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Dead In New England Hurricane Placed About 250
Storm Disaster Is
Greatest East Has
Had In 100 Years
To Railroads’ Aid
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George M. Harrison, President of
the Brotherhood of Railway and
Steamship Clerks, and Carl R.
• Gray, President of the Union Paci
fic, are pictured leaving the White
House after conferring with the
President. They were named, with
four other railroad and labor lead
ers, as an informal committee to aid
in rehabilitating the railroads.
Governor Is
Against Ban
On Diversion
Favors Keeping High
way Fund Intact But
Not by Constitutional
Amendment
High Point, Sept. 22.—(AP)—Gov
ernor Hoey served notice here today
he would oppose any constitutional
amendment to prohibit diversion of
highway funds into th? general fund,
though he promised tu ght to keep
such revenue > intact for road pur
poses.
The chief executive spoke to High
Point civic clubs at a luncheon meet
ing, and will speak again tonight at
a meeting of Southern furniture
manufacturers.
Explaining his position, Hoey said:
“I do not believe in diversion of
highway funds, except in the case of
absolute necessity, and then only on
the basis of the application of the
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TRYING TO SETTLE
KINSTON’S STRIKE
Kinston, Sept. 22.—(AP)— Negotia
tions wept .on apace today in an effort
to settle a labor dispute involving
about 75 employees of she Kinston
Shirt Company here. Joseph Fouch,
manager, said the strikers picketed
the plant yesterday demanding a sec
ret vote on union affiliation, but said
they did not interfere with some 150
who remained on their jobs.
‘Gray Mouse’
On Trial In
Wake Court
Raleigh, Sept. 22.—(AP) —Arth
ur Morris and David Fisher, Ne
groes charged with first degree
burglarly, went on trial in Wake
Superior. Court today.
Morris and Fisher are now serv
ing prison sentences for burglary
imposed iiu Durham. Morris was
known as the “eel” in Durham
and as the “gray mouse” here.
This afternoon only eleven jur
ors had been selected.
D&tlu Utsttetich
OF
i.±lß ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Millions of Dollars of
Property Lost from
Wednesday Hurri
cane; Thousands Are
Homeless as Result;
Fire and Flood Add to
Terror of Area
(By The Associated Press)
Storm deaths by States:
Massachusetts, 77; Rhode Is
land, 87; New York, 32; Connecti
cut, 31; New Hampshire, 13; Ver
mont, New Jersey and Quebec,
Canada, one each; total 243. „
(By The Associated Press)
The ever lengthening roster of the
dead from an equinoxial hurricane
struck the north Atlantic States
with a savagery unequalled in a hun
dred years nearod the 250 mark to
day, and still the tragic figures
mounted.
The damage to property, to hun
dreds of smashed boats, to homes,
crops, utilities, public buildings, trans
portation and communication, was be
yond calculation, rising to uncounted
millions of dollars. How many thou
sands of homeless could not even he
guessed.
Many thousands of men and women
in the great area of the disaster,
troops, police, coast guardsmen, naval
reservists, Red Cross workers, Boy
Scouts, were called to the work of
rescue. „•> 9 i
Meanwhile, this morning the storm,'
which had been accompanied by* fear-'
some tidal waves on some sections of
the coast, moved upward into Canada
in the southern parts of the provinces
of Ontario and Quebec.
There was the gravest fear that
the hurricane had brought catastro
phe to the isolated people of Cape Cod
extending like an upeurved forefinger
from the Nantucket, -lying to- the
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Two Forsyth
Negroes To
Die Tomorrow
Raleigh, Sept. 22.—(AP)—Tom
Linney and T. J. Jefferson, Forsyth
county Negroes sentenced to be exe
cuted at State’s Prison otmorrow,
calmly said today they were not afraid
to die. \
The men steadfastly maintained
their innocence, but Governor Hoey
announced he could find no reason
to intervene. They were convicted of
the June, 1937, slaying of Herntan
Fogleman, allegedly in an attempted
robbery. Rev. E. C. Cooper, prison
chamberlain, talked with the men
this morning, and a few minutes later
they talked nonchalently to newsmen.
