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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-sixth year After White House Coal Parley . 4£s*r «■!& HBSf t** IP «&*. i iWIH IWByBHiH r 11 T xgfossft-:'- iii JMMMIf iWWI| I [| i .I ill ”MM I l ii i, : : ;:|:JHp V } fjjl® if|l f* I J <s. fttok I dtKLs jßßg v v| >'v' * h// fj; Jlllir^- - ij&L x ~i‘vg* ■•■. c. ■^ v ...’’''.V ; graft ~ Bl ; m • - ■ • * jHHR M jn. Leaving the White House in Washington after conference with President Roosevelt concerning the strike deadlock, are (left to right) : John L. Lewis, C. I. 0. head, negotiator for the coal miners; Secretary of Labor Perkins and James F. Dewey, labor department conciliator. The Presi dent demanded the mines be opened. Democratic ! Big Trades Are Talked i News and Observer' May Support Admin-, istration M.an for Gov-; ernor in Return for! National Committee manship for Jonathan Daniels Daily Dlspatcn Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRY AVERILL Raleigh, May 11.—Through the cir cuitious routes of capital gossip | comes a story, improvable in a court of law, and extremely apt to be de- \ nied in all quarters, but at the same tone it's a very interesting story about the campaign for governor which will end in 1940, but which has been under way to all practical intents and purposes for a long time. The story hinges on the de sire to Jonathan Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, to be Democratic national committee man, and the point of it is that there seems quite a possibility that he will attain his heart’s desire by way ot a bit of “hoss trading” with tlie State administration To make the story stand up at all 1 it is necessary to go back as far as ■ the Democratic State Convention | L 'Ck in 1936. Mr. Daniels earn- j ( tly desired then, just as now, to i be the committeeman. The then' governor J. C. B. Ehringliaus cher- ! i h( <1 the same lofty ambition; but , a! that particular moment the Eh- I nnghaus star wasn’t particularly: bright, certainly not in the ascend ant On the morning of the conven- j tion it looked extremely like Daniels. I This didn’t suit Senator Josiah j W. Bailey and his friends—particu (Continued on Page Six) State Roads Going Fast, Baise Says Raleigh, May 11.—(AP) — North Carolina’s primary highway system, once the pride of the State, will reach a “critical condition” unless a hn-reaching program is launched within the next few years, Highway Engineer Vance Baise said today. The chief engineer of the State Highway and Public Works Commis rion, spoke at the conclusion of a three-day safety institute for news paper men, sponsored by an invest ment company. Concurring in opinions expressed by Revenue Commissioner A. J. Max well,, Baise estimated the cost of modernizing the highway system at $17,000,000. “More than two-thirds of the high type improved roads of the primary system are greater than eleven years °kl, and many miles are 15 or more years in age,” he said. “North Carolina was the pioneer ■ s tate in the construction of roads on a large scale, and as a result our most important travelled routes to day are obsolete, due to sharp curves, Jack of super-election of curves and narrow bridges and pavements.” Henderson n, c* wvt&cm Batin Btamtirft L^?i? D AS^g?,®. | ?®RVICE s OP A. N. C. Directors Approve of Lease Raleigh. May 11.—(AP) — Di rectors of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad met with At torney General Harry McMullan today to approve a lease under which H. P. Edwards, of Sanford, will operate the State-controlled road. The approval was a formality, since the State owns a majority of the stock, and McMullan has been instructed to cast the State’s bal lots in favor of the lease. The contract was drawn re cently by McMullan, Matt H. Al len, of Kinston, attorney for the road, and John G. Dawson, of Kinston, attorney for Edwards. Under the measure, the State will receive an annual rental fee of $60,500. The lease will not become effective until it has been ap proved by the Interstate Com merce Commission and the State Utilities Commission, and until Edwards posts a $50,000 bond. Sees 15 Pet, Increase In Flue-Cured College Station, Raleigh, May 11. —Lloyd Weeks, assistant, tobacco specialist of the State College Ex tension Service, estimated today that North Carolina growers will in crease their plantings of flue-cured tobacco 1 per cent this year. Since compulsory control was re in oved from the tobacco crop last winter, farmers have been free to plant an unrestricted acreage this year. For the flue-cured leaf belt as a whole ; growers have indicated they will plant 11 percent more tobacco this season than last, when they marketed 786,000,000 pounds. How ever, yields per acre on the 1938 crop w're considerably above aver age. With normal yields this year, tne 11 per cent increase would still place the total poundage below the 1938 figure. Acre yields up to the hign level of last year would pro duce a 1939 crop of 872,000,000 pounds. Weeks said in the spring outlook report on tobacco, the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics reported Dro-qjv_css xor slaole or moderately improved general business condi tions tmoughout the remainder of 1939. On this basis, it appears prob able that cigarette consumption will be maintained