HENDERSON’S
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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
M’CALL ADMITS KIDNAP-SLAYING CASH BOY
Britain And France
Plan Drastic Moves
To Check Air Raids
London Tired of Shooting
Protests Into Franco’s
Pigeon-Holes About
Shipping
extreme~measures
MAY BE LAUNCHED
Fifteen Neutral Ships Sunk
Or Damaged In Two
Weeks and Bombings Con
tinue; French Foreign
Minister Outraged by Re
cent Bomb Devastations
London. June 10.—(AP) —Britain,
fully backed by France, and tired of
shooting protests into Burgos pigeon
ries, concentrated today on finding
a drastic but practical means of stop
ping the Spanish insurgent deadly air
raids on Anglo-French shipping.
George Bonnet, the French foreign
minister, was reported to have told
Sir Eric Phipps, the British ambas
sador in Paris, that France was will
ing to cooperate with London in ex
treme measures to end the Mediter
ranean scourge of lead and steel,
which has sunk or damaged at least
15 neutral ships in two weeks.
Sit Eric was believed to have re
ported to London Bonnet was out
taged by the .savage attack yesterday
dii the French freighter Brisbane at
Denia, in which seven persons were
killed and eight wounded.
Britisers were exasperated by the
series of attacks yesterday.
A lone insurgent air raider, flying
an Italian-mpde seaplane, again bomb
ed Alicante, Dena and the British
owned port of Gandia today, Madrid
reported.
The British freighter Thorpehall,
which was bombed three days ago at
Alicante, again was struck and start
ed sinking stern first.
At Gandia, the “phantom” raider,
repeating his practice of striking
about midnight, destroyed the main
warehouse of the British-owned port
and sank a small Spanish coastal
schooner. .
At Denia, he returned to the at
tack on the French freighter Bris
bane and dropped two bombs aboard
the crippled ship.
Negro Pays
With Life
Forßaping
Raleigh, June 10— (AP) —Empie
Baldwin, 25-year-old Columbus county
Negro, was executed at State’s Pri
son today for rape.
The Negro entered the chamber at
10 1-2, the gas switch was thrown
at 10:36, and he was pronounced dead
12 minutes and seven seconds later.
After being seated in the chamber
Baldwin asked to see John W. Hall,
former Columbus county sheriff, who
was in the witness chamber. Hall
could not hear the Negro’s words be
cause of thick glass between them.
“Tell rny mother I died and am go
ing to Jesus,” Baldwin was quoted
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Japs Sever
Peiping Rail
Line South
Launch New Attack
Immediately, With
Only Feeble Chi
nese Resistance
Shanghai, June 10. —(AP)Japanese
cut the Peiping-Hankow railroad for
(he first time south of the Yellow
liver today and launched an attack
an Chengchow against feeble resis
biiieo as their drive inland through
b"' heart of China gained momentum.
Chengchow is the junction of the
I'fiiping-Hankow main line between
Hankow, China’s provisional capital,
H 'id the central front, and the east
w,'*t Lunghai railroad, the eastern
etui 0 f W hich the Japanese already
Dave captured.
Hankow-Chengchow traffic was
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Shot by Jap
A it *
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Dr. Frederick Scovil (above), Cort
land, N. Y., missionary, was shot
and seriously wounded by an intoxi
cated Japanese soldier at Tsining,
Shantung province, China, * while
protecting Chinese nurses in a hos
pital operated by the American
Presbyterian Mission.
(Central Press)
Court Gives
Ford Permit
For Appeals
U. S. Court in Ken
tucky Denies Labor
Board Right T o
Withdraw Order
Covington, Ky., June 10 (AP)—The
United States Circuit Court of Ap
pea.s today permitted the Ford Motor
Comfjany an appeal to the Supreme
Court on the National Labor Rela
tions Board order of December 22 re
quiring compliance with the Wagner
labor act. The court refused the
board permission to withdraw records
from the case until the appeal is dis
posed of.
The court overruled five specific
Ford motions, including one seeking
leave to interrogate the Labor Board
members and New Deal advisors
about formulation of the original or
der. Petition for oral arguments was
denied.
Ford had proposed questioning J.
W. Madden, Labor Board chairman,
and Benjamin Cohen and Thomas
Corcoran, advisory aides to Presi
dent Roosevelt; attaches of the De
troit and Washington offices of the
board, witnesses and others. The
court also overruled Ford’s motion
for a confessed judgment against the
board through the latter’s failure to
answer certain questions, which the
board in turn contended it was not
required to answer.
MAXWELLPROGRAM
WILL BE OPPOSED
Six-Point Safety Project
Outlined to Conference
In Asheville
Dally Dispatch Unreal,
In The Sir W.-ller 11
Raleigh, June 10.—The six-point
safety program Commissioner of Re
venue A. J. Maxwell recommended for
State action in an address to the
North Carolina Safety Conference at
Asheville last night is sure to meet
opposition on some of its points.
