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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR JAPANESE CAPTURE CANTON IN FAST DRIVE r More Indictments In New Mexico WP A Scandals Promised Offers Arab Peace • I * ■ ?f! in s^hb An independent Arab state in Pal estine is one of the terms of peace in the Holy Land offered lpy Haj Anim Effendi el Husseini, gram mufti of Jerusalem. He is picturec in exile at Kara ay el, Syria. (Central Press) Question And Answer Group On Wage-Hour * • (Editor’s Note. The wage-hour ad ministration has been swamped with inquiries about operation of the labor standards act, which becomes, effec tive Monday. The following article presents in question and answer, form some of the pertinent facts both employers and employees aroi seeking. The information given, while in no sense official, is based on opinions and rulings of wage-hour au thorities. Final determination of many of the questions here raised will rest with the courts.) Washington, Oct. 21. —(AP) —Who ; makes all the rules and regulations under the wage-hour act? Administration Elmer F. Andrews. Are his opinions final? No. Appeal may be taken from any ruling to the courts, which are the only final authority on the wage hour law. Who decides whether an individual employer should comply with the act and which of his employees are cov ered by it? The employer himself must decide, (Continued on Page Eight) GOLDSBORO YOUTH DECLARED SUICIDE Goldsboro, Oct. 21.— (AP)— Marving Turnage, 22, died at a hospital here early today of pistol wounds which Police Chief E. J. Tew said were self inflicted. 226 Dead In Great Typhoon Over Japan Tokyo, Oct. 21. — (AP. — A ty phoon roared in from tee sea to day, taking at least 226 lives and injuring more than 590 persons. About 230 persons were missing. The unseasonable storm, which lashed waters overland along the coastal reaches of Japan in the Tokyo-Yokohama district and else where, rendered an estimated 36,- 000 persons homeless. More than 24,460 houses in To kyo were flooded and some col lapsed. Thousands of trees were uprooted, and Tokyo’s communi cations and transportation were partly paralyzed. Tens of thou sands of workers were unable to reach places of employment in the capital, and most schools were closed. The typhoon also caused much damage at Yokohama. All sail ings from that port were cancell ed. Seven passenger ships sche duled to arrive at Yokohama this morning failed to dock. * 4.* mi»UE PCI Batin Distrai th *&SrSJSBMrH&P Prominent State Offi cialr. Involved In Grand Jury Action “M aking Political Capital” of WPA; Washington Says Co operation Was Given Thers ;/ r Albuquerque; N. M., Oct. 21.—"( AP) New and further reaching actions were hinted todny to be impending in the wake of wholesale federal grand jury indictments returned here late yesterday against 73, persons charged with making nniitical capital of the New Mexico WPA. Dozens prominent in S':atc politics and government v/ere indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government for political purposes, among them Assistant tJ. S. District Attorney Stanley Rfiirpr, s.ji-in-law of Senator Detthis Chavez; two Demr ocratic county chairmen; Mrs. Annita Tafoya. Senator Chaves’ sister; Mrs. J. A. Werner, wife of the Albuquerque postmaster, and former State WPA Administrator Fred Healy. Some in responsible quarters inti-' mated the end wa3 not yet. It. was known that agents of the WPA di vision of investigation, under Special Agent C. J 2. Goranson, who have worked a ijionth with the grand jury, wore si ill on the investigation. The grand jury action, which concluded a month of carefully veiled inquiry,'fell like a bombshell in New Mexico’s political campaign. WASHINGTON VTA STATES IT GAVE ITS ASSISTANCE Washington, .Got. 21.—(AF)—Works Progress .AdmiiUftfation Off iCials-d*- clindd today to discuss the Federal grand jury indictments of 73 persons accused Os political abuse of the WPA in New Mexico, except to say, “Our investigators cooperated in every way.” “We do not prosecute; we merely give our aid and cooperation when it is needed in casps of this kind,” a WPA official said. “Our investigators turned over all their data to the grand jury. The prosecution is up to New Mexico officials.” 2 White Men Are Killed In Bunn Tragedy Raleigh, Oct. 21.— (AP)—State headquarters of the Highway pa trol received a report this after noon that two unidentified white men were killed in a train-truck crash near Bunn. The truck was registered in the name of J. W. Lewis, of Fine Hall; it was learn ed by checking the license plate number. The Lewis home is a mile, from a telephone; the Pa trol was told, and a messenger was sent to check up on who was in the truok. The Patrol office was told that steam escaping from the locomo tive made it impossible to extri cate‘the bodies of the dead men for some time. Patrolman A. E. Leavitt was sent to investigate the accident. Babson Says Hitler Has Key To World Prosperity If Fuehrer Does Not Push His Political Expan~ sion too Fast and Only Turns His Magic Abili ties to Economics, World Boom Era Is Likely BY ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1938, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park, Mass., Oct. 21.