HENDERSON’S
POPULATION
13,873
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
VOTE TOMORROW ON REOROANiZINOiLL
Blum’s Government Is Given
Confidence Vote By Chamber
As Dictator Over Finances
BLUM'S MEASURES
1 COMPARED TO
NEW DEAL IN U. S.
Roosevelt Experiment in
America Has Failed, Ex-
Premier Flandin
Declares
SAYS PLAN MEANS
INFLATION CERTAIN
Constant Interruptions And
Sharp Exchanges Between
Blum and Flandin During
Fiery Debate; Meanwhile,
* Strikes in Nation Are In
creasing
Fnris, April b —(AP) — Premier Leon
Blum apparently received a vote of
confidence today when the Chamber
of Deputies voted on decree powers
over finance. An unofficial count was
310 to 215 for the socialist premier.
Blum hay staked the life of his peo
ples front government on this test,
which came after a bitter debate on
his demand for emergency powers un
til July 1 to cope with the nation’s
financial difficulties.
In the debate, former Premier
Flandin, one of the most stalwart op
ponents of the premier, attacked his
prosram as “a copy of President
Roosevelt s experiment which has fail
ed.”
The rightist party deputy, first in
chamber debate to compare the fin
ancial and economic powers sought tv
Blum with President Roosevelt’s New
Deal measures, said:
“The American experiment must
show us that the controlled economy
the premier proposes will not work.”
Other speakers had likened the pre
mier's proposal to the Soviet Russian
administration, and still others to dic
tatorship methods.
The rightist leader, shouting above
interruptions from leftist benches, as
serted that Blum’s decree measures
meant “i|t flagon—whether we con
sider it camouflaged inflation or frank
inflation, it remains inflation.”
Constant interruptions from so
cialists and communists and several
sharp exchanges between Flandin and
Blum occurred v/hen the premier
arose to contest Flandin’s interpreta
lion.
Strikes increased meanwhile, as the
premier continued against tremendous
odds his fight for the sweeping decree
powers.
Hotel Blaze
In Blizzard
Kills Seven
30 Guests, Including
15 Women, Are Car
ried Down Ice-
Coated Ladders
Chicago, April 6.—(AP) —Seven
men were burned to death today
when flames roared through the
four story hotel center in the
Flophouse district on west Madi
son street, during a raging bliz
zard.
Thirty of the 70 guests, Includ
ing J 5 women, were carried down
ice-coated ladders by firemen.
The fire spread to the roofs of two
adjoining hotels and 250 guests, manv
°f them in night clothes, fled to the
ft,, cet. Some went about in the wet
snow barefooted until they found shel
* er in nearby homes.
Three other persons, including a
fireman, were burned.
Four of the dead were identified.
Fire Marshal Michael Corrigan, who
estimated the damage at $15,000, said
the fire was caused by spontaneous
combustion in a room where paints,
nils and rags had been stored.
Karl Lyons, hotel clerk, said he
heard some one cry “Fire”.
"Before I realized what was the
matter,” he told firemen, “the whole
u l J per floor& were aflame.”
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Life Goes on in Barcelona
1 * ML* tI
Boys will be hoys, bombs and cannon notwithstanding. Here ire two
youngsters hating fun with their scooter in the streets of Barcelona, and
in the background the ruins left by the air-strafing of Franco’s fliers,
whose recent raids killed more than 1,000 persons. Young as they are,
the children are hardened to sudden death.
Furious Battle Rages As
Loyalist Cabinet Cracks
Heavily Reinforced Armies of Both Sides Pound Each
Other on Spanish Front; Loyalist Premier Negrin
Ousts War Ministe r and One Communist
Hendaye, France, April 6. —(AP) —
A furious battle for possession of Tor
tosa increased in intensity today as
heavily reinforced armies of both
sides pounded each other in the third
day of the Spanish insurgent attempt
to take the Ebro river delta town.
Stubborn government resistance in
the last scrap of territory barring
General Franco’s soldiers from the
Mediterranean coast surprised the in
surgent command which hurried new
motorized divisions into battle from
Alcaniz and Gandesa.
During the night, when insurgent
bombers were unable to see their ob
jectives, government militiamen coun
ter-attacked and drove the insurgents
out of several positions conquered yes
CROP ALLOTMENTS
DATA IS DEMANDED
South Carolina Legislature
Calls on Wallace for
Statement
Columbia, S. C., April 6.—(AP)—Th3
General Assembly called on Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace today to pub
lish detailed information as to the
proposed tobacco production in the
flue-cured tobacco areas.
