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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH year SENATE VOTES AGAIN ON FDR MONEY POWER Lack Os Funds May Close Libraries - As Governors Visited F. D. R. at Hyde Park W pgr lip President Roosevelt poses with some of the twenty-three governors who visited him at his Hyde Park home following the Governors’ Conference in Albany, N. Y. Left to right (front row), Stark of Missouri, President Roosevelt, Gov. Cochran of Nebraska and Gov. Lehman of New York. Back row, Gov. Baldwin of Connecticut, Lt. Gov. Poletti of New York, Gov. Hoey of North Carolina, ex-Gov. Hardee of Florida and Mr. Kloppels, aide to Florida’s governor. The children are, Ann Vanderbilt, daughter of Rhode Island’s governor, and Julia Holt, daughter of West Virginia’s governor. (Central Press) Probes WPA Scandal J "i V # > i niiiimr*’ •' miiilMii '^SlllMlK9Sggg*;y r ’J* yXjljftv ..-. . ... *• * Rene A. V T iosca United States District Attorney in Aew Orleans, Rene A. Viosca, threw probe of WPA scandal rocking Louisiana wide open by calling as grand jury witnesses all persons who have made affidavits that WPA -unds, material and workers have been used by state officials to im prove their own properties. (Central Press) Hoey Won’t Stop Death Os 3 Killers Raleigh, July I.—(AP) Governor Uooy announced today he would not intervene for three men sentenced to he executed Friday for murders, but h* granted 60-day reprieves to two others. Reprieved was James Godwin, con victed in Guilford of the murder of Donald Moss. Thomas Turner and T- J. Gold, High Point lawyers re presenting Godwin, conferred with Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill this morning and asked for time in which to complete compilation of “new matter”. Also reprieved was James Cureton, Negro, sentenced in Forsyth in the murder of Melvin Nesbitt. Cureton’s lawyers have prepared a new appeal to superior court, Governor Hoey said, causing him to intervene with a stay of execution after he said he would not. The men who now apparently will •be executed Friday are Alfred Caper and Bricey Hammonds, both convict ed in Robeson county, and James w (Continued on Page Four) Umtiteramt Hailit lUsuatrh leased wire service op THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Hull Demands Repeal Os Mandatory Arms Embargo Secretary o f State Backs Up Administra tion’s Bill Beaten In House Friday Night; Says Present Measure Menace to Peace Washington. July 1. —(AP) — A new demand for repeal of the man datory embargo on arms shipments in the interest of world peace was Secretary Hull’s reply today to ac tion by a rebellious House in tearing apart the administration’s neutrality bill. Failure of the repeal proposal, the secretary of state said in a statement was “a matter of regret and disap pointment from the standpoint of peace and the best interests of this country in its international rela tions.” Referring pointedly to European tension, Hull said he.“must continue to urge the embargo repeal” be sub mitted to chairmen of Senate and House foreign committees May 27. This proposal, he said, was “not only best calculated to keep this nation out of war in the event war comes, but also, what is all important at this time, best calculated to make a far greater contribution than could the present law or its equivalent to ward the discouragement of the out break of war.” The House revolt, led by Repub lican critics of the administration’s proposal, wrote into the neutrality bill a provision that “arms and am munition” should be embargoed in event of war. HOEY NAMES TWO ON VETERINARY BOARD Raleigh, July I.—(AP) —Gover- nor Hoey today appointed Dr. H. J. Rollins, of Rockingham, and Dr. J. Howard Brown, of Tarboro, ajs members of tne North Carolina Vet erinary Examining Board. Dr. Brown succeeds Dr. J. S. Dorton, of Shelby, who resigned, and will serve until July 1, 1941. Dr. Rollins will serve five years, starting today. MRS. ROOSEVELT AT MANTEO’S SHOWING Elizabeth City, July I.