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The Washington times., 1938-06-29

The lower Potomac is again
making rockfish history. This
news comes from st. Georges
Island and while the rock have
not taken to breaking any tackle,
nevertheless the fish are plen-
tiful and of fair poundage.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29

Harold Vermule and G. c..
Gordon are up at Livingston
Manor, N. Y, fishing the Will
lowemoe and the Beaverkill. Ac
cording to their letter, fishing
is hard, and WAth the water very
low and clear their trout creels
have not been a heavy burden.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29

DETROIT
FOURTH RACE-Travel Agent.
Weather, clear; track, fast.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29

Rock fishing is doing all right
down Piney Point way. Capt.
C. H. Overton, who operates the
black fleet with silver trim
mings, reports that good-sized
fish are being taken both troll
ling and still fishing.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
BarCritical
Of SEC And
Black
Securities Board Ac-
cused as Prejudiced;
SEC Commissioner Is
Resentful

Cleveland, O., July 26.-(P)-The
American Bar Association turned the
rostrum over to it's multi-farious COM
mittees today, leaving q controversy
with the Securities ard Exchange
Commission and a resolution on the
appointment of Supreme Court JUS
tice Hugo Black hanging fire.
No sessions of the associations as
sembly or house of delegates were
scheduled. However, committees open
ed discussion on a variety of topics
ranging from a collection of dues to
liability of owners, landlords and ten
ants to invites, licensees and tres
passers."
Commissioner Jerome Frank, of tn.
SEC, questioned the fairness of re-
port on administrative law by com
mittee headed by Dean Emeritus Ros-
coe Pound, of Harvard Law School,
and asserted the committee had ode
famed" Commission Chairman Viii
liam Douglas.
The committee mentioned SEC in
y discussion of a tendency to make
decisions on the basis of performed
opinions and prejudices," and Frank
said, quoted with approval an extra
from an article in law review, which
criticized the report made by the SEC
with respect to protective and reor-
ganiation committees"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
Floyd Tells
OF Rules For
Selling Leaf

College Station, Raleigh, July 30
North Carolina, the nations No. ]
producer of fluecured tobacco, has
been allotted 485.678,O0G pounds of
the leaf under the 1888 program, E.
Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer at
State College, announced today
Originally granted 46,9698,O0O pounds
this State had it's total boosted by
four per cent as 4 result of congress
sional amendments to the long-de-
bated farm bill. The small increase
added 18,680,000 pounds.
AS the act was set up, it did not
provide State quotas for new produc-
ers, but authorized allotments to this
group without regard to state lines
New farms were defined as those on
which flue-cured tobacco is being
produced for the first time this year
since 1888.
North Carolina was granted 1926 900
pounds for it's new producers. Tbs
when added to the allotments for cid
growers, represents 953 per cent OF
the average marketings during the
Continued on Page E'Ivel
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
Japs Take Kiukiang To Open
Way for Campaign On Hankow
Premier Declares
Britain Can Fight

London, July 26-(AP)-Prime Min
lister Chamberlain declared in the
House of Commons today amid cheers
"let no one imagine that, though we
seek peace, we are willing to sacrifice
even for peace British honor and
British vital interests"
The prime minister was defending
his foreign policy in the last debate
before a three months parliamentary
recess.
"Our aim is not the less peaceable
because no one can imagine we have
no reason to fear any foe"
Chamberlain asserted the armed
strength of the country because more
formidable day by day, and went on:
"But while that tremendous power
remained as guarantee that we
could defend ourselves if we were
attacked, we were not unmindful {
the fact that though it was good to
have a giant strength, it was tyran-
Gus to use it. :"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
Chambers
Poisoning
Suspicious
Barley Foe In Ken
lucky Was Danger
ously Ill After Politi-
cal Speech

