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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR FEDERAL DEFICIT TR HIT 1 M BILUONS Bill Payne And Wash Turner Admit Parts In Many Crimes Since Escape At Caledonia DETECTIVES GIL PAIR DESPERADOES THROUGHOUT NIGHT Taken by G-Men Monday Evening Without Shot on Sanford’s Main Bus iness Street TAKEN QUICKLY TO CHARLOTTE OFFICE Whether They Will Be Held To Face Federal Charges or Turned Over to North Carolina on Murder Count Not Certain; Game Is Up For Pair Charlotte, Jan. 4. —(AF) —Govern- ment agents announced today Bill Payne and Wash Turner, North Car olina's most hunted desperadoes, who were captured without a struggle late yesterday at Sanford, had admitted participation in numerous crimes since they escaped from Caledonia Prison Farm in February. Surrounded by heavily armed offi cers. Payne and Turner were ques tioned all last night by Federal Bu reau of Investigation men, under the leadership of Edward Scheldt, special agent in charge of the Charlotte of fice, about various hank robberies, hold-ups. kjdnapjjngs and slayings Details of any of the admissions by the men were not revealed, however. Whether the men would be held to face Fedeiai charges or would be turned over to authorities of Bun combe county in which they aie un der murder indictments for the slay ing of a highway patrolman last Au gust remained undetermined today. GAME Ul* FOR PAYNE AND WASH TURNER IN CAPTURE Charlotte, Jan. 4. — f AF) —The game was upj today for Bill Payne and Wash Turner, North Caroling des Continued on Page Two.) FT. BRAGG PRIVATE DEAD IN CAVE-IN Two Others Injured When Clay Fit Walls Crash Upon Them, But Are Rescued Fayetteville, Jan. 4 LAP) —John Mack Gaines, 19, Fort Bragg private, was crushed to death yesterday when the walls of a clay pit collapsed on the detail with which he was working. Gaines’ home was in Enoree, S. C. Two other soldiers, Francis B. Roof and Norman E. Stallings, were cover ed by the clay, but were rescued. They suffered broken bones and were tak en to the post hospital. Missing Girl Elopes From Home,ls Wed Ford Company Per sonnel Chief at De troit and Officers Were Alarmed Detroit, Mich., Jan. 4 (Al*) Captain Donald Leonard, of the State police, announced this after noon Gerturde Bennett, 18-year-old daughter of Harry Bennett, Ford Motor Company personnel director and Russell Hughes were married at 6 p. m. yesterday in Auburn, Ind. Captain Leonard said he learn ed of the marriage from County Clerk Carl Walters at Auburn, but said, however, the couple had not been found. Detroit, Jan. 4.—(AP)— Gertrude Bennett, 17-year-old daughter of Har ry H. Bennett, the Ford Motor Com pany service department chief, who has assisted in solving several kid napings, was missing today, and au thorities considered every possibility Continued on Page Two.) BntiWrsmt Hath) SHspatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. * LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Japanese Infantry Cuts Into Chinese Holy Land Invaders Promise Full Protection for Ttrnib of Confu cius and Temple Nearby; Native City Taken by Japs; Steady Progress Made in Shantung Shanghai, Jan. 4. —(AP) —Japanese infantry columns today drove deep in to the “holy land of China”, central Shantung province, and reported cap ture of cities more than 50 miles south of Tsinan, the already-occupied pro vincial capital. Domei (Japanese) News Agency, in a dispatch to Tokyo, said the Japan ese vanguard had captured Chefu, 70 miles south of Tsinan, wher e Con fucius, China’s greatest sage, wa' born in 550 B. C. (The Japanese army said it woulJ accord full protection to the tomb of Confucius at Chefu, to the great Con fucius temple there and to the pre sent Duke of Kung, 77th lineal de scendant of the sage, now chief ritualist of his temple.) A Japanese military spokesman, re TERUEL BATTLE OF GUERILLAWARFARE Snow Checks Mass Offen sives of 200,000 Troops In Civil War Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Frontier, Jan. 4—(AP) —Beleaguered insurgents and Spanish government troops fought today through the ice-crusted streets of Teruel, in guerilla warfare | that may