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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR SEUTE REFUSES IQ COT LTNCH BILL TALK Payne And turner Confessions Given Court By Sheriff Sheriff Brown Testifies Both Admitted Participation In Fatal Gun Battle PAYNE USED RIFLE, TURNER A SHOTGUN Quotes Payne’s Story of Forcing Boy and Girl To Drive Him Back from Black Mountain To Thomasville; Guns, Shells, Cartridges Exhibited Asheville. Jan. 27.(AP) —Buncombe Sheriff Laurence Brown testified at the murder trial of Bill Payne and Wash Turner today both defendants had admitted to him they participat ed in a gun battle which left a State highway patrolman dead at the end of'a farm road near here last August. Payne, 41-year-old High Point man, was quoted as saying he fired “some several shots’’ from a rifle after shots had been fired at the car in which he and Turner were trying to escape. Turner’s purported admissions were first given in detail by the sheriff. He then quoted Payne as telling a story similar to Turner's. Brown quoted Payne as saying he shot a rife at State Highway Patrol man George Penn as Turner used a shotgun. After spending two nights in the woods near Black Mountain, the sher iff said Payne told him, he forced a boy and girl to drive him to Thomas ville. En route, the sheriff, still quot ing Payne, said, party stopped at Hickory to buy gasoline, sandwiches and drinks. Payne, the sheriff said, told him he instructed the couple to wait until he phoned where their auto/hobile might be found, but did not abandon the (Continued on Page Five) PRISON FUGITIVE IS HELD IN ANSON Wadesboro, Jan. 27. —(AP) —Sheriff S. M. Gaddy, of Anson county, an nounced today he had recaptured a man who had given his name as Ben nie Williams, 26, who escaped from Caledonia Prison farm Monday. The sheriff said he arrested the man in a car which had been stolen in Raleigh Monday night. Gaddy said the man told him he had escaped from prison five times since first be ing sentenced for a liquor law viola tion seven years ago. Peace Hope With Labor Shattered Washington, Jan. 27. —(AP) —Any possibility of an early peace between organized labor’s warring factions has been swept away, informed observers declared today, by William Green’s rejection of a proposal by John Lewis to merge the CIO and the American Federation of Labor. Lewis made the suggestion in a dramatic climax to his speech yester day at the United Mine Workers con vention. “It is just the same old thing,” Green commented at Miami, Fla., * Continued on Page Three.) Huge Tobacco Crop ■Will Spell Disaster Record Yield in 1937 Broug ht Good Price, But Large Carry-Over and Unsettle ment in Europe and China Bring Evil Forebodings College Station, Raleigh, Jan. 27-—A ■ huge 1938 tobacco crop on top of the f f l37 crop, largest ever produced in *«orth Carolina, may spell disaster for glowers unless reasonable controlled, "W. G. Finn, assistant administrator of the AAA east central region today told farmers attending the second annual tobacco short course at State College. Pending tobacco legislation in Con guess would put a check on produc tion, Finn stated, cutting larger grow ers as much as 30 per cent and small er farmers down to 10 per cent. Such BHtiU'rsmt datht tltsmtfiTi ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA * CISLLVIOOSSV 3HX .40 HOIAHaS SHIM cretSVHT Engineer Claims “Glass Age” Here Raleigh, Jan. 27.—(AP)—Prof. A. F. Grcaves-Walker, of N. C, State College, told the Engineers In stitute here today that “there np pears to he little doubt that we are now entering the ‘glass age’.” This generation of engineers, Greaves-ViMilker said, has passed through the “steel age” and the “concrete age.” ‘ Such thatp as women’s dresses, hats, slockiiigs, bathing suits, resi dences, factories, walls, office fur niture and many other objects are now being made from glass,’’ said the professor. “Glass tiles and panels kre rapidly taking the place of ceramic* tiles in interiors and the last tunnel under the Hudson river was lined throughout with glass tiles.” GfS LARGE PART OF UNITED STATES Sub-Normal Temperatures Spread as Far South as Cehtral Florida District HONEYMOON BRIDGE AT NIAGARA SAVED Shift of Wind Turns Ice Floe Away from Scenic Spot; Temperatures Below Zero at Many Points; Floods Plague Some Sec tions of Country (By The Associated Press.) Chilling winds extended today a cold wave which blockaded highways of upper Michigan with snow and spread suit-normal temperatures as far south as central Florida. Nine deaths were attributed to win ter storms and floods. A shift in the wind relieved the pressure of an ice jam against “Honeymoon Bridge” at Niagara Falls and saved the steel span from imme diate destruction. Below the bridge the twin ‘steamboats, “Maids of the Mist”, were in the grip of the floes. Michigan highway crews cut thro ugh snowdrifts ranging to a depth of (Continued on Page Three.) ELKTON INQUESTS FURTHER DELAYED