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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-sixth year Military Aid From Russia Asked Only If Britain Fights Chamberlain State ment in Commons In tended To Clarify Sit uation to Russians; Says Soviets Would Not Be Left Alone London, May 10.—(AP> —Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons today that Britain sought Soviet Russia’s promise of military aid in eastern Europe only alter Britain and France themselves had taken the field. Breaking his silence on the gov ernment's security alliance proposals to remove what he said appeared to be a misunderstanding of the offer in Soviet Russia, Chamberlain said the proposals “made plain it was not a part of their (the British) inten tions that the Soviet government should commit themselves to inter vene irrespective of whether Great Britain and France had already, in discharge of their obligations, done so.” Asked whether, in view of the de lay in the negotiations, Foreign Sec retary Viscount Halifax would “pro ceed to Moscow and have straight forward discussions” with the new Soviet Minister Molotoff, the prime minister replied: “We had better await a reply of the Soviet govern ment.” Chamberlain sought to allay any Soviet suspicions that Russia might be left alone in intervening in be half of smaller states in some cir cumstances. He said Russia could make her intervention contingent on that of Britain. Russia’s position in regard to Pol and or Roumania, to whom Britain and France already have given sep arate guarantees, thus would be the same as in the Soviet-French pact with the old Czechoslovakia, where Russia was obligated to aid only if France did so. Coal Group Seeks Plan Os Operation New York, May 10.—(AP)—Soft coal operators and miners, seeking to comply With President Roosevelt’s demands that they find by tonight a way to reopen closed mines in 26 states, studied today a definite for mula designed to break their long deadlock. As representatives of the two sides met with federal conciliators afterJ yesterday’s conference with the President, there was no indication what the plan was. However, sour ce.' close to both groups said they saw no immediate possibility of a resumption of mine operations un do a tentative agreement. Dr. John Steelman, director of the U. S. Conciliation Service, who has participated in the contract negotia- | tions for several weeks, remained optimistic that an agreement of some sort would be reached. "1 think you can reassure the coun try,” he said, “that some settlement here is under way.” Steelman interpreted Mr. Roose velt’s demand for .a solution by to night as a midnight deadline, and indicated the conferees would remain in session almost continuously. Just before entering the conference room to reopen negotiations on a new con tract, one of the conferees shook his head sadly and said: “The President sure put the heat on us yesterday.” ' He declined to permit use of his name. Navy Saves 66 People On British Ship Washington, May 10.-—(AP) — Admiral Harry Yarnell, Asiatic lleet commander, reported to the Navy today the rescue of 66 passengers and crewmen of the British steam er Lindenbank, which sank in the Sulu Sea, Philippine islands They were taken to Iloilo by the ('< stroyor Pope. No lives were, lost and all escaped injury The Lindenbank sank, Admiral Yarnell reported, .in waters 3,000 loot deep at 10 a. m. today (9 p. m. eastern standard time last night) after being freed from a reef. The steamer, operated by the Bank bine, of London, struck a reef on the south side of Arena island last 1 ght and a large hole opened in the bow. Shortly after midnight the v< el was refloated and proceeded on its voyage Three hours later, the admiral s;, id ,the Navy received a wireless vail for assistance at Manila, and the destroyers Peary and Pope were dispatched to the scene, BfltettiterMttt Hat Ui Hi sit at tU LEASED WISE SERVICCE Seized by Nazis American consul has intervened in case of Richard Rosson (above) arrested by Nazi secret police at Graz, Ostmark, because “he took pictures in a forbidden zone.” He is brother to Hal Rosson, Hollywood cameraman and third husband of the late Jean Harlow. Doctors On Cruise Hear 2 Speakers New Pneumonia Treatment Described; President S i d b u r y Praises Standards of Medical Care in Na tion Aboard S. S. Queen of Bermuda, Enroute to Bermuda, May 10.— (AP) —Dr. C. F. Busby, of Salisbury, told the North Carolina Medical Society’s section of general practice of medi cine and surgery this afternoon that “approximately ten percent of all patients admitted to hospitals in the State (North Carolina) have syphilis, many of whom require surgical op erations.” His subject was, “The Surgeon and the Syphilitic Patient.” He discussed the necessity for a thorough routine duignostic study of all patients ad mitted to hospitals, with special re ference to ’syphilis, and the danger of infection to the surgeon and op erating room personnel. Aboard the S. S. Queen of Ber muda, Enroute to Bermuda, May 10. —(AP) —The highly successful use of sulfapyridine in treatment of pneumonia and related ills in chil dren was described before the North Carolina Medical Society today by Dr. A. F. Hartmann, professor of pediatrics at Washington University, St. Louis. “Os the first 100 children treated in the St. Louis children’s hospital, only one died, the patient being a 15-months old infant who died with scurvy, who survived a first attack of pneumonia, but succumbed to a second two weeks later, the doctor said in discussion of the drug. “Seventy percent of the treated (Continued Page Three) State’s Bank Resources Reach To New High Mark Combined Resources of $356,205,463.24 in 156 State Banks as of March 29, Commissioner Hood Announces; Hoey Sees Business Climbing Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel Rjtleigh, May 10.