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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-fifth year Last-Ditch Opposition For Wage-Hour Bill Comes Front Group Os Southern Senators CONFEREES TO TRY FOR A COMPROMISE UPON BITTER ISSUE Effort To Be Made To Try To Send Measure Back to Senate Labor Committee REVISED FIGURES ON COTTON YIELD Last Year’s Production 18,- 946,000 Bales, by Far Great est in History; Tar Heels To Enter Coast Guard School; Social Security Council Quits Washington, May 25 (AP)— I TY\e re vamped wagv-hour bill, swept through the House by a triumphant combina tion of northern Democrats and Re publicans, encountered last ditch op position today from southern sena tors. Senator Barkley, Democrat, Ken tucky, the administration leader, said he would seek to have a Senate-House committee appointed at once in an effort to work out a compromise be tween the House bil land the version passed by the Senate last July. There were indications, however, Senate foes of the inflexible labor standards in the House measure would try to route it back to the Senate La bor Committee. Other developments: The Agriculture Department issued revised estimates for the 1937 cot ton crop, the largest ever grown, showing production, exclusive of lint ers, to have been 18,946,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, compared with 12,399.000 bales in 1936. Rear Admiral R. R. Waesche, coast guard commandant, has designated ten North Caroling candidates as eli gible for appointment to the coast guard academy at New London, Conn. Their names include: James L. Mob ley, Williamston; M. H. Long, Middle town; William W. Little, Washington; John D. Gorham, Jr., Washington. Thomas Eliot, of Boston, has re signed as general counsel of the So cial Security Board, the White House announced. MARION BUTLER HAS RALLY IN ILLNESS One-Time North Carolina Senator Critically 111 In Washington of Kidney Ailment Washington, May 25. —(Al*) — Former Senator Marion Butler, of North Carolina, critically ill for the past several months, rallied today from a sinking spell which had caused attending physicians to express belief his death was imminent. Mrs. Butler said her 75-year-old husband, who served a Senate term from 1 808 to 1901, was mak ing a “remarkable fight.” She said Butler took nourishment today for the first time since Monday. The former senator is suffering from a kidney ailment complicat ed by heart trouble. He is in a Takoma Park, Md., sanitarium. Flowers By Hitler Sent To Funerals Eger, Czechoslovakia, May 25.-- (AP) —Fifty thousand Sudeten Ger mans lining the streets of this ancient town today bowed in silent tribute as coffins of two of their fellows, killed in last Saturday’s border shootings, passed in solemn procession, each cof fin bearing a wreath from Adolf Hit ler. All shops of Eger, called the most German city in Czechoslovakia, were closed during the funeral. Black flags fluttered from windows of century old houses. Order was preserved all along the cobble-stone street by Sudeten Ger man party men in uniform. Reinforce ments consisting of 200 Czechoslovak gendarmes were sent to Eger as a precaution, but, on orderp from the Praha government, they remained in barracks subject to call in cases of emergency. Konrad Henlein, leader of the au tonomy-seeking Sudeten Germans, de livered the funeral eulogy. The fun “r;,l honoring G. Hoffman and N. I'oehrn, shot as they sped* past a police barracks near the German frontier, "v/as held in an atmosphere of tension (Continued on Page Three.) + W HENDERSON. N. ft fmtrterstfn Hatlit Dtamtfrft WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Pact Slaying Trial Opens iiifiiHMl fir ' * ' .;v ", | r ljj&§§g|£ -. •■■ ’ W: .. Donald Carroll, 16-year-old lad who is accused of the slaying of Charlotte Matttnesen, his 18-year-old sweetheart, is shown handcuffed to a deputy just before the opening of his trial in the Supreme Court of Queens County, New York City. Unusual feature of the case is that not only the boy s parents, but the parents of the slain girl are standing by him in hi« Ordeal. f Central. Press) Reynolds Spends $4,762 In His Campaign So Far $621 Spent In His Behalf, and $3,496 Has Been Given Him; Pierce Rucker Give s $1,100; Judge Kerr Re ceives and Spends $1 00; Other Items Given Raleigh, May 25. —(AP) —Rep- resentative Frank Hancock, Jr., reported today he had spent $7,- 379.25 in his campaign for the United States Senate., and Sen ator Robert Reynolds listed spending $4,762.29 and $621 spent in his behalf, a total of $5,383.29. Hancock listed receipts of $4,- 234.50, and Reynolds said he had contributions of $3,496. Raleigh, May 25. —(AP) —Senator Rcrfbert Reynolds reported today he had spent $4,762.29 in his campaign and that $621 had been expended in his behalf, a total of $5,383.29, while $3,496 had been given him. Reynolds, opposed by Representa tive Frank Hancock in his bid for re nomination by the Democratic party, filed a detailed report with Thad Eu>’a secretary of state. Twelve other can didates ’filed the\r preliminary re ports, all of which are due by mid night tonight. Reynolds said his report included Plying Their Trade Already Even To Keep Foes Out of Legislature Dull? Dispatch Unread, In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, May 25.