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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR EUROPE WRITS MUSSOLINI SPEECH SUMMIT New Justice Bill Toned By Senate Hitler Wouldn’t Want More, Mussolini Less, Than Original Meas ure, Senate Is Told; Week Memorable In Assembly; End Like ly Week Hence Raleigh, March 25.— (AP) The Senate today set as a special order for Monday the bill to abolish use of professional mark ers in elections and primaries. Senator Lumpkin of Franklin, an exponent of the measure, moved to have it considered imme diately under suspension of the rules, but his motion failed to carry the necessary two-thirds majority. The motion to postpone con sideration was made by Senator Prince, of Henderson, an op ponent of the proposal. Raleigh, March 25.—(AP) — The Senate without dissent today passed and sent to the House a committee substitute for a bill to create a State Department of Justice. However, Senator Folger, of Surry, who had led a fight against the pro posal, said he would move for re consideration of the vote Monday. Yesterday he had charged that “Hitler wouldn’t want more, and Mussolini wouldn't ask as much’’ as the measure provided in its original form before re-drafting by a sub committee. The measure would bring the bureau of investigation and identification under the attorney general; provide for codification of statutes and permit investigation by the department of justice at the re (Continued on Page Five) Seek Gunman In Killing At Kannapolis Kannapolis, March 25.—(AP) — Officers using bloodhounds hunted today a slender gunman who shot and killed Floyd Holshouser, 22, last night as he sat in his parked auto mobile. Clues were scarce. No trace of the weapon was found. One of ficer said about the only hope was to find fingerprints on the car. Another said several former convicts report ed lately in this vicinity would be questioned. Policeman Wes Plyle said this morning no suspects had been arrest ed. Meanwhile, every detail of the shooting, as given by witnesses, was carefully studied. Miss Lilly Hol (Continued on Page Five) FHAOfficer Admits He Killed Wife Body of Mrs. Eudora Cunningham Dug from Deep Sewer Grave on Directions of Confessing Hus band; No Motive As signed Oklahoma City, Okla., March 25. —(AP) —The body of socially prom inent Mrs. Eudora Cunningham was dug by flare light from a deep sewer grave early today after her husband broke a stubborn 19-day silence with a dramatic last-minute confession. Just a few hours before a schedul ed habeas corpus hearing officers said Would have ended in freedom for 33-year-old Roger Cunningham, he broke, admitted he strangled his wife March 6 and directed searchers to her body with a crude map. With a firm, neat hand, the beard ed and haggard Cunningham sketch ed the diagram to show officers where the body was buried, then re (Continued on Page Eight) Urtthvrsmt Batin Btsttamt ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNORTHCAROLINA AND VIRGINUL ' " LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED CRESS. ; :v>.: H % UK mm jl|§ wX-; wofr * imran : %ti I, > ~ Marriner Eccles (left), chairman of the board of governors of the Fed eral Reserve Board, and E. A. Gtoldenweiser, puzzle over some figures during session of Senate special committee on silver, in Washington. Eccles, a foremost advocate of government spending, reversed himself and urged Congress to balance the budget, reduce taxes and take cut in federal spending Dr. McDonald Definitely Quits Politics In State Has Not Asked Hoey for Job Nor Been Of fered One by Him; Thinks Present Exe cutive Most Beloved Governor State Has Ever Had Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY HENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, March 25.—Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, whom State administra tion leaders still see as the central figure of their nightmares, today de finitely and positively removed him self from the field of North Carolina politics, either as a possible Hoey ap pointee or a potential candidate for any office. In a statement whose sincerity was so obvious as to admit no doubt, the man who came so close to overthrow ing the established order in 1936 flat ly and without equivacation told your correspondent that he is not seeking any appointment, is not bing considered by the governor for one, and “could not and would not” take one if offered. He left open only one possible avenue to public employment. He said he is hopeful to get back into