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HENDERSON'S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR ANOTHER Before Wilson’s Recall „ki Ip TjT^ Hk 18l • Hr Js * ? k fl Bp Hugh R. Wilson (right), United States Ambassador to Germany, is pic tured above with Capt. Fritz Weidemann, Adolf Hitler’s aide, at a dinner given for the foreign press in Berlin. A few days later, after the start of the violent anti-semitic outbreak in the Reich, Wilson was recalled by President Roosevelt “for report and consultation.” (Central Press) Crop Control Insisted On By Wallace- Tells Georgia Grow ers It Is Their Haven from Storm, Reaching Gale Portions Macon, Ga., Nov. 17. —(AP) —Secre- tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace here today told cotton and tobacco growers that they must keep their AAA programs “if you want to save your economic life.” The secretary compared the AAA picgram to ships “in a sheltered hav en, away from the winds of the world economic life.” "Those winds are rising to a hur ricane gale, the force of which most of us in the United States do not yet ap preciate,” the secretary said. “And so I say to both groups (cotton and tobacco farmers), stay by your ship and don’t let any one lure you off from it. Don’t give up your ship if you want to save your economic life.” Wallace spoke on invitation of the United Georgia Farmers and the Georgia Cooperative Council. Georgia, with other cotton and tobacco pro ducing states, will vote December I<\ on the question of continuing mar keting quotas on cotton and flue-cured tobacco for 1939. The secretary reminded Georgia to bacco growers that their income from the 1938 crop was the largest on re cord, “even after penalties in connec tion with the marketing quotas are paid.” "As indication of flue-cured tobacco growers generally,” he said, “the in come of Georgia growers during the last five years has been more than double that received during the pre vious five years.” The present income situation with (Continued on Page Four.) Stock Trends Little Uneven New York, Nov. 17. —(AP) —Buyers were none too confident in today’s stock market, but they were in suf ficient numbers to rally prices frac tions co around a point. Traders, be lieving three straight declining ses sions called for at least a technical comeback, got behind prominent in dustrials and rails at the start. Profit baking was then encountered, and there was a slow retreat. Bonds gen erally followed a slightly uneven routs American Radiator 17 American Telephone 147 5-8 American Tob B 89 Anaconda 35 3-1 Atlantic Coast Line 26 1-4 Atlantic Refining 22 7-8 Bendix Aviation 22 3-8 Bethlehem Steel 74 1-4 Chrysler 82 1-2 Columbia Gas & Elec 7...’ 7 3-8 Commercial Solvents 10 3-4 Continental Oil Co 8 T’-8 Curtiss Wright ;. 6 5-8 BuPont 147 Electric Pow &'Light 7777. 11 3-4 General Motors 59 3-8 General Electric 44 3-8 Giggett & Myers B 100 3-4 Montgomery Ward & Co 50 Reynolds Tob B 45 standard Oil N J 53 U S >, 63 Htntfirrsntt Uatlfftl tsuatrh JfH^s.4 V 0 Industrial Plant At State Prison • Ralegh, r»>v. 17.—(AP)—Hie Highway and Public Works Com mission voted today' to set aside enough money, maybo. $200,009, for buildings to erect an industrial building at Central Prison here. The $1,0b0,009 PWA fund was first set aside, Chairman Dunlap said, for prison camps, but it was found it would not all be needed for that purpose, so the industrial build ing will be erected. Daniels Says South Holds U. S. Promise ’ Durham, Nov. 17.—(AP) —Jonathan Daniels, editor of the News and. Ob server at Raleigh, described the South today as “holding both a treat and promise” for America, due to its prob lems, which he said are problems of the nation. Daniels spoke at an afternoon ses sion of a two-day symposium at Duke University on “The Changing Econo mic Base of the South.” Professor Odum, of the University of North Carolina, and Gerald Johnson, pf the Baltimore Sun, also spoke. Tomorrow Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace will head four speak ers. “Does the South constitute a Pecu liar Economic Problem?” was Daniels’ subject. Last year he toured the South to get data for a book recently published. Taft-Dewey G. O. P. Ticket In ’4O Talked py CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Nov. 17. —Republican headquarters’ strategists already are suggesting Taft and Dewey as a good G. O. P. ticket in Taft tail to the Dewey kite. And it isnt desirable to have anything undignified about a presidential-and-vice-presiden tial combination. Taft and Dewey, however, would be absolutely all right. Robert A. Taft Is of adequately ma ture White House years. He has plenty of standing and historic background. Some folk say he’s abler than his father was —and the latter had ability enough, even though he didn’t make a very successful President. Robert A. comes from an excellent presiden tial state, too. Ohio, isn’t quite the equal of New York or Pennsylvania in a political sense, built’s big enough (Continued on Page