HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR CONGRESS Mil ADJOURN EARLY IN MAY JAPAN is speeding reinforcements to CHINESE WAR AREA New Commanding General Takes Over Effort To Stem New Chinese Counter Attacks savage FIGHTING ALONG RAIL LINE Both Sides Claim Indecisive Victories; Tokyo Dissatis fied With Loss of Prestige in Failure of Army in . China to Make Rapid Progress Shanghai. Feb. 19,—(AP)— Japan or deml a new commanding general and t r oop reinforcements to the central China war zone today “to meet the new situation” precipitated by violent Chinese counter offensive operations. Savage fighting continued along the far-flung fronts paralleling the stra tegic Lunghai railway, with both sides winning indecisive victories. It was reported that General Hata. inspector general pf military educa tion in Japan, had arrived to take over command of the Japanese troops which for months have been strug gling to conquer the rich central China agricultural region and railroad network. General Hata was said to have sent been sent to replace General Matsui because of dissatisfaction in Tokyo over the progress of the central China campaign. Tokyo was represented as dissatis fied with the loss of prestige suffered by the Japanese army because of breaches of discipline in central China. Dispatches fro mthe front indicat ed the Chinese counter offensive was meeting with success in the Hwai river sector, north of Pengpu. Patrolmen Kill Thief At Kinston Kinston, Feb. 19 (AP)—A man iden tified by Lieutenant Arthur Moore of the State Highway Patrol as Eugene Lea, 35. of Fayetteville, charged with highway robberies in Cumberland and Bladen counties, was shot to death last night in a brush with nine State and city officers in the business dis trict here. Moore said he had arranged a trap after learning a stolen automobile had (Continued on Page Six.) COTTON FLUCTUATES ON TODAY’S MARKET New York, Feb. 19.—(AP)—Cotton futures opened three to five points higher on steady cables and foreign buying. May fluctuated between 9.01 and 9.03 with quotations shortly after the first half hour foom one to five net higher. Futures closed nine to 13 Points higher. Spots steady, middling 9.10. Open Close May 9.10 9.10 July 9.09; 9.16 October ....! 9.17 9.23 December 9.17 9.25 January 9.20 9.27 March 8.95 9.09 Austrians Meet Last Os Pledges ienna Awaits Hit ler Statement Sun day That Germany Will Do Her Part Vienna, Feb. 19. (AP) —The Austrian £°vernment announced today it had fulfilled all Chancellor Schuschnigg’s L edges to Germany’s iruehrer Hitler opening to Austrian Nazis member *hiP in the fatherland front, the na- Uon ’s only legal party. Austria waits Low. for Hitler to declare in his Reich es speech Sunday that he will re * .(Continued on Paget Six) PERRY MEMORiAi-Ug HrttlU'rsmt Batlu StßmifHi ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOmU CAROLINA AND VIRiHNIA. * I.F.ASKT) WIRE SERVICE OIT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Dean Noe Goes Home j| 1111 lliliiiiiil ffl : JB BBi The Rev. Israel Noe .. • recovering from fast Weighing more than 140 pounds, the Rev. Israel Harding Noe, for mer dean of St. Mary’s Episcopal cathedral in Memphis, Tenn.» de parts from the hospital where he was taken when his condition be came serious following his 22-day fast. The former dean’s object had been “to prove man’s immor tality with the help of God”. He weighed less than 98 pounds when taken to the hospital Insurgents Say Teruel Fall Near Franco’s Men Report Government Garri son Is Ready To Surrender City Hendaye, France, Feb. 19 (AP) The Spanish insurgents officially announc ed today they had encircled Teruel in their new South Aragon offensive. Two thousand government troops garrisoning the provincial capital city were fighting to defend it. The insurgents said they had in timations” from the garrison, how ever, they would like to discuss terms for surrender of Teruel. General Francisco Franco s offen f German influence in Ausria. • Both Italian-British friendship and the AusLria-IGerman. situation were on the agenda of today’s unusual cab inet session—the first full session on Saturday since November 5, 1936, be fore the abdication of Edward VIII. It was understood. Prime Minister Chamberlain, after two weeks talks with the Italian ambassador, Count Grandi, had reached the point where he could present to the cabinet a con crete plan for rehewing Italian friend ship ties. This plan involved concessions by both sides on foreign intervention in the Spanish civil war, and the Anglo- Italian radio propaganda war fov Arabic goodwill. Britain has tried since the Spanish (Continued on Page Twoj. Increases In Births Continue Raleigh, Feb. 19 —The January re port of the State Board of Health’s vital statistics division, of which Dr. R. T. Stimpson is the director, shows that the upward trend in the number of births in North Carolina, which was maintained throughout 1937, was hold ing its own the first month of 1938. The number of deaths, however, was