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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-fifth yeak FRANCO-ITALIAH RELATIONS NEAR BREAK Dr. Morgan Defends His TVA Action Ousted Chairman Says His Battle There Kept Power on an Honest Basis Washington, Dec. 3. —(AP) —Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, ousted TVA head, claimed today his bitter battle over the basis for yardstick rates had kept the administration’s power policy on an honest basis. Morgan told the congressional com mittee investigating the vast govern ment project that David E present TVA director, had tried to force the TVA to accept a cost basis that "would destroy any prospects of fair and honest accounting.” "After I fought it and testified be fore this committee against it, omy then did the TVA come forward with an honest allocation of cost,” Morgan said. "It was only because I refused to agree to this report to Congress and the public was so long delayed Earlier, the TVA chairman charged that TVA directors were committed to a policy which endangered flood con trol for national defense. Morgan rend long extracts from testimony of Lil ienthal before the congressional com mittee in respect to allocation of TVA costs among power, navigation and flood control. The former chairman said Dilienthal favored a theory of charging or.ly expense of dams to pow er, while Morgan insisted on consid eration of power, navigation and flood control. Unemployed In U. S. Put kt 10 Million Washington, Dec. 3. —(AP) —Leon Henderson estimated today there were 10 569,000 unemployed persons in the country in October. Henderson, former WPA economist, gave the estimate in the course of summing up for the monopoly com mittee two days of testimony on the effects of the 1929 depression in terms both of losses in wealth produced and maladjustment in the economic ma chine. Henderson is the committee’s secretary. He said there were no re gular current figures officially main tained on unemployment, but that he had made his own unofficial estimates for March. 1933, when estimated un employment stood at 14,317,000. The low point from that time to the present was in July, 1937, when the figure was 7,412,000, he asserted. Find Girl of 23 Brutally Murdered In Pittsburgh Lot Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 3. —<(AP) —A brutally slashed and stabbed and un identified girl about 23 was found slain early today in a vacant lot on Pittsburgh’s Police report ed her torn clothing indicated the vic tim may have been killed after an unsuccessful attempt had been made to attack her. Coroner’s aides report ed numerous marks on her neck and shoulders appeared to be teeth marks. She had been stabbed more than fifty Limes. Investigators said a laundry tag pin u* d inside the girl’s coat might lead to her identification. FINLAND, AMJSUAL, WILL PAY ON DEBT Washington, Dec. 3. —(AP)— Finland notified the State Depart ment today that as usual it would make its semi-annual debt pay ment to the United States on De cember 15. Only Finland of the 13 nations whose debts to this country have been swollen by in terest to some thirteen billion dol lars since the W orld War, has met its obligations without default. Finland’s December 15 install ment totals $232,935. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, rain in mountains; war mer except on extreme east coast tonight; Sunday, cloudy, rain in west and central portions; cooler n extreme west portion. WEEKLY WEATHER. South Atlantic States: Fair first . Wp,, k ; cooler north portion; ri m middle period; fair and cool er near end of week. A HENDERSON, imutersmt Harm mspntth L Th! E ao^ IR E SERVICE nv THE associated yg| fi g F SCHOOL BUS-TRAIN CRASH KILLS 26 YOUNG STUDENTS, MANY BADLY INJURED I * ~ * "" '■■■■>* wmg - ' H m. * .* ip \/JH > • UtaS Wgam. Jp hSh% J>:v.v i «. x gglg HHflr I J Ihl bI W 1 | anx ■faraMaWi mT* %/ fle gppra| Hjjpir Ipa&te-dl ® MvSmjt wwBnwMMKBBSjg: Ijjfc Hf nmßßMillMr ' # J39B|| "PHOHI • Wmfmmm »■ IIP 0 # imIHE I Salt Lake City, Utah.—Twenty-six high school pupils from 13 to 17 years of age were killed and many badly in jured when a fast Denver & Rio Grande Western freight tra in hit a school bus near Midvale, 12 miles south of here Thursday morning. Pictured here is the bus and engine of freight train made a short time after the crash. School Bus Deaths May Increase 5 . , *- \ - t ; Desperate Battle Wag ed by Five Girls In Utah Tragedy of Last Thursday Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 3. —(AP) —Five high school girls critically in jured in the train-bus crash Thursday, which already has claimed 23 lives, waged a desperate battle against (Continued on Page Five.) Further Declines In Tobacco Prices In Old Belt Shown Raleigh, Dec. 3.—(AP) —Tobacco prices on the Od Belt this week show ed “marked decreases” under last week for the majority of grades, the Federal-State Departments of Agricul ture reported today. Spies through November 25 were listed as 12ft, 012 j 305 pounds, at an average of $23.52 per hundred. This week’s offerings consisted prin cipally of common to fair volume of leaf. A fair amount of lugs was of fered, and cutters were limited in volume. OHIO YOUTH KILLS PREACHER FATHER • Chillicothe, Ohio, Dec. 3—(AP)— Robert Brcady, 29, who said ha “fought in the Spanish war for a ithrill,” was charged with first de gree murder today in the slaying of his father, Dr. Russell W. Bready, prominent Methodist minister in Ohio and Michigan. Prosecutor Lester S. Reid said Bready would be brought to court Monday. The son, who told Reid he had “made a career of drinking , con fessed last night, the prosecutor said to