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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
Says Costs
Of SterllIlli.iinlg
- ~ iS-a y HOT a@
To Advance
Hedrick Sees Rising
Prices Whether Work
Is by Hand or Done
by Machine

Raleigh, Oct. 25.-(AP)-Tobacco
stemming costs will increase whether
the work is done by hand or machine
under the wages and hours law to-
bacco marketing specialist w. p
Hedrick, of the State Department OF
Agriculture, said today He said: "It
is probable that the increased pro-
cessing costs will be taken from the
farmers tobacco profits"
Hedrick explained the Federal law
provides 25 cents an hour minimum
wage, and said a hearing with wage
hour authorities will determine wheth-
er thousands of stemmers will keep
their jobs. The present law, he adj
ded, makes it almost impossible to
stem tobacco under the old system.
Faced with the wage-hour law, lar
ger tobacco professors are turning,
he said, to the machine to reduce
costs of stemming. Hedrick estimat-
ed there are about 10000 to 10000
stemmers working in this State, re-
ceiving about three cents pound for
stemming under ''piecemear' basis.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
Most Industries OF
South Carrying On
Under Wage Act
Many Thousands of
Workers, H ow ever,
Laid Off Under New
Regulations, Mostly in
Tobacco and Lumber
Plants; Peanut Indus
try Seems Unaffected

Atlanta, Ca, Oct. 25.-(AP)-Em-
ployment officials in southern states
began tabulation today of workers
who have, lost their jobs as the re-
suit of the new Federal wage-hour
Jaw.
Preliminary reports after the first
days operation of the act indicated
most of the larger industries were
carrying on as usual. Some small en-
terprises however, notably tobacco
processing factories in North Caro-
lima, modest saw mills in the rural
areas of Georgia and Alabama, and
pecan Smelling plants, were said to
have decided to shut down rather
than attempt to pay 25 cents an hour
for 44-hour work week.
Employees of stemming and re-dry-
ing plants in the North Carolina to-
bacco belt were affected by cessation
of production. State employment Of
fees had reports of at least $500
workers being laid off in seven COM
munities, and, some unofficial esti-
mates ran as high as 10000.
In Washington, j. Seligman, of San
Antonio, Texas, president of the Ma
tional Pecan Shelters of America, told
Administrator Elmer Andrews. every
plant in his industry was closed,
throwing approximately $4,000. persons
out of employment.
No accurate estimate was possible
of the number affected by saw mill
shutdowns, since most of the plants
are located in remote. rural areas.
Four small mills in Alabama and
more than 20 in Georgia were report
ed to have ceased operation. ~
X In Nashville, Horace Hill, capitalist,
disclosed he was disposing of all out
ofsstate retail grocery establishments,
He added, however, the wage-hour
law was only one of many reasons
for the move. In the future, Hill said,
his company chain store operations
would be confined to Tennessee.
where there are 1876 units.
The peanut industry in Georgia,
Florida and Alabama appeared unaf-
,fected. In Albany, Ca, j. B. Latimer.
secretary of the Southeastern Peanut
Association, predicted ''almost 100
percent" compliance with the law, and
added he knew of no peanut Smelling
plants planning to. close because OF
the wage-hour act.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
Additional 5
Prisoners At
Camps Escape

Raleigh, Oct. 25.-(AP)-The penal
division reported escape of five pris-
oners from Pitt and Rutherford coun-
ty camps last night and this morning,
making in all Fl still at large from
breaks over the weekend. Details
were not immediately available, bu-
two escaped from the Pitt camp to-
day, three from Rutherford last night
Ten of 10 prisoners are still free
following a Person county camp break
yesterday, eight from an Arson get
away Sunday
Later information was that the
Rutherford escapes were Charlie
Tate given IS months in Rutherford
for LARGELY; Garland Moody, serving
two years for larceny in Mcdowell.
and Earl Hardin, sentenced in NC
Dowell to two years for assault on
female.
Lumberton officers notified penal
division officers during the day they
had caught ArnpId McHorne, sentenc
ed in Buncombe to seven to ten years
fContinued on Page Ski
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
FDR PAIRING
Spending To
Aid Defense
Budget Costs To Be
Cut for Bigger Arma-
ments; Broader Wage.
Hour Authority Will
Be Sought of Congress
To Interpret Law For
Business 40