college, teaching. May Head U. N. C. Department. This indicates that his election or appointment (or Whatever is the pro per term for getting a teaching job) to some instructional position at the University of North Carolina is not at all impossible. There are, in fact, reports now cur rent around Raleigh that he will be named head of a department at the Chapel Hill institution. These, how ever, are so far unverified and un confirmed in any official quarter. Will Never Re-Enter Ring. Going a bit beyond a prepared statement which he gave your cor respondent, Dr. McDonald said there isn’t the faintest chance that he will ever re-enter politics as an active participant. He by no means cut off the possibility that he will retain a keen and active interest as an obser ver, however. The one-time Forsyth professor and legislator said that he will for ever be debarred from politics by his health. He appeared in the pro berbial “pink” and said he feels per fectly well, but it is clear that he fears over-evertion after his many continued on Page Five) WALTER J. SHUFORD DIES AT HICKORY Was Prominent Business Man and Civic Leader; Critically 111 Past Few Weeks Hickory, March 25.—(AP) —Wal- ter J. Shuford, 65, prominent busi ness man and civic leader, died here early today of a heart attack. He had been in bad health the last two years, but critically ill only a few weeks. The funeral will be held tomor row at his home and burial will be in Hickory. Shuford, a former member of the State Board of Agriculture, was at one time president of the Catawba Creamery Company here, one of the largest plants of its kind in the South $ $ $ Quandary Back to Work m 1 A f Secretary of the Navy Claude Swan son smiles as he arrives at Miami after cruise aboard the cruiser Houston. In ill health lately, he re turned greatly recovered, ready for his arduous duties in Washington. Tax Listing To Be Jan. 1 Not April 1 a Daily Dispatch Bureau, It* the Sir Walter Hotel, BY LYNN NESBET « Raleigh, March 25.—The revenue machinery act of 1939, which, like the revenue act itself, purports to be a “permanent”, one, makes radical departure in several particulars from previous operating statutes. Most important changes noted are: Change of tax listing date from April 1 to January 1, effective for the year 1940 and thereafter. This change made at the instance of coun ty and city officials who protested that they could not get tax books by July 1 when listing was not made until April. The January 1 date was used some years ago and was changed when farmer organizations objected. More liberal deductions for indebt edness are permitted. Indebtedness for purchase price of baled cotton, debts on farm products held by the producer, and money owed on fer tilizer for use in agriculture, all may be deducted on the same basis as in debtedness against book credits. County commissioners may ap point three county-'wide appraisers for realty assessment instead of dif ferent groups for each township. The schedule of discounts for early payment and penalties for deferred payment of taxes has been revised and made more liberal to the delin quent taxpayer. Under the new sche dule the first delinquent -month will carry one per cent penalty, the sec ond month two per cent and there after one-half of one per cent will (Continued on Page Five) HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 25, 1939 Republicans May Block Parity Fund Seek $500,000,000 Item To Make Bill So Obnoxious It Will Fail; Doughton T o Talk Tax Revision Plans Washington, March 25.—(AP) — Republican parliamentary strategy threatened today to eliminate the $250,000,000 for parity payments from the Agriculture Department ap propriation bill. When the House resumed consid eration of the $1,087,000,000 measure, Representative Tarver, Democrat, Georgia, told the membership that the Republicans were planning to vote with Democratic proponents of an amendment to boost the parity payments fund to .$500,000,000. Members said this strategy was based on the hope that, with the bill so “loaded,” even Democrats in favor of the $250,000,000 item would have to vote against it, arid thus strike all parity payments from the bill. “Those who support the amendment to raise the sum to $500,000,000 will be voting against any parity pay ments whatever,” Tarver declared. “A half loaf is better than no bread.” Other developments: Chairman Doughton, Democrat, North Carolina, of the House Ways and Means Committee, is expected to discuss the question of tax re vision with his colleagues next week. Doughton has been ill for some time, but is expected to return to work Monday. ‘ >• Trade Balance Up. The United States sold $60,524,000 more in merchandise abroad than it (Continued on Page Eight) LENOIR MAN BADLY BURNED IN HOUSE Kinston, March 25.