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Conference at Innsbruck, between General Alberto Pariani (left) chief
of Italy’s general staff, and Colonel-General Wilhelm Keitel (right),
chief of the high command of Germany’s armed forces, is viewed with
trepidation by the democratic powers. The conference was called as Italy
declared •■iabiishment of a “protectorate” over the kingdom of Albania.
Clarence Bracy Executed
For Williamson Slaying
Pendergast,
Kansas Boss,
Is Indicted
Kansas City, April 7.—(AP) —
Thomas J. Pendergast, boss of the (
powerful Kansas City Democratic ,
oiganization, was indicted today by ,
; Federal grand jury on charges of ;
violating income tax laws. Named ]
with him on' a separate indictment I
on similar charges was R. E. O’Mal. ,
ley. who as state insurance superin
tendent, engineered a $9,000,000 fire
in 'trance rate compromise in 1935,
which was investigated by the grand
jury > i
One count asserted Pendergast fail
w 1 to report $260,000 in income in j'
1036, and another charge he evaded j
t; ration on $55,000 in 1935.
The jury charged O’Malley re- ,
e. ived $62,000 in the rate settle- \
it ent, and that money on which the |
P< ndergast indictment was based
came from approximately $347,000
which the late Charles R. Street, of
Chicago, obtained from fire insur
«p'ce companies in connection with
the rate case.
The indictment charged Pender-
P' t reported a net income of $87,-
‘•4O for the calendar year 1936 and
paid* tax on $25,481, while his real
net income was $347,365, upon!
which $195,682 was owed. It charg
ed he paid only $464 on a reported
income of $14,811, although he owed
a $15,567 tax on a net income of
$69,811.
N. C. Cotton
Acreage Is
Below Quota
Raleigh, April 7. (AP) Will
Rogers, of the AAA office at N. C. |
State College, forecast today that
Tar Heel farmers would plant about
88 percent of their 997,252-acre cot
ton allotment this spring.
“If it were not for the fact far
mers must plant at least 80 percent
of their allotment to receive maxi
mum benefits under the AAA pro
gram,” said Rogers, “many growers
would not plant a stalk of cotton
this year.”
P. H. Kime, agronomist at the ex
periment station, said wet weather
early in the year had delayed pre
paration of land, but that it now
looked as though most of them would
be able to seed cotton in the ground
at about the usual time.
J. O. Rowell, entomologist, said
conditions through the winter have
been favorable for boll weevil, but
R is too early to make a reliable fore
east on infestation.
Last year’s North Carolina cotton
crop was only 400,000 bales, com
•pared with 780,000 bales in 1937.
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Is, Administered/ 13
Minutes, 25 Seconds;
Guilford Negro Also
Executed for Murder
of White M,an There
Raleigh, April 7.—(AP) —Bat De-
Journette and Clarence Bracy, Ne
gioes, convicted of murdering white
men, were asphyxiated at Central
Prison today. Both men were pro
nounced dead after inhaling hydro
cyanic gas for exactly 13 minutes
and 25 seconds.
Bracy, 24-year-old Vance county
farm hand, was found guilty of slay
ing William H. Williamson; DeJour
nette, 43, of Guilford, county, was
convicted by slaying Garland Man
gum
The men were the 216th and 217th
persons to be executed at the prison
since 1910, when the State took over
the responsibility of administering
capital punishment.
Approximately 20 official witness
es and newsmen saw the Good Fri
day asphyxiations. It was the first
time since September, 1938, that
two men had been put to death in
a single day at the prison.
Both men wore only shorts when
they were led to the gas chamber.
As each started his march to the
white triangular room, other pris
oners on Death Row chanted, “God
he with you till we meet again.”
Bracy made no final statement,
but Sheriff L. L. Swanson, of Vance
county, said he previously had ad
mitted his guilt. He was convicted
in Vance last October of beating
his employer to death with a wagon
standard and robbing him of $3.
