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-kndekson’S POPULATION 13.873 jSStv-sixth yeas CAROLINAS farmers cheerful over weed prices \\ pi ice> abo\ e expiessed anticipation, Carolinas farmers were cheered by payments on the 16 Border Bell i.lamets. first to open in the two States. Pictured above is a scene on the Lake City, S. C„ market, show ing buyers just before the auctioneer began his chant. Americans Endangered By Japs At Kaifeng; Fate Not Learned Party Lines All Mixed Up In Ranks Os Congressmen By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Aug. B. Congress wound up its January-on-into-Au gust session with the Republican and • anti - New Deal! „ ... i ft Senator Byrd the situation be like after the 1940 election? Theoretically there ought to be a; major party realignment. The Re- j publicans are about half Democratic I Town Names And Counties Aii Mixed Up Daily Dispatch Bureau, la the Sir -V-*iter Hotel. Raleigh, August 8. —Pity the poor postman in North Carolina! His town., are as apt to get mixed with his counties as was the bowsprit to get all tangled up with the rudder ol the Bellman’s famous ship in ‘ Hunting of the Snark.” As a matter 'of mixed names, there are in no less than 49 counties of North Carolina towns which bear identical, or practically identical name.- with other counties. Thu-, the town <* f Alexander is not located in Alexander county, but on the other hand there is an Alex ander in Buncombe and still another it Rutherford. There’s an Ash in Brim wick, an Asheboro in Ran dolph and an Asheville in Buncombe, hut there isn’t any Ashe or com pound thereof in Ashe county. All o!' which is quite confusing, to £ ay the least. While he was making tip his big rural electrification map recently, State REA Engineer J. M. Grainger just jotted down as he went -dons the names of 49 counties which became towns in other counties. in addition to those already mcn lioned he located (name of town gem, iir-t. county last): in McDowell, Brunswick in oh bus, Columbus in Polk • (no "ho mus. in Columbus or Bruns 'Vlck>> p oik in Harnett, Caldwell in (Continued on Page Five) Steamer Burning Otf Beaufort And Help Is Hastened T) i?( au»ort, August B.—(AP) ” Cape Lookout coast guard s r V 1,,0 . n . reported today an un ‘'"ntified four-master schooner "as (turning at sea about 15 ! ri!! " s '‘£st the station. Smoke tmt. was sighted pouring from M ‘ vessel at 10:30 a. m. A patrol ><m. ironi Morehead City and ' ‘"otor life boat from Cape b,,ko «» went to the rescue. £? U-SUE PERRY ME! M „ HEN D&RSO Hrnftersmt Batin Hisuafrlt Democratic 1a w makers, i n both houses, vi r tually 1 welded into a sin- j gle party. More-! over, it’s the ma- j jority party. It will j still be the major- j ity party when the ! legislators recon- j vene next January, i or if they’re called j into special session j in the meantime, j But what will ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTU CAROLINA AND VIRGINLv LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF 111E ASSOCIATED PRESS. and the Democrats are about half Republican. They need to sort them selves out. That’s what they’ve done, as practical politicians, on Capitol Hill. The rank and file of the poli tically less well educated electorate isn’t so easy to reclassify. The lead ers at least partly understand what it’s all about. Their followers are muddled. The elder Senator La Follette tried to put some sense into inter-party relationships in 1924. He recognized that the Republican and Democratic labels hud ceased to mean anything, that we really had become liberals and conservatives. So he ran presi dentially as a liberal (Progressive), figuring that he could get a genuine split between the two elements. It didn’t work worth a cent. Most of the Republican liberals voted with the conservative Republicans, just because they were accustomed to the straight Republican ticket. For the (Continued on Page Five) War Games In Britain Are Started London, Aug. B. (AP) British j anti-aircraft defenses were manned today aginst a make-believe “enemy” bombers’ raid, in a spectacular pro logue to full-dress rehearsal of the nation’s armed forces. The raiders, 500 of them, will op erate from the south and east. One group of Royal Air Force planes, playing the part of the enemy, will fly over France tonight to wheel back from the vicinity of Beauvais, northwest of Paris. The rest will swoop in from the North Sea. Their jobs will be to dodge 800 de fending planes, some 1,400 anti-air craft guns and a barrage of 500 or so captive balloons designed to lend off bombing planes. It was estimated abuot 60,000 men would take part in the exercises, which continue to Friday night. Observers will note the effectiveness of both the attack ers and the defensive operations. The climax of the aerial maneuvers will (Continued on Page Eight) Gordon Gray Will Head N. C. Body of Young Democrats Winston-Salem, August B.