HENDERSON
gateway to-
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
twenty-fourth year
SENATE UMTS DEBATE UPON FARM BILL
BROWNING ESTATE
OF MILLIONS MAY
GO TO DUNN LADY
Marjorie Browning Denied
Share In Late “Daddy”
Browning’s Great
Fortune
MRS. HOOD CLAIMS
$5 MILLIONS OF IT
Estimate at From Seven To
Ten Million Dollars;
“Peaches” Browning Is
Other Probable Benefici
ary of Estate Following
Court Decision
New York, Dec. 4.—(AP) Surrogate
James Delehanty today dismissed all
claims made by Marjorie Browning,
adopted daughter of the first wife of
the late Edward W. (“Daddy”) Brown
ing to the estate of the multi-million
aire New York real estate operator.
Miss Browning had sought a $1,000,-
000 settlement out of the estate, which
has been variously estimated as valued
between .>7,000.000 and $10,000,000. Her
claims had been opposed by Daniel
Shirk, attorney for Mrs. Dorothy
(Sunshine) Browning Hood, an adopt
ed daughter, on the ground Marjorie
Browning was adopted only by
Browning’s first wife, Mrs. Nellie
Browning.
The attorney asserted Marjorie
Browning did not even attend the fun
eral of the wealthy realtor, who died
October 1, 1934.
Today’s decision narrowed the long
fought will dispute down to the two
girls whom the eccentric “Daddy”
Browning adopted Mrs. Frances
(Peaches) Heenan Browning Hyne3.
who married a Denver, Col., theatre
manager after Browning’s death, and
Mrs. frothy (“Sunshine”) Hood, of
Dunn. N. C., who has asked a $5,000,-
000 settlement from the estate, Brown
ing’s first wife was ruled out of the
contest August 12. 1936, when the Su
preme Court decided “Peaches was
Browning's legal widow and entitled
to dower rights.
One phase of the court battle re
volved around Browning’s mental con
dition in the last few months of his
life.
Hold Grocer
At Winston
In Slaying
Winston-Salem, Dec. 4 (AP) —Gro-
cery man John Hartle, 63, was bound
over to Forsyth County Superior Court
on a first degree murder charge to
day after preliminary hearing witness
es testified Hartle killed ‘Walter Lee
Smith after finding the 54-year-old
barber intimate with Mrs. Hartle.
Municipal Court Judge Bailey Liip
fert refused a plea that the charge be
reduced to manslaughter and ordered
Hartle held without bond.
Policeman C. E. Bowman, who went
to Hartle’s home after the shooting a
week ago Friday night, quoted the
grocer as saying: “I caught old Smith
in the room here with my wife, _and I
shot him.”
Questioned by defense attorneys,
Bowman said he found Smith’s coat
and overcoat in the Hartle living room
and the barber’s glasses and false
teenth on the fireplace mantle. The
grocer’s wife, who has been under a
physician’s care, did not appear at
the hearing.
“I’ll come out in the end and be all
right,” Hartle said as he was trans
ferred to the county jail.
21 AIORIESARE
BUILT FOR STATE
Greenville Dedication This
Week 18th To Be Fin
ished for Use
ilnlly Dispatch Bnreaii.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Dec. 4 — Dedication of
Creenville’s armory this week, with
Governor Clyde R. Hoey as the prin
cipal speaker, marked completion of
the eighteenth of 21 similar buildings
constructed or nearly finished, by the
Works Progress Administration.
These utilitarian buildings are locat
ed at New Bern, Raeford, Reidsville,
Albemarle, Morgantoh, Whiteville, Ed
ent.on, Wilson, Henderson, Concord,
Madison, Wilmington, Durham, High
Point, Raleigh, Waynesville, Green
ville, Gastonia, Salisbury, Washington
an d Clinton.
All are of substantially the same de
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Greater New York Campfire Girls, is shown greeting Albion W. Fellows,
80, at the Community Councils meeting in New York’s City Hail. The
occasion was the launching of a wide-scale program designed to reduce
the cost of living. Mrs. Thurber was one of the principal speakers.
