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HENDERSON gateway TO CENTRAL CAROLINA Twenty-fourth year CONNALLY PROMISES DETERMINED BATTLE TO LIFT COTTON UP Texas Senator To Fight for Interests of Southern i Growers At Next Session JOHN LEWkTsEEKS farm-labor union Cattle Prices In North Caro lina and South at New High for Recent Years; Roose velt Starts Fishing in Long Island Sound Cove Coun try Aboard Press Yacht Indian, Sept. 3 ,AP> President Roosevelt, on the acht Potomac, arrived in Fort Pond bav near Montauk Point, Long Is land today after a leisurely 200-mile horseshoe run overnight from Pough keepsie. N- Y. Before taking the launch to try his luck for bluefish and bass in this sheltered part of Long Island Sound, the President announced the recess appointment of William Dawson, of Minnesota, as minister to Uruguay. James Roosevelt, secretary to his father, megaphoned the diplomatic ap pointment from the Potomac’s rail to newspaper men on the accompany ing yacht Indian. To Fight For Cotton Meanwhile, at Washington, Senator Connally, Democrat. Texas, promised a “determined fight” in behalf of cot ton when the administration’s crop control legislation comes up in the next session of Congress. John Lewis, meanwhile, indicated in the capital he would bid for a poli tical alliance of farmers and labor in a broadcast address tonight. His addiess will be broadcast by a radio network from 9:30 to 10 p. m., eastern standard time. Other developments: Cattle Prices Up The Agriculture Department report ed the South has been almost entirely free of cattle ticks and the value of southern cattle has reached the high est average in five years. Bureau of Agricultural Economics figures, recording an upswing in aver age cattle prices in the South, includ ed: North Carolina, $20.60 in 1933; $27.30 in 1936, and $28.90 in 1937. The bureau reports the number of head of cattle in the listed states has remained about the same in the 1933 to 1937 period. The estimated No/tti Carolina total for 1937 is 651,000 head. Child Plague Sweeps West As Many Die Infantile Paralysis in Epidemic Form in Several States In In terior (P-y The Associated Press.) Infantile paralysis outbreaks this year, centering in the Middle West, have resulted in the closing of many school and other places where chil dren congregated, but in general has shown no cause for alarm, it was In dicated today in a nationwide survey hy The Associated Press. The dis ease, nearly always most prevalent in the early fall, appeared more general in Illinois, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Nebraska. In most sections reporting in creases over last year, it was pointed (Continued on Paco Three.) Babson Says Oil Industry May Soon Become Utility Says Oil Companies Are In viting Public Regulation and Intense Competition by H iking Gasoline and Fuel Oil To Unnecessary Prices BY ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 195*7, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park, Mass., Sept. 3. ihi.ti- j s no q U i c k er way to destroy goodwill than to boost the price of Jour product when it is not neces sary to do so. I feel that it is time to [ oSUe u general warning against such d policy. Take a vital industry such as oil. for example. Oil companies may ond that they made a bad mistake J J' boosting the price of domestic fuel recently. By doing so, they are ottering competition from other . Urj ts, encouraging cooperatives, and lnv itiog public regulation. YV ith the recent advance, the price fuel oil has now been lifted 27 per Cei it in three years. Moreover there TUrnJirrsnn Datlu Urspatrlr LI THE £I?£ VICE ASSOCIATED press. To Protect Americans jf. 9 : :£§4- / Brigadier General John C. Beau mont, commanding the Second Brig ade, Fleet Marine Force, is pictured as he sailed aboard the transport Chaumont from San Biego, Cal., for China. Gen. Beaumont will take .command of all United States Ma rines in Shanghai for the protection of American life and property. (Central Press) TOBACCO BOARD IS SEEKING VIEWS OF GROWERS IN STATE T" Wants To Know What They Think About Control, To Advise Senate Committee CROP IS DAMAGED BY RECENT RAINS 17 to 20 Percent or More Loss in Piedmont Area, Floyd Says; Harvesting Is Still Under Way in Sec tion, and Final Damage Is Uncertain f Raleigh, Sept. 3. —(AP) —The North Carolina Tobacco Advisory Commit tee urged all tobacco growers in the State today to contact members of county tobacco committees and ex press themselves on proposals for to bacco crop control. C. T. Hall, of Woodsdale, chairman of the committee, and J. E. Winslow, of Greenville, a member outlined re cent attempts at control legislation for the benefit of committee mem bers at a meeting here, and the