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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
TEXTILE MINIMUM
WAGE TO Be SOC
Fletcher Bases Opinion On
:, Old NRA Scale; Silent
On Wage Cuts
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
Tn the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, July 19.-Major A. l..
Fletcher, North Carolina's commits
sioner of labor, sees the minimum
wage in the textile industry as likely
to be set at approximately 30 cents
per hour, rather than at the 70 cent
hourly minimum permissible under
the recently enacted Federal wage
hour bill.
In the event the figure is 80 cents,
the result will be necessity OF rails
ing minimum wage rates in the ma
ioritv of the textile industry, both
Major Fletcher and his chief aids,
Forrest Shuford, believe.
Neither would express an opinion
that the majority of textile mills in
North Carolina are paying minimum
wages of less than 80 cents, but they
did think it true Of majority of the
industry throughout the country.
Major Fletcher pointed out that un-
der NRA the textile wage minimum
was set at 80 cents by the industry
itself-a fact which backs his view
that this figures will be decided on
bv the new wage-hour administrator.
Incidentally, the commissioner said
annointed federal administrator, FL
mer F. Andrews of New York.
"He's a splendid man with long
experience which fits him Tor the
place. said Major Fletcher.
Mr.. Andrews, in accepting the red
eral post, is voluntarily taking re-
duction of $4,000 in his annual salary
according to Major Fletcher, who said
the New Yorker has been receiving
$4,000 a year as New York's indus
trial commissioner, while the new
place pays only $4,000.
"And besides that, he sure is gong
TO be in hot spot" added the North
Carolina commissioner.
Major Fletcher declined to express
anv definite opinion, for publication
whether textile mills are engaging IN
systematic reduction of wages IN
order to influence decision on mini
mum wages rather than because tney
sincerely believe economic conditions
make wage cuts imperative at this
time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
BURG|N PROBABLY
WILL LOSE IN END
Recount of Davidson Alb
sentee Vote May Send
Deane to Congress
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, July 19.-There are strong
INDICATIONS that the apparent victory
OF W. o. Burgin, of Davidson county,
In the eighth congressional district
Will be changed into loss once the
State Board of Elections has had a
shot at counting the absentee ballots
IN Burgin's home county.
Naturally and properly, no mem
Der OF the State board is committing
himself openly in advance, but "off
the record" statements tend to the
conclusion that recount of the L.
60O absentee votes said to have been
cast in Davidson will produce chang
ed result.
AT present Burgin's face-of- there
tulns majority over G. B. Deane, of
iHchmond county, is somewhere be-
tween 100 and 200, but if past per-
loimances are any true yardstick this
majority will quickly evaporate un.
uef the absentee recount.
raymond c. Maxwell, secretary OF
the State board, declined to make
any statement whatever on the spe-
|h'c subject of the Deane-Burgin con-
st' but, in answer to a question by
S.'iS correspondent, he said that or
uiiaflly about 25 per cent of absentee
"dIots are thrown out on a recount
mat percentage held good in the
Contlnued on Fage Fourl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
Pickets At
Chicago Are
Beaten OFT

North Chicago, ILL.,, July 10 (AP)-
A force of policemen and deputies
sheriff, failing clubs and firing tear
gas bombs, drove a crowd OF plckets
from the strike-bound Chicago Hard
ware Foundry Company plant today.
The officers, numbering about 2O'
and recruited from North Shore towns
moved to a swift attack after gath
ering of between 400 and 500 demon
strators and spectators ignored their
order to disperse.
A half dozen women pickets were
knocked to the ground. A number OF
other participants in the battle were
struck by stones and bottles, but none
were injured seriously.
The demonstrators, enjoined from
interfering with non-striking work.
ers in a recent court order, retreated
tc a point three blocks from the plant.
They remained there while 20 fore
men and employees entered the foun-
dry.
The officers placed tight guard
about the plant-closed for six weeks
because of a strike called by the
Amalgamated Association of Iron.
Steel and Tin Workers, CIO affili-
ate.
Officers carried guns, but did not
use them. They fired tear gas from
pistols and threw gas bombs. About
50 gas missiles burst within a few
minutes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
$434, ,224 Returns as Local
Government Shares of
Levies Collected
by State
CHARLOTTE LEADER
IN FUND RECEIPTS
Gets $28,347 and Mecklen-
burg County $2O,O91 Hen
derson Gets $1,7O8 and
Vance County $2,289;
Counties and Cities Get
Half of Total Fund

