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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH year GEORGIA LEAF SALES APPEARIROUND 25c Mother Ship Launches Transatlantic Plane t . ; I ' • . ■' | viw mpggppvpi^ B •' X '' '' ’ ' fc*- "" •■;: '■■ ’*' &<?•.•>*•»:; : y ’ : 5 .•••-• •«••' ~..-™«t|» )( ..~" i. - . 'VJOWOOW. •*•*•..% . . .. ■* 5 * • >.S . v * V * b. w...... •». • • < .••••• . .; :• • ••■ • ;s>y-'.' •••:*• ......... ■&&***■»:.<*.. ■■.■■'■■> ; . '.. •»»< ••>.. <■ ■ ......... ■■:■■•:.. ' ■■■■... J ,■ ■■'*■:■■■■■■■ . .. . '......x. :C • __. * - * The German seaplane Nordmeer is shown as she left the catapult on the deck of the mother ship Friesenland, off City Island, New York, for her return; voyage across the Atlantic via the Azores. Th e plane had arrived at Port Washington, L. 1., after a flight from the Azores, where she had been cata pulted off the ship Schwabenland on a. survey flight of the southern North Atlantic Route. Evacuation Os Hankow Is Ordered Chinese Government To Move Civilians To Avoid Deaths From Air Raids Shanghai, July 28. —(£>)—Hankow authorities ordered the quick evacua tion today of all civilians in that popu lous tri-city area as the Japanese war machine moved relently northwest ward from Kiukiang. The command showed the growing Chinese fears for the metropolitan Wuhan area and authorities desired to avoid needless sacrifice of non combatants in expected Japanese air raids. The Japanese offensive today en tered Hupeh province, the eleventh of the 24 Chinese provinces to be in volved in the conflict. The Wuhan cities are in Hupeh, which has 71,000 square miles and 29,000,000 population. The entrance to Hupeh was made possible by the Japanese occupation Tuesday of Kiukiang, 135 miles down the Yangtze from Hankow. Reports of developments on the Kiu (Continued on Page Three.) Eleven Road Bids Passed Raleigh, July 28 (AP)—The high way and public works commission ap proved today award of eleven con struction contracts to low bidders at Tuesday’s lettings, but held up jobs in Wayne and Franklin counties. The bids must now be approved by the Federal Bureau of Roads. The Franklin project, Route 59, from the Wake county line to near Louisburg, was held up indefinitely due to inability to secure top soil from property owners along the route. A Mt. Olive delegation was heard this afternoon on the question of lo cation of the Wayne road, between Mount Olive and Seven Springs. New Fund Makes Possible Doubling Test Farm Work, Scott Asserts At Oxford By Staff Correspondent. Oxford, July 28. —The North Caro lina Department of Agriculture’s To bacco Test Farm here will be able approximately to double its work in research as a result of Federal ap propriations secured by the depart ment, Commissioner W. Kerr Scott raid today in a speech prepared for delivery at the farm’s annual field day. Research work at the farm in cludes investigation of tobacco dis eases, fertilization and insect work. Credit for the SBO,OOO congressional appropriation to improve research fa cilities and to add new equipment at the test farm was given by the com mt-sioner to William Cmstead. WT. Scott added that Hrttitersmt iDatUt Dtsirafrh LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Highway Dead In U. S. Off 22 Prct. Chicago, July 28.—(TP)—The na tion’s motorists are beginning to step on the brakes in time to save lives. The National Safety Council re ported today traffic fatalities for the first six months in 1938 were fewer by 22 per cent than during the same period last year. By heeding the plea to drive more carefully, American motorists saved 3,676 lives in the first half of 1938, the council said. The steady decline of fatalities was registered in spite of a two per cent increase in highway traffic during the first five months, the council said. If the percentage of declines con tinues the balance of 1938, the eouncil said, the year’s traffic toll would be the lowest since 1928, and would represent a saving of 8,700 lives, in comparison with 1937. Preliminary Market Cards Are Provided College Station, Raleigh, July 28. — Preliminary marketing cards for growers who wish to sell their to bacco on early markets have been authorized by the AAA, E. Y. Floyd, of State College, has announced. Unable to complete the job of as signing poundage allotments to in dividual farms before the opening of the Border Belt markets August 4, committeemen have been furnished instructions for making preliminary allotments. Producers who grew tobacco prior to 1938 may be issued preliminary al lotment cards up to as much as 400 pounds to the acre on their planted acres or their allotted acres, which ever is smaller. Farmers growing tobacco for the first time in 1938 may be issued allot ment cards up to 300 pounds per acre on their planted acres of their al lotted acres, which ever is smaller. “Supervisors of tobacco markets in the Border Belt have been concerned over [whether growers