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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-fifth year NewFrenchßegime Working For Quick Accord With Italy Steady Effort To End Dif ferences With Mussolini Planned by Dala dier Cabinet RECOGNITION ASKED FOR ETHIOPIAN GRAB France May Grant It If Mus solini Will Agree To Get Out Os Spain and Stay Out Even After Franco Wins War; Conservative Policy Is Likely Paris, April 11. —(AP)—Quick ef forts to end differences with Italy were predicted in parliamentary quar ters, where the new government of Edouard Daladier was said today to be planning to fall fully in line with the British conciliatory policy. It was reported in these quarter* that an extraordinary envoy would b 3 sent to Rome promptly to discuss set tlement of the problems disturbing the relations of the two countries. Thj discussions would follow the British negotiations of an Italian friendship understanding. The problems are primarily the question of Spain and the question of recognition of the Italian conquest of Ethiopia. It is understood that in return for an Italian promise to keep out of Spain after the war is ended and to send no further troops to the in«ur gent army, the French government Is seriously flirting with the idea of granting recogntion to the king of Italy as emperor of Ethiopia. The agreement would be followed fcv appointment of a French ambassador to replace the present charge d’af faires. The last appointed ambassador to Rome never took his post because France did not recognize the Ethi opian conquest. The Daladier government, especial ly with Georges Bonnet in the fore ign office, is viewed on all sides as likely to plot a conservativtion intei national policy. Threats Os Floods For South Wane ' i Selma, Ala., April lifarf(AP) —Dan ger from rushing flood waters in three southern states abated slowly today while thousands of evacuated citizens prepared to return to their homes in town and country. Meteoro*jglsts and relief workers in Alabama, hardest hit by the record breaking rains of the past week, said little additional damage was anti cipated while from Mississippi and Georgia came reports of improved conditions. Red Cross officials in Alabama alone estimated 20,000 persons had been driven from their homes, while more than 1,000 were estimated home less in Mississippi. About 250 families evacuated from lowlands at Rome, Ga., prepared to return to their homes as the Oosta naula river reached its crest. Tho business section of Rome was not as lected. From Hattiesburg, Miss., came a re {Continued on Page Three.) s2Miiwro Unemployed Is State Total 228,112 Checks Were Issued by Raleigh Office Through Last Thursday Raleigh. April 11.—Before this week is over, $2,000,000 will have been dis tributed to North Carolina, unemploy ed workers in weekly benefits by th3 State Unemployment Compensation Commission, unless the drop in aver age benefit amounts is greater then is now expected, Chairman Charles G. Powell, announces. Also, more than 200,000 original claims for compensa tion will have been filed almost by the beginning of tnis week. Through Thursday of last week tb-j central office had issued 228,112 checks for a total of $1,755,312.94, or an average of $7.70 per check. A part. °f these checks have been for two or three weeks of benefits, making the average larger than the approximate iv $5.75 a week, for each claimant. The l_. {Continued on Page Three.) Herd)ers mi iJatlti rlt service of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. INSURGENTS READY = TM They Cross Serge River In One of Bloodiest Battles of Catalonia Of fensive BITTER DEFENSE BY LOYALIST SOLDIERS Bayonet Attacks Used by Insurgents To Consolidate Positions iff- Preparation for on Govern ment Capital, Now Nearly Isolated Hendaye. France, April 11.:—(AF) — The Spanish insurgents crossed the Segre river at Balaguer today in one of the bloodiest I&attles of the Cata lonia offensive, aftid put themselves in position today for a direct assault on Barcelona. Under cover of heavy artillery fir.) and airplane bombardment, a offen sive of General Moscardo’s Navar rese and Galician troops affected tho crossing on pontoon bridges. Unex pectedly strong resistance from gov ernment forces imperilled the crossing operations time and again but finally the defenders were driven from their lines. Bayonet attacks enabled the insur gents to consolidate their positions east of the river with a four-mile thrust along the road leading to the provisional capital of governmen Spain, 75 miles away. Balaguer is 14 miles northeast of Lerida, which has been a quiet sector since its capture. While body of Continued on Page Five.) SETBACK REDUCED IN STOCK TRADING Leading Issues Forced To Absorb Light Profit-Selling at Outr set of Session New York, April 11 (AP) —Stock market leaders were forced to ab sorb light profit-selling in today’s market, and many of last week s climbers slipped fractions to a point or so at the worst. The comparative ly small volume of offerings, how ever, seemed to encourage specula tive forces, and extreme setbacks were reduced or cancelled around noon. Bonds were inclined to do bet better. American Radiator ••• 12 5-8 American Telephone 129 1-4 American Tobacco B 70 1-2 Anaconda 27 Atlantic Coast Line 18 1-4 Atlantic Refining 19 5-8 Bendix Aviation 11 1-4 Bethlehem Steel 47 1-4 Chrysler \ , * I"? Columbia Gras St Elec Co 5 1-4 Commercial ..V • • • • 1 3-8 Continental Oil Go ® Curtiss Wright •.. V. 4 3-8 DuPont 102 1-2 Electric Pow & Light 7 7-8 General Electric 33 1-2 General Motors 32 1-4 Liggett & Myers B 04 Montgomery Ward & Co 31 1-8 Reynolds Tob 8•'.... 