HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL*
CAROLINA
l WENTY-FOURTH YEAR
u. S. AMBASSADOR IS
NOW SAFELY OUT OF
NANKING WAR AREAS
Johnson and Members of
Staff Start Up Yangtze
River To Follow
Chinese Chiefs
temporary office
TO OPEN IN HANKOW
Japanese Navy Planes Ham
mer at Defenses Between*
Shanghai and Nanking, In
vaders Confident of Reach
ing Capital by Week-End;
China Has Funds
Shanghai, Nov. 2^. —(AF) —United
States Ambassador Nelson Johnson
and members of his staff embarked
today on the United States gunboat
Luzon for the long Yangtze river trip
from Nanking to Hankow, where a
temporary embassy has been estab
lished.
Hankow, in Huppeh province, one
of the three cities to which the cen
tral Chinese government had moved
under the threat of an advancing
army, lies about 280 miles by air south
west of Nanking. Johnson left sev
eral aides at Nanking.
While the American ambassador
followed the Nanking government on
its withdrawal further into the in
terior. another United States gun
boat steamed to the assistance of
Americans at several Yangtze ports up
the river from Nanking, and a third
United States gunboat was ordered to
remain at Nanking.
Japanese navy planes hammered to
day at Wusih, key point in Chinese
defense lines half way between Shang
hai and Nanking. Although Chinese
troops previously were reported in
flight from Wusih defenses, Japanese
officers admitted Chinese still held
the city. Japanese seemed confident
their troops could reach Nanking this
week.
At midday Japanese said their
forces were still five miles east of
Wusih.
Japanese planes ranged far to the
west in bombing forays.
Dr. H. H. Rung, Chinese finance
on Page Five)
Housing Is
Attackedßy
Realty Men
Chicago, Noc. 23. —(AF) —Amid con
troversial claims by realty spokesmen
of unfair government competHtipn,
the Chicago Housing Authority ar
ranged today to move the first of 10,-
000 persons into model houses and
apartments costing more than $15,000,-
000 of Federal cash. Construction has
been under way more than two years.
The first families, many from the
slums, will move in next month. Se
lection of tenants began today upon
approval of a rental scale ranging
from s2l a month for two rooms to
$32.50 for five room apartments. Uulti
mately 2,414 families will be housed
in three separate developments on
Chicago’s northwest and far south
sides.
Criticism by organized real estate
(Continued on Page Five.)
lIMIOSSOF
POLITICS PUT OUT
One Would Run Dr. Graham
for Governor, Another
McLendon for Senate
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Nov. 23. —There’s been
more than a little pipe-dreaming, or
at least pipesmoking, in the political
rumors and gossip of the week-end.
Nothing, it seems, is too far fetched
to he imagined and set down as poli
tical gospel.
From Charlotte came the detailed
and circumstantial story that Dr-
Frank Graham, president of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, plans to
offer as a “liberal” candidate for gov
ernor in 1940.
From Greensboro came the “au
thentic” information that Major L. H
McLendon plans to plunge boldly and
headlong into the senatorial race in
1938.
From hither and yon it is reported
Continued on Page Five.)
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New Jap Envoy?
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Kensuke Horinuchi, Japanese Vice-
Minister of Foreign Affairs, is said
to be slated as Nippon’s new envoy
to Washington in a shakeup of dip
lomatic posts in Tokyo. The present
Ambassador at Washington is Hiro
si Saito, who, according to the re
port. will.be transferred to London.
(Central Pre»»)
State Buys
Cheaper But
Pays Later
Waynick Says Busi
ness Slide Will Be
Reflected in ,1938.
State Revenue
Raleigh Nov. 23.—(AP)— Capus
Waynick, State director of purchase
and contracts, said in a statement
today recent purchases of commodi
ties for the State reflect the down
ward trend in commodity prices, but
the drop in textile prices and manu
facturing probably would be reflected
in State income tax figures next year.
