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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR L THE E AssocxST E E D R ?k C Eas OF AGREEMENT IS REACHED ON NEW TAX PUNS on ONLY MATTER OF KNOW FOR GENERAL PERSHING Doctor Says Famous World War Hero Gradually Be coming Weaker as Crisis Nears NO NOURISHMENT OR DRINK being taken Kid r eys Cease To Function and Patient Is Uncon scious Virtually All While; Heart Stimulants React gather Favorably How ever Ariz., Feb. 26 —(AP> — S'nking gradually, Gonora! John j i» ors h!Rg held tenaciously to liff this afternoon despite the weakening of a rugged heart W hich carried him through a life time of battle. xh > 77-year-old World War coal man ler lay in a coma except for a sp „. intervals of consciousness. I)r. Roland Davison, in his aft ernoon bulletin, said no change had been observed in the general’s condition in recent hours. The sit uation became most grave when physicians saw General Pershing did not rally at midday, as he had done yesterday. Since dawn his hold on life had been wavering. Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 26.—(AP) Intense excitement around the hospital room of General John J. Pershing shortly after 7 a. m. (9 a. m., eastern stand ard time) today indicated the weak ening warrior had reached a new crisis and the end might be at hand. A moment later, Dr. Roland Da.vi- S on sent out a bulletin announcing the general was gradually becoming “He is unable to take nourishment or drink,” the bulletin said. "His kid neys have ceased to function.” General Pershing had been uncon (Continued on Page Four.) Little Loss In Cold Snap In The South (By The Associated Press) While the nation generally continu ed to feel the bite of low tempera tures, southern farmers reported to day little crop damage from last night’s cold snap. Outside of scattering reports of slight frost nipping in north Florida, there seemed to be no loss. South Flor ida’s vast citrus groves and tender spring vegetables apparently were un touched. In most sections of the Atlantic seaboard forecasts of warmer weath er were in prospect for tonight. To morrow, weather forecasts said, might bring colder weather in mountainous stretches, with occasional snow flur ries. Snow In Raleigh Raleigh, Feb. 26 (AP)—Snow began falling here this afternoon at 1:20. The Weather Bureau, however, said the forecast was for light rain and warmer weather tonight. Charlotte Has Hurries Charlotte, Feb. 26 (AP)—Snow fell for a short time around 9 o’clock this morning, but failed to stick. The skies remained overcast. Three Held In Spy Plot In New York Accused of Furnish ing U. S. Navy Sec rets to Foreign Pow ers Not Named _________ \ Washington, Feb. 26. —(AP) —Edgar Hoover, director of the .Federal Bu reau of Investigation, said .boday three persons had been arrested in New in an alleged plot to still United States Navy secrets. The persons in custody are .Johanna Hoffman, of Dresden, Germany, a hair dresser on the trans-Atlantic liner (Continued on Pace Three.} tbL feteSaE. PERRY MEMORIAL USK****. . Hmtiirrsmt tLttlij tltspafrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. France Warns Nazi Germany To Keep Hands Off Friends Crop Referenda Drive Is To Start All Over State Next Week; Vote March 12 College Station, Raleigh, Feb. 26 — In one of the greatest short-time edu cational campaigns ever staged in North Carolina, agricultural workers will begin driving home information on the new farm act Wednesday at the first in a series of farmer mass meetings. Before the campaign closes eight days later, March 10, every farmer in the 81 counties affected by the cotton and tbbacco referenda will have had j a chance to attend one or more of these explanatory sessions, E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer at State College, said. The primary purpose of these gath erings is a careful explanation of the referenda, the results of which will limit the marketing of cotton and flue cured tobacco if growers express their approval at the March 12 balloting. Dean I. O. Schaub, director of the REVENUE OFFICES PREPAREFOR RUSH But Division’s System Per mits of Speed and Effi ciency in Pinch Daily Dispatch Unreal*. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Feb. 26.—The income tax division of the Department of Rev enue is getting ready for a rush o* business between now and March 25 but it’s the division of accounts where young Bob Ward holds sway, that is really going to be called upon to “put out” next month. It is estimated that into the account ing office will a flood of 75,000 income tax returns, 30,000 sales tax reports, 60,000 intangible tax listings and 10,000 tax returns of other sorts Practically all of these 175,000 re turns will pile in over a period of ten days —March 15 to 25—though a few will sift in beforehand and a few be lated ones will show up afterward. Just byway of comparison, it is (Continued on Page Four.) OIL TRUCK DRIVER KILLED INSTANTLY Morganton, Feb. 26. —(AP) —Georg*' Clure, 35, a truck driver for an oil company, was killed instantly early today when his automobile overturn ed near here. Coroner Russell Green said Clure apparently lost control of his machine, and said an inquest would not be held. InterestingPxture of Incidents In Life of General Pershing graduation from France 191? — ——' With Marshal Foci," at American headquarter, ,n ~—“—- —j 2 1 j —" HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOO N, FEBRUARY 26, 1938 FIVE CENTS COPY State College Extension Service, has instructed his corps of county agents to give only facts concerning the pro visions of the new