HENDERSON’S
POPULATION
13,873
twenty-fifth year
RELIEF COSTS TO TREBLET HOPKINS SAYS
Mussolini Gives Hitler Free Hand In Czechoslovakia
II Duce Will Use
Pressure To Have
Germany Pacified
Mussolini Hopes Hitler Can
Solve Central European
Problem “On Own
Strength”
FOUR-POWER PACT
WANTED BY ITALY
Dictator Hopes Accord With
Himself, Hitler, Britain
and France Can Be Re
stored; German Fuehrer
Wined and Dined While in
Rome
Romo, May 7. —(AP) —Premier Mus
solini, according to German sources,
has agreed to give Germany a free,
hand in Czechoslovakia as far as Italy
is concerned.
Mussolini was said to have promis
ed during a conversation last night
with Reich fuehrer Adolf Hitler to
bring diplomatic pressure to bear up
on the Czechoslovakian government
to “he reasonable” in meeting Ger
man demands.
The German sources said Mussolini
agreed that Italy was a disinterested
party in Czechoslovakia, and that the
Sudeten German problem was one
which concerned only the German and
Czechoslovakians.
Mussolini was reported to have ex
pressed hope Germany would be able
to solve the problem “on her own
strength.”
Mussolini’s ,pet project—rejuvena
tion of the four-power pact—was re
ported to have .been the chief topic
of the conversations.
Hitler, according to German sources
indicated willingness to join in such
a pact involving France, Great Bri
tain, Italy and Germany, but left no
doubt that he considered it essential
that Italo-French and German-British
understandings precede such an agree
ment.
Rain washed out the big air and
artillerry show planned today for the
visiting German dictator, making to
night’s state dinner the high spot of
the day’s round of lavish festivities.
SLIGHT DECLINES
IN COTTON MARKET
Selling Is Chiefly From Foreign
Sources, But Volume Is Small,
Range Narrow
New York. May 7.—(AP)— Cotton
futures opened'one to two points lower
today. Disappointing Liverpool cableg
were partly offset by absence of con
tracts. The selling again came chiefly
from foreign sources, but. the volume
was small, and prices moved irre
gularly over a narrow range. July re
covered from 8.67 to 8.70, leaving quo
tations net unchanged to two points
lower shortly after the first half hour.
Futures closed three to four points
lower. Spot steady, middling 8.67.
Open Close
May 8.65 8.64
July 8.68 8.67
October 8.71 8.70
December 8.74 8.72
January 8.77 8.71
March 8.82 8 81
Crops Safe
In Drought
Up To Now
Raleigh, May 7.—(AP) —Despite dry
weather in scattered sections of the
State, crons in general have not been
affected by lack of rain, a survey here
today indicated.
Lee a. Denson, head of the Raleigh
"Weather Bureau, said the rainfall here
this year showed a deficiency of 7.96
inches, but added “we have not beer,
•suffering from dry weather.”
Weather conditions in April general
ly were favorable to all crops in the
t'tate, W. H. Rhodes, chief of the sta
tistical division of the State Depart.
mp nt of Agriculture, said.
B- C. Blair, agronomist at N. C.
-date College, said he had no reports
°t crops being damaged by dry
weather. However, should there be no
lain within the next ten days, most
crops will suffer some, particularly
•spring hay crops, small grains and
■egumes,” Blair added. "Corn also
be hurt.”
Hmi&rrstiit Batlu Btspafrit
L !uw E P nn W I RE SERVICE OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Seeks Senatorship?
Attorney General Roy McKittrick
Attorney General Roy McKittrick
of Missouri is seen as a probable
opponent of U. S. Senator Ben
nett Champ dark in the August
Democratic v primaries. “Boss”
T. J. Pendergast, head of the
powerful Kansas City, Mo., Dem
ocratic machine, will give Senator
Clark full support in his battle
for re-election, observers predict.