determine the tide of the civil conflict. Snow checked mass offensives by the 200,0f10 troops of the two armies on th e front encircling Teruel, and sleet grounded airplanes and bogged motorized units in the mountainous terrain. Within the city itself, however, there was the crackle of rifle fire and fighting at clos e range. Both sides claimed control of the provincial cap ital. It appeared the insurgents held the advantage, but an earlier an nouncement of complete domination of the Teruel front was not born e out. One band of insurgents lashed at the Madrid-Barcelona enemy from a church in the shambles of a nearby cemetery, dynamited last week by government troops. A Barcelona government communique said the church was captured.- On the snow-swept fronts outside the city, first aid corps struggled to bring in wounded of the past day s fighting to shelter. Hundreds of frozen bodies were said .to have been left on the icy battlefields. N. C. SLAYER BEING PURSUED IN NORTH Massachusetts Authorities Cooperate With Tar Heel Officer in Hunt There Woburn, Mass., Jan. 4 detectives and police and three Mas sachusetts State police cooperated to day with an official from North Caro lina in the hunt for the slayer of J. E Carraway, filling station owner, rob bed and slain in Moore county August 0 Captain John Stokes, of the Massa chusetts State Police, who assigned three detectives to work with Deputy H. H. Griumn, said clues in Griumn’s possession led to Woburn in neighbor ing communities in Wilmington and Reading. ‘None of the investigators would reveal the nature of the evi dence. WILL LIMIT FIBRE PUT IN DAIRY FEED Raleigh, Jan. 4 (AP)—Feed manu facturers and experts agreed today that the fibre content of dairy feed sold in North Carolina should be lim ited to 16 percent and voted so to recommend to the State Board of Ag riculture tomorrow. FAYETTEVILLE BOY DECLARED SUICIDE Fayetteville, Jan. 4 (AP) —James G. Carver, 17, of Near Fayetteville, was found shot to death behind. the barn at his father’s home today. Nearby lay a shotgun. Coroner W. C. t)avis listed the case as suicide. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 4, 1938 porting “steady progress” for the march through Shantung, said one Japanese column had seized a city on the Tientsin-Pukow railway, 50 miles below Tsinan, another fort, and, ad vancing west of the railway, was said to hav e taken another city, also about 50 miles south of Tsinan. Suchow is the main objective of the Japanese armies driving southward through Shantung, and also another force advancing northward above Nanking. Its capture would give the Japanese all the trunk railway link ing Peiping and Tientsin, with Nan king and Shanghai. Chinese admitted they had suffer ed 5,000 casualties in fierce fighting for control of the Shantung railway, but declared Japanese losses also were heavy. DEMOCRATIC GROUP COULDHALT JAPAN But Unfathomable Conse quences Might Ensue » Against Triumvirate By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Jan. 4. —Can Japan be bottled up, by the world’s democratic powers, effectively enough to bring the islanders to terms, without an ac tual war? Some folk profess to think so, but it looks doubtful. War certainly would be of short duration, if American, British and French naval ffrees could be com bined against Nippon. And, of course, they would have the co-operation of such sea strength as Holland could muster; likewise Russia support over land. Not to mention China. But how about Germany and Italy? Sounds Dangerous. The idea is that: The United States, without butting into Oriental waters, should draw an anti-Japanese line longitudinally a cross the Pacific, not far east of Hawaii, including the closing of the Panama canal against the mikado, which would be easy enough, militar ily speaking, though it probably would involve the sinking of some Japanese (Continued on Page Two). * STOCKS GAIN BUT VOLUME IS SMALL Buyers Few But Persistent And Many Issues Show Extensive Ad vances in Sales New York, Jan. 4.