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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-fifth year SOyTHEMIERS FORCE WAGE LAW REVISION CASH BOY’S BODY FOUND, BUI CAUSE OF DEATH SECRET SIO,OOO Ransom Money All Recovered and 21-Year- Old Youth Is Being Detained PART CONFESSION IS MADE TO G-MEN Franklin McCall Admits Writing Three Ransom Notes and Collected the Money, But Makes No Further Admission, Edgar Hoover Says in Statement Miami. Fla., June 9. —(AP)—Fed- eral Hureaii of Investigation men, led personally by .1. Edgar Hoover, found the body of James Bailey Cash, Jr. early today. With the tragic discovery, they an nounced the detention of Franklin P McCall. 21-year-old truck driver, as arr alleg'd participant in the sensational kidnaping 12 days ago. They also disclosed the entire $lO,- 000 in ransom that Cash, Sr., paid had been recovered. It was McCall who “found” the last of three ransom notes delivered to the father and called Cash’s atten tion to it. Sheriff D. C. Coleman said he arrested the man one week ago when he became suspicious of his ftorv. Meanwhile, McCall had participated with 2,000 volunteers in a search of the area around Princeton, south of here, where the body and the ransom money were found. Hoover, who announced the break ing of the case, after two sleepless nights, said McCall had confessed he wrote the *hree ransom demands and collected the money, but made no ad mission as to any further part in tiro crime. Ca.-h and his wife were advised im mediately of the developments. The sheriff said Cash received it “very hard.” The sheriff did not see the mother. H jover indicated no Federal law apparently had been violated and Mc- Call and any others who may be pro secutod would be tried in State courts Tic body of little “Skeegie”, who would nave been six years old in Au ((Jont'nued on Page Eight) Elections Board Defers Official Canvass of Vote Raleigh, June 9. —(AP) —The State Board of Elections announced today it would not meet until Tuesday to canvass results of last Saturday’s pri maries. Raymond Maxwell, secretary, said it was decided to postpone the meeting irccau.se an investigation of charges of irregularities in Johnston county might make it impossible to canvass the returns Saturday, as was planned. The board must declare the official results of the Statewide Democratic voting and the Republican nomiina tion of a solicitor in the 17th judicial district. New York Police Expect De finite Break In Mystery In Near Future Stony Brook, N. Y., June 9.—(AP) - The case of Alice McDonnell Par sons. the comely housewife who drop p'd from sight exactly a year ago was on police books today as “de finitely murder.” “We have not stopped investigating the disappearance, and facts continue to come to light,’’ said Police Lieute nant Stacy Wilson, who has been in charge of the case. “Everything’s ad d'd up, the case is definitely mur der.” Wilson declined to divulge “some h* w information” which he said had developed. But. he did expect “some thing pretty definite to be disclosed Boon.” “I suppose the case is forgotten by the public,” he said. “But it won’t be forgotten by us until it is written off the. books, with the guilty persons convicted." The Federal Bureau of Investiga tion announced today two weeks ago h found no violation of Federal law. As recently as May 11 the missing wo -111:1 n’s husband, William H. Parsons,. as,,, rted he received ransom notes ■dter the “kidnaping” of his wife, that some of her clothes had been l'turnod to him, and that he consid cied her dead. Mvnuvr&mx Umltt Hfsmrtrh WIRE SERVICE OF the associated press. Mass Migration Is Begun From Big Chinese Cities Top Cadet m m ODnooonaoonnnnnnr > Cadet John R. Jannarone, of Nut ley, N. J., ranking first in general merit in the graduating class of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., is pictured above. (Central Press) Seek Data On Markets Os Tobacco s J ----- - Washington, June 9.—(AP)—Sena tor Byrd, Democrat, Virginia, said to day he hoped to obtain Senate action “within two or three days” on his resolution seeking a Department of Agriculture investigation into foreign markets for tobacco and use of tobac co products. His resolution, introduced yester day, would request the secretary of agriculture to make a thorough in vestigation of ioreign markets and the possibility of increased exports for all grades of tobacco and by-products. The secretary would be asked to for mulate a plan for an export sudsidy, and to investigate the use of nicotine as an insecticide and the cost of its manufacture. The secretary would transmit to the Senate as soon as practicable the data and cost to the government. SHOOTING OF GIRL • AT RAPIDS PROBED Roanoke Rapids, June 9. —(AP) — Coroner T. M. Cooper called an in quest today into the fatal shooting of Marie Cox, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cox of Roanoke Rapids. Marie was killed Tuesday when, play mates said, a shotgun she was play ing with exploded accidentally. STOCKS ADVANCE ON INFLATIONARY FEARS Wall Street Takes More Optimistic View of Immediate Trends of Business New York, June 9.