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HENDERSON'S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR SENATE REJECTS FDR NOMINEE FOR JUDGE Big Spending Bill Exceeds Current Year Independent Offices Appropriation Meas ure Over Billion Dol lars and Many Mil lions in Excess of Cur rent Fiscal Year In Total Washington, Feb. 6. —(AF)— The House Appropriations Committee rec ommended $1,898,512,769 today to op erate more than a score of indepen dent government agencies for the year beginning next July 1, an increase of iini'" than $298,000,000 over the cur rent year. Despite the increase, the commit tee lopped off $1,580,670 from some of the budget bureau’s estimates. It withheld the $2,038,175 appropria tion recommended for the Federal Communications Commission pending action by Congress on the President’s request for reorganization of the com mission, torn recently by internal dis sension. The commission proposed cutting $2,000 from the salary of each mem ber of the Maritime Commission and each member and the administrator of the new Civil Aeronautics Authority. Salaries of these officials were fixr ed by law at $12,000 a year, but the committee said the reduction to SIG,- 000 was in line with the treatment accorded members of both the Inter state Commerce and Tariff Commis sions. The net increase in the bill’s total was accounted for by inclusion of a new item of $100,000,000 for the Maxi time Commission’s construction fund, and a grant authorizing the commis sion to contract for an additional $230,000,000 of construction. * * F resh Rains Fail To Alarm Flooded Ohio River Areas Cincinnati, Feb. 6.—(AP) —A light general rain drifted into the Ohio river today, but Meter eologist w. «C. Devereaux said “this is not ‘he type of storm to cause any a’arm” along the flooded Ohio river. This is because of’ falling or stationary stages from Pitts burgh to Portsmouth, Ohio, he said. Devereaux said previous estimates of flood crests, were unchanged, and ‘hat nowhere did precipitation total more than four-tenths of am inclt. Rain was reported general from Louis ville, Ky., to New Orleans. N. C. Finances Better Than Other States Raleigh, Feib. 6.—(AF)—Governor Hoey pointed to North Caro.ina to day as being “in a fortunate situa tion” as compared with several other states, including Georgia and New York, as he discussed the need for a balanced State budget. There was no legislative activity except a finance committee meeting iri the afternoon. Representative Mai lison, of Pamlico, slid he planned to introduce a bill tonight to amend the Constitution to provide additional pay for legislators who now get $609. Speaker Ward, of the House, com mented that he thought it was “a good thing” for the legislators to go (Continued on r'age Two.) Propose Pay Increase Os Legislators To S9OO Sum Daily Dispatch Bureau, lu the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Feb. 6.—A constitutional amendment proposing to increase the salary of General Assembly members from S6OO to S9OO per term is sche duled to be introduced in the House tonight by Representative Dallas Mal lison, of Pamlico, according to ap parently authentic reports, Mr. Mallison was out of Raleigh over the week-end and he could not be reached for confirmation of the report, which appears on its face to be completely reliable, however. Legislators’ salaries are now fixed by the Constitution at S6OO per term, smtiteremt lUttlu Slisnafrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ‘ L^iu?S D a jy iRE SERVICE OP IHE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Franco Wants Full Surrender Japanese Super-Submarine Sinks—4B Aboard >■ . % I - '■ > 1 ' V . ’ C I i . , Tragedy strikes the Japanese navy with the sinking of the crack submarine 1-63, capable of a cruise to the United States and return without refueling. The 2100-ton submarine sank to the bottom of Bungo Channel, at the southwestern end of the Japanese island group, with 48 aboard, following a collision with a sister submarine. (Central Press) Money Still Chief Worry Os Assembly Collection and Distrib ution of “Long Green” Causes Most Legisla tive Headaches Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By LYNN NISBET Raleigh, Feb. 6.—Legislative activity last week was again divided between Capitol halls and committee rooms, with money, its collection and distri bution, holding nearly all the atten tion. The issue of disersion of highway funds, the question of duplication of activities in agricultural work, and the tendency of the appropriations committee to use a meat axe on the budget commission recommendations, and efforts of the finance group to locate somewhere, somehow a few ex tra sources of revenue, all go back to money. Election reform, wage and hour re gulation, and proposed revision of nearly the whole North Carolina code on descent and distribution of estates came in for some thought, and in the long run may be of as much importance to thd average citizen as any of the tax bills or appropriations. But