HENDERSON’S
POPULATION
13,873
TWENTY-FIFTH year
HOPKINS IS NAMED
Daladier Wins Out
Again In Smashing
V ictory In Chamber
Deputies Fear Conse
quences of Overthrow
of Cabinet in Present
Critical Moment,
Though Many Dis
agree With Decree
Powers He Demands
Prrris, Doc. 23.—(AP)— Premier
Paladior won a smashing victory to
day when the Chamber of Deputies,
which almost overthrew him yester
day approved his 1939 ordinary bud
rvt by an overwhelming majority. In
an early morning vote, the deputies
pas-od the 66-odd billion franc (about
51,700.090 000) budget, including the
government’s financial decree laws, by
a count of 366 to 229.
This was Daladier’s third test of
strength since yesterday morning.
First he escaped overthrow by a mar
gin of seven votes. On the second vote,
his majority rose to the comparative
security of 57 votes, and in the final
test he won a majority of 137 by his
determined stand.
Apparently by the simple method
of letting the deputies fight themsel
ves hv almost throwing his govern
ment out, the premier stood out
strong r today than at any time since
he issued the decree laws which had
raised so much protest among the op
position.
Many of the right wing and center
deputies, who had been wavering,
swung into line after the govern
ments narrow escape, admitting they
were afraid to run the risk of over
throwing the government by refrain
ing from voting, or by voting against
the premier.
France Plain With Italy.
After his victory in the Chamber,
Daladier turned immediately to meet
Italy's denunciation yesterday of the
1935 Laval-Mussolini agreement re
garding Tunisia. France told Premier
Mussolini, in effect, that “France of
fers nothing, and she will defend what
she has.”
French observers interpreted the de
nunciation as an indication that Mus
solini finally was ready to follow up
the -unofficial" anti-French demon
s'! at ions with an official notice that
Italy was not pleased with the Medi
terranean situation.
COUNTY HOME MAN
DIES OF INJURIES
Fayetteville, Dec. 23. —(AP) — Ed
Lewis, 68-year-old Cumberland coun
ty home inmate died today in a Fay
etteville hospital for injuries he re
ceived when he was struck by a
truck December 16.
State Group
Passes Gifts
At Closing
Raleigh, Dec. 23. —(AP) —Christmas
gift exchanging held the center of
the stage in State offices today. Here
and there throughout official circles
parties were held for more or less for
mal gift presentations, and in other
departments the same spirit of Christ
mas pervaded the atmosphere as in
dividuals gave their presents.
Desk sets, pictures, a handsome
nine-tube radio, lounging robes, chairs
traveling bags and automobile radio
•'•rid -imilar presents were given heads
of departments by employees.
In presenting Revenue Commission
•■l A. J. Maxwell with the big radio
given him by revenue employees,
Walter L. Horton expressed the hope
“this will bring you the news that
you have been elected governor.
Maxwell, regarded as an active cam
paigner for the Democratic guberna
torial nomination in 1940, replied:
"This seems like a conspiracy to get
me fired,” as he huskily expressed his
Appreciation.
i-Rate offices closed at noon for the
holidays.
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Signed Polish Pact
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Anastas 1. Mikoyan (above), Soviet
foreign trade commissar, negotiated
and signed the trade treaty between
Russia and Poland which has forged
a new link of diplomatic friendship.
Observers say the treaty is a for
midable barrier to Hitler’s drive to
the East, into the Ukraine.
(Central Press)
New Board
Would Rule
Rail Lines
President’s Special
Committee Would Set
Up Commission To
Regulate All Trans
portation in Country;
Fish Attacks Ickes’
Utterances
Washington, Dec, 23. —(AF)— The
President’s special committee on rail
roads recommended today creation of
a transportation board to be charged
with responsibility for regulating all
modes of transportation. The commi'
tee, composed of three representatives
each from railroad management and
labor proposed a comprehensive pro-,
gram for immediate rehabilitation of
the carriers.
