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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR CHAMBERUM HIKHIIES BRITAIN’S DEFENSE Amendments To Relief Bill Forbid Political Activities Gamer Was Big Factor For Defeat Jubilant Senators Ex press Appreciation to Vice - President for Aid in Lopping Off $150,000,000; Probe Plane Sales to France Washington, Jan. 2&.—(AF) —The Senate approved unanimously today a series Os amendments to the $725,- 000.000 deficiency relief bill, designed to prevent political use of Federal i'unds. The amendments, sponsored by Sen ator Hatch, Democrat, New Mexico, would apply in part to relief funds on ly. and in part to all Federal expen ditures and all government em ployees. Similar proposals were de feated by the Senate after a hot bat tle last year. One of the amendments would make it unlawful for any person to promise a federal job as a reward for political activity or political support. Another would prohibit any supervisory or ad ministrative employee paid out of this year’s relief funds to threaten to de prive any other person of relief benefits. No supervisory or administrative officer paid out of administrative funds could use his political position to influence the results of an election, nor could any such official take an active part in political management or •-’ampaigns. Punishment for violations would range from dismissal to SI,OOO fine (Continued on Page Four) MRS. JOHN MIDGETT DIES AT RODANTHE Rodanthe, N. C., Jan. 28. —(AP) — Mrs. Javana Payne Midgett, 63, the widow for a year of Captain John Al len Midgett, died yesterday just be fore noon at her home here. Her sud den illness of Thursday and her death yesterday came as a surprise ?nd shock to her relatives. Sales Tax Is Nub Os Fight On Diversion Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Jan. 28.— Probably every newspaper reader and radio listener in North Carolina knows that the major battle of the current General Assem bly js being waged over the question of diverting highway funds, but pro bably not one in a hundred realizes that technically, at least, all the ver bal shooting is over the sales tax sec tion of the revenue bill. Which makes it all the more na tural legislatures and legislators have been scrapping lustily over the sales tax for nearly a decade and it makes veterans feel at home to have the hottest contest revolve around its provisions. The diversion fights gets to be that way by reason of the fact that pro (Continued on Page Six.) Wallace Bus Crash Gives 5 Arguments Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter HoteL Raleigh, Jan. 28. —Everybody is glad no lives were lost in the accident near Wallace which sent a school bus splashing into deep water; but nu merous special groups are particularly pleased with the argumentative am munition the near-tragedy has sup plied them. TJhe wreck and the moral to bs drawn from it are being cited by no less than five groups: (1) Advocates of a larger highway patrol; (2) ad vocates of heavier taxes on trucks; (3) advocates of student drivers for (Continued on Page Eight.) fmtitersim atlit Uistmtrii WIRE SERVICE Ol? HIE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Sampson Is After Convicted Negro Goldsboro, Jan. 28. (AP) — Sheriff Paul Garrison, of W’ayne county, said today Sampson county officials had requested that he hold Leslie Cox, 26-year-old Negro un der a 20-year sentence for man slaughter, for possible trial on lar ceny charges. Cox was convicted yesterday of the faial shooting of State Highway Patrolman Ike Moore in June, 1937. The sheriff said Sampson offi cials apparently were preparing to try Cox on a larceny charge in connection with the theft of SIOO of meat from R. R. West, of the Newton Grove section, the night of the Moore slaying. Diversion’s Foes Feared At Raleigh Storm May Develop Over Demands for Transfer of Highway Funds; Both Houses Hold Short Saturday Sessions Raleigh, Jan. 28.—(AP; —The House received today a bill from Represent ative Carruthers, of Guilford, to ap propriate ' $125 for a highway patrol man injured in line of duty. Car ruthers said the money would be us ed to furnish medical expenses of Roy Edward Fisher, patrolman who lost his leg in an accident in 1931. The Senate met, prayed and ad journed. Both houses will meet again Mon day night. Meanwhile, the usual week-end leg islative quiet was somewhat broken by rumblings of a storm which may develop of over the issue of whether or not a part of highway funds should be made available, if needed, for gen eral r.tate purposes. An indication that administration ’eaders view opponents of diversion seriously was seen in an invitation < xtended Governor Hoey to speak at a jo s nt session of the Assembly Tues day night. The governor’s speech will lo’dow a hearing before the joint finance committee, at which the petroleum industry will be given an opportunity to appear in opposition to diversion. While the fight on diversion near ed a climax this week, the Assembly men concerned themselves with pro pos< d increases -in tuition* at Sta*e e'-ucational institutions, boost in li qnoi taxes, revision of 'election laws and a statewide wage and hour bill. Names Foe Os Diversion To Invite Hoey Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY G. LYNN NISBET. Raleigh, Jan. 28.