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HENDERSON gateway TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR CHINESE ARMY FORCED TO ABANDON LINES COPELAND DECLARES JUSTICE BLACK NOW MEMBER IN KU KLUX U. S. Senator, Tammany Candidate for Mayor of New York, Demands Resignation Now WALSH ALSO GIVES VIEWS ON CHARGES Says If Black Is Klansman, Senate Acted Under Mis understanding in Confirm ing Him for High Court; Roosevelt Refuses Com ment on Charges New York, Sept. 13 (AP)—United C tl t e S Senator Royal S. Copeland brought the name of Supreme Court j u , ti ce Hugo Black into the New York mavoralty campaign today, referring t 0 new allegations that the former Alabama senator “was and is now a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and demanding his resignation “at once" from the Supreme Court bench. Senator Copeland’s demand was fol lowed by Senator David Walsh, Massa chusetts Democrat, who said that if Justice Black had not resigned “from h is alleged life membership” in the Klan. he felt the justice was “con firmed by the Senate under a mis understanding and misapprehension and the President should ask for his resignation.” "If it turns out now that he is an actual member of the Klan, this may account for the speed with which his confirmation was rushed through the Senate without full investigation and without advance notice to senators, Walsh said. Senator Copeland, Tammany anti- New Deal candidate for mayor of New York, levelled his guns at Justice Black indirectly in an attack on his opponent in the Democratic primary, Jeremiah Titus Mahoney. The New York senator’s charges were made following publication of a copyrighted story in the New York Times, asserting Justice Black was "and is now again” a mcomber of the Ku Klux Klan. At Hyde Park, N. Y., James Roose velt. eldest son and private secretary to the President, quoted the Presi dent as saying there was “no com ment with reference to these allega tions. Conviction Obtained In Chance Case Greenville, S. C-, Sept. 13 (AP) A jury's verdict rendered in general ses sions court here today convicted George Clapp and Otis Jamison, Greenville business men, of conspir acy to permit the operation of slo machines, but reported a disagree ment in the cases of their codefend ants, Representative Lewis Prince and Francis Drake, a colonel on Governor Olin D. Johnston’s staff. The jury reached its verdict early yesterday, but the result was sealed and not known until the opening of court this morning. Judge Philip Stoll ordered a mis trial in the cases of Prince and Drake and agreed to hear arguments for a new trial for the two men convicted. Attorneys for Clapp and Jamison fileed their motion for a new trial immediately after the verdict was an nounced, but asked for time in which to prepare their arguments. Profit Made ByA.&N.C. Rail Service Net $18,106 for First Seven Months, De spite $6,623 Loss for July Raleigh, Sept. 13. —(AF) —President R P. Crowell, of the Atlantic & Nort. Carolina Railroad, reported to nor Hoey today that the line lost s6r 623.38 on its July operations, but had a profit of $18,106.81 for the first seven months of this year. The State owns controlling stock in the corporation, which runs the railroad. Crowell said the July net receipts Continued pa Page Twp.l __ m9N MCMCWMA Hrtthrrsmt 33aUu 21 tiiurfrit L THE 2 A SERVICE OF THE, ASSOCIATED PRESS. To Direct Census f ..' •: "= •;:•¥! IMS- ; am ■: ySaSSasanagaßa Ok p IfIJMM Ipl- • i iH xH? liill .Jfliftk i« i- . ' :- m, IBB ? r,!kG.:v:- John Biggers John Biggers of Toledo, 0., who has been asked by President Roosevelt to direct the taking of a census of the unemployed, is president of Libby-Owens-Ford Glass company of Toledo, a posi tion he has held since 1930. Bom in St. Louis, and a University of Michigan graduate, Biggers is ex pected to accept the president’s offer if and when he gets a leave of absence from his company, He is 48. —Central Press Middle Belt PoundageTo Be Cut Some But Season’s Esti mate Is 95,000,000 Pounds; Sales Begin Thursday Dnilv Dispatch Hurenn, In The Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, Sept. 13. —North Carolina’s Middle Belt tobacco markets will open September 16 with indications that 95,000,000 pounds of tobacco will be sold, W .P. Hedrick, tobacco special ist of the State Department of Agri culture, said today. After making a tour of the fcelt. Mr. Hedrick said that preparations for the opening are practically com plete. “Tobacco sold in the Middle Belt last season averaged 23.17 cents per pound,” he added pointing out “If the prices