The committee urged revision of the
rate-making rules of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and substitu
tion of a new rule “applicable to all
modes of transportation.”
Repeal of the so-called long and
short haul clause, which prevents rail
roads from charging less for a long
haul than for a short haul over the
same route was also prpposed. The
committee suggested that; a court be
established to have exclusive juris
diction over matters connected with
railroad reorganizations, relieving the
I. C. C. of all responsibility in that
field.
The committee also recommended
that the I. C. C. be relieved of respon
sibility for prescribing a general plan
for consolidation of the railroads,
“thereby restoring to the carriers all
initiative, but requiring approval by
the transportation board of any con
solidation.
Other developments:
Representative Fish, Republican,
New York, criticized denunciation of
foreign governments by American
cabinet officers as “dangerous to the
(Continued on Page Two.)
Wall Street Is Alarmed
By Terrific Explosion
New York, Dec. 23. —(AP) Work
ers in the heart of the financial dis
trict were alarmed today by an ex
plosion which rattled the windows of
a 50-story skyscraper, the Irving Trust
building, at No. 1 Wall Street. But
nobody was hurt. Wall Streeters still
remember the explosion of September
16 1920, when a peddler s cart loaded
with dynamite blew up in front o
the offices of J. P. Morgan & Com
pany, killing 30 persons and injuring
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Insurgents
Start Drive
Over Spain
Franco Claims Gov
ernment Lines Broken
in Four Places on Cat
alonia Front; “Sui
cide” of British Con
sul Called “Execu
tion” in Spy Hunt *
Zaragoza, Spain, Dec. 23.—(AP)—
The insurgent high command an
nounced today that the government’s
front in Catalonia, in northeastern
Spain, had oeen broken in four places
by the fi"st onslaughts of a new in
surgent offensive.
(For a month reports from both
sides in the Spanish civil war have
described insurgent preparations for
a major offensive by which it was
said General Franco hoped to end the
war, now in its 30th month. But the
drive has been delayed, partly because
of the officially confirmed leakage
of Franco’s military plans to the Bar
celona government and a resultant
widespread spy hunt in insurgent
Spain, and partly because of bad
weather.
(Dispatches reaching Bourg-Ma
dame, France, on the Spanish fron
tier, today said Franco’s Moroccans
had launched six seperate attacks in
falling snow and near zero weather
against government lines along the
Segre river, near Tremp, but that all
had been thrown back.)
BRITISH CONSUL “SUICIDE”
DECLARED AN “EXECUTION”
Hendaye, France, Dec. 23. —(AP) —
Dispatches reporting the suicide of a
British consulate employe following
his arrest in an alleged widespread
spy 'plot Was interpreted in two ways
today on the border.
Reports from within insurgent
Spain said the suicide was an admis
sion of guilt in the espionage network,
and indicated the dead man, identified
in a Burgos dispatch only as “Fer
min”, a consulate porter, had tried to
smuggle military information out in
the British consul’s automobile.
Government sources, however, scof
fed at the suicide report, and declar
ed that the arrested man had been
executed. The sujicide report, they
said, was issued officially to support
the insurgent side of the alleged es
pionage plot.
Slight Gains
In Stock List
New York, Dec. 23.—(AP) —Bidding
for leading rails and industrials help
ed keep today’s stock market on the
advancing trail. After an active start,
with a large bloc of favorites chang
ing hands at gains Tunning to a point
Or so, profit-taking intervened and
cut top marks and speeds appreci
ably. The upturn was resumed later,
with a show of liveliness, and near
the fourth hour quotations were at or
around the day’s peaks. Secondary
carrier bonds achieved further popu
larity.