Frankfort, Ky, July 26.-(P)-Ken-
tuckvs highway patrol proceeded to-
dav in an investigation into the as
serted poisoning" of Governor A. B.
Happv) Chandler.
Major Joe Burman, chief of the
State Bureau of Identification, said
"it was not the first time such a
thing has happened during the cam
paign" Chandler is waging for the
Democratic senatorial nomination
against Senator Barkley, Senate ma
iority leader.
1--WE have our suspicious" Major
Burman said in promising an inves-
tigation Ito determine who is respon-
sible for the attempts on the COVER
nors life
was stricken in a Louisville hotel, is
the victim of water "dOctOred with
poison" DR.. j. w. Bryan, his Louis
Vile physician, said in a statement.
DR.. Bryan said he did not know what
kind of poison it was, but added eff
consumed in sufficient quantities
would have caused DEATH"
Addressing a radio audience from
his bedside in the executive mansion
last night, Chandler said Sin no cam
paign in recent years has a campaign
been so Desperate
He recalled that he had just fin
ished a broadcast from his Louisville
hotel suite Friday when 1.-TWO of my
associates and 1 were stricken with
intestinal poisoning" DR.. Bryan had
said previously State Finance Com
missioner Dan Talbot and State High
way Patrol Wyatt drank from the
same pitcher of water" as the gov
ernor. and became ill at the same
time. but not as seriously
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
Corrigan Is
To Take Job
Paying Most

London, July 26.-(P)-Douglas Cor
rigan apparently has changed his
mind about money-making offers
from the United States.
"When 1 get back" the young
transatlantic flier said today, Il am
going to take the best job offered
movies, vaudeville, newspapers, any
thing"
But he is planning a two weeks
tour first.
"There will be couple of days
in New York." he said. "Two days
because the boys in Brooklyn seem
to want to have parade, as well
as guys in New York; then Boston;
then down south to Baltimore, Phila-
delphia and Washington"
He plans also to visit Fort Worth.
Dallas, San Antonio c'where was
stationed six yearsD; Norfolk, Va
elf 1 can make it"D; Galveston
.("where 1 was born'D; then Los An
geles, San Francisco and st. Louis
"where my plane was built"
Corrigan said he would attend the
Cleveland air races, but not as com
petitor.
Tomorrow Corrigan will go tC
Kensington Museum to see the plane
which the Wright brothers first flew
at Kitty Hawk, N. G.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
By CHARLES p. STEWART,
Central Press COIumnist

Washington, July Designs are that
the worlds democratic countries now
are about to have the economic laugh
upon the dictatorially ruled nations
Which, for some time, have been en-
enjoying the laugh on the democracies
and particularly upon the United
States.
Japan's recent cancellation of it's
Undertaking to entertain the Occident
at the Olympic games, due to in
ability to foot the bill, was plain
enough admission of the financial
pinch which Nippon feels.
The other day the German stock
market broke with a crash.
There are hints the italian mon
etary initiation is approaching the
danger point.
But American business is picking
Up and Britain and France are In
'ie midst of no slump.
We're Free
national economies, especially IN
me United States, never have been
very strictly regulated. They are sub
!1cted here to stricter regulation now
nan IN the past. However, even yet
w rules are loose in comparison with
-lsuc Germany's, Fascist Italy's
and Japan's.
~dyoe because of our lack of regi-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
Henderson
And Vance
Bonds Sold
Henderson $1,000 I'm
derpass and County
$4,000 School Notes
Placed

Raleigh, July 26-(P)-The Local
Government Commission sold $132, O0O
worth of bonds for five political sub
divisions today, and also sold six
notes and approved six bond issues.
Durham was authorized to issue
$155,O0O in bonds.
Elizabeth City and Pasquotank
county were each authorized to issue
$4,000 in airport bonds to buy land
for a coast guard air station.
Subject to approval by a vote of
the citizens, the commission author
lied issuance of $4,000 in water and
sewer bonds by Rise Hill; $4,000
sewer, water and electric light bonds
by Farmville, and $4,000 court house
addition bonds by Northampton
county.
The bond sales included:
$1,000 Henderson underpass to Sea-
songood & Mayer, of Cincinnati, o.,
at a premium of $7985, with inter-
est at IA per cent; Vance county,
$4,000 school building bonds, to r.
S. Dickson & Company, of Charlotte.
at premium of 49, with the first
$4,000 of maturities being IL per
cent interest, and the remainder 2 IA
per cent; Greenville, $4,000 street i'm
provements, to Seasongood & Mayer at
a SIS premium with the first 5000
maturities having IL per cent in
terest and the remainder 3 IA per
cent.
Revenue anticipation notes sold in
cluded: Elm City, $4,000 to the Con-
cord National Bank at par with in
terest at four per cent. Clayton sold
$1,000 in bond notes to the Concord
National with a premium of So, with
three per cent interest.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
SO Killed In
Clashes
In Palestine

