HENDERSON
gateway TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
twenty-fourth YEAR
InTAIN, FRANCE UMTE AGAINST FASCISTS
ROOSEVELT ORDERS
UNEMPLOYED CENSUS
STARTED FORTHWITH
John D. Biggers, of Toledo,
Asked To Take Charge; I
May Use Election
Officials
McNINCH'iS given
right to proceed
President Offers Free Hand
To Clean Up Communica
tions Tangle; U. S. To Aid
Carolinas in Fighting Use
of Marihuana Drug Within
Borders
Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 9.—(AP)—
President Roosevelt today asked John
D. Biggers, of Toledo, Ohio, to take
charge of the unemployed registration
authorized by Congress. Biggers said
he would give his answer in Wash
inSton next Wednesday.
At the same time it was understood
preliminary consideration was being
given bv the President to utilizing lo
cal election and postal machinery to
make the count, which will be kept on
a voluntary basis.
Under the tentative plan, the Presi
dent may stir interest before the re
gistration by a public radio address.
Free Hand for McNineh.
Meanwhile, Frank R. McNinch said
after a summer White House confer
ence during the day he had been given
a “free hand” to reorganize the Fed
eral Communications Commission.
"The President has given me a free
hand to find out what may need cor
rection and to apply the remedy,” said
McNinch, who will take over his new
duties as communications chairman
September 20.
He is now chairman of the Federal
Power Commission and will remain
on the communications agency only
until he completes the job of reor
ganization.
To Fight Drug Use.
At Washington, D. C., in the mean
while, Federal regulations which be
come effective October 1 will aid the
states of North Carolina and South
Carolina in campaigning against traf
fic in marihuana the domestic drug
which creates tragic reactions in its
users. ,
North Carolina, under the direc
tion of its State health officer, Dr.
Carl Reynolds, already has launched
a strenuous campaign against use
of the drug, which is smoked in cig
arette form. The Federal law restrict
ing use of marihuana to medical and
commercial purposes only was spon
sored by a North Carolinian, Repre
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FOUR VACANCIES ON
PATROL ARE FILLED
Commander Arthur Fulk Appoints
New Men To Replace Officers
Who Resigned
Raleigh, Sept. 9 (AP)— Major Arth
ur Fulk, State highway patrol com
manding officer, announced appoint
ment today of four men to fill vacan
cies in the patrol caused by resigna
tions. ,
The four have received a month s
training already. The men, their
home towns and stations to which
they go follow: Lamar S. Ratliff,
Wadesboro, Charlotte; Phillip
Woodley, Columbia, Ahoskie; William*
D. Tinsley, Spencer, Durham; Frank
W. Reynolds, Stoney Point, Wades
fcoro.
Urge Franco
Not To Kill
Civil Groups
American and Cana
dian Leaders Send
Cable; Rebels Push
on for Gijon
New York, Sept. 9 (AP)—General
Francisco Franco today was asked by
28 American and Canadian educators,
statesmen and religious leaders to
spare the lives of 2,000 capture# ClV *~
bans held in \gntander, Spain, and
said to be facing execution for re
gaining loy./i to the Madrid govern
ment.
A cable to the insurgent general
and military governor of Santander
lead:
“In the name of humanity and civi
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,' Henderson* a
Urrthrrsnn Slatly Disuttirh
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
' SERVICE of
IHE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Demands Inquiry
P m
Capt. Matt Leach
Dismissed as captain of the In
diana state police at the instance
of the federal bureau of investi
gation, Matt Leach, who has
headed the group for four years,
declared he would request a sen
atorial investigation of the F. B.
I. and “the personal ambitions of *
J. Edgar Hoover”. In his counter
charge, Leach declared the fed
eral force not only refused to co
operate with the state police but
that they deliberately sought to
confound the state police.
—Central Press
Johnstown’s
iVlayorNamec
By Striker
Testimony at Labor
Board Probe Says
Mayor Shields Aid
ed Non-Strikers
Johnstown, Pa., Sept. 9. —(AP) —A
striking steel mill worker accused
Johnstown’s militant mayor today of
breaking a path through the picket
lines for non-strikers at the Bethle
hem Steel Company’s Pautier plant
last June.
Testifying at the labor board’s in
quiry into the company’s labor po
licies, John Zeman asserted Mayor
Daniel Shields, foe of the CIO, pat
ted the non-strikers on the backs as
they strode the lines.
Zeman, who asserted he was ousted
as an employe representative after
he joined the strike, testified:
“There were about 100 pickets. They
were walking around in sort of a cir
cle. Some men came. We called to
them. We asked them not to go into
the mill.”