“The question whether government
can or will do anything promptly to
change the downward trend in bus
iness is being debated,” said Way
nick, “but with or without govern
mental help business prophets fore
see a renewal of business improve
ment by the middle of 1938 and some
are predicting— definite inflation.”
Waynick said: “The beginning of the
present movement of business to low
er ground occurred early in the year
wjien the volume of production was af
(Continued on Page Two).
COTTON SLIPS SOME
AT MIDDAY PERIOD
<•
Prices at That Time One Higher To
Three Lower in New York
Exchange Figures
New York, Nov. 23.—(AP)—Cotton
futures opened steady, down three to
five joints on lower cables, liquida
tion and hedge selling.
Shortly after the first half hour,
March sold at 7.88, and the list v/as
three to four points net higher. March
sold off to 7.84, and the list around
midday ranged from one point net
higher to three lower.
Gov. Davey, Os Ohio,
Hurls Defiance At
National Labor Board
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 23. (AP)—-
Governor Martin Davey, stormy petrel
of the “little steel” strike in Ohio,
met today a complaint filed with the
National Labor Relations Board with
the statement that “even that CIO af
filiate cannot invade the sovereign
powers of the State of Ohio.
The complaint was filed against the
chief executive by the United Rubber
Workers of America, “affiliated with
the CIO,” to make Governor Davey
confine his activity in strike ma
to whether there have been infrac
tions of the law, Union Counsel Stan
ley Denlinger said. re-
In an action that james Miiier. re_
eional director of the N l ®”.
fanS office, termed ••unprecedented,
HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 23, 1937
B[™Ui,oßLfl?,
WALLACEDECLARES
Only Alternative Is Again
To Become Nation’s For
gotten Industry,
Secretary Says
SIX-POINT PROGRAM
FOR FARM OFFERED
Kansas Wheat Farmers Told
They Should Have Export
able Surplus; Acreage
Goals and Ever Normal
Granary Proposed; Also
Urges Crop Insurance
Wichita, Kans., Nov. 23 (AP) —Ame-
rican agriculture must establish its
stability, Secretary Wallace said today
or again become the nation’s “forgot
ten industry,” and carry the-country
back to another depression.
Addressing a group of Kansas wheat
producers, he proposed a six-point
farm program. In Washington the
Senate was beginning deliberations on
a crop control bill.
The present campaign for farm re
lief is a renewal of the old battle of
‘‘equality tor agriculture,” Wallace
said.
The real issue, he declared, is whe
ther “agriculture is to have a fair
chance.”
The six-point program urged by Wal
lace was similar in many ways to the
bill submitted yesterday by the Sen
ate Agriculture Committee:
1. Planning a wheat crop which
would allow for an exportable surplus
to give farmers their share of the
world market.
2. Establishing “acreage goals” in
line with sound soil conservation, and
the needs of the domestic and foreign
markets.
3. Establishing the “ever normal
■Continued on Page Two)
WINSTON TO REFUND
$490,000 OF BONDS
Authorization Made by Local Govern
ment Commission; Hender
son Bonds Placed
Raleigh, Nov. 23 (AP)—The Local
Government Commission executive
committee authorized Winston-Salem
today to issue $490,000 worth of re
funding bonds, and sold $121,200 worth
of securities for other political sub
divisions of the State.
A $42,000 issue of Henderson securi
ties was taken by the Citizens Bank &
Trust Company, of Henderson. The
$17,000 refunding bonds sold at a pre
mium of sl7, with interest to be at
3 1-4 percent, and the $25,000 funding
securities sold at a premium of $25
with interest at four percent.
Other sales included:
A $7,000 Clayton six months note
was sold to the Bank of Clayton at a
premium of sl.Ol with interest at three
percent.
WANT PEANUT AND
POTATO PROVISION
North Carolina and Virginia Congress
men Solicit Aid of Hutson,
of AAA
Washington, Nov. 23
sentatives of the Virginia-North Caro
lina peanut and potato belts solicited
tbday the aid of J. B. Hutson, assist
ant administrator of the AAA, to ob
tain inclusion of the two commodities
in the general farm bill.
