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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR Where Thugs Cremated Fried, Kidnap Victim £T a——■■■ Ml ; • ' ■BE maA-■' - ' V-v R wbf BPWI wBSbSSI |K ” ooafess.oa of „ d . « Italy, Germany Assure Czechs Seek Victim Os Kidnapers In Basement Gruesome Find in New York May Solve Kid napings in That Met ropolitan Area New York, Nov. 3.—(AP)— Dwight Brantley, head of the New York Federal Bureau of Invest!- , Ration office, said today Federal agents were investigating a pos sible connection between the uni solved kidnap-slaying of 12-year old Peter Levine, New Rochelle, N. Y., and the newly-captured mem l>ers of an alleged “kidnaping syn dicate,” who are accused of three kidnapings, two robberies and one murder. * ' • • The new turn in the fast-breaking case developed as police exhumed fragments of bones from a cemented “tomb” in the basement of Ukrainian hall on the lower East Side. Police expressed a theory the bones might be from the body of Arthur Fried, young White Plains business man who was abducted last December 4 and held for $200,000 ransom. I This theory collapsed, however, when Chief Medical Examiner Gon zales said an examination of the frag ments £howed there was “not a hu man bone in the lot.” He said the * bones, some 240 in number, were most ly chicken, beef and rabbit bones. New York, Nov. 3.—(AP)—Police dug into the cement basement of Uk rainian Hall today seeking buried bones of possible victims of a “kid (Continued on Page Four) McCluer Will Be Sent Back For Hearing Raleigh, .Nov. 3. —(AP) —Governor* Hooy said today he would sign an or der directing that James McCluer, of Beaufort county, who was committed to the State Hospital for the Insane five months ago as insane, be turned over to the sheriff of Beaufort coun ty for a hearing before a superior court judge in connection with a saly ing of which he was acquitted * “by reason of insanity.” The governor said he decided to sign such an order due to a conflict ‘ n the statutes. One, he said, seemed to make it the duty of the superin tendent of the hospital to turn such cases directly over to the sheriff when it was found the party was sane, as in MeCluer’s case. The other law re • '(Hired an order from the governor directing that the party'’ be turned over to the sheriff to be taken before a judge. The man would be taken before the resident judge of the first district, or before a judge presiding in the district. McCluer, 48, .was acquitted b V “reason of insanity” of charges he killed Arch Doughty. Judge Walter ''one ordered him sent to the State Hospital to remain as long as he was adjudged insane. Psychiatrists at the hospital have ruled he is now sane, said Dr. j. W. Ashby, superintendent of the hospital. Urttitersnn L^I E op THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Guarantee Frontiers Left After Little Re public Is All But Obli terated; Hungary Is Given Big Slice and Still Is Not Satisfied Vienna, Noy. 3.—(AP)— Foreign Ministers von Ribbentrop of Germany and Count Cano of Italy it was learned on good authority today, have assured the Czechoslovak foreign min ister that Germany and Italy were ready to gutrantee Czechoslovakia’s new frontiers F. Czech-Thinister. left far Prague today after the one day conference .'in which Hungary was given an estimated 4,875 square miles of Czech territory. Hungarians and Poles said they still hoped morfe Ruthenian territory would eventually fall to Hungary, thus giv ing Poland and Hungary the com mon borderline they desire. Ruthenia, •the eastern tip of Czechoslovakia, was forced by the Italo-German medita tion award to cede its capital to Hun gary and its principal railway lines. Between 100,000 and 150,000 Ruthen ians again will become Hungarians under the award, leaving about 500,- 7'> in the Czvchslovak Ruthenian states. The Rutherian delegation last night protested the decision, asserting it. did not conform to ethnographical principles proclaimed at the four power Munich conference September 29. Five fraternal Ukrainian (Ruthen ian) organizations cabled united Uk rainian organizations in the United States with headquarters at New York asking for funds to assist the homeland. i Yugoslovia expects to be next in i the revision of eastern European boundaries under the sponsorship of Germany and Italy, Yugoslav