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HENDERSON'S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-fifth year ITALY, JAPAN CALLED TREATY VIOLATORS NATION AWAITS FORD-RQQSEVELT CONFERENCE . ( White House 1 . '■ ' A ®"' v.„w,. ~" ! ii I fllllfP jcoMfr - wiaw •:■ jowßrawKiia > a . WW x ;3CvqTOv9^McCa President Roosevelt and motor magnate Henry i- Ford will sit around a White House table for a conference on the business situation Wednesday, April 27. Ford, who three times turned down invi- ] Chinese Civilians Evacuating Be fore Advance Os Japanese New Schism InMethodism Now Looming Dissenters to Unifi cation Threaten To Break off Fr o m Southern Church Birmingham. Ala., Anril 26. —(AP) Another schism in Methodism was advanced hv anti-unifieationists today a" a possible consequence if the Sout.li f,ni Methodist Church votes in quad t“nnial conference here to merge with the Methodist. Episcopal (North) and Methodist Protestant tranches of the church. Catherine for a mass meeting to night, two days before convening of the Genera] Conference here Thurs day, anti-union laymen studied plans loj a legal attack on unification. Committramen for the laymen’s or ganization for preservation of the Houthe:n Methodist Church asserted ‘ if the southern branch votes for the merge r, virtually a foregone conclus ion, f>o,ooo ) Southern Methodists” may Continued on Page Two.) Fenner Is Anxious To Be Speaker Dall.v DinimlrK Itnrcaii. .. , . *« the Sir Walter Hotel. Kaleigh, April 26.—The name of W. • f Mill) Fenner, Nash county repre •'-'tdative and chairman of the House Agriculture Committee in the 1937 ‘lo ral Assembly, can be added to 1,1 " of Victor Bryant and Eihby "d «n the roster of candidates for speakership of the 1939 House. Air. i< <nner himself has not ail "mixed (this statement by this bu 'l'" 1 it is known that he has al -1 written at least some prospec -1 diuse members soliciting their ■ I, PP f, »'> for the gavel-wielding post. Fenner’s activities in behalf J 1:1,1 fo’-acco compact legislation of Continued oc Page Two.) DERSON, M.O, iter-san Bmlxt Htsttafrh L fHB E A9«Sn?Fa,i.S RVICB OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. Robert McLean Is New AP President New York, April 26 (AP) —Rob- ert McLean, president of the Phil adelphia Bulletin, today was elect ed president of The Associated Press. He succeeds Frank B. Noyes, president of the Washington Star, I who retired yesterday after serv ing in that office 36 years. The hoard of directors elected W. 11. Cowles, of the Spokane Spokesman-Review, first vice-pres ident, and Paul Patterson, of the Baltimore Sun, second viee-pres iden.it. The other officers, including the executive hoard, were re-elected. McLean has served as director of The Associated Press since 1924. TOBACCO PROTEST Arnold Says Complaints of Small Farmers Amount to but Little Dally Dispatch Bureau. In the .Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, April 26.—The loud wails ,'i complaint and anguish which have ai lsen since officials began to assign acreage quotas to tobacco fa* mets rre not ver r disturbing to E F A nold, secret cry of the North Gar i :ina Farm b.uieau Federation, or ganization w’ .cb wag probably the .cost active in the State in support i.o control n tin recent farmers’ rc- W tndum. “Most of the complaints are base! on misunderstanding of the situation and most of them will blow over with in a reasonable time,” said Mr. Arnold “Os course, we are hearing from *hc ones who are not satisfied and not from those who aie they ve gone ahead setting out tobacco plants and are not trying to get their names m the papers.” He estimated that the same propor tion of growers are satisfied with the quotas as voted for conti ol which i.- above 90 per cent. The federation, as an organization, plans no campaign to assist in satis fying growers with their quotas, Mr. Arnold said, tut local units will de vote time at their regular meetings to explain the workings of the control The principal misunderstandings of the quotas arise from the fact that (Continued on Page Four.> ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOrTh CAROLINA AND VTROTOIa tations from Roosevelt, was a foe of th£ president’s NRA in the early days of the Roosevelt adminis tration and since has been opposed to other New Deal policies. Invaders Driving Savagely Toward East-West Lung hai Railway in Central China 200,000 SOLDIERS OF NIPPON POURING IN Change in High Command of Japanese Naval Forces in Chinese Waters An nounced; Successors Not Named for Leader in Charge of Panay Bombing Shanghai, April 26 (AP)--Japanese, driving forward savagely only twelve miles from the east-west Lunghai rail way, their objective in four months of fighting, reported today the en tire Suchow area was being exacuated by Chinese civilians. A Japanese army spokesman said aerial observations showed all roads in the sector choked with Chinese farmers, carting their belongings southward and westward, in appar ent expectation of a rapid Japanese advance on Suchow, the strategic junction of the Lunghai and north south Tientsin-Pukow railway. At the same time, a wide shake-up in the Japanese naval command in Chinese waters was announced. Trans ferred to unidentified posts were Vice-Admiral Hasegawa, commander in-chief of the third fleet in Chinese waters throughout the Shanghai ope rations; Rear Admiral Honda who is sued many of the navy’s statements and explanations at the time of the (Continued on Pa ere Four.) Hoey Nears MajorityOn High Court nix'Citch Riircon In the .Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, April 26. —Given just one more vacancy to fill between now and the General Election, Governor Clyde R. Hoey would have a majority of his own appointees sitting on the Su preme Court bench. Justices M. V. Barnhill and Wallace Winborne were put on the bench by a Hoey commission and by the time this appears in print some one may be qualified to succeed Justice George W. Connor. Which will make three out of seven for the governor. And all this without getting all (Continued on Page Six.) HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 26, 1938 TEN PERCENT HIKE JOLTMITAIN Government Increases Levy From 25 to 27 1-2 Per cent, Parliament 4 Is Informed MONEY NEEDED FOR NAVAL EXPANSION Staggering Re - Armament Program Must Be Financ ed, at Least in Part, Com mons Is Told; Food and War Stores Being Purchas ed by the Government London, April 26.—(AP) —The Bri ish government jolted the nation to lay hy boosting the income tax from 75 percent to 27 1-2 percent to help pay the costs of the staggering re armament program. Britain’s re-armament program con rranted the British tax-payer with the largest peactime budget bill in the nation’s history, totalling 944,398,000 pounds ($4,721,9990,000). Sir John Simon, chancellor of the exchequer, making his sudget speed, in the House of Commons, announced that the government’s needs for the 1938-39 fiscal year were 81,500,000 pounds ($407,500,000) more than for the previous year. To an intent house he disclosed the government already had “bought suf ficient supplies of wheat, whale oil and sugar” to maintain civilian needs for the first few months if war broke out. BONDS ARE OKAYED BY STATE’S BOARD $300,000 Gaston , Softool Securities Must Be Voted On; Warren ton Purchases Made Raleigh, April 26. —(AP) —The Lo cal Government Commission approved issuance of $300,000 Gaston county school building bonds, and $12,000 Lenior park improvement securities today on condition they are approved by a vote in the units. The Citizens Bank of Warrenton bought SIO,OOO of Warrenton public improvement bonds at three percent interest. HOSPITAL IN OXFORD AIDED BY DUKE FUND Brantwood Awarded $1,121 in Supple mental Allotments by Duke Foundation Charlotte, April 26 (AP)-Trustees of the Duke Foundation, meeting here today, appropriated $42,016 for 15 North Caroilna hospitals, .bringing to $1,023,702 the amount allotted hos pitals and orphanages in both Caro linas this yvjar. The supplementary appropriations announced today include: Brantwood hospital, Oxford, $1,121; Carolina Gen eral Hospital, Wilson, $2,496; Parrott hospital, Kinston, $1,325. LOUIS WILL FIGHT SCHMELING JUNE 2 New York, April 26 (AP)—Joe Louis will defend his heavyweight championship against Max Schmeling in the Yankee Stadium Wednesday night, June 2, Promoter Mike Jacobs announced today. PAIR ACQUITTED OF KIDNAPING ATTEMPT Philadelphian Charged With Seeking To Recover Daughters in Bahama Islands Nassau, Bahamas, April 26 (AP) — Forester Scott, Philadelphia lawyer, and Stanley Boynton, an aviator, were acquitted by a directed verdict today of charges of attempted kid naping. The two were accused of attempt ing March 16 to seize Scott’s daught ers, Eve and Zoe, and fly with them hack to the United States. The chil dren had been brought here by Scott’s former wife, now Mrs. Harry Clark Boden. Sir Richard TUte, scarlet-robed pre siding justice, directed acquittal on the grounds that Mrs. Boden’s testi mony for the prosecution was inad missible because British law does not recognize her Reno divorce. A wife may not testify against her husband. Scott and Boynton, in jail in de fault of 5,000 pounds bail since their arrest shortly after the incident, were discharged from custody and received congratulations from many in the crowd outside the court room. Boyn ton and his wife wept in relief. Scott said he planned to return im mediately to Philadelphia, while Boyn ton said he would go to Rockland, Maine. Attcrney-Gen’l Seawell Named To Supreme Court As Successor To Connor Harry McMullan, Assistant Attorney General Succeeds Former Chief and Will N ame Own Successor; Many Worthy and Capable M en Offered, Kcey Says Raleigh, April 2r.