HENDERSON’S
POPULATION
13,873
twenty-fifth year
Chicago Is Methodism
Capital During Three-Day
United Methodist Council
Much Jubilation Over Forth
coming Union of the
Divided Houses of
Methodism
REPRESENTATIVES OF
20,C00,000 PRESENT
Branches of Methodist
Church Have Been Split for
Over 100 Years; Council to
Discuss Whole Range of
Religion; Prominent
Speakers to Appear
Chicago, Fob. 3. —(AP> —Chicago be
came the capital of Methodism today
with bishops and laymen, minister-5
and executives assembled amid jubil
ation over the forth-coming union o f
the chimch rites divided house.
Bishop Earnest L. Waldorf, of Chi
cago said “the whole range of the re
ligious state in modern civilization
will be dbcussed in the three day
meeting of the United Methodist coun
cil on the future of faith and service.”
The council represented 8,000,000
communicants and 12,000,000 Method
ists adherents of the Methodist Epis
copal church, Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. Methodist Protestant
church, divided more than 100 years
ago, but which have voted to reunite.
Assistant Secretary F. B. Sayre, one
of many prominent laymen scheduled
as speaker said in an address pre
pared for delivery today, “the age in
which we live constitutes terrible sell
ing to Christianity,” because:
‘•Educational systems which failed
to supply any unified system of life
or teach integrity of character are
faltering. Churches lost in material
concern are dinintergrating.”
SPY PLOI RELATED
10 BRITISH COURT
Copies of Britain’s Most Sec
ret Armaments Made at
Arsenal
London, Faib. 3. —-(AP) —A blonde
woman “British agent” told from the
stand of Bow Street court today how
for nearly a year she has been help
ing copy plans of Britain’s most se
cret armaments smuggled from the
Big Woolwick, arsenal in combatting
an alleged spy plot.
A slim, black-clad girl, identified
as “Miss X” testified against P. E.
Glading, former arsenal employee and
three arsenal workers accused of dup
licating blue prints of army, navy and
air force weapons, and allegedly in
tended for delivery to an unnamed
foreign power. The four defendants
arrested under the official secret pact
were remanded until February 7, after
“Miss X” had corroborated the pro
section's story involving a mysterious
couple from Moscow.
Speaking under apparent stress.
“Miss X” told how she entered the
War office’s counter-espionage ser
vice, in 1931 for volunteer work for
“friends of the Soviet Union.”
RED HEADED GIRL
GIVES OFFICERS AID
Philadelphia, Feb. 3 (AP)—Detec
tives, following the trail of a red-hair
ed showgirl, captured in a smashing
raid Tuesday bwo men described as
heirs to the $100,000,000 lottery racket
of New York’s Dutch Schultz.
Led by Charles P. Grimes, assistant
to District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey
a squad broke down the door to an
apartment occupied by Hope Dare and
arrested J. Richard (Dixie) Davis and
George Weinberg. Davis was attor
ney for Arthur (Dutch Schultz) Fleg
enheimer, who was shot down in a
Newark restaurant two years ago.
japs Mark
Area For
Conquest
A I 1 Foreigners In
Large Area Notified
to Evacuate; Mark
ing Property
Shanghai, Feb. 3.—(AP) Japan's
forces marked out a huge area
' n central China as a war zone today,
asked Americans and other fore-
there to move out.
The Japanese embassy spokesman
announced the decision under which
the main points virtually subjected to
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HntJirrsmt Daily Dispatch
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. *
LEASED WTRE SERVICE OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Telephoned a King
Gus Phillips
.. . calls King Boris •
Anybody in or near Omaha, NeD.,
who wants to know the latest
news about .King Boris of Bul
garia only has to go to Gus Phil
lips, 48-year-old railroad engineer.
For Phillips recently telephoned
the Bulgarian king, and the two
a chat. Phillips met
King Boris in 1932 when he vis
ited Bulgaria and became friends
through mutual interest in rail
roading. The call, put through on
the king’s birthday, cost Phil
lips s3l.
—Central Press
Two Navy
Bombers In
Collision
Believe Seven of 14
Crewmen Dead;
Four Rescued;
Three Are Missing
San Pedro, Calif., Feb. 3. —(AP) —
Two navy patrol bombers flying thro
ugh a sudden rain squall, colllided in
sight of the maneuvering United
States fleet off the Southern Califor
nia coast late last night, killing at
least seven men of the 14 crewmen.
Admiral Claude Bloch, radioed the
Associated Press early today that one
bomber, the 11-p-3 fell in flames. The
other 11-p-4, cracked up when it
struck the sea.
Four of 11-p-4’s 11 men crew were
rescued from the sea by a boat from
the fleet’s flagship, U. S. Tennessee
and rushed to the hospital ship “Re
lief,” lying near San Clemente islands.
