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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-05
DUKE, CLEMSON IN
I. TOURNEY finals
Overflow Crowd Watcbe,
w. & L. Lose, 1888; Duke
Noses Out Maryland

Raleigh, March 5-Duke univorsit,,,
Blue Devils and Clemson colIogo,s
Tigers battled their way into the fi 5o .
round of the seventeenth annual sn~
5hern conference basketball to," ~ou-
ment last night in gamest that loft ' an
overflow crowd of Approximately Z
900 spellbound. In the first enconr+ ~
Clemson dropped Washington ana ' ToI
80 to 50 while in the finale nn r+.e
eliminated Maryland 1852 The pl',e
Devils and Tigers will clash a. -" Q
o'clock tonight for the chamnionsb;s
:cl22ad last year by Washington and ID
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-05
CHAPTER 43

AT THIS point in M. Picon's
theory of the tragedy Sam Will
liams broke in rather impatiently.
But, Monsieur Picon," he said,
we've already discussed over and
over again the possibility of any
one having climbed out OF that
window, and it has been proved
that it was not possible in the
time :"
Patience, if you please" said
M. Picon; "step by step, it you
will listen. I, Amer Picon, will
tell you all. Eth bien. here we are
with a chauffeur who can climb a
rope. But of what use is that :?
He must have an alibi. No amuse-
ment to commit murder, and be
caught escaping by means OF a
rope. Pas du tout. It must be
done better. How? All, then
comes the great idea. The chauf-
feur sees just how the pauvre
Madame Thurston may meet her
accident, how he and Enid may
inherit some of her money, and
escape without ever being sus-
pected. A big idea, this time!
And one to deceive nearly all de-
tectives. All but Picon. For
Picon, too, has an idea sometimes.
1.-THE room must be little dark,
and the chauffeur must go to see
nadane.t That, we are told, was
not so unusual. He must bolt the
door. That, too, may have hap
pened before. His rope hangs at
the window, suspended firmly
from the apple room the window
of which is directly over the open
ing window of Madame Thurs
tons room. All is prepared. He
must advance to madame. That,
also, he has done before. Then,
not the embrace, but Vite. the
knife. Tcchhk! It must be done.
In silence and swiftly he must
sever the jugular vein. Then,
hoop! Onto the rope. The sailors
climb to the apple room. The con-
cealment of the rope. The de-
scent to the kitchen. The con-
versation with the cook. VOLTA un
menu! 6
Meanwhile, the young woman,
Enid, does her part. She is in the
room of DR.. Thurston, which is
divided from that of Madame
Thurston by wall. Near this
wall she stands. She waits until
her lover has descended to the
kitchen, and the murder is done.
Then Ow! Owl she screams. It is
Madame Thurston being MUIR
dered. For who can distinguish
the screams of two women? One
may know the voice of each very
we'll, but the scream, that is diff
ferent. No one can tell. So near
to the wall, too, it must seem to
come from the poor lady's room.
Then-all will arrive. The door
will be burst open, the crime dis
covered. Who has done it? Ger
tainly not the chauffeur, for was
he not talking with the cook?
Certainly not Enid, for does she
not arrive at the door immediate
ly? Certainly not Miles, for was
he not with Boeuf? Such was the
plot. Intelligent, n'est-ce pas?
But not quite Intelligent enough
for Amer Picon.
"And now we see what came of
that plot. AAons! Voyons! A la
gloire!
First arrives Monsieur Strick-
land who, as MILFORD Plimsoll had
taken such pains to show us, was
Mrs. Thurston's stepson. He is
what you call in your so express
sive idiom, broke to the wide
He has written to his stepmother
in advance that he will need some
money, but urgently. And she,
who is generous and good, has ar
ranged to overdraw yet another
zoo for him. But helas! what
says the bank manager? Without
security no more, Madame. She
takes the f2O0 pounds, and returns
home.
"Then ne arrives. TT is all
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-05
TRUCK DRIVER IS
ROBBED BY NEGRO
S23 and Truck Itself Taken Fror,
Rocky Mount Man early in
Evening Friday

