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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR SENATE COMMITTEE TUTS WRA VOTE PLEA RFC OFFERS LOANS 10 BUT UTILITIES Will Buy Immediately $5,- 800,000 of Knoxville, Tenn,. Revenue Bonds For Purpose INQUIRIES COME IN I OUT OF NORTHWEST Existing Private Power Companies in Region of Bonneville, Grand Coulee and Port Peck Dams May Be Taken Over by Cities in Those Areas RFC OFFERS oedrmyaee Washington, June 28 (AP) —The fa cility's of th € Reconstruction Finance Corporation were made available to day to cities seeking power from the government's new hydro-electric pro jects. Chairman Jesse Jones announced that the RFC had agreed to buy $5,- 800,000 of Knoxville, Tenn., revenue bonds to enable the city to acquire the Knox county distributing system of the Tennessee Public Service Com pany. The city will use TVA power. Jones said Knoxville expected to make a ‘‘very substantial reduction” m rates to consumers and to amor tize the cost of the plant in 20 years. He added that while there has been no other formal application to the RFC for such financing, inquiries had been received from the North west indicating that applications might be expected from the vicinity of the Bonneville, Grand Coulee and Fort Peck dams. An RFC agent al ready is studying the loan prospects in the Columbia river area, he said. Jones said a proposal that three PWA projects in Nebraska buy out the major utilities in the State was eligible for RFC financing. The deal would involve $100,000,000. While the RFC was “willing to co operate,” the chairman said, its offer was limited to programs involving dis tribution of power from government financed dams. SEARCHERS WORK ON FOR McCORMICK. BOY New Routes Followed in New Mexico Mountains in Hunt for Miss ing Rich Youth Albuquerque, N. M., June 28 (AP) — Searchers moved through the tangled underbrush ut the base of north Sandia peak today in a broadened hunt for Medill McCormick, Chicago publishing heir lost on a climbing expedition. Virtually abandoning the belief that the youth might be lodged on the steep face of the peak, the searchers prepared to scour th e brushy terrain below the ledge, on which the body of his companion, Richard Whitmer, was found last Thursday. They were working on the theory that young McCormick gained the foot of the peak’s sheer face with little or no injury, but was killed, lost o.- severely hurt in the lower country while trying to reach help for his companion. FARM BUREAU IS ITS OWN PROGRAM Six-Point Budget Cut Out To Be High-Pressured on Legislature Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, June 28 —The North Caro lina Farm Bureau Federation will center its attention on a six-p§int pro gram for the 1939 General Assembly E. F. Arnold, its secretary, told this bureau today. He summed up the program as: (1) A law providing for $5 automo bile and farm-to-market truck license plates. (2) An act authorizing cooperative hail and storm insurance on growing crops. (3) Building all-weather farm-to market roads with North Carolina limestone, screenings to be pulveriz ed and sold to farmers at cost. (4) Coordination of existing agri cultural State and Federal agencies so as to prevent duplication and over lapping of duties and dual adminis tration of fundamental agencies. (5) Adequate appropriations for agricultural extension work, vocation al agriculture and research work. (6) Revision of State feed, fertilizer and seed laws. Mr. Arnold said his organization, in demanding $5 auto plates does not advocate smaller revenues for use on highway construction and mainten uouuuueo on Jrage Five.) IFint&rrsmt Bttilit tHsrmtrh a w SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Searching for Her Son Vv 'ill WBf v> C|kf•» Hi jßSfeft *llll Ul JH VV Wim : |||y aHgfijHT . m <, 11 ~~ ; '' mm HR jgjg| «S Hpr jgpp jM BF * Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms, mother of the missing John Medill McCormick, is pictured with police as she climbed high into the Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque, N. M., to aid searchers in the hunt for her ion. Ihe lad s companion in a climbing expedition, Richard Whitmer, lumber heir, was found dead at the base of a 2,000-foot cliff. Burgin Pennell Elected State Legion Commander Asheville Man Wins Covet ed Post by Vote of Con vention at Its Final Session RALEIGHIs WINNER OF 1939 GATHERING Other Officers Are Elected, With Little Contest Deve loping Except for Third Vice Commander, Which Is Won by Dr. R. S. Mc- Geechey, Weldon Winston-Salem, Jupe 28.