Haifa, Palestine, July 26.-(H)-Five
persons were killed today in the Holy
Lands Arab Jewish racial warfare,
which took Is lives in Haifa yester-
day.
Greater loss of life was averted
when police found in the crowded
Arab vegetable market of old Jeru-
salem a heavily charged bomb just Is
minutes before it was set to explode.
Police expressed the belief the bomb
was similar to the one which eX-
ploded in the Haifa market yesterday.
Three members of terrorist band
were slain in a battle with special
constables, whom they had attacked.
A Jewish father and his 14-year-
old son were killed when they were
ambushed near a Jewish settlement on
the banks of the Jordan river.
Casualties were placed at IS dead
and 1O7 wounded. Sixty-one of the
victims were Arabs and four were
Jews.
The Associated Press correspond
CONTINUED on Page F'ive)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
Seven Jurors Are
Seated For Trial
OF Johnston Man

Smithfield, July 26.-(P)- Three
Johnston county farmers took their
places in the jury box today to make
a total of seven jurymen selected
to hear the case in which James E..
Harrington, former bank cashier, is
charged with killing John Mcmillan,
a Selma oil dealer
Herbert Cole, 6O-year-old Negro
farmer, appeared this morning as a
member of a special venire of 100
men, and court attaches said he was
the first Negro called for jury duty
in the county since about 1900. Cole
was rejected on the grounds that he
is opposed to capital punishment It
took examination Of 30 men to get
three acceptable to both sides this
morning.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
Economic Debacle Is Seen
AS An Early Possibility
In The Dictator Countries

mentation it is true that we have been
afflicted by stries of depressions al
ternating with periods of prosperity
or out-and-out boOms
We have had one lately-our re-
cession, so-called.
They Dragged
Hitler and Mussolini have Dragged
loudly that Gtrmany and Italy were
as prosperous as ever, recesslons else
where Notwithstanding They did seem
so, too. They had no unemployment
and looked to be doing fairly well.
Hitler's and Mussolini's version was
that they had solved the problem OF
business cycles by the dlctatorlal
method.
Japan did no Dragging, but she had
a war on her hands.
DictatiOn Fails
Now. the truth is that governmental
dictation does appear to be efficaclous
toward stalling off sudden economic
fluctuations.
But doesn't it tend toward a gener-
al. permanent decline in country
living standard? Germany has rur
into a definite slump, from which !!
NAV not recover at all. Italy has no'
hit a conspicuous slump. but its Nv
ing costs have been getting hlgnel
and higher and wages have not IN
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
Capital Is
Looking To
New Voting
Primaries | n Eight
States N e KIT Two
Weeks To Test Roose-
welt Strength

Washington, July 26-(AP)-The
PWA approved $27,972,314 of nom
Federal projects today
The list contained 161 projects in
20 states. The PWA will give muni-
cipalities $12,OO0O00 in grants to help
finance their construction. The re-
mainder must be put up by the NUM-
cipalities.
ALLEGATIONS announced today (grants
only included: Cumberland county,
North Carolina, schools, 37,287; Samp
son county, N. c., schools $35,145.
Meanwhile, E. S. Ballard, counsel
for the Inland Steel Company, Chi
cago, testified that high wages "can-
not be maintained static in the face
of present economic conditions with
out injury to employees and employ
ers alike"
Ballard gave his statement to tho
Labor Departments public contracts
board which is taking testimony to-
determine the prevailing minimum
wage rate employers must pay while
performing government steel con-
tracts. Billiards. testimony was the
first indication the steel industry
IIlShC NC NOlloiOClAH IllC POooiUAiCy
of wage readjustments in the wake
of recent steel price reductions.
Other developments:
Democratic candidates in six states
launched into their final campaign
ing this week before early August
primaries, testing President Roose-
velt's party leadership, as well as
their own vote-drawing power.
A week from today, August 2, pri-
mary elections will take place in
Kansas, Missouri, Virginia and West
Virginia. Two days later, Tennessee
Democrats will pick their candidates,
and August will come the bitterly
contested Kentucky primary.
Capital politicians wondered wheth-
er Secretary Ickes was limiting at a
third term race for President Roose-
welt when he said
eff the reactionaries in the Demo-
cratic party want a real test of
President Roosevelts strength with
the people, 1 suggest that they con-
tinue to work for situation that will
result in the people being given an
opportunity to vote directly on the
proposition of whether or not they are
for President Roosevelt and his pill
cies."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
Battleshiips
Go Slow In
Mine Fields