—There isn’t much talk about them, Ibecause they are scattered all over and not concentrat ed right here in Raleigh, but the lob byists of all sorts, shapes and de scriptions arc practically as busy and energetic right now as they will be during the Genyral Assembly session which will convene next January. In fact, most of the lobbying or ganizations are smart enough to real ize that there’s more truth than epi gram in the old saying about the ounce of prevention! wherefore Lhey are bestirring themselves in frantic efforts to keep out of the legislature such fellows as they know will he hostile to their pet projects and are imitating a whole dam full of beavers jjj working for political aspirants of (heir choice. • % If you don’t think tees© are thd facts just make a survey of the sit uation : nd note the number of ques tionnaires being fired at the prospec tive H use and Senate members, and mark the earnestness with which theV » re '.being besieged by well known lobbyists for the various and sundry (Continued on Page Four.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGmiA. everything through May 23. He listed expenditures by others for him as: William T. Dowd , of Sanford, 2,009 campaign canes, $200; J. Y. Jordan, Jr., of Asheville, hotel bill and print ing at Raleigh, s2l. Jordan had pre viously reported the same two items. ' Pierce Rucker, of Greensboro, list ed as giving $l,lOO in eleven payments of SIOO a week, topped the list of 55 contributors. Others giving large sums included Howard Basnight, of Ahoskie $200; C. H. Arrington. Rocky Mount, S2OO. Congressman John Kerr, seeking re nomination in the second, listed a contribution of SIOO by Joseph Butts, Jr., of Washington, and an expendi ture of SIOO on advertising. Representative Graham Barden, seeking to succeed himself in the third said he had received $320 and spent i >534.48. Other accounts filed included Henry Stevens for judge in j.he sixth, $250 contribution from E. Walker Stevens, of Warsaw, and $710.96 spent. WINBORNE FLATLY DMMARGE Utility Chief Says Power Company Values Have Not Been Hiked Dnfly Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, May 25. —In the first state ment he has made during the primary campaign, Utility Commissioner Stan ley Winborne today denied flatly the charges of his opponent for the Dem cratic nomination, Paul D. Grady, that there have been huge “write ups” of power company values dur ing his administration of the com mission. The Kenly man who seeks Win borne’s post said in an address at Asheville Monday night that the Car olina Light and Power Company has admittedly in recent years written up assets by $22,100,000, and the Duke Power Company by $30,558,281. “The write-ups to which Mr. Grady refers were made some nineteen years ago after a full and complete inves tigation by the State’s utility au thorities which permitted them as justified. During my connection with the Utility Commission there has been no write-up by either the Carolina Light and Power Company, by the Duke Power Company or by any oth er electric utility company in North (Continued on Page Three.) HENDERSON, N. C„ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 25,1938 BULLITT DECLARES FRANCE UNT ASK lITEDSTATES AID Didn’t Request America To Join Her and Britain in Keeping Central Europe Peace PARIS SOURCE HAD PUBLISHED REPORT French News. Agency Issued Statement Foreign Minist er Bonnet Had Made Re quest* of American Ambas sador; Embassy Declara tion Makes Denial Paris, May 25. (AP) — United ■States Am* assador William Bullitt flatly denied today France had asked the United States to join her and Great Britain in preserving peace in the Czechoslovakia crisis. Sources close to the foreign office had said Georges Bonnet, French fore ign minister, had sought American “pacific efforts” in central Europe. Diplomatic circles reported Bon net’s appeal had met with a cool re ception, and one report said the re quest had met with a blunt refusal, in I'nc with American policies of non interference in European affairs. An American Embassy statement, how ever, said: “The American ambassador denies the authenticity of a report said tc have been issued last evening by ; French news agency to the effect tha ; Minister of Foreign Affairs Bonne* during an interview which he had with the American ambassador on the afternoon of May 22, ‘asked the repro sentative of the Washington govern ment at that time that it supporl peaceful efforts put forth by the Fark and London cabinets in the Czecho slovakian question’.” CONCORD MAN HELD IN FATAL SHOOTING Jack Freeze, 62- Year -Old Auto Salesman, Accused of Slaying Roy W. Lentz Tuesday Concord, May 25 (AP)—A coroner’s jury today ordered JLck Freeze, 62- year-old automobile salesman, held