Bracy entered the gas chamber at
10:03 a. m. A brown mask was plac
ed over his lace and he was strap
ped into the chair. Gas was ad
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Horton Now Definitely
Candidate For Governor
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter HoteL
By HENRY AVERILL
Raleigh/ April 7.— Post-legislative
activities of Lieutenant G °yemor
Wilkins P. Horton indicate that he
is definitely running for governor
of North Carolina.
Os course, it hasn’t come to the
official announcement stages and
the Pittsboro man may exercise pre
rogative not exclusively feminine
and change his mind about the
whole thing, but as of today he is
an active, aspiring, ambitious can
didate for governor.
He will undoubtedly have an an
nouncement of some sort to make
at some time before the end of May,
which will be almost exactly one
year in advance of the 1940 primary
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHES IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA
HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APR1L7,1939
INVADES
Economy In
Washington
Called Joke
Only Kind Is Where
Distressed Men and
Women >re Asking
for Fcps al id Shelter,
Senatyir Says; Hull Is
Aro**ed\ 1 £ Italian
Action \
—fr:
Wa;Kington. ’April 7.—(AP)—As
sertir)- That there -is “no sign of
economy aU-- Washington, except
whete'* distressed men and women
are asking for food and shelter,”
Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho,
announced today that he intended to
vote for a $150,000,000 emergency
WPA appropriation.
“T am told an agreement has been
reached which satisfied the admin
istration,” Borah told reporters. “I
am not voting for or against the ad
ministration. I am voting for mil
lions of American men, women and
children.”
Supporters of an amendment by
Senator Pepper, Democrat, Florida,
to increase to $150,000,000 a SIOO,-
000.000 appropriation approved pre
viously by the Senate Appropriations
Committee and the House, hailed
Borah’s aid.
Democratic leaders, confronted by
prolonged speech-making on the re
lief bill, scheduled a Saturday ses
sion in an effort to reach a vote this
week.
Meanwhile, Secretary Hull tele
phoned President Roosevelt at Warm
Springs, Ga., and talked to him at
great length qn the situation cheated
by Italy’s invasion of Albania. The
telephone conversation, the'second in
12 hours, dealt with possible effects
on relations of the United States with
both countries. Hull communicated
to the President all the information
the State Department has received
on the Italo-Albanian situation from
half dozen European capitals.
The American problem involved
are these:
Is Mussolini’s march into Al
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Balkans Are
Preparing
For Events
Bucharest, Roumania, April 7. —
(AP) —Foreign Minister Gafencu left
Bucharest late today for Istanbul for
an emergency conference tomorrow
with Turkish Foreign Minister Sara
toglu on Italy’s invasion of Albania.
The Roumanian minister was to
travel by warship from Constanza,
on the Black Sea, to Istanbul.
In quarters close to the govern
ment it was admitted that the for
eign ministers of the Balkan en
tente states, Roumania, Yugoslavia.
Greece and Turkey had exchanged
views on the invasion, but there was
no immediate prospect of a meeting
which would include the ministers of
Yugoslavia and Greece, adjacent to
Albania. The Roumanian government
gave evidence of great concern over
news of the invasion.
King Carol, back in the capital
from an inspection tour of the Rou
manian frontier, kept close touch
with developments.
voting date
For quite a spell, the Horton
name has been placed high on the
list of candidates in the 1940 poli
tical free-for-all, and there are now
indications that it won’t be too long
before it can be removed from the
possibility and assigned to the cer
tainty class
Ever since the legislature quit sine
die last Tuesday, the lieutenant
governor has been closely examining
the situation and it seems quite
clear that he believes himself about
ready to make the plunge.
What this correspondent has learn
ed comes from sources other than
the prospective candidate himself,
and there is always the chance that
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Relief Bill May Put It Through
Tirana < tofl), capital ot mountainous Albania, is the scene of both rejoicing and fear—iov because of birth
of a crown prince to Queen Geraldine and King Zog I (lower right), fear because the little nation about th"
size of New Hampshire and Vermont combined, has become the center of Europe’s latest crisis wif
Mussolini s threat to establish a protectorate. The troops at lower left are typical of Albania’s p" e
time army of 14,000 men. (Cent-al Pre v'
Germany Warns Western
Democracies To Lay Off
Declaration from Berlin Follows Press Denun
ciation of Anglo-Polish Treaty; Germany Has
“Complete Understanding With II Duce”
Berlin, April 7.—(AP) —Officials
announced today Germany was
backing Italy in Albania, and would
not understand if western Demo
cratic powers attempted to inter
fere with Mussolini’s action.
