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HENDERSON’S POPULATION" 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR New Bill On Wages-Hour Given House Administration Pro posal by Uzzell of Rowan Is More Mode rate Than Federal Act, Allowing Some Exemptions Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter HoteL By HENRY AVERILL Raleigh, Feb. 2. —Minus any ideal istic preamble about low wages and sweatshops and making notable ex ceptions in favor of “mercantile and s i vice" employments, a North Caro lina wage-hour bill bearing the bless ings of the State Labor Department was introduced in the House today by Representative George Uzzell, of Salis bury. Principal difference between it and the federation of labor measure in troduced some time ago lies in the exception mentioned. The Uzzell meas ure provides, in principle at least, for a flat 18-hour week and 25-cent per hou. wage minimum for mercantile and service employments, while the federation bill puts all classes in strict uniformity with the federal wage-hour measure. 'lln ii are also in the new measure provisions for exemptions and a per manent labor advisory board not in cluded in the federation act. The measure went to the labor com mittee of the House, of which Repre sentative J. B. Vogler, of Mecklenburg is chairman. Its chances for a favor able report without change are con sidered rone too bright, but there is general agreement that in substance it will be the State wage-hour bill most likely to run the gauntlet of op position from employer sources. Its sponsor, Mr. Uzzell, was one of the co-authors of the State’s existing maximum hour bill, passed tv/o years ago, but which will be specifically re pealed by his present bill, if adopted. General provisions of the act pro vide for minimum wages of 25 cents an hour for one year after effective date of the law, 30 cents per hour for the next six years and 40 cents an hour thereafter. On the hour side it calls for a maximum work week of 44 hours for one year, 42 hours for the second year and 40 hours thereafter. But, as stated, these standards do (Continued on Page Two.* Search Is Pushed At Virginia Line For Two F ugitives Moyock, Feb. 2.—(AP)—An inten sified search was being conducted this afternoon just across the Vir ginia State line for the remaining pair of State convicts after the cap ture of John Henry Cloud, Negro, and Charlie Thomas, Negro, near • North west, Va., at 9:30 a. m. today. The two convicts remaining unapprehended al so were Negroes. All four escaped from a road gang near South Mills Tuesday, and were members of the Woodville prison camp. The four were ordered to halt. Two surrendered, and the other two, Ervin Long and John Sanders, ran. Fowler fired and Sanders fell beside a tree, but got up and fled. The spot of the capture is about eight miles from the scene of Tuesday’s escape. No Minority Report Seen On Diversion Anti-Diversion Meas ure Will Be Reported Unfavorably to Sen ate; Tax-Paid Liquor Withheld from Hos pitals, ABC Boards Raleigh, Feb. 2.—(AP)—The Labor Department’s hill to fix wages and hours in intrastate commerce hit bo s h divisions of the legislature today. The joint committee on labor and com merce will hold public hearings on wage-hour proposals ten days or two weeks from now. IRepresentatives Uzzell, of Rowan, and Wilson, of Davidson, and Sena ator Bain, of Wayne,'signed the hills. It was understood the governor favor ed the bills. Senators received a statement from Umstead, of Orange, Hatcher, of Burke, and Lumpkin, of Franklin, saying they would not seek a minor ity favorable report on the anti-diver sion “good roads bill”, unfavorably reported by the finance group. Representatives adopted and order ed ratified a joint resolution already approved by Senators, which asked i (Continued on Po&e Two.). mttiuvtKKnx Hatly SHapatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. . LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Death Rides the Airlanes Over Spain > W&mm - : This is one of the most remarkable photos to come out of the Spanish civil war. A Loyalist war plane is seen in its death throes, spiraling to earth at Barcelona, with a deadly stream of black smoke trailing behind. The Italian Legion plane that delivered the fatal blow rides in the background. Japs Plan Drive; Warn Foreigners Shanghai, Feb. 2.—(AP) —Japan- ese warned foreign consulates to day they planned an immediate of fensive against Lushun mountain and advised that the estimated 65 foreigners residing there be eva cuated before February 10. Some Americans are at the Ciiinese sum mer resort on top of the mountain, which is 14 miles south of Kiuk iang, Yangtze river port, below Hankow. The Japanese offered -to aid in the evacuation, and warned that the foreigners who remained would do so at “their own risk, since the Japanese cannot be responsible for damages and injuries.” The Japanese spokesman estimat ed the foreigners at Kuhlin includ ed 37 British, 12 Americans, nine Germans and seven of other na tionalities. Associated Press files in Shanghai list 18 Americans believed to be in Kuhlin. Powell Board Strikes Snag With Senate Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By LYNN NISBET Raleigh, Fob. 2.