—(AP)—Buyers were f.ew but’ persistent in today’s stock market, and favored steels, air crafts, motors and specialties were lifted fractions to more than three points. The advance was negotiated on relatively small volume, the ticker tape frequently being at a standstill. Profit realizing was absorbed withou much trouble, and leaders were not far under best levels- near the fourth hour. Many corporation bonds im proved, but United States government were inclined to give ground. American Radiator 12 J American Telephone " American Tob B Anaconda _ „ Atlantic Coast Line ““ Atlantic Refining ... Bendix Aviation “ Bethlehem Steel Chrysler 49 l" Columbia Gas & Elec Co q 10 Commercial ° 1-2 Continental Oil Co 9 Curtiss Wright f DpPont ;• 11l 1-2 Electric Pow & Light 11 1-2 General Electric 42 1-4 General Motors 31 1-2 Liggett & Myers B 92 1-2 Montgomery Ward & Co 31 3-4 Reynolds Tob B 44 7-8 Southern Railway 11 3-4 Standard Oil N J 47 1-8 U S Steel 56 1-2 WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight and Wed nesday; no decided change In temperature. Army’s Newest Bug Has a Deadly Bite t , ■ ' mk■. hH V > f jgp|p , , \ V/ fY'4 Wb-A Hi 9 HHpPIIP ||P «:■ ■ Pictured above is the carrier designed and built by Capt. Robert G. Howie, of the United States Army. It carries a machine gun and a crew of two, attains a speed of 28 miles an hour. One of the outstanding features of the carrier is its practical invisibility, even on flat terrain with little vegetation. (Central Press) FASCIST NATIONS CLAIM ROOSEVELT MESSAGE HOSTILE ‘I It Furthered Creation Os State of Permanent In ternational Enmity, Rome Feels POLITICAL HATREDS FANNED, GAYDA SAYS Mussolini’s Spokesman Writes Plainly; Foreign Office Official At Berlin Says Message Will Hinder, Rather Than Promote, Peace of World Rome, Jan. 4 (AP) Virginio Gayda, authoritative Fascist editor, declared today President Roosevelt’s congressional message had further creation of a state of permanent in ternational hostility. Gayda, whose writings often reflect the official Italian viewpoint in an editorial in his paper, said: (“President Roosevelt insists upon dividing the world into two parts, the democracies and the authoritative re gimes, and upon creating between one and the other a state of permanent differences and hostility, contradicting those principles of conciliation and collaboration which he claimed for his policy.” Gayda asserted the authoritarian regimes had appealed vainly for a peaceful solution of their problems, but these appeals had been rejected by the democracies. (President Roosevelt said world peace was “most saf e in the hands of democratic representative govern ments”, and said the American peo ple had faith in the eventual return of democracy to “thos e nations which today know it not.” (In Berlin, a foreign office spokes man said the Roosevelt message would hinder, rather than promote, peace.) Stockholders 5. C.Firm Are Held Liable Charlotte, Jan. 4 (AP)—The fourth United States Circuit Court of Ap peals held today stockholders of the Peoples Investment Corporation, a South Carolina holding company, were liable to payment under the State’s bank stockholders’ assessment law of their proportionate share of the cor poration’s stock in the closed People s State Bank of South Carolina. The case, which came before the court on appeal from t’he Eastern Dis trict of South Carolina, was reversed and remanded for further proceedings. The opinion was by Judge Morris Sop er, of Baltimore.' It was handed down with 45 others at the opening of today’s session of the court. The suit was instituted by Joseph Nettles, receiver of stockholders’ liabi lity of the People’s State Bank, to ob tain a ruling that stockholders of the Peoples Investment Corporation, among whom is Bernard Baruch, New York financier, were the true holders of 74,000 shares of $lO par value in the closed bank, and were liable to pay- XContinued on Pago Two) A. & N. C. Road’s Profit Is Wiped Out By Wreck President Crowell Says November Business Showed Big Gain Over November, 1936; Net Income in Eleven Months $16,175, Far Under 1936 Period Raleigh, Jan. 4. —(AP) —President H. P. Crowell, of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad, reported to Gover nor Hoey today that the line’s rev enues in November totalled $44,074.61, an increase of $16,472.90, or 59.7 per cent, over November, 1936, but a wreck caused a net loss for the month. The State owns controlling stock in the railroad corporation. Detrailment of a freight train in November caused damage to cars and loss of freight estimated at $4,000 Crowell said, and “entirely consumed anticipated profits of approximately $2,500, and as a result thereof the op FOUR DAY TOBACCO C6URSEJAN. 