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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR JAPAN TO KEEP CHINA AFTER WAR IS OVER Insurance In Cotton Crop Is Probable Government Would Assume Risks of Loss from Elements Under New Proposals; Ex perts Working at Top Speed To Set Up Pre mium Rate Scale Washington, Oct. 24.—(AP) — The administration intends to recommend that Congress broaden its farm pro gram, officials d'boloejed today, by making crop insurance available to the nation’s 2,500,000 cotton growers. Wheat growers, under a law pass ed last winter, are protected from losses from drought, floods, storms, hail, insects and other natural hazards. Agriculture Department experts are working at top speed to prepare premium rates and other data on cot ton. They said it would be possible to offer growers insurance on the 1940 crop if Congress agrees. Officials said there was a possibility the ad ministration also might recommend insurance for corn growers. Whether it does they said, will depend on the progress the experts made in prepar ation of premium rates. The cotton insurance program would provide a means, officials es timated, for removal of probably 1,- 000,000 bales of surplus government owned cotton from market channels to be held by the Federal Crop Insur ance Corporation as a reserve. Meanwhile, with operation of the existing farm program upset by other crop surpluses and low prices, admin istration leaders are launching an in tensive campaign to line farmers up against congressional proposals to substitute price fixing and unrestrict ed production. Real Winter Hits Part Os Middle West Chicago Oct. 24. —( AP) —Snow, gales and freezing temperature marked winter’s arrival to por tions of the Middle West during the week-end. Minnesota Wiscon sin and the upper Michigan pen insula felt the brunt of a storm that disrupted power and com munication lines, impeded high way traffic and imperiled upper Great Lakes shipping. The snow ranged from wisps in Chicago to eight inches in Mich igan. Snow plows went into op eration on highways. A 40-mile northwest gale churned Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. The blanket of cold reached from the Rockies to Michigan and from Canada to Oklahoma. Election Law Still Poorly Interpreted Daily Dlspatcfi Bureau, In The Sir Waiter Hotel. Raleigh, Oct. 24.—Failure to get a final determination in the courts of the Deane-Burgin eighth congression al row leaves North Carolina’s elec tion laws still muddled by lack of au thoritative interpretation; and this failure will provide advocates of out right repeal of the absentee ballot law with much ammunition for their legislative campaign next year. If the Supreme Court had handed down a clear-cut, unquestionable op inion as to the State Board of Elec tion’s powers and duties, as well as regarding the requisites of a legal absentee vote, the 1939 law-makers could at least have known what the election laws mean as they now stand Instead, beyond affirming in none too strong language that the State hoard has certain powers of review and direction, the highest court did little except duck, dodge and get from under. Legally and technically the court was right, laymen assume, when it refused to act on either man damus brought before it in the last, desperate efforts to get a judicial de termination; but the average man just can’t understand how it passed up such a good opportunity to settle the thing one way or the other. Wherefore, those who favor wip ing the absentee statute completely of the books are going into the legis lature with full opportunity to point (Continued on Page Five.), HntJlpramt SafUt tltsmttrh L T^| E »i T S E E D »^g| s OF Wages-Hours Law Is In Full Force Over All United States Issues New Rules . <-JS§| I / '; - Katherine F. Lenroot (above), chief of tiie children’s bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor, in Washing ton, is pictured as she released new [regulations to govern employment !of minors between ages of 14 to 16, under the Wages and Hours law. Shutdowns Mark Start Wages Law Andrews Gets Reports of Scattered Closing of Plants as Law Is Ef fective Washington, Oct. 24.— (AP) — Elmer Andrews, wage-hour admin istrator, said today he had receiv ed reports of scattered shutdowns of industrial plants, presumably because of the new fair labor standards act, but believed many would prove to be only temporary. He added that, according to his information, most industries sub ject to the new law were com plying “wholeheartedly”. A few lumber and small textile com panies did not resume work today, Andrews said he was informed, btlt he did not name them. “My general information is that in some cases they would be seasonal shutdowns anyhow,” he told newsmen. “Unfortunately, I cannot do anything about it. We cannot exempt any one in interstate commerce from paying 25 cents an hour.” Andrews remarked that the few re ports he had received indicated that suspensions would not “cause serious dislocation in industry.” Tobacco Factories In Oxford Lay Qff 450 Under Wage Act Oxford, Oct. 24. —(AP) —An es timated 450 workers were laid off in tobacco factories here today as the industry prepared to meet the requirements of the Federal wage hour act. The workers dropped, a spokes man said, were older men and wo men who were unable to speed up their work to justify the mini mum wage stipulated. Andrew Jamieson, president of the W. A. Adams Company, said the indus try had petitioned for exemption under the farm commodities sec tion of the law, and that a hear ing had been requested for Thurs day In Washington. GOLDSBORO MEN IN HOLINESS ELECTION Fayetteville, Oct. 24.