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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-sixth year Russia Is Silent About Alliance Lone Eagle Checks Up Wearing the uniform of a Colonel in the Army Air Corps, Col. Charles Lindbeigh arrives at San Diego, Calif., to inspect aircraft facilities for U. S. Colonel Lindbergh also inspected the huge new 52-passenger flying ship. Second Reorganization Bill Proposed By FDR 14 Inter-Departmental j Bureau Involved In Transfers and Merg-> ers.Asked; Last One To Be Offered This Session of Congress Washington, May 9.—(AP)—Pres ident Roosevelt proposed his second government reorganization plan to Congress today, involving 14 inter departmental bureau transfers and consolidations estimated to save sl,- 250,000 a year. The President, in a lengthy mes sage, declared this would be his final reorganization proposal to Congress tliis session, under the recently-en acted reorganization law. The first plan, involving merger of a score of independent lending, welfare and public works agencies into three new federal agencies, be comes effective June 24 because the veto resolution failed of passage in the House last week. His second plan today proposes, among other things: 1. Abolition of the National Bitum inous Coal Commission and transfer of its functions to the secretary of the interior. 2. Transfer of the foreign com merce service of the Commerce De partment and the foreign agricul tural service of the Agriculture Pe- | partment to the Department of State for consolidation with that depart ment’s foreign service. ■j. Transfer of the foreign service buildings commission, now indepen dent, to the State Department. Coal Conference Ended. Meanwhile, the soft coal operators (Continued on Page Two) Cities Fight Taxation Os Their Realty Daily Dispatch bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRY AVERILL Raleigh, May 9.—There are un mi: takable indications that a long ex pected battle between county and municipal governments over the question of taxability of municipal property is going to break out short ly with great vigor. Signs pointing that way come from both sides. To begin with it is a mat ter of fact, not guesswork, that the attorney general’s office is being ask ed for a broad and inclusive opinion on just what municipal property can legally be taxed by counties. It isn’t a matter of public record yet and information that the opinion has bet n requested isn’t being volunteer ed by the A. G.’s office. From the other side of the fence the municipalities, through “Muni cipal News”, publication of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, have launched a bitter attack on the {Continued on Page Two) mmuk Urttilcrsott D atlu itsuatcfa LF THEASS r JciATED R pRE® S P P Mayor of Clinton Dies at Hospital Clinton, May 9.—(AP) —Col- onel George L. Peterson, about 55, mayor of Clinton, died today in a Washington, D. C., hospital of a heart attack he suffered last Tuesday. He suffered the attack during the mayoralty election, in which he was named for a third term. He had been adjutant of the American Legion post here for several years. During the World War he was a major in the quartermaster corps at Camp Jackson, Colum bia, S. C. Three Death Appeals Are Before Court Raleigh, May 9.—(AP) —The Su preme Court took under advise ment today three appeals from death sentences Attorney General Harry McMul- I lan argued for the State that con-' viction of Brlcey Hammonds, in Robescn, of murder in the death of Lacy Brumbies, and of Cleveland Jones, in Hoke, of arson, in the burning of the dwelling of E. B. McNeill, should be sustained. D. M. Britt, of Lumberton, appeared for Hammonds and H. W. B. Whitley, of Raeford, for Jones. Assistant Attorney General Wade Bruton argued the State’s conten tions in the case of Alfred Taper, convicted of the murder of J. C. Mc- Neill, of Robeson. J. E. Carpenter, of Lumberton, appeared for Taper. The cases were the first appealed from Judge John J. Burney The court tomorrow will hear the appeal of James Godwin, convicted in Guilford county of the murder of Donald Moss Hull Urges War Doctors To Aid Peace Washington, May 9.—(AP) —Sec- retary of State Hull asked a conven j tion of military physicians from all over the world today to join him “in j an appeal to all peoples to do their utmost in bringing about the day when the horrors of war will disap~ pear.” ‘ Before high ranking medical of ficers of the German, Italian, British, French, Polish, Roumanian and other ' armies, Hull reaffirmed the faith of the United States in “an internation (Continued on Page Two) ONLY DAILY Britain Is Warned To Be Prepared Nation Must “Sleep on Its Haversack”, War Secretary Tells Commons in Seeking Permission To Draw Up New Armed Forces London, May 9.