It is also sure to start agitation for
some other things, outside the imme
diate scope of the safety program,
such as removal of the Stale High
way Patrol (which Maxwell recom
mends should be “largely increased”)
from the control of Mr. Maxwell’s de
partment and placing it under the
State Highway Commission, where so
many thing it belongs.
Other points of discussion which
will be raised will be touched upon
after the six points stressed by the
revenue commissioner have been
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Eight Army
Airmen Dead
From Crash
Huge Bombing Plane De
stroyed In Fall at Farm
In Illinois During
Bad Storm
BELIEVED STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING BOLT
Bodies So Badly Mangled
Identities Are Impossible
Immediately; Farm Wo
man Says There Was Ex
plosion, With Debris Fly
ing Into the Air
Delavara, 111., June 1® (AP) —
Eight Army Air Corps men were
killed today in the crash of a
huge army bomber on the Youle
farm north of here during a brief
but violent storm.
Miss Laura Youle said she be
lieved the craft was struck by
lightning.
“There was an explosion, debris
flew in the air, and the ship came
down about half a mile from our
farm house,” she said. “It fell on
muddy ground. Wings and fuseliage
wei\3 badly torn. At least seven bodies
were strewn around, some wearing uu
opened parachutes, and one was still
in the plane.”
An army bomber carrying three
officers and five enlisted men was
missing on a flight from Chanute
field, Rantoul, 111., to Denver, Col.
Air Corps authorities at* Rantoul
would not say definitely the crashed
plane was the missing bomber, but
admitted they had been out of com
munication with the ship for hours.
Henry Houghton Delavan, under
taker, said all victims wore uniforms.
The bodies were so badly mangled,
he said, he was unable to determine
immediately if there were eight or
nine.
The missing bomber left Rantoul at
9:25 a. m., central standard time, on
what officers said was a “routine
flight” to Denver.
The three officers aboard were iden
tified as Captain Richard Reeves,
Lieutenant Norman Ives and a man
listed only as Lanhen.
COTTON IS LOWER
IN CLOSING PRICE
Early Strength In New York Ex
change Vanishes, With Loss
Slight at the End
New York, June 10— (AP) —Cotton
futures opened seven to ten points
higher on reports of more rain in the
belt and complaints of \isect ac
tivity. After October had advanced to
8.28,’ a little realizing developed late
in the first hour, and that month re
acted to 8.22, with the list at net gains
of six to seven points. October reacted
from 8.28 to 8.15, leaving prices net
unchanged to two points higher a
round midday.
Futures closed one to four points
lower; spot steady, middling' 8.19.
Open Close
July 8.20 8.09
October 8.25 8.11
December 8.27 8.15
January 8.27 8.15
March 8.31 8.21
May 8.34 8.25
Labor Leaders Employing
Bad Strategy At Present
Calling of Strikes at Time L ike This Is Weaning Sup
port Away; Unions Are Becoming Rackets, Bab
son Declares; Cites One High Type Union
BY ROGER B. BABSON.
Copyright 1938, Publishers
Financial Bureau, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois, June 10—The pre
sent tactics of the AFofL and the
CIO are deplorable. While there are
many causes for the protracted busi
ness recession, one of the biggest b?
the labor controversy. The actions
of labor leaders are hurting business
badly and are doing permanent in
jury to their own members. I do not
understand what these leaders are ex
pecting to accomplish by their cur
rent “strategy”. It is unpatriotic to
foment labor troubles and issue strike
orders at this time. Moreover, with
millions of Americans out of jobs and
eager to work, it seems * ridiculous
from labor’s own standpoint.
Os course, labor troubles are much
less in number today than they were
a year ago. At that time conditions
were almost hopeless. Until recently.
HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 10, 1938 '
Salisbury Daily
Paper Suspended
Salisbury, June 10,—(AP)— The
Morning Herald announced suspen
sion in a front page editorial ties
morning. Business conditions, with
no prospect of an increase in ad
vertising appropriations, was cited
as the reason for suspension. The
plant will he held intact, the edi
torial stated, so publication may l»e
resumed, if justified.
The paper published its first is
sue September 1, 1937
ROOSEVELT’S LONE
FORMAL SPEECH IS
AT MARIETTA, OHIO
Any Number of Informal
Talks Will Be Made Dur
ing Cross-Country
Trip, However
HE WILL BACK UP
NEW DEAL RUNNERS
PWA Plans To Assign Fed
eral Inspectors To Speed
All Projects Under New
Spending Program; All
Possible Delay Will Be
Eliminated Quickly
Washington, June 10. —JAP) —Pres:
dent Roosevelt said today the only
formal speech he now expects to make
on his cross-country trip next month
would be at Marietta, Ohio.