—(AF)— Jerome Hodges, of Goldsboro, was elected su perintendent of the North Carolina Conference of the Pentecostal Holi less Church for the sixteenth succes sive time here today. C. A. Sann, of Goldsboro, was named assistant su perintendent, and C. B. Strickland, of Falcon, was elected secretary-treas urer. A. H. Butler, of Falcon, and N. J. Medford, of Clinton, were named mem bers of the official board. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNORTHCAROLINA AND VIRGINIA firinirmTi. - * ' 1 * * Minimum of 25 Cents an Hour Pay and Max imum of 44 Hours Weekly Applicable to All Interstate Busi ness; Employment of Children Forbidden Washington, Oct. 24.—(AP)—Far reaching Federal labor standards went Into effect today, putting a floor under the wages and a ceiling over the hours of an estimated 11,000,000 American workers. The regulation of virtually all per sons in interstate commerce repre sented the broadest industrial legisla tion since the NRA. Administration Elmer Andrews took time from cleaning up a multitude of details to tell a nationwide radio au dience that the new program was not designed to “hound business”, but should become a pillar of a sound economic system. The major provisions of the now statute are as follows: 1. A minimum wage of 25 cents an hour is established. This will be rais ed to 30 cents October 24, 1939, and to 40 cents after October 24, 1945. 2. The maximum work week is fix ed at 44 hours, to be reduced to 42 hours after October 24, 1939, and to 40 hours after October 24, 1940. Em ployment above those levels must be compensated for in cash at time and i half rates. 3. Employment is prohibited for children under 16 in a mining or manu facturing occupation, and for children under 18 in an industry declared to be -hazardous. Limited employment »is permitted for children under. 14 or 16. Thp act exempts, either. in whole or in part, seasonable industries, cer tain agricultural occupations, profes sional men, executives, administra tors, learners, handicapped persons and employees of companies regulat ed by the Interstate Commerce Com mission. The immediate effect of the law was to clip a few hours from the work week of about 1,500,000 men and wo men. and tq fatten the pay envelopes of 750,000. As the progressively high er levels are adonted, additional thou sands will benefit. Washington Finds Some Improvement In Cotton Outlook Washington, Oct. 24.—(AP)— The Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics took note today of some improvement in the American cot ton situation. It found some en couragement in a three-fourths of a cent rise in the last few weeks, a bussing of the European crisis and improvement in American bus incss conditions. Further improvement in domes tic business activity ail'd payrolls during the next two months, the bureau said, likely would be ac companied by an additional in crease in domestic cotton con sumption. The cotton textile situation in foreign countries was said to con tinue unfavorable, although eas ing of the political tension in Eu rope was considered favorable to !; more normal sales. Speakership Candidates Wait Break Hally Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Oct. 24.—The three avowed candidates for Speakership of the 1939 House have been doing little ac tive personal canvassing of late, but are taking a breathing spell and wait ing for some sort of “break,” accord ing to all appearances. Libby Ward and Victor S. Bryant have both been almost constantly in Raleigh of late, the Craven repres enative in the dual capacity of Secre tary of the Democratic State commit tee and a member of the Budget Bu reau, the Durham law makers as a member of the same Budget group. Neither, however, has been in posi tion to do much active urging of his claims for wielding the House gavel next January. Meanwhile W. E. Fenner, Nash’s speakership hope, has bee n right in the middle of the - tobacco sales sea son and, being one of the leading warehousemen of the State, hasn’t (Continued on Page Five.), HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 24, 1938 Searching an Arab W ‘ ipi§KHi vhb ’ mm. ! ■ ''B Sn _ Mssasmzammt s. This scene, an everyday sight in turbulent Palestine, shows a British soldier at Bethlehem, searching an Arab for concealed weapons. In background, is the spire of historic David’s castle. 3 Attorneys Study Order In Vote Row ,; . ' Will Reach Decision Between Deane and Burgin as Nominee for Congress Post Raleigh, Oct. 24. —(AP) —Three law yers studied “concrete questions of law” today as they prepared the de cision which will make either C. B. Deane, of Rockingham, or W. O. Bur gin, of Lexington, the* Democratic congressional nominee in the dis trict. Details of the “concrete questions of law” were not revealed, but Attor ney General Harry McMullen said the attorneys in the litigation had tried to simplify the matter as much as pos sible. 