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HENDERSON'S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-sixth year HOUSECOMMITTEE APPROVES TAX REVISION Capital Wondering if Roosevelts Will Now Visit England Marlene a Citizen Marlene Dietrich, Actress Marlene Dietrich, born in Berlin in 1904, signs her final citi zenship papers in Federal Court, Los Angeles. Expressing her pleas ure at becoming a U. S. citizen, she declared: “I am doggone glad to be a niece of Uncle Sam. The United States is the most glorious and wonderful country in the whole wide world.” (Central Preso) Court Move 1$ Against Methodists Small South Carolina Church Asks Decree Holding Union of three Branches of Denomination Is In valid as Set Up Columbia, S. C., June 13.—(AP)— Members of the Pine Grove Metho cli-;t church in Clarendon county a l.ed the court of common pleas to day to declare the recent merger of three branches of the Methodist ('(lurch invalid and to restrain of- I 1 ct. o' the merged church from in- I'Tferirig with the use of local church property. In what was considered a test case a a nsi the merger recently carried out at a general conference at Kan a City, Mo., six members of the Mtie Methodist church at Turbeville a Led the court to declare “that the >1 < thodist Episcopal Church, South, continues to exist, and particularly o in the State of South Carolina.” The pleading was in the form of an wor and cross hill in an action C ought by trustees and officials of (Continued on Page Two) Sales Tax Ruling Due This Week Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel lialeigh, June 13.—Constitutional ity of Noith Carolina’s six year old ales tax and of its two-year old tax on display of goods in hotel room probably will he decided by the Slate’s Supreme Court this week a eases involving both questions are among the approximately 35 which the seven justices have heard argu 'd, hut in which they have not yet handed down opinions. Also likely to be settled is the last mdicial stand of five men convicted of capital felonies. In addition, there are, of course, a number of causes of primary im portance to the litigants involved, hut of lesser interest to the public (Continued on page two) iUruiU'rsmt Datht iltsuafrh L %ns^ T i?«v&o F Principal Speculation Is President Won’t Return Visit of King and Queen While Still In Office; Royal Pair In New Brunswick Washington, June 13.—(AP) — Now that tills admiring capital is catching its breath after the visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth, the tea table topic is, “Will Presi dent Roosevelt and the first lady he guests at Buckingham Palace this fail?” Many Washingtonians argue that the king undoubtedly issued ah in loimal invitation to Mr. Roosevelt before their farewell at Ilyde Park Sunday night. Whether he did so, of course, probably will never he known officially unless the President should accept The subject wasn’t mentioned in a telegram the British sovereign sent Mr. Roosevelt late yesterday, lor that wouldn’t be according to protocol. The message, received by the chiel executive while returning to Washington from Hyde Park, said the king and queen wore “deeply grateful for your hospitality.” “Though this was our first visit to your great country,” the message continued, “and though it was ne cessarily only a brief one, it has given us memories of kindly feel ing and good will that we shall al ways treasure.” The consensus here is that the Roosevelts will not return the visit while the President is in office. ROYAL PAJR PAY VISIT TO MARITIME PROVINCE AREA Newcastle, New Brunswick, June 13. (AP) —King George and Queen Elizabeth made their first visit in the Maritime Provinces today in this little town crowded with farmers and fishermen of northern New .Brunswick. , In bright sunshine the king and queen set out from here after being given a roaring welcome on an auto mobile trip through New Brunswick to the capital city of Frederickton. Landon Says Roosevelt Will Not Run Boston, Mass., June 13.