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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23
Highway Tax
Sources Will
Remain Same
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh, Nov. 23.-OppOnents of di-
version and proponents of better sec
ondary roads will scrap in the legis-
lature about how to spend the revenue
of the highway department, but the
1889 General Assembly is going to
leave unchanged the sources from
which this revenue is derived.
AS heretofore, this revenue will be
provided by registration fees, license
tags sales, inspection fees and, in
particular, by the gasoline tax.
There will be some agitation for
lower passenger tag charges, with the
North Carolina Fair Tax Association
listing that among its major objec-
tives. In view of the fact that there
was a reduction made by the last leg
islature and in view of the undoubt-
ed and crying need of more money to
spend on the roads Of the State, it is
quite unlikely that there will be any
substantial reduction in these charges
AS usual, there will be intensive eff
forts, backed if not actually instigat-
ed, by the railroads, for heavy in
creases in the fees charged trucks
particularly ''for hire" trucks. Here
again there seems almost no chance
of any substantial revision of rates
either up or down.
There may, however, be quite bat
tie around this issue as the powerful
rail lobby clashes with the truck peo-
ple (well organized in the N. G. Truck
Owners Association and quite prepar
ed to do bit of effective lobbying
themselves).
There have been indications that ar
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Election Law
Reform Looms
In Assembly
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh, Nov. 23.-None of the
election protests heard yesterday by
the State Board of Elections was OF
more than passing general interest to
the State-at-large, but the charges
and the board session again centered
attention on the fact that election re-
form is going to be one of the real
lively issues of the 1889 General AS
sembly.
Yet even that statement is subject
to considerable questioning in view
of the repeated failure of proposed
revisions of the polling statutes to get
as far as. first base in the great legis-
lative game In 1887 there was more
than bit of professionally thunder
about what should and would be done
about certain features of the law; but
with both House and Senate election
law chairmen from the western coun-
tveof Swain, there wasn't even pre-
tense of anything being done about
the whole situation. A twelve-houl
voting day for primaries was the
mouse brought forth by the labors OF
the election law mountain.
This time there will be numerous
legislators intent upon making rea
fight of the matter, but in view OF
the habitual unyielding attitude o.
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and needs to do so. Daniel C.'s salary
is entirely satisfactory to him and his
job is altogether to his liking. True,
there have been rumors that the adj
ministration thinks of promoting"
him into the ambassadorship to Rus
STA. but it's more than suspected that
these reports are of White House ORR
gin and are intended as hints to the
secretary in question.
Roper. however, shows no signs of
acting on themlA.MOscow probably isn't
a post he bankers for. If anyone less
adapted than himself to shine in Com
munistic society could be suggested,
it's hard to think of him. Daniel has
the Diplomatic quality of friendliness
and affability, besides the gift of
making a large number of remarks
without saying anything. He can
wear a dress suit to perfection. There
are socially classy embassies and lega-
tions which he would fit into excel
lentlv.. But no such embassy offers
a vacancy at present, and it would be
unidentified for a cabinet member to
he fobbed off into mere petty lega-
ton.
A. Cor Moscow, in addition to be-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23
Disputes To Z
BeSubl n: e
To Meetings
Consultation Rather
Than War or Threats
of War Accepted BY
European Powers

Paris, Nov. 23--(APl-A. French
German agreement to submit all flu
ture disputes to consultation rather
than to- threaten each other with war
was announced officially here today.
Announcement of the war renuncia-
ton" pact came few hours before
the scheduled arrival of British Prime
Minister Chamberlain and Foreign.
Minister Viscount Halifax for talks
from which virtual French-British
military alliance was expected.
The French-German understanding
a development European statesmen
have been awaiting as a possible cor
nerstone on which to build European
peace and collaboration, compliments
a British-German anti-war accord
signed at Munich September 80 by
Chancellor Hitler and Chamberlain.
The new accord goes farther, how
ever, by recognizing the present Ger
man-French frontier. In other words,
Hitler will promise further, in writing
that Hitler lays no further claim to
Alsace-Lorraine, provinces returned to
France by Germany after the World
War, and over which the two. coun-
tries have fought through their his
tory.
The French. office, making known
the fact that the agreement had, been
reached, limited the signatures may be
affixed to it when German Foreign
Minister Won Ribbentrop visits Paris,
probably December /. The accord a.
mounts to a reaffirmation of "the
spirit Of Munich. and is labelled by
it's supporters as a determination to
solve international differences. by con-
sultation rather than by warefare or
threats of war.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23
COMMUNISTS ARE HOLDING
AMERICANS IN SPAN

