MEMORIAL DAY
HENDERSON’S
POPULATION
13,873
twenty-fifth year
CONGRESS SET TO
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There is nothing new about death
Nor new perceptions of decay.
Death’s as ancient as the first
breath
Os an amoeba rocked by sway
Os almost shoreless cosmic seas.
By time honored custom today
Man pays tribute to all of these
The khaki clad—the blue and gray,
Touched by the hand .of one of four
By the grimmest of horsemen four.
Kidnapers
Os Levine
Lad Hunted
Decomposed Body of
Lonjj Missing
Youth Is Washed
l p Out of Sound
Now Rochelle, N. Y., May 30.—(AP)
—One hundred police and G-men
searched nearby shores today for
remnant s of the rody of kidnaped 12-
vear-old Peter Devine, whose wire
trussed headless torso was yielded up
Dst. night by the waters of Long Is
lam! Sound after three tragic months.
Scores of residents joined the
fmarch. Dozens of small volunteer
Dints patrolled the coast seeking evi
dence that might point to the killed,
Detective Lieutenant George Reisen
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Find Body
Os Missing
Ohio Child
Cincinnati, May 30 (AP) —The body
of six-year-old Shirley Woodburn,
messing since Sunday, was found cov
'''d with weeds in a wooded patch
' l,: r her home today. Police Major
mstav Lorenz said she had been rav
ished.
Dolice hunted the girl since her
fi.rents reported she failed to return
10,11 an errand. Playmates said she
W; 's seen with a youth of about 17. Mr.
'.'.'"l Mrs. John Woodburn discounted
"■ story, asserting Shirley had been
0 ’ never to go with strangers,
di !." child s home is within a short
wr !!! C °. , of a neighborhood from
p f , !lf 1 ,Mle da Hornherger disappear
\ and Emil y Gump in 1909.
' 0 “ tr ever was accounted for.
Hmtiin*smt Datlxt iHsuafrlt
LEASED wire SERVICE nv
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
i Now stand we here remembering
The men who lie beneath the grass
As cell by cell dismembering I
The empty husks long sIhCC did
pass
Prom what we all once knew as
men
Into the elements and dust.
And all remains for tribute then
On which honors and wreaths we
thrust
Is memory of an idea ,
Old memories of an idea.
IMcDonald Urges Voters
To Ballot For Valentine
Defeated 1936 Gubernato
rial Candidate, 111 in
Sanatorium, Enters
Judicial Fight
VALENTINE OPPOSES
JUDGE HOEY NAMED
Candidates for Nomination
In Saturday’s Primary Put
on Last-Minute Pressure
Throughout State; Han
cock and Reynolds Appear
Very Active
Raleigh, May 30.—(AP)—Dr. Ralph
W. McDonald, who has been ill for
months, apparently injected himself
into the Democratic primary cam
paign today with an appeal to voters
in the second judicial district to sup
port I. T. Valentine for the choice for
superior court judge.
Valentine was one of McDonald’s
managers in the bitter primary fight
two years ago when Governor Hoey
defeated the Winston-Salem legisla-
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Two Admit
Slaying Os
U. S. Agent
EliVabeth City, May 30 (AP)—Barn
ard Irving Royals and Joe Thomas
West pleaded guilty to second degree
murder in Federal district court today
irr the slaying of J. W. Jackson, Jr.,
an agent of the alcohol tax unit .
The agent was mortally wounded
on the night of March * when he
sought to inspect an automobile hal.
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Behold a man was born and grew
Fair-haired and laughing with the
sun
To what purpose one never knew
For ere his gallant youth was done
He left the quiet country lane
And soon upon a sodden field
Found himself caught in deadly
rain
Os whining steel that brooked no
shield.
He fell as many others did,
Mangled like hosts of others did.
Rapid Advance by
, Insurgent Troops
Hendaye, France, May 30.—(AP)
—General Francisco Franco’s in
surgent legions were on the march
today down the broad Teruel-Va
lencia highway flanking the gov
ernment’s mountain stronghold at
Mora de Kubielos.
The raid insurgent advance threa
tened to drive the government
troops from their carefully pre
pared defenses.