obser vers of the negotia tions said. Ten Are Seeking Post Office Job In Wilson Fight Washington, Nov. 3. —(AP) —The Civil Service Commission made pub lic today the names of hundreds of ap plicants for vacant postmasterships throughout the country. The appli cants are subject to civil service exa minations and those with the highest resultant standing will be eligible for appointment by the President, sub ject to Senate confirmation. The commission emphasized the or der in which names were carried on its lists today did not reflect standing of the applicants. The list included: Wilson, N. C., Gary T. Fulghum, Lybrandt C. McMichael, Thorftas M. Clarke, G. L. Parker, Carl F. Batts, O. A. Glover and Linwood Hugh Flowers, Mrs. Bleeker H. Peele, Percy B. Lassiter, Miss Agnes Peele. Fayetteville Site For New Hospital Definitely Named » . ... !■■■■■ Fayetteville, Nqv. ~ 3. —(AP) —Selec- tion of a site op, the Fayetteville-Ra leigh highway two miles from Fay etteville was announced today for the $1,500,C00 veterans hospital, already authorized. The local committee was informed that President Roosevelt had signed an order confirming the selection: The tract, known locally as Myrtle Hill, consists of 146 acres, extending from the Raleigh highway to the Cape Fear river, It was donted to the government by Fayetteville inter ests. ONLY DAILY Chinese Are Building Up New Forces Army of 300,000 Re cruits Trained; Japs Smash Defenses Above Hankow Kingtu, China, Nov. 3.—(AP)_ y new army of 300,000 recruits is be ing trained in Szechwan province to fight alongside 400,000 well drilled Szechwanese in renewed hope of stop ping the invading Japanese. It is es timated that rice, wheat and other crops ip this western province of nearly .53,000,000 population ,and 166- 000 square miles are big enough to support 2,700,000 fighters for a year, one of the reasons why- General Chiang ?£ai-Shek chose it for the new military base for the operations a gainst Japan. CHINESE DEFENSES ABOVE HANKOW ARE BEATEN DOWN Shanghai, Nov. 3.—(AF)—Smashing the first major Chinese defenses above the newly-captured Hankow, the Ja panese invaders tonight reported the. seizure of a strategic point 80 miles down the Hankow-Canton railroad. Several days of artillery bombard ment, which tore a hole in the stra tegic. point’s north wall, was follow ed up by a bloody infantry assault along a river flowing through the town. Forty-five miles up the Yangtze river from Hankow, the Japanese' an nounced, the Kiayu forts had fallen. The “mopping up” operations of the Japanese, who took Hankow October 25, spread out fanlike from the for mer Chinese capital. To the northwest a battle was in progress at a point 55 miles from Hankow. One Japanese column reached Han kow after a three-day drive down a highv/ay and reported it had dis persed straggling Chinese units which were fleeing and leaving “heaps of dead along the roads.” Raleigh Will HearTalmadge Cuss Control In the Sir Walter Hotel. Dali) Dlwoatch Bureau. Raleigh, Nov. 3.—Proving that they are not going to allow the crop control referenda to go “New Deal ’ by de fault, opponents of the control plan have arranged to bring former Gov ernor Eugene Talmadge, of Georgia, here for an address in opposition at the Memorial Auditorium Saturday morning at eleven o’clock. The red-gallused Huey Long-styled buzz-saw from the Cracker State has been delivering blistering attacks on the Roosevelt administration and all its works for Several years now, and his temper and tongue have sharpen ed rather than dulled as time marches on. All of which indicates that verbal sparks will fly when ’Gene cuts loose. The Talmadge speech is but one of the many indications that crop con trol opposition is going to be remark (Continued on Page Four.) NEWSPAPER published Henderson, n. c., DatUt iHspairh IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 3, 1938 Spanish Attack Angers Britain Government Harassed In Parliament Insurgents Steadily Advance Positions In Great Battle on Ebro River in Spain; Losses Admitted by Govern ment Troops London, Nov, 3.