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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR HOUSE SAVES REORGANIZATION MEASURE Blum s Defeat In Committee Foreshadows His Downfall V W 2/ / : •' ] J** mm,- , / ■<<■:■■ y-w Jsp / . $£ / Wr(\ i y~ y^ v View of the army's “flying fortress” over Dayton, O. ’""" “™“ Described as the most powerful fighting aircraft | in the world, the U. S. army’s experimental bomb ing plane known officially as the XB-15, but popu larly as the “flying fortress”, Is meeting every test. | Fresh Snow Blanketing West Areas Mid-Winter Returns to Region From Rocky. Mountains to Eastern Seaboard Chicago, April 7. (AP) Fresh snow blanketed a wide expanse of ter ritory between the Rockies and the eastern seaboard today in the wake of a storm that turned the calendar back to mid-winter. Rain, sleet, dust, hail and'tornadic winds lashed at sections of the nation which escaped the snowstorm. Heavy wet snowdrifts three and four feet deep challenged highway crews in the middlewest. Snow plows opened most principal highways but many rural lanes still were choked The snowfall broke April record;: in many cites and was the deepest of th» winter at some spots. Counties in southwest Michijfhn reported 30 lo 36 inches of snow. One death was reported in South Dakota, and fears were felt for a man missing in the vicinity of Scott Bluff. Heb., where snow ranged up to a foot in depth. Wessington Springs S- D., reported 17 inches of snow. Hundreds of telephone and telegraph poles snapped under the weight of Know and ice in Nebraska and lowa. About, 1,400 city workers and scores of street car and bus company em ployees tackled Chicago’s 9.1-inch snowfall. CLUBS ANDTRADES IN LIQUOR BATTLE Drys of West Want Absen tee Ballot Retained; East ern Wets Oppose In the Sir Whiter Hotel. In the Sir Wnlter Hotel. Raleigh, April 7.—When Drys begin th<jr widely advertised “putsch” in 'he 1939 General Assembly they arc likely to find that the heaviest arma H'mnt. of their Wet adversaries is a in;no concentrated absentee ballot dynamite. In words of one syllable, the Dry-; ?irf apt to face the chance that the "'ets will hand them the thing thev most fear. This because they dry v oU:.s will come from the West —a sec 'ion which also clings to the absentee bolb.t as* one of the strategems and devices by which it keeps down a Re publican minority which can easily Wome a majority if given an even break in several counties. In the past every effort at repeal or (Continued on page Tfc;ee>. Henderson Haifa Btsmttrft Colder Weather Strikes Carolina And The South Mercury Drops From 60 to 46 in Five Hours at Ra leigh, With 40 Likely Tonight SUB-FREEZING FOR SOME AREAS SEEN Gulf Coast and Southern Slates To Feel Flareback of Win.’er, But Cold Snap Will Be Short-Lived; Rain Accompanies Drop of Thermometer Generally Raleigh, April 7. (AP) Cold weather hit Raleigh again today and the murcury in thermometers dropped 14 degrees in five hours from 60 at 7 a. m. to 46 at noon. Lee Denson, in charge of the Weath er Bureau, said 1 he expected a tern perature of around 40 degrees hei e during the night. SUR-FREEZING COLD IS PREDICTED IN THE SOUTH Little Rock, Ark., April 7. —(AP) The South hung top coats next to urn brellas today in preparation for a pre dicted sub-freezing cold wave. Winter’s belated slap at spring wai forecast to extend from Oklahoma across Dixie to northwest ac companied by rain in virtually all sec tions. Strong northerly winds were re ported along the Louisiana and Texas gulf coasts. A prediction of slowly rising temperatures in west and north central portions of east Texas Friday promised the indicated cold snap would be short-lived. Livestock warn (Conlinued on Page Eight.) Bank Given- Votes With Rail Stock the netition of Robert R. Young for an injunction restraining Guaranty Trust Company, .third largest bank m the United States, from votmg eon trolling stock in the Chesapeake Corporation, which it holds as a spe cial P trustee, at a special stockholders meeting in Baltimore The decision was a se^ b f c 1 Youne’s fight with a powerful Wall Street banking interests for cantrol of the Chesapeake and ° hl ° h most profitable remnant of the form (Continued on Page Eight.