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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR TESTIMONY ISBE6IIH IN AXE-SLATER TRIAL reorganization oh STOCK EXCHANGE lsl 5 E E N AS CERTAIN Suspension and Insolvency! of Whitney and Co. I Gives Impetus to 9 Movement J “OLD GUARD” RULE 1 LIKELY BE OUSTEDI “Insurgent” Group Claimsl “Old Guard” Has Perpe-| tuated Control from Yearl to Year and Not Alert tol Public and Political Tem-j per Toward Street I N'tw York, March 9. — (AF) — I Richard Wlutney, seTiior partner I of the brokerage firm which bore I his name and five times president I of the New York Stock Exchange. I today shouldered full responsil- I bility for the condition which led I led to the sensational failure of I his company. I In a statement issued through I his attorney as open hearings in a state investigation got under way, the onetime head of the “c!d guard” iu the exehange, absolved his partners of blame and ack nowledged “certain of my actions were wrong.” OLD GUARD REGIME IS blamed by insurgents New York, March 9. —(AP) — Wall Street was in a flurry of conjecture over the possible impetus to stock ex change reorganization and reform which may result from the sensa tional suspension of Richard Wlhitney 6 Company. While eagerly awaiting revelation (Continued on Page Eight.) Open Dykes Halt Japs In China Shanghai, March 9. —(AP) —Chinese blasted dykes and hopes by flooding today to check the Japanese army drive in the fertile southern territory of China’s Yellow river. The new tactics were used against 900 Japanese with 20 tanks across the Yellow river at a point 25 miles west of the strategic railway junction in Honan province. Many of the Japanese were drown ed, Chinese said, and their tanks were crippled when blown up dykes flood ed the countryside. It was believed that the Japanese would make the point of crossing th-j base for driving against the junction of China’s east-west and north-south railway. The Changchow junction leads south to Hankow, where the Chinese central government is now maintained. The Japanese were in a position to cross the south bank of the Yellow river at a half dozen other points in Shensi and Honan provinces. SPAINTEIRKED BY BOMBARDMENTS Government and Insurgent Bombers Stage Raids Over East Spain Hendaye, France-Spanish Frontier, March 9. —(AP)—Terror mounted to day in east Spain under renewed air raids by insurgent and government bombers. Insurgents tried to avenge the loss of the cruiser Baleares in a naval engagement in the Mediterran ean Sunday, and the consequent blow to their blockade of government ports The government aimed at breaking troop concentrations. Government dispatches said fleets of bombers were lan ging the Aragpn front, where in creasing insurgent activity was notjd yesterday, and were attacking trooo centers, artillery batteries, and truck trains. Insurgents bombed the outskirts of arcelona, being defeated from an at ack on the center of the city by anti aircraft t* re and powerful new search h ! Stories. They also bombed sur ourban Tarragona to the South. nsurgent fliers were reported amen from Carpagena, government base by anti-aircraft batteries. HENDERSON DOLLAR DAYS MARCH 10-11-12 ffettitersim ilatht tHstmfrlt Set Up Machinery For Farmers Vote Saturday Washington, March 9. —(AP) — TTa House tentatively struck from the tax revision bill today the proposed sur tax on family-owned and closely held corporations. The teller vote was ISO to 124. Defeated in its initial attempt to save the most controversial item in the measure, the administration forces said they would demand another vote on it before the House ballots on final passage of the bill. A coalition of Republicans and Democrats succeeded in winning House approval of an amendment to strip the levy from closely held firms from the bill, although members hid received shortly before a warning that the revenue bill with that tax feature eliminated might be vetoed by PresL dent Roosevelt. Meanwhile the Agriculture depart ment set up machinery to take the Schuschnigg Asks Y ote Os Austrians Plebiscite Called For March 13 to Deter mine Independence Strength Innesbruck, Austria, March 9. —(AP) —Chancellor Schuschnigg tonight call ed an Austrian National p’lebescite for March 13 to determine the strength behind his fight for Austrian indepen dence. In the referendum, Austrians will be asked to vote on whether they were satisfied with the government’s pro gram. When the plesoescite was predicted earlier in Vienna, government off! cials said they expected Schuschnigg would receive a 70 per cent endorse ment of the course he had steered in his “Berghtesgaden conversation” with Reichfuehrer Hitler last month. The chancellor has ifceen trying to rally support for his determined re sistance to German encroachment, for which the Berghtesgaden talk, giving Nazis a large voice in Austria s gov ernment, were an opening wedge. PALY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. L Th| E A > «s^ I L I ??