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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-fifth year ROOSEVELT PLEDGES U.S. HELP FOR CAHtDA Claims 1,600 American Boys Prisoners In Spanish Army All Os Them Would Like To See Home House Committee Is Told They Would Make Good Citizens if Given Chance To Re turn to America; Liquor Agent Cited by Federal Board Washington, Aug. 18. —(AP) —Abra- ham Soble, 23. of Boston, who saw ser . vice in the Spanish civil war, told the House comnlittee investigating un- American activities today that be tween 1.600 and 1,700 American boys were ‘‘virtual prisoners” in armies in that country. ‘‘lf those boys were allowed to re turn to the United States, would they come back?” Chairman Dies asked. “Every one of them,” Soble replied. “Are they prisoners over there?” “Virtually prisoners.” Representative Mason, Republican, Illinois, a committee member, asked whether those boys would make good American citizens if they returned. “I would say 999 out of every 1,000 of them,” Soble answered. “The communist party and its af filiates were largely responsible for the American boys going over,” Soble said. Meanwhile, Federal Alcohol Admin istrator W. S. Alexander ordered James A. Gale, of the Dorsey Liquor Company, Dorsey, Md., to show why his Federal wholesalers’ liquor per mit should not be suspended or re voked. Alexander said he based the order on comlaints Gale had sold dis tilled spirits to persons who in turn had shipped the liquor into North Car olina contrary to state laws. Gale’s liquor permit had been sus pended previously for 90 days in con nection with similar charges, Alex ander recalled. Other develoments: Senator O’Mahoney. Democrat, Wyoming, predicted the Federal anti trust inquiry would improve business conditions by replacing the spending lending program with permanent monopoloy restrictions: Kerr Scott Presses Plea For Markets By Staff Correspondent. Swannona, Aug. 18.—As long as North Carolina continues to spend two dollars for production control and all agricultural purposes for every nickel it spends for marketing, State and national farm leaders are going to be faced with the need of helping farmers prepare their produce for market in a better and more attrac tive manner, Commissioner of Agri culture W. Kerr Scott said here to day in a speech prepared for delivery at the 26th annual field day of the Mountain Test Farm. The commissioner continued the crusade for a better marketing pro gram in North Carolina a campaign he instituted several weeks ago and which he has pursued with relentless energy on every possible occasion. Scott praised extension workers for their contributions to agricultural production, but declared that ade quate marketing funds are impera tively needed “to protect the great and wise expenditures we make for production and research purposes.” “With Tar Heel housewives buying 65 per cent of their eggs from out of the State, and Western North Caro lina well suited to poultry productidn, the matter of supplying home needs is both a problem for the production specialist and the marketing expert,” said. “Five men are employed in poultry research and production, none is employed in marketing.” “North Carolina not only needs ade quate marketing personnel, but she needs super-exchange markets to fa cilitate out-of-state sales as well, as home consumption,” he added. “We cannot afford to neglect our home markets”, he emphasized. "Yet frequently North Carolina produce is sent to New York and then is ship ped hack to take its place on the Tar Heel housewife’s table. We have been guilty of buying Washington apples, when here in North Carolina we grow some of the finest apples in the world. (Continued on page Four) HntJtrrsmt 53atUt Dispatch LEASED WIRE SERVICE UP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Japs Still Unable To Smash Defense Assails Roosevelt - RR jj Wt |§! Answering President Roosevelt’s at tempt to drive him from the Senate seat he has occupied sixteen years, r Walter F. George, Senator from Georgia, is shown as he ad dressed an audience at Waycross, Ga., calling on them to aid in his “last ditch fight- against one-man control of the Democratic Party.” (Central Press) New Dealer Is Sought By Youth Group Daiy Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, August 18.