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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR U. S. MARINES TOLD TO HUE ON ATTACKERS + vvvvvvv v w u AFL Demands Complete Surrender Os Lewis* CIO PROPOSAL OFFERED [«PEACE MEET Blf PARENT GROUP All CIO Unions Would Be Required To Return to AFL Fold If In Good Standing NEW CIO UNIONS WOULD BE TAKEN Conference Would Work Out Plan for Their Affilia tion; Settlement of All Re maining Differences Would Await Next AFL National Convention Washington, Oct. 27. —(AP) — Labors peace conference recessed today until November 4 after each side had turned down the other’s peace proposal. Harvey Fremming, one of the CIO negotiators, said the recess was , ‘in no way considered a per manent disagreement.” The CIO had 'turned clown the AFL’s peace proposal earlier. “The proposal suggests abject surrender.” Philip Murray), chair man of the CIO peace committee, said in a statement issued two hours after the federation had suggested dissolution of the CIO as the basis of the settlement of labor’s strife. Washington, Oct. 27. —(AP) — The American Federation of Labor called today for the complete surrender of John Lewis’ rebel CIO as the federa tion’s terms for ending labor’s big civii war. The federation’s three-man peace committee, headed by George Har rison, president of the railway clerks submitted this proposal to a peace conference this morning. It came as a counter-suggestion to the CIO pro posal of yesterday for establishment (Continued on Page Three.) Puckett Is Saved From Death Cell Raleigh, Oct. 27 (AP)—Governor Hoey commuted to life imprisonment today the death sentence on Alfred Puckett in Richmond county after con viction of murder in July, 1936. Puckett was charged with the kill ing of Roy Rhyne. He was indicted jointly with Paul Mechling and Foyle Cox. Mechling and Cox pleaded guil ty to second degree murder after Cox testified against Puckett and each re ceived a 30-year prison term. The State contended Puckett, Mech ling and Cox entered into a conspir acy to rob Rhyne and killed the man while carrying out the robbery. Hoey said: “There was much evir dence developed’’ at the trial of Mech ling” to the effect that the killing knew out of an altercation between Puckett and Rhyne, that much liquor (Continued on Page Three.) Drug Deaths Total Os 53 Over Nation Nash Man In Rocky Mount Hospital Is Gravely 111, Prob ably from That Chicago, Oct. 27.—(AP)—Deaths at tributed to a drug mixture of elixir sulfanalimide reached 53 totday and the American Medical Associa tion said an end to the fatalities was n <d yet in sight. he association announced two new verified deaths were reported from wic’nita Falls, Texas, and Swainsboro, Georgia. Ur. Morris Fishbein said reports of *>even additional fatal cases were re (Continued on Page Five) Hettftersmt Hatly Biapatrhl ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. LEASED WIRE SERVICE OW THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Handshakes Open C. I. O. —A. F. L. Parley fr ~ ~ ■,.... • ... I - %; : J?l I Bk -ml . %»r?Bjal |jj ■■■ Rpfl imM IH BfeLv , ? M —— , Giving evidence of their good faith in handshakes, delegates to the peace conference between the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization are pictured, above, as the conference got under way in Washington. George Harrison (left), president of the railroad clerks and chairman of the A. F. L. conferees, is shaking hands with David Dujnnsky, of the C. I. O. In the center is,Philip Murray, chairman of the Steel Workers Organizing Cozmnittee and head of the G. I. O. delegation. Sub-Committees To Rush Crop Bill’s Preparation Rebels Plan Cut Os Loyal Troops Madrid, Oct. 27.—(AP) —A new drive to cut government Spain,into two parts was believed foreshadow ed today by reports of huge con centrations of insurgent troops north of Teruel. The Teruel battle area, com paratively quiet while Francisco Franco'Oi armies were *efl3.minat ing” the northwestern front, is really the southern tip of the long Aragon front, reaching from the French frontier to a point about 135 miles due east of Madrid. Third Entry Rumored In Senate Race Coan and Gregg Cherry Talked, but Latter Is Not Likely To Attempt It Dally Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Oct. 27.