This “hands-off” declaration fol
lowed press condemnation of the
Anglo-polish mutual defense agree
ment, announced yesterday in Lon
don.
“Germany has complete under
standing of II Duce’s action, and re
gards it as within the spirit of the
1927 Italo-Albanian friendship
treaty,” one official said. He re
ferred to the treaty by which Italy
Government
Seeks End
Coal Strike
New York, April 7. —(AP) —The
government, acting through a Labor
Department conciliator, moved to
day to break the four-week deadlock
between bituminous miners and ope
rators who have been seeking a new
wage-hour agreement. The concil
iator, James Dewey, was called be
fore the committee of four Appala
chian operators and four representa
tives of the United Mine Workers of
America (CIO) after he requested
an opportunity to address the nego
tiators.
Dewey said he acted after dis
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J. CLYDE STANCILL
DIES IN CHARLOTTE
Prominent Attorney and Former Leg
islator Victim of Heart Ail
ment at Age of 50
Charlotte, April 7.—(AP) —J,
Clyde Stancill, 50, one of Mecklen
burg county’s legal advisors, died
today of a heart ailment at a hos
pital. He was a native of this coun
ty and an alumnus of Erskine Col
lege, Due West, S. C., and the Uni
versity of North Carolina Law
School. He was a former city soli
citor, assistant superior court solici
tor and legislator.
The funeral will be held tomor
row at 4 p. m., at the Associate Re
formed Presbyterian Tabernacle.
Surviving are the widow, two
daughters, a brother and a sister.
Albania—Scene of Fear and Rejoicing
previously established a measure of
protection over Albania.
“Italy naturally cannot tolerate
continued unrest so near to her
shores and attacks upon Italian cit
izens,” he added.
The two-day conversations at
Innsbruck between Colonel General
Tariani, Italian under secretary of
war, now are interpreted here as
having been concerned principally
with what joint action might be
taken by the armies of the axis
powers in case Britain or any other
nation tried to frustrate the Italian
move against Albania.
The Innsbruck talks ended yes
terday
Hutchins Is
Again Talked
For The SEC
Warm Springs, Ga., April 7.—(AP)
- -Speculation that Robert M. Hut
chins, president of the University of
Chicago, might be named chairman
of the Securities and Exchange Com
mission was revived here today after
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Four Navigation
Projects Will Be
Surveyed In N. C.
Washington, April 7.—(AP) —
Maior General Julian Schley, chief
of the army engineers, has directed
field engineers to review reports on
the following navigation projects in
North Carolina:
Intra-coastal waterway from
Beaufort to the Cape Fear river;
Smith’s creek, tributary of Neuse
river. 25 miles below New Bern;
Pamlico. Sound through Core Sound
to Beaufort harbor, and Beaufort
harbor.
The field engineers will forward
a renort on their inquiry to the
board of engineers for submission to
Congress
(jJfwdhsiA
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Generally fair, slightly colder
on the coast; not quite so cold
in extreme northwest portion
t«nisrHt; Saturday partly
slightly warmer in interior.
AND VIRGINIA.
ALBANIA
Landing Os
Troops Only
‘Temporary’
Will Leave When “Re
cent Disturbances Are
Terminated”; Only
Slight Resistance Re
ported ; Britain Con
siders Treaty Violated
London, April 7.—(AP) —The Ita
lian Embassy in London issued a
statement today saying that Italian
troops would be withdrawn from
Albania “as soon as the recent dis
turbances are terminated.”
