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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR lEW DEAL SPLITS RESULTS ID PRIMARIES _ * * * * j ********* * * * * * $ *********** House Completes Action On State’s PWA Bond Bills Power Plant Provision In Hot Debate Certificate of Conven ience Must Be Obtain ed Before Building Is Allowed To Proceed In Construction With PWA Money Raleigh, Aug. 10—(AP) —The House passed and sent to the Senate today the two Hoey-sponsored bills to per mit State and local unit participation in Federal PWA grants and loans. The State bond issue bill to au thorize $4,620,000 for a permanent im provement program estimated to cost about $8,240,510, including expected PWA funds, passed 95 to 0. Before passing the measure to per mit counties and municipalities to is sue revenue bonds for PWA-aided projects, the House put in a com promise amendment to require certi ficate of convenience and necessity from the State Utilities Commission for electric and gas projects not au thorized by previous legislation. The final vote was 72 to 15, after the amendment was adopted 51 to 40. Both measures now must pass three readings on three separate days in the Senate. Governor Hoey called the leg islature into extraordinary session to enact them and a bilk which was made law yesterday to appropriate $75,000 for State participation in the 1939 New York World’s Fair. The convenience certificate amend ment brought forth heated opposition from Brooks, of Johnston, and Lump kin, of Franklin. It was favored by Pickens, of Guilford, who led the fight Monday against a general re quirement that certificates be secur (Continued on Page Eight. Road Board Asks Surplus Work Funds Raleigh, Aug. 10. —(AP) —The State Highway and Public Works Commis sion drew up a request to Governor Hoey today to allocate money from its surplus to correct “hazardous con ditions’’ on North Carolina roads, Chairman Frank" Dunlap said. Meeting in special session, the com mission decided to send the request later in the day. Dunlap explained any release of its contents would come from Hoey’s office. The commission’s unencumbered surplus as of July 1 totalled about $3,500,000. Dunlap said the commission would draw up a list of roads and bridges needing attention, but neither he nor commission members would say whether they would State any specific amount in the request. It will not in clude further prison projects, already in progress under a $1,000,000 PWA backed program. Revisal Os Leaf Quotas Is Ordered Wallace Instructs AAA To Review All of Allotments on Flue- Cured Tobacco Washington, Aug. 10. —(AP) —Secre- tary Wallace today directed the AAA to review flue-cured tobacco market ing quotas in all producing states to eliminate inequities. His action followed a finding from a similar review in Georgia that some growers there had received inequit able quotas because sufficient allow* had not been made for minimum allotments to small producers. t he farm act, under which the mar -1" ling quotas were invoked, estab lished a minimum * poundage for small growers at least equal to their average sales during the past three (Continued on Page Five) - - fc, L£§UE perry MEMORIAL I iiiutitersrw Haifa Htsuafrit LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Japanese Claim Repulse Os Russian Charge After Heavy Artillery Firing Blank Check To Governor Now Feared • Some Think Bond Bill Gives Him Power To Use Money As He Thinks Best Daily Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Aug. 10. —Some of the leg islators who whooped the special ses sion bond act bill through the House are now beginning to wonder if they handed Governor Ciyde R. Hoey and his Council of State something in the nature of a blank check. Suspicions of this sort were at first allayed and quieted by the fact that each and every purpose was set out by name and specification and it appeared to all that there was no earthly chance of using the money for anything not so diagrammed and specified in the act. Careful reading and re-reading sf Section 8 of the bill, however, has put at least some to thinking some what differently. They are begin ning to believe that under certain cir cumstances Governor Clyde R. Hoey, by and with the consent of his coun cil, will be able to spend the money for almost anything he sees fit. It is true that the section is full of “provided” and “provided, further” clauses; but this fact is an addition al source of worriment, rather than a pacifier for those who are uneasy in their minds. Here’s what Sec. 8 says: “That the governor, with the advice of th e Council of State, is hereby au thorized and empowered to re-allocate the sums appropriated in the forego ing section of this act, and to pro vide that the same may be used and (Continued on Page Five) Young Slayer Escapes Farm Rocky Mount, Aug. 10, —(AP) — Nash County Sheriff C. V. Faulkner said today he had been notified that Alfred Denton, the Nash county farm boy who at the age of 14 was con