at its present high level. Although blue mold struck heav ily in most of the Border and New Bright Belt counties, no general shortage of 'plants is expected to occur, Weeks said. Comparatively few cases have been reported where farmers will have to depend on their neighbors for seedlings. In some communities, tne recent, hail storm did considerable damage to plant beds, while in other sec tions the damage was negligible, the tobacco specialist pointed out. LEAGUE COUNCIL DELAYS SESSIONS Geneva, May 11. —(AP) —At the request of Soviet Russia, the League of Nations today postponed its Coun ■ cii session, originally set for next Monday, until a week later. U)&aihtPi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday; slightly cooler in north portion Friday. i ONLY DAILY CHAMBERLAIN HINTS AT WAR Bank Laws Discussed At Meeting Group Elections Held At State Convention at Pinehurst; Hood Speaks to Industrial Bank Section. Pinehurst, May 11. — (AP) —North Carolina industrial bankers today elected W. M. Spears, of Rocky Mount, chairmn of their section of the North Carolina Bankers Asso ciation. Representatives of trust di visions chose L. E. Watt, of Win ston-Salem, chairman of their sec tion. The sections met before a general session of the 43rd nnual convention of the bankers association, at which bankers’ problems were discussed by Harvey Weeks, assistant vice-presi dent of the Central Hanover Bank of New York, and Thomas Boushail, president of the Morris Plan Bank, of Richmond, Va. T. G. Chapman, of Raleigh was chosen first vice-president and sec retary of the trust section, with J. P. Hobson, of Charlotte, as second vice-chairman. E. B. Crowe, Jr., of Wilson; F. D. Bozarth, of Durham; Fred B. Graham, of Wilmington; R. H. McDuffie, of Asheville, and the new officers comprise the new exe cutive committee. The industrial bankers heard Gur ney Llood, of Raleigh, State bank commissioner, and Boushail discuss the industrial bank situation. They elected B. H. Flint, of Winston-Salem vice-chairman, and their executive committee was J. E. Sockwell, of Greensboro, and J. G. Dunn, of New Bern, to serve with the other of ficers. Pinehurst, May 11.—(AP) — With much organizational work disposed of, the North Carolina Bankers As sociation considered today banking problems and law's affecting them. Preston Delano, comptroller of the currency, and Governor Hoey will address the final session tomorrow. Robert Hanes, of Winston-Salem, praised the “healthy condition” of the State’s banks yesterday, and said that no institutions in North Car olina had failed since 1933. Meanwhile, the State’s registered investment banker's decided to co operate with Gurney Hood, North Carolina banking commissioner, in gathering information on the fiscal (Continued on Page Six) Tw o Fugitives of State Taken, One Out in California Raleigh, May 11.—(AP) —Will Braham, a life-termer convicted in Forsyth county in 1936 of kidnaping W. W. Pollock, of Winston-Salem, was captured early today n°ar Wel don, the penal division said. Bar ham escaped several days ago from the Caledonia prison farm. Oscar Fitts, penal superintendent, said he was caught, about 2 o’clock as he attempted to catch a train. He sur rendered without a struggle. Others captured included: Archie Taylor, about 27, serving three to five years for house-break ing, imposed in Rutherford county in May, 1930, and who escaped from Cary prison camp in 1932. He was held in Los Angeles, Cal. Extradi tion papers are being prepared On Trade Mission | Hteb, y j* ■9 * """" * i R. S. Hudson (above), secretary for British overseas trade, arrives in New York. He will visit World’s Fair, then gq to Washington for conferences with President Roose velt and Secretary of State Cordell ... Hull. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGIWA. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 11, 1939 Labor Favors, While Doctors Denounce New Health Plans On U. S. Visit ill v f Sir William McLean (above), of thej Department of British Overseas Trade, visiting in the United States, will inspect the World’s Fair and confer in Washington with Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull. (Central Press) Britain And Roumania In Trade Pact London, May 11. —(AP) —Oliver Stanley, president of the Board of Trade, announced in the House of Commons today that Great Britain and Roumania had signed a trade agreement under which Britain would advance a credit of 5,000,000 pounds (about $23,400,000). Britain will take 200,000 tons of Roumanian wheat and the credits she will advance to Roumania will be used for the purchase of United Kingdom goods. Stanley said the protocol of the agreement was signed in Bucharest today following the recent “success ful” visit of a British trade mission. It was expected Roumania mainly would purchase armaments with her credits. « Britain pushed the agreement as part of her campaign to offset Reich fuehrer Hitler’s economic penetra tion of central and southeastern Eu rope. (The British trade mission was sent to Bucharest after Roumania and Germany signed a trade agree ment). Stanley said an organization would be formed to promote British-Rou manian trade in a number of chan nels. Britain will purchase 200,000 tons of wheat from the next harvest, “if available,” at world prices. Huge Loss In Grain Blaze At Chicago Chicago, May 11.