J 3.873
year
CHAMBERLAIN DENIES MOVE TO ‘BUf PEACE
Senate Bank Committee. Urges
Lending Bill’s Quick Passage
500,OOONew
jobs Listed
As Probable
Report Presented By
Barkley, Who Indi
cates Night Sessions
May Be Held To Ex
pedite Measure; Need
Os Money Claimed.
Washington, July 24.—(AP)
_The banking committee urged
swift approval of the adminis
tration’s $2,490,000,000 lending
bill today, with a claim that it
would create 500,000 new jobs.
The committee’s report to the
Senate on the controversial measure
was prepared by Majority Leader
Barkley, democrat, Kentucky, who
said he might call night sessions in
an effort to obtain action by mid
week. It still was considered douDt
ful that Congress could adjourn by
this wecK-end, however.
Ini contending the program would
give jobs to 500,000 men, the com
mittee reports listed among those
who would benefit directly, car
penters, bricklayers, stone masons,
ditch diggers, cemet finishers and
“a host of other skilled, semi-skilled
and unskilled men who work with
them.”
In contending the program would
“secondary” work would be pro
vided in industries which supply
building materials.
The committee reported that “the
country is faced with the prospect
of continued high unemployment
unless the government helps to pro
mote an outlet for idle funds. So
long ass unds saved are not put to
work, so long will it be impossible
to attain the high national income
which the United States is capable
of producing.”
Golf Course
Youth Admits
Slaying Girl
Attica, Indiana, July 24. —(AP) —
Sheriff William Henry Ramsay an
nounced early today that Thomas
Boyce. 26-year-old golf course work
er. had made an oral confession that
he killed Elizabeth Deßruicker, 11,
Attica school girl, and buried her
body near the Harrison Mills Country
Club.
Sheriff Ramsay said the confes
sion was made to Fountain county 1
Prosecutor R. C. Senters, State Police
men Paul Rule and Robert Bowman,
and Deputy Sheriff George W. Kel
ler.
The sheriff said that Boyce, who
had been held since a few hours
alter the girl’s body v/as found Sat
urday, denied raping the girl. He
raid the man admitted strangling
her. however, with the belt of her
bre.ss and burying her in a shallow
brave. He said the girl was killed
be - veen 1:30 and 2 o’clock Friday
a! ternoon.
Boyce was rushed here from the
A est Lafayette prfice barracks at
•Lwn, and then started to Indiana
poh: where he will be kept in jail
pending the filing of formal charges,
Ramsay said.
four State
Congressmen
f ace Fights
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Waiter Hotel.
Raleigh, July 24.—Reports reach
,n § Raleigh indicate that at least
hair of North Carolina’s eleven con
fii'ossrrien will have opposition in the
pi unary next summer.
Visitors from the eighth district,
y acre a contested primary last year
v.;nt through the courts and finally
was settled by extra-legal com-
Pt'iinise, feel sure that Burgin will
I] ut be allowed a second term with
". 111 opposition. There were five can
'' '!,'tes in the first primary last year
. v ' 1,11 C. B. Deane, of Rockingham,
aud IV. o. Burgin, of Lexington, en-
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Mntftrrsmt
Jf IRE SERVICE OP
iHE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Henderson Given $1,120
For Street Maintenance
Named to I. C. C.
$✓ gjil v
| r ?SR;
William J. Patterson
V
William J. Patterson, of North
Dakota, was nominated by Presi
dent Roosevelt as interstate com
merce commissioner for the term
expiring December 31, 1945.
Georgia Belt
Warehouses
Are Crowded
Farmers And Tobac
co Handlers Wait
Chant Os Auctioneers
Tomorrow; Crop Ad
mittedly Inferior in
Type. ___
Valdosta, Ga., July 24.—(AP) —
Farmers and tobacco handlers hus
tled preparations today for the open
ing of bright leaf tobacco auctions
tomorrow morning in 17 Georgia and
Florida cities.
Most warehouses were packed
with baskets of many hours
before the auctioneers were to sound
their call for dollars. Outside, other
farmers waited patiently for cleared
spaces on the warehouse floors..
Upwards of 35,000 farmers were
expected to market leaf grown and
cured in Georgia, north Florida and
eastern Alabama.
A forecast of increased production
and inferior grade of tobacco con
fronted those waiting to hear the
first chants of the auctioneers.
