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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-fifth year PEACE PLAN NEAR FAILURE Dismemberment Os Czechs Will Affect U. S. Trade Accords Cession of Sudeten land to Germany Will Add That Area to American Black List; Immigration Quotas Will Have To Be Re vised for Both Sides Washington, Sept. 20.—(AP)— The United States will have to revise its five-months-old reciprocal trade agree me nt with Czechoslovakia, if the lat ter’s Sudeten territory is ceded to Germany. Experts listed this today as one of three prospective changes in Amer ican relations with Germany and the little war-born Czech republic, in the event the Eritish-French peace plan is adopted. The others are: 1. Adding the Sudeten area to this country’s economic black list. 2. Revising the immigration quotas for both Germbany and Czechos lovakia. If the Hungarian and Polish minori ties in Czechoslovakia are permitted to break away from Prague, and there has been agitation for such moves, still further adjustments will have to be made. President Roosevelt, meanwhile, ar ranged an afternoon conference with executives of three large railways and representatives of railway labor or ganizations to discuss with them the broad problem of rehabilitating the lines. White House aides said those present probably would touch on the railway wage dispute, and also would go into % such points as financing, merging and a system of economies designed to keep the railroads operat ing. Executives of the Union Pacific, Pennsylvania and Southern Railways were invited, along with officials of the Railway Labor Executives Asso ciation. The President himself was confined to his living quarters in the White . House with a cold. Aides said it was a recurring head col’d, which began yes terday afternoon, and that custoamry spray treatment had been given yes (Continued on Page Five) Roosevelt’s Final Purge Effort Made (By The Assocaited Press) The success or failure of Presiden tial efforts to defeat Chairman John O’Connor, of the House Rules Com mittee, was being determined today by voters of New York City’s East Side tenements and pent hduses. O’Connor, whom Mr. Roosevelt re cently termed “one of the most ef fective obstructions in the house,” sought both Democratic and Repub lican nominations. The double con test was about the only one giving a national flavor to primary elections. It was the President’s fourth and final * effort in this year’s primaries to un seat lawmakers whom he called con servative. He lost Democratic sena torial battles in South Carolina, Geor gia and Maryland. James Fay, supported by Mr. Roose velt, was O’Connor’s Democratic op ponent. No matter who wins that nomination, Fay’s name will be on the ballot at the November election as candidate of the American Labor Par ty. Running against O’Connor on the Republican committee was Allen Dulles, former tSate Department aide. Philadelphia 1 Prison Heads Are Indicted Philadelphia, Sept. 20. —(AP) —Mur- der and man-slaughter indictments were returned today by a grand jury against ten officials and guards of the Philadelphia county prison, where four convicts died from heat in pun ishment cells. Those indicted included William Mills, superintendent of the prison, and Frank Craven, deputy warden. James McGuire, captain/of guards; F. J. Smith, and Alfred Brough, guards, also were indicted on murder and manslaughter charges. Guards Robert Morrow, William Staines, Thomas Cavanaugh, John Mulherin and S. Weaver were indict ed on charges of manslaughter. The convicts were found “baked to .death” in their cells August 22. mtnbvtKtm Dailtt Htorratrii leased wire service of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Drops Henlein fU 1 ■BHBI •:& Here is a recent photo of Ernst Kundt, Sudeten German leader, who is reported to have split with Kon rad Henlein, leader of the Sudeten party, and to have founded a “Bo hemian Peeples’ Party” which de mands autonomy from the Czechs without connection with the Nazis. (Central Press) 12 Are Killed In 2 Wrecks On Railroads Ten Dead In Head- On Crash in Califor nia; Two Dead in Massachusetts Wreck San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 20. —(AP) ten persons were killed in a head-on collision between two Southern Pa cific trans-continental passenger trains at Tortuga, in southeastern California, at 1:35 a. m., today. Officials of the railroad in San Francisco said the Argonaut, west bound from New Orleans to Los An geles, crashed into the Californian, eastbound from Los Angeles to Chi cago, as it stood on a siding. The dead included the engineer of the Argonaut; his firemen; the fire man of the Californian and four coach passengers. One