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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR WAGE-HOUR FOES CLAIM MOVE WILL FAIL Morgan Aids $10,000,000 Fund fejte " mm %• 1 _A® w is v x; M Jm Mm lip - \ kS.mm WMP T J. P. Morgan, noted financier, chats with an unidentified man as Henry C. Alexander (left), listens. The group is pictured at the dinner which opened the campaign of the $10,000,000 Greater New York Fund for private health and welfare agencies. Morgan threatened to leave the dinner if more pictures were taken of him. (Central Press) BISHOP PURCELL TO M. E. CONFERENCES Minister Just Elected To Episcopacy To Succeed Bishop Paul Kern In This State ASK CIVIITcOURTS ' RULING ON MERGER Organized Laymen Fighting Unification Os Three Churches Advise “Loyal Southern Methodists” To Remain in Churches Pend ing Decision Birmingham, Ala., May 5 (AP) — The twelve episcopal districts of tire Methodist Episcopal Church, South were announced today by the college of Bishops.. They include: Fourth district: Bish op Paul Kern, Tennessee Holston Con ference; Florida; Latin Mission, Cuba Brazil. Sixth district: Bishop Lee Holt, Central Texas; North Texas; North west Texas; New Mexico. Seventh district: Bishop W. W. Peele, Baltimore, Virginia, Western Virginia. Eighth district: Bishop Clare Pur cell, North Carolina. Western North Carolina; South Carolina, Upper South Carolina. Bishop Purcell, an Alabama church man, newly-elected bishop of the Meth odist Episcopal Church, South, was assigned by the college of bishops to the Episcopal district comprised of North Carolina, Western North Caro lina, South Carolina and Upper South Carolina. He was born in Columbia, Ala., 52 years ago, and educated at Birmingham-Southern College; Van derbilt and Emory Universities. The bishop has been active in Gadsden civic affairs, and a leader in temper ance campaigns and in the Red Cross. Tiro bishop and Mrs. Purcell have two sons and a daughter. Continued on Page Two.) Roosevelt Ship Heads Back Home Charleston, S. C., May 5.—(AP)— En route back to the slates on his Atlantic voyage, President Loosevelt arranged to receive official mail from a seaplane off San Juan, J'ui'tto Rico, early today. Iho cruiser Philadelphia, carrying he President and his White House nhing companions, left Sombrero is nortbermost dot in the Lesser shortly afternoon yesterday mr the temporary stop off San Juan. 1 lie cruiser will not anchor there,” ■f- oii a message received at the navy ) : "d here, but will stand by long enough to receive an official pouch i'irn Washington, and send off mail 10 Washington. Before leaving Sombrero island, the Resident and companions fished for hours. Secretary Mclntyre re poMod Mr. Roosevelt made the big- Cd tch, with a 20-pound pampano. BrnUrrsmt Satin SisSStrfi SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. “Stage Hand” Out Os Derby Contest Louisville, Ky., May s.—(Al*) I Stage Hau l was declared out of i (he Kentucky Derby today by Max well Howard, Dayton, Ohio, owner of (he winter hook favorite. How ard said the eolt developed a high temperature last night, and showed no improvement this morning. MAGISTRATES MAY SOON BE ELECTED Proposal Made To Remove Appointment by Legis lature and Governor Pinehurst, May 5. —(AP) —A com plete reorganzation by legislative act of the system of selecting justices of the peace in North Carolina has been endorsed by the organized justices, and tomorrow will ,be considered by Ihe State Bar Association, in session here. James McClamroch, of Greensboro, chairman of the bar group commit tee on justices of the peace, today revealed details of the proposed bill for submission to the 1939 General Assembly, which would eliminate hun dreds of justices. The North Carolina Association of Magistrate endorsed the measure at its April convention, McClamroch said. Election of justices or magistrates, by the legislature would be abolished under the new act, and there would be no new justices appointed by gov ernors, though chief executives would be authorized to appoint for successive terms any justice who was serving Continued on Page Two.) SPECIALIZATION MAY BE TAKEN TOO FAR L. V. Sutton, Power Chief, Addresses State College Students at Awards Event Raleigh, May s.