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The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03
CHARLES H. HOUSTON
GETS BEFORE iva.
COM MlTTEE
IVA PERSONNEL DIRECTOR
TO PROBE NAACP. CHARGES

Knoxville, Tenn, Sept. THE
Joint Congressional Committee in
vestigating the Tennessee Valley
Authority here moved today to
pet at the bottom of charges OF
gross brutality and discrimination
against Negro workers If the
TVA area revealed by Charles II.
Houston, national legal represent
ativo of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, when he testified before
the Committee here last fort
night.
Officials of the Association an
nounced today that Gordon X.
Clapp, IVA personnel director,
who was directed by the commit
tee to prepare a report on the
NAACP. charges, will begin a two
day Investigation September o.
Mr.. Clapp, the announcement
said, will be accompanied by Mr..
Houston, and will cover the same
ground covered by the latter and
Thurgood Marshall in their in
vestigation for the Association.
In a telegram inviting Houston
to accompany me, to observe and
assist" in the Investigation, the
iva personnel director said he
would take testimony from COM
plainants and others involved"
Action on the Associations
charges represent the result OF
four years of hammering on the
part of the NAACP. beginning il
1884. 1t was during this year that
the Association sent Investigator
into the area whose report of
conditions was substantiated by G
government investigator.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03
N. J. EIkS To Fight Civil
Service Discrimination

Newark, n. J. Sept. / (C)-
Elks of northern New Jersey were
scheduled to meet at Newark lodge
home, 153 S. Orange ave, Sunday,
to fight discrimination in civil ser
vice appoitmens, under the direct
ion of the civil Liberties and Edu-
cational Department of the Grand
Lodge, preparing for a state wide
rally in Trentoo on April "a ac-
cording to Mercer Burrell, chair
man of the Civil Liberties commit
tee Of Pride of Newark Lodge.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03
Washington Students
Visit Naval Academy

Annapolis, Mr.. Sept. 1 (C)-The
Washington Educational Touring
club of Cardoze night school, Geo.
H. Wallace, president, visited the
U. S. Naval Academy Sunday, at
the invitation of Rear Admiral d.
F. Sellers, superintendent of the
school.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03
WIFE DIES OVER SHOCK
OF HUSBANDS DEATH

Philadelphia, Sept. 1 (ANP)-
In the intense heat prevailing in
Philadelphia last weekend, Clarence
Weston, 81 a stevedore, living at
724 South Smedley ST., died while
unloading a ship at pier 90, South
Wharves. His wife, Mrs. Alice
Weston, so, die dof shock when
notified of her husbands death.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03
A & P STORE HIRES
-C0L0RED CASHIER

Columbus, o. Sept. l (C)- As
the result of a boycott by colored
citizens, the A. and P. store on
Mt. Vernon Ave. has hired Mrs.
Peters Smith as cashier and re-
quested fifteen days more to make
other personnel changes satisfac-
tory to the Civil Liberty League.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03
Alabama Teachers Pay
$137.60 Dues

Montgomery, Sept. 1 (C)-Eigh-
ty-six teachers of Pickens county,
in western Alabama, have sent to
President H. Council Trenholm of
State Teachers college $137.60 as
100 per cent dues from their group
for the American Teachers Asso-
citation, the Alabama State Teach
ers Association, and the Alabama
Congress of Colored Parents and
Teachers.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03
New Crusade Needed To
Fight Rising Prejudice

Ithaca, N. Y, Sept. 1 A "new
crusade" which will reach the
conscience of Ameria," is needed
today if the rising tide of preju-
dice and reaction in this country is
to be broken down, E. Frederic
Morrow told an NAACP. meeting
here last week. Mr.. Morrow, CO.
ordinator of branches of the as
ISOLATION, spoke to an audience
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03
BISHOP and MRS. WRIGHT
FLY FROM PARIS TO
LONDON

London Sept. / (C)-Bishop &
Mrs. Wright Jr., flew from Paris
to London last Thursday in order
to sail for Southampton at 4:30
Friday afternoon for Cape Town,
South Africa, where the Bishop
maintains headquarters for the A.
Nj. E. Church.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03
Texas Octet On 10000
Mile Tour

Austin, Sept. L (C)-The Ca
Capella octet of Sam Houston col
lege, S. E. Grannum, president,
left Thursday for Los Angeles on
a 10000 mile tour with the presi-
dent and his wife accompanying
them.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03

