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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR CONGRESS OPENS TOMORROW, FACING FIGHT ’---di • < ' Hitler, Goebbels to Break Over "Love Theft”? F jjj v k& - I: - ~.- ■ : *"" ""' -■" ■■■ ■ ■■■——, ' • "~ • *—■« ■■ x . •■»"‘ v ' ; "- - ■* reported following world-wide rumors (except in Germany) that Goebbels had been severely beaten as an actress love The beating allegedly was given by friends of Gustav Froelich, German film star and * ~r a , aarova » Czech actress. Froelich was imprisoned last October after he had challenged ooeDbels to a duel because of his rumored attentions to Baarova. Goebbels’ wife was said to have gone to enmark to seek a divorce. Upper left, Froelich and Baarova. Upper right, Goebbels and Mrs. Goebbels. Below, b roeuch s first wife, Gitta Alpar, whom Goebbels allegedly caused Froelich to divorce in 1934 be* cause she was Jewish, and their baby. Daladier Pledges Corsicans Complete Defense Os France New Year’s Celebration Fatal To 193 In Nation (By The Associated Press.) Accidents caused at least 193 deaths in the first two days of the nation’s 1939 New Year celebration. A generally saner and unusual obser vance indicated that the number would be substantially less than that of the three-day Christmas celebra tion a week ago, when more than 500 persons died violently. Automobile crashes resuted in more than 150 fa talities. Five drownings, homicides, asphyxiations and plane crack-ups ac counted for most of the rest. The number of suicides was large as is usual. Depressed instead of ex hilarated by the seasonal factivities. 14 persons, nine men and five women, killed themselves in the New York metropolitan area alone. East-West Air Mail In State Nearer Raleigh, Jan. 2.-( API-North Carotinj Vs congressional (delegation) will receive next week a master brief” presenting the needs for an east-west air mail route in North Carolina, L. H. Duncan, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, eiid today. , The “master brief” to be presented to Federal authorities, will be prepar ed from briefs furnished by towns (along the proposed route setting forth the advantages and needs of the ser vice, Duncan said. The secretary ■explained that the proposed route would run from Norfolk, Va., through (Continued on Page Five) Judge Henry Grady And Mrs. Outlaw, Os New Bern," Married Durham, Jan. 2.— (AP) —Judge Henry A. Grady and Mrs. Grace S. Outlaw, of New Brtn, will be ■» married here this evening. The wedding will he performed by Rev. George Matthis in the manse of Trinity Avenue Presbyterian church. , The ceremony will take place at 6:30 o’clock, and will be quiet and simple. The attendants will be members of the families of the bride and bridegroom, including Lieutenant Edward Outlaw and Mrs. Outlaw, from Florida; Henry A. Grady, Jr., and Graham Grady of New Bern, and Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Grady, of Mooresville. . •*. LESLIE PERRY MEMORIAL mtnuttKtnx Batin Bt snatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINS * LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP ■ll*l. AS.J 1 ii.ii.SS. Among them was a 67-year-old den tist from Livingston Manor, N. Y., who shot himself to death in a Times Square hotel as 1,000,000 revelers in the streets below haled the advent of 1939. The most tragic single incident was the plunge of a heavily loaded automobile into a creek near Green ville, Ala. Seven of eight persons, on a family outing, were drowned. Four high school students were burned to death near Roanoke, Ala.. following the collision of a school bus and another car More than a score lost their lives in fires. Five were fatally burned in a IRumford, Md., hotel, and five in Pennsylvania. Ten or more were shot accidentally. Falls killed several. Few i deaths from alcoholism were reported. Ministry Os Defense For U. S. Talked By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Jan. 2. —With Con gress up to its ears in consideration of the biggest military program in the country s Hp V : WEBfc' £ David L Walsh At present there are four congres sional committees wrestling with questions relating to our potential fighting strength: Chairmen Morris Sheppard’s and Andrew J. May’s army groups, respectively of the up per and lower legislative chambers; Chairmen David I. Walsh’s and Carl Vinson’s navy aggregations, likewise respectively senatorial and represen- Latorial. These committees do not cooperate worth a cent. That is to say, perhaps there is a certain com munity of interests between the two army set-ups on one side, and the two navy crowds on the other side, but there is not a bit of it between the army and the navy men. They are at least mutually indifferent and maybe '% trifle jealous of one another. (Continued on Page Five.) peace - time his tory, several of ICji'pitol Hill’s best authorities on the subject are urg ing the formation of a joint commit tee of senators and representatives t o determine just what are Uncle Sam’s army, naval and aviation needs —and to deal with the whole thing os a single issue. It isn’t a bad idea. HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 2,1939 Premier Assures Is landers Nation I s Powerful and They May Rest in Calm With Protection Near; New Crisis Is Feared at Djibouti Ajaccio, Corsica, Jan. 2.