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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-sixth year Liner Bringing King and Queen to Canada and U. S. • J ~ "-*1 - - -• " 1 :• ..... . ■ <y King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England aboard this twenty-five-year-old Canadian-Pacific liner Em- P ,ess o Australia (above), instead of the battle cruiser Repulse, are due in Canada tomorrow morning, after a U ar cidsi Th! T 7 ** icebergS ' The Re P ulse is bein S kept in home waters because of The Empress was taken from Germany after the war, one of the reparations ships. To Rule Puerto Rico » 4*iil : ' ■■■ J ' |sj|fjifi|). ,|r \ ... t j A *- Admiral William D. Leahy (above), 64-year-old retiring Chief of Naval Operations, will have almost un limited authority in his new posi tion as Governor of Puerto Rico, ac cording to Washington reports of his slated appointment. The island will be converted into a “Gibraltar of the Caribbean.” Bailey Bill For Market Fund Backed Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter ll »?et Raleigh, May 16.—Congressmen • cl agricultural leaders of the na tion are “giving enthusiastic endorse 11 lent and rallying to the support” oi Senator Bailey’s bill to provide a $. .000,000 federal appropriation for the development of marketing and i' arketing services, Commissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott said to day Pioneering in a nationwide cam ;/ ign for federal marketing funds, J ►Scott secured the adoption of his | r< solution favoring an enlarged markets program at the National Association of Commissioners of Ag iculture at Miami last year and was named chairman of the com ri ; tt.ee to push federal legislation. Senator Bailey (D-NC) introduc ed the marketing bill April 24, ask ing $5,000,000 a year “to be ap- I < i tionod among the several states on the basis of pc-v^tion.” Commissioner Scott said he was ' optimistic over prospects for fed < sal funds,” basing his optimism on a poll of Congressmen, agricultural i ders and others throughout the ! lion. The marketing bill is now before the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture and For < try. Typical reports on the marketing appropriation bill from congress men and agricultural leaders of the nation arc: ' Representative Doughton—“lt will l ‘ a pleasure to assist Senator Bail ey in every reasonable manner to of,tain an increase to be used in developing marketing services ini North Carolina.” Representative Durham —“I shall be very glad to cooperate ... in every way possible.” Representative Barden —“You may fount on me one hundred per cent.” Representative Cooley—“I ana sure you know of my interest in a bioad and adequate marKCting pro gram and of my desire to be of every possible assistance. Representative Butwinkle — “I will Hive it every consideration.” Representative Weaver —“I will do everything I can to forward it.” 1 iepresen ta ti ve Fol ger- —‘ ‘ Person - ally, I know of no legislation which would be of more benefit to our farmers at this time than this pro posed increase of funds for market ing- I assure you that I am very much interested in this program, and I feel that every member of (Continued on Page Six) Hettitersmt SERVICE OP ‘‘ J ASSOCIATED press. France Strives For Pact Between. Britain, Russia Strong Alliance Ac ceptable to All Three Pow er s Earnestly Sought; Russia Re fuses To Join Front on British Terms Park. Mnv 16.—(AP) France strove today to bridge the conflicting views of her two. allies. Great Bri tain and Soviet Russia, into a strong { alliance that would be acceptable to all three. The foreign ministry, said reliably to have in mind a plan which it thought would break the deadlock, kept in cMse touch with London. An opportunity for direct dealing will be provided when the French, British and Russian foreign ministers meet in Geneva Saturday. The British foreign secretary, Vis count Halifax, planned to confer here with Premier Daladier and Foreign Minister Bonnet before going to Geneva. Soviet Russia was reported re liably to have refused to join the British front on British terms—with Russia’s promise to fight, if asked, for Poland and Roumania, should Britain and France first go to the aid of those countries. Russia, in rejecting the British of fer, was said to have suggested a re turn to the original plan advanced by Moscow of reciprocal military pledges among the three powers, and British guarantees for the safety of Baltic states. Informed circles here believed that the Moscow stand was elastic enough to permit a compromise, which the French are trying to help work out. Doctors Are Divided On Free Service St. Louis, Mo., May 16.