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HENhWvSON’S POPULATION 13,873 mVENTY-FIFTH year WAGE-HOUR BILL DELAYED BY COMMITTEE Further Changes In Crop Control Plans Hinted At Capital Department of Agriculture Officials To Make Effort To Appease Farmer Protests In Corn Belt of West and Tobacco Area of South; To Hike Acreage Washington, April 28. —(AP)—Agri- culture Department officials consider ,.(l possible changes in the new crop control program today in an effort to iippoase farmer protests and com plaints from the mid-western corn belt and tol a coo regions of the South. They expressed concern over recent protest meetings in Illinois, Missouri, Inii.i! >, Kentucky and the Carolinas, ami numerous letters being receive! at the department criticizing the pro gram. Most of the complaints center, of ficials said, on acreage allotments be ing given growers of the two crops. Many fanners feel, they said, that the allotments call for “too drastic” a re duction in plantings. In many cases farmers arc being asked to cut corn and to! acco acreages as much as 25 Chamberlain, Daladier In Agreement On New Policy As To Foreign Relations Common Safeguards Sought I Against Central European and Other Peace Threats FIGHTING SERVICES PLAN COOPERATION Two-Day Conference To Be Resumed Tomorrow; Dala dier and His Foreign Min ister, George Bonnet, Guests of King and Queen for Dinner London, April 28. — (AP) —The Fore ign Office announced tonight that Prime Minister Chamberlain and Pre mier Daladier had reached “full agree ment on all points discussed” at the <nd of their first day of review of Anglo-French world policy. The communique did not specify what points figured in today’s search for common safeguards against the central European and other threats to World peace. The two-day conference, from which much closer cooperation of all fight ing services of the two powers i« ex pected to he a major result, will be ’;■ -limed tomorrow. Pia mior Daladier and his foreign minister, George Bonnet, left for Windsor to be dinner guests of King George and Queen Elizabeth. Vi fount Halifax, Britain’s foreign ‘crr'nry, and Sir Robert Vanisiddart, his chief diplomatic advisor, parti eipated in the surveys from the trou led word from China to Spain and Czechoslovakia. Although the discussions touched also upon the Spanish civil war the conference also related to the pro pie-s of Fra neo-British efforts to af fect European peace agreements, dai ;l is ecu in the Czechoslovakia agita tion were of the most urgent concern jap Army Is NearLunghai Kail Routes Chinese Lines Cut Near Grand Canal; New Drive Is Laun ched in North Shanghai, April 28.—(AP)—A Ja- P ; nn c army spokesman said today south Shantung army had fought 1 '’ within ten miles of the Lunghai railway. Lie penetration was at points he tv/cen iho Grand Canal a>'d Pihsien tied south of Tancheng, he said. ( Earlier, Japanese had claimed a w t<le hole” blasted in the Chinese (Continued on Page Four.) HENDERSON, N. C» Imtitersim Batltt Wxsuatch leased wire service of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. percent. While defending the program, offi cials said it might become necessary to enlarge the national corn acreage allotment, fixed at a maximum of 97,- 000,000 acres, in order to allow in dividual growers larger allotments. Such action probably would require an amendment to the new farm law, they said. Acreage allotments for tobacco growers are being held up, officials said, pending outcome of efforts to iron out complaints which have been particularly numerous in the flue cured* district in the Carolinas and Georgia. , Officials denied assertions made at several of the protest meetings that the program constituted “compulsory crop control.” Seawell, McMullan Take Oath Monday Raleigh, April 28. — (AP) —Attor- ney General A. A. F. Seawell will li'uime an associate justice of the State Supreme Court at noon Mon day and Assistant Attorney Gen eral Harry McMullan will advance to Sea well’s present post. The ceremonies will he held in the Supreme Court room. McMullan announced the plans alter a conference with Seawell, now away on a safety tour. Seawell succeeds Associate Jus tice George Connor, who died last Saturday, with six years remaining of his term, and Seawell had two more years in his term as attorney general. NEWDEALiSISSUT IN SIXTH DISTRICT But Its Loudest Sponsor, Edney Ridge, Is Not Placed in Run-Off Dully Dispatch Riireun, In the Sir Waller Hotel. Raleigh, April 28.—Some candidates in North Carolina, as well a« else where, may be skittish of the ‘‘New Deal” as an issue, timorous in an nouncing their devotion to President Roosevelt because fearful that FDR has lost some of his amazing popular ity. But not Major Edney Ridge, cf Greensboro, who seeks to become the sixth district’s congressman. The radio station manager and one time newspaper publisher, on the con trary, is daring his seven opponents to fight him on the question of al legiance to Roosevelt and all his works. The major lets no day go by with out singing hosannas to the New Deal, and professing again his unfaltering, undying devotion to the President. His campaign letter-head fairly screams “10° P er cent For Koosevclt (Continued on Page Eight.) government begins CABBAGE PURCHASES Price of $8 Per Ton Announced by Surplus Commodities Cor poration at New Bern New Bern, April 28.