All seven of the 11-p-3’s crew were
believed certain to have perished.
Search for three possible survivors
from 11-p-4 was begun immediately
by surface craft of several battleships
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Decision Surprises 6th Dis
trict; Scramble Begun
for Congressional Seat
Greensboro, Feb. 3.—(AP)—Repre
sentative William Umstead’s surprised
announcement that he would not seek
re-election to Congress today gave the
sixth district more political ponder
ing, and it is catr.pulating one Greens
boro man definitely into the campaign
for Umstead’s seat, and brought out
still another “very probable” can
didate.
First to make an unqualified an
nouncement to succeed the Durham
man was Oscar Atkinson, Jr., Greens
boro attorney, chairman of the Guil
ford Democratic Executive Committee
and long an active worker in the
party.
John W. Gaffey, Guilford legislator
in the Senate, who for several months
has been mentioned as a potential
candidate, said he had given even
more serious attention to the matters
since the announcement from Wash
ington of Umstead’s retirement.
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 3,1938
NAZI RELATIONSHIP
BY GERMAN ARMY
Fall from Grace and Resig
nation of Von Blomberg
Believed to Have
Led to Demand
VON BLOMBERG’S WIFE
CARPENTER’S CHILD
Some German’s Refer to
Minister’s Quitting As
‘Wallis Simpson Affair”
Goering May Get Minister
of War Post in Nazi Cab
inet
Berlin, Feb. 3.—(AP)—An insistent
demand by the general of the army
air corps for a showdown on the whole
question of relationship between Ger
many’s armed forces and Nazi party
became apparent today.
The fall from grace of Marshal
WCrnor Von Blomberg and his atten
dant resignation as war minister,
highly reliable informers said, led to
.he demand.
Colonel Gen. Werner Von Fritsch
commander of the Reichswehr, is sai l
to have insisted for one point, that the
no-pagan philosophies of Dr. Alfred
Rosenberg ware having a deleterious
effect on the morale of the army. It
was Von Fritsch, who acted as army’s
spokesman on Blomberg’s resignation
The army officer’s corps opposed his
marriage to Erika Gruhn, a carpen
ter’s daughter and socially “impos
sible.”
Von Fritsch had gone on leave, and
is believed to have offered his re
signation.
Some Germans referred to von
Blomberg’s quitting as another “Wal
lis Simpson affair,” likening his re
signaton to the abdication of former
King Edward VIII, of England. They
said that the war minister, realizing
the opposition to his marriage, re
marked :
“Well, I love her, and I would rath
er give up my job than leave her.”
At first Hitler was reported to have
chosen General Walter von Reichen
eau, commander of the Munich gar
rison, as von Blomberg’s successor,
but was said to have -given up the
idea after he found the army objected
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SEEK INVOCATION
OF NEUTRALITY ACT
Washington, Feib. 3 (AP) —The Ja
panese foreign minister’s assertion
that a “state of war” exists between
Japan and China brought renewed
demands today from some congress
men. _for invocation of the neutrality
act.
Administration leaders indicated,
however, that in the absence of a for
mal declaration of war there was lit
tle likelihood that President Roose
velt would apply this act forbidding
arms shipments to belligerents.
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WAYNE BURGULARY
Says “Fm Sorry” and “I
Wouldn’t Kill Anybody;”
Hoey May Intervene
Raleigh, Feb. 3. —(AP) —James Mar
shall, Wayne county Negro, said “I’m
sorry that I did what I did, but I am
glad that I did not kill anybody,” as
he prepared to be executed at State
Prison for first degree burglary,
Marshall will be the first person exe
cuted for burglary in several years if
Governor Hoey does not alter his an
nouncement declining clemency.
Recently, however, Governor Hoev
granted a reprieve to a convicted bur
glar only an hour before the hour of
the execution, and then commuted the
sentence to life imprisonment.
Appearing very nervous and talking
in a shaking voice, Marshall said he
had “made my soul right with God”
but insisted that “I wouldn’t kill any
body.”
Meekins To Decide On
‘Silent Salesmen’ Monday
Raleigh, Fdb. 3 (AP)—Judge I. M.
Meekins heard this afternoon the pe
tition of J. A. Powers, of Kinston,
that he rescind then modify a recent
injunction restraining officers from
interfering with “silent salesmen”
slot machines.
Arguments were completed before
the jurist at noon, and said he would
render a decision "by Monday.” He
left for his home in Elizabeth City
this afternoon.
Emphasizing he was not asked the
question “for press circulation” ex
plaining “I have not decided what I
will do,” the judge said to Attorney
A. A. F. Seawell;
In Hardy Case
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Mrs. Elizabeth Connor Buchanan,
beautiful law clerk of the Depart
ment of Justice, is pictured above.