—(AP) — Alf M. Landon, unsuccessful Repub lican nominee in the last presiden tial election, predicted today Presi dent Roosevelt would decline to be come a candidate for a third term. At the same time, in a speech prepared for delivery before the Business and Professional Women’s Republican Club of Massachusetts, the former Kansas governor sharp ly criticized New Deal economics and those who urge the President to run again in 1940. “We are in the sixth year of ex traordinary government spending to-save policy,” Landon asserted, “yet discouragement and chronic un employment arc increasing. This is indeed the Roosevelt depression. “The citizens who are proposing and urging a third term for Presi (Continued on page two) King And Queen Fine Folk, But Visit To U. S. Also Had Unfavorable Reaction Here By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, June 13. —The British royalty’s visit to the United States has accomplished much toward ce menting friendly w ,. . ... was rather too ob- King George VI v j ous iy manufac tured: made to order. In the first place, King George and __ONLY daily NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Gets Church Honor m m ■ • • Clara Olds Loveland, of Glendalo, Ohio, a graduate of Wellesley Col lege (1921), is after she was awarded degree of Bachelor of Di vinity, an unprecedented honor, at Berkeley Divinity School, New Haven, Conn. It is first time in history of the American Protestant Episcopal church a woman has re ceived that degree, it was stated. New Charges Are Made On Steel Hand Accused in London of Firing Pistol Near Duchess of Kent and Firing at Residence of Princess Royal; Faces New Arraignment London, June 13.—(AP) —A 45- year-old steel worker held in connec tion with the mysterious discharge of a sawed-off rifle near the Duchess of Kent on June 5 also has been ac cused in connection with the dis covery about the same time of a bul let hole in the window of the resi dence of the princess royal. Police Prosecutor H. A. K. Morgan disclosed the new charge today when j the prisoner, L. Vincent Lawlor, was brought again, before Her Majesty. He had been arrigned in connection with the shooting in Belgrave Square the day after the episode. The prosecutor said Lawlor had come to England April C and was an (Continued on Page Two) A. & N. C. Audit Is Almost Ready Now In Morehead City Raleigh, June 13.—(AP) —State Auditor George Ross Pou said today the audit of the State-controlled Atlantic & North Carolina railroad would he completed sometime today, j The typed audit will be ready for oresentation to Governor Hoey and the Councilo of State by July 1. Pou returned from a week-end business trip to Morehead City, where he conferred with members of hi.s staff finishing the audit. Queen Elizabeth simply had to come. It was highly desirable for them to visit Canada. That stood to reason. Britain is in a tight international sit uation, Canada is British and it stood the crown in hand to see that the Dominion is solid, in the event of a threatened emergency. * So the Canada trip was strictly according to Hoyle. 1 Well, since the royal couple were i coming to Canada, what more nat j ural than for President Roosevelt to invite them to drop in on the United ■ States also? It almost would have been an af front to Uncle Sam had they refused. Nevertheless, possibly their stop over here was a trifle ill-advised. There was an effort to make the affair resemble a move toward a “rapproachment” between the two (Continued on Page Two) Anglo - American relations I have my doubts. Their majesties j got a gorgeous of-' ficial reception, to ] be sure. Their popular reception j was elegant, too— huge crowds, en thusiastic c h eers and all that. The trouble was that the whole thing HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 13, 1939 London Turns To Fresh Crisis With Japan In Chinese Areas Chamberlain Cabinet Considers Steps To Take if Japs Blockade British and French Concessions at Tient sin; Seek Peace London, June 13. (AP) —The British government turned from im mediate consideration of European problems today to try for solution of a difficult situation arising, from a series of British-Japanese incidents in the Far East. The cabinet’s foreign affairs com mittee met to decide what action should be taken if ~ to blockade British and French conces sions in Tientsin, one oi the main points of British-Jpo-r*' ?r ,c-ioi' There was no intimation as to what decision was reaentu, bui. of ficial circles said British authorities at Tientsin were making every ef fort to avert a blockade. Britain al ready has made it clear 4ie would consider such action illegal. . Reports from China said Japanese? authorities have threatened a block ade as a result of Britain’s -'.refusal to hand over four Chinese accused by the Japanese of terrorism. Brit ish authorities demanded' proof of the men’s guilt first. , The British government was said also to be taking a “serious view” of