American Radiator 17 1-2
American Telephone 147 7-8
American Tob B 87 1-4
Anaconda 34 3-4
Atlantic Coast Line 27 1-4
Atlantic Refining 22
Bendix Aviation 26 3-4
Bethlehem Steel 75 1-4
Chrysler 82 3-8
Columbia Gas & Elec 6 3-8
Commercial Solvents 9 3-8
Curtiss Wright 6 5-8
DuPont 149 3-4
Electric Pow & Light 10 3-4
General Electric 42 1-2
General Motors 49 7-8
Liggett & Myers B 100
Montgomery Ward & Co 51 3-4
Reynolds Tob B .. j 42 3-4
Southern Railway 21 1-8
■Standard Oil N J 51 3-4
U S Steel 66 3-4
100, and there was considerable con
fusion today until it was learned that
an electric transformer on the 21st
story setback had blown up.
Lights in the huge building flickered
and became dim. pffice workers rush
ed into the corridors and a crowd
quickly gathered outside the building.
The explosion was followed by clouds
of smoke through the man-made can
yons and a heavy steam of oil cascad
ed down the New street side of the
building. The damage was negligible.
HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 23, 1938
COMMERCE SECRETARY
Had Franco Plans
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Harold Goodman, British vice con
sul, shown at San Sebastian, Spain,
was as much surprised as were
Franco officials when plans for the
Franco Spanish offensive were
found in his diplomatic pouch dur
ing a trip from San Sebastian to
St. Jean de Luz. Franco postponed
drive as he battled revolt within his
own ranks, according to reports.
Loyalist spies had obtained plans
of drive.
(Central Press)
New Jewish
Problem For
Europe Seen
Hungary’s Denial of
Full PdHtie&l and Eco
nomic Rights to Race
Causes Worries; Jews
Returning from Con
centration Camps
There
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Budapest, Dec. 23. —(AP) —Hungary
confronted Europe with a fresh Jew
ish problem today when the govern
ment placed before Parliament sweep
ing measures to restrict Jews’ par
ticipation in the economic and poli
tical life of the nation.
The anti-Semitic program was hv
troduced in an eight-mihute session
devoted to reading of a government
statement on the Jewish problem.
Hungary was obliged to protect her
self “against possible infiltration” of
Jews from neighboring countries with
a population of 200,000,000 in which
sharp anti-Jewish measures are be
ing taken, the government of Premier
Imredi explained.
In the lower house some govern
ment members shouted, “this is only
the beginning.” Up to now a haven
of comparative security for Jews,
Hungary seemed definitely headed for
restrictive legislation barring thous
ands of Jews from certain businesses,
professions and state employment.
Foreign consulates were expecting
a storm of applications for visas from
many of Hungary’s estimated 600,000
“full” Jews and 200 000 described as
“fractional” Jews, in a total popula
tion of about 9,000,000.
JEWS ARRESTED NOV. 10
RETURNING FROM CAMPS
Vienna, Dec. 23. —(AP)— Several
hundred Jews arrested during the
anti-Jewish drive which began No
vember 10 were returning today from
two concentration camps to spend
Christmas in their homes. They be
gan arriving yesterday and some of
them said they had been released
after signing pledges to leave Ger
many within three months.
Simultaneously, several Jewish fa
milies reported they had received
notices their menfolk had died in
concentration camps,
GUILFORD NEGRO IS
REPRIEVED 30 DAYS
Raleigh, Dec. 23.—(AP)—Gov
ernor Hoey said today he had
granted a 30-day parole to Bat D,
Journett, Negro coiwicted in May
in Guilford county and sentenced
to die. The reprieve automatically
fixed the new death date for the
Negro as February 17, the third
Friday after expiration of the re
prieve. Major L. P.
counsel for the man, requested ad
ditional time in whit* to prepare
what he contends is new evidence
inr the case.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Mostly cloudy, probably scat
tered light rain tonight and Sat
urday; warmer tonight and in
southeast portion and near the
coast Saturday.
