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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR CARDINAL PACELLI CHOSEN POPE PIUS XII Money Bill To Be First For Passage Action Deferred on Appropriations Until It Is Seen Where Money Is Coming From; Spending Mea sure Explained T o House Briefly Raleigh, March 2.—(AP) —North Carolina’s proposed record-setting budget for the 1939-41 biennium reached the floor-discussion stage in the General Assembly today, and members of the House of Repre sentatives promptly adopted, the policy of “finding the money before we spend any.” The appropriations bill, calling for State spending of approximately $154,360,000 during the two-year period, was explained to the repre sentatives by Cassey, l of Guilford, chairman of the appropriations com mittee. On motion of Representa tive Cherry, of Gaston, however, the House decided to defer detailed studyof the pending measure until the finance bill had been passed. Representative Fenner, of Nash, chairman of the finance commit tee, said the finance bill would not be printed until tomorrow afternoon. Consideration of the budget is ex pected to get under way in earnest at that time or early next week. Speaker Ward, of Craven, com plimented the work of the appro priations committee, stating that the group had a difficult job because it was confronted with decreasing revenues brought about by a low er business. Senator Long, of Halifax, intro duced a pure food bill, which he said was sponsored by the State Board of Health, The Department of Agriculture and the North Caro (Continued on Page Three) Clipper Ship Overcomes Ice On Wings Baltimore, March 2.—(AP) —Pan- American officials reported today the Beermuda Clipper advised by radio at 1:30 p. m. that wipgs of the plane had gathered ice at 11,000 feet as it flew some 75 miles off Cape Hatteras, N. C., but that it was removed by de-icers, and the ship was proceeding at a lower alti tude on schedule. The ship is due in Baltimore at 2:35 p. m. Earlier the coast guard at Washington said it received a message at 12:30 p. m. that the Clipper was icing badly at a point about 240 miles off the Virginia Capes. That radio message came by coast guard channels, forwarded from New York. It said sleet con ditions were bad. State Budget Held To Be Balanced By Use Os Road Money General Fund Over $7,000,000 Short, How ever, Aside from Highway Funds; Budget Commission’s Figures Juggled by Finance Committee Daily Dispatch Bureau In the Sir Walter HoteL BL HENRY AVERILL Raleigh, March 2.—Money com mittees of the General Assembly have labored for nearly two months and have brought forth a so-called balanced budget under which North Carolina will, during the next two years, spend from its general fund at least $7,000,000 over and beyond what its general fund taxes produce in the way of revenue. Maybe it’s the old fable in re verse—the mouse has labored and brought forth a mountain of trouble lor the future. According to the best available figures, the state will begin the next biennium with $2,200,000 in its gen eral fund, will operate at an ap proximate $7,000,000 loss over the next two years and will emerge in Hntfrersmt Unify Dispatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGIOTA. LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Proposed 1939-40 Taxes Change From Budget Schedule Estimated Yield Commission Requests Inheritance $ 675,000 $ 75,000 Up Privilege 3,196,000 516,000 Up Franchise 7,782,500 224,000 Down Income 10,790,000 90,000 Up Sales Tax 11,250,000 400,000 Down Beverage 2,085,000 125,000 Down Gift 75,000 Same Intangibles 550,000 50,000 Up Miscellaneous 10,000 Same Non-Tax Revenue 1,467,014 Same Total 37,880,514 18,000 Down Power Plant For Central Area Planned Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By LYNN NISBET Raleigh, March 2—Development of a gigantic hydro-electric program along the general plans of the San tee-Cooper project in South Caro lina, in either the Cape Fear or Yad kin river valleys, or both, is contem plated in a bill soon to be introduced by Representative Lacey Mcßryde, of Cumberland, and several others. Sponsors of the legislation haven’t completed details of the bill, but they are working toward the goal of put ting it in the mill sometime within the next week. Its avowed purpose will be to reduce the cost of electric current, not only to customers of the proposed plants but to the whole State by reason of competition. More or less facetious dubbing of the proposition as a “little TVA” brings quick denial from the spon sors that it is anything like the Ten nessee Valley Authority. Roughly, the plan is to organize a corporation with authority to issue self-liquidat ing bonds, almost exactly like the Santee-Cooper lay-out in South Car (Continued on Page Four) M. O. Blount, Prominent In Pitt, Is Dead Greenville, March 2.