(Central Press)
CIO To Open Drive For
Unionizing Ford Plants
In Two Other Big Cities
Lhnsr Beach, Cal., Plant
Claimed To Have Voted
Unanimously for
Strike There
SOUP KITCHENS AT
KANSAS CITY MILL
Richard Frankensteen,
UAWA International Vice-
President, Says Carefully-
Planned National Cam
paign To Organize All
Ford Plants Is To Start
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 4.—(AP) —Th'
ClO’s campaign to unionize the Ford
Motor Company probably will be car
ried to two other cities next week, a
high UAWA official said today.
Richard Frankensteen, UAWA In
ternationa 1 vice-president, declared
workers at the Long Beach, Cal., plant
had “voted unanimously” for a strike
and at Kansas City “soup kitchens”
have already been set up and the va
rious committees are ready for the
call.
“I cannot yet give the exact date the
men will be called out,” he added.
Frankensteen flew here from Pitts
burgh to address a mass meeting of
CIO workers last night and to con
fer with Delmond Garst, regional di
rector of the union. He asserted the
Continued on Page Two.)
AIRMAN KILLED AT
ROOSEVELT FIELD
Garden City, N. Y., Dec. 4—(AP)—
An airplane pilot tentatively identi
fied as George C. Lenorth, of Linden,
N. J., was instantly killed today when
his monoplane crashed during a take
off at Roosevelt field.
The plane rose about 100 feet, then
plummetted tQ earth as the engine cut
out. The crash occurred on the east
side of the Field near the Roosevelt
race track.
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Third Typhoon Is
Near Philippines
Manila, P. 1., Dec. 4 (AP) —The
third typhoon in a month swept
toward Manila from the Pacific
ocean today. Weather observers
reported the storm was approach
ing Samor Island, just north of
where the second typhoon cut a
death-dealing path of destruction
through the Visayan islands. A
general warning was .sounded that
a very severe typhoon might be ex
pected.
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IN YIELDING MOOD
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Making Concessions to Bus
iness To Stem Widening
Recessions
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Dec. 4. —Let no judi
cious newspaperman despise the lowly
press agent.
The press agent is prejudiced, of
course. His offerings should not be
gulped down without minute exami
nation and analysis. Nevertheless, he
is “next” to a lot of inside informa
tion, some of which, occasionally, is
the real thing.
Now, if news is genuine, who cares
where it comes from? —from a press
agent or some other source?
■ A Forecast.
Early in the current business reces
sion I met one of these hoys, whom I
have known for years, and trust, as
much as I dare to trust any press
agent.
He assured me that the Federal Re-
Continued on Page Two.)
STATE TO ELIMINATE
“DEAD MAN’S CURVE”
Highway Commission To Straighten
Stretch Near Raleigh; Work
In Granville
Raleigh, Dec. 4. —(AP) —What Wake
County Coroner L. M. Waring calls
“dead man’s curve” 12 miles from Ra
leigh, on the Raleigh-Wendell high
way will be eliminated by a State
Highway & Public Works Commis
sion project, Chief Highway Engineer
Vance Baise said today.
Announcing this project, which also
includes straightening of another
curve east of Wendell, on U. S. 264,
had the approval of the Federal Bu
reau of Public Roads, Baise listed two
other approved projects.
One of these was in Granville coun
ty, two and a hair miles of grading
structures and surface treatment on
Route 562 from Oxford toward Wilton.
HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOO N, DECEMBER 4,1937
LEADERS AGE ON
PLAN OF SPEEDING
MEASURELO VOTE
30 Minutes on Bill Itself and
15 Minutes on Amend
ments Imposed
Next Week
MEASURE FURTHER
ATTACKED BY KING
Utah Senator Calls It “Com
plex Patch-Work Legisla
tion;” Says It Is Filled
With Unconstitutional
Provisions; and Is Price-
Fixing Bill
Washington, Dec. 4 (AP)—The Sen
ate agreed unanimously today to lim
t debate on the farm bill beginning
Monday in order to hasten final ac
ion.
