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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH year FIANCE HAT FIGHT HALT TO KEEP © # * *********** *********** tan-Amencan Conference Opens In Peru "arnell Executed After Confession Kali igli, I>«*«*. 9. —(AP)—Baxter raniell. .{.-year-old Cabarrus coun ts tanner, died by gas at Stag’s I'rison loday for the lop-pick nmr ,l,.r of lii s sister-in-law, Janie Fink. rariiell, Chaplain K. C. Cooper s aid, eon tossed that be killed the jjirl in a fit of anger, and com pleteiy absolved a Negro woman he ha.l contended bad given him roots, which had "hexed’* him. The man was the first to be exe ciited here from Cabarrus eounty since the death chamber was in stalled in Ii»10. Cabarrus officers said, i!e was the ninth white man • executed by gas, tin* fortieth gas n ami the 212th person execut ed here. FDR To Aik Reorganizing Plans Again President Announces He Will Send Request To Congress To Give Him More Power Washington, Dec. 9.—CAP)—•Presi dent Roosevelt disclosed today that he plans to send to Congress anothe* message recommending legislation empowering him to reorganize gov ernment agencies. Washington, Dec. 9.—(AP) —A re petition of the congressional battle nv r government reorganization ap peared likely today, unless the ad ministration accepts substantial modi fications of its program. Senator Byrnes, Democrat, South Carolina, said after a White House conference yesterday that he was cer tain another effort would be made to enact legislation empowering the President to re-shuffle executive agencies. He declined to say, however, wheth ti the new legislation yvould differ (Continued on Page Five.) Serious Shooting Occurs In Strike At Oil Terminal W'.irnington, Dec. 9. (AP) —R. L. J.m >n. driver for the Southern Oil T: a asportation Company, was held u l< r Sioo bond today when his trial : a charge of carrying a concealed weapon was continued in recorder’s court. Meanwhile, attaches at the J ones Walker Memorial hospital ad ministered a blood transfusion to Philip Morgan, striking driver at the n imitation company’s plant here, w o was seriously wounded last night when *hot by a man who rode post '' plant in an automobile and fired ‘ n a picket line there, V. T. Moss, also shot at the plant and apparently hit by til© an bullet which struck Morgan in ih‘ groin, was said to he in a fair condition at the hospital. Morgan’s condition was considered serious, the hospital said. Deadlock Between F.D.R. And Congress Predicted G. O. P.-Anti-New Dealer Coalition Could Block President, But His Veto Could Balk I hem; Babson Sees U. S. Problem an cono raic One I4Y w. BABSON, Copyright 1938, Publishers financial Bureau, Inc.' Washington, Dec. 9 —A whole month * < l!ls lipped by since the elections; ''Ogress will convene in less than an 'llh< i month. Hence, this is an ideal !| ok* for readers to look both back and forward. What happened at ,l " polls last month was a tremen 'lo,,s surprise to many people. They 1 ; "l ‘orne to believe that Mr. Roose ''and the New Deal were some ’hmg permanent. They felt that they nr > f subject to the same funda nt;|l Daw of Action and Reaction 1 I! it applies to all spheres of human activity. They were, therefore, as tounded by the huge New Deal losses Hritbrrsnit QatkrJJtsmtfdts L THI" :i A I s %E T SERV I gg q p Defense Os Hemisphere Is Big Goal United States Lead ing Way for United Americas; Argentine Holding- Back; Econo mic and Political Steps Against dictators Are Planned Lima, Peru, Dec. 9.—(AP)—-Twenty one nations of*the Western Hemis phere opened the eighth Pan-Ameri can Conference ‘ here today, to work for peace at home and against foreign a £?£aession, but without isolation from the lest of the world. The momentous developments in Europe and Asia, in the past five years, which have seen the rise of Naziism, the intensification of Fas cism, and the Japanese invasion of China, made the conference one of the most important in Pan-American his tory. The delegates, gathering in the Peruvian House of Representatives for the inauguration of the conference had in mind economic and perhaps political steps against the authorita tarian states. But from the United States, Secretary of State Cordell Hull who headed his delegation, came the assurance the Americas did not seek to cut themselves from the rest of the world. In a pre-conference radio address last night, he declared that the Am ericas “do not seek regional solution for economic problems, but that they "recognize the inter-dependence” of all natipps,_jajid are eager to see their principles ‘‘adopted by all nations pf the world.” Members of his delegation said the secretary meant not to turn a back on Europe and Asia, but to turn and face it with eyes aware. His assur ances were seen as directed to Argen tine, wishing to retain Old World tics and against some agitation that the United States direct all its foreign trade toward Latin-America. Hull said the Americas were deter mined “peace shall be maintained on the American continents,” that any menace against peace was a “matter of concern to all,” and that the con ference would seek to increase the ef fectiveness of “measures adopted al ready to that end.” Dahlberg Claims Wage-Hour Law To Help Aall Groups Raleigh, Dec. 9. —(AP) —Earl W. Dahlberg, of Washington, southern regional wage-hour administrator for th»> Federal government, said here to day that the new wage-hour act would “benefit labor, business and the pub lic