North Carolina Newspapers

Itimtitersmt Datlij Bispatrb 1HIRT\-THIRD \EAR HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 20, 1940 ■,;,iVsi-x.''Av.'KI*N""N FIVE CENTS (’OPY State Guard Takes Over After Riots Racial Disturbance In Columbia, Tenn., Injures 7 Persons Columbia. Tenn.. Feb. 26.— \p.—One hundred stale hish w,iv patrolmen, backed up l» too state guards, moved | viftly into the negro populated dis trict ol' Columbia at dawn to dav after a night of disorders ,huI by mid-morning more than Ml arrests had been made. \i least ten persons wcr • wouna , , it turbancet v. hteh <* eh p( i ::i:' shooting of four policemen. I upon early last .night in the i: Known a "mink .- Ii ie v. :i :r t!i_‘ disorclars centered. ,ii" hooting followed an aller ( in which Sheriff .1, ,1. Under aid William Fleming. 28 v, -old radio repair man. wa i i l through a plate glass window , : m- shop by a negro woman and 1,1 "i>. , .a iiomar, state highway eom i tier, said that among the 65 mis arrested were a number who w e believed to be the ring leaders, e patrolmen deployed swiftly ;gh the section after units of t . State Guard had maintained an ; night guard about the area j-.:,..wn as "Mink Slide." l.vun Bnraar. stale safety enm i : -., ner in charge of the highway i.’ril. ;,npounced the arrest o! 33 Negroes, 12 of whom were charged v. ■ attempted murder. Shooting Dies Down Il an hour after the patrolmen ' ■ ed in. the shoe ting had died hi .'. u and it appeared that the sit si was in hand. W nle the highwaymen were pre t . i.i.g to go into "Mink Slide." Col. S' ■ i■ Guard's 2nd Infantry regi V • 11. Wilson, commander of the i' ei't. ordered dispersal ol 2.5 white i i . who were standing around ■ : : shot guns. They left quietly. \ 'he dawn zen hour approached 'h" movc-in. 14 .-hots volleved ■ gh the blacked out section. ’■ • re was ;i lapse of four minutes ;■ 1 mare shooting was heard, some i the reports sounding like those of . ' matie rifles. Dickenson in C ommand l: i • Gen. .1. NT. Dickenson, com i' .i111 r of the State Guard's 2nd 1 ale, was in personal comm i d the guardsmen, wh > numbered ■ ten and who •"■’•ived in Colum 1 i iring the night. Be iiar jairl 12 of those among the fdt e ted were seized in a raid on 1 , dome of a Negro undertaker at and that some ■ f them were i, a e l to he among the ring lead , ol the (listmlvnee. I hr oil. ■ -d said that four shot ;• .. I'a i 22 lilies, and a revolver v . 'o ind in ■ their po session V 7 a m.. Mayor Fldi'id^o D<'ii 1 - t Columbia said "the situation . 1 a- e" and that he was eonsidet '-d'ng the governor to declare ia.:i"ial law. Pusli Man Through Window ihb> started last night after an ' idot11 in which Sheriff J. J. lTn i - ..i sa'fl a Ne'O'o woman and 1 ■ : n pushed a white radio re vdr 1 n thn ueh the id.ate glass w4 daw e his shop on the public square ( og an argument over a repair | I iiderwood said the woman and 1 "i - in. arrested on an assault i go subsequently were released i "uer hail but that as w, rd of the i dent spread tension mounted and c: uvds began to assemble in the .square. Die call lor assist: ■ ce was sent toe state highway patrol by Co-j I i • hia's eight-man police depart ment. Pauley Mijjrht Ask President Truman 10 Withdraw Name Washington, Feb. 26.—CAP)—Ed- ' win Pauley said today he would i "take under advisement” a sugges- j lion that he request withdrawal ot , his nomination for undersecretary ol | the navy. The proposal was made, in the i form of a question by Senator Sal- > tonstall Republican, Massachusetts, as the Senate Naval Committee re sumed hearings on the California oil man's nomination to the navy post. Some Democratic congressmen, as well as Republicans, have criticized Pauley’s selection. Interrupting Pauley’s testimony. Raltonstall asked whether he would consider, "as a patriotic American” asking withdrawal of his name n | the committee finds there is no basis 1 for charges against his character. Roth Saltonstall and Scnat.01 Walsh, Democrat, Massachusetts, •old Pauley he need not answer il i he did not wish to do so. I would want to take that under advisement," Pauley replied. "I might say that suggestion is not unique. I have read it in almost every newspaper I have seen, but 1 am still here.” •WEIL GIVE THEM THE WORKS... IN A POSE REMINISCENT of (he late Benito Mussolini, Michael J yuill s pictured udm mg an open-ait rally of CIO Transput- Worker.