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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-fifth year GEORGE SETS PEOPLE’S RIGHTS IS ISSUE German PI ane Which Made Two Crossings IMiiliM - .. JL fflBF h-,.:-y ~"■ ' !■ The German plane, Brandenburg, in flight Germany’s latest contribution to the 1938 aviation record, the Brandenburg, 24-passenger transport piane which hopped across the Atlantic from Berlin to New York in 25 hours, is pictured in flight. On Sunday the return crossing was completed in 21 hours. PWA To Put Quotas On Loans To Get Fairer Distributions Some States Getting Over Their Share Washington, Aug. 15. —(AP) — The Public Works Administration soon will slap a state quota on loans and grants in an effort to equalize par ticipation in its iyJB construction pro gram. Officials said today this was decided by Howard Gray, acting ad ministrator, when a recapitulation disclosed that the program was 15 days ahead of schedule, its funds two thirds gone and a relatively large number of states still backward in qualifying for projects. The quota system, informants said, will be aimed chiefly at slowing dwoti allotments to states which have been exceptionally active until the more backward ones have had opportunity to file a fair share of applications. Gray and Administrator Ickes, they explained, will be sole judges of a state’s fair share of PWA allotments. Their decision will be based on the individual state population, taxes paid and its nominal position in Federal programs. While authprities declined to in dicate which states may have reached or are approaching their quotas, a survey showed that numerous and large allotments have been made to New York, Ohio, California and other states of heavy population. Officials said the quota would be informal and flexible. They added, however, that if the states which the quota system is intended to benefit did not respond by mid-October, all remaining funds would be pro-rated to those with application spending. Hines Claims Prosecution Is Political \ ; New York, Aug. 15. —(AP) —With a vigorous assertion that "this is a po litical battle/’ James J. Hines, Tam many jlistrict leader, went to trial to day oh conspiracy charges growing out of) the policy racket. “This is not the first political battle I have been in,” said the 61-year-old politician, as he awaited the selection of a jury from a special panel of 300 veniremen. “I am going to win this battle, : too. I can’t lose. I cannot be convicted on the testimony of a bunch of squealers I have assured my friends of my innocence. I’ve told them not to worry, because I am not worrying.” Cf Thomas E. Dewey, the New York district attorney who brought him to trial,,]Hines said: “He is a young man with a duty to do.” Hines appeared ea rly in the court room of Justice Ferdinand Fecoia, of the State su preme court. imtiTersmt Dailit Disjjntrh LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. legion’s Choice p^_ nh' . v, ■j /-|g| Elaine 'Russell, of Jackson, Miss., twice granted the honor of leading the great parade of the American Legion national convention, is pic tured above. She holds a dove, sym bolic of her title, “Queen of Peace." (Central Preasl Paul Leonard Presses Fight On Sales Tax Daily Dispatch Bureau, In The Sfr Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Aug. 16 —J. Jaul Leonard of Statesville, is a most persistent man. Whereas most opponents of | the State’s sales tax have long sftice resigned themselves to what they consider the inevitable, Mr. Leonard still goes about the State roaring loud his protests. In between times he writes letters to “North Carolina Fair Tax Associa tion members and others addressed calling on them to help him “kill the snake” and, especially, urging them that they should glad to help finance a court fight.” Mr. Leonard is executive secretary and treasurer of the NCFTA, and his opponents intimate that he s primar ily interested in collecting funds with which to pay his salary, rather than the fight against the tax. His friends and supporters present him as a noble crusader for a great cause. But he that as it may, and be Mr. Leonard what he may, there’s no get ting around the fact that he does campaign actively and vigorously against the sales tax and that he has probably done more than any other one man to keep the issue alive for (Continued on Page Five) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAR OLINA AND VIRGINIA. Hitler Sees German Might InManeuvers Military Tactics In volving Whole Nation Kept Secret; Nations Worried Berlin, Aug. 15.