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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR JAPAN SEES BRIGHT PROSPECTSFORPEACE Blames C. 1. O. in Steel Riots f in ilMllffWlffilfllllllHiMßll i l " 1 ■ * \ 4 . v ’ Bp|| ; Jllff *>■' * 'i*''' ‘> v * ||j| ; V , ' , V-/ .4 ■ y>- a , : ~ • v-^i l ' >f .£ \ ' • .<•• vW Ralph E. Elser, sheriff of Mahoning County, Ohio, is pictured on the stand at the LaFollette Civil Liberties hearing in Washington, as he blamed the riots which marked the strike of “Little Steel” on’Philip Murray, C. I. 0. chairman. He said that if Murray had permitted maintenance crews to enter and leave the strike-bound plant, violence would have been averted. (Central Press) Corrigan Is Given ‘Hand’ In New York Big City Extends At lantic Solo Flier One Os Its Greatest Wel comes New York, August 5. —(AP) —Cool and brash, young Douglas Corrigan rode triumphantly up lower Broad way today, grinning infectiously as the temperature rose and sweltering thousands cheered his progress. In different to the oppressive heat, all the enthusiasm for his mad solo flight from New York to Dublin was let loose in a continuous roar that din ned upon his ears from the Battery to the City Hall. Brokers and business men, bankers and stenographers, clerks and other office workers weren’t slowed down a (Continued on Page Eight: GRANVILLE FARMER DECLARED SUICIDE Oxford, August s.— (AP) —John Miinnv 56, prominent Granville county farmer, died at his home near here today of a gunshot wound which Coroner W. D. Bryan said was self-inflicted. TWO ROAD PROJECTS SENT TO U. S. BOARD Raleigh, Aug. 5. —(AP) —The high way commission announced today it had sent two projects to the Federal Roads Bureau for approval for the lettings set for August 30. One is the paving of 1.9 miles of an alternate route for Route 264 in volving Bridge street, in Washington, in Beaufort county. Outlook Much Brighter For Railroads As Income Increases To Save Them BY BOGEB W. BABSON, Copyright 1938, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park, Mass., Aug. 5. The outlook for the railroads has ffrighten a lot in the last two months. In May, the entire industry was racing straight toward bankruptcy. Today, there is new hope that the roads will shake off the recent slump without additional receiverships. This im provement is typical of the sharp ups and-downs which the industry has ex perienced since 1931. For seven years the carriers have had one foot in the grave. Yet every time people start burying the industry, it suddenly springs back to life. t his time the rally is due to a num t"n of factors. First, there is the spec- ' iacular upswing in business. Freight Hrnfoprsmt Datltt Dtspafrh LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Fifteen Italian Navy Men Killed Rome, Aug. s.—(Al*) —Fifteen Italian sailors were killed and 20 injured in a fire room explosion aboard the Italian cruiser Quarto in the port of Pollenza, island of Maliocra, it was announced today. A communique said the accident occurred as the warship was about to sail on a brief mission. A burst boiler caused the accident Monday. Seven members of the fire room crew were killed instantly. Fight others died in a hospital in Mal locra. Home Rule By Cities Urged By Johnson By Staff Correspondent. Asheville, Aug. s.—State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson today told muni cipal officers of North Carolina there should be submitted to the people a constitutional amendment conferring “home rule” on the State’s municipal ities and abolishing the great mass of “local” legislation enacted by every General Assembly. The treasurer, who is chairman of a commission appointed by Governor Clyde R. Hoey to examine the' ques tion of local legislation, made the fol lowing specific recommendations: (1) Since the functions of a muni cipality are chiefly local, concerning only the inhabitants of the municipal ity as distinguished from the citizenry of the State as a whole, broad discre tionary powers should be conferred upon municipalities. (2) In future legislation, the legis lature should differentiate between matters of local concern and those of Statewide import, and leave the for mer largely to local determination. (3) A constitutional amendment should be submitted by the legislature to the people. Draft of this amend (Continued on Pag<e Four.) carloadings were down to 500 000 at the low point early in June. Now they are around 600,000. This jump is sti ik ing at the railroad’s biggest basic pro blem, namely—'the steady loss in traf fic since 1929. If gross revenues could be pulled back to a reasonable level, most other problems would vanish. There is a possibility that the present rally in business will turn into a real prosperity period. If the current im provement we have already