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POPULATION
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Supreme Court Justice and Mrs: Stanley Reed are driven to the White
House for the President's annual state reception to the judiciary The
dinner was marked by the appearance of the new attorney general
Frank Murphy. (Central Press)
State Budget, Coining Up
Tonight, To Be Greater
Will Call for Highway Money To Go for Other
Purposes; Schools To Get Some $3,000,000
More; Very Little More for Social Security
Likely.
Daily Dispatch Bureau, i
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By HENRY AVERILL
Raleigh, Jan. 9. —Principal feature 1
of the General Assembly’s second j
week in action will be report of the
Budget Commission, which will re
flect Governor Clyde R. Hoey’s vjews
on what the State can spend in the
ccming biennium.
Contents of the report are always
one of the best-guarded secrets in the
Capital City, and it is said that there
has never been a real “leak” in con
nection with it.
But, however well guarded they ibc,
there are many features of the re
port which can be safely forecast in
advance, not in specific sums or any
thing like that, but in a general way.
Ward Group
To Get Best
House Posts
Speaker Known As
Man Who Remembers
His Friends; Fenner
and Cassey Favored
for Money Jobs ;
Dearth of Outstanding
Material
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Jan. 9.—Week-end gossip
among legislators centers around the
committee assignments in the house,
expected to be read by Speaker Libby
Ward tonight. The fixed item of busi
ness for tonight’s session is to receive
the governor’s budget message. House
members are far more interested in
Ward’s committees.
Geography is expected to play a con
siderable part in the placements.
Without geography Ward would not
be speaker, and whatever else may be
said of the genial presiding officer of
the house, it cannot be said that he
forgets favors —or offenses.
Fenner and Cassey Favored.
The money committee chairman
ships are expected to go to John Cas
sey of Guilford and W. E. Feenner
of Nash. Although the Rocky Mount
man stated repeatedly in the pre
caucus campaign for speakership that
he did not want and would not ac
cept a committee assignment if he
failed to win the No. 1 place, he :s
expected to be offered and to accent
chairmanship of appropriations, with
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????
The governor’s address to the Gen
eral Assembly last Thursday, for in
stance, gave clues which it takes no
Philo Vance to run down.
No Startling Increase
The very first gdheraliv ation about
the report is that the budget will not
be startlingly greater for the coming
biennium than it was for the current
two year fiscal period, though it will
without any question provide for in
creases of expenditures in almost
every department.
Another thing that can be surmis
ed without qiuch stretching of a
point is that recommended appropria
tions will be based on estimated re
ceipts which include at least $4,000,-
(Continued on Page Five)
Speakership
Fight Heads
First Week
Ward’s Successful
Battle, in House Out
shines Even Gover
nor’s Message or Sen
ate Committee Assign
ments in Assembly
Opening
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Jan. 9. —Selection of Lib
by Ward as speaker of the House pro
vided the only fireworks of the North
Carolina General Assembly’s first
week of the 1939 session. After the
Democratic caucus had put the
Craven county man in the chair to
climax as keen a fight as the State
hase ever seen, affairs legislative re
sumed the even tenor of their ways.
Neither Governor Clyde R. Hoey’s
address, delivered Thursday at noon,
nor Lieutenant Governor Wilkins P.
Horton’s announcement of Senate
committees sufficed to lift proceed
ings out of the dreariest of doldrums
as there wasn’t even a scintilla of
surprise in either; unless a somewhat
unexpected willingness on the part of
the governor to commit himself foe*
and against various issues with more
than a modicum of boldness is to be
considered surprising.
Vogler in Limelight.
First controversial issue to hit the
hopper in either House was Mecklen
burg J. B. Vogler’s bill to amend the
absentee ballot law, and even this was
(Continued on Page Three.)
ONLY DAILS*
Chamberlain Goes To Rome In
1
Last Effort At Appeasement
Outlook Anything But
Bright for Accord
With Mussolini; To
Stop In Paris A s
Gesture of Support;
Week May Be Most
Decisive Since Munich
London, Jan. 9. —(AP) —Prime Min
ister Neville Chamberlain leaves for
Rome tomorrow for what many be
lieved today would be his final ef
fort to push through his policy of ap
peasing the dictatorships.
The outlook was anything but
bright a,s the premier conferred with
his key ministers today. The civil
war in Spain, now two and a half
years old, was the first obstacle be
tween the dictator, Benito Mussolini,
and Chamberlain, “the business man.”