Raleigh, July 19.-(AP)-The State
Board of Assessments distributed
$434 ,224 to counties and municipalities
today as their share of the new State
intangibles receipts.
Payments ranged from $685. 1876 to
Charlotte, and $2O,O91.33 to Mecklen-
burg county, down to Al cents to Or
rum, in Robson county.
The board noted in it's report the
law became effective July 1, 1887, but
returns were not required until March
Is, 1888. AS a result, collections in the
first six months of the last fiscal
year were only $14O19, while they
were $3.50 in the first ten days of
July this year.
The counties and cities get half the
total collections after deduction of
administration expenses, and the
State keeps half.
Some OF the sums paid the coun-
ties and municipalities in them by
counties:
Beaufort county,, $2,243.17; Aurora,
$12; Belhaven, $113.72; Washington,
$488.29.
Craven county, $1,71S.12; Dover, ST.
"a; New Bern, $55836; Vanceboro,
$22.32.
Durham county, $7,554.21; Durham
city, $14,795.52.
Edgecombe county, $3,23741; Bat
tleboro, $24.6O; Maccleefield, $21.O5;
Pinetops, $57O6; Rocky Mount, in
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
Buyers Moving Into Belt for
Beginning of First Auc-
ton Season for
the Weed
PRICES PAID WILL
BE FUTURE FACTOR
Expected To Influence Con-
troll Program for Cotton,
Corn and Wheat; Quotas
Are Established Upon Vote
of Growers; 1899 Election
By December Is

Moultrie, Ca, July 19.-(AP)-To.
bacco buyers moved into this section
of the southern belt today to arrange
for first sales under Federal -contrOll-
ed marketing quotas.
AAA officials said prices paid at
the Georgia Florida auctions, start
ing July %, are expected to influence
the fate of the future control pro-
gram for such crops as cotton, corn
and wheat.
Quotas are established upon two
thirds vote of approval by the grow
ers, and an election for 1889 is re-
quired by December Is under the ad-
just act. The national quota for to-
bacco has been fixed at 733,OOO,O0O
pounds, of which Georgia and Flor
ida will supply an estimated 10000,
600.
Farmers may sell tobacco produced
in excess of Individual allOtments up
on payment of a penalty tax of 81
percent of the market price at the
time the leaf is sold.
Last year the sale of tobacco turned
loose more than $15,000,OOO in cash
in Georgia alone.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
Driver
Tells About
l935Strike
Says Steel Company
Guard S Clubbed
and Gassed Canton,
Ohio, Strikers

Washington, July 19.-(AP) - A
milk truck driver told the Senate
Civil Liberties Committee today that
steel company guards dubbed and
gassed a crowd of 200 persons in the
Berger Manufacturing Company
strike at Canton, Ohio, May u, 1895.
D. Smith, the witness, testified the
attack was unprovoked. About 80
guards, he said, hemmed in union
pickets and onlookers, flooded them
with tear gas from the rooftops, and
closed in with iron clubs.
His description of the street fight
ing drew a quick protest from T. F.
Patton, attorney for officials of the
Republic Steel Corporation, which
controls the Berger company.
"This man is doing beautiful job"
Patton broke in on Smiths graphic
narration, "but 1 request that he stick
to the evidence"
Other developments:
A pledge of loyalty to President
Roosevelt's detectives apparently re-
moved any administration OPPOSITION
to denomination of Senator Loner-
gan. Democrat, Connecticut a foe Of
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
Split Among Democrats
Not Sufficient To Lose
Forthcoming Elections

The Democrats also were split, as
usual, between the Rooseveltians and
the AL Smithites. But the Republicans
were split all to pieces, due to the
Hoover depressionY'. Even the AL
Smith Democrats preferred Roosevelt
to Hoover, and whole shoals prefer
red anybody to the latter.
Between 1882 and 1886 nothing oc-
Cured to set the Democrats to pull
ing intra-party hair, times appear
ed to be reasonably good and the Re-
publican presidential candidate de-
cidedly lacked popular appeal. Con-
sequently the Democrats stuck to-
gether and hung onto most of their
normally Republican supporters.
Split Wide Now.
But since 1886 conflicting Demo
cratic principles (referred to by "Joe"
Byrns) have been getting in their
work again.
Supreme Court reorganization! Gov
ernmental reorganization! Anti-lynch-
ing! Wage hour legislation! Continued
deficits! The recession! Multiplying
patronage jealousies! Now attempt
ed purges of anti-New Dealers!
Any one who can say that the Dem
ocratic party isn't split at present
assuredly is a Democratic optimist.
Meanwhile Republicanism (what
there is left of it) has remained fair
ly cohesive. There are, indeed, Repub-
lican riffs likewise. Such a G. o. p.
standby as Representative Hamilton
Fish, Jr., for example, asserts that
his party is hopelessly back-number-
ed. Nevertheless, no one has heard
Continued on Page Two.l
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
Guard Is Stabbed
And Convict Shot
In Ohio Outbreak

