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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15
LEARN A TRADE

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES: Print
ing offers many opportunities for
advancement to young men. Skilled
wnrkmen in this industry are in de-
mand THE SOUTHERN SCHOOL
OF PRINTINGs facilities for
teaching the mocha nics of the trade
are the best, For particulars write
to v. c. Garriott, Secretary-Treasur-
or, 1514-16 South Street. Nashville,
Tennessee.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

SCRUB TUBS WITH IANnr rc
ritst qualify, SOC value special 3lc
eacn 1t ,4le place vi Valucsp 12-2t'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

A REAL MONEY MAKING BUsl.
ness for sale in Oxford, owner leay
ing town, will sacrif'-e for caso
Address Business. care Dispatch.
II iii
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

More than 200 newspapers in other
states, from Maine to California,
printed a picture of a North Carolina
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

SAVE MONEY-BRING YOUR Dpv
cleaning to Us. cash and carry Ga
May-Smith Cleaning Co. "A Mo oUe'
er's Care for al You wear" 1bnt
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

L--LCARIC MO- OItS BOUCur
500, ana repaired. Workmanyhin
qua. anteec. Hiectilcisi department.
oA-oid Orphanage, oxford, N. c.
1-26ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

FOR RENT UrJFURNISHED sIv
4oo--l steam heated apartment on
Boi->; street., two blocks from West
And school, c. L. Levin, phone 628
l5-and-17
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

PACKARD STRAIGHT 8 sFD11,
only run $4,000 miles, first class oaN
dition. For quick sale, will take s1 c,l'
Car at City Service Station, WIZ
liam street. W.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED H. MAY

1. What salary does Governor Hoey
receive?
g. When will North Carolina have
her road bonded indebtedness paid
off?
g. How many North Carolina SOL
diers were awarded the Congressional
Medal of Honor?
T. Who invented the machine gun?
5. What judge held the first term
of Federal Court in North Carolinay
6. Who was the railroad engineer
that was State Treasurer?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15
AMERICA AT WAR DAY-BY-DAY

20 Years Ago Today-German and
Russian Soviet representatives signed
an armistice at Bres-Litovsk that end
ed the war on the eastern front ans
released half million German and
Austrian troops for the western
trenches. Had not Americas troops
and supplies, pouring over sens,
counterbalanced the latter, Germany
would have won the war in 1918.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

PAINT UP FOR CHRISTMAS. FOP
a quick job use Texolite, one coat
is usually sufficient and you do NOT
have to size your walls, it covers
seven to eight hundred square feet
per gallon, TeXolite dries in one
hour. Alex S. Watkins. 15-1ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15
week..

The statistical division + the State
Board of Charities and Public Welfare
has begun publication Of a new month
ly bulletin, in autographed form.
which will be sent to various welfare
and public officials of every county
in North Carolina, Approximately L.
900 copies will be distributed eaci.
month, it was announced.
If issues that follow are like tire
first, nobody will be a bit the wise
after getting the bulletin than he was
beforehand. An income tax expert
might get something out of the iig
ures, but to the uninitiated it looks.
like somebody had picked up hand
full of numbers and thrown them at d
page.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

OPEN EVERY NIGHT UNTIL
Christmas. Experienced operators 70
serve you. Phone us for appoint
ment before the Christmas rush
Bridgers' Beauty Booths. Phone 200.
15-4ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

THERE IS NO ROYAL ROAD. ALL
ARE EQUAL IN GODS SIGHT: But
he that doeth wrong shall receive for
the wrongs which he hath done: and
there is no respect Of persons.-Colos
slams 1925.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

With Congress in session, the Fed
eral Rural Electrification Administra-
IN mas D1gun to take action on some
Of the many applications for loans
filed with it by North Carolina CO.
ops or by private power companies.
The Rutherford-Clavela project
has been let for bidding, and a loan
of 1000 to an individual in Dare
has been approved.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15
WANT ADS
Get Results

l. . ST OR STRAYED FPIn,
night dark mare mule w Way
about 1000 lbs. barefoot on Nv mesghs
Finder please notify T. C. Gill r reet
1, Kittrell. ''' route
l5-1t;
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

WE HAVE A NUMBE-. on 11oD---
A 1879 to 1881 Fords in good ~
chanical condition. Manv Of me-
look splendid-Tires and paint po ,ol'l
See us quickly. Dodge ana plvne $500
dealers, Sales and Service. l. =. "a :,
Motor Company. q.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