—North Caro lina’s Young Democratic club may not have such a conservative, not to say Anti-New Deal, complexion to* the contest for its presidency after all, according to reliable reports reach ing this bureau. It has been freely predicted that the race will be between George Hampton, Greensboro partner of arch enemy of the New Deal, C. L. Shup ing, and Winston-Salem’s' publisher Gordon Gray., who- is by reason of his raising and environment hardly class ed on the liberal side of the slate. Late reports are, however, .that friends of Haywood Robbins, energe tic and able Charlotte man who was largely responsible for President Roosevelt’s appearance at the “Green Pastures” rally there in 1936, are urg ing him to enter the lists in order (Continued on page six) Says Negroes Mistreated In TVA Dam Jobs Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 18—(AP)— Negro workers on the TVA’s Chi camauga dam have been kicked, cursed and treated “brutally” by their foremen and walking bosses, a wit ness charged today before a congres sional committee investigating the TVA. The appearance of TV A Director David Lilienthal to testify in the Berry marble case was delayed while the committee listened to a detailed account of alleged abuse from Char les Houston, Negro, special counsel for ! the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. The committee considered the sit uation serious enough to warrant in vestigation, and ordered TVA Per sonnel Director Gordon Clapp to pre pare a report on complaints. The committee has spent seven day 3 in hearing testimony regarding the Authority’s handling of mineral and marble claims filed by Senator Berry, Democrat, Tennessee, and associates. V. H. Graves, East Tennessee preacher, and notary public, testified yesterday he told “some land owners in the Norris dam basin that mineral leases on their lands would increase in value if flooded by a government project. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 18, 1938 Hope To Make Head way With Heavy Rein forcements Down Yangtze River Shanghai, Aug. 18.—(AP)—Japanese warships and war planes bombarded stubbornly-held Chinese positions on the south bank of the Yangtze river today in redoubled efforts to break through to Hankow. Chinese reported strong Japanese reinforcements land ed 120 miles down-river from Hankow. Japanese expected the arriving troops to revitalize their drive toward the provisional Chinese capital, in virtual stalemate since the invaders occupied Kiukiang July 25. A point 25 miles north of Kiukiang was the spearhead of sanguinary bat tles, in which the primary Chinese aim was to prolong the stalemate through persistent counter attacks. Chinese sources reported their bat teries mounted on hilltops overlook ing the Yangtze succeeded in dis abling “numerous” Japanese trans ports and warships. After many previous assertions that they had conquered Shansi province in the north, Japanese military au thorities admitted today that the Chi nese had established a strong 45-mile defense line linking two points which are the southern termini of the Shansi railway, thus blocking one gateway to Shansi. Japanese columns advanced today toward that region. — T — T —. LaFollette Gets Results In Inquiries By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Aug. 18. —Senator La Follette’s civil liberties committee, winding up its prolonged investiga tion, is getting down now to the job of framing some pro posed legislation with a view to guar anteeing that folk shall really have bit more civil liberty I than heretofore. There is this to be said for the La Fol lettes, late father and his sons: They are not mere fault-finders. Seeing conditions which they consider unde sirable, their in - stinct is, not simply to complain about them, but to dig down after causes and then fight for the adoption of de finite remedies They Robert mT* La Follette i are a constructive, not a purely de structive, family. Method. And when they go after causes, they get them. For example, in the recent course of “young Bob’s” investigation a state of affairs was revealed which harrow ed up the feelings of — Whom would one think? Ardent civil liberty-ites? Folk in sympathy with the inquiry? Oh, yes, of course, but who else? Why, they harrowed up the feelings of Tom Girdler of “lit tle, steel”. They uncovered stories of employer espionage on labor, of em ployer tinkering with publicity and even with the clergy, of employer re liance upon gas bombs and firearms that Girdler, hard boiled as he is, literally could not permit to go un challenged. He was not subpenaed. He had to ask to be permitted to come and testify. Girdler. “Sure;” said the committee. “We will hear your side.” But when Girdler did come he was not overly convincing. His account was that, if all these goings-on actually had gone on, he did not known it. Girdler, himself, did not defend such activities. He pleaded ignorance of them only. In effect, he admitted the necessity of regulation. Coming from Tom Girdler, this was quite an admission. Practical. La Follette regulative proposals are (Continued on Page Four.) r U. S., CANADA JOIN