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The Washington times., 1938-06-27

SOnaI secretary - handsome, al
fable Bill Bray-was once a page
in the House and still thinks
Senators and Representatives
are highly important people. If
member of Congress wants to
see the general, Brav sees to it
they aren't disappointed.
1t doesn't just seem like there
are more Smiths in the coun-
try-it's true. Social security
account numbers prove it. Mum.
bers have been issued to 470,-
100 Smiths. Johnsons are Sec
ond with 348,530, Browns are
third with 253,75O. Joneses are
sixth with 232,54O.
Shortest family name in
the records is e" Longest,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Fiancee Watches
Swimmer Drown

HICAGO, June 81 Q.N.s0.
AS his fiancee looked on, Joseph
%, son of Police Chief
of Toledo, Ohio, and local
art instructor, was drowned yester.
day when seized with cramp while
swimming in Lake Michigan. Res.
cuers, summoned by screams Of his
fiancee, Miss Harriet Hornig, 20,
were unable to reach the youth.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Inquiry Directed
At German Bund

u.N.S.) The special House
committee investigating un-
American Gctivities today
asked the Department of JUS
tice for its report on the
activities Of the German
bund in this country.
The announcement was
made by Representative Dies
3D. of Texas, committee
chairman, who said that he
had directed the request to
Attorney General HON er
Cummings.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

ding anniver-
S a ry Thurs
day. They ex-
p ec t tn II
b a by about
the middle of
n e x t month
Ellio t t
Roosevelt and
his wife, the
former Ruth
Googins, are
finishing up
t h ir first
semester in a
Fort Worth,
T e X, la W
cp hal I'll
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

cies. A prin-
Cipal reason
is that. a poll
tician h m
self, Jim lends
a S y m p a.
thetic ear to
other p j.
t i c i a n s.
t TO u b les
which t h e
N e W D e q |
brain truSterS
often fail to
do.
A n o t h er
reason is that
Farley'S per-
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

elderly Secre-
tary of the In
terror Ickes at
t h e i r Mary
| a n d + ar m
home. THE
r e or t e ers
h a v e b e e n
C a Iii n G u p
and wanting
to see her and
she'll be glad
to see all of
you at the
same time"
Some of the
h a r d. boiled
n01itipo1 nor
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

lott, who resisted education
when his parents tried to thrust
it on him, who turned down
Roosevelt-traditional Groton for
Hun School and traditional Har-
ward for Princeton (but didn't
stay there long, is now announc-
ing that it's a good idea to learn
all you can.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

There is sneaking suspicion here in the Capital that the
stumbebum awkwardness of foreign spies is almost too
good be Theory that the cheap
of unconsidered military tres recently uncovered
either smokescreen cover effective of foreign
gentlemen yet mknOwnor natural clowns engaged
the ArmN and NaNN intellicence nneratOrS.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Russians Ballot
For Council Posts

MOSC June q G.N.SO.
Soviet voters yesterday went to the
polls to cast their ballots for
candidates to the U. S. S. r. SUI
preme council. All candidates
were 1InonnoSed.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

ernorS of New SWeden-which
reminds me of a recent rhyme
descriptive of the famous Gov
ernor John Printz, that doughty
pioneer who Is said to have
tipped the scales at 300 pounds.
"'No Governor of Delaware,
before or since has weighed as
much as Johan Printz'."
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
BY ROBERT A. McGILL

G.NSD The Administrations investigation of monopolis-
tic practices scheduled under way today with
organization meeting Of Joint congressional xecuve
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Monopoly Probe
Start Delayed by
Absent Members
Committee Members Pledged CoOpera,
ton of Big Business in Inquiry

GNS) Unable to obtain full membership, the joint
monopoly committee today Cancelled
until later in the week meeting to launch the $5OOOO0 in
qury. The posponement made by Thurman g. Arnold
Assistant Attorney General in charge of the antitrust division
of the Department of Justice.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

ALI NAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE
N ADVANCE
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Tribute to Firms

much as Johan Printz'."
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
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RATES BY MAIL FOR VIRGINIA. MARY
LAND. WEST VIRGINIA AND
NORTH CAROLINA
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
Yagoda Testifies from Pri-
son Box Where He Had
Put Many Others
Before Him
ADMITS PLOTS WITH
AID OF PHYSICIANS
Some of Most Famous Doc
tors Performed at His Ord
ers, With Medical Science
AS Their Tools; Refuses to
Answer Some of Questions
Put to Him