Both Senate and House adopted a
resolution which said “many rumors
and assertions are being circulated
that various sections of the tobacco
areas are to be favored over other
areas.” ,
It “respectfully requested the sec
retary of agriculture to announce:
“The poundage basis for each state
used in calculating the flue-aired to
bacco program; the method used in
securing the poundage basis for each
state- whether estimates of the De
partment of Agriculture or the report
ed sales submitted by the commission
ers of agriculture of each of the
states; or the actual method used; the
percentage reduction proposed for
each of the states in the fluencured
area; the total number of pounds al
lotted to each of the states m the
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED
LEIASBD WTRH SERVICE OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HENDERSON, N. C„ WEDNESDAY AFTERNO ON, APRIL 6,1938
terrlay in bitter hand-to-hand fighting
LOYALIST CABINET FEELS
SHAKE-UP BY THE PREMIER
Madrid, April 6.—(AP) —Stressing
the grave threat of the continued in
surgent drive in Catalonia toward the
Mediterranean, Socialist Premier Juan
Negrin has dropped his war minis
ter, “the strong man,” Prieto, and per
sonally assumed the duties of that
;>ost.
Along with this change, Negrin af
fected almost a complete re-shuffle
of his cabinet to drop out one of the
two communist ministers and give the
cattnet a more moderate make-up.
The removal of Prieto came unex
pectedly yesterday.
covEmysNow
14 Inches Deep in Places;
East Coast Shipping Is
Given Warning
— ,
Chicago, April 6.—(AP) —Swirling
snow and near freezing temperatures
banished thought of spring in Chi
cago today.
Gusts of wind that reached 35 miles
an hour swept the snow into the city
from the north throughout the night.
Snow and slush covered highways
and streets and made driving hazard
ous and walking difficult. A heavy
snowfall was reported in rtiany north
central states. Wessington Springs re
ported 14 inches of snow.
STORM WARNINGS ISSUED
TO EAST COAST SHIPPING
Washington, April 6. —(AP) — The
Weather Bureau issued an advisory
storm warning to east coast shipping
at 7:30 a. m., eastern standard time
today, reporting that an atmosphere
disturbance over the middle planes
was advancing east and northeast
ward.
flue-cured area under the tobacco pro
gram.”
Umlu tUisnatclT
IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND
aSTEr
One American Tobacco
Company Folds Up and
Prepares To With
draw at Once
OIL COMPANIES ARE
ALSO LOSING TRADE
Japanese Oil Monopoly Gets
Right of Way in Occupied
Territory; Tobacco Fac
tor ies, Warehouses And
Stocks Destroyed in Many
Localities
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Shanghai, April 6. —(AP) —Eusinc: s
reports emphasized today the cumula
tive repercussions of the undeclared
war on Chinese trade as Japanese
continued their push in Shantung pro
vince toward the Lunghai railway
Foreign firms tirade has slumped
sharply. Japanese business in occupied
areas is reported Ifess than normal.
The Timmorisville Leaf Tobacco
'"’omnany. of Richmond, Va. became
the first foreign company to file notice
of suspension of business in China.
Business of most American tobacco
companies is described as serious’y
impaired by destruction of factories,
warehouses and stocks, inability to
trade with the interior and linuting by
the central Chinese government the
amount of foreign exchange made
available to Shanghai.
The oil business also has dwindled,
and is faced besides with a Japanese
government oil monopoly such-as took
over the business in Manchoukuo. Oil
companies in Japanese-occupied north
China are not receiving Japanese bus
iness, since the Japanese navy is draw
(Continued K on Page Five.)
BUYING PROPS FOR
STOCKS ARE PULLED
Losses Running to Three or Four
Points at Most Registered
Before Arrested
New York, April 6.—(AP) —Buying
props were pulled today from under
a four-day rally in the stock market,
and losses running to three and four
points were registered before the
abrupt retreat was checked. Deprived
of active general covering of short
positions, a big force behind the rally
from the 1938 lows touched last week,
the market yielded easily to small of
ferings. Reactions spread to the bond
market.
