HENDERSON’S
POPULATION
13,873
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
RUSSIA TO FIGHT IF GERIMIT ADVANCES
Bilbo Plans Fight
To Double Old Age
Pension Payments
Sees Roosevelt Before
Latter Rushes to Bed
side of Son James in
Operation at Mayo
Clinic; Committee To
Ask Why Georgia Of
ficials Were Fired
Hyd' Park, N. Y., Sept. 9. —(AP) —
Senat'T Bilbo, Democrat, Mississippi,
said today President Roosevelt is
agreeable to increasing old age pen
sions if now tax money is provided
to meet the cost.
Bilbo conferred with the chief exe
cutive at the summer White House.
“My main fight in the next session
of Congress will be to double the pre
sent old age pension rate of S3O per
month.” he told reporters. “The old
folks should have S6O per month, half
from the Federal government and
half from the states.”
In the past Mr. Roosevelt has called
for orderly progress in the social se
curity program and has denounced
•fantastic” financial schemes for pay
ing large pensions. Bilbo said he had
yet worked out a tax program for in
creased pensions, but that he would
have one ready by January, when Con
gress reconvenes.
Sheridan Downey, who pledged a
S3O weekly pension for the aged de
feated Senator William G. McAdoo,
the President’s choice in the Califor
nia senatorial primary.
The President had scheduled two
last-minute conferences before speed
ing to the bedside of his son, James,
who will undergo an operation Mon
day at the Mayo clinic at Rochester,
Minn. The other conference was with
Gerard Swope, of the General Electric
Company.
Washington developments included:
The Senate Campaign Expenditures
Committee decided to ask two Fed
eral departments for explanation of
the dismissal of two Federal officials
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Hoover Sees
New Deal As
“Confusing”
Ogden, Utah, Sept. 9—(AP)—Ame
rica may find the New Deal “more
bedlamic than liberal,” Herbert Hoov
er declared in an interview today.
Enroute east by train to deliver
three speeches, the former President
said: "Mr. Roosevelt has proposed
that the New Deal be converted into
a major political party. He states
that it is to be liberal. I propose to
explore this idea in a series of
speeches.
“We may find this new party more
bedlamic than liberal. We will find
that, like all other political parties, it
has some good objectives. Fortunate
ly for the American people, they do
not have to take this new party on
trust. After six years of experience
with k *ve can soberly apply the test
given us by the greatest teacher of
mankind:
“I shat- not omit the other part of
fruits. Do men gather grapes from
thorns, or figs from thistles?’
“I shal lnot omit the other part of
that lesson, which mentions false pro
phets in sheeps’ clothing.”
Hoover said he does not plan to
in behalf of any particular
candidate.
Wage-Hour Chief Asks
For Strict Compliance
Charleston, S. C., Sept. 9. —(AP) —
Elmer Andrews, wage-hour adminis
trator, called on industry and labor
today to help obtain strict compliance
with the fair labor standards acts.
Andrews said in an address prepar
ed for a meeting of the International
Association of Government Labor Of
ficials that his first important job
would be telling employers what rec
ords they must keep after the law
becomes effective October 24.
“So great is the task of distribut
ing precise information on this point,
and of laying the ghosts of unfound
ed apprehension,” he said, “that I am
calling upon organized industry, both
employers and labor, to cooperate, by
circularizing its members, both as to
the basic terms of the act and the
requirements in connection with rec
ord keeping and inspection.
“And, of extreme importance, by
urging its members to assist in ob
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Pictured aboard the liner Manhat
tan just before she sailed for
Europe from New York is Miss
Audrey Cartledge, English school
ma’am, who was deck-chair neigh
bor and constant companion of
Douglas Corrigan, the A'trance’’-
Atlantic flier, when he returned
from Ireland on the Manhattan. She
still gets postcards from the flier.
(Central Press}
Indictment
Os Hines
Is Upheld
Justice Pecora Refuses
To Dismiss Case of
Tammany District
Leader
New York, Sept. 9.—(AP) —Supreme
Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora to
day sustained in its entirety the 13-
count indictment charging Tammany
district leader James J. Hines with
conspiracy and contriving a lottery.
Earlier, District Attorney Thomas
Dewey had battled to prevent collapse
of the State’s four weeks old case a
gainst Hines, with Justice Pecora in
dicating “grave doubts” on the legal
basis of the indictment as he ponder
ed a defense motion ft>r dismissal.
The youthful prosecutor, smiling a
little grimly in the face of defense
counsel Lloyd Stryker’s challenge to
end the case against the Tammany
leader without a word of defense tes
timony, filed a four-page memoran
dum with Pecora contending it was
“perfectly proper to merge charges
of conspiracy with charges of a com
pleted crime.”
