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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR ATTEMPT REPORTED ON MUSSOUHI’S LIFE Extension Os RFC Likely To Receive Congress Approval Ambassador’s Son In Madrid Siege London, Feb. 17. (AF) —Mrs. Joseph Kennedy, wife of the I’nited States Ambassador to the court of St. James, anxiously awaited word today from her son, Joseph. Jr., who is in besieged .Madrid. The 23-year-old adven turer reached the palatial but shell-scarred United States Em bassy in the Spanish capital last night from Valencia .just as in surgent gunners ended a bom bardment of the city. News about him was delayed today because of communications difficulties imposed by war con ditions on Madrid, whose only contact with the outside world is censored radio. Ambassador Kennedy last night disclosed that Joseph, Jr., left London Saturday and said his son “is just looking around”. The am bassador returned here from the United States on Wednesday. Vote Reform Threatened By Delaying Committees Unable To Agree on Exact Measure To Eliminate Absentee Abuses Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRY AVERILL Raleigh. Feb. 17.—Leisurely pro gress to date of the House Commit tee ,on Elections and Election Laws is beginning to be a serious menace to final enactment of any worth while legislation on election reform at this session. Not that Chairman George W. Phillips hasn’t done his best to keep things moving; not that the commit tee members haven’t been faithful in attending called sessions; and not that the sub-committee appoint ed some time ago hasn’t functioned as rapidly and smoothly as circum stances permit. The reason little has been done is two-fold. There are so many con flicting opinions to reconcile, and there is such a powerful bloc that doesn’t want to see anything done that it has been almost humanly im possible •to get along any faster than the committee has moved. Conceding all this, however, it is clearly realized by Chairman Phil lips and by such sincere advocates of effective action as Odus Mull, J. B. Volger and Frank Taylor. At yesterday’s session, for ex ample, all members of this quartet (Continued on Page Five) Rift Developing Among Money Committee Groups Finance and Appropriations Members Accus ing Each Other of Balking Quick Agreement, While Some of Both Are Sore at the Governor Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRY AVERILL Raleigh, Feb. 17.—Legislative tem pers are getting just a bit frayed at the edges as time passes and the goal of a balanced budget seems to get farther and farther away instead of nearer and nearer. As a result, it is not at all difficult to detect a widening rift between the two money committees, finance and appropriations, which rift is just as much emotional as financial. In plain English of few syllables, members of each committee are beginning to blame members of the other for all the ills, ailments and difficulties of the General Assembly, the budget and mankind in general. Likewise and as a to-be-expected corollary to this feeling, there are ulbo evident that some mera Hrnfrersmt ilatftf'Btsuatdt LEASED wire service of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Right of Way for Con sideration Next Mon day Given by House Rules Body; Envoy to Germany Talks At Tight Committee Ses sion Washington, Feb. 17. —(AP) —The House Rules Committee cleared the way todav for the House to begin consideration Monday of legislation to extend the life of the Reconstruc tion Finance Corporation and its af filiated agencies. As approved by the House Bank ing Committee, the legislation would continue the RFC, the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Export-Im port Bank and the Electric Farm and Home Authority to January 15, 1941. Existing law provides for their ex piration June 30. The legislation also would increase the capitalization of the Disaster Loan Corporation from $20,000,000 to $40,000,000 and make it available to aid victims of disasters occurring after December 31, 1938, the present limit. Republicans on the banking com mittee served notice they would of fer amendments to change the pro posed expiration date of the RFC and its affiliate from January 15, 1941, to June 15, of that year. The Senate approved yesterday a bill to extend the RFC until June 30, 1941. Other developments: Envoy Talks to Committee. Hugh Wilson, ambassador to Ger many, testified at a profoundly secret meeting of the Senate Military Com (Continued on Page Six.) House Debate On Damages In School Crash Raleigh, Feb. 17.