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HENDERSON'S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR NIVAL AIR USE BILL SPEEDED FORWARD Legislature’s Riddle Is Where To Get The Money Unprecedented Joint Committee Begins Des perate Hunt for Revenue; Liquor Law Likely To Remain Unchanged; Many Deceptive Bills Seen Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By LYNN NISBET Raleigh, Feb. 20.—Optimistic pre dictions, made with an air of ex treme pessimism, featured Capitol and hotel lobby conversations about the money bills as the seventh week of the 1939 General Assembly ended Saturday. Not even the most opti mistic members feel that any real progress i/as made during the week, except that the committees have gotten rid of some of the conversa tion that always accompanies the birth of revenue and appropriation bills. They hope that some progress will be made this week. In a desperate effort to speed up activity and bring out bills by the last of the week that will promise a reasonable balance between esti mated revenue and allocated ex penditures, a joint sub-committee. State Agencies Seeking Larger Personnel To Build Bigger Political Machine In the Sir Walter Hotel. Daily Dispatch Bureau, BY G. LYNN NISBET. Raleigh, Feb. 20.—1 t is the dream of every “politician” to have as many people as possible looking to him for jobs. That enables him to form what he calls an organization, and what the opposition calls a political ma chine. This ancient motive has prompted a number of bills in the present session, as in every one in the past. The prolonged argument over dup lication of activities in agricultural work is a case in point. The experi ment station and the extension serv ice at State College want the test farms and produce marketing trans ferred from the Department of Agri culture, Dean Schaub stating bluntly Showdown On Diversion Is Likely Near Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY HENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, Feb. 20.—As the revenue bill nears the House floor, still con taining full authority for guberna torial diversion of highway funds, it becomes more and moi’e apparent that the anti-diversion group can, and probably will, get its very first roll call show down on the matter when the diversion section is reach ed by the committee of the whole. So far the antis have been bowled over on every test, but on only one of these was a roll call had, and even then it was by no means a straight out-and-out question of diversion or no diversion. It was merely a ques tion of what committee should get a bill. everybody knew would finally wind up in finance anyway. There hasn’t been so much talk about the $7,000,000 diversion of late and some writers have dismissed the whole thing as settled, but there is every prospect that the liveliest de bate of all is still to come; and there are any number of antis who’ll lay a small wager right now that on a roll call vote of the House they can win. These folks point out that it’s one thing to yield to pressure from the administration and say “aye” in com mittee on a proposal to let the diver sion permission stay in the revenue bill, but quite another when it comes to having it recorded in black and white, for all to read from now on. It is completely obvious that such a roll call can be obtained if those who have publicly committed them selves against diversion stick by their guns and call for the “ayes and noes” when the section comes up on the (Continued on Page Four) BOSS HAGUE’S SON GETS BIG JUDGESHIP Trenton, N. J., Feb. 20.—(AP) Frank Hague, Jr., son of the Jersey City mayor and State Democratic leader, was appointed today by Gov ernor A. Harry. Moore as a lay judge of the court of errors and appeals, New Jersey’s highest law tribunal. He succeeded Thomas Glynn Walk er, who resigned to become a com mon pleas judge of Hudson county. iirnucrsmt Satin Utsnatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. LE A?S D ™RE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. representing all four committees having to do with money, was named. This is a precedent-making inci dent, because never before have the several groups effected such a for mal merger of thought and activi ties. Personnel of the sub-commit tee gives color to the hope that something can be done. The finance groups have Chairman Pat Taylor, with Senator Gordon Gray, Wade Barber and Jack Joyner; House Chairman Bill Fenner, with Repre sentatives Frank Taylor, Hugh Jarvis, Gregg Cherry and Victor Bryant. The appropriations groups have Senators Bill Rodman, chair man, J. M. Separk and Clyde Coun cil; House Chairman John W. Cas sey, with Representatives Fred See ley, C. P. Rogers and John Kerr. (Continued on Page Three) that the reason therefor was that these agencies could supervise per sonnel. The Department wants to keep them, and to greatly expand the marketing service, arguing that the experiment