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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-24
STATE TO RECEIVE
FREIGHT RATE CUT
Slash Averaging Seven Per-
cent Granted After
Eight-Year Fight

Raleigh, Oct. 24-(AP)-Hundred
of thousands of North Carolinians are
due to start benefiting Tuesday from
lower freight rates averaging about
seven percent, which the State first
started fighting for November 1, 1928.
New rates, lower for most Of the
State but slightly higher for Char
lotte and some other points near the
South Carolina line, have been order
ed, effective November 81, by the In
terstate Commerce Commission to ap-
ply to all class rate shipments to
and from "official' territory.
Utilities Commissioner Stanley Win
borne emphasized that the reduced
rates now are scheduled to become eff
fective next week, and pointed out
the effective date was only four days
less than eight years from the time
the old Corporation Commission start
ed the case bringing about the re-
duction. Several postponements in the
It'll
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-24
Henderson & Oxford Gas
Company Asks Utilities
Commission for
That Permission
BRANCH MENACING
HENDERSON WORKS
Petition Applies Only to
Oxford Plant; G.. v. Jenk-
ms, Vice-President, Ayers
That Is "Seriously Menac-
ing" Henderson Property;
$1O8,OOO Lost

Raleigh, Oct. 24.-(AP)-The Hen
derson g. Oxford Gas Company, re-
porting that it had lost money on its
operations for five years, petitioned
the State Utilities Commission today
for permission to discontinue service
in Oxford on November 80.
The company is the first gas firm
in North Carolina to seek to go out
of business, Utilities Commissioners
Stanley Winborne said, and a hear
ing on the request will be set later,
as the town of Oxford wishes to re-
sist the request.
G.. V. Jenkins, v.ce-president, SAID
the company lost $4,000 on its en-
tire operations last year, and 1O8,-
600 over the past five years, and was
in arrears in tax payments.
He said the company was prepar-
cd to supply "bottle gas" to Oxford
residents wanting to continue to use
the fuel.
Winborne said the company first
proposed dropping it's Oxford opera
tions last year. and reduction in
rates was made to try to get more
customers, but the attempt, to build
up the company was unsuccessful
largely due to lower electric rates.
The petition, Winborne said, ap-
plies only to the Oxford plant, which
the company contends "is seriously
affecting the soundness of our invest
ment in our Henderson plant and
property, and will not affect units OF
the parent concern at Elizabeth City
and other places"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-24
Soviets Renew Demand for
Blockade of Portuguese
Ports To Stop Fas-
cist Help
GERMANY RECOGNIZES
ETHIOPIAN CONQUEST
League Had Declared Mus
solini's Seizure of African
Kingdom "Aggression;"
Madrid Charges German
Submarines Sending Sup
plies to Insurgents
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
A dark tempest of grave new
charges and ominous words,
with blood-spattered Spain at
the vortex, engulfed Europe to-
day.
These cyclonic developments stood
out in relief from the background of
political storm:
1. Spain, it's capital cringing be-
meath the choking roar Of Fascist
bombers, charged authoritarian Por-
tugal with the death Of 40 Spanish
government sailors in a naval battle
during which it charged Portuguese
motor ship painted like a German
vessel sank the motorship Fernando
Pc.
2. Soviet Russia, following up it's
cryptic announcement it will not be
bound by the European "hands-off-
Spain" policy any more than any
other national, renewed it's demand
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-24

Roosevelt Urges Strong; Lasting Den, ocracy
Methodists Seek
Quick, Union Vote

Salisbury, Oct. PA (AP)-The
Western T. tn Carolina Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, adopted a resoiu-
ton asking the college of bishops
to urge all conferences to vote by
1887 on the proposal for union of
the northern and southern church
es and the Methodist Protestant
Church.
Bishop Edwin Il. Lee, of Singa-
pore, representing the Methodist
Episcopal (Northern) Church, pre-
sided ut the session, and put the
notion for the resolution. He said
indications were the three church
es would vote overwhelmingly in
favor OF the merger, which he sail
represented a fine spirit toward
movement which would prove a
blessing.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-24
Democratic
Spending Is
Reported On

