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"hKNUERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 WKKTY-SIXTH YEAR SENATORS ATTACK FEDERAL MONEY POLICY .5292 MILLIONS MORE FOR GREATER ARMY ASKED OF CONGRESS 7 Violent Deaths Shown for State ( harlotte, June 12.—(AP) Trailie accidents and drowniugs took at least seven lives in North Carolina over the week-end. Near Asheville, Edgar Padgett was killed when he was hit by an automobile. Charlie Rogers, 31. Concord, and Waite* Barnes, of Kannapolis, were killed when I heir motorcycle crashed with an automobile near Kannapolis. The driver of the car, Miss Martha Watson, of Charlotte, was serious ly injured. There were three drowning and another bathing accident. 12 Hurt As Pickets And Police Meet Clash Occurs at Mich igan Auto Plant In Struggle of Rival Unions for Bargaining Rights for General Motors Workers Flint. Mich, June 12.—(AP)— A d"/.i n persons were injured, three seriously, in a clash between police ;nd pickets of the Union Auto Workers (AFL) at Saginaw this morning as automobile workers sought a showdown in their inter im urn recognition as bar gaining agent for General Motors em pioyes. Six men were arrested. In Flint, where the entire police was mobilized in anticipation of disorder, there was no violence. All plants here, as well as the Grey Iron Foundry unit at Saginaw, be ; an operation today, despite a strike call of the AFL affiliated union. Workers at Saginaw were escort ed into the plant by a detail of 60 policemen. A spokesman for Gen • i ll Motors said the union apparent had concentrated on Chevrolet No. 5, and Fisher Body No. 1 at Flint, which is a key unit in I! 1 lick assembly. The corporation representative said there was no im mdiate indication that operations would have to be halted. Chevro- No. 5 was operating with about It of its regular day force of 460 '■n. This plant makes valves and wank cases. Although small, it is vital in Chevrolet assembly, a cor poration spokesman said. Pi her No. 1 supplies bodies for Buicks The Saginaw clash started, police aid. when Police Lieutenant Fred Bn man was struck over thfe head l,v a picket armed with a club. The police then dispersed the pickets, approximately 200 strong, and clear •d the way for the maintenance nrew 1 enter the plant. By the time the 'h day shift was due, the pickets had scattered. Small Radios Ask Czechs l o Be Firm Prague, June 12.—(AP) —Tiny se ' " t radio transmitters regulated by Bloc devices and working without "loan attendants, today warried German police seeking the slayers of a German police sergeant. Broadcasting speeches from phono 'Taph records, the hidden transmit- P i were calling on the Czech popu lation to preserve a solid front. Ger -lan officials disclosed, meanwhile, ’ ai they had placed charges of “mis i' "ding authorities” against Anna l ' !,, ' , ka, a young Czech nurse, who had surrendered to police and told ham she had killed Sergeant Wil- 1 ' hn Kniest in Kladno last Thurs day. Bolice v/cre tuning in on the broad ts, but had 4ittle success in stamp lr'g out this form of agitation. Rc l" ats to the authorities were that toe sending sets were easily trans (Continued on Six) Hinder amt Mu tHsimtrh L M S EASs!!cia SERVICE OP associated press. More and Bigger Planes, Stronger Pan ama Defenses and Purchase of War Ma terials Is Over and Above Regular Army Appropriation Washington, June 12.—(AP) — The House Appropriations Commit tee asked Congress today to add $292,695,547 to next year’s $508,789,- 824 War Department appropriation bill to build more army Dianes, ex pand the Panama Canal garrison and provide “educational orders” for purchase of war materials. It acted after a sub-committee heard from- Major General Henry Arnold, chief of the army air corps, that his corps’ current expansion would provide adequate aerial * defense for the United States despite superiority of some German war planes. The committee sent to the House for consideration, probably next week, a measure appropriating $14,- 250,000 for the educational or sam ple orders, $27,000,000 for Panama, and $251,445,547 for 2,290 new planes and new housing facilities. The text of Colonel Charles A Lindbergh’s testimony, also made public, shows that he believes the United States ranks “far from the top in military aviation.” “A few years ago, we led the world in both military and com mercial aviation, but during the past five years the lead in military aviation, has been taken away from us,” Lindbergh said. “In commer cial aviation, I feci that we still hold a leading position, and our lead in that will depend on wheth er or not we concentrate on com mercial aviation in the future as we have in the past. “Stated briefly, it is true that Europe leads us by a large margin in military aviation, while we lead by a large margin in commercial aviation. Bryan Nelson Wins Match Philadelphia, June 12.