—(AP) — Difference of medical opinion on how to give the indigent sick the best care with slate money were heard today by the American Medi cal Association’s committee on the Wagner act. The committee was ap pointed yesterday with, expectation of a report from it today before the house of delegates, the legislative body of organized medicine. Opposition to the present form of the Wagner act as the instrument to initiate state aid for the low in come sick was in the majority. But it was not unanimous. The hearings were private, but it was explained that some of the phy sicians felt that the proposed legis lation may lighen a medical burden which has been estimated at about $1,000,000 a day in free services, now given to patients unable to pay. The tradition of giving service freely to the poor is voiced strongly among medical leaders here. General reluc tance is expressed for endorsing pay ment for this kind of service. Four main lines of argument de veloped during the committee hear ing: One, flat opposition to the Wag ner act; 2, revision; 3, throwing the whole question back into the house of delegates to try to work out plans satisfactory to doctors; 4 advocating that President Roosevelt apply funds to be made available by legislative acts directly for care of the indigent sick. U)saJth£Ji FOR NORTH. CAROLINA Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; slightly warmer Wednesday and in central por tion tonight. ONLY DAILY Hitler Says West Front Invincible Berlin, May 16.—(AF) —Adolf Hitler continued today his in spection of the Siegried fortifi cations opposite France, fortifi cations for which his military ex perts claimed “invincibility,” and of which the chancellor himself said: “In these constructions, my fellow citizens, imagine your selves the difference between to day and the past.” Hiller made his one-sentence speech to a cheering crowd after a sham battle yesterday, which military experts said demon strated the impregnableness of the fortifications. His tour took him from Aachen to Trier in the western fortified zone today, in the company of two generals and Nazi district leaders. Mussolini At Town Along French Front Brndonechhia, Italy, May 16. (AP) —Premier Mussolini today paid a brief surprise visit to this tiny Alpine town at the Italian end of the Mount Cenis tunnel, the othtr end of which is in France. The visit dramatized again the at tention which both Mussolini and Chancellor Hitler—now touring Ger many’s western fortifications—are naving to the rnnrlition of their frontiers with France. If Duce halted here just long enough to review U.e border guard and hear them sing a few Alpine songs for him, then he returned to his streamlined two-car motorized train, which had brought him from Turin, and started back down the Doria valley on his whirlwind tour of the piedmont region. Tie made no speeches this morning, which he devoted to a tour of seven border towns, including one on an historic pass over the Alps between Italy and France, often a battle ground in the days of ancient Rome. Students At A. & T. Given Hot Warning Greensboro, May 16. (AP) — Major L. P. McLendon, member of the personnel commjttee and of the board of trustees of A. & T. College, virtually read the “riot act” to the sludent body in an address this aft ernoon, warning in plain language against any recurrence of last night’s disorder and destruction of property, which took place in a student demon stration against the alleged discharge ol Coach I. A. Breaux Armed with a telegram from Gov ernor Hoey, Major McLendon made It clear thrt the course to be follow ed to curb the disorder was dictated by Kis Excellency himself, and that no such recurrence could be tolerat ed by the State Major McLendon at first appealed to the students to stop the course they have adopted as being a seri ous reflection on the college and a disgrace to the State Meantime, at Raleigh, Governor Hoey said the students of the A. & T. (Continued on Page Six) NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C„ TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 16, 1939 Batty Btspatrh King And Queen Are Sailing Into St. Lawrence For Quebec Bright Sunshine Marks Course of Liner Bring ing British Royalty to Canada and United States; Land in Que bec Tomorrow Morn ing Aboard Empress of Australia, May 16.