Defender at tho Women's Club in
the loop Friday evening, honoring
the veteran publisher for thirty
two years of journalistic SERVICE
Mrs. Irene M. Gaines, president OF
the Chicago and Northern District
Association of Women, was chair
man.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03
Club Women Give B. S
Abbott Testimonial

Chicago, Sept. 1 (C)-Chicago
clubwomen gave testimonial to Edi-
tor R. S. Abbott of the Chicago
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03

comprising citizens and students
of Cornell university's summer
school.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Maxwell For
Improvement
Of Highways

Greensboro, Aug. 8-(AP)-Revenue
Commissioner A. j. Maxwell told the
North Carolina Motor Vehicle Deal
ers Association here today that pro-
gressive program of highway improve
ment is an essential part of a program
of highway safety.
A large part "of our excessive ac-
cidents and fatalities" Maxwell said,
lis due to imperfections in our high
way system"
Motor vehicle registration in the
State has increased SO percent in five
years, Maxwell said. The vehicles
travel on thousands of miles of hard
surface roads that never have been
finished. A narrow road with 'rutted
dirt shoulders is not a finished job
and never can be finished with dirt
shoulders These roads should be fin
ished with crushed stone bituminous
shoulder.
Flat curves should be reconstruct
ed, said Maxwell, under whose depart
ment is the highway safety division.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Boston Greets
Doug Corrigan

Boston, Mass, Aug. 18.-(AP)-Hi
Irish eyes smiling, Douglas Corrigan
dropped in today on the city he visit
ed seven years ago "flat broke"-this
time to receive the acclaim Of thous-
ands for the courage shat took him
across the Atlantic on wrong way"
flight.
From New York, where he won the
hearts of Gothamites, he came here
aboard a big air liner, far cry from
the ancient 5000 'crate" in which he
winged his way to Ireland, the land
of his forefathers "by mistake"
The "luck of the Irish" brought
Boston a perfect day for the seldom,
if ever, cqualled reception for the
daring young man of the flying ma
chine, and the air liners compass I'M
like the one Doug would have it be-
lieved was responsible for his terror" "
From threats of thousands swelled
a mighty roar of welcome as Captain
Walter Hughes set down the trans
port at East Boston airport, and
thousands more lined the narrow
twisting streets to wave a greeting
to Corrigan. as he passed in parade.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Jap Warcraft
Destroyed By
TheChinese

Shanghai, Aug. Chinese
announced today their bombing planes
had sunk three and damaged four of
an estimated 80 Japanese war craft
concentrated in the Yangtze river 10
to $50 miles down river from Hankow.
Furthermore, the Chinese asserted
the Japanese advance up the river
had been definitely halted by 'coun-
ter attacks and floods"
Hundreds of japanese were report
ed killed on the north bank of the
Yangtze. Fighting on land conferred
about ITO miles from Hankow, the
provisional Chinese capital and goal
of the Japanese campaign.
Despite the Chinese lists of success
full attacks, there appeared no change
in major positions. Japanese planes
bombed Nanchang, the Chinese air
base and reported two direct hits.
Chinese sources said they had dis
covered secret negotiations indicating
a plot to set up an independent south
China government in close coopera-
ton with Japan.
Neutral sources had no confirmation
of the report.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Russians In
Full Retreat
To TheNorth
Meantime, NJ o S c o w
Warns Japan of Dang
ers of Real War, and
Lays Down Terms for
Peace; More Deter
mined Fighting Pro-
missed

Tokyo, Aug. 8.-(AP)-The foreign
office said today Soviet forces had
been repulsed in heavy engagement
on the slopes of Changfukeng hill,
disputed point on the Manchoukuoan-
Siberian border
An army communique said the Rus
slams were in a general retreat to the
:lorth
The battle, beginning about $3.50 a.
M, followed an intensive Russian ar
tillery bombardment which had lasted
all night. Russian and Japanese for
ces were said to have clashed in bit
ter hand-to-hand fighting when the
former rushed Japanese positions 200
yards from the summit of the heights.
"Casualties on both sides are ex-
pected to be heavy" the foreign Of
flee said. This statement came shortly
after one from the war office declar-
ing there had been no hand-to- hand
fighting during the week, and deny
ing reports from Moscow that Chang
kufeng had been recaptured by the
Soviets.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Insurgents
In Spain Win
Bloody Fight