—Central Press
HANCOCK PUIS UP
DESPERATE FIGHT
Given Only Outside Chance
To Win, But Outlook Is
Brightening
TO NAME LIQUOR MAN
Importance of New ABC Member
Seen When Friction) on Board
In Fast Year and More
Is Recalled
Dally DlMimteh Hnri-nn.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, May 7 —Whatever the out
come of the senatorial primary, and
whatever opinion may be held about
the type of campaign he made, no
body, friend or foe, can deny that
Frank Hancock has waged as hard
a single-handed battle as any can
didate within recent years, with the
possible exception of Rocky Mount’s
Dick Fountain in his unsuccessful
bids against Ehringhaus in 1932 and
Bailey in 1936.
Without the apparent or open sup
port of any large group pr organiza
tion, handicapped by criticism if he
slipped out of Washington for any
length of time; the Oxford man has
shelled the woods from the sand dunes
of Dare to the crags of Cherokee.
Faced with the fact that Reynolds’
voting record in Congress is so nearly
the same as his own as to leave no
room for an issue there, Hancock has
attempted a concentration on the
playboy characteristics of the Bun
combe county man, and has run th»a
gamut of sarcasm in describing “Our
Bob’s” propensity for traveling afar
in foreign lg|ids.
Few seasoned and unbiased observ
ers give Frank more than an outside
chance to win in the June 4 primary;
but all concede that he has immeas
urably more chance now than seem-
Continued on Page Five.)
Scott Is Against
Bans Upon Cotton
Shipped by India
’ RaleUgh, May 7.—<(AP) —Commis-
sioner of Agriculture Kerr Scott, who
recently called for an investigation of
the importation of cotton from India,
said today he believed it would be
“unprofitable and economically un
sound for Tar Heel farmers to enter
( into competition with India staple at
the present time.” Scott said he reach
ed the conclusion after a two weeks
investigation.
“I believe North Carolina appre
ciates the fact that India annually ac
cepts approximately five or six times
as many -bales of coton from the South
as are imported by the United States
from India,” he said.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOkTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Drastic Court Reforms
Suggested By Barnhill
In Speech At Bar Meet
Radical Changes In State’s Judicial System Proposed
At Pinehurst; Association Convention Ends With
Election and Installation of Officers
pinehurst, May 7 (AP)—The
North Carolina Bar Association
today elected Kingsland Van
Winkle, of’ Asheville, president,
arjJ J. Burt James, of Greenville,
first vice-president.
Other officers elected were
Frank I’atton, Morganton, sec
ond vice-president, and Miss Lee
Smith, of Albemarle, third vice
president.
Pinehurst, May 7.—(AP)— Associate
Justice M. V. Barnhill, of the North
Carolina Supreme Court, proposed 12
drastic reforms, some of them almost
revolutionary, today for the State’s
judicial system.
“A coordinated and uniform system
of courts inferior to the superior
court” is perhaps the State’s greatest
need, Judge Barnhill said, and chan
ges arc needed to assure “competent,
intelligent men” on juries.
Speed is not always the essentia
element in administration of justice,
Barnhill said,, but “neither technical
rules nor costly delays should be per
mitted to defeat the administration
of essential justice.”
Judge Barnhill, elevated to the high
court last year after 13 years as a
superior court judge, addressed, the
closing session of the North ,'Jardlina
Bar Association.
New officers were to be elected and
installed.
“Basically,” said Barnhill, “fhir judi
cal foundation is sound and *iis struc
ture is satisfactory, we do not have to
destroy in order to build up .We need
but to modernize and stream-line what
we already possess. Our system of
inferior courts must be 1 reformed.”
Specific reforms Barnhill proposed
were: - ‘
(1) Justice of the peace /courts
should be improved, but not abolished,
as “these courts in an improved form
constitute a necessary part of our
system.”
(2) Courts inferior to superior
courts should be made uniform in
jurisdiction and procedure. There
should he two divisions, one for large
counties and the other for small. Costs
should be uniform.