Stryker had asserted yesterday in
a three-hour attack on the State’s
case that the $20,000,000-a-year Dutch
Schultz policy racket conspiracy end
ed with the death of the “Dutchman”
in October, 1935 — outside the two-year
statute of limitations for a misde
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taining a compliance with these pro
visions from the start.”
Andrews expressed appreciation of
efforts of organized labor to clarifv
the act for its members, and of the
cooperation which “has been evidenc
ed generally by industry.’'
He said his primary concern would
be equal enforcement of the law. He
observed that decisions remained to
be made on questions such as wheth
er certain industries would be sub
ject to the law because of their sea
sonal or intrastate character, and
whether special regulations must be
drafted for learners and the handi
capped.
“At the moment,” he said, ‘‘l can
state only one general policy in con
nection with such questions as these,
and that is that we expect to be guid
ed by what we know to have been the
intent of Congress in enacting this
law.” .. _
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Babson Produces Proof
Business Is Improving;
Sure Os Big Fall Trade
BY ROGER W. BABSON,
Copyright 1938, Publishers
Financial ureau, Inc.
Babson Fark, Mass., Sept. 9.—This
is a big week. It marks a definite
turning point. Now begins the Busi
ness New Year. In view of the streng
th which business is developing, we
ought to ring bells, blow horns, and
put on a real New Year’s celebration.
Just compare the situation today
with conditions a year ago. Last Sep
tember —although few realized it at
the time —business was pushing off
on a sharp toboggan ride. Today we
are fortunate in facing exactly the
opposite situation. Business is in a
powerful elevator sweeping upward
to higher levels. My prediction is that
the 1938 trend on its way up will pass
the 1937 level on its way down some
time before Thanksgiving.
Not Every One Bullish.
Yet I find that my optimism is not
shared by every one. Many people
fear that the current improvement Js
Hoey Wants
Southern To
RunA.&N.C.
At All Odds, Governor
Wants Railroad Off
Hands of the State
Speedily
Daily Dispaicn Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Sept. 9 —Governor Clyde R.
Hoey is convinced that operation of
the Atlantic and North Carolina rail
road by the Southern would wo’-k a
three-fold benefit to the road, the port
at Morehead City and the rail’s em
ployes.
That’s why he issued an optimistic
and enthusiastic statement Thursday
in which he lauded the Southern and
practically told the Mullet 'directors to
work out some plan which would en
able the State to unload the losing
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Officials Refuse ,
To Guess Tobacco
Averages Locally
Raleigh, Sept. 9. —(AP) —Farm
experts declined today to predict
price averages on the Middle Belt
tobacco markets, which will open
Tuesday. Officials of the State
AAA staff here, said it was impos
sible to forecast the prices with
any degree of accuracy. They
pointed out, however, that aver
ages on the New Bright and Bor
der Belts were about s2l and $24
per 100 pounds, respectively.
Middle Belt auction markets are
situated in nine cities and towns.
HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, S EPTEMBER 9, 1938
A "Frontier” Under Ground .
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One of the strangest of all boundaries, and one which is very much in
the news these days of international tension, is pictured at Aggtelek,
Hungary, dividing that country from Czechoslovakia. The Aggtelek
caverns extend underground in both countries, and this gate separates
them. A Hungarian soldier is shown on duty there.
(Central Press)
more campaign window-dressing than
business upswing. Others refuse even
to recognize that there has been an
ad vane in activity thi« summer. Mem
bers of the latter group keep asking
me: “Where do you get your figures?
My business is no better!” Hence, I
want to give readers some definite
facts.
Figures usually make such dull
reading that I avoid them whenever
possible. The following facts are so
cheerful, however, that every one
should glance them over:
1. Heavy industries: Steel opera
tions —at 44 per cent of capacity—up
100 per cent from the June low.
August machine tool orders 50 per
cent above July. Railroad equipment
showing signs of life for first time in
a year and a half.
2. Building: Running five to 10 per
cent above year-ago level. Recent
week was best in seven years at this
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Forlornest Os
Forlorn Hopes
HadByG.O.P.
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Sept. 9.—With a brave
show of enthusiasm, North Carolina
Republicans have opened their head
quarters at Charlotte, but beneath the
veneer of political posturing, the G.
O. P. leaders know they are leading
the forlornest of forlorn hopes in this
fall’s campaign.