—(AP) — The North Carolina Department of the American Legion elected Burgin Pennell, of Asheville, its commander at the final session of the annual con vention today. Raleigh was selected as the 1939 convention city. Pennell succeeds Hector C. Black well, of Fayetteville. After electing S. A. Russell, of Salisbury, first vice commander, and R. L. McMullan, of Raleigh, second vice commander, fcy acclamation, the delegates differed and It contest de veloped over election of a third vice commander. John H. Stephenson, of Southern,. Pines, Dr. R. ,S. McGeachey, of Weldon, and Herbert Swain, of Williamston, were nominated for the post. On a roll call vote, McGeachey received 148, Swain 90 and Stephen son 42. - Swain then moved that the elec tion be made unanimous and Stephen son seconded the motion. Louis Ratcliffe, of Charlotte, was re elected national committeeman. Stick fContinned on Page Five) HECTOR CLARK HAD EXPENSES OF $423 Raleigh, June 28.—(AP) —Hector H. Clark, judicial candidate in the ninth district in the June 4 Democratic pri mary, reported today he spent $423 in his campaign, and had contributions of S6O. Prince of Sweden Dedicates Museum At Philadelphia Philadelphia, June 28.(AP)—Crown Prince Gustav Adolff of Sweden, de spite an illness that kept him con fined to his state room while cross ing the Atlantic, delivered the dedi catory address today for a museum whose cornerstone he laid in 1926. A crowd at, the Swedish-American Historical Museum heard the prince, speaking by telephone from his ship in the navy yard, proclaim: “This museum is to stand as a tri bute to the heroism of the great num ber of Swedes who left their home land to create a new country in America.” Immediately after the address, the crown prince prepared to leave for a New York hospital for observation for a kidney ailment, which forced him to cancel most of his part in the Swedish tercentenary program in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jer sey. % ; ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Old Mexico City Rocked by Quake Mexico pity, June 28.—(AP)— Mexico City rocked by a heavy earthquake today at approximate ly 2:25 p. in., eastern standard time. Reports of damage or casual ties were not immediately avail able. onotstatT Marked Contrast This Year . With Hot Run-Off Pri mary in 1936 Raleigh, June 28 —Two years ago all hundred counties of North Caro lina were interested in the primary election of July 4, with three State wide races, as well as many local ones to be decided. This year voters in 52 of the hundred will not even go to the polls for any purpose whatever. As a result, most of the firecracker day pyrotechnics this year will be pro vided by squibs, cannon crackers, Roman candles and skyrockets—not by political goings on. Only four ballots have been prepar ed and sent out by the State Board of elections —two congressional and two solicitorial. Saturday, July 2, voters of the sixth will choose between Judge Lewis Teague, of High Point, and Oscar Barker, of Durham, for Congress. In the eighth the battle will be to see whether C. B. I>3ane, of Rocking ham, or William O. Burgin, of Lexing ton, shall go to Washington. In the sixth solicitorial the candi dates are J. Abner Garker, of Rose boro, and Divers D. Johnson, of War sal; in the twenty-first R. J. Scott of Danbury, is being opposed by Allan D. Ivie, Jr., of Leaksville. There are enough other counties in which there are local run-offs to bring to 48 the total units in which the polls will be open. As a result, it is certain that there (Continued on Paye Four.) CAROLINAS KIWANIS CLUBS ARE LAUDED Ames Haltiwanger, District Governor, Tells San Francisco Conven tion of Activities San Francisco, Cal., June 28 (AP) — Ames Haltiwager, of Columbia, S. C., governbr of the Carolinas district, told delegates to the Kiwanis Inter national Convention here today that the 58 clubs in his district were act ively engaged in community service programs. The annual Carolinas district fel lowship dinner will be held tonight. Haltiwanger announced the annual Carolinas district convention would be held in Spartanburg, S. C., in the fall. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 28, 1938 APPEAL FOR VOTE OFRfIMPLE^ Speech of Aubrey Williams, Assistant to Hopkins, Is Censored As Un fortunate COPY OF ADDRESS BEING ASKED FOR Williams Resorts to Urn usual Alibi of Being Mis quoted, But Newspaper men Attending Meeting and Who Heard Address Report Utterance of Offi cial Wash’ngton, June 28.—(AP) — The Senate campaign investigating com mittee censored today as unfortunate a speech made yesterday by Aubrey W. Williams, deputy WFA adminis trator', to the workers alliance. The committee voted to accept, however, a statement by Williams that no political implications were in tended in his remarks to the organi zation of WPA workers. Chairman Sheard, Democrat, Texas, of the Senate committee, told news papermen he would ask the alliance for a stenographic transcript of Wil liam s’ address. Newspaper men informed him that th< almanac had distributed what purported to be a transcript of the tall , in which Williams advised the wo t kers to keep their “friends” in povrer. Ira letter to Sheppard, made pub lic by the committee, Williams sum marized his talk, and said he was un able to send the transcript