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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR WM REFERENDUM PROPOSAL GIVEN SENATE VfyXXXXXXAC jv v v « u House Passes Absentee Pan For Primaries Committee Is Told Wage-Hour Bill Is Threat to Grocers Cotton Seed Crushers and Merchants Asso ciation Also Protest to Joint Legislative Com mittee; Labor to Have Hearing Next Week Raleigh, Feb. 28.—(AP)—Repre sentatives of the North Carolina Re tail Food Dealers Association told a joint legislative committee today that pending wage-hour bills would “wreck the grocery industry.” Quickly also the North Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers Association and State Merchants Association ad ded their opposition. Last week hotel and restaurant operators, retail fur niture dealers, business men of East ern Carolina, building operators and others spoke against the bills. Senator Separk, of Gaston, chair man of the Senate committee, said he expected to complete all hearings at least by March 10. Labor organiza tions have been given time to speak for the proposals next week. R. B. Roebuck, of Wilmington, a food dealer, told the committee that enactment of a wage-hour bill “means the total wreck of the groc ery industry, particularly as regards the delivery service and unskilled helpers.” F. N. Bridgcrs, of Wilson, speak ing for cotton seed crushers, said wage and hour laws as proposed would “work quite a hardship on oil mills if they have to subscribe to the hours of labor, because it would raise the cost of manufacture. That would mean less to the farmer who raises the cotton seed or paying high er price for the product.” Two wage-hour bills have been introduced. One closely follows the Federal law, but the other is less in clusive, and would fix a flat 48-hour week for mercantile and service em ployees, with the work week de creasing to 40 hours in other indus tries. Chicago Has Primary For Mayor Battle Chicago, Feb. 28.—(AP) —A youth ful prosecutor challenged the en trenched Democratic organization in the mayoralty primary election to day, while Republican candidates en gaged in a contest bearing possible portents for 1940. i The principal Democratic candi-' dates were Mayor Edward Kelly and State’s Attorney Thomas Courtney, at 44 a veteran in city and state po litics. In the Republican ranks, the chief aspirants were Dwight H. Green, a former federal attorney making his first bid for elective office, and Wil liam H. (Big Bill) Thompson, 69- year-old contender, who thrice oc cupied the office of mayor. pespite a comparatively listless campaign and predictions of unfa vorable weather, a heavy vote was forecast. On the basis of a record re gistration of 1,827,362, the board of elections commissioners estimated 1,- 200,000 votes would be cast between 6 a. m. and 5 p. m., a total never be fore reached in any Chicago elec tion. Politics Seen In Raleigh’s Newest Radio Daily Dispatch I»ureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. (BY LYNN NKSBET) Raleigh, Feb. 28.—Radio stations are opening up all over the country without occasioning much comment, but peculiar conditions surrounding the broadcasting industry at Raleigh give added significance to the open ing next week of local station WRAL This station will operate on very limited power, 100 KWH, and its broadcasts will be available only within a radius of about fifty miles of Raleigh. Ordinarily it would just be another local station. But— The political aspects of the current (Continued on Page Four) _ lilrtthrrsmt "DatliT IDispatch LEASED WIRE SERVICE OB’ THE ASS( >CIATED press. Worst Snowstorm In lowa’s History Des Moines, lowa, Feb. 28. (AP) A paralyzing 17-inch snowstorm, which the Weather Bureau said was “unquestionably the heaviest February snowfall in lowa’s history,” swept down over the state today tieing up traffic and hampering communications. Virtually the w T hole state felt its stalling blasts, although central and northern lowa appeared the worst hit. Street ear traffic at a stand still. Roads were blocked. Planes were grounded and buses tied up in many lowa cities. FDR Studies Results Os Fleet Tests Defensive and Offen sive Maneuvers Off Puerto Rico Have Of ficially Ended Miami, Fla., Feb. 28.—(AP)— America’s unprecedented war games in the South Atlantic were a matter of history today, and President Roose velt and the navy’s leading admirals met off southeastern Puerto Rico to discuss whether they proved the fleet could withstand a foreign attack in the West Indies area. The cruiser Houston, the Presi dent’s flagship, reported to White House offices here late last night that the annual maneuvers testing the continental defense measures offi cially terminated at 1 p. m. yester day after a general fleet “engage ment,” which began at daylight. In the afternoon, approximately 140 surface and undersea craft steam ed for the little American island of Culebra, between Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and an (Continued on Page Four) “TOBACCO ROAD’S” AUTHOR HAS BRIDE Reno, Nev., Feb. 28.