—(Canadian Press) —This liner, carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Quebec for their tour of Canada and the United States, sped along the Gaspa coast well up the St. Lawrence river, in bright sunshine this morning. At 7 a. m., the empress and her convoy of two British cruisers and two Canadian destroyers were op posite Riviere Almartre, and were expected to reach Father Point at 1:30 p. m. ST. LAWRENCE PILOT READY TO BOARD LINER SHORTLY Quebec, Canada, May 16.—(AP) — The liner Empress of Australia, bearing King George and his Scot tish queen on an historic visit to Canada and the United States, today neared a rendezvous with a St. Law rence river pilot boat, which will steer her into port in Quebec to night At midnight the royal vessel re ported her position as about 440 miles from Quebec. Northern lights played over the clear sky as the liner and hv escort negotiated the great waterway off the northeast ern tip of the Gaspe Peninsula While a veteran pilot of the St. Lawrence waited at Father Point for the Empress, harried officials in Quebec tackled a last-minute group of problems to insure execu tion of the arrangements from the moment the. king and queen step ashore tomorrow morning Officials were hampered by the necessity of telescoping parts of the Canadian tour to make up for a two-day delay forced on the Em press of Australia by fog and ice Arrangements for Their Majesties to spend June 8 to 11, inclusive, in the United States stood unaltered. Appeal Made For Life Os Negro Burglar Raleigh, May 16. —(AP) —Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill took und er advisement today an appeal for a commu cation for Arthur Morris, Negro sentenced to die Friday for first degree burglary Petitions were presented from the 12 jurors asking for a commutation. The jurors said they would have returned a verdi/t of guilty in the second degree had they not been in structed by the presiding judge that they could not do so W. B. Womble and J. C. Little, Raleigh lawyers appointed by the court to represent Morris, present ed his case. Morris had a long criminal record in Wake and Dur ham counties. The lawyers and others told Gill they did not think Morris had normal mentality. W. R. Johnson, Negro consultant for the State Welfare Board, described the man as “demented, with proclivi ties toward kleptomania.” A step-sister, Dorsey Wil'iams, of Durham, told Gill that Morris’ mother apparently was not mentally sound, and added, “I just believe the bov has taken after his mother.” Walter Keener, Jr., of Wake For est, who once caught Morris in his home, urged a commutation. Philadelphia Urges Hoover Investigation Philadelphia, May 16— (AF) —The head of the nation’s G-men forces was told today the Philadelphia in surance money racket is so vast that “no one can estimate the number of crimes committed to date or the ram ification of the heinous murderers.” * Topping all previous calculations, this new definition of the ring’s pos sible scope was given by Judge Harry McDevitt in a telegram urging J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation, to come here and “make a personal survey of this unbelievable crime sydicate.” Judge McDevitt, who presided at the first murder trial growing out of the case, expressed appreciation for the FBl’s proffered aid in the investigation, and % told Hoover it would give local authorities access to “now explored fields of mur derous activity.” “Having tried the first man con victed and sentenced to death, I am thoroughly familiar with the details that inceptions an incredulous pub lic would not believe,” Judge Mc- Devitt said. “It would give incentive (Continued on Page Six) Swedish Aviator Starts Aroerica-To-Sweden Hop St. John’s, N. F.. May 16.—(Cana dian Press) —Carl Backman, Swedish aviator attempting a flight from America to Sweden, took off from Botwood airport today at 5:10 a. m., local time (2:40 a. m. eastern stand ard time) according to word receiv ed here. Flying a 90 horsepower single motored monoplane with a cruising speed of 110 miles an hour, Back man landed at Botwood last night after a hop from Bangor, Maine. He arrived at Bangor Sunday night with the explanation that he had flown non-stop from St. Louis. Backman was quoted by Bangor airport at- Reported in Exile iS&fiSMssBF y. If J '0 % M v%- jfflj Crown Prince Humbert (above) was ordered to make “an extended visit” to Belgium, amounting to exile from Italy, according to Lon don reports. The move was blamed on his consistent opposition to Mus solini’s policies, particularly col laboration with Nazi Germany. (Central Press) Mellett To Be One Os Six Aides To FDR By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, May 16.