—(AP) A delegation of 15 Tar Heels, led !by State President Gordon Gray, I will be on hand when the gravel falls opening the national conven tion of the Young Democrats of America in Pittsburgh Thursday. So far as it is known, North Caro lina l will have no candidates for national club officers, Gray said to day. However, the State’s delegation has been asked to name a candidate for each of the various offices, he added. Sitting with President Gray in the North Carolina delegation will be, among others, Kate Urquhart, of Woodville; A. A. Marshall, of Wil mington; Robert C. Wells, of Ken ansville; Robert West, of Warsaw; J. T. Gresham, of Warsaw; Bessie Phoenix, of Raleigh; Arch T. Allen, of Raleigh, and W. F. Wbeelei, of 1 Raleigh. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 8, 1939 Missionaries Prepar ing to Flee in Face of Anti-American Cam paign; Demonstra tions Are Continuing in Wide Area. Shanghai, Aug. 8. (AP) A courier left the Baptist mission hos pital at Chenchow today in an at tempt to cross Japanese lines to reach Kaifeng and iearn the fate of the American mission colony there, under increasing Japanese anti-Am erican pressure. Last word from the colony came by courier Saturday, when the mis sionaries were reported preparing to flee because of the anti-American campaign. Kaifeng is about 40 miles east of Chengchow, in northwest Honan province. In Shansi province a like campaign was reported to have driven two American missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Scoville, of Los Angeles, both of the China Inland Mission, from their post 100 miles southwest of Taiyuan, the provincial capital. Mr. and Mrs. Scoville were said by missionary sources to have taken re fuge at a place 50 miles north of the spot, 100 miles southwest of the cap ital, with other missionaries. The Japanese - owned Peiping Chronicle reported that huge anti- American demonstrations had been at Kaifeng, with large crowds gath ering before American establish ments to shout slogans and hear “fiery speeches.” Similar demonstra tions were said to have taken place at a point in Hopeh province, but it was not known whether any Amer icans were there. The American consulate at Han kow indicated there were 30 Amer ican missionaries at Kaifeng, includ ing 15 nuns and four priests, but some may have left. Third Victim Os Saturday Wreck Is Claimed by Death Fayetteville, August 3.—(AP) — Hilda Beal, 15, of near Graham, died in a hospital here shortly before midnight, the third fatality as the result of an automobile collision near Clinton early Saturday mor ning. Mrs. Julia Parrish, of Greensboro, and Garland Hill, of Newton Grove, died Saturday of injuries they suf fered in the crash. Seven other occupants of the two cars were given treatment here and in a Goldsboro hospital. THREE MEN INJURED IN MOTORBOAT FIRE New Bern, August B.—Morris Kisslell, of Philadelphia, was severe ly cut and burned, and Jonas Will and and his father, of Kinston, were less seriously burned when their runabout motorboat caught fire at at the foot of Trent river bridge just as they started its motor. Two fire trucks assisted in ex tinguishing the. flames. The three men had to jump from the- blazing craft into the water. The boat was almost a total loss. Kisslell is receiving treatment in a local hospital and tonight was re ported to be recovering satisfac torily. The other two men were taken to Kinston. (Osucdthstii FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, possibly scattered rhowers in north central portion Wednesday afternoon. German Ire Again Aimed Upon Poland Inspired Attacks Ex tremely Bitter as Dan zig Nazi Ch!4f Calls On Hitler; Germans Say Poland Theatens Malicious Attack. Berlin, Aug. B.—(AP) —A new German newspaper attack on Poland flared today as arrangements appar ently were completed for a new meeting between Adolf Hitler and the Nazi leader of the Free City of Danzig. The Danzig leader, Albert Forster, was reported to have landed last night at an airport only a few miles from Hitler’s Berchtesgaden place. Officials, however, refused to say whether Forster, who frequently has declared that Hitler must determine the moment when Germany will move into Danzig, had seen his fuehrer. The Berlin press blasts at Poland were unusually bitter, and the un animity and enthusiasm with which all the papers sailed into the sub ject hinted at concerted action. The editorials followed the lead of the German official news agency, which, in a commentary criticizing the Pol ish newspaper Zas, attributed to it a threat that Polish artillery would de molish Danzig if the free city at tempted to reunite with Germany. (Zas, commenting on declarations Sunday by Polish Marshal Srnigly- Rydz, of the importance of Danzig to Poland’s economic life, said: “The guns of the Polish army are facing Danzig, should authorities of the free city not abandon in time the dan gerous road they are following on orders from the outside.”) The news agency said the Polish newspaper openly “threatens a malicious attack and brutal bombard ment, in which Danzig could be laid in rums, but Polish loud-mouths must be told they cannot ruthlessly pro voke Germany in this manner.” Dan Boney’s Boy Narrowly Misses Death by Hanging Raleigh, August B.