—(AP)—Ers kine Caldwell, who wrote the stage success, “Tobacco Road,” and his artist photographer bride, Margaret White, contemplated a honeymoon trip in a bus today. They were go ing by plane to San Francisco early today, but weather conditions forc ed the plane to fly over Reno with out stopping. Caldwell said they probably would go in a motor bus. Finance Body Deadlocked On New Revenue Measure . i Trying To Get More Money from Oil Industry, Already Paying Half of State’s Government Costs; Income Tax Increase Appears Likely In the Sir Walter Hotel. Daily Dispatch Bureau, By HENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, Feb. 28.—The joint fi nance committee spent the second anniversary of enrollment of the 1937 revenue bill wrestling with the problem of getting still more blood from a turnip which already con tributes not less than one-half the revenut of North Carolina from ail sources—the petroleum industry. A public hearing and following discussion by committee members in executive session tended to confirm “off-the-record” statements that the group is in “open and complete re bellion” and still far from any real agreement on a revenue bill. Presence in the hearing of Speak er Libby Ward and the two appro ONLY DAILY Exemptions Voted Down By Members Senate Passes Bill To Allow Life Terms for Burglary and Arson; Bill for Graduate Courses for Negroes Becomes Law on Pas sage Raleigh, Feb. 28.—(AP)—Repre sentatives today passed and sent to the Senate a bill to abolish absentee voting in primaries and tighten re gulations for general elections. The House members refused to ex empt Chowan and Rowan counties after a plea by Representative Cher ry, of Gaston, State Democratic chair man, for a uniform statewide law. It was suggested that legislation could be introduced later to exempt areas. A meeting of the Senate Commit tee on Election Laws was called for this afternoon. Representatives waded into other election reform proposals. Senators passed and sent to the House the amended bill to give juries discretion in first degree convictions for burglary and arson between im posing life prison terms or death sen tences. Governor Hoey had recom mended discretion for all crimes now punishable by death, but, on motion of Senator Folger, of Surry, the Sen ate last night struck murder and rape from the bill. The joint finance committee met this afternoon to try finally to wind up its work of providing a balanced budget. The Senate also passed and order ed ratified into law a House bill to provide specialized and graduate (Continued on Page Five) Proposal To Limit Legal W ork Opposed Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. * BY G. LYNN NISBET. Raleigh, Feb. 28.—The bill now pending dealing with the unauthor ized or illegal practice of law has brought forth a lot of protests from insurance adjusters, public account ants and magistrates. Lawyers in and out of the legislature say that these protests mean either that the protestants are pleading guilty as charged or else that they don’t have any idea what the proposed law would do. Introduced by Senators Price and Boyette, the former a member of the council of the State Bar, the bill simply confers upon the State Bar Council as an authorized agency un der statute for regulating the legal profession, the responsibility now vested in private practitioners and (Continued on Page Five) priations chairmen. Senator W. B. Rodman, Jr., and John Cassey, show ed* the impatience with which the leaders are waiting finance commit tee action. Typical of the situation as regards the oil industry were two remarks of Representative Victor Bryant, who is sponsoring the effort to get more taxes out of the industry. At one stage he said gloomily, “the more I hear about it, the less I know about it”; and still later he com plained, “I don’t know enough about it to ask an intelligent question,” this when Attorney General Harry McMullan said he would be glad to answer any questions about me thods of taxing gasoline which (Continued on Page Six) NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 28, 1939 Represent A.F.L. in Labor Peace Parley ‘ * I ••••• Accepting President Roosevelt’s invitation to appoint committees to negotiate a “peace with honor” between the A.F.L. and C. 1.0., William Green, federation president, named these three men to meet with the group designated by C. 1.0. Leader John L. Lewis. Left to right: Matthew Woll, of the Photo-Engravers union; Daniel J. Tobin, of the Teamsters union; and Harry C. Bates, of the Bricklayers union. (Central Press) Franco Says He Will Retain Friendship With Dictators State Revenue Up Raleigh, Feb. 28.