—(AP) — According to the Daily Advance, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will arrive in Dare county at 2 o’clock this afternoon with her brother, Hall Roosevelt, and attend the premier show of Paul Green’s “Lost Colony” tonight. Mrs. Roosevelt will stay at the Goose Wing club while in Dare county, said the paper. _ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTHC AROLINA AND VTROTNtT' HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 1, 1939 * * * * %> {$ Four Drowned In Flood In Jersey East Rutherford, N. J., July I. lAP) —An ordinarily dry drain age ditch, raised to a seething tor rent for a few r brief hours by the boiling rush of rain water, today gave up the body of a seven-year old boy, one of four persons suck ed to death within the space of fifteen minutes. Three of the bodies, bumped through a culvert from 100 yards to a mile and a quarter, were re covered last night soon after they disappeared before the horrified gaze of helpless onlookers. The deaths came in two freak accidents, separated by less than three blocks in the space of ten minutes. Arthur Unger, 7, disap peared first in the ditch at the foot of Uhlan street. The second victim was Sophie Kostoplas, 11, who was sucked into the raging stream ten minutes after the Un ger boy was swept to his death. Congress Is Ignorant Os So. America By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, July I.—What this country doesn’t know about South America would fill a library if it were put in print. The profundity of our ignorance con cerning the south ern republics is beautifully brought out by the con gressional debate over Pre s i dent Roosevelt’s plan to lend $500,000,000 to foreign peoples, thus aiding in the develop me n t of their resources and stimulating our Senator’'Borah, trade with them. He has principally in mind, of course, the nations be low the Caribbean, because they have plenty of resources to develop; the older world is pretty well developed already. The presidential suggestion meets with a deal of opposition on Capi tol Hill. Senator Borah is especially vocal on the subject. He says we lost lots more than a sufficiency of Yan kee money in Latin America in ear (Continued on Page Four) * * * ♦ • Attorney’s Ruling Has Bad Effect •> Local Libraries t o Number of 113 May Be Deprived of Funds as Result of Supreme Court Ruling; Some to Defy Legal Opinion Raleigh, July 1. —(AP) —One hun dred and thirteen North Carolina libraries faced the possibility of be ing closed today, due to the apparent unconstitutionality of laws under which counties and municipalities appropriate funds for them. Miss Marjorie Beal, executive sec retary of the North Carolina Library Association, said 113 libraries in which 300 to 400 people work, could be affected by a ruling of Attbrney General Harry McMullan that he be lieved the Supreme Court would hold the laws invalid. Last night at midnight, the Char lotte public library, with branches in Mecklenburg county, closed in definitely, following refusal of the voters to approve a proposed tax for library purposes. It was the first library to . close due to the rulings of the Supreme Court in two cases during the winter. Last year about this time, Miss Beal said, city and county authorities set up $227,978 for library use. The 1939-40 budgets are now being pre pared, or have been set up in recent days, and funds for the fiscal year starting today couU v not be estimated here. Patrick Healy, executive secretary of the League of Municipalities, could not be reached for comments on what action his organization might take. McMullan released a ruling yester day morning, after a study of the (Continued on Page Five) INQUEST ORDERED IN NASH FATALITY Nashville, July I,—(AP) —Nash County Coroner M. C. Gulley today ordered for next Wednesday after noon an inquest into the death of E. L. Dorsey, 66, of Nash county, who was killed late yesterday when struck by an automobile on the Raleigh highway between Nashville and Spring Hope. Sheriff C. V. Faulkner said his investigation showed that the aged man was hit when he stepped in front of an automobile driven by Mrs. Robert Bass, of Momeyer. The officers said the Bass car was fol lowing a truck. Mrs. Bass was not held. Germans Are Departing From Poland Free City of Danzig, July I. (AP) —The arrival of several dozen “refugees from Poland” was the only stir today in Danzig, whose officials took a holiday on a hot week-end, while foreign circles talked of pos sible German or Polish action over the free city, which might upset Eu pean peace. The arriving Germans were large ly industrial workers, who reported to Danzig authorities they left Po land because working and social con ditions for Germans there were be coming increasingly difficult. They charged that in border regions Ger man religious services were being broken up and the cultural organiza tions were being banned. Some spoke of alleged “persecu tions” suffered by German friends, but none reported having been abused personally. The Germans who arrived today and others are permitted to enter free city territory freely. (x)Qjcdh&h FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Sunday, with moderate temperature. WEEKLY WEATHER. South Atlantic States: Occas ional showers in south Florida entire week; fair elsewhere be ginning of week, scattered aft ernoon thundershowers middle and last of week, mostly season al temperatuiTSg Eden And Churchill May Be Taken Into Cabinet Os Britain Action by Chamber lain Expected as Gest ure To Show Germany Britain Is Ready To Use Force; Both Crit ics of Chamberlain London, July I.