“Bound To Happen"
The President told a press
conference he had received only
fragmentary unofficial dispatch
es on the shelling.
Asked what this could mean
as far as any counter action was
concerned, the President said
such things were almost bound
to happen in a situation such as
that at Shanghai.
Asked what he was going to
do about it. he said the people
on the spot could tell more about
it than officials in Washington.
May Invoke Neutrality.
In response to other questions, he
said official Washington was talk
ing about the advisability of invok
ing the neutrality act every day.
Informed the Japanese charge
d’affaires had left Tientsin, the Presi
dent expressed doubt as to whether
that meant diplomatic relations had
formally been broken off.
ONE SAILOR KILLED AND
EIGHTEEN OTHERS INJURED
Shanghai, Aug. 20. —(AP)— One
United States sailor was killed and
18 wounded tonight when an anti
aircraft shell of undetermined origin
struck the after well deck of the
cruiser Augusta, flagship of the Unit
ed States Asiatic fleet.
The Augusta, flagship of Admiral
Harry Yarnell, fleet commander, has
been lying in the Whangpoo river a
little downstream from the heart of
the international settlement, covering
the evacuation of the American re
fugees from Shanghai.
Wounded Not Badly Hurt.
The shell plunged from a high an
gle. Most Japanese and Chinese arr
tillery and anti-aircraft (batteries had
been firing furiously through the late
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TAR HEELS GIVEN
POST OFFICE JOB
Washington, Aug. 20.—(AP) — The
Treasury awarded a $48,410 contract
today to the the Roy M. Lee Com
pany, Atlanta, Ga., for construction of
a post office at Crossville, Tenn.
Jones Brothers & Company, of Wil
son, N. C., received a $40,688 contract
for building a post office and agricul
ture building at Chesterfield, S. C.
Plan Probe
Into Death
Os Girl, 12
Hendersonville, Aug. 20. — (AP)—
Coroner Bruce Cox announced today
after a conference with Solicitor C.
O. Riddings an inquest would be held
here August 28 into the death of 12-
year-old Gloria Hauser, found dead
beneath a 120-foot bridge last Tues
day.
Sheriff W. E. Davis said he would
transfer T. D. HazeUvood, 28-year-old
stepfather of the child, charged with
ravishing and killing her, from the
hospital to the jail as soon as the phy
sicians dismiss him unless his relative
were willing to pay the expense of
four guards who maintain a 24-hour
watch at his room door.
The coroner said he would refuse
any request for bond for the former
Butler University athlete pending the
inquest.
Meanwhile, Deputy Sheriff W. A.
Garren, had gone to Durham for the
expressed purpose of conferring with
Duke hospital physicians on findings
of an autopsy on the body.