station and extension services are dominated by the Fed eral government and that the State would lose control of policy-making and personnel if the transfer is made Each agency presented briefs show ing that it could do the job better than the other. But by verbal state ment, on and off the record, college adherents charge that Commissioner Scott has high political ambitions and wants to “build up a machine.” while department workers retort that Dean Schaub aspires to be an (Continued on Page Two) Annual Wage Basis Grows, Andrews Says Washington, Feb. 20. (AP) — Wage Hour Administrator Elmer Andrews predicted today that wider use of “guaranteed annual wage” contracts by seasonal industries might result from the fair labor standards act. A guaranteed annual wage con tract is one under which employees are paid on an annual or semi-an nual basis. Under the wage-hour act, such employees cannot be re quired to work more than 1,000 hours in six months, or more than 2,000 hours in one year. Andrews based his prediction on a formal memorandum prepared by Calvert Magruder, general counsel of the wage-hour division, inter preting two sections of the law. The memorandum was intended to serve, Magruder said, as a guide to the ad ministrator unless the court directs otherwise. Andrews indicated the guaran teed annual wage basis would be come attractive to employers by giv ing them the right to step up pro duction in emergencies without pay ing employees overtime. He empha sized that the exemption from over time payments, however, applied only to industries whose employees worked under union contracts call ing for specific wages and working periods over long terms. Lumberton Mills Resume Operation Without Incident Lumberton, Feb. 20.—(AP) —O. G. Moorehead, general superintendent, said the Mannsfied mill here resum ed operations this morning in all de partments without incident. A num ber of employees in the weave room shed walked out late Friday, More head said. A meeting was held Saturday of the Textile Workers Organizing com mittee local here to discuss reported dissension in the membership. Seth Brewer, assistant administra tor in the Carolinas of the CIO union, told the meeting that the National Labor Relations Board had been re quested to investigate conditions here. HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 20, 1939 Rough Going in War Games ■ [ ' t *— JR ... (OFFICIAL U. S. NAVY PHOTO) One of the Sights F.D.R. Sees One of the big battle wagons of the United States fleet is almost buried in a trough between two mighty waves during war games off Puerto Rico in test of U. S. first line of defense against attack from the east. President Roosevelt journeyed south to become chief observer. (Central Press) Roosevelt’s Ship Now At Guantanamo Cruiser Houston Ar rives at Scene of Navy Maneuvers In De - sense War Games Miami, Fla., Feb. 20.—(AP) —The cruiser Houston, with President Roosevelt aboard, arrived off Guant ana, Cuba, today as the contending “black” and “white” naval forces as sumed positions for one of the most significant war games in the history of the American fleet. The first radio message from the Houston to temporary White House headquarters here said the cruiser would visit Guantanamo Bay this morning, but the president would not go ashore. After circling the bay off the American base, the Houston was to continue eastfard while the first stage of the mimic battle to test the Panama coast defenses gets under way. The Houston was heading for an initial position with the defend ing “black” fleet, compased of sur face and aircraft, spread out from Cuba to Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea. No New Districts Needed, Hoey Says About New Report Raleigh, Feb. 20. (AP) Governor Hoey said today he did not feel there is any neces sity for this legislature to cre ate additional superior court districts as it had enacted a law to permit continuance of special judges. The governor said he would present to the legislature as “in formation” the report of the special commission on judicial districts from 21 to somewhere between 24 and 27. The com mission was authorized by the 1937 legislature, and its print ed report will be given to the legislature tonight. Execution Os Kidnaper Is Delayed Raiford, Fla., Feb. 20. —(AP) — Franklin Pierce McCall, his head shaved for the electric chair, was granted a stay of execution today until next Friday to permit an ap peal to the United States Supreme Court of his conviction in the death of five-year-old James Bailey Cash, Jr., who was kidnaped and killed last May. McCall was to have died at the (Continued on Page Four} __ Britain And< France Seek Peace Plan Also Desire Accept able Way of Recogniz ing Franco’s Regime as Legal Government in Spain Paris, Feb. 20. (AP)—France and Britain today sought a new approach toward peace in Spain and for recognition of Generalis simo Francisco Franco’s regime as the legal Spanish Government. Senator Leon Berrard, French emissary and Sir Robert Hodg son, British commercial agent to nationalist Spain, conferred in Burgos after talks with the na tionalists had snagged on pere sistent nationalist demands for unconditional surrender by the republic government. Sir Robert was believed to be taking the lead in the conversa tions with Burgos authorities while Berrard primarily was oc cupied with the preliminaries of joint recognition of Franco by France and Britain. A showdown was expected Wednesday when the two plan end a further interview with General Count Gomez Jordana, Franco’s foreign minister. Lower Courts Coming In For Criticism By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Feb. 20.