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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR ROOSEVELT, GARNER TALK FOKEI6H CRISIS Birth Os Aviation Is Celebrated Again On Carolina Dunes Many Modern Planes in Maneuvers Over Kitty Hawk Sand Mountains, Scene of Wright Brothers’ Suc cess ful Flight on De cember 17 Long Ago M'P.too, Doc. 17. — (APl — The biy ]or."l\ dunes of Kill Devil Hill, so i,d cradle aviation, hummet at; lir. today to the sound of airplane nii 'ors as another year was marked <sir.<v the Wright brothers made theii ppoehal flight. Scios of pianos representing naval ca.-: guard and commercial aircraft wi n here to take part in exerciser commemorating the 35th anniversary of man's first successful flight in an airplane. Representatives of every govern men’.tl agency that makes use of air craft came to join in observing the day with two veteran coast guards mer. who alone lent the two Dayton. Ohio, bicycle mechanics a hand on that morning long ago when they de cried to try out their flying contrap tion. These two old-timers are Captain John Daniels and Captain Adam Etheridge, now retired from active service. The day’s program called foi the laying of a wreath just beneath the names “Orville and Wilbui Wright", carved on the great white granite pylon that crowns the big sand dune. DAYTON PAYS TRIBUTE TO LONE REMAINING BROTHER Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 17.—<(AP) —This aviation-minded city paid tribute to dav to one of its foremost native sons Orville Wright, on the 35th anniver I sary of man’s first successful airplane flight. Featuring the celebration wa/ a Chamber of Commerce dinner foi Wright and his guest, Henry Ford who formed his motor car company the year of the Wrights’ Kitty Hawk. X. C. flight in an odd-looking ma chine in which he and his late broth el Wilbur invented. Ford has enshrined in his Dear hern, Mich., museum the Wright homestead and the Dayton bicycle shop, where the original plane was developed. Drug Firm’s Plight Used In TVA Row Washington, Dec. 17. —(AP) —The McKesson & Robbins case received its first official notice on Capitol Hill today. Representative Wolverton, Republican, New Jersey, member of the TVA investigating Committee, eaid affairs of the concern demon strated the need for careful audit ing of accounts of public and private institutions. "We have before us today an ex ample of how carefully auditing must he done,” Wolverton said at the com mittee’s hearing. “We have been as unded ,by the affairs of a great cor poration, which finally led to the pi' -ident shooting himself.” The congressman referred to the suicide of Philip Musica, who was 'Continued on Page Five.) Buses And Trucks Oust Rails In East Carolina t ally Dispatch Bureau, In The Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, D'-c. 17.— A11-weather high ways and imfjre’ved motor vehicles •supply all the transportation needs of coastal North y’-arolina communi ti«‘.s which have lost rail service, ac cording to the findings of a survey made by the National Highway Us- Conference, which Included the !ir Heel section, in fie?d investiga tions throughout ten widely scatter ed areas. in addition, the survey declares, piesonce of these roads and exist ' nee of these vehicles are direct aids 'o the railroads in getting authority !f ‘ abandon unprofitable lines. in all, ten studies were made in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Ne •naska, North Carolina, Oregon, Ten- Mssee, Vermont and West Virginia, (l in areas where rail service has bf on discontinued. in North Carolina the areas stu _ KrA-ESUE PERRY MEMORIAL Lieu-'.'-’-! *!»*. ' HENDERSON,M.<* I fmtltersmt &at lit Ht amrtrit LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Musica Trio Under Bail Os SIOO,OOO Brothers Held in Se curities Frauds; Fourth, Head of Drug Firm, Is Dead As Sui cide in Connecticut Home; Eleven Inquir ies Begun (By The Associated Press.) Three Musica brothers, Arthur, George and Robert, were held under SIOO,OOO bail each today on charges of violating the Federal securities act. The fourth brother, Philip, who as F. Donald Coster, president of McKesson & Robbins, Inc., was the directing head of the family’s fantastic finan cial operations, lay dead in Connect icut a suicide. As'43ta% f . Attorney General Am brose McCall said information had been uncovered “of the wholesale sale of arms and ammunition” which may involve living persons. The Fost Office Department began an investigation of the case; in all ten inquiries were under way. Philip Musica (Coster) was identi fied in New York as a World War vpy investigator who used the name “William Johnson”, and files of tha Senate Judiciary Committee in Wash ’ngton disclosed that former Senatoi James A. Reed, of Missouri, had ex nosed "Johnson” as Musica in 1919. Correspondence between Music", Coster and Harry MacKenzie was seized in Bridgeport, Conn. MacKen zie recently pleaded guilty in a Water bury, Conn., municipal fraud con spiracy. McKesson & Robbins securities hit a new low