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HENDERSON gateway to CENTRAL!. CAROLINA TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR COURT AGAIN REFUSES REVIEW OF DUCK Chinese Launch New Drive South Os Shanghai To Trap 25,000 Japs In That Area NEW JAP ATTACKS QUICKLY REPULSED, CHINESE DECLARE Severe Fighting in Progress West and South of Metro polis, New Re ports Say REINFORCEMENTS TO HELP THE CHINESE Chinese Claim Their Posi tions North of Whangpoo River Are Secure Against Enemy’s Attacks; One Chi nese Force Retreating, Japs Claim Shanghai, Nov. B.—(AP)—Chinese declared tonight they had launched a counter-offensive to isolate a Japan ese force south of Shanghai, estimated at 25.000 men, from its landing base on the seacoast. Severe fighting broke out both south and west of Shanghai. In Chekiang province, to the south, Chinese declared they had repulsed a surprise Japanese thrust toward Shanghai from the Hangchow bay area. ' , Japanese reported advances south o. •Soochow creek on the western edge of Shanghai's international settlement. Chinese reinforcements rushed to Sungkian, a vital point in the Chinese defense, against which one of three Japanese columns was striking from the south. Another Japanese column, Chinese army communications reported, was held on the sari side of the Whang poo river from Shanghai when Chin ese defenders forced a vanguard back across the stream/ Chinese asserted that their positions (Continued on Page Six.) LaGuardia Fearful Os More Fraud New York, Nov. B.—(AP)—Mayor LaGuardia invoked his police power today in a drastic attempt to prevent additional fraud in New Y’ork City’s ‘•proportional representation” election. He ordered 125 detectives into ar mories in the five counties, telling them to keep a close watch pver the woikers who are slowly, much too slowly, he said, tabulating the results from about 2,000,000 long paper bal lots east Tuesday for members of the newly-created city council. Matthew Levy, chairman of the American labor party law committee, (Continued on Page Six.) Charlotte’s Church Gets Full Backing M. P. Meeting Sup ports Local Unit Against Changes Unification Asheboro, Nov. B.— (AP) —The North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Protestant. Church today voted its p ll support of the First Methodist Protestant eh-irch of Charlotte, split months over a unification pro posal. Tt ? c vote gave assurance that, re f?ar less of any change of organiza- Joo in the present denominational M 01 in th ' Prospective union of w! ~ lsm * no mandatory changes P u , f m ade in any local church, dC c *»urch will continue to function (Continued on Page Six.) |3t?itd?ram Datlu Dtsmtirh LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. 1937 COTTON YIELD IS 18,243,000 BALES, LARGEST EVER MADE Golden Voice! km' ' ■.<& ii Deanna Durbin If you had any doubts about .De anna Durban, 14-year-old child singing star of the films, having a golden voice, dispel them. For Deanna has been given a seven year contract calling for $1,25(1 a week to start, gradually increas ing to $2,750, with a SIO,OOO bonus for each picture. —Central Pres s STATE OFFICIALS •- DUPED BY SLICKER Jack White’s Scandals Got $3,000 on Promise To Print Pictures HOEY REMAINS CLOSE Governor In Raleigh Most of Week; Court Ruling Makes Business for Next Session of Legislature % Dailr Dispatch Biirean, In Th«* Sir ’.Valter lintel, Raleigh, Nov. 7.—Most colorful news break in Raleigh during the past week was the Jack White scandal —a break which painted most official faces in the capital a decidedly bright red. It came to light that Mr. White has collected some $3,000 from approxi mately 600 trusting souls hereabout, but that no part of that tidy sum has been expended or is likely ever to be expended in publication of the book Mr White so glibly assured his dupes would be a really official North Car olina Handbook, listing all the offi cials, with biographical sketches, pic tures etc. Mr.' White, it seems, has gone where ‘Continued on Page Six.) Franco Sends His Regrets Over Loss British Steamship London, Nov’ 8 (AD-Forelgn Secretary Anthony Eden told t “ e House of Commons today tnat Spanish Insurgent General Fran cisco Franco had sent a note ex pressing regret for the sinking of the British merchantman Jean Weems October 31. He said the insurgents offered to submit the question of liability and compen sation to arbitration. , The foreign secretary turned aside questions as to the identity of the pilot of the attacking plane whom some have hinted might have been Bruno