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i HENDERSON’S POPULATION I 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR NEW RELIEF FUNDS SHARPLY INCREASED FORTY DIVISIONS OF CHINESE BOTTLED UP IN SUCHOW SECTION 160,000 Soldiers Withdraw Any Chance of Escape, Japanese Command er Declares SIZE OF JAPANESE VICTORY UNCERTAIN Magnitude Not Yet Appa rent, General Asserts; Ter rible Casualties Claimed For Leaderless Chinese Hordes; Americans Are In Danger Zones Jnpnnrse Army Headquarters, South of Suchow, May 20—(AP)The general commanding the Japanese armies which advanced from the south to capture the strategic Suchow center, said tonight that forty Chinese di visions were surrounded in the Su chow area without a chance to es cape. He said most of these troops wera provisional levies which averaged roughly 4,000 men to a division, and were inside Japanese lines enclosing an area of about 25 miles by 15 miles. The general said the magnitude of Japan’s victory at Suchow, nerve center of China's central front resis tance, was not yet generally apparent. The Japanese commander said the huge Chinese forces around Suchow were breaking up into leaderless dis order and suffering terrible casualties under steady merciless attacks by the Japanese air corps. Other officers of the Japanese com mand said the fall of Suchow by no means marked the final phase of the ten-months-old war. Americans known to be in Suchow’ include Dr. A. A. McFayden, of Mor ganton, N. C.; Dr. Paul White, of Hertford, N. C., was at Kweiteh. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred McLaughlin, of Wadesboro, N. C., were in Haichow. Mills Work 85.7 Percent Os Capacity Washington, May 20.—(AP) — The Census Bureau reported today the cotton spinning industry operated dur ing April at 85.7 percent of capacity on a single shift basis, compared with 101.1 percent during March this year, and 146.7 percent during April last year. Spinning spindles in place April 30 totalled 26,539,440, of which 21,786,054 were active at some time during the month, compared with 26,524,914 and 22,288,098 for March this year. Spinning spindles in place April 30 in cotton growing states totaled 18,- 816,872, of which 16,428,336 were ac tive at some time during the month, compared v/ith 18,793,508 and 16,790,- 022 for March this year. Active spindle hours and the aver age per spindle in place for April in North Carolina was 1,231,308,699 and 203. REYNOLDSREMAINS MSTER SHOWMAN’ Takes Advantage of Every Break To Get Publicity He Desires Pnltr Dlunatrli flnren*. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, May 20. —Senator Robert R. Reynolds, for all tjjie newly don ned dignity of campaign methods, is .still the same old showman, yester day’s Democratic State Convention re vealed. That convention was run with a very laudable intention not to give any candidate a “break”; to maintain perfectly the balance of impartiality as between rivals within the Demo cratic party. Whereupon “Buncombe Bob 7 im mediately showed that he needs no breaks made for him —he’ll make them for himself. Here’s how he did it and how lie made it clear that under the surface of senatorial dignity, he’s still the same old Bob when it comes to claim ing the spotlight. State Chairman Gregg Cherry, on the rostrum at the auditorium, had completed the routine matters of opening the convention and was in the act of introducing Congressman Lindsey Warren, the keynoter. On the i (Continued on Page Six.) HenDeramt Dmltt Btsuatcii WIRE SERVTCH OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Sells Half a City ! vjflßa mezM* j & v ’ ' ./ • ’ •"<faefr. i i The Marquess of Bute (above) is reported to have sold half the city of Cardiff, Wales, for a price of $100,000,Q00. The transaction in cluded a 7arge part of the city’s docks, 20,000 houses, 1,000-ihops, several theatres and extensive agri cultural lands, including a number of villages. The purchaser wasn’t revealed. The Marquess’ family is one of the greatest land owners in the British Isles. (Central Press) Hostilities Threatening For Mexico Cedillo Takes His 20,000 Rebel Sold iers Into Hills For Guerrilla War San Luis Potosi, Mexico, May 20. — (AP) —Saturnino Cedillo spread his peasant army into the hills today to prepare for guerrilla warfare with the army of President Lazzaro Cardenas. He would not start it, Ibut he was ready with arms to repel “all aggres sion”, said Cedillo, 45-year-old Mexi can Indian, former army general, rightist political opponent of Car denas, and for .20 years the dominant power of San Luis Potosi. Cedillo was plotting rebellion, charg ed Cardenas, 42-year-old radical lead er of the nation’s program of sociali zation of “Mexico for Mexicans,” which was exemplified on March 18 by government expropriation of fore ign-owned oil properties. Their dispute was that the right and left, and many feared that if fighting begun, it might spread through the nation and make of Mexico another Spain. Cedillo fixed his number at 18,000 to 20,000. Cardenas, invading San Luis to establish calm, had 10,009 troops in the state. Small Stockholders Need To Wake Up To Practices Know Virtually Nothing A bout Corporations’ Manage ment, Yet They Furnish S inews of War for Its Suc cess; Visit General O ffices, Babson Advises BY ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1938, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park, Mass., May 20.