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twenty-fourth YEAR
CONGRESS CONVENES MONDAY IN SPECIAL SESSION
IIIIIY OPPOSED TO
SANCTIONS AGAINST
INVADERS DF CIA
p r Wellington Koo Asks
Brussels Conference With
hold War Materials,
Credit
JAPAN’S INVASION
declared illegal
Norman Davis, American
Delegate, Says There Were
“Compelling Reasons”
Why Japan Should Seek
Peace; U. S. Joins France
and Britain in Declaration
Brussels, Nov. 13 (AP>—China’s de
mand for what would amount to sanc
tions against Japan were dramatical
ly opposed by Italy today in the Brus
g ‘ e l s conference seeking to end the Chi
nese-Japanese war.
The Chinese delegate, Dr. Welling
ton Kco urged a conference commit
tee to withhold war materials and
credit from Japan and supply them
to China.
This evoked immediately objection
from Count Aldrovrandi-Mardsotti,
delegate of Italy, against which the
League of Nations decreed sanctions
because of invasion of Ethiopia, and
which has been Japan's friend at Brus
sel.
“That is entirely roled out,” said
the Italian. “We are not here for
that. That is entirely out of the scope
of the conference.”
Nevertheless the United States and
British and French delegation pre
sented conference with a draft of a
joint declaration stressing the illegal
ity of Japan’s military action in
China and terming it, as amounting to
defying the whole world.
Previously the conference had heard
Norman Davis, head of the American
delegation, say there were “compell
ing reasons” why Japan should co
operate in the search for peace.
Italians pointedly put the question
what the conference would do next,
as if in reply, the tri-power declara
tion was distributed to the delegates,
which were to reassemble late today.
PARIS PREACHER TO
EXPLAIN HIS REBUFF
Paris, Nov. 13.—(AF) —The Rev. J.
L. C. Dart, asked by his superior for
information for his rebuff to the Duke
of Windsor, said he probably would
answer but “no one on this earth has
the eccclestical right to demand an
explanation of me; Bishop of Fulham,
Arch Bishop of Canterbury or any one
else has no right to ask for it.”
The Rev. Dart has said “I would
rather the Duke did not attend the
services.” The vicar also had com
mented on th? attitude of the Church
of England toward divorce and re
marriage, opening church criticism
of the former monarch’s marriage to
a divorcee.
ProgramF or
Grange Left
Committee
Master Taber Will
Give Group Task of
Drafting Recom
mendatons
Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 13 (AP)—
kuis Taber, master of the National
Grange, announced today he would
K> v e a special committee of 18 the
ta.sk of drafting the recommendation
a the organization’s policy as to farm
legislation.
When the special session of Con
fess, convening Monday, pledged • to
give immediate consideration to ag
i iculture, Taber decided the matter
of sufficient importance to de
pait from usual custom and name a
•special committee to give a thorough
to the subject.
he committee composed of mem
os the national grange committee
: , cooperation and* leg
,,. J Ol1 ’ wi G be called upon to form a
. Horn some 50 resolutions ex
(ssnig a wide diversion |of opinion,
Wh . lch been presented.
number of hearings will be held
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Christmas
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LKASMi) WiHiS SERVICE OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
In Brazil’s Fascist Coup
President Getulio Vargas (left) and Minister of Justice Francisco
Campos (right) are spotlighted in the promulgation of the new constitu
tion for Brazil whereby Vargas assumes dictatorial powers to rule Brazil
for an indefinite perid. The move makes Brazil, in effect, a totalitarian
state. (Central Press)
Business Recession Dae
To Speculative Buying
During Spring Season
North Carolinians
in Shift of Armv
• y
Washington, Nov. 13 (AP) —The
War Department’s shift of officers
selected for the command and gen
eral staff of school Fort Leaven
worth, Kansas, for the 1938-39 con
ference included nine Carolinians.
They include: Infantry, Capt.
Russell Baker, Fort Bragg, N. C.;
Captain George I*. Lynch, La-
Grange, N. C., Coast Artillery
course; Maj. Charles S. Harris,
Candon, N. C., Engineers course,
Fabuis H. Kohlbass, Raleigh, N. C.