—(AP) —Governor Hoey appointed Attorney General A. A. F. Seawell ;o .he State Supreme Court today and named Harry Me Mill ion attorney general to succeed Sea \/cil. McMullan will name a new assistant attorney general iater. Seawell, a veteran public servant, succeeds the late Associate Justice leorga W. Connor, who died suddenly : la Um’ay. “A large number of worthy and cap able men were presented, but I could name only one man and I finally de cided to select the attorney general,” Hoey commented. The court does not sit for hearings this week, but Clerk Edward Mur ray said it might meet in specal ses sion for administration of the oath to Seawell. _ McMullan said he was not certain just when he would take his oath. Seawell will serve as an associate justice of the court and McMullan as attorney general by appointment un Wholesale Marriages Mark Wedding Os Albanian King To Kin Os Raleigh People Tirana, Albania, April 26 (AP) — Lucky couples numbering 150 were united in mass weddings throughout the kingdom today in honor of King Zcg’s wedding tomorrow to tire Count ess Geraldine Apponyi, of Hungary. Fifty were married at the sovereign’s expense, and 100 at the expense of va rious municipalities. They were se lected by local authorities. A large crowd gathered to witness the ceremony at the Tirana city ha',l, where 14 couples were married. The couples were formed in line and marched through the streets singing native .songs. In Berlin it was announced Chan cellor Hitler sent King Zog an auto mobile bearing the Albanian royal court of arms, and also a helmet of the Albanian national hero, Skander beg, as wedding presents. LAGUARDIA HAG EVE UPON WHITE HOUSE Recent Trip Into Southwest Had All Earmarks of Campaign Feeler By CHARLES 1\ STEWART Cereal Press Columnist Washington, April 26. Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia of New York has not failed to attract political Washington’s attention by his latest southwestern “swing around the circle.” I had occasion a few days ago to refer to the Manhattan-ite as some thing of a 1940 presidential possibility. This southwestern tour of his rath er more than hints that Fiorello him self has ambitions beyond the limits of his home city—in fact, that he is trying to get folk acquainted with him throughout the whole country. Seemed a Campaign. He is not, to be sure, unaware, like many New Yorkers, that there are quite a few states across the Hud son river. True, he was born in Brook lyn or thereabouts (Dec. 11, 1882), but he grew up in Arizona. His recent trip however, was con siderably more than a visit to the scenes of his boyhood days. Primarily, it was in response to an invitation to him to attend a local celebration in Oklahoma. He arranged to extend his travels into Texas. He also accepted a bid to make a speech, on his re turn journey, in St. Louis. He touch ed at numerous intermediate points likewise, voyaging largely ty automo bile, with plenty of opportunities for contacts. Altogether, the affair has had quite a bit the aspect of a campaign ex pedition. What Party? It is a little difficult to say upon (Continued on Page Six.' MiiiiHi: FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Wednesday; no decided change in temperature PUBLISHED IVIKT AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. til the November elections. The exe cutive committees of the Democratic and Republican parties must nominate candidates for the posts, and the win ners will assume office after election. The elected associate justice will serve the six unexpired years of the term of Judge Connor and the attor ney general will serve the two unex pired years of Seawcll’s term. Seawell was born in 1864, but was known on Capitol Hill as one of the most vigorous and hard-working of ficials, despite his 7? years. He is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina, and was appointed attorney general in 1935 after serving as as sistant attorney general four years. He spent most of his life in Lee coun ty, hut recently has lived in Raleigh and Chapel Hill. McMullan, a native of Hertford, was born in 1884, and lived in Edenton as a boy, and in Washington from 1907 until he came to Raleigh in 1933 to head the sales tax division of the Revenue Department. ENTIRELY A LOVE MATCH RALEIGH RELATIVES SAY Raleigh, April" 26 (AP) —The mar riage tomorrow of Countess Geraldine Apponyi of Hungary, and King Zog of Albania is entirely a “love match,” Raleigh relatives of the countess said today, and the queen-to-be “has Ame rican southern charm” from her North Carolina ancestors. The countess is the granddaughter of the former Virginia Harding, a na tive of Raleigh, who is the wife of Baron de Strad d’Ekna, Swedish min ister to Austria. Madam d’Ekna will attend the wedding ceremonies. Judge George Pell, a member of the old State Corporation Commission, had a letter from his cousin, Madam d’Ekna, saying that King Zog fell in love with pictures of the countess, and for months sent his envoys to ask her hand in marriage. FARLEY LAUDATORY ON VISIHO STATE Praises Mooresville and Newton in Dedicating New Buildings Mooresville, April 26 (AP)—Post master General James A. Farley com plimented Mooresville on the growth of its postal busies today as he dedi cated its handsome $60,000 new post office. The building, of colonial design, with brick exterior walls and lime stone-trim, was completed last year, and has been in use since August. Farley recounted that the Moores ville post office was established August 7, 1871, and the ord*ar estab lishing it fixed the postmaster’s sal ary at sl2 a year. By last year, re ceipts here had grown to nearly sl9- 000. Later at Newton, Farley dedicated Newton’s new $60,000 post office and asserted that Newton’s growth and its postal business in recent years were ample evidence of its industry and community spirit. SLIGHT GAINS ARE SCORED BY COTTON List Three to Five Points Higher At Close, With Spot Steady, Middling 8.78 New York, April 26.