—’The i average small stockholder is a suck er. He puts his money into the se curities of companies about which ho knows little or nothing. The informa tion he receives is vague, incomplete and meaningless. He has practically no voice in the company’s affirs. De cisions are concentrated in the hands of an inside group of officials, bank ers and lawyers. Small stockholders need a union which would take its place beside the management’s “lunch eon club” and Labor Local No. 102. These stockholders should make their influence felt. One of the major faults of the rail roads today is absentee ownership. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROTIN A AND VIRGINIA. mSnibuS If Talks Are Resumed For Franco-Italian Accord, They Must Be Be gun By Italy BRITISH SUPPORT IS GIVEN FRANCE Non-Intervention Commit tee Called To Meet In Lon don in Effort To Settle Quarrel; Withdrawal of Foreigners From Spain Is One Angle Paris, Mhy 20.—(AP) —France, reiv ing on her close alliance with Britain, has put the question of a friendship pact with Italy squarely up to Pre mier Mussolini. Political informants made it clear that negotiations, deadlocked since May 11, will have to be reopened by Italy France seemed to have found the formula she hoped would checkmate Italian efforts to use the Spanish civil war as an excuse to break France’s alliance with either Britain or Russia. France’s acceptance of a British plan for ending intervention in the Spanish war assured her of Britain’s support. Shrould Mussolini refuse to negotiate a friendship agree ment with France on that basis, Bri tain could not hold France respon sible. In London, Great Britain called a meeting of the non-intervention com mittee for May 26 in an effort to set tle the French-Italian quarrel. Bri tain hopes to expedite the procedure i’:y which France would close the Pyrennes frontier temporarily while a non-intervention commission ar ranges for withdrawal of foreign fighters from Spain. In this way it is hoped the way will be smoothed for a French-Italian friendship agreement. MISS SUTTON AGAIN OFFERS TESTIMONY Gives Evidence as to Summonses in Ouster Against Sheriff of Pitt County Greenville, May 20. —(AP) — Miss Doris Sutton, of Kinston, assistant clerk of Lenior County Superior Court, testified again today in the ouster proceedings against Sheriff S. A. Whitehurst as to certain sum monses issued through her office and allegedly served Iby the Pitt sheriff. The petition for removal of the sheriff on various charges of mal administration include charges he fail ed to turn over certain fees to the county. Miss Sutton testified last week and was recalled to give further informa tion. J. F. Harrington, Pitt County Su perior Court clerk, then took the stand for the third time to testify regarding bills of court costs. The petitioners, commissioners of Pitt county, con tend the sheriff failed to collect court costs or else failed to turn the col lections over to the county. It was indicated that Harrington would testify the remainder of the day, and Judge G. V. Cowper said a recess would then be taken until Mon day. WEATHER FOR NTORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight and Sat urday; continued warm. Banker and lawyer managements have run many roads into the ash heap. Stupid handling of labor pro iblems has raised havoc with the car riers. Few of these directors would handle their own money as they have handled their stockholders’ funds. The same is true of the directors of utility, motor, movie, food and other mam- concerns. We growl about graft in public places; but do the net re sults thereof exceed the huge salaries which have been paid in private places? Few Bouquets For Stockholders. We used to hear a lot about how this and that “captain of industry” built his company. We saluted Mr. So-and-So because his company was Continued on Page Five.) HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 20,1938 A PICTURE THAT WILL GO INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS ■ : v Sear * Hitler and Mussolini . . . their best* photograph ? One of the best photographs ever taken of the Ger man and Italian dictators together shows Fuehrer Adolf Hitler and Premier Benito Mussolini in Flor Southern Senators Seeking Withdrawal Low WPA Scale Want Wage Differentials Removed if Nationwide Minimum Wage Stand ard Passes HOUSE ON MONDAY DEBATES MEASURE Hopkins Paints Gloomy Pic ture of Relief Situation, Declaring More Money Will Be Needed for Indus trial Areas; Predicts 3, 000,000. on Rolls Washington, May 20.