Columbus, Ohio, July 19.-(AP)
An Ohio penitentiary guard was
stabbed today in a frustrated pri-
son break. One convict WIS shot
and another badly beaten.
The prisoners tried a daring es-
cape by kidnapping deputy war
den and a guard within the prison
walls. Stabbed in the prison, was
Guard Raymond Thornton.
Clyde StOup, %, convicted rob-
ber, was shot in the groin and
side. Charles Menges, %, sen
fenced to life for murder of a de-
putty sheriff. was badly beaten
and at first pretended he was shot.
Guard Elmer Callahan fired
six shots as the two cOnvicts ap-
preached the prison gates, menac-
ing with knives Deputy Warden
William Walker and two guards.
Other guards came rushing out of
the guard room, swinging clubs,
and thWarted escape.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
Reforms In
". e. Voting
Seem Sure
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, July 19.-This years series
of election fraud rows are probably
blessings in disguise, in that they
will result in definite corrective ac-
ton by the next General Assembly,
Raymond C. Maxwell, secvretary of
the State Board of Elections, said to-
day.
The blazing afternlaths of contest
and controversy will, at least, center
attention on the move obviously need
ed reforms, he said, citing particular
ly abuses of the absentee ballot and
the terrible mess in which so many
registration books have been found.
"The whole series of controversies
this year could have been avoided If
the 1887 legislature had needed the
advice of Major L. F. McLendon, then
chairman of the board" said Mr..
Maxwell.
"He suggested more stringent re-
strictions around absentee voting
Adoption of these suggestions would
have prevented any fragrant misuse
of the absentee ballot tnlS year.
"He recommended a new registra-
ton for the entire State except in
such counties as had new registration
in 1896. This would have prevented
Republicans from voting in this
years primaries-a complaint which
has been very frequent-as the party
affiliations of voters would have been
properly and recently recorded"
Mr.. Maxwell reiterated the inten
ton of the State board to "clean
house" in every county where II
seems necessary.
Every effort is being made to gath
er all the facts in every case of con
test or protest, and all the facts gath,
cred will be laid before the board at
it's next meeting here Friday, he ad-
ded.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19

In Oil Plot
Are Upheld

Madison, Wis, July 19 (AP)-Fed-
eral Judge Patrick Stone sustained
today the conviction of IL to 46 d.
PENDANTS found guilty last January OF
a conspiracy to raise and fix mid
western gasoline prices in 1885 ana
1886. He fined these defendants-l2
companies and five executives-a to-
tai of $65,O00.
The Judge dismissed the charges as
to ten other executives and one cor
poration, and found that the remain
ing defendants were entitled to a new
trial because they had been linked
to the alleged conspiracy only by cir
cumstantial evidence.
In a 16-page decision, Judge stone
treated all defendants in three cate
gories: l. Those whom he held were
shown to have combined through gaso
line purchasing agreements OF peg
the mid-western market; 2, those
whose connection with the conspiracy
was subject to doubt, and 3, those who
we're \clearly shown to be innocent.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
Premier de Valera Congrat-
ulates Californian for
His wrong Way"
Trip to Dublin
LACK OF PAPERS is
STRAIGHTENED OUT
Government Removes OBJ
stacIes From Path of Filler;
New York Preparing a
Warm and Profitable We'll
come to Solo Airman; Has
Made $4,000 Already

Dublin. Ireland, July 19.-(AP)-
Prime Minister de Valera congratulate
od Douglas "DaredeviP' Corrigan to-
dav on his wrong way flight from
New York to Dublin.
The prime minister hurried from a
cabinet meeting to greet the 31-year-
old Californian and hear the details
of the daring flight in the old 5000
nlane which torrigan insisted brought
him to Ireland instead of to Cali
fornia. because of a "little mistake"
in directions.
After thanking de Valera for Ire
lands kindness to him, Corrigan, ap-
nearing as fresh as if he had just
hopped across the Irish Sea, visited
government buildings to straighten
out difficulties arising out of his fail
IRE to have any of the papers flier
abroad is supposed to carry.
Officials of Irelands department of
external affairs told him they would
place no difficulties in the way.
Corrigan went out to Baldonnel air.
port to see his "old crate, and dis
closed he hoped to visit London to ex
hibit the plane. There also was some
talk that he might take the machine
to the Glasgow exposition.
Won't Fly Back.
Il am not going home without the
plane, but 1 won't fly it," the Cali
fornian explained. He said he would
take it back by steamer.
He had lunch at the United States
Legation, where messages from many
parts of the world poured in with
congratulations on his flight. One of
them was said to have been from
Henry Ford.
Corrigan was $4,000 to the good al
ready as a result of the little "mis-
take" in direction, having received
Continued on Page FOur)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19