Complete Break By
U. S. With Germany
Talk In Washington
Diplomatic Circles Speculate on Growing Seri
ousness of Relations With Nazis; Berlin News
papers Take Much Same View of Crucial
Situation
B?rlin, Dec. 23.—(AP)—Nazi
contrellej newspapers ridiculed
President Roesevelt today as Ger
many’s officuldom and press
awaited word from Chancellor
Hitler as to the next move in the
Ge.man-American tension arising
from Secretary Ickes’ anti-dic
tator s-hip speech. r i.he press ap
parently had instructions to mark
time on the Ickes affair until the
government had time to formulate
its policy, following Secretary
Welles’ firm rebuff of the request
for an official apology for the sec
retary of the interior’s Cleveland
talk.
As a result, bitter attacks on
I kes gave way to scorn for the
President because he had received
a medal awarded by the American
Hebrew Magazine.
Late today the press still had
published nothing of the German
pretest to Washington or Welles’
reply. Meanwhile, Nachtausgable,
Hijackers
Get $1,250
In Raleigh T
Wool worth Store As
sistant Manager Rob
bed of Deposit on
Starting for Bank;
Robbers Get Away
Raleigh, Dec. 23.—(AP) —Ser-
geant G. E. Lasater, of the Ra
leigh police department, said this
afternoon that two men held up
W. D. Reavis, assistant manager
of the F. W. Woolworth 3 and 10
Cent Store here today and escap
ed from the crowded store with
an estimated $1,250.
Reavis tofid officers he was
going down the steps from the
mezzanine office to the first floor
of the store, headed for the bank,
when two men stopped him. He
said they pushed a pistol into his
ribs and demanded the money he
carried.
Fleeing from the store, officers
said the men jumped into an old
coupe parked at the corner of
Martin and Salisbury streets, in
the center of downtown Raleigh.
The store office is reached by
a stairway completely hidden
from the store except at the bot
tom and top. The stairway is
near the back door of the store
on Salisbury street.
COAST GUARD TAKES
SICK SAILOR ASHORE
Manteo, Dec. 23. —(AP) —Captain
William Barnett and a crew from the
Oak Island coast guard station land
ed a sick seaman from the American
steamer Scottsburg early today and
sent him to a Southport hospital. The
seaman, A. B. Calbe, 21, was reported
ill of tonsilitis. The steamer was
bound to New Orleans.
Girl Dead, Father Almost
Dead In Columbus Affair
Whiteville, Dec. 23. —(AP) —A 17-
year-old girl was dead today, her
father critically wounded and a 60-
year-old man under arrest as a re
sult of a shooting scrape last night
that Sheriff H. D. Stanley said was
attributed to “jealousy as far as we
can learn now.”
The sheriff said the dead girl was
Geneva Grainger and her father was
William Grainger, 38, operator of a
filling station near a rural commun
ity ten miles south of here. Miss
Grainger was shot twice in the body,
the sheriff said, and died a few min
utes later. Her father also was shot
in the body, the bullet lodging near
the spine, the sheriff said.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY
irt an editorial drew attention to
the Jewish award to Roosevelt,
and turned its cartoonist loose on
Ickes.
Washington Dec. 23. —(AP) —Diplo-
matic circles here speculated today
on the possibilities of a complete rup
ture of German-American relations,
but State Department officials term
ed such discussions premature.
No effort was made in government
quarters, however, tc minimize the
‘ 'leal situat'd! reached with the
United States barbed rejection of a
German protest against Secretary
Ickes’ recent attack on Nazi policies.
Wo-d went out from the State De
partment that the United States would
take no further steps unless forced
to by Germany.
Hopes were expressed privately the
Hitler government would heed the
blunt statement of Acting Secretary
(Continued on Page Three.)