mail clerk was un accounted for, and six passengers were hurt. Two high officials of the Southern Pacific escaped injury. They were riding in a private car on the rear of the Argonaut. They took charge of the situation. TWO OF TRAIN CREW ARE KILLED IN MASSACHU SETT East Deerfield, Mass., Sept. 20. (AP) —Two members of the train crew were killed and two others injured early today when the engine and four cars of a 76-car Boston & Maine freight train were derailed. Fatally injured were the fireman and brakeman, both of Springfield. The engineer, of West Springfield, suffered extensive burns. His name was placed on the danger list at a hospital, where doctors said another brakeman of Springfield suffered less serious hurts. !I' ' ’ ’ Huge Bond Issue Proposals Okeyed By State’s Board Raleigh, Sept. 20. —(AP)—-The Lo cal Government Commission so.d $359,000 of bonds and SIB,OOO in notes for political sub-divisions today, and approved issuance of ssll*ooo of other bonds. , _ Bond issues sold included: ville,' $54,000 electric light system ana $45,000 water and sewer, to the Bank of Farmville, at a premium of $49.50, with interest at four percent. Notes sold included $7,000 bond an ticipation for Lumberton to Kirscho fer & Arnold, Inc., of Raleigh, at par, with two percent interest; and $7,000 revenue anticipation si xmonths notes for Warren county to the Bank of Clayton at a premium of $140.25, with six percent interest. Issues approved subject to a vote of citizens included: Rich Square, $60,000 water and sewerage. / : ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Hurricane Heading To N. C. Coasts Due To Strike in Vi cinity of Hatteras To night; Shipping Warn ed To Seek. Shelter; Winds on Coast Fore cast by Weather Bureau Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 20. —(AP) —The Weather Bureau today ordered northeast storm warnings displayed along the North Carolina/coast, and said a tropical hurribane of “great intensity” would pass east of Cape Hatteras tonight. ; * The bureau at 9:30 „ a. m., eastern standard time, said the storm, which yesterday menaced south Florida, now was moving north northwestward, or northward, about 17 miles an hour. The center of the hurricane, the Weather Bureau said, was about 300 miles east of Vero Beach, Fla., at 7 a. m. . ’ , The storm warnings were ordered up from Wilmington, to Cape Hat teras, and the Weather Bureau said “the storm will gradually turn to ward the north northeast, with the center passing some, distance east of Cape Hatteras tonight.” Meteorologists warned that the hurricane would “cause increasing northerly winds ors the North Car olina coast, becoming fresh to strong, and probably reaching gale force at exposed places on the cape, with hur ricane winds some distance off-shore. Caution was advised for all ships in the path of the storm and small craft were warned to stay in port from the Virginia Capes to Charles ton. •'. , / The Weather Bureau said the -low est barometric pressure reported last night from ships in the storm area was 27.90 inches. * i '*+• * 8 \ Hocutt Is Named To Succeed Fulk Who Has Resigned Raleigh, Sept. 20. —(AP) —Ronald Hocutt will become head of the divi sion of highway safety October 1, Revenue Commisisoner A- J. Maxwell announced today, in succession to Major Arthur Fulk, who resigned to enter private business in Surry county. John T. Armstrong, head of the di vision of delinquent tax collections for the revenue department, will become the commanding major of the patrol. Hocutt has been “chief assistant” to Major Fulk. The division of delin quent tax clolections will be abolished. CARTERET MAN HELD FOR SLAYING SON Beaufort, Sept. 20—(AP) —A man docketed as J. W. Watson, Carteret county farmer, was held in jail today charged with fatally wounding his 22-year-old son, J. W. Watson, Jr., last night. Coro ner George Dill said the man claimed he shot in' self-defense. Deane-Burgin Ruling Likely On Tomorrow Dally Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Sept. 20.—Gregg Cherry and Libby Ward, chairman and secre tary, respectively, of the Democratic State Committee, will probably breathe a bit easier after tomorrow. Meaning that they probably will know for whom they are campaigning in the eighth congressional district. The Supreme Court is expected to determine Wednesday whether C. B. Deane, of Richmond, or W. O. Burgin, of Davidson, is the party’s nominee. In the interim, the State Demo cratic big shots have been trying to line up something of an organization and start some preliminary work in the eighth. While it hardly seems possible, a really stiff fight from Republican John R. Jones is being freely predict ed in many quarters. Some who are not professional viewers-wSth-alarm and who have been in the eighth de clare there is even more feeling than has been shown on the surface. They don’t laugh when they predict a pos sible G. O. P. triumph. Incidentally, there is now talk that Walter Lambeth, sitting congressman from tfie eighth, may be induced to change his mind about retiring. This, of course, contemplates first induc ing the Supreme Court winner of the (Continued on Page Six.