—(AP)—LouSs V. Sutton, president of the Carolina Power & Light Company, warned stu dents of N. C. State College today there could be too much specializa tion in technical courses at the ex pense of cultural growth. Sutton spoke at exercises at which winners of 25 coveted scholarship awards were announced. Awards in cluded: Cups for highest averages among seniors and freshmen in cera mic engineering, Arthur Dammann, of Amityville, N. Y., and S. R. Mill house, of Wilson; award for excellence in chemical engineering, V. F. Casey, of Greenville; Delta Sigma Phi, for highest four-year average in com merce, R. L. Stallings, of Bridgeton. CUMBERLAND INDIAN . KILLS HIS “IN-LAW” Seavy Young Sought for Fatal Shoot ing of Bill Johnson. They Married Sisters Fayetteville, May 5.—(AP)— Bill Johnson, 35, formerly of Asheville, was shot to death lasit night at his hon e near here, and Sheriff N. H. McGeachy said today he was hunting Seavy Young, a Cro-atagi Indian. Johnson, ex-soldier the sheriff said had had an argument with Young over family affairs. The pan bad married sifters, he said, and lived across a road from each other. Coroner W. C. Davis said no inquest would be ordered pending th° return cf Young. . .... .. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Inspired Chinese Army Halts Japs SgeSs Rapid Progress of Native Army Results from Re- Invigorated Forces of [Gen. Chiang JAPANESE PUSHED BACK TOWARD SEA Attack Relieves Threat of Japanese Thrust from North at Seaport Terminus of Lunghai Railway; Chinese Double Efficiency Since Shanghai Shanghai, May 5. —(AP)—An inspir ed Chinese army claimed capture o f Matowchen, near and northwest o.‘ Tancheng, has continued “rapid pro gress,” and was reported today as erasing the second big Japanese offen sive in south Shantung province. Matowchen was considered by Chi nese commanders the key to Tan cheng, which had become the south ernnigst point of the Japanese ad vance toward the Lunghai railway, fifteen miles away, Tancheng was en circled and beleaguered, Chinese said, though it had formed the east side of a sglient until counter-offensives from the opposite corner at Taierchwang apparently straightened out the battle lines. At the same time, a sudden attack by the 57th army was reported to have driven the Japanese back to ward a point on the Yellow Sea, in a bathle along the Shant/ung-Kiangsu border. The attack relieved the threat of a Japanese thrust from the north at a seaport terminus of the Lungha: railway. Pressure was being increased on Tancheng by a re-invirgorated army, which qualified foreign observers on the war front said had doubled its fighting efficiency and striking pow er since it retired from the shambles of Chapei, in Shanghai, and from the central government capital at Nan king. A month ago it struck decisively at Taierchwang, forcing a Japanese re treat, the first major defeat of a mod ern Japanese army. YOPP NEW HEAD OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS Wilmington Man Elected President and His City Is Chosen for 1939 Convention Raleigh, May s.—(AP) —The North Carolina Funeral Directoi’s and Em balmers Association elected W. E. Yopp, of Wilmington, today as its :iew president. The next convention will be held at Wilmington. ( Yopp advanced from the first vice presidency, succeeding Oscar Breece, of Fayetteville. E. A. Timberlake, of Lexington, was named first vice-president, and W. E. Thompson, of Burllington, as second | vice-president. Charles Rogers, of Sanford, wa® elected as third vice president, and Henry A. Hanes, of Greensboro, secretary-treasurer. John H. Rhodes, of St. Petersburg, Fla., former ■president of the National Funeral Directors Association, urged North Carolinians to remember that funeral directors should make their plan® carefully and conduct them selves as to build respect for the pro session. Dempsey Is Witness At Own Trial Raleigh, May 5. (Ai —Major J. C. Dempsey, of Wilson, Federal alcoholic tax unit investigator, charged with ■accepting brhes, testified in United States District Court here today that he had tried to trap special agents who worked up the evidence against him. Telling of being taken into custody at the union station here, Dempsey s : M knew they had to beat ine :o the <>’ ng I was trying to beat them i- - i Tie c f ficer testified V7. A Harris, of Elizabeth City and Norfolk, Va., an admitted bootlegger, who said yes terday he gave Dempsey money for (Continued on Page Two). HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 5, 1938 Four Winners of Pulitzer Prize Awards wLt 111 i■■ ■ pf Left to right are Pulitzer Prize