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HENDERSON ga teway to CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH year NORTH CAROLINA’S enlarged court in IIS FIRSTSESIN Barnhill and Winborne Sit With Tribunal For First Time Since Ap pointments HEARING of cases is ALREADY BEGUN Murder Convictions of Two Beaufort Negroes Among First Arguments; Attorney General Seawell Opposes Appeals; Stacy Leads Judges to Seats Raleigh, Aug. 31.—(AP)— North Carolina's seven-mdmber Supreme Court sat for its first hearing today. A moment later W. B. Rodman, of Washington, made the first appear ance before the enlarged court, mov ing that the appeal in the case of Eureka Lumber Company vs. Rudolph Selhv. be dismissed because of failure of Selby's counsel to file briefs as re quired by the court rules. Sam Blount, of Washington, then argued the case of William (Pete) Bell and Sam Rodman, Jr., Beaufort county Negroes, convicted of the mur der of Heber Roberson. Blount and his associate in the case, Leßoy Scott, contended their clients were at most guilty only of a killing during a gam bling argument. Attorney General A. A. F. Seawell appeared for the State, contending there was ample evidence Roberson was murdered after an argument with Bell and Rodman over some furniture The court, as is customary, took the case under advisement, with an opinion to ibe rendered later. It then proceeded to hear arguments in other cases from the first judicial district, with 19 listed. Promptly at 10 o’clock, with only the usual opening ceremonies, Chief Justice W. P. Stacy walked to his seat. Behind him came Associate Jus tices Clarkson, Connor, Schenck, Devin. Barnhill and Winborne. Justices Barnhill and Winborne are new members of the court appointed by Governor Hoey under a 1936 con stitutional amendment and a 1937 law. $2 Million Less Value On Tobacco Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 31.—(AP) —Geor- gias tobacco growers received $15,- 570,510.64 from their 1937 crop, or about $2,100,000 less than the record setting 1936 revenues, the State De pat tment of Agriculture reported to day. Both the average price and pound age for 1937 were below the 1936 figures. The 79,523,530 pounds of Georgia grown tobacco this year sold at an average of $19.58 per hundred, com pared to the $20.97 average for the 84,299,126 pounds last year. With 3,719,231 pounds of tobacco grown in other neant-y states, total sales at the 16 marketing centers in Georgia this year were 83,242,761 pounds for $16,298,736.07. OFFICIAL AVERAGE $23.58 MONDAY IN ROCKY MOUNT Rocky Mount, Aug. 31. —(AP) — Three hundred fifty-three thousand pounds of tobacco were sold on the local tobacco market yesterday for an official average of $23.58. Publishing Office In Ohio Wrecked In Explosion And Fire Belle Center, Ohio, Aug. 31. —(AP) -~-A bomb explosion and fire today wrecked the publishing plant of E. Manahan, who prints under con t'Act the American Examiner, Inc., a crusading weekly newspaper. Sheriff Charles Bewley said he nund in the wreckage of the build ln£ six flashlight batteries wired to gether and they apparently had been u, ed to set off a charge of high ex plosives. Manahan at first said he believed ar ‘ accumulation of gas might have caused the explosion but after view ln? the wreckage said he was con |inced it was the work of bombers. h f - estimated damage at about $15,- 000 ’ with $4,500 covered iby insurance. Manahan declined to say with he held his contract to print Utettiteracm Satltt Btspafrlr SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. N.C.Revenne Off Sharply This August Nearly Million Dol lars Under Last August; Blamed on Change in Law Raleigh, Aug. 31.—(AP) —- North Carolina’s revenue receipts during August dropped $995,096.22 under the same month last year, but sales tax income went up and the decrease was due to a change in the law, said Re venue Commissioner A. J. Maxwell today. The general fund brought in $2,- 936,744.53 this month, compared with $4,075,713.53 in August, 1936. For two months the general fund totalled $6,411,677.96, a drop from the $9,978,321.16 collected in the similar period last year. The motor vehicle division listed a (Continued on Page Four.) COTTON DECLINES - UNDER LOAN PLAN Liquidation and Southern Selling Carry Prices Off; Close Is 14 to 21 Lower New York, Aug. 31.