Washington, Oct. 25.-(AP)-Presi
dent Roosevelt took up today the pro
blem of pairing 1889 departmental ex-
penditures to help make room for an
anticipated increase in defense costs.
The President, who returned last
night from his home at Hyde Park,
summoned Daniel Bell acting budget
director, to begin making budget es-
Inmates for submission to Congress in
January. Much preliminary work has
been done in a series of conferences
during the past few weeks.
Besides the departmental require
ments, Mr.. Roosevelt must take into
consideration the probable effect of
the business trend on anticipated rev.
enues, possible new sources of income
and the extent of savings that might
be effected in such items as relief.
Actual relief estimates for the year
beginning next July 1, and for the last
four months of the current fiscal year
will not be made until about Deem
Der 15
Other developments:
The wage-hour administration may
ask. Congress for broader authority
in applying the new labor standards
law to specific industries. This pre-
diction came from high ranking Of
ficials, who were swamped with in
quiries from employers as to whether
the statute regulates minimum wages
and maximum hours for their parti-
cular businesses. Now that the wage
hour program actually has gone into
effect, Administrator Elmer Andrews
and his staff are giving most of their
attention to these appeals for assis-
lance.
"All Americans safe!"
This dispatch was sent from burn
ing Canton by /. N. Linnell, Amer
lean consul-general, who received
praise from State Department Off
Gals. Linnell arranged points of re-
fuge for Americans and also acted or
behalf of local committee to obtain
safety zones for the Chinese popula
tons.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
Passports To.
g. s'ts
German Spies
Were Sought. !.

New York, Oct. 25.-(AP)-I spite
of the uproar over the Robinson-Ru-
ben passport affair, G. G. Rumrich,
German secret agent, was confident
he could secure passport blanks for
NaZi spies, he testified in Federal
court today.
Rumrich made the statement under
cross-examination by counsel TO.
Erich Chaser, one of the three de-
PENDANTS on trial before Judge John
Knox and jury on espionage charges
An attempt last February to get the
passport blanks by telephoning the
State Department office here, request
ing they be sent to a hotel, led to
Rumrich's arrest and the seizure later
of Chaser, Johanna Holman and
Otto Voss, co-defendants in the trial
The Robinson-Rubin passports con
tanning false information.
Had you read the newspapers on
the Robinson-Rubin passport story?'
demanded Matthews.
Rumrich said he had.
sYou knew, then, that there was
nothing more dangerous than tryins
to get passport blanks?"
Assistant United States ATTORNEY
Lester Dunnigan, objected to the ian.
parent attempt to connect this case
with that one.
II have no intention Of doing So
Matthews retorted.
Judge Knox interviewed to ask:
'Why did you go ahead in the face
of all that publicity and try to get the
passport blanks?"
Rumrich replied he thought h,
could carry out the plan.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25

Raleigh, Dot. 25- The State High
way and Public Works Commission is
pretty well "onl the spot" as the result
Of the State WPA Head George W
Coan's announcement that the VIVA
is making nearly 100000 available
for maintenance and construction of
secondary roads in North Carolina.
Reason is that the announcement
has left the impression that four mill
lion dollars is laying around just
waiting to be put to work helping to
get North Cardinals backwoods out
of the mud; when as matter of fact
nothing of the sort can be started UNI
til the State is ready to allot nearly
one of the four million.
And, according to w. Vance Baise,
engineer of the State Highway and
Public Works Commission, there
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
Election Row
Personnel Is
Non-Political
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Daily Dispatch Bureau.

Raleigh, Oct. 25.-Personnel of the
three-man arbitration committee to
settle the eighth district congression-
al .row-a sort Of super-Supreme court
to determine what the highest regular
tribunal in the State failed to accom-
Dlish in two tries--is completely non
political. efa
Of the three members, Charles G..
Rose, of Fayetteville, James G. Mer-
'imon, Of Asheville, and H. Gardner
Hudson, of Winston-Salem, only Mr..
Rose has any political office-holding
N his long record. The Fayetteville
nan, when a comparative youngster
If 81, served in the 1911 House. There
ire reports that Mr.. Merrimon was
nee either judge of city court, or
ity attorney, or something of the
lind in Asheville, but nobody seems
know much about it.
Senior member of the triumvirate
CONTINUED on Page Eight
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
W.O.Burgin Winner
Of Nomination For
Congress In 8thA
Air Crash Kills
Is In Atastralia