The Supreme Court considered APP
peals in several capital cases today.
Late this afternoon regular batch
of decisions were to he handed down.
among them being, in all probability,
action of the justices on the appeals
of several men under sentence of
death
If they've gotten round to reaching
a decision and writing an opinion the
fate of Edgar L. Smoak, Wilmington's
convicted "Bluebeard'' prisoner, may
be decided in one of todays opinions.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

RADIOS - ELECTRIC AND BAT.
terry, Service and repairs to ali
makes-Parts and batteries. Electric
ranges, rerrigerators, washers ana
oil circulating heaters. Stewar. S,
Everything Electrical, opposite
,Legg-Parham Co.. phone $50. 1917
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

WANTED A BOY TO TAKE MORN
ing paper route. Mrs. ]. H. Wright
Phone 627-W. 15-1t
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15
TODAY IN HISTORY

1791-Virginia, the last to ratlty the
first Ten Amendments to the Con-
stitution-there is no record of Mas
sachusetts. Connecticut and Georgia
ever ratlsYing.
1814-I1istoric Hartford, Conn, con-
vention over second war with Eng
land.
1837-(1OO years ago. Died-aged SO,
Philip Syng Physick, famed Philadel-
phia surgeon.
1848-Postal Convention with Brit
ain, one of the only three such agree
ments submitted to the Senate.
1871-Tribunal of Arbitration, COM
posed of British, American, Swiss, TIA
liam and Brazilians, first modern tri-
bunal to adJudge an international dis
pute, that of differences between u.
S. and Britain over damages made
by Confederates with English help,
first met in Geneva
1916-Great French victory at Yer
dun.
1936-Transport plane carrying
seven disappears between Los Angeles
and Salt Lake City. Only Finland, of
Ii nations owing, pays on war debts
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

OFEN EVERY NIGHT I-17,--
Christmas. Loughlin-Goodwvn 70 ~ =.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15

OFFICES FOR RENT, NEWLY RE-
novated, lights and heat furnished.
Apply to S. S. Stevenson. 1877
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-15
TODAY r
ToDAy,S ANNIVERSARIES

1764-Thomas II. Perkins, Boston
merchant-pilllanthrop i, who es'ao-
nshed a famous institution or the
blind. born there. Died Jan +, 1914.
1793-Henry G. Carey, Philade phla
economist and publisher, the country $
first great economist, son Of noteo
-philanthropist, born IN Phil
adelphia. Died Oct. Is, 1879.
1831-Franklin B. Sanborn, Concord
Mass, editor, author and philosopher,
born at Hampton Falls, N. H. Died
Feb. "a, 1917.
1S37-1OO years ago. George
Browne Post, famed New York City
orr nal and mastery architect, born
there. Died Nov %, 1913.
1244-A,ber' r. Simpson, New York
clerevMan, ro-irdor Of the Christian
Miss .a,v 4aiance. born in Canada.
Died Oct % 1910
1856-N1ary II. Willard, New York
City business woman, remembered for
her diet kitchens in the Spanish-Ame-
rican war, leader Of American women
supplying surgical dressings for the
front in the world war, born in jersey
City. Died March 20, 1926.
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TIFF
UP TO Hill"
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memorial. Planning commission
officials declared they had not yet
approved final details for the me-
mortal or site, which gave rise to
reports that the memorial might
be erected without destruction of
many Of the cherry trees.
A new objection to the proposed
Thomas Jefferson Memorial in
the Tidal Basin arose today as
Army engineers said a serious
health menace may emerge from
plans to alter the outlines of the
basin.
Pointing out that the Tidal
Basin acts as a FLUSH tank" for
the Washington Channel, Maj.
Walter D. Luplow, U. S. Army en-
gineer for this area, said:
II am opposed to any con-
structiOn at the Tidal Basin
which would make the water
area less useful than 1t is at
present"
He said if the flow of water
through the sluice gates is de-
creased, the west end of the chan.
mel will become a swamp and
breeding place for germs.
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SENATOR'S QUIZ
COAL OFFICIAL
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described in great detail the law
just upheld by the Supreme Court.
Bassham had previously told
the committee that miners living
in company-owned houses were re-
quired to sign a lease, which
stated if they Joined ANY kind OF
a union" they would be dis
charged. LaFollette demanded:
ON view Of the Supreme
Courts ruling on Monday, Is 1t
your intention to continue to
have your employees sign these
yellow dog cOntracts?"
Bassham replied:
"NO, we will do away with
that"
Bassham took the stand as the
committee began to question Har-
Ian county operators concerning
their practices in combating labor
organization.
Of lawlesS conditions in Harlan
county also was read into the
records of the Senate committee
as it continued its probe Of war
fare between operators and miners,
Senator LaFollette put into the
record a court order written by
Circuit Judge James A. Gilbert,
Pineville, KY, stating that a condl-
ton of total disregard for law,
life and liberty, existed in Harlan
county.
Venue Change Involved
The case involved a change OF
venue in the murder trial OF John
Middleton, a first cousin and
deputy of Sheriff Theodore Mid.
dleton, who yesterday astonished
the committee by revelations OF
his financial connections with the
coal operators. The court order
said in part:
at is personally known to the
Judge Of this judicial district
that for several years past
there has been almost . total
disregard for the law, and Of the
life and liberty Of the people,
and there now exists more than
500 commonwealth cases on the
dOeketS Of the Harlan circuit
court, many of the charges being
against the Middleton family,
which is one of the largest fami-
lies in Harlan county, and .
great deal of intimidation Of wit
nesses, and even killing Of wit
nesSes have taken place in this
county. Local jurymen are
afraid TO do their duty"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-16
Suspect Surrenders
In Staying Of Couple