He indicated, however, he probably
would make a number*of informa'
talks.
The trip, which will give Mr. Roose
velt numberous opportunities to ex
press directly or indirectly his favor
for Democratic primary senatorial
candidates, will be through several
states between the national capital
and California.
The President gave no indication at
his press conference, nor has any
White House aide yet indicated, what
part Governor A. B. Chandler, of
Kentucky, who is running against
Senator Barkley, Democrat, Ken
tucky, candidate for renomination
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DEATH AT WELDON
IS BEING PROBED
Body of Norwegian Paper Mill Work
er Found in Woods Near Roa
noke River Thursday
Weldon, June 10. —>(AP)—A coron
er’s jury probed today the death o r
Karre Strand, a Norwegian whose
body was found in a woods near the
Roanoke river.
A group of small boys found the
body yesterday. Several handker
chiefs were tied around the neck. The
man wore only trousers and a glove.
His other clothing, including his over
coat, were in a bundle a few feet
away.
A letter of introduction among his
effects showed he was a representa
tive Norwegian company, and
was enroute to Plymouth, N. C., to in
stall some machinery for a paper con
tainer manufacturing company.
Deputy Sheriff Howard said the
man had apparently been dead for a
week.
the sharp drop in business had made
labor leaders watch their step more
closely. Lately, however, the “big
shots”, to revive interest in waning
memberships, have stirred up more
rows. The automobile, the tire, and
the shipping industries have been
plagued by new outbreaks. At the
same time, building, railroad, and
steel workers have held wages at their
unreasonable peaks of a year ago. As
a result, unions are hurting business
and are ruining themselves in the
eyes of public opinion.
Unions Turning Into Rackets.
In attacking union leadership, I am
not decrying the principle of collec
tive bargaining. All practical business
leaders and professional people are
solidly behind this principle.. Em
ployees must be protected in their
right to discuss their work, their
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Here is Franklin Pierce McCall, 21-year-old Princeton, Fla., truck driver,
after his arrest as a suspect in the kidnaping-slaying, of James Bailey Cash,
Jr., 5, whose body was found under an orchard tiee less than a mile from
the spot his father paid the SIO,OOO runsom. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the
G-Men announced McCall admitted writing the three ransom notes and ac
cepting the ransom money, which was found in a hole at the corner of the
orchard. McCa.l, federal agents said, led them to the body of the boy.
Rails To Get
No U. S. Help
This Session
Roosevelt Contem
plates No Special
Message; Says It’s,
Up to Congress
Washington, .Tune 10.—(AP)—Presi
dent Roosevelt said today he did noi
contemplate any special message to
the current Congress urging enact
ment of railroad legislation. Talking
to reporters at his press conference,
he left the impression the question of
such legislation was entirely up to
Congress.
The administration learned, mean
while, from an eleventh-hour congres
sional canvass, that it could not count
on enacting immediate legislation to
alleviate the financial plight of the
railroads.
Even a new program of the Recon
struction Finance Corporation to has
ten operation of the bankruptcy
“wringer”, leaders agreed, has vir
tually no chance of consideration at
this session.
Meanwhile, the House Rules Com
mittee approved plans for an inves
tigation of the radio industry and
the Federal Communications Com
mission.
Chairman O’Connor, Democrat, New
York, declined to discuss the com
mittee’s favorable vote on the resolu
tion providing the inquiry. The com
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STEEL SHIPMENTS
SHOW LARGE DROP
Finished Products of “Big Steel” De
cline for Month and for Year
Up To Present
New York, June 10.—(AP) — Ship
ments of finished steel products by
United States Steel Corporation sub
sidiaries in May decreased 36,891 tons,
to 465,081 tons, and compared with
1,034,029 in May last year. The total
was the lowest for any month since
December, 1934.
Shipments for the first five months
of the year totaled 2,532,297 tons, a
deci-ease from 6,345,7?4 tons in the
comparable 1937 period.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy, possibly local
thundershowers in north portion
tonight or Saturday.
PPBLUHIID IVIRT APTKKNOOV
■XCHPT SUNDAY.
Run-Off Demandec
In One-to-One Tie
Kinston, June 10.—(AP) —II. C.
Phillips, Lenior county planter, who
received one vote for the Repub
lican nomination for coroner to one
for his opponent, Louis Cameron,
asked a run-off primary today.
County election hoard officials
said that, after aJI, it didn’t mat
ter, because a second primary was
necessary anyhow to choose be
tween Rivers Johnson and Abner
Barker for the Democratic nomi
nation for the sixth district so
lieitorship.
The situation was described by
officials as “not so funny,” because
they said, “in view of the neces
sary Democratic run-off, easting of
a few ballots in a G. O. P. race
would make little difference to poll
holders.