-—Hitler is the key man of Europe. The future of the Old World now revolves around him. He can plunge civilization into chaos if pushes his drive to the east too far an<tf‘*too fast; or he can produce a hew era of prosperity if he directs his amazing abilities toward -ebuilding Germany economically. My ruess is that he may turn his magical Energies along economic lines and thus aid world prosperity. War Scare Halts Business. This is the most impressive thought hat I brought away with me from he continent of Europe. At the time I was there —just at the peak of the ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNORTHCAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Explodes a Scandal r ii >J s % < A , -jglMfc •H| jg o* 1 t §§& V\|« --^^wo^.->9oc^oo< > c->>9ooo<-——<- y Police Commissioner Lewis Valen tine is pictured in Brooklyn, N. Y., Police Headquarters scanning rec ords following a surprise visit. Disappearance of valuable records has launched the most intensive po lice investigation in years in the police scandal which followed su- Derseding of District Attorney Geoghan of Brooklyn. LaGuardia May Not Aid Gov. Lehman New York Mayor De in an d s Democratic Candidate Pay Allegi ance to New Deal Hyde Park, N. Y., Oct. 21. —(AF) — Mayor LaGuardia, of New York City, indicated after a conference President Roosevelt today he- would* withhold his supper* n+ > vT '" -t Governor Herbert Lehman for re-eleo tion unless the governor stated (*v -e campaign he was firmly behind the New Deal. Talking with reporters after the conference, the mayor criticized Leh man for avoiding a direct replv to reporters’ questions whether he would stress and support the national ad ministration during the State cam paign. “Lehman should have answered the question you boys put to him here the other day after he visited the President,” he said. Lehman, Democratic candidate for a fourth term at Albany, has received the endorsement of the American La bor Party, in which LaGuardia is a prominent figure and active member. Labor Peace Predicted. At Washington, meanwhile, Secre tary Perkins said she had “great hopes” for peace between the Amer ican Federation of Labor and the CIO. Explaining that she did not want to say flatly the factions would re unite within a given period, the labor secretary told newspapermen: “I have had very definite signs that the desire for peace among the (Continued on Page Eight- war scare crisis—no one would talk business, we passed soldiers every few miles aiming loaded machine guns at our train. Boxes of T.N.T. were strap ped upon the girders of every bridge. A wire led from these boxes to an officer in the bushes. In his left hand he held a telephone awaiting orders to blow up the bridge by pressing a switch when he held in his right hand. Business oh the contihent was at a standstill. But, just as in America and England, trade and industrial ac tivity have come back with a bang since the Munich conference. Belgium is the most prosperous country in Eu rope right now. Although technically “neutral”, * I found the hearts of the (Continued on Page Six.) HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 21, 1938 Deane Now Appears Probable Nominee In Eighth District He and Burdin Confer With Governor Hoey, and Latter Says Settle ment In Prospect Is Their Own Proposi tion; Nominee Ex pected To Win Raleigh, Oct. 21.—(AP —The fight for the eighth district Democratic congressional nomination took anoth er turn to indications that C. B. Deane, of Rockingham, or W. O. Bur gin, of Lexington,'would get the de signation instead of both withdraw ing in favor of a compromise can didate. “Ei her Mr. or I will be the Democratic nomineA in the eighth,” Deane.said, after a conference in which Burgin participated. “And, whichever one gets the nomination Will be elected November 8.” Burgin said he was not positive who would get the nomination but felt sure the Democrat would win. Yesterday party leaders here ex- I*. * might voluntarily withdraw after Gov ernor Hoey had taken steps to get a compromise, which would prevent the election of a Republican by de fault. Hoey plans to leave tonight for the week-end, and said he expected a course of action which would end the Controversy which has raged since July 2 would be agreed upon by the candidates before nightfall. "Both sides are cooperating fine in an effort to work out the matter and the plan under consideration is their plan, not anything I proposed,” said Hoey. “I asked them yesterday to try to work out something.” TWO CANDIDATES CONFER FOR TIME WITH GOVERNOR Raleigh, Oct. 21. —Practical cer tainty that either W. O. Burgin, ol' Davidson, or—C. SSjMme-.of Rich mond, Will be the Democratic congres sional candidate* in the eighth district emerged from a conference of the two contenders with Governor Clyde R. Hoey and other party leaders here this morning. Another conference convened at two o’clock this afternoon and announce ment of some peaceful plan for set tlement df the long* standing dispute was expected late this afternoon. No announcement of the candidate is ex (Continued on Page Six.) Death Sentence Is Given Kinston Man On Murder Charge Kinston, Oct. 21.