for th« grand jury in connection with the fatal shooting yesterday of Roy W. Lentz, manager of an automobile firm here. The jury brought in a ver dict after about five minutes deliber ation at an inquest this morning. Thirteen witnesses were examined. The main ones were W. D. Bost and H. T. Wallace. Bost testified he wit nessed the shooting, and Wallace quot ed Lentz as telling him Freeze was the man who shot him. Freeze was taken into custody yes terday for questioning, and later in the day Coroner Mitchell quoted Freeze as admitting the shooting. Freeze did not testify. ORAL ARGUMENT HAD IN SUPREME COURT Death Sentences Figure In State ments; Opinions To Be Hand ed Down Late In Day Raleigh, May 25 (AP) —The Su prem»3 Court heard more oral, argu ments today in cases appealed from the tenth and eleventh judicial dis tricts, and prepared to hand down opinions in the late afternoon. Th*e State asked a dismissal of the appeal of Tom Linney, Negro con victed in Forsyth county with T. J. Jefferson, of the murder of H. W. Fogleman. Linney lost one appeal to the high court, and his case came back after he failed in an effort in Forsyth county to get a new trial on grounds of new evidence, bht the second appeal was not perfected. No arguments were made on the appeal of Jackson Harvey, also from Forsyth, who was convicted in the rape of Henrietta Williams. Fletcher Wants Maximum Law Strengthened and Child Law Retained Dally Dispatch Bnrean. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, May 25.—Major A. L. Flet cher, commissioner of labor, is work ing on a four-point program for la bor legislation by the 1939 General Assembly, he told your correspondent today. The commissioner said he has been greatly encouraged by the labor plank in the Democratic platform adopted at last week’s State convention. He termed the plank the first ever to recognize fully the right of labor to consideration at the hands of the party and the General Assembly. The program upon which he is al ready busy embraces: (1) Improvement and strengthen ing of the maximum hour law adopt ed by the 1937 Assembly; (2) repulse of any efforts to weaken the child la (Continued on Page Three.) OustedTVAChairmanClaims Collusion, Conspiracy Exist In Handling Power Project SCENE OF MEXICO’S REVOLT IT*,TT 7S J lL MEXICO CITY& OCEAN Mexican revolt area It Is in this area that President Lazaro Cardenas of Mexico has con centrated federal troops to crush the revolt of Gen. Saturnino Cedillo An San Luis PotosL Helps Ease Tension ‘ 1 m Kamil Krofta ... apologizes for Czechs Helping to ease the tension along the-German border, Foreign Min ister Kamil Krofta of Czechoslo vakia apologized to German offi cials after Czech soldiers tried to enter German territory from Bernhardstahl. —Central Press issiilldeblied Put Down Definitely as New Deal Loss; G. O. P. May Win in November By CHARLES I\ STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, May 25.—1 tis a bit difficult to understand what David L. Lawrence's reasoning was when, as Democratic State chairman in Penn sylvania, he telegraphed to the White House that the recent nominating pri maries in the Keystone common wealth amounted to “another victory for Rooseveltism.” In the first place, voting by the Re publicans for their candidates was considerably heavier than the Demo crats’ voting for theirs, which sug gests the possibility that the State may swing back into the G. O. P. column in November. True, in these mixed-up times there are some quite New Dealerish Repub licans. But the Republican who won the Republican gubernatorial nomina tion in Pennsylvania is not one of them; he is Arthur H. James, a con servative. Gifford Pinchot, the New Dealerish Republican gubernatorial aspirant, was beaten t^verwhelminglv. And for the Republican senatorial renomination James J. Davis was an easy winner. Despite his trades union affiliations no one ever accused “Fud dler Jim” of being a New Dealer. It isn’t such bad betting that James and Davis will be victorious next au tumn, either. That would not be much of a New Deal triumph. Earle a New Dealer. We know that Postmaster General f Continued oe Page Three.) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy tonight and Thursday, with occasional showers; slightly warmer Thursday. PUBLIHHwm WVIKT AFTIKHOOI EXCEPT SUNDAY. British Ship Sunk In Raid At Valencia Spanish Insurgent Airmen Accused; Major Government Offensive Pushed BRITISH SHIP .... OkbTtodg Madrid, May 25.