Rocky Mount, March 5.-5Ap,-Au
unidentified Negro hald IN coor an
Smith, truck driver ror 2 morcla1t
at Lawrence, reAr here last ,ioht ~,n1
look Smiths truck AMI z23 in casr
Folica Chief ,. r. Hcdgepcth said a. c''
lay.
The Negro. WHOM the truck 5,ivor
picked up in l2oclv Mount abnut
''clock last 'igAt, held nm M ahort
mile FROM to"l, Smith told HEDGE.
eth.
The truck. cnrts. Ming Smiths emntv
pocketbool, was found here early this
morning. Police arrested one Ncqr
but released him after questioning
the chief said. He adde,! that ether
arrests were Gxnr::>d.
Suggestion that the government
coin a threc-cent piece for the con-
venience of the public in paying sales
taxes has met opposition from some
groups. Among them, we imagine,
are the slot machine distributors.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-05

map hardesth places in Southern CALIFORNIA;
Is recorded
and large property feared as rains seed streams to
bridges rail and wire lines and
at Long Beach, where pedes-
bridge collapsed. causing several deaths.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
Republicans
Anxious For
Aid Of Ants

Washington, Nov. 21.-(AP)-Prom-
inent Republican senators disclosed
today they we've eager to retain the
bipartisan coalition which shelved
the Roosevelt court bill and fought
various other administration meas
ures.
These men, although elated by their
party's congressional gains, said Re-
publicans in the. 1889 Senate and
House should exercise cooperation of
anti-administration Democrats, who
heretofore have joined them in debate
and on roll calls.
Some politicians have predicted
that the recent election would tend
to weld divergent elements of the
Democratic party together for a COM
mon front fight against the Repub-
lican minority.
Senator Vanderberg, Republican,
Michigan, however, expressed the
view that the Republican gains "have
not weakened the coalition"
There will be no change in attitude
on basic issues" he said, although he
added that no purely political is
sues" there might be less cooperation
between Republicans and dissident
Democrats in the future.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
1000 Deaths
From Fire In
Chinese City

Shanghai, Nov! 21.-(AP)-A
five-day fire which razed Chang
sha, capital of Human province,
was reported today to have caus-
ed 1000 deaths and brought the
execution Of three Chinese Off
Gals accused of starting the con-
flagratiOn.
Commencing last Sunday, the fire,
started in anticipation of the city's
capture by. a slowly advancing Japa-
nese column, reduced Changsha to
ruins. Chinese officials at Chungking,
the temporary capital, declared the
fires started both accidentally and
through the premature zeal" of local
authorities anxious ito carry out
China's "scorched earth" policy OF
leaving little of value to the invaders.
The Japanese still were 40 miles
short of the city and Chinese army
commanders reported Japanese at
tacks had been repulsed along the
Yochow-Changsha railway.
At the same time, Chinese said they
had recaptured Thungyang, twenty
miles east of SEEMING, which is so
miles south of Hankow They said
500 Japanese had been killed in the
engagement
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
Congress Aid
Is Needed In
Parking Fight
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter hotel.

Raleigh, Nov. 21.-NOrth Carolina
is in danger of losing many tourists
and resulting revenues thereform I'M
less Congress comes to it's aid in
Strengthening out the problem of
right-of-way for the Blue Ridge Park
way through the Qualla Indian re-
servation west of Asheville.
There has been no official state
ment or indication of the next steps
contemplated by the State Highway
Commission, but it is becoming in
creasingly apparent that simplest So
luton of the matter would be a spe
cial act of Congress authorizing trans
fer to the Federal Parkway Service,
either by condemnation or otherwise,
of the necessary right-of-way from
Soco Gap to Cherokee.
Up to the present, completion of
the parkway has been made impos-
sible by refusal of the Cherokee In
dams to agree to any sort of propo-
sition whereby they would give the
government the necessary 400 foot
right of way through the reservation.
Every effort has been brought to bear
upon them to exchange the right of
way for even more valuable lands
elsewhere, but so far without success.
The State, it seems, is prevented
from acquiring the right-of-way thro-
ugh condemnation by refusal of the
secretary of the interior to grant it's
permission to institute proceedings, a
permission which is necessary under
the law.
The whole situation appears to be
involved in legal and political tan
gle so involved as to require drastic
methods to unravel it.
The special act method was sug-
gested by the Interior Department,
and it seems likely that special eff
forts will be made to get such an act
passed at the coming congressional
session.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
Britain Not
Toilet Army
Help France
Considers Fleet and
Growing Air Force
Sufficient Guarantee
if War Comes ..