shooting 62-year-old Dr. Bready in their home at nearby Bainbridge. New Sheriffs And Coroners To Serve Four-Year Terms Raleigh, Dec. 3,-(AP ) -Cnder _ an interpretation by At^ or " e A General Harry MeMullan, sher and coroners elected Novemb will serve four-year terms. In the same election, a constitu tional amendment extending the terms of those of ficersf romtwo to four years was adopted. The had been some question, however whether the amendment would ap ply. to sheriffs and coroners elect ed this fall. , •' ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Soviet Moscow Paper Names ‘Leaders’ Os Fascism In America Moscow, Dec. 3. —(AP) —The Mos cow press devoted considerable space today to a description of alleged fas cist machinations by some of the big gest personalities in the United States. A clique” of prominent Americans was accused by Tass, offi cial Soviet news agency, of “prepar ing an offensive against the progres sive measures” of President Roosevelt. Tass gave “first place in this reac tionary clique” to “Financial King j Morgan and War Industry Magnate DuPont.” Others named included Col- ! All-Inclusive Social Funds , To Be Sought Daily Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Dec. 3.—Revision of the State’s social security statutes will be among the live legislative issues of the 1939 General Assembly, although there is no clear indication at pres ent that any drastic changes in the set-up will be made. From Mecklenburg comes word that Representative Martin L. Ritch plans to introduce and fight for a bill making every person in North Caro lina a beneficiary of old age assis tance at the age of 65. His conten tion is that the present social se curity set-up of North .Carolina is nothing more or less than a “poor law” proposition. His contention is that need should not be made a re quirement for assistance, but that every man and woman 65 and above should receive the benefits. Ritch is not expected to have a (Continued on Page Five). Civil Negligence Blamed For Death Os Seven Cripples Wilkes Barre, Pa., Dec. 3.—(AP) The drowning of # seven crippled chil dren and their chauffeur in a water filleicfl mine cave-in near here two weeks ago was attributed today by a coroner’s jury to “civil negligence” on the part of Wilkes Barre township commissioners and the Glen Alden Coal Company. The jury declared the negligence was “so ghastly that it bordered on criminal negligence.” The jurors reported the commission ers “failed properly, to protect hu man life in permitting to continue for many months , the menace caused by the cave-in along Casey avenue, in which the eight met their deaths.” HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOO N, DECEMBERS 1938 onel Charles A. Lindbergh, former President Herbert Hoover, United States Ambassador Joseph P. Ken nedy, Henry Ford, William Randolph Hearst, Winthrop Aldrich, chairman of the board of the Chase National Bank, and William S. Knudsen, presi dent of General Motors Corporation. The article declared that “while the American people are demanding a rebuff to fascism, particularly in South America, groups with close economic connections with fascist countries, are suggesting further con cessions to fascism.” Claims Labor Troubles Less Under NLRB Durham, Dec. 3.—The national la bor relations board has been able to bring a greater degree of peace and harmony between the employees and employres of the country through the provisions of the national labor re lations act, Charles Faby, general counsel of the board, declared this morning in speaking to members of the bench and bar gathered at the Duke University symposium on law in modern society. Presided over by Fred S. Hutchins, of Winston-Salem, president of the North' Carolina Bar, this morning’s session began the second and con cluding day of the symposium, which itself is the third in the series being conducted at Duke this session as a part of the university’s centennial program. Tonight in the concluding program of the symposium, Dr. John Dickin son, general solicitor of the Pennsyl vania railroad and a member of the University of Pennsylvania law school faculty; and Walter Lippmann, widely known newspaper columnist (Continued on Page Four) m Fresh Bans Imposed On German Jews New Order of Nazis Forbids Jews To Ap pear in Certain Public Places Any Time Berlin, Dec. 3. —(A'P) —(Berlin’s chief j of police today banned Jews hence forth from appearing in the capital’s principal streets, public buildings, na- j tional memorials, theatres and othei j public places. The decree provided that Jews who | are German subjects or without na- j tional'ity may neither walk nor ride within these areas, with the sole ex ception of Jews living now in regions marked out by the new regulations, effective December 6. Jews residing in the areas must ob tain police permits to enter or leave the districts. Forbidden areas are all theatres, movie houses and museums, '(Continued on Page Four.) JAP PLANES KILL CHINESE CIVILIANS Shanghai, Dec. 3.—(AP)—Japa nese war planes were said today to have killed 58 Chinese civilians in air raids on three widely-sepa rated cities. Eight were reported killed and 1 60 houses demolished at Patoeh, on the Hwang river between Shen si and Shansi provinces, and 20 dead at Hoku, nearby. Three were killed on north Kiangshi province. Nazis Pass Coin Box For Aid Os Poor Berlin, Dec. 3.