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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
Lone Sky Raider Continues
Long Series of War
Plane Attacks on For
eign Shipping
ONLY ONE LIFE is
LOST IN BOMBINCS
Franco Reported Preparing
Fresh Offensive Against
Barcelona in Hope of
Bringing Spanish Civil
War to Close; Progress Is
Slower

Valencia, Spain, June 22.-(AP)--
Two British ships were sunk just
outside Valencia harbor today by a
lone sky raider in continuation of the
long series of war plane attacks on
foreign shipping in ports of govern
ment Spain.
formerly of Greek registry struck
by incendiary and explosive bombs,
burned furiously for six hours, and
then settled to the bottom
Previously, the 4,789-ton freighter
Thorpness, shattered by an aerial tor
pedo, had gone down with 1000 tons
of grain.
All of the Sunion's crew of 80, III
Guiding a German observer for the
non-intervention committee, were TAX
en- off safely.
Today's attacks brought to 81 the
total of airplane attacks on British
ships since the Spanish war started
nearly half in the last three months.
All of the crew was saved except
one Chinese.
The Thorpness was pierced amid
ship and sank in five minutes in go
feet of water
FRANCO .PREPARliSC NEW
DRIVE TO "END THE WAR"
Hendaye, France, June 22.-(AP)-
Insurgent advices indicated today
General Franco was preparing a new
drive against Barcelona, in the be-
lief a new drive through Catalonia
now would clinch the Spanish civil
war.
Running into impenetrable govern
ment defenses in the Villareal sector.
and forced to retire from the munich
pal cemetery there, insurgents slack
ened their drive on Valencia.
Steady progress of the government
in building a formidable series of for
tifications along the coast made the
going slower.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
DURHAM COUNTY SLAYER
is GRANTED NEW TRIAL

Raleigh, June % (AP)-The Su-
preme Court today granted new
trial to Ed Alston, convicted in Dur
ham county of murder.
The court handed down eleven de-
cisions and adjourned it's spring term
sine die.
Alston, a Negro, was sentenced in
the death of jamie Wilson, Negress.
Associate Justice A. A. f. Seawell
wrote the opinion, his first in a
capital case. He said he had moth
ing to do with the case while he was
attorney general, before recently be-
ing appointed to the court.
Error was found in the charge of
the judge regarding the Negroes plea
that he was not capable of pre-medi-
tated murder due to drunkenness.
The charge, Seawell wrote, was stis-
ceptible to the Interpretation that
the defendant had to prove his de-
fence beyond a reasonable doubt"
which was not required by law.
The court ruled John M. Britain,
of Alamance county, should be dis
barred. The counsel of the State Bar
had ordered Brittain's disbarment
One undecided civil case was car
ried over to the fall term.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
A[AMANCE RECOUNT
HELD UNNECESSARY
Not Justified, State Elec-
tions Chairman Says
Following Appeal

Wilson, June 22-(AF)-W. A. Lu-
cas-, chairman of the State Elections
Board, said today certain complaints
presented before him by delegation
of Alamance county citizens last night
regarding the recent Democratic pri-
mary would not necessitate, nor do
they justify, recount of the ballots"
He said the delegation alleged ir-
regularities occurred in North and
South Graham and West and North
Burlington precincts.
Lucas informed Worth Thompson,
of Graham, Alamance elections board
chairman, of his findings.
However, he also asked Raymond
Maxwell, of Raleigh, secretary of the
State board, to go to Graham at once
to investigate whether any Repub-
licans had been permitted to vote in
the Democratic primary, and whether
there was any evidence of irregulari-
ties, improper conduct or fraud on
the part of precinct officials" He
asked Maxwell to report to him as
soon as possible.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
Governor Says Public Just
ice, Safety and Decency
Demand Clemency
Be Denied
TWO CONDEMNED MEN
INFORMED AT ONCE
Turner Asks His Lawyers
Be Notified and Payne
Says 81 Don't See That
Anything Can Be Done"
Durham Slayer Given New
Trial by Supreme Court

Raleigh, June % (AP)-Governo,
Hoey declined today to intervene Il
behalf of William (BilD Payne and
John Washington (Wash) Turner
sentenced to die July for the muir
der of George Penn, highway patrol
man.
Deputy Warden John Bray, of Cen
trail Prison, notified Payne and Tur-
Eer Immediately.
Bray said Turner asked that his
lawyers bc contacted at once.
IT cont see that anything can be
done,'s was the only comment from
Payne, Bray said.
Some 1900 or more requests for
passes to see the executions have been
received, Bray said, but only around
dozen persons can be admitted to
the little witness room outside the
gas chamber.
After reviewing the career of the
two men, who were convict fugitives
and rated high upon the Federal pub
lie enemy list when they killed Penn,
Governor Hoey said:
, Public justice, public safety and
public decency demand that clemency
be denied these prisoners, who by
their every action defied the power
and prestige of both State and Fed
eral government.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
Juvenile Gangster
Menace to Nation,
Rotary Is Advised

