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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-fifth year HUNT. CtEMEHTS. ROSIHSOH IRE NOMINATED REYNOLDS MAJORITY OVER HANCOCK GOES WELL ABOVE 100,000 With Less Than 200 Pre cincts Unreported, Rey nolds Has 276,471, Hancock 181,958 CONGRESSMEN WITH OPPONENTS ALL WIN i Kerr, Barden, Bulwinkle and Weaver All Renomi nated; Bone Wins Office; Again Over Valentine; Second Primaries in Sixth I and Eighth Districts Loom Raleigh, June 6. — (AP) —Senator Report R. Rcynoldss’ majority over Representative Frank W. Hancock, ,lr.. passed the 100,000 mark today as scattered returns were received from Saturday’s primary for the United States Senate nomination. With 1.706 of 1.562 precincts re ported, Reynolds had 285,653 votes, and Hancock 184,707. The total vote already reported was, therefore, 469,000, or just short of th© previous high record of 471,014 for a, Senate primary, which was establish ed in 1936. In Washington, Senator Reynolds said his ‘‘fine victory” in the primary "helps to lighten the burdeiTT>f a man in public office.” "It is naturally most gratifying to have been renominated to the Senate by such an overwhelming majority,” he said in a statement. Raleigh, June 6.—(AP) —Tardy re turns hiked the majority of Senator Robert R. Reynolds close to 100,000 today for renomination to the United States Senate. Unofficial tabulation, of. ballots from 1.666 precincts of 1,862 in the State in Saturday’s Democratic primary gave Reynolds 276,471 votes and his opponent, Representative Frank W. Hancock. Jr., 181,958. Hancock, congressman from the fifth district since 1930, sent Reynolds a congratulatory telegram pledging him ‘‘active support and sincere co operation in your every effort to ad vance the social and economic wel fare of our people.” Representative A. L. Bulwinkle, of the tenth district, John H. Kerr, of the second; Graham A. Barden, of the third, and Zebiulon Weaver, of the eleventh, the only congressmen to have opposition, all were renominated on the face of a fairly complete re turns. The hottest fights developed in three district in which the incumbents did not seek re-election. In the fifth, National Committee man A. L. Folger, of Mount Airy, had a comfortable majority over two other candidates. L< wis E. Teague, of High Point, and (Continued on Page Six.) Jap Planes Bomb Canton Eighth Time French Hospital Is Ripped, Two Chi nese Killed, French Surgeon Is Injured Canton, China, June 6. —(AF) —Ja- panese war planes scored a direct hit. on the French-owned Doumer hos pital today as they subjected Can ton to terrific bombardment for the to nth successive day. f) ne side of the building was blown out and a French military surgeon lightly wounded. Two Chinese pa tients were killed and many wounded. French authorities immediately rushed 30 Marines to the scene and f 'reet e( | barricades around the hos pital. Corpses were strewn in front of tbi hospital as buildings nearby were hit. Forty-five bodies were laid in the street outside a Red Cross unit next door to the hospital. Meanwhile, Japanese shock troops began the envelopment of Chengchow, b f, y to Hankow, after having captured Kaifeng, one-time capital of China. f >ne column, driving westward from Raifeng and In pursuit of retreating Chinese forces, advanced to Chung 'now, 23 miles east of the junction of tbe Peiping-Hankow and Lunghai railways, while other columns closed 1,1 from the south and southeast. Japanese aerial observers reported b'lfge-scale Chinese withdrawal was u&clervvay at Chengchow. 4j£tutettSott MlßpUtth —— ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGmiA. ’ WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Reynolds Lead Is Run Still Higher Raleigh, June 6 (AP) —Returns from 1,721 out of 1,862 precincts in the State in Saturday’s Democratic primary for the United States Sen ate nomination gave Robert R. Reynolds 287,170 and Representa tive Frank Hancock, Jr., 184,787. 21DEAD.50 HURT Os SPAM TOWN British Ship Set Afire In Harbor of Alicante, on Eastern Mediterran ean Coast RAIDS CARRIED OUT BY GERMAN PLANES French Territory Invaded Again by Bombing Planes from Spain, Bringing Warning (That (“Next Er ror” y/ill Be “Unpleasant Surprise” for~Spahish Madrid, June 6.