Newspapers / Henderson daily dispatch. / Jan. 24, 1939, edition 1 / Page 1
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HENDERSON'S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR FALL OF BARCELONA TO REBELS IMMINENT Election Law Bills Four Into Assembly Asking For Changes Salemburg School Has $40,000 Fire Salemburg, Jan. 24.—(AI») —A S 10.000 fire damaged the Salemburg school today before it was brought under control. No one was hurt and most of the furniture was sav ed, hut ten tons of coal stored in the basement was still burning to day. Members of the Clinton fire department aided local fire-fight ers in controlling the blaze, which Parted from a water heater In a locker room of the grammar school building, and spread to the high m bool building. Officials said the loss was covered by insurance. State Group Mas Plan Os Retirement Employees May In vite Teachers in With Them, Though Teach ers Have Held Out on Other State Workers Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter HoteL By G. LYNN NISBET. Raleigh, Jan. 24. —Having waited waited with patient futility for an invitation to join the teachers in a retirement plan, other State em ployees have about concluded to ex tend the invitation themselves and let the teachers go along with them. Although unofficially informed that the teachers did not want their re tirement plan encumbered by attach ing provisions for other State em ployees, the other employees are still negotiating for a place on the band wagon. A committee, headed by Bank Commissioner Gurney P. Hood, has been studying the matter for weeks. Reports made at the January meeting of the State Employees’ Credit Union was approved by the employees and the committee was instructed to con tine its work, to confer with repre (Continued on Page Two.) Ex-Legislator In South Carolina Is Accused Os Bribe York, S. C., Jan. 24.—(AP)—The York county grand jury today indi cated former Representative Q. E. Britt, of Rock Hill, on charges of accepting bribes or rewards on two occasions. The indictment charged that Britt accepted sums of money from R. E. Wingate for “procuring or assisting to procure” appointment of Wingate cs Catawba Indian financial agent. The bill alleged the former repre sentative accepted $l5O from Win gate on July 13, 1937, for obtaining the appointment by Governor John ston, and SIOO on August 2, 1938, for obtaining re-appointment. Britt recently - said he had been to the place. School Folks Concerned About Intangible Taxes Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By G. LYNN NISBET Raleigh, Jan. 24. —A lively interest pnd some concern was manifest today among department of education offi cials at the import of Judge Walter B' ue’s decision in the Wilson county intangibles tax case. The amount in volved in that action is not largo, and mere are local conditions which had healing on the particular decision. N< vei theless, school folks regard it as danger signal. lie section of the 1937 revenue act dealing with collection and distribu tion of the tax on intangibles states that the money shall be used for tln payment of interest and principal of indebtedness contracted for school purposes. This appears in the pream iftcttiicrsmt Haifa jOtsmtfrlr LEASED WiRE SERVICE OF IHE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Four Measures Spon sored by State Elec tions Board Ask (Re peal of Absentee Law, Smaller Precincts and New Registration; U. N. C. Asks More Money Raleigh, Jan. 24.—(AP)—Proposals to revise the State’s e.ection laws held t'he center of the legislative stage today. The House got four bills sponsored by the State Elections Board, calling for repeal of the present law on ab sentee voting, and substitution of a new statute; splitting of larger pre cincts, a new registration and tight ening of laws on markers. In came also bil s to repeal the absentee ballots law as it applies to Polk, Swain, Catawba, Madison, Sampson and Hoke counties. The joint committee on election laws called a public hearing for to fnorrow morning as some two dozen bills facing it. Representatives Bryant and Pol ard, of Durham, introduced a bill to provide for licensing and regula tion of all road houses, tourists camps, cabin camps, dance halls and tourist homes in the State. Representative Holloman, of Hali fax, sent in a proposal to amend the laws requiring clerks of courts to De at their offices between certain hours and on certain days. The Senate passed and sent to the House the Larkins-Blythe bill to r-e write and extend the provisions of the law setting up an officers’ bene fit fund for tho&c killed or injured in line of duty. The bill provides for (Continued on Page Two.) R. W. SANDERS, 48, OF CLAYTON, DIES Clayton, Jan. 24.