39 Southern Railway 8 Standard Oil N J - 47 U. S. Steel 44 7-8 New Nazi Fortress? m\ Site of secret Island stronghold? , Nazi Germany has built a huge, secret fortress on the Island of Sylt off Jutland In the North Sea, according to a London Daily Mir ror dispatch from Toender, Den mark. Giant warplane hangars, camouflaged to resemble garden* full of shrubbery, form part of the. bulwark., the. report ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Senatorial Campaign Is Rather Boresome So Far Little Sign of Activity of Any Sort in Reynolds-Han cock Race; Hancock’s Ab sence from Reorganiza tion Vote Is Talked; Massenberg Rises Dallv IMapatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, April 11.—If Somethin?, isn’t done very shortly to pep things up a bit, the Reynolds-Hancock sena torial campaign is likely to curl up and die of utter and complete bore dom—a situation which political coirl - would, of course deplore nr. end. Yet to date there is no sign of an issue, little sign of activity of anj sort; a condition which the writers (including your correspon dent) with nothingjto write about ex cept the' sact < t#t^ i l#fWPe 4 s^not-»' mg io write about.- Last week two events transpire a which may form the basis for some slight perking up. Senator Reynolds sent out innumerable postcards to his constituents advertising the fact that i Showdown on Prohibition Question at Democratic Meet Unlikely Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, April 11. —Delegates to the Democratic State Convention her; May 16 are likely to be handed a verv hot potato in the form of demand fo* a show-down on the liquor question. It is regarded in practically al! quarters, however, as extremely un likely that the gathering will take < any very forthright stand one way or the other. If an attempt is made to put in a liquor plank that reallv means anything, and if a real effort is made to push the question, then the meeting has possibilities of being brim full of pyrotechnis. Officially dry leaders are non-com mittal regarding any effort to forj3 a “dry” or “statewide referendum” declaration by the Democratic con vention, but it would be nothing but logical if they should make such a try. Cale K. Burgess and his United D*r Forces have already announced they (Continued on Page Five.) Townsend Must Serve Jail Term April 11 (AP)— The Supreme Court refused today to interfere with a 30-day jail sentence Imposed for contempt of a House committee upon Dr. Francis Townsend, 71-year-old author of the Townsend old-age pension plan. The tribunal de clined to review a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, up holding the coniviction for walk ing out on a House committee in vestigating the pension plan. Only one word was employed by the tribunal in making known its action. That was “denied.” In other actions before adjourning for two weeks, the court: "I. Set aside the murder conviction (Continued on Page Six.£ HENDERSON, N. C„ MONDAY AFTERNOON,- APRIL 11,1938 Mayors Seek Cut of #1,500,000,000 Melon 4H IfiS MJHI f v|. 's! nm .§ jfe? wm §iij §§| :a Jßßjjjji a jggp sp W HHulk »»w m(: Im, iPiJMi m 4 bL " "‘|Jj i semi mMmm % ink 'SSnIL, . uMhfc > 2MP pil ' m " mmmi St>S IHHHHh Mkmßmv .MwMMfc iftffaaMfc.. ~ m W&tirnmk iSm Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia and six other chief executives of major cities are pictured at Washington as they planned the amounts they would seek from tlif Federal government’s $1,600,000,000 fund to prime the business pump. LaGuardia will ask for $160,004000 for New York. In the picture, left to right are: (seated) Mayors Burton, of Cleveland; Dickman, of St. Louis; LaGuardia; Scholz, of Louisville and Tobin, of Boston. Standing are: Mayor Chauncey, of TampJbFla.; Paul V. Betters, director of the mayors’ con ference, and Mayor Scan, of Milwaukee. (Central Press) he is going to make* a speech de nouncing, flaying and otherwise tak ing the hide off aliens illegally in the country as well as off those depart ments of the government he consid ers responsible for ; this sad state o'; affairs. The cards were sent out un der government frank. The other happening was failure of Representative Hancock to be iu Washington for a vote on the reor ganization bill, for which Tar Heel Lindsay Warren made such a vigor ous, though losing, battle. HaKOeck ’fcnd his henchmen can with much logic attack Reynolds for using his government franking privilege to advertise himself and his Senate campaign; while on the