Washington, Nov. 23.-(AP)-House
Investigators received testimony to-
day that communists were holding
Americans in Jail in loyalist Spain.
Sam Earon, of New York, testifying
before the Dies committee Investigate
ing un-American activities, said the
only way to get them out was through
publicity
IF there is enough publicity, we will
be in a position to remedy the situa-
tion," he said
Baron said he himself had been ar
rested and had been held in a. dun
geon in Spain.
Dies, Democrat, Texas, announced
the committee would end it's investi,
CATION December 16, unless the 1888
Congress gives it a new lease on life,
Utility Building Baked
Other developments:
Wendell Willkie, the utility execu-
tive declared the threat of govern
ment competition menaced a utility
construction program involving hun
dreds of millions of dollars. Unless
this is removed, the head of Common
wealth and Southern Corporation es-
timated, utilities will spend less than
$4OO,000000 this year on construction
and $5O0,000,000 in each of the next two
years. despite the national defense pro
gram for expended power facilities
Continued on Page Three.j
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23
Roosevelt Visits
Raleigh On Dec. 5

Raleigh, Nov. 23.-(AP)-Presi-
dent Roosevelt will become the
first President to visit Raleigh in
more than SO years when he stops
here December 5, unless present
White House plans are. changed,
the Raleigh Times said today. The
President is expected to stop that
day. enroute from Warm Springs,
Ga, to Chapel Hill for a speech at
the University of North Carolina,
the paper said it learned from
Washington.
The Presidential special, first
scheduled to leave the President
at Sanford, from where he was go
ing to Chapel Hill by automobile,
will come here from Columbia, and
60 thence to Durham, where the
President will take car for Chapel
Hill in time for lunch with Cover
nor Hoey, President Frank p. Ora
ham and invited guests.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23

Of Film Is |.
Debate Topic.


London, Nov. 23.-(AP)- John
Simmon, chancellor of the exchequer,
today told the House of Commons
that the British government acted in
conjunction with United States Am
bassador Joseph Kennedy to suppress
a news reel which the government
considered might have had ''pre-
judicial effect" during the Czecho-
slovak crisis.
Under opposition questioning, Sir
John said his government believed
the news reel would have hampered
Prime Minister Chamberlain in his
conference with Adolf Hitler at
Godesberg on the Rhine late in Sep
tember.~
C. il. Mander, opposition liberal,
asked why Representations had been
made by His Majesty's government
to the American Embassy for with
drawal of Paramount news reel Of
items contributed by Mr.. Wickham
(Contin.sl on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23
Pope Names
Delegate To
Sit In London

Vatican City, Nov. 23.-(AF) Pops
Plus today appointed an apostolic
delegate to London. Vatican sources
said it was the first time since the
18th Century Reformation that such
an appointment had been made.
Monsignor William Godfrey, rector
of the Venerable English College In
Rome since 1880, was named to the
post, at the same, time becoming a
titular archbishop of Asia Minor.
The Italian press published reports
from london that the Vatican's ac-
ton was believed to be move seek
ing British support in the church's
conflict with Germany over treat
ment Of German Catholics Vatican
officials declined to comment on this
point.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23
County Home Man
Under Indictment

Fayetteville, Nov. 23.-(AP)-
The Cumberland County Board of
Commissioners today gave an indie
finite leave to James Smith pend
ing disposal of charges he mis-
treated inmates of the msSstutiOn.
Smith was indicted by the grand
jury yesterday and posted $500
bond.
One of the true bills charges him
with kidnapping Mrs. George Burns,
former resident of the home, and
the others charged that he beat
Mrs. Sally McCullOgh, 80, and Ellis
Bray, cripple, both inmates.
w. III. Edwards, of Gray's Creek,
was appointed acting superinten-
dent.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23
Americans
Are jailed
By Spanish
Witness Before House
Committee Tells of
Action of Communists
There; Willkie Says
Government Attitude
Holding Back Utility
Building.

