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HENDERSON gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA, Twenty-fourth year BRITISH ENVOY TO CHINA GRAVELY WOUNDED Wide Range Os Prices Seen As Eastern Carolina Opens Its Tobacco Sales Season EXs. FOR EARLY SALES Receipts Generally Are Re ported Better Than for Season’s Opening Last Year growers reported AS MOSTLY PLEASED Some Disappointment Ex pressed in Some Quarters at What Appeared Lower Returns Than at Border Market Opening; Optim ism in Evidence Raleigh. Aug. 26.—(AP)— Early re ports from most of the 14 tobacco markets in the North Carolina Bright Belt indicated today a wide range of prices for opening sales. Although receipts generally were reported slightly better than for last season's opening, disappointment was expressed in some quarters at what appeared lower returns than for open ing sales on the Border Belt last month. Growers Pleased. Growers were reported pleased for the most part, however, and optimism prevailed all around the circuit. The estimated noon average at Kinston was 25.25 cents a pound. Sales were blocked there during the first hour. Board of trade officials said the estimate was materially stronger than earlier in the morning and predicted the day’s average would be in excess of 22 cents. Around 1»- 500,M0 pounds were offered. 28 Cents at Rocky Mount. The unofficial average on the Rocky Mount market at noon was placed at 28.56 cents per pound on 18,500 pounds. At Greenville an estimated 1,000,000 (Continued on Page Three.) Tobacco In East Will Sell High Daily Dispatch Bureau, Jit The Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, Aug. 26—Tobacco prices on the markets of the New Bright Belt will be as high as those realized in the Border Belt, Randal B. Etheridge, chief of the division of markets, State Department of Agriculture, predicted today as the eastern markets opened. 'The markets at Ahoskie, Farmville, Goldsboro, Greenville, Kinston, Rober tonvjlte, Rocky Mount, Smithfield, Tarboro, Wallace, Washington, Wil liamston, Wilson and Wendell open today,” he said. liie price for tobacco on the bord (Continued on Page Six.) Warning Is Issued Os Floods In The Rivers Over Eastern Carolina Raleigh. Aug. 2G.—(AP) The oaUiei Bureau here issued an ad- w ;' ruin g today of floods in the tuse. lar and Roanoke rivers in North Carolina. r‘ ee A - Denson, head of the bureau. a dl overflows of the upper Neuse dt,, i upper Tar would be rather heavy. u I<J he added, were caused by ‘Usij;,!!,. heavy rains in the last sev d days. The Neuse was at 18.2 feet, ' I’ over its bank, at Neuse station, d ke county, this morning, covering °usands of acres of lowland, but ap rk- n,ly causin & little damage. The s « a ' 30 was two feet in flood at j dhfield. Denson said reports at Uisburg indicated the Tar was in Tv, 5 heay y Dood” there, at w y ' oano^e was out of its banks Ported^ 011 ’ bUt n ° dama^e was re_ Until its mt Slatltt Bistrafrfa WIRE! SERVICE 07 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Louis-Farr Fight Waits to Monday New York, Aug. 26 (AP)—The heavyweight championship fight between Joe Louis and Tommy Parr, .scheduled for tonight was postponed until Monday night be cause of rain. Search For Russians Is Yet Futile Jimmy Mattern Re turning to States from Arctic; Others Continue Hunt Fairbanks, Alaska, Aug. 26 (AiP) — American flier Jimmy Mattern pre pared to return to the United States to day while two planes cruised the Arc tic in search of six Soviet trans-polar fliers. Another plane, commandered by Sir Hubert Wilkins, rested on frozen Prince Patrick island, 600 miles north of the mainland, after a 19-hour flight over ice-choked Arctic seas. The Arctic explorer reported trav eling some 1,500 miles yesterday over the Beaufort Sea to the 82nd parallel and to Fort Patrick without finding a trace of the Sigismund Nevaneffsky and his five companions who disap peared August 13 on a projected flight from Moscow enroute to Fairbanks and Oakland, Cal. Mattern withdrew because his plane was not equipped for Aictic flying. He had joined the hunt in hopes of re paying Levaneffsky for saving his life in Siberia four years ago. Three Soviet fliers prepared to leave Arch angel, Russia, north of Moscow, on another leg of a trans-polar flight on which they plan to fly abreast 15 miles apart over the course believed taken by Levaneffsky. COTTON RISES BUT CLOSES AT DECLINE Late Market Eases Under Increased Liquidation and Local and Hedge Selling New York, Aug. 26. —(AP) —Cotton futures opened quiet, one point lower to two higher on steady Liverpool cables, which were offset