—(AP) —Adolf Hit ler looked on today as reserve forces of re-armed Germany started exten sive war maneuvers that are to blan ket virtually every part of the nation. Hitler’s personal attendance was dis closed in an announcement which said he witnessed a military display at Juterbog, one of Germany’s largest military training grounds, 40 miles miles south of Berlin. No details of his visit or the maneuvers were made known. Juterbog is noted, however, espe cially as a training camp for reserve officers such as will direct the first two weeks of. the autumn war games for the instruction of German army reserves, keeping them up to date with new tactics and weapons. Putting t.he nation on a virtual war time footing, the maneuvers apparent ly were a demonstration of the speed of motorized army transport. Al though other countries, notably Bri tain and France, gave evidence of grave concern at the magnitude of the maneuvers, an effort was made here to calm what were termed as “exag gerating and disturbing reports.” Preparations for the two weeks of reserve training were noted chiefly in southern Germany, close to Czecho slovakia and southern France, but they extended also to districts around the capital. Declares Assembly Played Charlie McCarthy For Hoey Daily Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Aug. ’ 15. —The extra ses sion which ended early last Saturday morning was perhaps the most com pliant and complying session of the General Assembly ever held in North Carolina. It played the Charlie Mc- Carthy role to Governor Clyde R. Hoey’s enactment of Edgar Bergen. When the governor spoke, the legis lators opened their mouths and echo ed. When the Hoey lips were closed, the legislators might just as well have have been made from good McCarthy maple,, or pine or whatever timber went into construction of the world’s famous dummy. The members evened abandoned, at the prodding of administration lead HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15, 1938 Jap Advance On Yangtze Is Negligible Little Progress M,ade in Three Weeks, De spite Their Desperate Attacking Shanghai, Aug. 15.—(AP) —A sur vey of the Yangtze front showed to day that Japanese gains have been almost negligible since the capture of Kiukiang July 26, despite bitter fight ing on both sides of the river, and heavy aerial bombardments. A Japanese column which struck southward from Kikkiang along the Nanchang railway 20 days ago has advanced only 12 nr jes, and is now en gaged with strongly entrenched Chi nese troops in the hills near Shako chen. Another Japanese force operating south of the Yangtze has advanced 25 miles from Kiukiang, but is meet ing desperate resistance. Japanese army reports said the fall of Juichang was imminent, but military observers pointed out that the capture of the town still would leave the invaders a difficult advance of 85 miles to their goal, the Canton-Hankow railway, which they hop to cut south of the provisional capital. On the north bank of the river, the Japanese have spent the past twelve days fighting off repeated Chinese counter attacks without advancing to ward Hankow. Latest Chinese dis patches from the front said Hwang mei, 20 miles north of Kiukiang, had changed hands twice, and that heavy fighting was in progress there. CHINESE DIVE INTO RIVER IN AIR RAID Canton, China. Aug. 15 (AP)— A deluge of Shrapnel' and anti aircraft shell fragments during a Japanese air raid today caused scores of waterfront refugees to leap into the river opposite the international settlement. It was believed, however, that all were rescued by small boats. The Japanese attack was di rected at a section of the city which had been virtually wrecked in previous bombings, and which was almost deserted. Two casual ties were expected. Eighteen additional planes pass ed over the city and bombed the Canton-Hankow railway to the north. Government’s Troops Routed By The Rebels Hendaye, France, Aug. 15. —(AP) — Insurgents reported today that gov ernment defenders were driven at bayonet point from the Handos moun tains, south of Gandesa, endangering the government foothold on the west bank of Ebro river. Capture by the insurgents of the mountain range broke the militia men’s stronghold on the city at which they had directed a sudden offensive. Insurgent dispatches said the gov ernment army clung to well forti fied hills on the northeast, Catalan front through repeated attacks un til one final charge over slopes broke the line. The Pandos range was captured dur ir.g the first night of the government drive and formed the backbone of the Gandesa sector. “WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy, somewhat unsettled. ers, their traditional and cherished right to let at least a few "little local bills” through the legislative mill wheels. As a result of this sort of thing