—(AP)—Super ior Court Judge Henry A. Grady today set January 6 as the date for the execution of Grover Wilk ins, 20, for the murder of Mrs. Janie Moody Davis, 24, of near Deep Run. Wilkins ’showed no emotion when the juryoaet the date, but his wife and mother wept loudly. Mrs. Davis was the stepmother of Wilkins’ wife. Neighbors said a quarrel led to the slaying. Frantic Move To End Row In Bth District Daily Dlspatvfi Bureau, ■■ In The Sir Walter Hotel, i By HENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, Oct. 21. —The State Board of Elections has thrown up its hands in despair of getting a settlement of the eighth congressional dispute in time to have a Democratic candidate’s name printed on the ballots, and frantic efforts are now under full steam in an attempt to compromise the . long and bitter Burgin-Deane em broglio. j Most likely outcome of the nego tiations is withdrawal of both conten ders and nomination by the Demo cratic district execute committee of Walter Lambeth, present congress man. Next in line of probability is nonr/ ination of H. P. Taylor, of Anson, as the Democratic nominee. Remote possibility is refusal of both Burgin and Deane, or either of them, to get out and let someone else make the race. Still more remote possibility is a mandamus order by Judge W. C. Har (Continued on Page*.*Four) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fataV colder in east portibn; scattened light frost in interior tonight; Saturday partly cloudy, slightly warmer in interior. ' Accused Spies in Court % * -V ■ ■ ■ ••• s' - '}■■'' JriflHUk. Ms - ■ % - .- * *ssNr % *■ ; § I ' y '■% i■ • % ✓ f&f PsT’' . , -' w* s - i yr ■ A 'J i^jpl rail .rejjtji fgHi ipr~ |p ; MBIBW Up wi h mi : B IB V I m Unrevealing, are the faces of Johanna Hofmann, Erich Glaser and Otto H. Voss, shown at Federal Court, New York City, where they are on trial charged with selling military secrets to the German government Testi mony of Gustave Rumrich, who pleaded guilty, directly implicated Miss Hofmann in the spy ring. Film Woman : v • • * ." : 7 ; ■ Plunges To Tragic End Dorothy Hale, Inti mate Friend of WPA Harry Hopkins, Killed in New York City New York, Oct. 21—(AP) —Dressed in evening clothes and wearing a cor sage of tea roses, attractive Dorothy Hale, film actress, and dabbler in the theatre, plunged to her death early today from her 16th floor apartment in the Hampshire house, exclusive hotel overlooking C.entral Park, She was the widow of Gardner Hale, Chicago artist who was killed ih 1931 when his automobile went over a 500- foot cliss in California. She was a friend of Harry Hopkins, WPA ad ministrator, whom she met through a member of the Roosevelt family. Seen several times with Hopkins, their engagement was rumored, hut was denied last summer. Friends of Hopkins, who was se cluded at the home of President Roose velt, said he was “deeply shocked” by Mrs. Hale’s death. They did not comment on the engagement report, but said Hopkins and the actross had been “close personal friends.” The WPA administrator himself made no comment. * Only a few years ago Mrs. Hale was described by a Hollywood pro ducer as a “great movie find,” but she appeared in only a few pictures, one of which was “Catherine the Great.” State Grows One-Third Os All Tobacco Washington, Oct. 21.-—(AP)—Pro ducing about two-thirds of the na tion’s tobacco, North Carolina, Vir ginia and Kentucky contributed al most six-evenths of the United States income from tobacco manufacturers’ taxes during the fiscal year 1938. Os the 1937 national tobacco pro duction, estimated at 1,555,328,000' pounds of all types, North Carolina accounted?for 595,530,000 pounds; Vir ginia for 107,276,000, and Kentucky for 366,160,000 pounds. In the aggregate, they contributed $480,418,943 of the 1938 fiscal year’s $568,181,967 tobacco manufacturers’ taxes. North Carolina’s $280,021,181 payment amounted to $88.33 per cap ita. Kentucky’s share represented a per capita of $17.92 and Virginia’s (Continued on Page Six.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Seeks Restoration French Monarchy tJ L —as—ttei'lipi ii Paris, Oct. 21.