Moscow, March 8.-(AP)-Genriks
Yagoda, once the most dreaded chief
of the Soviet secret police has known
today stood in the prisoners boz
where he had put so many others, and
retracted part of his pre-trial confes-
sion of treason and murder.
One of 81 facing probable death ir
Moscows greatest blood purge trial
Yagoda admitted he ordered tn;
deaths of Maxim Gorky the writer
and " Kuibisheff, chief of the first
five-year plan, with some of Russia
most imminent doctors following his
instructions.
But he denied he had ordered the
medical murders of Gorky's son, ant
his own predecessor as chief of thu
secret police. Before the trial he hao
confessed guilt in these deaths also.
Previously, all four deaths had been
considered due to natural causes.
Asked why he confessed ordering
the deaths of his son and his predeces-
sor, if that were untrue, Yagoda woulc
only reply: "Allow me, please, not &c
answer that question"
Testimony in today's sesslon-tn'
sixth-of the trial, traced a tantasCi'
story of murder in which some o
Russias most eminent physicians pc
came the Williams and science provldeo
the instruments.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08

A college drinking party was blam
ed for the death of Philip Edgar Win
slow, Qeft, 21-year-old North Carolina
State College sophomore, whose body
burned and partly unclotl.ed was
found at the foot of a high tension
telegraph pole near Raleign, N c.
Coroner L. M Waring said he was told
Winslow, after a drinking party will
some companions climbed the pole TO
watch train disappear down track.
It was from the wires on top of this
high tension telegraph pole near Ra-
leigh, that Winslow, met his death by
electrocution. Coroner l.. M. Waring
of Wake county QefD and Raleigh
patrolman H. G. Benton are shown at
the death scene. The accident occur
red after drinking party, and might,
it was suggested, have been the re-
suit of an old prank of running boy
up a pole without his pants and over
coat, and then, after tying the clothes
around the pole, commanding him to
get down without disarranging them
If this was the case, it is possible
Winslow came in contact with tbs
wire while trying to jump off. The
boys body was found partly uncloth-
ed, and draped around the pole were
his pants and OvercOat.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
Georgia Concern Offers To
Finish Surfacing Of High
way for Price
35,628.25
GRADING, STRUCTURE,
SURFACING PUT IN
Distance of GIG Miles In
volved from End of Pres
ent Paving to Townsville;
Bids Opened by State
Highway Commission on
Eleven Projects

Raleigh, March 8.-(AFD-The State
Highway & Public Works Commits
SION opened bids today on eleven road
construction projects estimated to cost
"625cOO
Tomorrow commission members will
canvass the lids. dispose of routine
business and decide on rules for allo-
cation and charging of penal division
workers to highway districts.
Low bidders on the projects in.
cluded
Project 1893, Vance county grad
ing, structures and surfacing 6.19
miles from the end of Project 1890
through Townsville, w. L. Cobb Con-
struction Company. $35,628.25.
Project 1888, BERTHE county, 791
miles of surface treatment on Route
BOB, from Kelford toward Windsor, w.
L. Cobb Construction Company, of De-
catur, Ca, $29, 5158O. =
Project 1898, Edgecombe and Hall
fax counties, 5.81 miles of grading
with structures on Route 1872, from
near Route 258 to Route 1926: c. A..
Ragland, of Louisburg, SIS,
Project 1898, Oalifax, 1857 miles of
surface treatment on Route .561 from
east of Brinkleyville to Route 301; j..
M. Gregory of Raleigh, $4,000.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
Moore To Refuse
Mail Shipment OF
Liquor In State

Raleigh, March S-(APl-cutlar
Moore chairman of the State Al
coholic Beverage Control Commission
said today he had ruled against a plan
for mail order liquor sales IN North
Carolina.
Moore said tho idea WIS bro ,cHel
NV q. c.. West, of Richmond Va, Of
the Railway Express Company. and
G w. Johnson, Raleigh maragei for
the express company, who exp!aine ed
q plan used in Virgtna for handling
of liquor
"And," said Moore, with an al" 81
finality, ''the answer was No"
II told them,' Moore said, I'VE are
not opening up mail order house.
don't think it is the right thing to do
and 1 don't think it was the inten
ton of those who framed the law"
Twenty-seven of the States 10
counties have liquor stores.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
Soldiers, Sailors and Civil
ians Involved In Plottings
Discovered in Deep
Cave
SCHEMES AGAINST
BATISTA RUMORED
Army Headquarters Profess
es knowledge for Some
Weeks of Devices of Con-
spirators; Important Poll
teal Leaders Are Declared
To Be Involved