paid in the eastern belt are in dicative of the prices to be paid in the middle belt the farmers will be pleased.” Department authorities reported that the previous poundage increase predicted for the Middle Belt will (Continued on Page Eight.) COTTON DEPRESSED ON HEDGE SELLING Liverpool Cables Also Indifferent, and Prices Are 12 to 16 Points . Lower New York, Sept. 13. —(AP) —Cotton futures opened steady one to four points lower on indifferent Liverpool cables and under active hedge selling. December sold off from 8.90 to 8.85, leaving quotations three to six points net loier shortly after the first half hour. December was selling at the low of 8.85 at midday, when the list was six to seven points net lower. Cotton futures closed steady, 12 to 16 points lower. Spot quiet, middling 9,01 ‘ Open Close October . 8-89 8.78 December 893 gB3 January gQ2 891 I March 909 8.99 M *y 9.18 9.06 lJuly ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. LEAGUE DECLINES BY VOTE TO EXPEL SPANISH LOYALIST Tense, Closely-Guarded Ses sion Rebuffs Efforts To Oust Present Gov ernment WARSHIPS ENTER ON SUBMARINE PATROL One Report Is Disabled “Pirate” Ship Is Lying On Bottom With Crew Still Alive; League Spikes Mus solini’s Hopes of Expelling Ethiopia Geneva, Sept. 13. —(AP) —The Lea gue of Nations rebuffed an attempt to unseat the Spanish government from its assembly today at the outset of a tense, closely-guarded session, which is to hear a Spanish accusa tion of Italy as a Mediterranean pir ate power. While the Assembly met, France and Grfeat Britain assembled a mighty fleet of 60 men of war to drive mys terious raiders from the inland sea. Already there were unconfirmed re ports from Spanish Cartagena, on the Mediterranean, that a pirate sub marine, her crew still alive, lay blast ed and crippled under the water. But the League credentials commit tee decided credentials of the Valen (Continued on Page Five) TWO-YEAR LOWS IN THE STOCK MARKET Rally at Opening of Market Quickly Turned Into Sudden and Speedy Declines New York, Sept. 13.—(AP) —An opening rally of one to three points in today’s stock market was quickly converted into a selling move that brought general losses of as much or more. There were a few declines, rang ing from five to eleven. Fast at the 1 start, the pace soon slowed. Larger offerings began to appear and momen turn on the downside increased. Near the fourth hour minus signs were in the majority. Offsetting the Wash ington development was continued un easiness over Far Eastern and Euro pean complications and the lack of a clear outlook on fall domestic busi ness prospects. The matter of a pos sible special session of Congress was also regarded as a retarding influence Bonds reflected the gold decree and the decision of the reserve board to buy short-term government securities in the open market for a while by an early jump. They subsequently lost vigor along with stocks. Commodities were uneven. Leaders crashed into new low territory for two years or longer, following an opening rally in spired by action of the government in withdrawing $300,000,000 in sterilized gold to lighten credit needs. Some support appeared in the final hour, with a number of pivotal stocks cutting sizeable portions from their extreme declines. Many, however, dragged bottom when the closing gong sounded. Transfers were in the neighborhood of 1,600,000 shares. Curtiss Wright 4 3-8 American Telephone 159 American Radiator 16 American Tobacco B 76 3-4 Anaconda 48 3^4 Atlantic Coast Line 35 Atlantic Refining 23 7-8 Bendix Aviation 16 Bethlehem Steel 80 Chrysler * 94 7-8 Columbia Gas & Elec Co 10 1-4 Commercial ... 10 7-8 Continental Oil Co 12 1-4 DuPont 144 Electric Pow & Light 16 General Electric 46 General Motors 29 1-2 Liggett & Myers B 95 Montgomery Ward & Co 50 5-8 Reynolds Tob B 48 7-8 Southern Railway 19 5-8 Standard Oil N J 59 3-4 U S Steel 93 1-4 Sii Highway Police Join With Governor’s Hospitality Committee Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Sept. 13— The 120 members of the State Highway Patrol have been instructed to cooperate in every way possible with the Governor’s Hos pitality Committee and the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment in welcoming visitors from oth er states as they come into North (Continued on Page Eight.). HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 13,1937 The March of Civilization in Nazi Germany JgpPMHH : ••I:. v: :: : i :^ ■.& & s x ""IIS yLterf' Rk ii 111 R| §1 Eng ’ iL RL jaßb Jr H HrifwmiiMfflF & i JjSSgZ H Y a vyjbg .