^ ERVICE OF tHE ASSOCIATED PRESS HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNO ON, MARCH 9, 1938 farmers vote Saturday on its voting control provision of the new farm law for the first time. Foiling places were established in 20 states, where more than 2,000,090 cotton and tobacco farmers will say whether they want a quoto system to hold surplus yields of their crops off the market. Approval of two-thirds of the farmers participating in the referenda, one for cotton and one each for flue-cured and dark fired types tobacco would put the quota device in operation. States in which cotton referendum will be held and an estimate of the number of farmers eligible to vote included North Carolina 140,000. States in which flue-cured tobacco referendum will be held and an esti mate of the number of farmers eligible to vote, included North Carolina 175,000. Name Byrd As Driver Bandit Car Rockingham, Mar. 9 (AP) Two witnesses told a Federal court jury here today John Byrd, 25, of Durham, was driver on an automobile bearing two bandits, who fled after holding up and robbing the Bank of Candor of $2,970 last September 28. Byrd, is charged, with complicity in the holdup which Federal Agent Edward Scheldt, of Charlotte, said William Payne and WAsh Turnei, alias Jack Borden, had admitted aft er their capture in Sanford in Jan uary. , J . The witnesses, only two heard be fore the luncheon recess, J. D. Mc- Caskill, cashier in the bank in a little town in Montgomery county, and his sister, Miss Ruby McGaskill, assistant cashier. They testified Payne and Turner, now sentenced to death for slaying State Highway Patrolman George Penn, at Asheville, last August 26, came into the bank and committed the hold-up while Byrd remained in the car. A jury was chosen quickly after the case was called at 11 a. m. One of the jurors is a Negro. District Attorney Garlyle Higgins and J. R. Patton, of Durham, were Byrd’s attorneys, were said to have obtained depositions from Payne and Turner in Raleigh yesterday. Fight In Senate Taking On Some Aspects of Supreme Court Fight DESPOTISM IS FEARED Centering of So Much Power In -President Resented by Many Democrats and All Republicans By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, March 9‘. —The con gressional fight against the Roosevelt plan of governmental reorganization is assuming the proportions of the President’s defeated Supreme Court reorganization program. Governmental reorganization gen erally is recognized as long overdue and urgently needed—but not, the pending scheme’s opponents say, the kind of reorganization urged iby the administrative supporters. These op ponents contend that a virtual exe cutive dictatorship would be created if the White House has its way; fur thermore, that no economies are con templated —only a promised (but not guaranteed) increase in efficiency. Indeed, Senator James F. Byrnes, who sponsors the proposition, admits that no money will be saved, except as enhanced efficiency may be inter preted as an economy. Opponents answer that despotisms always are represented as efficient, at least temporarily, but they object to a despotism. Its Possibilities. The thing is not literally a proposed despotism. The plan seeks to empower the Pre sident to rearrange, jumble up and reassort governmental commissions, boards, bureaus and administrations, to switch divisions from department (Continued on Page Five.) TRADING SLIGHT ON COTTON MARKET New York, March 9. —-(AP) —Cotton futures opened two lower to one high er with trading slight. May advanced from 9.06 to 9.10 and shortly after the first half hour prices ranged from one net lower to four higher. Around mid day, May was 9.09 and remained from net unchanged to five higher. "WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, occasional rain in cen tral portion, slightly warmer on coast tonight; Thursday, oc casional rain, slightly colder in north central portion. Nothing New In Levine Kidnaping Father Denies $30,- 000 Ransom Been 1 Paid; Another Boy Missing New Rochelle, N. Y., March 9. (AP) —Murray Levine, whose son, Peter, 12, disappeared 19 days ago. said flatly today that no ransom had been paid in the apparent kidnaping. The New York lawyer, in a routine telephone statement from his house, asserted “there is nothing new.” Asked if a rumor that $30,000 had been paid were true, he answered “That is incorrect. There is nothing new.” Folice said they were still staying away from the Levine house at the father’s request in order to facilitate contact with the supposed kidnapers. Police officials said they had neither made searches or taken any other step according to the father’s wishes. Disappearance of another New Rochelle boy was reported by the police today. The parents of Bernard Richard. Continued on Page Five.) M BY TWO I MEN Officers Halt Car Near Vir ginia Line; Met by Fusi lade of Shots Norfolk, Va., March 9.—(AP) —Joe Thomas West, of Elizabeth City, and Bernard E. Royals, 24, of Norfolk county, were in custody today charged with the fatal shooting last night of W. J. Jackson, Jr., 45, of Plymouth, alcohol tax unit officer. The men were arrested at Royal’s home by federal, state and county of ficers shortly after Jackson was shot through the head as he and Officer J. F. Estes approached an automobile they had halted on the George Wash ington highway near the North Car olina line. Estes, a Norfolk policemen, detail ed to duty with the alcoholic tax unit, said he and Jackson were in South (Continued on Page Three.) PUBLIBHBD EVEKT AFT»*NOOIf EXCEPT SUNDAY 63 MEN SET ASIDE BEFORE COMPLETION OF FOIL JURY LIST I Hungary’s Cabinet Resigns In Body Budapest, March 9—(AP) —The I II m-rai n cabinet, head ’d hv Pre- i r -i F>~r;\nv«. resigned t~ni"ht 17 t—enth-, in office. Admiral Horthy, the regent, accepted the j resignation, hut commcndel Dara nyi to form a new government. lie requested (he retiring minis ter to continue in office until a new cabinet is formed. The resignation came after a de bate in parliament on a plan to de vote most of mi internal loan of 1,000,009,CG) Pengaes ($l9B 450,000) for rearmament. Mid-Pacific Islands Are Disputed British Ambassador Tells U. S. Britain Has Right Over Canton, Enderbury London, March 9.