the interest bestowed upon them during the past week was meager. The diversion argument reached its climax Tuesday and Wednesday, but the prophet who says that the fight is over will almost certainly have to eat his words later. Truth of the mat ter is the real fight has not started. Up to now there have been maneuv ers for advantages of some little van guard skirmishing. It must be admit ted by the anti-diversionists that they have come off second best in tne pre liminaries. The 500 red ribbon wearers here Tuesday afternoon for the committee hearing made a fine showing against the diversion idea. Two former high way commission chairmen, and at least prospective candidates for gov ernor went to bat for them. At a joint session of the legislature that night, Governor Hoey presented the other side in an appeal that went over state wide radio. Observers agreed that the score was still a 0-0 tie. A joint sub-committee spent all week studying plans to alleviate dup lication in agricultural activities of the State department and the college. Temperature of some of the “wit- IContinued on Page Fivo> contrary to the belief in many quar ters that the assemblymen draw $lO per day for a maximum of 60 days. If such a thing ever happened—it hasn’t for 10, these many years—and the re gular session of any Assembly ad journed short of the 60 days, then the members would get their S6OO just the same. The only official $lO a day recog nition is the fact that State disburs ing officials will not issue checks to members for part payment for the ses sion except on the basis of $lO per day for the already-expired portion of (Continued on Page Five). HENDERSON, N. C. ( MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 6, 1939 Vote Likely This Week On Election Law Reform And Agriculture Rivalry Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY HENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, Feb. 6. —Two major legis lative issues are iikely - o ivaoh c'• re mittee climaxes this week, while work on preparation of the' nvo big money bills goes forward with [ res pects good for decision on several important features. The big committee features have to deal with election law reform and the everlasting wrangle over duplica tion of effort between the Depart ment of Agriculture and State College Extension Service. Tuition charges at State-supported schools will be the first important ap propriations committee problem, with a hearing for bottlers in opposition to a proposed “crown, tax” as the major scheduled item on the finance group’s agenda. Subject to change with little notice, there now seems small likelihood of great progress in consideration of the two wage-hour bills already of f ered. Three bills dealing with operation of the Unemployment Compensation Commission will come up as a special order of business tonight and are due for passage in the Senate at that time. Getting back to election law reform it is expected that the sub-commit- Says Inquiry Os Insurance Is Justified Washington, Feb. 6.—(AF)—Chair man William O. Douglas, of the Se curities Commission, told the “tem porary national economic committee today that the “spectacular” growth of insurance companies since 1906 alone justified an inquiry into their economic influence. Douglas, who was the first witness called by the monopoly committee in its investigation into insurance com pany investments, said insurance firms had cooperated fully wtih the SEC. He emphasized that he was in no way questioning the adequacy of the companies’ reserves. “No policy holders need have any concern,” he said, “that any fact brought out in this inquiry will in any way jeopardize the protection which they count upon through their insurance policies.” The witness paid tribute to the work of the so-called Armstrong com mittee, a joint New York State legis lative committee which investigated life insurance companies there in 1905. The work of the committee, which employed Charles Evans Hughes, now chief justice of the United States, as counsel, has long been recognized, Douglas said, “an an outstanding con tribution to an understanding of the problems of finance.” WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Rain this afternoon and tonight; slightly warmer in central portion tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy ex cept probably clear in north por tion in early morning: slightly warmer on south coast and in south portion. tee named last Friday afternoon by /Chairman George W. Phillips Will get down to work almost immediately after return of its members from the week-end at home; and it is not at all improbable that it will be ready with itrt report 'fe ttle full committee by the end of the week. Speculation is keen over its action, with the best guess a recommendation that the re form measures “suggested” by the State Board of Elections and ‘intro duced by Wayne’s Frank Taylor be enacted as a substitute for existing absentee, marker and registration statutes. On the agriculture