—(AP)—For mer Representative M. O. Blount, 75, of Pitt county, died today after an illness of two weeks. Blount, a resi dent of Bethel, served in the legis lature in 1935. He and his sons op erated farms in Beaufort, Edge combe, Greene, Martin and Pitt counties. He was vice-president and a member of the board of directors of the Guaranty Bank & Trust Com pany. He was a member of the Pitt County Board of Education for 30 years, and was a steward of the Bethel Methodist church. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow. Survivors include the widow, a daughter, Mrs. J. E. Harper, of Wil mington, Del.; three sons, H. J. Blount, and Mayor M. K. Blount, of Greenville; F. W. Blount, of Bethel, and one brother, J. D. Blount, of Rocky Mount. July, 1941, with a general fund as bare as Mother Hubbard’s cupboard. These figures show that in the first year (1939-40) revenues from general fund sources will be $37,- 880,514, while general fund expen ditures will be approximately $41,- 000,000. In the second year estimat ed general fund revenues will be $38,586,514, while it is planned to spend practically $43,000,000 during the same period. Revenue estimates. are based on figures furnished by Representative Victor S. Brayant, of Durham, who it is conceded on all sides has the most complete and authentic infor mation now available regarding the revenue bill reported by the finance committee Tuesday afternoon. Spend ing figures are on the basis of re (Continued on Page Three). __ HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 2, 1939 DETAILS OF CHANGE Privilege Tax increases Slot Machines $150,000 Laundries 2,500 Outdoor Advertising .. 5,000 Elev. Rep 1,000 Soft Drinks 70,000 Drink Venders 45,000 Installment Paper .... 110,000 Punch Boards 40,000 Oil Companies . * 65,000 Chain Stores 35,000 Total $523,500 Fear 21 Are Victims Os Hotel Blaze Queens Hotel in Hali fax, Nova Scotia, Swept by Flames; Business Property Is Damaged Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 2. (Canadian Press) —Twenty-one per sons were missing, many of them feared dead, after an early morning fire swept through the half century old Queens hotel today and then spread to adjacent buildings. Twenty others were in hospitals suffering spinal injuries, compound fractures and burns. Many of the victims were hurt when they jumped from hotel windows before firemen could reach them as the flames roar ed swiftly through the old wood and stucco structure. Unofficial estimates of the miss ing ran as high as 21 persons, but police said the hotel register had been lost in the fire and it might be days before a complete list could be* compiled. It was believed, however, that there were 87 guests and about 30 employees in the hotel when the fire started. Among the victims admitted to Victoria General Hospital was Miss Jean Sherwood, of New York, ice carnival star. The extent of her in juries was not determined imme diately. Others missing or injured all were listed as Canadians. At 10:30 a. m., four hours after the fire was discovered, the flames still were searing from the ruined hotel and from adjacent buildings, but it was believed they were under con trol. Three business buildings in the same block were damaged by the , fire, fanned by a 25-mile-an-hour 1 wind. Judge Manton Indicted By Grand Jurors New York, March 2.—(AP)— Mar tin T. Manton, former senior judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, was indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the govern ment by a special grand jury today. Indicted with the former jurist were George Spector, insurance agent and one-time representative the late Archie M. Andrews, financier. The indictment contained three counts. Conviction would rir<yr the two men liable to a maximum sen tence in prison and a $30,000 fine. Manton resigned from the bench after District Attorney Thomas Dewey had accused him in a letter to Chairman H. W. Summers, of the House Judiciary Committee, of hav ing accepted loans from persons in terested in cases before his court. Manton, who has denied any wrong-doing, was a witness before the grand jury. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy, colder on the southeast coast tonight; Friday fair, with slowly rising tempera ture. _ As Roosevelt Watched Fleet Maneuvers This official navy photograph, taken off the Virgin Islands, is first since President Roosevelt left Florida to witness the current naval maneuvers from the cruiser Houston. He is taking it easy on the deck of the warship, with Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of naval operations, on the left, and Lawrence W. Cramer, Virgin Islands governor, in center. (Central Press > Ambassador Dodd Fined Sum of $250 Hit-and-Run Charges Against Former En voy to Germany Set tled After Plea of Guilty by Defendant, Who Struck Negro Child in Virginia Hanover Court House, Va., March 2.