because his remarks were made extemporan eously. ’What I said and’ what I am re p* rted as saying are entirely two dif f< rent things,” Williams informed the c jmmittee in response to its request ,'or information about his talk. Newspapermen attending the meet ing of the alliance reported Williams told the workers “keep your friends in power. Judge those friends by the crowd they run with when they come to you and ask so? support.” Plan Agreed Upon To Pay Gounties on Roads Taken Over Raleigh, June 28 (AP) —Chairman Frank L. Dunlap said today the members of* the State Highway and Public Works Commission had reach ed an agreement on the method to be followed in considering claims of various counties for millions of dol lars in payment for roads. The details were not revealed. Seve ral years ago, counties lodged claims aggregating around $80,000,000 with a special commission appointed to in vestigate the contentions, that coun ties were due reimbursement for funds expended on roads now taken over by the State. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Tillett, of Wan chese, operators of the Oregon Inlet ferry, held a conference this afternoon with D. Collin Barnfes, a member of the • commission, on the possibility of reducing charges at the ferry. 'iMMSBOAI Dives Headlong d>ni Gun boat in Yangtze; Other Warships l>amaged Shanghai, June 29. (AP) (Wednesday)—Major fighting in Japan’s drive on Hankow swirled tonight around the great Yang-tze river barricade of sunken junks, mines and forts at Matowchen, 170 miles down river from Han kow, \fut Chinese said the main harrier still held despite desper ate Japanese assaults and local gains. Shanghai, June 28 (AP)—A “dare to die” Chinese flier was said today to have sunk a Japanese gunboat in the Yangtze river by deliberately plunging his burning bomb-laden plane to the vessel’s deck. Chinese air force officers said the act occurred near Anking, 215 miles fdown the rivefr from Hankow, China’s provisional capital, in air at tacks that damaged at least three Japanese gunboats and destroyed six Japanese war planes. The Chinese pilot, they said, dived headlong to the gunboat’s deck when Japanese anti-aircraft fire set his plane aflame. The officers pridefully called the (Continued on Page Five.) Gibraltar Fort Threatened By Spanish Insurgent Guns Os Germany, London Hears President to Travel Far —i ! i i -a M I >«*rL_ [ —\ AS AH j \ ! ? > jk S OKLAHOMA \ —-If- CRUISETO / TEXAS . -$,58, JZ ~ FORTWORTH (^| President’s summer journeys , ■ ■ LsANFRANCSCO W » SHl "6To*^6flj ANGELES U C — lj - \ zzz.-..::.', -Carn>/bgecirri - y ~:.. w \ - SOUTH# = = <3ALAPAGOS^==7C Iia^ = = ISLANDS .^ CUA T^ EE |— -. ■ ■ \ AMERICA President’s summer journey Already the most-traveled of presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt soon embarks on a transcontinental stump tour to carry his New Deal to the country and to assist loyal Democrats in the current campaign. The president’s travels began with the marriage of his Son John to Anne Lindsay Clark at Nahant Mass., June 18. Then he cruised on the small yacht Potomac from Salem, Mass., to his Hyde Park, N. Y., home. Then there is a speech June 27 at Wilmington, Del., for the anniversary of the Swedes’ first American Landing. He has two speeches to make in New York, June 30, where he lays the cor nerstone of the federal building on the grounds of the New York world’s fair, and then one at the Gettysburg, Pa., battlefield, July 3. His western swing opens July 8 at Marietta, 0., where the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Northwest Territory is being celebrated. Other tentative stops on his western swing aie shown. After reaching California, the president will cruise to the equatorial Pacific, with some fishing off the Galapagos islands. The plans call for the president to board a cruiser at the port of Los Angeles. HANKOW TRAIN IS DRAPED WITH FLAGS International Train Carry ing Foreigners from Chi nese Danger Zone Hankow, China, June 28 (AP) —The international train, draped with Ame rican, British and French and Ger man flags, departed from Hankow this morning, carrying 210 foreigners of seven nationalities, but 26 German advisors to the Chinese army were not aboard. The Germans, it was said, will leave on special coaches to be pro vided by Chinese authorities July 5. They were unable to depart today, as scheduled, because of farewell func tions planned in their honor. The international train was routed toward Hong Kong. Twenty-six ad ditional foreigners, including eight Americans, were to board the train at Changsha, capital of Hunan province, 300 miles south of here. The remaining international com munity includes 150 Americans, more than 200 Britons, 50 French and a like number of Germans, including the military advisors. The Berlin government has recall ed the German ambassador, Oscar Trautmann, because of apparent dis pleasure over the reluctance of Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek to part with his military experts, who are credited with a large share of Chinese war strategy. WEATHER FOB NOBTH CABOLINA Mostly cloudy, probably showers in east and north central portions tonight, ending on the coast Wed nesday morning; cooler in south portion and near the coast tonight, and slightly warmer in central and northwest portions Wednes day. PUBLISHED IYIKY AFTMUfOOM EXCEPT SUNDAY. TAKE IN AMERICA In Realty, There Is Very Little To Be Learned Not Already Known By CHABLES F. STEWABT Central Press Columnist Washington, June 28.