She identified herself as the woman
who was with Russell Hardy, Spe
cial Assistant Attorney General,
when Hardy was mysteriously shot
in the leg in Alexandria, Va.
(Central Frees)
tßowbound
PEOPLE
State Police and Conserva
tion Officers Carry Sup
plies to Many on
Toboggans
DOZENS ISOLATED „
IN THE NORTHWEST
Lumber Campers and Home
steaders in Need of Food;
Women and Children Are
Caught In Winter’s Grip;
River Mouth Blocked by
Ice Jam
Marquette, Mich., Feb. 3.—(AP) —
Michigan State police and conserva
tion officers labored today under ex
treme conditions to assist the dozens
of persons snowbound in camps and
homesteads in this vicinity. A rescue
squad of five troopers, traveling on
snow shoes, and pulling three tobog
gans, loaded with supplies, started
north at daylight today for the Garv
lumber camp, two shacks and a home
stead, thirty miles northwest of Mar
quette.
Earlier, conservation officers visit
ed Gary camps and reported its eight
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INSURGENTCABINET
TAKES UP DUTIES
First Work to Give Insur
gent Spain “Enlighten
ing Dictatorship”
Hendaye, France, Spanish Frontier
Feb. 3. —(AP) — Insurgent General
Francisco Franco’s first ministry be
gan its work today to give insurgent
Spain an “enlightening dictatorship.”
The cabinet, created by Franco to
administer the Spanish territory,
which he controlled, details its policy
thus:
A labor charter, “based on the
working class,” and providing separ
ate unions for workers, technicians
and employers.
A press statute guaranteeing free
dom of the press.
Municipal organizations in charge of
local government.
A public works program for recon
struction of devastated regions and
an agrarian plan for loans to farmers
and “judicious” redistribution of land.
“If I recind the decree of Dec. 2, I
wouldn’t do it unless the plaintiff was
given 10 days to get the machines
out, and would that be acceptable?”
Seawell asked that he be allowed to
confer by telephone with solicitor
Powers before answering. This was
granted.
There are from 700 to 1,700 of the
machines in the eastern part of the
state.
Seawell argued the case for the
State, becoming indignant at times,
refering at once to “damn fools.”
Later, Judge Meekins commented that
Seawell had appeared “servous and
had used language not usual in your
dealings with the court.”
Anti-Lynching Bill Friends
Want Bill Come To Vote,
Senator Wagner Declares
Small Business Talking Turkey
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Mrs. Jessie Taylor, of the Typewriter Exchange, New York City, h
shown applauding the speaker at the Small Business Men’s Conference
in New York as a program was outlined for presentation to President
Roosevelt at Washington. Five hundred proprietors of small conoerns
were invited to confer with the President.
, (Central Pr eat)
Labor Board Defended
Before Senate Committee
ARMAMENT LIMIT
NO AID TO PEACE
I
Previous Armament Agree
ments With Other Coun
tries Prove Useless
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Feb. 3.—Some thing
more than a decade ago Washington
was agog with plans to insure world
peace by limiting international arma
ments.
Today Congress is completely ab
sorbed in consideration of the biggest
Army and Navy program (particular
ly a naval program) in America’s
peace-time history, with a view to
preserving peace by the * Un-limited
armament method.
Back in the earlier era, of the 1920’s
Congressman Fred Britten of Chicago
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COTTON CONTINUES
TO HOLD ITS OWN
New York, Feb. 3. —(AP)—Cotton
futures opened unchanged to one
higher. Lower cables were offset by
foreign buying. May fluctuated from
8.52 and 8.53 and shortly after the
first half hour, the list was unchanged
to two net higher.
May advanced to 8.56 and was 8.55
by midday when the market was two
to five points net higher.
TbKcetrain
Three Killed and 12 Hurt
When American-French
Trucks Are Raided
Perpingan, France, Feb. 3. —(AP)—-
An American-French train of am
bulance and food trucks were bomb
ed today b.y insurgent planes in Spain
with a loss of three lives, Spanish gov
ernment border advices said.
Twelve were reported seriously hurt
in the attack 15 miles south of the
French border.
Late advices reaching the border
said the three killed were standing
near the caravan at the time of the
raid.
Four American ambulance units
were in the caravan when the raid
took place, the report said. The mo
bile hospital equipment included an
operating room, laboratory and two
cars for carrying wounded.