—(AP)—Repre sentatives Taylor, of Wayne, and Pickens, of Guilford, today vigor ously assailed a bill to provide pay ments to W. S. Williams, of Nash county, of $347.25 for damages suf fered fr6m a school bus accident. The bill passed. “This amounts to this legislature attempting to try an action for damages,” contended Pickens. “We should authorize the School Com mission to pay this if justified. Taylor argued that from time im memorial the State had not been re garded as liable in “tort actions.” He said that if the bill passed, the State should have a general statute “saying the State will pay all legi timate claims in tort actions.” Abernathy, of Nash, read letters from the State School Commission and Nash county superintendent of education saying the claim was justified. He was supported by Fenner, of Nash, and Moore, of Wil son. There was no major action during • (Continued on Pag* Four.) bers of both committees are getting decidedly sore at Governor Clyde R. Hoey. Passing the Buck. Os course, none of this has yet passed the bounds of legislative cour tesy and it isn’t possible for its cor respondence to quote Senator Joe Doakes, of the appropriations com mittee, to the general tenor and ef fect that Representative Elmer Zilch, of finance, is a fathead, a tool of the interests, a horned toad or almost anybody who’ll listen, “off the rec ord,” that it’s entirely appropriations fault that the budget isn’t balanced; while on the other hand almost any appropriations man will whisper into almost any confidential ear that if the finance committee would just do its duty and raise enough money (Continued on t age Four,) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Spanish Government Is Evacuating All Children Claim Liquor Bill Merely Money Grab Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY G. LYNN NISBET. Raleigh, Feb. 17. —Although they very definitely were not pleased with the bill, every speaker against the Umstead liquor warehouse proposal was glad that Senator Umstead had presented figures and photostatic copies of original orders for liquor to be shipped into dry territory in North Carolina. Mr. Umstead thought when he offered this evi dence that it showed a demand for the liquor, and further that it was a foolish waste of money to let this liquor come in and be sold and no body but the bootleggers profit. But when Messrs. Burgess, Simms and Barton got through thanking him for bring these pretty pictures, he didn’t know just what they prov (Continued on Page Six.) Bailey Asks Huge Tar Heel Damages From Government Washington, Feb. 17.—(AP) Senator Bailey, Democrat, North Carolina, introduced a bill today for payment of $44,000 to Julian S. Mann, of Middletown, N. C., for damages from a forest fire in 1931 allegedly caused by the Bu reau of Biological Survey in Hyde county, N. C. Bailey also introduced two other private bills, including one for the payment of $11,511 to W. B. Tucker, $1475 to Helen W. Tucker, $546 to Lonnie Meadows and $1,192 to Susie Meadows, all of Louisburg, N. C., for injuries incurred when an automobile collided with a soil conservation truck ill 1936. , HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FE BRUARY 17, 1939 Prefers America to Fortune f \ - f i Jp Jag :j f. AgK .1 Jr, ■ * ip « ■ |H Hr **l’d rather be a mill worker here than King of Italy,” said Frank Rusoti, mill worker, of Kalamazoo, Mich., as he clasped flag to his breast. He renounced an Italian fortune rather than forfeit citizenship. To inherit father’s estate he would have to live in Castel Mona, Italy. Rebels Ousted At Spanish Consulate Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 17. (AP)—Belgian police and firemen today stormed the Spanish gov ernment consulate building and ejected insurgent sympathizers who had seized it in an early morning coup. Police climbed fire ladders to get into the building after the in vaders had defied attempts of au thorities to oust them. Eight men surrendered to police and were taken to the Palace of Justice. They had seized the build ing from its care-takers, and, shouting “Vivi Franco”, had rais ed the colors of Insurgent General Franco to its flagstaff. Being Taken from An cient Capital of Ma drid Under Heavy In surg en t Shellfire; Government President Azana Winning Bat tle for Peace Perpignan, France, Feb. 17.—(AP) —The Spanish government started the evacuation of children from Madrid today under a rain of shells from insurgent guns. Government re ports said six persons were killed and 20 wounded yesterday in bom bardments inflicted daily on the city since Premier Negrin installed his cabinet there February 12. One hundred children were sent into Albacete province, southeast of Madrid, and many more were to fol low as soon as their transfer could be arranged. There have been several attempts to evacuate the capital during cri tical moments of the war, but its population remains about the peace time level of 1,000,000, with troops coming in to replace civilian resi dents who have reluctantly left their homes. Large scale reorganization of both government and insurgent lines con tinued on the Madrid-Valencia front. While insurgent forces were mov ing down from the conquered pro vince of Catalonia, the government’s most celebrated leaders, like Lieute nant Colonel Lister, were returning from the north to resume their com mands in the central zone. Paris reported, meanwhile, Presi dent Manual Azana, of government Spain, won strong support for his ef forts to end the Spanish civil war, with Britain reported acting as his agent in peace negotiations with In surgent General Franco. The provincial government of Catalonia, as ,well as many leaders (Continued ou Page Sight. Trucker Cremated Near Fayetteville; One Badly Burned Fayetteville, Feb. 17.