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. L R ® SERVICE OP THB ASSOCIATED PRESS. officers say. Shown In flight, the bomber carries a crew of ten. You can see the pilot’3 compart ment and the “blisters’^that house machine gun ners in this photo, j HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOO N, APRIL 7,1938 New Air Tragedy Saddens Britain London, April 7 Royal Air Force fliers were kill ed today when their reconnaiss ance plane exploded and fell into the North Sea. The air ministry officially identi fied the plane, which had been the object of a widespread search near Dudgeon Light, off the Humber estuary, where it was seen to burst into flames. Searchers found only oil patches and bits of wreckage. The crash was the 34th in the Royal Air Force since January 1, anil raised its death toll to 58 since then. The plane had been on a night routine navigation flight, and last had radioed all well. ilni May Be Minority, but It Is Loud; State Officials Want Plan Tried ' Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, April 7.—There are sigc.s and portents that crop control of to bacco and cotton may yet come a cropper at some of the many hurdles which face it. North Carolina farmers, as well as the rustic folks of all the other cot ton and tobacco growing states, gave (Continued on Page Three.) reformed church WOMEN IN MEETING 200 Attend Sessions at Landis, Hear Talks and Elect Officers For Coming Year Landis, April 7 (AP)—Upward of 200 delegates to the State convention of the Woman’s Missionary Society of Evangelical Reformed Churches in North Carolina heard an address to day by Dr. A. K. Faust, of the Cataw ba college faculty, and then turned to election of officers and other bus iness. Rev. B. C. Lienbach, pastor of the First Reformed church of Landis, conducted a communion service. Mrs. A. Z. Robinson, of Charlotte, and Miss Mildred Suther, of Concord, spoke in the afternoon at a .life service pro gram in connection with the 50th an niversary of the beginning of wo men’s work in the Reformed church. sp Russia, Balkans and Other Nations Asked To Join Alliance Against German Threat BLUM’S VICTORY IN CHAMBER IS SCANT Finance Plan Approved by Deputies by Narrow Mar gin, With Defeat in Senate Tomorrow Considered Cer tain; Left Wingers Plan Demonstration Faris, April ■£.—KAP)—The Senate Finance Committee, in spite of the threat of a massed demonstration bv leftists, today flatly rejected Premier Leon Blum’s demand for dictatorial powers over finance by a 25 to 6 vote The left wing of the premier’s own socialist party carried forward pre parations for a huge meeting tonight outside the building housing the Sen ate, in defiance of the shaky Blum government ban on „the demonstraion The finance committee’s action fore shadowed defeat for the premier in the Senate tomorrow —with the down fall of his cabinet—-on his finance bill, for which he won grudging approval of the Chamber of Deputies yester day. Meanwhile, France is pursuing ef forts to get Czechoslovakia’s neighbors to defence, against German Nazi encroachment in thiTlittle coun try, despite the acute domestic situa tion. The French plan is for an alliance of Soviet Russia, Poland, Roumania, Yugoslavia and France to act if there should be an attack from Nazi Ger many—(to further the German dream to unite the German peoples, includ ing the 3,500,000 German minority of (Continued on Page Three.) MURPHY PAIR FREE IN AUTO FATALITY Two Kannapolis Men Acquitted of Manslaughter and Hit-and- Run Driving in West Murphy, April 7 (AP)—Red Joynes and Homer Ballard, of Kannapolis, were acquitted in superior court to day of charges of manslaughter and hit and run driving in connection with the death of a pedestrian near Andrews last fall. The jury brought in its verdict aft er deliberating about, an hour and a half. Lester Hooper, of Kannapolis, who testified he was asleep in an automo bile in which Joynes and Ballard also were riding at the time of the alleged mishap, was the state’s only witness. A jury was selected yesterday and trial of the case before Judge J. H. Clement, of Winston-Salem, required only a short time today. Claim Japs In Retreat From Lines Shanghai, April 7 (AP) —The Kwangsi military chieftain, General Fung-Jen reported today that Japa nese were “in full retreat” from Taierchwang, the Shangtung province village whose mud walls have been flattened by nearly three weeks of battle north of the Grand Canal. General Sung-Yen said his warriors went over the top at dusk last night in a third offensive, and that the Japanese, unable to withstand their fierce assault, began retreating to ward Tsao-Chwang at dawn. The victorious' Chinese began mop ping up stragglers along the narrow guage railroad, which runs toward Tsao-Chwang to connect with the main Tientsin-Pukow railway. It was along that railway which Japanese aimed their southward thrust at the east-west Ltmghai rail way corridor separating Japanese-oc cupied north and central China. Japanese claimed complete occupa tion of Taierchwang April 4. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Occasional rain tonight and Friday; colder in south and cen tral portions Friday and in cen tral portion tonight. Government Defenses In Spain Crumble In Attack Franco’s March to the Sea Continues as New Towns and Cities Fall to Insurgents AMERICAN FORCES ALMOST DECIMATED Washington and Lincoln Battalion Has Only Few Hundred Men Left Out of Several Thousand Who Had Fought Since Begin ning of Spanish Civil War Hendaye, France, April 7. —(AF)— Government defenses crumbled before a fresh insurgent march to Spain’s east coast today as insurgent red and gold banners fluttered at the village of Vallibona. This village is 22 miles from the sea coast city of Vinaroz. General Franco’s armored columns there threatened to outflank the govern ment lef* wing defending Tortosa from positions in nearby mountains. The insurgent right wing marched from Morelia, while fierce counter at tacks by government reinforced unit* staved off further frontal attacks on Tortosa. Simultaneous action along the northern Catalan front brought the city of Balaguer under insurgent con trol. Americans fighting with LOYALISTS ARE WIPED OUT Perpgnan, France, at the Spanish » ~ < onMnued on Pag* Three.) Japan Is Concerned Over U. S. Policies In Pacific Admiralty Spokesman Says Tokyo Fears v America May Expand Influence In The East HULL’S SPEECH IS CAUSE FOR ALARM Secretary’s Opposition To Stay-at-Home Policy for Navy Arouses Japanese; See Former American De fense Line Being Extended to the Westward Tokyo, April 7. —(AP)—Japan feels it “(imperative’* she maintain com mand of the western Pacific, and is concerned gravely over the possibility the United States might expand her sphere of influence there, Rear Ad - miral Noda, Admiralty spokesman, said today. f Discussing the speech on foreign policy by Secretary Hull on March 17 and his letter on April 3 to Chairman Walsh, of the Senate Naval Commit tee, opposing a stay-at-home policy for the navy, and holding it must be free to defend Americans anywhere, Admiral Noda asserted: “The fact that Mr. Hull sent a let ter at this particular time i 3 of spe cial interest to us. Formerly, the Unit ed States seemed to regard the main land coast and Panama as the sole points necessary to defend. “As late as January 31, Admiral Leahy (chief of United States naval operations) stated a strategical trian (Continued on Page Three.) GOLDSBORO HIGH IS SEAT OF RESEARCH Selected As One of Three Such Schools By Southern Association of Colleges Raleigh, April 7. —(AP) —Dr. J. Henry Highsmith announced today that the Goldsboro high school ha? been selected for a special research project of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Dr. Highsmith, chairman of the North Carolina Commission of Second ary Schools of the association, sai-J similar projects would be launched at two other schools selected from a list including Charlotte, Asheville, Green ville, Chapel Hill, Burlington, Roa noke Rapids and Rocky Mount., Dr. Frank C. Jenkins director of special- studies for the association will visit the schools under considera tion next week. PUBLIBHKin WVUVT iFTIKNOGI EXCEPT SUNDAY. Franco Marches On MSgV'. § H maafail F R ANCF. ' / B: Franco’s drive to the sea This map shows how Spanish in surgent forces, including thou sands of Moors, Italians and Ger mans, are pushing on, forcing the Loyalists back to the sea. The in surgent march has cut Catalonia off from the remainder of Loyalist Spain. General Franco’s men con trol the last highway linking the two sections of government terri tory. Great Britain and France now are said to be making efforts to prevent massacres and execu tions. -r<ontral Btess OETROITERSWALK ; AS STRIKE BEGINS \ Street Railway System Stop ped by Strike of Work ers Despite Leaders Detroit, April 7.—(AP)— Upwards of half a million Detroiters who nor mally use the city’s street railway sys tern sought other means of transpor tation today as an American Federa tion of Labor union made effective, a strike started because of a .dispute over seniority rights. At the rush hour this morning, no street cars were operating, and auto mobile traffic was moving slowly be cause of the appearance of thousands of additional motor cars on the (Continued oc Page Three.) FARM EDITOR WILL VISIT EAST REGION Raleigh, April 7.