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IssssTl J 3.873 1 T\VEM l-^ IAArI - LJ - J - rl " lv -I HE ASSOCIATED PRESS. appendicitis strikes twins at same time Dorothy and Doris Barber, identical twin sisters of Spencer, N. C., dress alike, go together all the time and -hare everything— including appendicitis. Two days after Dorothy entered the Rowan Memorial hospital at Salisbury. X. C., for an appendectomy Doris was stricken and underwent a like operation at the same hospital. Side by ride they're recovering and together they’ll doubtless tell you about “our operations”. Dorothy’s chown at tiie left —we think! Man Confesses Kidnaping Os Two Miami Girls And Assaulting, Killing One Boca Rathon, Fia., Aug. 10. —(AP) —A man booked as Charles Jefferson confessed to police today he had ab ducted two Miami high school girls with the intention of holding them for ransom, killed one and held the other captive until early today. Lieutenant E. M. Melchen, of Miami detectives, announced the confession at the Boca Rathon police station, where Jefferson was held after his arrest near the scene of the slaying of 17-year-old Ruth Frances Dunn. Melchen reported that Miss Dunn and Jean Bolton, 19, were bound in the man s automobile, which he drove into a lonely beach section about 600 feet off tire ocean highway between Miami and West Palm Beach. Jefferson, also known by several aliases, admitted criminally assault ing Miss Dunn Monday night, the detective lieutenant stated. He said Says A&NC Maintenance Has Lagged Atlantic Pmach, Aug. 10.—(AP)-- Directin' of the State-owned Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad Company heard t intentions today that the line had not been maintained properly in; recent months and counter claims that there had been “little, if any, j under-maintenance,” as they consid-! cred final arrangements for leasing the railroad to H. P. Edwards, of 1 Sanford. ) Edwards and his lawyer, John G. be. ; n ton, told the direc tor. that they had been informed that the property had not been main tained it should have been since negotiations have been under way for the lease. Getting at $25,000 a year for two years the an ount he l'elt should be credih-i on his agreement to rent the . oii'oad at $60,500 a year, Ed 'Vards proposed that the directors name a committee to consider the ,Ilt oter with him, and try to reach an agreement. Ere.-idcet H. P. Crowell of the rail (Continued on Page Five) UCC Won’t Decide Upon Labor issue Daily Ois patch Bureau, In (he. Sir IValter Hotel. mgh Aug. 10.—When the North Vs “ ! i ' l ' ,n:i Unemployment Commission "(1,. ‘ ' i, '- v * lan ded down a decision , ng unemployment compensation nt;- to employees at the Highland m . . ' Eciint, it did more than . f, ° wn the claims of Sam Pruitt " uei employes of the concern r 1 UIS keen closed since its force it ' f re P°f't for work June 5 j ( , ( ! . * n °tice that Chairman Char j ’' ow cll and his associates, Mrs. siorif. bpiilman and Labor Commis te 1,. .. ° rcst Shuford, flatly refuse or u J ur y t° decide the rights in tv , '. n l gs ol every strike or lockout it n i th Carol ina. almost unanimously agreed by (Continued on Page Six) iHetturrsmt tin tin Htopatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF north CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA he killed Miss Dunn because she cried for help and became hysterical despite his warning that they were to remain quiet. Nude, shot three times and stab bed twice, the body of Miss Dunn was found beside a swamp early this morning two miles north of Boca Rathon, in Florida’s gold coast winter vacation area. Miss Bolton, pretty blonde, was under a physician’s care at her moth er’s home. Her mouth bruised, the highly nervous girl told of having been bound and held captive since leaving her home Monday with Miss Dunn and Jefferson, who professed to be a “talent scout” for movie tests at Palm Beach. Jefferson, strongly guarded by de tectives, was hurried to the Palm Beach jail after his reported confes sion. Earlier he had told of an ac i complice, but police said this was not 1 verified. Mud-Slinging Now Rife At Y. D. Meeting Pittsburgh, Aug. 10.—(AP)—Sen ator Claude Pepper, Democrat, Flor ida, asserted today me Repub /Mans and “turncoat Democrats” have dc | libretely sent their spies to agitate here with a view to disrupting and ! confusing the convention of the ! Young Democratic Clubs of America. Pepper, keynote speaker at the j convention starting tonight, talked to j reporters after former Representa i five John O’Connor, Democrat, New York, defeated in 1938 in the “purge” drive, had cnargecl the Roosevelt ad ministration with attempting to con trol the convention here. The Flor ida senator said that coalition op position that worked havoc for the Roosevelt program in Congress was trying to do the same thing here. “They are fear mongers,” he said. “They have produced first one red ; herring, then another, but the Young Democrats understand their pur-pose, and all they will be will be sound ing brass and tinkling cymbal.” A charge by O’Connor that Senator