CITY OFFICIALS TO
TALK POWER RATES
Group Meets in Raleigh
Monday With Carolina
Company Authorities
Dilily Dispatch ltiircau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Nov. 13.—Officials of at
least a dozen municipalities of cen
tral North Carolina will meet here
Monday to discuss the matter of en
tering into long term power contracts
with the Carolina Power and Light
Company, which has recently ap
proached many towns and cities with
offers of a ten-year contract at ap
parently reduced rates.
The meeting has been called thro
ugh Patrick Healy, Jr., executive sec
retary of the North Carolina League
of Municipalities, at the request of
Raleigh’s Commissioner of Public
Works S. J. Ferguson and Oxford’s
chairman of the street committee, D.
jp Lanier
Questions which will ibe discussed
are:
(1) Whether a town has the legal
right, to enter into a ten-year con
tract with a power company.
(2) Whether the present or the pro
posed new street light rates are rea-
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LAMBETpICH
INJURED IN WRECK
Congressman Enroute to
Durham Game When
Autos Collide
Southern Pines, Nov. 13 (AP)— -
Walter Lambeth, of the Bth district
and Harlle Branch, second assistant
Postmaster General, were slightly in
ured in an automobile accident near
h TheTS'enroute to the Duke-North
Carolina football game in Durham,
were preparing to make a le Jt turn a
a road intersection when their car
collided with another machine.
Lambeth suffered a sprained ng
ment in his leg, but said it would not
interfere with his attending the open
ing of the special congressional session
Monday, but he and Branch abandon
ed their plans to attend the game*.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Reserve Board Member De
clares Recession Only
Temporary Read
justment
INVENTORIES GONE
NEW ORDERS COME
Davis Tells Southwestern
Bankers That Business Can
Take Recession in Stride;
Chairman Jones of R. F. C.
Experts Normalcy “Cer
tainly by Spring”
El Paso, Texas, Nov. 13.—(AP) —
Caster Davis, member of the Federal
Reconstruction Board, declared today
business recession is only a'temporary
period of readjustment. ,
The former AAIA head said in a
speech prepared for delivery before a
meeting of Southwestern Bankers As
sociation.
“I hope and believe that we will be
able to take this recession in our
stride in order that we may continue
further on the road to complete re
covery.”
Denying any monetary action by
the Federal reserve board, including
the increase Treasury requirements,
caused the decline, he attributed the
most of the recession to speculative
buying of goods when prices were ris
ing last spring. Accumulated inven
tories are being reduced now, and new
orders have resumed a healthy pace.
No monetary measures are needed
to combat the recession, and further
devaluation would be inassessive.
Davis’ business comment followed
the speech in Washington by Chair
man Jesse Jones, of the RFC,
said the recession would be over, “cer
tainly by Spring.” Jones said he
thought nothing in the economic sit
uation to justify any feeling of uneasi
ness.
REACH*
Anthracite Operators and
Union Leaders End Ses
sions in New York
New York, Nov. 13 (AP)—Anthra
cite operatives and mine union lead
ers today reached an agreement on
their labor contract, which expired in
April They had been confering two
days. „ . ,
John Lewis C. I. O. chairman and
president of United Mine Workers of
America in conference here said in
terpretations of existing contracts
upon which both sides had been at
varying were now “clarified, he said.
‘We are now in complete agreement.’
Conference had resulted in creation
of a joint committee representing
operatives in the anthracite field, to
continue legislative matter applicable
to the industry.
The new joint committee will try to
work out a legislative progra mstabi
lizing the industry.
The committee will meet in Penn
sylvania and Washington^
The next meeting wil be in Wash
ington* . „•
HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 13, 1937
Capitol Made Spic and Span lor Congress
Workmen finish redecorating house chamber
All Is in readiness now for the special session of
congress opening Nov. 15. Workmen have put
finishing touches to their repainting-redecorating
Lives to Tell
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Willie Hines, 6 years old, of Water
vliet, N. Y., knows what it is to be
run over by a train. He tripped and
fell in front of a locomotive which,
with two freight cars, passed over
him before the horrified engineer
could stop. Billy crawled out un
hurt while they searched for his
mangled remains.
(Central Press)
Cherry Will
Await Vote
Wages Bill
I f Reynolds and
Hancock Both Vote
for It, His Moment
Will Have Come
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Nov. 13.—House Speaker
and Democratic State Chairman R.
Gregg Cherry is withholding announce
ment of his senatorial intentions un
til time shall have written at least
the record of the early part of the
coming special session of Congress.
Reason for this strategy is obvious.