— Unemployment compensation, which got off to a fly ing start at’the short 1936 special ses sion, and got commission amend ments by a joint committee last week, although more than half the members of the committee had expressed indi vidual doubt about the wisdom of the amendments, hit a snag in the Sen ate yesterday. Result: the three com mission bills, scheduled for passage, were he d over and made a special order for Monday. Objection to passage was register ed by Senators Separk, of Gaston, and Graham, of Lincoln, after Sena tor Gregory, of Rowan, had ex plained that the advisory council of (Continued on Pag*e Four) MARION BANi’vER DIES. Marion, Feb. 2. —(AP) —J. E. Neal, 64, prominent Marion banker, died today after a long illness. High Executioneer Os France Is Dead At the Age of 75 Paris, Feb. 2.— (AP) —Anatolc Diebler, 75-year-old hereditary high executioner of France, died suddenly today. The aged “mon sieur tie Paris”, whose family has given France her executioner since the revolution, collapsed in a subway on the outskirts of Paris and died shortly after he reached a hospital. Diebler had executed more than 300 men on the guillotine since he inherited office from his father, Louis Diebler, just before the end of the last century. A mysterious and sinister character to most of France, he was in reality a mild old man who always spoke in gen tle tones of his gruesome job. “After all, I am a disciplined government employee,” he once said; “a citizen who does his duty like (he rest in accordance with his station,” HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 2, 1939 Ickes Jibes Made Dies Big Figure Un - American Probe Seems Sure To Be Continued by House; Ickes Breaks Out Anew With Assurance Os Peace Washington, Feb. 2.—(AP)—Repre sentative Cox, Democrat, Georgia, as serted in a stormy House committee hearing today that Secretary Ickes’ criticism of Chairman Dies, of the House un-American committee, boom eranged to make the Texas Democrat “an outstanding national figure.” Arguing with Representative Hill, Democrat, Washington, before the House Rules Committee, Cox said the cabinet member “went on the stump to attack Mr. Dies.” This, Cox said, “was perfectly outrageous.” Told by Hill he had had no right to criticize Ickes, Cox flared: “Why not? He certainly had a right to answer. Whether they meant to or not, they have made Dies an out standing national figure.” Ickes once called Dies an “outstand ing zany”. They were then disputing the fairness of Dies’ conduct as chair man of the committee investigating un-American activities. The rules com mittee is considering revival of the committee, and House approval of continuing its inquiry was considered a foregone conclusion on Capitol Hill. Action was likely later today, after a closed session to hear Dies answer various criticisms. Ickes himself contributed to the day’s news with an assertion “the United States is not in danger of en tering a foreign war under this ad ministration.” President Roosevelt discussed “world affairs,” and “technical developments” in connection with army defense needs in a White House conference with the House sub-committee, which will frame the War Department’s appro priations bill. Also, Britain has given the United (Continued on Page Six ) Russia Riled By Hungary and Ends All Relationships Moscow, Feb. 2. —(AP) —Tass, official Soviet news agency, an nounced today that Foreign Com missar Maxim Litivinoff had in formed the Hungarian minister that Russia had decided to close its legation in Budapest, and ex pected that the Hungarian lega tion in Moscow also would be closed. The agency said it learned “from competent sources” that this decision of the Soviet govern ment was connected with the fact that as a result of the Munich agreement, Hungary lately has been subjected to strong pressure from “certain states.” “The policy of the Hungarian government.” the news agency said, “shows that it easily agree I to this pressure and has lost its 1 independence tpa large degree.” Doubly Guarded |H|B ft '-M "Wmm • v '^* yyyy ' Suicide of George Weinberg, star witness against James J. Hines, Tammany leader on trial in New York, has caused doubling of guard for J. Richard “Dixie” Davis; (above), another key witness. Death; of Weinberg is a blow to District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, prose cuting the second trial of Hines on policy racket charges. Agriculture Duplication Row Goes On Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Waiter Hotel. BY G. LYNN NISBET. Raleigh ,Feb. 2. —Charges of bad faith on the one hand and neglect of duties on the other, followed by a sug gestion of reviving a joint board for controlling overlapping or twilight zone activities of State College and the State Department of Agriculture featured the joint sub-committee hear ing yesterday. The heat engendered brought a motion by Representative Everett that the committee go into executive session and “try to find out where we are at” before holding any further public hearings. Proposal for a joint board of con trol was made by D. S. Coltrane, as sistant to the commissioner of agri culture. The plan is patterned clcrely after that in operation during the' re (Continued on Page Six.) Kerr Asks Money For Baseball Park Tarboro To Build Washington, Feb. 2.