* Lniott members in New Y ork City. Pres,dent of the union and member ot City Conned, Qudl warned the public to set ready for a sti ike of all ranspor.apun workers -any hour after Tuesday night", and told his Chee“n- ‘“““wers. Well give them the woiks’* (Ulcrnatiawih Showdown Nears In N. Y.C. Transit Strike Officials of Union And City at Odds Over Basic Issue New York. Fell. 26.— (AD — Mayor William O'liwyor slid today ilio threat of a citv-wiilo transit strike had hern (alleil off. The mayor made the .;li ne jnccinciit after a conference at city hall with ( IO President Philip Murray. lie said the CIO Transport W o r k e r s I niun, headed by City Council Mem ber Michael Quill, had with drawn its demand for designa tion as sole collective bargain ing agent for transit workers. New York, Feb. hi ; A P) The 1 strike threat to New York City's [ transit system used twice daily or j more by an intimated H.nUo.Mou pcr-i sous -reached the "showdown" stage' today with union and city adminis tration officials still apart on tire basic strike issue. Keen as the Hoard of Transporta tion was called into so-: a; to con sider the union's demand tii.it i! lie j recognized sole collective bar.'..lin ing agent, for some 22.nut) ■mnsil ■ workers as an alien: live t" a walk out. Mayor William O’Dwvor recce - cd added support on hi.- stand that such a request wa- precluded by state law . Board Hacks Mayor. The board of estimates backed t!.-■ mayor’s position and cmpowcri d tn ■ city in a resolution to trairslor from one departi1 n ut to aim!!key rr.cn needed to opciate the municipally owned subways, elevated trolley and bus lines m the event the wal ; out mateiaalize.'. The (T (-Transport Workers i'n lon, which claim- to represent 2u.~ 000 of the transit workcis, has threatened to call the strike any time aftoi midnight tonight unle.-s its demand are met. The hoard ol estimates said the TWO represented only .2,111111 of the city's transit workers The union al so seeks a S2 a day wage increase. O'Dwyer has declared the wage de mand was justified. Meat Prices Will Go Up Washington, Feb. 26,— (API- The government today authorized in creases in the ceiling prices in the meat packing industry and fore ast that retail prices will rise about one mid 1 ne-half percent. Stabilizatii 11 Director Chester Bowles took the action after the. Wage Stabilization Board ordered" Secretary of Agriculture Anderson to put into effect a general pay boost of lti cents an hour lor pack ing house workers. Byrnes Makes Unity Appeal Washington, Feb. 26.— ( AIM — Sec •etary of State James Byrnes said today the Allies must maintain "the same unity of action and ot purpose that won the war” it they are “to | root out the seeds of future possible , wars.” He spoke to representatives of 11 | nations gathered in die old Jap- j anese embassy to organize the Far 1 Eastern Commission. j Pittsburgh’s Power Strike -Now Averted Company Employes 1 o Take Vote on Walkout March 1 Pittsburgh, Feb. 2IF (AP) — A power strike which threatened a blackout in an 817-squarc-milc area ot industrial Pittsburgh and sur rounding areas had been averted to- ! day -le. s than half an hour before it wits to have gone into effect. A one week postponement—until !2:l',l a. m. Tuesday, March 5—was ; mtoiuicofl by President George Mueller of the independent union "I Dnqtic ne Tight Company em ployes. Tilt union, with a membership of j 1.400, will decide at . meeting March I whether it. wage depute with the j company is to be finally settled by { arbitral ion <»• a st rike. The union r demanding a 21 cents an hour increase for common labor ! end 2.7 cent.-, for other employes. 1 Til” strike second one to be call- ' od iit two weeks w; s to have start- j ed at !2:iil a. m. today. The first "ii . i ailed February 12, last 19 hours ! belon it was suspended by the j union. Mail Carriers Involved With Lean Business Greenville. Feb. 2(>.