!, Sydney, Australia, pct. 25.ACAP)
Eighteen persons, including a
member of the Australian ParIia-l
ment, were killed today in the.
DOminion's worst air liner crash
on mist-shrouded Mt Dandenong,
40 miles southeast of Melbourne.
Seven persons were thrown from
the cabin. The others were trapped
i'm the ship, which burned The
machine, with a crew of four, In
Guiding hostess, was bound from
Adelaide to Melbourne. 1t was OPP
Grated by the Australian National
Always.
A store-keeper at the town of
KiOrama said he heard the plane
roaring through the mists. "a few
seconds later heard an awful
crash, and ran out of the store"
he related. IL could see the wreck
not far away"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
Modern Education
Housing Venture /,
DR.. Hutchins Says

New York, Oct. 25.-(AP) DIR. Rob
ert M. Hutchins, president of the Uni
versity of Chicago, today criticized
the modern education system as "a
large-scale housing venture, which
fails to develop freedom of thought.
To this lack Of freedom he ascribed
the major ills of the modern world
DIR. Hutchins' address, "The Free
Mind" was delivered to the first .ses-
sion of the New York Herald-Tri-
bune's 1888 forum on current prob
lens. The opening address was de-
livered by Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
welt, who spoke to the forum by radio
from Cincinnati on youths Contri
button in Keeping the Mind of the
Nation Young"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
Capital City
Deserted By
The Chinese
c h i a n g Kai Shek
Leaves by Plane Dur
ing Night as Defenders
Desert Great Inland
Center; Sixth Great
Chinese City Taken by.
Invaders

Shanghai, Oct. 25.-(AP)- The Japa
neSe army and navy commands to-
night announced that their forces had
entered Hankow, China's provisionaI
capital abandoned by it's defenders
Although details were licking. Japa-
csc officers said units of both SER
vices had participated in the capture
of the great city on the middle Yang
tie river, major goal of the Japanese
conquest since Marking fell nearly
eleven months ago.
The first detachment to enter ap-
parently was an infantry column,
which previously had captured a
point 20 miles to the north, and then
driven rapidly down the Peiping-
Hankow railway
General Chang Kai-Shek, military
and civil leader. of the Chinese nation,
was reported to have left Hankow by
plane during the night, accompanied
by his foremost aide, his American
educated wife.
Announcement of the japanese en-
try into Hankow was made in a
joint. communique from China head
quarters of the Japanese army and
ravy. Naval officers said they be-
lieved Japanese warships had reached
the great inland port, although exact
positions OF, the vessels were not dis
CLOSED. Since Markings fall the navy
has cooperated with the army in
blasting pathway up the river.
Fhe last stages of the J1panese all
vance were made with s1ch rapidity
overland from the northeast, along
both banks. of the Yangtze, and UP
theiiriver itself that large units of
chinese were cut. off. The rapidly
iss~sr Hs'iii y-------
.tls.( CONTINUED on PapSa EnIir
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
$4,000, O0oWPAHighway
Offer Is To Be Accepted

isn't any such sum available for al
location and, furthermore, there isn't
even a remote chance that so much
money will be available unless and
until it is finally learned that the
WPA has definitely declined to match
State funds in $5,OO0,0OO project for
undermining obsolete portions of
North Cardinals primary highway
system. Definite decision on the PWA
matter isn't expected until "some
time in November, according to. Mr..
Baise.
Neither Highway Chairman Frank
Dunlap nor Governor Clyde r. Hoey
will be- in, Raleigh the first part of
this week and there is no way to find
out whether either or both of these
officials contemplate any action look
ing toward matching the WPA money
Continued on page six)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
, Three : Man Referee
Board Decides f 0 r
Lexilf gton Man on
Basis Of Validity sof
Election Returns In
Davidson G ountyr;
Deane To Withdraw

Raleigh, Oct. 25.-(AP)-The re-
ferees in the eighth district congress
sional dispute voted unanimously to-
day that w. o. Burgin, of Lexington
should be the Democratic nominee.
The report of the referees was read
at 1885 p. M, in the presence of J. C.
B. Ehringhaus, counsel for Burgin,
and Assistant Attorney General Wade
Bruton 81
The ruling, which both candidates
in the four-months-old dispute had
agreed to accept as final, eliminated
c. B. Deane, of Rockingham.
The State Elections Board will
meet here tomorrow to certify the
nominee. Judge Harris Immediately
started work on his consent order to
end the court litigation.
Under the agreement between
Deane and Burgin, the loser in the
decision of the referees, must with
draw his candidacy by formal notice
to the elections board. It was as
sumed Deanes notice would be here
by tomorrow.
The referees based their decision
for Burgin on the merits of the whole
case after considering two specific
questions of law, as to validity of re-
turns made by two Davidson county
election boards, one of which was re-
moved by the State Elections Board
and succeeded by the other.
Two Republicans on the five-man
State Elections Board have been
quoted as saying they would never
cast a vote to certify Burgin as the
nominee, but the three Democratic
members, majority, have made no
public expression, so far as is known
here.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
.Pr''o:fit-T aking
Checks Stocks

