HENDERSON’S
POPULATION
13,873
TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR
ROOSEVELT ASKS 565TEW PUKES AT ONCE
Senate Defeats Relief Bill Increase
Votes 47-46
For Cut Os
$l5O Million
Amendment Added
That President Can
Ask More Money Lat
er If Emergency
Arises To Justify It;
House Figure of $275,-
000,000 Approved
Washington, Jan. 27. (AP)
—Administration forces lost
their fight in the Senate today
to add $150,000,000 to the $725,-
000,000 relief bill. *
The vote, considered a mea
sure o fadministration strength
was 47 to 46.
President Roosevelt had. urg
ed an $875,000,000 appropria
tion to carry on work relief for
the next five months.
The House voted a $72'5,0C0,0C0 ap
propriation and the Senate Appro
priations Committee approved the
House amount. The Senate group,
however, inserted a provision that if
an emergency arose, Mr. Rooseve.t
could request additional funds.
Because of that provision, Senator
Hatch, Democrat, New Mexico, had
asserted the whole senate fight over
the appropriation, was “a temipest in
a. teapot.”
The Senate proceeded to consider
amendments to the bill before a final
ballot on the measure to supply WPA
with funds until June 20.
After passage the bill was return
ed to the House for agreement to the
Senate amendments, or a conference
between the two branches to recon
cile differences.
SENATE TO PROBE AMLIE,
, NOMINATED TO THE I. C. C.
HUGE RELIEF gldahh
Washington, Jan. 27. —(AP) —Sena-
tor Barkley, of Kentucky, the Demo
cratic leader, predicted today the Sen
ate would grant President Roose •
velt’s request for $875,000,000 for re
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Opposition
To J. P.’s Is
Shown Bitter
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
Ip the Sir Walter Hotel.
By LYNN NISBET
Raleigh, Jan. 27.—Several members
ot the legislature do not look kindly
upon attempts to set up addititonal
fact-finding agencies in State depart
ments, and make the findings bind
ing upon superior courts. Represent
ative Bost, of Cabarrus, started a
young revolt in the meeting of the
joint committee on unemployment
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Proposed Revenue Cuts
Threaten State Budget
Reduction in Rail and Other Taxes, Plus Pos
sible Increased Appropriations, Raise Red
Flag Before Legislators; Highway Diversion Is
Factor
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By HENRY AVERILL
Raleigh, Jan. 27 Fiscal experts in
the General Assemfo y are busy scrat
ching their heads and trying to fig
ure some way out of tlje very serious
threat to a “balanced budget” which
has arisen from the obvious inclina
tion of the finance committee to slash
Budget Commission estimates of
revenues.
This cutting hnd slashing intent
has been made very clear through ex
pressions of finance committee mem
bers with regard to such things as
return of intangible tax receipts to
the local governments, relief for rail
roads and other revenue matters.
Recapitulating probable revenue
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Italy And Germany
May Act Jointly In
Demands On France
Backed by CIO
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R. J. Thomas
Supported by the CIO, R. J. Thomas
was elected new head of the United
Automobile Workers by the execu
tive board, which was recently sus
pended by Homer Martin, executive
president. Repudiation of Martin
followed conference by CJO leaders.
Diversion To
Hold Solons
Many Weeks
Fiery Campaign o f
Anti’s Gaining Re
cruits ; Governor Is
Placed on the Defen
sive
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
_ In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY G. LYNN NISBET.
Raleigh, Jan. 27.—“ The current leg
islature is almost in exactly the same
position that we were in 1935, re
marked a member of that long-drawn
Senate, who was here attending the
municipal league meeting this week.
‘‘My prediction is that they will sashay
at diversion, and sheer off; then sas
hay at reducing appropriations and
sheer off; then come back and divert
—about the middle of May.”
This is in line with the prediction
of the veteran observer, Tom Bost,
that the legislature will be here un
til June. It also agrees with senti
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is -clear that there is a very distinct
is c.ear that there is a very distinct
probability that the budget estimates
are going to suffer a loss of some
thing like a million and fa half an
nually.