Mussolini, son of file Italian premier. A Shopping Days VO Until %J Christmas ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Production Last . Year Was 12,399,000 Bales, De partment of Agri culture Says 13 MILLION BALES HAVE BEEN GINNED North Carolina’s Production Forecast at 720,000 Bales This Year and Ginnings 508,435 to November 1; Biggest Previous Crop Was In 1926 Washington, Nov. 8 (AP) —The De partment of Agriculture reported to day this year's cotton crop is 18,243,000 bales of 500 pounds each. This would be the largest crop in history. Production last year was 12,399,000 bales. The largest crop previously grown was 17,978,000 bales in 1926. This year’s crop is being produced on 33,736,000 acres and the acre yield is 258.8 pounds, a record picking. The previous record yield was 223.1 pounds in 1898. Last year’s yield was 197.6 pounds. Abandonment of acreage this year was much less than average and fav orable weather and other conditions combined to boost the production es timate each month after the first of ficial forecast in August. At that time 15,593,000 bales were forecast. North Carolina’s production this year is 320 pounds per acre, and 720,- 000 bales. Last year in this State it was 298 pounds per acre, and 597,000 bales. , The Census Bureau reported today that 13,164,096 running bales, count ing round as half bales, of this year’s growth had been ginned prior to No vember 1. The Census Bureau report on cot ton of this year’s growth ginned prior to November 1 included: North Car olina, 508,435 bales, as compared with 347,900 bales by the same time last year. Insurgents In Spain In Fresh Gains Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Frontier, Nov. 8.‘ —(AP) —Insurgent communi cations reported today that General Francisco Franco’s forces had maneu vered into strategic positions in the Sabinanigo sector of the Aragon front. The operation was said to have straightened insurgent lines in the northern area southeast of Jaca, near the French border. Government sources acknowledged that a series of “minor” engagements compelled Catalan militiamen to with (Cevrtinued on Page Six.) Week-End Toll On U. S. Highways 180; 1937 Sets Record (By The Associated Press.) Sudden death took no week-end holiday for Amerijca’s mojtoring millions. At least 180 persons were killed in highway accidents, 18 of them in three spectacular crashes, in each of which the toll was six lives. Twenty-one persons were killed in New York State alone. A grade crossing crash at Adairsville, Ga., brought death to six members of a single family. HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8, 1937 “Death!” \ • ; . : ;' I 5 I f M X • / y < T&afr sal » j||| i 7 Mrs. Anna Hahn ... stunned Mrs. Anna Hahn, decreed by a jury of 11 women and one man to die in the electric chair, is snapped during |a tense moment at the end of her trial in Cincin nati. Found guilty of the poison death of Jacob Wagner, 78, a death sentence became compul sory when the jury failed to rec ommend mercy. Other poison deaths are linked with Mrs. Hahn’s name. No woman ever has been executed in Ohio. —Central Press ...... GRANARY PROPOSAL BY SECTWALLACE Offered by Agriculture Head as Answer to Corn Belt Droughts in The Nation HE TALKS BEFORE MIDWEST FARMERS Stresses Close Relation of Corn Production and Live stock Raising and Soil Conservation; Lays Down Three Proposals for Con sideration Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. B.—(AP) Establishment of an ever-normal granary and adequate reserves of corn to be set aside in years of plenty to be drawn on in periods of scarcity was advocated today by Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, as the an swer to corn belt droughts which dis turb the nation’s economic stability. Wallace, in a radio address, out lined his corn crop producing and marketing proposals to farmers and their representatives from 13 mid western states. The secretary of agriculture em phasized that the problem of corn production and marketing was closely linked to livestock" raising, chiefly iCont 1 ' 'ed on Page Five* Six persons died when a sedan and truck collided head-on at Rhine beck, N. Y. Six boys and girls from 10 to 19 years old were killed when their car skidded to a halt in the path of a passenger train at Knox City, Mo. The National Safety Council re ported traffic deaths for the na tion during the first ninth months of 1937 totalled 28,140. In that pe* riod the total in New York State was 1,863, an 18 percent rise over last year. Social Program Os Pay-as-You-Go Now Talked At Capital Sub-Committee of Security Advisory Council To Study Wisdom of Substitute VANDENBERG BACK OF NEW PROPOSALS Huge Reserve Fund and Burdensome Tax Given as Reasons; Wall Street Spe culation May Come in for Sharp Criticism At Com ing Congress Washington, Nov. B.