—The lower Federal courts have come in for a good bit of unfavorable publicity lately. The purity of the Supreme Court’s record is not questioned. It was attacked as reactionary during the ad ministra tion’s fight to in crease its member ship some months ago but even its severest critics did not say it was dis honestly reaction ary; they only said it was tempera mentally so. And Frank Murphy it has been considerably made over since then. I think also that the cam continued on Page Four) WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy and colder, pos sibly showers near the coast to night and Tuesday anjd mist changing to snow flurries in the mountains tonight. Outlook For Peace Dims Over Europe Puts Damper on Criti cism Here of Roose velt Foreign Policy; Debate Over Fortify ing Guam To Be Had in House on $53 Mil lion Bill. Washington, Feb. 20.—(AP)—The $53,800,000 naval air base bill sped forward in today, new evi dence of determination to bolster na tional defense. Speaker Bankhead and Represen tative Rayburn, of Texas, the House Majority leader, announced that the House would devote tomorrow and Wednesday to consideration of the legislation. They acted after the rules committee voted unanimously to ask the House to start voting after six houi's of general debate. Senator Nye, Republican, North Dakota, proposed, meanwhile, to write into law army and navy re gulations against the release of mil itary aircraft to foreign governments. Nye introduced in the Senate a bill designed to safeguard for the Unit ed States any airplane or airplane appliance built under government contract, according to government specifications or with the aid of gov ernment funds for research. Chairman Vinson, Democrat, Geor gia, of the naval committee, and Re presentative Maas, Republican, Min nesota, ranking Republican member (Continued on Page Four) Italy Sends 30,000 More Men To Africa London, Feb. 20.—(AP) —An Italian decision to send “30,- 000 more troops” to Libya in North Africa was announced in Libya in North Africa was an nounced in the House of Com mons today as the British gov ernment sought approval of its costly re-armament program. R. A. Butler, under secretary for foreign affairs, said Ita*y had informed Lord Perth, Brit ish ambassador to Rome, she was “sending 30,000 more troops to Libya to provide for the se curity” of the North African territory. Thirty thousand troops had remained in Libya after reduc tions in the force had been ef fected under the Anglo-Italian accord ratified last November. New Demand Given Senate For Economy Washington, Feb. 20.—(AP) A new demand for government economy came today from Sena tor Adams, Democrat, Colorado as the Senate began considera tion of the $1,800,000,000 inde pendent offices appropriations bill. Adams asked that the Senate whittle $4,252,000,000 from a siv,zub,uuu xva appropriation rejected by the House, but ap proved by the Senate Appro priations Committee. The $4,- 252,000 allocation would be used to start construction of a dam at Watts bar on the Tennessee river. “When we were considering (Continued on Page Four) COLD WAVE (By The Associated Press.) A cold wave over the middle west headed eastward today in the wake of rain, snow and ab normally warm w eather. Coldest point on the weather map was Detroit Lakes, Minn., with 31 degrees below zero. Forecaster H. A. Downes, of Chicago, said sub-z?ro weather prevailed in the Dakotas, Min nesota, western lowa and down to Nebraska. He predicted near zero weather tonight in Wiscon sin, Michigan, Illinois and In diana, and predicted the east, PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Franco To Appoint New Government T o Control All Spain Ocean’s Trough v..' " ..5 ' 3 All Asea One of the most dramatic of recent sea photographs is this one showing a French destroyer seeming de scending into the trough of tha ocean, during recent maneuvers. Defense For Britain Is Speeded Up King and Premier Confer With Key Men as War Clouds Thick en Over Europe London, Feb. 20.