Two.) _ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED*IN THIS SECTION OF NORTHCAROLINA AND VTRGINDV. U. S. AGENT IK BEILIN RECALLED 1940. If Dewey had beaten Gov e r nor Lehman in New Ydrk of course he would be the one to be mentioned for first place. In that event Taft probably wouldn’t be getting any mention at all. Dewey and Taft wouldn’t soundfiPso well. Dewey i* so young that Taft would be placed in rather an undig nified position as a HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 17, 1938 Britain Favorable To Joining U. S. In Getting Jews Out Cabinet Agrees To Try Kennedy Plan, High Authority Says; Jews in Germany Want Immi gration Quota “Mortgaged" To Let Them in Here Now London, Nov. 17. —(AP)—The Brit ish government was said by a high authority today to have agreed to try to operate a plan offered by United States Ambassador Joseph Kennedy to remove thousands of Jews now suf fering from a wave of violence and restrictive decrees in Germany. Prime Minister Chamberlain was expected to make a statement on the plan in the House of Commons later the day. The United States ambas sador was known to have laid his plans before Chamberlain in a long conference Tuesday, and the British government considered them yester day. The Kennedy plan has been describ ed authoritatively as a plan to re move the 600,000 Jews now in Ger many to North and South America, R. N. Simms Again Heads Baptists For New Year Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, President of Mars Hill Col lege, Made First Vice-President; Plan Annui ties for Aged Ministers; Seek Recorder Editor Raleigh, Nov. 17. —(AP) —R. N. Simms, Sr., of Raleigh; today Was' re-elected president of the frorth Car olina Baptist State Convention. The delegates chose Dr. Hoyt Black well, president of Mars Hill College, as their first vice-president, advanc ing him from the third vice-presidency and put Dr. A. J. Barton, of Wilming ton, in as second vice-president. Dr. Barton had been first vice-president this year, and succeeds Dr. G. W. Pas chal, of Wake Forest. Dr. B. A. Bowers, of Gastonia, was elected third vice-president. The convention authorized its com mittee on pensions to continue its negotiations with the board of relief l Liquor Head Becomes More Like Hitler Dally Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Nov. 17.—Any liquor sales man who says anything about the State Liquor Board or its policies and whose remarks don’t suit the board is likely to find himself without a permit to represent a distiller in North Carolina. That salesmen are thus “gagged” is clear from “Rules Governing the Ac tivities of Salesmen Representing Dis tillers Licensed to Sell in the State of North Carolina”, just published in the State ABC board’s first annual report. In the rules, the board for the first time admits that there has in the past been dissension' and friction between It and this couhty boards —something which Chairman Cutlar Moore has more than once vigorously denied. The salesman “gag” and dissension admission are both contained in Rule 4 governing the salesmen’s activities. It reads: “It is the opinion of the State Board that much of the dissension and fric tion which formerly existed between the county boards and the State Board was, in a large measure, caused by the creation and propagation of un (Continued on Page Four) 2g *thiristmas and parts of the British, French and Netherlands empires. Details of the proposals, which are to be presented also to France Netherlands, Latin-America republics and other states’ are expected to be worked out at forthcoming meetings of the inter-governmental committee on refugees. It wtas estimated it would cost about S6OO a family to move Jews from Germany to homes in other lands. The United States part in the plan was understood to be mainly finan cial. Kennedy talked three times this morning to Malcolm MacDonald, sec retary for coloiiies and dominions, who was one of the first members of "■ 1 *, (Continued on Page Four) and annuity of tho. gouthefn Baptist Convention regarding pensions ’ for ministers over- 65- years of age. The three-day convention was ad journed after it was voted to dedicate the forthcoming annual publication to the late Dr. William L. Poteat, a former president of the convention, and of Wake Forest College, and to the late Dr. J. S. Farmer, editor of the Biblical Recorder when he died. A committee headed by Dr. J. L. Peacock, of Tarboroj met this after noon to consider selection of an edi tor for the Biblical Recorder, which the (convention yoeterday voted to buy. It was indicated it might be some months before the editor wa3 chosen.. Health Board Recites Year Os Activities Daily Dlspatcfi Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Nov. 17.