American Radiator 10 1-8
American Telephone 122 3-4
American Tob B 68
Anaconda . ... 24
Atlantic Coast Line 16 3-4
Atlantic Refining 18 3-4
Bendix Aviation 9 3-4
Bethlehem Steel 42 7-8
Chrysler 39 7-8
Columbia Gas & Elec Co 6 1-4
Commercial ... . . 7
Continental Oil Co 7 3-4
Curtiss Wright 3 7-8
DuPont 96
Electric Pow & Light 7 1-4
General Electric : j . 30 1-4
General Motors 28
Montgomery Ward & Co ...... 27 1-8
Reynolds Tob B 38
Southern Railway 7 3-8
Standard Oil Co N J 43 1-2
U S Steel 41
Governor Praises
Home Agent Work
Throughout State
Currituck, April 6—(AP) —Gover-
nor Hoey praised the contribution
made to a “fuller and richer rural
life” by home demonstration clubs as
he spoke here today to farm women
of this area and urged “let’s make
North Carolina a beautiful State.”
“Much of the real progress and de
velopment of rural life in North Caro
lina,” said the governor, “can be di
rectly attributed to the organization
of home demonstration clubs, and the
work of the agents throughout the
State.
“When you form a club you directly
affect the lives of all the people in
the community, because these clubs
were made up of either present or
prospective home-keepers, and hence
are vitally concerned over the wel
fare of the whole community.”
Hoey pointed out that farming “is
no longer merely an individual mat
ter, and the farmer is a world citi
zen, directly affected by markets and
prices throughout the country, and
unable to escape the consequences of
over-production, or of unwise mar
keting of his crops.”
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Representatives Cochran, left, and Rayburn, right, talk to reporter
Urged by President Roosevelt to rush the reorganization bill quick
ly through the house and to refrain from further concessions, mem
bers of the eight-man house “reorganization bill squad" begin anew
to gain house passage of the measure. Two of the leaders of the
squad are pictured talking to reporters in Washington. They are
Representative John J. Cochran, of Missouri, left, and Majority
Leader Sani Rayburn, right. Rayburn said no more concession*
would be made and predicted that the biU would pass.
Labor Body Orders Steel
To Deal With CIO Unions
Convicts Strike
At Caldwell Camp
Raleigh, April 6.—(AP)—Oscar
Pitts, superintendent of prisons,
said today he understood there
had been a f 4 r?lre of convicts at
the Lenjor prison camp in Cald
well county, and that eight men
would be transferred here for pun
ishment.
Pitts said he had not been in
formed yet of full details, but H.
H. Honeycutt, penal division dis
ciplinarian, hurried to the camp
yesterday and last night called for
the transfer bus to bring in the
eight men.
“They will he placed in solitary
here,” said Pitts.
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Nation Must Solve Its Socio-
Economic Crisis or Lose
Its Liberty
Washington, April 6. —It’s not about,
the European situation that people
write letters to this column. Nor is it
concerning “dictatorship” or “fas
cism” or “communism.” It is concern
ing economic conditions —and solely
that.
Fossibly the people of the entire,
world feel the same way. Perhaps
political and self-appointed leaders do
not sense this reality. Probably the
majority of political and international
problems are because we have not sol
ved our economic difficulties. One
statesman has said so—Secretary of
State Cordell Hull. He is trying thro
ugh his reciprocity trade treaies to
ease economic pressure. His efforts
can be merely a pittance against a
tremendous problem.
Reorganization of government de
partments, investigation of the TVA,
enlargement of the navy and the
Continued on Page Five..'
DOWN TRENDS FOR
COTTON CONTINUE
Trade and Local Buying Boost Prices
Slightly at Outset, But Gains
Are Not Held
New York, April 6. —(AP) —Cotton
futures opened two to five points low
er on disappointing cables and domes
tic and foreign liquidation. Trade and
local buying carried July from 8.55 to
8.58 and shortly after the first haP
hour the market was one to three
points net lower. By midday July was
8.55, and the market three to five
points net lower.
PUBLISHED »VHXT APTEBNOGM
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
If Company Complies, Lewis
Group Will Win What
Its Strike Failed to
Achieve
COMPANY TO TEST
ORDER IN COURTS
Signed Contract Is Issue In
volved in Labor Board’s
Command to Inland Steel;
Collective Bargaining Re
ported Acceptable to Com
pany Otherwise
Washington, April 6. —(AP) — The
Labor Relations Board ordered the In
land Steel Corporation today to deal
with the steel workers organizing
committee (CIO) and to sign a’wage
and hour contract if they reach an
agreement.
If the company complies with the
order, the John L. Lewis uniyn wili
have won by labor, board action what
if lost in a long and bitterly fought
strike last summer.
The board expected the comnany to
test the order in court, however.
The Inland strike at Indiana Har
bor, Ind., and Chicago Heights, 111,
starting last May 26 and ending July
1, was part of the “little steel” strike
that also involved the Republic Stee’
Corporation, the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, and the Youngstown
Sheet & Tube Company.
