HENDERSON’S
POPULATION
13,873
twenty-fifth year
La Guardians Life Threatened
The same day Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, of New York, dedicated three
health centers, he xeceived a threatening letter, signed with a Nazi swas
tika. and with a bullet enclosed (as shown below) . The Mayor is pictured
weighing a baby at one of the centers. Note read: “You will get this if
vou continue to attack the German Nazi Party.”
Britain For
Freedom Os
Memel Area
Expresses Hope At
Berlin That Germany
Will Not Grab Baltic
City from Lithuania
London, Dec. 12. —(AP)—Great Bri
tain has expressed to Germany the
1 P< that the Reich will not annex
Momel. Prime Minister Chamberlain
told the House of Commons today.
Britain, he said, was joining France
in representations to Berlin concern
in- possibility of a movement to ab
sorb Memel, which was German be
for< the World War, as a sequel to
yesterday's elections for the local par
liament which resulted in a decisive
victory for Memel Nazis.
In reply to a question, the prime
minister said:
•‘There is reason to think that after
the Memel election, demands may be
niad- upon the Lithuanian govern
ment by majority parties in the diet
which would be inconsistent with the
status of Memel. I
The British government, as a sig
natory of the Memel convention, can
not ignore this possibility.
"In view of the special influence
which the German government is in
a position ter exert in these matters
the British charge d’affaires in Ber
lin has been instructed to join with
the French ambassador in expressing
the hope that the German govern
ment will use its influence to insure
respect for the statute.”
Previously, Chamberlain had told
the House that Britain was not ob
ligated to go to the aid of France in
'hi event of an Italian attack on
France or her colonies.
N. C. Fugitive
Hunted For
In Virginia
Richmond, Va„ Dec. 12.—(AP)—
and Henrico county police con-
Vl rped hurriedly on a stretch of high
way west of Richmond shortly after
n °on today in a renewal of the inten
• ; v ' manhunt for Roy Kelly, escaped
-''•'nth Carolina convict, after 1 a road
ib'le i n „ was U p an( j ro bbed.
County officers dashed to the inn
jn response to the robbery report/only
” f| minutes after a black sedan was
n crossing a bridge into North
dchmond. Kelly, wanted in connec
'“m with the killing of two North Car
olina officers and the wounding of a
1: >mia State trooper, was repprted
I,J ! " in a similar machine.
I' l Charlotte, Edward Scheidt, spe
'Ml H h r ent in charge of the Charlotte
of ce of the Federal Bureau of In
stigation, said a Federal warrant
had been issued at Burlington, N. C.,
1 gmg Kelly with unlawful flight to
ri ' fJIc * prosecution.
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GASTON B. MEANS
Gaston Means
Dies In Pen
In Missouri
Springfield, Mo.t Dec. 12. —(AP)
Gaston B. Means, 58, oft-time convict,
widely known for his SIOI,OOO Lind
bergh baby ransome hoax, died earlv
today at the United States Medical
Center here.
Undisclosed to the end was his se
cret of what became of the larere sum
Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean, of Wash
ington, D. C., gave him on his promise
that he could return the kidnaped
son of Charles A. Lindbergh alive.
The big time swindler offered no
death bed statement. He had met with
a stony silence earlier attempts of
G-men to obtain the inside story of
the case.
Means’ death had been expected
since Thursday, when he suffered a
heart attack following an operation
for removal of his gall bladder.
Survivors include three bi others and
three sisters, all of Concord, N. C.
It was announced that the body would
be sent to Concord.
NEPHEW OF AYCOCK
PASSES IN FREMONT
Goldsboro, Dec. 12.—(AP)—W. E.
Avcock, 50, prominent Wayne county
farmer, and nephew of the late Gov
ernor Charles B. Aycock, died at his
home near Fremont today of a heart
attack. Funeral services will be held
tomorrow. |
WEATHER
FOB NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy, possibly light ram,
changing to snow flurries in the
mountains and light . . f
ertme north portion early tonight,
somewhat colder
west portion tonight; Tuesday
mostly cloudy and colder.
HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 12, 1938
Major Setback To
Japanese Advance
Shanghai, Dec. 12. (AP) A
major setback to the long heralded
Japanese mop-up campaign in
Shanri province was reported to
flov >v9h the statement hy Chinese
that 6,000 Japanese had been killed
there hy Chinese guerrillas.
Chinese sources also reported
i idories in two other sectors, re
capturing citizens on the Sinkiang
end others west of Hankow. The
casualty report could noi be con
firmed from other sources.
The Sinn,si setback 'vas sahl to
have been inflicted by China’s fam
ed eighth army, using day an 1
night harassing tactics to force the
Jap-ne e to withdraw after a suc
cr-s:ul offensive against the Wu
t"': ha eighth army’s fortified base.
Neutrality
Laws To Be
Made Firm
Individual Congress
men To Augment Amy
Proposals from Ad
ministration Itself
Washington, Dec. 12.—(AP)—Re
gardless of any changes the adminis
tration may propose, the new Con
gress will encounter a variety of in
dividual demands for bolstering the
nation’s neutrality policies as well as
its defenses.
Representative Ludlow, Democrat,
Indiana, provided a sample today by
proposing a ban on munitions ship
ments to non-American countries at
any time. Ludlow, .who led an unsuc
cessful fight last winter to require a
popular vote on declaring foreign
wars, said the United Slates was
morally guilty in the bombing of Chi
nese civilians, because it had sold
munitions worth $14,000,000 to Japan
in less than -two years.
The State Department has reported
that export licenses to all countries
for arms valued at $3,467,0'T0 were is
sued last month. Peru led the list
with licenses for $837,180 of military
airplanes.
Labor Likely
To Fight Any
Larger Patrol
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Dec. 12. —Legislators in the
1939* General Assembly favorable to
labor organizations will almost cer
tainly fight to the last ditch any pro
posal to increase the personnel of the
State Highway Patrol.
Reason is that under the unbxoken
chain of conservative North Carolina
governors the patrol has become a re
cognized strike-breaking organization,
and labor is beginning to regard the
organization in somewhat the same
light that Pennsylvanians for yeax-s
veiwed their State constabulary—
which is to say in the light of Cos
sacks ostensibly in the service of the
State, but actually at the beck and
call of any employer having trouble
with his work.
The truck drivers’ strike is now in
progress in Wilmington is not calcu
lated to increase labor’s regard or re
spect for the patrol. Nor is it calcu
lated to gain strength for any move
ment to increase the patrol’s person
nel.
Laborites will point out, without
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New Industries Boost
Payrolls sl2 Millions
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Dec. 12. —North Carolina
payrolls have been increased nearly
$1,000,000 per month by establishment
of new industries in the State during
the first ten months of this year, it
is estimated by J. T. Anderson, in
dustrial engineer of the Department
of Conservation and Development.
Mr. Anderson’s figures are based
on the logic that an average of 95
employes are required to operate each
of the 120 new plants in the State,
making an approximate total of 14.-
‘OO persons in all who have been given,
employment.
Department of Labor figures indi
cate an average weekly wage for in
dustrial employes of $14.94, which
would make the annual pay of these
14,400 employes amount to $11,135,072.
The estimates are considered very
conservative, by Mr. Anderson, as De
Peace Plan
Headlining
Lima Parley
Alf Landon Is U. S.
Representative on
That Most Important
Pan - American Com
mittee; Argentine and
Venezuela Taking
Lead in Steps
LEAD PEACE ...; sl3d‘6
Lima, Peru, Dec. 12.—(AP) —Alfred
Mello Franco, former foreign minister
Brazil, today w”.s elected chair
man of the important Pan-American
Conference committee for the organi
zation of peace. tVhe committee, of
Dibich Alf M. Lay-don is the chief
United States me. iber, already has
started work on a sweeping measure
lor the safeguarding of the security
of the Americas.
Lima, Peru, Dec. 12. —(AF)— The
Pan-Amcrican Conference peace com
mittee, with Alf M. Landon as the |
chief United States representative
took up today the sweeping project for
safeguarding the security of the
Americas.