San Francisco, CAL, June 22.-(AP)
A warning that juvenile gangsters
left unchecked, might breed force
enough to wreck the nation" was
laid before the convention of Rotary
International today by Mayor Harold
H. Burton, of Cleveland.
He said thousands of boys every
day were finding it necessary to
choose irrevocably between career
of good citizenship and life of
crime.
"In each case," he said, "the de-
cision may be a personal one, but
the combined effect may make OF
wreck the nation"
Mayor Burton asked Rotary to ere
dedicate" its boys work program to
divert the theme of youth from crime
and organized outtlawry, which he
said were the essence of arbitrary
dictatorship and the enemy of de-
mocracy."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
Jap Planes
TWiceB Bomb
Coast City
Believed S t art of
New Drive To Cut
Canton Off From
Rest of China

Shanghai June 22.-(AP)-Japa-
nese planes twice bombed Swatow.
In Kwangung province, treaty port
22O miles northeast of Canton, today
> while ten warships stood by after
landing several hundred marines on
the nearby island of Namoa under
cover of a barrage.
The attack led to the belief that
the long-awaited south China often
slve to- cut Canton off from the CEN
tral battlefront was under way. Oc-
cupation of Namoa was completed by
nghtfall yesterday, reports here said
The Japanese technique was the
same as used May II in occupation
of Annoy, another south China port
40 miles north of Swtow.
The United States gunboat Ashe-
vile, standing by at Swatow for
emergencies, said fighting had not
yet started there. United States
Consul Whitney last reported SO
American men, women and children
residing in the Swatow district.
Swatow, situated on a promontory
OF the Han river, is the center of a
large American trade. Meanwhile, the
Japanese campaign in central China
still was stopped by the Yellow river
Hood. Though the river dropped 18
Inches, the rain continued.
japanese dropped rubber boats by
parachute to isolated units.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
Store At Franklinton Is
Robbed of $500 At Night
Benson Increases
Lead In Minnesota

Minneapolis, Mlnn3, June H.
(AP) Governor Elmer Benson
held a commanding lead today over
former Governor Hjalmar Petersen.
his opponent in a bitter race as
FarIner-LabOr candidates for gov
ernOr.
Early today, with returns from
3,169 of the States 3,739 precincts,
the vote stood 187,413 for Benson,
and 1883 for Petersen.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
Louis Weighs In
Over Five Pounds.
Above Schmeling

New York, June 22.-(AP)-JOe
Lewis weighed 1913 "a pounds to-
day for his 15-rOund heavyweight
title bout against Max Schmeling
in the Yankee Stadium tonight.
Schmeling, the German chal-
lenger, scaled 1913.
Nearly 700 newspapermen and
photographers witnessed the
weighing i'm in the Madison
Square Garden arena. ~
Schmeling arrived five minutes
ahead of the scheduled time at
noon, but was kept waiting 20
minutes by the Negro champion,
who failed to put in an appear
ance until 12:15 p. m.
There was little or no CONVEX
satiOn between the two as weigh
ing in ceremonies progressed.
Schmeling was surprised at his
own pOundage. He had expected to
come in at not less than 1875
pounds. Louis handlers had pre-
dicted the champion would IGE
1919, and he missed it only quar-
ter pound.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
1000 Programs To Be Pro-
vided for In Lists To Be
Announced by Fri
day Night
SEVERAL TOWNS ON
THIS STATE SHARE.
Battleboro, Burlington and
Chapel Hill Awarded
Funds for Public Improve.
ments; Secret Inquiries To
Be Made Into 'Politics in
Relief"

