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?KaSn 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR BRITISH PLAME AT MONTREAL IN 20 HOURS Pick-a-Back Plane and Pilot I *•• .':; , "■. ' : :: i j «fIMBBBBi /pfibSffiSßo%s ■• •' M ~ .............. .... ..... . .■.- . .. ■.■... • This picture givvs you a good idea of what the British flying boat Mercury (at top) looked like when it took off at Foynes, Eire, on July 20 for a flight to Montreal and New York. The Maia, the largest plane below, carried the Mer cury off to a flying start on its back, then cut the smaller ship loose. In the inset is Capt. A. S. Wilcockson, pilot of the Maia. Six Steel Firms Backed Inquiry Into Industry Concern Employed for Task Ordered To Study Whole Nature of the CIO Washington, Ji*ly 21.—(AP) —Senate investigators heard today that six steel companies engaged a public re lations firm last July to make a study of industrial relations, including the “CIO, its leadership, its methods, its philosophy and the nature of its sup port by communists.” John W. Hill, of the Cleveland firm of Hill & Knowltop, told the Senate Civil Liberties Committee that each of the companies agreed to pay $1,500 a month for the service. He named them as the Republic, Bethlehem, In land and National Steel Corporations, and the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company and American Rolling Mills Company. Hill said the companies were con cerned about their industrial relations as a result of the “little steel” strike of last summer, and sought facts that would be useful in shaping policy. Other developments: Secretary Hull told globe-circler Howard Hughes that his epic airplane (Continued on Page Eight. Roosevelt’s Ship Travels Shoals Area Aboard U. S. S. Houston, Enroute to Panama, July 21.—(AP) —The cruiser Houston, carrying President Roose v, lt and his fishing companions on a vacation jaunt down the Pacific, clip ped along at 21 knots today toward French-owned Clipperton island, poor-. lv charted and a danger to naviga tion. The island, lying 670 miles off the Mexican mainland, on a line between Hawaii and Panama, consists of a low coral ring of sand-like appear ance, varying in width from a few yards to a quarter of a mile and ris from the sea to a height of five to It feet. Within this coral ring is a large circular lagoon, with depths hom a few inches to more than 300 feet. are warned that the island is dangerous to navigation, even un ‘ier the most favorable conditions. Mariners are urged to approach Clip perton with great caution. WEATHER for NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy, occasional show ers in central portion tonight and in the interior Friday. - rtf Hrttitersmt Haifa iOtsuatrlt LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Preview Cellulose Cigarette Wrapper New York, July 21. — (Al*) —Rep- resentatives of American cigarette manufacturers were given a pre view today of cigarettes wrapped in transparent cellulose, made of tobacco waste instead of paper. The invention was displayed to them by I. Tamas, Hungarian au thor and playwright, who came hero Monday from Europe with his lawyer to attempt a sale of Amer ican rights. Tamas, who does not smoke, said he invented the wrap ping after two years experimenta tion. * “The use of the new transparent wrapping,” he predicted, “will make white paper cigarettes as obsolete as silent movies are to day.” Morgan. Given Free Hand In TVA Evidence Knoxville, Tenn., July 21 (API- Congressional investigators of the TVA lifted restrictions today which prevented Arthur E. Morgan from questioning TVA employees except by arrangement-with Authority offi cials and committee counsel. Representative Jenkins, Republi can, Ohio, moved yesterday to permit unrestricted questioning after Dr. Morgan charged officials had instruct ed employees “not to talk” to him without their permission. After an executive session today, Jenkins withdrew an original motion and substituted the following, which passed unanimously: “Resolved, that it be the sense of this committee that all employees be given free opportunity to confer with this committee or any other persons designed by the chairman with re ference to subject matter in this in vestigation, and- that it not be neces sary for such employees to make a re port thereof to any TVA officers, either before or after th e conference.” Representative Made, Dmocrat, New York, said “this resolution does exactly what we all sought.” Dr. Morgan then returned to the stand to announce he was finished for the time being with the testimony he opened Monday. Senator Schwartz, Democrat, Wyom ing, said he would like to question the former TVA chairman further on the TVA’s power yardstick, which Dr. Morgan said was adopted without his permission or knowledge, and had been termed by Dr. David Lilienthal, another director, as “little more than a guess.” _ ___ _. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Ship Starts ToNewYork Soon After Took off from Ireland Wednesday Afternoon from Back of Mother Ship Montreal, July 21. (AP) (Canadian Press)— The British seaplane Mercury took off at 1 p. m., eastern stand ard time, today for New York from Bousherville air harbor, where she arrived this morning on the first trans-Atlantic flight for a plane of her type. Montreal, Canada, July 21. —(AP) (Canadian Press) —The first trans- Atlantic flight of a pick-a-back plane ended here at 10:20 a. m., eastern standard time, today when the Bri tish seaplane Mercury alighted on the St. Lawrence river, near Montreal. The Mercury glided to a snug land ing in an air harbor' 20 hours, 20 min utes after leaving Foynes, Ireland 2,715 miles away, where she had been launched by her mother ship, the Maia. Some .2,000 miles of her route had traversed the North Atlantic, and she eame on to Montreal without making her expected stop at Botwood, New foundland. Completing the first of eight sched uled experimental flights to Canada this year, the silvery seaplane cut her engine and coasted into an area of the harbor marked off by buoys. A flag-decked yacht steamed out into the river to greet Captain Donald Bennett and Wireless Operator Albert Coster, the Mercury’s crew of two. The Mercury was to unload part of her 1,000 pound cargo here, and then take off for New York about noon, eastern standard time, after replenish ing her fuel tanks. The Atlantic crossing was accom plished at 3:29 a. m„ eastern standard time, when the ship, 13 hours, 29 min ues out of Foynes, passed over Cape Bauld at the northern tip of New foundland, and headed inland with out making the expected stop at Bot wood. Over Cape Caste the Mercury was flying at 147 miles an hour. Weather was reported perfect. The Mercury was launched from the back of the Maia at Foynes, at 2 p. m., eastern standard time yes terday. OWEN WISTER DIES AT THE AGE OF 78 Providence, R. 1., July 21. —(AP) — Owen Wister, 78, author of “The Vir ginian,” died of a cerebral hemor rhage today at his summer home in North Kingstown. Tobacco Has Big Comeback College Station, Raleigh, July 21. “Flue-cured tobacco in Eastern North Carolina has shown marked improve ment within the past two or three weeks,” Lloyd T. Weeks, assistant ex tention tobacco specialist at State College said today. “Prospects are much brighter in most sections, but I am afraid it will be impossible for the State as a whole to produce a normal crop.” Weeks, who spends most of his time visiting various counties of the State to examine tobacco fields and tobacco-growing demonstrations con ducted by farmers, estimated that pro duction this year will be at least 20 per cent under last year. He added that some of the demon strations where farmers have applied the right fertilizer, observed recom mended cultural practices, arid have used a high grade of seed, are mak ing much better leaf than the other fields near-by. But in places rains have been so heavy that the demon strations were “drowned out and are a complete flop,” the specialist point ed out. Over a wide part of the State, how- HIGH POINT WOMAN DIES OF GUN WOUND High Point, July 21- —(AP) —Mrs. Mary A. Ramsay, hosiery mill em ployee, died suddenly at her home here today of a bullet wound in the head which Acting Coroner M. Mur ray said apparently was inflicted ac cidentally. L. E. Williams, assistant superin tendent of the local bureau of inves tigation, said he was told by the woman’s husband, E. W. Ramsay, that the latter was cleaning a gun which was . discharged accidentally, the bullet piercing the back of her head. Mrs. Ramsay came to High Point two years ago with her husband from Rocky Mount, Va. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, 1938' England’s Monarch Arrives In France wuhbsmbb^sSp On a state visit considered a diplomatic warning of caution to the rest of Europe, King George and Queen Elizabeth of England are pictured (arrows) as they arrived at Boulogne, France, after a voyage from Dover, on the Admiralty yacht Enchantress. This is first visit of a reigning British ruler to France Germany Greatly Desirous Os Peace, Envoy Informs Britain 45,000 Rural Electric C, y ' . +r Customers In The State, Board Advises Governor Raleigh, July 21.