—Talk of a third candidate in the senatorial sweep stakes, wherein Bob Reynolds and Frank Hancock are already entrants, grows louder and louder despite the statement of Cameron Morrison which removed the former* governor . and senator from the list of possibilities. In his renunciation of an avowed ambition to tackle Reynolds again, the Sage of Sharon called for the drafting of Governor Clyde R. Hoey as the best man for the place, but the smiling chief executive apparent (Continued on Page Three.) Insurgents Halt British Steamship In Bay of Biscay London, Oct* (AP)— All British ships in wireless range were asked today, Lloyds report ed, to assist the British steam ship Stamey after it was fired on and halted by a Spanish insur gent trawler in the Bay of Bis- underwriting concerns said the 880-ton vessei Ihad been attacked three and a half miles off Aviles, an Asturian port oc cupied in last week’s insurgent of fensive in northwest Spam. A French motor tanker ed the Land’s radio station asking jawte tance on behalf of the Stanray. HENDERSON, N. C„ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 27, 1937 Five Groups To Work on Different Phases of Con trol Measure for Ex tra Session COOLEY ON TOBACCO AND COTTON GROUPS Roosevelt, In Navy Day Message, Says United States Will Do All Possible Honorably To Prevent War, But Will Maintain Full Sea Defenses Washington, Oct. 27. —(AP) —Chair- man Jones, Democrat, Texas, desig nated five suf>committees of the House. Agriculture Committee today to expedite preparation of a’ general crop control bill for the special con gressional session. These sub-committees were charged with drafting those portions of the legislation which will apply primar ily to corn, tobacco, dairying, wheat, rice and cotton. Jones said after a “discussion of the general picture,” among eleven members present, a meeting of the committee adjourned until Friday. The tobacco sub-committee will in clude Representative Mitchell, Demo crat, Tennessee; Flannagan, Demo crat, Virginia; Cooley, Democrat, North Carolina; Kinzer, Republican, Pennsylvania. On the cotton group will be Ful mer, Democrat, South § Carolina; Doxey, Democrat, Mississippi; Owen, Democrat, Georgia; Kleberg, Demo crat, Texas; and Cooley. Other developments: President Roosevelt said in a Navy {Continued on Page Three.) JUMPY SESSION OF STOCK MARKET HAD Big Steel and Chrysler Flounder Back and Forth and Market Is Irregular New York, Oct. 27. —(AP) — The stock market had another jumpy ses sion today. United States Steel and Chrysler flopped back and forth, now showing small gains, now small losses while the rest of the market drifted irregularly lower. Bonds were mixed. American Radiator 12 3-8 American Telephone 150 3-4 American Tobacco B 72 Anaconda 27 7-8 Atlantic Coast Line 25 Atlantic Refining 22 1-2 Bendix Aviation 12 7-8 Bethelehem Steel 47 Chrysler 67 1-4 Columbia Gas & Elec Co 8 Commercial ~ •• 8 5-8 Continental Oil Co 10 Curtis Wright 3 3-4 DuPont . 125 Electric Power Light 10 1"4 General Electric 40 1-2 General Motors 35) 7-8 Liggett & Myers B 86 1-2 Montgomery Ward & Co 39 1-2 Reynolds Tobacco B 47 1-4 Southern Railway 13 3- Standard Oil Co. N. J 50 U. S. Steel 57 Remove Open Pin jjgg Margie Disimone An open safety pin in the stom ach of Margie Disimone, 18, of Washington, D. C., was removed by surgeons at Gallinger hospital and Miss Disimone is recovering. Physicians traced the descent of the pin. from the throat to the pit of the stomach. —Central Press KSs Meetings And Conferences May Be Incidental or for a Purpose Dnily Dtoimtch Bnrean, In The Sir Walter ll>*l«*l. Raleigh, Oct. 27.