the law-makers came on time and depart ed for home as per schedule, leaving behind them the record of having done just exactly what they were call ed on to do and nothing else at all. To at least a large percentage of people this record is something of which to be proud. The chief critics of the legislative docility are those who felt that something should have been done right now about North Car olina’s election laws, workings of which have kept the State in some (Continued on Page Five) Armistice Delayed By Border Troubles, Soviets Now Claim Fresh Difficulties on Siberian-Soviet Frontier Cited by Moscow; Japs Forced To Withdraw as Evidence, of Good Faith in Truce Moscow, Aug. 15^—(AP) —The Soviet government indicated today the car rying out of the Charigkufeng armis tice had .been delayed by new border difficulties, which almost resulted in an armed clash shortly after the truce' went into effect Au gust 11. , - ; . The difficulties first were disclosed in a Soviet communication stating that a new outbreak of fighting on the disputed Stberian-Korean fron tier had been arrowly averted when Japanese troops. move/i into advanced positions after. the ' f truce. The troops were withdrawn, the announcement U. S. Health Insurance One Os Roosevelt Plans May Be Discussed In Radio * Talk Tonight on Broadening Social Security Washington, Aug. 15.—(AP)—Fed eral health insurance may become one of President Roosevelt’s proposals for broadening the social security pro gram. The resident, who will speak tonightj.son the. third anniversary of the social security act, already has recommended studies looking toward enlarging th.e program in other re spects, A hint that he might mention a health perfection system appeared in a statement by Chairman Altmeyer, of the Social Security Board. “The question of health protection,” Altmeyer said, "is beginning to ap pear on the horizon. We may one day set up safeguards against the hazard of illness, paralleling our present lines of defense against the hazards of want during unemployment and a de stitute old age. The President’s brief speech will be broadcast to the nation over all major networks at 9:30 p. m. tonight. It will be delivered from the White House. Few expected it to contain many political references, inasmuch as aides of the President said it would be very general and would not mention names of individuals or states. FIRST HURRICANE NOT SERIOUS ONE New Orleans, La., Aug. 15 (AP)— The first storm of the Gulf of Mex ico’s annual hurrican season, blew it self out today without serious dam age reported. The blow struck last night at 50 miles an hour, less than hurricane force, on the sparsely set tled Louisiana coast near Cameron a fishing village of about 100 inhabi tants, 35 miles from the Texas coast. In an early morning advisory, the United States Weather Bureau here said the disturbance is decreasing rapidly, and there is no further dang er. Plagues Over China Alarm Entire World 0 By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Aug. 15.—The United States Public Health Service is not unmindful of the spread of cholera in war-torn China. Other countries’ health service un doubtedly are similarly perturbed. In fact, the health section of the League of Nations already has broad cast a worldwide warning. Incidentally the American Red Cross recently rushed 3,000,000 doses of anti-oholera vaccine to the Chinese and a movement is afoot to finance a still more extensive campaign against the epidemic on the eastern Asiatic mainland. Peril. Os course, these measures are ac tuated partly by sympathy for the af flicted Orientals. However, the medi cal authorities of Occidental govern ments are not entirely regardless of the peril of such a scourge in western lands. Strict quarantines are fairly .(Continued on Page Five) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY said, after Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff warned that “the U. S. S. R,” will consider the armistice violat ed if they are. permitted to hold their new positions.” While Japanese compliance with this demand removed dangers of an immediate clash, the Soviet govern ment appeared still tp be dissatisfied with the attitude of Japanese military representatives at Changfukeng. In Tokyo, Domoi (Japanese) News Agency said Soviet Russian troops had violated the truce by constructing dugouts within ine no-man’s-land agreed upon when the border fighting was ended August 11. Brazil Air Liner Falls, Nine Dead Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil, Aug. 15. (AP) —Nine persons were killed when an air liner fell into the Rio de Janeiro harbor today shortly after taking off on a flight to nor thern Brazil, Five