In addition, General Franco sent
two other divisions straight thro
ugh the coastal Sierras. The con
vergent point designated for these
three units was Albentosa, ten
miles south of Mora de Rubielos.
Advances of three to ten miles
were made by these forces yes
terday as the insurgents pushed
through the worst mountain ter
ritory and neared the coastal
plains.
saysu.s7fqlced"
TO GREATER NAVY
Senator Walsh Recounts
Precarious World Events
In Memorial Speech
Washington, May 30 (AP) —Sena-
tor David I- Walsh, Democrat, Massa
chusetts, asserting that world author
ity had been shattered by disregard
for national treaties, said today that
peace for the United States could be
assured only by a strong national de
fense
“Regrettable as it is, the inescap
able fact is that we are living in a
world where truth, justice and moral
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HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY ■ AFTERNOON, MAY 30, 1938
ADJOURN ABOUT JUNE 11
Man interrupts the natural laws
Some in total he quite denies
And some for which he knows thi
cause.
With shibboleths and other ties.
Forces to creep at slower pace,
While others like a stallion bold
He bums with hot spurs of the race
Hastening the young into the old.
We say they have not died in vain.
Neither would they have lived in
vain.
—C David Vormelker.
Japs Try To
Free Troops
Bottled Up
Shanghai, May 30 (AP) —Japanese
reinforcements battled furiously to
day in an effort to reach Lieutenant
General Kenji Dohira’s trapped divi
sions, virtually surrounded by Chi
nese northwest of Lanfeng.
Chinese dispatches said the rein
forcements were still five miles east
of Lenfeng, however, and blocked off
by masses of Chinese troops.
The lieutenant general’s reputation
as an outstanding army leader and
the chief Japanese political manipu
lator, would make his defeat by the
Chinese of tremendous importance.
The Chinese, with General Chiang
Kai-Shek reported personally com
manding operations, have thrown a
mighty barrier of fighting men in
front of the Japanese forces and are
fighting desperately to stop the of
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Campaign In Final Week
With Public Indifferent
Neither Reynolds inor Hancock Has Generated Any
Great Enthusiasm; Utility Contest Warming Up
and Local Fights Re aching White Heat
Dnllr Diapatcli Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, May 30.—The primary
campaign in North Carolina swings
into its last week amid greater public
apathy than has been the case in the
recollection of reasonably aged com
mentators and observers, the general
indifference extending at least to the
two Statewide races to be decjded by
the voters this coming Saturday.
Neither Senator Robert R. Rey
nolds nor his opponent, Congressman
Frank W. Hancock, has been able
to rouse the populace to a talking
heat, though there may be more in
World Record Set
By Floyd Roberts
To Win Auto Race
Covers 500 Miles At
Indianapolis in
Four Hours, Fifteen
Minutes
Speedway, Indianapolis, May 30.
TAP) —Floyd' Roberts, of Van Nuys,
Cal., roared to a record-beraking vic
tory in the 500-mile automobile race
here today. It was his first major
triumph in 22 years of racing.
Roberts, driving the entire distance
without relief, and making only one
30-second stop, received a tumultuous
accalim of the huge crowd as he pilot
ed his car across the finish line.
The winner finished about five
miles ahead of Wilbur Shaw, of In
dianapolis, winner of the 19*37 classic.
Roberts covered the 500 miles in
4:15:58.40 to establish the remarkable
average of 177.200 miles an hour
smashing the record of 113.580 hung
up by Show last year.
Spectator Killed.
Breaking all Speedway records,
jimmy Snyder, former Chicago milk
man had regained the lead dt 300
miles of the 500-mile automobile race.
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Japanese Mainland Again
Visited By China Planes
Declaration of State of
Alarm Issued for Entire
West Coast of Is
land Nations
NO BOMBS DROPPED
BY FOREIGN CRAFT
V
Japanese Fear Flights May
Be Preliminaries to Mass
Attacks on Crowded Ports
and Industrial Districts;
Second “Raid” in Ten
Days
Tokyo, May 30.—(AP) —Two air
planes believed to be Chinese last
night cruised along the entire length
of the western coast of Kyushu and
caused a declaration of a state of
alarm for western Japan, which was
not ended until early this morning.