Guerrillas Threatening
To Annihilate Jap Force
Reckless Chinese Fighters
May Exterminate Gar
rison Defending
Supply Base
REINFORCEMENTS AT
SHANGHAI HASTENED
Loss of City of Nantung
chow Would Cut Supply
and Communication Lines
For Japanese Force Mov
ing of 10,000 in North
Kiangsu Province
Shanghai, May 7. (AP)— Three
thousand Chinese guerrilla troops,
fighting recklessly in the streets of
Nantungchow, threatened today to an
nihilate the Japanese garrison of that
supply base on the north bank of the
Yangtze river, 60 miles north o f
Shanghai.
Japanese reinforcements were rush
ed from Shanghai in a desperate ef
fort to save the garrison and retain
possession of the town.
Loss of the city would cut supply
and communication lines serving a
Japanese army of 10,000 men operat
ing in north Kiangsu province. This
army was last reported 60 miles south
of the Lunghai railway.
Foreigners arriving from Yangtze
ports said scores of Chinese civilians
already had been killed and hundreds
were hiding while hand-to-hand fight
ing raged inside the walls of Nan
tungchow.
The Chinese guerrillas infiltrated
the city three days ago, and attacked
by surprise, inflicting many casualties
upon the Japanese garrison, which
numbered only 310 at the outset. Rem
nants of the garrison were last re
ported fighting for their lives.
Chinese reported victories in Shansi
province, They said they recaptured
four cities and the gateway through
the Taihan mountains.
HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7, 1938
(3) The number of judicial districts
should be increased to eliminate spe
cial. judges, as such jurists now do
not have power in “in chamber” pro
ceedings. The constitutional provision
for the identity of judicial and -solid
torial districts should be eliminated.
(4) Superior court judges should
be relieved of some of the work they
now are required to do as it “is num
than should be required of any public
official.” An administrative super
visory agency, under the chief justice
of the Supreme Court, should be cre
ated to keep the lawyers and public
informed of court conditions so that
court terms could be adjusted to bet
ter meet demands.
(5) Rules of procedure should be
changed so that a judge may consider
prior to the day of trial any cause
which necessarily would turn upon the
decision of a question of law. Now
the question cannot be presented to
the judge until the plaintiff has pre
sented his testimony and the defen
dant is putting on his proof.
(6) A rule day or pre-trial day
should be held in each judicial dis
trict, at which counsel would have to
appear and stipulate non-essential or
undisputed facts, and specifically ad
mit or deny documentary evidence
relied upon by the adverse party.
(7) Trial by jury should be abolish
ed in all courts inferior to superior
courts where trial de novo in superioi
court is provided upon appeal.
(8) Masters of referees should be
provided to serve certain territories
for definite periods as “our present
reference procedure is weak” and “to
refer a case most often means to
pigeon-hole it.”
(9) Rules of procedure should bo
prepared by the Supreme Court, in
stead of the legislature, and the high
court should prescribe the rules for
all inferior courts. A committee of
lawyers and judges should be create l
to consider suggestions for changes.
(10) Judges should not have to hear
jury trails more than 40 weeks each
year, and should hear all “in cham
bers” proceedings in their home dis
continued on Page Five.)
Probe Faintings
School Children
Wilmington, May 7.—(AP) —Dr,
John Hoggard, chairman of tht
New Hanover Board of Education
said today that after a personal ex
amination of a cross section of the
high school students who fainted
yesterday, he was convinced the in
cident occurred as a combined re
sult of seeing a girl struck by an
automobile and 'the intense hu
midity of the day.
Dr. A. H. Elliott, health office
continued his examination, and ii
was intimated he and Dr. Hoggard
would issue a statement later.
Wilmington, May 7.—(AP) —Dr
John Hoggard, chairman of the
New Hanover County Board ol
Education, said today he would or
der immediately a full investiga
tion of the mass faintings yester
day at New Hanover high school.
Dr. Hoggard, himself a physician
said that while the incident might
have been caused by mass hysteria
he was inclined to agree with Dr
A. H. Elliott, city-county health of
ficer, who laid the blame on gas
tronomical disturbances.