of the victims were passengers and four mongers of the crew. Their identities were not immediately available. The transport, operated by the Condor Syndicate, crashed near an island in the Rio de Janeiro bay. Cause of the crash was not known. Heavy fog had delayed the take-off for two hours. Germans Plan World Flight At Early Date Berlin, Aug. 15 (AP) —The record round trip flight to New York by the German air liner Brandenburg may be soon followed by a round-the-worid flight. An air ministry spokesman admitted that another long distance flight was planned, but said “no in formation about it will be divulged in advance.” Air General Erhard Milch, welcom ing the fliers upon their arrival, said “I have reason to be.ieve Field Mar shal Goering will place a fine ma chine at your disposal for further flights whenever you wish and wher ever you wish.” Milch said it originally was plan ned to make the New York flight a round-the-world attempt, but the idea was abandoned when the plans of Howard Hughes, American globe circle, became known. Business Men Warn ACL To Keep Trains Raleigh, Aug. 15. —(AP) —A dozen witnesses testified at a Utilities Com mission hearing today that proposed removal of three Atlantic Coast Line passenger trains on branches in East ern North Carolina would harm their communities. Mayors, chamber of commerce pre sidents, business men and ministers from Kinston- Washington, Hobgood. Greenville, Ayden and other affected places, told what effect they thought removal of the trains would have. The business men usually said they especially feared that removal of pas senger trains would put perishable express shipments on slower schedules resulting in deterioration of the pro ducts. The railroad presented testimony in the case two weeks ago, and had its witnesses here to appear again after the protestants had presented their case. Lines involved are between Weldon and Kinston, Washington and Parmele, and Plymouth and Tarboro. J. H. Canaday, of Kinston, one of {Continued on Page Five.) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY ' i » ■ ■- -1 Senator In • , " ' w t Warm Retort To President Calls Roosevelt “Purge” Second “March Through Georgia;” Question if People Are Able To Name Own Servants Settled Once With Federal - Bayonets At Ballot Boxes Waycrosse, Ga., Aug. 15. (AP) —Senator Walter F. George said today President Roosevelt’s effort to unseat him made the great issue of the Georgia campaign the question whether the people of this or any other state are “capable of choosing their own servants.” • “We answered that question once when Federal bayonets stood guard over our ballot boxes,” he said. He made another reference to the War Between the States with a de scription of Mr. Roosevelt’s Barnes (Continued on Page Five) Tax Increase Is Intimated i•• ■ j By Harrison Washington, Aug. 15. —(AP)— Senator llarrison, Democrat, Mis sissippi, said today that unless there was a pick-up in business before Congress meets, it might be necessary to lower income tax ex emptions and increase the levies in the middle brackets. Harrison is chairman* of the Senate Finance Committee. An upturn in business, he said probably would increase govern ment revenues so that the revision would lx* unnecessary. Harrison added that he believed ther e would be no necessity of revising the un (Continued on Page Three.) BRITISH SHIPMAN” AIR RAID VICTIM Madrid, Aug. 15.—(AP)—A Brit ish vessel’s radio operator was killed and two other Briton’s were wounded today in an in surgent air raid on Valencia. The operator was R. A. Amery, of the British merchantman Hillfern. He was hit whil e standing on the dock and died shortly after of shrapnel wounds. The injured men, whose names were not disclosed, were the cap tain and the non-intervention offi cer aboard the British ship Fred evorge. Neither British ship was struck in the bombardment. AFL Leader Urges Probe Os Bureaus Hints Communists Getting Toehold In Departments of The Government Washington, Aug. 15.—(AP) —Jofah Frey, American Federation of Labor leader, bluntly suggested today that a House committee investigating Un- American activities direct some of it* attention to the Federal government departments. Frey made that suggestion when Representative Mason, Republican, Il linois, a member of the committee, commented on a meeting in Wash ington tonight as being sponsored by government officials, “most of whom have admitted they are members of the League for Peace and Demo cracy.” This league, Mason told re porters later, is active now in col lecting funds for the loyalist cause in Spain. Mason did not name any of the (Continued on Page Three.)
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