“Then, he added, Mayor Shields hur
ried up to the gate, scattered the
pickets and helped the workers into
the plant. He asked who the leader
(of the pickets) was,” Zeman said.
“Then I told him I was. Then he put
out his arms like this —.”
Zeman stood up and began to de
monstrate the “spread eagle he said
Shields used to push the pickets aside.
DOUGHTON TALK IS
NOT VERY SERIOUS
Nobody In Raleigh Thinks
“Farmer Bob” Will Op
pose Reynolds
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Sept. 9.—Nobody in the
Raleigh political whirl thinks that Re
presentative R. L. (Farmer Bob)
Doughton has any intention of enter
ing the senatorial lists for a political
death duel with Robert R. Reynolds,
present wearer of the toga of junior
senator from Tar Heelia.
The political big guns here are un
animously of the opinion that the
newspaper writer who positively plac
ed Mr. Doughton in the race has
climbed far, far out on a limb and
are emphatic in expressing the belief
that the limb will let him down with
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HENDERSON. N. C., WEDTHURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 9, 1937
CLAIM NAZI ARMY
AWAITING CHANGE
TO CONTROL U. S.
Relatively Small But Rapid
ly Growing Army Is Pre
paring for “Der
. Tag” Here
NEWSPAPER PROBE
RESULTS REVEALED
Chicago Newspaper Staff
men Have Spent Months
Investigating Rise of Storm
Troopers in America; Re
porters Disguised As Mem
bers of Body
Chicago, Sept. 9. —(AP) — The
Daily Times said in a copyright
article today “in uniforms
strangely suggestive of those
worn by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi storm
troops, a relatively small but
rapidly growing army is prepar
ing for the American counterpart
of ‘der tag,’ when it plans to seize
control of the United States.”
The newspaper said the article re
sulted from an “exclusive investiga
tion of American Nazis” made by
three reporters and investigators,
James Metcalfe, his brother, John,
and William A. Mueller wrote the ar
ticle.
The investigators, the newspaper
said, worked for many months, both
from within and without the Amer
ika Deutschcr Volksbund —German-
American Bund —and its companion
organization, traveling from coast to
coast and from Canada to the Gulf of
Mexico, to “learn international
secrets.”
“Under the name of Oberwinder,”
the article continued, “the Metcalfe
brothers months ago built themselves
up as Nazi sympathizers and were ac
cepted as members of the organiza
tion.
“John Metcalfe established himself
in the predominantly German York
ville section of New York City and
later acted as a propagandist on a
cross-country tour.”
Pay Scales
Os Teachers
Soon Ready
Raleigh, Sept. 9. (AP) Teacher
salary schedules for 1937-38 remained
as unfinished business today as the
school commission heard numerous
delegations and disposed of unfinish
ed business.
“The work has been practically com
pleted and we hope to finish before
night,” a member of the salary com
mittee said. “We worked until 11
o’clock last night and some more be
fore the commission met today.”
The commissioner, who asked that
his name not be used, said:
“In general, teachers will get a ten
percent raise over the old, but some
in the higher (brackets will not get ten
percent and some in the lower levels
will get a slightly larger boost.”
The legislature authorized funds for
a ten percent increase in allotments
for personal service.
Requests taken under advisement
after delegations were heard includ
ed: Whether pupils from Garysburg
should attend the Weldon or Jack
son school; whether or not to trans
fer a teacher from Carver’s Creek
in Bladen county to Elizabethtown.
Farm Heads
Snub Lewis
Party Plea
Raleigh, Sept. 9.—(AP)— The
executive committee of the North
Carolina Farm Bureau Federa
tion unanimously voiced disap
proval here today of the proposal
of John Lewis, chairman of the
CIO for a farmer-labor political
party.
President J. E. Winslow, of
Greenville, canvassed the 18 mem
bers of the executive committee
late yesterday afternoon after he
had been asked to comment on
the bureau’s position in this State.
The committee members had just
been elected.
After various members of the
committee had commented on
their reasons for opposing the
Lewis proposal, Winslow com
mented: “You feel that you want
to keep the bureau out of po
licies,”
Masked W orkers In Labor Day Parade
Some of the 700 masked men who were part of 50,000 union.sts in Detroit, Michigan’s first Labor Day parade in
21 years. The masked men carried signs saying that they were workers of Henry. Ford, “masked to. protect our
jobs.” Both members of the C. I. 0., and A. F. of L. were in the line of march, although the two labor groups ordi
narily are bitter ribals. —Central Press Soundphoto.