—(AF) —Cotton futures opened two to four points ad vance on higher Liverpool cables and foreign buying. Shortly after the fir half hour, July was 8.90, with the list generally two to five points net higher. By midday, May was 8.83, witi the list three to five points net higher. Futures closed five to nine points lower. Spot steady, middling 8.78. Open Close May 8.81 8 70 July 8.80 8.79 October 8.98 8.88 December 9.02 8.92 January 9.03 8.94 March 9.09 8.98 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY STATE DEPARTMENT ADVISES COMMITTEE AS TO ITS RECORDS Information Sent on Basis of Resolution by Represen tative Scott, California NORRIS TO OPPOSE NAVAL EXPANSION Friend of Roosevelt To De sert President on That Is sue; Hopkins Accused of Inspiring “Chain Letter Propaganda” for Pump- Priming Program Washington, April 26.—(AP)—(The State Department implied to the House Foreign Affairs Committee to day that it believed Italy and Japan had violated international treaties in operations against Ethiopia and China. Chairman Mcßeynolds, Democrat, Tennessee, read to the committee a letter from Sumner Wlells, acting sec retary of state, which cited previous departmental expressions of its view.? on the observance of international ob ligations. The letter was in response to a be quest for the department’s opinion of a resolution by Representative Scott, Democrat, Ca,l ; ,';on'V'a, asks the President to specify what nations in recent years have violated treaties to which they and the United States are signatories. On the Senate side of the Capitol today Senator Norris, Independent, Nebraska, usually an ardent admin istration supporter, said he would vote against President Roosevelts naval expansion bill. Other developments: Representative Taber, Republican, New York, accused Harry Hopkins of inspiring “chain letter propagan da” in favor of the President’s pump priming program. Taber’s statement to newsmen came while House mem bers had before them an anonymous letter to President Roosevelt telling of “new propaganda about to be launched against your recovery pro gram.” A petition form was attached to the letter whic hthe writer said originated in a large corporation in Detroit. A joint conference committee com pleted work on a compromise draft of conflicting Senate and House tax revision bills. With differences between the two (Cootinued on Page Six.) COTTON TESTS MAY REPLACE JUTE SOON Practicability of Bagging for Baling Purposes Being Tried by Authorities Raleigh, April 26.—(AP) —Practical tests of cotton bagging as a substitute for jute to bale cotton are being con ducted by the State Agriculture De partment test farms, ooonerating with the AAA, Agriculture Commissioner Kerr Scott said today. Scott said “the program to determine the practica bility for cotton for bagging, as com pared with the universally U3“d In dian jute, is in keeping with Federal nlans to find new use for cotton, and it lc our hope the result will be plcas mg.” Cotton bagging he said, “makes an attractive bale of cotton, and had the 1«*37 cotton crop of this country been so put up it would have removed i bout 180,000 bales of cotton. He pointed out the experiments were unfinished and ultimately the cotton trade had to determine whether to use cotton as a substitute. Negro Loses! Last Chance; Faces Death Raleigh, April 26.—TAP) —Waddell Hadley, convicted Negro rapist from Sampson county, apparently lost hi* last chance to live today when Gov ernor Hocy declined to intervene for him, reprieved another rapist and withheld decision on three Negroes convicted of the same crime. All had been scheduled to die Friday. Ralph Johnson, sentenced to dea*h in Iredell county got a 60-day re prieve for further study of his case. Lonnie Gardner, Epsom Outlaw an I Sylvester Outlaw, Negroes, were con victed of criminal attack in Duplin county, and Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill said an announcement in their case probably would be made within 24 hours. The governor said he could find “no extenuating circumstances” in Had ley’s case after a careful study. Had ley will die in the gas chamber short ly after 10:30 a. m. Friday unless | something unforeseen turns up.
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