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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
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STORMS IN AUGUST
Month Unusually Wet and
Warm in State, Weather
Bureau Reports

Raleigh, Sept. 22-(AP)-August
was an unusually wet and warm
month for North Carolina, the Wealth
er Bureau reported today, and hail
storms on August did $595,000 dam
age in Is counties.
Eighty-six stations reported rain
fall of TAO inches for August, l.86
inches above the 50-year average, with
Rock House., in Macon county, hav-
ing 1892 inches as the wettest spot,
and BeIhaven, being the driest with
only 2.05 inches.
saThere was too much rain for cot
tom" the summary said. Cotton is
still good as a whole, though. Pro
gress of corn was good to excellent
and tobacco, peanuts and other crops
improved, though there was too much
rain in the latter part of the month
and some damage by flooding
The hail storm did worse damage
in Guilford, Caswell, Person, Gran
Vile and Edgecombe counties, but al
so hit Iredell, Vance, Franklin, Wake
Greene, Fit and other areas.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
John Biggers, Newly-Ap-
pointed Administrator,
Given SIS, 900, 900 to
Spend on Work
POST OFFICE WILL
DO PRELIMINARIES
Enrolment of Unemployed
Will Be Voluntary With
Them; North Cardinals
Exports in First Seven
Months More Than Double
Last Year

Hyde Park, N. Y, Sept. 22.-(AP)-
John Biggers, administrator of the
unemployment census, announced aft
er a White House conference today
President Roosevelt had approved
final plans for the voluntary enumer-
alton. He added he expected the count
to be completed before December 1.
Biggers said the President had
given him ADEQUATE authority" and
approved an expenditure up to So
100000.
1--WE intend to keep well within that
figure without sighting thorough
ness" he added.
He said the Post Office Depart
ment would handle the ,distributlop
collection and preliminary checks OF
registration cards which would be
sent 31,OOO,O 900 homes in the nation
carving a brief message over the
Presidents signature.
Exports in State Larger.
Meantime, Washington advices said
the value of exports shipped from
North Carolina ports more than dou-
bled in the first seven months OF this
wear compared to the corresponding
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
7CIO Leader
At Memphis
Is Whipped
ViolentNote Injected
Into City's Labor
War in Attack on
Organizer

Memphis, Tenn, Sept. % tAP)-The
beating of Norman Smith, 42-year-old
CLIO organizer, injected violent note
into Memphis labor controversy to-
day.
A group of unidentified men attack
ed the 230-pound st. Louis man out
side tavern last night, inflicting four
gashes in his scalp and spraining his
left arm.
"They can't run me out of town, y
Smith said when he was taken to po-
lice headquarters with his head in
bandages. tive been in worse fights
than this"
Police Commissioner Davis promis-
ed a full and thorough investigation.
and said he was holding Smith along
with two other men he did not name.
Nat Fowler, CLIO attorney, said he
would seek Smiths release on a hab-
cas- corpus writ today unless specific
charges are filed. Davis said Sunday
he was zone hundred percent behind
Mayor Watkins Overton's recent die
tum imported CIO agitators, com
munists and highly paid organizers
are not wanted in Memphis"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
NAMING OF BLACK
FDR'S BIG ERROR
Comes on Top of Ill-F ated
Court Packing Plan;
Stigma on Black
By CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COIumniSt

Washington, Sept. 22.-President
Roosevelt's appointment of Hugo L.
Black to the United States Supreme
Court generally is regarded in Wash
ington now as having been the worst
mistake of the present White House
tenants career.
His campaign for increase in the
court personnel is widely spoken of
as having been bad mistake, too.
However, many of those who object
ed to court change agree with the
President that the high tribunal has
been a very reactionary body through
out it's whole history. They did not
like packing" but they favored limi-
tation of the august bench's authority
by constitutional amendment. 1t was
not the presidential objective, it was
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
TYRRELL COUNTY TO
SEE HOEY TOMORROW
Governor To Speak at, Agricultural
Building; Also Speaks Later
In TarbOrO