Guffey, Democrat, Pennsylvania, was among those trying to run the con (Continued on Page Four) Danzig Leader, In Backing of Hitler, Tears Into Poland Free City of Danzig, Aug. 10. __7aP)—To a vast cheering crowd in Langer market place, Nazi Leader Albert Forster, speaking with the full authority 1 of his recent visit •to Fuehrer 1 Adolf Hitler, declared “in a seri-\ 1 ous moment” it was necessary 1 “to protest against the threats of I war uttered by Polish papers and 1 speakers.” t The speculation on what mes -1 sage Forster would deliver had 2 run along three lines, but no one besides Hitler and Forster could say which was right. The most conservative and generally accepted view was that e the district leade% with Hitler’s s backing, would confine himself t to rejecting in most positive terms any claims of Poland to y Danzig and the demand on the part of the Polish press for an nexing East Prussia. ~ HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 10, 1939 Government Plans Sharp Tobacco Cut Farmers, Buyers, Federal Men Agree to Seek Small Crop in 1940; Referendum on Control Will Be Held Later in Fall. Washington, Aug. 10.—(AP) —The Agriculture Department had the go ahead signal today with a 1940 flue cured tobacco program to adjust pro duction downward. Growers who met with officials and buyers yesterday to consider the price situation caused by this year’s record productoin, decided that would be the best way to keep sup plies in line with demand and main tain prices. The buyers informed the growers and the department that, in view of large marketings expected this year, 1940 marketings should be between 675,000,000 and 750,000,000 pounds. They estimated 1939 marketings would total between 785,000,000 and 950,000,000, or around 100,000,000 pounds less than the federal crop re porting board’s July estimate of 1939 production. No decision was reached on when a marketing quota election by grow ers should be held to decide on the question of crop control for tobacco in 1940. N. C. Farmers Told To Raise Animals, Too By Staff Correspondent. Upper Coastal Plains Test Farm, r Aug. 10.—North Carolina’s farmers must, from sheer necessity, turn from ! a “one-armed” to a “two-armed” system of agriculture—they must de • velop a system with plant produc ; tion and animal production in nearly . equal balance, Dr. Clarence Poe, edi 'tor of the Progressive Farmer, said today in an address at this.Edge combe county test farm of the State Department of Agriculture. He spoke on the occasion of the farm’s sixteenth annual Farmer’s Field Day and was heard by a large, interested crowd of farmers. He predicted success for Tar Heel farmers, once the “two-armed sys tem” is adopted. “We have enough idle land, the needed labor,, the long growing sea son, abundant moisture, nearby mar kets, and we can develop ti e other essentials of increased soil fertility and good pasture,” he said. The change over to the two-armed is no longer a matter of "choice, but of necessity, Dr. Poe con tended. “Our tremendous cotton carry-over predestines us to unsatisfactory cot ton prices for years to come. Trac tors and improved machinery, too, are reducing the number of farmers required to produce even our reduc ed volume of cotton. “And in the years ahead, three specific causes threaten to produce smaller demand and lower prices for tobacco: (1) The greatly increased carry-over of flue-cured tobacco from our 1339 crop; (2) the deter (Continued on Page Four) Yugoslavs Speeding Defense After Refusing Axis Demands Peace Group Backs Slavs In Boldness Premier Makes Air Trip to Italy to Con vey Refusal to Permit Italy and Germany Territorial Rights in Event War Comes. Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Aug. 10.— (AP) —German nnd for use of Yugoslav territory in war times were reported authoritatively today to have been refused by Yugo slavia, and orders were issued to speed up fortifications on the Ger man frontier. Premier Cvetkovich took off short ly before noon (6 a. m. eastern stand ard time) in an army bomber for Fiume, Italy. From there he planned to go immediately to Trieste for dis cussions in which it was said he would declare rejection of the report ed demands. It was said he would meet emis saries of Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano in Trieste and might re turn to Yugoslavia before proceed ing to Venice and Rome. (Italy’s official news agency said the premier would inspect fascist re creation, social and welfare organi zations.) The premier’s use of the bomber was seen as a symbol of the will of this Balkan country to keep an arm ed and strict neutrality. Great Britain and France were said by authoritative sources to have told Regent Prince Paul on his recent trip to London and Paris that they would back Yugoslavia in case she came in to contact with Germany and Italy. Hes surrender in any such conflict would mean a severe blow to Rou mania, Greece and Turkey, which have guarantees of independence from the British-French front. Lady From Wilson Holds Office For Deceased Member Washington, Aug. 10. — (AP) —A 23-year-old young