Democratic Leader Barkley, of Ken
tucky, submitted the agreement, after
i conference with Republican Leader
.IcNary, of Oregon.
The leaders agreed Senator Frazier.
Republican, North Dakota, opponent
of the bill, would be permitted to
speak first when the Senate convenes
Monday. When he concludes, further
debate will be restricted to 15-minute
speeches on amendments and 30 min
ites on the bill itself.
Discussion, however, v/ill not be lim
ited on substitutes for the entire bill,
such as the domestic allotment pro
posal offered by Senator Lee, Demo
crat, Oklahoma.
Senator King, Democrat Utah, de
nounced the Pope-McGill farm bill as
“complex patch-work legislation,” fill
ed with “unconstitutional provisions.”
Bitterly criticizing the measure,
King told the Senate it proposed an
improper exercise of congressional
power because it was “nothing more
or less than a Compwlsery-prtee-fixmg
bill.”
Meantime, the Supreme Court met
to prepare for a busy session Mon
day, at which opinions may be deliv
ered on subjects ranging from pay
ment of interest on government bonds
to valuation of public utilities.
10 Infants
In Hospital
Die 11 Days
Chicago, Dec. 4 (AP) —A St. Eliza
beth hospital official reported appa
rent improvement today in the condi
tion of eight babies fighting a strange
disease that has taken the lives of
ten infants in the last eleven days.
“Two of them appeared to have re
covered,” Sister Mary Adolphine, hos
pital superior, said. “However, previ
ously some of the babies seemed to
have recovered, then turned for the
worse.”
Staff physicians worked all night in
the quarantined nursery of the hospi-
Continued on Page Two.)
motoTstgouged
GOING AND COMING
Average Car Owner Pays
Annual Toll Aggregating
Around S6O
Dali? Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Dec. 4—Motor vehicle own
ers who are getting their 1938 license
tags at somewhat cut prices from
1937 are only making a “down pay
ment” on the taxes their car, truck
or what not will cost them before the
good year 1938 runs out.
Based on figures in the Department
of Revenpe showing the tax bill of
past year, the average motor behicle
in North Carolina cost its owner ap
proximately S6O per year, in taxes
alone.
This sum, approximating $5 per
month, can quite readily be figured.
To begin with the owner will have to
on Page Two)
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy and slightly warmer;
light rains in interior tonight;
Sunday light rains, followed by
colder at nght jmd in north cen
tral portion in afternoon.
FOR WEEKLY WEATHER.
Generally fair and colder first
of week, rising temperature about
middle of week, with period of
rain in latter half.
Franklin Man Is
Freed of Murder
... /
Louisburg, Dec. 4. (AP) —A
Franklin county jury acquitted
Otis Moore today of charges of
first degree murder in the death
of Wilson Sykes, a farmer. Moore
contended throughout he vas in
nocent. Sykes’ body was found in a
rhed at his home near here several
weeks ago, his skull fractured by a
blunt instrument.
“He seemel to be very »v>’l plead
ed with tho verdict,” said Clerk
VV. V. A vent about Moore, “and
i' out flO percent of the crowj was
pleased, too.”
Moore shook hands with the
jurors after he had been freed.
ROOSEVELTGOiT
HOME QUICKLY 10
TREATJIS TOOTH
Denial Is Made That Far
East Situation or Con
gress Jam Is Cause
for Return ,
CUTS FISHING TRIP
SHORT THREE DAYS
Scheduled Engagements in
South Cancelled To Get
Back to Washington for
Further Treatment of Re
cent Abscessed Mouth
Condition
Miami, Fla., Dec. 4.—(AP)—Presi
dent Roosevelt arranged today to re
turn immediately to Washington for
further dental treatment upon dis
covery that the gum where an ab
scessed tooth was removed November
18 was failing to heal as rapidly as
expected.