All available reports agreed the
planes dropped no bombs, and ap
parently they ended their reconnais
sance of the Kyushu coast without
molestation, and turned homeward. It
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terest under the surface than is ap
parent to the naked eye.
It has been a campaign almost uni
que in the State’s history, with scarce
ly an issue to ripple the placid sur
face of the political waters. Hancock
has waged an almost singlehanded
campaign of ridicule against Rey
nolds, whom he has characterized as
a playboy and a counterfeit states
man.
As the last phase approaches, the
Hancock manager, William A. Devin,
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PUBLISHED WERT **T»WN<>OJI
EXCEPT BU*W>AY;
BJ
Floyd Roberts
Storm Warning Is
Hoisted on Coast
Washington, May 30 (AP) — The
Weather Bureau warned shipping
today that a storm centered south
of Capo Hatteras, N. C., would
cause istrong winds, probably
reaching gale force, from Cape
Hatteras to Atlantic City today
and tonight.
Warnings were issued for small
craft as far north as Nantucket.
BANKHEAD WARNS
OF JAPTEXTILES
Senator Says Cotton Is
Bought In South America,
- Goods Sent Here
Washington, May 30. —(AP) —Sena-
tor Bankhead, Democrat, Alabama,
told Congress today Japan is flooding
the United States market with tex
tiles produced largely from cotton
bought in South America and India.
His remarks, made during a debate
on Japanese competition with United
States industry, were published today
in the Coßgressional Record. He said
Japan now is buying from the United
States much less cotton than she had
purchased in previous years.
In recent months Congress’ atten
tion has been called by various mem
bers to increasing cotton production
in Brazil and other South American
coutries.
Bankhead spoke after Senator
George, Democrat, Georgia, had de
clared Japanese cotton textiles were
finding their way into the United
States market “in increasing and
alarming proportions.”
“I serve notice now,” George said,
"I do not propose to see the utter
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WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA. •
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday,
with occasional showers.
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Relief Bill To Pass Senate
by Middle of This Week,
Leader Barkley
Predicts
ROOSEVELT WANTS
BILL NEXT SESSION
Both Houses In Recess for
Memorial Day, But Voting
on Relief Bill Amend
ments Will Be Started By
Senate on Reconvening on
Tuesday
Washington, May 30. —(AP) —Mem-
bers of Congress want to go home by
Tune 11, and Sena'e Leader Barkley.
Deraocra', Fcntuekv, expressed con
fidence today that they will get their
wish.
“We should pass the relief hill in
the Senate by the middle of the week,'
Barkley said. “Then all we will have
left are a compromise on the Wdgt
hour bill, a deficiency appropriation
measure and a few odds and ends that
can be sandwiched in at any time.”
Administration leaders, ft was learn
ed, have decided definitely to aban
don the government reorganization
bill for this session. There have been
Irequent rumors that the measure,
shelved in the House after Senate pas
sage, would be revived before adjourn
ment.
Several informed congressmen pre
dicted, however, that President Roose
velt would renew his request for the
legislation next year.
Both chambers were in recess for
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Week Will
Be Crucial
For Peace
Praha, Czechoslovakia, May 30 (AP)
—The progress of peace parleys this
week may determine the chances of
effective compromise between the
German and Czech elements of this
lepublic.
The second of three Sunday muni
cipal elections yesterday showed, as
did those of last week, that 80 to 95
percent of the vote in German com
munities sood solidy behind Konrad
Henlein, the Sudeten German "fueh
rer!” Czech communities among the
2,740 where elections were held fol
lowed a trend to the left.
It was taken for granted that the
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Troops Held
For Duty At
Akron Plant
Goodyear Factories
To Open Tomor
row in Face of CIO
Picket Threats
Akron, Ohio, May 30. —(AP) — Ad
jutant General Emil F. Marx said to
day he had ordered about 30 Ohio
National Guard commanders to hold
themselves in readiness for possible
duty at Akron, where the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company plans to re
open its plants tomorrow in the face
of a strike called by the CIO United
Rubber Workers. . , * •
Marx said the action was taken, as
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