—(AP) —Repre- sentative Kerr, Democrat, North Car olina, asked the WFA today to ap prove a grant for improvement of the municipal athletic field at Tarboro, N. C. The field is to be used as a spring training quarters of the Williamsport, Pa., baseball club, for a month from March 15, and the Philadelphia Ath letics baseball club also will be there April 11 to 14. The improvements proposed would cost about SIO,OOO. Morgenthau Says U. S. Not Financing France Hitler Newspaper Joins Attack Upon Roosevelt For His Aid To France Says North America Is About To Lose Its Head Again at Behest of President; Hoover Attacks Roosevelt Course Berlin, Feb. 2. —<AP>—Chancellor Hitler’s own nowsnnonr joined in the Nazi press attack today against Presi dent Roosevelt for what was inter- P"etcd here to be a pledge to back European damr>o~\nries in a gainst fascist states. Hitler’s newspaper said of the Presi dent’s discussions on defense with the Senate Military Affairs Committee on Tuesday: “At Roosevelt’s behest, North Amer ica is about to lose its head for the second time (referring to American entry into the World War). Is Roose velt’s threat the American people’s an swer to the fuehrer’s will to peace?” Some Berlin morning newspapers carried excerpts of former President Hoover’s address in Chicago, but an official spokesman said it was too early now to comment. WILL LIKELY LEAD TO WAR. HOOVER SAYS IN ADDRESS Chicago, Feb. 2. —(AP) Herbert Hoover declared last night Presided Roosevelt had announced a “new de parture in foreign policy which would prescribe measures which would pro voke international ill will and possi bly lead to war. The use of coercion, such as econo mic sanctions, he said, was an inte-. gral part of President Roosevelt’s pro posed expansion of foreign policy, anh asserted any form of coercion “is the straight path to war iteslf.” “No husky nation,” said the former President, “will stand such pressures without bloody resistance. Those who think in terms of economic sanctions should also think in terms of wafr.” Tar Heel Agent Lauds Soil Plan As Farmers’ Aid Washington, Feb. 2. — (AP) A North Carolina farm agent praised the agricultural conservation program to day for “furnishing the opportunity for getting farmers to put into prac tice what the extension service has been advocating for many years.” B. E. Grant, farm agent for Bertie county, N. C., wrote in the Agricul ture Department’s Extension Service review an account of how two car loads of legumes were seeded in his county as the result of an experiment ation program. He explained the extension service had been carrying on a campaign 15 years to educate farmers in the use of these soil building crops, but point ed out the progress was slew. * - 20 Arrested In New York’s Narcotic Ring i* New York, Feb. 2.—(AP) — Twenty persons were held today for trial and Treasury agents questioned scores in their attempt to smash what they called the most “vicious gang of nar cotic peddlers in America.” The suspects were rounded up by forty T-Men yesterday in a specta cular raid on San Juan Hill, an area adjoining West 62nd Street, described by agents as a tunnel-infested refuge for criminals rivaling 19th century Chinatown. With drawn pistols, the Treasury agents lashed their prisoners from the black underground catacombs linking a dozen abandoned tenements. Major Garland Williams, district su pervisor of the Treasury agents, said 12 men, all Negroes, had been ar rested on charges of selling narcotics illegally. He disclosed eight other sus pects had been picked up during the week. Williams said the eight were charg ed with conspiracy to peddle nar cotics in North Carolina, and that Dr. .G. D. Gardner, of Asheville, N. C.„ had been arrested there as alleged chief distributor. • Narcotics valued at $3,000 were con fiscated during the raid, which climax ed an investigation of two years. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy with occasional rain to night and Friday; warmer to , night; colder Friday night. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Blind Hero Bertine H. Meade Awarded a Carnegie Hero Fund medal for rescuing two persons from drowning in the Delaware river, Bertine H. Meade, 21, blind student, is guided by his “seeing eye” dog between his home in Phil lipsburg, N. J., and Lafayette col lege, Easton, Pa. Meade made the rescue when he heard cries of dis-, tress while swimming last August. U. S. Policy Is Helped By Aid Sent To Chile By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Feb. 2.