Three full drvys were trimmed from
his southern trip schedule, one from
his fishing cruise and two set aside
for stop-overs in Georgia, to permit
him to reach the national capital by
Monday evening. He left Washington
last Saturday night intending not to
return until next Thursday.
The yacht Potomac was scheduled
to leave the Dry Tortugas islands, 300
miles southwest of Miami in the Gulf
of Mexico, this afternoon. It will ar
rive here around 2 p. m. tomorrow and
half an hour later the President will
te on his way north by special train.
Temporary White House officials
Continued on Page Two.)
TIGHTEN RULES~AS
TWO FLIERS PERISH
Straightaway Dashes in Miami Races
Must Be Lengthened, Govern
ment Orders
Miami, Fla., Dec. 4. —(AP) —The
deaths of two race pilots on the open
ing day of Miami’s annual air show
brought a ruling today by the De
partment of Commerce that contes
tants must extend the length of their
initial straightaway dashes.
Rudy Kling, of Lemont, 111., and
Frank Haines, of Detroit, plummetted
to death yesterday as they rounded
a “scatter” pylon which served to
string- out the contestants, immediate
ly after taking off for one of the
feature races. On the theory that a
contributing cause of the accidents
may have been the fact that the tiny
planes had not obtained flying speed
•fcy the time they reached the first
turn, the Commerce Department ex
tended the pylon marks a half mile
farther.
The second day events encompassed
three minor races, interspersed with
stunt and precision flying. The own
ers of “flivver” airplanes, which can
fly at speeds of 75 and 80 miles an
hour only with considerable “grunt
ing,” enjoyed a field day. Joe Marrs,
of Miami, captured the first closed
course race for light planes over a
ten-mile route.
Measles Increasing
In State This Fall
Raleigh, Dec. 4 (AP)—Measles,
which periodically just seems to run
wild, is occurring much more fre
quently in North Carolina this year
than last, but cases still fall short of
1934, which was a “measles year.”
The division of epidemiology report
ed today 221 cases reported last week
topped all reportable diseases, though
the total dropped one fr«om the week
before. Last year, however, there were
only 41 the week ending November 28.
This year, through yesterday, there
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BRITISH STEAMSHIP
RIDDLED BY BULLETS
NEAR JAP DISTRICT
Ticks Like Clock
* ill
Charles Hester
His head ticks
His head ticking like a clock ever
since a shell exploded near him
In the trenches in France in 1918,
Charles Hester of Shawnee, Okla.,
now is in the Hines Memorial hos
pital, Hines, 111., being diagnosed
by medical experts.
—Central Press
Mple"stT
AGAIN TO LEAGUE
This Time She Objects to
Italy Recognizing Man
choukuoan State
Geneva, Dec. 4 (AP) —China protest
ed to the League of Nations today
against Italy’s formal recognition of
Manchoukuo, the protectorate Japan
carved out of Manchuria by a mili
tary campaign in 1931-32.
The Chinese government submitted
a copy of a protest made in Rome by
the Chinese ambassador to Italy,.
(Italy’s formal recognition of nom
inally independent Manchoukuo Mon
day was new evidence of the Italian-
Japanese friendship which had been
shown by Italy’s recent entrance into
the anti-communism pact between Ja
pan and Germany.
(The recognition included establish
ment of a legation in Manchoukuo.
The Asiatic empire, once a part of
China, is nominally ruled by Emperor
Teh.
(Save for Japan, Italy was the first
major power to extend formal recog
nition, although many nations main
tain consular representatives.)
COTTON CLOSES AT
MODERATE LOSSES
Slow Demand and Disappointing
Cables Depress Market in
New York Trading
I . . _ ..
New York, Dec. 4. —(AP) —Cotton
futures opened quiet, unchanged to
four points lower on disappointing
Liverpool cables, and owing to slow
demand. March eased from 7.98 to
7.95, leaving quotations toward the
end of the first hour two to five*point3
net lower.