—(AP) Arthur Boney, eight-year-old son of Insurance Commissioner and Mrs. Dan C. Boney, had a narrow escape from death by hanging late yesterday, but was “getting along fine today,” his daddy said. Young Boney was playing with a lasso in his back yard when a short step-ladder on which he was standing fell over. The rope was fastened to a tree limb and the noose caught the child’s neck. -. “Thirty more seconds would * have been too long,” said Boney. “The cook heard a gurgling sound outside her window, saw the lad hanging and screamed for his parents. The boy was bleeding at the nose, mouth and ears.” It was after 9:30 last night, nearly five hours after the ac cident, before the child was re stored to consciousness. PLYMOUTH TO GET WPA SEWER FUNDS Raleigh, August B.—(AP) —State WPA Administrator C. C. McGinnis announced today allocation of $3,942 in Washington county for water and sewer work in Plymouth. Will Investigate NLRB Administration * ————-,fr——— I Mai •jßilfflrellil (llliipV Mt m 1881 mrntmgm Hfflßffißsfe. Sl Here are the five men who make up the House of Representatives committee which will investigate ad ministration of the National Labor Relations Act. Rep. Howard W. Smith, Virginia Democrat, heads the group. Left to right, seated, are Rep. Arthur M. Healy, Massachusetts Democrat; Rep. Smith and Rep. Harry N. Routzohn, Ohio Republican, Standing are Rep. Abe Murdock, Utah Democrat, and Rep. Charles A Halleck. Indiana Republican, (Central Press) Advance Continues For Tobacco Prices On Border Markets Florence, S. C., August B. (Al*)—Reports of improving to bacco prices came in today as markets of the Border Belt con tinued to handle increased of ferings. At Kingstree, Sales Super visor E. L. Blackmon announced 203,000 pounds were sold yes terday at an official average o£ $21.37 per hundredweight. Prices on all grades, a Lum berton report said, took a sharp upward trend. Yesterday’s of ficial figures there showed 811,- 187 pounds sold for $161,024.36. Florence, S. C., Aug. B.—(AP) Slight advances in prices around the Carolina Border Belt markets cheer Cotton Crop 11,412,000 Bales Seen Over Half Million Un der 1938 Yield; Con dition 74 Percent Nor mal, Down From 78 in 1938; North Carolina 489,000 Bales. Washington, Aug. B.—(AP) The Agriculture Department forecast to day a cotton crop of 11,412,000 bales in its first estimate of this year’s pro duction. This estimate of production in bales of 500 pounds gross weight was based on condition as of August 1 and on the area in cultivation July 1 adjusted to abandonment. The cul tivation area, less the ten-year aban donment of acreage, was placed at 24,424,000 acres. Last year 24,248,000 acres were harvested to produce 11,943,000 bales, while in the ten years 1928-37 an average of 34,984,000 acres were har vested to produce an average of 13,- 800,000 bales. The condition of the crop August 1 was 74 percent of normal, compar ed with 7,8 a year ago, and 70 the 1928-37 average. Indications are for a yield of 223.7 pounds to the acre, compared with 235.8 pounds produced last year, and 190.8 pounds the ten year- average. The Census Bureau, in its first gin ning report of the season, announced (Continued on Page Eight) Fort Bragg Man’s Body In Tar River Greenville, N. C., August B. (AP) —A body identified as that of Private Sam L. Lovett, of Fort Bragg, was found floating in the Tar river six miles from here today, and authorities began an investigation to ascertain the cause of death. A preliminary examination in dicated there was no water in the lungs, giving rise to a theory of possible foul play. Coroner A. A. Ellwanger set an inquest for Saturday. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. ed growers today. No market reported a drop in the average price from the 18-19 cents estimated lor Thursday and Friday selling. Good gains were reported by several. Offerings continued heavy, and buying at a rapid pace. Estimates of yesterday’s trading in cluded: Dillon, 112,000 pounds, 20.25 cents. Fair Bluff, 143,210 and 19.13. Tabor City. 201,752 pounds, and 18.50. Fairmont, 881,170 pounds at 19.78. Whiteville, 725,000 and 18.03. Chadbourn, 212,182 and 19.12. Prices at Conway, Lumberton, Kingstree, Lake City and Mullins were reported improved over those of last week. A. & N. C. Lease Is Allowed by State ftaleitrli, Aug. B.—(AP) —The Atlantic & East Carolina Railway Company has received an order from the IJPlities Commission al lowing it to lease railroad proper ties of the Atlantic & North Caro lina Railroad Company, Traffic Director C. 11. Noah, of the com mission, said today. The Interstate Commerce Com mission announced Saturday it had granted the Atlantic & East Carolina such permission. Noah said the Utilities Com mission made its order effective on intra-state commerce when the I. C. C.’s became effective on in terstate and foreign commerce. Government Pushes Hunt In Louisiana New Orleans, Aug. B.