HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR FDR TELLS CONGRESS U. $. IS _ * * * * * * * * * X X X X ' * •** **• •*• *• f f y - y State Legislature Opensj Gets Absentee Ballot Law Murphy Taking Oath as Attorney General ii'i ——~—— — '"'" —“ 8 »f|i| President Roosevelt looks on in the White House as former Governor Frank Murphy (center), of Michi gan, is sworn in as Attorney General of the United States. Associate Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed administers the oath. Murphy succeeds Homer S. Cummings, who resigned. Fascist Groups In Japan Gain Control Os The Government Konoye Cabinet Gives Way for Party De manding Stronger Hand in East Asia; Konoye Followers in Personal Danger from Foes Tokyo, Jan. 4. (AP) —Emperor Hirohito tonight commanded Baion K. Hiranuma, fascist-inclined presi dent of the privy council, to form a new cabinet in succession to that o. Premier Prince Fumimara Konoye. Hiranuma, outstanding nationalist, was summoned to the palace after ti e comparatively liberal Konoye had le signed with the declaration that the war in China had come to a stage where “new policies under a new cab inet” should be formulated. The 19-months-old Konoye cabinet fell before strong militarist-fascist de mand for reorganization at home and abroad, for renewed efforts to fasten Japan's will on east Asia. It was an onslaught of fascist minded elements, who want a single political party for Japan, more rigid control of economic life, and a new administrative policy in China. Feel ing was so intense that in some quar ters fear was expressed for the per sonal safety of some of the retiring ministers. baron Jicß-dcd. 3- nationalist Ja (Continued on Page Two.) Election Body To Fight For Its Proposals Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raeigh, Jan. 4—At least two Dem ocratic members of the State Elec tions Board will go “down the line” during this legislative session in an effort to have the board’s recommen dations made into the law of North Carolina. ' This much has already been indi cated by conferences of Chairman Will A. Lucas and associate George McNeill, of Fayetteville, with Lieute nant Governor Wilkins P. Horton, up on whom devolves the duty of ap pointing the chairman and committee which will consider all election law proposals introduced in the upper house. Neither of the two gentlemen said (Continued on Page Two.) UrniU'rsmt Batin Bianatrh LEASED Wire SERVIOP I nw the associated pr C eIs OP Bailey To Attack Dairy Amendment Washington, Jan. 4.—(AP)—Sen ator Bailey, Democrat,. North Car olina, promised today an attack on one of the most controversial pro visions of the administration crop control program, the so-called dairy amendment. “I am going to battle to elimi nate it, and I expect wide support,” he said. The provision provides that a far mer who takes land out of cotton or certain other crops cannot use the land for corn or livestock pro duction. If he docs, his Federal benefits are forfeited. Bailey said the huge cotton sur plus now piled up under govern ment loans made it natural for southern farmers to turn to live stock and other crops. May Lift Tax From More Os Basic Foods Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter HoteL. Raleigh, Jan. 4.—Past records and current observation of members of the legislature which convened today at noon indicate that the only modi fication of the sales tax that has even a remote chance for passage during the session is further exemption of foods and, perhaps, wuels when sold for use in the home. Not the least potent reason for giv ing even this rather minor change a fighting chance is the great fear of offending the “one gallus” man back home which abides in the breast of such a large percentage of politicians including members of the legislature When there is presented to them. — as there will be presented by Repre sentative J. B. Vogler, of Mecklen burg—that they are taxing the “very -food that goes into the mouths of babes whose parents are not able to pay even the few pennies tax demand ed”, they are going to vote Mr. Vog ler’s way, which is for the exemption of all articles of food and fuel for home use. His record of successful sale tax amendments was good in the 1937 ses sion. He won’t deny, off the record, that his success in getting through the exemption of bread and rolls was due to the fact that members were (Continued on Pose Two.) ONLY DAILY Legislators Will Not Be So Gullible Not Going To Accept Readymade Bills from Washington Unless Agreeable, According to Word Gleaned from Early Arrivals in Ra leigh Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Jan. 4.—While members of the legislature arriving in Raleigh Monday night and Tuesday were more concerned about the knock-down-and drag-out fight for the speakership, a few of them took time-out from the whispering huddles to express some op inions about prospective legislation. Every man interviewed prefaced his answer with the request “don’t | quote me,” but it may be stated dog matically that proposed legislation will be more closely scrutinized dur ing the coming session than has been the case in recent legislatures. This is particularly true in the case of ready-made bills sent down from Washington, or coming from any source outside the legislature itself. Members of the 1939 General As sembly remember the hectic days of 1933, when certain bills written in Washington were sent down with in structions that they must be passed exactly as written. This was necessary because of the banking situation, and admittedly much of that legislation was good. But legislators did not then and do not now, like to take that sort of dictation. Again in the special session of 193?> when newly elected assemblymen were convened just a few days before Christmas, and instructed to pass the social security bills sent down from Washington, without discussion or chance of discussion, and without changing a comma, there was some resentment. It is generally agreed now that most of this legislation, cer (Continued on Page Eight Night Deer Hunt Costs Two Pender Men Over SSO Each Raleigh, Jan. 4.—(AP) —A fruit less nocturnal deer hunt cost two Pender county men SSO apiece, and additional fines for other viola tions following their arrests and conviction recently, Commissioner John Chalk, of the game and in land fisheries division, said today. He named the pair as Henry Chadwick and Clinton Bonds, and said they were convicted as the result of evidence obtained by un der-cover investigators for his division. NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNO ON, JANUARY 4, 1939 Ward Named Speaker Os Lower House W. E. Smith Made President Protem of Senate; Rules Com mittees Announced in Both Houses, Which Hold Very Brief Or ganization Session Raleigh, Jen. 4. —;AP > —Gen- eral Assembly convened today and immediately received a bill from Re presentative Vogler, Mecklenburg, tc amend the absentee balldt law. Consideration of the absentee vot ing statutes, under attack most of the summer And fall, due to alleged pri mary and election irregularities, had been enlisted as one of the big mat ters for the Ass