—(AP)—Buyers regained some of their courage in to -1 day’s stock market, and leading is sues were given a belated life of fractions to around two points. Streng th in major commodities was partly responsible for theupward tilt, brok ers said, the speculative demand for staples apparently reflecting a revival of inflationary possibilities inherent in the government’s forthcoming pump-priming program, and the grow ing feeling in the financial sector the huge amount of ideal bank credit may soon, irct to work. Transfers approximated 600,000 fthcLFCS. _ 4 n American Radiator American Telephone H American Tob B 7 _ g Anaconda 17 14 Atlantic Coast Line ' Atlantic Refining t, Bendix Aviation " f « Beth'iehem Steel ... 46 Columbia Ga* & Elec Co ? 1-8 Commercial Solvents Continental Oil Co *" Curtiss Wright ’ J ” DuPont 1 a Electric Pow & Light ™ ' General Electric "J 7 General Motors ... ' Liggett & Myers B - • - - yo Montgomery Ward & Co 32 Reynolds Tob B Southern Railway Standard Oil Co N J .... x.... U S Steel “ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. War’s Fury Ousts Civilians from Three Great Cen ters as Japanese Move Forward SEEK SAFETY FROM BOMBING ATTACKS Canton, Chengchow and Hankow Being Depopu lated as Frantic Thousands Flee; All Manner of Me thods of Transportation Are Being Employed Shanghai, June 9.—(AP)— War’s fury today was causing a mass migra tion from three great cities, adding in numerable thousands to an estimat ed 30,000,000 refugees already home less as a result of Japan’s gigantic sweep across China’s “good earth.” Relentless bombings since May 28 at Canton had caused an estimated COO,OOO to flee to the coasts and the interior, packing all available con veyances. Thousands more were fleeing south and west from Changchow, junction point of the east-west Lunghai and north-south Feiping-Hankow railroads which were under the immediate shadow of Japan’s advancing army. Still other thousands, mainly women and children, were walking, riding and taking to boats Rom Hankow, provisional capital of General Chiang Kai-Shek’s central Chinese govern ment, in the wake of the announced decision to move many government offices and convert China’s “Chicago” into a military camp for the defense to the last man. Burgin Calls For Run-Off Election In Congress Race '.Lexington, June 9.—(AF) —W., O. Burgin announced today he would enter a run-off primary with C. B. Deane, of Rockingham, for the Dem ocratic nomination to Congress from the eighth district. Burgin said he would seek nomina tion in a run-off, regardless of the results of the official canvass. Un official returns indicated he was a close runner-up so Deane. CONSIDERABLE GAIN SCORED BY COTTON Steadier Liverpool Cables and Bains in Belt Boost Market Dur ing Day’s Trading New York, June 9. —(AP) — Cotton futures opened three to four points higher on steadier Liverpool cables and rains in the cotton belt. October sold up from 8.05 to 8.09, and shortly after the first half hour was 8.06, with the list four to five points net higher., October sold up to 8.14, and the list was at net advances of 10 to 13 points by midday. Futures closed 12 to 13 points, high er. Spot steady, middling 8.11. Open Close July 8.02 8.11 October 8.06 8.15 December 8.08 8.18 January 8.09 8.18 March 8.13 8.22 May 8.16 8.26 ifffob m Will Likely Pick Up Seat Here and There in Next Legislature Dally Dispatch Bureau. In The Sir Walter 11. --I. Raleigh, June 9.—-Sixty-eight Dem ocratic nominees for the 1939 House will have more of less serious Repub lican opposition in the general elec tion of November. Fifty-two member* of the majority party, nominated or to be named either in run-off or by convention, will be able to pick out their seats as soon as they have re ceived their party’s official selection. In many of the counties from which the 68 G. O. P. candidates have been chosen, the race will be made for the exercise only and really without even an outside chance of success for the Republican nomins. For instance, two Republican names will appear on the ballot in New Hanover, but it would be a saving of printers ink and paper if they’d withdraw right now. On the other hand, there exists more than an outside chance that the Republicans will manage to do a bit better than in 1936 when they were successful in electing only eight mem