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'Anderson gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA YEAR MESE AND JAPS FIGHT TO STANDSTILL McNinch Will Seek power To Regulate Charges For Radio New Communications Chair man Considers Radio in Field of Public Utilities POLICY TO REMAIN OPEN AT ALL TIMES Will Be No Covering Up of Anything; Treasury Defi cit for Quarter Is $273,823,- 4K2- Cotton Classed So Far t Os Inferior Quality Washington, Oct. 2 (AP)-Frank MeNinch, of Charlotte, N. C., new of the communications com £££indicated today he would X legislation to bring radio rates f nd er commission regulation. -I question the wisdom of any pol icy Which would leave free from regu- JJion* charges made by public utili tip-" he told his first press confer ee in his new capacity. Previously, he had declared radio was a public utility. , , . ~ ilcNinch, asserted his policy would be one open at all times to the public. •There will be no covering up of anything by me,” he said. “I care no: how far or high up it goes.” •My own conscience and judgment shall be my only guide. I shall do what I can to prevent or break up any trafficking, if any, in broadcast licensee.'’ In response to a question, he said in his opinion there had not been “cover in;; up in the commisison in the past. Other Washington developments: The Treasury reported its deficit for the first three months of the fis cal year was $273,823,482. Government experts said cotton from this year's crop, classed during the first two months of this season, was inferior to that classed during the same period last season. The Bu reau of Agricultural Economics re ported cotton classed to September 30 was lower in grade and a little short er in staple than the corresponding period last year. It said 64 percent of the upland cotton this year classed with middling and better in grade compared with 73 percent last season. Spotted grades constituted 20 percent of all cotton for the first two months this season, as against 16 percent last year, Farm Plan Elaborated By Wallace Louisville, Ivy., Oct. 2.—(AP)—Sec retary of Agriculture Henry Wallace outlined an “all weather” program to assembled thousands of farmers from Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana here today. Introduced by Judge Robert Bing ham, of Louisville, United States am bassador to Great Britain, Wallace tuged farmers to adopt a six-point program which he said, in the words th President Roosevelt was intended lf * level the peaks of over-supply in -0 the valleys of shortage and dis aster.” Principles and recommendations, allace said covered at a February eetitig of farm leaders, were: That agriculture has a right to a a 'r share of the national income. • that consumer as well as far thr ln - Wests should be safeguarded 3 °Tr h an ® ver ~ normal granary.! “at conservation of the soil is _ (Continued on Page Four.l /Two Electrocuted At Weldon Fair By Crossed Up Wires Cu ? eldon > Oct. 2.—(AF)— A short cir fotr C " msed blow-out of a trans trooi r Was Earned today for the elec tv f ° n of tWo men Halifax coun -o f afu' f u ' pounds last night. icers identified the victims as Jwf. rd Chamberlain of Olean, N. Y., trap. 1 ; w heel operator, where the oi Ls and Ernest Tidwell, } ’ 01 Roanoke Rapids. dir t l , !? 11 the bodies o f the men in stan , < <1 lhe y r eceived the shocks while i l! mg against the metal chain in Mttmttßmt Hath* Btsrmfrh LEASED WIRE SERVICE nu* THE ASSOCIATED PRESS? Pleads for China Mm#i Chiang Kai-Shek Once more Mme. Chiang Kai- Shek, American-educated wife of the Chinese dictator, has broad cast-an appeal to the world to halt Japan’s war machine with economic sanctions. Speaking over the radio, Mme. Kai-Shek said that 55,000 non-combatant men, women and children already had been killed in the undeclared war. —Central Press Court Opens Momentous New Session Many New Deal Cases Wait Ruling; Black Controversy Adds More Fuel Washington, Oct. 2. —(AP)—The Su preme Court session beginning Mon day is an important one on its merits, aside from the over-shadowing con troversy on the fitness and eligibility of its freshman member, Hugo Black. More than 400 cases, some of them vitally affecting administration legis lation, are on file. They include such important parts of President Roose velt’s program as the system of grant ing Federal aid for municipal power plants, the Home Owners’ Loan Cor poration, the Tennessee Valley Au thority and the 1936 act broadening (Cons inued on Page Eight.) NEW ORLEANS HAS DELUGE OF RAINS Two Storms in Gulf Produce Condi tion That Brings 12 Inches in Twenty Hours New Orleans, La., Oct. 2 (AP) —Two storms