Blood tests, it was indicated bj
authorities, will he made of ailing
students to determine if the situa
tion warrants further medical
study.
A total of 105 .students were
treated and 60 of them were deem
ed ill enough to be sent home.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy, slightly warmer
in extreme southwest portion to
night; Sunday partly cloudy fol
lowed by showers, cooler in after
noon in west and central portions.
If Franco Wins—
-1I1111& ,s.f *&;
Prince Juan
. . . third son of Alfonso XIII
If and when Gen. Francisco
Franco wins the Spanish civil
war, a monarchy under former
King Alfonso’s third son, Prince
Juan de Bourbon - Battenberg,
above, probably may be estab
lished. The king’s powers, how
ever, would be limited.
—Central press
SPEEDY VOTE FOR
IS NOW DEMANDED
Jubilant Proponents Want
Rules Committee To Ad
vance Debate on
House Floor
DELAYS IN~SENATE
ARE NOW EXPECTED
Desired Favorable Action
by House Rules Commit
tee Is Not Anticipated;
Congressmen! Anxious' To
Vote and Get Home for
Their Campaigns
Washington, May 7 (AP)—House
proponents of wag*a-hour legislation,
jubilant over success of their petition
to take the bill from the rules com
mittee, demanded today that the
House be allowed to consider the
measure without further delay.
They asserted the unprecedented
demonstration, when 2128 members, a
majority of the House, signed the pe
tition in little more than two hours
after it was filed yesterday, should
be accepted as a mandate for the
iContinued on Page Three.)
HOEY APPEALS IFOR
HONEST ELECTIONS
Governor Calls on Officials To See to
It Regulations Are Strictly
Enforced
Raleigh, May 7 (AP) —Governor
Hoey urged election officials today
to make certain that registration and
election regulations were strictly en
forced during the Democratic prima
ries and the general election.
He made the plea in a statement as
North Carolinians began their bien
nial march to the polls to register for
the balloting this summer and fall.
However, this is not a new registra
tion. R. C. Maxwell, secretary of the
State Elections Board, explained that
all new voters or others who had
moved from one precinct to another,
from one county to another, or into
the State since the last election, had
to register to qualify for voting.
BIG INCREASE SEEN
IN TOBACCO STOCKS
Over 153,000,000 Pounds In Excess of
April 1, Last Year, Govern
ment Reports
Washington, May 7.—(AP) — The
Bureau of Agricultural Economics re
ported today that stocks of leaf to
bacco owned by American dealers and
manufacturers on April 1 were 153,-
095.000 pounds larger than on the cor
responding date last year.
The stocks totalled 2,432,207,000
pounds, the bureau said. Stocks of
flue-cured tobacco were reported at
930,907,000 pounds, or about 58,000 000
pounds more than on April 1 last year.
Stocks of fire-cured tobacco o? all
types were estimated at 205,289.000
pounds, a decrease of about 10,500,000
pounds, while stocks of hurley were
reported at 716,720,000 pounds, an in
crease • of 81,399,000 pounds.
POBLlWiwn >v«t» * rmiNooH
BXCHJPT SUNDAY.
WPA Chief Thinks
$3 Billions Total
Will Be Required
Batista Drops Plan
fc ■’ '
Col. Fulgencio Batista
• • . kills three-year plan
Reversing himself, Col. Fulgencio
Batista, Cuban dictator, an
nounces suspension of his three
year plan for the island’s social,
economic and political rehabilita
tion.
Deny Attack
On Freedom
U. S. Press
Glenn Frank’s Re
mark Called “Ar
rant Nonsense” by
Committee Member
Washington, May 7 (AP) —Senator
Green, Democrat, Rhode Island, said
today that charges the Senate Lobby
Committee had attacked the freedom
of the press were “arrant non
sense.”
He replied to a statement in which
Dr. Glenn Frank, chairman of the
Republican party policy committee,
said the lobby committee’s investiga
tion of the magazine “Rural Prog
ress” was part of a campaign of “ter
ror and intimidation” against publi
cations which have criticized admin
istration measures.