—Those versed in affairs political are pondering the portent of the unusual activity among groups which are known to have strong “machine” leaning. What connection, if any, is there be tween possible entry of a conserva tive candidate into the Senate sweep stakes and the meetings of Young Democrats (led by Arch Allen whose election was largely attributed to ad ministration backing) and of wo men’s groups, led by Mrs. W. B. Murphy (whose job as vice chairman of the State executive committee was a gift from the same administration)? Are these meetin gpurely acciden tal and incidental, or are they studied efforts to line up support for an anti (Continued on Page Three.) BONNEVILLE POWER RATE BASIS FIXED Hyde Park, N. Y., Oct. 27 (AP) j. d. Boss, administrator of the Bonneville, Ore., power project, an nounced today President Roosevelt had approved a 3 1-2 per cent in terest rate and 40-year amortiza tion plan as the basis for fixing rates for Bonneville power. “WEATHER FOB NORTH CABOLINA. Partly cloudy and somewhat colder tonight; frost in the in terior if clear; Thursday fair, cooler in east portion. Japan Refuses To Have Any Part In Nine-Power Meet Tokyo Formally Declines 1 nvit&tion to Brussels Con * ference Seeking To Halt Far East Conflict; Claims Fighting Is in Self-Defense Tokyo, Oct. 27 (AP) —Japan formal ly declined today the invitation to participate in the Brussels conference of nine-power-pact adherents of the Japanese war. A note handed to the Belgian Am bassador, Baron de Bassompierre said the conference was inspired by the League of Nations and would “put se rious obstacles in the path of tho iust and proper solution of the con flict.” Hoey Declares State is Strong For Crop Control Governor, Speaks At Lunch eon in High Point Attended by Secretary Wallace; Says Control Is Only Sure Way To Avoid Dis aster in South High Oct. 27.—(AP)—Gover nor Clyde Hoey asserted here today that “North Carolina is definitely in favor of crop control legislation” as he spoke at a luncheon attended by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace. “The one good effect of the spe cial session of Congress,” Hoey said, “should be early passage of farm leg islation, so that the farmer will know how to plant for his crop for the year 1938.” The governor and secretary visited soil conservation projects near here and then went to Winston-Salem for a banquet of the State Grange. Pleas For Peace Sounded As Keel Is Laid For Huge Warship North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Hor* tor Joins in Ceremony at Great Brooklyn Navy Yard Plant MOST POWERFUL OF ALL DREADNAUGHTS Will Cost $60,000,000 and Be Ready by 1941; High Navy Officials Join In Ceremony Attendant Upon Laying of Keel of New Navy Vessel New York, Oct. 27.—(AP)—(Pleas for peace, keynoting the nation’s Navy Day observance, found an in harmonious accompaniment today in the staccato hammering of rivets in to the keel of what is to be the Unit ed States’ greatest man-of-war, the battleship North Carolina. A great bull riveter, weighing 2,000 pounds, and manned by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, Lieutenant Governor Wilkins Horton, of North Carolina, and Rear Admiral (Continued on Page Three.) T. B. ROSE, JR, UPON STATE BOARD AGAIN Appointed by Governor Hoey As Trustee of Fayetteville Normal School Raleigh, Oc.t 27.—(AP) —Governor Hoey appointed nine persons today to the board of trustees of the Fayette ville Colored Normal School. The 'board members to serve four years from October 1 are: H. L. Cook, Maurice Fleishman, Frank Sfcedman and R. M. Lilly, all of Fayetteville; A. M. Shaw, of Lil lington; Emil Rosenthal, of Golds boro; Robert Weinstein, of Lumber ton; T. B. Rose, Jr., of Henderson; and Dr. R. R. Taylor, a Wilmington Negro. PUBLISHED UVarnY AFTBKNOOM EXCEPT SUNDAY. (Tho Belgian foreign office an nounced yesterday in Brussels the opening of the nine-power-compact conference had been postponed from next Saturday % to next Tuesday.) Shortly before delivery of tho note to the Belgian envoy, Japanese For eign Minister Hirota received imperial approval for the reply. The Japanese foreign office simul taneously released a long informal statement reiterating Japan’s conten tion Japan was fighting in self-defense “The disaster attendant stricted crop Jnanifest this year,” Hoey said, “in the price of cotton, cottonseed and other farm pro ducts. The farmers of the South have already suffered a tremendous loss by the low price of these products this year, and unless there should be some effective crop control we will advance into the next year with starvation prices next fall, unless providence should intervene to reduce the size of the crop.” Hoey said he wished “to earnestly urge upon our distinguished secretary Continued on Page Five.) VISIT OF WINDSORS MIGHTBEPROBLEM Complications Would Arise If Duke and Duchess Naturalize Here By CHARLES P. STEWART Central l’ress Columnist Washington, Oct. 27.