<«L « ■Rfr W \ ESm, m Ma,.': t ' Here is another straw that- shows how the wind blows on a continent primed for war. Children in Germany are shown being fitted with gas masks, in the first distribution of these essentials to European civilization. Officials are overseeing the distribution to make sure that the masks fit properly before the recipients are allowed to take them home—after paying two marks fifty pfennigs (about one dollar) for them. (Central Press) Spanish Rebels Open Up Loyalist Lines To Make Gains On Northern Coast To Restore Lash? ; : Ji |S Gov. E. D. Rivers Protests are being sent to Gov. E. D. Rivers of Georgia against his attempt to restore use of the lash on prisoners. The lash was abolished in Georgia in 1923 fol lowing nation-wide agitation against it. Since then' Georgia has resorted to solitary confine ment, bread and water, stripes and shackles as punishment. Many escapes from chain gangs have aroused the governor and he ordered escaping prisoners shot on sight. —Central Press NEW ALIGiENT Os PARTIESIS RAPID New Principles Certain, No Matter What Names May Be Adopted By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Sept. 13. President Nicholas Murry Butler of Columbia university may be a very ultra-con servative —or maybe not, but many folk say he is. Nevertheless, he says some things with which it is difficult to disagree. For example, he remarked recently that both the “historic American po litical parties” are “completely wreck ed.” He suggested, accordingly, a realign ment. He might have gone farther than that —to the effect that the re alignment already is in progress. It has been in progress for a dozen or fifteen years, in fact. A point has been reached now where it seems as (Continued on Page Six.) "WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Tuesday; slightly cooler tonight. Advance Six Miles Toward Government Biscayan De fense System In Provinces STALLED LONG TIME BY STOUT DEFENSE Small Bands of Asturians ; Swoop Down on Advanc ing Column, and Insurg ents Break Through Only |by Taking Advantage of . Fog To Hide Them Hendaye, Fronco-Spanish Frontier, Sept. 13.—(AP) —.SpaniJi insurgents today broke through hard-fighting government lines in Leon province and advanced six miles toward the government Biscayan defense posi tions. Insurgents said their airplanes resistance south of the Europa moun tains in a renewal of large scale fight ing. The attacking column is seeking to join insurgent coastal forces in an assault on Ribadesella, eastern gate way to the ultimate insurgent objec tives in Asturias. Earlier guerilla warfare stalled the insurgents’ march toward Gijon, last government stronghold in north Spain Border dispatches reported that last stand of Asturian defenders adopted new strategy to halt the for ces moving through the northern mountains toward the Sella river to mop up. the last government resis tance on the Bay of Biscay. The Asturians retreated from their mountain positions and then launched vigorous counter-attacks, attempting to surprise the insurgent advance guard. Small bands of Asturians swooped down on the main column, ambush ing outposts and smiting at the main line. Reports from both contending forces said little change had come <rontinued on Page Six.) Japanese Business Men Back Sino- Japanese War Third Party in Struggle Bes ore Long Also Envisioned in Address to Clearing House Groups By Hirozo, One Os Giants Os Nippon Finance Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 13 (AP) The first public utterance came from Ja pan’s bankers concerning the govern ment’s stringent financial and econo policies today. It was fatalistic and envisioned a “third party” in the Sino-Japanese War. Hirozo Mori, one of the giants of Japanese finance, speaking as chair man of the board of the Tokyo Clear ing House, told the government and members of clearing houses through out the island empire: “Expansion of the Asiatic ccmtin- PUBLISHED IVBKY AFTBRNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. President Is To Stay Near The Capital World Situation So Serious Roosevelt May Abandon Trip to Pacific Coast Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 13 (AP)— President Roosevelt will bring to an end tonight his longest stay away from Washington this year, when he leaves his family home a day ahead of schedule to consult with capital ad visors on what he regards a “serious” world conditions. After talking with the cabinet, prob ably some time before the regular meeting Friday, hie will decide wheth er to remain at the capital indefinite •~*nntinn»»d on Page Five.) Government To Lend Aid For Peanuts