—(AP) —War Sec retary lloare-Belisha declared today that the British nation “must sleep on its haversack.” He addressed the House of Commons during debate on a bill to enable the government to call up reserves of the army, navy and air forces. Houre-Belisha announced that a large proportion of the regular army reserves, including officers, would be called up in batches this year. This, he said, would “enable the regular army to train at war strength in re gular formation and put the regular army in position, if necessary to take the field at short notice.” The bill under debate would en able the government to call up re serves secretly, eliminating the pres ent system, under which a proclama tion by the king is necessary. (The regular army reserves and supplementary reserves total about 170,000.) The war secretary said that anti aircraft units of the territorial army (corresponding to the national guard) would be called in rotation, with no man serving more than one month. These units will man search lights and anti-aircraft guns on 24- hour day schedules. (Five such divisions totaling 71, 000 officers and men, had been en rolled up to February 1.) Meanwhile, British negotiations for an alliance with Soviet Russia were believed to have gained firmer ground because of indicated increas ing friendliness between Russia.and Poland. Polish suspicions of her big neighbor have impeded British ef forts to bolster the British-French front with Soviet military might. But the announcement that Rus sia was sending an ambassador to the vacant Moscow post was taken by diplomatic observers to indicate closer collaboration between the two nations now. Edwin Gill Heads Porbation Body In Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville, Fla., May 9.—(AP) —Edwin Gill, of Raleigh, N. C., was elected president of the Southeast ern States Probation and Paroles Conference today. W. V. Patterson, Charleston, S. C., was named treasurer, and Biloxi, Miss., was chosen for the 1940 meet ing J. H. Sample, director of, the North Carolina probation system, told the officers that 1931 proba tioners in his State earned $315.- 351.82 in the last 17 months. “If prison sentences had been im posed in only 50 percent of cases,” said Sample, “the state, the federal 1 government or the several counties would have had to support a largo number of the 2,560 women and chil dren dependent upon those proba tioners.” The system is new, he said, but the effort at rehabilitation and re storation of self-reliance are appa rently fruitful Gill was also on the conference’s program. Poland Left With Answer Os Her Own Paris, May 9.—(AP) —France and Britain were reported in diplomatic circles today to have left to their ally, Poland, the final decision as to whether to act on feelers put for ward by Pope Pius XII for negotia tions to relieve the tension between Poland and Germany over Danzig. In these circles, it was said that Britain and France had let Poland know that they were anxious to see the problem of the free city on the Baltic settled by negotiation, if pos sible. The pope’s suggestions, diplomats said, were made to the German, Polish, British, French and Italian governments by envoys of the Vati can, acting on personal instructions from the holy father. The British government was un derstood to be more receptive to the papal plan than the French govern ment. There was no indication in Paris diplomatic quarters as to what Po land’s attitude might be. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINM. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 9, 1939 As British King and Queen Embarked for U. S. H ifipl ligj raik Central Press Cablephoto by Western Union King George VI of England, followed by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth, walks up the gangplank ox the Empress of Australia at Portsmouth as the royal party started on their visit to Canada and the United States. Princess Elizabeth, who with Princess Margaret Rose was left in care of Queen Mother Mary, took leave of her parents aboard the liner. Photo flashed by cable from London to New York. Pope’s Efforts for Peace Are Finding Sympathy In Germany Berlin, May 9.—(AP) —Disclosures of Pope Pius Xll’s peace moves in European capitals have struck a more responsive chord in Germany than any such efforts made thus far. Questions concerning conferences papal nuncios have ’had in recent' days with political leaders in Ger many, France, Poland and other countries brought this comment from a foreign office spokesman: “If the reports of a Vatican move along these lines are true, then cer tainly it can be said that we would Jap Threat At Shanghai Is Bombshell By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, May 9.