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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
U. S. Chamber Asks Lower
Taxes and Halt to New
Regulations On
Activities
CAUSE OF DECLINE
WANING CONFIDENCE
Undistributed Profits Tax
and Wage and Hour Bill
Cited as Specific Instances
of Acts Frightening Amer
lean Business Structure

Washington, Jan. "a (AP)-A Sen
ate committee studying the relation of
unemployment to the recession. re-
ceived today a final appeal from Or
ganized business for lower taxes and
a respite from new regulations of
trade and industry.
AS experts began the task of sitting
thousands of words spoken by leaders
of industry, labor and government
during three weeks of hearings, Pres
ident George Davis, of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, wrote
the committees:
"The real cause of the present re-
cession is due 10 lack of confidence in
the future, caused accumulatively by
the passage of laws eliminating in
the undistributed profits tax and the
threat of the wages an d hours bill"
Davis said laws repeating the pro-
fits tax, easing the capital gains tax
and freeing stock and bond markets
and commodity exchanges from rigid
control would result in a restoration
of confidence which would revive bus
mess activities
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
FAMED ACTRESS is
DECLARED SUICIDE
ROsamond PinchOt, Star AS Nun in
"The Miracle, Found Dead
In Automobile

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Jan. 24.-(AP)-
The ermine-wrappad body of Rosa
mond Pinchot, known to millions as
the nun in Max Reinhardt's 'eiblical
spectacle, "The Miracle, was foune
today in a closed automobile on the
Harry Alexander estate here.
The death of the tall, golden-haired
actress was listed as a suicide in an
official report filed with the Nassau
county police by Deputy Medical Elk
aminer Lewis Gilmore.
Miss Pinchot was the daughter OF
the socially prominent Amos Pinchot
and the niece of the former Governor
Pinchot of Pennsylvania. She had
been dead since about 6 a. m. Her
body was found in a sedan parked in
garage on the Long Island estate
which she had leased.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
TRENDS CONFLICT
UPON MONOPOL|ES
What Once Was Called
Communistic Not So Now,
and Vice Versa
By CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COIumniSt

Washington, Jan. 24.-At the same
time that we Americans have been
developing certain trends which seem
to me (and quite a few other folk)
pretty decidedly overly-governmental,
we appear also to have been develop
ing a considerable sentiment in con-
servative opposition to various OPP
posite trends, on the ground that they
are radically socialistic, which former
Nv were not generally considered bit
radical.
Illustratively:
In my youth, federal or even state
regulation of the highly Individual
istic agricultural industry would have
been deemed downright communistic,
if communism had been invented
then. Today such regulation is accept
ed as a matter of course; there is
controversy only as to details of it.
In the same bygone era, one could
favor the public ownership of natural
monopolies without being in the least
suspected of a red complex. Now it is
asserted that such ownership would
be long step in the direction of state
socialism.
PuDl1C OWNERSHIP.
Rival trolley or bus lines cannot
parallel one another's tracks on the
same street.
No one city can have two lighting
systeme-unless municipal system
arises in competition.
In my day each city had it's own
municipal waterworks; now private
ownership has gobbled many Of them.
Manifestly these activities had to
become or remain public services or
eravitate into the hands of private
monopolies. A citizen was regarded
as entitled to the opinion that public
ownership of that class of utilities
ought to be public-and he was not
classified as a socialist or an anar-
chist or a. then undiscovered Com
munist Fascist or Nazi for thinking
so.
Private Monopoly.
Rift the drift was the other way.
Private ownership gradually swal
lowed nearly everything.
It is not to be blamed for being
monopolistic. It needed to be that 1t
is to be blamed, if at all, for having
been hoggish-which appears to be
Continued on Page Twol
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
Kidnap Plan
Laid Against
BasebaHMen

Washington, Jan. 24.-(AP)-Justice
Department officials said today thai
John Henry Seadlund, confessed
kidnap-slayer of Charles Ross, haS
contemplated kidnapping two major
League baseball players.
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, tele-
nhone that information to the Justice
Department this morning. Hoover
said Seadlund, now in custody in Chi
cago. had told Federal agents that
before kidnapping and killing Ross
and his accomplish, James Gray, he
had talked with Gray about kidna2-
mo "Dizzy'' Dean, of the st. Louis
Cardinals, for $4,000 ransom.
The bureau chief also related that
seadlund and Gray later debated the
possibility of kidnapping a member o.
the New York Yankee team and
holding him pending payment of $780,.
900 ransom, but finally abandoned
that plan, too.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
Quickly Approved at Brief
Executive Session Held
by Judiciary Com
mittee
NO OBJECTIONS TO
SELECTION HEARD
Expected To Be Confirmed
in Time To Begin Duty as
Associate Justice of SUI
preme Court When High
Tribunal Re-Convenes ON
Next Monday .*