—Deplorable as Chile’s earthsuake was, it did come at a handy time to solidify Latin- American sentiment hack of Uncle Sam’s western hemispherical good neighborly policy. The United States’ reaction of sym pathy and helpfulness was just what might have been expected, but it was a very prompt reaction, all the same, and a very liberal one. Naturally the “Chilenons” appreciate it. Further more it served as a potent hint to the other southerly republics that no great country elsewhere is so well sit uated, geographically and financially, to lend aid to any of them, in time of emergency as is Yankee-land. Germany and Italy, our chief rivals in their part of the world, are too far away to accomplish much in the face of a capital disaster on our halt of the globe. They haven’t the re sources, either. One hears recognition of this fact reflected from all the Latin-American embassies and lega tions in Washington. Os course no European or Asiatic government neg lected to inform Chile how sorry it was, but that was all the good it did for the sufferers. The U. S. A. sent more than regrets; it rushed money, (Continued on Page Four.) Relief Bill Given Final Congress OK Washington, Feh. 2.—(AP) — Congress gave final approval to day to a $725,000,000 relief approp riation to carry WPA through June 30. The measure now goes to the White House. The House completed congres-. sional action on the bill by going along with the Senate on com promise provisions designed to take politics out of relief, and dis carding an amendment it original ly had accepted to provide WPA should make no differentials in excess of 25 percent for the same type of work in different areas. O PAGES O TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Stabilizing Fund 1$ Not Being Used Opposes Audit of Treasury’s Fund To See What Is Happen ing to Money; Not Furnished for Air plane Purchases By France In America Washing, n, Feb. 2.—(AP)—Secre tary Morgenthau denied today the Treasury’s $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund had been used to help France or any foreign country buy military sup plies or other merchandise in this country. Asked whether « the stabilization fund might have been involved in the first plane deal, the secretary said: “The stabilization fund has not been used, directly or indirectly, or in way whatsoever to help any country to make any purchase of merchandise.” The stabilization fund, created out of the profit on dollar devaluation in 1934, conducts foreign exchange mar ket operations in an effort to stabilize the dollar ,in reference to foreign currencies. Morgenthau said secrecy was necessary to the fund's opera tions, adding that its usefulness would be lessened by the full publicity ad vocated by Senator Lodge, Republi can, Massachusetts and others. He declined to comment directly on a proposal of Lodge for an indepen dent audit of the fund, but said such a resolution would reflect on the in tegrity of three Treasury employees who audit the fund’s accounts every year. Without identifying the trio, Morgenthau said each had worked for the Treasury from 27 to 29 years. Revolt Over Food Threatened by Men In St. Quentin Peri San Quentin, Cal., Fell. 2.—(AP) —San Quentin prison, largest in the country, was a powder keg today as thousands of ravenous convicts sat idle in their eells ; growling complaints about the food they refused to eat. Several days ago mumbled cri ticism about “too much corned willie,” corned beef hash, on the prison menu, grew into talk of a revo’t. Yesterday the hunger strike quickly spread in the over crowded prison from a few hun dred men in the jute mill to near ly 4,000 of the prison’s nearly 5,- 300 inmates. Warden Court Smith decided to take no chances on massed de monstrations today. CONVICT NASH LADY IN HUSBAND DEATH Wilson, Feb. 2.— (Al*) —Mrs. Lil lie Morgan, Nash county farm wo man, charged with the murder of her husband, Henry Morgan, was convicted by a Nash county jury this afternoon, after deliberating 35 minutes. France Asks For A Truce On Frontier Both Sides Asked not To Bring Civil War Any Nearer to Inter national Boundary Perpignan, France, Feb. 2. —(AP) French authorities worked today for a “border truce” in an effort to pre vent Spanish government troops from being driven across the frontier by General Franco’s push toward the north. French troop reinforcements also began moving up to the border to block by force, if necessary, the threatened stampede. Three battalions arrived here from central France and officers came from a dozen regiments to prepare the way for thousands more men. Although official figures were with held, France’s present frontier force was understood to number 10,000, with (Continued on Page Five.)
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