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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR Czechs To Resist Occupation Os Land By The Hungarians Popeye’s "Pop” Dies Wb ' V MHL • jh||^h ..3 ilp-| I Elzie C. Segar (above), 43, creator of “Popeye the Sailor,” cartoon character known in every civilized land in the world, died in his Santa JVlonica, Cal., home of a spleen ail ment which afflicted him a year ago. His cartoon will continue. Canton Cut From Sea By Jap’s Drive Troops of Japan With in 70 Miles of South China Metropolis, Cut ting Highway to Sea; Planes Continue Bombings Hong Kong, Oct. 15.—(AP)—Can ten was cut off from the coast today except for devious foreign travel. Chinese military officials in the south China metropolis, goal of a swift diving Japanese campaign in land from Bias bay, acknowledged the highway in the Chungshan dis trict had been cut by Japanese land ing party. Japanese were reported to have made a sudden landing under cover of an intense air bombardment, be fore local defense could be mobilized. Reports were circulated here of a mysterious Chinese attack on the fleet in Bias bay. The entent of dam age was not known. Japanese troops were reported to have captured a point only 70 miles east of Canton, traveling through more than 80 villages in their new south China drive. Unofficial Japanese sources said Japanese had occupied this point aft er a fierce struggle southwest of the city, in flames since yesterday as result of an aerial bombardment. New Motion Offered In Election Row Raleigh, Oct. 15.—(AP) — Counsel for W. O. Burgin, of Lexington, filed in the State Supreme Court today a cross motion asking the dismissal of the State Election Board’s petition for an order directing Judge W. C. Harris, to allow the certification of C. B. Deane, of Rockingham, as the eighth district Democratic congress ional nominee. » • Burgin lawyers also said if the high er tribunal “assumes jurisdiction” of the case, it issue a mandamus direct ing the superior court to allow the certification of Burgin. Today’s action was filed by former Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus. chief defense counsel for Burgin in the long fought contest for the eight dis trict nomination. Included was an eleven page an swer to the State Board’s motion filed yesterday by Attorney General Harry McMullen which requested that Judge Harris be required to permit Deane's certification in accordance with an opinion of the Supreme Court. The court remanded the case to superior court to “await final” re turns from Madison and Richmond counties. The board petition also charged that Judge Harris’ threat of a jury trial was improvident and based on a misapprehension or misunderstand ing by him of the opinion of this honorable court ” MvtxZtvtxtm Hat lit Htstratrfi t service s op Hungary Doubles Size of Army, But Says Its for Peace; Germany, Italy Believed Back ing Demands for Part of Czechoslovakia Komarom, Hungary, Oct. 15.—(AP) —•A Czech officer declared today that his soldiers would resist occupa tion of communities by Hungarian troops under any circumstances. The captain, in command of the regiment of the Czech side of the Danube said, “I have fought with the Czech legion during the World War, and I think that it will not be long before the soldiers will try to take Knok territory already taken from them.” GERMANY. ITAI.v THOUGHT BACKING OF DEMANDS Budapest, Oct. 15.—(AP)—Hungary is doubling her army to 420,000 men today for what officials said was peace, not war. The mobilization of five classes, (age groups) totaling about 200,000 youths, was called a measure necessary for Hungarian se curity, “endangered by the continued mobilization of the Czechoslovak arm”, and the collapse of negotia tions for demands of Hungary for parts of Czechoslovakia. Surprise was occasioned by the dis closure that the Hungarian ■ army numbered about 220,000 in spite of a past Ytrianon treaty, declared abrogat ed first two months, limiting the force to 35,000. The official press declared Hungary was not alone in demanding Magyar— inhabitants slices of her already dis membered neighbor. “We have power ful friends to fully support us” said a newspaperman. A reference was perhaps to Ger many and Italy, with whom the Hun garians conferred yesterday. Trio Captured jn Tennessee Town For N. C. Crime Jasper, Tenn., Oct. 15. —(AP) —Dep- uty Sheriff B. Ferguson today arrest ed a man and two women in connec tion with the theft of an automobile and alleged kidnaping in Catawba, county, N. C. He listed the prisoners as Ray Rid dle, 36, Marion Foster, 21, and Caro line Dolly, 30. Justice of the Peace G. A. Lowdry said Riddle admitted taking car in North Carolina on Wednesday. The man and women are held without bond pending an investigation of the North Carolina charge, Lowdry said. Four Powers Not To Talk Czech Crisis I Hungary and Czecho slovakia Are to Get Together and Settle Own Differences Over Minority Issue Paris, Oct. 15.