—(AP) —A man identified as Woodrow Moye, about 23, was critically burned early to day when fire swept a house in which he was asleep, damaging it an estimated $25,000. Five other per son escaped unhurt. BANK BRANCH FOR BAILEY IS PLANNED Raleigh, March 25. —(AP) —The Lucama-Kenly Bank of Lucama has been authorized to open a teller’s window branch at Bailey April 1, Gurney P. Hood, State bank com missioner, said today. Anti-Markers Bill Likely To Be Passed Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter lioteL BY HENRY AVERILL Raleigh, March 25. —The Senate will likely pass today (may even have already passed when this is published) a bill designed to ban “professional” marker of ballots in primary elections of North Carolina. Yesterday the Senate overrode a majority of its election law commit tee and put the bill on its calendssr byway of the minority report route. An unfavorable report was given the bill by the group which is headed by Graham’s Jack Morphew. The minority report was signed and handed up by Senators Willie Lee Lumpkin, John Umstead and Pat Taylor. It was adopted, 26 to 13, after brief and sparkless debate. The most notable feature of the vote was the fact that almost half a dozen Senators sat in their seats and an swered “present” when their names were called. In addition, there were several hurried departures from the chamber when it became clear a vote was to be taken. Senators Bunn Frink, Charles Cow les, Joe Warren and Doggie Hatcher (Continued on Page Four) “wFathfr FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Sun day. WEEKLY WEATHER. South Atlantic States: Rather frequent showers over west and north portions of district; fair most of week in Florida; cooler in north portion of district by i Monday night and again toward end of week, but temperatures mostly above normal. Memel Girls Greet Reich Troops H i k ■glPf jP J , German soldiers are joyfully greeted by the girls of Memel as the Nazi troops marched in to occupy the Baltic seaport, formerly governed by Lithuania, in the name of Greater Germany. Hitler, arriving by battle ship, mounted a theatre balcony to announce, “In the name of the German people I greet you. No power on earth shall ever subjugate us. For this we shall look out. Photo telephoned to Berlin and flashed by radio to New York. Franco Troops May Enter Madrid Probably Sunday Ft. Bragg Trooper Meningitis Victim Fort Bragg, March 25. (AP) — Private Ernest 11. Plemmons, of Battery F, 83rd Field Artillery, died yesterday at the post hos pital of meningitis, post authori ties announced today. They said there were two other cases in the hospital. One patient was de scribed as critically ill. The oth er’s chances of recovery were con sidered good. The announcement said officials did not regard the outbreak as sufficient to curtail post activi ties, although a close watch was being kept. Doctors expressed confidence the danger would be over if no more cases developed during the nine-day incubation period, which they said would end next Thurs day. Second Locks In Canal Are Held Needed By CHARLES P. StEWART Central Press Columnist Washington,- March 25. —The Pana ma Canal would be a deal simpler to operate and a deal easier and cheaper to im- prove but for the earth’s uneconomic (from this coun try’s st a n dpoint) whirl to the west ward. Indeed, a new canal, as pro posed, through Nicaragua * the Te huantepec penin sula, up in Mexico, would be a com paratively uncom plicated engineer ing problem to solve but for our Ridley globe’s whiz around its axis as it travels through space around the sun. Brig. Gen. Clarence S. Ridley, gover nor of the Pahama Canal Zone, made this clear to Congress in his recent report recommending an addi tional set of locks for the improve ment of our present big ditch be tween the oceans. Our existing locks work all right, but suppose, in wartime, even one of them were to be bombed by hostile aviators, or sabotaged! Why, that na turally would sew up the canal, mak (Continued on Page Four) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Negotiations All But Concluded for Sur render of Loyalist Capital Hendaye, France, March 25. (AP) —Final negotiations for the surrender of Madrid to the Spanish