Here are the items of revenue
which are more than likely to be
cut out of the revenue bill, or so
changed as to produce lesser amounts
than the budgeteers figured.
(1) It is likely that the commit
tee will vote to return intangible tax
revenues to local units. This will
cost the State $500,000 in annual
revenue.
(2) The committee is unlikely to
apiprove the proposed increase in
beer taxes. This refusal will cut out
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Many Fascists Now
Regard France A s
Italy’s No. 1 Potential
Enemy; Students Are
Pleased as Mussolini
Allows Them To Gaze
Upon Him
Rome, Jan. 27.—(AP) —A crowd of
students, shouting ‘‘down with
France,” tried today to reach the
French Embassy after cheering Pre
mier Mussolini, but was turned back
by police.
The students, their ranks swelled
by many fascists, raised a clamor for
II Duce under his balcony, until he
twice answered by appearing to salute
them. Unable to reach the French
Embassy, the throng mashed to the
two Spanish embassies in Rome to
cheer “free Spain”.
(The Spanish insurgents maintain
ed embassies both to the Italian gov
ernment and to the Holy See.)
At Zara, on the Dalmatian coast,
students celebrating the insurgent
capture of Barcelona, paraded past
an upturned steel helmet, into which
they dropped contributions to a fund
being raised throughout Italy for the
return of Italian war dead from ceme
teries in France. To many Fascists,
France has become Italy’s No. 1 po
tential enemy.
Foreign circles expressed belief that
the fall of Barcelona had brought
near the day when Italy would preseii'
to France a bill for payment of fas
cist colonial claims.
Mussolini promoted Brigadier Gen
eral Gamhara, commander of Italian
troops in Spain, to the rank of gen
eral of division for his part in the
conquest of Barcelona, which the fas
cists celebrated as their own victory.
Many in the foreign colony thought
that Premier Mussolini and Chancel
lor Hitler would advance demands for
appeasement simultaneously, possibly
within the next week.
Cash Grants Made
To Czechoslovakia
By Britain, France
London, Jan. 27.—(AP)—The
British and French governments
today signed an agreement pre
senting about 8,000,000 pounds
($37,360,000) to Czechoslovakia as
an outright gift and lending her
another 8,000,000 pounds to be
used in caring for refugees. The
agreement was signed in the for
eign office by Viscount Halifax,
British foreign secretary; Chas.
Corbiii, French (ambassador to
London, and Dr. V. Postisil,
Czechoslovak financial expert.
Britain made a gift to Czecho
slovakia of 4.000,000 pounds and
France cancelled a debt of 700,-
000,000 francs, approximately
equal to the British gift, owed by
Czechoslovakia to French bank
ers since 1937.
France Hopes
For Signs Os
Peace Abroad
Paris, Jan. 27. —(AP) —The French
government looked today for some
peaceful sign from the fascist pow
ers to justify going ahead with its
proposal for an international confer
ence to banish the fear of war from
Europe. Both Premier Daladier and
Foreign Minister Bennet ’ announced
in the Chamber of Deputies yester
day that the government was ready
to call an economic and disarmament
conference if it found support in
other nations.
At the foreign office, however, it
was said no official call for such a
conference was envisaged until the
reaction from yesterday’s speeches
was studied and inquiries made
through dip omatic channels.
An indication of Nazi and fascist in
tentions was expected from Chancel
lor Hitler’s speech before the Reich
stag Monday and Premier Musso
lini’s speech Wednesday. The
French government maintained a
close contact with Great Britain on
the Spanish situation, and stuck to
its firm policy against • Italian en
croachment on French interests,
which won a vote of confidence in
the Chamber qf Deputies last night.
HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, J ANUARY 27 1939
Eyes on Barcelona
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Generalissirno Francisco Franco (right) and General Juan Solchaga,
through liela glasses, watch the insurgent advance on Barcelona as their
troons were entering the city. This picture was flown to London, then
radioed to New York.