—(AP)—E. F. Ar nold, executive secretary of the State Farm Bureau Federation, said today, he expected John J. Lacy, editor o * “The Nation’s Agriculture,” to arrive here tonight for a visit to Eastern North Carolina and a speech near Ahoskie at 7:30 .o’clock tomorrow nigfa. henry b. martin DIES AT WINSTON Associate Editor of Journal and Sen tinel Passes at 58 After Ill ness of Yen Days Winston-Salem, April 7. (AP) Henry B. Martin, 58, associate editor of the Winston-Salem Journal an. 1 Sentinel died at his home here today after a ten-day illness. A native of Stokes county the vet erap journalist was fpr more than 20 years city editor of the Twin City Sentinel. Last August he was advanced to the post of associate editor of the com bined Journal and Sentinel. Martin began his newspaper career in 1889 as carrier boy in Winston-,, Salem. He then worked in the me chanical departments of newspapers at Greensboro and Charlotte. Several years he edited the Burlington Daily Messenger, and in 1903 returned to Winston-Salem. Funeral arrangements are not com plete. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY dEmxt VOTE, ENEMIES SAV “There Will Be No Reorgan ization Bill,” O’Connor, Democrat, New York, Declares ROOSEVELT PLANS NEW WORKS FUNDS President To Ask Addition al $1,500,000,000 for Pump Priming and Ending Pres ent Recession; Debate Be gun on Senate Tax Bill To Aid Business Washington, April 7. —(AP) —Thy House refused today to kill the gov ernment reorganization bill. The teller vote was 191 to 169. The ballot, a victory for the admin istration, was on a motion by Repre sentative O’Connor, Democrat, to “strike out the enacting clause” without which the bill would hav? been ineffective, and meaningless. The measure was thrown open to amendments immediately afterwards. Backers of the bill said the vote was a sure indication the House would pass it eventually, but opponents still had opportunities to attempt to de feat it after’ amendments were dis posed of. “This is just one part of the fight.’ O’Connor told reporters after his pro posal lost. “There will not be a reor ganization till.” O’Connor’s motion was intended *.o force a showdown on the legislation before any amendments cftuld be of sered. New Works Program. A high administration official said, meantime, that President RoosevelL contemplates recommending to Con gress a $1,500,000,000 public works pro gram in a-nety-recovery drive to end the recession, restore employment and (Continued on Page Four.) Passenger Trains May Be Stopped Raleigh, April 7 —(AP)—The Nor folk Southern Railroad Company pre sented further testimony today show ing it had lost money on passenger train operations as a series of hear ings before the Utilities Commission neared an end. The railroad requested permission, in an unprecedented move, to abandon all passenger operations except be tween Raleigh and Norfolk, Va., and no opposition developed to any pe titions except those involving the New Bern to Marsden and Raleigh to Char lotte lines. Utilities Commissioner Stanley Win borne said he had noted the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad, operated by a State-controlleld corporation, would oppose abandonment of service between New Bern and Marsden. The A. & N. C., Atlantic Coast Lino and Norfolk Southern railroads now all use jointly the union station ac New Bern. , Minborne said the c ommission would issue its order in the case quick ly, and indicated all unopposed pe tions would be granted. HOOVIIING PARTIAUNFLUENCE Former President Again Getting Ear of Party and Some Leaders By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington April 7. Who could Lave expected to see Herbert Hoover staging something at least faintly re sembling a come-back? . No longer ago than 1936, w=->en the G. O. P. was feeling vaguely aroun 1 for a passable suitability as a presi dential nominee, Republicanism's voice, with practical unanimity, was “Anybody but Hoover.” Even a few months back, when certain Hamil tonian leaders were fumbling for a party reorganization plan and the Californian expressed a friendly in terest in their effort, all their faces fell and the verdict was, “Pshaw, the scheme’s doomed Bince he’s in favor of it.” Yet, following the former pre3 ; - dent’s broadcast, just after his recent (Continued on Pasre Three.)