planning to sell on these markets will have their allotment cards in time,” Mr. Floyd (Continued on Page Three.) other congressmen from North Caro lina gave the project their full co operation. “The tobacco grower deserves and will receive every consideration from our department,’’ Scott said. Efforts are now under way to improve his income by furnishing him much needed infomation on proper sorting and marketing his tobacco.” “We lead the world in flue-cured tobacco production and we should provide research programs commen surate with this leadership,” he added. Turning to the theme on which he has been hammering so persistently in recent weeks— marketing—the com missioner said that while improved (Continued on Page Three.), ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNORTHCAR OLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOO N, JULY 28,1938 Public Works Program Is To Be Expanded With Aid Os Credit From The RFC $250,000,000 More May Be Available for Loans to Public; Steel Testimony Washington, July 28 (AP) —'Secre- tary Ickes said today that with the help of Reconstruction Finance Cor poration millions, the Public works program might he expanded to pro vide another $250,000,000 worth of construction. He made the estirpate at his press conference in reply tio questions about his new working agreement with Jesse Jones, chairman of the RFC. Under that arrangement, the RFC will make loans from its $1,500,000,000 fund on big projects receiving grants from PWA’s $950,000,000. “Our program will be considerably larger,” Ickes said, “particularly to the extent that we will be able to use our money for additional grants if applicants are agreeable to loans from the RFC. We can’t figure out at this moment how much the pro gram will be expanded. It depends on what loans RFC will be willing to make. “I would say offhand that the pro gram may be expended by as much as $250,000,000.” Other developments: A former Republic Steel Corpora tion policeman testified that he lied his way into a job as a CIO organizer and then signed the names of steel workers to membership cards without their knowledge. The ex-policeman, Walter Maloney, of Cleveland, also told the Senate Civil Liberties Com mittee he signed the name of Joe Gilmore, another Republic policeman, to a membership card in the Steel Workers Organizing Committee just to play a “big joke.” Insurgents Try To Halt Foes* Drive Hendaye, France, July 28.-—(/P)—ln surgent plans to blast dams of the Ebro river and its tribtaries in a desperate effort to halt by flood a four-day government offensive were reported today. Dispatches from insurgent cities be hind the 90-mile front lines continued to insist the government drive, which started with a surprise crossing of the Ebro Monday, and in which the government yesterday reported the capture of 15 villages and 4,000 pris oners during a thrust into Gandesa, was completely checked, and the en tire territory “cleaned up.” But observers with the advancing government armies reported men and guns were poured across the Ebro in support of advanced guard units fight ing their way to Gandesa. Strategically located jn southern Catalonia, Gandesa was an important link between the insurgent Catalan line and armies thrusting toward Va lencia. Army Colonel Reprimanded New York, July 28.—(AP)—A gen eral courtmartial at Governor’s Is land today reprimanded Lieutenant Colonel Stewart S. Griffin and order ed him reduced 100 files, or places, on the army promotion list. Colonel Griffin was tried on charges of con duct uunbecoming an officer and gentleman. The charge against Colonel Griffin carried six specifications, all relating to drunkenness and disorderly con duct. He was found innocent on four of the six, and on the remaining two the language was tempered to read, “wrongfully,” instead of ‘ malicious ly.” The penalty imposed comes under Article 96 of the articles of war, and is a less serious charge than that under Article 95, for which dismissal from the service is the penalty. The courtmartial had discretion in deter mining which article would be con sidered in imposing a penalty. VKATIIER FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight; Friday partly cloudy, scattered thundershowers ih afternoon and* north central portion. Ontario Premier Missing In Plane Washington, July 28. —(Al*) —Th'j Army Signal Corps received a mas sage from Skagway, Alaska, today that tlie overdue plane of Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario, turn ed hack last night from Skagway to Caraeross, betAveen Skagway and White Horse, Yukon territory, be cause of fog. Juneau, Alaska, July 28. —(/P) Juneau nAvaited anxiously today the overdue arrival of Premier Mitchell Hepburn, of Ontario, and his aerial touring party, unre ported since they hopped off yes terday from White Horse, Yukon territory, on a 200-mile fight to Juneau. Communication with points along the route was impossible during the night. Because there was a low eeiliig last night, belief was ex pressed here the party of four might have landed at Skagway Communications with Skagway close from 5 p. in. to 8 a. m., Pa cific standard time. British Columbia police at Camp bell River, on the east coast of Vancouver island, reinirted the plane did not land there. Hepburn, before taking .off from White Hirsc, had said he planned to spend* the night at Juneau and go to Campbell River today. Alaska and British Columbia of ficials planned today to check all points of Hepburn’s route if nc does not reach Juneau. Name Farley In Hot Fight In Kentucky Gov. Chandler Sup porter Relates Conver sation; Says Farley Double-Crossed Louisville, Ky., July 28.