On a statewide basis they haven’t
the remotest chance of accomplishing
anything. Charley Jonas, one of their
really able and likable leaders, will be
slaughtered to make a Bob Reynolds
holiday. One of their convention
choices for a Supreme Court seat
didn’t even take the trouble and go
to the expense of filing with the elec
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Girl Car Driver
Freed From Blame
In Prince’s Death
Miami, Fla.,, Sept. 9. —(AP) —A
coroner’s jury absolved Mildred Gay
don, 25-year-old night club girl, to
day of any blame in connection with
the automobile accident in which the
Count of Covadonga, former heir to
the Spanish throne, suffered fatal in
juries Tuesday. Authorities indicated
a manslaughter charge against her
might be dropped.
Miss Gaydon, sobbing at times, lis
tened to the testimony, but did not
take the stand. Jack Fleming, the
count’s secretary, said he had been
anxious that no blame should attach
to her.
“It wasn’t Millie’s fault, and, for
God’s sake, don’t let anything hap
pen to her,” he quoted Covadonga as
saying in the hospital. “If I hadn’t
grabbed the steering wheel, the acci
dent never would have happened.”
Britain May
Again Warn
Herr Hitler
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Public Opinion Favors
Flat Statement to Ger
many Britain Will
Fight if Czechoslova
kia Is Invaded; French
Mobilization Is Con
tinuing
Geneva, Sept. 9, —(AP) —The pass
age of Soviet Russian troops through
Roum \nia to Czechoslovakia in the
event of war authoritatively reported
to have be*en the subject of a confer
ence here today between the Soviet
and Roumanian foreign officials.
Maxim Litvinoff of Russia ar.d P.
Comnen, of Roumania, here for Lea
gue of Nations Council meetings be
ginning here today, were the con
ferees, and persons close to both left
no doubt they left courses to be fol
lowed if conflict comes over the
Sudeten German crisis. These per
sons said there had been no agree
ments bujt there would be further
talks.
BRITISH PUBLIC FAVORS
FLAT WARNING TO HITLER
London* Sept. 9. —(AP) —Evidence
of mounting public support for an un
mistakeable British warning to Ger
many “before it is too late,” weighed
heavily today in favor of such a
course in ministerial meetings devoted
to the German-Czech crisis.
Persons in all walks of life were
shaken out of their indifference to the
European crisis and recalled the in
decision and delays of the British gov
ernment in 1914. They urged a strong
declaration at once.
These-developments occurred as the
French government was reported to
be pressing Britain to follow the
French example of wartime prepared
ness. One informant said the reason
was that Britain had failed by diplo
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CIO Workers Call
Sitdown Strike In
Big Armour Plant
Kansas City, Sept. 9. —(AP) —A tit
down strike of CIO workers halted
operations of the Armour & Company
packing plant here today. The plant
employs more than 1,000 workers.
Alex Hudson, representative of 1/5-
cal 232 of the packing house workers
organizing committee, said 900 mem
bers at the plant called the strike be
cause the company declined to pay
five members of a grievance commit
tee for the time they spent talking
with company representatives yester
day. Company officials declined to
comment.
TIRE BLOWOUT IS
CAUSE OF DEATH
Goldsboro, Sept. 9. —(AP) —J. W.
Hinnant, 38, died in a Goldsboro hos
pital today of injuries he received,
Coroner T. R. Robinson said, when the
pressure on a huge truck tire on
which he was working caused an ex
plosion. The coroner said no inquest
would be held.
California’s
Cotton Basis
Controversy
Greenwood, Miss., Sept. 9. —(AP) —
A clash between California long
staple cotton and that from the Mis
sissippi delta has stirred mill opera
tors and cotton shippers alike, but
they are sharply divided over what
should be done about it.
The spinning mills of the Carolinas
and Tennessee, which use vast quan
tities of long staple, charge that Cali
fornia cotton has been substituted for
delta cotton in shipments to their
mills. They say such substitutions cost
them thousands of dollars last year.
They are disposed to blame a few un
scrupulous cotton shippers, and have
promised to lay . evidence of future
substitutions before the Federal Trade
Commission.
Reputable shippers of the delta say
that though there probably has been
such substitutions in the past, they
were made by shippers outside the
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Hitler May Demand
Czech Plebiscite
On Minority Issue
“Cultural Relations” Boss
mm- - Bm
Pictured at his desk in the newly-or
ganized division of cultural relations
of the State Departir/ant at Washing
ton, is Ben M. Cherrington, formerly
of the University of Denver. His func
tion will be to improve United States
relations with foreign countries by
disseminating American propaganda
aboard, in the same manner that for
eign countries are propagandizing the
United States.