—(AP)— A branch office of the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation was opened here today for the purchase of cab bage and a price of $8 per ton was announced. R- A. Polen, field super visor from Washington, D. C., said cabbage must be U. S. No. 1 to bring this price. , . , - The office will be in charge of Georsre Engels, and will serve the en tire eastern trucking belt. The office is authorized to purchase 100 cars of cabbage, moving about twelve a day. The first car will be shipped Friday. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA MERGER ISSUE IS TO HAVE BIG VOTE General Conference of Southern Church in Birm ingham Finds Bitter Opposition TWO-THIRDS MARGIN REQUIRED TO PASS Proponents Predict Five to One Vote, As All Annual Conferences Except One Have Ratified Proposal; Northern and Protestants Have Voted Birmingham, Ala., April 28.—(AP) Unification of the three branches of Methodism, long and bitterly debated, reached the quadrennial General Con ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, here today. Already approved by the Methodist Episcopal Church (northern) and the Methodist Protestant branches, the question of union will be considered, and a final decision reached before the convention* adjourns. Opponents to the merger announce plans for a “last ditch” fight “to save the Southern Methodist Church,” bas ing their objections partly on the racial question which separated the northern and southern branches in :BM. Bishop John Moore, presiding today by virtue of his seniority over the ac tive college of bishops, was confident however, that unification would be approved by an overwhelming vote. The merged church would have about 8,000,000 members, including some 360,000 Negroes, to be segregated in a central conference. Annual conferences approved the merger, with a single exception, and proponents of the union forecast a five to one vote in the conference. A two-thirds margin is necessary for passage. The commission on unification will report at the second general session tomorrow morning, and the way will | be open for debate. Two Negroes To Be Gassed By The State Raleigh, April 28.—(AP)—Two Ne groes convicted of criminal assault prepared today to pay for their crimes tomorrow with their lives. Sylvester Outlaw, 32, convicted in Duplin county, and Waddell Hadley, 22, sentenced in Sampson, spent most of their time today talking to Chap lain E. C. Cooper of the prison. Plans had not been made this morn ing for baptizing the men, hut both told the chaplain they did not recall ever being taken into church mem bership. Warden 11. H. Wilson said the first execution would he held at about 10 o’clock tomorrow, instead of the usual hour of 10:30, as he had to send out passes to the sheriffs in Duplin and Sampson counties, when it appeared four men might he executed. Outlaw likely will go to the gas chamber first, Wilson said. t I>ast night Governor Hoey declined to intervene for Outlaw, hut granted 30-day respites to his two co-defen dants, Apsom Outlaw, 28, brother, and Lonnie Gardner, 27, a brother-in-law. The three were convicted of criminal attack on Mrs/T. R. Coe. officlMmt^ Governor and Treasurer Johnson See Pitfalls in FDR’s Proposal D.'iilv ;;isi>:i<«-li Itiironn. In the Sir Waiter Hotel. Raleigh, April 28. —G ivernof Clyde R. Hoey and State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson have go i ■ into a huddle to discuss recent re : remendations of President Roosevelt that all govern mental bond issues (Federal, State and local be in the future liable for federal taxation. Neither the head ol (he State gov ernment nor the Reaper of the ex chequer would allow himself to be quoted prior to a full and through discussion of the matter; but it was indicated that North Carolina is not so much concerned about taxation •of State bond issues, for the good rea son that the State is paying off its bonded debt and has no present in (Continued on Page Three.). HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOO N, APRIL 28,1938 Rally of the Faiths Against All "Isms’ 5 llhjirt ~ jSt UK i HI Ik mms:- jjjjLg Six thousand persons of all races and creeds, who gathered in the 71st Regiment armory, New York City at the brotherhood Day rally, reaffirmed their loyalty to the religious principles upon which American democracy was founded, and declared war against all the “isms.” Gladys Swarthout, opera star, sings “The Lord s Prayer as (left to right) : Stanley Howe, secretary to the Mayor; Lieut.