front, high spot of the week will come Thursday when a joint committee of technical experts from State College and the depart ment are due to report to the com mittee. Predicting any real agreement be tween these groups which have been at war for so long is as risky as sug gesting a Roosevelt-Bailey coalition in national politics, but hopes are really running high that something constructive will result from the con ference of these experts. They were directed —note that they were “di rected” not “requested”—by the agri culture committee to meet together and report, stating what things they (Continued on Page Four.) Senate Mad Over FDR's Procedures By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Feb. 6. —Congress is greatly exercised over the supposed secrecy of President Roosevelt’s for- eign policy. My own impres sion is that his po licy is not as sercet as is being repre sented. Still, when he summoned the Senate Military Af fairs Committee to the White House to hear the details of his program, it is a fact that he did pledge its members not to leak what he said to them. I think they have leaked it If mJB *■ r~ Louis Ludlow all. Nevertheless nobody is quite sure about t. * Anyway, the President unquestion ably discriminated somewhat in fa vor of the senatorial military affairs committee membership, implying that he could trust that group, but not the rank and file of senators and repre sentatives. And my!—how sore it made those not on the military affairs committee. It made the members of the sena torial foreign affairs committee es pecially sore —the representatorial for eign affairs committee likewise—alsc the Senate and House Naval Affairs Committees. Senators, if anything, are angrier than the representatives. This is be cause the Senate, in particular, is sup posed to indorse or veto any interna tional dickers that the President, thro ugh the State Department, may en iConUnued qu Page Three.) Loyalists In Spain Hoping To Fight On Defiant Stand Before Madrid Indicated As Insurgents Offer Peace Only on Uncon ditional Surrender; Flight to France Con tinues Perpignan, France, Feb. 6. (AP)—Premier Juan Negrin of the Spanish government called a conference today with British and French envoys to Spain, presum ably to take up mediation of the Spanish civil war. Nrgrin’s foreJgn minister, Julio Alvarez del Vayo. joined in ar ranging for the meeting, while Negrin’s defeated Catalonir.n army poured into France. London, Feb. 6.—(AP)—Spanish in surgent authorities were reliably re ported today to have informed the British government their pence terms were “unconditional surrender” of the Spanish government. This disclosure came on the heels of a report in authoritative quarters that Britain and France were mak ing a fresh attempt to mediate the two and a half-year-old Spanish civil War. Informed sources said C. B. Jer ram, assistant to the British agent at Burgos, insurgent capital, had called the attention of Generalissimo Fran co’s regime to a three-point peace of fer by Dr. Juan Negrin, premier of the Spanish government. The insur gents were said to have told Jerram flatly that these terms were “utterly unacceptable.” One of the three points called for an insurgent guarantee a gainst foreign influence in Spain. “The Spanish government apparent ly has left Spain,” the informed source said, “and we do not know whether they are actually holding to gether.” Events in Spain were changing with such rapidity, it was said, “that it is not possible to discuss at this minute any action which the British govern (Con tinned on Page Two ) Warren Says He’s Ignorant Os Boom Here Washington, Feb. 6.—(AP)—Repre sentative Warren, Democrat, North Carolina, gave a six-word reply today to reports published in North Caro lina that he was being urged to seek the State’s Democratic gubernatorial nomination next year. “I don’t know anything about it,” he said, declining further discussion. Former Governor O. Max Gardner, of North Carolina, now a practicing attorney here, and mentioned in the reports as a possible supporter of Warren, should the representative seek the governorship, also professed no knowledge of such a movement. “Congressman Warren has never spoken to me about anything like that,” Gardner said. “I know nothing whatever about it.” Slides to Death Gloria Bergfors Coasting at Squantum, Mass., three year-old Gloria Bergfors lost con trol of her sled and hurtled over a six-foot sea wall into Quincy Bay. She drowned despite frantic efforts of her mother, who leaped into ths icy waters after her baby. CCentrgl greets.