The project was advanced by Vene
zuela. It defines what would be ag
gression from a non-American na
tion, and calls for immediate con
sultation and common action by the
Americas in the event of attack. Some
of the delegates considered the pro
ject too advanced in concept for con
ference approval in its present form,
but from the committee discussion
may emerge a draft acceptable to all.
The committee was easily the most
import of the various groups swing
ing into vigorous action today after
the ceremony of convoking the con
gress Friday and Saturday. Some dele
gates saw a favorable omen for peace
legislation in the address by Jose
Maria Mantilo, foreign minister of
Argentine, who said that the Ameri
can' nations were ready to maintain a
common front any danger
which might menace the independence
and sovereignty of any of them.
In view of the previous Argentine
attitude against any steps drawing
away from European ties, the feeling
prevailed that Cantilo took a step fur
ther than might have been expected.
Inquiry Into
Monopoly Not
Red Herring
Bq CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Dec. 12. Anti-New
Dealers have been circulating the
story that Senator Joseph C. O’Ma
honey’s “monopoly
in v estigation,” as
they term it, was in
spired by the ad
ministration to di
vert the public’s at
tention from alleged
Rooseveltian fai 1-
ures the supposed
iniquities of great
concentra tio n s of
capital. Personally I
don’t believe this
yarn. In the first
place, if that had
been the administra-
t
O’Mahoney
tion’s idea don’t
think it would have picked O’Mahoney
to develop it. The Wyoming senator
by no means is a 100 percent admin
istrationist. He has fought various
New Deal policies like a wildcat and
might have been on the White House
“purge list” but that his term isn’t
ending at the present junctuxe. Sux’e
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partment of Labor statistics indicate
that textile plants employ an average
of 200 persons, rather than the 95 us
ed as a basis for the calculations.
Os the 120 new industries set up
during the first ten months of 1938,
42 were hosiery mills. In addition to
the new plants there were 68 addi
tions to already existing plants, 36
of them hosiery mills.
These figures indicate that during
the months of September and October
28 new industries were e&ablished
and 15 new additions started.
The total capital investment requir
ed for the new industries end addi
tions of 1938 is estimated at between
$15,090,000 and $18,000,000, while the
cost of construction of new buildings
required by them, is set at about SB,-
000,000.
Mr. Anderson’s survey indicates
that at least 90 new buildings have
been or will be required to house the
industries. ...
Sweeping Vote For Control
Os Cotton Likely To Block
Repeal Os Act, Is Belief
Eden Raps Dictators
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Anthony Eden, former British foreign secretary, raises his hand for quiet
as he addressed the National Association of Manufacturers in New York
City. He attacked totalitarianism and asked U. S. and Great Britain
stand together to oppose its rise.
Negroes Have Rights At
Law School, Court Rules
Envoy Called Home
In line with his policy of getting
first-hand information from ambas
sadors, President Roosevelt has
summoned Nelson T. Johnson
(above), United States ambassador
to China, to Washington Jo make a
full report on latest developments
in the Far East.
(Central Press)
Control Vote
Hikes Cotton
New York, Dec. 12. —(AP) —Cotton
futures opened two to six points
higher, owing to the farmers’ vote on
allotments and higher Liverpool
'Trading was comparatively
quiet. March, which had reacted from
8.27 to 8.24, recovered to 8.26 shortly
after the first half hour, leaving
prices at net advances of two to five
points. March reacted to 8.25 around
midday.
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Missouri Ordered To
Admit St. Louis Color
ed Student; Another
Court Decision Goes
Against Labor Board;
Mooney Loses Again
Also
Washington, Dec. 12. —(AP) —The
Supreme Court ruled today that a
State must give “equality” in educa
tional privileges for white and Ne
gro law students. It gave this opin
ion in holding that the \?niversity of
Missouri Law School must admit
Lloyd Gaines, St. Louis Negro, as a
student.
Chief Justice Hughes delivered the
majority opinion that held Missouri,
in compelling Negro law students to
attend school outside the State, had
violated the “equal rights” provision
of the Constitution.
Missouri provided that until a law
school for Negroes was developed in
the State, the tuition pf Negro law stu
dents should be paid at universities in
adjacent states.