also greater than in January last year. The first month of 1938 was marked by the birth of 6,395 little Tar Heels as compared with 6,193 a year ago, while deaths numbered 3,098 against 2,796 reported t v first nlonth of 1937. There was a slight decrease in the number of deaths among babies under (Continued on Page Six.) TAKEIMSOFF DRIFTING ICE FLOE Four North Pole Scientist Rescued After Drifting in Arctic Eight Months Moscow, Feb. 19. —(AP) —'Four Rus sian scientist, who had been marooned for more than eight months on drift ing Arctic ice were taken to safety today on the ice breakers Taimyr and Murman. The four men and all the equipment which they had been using for meteo rological observations coking to the. establishment of a Russian air line across the North Pole n toe United States were loaded on the rescue cra fts. * The scientists had been plante i near the North Pole by an aerial Ex pedition last May 21. A terse radio message from the eastern coast of Greenland more than 1,990 miles from where camp was first located said: “Papanin, Edderoff, Shirshoff and Krenhel, with all equipment, removed from ice floe by Taimyr and Murmur, which are proceeding to Murmansk.” Thus they were rescued from the sea-going floe, a 109x160 foot fragment of their original camping palace, afte a long and hazardous isolation. For days the ice breakers had fought crushing ice in their effort to gain the position three miles from the ship. Germany’s Moves Cause Tension in All Europe Ff- |^i|l Benito Mussolini Josef Stalin Josef Stalin Benti Mussolini Great Britain and France, gravely worried over Germany’s drastic moves to force Nazi domination on Austria de cided Nto ask Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s government to declare his future intentions regarding the country. Europe, meantime, has been in a tense state. Although Berlin has hailed its triumph, Austria resents the coup. And the Soviet Union is nervous over rumors of a new Nazi-Fascist pact in which Germany would give Italy raw materials and privileges in return for a free hand in Austria. The cards in the European deck are being dealt swiftly by the heads of the dominant nations—Adolf Hitler, Germany; Benito Mussolini, Italy; Neville Chamberlain, Great Britain; Camille Chautemps, France, and Josef Stalin, Soviet Union. Motor Vehicles Kill 60 In State During January Predicts Puce’s Fall •?:£.«■ ijgjgjl ' 7' ,;fy' ! Randolfo Pacciardi, anti-Fascist exile from Italy and founder of the Garibaldi Brigade now fighting with the Spanish Loyalists, is pic tured in New York, as he predicted the downfall of Mussolini. He cited Italy’s ventures in Ethiopia and- Spain as cause of her present “financial agony.” (Central Press) SAFETY CAMPAIGN IN SCHOOLS HELPS Major Fulk, Head of High way Patrol, Says Real Results Are Noted Dally Diapatoh Bureau, In .lie Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Feb. 19.—Major Arthur Fulk, head of the Highway Patrol and of the Safety Division, is “tickled to death” with results so far obtained from the campaign of safety edu&a (Continued on Page Six) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Mostly cloudy and colder tonight and Sunday, with showers this afternoon and tonight, possibly ending on northeast coast Sunday morning. WEEKLY WEATHER South Atlantic States: Fair and cool Monday, rising temperature Tuesday, with some rain in north ern section; more general rain period after middle of week, with a chang eto colder. Less Than January, 1937, Though Injuries Last Month Were in Great- Number HIGH SPEED GIVEN AS CHIEF CAUSES Pedestrians in Cities and Towns Bear Brunt of Urban Fatalities Toll; 7 to 8 P. M. Worst Hour for Accidents; Children at Play Killed - nntlr Dispatch Bureau, In The sir Wall*-* Raleigh, Feb. 19. —There were more automobile accidents in North Caro lina this January than there were last, but when the casualty list had been carefully compiled it was found that fewer persons died as a result of the January, 1938, accidents than per ished in the corresponding month of 1937. According to statistics released by the Motor Vehicle Division today sixty persons died and 634 .were iniured in 670 accidents last month, while in January, 1937, the dead totalled 86 and the injured reached 575 as a result of 575 accidents. From the report it is quite logical to draw the conclusion that high speed on the open road and the presence of many pedestrians on city streets were (Continued on Page Six) Taken imng Two Young Men Held for Brutal Slaying of Fill ing Station Operator Carthage, Feb. 19 (AP) —Officers were enroute to Montreal, Canada, to return a man arrested there in con nection with the slaying last August of J. E. Carraway, who operated a filling station near Southern Pines. Sheriff J. McDonald said the su spect arrested by Canadian police was booked under the name of Jean Bap tiste Caron. A youth booked as Robert Svensen, 19, arrested a few weeks ago in Canada, is held in jail here awaiting trial. The sheriff said Svensen had con