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Another Nominee of President Disavows Being A Communist France Accedes is Senator Leon Berard France makes its first major ges ture toward the Spanish insurgents by sending Senator Leon Berard, above, to Burgos. Berard hoped to, stem the tide of refugees to France. (Central Press) Chamberlain Pledges Aid With France Britain Will Immedi ately Cooperate I n Any Crisis; Answer Italian Threat London, Feb. 6. —(AP) —Prime Min ister Chamberlain to d the House of Commons today any threat to “vital interests of France, from whatever quarter it came, must evoke the im mediate cooperation of this country.” His declaration followed a state ment yesterday by Virgin o Gayda, Italian fascism’s newspaper spokes man, that Italian troops wou'd stay in Spain until the Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s political, as we.l as military, victory was assured. The prime minister said the Brit ish government was “in complete ac cord” with the statement January 26 by French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet that “'all forces of Great Bri tain would be at the disposal of France, just as all forces of France would be at the disposal of Great Britain in case of a war in which the two countries were invo.ved.” Chamberlain’s statement was con sidered particularly significant in view of fascist agitation for conces sions in the Mediterranean and Af rica. * British Rulers Guarded As Irish Plot Broadens London, Feb. 6.—(AP) —Allegations that the outlawed Irish republican army had formed a plant to blast the British out of Ireland were made in police court today as Scotland Yard guarded the British royal family, high officials and public buildings against bomb outrages. At the trial of 12 men accused of conspiring to cause explosions, the prosecuting attorney spoke of a mys terious “aluminum powder”, a new arrest of “considerable importance,” and a plan designated as “X”, and described as “most comprehensive and covering every iield of public activity.” The attorney said the plans were 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY But Wisconsin Legis lature Has Protested Amlie Appointment to ICC as Red Radical; Senate Stands By Glass and Byrd on Judgeship Washington, Felb. 6.—(AP)—The Senate rejected today President Roosevelt’s nomination of Floyd H. Roberts to be a Virginia Federal judge. Senator Glass and Byrd, Vir ginia Democrats, had objected to the appointment. The Senate Judiciary Committee had disapproved the nom ination by a vote of 15 to 3. Glass and Byrd testified before the committee that the nomination was “ipersonally offensive” to them. The vote refusing confirmation was 72 to 9. President Roosevelt told a press conference Friday that if the nomi nation was rejected, he would write a letter to Roberts which would be right interesting. AMLIE, NAMED TO I. C. C., DENIES HE’S COMMUNIST Washington, Feb. 6.—(AP)—Thomas R. Amlie disavowed sympathy with communism today in testimony be fore a Senate Interstate Commerce sub-committee, during which he fav ored public ownership of the rail roads. The former progressive represen tative from Wisconsin testified at a hearing on his qualifications to serve on the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, to which he was nominated re cently by President Roosevelt. “I want to say that I am not a communist and never have been a communist,” he said. The Wisconsin legislature has protested Am.ie’s ap pointment, declaring he was a com munist. Amlie told the committee his views on public ownership of the railroads was similar to those of Joseph East man, a member of the I. C. C. After Amlie finished tes% r ying, William Carroll, chairman of the Wis consin Democratic Central Commit tee, told the committee that Amlie was “one of the most radical men in (Continued on Page Two.) Hague Appeal Is Taken Into Supreme Court Washington, Feb. 6. —(AP)-Mayor Frank Hague, of Jersey City, appeal ed to the Supreme Court today from a decision holding that he and his police unconstitutionally had denied the CIO and the American Civil Liberties Union the right of free as semblage. Through attorneys, the Jersey City mayor also asked Associate Justice Roberts to hold up enforcement of the ruling by the Federal Circuit Court at Philadelphia until the Su preme Court could pass on the dis pute. Roberts referred to the entire court th request for a stay. Hague’s petition contended that “the sole issue in this case is the expense to which public streets and places shall be made a forum for large gatherings of persons upon particular occasions.” Jersey City was enjoined by the circuit court from prohibiting meet ings by the two organizations. The court also held unconstitutional an ordinance under which the meetings had been denied. discovered in a search of the home of Michael O’Shea, and read: ‘‘ln order to exercise a maximum world effect, the diversion (presum ably bombings) must be carried out at a time when no major world crisis is on, but if it is carried on when trouble is anticipated with the jump iness and nervous expectation of the government, as well as the nervous potential panic of the people it can be exploited to the lull.” The agreed plan gave details of a four day ultimatum sent Foreign Sec retary Viscount Halifax on January 13, four days before three explosions occurred in various parts of the coun try. ,
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