other Continued on Page Thiee*. Solons Think President Has Highly Exalted Opin ion of Himself By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, April 11—'Friends of President Roosevelt are asserting that a large bloc of senators and repre sentatives have developed so bitter a personal hostility toward the White House tenant' as -to guarantee their opposition to any policy he regardless of its merits. The yare not speaking of Republi can opposition, which is taken for granted; they refer to opposition in Democratic congressional ranks. Undoubtedly there is a deal of truth in this diagnosis. The opposition part of it is indis putable. But it is due to Personal hospitality to the President? From talks with a great many legislators I (Continued on Page Six.) Rate Fight For South Is Started Birmingham, Ala., April 11 (AP) — Attacking southern rail rates as a “barrier to the free flow of com merce”, Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama opened today the South’s fight for lower freight rates. Graves was the first witness at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing at a complaint from eight southeastern states charging “dis crimination” against southern ship pers by railroads. »> More than 100 attorneys, rate ex perts and others attended the hear ing before William Lee, member of the I. C. C. New England and eastern states (Continued on Page Six.) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy and warmer to - night; Tuesday partly cloudy and unsettled; slightly warmer in cen tral portions. REPUBLIC STEEL’S CHARM TRUE Company’s Blame for Death in Rioting Wholly With out Evidence, Girdler States WILL FIGHT ISSUE IN COURT, HE SAYS “Very Labored Effort” Is Made by Labor Board To - Establish Case Against Company; Company Held Not Liable for Actions of Ohio National Guard C>eve l: andJ April 11. —(AF) — The National Labor Relation Board’s ac tion in blaming Republic Steel Cor poration for death of three CIO work ers at Massillon, Ohio, in last sum mer’s steel strike, “is wholly unsup ported by the evidence,” Tom Girlder Republic chairman, said today. Girdler, in a statement., said “the courts will have to decide” whether “the company must not negotiate with its employees who have formed their own independent labor organization,” and added that Republic will “take advantage of all rights under the law.” The • labor hoard Saturday found that Republic had violated the Wag ner labor act on eight counts. It ov dered employee representation plar 3 broken up at its five Ohio plants, and among other things ordered reinstate ment of 5,000 strikers with back pay. “The attempt of the board to place responsibility upon Republic for a riot between city police and the CIO at Massillon is, we believe, wholly un supported by the evidence,” Girdler said. “Some 40 pages of the board’s re (Contlnued on Page Three.) Sentence —500 Year* Mrs. Lillie Mae Curtis . . . life in prison Five hundred years in prison! Sen tences totaling 500 years were given Mrs. Lillie Mae Curtis, 38, of Center, Tex., who killed six of her nine children while they slept. Mrs. Curtis showed no emotion when the verdict was read at two trials which took only a few hours. Penalties of 99 years’ imprison ment were assessed on five mur der charges, and a five-year sus pended sentence for the killing of her husband three years ago was ordered carried cAit. —Central Press PUBLISHFT* svi*) arTUBNoon EXCEPT SUNDAY. RELIEF ALLOTMENT FOR $1,250,000,000 IS GIVEN APPROVAL Whitney Is Given Term 5-10 Years Former Stock Ex change Head Sent enced for Grand Larceny No-*' York. Anri! It.—(AP)—.Rich nM Whitney, bankrupt broker and former p*’C'?ident of the Ne*.y York Stock Exchange, was sentenced today serve from five to ten years i.r nrwon for grand larcdny. Whitney, whose brokerage firm, Richard Whitney & Company, failed on March 8, had pleaded aruilty to two indictments charging first degree lac ceny in the misuse of securities en trusted to his care by the New York Yqoht Club and members of his fa mily c Judge Owen Bohan, in General Ses sions, sentenced Whitney to the five to ten year sentence on each indict ment, the sentences to run concut rently. Whitney had faced a possible maxi mum of 20 years in prison. Within a month and three days from the date when the New York Stock Exchange curtly announced the suspension of Richard Whitney & Company, the aristocratic brokei clubman appeared in General Sessions court. Nothing less than a “substantia! and punitive sentence would satisfy District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, who haled Whitney into court two days after the exchange suspension notice. William McShesney Martin, Jr., 31 year-old member of the St. Louis firm of A. G. Edwards & Sons, mean-virile, stood in Haa to become, the youngest: head of the New Ydrk Stock Ex change in its 146 years of history. Martin was named by the nominat ing committee of the exchange for the chairmanship, which is top elec tive office of the big market under its new constitutional set-up. MRS. JOHN R. JONES DIES IN WILKESBORO