—(AP)—The Count of Paris, son of the Duke of Guise, pretender to the French throne, flew to the vicinity of Paris today in defiance of the law, and issued a manifesto calling upon France to restore the monarchy for “her sal vation.” Soon after handing the manifesto to newspaper men who met him at a farm house near Paris, the counit took off for Belgium, where he lives in exile with his father. Warnings Os Hitler Given Cold Shoulder By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Oct. 21. —Our State De partment naturally is not saying so out loud, but it is much of a se cret it is pretty thoroughly disgusted with Herr Hitler’s recetit speech warn ing 3 B>rll ain and France (Britain in particular) to curb their 5 feypective ‘war pdrties’ or else—. To be sure, Uncle Sam’s foreign office was none too confid ent, any of the time, that the Anglo- Frando - German- Italian dicker a t mssßßm Hull Munich promised anything more than temporary peace. Still, it was hoped that it did promise at least that much. There also were hopes that, before conditions took another turn for the worse, international negotiations might put peace upon a more or less dependably permanent basis. That there would be plenty of American opposition to a Yankee initiative in such a direction was recognized. Nevertheless, it was a policy which had its supporters, , too.' President Roosevelt had momentary good luck in his appeal to thq old world not to go immediately to the mat over Czechoslovakia, which encouraged the theory that his influence might prove effective in the yet longer run. But this last Hitlerian speech knocked that idea higher than a kite. Not Altogether Illogical. Adolf’s reasoning is not altogether illogical, either. xf ,j| His argument was. that he and Benito Mussolini prefer peace, which doubtless is they can get all they want without fighting fpr it. And being dictators, what they dictate ‘‘goes.” But Britain qnd France, he pointer out, being democracies, have change able governments. Right now they have governments which seem dispos ad to bow to his and Benito demands. However, they mav have elections al i ' f r ■» .. (Continued on Page Two.) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Big Chinese Supply Base Is Occupied ‘ < V I Utter Confusion Re ported in Great South China City as Troops and Populace Flee; Chiang Reported Pre paring To Leave His Hankow Capital Hong Kong, Oct 21. —(AP)—Jap- anese troops this afternoon entered Canton, south China metropolis and objective of a fast overland offensive that started more than 100 miles away on October 12. An official source reported that “ut ter confusion” reigned in Canton, vital supply center for Chinese troops in central (Jhina, as the invaders pierced the city’s first defenses. Gov ernment officials fled to Yungyum, 92 miles north of Canton. The Chinese dynamited a cement plant, a power plant and other major utilities before the Japanese entrance, carrying out the defenders’ “scorched earth” policy of leaving nothing be hind for the invaders’ use. As the invaders approached, the Cantonese had tried furiously to dig trenches and make machine gun em placements at strategic centers, while hundreds of thousands of inhabitants fled in all directions, leaving a small fraction of the population behind. Conflicting reports had obscured the real progress of the well equipped Japanese columns, but apparently Chi nese resistance was weak. A Japanese spokesman said aerial observation showed the Chinese were retreating in a long line north of Canton. (Reuter’s a British news agency, re ported from Shanghai that General Chiang Kai-SJiekt —according ttrre liable reports, was preparing to leave Hankow, the other main Japanese ob jective, and Chiang’s provisional cap ital, about 550 miles north of Canton.) Loyalists In Spain Plan Big New Push Hendaye, France, Oct. 21. —(AP) — Reports from government sources in dicated today that plans were virtu ally complete for an offensive design ed to strengthen the government’s position before the third winter of the Spanish civil war sets in. General Miaja, commander-in-chief of the government central front, and General Matallana, his chief of staff, returned to Madrid after a series of conferences with commanders at Bar celona and Valencia. A decrease in the number of re ports of troop movements gave bord er observers the impression that con centrations going on for days had been completed. There was no indi cation of where the government of sensive would start. Ten Hurt In Explosion In Georgia Jail Eight Unaccounted for of 75 in Prison at Columbus; Corner Ripped Out Columbus, Ga., Oct. 21, —(AP) —Ten prisoners were injured and eight were unaccounted for early today after an explosion ripped out a corner of the Muscogee county jail. City Police Chief H. W. Cornett said the explosion was apparently caused by firing of a steam boiler in the basement. The blast tore a hole about 12 feet high and 15 feet back from the corner of either wall. It* left a por tion of a cell block hanging. ~ The jail is three stories. The ex plosion tore out the wall of the one story kitchen. The .three-story por tion extended partly over the kitchen. Police said there were 75 prisoners. Forty-one were transferred to the city jail; the ten injured were in city hospitals, and 16 were kept in the jail enclosure.
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