—(AP) —An ex plosion and fire tore a rambling grain elevator asunder with such suddenness today that firemen fear ed that at least eight workmen were killed. Because of the size of the struc ture and intensity of the flames, firemen said it was impossible im mediately to determine the casual ties. Four men, two reported near death, were in the South Chicago hospital. The elevator, covering a square block and 150 feet high, was at 102nd r, r u*3t and the Calumet river, on the far south side. It was owned by the Rosenbaum Brothers Grain Com pany, a-spokesman for which esti mated the 800.000 bushels of grain, valued at $200,000, were stored there. He estimated the elevator itself as worth $200,000 Three other elevators are in the immediate vicinity. Dock men said no vessels in the Calumet river were threatened. A 5-11 alarm and four special alarms brought all appara tus in the area Robert Thomas, a witness, said a “sudden explosion hurled flames about 300, feet into the air.” Smoke (Continued on Page Six) Socializing of Medi cine Began in Ger many in 1850, and What Have They Now, a Dictator, Opposing M.edical Speaker Says Washington, May 11.—(AP) —A. F. of L. and CIO officials testified today in support of a proposal by Senator Wagner, Democrat, New York, for an expanded'"’Federal health program, while a representa tive of the Pennsylvania Medical Society opposed it as creating “a danger of breaking down democracy in this country ” The witnesses testified at a Sen ate Labor Committee hearing on legislation which would provide fed eral grants to states for various health activities. “In Germany, in 1850, they start ed these things, and what is it now— a dictatorship?” Dr. C. L. Palmer, of Harrisburg, chairman of the Pennsylvania Society’s committee on Public health legislation asserted. Lee Pressman, counsel for the CTO, attributed opposition to the bill to a “reactionary group of officials of the American Medical Associa tion.” Matthew Woll, representing the A. F. of L., urged enactment of the measure. Other developments: To Remove Business Burdens Secretary Morgenthau reiterated that the Treasury intends to ask Congress to remove business deter rents from the tax laws. A White House secretary said President Roosevelt was considering further steps in the soft coal contro versy, but would take no action as long as the operators’ and miners’ representatives continue negotia tions The House committee investigat ing WPA heard testimony that members of the Workers Alliance plotted unsuccessfully to prevent by use of force a congressman from at tending the Reading, Pa., post of fice cornerstone laying ceremonies because ne voted against increased relief funds. Low income farm families in North Carolina who obtained rehabilita tion loans from the Farm Security Administration apparently are pay ing them back faster than farmers in some other states. Administrator W. W. Alexander informed Senator Bailey, Democrat, North Carolina, that more than half the money the FSA lent to North Carolina farmers up to January 1, had been repaid by that date. This compared with less than a third repaid in all states combined Alexander wrote Bailey that 11,- 870 loans totaling $5,287,000 had been made to North Carolina farm ers since inception of the program . in 1935, and as of January 31, $2,- [ 693,700 had been repaid LATE FILERS GIVE THEIR LOBBY FEES Raleigh, May 11.—(AP) —Late fil- I ers among lobbyists continued to re- ' port today regarding 1939 legislative activities to Secretary of State Thad Eure. They included: Augustus T. Stroud, of New York City, reported paying SI,OOO for pro fessional legal counsel to Norman Shepard, of Smithfield. North Carolina Produce Dealers Association paid SSOO for legislative counsel to Z-. M. Blount, former Beaufort county legislator. U. S. Greatly Concerned Over Poland And Russia By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, May .11. —The State Department is amused, even if some what worried by the Polish news- papers’ response to Herr Hitler’s de mand for a Ger man corridor thro ugh the Polish cor ridor. I suppose every one knows what the Polish corridor is, but, to make sure: Up-to - date Po land, as granted, its independence un der the Versailles treaty, promised to be exclusively an inland co u n try, Maxim Litvinov greatly to its eco nomic disadvantage. It needed a port PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Queen Mother ggT Mm Queen Mother Mary of England is pictured in one of her most recent photographs. She is in charge of the Princesses Elizabeth and Mar garet Rose while their royal parents are visiting the U. S. and Canada. Russia Asks Reciprocal British Aid London’s Defense Pro posals Unacceptable Unless Soviets Would Be Helped Same As Moscow Would Help Britain, France Moscow, May 11.