Washington, Oct. "a (AP)-The
Democratic National COMMITTEES
today campaign expenditures Of
Sl,S24,416 between September 1 and
October Fl, bringing it's total dis
bursements since June 1 to ST.
1926.
Campaign contributions since
September l were set at 81, 408,947.
Earlier donations raised the total
to S2,49O,715.
The committees statement, file1
with the clerk of the House, show
ed balance on hand of $84,531.
The Republican National Com
mlttee's report, filed yesterday, list
ed expenditures of $3,161,617 be-
tween September / and October Is
Tor total of $4,949, 428 since June
J. The Republican receipts since
June / tOtaIIed $5,O38,419, including
S987,765 since September 1.
Inc largest contribution to thu
democratic fund was 100000 biver
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Planes See
NOAirCTuH
AtMudYid

Talavera de la Reina, SPAIN Oct.
"a (AP)-More than 20 insurgent
bombing planes showered the forti-
fled region around Madrid with high
turning said the Getafe and Cuatro-
vientos airports, at the edge of the
capital, had been completed yaband-
oned.
It also was reported the remaining
government planes were being used
to transport Madrid officials to Bar
celona.
The government has lost more than
30 planes in the last month over in
surgent lines, but insurgent officers
said that did not account for the dis
appearance of all planes from the
Madrid airport.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-24
States Farm Population
ExceededBy Texas Alone
100000 Tar Heels Live 0 utside Cities and Towns
Many Good Farms But Thousands Live on Lands
Not Suited to Ag ricultural Purposes

holdings and supplement their income
when they can, by securing other
employment from time to time. But
local resources of many areas are de-
pleted and supplementary employ
ment is not always available.
Durin gthe past five years, 5O277
persons previously employed in other
fields of work have returned to the
farm. A large group previously de-
pendent upon farming and part time
outside labor are now dependent
upon farming and relief, DR.. Winters
continued.
These things do not develop good
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North Carolina Backing
Roosevelt On Ground OF
Confidence In Abilities
Liberals Hope He Will Bee More Liberal and Con-
servatives Hope He Will Trim His Sails in Next
Four Years; Business M en- Confer With Lawrence

nationall known news writer and com
mentator, when he stopped here Fri
day in the course Of his swing thro-
ugh the country sounding out senti-
ment with regard to the election
Most of the group Of some Is or 80
men, composed of Republicans as well
as Democrats who were the guests of
John A. Park, publisher of The Ra-
leigh Times, at luncheon given for
Mr.. Lawrence, assured the Washing
Continued on Page Five.)
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49, college Station, Raleigh, Oct. 81
mere mere are more than 100000 people
lying ,Ylhg on North Carolina farms, a
p Sudte farm population exceeded only
by that of Texas.
~, many Of them are on good farms,
out thousands live on land that is
w suited to agriculture, said DR.. r.
winters, director of the N. c. Ag-
'votural Experiment Station.
t;a ore than half the farm popula-
oY Um OF North Carolina occupies land
o"neu by others. Many of these are
S SoanNliy employed only part of the
ton large portion of the farm popula-
w" Is established OH small land
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-24
Workers On
WPADemQnd
Higher Wage

Washington, Oct. "a (AP)-Af-
ter a turbulent demonstration, dur
ing which three leaders were ar
rested, q delegation from the
Workers Alliance of America to-
day was successful in arranging to
deposit at the White House a de-
mand for higher wages for WPA
workers.
David LASER, president of the
Alliance, who was arrested and
later released, along with two of
his companions, when police
sought to break up a parade in
front of WPA headquarters, fin
ally reached marvin HI. McInf-
tyre at the White House.
The presidential secretary
agreed to receive a delegation
from the alliance. Backed by be-
tween 800 and 400 representatives
a delegation earlier had been turn
(Con. lAued on Page Eighty
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-24
Science Is
Fearful OF
FDR Plans

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. "a APP
DR.. Carl Compton, president of the
Massachusetts Institute Of Technot
logy, asserted today in an open let
ter to President Roosevelt that science
fearful the government might mis-
take relief and regulation for the
cure of social ills.
At the same time the Institute pres
ident said the Federal government
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-24
JAPS CATERING TO
PHILIPPINE NATION
Not Trying for "Grab" But
Seeking Friendship of
Islanders
By CHARLES p. STEWART