—Japan’s im plied threat of a military occupation of Shanghai’s foreign near the Chinese coast, fell with something of bombshell’". emphasis upon the State Department in Wash ington the other day. It doubtless landed with equal force in London’s, Paris’ and several other European capitals’ foreign offices. The mikado’s warning was to the effect that anti-Japanese activity within the foreign settlement’s lim its must stop or an “acute situation” will result. And this activity, it was plainly charged, is encouraged by the settlement’s Occidental residents. Probably Tokyo didn’t intend to in clude Germans and Italians among said Occidentals, considering how close its hookup is with Berlin and Rome. Cei'tainly Americans, Eng lish and French were referred to, however; presumably Dutch. Bel gians and miscellaneous others also. Belongs to Foreigners. To understand the matter it’s nec essary to take into account the fact that the Shanghai settlement is the foreigners’ very own. It’s as much America’s as Broadway is; as much English .as Piccadilly; as much French as the Rue de la Paix. So when the Japanese talk about grabbing it, they virtually suggest a grab of American, English and French soil. It started like this: About 100 or more years ago the western powers were trying to es tablish trading bases on the Chinese coast. The then Peking government had no particular objection, but it didn’t want to be bothered with the adjustment of /piffling complications among these outer barbarians on the edge of its’ territory. Accordingly the emperor agreed, “I’ll give your vari ous nationalities a concession apiece down near my water front, but each of you will have to police and gen erally regulate your own little patch. It will be, in effect, part of the Unit ed States, Britain, France or what not. I simply won’t have a darn thing to do with it. It will be off my hands.” Such concessions thus were grant continued on Page Two) (V&cdJwi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Wednesday; slightly cooler tonight. regard it as a much more honored of fer of mediation than, for instance (R. A.) Butler’s offer in the House of Commons-yesterday.” (A Vatican news service’s an nouncement that papal nuncios in various capitals were conveying the pope’s “ardent desire for peace” to heads of governments did not men tion “mediation.” (Butler, British under secretary for foreign affairs, said that the fu ture of Danzig was “primarily a mat ter for negotiations between parties Rail Tycoon Dies Asleep In Hotel Washington, May 9.—(AP) — Carl R. Gray, 71, vice-president of the board of the Union Pacific Railroad, and its former president, was found dead in bed today at his (Mayflower) hotel. Discovery of Gray’s death was made when associates went to Gray’s room to awaken hijji a round 10 a. m. A son, Russell Gray, of Wellesley, Ma e s„ said his father was feeling well when he retired last evening after having dinner with another son, Carl R. Gray, Jr., of St. Paul, Minn. The elder Gray’s home was New York. The three Grays were in the city on different matters. Russell Gray said his father was here on “national transportation matters.” Carl Gray, Sr., had served on President Roosevelt’s joint labor management committee, appoint ed to work out a plan for reviving the nation’s railroads. Parole Idea Outgrowth Os New Society Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, May 9.—Parole is one of the methods by which society at tempts to cope with its present com plicated and congested status, North Carolina’s Parole Commissioner Ed win Gill today told the Southeastern States Probation and Parole Con ference at Jacksonville, Florida, ac cording to his address prepared for delivery there. “Parole is as modern as our pre sent system of controlling traffic by red and green lights,” he said, “and like our system of traffic control there was no necessity for it in the old, carefree days of the covered wagon. “Today, it is important that the re T turning prisoner be fitted into a definite social and economic status. He must not be allowed to hitch hike his way through life.” Mr. Gill traced the develonment of “some semblance of sanity in dealing with delinquent human be ing” from Biblical times to the pre sent. In the early of America, he said, many were allowed to go west and find for themselves a new life in a vast and undeveloped continent. “And it was good for those who (Continued on Page Six) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. to the Danzig settlement” and that “the British government stand for settlement of international questions by. friendly negotiations, arbitration or other peaceful means.”) Monsignor Orsenigo, papal nuncio to Germany, conferred with Reich fuehrer Hitler Friday. However, the foreign office spokesman said that whatever the Vatican was planning was evidently to be kept confiden tial, and therefore German officials would refrain from detailed discus sions of the move. Mussolini Lauds Might Os His Army Rome, May 9.