fessed and implicated Caron. Carra way’s body beaten and hacked, was found near Southern Pines last sum mer a few days after two men had engaged him to take them to Pine hurst. FIoSS 3 RAGING RIVERS Hundreds of Persons Flee Lowland Homes as Streams Go On Ram page Over State TORNADO CITY IS STARTING REPAIRS Rodessa, La., Counts 25 Dead from Twister Friday; Property Damage Estimat ed Up to $500,000; Arkan sas Flood Problem May Exceed That of 1935 Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 19. —(AP) — Three rivers and their numerous tri butaries roared an ominous flood threat to Arkansas today while other sections of the South were recovering from the effects of storms that claim ed at least 27 lives. Hundreds of persons fled their low land homes as the Ouachita, Arkan sas and White rivers, swollen by a week’s torrential downpour, spilled their excess burden over thousands of acres of farm lands. Army engineers here said the predicted crests prob ably would tiring greater flood pro blems than in 1935. Relief workers at Rodessa , La started rehabilitation work In the lit tle oil field community, where a tor nado ripped through the residental section Thursday night, leaving 25 (Continued on Page Five.) iflS His Influence More Far- Reaching Than Any Oth er One Individual By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Feb. 19.—The most in fluential single member of Congress undoubtdely is Senator William E Borah of Idaho. In fact, in away he comes close to being the most influential single individual in the United States. Os course he cannot'shape policies as the President can, but the presidential influence has position back of it, it *s not purely personal. Borah’s influence, insofar as it goes (and it goes a long Continued on Page Five.) O PAGES O TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY LAWMAKERS WANT TO GO HOME FOR POLITICAL FIGHTS Election-Year Political Ac tivities Will Claim At tention of Solons- Very Soon BOOST FOR RELIEF FUND IS SOUGHT Compliance With New Farm Program to Put Many Millions in Cotton Farmers Pocket; Vinson Asks Funds for Investigation of New “Aerial Bomb” Washington, Feh. 19 (AP) —Con- gressional leaders, determine to make this a short productive session, con centrated on hasting action of Presi dent Roosevelt legislative program. Leaders and most members were hopeful of adjournment early in May, many of the law makers were an xious to get back home and look after their election-year political interests. Faster tempo of congress thg last week heartened leaders. Other developments: Senator Bone, Democrat, Washing ton said he would ask the senate to increase the $250,000,000 supplement tary relief appropriation, posilbly to $400,000,000. Bone said he was studying all the available data on relief needs. Chairman Vinson, Democrat, Geor gia, of the House naval committee, suggested using a part of a $15,000,- 000,000 experimental fund to test a mysterious new “aerial bomib” which the inventor said would revolutionize this country’s defenses. Vinson referred to a device which Lester Barlow, Stanford, Conn., in ventor said yesterday would force Continued on Page Two.) MOREHEADPORTTO SHOW VOLUME Shipment of Scrap Iron Ex pected to Swell Traffic Over 1936 Levels Washington, Feb. 19.—(AP)—Wfeter traffic handled by North Carolina newest port, Morehead City, N. C., is expected to show a greater volume than the 62,509 tons in 1936. Last year, the port developed with public works funds, was used as a shipping port for scrap iron to fore ign nations. In 1936, the army engineers records showed there were no exports from •.here. Army engineers said the 1937 fig ures would be available early in April They are compiled by Maj. Ralph Willis, district engineer at Wilming ton, N. C. The value of Morehead City’s traffic was $940,994, chiefly from coast-wide and internal water traffic. Imports that year include 1870 tons of salt. Internal traffic accounted for the greatest volumne, and •included 14,220 tons of fuel oil, 27,000 tons of gasoline, 1,600 tons of fresh fish. 1,800 tons of steel piling and 1,000 tons of fish scrap. President Found Shot to Death in Home; Bank Is Consolidated Fremont, Feb. 19.—(AP) —Gurney P. Hood, State Banking Commissioner reported today a shortage of more than $40,000 in the accounts of the Bank of Fremont, whose President Cutlar Lee was found shot to death in the bath room of his home here late yesterday. The Bank of Fremont was taken over about three weeks ago by the Branch Banking and Trust Company. Hood said the shortage was not dis covered until after the banks con solidation. Funeral for Lee was held this after noon at 4 o’clock at the graveside at Wilmington. Hood said at Raleigh the Branch Banking and Trust Company at Wil son would not he responsible, for lia bility created by the alleged Shortage of the Bank of Fremont. Instead, he said, the Bank’of Fre mont would have claim against the shortage with the FDIC, the bonding company, which bohded the bank’s president and his estate