—Internation al spy scares in normal times do not “take” well in the United States. During the period of our participa tion in the World War, when we were pretty cuckoo, we took spy stories somewhat seriously, although even then we were not as dotty concerning them as European peoples were. To day, however, attempts to stir up an espionage sensation in our midst are pooh-pooh’ed quite generally. The recent big batch of indictments Continued on Paat> Five.) COUNT WILL FACE BARBARA’S CHARGE Beportedly Coming to London in Con nection With “Threatening” Letters Sent London, June 28 (AP) —Reliable sources said today that Count Haughwitz-Reventlow would come to London to face allegations of his wife, the former Barbara Hutton, that he wrote her letters she considered threatening. It was understood the count’s at torney, Norman Birkett, would see a magistrate tomorrow or Thursday to fix a date for a hearing of the case. The Woolworth heiress obtained a summons against her husband last week after she received letters which she believed were threatening. Since then, her two-year-old son, Lance, has been closely guarded in her home. In Copenhagen, the Danish minis try of justifee informed the countess’ lawyer that the Copenhagen city court would handle her suit for sepa ration from her husband when and if it was filed. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY J Duchess of Atholl- Says Heavy Cannon Trained l on British Mediterran ean Stronghold POWERFUL RIFLES ON MOROCCAN SIDE Mounting Indignation Over Attacks on British Ship ping May Force Permis sion for Arming of Freight ers in Spanish Waters, London Believes London, June 28 (AP) —The Duch ess of Atholl today gave details of what she said were guns Gibraltar” from insurgent Spain, and issued notice she would ask Prime Minister Chamberlain in the House of Commons tomorrow what he intends to do about them. The duchess recently rebelled from Conservative ranks and has been a frequent government critic. The question of such guns, alleged ly of German manufacture, has been raised repeatedly during the Spanish civil war. The government has taken the position generally that they are not a threat to Gibraltar, Britain’s fortress at the western entrance to the Mediterranean. The duchess enumerated guns in greater detail than any previous list. She cited: More than guns in hills around insurgent-held Albeciras, including three pieces of more than ten inches. A number of long range 5.9-inch guns and several howitzers ‘‘so placed that they could drop shells in Gibral tar, but yet are invisible from the highest point on the rock.” Nine naval type guns of about four inches on Punta Carnero. At least one 15-inch gun on a high peak almost 21 miles inland. About 45 guns ranging from six to 15 inches in Spanish Morocco, direct ly opposite Gibraltar. Mounting indignation over continu ed bombings of British merchant ships in Spanish ports led some quarters in London to believe Chamberlain’s gov ernment must face fresh demands Earlier hopes that a five-day lull in (Continued on Page Four.! Rebel Push Depends On Big Battle Struggle Near Teruel To Decide Fate o f Franco’s Drive for Valencia Hendaye, France, June 28 (AiP);— Spanish government commanded re ported today that insurgent forces slowly were being dislodged from their stranglehold on the Valencia high way southeast of Teruel. Both sides conceded that the fate of General Franco’s campaign against Valencia hung on the battle along the Teruel-Segunto road. Advices fnom Valencia said the constant pounding of government counter attacks had driven the in surgents from many heights about 22 miles southeast of Teruel and 45 miles northwest of Valencia. On the coastal front, however, where anoth er insurgent army is pushing south toward Valencia, a government count e offensive came to an abrupt end and militiamen were hard-pressed to stop a renewed insurgent drive. Insurgent air raiders bombed Bar celona today, one day after the Span ish government had accepted Great Britain’s plan for a neutral commis sion to investigate bombing of Span ish cities. It was the first air raid on that city, temporary capital of gov ernment Spain, since June 22. The planes flew over qt a high al titude, dropping their bombs on the outskirts. There were no reports of victims or damage.
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