— (AP) — Rod erick Davenport today testified on cross examination that two United Mates mail cariiers were involved m ids loan business by carrying Davenport's money to cash interest checks which he sent to depositors on their routes. Davenport is on trial in Pitt coun ty superior court on charges of con spiracy to defaud and fraud by false pretense. He testified today, under cross ex amination, that he left S500 with a New Bern mail carrier to enable the carrier to cash interest cheeks sent b.v Davenport to persons who de posited money in his loans business at 5 per cent interest weekly. The name of the mail carrier was not l evealed. Davenport also testified that he had a similar arrangement with ,). B. Arnold, a Kinston mail carrier. He did not reveal the amount of cash he kept in Arnold's hands. Stcck Market Drops Further New York, Feb. 2(i.— (AP)—The stock market tried for a rally today but support was notably timid as early gains running to two or more points were converted into losses o' as much as six ponits. Prominent on the off-side were U. S. Steel. Bethlehem, Chrysler New York Central, General Electric and DuPont. Pay Control PlanRapped By AFL, CIO Stumbling Block Is Thrown Into Truman’s Progiam Washington, Feb. 26.— (AP) — Labor threw a stumbling block into the path of President Har ry Truman's new wage-price policy today by solidly opposing its pav increase controls. CIO President Philip Murray, de ck ring that any return to war-time wage restraints would be ' catas trophic," adder! his protest to that of AFL President William Green, who earlier termed the progiam 'unacceptable and uinvoi kuble." The next move in labor's light against the reinstituted controls is expected to take place within the wage stabilization board itself, the agency assigned by Mr. Truman to act on [jay raises. Policy Declaration. The two AFL and CTO members of the board joined hands in opposing a policy declaration favored by the industry and two public members. They gave no hint, however, as to what future course they would i pursue. | i On Capitol Hill, meanwhile, sev- I ; oral senators agreed that the admin istration's entire policy on prices, wages and anti-inflation controls will be aired on the Senate floor. This showdown was brought on by the Senate Appropi iations Com mittee's action in voting 11 to 9 to halve emergency funds for OPA ana the Civilian Production Administra tion—key agencies in enforcement and administration of the reconver sion policy. Homes' Bill GivcnHouse Washington. Feb. 26. -(AP)—The j House eallerl up its emergency homes building bill today with mem- i hers set for a slam-bang battle in two administration requests left out of the measure. They call for: 1. A system to clamp price cod ings on all of the nation's 40.000,000 existing homes. 2. The government to ante up $1,- I 600.000,()()(), including $600,000,000 in subsidies in an effort to get 2,700,- ; 000 new homes built in the next two years. Another si/./.ling dispute developed around a proposal originating in the House to forbid the export of any lumber during the housing enter-j get icy. The bill, written by Reprosenta- ! tive Patman, Democrat. Texas, was I brought to the House floor by the Banking Committee. ! Cotton Futures Are U p Slightly I New York. Feb. 26.—(AP)—Cot-l ton futures opened 30 cents a bale lower to 13 cents higher. Norn prices were 3a cents a bale lower *tu 15 cents higher. March l 26.23. May 26.38, July 26.35. Prvs. Close Open Match .. •• 26.30 26.24 Muv. 26.35 26.36 July •• .. 26.33 26.36 j October. 26.33 26.35 December . . ... 26.26 26.24 i March ( 1947) V. . . . . 26.24 26.20 i Hung Yamashita I PICTURED above is Lt. Charles Kcx road, Corvulis, Oregon, who, ai official hangman for the Army, pulled the gallows trapdoor be neath Lt. Gen. Tomayuki Yari.a* shita, convicted Jap war criminal. Executioner foi San Quentin Pi Ison in civilian hie, Paxraad got a $"0Q bonus tor the job. (.inUrnauoiawj | Festival Queen CROWNED and in her regal robes, beautiful brunette Selma Rocker oi Bartow, Fla,, is pictured alter en thronement as 1!)4H Queen of the Florida Orange Festival at Winter Haven Hie festival had been sus pended throughout the years of the entuar. 