Washington, Oct. 24-The japanese,
according to dispatches from Manila,
seem to have launched a campaign to
win the Philippines, in anticipation of
the islands independence, not by a
grab, as on the Asiatic mainland, but
by gaining the Filipnos' devoted
friendship.
Representatives of the Japanese
government and of Japanese business
as described as continually active in
Manila and elsewhere throughout the
archipelago arranging for parties of
influential Filipinos to visit Nippon.
When these tourists arrive there
they are treated royalty.
Filipino newspapermen are espe-
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
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Daily Dispatch Bureau,
ia the Sir Walter Hotel.
" II. e.. RASKERV WILL

Raleigh Oct. 24.-North Carolina is
going to give President Roosevelt a
big majority in the forthcoming cleo
ton because the Democrats of the
State have confidence in his leader
ship and ability, and because he has
definitely betterd the condition of
the entire State and of the people in
it during his administration. a rep
resentative group of professional and
business men told David Lawrence,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-24

sage" with the six-year world econo-
mic crisis, the consequences Of which
he declared had been suffered since
1929 by millions upon millions of wo-
men and children"
Now, he said, he wants the world
to work in peace and have peace
in work.
In an earlier speech at Corridonia
the premier, avoiding direct mention
of the Spanish civil war, had picked
out the troublesome word "interven-
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The Washington times., 1936-03-13

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02
GAR GENERATOR
 SELLER IS FREED

New Haven, Conn.,, Sept. 2-(UP) --City Court Judge Joseph Weiner today found Thomas Fenton, clerk in an automobile accessory store, not guilty of charges he made an illegal sale of car generator on Sunday. Fenton was arrested short- ly after State Motor Vehicles Com missioner Michael A. Connor aia- nounced at Hartford he had an opinion from Attorney General Ed- ward J. Daly that sale of such acc cessories, among other things, was outlawed on Sundays.
 Judge Weiner said in freeing Fen- ton that the sale of the generator was in the nature of an. "emer- gency." He quoted 0 section from Connecticut statutes which permit ted the Sunday sale of supplies. The judge said section 6296 of the public acts of 1880 allowed supply sales, whether in an emergency or not. He instructed Chief of Police Philip Smith not to arrest any more persons under similar circumstances.
 At Hartford, Commissioner Con- nor said he was uninterested in the case,. as he is only concerned with dealers and repairers, who are H. censed by his department. If any dealer or repairer is found by a department inspector to be open on Q Sunday, Connor said the owner would be called to a hearing and might lose his license.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02
JAPAN TO BUILD
 MORE SUBMARINES

London, Sept. 2-(UP)-The Jap- anese embassy delivered Q note to the foreign office today in effect announcing Japan's intention Of possessing . submarine fleet ap- proximately 90 per cent larger than either that of the United States or Great Britain, as from the end of this year. The decision replaces the submarine parity among the three powers. established by thel 1880 Lon don laval treaty.
 Japan notified Great Britian that 1t was determined to keep afioat i1,O69 tons of destr0yers and l5,bo6 tons of submarines above the 1880 London treaty quotas. Thisstcnnage if the treaty's provisions were car- ried out, would be scrapped at the end of this year.
 Japans note replied to Great Britain;s memorandum of July ID. ie36, invoking the escape clause of the first London treaty in order to increase its destroyed tonnage above the pact's allowance.
 Tn It's memorandum, Great Brit ain expressed its intention of keep ing 40,O0O tons iil excess of its treaty allowance of l6O,0OO tons.@
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02
SEX MAD SLAYER
 BEING HUNTED