—(AP) —Speaking in connection with a great army day parade, Premier Mussolini declared today that Italy would prove the strength of her decisions “when the hour comes.” “The force of our arms is great, but still greater is the de cision of our hearts, and when the hour comes we shall prove it,” II Duce told cheering troops and civil ians. He spoke briefly from the bal cony of the “palace” after a parade of armed strength that gave German military leaders a further oppor tunity to appraise the fascist war machine, which Mussolini has agreed to harness to German might in a military alliance. Mussolini spoke only about 60 words in two sentences. To introduce the statement on “the force of our arms,” he said: “On the third anniversary of the foundation of the empire and on the first observance of the holiday dedi cated to the army, you have par ticipated in a memorable military parade.” Charlie Ross, Kidnaped 65 Years Ago, Identified As Phoenix, Ariz,. Worker Phoenix, Ariz., May 9.—(AP) — Gustav Blair, 69, horny-handed car penter, legally identified by the Maricopa County Superior Court as Charles Brewster Ross, principal in the sensational unsolved German town, Pa, abduction of 65 years ago, envisioned today the possibility of lucrative radio and film contracts. The fact that Walter L. Ross, in Germantown, who usually speaks for the family in matters pertaining to the kidnaping mystery, would make no comment, did not phase Blair. Hundreds of persons have claimed they were the abduction victim. “If my older brother (Walter) lives for five years he will seek me out and admit our kinship,” he declared. Blair filed the civil action to es tablish his identity. He named as de-. fendants Walter, Sophia, Marion and Anne, other children of Christian and Sarah Ann Ross. They did not an swer the complaint, and Superior O PAGES O TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Moscow Now Is Studying Latest Offer Britain Has Made Counter Proposals on Soviet Plan for Far- Reaching Military Al liance; ‘‘Triumph of Communism” State ment Alarms Moscow, May 9. (AP) The Kremlin today studied the latest Bri tish proposal for Soviet participation in the British and French-engineer ed coalition, and at the same time sustained the mystery over Soviet Russian foreign policy. Both British and Soviet sources maintained silence on the nature of a note handed to Premier-Foreign Commissar Molotoff yesterday by Sir William Seeds, British ambassador. It had been understood, however, that the note conveyed British coun ter proposals to the Soviet suggestion of a far-reaching security plan based on a British-French-Russian military alliance. Britain was understood to have favored Soviet assistance to all states on the western border of the Soviet Republic, promising British-French aid to Russia if such assistance in volved her in conflict. The calm prevailing in British cir cles following Sir William’s interview with Molotoff was interpreted by some observers as meaning negotia (Continued on page two) SIOOOOO of Note" And Bond Sales In State Are Handled Raleigh, May 9.—(AP)—The Lo cal Government Commission hand led note and bond sales totaling more than SIOO,OOO today. W. E. Easterling, director of the commission, said the $40,000 Wilson county school refunding bonds went to Seasongood & Mayer and Charles A. Hinsch Company, both of Cin cinnati, at 2 1-2 percent interest, with a $41.85 premium. Fairmont sewer and water sup ply system bonds, amounting to $15,- 000, went to Scott, Horner & Mason, Inc., of Lynchburg, Va., the first SO,OOO maturities at 4 1-2 percent interest and the remainder at 4 1-2 4 1-4 percent Ten thousand Franklin county school building bonds were bought by William Green & Company, of Winston-Salem, at a $15.75 premium. Duka Given Compliments Upon Speech Verdun, France, May 9.—(AP) — The Duke of Windsor received hearty congratulations from French officials today for his plea, broadcast “simply as a soldier of the last war,” to “save humanity from the terrible fate which threatens it.” He was greeted by a group of Meuse department officials shortly (Continued on page two) Judge G. A. Rodgers ‘ entered a de fault judgment yesterday. For the bespectacled carpenter, who was routed out of bed to give his version of the four-year battle legal recognition as “Charlie Ross,” the jury verdict was a personal triumph. “I have been ignored by Walter and other members of my family, de spite the fact that they knew my claim was justified,” he said bitterly. Blair declared today that he had an unbroken chain of evidence to establish his true identity from 1873. Charlie and Walter Ross were kid naped July 1, 1874, by two men on the promise that they would be given firecrackers for Independence Day. Walter, two years older, was found a short time later in the northeast ern section of Philadelphia. Three days later, the Ross family received the first of 23 ramson letters demand ing $20,000. Negotiations to obtain the children’s return were futile.
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