'International> Stalin Made Top Russian MilitaryBoss Generalissimo Now Supreme Commander Of Three Branches Moscow, Feb, 2(1. — (AIM — The Russian army, navy unci air force were united today in a silicic com missariat (lie armed forces of the USSR—under the command of Gen eralissimo Josef Stalin. The three Sin let fighting forces were consolidated by a decree ol the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, which designated otaiin “peoples connnisar of the united forces an t supreme commander in chief of the armed forces." "Under the leadership of Stalin, the armed forces of the USSR will henceforth improve and develop to the dread ol the enemies of Soviet power for the welfare of our people j and the cause of peace in the entire j world.' the Government newspaper | I/.vestia said in a three column front j page editorial. . j Stale Beef Rated High College Station. Raleigh. Feb. Ml. j -Despite recent estimates by state agricultural statisticians that North Carolina's cattle population is slight- ! lv lower than last year, the reputa- i lion of the stall as a coming beet j cattle center is spreading through out the eastern seaboard, it was in dicated today by U. i. Case, animal husbandryman of the State State College Extension Service. Case said that lie has received numerous inquiries from eastern meat dealers in several states, in- ! eluding the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania, for dates of the states ' spi ing fat stock sales. A Pennsyl- i vania vegetable grower who also j deals in veal wrote Case that North | Carolina calves are "better than , western calves," The college cattleman released the j following list of sale dates: Rocky I Mount. April 3-4: Raleigh, .April H- i 9: Elizabeth City. April 9-19: Kin- | ston, April 10-11: Durham, April 24: j Williamston, April 2ti. "Breeder associations must be ' credited with much of the beef cat tle progress made in the state in re cent years." Case declared. "Both tiro quality and number of our beet ani mals increased during war years de spite feeding difficulties and the postwar trend may be expected to take an upturn again soon." Hereford breeders will hold an an- ! mini show and sale in Statesville, March 18-19: the North Carolina Aberdecn-Angus show and sale will take pi; ce in Elkin, Wednesday, March 13. PERSONALITY CONFERENCE. Greenville. Feb. 28.—A conference on personality development will be sponsored by the business education I department at East Carolina Teach- | ers College on Tuesday evening, ' Februaiy 2(1. in the Now Classroom ! Building on the campus. Edward A. ! Conover of Raleigh, chairman of the j United War Fund Drive of North j Carolina, editor of "Where We i Live.” and consultant on community ' organization, will be principal \ speaker. Tension Mounting As France Closes Frontier To Spain Present Situation Constitutes Danger To World Security Paris. Feb. — (API—The French Government today or dered the frontier with Franco Spain tlo.sed. el'lrelive at mid nirl't, March 1. declaring the present situation in Spain con sumes a "danger for interna t'onal security." The French cabinet's action was taken after a long cxplanuti m c tile situation by Foreign Man-ten George Uidault. The in -On <»<* tween the two countries has been growing for a wee. . La: t week, tin- French assembly overwhelmingly voted a pretest against the exe.alien o: terj Spanish republican- by the Spanish govern ment. Madrid dispatches said 37 persons were convicted bv a court martial at Alcaia Du Henares on charges of attempting t i reorganize the social..-; party i. Spain and three ol them were given 10-yeui prison terms. To Liiorin ! . S, Britain "I be communique issued alter to day's cabinet meeting said the min isters had "decided to again inform the governments of the Unitea States and Britain that the present situation in Spain constitutes a din ger for international security.” Early in December France asked the United State- and Britain to confer with her on the possibility of breaking relations with General-! isssimo Francisco Franco's regime. Bidaulf conlm red <c the matter with both British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin ■ nd U. S. Secretary of State James Byrnes while heading the French delegation to the first United Nations assembly in London. Results Not Told Results oi these .conversations have not yet been noun ed. and French discontent over the continu ance in power c I the Franco Gov ernment ha- been increasing. Pro test meetings have taken place throughout Franco and her North African coke ies since the announce ment of the exc ution of the Span ish republicans headed by Cristlne Garcia vvh > fought in the French re sistance forces against the Germans. France has had no normal diplo matic relations with Madrid since the collapse of the Vichy regime with the defeat of Germany. ASK FI LI, REPORT. London, Feb. 26.