Elkton, Md., Jan. 27. —(AP) — An inquest into the death of Rufus R. Thompson, 24, of St. George’s, Del., who was injured fatally when his motor car crashed into a tree here about 4 a. m. yesterday, was delayed today awaiting sufficient recovery of his two companions to testify. Hilary Diggs, 24, of Chesapeake City, Md., and Mrs. Ella Howery, 22, of Elkton, were in a hospital suffer ing from cuts and bruises. They were pinned in the wreckage of the over turned car. a provision would also make room for new producers. The 1937 flue-cured crop, valued at $200,000,000, was the greatest money maker in history except that of 1919. This apparent phenomenon of a huge crop averaging about 23 cents a pound was brought about by an increased de mand from both foreign and domestic consumers. "Because of this condition,” Finn declared, “growers this year are like (Continued on Page Throe.]. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 27, 1938 Death Wins Decision After Fathers Rescue Sons From Icy Lake | ' < , , • im ,'- •• : >' s v ....l, ? This picture portrays a dramatic scene. Two fathers, indicated by arrows, have just succeeded in rescuing thein young sons from the icy waters of Pistakee bay. near Fox Lake. 111., after the automobile W. A. Lucas I Head Board Os Elections Governor Asks Wil son Man Be Made Chairman; Mc- Lendon Refuses Raleigh, Jan. 27.—(AP) —Governor Hoey appointed W. A. Lucas, of Wil son, today to serve another term on the State Board of Elections, and re commended that the board name Lucas its chairman. Other Democrats named to the board were George McNeill, of Fay etteville, and J. O. Ball, of Henderson ville. Republicans appointed were Adrian Mitchell, of Winton, and Warren V. Hall, of Charlotte. Hoey said he tendered a re-appoint ment to B. P. McLendon of Greens boro, chairman of the board for four years, but McLendon declined, due to his duties as chairman of the com missio-n, which is studying the ad visability of a State Department of Justice. McNeill, a former board member, and also a former State senator, was appointed to succeed McLendon. Bell was named to succeed J. Harry Sam ple, of Asheville, now State probation director. Mitchell was re-appointed, and Hall succeeds T. L. Bland, of Durham, who decline to accept re-appointment. NORFOLK SOUTHERN TO BUY EQUIPMENT Will Borrow $900,000 from RFC and Remodel Road From Wilson to Charlotte Norfolk, Va., Jan. 27 (AP) —The Ledger Dispatch said today the Nor folk Southern railway will purchase modern locomotives and improve its tracks from Wilson to Charlotte, N. C., with a loan of $900,000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. It was said Morris Hawkins, co-re ceiver of the road, confirmed Wash ington dispatches to that effect, but said court consent first must be ob tained, and details arranged. Hawkins said the railway had ap plied for the loan; that he understood the application had been approved, and that the legal departments of the road and the government were work ing out details, the newspaper said. New Drive By Spains Loyalists Hendaye, France, at Spanish Fron tier, Jan. 27.—(AP)— The Spanish gov ernment army pushed into southern Zaragoza province today in a sudden offensive, like the surprise attacks which brought the fall of insurgent Teruel. The new drive by the government, begun after a long and careful pre paration, was directed against the town of Villanueva del Huerva, about 75 miles southwest of Zaragoza, the provincial capital. Zaragoza has been in insurgent hands since the civil war began 13 months ago, and is an important in surgent troop base, as was Teruel, 160 Continued on Page Two.} Scene on Pistakee bay, Fox Lake, 111., as fathers rescued sons—only to lose them later. American Embassy Secretary At Nanking Insulted By Jap Reorganization Plan Os Stock Exchange Offered By Committee In Report New York, Jan. 27. (AP)—Com plete reorganization of the New York Stock Exchange, with a salaried pre sident in administrative control, and an end of the “self-perpetuating” board of governors, was proposed to day by the committee for the study of organization recently appointed ty Charles R. Gay, president of the ex change. The report, which meets many of the suggestions made by Chairman William O. Douglas, of the Securities Exchange Commission, was presented simultaneously to Gay in New York and Douglas in Washington. A. A. Berle, Jr., a member of the committee, made the presentation to Douglas. Proceeding from the premise that “the public interest is the paramount BAILEY STATEMENT IS ANTI-NEW DEAL If Business Picks Up, It Will Fall Flat and New Deal Will Win By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Jan. Although Senator Josiah W. Bailey (North Car olina Democrat) denies that his recent “Address to the American People” looks towards the “formation of a (political) bloc on coalition”, Capitol Hill’s congressional folk are in very general agreement that that is what, practically, it calls for. Parenthetically: It was not exclusively Senator Bailey’s “declaration of principles”. In drafting it the Carolinian had the assistance of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (Michigan Republican) and of several other solons of both parties. However, Bailey inspired it initially and undoubtedly dictated most of it. It’s Anti-New Deal. Without going into details (the (Continued on Page Five.) SLIGHT DECLINES IN COTTON MARKET Cables Disappointing and Moderate Liquidation Combines To De press Prices New York, Jan. 27.