Columbia, Sept % (AP)-Columbia
and Tyrrell county expect q big day
tomorrow when Governor Hoey speaks
at the dedication of the new county
agricultural building. The Tyrrell
county Farm Bureau is in charge of
the exercises, which start at IL
o'clock. H. w. Swain, county farm bu-
reau president, will welcome the visi-
tors, and J. C. Meekins will introduce
Governor Hoey.
A picnic dinner will be served and
Governor Hoey will hurry to Tarboro
to speak in the late afternoon to a
meeting of city and county officers
called by the Institute of Government.
At an afternoon business meeting
of the Tyrrell Farm Bureau, F. II.
Jeter, agricultural editor Of State Col
lege, and E. F. Arnold, executive sec
rotary at Raleigh for the State Farm
Bureau Federation, will speak.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
Japan Sorry
For Injuries
CivenBriton
London Is Satisfied
With Apology For
Machine Cunning
of Ambassador

Tokyo, Sept. 22--(AP)-Japan to-
day expressed her regret for the
wounding of the British ambassador
in China in an aerial attack outside
Shanghai, and British quarters said
the note met demands for apology and
assurance that such incidents would
not again occur.
The British demands for punish
ment of the aviators who machine
gunned the ambassador, Sir Hughe
Knattchbull-H ugessen, on August 26
was, however, answered ambiguously,
it was said.
The note on this point observed:
"It is needless to say that the Jap
aaese government will take suitable
steps whenever it is established that
japanese aviators killed or wounded
Intentionally, or through negligence,
the national belonging to a third
country"
The note was handed to the Brit
ish ambassador to Tokyo, Sir Robert
Craigie, by Foreign Minister Hirota-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
Merchants
Distribute
For Needy

Raleigh, Sept 22-(AP)-Twenty-
six retail merchants in five North
Carolina counties have agreed to
make a test and handle distribution
of supplies to the needy for the com
modify distribution division OF the
State welfare board.
A E. Langston, director OF dlstrl-
button, said three merchants eacn
in Hartford and Northampton coun-
ties, nine in Robson, four IN Ala
nance and seven in TransXlvanla
would give the idea trial.
TT would appear that in every coun-
ty and in nearly every locality" Lang
ston said, there are a number of pub
lic-spirited retail merchants who, In
order to assist their unfortunate
neighbours, are willing to tender tneir
services without charge to ASSIST ~
distributing surplus commodities &c
needy persons residing in the nelgn-
borhood of their respective stores.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
American and British Pro-
tests Against Devastation
Of Great City Are
Ignored
INCENDIARY BOMBS
SET HOMES AFIRE
Most Densely Populated
Section of City Attacked,
and Casualties Are Mostly
Among Those Too Feeble
or Helpless To Flee To
Safety Areas

Marking, Sept. 22.- (AP) II Less
than 48 hours after British and Amer
lean protests to the Japanese govern
ment against unrestricted lombard
ment of this capital, more than so
Japanese airplanes twice rained death
and destruction from the skies today,
killing, wounding or burning to death
more than 200 non-combatant Chinese
refugees.
Killed or injured were mostly those
who had been too feeble or helpless
to join the exodus into the safety of
the surrounding countryside.
Dozens of incendiary bombs and
high explosives fell into their wretch
ed straw huts in the slum district be-
tween the walled section and of the
city and the Yangtze river. The huts
burned like match boxes.
The lives of 20 Americans, includ-
ing seven women, were endangered
by the bombardments and the screen
of fire raised by Chinese antitaircraft
batteries against the raiders.
Despite the American and British
protests against commandment of
civilian populations and private pro-
perty, the most densely populated Sec
ton of the city was attacked, includ-
ing the new residential district where
the American, Italian, German and
Netherlands embassies or legations
are situated.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
SUPREME COURT TO
DIVULGE OPINIONS.
First Batches of Fall Term Ready
Late in Day; ~ Cases on
Appeal Next Week