group called for expressions from farmers. “The committee wants to find out if the farmers still want control like they did in 1935, when they voted 98.2 percent in favor of the Kerr-Smith act,” said E. Y. Floyd, executive sec retary of agricultural conservation control. “It wants to find out the sen timent of the farmers so it can truly reflect it before the Senate Agricul ture Committee in Winston-Salem on October 18.” The advisory committee called an other meeting to be held here Wed (Contlnued on Page Four.) are rumors that the price may be in creased again this season. Consumer criticism of such a move would be bitter, especially if the winter should be severe. The complaints will be come even stronger as consumers realize that many oil men believe that there was no real need to lift prices. Oil companies are making more money today than ever before. New oil fields are ibeing discovered every year. Modern drilling methods are bring up crude from unheard of depths. A Gulf coast well recently blew in at 11,000 feet. Doubts Need of Advance. New oil pools are being found be low pools which have already been Continued on Page Two.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TRAGIC DRAMA OF AN “IRON LUNG” n;V : .... . •- "" • .•••:*P ,7: : /-V . '•• "v... : V *’* “* ' . *:: : * * Below, Maybelle Outeault in the “iron lung”; top, Shirley Krause Despite a dramatic race by air and rail from two nations to save two Denver, Colo., girls stricken with infantile paralysis, death came to one, Maybelle Outeault, 15. Physicians expressed hope for the recovery of the other, Shirley Krause, two and one-half. From Chicago and Toronto came, two “iron lungs” to take over the work of Denver’s one, which had to be alternated between the two stricken children. In the photos, Maybelle is seen in the “iron lung” while Shirley awaited her turn prior to arrival of the two additional ones. Cross Country Air Race For $28,000 Sum Run As Cleveland Event Opens Cleveland, Sept. 3 (AP) —Jaon quelin Cochrane, of Indio, Cal., swooped over Cleveland airport at 1:33 p. m., eastern standard time, today at the finish of her 2,042- mile grind from Burbank, Cal., in the Bendix trans-continental air derby inaugurating the national air races. Her elapsed time was ten hours, 29 minutes. Pending arrival of six other starters in the race, for purses to talling $28,000, the winner of the derby could not be ascertained. Lose Hopes OfTarHeel Lost Plane Grapeland, Texas, Sept. 3. —(AP) —• CCC boys flailed through the tangled underbrush of Texas’ “big thicket” to day searching for Guy Edgerton, Kelly Field flying cadet, missing since Monday. Kelly and Randolph Field planes, many piloted by classmates of the Kenly, N. C., student, “hedge-hopped” the terrain. Hope of finding the flier alive had all but vanished. He has not been heard from since his flight forma tion scattered in the face of a storm. The other 12 planes landed safely. COTTON REVERSES THURSDAY’S GAINS Futures 13 to 20 Points Lower at Close, With Good Weather and Selling Blamed New York, Sept. 3.—(AP) —Cotton futures opened barely steady, 3 to 7 points lower on more favorable weath r and liquidation. Shortly after the first half hour, December, which had eased from 9.28 to 9.23, was selling at 9.24. Prices generally showed net losses of 6 to 10 points. December eased off to 9.15 and the list sagged to net losses of 16 to 19 points by mid day. Futures closed steady, 13 to 20 low er, Spots quiet, middling 9.38. Open Close October 9.30 9.17 December 9.28 9.16 January 9.32 9.22 March 9.42 9.29 May 9.50 9.37 July 9.53 9.47 HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, S SPTEMBER 3, 1937 At 1:54 p. m., Miss Cochrane took off for Bendix, N. J., in an effort to collect an extra SI,OOO for establishing the best time from Burbank to Bendix in today’s con test. Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 3. —(AP) — Seven fliers bid speed courage and skill for a share of the $28,000 Bendix prize today as they streaked east across the continent, with Jacquelire (Continued on Page Three.) ®MSLET Willing To Stand to Side and Let Them Chew Each Other To Bits By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Sept. 3—There is more political talfc today, in connection with the 1938 congressional campaign than, in all probability, ever was cur rent before as far in advance of a coming election. Wpiat is still more peculiar is the fact that Democrats are doing al most all of it. The Republicans have let out a few faint chirps. Representative Hamil ton Fish, Jr., has given his party a certain amount of quite forcibly-ex pressed advice. Former President Hoover has issued a statement which attracted little attention. G. O. P. Na tional Chairman John