—(AP)—Cotton futures opened one to three points lower on disappointing Liverpool an I Bombay cables, and under moderate liquidation. May moved between 8.49 and 8.50, with prices shortly after the first half hour two to four points net lower. May at midday was 8.50, with the list net unchanged to three points net lower. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Fri day; no decided change in tem perature. I in which all four were fishing plunged through the ice. Tragedy followed this picture, for the boys, Louis Nelson. 9, and John Peyton, 1 6. died on the way to a hospital. —Central Press cons rietSt ion”; the committee said it; is “apparent to us that the organiza tion of the stock exchange should be revised to accord with changing times and conditions.” High spots in the proposals were: Sharp revision of the set-up of the board of governors, with a reduction of the members from 50 to 32. provid ing for six of these to represent non members, or member-partners of firms having their principal business outside New York City. Three representatives of the gen eral public would be provided on the. board, such representatives to be nominated by the president. The terms of the governors would be for three years and they would not be allowed to succeed themselves aiier serving two terms except after an interval of at least one year. Inymembersof HOUSE RUN AGAIN Probably Four Out of Five of 1937 Group Will At tempt To Return n»illy Burenn. >n t|>t- Sir \V:ilter llolrl. Raleigh, Jan. 27.—At least three out of every five, probably four out of every five, of the 1937 North Carolina House members will be candidates for the legislature this year. Basis for these figures is found in replies of twenty House members to a questionnaire sent out ,by this bu reau to forty House members chosen at random from the roster of the 1937 Assembly. Os the 20 who replied, ten said un qualifiedly they will again be can didates; five said they are undecided: and only five said they will not run. and even in these cases there are usually a qualifying “unless”, usually signifying that the respondent is ready to be drafted, though he does not wish to be pictured as an active aspirant. . Those who said they will run in clude: . „ _ ... Willie Lee Lumpkin, of Franklin. (Continued on Page Six.) FAIRMONT FARMER CROSSING VICTIM Coast Line Train Strikes Pick-Up Truck at Main Street Cross ing Ini Rowland Rowland, Jan. 27 (AP)—Frank Sim mons, about 45, Fairmont farmer, na tive of Winston-Salem, instantly kill ed this afternoon when a pick-up truck he was driving was struck by a southbound Atlantic Coast Line ex press train at the Main street cross ing in Rowland. The machine was carried 1,200 feet on the front of the engine before the train stopped. The crossing is equipped with electric signals. Coroner D. W. Biggs and Deputy Sheriff W. D. Britt, who in vestigated, said no inquest was neces sary, _ 1 — PUBLISHED IVIIT AFTHRNOOM EXCEPT SUNDAY. Slapped by Sentry When He Insists on Entering House When Order ed Not To REDS ANDPEASANTS HARASS JAP TROOPS Communist Legions and Ir regulars China Area Attack and Disperse Swiftly; Traffic on Japa nese - Controlled Railroad Interrupted Shanghai, Jan. 27. —(AP) —Domei (Japanese) News Agency reported to day that, a Japanese sentry slapped the face of John M. Allison, third sec retary of the United States Embassy at Nanking, and presently in charge there, when he tried to enter a house despite the sentry’s objection. Domei quoted a military report thus: “Allision sought to enter a house, to which the Japanese objected, the sentry telling Allison not to enter, which Allison did not heed. The sen try slapped the American’s face and prevented entry into the house.” The report asserted tije, house was Chinese and held Allison had no right to enter it. The report continued, ac cording to Domei, the Japanese au thorities apologized, and were under taking to reach a settlement locally RED LEGIONS JOIN WITH PEASANTS AGAINST JAPS Peiping, China, Jan. 27.