The Italian spokesman said occu
pation of Albania, which British of
ficials consider a breach of the 'An
glo-Italian agreement guaranteeing
the status quo in the Mediterranean,
was only temporary. He denied that
Italians had met resistance from the
regular Albanian army.
“According to information reach
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Babscn Reports Business
22 Prcnt. Above Year Ago
Will Be No War in Europe This Spring, and No
New Anti-Business Laws in This Congress; Low
Agriculture Prices Unhappy Factor
By ROGER W. BABSON,
Copyright 1939, Publishers
Financial Bureau, Inc.
BUSINESS SIGNS POINT
UPWARD
1. Labor troubles dying out.
2. PolitVjal picture better.
3. No war this Spring.
4. Raw materials cheap.
5. Inventories at rock bottom.
6. Profit margins good.
7. “Fear” only drawback.
Babson Park, Fla., April 7.—Bus
iness today is better than the aver
age business man thinks it is. Actu
ally, it is fairly good. It could, of
course, be better; it could also be
worse. In cold figures, business is
22 per cent above a year ago and
only 12 per cent under the peak of
two years ago. Excepting only 1937,
activity this spring is the highest
for any similar season in ten years!
This does not sound quite so bad
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Says Enemy
Is Repulsed
Four Times
Italy Accuses King
Zog of Seeking Italian
Aid To Attack Yugo
slavia; Queen Flees to
Greece With Two-Day
Old Son; Peace Is
Sought
Tirana, Albania, April 7.
(AP) —An Italian army of 25,000
men gained possession of at
least three towns in a bitterly
contested invasion of Albania
today. Official Albanian re
ports said Italians, who used
war planes and warship guns
for heavy shelling, were repuls
ed four times with heavy losses.
It was disclosed, however, that
Italians had gained Durazzo,
Santi Quaranta and San Gio
vanni di Medua. San Giovanni
and Valona vrere reported afire.
Rome, April 7. (AP) —Ita-
lian troops swarmed onto the
shores of tiny Albania today un
der cover of warship guns and
bombing planes.
Sharply on the heels of this ac
tion, fascist . spokesmen, in a bitter
attack on King Zog, accused the
Albanian ruler of seeking Italian
aid for an attack on Yugoslavia.
While Italian landing parties invad
ed the Albanian Adriatic coast at
four points, these spokesmen said
Italians in Albania had been threat
ened because Italy refused to help
Zog attack his neighbor.
The first word of Italy’s military
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PO WDER KEG
ALBANIA PROTESTS
Paris, April 7.—(AP) —The Al
banian legation strongly protested
the “barbarous action” of Italy
against Albania in a published state
ment this morning. The legation
asserted that Albanian troops had
repulsed “up to the present” Italian
troops attempting to land at Adria
tic ports r- d continued:
“Very large naval and aerial forc
es bombarded and are continuing to
bombard unprotected cities on the
coast now massacreing defenseless
women and children.”
HOLLAND PREPARES
The Hague, The Netherlands,
April 7.—(AP) —An official an
nouncement today disclosed that
Easter leaves for the Netherlands
frontier and coast defense forces had
been cancelled. The announcement
said that these orders were due to
the “international situation,” but did
not mention any specific factor in
the present European crisis.
U. S. ENVOY INQUIRIES
Rome, April 7.—(AP) —United
States Ambassador William Phil
lips called today on Count Ciano,
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as the average person has been led
to believe, does it?
Just to show readers how activity
in various industries contrasts with
the low levels of 1938 and the good
volume of 1937, here are some sim
ple percentage comparisons:
X
U
Today Compared With *3 0 y ©
vbe ** bo
>* < <
Freight carloadings x 8% y 20%
Steel operations x7O y4O
Textile activity x 36 yl3
Electricity consumption xll x 3
Building volume x4O xls
Bonk debits xlO yls
Automobile assemblies x7O y 23
Retain trade x 8 y 5
Number of jobs x 3 yls
F'arm products prices y 4 y 26
x plus—y minus. ‘
First Quarter Gain 21 Per Cent
On New Year’s Day, I predicted
a 25 per cent increase for the first
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