“I never even seen that man,” Lin
ney said. “I was out with my girl
when they say I killed him.”
Jefferson said he was “in Virginia
when that man was killed.”
Grand Jury
Desired For
Election Row
Charleston, S. C., Sept. 22. (AP)
--‘Solicitor Robert McC. Figg an
nounced today he Would seek the crea
tion of a special grand jury to in
vestigate the charges made by W.
M. Manning, defeated candidate for
governor, that the run-off primary
last week was “permeated with
fraud.”
The county ballot boxes, polling
lists, club rolls and other election
paraphernalia, which were held m
custody of National Guardsmen from
primary night until yesterday, .at
Manning’s request, were turned over
to Sheriff J. M. Poulnot.
Judge J. S. Thurmond, in general
sessions court, directed that this ma
terial be placed in the sheriff’s tare
after Figg had requested the action.
Figg said the work of the court should
not be “flavored with politics,” and
criticized Mannihg for having used
in his campaign a presentment made
by the present grand jury which at
tacked local law enforcement condi
tions.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Washington, Sept. 22. —(AP) —Pres-
ident Roosevelt ordered government
agencies today to render all possible
assistance along the storm-swept
north Atlantic seaboard. The chief
executive, still troubled with a head
remained in the White House resi
dential quarters on orders of Dr,
Ross Mclntire, White Hquse physician
but he was kept in close touch with
the storm.
Stephen Early, White House press
secretary, said the President had in
structed the navy, coast guard and
the.CCC to render all possible aid in
Long Island, Connecticut, Massachu
setts and any other stricken area.
Mr. Roosevelt also conversed with
Red Cross officials regarding the lat-
Cabinet Os
France May
Quit Office
Deep-Seated Discon
tent Among Ministers
Over Yielding to
Adolf Hitler
Paris, Sept. 22.— (AP)—Premier
Daladier fought opposition -within
his own cabinet today in talks
with three ministers who were re
ported on the verge of resigning
in protest against the dismember
ment of Czechoslovakia.
The three were Paul Reynaud, min
ister of justice; Georges Mandel, min
ister of colonies, and Auguste de
Ribes, minister of pensions.
They were closeted with the premier
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SENATOR REYNOLDS
SEES NO WAR NOW
Charlotte, Sept. 22.—(AP)—Sero
ator Reynolds said here today he
did not believe there would be a
general war in Europe at any time
soon. “The nations simply are
not ready to fight,” he said. “Hit
ler’s success is simple because he
is the best bluffer.”
PROBING AIR DEATH
MAJ.-GEN. WESTOVER
Burbank, Cal., Sept. 22—(AP)—The
de%th of Major General Oscar West
over, United States Army Air Corps
chief and his personal pilot, Sergeant
Sam Hynes, in a power spin of their
attack plane yesterday afternoon, be
came the subject today of three in
quiries ..
Brigadier General H. H. Arnold as
sumed their title of acting chief of
the army corps, a board headed by
Lieutenant Harvey Burwell, com
mander of the 3.9th bombardment
group, was named to investigate the
cause of the crash which brought
flaming death to the pair. An inquest
will be held Monday morning.
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 22, 1938
Scene of Second Hitler-Chamberlain Parley
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Situated on the Rhine is the picturesque city of Godesberg, Germany, where Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain, of England, arranged to meet Chancellor Adolf Hitler, of Germany, in their second parley to seek
solution of the Czechoslovakian Crisis. A view of the town is shown above.
Government Rushes Quick Aid
To Storm-Stricken Districts
ter’s rescue work in the flood area.
An army of 2,500 coast guardsmen and
scores of Red Cross workers, mobi
lized overnight, led dramatic rescue
and relief operations along the storm
swept northeast coast.
Nearly one quarter of the coast
guards’ personnel and equipment was
called into lane and sea service from
Long Island to Maine by Rear Ad
miral R. 'rT. Waesche.
Bridge Fund Approved
The President approved a $2,167,000
public works grant for construction of
a $4,815,000 bridge across the Susque
hannah river at Havre de Grace,
Md., meanwhile. i
He 1 had instructed Administrator
Ickes in the recent Maryland Demo
cratic senatorial primary so expedite
the application for PWA aid for the
Surprise Visit To
King By Baldwin
London, Sept. 22.—(AP)—Former.