winners Raymond Springle, of Pittsburgh, Pa., —for his articles on the exposure of one-time Klansman, Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black; Paul Herman, of Cambridge, Mass., —for the most distinguished American history, “The Road to Reunion”; J. M. Imrie, of Edmonton, Can., — for defense of freedom of the press in Alberta Province, and J. P. Marquard, —for writing the best American novel of the year, “The Late George Apley.” (Central Press) Dr. Peele Elected Methodist Bishop &T iiiiii,; m W Wm i mmsmsm gill mg| ’. : p Dr. William Walter Peele (above), 56 of Greensboro, N. C., was elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, by the quadrennial conference meeting in Birmingham, Ala. Six other new bishops also were elected. WASHINGTON FEARS mm move It May Become One of Two Major Parties by 1940 . Campaign By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, May 5. —Washington’s (politicians continue to talk of little ■but the “La Follette movement.” It is not, indeed, seen as likely to score heavily in this year’s campaign results. It is too late for that. Nom inating primaries, already arc pro gressing. When election day arrives the La Folletteites will have not more than a small handful of candidates in the field except in Wisconsin. But 1949 is a different matter. Party Realignment? \What politicians are wondering is: Continued on Page Two.) EHRINGHAUS HEADS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI Chapel Hill, May S.—(AP) —J. M. Saunders, general, secreti-fry, announced today former Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus had been eelcted president of the University of North Carolina General Alumni Association. Ehringhaus was the only nominee submitted for presi dent at the annual meeting here March 25 and succeeds George Stephens, of Asheville. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy, scattered showers in central and northeast portions tonight and on the extreme south east coast Friday. Daladier Pegs Franc At 2.79 Cents To Get Cash For French Rearmament Stabilization Represents De valuation of About Nine Percent Under Past Year LOWEST LEVEL OF MONEY SINCE 1928 Franc Ordered Tied Defi nitely to Pound Sterling Under Anglo-Franco-Ame rican Accord; Stern Mea sures Are Taken To Pre vent Any Profiteering Paris, May 5. —(AP) —The Daladier government, seeking a solid monetary base for a re-arming France, today fixed a new bottom for the franc at the level of 2.79 cents, or 35.80 francs to the dollar. This stabilization represented a de valuation of about nine percent from the average rates of the “floating franc” of the last ten months, and brought the curiency to the lowe°t level since the Poincare stabilization of 1928. The franc was ordered tied defi nitely to the pound sterling under the accord for monetary equilibrium a- Tnonii the United States. Britain and France. The government acted simultaneous ly to prevent profiteering and price rises undb;’ the devaluation. The min ister of interior issued a commuque saying: “The government ha® decided to proceed to stabilization of the franc, hut this measure snoT.d in no way pr v«-,ke any increase whatsoever in pi ces. On the contrary it should as sure their prop:** si a ;;ty.” Prefectures wci c . ’dered to take a (Continued on Paee Four.) LEVINE WILL MAIL CIRCULARS ON BOY Continues $25,000 Reward for Boy Alive and $5,000 for Return of His Body New York, May s.—(AP) —Murray Levine announced today that since the Department of Justice can’t af ford to do it, he i® going to send out at his own expense 50,000 circulars for the return of his son, Peter, 12. kidnaped from their New Rochelle home February 24. Simultaneously, Levine, who is a lawyer, said he had extended from May 10 to June 15 the deadline for payment of reward® he has offered. One is for $25,000 for the return of the boy alive; the second is for $5,- 000 for the return of the boy’s body. The rewards were .first offered April 20. Meanwhile, Pasquale Farisi, 25, who pleaded guilty to attempting extor tion on Murray Levine, father of the missing Peter, was sentenced to Sing •Sing prison to from two and a half to five years. PUBLUHKD ■VRRT IFTIKNOOI BXCE3PT SUNDAY. Tornado Strikes Town In Alabama Ethelville, Ala., May 5.