—(AP) —State revenue receipts of $5,141,847.27 this month, with an increase in both general fund and highway revenues over February, 1938, cheered State officials today. It was the first month this fis cal year that both funds had shown a sizeable increase over U. S. Dictator If War Comes Is Probable Washington, Feb. 28. —Representa- tive Melvin J. Maas of Minnesota says Congress won’t last three weeks next time the United States gets into a war —“we’ll have a dictator ship. And the dic tatorship will end with the w a r”, Maas adds. The Minneso tan’s forecast of a dictatorship’s es tablishment coin cidenta 11 y with America’s entrance into the next war looks probable enough. But what Maas makes Mr. Maas so sure that the dic tatorship will end when the war does? A dictator, once installed, gen erally has a tendency to hang on as long as he. can maintain himself. I think, myself, that this country would be less inclined than Germany, Italy or some of our southern Latin so-called republics to submit to pro longed totalitarian rule. Nevertheless a dictator, actually intrenched in the White House, might be difficult (Continued on Page Three) • CHARLOTTE FOOD MAN FOUND DEAD Charlotte, Feb. 28.—(AP)— Henry R. Mullis, 46, proprietor of a food store, was found shot to death in a bed room at his home today. A police report by Officers Bowlin and Hall said a pistol was in hand. The officers quoted relatives as say ing he had apparently worried con siderably in recent weeks. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Showers this afternoon and possibly near coast in extreme north portion early tonight; slightly warmer in north central and cooler in southwest portion tonight; Wednesday generally fair, except-unsettled on coast; paftly colder except in north portion. _ _ „ collections last year. The gen eral fund increase was about $193,000 up 7.05 percent, while highway receipts increased about $106,000. up 5.07 percent. The general fund receipts for eight months reached $19,166,- 158.29, a drop of 7.1 percent un der the figure for the like per iod last year. Steamship Aground On Frying Pan Norfolk, Va., Feb. 28.—(AP) —The coast guard cutter Modoc attempted today to float the British freighter Cumberland which grounded on Frying Pan Shoals off the North Carolina coast in the early morning hours The freighter, owned by the Fed eral Steam and Navigation Com pany, Ltd., left Hampton Roads Sunday with a cargo of coal. The crew numbered 26. Southport, Feb. 28. —(AP) —The Oak Island coast guard lifeboat and the United States coast guard cutter Modoc from Wilmington, left Oak Island this morning at 8:10 o’clock to go to the aid of the British steam ship Cumberland, aground on Flying Pan Shoals, southeast of Southport. Coast guardsmen at the Oak Is land station said they did not know the exact location of the ship, though it had been ascertained it was on the shoals to the southeast of here. They said the vessel should not be in any great danger, as the weather was mild. They were unable, they said, to account for the grounding of the vessel, which' was enroute from the Panama Canal to London. VESSEL NOT IN DANGER IN PRESENT MILD SEAS Manteo, Feb. 28.—(AP)—The (Continued on Page Six) REV. J. B. THOMPSON PASSES AT DURHAM Aged Methodist Minister, One of Old est of Duke Alumni, To Be Buried In Wayne Durham, Feb. 28.—(AP) —Rev. J. B. Thompson, of Goldsboro, who served pastorates throughout the North Carolina Methodist Church Conference, died in a hospital here today. Mr. Thompson was pastor oi the Goldsboro Methodist churctf. He was a graduate of old Trinity Col lege in Randolph county, and was one of the oldest of Duke alumni. Funeral services will &e .held from Salem Methodist church at 10 a. m. Wednesday morning, near Golds boro. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Would Be Unfair Not To Remember Those Who Have Helped Him from Start, He Says in Speech at His Capital; Azana’s Re signation Made Public London, Feb. 28.—(AP) —British and French government leaders got little comfort today from the speech in which General Franco acknow ledged recognition by the democra cies of his nationalist Spanish gov ernment. The recognition cleared away the red tape of formality so Britain and France could carry on an intensive drive to weaken Ger many and Italian influence in Spain, and, in sequence, maintain an equit able balance of power in the Medi terranean. Franco, speaking yesterday to cheering crowds at Burgos, which is his capital, declared precisely that “it would be unfair in these mo ments of triumph, when even those who fought against recognize us, that we should not remember those who believed in us from the first day.” AZANA’S RESIGNATION IS SENT TO HIS SUCCESSOR Collognes - Sous - Saleva, France, Feb. 28.