--(/P) —The declaration that Postmaster General Farley personally attempted to place United States Senator Logan on a Federal bench and thus leave the way open for Governor A. B. Chand ler to run for Logan’s seat without major opposition was thrown into Kentucky’s red-hot senatorial cam paign by State Finance Commissioner Talbott today. Chandler, in a recent campaign speech, declared Logan and “begged” for an appointment to the Federal bench last spring, and Logan, cam paigning for renomination of United States Senator Barkley, favored by President Roosevelt, promptly told an audience Chandler’s statement was a “damn lie.” Barkley previously had asserted Chandler had tried to “make a deal” to get Logan a Federal ju dicial appointment. Talbott, in a statement issued at Chandler’s headquarters here, de clared he and Chandler and Farley met early this year in Farley’s office in Washington, and added: “I asked Mr. Farley if every prop osition concerning Senator Logan and the judgeship had not come from him and the President, and not from Gov ernor Chandler. He replied, ‘Yes.’ “Then I asked Mr. Farley if the shoe which Senator Barkley had at tempted to place on Governor Chand ler’s foot did not belong on his own foot, and the foot of the President. He said, ‘Yes.’ ” Talbott then expressed the opinion in his statement that “James Farley was double-crossed.” Barkley has charged Chandler with attempting to engineer a “deal” whereby the president would appoint Logan to the Federal bench and Chandler would succeed Logan in the Senate by appointment. DR. JAMES PATRICK OF BAHAMA, PASSES Durham, July 28.—(/p)—Dr. James E. Patrick, 67, of Bahama, died at his home here this morning after an illness of twi weeks. Funeral services will be conducted at Bahama tomor row at 1 o’clock, and interment will follow at Institute, in Lenoir county. Dr. Patrick had practiced medicine at Snow Hill, New Bern, Farmville, Seven Springs and Angier before mov ing to Bahama. Up 17 Floors, And He Jumped jilt John William Warde, 26-year-old unemployed youth, is pictured here (in the circle) in the fashion in which he clung for eleven hours to a ledge at the 17th floor of th e Hotel Gotham in New York Tuesday, and then plunged to his death on the pavement below. Appeals were made to the youth by persons Ijictuied at the top (arrows) not to jump. Tens of thousands of people tied up traffic on Fifth Avenue while the youth stood on the ledge, refusing pleas of police and firemen not to leap off th e ledge. But late in the day, he ignored them all and jumped to his death. Defies NLRB Representative Hoffman ... challenges NLRB Representative Clare E. Hoffman of Michigan gets into the newa again by challenging the right of the National Labor Relations Board to stop him from circulat ing printed copies of a speech he made attacking the C. L O. The board recently held that circula tion of copies of the speech by an employe of Maryland Shoe com pany was “unfair labor practice”. He said he would print and sup ply the speech to whoever wants it. —Central Press China Hopes For Japanese, Russian War By CHARLES I*. STEWART, Central Press Columnist. Washington, July 28.—1 f Russia and Japan finally get to fighting, mili tary men, diplomats and others who are familiar with warfare and Orien tal conditions agree that it will be a grand thing for China, but they are not so sure that it will be health ful for the Soviet folk in Russia. It doubtless will be bad for the mikado, too. In fact, many observers think revolution is a distinct possibility in Japan already. However, they also consider it a possibility in Russia. China stands to profit from a big Russo-Japanese clash anyway. Chinese representatives here are all bland Oriental smiles at the pros pect. It may seem uncivilized to be pleased at the threat of spreading strife on earth, but it is easy to un derstand why the Chinese like the looks of it in the present instance. Japan “All In?” Japan, as we know, is about “all in” in its struggle with China. It wins battles but the Chinese refuse to stay licked. Win as they may, the Jap (Continued on Page Bight. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Witnesses Back Story Os Slayer Defense Testimony Corroborates State ments by Defendant at Smithfield Smithfield, July 28.