Paris, Nov. 21.-(AP)-Indicatio
that Great Britain would refuse to
train large army to all French
troops on the continent in the event
of war appeared likely today .o- lend
an icy atmosphere to Premier f,ala-
dier's talks with Prime Minister
this week.
Two days before Chamberlain is
scheduled to arrive, with ViscOuht
Halifax, foreign minister, sources
close to the government ssii thatatha,
British premier again had indicated
conviction that his country3 largo
fleet and growing air force were 4
sufficient contribution to the British
French military cooperation. sts
Circles close to the foreign office
reported the question of renewed eff
forts to facilitate the departure and
resettlement of Jewish refugees from
Germany would be discussed during
the visit of Chamberlain and Halifax.
Discussions between the British and
French ministers, it was ascertained
will deal chiefly with defense against
possible attacks from the fascist
partners, Italy and Germany. -.
This was decided upon, politicians
said, because it was felt that inter
national protest against Nazi attacks
upon Jews forced a temporary shelly
ing of Chamberlain's protect for fur
Their appeasement of Chancellor Hit
Ter, possibly with colonial territory.
The French attitude has been. that
its army of approximately 100000 men
cannot bear the brunt of q war a.
gainst Germany and Italy. s
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
Chamberlain I e Ii S
c o m m ons 10000
Square Miles in Brit
ish Guiana May Be Ac-
CURED; Some Might
Be S e mt To East
A fri c a /; Wave on
Wane

London, Nov. 21-(AP)-Prime Min
lister Chamberlain told the House of
Commons today of plans to lease at
Least 10,000-~square males. in British
Guiana to provide homes for German
Jews seeking refuge abroad from the
Nazi regimes anti-Jewish campaign.
The prime minister also disclosed
that negotiations had made favorable
progress for the settlement of Jewish
refugees in Tanganyika, formerly
German East Africa, and other ter
ritories IN Africa.
Tanganyika now is held by Brit
ain under League of Nations mandate.
and Chamberlain last week declared
the British government was not con-
sidering it's return to Germany to sat
isfy Chancellor Hitler's colonial de-
mands. Chamberlains disclosure made
prior to the opening of a scheduled
general debate On the question of
minorities in Europe
In Berlin, Germanys eleven-day
anti-Semitic drive, which has depriv-
ed German Jews of virtually all free
dom and reduced tens Of thousands to
restitution, showed signs of abate-
nent. 4a
Window-smashing and DEGREES will
have eliminated by the end of the
year all retail business owned by Ger
man Jews. One-third of Jewish-owned
stores will be taken over by non-Jews
and the rest simply abandoned.
Present owners willfnot be permit
ted to salvage ready cash by sales or
auctions. They have been told to eli
quidate" and, with few exceptions,
have been forbidden to operate their
businesses during the time remain
ing before the decree wiping them
out becomes effective January 1.
Jewish relief societies cannot care
for tens of thousands who apply for
help and the doors of many still are
closed. No foreign relief societies
have been established in Berlin.
There was at least temporary end
to the wholesale arrests and recent
sharp decline in German exports may
prove a momentary life-saver for at
least for the Jewish export trade.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
Germany Hot
About Plans
To Aid Jews

Berliny Nov. n. -(AP)-British
Prime Minister Chamberlain's dis
closure that Tanganyika, Ger
many's former east African colony
might be used for settling Jews,
fell like bombsheIl here today.
The Nazi press for some days
has been warning that "ahy such
attempt would meet with the sharp
est protest"
1t came amid the first signs Of
abatement of Germany's eleven
day anti-Semitic drive which has
deprived Germany's Jews Of vif-
tually all freedom and reduced
tens of thousands to restitution.
Many Germans interpret plans
to settle German Jews in their
former colonies as a move to pre-
vent the return of such war-tost
possessions to Germany. One ail-
thOritative commentator declared
"the Tanganyilxa step is an OBJ
vious attempt to prejudice the
colonial question"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
High Court
Will Review
SitdownCase
Lower Court Decision
That Employer May
Discharge Such Work
men To Be Reviewed
By High Court in Case
Coming Up F o m
Chicago.

Washington, Nov. 21.-(AP)-The
Supreme Court agreed today to review
a lower court Gec.s.on that an en-
ployer may discharge workmen who
engage in sitdown strike This rul-
ing by the Federal Circuit Court at
Chicago upheld the Sansteel Metal
lurgical Corporation of North Chicago
III discharging employees who seized
two buildings in 1887
After holding possession for nine
days, the workmen were driven out
by police with the use of tear and
nauseating gas.
The court also sre-affirmed a pre-
vious decision holding that the Cen
eral Talking Pictures Corporation OF
New York City had infringed patents
owned by the Western Electric Com
pany and others for use in making
talking pictures.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
Britain Plans Lease In
South America For Jews
Roosevelt Views
Chickamauga Dam

Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. Ill
(AP)-President Roosevelt arriv-
ed here at 8 a. M, central stand
ard tinc today for a motor tour of
Chickamauga, IVA dam and Civil
War battlefields.
Before ctarting ON their four
hour sightseeing drive, the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt were well
coined az Chattanooga by group
of State Democratic leaders, in
Guiding Governor Gordon BROWN
ing, Governor-elect Prentiss Coop
er, Senator Kenneth Mcclellan, and
SeTlat0r- ELECT Tom Stewart.
Governor e. ID. Rivers, of GeOr-
gia, also was in the party.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
Insurgents Claim
New Ground Taken
In Eastern Spain

Hendaye, France, Nov 21.-(AP)-
Insurgent armies hammered today on
the government lines on the Segre
river west banks in notheast Spain
claimed to have captured ground in
the Cesros sector.
Insurgent communications from the
Segre front, only active battle-ground
IN spain, reported the capture OF 1,2OO
prisoners, but the extent of gains was
not mentioned.
Government dispatches considered
the insurgents slightly bettered
their. position. The insurgent attack
was aimed at reducing the salient
west of the river, from which fisher
men threatened insurgent communica-
tons.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
High-Up Nel0 Dealer Says
Administration Scandals
Rife Under Brain Trust

81 Immediately would start genuine,
searching investigation of relief. I'd
make it clear that didn't care who
might be hit. There undoubtedly Is a
widespread impression that our relief
methods (not relief itself but its adj
ministration) have created a national
Tammany. / don't say it's true, but
myself suspect it. I'd prove that this
suspicion. is unfounded. and I'd do 1t
conclusively. Or else I'd let the sus-
poets take the consequences.
Next, our new labor laws have
worked unsatisfactory. Employers
believed that they're Disseminated a.
gainst. I'm for compulsory collective
bargaining all right. but ! think may
be the workers should be required to
incorporate, accepting a somewhat
larger share of responsibility in re-
turn for larger rewards. And there
should be better provision for media
CONTINUED on Paga yourl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
All Henderson and
Vance County Minist-
ers Returned; Several
Important c h a n g e S
Announced AS North
Carolina Conference
Adjourns

Elizabeth City, Nov. 21.-(AP)-
The North Carolina Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
was adjourned by Bishop Clare Pur-
cell this morning after appointments
of ministers had been announced, and
the conference had adopted a resolu-
ton denouncing the "barbaric cruel
ties" imposed upon the Jews in Ger
many, and everywhere else."
Rev. Dwight Ware, of Rocky Mount
introduced the resolution calling for
the extension of Christian sympathy"
to the prosecuted Jews and an andor-
sement of all movements with Jewish
relief as their goal.
A standing vote was taken. There
was a single dissenter, the first time
during the five-day conference any
opposition has been voiced to mo-
ton.
William Burbank Penny, of Viii
mington, was admitted to the con-
ference as an elder. He has been
preaching in Jacksonville, Ala. His
charge in the North Carolina Confer
ence will be at Belhaven.
New Bern District.
E. L. Hillman, presiding elder; FIRE.
mont, C. w. Robbins; Goldsboro, st.
Paul., w. CT, Ball; Goldsboro circuit,
j. B.. Thompson; Greenville, T. M
Grant, GssB. Startling: Grimesland,
w. A.. Grow; ,Kinston, Queen street,
A. S. Parker; LAGRANGE, J. c. Hum
Der; Washington, L. B. Jones; Will
hanson, S. A., Maxwell; Morehead
City, B. H. Houston; New Bern, Cen
tenary C. B. Culbreth; Mt. Olive
Calypso. r. G. Dawson.
Fayetteville District.
w. ". McRae, presiding elder;
(Continued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Nov. 21.-There doesn't
seem to be much possibility of any
legislative battle in the 1889 General
assembly over where highway rev
ehue is coming from; but two mat
.ers in connection with spending OF
snese revenues are certain to come in
lor more. than modicum of debate
and wrangling.
Inc fighting will rage along two
-iolCs, diversion and secondary roads.
Hot Fight on Diversion.
Inc diversion issue is sure to be one
Vi the most holly fought in the ses-
sion No more intensive campaign
mas oeen conducted in North Carolina
III, TO- these many years than has been
~aged by the North Carolina Pc
.ioieum Industries Committee, head
ca oy former State Senator S. Gilmer
eparger, and some dozen affiliated
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
Diversion And Secondary
Roads Are battle-ground
Constitutional Amendment To Be Sought, But
Will Be Opposed by Governor; City vs. Country
Lineup on Secondary Road Work Project


organizations, whose primary interests
lie in having good roads for the State
The p. I. C.,s primary objective at
this time, is adoption by the assembly
of a constitutional amendment which
would summit to the people for their
action change in the organic law
forever barring diversion of highway
revenues to any, purposes other than
those directly connected with con-
struction and maintenance OF ROADS.
To do this it will take a so per cent
vote of each Houses membership on
each of three separate readings OF the
proposed amendment a task that even
the well-organized P. I. g. is going 70
find a tremendous one.
The campaign has been carried into
every nook and Granny OF the otate
BEFORE the primaries candidates were
sounded out on their views and were
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
2 Tar Heels
Die In Crash
Of Oil Truck