25-28 Leading Authorities To In struct Growers in Latest Farm Methods College Station, Raleigh, Jan. 4. A four-day tobacco short course for North Carolina farmers will be held at State College, January 25-28, it was announced today. The course is designed to give grow ers information on the latest develop ments in growing and marketing to bacco, said Dan M. Paul, director of agricultural short courses. Leading authorities will lecture on cultural practices, insect and disease control, and marketing, and on Wed nesday and Thursday afternoon the farmers will be given practice in grad ing leaf. % Discussions of the tobacco outlook for 1938 and of the agricultural con servation program -for this year will be given a prominent part on the program, Paul added. A $1 registration fee will be charg ed. Otherwise the short course will b e free to all growers and other tobacco men who wish to attend. Meals and rooms will be available at a small charge. Among the speakers will be: J. B. Hutson, director of the AAA east cen tral region; J. E. Thigpen, AAA senior agricultural economist; E. Y. Floyd, state AAA director. L. T. Weeks, assistant extension tobacco specialist; Dr. R. F. Poole, Dr. Luther Shaw, and K. J. Shaw, plant pathologists at the college; J. O. Rowell, extension entomologist. W. A. Shands, of the tobacco branch experiment station at Oxford; W. G. Finn, assistant director of the AAA east central region; Col. John W. Harrelson, administrative dean of State College; Dr. I. O. Schaub, dean of the school of agriculture and di rector of the extension service. Dr. J. F. Lutz, professor of soils; E. Gr- Moss, superintendent of the to bacco branch experiment station at Oxford; W. D. Lee, extension soil con servationalist; H. W. Taylor, AAA marketing specialist; Charles E. Gage, AAA marketing specialist; Prof. J. B. Cotner, agronomist. bain again candidate. Goldsboro, Jan. 4.—(AP) —State Sen ator E. H. Bain, of the eighth district, composed of Wayne and Johnstc.a counties, announced today he would be a candidate for renomination in the June primary. FUBIiUUUDD IVIKY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. erations for November reflect a net loss, after fixed charges of $1,449.60. The November loss compared with a profit in November, 1936. In eleven months of 1937 the rail road had a net income of $16,175.26, compared with $42,993.01 for th e same period in 1936. Crowell said one boat loaded scrap iron at Morehead City ports in De cember, and two more boats were ready to load as December ended. An other boat is due in January, he said. The outlook, Crowell concluded, “justifies us in feeling that business in January will show a decided im provement.” MAMA PICKING NEW U. S. SENATOR Heflin-, Trying Comeback, Opposed by Congressman and “Dirt Farmer” Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 4. —(AP) — Alabama voted today on three can didates seeking to suceed Justice Hugo Black in the United States Sen ate, following a campaign in which the wages and hours bill played a prominent part. The candidates are former Senator Thomas Heflin, H years old, now at tempting a political comeback; Lister Hill, for 15 years a representative in Congress; and Charles W. Williams, a political new-comer, who terms him self a “dirt farmer.” ' l Black, before resigning to accept ap pointment to the Supreme Court, in troduced the wages and hours bill. Heflin and Williams opposed the bill in their campaign speeches, while Hill spoke in its favor. Mrs. Dixie Graves, wife of Gover nor Bibb Graves, now serving in the Senate under an interim appointment, will resign in favor of th e successful candidate in today’s primary. Governor Graves, who named his wife witlj the understanding she would