TO FOLLOW ROUTE
OF CORRIGAN HOP
New Type Transport Plane
To Be Used and 4,712-Mile
Flight Is Expected To Be
Made In About 81 Hours;
Papana Raised His Own
Money for Venture

New York, July 19-(AP)-The Sec
ond solo flight across the Atlantic
ocean in less than a week will be at
tempted Thursday by Captain Alex
ander Papana, the "Lindbergh of
Roumania," who hopes to become the
first to fly the 4,712 miles from New
York to Bucharest nonstop.
The captain, famous in European
sports circles, and recognized as an
outstanding aerobatic performer,
holds the Roumanian altitude record
of 41,7OO feet.
For the ocean part of the route, he
will follow the trail of Douglas Cor
rigan, who conquered the ocean
stretch, the eighth person to do it
solo, yesterday, in a surprise hop to
Ireland.
Papana will use a new type trans
port plane, and expects to complete
the trip in 81 hours. The twin-mOtor-
ed craft, relatively small, has a wing
span of so feet, nine inches, and a
length of 35 feet, eight inches. It will
have a gross weight of 1850 pounds.
The Roumanian air force officers
projected flight to his homeland was
announced officially almost a year
ago. Later, the captain announced a
$4,000 specially built tri-motored
speed plane, bought with the contri-
buttons of friends and the Roumanian
public, had proved unsatisfactory for
his purpose.
Papana decided to raise money
alone for another plane, and stunted
at air shows at Cleveland, st. Louis,
Miami, Oakland and other points. BY
late spring he had earned enough.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
TRIP ACROSS CHANNEL is
ON BOARD ROYAL YACHT

BoulOgne, Franco, July 19.-(AF)
king George and Queen Elizabeth
of Great Britain came to France to-
day aboard the royal yacht Enchant-
ress for the first visit of state of Bri-
tish monarchs to France in a quarter
of century.
French naval ships, ranged before
the port of Boulogne, doomed a 81
gun salute and hoisted the British
flag as the Enchantress entered at
1890 D. m. (C:30 a. m., eastern stand
ard time).
A battleship, five cruisers and six
destroyers formed a double line out
side the port, and through this line
the Enchantress, met in mid channel
by seven other French destroyers
passed.
Two more destrOyers and two sub
marines, which were at anchor in the
harbor, joined in the salute to the
British monarch, who came to re-
and France, probably stronger than
at any time since the World War.
Crews of all ships lined the decks
and cheered, while ships bands broke
into "God Save the King"
AS soon as the Enchantress docked
Frances Foreign Minister George
Bonnet went aboard to greet the king
and queen.
To Queen Elizabeth, wearing black
with a knot of white flowers on her
left shoulder, he presented bouquet
of French roses. A huge crowd cheer
ed and waved banners.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
By CHARLES II. STEWART
Central Press COlumnist

Washington, July 19.-The current
political campaign thus. far has been
a decidedly more vicious one between
Democrats and Democrats than be-
tween Democrats and Republicans.
When the nominating primaries are
over and the contest SINNERS down to
a fight for election day majorities
doubtless the conflict will assume
more the complexion of an lnter-party
struggle. All the same, plenty OF
erstwhile Democratic votes are pretty
certain to be cast for Republican can
didates and good many formerly
Republican votes probably will be
cast for Democrats.
To be sure, the Democrats are
worse split than the Republicans.
Traditional.
Traditionally the Democrats have
been at odds with one another and
the Republicans have been very we'll
unified.
T once asked the late Democratic
Sneaker "Joe" Byrns why this was.
"well" he said, 1--WE Democrats
have principles but different groups
of us have different sets of principles
and we quarrel over them.
.The Republicans haven't any. All
+bev want is to win. They don't care
how they do it. Having won, they may
quarrel. too, over division of the
nl1nder. but they can agree on any
thing to beat us initially.'
In 1882
Tn 1882, however, the Republicans
were worse split than the Democrats.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
Japs Bomb
Campus OF
u. S. School
20 Chinese Killed at
Spot; 800 Are Dead
In Four Days of
Shanghai Fighting