Emporia, Va, Nov. 21.-(AP) Two
North Carolinianss were cremated in
the cab of their oil truck near, here
yesterday when their heavy. vehicle
smashed into train and burst into
flames.
State Trooper Cameron, who In
vestigated, said the men had been
identified as Ernest Keene, the driver.
of Four Oaks, N. c., and Arthur M,
Brown, of Winston-Salem.
Highway 301 was blocked for near
ly four hours as the truck and its
trailer burned.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
Slight Gains
For Cotton

New York, Nov. 21.--(AP)-Cotton
futures opened one point lower to two
higher. Improved Liverpool cables
were partly offset by December Ii
quotation and hedge selling. March
advanced from 8.42 to SAT, shortly
after the first half hour, when the
list showed net gains of two to five
points. The market ruled steady
about midday March sold at 8.49 and
the list was four to seven points net
higher.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
M. E. Ministers Are
Given Appointments
In The Coming Year
1888 Ginnings Far
Behind Last Year

Washington, Nov. 21.-(AP)-
The Census Bureau reported today
cotton of this years growth ginned
prior to November Ia tOtaled TO-
751,758 running bales, counting
1850 round bales as half bales.
and excluding ua-crs, compared
with 14,947,111 running bales and
267,961 round bales last year, and
1O,767,14O and 225,575 for 1886.
American Egyptian cotton in
Guided tOtaled 12,578 bales, cOmpar-l
ed with 6,8O7 last year.
Ginnings by states, with cmOpar-
alive figures for Last year, includ-
ed: North Carolina, 312,S83, and
62S,SS6.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
Stock Prices
Are Yet Slow

New York, Nov. .21.--(AP)-At-
tempts to rally theF stock market be-
hind aircrafts met with faint re-
Spouse today, and many recent fa-
vorites shifted over an extremely mar
row route. Dealings were sluggish
throughout and near the fourth hour
trends were slightly mixed, with nu-
merous issues unchanged. Tension
over foreign affairs appeared to have
lessened, and business news seeming
ly was helpful, but speculative forces
on the whole maintained a somewhat
skeptical attitude toward the mar
ket on the theory that last weeks
correction of the prolonged up
swing might go bit further.
Bonds and commodities were rath-
er spotty along with the principal Eu-
rODeaY securities markets.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
Exemption Of
HOmeSteadS
Not Ruinous
Daily Dispatch Bureau,

Ra'hfgh, Nov. l21.-Exemption of
homesteads from taxation to the ex-
tent of $500 would not wreck the fl
nancial structure of local taxing units
the Classification Amendment Com
mission points out in the exhaustive
report it made last week after months
of studying the record.
On the other hand, the commission
reported that homestead exemption
can be granted if the matter is look
ed at solely in the light of it's effect
upon local finances.
On these phases of the question the
report said.
"At $500 exemption level (the one
(COn+inIad IN D,oa S;vN
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21

the last election,
would you do next?"
I put this question
to d friend of mine,
a friend who oc-
cupies an important
government po S t,
but he probably
wouldn't continue to
occupy it much lon
ger if / named him.
Anyway. he under
stands the New Deal
thoroughly, and, be-
ing an excellent lib
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COIumnist

Washington, Nov. 21.--"f you were
running for the New Deal and had
the necessary authority or influence.
what in the light of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21
WEATHER
M NORTH CAROLIN

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair, with rising tenn
nerature tonight and Tuesday, fol-
lowed by showers in the noun
tains at night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21

eral, is in sympathy with It in all
its main essentials. Well" he said,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21

Tanganyika, on the east African
coast, has been prominently men,
toned as a refuge and permanent
home for Jews anxiously awaiting
evacuation from Germany. Shown
at right are two views of the former
German colony, taken over by Great
Britain after the World War. The
map, above, shows the location of
Tanganyika, which borders on the
Indian ocean.
Central Press)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-21

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"Wa Arun porcelain Wat
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Evening star., 1938-01-16

loaded undersd and the salvagsd
English erocksy
shaped walls builders with th
material and the result mammoth sp fnsng the Because Of II
shining brlAnes sometimes called "Tsmple Of Dawn"