Washington, JAM. 24@(AP)- The
Senate Judiciary Committee unai-
mously approved today the nomina-
ton Of Stanley Reed to the Supreme
Court. hns
The Presidents second Supreme
Court nomination was quickly ap-
proved at brici executive session
of the committee, attended by orly
about half Of it, members. s
Members said no ob.ccti0rs to the
nominttee, now so!uitor general, were
made, and the subcommittee favor
able report, 3lso unanimous, was or
dered Forwarded ~ the Senate, Iced
is expected to nc confirmed in time
for him to take hi- post as associate
justice when the court re-convenns a
week from tOdGJ.
Reed will -ucc, cd Justice. Suther-
land, who served his las. day on the
court a week ago, retiring after, IS
years on the high bench.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
Barkley Sidetracks Confer
euce Report on Housing
Bill For That
Argument
11-HOUR SESSIONS
BEGUN BY SENATE
Senator Mcclellan Helps
Cause Along by Long
Speech on IVA; Bilbo, of
Mississippi, Ready To
Take Up Where He Leaves
off Speaking

washington, Jan. Demo
cratic Leader Barley sidetracked the
conference report on the administra-
t;on housing bill in the Senate today
IN give the anti-lynch bill debate right
of way
Anxious to dispose of the lynching
measure, which has tied up the Senate
for almost three weeks, Barley said
be would not call up the privileged
housing bill report, but would hold
the Senate to debate on tho anti
lvnching bill throughout the session
today and tonight.
The Senate was called into session
an hour earlier than usual, with pros
meets for a continuous eleven-hour
session.
As deliberations began, Senator Nc
Kellar. Democrat, Tennessee, helped
out the filibuster with a long prepar-
ed speech on IVA, answering speech
last week by Senator Bridges, RepuS-
lican. New Hampshire, on the same
subject.
Senator Bilbo, Democrat, MISSISSIPPI
nj waited for Mcclellan to finish so
IS to resume his talk against the
antilynching bill.
Across the Capitol, Clinton David
son. representing New York invest
ment advisors, told the House Ways
and Means Committee, that many
personal holding companies want to
liouidate. but cannot afford to under
present tax laws.
White House officials announced
that President Roosevefts message
on the upbuilding of the Navy would
be delayed until the end of the week.
1t had been expected today.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
Glass Plans For
Abolishing Bank
Holding Company

Washington, Jan. (AP)-SenatOr
Glass, Democrat, Virginia, said to-
day he was drafting legislation to
abolish bank holding companies.
The Virginianb author of much
of the nations banking legislation,
said he was considering a five
year period for liquidation of ex-
listing holding companies.
While Glass was reluctant to
discuss in advance detailed pro-
visions of his measure, he said to
it would not affect branch bank
ing.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
FURTHER ADVANCES
IN COTTON MARKET
Steady Liverpool Cables Offset by
Lower Bombay Prices in New
York Exchange

New York, Jan. 24.-(AP)-Cotton
futures opened one point higher to
one lower today. Steady Liverpool
cables were offset by lower Bombay
prices. Prices moved up few points
on trade fixing and scattered buying,
and shortly after the first half hour
May, which had recovered from 8.51
to $3.50, was selling at 1853. The mar
ket became quiet later in the morning
but the undertone was steady. BY
midday, May was 1854 and the list was
two to four points net higher.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
Harrington
Slots Next
Friday Set