—Expansion in venereal disease control work, nomin ally under supervision of the Division of Epidemiology, is “undoubtedly the highlight of the year (1937) covered by this report”, according to the twenty-seventh biennial report of the State Board of Health, just transmit ted to Governor Clyde R. Hoey. *The tremendous expansion in veneral disease control work in North Carolina is undoubtedly the highlight of the year covered in this report. The publicity given this problem was reflected in a vigorous increase in the number of reported cases of syphilis”, the report reads. Donation of the Zachary Smith Rey nolds Foundation Fund and passage of the LaFollette-Bulwinkle bill ap propriating for federal participation in syphilis control work are also stressed by State Health Officer Dr. Carl V. Reynolds iA the report. Other activities are not slighted, however, Dr. Reynolds reporting that “things have been happening so fast and furiously that it would take a vol ume to review for you the accomplish ments.” By divisions some of the outstand ing features of the report show: Health Education: The most not able achievement in this division seems to be in the increasing demand for the health bulletin. During 1937 about 7,000 additional names were ad ded to the mailing list. Maternal and Child Health Serv ices: Provision for the maternity and infancy health centers has been ex panded and the services increased materially. During the year not less than 10,000 women have had the ben efit of a medical examination which would not have been received other wise. Wasserman tests have been made of every one of these women and an average of about 12 per cent been found to be positive. Also 10,- 000 babies were brought to these cen (Continued on Page Four.) In Washington Spotlight SI |R r ~t —— 1 tP 1 Ill ' lll|| i’liiiniiiiiiiiiiii m mSm, cv B Hi, 111BMII v : | A: SI ' Sources close to the White House have reported that Attorney General Homer S. Cummings may resign in the near future. In the event he does, his probable successor will be Solicitor General Robert Jackson. Cum mings (left) and Jackson are pictured above. (Central Press) $220,000 Allotted 9 WPA Projects Raleigh, Nov. 17.—(AP) —The WPA announced allocation of about $220,000 in nine projects to put 902 persons to work. Three road improvement projects topped ihe list, including Pitt county’s project for $’93,391. Other allocations included: Pend er county, $5,600 for matron ser vice in ’ schools. Daladier To Seek Powers Immediately French Premier Plans to Send Parliament Home if It Rejects His Proposals Baris, Nov. 17. —(AP) —Premier Daladier was reported by deputies to day to be planning to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies and rule France for a time without Parliament if it refuses to ratify his “three-year plan” for reviving French economy. Such a step was reported under consideration as socialists and com munists massed forces to fighfTrie cab inet’s economic and financial decrees, and as a general confederation of labor, with an enrollment of 5,000,000 workers, called for a general strike, if necessary, to defeat the decrees. President Lebrun, Daladier and Fi nance Minister Paul Reynaud, sche duled press-radio appeals to the na tion for backing up their program for raising taxes, lengthening working hours and speeding industry. Deputies said Daladier’s projected dissolution of the Chamber, rumored frequently in the last month, was dis closed in part by the premier to the governing committee of his radical socialist party. If his decree laws do not get immediate ratification when the lower house meets Decem ber 6, he would dissolve it. Under the constitution, he is empowered to wait six months before calling a new ly-elected chamber. Cotton Firmer Up To Midday New York, Nov. 17. —(AP) —Cotton futures opened three points lower +o one higher. Liquidation and hedge selling were absorbed by trade and foreign interests. March sold from 8.45 to 8.48 late in the first hour, leaving prices unchanged to four points net higher. By midday, prices were close to the best levels of the day thus far, and one to six points net higher. March was 8.49. WEATHER. FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, warmer in the interior; Friday partly cloudy, followed by showers in central portion; colder Saturday. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Methodists NameMenTo Unity Meet Eleven Young Minist er* Admitted and 25 •Superannuates at Con ference Honored Elizabeth City, Nov. 17. —(AP) Methodists of the North Carolina Con ference, formally convening here this morning, high-lighted their business session by casting the first ballots for 14 of 15 delegates to the uniting con ference in April, congratulated Bishop Clare Purcell on his birthday, paid homage to 25 attending superannuates from the seven districts of the con ference, admitted eleven young min isters to be ordained deacons Sunday night, end exchanged felicitations with the closing Baptist State Con vention in Raleigh by telegram. Welcomed by Wade Marr, of the First Methodist church here, convo cation headquarters, after Bishop Pur cell had administered the solemn sac rament of the holy communion, the Methodists convened at 9 o’clock this morning, entered into the business ses sion at 10, and