—£AF) —Opposition m the House of Commons pressed the government today for a atement. on the Spanish naval battle the English east coast. Prime Minister . Chamberlain an nounced he was “slightly indisposed” and would be unable to attend the debate. The Insu-gent motor vessel Nadir shelled and sank >' the government freighter Cantabria jalmost at the mo ment Chamberlain yesterday told the House the Spanish civil war was “no longer a menace to the peace of Eu rope.” By his speech, noting that Italy had withdrawn a large number of troops from Spain, and was ready to with draw more, the premier won House approval to put into effect the April 16 British-Italian friendship pact, probably on November 15. The vote was 345 to 138. When news of the sea attack reach ed Parliament, however, one opposi tion party speaker snapped out: “They will be up the Thames next.” GOVERNMENT TROOPS ARE GRADUALLY FALLING BACK Hendaye, France, Nov. 3. —(AP) — A steady insurgent advance (today pushed government troops slowly along the Ebro front in General Franco’s seventh effort to recapture the strategic river bend in northeast ern Spain. Government dispatches admitted today ‘‘the enemy succeeded in bet tering his position slightly at the cost ‘ of”fw*avy losses.** At the same time, what apparently was a serious engagement was being fought on the outskirts of Madrid, which itself was shelled heavily by in surgent artillery. Advices from Madrid gave no in dication whether the offensive there was launched by government defend ers or insurgent besiegers of the one time capital. These reports merely said since last midnight heavy rifle and machine gun fire in the west could he heard in the heart of the city. Insurgent information at the bor der indicated it was merely a ques tion of a short time until the gov ernment’s front collapsed as the militiamen would be forced to flee across the river to positions from which they launched on July 25 the offensive that began one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war. The insurgents contended govern ment communication lines were cut and their positions therefore, made precarirv s. Many ’State Candidates Seek Office Raleigh, Nov. 3.—Citizens of North Carolina will trek to the polls next week to cast their votes for a United States Senator, eleven congressmen, three Supreme Court justices, the en tire General Assembly, and other im portant State officials, as well as hun dreds of local officials in every town ship %tnd county in the State. North Carolina is overwhelmingly Democratic, but leaders of the state wide campaign here in Democratic headquarters at Raleigh are making an effort to get out the full strength of the party. State Chairman R. Gregg Cherry and other officers of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee have been conducting an ac tive campaign that has extended their efforts into every precinct in the State. They have personally visited practically every section, and have maintained idtose personal contact (Continued on Page Four.) Vance Road Work Bid At $34,158.60 Raleigh, Nov. 4.—(AP)—The Highway and Public Works Com mission announced low bidders to day on eleven projects esti mated to cost $511,000, on which proposals were received this morn ing. Projects and low bidders in cluded: ‘ ' ' Vane© county, 3.36 miles of grad ing, surfacing and structures on a road starting 4.56 miles east of Henderson, running to the Warren county line; Hiker & Yount, Reids vflle, $34,159.60. / Senate Body Denounces Political Compulsion Gq Pennsylvania WPA Folks Democratic Campaign Letter Advised Them “No Excuse Will Be Accepted” for Ab sence from Meeting; Ickes Says Roosevelt Is Stronger Washington, Nov. 3.—(AP)— The Senate expenditures com mittee called “indefensible” today a phrase in a camnai'm let ter which warned WFA wo’dtdVs +ha' “no excuse will he accented” V their failure to after-’ ~~vy he!3 in Norristown, Pa., October 29. The committee said it had been un able to determine how many Fed eral WPA workers were among the 2,500 persons who attended the meet ing as a result of the letter, signed by Joseph McElwee. The letter said the meeting was being held “at the direction of Senator Guffey, Demo crat, Pennsylvania, and David Law rence, State Democratic committee chairman. McElwee is a member of the Penn sylvania State compensation board and a local official of the Democratic party. McElwee later denied in an af fidavit obtained by the Senate com mittee’s investigators that Guffey or Lawrence had any knowledge of the letter. Other developments: Secretary Ickes said that public support of President Roosevelt was stronger in the west today than he was in 1936. The secretary, holding his first press conference since re returning from a month’s speaking tour of the west, said there were lo cal cross-currents in western politics, but that they did not affect national prospects. Chairman Dies, Democrat, Texas, told newspaper men the. House com mittee investigating un-Atnefican ac tiVities had “encountered Consider able trouble in obtaining witnesses since President Roosevelt rebuked it.