— Continuing a climb checked only once since 1933, North Carolina’s commercial banks reached a new spring peak in total resources; the State’s 156 banks (with 113 branches) showing com bined resources of $356,205,463.24 ac cording to the report of Commission er of Banks Gurney P. Hood, based on his caJl of March 29. This figure has been exceeded but once at any time in the history of the State, resources as of last De cember 31 being some $300,000 up, at $356,589,153.53. Simultaneously with the increase in resources of commercial banks, there was a corresponding increase in resources of North Carolina’s 34 industrial banks to a total of $19,309,- ONLY DAILY Russian Aid For Poland Discussed Warsaw, Poland, May 10.— (AP) —V. P. Potemkin, Soviet Russia’s first assistant commissar of foreign affairs, conferred to day with Foreign Minister Colonel Beck on vital Polish-Russian rela tions in the face of Germany’s de mands for Danzig. Talks between the two officials, ostensibly to improve Polish-Rus sian relations, were expected to center on possible Soviet military assistance to Poland. Methodist Conference Nears End Landon Precipitates Sharp Debate on War time “Conscientious Objectors”; Three Units Join 8,000,000 Members. Kansas City, May 10.—(AP)—The Methodist Uniting Conference turn ed to international and social prob lems today after rejecting a propo sal by Alf M. Landon to reconsider a clause of the church creed pledg ing support to all members who “conscienciously object” to military service. Delegates faced a crowded final day calendar. Tonight they will complete formation of a single church of 8,000,000 members from three branches which have been separate more than a century. Landon, 1936 Republican presi dential candidate, last night preci pitated the sharpest debate of the two weeks session when he moved to refer to committee the conscientious objector clause, along with a reso lution proposing the conference op pose shipment of munitions to Japan. The Japanese munitions resolu tion, termed by Landon an “unfriend ly act to a soverign power,” had been referred to committee earlier. The committee must determine whether it can be brought back to the floor, since the Uniting Conference was empowered only to harmonize the disciplines of the three churches— the Methodist Episcopal Church (North), the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Protestant Church. Chandler To Force Mines To Reopen Frankfort, Ky., May 10.—(AP) — Governor Chandler said today that unless eastern Kentucky coal min ers* were operating by Monday he would send National Guard troops into the area to give protection to men wishing to work. “There is no dispute between rep resentatives of the mine union and the operators with respect to wages, working hours or working condi tions,” the governor said. “The whole controversy is a demand for ‘closed shops’ and elimination of penalty clauses to prohibit illegal strikes, both of which are aimed at keep ing American Federation miners from the mines, and both provisions are being insisted upon by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, and the CIO, (Continued on Page Three) 998.64, up $1,653,336.75 from last March’s $17,656,661.89. Issuing the'complete statement of bank resources, Commissioner Hood pointed to a marked increase in loans and discounts as a particularly pleas ing barometer of better business con ditions in the State. Loans and dis counts totalled $102,132,176.31 a gainst $89,543,301.56 in March last year, a healthy increase of $12,599,- 874.75. Another particularly pleasing fea ture of the report, in Mr. Hood's op inion, is- the very small drop in re sources from the December 34, 1938, statement of condition. He pointed out that it is almost uniformly the case that resources slump sharply by reason of the fact that large with (Continued on Page‘Three) PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFfrOKTH CAROLINA AND VIRGIN^. HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 10, 1939 Woolard Is Named Head Os Bankers R. G. Harrison and M. W. Wester, of Hender son, Given Posts; Pres ident Pope and James G. H a n e s Praise Bankers of State for Work Pinehurst, May 10.—(AP) —W. H. Woolard, of Greenville, advanced to the presidency of the North Carolina Bankers Association today, and R. F. Holding; of Smithfield, was plac ed in line for the office three years hence. B. R. Roberts, of Durham, was ad vanced to the post of first vice-pres ident, and R. C. Llewellyn, of Mount Airy, moved up to second vice-pres ident. Holding was elected third vice-president. Woolard succeeds R L. Pope, of Thomasvilie Gordon C. Hunter, of Roxboro, was re-elected treasurer. A record crowd attended the as sociation’s annual convention. The State’s organization of the American Bankers Association elect ed officers as follows: State Vice-President Pope; mem ber of the nominating committee, Millard Jones, Rocky Mount; alter nate for the nominating committee, C. R. Roberts; vice-president for the national bank division, R. G. Har rison, of Henderson; vice-president for the savings bank division, D. M. Darden, Wilmington; vice-president for the State bank division, R. B. Lewis, of Raeford; vice-president for the trust division, R. H. McDuffie, of Asheville Pinehurst, May 10.