—(AP) —King George VI and Prime Minister Chamberlain conferred with key defense chiefs today prior to a full dress rearmament debate in the House of Commons set against a background of increasing European tension over Spain and Italian- French differences. The monarch received Viscount Gort, chief of the imperial general staff, who recently returned from a tour of Britain’s New East defenses, and Chamberlain conferred with Admiral Baron Chatfield and Ad miral Sir Roger Backhouse, lord commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of the naval staff. Lord Chatfield was named min ister for coordination of defense in a cabinet shake-up January 28. The British government asked Parliament to approve what prob ably is the costliest peace time re armament program in history, its purpose strengthened by uneasy de velopments in the European strug gle for mastery of Spain and the Mediterranean. A two-day debate on defense opened in the House of Commons. It promised important revelations on foreign policy, Britain’s present strength or weakness and the pro gress of re-armament. The resolution to increase the (Continued on Page Two) “basking in a February heat wave,” would be jolted out of it by tonight and tomorrow by a decidedly cold wave. A storm area, which centered over the Rocky Mountains Sat urday, had moved to the upper St. Lawrence valley today. It brought precipitation over the week-end to nearly every sec tion of the nation. New York City residents per spired with temperatures in the middle sixties, but awaited “rain and much colder” weather to night. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY French Negotiations For Peace Between Warring Factions Is Broken Off Abruptly; Franco Demands Un conditional Surrender Perpignan, France, Feb. 20:— (AP) Nationalist Generalissirrio Fran cisco Franco was said today by au thoritative sources to be planning to name a new government of eight cabinet ministers under the nominal direction of his brother-in-law, Serrano Sumner, as premier.' The generalissimo, the sources said will retain his title "as chief of state, and supreme commander of the army Franco has filled most of the spots on paper, these reports declared, but the actual change may not take place before the central zone of Spain is occupied. Sumner is presently minister of the interior and one of the outstand ing leaders of the falagists (fascists). He hgfe been working publicly in the nationalist government a little more than a year. French negotiations with Franco for peace in Spain and for recogni tion of his nationalist regime have been suspended abruptly. The con versations struck a snag at the na tionalist Burgos headquarters last night when Franco’s delegates ruled that only unconditional surrender of republican Spain or final victory for nationalist arms could end the civil war. The French mission had been in structed to seek a promise of leniency toward the republican side, as well as assurances that Spain would be rid of Italian and German forces as a basis of the recognition of Franco, which it hoped would bring peace. Barkley Gave Job Promise To His Helper Washington, Feb. 20.—(AP) —A union labor contention that Senator Barkley, the Democratic leader, had mare a promise of a federal judge ship to his 1938 campaign manager, v/as filed with the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Despite the protest, the committee approved President ' Roosevelt's nomination of Shackleford Miller, Jr., to be a federal district judge in Kentucky. Miller was Barkley’s manager in the State’s hot Democra tic primary last year. Knowing of some of the trades that were made at the beginning of Senator Barkley’s re-election cam paign, Edward Weyler, secretary of the State A. F. of L. organization, wrote the committee: “We do not think this promise of a federal judgeship to Miller was vex-y ethi cal.” Weyler said he had a letter from Barkley stating: “I could not in good conscience ask Mr. Miller to sacrifice nearly a year of his time in managing my campaign for re-election and then deny him any endorsement when he wanted to be appointed federal judge.” Ciano Paper Sees U. S. On Path To War Rome, Feb. 20.—(AP)— Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano’s newspaper charged today that an “imperialistic, puritan minority” of American leaders, headed by Presi dent Roosevelt, was starting the United States toward a “democratic war.” In the paper’s leading editorial, it was said that “the army of Ameri can minds, even more dangerous than enormous material armaments” failed to impress Italians. “Italians do not believe,” the paper asserted “that Providence has given Ameri cans a ‘blank check’ on which they can write any victory they want.” The editorial appeared as Marshal Pietro Badoglio, chief of the Ital ian general staff, arrived iri Libya on a mysterious mission, which for eign observers believed had some connection with recent troop rein forcements in that Italian territory adjoining Tunisia, French North African protectorate. Tunisia fig ured largely in an Italian campaign for French territory.
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