—-That “there ain’t nothin’ personal” in the heated legis lative fight over diversion of highway funds is demonstrated by Clarence Stone’s smiling acceptance of the as signment to invite Governor Hoey to address a joint session Tuesday night. A resolution inviting the governor was offered by Fenner and Cherry, chair man and ranking member, respective ly, of the finance committee. It was passed immediately, and Speaker Ward forthwith announced as the committee on the part of the House to carry the invitation to his excel lency, “The gentleman from Rock ingham, Mr. Stone; the gentleman from Nash, Mr. Fenner, and the gen tleman from Gaston, Mr. Cherry.” The joke is that Mr. Stone intro duced the resolution early last week . stating that the policy of this General Assembly is against diversion, and . led the fight to have that resolution . referred to the roads committee of which he is chairman. He lost, and . the resolution went to the committee i of which Mr. Fenner is captain and • Mr. Cherry is first lieutenant. When the resolution asking the gov ernor to speak reached the Senate, • Senator Erskine Smith, of Stanly {Continued on Page Eight. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Wages-Hour Court Test Routine Act Administra ti o n In Washington Says Fay etteville Move Mere ly Enforcement Step; Low Wages Paid by Rayon Company, Is Charge Made Washington, Jan. 28.—(aP)—Wage hour administration officials describ ed their first court action today as a routine step in enforcement and not a test of the act’s constitutionality. A civil case filed yesterday in Fed eral court at Fayetteville, N. C., sought an injunction to compel com pliance with the act by the Central Weaving and Spinning Corporation. The complaint charged the firm has paid some employees less than 15 cents an hour, and has failed to keep the records required by the law. Officia s said a number of similar suits in other sections of the country would follow. TEST CASE WILL LIKELY BE TRIED AT MARCH TERM Fayetteville, Jan. 28. —(AP) —The first action filed by the wage-hour administration, to enforce the fair labor standards act will probably be tried at the March term of United States district court here, court at taches said today. The suit was filed yesterday to enjoin the Central Weav ing and Spinning Company of .Fay ettevil.e from violating the act. The corporation manufactures silk and rayon cloth and pays its em ployees on a commission basis. The complaint alleged it had paid some employees less than 15 cents an hour and had failed to keep records re quired by* the act. The wage-hour act sets a minimum of 25 cents an hour. Lone Defendant Remains At Bar In Lenoir Trial Kinston, Jan. 28. —(AF)—A lone de fendant remained on trial today charged with the slaying of Noah Rouse, aged refluse. Three other de fendants were permitted to plead guilty last night, but court refused to let Parrott Cade, the fourth defend ant, tender a plea of guilty to second degree murder. Lacy Cade submitted to a plea of second degree murder; Duhell Lang ston to a plea of accessory before the fact and Leon Cody to a plea of ac cessory after the fact. They will be sentenced today. Parrott Cade’s case was expected to go to a jury late in the day. JUDGE PETERSON, OF LAWRENCEVILLE, DIES Lawrenceville, Va., Jan. 28. —(AP) — Circuit Judge Marshall R. Peterson, of the third Virginia judicial district, died at his home here at 8 a. m. to day aftep a long illness. He was 69. Landon As G. O. P. Nominee In 1940 Is Being Talked; FDR Gave Him A Build-Up By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Jan. 28. —The G. O. P., as everyone knows, is much put to it to hit on a red-hot presidential can didate for 1940. The decided pickup in G. O. P. strength meantime. What Republicanism recog- HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 28, 1939 party’s management was much encourag ed by its gains in last year’s congres sional elect ions. Still, these gains were not consider ' able enough to prom ise a Republican White House victory next year except in the event of a great- ly accentuated Dem ocratic slump or a Alfred M. Landon Franco’s Plan for "Mopping Up” I if F B A N c~p ~ I .f>AnfLc -V e v» , AV • ORENS* A ©BUPSOS A - f \ lON Al / / MELD a \ v “* VA !