“ | Dies said many witnesses he wants to testify hold government jobs, which he said they were afraid of losing if they told of un-American activities they have seen. Dies Group Overplayed Hand Sharply By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Nov. 3. —Congressman Dies’ committee on investigation of un-American activities evidently over- did itself when it permitted recent wit nesses’ attacks on Governor Murphy of Michigan to get in to its records. There is so general and violent a prejudice against communists in this country that it is a bit hazardous for any one to be at all adversely critical of a quiz like Rep resentative Dies’ lest he be accused Murphy of being, himself, a red sympathizer. Maybe no one less potent have pan ned the Dies committee’s methods as effectively as the White House ten ant did without involving himself in trouble. However, the Fresident, hav ing taken the initiative, there is plenty of press comment tc the pur port that he was right about it. It isn’t that an investigation of un- American activities is undesirable. If there is any appreciable amount of actual plotting in our midst against our politico-economic system, of course it ought to be investigated. But investigating what a few folks are merely thinking, personally, indivi dually and internally, without doing anything about it, is rather doubtful business. If a governmental system is mainly good there are not likely to be many people wishful to overthrow it. If it has certain defects it ought to be legitimate for some of them at least to think so. Our Anti-Red Complex. I’ve lived all over the United States, from New York to San Francisco and from the Dakotas to New Orleans, and my observation is that our popu lation is reasonably contented. Oh yes, the farmers kick, labor has its discontents and we white-cc| aritefc (my own group) have our grievances, but it’s all mostly superficial. One of my earliest recollections if of the preachings of Herr Most, Cin cinnati anarchist. Then there was Eu gene V. Debs, a socialist. The I. W W. followed. Now it's communists. Herr Most never made a dent, bu< in his day there was a lot of worry (Continued on Page Four) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Death in His Eyes j Here is a dramatic close-up of John 1 W. Deering as he appeared a short time before five riflemen him .at Salt Lake City prison for the robbery-murder of Oliver R. Mere dith, Jr. An electro-cardiogram was made of his heart’s action and when the bullets crashed into him. \ (Central Press)i AAA Leader Says Prices Reasonable Tobacco and Peanut Growers Fairly Paid, Georgia Director Says In Speech Dawson, Ga., Nov. 3.—(AP)—I. W. Duggan, director of the AAA’s sou thern division, said today Federal farm legislation “has resulted in a reasonable income for tobacco and peanut growers,” and added “I feel the program, if continued, will do the same for cotton growers.” Duggan was the principal speaker on the farmers day program of Daw son’s week-long peanut festival. “I think that cotton farmers, as well as tobacco and peanut farmers, should have a program that is designed to give them their fair share of the na tional income,” Duggan asserted in a prepared address. “Any program for peanuts, cotton, tobacco and other commodities should include provisions which will enable farmers to achieve and maintain a balance between sup ply and demand. Duggan said the 1939 AAA program would include a special base for pea nuts. He called attention to the De cember 10 vote on marketing quotas fpr cotton and tobacco, and asserted: “If marketing quotas are not in ef fect in 1939, you know as well as any one what will happen to both produc tion and price.” Rich 'Philadelphia Youth, Missing, Has Work At Richmond Richmond, Va., Nov. 3. —(AF)—De- tective Captain A. S. Wright said to day Sydney E. Martin, Jr., missing 20-year-old scion of a wealthy