Hendaye, France, Aug. 8.-(AP)-
The Spanish insurgents reported to-
day that the government flank on the
entire Catalan front mad been wiped
out in one of the most powerful as
saults Of the war.
Dispatches from Zaragoza said a.
900 government militiamen had been
killed and an equal number captur-
ed. Four thousand others would be
unable to fight their way out of a
trap, the dispatches said.
The counter offensive was reported
to have cleared the west bank of the
Ebro river of government troops from
Meuuienza to Fayon, ten miles to the
south.
It was in this sector that the gov
eminent drive launched July "a car
ried the militiamen so far to the west
in Catalonia that they threatened
General Frances vital rear guard
town, Caspe, supply. center of his
Ebro battle line.
A government cOmmunque admit
ted only the loss of some heights
north of Fayon, declaring all other
attacks on the northern flank had
been repulsed.
Insurgent dispatches said small
streams. mountain paths and trenches
were choked with government dead,
while many hundreds of bodies float
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Decision OF
Board Ready
On Tuesday
State Election Body
To Name Congression-
al Winner in the
Eighth

Charlotte, Aug. 8.-(AP)-The State
Board Of Elections, making speedy
progress toward clearing up a mass
Of affidavits and data relating to al
legged irregularities in the eighth con-
gressional district run-off primary,
announced today the winner would
DE declared tomorrow
Chairman w. A. Lucas said the
board would leave for Raleigh late
this afternoon ana announce the
nominee from the capital tomorrow.
Earlier Lucas had predicted the
boards lengthy probe would be COM
pleted by Thursday.
Lucas said the board had been max
ing good progress" in assimilating
the affidavits, counter-affidavits but
as yet had made no attempts to
tabulate any votes.
1--WE are merely finding the facts
and are making no count" the chair
man said.
''The first information the mem
bers of the board will have about who
won is dlLSI IdUuldLlOIl Is lldUC III
Raleigh. l haven't the slightest idea
of the way the count will go, and
believe no other member of the board
has, either"
The board also has under advise
ment charges of election irregularities
in the fourth and six solicitorial races,
and the Avery county sheriff's race.
Lucas said decisions on these matters
also would be made at Raleigh to-
MORROW
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
TRANSPORTER FOR
COURT ADVOCATED
Senator Norris Issues Open Letter to
President Roosevelt for
Harvard Expert

Waupaca, Wis, August SLAP
In an open letter to President Roose-
welt, United States Senator George
Norris, Independent, Nebraska, to-
day urged the appointment of Felix
Frankfurter, advisor to the Presi-
dent, and a professor of law at Har-
ward, as justice of the United States
Supreme Court to succeed the late
Justice Benjamin Cardozo.
The Nebraska liberal issued the
statement from his summer home
near here.
"There is no man now in the public
eye who so fully represents the phil
osophy of the government of Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes and his sue
cessor, Justice Cardozo, as does Frank
furter, Senator Norris stated.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Russia Finds
Revolt Plot

Moscow, Aug. g. (AP)-An
amazing revolution plot to separ-
ate the Asiatic republic of Aver
baijan from the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics was revealed
with publication in a Baku news
paper of the Indictment of Ia state
officials. Twelve of the Ia have
confessed, according to the report
from Balxu, capital of the repub-
lie, which is in southeastern Rus
STA, bordering the Caspian Sea.
The paper said the officials
sought to create discomfort and
start an armed revolt by spread
ing disease germs among live
stock; by preventing the mating
OF domestic animals, particularly
horses; to reduce their number
because they are important for
military preparedness.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Total Is 6,958,OOO
Bales Under 1897;
Prices Drop on Crop
Estimates

Washington, Aug. 8t-(AP)- The
Federal Crop Reporting Board fore
cast today an 1888, O0O-ba1e cotton
crop for 1888, an estimate 6,958, 900
bales below last years production, and
smaller than any crop since 1885.
r The AAA awaited price reactions
from the estimates TO determine
whether loans will be mandatory I'M
der the new farm act.
A loan program is required to- be
established under the law if the av-
erage price on the principal markets
falls below 50 percent of parity, or
about 1927 cents pound on the basis
of the present parity figure of 1853
cents a pound.
The price on the principal markets
averaged $40 cents Saturday, com
pared with 1853 cents a week earlier.
After the usual recess, while awaiting
the report today, December contracts
change at 1874 cents, compared with
the days opening of 8.44 cents.
The AAA has authority to fix the
cotton loan rate if a loan becomes
necessary, between ABOUT 8.27' and
1892 cents pound.
The crop reporting boards estimate
of average yield for 1888 was Pts
pounds per acre, 40 pounds less than
the 1887 crop. The estimate was bas-
ed on the condition of the crop August
1, which was 70 per cent of a normal
and on the area in cultivation July l.
less the ten-year average abandon
ment, which was estimated at 26,347,-
600 acres.
The condition of the crop August l.
the indicated acre-yield and the in
Dictated total production, by states
included:
North Carolina, 68, and 240 and
$4,000
Other developments included:
The National Emergency Council
will make public it's report on econo-
mic conditions in the South Wednes-
day, the day before President Roose-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
1893 Cotton Crop Put AT
1888, 900 Bales Total
Lindberghs Fly
Paris To London