—(AP)—Cotton futures opened steady, four to seven points lower, with a bearish interpre tation of the loan terms partly offset iby covering and trade buying. During the first hour, fairly active liquida tion and southern selling carried the market to net losses of about 8 to 13 points, with December easing from 9.29 to 9.24. December, which has eased from 9.16, was quoted at 9.17 at midday, when the list was at or within a few points of the lows. Futures closed steady, 14 to 21 pointsi lowei}. Spot qijiet, middling 9.38. Open Close October 926 9 \J® December 9 - 23 9 -^ Tanuarv 931 9 * 21 March »•>* May 9 -49 9 ' 3^ July 9.58 9.42 the Examiner, a paper which was founded by Grover Fleming. Flem ing now is serving an indeterminate sentence up to five years in the Lon don, Ohio, prison farm on a charge of circulating obscene literature. The sheriff said the paper publish ed special editions for various cities in Ohio and the Middle West, each edition “crusading” against alleged “vice conditions.” Andy Bold, reporter, said he believ ed a bomb was thrown into the plant. The reporter also said he was work ing in an upstairs office when he heard an auto drive up to the side of the building and heard the breaking of glass as if an object had been thrown through a window. He heard a man say, ‘‘Well, that will do the job,” he reported. The explosion fol lowed. - < - •- - ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Simple Rites Held for Andrew Mellon The 1,800-pound bronze casket with the remains of Andrew W. Mellon, industrialist and former Secretary of the Treasury, is being carried by fourteen pallbearers from East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pitts burgh, Pa., where simple rites were held. Services were conducted by Dr. Stuart Nye Hutchinson, pastor of the church, which was built by the late financier at a cost of three million dollars. Central Press) HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 31, 1937 Tar Heel Flying Cadet Is Missing Grapeland, Texas, Aug. 31—(AP) —Fifteen low-flying army planes searched fields and forests over a wide area in central and east Texas today, seeking Cadet Guy Walwin Edgerton, 24, missing since a storm last night disrupted a for mation flight from Shreveport, La., to San Antonio. A burned out flare was ail that searchers on the ground could find near here after a number of per sons reported seing a descending streak of fire which they believed to be an airplane falling in flames. Edgerton’s home is Kenly, N. C. Shreveport, La., Aug. 31.—(AP) Formations of fighting planes were sent from Barksdale field tod >y in search of Flying Cadet Guy Edger ton, of Kelly Field, San Antonio, who failed to report yesterday after a student flight of 13 planes ran into bad weather. Cadet Edgerton, who enlisted from Kenly, N. C., was believed to be in some remote area where tele phone communication is not avail able. ROOSEVELT STILL IDOL WITH MASSES Has Slipped Some But Not As Much As Republicans Would Prefer By CHARLES P STEWART Central Press Columnist Washing-ton, Aug. 31. —Fostmaster General James A. Farley undoubtedly really means what he says when he pooh-poohs Republican National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton’s as sertion that President Roosevelt has “slipped aplenty” with the rank and file of the country’s voters since his re-election last year. Farley is not merely bluffing. And I think a majority of the Dem ocratic leaders honestly agree with him. I suspect that many a Republican strategist also inclines to agree with Farley more than with Hamilton. * In fact, I asked one of them, with an important job in the G. O. P. or ganization, and he answered, “Off the record, I believe that Roosevelt has (Continued on Page Three.) Union Organizers At Madison Plead Law’s Protection Greensboro, Aug. 31.—(AP)—Seek ing protection against alleged threats of union opponents who last Tues day reportedly threatened to run or ganizers out of Madison, Miss Dovie Atkins, local organizer of the Inter national Ladies Garment Workers Union, today announced she had noti fied officers at Madison another meet-_ ing of workers of the Gem Dandy Garter Company would be held Wed nesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Organization of the workers of the company has been under way about two months and a majority of the approximately 220 workers are mem bers of the union, Miss. Atkins said. Last Tuesday, John Martin, of At lanta, southern director of the I. L. G. W. U., and Miss Atkins reported they were warned by a number of men alleged to be non-union workers of the plant to get out of town im mediately when they arrived to hold a meeting, which was later called off to prevent possible violence, Franco Army Breaks Over Enemy Lines Government Com munique Admits Retirement in Zar agoza Bitter Fight ing Hendaye, Fm’xco-Spanish Frontier, Aug. 31.