in the “over the counter” trading. Two Musica sisters, prominent in (Continued on page six) 5 Passengers Hurt As Bus And Car Meet . i »- v Ruffin, Dec. 17 (AP)—Five pas sengers were injured today when a (Greyhound) bus, enroute from Dan ville, Va., to Reidsville, collided with an automobile at an underpass here. The injured persons were taken to Danville for treatment. Their names, or the extent of their injuries, could not be learned immediately. There were 31 passengers on the bus. Sheriff L. W. Worsham, of Rock ingham county, announced he was holding Norman Vaughn, a farmer, as the driver of the car, who later was released under SSOO bond. The sheriff said Vaughn overturned and practically demolished his machine in attempting to avoid collision with the bus. d-ed are in Lenoir and Duplin coun ties on the Coastal Plain. This terri tory was formerly served by the Kinston Carolina Railroad Company, 311 miles, constructed from Kinston to' Pink Hill, albout 1900 and extend ed to Beulaville in 1917. Abandon ment was permitted May 19, 1929. Summarizing its survey of this area communities with highway transportation available were injured in no way by removal of the railroad. Highway trans portation pays far more m taxes than did the railroad, creates siderably more employment and pw vides improved service at lower cost. The survey calls attention o of fact that more than one-third of the communities in North Carolina have no railroads or waterways and are solely dependent upon highways (Continued on Page Three.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINLL Germany And Italy Fast Digging Themselves In All Over Latin America Countries to South Rapidly Being Hitlerized; Babson Shows How Uncle Sam Can Offset This European Menace; Speed Necessary BY ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1938, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 17.—The pow wow down in Lima, Peru is a good thing. Leaders of the various Pan- American nations should get together and know each other. Such meetings, however, compare with the German “get-acquainted” methods in South America as a Ladies’ Auxiliary tea compares with a C. I. O. strike meet ing. The truth is that the Fascist penetration of Latin-America is far more effective than our easy-going American methods. Every traveler who returns from South America has fresh illustrations of growing Nazi influence. Despite the Monroe Doctrine, the agents of Hit ler and Mussolini are running circles around us. Outright barter, blocked marks, public subsidies, and price cutting are just a few of the competi tive handicaps our salesmen have to hurdle. The huge gains in trade which Hitler’s clever business experts have chalked up are almost unbelievable— a 500 per cent increase in Central Nazi Orders To Restrict Christmas Berlin, Dec. 17. —(AP) —Instructions on how to celebrate Christmas in ac ceptable Nazi fashion has gone forth from various cultural departments of the National Socialist regime. Emphasis is laid on the principle that observance of Yuletide is an an cient Germanic custom and should be followed as such. “Under National Socialism,” one or der observes, “Yule as has regained its ancient traditional character of winter solostice rejoicings. “Our Germanic forefathers celebrat ed Yule, which is older than Christ, and which Christendom borrowed from the Germanic prototype.” In several cities, members of girls’ Hitler organizations have indicated they will sing no more Christmas carols. Other orders are to the ef fect that the place for religious Christ- CContinued on Page Three.) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy and unsettled, scattered light rain in northeast portion and possibly in mountains tonight; slightly warmer in. central portion tonight; Sunday partly cloudy. WEATHER WEATHER. South Atlantic States: Some likelihood of rain period during middle or latter part of week; otherwise fair; warmer Monday and Tuesday; colder latter part. HENDERSON, N. C:, SATURDAY AFTERNOO N, DECEMBER 17, 1938 U. S. Leaders at Lima Parley pr MBS f lift mm Hk <g-v; Secretary of State Cordell Hull (left) confers with Alfred M. Landon, former G.O.P. presidential candidate, during session of the Pan-American conference at Lima, Peru. The two were leaders at the meeting, designed to unite all American nations against European interference. (Central Press) America alone in the last five years. Hitlerizing Latin America. It is no secret that the United 'States, of all nations, is the most hat ed by the Berlin-Rome- Tokyo axis. Five years ,ago, 3 00l n.'i’es o f separated us from o'ir “enemies’; five years from novr only th? width of the Panama Canal may lie between us. While the Fascists would not openly dare to build a naval or air base in this hemisphere, in reality they are doing something far more dangerous: They are cutting us out economically with the Latin-Amer icans. They are doing it by a clever program of penetration and propa ganda. They are bombarding the con tinent with Fascist broadcasts twenty four