Washington, Sept. 13. —(AP) —Agri- culture Department officials discuss ed today with more than 100 repres entatives of the peanut industry a program looking to- increased use of peanuts for non-edible purposes. The program, similar to one estab lished for the 1935 season, would pro vide Federal help in diverting pea nuts from the normal channels of trade, principally into oil and :bi-pro ducts. It would authorize payments to as sociations or corporations for such di version as one means of stabilizing the price and supply of peanuts. Tentative plans for the program were outlined to the industry’s repre sentatives by F. R. Wlilcox, director of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration’s marketing division, and other AAA officials. States represent ed were Virginia, the Carolinas, Geor gia, Florida, Alabama and Texas. ent is the Japanese people’s heaven decreed destiny, which neither the world nor we ourselves can check or alter,” he said. Prince Eumimara Konoye, premier, and others high in business and gov ernment in Japan were among' those who heard the bankers’ reaction to the government’s mobilization of the nation’s entire economic fabric on a war-time basis. “Industrial index figures convince Continued mi Page Five.; 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY TO Son L INFS F OJT NEW DEFENSE Retreat Is Orderly Dapite Japanese Efforts To Turn It Into Com plete Rout BATTLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT Not One House in Strategic Village Northwest Os Shanghai Left Standing; First American Refugees To Leave on U. S. Warship Taken Out Cholera Rampant In American Area Shanghai, Sept. 13. (AP) — Cholera, constant Oriental peril of pither war or peace, took & grave turn in the international areas to day, while 23 Americans were be ing evacuated on a United States warship. There were unconfirmed reports that one American left in Shang hai was dying of the dread disease. In all, there were 529 new cases in the foreign areas, 450 of them in the French concession, where most Americans live. The other 79 were in the international settle ment. Most of the victims were Chinese refugees, who had spread into the foreign sections. "Sixty had died in the last 48 hours. Shanghai, Sept. 13. —(AP) —Under heavy fire from Japanese land and sea batteries, the Chinese army aban doned the hotly-fought Kingwan salient north of Shanghai today, and withdrew all forces to the powerfully fortified second line of defense net work of trenches stretching from Shanghai 25 miles to the northwest. The Chinese retreat was orderly and strategic to prepare positions which they had expected to fall back on as soon as the full force of Japan’s me chanized advance surged against them The Japanese followed hard on the heels of the retreating Chinese and quickly occupied the Far Eastern race course in the new completely ruined Kiangwan civic center. The Chinese had held the area for a full month against the fiercest Jap anese assaults. Thrusting hard against the center of the Chinese first line at Yangchang the Japanese rushed up reinforce ments in an effort to turn the with drawal into a rout. The Chinese held fast, however, and fotight a furious covering action to protect the estab lishment of new positions. All day Sunday and all last night the battle raged through Yangthang. Not a house in the strategic village, ten miles north, was left standing. Ob servers said it was the bloodiest fight ing of the five weeks old battle of Shanghai, which is estimated to have taken a toll of 50,000 killed or wound ed Chinese and Japanese troops. The first group of Americaif re (Continued on Page Six.) Accuse Japs Os Bombings On Hospital Deliberate Attack, Despite ,U. S. Flags, Is Charged By Churchman 'l..' ■ i Hong Kong, China, Sept. 13 (AP)— p. V. Thomas, head of the American Seventh Day Advents mission hospi tal at Faichow, charged Japanese to day with the apparently deliberate bombing of the hospital, despite the prominent display of American flags. Thomas, who arrived here today, bringing wounded members of his Chinese staff, said Japanese war planes bombed the hospital for 15 min utes yesterday. Flags, he said, were prominently dis played over the mission and the at tack apparently was deliberate, as there were no military objectives nearby. A barracks two miles away, he said, was bombed later, and was subjected to new attacks this morning. Several of the six Chinese members of his staff were placed in a hospital here suffering from shrapnel wounds. Waichow is some 50 miles up the Canton river northwest of Hong Kong.