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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR JAPAN AGAIN WARNS NEUTRALS TO LEAVE CHINESE WAR AREAS Fighting Zone Probably Will Be Extended 700 Miles Inland from The Seacoast TOKYO EMBASSIES ARE SENT NOTICE Jap Forces in China Strike from Land and Air in Ef fort To Blast Way Up Great Yangtze River; American and British Gun boats Are in Path Tokyo. June 20. —(AP) —Japan to day notified neutral powers that the China war zone probably would he considerably expanded and warned them to take precuationary in a vast area extending some 700 miles inland from China’s coast. General Kazushige Ugaki, foreign minister, conveyed the warning in a circular to all foreign embassies and legations in Tokyo, which said: "Japan sincerely desires to avoid possible damage to the lives and pro perty of foreign nationals and ad vises to take adequate measures along the following lines: "First, foreign nationals and fore ign vessels should evacuate the area such of the Yellow river and east of a line linking Sian, Ichang and Hengvang. “Second, aerial and landmarks should be placed on foreign property in the aforesaid area, and immediate information should be given the Jap anese authorities concerning such property.” STRIKE FROM LAND, AIR IN DRIVE UP BIG RIVER Shanghai, June 20.—(AP) —Striking both from land and air, the Japanese today sought to blast out a barricade of rock laden boats at Matowchen, which is blocking their drive up the Yangtze river to Hankow, while? Jap anese planes continued to bombard the boom, and overland columns ford ed the swollen Tsien river and march ed into Hotow, 30 miles northwest of threatenihg a rear attack against Chinese forces guarding barrier. Another Japanese column, which captured Taihu yesterday, prepared to drive southward against Susung, (Continued on Page Six.) mmm HARLAN COAL CASE Government Prosecution Frankly Admits Its Case Is Too Weak London, Ky., June .20.- (AP) —Fed- eral Judge H. C. Ford today sustain ed a government motion dismissing charges against three Harlan county coal operators and three companies defendants in the anti-labor con spiracy trial here. The defendants freed of the charges were Elmer Hall and the Three Point Coal Company: William Sienknedht and the Blue Dia mond Coal Corporation, and the C. B. Burchfield and the Black Star Coal Company. Government counsel told the court “in candor and fairness we do not be lieve we have established a sufficient case against these defendants.” Judge Ford sustained defense mo tions last Friday after the prosecu tion had rested for directed verdicts °f acquittal. Today’s move, to which the defense tacitly consented, means the action will be recorded as dismissals instead of directed verdicts of acquital. It left 40 individuals and 17 coal companies as defendants. Franco’s Failure To End War Speedily May Hasten Afi Ahglo-Italian Accord Rome, July 20.—(AF) —Failure of Generalissimo Francisco Franco to r, ush the Spanish government as quickly as Italy desired, sent spokes man of Italy and Britain into a hud today to discover means of bring >Uk their April 16, accord into effect before the end of the war in Spain foreign Minister Count Galeezzn Giano and the Earl of Perth, Bri ambassador met to consider H,, ch possibilities. 1 he accord, signed at Rome the day before Easter, does not come into ef f,*ct until Italian troops are with f|i;iwn from Spain, presumably after the end of the war. In London, the British government announced that a commission of Brit -lish, Swedish and Norwegian experts leave for Spain soon to deter mine whether aerial bombardments perry MmoiiiALusmrn. li ritu its mt Hatltr tUsuairh L THB K AS^LI ERVICB OF ASSOCIATED press. Her Mate Doomed Slbl' lillll Mil Mrs. Franklin Pierce McCall, above, has shunned her husband, who con fessed to the kidnaping of James Bailey Cash, Jr., in Princeton, Fla., and who has been doomed to the electric chair. But she indicated that she would pay him a visit before he walks the last mile. This Is the first picture published of Mrs. McCall. (Central Press) QUICK START FOII~ RELIEF MACHINES Five Government Spending Agencies To Press Dis tribution of $3,753,- 000,000 MANY PUBLIC WORKS ITEMS ARE INCLUDED Will Be Pressed Fast As Possible for Sewers, Brid ges, Roads, Low - Cost Housing Developments, Dams; Payments to Farm ers Also To Be Speeded Washington, June 20—(AP) —Heads of five government spending agencies pledged today a quick start on the administration’s $3,753,000,000 relief and public works program. Their detailed outlines of hundreds bridges, sewers, and roads, low cost housing developments, dams, harbors and flood control units awaited only the President’s signing of the bill. In addition, thfe Agriculture Depart ment studied disbursement of parity payments to farmers growing wheat, corn, cotton, tobacco and rice. Loans for farmers unable to get credit and subsistence grants for low-income far mers also are feeing arranged. The five federal officials discussed