- (AP) — The British foreign office today instruct ed Sir \ ictor Mullet, British ambas sador to Madrid, to "make a full re- | port" on thv' execution of a Span- j ish anti-fascist leader. Crisr^fi Gar- . cia. A spokesman said, however, that j there was "no reason to suppose ' ■ Britain would break relations with I Spain. | Houston WOrkers W ill End Strike Houston, Tex.. Feb. 26.—(API The -ix-day-old strike of 701) city employes of Houston was settled to day alter thousands of worker: "took a holiday" and marched upor. the ity hall in support of tile em ployes’ fight for higher wages. May. :• (»tis Massey called a meet ing of the city council to approve an agreement with labor leaders. Under the agreement the city workers will return to their jobs tomorrow, with full seniority rights unimpaired. Medal for Patton POSTHUMOUS AWARD to the late General George S Patton, Jr., the Medal of Good Citizenship be s.owed by the Sons 01 the American Revolution is shown to tne camera by the General's daughter,’ Mrs. Ruth Totten of Washington, I). C. Presented in ceremonies at Phila delphia. the medal honored the L*. S. Third Army commander who led j’s victory das i across France 3nu Germany. ilnternctiov.ail Sets Medal Record NAVY VETERAN of 75 photographic and bombing missions in the Paci fic, Lt. Edward O Jensen (above) received two Distinguished Flying Crosses and eight Air Medals ;n a single presentation ceremony at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn. N Y. His ten decorations at ones were said to set a recur d. (1 ate manorial) Lost Colony Pla% Lauded ByGovernor * Ifaleigl). Feb '-G A:') Gover nor Greg;, Clioiry told lumbers of the Uoanon Li a ' Hi be.cal Asso ciation nice ting bo i o Buy that in •The Li : ’ Colonv ' w ml North Carolina has . m an enterprise— ne eonii!t."i v. ith on itual value and material valm. # "With liif re; iv.il - I -ml Green’s drama, v liiel. v. a | ml aw in moth balls dm mg tit v.; ’ t'berry s, id, • North ('aridma: ■ w ill a lain have the op)iorli . ty .• ng an impor tant i-haple ill .' o.o,> y portrayed w ith all tim -ha ; ■■ a id insight that drama am . id i aiisic are eapai>!e ■at' in And m tilli ii11■ ■ 11 h i i i*■ native sons and daughters, no) on.-, of vi-itors will come to Ah.ntrn to see the pres- » rotation of early North Carolina and American hii-'na y Cherry erg. , the meiitt ion to inish ii; io'.i • ; w u funds in ail;i to h i tin- i . w cr to the 'll! extent i 11 biliues, "so hat North C. rohr: i y h, \ c full dvanU.w in th - .a. .. . .a rtmder ng (>1 till fra ye 1..: m imr first ■olontes." Pkits Completed Foi Legion Meet Justice Denny to Deliver Address BY l.YNN NLSBET, Daily Dispatch Bureau RaU r:h. 1 V! ■ ‘J(i Vi: tor .Tohnsou .f Pitt; I).r ' ■. ■ ■ . inlander of the Vmerican Let n. said Monday that plans arc is .■ ■ • > ; • nr :!v executive romnultcc a:i ■ ■ • :! i: .■1 - meeting it Raleifli il‘ • v, c. i;-cnd. Both Joint St - ho. national rom ltander. and Mi Walt* Craven of Charlotte. natim.al ]'resident of the womans auxil.ary. v. II attend and peak. The memorial service Sun lay night will i. ■ feulured by an iddress !•> Associate Justice E. U. Denny of the -lute supreme court. Commander John m said state Legion membership is now ap proaching the tin.nut) fig no, with World W; . II min rm.unr. in rapid ly. Membership m m i almost five limes what it v. a in February of 1935. and i at . 11 all 11me high. Nation.d Common' ei Stcllc, a for mer governor ot Illinois, is a World Wiir 1 buddy o; (h r, ernor Gregg . herry and *s exp . md )() .,t iy at the mansion d.min ni \i it lu North - ; mlina. V I AS Eli II FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy, warm and windy tonight, showers and cooler west portion tonight. Wednesday clearing and cooler, mild temperatures.