HENDERSON’S
POPULATION
13,873
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
German Soldiers Goose-Step Into Sudetenland
The German “token" army of ornm.Hnn , .
Germany under the Munich four-Power airreJm^nt ‘"l? Run,b JV*K* a «*<* in the Sudeten area acquired by
thrown to 2 - S °T t of A e soldlers we *r flowers on their uniforms,
n W Ulena b * the enthusiastic inhabitants of the town.
Efficiency Os Civilians
Astonishes Air Officers
Oil Tanks Explode
At Linden Plants
Linden, N. J., Oct. 12.—(AP)
Twelve tanks each with a capacity
of 600,000 gallons, exploded this
afternoon in the plant of the Cities
Service Refining Company. It
could not be learned immediately
whether there were any casual
ties.
Czechs Won’t
Let Sudeten
Refugees Stay
Prague, Oct. 12. — (AP) —Premier
Jan Syrovy today rejected a British
plan to allow Sudeten German refu
gees to remain two months in Czecho
slovakia pending organization of In
ternational aid for them. The Brit
ish suggestion was made personally
by Major General Sir Neil Malcolm,
League of Nations high commissioner
for refugees from Germany.
The premier replied that Czechoslo
vakia had reason to fear new agita
tion if great numbers of Germans
were taken into the republic. Al
though most fugitives were anti-Nazis,
he said, they already were demanding
German schools.
Syrovy added that many other dif
ficulties, chiefly economic, stood in
the way of the British plan. Sir Neil,
however, expressed the fear that
many refugees would be persecuted if
they returned to Sudetenland, which
is now under German costrol.
Sir Harry Twyford, lord mayor of
London, and head of a British refu
gee mission to Czechoslovakia, left
for London today expressing the hope
that relief measures could be worked
out. .
Governor May
Intervene In
Congress Row
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Hally DlHiiateh Bureau,
Raleigh, Oct. 12. —Governor Clyde
R. Hoey will intervene in the super
heated eighth district congressional
row as soon as the Deane-Burgin bat
tle reaches the point where it is en
tirely obvious that no court decision
can be had in time to put the legal
winner on the general election ballot.
The governor hasn’t said this; but
from what he hasn’t said it is clear
that he has no intention of sitting
idly by and letting the bewildered
Democrats of the eighth go to the
polls in November with-no one for
whom they can cast a congressional
ballot.
•On the other hand, he hasn’t the
slightest intention of taking any ac
tion or public stand as long as there
as there is the remotest possibility
the court decision can be reached in
time to get the victor on the ballot.
So far as can be predicted at this
writing there . seems only the barest
of outside chances that the court
wrangling can possibly end any time
soon. Both sides are now too deeply
involved to "retire with even moderate
grace. '
But when this probability of no
early decision becomes a certainty,
the Democratic high command is go
ing to act. An appeal, perhaps direct
ly from the governor, perhaps in
directly spohsored by him through
the eighth district congressional com
mittee, will be made to both candi
dates to come down and make way
for a third or "harmony” candidate*
Os course, there is no legal way to
force either of the embattled can
didates to withdraw, hut if they re
fuse to heed the call of the party,
then the congressional committee will
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Anti - Aircraft Warn
ing Net Shows Sur
prising Ability In War
Maneuvers at Fo r t
Bragg; “Black Out”
Measure Scheduled
for Thursday Night
Fort Biagg, Oct.- 12.—(AP)—Army
air Corps officers, astonished at the
efficiency of a civilian anti-aircraft
warning net being tested in maneuv
ers here, said today engine- silencers
on bombing planes might become a
necessity.
These officers, who have been try
ing in vain to “sneak” formations
and even single airplanes by the keen
ears North Carolina rooftop observers,
expressed surprise at the civilian abil
ity to pick up the planes’ courses a';
all altitudes up to the maximum ceil
ing of the newest bombers.
Use of the warnihg net is regarded,
however, as of greater value to pur
suit aviation than to anti-aircraft bat
teries.
Members of the air corps board ex
pressed elation at the success of high
flying bombardment and low flying
attack maneuvers, in deluding both
searchlights and gun batteries, despite
their detection by the civilian nets.