^afe oZAMOM MM.IAOOUD 4SOBI * ‘OSAPAGOSSA qT :•! § ■ BALEARIC /pffik •^iLLANUEV^ g6AL7==: • " V • > s Tn O GRENADA •’’UI © I:— i ESI M ' N,N « . m LIVE STOCK V FARMING With Barcelona won, new problems confront Generalissimo Francisco Franco. But it is a downhill fight from now on, according to military observers who predict Catalonia will soon be mopped up. Map shows the territory above Barcelona Franco still has to conquer, and rich central Spain, his next great objective. Refugees Os Spain Flock Into France Tragic Horde Flees Before Advance of In surgent Armies ; Troops Called T o Balk Able - Bodied Men at Border Pass From Spain Le Perthus, France, At the Spanish Frontier), Jan. 28—(AP) —Between 4,000 and 5,000 French troops were rushed to the Spanish reorder today as a tragic horde of refugees from governmental Catalonia poured into France. The refugees, fleeing the in surgent armies, who rapidly drove northward from Barcelona, started crossing the border at 8 a. m., and within an hour 5,000 had jammed across the line, completely swamping French guards. Perfect of the Border Department Didkc*wski told higher officials he was unable to carry out their orders to let only women, childr*'.. and old men in unless troops were ordered to use their guns, if necessary, to keep out younger men. Os the first 5,000 who came thro ugh Le Theus pass, when the refugee flood gates were opened, only a few hundred were men of fighting age. Several hundred Senegalese troops of the 24th Regiment in Perpignan, were the first to reach Le Perthus. The per (Continued on Page Six ) nizes that it needs a corking good standard bearer for the coming na tional contest. Various new standard bearers are'suggested but without the required degree of boiling enthusiasm for any of them. In the face of this situation, the question is beginning to be asked a mong Republicans on Capitol Hill, “What is the matter with the renom ination of Alfred M. Landon?” True, he has been tried and was beaten overwhelmingly, but undoubt edly he is vastly better known and more popular today than when he ran the last time. He is not exactly a spectacular leader yet, but he is a very substantial one. And isn’t that what’s likely to be needed in 1940, rather than a spell-binder? The Kansan Has Made Good. Outside Kansas, Landon was almost {Continued on Page Four.) Mussolini Tells Hitler To Go On With Demands Dictators To Unite in Determination T o Wrest Colonial Con cessions ; “We Are United and Strong,” Fascist Leader Says at Munich Berlin, Jan. 28. —(AF) —A fascist grand council member, addressing German and Italian territorial de mands, was interpreted today as Pre mier Mussolini’s “go ahead” signal to Chancellor Hitler to outline concrete Nazi colonial ambitions before the German Reichstag Monday. R. Farinacci, sjpeaking in Munich last night, declared “international Jewery is preparing for a counter at tack,” warned that Italy and Ger many “were willing to take up the gauntlet, for we are united and strong,” and envisaged realization of German colonial aspirations as a con sequence of the peace of Munich. He lauded Mussolini as having prevented war because “he supported inalien able rights of Germany, Poland and Hungary (who were given parts of Czechoslovakia by the Munich confer ence of September 29 and the Veinna conference of November 2). dr. a. c. Mclntosh, LAW EXPERT, DIES Noted Professor, Retired, Was Author of Authoritative Law Book Some Years Ago Chapel Hill, Jan. 28.—(AP)—Dr. A. C. Mclntosh, Kenan professor emer itus of the University of North Caro lina Law School —“Doctor Mac” to thousands of students —died in a Dur ham hospital last night after an i.l ness of six months. Dr. Mclntosh edited a number of case books on laws, but his greatest work, published in 1929, was a monu mental treatist on North Carolina practice and procedure, which has been cited by the State Supreme Court in nearly every opinion that has dealt with the subject in the past decade. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. Donald Stewart, will be he d at 3 p. m. tomorrow at the Presbyterian church here. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Cloudy, followed by intermit tent rain tonight and Sun day; rising temperature. WEEKLY WEATHER South Atlantic States: Rain Monday and again Thursday; oth erwise generally fair; warmer at beginning of week; colder Tues day, warmer about middle of week and colder toward end of week. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Death Decree Given After 4-Year Wait Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 28. —(AP) — A four-year puzzle was solved today for Sylvester Warner, 28, Kentucky’s “forgotten man” in the Death Row at Eddyvi.le State penitentiary—he must die in the electric chair Feb ruary 10. Execution of Warner, who has watched 25 men walk to their death since his own life was spared by a stay order in 1934, was decreed yes terday by Governor Chandler after a study of “the. hardest problem of more than three years as governor.” Warner himself did not know his unceasing question had been ans wered. The warden at State Prison said he had “heard of” the gover nor’s action, hut would not inform the prisoner until he received offi cial notification. “But Warner prob ably will know it before then through the prison grapevine,” he added. Warner and two other young men were accused of robbing and killing two elderly Casey county, Kentucky, men. BRETT TO MANAGE ROCKY MOUNT TEAM Rocky Mount, Jan. 28. — (AP) —Herb Brett, who piloted the Rocky Mount Red Sox to third place in the Pied mont League last season, has signed a contract carrying an increase in salary to manage the club for 1939 Billy Evans, president of the club, an nounced here today. Brett’s appoint ment completes the list of Piedmont list managers. Laboratory Test On New Laws Studied Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. By LYNN NISBET Raleigh, Jan. 28.