—(AP) — Bryon Nelson today won the 43rd. national open golf championship by shooting a 70 to Craig Wood’s 73 in their second 18-hole playoff at the Philadelphia country club. Nelson, now playing out of Read ing, Pa., and shortly to take a new job at Toledo, Ohio, took the lead for good at the third hole with a birdie three, doubled it to a fourth show advantage with an eagle two on the 453-yard fourth, where he rolled in a No. 1 iron shot from 200 yards out, and was out, front by three strokes when he hit the turn in 33, one under par. He started back badly, with three bogeys on the first four holes, but since Wood also went over par on three of them, Nelson lost only one stroke of his advantage. He went four ahead again with a par to Wood’s five on the 14. Both played the next two in par and then Wood made a final try with a birdie three on the 17th. They finished with par fives on the 18th, Nelson bouncing a 12- footer for a birdie out of the cup. Declines In Stock Prices New York, June 12.—(AP) —Rally- ing animation faded from the stock market today and leading issues step ped down fractions to more than a point. Recovery proponents derived a grain of comfort from the tact that selling was exceptionally light throughout. Transfers for the five hours were around 450,000 shares. American Radiator 12 1-2 American Telephone 168 1-2 American Tob B 85 Atlantic Coast Line 18 1-2 Atlantic Refining 20 3-8 Bendix Aviation 23 1-4 Bethlehc#*. S<eel 57 3-4 Chrysler 69 7-8 Columbia Gas & Elec 6 5-8 Commercial Solvents 10 1-2 Consolidated Oil Co 7 1-8 Curtiss Wright 5 1-4 DuPont . 149 1-2 Electric Pow & Light 8 General Electric 36 1-8 General Motors 44 7-8 Liggett & Myers B 107 1-4 Montgomery Ward & Co .. 51 3-8 Reynolds Tob B 39 3-4 Southern Railway 15 1-8 Standard Oil N J 44 1-4 i U S Steel 48 _ —ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF AND VTRfiTl^ Washington, June 12.—(AP) — Administration farm leaders are seriously considering the advisability of government fixing of cotton prices if Congress rejects President Roose velt’s proposal to subsidize cotton exports. Agriculture Department officials and congressional leaders already > have begun casting about for a sub- j stitute for the subsidy proposal be- | cause of strong opposition by some ! members of Congress' and the the | Gap In Fay Os Teachers Is Problem Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, June 12. —North Carolina School Commission is hoping against hope there will be found in figures showing money available for 1939-41 teacher salaries a, bromide for the biggest headache from which school people are suffering, the problem of closing the yawning gap between salaries paid white teachers and Negroes holding the same certificates. It’s a problem which has been harassing the commission practically since its creation some seven years ago; one which is becoming more ana more pressing as time goes on; although in this State it hasn't reach ed the “suing point” it has attained in some otners —Virginia, for in stance. Commission members and person nel have ueen siow about giving out statistics showing just exactly how wide the gap is, on the thfcory that as long as a sincere and earnest ef fort is being made to do what can be done about the matter, there is nothing to be gained by broadcasting material which night be seized upon by radicals to milame the Negro teachers to the point of demanding immediate and drastic revision of salary schedules. fcio far the leadership of the Negro teachers lias shown a marked spirit of moderation and an unusual re straint. General opinion is that this sort of cooperation will continue as long as Inis leadership is convinced that the School Commission is mak ing a real, sincere and earnest ef fort to correct the conditions com plained of. So far, that effort has been pretty obvious and there seems no reason to believe that there will be any change of attitude either on the part of tne commission or of the Negro teachers. i lie immediate problem of the com mission, and particularly of Dr. B. B. Dougherty, chairman of the salary committee, is to make at least a noticeable and substantial gesture to ward closing the gap, while at the same time keeping'the white teachers off their necks. With less titan a quarter million dollars to apply to increases in teach er salary schedules it requires no deep thinker to realize that the com mission must do some very fine slic (Continued on page two) HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 12, 1939 This Royal Welcomer Forgot Her Cue Like all kids, this little girl plain forgot what Mama told her to do, and approaches the Queen with her dress in her hand instead of the curtsy she practiced. The child is Isibel Kinloch, born in England, and was brought te British Embassy by her mother (beside her) where Their Majesties met members of the British colony of Washington. The King is at right. Government Fixing Os Prices For Cotton Being Considered cotton trade. It cannot be launched, however .unless Congress provides funds. An Agriculture Department supply bill, pending before a' Senate- House conference committee would I make about $50,000,000 available for j this purpose. j A measure not yet introduced, but j under consideration by administra j tion leaders, would fix the price of I domestically consumed cotton at 16 ! cents a pound, compared with the | current price of about 9.5 cents a King, Queen Back Again In Dominion World Already Specu lating on Effect of Royal Visit in Weld ing Two Mighty Na tions Closer Together Aboard the Royal Pilot Train, June 12.