their programs last night in a radio forum. Harry L. Hopkins, WPA adminis trator, said the 1,325,000,000 paid to WPA workers would flow into trade, channels in their living costs. How ard Gray, assistant administrator of (Continued on Page Six.) in the civil war have been directed at military objectives. The announcement, nude in tne House of Commons by Richard Aus ter Butler, parliamentary under sec retary for foreign affairs, indicated that the United States had rejected a invitation to partij’pate in the in vertJgation. In Paris, the French government v,a- reported to ha o; decided tc dis p. ch a diplomatic mission to the £• pnish insurgent gov jr:»r<ient. Luch a contribute • l to “realistic” di -lomacy as sponsored by British Ir’me Minister C’lamberiair, 1? sol'*, would follow a Fivnn move ef fectively to close Hi 3 French frontier t-' shipments of ar is and munitions to the Barcelona government from Soviet Russia, Czechoslovakia and Poland. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Many Os 40 Dead In Wreck Os Montana Train Missing Miles City, Mont., June 20.—(AP) — Custer creek, into which the Milwau kee railroad’s “Olympian” carried nearly forty persons to their deaths in the nation’s worst train tragedy in years, resisted today the efforts of re scuers to reach one car still holding its dead. Heavy silt flowing into a submerg ARMS SPENDING OF i DOM BENEFITS Reserve Board Hints It May Have Cushioned Depression, However By CHARLES p. STEWART Central press Columnist Washington, June 20.—The Federal Reserve Board’s last monthly econo mic review does not specifically re commend increased American arma ment expenditures as an industrial stimulant. It does, however, mention that, a mong all industrial countries, the United States has suffered the worst business recession since last fall. It remarks also that other countries’ economic activity appears to have sustained fey heavy production for ar mament purposes. • The inference is rather plain that the Reserve Board believes Uncle Sam might have supported this nation’s prosperity in the same way. Is This Its View? Congress has, indeed, recently au thorized enormous armament expen ditures, but it only “authorized” therr except to a comparatively limited ex tent; it did not vote the money to realize more than a relatively small fraction of the authorization. Little of the actual work is being done, or can be done soon, due to lack of spot cash to pay for it. Or credit, either. It is hard to interpret the Reserve Board’s review otherwise than as an (Continued on Page Six.) ilram Foes of Diversion of High way Money Count on Of ficial’s Theory l>n|lr DlNPOteli flnrenn. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, June 20.—Two of the six points of Revenue Commissioner A. J. Maxwell’s recommended program for better highway safety are being used by opponents of diversion as ex cellent arguments for their program of getting thrbugh a constitutional amendment forbidding use'of auto motive tax revenues for any other purpose. The two points are (1) increase in highway patrol personnel and (2) con struction of semi-hard surface should ers on all curves in the State, even if it should fee necessary to refund some of the State’s bonds in order to get the money to do it. The meat in these two cocoanuts, so to speak, which anti-diversion folks like particularly is the implica- Continued on Page Five.) HENDERSON, N. C„ MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 20, 1938 Philippine Volcano Goes on a Rampage g . || Official IMmtotrrauli It S Aniiv Ail < orpt For the first time in ten years, Mount Mayon, active volcano on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines, went into violent action, with the results depicted above. For days the mountain rumbled and groaned, spewing smoke, flames and ashes at intervals. Thousands fled, fearing a duplication of the catastrophe of 1814. when an eruption brought death to 1,200. Little material damage was done. One man died of fright, while another went insane. 'Central Press) cd tourist sleeper in which 17 persons had booked space forced Milwaukee officials to abandon attempts to raije :t with cranes. They said they feared the bottom of the sieeper might drop out, send ing the bodies downstream. Sixteen bodies, eleven of them identified, have been receovered from the wreck age. Porters told of seeing as many as Purge of Soviet Army Is Revealed Moscow, June 20 (AP) —Red Star, the official newspaper, today disclosed an intensive purge in the political ranks of the army in the drive to bolshevize Russia’s soldiers. The paper reported that the “off spring” of Jan Gamarnick, form er vice-commissar for war and navy; General B. M. Feldman and General Bulin had been “uprooted” during the past four months. Gamarnick committed suicide a year ago, Scldman was executed for treason, and the fate of Bulin is unknown. ■ - * hTncockexpended SIO,372INEFFDRT Reynolds Has Not Filed Final Campaign State ment; Others Report Raleigh, June 20 (AP) —Represen- tative Frank W. Hancock, Jr., of Ox ford, who lost in his effort to win Democratic nomination to the Unit ed States Senate, reported today he spent $10,372.83 in his campaign. Senator Robert R. Reynolds won renomination. He has not filed his report, which is due by June 25, but J. Y. Jordan, Jr., of Asheville, Rey nolds manager reported he spent $134.17 for the candidate. Hancock listed as major expenses items in his final report $1,167 for (Continued on Page Six.) W. B. Aycock Found Dead At Raleigh Raleigh, June 20 W. B. Aycock, 47, 1 a former insurance man here, and a son of the late Governor Charles B. Aycock, was found shot to death at his home here this afternoon. Dr. Hubert Haywood reported to officers that he answered a telephone j call from Aycock and found the man dead in a bedroom when he got to j the house. Dr. Haywood said Ay i cock had suffered shellshock during ! the World War, and was rated “total | ly disabled” by the Veterans Bureau. : The doctor said Aycock shot him ' self, attributing the action to the j man’s nervous condition. < W. H. Sawyer, Wake county clerk ( of superior court, designated H. R. J Roberts, a justice of the peace who | (Continued oh Page ) five or six .todies carried away by 20- foot flood that rolled down the creek channel. The* flood waters carried out a 189- foot feridge just before the train ar rived at the crossing early yesterday. As the muddy waters fell back from the windows from the half-overturned car, witnesses said they could see the bodies of passengers, some still in iheir seats. Business Houses Raided and Defaced by Mobs Still Unmolested Berlin, June 20 (AP) —For Jews of Berlin another day of persecution today extended what probably is the greatest wave of anti-Semitism since the Nazis came to power five years ago. Now, after three weeks of raids and defacement of Jewish-owned stores, they found that, at least in the bo rough Weissense, they were for den to buy in Aryan food shops. Placard pasting crews appeared in the northern suburb, but instead of the Jewish stores that were the ob jectives of the red paint crews, Aryan stores were the goal this time. Aryan grocers, bakers and butchers were surprised to find large red post ers stuck on their windows: "We don’t sell to Jews.”’ % Jews arriving at their places of business found tha£ Sunday night paint squads had invaded the down town districts and left no Jewish* shops or name plate untouched by their red paint. <* There still are several thousand Jewish-owned business places in Ber lin in the downtown section in the fashionable west end and in the poor er northern and eastern boroughs. Pope Heads Bankers On Sea Voyage • Aboard S. S. Reliance, Enroute to Nassau, Bahamas, June 20 (A'P) —R. L. Pope, of Thomasville, today was elected president of the North Caro lina Bankers Association to succeed Frank Spruill, of Rocky Mount. Other new officers are W. H. Wool ard, Greenville, first vice-president; B. R. Roberts, of Durham, second vice president; R. C. Llewellyn, of Dobson, third vice-president, and G. C. Huter, of Roxboro, treasurer. Among those named to the execu tive committee, were in group two, W. J. Ausbon, of Tarboro. Representative Harold D. Cooley, Democrat, North Carolina, told the North Carolina Bankers Association (Continued on Page Four.' WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Showers this afternoon and pos sibly tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy, preceded by showers near the coast; Slightly cooler in ex treme north portion and moun tains tonight. publiihd eveky aptbkmooe EXCEPT SUNDAY. GRAFT CHARGES ON GOVERNOR EARLE TO GET INVESTIGATION Kennedy Denies He Is Candidate New York, June 20 (AP)—Joseph I*. Kennedy, United States am bassador to the Court of St. James, toda ydisclaimed any intention to seek ’.he Democratic presidential nomination in 1940. He macl e the remark in response to a question asked him as the Queen Mary, in which he was re turning frorp, Europe, came up the harbor. Such an ambition for him he said, would be a “breach of faith” with President Roosevelt. Kennedy said he would see the President! at the White House on Thursday, and would report to him on his “economic and political ob servations.” wmeT More Like National Social ism Than Democracy, North Carolina Sen ator Asserts SPEAKS AT FINALS OF MAINE COLLEGE Says American Republic Is Being Undermined by At tacks on Democratic Pro cesses by Which It Lives; Urges Graduates To Chal lenge System Waterville, Maine, June 20.