Shanghai, July 26.-(P)-The Japa-
mad at last opened a path for a ma
jor offensive against Hankow today
by occupying Kiukiang, and thereby
breaking the main Chinese detens,
line in the Yangtze valley.
Kiukiang is 1875 miles down the
Yangtze from Hankow, provisional
Chinese capital. The Japanese had
tried more than three weeks to force
entry into the city. The army of Nip
pom entered it this morning, the Jap
anese announced, after Chinese de-
tense began to crumble late Monday
night.
Chinese claims to the contrary, the
Japanese said General Chang Kali
Shek's troops were retreating to the
west and southwest, presumably hop
ing later to swing back north to form
new defenses for the capital.
While the Japanese army completed
it's occupation of Kiukiang, the Japa-
nese announcement related, Japanese
warships advanced slowly through
mine fields in the Yangte, and with
army and navy air forces joined in
Smelling and bombing the rereating
Chinese
The Japanese said the fall of
Kiukiang eliminated a forceful often
sive begun last Saturday, when troops
landed on the west bank of Lake
Poyang. Heavy rains hampered con-
tinuance of the advance until yester-
day. Despite the rains, however, the
communique said, the army defeated
several Chinese divisions as it fought
it's way to Kiukiang."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
N. C.. Rivers
Reach New
Flood Level

Raleigh, July 26-(AP)-More heavy
rains sent Eastern North Carolina riv-
ers toward new and higher flood lev
els today.
Crops in lowlands along the Roam
oke, Neuse, Tar and Cape Fear rivers
were covered by muddy waters. Small
bridges on a number of county roads
were washed out, and numerous dirt
roads were becoming impossible or
nearly SO.
Weather Man Lee A. benson said
today more than three and a half
inches of rain during the last "a hours
at Rougemont, in Durham county,
was forming "a new very heavy flood
In the upper Neuse."
A stage of 43 feet or above within
SO hours was forecast for the Roam
oke at Weldon as the result of new
rainfall of nearly three inches at
Clarksville, Va. The stage at Weldon
was Ala feet today, eleven feet above
bank level.
The upper Tar was considerably"
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
Claim Votes
In Sampson
Are Illegal

Raleigh, July 26.-(P-Rivers D.
Johnson, of Warsaw, who apparently
lost the Democratic nomination for
solicitor in the sixth district to }.
Abner Barker, of Roseboro, argued
to the State Board of Elections to-
day that 1900 illegal votes had been
cast in Sampson county.
Johnson contended that the con-
tested votes should be thrown out.
He said they were cast by Repub'
licans and other not affiliated with
the Democratic primary.
Jeff D. Johnson, Jr., of counsel for
Barker, contended that Rivers John
son had failed to show how the con-
tested votes were cast as between the
candidates, and that therefore he had
failed to show that their elimina-
ton would change the results.
Chairman w. A. Lucas, of the cleo
(Contin1ed on Page Eight.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
Farm Group
Will Demand
New Statutes