the fatal bayoneting of R. M. Tink ler, British business man who died June 7 after a scuffle with a Jap anese naval landing in A tung, across the river from Shang hai. The foreign offjee said the Brit ish ambassador to Japan, Sir Robert Craigie, had been instructed to make a formal protest in Tokyo, backing up the protest made by British au thorities in Shanghai. Social Act Is To Remain, Powell Says Myrtle Beach, S. C., June 13. (AP) —“It would be almost suicidal for any senator or congressman to seek to repeal the social security act outright,” Charles G. Powell, chair man of the North Carolina Unem ployment Compensation Commis sion, asserted here today. Powell told the Laundry Owners Associa tion of North Carolina, South Caro lina, Georgia and Florida, in annual convention here, that two main por tions of the act were held constitu tional by the Supreme Court “even before President Roosevelt appoint ed a single member of the court.” The 48 states, District of Columbia Alaska and Hawaii by the end of 1938 had given $391,000,000 in old age assistance to 1,800,000 persons, Powell said, and also had distribut ed $104,000,000 to 650,000 depend ent children, and 43,000 blind per sons. Unemployment compensation aggregating $404,000,000 had been paid in 31 units. “The social security law,” Powell predicted, “will be changed by its friends, and the changes will he to ward strengthening rather than weakening it. It is something that will undoubtedly be with you as long as you live.” PENDER GIRL AT 18 SHOOTS SELF DEAD Burgaw, June 13. (AP) Mattie May Blake, 18, of the Six Forks section of Pender county, took her own life by firing a shotgun charge into her heart on the porch of the house of her grandfather, J. B. Blake, Coro ner N. O. Pope reported today. N. C. Banking System Safe, Hood Asserts Daily Dlspatrli Bureau Tn the Sir WsiMor lintel. Raleigh, June 13.—Banking Com missioner Gurney P. Hood said to day that North Carolina’s Slate bank ing system is one he believes will stand up under all conditions and cir cumstances, and which cannot be at tacked by any future depression. (Continued on Page Two) ix)ooßwi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy, showers Wed nesday and in the interior to night. Royal Farewell to America * T WMm P!| Jjgjjl fl '"'J T fflr I * inf HI Iffil* sf I a |i| » Britain’s handsome ruling couple, who smiled their way into the hearts of the American public, wave from the back of their blue and silver train as they leave Hyde Park after a weekend with the President and start back to England, byway of Canada. President Roosevelt, his wife, their sons and his mother were at the station to bid God-speed to King Georg* and Queen Elizabeth and join the thousands of spectators in singing w Auld Lang Syne.” Four Persons Are Hurt In Auto Plant Rioting Prisoners Strike For Silk ‘Undies’ Lansing, Kans., June 13.—(AP) —The mutiny of 299 convicts in a coal mine at the Kansas State penitentiary over silk underwear and food ended without violence at 11:10 a. m. today. The rebel lious prisoners sent up word to Warden M. F. Amrinc they would surrender. Lansing, Kans., June 13. (AP) —Four hundred Kansas convicts making demands which included the right to wear silk underwear, struck today in the prison mine. They broke off telephone com munication with the surface shortly after descending at 6 a. m., and refused to mine any coal. Warden M. F. Amrine said he had yielded to the underwear de mand, but had refused to grant all the others. Fire Head Os Norfolk Dies At Durham Durham, June 13.—(AP) —Rich- ard S. Baughan, 56, Norfolk fire chief, dropped dead in the bathroom of his hotel room here this morning at 7 o'clock. Baughan was in the best of spirits yesterday, but was taken ill about 4 a. m. today with what seemed merely a touch of in digestion. His roommate doubled up a blanket and placed it under Chief Baughan’s pillow, lifting his head somewhat, and Baughan said he felt a bit better. Other friends among the visiting fire chiefs were called, but Baughan assured them there was no need for calling a doc tor. At 7 a. m., he rose and went to the bathroom. Those in his room heard a thump, hurried to the bath room and found that he had drop ped dead. He had suffered for some years (Continued on Page Two) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Milwaukee Factory Is Scere of Trouble; Flint and Saginaw Plants Open After Fights Occur at Gen eral Motors Gates Milwaukee, Wis., June 13.