£ _ HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 20,1938 The Czechs Have a Big Bertha, Too ... , /. V ?■ ~ - I*7' 'A i s7" < *'■ ' * *■ i i'A i • ' ' >■:••••' ' • ’i:- ■* ■■■'■■.: f v v l« , v f 87/: >'V V « A'' v , :-s '.••• , •••• ' £ •: /. f 1 J f - •• ' * f as}•:? •> *.-< .*rr. - ■ %■ ' <v * -tit , % ■'.A,--' > ' O ' ' w *"" >■:■■■.. , . 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STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Sept. 20.—Generally speaking, President Roosevelt has lost his fight to dictate this year’s Demo- cratic congressional McAdoo nominations. True, most of the New Dealers he indorsed have been renomi nated, but not quite all of them. He lost Senator Pope in Idaho, Senator Mc- Adoo in California and a scattering of lower house mem- bers, such as Representative Maverick in Texas. In short, he wasn’t altogeth er successful in the renomination of New Deal incumbents, who usually are easier to keep in office than it is to enable new aspirants to break in initially. On the other hand, the Dem ocratic Old Dealers, toward whom the administration has been more or less openly hostile, have been practically, uniformly victorious. Besides, several Old Dealers, whom the administration didn’t oppose (because it realized the (Continued on page six) % WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy and cooler, oc casional rain In extreme west por tion tonight; Wednesday fair and cool, except occasional rain in morning on nortbeas? coast. 17 German Frontier Guards Reported Wounded; Germans Letting Sudetens Fight It Out For Time Being; Czechs Claim Customs House Seized Berlin, Sept . 20. —(AP) —The Ger man official news agency today re ported a steady series of Czecho slovak frontier clashes between Sudeten Germans and Czechoslovak detachments. The reports were issued by the news agency DNB with the regularity, of clock work. They told of incident after incident in which Czech front tier detachments fired on deserting Sudeten soldiers, and also endanger ed civilian fugitives. In one of the man frontier guards were said to have been wounded. All the incidents re ported by the DNB occurred in the mountains on the Silesian side of the German-Czech border. German strategy seemed to be to let Sudeten deserters and Konrad Henlein’s “free corps” men fight it out with Czechoslovak frontier forces without involving the regular German army. However, an Associated Press correspondent learned from reliable sources that, for instance, members of the 57th Infantry Regiment, sta tioned near Berlin, have been asked to “vounteer” for “free corps’ service. Similarly, detachments of Berlin S. S. (Nazi black uniformed elite guard troops), have been shipped Southeast for “volunteer service in the ‘free corps’”. In Vienna, brown-shirted “storm troops” men also were being recruit ed for “free corps” duty. In other words, Adolf Hitler is re (Continued on Page Five) Ted Terrell Case Before Supreme Court Daily Dispatcn Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Sept. 20. — Among the eighteen civil and three criminal ap peals to be heard by the State Su preme Court at this week’s sessions, which began this morning, is the somewhat unusual appeal of Ted Ter rell from a 25 to 30 year sentence for second degree murder, imposed by Judge Clawson L. Williams in War ren County Superior Court. It is the second time the Terrell case has come before the court on ap peal, and the defendant is no doubt hoping that if he wins the third trial he will have better luck than follow ed his first successful appeal. On his first trial, he was sentenced to twenty to twenty-five years, on his second it was raised five years on both mini mum and maximum ends. Terrell shot and killed one Andrew Knight at “Bad Eye’s Place”, a fill ing station near Norlina, in Warren county. The State contends that Ter (Continued on Page Twa> PUBLISHKD EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY CZECHS REPLY IS DELIVERED • „ . ... - . 8 ’ • 4 Prague, Sept. 20.—(AP)—The Czechoslovak government announc ed tonight that it had delivered its reply to Britain and France on their proposal to end the European crisis, and that it considered the way was left open to further “dip lomatic negotiations.” II Duce Roars Defiance And Rattles Sabre Udine, Italy, Sept. 20.