Named To Cabinet
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I HARRY L. HOPKINS
WPA Will Be
Big Task Os
New Congress
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Dec. 23. —One of the
big problems Congress will have to
tackle at its coming session is the
matter of the Works
Progress Adminis
tration’s cost. Times
being somewhat bet
ter than they were,
there already are
signs of a strong de
mand for a cut in
the WPA’s approp
riation. Administra
tor Harry L. Hop
kins hasn’t said any
thing to indicate
that he indorses it,
but he has said that
he favors any rea
sonable investiga-
fgl
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Hopkins
tion calculated to keep politics out of
(Continued on Page Four)
Sheriff Stanley said John B. Stan
ley, 60-year-old filling station opera
tor, was under guard at a hospital,
where he was under treatment for
wounds on the head.
The officer quoted Robert Graing
er, described as a bystander, as say
ing he disarmed John Stanley and
struck him on the head with the pis
tol after the shooting. Grainger, no
relation to William Grainger, was
quoted as saying Geneva was sitting
beside the young man in the filling
station lobby when' Stanley entered
Sheriff Stanley said John Stanley,
a widower for several years, had
“been, going to see” the Grainger girl.
Coroner Joseph Sikes ordered an
inquest Tuesday night.
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FDR Selects
WPA Chief
For Cabinet:
Succeeds Resigned
Secretary Roper; To
Be Sworn in at White
House Christmas Eve
Day; Roper Steps Otit
Today According to
His Request
it
Washington, Dec. 23. — (AP)
—President Roosevelt today
named Harry L. Hopkins to suc
ceed Daniel C. Roper as secre
tary of commerce.
Stephen Early, a presidential
secretary, announced the ap
ppintment and said Hopkins
would be sworn in in President
Roosevelt’s White House study
tomorrow.
Army Colonel Heads WPA
At the same time the President de
signated Colonel F. C. Harrington to
succeed Hopkins as works progress
administrator.
Aubrey Williams, deputy WPA ad
ministrator, will become national
youth administrator. Williams now
is executive director of NYA, a part
of WPA.
Only a few friends of Hopkins v/ill
be present at the ceremony at which
he takes his new office tomorrow. He
still must be confirmed by the Sen
ate, however. There were rumblings
of opposition to his confirmation, even
before his appointment wa3 announc
ed.
Early said he did not believe Sen
ate confirmation would he requited
for Harrington, and he drew distinc
tion between his “designation” and a
formal appointment. Harrington is an
army officer and will head WPA on
detail from the army. He will draw
his regular army pay and receive
no remuneration from WPA, the
White House said.
While Hopkins’ appointment takes
care of one of the two impending
cabinet vacancies, the White House
did not disclose when the appoint
ment of a successor to Attorney Gen
eral Cummings might be expected.
Roper’s resignation as commerce
secretary is effective today. Cum- ,
mings resigned effective some time in
January.
Cotton Shows
Little Change
*“■**' *!
New York, Dec. .23.—(AP) —Cotton
futures opened three points lower to
three higher on foreign houses selling
January and buying October. March
declined from 8.41 to 8.38, leaving the
list two points lower to one higher
shortly after the first half hour.
March moved up from 8.37 tO 8.39,
with tte list around midday net un
changed to one point higher.
CUMBERLAND LADY
BURNED TO DEATH
Fayetteville, Dec. 23. —(AP) —Mrs.
Nancy W. Hair, 62, was found burned
to death near her home in the Hope
Mills section today. County officers
said her dress apparently had become
ignited at an open fire place and that
she collapsed as she made an attempt
to get to a nearby creek.
Reynolds Not
To Object
To Hancock
Washington, Dec. 23. —(AP)—Sena-
tor Reynolds, Democrat, Ncrth Caro
lina, said today he would not oppose
£he nomination of Representative
Frank Hancock, his unsuccessful pri
mary opponent, to be a member of
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Reynolds had repommended George
Coan, Jr., North Carolina WPA ad
ministrator, for the board vacancy.
“I have no idea of making any ob
jection to Mr. Hancock’s appointment”
Reynolds said upon his return here
from a six weeks visit in Europe.
“The appointment was one about
which I had nothing to say except
to make a recommendation.”
President Roosevelt announced yes
; terday Hancock’s appointment to the
| SIO,OOO year job.