Representatives Norman Hamilton,
of the second Virginia district; Lind
say Warren, of the first North Caro
lina district, and John H. Kerr, of the
second North Carolina district, obtain
ed an offer ffom- Hutson to discuss
before the House Agriculture Commit
tee the peanut and potato question.
Representative John Flannagan, Jr.,
Briston, Va., member of the commit
tee, agreed to ask Chairman Marvin
Jones, to invite Hutson.
Hamilton said Hutson appeared sym
pathetic. The congressman said, how
ever, the current diversion program
in peanuts which has pegged prices at
3 1-4 cents, made less likely favorable
action on any further control measure.
the union thus answered Governor
Davey’s order Saturday to 2,000 Na
tional Guardsmen to “stand by” for
possible duty at the Akran factory of
the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com
pany while a sitdown strike was in
was in progress.
After terming the labor board a
CIO affiliate, Governor Davey said:
“If to preserve law’ and order in
Ohio is to violate any Federal statute,
it will .be news to me. In any event
we choose to continue on the path of
duty and protect the liberties of all
our people. I still stand as a greater
friend of labor than those who would
heat them into submission to the
iron will of a few self-seeking dic
tators.”
Sinking Spell Is
Suffered by Pope
Vatican City,, Nov. 23.—-(AP)
Sources close to the papal house
hold said Pope Pius suffered a
sinking spell last night but appear
ed considerably better today, fol
lowing his usual medical injection.
The pontiff was critically ill a
year ago. He suffered circulatory
troubles, which from time to time
have caused him considerable pain,
particularly in the legs.
WHAT HAHENEDAI
HITLER CONFERENCE
Meanwhile, Viscount Hali
fax Tells Chamberlain
and King George
About His Trip
t
ONE VIEW IS BIG
CONCESSIONS MADE
Talks Believed Successful
for Germany; Greatest
Body of Opinion Holds
Some Sort of Trade Agree
ment Likely; Hitler’s State
ment Puzzling
London, Nov. 23*.—(AF) —Viscount
Halifax reported today to King George
at Buckingham Palace, while the Lon
don press speculated vaguely about,
the results of his talks with Chan
cellor Hitler of Germany.
He had already reported to Prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain and
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden on
his visit to Hitler’s home last week.
On one hand it was freely intimat
ed the talks were successful —for Ger
many. These quarters believed the
Halifax journey would result in Bri
tain’s abandonment of the policy of
seeking general European settlement.
The greatest body of opinion, how
ever, was the i&lks might lead to
some sort of trade deal between the
two countries. These persons insisted
Halifax was instructed to keep Ger
many guessing about Britain’s policy
in central Europe.
Hitler’s declaration of yesterday
that “in six years the countries will
realize the necessity of taking prac
tical steps” on the colonial question
caused London to jzonder whether
Halifax had agreed to some sort of
Anglo-German deal.
MRS. GODWIN DENIES
SOLICITOR’S CLAIMS
Harnett Woman, on Trial for Hus
band’s Slaying, Says She Didn’t
Put Gun on Him
Lillington, Nov. 23 (AP) Defense
testimony neared a close on the trial
of Mrs. Sina Pope Godwin today as
the comely 37-year-old widow, facing
a charge of slaying her third husband
Furman Godwin, completed six hours
on the stand.
Solicitor C. C. Cannady cross-exam
ined Mrs. Godwin for two hours to
day, after which the defendant’s
mother, Mrs. J. C. Pope, testified.
Mrs. Godwin denied the solicitor’s
contention she had placed a pistol on
her dead husband and said she had
“neve*/ owned a gun.”
‘The solicitor contended she had
killed her husband to gain possession
of his property.
Mrs. Pope corroborated her daught
er’s testimony.
Mrs. Godwin, on the stand four
hours yesterday, told the jury, “I shot
to save my life,” after the .defense
formally admitted the defendant shot
and killed her husband, and entered
a plea of self-defense.