A national forecast of 1,022,000,000
pounds, compared with 785,731,000
pounds of flue-cured tobacco last
year, has been made, and the Geor
gia Tobacco Warehousemen’s Asso
ciation reported in a meeting Sat
urday that the crop appeared to be
inferior to the 1938 leaf.
Two-Thirds Rule Issue
May Rise Again In 1940
Daily Dwpatcll Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, July 24.—There is con
siderable sentiment among a large
group of active Raleigh citizens lor
re-enactment in the Democratic Na
tional Convention of the rule requir
ing a two-thirds majority for the
nomination of candidates for. presi
dent and vice-president. This rule
had applied for more than 100 years,
until abrogated at the Philadelphia
convention in 1936. Each convention
being a law unto itself, some effort
is expected to be made to readopt the
rule next year.
First invoked in 1832, application
of the two-thirds rule resulted in the
nomination of James K. Polk, Frank
lin Pierce and Woodrow Wilson, all
ONLY DAILY
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
HENDERSON, N. Cl., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 24, 1939
I Highway Department
Announces Allocar
tion of $485,861 to
Cities And Towns Un
der State Fund Dis
tribution.
Raleigh, July 24.—(AP)—Chief
Engineer W. Vance Baise, of the
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion, released tentative figures today
for distribution of $485,861 to muni
cipalities to aid them in maintaining
highways within their limits^
Baise and Chairman Fran L. Dun
lap will hear appeals August 2 from
the municipalities.
Towns with over 3,000 population
got $204,550 to use in maintaining
highway streets; towns with over 3,-
000 where the maintenance is done
by the State got $1000,578, and towns
with under 3,000 population got’
$180,724.
Allocations to cities which will do
their own maintenance work in
cluded: Goldsboro, $6,500; Wilson,
$7,850.
Those getting the biggest shares
among cities where the State will do
the maintenance included: Green
ville, $3,160; Henderson, $1,120; Lum
berton, $1,890; Tarboro, SBSO, and
Washington, S6OO.
Leader In Grange
Makes Charges On
U. S. Labor Board
Washington, July 24.—(AP)
—Fred Benckman, legislative
representative of the National
Grange, told the Senate Labor
Committee today the National
Labor Relations Board was
flouting the clear intent of Con
gress” in its rulings pertaining
to agriculture.
“By usurping jurisdiction
over various cases in which ag
ricultural labor is involved,” he
said, “the National Labor Rela
tions Board has, in effect, nulli
fied the exemptions granted by
Congress.”
Brenckman urged enactment
or legislation to exempt specifi
cally from the labor act “twi
light zone” workers employed in
local handling and processing
of farm products.
Seven Negroes As
Suspects Held In
Moyock Bank Grab
Norfolk, July 24.—(AP) —Federal
Bureau of Investigation agents from
North Carolina and several witnesses
are expected to arrive here today and
proceed with local detectives to the
Princes Ann county jail, where
they will question seven Negro sus
pects in connection with the Curri
tuck bank robbery at Moyock, N. C.,
last Tuesday.
Taken into custody last night at
a Princess Anne county dance hall
by county and Norfolk police, the
suspects are being held for possi
ble identification by victims of the
recent bank robbery and agents in
Norfolk.
of whom finally defeated candidates
who had received more than a ma
jority of convention votes, but lacked
the two-thirds necessary to nomina
tion.
The resolution abrogating the rule
in the last convention was favored
by a majority of the North. Carolina
delegation, but several delegates vot
ed against it. Senator Bailey’s par
ticular influence was against abro
gation of the rule. The same influ
ence is expected to be felt if the is
sue is raised in 1940. The fight for
retention of the custom was led by
Congressman Cox, of Georgia, and
recent events lead to the conclusion
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Datiu 3 1 snatch
Land of the Free
Sir• : m
William Curts
William Bardwell Curts, 21-year
old University of California gradu
ate, returns to Nev, York from Ger
many where he a month in
prison for giving vent to his poetic
urge. Student at Heidelberg, he
inscribed on a beer parlor guest
book: “Hitler has no wife, the farm
er has no pigs, and the butcher has
no meat in the Reich.” He was jailed
for “insulting the government.”