—(AF)— French Premier Daladier today an swered Italian clamor for Corsica. France’s Mediterranean island de partment, by telling the islands that France was strong and would protect them. “France does not need to be aggres sive or menacing,” the premier said. “She has no need to raise her voice. She must be strong. She is, and it is that I have come to -tell you now while this squadron circles your is land.” He referred to a fleet of warships in the Ajaccio harbor, which had con voyed him from France, and which he pictured as an “image” of France's strength. Daladier spoke at the muni cipal building after a rousing colorful reception. “While this squadron circles your island,” he said, “I wish every far mer and every fisherman seeing it pass to return to his home with the calm of one who knows security. This squadron is the image of France’s strength, and her vigilante affection.” The thousands of islanders, many from interior mountain towns, jam med the waterwront, cheering: “Cor sica is French.” Meanwhile, in Paris, a Havas (French) News Agency dispatch from Djibouti said that the Italian consul general at that French Somaliland (Continued on Page Five) Vill Decide Where Kelley Will Be Tried Richmond, Va., Jan. 2. (AP) —Vir- ginia and North Carolina officials will confer 'this week on which state will first try Roy Kelly, 20, an es caped convict charged with killing two Burlington, N. C., officers and with wounding a Virginia State troop er. I ( The young man, object of an inten sive police hunt in several southern elates since Sheriff M. P. Robertson and Officer F. W. Vaughan were kill ed in a Burlington gun battle De cember 7, was surprised and captur ed Saturday as he Aeft a South Hill, Va., lunch room. With an air of resignation, Kelly said in his jail cell here that he expected to be carried back to North Carolina on a Federal warrant charg ing him with being a fugitive from, justice. Oscar Pitts, North Carolina superintendent of prisons, said the matter would be discussed with Vir ginia officials here Wednesday. New Offensive Os Insurgents Begun Tien ’aye, France, Jan. 2.—(AP) —Spanish government dispatches saiu three insurgent battalions clashed agairjjt government forti fications guarding the road to Va lencia early this morning in an attack apparently presaging a new offensive against that Mediterran ean seaport. \be alt ckers struck at fortifica tions along the Segorbe-Valencia road at Castillo-Noguerra, near Nules, continuing throughout the morning. sources declared that Generalissimo Franco’s troops, re newing activity on the coastal front, gained -key positions twelve miles north of Sagunto after bitter fighting with the government de fenders. Smashing attacks Sunday in the region of Viilanova de Meya, be tween Trejnp and VaMaguer, won at least a dozen important villages and positions for Generalissimo forces on the front, which is from J 75 to 90 miles from Barcelona it self. Weather Is Cloudy, Cool In Pasadena Capacity Crowd o f 90,000 Spectators Sees Duke and Southern California Battle for Rose Bowl Football Classic Honors I n As teriioon Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 2. —(AP) —Low- hanging cloudy obscured the sun and provided crisp, cool weather today as Duke University emu the Trojans of the University of Southern Califor nia collided in the Far West’s foot ball titanic in the Rose Bowl. Duke, the only team in 24 years of Rose Tournament football to enter the classic with an unbeaten, untied and unscored upon record found it self in the strange position of the short-ender. Before a capacity crowd of 90,000 spectators, these sturdy Blue Devils from Durham, ,N. C., were taking the field to prove that their record was no fluke, and convinced the majority of the guessing guys that they were wrong. In their favor was the fact that the team on the thin edge of the odds has won all hut one of the games in the last five years. Added to this, was the edge of four victories to two that the grid elevens from the South hold over the West’s best in the Wars of the Roses. Yet few except the partisans from the South gave Coach Wallace Wade’s team the nod. Those men of Troy, who broke the long victory string of last year’s Rose Bowl winner, were two-to-one favor ites to add Duke’s impressive scalp to their collection. Meanwhile, Pasadena opened a flower-bound memory book to cele brate the 50th Tournament of Roses with a five-mile parade of 65 blos (Continued on Page Five) Election Board Proposal Receives Wide Approval Governor, However, Silent Over Absentee Bal lot Repeal or Rigid Safeguards on Its Use; Ex tensive Revision Urged by Board Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRY AVERILL Raleigh, Jan. 2.