—(Al»)— Mrs. Rosa)i,« Hales Kifng, pref(ty di vorcee, who the State alleges was the “other woman in the case,” hurst into tears and sobbed, “I can’t,” and left the witness stand today, but later returned to tes tify in behalf of James I?. Thar rington, charged Avith killing John McMillan. When Mrs. King went back to the stand, she calmly corroborated much of Tharrington’s testimony in his own behalf and detailed events pre ceding the shooting. The court room had buzzed when Mrs. King first went to the stand with an appearance of bravado. She wore a rust-colored felt hat and carried a large handbag to match. She had oi a light green dress, (Continued on Page Two.) Predicts Deane To Win For Congress In Eighth •State Elections Board Will Not Finish Its Work Until Saturday, However Raleigh, July 28.— (AP)—The State Elections Board neared the end today in its study of Avritten evidence submitted in election contests and acted orally on a number of disputed votes. None of she action of the board will be revealed, Chairman W. A. Lucas said, until it has been re duced to Avriting. New affidavits submitted in behalf of W. O. Bur gin, of whose apparent nomination to Congress from the eighth district is contesttd by C. B. Deane, of Rockingham, were studied. Daily Dispatch Bureau, In she Sir Walter HoteL By HENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, July 28. —The State Board of Elections’ five members and its (Continued on Page Three.) <Pem o TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Early Price Range About 20-30 Cents Sales Undisturbed by Court Attacks o n Quota System; Qual ity Shade Up Valdosta, Ga., July 28. — (AP) Auctioneers chanting prices from five cents to 40 cents a pound to day started the nation’s 1938 crop of bright leaf tobacco on its jour ney from farm to smoker, undis turbed by court attacks here and in Florida on constitutiinality of the marketing quota plan. Few sales Avcre made at 40 cents, most high grades going around 38 cents, which tobacco price specialists said was slightly lower than last year’s bids for the better grades. They said more of the 1938 crop was moving in the .20 and 30 cents price range. (By The Associated Press.) Tobacco growers in 17 Georgia and Florida auction centers heard auc tioneers chant the first prices of thei 1938 bright leaf crop today, with the bulk of the early offerings in the 20 to 30 cents range. Some baskets went as high as 40 cents, others .as low as five cents a pound. Sales were undisturbed by the Georgia and Florida court attacks on the validity of the national market ing quota system, which places a penalty tax on tobacco sold in ex cess of quotas. Growers and AAA officials have indicated they will he well pleased if prices average near the 19.66 cents average in Georgia and Florida last year. The national average in 1937 ws 23.29 cents. Valdosta’s first basket was auctioned at 19.50, the first row at a range of 13 cents to 32 cents, and four straight baskets in another row for 33 cents. The majority of early sales went at 23 cents. Quality of the tobacco was described as on a par or slightly bet ter than 1937’s first offerings. First sales at Hazelhurst ranged from a low of 18 cents to a high of 36 cents, with the bulk selling around 27 cents. Warehouses generally re ported their floors filled. At Vidalia, first sales ran from 10 cents to 40 cents, but most of the baskets moved at bids nearer the 30- cent level. At Tifton, warehousemen reported the following early price range: Os the first 96 piles sold, ten went, at 30 cents or higher; 46 went at 25 to 29 cents; 21 at 20 to 24 cents; ten at 15 to 19 cents, and nine 3old for (Continued on Page Three.) GRANVILLE NEGRO TRIED FOR LIFE Oxford, July 28 (AP)—The State continued today to build a case of circumstantial evidence against King Solomon Stovall, Negro, on trial on charges of killing R. T. Moore, A merchant, at his home at Stovall. Solicitor Leo Carr said he would ask for a first degree murder verdict.. State’s witnesses had testified that Stovall notified the Moore family he had found the body of the merchant lying near the home. It was also testified that Stovall later had con fessed striking Moore on the head. Floods Are Threatening At Kinston Raleigh, July 28 (AP) — Residents of Happersville, low-lying suburb of Kinston, will get warnings tomorrow that the water of the flooding Neuse river will go out of its banks there Saturday. C. A. Denson, in charge of the Ra leigh Weather Bureau, said the Neuse and Tar rivers were still rising in their upper reaches, and wou’d be in flood at Kinston, Tarboro and Green ville next week. Damage was done mainly to crop 3 in low-lying areas and to county roads. Shoulders were reported bad ly washed on many State higlrways. Denson said the waters of the Neuse were now 12.3 feet at Happersville, on Page Three.)
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