Last night, it was pointed out, an
attack flight, and two bomber, forma
tipns got through the anti-aircraft
ring scot free without bfeing spied by
a single searchlight crew or fireil
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The mystery of the fate of the first
night smoke screen in military his
tory was cleared up today with a re
port from the attack commander at
Langley Field, indicating a screen
was laid by the attack squadron over
Fort Bragg to the south of the de
fense zone at an altitude of about 503
feet. The attackers were unable to
place the screen effectively the re
port said, because trial smoke pots
and flares to gauge wind were with
held due to danger of grass and grush
fires.
It mattered little, however, because
the bombers were too high to be spot
ted by the searchlights.
Tonight the outer ring of search
lights around Fort Bragg will he
moved farther out into the country
to test their effectiveness in illumi
nating attacking planes for defense
formation acting as interceptors.
One of the major air defense meas
ures, the “black out,” is scheduled
tomorrow night in what some officers
here have termed its greatest test in
the United States.
Says South
Is Tired Os
Being Pitied
Atlanta, Ga., Oct 12.—(AP) — The
South is a bit tired of being referred
to as the “problem child of the na
tion,” George C. Biggers, business
manager of the Atlanta Journal, said
in an address here today, but wel
comes constructive criticism, and is
making progress in working out its
own problems. .
“Just .take off the differential in
freight rates and other discriminatory
legislation,” he said before the At
lanta Advertising Club; “send sonde
of. your technological and scientific
skill down here, lend us some money
at lower ihterest rates, and we’ll do
the rest.”,
Biggers referred to the recent re
port of the National Emergency Coun
cil, which said that since the War
Between the States the South has
been the poorest section of the na
tion.”
“This is, in part, correct, he said,
“if the South is compared diredtly
against other regions, but there are
numerous factors that brighten the
picture. The same National Emer
gency Council report terms the South
the greatest untapped market,” and
the market “in which American busi
ness can expand most easily.”
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Assassinated
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Major Gen. Ivan Peeff (above),
chief of staff of the Bulgarian army,
was shot to death in the streets of
Sofia, Bulgaria; by an assassin who
turned the gun on himself and took
his own life. The man was identi
fied as one named Vlasseff, from
Peeff’s native town, Stanimaka.
(Central Press)
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Merchants
Ask Reduced
Phone Rates
Utilities Commission
Is Re queste d To
Probe Bell’s Long Dis
tance Charges *
Raleigh, Oct. 12. —(AP) —The board
of directors of the North Carolina
Merchants Association adopted a re
solution today calling on the State Uti
lities Commission “to take appropriate
action looking toward reductions in
charges made by the Southern Bell
Telephone & Telegraph Company.”
The board released a report prepar
ed by Herbert Falk, Greensboro law
yer, which set forth that the Southern
Bell Company’s intra-state long dis
tance rates in North Carolina “are
the highest of any State, served by
this company.”
If Southern Bell rates are cut, Falk
forecast, other companies would do
likewise.
The report stated the Southern com
pany reported to the Federal Com
munications Commission that it earn
ed 8.82 percent of its average new
investment in telephone plants in
North Carolina in 1937, and that
‘this is the largest percentage of earn
ings on that net investment in tele
phone plants, from any one state in
the United States from a Bell Tele
phone company, with the exception of
the State of Texas.”
The board’s resolution stipulated
that the matter should be called to
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6 Arabs Slain
By British In
The Holy Land
Jerusalem, Oct. 12.—(AP)—British
troops, spreading out over the Holy
Land in punitive expeditions to end
Jewish-Arab violence, killed six
Arabs in a clash with terrorists today.
The troops were attempting to de
molish a house in the Nablus district,
from which bombs had been thrown
Monday when the terrorists attacked
soldiers from nearby housetops.
Reinforcements arrived, and the
British fighters subdued the band in
a 90-minute skirmish. Other rein
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HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY 'AFTERNO ON, OCTOBER 12,1938
Britain Warns Japan To Keep
Hands Off Her Land In China
Tokyo Reply
Says Armies
Will Comply
All Big Nations Noti
fied “Vested Foreign
Interests” Will Be Re
spected ; Japs Loose
Full Might ,in Pincer
Drive Aimeql at Han
kow Center
London, Oct. 12.—(AP)--With Jap
anese forces landed in south China
for a drive on Canton, the British
government today let it be known
that Japan “had been reminded” that
any damage to British interests in
South China may involve “risks for
Anglo-Japanese relations ”
A source close to the government
said Sir Robert' Leslie Craigie, am
bassador to Japan, had delivered “a
reminder” to the Tokyo foreign office
on this subject in the last few days.