—That Lowell Mellett will be one of the six “as sistant presidents” whom the White House tenant is authorized to ap point, under the provisions of the government reor ganization program recently approved by Congress and now in process of being made effec tive, is accepted in Washington as a foregone conclu sion. In fact, he may already have been appointed by the time these lines Lowell toerfett can be printed. If not, he will be shortly. In suggesting the desirability of the creation of this half dozen of new jobs, President Roosevelt men tioned tnat an outstanding qualifi cation for possible eligibles must be a “passion for anonymity.” Lowell has it all right. I don’t know of another individual as in triniscolly prominent as he is who camouflages his prominence quite so successfully. True, he breaks into “Who’s Who” involuntarily. All newspapermen and higher-ups in the federal administration are ac (Continued on Page Six) Flood Survey On Neuse River Near Goldsboro Likely Washington, May 16. —(AP)—Ren resentative Barden, Democrat, North Carolina, predicted today that the board of army engineers would approve a recommendation for a detailed survey of a flood control project in and around Goldsboro and Kinston, N. C. Such a survey, he said, has been recommended by the district engi neer at Richmond, Va. The object would be to* determine the extent of work required and the cost. A preliminary survey of the project has already been made. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. tendants ns saying he was one of three aviators in a “race” from America to Sweden. He spoke Eng lish brokenly, and was described as slim, blonde and 27 years old.' His plane has no radio, and ap parently was equipoed with few of the instruments needed for trans- At lantic flying. Its seat was about 18 inches wide and a gasoline tank blocked his view to the right. The rest of the cabin was full of auxi liary tanks. Backman told Bangor airport at tendants he would try to reach Stock holm and had mapped a course of about 2,300 miles. Troop Area Extended In Coal Fields National Guardsmen Take Up Positions in Belle County, Near Harlan; Minor Dis orders Continue As Mines Reopen Non- Union Harlan, Ky., May 16.—(AP)—Na tional guard troops protection for coal miners wishing to work has been extended into Belle county Governor Chandler at Frankfort revealed today that some militia men are stationed in a corner of Belle county, but are a part of the unit on duty in Harlan county. Gov ernor Chandler said the order for troops to go to Harlan, where opera tors refused to sign a “union shop” agreement with the United Mine Workers, provided for guardsmen “to preserve law and order in Har lan county and its environs.” Chandler said the mine of J. C. Stras, president of the Kentucky Cardinal Coal Corporation, “is on the Belle-Harlan county line, and that a detachment of troops is on guard there.” “Sheriff Martin Green, of Belle county, telephoned me about it this morning,” Chandler said. “I explain ed the situation to him and he pro mised to cooperate with the troops.” Guard Officer Relieved A national guard officer was re lieved of his command today for failure to “show the proper aggres siveness” as 13 additional mines, 19 tfi all, opened in the disturbed Har- Irn soft coal fields under the pro tective givs of State troops. Brigadier General E. Carter, m announcing the officer’s removal, refused to give his name, but said he had been sent home, and his machine gun troops, on duty yes terday at the Topz trouble zone broken uo and distributed among other units. It was at Topz that C. V. Bennett, general manager of the Harlan Cen tral Coal Company, reported an automobile filled with miners return ing from work was attacked by pickets and stones hurled through the windshield. No one was hurt • Bennett also reported 150 to 200 pickets were “threatening.” Seve ral units of troops were rushed to the spot and spent the night. N. C. Odd Fellows Name Officers At High Point Meet High Point, May 16.