—(AP) —Relaxed after a quiet visit at Hyde Park, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth returned today to their Dominion of Canada, whence they will sail for England Thursday night. The British rulers, who in three weeks in Canada and four days in the United States, were seen by pro bably 5,000,000 persons in each coun try came to the end of their journey still smiling. They were more at ease and ap parently enjoyed themselves thor oughly during their informal week end visit with President and Mrs. Roosevelt at Hyde Park than at any (Continued on Page Two) Marriage Law Is Assailed Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, June 12.—North Carolina’s new marriage law, which was hailed | by ardent advocates as Gabriel of the milleniufn, is a “monstrosity”, i cumbersome, clumisly drawn and pernicious in its effects on morals, in the opinion of at least one of North Carolina’s most experienced registers of deeds. Adrian B. Rhodes, who has had charge of issuing licenses in New Han over county for so many years that he is regarded as an institution some 1 thing like the Cape Fear river rad | into your correspondent in a Raleigh j cafetria a day or so ago, and when i (Continued on Page Two) pound. Under this measure, each grower would be given allotment in the domestic market, for which he would receive a pegged price. The balance of the crop would be sold at prevailing world prices. Also under study is a proposal for a modified form of proseccing taxes. Referred to as the “certificate plan,” It would require domestic users of cotton to buy from a pool. Exporters would not be required to buy the certificates. Landon Says New Deal Is Like Fascism Boston, Mass., June 12.—(AP) — Alt' M. Landon, former governor of Kansas and unsuccessful Republi can candidate in the last presidential election, today asserted that the “New Deal’s attitude” that “the rights of the users are greater than the rights of the owners of property,” is identical with “the belief of the fas cist and communist governments.” Landon, addressing the graduating class of Boston University, declared that “in actual practice of govern ment today, the rights of the users are made superior to the rights of the ov/ner. We old ‘bolsheviks’ of 1912, who were called socialists and radicals because we believed that the right of the users must be consider ed in relation to the rights of the owners are now classed as ‘reaction ary’ because we are still standing our middle ground between the two extremes.” Sharp Drop For Cotton New York, June 12.—(AP)—Cot ton futures opened one point lower to three higher on active Bombay buying of March and May and some Liverpool selling in the same options. Prices at the end of the first hour showed declines of three to seven points. July was three lower at 9.25, and December was off six at 8.13. Quotations at midday were off four to ten points. July at 9.24 lost four, and December at 8.09 was don the’ most. Futures closed nine to twelvd ooints lower; spot nominal; middling, 9.89. Open Close July 9.28 9.19 October 8.44 8.32 December 8.13 8.07 January 8.10 7.98 March 8.03 7.89 May 7.98 7.83 (jJscdhsA FOR NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy, scattered show ers Tuesday and in west por tion tonight or Tuesday. PUBL.ISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Jap Officials Die Os Poisoned Wine Tokyo, June 12.—(AP) —Two officials of the Japanese consul ate-general in Nanking have died as a result of drinking ap parently poisoned wine served at a banquet, the foreign office an nounced today. (Japanese reports in Shanghai charged that poison had been add ed to wine served at the banquet, and termed the incident a dar ing attempt of Chinese enemies of the new regime at wholesale kill ing of officialdom. Japanese au thorities searched Nanking for persons responsible for poisoning the wine.) FDR Claims U. S. Is Not Weak At All Warns That America’s Desire for Peace Should Not Be So Mis taken; Addresses Graduates at West Point Military Academy West Point, N. Y., June 12.—(AP) —The fledgling officers who will direct the future might of America’s armies heard President Roosevelt assert today that while King George’s visit had emphasized that nation’s without fears could be friendly, this country’s “desire for peace must never be mistaken for weakness.” During recent months, Mr. Roose velt told the graduating class at the United States Military Academy, “international political considerations have required still greater empha sis upon the vitalization of our de fense, for we have, had dramatic il lustrations of the fate of undefeated nations.” Not by name did he mention Aus tria, Czechoslovakia or Memel, the states absorbed in whole ro in part by Germany, nor did he speak of international concern over these as similations. He referred to the visit of King (Continued on Page Two) New British Proposal Is Sent Moscow London, June 12.