ELLENVILLE, N. Y, April Is
O.N.SO.-Harold James Brown,
80, colored, today was held with
out bail for grand jury action
after surrendering in connection
with the Staying of an elderly
couple and the firing of their
suburban home.
Police believe the victims, Mr.
and Mrs. ISadore Handleman
were bludgeoned to death with a
pinion gear and that the slayer
applied the torch to the home in
an effort to destroy evidence OF
murder and robbery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-16
N | R B SETTLES
SHIP STRIKE;
LINERSSAIL
Full Terms Will Be
Worked Out Later
At Conferences

NEW YORK, April 16 QN.S.)
With q general strike of seamen
and radio operators Of the Inter
national Mercantile Marine Com
pany liners settled, the liner Presi-
dent Roosevelt sailed shortly be-
fore noon today with full crew.
The President Roosevelt was q
veritable ghost" ship because it
carried no passengers in addition
to it's 2,828-ton cargo.
The American Banker was due
to sail at 4 p. m. and the California
will depart at noon tomorrow.
The Manhattan. first I. M. M.
ship to arrive, went to her pier I'm.
moleSted by strike troubles.
Radio Men Aboard
When the President Roosevelt
slipped out to sea the two radio
operators who caused the strike
because they supposedly were out
of sympathy with the rank-and-file
groups still were aboard.
Their cases will be arbitrated in
the settlement.
Under the agreement, the rank
and file delegates of the four al
lied maritime unions will be given
passes to board I. M. M. ships for
union organization purposes.
The union agreed to elect dele
gates to attend q series of follow.
up conferences.
Following the all-night parley,
Mrs. Gilmore M. Herrick, regional
director Of the NLRB, declared:
"The agreement was reached
because Of real cooperation on
both Sides
READY TO NEGOTIATE
In making his appeal to the
NLRB, Franklin said the I. M. M.
was ready to negotiate an agree
ment covering al phases of EN-.
ployment, wages and hours"
The general ship tie-up was the
result of a sit-down strike of IS
members of the crew of the Presi-
dent Roosevelt Wednesday. Begin.
ming among the Seamen, the strike
quickly spread to the radio group
which, armed with a new charter
from the C. 7. O., issued the gen.
eral strike call.
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Weir Faces Attack
Under Wagner Act

PITTSBURGH, April 16 (IN.S).
The Wagner labor relations act is
to be invoked against E. T. Weir,
one of its bitterest critics, and the
Weirton Steel Company which he
heads, the Sun Telegraph said to-
day in an exclusive story from
Steubenville, Ohio. The paper
said:
"The Steel Workers Organic
ing Committee, spearhead for
the John L. Lewis committee for
industrial organization, was
formally filing charges against
Weir. a former Republican ma
tional Committeeman, and his
steel company before the Ma
ti0nal Labor Relations Board.
A secret investigation of con-
ditiOns in plants here and in
WeirtOn, w. Va, has been under
way for several weeks. United
States Government agents have
beer. conducting the probe.
"MOre than 100 cases of dis
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BY THOMAS A. LOAYZA