act. No opinions, either for or against control, will be allowed. “We want the farmer to hear from those conducting the mass meetings just what the new program contains,” Dean Schaub said, “and then we want him to vote as he sees fit.” Floyd stressed the importance of every tobacco and cotton grower tak ing part in the balloting, so that a representative vote may be obtained. Any farmer who grew either of the two crops in 1937 will be eligible to cast his ballot for that crop which he produced. * Ballot boxes will he set up in each township in affected counties. Three farmers selected by a county commit tee will hold the polls. STATE DEMOCRATS /IX MEETING TIM Precinct Meetings May 7, County Conventions 14, State Meet 19th Raleigh, Feb. 2 — (AP)— The State’s Democrats will hold their convention here Thursday. Mav 19. The North uarouna Democratic Executive Committee, in a 27-minute meeting here last night, also set May 7 for the precinct meetings and May 14 for county conventions. The president of the young Demo cratic clubs of North Carolina, under a resolution passed by the commit tee, will be an ex-officio member of the committee. Both Governor Hoey and Lieutenant Governor Horton spoke briefly. R. Gregg Cherry, of Gastonia, com mittee chairman, and Miss Beatrice Cobb of Morganton, national Demo cratic committeewoman and candidate for the State Senate, also were on the program. FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy and unsettled, possibly light snow or rain; slightly war mer In south portion tonight; Sun day mostly cloudy, slightly colder in east portion. WEEKLY WEATHER. South Atlantic States: General ly fair; cool first part and war mer middle of week; some likeli hood of rain, followed by colder latter part of week. , - ./• Delbos Gives Assurance His Nation Will Come to De ense of European Allies WILL NOTDESERT SMALLER FRIENDS France, Under Treaty, Is Bound To Send Military Aid to Czechoslovakia If Latter Is Attacked; France Also Considered Faithful To Austria Paris, Feb. 26 (AP)—Foreign Min ister Yvon Delbos issued an implied warning to Germany today to keep Nazi hands-off France’s central Euro pean allies. In his first public pronouncement of French intentions since the rise of Nazi influence in Austria, and the turn of Britain toward deals with dic tators, Del'bos told the Chamber of Deputies France would follow Eng land’s lead, hut would not desert her small friends. At the same time that he declared Austria must be kept independent and warned against setting up “any politi cal hegemony” in central Europe, Del bos made a friendly bid to Italy, Ger many’s ally in the Rome-Berlin axis. Informed political quarters said Deltoos undoubtedly was warning Ger many France remained faithful to Austria as well as her Little Entente allies, Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia and Roumania. Under existing treaties, France is (Continued on Page Three.) DRYSIEEPIENT ON SENATE FIGHT Have Little but Hobson’s Choice Between Rey nolds and Hancock Dnil> Dispatch nurenn. la the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Fe!b. 25—It is a noticeable fact that amid all the rumblings of an approaching offensive by North Caro lina’s dry forces, there is not ever a murmur to indicate that the cohorts headed by Cale K. Burgess and other champions of prohibition intend to take any part whatever in the United States Senate race between Robert R. Reynolds and Frank Hancock. Your correspondent has more than once attempted to draw from Mr. Burgess or from other dry leaders just what they plan to do about this little matter, but to date his efforts have been wholly unsuccessful. Apparently the United Dry Forces are for the moment letting the na tional situation take care of itself. I (Continued on Page Three.) Chamberlain IN ow Free Os Interference Eden Pledges Him self To Withhold All Support From Cab inet’s Opposition London, Feb. 26. —(AP) — Prime Minister Chamberlain’s task of knit ting Europe into a peaceful com munity of nations shook itself free from immediate domestic opposition today. The departing Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden’s graceful self-effacc ment to “await the verdict of history” removed the threat of conservative party strife over the cabinet crisi i which jolted Britain into sudden de cision to play ball with Europe’s dic tators. feden, predicting failure in dealing with Germany and Italy, nevertheless wished the conservative government well in its task, and made clear he would give no aid to liberal and labor party hopes of overthrowing the na tional cabinet. Eden quit rather than yield to what he considered pressure from Italy in the Italian request that friendship bargaining begin at once and in Rome Chamberlain agreed to the bargain ing rather than risk animosity which might one day bring war, and named Viscount Halifax as foreign secretary to speed the bargaining task. ONEIGIiAY WOULD PASS HERE Henderson Would Be on One North-South Super- Route of Congress By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Feb. 26.—Three pro- posals are before Congress for the construction of a highway system which will lay a network of north and south and east and west highways over the United States. One bill, by Sentaor Robert J. Bulk ley, of Ohio, proposes three east and west and not to exceed seven north and south. There is nothing in Senator Bulk ley’s bill to indicate, except by infer ence, where these future roads will be situated. Considering that the senator pro poses to make them a part of a na tional defense plan, it is clear that, they will touch or be adjacent to im portant population centers. 