—(AP) —Four persons, including two police men, were injured and a sireet car was stoned in rioting at the str ike bound Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company plant in suburban West Allis today. The injured officers were taken to hospitals. Fellow policemen, who, with sher iff’s deputies, were helping to pre vent disturbances, fired tear gas mis siles into the picket lines. The street car was attacked as it neared the plant with a load of of fice workers. FLINT AND SAGfM W PLANTS OPEN AFTER FIST FIGHTS Flint , Mich., June 13.—(AP) — members of the two United Auto Workers unions clashed today at the gates of Fisher Body plant No. 1, but, after a brief list light, this plant and all other units of General Motors (Continued on page two) EX-MAYOR TAYLOR, OF OXFORD, IS DEAD Oxford, June 13. — (AP) —James A. Taylor, former mayor of Oxford, died today. Funeral services will be held here Wednesday. Two Prisoners At Warren Camp Make Escapes at Night Raleigh, June 13.—(AP)—Two i hort-termers escaped from the Warren county prison camp last night, Oscar Pitts penal superintend ent, said today. He listed the escap ees as Lonnie Williams, sent up May 1, to serve 15 months for auto mobile larceny in Halifax county, and Ernest Craver, 29, sentenced in Forsyth May 10, to three months for larceny Pitts also reported two escapees from Gaston camp, both honor grade men. and one from Anson camp, had been caught. 8 PAGES _ TODAY FIVE CENTS COP 18 Pet. Flat Levy Aimed At Business Would Apply Only on Profits in Excess of $25,000; Another House Group Ap ■ proves Neutrality Bill; Small Loans Are Op posed f | Washington, June 13.—(AP) —The House tax committee completed the tentative outline of a tax revision bill today in preparation for expect ed House action on the legislation next week. The proposed draft includes sub stitutions for the undistributed pro fits tax of an 18 percent flat levy on corporations which make more than $25,000 a year. With the principal provisions ten tatively completed yesterday, the tax committee, a ways and means sub committee, prepared three more tech nical revisions this morning. The committee’s general outline was sent immediately to the legislative draft ing service for final preparation. Other capital developments includ ed: Approval by the House Foreign Affairs Committee of the adminis tration’s neutrality bill providing for repeal of the embargo on arms and ammunition for nations at war. Testimony before the Senate Bank ing Committee in which Edward E. (Continued on Page Two) EDGECOMBE FARMER KILLED BY A TRUCK Tarboro, June 13. (AP) —Pete Bridges, about 60, a farmer who lived near here, was struck by a truck and instantly killed about three miles south of here early today. Witnesses told officers the driver did not stop. Later State Highway Patrolman H. W. Rothrock, of Weldon, said a man who gave his name as Robert Pace, of Wilson, was taken into custody for questioning. The man was quot ed as disclaiming knowledge of the accident. Aberdeen’s Bank Robbed By Couple Aberdeen, June 13.—(AP)—Cash ier Francis Pleasants reported to Aberdeen police that an armed man and a woman companion held up the local branch of the Bank of Pinehurst today and escaped with an undetermined amount of money. The cashier said the robbery took place shortly afternoon, place shortly after noon, tered the bank while he was ajone and that the woman scooped up the (Continued on Page Two) HAVEN FOUND FOR JEWISH REFUGEES Paris, June 13.—(AP) —The 907 Jewish refugees aboard the liner St. Louis, denied admission to Cuba, will find at least, temporary haven in France, Belgium and the Netherlands refugee officials announced today. Henderson’s Notes Taken By Wachovia Raleigh, June 13. —(AP) —The Lo cal Government Commission sold $196,000 worth of bonds and notes for local government units today. Barcus-Kindred & Company, of Chicago, paid a premium of $56 for SBO,OOO Sampson county road refund ing bonds to bear 3 3-4 percent in terest, and the Trust Company of Georgia at Atlanta paid a $52 per mium for $20,000 Rockingham coun ty school bonds to bear 2 1-4 percent. The Wachovia Bank & Trust Com pany, of Raleigh, took $16,000 Hen derson city refunding bonds at a pre mium of sll, with 2 3-4 percent in terest. The commission approved, among others, the following bond and note issuances: Nash county, $36,000 school bonds,’ Cross Road township in Martin coun ty, $50,000 refunding bonds under a refunding plan.
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