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"HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR LEWIS AND GUFFEY APPARENTLY BEATEN IN PENNSY PRIMARY National Chairman Farley Given Rebuff for Inter vention in State Election CIO BID FOR POWER APPEARS REJECTED Lewis Candidate for Gov ernor Far Behind in Incom plete Returns; Earle Easy Winner for Nomination for Senate; Davis Is G. O. P. Nominee Philadelphia, May 18.—(AP)— Re turns today in yesterday’s Pennsyl vania’s Statewide primary gave: Democratic U. S. Senator—(6,o7l of 8,075 districts Earle, 611,818;; Wil son, 217,910. Democratic governor (6,119 dis tricts) —Jones, 479962; Kennedy, 385,- 977; Margiotti. 146,833. Republiean U. S. Senator (5,918 dis tricts)—James, 734,937; Pinchot, 341,- 905. Republican governor (6,024 dis tricts) —James, 734,937; Pinchot, 3v1,- 052. The Pennsylvania bid for political power by John Lewis and the CIO faded today as returns from primary balloting gave the opposing Democrat ic State committee slate a sizeable lead. Apparently turned pack with Lewis on the basis of incomplete returns, was Senator Joseph Guffey, who join ed the CIO chief' in supporting Thomas Kennedy for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, and Phil adelphia's Mayor Davis Wilson for the United States Senate. The State New Deal factional strug gle. intensified by organized lslror’s rivalries, was climaxed by the pri mary-eve intervention of National Democratic Chairman James A. Far ley. Governor George Earle, who re buffed Farley in the latter’s eleventh hour party peace plan, and who split with Senator Guffey, had shaken Pennsylvanians New Deal (organiza tion to its foundations, walked away from Wilson. Charles Jones, of Pittsburgh, Earle’s running mate for the gubernatorial nomination, whom Farley proposed to sacrifice for Kennedy, built up a lead of more than 90,000 votes over Ken nedy, secretary-treasurer of the Unit ed Mine Workers. Contracts Are Passed For Roads Raleigh, May 18. —(AP) —The High way and Public Works Commission approved low bids on eleven road pro jects today, but withheld proposals for the new Charlotte-Concord high way and a project in Macon county. All projects bids must also have Federal road bureau approval. A delegation headed by Wallace Tatem, of Columbia, president of the Southern Albemarle Association, urg ed the commission to provide hard surface roads to connect the county seats of Hyde, Dare and Tyrrell coun ties. It was contended the counties were the only ones in the State with out such roads, and that they were contemplated by the original 1921 highway act. The delegation also urged provision of free ferries (between Irort Landing and East Lake, and between Mann’s Harboro and Roanoke Island. Chairman Frank Dunlap said he thought it would be late in the after noon before any action was taken on the question of free ferries, and that it might be postponed. CROPCONITIVIAY ANGER CONVENTION Appears to Be Only Possi ble Fighting Point for Democrats Dhllj Dlitpafch llnrenra. In The Sir I. Raleigh, May 18. —A declaration of party policy with reference to crop control seems to be the only possible source of discord in tomorrow’s Dem ocratic State Convention. Os course, there will be the peren nial efforts of rival and ambitious politicians to gain control of as much of the party machinery as possible, '('he so-called “Shelby Dynasty” or Hoey-Gardncr - Mull combine, the ’■Bailey contingent, the Reynolds fac (ion, the outright anti, the Graham- Foljjer group—all these will be in Rune fighting for every post of pow er they can grab. This will extend down into the con- L._ (Continued on Page Four.). HENDERSON. ft Mznmt&mx Dlttlti Htgrratrh Iy »PT»m E Ja« WTRE service of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Foreign Minister? ...... i. ' *** Iplllsfllr Ml ' fln </ I flnflflH Brag} 5 <■ V • MIS Hp | . I I , | Malcolm MacDonald • . . successor to Halifax? Expressed desire of Viscount Halifax to retire as British for eign secretary brings into the news the name of Malcolm Mac- Donald as possible successor. MacDonald, 37-year-old son of the late Ramsay MacDonald, for mer prime minister. MacDonald is at present Dominions secretary, and observers say, his policies would coincide with the pro-Ger man attitude of Viscount Halifax. Huge Plane F ound With Nine Killed Charred Wreckage of Brand New Transport Located in Mountain Fast ness Los Angelos, Cal., May 18.