Havana. Cuba, March 8.-(AP)-
Four persons were killed in a night
army raid on a political assembly in
; secret cave near here. and today
there was speculation whether plot
had been discovered against the life
Of Cuba's strong man, Colonel Full
gencio Batista.
One army sergeant was wounded If
the bitter gun battle when troops sur
nrised the cave conference, which gov
eminent officials said included sol
diers sailors and civilians plotting a
qainst government and its military
leaders The dead were two civilians
and two non-commisSiOned navy OF
ficers.
The cave in which the meeting was
held is a small port town about ten
miles east of Havana and near Cabana
fortress.
ARMY headquarters said they hal
known for some weeks of ACTIVITY py
the asserted conspirators, but details
of the plotting were not made known
Colonel Batista, head of the army
and Cuban police, who fought his way
n mower in the 1888 revolt, had no d.
rect comment today, but he announced
an army intelligence secret report
would show the activities OF lmpor-
tant political leaders and the charges
against them
Spokesmen at army headquarters re-
called that Batista on a recent Irlo'
with 200 school children as an nonor
arv escort, ordered a part of the Gnu
dren to make the trip "a hoursNa1tel
him. This led to speculation on the
possibly an attempt had been maze
against the life of Batis;a.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
Echoes Of
Limdbergh
Case Rise

New York, March 8.-(AP)-A Fed
eral grand jury today indicted Ellis
H. Parker, ST., Burlington county, N.
j., chief of detectives; his son, Ellis,
Jr., and three others, as kidnapers un-
der the Lindbergh law.
The indictment concerned the al
legged kidnapping of Paul H. Wendell,
former Trenton, N. j., resident, from
New York to the Parkers' home in
Mounty Holly, NJ j., February "a, 1885.
Then, the Parkers issued con
fession" signed by Wendell that he kid
mapped Charles Lindbergh, Jr., the
crime for which Bruno Richard Haupt
mann was then under the death SEN
tence. The faxed confession, a,legedly
obtained by torture, delayed Haupt-
mann's execution three days.
The three indicted with the Park
ers were Murray Bleefeld, Harry
Weiss and Martin Schlossman. all Of
New York. They have been character
lied by state and federal prosecutors
in previous legal actions as the tools
of the Parkers.
Today's indictment, under Federal
law, opened the way to bring the
Parkers from New Jersey to trial in
TeW York
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
Republican Author of Pro-
posal Says 1t Would Lift
Curse From OBJ
legations
APPROVAL LIKELY
ON SURTAX ITEMS
Close Vote Expected By
Speaker Bankhead, How
ever, on Heavy Levy on
Closely Held Corpora
tions; Norris Talks Some
More About His Pet IVA

Washington, March (AP)-The
House tentatively refused today to in
sert in the tax bill provision for
publicity for all corporate salaries in
excess of $4,000 year The stand
ing vote was IS to 48, and a teller
vote was 118 to so against the provi-
sion.
President Roosevelt recently told
his press conference he was in favor
of such salary publicity.
Previously the House turned down
an amendment to the tax bill design
ed to give tax deduction for money
used by corporations to pay debts.
The amendment was offered by
representative Wadsworth, Republi
can, New York, who said it's pur-
rose was to lift from the payment
of debt the curse that is now placed
upon it."
Earlier Speaker Bankhead said he
thought the House would approve
proposed surtax on closely-held cor
porations, although lit may he a
close vote"
at sounds like a fair and equit-
able proposition to me-" he added
at his press conference.
With the bill out of the way, the
House would be ready to take up the
administration billion-dollar naval ex-
pansion program.
Meanwhile, Senator Norris told the
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
KERR SCOTT URGES
VOTE FOR CONTROL
State Agriculture Commits
sioner Says 1t Will Avert
Price Crash
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
Tn The Sir Walter HOte

Raleigh, March 8-W. Kerr Scott,
commissioner of agriculture, formally
plunged into the crop control cam
paign with a speech at Garner last
night in which he urged farmers to
vote for the cotton and tobacco acre
age limitations of the new agricul-
tural act.
He also announced that a meeting
of the State Board of Agriculture
has been called for Thursday to act
on the control question. He did not
say SO, but there is no question in
the mind of observers that the board
will come out openly for the control
act, thus putting the weight of prac-
tically every organization squarely
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08

New York, March SLAP The
New York Stock Exchange announced
today the suspension of Richard Whit
ney & Company from membership for
failure to meet its obligations.
Richard Whitney, the senior partne"
of the firm, was for several years
president of the exchange until near
ly two years ago.
A statement by the Exchange said !:
'.In the course of an examination
of the affairs of Richard Whitney &
Company, the committee on business
conduct discovered on March 1, 1888,
evidence of conduct apparently con-
trary to just and equitable principles
Of trade and on Monday, March 7, at
80 p. M, presented to special meet
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
Strong Attacks on All Fronts
Reported To Have Check
ed Nippon Plots
In China
COMMUNICATIONS IN
INTERIOR MENACED
Barbed Wire Barricades
Erected by Japs in Defense
Against Guerrillas; Chi
nese Destroying Rail Lines
and Property as Enemy
Gains