Gordon Gray
ToßeNamed
Youth Head
George Hampton
Quits Young Demo
crat Race; Thomp
son Urges Tolerance
Durham, Sept. 9. —(AP) —George
Hampton, of Greensboro, withdrew
today from the race for the presi
dency of the North Carolina Young
Democratic club and issued a state
ment inferentially conceding the e>ac
tion of Gordon Gray, of Winston-
Salem.
Hundreds of young and old mem
bers of the party poured into this to
bacco city for the opening session of
the seventh annual meeting of the
Young Democrats, with the first bus
iness meeting set for this afternoon.
The question of endorsement of the
national administration in resolutions
was causing trouble to the resolu ions
committee.
Hampton, Gray and Mrs. Charles W,
White, of Gastonia, were the only
announced candidates for the presi
dency. Hampton’s statement said:
“Upon my arrival here last evening
I found that one of my distingu shed
opponents has made a thorough can
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1938 Campaigns Notable
For Vicious Names Used
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Sept. 9.—The bad lan
guage employed in connection with
the current political campaigns is re
markable not alone for its badness
but because it is so personal.
In particularly hard-fought cam
paigns in the past candidates for pub
lic office occasionally have referred
to their rivals as the nominees of
highly objectionable interests —in a
general way they have denounced
their various opposition parties as
perfectly awful.
But it hasn’t been customary for a
candidate to call his opponent by
name, and describe him as a “trai
tor,” a “betrayer”—as a crook, in ef
fect.
No Incident Now.
There may have been instances of
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Fuehrer Hopes b y
That Method To Corn
er Britain as Result of
Failure of Negotia
tions; Sudetens Dem
onstrate at German-
Polish Line
Nurnberg, Germany, Sept. 9.—(AP)
—High Nazis, in defiant mood, pre
dicted today Adolf Hitler would de
mand and get a >»ebiscite in troubled
Czechoslovakia.
By advancing that scheme, at what
he deems an opportune moment, they
argued, the German chancellor would
give the British a chance “to save
face” upon the “failure” of th e unof
ficial British mediation efforts be
cause “the plebiscite is a democratic
idea.”
Der Fuehrer firmly rejected all
Czechoslovak efforts to compromise
the Sudeten German minority dispute
over self-government. was said to
have called them “not subject to dis
cussion,” and he seemed determined,
after another day of numerous con
ferences, behind the scenes of the
annual Nazi party congress, to Area?
down British patience.
“The mission of Viscount Runci
man (unofficial British meditaor ih
Prague) is only another
tion committee,” prominent Nazis said
referring to international efforts to
stop the Spanish war.
SUDETENS DEMONSTRATE
AT GERMAN-POLISH LINE
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 9.
(AP) —Several thousand Sudeten Ger
mans, shouting Nazi slogans, demon
strated for an hour today in front of
the police station at Jaegerndorf, near
Czechoslovakia’s German and Polish
borders.
The clamor added to the pressure
on the harried government from both
sides. Premier Hodza received a flood
of telegrams from Czechoslovaks who
opposed more concessions to the
autonomy-demanding Sudeten Ger
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Store Strike
Hurts Trade
On The Coast
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 9. (AF> #
—Mayor Angello Rossi sought a for
mula today for ending San Francisco’s
department store strike, which threw
picket lines around 35 establishments
and resulted in sporaic violence The
city’s chief executive, after confer
ring with both sides in the dispute,
said he saw no reason why they could
not get together “for the best interests
of San Francisco.”
Observing that law and order are
being maintained,” the mayor declar*
ed, “I am getting in touch with both
sides endeavoring to get them to
gether again. I am satisfiel the
labor council is doing everything it
possibly can to bring about an amic
able settlement.”
The walkout, which started Wed-*
nesday morning after contract nego*
tiations collapsed, affected but failed
to close most of the major depart
ment stores in the downtown area,
and some in other districts. In all, 27
concerns and eight branch stores
were involved.
Independent observers estimated
business in the struck stores wAi.
from 50 to 90 percent of normal.
this sort of concentrated vituperatidn
before my time perhaps in earlv
post-Civil War days, when feelihgs
were intensely bitter.
And, now and then, there werj
isolated cases of it in the still more
distant past. But, in that era, such
personal charges led to man-to-man
encounters —like the Burr-Hamiltdi.
duel or the caning administered by
Preston S. Brooks to Charles Sum
ner.
In that epoch, when a politician w*;;
called a “liar” it was an “incident.”
Now it’s a bit of news merely—and
not of much consequence either, i *
any other important nows is stirring.
When They Wia
Yet my ‘mpression is that a cand'-
date, if tagged with one of these un •
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