—The stay of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in the United States will be a perfect delirium of a visit, of course. All the same, it unmistakably has been considerably cheapened in ad vance by persistent rumors of com mercial motives connected with it. First, there was the story that the Windsors planned to become movie star!. Then followed the report that the duke was slated for a job as a world film czar. The latest version, to the effect that his grace is booked as a super-salesman for Charles Be daux’s office equipment company really sounds rather convincing., True, it is nothing to David’s dis credit if he is starting out to work for a living. Still, it takes a bit of (Continued on Page Three.) SLIGHT DECLINE IN COTTON NEAR CLOSE Moderate Hedge Selling and Trade and Foreign Buying Observed In Trading New York, Oct. 27. —(AP) —Cotton futures opened quiet, four lower to one higher, with moderate hedge sell ing, trade and foreign buying. Short ly after the first half hour, March, which had sold from 8.08 to 8.06, was ruling at 8.07, and the list was two points lower to one higher. At mid day the list was one to two points net lower. March slipped from 8.10 to 8.07. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COkY ADMIRAL YARNELL IN DRASTIC MOVE AT SHANGHAI BASE Commander Acts In Face of Fierce Fighting Raging At International Settlement TREMENDOUS FIRES IN CHAPEI SECTION —■ c Incendiary Bombs Dropped By Chinese Aircraft On i Japanese Positions; Britain Has Already Ordered Her Troops To Fire On Attack ‘ ing Planes Shanghai, Oct. 27.—(AP) —United States Marines were authorized , to day to open fire in self-defense on any airplane attacking them or non combatants in their sector of the in ternational settlement. Admiral Harry Yarnell, commander of the United States Asiatic fleet, authorized the defensive measure as fierce fighting, tnJtensilYied iy the) retreat of. Chinese troops from Chapei to a new defensive line, raged menac ingly around the international set tlement. Tremendous fires set by the em battled Chinese and Japanese raged through Chapei, native fluartier of north Shanghai, and even penetrated the settlement at one point. Chinese aircraft raided the Yangtzepop sec tion, dropping incendiary bombs which started more fires. The combat brought into play the full power of Japanese warships in (Continued on Page Three.) Erosion 1 War Is Demanded By Wallace High Point, Oct. 27 (AP)— Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace said to day if land destruction by erosion is t to be prevented, “I see no alternative to the widespread adoption of land use practices that will prevent exces sive run-offs and control soil losses. other course is going to be much more expensive and probably disastrous the long run,” he said in an address before a gathering of thousands of farmers, farm special ists and other interested persons as a climax to his inspection of soil con servations projects in this vicinity. “Erosion,” he said, “is most severe in the Piedmont portion of the State — in this rolling country that slopes from the mountains to the coastal plains.” The cabinet members said “accord ing to the best available information” erosion was now removing on the average of the Piedmont “enough fer tile soil to cut down the gross income crop yields at the rate of about 44 cents an acre each year. Throughout the Piedmont this reduced productivi ty means an average loss to farmers of around $1,628,000.” Powers Will Act Without Russian Aid Soviet To Be Ignored Unless It Agrees to Spanish Troop Withdrawals London, Oct. 27 (AP)—Movement gathering force among other powers to reach some sort of agreement on Spain’s foreign soldiers —with or with out Russia —threatened today to leave the Soviet Union out in the non-inter vention cold. All other participating nations agreed last night to the British pro posals .specifying belligerent rights be granted both Spanish government and insurgents when substantial pro gress” has been made in withdrawing alien warriors from the civil conflict. When the diplomats resumed their (Continued on Page Three.)
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