—(AP)—The flower of Nazidom’s leadership became a corps of volunteer coinbox rattlers to day on behalf of Germany's winter relief funds. This is “the day of national solidity” on which every German, rich or poor, is expected to make a sizeable con tribution for Germany’s needy, who are said still to exist a plenty, despite the elimination of unemployment. It will be the nation’s first “Jew free day,” for between lioon and 8 D. m., when government and party big wigs patrol the streets With their col* lection boxes, all non-Aryans must re main within their homes. The order was founded on the Nazi viewpoint that Jews are not a part of the German state and, therefore, are not entitled to participate <n the movement. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Demands By Italy Anger All France Jaiess Rome Gives satisfactory Explana tion of Claim on Afri >aii Colonies, Franco- German Peace Ac cord May Go by Boards; “Big Four” Involved Paris, Dec 3. —(AP)< —French offi cials loft no doubt today that an un ;aLs-actory answer to France’s^&s .iand'3 for “explanations” of a Fas cist cimpaign for French-controlled erritory would end all hope for com .eting the French-German war re nunciation pact, asxed Italy to make her j jition known by Monday night. The time limit gave her request ,ome of the aspects of an ultimatum, ince k was mc.de known Italy’s ans ./er might determine France’s atti ude toward other European problems. Sources close to the foreign minister said the Italian foreign minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano, told the French ambassador, Andre Francois-Poncet, during their conversation in Rome yesterday, that the Italian govern ment assumed no responsibility for the demonstration in the Italian Cham ber of Deputies Wednesday. These sources said this reply was generally considered unsatisfactory, since the Italian government did noth ing to prevent the demonstration, and because of recent articles in the gov ernment-controlled fascist press. The situation, already involving all of Europe’s “big four,” arose as a general shipping strike in Da Havre, delayed the sailing of the liner Nor mandie, despite a government requis itioning of all of the 50 vessels in the crowded port. Strike Holds Huge Liner “Normandie” Paris, Dec. 3. —(AP)—The French government tonight ordered the giant French luxury liner Normandie laid up as a result of the seamen’s union delfiance of government efforts to break a shipping strike. A number of the Normandie’s pas sengers, who had expected to sail aboard her from Le Harve for New York this afternoon, were transferred by train to Cherbourg, where they were placed atodard the Aquitania, sailing tonight. The government’s decision to take the liner out of service followed a sec ond meeting of the strikers at De Havre, at which they decided to con tinue their strike, despite the govern ment’s semi-military service threat. Fears were expressed that the strike might spread to “all companies in all ports, affecting all sailors.” Roosevelt Works On His Speech At Hill Next Monday Warm Springs, Ga., Dec. 3. (AP) —President Roosevelt ar ranged an easy week-end .schedule for himself today to allow ample time for preparation) of the speech he will deliver at Chapel Hill, N. C., late Monday afternoon. No im portant engagements were on his calendar as he prepared to wind up a two-weeks sojourn at his mountain cottage here. The Chapel Hill address, to be broadcast ' over national radio chains, will be made around 4:30 p. m., according to present ar rangements. 1938 Crop Payments Will Be Paid Earlier In 1939 Washington, Dec. 3.—(AP)—Agri culture Department officials said to day that benefit payments under the 1938 crop program would be distribut ed this winter and spring, several months earlier than similar payments have gone out in past seasons. _ The earlier payments were decided on, they said, with the obpective of increasing farm purchasing power at a time when marketing receipts are low. About $500,000,000 in benefit pay 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Anti-Monopolist K PP:' Bp ' MM ■ m Mr I -M Tv ■ m m I I R, *sl {Senator William E. Borah, member lof the special anti-monopoly com imittee, in Washington, prepares his {papers as committee gets underway. Borah Sees Demands For War Ballot Says Referendum May Be Asked By People if Armaments Race Is Carried On i ________ t Washington, Dec. 3. —(AiP) —Sena- tor Borah, Republican, Idaho, predict ed that if the United States joins the hysterical world armaments rhee, popular sentiment would force (Con gress to approve a constitutional amendment giving the people ; the right to declare any but a defensive war. “If this huge armament trend con tinues,” he said, “the people are! go ing to demand a voice in this matter of going to war. Twelve men t(Jday could plunge the world into war with out consulting a single citizen.” He did not identify the men. (Continued on Page Four) : 4 Spies Get Prison Term In New York Quartette Convicted of Selling Military Secrets to Germany Given Sentences New York, Dec. 3.—(AP) —The na tion’s greatest spy case since the World War was marked closed today, its four principal actors facing pri son terms up to six years for their bungling essays at espionage. With their conviction yesterday tin charges of selling United States mili tary information to Nazi Germany, Federal Judge John Knox comment ed that the principal result of their (Continued on Pae« Four' ments are to be distributed. Officiate said grower applications for payment would be received during December and January, and the finst checks would go into the mails in February. The bulk of payments made under the 1937 program went out during the past summer and fall. ; When the 1938 checks reach farm ers, Congress may be debating 'pro posals to substitute some other -type of farm legislation for the present law.
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