Raleigh, Sept 22.-(AP)-The Su-
preme Court prepared today to hand
down it's first opinions of the fall term
late in the afternoon.
Oral arguments were not complet-
ed in cases appealed from the third
and eighteenth districts.
Twenty-seven cases are docketed on
appeal next week but in two petitions
for certiorari to set arguments later
will be filed. One is the. Johnston
county rural identification suit. and
the other the appeal of William Perry
sentenced to death after conviction
for murder in Chatham county.
The court yesterday ordered argu-
ments during the week of November
2 in the case of Milford Exum, SEN
fenced in Wayne to die after his con-
viction for nnurder.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
ROOSEVELT TRIP
WILL Be EPOCHAL
Fighting for People Not For
Foreign Alliance AS Was
Wilson
Nv LESLIE EICHEL
central Press COlumnist

President Roosevelt has taken the
offensive not only in the politlco-eco-
nonic fight at home, but for the DEM
ocratic nations as against the fascist
concepts abroad. That was the sig
nificant fact of his speech the night
of Constitution Day at Washington.
Thus his projected trip across the
northwest part of the United States
to Seattle becomes one of worldwide
Significance. Even his informal talks
will receive world interpretations.
High Drama.
The President is playing high
drama Many writer's have tried to
compare his trip west "over the SUI
preme Court fight" to President Will
sons fatal trip west over the League
of Nations.
Any one going among the people
will see that the circumstances are
entirely different. President Roosevelt
is making a fight. in his opinion and
in the opinion of millions, for the eco
nomic betterment of homefolk Presi-
dent Wilson was trying to have the
Americans enter into an alliance with
European nations ito preserve the
peace"
President Roosevelt asserts, in eff
feet that we challenge the world with
our democracy. We must keep up with
progress. we must show the world
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
President Wants To Find
Out How They Think on
His Administrators
Program
TEN-CAR TRAIN TO
MAKE MANY STOPS
Due Back in Washington or
Hyde Park October 6 After
Sounding Out Public Senti-
ment; Mrs. Roosevelt, Sec
retaries and Ncwsmen Go
Along

HYDE Park, N. Y, Sept. 22.-(AP)-
President Roosevelt ordered his warm
clothes packed today for a trip to
Seattle and back to find out, among
other things. what the country is
thinking about administration affairs
His ten-car trai.. was ordered to be
ready to depart about p. M, eastern
standard time. It is equipped with
public address apparatus.
Mrs Roosevelt, a staff of White
House secretarial aides and a score OF
newspaper men were to accompany
him on the trip, which will end either
in Washington or Hyde Park DC
tober 6, after appearances and infor-
NAL talks in eight western, northwest
ern and midwestern states.
The Journey will also include an in
spection of many Federal projects and
a good neighbor excursion to British
Columbia ~ destroyer.
Travelling the central route, the
train tonight will pass through Buff
falo Cleveland and northern Indiana
and through Chicago and southern
Iowa. No appearances will be made
until the train reaches Cheyenne
Wyoming, Friday morning.
The President scheduled a pre-de-
parture conference with John Big
gers, of Toledo, recently appointed to
direct the jobless census, and officials
said it was likely plans for the un-
employment count would be announc-
ed after this meeting. Biggers was due
before luncheon.
Another forenoon caller was John
Montgomery. minister to Hungary.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
Two Miles OF Route One
Will Be Rebuilt At Once
About One Mile Each Near Manson and Ridgeway To
Be New Pavement; Baise Says Whole Road Is
Wearing Out and Shortl y Will Have to Be Rebuilt

stretches for which contracts will
soon be let, but he added that work
on the maintenance project will be
gin within "week or two"
The two links which will be COM
pletely rebuilt are just north of the
Vance-W Warren line, he said, the first
about half a mile from the line and
near Manson; the other about three
miles farther north and in the vicinity
of Ridgeway. Each building project
will involve about one mile, he said
These two stretches are in worse
shape than any others along the route
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
Hoey Backs
STATES Air
Mail Week:

Raleigh, Sept. 22.-(AP)-Governor
Hoey issued his first formal proclaim
alton today, urging observance OF ar
mail week from October II to 10, IN
elusive.
The governor had previously asked
in statements since he took office IN
January that citizens take note OF
special events. -,
His first proclamation, he sald' VIII
be reproduced and posted in eacn pos
office in the State, and Paul 1oun.s'
Charlotte postmaster, was rushed the
original so the copies could pc mace
Noting North Carolina is the birth
place of aviation, and has always
manifested lively interest in develop
ing our air mail service Hoey pro,
claimed the air mail week ZOE al
North Carolina. --7---
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
ROOSEVELT LEAVES
FOR WESTERN TOUR
TO TALK TO PEOPLE,
Six Convicts In
Break at Prison

Keidsville. Ga, Sept. 22.-(AP)-
Six cOnvicts escaped last night
from GeOrgia's glistcning new
Pattnafl prison, but were recap-
tured early today.
State officials FASTENED to ex-
plain the $1,50O.OOO structure built
by the Public Works Administers
ton and dubbed by inmates as "the
Alcatraz of the Piney Woods" was
not in full operation and that
guard personnel had not been com
f. pleted. The prison was regarded
as virtually escape proof"
Among those trying to flee WIS
5. J. Scarborough, one of GeOrgia's
most notorious changing break
ers. The others were all shOrt-terrl-
ers, officials said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
Over Fifty Planes
In Tlu0 Raids Rain
Death On Capital
Protests Made By
Americans, British

Toky,, Sept. 22.-(AP)-The for
i'm csfice announced today that
Joseph Grew, the United States
-:s,l'cssalOr and Sir Robert Craigie
Re British ambassador, had con-
aired with Foreign Minister KOli
r0ta on The Japanese threat to
o.as'ate the Chinese capital of
aDking With aerial bombardment.
The foreign office denied the am
sfadors had protested against
he bombing or reserved the right
10 Naturalization to loss of for
eign lives and property.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
Try To- End
Charlotte, s
Mill Strike

Charlotte, Sept 2-(AP)-More
than $50 strikers at the Highland
Park mill No. 8 turned their atten-
tion today to one of the mill offices,
scene of a scheduled conference pc
tween mill management and TWOC
representatives. The meeting was set
for mid-afternoon.
Strikers continued on their PlcAe'
lines around the mill, wnere tney
have worked in six1hour shirts arounn
the clock since the walk-out a little
more than a week ago. There nave
been no disorders.
The employees struck in protest a.
eainst what they said was an effort
to institute stretch-out.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
Daily Dispatch Bureaus
In the Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh, Sept. 22.-Two miles of u.
S. highway No. 1, in Warren county,
will soon be completely rebuilt by the
State Highway Commission in an eff
fort to put this heavy-traffic through
road in good condition for tourist and
other traffic this winter, w. Vance
Baise, chief engineer for the commits
sion, said today.
In addition, practically the entire
length of the route north of Hender-
son will be ''flush coated" a major
maintenance operation, IMr. Baise said
He could give no definite idea of
the date for rebuilding the one-mile
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
PATROLMAN INJURED
IN WILSON ACCIDENT

Raleigh, Sept % (AlP)-State High
wav Patrol headquarters received
word this morning Patrolman r. II.
sutton. of Wilson, was injured while
enroute this morning by motorcycle
from Wilson to Smithfield. sutton
was taken to a Wilson hospital ana
was not believed seriously hurt, Lieu
tenant Lamber said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
GUILTY PLEA MADE
BY WPA DIRECTOR
Washington, N. c., Man Not Sentenc-
ed, However, in Judge Meek
ms Federal Court