Gov. Hoey To Argue
For Diversion On
Next Tuesday Night
Invited by Legislature To Give His Views on
Using Highway Money for General Fund Pur
poses; ‘Below Cost’ Sales Would Be Forbidden
Raleigh, Jan. 27.—(AP) —The legis- j
lature today invited Governor Hoey j
to address a joint session next Tues- !
day night, when the chief cxeeudve
will make a talk over a statewide j
radio hook-up, explaining his posi
tion on highway fund diversion.
The diversion fight is the main
topic of legislative conversation. The
budget recommendation is that up to
$7,000,000 may be diverted i. oru high
way funds during the next 30 months,
if necessary, to meet general land ex
penditures, by application ot the sales
tax to gasoline. The governor has
pointed out the law now* permits such
a transfer, but that none has been
made.
Senators received from Joyner, of
Iredell, a bill to enact an “unfair
sales law.” The measure would con
demn sales of items below cost to at
tract patronage. It would make the
Kilowatt "Fax
Alarming To
Cities, Towns
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY G. LYNN NISBET.
Raleigh, Jan. 27.—Many cities and
towns in North Carolina are as much
concerned as power companies about
proposed kilowatt hour taxes, accord
ing to expressions heard around the
edges of the convention of the League
of Municipalities here this week. In
fact, the league is enough concerned
about it to name a special committee
to watch for and study all bills such
as that introduced last Friday by Re
presentative Underwood, imposing a
quarter cent tax on kilowatts.
An official of the town of Oxford
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WEATHER
FOR NiORTH CAROLINA. ‘
Fair tonight, Saturday increas
ing cloudiness with rising tem
perature followed by rain Satur
day night. ‘
| advertising, “offering for sale or sell
| ing by any retailer or wholesaler of
} articles at less than cost, with intent
to unfairly divert trade, injure com
■■ petition or deceive customers, prima
j facie evidence e,f violation of the
law, and persons convicted v/ould be
guilty of a misdemeanor.”.
The House enacted into law the bill
re-writing, the statute on- a benefit
xund so.- law enforcement officers,
which extends to justice of the peace
courts the. provision that one dollar
be added to court costs in criminal
actions, with the proceedings going
into a State fund for the benefit of
officers injured or killed in line of
duty, and to support a bureau of in
vestigation and identification.
Senator Bain, of Wayne, offered a
bill to prohibit sale or discharge of
fireworks in the State between mid
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Referendum
On War May
Gain Margin
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Jan. 27.—Senators Ben
nett Champ Clark of Missouri, Ar
thur Capper of Kansas, Gerald F. Nye
of North Dakota
and Robert M. La-
Foliette of Wiscon
3on constitute quite
i formidable tri-par
tisan partnership of
jolons.
They have joined
forces, as they al
ready have announc
ed, in a campaign to
prevent the United
States from declar
ing war again with
out a national re
ferendum to all the
Senator Clark
voters. If such a re
ferendum indorses hostilities, we can
go ahead; if the result is negative, we
§tay out. A constitutional amendment
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PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Government Allows
Immediate Sale Os
Planes For France
Evacuates Americans
Walter Thurston
Walter C. Thurston, U. S. Charge
d’Affaires in Barcelona, evacuated
the city of all Americans who would
leave and boarded the cruiser
Omaha for Marseilles. It is indi
cated Thurston will return to the
stricken citv.
New Seizures
Are Made By
Franco Army
Barcelona, Jan. 27.—(AP) —The con
quering insurgents, flushed with
their success in capturing Barcelona,
swept up the coast today and seized
the village of Badalona, in the offen
sive designed to wipe out govern
ment forces from Catalonia.
Badalona, about six miles by rail
northeast of the fa.len provisional
capital, lies on the main highway
which follows the coast to the north
east more than 30 miles and then cuts
inland due and to the frontier
With France.
There were hundreds of demon
strations, led by truckloads of women
who were celebrating the end of
hunger, privations and the bomb
ings of war.
The spearhead of General Franco’s
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MRS THOMAS COBB
DIES FROM ATTACK
*
Mother of Miss Beatrice Cobb, Pub
lisher and Democratic Lead
er, Passes in Morganton
Morganton, Jan. 7. (AP) Mrs.