by nervous ness over the Far Eastern situation. Toward the end of the first half hour, December sold up to 9.59, with the general list about net unchanged to three points higher. December ad vanced to 9.64, and by midday was ruling at 9.60, when the list was one to four points net higher. Cotton prices eased in the late trading under increased liquidation and local and hedge selling. Futures closed steady, 4 to 7 points lower. Spot steady, mid dling 9.73. . Open Close October 9-52 9.48 December 9.64 9.50 January 9.62 9.56 March 9.77 9.66 May 9.82 9.75 July 9.86 9.80 The Cape Fear will probably over flow its banks tomorrow, Denson said. HIGHWAYS, BUILDINGS AND CROPS GREATLY DAMAGED Mt. Airy, Aug. 26.— (AP)— Damag ed crops, highways and buildings were left today in the wake of a flood which converted all mountain streams in this area into raging torrents. The dam at Bondurant lake, six miles north of here, burst and sent Lovill’s creek to its highest level since 1898 Factories and houses and low-lying sections were damaged. . Roads and bridges in various parts of the county were washed away. Farm lands along Lovill s creek Stewart’s creek and Fisher river suf fered heavy damage. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ROOSEVELT INS LAX LOOPHOLE BILL 10 CUMINS Measure Requested by Pres ident Expected To Yield Up to $100,000,000 More KING HINTS BAILEY AS 1940 CANDIDATE Utah Senator Says Nominee Should Come from Without Ranks of New Deal; Indi cates Party Split Funda mental; Coitton Subsidies Signed Washington, Aug. 26. —(AP) —Presi- dent Roosevelt signed today the meas ure to close loopholes in the income tax law. This measure, requested by the President to curb what he termed the evasion and avoidance, is expected by experts to increase tax revenues by from $75,000,000 to $100,000,000 a year. The President, meantime, pocket vetoed a Senate bill to make it a Fed eral offense knowingly to transport and receive stolen animals in inter state commerce. He also signed the third deficiency bill appropriating $87,662,000 for vari ous governments and agencies. Subsidies on Cotton. This bill also authorizes the use of $65,000,000 of tariff receipts for sub sidies to cotton farmers in connection with government efforts to stabilize the price of cotton at 12 cents a pound These subsidies, to be paid next year on this year’s crop to farmers who comply with surplus control leg islation to be enacted next session, will be equivalent to the 1 difference (Continued on Page Two). Greensboro Strike Ends With Raises Greensboro, Aug. 26. —(AP) —Offi- cials 4>f the Greensboro Manufactur ing Company and representatives of the International [Ladies Garment Workers Union today reached a “mu tually satisfactory” agreement, and workers of the plant will return to their jobs next Monday at the usual hour, according to announcement by Sidney Stern, counsel for the manu facturing plant. The agreement was reached in the office of Stern and a contract was being prepared this aft ernoon which will be signed by both parties. The agreement will end a three weeks old strike that started Tusday morning, August 10, after of ficials of the plant declined to sign a contract presented by the union committee. No details of the agreement were reported after the conference, other than the fact a five percent increase in wages would be provided the work ers, effective immediately. COANREASSOIS Wielding of Economy Ax on Administrative Per sonnel Omits Them Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Aug. 26—Wielding of the economy ax on administrative person nel of the State WPA organization does not mean that any project work er is in danger of losing his job, Geo. W. Coan, Jr,, administrator, has an nounced. Mr. Coan said that abolition of dis trict offices and re-division of the State into 12 areas was merely a step to put the administrative forces in line with the number of project work ers. Working forces reduced drasti cally in July and now the administra (Continued on Page Six.) HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 26.1937 Unemployed WPA Marchers Dry Out at Capital H :■ if/ 4 i Sidney Schwartz and William Girish, members of the army of jobless WPA which camped in West Potomac Park, Washington, are pictured drying shoes and cots for their tent-mates before a campfire. More than 1,000 unemployed men and women are in the capital, with many more on the way. They are protesting cur tailment of WPA employment. (Central Press) Nationwide Railroad Strike Is Fixed For Monday, Sept. 6 Only Government Mediation Can Avert Transporta tion Tie-Up, It Now Appears 20 