Warm Springs, Ca, Nov. 23.-(AP)
President Roosevelt's arraignment
of Georgia for seeking Federal aid
for public works without setting up
legal enabling machinery, caused
somewhat of stir in state official
and political circles today.
Coming from the chief executives
own "other home" in Georgia at a
press conference late yesterday, it
overshadowed interest here in an
nouncement that Hugh Wilson, am
bassador to Berlin, would arrive Sun
day or Monday to report on German
violence against Jews.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23
FATHER OF WILSON
EDITOR PASSES ON
III. G. Davis, 6S, Dies Unexpectedly at
Home in New Jersey; Sur
vived by Two Sons

Wilson, Nov. 2S.-(AP)-H. c.
Davis. SO, died unexpectedly at mid
night at his home in Woodlynne, N
u, a message received here today said.
His survivors include Ed w. Davis
managing editor of the Wilson Times
and Lewis j. Davis, treasurer of the
Gallon, Ohio, Electrical Manufacture
ing Company.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23

OOA =
rotary Daniel C.
Roper in order to
get the later out of
his cabinet, thus
creating a vacancy
for WA Chief Hair
ry P. Hopkins to be
boosted into. Roper
is not a bit like At
torney G e n e r a !
Homer S. Cummings
w h o is quitting
voluntarily-plus be-
cause he can make
more money practic-
ing law privately
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23
NEW DELEGATE WILL HAVE
NO DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGE

London. Nov 23.-(AP)-Monsignor
Godfrey will be a purely church Of
fetal without diplomatic privileges.
official informants said today. They
said the pope was free to name dele
gate just as he names bishops with
out seeking approval of the British
government. since he is acting in his
spiritual, not temporal, capacity,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23
RoperWon't
Quit Job To J
Obig,,e FDR
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlunnist

e washington, Nov 23.- Indications
are that President Roosevelt will have
to put at least giant firecracker I'M
4 dor Commerce Sec
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-23
WEATHER

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Considerable fog with some rain
and mist tonight; Thursday oc-
casional rain and colder; freezsng
Temperature Thursday night
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Continued on Page Three,
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
REP. RANDOLPH
is HONORED

More than $50 members Of the
Democratic League of the District
Of Columbia and their friends
cheered Representative Jennings
Randolph CD, of West Virginia,
as he was presented the leagues
civic award for his outstanding
efforts on behalf Of District sui.
frage.
DR.. F. Thomas Evans, founder
Of the league, presented the bronze
plaque to Representative Ran
dolph and was himself presented
with a founders award a few min
uteS later by Joseph j. Cotter,
noted attorney.
The occasion was the third an
nual banquet of the league, and
the dining hall at the Shoreharn
Hotel was packed with the cele-
brants.
District suffrage was the watch
word of the meeting. The Rev.
Gerhard E. Lenski, pastor of the
Grace Lutheran Church, intro
duced by President Hugh v.
Keiser, POSTMASTER, as my friend
and pastor" adjured the league
to keep UP its fight for suffrage.
Representative Randolph spoke
in response to the presentation of
the plaque and pledged his
earnest and sincere efforts in be-
half of this league to make demo-
cratic principles live and grow in
the District just as in the 4S
States"
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
80 GIRLS TO GET
NURSE DIPLOMAS