Lympne, England Aug. Sap
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh landed at Lympne air
port today in flight from LeBOur-
get airport, Paris.
They had left LeBOurget at 1850
a. IN. (4:5O a. m. eastern standard
times.
The flier and his wife passed
through the customs Immediately
after landing and then proceeded
to Reading, where the cOlOnel's air
plane was built. 1t was understood
he would have certain repairs and
alterations on the plane made
there.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Girl
Auto Victim

Salisbury. Aug. 8.--(AP)- Daisy
Morgan, II, of East Spencer, was al
most instantly killed near here early
Sunday morning when the car in
which she was asleep on the back
seat was struck by one which officers
said was driven by B. F. Ledford, Of
Greensboro, at a highway iftersec-
ton.
Her neck was broken by the inn
pact. Ledford is under bond pend
ing a hearing August IL
Miss Morgan was in a car driven by
Minnie Duncan, of Kannapolis, with
several Bear Poplar people as pas
sengers. They were returning from an
all-night trip to South Carolina. to
bring home sick relative.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Nv CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlumniSt

Washington, Aug. 8.-The federal
government and the governments OF
two separate states have come pretty
near to actual physical clashes IN the
last few days.
The two states were not united, as
the southern states were in the 186Os.
Nevertheless, quite an exciting sit
nation is created when the authorities
of an individual state warn the au-
thorities of the United States, TO keep
out of that states local affairs, or IN
effect, take the consequences. For Two
states to do it at once is all the more
exciting.
The states, as we know, were Ten
neSSee and Iowa.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Clashes of States With
Federal Power Becoming
Serious Issue For u. S.

At the same time Pennsylvania was
verging on something like "civil war;"
but that particular threat was intra-
state in character; not friction be
tween the state itself and Uncle
Samuel.
Political.
The Tennessee row was purely poll
teal.
Governor Gordon Browning had his
own preferences as to candidates in
the recent Democratic primaries.
What he calls the Crump-McKella-
machine" had preferences violently
conflicting with Browning's. The ma
chine( assuming that there is one)
dominates Shelby county. which prir-
Continued on Page Five.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08

Frankfort, KY, August sap
Mrs. A. b. Chandler, wife of
Kentucky's governor, today blam-
ed her husbands defeat in Sat-
urday's senatorial primary ON
what she said was Federal money
spent in Kentucky.
"Happy's" defeat was caused by
the $3.50, 100000 to $3OO,OOO,OOO of
Federal funds spent or promised
in the campaign" she said.
The States first lady expressed
wish the governor would get
out of politics"
"YOu know you can't make any
money in politics, especially when
you are a psycOpatllic case of
honesty like Happy ISL she add
ed.
"YOu can tell the world" Mrs.
Chandler said, "that if Kentucky
doesn't want Happy, 1 surely do"
Frankfort, KY, Aug. 8-(AP)-Gov
rnor A. B. Chandler today conceded
he senatorial nomination to Senate
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Sales Tax's
Foes Keep Up
Losing Fight
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Aug. 8.-For pure persis-
tence there's no group like opponents
of North Cardinals sales tax.
Ever since 1888, the General As
sembly has knocked them down every
time they got up, but they's still in
there swinging. Gluttons for punish
ment, we'd say.
Proving the thesis. regard the case
of Paul Leonard, of the Free, pardon
us, it's Fair Tax Association. He's
had more than five years to test the
constitutionality of the law, but has
just got round to doing so by way of
opening a store in Winston-Salem and
refusing to pay the tax.
Judging from news reports that the
assessment against him-presumably
for a full months business-was only
S3.13 there is no indication that the
public has been rushing TO patronize
the would-be martyr either to help
him or to save the tax. Paul's turn
ThrQn
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Legislature
Is Quick To
Start Work
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Aug. 8.-The General AS
sembly which convened here at noon
today for an extra session, did so
without any of the lost motion and
lengthy preltminaries usually asso-
ciated with the first sitting Of the
States lawmakers.
This quick getting down to business
was accounted for only in part by the
obvious determination of members to
transact the business for which they
were called into session and get it
over with. The chief time saver was
the fact that this session called for
no organization caucuses, no election
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
COUNTING OF BALLOTS IN
SATURDAY VOTE RESUMED