-Coi. J. Burt Webster Protestant chaplain, Rabbi Benjamin A. Tintner, Jewish chaplain, and Mgr. Thomas J. O’Brien, stand' reverently by. (Central Press l SEiS TiEffIENED Maine Senator Says Three Europeans Digging in South America By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, April 28—Senator Wal lace H. Whites, Jr., of Maine, stirred up no little comment in Washington legislative, executive and diplomatic circles by his recent assertion that “there are three European nations which have greater influence than the United States in South America.” The senator referred, of course, to Britain, Germany, and Italy. He did, to he sure, express a fear (hat “some of the countries in the Far East (as well as European coun tries) may -extend their meddling to this continent.” However, evidently he did not espe cially intend to include Japan, for hr specifically said “three nations,” not four and he also said “thre-e European nations.” He also spoke of the dang er of overseas meddling as particu larly acute on the South American cast coast, and Japan is not much of a factor on the Atlantic side of the we|ste;rn hemisphere. Furthermore, Senator White toured Europe not long ago and made a study of Euro pean ambitions; he does not profess (Continued on Page Four.! Negro Prisoner Killed In Effort To Gain Freedom Raleigh, April 28 (AP)—The penal division received word this afternoon that a Negro convict was shot and killed while trying to escape from the prison camp in Martin- county today. The convict’s name was not given division offices. Nor were any details. The division also reported that two prisoners convicted in Guil ford county and confined at the camp then- had escaped. pleas~are'spoken FOR WOMAN SLAYER Mrs. Mattie Pearl Davis Admits Kill ing Husband in Guilford, Claiming Cruelty Greensboro, April 28 (AP) — Tw® veteran High Point lawyers, C. A. York and Thomas Gold, made impas sioned pleas in Guilford Superior Court today for the acquittal of Mrs. Mattie Pearl Davis, 47-year-old wo man who admitted slaying her hus band February 15 because she said he h,' a d frequently beaten her and threatened her in their 27 years of married life. Only the argument of Solicitor H. L. Koontz remains before Judge Will Pless, Jr., delivers his charge to the jury. The trial opened yesterday and the State rested its case in the afternoon. Today the defense completed its case with the presentation of character witnesses who characterized Davis as a “violent and dangerous” man. They testified they had heard him threaten his wife with death. Mrs. Davis testified she remember ed firing the first shot but no subse quent shots. WEAIHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Fri day; slightly warmer on southeast coast tonight. Ford Thinks Roosevelt Doing The Best He Can, Like Everybody Else Is Auto Magnate Interviewed in New York After White House Conference Wednesday REVEALS OPTIMISM AND GOOD SPIRITS Will Say Nothing, However, of Conference Itself; Con ditions Generally Going To Change and Change for Better, He Tells Newsmen Who See Him New York, April 28. —(AP)—-Henry Ford, fresh from his White House conference with President Roosevelt in Washington yesterday, said today that “the President is trying to do the best he can, like everybody else.” The remark was prompted when some one commented that. Ford had never appeared to be in such a genial mood. Was it because he came away from the White House with new op limi.srn ? “Well, you never heard me say any thing about the President, did you?” the automobile manufacturer smiled. “What’s the use? He’s trying to do the host he can, like everybody else.” But of the conference itself, Ford would say nothing. Conditions gen erally are going to change, he said, and change for the better. And, he said, he doubts if there will he war in Europe, despite gloomy dispatches from abroad. Ford’s son. Edsel, and W. J. Cam eron, Ford Motor Company executive, sat with Ford during the interview, in a small private dining room of a hotel. Edsel said nothing, except when his father asked him the precise lo cation of their tig cooperative farm in England, where the Fords are “teaching England she can feed her self.” “Where is the farm, Edsel?” Henry asked. “It’s in Essex county, at Borham.” Navy Fight In Spanish War Missed Hendaye. France, AprH 28.—(AP) — An engagement between the fleets of the insurgents and the Spanish gov ernment was narrowly avoided, It was learned today, when insurgent Beets had bombarded government land forces yesterday. Dispatches from both sides said the insurgent war fleet, including two cruisers, together with smaller ves sels, rained shells on government lines along the Mediterranean yesterday, especially Alcala de Chivert. Barcelona radio orders sent the gov eminent ships steaming at forced draft to the area, but their command ers declared they arrived too late to engage the insurgents Heavy bombardment of government positions at Albocacer, on the coastal (Continued on Page Eight.) PUBUBHBIP IVMY AFTKRNOOI BXCBPT SUNDAY. New Indictments On Pitt Sheriff Greeiwviile, April 28 (A I’) —Bills of indictment charging Sheriff S. A. Whitehurst and Deputy Sheriff J. 11. Harris with accepting bribes were returned by the Pitt county grand jury today as “not true bills” but two hills charging the sheriff with collecting jail fees not due him, and with failure to perform the duties of office were marked “true.” Judge G. V. Cow per announced from the bench that he would in struct r.'i*w bills charging the of fk*ers with accepting bribes be presented to a subsequent grand jury because not all witnesses named on the bill were examined. coalSlast Little Pennsylvania Town Stunned by Worst Trag edy In History St. Claire, Pa., April 28.