Raleigh, JAN 24.-(AP--Upon pc
tition by Solicitor J. A. Powers, OF
Kinston, Federal Judge I. M. Meekins
has ordered a hearing at Washington
Friday at noon on the request that
he make recession or modification"
of a final decree restraining officers
from interfering with operation Of
kinds of slot machines.
The word PRECISION" is definited az
the act of resembling or cancelling."
Attorney General A. A. F. Seawell
said his office would assist Solicitor
Powers. The solicitor asked the gov
errors office for assistance from the
attorney general and the governor
asked Mr.. Seawell to furnish it.
Judge Meeins issued the restraining
order in Elizabeth City upon petition
of John Morris.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
JAPANESE PLANES
ATTACK DEFENSES
IN SUCHOW AREAS
Locomotive Sheds, Trains
and Troop Barracks De-
stroyed in Attacks,
Japs Claim
CHINESE GUERILLA
WARFARE CHECKED
Outer Monaghan Troops,
Backed by Soviet Russia,
Active In That Sector; Chi
nese Air Raids in Wuhu
Vicinity Do Very Little
Damage
CHINESE GUERILLA
WARFARE CHECKED

Shanghai, Jan. 24-(AP)-Japanese
airplanes today bombarded defenses
of Suchow, the enter Of Chinese re-
sistance along the main east-we st
railway, the Lunghai
Japanese spokesman said locomo-
tive sheds, freight stations, trains ana
nearby troop barracks were destroy
ed in the attack.
Japanese columns pushing toward
the city from the north and south
fought indecisive engagements:
A few miles to the south and south
east of Shanghai, Japanese infantry
and air attacks were credited by the
spokesman as cleaning out all CHI
rese guerilla opposition in Pootung.
A force of about 1000 Chinese had
Continued on Page Two.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
1887 Cotton.
Is 1866, 736
Bales So Far

Washington, Jan. 24-(AP)-- The
Census Bureau reported today that
cotton of 1887 gross ginned prior to
January 1e totaled 17,645,736 running
bales. counting 316, 1853 round bales as
half bales, and including 1882 bales
of American Egyptian.
To January 16 a year ago ginning
toaled 11,956,381 bales and to that
date two years ago ginnings were TO-
248,191 bales.
Ginnings to January 16 this year
and last year by states included:
North Carolina, 768,453 and $4,000.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
Milton In
ASSeuntOr
OF Jersey

Washington, Jan. 24.-(AP)- John
Milton took his oath today as senator
from New Jersey, despite a protes-
against his seating from labor's Non
Partisan League.
While the new Democratic senator
was signing the Senate register, Vice
President Garner announced that he
was referring to the elections com
mittee the protest filed against Mil
ton by the Non-Partisan League and
others
The new senator was sworn IN by
Garner before galleries crowded with
spectators and friends.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
Special Venire OF ESQ
Called In Buncombe For
P2,ne And Turner Trial
Will Be on Hand at Openin Of Court Tomorrow Morn
ing; Two Desperadoes harged With Staying High
way Patrolman Indi fferent in Court

Asheville, Jan. "a (AP)-Judge Felix
Alley ordered today special venire
of $50 BuncomIbe county talesmen for
the trial of Bill Payne and Wash Tur-
ner here tomorrow after the pair had
been arraigned on charges of murder
in the death of George Penn, State
highway patrolman.
Sheriff Laurence Brown said the
venire, selection of which was begun
Immediately after the arraignment,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24

would be on hand at the opening of
court in the morning.
Payne and Turner, who appeared to
take little interest in &the proceedings
pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Judge Alley also signed an order
formally appointing four attorneys to
defend the pair.
The two desperadoes were in the
court room 20 minutes, and after the
arraignment were taken upstairs to
the county's skyscraper Jail.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24
WEATHER
rop NORTH CAROLJNA

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy and colder tonight and
Tuesday: rain on northeast coast
and rain, turning to snow In
mountains tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24

Arrested in Lawrence, Mass, as a
fugitive from a North Carolina
murder conviction nine years ago,
Fred e. Beal, mill organizer.
blames the Stalinist Communists
for his plight. He charged he has
been "hounded" since his return
from Soviet Russia where he de-
serted the ranks Of Communism.
He was convicted Of second de-
gree murder in the death Of the
police chief at Gastonia, N. c.,
during textile strike. Beal, re-
leased on $4,000 bond, said he
would fight extradition.
Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-24

Continued on Page Twol
The Washington times., 1938-07-20
Behind.
The News
(world Copyright, 1888, BY King Fea-
turees Syndicate, all rights reserved.
Reproduction in full or In part
strictly prohiblted.)

