HENDERSON’S I
POPULATION
13,873 |
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
ROOSEVELT DETERMINED UPON OBJECTIVES
Search For Dead Is Pushed
/
In Los Angeles Flood Area
As Nearly 100 Are Counted
PROPERTY DAMAGE
OVER $10,000,000
IN FOUR-DAY RAIN
Fears of Disease Grow As
Waters Recede Almost
As Rapidly as They
Descended
TOTAL DEAD CANT
BE FIXED AS YET
Panorama of Mud-Covered
and Wrecked Houses,
Bridges and Farms Re
vealed by Falling Streams;
$3,028,000 Damage In Los
Angeles City Alone
Los Anegeles, Cal., March 4
(AP) —A grim search through
silt und dobris for the bodies of
flood victims began today in
storm-ravaged southern Cali
fornia, where 95 persons were
known to be dead or missing.
The steadily mounting list of dead
from the SI 0,000.000 five-day rainstorm
rose to 70. Twenty-five were known
to be missing. Between 25 and 50
others were feared lost.
Officials said it would be days be
fore the exact casualties and damage
would be known. Unofficial estimates
of damage soared well above $10,000,-
000. Damage to Los Angeles city pro
perty alone —a relatively small part
of the five-county area swept by the
floods —was estimated at $3,028,000.
Fears of disease grew as the yellow
flood waters receded almost as rapiJ
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Levine Begs
Kidnapers To
Restore Son
New Rochelle, N. Y., March 4. —
(AP) —Murray Levine, father of kip
naped Peter Levine, said today the
“last note” he had received from the
abductors had demanded $30,000 and
that the money was ready.
But, said Levine, “the gc-between
directed by that note tried very hard
to deliver the money, but failed."
The father added this intermediary,
■whose identity was not disclosed, still
was ready to act.
The 12-year-old victim has been
missing since a week ago Thursday
Meantime, a theory came from po
lice that, unless the kidnapers of
young Peter take advantage of the
assurance that “the way is open” with
in a day or two, the father would udge
officers, now on the s’d* lines, to pur
sue the abductors.
Levine, a New York attorney, went
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WINBORNESCORES
ON POWER FRONTS
Rate Reductions Affecting
All Classes Should Help
In Election
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In the «ir Walter Hotel.
R-' leigh, March 4. —Without intimat
in R n the least that the moves were
made or timed with politics afore
thought, it certainly may be said that
Stanley Winborne’s chances of re-eJec
tion without serious opposition have
hot been hurt by the fact that wifch
m the short span of one month he has
announced power rate reductions by
e ßch of the three major companies
o id on each of the three main classes
°f electrical energy.
The utility commissioner’s latest an
nouncement was of a reduction in the
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HENDERSON DOLLAR DAYS MARCH 10-11-12
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Chautemps Finally Wins
Passage Os Labor Codes
With French Parliament
Kerensky in U. S.
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Alexander Kerensky, leader of the
Russian revolt against the Czar,
who in turn was driven out by the
Bolsheviks, is pictured aboard ship
as he arrived in New York from
England. Kerensky is here for a
aeries of lectures on democracy.
(Central Press)
BIG EXPENDITURES
j
Government Money Put To
Good Use in State and
Value Received
By Staff Correspondent.
High Point, March 4.—State Treas
urer Charles M. Johnson today told
the Kiwanis club that North Caro
lina’s tax money is .spent for absolute
ly necessary purposes and that every
expenditure is closely checked, “even
down to the smaller items.”
He termed “calamity howlers” those
who adopt the premise that “all gov
ernmental expenditure is an un
mitigated evil.”
“It must always be remembered
that tax money is not irreparably
lost,” he said. “It is used to buy valu
able goods and services, quite like any
I Continued on Pagre Four.)
ROBERT P. SCRIPPS,
PUBLISHER, IS DEAD
Main Stockholder ini Great Newspaper
Chain, Dies on Yacht off
Lower California
San Francisco, Cal., March 4.—(AP)
Robert P. Scripps, 42, main stock
holder in the Scripps-Howard national
newspaper chain, died aboard his
yacht off Lower California, it was
learned here early today.
The publishing executive, who be
gan his newspaper career at the age
of 16, died while the yacht was an
chored off Santa Margarita island,
Lower California.