—(AP)—The 1,251- ton British freighter Thorpehall was sunk today hy Spanish insurgent air raiders just outside the hait'cor of Valencia. Two of four bombs dropped by sea planes coming from the direction of the insurgent-held island of Mallocra, struck the British ship, anchored a hout a mile and a half from the har bor entrance. One officer and one sea man were wounded, but the entire crew was rescued. The Thorpehall, owned hy the West cliffe Shipping Company, Ltd. of Ixm don, twice before had been in dif ficulty with the insurgents. The government’s major offensive, Hendaye, France, reports said, to crack the insurgent front in Catalonia, developed into frontal attacks against Sort, Tremp and Balaguer, kev points in General Franco’s lines in north east Spain. The drive, now in its fourth d »y, was the greatest government offen sive since the capture December 22 of Teruel, lost two months earlier. Heaviest pressure was exerted at Trempt, captured by insurgents April 5 in their spring campaign. The town is the location of vital hydro-electric plants which formerly furnished the war industries of Barcelona with much of their power. Government dispat.cn js reported the fall of two towns due east of Tremp, where insurgents have established de (Continued on Page Four.) Ten Bodies Recovered In Air Crash At Cleveland Cleveland, May 25 (AP) —W. A. Patterson, president of United Air Lines, said today that the twin-motored air liner which dove into a suburban ravine last night killing ten persons, suffered “sim ultaneous power failure of both engines just before the crash. Cleveland, Ohio, May 25. —(AP) — Firemen laid the bodies of nine men and a woman# on the bottom of a muddy ravine today alongside the torn and charred remnants of a twin motored air liner, which plummeted inexplicably to earth only eight miles from its scheduled landing. The two pilots, the stewardness and all seven passengers died as flames leapt at the wreckage of the United Air Line ship, bound from Newark to Chicago, via Cleveland. Among the passengers was John Brostuen, Republican State 9hairman of North Dakota, who was returning to his Alexander, N. D., home from 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY MORGAN SAYS TWO UNTRUE TO TRUST Have Not Given “Honest” Administration and “Mis managed” Great Power Agency TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS INQUIRY Charges Colleagues Respon sible for Inaccurate and Misrepresentative Reports to President, Congress and Public; Says Accounting Misleading Washington, May 25 (AP) —Ar- thur Morgan charged today that two TV A directors, H. A. Mor gan and David Lilienthal, partici pated in falsifying a report on TV A negotiations for the pur chase of utility properties owned by the Commonwealth & South ern Corporation. Washington, May 25.—(AP)—< Ar thur E. Morgan, ousted chairman of the TVA, charged before a congres sional investigating committee today that there have been “collusion, con spiracy and mismanagement” in the TVA. Morgan, called to amplify his pre vious charges against the other two TVA directors, asserted the latter had not given an “honest administration of a great public trust.” The other directors, H. A. Morgan and David Lilienthal, were to be heard later. In a packed Senate committee room Morgan made six specific charges ji gainst the other two directors, telling the inquiry committee they had bean responsible for: ”1. Inaccurate and misrepresenta tive reports to the President, the Con gress and the public. “2. Mismanagement of the power program. 3. Lack of candor in statements to the Congress and the public concern ing the power program. “4. Improper and misleading ac counting, reporting and publicity in on Page Three.) CLAIM WHITEHURST RECORDS ARE SHORT Not All Items Handled by Pitt Sher iff's Office Included, Testi mony Alleges Greenville, May 25.—(AP)—Testi mony that records of the office of Sheriff S. A. Whitehurst were incom plete and did not cover all items handled Iby his office, an audit pur porting to reveal that in such in stances certain instances money from the sheriff’s fees or trust fund ac counts had been used for personal purposes, and that in many instance* he had failed to account to the county for fees and commissions alleged to belong to the county, was offered by D. R. Hollowell, auditor, this morning in the ouster proceedings against the sheriff. At one time this morning Mol lowell’s testimony was interrupted in order for Justice of the Peace John Ivey Smith to testify that he had made over to the sheriff all fees due that office on service of papers in connection with hearing of the justice of the peace courts. a Washington conference with hi* State senators. The plane, flying under a clear sky, swooped toward earth within sight of the Cleveland airport. , It clipped off the tops of trees two feet thick and plunged Into a natural grave in the' wooded gulley. One of the motors was sheared off and left on the topside of the gulley, 25 feet from the plane itself, which landed in a mass of wild grapevines. A wing was left 75 feet from the two trees it clipped off. Firemen in suburban Independence Village, where the crash occurred, battled the flames for several hours and dug into the smoke-topped debris for the bodies, from which the clothes had been burned almost entire off. Firemen and policemen worked in the light of the flames, lanterns and flash lights. Then the Department of Commerce inspectors searched the wreckage for a clue that might throw light on the cause of the crash.
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