Hankow, China, July 19.-(AP)-
Four japanese bombs fell on the
American church MISSIONS Boone
University campus during raid on
Hankow, Wuchang and Hanyang to-
day, killing 20 Chinese seeking shell
ter under an old wall.
The University is in Wuchang
across the Yangtze river from Han
kow, provisional capital of China.
Other missiles hit within a few yards
of the convent of the American Catho-
lie Sisters of Notre Dame. One struck
in the yard of German civilian resi-
dent.
A check-up in the tri-city area
placed the civilian casualty total at
about $50 killed and wounded.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
Bomb Fires
British Ship
At Valencia

Valencia, July 19.-(AP)-A 1000
pound bomb hit the British merchant
man Standard in Valencia harbor to-
day, setting her afire. Her crew and
two non-intervention observers had
close escape from death or injury.
The fire confined to the vessels
decks, soon was extinguished.
1t was the first bombing of a Bri-
tish ship in recent weeks, a lull in
such attacks in Spanish waters hav-
ing followed vigorous British protests
to General Franco, leader of insur-
gent Spain. The observers aboard the
vessel were an Italian and Neither
lander
Five planes made the raid. Eight
Spanish workers were killed as the
heavy bombs plunged into the dock
area.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
State Visit of King George
and Queen Elizabeth
First of Kind In a
Quarter Century
NAVAL PAGEANT ON
ARRIVAL AT PORT
Ships Bands Play British
National Anthem and Guns
Fire Salute s;Flowers Are
Presented to Queen, Wears
Black On Her Arrival
Ashore

Paris, July 19.-(AP)-A booming
salute of 101 guns welcomed King
George and Queen Elizabeth of Eng
land today on their arrival for visit
of state to France.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
600 DEAD IN FOUR DAYS
OF RATTLE AT SHANGHA

Shanghai, July 19.-(AP)-Sharp
artillery fighting across the Whang-
poo river from Shanghai has cost
perhaps 600 dead in the past four
days.
The Pootung area had not been the
scene of major fighting since the ia
panese offensive to capture Shanghai
last August and September. Chinese,
who finally withdrew, listed 200 ia
panese casualties, 100 dead, among
the attacking irregulars, and 300
peasants killed accidentally or by ia
Continued on page six)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19
NEW HIGHS STRUCK.
IN STOCK TRADING
Prices ZOOm Toward StratOsphelo'
With Gains of One to More
Than Four Points

New York, July 19.-(AP)- Stocks
zoomed toward the stratosphere IN to-
davis market, with gains OF one to
more than four points putting lead
ers at new tops since last October.
cut down top marks at
tn last, but favorites were wen III
front at the sound OF the 1lnal gong
The feverish run-up resuiteo III INC
largest volume for about nine montns, nso
transfers approximating z'9oO'ooo
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-19

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-28
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, July 28.-EVefS time destroyer slides down the ways it launches 100 or more offl- cers and men on one of the most romantic but hazardous jobs in the Navy.
 Destroyers are those trim little ships about 300 feet long, sleek as a yacht, but in wartime loaded with concentrated he'll both for the crew and the enemy. They are the pawns in every naval engagement, sacrificed to save the bigger ships or even to force change in the course of the enemy fleet.
 All the talk about the enormous expense of building up navy hinges around the cost of battle ships which, in all conscience, cost enough. But destroyers are more than twice as costly per ton. A 35,- 0O0-ton battleship costs around $7OO00,000 when fully armed CT S2,O00 a ton. A 1,500-ton destroyer costs s7.50O,00O to $8,000.00, or $5.000 and more ton. And the fleet needs many
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-28
RESOLUTION ON BLACK TURNED
 DOWN, ,BARCOM.
American Association Will Not Ask Supreme Court
 Eligibility Decision

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 28.-The American Bar Associations Resolu- tions Committee has refused to approve of resolution which would ask the Supreme Court of the Unit ed States for information regarding the eligibility" of Associate Justice Hugo L. Black.
 The committee also unfavorably reported proposed resolution sharply attacking the Nazis of Ger many. The resolution cited dis crimination against law-abiding citizens solely because of their race, religion or political opinions"
 The Black resolution, the com mittee pointed out, that the Su- preme Court has already refused to rule on the Alabaman's eligibility in proceedings brought by Albert Levitt, attorney.
 The Black resolution was pro- posed by Dean Edward Lee of the John Marshall Law School, at Chi cago.