Early End
Os Cold Is
Predicted
Albany, N. Y., Nov. 23. —(AP) —An
early break in the season’s coldest
weather was predicted today after the
mercury had skidded in northern New
York to near zero regions for the first
time this winter.
While the forecast for western New
York indicated “not much change in
temperature,” the eastern area was
promised warmer weather tomorrow.
Meanwhile, reports of record cold
for the season trickled out of the
northern Adirondack area, already
blanketed by snow.
Lake Pacid, the State’s leading win
ter sports resort, reported a tempera
ture of six degrees above zero. This
was three below the nine-degree un
official mask at Owl’s Head, about
50 miles farther north.
NEW LOWS FOB SEASON
SHOWN IN NEW ENGLAND
Boston .Mass., Nov. 23.—(AP)—The
temperature dropped to new lows for
the season today in New England.
Concord, N. H., reported 13 degrees
above zejp.
Senate Begins Farm Debate
But House Abandons Hope Os
Committee Vote Upon Wages
CAPITAL MURALS DEPICT HISTORY
jgn mi ffjjl
Three of the 18 murals in Justice department building
Walls of the entrance to the new Department of Justice building in
Washington are adorned with murals depicting the history of law
through the ages. Three of the 18 murals, the works of Boardman
Robinson, American artist, are shown above. Flanking the center
panel of Jesus are those of Thomas Aquinas, left, and the lata Jus
* tice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Officials In Paris Hint
Sensational Revolt Plot
Greensboro Finds
Death From Cold
Greensboro, Nov. 23.—(AP) —One
death from the extended period of
cold weather here was reported this
morning, that of William Patter
son, whose death was attributed to
exposure. Coroner J. W. Simpson
was investigating the case.
A minimum temperature of 14
degrees was reported here last
night, with no prospect of a break
in the frigid period before tomor
row or later. YVhile the record mini
mum November temperature here
is ten degrees, weather officials
say the present cold wave is the
most extended ev-er experienced,
according to their records.
RAIL PROBLEM IS
OF LONGSTANDING
Had Its Inception in “Wat
ered” Stock Generations
Long Gone
By CHABLES P. STEWABT
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Nov. 23. —Indirectly
hinted at in President Roosevelt’s re
cent message to Congress is the
thought that many of America’s pre
sent economic ills had their causes so
far back as to make them exceeding
ly difficult to deal with today.
For example, the railroad situation
presents itself as an almost insoluble
problem.
It ought to have been recognized as
an incipient problem about 100 years
ago, when railroading was in its
babyhood. But, of course, our ances
tors could not foresee the embarrass
ments which their neglect must in
volve our current generation.
When The Trouble Began.
Railroads in that era were approxi
mately as important as scooters are
now. ~ ,
Transportation rates via stage coach
or covered wagon may have been
deemed worthy of regulation by states
men of the early nineteenth century,
but it is understandable that railroad
locomotion never weighed with them
for an instant, as worth serious con
sideration.
However, a few far-seeing financiers
began, before very long, to have an
inkling as to what was coming.
If they had been real railroad build
ers, only incidentally interested in
Continued on Page Two.)
PUBLISHED DVBRT AF TBit NOOK
KXPRPT SUNDAY
Cabinet Advised of Import
ant Discoveries About
Armed Secret Revo
lution Society
DOCUMENTS~SEIZED
IN RAID AT NIGHT
Made Somewhere in Paris,
But Details Are Kept Sec
ret; Raiders Active in
Many of Great Cities of
France Outside Paris; Four
Bombs Found
Paris, Nov. 23. —(AP) —The govern
ment is on the verge of “important
discoveries” in its drive to crush an
armed secret revolutionary society.
Marx Dormoy, minister of the interior
told the cabinet toda#.
Numerous documents of great im
portance were seized in a raid during
the night, Dormoy said. Details were
kept secret. The raid was “somewhere
in Paris.”