PUBLISHED IVHKT iFTIKNOOi
EXCEPT SUNDAY. *
Chairman Maden Declares
Board Has No “Allusions
About Remaking
Social Order
EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYER
GET EQUAL JUSTICE
Maden Denies Charges
Brought by Senator Burke,
Nebraska, That Board Is
Biased, Incompetent in Ad
ministering The Wagner
Labor Act
Washington, Feb. 3. —(AP) —J. War
ren Maden, chairman, of the NRLB
asserted today his agency was neither
biased nor incompetent and had no
“illusions” about “remaking the social
order.”
That statement was made to the
Senate Judiciary Committee, which is
considering a request from Senator
Burke, Democrat, Nebraska, to inves
tigate “widespread reports” that board
was biased and incompetent in’admin
istrating the Wagner labor act.
Maden said Burke was basing his
criticisms of the board on “supply of
misinformation, half truths and gen
eralities.”
The labor board head denied that
charges made before the committer
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Washington, Beaufort and
Wayne Counties to Get
Highway Construction
Raleigh, Feb. 3.—(AP)— Highway
and Public Works Commission an
nounced low bidders on a number of
projects in which proposals were
opened this morning.
The list of projects and low bidders
include:
19.51, Washington and Beaufort
counties, grading and surfacing.
7.13 miles of route 27 toward Ply
mouth; Roadway, F. J. McGuire, o'
Washington, $137,939.50; structures
Bowers Construction Co., of White
ville, $12,862.10, 28.45 Wayne, sand, as
phalt workjfcng and resurfacing on
3.57 of route 117 from Goldsboro
south. Brown Paving Company, Lex
ington, $41,354.60.
"WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy and unsettled, slightly
warmer in central portion tonight;
Friday, partly cloudy.
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MANYPROTESTiNE
Two Delegates Forcibly
Tossea Out of Audito
rium In Vain Effort
to Quiet Session
ASKS SUPPLYING OF
FINANCIAL HELP
Claim Such Aid Would
Stimulate Private Credit;
Wagner Characterizes
Every Lynching As “Chal
lenge To Nation As A
Whole”
Washington, Feb. 3 (AP) —'Senator
Wagner, Democrat, New York, said
today that friends of the anti-lynch
ing bill were “determined to have” a
vote on the much talked about legis
lation that has been filibustered for
a month. Defending its constitution
ality Wagner, the author of the mea
sure, told the senate "easily we can
vote down an anti-lynching bill, but
announcing onde and for all that we
will use nothing about the lynching
bill or that we could promptly pass
the measure before us."
Characterizing every lynching as "a
challenge to the nation as a whole,”
Wagner said “a recent exhaustive
study of the law has confirmed me in
the bill, steered by many others in and
out of Congress that this bill is con
stitutional.”
The administration’s f'nttle busi
ness” conference adjourned in an up
roar today, after voting a program of
economic advice to President Roose
velt. Two delegates were forcefully
tossed out from Secretary Roper’s
Commerce Department’s auditorium,
in a vain effort to quiet the feverish
tumult before Chairman Fred Roth,
Cleveland, Ohio, pounded the gavel
for the last time.
Despite shouting reports, the Coh
gress adopted the report of nine com
mittees, which recommended amotlg
other things that government supply
financial aid by stimulating priykte
credit.
An unusual calm smoothed the dis
orderly confusion immediately after
adjournment. Rusiness men, who had
been talking and shouting all over tHe
auditorium, sat back in their chairs to
pose for photographers.
Other developments:
Secretary Morgenthau said the ad
ministration might ask a deficiency
appropriation to care for needy farm
ers if it becomes necessary.
CIGARETTES BRING
IN MUCH REVENUE
Washington, Feb. 3—The cigarette
continued as a rising source of fede
ral revenue during 1937.
The little paper tube of shredded
tobacco brought $487,903,000 into the
federal treasury last year, and inter
na) revenue bureau reported today, a
$28,000,000 increase over 1936 collec
tions of $459,520,000.
Tobacco tax collections as a whole
iumped from $536,102,000 to $563,183,-
000 during the year, a $27,000,000 gain.
Wright Is
Grilled By
Prosecution
Airport Executive on
Trial for Slaying
Wife and Friend
Collapses in Court
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 3.—(AP)—
Pale faced Paul Wright, exhausted
from two days of merciless prosecu
tion grilling on how and why he kill
ed Mrs. Wright and John Kimmel, re
sumed his re-direct examination today
saying he discovered his wife “cheat
ing.”
The airport executive’s counsel
Jerry Giesler led him back over much
of the testimony which he gave dur
ing the exhaustive cross-examination
of Prosecutor S. E. Roll, who pounded
away at Wright’s story until the de
fendant collapsed and had to be as
sisted from the court room.
At one point in the relentless ques
tioning, Roll drew admission from
Wright that he did not recall that he
disarranged the clothing of his wife
and Kimmel after he shot them.
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