Coast Guard headquarters here was
informed Scripps’ body was transfer
red Wednesday evening to the
Panama Facific liner Pennsylvania,
due in Los Angeles Saturday. The
time of his death was not contained ir.
a message from the liner.
Scripps was stricken seriously ill
while on a trip to Hawaii last sum
mer. Death resulted from an internal
hemorrhage.
Confirmation of the death was giveu
in New York City by William Haw
kins, chairman of the board of
Scripps-Howard.
Scripps was the son of the late E.
W. Scripps, founder of the newspaper
chain, which is represented by dailies
in many large cities of the country.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
ased wire service of
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 4, 1938
Senate Accepts Remaining
Slight Differences Im
posed by Chamber
of Deputies
PREMIER
QUICK RESIGNATION
Uses That As Club Over Re
calcitrant Houses To Carry
His Point; Tells Deputies
“There Are Limits to Hu
man Endurance” and
Warns of Refusals
Paris, March 4.—(AP) Premier
Chautemps, putting the question of
confidence in his government, obtain
ed final passage of his labor code bill
today with a Senate vote of 191 to 71.
The Senate accepted remaining
slight differences between the meas
ure as passed by the Chamber of De
puties last night and its own version,
and brought an end to the six-day par
liamentary deadlock.
Chautemps had whipped the rebel
lious chamber into line with, threats
of resignation.
Taking his last stand to end the
deadlock, Chautemips had ruled that
the chamber accept the Senate’s ar
ticle exempting farmers from the code
and the Senate accept the Chambers’s
provision that compulsory arbitration
extend to all industrial disputes.
“There are limits to human endur
ance,” Chautemps warned the cham
ber early in the day’s session, when
the deputies tried again to extend the
code to agriculture. “I tell you dis
tinctly the government will not sur
vive an unfavorable vote.
After the victory in the chamber,
the premier took the bill back to the
Senate, successfully ending the six-day
wrangle over his code to replace ex
pired collective contracts.
WILSON MAN QUITS
COMMISSIONER JOB
Thomas Woodard Resigns and Is Suc
ceeded by Walter Hargrove, of
Edgecombe County
Wilson, March 4.—(AP) —Walter
Hargrove, of Tarboro, was elected
president of the Eastern North Car
olina Association of County Commis
sioners at a meeting here today.
Thomas Woodard, of Wilson, associa
tion president, called the meeting to
order, and then tendered his resigna
tion for “personal reasons.”
Several commissioners expressed the
view voters of counties which operate
ABC liquor stores still favored a li
quor control system because, they sai
it had helped to abolish bootlegging.
Protestant
Nazi Enemy
Imprisoned
Berlin, March 4.-7AF)-Rev. Mar
tin Niemoeller, Protestant opponent
of the Nazi regime, has been placed
in a concentration camp by the
™ f sh e GeGrman secret police.
° Th? wifo ->f World War sub
marine commander collapsed when
SS was told today that the militant
Niemoeller had been sent to the Sa
chasenhausen, Saxony camp, despite
his previous release. . T
Niemoeller, outspoken foe of Nazi
efforts to dominate the church, had
been sentenced to seven months in
tail on charges of attacking Nazi lead
ers and using the pulpit improperly,
but the court held that his sentence
already had been served while await
ing trial.
After Niemoeller had been freed bv
the court Wednesday, he was imme
diately re-arrested by the secret police.
Except for a brief interview with his
Continued on Page Two.)
Schuschnigg Addresses His Pro-Nazi Cabinet
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Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg, of Austria, is shown at the Government palace in Vienna as he addressed,
for the first time, his new cabinet, which contained five Nazis. The picture was taken soon after Sehusch-*
nigg capitulated to the demands of Hitler, who had massed troops at the Austrian frontier.
(Central Press)
Hirota Says
Japan Wants
U.S.Goodwill
“Sorry for America”
If She Is Arming
Against Japan,
Minister Asserts
Shanghai, March 4.—-(AP) —Japan-
ese troops in northwestern Shansi pro
vince, their commanders announced
today, crushed an army of 8.000 Chi
nese communists in a night attack
at Paoteh.
The Chinese were said to he
fleeing across the ice chokeo Yellovv
river into Shensi province long a Chi
nese red army stronghold. The Japan
ese report said scores of Chinese were
drowned and 600 were left dead on
the Paoteh battlefic’d.