—(AP) —General Francisco Franco’s Aragon forces have (broken through the Spanish Zaragoza front an insurgent communique said today. Fighting raged both north and south of Zaragoza. To the south strong government units have made smashing attacks to drive a wedge through Franco’s long Aragon salient and shear off the lower end from which an insurgent army for weeks has menaced the vital Madrid-Valen cia highway. Government reports said Franco’s men had been driven from, their moun tain position, about 20 miles south of Zaragoza. The fall of Belchite, these advices said, was imminent. While the insurgent communique gave no details of the fracture of the government line, it was believed to have referred to the front north of Zaragoza and not the Belchite sector. Government sources themselves ad mitted the counter-thrust had forced “our troops to return to their bases after the arrival of reinforcements.” Raleigh Man Will Beat Mae Oliver at Winston Meet, Is Claim Daily Dispatch Bnrean, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Aug. 31. —Arch T. Allen, young Raleigh attorney and one of Wake’s representatives in the Gen eral Assembly, wil* receive 525 of the approximately 600 votes to be cast for president of the North Carolina Young Democratic Club at its Win ston-Salem convention next week, it was predicted today by Tom Banks, another Raleigh lawyer who has been active in Mr. Allen’s behalf. “Maybe she will,” Mr. Banks smil ingly remarked when asked, ‘’Will Mae carry Maine and Vermont?”, after he had made his sweeping vic tory claim. The questioner was re ferring to Miss Mae Oliver, of San ford, active candidate for the post al so sought by Mr. Allen. The Allen forces have been conduct ing an intensive drive on all sectors of the Young Democratic political (Continued on Page Two). ntlß WEATHEP AUM FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Wed nesday; possibly scattered show i erg in south portion* Port Os Shanghai Is Closed By American Authorities To All U. S. Ships Except Navy tor l«Ttt£ Prompt Action in Advising. Washington of Regrets and Offer To Pay Pleasing GOVERNMENT HEAD MUCH INTERESTED Chinese Chief Took Special Pains To Look After Inci dent Personally; Airplane Bomber To Be Courtmar tialed; Two Ambassadors Advise of Action Washington, Aug. 31 (AP) —The Chi nese government proposed to the United States government today full financial and moral redress for the bombing yesterday of the Dollar liner President Hoover. Secretary Hull said profound re grets of the Chinese government and its offer to compensate was made through Ambassador Nelscpft Johnson at Nanking and Dr. C. T. Wang, am bassador to China, who called upon Hull this morning. Asked at his press conference if China’s apology and statement were satisfactory to this government, Hull said he was merely relating what had happened so far. He declined further comment, Hull added, however, the United tSates deeply appreciated the promptness with which China accept ed the responsibility for the shelling of the liner and its accompanying apol ogy. The head of the Chinese government Hull said, “took special interest” in all matters of the incident ahd pro mised the pilot of the Chinese air plane which attacked the Hoover would be courtmartialed and severely punished. Many Prison Changes Are To B e Made Raleigh, Aug. 31—(AP) —Robert Grady Johnson, who tomorrow will become prison director for the Highway and Public Works Com mission, said today he expected to announce a number of personnel changes at once. “I may be able to give them out by tomorrow," he said. Oscar Pitts, who has been act ing director of the penal division, will become superintendent of pri soners. Rumors practically substantiat ed by Governor Hoey have it Hugh Wilson will succeed Warden H. H. Honeycutt at State’s Prison here, with John Bray, a district prison supervisor, becoming de puty warden, and Honeycutt be ing made prison disciplinarian. prisqnindOstries 10 BE MIGHTY FEW Cost Would Be Prohibitive, Johnson Says After Junkets Elsewhere Dally Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, Aug. 31—It is extremely doubtful that North Carolina’s State Prison will be the scene of any con siderable number of industries. Returning from a visit to the Fed eral penitentiary at Atlanta, the Ten nessee State Prison At Nashville and the Virginia Penitentiary at Richmond Robert Grady Johnson, who tomorrow will officially begin his duties as director of the penal division, said that it costs approximately SI,«QO per proposed worker to set up any indus try! a fact which he said makes him very dubious of the prospects of estab lishing anything new at State’s Pri son here. “If I had about a million and a half, like they had in Tennessee, to start industries, I could start something that would make money for the State; but I would also start something that would put a lot of private industries out of business,” Mr. Johnson said. Mr. Johnson will make a report— perhaps this week —to the special sub-committee from the highway de partment recently named to study the (Continued on Page Three.). PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Donates Blood - ‘ .1 H. A. Thompson This U. S. marine, H. A. Thomp son of Mountain View, Cal., do nated blood to Sir Hughe Knatchr bull Hugessen, British ambassa dor to China, who was wounded seriously while being driven from Nanking to Shanghai. 