—(AP) — The sheriff’s office received a report from a Mint Canyon rancher today that he had sighted the charred wreckage of the missing Lockheed air liner and all nine (persons aboard were dead. The discovery was made by Walter Peterson, 20 miles north of Sagus, and one and a half miles off the Mint Canyon highway in a rugged area, where a two-day search hampered by fog had been in progress. Officials estimated it would take several hours to reach the wreckage, and they expected difficulty in bring ing the bodies out of the rough Sier ra Pelona region which Peterson de scribed as the scene of the tragic end to a short cut taken by the liner that had yet to be delievered into trans port service. Air seach yesterday was balked by a fog that still cloaked the mountain peaks of the region this morning as Peterson came in with his report. Feterson said the plane “was all burned up”. He peered inside the cabin, he said, and counted several bodies. The two child passengers es (Continued on Faye Four.) Cardenas to Tour Oil Lands Seized From Foreigners Mexico City, May 18.-MAl*) President. Cardenas, started a tour ot. expropriated American and British oil properties today and his itinerary included a stop at San Luis Potosi, stronghold of the agrarian leader General S. Cedillo. Cedillo, . Cardenas’ . political opponent, and central figure of this week’s rumors of planned rebellion, has resigned from the army, thereby avoiding serving a military commission in Car denas’ home state. A strong, garrison of. troops was in San Luis to greet Car denas’ special train. . . „ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Icke* Aid Named ——— v 111 ' : : : '-l ' ZMiM m 1111 Harry Slattery • • • new undersecretary ,* Personal assistant to Secretary «f the Interior Harold Ickes for the five y ear s, Harry Slattery as been named undersecretary of the interior by President Roose velt. He succeeds Charles West who resigned following disagree • ments with Ickes. wsmMih' Strategic City Reported De serted by Gen. Chiang’s Chinese Defending Army QUARTER MILLION SOLDIERS TRAPPED Chinese Trying to Escape Japanese Ring About Su chow; U. S. State Depart ment Seeking Right of Missionaries to Return to Inland Posts Shanghai, May 18. —(AP) —Japanese today blasted with artillery a path for tank and infantry assaults on the strategic city of Suchow, which they '■aid had been deserted by General Chiang Kai-Shek’s central government • roops. The crack government troops, the Japanese reported, were removed from Suchow before the invaders cut the Lunghai railway and encircled the city. These forces were said to be moving into position around Kweipeh and Kaifeng, west of the important junction of the Lunghai and Tlentsin- Pukow railways, preparing for ex pected attacks there. ;> It was reported, however, a|:out 250,- 000 Chinese troops, mostly provincials, were trapped in the Japanese ring about Suchow with many trying to escape. Thousands of soldiers and civilians were said to have left the city by the east gate, pouring through the countryside to avoid the Japanese columns closing in on all sides. A Japanese communique said the west wall had already been seriously damaged by systematic bombardment from hill positions a few miles away. (Continued on Page Five.) ALFRED HUGER DIES AT TOWN OF TRYON Tryon, May 18—(AP)— Alfred Huger, of Charleston, S. C., a national authority on maritime law, and member of one of South Carolina’* oldest families died here today. He was 62. Descended from a Huguenot line, which had given his State several distinguished figures, Huger himself made an outstanding record as a lawyer, soldier and business man. Political Hay-Making to Be Seized Upon by Vari ous Candidates Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, May 18.—Much political hay is going to be pitched here Thurs day whether the sun is shining during the Democratic State Convention or not. Os course, there will not be much maneuvering in the purely local races —the boys can do that better at home; but from the State senatorial district races up, there will fee more “hoss trading” going on that a brigade of David Harums could accomplish at a fortnight of old-fashioned court days. Reynolds and Hancock partisans will be seeking practical advantages and both principals, “Our Bob” and “Friendly Frank,” are expected to be around and about radiating sweetness, light and confidence. Congressional aspirants will! like continued on Page Five.) HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 18, 1938 Deposed TV A Chairman Says Roosevelt Denied Him Right To Examine Firm’s Records qe TVA Investigation to Begin Immediately by Hearing Charges aird iCounter Charges DEPOSED CHAIRMAN ‘ ATTACKS FDR MOVE Committee Action in Ask ing Agency** Records Be Made Available to Former Chairman Morgan Is by Unanimous; Vote of Its Members Washington, May 18.