—(AP) Prime Minister Chamberlain today was re ported co’niadering the advisability of taking Anthony Eden and Wins ton Churchill into his cabinet to put weight behind Great Britain’s warn ings to Germany to keep her hands off Danzig Reconstruction of the government, which several political commenta tors said was likely to come soon, was described as part of Britain’s concerted barrage to convince Reich fuerher Hitler that Britain means what she says about meeting force with force One political writer said flatly that the prime minister shortly would bring Churchill and Eden into the government as a gesture of the strength of Britain’s opposition to any use of force Churchill, World War first lord of the admiralty, had been a constant critic of Chamberlain’s policy of conciliation. Eden, Chamberlain’s first foreign secretary, resigned from the government in February, 1938, in opposition to the attempts of the prime minister then to deal with dictators Both Churchill and Eden have been repeated targets of Nazi press attacks, and both now are staunch supporters of Britain’s policy of building up defensive mutual assist ance alliances Jack Dempsey Is Improving After Operation Friday New York, July I.—(AP) An encouraging- report on the condition of Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champion, came from the hospi tal today in a bulletin issued by A. A. Jailer, executive officer of the Polyclinic hospital. “Mr. Dempsey’s condition is quite satisfactory,” Jailer said. “He had a very good night. His temperature is IQI y 2 degrees, pulse 82, and respiration 24.” Pressure Put On German-Americans By Berlin Orders New York, July I.—(AP) William E. Dodd, Jr., son of the former United States ambassador to Germany, today called for a “thorough investigation by the State Department” of what he described as pressure brought to bear on German-Americans by the Fatherland.” Dodd, chairman of the Ameri can Committee for Anti-Nazi Literature, declared “the German embassy, legation, consulate gen eral and consulate in this coun try were being used in an attempt to force naturalized Americans of German extraction to register for service in the armed and labor forces of the Reich.” Rural Electric Lines In State Expanding Rapidly Vance Ranks 52nd and 54th in Customers and Mileage; $27,500,000 Invested In Rural Elec tric Lines in State, Report Indicates Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, July I.—A minimum in vestment of more than $27,500,000 has been made in the past four years to bring central station electrical ser vice to rural North Carolinians, 74,- 608 of them on 14,368 miles of line, according to the biennial report of the North Carolina Rural Electri fication Authority. Added to the 11,588 customers who were getting this service along 1,- 884 miles of line on July 1, 1935, these figures show that North Caro lina’s rural electric lines form a chicken scratching pattern on the map representing a grand total of 16,253 miles, which carry light and PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Bill Author HP zz H 0 Bk m W Rep. Sol Bloom Representative Sol Bloom, of New York, introduced into Congress the administration’s “neutrality bill,”, which would give President the; right to proclaim war and name the, countries involved, virtually mak-; ing him a “war dictator.” France Will Back Poland For Danzig Cabinet Approves Daladier’s Pledge for Aid Against Germany If Free City Is Taken; Dark Picture of Situa-, tion Painted Paris, July I.—(AP) —Foreign Minister Bonnett unexpectedly called the German ambassador, Count Wellzbeck, to the foreign ministry for a conference late to day. German diplomats merely said “they had a general talk on the European situation.” Paris, July I.