JAPS LOOSE FULL MIGHT .
IN GIANT PINCER DRIVE
Shanghai, Oct. 12— (AF)-—Japanese
forces loosed their full might today
in a final giant pincer offensive de
signed to capture Hankow and smash
General Chiang Kai-Shek’s legions.
A new Japanese expeditionary force,
estimated at 30,000 to 50,000 mechani
cally well equipped men, supported
by naval and air units, landed at
Bias bay, a few miles north of Hong
Kong. Their plan was to sever com
munication between Hong Kong and
Canton, the last big Chinese coastal
city, or between Canton and Hankow,
Chiang’s provisional and military
capital.
Fulfillment of the scheme wouH
mean cutting off vitally needed de
fense munitions.
Far in the interior, the Japanese
intensified their smashing ‘ drives
against Hankow frOm the north and
west, and were reported to have cut
off the northern railway communica
tions with Hankow by capturing a
point 100 miles north of the capital.
JAPS PROMISE TO RESPECT
INTERESTS OF FOREIGNERS
Tokyo, Oct. 12.—(AP)—A Japanese
foreign office statement today said
the Japanese would "respect vested
foreign interests in a new south
China offensive,” believed to be aim
ed at Canton.
The United States, British, French,
German and Italian embassies were
notified informally of the latest Jap
anese move, although the war office
here maintained silence about the
area where the attack is to be launch
ed.
Southern Ry.
Will Likely
Run A.& N.C.
•
Raleigh, Oct. 12.—(AP)—Gover
nor Hoey said today he expected
Vice-President James B. Hyde
and other officials of the Southern
Railway here Monday for confer
ences on the possibility of the
Southern’s operation of the At
lantic. & North: Carolina Railroad.
The governor said the conferences
would be based on a complete
survey of the road between Golds
boro and Morehead City, made by
experts of the Southern.
Daily Dispatch Bnreau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Oct. 12. —Definite decision
on proposed operation of the State
owned Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad by the Southern Railway is
quite likely next week, with indica
tions now .pointing to some sort of
agreement between State and the
railroad.
No hint of the progress of negotia
tions has been given by Governor
Clyde R. Hoey, but there is extrinsic
evidence tending to convince obser
vers that there is better than an even
chance that the Southern will event
ually agree to some form of operating
agreement.
Late last Saturday the governor re
ceived from the Southern a full, com
plete and confidential report of the
five-man investigating committee
sent by the road to go over the Old
Mullet with fine-tooth comb and re
port its exact condition.
Obviously the governor can’t say
what was in the report. It was trans- 1
mitted to him in confidence by South
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WEATHiR
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday; slightly warmer in
north and east portions tonight
and in northeast portions Thurs- *
day. .*
Before the Bouquet Menace
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Hitter is pictured receiving a bouquet of roses from an aged inhab.
itant of Asch m the former Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. An officer,
at right, holds her arm, just in case. Shortly after, the Fuehrer waa
struck in the face and scratched by a tossed bouquet. He immediately
banned all bouquets, except the verbal type.
Czech-Hungarian Troops
Confront Each Other In
Dugouts 250 Feet Apart
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EXCEPT SUNDAY
of the town and started at once to
dig trenches in potato fields and sur
rounding forests.
Hungarian infantry followed suit,
establishing positions at close range
Hungarian he£ry artillery was in fir
ing position.
There was concern here that Czech
soldiers, angered by territorial losses
to Germany, would prefer to fight
against any new concessions.
Hungarian-Czech negotiators, meet
ing at the frontier town of Komarom
adjourned until today after it became
apparent they could reach no agree
ment yesterday.
Martin-Ford
Talk Pondered
By Auto World
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 12. —(AP) —The
automobile industry labor and man
agement alike, pondered today the sig
nificance of Homer Martin’s “cordial
call” on Henry Ford yesterday.
For the time being, yesterday’s Mar
tin-Ford conversation, followed by
Martin’s discussions with Harry Ben
nett, personnel chief of the Ford Mot
or Company, superseded in interest
the 32-hour work week conferences
with other companies.
Martins United Automobile Work
ers are seeking a 32-hour system in a
move for the rehir
ing period in the auto industry, which
currently is picking up speed to meet
orders. *
Forest Fire
Border Area
Is Patroled
(By The Associated Press.)
Airplanes, National Guard trucks
and thousands of men patroled the
fire-ravaged Canadian border district
between northern Minnesota and On
tario today on the twentieth anniver
sary of a forest fire that took hun
dreds of lives.