alike.” Dahlberg spoke at the 16th annual i convention of the Carolina Lumber and Business Supply Association. He explained the act, and said hat, though the administrator is required • to define certain terms of the law,” i the act is rigid and “at every turn ’ ! limits and prescribes the discretion | ary authority of the administrator. The election can be explained this way: The American people have been sick for a number of years. F D. Roosevelt has been the family doctor, tout he has refused to«•»£ and, ; her doctor when some of the sired it On November 8, the farm * a aJa tn call in another doctor, decided to can rjnnsevelt, Thev did not discharge Di. taUh“ voted not to leave things en tirely up to him. They appreciate the which h provided. Nevertheless, the A ™ e ™ people are intelligent to kno that the many brands o Newue_ spend-and-lend therapy are not at (Continued on P a & e Four.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 9, 1938 Japan Closes “Open Door ” In China Jap Drive Slowed By Chinese Army Shanghai, l>ec. 9—(AT*) —Chinese forces, which have been blocking the way to Niinohang for months, were, reported to have crosse .1 the Siao river today, and routed the Japanese at Yungsui after a three hour engagement. Yungsui is on the Kiukiang-Nan chang railway, JO miles north of Nanohang, important Chinese air base and capital of Kangsi pro vince. The Chinese have fought the in vaders stubbornly every mile down the railway since the occupation i of Kiiikiung July 26, with the re- I suit that the Japanese have ad- J vanced only 50 miles in 135 days of fighting. ; The Chinese also reported the Japanese drive westward from Hankow had bogged down. Ambassador Dodd Under $2,000 Bail Hanover Court House, Va., Doc. 9. (AP) —William E. Dodd, former am bassador to Germany, will be given a preliminary hearing December 17 in the trial justice court at Ashland, Va., on a charge of hit-and-run driving. Dodd, who was returned here last night, posted bond of $2,000, which was furnished by T. Justin Moore, Richmond attorney and friend of the Dodd family. The former ambassador is charged with failing to stop after his car struck and seriously injured Gloria. Grimes, four-year-old Negro girl. When taken before Trial Justice Robert T. Winston last night, Dodd said the mishap was “entirely an ac cident”. Justice Winston reminded him that a hit-and-run charge in Vir ginia involves a felony. “I didn’t stop, first,” Dodd said, “because I wasn’t sure I had hit him (the Negro girl was dressed in boy’s clothing), and, second, as an ex-am bassador I didn’t want to make a sen sation.” Increase In Patrol Will Be Resisted Daily Dlspascfi Bureau, In The Sir Walter alotel. Raleigh, Dec. 9—When a proposal is made in the 1939 General Assem bly, as it will be, that the State High way P'atrol personnel be increased to about 300, it is going to bump square ly into the fact that the Commission er of Revenue A. J. Maxwell is gen erally considered a candidate for gov ernor in the 1940 primary. It follows, just as certain as night follows day, that there is going to be more than formal and “on principle” opposition to the proposed increase. It will be contended with a great show of righteous indigniation that the increase is being urged in the in terests of Mr. Maxwell’s political am bition. It will be asserted with great heat that to increase the patrol is sim ply to give the commissioner of rev enue a larger mobile force of political henchmen. All of which arguments will be ad vanced by legislators who do not fa vor the commissioner, but who would rather see some other in the chair now occupied by Shelby’s silver-ton gued statesman, Clyde R. Hoey. There will he some who honestly fear misuse of the patrol in the interests of Mr. Maxwell, but most of it will (Continued on Page Five) 15 itorfL? American and British Ambassadors Told by Tokyo Foreign Minist er Old System Has Vanished Since Japan Conquered Most Os China Tokyo, Dec. 9. —(AP)— A source close to the government said today that Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita had informed the United States and Great Britain that ihe principle of the ‘‘open door” in China had vanish ed. The minister was said to have spoken fully and frankly yesterday to United States Ambassador Joseph Grew and British Ambarbador Sir Robert Craigie. no doubt as to Japan’s position. The informant said his conversation contained such phraseology as “hence forth you will he permitted x x x” and “you will not be permittee! x x x,” referring to conditie/'s under which foreign commerce may continue in China. Concrete questions were not touch ed, it was said, but Arita laid down two general principles showing Ja pan’s line of policy. The civic question will be determined according to the following principles: 1. The Chinese-Japanese conflict has changed the political situation in China and has virtually dismantled the nine-power pact. 2. Japan, Manchoukuo and New China have become a new economic bloc, hut they do not intend to ex clude foreign trade. Holt Will Offer Measure Against FDR Third Term Washington, Dec. 9. —(AP) — Senator Holt, Democrat, West Virginia, announced today he would introduce in the next ses sion of Congress a resolution op posing a third term for President Roosevelt. The Senate’s youngest member said he would use for his anti-third term resolution the wording of the resolution passed 56 to 26 by the Senate on February 10, 1928, opposing a third term for President Coolidge. The 