—(AP) —The French cabinet, in a three-hour meeting with President Lebrun at the palace today, unanimously approved Pre mier Daladier’s declared determina tion to back Poland fully in the event of a German move against Danzig. A communiqtie, issued after the unusually long meeting, said sim ply that the premier had informed the president and cabinet ministers of the general European situation, “which remains very serious.” Trustworthy informants, however, said that he reiterated France’s pledge of aid to Poland should the latter call for help to oppose a (Continued on Page Five) power to 86,166 customers in all. Reduced to simple figures this means that for every customer in 1935 there are now nearly seven and a half, while for every mile of wire strung from pole to pole four years ago there are now nearly nine. The biennial report, submitted to Governor Clyde Hoey in .a formal letter of transmittal from State REA Director Dudley Bagiey, gives concise figures on every phase of the four year program and progress. It con tains, in addition to a mass of valu able statistics, a brief history of rural electrification in North Carolina (Continued on Page Four) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Showdown Is To Come On Wednesday Neutrality Bill Dis tasteful to Administra tion I s Passed i n House; Record Fund Available for Assist ance to Agriculture Washington, June 1. —(AP) —A rip-roaring Senate Republican fili buster swept away President Roose velt’s dollar devaluation powers ear ly today, but Democratic leaders ob tained an agreement for a showdown vote Wednesday on restoring them. Over in the House, at another late night session, a rebellious bloc of Republicans and Democrats had passed a short time previously a neu trality bill distasteful to the admin istration. The stunning double defeat, per haps only temporary on the money issue, threw administration forces in to a state of bewilderment. They pre dicted ultimate victory on the de valuation question, but were highly doubtful that repeal of the arms em bargo asked by the President could be passed this session, in view of the 200 to 188 House vote to con tinue a modified ban on arms ship ments. Adjournment in mid-July was widely predicted. The President’s authority to de value the dollar further and to main tain a $2,000,000,000 exchange stab ilization fund expired at midnight. Republicans, aided by a lone Dem ocrat, Tydings, of Maryland, talked to death a Senate-House conference agreement extending them two years, and pegging the price for domestic silver at 71.01 cents an ounce. The taitv marathon continued, however, and Democratic leaders fi nally obtained an agreement to vote by 5 p. m. Wednesday on the con ference report. The Senate adjourn ed at 1:53 a. m. Other developments: Armed with a $1,194,498,633 ap (Continued on Page Five) Goebbels Is Raving Over. British Move Berlin, July I.—(AP)—Propa ganda Minister Paul Goebbels told British statesmen today the only way they eould talk to the German people was through Chancellor Hit ler. In obvious reply to the series of “warning” speeches broadcast in German by the British Broadcasting Corporation, Goebbels said in Hit ler’s newspaper that the British are “exploring, as they say, for away to speak to the German people.” He declared “there is one such through the fuehrer. All other ways are blocked.” Answering British Foreign Sec retary Lord Halifax’s warning that force would be met with force, (Continued on Page Five) Japanese Are ‘lncensed’ By British Stand Shanghai, July I.—(AP) Domei (Japanese news agency) said today that Japanese officials on Kulangsu island, international settlement of Amoy, were “incensed by the arrog ant attitude” of British officers and were considering “independent ac tion.” What that action would be was not disclosed, but some quarters express ed belief it might involve the land ing of additional Japanese bluejack ets or complete encirclement of the island by Japanese warships, cutting off all traffic. Forty-two Japanese bluejackets landed on Kalangsu May 12, and a blockade was enforced later to force Japanese demands for greater rep resentation in the municipal council, governing body of the international settlement. (The United States, Britain and France landed forces, each of which equalled Japan’s 42 men). Domei said Japanese authorities at Amoy accused the British of “stub bornly resisting just Japanese de mands,” and of ignoring the concil iatory attitude of other foreigners in the international settlement.
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