—(AP) — Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons today that Sir Ronald Lindsay, ambassador to Washington, has been instructed to inform the United States government Britain re serves the right over the islands of Canton and Enden’cury. Chamberlain announced proposals will be submitted in hope of ending the controversy. It was believed that some form of joint control of the two mid-Pacific islands would be proposed by Britain (Canton and Enderbury islands, in the Phoenix group, have been oc cupied by Hawaiian parties, landed by a United States Coast Guard cutter Previously they had been treated as British territory in British govern (Conlinued on Page Eight.) Chautemps Cabinet Is To Resign Paris March 9.—(AP) — Premier Chautemps cabinet, will resign tonight Deputy Alfred Ferol, vice president of the socialist block in the Chamber of Deputies said late today. Ferol said the premier had decided to resign when a majority of Socialist and Communist, deputies, forming the largest part of his parliamentary sup port, showed themselves hostile to his demand for powers to direct state fin ances by decrees. Chautemps organized the present radical socialist government January 19 after rifts appeared in his coalition with the less moderate socialists and communists. Love For Climbing Led Winslow To His Death Raleigh, March 9 (AP) —The Ra leigh Times in a copyrighted story this afternoon, quoted Detective Cap tain Bruce Poole as stating he was confident there was no foul play the electrocution death here last Sat urday night of Phillip Winslow, North Carolina State College student from Greenville, who was trying to do stunts such as he often did. The Times presented a picture showing Winslow standing on his head atop 2. college dormitory. Poole gave his description of the death of the student before Coroner L. M. Waring opened his inquest. The detective said he had reached his conclusion after talking to college i/? Pages 10 Todav r\VO SECTIONS FIVE CENTS COD Taking of Testimony Begins After Last of Jurors Are Accepted for the Trial STATE USESLAST OF ITS CHALLENGES Many Prospective Jurors Say They Have Formed Opin ions as to Guilt or Inno cence of Defendant; Court Room Is Packed for Hear ing Taking of testimony was be gun in Vance Superior Court this afternoon in the case of Clarence Fairbanks, 24, charg ed with first degree murder for the axe-slaying of Steve Good, his showman-employer, here the night of Sunday, January 16. The jury was completed at 3 o’clock, after 75 prospective jurors had been called and 63 of them set aside for various causes. The eleventh and twelfth jurors were selected in thirty minutes after court convened at 2:30 o’clock. - The eleventh man was J. A. Alford and the twelfth was ,J. W. Dupriest, both mechanics for the Carolina Bagging Company. Eight men were called In selecting the final two jurors. Judge Parker inquired of the health of all jurors, and decided not to select a thirteenth juror. All talesmen called for the case were discharged, an dtaking of testi mony was started. The first witness for the state was Garland Adcock, who testified to driving Fairbanks in Adcock’s taxi cab to the police station the night of the killing to repoit the affair. Ten jurors were seated and sworn when Vance Superior Court recessed for the lunch hour at one o'clock th*s afternoon in the trial of Clarence Fairbanks, 24-year-old youth charged with the first degree murder of his showman-employer, Steve Good, here the night of Sunday, January 16, and the full panel was expected to be com pleted and taking of testimony begun sometime during the afternoon. Seven of the ten jurors who hid been seated at the noon hour were ob tained from the regular jury panel serving at this March term of cou-t after that list had been exhausted with the calling of 18 men. The other three up to that time were obtained after 49 of the special venire of 100 summoned for duty had been examin ed. Sixty-seven men in all had been called up to the noon recess. . Most of those set aside were reject ed because they claimed to have form ed opinions already as to the guilt or innocencb of the defendant, though a few were excused because of the con dition of their health, and one because he said he did not believe in capital punishment. All the others had no scruples about the death penalty.- when merited. At the noon hour the prosecution had exhausted all of the six peremp tory challenges allowed it by law, and the defense had accepted ten of its allotted limit of fourteen challenges. The first two prospective jurors called were accepted by both sides and were sworn. They were L. E Barnes, Kittrell township farmer, and W. P. Pope, lifelong farmer of Wil ‘Contlnued on Page Three.- officials and friends of the dead stu dent. “I believe that the boy was just bubbling over (With energy," {said Poole,” and was performing one of his many unusual acrobatic stunts when he came into contact with the “single” hot (wire which electrocuted him. “The boy just loved to climb, and evidently tried to climb the pole, not knowing the wires were hot.” The detective said Ed Pugh, of Elizabeth City, with Winslow when he was killed and Paul Blalock, of Fremont, and C. H. Berry, of Golds boro, with him earlier in the night, had aided him in the investigation.
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