New York, Oct. 25.-(AP) Further
profit-taking cooled some of the adj
yancing tendencies in today's stock
market, but leaders, on the whole, of
fered plenty of resistance to selling
Overnight buying orders taxed ..brok-
erage facilities before the opening,
and the ticker tape, for brief inter
val after the start, fell behind. Gains
ran to two or more points in favored
aircrafts,s utilities, ssteels. motors, rails
and specialties. Many new highs for
more than a year were recorded. Sec
ondaryx rail bonds put on another SCI
lettive rising performance
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
JAP ARMY And navy FORCES TAKE HANk0V
Jap Regret Over
Bombings Voiced

London, Oct. 25.-(AP)-An Of
fetal source said to-day that jap
ans vice minister for foreign af-
fairs had expresses ssleep regret"
for the bombing o6 the$ British river
gunboat /, Sapdpiper aby Japanese
war planes. The Japanese regrets
we're conveyed to Sir Robert Leslie
Craigie, British a.ashassador at
Tclyn. The vice minister promised
a full inquiry into the affair.
The Sandpiper, bombed Sunday
at a point 200 miles southwest of
Hanlkow, suffered damage to her
super-structure, but there were no
casualties. Il.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
Jasper Hicks
Given High
Kiwanis Post

Spartanburg, S. c., Oct. 25.-
(AP)-Richard Thigpen, of Char
lOtte, was elected district COVER
nor of the CaroIinas district XII
wants club at the closing session
of three-day convention here
today. He succeeds Ames Haiti
wanger, of Columbia.
Raleigh, N. c., was selected as
the 1899 convention city.
Division governors include: No.
4, L. Il. Upchurch, DR., of RaefOrd;
five, Jasper b. Hicks, Henderson;
sixth, w. q. Robbins, of Rocky
Mount; seven, w. j. Bundy, OF
Greenville, N. G.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25

" MldlOllCy OCpA z
Gates references to
the inquiry as an
"anti m o n o poly
quiz" The senator
has insisted again
and again that he. is
not trying to con-
Wet any one of any
thing; he is after
facts which he in
tends to use for the
benefit of all con-
cerned corporations
included. He objects
to the term "anti-
monopoly as not
only inn oc11rafa hit
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
Monopoly Quiz
Not Aimed To
Hurt Any One
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COIuInnist

Washington, Oct. 25.-As chairman
of the committee on investigation of
monopolies, Senator Joseph c.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25

as calculated to. scare witnesses he
hopes to obtain valuable information
from. OF course all congressional in
vestigators profess an intention TO be
CONTINUED on Page Four.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA

FUR NORIH CAROLINA
Fair, slightly cooler in central
and southeast portions; light to
heavy frost in interior tonight.
Wednesday fair.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25

Continued on Page SKI
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25

CONTINUED on Page Eight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-25

Continued on page six)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-28
By ED SULLIVAN
Quiz for Movie Stars
HOLLYWOOD. Nov. %.

HOLLYWOOD. Nov. 49,
AN THE year about to end retained stand
ing in other words genuine person
when the Chief9 Or have Holly
with its implication Of snobbery and pretense' Don't an
quickly. Think it over, Toots)
three truly charitable things during the year.
suggesting that the studio publicity department get
the publicity department was releasing fanfareD
or a7s ys Ct t. Se WITH
the successes who may be able to do me some sOodP
DHAyE out Of my way to get job for some actor or
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M sTeet am putting on an sc or
sRsr .s ssn z Sr ::
are Working gas as extras today honeyD
afford the house which live the tS main ain
furs which my demands vanity insists
daa a0a in the % IL ges
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Have ES's handed and sue success equally INV Te1' ~ '
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aS did think to beaa Of cR my @ e Us
do you believe your press clippngsD ,., . ,o...
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the anu yPq on
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another way Of spelling nervous stornach9
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decent honorable helpful would just list the amount Of
ON SEEING You Can't Take It with You" d.d under
PDo in everyday life practice some Of the intolerance
which publicly the dcators? That stand
quite lot of sepobng little chckadees and don't answer
it by saying Some of my best friends" etc., .
Q-N FIGHTING NazlSm, FaScSm Communism and all the
other ms Of l. have remembered to support American
(Uhhuh it's pretty good country the birth rate OF
ingrates is surprisingly hghO
Success and health related closely than you Think
S-WHAT Is CroSley rating liquor gambling oiSSpa-
ton?
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months)
U-HAVE paid my debts-money borrowed bills I've run
stores charge I've neglected? (Honor very
precious asset
Y-IF a movie coumnst resisted the temptation
wise guy comments the Industry (You have
tell me)
IF movie fan have read these questions and realized
that they apply much to to any movie starr
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-28
Little Shows Czech Movie