had in carloadings is maintained, carriers revenues should be boosted $100,000,- 000 annually. Bate Increase Beal Aid. The second aid to the industry is the freight rate increase granted last April. At that time, with the outlook (Continued bn Pas e Two.), _ _ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, A UGUST 5 1938 Invents ‘Death Ray; v I Sr vhr A ■' Major Arthur W. Marchant . ... claims Invention Invention of a powerful “death ray” so potent it can cut quarter inch steel plate at 300 yards and wither human or animal bodleq is claimed by Major Arthur W* Marchant, construction engineer of Somerville, Mass. Easterling Warns About Big Spending Local Government Head Advises Cities and Towns Against Heavy Debts Wrightsville Beach, Aug. 5. —(AP) — W. E. Easterling, secretary of the Lo cal Government Commission, warned municipalities here today against “frantically grasping for Federal works projects without deliberate con sideration.” Easterling spoke at the convention of the North Carolina Society of En gineers on “Local Government Financ ing.” He said it was the intention of the commission to influence local gov ernment units in seeking this Fed eral aid for “needed and useful pur poses.” But it also intends, he added, to try to influence them against in d'ifcriminate application for money without thought “of the purposes for which it is to be spent.” Tracing the gradual growth of the (Continuei on Page Five.) High Point Faces Serious Shortage Os Water Supply High Point, August 5. —(AP) — High Point faced today its second serious water shortage in a week, as the result of a break in a 24- inch water main early last night. Industrial operations are practi cally suspended, and water for domestic consumption has been greatly curtailed. The fire de partment is patrolling the city with a volunteer force to report all fires early. Chief Eli Ingram admitted this morning his department would be under serious disadvantage if a fire were to break out. Engineers were reluctant to es timate the length of time it would require to put the broken) main back into service. The entire water supply is be ing pumped into the city through a 12-inch main. Rumors circu lated this morning that this sup ply was contaminated were denied by Dr. R. A. Herring,, health of ficer. Cities’ Fight For PWA Fund Is Uncertain Daily Disimteh Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel. R«aleigh, Aug. s.—As the North Carolina League of Municipalities considers the matter of pressing for authorization of revenue bond issues by local units so that cities and coun ties may seek PWA grants, there are growing indications that the strategy of advocates of such authorization may prolong the extra session of the General Assembly beyond the six-day minimum. There have already been signs that opponents of municipal entry into business in competition with private (Continued on Page Five}. Boeder Belt Tobacco Prices Hold Firm At Estimated 27c Warehousemen Con tinue To Chalk Up Re cord High Offerings, And Slightly Better Prices Than Opening Day Are Reported on Good Grades Florence, S. C., Aug. 5. —(AP) — Prices prevailing at the opening of the Carolines 16 Border Belt tobacco markets yesterday held firm today as warehousemen continued to chalk up record high offerings. The average price was unofficially estimated at $27 per hundred pounds. Slightly better prices were noted at several markets as higher grades were offered. At Kingstree, S. C., prices were stronger. Officials reported pounds yesterday at an average *>t about $25. They predicted tne Uvu age would reach $26 today. At Lumberton, N. C., Supervisor R. C. Rankin said farmers termed prices stronger today. The Lumberton mar ket faced capacity sales today after yesterday’s record opening when 748,- 284 pounds went for $24.68 average. At Chadbourn, N. C., good grades were selling slightly lower than last year, after yesterday’s opening sales of 216,886 pounds at an average of $23.62. About 250,000 pounds were of fered today. The Clarkton, N. C., market had ap proximately 100,000 pounds sold to day, with prices ranging around $27 to S2B per hundred. Farmers seemed well pleased with prices, said O. L. Clark, Jr., sales su pervisor. Paul Dwyer Says He Planned Before Slaying To Leave South Paris, Maine, Aug. 5. —(AP) —Under cross examination, Paul Dwyer, 19-year-old “lifer,” today tes tified he packed his bags the day be fore Dr. James Littlefield, elderly South Paris physician, was slain, a crime to which Dwyer previously con fessed but which he now accuses for mer Deputy Sheriff Francis Carroll. The pale youth declared, however, the reason he packed his luggage was that he intended to visit his widowed mother, Mrs. Jesse Dwyer, who was employed at the time as a nurse in another Maine town. Dwyers’s testi mony was