Although scattered showers and
lower temperatures had greatly Im
proved conditions, authorities said,
grimy, weary fighters were watch
ing blazes from Warroad, Minn., east
ward on both sides of the border to
prevent new outbreaks of the fires
that already have claimed 17 lives.
Massed funeral services were ar
ranged for this afternoon at Emo, for
12 pf the Canadian victims.
Several hundred settlers from the
Ontario danger zone were brought in
to Fort Francis last night and a crew
of 500 men remained to fight the
fire. The weather was clear and the
fight continued today.
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Clearing Os
Slums To Be
Speeded Up
Housing Chief Says
5,000 Families Month
ly To Migrate After
First of 1939; Heavy
Spending for Housing
Reported; Seek Leaf
Surplus Outlet
Washington, Oct. 12— (AP)—Nathan.
Straus, administrator of the United
States Housing Authority, expects 5-
000 families a month to “emigrate”
from American slums, beginning ear
ly next year.
Making that forecast today, he re
ported $7,545,892 has been advanced
by the USHA to 28 local housing au
thorities for more than 5,000 dwelling
units, now under construction. The
anticipated rate of slum clearance,
Straus said, will require $20,000,000 to
$30,000,000 of construction every
month. Advances today barely have
nicked either the $600,000,000 which
USHA has for slum clearance and
'OW cost housing loans, or its $200,-
100,000 for local subsidies.
Other developments included:
A long list of appointments kept
President Roosevelt busy at his desk
this Columbus Day. He had ten en
gagements within two hours, discuss
ing social security, maritime
politics and national affairs with his
callers.
An advisory committee, the first to
be appointed under the wago-houf
law, analyzed existing wage scales in
the cotton textile industry prepara
tory to recommending minimum pay
or 1,300.009 workers. . •
The AAA estimated the October
supply of stemming grades of cigar
leaf tobacco, used primarily in the
manufacture of chewing tobacco,
would be slightly smaller than for the
same 1937 month. William Colling, to
bacco section chief, said reports ofi an
excessive supply because of conditions
in Connecticut, “were without foun
dation.” , ’
The AAA estimated the October
supply at 88,000,000, compared with
97,322,000 in October, 1937.
AAA officials said they were seek
ing means of disposing of about 15,-
000,000 pounds of the 1934 dark-fired
tobacco crop without interfering with
marketing of this year’s crop. A re
commendation that the AAA sub
sidize the diversion of surplus tobac
co into by-product uses was made by
Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia
growers at conferences here this
week. About 18,000,000 pounds remain
of the 1934 crop, AAA officials said.
Orderly disposal of the 1934 surplus,
the growers told the AAA, would , al
low the market to absorb other hold
ings of cooperative associations. ,
The growers also proposed the AAA
continue and possibly broaden exist
ing price stabilization programs for
Tire-cured tobacco.
The Social Security Board announc
ed grants totalling about $2,500,000
? or public assistance in seven states.
The allocations for the period from
October 1 to December 31, included:
North Carolina, blind, $34J748; Vir
ginia, aged, $177,964; blind, $18,785;
children, $26937.
Barkley Hope
In Senate Not
Very Bright
By CHARLES F. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Oct. 12.'— Senator Al
ben W. Barkley of Kentucky does not,
after all, seem very likely to be de-
posed, when Con
gress next meets,
from his majority
leadership in the up
per legislative cham
ber. That is to say,
now are
that he will be per
netted to • continue
leading, but * pros
pects are that a con
siderable block of
his erstwhile follow
ers will cease .to fol
low him. To be sure,
by no means all of
Senate majority
Barkley
have followed him hitherto, but
enough of them have done so to make
him at least look like a genuine* lead'
er. Prospects are that, at the next
session, it will become evident that he
is a merely nominal one. 1
This will place him in a most em
barrassing position. Ditto the White
House, which originally picked him
‘for the senatorial majority leadership.
In fact, it probably will be em
barrassing to both of them than it
would be to have the Kentuckian vot
ed out of his leadership
And that’s why. the Democratic anti-
New Dealers have hit upon the, stra
tegy of leaving him in it—theoretical
ly but irtpotently. They didh’t hit on
it because of any good will toward the
administration or Barkley. They hit
on it on account of “pure cussed
ness.”
Analyzing the Situation.
It will be recalled that the late
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