—(AD — This little mining town in the heart of the Pennylvania anthracite region, lay stunned today by the greatest tragedy in its history, a mine ex plosion that killed eight men and in jured ten others. Tight-lipped miners stood on street corners with bowed heads as widows and fatherless children arranged fun erals for the men killed yesterday in the blast that rocked the St. Claire Goal Company’s rn,.ne. It was the nation’s second major mine disaster iri less than a week. Nearly half a hun dred died in a bituminous mine at Grundy, Va., last week. The injured, burned so badly that physicians said three may die, were (Continued on Page Eight.) SHARP DIP TAKEN IN COTTON PRICES List Only Few Points Above Lows, With Closing Eight to Nine Points Net Lower New York, April 28. (AP)—Cotton futures opened two to six points low er, with disappointing Liverpool cables partly offset by an absence of May notices and trade buying of near months. July fluctuated between 8.87 and 8.81, and shortly after the first half hour was 8.85 with the list five to seven points net lower. By mid; day, July had recovered from 8.81 to 8.83, and the list generally was a few points above the lows. Futures closed eight to nine points lower. Spot quiet, middling 8.81. Open Close May 8.82 8.75 July 8.86 8.81 October 8.94 8.99 December 8.96 8.93 January 8.97 8.95 March 8.95 9.01 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY WOMAN CHAIRMAN OF LABOR GROUPS PLEADS FOR VOTE Says House Should Have Opportunity To Vote One Way or Other on Controversy COMMITTEE VOTES TO UNSEAT G. O. P. Representative Jenks, Re publican, New Hampshire, To Be Deprived of Office, Kerr’s Group Decides; La- Follette Blames F. D. R. for Navy Bill Washington, April 28.—(AP)—Chair man Norton, Democrat, New Jersey of the House La’* nr Committee, de clared today that the revamped wages and hours was “the most fair and equitable” one her committee could draft. Mrs. Norton made the declaration in urging the House Rules Commit tee, which bottled up the original wage and hour bill for months last year, to give the revised measure a -ogislative green light. Chairman O’Connor, Democrat, New York, of the rules committee, told newsmen no decision would be made until tomorrow on Mrs. Norton’s re quest that the bill be given preferen tial status on the calendar. He indicated members opposed to the leg islation would he heard tomorrow. Making her first personal appear ance before the rules committee in be half of the bill, Mrs. Norton said her committee felt the House should be accorded an opportunity to vote the revised bill “up or down.” A House elections committee voted, meanwhile, to unseat Representative Jenks, Republican, New Hampshire, whose election was contested by A1 phonse Roy, Manchester, N. H., Dejn • Cnruinimd on Pairs Pour.) GIRL SOUGHT AFTER FINDING OF INFANT New York Woman Missing from Wins ton-Salem; Baby Was Aband oned In Truck Winston-Salem, April 28 (AP) — Search for Frieda Svenftner, 19-year old New York girl reported missing after welfare authorities undertook to discover the parentage of a seven weeks-old baby found abandoned in a truck last Sunday swung today to Boone, 100 miles west of here, upon a clue furnished by a Winston-Salem drug store clerk. J. N. Ring, after seeing a picture of the New York girl, who also used the name of Rita Lowell, said he was “positive” she had been in his store last Saturday and again Monday. On the second visit, he told officers, she inquired her way to Boone. The pic ture was published today in a local newspaper. Watt Tuttle found the baby in the cab of his truck after he had slept Saturday night in a Greensboro tour ’st camp. Attached to its clothing was a note saying it was born March 2 in a New York hospital. He brought it to Wins ton-Salem and welfare authorities took charge. , In New York, Mrs. Rose Svenftner said she believed the baby was the one born to her foster daughter. Reynolds Is Using Plans Bailey Had »itll.v DlnpnU'h Iturenn. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, April 28.—1 n the sena torial primary of 1930, Josiah W. Bailey rode successfully into office tv the simple, but somewhat unusual method of keeping his mouth shut. He let the Simmons supporters do all the ranting and raving while he went quietly about the business of seeing that his precinct machines were in good working order. Indications are that Senator Rob ert R Reynolds is copying the suc cessful Bailey strategy. Which is ex actly the reverse of the tactics tha same Rollicking Robert used to un seat Cameron Morrison in 1932. Then the Buncombe man went all over the state shouting loudly from every aval able soap box and rostrum. He heaped lidicule upon the gray head of Mor rison, literally laughed the “Sage of Sharon” right out of the U. S. Senate. Now “Our Bob” is letting Frank Hancock do all the violent attacking, while he confines his activities to so called “non-political” talks before se lected groups. It remains to be seen whether Rob ert will prove his versatilty by win ning twice in succession by using dia i metically opposite tactics.
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