—(AP)—lnsurgent war planes left 21 persons dead, 50 wounded and a British ship ablaze in a fierce foray over Alicante, 75 miles south of Valencia, on the eastern Mediterranean coast. The dead included nine women, one child, two Alicante stevedores and three members of the crew of a Bri tish ship identified as the Winfred. This and other new raids along the coast followed a week in which more than 400 persons died in aerial bom bardments, and in which new protests came from neutral nations. Five German-made Junker planes carried out the assault on Alicante. French territory was invaded again by bombing planes from Spain,* but prompt warning shots from French anti-aircraft batteries sent them back across the frontier after a ten-minute flight over France. Nine planes, unmarked, as was the squadron which bombed French ter ritory yesterday, first appeared over the village of Puymornes, near the Andorean frontier. Premier . Edouard Daladier of France left Paris by plane for the French-Spanish fronteir, accompaied by General Jules Decamp, chief of his military staff, inrlhnediately after he recived word the planes had crossed the frontier. His aides said he would make a personal investigation of the scene of yesterday’s bombing. “The next bombing error Spanish planes make over French territory will bring them an unpleasant sur prise,” one French official comment ed. COTTON IS LOWER AS SESSION ENDS Reactions Set In After Moderate Up turn Earlier in Day’s Trad ing on Exchange New York, June 6. —(AP) — Cotton futures opened six to nine points off, with lower Bombay cables partly off set by trade buying of July. Prices reacted a few points further and then .held about steady shortly after the first half hour. October had eased from 8.05 to 8.01, and recovered to 8.04, leaving the list seven to nine points net lower. By midday o< *° b ®£ had reacted to 8.00, with the list 10 to H points net lower. Futures closed 15 to 17 lower. Spot quiet, middling 7.89. T * 7.99 7.90 J U ‘ y • ",*■’* ... 8.05 7.95 October 807 7.93 December g>o6 7.93 January 3.10 8.04 March 814 8.07 May WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair, slightly warmer in north central and northwest portions tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy, scattered showers in north west and west portions. HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 6, 1938 KEY FIGURES IN DEMOCRATIC BATTLE IN IOWA ||k. Ilk ' ' Senator Guy M. Gillette The most heated Democratic senatorial battle in the history of traditionally Republican lowa comes to a climax with the primary election. The cam paign became an issue of national importance when Wage-Hour Standards By Industries Are Planned Senate Members Make Pro posal, and 1 House Conferees May Agree if Minimum I s Lifted to 40 Cents an Hour; Adjournment By Week-End Sought Washington, June 6.—(AF)—Senate members of a congressional committee drafting compromise wage-hour bill, said today they had about agreed to support a proposal for individual wage standard boards within each in dustry. Two members coming out of a sep arate session of the Senate conferees said sentiment indicated acceptance of a plan proposed by Senator Thomas Democrat, Utah, chairman of the Sen ate Labor Committee. House con ferees, meeting separately, were con sidering a somewhat similar proposal. Chairman Norton, Democrat, New Jersey, of the House group, expressed 1 Policy of Quiet While Dem ocrats Claw Each Other Is Helping By CHARLES 1\ STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, June 6.—Republican management has been first rate thro ughout all the fighting which has been raging in congress in recent months between “pro” and “anti” New Dealers. The G. O. P. senators and represen tatives are “antis”, of course. Even if a few of them are in personal sym pathy with certain New Deal policies, they are “antis” on partisan grounds And they all vote partisanly. Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California, for example, always has been a mightv liberal and occasionally an outright bolting Republican. Nevertheless, he has been as consistent as New Deal “antis” as any Old Guardsman of late. Senator George W. Norris of Nebras ka might be cited as an exception. He has been very regularly “pro” New Deal. However, he was not elected the last time as a Republican, hut as an Independent. Now, the New Deal naturally has been exceedingly repulsive to old-line Republicanism all along. It' has been a terrible temptation to its spokesmen to give .it oratorical hades on Capitrl Hill. Yet they have exercised an ad mirable restraint. Why? Political Sagacity. Well, they showed remarkable poli tical good sense. If the Democrats had stuck together behind the administration there would have been nothing left for the Repub licans to do except to yell their heads off impotently as the overwhelming majority proceeded to ram the New Deal program through in all its de tails. . But G. O. P. leadership had the per spicacity to foresee from the first that the enormous preponderance of the Democrats virtually assured strife within itself. The Republicans had reason to know this, for they have had huge congressional majorities of their own, and were aware, from sad experience, that too big a majority / “—■■ (Continued on Page Six.£ Representative Otha D. Wearin administration leaders sought to strengthen th# New Deal faction in the senate by defeating Sena tor Guy M. Gillette, left, and indorsed Representa tive Otha D. Wearin, right. the opinion it would accept the Thomas plan if provision were made for a minimum of 40 cents an hour by some definite date. Under the Thomas proposal, a minimum of 25 cents an hour would become effective in all interstate industries 120 days after the bill becomes law. One year later, the minimum wage would be ad vanced to 27 1-2 cents an hour. The next year this minimum would go up to 30 cents. Congressional leaders discussed with President Roosevelt the chances of adjourning Congress this week-end, and agreed it could be done if there were an early agreement on the wage hour bill. OF RMRPRISES Congressman Strong est Where Best Known; Other Events Unexpected IMII? UlßpaU'h Itnrenn, In Th«* Sir Wnln-r Raleigh, June 6. —Os necessity, these remarks and comments on Saturday’s primary returns are written before tbe tumult and shouting have died away and before anything more thart the sketchiest sort of outline of what happened is available; and so it fol lows that there exists a distinct pos sibility that in a few cases belated re turns may make incorrect some of the information herein—but that’s some thing that can’t be helped as this piece must be written in time for Jim Farley’s hirelings and political hench men to convey them safely to our editors. Standing out above the returns is the surprising strength shown hv Frank W. Hancock, who polled more votes and carried more counties than any one outside his headquarters staff thought possible. It was noticeable that the fifth dis trict congressman’s strength lay where he is best known —which is quite a compliment to him. Not onlv did he win every county in his own district by a whopping and whoop ing majority, but his reputation as an able man had obviously overflowed into adjoining territory, as witness his success in counties touching the fifth such as Vance, Franklin, Alamance and Yadkin, and had extended over into such other contiguous ones as Chatham, Lee and Harnett. Apparently Frank carried 17 coun ties (subject to change by last minute returns from unreported precincts), of which no less than 12 were in his own districts or practically contiguous thereto. The other five —Pasquotank, Cam den, Beaufort, Wayne and Mecklen burg—went for him because there he had the support of the right people to get the vote out. Besides, the news papers covering Pasquotank, Camden, Mecklenburg, and Wayne were ar dent Hancock boosters, and the in (Continued on Page Three.] ffR™BILL MAY DELAY ACTION Spending-Lending Measure May Strfke Snag in Con ference Committee Labors FULL HEARING IS NOW BEING ASKED Recommendations for Im mediate Start on Projects Costing $650,000,000 Ready in Hands of PWA Engineers Soon as an Agreement Is Reached Washington, June 6 (AP)—A $212,- 000,000 Senate addition to the farm bill threatened today to delay action on the administration’s spending lending bill. Representative Woodrum, Demo crat, Virginia, one of a group of House members appointed to meet with Senate conferees and draft the final form of the bill, told the House that in his opinion “full hearings” would be required if the farm item was to receive serious