—(AP) —Dr. William E. Dodd, former ambassador to Germany, was fined $250 and costs in Hanover cir cuit court today on a plea of guilty to a charge of hit and run driving involving an injury to a Negro child. Dr. Dodd, 69, earlier withdrew his plea of innocence and pieadcd guil ty to the charge. Leith Bremner, a member of Dr. Dodd’s counsel, announced the change in plea as the case was call ed for trial in Hanover circuit court. Judge R. W. Coleman ordered the defendant re-arraigned and the read ing of the indictment. Dr. Dodd, after hesitating a moment, replied, “Yes,” to the question, “Do you plead guilty?” Leon Bazilc, another defense at torney, halted Dr. Dodd when he attempted to elaborate on his plea. When Bazile asked him to say no more, Dr. Dodd said, *‘Why not?” but resumed his seat. Judge Coleman then discharged jurymen summoned for the case, and proceeded to hear a statement from Commonwealth’s Attorney E. P. Simpkins as to the circumstances of the accident. Simpkins told the court after Dodd changed his plea that the State could put on witness es in support of its charge, or he could summarize the evidence, whichever the court preferred. It was then agreed that he . would summarize. Simpkins said the change in plea was made without any recommen dation from the commonwealth. The accident in which Glois Grimes was hurt occurred December 5 on a highway near here. Dodd pleaded innocent when arranged before a Hanover county grand jury which indicated him in January. He was released in continuation of a $2,000 bond arranged at the time he waived preliminary hearing. The Grimes child has been at a Richmond hospital since the acci dent. Attendants said yesterday her condition was fair. HIGHWAY PATROLMAN AUTO WRECK VICTIM Lincoln ton, March 2.—(AP) A. B. Smart, 32, a member of the State Highway Patrol, was killed when his automobile wrecked ten miles north of here on the New ton highway early today. Sheriff George Rudisill said after an in vestigation that Smart was driv ing his personal car, and that he apparently lost control of it eith er as a result of dozing or from some other cause. The sheriff said the patrolman was alone. Smart’s body was «ent to Spin dale. He will be buried at his home town of Ellentoro, near Ruthenordton. 150 Men Saved Off Big Fishing Boat New York, March 2.—(AP) Etadio Marine Corporation report ed today the SS Newfoundland had rescued the 150 men aboard the fishing boat Ranger, which had* sent out radio pleas for help. Radio Marine reported the res cue was effected in a heavy sea after the crew of the wooden Ranger had kept her afloat by bailing with buckets. The New foundland said it was trying to fasten a line toth e craft to tow it to port. Guam Issue Is Sore Spot To The Navy By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, March 2.—How to deal with dictators is a good deal of a puzzle. The Guam issue has been proving it to us. There is about 130 square miles of surface to this little coral speck in the far western Pacific. For itself alone it is not worth a nickel. In fact, it would be a liability, running in definitely into billions, if we had to defend it. For that matter, we don’t want to defend it. Indeed, we don’t want to defend the Philippines, which really do have some assessable value. It isn’t sufficient, however, to offset the risks the archipelago means to us. Any row we might have over the Philippines would be with Japan, of course. And the advantage would be enormously with the Japa nese. Our warships would arrive on the scene all tired and droopy after at least a week’s forced steaming from Pearl Harboro, at the closest. The Japs’ fighting craft would be waiting, fresh as a daisy, from an easy overnight cruise from southern Formosa. I don’t say that we wouldn’t over come our handicap, but it would be a long, hard job and darned expen sive. Navy men have recognized all this ever since we acquired these is lands —accidentally. Now we are get ting out of them shortly; not because we’re afraid of Japan, but because, from our standpoint, the whole sit uation being taken into consideration they’re a poor investment. Poor Proposition. Now, agreeing that it would be poor business for us to get into a war with the Mikado over the Philippines how much poorer a proposition would it be for us to get into a war with him over that useless little Guam flyspeck? Approximately a trillion times poorer. Guam has, to be sure, what mili tary folk call strategic serviceabili ties. That is to say, it is right in Ja pan’s dooryard. If we were securely entrenched there it would be as ex asperating to them as it would be to us, if they were entrenched on Cata lina Island, just off southern Califor nia. True, our story is that we’re not fortifying Guam. Our version is that we are making only some harbor improvements and developing our landing and taking-off facilities, for commercial aviation purposes. And unquestionably our proposed little $5,000,000 Guam appropriation looks