—(AP) —The British government outlined to Ivan Maisky, Soviet Russian ambassador to London, today a new formula which was being sent to Moscow in the hope of ending a long deadlock over a proposed British-French-Rus gian mutual assistance pact. The formula was disclosed by For eign Secretary Viscount Halifax be fore Lord Strang left to take it to Moscow for the Russian government’s consideration. British officials were represented as feeling that the new plan would solve difficulties growing out of Soviet demands that Baltic states be guaranteed by the three larger pow ers. King’s Visit Gives U. S. Taste Os Berlin, Moscow By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, June 12.—0 n account of King George’s and Queen Eliza beth’s visit, the Washington atmos phere for a few days wasn’t so very diffe re n t from the kind of thing we hear de scribed as charac teristic of Moscow, with its Ogpu, or of Berlin, with its Gestapo. In the memory of the old est inhabitants the capital’s va r ious secret services and local uniformed policemen ne ve r White House developed so violent a state of jit ters as just preceding and during our royal guests’ stay here. Suppose you were, a loyal Ameri- 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Dollar Value And Silver Program Hit G. O. P. Plans Assault on Gold Contest Bill and Westerners Say Silver Policy Is Crippling Mining Washington, June 12.—(AP) —A double-barreled attack on adminis tration fiscal policies was taking shape in the Senate today with the so-called “economy bloc” opening fire on dollar devaluation legislation, and western senators criticizing the silver program. Republican Leader McNary, of Oregon, disclosed that he was plan ing a conference of his party mem bers to map opposition to a House approved bill extending the Presi dent’s authority to reduce the gold content of the dollar and to continue the $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund. Joining the Republcan opposition was a group of economy-minded Demo crats, led by Senators Glass, of Vir ginia, and Adams, of Colorado. At the same time, Senator Pittman, Democrat, Nevada, said he had urg ed Secretary Morgenthau to make known the administration’s intention about a possible change in the price of silver when the domestic purchase proclamation expires June 30. Pittman charged that the western mining industry was being hamstrung by lack of knowledge of future sil ver prices. Meanwhile, Congress was pushing its tax revision and relief programs to meet June 30 deadlines and to increase its chances for a July ad journment. A House Ways and Mehns sub committee was called to begin draft ing a bill extending more than $500,- 000,000 of excise or “nuisance” taxes and revising other levies to remove so-called “irritants” to business. The measure is not expected to be ready for House consideration until next week. Confidence Needed, Says Chamberlain London, June 12.—(AP) —Prime Minister Chamberlain said today that mutual confidence was a prere quisite to a successful international conference on Europe’s problems, and that the British government was working to promote such a confer ence . He told the House of Commons, however, that “a conference can only succeed if other governments make like efforts.” The prime minister made his statement in response to a question as to what he considered essential for a successful conference, and what action the government was tak ing to prepare ground for one. “In the opinion of His Majesty’s government,” Chamberlain answer er “a world conference could suc ceed only if accompanied by a gen eral feeling of confidence that all participating governments sincerely desired this settlement and intend ed to keep both to the spirit and letter of any pledge or undertaking given as the result of a conference. “His Majesty's government will (Continued on Page Six) can citizen, occuping a store with a show window fronting on their majestes’ advertised line of march from the Union railway station to the White House. And suppose you saw fit to rent out some seats in window to folk who wanted to watclf the procession in reasonable cu.»i l'ort. How would like it to have a sleuth drop in and ask you to assure him that you weren’t planning to chuck a bomb among the parades? And how would you like to have the “dick”’ also require you to fur nish credentials guaranteeing the re liability of all your window cus tomers? Well, that’s what happened. .Doesn’t it sound rather Ogpu-ish or Gestapo-ish? Or suppose that, standing on the curb line, in a position to get a good squaint at the performance, you chanced to put your hand into your (Continued on page two) #
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