bers of the 1937 House. It is almost (Continued on Page Eight.), HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 9, 1938 NEW MEN WILL BE IN COMING HOUSE Most of Them Will Be Men Who Were Not In Legis lature in the Last Session FORTY INCUMBENTS WERE RENOMINATED They Are Now Ready For Seat Assignments, Since Their Republican Opposi tion, if Any, Is of Little Moment; Several Must Await Run-Off Races Dally* Dlapatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, June 9. —What with unre ported races, :ion-primary counties run-off races to be decided July 2 and other complications it is still impos sible to give a full, complete and un abridged list cf nominees for the 19” i North Carolina House of Represents Aves; but one thing can be predicted with certainty—a majority of the 12G House members in 1939 will not be legislators who sat in the 1937 Gen eral Assembly. ’’sing the phraseology of the inde terminate sentence it can be said that, there will be not less than 40 nc more than 50 repeaters on the rolls when they are definitely made up after the November general elections. In other words, there is a strong pos sibility that the newcomers will out number the 1937 boys two to one. A study of the situation as of to day, made after conferring with Henry M. London, veteran legislative refer ence librarian, who without doubt has the most up-to-the-minute list of House nominees indicates that forty incumbents were renominated and are now ready for their names to go on the November ballots. In addition, five 1937 members have qualified for run-off races; four were candidates in counties from which Mr. London has not heard; and four oth ers may come back from the eight “no-primary” counties (Alexander, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Clay, Surry and Watauga.) t Counties from which Mr. London has no information yet are Gaston, Martin, Mitchell, Orange, Stanly, Stokes, Union and Yadkin. Incumbents who stood for reelection and who have been definitely refus ed and repudiated by the electorate number 17. The House nominee situation, as far as it has been made clear to the present writing, is as follows: Alamance: Dr. Will S. Long, Gra ham, J. W. Lowe (R). Alexander: Nominations to be made in convention. Alleghany: Run-off between W. B. Edwards and S. W. Brown; S. S. Lon dreth, Sparts, (R). Anson: U. B. Blalock, Wadesboro. Ashe: Nominations to be made in convention. Avery: Democratic nomination not made; F. T. Ledford, Elk Park (R). Beaufort: Dr. Zeno B. Edwards, Washington; J. B. Respess, (R). Bertie: Thomas N. Peele, Lewistor. Bladen: Run-off between Lloyd S. Elkins, Bladcnboro (x), and U. S. Page, Bladcnboro. Brunswick: Cornelius Thomas, Shal lotte; D. R. Johnson, Wannaibow, (R) Buncombe: Donald E. Finch, Black Mountain (x); Herbert C. Jarvis, Asheville; Clyde S. Reed, Asheville (R); J. L. Lawrence, Asheville (R). Burke: Leon Butler, Valdese; Re publican to be named in convention. Cabarrus: E. T. Bost, Jr., Concord (x); Lon Dorton, Concord (R). Caldwell: To be made in conven tion. • Camden: R. L. Bray, Belcross. Carteret: Fred R. Seely, Beaufort (x): G W. Duncan, Beaufort (R). Caswell: W. C. Taylor, Blanch (x). Catawba: Ralph Flowers, Hickory (x); Ed. L. Moose, Conover (R). Chatham: C. C. Hall, Pittsboro; Ben L. Spence, Siler City (R). Cherokee: J. N. Moody, Murphy; Clyde H. Jerrett, Andrews (R). Chowan: John Fernando White, Hdenton (x). Clay: To be made in convention. Cleveland: Odus M. Mull, Shelby; Hubert Dixon, Boiling Springs (R) Columbus: Run-off between Ray mond E. Mallard, Tabor City and John E. Koonce, Chadbourn; D. E. Baggett, W’hiteville (R). Craven.: D. L. Ward, New Bern. Cumberland: D. Lacy Mcßryde, Lin den (x). Currituck: G. C. Bosswood, Gregory Dare: Roy L. Davis, Wanchese (x). Davidson: J. Lee Wilson, Lexington. Davie: C. H. McMahan, - Mocksville; J. B. Grant, Mocksville (x) (R). Duplin: C. E. Quipn, Kenansville (x); Horace Ward, Warsaw (R). Durham: Victor S. Bryant, Durham (x), nominated; Run-off between Eg (Continued on Page Four.) WEATHER’ FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Fri day. moral Ultimatum of 18 Southern Senators Demands Dif ferentials in Labor Standards SOME EXEMPTIONS ARE TO BE GIVEN U. S. Ambassador Grew at Tokyo Asks Japan To Let Up In Bombing of Civilian Populations' in China; Roosevelt To Start to Paci fic Coast Washington. June 9.