like it. If we were contemplating fortification, our figure would run into the billions. It would have to, and even a small number of billions would be inadequate. Only $5,000,000. Yet the Navy Department is irri (Continued on Page Three) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Logan Urges | Expansion Os The Army Kentuckian Backs $358,000,000 Bill FDR Asked; Says Our Neutrality Act Gave Green Light Ahead to Dictators Washington, March 2. —(AP) — Senator Logan, Democrat, Kentucky, said in the Senate today that passage of the United States neutrality act “gave the green light to the dictator nations of the world to move on the democracies.” Speaking in behalf of the admin istration’s $358,000,000 army expan sion bill, Logan said that because neutrality legislation had given “much encouragement” to Germany, Italy and Japan, the United States must be prepared to defend itself against any possible attack. The House began consideration of a half billion army appropriation billion, the largest since 1922, and was told immediately it would be asked to “add substantially” to that figure in the very near future. Other developments: Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, veteran member of the Senate Bank ing and Currency Committee, an nounced flat opposition to President Roosevelt’s request for an extension of the chief executive’s power t<» lower the gold content of the dollar. Dr. Herbert Feis, representing Sec retary of State Hull, told a House committee that one foreign govern ment was discussing with this coun try the possibility of exchanging war (Continued on Page Four) JOSEPH COCKERHAN DIES IN WASHINGTON Washington, March 2.—(AP) — Joseph L. Cockerham, 50, prominent North Carolina attorney, died last night in Mount Alto hospital after an operation for a ruptured ap pendix. The body will be taken to his home in Surry county, where funeral services will be held prob ably Saturday or Sunday. Most of State Reports Snowfall for Forenoon Raleigh, March 2.— (AP)— Snow fell over most of North Carolina to day, sending flood-swollen streams i nthe eastern portion of the state even further out of their banks. Lee A. Denson, Raleigh weather man, said temperatures slightly above greezing prevailed over most of the state, and that the snow was melting as soon as it struck the ground. Flurries were reported from Ashe ville to Elizabteh City and possibly extended throughout the State. The lowest temperature here was 36 de grees early this morning. Fair and warmer weather is forecast for to morrow. Heavy rains last month set an all 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY New Head Os Catholics Is An Italian Election Is On His 62nd Birthday; New Pontiff Has Thorough Knowledge of United States; Choice of Pope on First Day Unpre cedented Vatican City, March .—(AP)— Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli was today elected 262nd pope of the Holy Ro man Church on his 62nd birthday and assumed the name of Pius Xli. The name under which the new pontiff will be spiritual ruler of about 331,000,000 Catholics was as sumed in recognition of his succes sion to Pius XI, to whom he was papal secretary of state. The election of the eminent Ital ian cardinal on the third ballot of the first day of the conclave’s voting was without precedent in the mod ern history of the church. Not since 1621, when Gregory XV was chosen, has a conclave acted so promptly. The new pontiff has a thorough knowledge of the church in the Unit ed States. Vatican authorities said the coronation of the new pope was expected to take place March 12, but the coronation date is decided by the new pontiff himself. It was considered unlikely that preparations for the elaborate cere mony would be completed by next Sunday, March 5. Papal coronations customarily take place on Sunday. ELECTION OF NEW POPE IS ANNOUNCED TO HUGE CROWD Vatican City, March 2.—(AP) — Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli today was elected the 262nd pope. The new pontiff, papal secretary of state under Pope Pius XI, suc ceeded to the throne of St. Peter on his sxity-second birthday. He will take the name of Pius XII. (Continued on Page Four) New Pope Named v - -vis WWm ra| lvH|H * f POPE PIUS XII time record for February here. The Cape Fear at Elizabethtown today was at 29.9 feet, eight out of banks, and was expected to rise slightly more than a foot. The Roa noke at Weldon was at 33 1-2 feet, two and a half out of its banks, and was expected to rise to 37 feet by tonight or tomorrow. The Neuse was at 17.8 feet, four out of bank, at Smithfield, and still rising. At Golds boro it was 17.4 feet, 3.4 feet out, an dexpected to rise to 20 feet by Saturday or Sunday. The Tar river at Greenville was at 14.9 feet, two out, and expected to rise to 16. At Tarboro, it was bank-full and expected to rise two more feet.
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