College Station, Raleigh, July 3d.
Proposed agricultural legislation to
benefit North Carolina farmers will
be discussed on the mems program
Friday morning. of Farm and Home
Week at State College, August 1-5.
Eleven agricultural organizations in
the State have accepted invitations
to send representatives to participate
in the discussions, said John A. Arey
of State College, who is in charge
of the mems program for the week.
The representatives will meet on
Thursday afternoon to go over the
legislative policies of their respective
organizations and to coordinate them
into we'll planned program, Arey
pointed out.
With Dr. Clarence A. Poe, editor
of the Progressive Farmer, presiding,
the representatives will present their
program to the farmers Friday morn
ing. Men in the audience will be
asked to express their opinions about
To-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
Lucas Master
OF Elections
Board Probe
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, July 26-Former Governor
]. C. B. Ehringhaus and Major l..
P McLendon; Neil NICK Salmon, Bob
Young's lawyer, and L. l.. Levinson,
counsel for Solicitor G C. Canaday;
and some other expert pleaders have
been much in the public print during
the many-sided probe of election
fraud charges; but the real ringmast-
er, the man who is cracking the whip
end making 'em like it, is nobody but
modest, unassuming w. A. Lucas
chairman of the State Board of Elec-
tons.
Lawyers have snarled at each other
in bitter exchanges-have clinched
their fists waved their arms and
grown red in the face. But one and
all-big shots and little fellows-they
have sat down and behaved them
selves when the chairman has re-
Continued on Page FOur)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
State Seeks
100000
For Schools
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, July 26.-Various counties
of North Carolina will seek total
of about $2yOO0,00O in PWA grants
for the purpose of necessary school
building Superintendent of Public In
struction Clyde A. Erwin estimates.
'"This will mean program of about
S5,OOO0OO in absolutely necessary
school construction this fall and
winter" he told your correspondent
The school system head was not
able to give details as to which coun-
ties and cities will build new schools
this fall, but he did cite Beaufort
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-26
WEATHER

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair tonight and We'd
nesday; slightly warmer in north
central and extreme northeast
nortions Wednesday.
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Evening star., 1938-09-09

infantry tactical instructor, said that
he asked the major why he didn't
tell 1t all and get 1t Of your chest"
He said Maj. Brooke replied as fol-
lows:
IT you were in my place-and I
know you won't be-and you had one
chance in q million Of beating it,
wouldn't you take it?"
Capt. Drake also testified that MAJ
Brooke admitted that he nailed up a
rear door Of his quarters the morn
ing his wife's body was found, and
quoted the accused man As saying,
X don't know why did It,"
The captain. who was on the wit
ness stand the greater part Of yes
terday, also said that he and an
other captain found pair of brown.
od-stained oxfords and pair of
garters In the locked trunk on Maj.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Man Loses Reason;
Wife Sues Guardian
And Loses Her Mind
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. o.
Twenty-one years ago George p.
Nickerson went to war.
He was promoted to major. The
strain Of war, combined, physi-
clans said, with brooding over
separation from his wife, broke
his reason.
Years later his wife, Mrs. Perle
B. Nickerson Of Del Rio, Tex,
sued in Federal Court here to OBJ
tain $4,000 from George Ander-
son, as guardian Of her husband.
She contended more than $50, 900
had been paid him and that she
was entitled to part Of 1t As COM
munity property.
Yesterday Mrs. Nickerson's at
tortey, Carol Single, appeared In
court and asked that the case be
dropped.
Mrs. Nickerson, too, he said, had
lost her reason.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
WE|RT0N HEARING
READY TO RESUME
Attorneys to Push Costly
Battle Over c. |. o.
Changes.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. s.-The Weir
ton hearing, longest, costliest and one
Of the most bitter in the history Of the
National Labor Relations Board, re-
sumes in this capital OF steel on Sep
tember 26.
The Pittsburgh ONCE of the Labor
Board announced today resumption
Of testimony had been delayed two
weeks, but said 1t had received no
reason for the order from headquarters
at Washington. The hearing was to
have reopened next Monday.
The original complaint based on c.
I. o. charges Of unfair labor practices
was served on the Weirton Steel Co.
August l, 1887. The hearing started
is days later at New Cumberland, w.
Va. Sessions since have been held also
In Steubenville. Ohio, and Pittsburgh.
The board rested its case last March
10. A month later the defense opened,
signaling a series of stormy sessions
eliminating in the barring of Clyde G.
Armstrong, fiery Weirton counsel, from
the case.
Examiner Edward Grandson Smith,
who dismissed Armstrong from the
hearing room for defiant, contemptu-
Gus and contumacious conduct" was
burned in etigy by Weirton steel work.
men.
His order was upheld by the Labor
Board, but he later resigned and
James c. Batten was appointed ex-
aminer.
Mr.. Armstrong; first assistant, John
E. Laughlin, jr., will conduct the de-
tense.
Both sides have thus far paraded
<73 witnesses to the stand. Cost of the
voluminous record alone-3l,9l9 pages
is estimated conservatively at $780,
900. Lawyers fees and other costs are
expected to send the total bill all the
way from 100000 to $2,OO0,O0O.
The hearing has been In adjourn
ment for two months.