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HENDERSON gateway TO CENTRAL! CAROLINA year ROOSEVELT ASKS TAX HALE OF CHINESE “HINOENSURGLINE” NOW THREATENED Japs Start Offensive West cf Shanghai in Drive Upon Stronghold of Soochdw goal OF CAMPAIGN IS SET AS NANKING Central Government Resolv ed To Defend Their Capi tal City; Another Capital, That of Rich Shantung Province, Is Also Threat ened by Drive in North Sfrn „hai, Nov. 15 < AP) —Japanese forces endangered China’s whole “Hin denburg line” defenses today in a drive on Soochow. Tin offensive westward from Shang hai. Japanese officers said, was the one”insx of a campaign against Nan kins. China's capital, 125 to 150 miles west of the “Hindenburg line.” Advices from Nanking said Soochow was desolated by more than 700 Japa nese bombs dropped on it within 30 hours. The central government was known tc be resolved to defend Nanking. Knowledge of that determination and of Soochow’s fate hastened a heavy civilian exodus from Nanking. Gov ernment officials remained, however. Another Chinese capital, meanwhile, appeared in danger in north China. Swift Japanese columns were reported within 15 miles of Tsinan, capital of wealthy Shantung province. Chinese defenses appeared to he crumbling under the weight of super ior Japanese armaments, although the Chinese had about 400.000 troops in the field to Japan’s 200,000. After the Japanese captured Kun shan. a strong point near the center of the ‘‘Hindenburg line,” 35 miles west of Shanghai, they reported more than 50.000 Chinese fleeing in con fusion by road and canal toward Soo chow. Japanese planes bombed the retreating lines to turn the flight into a complete rout. Experts predicted the fall of Kun shan would hasten the Japanese ad vance to Soochow, still 20 miles west of the Japanese vanguard. The main Japanese column pushed toward Soochow along the Shanghai- Nanking railroad. Court Again Stands Firm With Black Washington, Nov. 15 (AP) —The Supreme Court turned back today Hire new challenges directed against the eligibility of Justice Hugo L. Black to serve on the tri bunal. Three Florida corporations lost in their second effort to gain a re hearing of litigation on the ground that Black was not quali field to sit in judgment. ’I he tribunal denied the petition for re-hearing and suggestions of disqualification filed by the Ryan Florida Corporation and others. They protested against efforts of the Securities Commission to ob tain their telegrams, contending that Black, when chairman of the State Lobby Committee, had fav ored similar action. Doctor Dies Os Exposure InKidnaping West V irginia Sus pects To Be Charg ed With Murder of Dr. James Seder Huntington, W. Va., Nov. 15i— (AP) v '• Jarnos Seder, 79-year-old kidnap !< im, held ten days in an abandoned ? ' mine in what Federal agents de aiej was a f u tii e $50,000 extortion re- a early today of pneumonia. *v f Kepler, who had attended " orrrier State superintendent of e Anti-Saloon League, said “death fin . UntoU:tedly caused by exposure’ 1 * < the ten days his aged patient held been held captive. -- cu i° r E. Winters, Jr., an ce d immediately he would con- on Page Five,X Hcnhcrsmt Hathi Dtsiwtfefr LRASWT) WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Stormy Weather Forecast for President Roosevelt in Special Session Ft Byr, — ““ *— ' jlf I Nebraska - Virginia South Carolina Virginia Maryland ~ New York _jpgrr~ On the other side, conservative Democrats who have been opposing the president, such as Copeland " _ . i ~ of New York, Byrd of Virginia, Glass of Virginia, Tydings of Maryland, Burke of Nebraska, and President Roosevelt . . . places many problems be- Smith of South Carolina, and a number of southern committee chairmen, will more often be found fore congress In special session with the opposition. Japan Boldly Censured By Brussels Conference \ ———————— Italy Votes “No”, Pleading Fear of Complications, While Scandinavian Nations Refrain Entirely; States Involved Must C onsider Their Attitude Brussels, Nov. 15 (AP)—A declara tion sumniari'. ing the Far Eastern con flict, and criticizing japan, was adopt ed today by the Brussels conference, with Italy voting “No”, and three Scan dinavian countries abstaining. The Italian delegate said that he must vote against the summary be cause Italy believed it presages a course which can lead only to compli cations. The conference voted against send ing a copy of the declaration to the Japanese government, then adjourn ed until November 22. The declaration was prepared by the GREEK SURVIVORS ~ W WRECK STORY Ghastly Struggle by Men From Lost Ship in Bat tling for Lives Norfolk, Va., Nov. 15.—(AP)—Fif teen survivors of the sinking of the Greek freighter Tzenny Chandris ar rived here today aboard the Coast Guard cutter Mendota and through interpreters told their graphic story of men against the sea. The captain of the crew of 28, seven of whom lost their lives, bore a red gash across his nose to witness his story of how one seaman on the raft with him went mad before the re scue and bit his captain in the face before he died. Commander Henry Coyle, of the Mendota, said the rescue was “extreme ly difficult,” as a heavy swell made it almost impossible to see the sea men floating on small pieces of wreckage. * , • Konstantinos Balaskas, third engi neer on the vessel, said he believed all the crew could have been saved had an SOS been sounded five hours Aarlier. Balaskas charged that the distress sienal was not sent until he stood over the radio operator with a drawn knife (Continued on Page Three.) A A Shopping Days 9 V Until Christmas ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. United States, Britain and French delegates. Asked what the conference would do at next Monday’s session, Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Spaak said that the clue was to be found in the last paragraph of the declaration. It as serts that, while hoping Japan will not maintain twice-voiced refusal to attend the conference, the states rep resented must consider what is to be their common attitude in a situation where one party to an international treaty insists its action does not come within the scope of that treaty. Weed Crop 577,190,000 Pounds 1937 i Continued Increase In Consum pti o n Holds Prices Up As Cotton Drops Dally Dispatch Bureau, Iu the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Nov. 15. —North Carolina farmers will harvest 57.7,190,000 pounds of tobacco, the third largest crop in the history of the State, this year, W. H. Rhodes, chief of the State Depart ment of Agriculture’s statistical divi sion, said today. Basing his information on State- Federal crop reports, the statistician said “tobacco has shown quite con trasting conditions to cotton in spite of tne heavy production this year,” and, “whereas the price of cotton was very low, due to over-production, to (Continued on Page Three.) TABER RE-ELECTED MASTER OF GRANGE Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 15 (AP) — Louis J. Taber, of Columbus, Ohio, was re-elected master of the Na tional Grange today for his eighth term. Taber, finishing his fourteenth year as head of the organization, in convention, here, appealed to delegates last week to choose some one else. u HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15, 1937 AGIULIUREPOSI^ Week in Capital Also Hears Dry Bones Rattled in Patrol’s Closet WOMAN AFTER SENATE Mrs. Wohl Prominently Mentioned for Reynolds Seat After Polling 100,- 000 Votes for State Treas urer Last Year Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Nov. 15—Raleigh got a bit of mild excitement last w;eek out of hints that all is not exactly as it should be in the office of the State chemist at the Department of Agri culture. There was also a rattling of dry boones of an ancient skeleton in the State Highway Patrol’s closet. Armistice Day was celebrated with all the usual full and feathers except the prayers of Raleigh’s parsons, who pjously held themselves aloof from what they chose to call the “glorifica tion of war.” But with a bit more than a little seriousness, the Duke against Caro lina football game was the outstanding subject of conversation in virtually every group of two or more which gathered anywhere in the capital city during the period. Politics took decidedly a back seat, with little more than obscure rumors an obviously-inspired propaganda com ing under observation. The so-called Department of Agri culture “scandal,” if it can be magni fied to that extent, broke in a story in Raleigh’s morning paper to the gen eral effect that one Hall, proprietor of a meat market, and who had been con victed of adulterating sausage, had charged that Dr. B. W. Kilbore, State chemist, had “discriminated for busi ness reasons” and had not ordered prosecution of others reported to his office as violators of the food laws. Dr. Kilgore quickly replied that war rants had been issued against all vio lators, and that if they hadn’t been served it wasn’t his fault. Dr. Kilgore is president of the Pine State* Creamery Company. The highway patrol incident involv ed switch of Lieutenants Moore and Lambeth, stationed previously at Greensboro and Fayetteville, respect ively. Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell issued a statement regarding the transfers in which he recalled that some years ago Lieutenant Moore made serious charges (adjudged not to have been sustained) against then- Lieutenant and now Captain L. R. Fisher, under whose jurisdiction he would have had to serve had he been (Continued on Page Three.) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Increasing cloudiness tonight and, Tuesday, followed by rain Tuesday or Tuesday night; not much change in temperature. $5,000 Tax Exemptions On Profits Agreed Upon House Sub-Committee Also Planning Further Relief for Small Business Men; Car ry-Over on Operating Loss es Also Now Considered Likely Washington, Nov. 15. (AP) —A House tax sub-committee tentatively agreed today to exempt all corpora tions having $5,000 net income or less from the undistributed profits tax. Chairman Vinson, Kentucky, Demo crat, in announcing this step to meet growing demands for tax relief for business, said it would apply to two thirds of the corporations which have a net income. A loss of some $7,000,000 in annual revenue will result, Vinson said. “The committee,” he added, “is still considering added relief provisions for corporations having net income of more than $5,000, and extending up to a bracket not yet tentatively ag reed on. But the limit will be at least Japs Seek 1 U. S. Money Inindustry Tokyo, Nov. 15 (AP) —The news paper Nichi Nichi reported today in a dispatch from Hsinking that at tempts were being made to enlist one billion yen (21*0,000,000) of American capital for development of industries in Manchoukuo. She dispatch quoted Yoshisuke Ayu kawa, president of the newly-formed Japan Industry Company as saying that proposed development of Man choukuo heavy industries entailed an expenditure of three billion yen. Os this amount, Ayukawa said, it was planned to raise equal parts in Japan, Manchoukuo and the United States. He added that American firms to be approached for backing included the Fhrd Motor, General Mot ors and