in the Gulf of Mexico off the gulf coast today brought to New Or leans a tropical deluge of rain of more than 12 1-2 inches in 20 hours. The area of the disturbance extended from Florida to Texas*. The rain, still continued here at noon, was the second heaviest on rec ord for New Orleans, and was nearing the 14-inches mark of the deluge in 1927. _ stalled to keep fair visitors from press ing too close to the riding device. Liehts on the fair grounds and in this town were put out of commis sion by the short circuit. Tidwells body Jas not found until sometime after Chamberlain was discovered un conscious on the ground. The Ferris wheel operator was rushed to a nos pital at Roar.oke Rapids but was dead before arrival there. A coroner’s jury was empanelled to seek the cause of the mishap. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER Light on Lindy iffß) Dr. Alexis Carrel, famous scientist, is pictured on his arrival in New York from Europe. He emphatically denied that Col. Charles A. Lind bergh intends to become a British citizen. Dr. Carrel and the flier have long been associated in scien tific research, and together per fected the famous “mechanical heart.” _ 'Central Press} SOUTHEAST OPENS FINAL QUARTER IN PROSPEROUS MOOD \ Retail Trade Gains, Agricul ture Has Good Season and Bank Debits Go Higher FIRST NINE MONTHS GAIN CONSISTENTLY Richmond Reserve Bank Reports Conditions Good In Territory; Tobacco Is Bringing Good Prices; Revenue Collections In State Climb •» Charlotte, Oct. 2. —(AP)—Gains in retail trade, a good agricultural sea son, mounting postal receipts and bank debits told a story of increas ing prosperity in the Southeast today as the year entered its fourth quar ter. Reports to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va., indicated a consistent gain throughout the entire first nine months of the year over the same period in 1936, its monthly bul letin said. A good agricultural season also brought prospects of higher income to the farmer. Georgia tobacco grow ers this year sold nearly 80,000,000 pounds for $15,570,000, an average price of 19.58 cents. The tobacco season is about oyer in South Carolina and relatively high prices were reported. The same held true of the eastern and Middle North Carolina belts, where the great bulk of the nation’s cigarette-type tobacco is produced. # The old belt markets in North Car continued on Page Four.) LiouifAmo UP TO EXPECTANCY . Moore Says Huge Increase in Revenue Was Not Be ing Looked For Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Oct. 2.—The September bev erage tax yield was up to expectations of Cutlar Moore, liquor iboard chair man, despite reports that hard liquor sales were not netting the State as much in the way of tax revenue as it was logical to expect in view of the increased sales tax of seven per cent. Beverage tax receipts for the month of September were $132,517.08 as com pared with the $93,623.66 for Septem ber, 1936, an increase of $38,“893.42 or approximately 40 per cent. Receipts for the first quarter of the current fiscal year were $397,998.78 against $273,423.19 for the corresponding pe riod of the last fiscal year, an in crease which slightly in excess of 40 Continued on Page Eight.), HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOO N, OCTOBER 2 1937 PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Black Speech Might Mark End Os Controversy Over Ku Klux Men on Both Sides of Argu ment Inclined To Let Matter Drop; Others Unchanged ROOSEVELT STILL REFUSES COMMENT President Gets Full Facts and Now Knows His Ap pointment "to High Tribu nal Was Member of Klan; Glass Still Thinks Ap pointment Was Unfit (By The Associated Press.) Comments on the speech of Justice Hugo Black indicated today some men on both sides of the controversy are ready to call a halt to the argument. Others, however, who felt strongly one way or the other about his fitness for the bench, said they have not changed their views. Some of the statements follow: Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho: “Justice Black will take his seat on Monday. I hope the subject of the klan will be dropped.” Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Mon tana: “A fine explanation. I think he satisfied the people generally.” Repre- 1 ' jtive Snell, Republican, New York, House minority leader: “This is purely a Democratic row.” Senator Tydings, Democrat, Mary land: “I voted against Black’s con firmation. I have nothing to add or subtract from that position.” John Lewis, CIO head: “Powerful and straightforward.” Senator Connally, Democrat, Texas* ■‘lt seems to me the incident is closed.” Dr. Hiram Evans, imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan: “A very sincere, speech. He’ll make a great judge. Tv#' been trying to tell folks that mem bership cards didift mean a thing.” Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia* “I didn’t think the appointment was a fit one, and I don’t think so now.” Senator Reynolds, Democrat, North Carolina: “His frank statement should convince every right-thinking Amer ican citizen so his honesty of purpose and sincerity.” ROOSEVELT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT BLACK’S STATEMENT Aboard Roosevelt Train, Enroute to Grand Coulee Dam, Oct. 2.—(AP)— President Roosevelt was fully acquaint (Continued on Pago Four.) Five Workers In Sewer Killed by Air Lock Blast Detroit, Mich. Oct. 2 (AP)—Five workmen were reported killed in a new interceptor sewer here this afternoon when hydraulic pressure destroyed an air lock. Reports to police said 30 other men were trapped underground. Physicians were summoned to the scene. A workman on the project said a huge shield was being pushed through clay when sand was struck, five feet fro Ara completed part of the sewer. 36 NEW G-MEN ARE AWARDED DIPLOMAS All Have Completed 12-Weeks Course Under Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, Oct. 2. — (AP) —The Federal Bureau of Investigation a warded diplomas today to 36 law en forcement officers who have complet ed the 12-weeks course of the FBI National Police Academy. The officers received special train ing in subjects ranging from police work to target practice. The FBI de clined to make public their names, but said the law enforcement agencies re presented at this session of the aca demy included: Roanoke, Va., police department and Wilson, N. C., police department. COTTON DECLINES ON HEDGE SELLING Futures Quotations 8 to 18 Lower at Close; Spot Quiet and Mid dling Is 8.45 New York, Oct- 2.—(AP) —Cotton futures opened barely steady, 7 to 12 points lower on active overnight hedge selling and liquidation. December mov ed between 8.21 and 8.19 and the list shortly after the first half hour was five to 12 points net lower. Futures closed steady 8 to 18 points lower. Spot quiet, middling 8.45. Open Close October 8.32 8.32 December •• • 8.21 8.18? January 8.19 8.11 March 8.17 8.14 May ••••• 8.25 8.18 July •♦•••••••••••••••••• 8.27 ~ 8*24 Black Admits Old Klan Membership | > - . A : .; : Hugo Black, former United States Senator and now associate justice of the Supreme Court, spoke to the nation on the radio last night and admitted he was at one time a member of the Ku Klux Klan, but said he was not ngyr- ? aari jcxpcltefl tQ be again. Much bitter opposition to his appointment to the court has been stirred up as the result of the charges he held member ship in the klan. Indications today, following the address, were that the tendency was to drop the controversy as the new justice sits with the court for the first time next Monday when it con venes for the fall term. Kerr With Group On Hawaii Visit Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. —(AP) — Seventeen United States senators and representatives headed for Hawaii today to study the ter ritory’s fitness for statehood. Ex pense of the 26-day junket is being paid by the Hawaiian legislature. In the senatorial group are: Tydings, of Maryland; Burke, of Nebraska; King, of Utah; Connally of Texas; O’Mahoney, of Wyom ing; Lundeen, of Minnesota, and Gillette, of lowa. Representatives include Kerr, of North Carolina. TALK VANDENBERG AS G. D. P. NOMINEE Wheeler as Democratic Op ponent Also Gossiped About Washington By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Oct. 2.—Senator Ar thur H. Vandenberg of Michigan is a good bit talked of, as we know, as 1940’s best Republican presidential bet. Indeed, it quite frequently is re marked that the G. O. P. has not any one else who would do at all. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon tana is increasingly talked of as Van denberg’s Democratic opponent. It would not be an altogether illogi cal set-up. Liberals Control Democrats The Democrats have fallen into the habit of being our radical party, or our ultra-liberal one, at least. Os (Continued on Page Four.) FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy tonight and Sun day, possibly occasional mists or light rain in south and central por tions; cooler in extreme north por tion Sunday. WEEKLY WEATHER. South Atlantic States: Showers beginning of week and possibly again near the close; scattered showers in Florida all of week; coolj over north portion at be ginning; otherwise , temperalttire near normal. PUBLISHED