Senator Theodore F. Green will
deliver the address to the gradu
ating class of Emergency Hospital
School Of Nurses at exercises to
night at 8 p. m.
Thirty-four nurses will receive
diplomas from Major Gist Blair
president of the board of directors
and pins frim Miss Janet Fish
superintendent of nurses.
Scholastic awards will be made
to Misses H. NARROW Davis, third
year student, and Miss Avenell Tet
tenburn, second year student, and
Misses Eleanor Ford, Evelyn Jack
son, LaTrue Godfrey, and Fanny
Billiard will receive honorable men.
ton.
The following will receive di
plomaS:
Misses Frances A. Beall, Bar
lara Christine Ford, Eleanor Ford
Betty Sanders Jackson, Johnsie
Kearns Koonts, Marian Wake
field Parker, Mary Parker Peters
Jane E. Virgins, Ada Wyman
Patsy May Allen, Nellie Wharton
Benbow, Dorothy Evelyn Ben
nett, Margaret Evelyn Bernhard
Rachel Halle Brewer, Helen Mar.
lowe Davis: Katherine Jeanne
DEGREES, Evelyn Rucker Feagans
Winifred M. Frame and Dorothea
Gragoire.
Also Willie Elizabeth Guthrie,
Marjorie Mae Herrold, Willie Ruth
Hunter, Mary Evelyn Jackson,
Helen Claire Kieffer, Mildred
Maxine Right, Mary Maxine Ma
lone, Jean E. Moore, Glenice Mary
Queen, Lylliard Delveane Sey-
mour, Dorothy L. Sibert, Virginia
Laidley Stern Mary Stribling,
Miriam Ausley Stroud and Frances
McLain Williams.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
FAY FINDLAY
WINS CONTEST

Fay Findlay, who attends the
Force School, has been awarded
first prize for 6B Glass entrants
in the poster contest of the District
Of Columbia Dental Society.
Second and third places in the
same class went to Nancy Kirkner
6B, Force School; Bert Wells, 6B
Cooke School. Winners for stu.
dents in Grades 7 through IL were
Doris Vassos, ga, Mcfarland
Junior High, and Harold Gooding,
Eastern High School, while second
and third places were awarded to
George Munson, OBJ, Eliot Junior;
Warren Silver, ga, Paul Junlor
Elliott livery, 10A, Roosevelt, and
Alfonso Basile, Eastern.
In the parochial school division
first in the sixth grade class went
to Paul Fitzpatrick, st. Anthony's,
with Margaret Dunn and Robert
Moore, both of st. Mary's second
and third, respectively.
Catherine Healy, Immaculate
Conception, was first in the ninth
grade class, with Catherine The
resa Domano, second, and Mary
Helen Green, third. In the elev-
enth grade class, Elna Bennary,
Immaculate Conception, was first;
Anna May Schaben and Lorraine
Koontz, both of Immaculate Con
ception, second and third.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18

shouts of Remember the Mainep'
to capture Santiago!
81 NOW DEAD
OF the 7s striplings of that
year. 80 are dead. And of the re,
naming A, only 16 could keep
their rendezvous last night. They
were: Capt. S. C. Domer, Lieut.
Samuel C. Redman, Sergt. Harry
SiSson, Major Thacker v. Walker,
Dennis Walker, Lieut.. Kenneth A.
O'Connor, Capt. John Lewis
Smith, Privates Gus Barghausen,
William A. Hickey, Jere A. Cos
tello, Clarence Ruggle, Charles
Dawson, Raymond Tor We, Dan
iel Cleary, Fred Greenwalt and
Frank L. Ketchum.
The boys adopted a resolution
asking that a memorial to their
hero dead be included in the pro-
posed municipal center. Then
each did his "old soldier" remi-
niscing for five minutes and they
went home. But you could still
hear them humming as they
passed through the lobby
'There'll be a Hot Time in
the Old Town Tonight!".
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
Times Table

Executive Council, Local No. q
N. F. F. E., Veterans Administra'
ton Building, 4 p. m, meeting.
Washington Association of
Credit Men, Hamilton Hotel, $50
p. m, dinner,
District Dept, F. F. E. u, ITO
Fourteenth st. N. w., 8 p. m,
meeting.
Inquirendo, Mayflower Hotel, Z
p. m, dinner.
George Washington University
alumni, Mayflower Hotel, $3.50 p.
m, dinner.
Concord Club, Lafayette Hotel,
8 p. m, meeting.
Parking and Traffic Association,
Willard Hotel, 8 p. M. meeting.
Philatelic Society, Carlton Ho-
tel, 8 p. m, meeting.
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, Pepco Building, Tenth
and E SITS. N. w.. 8 p. m, meeting.
Master Photo FiniShers of Amer
lea, Mayflower Hotel. 2 p. m,
meeting.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18