consideration Speaker Bankhead told his press conference, however, that he believed the House would accept the appropria tion, and hoped the conferees would agree it. Recommendations for an immedi ate start on projects costing $660,009 will be made by PWA engineers as soon as Congress sends the spending • tV»nthiuert on Page Three.) MODERATE RALLIES SHOWN FOR STOCKS News no Worse Than Last Week, but Developments Fail To Inspire Any Buying Rush , New York, June 6. —(AP) Stocks traveled over a rallying trail in to day’s market proceedings, but were frequently sidetracked by profit-sell ing, and at the last top gains running to more than two points were re duced. The news was no worse than in the past several weeks, and here and there it was some better. Wash ington and trade developments, on the whole, were hardly calculated to bring on a buying rush. It was noted that activity was greatest during the forenoon advance, tapering off when light offerings ap peared at the tail-end of the session. Transfers approximated 500,000 shares American Radiator 10 1 2 American Telephone 12i) 1-2 American Tobacco B 63 Anaconda 23 3-4 Atlantic Coast Line 1C 7 S Atlantic Refining 21 3-S Bcndix Aviation 10 1-4 Bethlehem Steel 44 Chrysler 42 5-8 Columbia Gas & Elec Co. 6 l-o Commercial Solvents 7 Continental Oil Co 8 2 8 Curtiss Wright 4 1-2 I'uPont 97 1-2 Fleet) ic Power Light 1" General Electric 33 3 4 General Motors 29 13 Montgomery Ward & Co 31 Reynolds Tobacco B 37 3-4 Southern Railway 7 1-4 Standard Oil Co N J 46 1-2 U. S. Steel 42 1-4 PUBLISHED EVERY A.FTEKNOOM EXCEPT SUNDAY. Hamlett Leads For , Sheriff,. But Lacks Majority Os Votes Paschall Again Coroner, M undy for Constable; Flem ing and Rogers Get Four-Year Terms as Commis sioners. Hight for Two; Hancock Gets County Vance county’s hotly contested Democratic primary fight for local offices was apparently settled in every instance except that for sheriff in last Saturday’s voting, and Lennie L. Swanson, runner-up, today announced he would call for a run-off with Sheriff J. E. Hamletticn Saturday, July 2. Mrs. Roosevelt Is To Visit. Halifax Wilsoiu Juno 6 (AP) —Mrs. Franklin D. lioosevelt will visit Roanoke resettlement project near Halifax sometime in September, when a special celebration in her honor will be held, L .L. McLen don, project .supervisor, said today. McLendon said there was a pos sibility President Roosevelt also would attend. Allege Fraud In Balloting In High Point Defeated Candidate for Congress -Says He Will Bring Charges to Board High Point, June 6 (AP) —J. O. Atkinson, Jr., of Greensboro, defeat ed candidate in the Democratic nom ination for Congress in the sixth dis trict, said today he planned to prefer charges of “election fraud” in High Point before the Guilford County Board of Elections when it meets to canvass returns tomorrow. “It is my present intension,” Atkin son said, “to prefer charges of fraud in High Point in Saturday’s primary with the Guilford County Board of Elections tomorrow morning, or per haps tonight. I am satisfied of irre gularities at the polls in High Point, and irregularities have existed there before.” L. J. Fisher, of-High Point, a mem ber of the board, said “we have no in tention of making any investigation of the primary in High Point unless for mal charges are preferred.” The boxes in High Point were impounded last night, Fisher said. Father ; Son Set Free In Cash Crime \ Princeton, Fla., June 6 (AP) —M. F. Braxton and his son, James, held by Federal agents since last Wednesday in connection with the kidnaping of James Bailey Cash, Jr., were released today after their wives called at the Federal Bureau of Investigation to plead for their freedom. • IThe womens almost hysterical, emerged from the FBI office re porting the agents refused to let them see their husbands or give them any word, but the unemployed carpenter and his fisherman son turned up here a short time later. Both declin ed to make any statement about the case. As far as was known, no wit nesses or suspects were held at the Miami headquarters atfer their re lease. Only 12 men of an original force of - * (Continued on Page Three.) HEAVYSHIPMENT OF IRISH POTATO CROP Raleigh, June 6—North Carolina early Irish potato growers will ship approximately 7,500 carloads before July 1, R. B. Etheridge, chief of the State Department of Agriculture’s markets division, said today, basing his information on a survey of com mercial shippers. “Approximately 85 per cent of the potato crop this year will be inspect ed by the 140 graders of the Depart ment, operating at every shipping point,” Etheridge said. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Vance county’s hotly-contcstcd Dem ocratic primary fight for local offices was apparently settled in every in stance except that for sheriff in last Saturday’s voting, and there was spe culation today as to whether or not Lonnie L. Swanson, runner-up, would call for a run-off with Sheriff J. E. Hamlett on Saturday, July 2. W. A. Hunt for the State House of Representatives; R. E. Clements, seeking another term for recorder, and Horace M. Robinson, running for another term, were all re-nominated over all opposition. S. B. Rogers and E. L. Fleming were nominated for the two four-year terms as county commissioner, and Henry W. Hight won a clear majority in a field of five for the two-year term as county commissioner. Asa P. Paschall, seeking renomina tion as coroner, won over two oppon ents, while John L. Mundy, Hender son township constable, came so near a clear majority over two opponents that a run-off was regarded as verv unlikely. «T. C. Cooper and E. B. Taylor were renominated for places on the Coun ty Board of Education in a field of A second primary for sheriff was assured this afternoon when Lon nie L. Swanson, runner-up against Sheriff J. E. Hamlett in last Sal day’s election, announced he" would call for a run-off. The election will be held on Saturday, July 2, and. so tar as known at this time, will be the only office voted on at that time. four for three impending vacancies on the board. J. S. Norwood was third man, with H. L. Wright as the low man in the race. Vance county gave a majority to Representative Frank W. Hancock, Jr., opposing United States Senator Senator Robert R. Reynolds, seeking renomination, and went overwhelm ingly for Stanley Winborne, State utilities commissioner, seeking re nomination, and opposed by Paul Grady, of Kenly. The biggest vote polled by any in dividual candidate was that >tiy Horace M. Robinson, who received 4,057 votes over Charles F. Tankersley, Jr., who got 1,411 for register of deeds. Sheriff Hamlett received a vote of 2,478 to 1,799 by Lennie L. Swanspri, runner-up, with Jesse M. Baity, third man, having 1,184 in the contest for sheriff. The sheriff’s vote was 505 less than the combined vote of hm two opponents, who had an aggregate of 2,983. All figures were Unofficial, but were those turned in after the counting had been completed in the several pre cincts Saturday night. It is expected there will be minor changes when of ficial vote is tabulated by the Vance County Board of Elections tomorrow, but. not enough to change the results. Recorder R. E. Clements polled an unofficial vote of 2,995, as against 1,- 998 for J. M. Peace and 534 for John W. Beckham, his opponents, a clear majority of 463. For the House of Representatives, W. A. Hunt’s vote of 2,708 was 33 more than the combined vote of Brooks P. Wyche, with 1,706, and S. R. Chavasse with 969. For constable of Henderson town ship, John Mundy polled 1,849 votes, which was only 78 less than the com bined vote of E. F. Murphy, with 1.- 155, and Jack Collins, with 772. A run-off was considered very unlikely. A total of nearly 5,500 votes appear ed to have been cast in the election, which was several hundred more than in the primary of two years ago. The complete unofficial vote for a’’, offices, with totals for the entire coun ty, follows: House of Representatives—W. A. Hunt, 2,708; Brooks Wyche, 1,706; S. R. Chavasse, 969. Register of Deeds—Horace M. Rob inson, 4,057; Charles F. Tankersley, ,Tr., 1,411. Sheriff—J. E. Hamlett, 2,478; Len nie L Swanson, 1,799; Jesse M. Baity, 1.184. Recorder —R. E. Clements, 2,995; J. M. Peace, 1,998; John W. Beckham, 534. Coroner —A. P. Paschall, 3,011; P. M. Porter,i 1,755; Henry Davidson,. 561. County Commissioner, four-year term, electing two—H. B. Parrott, 1,- 503; S. B. Rogers, 3,155; S. R. Harris, Jr., 2,098; E. L. Fleming, 2,915. County Commissioner, two- year term, electing one —W. W. Currin, i ■ i—.... (Continued on Page Six.;