Fayetteville, Sept. % (AP)-Federal
Judge l. M. Meekins withheld judg-
ment temporarily today on Clifford T..
Smith, of Washington, N. c., who
pleaded guilty to charge of abstract
ing and forging a Federal check.
Smith formerly was director of a WPA
project.
Officers apprehended him recently
in Greenville, S. c., where they said
he was working under an assumed
name
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
Tolerance, Neutrality, Pro-
gress and Democratic
Ideals Urged in
Many Speeches
GREEN is GRATEFUL
FORLEGION COURSE
Thanks 1t for Neutrality In
Labor Disputes; Neutrality
of Individuals Urged by
War Secretary Woodring;
Child Welfare Will Be
Extended

New York, Sept. % (AP)-The l.
500 delegates to the American Lee
gion's nineteenth annual convention
met for four hours today in the Met
ropolitan Opera House, picked Los
Angeles for next years convention
city, and listened to speeches plead
ing for tolerance, eneutrality, progress
and the preservation of democratic
ideals.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, urged
closer cooperation between his organ
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22
KILLED IN PLUNGE
AT BLOWING ROCK

Granite Falls, Sept. 22.-(AP)-John
Cav Killian, %, of Granite Falls, was
fatally injured early this morning
when the motorcycle he was riding
on Federal highway No. 321, two
miles south of Blowing Rock, plunged
into a side ditch and skidded into
the highway. Killian suffered a crush
ed skull and was killed instantly.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-22

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The Washington times., 1937-12-27
S. c. ROSENBAUM,
new YORK, DIES

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Solomor
G. Rosenbaum, SO, philanthropist
and retired head of the National
Cloak and Suit Company, died
yesterday of heart disease at his
residence, the Hotel Dorset, 80
West Fifty-fourth st.
Mr.. RoSenbaurn was a descend
ant of a family of Spanish Jews
who fled to the New World toward
the end of the Fifteenth Century
to escape the InQuisition. He was
"a native Of North Carolina while
his father was one of the early
settlers Of California.
The elder Rosenbaurn went into
business in North Carolina in
1865, but failed in the panic Of
1873. He then went to New York
and became a successful mer-
chant, returning to North Caro-
lima to find his creditors and pay
them. His search was unsuccess-
full.
After his death, his son, Solo
mon, and several brothers again
made the search and paid off the
creditors or their heirs with inter
est at 8 per cent over period Of
AZ years.
Mr.. Rosenbaum was deeply in
terested in charitable work. He
was a trustee of the Baron de
Hirsch Fund from 1906 until his
death and since 1924 had been
president of the Montefiore Hos
pital.
During the years of his admin
stration $2,500,000 was raised for
the hospital.
A student as well as successful
merchant, Mr.. Rosenbaum wrote
a book entitled "The Causes for
the loss of the Battle Of Water
loo." He had a number Of Ma
poleon relic in his collection in
cluding a Legion of Honor medal
which the Emperor took from his
own breast and pinned on a
wounded officer at Borodino.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
RELAPSE FATAL
TO c. S, WHEAT

DARIEN, Conn, Dec. 27.-
After having apparently recov-
cred from an operation several
weeks ago, George S. Wheat, 81,
vice president and director of the
United Aircraft Corporation, died
here yesterday at his estate.
Widely known in aeronautical
circles. Mr.. Wheat was a former
newspaper man. He served as a
reporter on the Chattanooga, Tenn
Times and the old New York
Herald. During the World War
he was a Navy censor
Mr.. Wheat was named an off
Ger of the Pratt & Whitney Air
craft Corporation when that com
pany was organized in 1925. He
rose to become vice president ot
the United Aircraft and Trans
portation concern when that
group was organized in 1884
Born in Galatin, Tenn, Mr.
Wheat was educated at the Uni
Versity of the South, Sewanee
Tenn. He is survived by hi
widow and three sons.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
DISTRICT BANDIT
KILLED IN OHIO