HANDS TO DEDICATE BRIDGE fej-- M Vlew og suspension bridge which reaches from Collins Landing to Wells Island, N. Yt- ■ ' * [President RooscvejT] ]jj>| President Roosevelt joined hands with Canadian officials, including Prime Minister Mackenzie King, today ac Kingston, Ontaria, on the occasion of the dedication of the .Thousand Islands international bridge system spanning the St, Lawrence river and the Thousand Islands from Collins Landing, N. Y., to Ivy Lea, Ontario. The Presi dent drew prolonged applause of the crowd when he said the United States would not stand id y by if Canada were threatened with invasion. The picture shows a view of the suspension bridge which reaches from Collins Landing to Wells Island, N. Y. Briton Will \ Seek Accord WithHenlein Lord Runciman T o Confer With Leader of Sudeten Group In Czechoslovakia Praha, Czechoslovakia, Aug. 18. — (AP) —A foreign office official dis closed today that a meeting had been arranged between Viscount Runciman unofficial British mediator in the troublesome Czechoslovak minoritv question, and Konrad Henlein, leader of the autonomy-seeking Sudeten Ger man minority. It will be the first direct contact between Henlein and Runciman. It was understood Lord Runciman would plead that the Sudeten Germans take a less uncompromising attitude in negotiations with the Czechoslovak government over demands for au tonomy. It was revealed the matter of pres tige featured feelings to bring about the conference, which would be a se quel to the manifesto the Sudetens issued yesterday, expressing dissatis faction with the present procedures which “lead nowhere.” Henlein took the attitude that as leader of the Sudetens he should not make the first call on the head of the British mission, because one of Lord Runciman’s first acts here was to make a courtesy call on President Benes. RALEIGH MAN SHOT AT MYRTLE BEACH Miami Man Held for Serious Wound ' Ing of John S. McLean Over Domestic Matter Myrtle Beach, S. C., Aug. 18. —(AP) —A man booked by Police Chief A. G. Russell as Jimmy Roberts, 28, of Miami, Fla., was held today in con nection with the serious shooting of John S. McLean, 32, of Raleigh, N. C. Chief Russell said he shot McLean over a domestic difficulty. Roberts was being held in the Con way jail today, pending the outcome of McLean’s wounds. McLean, taken to a Conway hospital, was reported in an “extremely critical” condition. Russell said hospital attaches inform ed him the Raleigh man was not ex pected to live. ImTHtR FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight and Fri day; slightly cooler tonight. Former Policy Operator Tells Os Gotham Racket Testimony Admitted Over Protest of Coun sel for Defendant James J. Hines T- ” New York, Aug. 18.—(AP) —Wilfred Brunder, 43-year-old West Indies Ne gro, once operator of a $1,000,000-a --year Harlem policy bank, testified in supreme court today that when he came out of prison in 1932 he learned that Dutch Schultz had taken over control of the lucrative game and made it an “airtight” racket. On the stand as a witness in the trial of James J. Hines, Tammany dis trict leader, on charges so conspiracy in connection with the racket case, Brunder said another Harlem policy banker, Joe Ison, told him Schultz had squeezed out small individual opera tors. “Schultz has got a cold mono poly,” Brunder quoted Ison as telling him.” As Brunder began his testimony. Defense Attorney Lloyd Stryker, in terrupted with frequent objections. Leaping to his feet, the tall defense counsel called loudly: “I object to it as incompetent, ire relevant and immaterial, not ger mane to the issue; hearsay, no foun dation laid, not in the presence of the defendant.” When he had finished, out of breath Justice Berdinand Pecora said dryly: “Objection overruled.” “Exception,” scowled Stryker, and the testimony went on. A policy, or numbers, banker in Harlem for seven years, Brunder had begun a detailed description of the lottery yesterday when his testimony was interrupted by a defense demand (Continued on Page Five) No Change In Market Dates Fairmont, Aug. 18 (AP) —Ralph Garrett, chairman of the sales committee of the United States Tobacco Association, said here to day opening of Eastern North Carolina tobacco auction markets would remain set for August 25. Warehousemen in the Eastern North Carolina belt had petition ed the committee to permit houses to open August 23 for sales, but a majority of the members voted last night at Florence, S. C., against any change, Garrett said. No effort has been made to change opening dates set for Mid dle and Old Belt markets in the State, Garrett said. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Sells 10c Spoons To Dead Men at $5 Shelby, Aug. 18.