matron from Wil son, N. C., is giving soft-spoken an swers to queries arising from the third Wisconin congressionals dis trict. She is Mrs. W. W. Stcrrctt, who was Rachael Finch when she came to Washington from Wilson ton years ago. She married here in 1936. Mrs. Sterrett was secretary to the late Representative Griswold, Repub lican, Wisconsin, who died at the wheel of his automobile in holiday traffic last July 4. Planning to keep the office open until Griswold’s successor is named, she spends most of her time answer ing inquiries from the Wisconsin dis trict. Tydings Is White House Possibility By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Aug. 10. Senator Millard E. Tydings of Maryland, like Vice President Garner, owes a lot of his prominence as a 1940 Democratic presidential possi bility to what was intended to be un favorable advertis ing to him. Perhaps it’s an exagger ati o n to speak of Tydings a s presidentially very prominent, but he’s due to be a favorite son, any way. And he cer tainly is prominent in the ranks of Senator Tydings anti-New Deal Democracy. The Free State already is coming out for him. If anti-New Dealers dominate the next Democratic national convention, they can’t find any other candidate more anti-New Dealerish than he is. Supposing that hostile advertising is good advertising, the advertising Tydings has received has been worse, and therefore should be better for him than Garner’s advertising. The comparatively unoutstanding (Continued on Page Two) tWsattwi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight and Friday; slightly cboler in central and northeast portions tonight. London Has "War Preview” ———, fHH fffff ,md/k It took an accidental gas explosion to bring home to Londoners what war really would be like for the British capital. Here is a view of Queen Victoria Street after the blast, which wrecked an entire city block and injured 50 persons. Scene is reminiscent of bombed Madrid or Shanghai. (Central Press) State School Commission Ready To Adopt Salaries Price of Tobacco Well Over 19 cts. Florence, S. C., Aug, 10.—-(AP) —The Carolinas Border Belt to bacco markets paid steady prices today for heavy offerings. Thro ughout the belt generally farm ers voiced their satisfaction. The latest reports from yester day’s sales: Lumberton, 625,500 pounds, 19.87 cents average. Fairmont, 859,090 pounds, 19.46 cents. Fair Bluff, 101,224 pounds, 19.02 cents. Tabor City, 130,956 pounds, 19.08 cents. Florida Is Warned Os Storm Near Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 10.—(AP) —The Weather Bureau warned the Bahama Islands and the southeast Florida coast today that a tropical storm of moderate intensity was moving in their direction. Forecasters said the storm was central at 7 a. m., about 40 miles east-southeast of Miami, Florida, and moving west-northwest at about 12 miles an hour into the Bahama is lands. The disturbance had increased from slight to moderate intensity, but the highest winds reported were 45 to 50 miles an hour. “If the present movement con tinues,” the Weather Bureau said, “the center will pass gear Waiting is land this afternoon and reach the vicinity of Nassau early Friday morning. “Cautions is advised all interests over the Bahamas tonight and in the southeast late tonight and Friday.” Tobacco Forecast For August Shows Further Increase Washington, Aug. 10.—(AP) The Agriculture Department to day increased slightly its esti mate of 1939 production of flue cured tobacco. Tne Crop Report ing Board said August prospects indicated a production of 1,028,- 460.000 pounds. The July fore cast was for 1,022,995,000 pounds. Prospects were for smaller production in both Georgia and South Carolina than was indicat ed in July, but the board said this decrease was more than off set by increases elsewhere. The August forecast of produc tion for all types of tobacco was 1,655,658,000 pounds, compared with 1,854,622,000 in July. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Negro Teachers t o Get Raises to Narrow Gap With White Teachers; Latter Also To Get Some Raise in Their Pay. Raleigh, Aug. 10.—(AP) The School Commission neared a show down vote this afternoon on the 1939- 41 teacher pay schedule, but appear ance of many delegations making various requests slowed disposition of business. Members of the salary committee had not met at' 1:15 p. m. to draft the final report and recommenda tions, but it apparently would pro vide: Use of about $117,000 for Negro teacher pay increases to close the gap between white and Negro sal aries slightly. Use of about $150,000 or $160,000 to provide slight increases to white and Negro teachers with five to eight years of teaching experience. Increases in pay to at least some county superintendents under a new formula for figuring their salaries, so as to put them more nearly on a level with city superintendents. J. A. Pritchett and others from Bertie county appeared in connection with opposition to an order con solidating the Mars Hill and Powells ville schools. A big Bladen delegation argued over consolidation of the Ammon school