D M. Hamilton also has issued a statement which fell pretty flat. But, in the. main, thus far, the fight seems very little like an inter (Continued on Page Four.) nmWECTIIEPMMI FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Saturday, ex cept scattered showers in the mountains Saturday afternoon* Smashing Chinese Offensive Blocks Japanese “Big Push ” And Enemy Transports Flee Britain Sends More Warships Into Hunt To Get Submarine Ships of Home Fleet Rush ing to Western Mediter ranean for Guerilla Menace TO BLANKET OCEAN FOR INTENSE HUNT Tanker Sunk and Destroyer Attacked; Double-Barrel ed Policy Adopted by Bri tain To Curb Mysterious Outrages on Shipping London, Sept. 3. —(AP) —Four lithe destroyers of His Majesty’s home fleet furrowed the swift path toward the vfestern Mediterranean today to help track down guerilla submarines that 'have terrorized international shipping vyith torpedo attacks. The Admiralty announced the Fury and Forester, sailing from Ports mouth, and the Fortune and Fire drake from Chatham, would join five other destroyers in a heavy concentra tion off Spain’s east coast. These war craft will blanket a wide area of the Mediterranean about the spot where the British destroyer Havock and the British tanker Wood ford were torpedo targets. The Havock escaped, the Woodford was sunk. The four destroyers comprised the eleventh division of the rixth home fleet flotilla. The 12th division was already on search duty off the Span ish coast. Naval experts said the eleventh di vision could reach its destination in three days at forced draft or five days at cruising speed. The Admiralty’s speed order was not disclosed. This direct naval action was but one point of Britain’s double-barrelled policy to curb the mysterious mari time outrages. The other avenue was through negotiations toward unified action by affected powers. France, a pretty consistent ally of Britain thro ugh the troujilous months of trying to keep the Spanish war in Spain, was expected to propose a method of col lective action at a conference of Mediterranean powers late next week at Geneva. C. H. HOLLAND HEAD OF PEANUT GROUPS Edenton Man Elected at Meeting of Cooperative Members in Ses sion in Raleigh Raleigh, Sept. 3 (AP)—The newly chartered peanut stabilization coope rative members selected C. H. Holland, of Edenton, as its president today and voted to favor peanut control provi sions in Federal crop legislation. Eight counties were represented at the organization meeting at State Farm Bureau headquarters. B. D. Stevenson, of Pendleton, was chosen vice-president, and J. B. Fearing, of Windsor, secretary-treasurer. The directors issued a statement say ing “it was the sense of the entire membership present that it was de sirable and necessary that peanuts should be designated” in proposed Federal legislation. Hopes Fade For 15 Men On Steamer Panama City, Fla., Sept. 3. —(AP) — Scant hope was felt today for the lives of 15 men missing from the sun ken steamship Tarpon. Fourteen of the estimated 29 per sons aboard the freighter have been accounted for since the Tarpon found ered early Wednesday in heavy seas 20 miles off East Pass, Fla., in the Gulf of Mexico. All those missing are Negroes. The bodies of Captain W. G. Bar row and Second Mate W. H. Russell were recovered by the Coast Guard cutter Triton, near where the ship sank. The Triton at the same time picked up nine survivors. Three gain ed the shore unaided. A coast guard fleet early today con tinued the search that began yester day morning when Adley Baker, 25- year-old Mobile, Ala., oiler, swam ashore and gave first word of the tragic plunge of the Tarpon. F. C. O’Connor, general freight agent for the owners of the Tarpon, said there were ten white men and about 19 Negroes on the vessel. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. “Keep Out!”—Borah Borah being interviewed Strict neutrality in Sino-Japanese controversy is urged by Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, even though the senator added that he believed Americans favored the Chinese as against the invader. The senator, still in Washington, believes invocation of the neutral ity act will be necessary, ’even though it injures China. Jerry Dalton Taken After Prisonßreak Captured in Lexing ton With Milk Truck H e Drove from Central Prison Raleigh, Sept. 3.