—(AP) —The gov ernment newspaper Izvestia declar ed today that British security pro posals were utterly unacceptable in their present form, and said Soviet Russia insisted on formation of “a united front of mutual assistance” by Britain, France, Russia and Po land, or at least by the first three. The editorial was taken as an in dication of the Kremlin’s attitude The newspaper said that if Britain and France wanted Russian collabo ration in any scheme for security in eastern Europe, they must declare themselves willing to fight for the Soviet Union, and not merely invite the Soviet Union to help them fight. The paper continued: “We are told that by defending Poland and Roumania, Great Bri tain and France would be defending the western frontier of the U. S. S. R That is not true. The western frontier of the U. S. S. R. is not confined to Poland and Roumania. Not having a pact of mutual assist ance with Great Britain and France nor with Poland, the U. S. S. R. is asked to undertake to assist all these three states without receiving any as sistance from them, and moreover, in the event of aggression aimed at the U. S. S. R., the latter would have t j rely solely upon its own forces.” In his statement in the House of Commons on May 10, Chamber lain, the British prime minister, spoke of collaboration, of an alliance with the U. S. S. R., but collabora tion implies reciprocity as its natu ral basis. Where there is no reci procity, real collaboration .cannot be brought about.” The paper, howeyer, did not say that the door was closed to further British-Russian negotiations. on the Baltic. The only way it could get one was by giving it a strip of soil through German territory, par titioning off main Germany from East Prussia, just as if Mexico were to be given a strip through southern California, from about Yuma to Santa Monica—a foreign strip right through our midst for us to jump across or go around to get, say from San Bernardino to San Diego. Os course this v/as very aggravat ing to Germany, but, licked, at time, ; the Fatherland had to stand it. Now the Fuehrer wants a read- I justment. For one thing he demands | Danzig, at the Baltic end of the Po l lish corridor. That proposition might j pass muster. Danzig essentially is a German city. Poland could dispense with it, the more so because it has developed a new port right alongside it, also at the corridor’s Baltic end (Continued on Page Six) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Seizure Os Danzig May Force Issue If Polish Freedom Is Menaced, General War Will Come, Pre mier Says; France Has Alliances To Prevent European Catastrophe London, May 11.—(AP) —Prime Minister Chamberlain said in an Al bert Hall address today that any at tempt “to change the (Danzig) sit uation by *orce” so as to “threaten Polish independence would inevit ably” start a general war in which Britain would be involved. Chamber lain said: “In many minds the danger spot in Europe today is Danzig, where our assurances to Poland are clear and concise. Although we would be glad to see the differences between Po land and Germany amicably settled by discussions, although we think they could and should be so settled, if an attempt were made to change the situation by force in such away as to threaten Polish independence, why then that would inevitably start a general conflagration, in which this country would be involved.” The prime minister spoke to a meeting of woman members of the conservative party shortly after For eign Secretary Viscount Halifax had received Soviet Ambassador Maisky in a new effort to smooth ofit Rus sian-British negotiations for an al liance. This meeting coincided with in dications by Izvestia, the Russian government’s organ, that Moscow would reject Britain’s latest pro posals for cooperation in eastern Eu ropean guarantees. Chamberlain said that ex-Premier Blum of France, who visited London yesterday, asserted that there was one main danger of war—that the rest of Europe might become con vinced that Britain and France were insincere and could not be relied up on to carry out their pledges of mili tary aid. “No more deadly mistake could be made,” the prime minister assert ed, than to attribute such insincerity to the British-French front. He added “it would be a frightful thing if Europe were to be plunged into war on account of a misunder standing.” Maisky’s call was the third in three days. % FRANCE HAS ALLIANCES TO PREVENT CATASTROPHE Paris, May 11.—(AP)— Premier Daladier told the Chamber of De puties today that France, “with all other states which wish to live honor ably,” had concluded specific military alliances to prevent “violence and threats from leading Europe into catastrophe.” “The true problem,” he said, “is to (Continued on Page Four) Outer Area Coal Mines To Sign Up Lewis Orders New Contracts, Including Exclusive U. M. W. Bargaining and Union Shop Plans; Coal Prices in N. C. Jump New York, May 11.—(AP) —John L. Lewis dispatched telegrams of in structions today to union leaders in outlying districts in the soft coal mining region to sign new contracts with operators, and when that is ac complished to “arrange for forth with operation of the mines.” About 126,000 miners employed in the so-called outlying districts stop ped work May 4 and 5 to back up the 320,000 idle miners of the Appa lachain area, whose representatives aie deadlocked with the operators’ committee in contract negotiations at the Hotel Biltmore. Lewis’ telegrams emphasized that two sentences must be added to the wording of the old contracts when the new agreements *are drawn. These sentences make the U. M. W. the exclusive bargaining agency for the employees and establish a union shop Reopening of the mines in the (Continued on Page'Six)