—(AP) — Ar thur Morgan, deposed chairman of the TVA, told congressional investi gators today that President Roose velt had “for practical purposes” ex cluded him from access to TVA records. His request that the joint congres sional investigatihg committee ask the TVA board to give him access to the agency’s records was unanimous ly granted by the committee. The action was taken immediately after a unanimous vote to (begin the investigation of TVA at “the earliest date practical” by hearing charges and counter-charges of former Chair man Mprgan and Directors David Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan. In a memorandum which Chairman Donahey, Democrat, Ohio, distributed to committee members, Arthur Mor gan asserted that “through his en deavor to remove me from office, the President has, lot practical puc&aaßfe excluded me from access to such (TVA) records.” V* The committee adopted a motion by Representative Mead, Democrat, New York, to hear the three witnesses at “the earliest date practicable.” The vote on Mead’s motion was un animous, although Senator Frazier, Republican, North Dakota, said he would prefer that the committee ob tained “firsthand information” before calling the officials. julius"marsh is FOUND SHOT DEAD Prominent High Point Furniture Manufacturer Discovered at Negro Farm House. High Point, May 18—.(AP) —Julius Marsh, 62, prominent High Point. furniture manufacturer and civic leader, was found dead with a shot gun wound in his chest in front of a negro farm, house in upper Ran dolph county this morning. Sheriff C. E. King, of Randolph county, said his department’s in vestigation indicated the death was probably accidental. Marsh’s body was found on the doorstep of a farm house about seven miles south of High Point by a negro at whose farm the deceased was visiting. A pioneer furniture manufacturer in High Point, Marsh was founder of the Marsh Furniture Company dere. Democrats Gathering In Raleigh Executive Commit tee Makes Nomina tions Tonight; Con vention Tomorrow Raleigh, May 18.-—(AP) —Hundreds of Democrats from 'the east and the west bubbled over with party en r thusiasm as they gathered here to day for a series of political get-to gethers. Cloudy skies and an occasional driz zle of rain did not dampen the ardor of the invaders on the eve of the biennial State convention. In a preliminary tonight, the execu (Cont’nued on Page Eight) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, occasional light rain in north portion, tonight; Thursday partly cloudy, scattered showers in north portion; slightly warmer in central portion. _ BRITISH ENVOY LEAVING MEXICO British Minister Owen St. Clair O’Malley, left, with President Car denas, above; British legation in Mexico City, below. Mexican labor and political organizations have lined up behind Presi dent Lazaro Cardenas in support of his, diplomatic rupture with Great Britain. It was British demand for payments to cover busi ness losses in revolutions from 1910 to 1920 that caused the severance of relations, following two notes from Downing Street asking return of British-owned oil properties expropriated by the Mexican govern ment in March. Minister O’Malley, who packed to leave Mexico, is pictured with President Cardenas, with the British legation in Mex ; ico City Power Company to Sell Out to TVA New York, May 18. — (AP) —Fin- ancial quarters today said prob abilities favored the acceptance by National Power & Light Company of the offer of TVA and the City of Knoxville to buy properties of its subsidiary Tennessee Public Ser vice Company. Last week’s “final” offer by the mayor of Knoxville required a “yes” or “no” answer not later than today, but last night he extended the time limit another 24 hours. In a last-minute shift of plans, the directors of National Power & Light, who met Monday without ar riving at a decision, decided to tke advantage of the extended time and postponed a meeting scheduled for late today until tomorrow after noon. MHMlir REVOLTS SERIOUS No Comic Opera About Them, and They Shoot to Kill Down There By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, May 18.—Well, to re sume my last column’s analysis of Latin America’s political uprisings; such as the recent abortive revolt against Brazilian President Getulio Vargas, at Rio De Janeiro: I never happefied to be present at any outbreak in Brazil, but I distinct ly was in attendance at one in the Argentine Republic. And I will say that, when our south ern brethren really go on the ram page, they are capable of staging a genuinely realistic performance. Talk about comic opera rebellions! There is nothing so very comic in being shot at by machine feiins. On Past Occasions— I was in Buenos Aires during most of the World War—handling Uncle Sam’s publicity after our entrance in (Continued on Page Four.) PUBLlßrrwr> aftbrnogm HXCBPT SUNDAY. France Will Boost Over Africa To Strengthen Colo nies As Friendship Talks With Italy Halt Paris, May 18. —(AP) —'France mov ed to reinforce her Africian defenses today as her friendship conversations with Italy were reported in diplomatic circles to have bogged down over dif ternces on Spain and Tunisia. Recruiting of 60,000 additional na tive troops was oidc ed started imfne f'iiytly by General talcs Buhrer, new chief of staff of colonial armies. France’s colonial forces now number 120,000, of which 60/»ro are Europeans. 