'The referees themselves said they hoped to reach a conclusion to day, but that it was impossible to say as they were still studying the situa tion given them. Fertilizer Grades Less For Farmers Daily Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Oct. 24. —Reduction of the number of grades of fertilizer sold in North Carolina from 202 to some more reasonable figure is regarded by Assistant Commissioner of Agricul culture D. S. Coitrane and many oth er farm erperts as one of the most far-reaching and important- move ments designed to benefit Tar Heel farmers. At a recent meeting of manufac turers, farmers and research leaders, called to discuss possibility of a dras tic reduction in number of grades, Mr. Coitrane pointed out that 90 per cent of all fertilizer now sold in the State is classed under 13 grades, with the other 189 accounting for only about one-tenth of all sales. The multiplicity of grades makes (Continued on Page Five) “WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Cloudy and somewhat colder, preceded by rain in north portion' and near the coast early tonight; frost in mountain* -tonight if clear Tuesday generally fair, cooler in northeast portion and near the coast. ; Japs Are Mentioned In Connection With New York Spy Case Papier Says Japan ans Germany Directed Operaiion of Ring In United States; Full Statement of Rumrich Demanded by Counsel for Glaser t ■ , N , New York. Oct. 24.—('VPI—Counsel for Erich on trial In Federal court as a soy, renewed a demand to day for of all statements made by Guenlher Gustav Rnmrich, army deser.er, and confessed spy who be came a government witness. Rumrich, v/ho pleaded guilty at .the start of the trial and promised to testify against Glaser, Otto Voss and Johanna Hofmann, returned to the witness stand for the sixth day. United states Attorney Lamar Hardy told Benjamin Matthews. Glaser’s lawyer, he had no control over the statements Rumrich made for the State Department, but of fered a copy of the final statement made to the Federal Bureau of In vestigation, if Matthews would offer it in evidence. Matthews declined to accept ft. Cross-examining Rumrich, Mat thews stressed that the witness had not charged Glaser anything for food and lodging, and that they had fre quently discussed things over many glasses of beer. Matthews accused Rumrich of lying when the witness said Glaser had appeared glad of a chance to turn spy for Nazi Germany because the United States had ended Germany’s chances of winning the World War. The New York post says United States Attorney Hardy has in his dos-, session evidence showing thaT the ac tivities of the espionage ring were di rected by Berlin in cooperation with the Japanese government. But Hardy, the paper said, has “deliberately re frained from making any mention of a second power” because of diplo matic considerations. Plans to expose the alleged part of Japan in the spy plot were quashed by orders of the State Department in Washington, the paper added. , 45 Are Indicted In Lipuor Frauds Upon Government New York, Oct. 24.—(AP)—Forty four men and one woman were indict ed by a Federal grand jury today on charges of defrauding the government of at least $15,000,000 in taxes thro ugh an illicit liquor ring operating in five United States cities and Canada. Assistant United States Attorney Raymond Whearty characterized the case as “one of the biggest the al cohol tax unit has developed against illegal still operators.” “Conservative estimates based on the Treasury agents’ investigation of this case have convinced us that this gang produced at least three and a half million gallons of 190-proof al cohol for illicit distribution,” Whearty said. The indictments set iorth that the bulk of the liquor was shipped be tween 1931 and 1937 to Detroit, Bos ton, Buffalo, Newark, New York and Canada. State’s Towns Have Varied. Kinds Names In the Sir Walter Hotel. Dali} Dlnyatck Bureau. Raleigh, Oct. 24. —After reading at 1 great length about the eighth district congressional squabble, you will pro bably be inclined to doubt it, but Can dor, Harmony and Liberty are to be found in North Carolina. Acme, Apex and Climax are tops in the State, and it possesses Faith, • Hope Mills and Charity Cross Roads. If you don’t believe all this just look at the list of cities and towns compiled by the division of statistics and planning, of the State Highway and Public Works Commission. Every one is to be found on the map of Tar Heelia. The list is also colorful with Black Creek, Browns Summit, Greenville. Pink Hill, Red Springs and White ville. There are 558 places listed in all. most of them named for persons — famous, infamous or just plain per sons. Quite a number,' however, take their names from trees, flowers oi plants. In this category can be found Azalea, Bear grass, Cherry, Elm City, • —-4? — ■ * (Continued op Page Fqur) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Rebuked Hitler "v x;**.