Thomas G. Cobb, mother of Miss
Beatrice Cobb, secretary of the North
Carolina Press Association, and na
tional Democratic committeewoman,
died at her home here today. Mrs
Cobb was 72 years old and a life resi
dent of Burke county. Her death was
caused by a heart attack. She was
the widow of Thomas G. Cobb, who
published the Morganton News-Herald
here. Miss Beatrice has published the
paper in recent years.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon, at 3 o’clock.
Ccmmcdity Prices Reach
Low Level Os Four Years
BY ROGER W. BABSON,
Copyright 1939, Publishers
Financial Bureau, Inc.
Babson Park, Fla., Jan. 27. This
current recovery period of business is
unique. We have had four sharp up
swings since 1932 and each one has
been paced by a vigorous rise in prices
of raw materials, clothing and food
stuffs. This time, however, prices
have gone down rather than up. As a
result, many business men and inves
tors are confused. They think that we
may be experiencing just another bub
ble which may burst at any I
take the opposite view. The fact prices
have not increased seems to be to be
a bullish, rather than a bearish, sign.
Since the low point last June, busi
ness has skyrocketed 25 per cent
Commodity prices, however, are
slightly below the June level and are
at the lowest point since December,
1934. The failure of such major corn
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American Aircraft
Manufacturers Agree
To Supply Ships To
France, With Wash
ington’s Consent; New
FDR Funds To Apply
on Defense Program
Washington Jan. 27. (AP)
—President Roosevelt said to
day that United States aircraft
manufacturers had agreed,
with this government’s know
ledge, to supply France with an
number of air
planes.
Washington, Jan. 27.—(AP)—Presi
dent Roosevelt asked Congress today
for an immediate appropriation of
sso,if*oa 00(1 to be spent largely for
new airplanes in the administration’s
national defense program. He submit
ted the request in a letter to Speaker
Bankhead, which asked that the
money be made available for expen
diture during the remainder of the
current fiscal year, and through the
year starting July 1.
Mr. Roosevelt said the money would
provide, in part, for the defense pro
gram he recommended to Congress
January 12. At that time he suggested
v $300,000,000 army airplane procure
nent program, and said approximate
y $50,000,000 should be made avail
able immediately. Today’s request for
he air corps was $16,442,829.. The ad
ministration sail that would obtain
165 new combat airplanes.
In addition, Mr. Roosevelt request
ed $490,071 for radio equipment for
the Signal Corps and $2,067,1.00 for
irmament for the 565 airplanes.
Meanwhile, a (Republican atten.pt
o . ring Secretary Hull before a con
gressional committee to discuss for
eign policy, in view of proposed mili
tary development of Guam, encoun
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With 12,000
Dead, Chile
Fears Plague
Santiago, thile, Jan. 27.—(AP)
—The Chilean government con
centrated on the fight to stand
off disease in the stricken earth
quake region today. Militia di
rected the work. The death esti
mates, at their highest, still stood
at 12,000, but it was likely that
an accurate count could never
be made at Chilian, Concepcion
and a s' of smaller towns and
villages .<s the region 200 miles
south ol tire capital.
The Chilian death estimate was
4,000 to 6,000 and that tor Con
cepcion about 2.000. Elsewhere
the death toll was smaller.
Special trains, planes and
trucks carried doctors and nurses
into the affected areas.
ENDLESS FUNERAL MARCH
THROUGH RUINED STREETS
Chilian, Chile, (via Buenos Aires),
Jan. 27. —(AP) —An endless file of
funeral carts slowly made its way
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modities as cotton, wheat, steel, cop
per, sugar, and coal to score good
gains makes many people skeptical
of any further advances in business.
It is a curious fact that some people
can never forsee a new period of pros
perity until the old level of raw ma
terial quotations is restored.
Three War Price Booms.
There have been three violent com
modity price booms and three drastic
commodity price panics in the last 150
years. The first boom came during
the Napoleonic Wars of the early
1800’s. After the Battle of Waterloo,
prices broke sharply and receded to
the pre-war level. Then prices were
steady until the War Between the
States touched off a new price boom.
After Lee’s surrender, there was an
other panic which brought prices
back again to the pre-war level. This
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