resign, said he would appoint the successful nominee “as soon as he is officially known.” A general elec tion later would thus be avoided. CHURCHfOLKWILL MEET AT RALEIGH Interdenominational Convo cation Jan. 18-20 To Be Significant Daily Dispatch Bnrcnn, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Jan. 4. Raleigh will be host to the annual North Carolina convocation of churches here January 18 to 20. The convocation is sponsored by the North Carolina Council of Churches and will be held in the Edenton Street Methodist church. More than twenty nationally known speakers are on the program with as Continued on Page Two.) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY PRESIDENT LIKELY TO REVISE FIGURE ON 1938 SHORTAGE I 1939 Fiscal Year Budget To Be Sent To Congress To morrow By Mr. Roosevelt BILLION DOLLARS DEFICIT PROBABLE Treasury Receipts Last Six Months $3,176,213,515, Over Billion Dollars Above Last Half 1936, But Ex penditures in Period Were $3,821,282,285 Washington, Jan. 4. —(AP) —Amid predictions that President Roosevelt would revise his deficit estimate for this fiscal year upward to $1,250,000,- 000, the Treasury announced today the deficit for the first half of the year reached $645,068,770. Mr. Roosevelt expects to send .to Congress tomorrow his budget for tha fiscal year 1939, which begins next July 1. Informed officials forecast the budget would propose a $1,000,000,009 deficit. To this they added another predic tion, that Mr. Roosevelt would change his estimate of this year’s budget de ficit from $895,245,000 to $1,250,000,- 000. The Treasury reported in the six months to December 31 it took in $3,- 176,213,515, compared with $2,158,305,- 452 in the similar period last year. Ex penditures in th e six months totalled $3,321,282,285. Emergency expenditures including relief, declined more than $600,000,000, but some emergency ac tivities transferred to regular ac counts were reflected in increased general expenditures. Message Approved. Meantime, White House officials said reaction to the President’s mes sage to Congress asking the coopera tion of business in correcting econo mic evils had been “more spontane ous and more favorable'’ than on any of his previous messages. Stephen Early, a secretary, said tele grams and telephone calls began when the President returned to the White House and continued through the night. He added there was just one telegram that appeared Unfavorable. Other developments: A Labor Department official testi fied some firms which tried to com bat unemployment by spreading work in 1929 “are not attempting to spread the work today.’’ Appearing as the first witness be fore a special Senate unemployment committee, Isador Lubin, commission er of labor statistics, said he did not know “whether or not this change was deliberate.” FURTHER ADVANCES IN COTTON MARKET Prices 8 to 12 Points Up at Midday After Fluctuations in Earlier Forenoon New York, Jan. 4.—(AP)—Cotton futures opened two points higher to one lower, with steadier Liverpool cables offset by liquidation and hedge selling. Shortly after the first half hour, March had advanced from 8.28 to 8.33, and the list was five to eight points net higher. March sold up to 8.38 and ruled within a point of the best at midday, whhen prices were eight to 12 points net higher. State Fish # Dealers To Unite Soon Raleigh, Jan. 4.—(AP)—The possi bilities of organizing commercial fish dealers of the State to secure a more orderly marketing of their products occupied the Board of Conservation and Development here today. The committee discussed the matter with Stanley J. Osborne, vice-presi dent of the fish merchandising firm, Atlantic Coast Fisheries Company of New York. It was voted Bruce Etheridge, di rector of conservation, and Captain John Nelson, commissioner of fish eries, should confer with the attorney general to ascertain what authority the board has in regulating dressing and transportation of fish. A meeting of leading fish shippers of the State will be called soon, Etheridge said, and recommendations will be made by the committee t© the full board of conservation.
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