1928 resolution was intro duced by Senator LaFollette, Pro gressive, Wisconsin, and supported by leading Democrats. More Money For Spy Work To Be Asked Washington, Dec. 9. —(AP) —Presi- dent Roosevelt said today that United States intelligence forces, spying on spies, had been coordinated hut still needed more money. Announcing plans to ask for an additional appropriation for counter espionage, the chief executive said spying had not been ended by the re cent conviction of four German agents in New York. He emphasized in his press conference discussion of the subject that no OGPU, Soviet secret police, was needed to watch the Ame rican people, but there is a need for American people to watch the secret police of other nations. Declining to disclose details of how coordination of intelligence units had been worked out, Mr. Roosevelt, said his stories were published on the va rious steps it would destroy 90 per cent of the effectiveness of the set-up. He added, however, tha ta great many agencies were involved. Discussions of the spy problem de veloped from a question concerning a conference he had yesterday with Lamar Hardy, Federal district attor ney for Manhattan, who obtained con viction of three individuals in New York on spy charges. Mr. Roosevelt said they had discussed the'whole spy situation, with emphasis on what al ready had been done. The chief executive said Hardy bad repeated What he had been saying for a year—that for personal reasons he wished to resign as district attorney. The President added that Hardy would retire some time in January. HEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, showers this afternoon and possibly in northeast portion early tonight; snow flurries in the mountains tonight; colder tonight; Saturday generally fair; colder in east and central portions. Bandits Get S7OO From Fallston Bank, Two Taken Shelby, Dec. 9.—(AP)—Three bandits held up a hank at Falls ton, twelve miles away, early to day and got about S7OO, but of ficers and aroused citizens soon captured two of ihe alleged rob bers and recovered almost all the money. Sheriff Raymond Cline said two men who confessed were being held in the city jail, and a third was hunted near the scene of the captures. The two were hooked, Cline said, as Lewis Childers, 24. and Frank J. Haskins, 17, both of Mor ganton. Shelby, Dec. 9. —(AP) —Three ban dits held up a bank cashier at Fall sion, 12 miles from here, early today, forced him to hand over SI,OOO in cur rency. and then fled, with irate cit izens in pursuit. WPAChange Is Left Up To Congress Roosevelt Says Solons Must Decide on Amendments To Eli minate Criticism Washington, Dec. 9. (AP) —Presi- dent Roosevelt said today it was up to Congress to decide whether Fed eral relief procedure should be modi fied to meet criticism of the WPA. That was his comment when asked at his press conference for his reaction to a statement by WPA Administra tor Harry Hopkins that some changes might be made. Hopkins’ agency has been parti cularly criticized on the “politics in relief” angle, and he said yesterday he had some definite ideas about amendments in mind. He said, how ever, he wanted a “meeting of minds” with members of Congress before dis closing these suggestions. The WP'A chief talked with Sena tor Byrnes, Democrat, South Caro lina, who proposes a changed method of distributing WPA funds to elimin ate what he called inequitable treat ment of some states. Neither Hopkins nor the senator would disclose the results of their conference. Byrnes did say he was confident a program could be worked out along lines he discussed this week in a New York speech. Lighting Os Highways Is Satisfactory Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Dec. 9. —First reports and impressions seem unanimously favor able to North Carolina’s experiments in highway illumination by means of reflectors which pick up the beams of automobile headlights and diffuse them over -the roadway. The experiments are being carried out by the State Highway and Pub lic Works Commission. The reflectors ihave been erected along a stretch of highway between Raleigh and Gar ner on U. S. 70, for a distance of ap proximately four and a half miles. The reflectors are placed along the shoulders on both sides of the road approximately 100 feet apart on straight stretches and about 50 feet apart on curves. A prism inside each reflector picks up the light from approaching auto mobile and reflects and diffuses it across the highway at right angles to the approaching cars, illuminating the roadway almost as effectively as if each reflector contained an elec tric light. “While these reflectors make night driving easier by providing better roadway illumination, our interest in (Continued on Page Eight PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Cashier Herman Beam, of Shelby’s Union Trust Company branch at Fall ston, reported to the sheriff’s office here that two unmasked white men, brandishing guns, walked into the bank only a few minutes after it open ed for business at 9 a. m., and de manded the money. A third waited in an automobile at the curb. Beam handed over the currency, he said, whereupon the bandits drove away. Citizens piled into automobiles and gave chase, reports at the sheriff’s of fice here said. The fleeing bandits, crowded closely by their pursuers, jumped from their automobile and fled across the fields. Sheriff Ray mond Cline said the Fallston resi dents overtook one of the trio and held