The steel company said they would
deal with the Lewis union, but woull
not sign contracts. The Wagner labor
disputes act did not require signed
contracts, they said, terming the
SWOC and its parent CIO “irrespo.v
sible.”
The board overruled both conten
tions in the Inland case.
“An employer is not privileged to
deny collective bargaining to the re
presentatives of his employees merely
because he views the representatives
as irresponsible,” the board said.
“And the alleged irresponsibility. L?
likewise irrelevant in determining
whether he must embody understand-
Continued on Page Five.)
FREIGHT RATES ON
LIQUOR CONSIDERED
State Commission Studies Effect of
New Tariffs on Prices of
Beverage Sales
Raleigh, April 6.--(AP)—Thr* State
Liquor Commission met here today to
consider the effect of recent freight
rate increases on the price of li
quor, with a view to changing prices
so counties would not have to absorb
increased costs
Cutlar Moore, chairman, said the
commission would meet tomorrow
with officials of the county ABC
boai'ds. Some disturbutors, Moore sai l
have agreed to absorb freight rate in
creases and retail prices may go up
slightly up on brands on which dis
tribution will not do, so.
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Knud sen, Minnesota, Says
Earl Browder Calling on
House Members To
Support Bill
FOES REFUSE VOTE
DURING AFTERNOON
Scenes of Disorder Mark
Hot Debate on Floor As
Proponents of President’s
Measure Seek Immediate
Test of Strength by End
ing of Debate
Washington, April G.—(AP)—Repre
sentative Kundsen, Republican, Min
nesota, told the House today that Earl
Browder, the communist party’s can
didate for president in 1936. “has been
calling upon House members and urg
ing them to vote for the passage of
the President’s reorganizotion plan.”
Kundsen spoke shortly after the
leadership had obtained an agreement
to end.debate on the measure at the
end of today’s session.
The House postponed a showdown
on the reorganization hill today, but
agreed to end general debate at the
close of the da T, ’s se°sior. —a pisro
dure which wJI pi? art real
test early tomorrow afternoon.
Opponents of A '.i3 n.easuoe refused
to permit the deb it 1 i ■ end it! Jhroc
hours, which would hive made tie
first major test of streiuth come this
afternoon. The tes'' will be on a mo
tion to strike the enacting clause from
the bill.
Amid scenes of lisorder with more
than a dozen members shouting for
recognition, Chairman Cochrane. Dern
ocrat, Missouri, of the root ganl/ation
committee, won approval of a proposal
to chop off the deb *C3 wher. the House
adjourns < today, an?! :o open the bill
to amendments the fir.-t thing tohsor
row.
A House labor sub-commitee. mean
while, recommended a drastically re
vised wage-hour bill, which would pro
vide for a graduated minimum wage
and a work week ranging from 40 to
•18 hours.
The group’s action ended weeks of
haggling over fundamentals, and was
taken only after the Democratic mem
bers agreed separately on terms of
the new bill. Two Republican mem
bers attended today’s meeting, but
(Conti’' ’Jed on Page Five*
TOM P. BAUMGARDNER
DIES IN J WASHINGTON
Tar Heel Was Clerk to Doughton’s
House Ways and Means Com
mittee In Congress
Washington, April 6. —(AP) —Tom P
Baumgardner, 54, clerk of the House
Ways and Means Committee, died of
pneumonia today. Baumgardner for
merly represented Stanly county in
the North Carolina House of Repre
sentatives. He came here in 1933 a*
assistant clerk of the House commit
tee, and after three years took a po
sition with the Treasury Department
at Raleigh, N. C., He returned as com
mittee clerk two years ago.
U. S. Accepts
Annexing Os
All Austria
Factual, but not Le
gal, Seizure by Ger
many Recognized
by This Nation
Washington, April 6 (AP) —The
United States accepted today Ger
many’s absorption of Austria and call
ed upon Germany to pay Austria’s
debts to the United States. The re
cognition of Austria’s status was
made known in notes presented in
Berlin by United States Ambassador
Hugh Wilson. He notified Germany
that the United States has closed its
embassy in Vienna and established
there instead a consulate-general.
In diplomatic language, the change
of the legation to a consulate means
defacto (factual) but not dejure
(legal) recognition.
The State Department immediately
declared that acceptance of the fact
that Austria has become a part of
Germany does not constitute a de
parture from the principles to which
the United States is committed with
regard to changes In the status of
territories brought about by armed
force.