North Wilkesboro, April 11. —(AP) —Mrs. - John R. Jones, Republican na tiQnal committeewoman, died today at a hospital here after an illness of about a month. Mrs. Jones, member of a prominent Wilkes county family, had been ac tive in Republican party councils for years. She was the wife of Solicito*. John R. Jones, and sister of Robert H. McNeill, of Washington, D. C. Strawberry Crop Starts For Market Wallace, April 11 (AP)—Strawber ries, North Carolina’s first big money crop of 1938, went to market today. Markets In seven towns opened without ceremony. Agricultural ex perts estimated the crop would sell for about $1,500,000. The market towns are Mount Olive Rose Hill, Burgaw, Chadbourn, Tabor City, Warsaw and Wallace. At Wallace the market was off at the opening, with only 150 crates of the berries being sold before noon, and with prices ranging from $1.50 to $4. Quality of the berries was poor because of recent rains. Saturday 650 crates were sold at prices ranging from $1.50 to $5. The Rose Hill market was about the same as that here, with only 75 ■ «#»ri on Flva> Chinese Preparing Drive For Recovery Os Nanking Shanghai, April 11. —(AP) —The Chi-1 nese said today they were preparing j a gigantic drived toward the Yangtze river in an effort to re-take Nanking the capital lost to Japanese last De cember 11. Reporting new sweeping victoriej along the Tientsin-Fukow railway an* Taierchwang fronts, the Chinese saw these asserted victories as inspiration for the new offensive. A strong Chinese force along th.') Tientsin-Pukow line, awaiting an ex pected Japanese drive northward a gainst Hsuchow, was reported ready to change its tactics and strike out 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Will Have To Last Seven Months to February 1 In Fiscal Year Begin ning July 1 _ • DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PUMP PRIMING Additional $1,500,000,000 for That Purpose Expect ed; White House Confer ence in Accord; Roosevelt Asks for Aid for Nation’s Railroads Washington, April 11.—(AP)—Presi dent Roosevelt and congressional and departmental leaders agreed today a $1,250,000,000 appropriation would be needed for work relief for the first seven months of the fiscal year be ginning July 1. The appropriation, to be recom mended in a special congressional message in the next few days, would be for -W!PA alone. It compares with a budget estimate of $1,000,000,000 submitted to Congress in January to cover the entire new fiscal year, and $1,750,000,000 being spent for WPA and other relief activities this fisca’ year. The White House conference also agreed an additional $50,000,000 should be appropriated for the CCC for thi next fiscal year. This would enat;lj the CCC to maintain its existing 1,- 250 camps. Otherwise, Democratic leaders said, 300 camps would have to be abandoned July 1. Senate Leader Barkley, speaking for the conferees, said the conference did not discuss the proposed expenditure of $1,500,000,000 for “pump priming” public works. Barkley said the $1,250,000,000 for work relief would be earmarked for WPA alone, with the understanding that it must last until February 1, 1939. He said the increased fund would preserve WPA rolls at about 2,600,000. Without the added money, he said, 400,000 persons would have to be cut off the rolls. Ladxor leaders and the United States Conference of Mayors have contend ed 3,500,000 persons would have to be given jobs. Asked about this, Barkley said any additional needy unemployed over the present enrollment of 2,600,- 000 would have to be taken care of under the pump-priming program. President Roosevelt asked Congres.3, meatnime, for ‘.‘some immediate legis lation” to forestall prospective operat ing difficulties of the railroads, but Continued on ‘•’ivfs.t Britain To • Back Italy In Ethiopia To Ask League Re cognition of Con quest; Italy Wel comes News London, April 11.—(AP)—Britain started League of Nations machinery today to obtain recognition for Italian Ethiopia, and reliable quarters indid eated Prime Minister Chamberlain’s long-sought agreement with Italy was virtually ready •'nr signing. He asked that the League Council, meeting May 9, consider the Ethio pian question. Official statement on the weeks of Anglo-Italian negotiation? to end two and a half years of* embittered rela tions could be expected ct he fceg;n ring of next week. It was no secret in dint •iati<* cir t.es that the vreement 'heady haa been reached, to be drafted formally Continued on Page toward a point about 100 miles north of Nanking. Japanese acknowledged three Chi nese attacks in the vicinity of Peng pu, but said they were repulsed and that Chinese losses were heavy. The ambitious offensive mapped tv the Chinese includes a flanking of fensive against Wuhu; a drive north ward from the Yellow river in an ef fort to push the Japanese from it 3 north bank and through Shansi pro vince; ultimately a northward move ment along the Peiping-Hankow rail way, and then, if successful, a push against Peiping and Tientsin.
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