— (AP) — A tornado descended upon this town of 500 population early today, demolishing nine homes, but ap parently injuring no one. One hrick residence and eight frame houses were destroyed, according to a hur ried check-up. railrar Charlotte Convention Calls on Republicans To Sup port Effort Charlotte, May 5. —(AP) —President E. Rive, of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers, today called up on New England and Pennsylvania delegates attending the annual con vention here to urge Republican con gressmen from their districts to join in the movement seeking a vote on the wage-hour bill at the present ses sion of Congress. Rive told the convention that he ha.d been jnformed it would be too la’ after tomorrow to obtain favorable action on the measure, which the House Rules Committee last week re fused to report out. Rive, in his report to the convention (Continued on Pae» Four.)- INSURANCE POLICY OF COOGAN ARGUED Child Star’s Mother and Stepfather Now Want To Cash in on - Surrender Value Los Angeles, Cal., May 5. —(AP) — Bickering over a SIOO,OOO life insur ance policy for Jackie Coogan today featured an interlude in the former child screen star’s $4,000,000 account ing suit against his mother and step father, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bernstein. The “kid” of silent pictures, who wants the Bernsteins to turn over to him Ms estate, which declared he filed suit after he was informed his ■stepfather was considering cashing the insurance policy for its surrender value, $7,500. This Bernstein admitted, but he of fered an explanation for the contem plated move. He said: “The policy was such that Jackie could never change the beneficiary or have any dower right in it. Mrs. Bernstein felt that she no longer wanted to pay the premium on the policy from which she could collect only if Jackie died. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY PROPONENTS LIST 200 PLEDGES FOR DEBATE ON FLOOR Telegrams Sent Absentees Urging Them To Return To Sign Petition for Measure ROAD FUNDS BILL IS UP IN SENATE Ickes Says Roosevelt Is Na tion’s No. 1 Liberal and LaFollette Third Party Movement Will Fail; La bor Board Has Another Suit on Its Hands Washington, May 5. —(AP) —House sponsors of wage-hour legislation, claiming 200 pledged supporters, tried vigorously today to persuade 18 more members —enough for a majority—to sign. a petition forcing the contro versial bill onto the floor. The proponents dispatched tele grams to absentees urging them to re turn at once and sign the appeal, de signed to wrest the measure from the House Rules Committee, which refused last week to give it right of way. Among the 200 pledges, the sponsors said, were about 25 Republicans. They contended, too, that some southerners might sign because of the overwhelm ing primary election victory of Sfena ator Pepper, Democrat, Florida, who supported the Senate wage-hour bill. Foes of the legislation, on the other hand, said enough signature's wo'uld not .be forthcoming, and the measure would be dead for this session. While the Senate considered minor u ontir.ued on Page SIX.) POLinCSMENACING BIG N. C. INDUSTRY 1 ■ > .' • f . —■ .. \ $1,000,000 Feldspar and Mica Production Hit by Huge Imports l>nlly Oiminti'ii nurrnn; In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, May s.—Just when North Carolina is bending every effort to secure new industries for the state, political aversion to opening up a tariff argument in an election year seems likely totally to destroy a bnce humming $1,000,000 per year estab lished industry in several western counties notably Mitchell, Yancey and Avery. The industry is mining* of feldspar and scrap mica—an industry which the competition of cheaper Canadian nephline-syenite is about to put com pletely out of business. The political angle lies in the fact (Continued on Page Stx.l GOVERNMENT IS TO BUY SWEET POTATO Beaufort, May 5. —(AP) —The Fed eral (Surplus Commodities Corpora tion vgll .buy a limited quantity of IJ. S.-No. 1 Puerto Rico sweet potatoes in Carteret county, it was stated to day by J. O. Anthony, farm agent. Hitler Sees Displays By Italian Army First of Demonstra tions Is Held To Show Mussolini’s Might to German Naples, Italy, May 5 (AP) —Thund- ering guns and churning propellers broke the calm of the Naples coast today as Italy’s navy went into a magnificent demonstration of its prowess in honor of Reichfuehrer Hit ter. A bright sun shone on the famous Napoltan shore line. Smoking Vesu vius in the background framed the (Continued on Page Four.) I 1
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