—(AP) —Circles close to the foreign office said today the idea of a four power conference to discuss the minority issue between Czechoslovakia and Hungary had been abandoned. Instead, Hungary has decided to re sume direct talks with Czechoslova kia after having made consultation in diplomatic channels. (Unofficial sources in London also said that Hungary and Czech authori tion plan to resume negotiations, which were broken when the Hun garian delegation quit the Komaron conference, declaring the chasm be tween Hungarian demands and Czech compromise offers were too wide for successful negotiations). Informed quarters said a meeting of French, German, British and Italian foreign ministers to attempt to com 'promise the difference that broke up the Komoron meeting had been con sidered seriously yesterday on Hun garian requests. WEATHER I FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Unsettled in east portion, prob * ably mist and light rain in coastal plains tonight and Sunday. I WEEKLY WEATHER, 1 South Atlantic States: Rain on Atlantic coast and in Florida, end ing the beginning of the week; fair except some light thunder -1 showers toward dose; tempera tures normal to somewhat above. • _ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOimfCAROLINA AND VIRGIN^. Hagerstown Chief Thinks Skeleton That Os McCoin’s Hagerstown, Md., Oct. 15. —(AP) — Upon the result of a comparison of a dental X-ray with the teeth of a skeleton found near the railroad junc- 1 tion west of here hinged a possible so- ! lution today of the strange disappear ance in December, 1932 of R. S. Me- Coin, former N. C. State senator. Workmen prepared to probe anew Politicians Speculate On FDR Speech Chief Executive To Speak As Voter in New York from Hyde Park Home Nov. 4; Relief and Depart mental Service Lashed by Republicans (By The Associated Press.) Candidates for offices in the No vember election, many of them bat tling it out on strictly New Deal is sues, speculated today on the probable substance of a pre-election radio ad dress to be given by President Roose velt. White House announcement said the President would speak as a voter in the State of New York, probably on the evening 01 November 4 from his home in Hyde Park. The announcement added, however, that the President’s remarks “would be sufficiently extensive in range to interest the nation as a whole.” The President already has express ed approval of the New York Demo cratic slate, headed by Governor Herbert Lehman. Other developments on the political front: At South Bend, Charles HalHatt, Republican representative from In diana, stated in a radio address that the only hope for youth to regain economic opportunity was “in a re versal of the disastrous policies of the New Deal.” He added “the New Dealers seem determined to prevent any economic expansion of the country.” In Washington, Representative Dit ter, Republican/ Pennsylvania, said in a statement “Corruption in the ad ministration of relief and reaffitament spoilsmanship in the departmental service is eating away the substances of the people.” Women Sing FDR Praises ' In Meeting Raleigh, Oct. 15. —(AP)—A state wide meeting of Democratic woman here today endorsed the “high prin ciples” of President Roosevelt’s admin istration. The women adopted a resolution of fered by Mrs. Mary B. Murphy, of Snow Hill, commending the president “for his splendid efforts on behalf of all the people in the nation.” The meeting was held to shape plans for the fall election campaign Governor Hoey told the delegates that women had “brought new and higher ideals in government,” and that they “are exerting the same kind of influence in government as they do at home.” , ' HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 15, 1938 Refugees in Minnesota Forest Fire The public park at International Falls, Minn., has been turned into a temporary encampment for reft*- gees from the forest fires which have taken toll of a score of lives and caused evacuation of residents from a fifty-mile front along the Minnesota-Ontario border. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jay, Sr. (left), and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jay, Jr., are shown after they fled from flames which destroyed their farm home.* (Central Press) the grave in which the skeleton was buried, and the police Chief Carl Mc- Cleary reported he believed it was that of McCoin. The body was found about 22 miles from here at a railroad junction known as Shomo, near Martinsburg, W. Va. If the X-ray taken three months be fore McCdjin disappeared matches those of the skeleton, a six year old Blocs Hold Even Balance In Congress By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Oct. 15. —Postmaster General‘ James A. Farley doubtless is right in his prediction that the Unit ed States will re main a “two-party . Sjgk x JSSj Garner country” indefinite ly. That is to say, it it probably will con tinue to he run by only two parties with re c ognized names of their own and cohesive enough to hold national con ventions of any con sequence. What the F. M. G. seems to me not to take into account is the fact that, while we. do not have, in Con gress, a number of explicitly designat ed blocs, we do have the blocs. We have a number of them. Their vari ous members all are roughly