Although under the Anglo-Italian
agreement signed last April and ac
cepted by Parliament November 2,
Italy agreed to withdraw her troops
from Spain, her newspapers openly
admit Italians are fighting there now
for insurgent Generalissimo Franco.
Many in Europe believe the trip
may mark the most decisive week
since Munich, with both dictatorships
and democracies anxious for peace,
but each at its own price.
The premier will pass through Paris
and stop there long enough for a
meeting with Premier Daladier to
give a symbolic demonstration of his
sympathy with France against Ital
ian agitation for French ‘‘Tunis, Car
sica and Nice.”
Advance List
Os Committees
In The House
Raleigh, Jan. 9.—(AP)—lncom
ing legislators today speculated
on the announcement tonight of
important House committee as
signments and a budget which is
expeeted to be the biggest in the
State’s history.
Representatives Fenner, of Nash
and Cassey, of Guilford, are ex
pected to capture the two key
'House money committee chair
manships when Speaker D. L.
Ward announces his appoint
ments. Senate committees were
announced Friday.
Indications this afternoon were that
other important House committee
chairmanships likely would line up
about like this:
Education, Johnston, of Ashe; judi
ciary No. 1, Hatch, of Wake; judi
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Coster-Musica
Had Another
Alias For Use
New York, Jan. 9.—(AP) —F. Don
ald Coster-Musica, the ex-convict who
became president of McKesson & Rob
bins, Inc., used the alias of “Mueller”
in trying to negotiate for the sale of
2,000,000 rifles to a warring nation, it
was disclosed today in a preliminary
report of the Federal Bureau of In
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U. S. Blocked
Jap Purchase
Os Munitions
Washington, Jan. 9.— (AP) —
The United States was disclosed
today to have blacklisted Japan
from purchase of either airplanes
or bombs in this country because
of Japanese army bombings of
civilian population! in China. The
ban, which went into effect last
July 1, did not prevent Japan from
buying nearly $9,000,000 worth of
American aircrafts early in 1938.
All countries 1 whose armed forces
bomb civilians are included in the
ban, but thus far Japan and Spain
are 'the only countries found engaged
in such practices. Spain is prevented
from purchasing any munitions in l
this country ;by a special embargo act
passed in 1937.
This information was contained in
the annual report of the National
Munitions 'Control Board, submitted
to the Senate today. Secretary Hull
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afICWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINLV.
HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 9, 1939
Mussolini Feeling Need
Os Bold Stroke For Land
Rome, Jan. 9.—(AP) —Premier Mus
solini has called a meeting of the fas
cist giand council, the highest Italian
executive body, for February 4, pos
sibly to study Italy’s future course
of action.
Fascist leaders by that time will
have been able to judge the'attitude
of British Prime Minister Chamber
lain, scheduled to arrive in Rome in
two days, toward Italian territorial
claims against France, and the in
surgent campaign in Spain, augment
ed by Italian fighters.
They also will be able to assess how
far Count Galeazzo Ciano, the Ital
Hull Offers Lima Pact
As World’s Peace Model
Says American Repub
lics Now Have Charter
for International Con
duct; M,ore Progress
Made Than Recogniz
ed, H eSays on Return
Home
New York, Jan. 9.—((AP)—Cordell
Hull offered the world today the
principles adopted by the eight Pan-
American Conference as “a charter
for international conduct.”
The secretary of state and chief
United States delegate to the recent
conference at Lima, Peru, said such
a charter would be ‘‘based on equality,
justice and freedom, Indispensable
foundations of peaceful and friendly
relations among nations of the
world.”
Hull, ending his six and a half
weeks journey to South America,
added:
“I return from the conference with
the conviction that its results will
have real and permanent value, and
that as time goes on the far reaching
effects of principles there enunciat
ed will become more apparent and
more significant.”
Flanked by other members of the
American delegation, the secretary of
state characterized the Lima meet
ing ias an “example for the conduct
of international relations by friendly
discussions rather than by force or
violence.”
He called attention to the impor
tance of a resolution adopted at Lima,
for reduction of trade barriers at
home at a moment when “economic
chaos is existing in considerable parts
of the world.” The declaration of con
tinental solidarity for defense, Hull
said, “represents great progress be
yond agreements adopted at former
inter-American conferences.”