Premier Baldwin made a surprise
call on the king as Premier Cham
berlain today flew to the German
Rhineland to try to buy European
peace from Chancellor Hitler with
the surrender of the Szechoslovak
Sudetenland.
Earl Baldwin, who led the nations
through the crisis of Edward VHl’s
abdication, lunched with Cham
berlain yesterday. Hte visit to
Buckingham Palace aroused quick
political speculation, for he i»
known to be extremely friendly
with Anthony Eden, who served as
foreign minister under both Bald
win and Chamberlain.
Edeni broke with the present pre
mier seven months ago rather than
support efforts to reach a peace
understanding with the Italian pre
mier, Benito Mussolini, under what
he considered threats.
Will Be Hard
To Replace •
Dr. Woollen
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Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Sept. 22.—When the Uni
versity of North Carolina authorities
get around to naming a man to re
place Comptroller Charles T. Woollen
who died Wednesday morning, they
are going to find themselves faced
with one of the most difficult tasks
imaginable.
Indeed, there are more than a few
Carolina alumni -and- ■ well-wishers
who frankly express the opinion that
it would be easier to find a substitute
for any other Carolina official —not
.barring President Frank Graham—
than for “Charlie”.
The U. N. C. trustees will meet Fri
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WEATHER
FOR NOlfcTH CAROLINA
Fair tonight and Friday; slight
• ly warmer Friday and in central -
portion tonight. _ _
Havre de Grace bridge and another
span across the Potomac river at
Morgantown, Md.
Reversal by President
Subsequently, Representative Lewis,
whose candidacy Mr. Roosevelt fav
ored, was defeated for the senatorial
noimnation by the incumbent, Millard
Tydings, and the President said at his
Tuesday press conference the two
bridge programs would not be carried
out for the time being. -
Cotton Payments
Also, the AAA announced more
than $10,400,000 in cottoh adjustment
payments on the 1937 crop had been
approved for - payment to 79,500
farmers. About 41,000 checks, aver
aging SB3 each, and totaling $3,400,000
already have been distributed, it was
said.
Tydings Not
Calibre For
1940 No./rnee
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Coltihuiist
Washington, Sept. 22.—Having been
so conspicuously successful in defy
ing President Roosevelt’s attempted
purge, Senator Mil-
lard E. Tydings is
beginning to be
touted as a 1940
presidential p-o ssi
bility; This talk is
hooey. Millard will
not be a presiden
tial factor in the
Democratic or any
other party conven
tion in 1940 or 1944
or 1948 or ever.
Already renominat
Tydinga
ed, he will be reelected to the senate
in November. He will continue to be
quite prominent among his fellow
solons, Doubtless, he also will con
tinue to be, anyway for the coining
two years, a serious New nuis
ance. But he won’t be pick'.. even to
run for the White. House, »et alone
getting into it. ... „■
Tydings -is smart, interesting and
personally very likeable to folk he
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Tainted Pastry Is
Blamed In Illness
Os 144 At Chicago
Chicago. Sept. 22—(AP)—Taint
• ed pastry- was blamed today by
scientists for the mysterious ail
» ment which afflicted 144 persons
op Chicago’s West Side and adjac
ent suburbs during the past week.
Many of the victims, one of
whom died, reported they were
stricken after eating a chocolate
confection sold in the neighbor
hood. Chemists and bacteriolo
gists attributed the malady to
paratythoid and staphylococci
germs. Coroner Frank Walsh said
the pastry was the vehicle of the
intestinal infection.
Investigators said they found no
evidence of typhoid and dysten>-
tery.
PUBLISHED EVERY«AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY
Chamberlain Hears
Claims By Fuehrer
For Bigger Grants
New Deal Victory
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James H. Fay, New Dealer, is al
most smothered in the embraces of
his mother, Mrs. Mary Fay (right)!
and his wife, Hazel, after victory in
the critical Democratic primary in
New York for nomination to the
House of Representatives. Fay was
Roosevelt blessed.