Shanghai, March 8.-(AP)-Heavy
snow throughout central China and
increasingly strong guerrilla attacks
on all fronts have checked the Japan
csc advance in it's self-designated task
of bringing about pro-Japanese re-
gime in China.
The growing intensity of the guer-
rilla attacks today threatened to dis
rupt communications facilities be-
tween the far-flung lines of the armies
of Nippon.
Japanese erected barbed wire bar
ricades around Hangchow, northwest
of Shanghai to combat raids in that
area.
Daily reports from Hangchow area
tell of Japanese outposts attacks
train service disrupted and telephone
and telegraph lines cut.
Chinese reported that Shansi rail-
way employees, despite swift Japan
csc drive along the rail line, succeed
ed in dynamiting 80 locomotives and
fNop%lnrcd m PaCo Six)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
OFFICE WORKER AT
WINSTON SUICIDES
Leo Conrad, 20, Slashes Throat With
Safety Razor Blade in His
Y. M. G. A. Room

Winston-Salem, March S.-(AP)-
Slashing his throat with safety razor
blade, Leo Conrad, %, mill office en-
ployee, committed suicide in his Y. M.
C. A. room here this morning. Con-
RAIDS body was found by a Negro
maid.
Coroner w. N. Dalton, after an in
spection, signed certificate Of suicide
No motive was ascertained, he said
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
Stock Exchange Suspends
Former Presidents Firm

ing of the governing committee
charges and specifications.
Hearing on the charges was set
for March II.
This morning the firm of Richard
Whitney e. Company advised the Ex-
change that it was unable to meet its
obligations and suspension for insol-
vency was announced from the ros-
trum of the exchange shortly after
10 a. M"
Whitney, the most prominent MEM
Der of the exchange to be suspended
in many years, is a brother of George
Whitney, partner in the banking house
of ]. P. Morgan g. Company.
The suspension came as complete
surprise to the financial district.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
STEAMSHIP LINES
STRIKE COLLAPSE
Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina Com
pany Resumes Sailings Out
of Norfolk, Va.

Norfolk, Va, March 8 (AP)-The
Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina Steam
ship Line resumed regular operations
today with the collapse of strike by
some crew members who demanded
restoration of a 20 percent pay cut
made in January. Pickets were with
drawn from the company offices
here.
The Harrington" sailed last night
for Washington, N. c., and the "Enlb-
lane" will start there tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
NezU Storm
RACES OUer
West Coast

Los Angeles, Cal, March 8.-(AF)-
Hail and tightening ushered IN new
storm today as rain-plagued southern
California struggled to bring oroe'
out of the last weeks flood chaos.
Lightning fired a Pasadena nomt
during the night and extinguished the
lights in an Altadena residence. Dam
age was slight.
Heavy hail struck Redondo Beacn
after an electrical display. Ram was
reported from Santa Barbara to new
port Beach.
The Weather Bureau forecast OF 10
cal showers indicated rain today
would be of short DURATION ho"eVoi
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
DEAN NOE RAPIDLY
REGAINING WEIGHT

Baltimore, Md, March Sap
Ref. Israel Harding Noe, former
dean of st. .Mary's Protestant
Episcopal church in Memphis,
Tenn, whose 22-day fast attract
ed national attention, is rapidly
gaining weight at the Johns Hop
kins hospital here.
He weighed 139 pounds when he
entered the hospital February IL,
and now weighs 155 pounds.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
SeaWeu To
Investigate
B'oy'sDeath
Attorney General To
Seek EleCtrOCutlOn
Facts Relating To
State College

Raleigh, March 8 (AP)-Attorney
General A. A. F. Seawell said this
afternoon he would make an investl-
cation into the death of Philip Edgar
Winslow, 21-year-old GreeTvlile SUI
dent at N. C. State College, who was
electrocuted Saturday night.
Seawell said he had been request
ed by Dean J. w. HARRISON, of the
college, to make the inquiry in the
capacity of legal counsel for the IN
stitution. =,
"This investigation" said SeaweA
ais not intended to anticipate or take
the place of inquiries by law enforce
ment officers, but is for the purpose
of learning the facts in connection
(Continued on Page SIX
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
RETIRED TEXTILE
MAN HELD SUICIDE
Edwin M. Hendley, SO, Long With
Erwin Mills, Shoots Himself
At Linden Home