PERCENT RAISE IN PAY IS SOUGHT Trainmen, Engineers, Fire men, Conductors and Swit chmen Involved in De mands That May Bring Paralysis of Rail Systems if Agreement Not Had ■Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 26 (AP) A. F. Whitney, president of the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen, announc ed today committees representing five railway brotherhoods had auth orized a strike for September 6 to sup port demands for a general 20 percent wage increase. Whitney said the committees carry ing on negotiations at Chicago set 6 a. m. of September 6 as the time for members of the brotherhoods to begin leaving their job*. The organizations involved, he add ed, are the trainmen, the brotherhood of locomotive engineers, the brother hood of locomotive enginemen and firemen, the switchmen’s union of North America and the order of rail way conductors. The membership of the groups totals about 250,000 men, Whitney said. HOPES OF FORESTALLING STRIKE REST ON U. S. MOVE Chicago, Aug. 26 (AP)—Hopes of forestalling a nationwide strike of 250,000 railroad workers apparently rested today upon Federal mediation Machinery. Representatives of the “big five’ operating brotherhoods, balked in their attempt to get a wage boost for their members, met to chart their next move. DYER FACES DEATH IN CHILD SLAYINGS Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 26. (AP) —A j*iry convftdfced Albert Dyer, 32, today for murdering three young Inglewood girls and made no recommendation for life imprisonment. This means the death penalty for him is man datory. The jury of seven men and five women received the case at 3:30 p. m. Tuesday, but apparently spent most of its actual delibera tion time in arguing over whether to recommend life imprisonment. ttUPWEATHEPMAH .# * r _ FOR NORTH CAROLINA. | Partly cloudy, scattered showers fhia afternoon and possibly in cen tral and northeast portions to night and Friday. Fall Os Santander May End Spanish Civil War Receive Tip Upon Officer’s Slayers Asheville, Aug. 26. —(AP)- The hunt for two escaped convicts ac cused of killing George Penn, 22- year-old highway patrolman, con lined today, but authorities ex pressed the belief the slayers had left this area and were in some hideout in Montgomery county. Sheriff Laurence Brown said he had received a “tip” the men, Wil liam “Bill” Pane and Wash Tur ner, were seen yesterday entering Montgomery county,, where Payne is long reported to have used hide outs in the Uwharries mountains. HEAVY DOCKET FDR NEW COURT JUDGES Barnhill and Winboriie Face Hard Work When Term Opens Tuesday Daily Dispatch Bureau, Iu the Sir Walter-'Hotcl. Raleigh, Aug. 26—North Carolina’s two new Supreme Court justices Justices M. V. Barnhill and Wallace Wintaorne—will be initiated into their duties with' a heavy docket of 34 cases scheduled to be called next Tues day and Wednesday when the Su preme Court opens its fall term. To Judge Barnhill this -may seem more in the nature of a light than a heavy docket, as he has been accus tomed to presiding at superior court terms where there are often more than a hundred cases calendared for a week. The 34 cases to come up next week consist of 20 from the first judicial Continued on Page Two.) LUMBERTON MAN IS VICTIM OF AUTO Glenn Wilkins, 27, Dies of Injuries Received in Crash With Oil Truck Tuesday Lumberton, Aug. 26 (AP) —Glenn Wilkins, 27, of East Lumberton, died at a hospital here today of injuries received in an automobile accident near here last Tuesday. Coroner D. W. Biggs said he had em panelled a jury to vie wthe body and an inquest would be held Saturday. Wilkins died of a fractured skull, suffered, the coroner said, when his car and an oil truck crashed three miles from Lumberton on the Wil mington road. Biggs said P. H. Mor gan, the truck driver, was placed un der SSOO bond. PUBLISHED IVBKY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Thousands of Gov ernment Troops Trapped by Insurg ents in North Hendayei, Franco-Spanish Border, Aug. 26.