with that at White Oak, which has been recommended by the coun ty education board. Young Fred Snite, Os Iron Lung Fame Weds at His Home Chicago, Aug. 10. —(AP) Courageous young Fred Snite, Jr„ who has been fighting for life in an “iron lung” for three years, was married today. The smiling, 29-year-old infantile paralysis victim, who has refused to let the handicap of an artificial re spirator interfere with his many activities, took Miss Teressa Lar kin, 25, of Dayton, Ohio, for his bride. The ceremony, which united the widely known “boiler kid” with the Ohio girl was performed in the Snite suburban home in River Forest by Rev. J. W. Mor rison. Young Snite was in his iron lung as the service was ready. Announcement of the marriage was made by Snite’s father, Fred, Sr., who said the young couple planned to take a short trailer trip. Snite has a trailer specially equipped to carry the apparatus necessary to his life. Attendants for the couple were T. J. Dillon and wife, who is young Snite’s sister. Snite’s sis ter and Miss Larkin were friends at college, and the new Mrs. Snite had been a frequent guest at the Snite home. The bride and Snite have been acquainted far seven years. PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY French Give Apology In Mail Fraud Ambassador Volun tarily Calls At State Department and Ex presses Regret and Promises Probe o f Smuggling in Diplo matic Mails. Washington, Aug. 10.— (AP) Sumner Welles, acting secretary of state, disclosed today that the French ambassador, Count Rene de St. Quen tin, had voluntarily informed the State Department last March of the misuse of French diplomatic pouches as charged in a Federal grand jury presentment yesterday at New York. Welles said the French ambassador called at the State Department in March on his own initiative, and stated that there had been a misuse of a French pouch. The ambassador, Welles said, expressed regret, and said an administrative inquiry would be made and disciplinary meas ures taken in France. The grand jury presentment said the French Ministry of Foreign Af fairs conspired to smuggle commer cial films into the United States. The ambassador called on Welles this morning and discussed the situation with him. The acting secretary said at his press conference no decisions were taken because he had not re ceived the presentment, sent yester day by the grand jury to Secretary Hull. St. Quentin told reporters he could not comment on the situation. Olive Branch to Business. A congressional committee and the new Federal Works Agency held out a hand to business, one asking advice on taxes and the other offering data to help the building industry meet vast governmental needs. The House tax committee, laying the ground work for a broad study of the federal revenue structure, invit ed business men to submit written suggestions for tax revisions. At Hyde Park, N. Y., meanwhile, President Roosevelt signed the third deficiency bill appropriating more than $180,000,000 for varied federal activities. The largest fund in the bill is $119,000,000 for the Commodity Credit Corporation. U. S., France Join Britain Against Japs Tokyo, Aug. 10.—(AP)—The Unit ed States and France were reported today to have declared to Japan their interest in economic problems arising from the war in China, adding a com plication to the already stalemated British-Japanese conference. It was believed by observers that the question of including other pow ers in consideration of issues between Great Britain and Japan had become a new barrier to resumption of the talks. Sir Robert Craigie, the British am bassador, has insisted that Britain could not withdraw support from the central Chinese government’s cur rency, because other powers were concerned. Authoritative Japanese sources said, however, that the Ja panese minister-at-large in China has prepared the demand for resump tion of the negotiations after his third visit to the British ambassador in as many days. Italo-German Ministers To Plan Policy Berlin, Aug. 10.—(AP)—The Ital ian and German Foreign Ministers Count Ciano and von Ribbentrop will meet soon at Salzburg, Germany, it was announced today, “to consider the questions of common policy of the allied (axis) countries.” It had been reported that repre sentatives of the axis powers would meet on a plan of Fuehrer Hitler for settlement of the Danzig-Poland question. Von Ribbentrop has a sum mer home at Salzburg. (In Rome, Italian circles said Ger many’s claim to the free city of Dan zig, particularly Italy’s attitude, would be a primary subject of dis cussion. Ciano and von Ribbentrop also were expected to discuss-Tokyo’s terms for Japanese entrance into the German-Italian military alliance. (Japanese Ambassador to Rome Shiratori talked with Ciano last night While no official announcement was made, it was assumed that Shiratori reported on a conference he had with the Japanese ambassador to Berlin in Italy last week. Shiratori had said that a Japanese arms alliance with Germany and Italy had been agreed (Continued on Page Six)
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