Standard Oil companies. UPWARD TREND IN COTTON IS NOTED March Holds at Best at Midday, How ever, With List One to Two Points Lower New York, Nov. 15. —(AP) —Cotton futures opened steady, down 6 to 8 points on lower cables,, liquidation and hedge selling. March advanced from 7.87 to 7.91, and shortly after the first half hour prices were within a point of the best thus far, but at net losses of 4 to 6 points. . March sold up to 7.93 and was holding at the best at midday, when the list was one to two points net lower. PUBLISHED *VHKY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. $50,000 net income or more.” Additional means of easing the tax burden on business, he said, also were decided upon tentatively. They in cluded : Allowing a carry-over of operating losses for one year to be applied a gainst adjusted net income in the following year in arriving at the basis for the undistributed profits tax ; Thus, if a corporation had a net op erating loss of SIOO this year and a net income of SIOO next year, the firm would have .to pay no undistributed earnings levy, but only the normal corporation tax. The loss ‘from this relief provision would be several million dollars, he estimated. COMPULSORY PLAN ON COHON COMING ' l Smith and Ellender to Of-"” fer Measure in Senate Probably Tuesday Washington, Nov. 15. —(AP) —Sena- tor Allen Ellender, Democrat, Louisi ana, said today he and Chairman Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, of the Senate Agriculture Committee, would introduce tomorrow a ifcill to control cotton production. “It will provide compulsory control by regulation of acreage in away to protect the small farmer,” he said. He said allotment of acreage for planting would be governed under the hill’s provisions by soil fertility, previous diversification of crops and other factors to make the establish ment of acreage bases more elastic, and would set up minimum acreages for the small grower. CONGRESSMEN HAS BAD AUTO INJURIES Fayetteville, Nov. 15 (AP) —Repre- sentative John Costello, of the 15th California district, was in a hospital here today with broken legs and a broken collar bone as the result of an automobile accident Saturday night. The car, driven by J. A. Cummings, a Warrenton, N. C., Marine on fur lough, turned ovter about six miles from here. Cummings, who suffered only minor hurts, said the mechanism of the steering gear broke and the car got out of control. CUTS PRESIDENT URGES CONGRESS 10 COE ‘UNJUST BURDENS Special Session Asked for Quick Action on Crop Control and Wage- Hour Bill REORGANIZATION IS LIKEWISE INSISTED Planning of Natural Re sources Also On List Roose velt Sends Up for Speedy Approval; Business Reces sion Is Not Considered Serious as Yet Washington, Nov. 15.—(AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt recommended removal of tax injustices “to encourage pro ductive enterprise” today in submit, tirig a four-point legislative program to Congress. In a message opening the special session, which was read to the Senate * and House by clerks, the President asked “early action” on legislation on farm crop control, labor, wages and hours, reorganization of the executive branch and planning of natural re sources. But of at least equal importance to members were these remarks on •..axes: Wants Home Revenues. “Unjust provisions should be re moved, provided such removal doe 3 not create new injustices. Nor can we at this time accept a revision of our tax laws which involves a reduc tion in the aggregate revenues or an increase in the aggregate tax burden of those least able to bear them. “We should give special considera tion to lightening inequitable burdens on the enterprise of the small busi ness men of thevnatlon. In this way we may also find assistance in our search for a more effective method o,f checking the growing concentra tion of economic control and the re sultant monopolistic practices which persist today in spite of anti-trust sta tutes. A further search for addition al methods to meet this threat to free competitive enterprise is called for at this time.” Mr. Roosevelt did not ask action on tax revision at the special session, a course advocated by many members of his party. He noted that the ques tion was receiving study by the Treas ury and congressional committees. Expects Balanced Budget. Again he reiterated that he expect (Continued on Page Three.) Ryan Unable To Remember His Marriage % Hickory, Nov. 15 (AP) —-Basil (Pat) Ryan, wealthy New Yorker, said in an interview here this afternoon that he did not remember going through a marirage ceremony November 4 with Miss Martha Barkley, 21-year-old Mor ganton girl. • <*l Ryan was discharged today from the hospital here which he entered November 5, a few hours after his sur prise marriage to Miss Barkley. Accompanied by friends, Ryan went immediately to the office of W. A. Self a Hickory attorney. The 30-year-old grandson of the late (Continued on Page Three.) Wallace For Process Tax In Farm Bill Measure Already Rejected by House Committee; Creates New Obstacles Washington, Nov. 15. —(AP) —Secre- tary Wallace’s support for a process ing tax, already rejected by the House Agriculture Committee, thrust another obstacle today in the way of early enactment of a farm bill. Some congressmen, because of Wal lace’s stand and divergent views of legislators on compulsory and volun tary control of farm crops, expressed privately a strong doubt that a “suit able program” could be adopted at the special session. Wallace’s tax recommendation was (Continued on Page Five.) fijfPAGES QTODAY FIVE CENTS COPY
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