Washington, June % (AP).-The
Public Works Administration began
It's 1888 spending-lending program to-
day with allotments of $41 ,632,717 in
grants and $9,O21 900 of loans for POI
projects.
Howard Gray assistant administra-
tor, said the 291 projects would in
volve $92, 2,520,374 of construction. The
grants were for As percent of the.
cost, Gray said, would be made up by
the applicants.
Six grants fell in the $1,000,0OO
class, but the vast majority were from
few thousand to as much as half a
million. $50.
The allotments included (grants
only unless otherwise specifieO: :
Battleboro, N. c., waterworks, $22,-.
300 grant; $4,000 loan.
Burlington, N. c., municipal M
provements $165,272.
Chapel Hill, N. c., municipal build
ing $1755O.
Four Oaks, N. c., waterworks $780,
900.
Goldsboro, N. c., fire station $22,
O9O.
Kenly, N. c., waterworks $4,000
grant.
Raleigh, N. O., laboratory building
$13O,99O
They had been approved by Presi-
dent Roosevelt even before he sign
ed the $3,750,OO0 spending-lending bill
late yesterday at Hyde Park, N. Y.
His pen stroke was a signal for PWA
and all Federal spending agencies to
swing into action with their programs
(Continuea nm PIAZZA En,,rA
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22

Names 9 On
Labor Body
To Study British and
Swedish Systems;
U. S. Again Protests
To Japan

Hyde Park, N. Y, June 22.-(AP)-
President Roosevelt today announced
the appointment Of seven men ard
two women as members of a commits
sion to study the British labor dis
putes act, and said the commissions
work would be broadened to include
Swedish labor relations.
Commission members are: Gerard
Swope, president of General Electric
Company; Charles r. Hook, president
of the American Rolling Mills Com
pany; Lloyd Garrison dean of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin Law School;
Henry I. Hartman, former president
of the United States Chamber of
Commerce; Robert Watt, of the In
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
Some Tobacco Is
Damaged 50 Prct.
E. Y. Floyd Says

Raleigh, June 2 ape. Y.
Floyd, State AAA officer and
tobacco expert expressed the
opinion today the tobacco crop in
some EASTERN sections had been
damaged "fully as much as fifty
percent" by the excessive rains
of the last week.
much of the crop, though, can
still be saved If the weather
clears up and growers cultivate
their fields as soon as the ground
is dry enough" Floyd said.
He said plants which were still
approaching the topping stage
probably would respond to culti"
walton quickly and turn green
again. The damage to older plants
is more serious.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
MAXWELL WILLING
TO GIVE UP PATROL
Revenue Chief Will Shed
No Tears If 1t Is Moved
Elsewhere
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
I'm the Sir Walker Hotel.
u unNTDV AUERHI.

RALEIGH, June 22.-Commissioner
of Revenue A. j. Maxwell wOuldn't t
feel bad and would shed no tears at
all if the next legislature should
snatch the Highway Patrol from un-
der his wing.
'I didn't put the patrol under the
department and if they want to take
it away and put it somewhere else,
it's all right with me-" he told your
correspondent in a general discussion
of the situation this week. "The way
| look at it, the patrol is sure to be
a headache for whatever department
it's under; but as long as it is a
branch of the Revenue Department
and I'm commissioner, I'm going to
Go the best I can."
The States tax expert and collec-
tor par excellence couldn't remember
Continued on Page Five.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
GAME-FISH EXPERTS
MEET IN ASHEVILLE
Representatives of Federal and State
Agencies Assemble; Chalk
Is Official

Ashevillea June R.-(AP)-Repre-
sentatives of Federal and State agen-
cies charged with the restoration, con-
servation and protection of game and
fish held conferences here today.
The meeting followed the annual
convention of the international asso-
citation of game fish and conservation
commissioers. The association con-
cluded it's meeting yesterday with the
election of Arthur Clark, of Jeffer-
son City, Mo-, as president.
John D. Chalk, of Raleigh, North
Carolina commissioner of game and
inland fisheries, was elected first vice.
president.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
BUS STATION ROW
HURTS COMP PAN|ES
Dispute Over Building New
Station in Wilmington
Now Serious
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter flUtck,
RV HENRY AVERHI,

RALEIGH, June 22.-The long
ufaWn out controversy over construc-
toh of a union station at Whining
ton is rapidly bringing the bus lines
INTO discredit all over the state of
North Carolina, Utility Commissioner
stanley Winborne said today.
The railroads are sitting back and
laughing up their sleeves as the bus
companies wrangle and row over the
.ICont:aued on Page Eight.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
NEITHER SIDE HAS
ELECTION SETTLED
Roosevelt Not In Perfect
Control Nor Is Opposi-
ton in Bag
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press CnIumniSf

Washington, June 22.-With Con-
gress' adjournment the campaign for
the selection of the next one really
began.
1t will be perhaps the most inter
esting contest of it's kind in Amer
lean history-certainly the most in
teresting since just before the war of
secession.
Most Washington commentators
Continued on Page Four.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22
WEATHER