MADRID, April 16 qN.S0.
Further international compllca
tions in SPANS civil. war were
threatened today as loyalist Off
Gals hurled charges of spying on
behalf of the insurgents at Ger
man warships.
In a sensational move deemed
certain to arouse repercuSSionS In
Berlin and other capitals, the Va
lencia governments ministry OF
marine and air published dra-
matte dispatch from the COM
handkerchief of the loyalist
fleet.
"Brazen," Dispatch Says
The dispatch said:
German warshipS are inten-
styling their customary spying
activities.
with brazen regularity, they
are passing before the port OF
Valencia at a short distance in
order to acquaint themselves
with what ships Of the fleet
are there, so they can facilitate
movements of insurgent boats"
A government communique
from Andujar' claimed the impor-
tant mining town of F'uente Owe
juna on the Cordoba front is now
completely surrounded by loyalist
troops as a result of occupation
of the Sierra de la Grana noun
tain range just north of the town,
The communique also said gov.
eminent forces are attacking the
other mining junction of Penar
roya and have occupied the Alcor
nocosilla hill, an important posi-
ton situation at the entrance OF
the junction.
Insurgent planes, the statement
said, bombarded loyalist lines
above Porcuna Lopera and at An
dujar.
IA Sentenced to Death
Meanwhile, loyalist planes car
ried out bombing and reconnais'
sance flights while the insurgent
artillery bombarded Madrid, &C
cording to authorities here, with
out seeking military detectives.
Several casualties resulted.
At Barcelona the popular tribu
nal sentenced to death IA Of IL
prisoners who were convicted OF
organizing an insurgent column
at the Catalan capital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-16
Robert Taylor's
Mama Calls Him
|AWfully

NEW YORK, April 16 Q.N.S0.
Hey girls! Here's your chance
to begin grooming
Robert Taylor, filmland's
lover No. I, is going to get mar
ried in about five years and not
to an actress. Or at least that's
the information of his mother,
Mrs. Ruth Brugh, a New York
visitor.
Robert, according to the
mother, is "awfully shy about
girls" and calls love-making
hard work" She said:
He has never been engaged.
He's only rs and I don't think
he'll marry before he's 30"
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~ Union Demands
Presented to Packard

DETROIT, April 16 G.N.SJ.
The United Automobile Workers
Union may appeal to the National
Labor Relations Board under the
Wagner Act if the Packard Motor
Car Company refuses the unions
demand for sole bargaining rights,
it was revealed today by Richard
T. Frankensteen, U. A. w. organ
national director.
Frankensteen said 10000 of the
Is, 900 men employed by Packard
were union members.
The possibility that the Wagner
Act may be invoked by the union
instead of strike was pointed out
by Frankensteen as Packard Off
Gals prepared to receive % de-
mandS made by the U. A. w.
FrankenSteen was to meet with the
Packard representatives to pre-
sent the demands this afternoon.
The Packard firm is the only
major company except the Ford
Motor Company which has not
reached an agreement with the
U. A. w.
FrankenSteen did not expect diff
ficulty in securing contract with
Packard. He said:
Il don't believe we will have
much difficulty in adjusting our
problems with the Packard man.
agement. Our relations have al
ways been friendly, and 1 feel
that our demands are fair and
within reason"
The unions % demands, Of
Packard were:
l. Sole bargaining rights.
2. No discrimination against
union members.
3. Shop steward system for
adjusting grievances.
4. A 4O-hOur week.
5. At least two hours pay for
employees called in and then not
given work.
s. Setting up of a set Of plant
rules.
Z. Minimum pay of IS cents
an hour for women and IS
cents an hour for men.
8. No loss of seniority through
transfer.
9. No loss of seniority through
leaves of absence.
10. Greater seniority for chief
shop steward.
II. Higher pay for night
workers.
IL. Blanket wage increase of
10 cents per hour.
Is. Discussion on operation
speed policies.
IA. Provision of bulletin
boards.
Is. Employees under assumed
names may resume true names
without penalty.
16. Not over 15.n.inute penalty
for failing to ring time clock.
II. Rest periods for women.
IL. Hearings for discharged
employees.
10. Two weeks vacation with
pay.
20. A 30-hOur week before men
are laid off by lack of work.
FL. Right for union to refuse
use of non-uniOn-made materials.
~. Elimination of alleged Oc-
cupatiOnal disease hazards.
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be provided by the university choir.
DR.. Nelson, who was formerly exec
utive assistant to DR.. Mordecai
johnson, president Of Howard Uni
versity. was 1naugurated as presi-
dent of the Southern Institution
last Friday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-16
Radio Head Dead