FAYETTEVILLE, March 8-(AP)-Edwin
M. Hendley, SO, retired cotton mill SUI
perintendent and merchant, was found
shot to death early this morning near
his Linden home.
Coroner w. c. Davis said it was
suicide. and planned no inquest Hend-
ley was a native of Durham, and was
associated with the Erwin Cotton Mil
interests there and in Erwin for &c
years. Recently his health had been
failing.
He leaves a wife and seven chill
dren
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-08
State Urged To Support
Safety Drive This Week
Every Citizen Asked
To Cooperate 10
Reduce Highway
Accidents
Daily Dispatch Bureau
CS- walter Hotter

Raleigh, March 8-Ronald Hocut''
assistant director of the State High,
way Safety Division, today urgeu
every citizen to join in an effort TO
make the highways of the STATE s~le ST.
He pointed out that Governor 49,
Hoey has declared this as
Week" and asked everybody to take
part in the program.
Last year on our highways Inc. :
were 1,123 people killed and ''99v ~ o
jured in automobile accidents ~
said "The governor is asking ina. W.
reduce this appalling number, ana WI
can reduce it if every cltlzen WIZ
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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-02-25
TO PLAY IN TOURNEY

Elwood (Scrapiron) Bailey, reg
ular guard and captain of the
Hardin high school basketball
team, will play in the district bas-
ketball tournament. despite a seri-
JUS injury to his hand in a print
ing press accident Friday, Febr-
uary II.
Bailey refereed a preliminary
game. the Hardin INDEPENDENTS VS..
the FORSYTH Independents before
the Hardin-Laurel game last Fri
day night.
Though his hand is not COM
pletely healed. special guards have
been procured for the two most
seriously injured fingers, and
Bailey has been practicing with
the team, though practice has been
light, and caution has been used
to prevent further harm TO his
hand.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-02-25
CLUB PLANS TO
HOLD SOCIAL SESSION
Plan Ladies' Night" for Next
Meeting To Be Held On
March

At the regular semi-monthly $50
o'clock luncheon of the Hardin
Lions club at it's den in Pine
Lodge, Monday evening, it was de-
cided to hold a Ladies social ses-
sion" or the next regular meeting
night, Monday, March 7.
A musical and literary program
will be the feature of the evening,
following a banquet. A speaker of
prominence will deliver an ad-
dress.
Preceding the business meeting,
Monday evening, an oyster stew
was served by the refreshment
committee, comprising Earl Cam
mock, L. Roy Cool, John P. Fisch-
bach and John N. Thompson. Led
by Liontamer r. P. Ross, several
pep" songs were sung during the
evening.
Hollis M. johnson, the new pub
Usher of the Hardin Tribune Her
aid, who came here the first of
the month from Torrington, Wyo.,
was admitted by transfer from the
Torrington Lions club.
Several musical numbers we're
given by the Clarinet quartet of
the Hardin School Band, compris-
ing Earl Cammock, LaNell Bou-
ton, Peggy Baker and Norma
Thornburg, with Marilyn Kelly,
pianist.
Supt. Murche A. Thompson of
the Hardin school district remind
ed the club members that the
basketball tournament of district
No. 5 opens in Hardin Thursday
of this week in Hardin's new jun
ior high school gymnasium and
will continue through Friday and
Saturday, the last game being SCH
eduled for 9 o'clock Saturday
night. Eight teams from over
southeastern Montana will COM
pete. Supt. Thompson reported
that the business and professional
people of Hardin had responded
generously to the visit of the soli-
citing committee, between 5000 and
$500 having been handed to him
to aid in taking care of the ex-
penses of the tournament.
Lion Roy o. Chambers and Lion
w. Lyle Bell each gave an inter
eSting talk on "Lionism."
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-02-25
CIVIL SERVICE A

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open
competitive examinations for the
following positions:
Landscape architect, various
grades, $4,000 to S. $500 a year, Ma
tional Park Service, and the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
! Medical pathologist (research)
$1,000 a year, and associate med1-
cal pathologist ~(research), S., 2OO a
year. National Institute of Health,
U. S. Public Health Service.
All States except Colorado, KAN
sas, Maryland. Minnesota, Ms
souri,, North Dakota, Rhode Is
Land, Utah, Virginia, Washington,
and the District of Columbia,
have received less than their quu-
ia of appointments in the appor-
toned departmental service at
Washington, D. C.
Full information may be OBJ
tanned from Secrtary of the U. S.
Civil Service Board of Examiners,
at the post office or customhouse
in this city.