—(AP) A threat of southerners to fight a pre viously-approved compromise forced a joint congressional committee to :•«- open today discussion of the pay pro visions of the wage-hour bill. Armed with an ultimatum support ed by 18 southern senators in a caucus this morning, Senators Ellender, Dem ocrat. Louisiana, and F’epper, Demo crat, Florida, southerners on the con ference committee, told the conferees they must have wage differentials or they would make an active floor fight cn the legislation. The southerners proposed a new compromise y which a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour would be come effective for all interstate in dustry at the end of seven years, but with which would permit differentials on a sectional basis. The conference committee previous ly had agreed to a compromise which would excuse only those industries which would prove at the end of the seven-year period that a 40-cent mini mum would cause unemployment. The southerners insisted, however, such factors as lower living costs and freight rates, which they said were discriminatory against the south, should be considered in granting ex emptions. Meanwhile, Ambassador Grew at Tokyo asked the Japanese govern ment to take urgent measures to stop bombing of non-combatant property in China. The State Department said Grew was instructed to appraise the Japanese foreign office of an attack of Japanese planes upon the Lingnam University campus yesterday. There were 37 American at the uni versity at the time. Also, the White House announced President Roosevelt, if conditions per mitted, would leave on a western tr'p July 7 and speak in Covington, Ky.. July 8. No details were announced. It was expected, however, the President would speak from his train at the stop in Kentucky, where Senate Lead er Barkley is being opposed for re nomination in the Democratic pri mary by Governor A. B. Chandler. Tentative arrangements call for Mr. Roosevelt, on leaving Kentucky, to visit Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas and California. Plenty of Water and Waste Years Ago, But Plenty Not So Long Back By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, June 9.—The railroads are one of our worst economic head aches—perhaps the worst. Try to analyze what is the matter with them and the analyst gets two opposing reactions. There seems to be no middle ground. Some time ago I wrote an article attributing most of the transportation lines’ present-day troubles to their own early misdeeds and mismanagements. Immediately I got an answer from the American Association of Railroads’ publicity bu reau, explaining to me how wrong I was. To be fair, I published this an swer. Budd McKillips, staff expert for Labor, the transportation unions’ or gan, saw it and pointed out to me the numerous errors he said it con tained. I published Budd’s story. Now, rebutting Budd, I have a letter from R. Harland Shaw, a Chicago author ity of note. Accordingly, I tell Mr. Shaw’s side. In Reply— “lt is not for me,” he says, “to pontificate about so highly controver sial a matter, although I have had a number of years’ experience with it. What moves me to write are contra dictions of logic, so obvious that they ought to be explained before we go any farther. “I raise three points, usually over looked in this fighting for public favor.” Much Unprofitable. “The first point,’’ continues my cor (Con'inued on Page Eight) PUBLISHED lyiKY AFTHKNOGM EXCEPT SUNDAY. BRITISH FREIGHTER AND FRENCH VESSEL BOMBED OFF SPAIN Seeks Georgia Seat lllllllji WW& m? Jgral v'";. ■ Lawrence S. Camp • . . for Roosevelt Entrance of Lawrence S. Camp, U. S. district attorney in Atlanta into the Georgia Democratic pri mary senatorial race adds a fourth name to the list seeking the nom ination, which is tantamount to election. „ Camp announces he is “100 per cent” for Roosevelt. Others seeking the nomination are the incumbent, Walter F. George, opposed by the New Dealers; Gov. Eugene Talmadge, also a New Deal foe, and William G. Mc- Rae, an Atlanta lawyer and ad vocate of the Townsend plan. The primary ia Sept. 14. -r- Central Press HANCOCK TALKED FOR POST IN RFC If He Wants Government Job, He Can Get It; Not Persona non Grata Hally DUiifltrh Rnreim, In the Sir# \V:illct Hotel. Raleigh, June 9.—Senator Reynolds is getting an early start toward meet ing the objection Frank Hancock rais ed to him in the past campaign—the charge that “Our Bob” is sadly lack ing in a real sense of responsibility and the seriousness of the business of representing North Carolina in the United States Senate. At least Bob's talking that. way. Says he in his weekly news letter “A senator reelected faces his second term with a new sense of responsi bility by reason of the experience gained.’’ Bob also makes it clear he holds no grudges—and even his worst enemies will probably admit he’s not that type. He says: “Seldom does it happen that a candidate for public office can come through a trying cam paign with no feeling of ill will \- gainst any individual. Fortunately, I have no animosities growing out of the events of the last few weeks.” Meanwhile, there’s talk of Hancock and a job with the RFC. If Frank wants a Federal place, he can prob ably get one—lame ducks usually can unless they were tossed out because of their opposition to the powers that are, Federally speaking, and Oxfori Frank wasn’t in that category. And Washington correspondents are (Continued on Page Eight.) Yacht Is Disabled Off Florida Keys, And Captain Lost Jacksonville, Fla., June 9.—(AP) — Coast Guard divisional headquarters here received a message today from the steamer Castillo, saying the yacht “Backbone of New York” was in dis tress and its captain had been lost overboard. The steamer radioed it had taken a lone occupant off the disabled craft fnd was standing fcy awaiting arrival of the cutter Mojave, which was or dered 'to the rescue. The yacht’s position, coast guard officials said, was about 75 miles south, southwest of Key West. The steamer’s message said: “SS Castillo advises yacht Back bone of New York in distress. Captain lost overboard. There was one aboard. We have taken him off. Engines and steering gear broken down. We are standing by yacht. Please advise.” Coast Guard officials said they had no information as to the identity of the lost captain or the lone survivor. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Five Killed, Including Non- Intervention Observer, On French Ship Out side Harbor LONDON TO PROTEST DIRECTLY TO ITALY Complaint To Be Made To Mussolini Himself; To Act Independently and With Other Powers To Bring Pressure on Franco; Ves* sels Are Badly Damaged Demia, Spain, June 9.—(AP) — Tins British freighter Isadora and tha French freighter Brisbane were bomb ed today in separate insurgent air raids in government-held Mediter ranean seaports. Five persons were killed, including an observer for the European non intervention committee, in the raid on the Brisbane by a lone boipber outside this harbor. Ten others were injured, four gravely. Two of the dead were believed Bri tish, the non-intervention observer tentatively identified as a Briton nam ed Jones, and an agent of the ship’s owners, named Bullock. The other three were French seamen. Demia is 20 miles south of (landia, the British-owned port which was bombed yesterday. The Isadora was struck in her en gjtie room /about imidmight in , the harbor of Castellon de la Plana, and was 'believed to have been put ; out of commission. There Were :io casual ties, however, aboard the Isadora.* The Brisbane was net afire about the same time and still was burning at 11:30 a. m. today. It was- feared she would sink. The French ship, loaded with fer tilizer, was at anchor in the - Demia ’.arbor when the air .'aiders stniCh. BRITAIN MAY COMPLAIN DIRECTLY TO MUSSOLINI London, June 9 —(AF) —An alarmed Britain, spurred by news of fre3h bombings* today in Spanish waters, sought a course of speedy adtion to end repeated and increasing iiisu • (Continued on Pag® Four.) REFUNDS PROBABLE UNDER CROP TAXES Washington, June 9. —(AP) —A new campaign develo|»ed In the Senate today to refund $6,052,253 paid to the government in taxes under the Bankhead cotton act, the Kerr tobacco act and the po tato act. A point of order blocked the provision in the House yesterday, hut Chairman Woodrum, Demo crat, Virginia, of the sub-commit tee on the deficiency appropria tion, told southerners House con ferees would give the refund “very careful consideration” if the Sen ate wrote it into the deficiency bill. CANTONiSBOMBED 13TH DAY IN ROW —— - Rail Terminals and Trains Struck; Casualties Rise Now to 8,000 ■ Canton, China, June 9. —'(AP) —Ja- panese war planes ferried their car goes of explosives and dropped them in the vicinity of Canton and neigh borhood railway stations today for the 13th consecutive day. The raiders blasted three railway stations in the vicinity, tjut dropped no bombs on the shattered south China metropolis, where intensive anti-aircraft fire greeted them. One bombing at 9 a. m., smashed locomotives and coaches of the train, but the crew and passengers of the train escaped. Chinese soldiets brought their rifles into play when one of the planes ft*w low. but the firing was without, effect. The pilots apparently suspected Chinese piane3 might he luncing tbo it Canf.r. to re pel future attacks. While the war-depleted populace nervously scanned the skies for a con tinuation of the attacks, whic.n have dealt a staggering blow of more than 8.000 killed and wounded since May 28. it was reported unofficially that Carton authorities in recent weeas executed 400 extraitors, including For mosans and Koreans. A large quantity of hand grenades v/as said to have been seized and p.r ir.iernal uprising thwarted.
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