Police today searched the luxurious
apartment of a prominent engineer
ing consultant in what they described
as the latest foray in the hunt for
evidence of the secret revolutionary
society, accused of plotting against
the government.
The wife of the consultant, Madam
Edouard Deloncle, told operatives her
Continued on Page Two.)
MOTORISTSGETTING
TAG APPLICATIONS
Costs Reduced on License
Plates for 1938, as
Cards Indicate
Dally Dispatch fiurean.
In The Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Nov. 23.—Owners of auto
mobiles which bore North Carolina
tags in 1937 are getting elaborate
“duns” from the State for next year’s
licenses.
Going out from the Department of
Revenue axe cards bearing full infor
mation necessary for automobile own
ers to secure their 1938 tags, as well
as information concerning the cost of
that tag.
Tags will actually go on sale De
cember 1, and after that date motor
vehicles may be operated on 1838 tags.
Each card is accompanied with a
printed letter from A. J. Maxwell,
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CORPORATE TAXES
REVISION AGREED
BY HOUSE GROUPS
Business Incomes Up To
$25,000 May Be Exempt
ed from Surpluses
Profits Levies
ANTI-LYNCH BILL
DROPPED A WHILE
Roosevelt Calls In Some of
His Main Advisors To Dis
cuss Government Means of
Aiding Business; May Get
Wage Bill Out By Signa
ture Method
Washington,' Nov. 23.—(AP)— The
Senate went to work on long-range
farm legislation today after side-track
ing the anti-lynching bill.
As it did so, administration leaders,
trying to push forward with the Pre
sident’s program on another point,
abandoned hope of getting the wages
and hours bill from the House Rules
Committee. The committee has refus
ed since last summer to let the House
consider the labor measure.
During the day a House sub-commif
tee agreed tentatively to a complete
revision of the corporate tax system.
It would increase abandonment of
undistributed profits levies on cor
porations with incomes of $25,000 or
less, and modifications on incomes
greater than that.
The farm bill, providing surplus
crop control, was called up in the
Senate as soon as Senator Wagnes.
Democrat, New York, withdrew his
motion to take up the anti-lynching
legislation.
The latter measure has had the
Senate tied up in a filibuster. The ac
tion, however, merely deferred the
Contlnnpd on Page Five.)
Charges Os
Paid Agents
In Sitdowns
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 23.—(AP)—
Charges that “paid provocateurs” act
ed in the Pontiac, Mich., wildcat
strike were voiced today as steps were
taken to make the newest peace in
the automobile field a lasting one.
Unidentified outside interests, seek
ing to drum up business for labor spy
organizations were blamed.
. The UAWA, whose international
leaders succeeded in halting the un
authorized itrike at the Fisher Body
plant of the General Motors Corpora
tion yesterdiay, promised an inves
tigation of the charges.
Aides of Homer Martin, union presi
dent, said the inqufry would be car
ried out along with the UAWA’s pre
parations for a grievance hearing
next Monday and renewed efforts to
negotiate another agreement with
General Motors.
The hearing, before Willard Hotch
kiss, of Chicago, as arbitrator, will
carry hopes that a permanently peace
ful means for adjusting disputes will
be arrived at, union officials said.
MARYOIiOR IS
HEED FOR SLAYING
Philadelphia Physical Edu
' cation Student Knocked
Child Into Mud
Philadelphia, Nov. 23.—(AP)—Judge
Harry McDevitt today ordered Mary
K. O’Connor brought before him Jo
determine whether she should con
tinue to be held in the custody of
Philadelphia detectives in the inves
tigation of the slaying of five-year-old
Nancy Glenn last Labor Day.
The order was granted on a peti
tion for a writ of habeas corpus by
the attorney for the 19-year-old phy
sical education student. The hearing is
scheduled later today.
The girl was remanded to the cus
tody of the detectives last night by
Mayor Davis Wilson after he had
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WEATHER.
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight and Wednesday;
no decided change in tempera
ture. i