—(AP) —A. sub committee of the social security ad visory council will study the advis ability of substituting a pay-as-you-go program for the present system of handling old-age pensions through a huge reserve fund. It will report to the Council De cember 10, after conferring with the Social Security Board and the Senate Finance Committee. A member of the latter committee, Senator Vandenberg, Republican Michigan, listed the reserve funds as one of two reasons why he wanted the social security law revived by the advisory council. His other reason is the tax system. Vandenberg said the pension taxes on wages and payrolls, borne equally by employee and employer, are un necessarily severe. The present pension tax on the 34,- 000,000 wage earners holding social security accounts is two percent of their earnings. Fart is paid by their employers. This rate will increase every three years until it reaches six percent. Sentiment expressed by some re turning members of Congress indicat ed today that Wall Street speculation may be sharply criticized at the spe cial session of Congress convening No vember 15. These legislators, chiefly from the west, in their private comment, have blamed the stock market slump and dcc’ining indices on speculation. There has .been no evidence, how fContinued on Page Six.) MANSFIELD MILLS DECISION IS CITED U. S. Chamber of Commerce Uses It To Question Ruling by Na tional Labor Board Washington, Nov. J. —(AP' - - The United States Chamber of Commerce raised the question today as the right of an employer to distribute litera ture among emplryees about the na tional labor relations act. Referring to a recent decision by the labor board ord< rlr.g the reinstate ment of ten discharged employees at the Mannsfield mills in Lumberton, N. C., a Chamber bulletin said “ The board’s decision raises the question as to whether an employer may not run the rick of being held guilty of committing an unfair labor practice whenever he make 3 available to employees anv information about the national labor relations act/' In the Mannsfiell decision the board said evidence dvclosed the company was “instrumental in dis tributing several hundred copies of ttyo pamphlets to its eriiployees, ’ both of which “contained misleading state ments concerning the labo? relations act.” SLIGHT LOSSES IN COTTON QUOTATIONS New York, Nov. 8 (AP) —Cotton fu tures opened steady, one to three points lower under pre-bureau liquida tion and southern selling. March was selling at 7.69 and the list showed net losses of 2 to 6 points around midday. POTATO ACREAGES ABOUT SAME 1938 Decreased Planting in Some Growing Areas Forecast; Less Water melon Planting Washington, Nov. 8 (AP)— Prospects for about the same potato acreage next year as that which produced this season’s bumper crop were reported today by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. ...... Federal economists said that de creased plantings in early and inter mediate producing states were expect ed, but might be offset by an increase in late producing states. This season’s output of 399,000,000 bushels was attributed to unusually large yields. Federal economists forecast a slight reduction in watermelon acreage next year. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics saijl a moderate reduction in acreage probably would result in 1 higher returns to growers. PUBLISHED XVHRT AFTHKNOOM EXCBP'I .iUNUA i “Safest” in U. S. : \jP % WM P : '- : M MMl'iM Allen B. Hill—safest truck driver Selected as the “safest” truck driver in the United States by a committee of transportation ex perts, Allen B. Hill, 55-year-old driver for a Corpus Christi, Tex., transfer and storage company,, has driven more than 1,400,000 miles in 30 years without an ac cident or arrest. —Central Press Windsors To OomeToU.S. In February New Date Tentative ly Fixed for Duke and Duchess T o Visit America Paris. Nov. B.