The “iron major” doesn’t have to an
nounce now. It’s still a long time until
the primary and friends of the Gas
tonia man are sufficiently advised of
his possible entry to avoid commit
ting themselves irrevocably to either
of the already avowed candidates, in
cumbent Bob Reynolds and ambitious
Frank Hancock.
Meantime, Cherry can sit back and
wait for an issue —preferably the wage
and hour question —to develop and up
on which he can base his campaign.
There is a distinct impression
whether correct or not, among North
Carolina politicians that the wage and
hour measure is not popular in the
State. There is also a distinct impres
sion, whether justified or not, that
Hancock will be led by his loyalty to
President Roosevelt to vote for the
bill. Reynolds is regarded as almost
sure to do so, if his previous record
is a true indication of his future
course. -•
Should both Frank and Bob plump
for the bill it would provide Gregg
with the psychological moment for his
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I of congressional chambers. They are shown here
working on the rostrum in the house chamber. Ex-
I terior also has been washed.
Greek Steamer Sinks Off
North Carolina Coast
Six Members of Crew in
Lifeboat Are Picked Up
by Steamer
Swiftsure
SCRAP IRON CARGO
LOADED AT MOREHEAD
Four Cutters Scour Foggy
Seas for Survivors; Life
boat With 14 Adrift in
Sea; Survivors Claim Eight
Men in Water With Life
Belts
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 13 (AP)—Coast
guard headquarters here reported
the Greek steamer Tzenchandris sank
ed today off Diamond shoals lightship
and six members of the crew were
rescued from a life boat by the steam
er Swiftsure.
Coast guard officials said the Swift
sure reported “we picked up six men
in lifeboat northwest Diamond Shoal
light, vessel survivors claim eight men
in water with life belts. We will
search for them in vicinity. Signed
Allen Master.”
Three cutters were sent to the scene
to join the cutter Sebago, whichhad
already been dispatched.
Another lifeboat, which said to con
tain fourteen member's of the crew,
was reported adrift on a foggy sea 30
to 40 miles from Diamond Shoals.
The ship Tzencychandris, formerly
the shipping board steamer “Eastern
Planet,” sailed Wednesday from More
head City, N. C., for Rotterdam with
a cargo of scrap iron.
The coast guard reported here that
the boat with six members were pick
ed up by the cutter Sebago.
The Radio Marine at Savannah, Ga.
notified all ships in the vicinity of
Diamond Shoals to search for the all
members of the ship and surviving
members of the crew.
LAST MINUTE RALLY
BOLSTERS STOCKS
New York, Nov. 13.—(AP) —A quiet
last minute rally majored help to
bolster leading stocks in today’s mar
ket, advancing from a fraction of a
point and transfers were cancelled or
replaced. With most commissioner
customers absenting themselves from
the board room, those who absented
were content to make no commit
ments on either side. Transfers were
around 400,000 shares, the lowest turn
over in over two months.
American Radiator 14 3-8
American Telephone 151 5-8
American Tob B '• 71 1-2
Anaconda ®1
Atlantic Refining 23 3-8
Bendix Aviation 14 3-4
Bethlehem Steel 74 3-4
Chrysler 69 3-4
Columbia Gas & Elec Co ..... 10 5-8
Commercial 9 1-4
Continental Oil Co 10
Electric Pow & Light 14 1-4
General Electric 42 3-8
General Motors 40 1-4
Liggett & Myers B 90 1-2
Reynolds Tob B 46
Southern Railway 14 1-4
Standard Oil N J 49 7-8
U S Steel 60 1-2
PUBLIBHBD IVBKY iFTBRNOON
# EXCEPT SUNDAY.
FASCIST BLOC NOW
LOOKING THIS WAY
Germany-Italy-Japan Group
May Seek Alliances In
South America
MIGHT BRING TROUBLE
Latin-Americans May Take Sides as
Between United States Demo
cracy and Furope-Asia
Fascism
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Nov. 13.—Being united
now in an “entente” or some such
thing, dispatches from overseas in
form us that Germany, Italy and
Japan are looking about among the
remainder of the powers and semi
powers in the world for additional
members of their Nazi-Fascist hookup.
This- should be interesting news to
folk in democratic countries.
But especially should it be interest
ing to us here, in the U. S. A., inas
much as it appears that the Nazi-Fasr
cist group’s missionary v/ork will in
clude the Latin American republics.