—While Governor Clyde R. Hoey and most others who will be concerned with carrying through its recommendations have kept silent regarding the report sub mitted Friday by the State Board of Elections, the general tenor of such comment has been heard is almost un ianimously commendatory of Chair man Will A. Lucas and his associa tes. Even those who might be expected to oppose complete repeal of the ab sentee ballot law speak highly of the energy and effort put into the report by the State Board. The proposed safeguards against abuse of the absentee ballot, advanc ed in the board’s: suggested substitute for the present law, drew especial praise. These safeguards place responsible Speakership Fight In The Legislature Is Nearing Climax Gossip Is Libby Ward Has shade Better of Race With Victor Bry ant and William E. Fenner; All Three Are Claiming Success, However ~ .. - Raleigh, Jan. 2. (AP) —A hot cam paign o: soeu’-cr of the 1939 House of Representatives nc?j."ed a climax here today as each of three candi dates c’aimcd he led a race on’y one could win. , The race vill he finally decided, at the Democratic caucus Tuesday even ing. It appeared wide open. Victor F. Bryant, of Durham; D." I. G ihhy) Ward cf New Bern, and Wil liam E. Fenner, of Rocky Mount, had established ouarters in the Sir Walter hotel, and they and their adherents were busy lining up Assembly van guardsmen who were arriving early. Fenner and B yant emphatically reiterated expressions of confidence they have made during the past few days, but were careful to appear either oyer, or un,der-confident. Bryant for weeks was considered well in the lead, but observers say Fenner and Ward have* picked up votes recently From Ward there came this op timistic statement: “There’s been a definite swing to ward me in the past few days. I think I’m going to win. And that’s honest.” Ward’s workers, too, appeared op timistic and more willing t,o declare their allegiance than supporters of the other two. These included Repre sentative John W. Cassey, of Guilford i William T. Hatch, and Charles B. Park, 'of Wake, and Fred R. Seeley, eS- ‘ ** ' ?'*.*?•** * fCoitinuei or PaTe Five; Churches In Frisco Probe FHA Offices San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 2. —(AP) — The San Francisco Federation of Churches opened a campaign today through 1,066 churches in Northern Caolifornia to force the United States Senate to investigate charges of im morality and heavy drinking in the San Francisco offices of the Federal offices of the Federal Housing Ad ministration. The charges were similar to those voiced by J. O. Davis aft*>r he was ousted as FHA regional director. W. J. Lockwood, deputy FHA adminis trator for the Far West, investigated and reported that Davis’ charges were unfounded. The church federation, however, in a letter to clergymen signed by (Rev. Ralph Knudsen, president, and Rev Otis Linn, social relations commis sion chairman, alleged its own inves tigation of FHA offices here, revealed “deplorable conditions.” It said “it is the unquestionable duty of the chur ches of this State to assert their moral leadership in an effort to cure, these conditions.” lity for the absentee ballot adminis tration squarely upon the county -elec tion .boafd chairmen and are so mani fold and strict as to lead members of the State Board feel that they are well-nigh fraud proof. As listed in a supplementary state ment accompanying the board’s re port, these safeguards are: 1. Duties, responsibility of and lim itation on Chairmen, County Boards of Elections: 1* the sole custodian of ab sentee ballots and supplies. 2. Issuance is his non-delegable re sponsibility. 3. He can issue only upon written, sworn application filed with him by the voter. 4. He can deliver ballot only to the voter applying for saime.' 5. He must enter applications upon «♦; (Continued on Page Five\ PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Attorney General Br JB m FRANK MURPHY, former governor of Michigan Gov. Murphy Takes Over Cabinet Job Realizes He Faces Difficult Job as Attor ney General, But Would Not Have It Otherwise ‘ ’ Washington, Jan). &—(AP) — Frank Murphy, 45-year-old retir ing governor of Michigan, became attorney general of the United States today In a simple cere mony in President Roosevelt’s Study. Justice Stanley Reed ad ministered the oath in the pres ence of President Roosevelt, Vice- President Garner, other high gov ernment officials, and relatives and friends of the new cabinet of ficer. Murphy is one of the youngest men ever named the govern ment’s chief law officer. He suc ceeds Homer Cummings, of Con necticut, who retired today to re turn to private practice of law. In administering the oath, Justice Reed used an old Murphy family Bible. Washington, Jan. 2.