—(AP) —A source close to tne Duke and Duchess of Windsor said today the couple had decided tentatively cn February as a possible new date for their postponed trip to the United States. The duke and duchess believe that by that time “the criticism will have subsided,” making the tour possible, one of their associates said. The Windsors expected to remain in Paris at least until Armistice Day, when the duke may participate in memorial observances “in a complete ly unofficial capacSty,” itheir asso ciates said. Circles close to the for mer king said his plans for the im mediate future still are indefinite. “Any departure in the night or any sudden move is out of the question,” one of their associates asserted. It was disclosed by persons close to the Windsors that the duke had sent a message to President Roosevelt re gretting he would be unable to make his scheduled call at the White House. THIRD PARTY TALK IS BEINGiREVIVED Congressmen Returning for Extra Session Are Talk ing Mucb of It By CHARLES P. STEWART * Central Press Columnist Washington, Nov. 8. —Third party talk is increasingly heard on Capitol Hill, with the reassembling of politi cians for the extra congressional ses sion. Th'e necessity for a party realign ment has been long under discussion. A realignment, however, need call only for a fresh sorting out of the old party memberships, presumably un der their present names, but in such fashion as to classify one group as liberals, the other as conservatives: (Continued on Page SixA WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Increasing cloudiness and war mer tonight, followed by occasion al rail} in north and west portions Tuesday and in th*e mountains late tonight; somewhat cooler in ex treme west portion Tuesday after noon. Q PAGES O TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY CHALLENGE FROM FLORIDA FIRMS IS QUICKLY REJECTED Reconsideration of Recent Action Sought on Grounds of Black’s In eligibility TELEGRAM ISSUE IN COMPLAINT Albert Levitt Makes New Effort To Obtain Removal of Justice from High Court by Calling Upon Roosevelt To Start Quo Warranto Proceedings Washington, Nov. 8. —(AP) —Three Florida oil companies lost in the Su preme Court today in their effort to obtain reconsideration of recent ac tion on the ground that Justice Hugo L. Black was ineligible to sit on the bonch. The court gave no explanation of its refusal to grant tion. Black Against Government. The announcement was made after Black had read one opinion, which he had written, dissented to another and voted against the government in a third case. The Florida companies sought re consideration of the court’s refusal on October 18 to interfere with attempts by the Securities Commission to sub poena telegrams sent and received by the companies. The constitutionality of Black’s ap pointment was challenged, and tha petition contended the court’s action on the litigation was “invalid, inef fectual, null and void.” because the new justice “could not sit in justice as an unbiased, unprejudiced, fair and impartial judge.” LEVITT ASKS ROOSEVELT TO START PROCEEDINGS Washington, Nov. B.—(AF) —Albert Levitt, made a new effort today to (Continued on Page Six.) Warning By Hoover Upon U. S. Liberty Waterville, Maine, Nov. B.—(AP) Terming free speech, free press and free debate the “very life stream of advancing liberalism,” Herbert Hoov er today warned the nation to guard against the “poison” of propaganda. At the same tirtie, the former Presi dent asserted that in the last years “every dictator who has ascended to power ha>s climbed on the ladder of free speech and free press, and then suppressed all free speech except his own.” To counteract propaganda, he pre scribed “more free speech.” “We must incessantly expose intel lectual dishonesty and the purpose that lies behind it,” he said. Hoover spoke at Colby College on the 100th anniversary of the death of Elijah Parish Love joy, a a graduate of the college, and an editor who perished defnding his right to print what he wished against slavery. Labor Peace Appears Not So Certain CIO Negotiators Less Optimistic for Ratification of Any Proposals Washington, Nov. 8 (AP) CIO peace committee members were less optimistic today of a final settlement of labor’s differences as they prepar ed to resume their peace conference with AFL representatives. A high official of the Committee for Industrial Organization said the CIO group will be hard to convene that the three American Federation of La bor representatives could pledge the federation’s rank and file to peace terms that might be drawn. These (sources disclosed that the ten men'John L. Lewis named to nego tiate with the AFL group “are still trying to figure how far the AFL com mittee is willing to go.” The negotiators, it was learned, have not yet approached an agree ment on allocation of border line in dustries where both have active unions. _ ...,
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