—(AP)—Presi dent R. L. Pope, of Thomasvilie, urg ed members of the North Carolina Bankers Association today to “take a larger interest in the affairs of gov ernment,” and specifically called for efforts to repeal the postal savings law. Pope reported on 1938-1939 in North Carolina from a banking standpoint as the 43rd annual con vention opened here. Robert M. Hanes, of Winston- Salem, who is slated to become presi dent of the American Bankers As sociation this fall, also spoke. Elections were set for late in the morning, with W. H. Woolard, of Greenville, scheduled to advance from the first vice presidency, to suc ceed Pope. The other vice-presidents, B. R. Roberts, of Durham, and R. C. Llewellyn, of Mount Airy, were to advance a notch each, and a new third vice-president was to be placed in line. R. P. Holding, of Smithfield, bore the endorsement of several group meetings for the post. Gor don C. Hunter, of Roxboro, was ex pected to be re-elected treasurer. As a formality, the association elected members of the executive committee nominated from the odd number districts: 1, G. R. Everett, Robersonville; 3, J. C. Thompson, of Warsaw, and 9, W. Frank Phillips, of Charlotte. To serve one year foi the fourth district, M. W. Wester, Henderson, was named succeeding J. W. Medford, of Oxford, who now resides in Washington, D. C. The annual banquet will be held tonight. Prominent bankers will speak at tomorrow’s session, and Friday Preston Delano, comptroller of the currency, and Governor Hoey will address the final session. Pinehurst, May 10.—The banking business in North Carolina has been stabilized to a higher degree than many other states have yet attain ed declared Robert M. Hanes, pres ident of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company of Winston-Salem, and first vice president of the American Bankers Association, in addressing the opening session of the North Carolina Ba Veers convention here today “There has not been a bank fail ure in North Carolina since March, 1933,” stated Mr. Hanes. “The reply ot the average person to that state ment would probably be that this is due to the insurance of deposits. Deposit insurance has played an im portant part in helping to stabilize banking throughout the country, but there are other factors in the North Carolina situation. As a matter of fact, since deposit insurance became effective in 1934, there have been failures of insured banks in 33 oth e- states. The banking business in North Carolina cleaned house in 1933 and this, together with the fact that the bankers of this Sfhte are deter mined to operate sound and safe Institutions has done much to stabi lize banking “Since 1933 the chartering of new banking institutions has wisely been confined to those situations justified by actual need and available capital and management. Let us hope that the time will never return, in this or any other State, when we shall al tempt to put a bank opposite every filling station or at every crossroads in the country. The expansion of the banking business must be con fined to meeting legitimate econo mic needs and restricted to insti tutions that can provide adequate capital and capable management. Bankers Given Credit “A large share of the credit for the six-year record of .banking sta k (Continued on Page Three) LARGE APPROPRIA TIONS FA VORED B Y COMMITTEE FOR NON-MILITAR YWORK In Mexican Oil Spotlight nl , fit I cL I- ' i Presence in Mexico City of the German Economic wizard. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht (left), caused headaches in Washington, where it was feared he is trying to wreck Mexican-American oil negotiations being conducted by Donald R. Richberg (right), counsel for 17 American oil companies. Richberg, who recently reported to President Roosevelt, returned to Mexico to confer with President Cardenas about settlement of the expro priation problem. Mexican oil wells pictured at bottom. (.Central Cotton Plan Gets F armer Opposition Washington, May 10.— (AP) Spokesmen who said they repre sented “the little cotton farmers” sharply protested today a bill which would shift all cotton trad ing from the present gross weight to a net weight basis. Senator Bilbo, Democrat, Mississippi, au thor of the measure, who presid ed at hearings of a Senate Agri culture sub-committee, promised he “would withdraw the bill if you can prove it would hurt the farmers, because I’m one of ’em.” Dr. F. V. Taylor, of Murphy, N. C., who said he “raised a small cotton crop and baby crop each year,” testified the net weight bill “would take 4,000,000 a year out of the pockets of the cotton far mer and put it into other pockets.” Appeal Made For Life Os Jail Slayer Raleigh, May 10.