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday; somewhat unsettled to-
night; slightly warmer in central
portion Thursday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22

Rejecting Gov. George Earle's
plea for writ of prohibition, the
Pennsylvania state supreme court
has authorized a grand jury in
vestigation of charges of graft
and corruption in the states DEM
ocratic administration. The probe
had been urged by Carl B. Shelley,
district attorney of Dauphin coun-
ty. Shelley said he aimed to show
link between the administration
Of Governor Earle and the politi-
cal machine of Matthew H. Nc
Closkey, Philadelphia contractor.
Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22

.1C0n.::4ued on Page Eighty
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-22

CONTINUED on Page Four,
Evening star., 1938-04-25
c. j. PROFESSOR
DIES IN FLORIDA
Father Murphy Had Gone
South to Recuperate
From Illness.

The Rev. Francis Fay Murphy. S. j.,
so, chairman of the faculty of eco
nomics in the Graduate School OF
Georgetown University and professor
of political economy and sociology in
the college. died last night at West
Palm Beach. Fla, it was learned
through the Associated Press.
Ill for some time Father Murphy
had gone to st. Edwards Rectory at
West Palm Beach seven weeks ago to
recuperate. He was native of Rome
N. Y.
The body was sent to Washington
today for funeral services and burial
His father. Daniel K Murphy. and
one of his brothers. George, both OF
Utica, N. Y. were at his bedside
when he died He is survived by
another brother, the Rev. Brother Do
nation Joseph, a teacher at De Lasalle
High School, Providence. r. l., and
cousin. Sister Gertrude Fenner Muir
ply, principal Of Seton High School
for Girls Of Baltimore. Md.
Complication Of Diseases.
Father Murphy was suffering from
a complica ton of diseases for the past
five months or so. He was one Of
the best known members of the
Georgetown faculty.
He was born December 18, 1887. and
entered the Society of Jesus on August
IA, 1908. He was graduated from
Woodstock College in Maryland with
the degrees of Bachelor and Master of
Arts and in 1881 received a degree
of Doctor of Philosophy from George
town University
Father Murphy was serving his
second assignment on the Georgetown
faculty. The first time was in l9l9-2O
when he was an instructor in soci-
ology. After continuing his own per-
sonal studies, he served as assistant
professor OF philosophy at Canisius
College. Buffalo, N. Y, in 1928,
returning the latter year to George
town as professor Of social economics,
post he held until 1888.
Headed Department.
When the Graduate School was re-
organized two years ago, Father Muir
ply was made head of the department
of economics, but continued teaching
also in the undergraduate department.
During the summers in recent years
he was guest lecturer at Gonzaga
University. Spokane, Wash, and at
Canisius College.
Father Murphy was = member Of
the American Economic Association,
the Royal Economic Society Of Great
Britain, American Academy Of Politi-
cal and Social Science and the Amer
lean Sociological Society.
He will be buried in the Jesuit
cemetery at Georgetown College. ar
rangements for which are now being
made.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
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importance and in no way cripples
or embarrasses the exercise OF their
appropriate authority. On the con-
trary, he continued, ut Is In their
manifest interest
For, as We said at the outset, II
these multiplying agencies deemed to
be necessary In our complex society
are to serve the purposes for which
they are created and endowed with vast
powers, they must accredit themselves
by acting in accordance with the
cherished judicial tradition embodying
the basic concepts Of fair play"
Carefully Drawn.
The revised Municipal Bankruptcy
Act permits cities and improvement
and school districts to reduce their
indebtedness through agreement with
creditors in Federal Bankruptcy Courts.
Chief Justice Hughes delivered the
opinion to which Justices McReynolds
and Butler dissented. Justice Cardozo
did not participate.
Chief Justice Hughes asserted that
'the bankruptcy power may be exerted
to give effect to plan for the COM
position Of the debts of an insolvent
debtor"
Today's decision applied specifically
to plan for adjustment Of the debts
of the Lindsay -Strathmore irrigation
district Of Tulare County. Calf.
Congress specified that the act
should not be construed to limit or
impair" the power Of any State to
control any municipality or political
subdivision "in the exercise Of its po-
litical or governmental powers"
Petition Was Filed.
The Southern California Federal
District Court ruled, however, in the
Lindsay case, that an ir-
rigation district "is one Of the instru-
mentalities Of the State which fall
under the ipterdict" Of the previous
Supreme Court ruling.
Mr.. Hughes said, however, that "the
statute is carefully drawn so as not
to impinge upon the sovereignty Of
the State"
b. The State retains control Of It's
fiscal affairs" the Chief Justice said.
THE bankruptcy power is exercised in
relation to = matter normally within
its province and only in . case where
the action Of the taxing agency in
carrying out q plan Of composition
approved by the Bankruptcy Court is
authorized by State law.
"In the instant casA Wa hava ~
operation to provide . remedy for .
serious condition in which the States
alone were unable to afford relief. I'm
provement, districts, such as the petit
TONERS, were in distress. Economic
disaster had made it impossible for
them to meet their obligations. As the
owners Of property within the boun-
daries Of the district could not pay
adequate assessmentA the power Of
taxation wa4useless.
The credssors Of the district were
Evening star., 1938-04-25
AGENT HOLD-Up
K|LLERSEXECUTED
Three Youths Pay Penalty
for Pennsylvania Lovers
Lane Murder.
By the Associated Press.