4,oooJapanese Soldiers Are
Wiped Out By Chinese Drive '
Nipponese Line Reportedly
Thrust Back Distance of
Five Miles by Am
bush Attack
SHELLS EXPLODING
AT U. S. CONSULATE
100 More Marines Arrive to
Make Total 1,300 at Shang
hai; Americans at Amoy
Endangered by Japanese
Air and Sea Bombardment
There
Peiping, Sept. 9. —CAP) —A detach
ment of 4,000 Japanese troops was re
ported today to have been wiped out
by a deadly Chinese ambush in the
rocky hills west of here. The Japan
ese line reportedly was thrust back
five miles by the sudden Chinese on
slaught.
Japanese commanders were obvious
ly more and more worried over fate
of their operations in this area, where
their advance has been held up a full
month by dogged Chinese resistance
and strategy.
Heavy reinforcements were flowing
through Peiping to a place 30 miles to
the south and to the sorely menaced
Japanese right flank in the western
hills, 25 miles to the west.
The steady stream of wounded Jap
anese coming back from the front was
almost equally heavy. Several thous
and have been brought here in the
last few days.
THREE SHELLS CRASH AT
U S SHANGHAI CONSULATE
Shanghai, Sept. 9. - (AP)-Three
one-pounder shells crashed directly in
front of the American consulate gen
eral this afternoon, seriously injur
ing three Chinese civilians and one
British sikh policeman.
The “pom-pom” shells were fired
from Chinese guns just south of the
international settlement border, ap
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BIDS ASKED FOR ON
BIG HIGHWAY JOBS
Lettings To Be Made Soon To Total
* Around $1,353,000; Two Un
derpasses Included
Raleigh, Sept. 9 (AP)-The Highway
and public works commission called
today for bids to be submitted Sep
tember 23 on proposed road construc
tion estimated to cost about $1,353,000.
The projects included: Wake county,*
underpass on U. S. No. 1 at Bonsai,
Moore county, underpass on U. S. No. 1
at Vass; Hertford-Northampton, 4.70
miles of’ grading, structures and con
crete paving on U. S. 158 between
Woodland and Murfreesboro; Duplin,
12.90 miles of grading, concrete pav
ing and structures between Warsaw
and Rose Hill.
LEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair tonight and Fri
day; somewhat warmer in the in
terior Qf Bfflrtji portion Friday.
Hoey Declares Farmers
Can Help Selves Better
ThanGovernmentPlans
Governor Speaks at Field Day at Willard Test Farm;
Says Agriculture Ground work for American Pros
perity; Government T rying to Meet Demands
Willard, Sept. 9.—(AP) —Governor
Hoey said here today that, despite the
government’s inauguration of a “great
agricultural program,” after all, the
farmer is the key man in the solving
of his own problems, and “economic
security will come to him because of
his intelligence, industry and wisdom
in dealing with the situation on his
own farm.”
The chief executive headed speakers
at the State Agriculture Department
test farm’s picnic, including Agricul
ture Commissioner Kerr Scott; Dean
I. O. Schaub, N. C. State College Ex
tension Service director; James M.
Gray, associate regional director,
Farm Security Administration, Ra
leigh; Assistant Agriculture Commis
MOVED
Says Deadline Ought To Be
Fixed Beyond Which
Safety Is Denied
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Waiter Hotel.
Raleigh. Sept. 9. —The United States
should withdraw its soldiers and ma
rines from China immediately and
should set a deadline after which this
government would extend no protec
tion whatever to its citizens who stay
in the war-torn Far East, in the op
inion of United States Senator Robert
R. Reynolds.
“When General Smedley Butler re
cently said that the Marines should
‘Get to Hell out of China,’ I imme
diately sat down and wired him ‘And
now’.” said the senator, who was in
Raleigh for the meeting of farmers
called to exchange views on crop con
trol.
Senator Reynolds was silent when
questioned about prospects of oppo
sition to him in next year’s senatorial
primary, and had no comment at all
to make on published statements that
Representative R. L. Doughton will
soon announce his candidacy for the
seat now held by “Our Bob.”
On the subject of China and par
ticularly on the matter of Americans
staying there while war is going on
he was very willing to talk in his
usual vigorous, outspoken manner.
Americans who want to stay in
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PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
sioner D. S. Coltrane; Dr. J. S. Dor
ton, State Fair manager, and Mis?
Ruth Current, State home demonstra
tion agent.