given at the fifth day of the trial of Carroll for the country doctor’s murder, which was attended as usual by the defendant’s wife and his daughter, Barbara, 18, Dwyer’s former sweetheart, named by Dwyer as the indirect cause of the murder of Dr. Littlefield and his wife last autumn. Dwyer has claimed Barbara, who read a newspaper while waiting for his testimony to begin, wrote him she had been seduced by her father, and that he (Dwyer), confided in Dr. Lit tlefield. The prosecution has conten ed the silencing of Dr. Littlefield was a motive for his slaying. FEREBEE SETTING . PACE IN CONTEST Chicago, August 5. — (AP) —'Main- taining a brisk pace and playing ex cellent golf over the Olympia field’s lay-out, J. Smith Ferebee was away fast this morning in his attempt to play 144 holes between dawn dark for a wager of $2,500 and a half inter est in a $30,000 Virginia plantation. Starting at 5 a. m., the 31-year-old investment broker completed 72 hotas in six hours and five minutes. He started with a 90 on the difficult No. 4 course, then played it again in 82 strokes. Navy Closes Its Hunt For Clipper Ship Manila. P. 1., Aug. 5.—(AP)— The giant Hawaii Clipper and her 15 occupants were logged as vic tims of a mystery air disaster to day by the United States Navy, which ordered searching vessels home from a fruitless hunt across 100,000 square miles of ocean and shore lines. For nearly six days warships and fighting planes combed the Pacific stretches in all directions from a point over 500 miles each of here where the flying boat radioed her last position a week ago today. Army and navy authorities said they stood ready to answer any calls if a clue to the plane’s (Continued on Fight, . , New Tennessee Governor, Senator Ihmk Prentice Cooper Prentice Cooper defeated Governor Gordon Browning, seeking renomina tion, and Thomas Stewart defeated United States Senator George Berry, also seeking renomination, in the hotly-contested Statewide primary in Tennessee Thursday The winning candidates had the backing of National Committee man Crump, political boss, of Memphis. Berry And Browning Are Defeated In Tennessee Governor Os Louisiana Is Aiding Strike Hammond, La., Aug. 5. —(AP) —A strike at a box factory here, actively supported by Governor Richard Leche who protested against wages he said ranged from 12 to 15 cents an hour, spread today to another box factory a few miles north of Hammond. The first strike started three days ago at the Hammond Box Company’s factory. Governor Leche came here yesterday from Baton Rouge, inform ed the strikers he was with them in their demands and personally aided in setting up a soup kitchen. The gov ernor was reported to be financing the kitchen. The second strike was organized by State Representative L. L. Spinks at a mass meeting last night of work ers of the Roseland box factory. Employees at both factories were reported as demanding an increase in hourly wages to 30 cents. State police were assigned to both plants by the governor “to maintain order.” He advised the men against violence, and told them “no man in prosperous Louisiana has to work for 12 to 15 cents an hour.” First Death \ In Elections In Kentucky Louisville, Ky., Aug. 5. —(AP) — Death in “bloody Breathitt” county today marked primary eve in Ken tucky, Iwhere \Pre»»ident Roosevelt’s party leadership faces a nationally important test at the ballot box. Murder warrants were issued for two persons in the fatal shooting of former Sheriff Lee Combs and wound ing of Lewis Combs, his brother, and Sheriff Walter Deaton. The shooting occurred last night on the stairway of the building in which Barkley’s headquarters is located. Overshadowing all other issues, and many were tossed in during the ter rific heat of the campaign, is that of the New Deal, made when the Presi dent definitely placed his support with Senate Majority Leader Barkley as the man he wanted nominated. Both Senator Barkley and his smil ing, jovial opponent, Governor Chand (Continued on Page Five) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy, scattered thun dershowers this ift *rnoi»n or to night and possibly near the coast Saturday. pub ™e™n™ noon FIVE cents copy v:': Thomas Stewart State Names New Senator and Governor Under Domination of Memphis Boss Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 5. —(AP) — The Democratic faction headed by Na tional Committeeman E. H. Crump and senior United States Senator K. D. McKcllar won a smashing victory over Governor Gordon Browning and Junior Senator George Berry in Thursday’s Statewide primary, in complete returns showed today. Prentice Cooper, 43-year-old Shelby ville attorney and former State com mander of the Aemrican Legion was nominated for governor over Brown ing, who two years ago received the greatest majority ever given a guber natorial candidate in this State. In the 1936 primary, the governor had Crump’s support. Senator Berry bowed to Tom Stew art, of Winchester, a district attorney general, who expressed 100 percent endorsement of President Roosevelt’s policies. The New Deal was not an issue, however, although Berry was criticized in some of the speech-mak ing for his attitude toward the TVA and because he had voted against some of the President’s measures. Both Cooper and Stewart had (Continued on Page Five)' SPIDER BITE FATAL TO GIRL IN WAYNE Goldsboro, Aug. s.