—(AP) —Insurgent columns rode proudly into Santander today and formal occupation of the gov ernment’s last important city on the northwest Spanish coastal ledge. The city was hung with the red and gold flag of Spain’s insurgency. The streets were jammed with cheering Santanderee. Formal occupation came at 11:45 a. m. Insurgent sources estimated about half of the Spanish government’s de feated army of some 50,000 was caught in a 15-mile square trap in the coun try southeast of Santander, still un aware “the city of perpetual spring” had surrendered. The defense of the Biscayan sea port had been shattered by 12 days of swift thrusts by General Franco’s far superior war machine —a defeat that may decide Spain’s 13»-months-old civil conflict. Tales of anarchist terror in the conquered city, of thirst and hunger, of pillage and shooting in the streets reached the French shores of the Bay of Biscay. , Fleeing men, women and children streamed into France on any craft that could carry them over the water. The sea was the only exit from San tander, And even there Franco’s navy was on patrol. “Electrical Fire” Cause Os 7 Deaths ‘ i Raleigh, Aug- 26 (AP)—A terrific “electrical fire” /generated by 13,000 volts may have been responsible for the blast which took a toll of seven lives Tuesday at the Carolina Alumi num Company plant in Badin, a State Department of Labor official said to day. \ W. F. Gaffney, inspector for the department, stationed in Charlotte, told A. L. Fletcher, commissioner of labor, in a preliminary report, he be lieved the “electrical fire” theory was the most plausible of the hundreds of explanations advanced. In a graphic account of the tragedy Gaffney wrote, in part: “Just what happened or how it hap pened may never be known. “The different theories number as many as do the persons who advance them. The management of the plant, likewise, has a theory. “All cut-out switches were opened. It would have been next to impossible —■■ " / (Continued on Page Three.) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY U. S. SHIPPING NOW THREATENED THERE BY JAPS’ BLOCKADE Warning Issued to Ameri can and Other Foreign Powers as to Coast al Commerce japaneseHplanes SHELL AMBASSADOR British Officials Take Ex ceedingly; Grave View of Attack on Their Diplomat; Japanese Premier in Tokyo Says U. S. Peace Efforts Are Useless Shanghai, Aug. 26 (AP) The *Sino-Japanese war took a grave international turn today when Sir Hughe Knatchbull- Hughessen, the British ambas sador to China, was seriously wounded by an attack from Japanese war planes. The car in which the ambassador was riding from Nanking to-Shang hai was attacked by two Japanese bombers near Shanghai. He was ser iously wounded by spraying machine gun bullets and rushed to a Shanghai hospital. There a diagnosis disclosed one bul let had lodged near the envoy’s spine without fracturing it. This led to hope he would recover. He was in a greatly weakened con dition because of loss of blood. Con dolences flooded into the hospital from Chinese General Chiang Kai- Shek, Shanghai’s Mayor Yui and from the Japanese admirals now in com mand here. The wounding of the British am bassador was the second rapid inter national development today in the un declared war between the two great Oriental powers. Americans Threatened. This morning Japanese naval au thorities threatened to include Amer icans and other foreign shipping in the 800-mile blockade established along China’s coast to bolster the hard-pressed attack of her land troops in their drive against Shanghai. (In Tokyo Premier Konoye declar ed Japan considered British and Am erican efforts to halt the fighting in (Continued on Page Six.} Full Denial Os Peonage By Planter Clarksdale, Miss., Aug. 26 (AP) Federal authorities held a Negro share cropper and his wife in “protective custody” as material witnesses here today pending arraignment of a 30- year-old farmer accused of holding them in peonage. Meanwhile Department of Justice agents continued their inquiry into the claim of the Negro, J. W. Wiggins, that he and his wife were forcibly detained on the farm of J. S. Decker to insure payment of a debt they owed him. Wiggins claimed his wife, Ethel, was chained to a bed. Decker was free under $1,500 bond on the peonage charge, which accus ed him of holding the pair “in forced servitude for payment of a debt.” At the £OO-acre farm which hs operates near Sumner, Miss., Decker reiterated his general denial of the charges and promised to give his ver sion of the case before the court. troubLesathome SILENCE RUSSIANS Unwilling To Go to Mat With Japan for Fear of Internal Revolt By CHARI.ES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Aug. 26.—Russia’s ap parent indifference as to the outcome of the pending Japanese-Chinese con flict gives the strong impression that the Soviet government might be threatened by a very serious state of affairs at home. This is all talk, in confidential dip lomatic fashion, among State De partment officials and foreign repre sentatives in Washington. Os all outside countries Russia has most at stake in China. According to all logic, it should be the most em (Continued on Page Three.)
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