classed, respectively, as Democrats or Repub licans. Really, however, both major memberships are considerably split up. If this were Europe, each sub group would have a particular label, distinguishing it from all others. Here we don’t acknowledge such dif ferences; all hands are spoken of as Democrats or Republicans, with an occasional freak independent. Yet we do have blocs, as truly as France’s national assembly, which re cognizes a dozen or fifteen. How They Classify. Illustratively, Vice President John N. Garner and Senators Harry F. Byrd, Carter Glass, Millard E. Tyd ings and Josiah W. Bailey, plus sev eral others, constitute a bloc, as un like the Alben W’. Barkley-Homer T. Bone-Claude Pepper-Elmer Thomas, (Continued on Page Eight.' Definite Forecast Made By Babson Os Prosperity *—■ 1 - " Era Os Great Boom Like T hat After World War Likely Because Os Peace Accor Id, World Arms Race, Inevitable Inflation a fnd Debt Compromises BY ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1938, Publishers Financial Bureau. Inc. London, England, Oct. 15. The great statesmen, bankers, industrial ist, and economists of Great Britain unanimously agree that we may now be entering a boom era exceeding in extent that of the twenties. You will recall that after the Armistice was signed we had a period of unpre cedented business expansion. New all time peaks for business activity were reached early in 1920. Now, the “big business” men of England believe that the world may be facing a simi lar situation in the months ahead. Why are they so optimistic’? The answer is that they consider the Munich conference in somewhat the same light as the Armistice. They fee! that the partition of Czechoslovakia anonymous note of the solon’s death will be to a great extent corroborated. Location of the burial place was near that described in a letter sent to Chief Justice Walter Stacy, North Carolina, soon after McCoin’s ~3Tsap pearance, telling of his murder. The sender of the letter, signed “Boy in Distress” and mailed from Chicago, was never found. New Record For Lights Set At Bragg Flying Fortress Spot ted at 24,000 Feet Above Ground in Anti - Aircraft Test During Maneuvers at Fort Bragg Fort Bragg, Oct. 15. —(AP) —A rec ord for high altitude elemination of aircraft by anti-aircraft search lights was claimed here today by officers by the light-spotting of a D-17 flying fortress 24,000 feet above the ground. The test was made late last night, after conclusion of more than a week of aerial maneuvers, to determine solely the maximum altitude an air plane can be eleminated under ideal conditions. A week ago, airplanes were elemi nated here in preliminary lightings up to 22,000 feet, but the more than four and one half miles was not registered until last night. maximum altitude elemination was preceded by the elemination of bombers at various heights to deter mine the effectiveness of search light ing for pursuit airplane interception. The defense awaited today reports of results of pursuit squadroh command ers in widely scattered places. The bombers had completed their mission, and were returning to their base at Langley Field, Va., when Brigadier General Fulton Gardner, defense com mander from his post on Gaddy’s mountain in the center of the defense zone in eastern North Carolina, call ed unexpectedly for the 24,000 foot test. has removed a powder keg which could have exploded into a general war any time. Most students of his tory over here agree that the Treaty of Versailles was a ruthless and vin dictive document. It set up artificial nations composed of an arbitrary com bination of nationalities with boun daries drawn simply from the stand point of military considerations. It also imposed terrific financial bur dens upon Germany. Treaty Scraping Inevitable. It was inevitable that some day the Reich would regain her strength and throw off the humiliating provisions of the peace treaty. Readers have wat ched Hitler do this in the last three years through rearmament, occupa tion of the Rhineland and conquest of (Continued on Page Three.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Wheeler Predicts Independent Senate For Next Session Failure of • Roosevelt to Unseat George, Tydings and Smith Gives Heart to Other Democrats; Says Sen ators Not to Be “Charlie McCarthys” Washington, Oct. 15.—(AP)—Sena tor Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, pre dicted today a majority of the Sen ate “would vote independently” on all administration measures in the next session. Wheeler, declaring that this might be his last term in the Senate, as serted that he would personally vote as he saw fit on all legislative pro posals sent to the capital by the White House. He said as a result of the failure of President Roosevelt’s efforts to de feat Senator George, of Georgia, Tyd ings of Maryland, and South of South Carolina, all Democrats, he believed many other senators will take the same position. They will out number, he forecast, the senators who were 100 per cent behind all Roosevelt measures. “I think the Senate this next session will be more independent,” Wheelei said, “than it has been during the past six years.” “This doesn’t mean, the Senate is going to oppose any and all of the ad/ministration legislation. It does mean that we are not going to be a lot of Charlie McCarthys. “We are going to vote our own independent judgment because of the way the WPA has been used in the primary for political purposes, I think there will be a determined effort to pass laws, which will tend to take the WPA out of politics, and perhaps take it out of control of the present setup. “There ought tc be a house cleaning in WPA” Cotton Industry Fast Growing In ' China And Japan Greenville, S. C., Oct. 15.