—(AP)—Mar tha Lee McCullen, 17, of Newton Grove, died in a Goldsboro hos pital today from what her family described as a spider bite. Archie McCullen, the father, said the girl was bitten Tuesday while working at a tobacco barn. A doctor’s death certificate stat ed the girl died of “dilation of the heart.” What Appears To Be Peace May Be Only An Illusion; War Threatens Everywhere By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columist Washington, Aug. s.—Of course every decent human being would he delighted to be convinced by recent London dispatches to the effect that effort to rid the world of the chief threats against its peace really are gaining ground. I do not discover, however, from chats with our managers of America’s overseas relationships, with army and navy men and with such members of the foreign diplomatic corps as I happen to be confidentially, acquaint ed with that these experts are much impressed by the latest optimistic forecasts from the British chan cellory. Naturally all hope for the best, but o PAGES O TODAY But Soviets Keeping Up Their Firing Russians Announce Readiness for Peace if Japan Will Withdraw Troops Tokyo, Aug. 5. —(APi A foreign of fice spokesman declared today ‘‘pros pect- are bright” for peaceful settle ment of the Soviet-Japanese dispute over ’he Siberian-ManchuoKiioan bor der. He made the statement after the government’s receipt of a report, from M. Shigemitsu, Japanese ambassador to Moscow, <>f his conversation yes terday with Maxim LMvinoff, Soviet commissar of foreign affairs, propos ing cessation of hostili'ies and fron tier demarkation. ‘‘We are very hopeful," the spokes man said. ‘‘Some progress has been made. We believe prospects are bright ff<»r amicable arbitration, ‘which is what Japan has sought from the be ginning." The Japanese army, nevertheless, reported heavy shelling by Russian artillery in the disputed Changkufeng hill area began at 4 a. m. Soviet soldiers began fortifying the hill July 11, which the Russian gov ernment claimed is in its territory, and Japan asserts belongs to Man choukuo. RUSSIA OFFERS PEACE IF JAPAN) WILL STOP ATTACKS Moscow, Aug. S.—(AP) —Soviet Rus sia is ready to grant Japan peace on the frontier with Manchoukuo if th4 (Continued on Page Eight. Catawba To Vote Tomorrow on Plan For Liquor Store Raleigh, Aug. s.—(AP) —Voters of Catawba county will decide tomor row whether their county shall be the first in the State west of Durham to establish county liquor stores. The election will be the 21st under the present Statewide regulatory act, but the first in 1938, and the count is ten to ten. Alleghany is the most westerly of the 100 counties in the State to hold an election so far, having rejected stores. Tomorrow’s will he the 36th election on liquor stores since the first local option store act was passed in 1935. In addition, by petition of the voters, under special provisions of liquor laws, stores have been opened at Southern Pines and Pinehurst and at Windsor in Bertie county. Vicious Bear Escapes Zoo; Is Shot Dead Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 5.—(AP) — A ferocious grizzly bear that broke from a steel-barred cage in the Highland Park zoo and spread terror through the residential dis trict, was shot and killed near a reservoir in the park five hours after her escape today. Zoo keepers had appealed to parents to call their children from the streets, and 30 policemen, arm ed with high-powered rifles and ordered to shoot to kill, encircled the area. The bear broke three (Continued on Page Four.) hopefulness is the most that many of them express; not confidence. Pacifist Nr»w, But—? The present British government (or administration, as we would call it), to be sure, is adhering rather strictly to what is fairly described as paci fistic policy; a disposition tomake plenty of concessions to more bel ligerent powers to avoid trends in the direction of international friction. Nevertheless, British pacifistic sen timent is in* a majority by a very nar row majority. Indeed, the harder boil ed element maintains that what it deems a wishy-washy attitude on John Bull’s part is dangerous. And the hard-boiled folk may gain (Continued on Page Four)
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