Appeal Made
To Baptists
For Freedom
Actiors. Tft* End Re
ligious Persecution,
Chiefly in Europe,
Urged At World Al
liance in Atlanta;
Secretary Makes Re
port.
Atlanta, Ga., July 24.—(AP) — A
British divine, accenting his denomi
nation’s passion for religious liberty,
appealed to the sjxth Baptist World
Alliance here today for action on
“persecution” in foreign countries,
particularly Roumania and Russia.
High light of the third day of the
Baptist World Alliance '[sessions was
the report of its secretary, Dr. J. H.
Rushbrooke, of London. He recounted
progress since the congress met in
Berlin five years ago.
“Among all evil omens of the past
five years, the most menacing is the
activity of secular and ecclesiastical
powers in narrowing the bonds of
liberty,” he said. “In much less than
half of the European continent does
religious toleration today exist in
fact.”
In Roumania, the secretary said,
the prime minister, “doubtless with
the sympathy and support” of King.
Carol, has ordered police to permit
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4-H SHORT COURSE
TO START TONIGHT
Raleigh, July 24.—(AP)—The
25th annual 4-H club short course
will open at N. C. State college here
tonight. Governor Hoey will address
dress the delegates tomorrow morn
ning.
Champions in the State 4-H health
contest will be crowned Thursday
night.
♦
June Farm Income
Down Very Little,
Department Says
Washington, July 24.—(AP) —The
Agricultural Department estimated
today that farmers’ cash income
from marketing totalled $501,000,-
000 in June, about one percent less
than the estimate of $508,000,000 in
May.
Usually, the department said, the
reverse is true, with incomes in
creasing from May to June. Income
this June was three percent smaller
than the $514,000,000 reported for
June, 1938.
Government payments to farmers
amounted to $51,000,000 in June,
about $30,000,000 less than in May.
{jJoaJthsiA
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair to partly cloudy, with
scattered showers in extreme
northwest portion tonight and in
, west portion Tuesday.
No Proposal
For Loan Is
Considered
“Appeasement”
Talks In London Last
Week Declared By
Halifax To Have
Been “Entirely Un
official” in Statement
In House Os Lords.
London, July 24—(AP)—Confront
ed with opposition suggestions that
he was trying to buy peace with
Germany, Prime Minister Chamber
lain declared in the House of Com
mons today that “there is no pro
posal for a German loan” now under
consideration.
Questioned about reports that R.
S. Hudson, British secretary for over
seas trade, and Dr. Helmuth Wohl
that, German trade expert, had dis
cussed a scheme to lend Germany
$5,000,000,000, Chamberlain said:
“The cabinet knew nothing about
these conversations, nor did any
other minister, other than the minis
ter concerned.”
Arthur Greenwood, deputy leader
of the Labor party, who earlier had
warned the prime minister against
flirting with the idea of appease
ment, jumped up and asked:
“Can we take it that there is no
intention on the part of the govern
ment now to begin discussions which
might look like bribery to Herr Hit
ler, in order to buy peace.”
“It is not the intention of the gov
ernment to initiate any discussions of
this kind,” Chamberlain replied.
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax
told the House of Lords that the so
called “appeasement” talks between
British and German representatives
in London last week were “entirely
unofficial.”
Arabs Free
Preacher,
Reports Say
Jerusalem, July 24.—(AP) —
An unconfirmed report tonight
said Rev. G. R. Goldner, of Ohio,
held for ransom by an Arab band
for six days, had been delivered
by his kidnapers to two Greek
monks from the monastery mid
way between Hebron and Beth
lehem. .
This report was made by the
owner of donkeys upon which
Goldner and his father were rid
ing when they were captured.
The donkey owner said the
young American was delivered
to the %nonks on condition that
they hold him until dawn tomor
row before taking him to
Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, July 24.—(AP) —A. L.
Miller, general secretary of the Y.
M. C. A. here today handed over an
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Believed Abducted
1 ' "MB Bi
am tm..;-:
dflhk • ■ - tImT " SfPl
Hovannes Dadourian
Police are probing Armenian blood
feuds for clue to the disappearance
of Hovannes Dadourian, 16, who
vanished from the Yonkers, N. Y.,
home of his wealthy parents. The
boy's father aided in financing the
prosecution of nine of his country
men for the 1933 assassination of
.Archbishop Leon Tourists,-
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Britain Recognizes
Special Rights Os
/
Japanese In China
Confers With Nazis
R. S. Hudson
R. S. Hudson, secretary for over-,
seas trade in the British cabinet, is
reported to have conferred with Dr.