—(AP)—Chair man Dudley Bagiey, of the State Rural Electrification Authority, reported today just before being re-elected, that 8,211.2 miles of rural electric lines had been built in North Carolina since July 1, 1935, to serve 45,425 customers. An addition, to cost SIIO,OOO, for 107 miles of rural lines to serve 420 or more customers in Pitt, Martin and Edgecombe counties, was authorized for the Edgecombe-Martin Electric Membership Cooperative. The original 35 miles of the cooper ative, Bagiey said, are “paying their way” already. The Authority decided to meet at Manteo August 26 for its first meeting east of Rocky Mount. Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, July 21. —Nearly 7,000 Tar Heel farmers became rural electricity customers during the year ended 1, as more than 1,300 miles of rural lines were added the grand total built building or authorized in the State, according to a report of the North Carolina Rural, EJedtHfilcation Au thority submitted to the governor’s of fice today after a scheduled meeting of the authority. The figures showed that the entire North Carolina rural system now has 8,211.2 miles added since July 1, 1935, date of the board’s establishment, which will serve when completed, a grand total of 45,425 customers. Actually built during the last year were 2,634.08 miles to bring the com- Gov. Earle Is Grounded By Air Trainer GOV EARLE 121 ( Harrisburg, Pa., July 21. —(AP) — Grounded for two weeks for disobey ing his flying instructor by making a flight that ended in a crack-up, Governor George Earle said thought fully today, “I have learned a valu able lesson, just like any school* boy does.” Colenl C. Vinet, young chief of the State Aeronautics Bureau, tempor arily suspended the 47-year-old gov ernor’s flying privileges last night with the admonition to Earle to “use better judgment next time.” “I was scared to death when he dis appeared in that storm yesterday,” Vinet confided. “I went out and look ed for him two hours. He pulled a Corrigan all right.” “Yes,” the governor said, “I realize now I knew little about it.” pleted total to 7,004.3 as compared with 4,570.22 on July 1, 1937. Under construction there were, on July 1, 285.4 miles against 442.84 in similar status a year previous. Authorized, but no construction yet started, were 921.5 miles against 1,828.53 on July 1, 1937. A year ago there were 38,587 cus tomers served or to be served in the state, 6,383 less than as of July 1, this year. The report was submitted to the REA board by Dudley Bagiey, direc tor. Figures were compiled by the board engineer, J. M. Grainger. In a forward or letter of transmit tal Mr. Bagiey said that the Author ity’s activities have been consistently developed along three lines: (1) Promotion of line construction by any or all of three agencies—Co operatives backed by the Federal REA, private utilities and municipal ities. (2) Informational and consultative services offered by the office estab lished in Raleigh. (3) Educational, in cooperative with the Extension Service of State Col lege. The report showed that in the year ended on July 1 employes of the au thority travelled a total of 21,713 miles on duty in the field throughout the State, about two-thirds of the total travel of the same sort during the first two years of the authority’s existence, during which travel came to 21,713. But while “working” travel increas (Continued on Page Eight) Corrigan To Sail July 30 For America Dublin, Ireland, July 21. —(AP)-> The “pride of the Corrigans”, as the Irish call the young American flying hero, booked passage home today on the American liner Manhattan, sailing next week. That done, Douglas Cor rigan went shopping as any tourist. For his uncle, he bought a shillelagh, typical cudgel, and for the rest of the family post cards. He planned a visit to London before sailing from Cohn July 30. “I’m still battling with the task of answering hundreds of cablegrams people keep sending me,” the aviator said. “I’m still holding off on offers of contracts from Hollywood until I get home. But, it’s nix on /light club appearances. I’m no crooner.” Asked about the possibility of a flight across the United States for the Golden Gate Exposition, he said, “My (Continued on Page Eight. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Chamberlain Reveals to Commons Discus sions at Monday Night Meeting London, July 21 (AP) —Prime Min ister Chamberlain told the House *f Commons today that Britain had re ceived from Chancellor Hitler’s confi dential envoy renewed assurances of the German government “of their de sire to achieve a peaceful settlement of outstanding questions.” The prime minister said these as surances had been given to Viscount Halifax, foreign secretary, by Cap tain Fritz Wiedemann, the German Fuehrer’s representative. Chamber lain gave this to a question as to what was discussed at Monday night’s confidential discussion between Lord Halifax and Hitler’s envoy: “In the course of his recent visit to London, Captain Wiedemann had an informal conversation with the sec retary of state for foreign affairs. Captain Weidemann did not come pre pared to discuss any particular as pect of political affairs, but the con versation enabled him, owing to his contact with authoritative circles in Germany, to renew the assurances al ready given by the German govern ment of their desire to achieve a peaceful settlement of outstanding questions.” The German visitor saw the foreign (Continued on Page Eight. Headaches Aplenty Await W age-Hour Administrator Roosevelt Has Appointed By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, July 21.