—(AP) Robbie Wendell Sanders, 48, prominent busi ness man and farmer, died at his home early today of a heart attack, after a brief illness. Funeral services will he conducted Wednesday after noon from the home. He leaves a widow, two sons, three stepdaughters, and sister and three brothers. Ex-Police Chief At Coats Is Tried In Texas Slaying San Augusitine, Texas, Jan. 24. — (AP) —The State began presentation of its evidence today in the trial of Lester Parker, former police chief of Coats, N. C., on trial charged with the murder of Laurie Amie in 1982, Selection of a jury was completed yesterday. Aftre the last juror had taken his seat in the box, Judge F. P. Adams recessed court for the day. HARNETT COUNTY PEOPLE FURNISH AID TO OFFICER Dunn, Jan. 24.—(AP)—A number of Harnett county officials have sign ed affidavits attesting the character or Lester Parker, former Coats police chief, on trial on a charge of murder in San Augustine, Texas. More than a half dozen depositions were taken •and sent a ong with a f inancial con tribution to Parker’s lawyers. Among those making depositions were Sheriff W. E. Salmon, Judge Floyd H. Taylor, Mayor J. B. Wil liams of Coats and State Senator Fred Thomas. ble to the section, and is reiterated in the paragraph providing for dis tribution of the tax. It does not say what slrall be done with the money accuring from the tax to cities and towns which do not have any school debt. And this is the issue in the Wil son case. The same issue had pre viously been raised at Oxford and at Charlotte, though in neither of those instances did it go so far as the courts. For many years counties and towns have required listing and have col lected taxes on bank deposits and other so-called “intangibles” wealth on the same basis with other personal property. In 1937 the legislature took over intangibles for exclusive taxa (Continued on Page Three.). ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGENLV. Rescuers and rescued of New York-Bermuda flying boat Cavalier tell dramatic story of survivors clinging to rubber life belts in stormy Atlantic for 10 hours prior to rescue by the tanker Esso Baytown. Above, 111-fated plane, map of the scene, and left to right. M. R. Alderson, plane’s captain, rescu Military Men Arguing Over Guam Defense By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Jan. 24. —Although war experts like Maj. Gen. William C. Rivers, retired, deprecate the pro- n r Maj. Gen. Rivers Senator Wiilliam E. Borah, notably, among U. S. lawmakers, agrees with Gen. Rivers, Os course all our paci fists groups take the same position. For that matter, no civilized person dissents from the proposition that the United States should be very hesi tant to aggravate Nippon unneces sarily. However, there are others (not of the firebrand class, either) who ar (Continued on Page Five.) THREE PRISONERS SAW THROUGH BARS Raleigh, Jan. 24.—(AP)—Three pri soners successfully sawed their way through cell bars at the Guilford county prison camp today and escap ed, State Fenal Superintendent Oscar Pitts said today. Kansas City Jury - Told To Get Head Os Gambling Ring Kansas City, Jan. 24.—(API- Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves, who broke open the 1936 vote frauds, set a grand jury on the trial of another scandal today with an order to get the “big man”' in Kansas City gambling. He did not name the “big man” In his 3,000-word charge to the jury. Judge Reeves .aimed the jury with one (of the government’s most fearsome weapons, the in come tax evasion statute, which sent A1 Capone to Alcatraz. “Gambling places exist,” he said “from which huge incomes, enor mous incomes, are derived, and from which the government, burdened as it is and burdened as its citizens, are derived no benefit and no income, and the people .must suffer the odium of having these places maintained i among them.” , tk , HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 24 1939 DRAMATIC RESQUE OF OCEAN PLANE’S SURVIVORS % —: . :,::• H :/: ;X . ••. .TT • .. - W L v J .. „■ posed American for tification of the western Pacific is land of Guam, as a needlessly provoca tive gesture in Jap an’s direction, there evidently is a good bit of sentiment in Washington to the effect that now is a particularly oppor tune juncture for Uncle Sam to de- slate Japan’s mili tarists. Roosevelt ApP roves Postponing Freedom Os The Philippines President Submits to Congress Report of Com mittee on Philippine Affairs, Approved by President Quezon; Senator Adams Charges Relief Propaganda Washington, Jan. 24.