—(AP) — China’s red‘legions and; peasant irre gulars arc on the march against Ja panese in the vast North China area. Concentrating swiftly, attacking swiftly, and dispersing swiftly, they have struck time and again at Ja panese communication lines and Ja panese garrisons. Authentic details of this warfare in the northern provinces, where the Chinese-Japanese conflict began, were brought to Japanese-conquered Peip ing today by foreigners arriving from the war areas. They reported during January Chinese irregulars along the Peiping-Hankow and Chengtai rail road wiped out small detachments of Japanese troops in at least 20 in- Btd.nC6S« Sallies of the irregulars interrupted traffic on the Japanese-controlled part of the Peiping-Hankow line, on an average of three times a week. NOE’S AGED MOTHER TO BE 87 TOMORROW Beaufort Lady To Have Some of Her Children With Her for Her Celebration ■■ « ■ ■ Beaufort, Jan. 27 (AP) Mrs. Su sannah Katherine Noe, mother of the fasting Memphis rector, Rev. Israel Harding Noe, will celebrate her 87th birthday tomorrow. Mrs. Noe, confin ed to a wheel chair because of a hip injury several months ago, said she expected three of her five sons to join her for the occasion. “My son, Tom (Rev. T. P. Noe, of York, S. C.), may also be here for my .birthday,” she said, ‘*but since he lives so far away and as he wants to rush to Memphis if Israel’s condi tion should become worse, I do not know for sure whether he will be able to get here.” • Rev. Walter Noe, secretary of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina, Rev. Alex C. D. Noe, vicar of St. Thomas church at Bath, and Captain Joe Noe, skipper of the Menhaden fishing boat Deutschland, will he pre sent for tlie reunion. Q PAGES O TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY SOUTHERN BLOC IS NOW CONFIDENT OF SHELVING MEASURE Round of Hot Debate Pro ceeds Vote on Proposal To Invoke Cloture Rule ROOSEVELT NAMES JACKSON TO OFFICE Fiery New Deal Orator Nom inated for Solicitor-Gen er&l To Succeed Stanley Reed, Who Becomes Su preme Court Justice Next Monday Washington, Jan. 27.—(AP) The Senate killed today a proposal for drastic limitation of debate on th-« anti-lynching bill, against whioh •Southern senators have been filibus* tering since the session started. The vote was 52 to 37. The vote against debate limitations gave new encouragement to the south ern blac that the anti-lynching meas ure would be shelved. Imposition of cloture for debate li mitation, which would have limited further speech-making against the bill to an hour for each senator, wai requested in a petition signed by 17 senators. , The Senate listened to a round of hot debate before voting on the pis posal to end speech-making on the till. A sharp wrangle broke out as the Senate met, over which side would speak first. Meantime, President Roosevelt nom inated Robert Jackson, of New York to be solicitor-general of the United States. He is now assistant attorney general in charge of anti-trust cased. Jackson succeeds Stanley Reed, of Continued on Page Two,) DR. R. T. ALLAN NEW HEAD OF SHRINERS Succeeds Rev. C. K. Proctor, Os Ox ford, as .Sudan Potentate at New Bern Meeting New Bern, Jan. 27.—(AP)—At the annual winter business session here today Sudan Shrine temple elevated Chief Rabban Dr. R. T. Allen, of Lumberton, to potentate; named Wil liam J. Bunday, Greenville, as outer guard to fill the vacancy caused bv elevation of each divan member one office and selected Fayetteville for the spring meeting in May. Retiring Potentate Rev. C. K. Prae tor, of Oxford; Dr. H. M. Poteat, of Wake Forest; Potentate Allen and Harry S. Storr, of Raleigh, were elect ed delegates to the imperial meeting in Los Angeles. Those elected to serve with Poten tate Allen include L. A. Raney, Wil mington, first ceremonial master; George W. Waters, Goldsboro, second ceremonial, master; J. Edward Allen. Warrenton, marshal. New Bern, Jan. 27. —(AP)—Dr. R. T. Allen, chief rabban, wa3 elevated today to the post of potentate of Sudan Shrine temple, succeeded Rev. C. K. Proctor, of Oxford. Later in the day a large class of candidates received the Shrine in vitation. The annual potentate’s ball tonight was the last event on the pro gram. The winter ceremonial and business meeting began yesterday. CONGRESSMAN DIES IN HOTEL PLUNGE Edward A. Kenny, 52, Found Dead on Pavement; Had Advocated Lottery Washington, Jan. 27.—-(AP)—Eld ward A. Kenny, 52-ycar-old New Jer sey representative, known for his ad vocacy of a national lottery, plunged or fell, to his death from the sixth floor of a fashionable hotel here dur ing the night. The body, clad only in underwear, was discovered at 8 a. m. by a hotel waiter, and identified by Kenny’s sec retary, John Stewart. The short, silvery-haired represen tative had been a guest last night at the annual congressional dinner of the I New Jersey Chamber of Commerce In | the Carlton hotel, near the Whits 1 House. No one, police said, saw Kenny fall j to his death on a concrete walkway beneath the open sixth floor window. First identification was effected through clothing found drapped over a chair in a hotel bedroom which had been assigned to guests of the visit ing chamber of commerce members. A preliminary examination indicated Kenny had received a fractured skull, broken left leg and punctured thigh.
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