him until officers arrived. Cline said the man was brought to the city jail and booked as Lewis Childers, 24, of Morganton. The sher iff said the prisoner admitted his part in the hold-up. Auctions Os Tobacco Are Investigated Justice Department Sends Sleuths Into Kentucky To Watch System of Sales Washington, Dec. 9. —(AP)— The Justice Department has assigned two of its investigators “to bend an at tentative ear to the sing-song chant ing of tobacco auctioneers.” “It may be legal to sell a farmer’s entire tobacco crop in only eight or ten seconds, bu, we are not sure,” one anti-trust division official said. “We intend to find out.” The department’s current investi gation, chiefly of tobacco marketing practices, involves by which Maryland tobacco is sold in Baltimore by sealed bids, and hurley tobacco is sold in Kentucky by “singing auctioneer*” Two members of the anti-trust di vision’s economic staff went to’ Ken tucky this week as observers of the open auction system. Department investigators also are studying the methods by which flue cured tobacco, raised principally in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, is being sold to the Im perial Tobacco Company of Great Bri tain. Approximately 50 to 60 percent of that type is exported. Neutrality Laws Are To Be Changed By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Dec. 9.—When Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota evolv ed our present neutrality law his in- tention was to give the President no discretion in the matter of keeping the United States out of foreign con flicts. Two or more overseas nations hav ing gone to war, the White House tenant is supposed to em bargo American ship ments of military supplies to both or all of the belliger ents. The act hasn’t prosed a bit effective. Every one knows that Italy waged war against Abyssinia, that war is raging in Spain and that Japan and China are at war bloodthirstily. But none of these wars was formally declared. Theoretically they were not and are not wars. President Roosevelt could have de clared them wars, in fact, and slapped embargoes on, hut he hasn’t seen fit to do so. Technically perhaps he’s been right about it. The Nye law doesn’t (Continued on page six) TUJIS Italy Can’t Take Colony If Resisted V m Demonstrations Against France Con tinue In Italy; Paris Sees Propaganda Drive Merely To Gain Concessions in Tuni sia fpr Italian Benefit Paris, Dec. 9.—(AP)—Sources close to Premier Daladier said today that France would fight, if necessary, to defend Tunisia. The same sources said that Italy’s military chances of at tacking and seizing Tunisia from Libya or from the sea were “zero.” They viewed the Italian campaign for the French protectorate as sim ply a “propaganda advance guard” for other and more temperate demands concerning the rights of Italians liv ing in Tunisia. In Tunisia, armed mobile guards, rushed from Algeria, patrolled the streets while French troops throughout Tunisia were held in their barracks awaiting develop ments in the French-Italian crisis. Reports from interior cities indi cated various Arab and native or ganizations had joined with the French colony in demonstrations a gainst Italian demands for control of Tunisia. One person was wounded gravely and three slightly in disorders which accompanied mass demonstra tions by Italians, French and Arabs in Tunis yesterday. Order was restor ed shortly before midnight. The disorders brought the arrest of ten Italians for “seditious cries,” and caused France to rush three platoons of mobile guards, totaling 100 men, (Continued on Page Eight. Six Negroes Executed In Georgia Pen lleidsvillc, Ga., Dec. 9.—(AP) Six Negro murderers were put to death in the electric ehair in the State Prison today in the largest mass execution in Georgia’s his tory. The electrocutions required an hour and 21 minutes. The first of the prisoners went to the chair at 11:09 a. in., central standard time, and the executions were complete ed at 12:30 p. m., central stand ard time. » A seventh prisoner, a white man Tom Dickerson* convicted of strangling the infant child of a daughter, was granted a last-min ute reprieve. Industry To Offer Plans On Disputes Manufacturers To Co operate With Govern ment; Wait Address of Anthony Eden New York, Dec. 9. —(AP) —Plunging into a discussion of labor relations, the nation’s manufacturers, in con vention today, prepared to adopt a set of basic principles for solution of employee-management problems un der its new "cooperate with govern ment” plans. Instead of offering detailed specifi cations for amendment of the Wagner laJbor relations act, a move which was defeated after a committee battle yes terday, the employment relations com mittee of the National Association of Manufacturers drafted for submission to the meeting a general program for use in working out jointly with . ov ernment and labor future changes in labor legislation. Entering the last day of the con vention ,the men who run the nation's machine-age industry looked forward to the speaking high light of the pro gram, the scheduled address tonight of Anthony Eden, former British for eign secretary, who is making his first appearance in the United States lo day. The manufacturers were re-as sured by the latest reports indicating that Eden, speeding on the Atlantic for New York, would arrive in time . to make the address. Nye PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COP
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