Up the Yangtze river ’'alley how
ever, Chinese told of heating back
Japanese.
The Chinese said Japanese tried to
land troops from two warships 64
miles up-stream from Wuhu, only to
Continued <m Page Five.)
GEORGE F. PEABODY,
BANKER, 85, PASSES
Warm Springs, Ga., March 4. —(AP)
—George F. Peabody, 85, banker and
philanthropist, died at his winter
home here today.
CAROLINA CO. BUYS
MIDDLESEX PHONES
Raleigh, March 4.—(AP) — Utilities
Commission officials said today final
arrangements were being made for
the purchase by the Carolina Tele
phone Company of the Middlesex
Telephone Company. The price and
the date on which the transaction is
slated to be completed have not 'been
announced.
T IN MWEfiY BLAST
Fire Follows Explosion in
Plant in Upper Section
of New York
New York, March 4.—(AP) —The
Horton Brewery, in upper Manhattan,
was wrecked today by a great blast
and fire in which at least ten were
known to have been injured.
Some 35 minutes after the explosion
which occurred in a section of the
gaunt old building, devoted to boiler
space, it had not been ascertained
whether there were fatalities.
Ambulances screamed from the rop-
Continued on Page Two.)
VIAIIIIR
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy, with rising tem
perature tonight and Saturday;
some light rain or mist in ex
treme north portion tonight.
Britain Will Spend
Over S6OO Millions
On Navy This Year
Nation Preparing for War Fast as She Can While Dick
ering With-Europe’s Dictators; Figure in Addition
to Huge Sums for Army and Air Force
London, March 4. —(AP) Mighty
Britain, arming at top speed the while
she dickers for peace with Europe’s
dictators, will spend more than $600,-
000,000 on her navy this year, not
counting a vast construction program,
which will likely include battleships
of more than 35,000 tons.
Details of the building program
hinged on current informal discus
sions with American and French
naval experts on what to do about Ja
pan’s refusal to disclose her naval
building.
Japan refused to say whether she
was building battleships above 35,000
tons, and the indicated result of the
present discussions is that Britain will
decide to exceed the limit fixed in the
1936 London naval treaty.
Babson Believes America
Is Automobile-Saturated
Economist Says Motor Outlook Is Cloudy for Year or
More; Autc Prices One F actor in Present Stagnated
Situation; Rental Cars Suggested
BY ROGER w. BABSON,
Copyright 1938, Publishers
Financial Bureau, Inc.
Babson Park, Fla., March 4.—Five
years ago at this time every bank in
the United States was shut up tight.
The panic, starting in Detroit and the
motor industry, spread like wild-fir;
across the country. In the half-decade
since then, Detro't and the motor in
dustry have been the trail-blazers.
They led us out of the morass of 1933
they gave us a year of relative pros
perity; then they helped to pitch us
into the current “recession”.
With the motor industry such a
powerful influence on American busi
ness, these two questions arise: (1)
Has the motor industry reached the
saturation point? (2) Can we hav-.
prosperity again without a new boom
in automobile sales? To answer
questions, we must analyze the sac
tors behind the automobile’s success
and see if they are still operating to
day:
1. MODEL IMPROVEMENTS: First
among these is the engineering genius
of the industry. For years the Amer
ican public has been gi ,r en a better
car each season. Styles have been con
stantly improved up to this year; but
note that the average 1938 automobile
is very similar to last year’s model in
appearance. Thus, a big stimulus so"
new sales is now lacking. This may
be one reason why 1938 sales are run
ning about 50 per cent below a year
ago. Rumor has it that as a result of
current experience motor companies
will radically change their 1939 models
2. HIGHWAY SYSTEMS: The con
stant development of our highway
pobi^»^«t n ™moo. fivb cents copY
Today’s naval estimates were an
nounced by Alford Cooper, first lord
of the admiralty, even as Prime Min
ister Chamberlain laid the ground
work for peace talks with Germany’s
Fuehrer Hitler to parallel those of
Italy’s II Duce Mussolini.
The estimates did not include a
“new construction program for 1938
details of which will be contained in
another white paper,” Cooper said.
He set regular estimates at $618,535,-
000, or $92,210,000 more than the pre
vious year.
Britain now has two battleships
building, and plans were for three
more to be begun this year.