La Jolla, Cal, Sept. 2-(UP)-A thick -set man with 0 protruding lip was sought by police today as the sex-mad slayer of Miss Ruth Muir, 35, r. W. c. A. executive, whose rav- ished and beaten body was found in the La Jolla beach area Monday night.
 A few strands of brown hair found clutched in the hand of the San Antonio, Texas, banker will identify the slayer If he is found, police be- lieved.
 Two neighbors of the parents of Miss Muir, MT. and Mrs. Joseph Muir, said that while walking along the ocean front Monday night they saw her sitting on a seaside bench. Near her, they said, was @ heavy-set man with @ protruding lip.
 Lieut-Com. Matt Calhoun, U. S. navy, said he had observed a man of that description in the vicinity for three nights.
 Police questioned seven persons In quick succession last night after Chief of Police George Sears or dered 8 roundup of men known oi believed to have been involved ir moral offenses.
 All but one negro was released and he was held on 0 charge of dis turbing the peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02
STRIKERS TRIED
 IN MIDDLETOWN

Middletown, Conn, Sept. 2-(UP) Twenty strikers and union organizer were to be presented to- day before the civil and criminal sessions of superior court as @ re- suit of disorders growing out of the e-months' strike at the Remington Rand typewriter plant.
 Tn the criminal side, presided over by Judge Ernest A. 1nglis, l6 workers were to be arraigned, charged with breach of peace and assault. They elected trial by jury.
 Before Judge Earnest 0. Simpson in the civil session, were thecases of nine strikers and Q union leader, Hjalmar Anderson, accused of ig- noring court injunction limiting the number of pickets and restrict ing their activities. Tn conjunction with these contempt proceedings will be heard @ suit for damages insti- tuted by the Remington Rand com pany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02

power of turning any beholder to stone and with Perseus saved the maiden. Andromeda. from the sea- monster, Cetus. whose constellation lies to the southeast and will short- ly rise above the horizon. Beta Per- sci is best known by It's Arabic name Of Algol the Demon.
 1 Mysterious In Nature
 Well chosen is Algol to represent the head of the Medusa, for 1t acts as if 1t really had something mys- terious and demon-like in It's na- ture. Astronomers call 1t a variable star; this means that 1t changes It's brightness from time to time and Algol is one of the most remarkable of tIs multitude of variable stars to be found in the entire heavens for It's variation is easily observed with the unaided eye. At the bright- est stage, it's magnitude Is 2.2 but It falls to magnitude of only 3.4 ln four and one-half ours It re- mains at tis minimum of brightness for about twenty minutes and then takes three and one-half hours to eccoyer its full brilliancy. This per- Iormance is repeated every three Jays. Since the change involves Q loss of more than quarters of :he stars usual brightness 1t can be seadiIy observed by comparing AL gols brilliancy with that of the aeikhboring stars. This observation :arl De easily carried out without .he aid of any telescope. The ob- ,ervable minina for this month are so be; the fifth. $50 c. m.: the bIghth, 2:40 q. In.: the ten, li:2O Q. m.: the thirteenth $40 D. m.; she twenty eighth, 4:20 .. m.: the thiFtieth l;io q. m. The other mini-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02

spectroscope all doubt as to the cause of Algol's variations was re- moved and Goodrickes eclipse the- ory proven correct, not only for AL gol, but for host of other eclipsing binaries or double stars.
 Now visible in the far southeast ern sky IS Fomalhaut the bright first magnitude star in the conStel- lation of Pisces Australis, the Southern Fish. This is a blue-white star which is very much like Deneb in Cygnus the Swan, bith in color and apparent magnitude. It is, how ever, e much smaller star than the latter and much closer to the earth. It's distance is only about twenty four light years compared to the more than six hundred and fifty which separate us from Deneb. While they appear equally bright to us, Fomalhaut is about thirteen times as great a radiator of light and heat as the sun, where as Deneb's ratio to the sun in luminos- ity is about ten thousand.
 The Planets
 While Murcury is an evening star the greater part of the month and is in greatest eastern elongation on the 4th, 1t is not well placed in the sky for observation because of it's low altitude. Venus, too, is in the low or western sky at sunset and may be glimpsed shortly after sun- set. IL is higher than Mercury and, of course, much brighter. Mars is not at present in good position but is improving It's position as c morn ing star. Both jupiter and Saturn are in excellent position for obserya- ton as evening stars. The former sets several hours after the sun and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02
NORWALK WOMAN
 ASKS ANNULMENT