BELLEFONTE, Pa, April rs. -
Three men died In Pennsylvania 4
oaken electric chair early today for 8
lovers lane" hold-up staying tina
netted them Al cents.
They were Edward Rose and Johr
Oreszak, both 2l. and Theodore Du.
miniak, 20, all Of Chester, Pa, mem.
bers Of a gang which the judge who
condemned them to die called 1.-THE
worst that ever came out OF Chester.
The State charged the trio surprised
Floyd Tranon, 38-year-old Negro, and
girl friend parked in a car on 8
lonely road near Chester In July, 1896
They shot Mr. Tranon as he attempted
to flee after surrenderinR all hi!
money and then attacked Mr.. Ira
mons companion
With the exception OF Rose. who
mumbled prayer while the guard.
were fixing the straps, the three died
without speaking.
At approximately three-minute in
tervals they walked the last 20 steps
from their cells in the death house tC
the chair.
Rose was first Pale and seemingly
stunned. he was led into the death
chamber by two guards and the priest
at 1890 m. Four guards and Robert
Elliott. executioner for six States
quickly strapped him in the chair
Elliott yanked the switch, the gen.
orators roared
Guards lifted Roses body from the
chair, dipped the sponges in q bucket
OF water and fixed the straps for
Duminiak. who could hear the gen.
orators hum as Rose died. Oreszak
the last. died at 1874 am
All three spurned the opportunity
to choose their last meal and ate the
regular prison fare, although each
asked for a pint OF ice cream q few
hours before the executions.
Rose spent the last hours composing
two letters which his mother had
asked him to write. The contents
were not disclosed.
Relatives who visited both Rose and
Oreszak in their cells claimed their
bodies, but Duminiak, who confessed
the slaying and implicated the others
received no visitors and no one claimed
his body.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
NAz|S' DEMANDS
GIVEN T0CzECHS
Call for Self Government
Made by HenIein at
Party Congress.
BACKGROUND

Peace treaties creating Czecho-
slordkia left 100000 Germans as
d part of its 1900 900 inhabitants.
Rise OF Adolf Hitler in Germany
NTH demand for redemption OF
Germans in netghboring countries
gate them hope OF ultimate reun-
ion TO homeland. Annexation OF
Austria last month spurred them
to epen more drastic demands for
selt-rule and esta ablishment OF Ndsi-
ism in Czechoslopdkid.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
What Is Your
News |. O.?

Each question counts 20; eacn
part OF a two-part question, 10.
A score OF so is tair; 80, GOOD.
AnsWers on page A-1S.
l. What is the name of this 81
year-old stock broker who was
nominated for chairman of the
board of governors of the New
York Stock Exchange?
2, What famous pitcher has
been acquired by the Chicago
Cubs?
3. The Spanish Insurgents
drive to the Mediterranean has
isolated Valencia, from Madrid.
True or false?
4. What former child movie
star sued his mother and STEP
father for $4,000, 900? ?
5. What former French ans
bassador to the United States ID
foreign secretary in the Dala.
dier cabinetf 49,. :.
Evening star., 1938-04-25

ing route aids" floating gracefully
back and forth. dressed In comfort.
able blouses, skirts, and low-heeled
oxfords-all excellent skaters.
These girls deliver the yellow slips
with their messages of good news.
love. death, and business to the long
rows OF operators sitting at the Multi
plex machines and tapping out the
news to all corners of the country.
They skate hours day. With scat i.
tered rest periods, and. like postrnen
on holidays, many of them 20 out at
night again and skate some more at
real roller skating rink!-The COM
mentator Magazine.