Washington detectives today
confirmed identification of a rob
Der, slain Friday in Cleveland
when he sought to shoot his way
out of a police trap, as the man
sought here for a series of liquor
store holdups last spring.
Capt. Ira Keck, assistant chief
Of detectives, said the man was
Thomas F. Hogan, AZ, former
resident of a rooming house in
the 1900 block OF o st. N. w.
A Cleveland detective surprised
the man, identified as Hogan,
while the latter was holding UP a
candy store. The robber opened
fire at the detective. In the
ensuing exchange Of shots, he
was wounded fatally.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
FUNERALS WAIT
ON FAMILY ROW

DANVERS, Mass, Dec. 81
GN.SO Bodies of a family Of
four, wiped out in a pref Christmas
tragedy, rested in a vault today
until relatives can decide on the
form of funeral services.
An all-day quarrel among rela-
tives was halted at midnight when
an undertaken used four hearSeS
to carry the bodies to a cemetery
without any religious services.
More than 500 mourners, including
military organizations, had waited
at the undertaking parlors.
Albert Jalbert, 40, World War
veteran, shot and killed his wife,
Clarina, IS; his son, Roland, IA,
and daughter. Lorraine, 6, aril
hanged himself, the day before
Christmas, according to police.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
H. S. Hunt
d. C.. Business Man
Dies at 81

Henry s. Hunt, resident of the
District for Is years, died yester-
day at his home, 436 Oneida Pl.
N. W. He was 81 years old.
Born in Prince Georges county,
Mr.. HUNT came here as a boy of
five. He received his primary
and secondary education in pub
lie schools here. Upon compile
ton of his studies, Mr.. HUNT
went into the elevator repair busi-
ness for himself
He was a member of the Elks,
King Solomon Masonic Lodge and
of the Albright Evangelical
Church. Funeral services will be
held Wednesday at the Albright
Church. The Rev. George Selma
bel. pastor, will officiate.
Surviving is a widow, Mrs. Mary
D. Hunt. and two sons, who were
both in business with their
father, Henry, jr., and Maurice D.
HUNT.
The Washington times., 1937-12-27
G.. Normandy
SuccumbS In
18th Year

Charles R. Normandy, Tskoma
Park ID. c. church and civic
worker, died yesterday at his
home, 221 Vine St., after a long
illness. He was rs years old.
A native of Canada, Mr.. Nor
mandy came to the United States
from Tusket, Nova Scotia. when
a boy of 16, to live in Boston.
Prior to his coming to Washington
Is years ago he had been a resi-.
dent for 19 years of Atlanta, Ga
An active member Of church and
civic organizations, Mr.. Normandy
was an elder of the Takoma Park
Presbyterian Church for 20 years
and an elder of the Presbyterian
Church for more than 40 years;
member of the Takoma Park
Lodge of Masons, and was master
of the w. B. Luckie Lodge in
Atlanta. He also was Knights
Templar and an active member
of the Yarrab Temple, Order of
the Mystic Shrine, in Atlanta, Ga.
Honorary pallbearers include
Edgar Crittenden, Prof. Louis D.
Bliss president of the Bliss Elec-
trical SCHOOL,. M. K. Campbell,
William Stuart, Arthur Gordon,
George Francis Williams, Homer
A. A. Smith, DR.. Robert Ramsey,
DR.. William Hooker, Harry I.
Houston and Samuel Scrivener.
Active pallbearers include Peter
Remsen, Harold Astell, William
Parsons, Robert Lyons, Herbert
Smith and r. L. Houston Jones.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted tomorrow at the Takoma
Park Presbyterian Church at 2::30
o'clock, with the Rev. R. Paul
Schearrer. pastor of the church,
officiating. Interment will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Nellie Davis Normandy; three
sons, George M. Normandy, of
Atlanta, Ga, Willard D. and
Herndon M. Normandy, of Ia
koma Park, D. c., and two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Ruth N. Bliss, of North
Takoma, Nd, and Miss Eleanor
Normandy,