The naval figures, following army
and royal air force estimates, give a
forbidding composite picture of Bri
tain’s preparations for possible war.
systems has resulted in increased
motor demand. As the roads grew bet
ter and better, they created a biggir
demand for cars. These highway irn
Continued on Page Two.)
BOWERS WILL GET
OFFICE AS MAJOR
Raleigh, March 4. —(AP) —Captain
Claude T. Bowers, of Warrenton, com
mander of Company B, 120th Infantry,
National Guard, will go before an ex
amining board here today for promo
tion to major in command of the First
Battalion, 120th Infantry.
Two Prisoners In
Gaston Jail Beat
Trusty and Flee
l -
Gastonia, March 4. —(AP'—Two
prisoners overpower* d :i trusty
and made a daring jail brink here
this afternoon.
Rollin Hurley and Thotna? Jores
held in the county jail f**r trial in
superior >iOih*i, attacked James
Walker, a trusty when he releas
ed them from their cells to take
a bath, knocked him d*t»vn and
escaped, Jailor John Ovist on re
ported.
Officers caught Jones ics* than
a block from toe jail, but Hurley
is still at large. Hurley was ’. eing
held for false pr and Jcnes
for an alleged tnite asM .lt
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TODAY
SPECIAL EMPHASIS
»
OF BUM POWER
“Old Ship of State Is Still
on Its Same Course,”
President Says on
Anniversary
ENDS FIVE~YEARS
AT HIS HIGH POST
Says One of Principal Ac
complishments of Period
Has Been More Serious
Thinking by People Gener
ally on Government; TVA
Split Wide Open Now
Washington, March 4.—(AP)—Presi
dent Roosevelt re-affirmed today the
objectives of his administration, em
phasizing especially the need for in
creasing purchasing power.
Discussing at his press conference
the five years of his administration,
which ended today, the President au
thorized one direct quotation.
“The old ship of state is still on
its same course,” he said.
He declared he hoped for wage and
hour legislation at this session, but
said it might not be possible to
achieve before adjournment.
He declared the administration wa?
not relenting in its fight to end spe
cial privilege, a fight which he de
clared the country, by and large,
favors.
He said one of the principal accom
plishments of his five years had been
to bring about thinking on the part
of people generally in terms of the
rounded problems of government,
rather than in terms of their limited
particular problems.
Other developments:
The House Merchant Marine Com
mittee approved legislation designed
to rehabilitate the merchant marine
and provide government subsidies for
trans-oceanic aviation. The committee
approved a series of charges in the
so-called ship subsidy act.
The President made public an of
(Continued on Page Two)
Bare Plot
To Murder
Jios . Stalin
Moscow, March 4 (AP) —A plot to
seize the Kremlin and kill Josef Stalin
and other Soviet leaders in May, 1937,
with Marshal M. N. Tukhachevsky as
leader, was described today by one of
21 defendants in Moscow’s greatest
blood purge trial.
The marshal was one of eight, lead
ers of the red army courtmartialed
and executed as traitors on June 13,
shortly after the alleged plot was to
have been carried out.
A. P. Rosengoltz, former commissar
of foreign trade, and another of the
defendants, accused of treason and
murder, told of the intrigue during
the trial’s third day. Rosengoltz de
clared the exiled Leon Trotzky, de
scribed in this and other trials as
‘Continued on Page Three.)
HELDIRiiER
THIRTY YEARS AGO
l
i
Rev. L. W. Fisk, Evangelist,
Taken in Oklahoma for
Stokes Officers
Shanwec, Okla., March 4. — (AP)— •
Sheriff E. Evans said today an itiner
ant preacher held here identified him
self as L. W. Fisk, wanted in Stokes
county, N. C., for questioning in a 30-
year-old murder case.
Arrested at Seminole, where he was
conducting a meeting, the man ad
mitted he was the one sought, but de
nied knowledge of the slaying. Fisk’s
home is at Maud, Okla., but he moved
there only recently, Evans said.
Evans said the arrest was made at
the request of Sheriff J. J. Taylor, of
Danbury, N. C., and he expected to
obtain further word there later.
WANTED FOR KILLING MAN
IN A FIGHT, SHERIFF SAYS
Danbury, March 4.—(AP) —Sheriff
J. J. Taylor of Stokes county, said to
(Continued on Page Four.)