hours a day. They control and color the news services. Many of the newspapers are Ger man-owned—fifteen in Brazil alone. There are 1,400 German schools in Brazil—all run on straight Nazi lines. They have about 40 landing fields in the same country. Their air-lines have (Continued on Page Three ) FDR’s Talks Find Critics Always Ready By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Dec. 17. —Every time President Roosevelt makes a speech at the anti-New Dealers remark » that while his talk was o. k. in its main purport, it consisted exclusive ly of generalities they indorse his ob jectives, a s they say, but complains that he fails to sug gest any definite plans for arriving at them. Such has been the nature of much of the com ment concerning his recent Chapel Hill address. Most folk F. D. R. expected him to pan Europe’s dictatorships on that occa sion. He didn’t do it. If he had, his critics probaibly would have pointed out that overseas conditions are none of our business. Since he didn’t, their account is that his utterances were too vague to amount to anything. Now personally, I thonght that his Chap el Hill argument was pretty con crete. The nub of it was that, as the world’s “most powerful democracy,” our best bet is to make such a suc cess of ourselves that the rest of the world will want to imitate us—that (Continued on Page Six.) Momentous Address In Americas Parley *>' At Lima By Landon Fears of United States Aggression Through Change of Adminis trations in Washing ton To Be Allayed by G. O. P. Chief To Please Argentine Lima, Peru, Dec. 17.—(AP) — Chiefs of all delegation* failed to day to reach a decision on one of the most important questions be fore the eighth Pan-American Conference, the continental soli darity and defense resolutions. They arranged to meet again to night to attempt to solve the problem, which hourly was becom ing more menacing to the tran quality of the conference. Whether the conference will ac complish tangible results may depend upon the outcome of their deliberations. Among those taking past are Secretary of State Hull; I. R. Mo reno, chairman of the Argentine delegation; A. M. Franco, chair man of the Brazilian* delegation, and F. C. Najera, of Mexico. Secretary Hull found himself in a middle position, with Argen tine desiring a mild resolution and Brazil and Venezuela demanding a strong one. Lima, Peru, Dec. 17. —(AP) —Alf M. Landon is to make the first major address of the Pan-American Confer ence Sunday afternoon, and many de legations hope it will include an in terpretation of United States foreign policy from the Republican point of view. Any declaration by the Republican presidential of con ference members held, would be re garded as of considerable importance, in view of fears expressed by Argen tine’s delegates that one administra tion alone could not guarantee a con tinuation of the United States good neighbor policy. The Landon address is to be broad cast to the United States (NBC 5:45 p m., eastern standard time). Landon is expected to step from the role of delegate long enough to express personal views on the confer ence. He has made a close study of every activity and has spent a great deal of time talking with the various delegates to get a cross section of Latin-American feeling toward the United States. The former Kansas governor par ticularly has given attention to eco nomic phases. He has spent a consid erable share of his time in private conversation with M. Antello, of Ar gentine, who has much the same status with the Argentine delegation as has Landon with the United States group. Antello is the leading member of the present Argentine government’s opposition. Voluntary Work Counts In Hour Limit Dali? Dimjatcb Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Dec. 17. —So-called “volun tary” night work by women counts in the hours they may lawfully work in North Carolina, and employers who permit them to exceed the legal limits under this pretext are liable to prose cution, State Labor Commissioner For rest A. Shuford today warned all em ployers. The Commissioner pointed out that under the 1937 Maximum Hour Law there is some provision for extra work during the holiday shopping rush from December 18 to 24, but added that these additional hours are specified and may not be exceeded. In order to prevent “misundersfend ing” he issued the following state ment regarding the Maximum Hour ADS PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Kennedy Returns Joseph P. Kennedy, U. S. Ambassa dor to England, is pictured on ar rival in New York. He refused to make comment on European situa tion, declaring he had returned for “a vacation.