0F & SIROAOS ‘ IS GIVENAPPROVAL New York, Chicago & St. Louis and Erie Would Be Obtained By Stock Purchase COTTON LOANS ARE READY BY SEPT. 15 Up to Nine Cents Per Pound To Be Loaned in Effort To Peg Prices for Crop; Cot ton Brokers Think Loan Program “Conservative” and Helpful "Washington, Aug. 31.—(AP) — An Interstate Commerce Commission ex aminer recommended today approval of acquisition by the Chesapeake & Ohio railway company of control of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis railroad company and the Erie Rail road Company. The examiner, Ralph Molster, de clared the transaction would be in harmony with and in furtherance of the commission’s plan for the con solidation of railway properties. Under the plan, the C. & O. pro poses to take over from the Virginia Transportation Corporation a “wholly owned subsidiary,” 25/000 shares of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Company railroad common stock, and 150,000 of Erie first preferred, 60,195 of Erie second preferred and 769,800 of Erie common stock. Cotton Loans Ready Sept. 15. Meantime, in the capital Secretary Wallace gave the starting signal for the government’s 1937 program of “cotton loans” and notified growers their loans “will ibe ready not later than September 15.” Participation in the loan subsidy arrangement, designed to bolster prices on this year’s large production, will be limited to growers who agree (Continued on Page Three.) Five Dead, 20Hurt When Bus And Car Crash In Indiana Goshen, Ind., Aug. 31. —(AP) —At least five persons were reported to have been killed five miles north of here today in the crash of a heavily loaded transport (Greyhound) bus and a sedan. Twenty injured were brought to hospitals here and at least 15 others were reported to have been taken to nearby cities. Three of the dead were identified as A. G .Carpenter, of lowa City, Iowa; Mrs. James Kelleher, of Al bany,’ N. Y., and Raymond J. Ruskin, of St. Louis. Carpentier and Mrs. Kel tier were passengers and Busin was bus attendant. The accident occurred at the in tersection of roads 20 and 15. Wit nesses said the sedan drove onto the main highway and crashed into the o PAGES O TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY S KS Italian Steamer, Loaded With Chinese Refugees, Bombed But No Damage Done CHIANG CALLS FOR FOREIGN PROTESTS Asks Outside Intervention To Halt Japanese Land Grab of Chinese Territory; Chinese Officials Admit Blame and Offer Amends for Bombing CHOLERA! Shanghai, Aug. 31. (AP) Cholera broke out tonight In Shanghai’s French concession, where most of the city’s Amer icans live. Shanghai, Aug. 31. —(AP) —United States authorities closed the port of Shanghai today to all American ships except naval vessels while the second air attack on a mercy ship in two days increased the peril to civilian life at sea and in Chinese waters. An air bomber of unknown iden tity power djved and Ibombed the Italian-operated steamer Lung Shan, thronged with Chinese refugees. It created mad panic, but caused no damage. , The ship was bombed near Woo sung, north of Shanghai, where the Whangpoo and the Yangtze rivers flow together for the city’s only water way, and only avenue of escape to the sea. General Chiang Kai-Shek, virtual civil and military commander of war time China, in effect demanded im mediate foreign intervention to end the hostilities. Chiang warned at Nanking “Japa nese aggression” to establish “ a con tinental empire for herself is a threat (Continued on Page Three.) A Palestine Disorders Increasing Jerusalem, Aug. 31 (AP) Race-torn Palestine was nervously on edge to day while police and troops prepared to quell any violent sequels to disord ers which caused the deaths of three Jews and four Arabs. There was widespread fear the out burst yesterday presaged another period of racial conflict and bloodshed in the lioly Land. The flare-up Was attributed in most quarters to the political situation of a country torn for years between Jews and Arabs—a situation recently accentuated by Britain’s proposal to partition the land into sovereign Jew ish and Arab states. Authorities told Palestine police and British troops to “stand by” and warned newspapers and others not to attempt .incitement. Sir Arthur Continued on Page Two.) bus. The vehicle overturned and came to a stop on its top. The sedan was demolished and the bus was badly damaged. There were about 40 passengers on the bus. The occupants of the sedan were unknown. A card was found in it, however, bearing the name “Allison Bishorpic Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.” It had other license plates. The driver of the bus was Lee Cal lahan, 32, of Toledo. The bus was bound from Chicago to Cleveland. Ambulances from Goshen and Elk hart were rushed to the scene and the dead and injured were hurried to hospitals, making immediate identi fication difficult.
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