—(AP) —Manuel Azana, in a letter made public today, resigned as president of the Spanish republi can government. The letter was addressed to Diego M. Barrio, president of the republi can cortes (parliament), and Azana’s constitutional successor. Azana, who came here yesterday from Paris, where he had lived since Genei’al Franco’s troops cleaned up Catalonia, had withheld publication (Continued on Page Three) British Kill 16 Arabs In Armed Band Jerusalem, Feb. 28.—(AP)—Brit ish troops, acting to put down a new wave of Arab-Jewi.sh terrorism in which 34 persons had been slain this week, killed 16 men today in a battle with a large armed band on the northern frontier of Palestine. Royal Air Force war planes aided the sol diers. Another disastrous bomb explosion was averted when police seized a time bomb in the David street mar ket, where three persons were killed and six wounded in an explosion yesterday. The bomb was suspended from an air hole in the roof of the market. An Arab strike was declared in Haifa in protest against yesterday’s bombings. Most of the Haifa stores and offices were closed. Laborers failed to report for work. Determination to fight the intro duction of minority status for Jews (.Continued on Page Three) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY 12 Senators Sponsors Os Peace Plan Vote of People Would Be Necessary Except Where U. S’ or Its Pos sessions Were Attack ed or Threatened; Borah Says Arms Race Case of Jitters Washington, Feb. 28. (AP) Twelve senators proposed today a constitutional amendment to give the people the sole right to declare an overseas war. The resolution would provide for a national refer endum on whether such a war would be declared. The referendum would be held when Congress deemed “a national crisis to exist.” A referendum would not be neces sary for a declaration of war, how ever, in case of attack or immedi ately threatened attack, upon the United States or its possessions. Neither would a referendum be held if any non-American nation attack ed or threatened to attack any coun try in the western Hemisphere. Senator LaFollette, Progressive, Wisconsin, one of the signers of the referendum proposal, said in a state ment that it would be a “final check against secret diplomacy that may decoy us into a foreign war against our will.” Meanwhile, Senator Borah, Repub lican, Idaho, said the administra tion’s air corps and army expansion bill was “just a lot of bluff and jit terism.” Borah, ranking minority member of the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee, told reporters that the 3,700 additional planes which would be authorized under the pro gram “are more than the army can use.” He said military experts had ad mitted this to him. Borah said he would make a Sen continued on Page Three) Lifelong Friend Os Bill Payne On Trial In So. Car. Kingstree, S. C., Feb. 28.—(AP)— Worth Davis, ex-convict and self-as serted lifelong friend of the late Bill Payne, who was put to death in North Carolina last year for the slay ing of a State highwap patrolman, went on trial in general sessions court here today on charges of grand larceny in connection with the rob bery of the Planters Bank of Heming v/ay March 2, 1928. The State charged Davis, Payne, Wash Turner, alias Jack Borden, al so executed for the death of the North Carolina highway officer, and an unidentified companion robbed the bank of more than $6,900, after forcing D. L. Taylor, cashier, to open the bank’s vaults. Davis, v/ho took the stand to deny the charges shortly before the noon recess of the court, said he had been a lifelong friend of Payne. Eastern U.S. Gets Rains Or Snowfall Area East of Rockies Affected, With Some Sections Reporting Deep Snows (By The Associated Press.) Snow or rain soaked most of the nation from the Rockies to the At lantic coast today. lowa apparently was the hardest hit, with snowfall ranging up for 17 inches. It continued to fall. The weather bureau calculated it was the heaviest February snow in lowa history. Winona, Minn., reported 15 inches at mid-morning, and it was still snowing. Forecaster H. A. Downs, of Chi cago, said the storm area moved northeastward from the Texas pan handle, where it centered yesterday. It brought heavy snow to eastern 'Colorado, northeastern New Mexico, Kansas, northwestern Missouri and Iowa; light snow in Nebraska and moderate snowfall to Wisconsin. Downs said north central and east (Continued on Page Three)
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