—(AP) — William Jacobs, of Clinton, secretary of the South Carolina Cotton Manu facturers Association, said today in a prepared address that “we need a new industrial viewpoint in South Caro lina, and, indeed, in the United States.” He was the principal speaker at the fall meeting of the carders and spin ners convention of the Southern Tex tile Association, of Eastern Carolina section. A study of statistics, Jacobs said, indicate that industrial migration of South Carolina ended 20 to 25 years ago, and that the “statistical position in active spindles” in this state dur ing “the past ten years” have been practically at a standstill. Tracing the growth of migration of the textile industry, he said “here we stand today, holding our own, unable to induce new industries to locate with us, while India increases 95 per cent, China 822 per cent, and Japan 832 per cent. “Does this represent the handwrit ing on the wall, is this the indica tion of the third exodus of the tex tile industry?” * Harbor Tugs In New York Stand Idle Hundred Per Cent Tie Up of Harbor Sought by Union When Nego tiations Fail; Liners, Freighters Affected New York, Oct. 15.—(AP)—Seventy five New Yorker harbor tug boats were idle this morning, and union of ficials declared they would tie up 75 more within a short time, aiming at 100 per cent effectiveness of the strike which began at midnight, which might effect the movement of trans- Atlantic liners and freight boats. The strike call, issued by President Joseph Ryan, of the International Long Shoremen’s Union, (AFL) af fected 2,000 workers, and followed a collapse of negotiations among the union, operators and Nathan Franlcel, labor advisor to Afcayor LaGuardia. Os the 75 tugs tied up, 15 are used regularly to haul garbage scows for the department of sanitation, and eight are engaged in towing coal bar ges for a power company. Union officials said others were en gaged in servicing trans-Atlantic lin ers and freight boats. Three trans-Atlantic liners were scheduled to arrive today, and five were to sail. All would require the as sistance of harbor tugs. O PAGES O TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Presides at Inquiry Supreme Court Justice Francis D. McCurn (above) of Syracuse, N. Y., was named by Governor Lehman to preside over an extraordinary term of the court to hear evidence in con nection with investigation of Brook lyn’s law enforcement agencies. Decline In Exports Os U. S. Cotton Domestic Consump tion Also Declines from Last Year; Sur plus Depressing Price of Lint; Weldon Gets New Post Office Washington, Oct. 15.—(AP)—Dras tic declines in exports complicate farm officials said today, administra tion’s must problems—the existing price depressing, cot ton surplus. . The official foreign trade reports show the August and September cot ton exports totalled only 589;09 bales, compared with 837,859 during the cor responding months last year. Sharp declines in European purchases were responsible for the slump. Domestic cotton consumption also declined. The census bureau said 1,- 095,000 bales were consumed in this country in August and September com pared with 1,204,000 bales in the com parable months last.year. Other developments included: It takes 53 less hours labor to pro duce a cotton bale today than it did in 1911. WPA research workers figured this out during a nation-wide survey of recent changes in the technology of (Continued on Page Eight Army Air Corp Major Is Killed By Whirling Prop Leavenworth, Kansas, Oct. 15. (AP) —Major John Gardner, 42, of the United States Army Air Corps was killed by the whirling propeller of an army plane at Forth Leavenworth to day. He was preparing to take off for Nashville, Tenn. Major Gardner was graduated from the air service communications school in 1921, and the Air Corps practical school in 1934. His widow and two young daughters survive. Election Row Halts Talk Compromise Dally Dispatch Bar can. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Oct. 15.—Latest move in the Eighth Congressional election row—request that the Supreme Court order certification of C. B. Deane — was not only one of the cleverest legal maneuvers yet staged in the bitter campaign, but it was an almost complete .'“silencer,* temporarily at least, to the talk of “compromise.” Practically every plea that the two contenders (Deane and W. G. Burgin) should retire and let some other he chosen has been based on the as sumption that there can be no end of (Continued on Page Eight
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