—(AP) —W. G. Gordy, of Laurel. Del., was burn ed* to death and Charles Larimare, of Bethel, Del., was burned critical ly today when their truck overturn ed at a bridge on the Fayetteville- Raeford highway earlier in the day. Larimare was brought to a Fayette ville hospital, where attaches de scribed his condition as serious. The truck, headed south, over turned and caught fire at a bridge over a creek at the foot of a dqwn hill curve near the Cumberland- Hoke county line. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy, light showers Saturday and possibly on the coast late 'tonight or Saturday; warmer tonight and in east Sat urday. Jap Occupation Os Hainan Protested; Objection Refused Tokyo Foreign Min ister Tells Ambassa dor Grew It Is Merely for Military Purposes, But Japanese Activi ties Refute That Con tention Tokyo, Feb. 17.—(AP)—United States Ambassador Joseph Grew to day asked the Japanese government for an explanation of the Japanese navy occupation of Hainan, Chinese ,-niies W est of the Philippine islands. Tne request was made orally in an interview with Foreign Minister Arita and followed by a few days similar requests by the French and British ambassadors to Tokyo. It was understood that Arita’s re ply was similar to th-ase he gave Monday and Tuesday to Charles A. Henry and Sir Robert L. Craigie, French and British envoys, respec tively, that the occupation was for military purposes and also to tighten the Japanese navy’s blockade of the Chinese coast. At the same time, a Domei (Jap anese) News Agency dispatch said the Japanese Foreign Office was opening a consulate general on Hainan, one of its representatives planning to leave Canton tomorrow for that purpose. This move was interpreted here as an indication that the Japanese in tended to make their occupation of the island a long one, with possible establishment of business and other interests, not military alone. (Japanese last Friday began their occupation of Hainan, an island of 13,166 square miles, and separated from the Chinese mainland by Hai nan strait, 15 miles wide at its nar rowest point. (The United States destroyer John D. Edwards returned from the island to Hong Kong today after confirm ing that ten Americans in Hoihow and Kiungchow, two cities occupied by the Japanese last week, were safe. (Fifteen other Americans were in Kachek and Nodoa which a Shanghai dispatch said the Japanese still had occupied.) New York Man Is Held In Franklin For Fatal Crash Raleigh, Feb. 17. —(AP)—Cap tain Charles Farmer, of the State Highway Patrol, said today that a man listed as A. O. Rubin, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., so far as he knew, still is being held in the Franklin county jail at Louisburg on a charge of manslaughter. Captain Farmer said that one of his patrolmen, J. C. Haithcock, swore out the warrant before a mag istrate who fixed bond for Rubin at $2,500. The patrol officer said Rubin had admitted his car was on the wrong side of the highway when it crash ed with another machine resulting in fatal injuries to E. E. Ulser, of Lewistown, Pa. The case, Captain Farmer said, will be heard in Frank lin county Superior Court. Efforts to reach the sheriff, jailor or court officials at Louisburg by telephone this morning met with no results. Split Among Democrats Is Now Alarming By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Feb. 17.—Democratic managers are just getting fairly at the task of assessing the damage re sulting from the recent controversy between President Roosevelt and Senators Glass and Byrd over the Virginia federal court appointment. While it was raging the excitement was such that bystanders could not accurately estimate the extent of the incidental distraction. That there would be considerable was all they could be sure of. The other day, however, the dust having settled a little, the basses called a party caucus to consider the situation. A major party caucus is quite an event. When one is called it, means that that party has some thing on its mind to think about super-seriously. A caucus is more or less confiden (Continued on Page Six.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, Hungarian Premier MwX Jjjp lil»*pM..' MBp Count Paul Teleki Following resignation of Bela Im redy as premier of Hungary because he discovered his grandmother was Jewish, Count Paul Teleki was re quested to form a new cabinet. He is former minister of agriculture. (Central Press) ', Says Larger Cotton Use Very Urgent Oscar Johnston, Mis sissippi Grower, Tells Charlotte Group World Must Take More of American Crop Charlotte, Feb. 17.