The governor emphasized the im
portance of agriculture as the ground
work for American prosperity:
He said “the constant struggle in
government has been to establish a
parity of helpfulness to agriculture
commensurate with that afforded in
dustry. The government is now en
deavoring to meet these needs and
give to the farmer an even chance to
share some of the real benefits aris
ing from governmental assistance.”
State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson
introduced Hoey, and Charles C&tes of
Melbane, agriculture board member,
presided.
THINKS GREEN AND
LEWIS BOTH HONEST
Each Seeks Betterment of
Labor; Fight Unneces
sarily Bitter
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Sept. 9. President
William Green of the A. F. of L. and
John L. Lewis of CIO are calling
each other harder names than it
seems to me the facts justify.
Green’s and Lewis’ respective labor
philosophies differ, but from that it
by no means necessarily follows that
Lewis is communistic, as Green im
plies, or that Green is a traitor, as
Lewis out and out charges.
I am. convinced, from the whole
tenor of Lewis’ argument and from
what he has told me personally, that
the CIO head belives his program to
be an antidote alike to communism
and fascism.
I am convinced equally that Green
is ICO per cent loyal to what he he
lieves to be the ibest interests of trade
unionism.
Broader Scale For Lewis.
Lewis is- endeavoring to provide all
labor with a voice.
His definition of labor is pretty
broad, too.
He includes all kinds of craftsmen
(of the A. F. of L. type), so-called
“common labor,” white-collar work
ers, domestic servants, farm hands
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WESTERN NATIONS
PREPARE TO STOP
SUBMARINE RAIDS
Determined That “Anti-Pi
racy Conference” Suc
ceed Without Italy
and Germany
ITALY AND RUSSIA
NEAR OPEN BREAK
Mutual Trade Boycott Be
tween Two Looms; France
and Britain Think Situa
tion Now Beyond Scope of
European Neutrality Policy
In Spain
(By The Associated Press)
Great Britain and France joined
forces today against the Italo-German
bloc in the Mediterranean “anti-piracy
conference.”
Rome and Berlin, acting in close
collaboration, both refused to attend
a conference in Switzerland tomorrow
to dealwith the torpedoing of merch
ant ships,.
London and Paris replied in chorus
with, first, new determination to use
their warships to stop the attacks;
Second, insistence that the parley
achieve results \yhether or not Italy
and Germany attend.
With the absence of the Fascist
powers certain, Britain was expected
to scrap her “restricted zone plan,”
for which u/animous cooperation is
essential, and submit a proposal for
Mediterranean patrols and convoys for
merchantment.
Italy refused the parley invitation
because of Soviet Russia’s accusations
that her submarines had sunk two
Russian freighters.
An unverified report* one of many
rumors in the charged diplomatic at
mosphere, said Rome and Moscow
were near a breach in relations, or a
mutual trade boycott.
Rome still >ad not replied to Mos
cow’s second diplomatic protest charg
ing Italian responsibility for the sea
attacks and demanding redress.
Italy’s first retort was a flat denial.
Germany, as Italy’s friend, rejected
the conference bid. Sh* refused to sit
at the same table in Switzerland with
Italy’s accuser.
Both Italy and Germany contended
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DOOMED NEGRO IS
GRANTED REPRIEVE
Governor Stays Execution of Iredell
Alleged Rapist, Scheduled
To Die Friday
Raleigh, Sept. 9. —(AP)—Governor
Hoey granted a reprieve today to
Walter (Preacher) Caldwell, Iredell
county Negro, sentenced to be killed
by gas tomorrow for criminal assault
when appeal papers from the clerk
of the Iredell Superior Court were
found on arrival today not to be in
proper form. The governor acted to
permit correction of the papers by the
e’erk. If he had not issued a reprieve,
the execution would have had to be
carried out tomorrow morning, unless
new or corrected documents had ar
rived here from Statesville by that
time.
A perfected appeal to the Supreme
Court ’ automatically postpones , exe
cutions pending the court’s decisions
and the correct appeal papers will
have that effect, when they arrive.
Germany Is
Prepared To
Battle Foes
Will Fight To Last
Breath T o Block
Communism, Paul
Goebbels Declares
Numbers:, Germany, Sept. 9.
(AP) —Nazi Germany’s propagan
da minister, Paul Goebbels, de
clared before National Socialism’s
annua! congress today a new Eu
rope is being formed “for which
we will fight to the last breath
against communism.”
Goebbels brought all his powers of
investive into play—some of them a
gainst Americans and “deluded” dem
ocracies—a few hours after Germany
had decided she could not sit down
at a Meditterrean conference table
with other powers so long as Russia
which has accused Italy of sinking
her ships, would be there.
He warned Europe and the demo
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