—(AI») —Federal Bureau of Investigation agents charged today a man hooked as Herbert Sain, of Toluca, with sell ing ten-cent" spoons to dead men for $5. Sain, the agents said, watched the newspaper obituary notices, and sent the persons named a cheap spoon with a C. O. D. charge of $5. The families usually would pay, they said. The agents also charged Sain col lected $1 from applicants to a non existent employment agency. Sain was under S3OO bond today on charges of using the mails to de frand. Three Negro Convicts Flee Prison Camp Raleigh, Aug. 18. —(AP) —Three con victs serving terms for second degree burglary and robbery with firearms escaped from Perquimans pri son camp yesterday and were still free today, attaches at the office of Oscar Pitts, State Prison supervisor, said. The escapees, all Negroes, were listed as George Saunders, 30, serving an 18 to 20 year term imposed in March, 1935, in Forsyth county, for robbery with firearms; Thomas Mad den, 26, sentenced in Surry county in February, 1938, to 12 to 25 years for second degree burglary. Also Jimmy Walker, 37, serving five years for second degree burglary con viction in Guilford county in Septem (Continued on Page Four) DUNLAP EXPLAINS NEWS CENSORSHIP 9 Raleigh, Aug. 18 (AP)—Chairman Frank Dunlap, of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, said today that an order issued this week requiring all news matter issued from commission offices to bear his ap proval or permission for its release, or the okay of Chief Engineer W. Vance Baise, was intended to apply only to Raleigh offices, and not to division offices. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Nation Will Aid Against AnAggressoi “Good Neighbors and True Friends,” Presi dent Says at Dedica tion of Bridge Over St. Lawrence; Sees Com plete Isolation As Im possible Kingston, Ontario, Aug. 18.—(AP) — President Roosevelt said today that citizens of the United States will not stand idly by “if Canada is threaten ed by foreign aggression.” The President made this frank foreign policy statement in an address in the stadium of Queens University here. Beside him were Premier Mac kenzie King, of Canada, and Lieute nant Governor Albert Matthews of Ontario. Mr. Roosevelt repeatedly emphasiz ed that a strong bond of friendshiD exists between the Canada and the United States. “The Dominion of Canada is part of the sisterhood of the British Em pire,” the American executive said. “I give to you assurance that the people of the United States will not stand idly by if domination of Canadian soil is threatened by any other em pire.” The speaker was warmly applauded when he moved to the speaker’s stand in the stadium. American and British flags waved in a cooling breeze. “We as good neighbors are. true friends,” the President told his au dience, “because we refuse to accept the twists of secret diplomacy, be cause we settle our disputes by con • (Continued on Page Five) Canada Put In “Doctrine” By President Washington, Aug. 18 (AP) —State Department officials interpreted President Roosevelt’s speech at Kings ton, Canada, today as an extension Os the Monroe Doctrine to Canada. Hitherto the famous doctrine has been interpreted as applying solely to the Latin-Amcrican republics. It states the United States’ determina tion to oppose aggression by an out side power in the Western Hemis phere. When the doctrine was originally stated by President Monroe in Decem ber, 1823, Canada was merely a colony of Great Britain. Monroe’s declara tion excluded the colonies already es tablished in the Western Hemisphere by European powers. Now, however, Canada has become an independent dominion, with its own foreign offices and diplomatic representatives abroad. FDR Pleads Waterway In St. Lawrence Says Private Interests Will Develop It If U. S.—Canada Do Not Do So Thousand Islands Bridge, Canadian- United States Border, Aug. 18.—.(AP) —President Roosevelt made a vigor ous plea for the long-debated St. Law rence waterway treaty today, and said that unless the United States and Canada take joint governmental ac tion, a “group of American interests” may gain a monopoly in developing the river. Mr. Roosevelt spoke at dedication ceremonies for the bridge across the St. Lawrence connecting Ivy Lea, On tario, and Collins Landing, N. Y., a few hours after he had assured a Kingston, Ontario, audience that citi zens of the United States would “nor stand idly by if domination of Cana dian soil is threatened by any other empire.” The President, in his prepared ad dress here, outlined the potentialities of navigation and power development in the boundary-line river, and then added: “The development of natural re (Continued on Page Four.)
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