Both Sides
Claim Gains
Over Spain
Hendaye, France, Jan. 9.—(AP) —
Communications from the Spanish
armies today reported victory for the
insurgents in the east and for the
government forces in the west.
Troops under General Jose Miaja,
said the government dispatch, smash
ed through Generalissimo Francisco
Franco’s lines on the southwestern
front, moving toward the Portuguese
border, and taking Granja de Tor
rehormosa.
The insurgents reported that their
war machine, rumbling eastward to
ward Barcelona, captured a series of
small villages in the Artesa sector,
bringing two competing columns to
gether for a new drive on the Cata
lan capital.
Each communication minimized the
claims of the other.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair and somewhat warmer to
night; Tuesday partly cloudy, fol
lowed by showers in west and
north central portions, slightly
warmer in northeast and north
central portions, except near Ra
leigh.
ian foreign minister, in discussions
with Hungarian and Yugoslav and
Polish statesmen, had been able to re
assert Italian influence in the Dan
ube basin to offset Nazi trade efforts
in southeastern Europe.
Many observers felt today that
Italy is attempting to strengthen her
position in central and Eastern Eu
rope to impress Chancellor Hitler with
the need to achieve some outstanding
success as compensation for fulfill
ing a role as a partner in the Rome-
Berlin axis at the four-power confer
ence on Czechoslovakia’s fate in Mun
ich last September.
Hungary Hints At
Break With Czechs
Budapest, Jan. 9.—(AP) —Hun-
gary delayed the return of its min
ister to Prague today in a strong
hint that recent border clashes of
armed forces had endangered dip
lomatic relations with Czechoslo
vakia.
The minister,. Johann Wettstein
von Westerhain, is. now in Buda
pest. He explained that he would
stay here until relations between
the two countries were “clarified.”
The border itself was quiet this
morning, but the Hungarian press
printed a foreign office statement
that another incident would have
far-reaching consequences. Both
countries were reported to be quiet
ly expelling citizens of the other.
The Hungarian revisionists league,
meanwhile, charged that “German
influences” encouraged last week’s
trouble on the frontier, which
brought light artillery into play
and resulted in new troop concen
trations.
Growers Os
Cotton Ask
More Funds
Larger Federal Bene
fits for Expanded
Crop Reduction Fea
tures of Control Is
Sought; Up to Con
gress To Finance It,
They Tell Solons
Washington, Jan. 9. —(AP) —Farm-
ers from cotton states asked Congress
today to expand the crop reduction
features of the present farm act by a
plan that would cost at least $80,000,-
000 above present farm benefits.
Meeting with more than a score of
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Flat $5 Fee
For Autos Is
Aim Os Bill
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Jan. 9'. —Bill of Senator A.
P. Palmer (Cabarrus) to levy a fixed
rate of $5 for all passenger automo
bile tags was only the first shot in a
campaign to lower motor vehicle tags.
Within a few days, at most, another
measure will go into the legislative
hopper proposing that the same uni
form $5 rate be levied on tags for
“farm to market” trucks, as well as
on passenger vehicles.
Sponsor and chief lobbyist for this
(Coatinuefc ua Page Five.)
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Italy Wants Him Bade
i'
Professor Enrico Fermi, Italian
physicist who won the 1938 Nobel
Prize for discovery of radioactive
substances, is pictured in the labo
ratory of Columbia University,
New York, where he will teach.
Italian scientists denied reports
Fermi would not return to Italy be
cause of anti-Semitic laws there.
(Central Press)
Speed Urged
To Build Up
Air Forces
Aeronautics Commit
tee Warns Congress
Nation Is Dropping
Behind as Europe Ex
pands Its Aviation;
Asks Best Air Corps In
World Here
Washington, Jan. 9.—(AP) — The
National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics warned Congress today
that “feverish” expansion of military
and commercial air fleets by foreign
nations was challenging America’s
aviation leadership.
The committee, which does research
into the science of flying, recommen 1-
ed the establishment of a laboratory
to experiment with airplane struc
tures. “It is not only a good policy
from a financial standpoint.” its an
nual report said, “but also vital from
the standpoint of national defense,
that American aircraft have a per
formance equal or superior to that of
a potential enemy.
“Mere numbers of aircrafts, how
ever, are not in themselves sufficient
for an adequate modern air force. It
is of even greater importance that
the aircraft be of the most effective
design.”