—(AP) —R. V. Pate, of Goldsboro, was named grand master, of the North Carolina Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, and Goldsboro was selected as the 1940 convention city after a final busi ness session of the 96th annual ses sion held here today. The session, which convened here yesterday, ad journed this afternoon Other officers elected were: H. V. Beamon, of Gatesville, deputy grand master; C. H. Warren, of Raleigh, grand warden; John W. Clapp, of Greensboro, grand secretary; D. E. Long, of Oxford, grand treasurer; W. D. -Jones, of Wilmington, grand representative for two years; John W. Clapp, grand representative for one year; David Jacobi, Wilmington, trustee of the Odd Fellows Home Mrs. Viola M. Jones, of Wilming ton, was elected to head the North Carolina Assembly of Rebekhas to succeed Mrs. All ice Wicker, of Greensboro, at the final, session of the two-day meeting held in con junction with the 96th convention of Odd Fellows. Q PAGES o TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Green Urges Construction Ship Canal Labor Chief Writes Letters as Vanden berg Renews Attack on $200,000,000 Pro ject; New Virginia Judge Named By- Roosevelt Washington, May 16.—(AP)—Wil liam Green, president of the Ame rican Federation of Labor, urged senators today to “give every sup port” to the Florida ship canal. He made the request in letters to all members of the Senate just before Senator Vandenberg, Republican, Michigan, renewed his attack on the canal in floor debate. Vandenberg said the $200,000,000 project, which would extend 195 miles across north Florida, “has been presented with all the synthe tic allurements of a charming dream.” Other, committees had warm is sues before them as well. Secretary Woodring told the House military group that the army, because it had to be ready to de fend the Western Hemisphere if called on, needed legislation which would put younger officers in the higher ranks. President Roosevelt nominated Armistead M. Dobie, dean of the University of Virginia Law School, to the new position of additional federal judges for the western dis trict of Virginia. The President’s first nominee to the post, Floyd Roberts, of Bristol, Va., was rejected by the Senate last February. Controversy continued over the navy’s purchase of Argentine corn ed beef. Senator Pittman, Demo crat, Nevada, called such buying “a very bad mistake.” E. R. Kuhne, who had told the House committee investigating WPA that federal relief money was spent on projects that enhanced the value of property owned by politically in fluential men in Tennessee, apologiz- I ed to those he had named. He had acted hastily, he said, on hearsay i evidence. Two Convicts Are Recaptured as One Is Shot In Chase Raleigh, May 16. (AP) —Two convicts escaped from the Duplin county camp late yesterday, but were caugnt within a few hours, after one had been shot and slightly wounded, Oscar Pitts, penal superintendent! said today. They were listed as James Edward Thompson, 24, sentenced in May, 1938, in Nash county to two to four years for larceny, and William Tay or, also sent up from Nash in No vember 1938, to eight to ten years for robbery. Taylor, Pitts said, received buck shot in his side, but was not seri ously hurt. The pair was picked up about seven miles from the camp. SENATOR BAIN NEW BREWER DIRECTOR „ Raleigh, May 16.—(AP)—State senator E. H. Bain, of Wayne coun ty, resigned today to become State director for United Breweries In ciustrial Foundation. Senator Bain’s resignation was submitted to and accepted by Governor Hoey. State Sells $250,000 Os UNC Bonds Raleigh, May 16.—(AP) The State sold $250,000 University of North Carolina revenue bonds on an interest basis of 2.932 percent today, which buyers said was the “best sale of revenue bonds” they could recall. The Council of State awarded the issue to Lewis & Hall, of Greens boro, and voted to sell $2,250,000, or $2,500,000, State bonds June 15. The State bonds, if $2,250,000 are sold, will fund into bonds money which was advanced from other State bonds for textbook purchases, work at the Western North Carolina tuber cular hospital, and other institutions, when it was found that laws author izing bonds lor them had defects. The 1939 legislature remedied the de fects. If the State is assured that it can get federal funds for an Eastern North Carolina tubercular hospital, which was authorized by the 1939 legislature, the $250,000 bonds for that will be included in the June 15 sale. The University bonds v/ere sold to raise part of the $701,368 for a new electric power and heating plant for the Chapel Hill unit. The Federal PWA is making $315,540 available, aqd the appropriated $135,820.
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