G. 0. P. MIGHT GET
IOWA IN NOVEMBER
Gillette Victory Over Wear
in May Be Even Worse
For New Deal
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, June 10. —lowa’s re
cent primary result is being acclaim
ed by anti-New Deal Democrats as a
victory for their political group, but
the situation is not quite as simple
as that.
Representative Otha D. Wearin,
seeking the Democratic senatorial
nomination, presumably with the New
Deal’s blessing, was*, iindeed, badly
beaten by Senator Guy M. Gillette,
who was renominated under circum
stances which implied that the New
Deal opposed him. As a matter of
fact, except on the Supreme Court
issue, Wearin’g and Gillette’s congres
sional records have been much the
came on the New Deal. But let that
pass; assume that Gillette’s victory
was, as anti-New Dealers contend, a
triumph for their hunch.
On the opposite hand, ex-Senator
L. J. Dickinson, attempting to return
to Washington as a Republican solon
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JOHN C. DANIELS, 35,
TOBACCONIST, DEAD
Wilson, June 10.—(AP) —John C.
Daniels, 35, a tobacconist, died in a
hospital here today of injuries re
ceived Wednesday night when his au
tomobile collided with a car being
towed by another car near here.
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PLACEDOVERE YES
AND MUM OF BOY
Took Child to His Home
and Found He Was Dead,
Then Hid Body, Mc-
Call Confesses
NO CONFEDERATES
IN BRAZEN CRIME
Details of Whole Procedure
Outlined to G-Men by
Prisoner, Says Edgar
Hoover, FBI Chief, Who
Declares Sensational Flor
ida Case Is Solved
Miami, Fla., June 10 (AP)—With an
eight-page written confession from
Fianklin McCall that he roughly
snatched James Bailey Cash, Jr., from
his bed, found the boy dead, and then
collected SIO,OOO ransom from the
father, J. Edgar Hoover announced
today the sensational case had been
so.ved.
“The case is now completely solved”
said the director of the Federal Bu
reau of Investigation. “We have a
full confession from the sole partici
pant in the crime.”
Hoover announced today Franklin
P. McCall had confessed the entire
Cash kidnaping and that he killed
five-year-old James Bailey Cash, Jr.
The Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion director said McCal.’s admission
detailed that he stole the boy from
his bedroom while he slept, placing a
handkerchief over the child’s mouth,
and another over his eyes and took
the boy to his home .where he found
the boy was dead.
McCall had no confederates at any
stage of the case, Hoover reported.
McCall said he thought at first the
boy still was asleep, Hoover declared, •
but when he found after about 15 min
utes he was dead, he took the child
in his arms and ran and walked to a
spot in the woods near his home,
with which he was well acquainted
from hunting trips.
There he flung the body into a
dense thicket, where it was found
early yesterday morning.
Having disposed of the body, Hooyer
continued, McCall returned to his own
home to get the first of three ransom
notes which he had written in ad
vance. Then, despite the death of
the little victim, he took it to the
shack of a Negro, John Emaimel.
Disguising his voice, McCall
persuade the Negro to take it to
James Bailey Cash, Sr. When Eman
uel became frightened and fled, Mc-
Call p aced it under his door.
Earlier, State’s Attorney George
Worley said McCall may be charged
with both the murder and the kid
naping of young Cash.
Although then no formal charge
had been entered against the young
truck driver, Worley said he would
present evidence to a special grand
jury Monday on which it might in
dict McCall for the two crimes, both
capital offenses in this State.
ALBEMARLiTyOUTH
VICTIM OF CRASH
Albemarle, June 10 (AP) —Spencer
Efird, 17, died in a hospital here early
today of injuries received in an auto
mobile accident last night. Police said
the car overturned on a rural road
near here.
Robert Wilkinson, a companion of
Efird, jumped from the automobile
and was not hurt.
Asks Board
Throw Out
Many Votes
Smithfield, June 10 (AP) —J. Troy
Young, of Dunn, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for solicitor
of the fourth district, who was de
feated on the face of unofficial re
turns, asked the Johnston Elections
Board today to throw out several
thousand allegedly illegal ballots cast
in iast Saturday’s primary, and in
vestigate the vote thoroughly.
Young presented a new petition
after previously having asked a re
count. His new allegations included
charges that thousands of voters were
registered for the primary without
any party designation, which are re
quired by law, and that the whole pri
mary in the county should be ruled
illegal and void.
The petitioner contended elimink
tion of the illegal votes would make
him the nominee in the district.
Solicitor C. C. Canaday, of Benson,
who defeated Young, told the board
it had no power to do as Young wa3
requested, but it did have authority
to make a recount. He said he would
welcome a re-canvass.