THE Whole trouble i0ith the
L world Is that the leaders, and
the people, haze not yet read
juSted themselves physically to
1OO-niles-per-hoIr civilization.
Autos, radios, GirplGneS, speed,
noise, smart talk, fast thinking
haze generated a nerpe-rGttlinO
univerSe run by people wholly
MnprepGred for it physically, in
the generations going back into
thousands of years of calmer,
quieter, cooler Hvino and think
ing.
There Is little reflective
thought, little calm Judgment in
the t0orld today, and little op-
portHnity for either. The leaders
leap from crisis to crisis, like a
pedestrian crossing Main Street
against a red light, leading chill
dren BY the hand. They can
only duck the nearest car.
They cannot take time to see or
think further than that.
So says a statesman himself,
Senator Henry AShurst, chair
man of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, the philosopher of
the Senate. The neDS he sees
behind the IetDs of the tDorId, he
calls "The Ooztng Vitality OF
Statesmen"
Big, 6.foot Henry Fountain
AShNTSt, of Arizona, Is one of
the SenGte'S most Gdrott crafts
men 1Oith 1Oords. He makes
phrases sing and sting like
steel TGpieTS. Fen cGn charm
the ear as does this former cotD-
boy IOlIen his Doice rings out in
the Senate Chamber IN IOordS-
1leIO, strange, nIelodious. Off,
used expressions seldom find
their DGy into Ashurst'S
speeches. When he takes the
floor to censure his critics, the
AShurSt tOGy OF saying it is, 81
do not no,D rise to chant any
jerenIiGdS."
When he hits upon Uhdt he
considers a particularly tlimSy
argument OF an opponent, likely
he 1UtH ercIGtm gleetully, "Here
-. is an occult gem 1Dhach gltS-
tens like an opidiGn eye"
In q recent speech against a
public potDer project he almost
0Wtdid himself:
1--WE are inUited to a feast
but it is a. BdrnGecidGl feast: a
BGrmecidGl feast, pIIere the host
makes only q pretenSe of SerUtng
sUiG1dS, and at Which feast there
is simply an illusion of plenty
tOhiISt the UtGrds are all tntG0-
mary
PAUL MALLON.
The Washington times., 1938-07-20

great discomfort, now seems certain. Some of
the reasons follow:
1. None Of the radical, Socialplanning Sys-
TENS provides an adequate basis for determining
values in a generally acceptable way. In this
respect, the New Deal is near the bottom.
2. They do not allow for material limitations
and costs. For example, they continually try to
make their nations independent Of other nations.
and to export without importing.
3. The collectivistS have to regiment the
people. CThe reason for their existence is to
restore order and enforce discplne.) Inevitably,
the differences among individuals make this
regimentation break down.
NeGO Deal Symptoms
TO-DAY, under the New Deal, note the follow
- ing symptoms:
Farmers in the South are disappointed over
small Government checks covering operations
last year.
Corn belt farmers resent control from Wash
ington.
Urban relief workers attack and beat Govern
ment men sent around to check up on them.
Numerous strikes" are called by relief recipients
The AFL attacks the wagner act.
Increasing expenditures are being made by the
Federal machine" to purchase votes.
All this is what Lincoln meant Barnum said
that sucker is born every minute. Honest Abe
said, "You can't fool all the people all the time
The Washington times., 1938-07-20

SGdUSSAuCA' osON ASsS
Amongst the most prominent
of these factors are: The anx-
iety of present-day officials to
maintain their prestige or their
hold" on popularity; the con-
slant strain Of guarding their
emotions; their accepting many
invitations to deliver speeches
when they should be attending
to the public business; the reali-
zation that they are serving a
nervous and hurrying people
who are hotly pursuing material
success and who whilst gener-
ouSly disposed toward officials
who honestly serve) demand
quick results" and unceremo-
niously displace the official who
seems slow in "bringing home
the bacon"
"Too many American officials
are tortured by the delusion
that some fortuitouS event may
continue them in office or trans
fer them to a more attractive
one. Most debilitating of all,
however, is their inveterate fear
that some unfortunate phrase,
some act, innocent enough at
the time, may subsequently as
sumo an awkward posture or i'm
pale them and prove deadly to
their political ambitions.
"ThiS unnecessary burning up
Of their nervous energy is going
on amidst their efforts to keep
abreast with their enormous
tasks.
The Washington times., 1938-07-20