—(AF) — Senator Josiah W. Bailey, Democrat, North Carolina, today declared the policies of the present Democratic ad ministration “savor more of a nation al socialism under a sole leader than of a democratic republic.” In a commencement address at Colby college, Senator Bailey review ed what he described as “the evidence of the undermining of our republic by attack upon the Democratic processes by which it lives,” and called on the graduates to embrace “the oppor tunity of an epoch in history.” “The situation is difficult,” he said, “Unspeakable disaster appears to menace the entire world just as you enter upon the scene. But humanity will carry on. “It is your part to challenge with in yourself and wherever your lot may be cast all the forces of the attack upon ciyilization and any inroad upon (Continued on Page Forr.) SLIGHT GAINS FOR INSURGENTS SHOWN On Two Fronts Rebels Go Forward, They Claim; Government Troops Feel Security Hendaye, France, June 20. —(AP) — Spanish insurgents today reported slight advances both on the eastern front and the Cordoba front in south ern Spain. On both fronts, the insurgents were slowed down as they reached strong government positions. Along the Medi terranean, south of Castellon de ta Planza, government militiamen were making a strong stand in fortified positions. Government troops felt secure in their new positions. Insurgents reported an advance of nine miles along a tributary of the Zugar river, on the border of Cor doba province. Government artillery on that point was said to be laying down a heavy curtai nos fire on moun tain slopes captured by the insur gents over the week-end. Monopoly Probe To Hurt No One, Senators Assert Washington, June 20.—(AP)—Sen ators O’Mahoney, Democrat, Wyom ing, and Borah, Republican, Idaho, declared today that business has nothing to fear from the Federal in vestigation of monopolistic practices. They took issue with a statement by Representative Snell, Republican, New York, that he was concerned lest the inquiry be “made an instrument for f urther unjustified attacks on legitimate business.” “My belief is,” said O’Mahoney, “that this can be a cooperative ob jective study of inestimable value to 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Pennsylvania Supreme Court Authorizes Probe of Allegations Made in Campaign INQUIRY GOES INTO DEMOCRATIC J*ANKS 13 Others High in Party Councils To Be Investigat ed Along With Governor; “Conspiracy” To “Cheat; and Defraud” for Gain Is now Alleged Philadelphia, June 20.—(APj— A grand jury investigation of political graft and coercion charges against Governor George H. Earle and IS others high in Pennsylvania’s Demo cratic ranks was authorized today by the State Supreme Court. Most of the charges were made in the bitter Democratic primary cam paign in May, many by former Attor ney General Charles Margiotti, an un successful candidate for the guberna torial nomination, who was fired by, Governor Earle. It was charged in petitions for a grand jury investigation filed later by District Attorney Carl Shelley, of Dauphin county, that there was a “conspiracy” among persons in anc’ closely connected with the adminis tration to “cheat and defraud” the state for gain, political and otherwise. The Supreme Court’s decision to al low the grand jury inquiry was by unanimous vote of the seven judges. The court named Judge Paul Schaefer, of Berks county, to sit in the grand jury inquiry., Earlier the high tribunal had ac ceded to a request of the three Daup hin county judges that another judge be named to supersede them. The pe tition for a grand jury investigation was filed originally with the Dauphin county court. RAINS AND BUYING BOOST FOR COTTON Futures Up 10 to 13 Points at Close, With Spot Middling at 8.62 Pinnacle New York, June 20. —(AP) —Cotton futures opened seven to nine points up on higher cables and rains in the cotton ifcelt. Shortly after the first half hour, October was selling at 8.53 with the list ten to twelve points net higher. October sold off from 8.59 to 8.51, leaving prices nine points net higher at midday. \s Futures closed 10 to 13 points er. Spot steady, middling 8.62. , J.' Open Clos6 July 8?l8 853 October 8.50 8.^6 December 8.57 8.&0 January 8.57. 8.50 March 8.61 B.S:t May 8.63 B.OS 18 Indicted In Spy Case In'New York New York, June 20.—(AP)— ThrU indictments naming 18 persons were returned today by the Federal grand jury which has teen engaged in the government’s first intensive espion age investigation since the World War. The indictments were based on sev eral months of inquiry and four weeks of closed meetings, during which scores of men and women were questioned. Two surprise witnesses, Johanna Hoffman, hair dresser on the North German Lloyd liner Europa, and Private Erich Glasser, attached to the army air corps at Mitchell Field were called before the grand jury shortly before the indictments weri returned. Each is now held in $25,609 (Continued on Page Sl* * business. I have seen nothing to in dicate any intent except to find a solution of a difficult economic pro blem. This is a task for men of in telligence, tolerance and goodwill in business and government.” •O’Mahoney probaibly will be chair man of the 12-man committee, and Borah is one of the members. Borah declared “I venture the be lief that the committee is not pro posing any which hunting program. We have a great problem and it is our business to do what we can to advance a wise and just solution for it.” ,
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