—Elmer An drews, who is to administer the new wage-hour law, takes over a job which promises many head aches. This law meshes with the national labor relations act. And another piece of industrial legisla tion is foreshadow ed from the study which the New Deal is making of the English system of regulation of rela tions between capi tal and the rank and-file of British workers The general idea is that this network is to be in labor’s interest —not unfair ly so but to a suf ficent extent to pre vent the toilers from being overly ex- jjiTjij i.i i.i ij Elmer Andrew* ploited. Labor naturally favors such a policy. However, I think I note a tendency ® the part of trades union leaders o PAGES' o TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY King George Sees Power French Army Great Demonstration of Army of British Ally Show at Versail les Review Paris, July 21. —(AP) —France pa raded her newest war machines for the first time today to demonstrate to King George VI of Great Britain the strength she can lend to their common cause. For more than an hour infantry, cavalry and artillery regiments, the flower of the French army, swung by the red-carpeted reviewing stand at Versailles to the music of massed military bands. King George, in the tunic of a field marshal, and President Lebrun of France reviewed the columns of marching men, totaling 50,000, sup ported by hundreds of tanks and about 50 airplanes. The spectacle, a high light of King George’s state visit to France, attest ed to the strong bonds that unite Eu rope’s great democratic powers. When King George reached Ver sailles, a 101-gun salute was started. It continued throughout the parade, one salvo each minute. The king and President Lebrun (Continued on Page Eight. Selling Nips Stocks’ Gains New York, July 21. —(AP) —Fresh selling of amusement and utilities stocks took the steam out of a noon rally in rails today, and market lead ers reduced or cancelled extreme gains running to two or more points *at the close. Further study of the government’s action yesterday in fil ing anti-trust suits against the prin cipal film companies, and the move of the Securities Exchange Commis sion to impose the “death sentence” clause of the Federal utilities act on holding companies, apparently chilled Wall Street’s speculative ardor. The mid-day run-up was short-lived and the pace soon reverted to a jog as profit-takers began to cash in. Transfers approximated 1,900,000 shares. American Radiator 16 1-8 American Telephone 140 1-8 American Tob B 83 1-4 Anaconda 36 1-4 Atlantic Coast Line 23 5-8 Atlantic Refining 26 5-8 Bendix Aviaiton 18 1-4 Bethlehem Steel 60 7-8 Chrysler 71 1-8 Columbia Gas & Elec 8 1-4 Commercial Solvents 9 1-4 Continental Oil Co 10 5-8 Curtiss Wright 5 1-8 DuPont 127 3-4 Electric Pow & Li{||>t 13 General Electric 42 1-2 General Motors 41 1-2 Liggett & Myers B 102 Montgomery Ward & Co 47 3-4 Reynolds Tob B 44 3-4 Southern Railway 14 1-2 Standard Oil N J 57 1-4 U S Steel 61 to fear that the thing will be exces sively governmentalized, with the possible elimination of their own or ganizations. They want government support but they certainly do not l want to have unionism supplanted by governmental regimentation. NLRB Troubles. The National Labor Relations Board assuredly has had plenty of trouble. ! Employerdom ‘assuredly does not ■ like it. It. is fighting the board here, - there and nearly everywhere. That r was to have been expected, perhaps, l during the process of crystalization. But employee-dom is not a friendly : unit, cither. The A. F. of L. asserts that the board is anti-A. F. of L. and pro- ClO—not pro-capital but “pro” a rival l labor set-up. Complicates Matters. This is a mean complication. Personally I always have thought s that the A. F. of L is a labor aris tocracy, and the CIO seems to me to ■ be a labor democracy. But no mat ■ ter; it is an unfortunate split in la* i bor’s ranks, anyway. It is not harmonizing capital and labor, either. l The wage-hour law? Any kind of labor of course advo r cates decent wages and human hours. (Continued on Page Eight)
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