are wearing now look like. 1t doesn't matter
what age or what size she may be she must be
In style, and so she pops on the newest hat with
vim and vigor.
The other day there was lady so or SIS years
old sitting directly in front of me- She weighed
around $50 pounds and perched on her bobbed
red curls was a white hat that stuck straight
up in front, I'd hate to say how far. really
love the movies and this was one that was espe-
cially good. I either had to take action in this
case, shut my eyes and go to sleep, or go home,
because couldn't even get peep at the screen.
between her wide shoulders and the hat. Lean
ing forward, I asked her in the incest way if
she would please remove her hat. She snarled
at me over her shoulder: Nothing doing, you
can change your seat easier than can take off
my hat" Being Irish, was sort Of mad for q
minute and felt like giving her pinch in her
fat neck. She knew well there were no seats
available, as the theater was crowded. left the
theater, went home and read good detective
story.
The Washington times., 1938-07-20
Waste Strength

MOT a few public men Of
AN ability and character waste
time and strength in an attempt
to please many and offend no
one, hence are overtimid; are
desperate in a desire to avoid
final decisions.
Some persons have nebulous
idea that the Government
should (they know not how
make each citizen opulent or at
least relieve each citizen from
the duties, laborS and irritations
that will always betide mortal
destiny, whilst but few public
men will readily face the dis
favor that flows from diSillu-
Sioning those persons who en-
brace such q phantom"
The Washington times., 1938-07-20
Says Boake Carter

famous pilot in some act which would make him
appear like any other ordinary human being.
And the suggested picture was one of Lindbergh
picking his nose!
Lindbergh had no desire to be national hero
when he set out across the Atlantic. The public
made him its hero because of his deed. He had
no say in the matter. And then having made
him the hero. the public coldly tore him down.
Ltndbergh himself contributed to his own
tragedy by his inability to adjust himself to the
role Of popular hero.
And now comes Howard Hughes.
The Washington times., 1938-07-20

throw on the screen the re-
quest for ladies to remove their
hats. I only wish the other
managers in town would do
the same. In fact, If they
would 60 one step further and.
when the ladies ignore the
polite request, give orders to
the uShers to ask them to re-
move their headgear, it would
be q joy and a comfort to
thousands.
We all know what the hor-
fible contraptions the women
The Washington times., 1938-07-20

mas Ieaueu toward COMInN Prof.. lewis HRney
niStic and other ideas not in accord with our
social order. Unfortunately these are rein
forced by the "Populist" element in the native
population, which has always been prone to fight
socalled money trusts" wall Street." "big
business" etc.
But, fortunately, we have not been swept
off our feet, and plunged suddenly into revolu-
ton. Our Supreme Court and our habitual
desire for independence delayed the would
be social planners. Thus we have had time to
observe the failures of numerous New Deal ex-
perimentS, both monetary and industrial.
Defeat of COlLectiUism
VTEAT the eventual outcome Of collectivism is
= bound to be disappointing, and to cause
The Washington times., 1938-07-20

Senator'S and
r e pr eSenta-
tiveS IN Con-
gre s s, show
wear and tear
more quickly
than do high
ffic ialS Of
o t h er coun-
tries. A va
riety of fac
t o r s CO n
tribu t eS to
this prema-
ture ooZin ng
away Of the
vitality Of our
The Washington times., 1938-07-20

. cameraman pursued him eight days with
candid camera, even to hiding behind bushes in
the garden Of the Morrow home in Maine.
movement Of rhododendron leaves betrayed his
presence Lindbergh approached the bush. The
cameraman jumped up. The flier. alert to the
mans presence at his heels for days. sought to
solve the mystery Of what kind Of picture was
wanted
The cameraman shifted uneaSiy on his feet
and hemmed and hawed. "If it's any reasonable
kind Of picture" said Iindbergh patiently, "IIl
do my best to see you get it-if it will cause
you to leave my wife and me alone in peace"
The Washington times., 1938-07-20
Studies Step to Get EUen

NOV, it is totally unfair for women to wear
~ these ridiculous hats and put everyone sitting
behind them in a wretched state of mind. I am
seriously considering getting the biggest hat I
can find. turning it straight up in front, and
the next time see one Of these selfish pests do
my best to get seat directly in front of her. I
shall also be armed with big chunk of chew
The Washington times., 1938-07-20

In short, he has all the at
tributes of an A-No. / national
idol.
But, to be a public idol in
America is one Of the most
heart t-breaking roles in the
world.
For refined persecution
there is no sport like it.
Every move, every action.
every motive Of q national
idol Is exploited in some man
ner or another.
Yindh0rCN 0Yoca told mo that