Helmuth Wohlmuth, German eco
nomics expert, to lay foundation for
the “positive peace plan” assertedly
evolved by high British officials to
restore peace in Europe.
(Central Press)
FDR States
Farley Talk
Is Routine
Minimizes Sign if i
cance of Conferences
With National Chair
man ; Speculated On
As Relating To Third
Term For Roosevelt.
Hyde Park, N. Y., July 24.
(AP) —President Roosevelt to
day described his conversations
with James A. Farley as one of
a series of talks they have been
having since 1928. Considerable
speculation had arisen as to
whether the two had taken up
the question of a third term for
Mr. Roosevelt.
Sitting in an open car on his
estate, with Farley propping a
foot on the running board, the
President told newspaper men
that if he were writing the story
he was afraid he would have to
make it very uninteresting. He
said he was afraid that he could
not speculate and would have to
stick to the truth, which was that
the two leaders of the Democrat
ic party had just been having an
other of the regular talks they
had been having since 1928. The
talks have been fairly effective,
he said, and would continue to be
SOI
Legume Seed
For Farmers
In The South
Washington, July 24. —(AP) —The
Agriculture Department announced
a program today under which farm
ers in designated southern areas
will have the option of receiving
their 1939 conservation payments in
the form of winter legume seeds in
stead of cash.
A similar program was conducted
on an experimental basis in a few
southern counties last year, and the
department reported it resulted in a
large increase in soil conserving
crops. Under the plan, the depart
ment will purchase Austrian winter
pea seeds and hairy vetch seeds
grown in Oregon and other north
western states, and supply them to
southern farmers who want to take
advantage of the program.
The quantity of seed which any
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Not De Facto Recog
nition Os Japanese
Sovereignty Over
Any Chinese Doman,
Chamberlain Tells
Commons; T oky o
Parley “Local”.
London, July 24. (AP)
Great Britain announced today
her recognition that Japan
has “special requirements” for
“maintaining public order” in
certain parts of China, but
denied that this constituted
the de facto recognition of
Japanese sovereignty over any
Chinese territory.
Announcing the basis of current
British-Japanese negotiations on
their dispute in Tientsin, where
Japanese has blockaded the Brit
ish and French concessions since
June 14, Prime Minister Chamber
lain told the House of Commons:
“The Japanese forces in Chiria
have special requirements for the
purpose of safeguarding their own
security and maintaining public or
der in the regions under their con
trol (in China), and they have to
suppress or remove any such acts
or causes as will obstruct them or
benefit their enemy.”
In response to a barrage of ques
tions, the prime minister stated the
agreement did not mean de fadto
recognition of Chinese territory
occupied by Japanese forces, or any
change in British policy in regard
to China.
He also declared the negotiations
in Tokyo would be confined to the
local issues at Tientsin.
While the prime minister was
addressing the lower house, Foreign
Secretary Lord Halifax told the
House of Lords that the Japanese
had agreed to try to control anti-
British demonstrations, and that
nothing in the negotiations in To
kyo “would affect the position and
obligations of other powers.”
British Move .
Indicates
China Unrest
Shanghai, July 24.—(AP) — The
dispatch of a British gunboat to a
new north China trouble spot, Tang
ku, Tientsin’s seaport, and the post
ing of a machine gun guard against
Shanghai terrorists today emphasiz
ed the unrest behind China’s battle
lines.
H. M. S. Sandwich moved down
the Hai river from Tientsin to Tang
ku, about 25 miles away, to back up
an investigation of an anti-British
riot yesteray, in which 700 frenzied
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Irish Army
Terrorism
From Abroad
Home Secretary Tells
Commons Sabotage
Program Instigated
By * Well-Organized
Foreign Agency, Ac
cording to Good In
formation.
London, July 24.—(AP) — Home
Secretary Sjr Samuel Hoare an
nounced in Commons today that the
government had “reliable informa
tion” that terrorist activities of the
Irish Republican Army were being
“actively stimulated by foreign or
ganizations.”
He issued his statement in moving
the second reading of emergency leg
islation to help crush activities which
have resulted in scores of bombings
in various parts of England. He also
disclosed that the government early
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