—(AP)—Frank Murphy, former governor of Michigan,, and firm adherent of New Deal po licies, came to the Capitol today to be sworn in as attorney general. “I face a difficult job, hut I would not have it otherwise,” Murphy said '.Continued on Page Five) TARBORO’S LIQUOR TRUCK IS LOCATED Tarboro, Jan. 2.—(AP) —A. B. Bass manager of a trucking company here said today a truck which was hijack ed early Saturday near Chester, Pa, had been found near Frinceton, N. C., but no trace had been found of its 10,000 load of liquor. The liquor was being brought to Tarboro to be placed in the Edge combe county bonded warehouse for re-shipment to County ABC stores. One Os Five Men . Escaping Criminal Ward Re-Arrested Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 2. —(AP) Cleveland police today arrested Rus sell Nuckles, of Cleveland, one of five desperate inmates who escaped yes terday from the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane at Lima, Ohio. Details of the arrest of Nuckles, for merly a Mansfield reformatory inmate could not be learned immediately. Meanwhile, authorities widened their search for the four other in mates, who with Nuckles, overpow ered the guards and escaped in a stolen automobile. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Fair, slightly warmer in moun tains of southwest portion to night. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Relief And Defense Are Tough Spots Crucial Session To Put Roosevelt Leadership to New Tests; Demo crats To Back Presi dent, Despite Reduced Majority; G. O. P. To Fight Washington, Jan. ?.—(AP)—lmme diate clashes over relief and defence oolicies were in prospect today as members of Congress began assem bling for a crucial session which will put President Roosevelt’s leadership '.o new* tests. Vice-President Garner and Speakor Bankhead will call the session to or der at noon tomorrow. The President will deliver his annual messpfrc Wed nesday and the battle will be on. Even before the formal opening, however, members of the strengthened Republican minority were demanding a reorganization of WFA activities and were urging caution in develop ing an armament program. Demo cratic leaders, on the other hand, ex oressed confidence that their reduced majority would carry out the Presi dent’s wishes on these and other is sues. Representative Rayburn, Democrat. Texas, unopposed for re-election as Democratic floor leader, Commented: ‘I think our party is going to work ogether this session and be very har monious.” Rayburn and other veteran Democrats were greeting new party members in advance of the House Democratic caucus this afternoon. Of ices and Capitol corridors were filled vith legislators renewing acquain ances, discussing the November elec tions and speculating on the 1940. presidential campaign. Republican House members, whqae otal of 169 is nearly double their lumber in the 1938 session, will meet tonight to choose a minority leadeV. Representative Martin, of Massachu setts, far in the lead for the position, said “the rubber stamp days are ove l ; tone are the days of court packip crackdown and purge. The American people once more are the masters of their own government and are, \hCZe fore, free.” Senator Bailey, Democrat, North Carolina, a frequent New Deal critic, told reporters he was preparing a bill to revamp the WPA, but would with hold it until he saw what the admin istration would propose. Tariff May Be Issue In Farm Battle Washington, Jan. 2. —(AP)— The tariff, an issue crver which many his toric legislative battles have been waged, may be debated again during consideration of the farm problem by he new Congress. Administration farm leaders have indicated they would use tariff pro motion now accorded many products of American industry as an argument, '.n favor of a proposal of Secretary Wallace that processing taxes be re jnacted. Receipts from such taxes (Continued on Page Five.) Treason Os Ex-Premier Stirs China 200 Government Par ty and Military Lead ers Arrested as Result of Pe4ce Plan Hong Kong, China, Jan. 2. —(AP) Expulsion of former Premier Wang Ching-Wei from the Kuomintang (Chinese government) partly rained speculation today as to how far his efforts for peace with Japan might have been aimed at splitting China’s military unity. ' A special session of the party com mittee read Wang out of the party yesterday at Chungking, temporary Chinese capital, for “deserting, his post and suing for. peace in contra (Continued on Page Fu e)
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