“The question here,” Chief Jus:'.ce
Hughes said, “is not of a duty of the
state to supply legal training, or of
the quality of the training which it
does supply, but of its duty when it
provides such training to furnish it
to the residents of the State upon the
basis of an equality of rights.
“By the operation of the laws of
Missouri, a privilege has been created
for white students which is denied
to Negroes toy reason of their race.”
Gaines had contended he was re
jected solely because he was a Negro.
Among other actions, the court re
fused to review a National Labor Re
lations Board contention '.hat the
Peninsular and Occidental Steamship
company should reinstate 145 seamen
(Continued on Page Six.)
Germany Is Letting Up
In Persecution Os Jews
Berlin, Dec. 12.—(AP) —Intimation
of a possible slight let-up in the
severity of Ndzi anti-Semitic meas
ures was made public today in an of
ficial 1 announcement distributed by
the German agency DNB.
The statement said restrictions on
Jews entering hotels, restaurants and
Aryan-owned shops would be relaxed
after January 1, and reiterated that
no ghettos would be established.
In return, it was indicated, however,
the German government expects for
eign Jews to provide foreign exchange
for German Jews to emigrate.
Jews again are to be permitted the
use of almost all German restaurants
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Tobacco And
Rice Votes
Unfavorable
National Farm Pro
gram as Whole Will
Go On, Wallace As
serts; North Carolina
Votes Against Tobac
ca and Cotton Control
on Saturday
Washington. Dec. 12. —(AP)—Ad-
ministration officials expi’essed con
fidence today that any congressional
attempt to remove all crop restric
tions would fail as a result of re
ferenda approving cotton marketing
controls but rejecting quotas for rice
and flue-cured tobacco.
Secretary Wallace, obviously pleas
ed, declared the cotton victory great
ly overshadowed the rejection and
assured premaence for the New Deal’s
control policies.
“The national farm program as a
whole, open to pi’oducers of all crops,
will go on,” he said.
Administration officials interpret
ed the cotton refei-endum results as
grower preference for the present
farm program over substitute “domes
tic allotments” and “two-price” plans
which had been advanced by some
farm leaders in a vigorous campaign.
They also expressed belief that the
cotton vote indicated that the farm
ers approved Wallace’s recommenda
tions soy new processing taxes to in
crease benefit payments. The secre
tary, in speeches urging approval of
quotas, told farmers the present law
would be strengthened by such levies.
The substitute plan, which several
Democratic as well as Republican con
gressmen have declared they intend
ed to support, until abandon produc
tion control. Virtually complete re
turns from Saturday’s referenda
were:
Cotton quotas: For, 950,23; against
178,000; percent for, 84.2.
Flue-cured tobacco quotas: Fob,
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Second French
| Colony Wanted
By Mussolini
Rome, Dec. 12. —(AP) —ltaly’s need
1 of FiKmch Somaliland for the develop
| ment of Ethiopia was declared to
! day by Virginio Gayda, the fascist
! editor who often expresses Premier
S Mussolini’s views.
Gayda, who previously had aired
| Italy’s alleged grievances against
France in Tunisia and her desire for
1 lower tolls and a share in control of
the Suez Canal, charged the French
with hindering Italian colonial inter
-1 ests through possession of Djibouti,
j That part of the French Somaliland
is the terminus of a railway linking
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, with
the Red Sea.
| Gayda’s declaration coincided with
other Italian press charges that
France was arming Tunisia, her North
African protectorate, for military use
against Italy. In Tunis, the French
high military command today imposed
secrecy over activities of their forces
in Tunisia.
j The French left little doubt, how
ever, that they were ready for what
, ever Italy might offer in North Africa
in Tunisia.
and hotels, the announcement said.
The announcement declared that,
while there would be no ghettos. Jews
would be asked to move out of houses
owned by Gentiles and Gentiles from
houses owned by Jews, thus to avoid
friction. Individual acts against Jews
in the future are to be punished
severely, according to the announce
ment. All this, it was said, is not a
change of the fundamental Nazi anti-
Jewish policy, but merely a change of
methods.
The determined purpose of the Nazi
regime was said, now as before to
be the elimination of all except the
very oldest Jews from Germany.