** jiiiii ■Jk \ mm Mm Pictured above is Robert H. Ber nays, British Parliamentary secra tary, regarded as likely to win • cabinet post in'the near future. Bemays leaped into prominence re cently when, in Chamberlain’s ab sence, he warned Adolf Hitler “that there is a line from which no threats, however formidable, will cause Britain to retreat.” (Central Press) Hungarians Demanding Czech Lands Occupation Without Delay Asked by Buda pest Government from Republic Budapest Hungary, Oct. 24—(AP) — The Hungarian government today de mandeff that areas in Czechoslovakia with preponderantly Hungarian popu lation be opened to occupation by Hungarian troops without further de lay. The communication said that Hun gary’s demands would be submitted to arbitration by a German and Ital ian jury if Czechoslovakia refused to meet them. The government, in a 1 reply to Czechoslovakia’s fifth uiiacceptabl offer, also asked a plebiscite not later than November 30 in Czechoslovakian areas of disputed nationalities. The communication noted with satisfac tion that an agreement had been reached with Prague for cession of large war-lost areas claimed by Hun gary. It asks, however, that Ruthenia, Slovaks and other Czechoslovak minorities be given the right of self determination. Truce Likely Near In Part Os Holy Land Jerusalem, Oct. 24. —(AF) —Reports reached Jerusalem -today that Abdul Rahim, commander-in-chief of the Arab insurgent forces, has issued or ders from his headquarters in the hills that henceforth his followers must refrain from engaging British troops except in self-defense. In some informed quarters, the be lief was expressed that this might be the prelude to a truce similar to that negotiated in October, 1936, which, however, lasted only three months, and was followed by a fresh wave of terror. The protection of lives and property of American citizens in Palestine wa; the subject of a conference in Jeru salem between Wallace Murray, Unit ed States consular inspector from Washington, and Consul General George Wadsworth. This was| con sidered in line with recent declara tions from Washington concerning protection of American interests in Palestine. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Will Compel Chinese To Obey Rules Must Cooperate Politi cally, Economically and Culturally as Ja pan Dictates; Fall of Hankow To Signal Cessation of Military Operations Shanghai, Oct. 25.—(AP)—Japa nese army and navy units were racing early today for the honor of toeing the first to enter Han kow, China’s provisional capital. Japanese spokesmen here profess ed to expect news of the fall of the city momentarily. Japanese dispatches said thou sands of Chinese soldiers were re treating on all Yank tie river fronts, and that the whole defense system of the Wuhan area, em bracing Hankow, was crumbling. Nowhere was effective Chinese resistance being offered, the Ja panest declared. Tokyo, Oct. 24.—(AP) —Japan’s de termination to hold China indefinitely under military occupation and com pel her to “cooperate” with Japan in all vital matters after the war is end ed was disclosed tonight in a state ment from government sources. The statement apparently was is sued in anticipation of the early fall of Hankow China’s provisional capi tal. Dispatches from the war zone to night said Japanese had thrown their cordon around the city to as close as 12 miles at one point The pronouncement was interpret ed as an indication of the Japanese gbffe’rnment’s belief that the capture of Hankow woiild end the purely mili tary phase of the conquest, and per mit cessation of further offensive op erations in China. Japan will compel China to “coop erate” politically, economically and culturally after the fighting iB over, the declaration said. In Shanghai, Japanese aerial bolhb ing of a .British warship and a cus toms dispute over an American pas (Continue*. or Page Five.) • Hungary Now Is Ready To Strike Blow Budapest, Oct. 24. —(AP) —An i” tense wave of patriotism tot'ay swept Hungary, v/aiting for an early show down in her territorial dispute with Czechoslovakia. Unless Czechoslo vakia accepts Hungary's demand for Hungarian - populated sections by Wednesday an army of closo to 500,- 000 men is prepared to cross the fron tier well-informed sources said. The Prague government has sub mitted a five-point proposal for set tlement of the issue. The natton was whipping its forces into peak efficiency. It was stated in diplomatic sources that the Polish army would march into Ruthenia the very moment Hungary starts an ad vance into Slovakia. Official circles in Warsaw declared these reports we re “false” however, asserting that Poland’s scheme was for a peaceful settlement with Czechoslovakia. Don’t Believe All You Hear From Germany By CHARGES P. STEWART " Central Press Columnist ] Washington, Oct 24. —Holdihg one of Uncle Sam’s official positions in Germany, the individual I’m about to quote can’t be desig- natcd by name; it would, make him trouble. He knows The Fatherland in timately. He knows me well, too; conse quently talked free ly. “If you’re a for eign Visitor in any big German city,” he said, '‘probably you stop at one of its leading • hotels. Do ypu find scarcity of anything in its din ing room parti- Hitler cularly a scarcity of dairy supplies— which Nailand is supposed to be ea (Continu&d on Page Five)
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