—The Post Office Department benefited considerably in extra postage sales this week when North Carolina solons began writing for additional information about the “Kansas Plan.” An article in a cur rent magazine directed attention to a scheme inaugurated in the western state six or seven years ago, whereby proposed legislation was put through a “laboratory test” before being en acted. According- to this article, Kansas had suffered by ill advised and pre (Continued on Page Three.) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Shake-Up In Cabinet Is Significant Admiral of Fleet Is Brought Into Ministry To Coordinate De fense Program; Agri culture Post Also Turned Over to Other Hands by Premier London, Jan. 28. —(AP)—'Prime Minister Chamberlain shook up his cabinet today to put new drive into the defense and agriculture minist ries, both vital to Britain's ability to wage war at a time of heightening European tension. Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chat field, one the key figures in Bri tain’s vast naval re-armament pro gram, was brought into the cabinet as minister for coordination of de fense. He replaced Sir Thomas Ins kip, who had held the post since March 13, 1936. Sir Thomas took the dominions portfolio, which Malcolm McDonald had been holding along with the secretaryship of colonies. W. S. Morrison, who, like Sir Thomas, has been a constant target of criti cism, moved from the ministry of agriculture to became chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Major Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman- Simith, former president of the Na tional Farmers Union, and a retired farmer, replaced Morrison. The aristocratic Earl Winterton was demoted from the chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster to the post of paymaster general. He lost his seat in the cabinet and will re ceive no pay in his new position. Morrison, whose new post is a cab inet sinecure, was assigned to help Lord Chatfield on defense problems and to answer questions for him in the House of Commons. R. J. MADRY, 71, DIES AT SCOTLAND NECK Prominent Business Man and Father of Distinguished Family 111 Long Time Scotland Neck, Jan. 28—(AP)—Rob ert J. Madry, 71, prominent business man and planter, died at his home here early today after an extended illness. Madry had been confined to his residence since last August. Death came at 9 o’clock. He operated a wholesale grocery company, managed the Madry planta tion near here and a local theatre. Scotland Neck had been his home from boyhood and he attended the Vine Hill Male Academy here. He also was a charter member of the Ki wanis club and participated actively in civic affairs. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 Sunday after noon at the home, with interment fol lowing at the Baptist church. Surviving are his widow, formerly Miss Lena Taylor Allsbrook; a daugh ter, Mrs. Cyrus W. Bazemore, of Wil liamston; five sons, Robert W. Madry, Chapel Hill; W. Dennis Madry, Bur lington; H. Raymond Madry, of (Rocky Mount; C. J. Madry, Greenville, and J. T. Madry, Scotland Neck; two sis ters, Mrs. E. J. Bullock, and Mrs. T. L. Worsley, both of Rocky Mount, and a brother, J. W. Madry, Scotland Neck. Man Held For Death Os His Sister In *33 Roanoke Rapids, Jan. 28. —(AP) — Police Chief H. G. Dobbins said today Jesse Cu.. about 35, Roanoke Rapids brick mason, was being held in jail here in connection with the mysterious death of his sister, Mar vel Cullum, more than five years ago. Oul.om denied any knowledge of how his sister met death, Dobbins said. A hearing for him was set for neit Monday. Dobbins explained that Cullom had been arrested as the result of # the re ceipt of a letter by a Roanoke Rap ids man from Canada, purporting to be signed by Ray Cullom, a brother of the girl, and charging that Jesse was responsible. The halfclad and badly battered body of the 23-year-old girl was found near her home October 8, 1933. An intensive investigation followed, and a number of suspects were taken into custody, but little apparent progress was made, and the case was consid ered an unsolved mystery. Added interest was given the slay ing because the victim had been a witness in the investigation off a sen sational murder case in Virginia, growing out of the slaying of four elderly men named Cannon at Boyd? ton.
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