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Dictator Is
Demandedßy
The Czechs
Capitulation by Gov
ernment to Hitler Is
Resented by , People
Generally
Prague, 1 Czechoslovakia, Sept. 22.
(AP) —Amid rising demands for a
military dictatorship, Fresident Benes
and the cabinet, which tendered it 3
resignation, struggled today with the
delicate task of forming a new gov
ernment acceptable to the Czech
slovak people.
In response to clamorous popular
indignation over the government’s
capitulation to the Anglo-French plan
for ceding Sudetenland to Germany,
Premier Hodza and his ministers
placed their resignations in Benes’
hands. But the cabinet remained in
office, assisting the president in the
search for a new regrime.
While Benes and Hodza still were
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BRITONS IN PRAGUE
ORDERED TO LEAVE
London,* Sept. 22.—(AP)—The
Exchange Telegraph Company
(British news agency) said today
the British legation at Prague
had instructed all British subjects
to leave the Czechoslovak capital
at once. It Bald a special airplane
from London had already left
with several Britons. Women
were reported to have left by
train after orders to quit the
city.
New Military
Rule Likely
Over Czechs
Prague, Sept. 22.—(AP)—Gen
eral Jan Syrovy, 59-year-old in
spector general of the army, to
day emerged as the almost cer
tain choice of President Benes to
head a new military government,
replacing that of Premier Hodza,
resigned.
Syrovy emerged as a strong man
of the republic as Benes sought a new
regime to replace that of Hodza,
which stepped out in the face of ris
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British Prime Minister
Also Has Some De*
mands, Including De
mobilization of Army
and Peace Guaran?
tees; Hitter Asfcs Fiir
ther Czech Slashing
Godesber'g, Germany, Sept. 22.
(AP)—Adolf Hitler and* Ihimb
Minister Chamberlain discussed
changes in the map of Europe to
day and parted with promises to
continue their talks tomorrow.
The British prime minister, who
had come to this Rhineland town ,
for a second conference in a week
with the German fuehrer in searcu
of assurances for Europe’s peace, .
left Hitler’s hotel at 7:15 p. m.
Godesberg, Germany, Sept 22.
(AP)—Adolf Hitler and Prime Min
ister Chamberlain met today for the
second time in a week to seal their ,
arrangement for assuring Europe's
peace by re-drawing the map of
Czechoslovakia.
The British prime minister arrived
at the Hotel Dressen, the Reichfueh
rer’s headquarters, at 4 p. m. (10 a.
m., eastern standard time), and was
received at the entrance by Hitler
himself.
Together the two statesmen, follow
ed by their- suites, proceeded to the
conference room cm the second, floor,
and the fateful conference, on which
the fate of at least ohe European
state depends, began at once, j
Chamberlain reached his hotel at
1:50 p. m., having flown from Liondon
to Cologne and motored the rest of
the way. The conference was under
way amid reports t&at Hjtler might
raise his price for. peace * \ .
The German leader liad preceded’
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Hungary Also
Demands Fart
Os Czech Land
Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 22. —(AP)
—lt was officially announced toddy
that Hungary, through her minister
at Prague, handed a note to the Czech
foreign minister this morning request
ing rights for Hungarian minorities
in Czechoslovakia equal to those
which may be granted the Sudeten
German minority.
The demarche in Prague came after
the Hungarian council had decided
upon measures to assure the return
to Hungary of territories which she
lost to Czechoslovakia as the result
of the World War. Hungary seems
determined to get those territories
back at the same time Germany sets
foot on Sudetenland. 4
Czechs Now
Evacuating
Border Area
Preparations Being
Made for Germany To
Annex Sudeten Terri
tory Immediately
Eger, Czechoslovakia, Sept 22.
(AP)—Czechoslovak soldiers, gend
armes and police began at noon to
day to retire from the Sudeten terri- '
tory in readiness for annexation of
the territory by Germany. They fell
back by mutual agreement toward
the languid frontier line whiota sepa
rates the Czech speaking areas from
districts where German is the pre
dominant language.
Simultaneously with their withj
drawal, the Sudeten “free corps,” or
ganized in Germany by Sudeten leader
Konrad Henlein, marched in from all
sides of the frontier.
The two military forces, however,
did not meet during their marches.
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