—(AP)—Jerry Dal ton, 41, mountaineer convicted of slay ing his sweetheart in a triangle love affair, who escaped from Central Pri son here yesterday, was captured at Lexington, Hugh Wilson, new warden said today. The break, first to occur since a new set of prison officials took office this week, was discovered at rail call late in the afternoon. Then Dalton’s absence and that of Homer Kaylor, 32, who was sentenced in Caldwell county for criminal as assult, was discovered. Warden Wilson reported he had no information of the whereabouts of Kaylor, serving five to seven years for the assault. Wilson said Lexington Police Chief Price got Dalton, with the highway and public works department truck, in which the two escaped after de livering milk to the Cary prison farm. No one was hurt and Dalton was ex pected to be returned to the prison during the day. Prison attaches said Dalton, sent up from Macon county for first degree murder in 1922, was caught during the night. Originally sentenced to be electrocuted, his sen tence was commuted first to life im prisonment and later to 20 to 30 years. He had escaped twice previously. SHANGHAI IN PATH OF CHINA TYPHOON Great Wind Storm Sweeps on Past Hong Kong After Wreak ing Death and Damage Hong Kong, China, Sept. 3.—(AP) —Hong Kong’s devastating typhoon roared northward out of this British colony tonight, leaving the harbor strewn with death and wreckage. The storm was expected to strike the Chi nese coast again not far south of War torn Shanghai. The death toll appeared likely to exceed first police estimates. Three hundred bodies were collected along one section of the waterwront, where a tidal wave swept inland. The storm’s havoc greatly accen tuated the misery in this city, packed with war refugees and fighting a cholera epidemic, in which two-thirds of the cases have ('oeen fatal. The only foreigners reported to have perished were two Portuguese on a small yacht. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY HEAVY CASUALTIES SUFFERED BY JAPS IN CHINESE DRIVE * i Chinese Gunners Show Sur prising Improvement in Marksmanship With Big Guns MARINE BAiRRACKS STRUCK BY SHELLS No Damage Done, But American and Foreign Warships Prevent Jap Na val Vessels from Respond ing, But Japs Will Ignore Foreigners Hereafter Shanghai, Sept. 3.—'(AP) —China’s armies surprised the Japanese tonight with a smashing offensive which shifted the warfare back to the city proper and placed in new jeopardy the lives of Americans and other fore igners. The Chinese attack stalled Japan’s long-promised “big push” and forced a revision of Japanese strategy. Chinese big guns and machine gun nests sprayed shells and bullets on Japanese warships and troop trans ports. Eight Japanese transports fled downstream. Shells crashed into the internation al settlement and the French conces sion. One projectile struck the roof of the second United Sates Marine bat talion barracks, but failed to explode. Marine officers said it was a one pound anti-aircraft shell. Japs To Ignore Foreigners. Even greater danger loomed for the United States warship Augusta and other foreign warships. A Japanese naval spokesman announced Japanese ships would fire across the foreign naval contingent lying in the Whang poo in punitive bombardment of Chi nese artillery positions. Chinese gunners showed surprising improvement in markmanship. They scored three direct hits on the Jap apese consulate, wounding three Jap anes consular police and one Japanese newspaper man. Many- Japs Killed. Many Japanese Ibilue jackets on (Continued on Pago Two/. INSURGENTS BLOCK SPANISH SEAPORT International Shipping in Last Gov ernment-Held City in North Is Bottled Up Gijon, Spain, Sept. 3 (AP) —The Insurgent cruiser Almirante Cervera blocked this Bay of Biscay port today, bottling up international shipping, in cluding seven British merchantmen engaged in evacuating refugees. Two insurgent mine layers and an armed merchantman backstopped the cruiser, closing the harbor, while the insurgent army 20 miles away pushed toward the government-held city. General Francisco Franco’s airmen, supporting the campaign to drive the government out of Oviedo province, its last foothold on the north coast, made frequent bombing raids. Tax Values Os Utilities $270 Million s222,622Jss*Already Fixed, Not Includ i n g $47 Million Power Firms Raleigh, Sept. 3.—(AP)—The State Board of Assessment fixed $222,622,- 755.21 as the 1937 tax valuation today for most of the State’s public service corporations, but did not include the $47,000,000 Duke Power Company and $2,500,000 Virginia Electric & Power Company valuation. Over $3,000,000 Increase. Without the two power companies, and nearly a score of smaller public service corporations, for which valua tions have not been made, the tax valuations run more than $3,000,000 a head of the $219,567,687 for 1936. The counties used the valuations in. levying taxes, and this year’s assess ments are considered unusually im portant, as it is quadrennial revalua tion year throughout the State. The Southern Railway system is Continued on Page TwoJ
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