HVBKY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Arab Chiefs Taken From “Holy Land” Four Trouble-Mak ers Spirited by Brit ish to Island Irr In dian Ocean Jerusalem, Oct. 2. —(AP) —British warships were reported today to have spirited four high Arab leaders to ward Seychelles island in the Indian ocean, after a secret transfer at sea, while motorized troops and police kept the Holy Land quiet at machine gun point. The cruiser Sussex, which left Haifa at dawn with Dr. Khalidi and three others deported, returned later and it was itclieved the four had been transferred to another vessel that steamed directly to the island. At the same time, Jacob Hussein, leader of the Arab youth organization, (Continued on Page Eight.) Russia Demanding Full Abandonment Os Spanish Accord London, Oct. 2 (AP)-Great Bri tain and France today sought a show down with Italy on the Spanish ques tion, despite a Soviet maneuver ap parently designed to force their hand and anger Rome. Diplomatic quarters reported the Soviet Union demanded abandonment of the entire Spanish non-interven tion scheme in a note to Lord Ply mouth, chairman of the 27-nation non intervention group. The move would permit shipment of arms and volun teers to Spain. Paris and London wont ahead with plans for a three-party conference by inviting Italy to participate in an “at tempt to deal promptly and effective ily with issues relating to foreign in 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY CHINESE HOLD ON STUBBORNLY UPON LINESOFDEFENSE Warships in Whangpoo Riv er Blanket Chapei Area With Barrage of High Explosives 200 JAPS ARE DEAD IN CLOSE FIGHTING U. S. Marines on Edge of Heavy Fighting in Their Sector and Complete New Row of Machine Gun Nests; Jap War Planes Re new Raids Elsewhere Shanghai, Oct. 2 (AP)—^Chinese and Japanese troops fought each oth er to a standstill today in the fifth day of battle of Shanghai’s north sta tion, where the Chinese defense line is anchored only a stone’s throw from the foreign settlement. While Japanese warships in the Whangpoo river blanketed the area with a barrage of shells, planes drop ped demolition bombs on Chapei and several burned, blackened areas form erly in Shanghai’s foreign district. At nightfall, the Chinese were still stubbornly holding the Pantheon theatre, despite n series of Japanese thrusts to dislodge them. The heavy fighting in the Chapei district resulted in the destruction of one of Shanghai’s gayest white light districts. Chinese commanders declared 200 Japanese were killed in close quarters fighting around the north station. The sixth U. S. Marines, also on the edge of heavy fighting in their sector along the • Soochow creek, completed a new row of machine gun nests, giv ing them a complete sweep of the em battled district on Shanghai’s north side,. On the other fronts, in central and south China, Japanese war planes re newed their raids. A squadron of five planes bombed Liushi, southeast of Nanking A Japanese dispatch reported the capture of a point on the Pukow railroad, carrying the Japanese campaign in north China into Shantung province for the Contact In Kidnap Case Attempted Chicago, Oct 2 (AP) —A telephone call from a gruff-voiced man was re garded today by investigators as a possible attempt by the kidnapers of wealthy Charles Ross to start nego tiations for a ransom. The call was received at the Ross home shortly after the arrival in Chicago of Earl Connelly, investigator for the Fede ral Bureau of Investigation. Connel ly was informed the man said: “Take this down. This is Bob of New York. We have Ross but the Federal agents have the wires tapped and we cannot make contact. This is not a prank.” Connelly said the man would be as sured if he called again that the wires were not tapped and that he was free to contact the wife of the kid napers’ victim. Mrs. Ross was reported anxious to have police and Federal agents with draw from the case in the hope her husband would reveal their terms. tervention in Spain.” Despite pessimistic reports from Rome, British and French were hope ful Premier Mussolini would accept the invitation. Diplomats said the Russian move should form the basis for further Rus sia negotiations to obtain greater equality of opportunity to help the leftist-inclined republican government of the war-torn nation. The note said the old non-interven tion naval patrol ceased to be effec tive when France and British with drew their warships—following similar action of Germany and Italy. Warships of the four powers had comprised the cordon around Spain to prevent shipments by water of vol unteers and war materials.
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