Also noting Frank’s statement,.
Chairman Minton, Democrat, Indiana,
said the possibility that the commit
tee might call Frank as a witness was
not foreclosed.
“Whether we call him depends on
developments in our investigation of
the ‘Rural Progress’,” Minton said.
“His charge that the committee is at
tempting to intimidate the press is
the usual squawk of people who are
in a tight place, that some people are
trying to take away their rights.
Insurgents
Cut Through
Loyal Lines
Hendaye, France, May 7.—(AP) —
Galican and Italian troops broke thro
ugh Spanish government defenses to
day at a dozen points along the line
running eastward from Teruei to the
Mediterranean.
General Miguel Aranda, commander
of the insurgent army driving on
Valencia, started a general offensive
all along the battlefront. His orders
were to fight, “rain or no rain.”
Insurgent dispatches said the first
advance penetrated government de
fenses to a depth of more ‘than six
miles in some sectors.
The greatest gains were made on
the Aliaga-Morella front. Galican:
forded the Seca river and captured the
village of Cinctorres.
Another unit struck government de
fenses in the strategic Altos de Can
ada, one of the government’s key de
fenses.
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
Larger Amount Compares
With $1,000,0.00,000 Ori
ginally Named In
Budget
MAY SUPPORT OVER
3,1db,000 IN WINTER
Roosevelt Has Asked for
$1,250,000,000 for Needs
from July 1 to February 1;
Over 2,600,00.0 To Be Car
ried Until October
Washington, May 7 (AP)
Congress learned from Harry
L. Hopkins, works progress ad
ministrator, today that the gov
ernment’s relief program may
cost $3,000,000,000 in the next
fiscal year, instead of $1,000,-
000,000, as originally estimated
by the Budget Bureau.
Testifying before a House appro
priations sub-committee on President
Roosevelt’s request for $1,250,000,000
to finance work relief from July 1 to
February 1, 1939, Hopkins disclosed
he was preparing for a peak load of
3,100,000 relief clients next winter.
Hopkins said the $1,250,000,000 would
take care of an average of about 2,-
600,000 persons until next October
and permit an increase up to 3,100,000
during the winter months.
Fox Favored
As Winner In
Derby Race
.1
Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.,
May 7 (AP)—A bright sun, temper
ed by a cool northeast breeze, smiled
on the Downs today and gave evi
dence that all ten overnight entries
would face the barrier in the 64th
Kentucky Derby at approximately
4:30 p. m., central standard time. The
crowd was slow in arriving, though
the unreserved sections were well fill
ed an hour and a half before p&st
time for the first of the twelve races
at noon, and some 3,000 spectators
sought places of advantage in the in
field.
There was no evidence of Fighting
Fox losing his ranking at the top of
the list, a position he gained when
Stage Hand was withdrawn two days
ago. Some expected the Fox would
be no better than eight to five at
post time, but Warren Wright’s Bull
Lee was the heavily played second
choice at five to two. The fast track
was just to the liking of the favorites.
Congressmen
Barred From
Jersey Talk
Jersev City, N. J., May 7.—(AP)—
Two United (States representatives
were denied permission today to make
public speeches in Jersey City tonight
by Public Safety Director Daniel
Casey, who described them as “per
sonally obnoxious to the great ma
jority of our citizens because of their
communistic endeavors.”
Representative Jerry J. O’Connell,
Democrat, Montana, and John Ber
nard, Farmer-Labor, Minnesota, never
theless, carried forward plans to ad*-
dress a mass meeting in Journal
Square, where Socialist Leader Nor
man Thomas last week unsuccessfully
made a similar attempt.
Casey said his denial was based “on
the ground that said meeting would
tend to create disorder and distur
bance.”
Two group? of organizations with
opposite objectives planned to observe
a seemingly inevitable clash of Jersey
City police and the congressmen—war
veterans who backed Mayor Frang
Hege Hague, vice-chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, in
his stand against “radicals,” and or
ganizations which charged Hague
| with the suppression of civil rights.