—(AP) —Oscar Johnston, of Scott, Miss., asserted in an address here today that the cotton industry must make a unit ed drive to increase the world con sumption of American cotton and cotton products. Scott, president of the National Cotton Council, spoke to an audience here in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium. “We can accomplish our objec tives,” he said, “only if we have com plete cooperation between the groups within the industry, and if we arc adequately financed. We must fight for our foreign markets. We must make every conceivable effort to (Continued on Page Eight.) DATA ASSEMBLED ON STATE’S AIR ROUTE Raleigh, Feb. 17.—(AP) —L. H. Duncan, secretary of an association of cities seeking an air mail line from Norfolk, Va., to Knoxville, Tenn., said today the brief setting forth the need of the service had been completed and would be sent to air lines probably next week, and then would be laid before the Post Office Department and Civil Aero nautics Authority. Best Guarantee of Peace Is Treasury of U. S. Dollar Soundest Investment in World if Wild Spending Is Stopped Now, Babson Says; Total Debt in U. S. No Greater Than in 1929 BY ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1939, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 17. Since 1933, nearly every economist, including myself, has predicted that we would have phoney dollars in the United States. Yet, after six years of the wildest spending spree on record, the American dollar is today the strongest currency on earth. Furthermore, few economists are now worrying about it. Can it be that they were all mistaken? Will our dollar continue sound? Or have certain factors intervened to save us temporarily? I strongly feel that the latter is true. I am also positive that only a spiritual revival can save us 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Crazed Man Shoots One Villa Guard Officials First Deny Then Refuse To Af firm or Deny Rumors in Rome; Shooting Oc curs Shortly After Fascist Grand Council Meeting Rome, Feb. 17.—(AP)—Rumors that a demented man had shot a guard at Premier Mussolini’s home, the Villa Torlonia, in an apparent attempt on II Duce’s life last Wed nesday spread in Rome tonight. Officials first denied there was any truth to the rumors, then said they could neither confirm nor deny them. The most persistent version of the several rumors was that a man loit ering outside II Duce’s estate was asked by a guard to identify himself. Thereupon, the report said, the man drew a pistol from his trousers pocket, said, “Take this to your master,” and shot the guard in the groin. According to this version, the shooting occurred shortly after the fascist grand council meeting Wed nesday night, at the Palazza Vene zia, where Mussolini has his down town offices. The rumor said that the man was arrested immediately by other guards on duty outside the grounds in the villa, and that he was found to be a recently released inmate of an asylum. . Uniformed guards and detectives in plain clothes are constantly on duty a short distance from the park around Mussolini’s villa, which oc cupies an entire block, surrounded by a high stone wall. Closely spac ed lamps along the wall flood the (Continued on page six) Mussolini And King Pay Homage Rome, Feb. 17. (AP) —Premier Mussolini and his ministers, and King Victor Emmanuele and Queen Elena attended a special funeral mass for Pope Pius XI today, the first such tribute by the Italian state. The day was one of official mourn ing for all Italy. The mass, attend ed by less than 2,000 persons, was celebrated in a 340-year-old church. The king, clad in gray green army uniform, and carrying a sword, and the queeh in black, with a long lace veil, sat on a dais draped with gold trimmed crimson tapestries. At the front of the dais was a prayer bench, where they knelt from time to time. Premier Mussolini sat alone op posite and below the sovereign. His ministers were arrayed behind him. He wore a gray uniform and over coat of the fascist militia. The prayer bench stood before II Duce’s chair, but he did not use it, as did few others because of the cold. The king and queen were flanked by their diplomatic corps and that accredited to the holy see. United States Ambassador William Phillips was in the front row next to the British ambassador. from eventual trouble. Here, how ever, are eight reasons why our dol lar is still good .despite our mam moth spending programs: 1. Debt No Greater Than In 1929: Total debt in the United States is no greater today than in 1929. There has been a $30,000,000,000 gain in Fed eral debt, but private debt has been cut an almost equal amount. Private debt, however, is a lesser eveil. Pri vate debt is a lien on definite com panies, a mortgage on definite homes a load on the backs of definite in dividuals. Private debt is paid off or settled because it is an individual’s responsibility; public debt is seldom (Continued on page six)
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