—(AP) —Presi- dent Roosevelt submitted to Congress for its consideration today the report of the joint preparatory committee on Philippine affairs, recommending post ponement from 1946 to 19G0 of econo mic independence for the Philippines. Mr. Roosevelt said the report, made public last November, had his ap proval, as well as that of President Quezon, of the islands. It proposes gradual elimination of existing trade privilgees, beginning in 1946, to permit the island republic to adjust its economy to the normal con dition of a completely free country, having to pay in full tariffs the Unit ed States demands of other countries. Meanwhile, Senator Adams, Demo crat, Colorado, opened Senate debate Huge British Bomber Lost In Big Storm London, Jan. 24. (AP) —British warships and royal air force planes searched the English channel today for a British bombing plane v/ith six men aboard, missing since yesterday’s storm which caused widespread dam age to Atlantic shipping. Lloyds, which received SOS signals from 15 ships yesterday, reported that three of them were making tor their home ports. There were no reports from the others, including the 7.200- odd ton Chilean passenger ship Acon cagua, but there was little anxiety because the weather had moderated. The Chilean ship, with a crew esti mated to number 200, and an undis closed number of passengers, reported at noon Sunday that a damaged steer ing gear had left her helpless about 200 miles west of Ireland. The coast guard found a sma’l sailing boat wrecked near St. Ives, (Continued on Page Two.) WE ATI 8 ER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Generally fair ton’ght and Wednesday: colder i:i extreme east portion. > _ • ed in critical condition; Robert Spence, steward, missing; Pat rick Chapman, radio officer who caked for aid; Neil Richardso n, first officer; and Charles Talbot, Brookline, Mass, one of rescued passengers. on the relief bill, with an assertion that misstatements and propaganda had been circulated in an effort to increase the allotment. Adams, the bill’s floor manager, said there “has been much misstate ment of the situation, some innocent and some not innocent.” “There has been very extensive propaganda,” he added, “and the is sue has been misstated to the people of the United States.” Army officers, also, gave Congress some details on the proposed sllO,- 000,030 program to complete the equip ment of existing regular army and National Guard units. Brigadier-Gen eral R. M. Back, assistant chief of (Continued on Fage Eight.) Reason For Sea Tragedy Still Mystery New York, Jan. 24—(AP). — Captain M. R. Alderson, skipper of the Imperial Airways plane Cavalier today discounted reports ice had frozen the carburetors of the plane and caused it to crash. “The cause of the tragedy,” he said, “is a mystery to me. At no no time did I have the slightest fear c*f ice forming on the craft.” It was his first intensive inter view since the ship went down in the Atlantic Ocean. “I have f own through far worse conditions. I can say defi nitely that ice conditions were hot serious on this trip. Preparations for dealing with ice on the Cava lier, were ample. The exact cause, however, has yet to be determin ed.” New York, Jan. 24. —(A!P) —Why the .uxurious British air liner Cava lier crashed at sea with the loss of three lives remained a mystery today as ten survivors described how they sang and shouted to keep their cour age qliye until their epic rescue. They told the story of an eleven (Continued on Page Twa> PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. France Set For Border Emergencies Strong Guard To Handle Refugees from Spain Is Mobilized as Tenseness Grows In Insurgent Advance Perpignan, France, .Jan. 24. —JAP)— France adopted extraordinary police measures along her tense Spanish frontiers today, anticipating a flood of refugees from the Catalan war front. Primary emergency precautions were taken in an area extending 125 miles inland from the Mediterranean, and some distance north from the bor der. On all main and secondary roads in that zone, Perfect Didkowski es tablished mobile guard barriers which were in addition to posts on the fron tier proper where the guardsmen re gularly watch every mountain pass. Folice of every village, and forest guards and other local officers in the zone were notified they formed a part of the refugee-watching service. Three infantry regiments in Per pignan and other nearby garrisons were designated for a secondary guard. This secondary line was or dered to watch for refugees who might get through the frontier bar rier. Under the perfect’s plans, the whole southern section of the east ern Pyreees department has been burned into a zone through which re fugees must not pass except under guard. Britain Mobilizes Army For Industrial Service London, Jan. 24.