Futures closed steady, 4 to 7 points
lower. Spot quiet, middling 8.01.
Open Close
December 7.86 7.84
January 7.90 7.87
March 7.97 7.92
May 8.02 7.95
j u ly 8.05 8.00
October • 8.06 8.04
had been 6,223 measles infections re
ported over the State. Last year in 12
months there were only 1,395, but in
1935 there were 10,683, and in 1934
the disease hit 55,764 persons. In 1933
the toll was 16,197 and in 1932 it was
13,672.
The division reported an increase in
whooping cough, with 167 illnesses last
week, 152 the week before and 21 the
same week last year. There were 172
new listings of syphilis last week, com
pared with 274 the week before, and
74 a year ago.
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Vessel on Mission of Mercy
To Rescue French-Cana
dian Catholic
Missionaries
JAPANESE TOLD OF
VOYAGE IN ADVANCE
Japs Demand Freedom, To
Enter Shanghai’s Interna
tional Settlement at Will,
And Want Pledge That
“Victory March” Attack
Woji’t Recur
Shanghai, Dec. 4.—(AP) —The Bri
tish steamer Siushan was reported
today riddled with 'bullets from an
undetermined source while on a mis
sion of mercy to a Japanese-occupied
island near Shanghai.
The chief Chinese officer was kill
ed. A sailor and several passengers
were wounded.
After more than 200 machine guu
shots had been fired, the little steam
er’s master, Captain N. McMillan
crept on his hands and knees under
the spray of bullets to the wheel
house. He reached the wheel safely
and steered his vessel out of range.
British authorities have bean trying
to rescue nine French Canadians nuns
who have been marooned on the island
about three months.
Among those aboard the steamer
were Rev. Father Adrien Sansoucy, a
French Canadian missionary, and E.
B. Boothby, a British consular official.
Boothby tried to rescue the isolated
nuns, but his efforts were frustrate!
by the machine gunning.
British authorities said the Japan
ese, who have an air base on the is
land, were informed of the voyage in
advance.
Japanese today demanded freedohi
to enter Shanghai’s international set
tlement at will after their armed for-
Continued on Page Two.)
YOUTH KILLED WHEN
HUNTING ON RIVER
Greenville, Dec. 4, —(AP) —Japnes J.
Edwards, 17, was instantly killed late
yesterday by the accidental discharge
of his gun while he was duck hunt
ing on the Neuse river. He leaves his
mother, Mrs. Estelle Edwards, two
brothers and two sisters.
Poland Also
Is In Market
For Colonies
Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 4.—(AP) —A
round of diplomatic talks today be
tween French Foreign Minister Delbos
and Polish statesmen was generally
expected by political observers to
make it clear to France that Poland,
after Germany, is a applicant for
colonies. .
The need for outlet of Polish emi
gration and as a source of raw ma
terials has been pointed out by the
press a few days before Delbos had
arrived to solidify France’s alliances
with the Warsaw government.
Authoritative French and Polish
sources said difficulties developed be
< Continued on Page Twoi.
Insurgents
Renew Raids
From Planes
Madrid, Dec. 4 (AP)—Nine planes
roaring out of a sunshiny sky were
reported today to have renewed insur
gent aerial attacks on the central
Spanish front. The raiders took ad
vantage of a break after two days of
bad ‘ weather to bomb three towns.
The extent of the damage was not re
ported to Madrid, but here it was be
lieved slight.
The attacks took place yesterday aft
ernoon and were the second in a week
for two of the towns. The government
had its revenge on a large scale on
the northeastern front, where Almud
evar, athwart the main road between
Zaragoza and Hucsca, was heavily
bombed by 20 large government planes
protected by three squadrons of pur
suit ships. On the Madrid front, gov
ernment sources said an air raider was
shot down in the Mediterranean after
it had bombed two coastal towns.