—(AP) —The government pushed an intense hunt for “big violators” today, with more indictments expected shortly as O. John Rogge, assistant United States attorney general, announced the fed eral search for political corruption in Louisiana was just picking up speed. Less than 24 hours after former Governor Richard Leche and Sey mour Weiss, two of the late Huey Long’s most favored political heirs, were charged with “hot oil” opera tions, Rogge said: “We’re concentrating on the big violators now, taking the smaller ones in stride. The federal investiga tions in this State are just getting under way. Beginning today, the grand jury will work overtime, sit ting in all-day sessions, and perhaps even on Sundays.” Leche and Weiss were indicted yesterday on charges they each pro fited by $67,000 through transactions in violation of the Connally act, which is designed to aid states in maintaining oil conservation quotas by prohibiting interstate movement of illegally produced “hot oil.” Freeman Burford, wealthy Dallas, Texas, oil man and the East Texas Refining Company also were indict ed in this deal. Rogge said the government was particularly probing reports of tam pering with the jury which acquitted Abraham Shushan, another Long field general, of income tax evasion charges in 1935. , 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY House GOP Will Offer 1940 Plans Housing, Agriculture And Reciprocal Trade Agreements Being Formulated for Presentation at Next Session. Washington, Aug. B—(AP) —House Republicans aimed today to have a definite program on at least three major topics—housing, agricultural and reciprocal trade agreements—to present at the 1940 session of Con gress, as alternatives to administra tion measures.. Minority Leader Martin, Repub lican, Massachusetts, probably will appoint special committees in the near future to study each of the sub jects and to draft legislation. He de clined to discuss the matter before leaving for home except to say that it was under consideration. Secretary of Commerce Hopkins said that business progress during July represented a continuation of a “recovery movement” started in May, with activity well ahead of a year ago in all major lines. The War Department announced that several North Carolinians had accepted appointments as first lieute nants in the medical officers’ reserve corps, including Beaty Lee Bass, Scotland Neck; LenUel Underwood Creech, of Smithfield; Berlin Francis Barham, Winston-Salem; and Robert Lansing Norment, of Lumberton. The department announced also that federal recognition had been ac corded Lieutenant Colonel William Jones, Durham, of the 120th Infan try, North Carolina National Guard. Cleveland Schools Close In Fear Os Infant Paralysis Shelby, August B.—(AP) Three rural schools of Cleveland county jvere suspended today because attendance had dropped to such a low point that fears aroused by recent deaths from infantile paralysis that authori ties decided it was ill advisable to continue operation for the present. About 600 pupils are enrolled in the schools affected, the No. 3 township high school, the Earle elementary school, and the Patterson Springs elemen tary school. Authorities said they believed the apprehension of patrons was groundless. The schools will probably resume classes Mon day, it was announced. Walter Chrysler Is Critically 111 At New York Home White Plains, N. Y., August 8. —(AP) —Walter P. Chrysler, auto mobile manufacturer, Is critically ill at his Long Island home with a circulatory ailment, it was disclosed today in Supreme Court, where Chrysler was named a defendant in a $300,900 suit for alleged breach of contract. The counsel for the plaintiff, Frank Rogers, Mamaroneck builder, asked the Supreme Court to permit him to examine Chrysler before trial. Chrysler’s counsel said he was ill and the examination would “up set” him. The court appointed a physician to interview Chrysler’s own physicians and make a report. FDR Arrives At Hyde Park For Vacation Hyde Park, N. Y., Aug. B.—(AP) —President Roosevelt arrived at 8:24 a. m today and motored to his coun try home to spend several days work ing on a stack of some 200 bills pass ed in the closing days of Congress. Aside from a press conference, White House officials said Mr. Roose velt had made no engagement for the day. The President was expected to re main at his Duchess county home, at least until Saturday. Afterward he planned to go to New York and board a cruiser for a c*uige off the New England and Canadian coasts. Mrs. Roosevelt met her husband at the station and rode with him to the family home. Claiming fulfillment of all the ob jectives of his 1937 court reorganiza tion program, the President began three weeks of work and recreation far from Washington’s humid heat. A few hours before he left the capi tal last night for a ’visit to Hyde Park, the chief executive unexpect edly issued a statement saying: “At tacks recently made on the Supreme Court itself by ultra-conservative members of the bar indicated how fully our liberal ideas have already prevailed.”
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