—(AP) — Premier Mussolini tonight em phasized Italy’s readiness for war, without reference, however, to the perilous crisis in Czechoslovakia. In a martial speech at Udine, which he described as the Italian war capital”, II Duce said that the Fascist march “is not yet fln nished, and nobody will stop us.” * Mussolini, his voice hoarse, seem ingly with indignation, shouted his scorn for foreign criticism of Italy. “Evidently, many foreigners pre ferred the Italy of another epoch, he roared. “Many foreigners, whom we have every right to scorn, believe the Italian people should exist simply to entertain people from other countries. All this is finished irrevocably. We. prefer to be feared, and hatred makes no differences to us, because we scorn it.” Mussolini declared it was time that (Continued on Page Two.) Vance Rated High In N. C. Social Scale Dally Diapatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Sept. , 20. — Mecklenburg stands first and Brunswick last in a ranking of the North Carolina coun ties in economic and social concerns according to a standing worked out by Lena Mae Williams, University of North Carolina, in which seventeen distinct factors were considered in the rankings. The following tables were used, with each county being given a relative score: 1. Value of land and building per farm; 2. Value of farm land and buildings per acre; 3. Bank resources per inhabitant; 4. Inhabitants per motor car; 5. Federal income tax pay ers; 6. Farm wealth; 7. Farm imple ments and machinery; 8. Retail trade; 9. Buying power; 10. Banking capital per inhabitant; 11. Milk cows: 12. County, municipal and district debt; 13. Taxable wealth per inhabitant; 14. Value of factory products per (Continued on Page Five). o Paces O TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Fighting In Border Area Now Serious Russia Reported To Have Pledged Aid To Czechs in Resisting German Invasion; Prague Delays Action on Fraiico-British Sur render to Hitler London, Sept! 20,—(AP) — An outbreak of German Czech slovak frontier incidents, and' a reported Soviet Russian pro mise to help Prague to resist at tack threatened today to wreck the British-French plan for set tling the conflict peaceably. . As border hostilities spread. Great Britain was said to laek official information of the Czech government’s stand on the joint British-French propo sal ty let Germany have the Su deten areas. The answer was said to be delayed,. both by the weight of the decision thrust upon the Czech cabinet and - by Prague’s diplomatic negotiations, which appeared to be mainly with Soviet Russia In Geneva, there were reports Mos cow was supporting Prague. ’ k During the day, Prime Minister Chamberlain met with the "inner cabinet," which consists of Chamber lain, Foreign Secretary Viscount Hali fax, Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare, and Sir John Simond, chan cellor of the exchequer. British officials maintained eilenqe as to details of the British-FrenCh peace plan. Chamberlain is expected to take this “expedient surrender” back to Chancellor Hitler tomorrow (Coatinuei or Page Five.) Still More Suppliants See Hitler Berchtesgaden, Germany, Sept. 20—(AP)—Envoys of Htingary and Poland were received today by Reichfuehrer Adolf Hitler in his retreat to discuMS the Czecho slovak crisis. The Hungarian chief of staff, Field Marshal Kresvtes-Flscher, sat with Premier Imredl and For eign Minister von Kanya during their talk with Hitler and German Foreign Minister vow Bibbentrop, “regarding the untenable condi tion in Czechoslovakia." Poland’s views Were presented by Joseph Lipski, Polish ambassa dor to Berlin, at another confer ence. It was officially announced that the Hungarian statesmew had told Hitler they would stand firm for the right of self-determination for the 700,000 Hungarians in Czecho slovakia. It was understood the Polish ambassador discussed plans for dealing with the Polish minor ity of about 100,000. Soviet Help Is Reported For Czechs; Russia Will Support. Little Republic If Hit ler I* Resisted, Geneva Hears Geneva, Sept. 20. (AP) —Czecho slovakia was reported today to have received a Soviet Russian promise of support if Germany ~ tried to seize Sudetenland, but to have found in Boumania a pos sible barrier to such aid. Sources close to the Russian dele gation to the League of Nations said Moscow had informed Prague that if Czechoslovakia would resist any Ger man attack, she woulu receive Soviet support. I Russia, however, was described as | declaring she could not guarantee i | means of getting Soviet men .and •(Continued on Page Five)
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