—(AP)—South ern senators demanded elimination to day of regional differentials in WPA pay in the event Congress enacts a nationwide minimum wage. Many southern legislators have cri ticized the wage-hour bill, which the House will debate Monday, because it does not provide a lower wage scale for the South The WI*A, they point ed out, hag a generally lower rate for that area. • Their informal discussion of an amendment to standardize WPA pay schedules, if the House bill pasties, came as a Senate appropriations sub committee gathered to approve the $3,000,000,000 relief and public works bill. The sub-committee meeting fol lowed a statement by Harry Hopkins, WPA administrator, that there was an immediate need to increase WPA rolls in all large industrial cities. “We are going to have a serious relief problem in the near ‘ future,” Hopkins said, explaining that many persons who lost their jobs a few weeks or months ago have exhausted their resources. Federal works relief rolls now list 2,600,000 persons. The administrator said that number soon would reach 2,800,000 and possibly 3,000,000. The Chicago and Cleveland areas, he ad ded, might require some additional aid because State relief funds have been exhausted. TV A DIRECTORS TO BE HEARD THURSDAY Deposed Chairman Morgan and Pres ent Officials Morgan and Lilienthal Called Washington, May 20.—(AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority investiga tion committee announced today it would hear testimony by Harcourt A. Morgan and David Lilienthal, TVA di rectors, at a public meeting next Thursday. The announcement was made by W. O. Hefferman, secretary of the joint congressional committee who said Dr. Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, ousted chair man of the TVA, had been invited to appear next Wednesday. The committee secretary said ac ceptance from the two directors al ready had been received. The com mittee also has directed that Dr. Ar thur E. Morgan be given access to TVA records in the presence of per sons selected by the agency’s present directors and in the presence of an employee of the congressional com mittee. • | ence, after Hitler’s visit to Rome. This picture Is virtually certain to be seen some day in the history 1 books. Immediate Construction Os 12 Navy Ships Urged Washington,. May 20. —(AP) — Chairman Vinson, Democrat, Georgia, of the House Naval Com mittee, apparently with adminis tration support, advocated today an immediate appropriation for 12 ships, a dirigible and a mos quito fleet, authorized by the bil lion dollar naval expansion aet. The vessels included two light cruisers and a 20,000-ton aircraft carrier. The other nine are auxi liary ships., the category In which the navy is most deficient. who conferred with President Roosevelt about the HOEY AT TOP OF POPULARITY HEAP State Convention Outdoes Itself In Heaping Ap plause on Governor Dull) lilspatvh liurenn. In The Sir VV»ilt»*r I I. Raleigh, May 20 —If there were a “cheerometer,” designed to measure th*e intensity and spontaniety of ap plause, an observer equipped with one and attending yesterday’s Democratic Slate Convention would be able to give figures proving that Governor Clyde R. Hoey is easily “tops” in popularity with the nearly 3,000 Democrats at tending the convention. Even without such an instrument there could be no doubt of the high regard in which the affable, demo cratic (starting both “d” and "D”) chief executive is held by the people of his State. First proof came when the gover iContinued on Page Three.) War Vets Prevail In Their Demands For Pension Hike Washington, May 20. —(AP) — War veterans made a successful plea to a Senate sub-committee today for a liberalization of pensions for totally and permanently disabled former service men. They asked a finance sub-committee to approve a measure already passed by the House increasing the mininum monthly pension for non-service con nected disabled veterans from S3O to S4O and shifting qualifications from an average to an individual basis. The sub-committee approved the legisla tion immediately. Millard Rice, spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said the government could well afford the ad ditional $5,000,000 annual cost of the pension increase of 43,000 totally dis abled veterans in view of its proposed new $5,000,000,000 lending-spending program. PUBLUIBD «V**T AFTDKNOGM BXCHPTSUNDAY. naval program Wednesday, said he wanted funds to start con struction placed in a deficiency appropriation hill now pending in a House sub-committee. Only $16,- 000,900 is needed at the outset, he said. Unofficial navy estimates, liased on present cost of similar construction, placed the tulimate cost of the sea craft and airships at upwards of $114,000,000. The Navy Department, it was learned, has submitted the to the budget bureau, and there were’ strong indications the bu reau would approve it. POLICY BN MEXICO IS NEW BEALERISH Mexican Oil Seizures “Could Not Happen Here” Now, Maybe Later By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, May 20.