The committee declared that "the
crisis in Europe in the fall of 1933
brought forcibly to worldwide atten
tion the overshadowing influence of
air power in international affairs.”
HUBERT PROCTOR, 33,
DIES IN GOLDSBORO
Goldsboro, Jan. 9.—(AP) —Hubert
Proctor, 33, died at his home on
South Slo-cum,b street last night.
Death was attributed to paralysis.
Surviving are his widow, a sister, and
a brother. The body was taken to
Wilson for funeral and burial.
Compromise Now Talked
On Crop .Control Issues
Washington, Jan. 9 (AP)—-Admin
istration supporters in Congress may
follow the old principle of “divide
and rule” in trying to keep the crop
control system from being revamp
ed.
Republican gains in the farm belt
last November have encouraged
critics of the farm program to renew
their demand for basic changes in
policies. Well informed legislator-?
said today, however, that a major ob
stacle to a successful assault on the
present program lay in the failure of
its opponents to rally around one sub
stitute on which all could agree. It
will be to the administration’s advan
tage, they pointed out, for this condi
tion to continued.
The critics’ nearest aproach to a
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LaGuardia
Claims Sum
Not Enough
New York Mayor
Wants $915 Million
and CIO One Billion
To Run to June 30;
Congressmen Want
Amount Sharply Cut
Under FDR Figures
Washington, Jan. 9.—(AP) —Mayor
Fiorello Laguardia of New York de
clared today that the $875,000,000 re
quested by President IRoosevelt to
keep WPA going to June 30 was $40,-
000,000 too low.
Laguardia appeared before a House
appropriations sub-committee as pres
ident of the United States Conference
of Mayors.
He said the $915,000,000 supplemen
tal appropriation he was asking for
WPA would bring the total outlay for
the relief agency for the year ending
June 30 to the $2,340,000,000 sum sug
gested by the mayors last April. La
guardia’s suggestion ran counter to
the apparent desire of the sub-commit
tee to reduce President Roosevelt’s
estimates. Further WPA spending and
past relief expenditures together pro
vided fresh debate in both House and
Senate.
Besides Laguardia, the House group
called WPA Administrator F. C. Har
rison; David Lasser, of the Workers
Alliance, and Ralph Hetzell, of the
CIO. The CIO wants a $1,000,009,000
supplemental appropriation.
Across the Capitol, the Senate Com
merce Committee took up Harry Hop
kins nomination for secretary of com
merce. Committee members indicated
they would question Hopkins about
how relief was handled when he was
WPA admini: rator. They also wanted
his views on the reports of the Sen
ate Campaign Expenditures Commit
tee declaring that relief funds had
been diverted for political purposes.
HEARINGS ARE COMPLETED
AND AMOUNT MAY BE CUT
Washington, Jan. 9.(AP)—A House
apropriations sub-committee complet
ed hearings today on President
Roosevelt’s proposal for an $875,000,-
000 appropriation to finance WPA un
til June 30.
Representative Woodrum, Democrat
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Court Ready
To Pass Upon
NLRB Issues
Washington, Jan. 9. (AP) —The
National Labor Relations Board was
granted a Supreme Court review to
day of its claim to jurisdiction Over
a local company which contracted to
manufacture clothing from goods
owned at all times by another con
cern.
The tribunal consented to pass on
a decision by the Federal Circuit
Court at Philadelphia that the labor
relations act could not be applied to
the Somerset Manufacturing Com
pany, of Somerville, N. J., because it
was not engaged in interstate com
merce .
The tribunal postponed, at least un
til next Monday, decision on consti
tutionality of the Tennessee Valley
Authority act, and on the right of a
state to ratify after once rejecting
the pending constitutional amend
ment to abolish child labor
The court also agreed to pass on a
'Continued on Page Five.)
common ground so far is the so-called
domestic allotments plan. Last year,
this plan lost in the Senate 46 to 40.
Basically, it provides for a division
of the domestic markets among Am
erican growers, with a guaranteed
“fair price” for the amount that is
consumed in the United States. Far
mers would be permitted to produce
all they wanted to, but they would
have to take what they could get on
the world markets for anything in
excess of their share of the domestic
consumption. Proponents contend this
could result in “voluntary” crop con
trol.
Under the present law, farmers are
given a in; idy to reduce production
so that piicr depressing surpluses may
be kept from the market.