DETROIT, April 16 QN.S0'
Funeral services here and in Gin
cinnati were planned today for
w. Wright Gedge, broadcaStins
system executive who died last
night after a brief illness. Gedge
SO, was born n Covington, KY
Services will be held here tomor'
row and in Cincinnati Monday
He will be buried in wyoming
township, near Cincinnati.
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elimination among employees Of
the WeirtOn Steel Company
have already been uncovered, it
is being charged. In the major
ity of cases, it is alleged, en-
plOyeS have been fired for union
activities.
"Innumerable cases of COer-
ciOn and the beating of more
than a dozen union organizers
and members by thugs allegedly
in the employ of the company
are charged by union represent
atiVeS."
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WASH ! ZINES

published daily except Sunday
by the American Newspapers,
Inc. at 1917 H ST. N. W.. Wash
ington, D. C..
Publisher. ........J. T. Lambert
Associate Publisher,
~. C. Dorsey Warfield
Managing Editor, ]. j. Fitzpatrick
Entered as Second-claSS matter
Friday, April 16, 1887, at the
Post office at washington, D. C..
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sent to any subscriber in the
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HALL ANGERED
BY SLUGGING
OF W0RKERS
Orders 1900 to Step
Up Output After Two
Days of 'StaIIing'
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Company with the National Labor
Relations board if his PROBE
showed company guards had par
ticipated in the melee. Other union
officials confirmed Halls stand.
However, Harry Bennett, per-
sonnet director of the Ford Com
pany. said a checkup indicated
that non-union Ford men had
not been involved in the attack,
as the union had claimed.
He said his information was
that anti.unioniStS from some
other plant. to which the union
had been attempting to spread its
drive. might have figured in the
attack.
According to reports, Ernest
DeLouis and two other union men
we're attacked near the plant. Hall
said they had been slugged into
Inconsistencies.
Engaging production harasSeo
managers of the big TernStedt
plant of the General Motors Cor
poration here today, as labor
sharpened the edge of its latest
technique-the showdown strike"
Twelve thousand men and wo-
men work in the Ternstedt plant,
which makes door handles ana
other body hardware for nearly all
G.. M. cars. After two days OF
slowing down production in the
plant. union workers, members OF
the United Automobile Workers
Union, stepped up output back to
normal again today. This was be-
lieved merely strategy to make the
showdown more effective.
Hall told workers there to swing
back into normal production be-
cause he said they would ruin the
showdown weapon unless they
made it effective by zigzagging
production.
General Strike Wanes
Union leaders said the SLOW
down" was called in protest
against plant officials alleged
failure to settle grievances under
the March IL permanent peace"
agreement between the G.. M. and
the U. A. w.
Meanwhile, fear Of general
strike in U. S. G.. M. plants be-
cause of the G. M. Canadian strike
Waned after a meeting of Homer
Martin, union president, and his
aides with G. M. officials here.
A joint G. M.-U. A. w. statement
issued after the conference said
in a meeting held at the General
Motors building in Detroit, the
situation in Canada was discussed.
After due consideration it was
agreed the problem should be
settled between General Motors
of Canada officials and the COM
mittees representing the various
local unions involved"
Packard Case
Martin spoke at a rally Of 1000
union auto workers at Windsor,
Ont, last night and called Premier
Mitchell Hepburn NJ Ontario a
little Hitler" Mar 'lanned TO
go to Oshawa, seer The Cana
dian strike, for Ter speech
today.
The U. A. w. late today was to
present formal demands to the
Packard Motor Car Company, last
of the major auto producers with
the exception of Henry Ford
which has not been served With
demands. The union already holds
agreements with G. M. ChrySief,
Hudson, REQ, Graham-Paige,
Studebaker, Nash and WHY'S.
A "standup" strike of 500 work
ers at the Federal Engineering
Company, makers of tools for the
auto industry, was settled in half
an hour after the men won a 10
cent an hour wage increase.
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Or. w. S. Nelson to Speak

DR.. William Stuart Nelson, presi-
dent Of billiard University, New
Orleans. La, will speak at the all
university religious services in
Rankin Chapel, Howard Univer-
sity, Sunday at II a. m. Music will
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OFFERED
.B0NUSTORUN
BLOCKADE
Basques Seek to Hurry
Food for Starving
Bilbao People

ST. JEAN DE LUZ, France,
April 16 N.N.SD.-In a desper-
ate move to gain food for the
starving pOpuIace of insurgent-
besieged Bilbao, the Basque gov
eminent today offered large
bonuses to captains Of British
merchantmen to run the insur-
gent blockade.
AMSTERDAM, Holland, April
16 U.N.SO.-The Dutch steamer
Sarkani, repeatedly carrying con-
traband, was seized by Spanish
insurgents today while attempt
ing to pass through the Straits
of Gibraltar without a convoy,
according to advices received
here.