victed of killing a man at a whisky still, escaped this morning from the Caledonia prison farm. The sheriff said he had mobilized county officers, and they had been joined by highway patrolmen in a search of this territory. Young Denton was serving a sent ence imposed after being convicted of engaging in a gun battle with Nash officers in 1935. He previously had been released in the custody of wel fare officers following his convic tion for murder. Sheriff Faulkner said he had been informed that Denton slipped away from a corn field at Caledonia, where he had been working. Infant Might Yet Lose Eye New York, Aug. 10— (AP)—A young Chicago matron, mother of the four months-old baby whose brain was spared by a “mercy” eye removal op eration last May, awaited today still another surgeon’s opinion of her daughter’s chances for life and sight. “All that I want is to have Helaine’s eye-sight saved” said Mrs. Herman Colan, wife of a dentist, as she stood last night beside an empty crib in a mid-town hotel room. “We don’t want sympathy. Our only thought is for our daughter.” The baby, victim of a cancerous growth that has already taken her left eye, was taken to the eye institute of Presbyterian hospital yesterday after her arrival by plane. Dr. A. B. Breese, noted eye specialist, to whom Mrs. Colan was sent by Chicago phy sicians, plans a thorough examination. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Infantry and Tanks Unite in Attack That Is Reportedly Beaten off; 150 Shells Pump ed Into Japs by Soviets Yuki, Korea, Aug. 10.—(AP)—Jap anese troops repelled a charge of Rus sian infantry and 40 Soviet tanks fol lowing yesterday’s heavy artillery shelling of Japanese lines, army head quarters announced today. The four mile Siberian border front was calm at 10 a. m., after the Soviet cannon ade which began shortly after mid day yesterday and lasted until 8 a. m. today. After the preparatory barrage, the Soviet infantry charged “hill 52,” a half mile south of Chengkufeng, dur ing the night, but was repulsed, the communique said. Soviet occupation of Chengkufeng hill, is disputed ter ritory, and Japanese action to recap ture it provoked the present border crisis. The position of the Japanese right flank about “hill 52” could not be es tablished definitely this morning, however. A battery of Japanese moun tain guns on the hill had directed its fire to the east yesterday afternoon, apparently against Russian tanks. The Russians followed with a blan ket of fire, and after a half hour of bombardment the ridge was smoking and scarred by at least 150 shells. Carroll Will Plead “Alibi” South Paris Me., Aug. 10. —(AP) — Francis Carroll, former deputy sheriff took the stand today and sought thro ugh an alibi to prove his innocence of the murder of Dr. James Littlefield, of which he was accused by Paul Dwyer, 19, the State’s star witnesses, who previously pleaded guilty and is serving a life sentence for the crime. Counsel for Carroll, Clyde Chapman, read a list of 36 defense witnesses, but the name of the former deputy’s daughter, 18, was not included. Dwyer, in his testimony, had asserted Dr. Littlefield’s knowledge of letters in which Barbara accused her father of improper conduct, was a motive for the murder. Carroll is <>n trial only for the phy sician’s murder, but the bodies of both Dr. Littlefield and his wife were found in an automobile with Dwyer when he was arrested in North Ar lington, N. J., last autumn. Chapman said the defense would show Carroll attended an American Legion supper the night the doctor and his wife were slain, and that Car roll went from the supper to the sheriff’s office. Carroll was calm when he took the stand. Government Sinks Wedge Into Rebels Hendaye, France, -aug. 10. —(AP) — Spanish government troops drove a deep wedge into the insurgent strong hold between Balaguer and Lerida in Catalonia today in a sudden shift of the offensive to a new sector. Barcelona dispatches said the Segre river had been crossed between the two centers and a new government line established on the west bank of the wide stream, which flows south. The offensive is the third trip-ham mer blow government troops have dealt Insurgent General Franco’s for ces in two weeks. The first blow fell July 25, when the militiamen crossed the Ebro at Gandea, just as Franco concentrated the main masses of his armies far to the south for an offen sive against Valencia. No sooner had Franco shifted his man-power to the Gandesa sector, 12 miles southwest of the Ebro, than the government jabbed at his extreme right flank west of Teruel and rolled him back for a nine-mile advance. During all this time, and unnoticed (Continued on page six) WLATIIER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight and Thursday. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNO ON, AUGUST 10, 1938 LEADERS IN SENATORIAL CONTESTS TUESDAY Representative^W^thCla^™ Representative Clark, who campaigned as a conservative, not a New Deal, Democrat, apparently has defeated Senator James P. Pope, ardent New Deal supporter, with the backing of the President, Postmaster-General Farley and other administrationists, in the Idaho Democratic primary of Tuesday. Mrs. Caraway, running for re-election as United States senator from Arkansas, had a slight lead, and Senator Bulkley in Ohio appeared overwhelm ingly re-nominated as a pro-Roosevelt candidate. Mrs. Caraway was given the blessing of Mr. Rooseve.t also. Only Court Action Can Deny Deane Nomination Declared Nominee hi v* ii§ii& Ip * C. B. Deane, of Rockingham, was awarded the nomination for Congress over W. O. Burgin, of Lexington, by the State Board of Elections after a lengthy investigation of charges of fraud and irregularity, particularly in the use of the absentee ballot. The State board’s count gave Deane a margin of 23 votes. New Congress May Bar Some 1938 Winners By CHARLES T. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Aug. 10. —Membership in Congress of several who win the November election may be contested. An elected candidate can be barred even though there is no doubt that he outvoted all rivals, if it is proved that he got his majority by unethical methods, such as excessive expendi tures or the exercise of improper in fluence in the primaries or in Novem ber. Such an exclusion does not seat any one in place of the excluded as pirant but it leaves that seat vacant until another election has been held. In my time in Washington there have been three such exclusions by the Senate. There may have been more in the lower chamber but it is impossible to keep track of the House of Representatives. Own Judge. The Senate is its own judge of its own membership. L can turn thumbs down on a would-be member if it dislikes noth ing except the color of his hair, for example. Os course, it is not influenc ed by any such frivolous considera (Continucd on Page Five) llf J > • Senator Hattie W. Caraway State/ Election Board Gives Congress Place to Him Over Burgin of Davidson Daily Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, Aug. 10. —Only the action of North Carolina’s courts can keep C. B. Deane of Richmond county, from the Democratic nomination for ■Congress from the eighth district, and the unsolved question now is whether or not W. O. Burgin, of Davidson, will ask the judiciary to reverse action of the State Board of Elections, which yesterday declared Deane a 23-vote winner over Burgin, 19,182 to 19,159. Former Governor J. C. B. Ehring haus, leading counsel for Burgin, told this bureau late Tuesday after the board’s decision that he could say nothing whatever about Burgin’s fu ture course. He did not know that ■himself, he said. Decision, hie indicat ed, will be made in Davidson rather than in Raleigh. Whatever is to be done Will almost certainly be started before Friday morning at ten o’clock, as the elec tion board ordered its secretary, Ray mond Maxwell, to withhold certifi cate of nomination for all contested posts until that hour. This order was specifically made in order to al low contestants to go into court be fore the certificates are actually filed in the secretary of State’s office. Chairman W. A. Lucas said the board’s authority had been challeng (Continued on Page Five) Collusion Is Intimated In Probe Os TVA Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 10. —(AP) — A congressional committee investi gating the TVA, dug deeper today in to the background of the Berry mar ble case. Committee members displayed in terest in charges TVA Director David Lilienthal and H. A. Morgan agreed to conciliate possible claims for dam ages after TVA experts reported mar ble and mineral leases in the Norris reservoir area were valueless. Dr. Arthur Morgan, ousted TVA chairman, has charged there was “in tent to defraud the government” in the lease purchases and that he blocked the conciliation agreement. E. Dunn, assistant general TVA counsel, testified yesterday two in vestigators began checking the lease purchases in 1937, seeking any evi dence of “bad faith” on the part of Senator George Berry, Democrat, Tennessee, and associates. Dunn said the Berry interests bought 241 leases and “usually paid $1 each” for them, but in some cases indications were the dollar was not paid.” The leases provide payment of ten cents per acre to land owners if quarrying operations) were not be gun within a period of two years, with a royalty from sales after op erations are started. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY 1^ Senator Robert .1. Bulkley Nebraska Governoi Wins Third Term L ; ncnlnton, Neb., Aug. 10. —(AT) —Governor R. L. Cochrane gave anti-third term tradition a licking in Nebraska’s primary yesterday as additional returns today kept pil ing up his eight to one lead over his nearest opponent. Returns from 1,453 precincts in the Democratic race gave Cochrane 75.564 votes, assuring him of re nomination. His nearest competitor trailed with 10,603. All five incumbent congressmen, also seeking third terms, held com manding lends as the half way mark was passed. The lone Repuli lican, Karl Stefan, of Norfolk, Neh., had no opjiosition in the third district. Former Congressman Edgar Howard, of Columbus, seem ed safely ahead in the Democratic race in that district. Roosevelt To Plead Purge By Georgians President at Warm Springs in State of Senator George, Fre quent Opponent Warm Springs, Ga., Aug. 10. —(AP) —President Roosevelt arrived at Warm Springs, his “second home,” at 9 a. m., central standard time, today to discuss if he chooses the State Democratic senatorial primary cam paign. The President’s special train pulled in after an overnight run from Pen sacola, Fla., where Mr. Roosevelt dis embarked yesterday after a three weeks fishing cruise. He was greeted by officials of the Warm Springs Foundation institute (Continued on Page Six.) State Officials Puzzled) By James McCluer’s Case Raleigh, Aug. 10.—(AP)—Dr. J. W. Ashby, superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane here, said to day he had not decided what course he should follow in the case of James McCluer, of Washington, N. C., who was sent to the institution under a court order, but is now adjudged sane. Judge Walter Bone ordered an in-, quiry into McCluer’s mental condition after he had been acquitted of second degree murder charges in the slay ing of Arch Doughty last May at Washington. He ordered McC.uer, former fire chief at Washington, sent to the insane hospital as a man dangerous to himself and others. Dr. Ashby said it was the “first case of its kind to come up here, so far as I can recall. Frankly, I am puzzled as to what to do. McCluer is not insane, yet it appears we must 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY • Pope, Friend OfPresident, Idaho Loser Mrs. Caraway Has Slender Lead in Ar kansas; Bulkley Easy Winner in Ohio Much to Delight of Admin istration Supporters (By The Associated Tress) James Tope, of Idaho, became today the second administration' senator to go down in defeat this - year before a Democratic primary opponent. He conceded this aft ernoon Representative Worth Clark, an avowed conservative,! • had beaten him in yesterday’s pri-, mary balloting, in which New Deal support was the main' issue. The only comparable case was that of Senator Herbert Hitchcock, of South Dakota, who lost his primary race to former Governor Tom Berry, a Roosevelt supporter with conserva tive leanings. Pope’s defeat tempered considerably the joy of administration lieutenants over Senator Robert Bulklcy’s smash ing victory over former Governor George White in Ohio. Bulkley hdd President Roosevelt’s personal sup port. Pope had been supported by Postmaster General Farley, who spoke for him and had been openly and recently defended by Secretary Hull for his reciprocal trade treaty stand. | In Ohio also, reform candidate Charles Sawyer captured the Demo cratic gubernatorial nomination over ClO-baiting Governor Martin Davey. When unofficial figures showed Sawyer’s margin in excess of 16,0()0 Governor Davey wired Sawyer from (Continued on Page Five.) Guerrillas Forming New Chinese Army Shanghai, Aug. 10.—(AP) —The for mation of a ‘‘regular army” flying the banner of “loyal and righteous na tional Salvationists” was proclaimed today by Chinese guerrillas at subur ban Pootung. Chinese reports said the touch-and go fighters, who have claimed repeat ed victories over Japanese units throughout China are increasing rapidly in numbers in anticipation of an expanding guerrilla campaign. Rumors grew that guerillas from Pootung, across the river from Shang hai, had entered Shanghai’s foreign areas, and planned a terroristic cele bration Saturday, anniversary of the start of Japanese-Chinese fighting in Shanghai. Police found a new hand grenade in downdown Shanghai and deduced it had been dropped hastily by. a would be terrorist. Defense troops voluntary units and police, estimated to number 15,000, strengthened pre cautions against the feared terrorism. Apprehensions grew. A box of hand grenades exploded in a French ammunition depot in the French concession in the heart of the residential section. Windows in near by buildings were shattered. The military situation on the Yang tze river front, meanwhile, was sub ject to conflicting claims. hold him under Judge Bone’s order. But if he’s sane, there is nothing we can do for him here.” The superintendent said he might ask Attorney General Harry McMul lan for a ruling on what he should drt, but had not decided positibely. (From News and Observer) In the plight of James McCluer, 48- year-old Washington (N. C.) resident and confined under court order in the State Hospital for the Insane here, North Carolina apparently has a parallel to New York’s famous Donald Carroll murder case. The legal question confronting au thorities is: Has the State a right to hold indefinitely a slayer who, al though acquitted by a jury of murder, (Continued on Page Eight.
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