It is significant that Brazil virtually
is going under Fascist ru’e at the mo
ment.
The Latin American nations are 20
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J. J. BLAIR, 77, OF
HIGH POINT DIES
High Point, Nov. 13.—(AP) —John J.
Blair, 77, educator, religious and civic
leader and one of High Points mo3t
beloved citizens died at the Charlotte
Sanatorium early this morning. He
had been in declining health for a
long time. Blair and his sister gave
High Point its impetus for its public
park system.
He was a member of a pioneer
Quaker family in this section.
Funeral services will be tomorrow
afternoon at three o’clock here.
PRICEOFIACCfI
HAS NOT CHANGED
,
Sales Light With Mainly In
ferior Grades of Leaf
Being Offered
Raleigh, Nov. 13.—(AP) —Tobacco
average prices were practically un
, changed this week for Farmville,
Goldsboro and Wendell markets but
third and fourth quality lugs were
slightly lower.
Sales were light, mainly of fifth
quality leaf and second to fourth qual
ity lugs, the Bureau of Agriculture
Economics said today.
The Bureau indicated the Golds
boro market would close for the sea
son next Friday.
gCoJgAGES
FIVE CENTS COPY
S/oSpSL
OF EXTRA SESSION
Some Members Hint of Tak
ing Possible Steps to Im -
prove Economic
Situation
REVISION OFTAXES
TALKED BY LEADERS
Speaker Bankhead Declares
Tax Revision “Too Big A
Problem” for Hasty Ac
tion; Labor Legislation
Occupies Important Place
on the Calendar
Washington, Nov. 13.—(AP)Con
sress will meet Monday to tackle un
finished farm and labor legislation
in a special session already overcast
by concern of the business outlook.
Pledged to make crop control the
first business, there were indications
from some members that possibly
some steps to improve the economic
situation were uppermost in their
minds.
Chairman O’Connor, Democrat, New
York, of the House Rules Committee,
suggested that Congress pass a sti
mulator for (business toy immediate
tax revision. Many industrial and leg
islative leaders have contended that
the capital gain and undivided profit
taxeb were contributing to business
recession and have urged their modi
fication.
Speaker Bankhead, however, said,
tax revision was “too big a problem”
for hasty action. He and other leaders
went ahead with plans to fix legisla
tion the President has asked: Crop
control, wage-hour, government reor
ganization and regional planning.
The Senate-House Committee will
meet to the Christmas holidays and
then will adjourn until the regular
1938 session to convene January 3.
Meantime, Senator Logan, Demo
crat, Kentucky, a supporter of Presi
dent Roosevelt’s court plan organiza
tion, still proposed Congress set up a
special council to determine whether
judges were competent.
COTTON EASES OFF
ON CABLES, SELLING
New York, N0v.13. —(AP) —Cotton
futures opened steady, down five to
six points on lower cables and under
selling. There was little week-end sell
ing in some offerings from Bombay.
Spots eased from 8.03 to 7.57 and
shortly after the first half hour were
7.99 and six to seven points net
lower. Spots quiet, middling 8.00.
Open Close
May 8.08 8.00
July 8.19 8.05
October 8.19 8.15
December 7.92 7.85
January 7.99 7.89
March 8.02 7.95
Japs Clear
Obstruction
In Wangpoo
Gun Boat Successful
ly Cross Broken
Boom; Soochow
Creek Also Open
Shanghai, Nov. 13.—(AP) —A Japan
ese gunboat successfully crossed the
broken boom obstructing the upper
Whangpoo river today, after armed
Japanese naval launches had swept
the stream of mines, exploding sev
eral harmlessly.
The exploratory voyage up the
Whangpoo of two other armed boats
and of Soochow Creek indicated Jap
anese preparation to use fcoth streams
to transport supplies to armies driv
ing toward Nankin.
Japanese declared officially they in
tended to use the Soochow creek to
transport supplies to the interior sec
tion. .
Foreign defense officers avoided
possible friction recognizing the creek
was an open waterway.
Restored qvtfet in Shanghai and
Japanese naval plans to widen the
break in the boom to permit passage
of destroyers upstream was expected
to make possible the resumption of
the waterway’s normal traffic.
Japanese planes widened their ac
tivities, bombed railway stations and
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MI4IIIER
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight and Sunday; some
what colder on the coast tonight
and in the north central portion
Sunday. _