Louisville, KY, Aug. 8-(AP)-Ken-
lucky resumed counting ballots in
Saturdays primary today with Sena-
tor Alben w. Barley holding a de-
cisive lead over Governor A. B.
Chandler of some $4,000, with the
count so far giving 245,O45 votes to
Barley and 186,78O for Chandler.
Five Democratic and one Republi-
can representatives were leading in
their races. Three others, all Demo
Gratis were without opposition.
On the basis of returns, Barkley will
be opposed for election in November
by John Haswell, an attorney who
apparently won the Republican nomi-
nation.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08

Harrisburg, Pa, Aug. 8.-(AP)-|
Week old laws giving the Pennsyl-
vania legislature precedent over the
grand jury in investigating charges
against State officials were declared
unconstitutional today by Judge Paul
Schaeffer.
Judge Schaeffer, placed in charge
of the grand jury inquiry by the State
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08

Supreme Court, also refused TO per-
nit Attorney Genera! Guy Bard to
supersede District Attorney Carl
Shelley in conducting the investiga-
ton into charges Of conspiracy to de-
fraud the commonwealth.
The charges first hurled in the re-
cent Pennsylvania rimary campaign,
were directed against Governor
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Entire Cost
ForProgra1n
$S,75o,OOo
Extra Session of Legis-
lature Also Asked To
Permit Local Units To
Take WPA Funds;
Asks $4,000 To Join
in Worlds Fair Next
Year &,

Raleigh. August 8.-(AP)-Ad-
miMstratiOn forces OVERRIDE OppO-
sitiOn today as the special session
of the General Assembly cOnven-
ed and secured passage i'm both
houses of a resolution limiting bus
mess to that proposed by the
governor.
The Senate, on an oral vote,
approved the resolution after once
rejecting it by a One-vOte margin
after the expressed desire Of
members to do something about
absentee voting laws.
The heated eighth district con-
gressiOnal contest, i'm which the 4
apparent nomination of w. o.
Burgin, of Lexington, is being
contested by C. Il. Deane, of Rock
ingham, on grounds that irregu-
larities in Richmond county alb
sentee votes.
The House members adopted the
gag" resolution after Representa-
lives Walter Murphy of Rowan,
spoke in opposition. There was a good
oral vote in opposition, but Speaker
Cherry ruled the "ayes" had it.
Senator James A. Bell of Neck en-
burg, was elected president protein
Of the Senate to succeed A. Hall
Johnston, of Buncombe, who resigned
when he was appointed a superior
court Judge.
Raleigh, Aug. S.-(AP)-Governo,
Hoey asked the special session of the
General Assembly today TO authorize
issuance of $4,626OOO in State bonds,
so that PWA funds may be secured
for two new State office buildings
here and to enable State institutions
% get new facilities in building pro-
gram approximating $8,75O,O0O.
The governor also requested passage
If measure to enable municipalities
:
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Court Bans P Pennsylvania Probe

George Earle, Democratic nominee for
the United States Senate, and Ii as
Iociates.
The bill suspending ii e grand jury
inquiry and placing the investigation
in the hands of committee of the
House of Representatives was part of
program the Earle administration
pushed through q special session of
the legislature in one week. M
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
Senate Victory Conceded
TO Barley by Chandler
In Congratulatory Wire

Alben w. Barley In congratulatory
telegram to Barkley, the governor
said: II have no excuses, alibis or
regrets"
Chandler promised Barley, his
"actfve9 support in che November
General election.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-08
RUSSIA WARNS JAPAN OF
MORE SERIOUS ATTACKS

Moscow, Aug. SAP Soviet Rus
STA has warned Japan of more deter
mined military action to repel attack,
advised her to weigh carefully the
danger of a real war, and laid down
the terms upon which Russia is pre-
pared to accept a truce in the Siber-
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