Phil adelphia family, ha 4 been found in Richmond working for an electrical contractor. The detective said he learned only today that the boy for whom the Philadelphia family had expressed grave concern was boarding at the home of a “Mrs. Otis” in North Side, Richmond, and wtls working in a mid own shop. Wright said he had not letermined how long Martin had been in Richmond. Martin, son of a prominent Phil adelphia architect and clubman, ap larently ‘‘vanished” from the Quaker ?ity after a visit to a night club Sep tember 15. Reached by telephone at the electrical firm, young Martin said tersely, “I have no statement to nake.” He declined further comment and refused a request for a personal interview. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Crop-Saving Rain Visits Middle West Heavy in Some Sec tions and Comes in ♦Nick of Time for Sea sonal Crops Chicago, Nov. 3.—(AF)—Forecaster A. Donnell said “a million dollar rain” spread over a large section of the mid-continent today and slowly would expand in area. The’rain trough extended, he said, from San- Antonio, Texas, northeastward thro ugh Dallas, Oklahoma, Kansas, north western Missouri, Nebraska, central lowa, most of Wisconsin and to west ern Lake Superior. The fall was heavy in some sec tions last night and this morning, Wichita, Kans., reporting 1.86 inches- Concordia, Kans., 1.05 inches; Omaha, 1.12 inches, and Oklahoma City, 1.02. An autumn, heat wave, which shat tered records for this late ;n ;he sea son i n many localities, plus * the oroiTght, had brought worried frowns to many a fanner, although the "Sep tember weather” in November was a boon to city dwellers and corn har vester*'. Mrs. Wilson Testifies For Banker Hubby Raleigh, Nov. 3.—(AP)—Mrs. E. W. Wilson, of Salemberg, testified today in her husband’s behalf in Federal court that when he drew checks on the Dunn branch of the First Citizens Bank & Trust Company he apparent ly had deposits there which had not been properly credited to him. Mrs. Wilson took the stand as the first wit ness for the former State legislator after the government offered further testimony relating to the charges that Wilson and E. B. Graham, cash ier of. the branchy misapplied $1,087 in bank funds. , - The woman said that she acted a* cashier for her husband and did moat of his banking. She said a check of their business records showed depos its had been made at the Dunn bank, which apparently were not credited. F. H. Brooks, of Johnston county, also a former legislator, testified for the prosecution that he held confer ences with Wilson, acting as attorney for the bank, and that Wilson tojd him "he was sorry he couldn’t should er the whole burden, that it was his fault and not Mr. Graham’s that' hh got the money.” ■ ;j Mrs. Wilson testified that at a conference Graham had admitted her husband had accounts in the bank' he had not been credited with. < ‘ Graham testified yesterday as the first witness against Wilson. Lorillard’s Ohio Plants Start Again Troops Ordered Out by Gov. Davey Stand Guard as 500 of 1,100 Go Back Middletown, Ohio, Nov. 3.—(AP)— Under the protection of troops order ed here by Governor. Davey, the P. Lorillard Tobacco Company blunt re sumed operations today. One shift of about 500 workers entered the plant at 8 a. m. without interference. The plant, closed sinch October 3 by a CIO strike, normally employs 1,100. Five hundred National Guardsmen were ordered here by Davey after city officials warned that reopening of the plant while the strike was in progress might result in rioting and bloodshed. The Pioneer Tobacco Workers Union, which struck Oc tober 3 for a closed shop and the check-off, agreed shortly before mid night to end the dispute and return to work. CIO Organizer Sam Spoonseller said the vote was 557 to one. While troops had been enroute from Columbus, Paul Fuller and John Owens, regional CIO directors, urged the strikers to return to their jobs “in orderly fashion.” “We* do not intend to have our peo ple murdered by a lameduck gover nor, who has proven himself to be America’s notorious No. " 1 strike breaker,” Fuller wired Spoonseller. Fuller said he would file charges with the National Labor Relations Board. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Friday; slight ly warmer in nojrfch portion.
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