300 Feet Wide. The Bulkley bill stipulates 300 feet as the width of the proposed high ways, with from four to 12 one-way traffic lanes. A bill, almost identical with Senator (Continued on Page Three.) MAJOR BATTLE OF CHINESE WAR NOW REPORTED BEGUN 100,000 Chinese Troops Struggling To Halt Sweep ing Japanese Of fensive in West U. S. PROTESTS ON WAREHOUSE CLOSE Japanese Seal Big Storage In Heart of International Settlement; Considered Se rious Incident; Contains Supplies for the United States Navy Shanghai, *Feb. 2 .—(AF) —\ majo:’ battle developed today at Lingshith, in Shansi province, where 100,000 Chi nese troops were struggling to halt a sweeping Japanese offensive along the extreme western flank of the cen tral China war front. The Japanese, stalled in their cen tral China campaign fcy stubborn Chi nese resistance along the Yellow river, shifted their attack wide to the west in a flanking maneuver designed to effect a crossing somewhere near the great bend of the Yellow river. Chinese military dispatches said de feat of the Chinese in the Lingshith battle probably would mean loss o' southern Shansi province. Meanwhile, United States Cons”.l General Clarence Gauss protested a gainst. Japanese sealing of an Amer ican-owned warehouse in the heart of the international settlement. The pro test, filed with Japanese Consul Gen- Continued on Paere Fiv«o Tar Heels Pay Gas Tax Twice Income Tax Lew j But Sweat Over Latter Dally Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter »»..#••» • Raleigh, Feb. 26. —North Carolina citizens who are already beginning to sin eat over their income tax returns and to swear at the authorities which demand that they turn over a percent age of their earnings to the State, might well stop a moment and reflect that, after all, they pay twice as much each year in gasoline taxes as in in come levies. Figures for the last year, 1936, on which both these levies have been fig ured as well as paid, show that gas oline taxes paid to the State of North Carolina reached the staggering total of $22,131,229.45, while the total ty which the State’s treasury benefitted from income taxes was $11,024,826.4?, or almost exactly half as much. It has also been figured out on a Q PAGES O TODAY G. 0. P. ATTEMPT AT ENTIRE REPEAL OF SURPLUS TAX FAILS Bill Will Be Introduced Probably Tuesday for Debate To Begin Next Thursday DOUGHTON THINKS OBSTACLES LIFTED Savs No Cause Left For Hesitation on Part of Bus iness To Go Forward; Edi son Pleads‘for Navv Ade quate for Defense Against Any Outsider Washington, Feb. 26.—(AP)— The House Ways and Means Committee reached a complete agreement todav on a proposed tax revision program, after defeating a final Republican at tempt to obtain complete repeal of the undistributed profits tax. Chairman Doughton Democrat, North Carolina, said only the for mality remained of introducing the hill, perhaps next Tuesday, and form ally recommending it to the House. The bill will probably be brought up on the floor Thursday, Doughton added. The committee made no last-minute changes in the proposed legislation, which contemplates broad modifica tion of the widely criticized undistri buted profits and capital gains tax, along with imposition of a new surtax on large income corporations controll ed by a family of a few individuals. Doughton told reporters he felt deeplv that “any cause for hesitation on the part of business to go for ward, so far as taxes are concerned, should now disappear.” Other develops: Charles Edison, assistant secretary of the navy, told Congress the future peace of the United States depended directly on the maintenance of a de fensive force “sufficiently strong and expertly trained that other natlpns will not risk a war with us.” Testifying before the House Naval Committee on behalf of the $1,156,000,- 000 naval expansion program- Edison said he was “thoroughly and sincere ly” in favor of it. Senator Reynolds, Democrat, North Carolina, said the goodwill trip, of'six (Continued on Page Threfe •• } ■D. * ’’ v Martinelli Has Attack In Singing New York, Feb. 26 (AP)—Giovanni Martinelli, Metropolitan opera tenor, collapsed on the stage of the opera house today while singing an aria In “Aida.” The singer slumped to the floor with out warning as he neared the close of the selection, the first of the arias of the part he was playing. The cur tain was rung down immediately and the performance was delayed until a substitute could be obtained for him. The opera was being broadcast over a national hook-up. The collapse was announced over the radio to explain the sudden break in the singing. At the opera box office, attaches said Martinelli would he “unalble to continue,” but that he seemed to be “all right.” They said they had no information on the cause of the col lapse pending the report of a physi cian who was called backstage. national scale that gasoline levies and motor vehicle registration fee account for 37 per cent of all State revenue, an amount equal to the total collected by the states from sales taxes, real es tate taxes, alcoholic beverage taxes and individual and corporation taxes combined. The national survey shows, too, that more than half the motorists who pay the tremendous toll of taxes have in comes of less than S3O a week; but of course those with these small in comes do not pay more than half the total collected. Estimated are that used car owners pay approximately one-seventh of all the revenue of states, an amount equal to approximately twice the total personal income taxes received by the , states.
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