recessed at one o’clock. The convention had faced the task of electing delegates to the uniting conference of Methodism to be held in Kansas City, Mo., when the Metho dist Episcopal Ch/s«h, South, the Methodist Episcopal Church (North) and the Methodist Protestant Church will be united. , The North Carolina Brotherhood will meet this afternoon with Rev. H. I. Glass, of Burlington, presiding. Note Os Caution Sounded On 1939 Business Trends Washington, Nov. 17. —(AP) —A prominent Federal economist inject ed a note of caution today into the frequent optimistic business forecasts for next year. The economist, who asked’ that his name not be used, said he and a number of other statisticians in and out of the government expect ed a slight and temporary industrial downturn in the first quarter of 1939, followed by a resumption of recovery in the second quarter. His opinion contrasted with a state ment by Secretary of Commerce Rop er yesterday that “the fundamentals of business are in a more encouraging condition than they have been for a long time.” Another view came recently from Colonel Leonard Ayres, Cleveland banker, who said it was not yet cer tain “whether this business recovery will prove to be of relatively long du ration and vigorous development, or be, instead, comparatively brief and restricted.” The anonymous Federal economist estimated that industrial production, as measured by the Federal Reserve Board index, is now back to 100 per cent of thecent of the 1923-25 averages up 24 points from the 1938 low cf 76 in May, 12 points higher than a year 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Dead German Has Funeral Os A Martyr * * V ' v. J Slaying of Diplomat in Paris Accepted as Challenge, and Relent-Z less War on Jew Is Promised; Catholics Here Join Denuncia tion of Germans Berlin, Nov. 17.—(AP) —Douglas Miller, commercial attache . f the United States Embassy, was called to Washington today less than 24 hours after the departure of Ambas sador Hugh Wilson. Miller was di rected to report in Washington not lat er than January 1. The calling home of Miller was re garded bf the American colony/in Berlin as a significant indication that the United States Department ■of Commerce had lost interest in Ger many for the present. (The Berlin announcement came on the same day *et for the signing in' Washington of broad commercial tre aties among the United States, Great Britain and Canada.) CATHOLICS IN AMERICA JOIN IN DENUNCIATION New York, Nov. 17.—(AP)—Pro tests by prominent Catholic church men were added today to a growing volume of denunciation by American civic and social organizations against Nazi treatment of racial and religious minorities. The Catholic protest was made by former Governor Alfred E. Smith and four high church prelates last night in a nationwide radio broad cast. It came on the heels of qn announce ment by Stephen Early, White House secretary, that President Roosevelt’s criticism of Germany’s attack bn Jews was also intended to apply to (Continued on Page Threa) Commons Wit Debate Issue j Os The Jews: (By The Associated Press.) Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons today that the search for new homes for Jewish re fugees from Germany was being con sidered as a matter of urgency ican and British collaboration on plans for the settlement of Germany’s Jews focused attention on the problem as one of worldwide concern. Chamberlain disclosed that the Jew ish problem had been taken up with the governors of a number of British colonies and agreed to a Commons debate next Monday on both*the re fuge question and the treatment of racial minorities in Europe. , Officials of South America’s main Atlantic coast nations, Brazil, Argen tine and Urguay, were reluctant to accept suggestions that their im migration barriers be ’owered except for Jewish agricultural workers and technicians. ago, and higher than at any time since the 102 mark of October, 1937. Other developments: New Debt High Treasury figures disclosed the pub lic debt had reached a new record high of $38,527,824,089 in the first four and a half months of the fiscal year, which began July 1. Hull Hails Treaties Secretary Hull proudiy predicted that “lasting satisfaction” will follow the signing of a vast commercial ac cord between the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Shortly before high officials of the participants went to the White House to put their name.? to reciprocal agreements em bracing a total American trade of sl.- 500,000,000 a year, Hull declared: “I think that we may be pardoned for rejoicing that success has crown ed our efforts, and that these two splendid trade agreements are to be signed in the next few hours.” Richard Eager, of Detroit, told House investigators that communists dominated the Westside local of the United Automobile Workers Union in Detroit, as well as the union Unit in the plant where he works. A wiry Irishman with a brogue, Eager was a Witness before the committee investi gating un-Amfrican activities.