7 r lomats reported conversations between Jules Blondell, French charge d’affaires in Rome, and the Italian foreign minister, Count Piano,, had come to a deadlock because of Premier Mussolini’s demand that France recognize insurgent leader Francisco Franco as the master of all Spain, and assure Italy equal gov erning rights in the Tunisian protec torate. The turn in the conversations look ing toward a friendship agreement similar to the Anglo-Italian accord, followed 11 Duce’s Genoa speech in which he expressed doulbt last Sat urday whether France and Italy could arrive at an agreement. FRANCE’S ROME EMBASSY OPTIMISTIC ON OUTLOOK Rome, May 18.—(AP) —The French Embassy expressed optimism today France and Italy would eventually ar rive at an agreement on their pro blems despite the present unfavorable prospects. Negotiations between the Italian foreign minister, Count Ciano, and the French charge Jules Blon dell, have not been resumed since Premier Mussolini, in a speech at Genoa Saturday, voiced doubt of an agreement being reached. The French Continued on Page Five.) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY GAGRULEIS FOR JERSEY CITY Attorney General Says Many Requests Have Been Received by His Department WHITE HOUSE HA$ ALSO HAD APPEALS But President Has Not In ' tervened, Cummings De clares; Tar Heels Leave Washington for State Con vention to Be Held in Ral eigh Tomorrow Washington, May 18.—(AP)—Attor ney General Cummings said today he had ordered a “thorough investiga tion” of the general situation in Jer sey City, where complaints charged that free speech had been denied; The investigation is in charge of As sistant Attorney General Brien Mc- Mahon, chief of the criminal division, summings said. At his press conference, the attor ney general asserted that he consid ered it would be "improper” to in vestigate Norman Thomas’ charge that he had been kidnaped by Jersey City policemen, because Thomas al ready had begun legal action. Cummings added, however, that the department would seek to determine if any persons in Jersey City were being deprived of civil rights guaran teed by Federal law. Cummings said the inquiry was I ein,g made at the request of many persons who had sent complaints to the White House and the Justice Department. He said neither President Roosevelt nor Post master General Farley' were among those suggesting the investigation. Meantime, most of the North Car olina members of Congress headed for Raleigh to attend the State’s Dem ocratic convention tomorrow. Among early departers were Representative Warren, who will deliver the keynote address, and Representative Barden. Warren went direct to Raleigh, but P.arden went to Goldsboro, planning to go from there to the State capital tomorrow. Representative Cooley expected to leave later today. Several members of the delegation were undecided about attending. Plans of Representatives Kerr and Bulwinkle were not known here. Other developments: A proposal for cooperation between the government and the utilities ‘to create thousands of new jobs in the private power industry won substan tial support in the Senate. The Roosevelt administration, ask ing an immediate appropriation for $540,000 to establish a coast guard air station at Elizabeth City, N. C., views the proposed base as a step toward a more complete aerial patrol of the Atlantic coast. More Testimony Offered Against, Sheriff of Pitt Greenville, |May 18.—(AP)—F, P. Wall, an auditor, added additional testimony today to the mass of evi dence already introduced in the hear ing of the Pitt County Board of Com missioners’ action before Judge G. V. Cowper seeking to oust Sheriff S. A. Whitehurst from office. The hearing was interrupted to per mit the sheriff to make an arrest at the edge of Greenville and carry the accused before a magistrate. Judge Cowper announced no session would Ibe held tomorrow, so interestd persons might attend the State Dem ocratic Convention in Raleigh. Wall, who testified as to the sher iff’s handling of fees and accounts while serving as county jailor, a post he no longer holds, was still on the stand at the luncheon recess. Never Mentions Hancock, However, and Predicts “Victory Unsurpassed’* Daily Dispatch Boren*. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, May 18.—Except for the concluding paragraph, which predict ed an “overwhelming victory, a vic tory unsurpassed,” there was practi cally no hint in the address of Sena tor Robert R. Reynolds in Raleigh last night that he is even engaged in a primary campaign. Much less was there mention of the name of his opponent, Frank W. Han cock, though there were passages in which the incumbent may well have been hitting at the fifth district re presentative by innuendo —a method which was introduced into the cam paign by Hancock when he made ten promises of “things I will not do” in his very first radio speech last month. First of the Reynolds cracks came near the opening of his speech when he said: "My vote on every legislative (Continued on Page Eight.)
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