—(AP)— James Godwin, who allegedly murdered a textile worker a few hours alter be ing released from prison by the jail or’s daughter, was insane when the claying occurred, his attorneys ar gued before the State Supreme Court today. The lawyers, Thomas Gold, Thomas Turner, Jr., and John A. Meyers, all of High Point; also asserted that I*7 errors were com mitted in Godwin’s trial in Guil ford county last October. The youth was sentenced to be asphy xiated at Central Prison here Only brief mention was made of Godwin’s escape from the Lexing ton jail at 3:30 o’clock in the after noon of October 3. Myers said sim ply that the defendant and Bill Wilson, held in the jail on charges of robbery with firearms, were giv en the keys to the lock-up by Lula Belle Kimel. Five or six hours later, in High Point, Donald Moss was fatally wounded. Turner said the de fendant at the time of the killing was “as abnormal mentally as a man without arms and legs is ab normally physically.” Evidence which purported to show that Godwin and Wilson command eered two automobiles shortly after their escape should not have been admitted, he added. The court excluded one alleged confession by Godwin, Turner ex plained, but admitted another (tteaih&A FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Thursday; slight!v cooler in northeast por tion tonight. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Women Are Denied Seat On Vestries Episcopal Diocese Votes at Raleigh; Mr. Hughes in Debate; Miss Godfrey Named on Executive Council Raleigh, May 10.—(AP) —With a masculine chorus of “No”, the 123rd annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina today voted down a resolution to allow women to serve on vestries. J. S. Holmes, of Raleigh, and Rev. Isaac H. Hughes, of Concord, led the fight for the women, terming the issue one of “sensible participa tion” by both sexes in management of the parish affairs. “The church needs women in closer touch,” said Holmes. “The pioposed change is in no way com pulsory.” Leading the opposition were Rev. (Continued on Page Three) Business Is Frightened Over Thought Os New War , By CHARI.ES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, May 10.—Anti-war j talk was long and loud at the Unit-j ed States Chamber of Commerce con- I vention which ended in Washington j the other day with the election of j W. Gibson Carey, Jr., head of the! Yale & Towne Manufacturing com- | pany, as the chamber’s new presi-, dent. I never before heard the horrors j of war so graphi-1 cally dwelt upon j by orators at a j gathering exclus- j ively of business men. One expects it at an assemblage of clergymen or at peace society meet ings of students of international eco nomics and other; world affairs. It’s i common in both houses of Con- W. G. Carey, Jr. gress, too. However, past big confabulations 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COP Judge Kerr Fights For State Fund Demands Rivers and Harbors Money for North Carolina, With Fifth Largest Shore Line in Nation; Roose velt Aiyain Has Sinus Trouble Washington, May 10—(AP) —After a bitter fight behind closed doors, the House Appropriations Commit tee recommended a $255,188,514 ap propriation today for non-military activities of the War Department, chiefly for river and harbor im provements and flood control. It re fused, however, to take an addition al $50,000,000 for the purpose from next year’s relief funds. The military appropriations sub committee, in charge of the bill, pre viously had recommended that an ex tra $50,000,000 be approved, and de ducted from the relief appropriation when it comes up for consideration later. This procedure was recom mended after administration spokes men had said President Roosevelt was willing to allocate $50,000,000 from relief funds for flood control and rivers and harbors work, if pro ponents of such work agreed not to boost the total of direct appropria tions. The total finally agreed upon was $445,940 below the amount original ly recommended by the Budget Bu reau, but still was $16,040,647 in ex cess of the current year’s appropria tion for the same purpose. Other develops: Roosevelt Has Sinus Trouble. President Roosevelt stayed away from his office to doctor a sinus cold, the third he has had in recent months. White House officials said it was not serious, and that the Presi dent had no fever. Representative John H. Kerr, North Carolina’s new member of the House Appropriations Committee, is watching out for his State. Publish ed testimony before the committee on the War Department’s annual civil functions appropriations bill, released today, disclosed Kerr want (Continued on Page Three) High Point- Man Heads Burial Group Raleigh, May 10.—(AP) —A. J. Koonce, of High Point, today was elected president of the North Car olina Burial Association, at the clos ing session of a two-day conven tion here. He succeeds W. D. Har den, ot Scotland Neck. Erroll Hayes, of Elkin, was nam ed vice-president, and W. C. Moody, of Mount Airy, was re-elected sec retary-treasurer. The 1940 conven tion city will be announced later. of plain business men that I’ve ob served treated the subject quite pure ly as of business interest alone. From that angle I’ve heard them discuss it aplenty, but not with tears in their voices, and shudders and things. This time I listened to their spokesmen give warning that another world con flict will “end civilization as we’ve known it”—they fairly threw catfits at the very idea. I never realized be fore that business set so high a value upon civilization. What’s more, I don’t believe that it used to do so. Not So Satisfactory. The fact is, I surmise, that the 1914-T8 struggle didn’t prove as sat isfactory to business as perhaps some earlier wars did. Probably there were earlier and smaller wars which were profitable to certain groups—not to folk in gen eral, but to individual businesses, here and there. Even during 1914-T8 I guess there were profiteers. For a little while after the strife was over maybe they reckoned that they’d made a pretty good thing out (Continued on Page Three)
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