—Many (folk evidently are puzzled by the State De partment’s acquiescence in Mexico’s nationalization of foreign oil proper ties south of the Rio Grande. “Suppose,” one of my acquaintances remarked to me the other day, “some foreign company acquired an acreage of Oklahoma or Texas oil land. So long as that company paid its taxes and complied with our law s generally, how could Uncle Sam find a valid ex cuse for confiscating its holding? For that matter, how could Uncle Samuel find an excuse for expropriating a similar domestic owner?” Sure enough. Uncle Sam could not. But the United States and Mexico qre different. The State Department is strictly according to international Hoyle in its Continued on Paere Five.) JURY IS ACCEPTED FOR HARLAN TRIAL Coal Operators, Peace Officers And Corporations - Accused in Be half of Miners London, Ky., May 20.—(AP) —A jury of eight farmers, two country store keepers, a bookkeeper and a carpen ter was accepted by both government and defense today for the trial of Har lan county coal operators, peace of ficers and corporations charged with conspiracy to deprive miners of labor organization rights. Before the 12 regular jurors were sworn in, the government dismissei charges against one corporation and one company official, bringing the number of executives on trial to 22. Also accused as conspirators are 22 former or present Karlan law officers. Spaces today FIVE CENTS COPY 1175 MILLIONS BE ADDED 10 OUTLAYS NEXT FISCAL YEAH Provision Made for Addi tional Month To Give New Congress Time to Vote More rooseveTt^\lso ASKS MORE MONEY Wants Additional $92,000,- 000 To Replenish Commo dity Credit Corporation Cash; Government Hold* Over 7,000,000 Bales of Cotton for Loans Washington, May 20.—(AP) —A Sen ate appropriation sif')-committce de cided tentatively today to increase from $1,250,000,000 to $1,425,000,000 the works relief appropriation in the ad ministration spending-lending bill. Chairman Adams, Democrat, Color ado, said the increase would finance the WPA for eight months instead of i'even. The House voted $1,250,000000 to carry on work relief from July 1 to next February 1. Adams told reporters the sub-committee thought it desir able to provide funds for an addi tional month, in order that the next '■ession of Congress would have more time in which to make a supplemen tal WPA appropriation. Adams said that the committee had reached the tentative decision to in crease WPA funds in a preliminary survey of the relief bill this morning. He added that final decisions on this and other points would be made when the bill is formally reported to the full appropriations committee. ANOTHER BIG FUND ASKED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Washington, May 20.—(AP) —Presi- dent Roosevelt asked Congress today for $92,(X)Q,000 “to provide for the restoration of the capital impairment of the Commodities Credit Corpora tion.” The corporation needs the money, (Continued on Page Four.) Will Allow Seaboard to Drop Train Raleigh, May 20 (AP)—Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winborne took under consideration today the petition of the Seaboard Air ■Line railway to discontinue its North Carolina operation of a motor train between Raleigh and Richmond, Va. Winborne indicated he would grant the request. The discon tinuance was opposed by the Rose stores of Henderson on grounds removal of the train would delay its deliveries into the Valley section of Virginia by about 24 hours, as compared with - present schedules. The railroad contended it had a loss of $25,000 last year operat ing the train, and that on its en tire system it lacked $8,000,000 of meeting requirements in 1987. Rail Unions Talk Strike If Pay Cut General Stoppage of Trains Threatened If Wages Are Slash ed July 1 Washington, May 20.—(AP)—Rail road labor unions added a threat of a nationwide strike today to efforts of administration senators to prevent, rail lines from putting a 15 percent wage cut into effect July 1. The Railway Labor Executives As sociation, charging in a statement that the roads had “double crossed” their employees, asserted a strike would f:e the “only ultimate result” if the railroads pressed their $250,- 000,000 wage reduction program. Sen ate opposition to the cut crystalized in withdrawal, of a comirtittee-h.p proved bill to make more liberal Re (Continued on Page Six.)
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