—(AF>—Great Bri tain announced plans for an indus trial “overalls” army of more than 6,000,000 men today as the insurgent advance into Spain intensified Euro pean concern over what ultimate con sequences may arise from the civil war. The government, through the min istry of labor, called the scheme one of “selective recruitment” by ✓hich workmen between 18 and 64 would in wartime be placed in reserve occupa tions, the munitions, defense and pub lic service industries. The list takes in about half the male i working population of the country, but roughly 3,000,000 are over 45. On- ' ly about one in five of men 18 to i. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Government And People Are Leaving Insurgent Bombs 'Al in os t Constantly Pounding City as Pub lic Services Fail and Government Spain’s Capital Becomes Mili tary Camp; Defend ers Fight on, However Lerida, Spain, Jan. 24.—(API- Insurgent leaders declared today that their forces had achieved “a complete break” in government defenses directly before Barce lona and that the fall of the gov ernment 'capital was regarded as a matter of hours. L | Barcelona, Spain, Jan. 24. (AP) —Many government min isters left Barcelona for the north this morning, while the beleaguered capital, pounded by insurgent bombs, and with its public services failing, be came a military camp. With an icy wind blowing, refugees crowded the streets leading out of the city. Bombs crashed from the skies at brisk intervals as the insurgent air force heavily attacked the city for the fourth successive day. (Insurgent dispatches said Barce lona was under fire of the insurgent big guns). United States officials prepared to send some of their nationals out of the war-torn Barcelona area. Government departments began withdrawing from the city despite the cabinet’s announcement that it would remain in Barcelona. Meanwhile, Hendaye, France, re ported Spanish insurgents announc ed the encirclement of the town of Gava, only seven miles from Barce lona proper, and said the Spanish gov ernment capital was under the direct fire of their artillery. While General Franco’s column, driving a’ong the coast from the southwest, bore down on its objective (Continued on Page Five.) Mystery In Army Bomber Crash; 2 Dead Bos Angeles, Cal., Jan. 24.—(A!P) High ranking army officers sought a cause today for the flaming crash of the nation’s newest light bomber, wihiich killed its test pilot and serious ly injured a French airman whose presence on the ilUfiated flight was mysteriously unexplained. Douglas Aircraft Corporation, build er of the metal twin-engined tricycle geared plane admitted it was being groomed for War Department compe tition at Dayton, Ohio. But company officia s at first gave an incorrect identity, and then refused explanation as to why Paul Ghemidlin, 33, of the French air ministry, accompanied Test Pilot John Cable, 34, when the secretly-designed bomber took off yesterday. Cable’s parachute failed to open as he plummetted to earth. Ohemidlin stayed with the plane as it crashed ir.to a parking lot near North Ameri can Aviation Company’s plant a lt Los Angeles municipal airport. 25 is affected. Omitted are most grades of clerical workers, workers in the building trades, warehousemen, parters, packers, store-keepers, enter tainment groups, salesmen, hotel and restaurant workers and general la borerg. The labor office said the men would be reserved for “armaments, agriculture, textile, essential public services, food manufacture and dis tribution.” Most of the working population not placed in the reserve group is eligible for military service. The an nouncement followed Prime Minister Chamberlain’s appeal last night for volunteers in a civil defense army. The international picture, meanwhile, was watched intently here.
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