nationalists and for peace in the 23- month-old Spanish civil war were said today to be nearly completed. Some dispatches from both Bur gos and Madrid, the nationalist and republican capitals, indicated that a pian for the almost unconditional surrender of Madrid was so far ad vanced that General Franco’s troops might march into that besieged city today or tomorrow. (The correspondent of a Rome newspaper on the Madrid front forecast that Franco’s troops would attack Madrid in full force “within the next few hours” unless attack orders already issued were • coun termanded.) The nationalist defense council, which rules repuolican Spain, one fourth of continental Spain, met last night in General Miaja’s office. THREE ROAD JOBS IN NASH AWARDED Raleigh, March 25.—(AP) —Chief Highway Engineer Vance Baise an nounced today award of three Nash county road contracts for low bid ders participating in the letting last week. The job projects provide grading, surfacing and structures on 3.3 miles of Route 48 near Rocky Mount; 3.07 miles of a county road near Whitak ers, and 2.8 miles of a county road near Battleboro Hospital Fee For Accident Is Favored In the Sir Walter Hotel. Daily Dispatch Bureau, Raleigh, March 25.—The Senate passed Senator Dr. T. Wi M. Long’s bill to add 30 cents to the cost of every automobile tag in North Caro lina in order to provide hospitaliza tion for highway accident victims after the Halifax physician-legisla tor had pointed out that records show that crash victims spend a total of 60,000 patient-days in hospitals each year. Dr. Long said that there is an an (Continued on Page Four) 8 PAGES TODAY .FIVE CENTS COPY Demands On France May Bring Crisis Another Period o f High Tension Like That Created by Hit ler in Last Ten Days Is Feared; Britain Slows Efforts To ’ Block Hitler London, March 25.—(AP) —The governments of Europe looked to day to Rome, whence may come from Premier Mussolini an indica tion ■ of what the Nazi-Fascist pow ers hope to do next. Mussolini makes an important address tomor row, and there was some belief here today that he might enunciate de mands upon France for colonies in Africa. • If he does, there likely will re sult another period of high tension, like that of the past ten days, dur ing which Adolf Hitler, of Germany, the Italian anti-communist partner, obliterated Czechoslovakia, regained Memelland from Lithuania and then thrust the Nazi economic ma chine to the Black Sea by an ac cord with Roumania In the- meantime, the British gov ernment slowed efforts to form a four-power league against Germany with France, Soviet Russia and Po land. Poland has been cool to the idea because, Polish political inform ants said, she does not wish to af fiont so powerful a nation at her borders There was a possibility that Bri tain would conclude a triple entente with France and Russia, then make a separate agreement with Poland, which might include a definition of military aid each would give the other. Doctor And Three Others In Dope Ring Elizabeth City, March 25.—(AP) —Dr. Howard J. Combs, prominent 44-year-old Elizabeth City physician with home and office in his own building on East Main street, w as arraigned this morning before Unit ed States district court, under an in dictment charging him on 142 counts of violations of the Harrison narco tic act. The indictment charges that Dr. Combs has dispensed 361,000 half grain doses of morphine within the last three years. Indicted along with Dr. Combs were Harrison Perry, Negro chauf feur of the doctor, charged with be ing an accessory, and Mrs. Helen Taft Goodman and William Modrell. A native of Tyrrell county, Dr. Combs has been practicing in Eliza beth City for nearly twenty years. The indictments were made by the Federal grand jury at Fayetteville March 21 before Federal Judge I. M. Meekins. Dr. Combs and Perry were re leased under SI,OOO bonds, and the (Continued on Page Four) Armistice In Slovak Area Is Reported Capital Says Slovak- Hungarian Hostilities Halted; One Report Says Fighting Con tinuing Bratislava, Slovakia, (AP) —Semi-official sources said to day that an armistice had been or dered in eastern Slovakia, where Hungarian and Slovakian troops have been engaged in border fight ing. “An armistice was ordered Friday night,” it was stated. “Both sides are holding their positions, await ing diplomatic negotiations.” The Slovak government appealed to Berlin, now protector of Slovakia, (Continued on Page Eight)
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