Claiming that she did not give her real consent" to their marriage Mrs. Dorothy Records Houston. ot Norwalk, has filed Q suit for annul- ment in New Haven superior court against William Houston of Water bury. NttH
 Mrs. Houston says they were mar ried Feb. .28, 1885, but that she gave only a "feigned consent. She asks that a divorce be granted If an an nuliment is refused.
 In another action filed in New Haven, Mrs. Sally Jones Keston, oi Waterbury, seeks a divorce from Fly man Keston, of Brooklyn, NY. The wife claims intolerable cruelty and desertion. They were married April 10, 1927, and the alleged Assertion took place May IS, 1880. VI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02
TILSON STILL
 IN GOV. RACE

Hartford, Conn, Sept. 2.-(UP)- Denial was made today by former Congressman John Q. Tilson that he would withdraw from the repub- ,ican gubernatorial race before next weeks state convention.
 T am in the race to stay" he an- nounced, "the nomination should be made at the convention when the delegates get together so we can get the combined Judgment of the of the delegates"
 Simultaneously, States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn, Sufield, claimed sufncient support for nomination despite assertions of party leaders that States Attorney Arthur M. Brown, Jewett City, would be nom- mated by exclamation and on the first ballot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02
Fall Season Opens
 Officially Sept. 23
Sun Going Southwards Brings Winter to Northerners
 and Welcome Spring to Antipodes

ma are not SO well time for observa- . ton as they come mostly during the daylight hours. All the above times are given in eastern standard time
 The secret of Algol's curious be- havior was discovered many years ago. Although the name clearly in.. dicates that the Arabs had observed It's variability, western science did not learn of the phenomenon until It's rediscovery by John Goodricke after the middle Of the eighteenth
 century. He also suggested as 0 possible explanation that 1t may really be a double star with one component star moving about the other, periodically eclipsing 1t and thus shutting off part of the light lraom our eyes on the earth. This explanation lay dormant in the minds of astronomers until the ad- vance of instrumental science made a test possible and that was done by Vogel in 1889. By means of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02
JUDGES APPOINTED MI BABY CONTEST

Ralph o. Ellsworth has been se- lected as one of the judges for the fifth children's national photograph contest which is now in full sway ln the better class department stores in the country.
 Three hundred and sixty-four prizes will be awarded totaling S2,60O in cash to the winners. The department store chosen for this city is Rowland Hughes which will have its share of the half million youngsters who are expected to en- ter this years contest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02
TROTzKY INTERNED

Oslo. Norway, Sept. 2--(uP)--- Leon T'rotzAy, exiied bolshevist leader. and his wife were escorted by police from their house in Hoe- nefoss today to an lfndivulged place of internments It was understood they would he taken to gtoFsand, south Of oslo. Trotgky Will be al- lowed to continue his asylum iii NorWay but under severe restrIc- tionE. ffe cannot use the telephone and his mali will be examined. Only approved visl1nFs wiii be allowed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02

is recognized by its brightness; the latter rises in the southeast at about slIndown and is in opposition to the sun on the 11th. It attains its maxi mum brilliancy for this period with e stellar magnitude of about 0.s at this time.
 On the twenty third at 0:26 a. m, EST, the sun enters the autumnal equinox and marks the official open of the fall season. It is now moving rapidly to the southward bringing winter to the dwellers in the north- ern hemisphere and the welcome spring to the antipodes. At this time day and night are equal but for us the daylight is rapidly shortening as 1t correspondingly lengthens for the southern hemisphere. As the sun reaches the equinox 1t becomes visible at both the north and south terrestrial poles and both these far distant places have daylight at the same time. For the former 1t Is evening and sunset. for the latter morning and sunrise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-02
MRS. ROOSEVELT IN CONN.

Brooklyn, Conn, Sept. 2-(Up) Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, widow of the former president, arrived here today to spend the month at Mort. lake house. Mrs. Roosevelt, who broke her hip in a fall several months ago at Oyster Bay, L. l., said she felt "fine," although she needed a cane to get about. The automobile trip from Oyster Bay did not tire her, she said.