But, still-you could hear it!
Come along and get you
ready da da da-de-da-de-da"
and then you suddenly recognized
it
'There'll be a Hot Time in the
Old Town Tonight"
THE NIGHTS OF '9S
BY the time your entree came
around, you half expected the
waiter to show up in a handle-bar
with his apron tied
around his waist. The lusty but
subdued refrain was
"Just break the news to
Mother
"She knows how dear love
her"
And on through the meal you
got snatches of the songs of '98.
Which wasn't at all strange, be-
cause the Boys of '98 were gath
cred in another room-16 of them
"a reunion Of Washington's Com
pany c, District of Columbia
Volunteers who marched away to
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
new CITIZENS
ATTEND FETE

Representatives Of nearly every
European race and culture last
night rubbed elbows and ex-
changed fellowship at the fifteenth
annual festival of the American
ization School Association at the
Departmental Auditorium.
Col. Frederic A. Delano, presi-
dent. delivered an address, and a
concert of the music of many ma
tions preceded presentation of a
pageant depicting the ratification
Of the Constitution.
Mrs. Alexander H. Bell, chair
man of the Americanism commit
tee of the D. A. r., welcomed the
new citizens. A reception followed
the program.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
St. Roses School Will Present ODeretta
In Old Vienna To Be
GiUen Nights of
May 26-27

What promises to be a most en-.
PERTAINING affair, judging from the
elaborate preparations, is the pub
lie presentation of the three-act
operetta, "In Old Vienna" by stu
dents of st. Roses Technical
School, 1900 California st. N. W.,
May 26 and ~, at S:15 p. m. in
the school auditorium.
Miss Honor Keane, musical and
vocal teacher at the school, Is d.
recting the play, assisted by Sis
ter Helen, who is in charge of
tickets, which may be obtained
in advance from the school or at
the door on the evenings Of the
performance.
The cast includes Mildred Wood
house, Dorothy ConSidine, Doro-
thy Greer, Mary Sullivan, Edith
Donofrio, Teresa Biscotti, Marie
Morris, Doris Helbig, Kathleen
Hobbs, Norma WoodhouSe, Rita,
Bernice and Gertrude Payne, I've
Ign and Laura Moore, Grace Good
win, Louise and Betty BowEer,
Clare. Fiege, Helen Heit, Kath-
crime Foote, Catherine Ogden,
Rita Barry, Eliz a b eth and
Alvina WaSkviac, Mary KEEL,
Pauline. Ruth and Helen Connery,
Doris Bladen, Josephine Nors-
worthy, Marta Layton. Rita For
ney, Elena Catalan, May Mahoney,
Catherine Poplar, Gladys and Ruth
DeLong and Evelyn thinner.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
Is Years Ago
In The Times

News in the Washington Times
of May 10, 1879
Among the scores of May pro
ceSSions held at Catholic churches
in the District today one of the
most impressive was at st. Tere
Sa's in Anacostia. Miss Agnes Re
gan was queen and her first and
second assistants respectively were
Misses Mary Lawrence and Ger
trude Farrell.
J. Fronani was elected president
of the Woodward and L,othrop's
Employees Relief Association; Miss
Maud Adams, first vice president
T. E. Langley, second vice preSi
dent: F. P. Scott, recording Secre
tary; L. H. B. Robinette, financial
secretary, and C. E. Davis, treas,
urer.
Mrs. A. E. Straus, Of Richmond,
came to Washington this week to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
julius Baumgarten, of 1888 Eight,
eeenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
'08 Veterans Hold
District Reunion

You couldn't tell exactly where it from.
Along with the soup they served you last night for dinner
the Harrington Hotel there haunting refrain that
didn't from radio When you looked around to
if somebody hummng in the dining room-here wasn't
The Washington times., 1938-05-18
BIG FOURTH PLANNED

Groups from all parts of the
city will be invited to take part
in an extensive Fourth of July
celebration, which this year will
be held on the Monument
Grounds. Twelve thousand seats
will be available for the public,
and Q huge display Of fireworks is
planned.