** Prisons In Forsyth In Poor Shape Denounced by State Inspector After One Convict’s Feet Are Frozen i n Solitary Confinement at Prison Farm Near Winston- Salem Winston-Salem, Dec. 17. —(AP) Convict prison conditions in Forsyth county were tremed “worse than us ual,” by W. C. Ezzell, director of in stitutions for the State Welfare De partment, today. Investigating treatment of Dallas Barr, 18-year-old whose feet were frozen in an allegedly unheated solitary cell at Forsyth county’spri son farm, Ezzeil said the camp, equip ment was totally inadequate. He said he had not yet interviewed Barr, un dergoing treatment at a hospital here for gangrene. Dr. D. C. Speas, a member of the board of commissioners, reported ear lier that he found on a visit to the prison farm that Barr, serving four months term for petty larceny, was shackled for six days in a small wood en cell and allowed two glasses of water and two slices of bread each day. Following Barr’s removal to the hos pital Wednesday, E. A. Moser, prison farm superintendent, resigned his po sition. Law: “For employers of more than eight persons, the limit for women is nine hours per day and 48 hours per week, except for the period December 18th to 24th, and for two inventory pe riods of one week each, during which ‘female persons over 16 years of age in mercantile establishments may be employed not to exceed ten hours in (Continued on Page Six.) Commission Studies New N. C. Judicial Districts Raleigh, Dec. 17.—(AP)—A com mission authorized by the .1937 Gen eral Assembly considered here today the feasibility and possible cost of increasing the number of judicial dis tricts in North Carolina, or changing their geographical arrangement. D. E. Henderson, of Charlotte, chair man, said the commission was consid ering a bill to give consistency to the operation of all inferior courts. The body will report to Governor Hoey 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY FDR Gives Outline To Chief Aid President’s Message to Congress To Deal Largely With Foreign Affairs; Dies Says Communists Plan Farm-Labor Party in T his Country Washington, Dec. 17.—(AP)—Pres! 1 ’ent Roosevelt arranged today to de mote much of a scheduled conversa ion with Vice-President Garner to a liscussicn of foreign affairs. White House attaches said Mr. Toosevelt would give Garner a. com plete outline of recent international developments. Garner returned to Washington to lay from his Uvalde, Texas, home, and vas invited to lunch with the Presi dent. After luncheon, White House authorities said, the chief executive and the vice-president will sit down 'or a “good, old-fashioned talk.” Stephen Early, White House press 'ecretary, tokl reporters that in pre aaring his annual message for Con- Tress Mr. Roosevelt has had the ad-« 'ice of Secretary Hull and numerous ’tate Department experts. Early said his might be taken to indicate that 1 major portion of the message would 'e devoted to the foreign situation. Before his talk with Garner, the President summoned Secretary Wal lace and various Agriculture Depart ment officials for a talk on the farm situation. New Test for Farm Program. Other developments: Marketing control provisions of the New Deal’s farm law faced their sec ond test of farmer sentiment in eight days. Growers of hurley and dark ‘ype tobacco in fourteen states voted >n the proposal that the AAA be au horized to continue sales quotas of text year’s crop in order to keep price-depressing surpluses off the narket. Approval of two-thirds of hose voting is required to make the quotas effective. The PWA announced it had appr.ov sd a wage of 35 cents an hour for gen eral labor on the High Point muni cipal power project. The scale wqs higher than the 30 cents an hour set by the city and lower than the 45 ?ents asked by labor unions. Dies Again Sees Red ( Chairman Dies, Democrat, Texas, said the House committee on un-Am- activities had received evidence 'he communist party would attempt to form a national farmer-labor party within the next two years. In an ad dress prepared for the radio, Dies said the committee had received “abundant (Continued on page six) Warrenton Man Held On Kidnap Cause Richmond, Va., Dec. 17. —(AP)—Al- bert Newsome Moore, Warrenton, N. C., was held in default of $5,000 by Federal authorities following a hear ing today before U. S. Commissioner M. Flegenheimer on a charge of kid naping. Moore was arrested six miles north of Richmond by State troopers and charged with kidnaping David W. Johnson, 26-year-old Raleigh, N. C., cab driver. Johnson testified before Commissioner Flegenheimer that Moore enterd his cab at Raleigh last night and asked to be driven a quar ter of a mile south of Raleigh. John son said he was then forced, at the point of a gun, to drive to the spot on Route 1, near here, where the troop ers appeared when Johnson stopped the machine on the roadside for a rest. Moore said he had been drinking and ‘denied any knowledge of what went on during the night. and the 1939 General Assembly. Already approved by the commis sion, Henderson said, are two bills sponsored by the North Carolina State Bar Association limiting the number of justices of the peace, and giving to the Supreme Court author ity to make rules for all inferior courts. Other commission members in clude S. M. Blount, of Washington; and Judge Albion Dunn, of Greens ville.
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