AS the inaugural picture Of
Washington's first International
Cinema Festival, the Little The
alter Is showing "Janosik," q
Czechoslovakian production pre-
senting the story of a Carpathian
serf who became a national hero.
This Is a robust screen drama,
enacted by a group Of accom-
pliShed Czech performers, boast
ing excellent direction and
brand of photography found
relatively infrequently in foreign
film product.
When the oppression Of peas
antry in the Carpathian region
during the early Eighteenth cen
fury touches his own home, Jano-
six resolves to fight the feudal
lords, and a series of stirring
conflicts follow, interspersed
with daring raids upon the prop
erty Of the rich. The prototype
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-28

Fortune GalIO's opera company
into his playhouse for . two
weeks engagement The
Gallo company began its sea-
son at Radio City's Center Thea
ter to bumper business, has
been senSatiOnally successful on
the road, due, perhaps, to the
demand for vOices that require
no mechanical amplificatiOn 80.
These National bookings for
January are announced as Of
fetal: January 2, return engage
ment of Clare Booths "The
Women; January 8, Beatrice
Lille in the new Noel Coward
revue, "Set to Music" prior to
Broadway; January 16, Helen
Hayes in Victoria Regina"
moved up from the original
date; January 20, the Theater
Guild and Mercury Theater
production of Five Kings" q
teleScOped Shakespeare that
may have, besides Actor OrSOn
WelleS, the services of Burgess
Meredith.
ABOUT ORSON WELLES
Orson Welles is the fellow
who scared the U. s. A. to
death ABOUT a month ago with
his imaginative drama of an at
tack by Mars, sent over the
radio. Out Of the furore he got
a regular radio job at $500 a
week, beginning December 9. He
replaces Hollywood Hotel" on
the air waves.
Mercury Theater, his promo
ton, is said to be $4,000 in the
red as a result Of the failure Of
"Danton'S DEATH" his last pro-
duction. He plans to pay off
with his radio profits. Mercury
Theater had a mercurial success
last season with the modern
Julius Caesar" and "Shoe-
makers Holiday" both warmly
kissed by Broadway critics.
G. B. SHAW IN MOVIES
Loew's has opened the first
George Bernard Shaw picture,
Pygmalion" at the Astor Thea
ter in New York, as reserved
seat attraction Upon its
reception will determine how
the feature will be released in
other Jurisdictions Leslie
Howard is the name in big let
tiers on the marquee, although a
British actress, Wendy Hitler
is said to have a role Of equal
importance The screenplay
and the dialogue are said to
be original George Bernard
Shaw, which means sharp and
incisive language, of a kind that
will please those who like a bit
Of matured intelligence with
their ShaVian characterizations.
"HARDYS OUT WEST"
No problem picture is "Out
West With the Hardys," which
got its first release dates on
Thanksgiving Day, and despite
stormy weather in the East,
cracked . few box office rec
! OrdS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-28
for
New Talent

Two additions already have
been held at the Earle Theater
for Washingtonians with secret
ambitions to be entertainers,
and Production Manager Harry
Anger has selected a number Of
performers who will be invited
to appear on the Earle stage
sometime during the week Of
December 2.
Further additions will be held
this week, so there is still plenty
of time for interested Washing
tonians to apply for an addition.
All that is necessary is to write
a letter to Secret Ambitions"
care Of the Earle Theater, Wash
ington, and in it tell your name,
your present occupation, and
the type Of entertaining it is
your ambition to do. BY return
mail you will receive q reply Civ.
ing the time and place Of your
addition.
A diversified group Of enter
tanners have been selected and
Anger is still seeking new and
different talent. Cash prizes
will be awarded the best enter
tainers who appear during the
week Of December 2. In addi-
ton, Washingtonians who have
long desired to turn entertain
ers-if only for one show-will
be afforded an opportunity to
make their professional debut.
Dick Foran, the screens
Singing Cowboy; Arren and
Broderick, Opera in the Ruff;
the Shanghai Wing Troupe
and the 16 Earle Roxyettes are
others who will be presented at
the Earle during the week Of
December 2.