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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-01

EDITORS NOTE: Seven pamphlets
by DR.. Clendening can now be OBJ
tanned by sending 10 cents in coin.
for each. and a self-addressed en-
velope stamped with three-cent
stamp, to DR.. Logan Clendening, In
care OF this paper: The pamphlets
indigestion and Constipation Re
ducing and Gaining, Infant Feed
ing, Instructions for the Treatment
Of Diabetes, Feminine Hygiene.
and '"The Care nf the Hair and Skin"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-01
GIVING AS A FINE ART

ONE OF THE gentlest and most
subtle arts Of bridge is the timing
Of your gifts. If you must deliver
to the opponents a certain trick in
a certain suit, the big question is
when. Doing it at the correct
stage can serve all sorts Of differ
ent purposes which help you to
record pleasing figures on the score
Dad.
The Washington times., 1938-06-21

tions. Chicago's WPA rolls. now
around 107,500, will be raised pro
portionately with the average 49,
600 weekly increase in the rolls ex-
pected nationally for the next
few months.
The work-relief rolls Of Cleve.
land and Detroit, now $500 ana
approximately 10000 respectively
will also be increased.
RELIEF DECLINE EXPECTED
Since speed and more speed
is the by-word of the PWA pro
gram, which is estimated to pro
duce $4,000. 100000 worth Of con
struction, optimistic Government
leaders hope for an improved pic
ture of relief conditions by fall;
so improved, in fact, that WPA
Administrator Hopkins estimate
of 5000, 900 on the rolls by winter
will be excessive. The nationa,
rolls now top 100000 roughly.
Only in large industrial centerE
IS the need for direct relief acute
It is reliably reported the Presi.
dent will nurse" this fund with
limited distribution to ward Of
the possibility of opponents charg
ing a mixture of direct relief anc
politics.
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
CAR CUT IN TWO,
DRIVER UNHURT

Like a sharp knife cutting
through butter, the crack AmbaS-
sador on the B. and o. this morn
ing neatly chopped an automobile
in half at the Rittenhouse Street
grade crossing, leaving the driver
of the car bewildered, but un-
harmed in the front seat.
Cammel Braxton, so, Of 2230
California Ave. N. W., colored,
told police he drove his car onto
the tracks at the little-used cross,
ing back of the Wash B. Williams
coal yard and did not see the
Union Station-bound train coming
The train struck the car just
back of the drivers seat, removed
the back seat, rear wheels and
rear top. The car was spun around
and stopped against box car on
a siding. The front seat, windows,
windshield and motor were un-
harmed.
Braxton went with police to the
Sixth precinct station and was re-
leased,
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
WOMAN MURDER
BREAK limited
Continued from Page II

CONTINUED from Page II
the theory that she might have
been poisoned.
The body was found yesterday
morning, and DR.. Jett estimated II
had been in the water about "a
hours.
The victim was about % years
old and had long black hair. She
was feet 7 inches tall and
weighed about 145 pounds. There
were gold caps on four Of her
teeth, and police expect to ques-
ton local dentists in an effort to
identify the woman.
CUTS ON FACE
Belief that she might be the
woman who was beaten at North
Beach was strengthened by the
discovery Of a number Of cuts on
her face. None Of these cuts was
sufficient to have caused her
death, DR.. Jett said.
Witnesses to the brawl said the
man who struck the woman wa!
very fat and had thin hair. An
other couple in the car with Dis
trict tags, separated the fat mar
and the woman, who was described
as a brunette, and they final!
entered the machine and drov'
away.
Two farmers, Richard Gray anC
Bernard Ijams, found the bod!
about 7:30 yesterday morning. I
was floating on the side, only par
TALLY submerged.
The woman wore an inexpensive
blue lowered cotton dress ant
low-heeled black walking shoes.
Examination by DR.. Jet re
vealed she had been a mother be
fore and was expecting anothe
child about November.
The Washington times., 1938-06-21

thews. resumed "cross-eXamina-
ton" of the witness.
He asked Mayor Hague if he
had read statements in the Fish
report quoting William z. Foster,
the Communist. Hague had.
READ PAMPHLETS
It was from newspapers, books,
pamphlets and his own investiga-
ton that Hague reached the con
cluSion certain persons were "un-
desirable" and therefore, should
not be allowed to speak in -elscy
City. Those persons included lear-
ing Communists.
Matthews read an excerpt from
the report quoting Foster as say
ing the Communist party advo-
Gates world revolution and the
overthrow of the capitalistic SyS-
tenn" Had the mayor read that?
The mayor nodded affirmatively.
The lawyer read other quota
tions attributed to Foster, such as
"Yes, we are opposed to the
American form of government;
we are for a workers and farm
ers' government. The workers
of this country and other coun-
tries have only one flag-the
flag of the revolutionary class"
CLIPPING REFUSED
Hague said, Yes, he had read
all these statements.
Matthews tried to introduce a
clipping from the New York Her
aid Tribune stating that Mayor F.
H. LaGuardia announced he in
tended to chase crooks out Of New
York city who might go there for
next years worlds fair. Hague'SI
lawyer was trying to show that at
least one other mayor had policy
of running out" socalled "unde-
sirables."
Counsel for the plaintiffs OBJ
jected. Federal Judge William
Clark sustained the objection.
REFUSED FBI DATA
On redirect examination. Dean
Spaulding Frazer of the Newark
Law School asked counsel for
Hague if they had produced rec
ords of the correspondence be-
tween the officials of Jersey City
and j. Edgar Hoover regarding
Hague's refusal to give the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation Jer
sey City's crime statistics.
James Hamill, corporation coun-
sci of Jersey City, sharply in
formed Frazer search revealed
no records in Washington.
Hague, commenting on a clip
ping quoting Hoover about the
lack of Jersey City crime figures,
said:
Il think the head of the de-
partment is mistaken"
The mayor again explained why
he had refused the FBI the fig
ures, claiming the G-Men were list
ing a number of automobile fatali-
ties as "homicideS."
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
CITIZENS PRESS
ALLEY HOUSING
CLEARANCE PLAN
Lincoln Group Says
Construction LagS
BY A. J. DRIsCoLL
Citizens Associations Editor

Construction by the Alley Dwell
ing Authority Of low-cost housing
for colored persons in West Wash.
ington was urged last night by the
Lincoln Civic Association, meeting
in Liberty Baptist Church, Twen.
Ity-third and H Streets Northwest
A report by DR.. E. F. Harris,
president, revealed that within the
last few years the Alley Dwelling
Authority had torn down some 95
houses within the associations ter
lriGory, bounded by P Street, the
Potomac River, Seventeen h
Street and Rock Greek. replaced
with only one 24-unit apartment
house. The association was in.
formed by letter from Nathan
IStraus, United States Housing Ad'
lministrator, that funds were avail.
able for the Alley Dwelling Au.
Ithority to embark on an increased
program of Slum clearance and to
assist in the construction Of low.
rental housing at least equal to the
number destroyed.
A petition was ordered filed with
the Public Utilities Commission
and Capital Transit Company re
questing bus service be established
on Twenty-Second Street North
west, to connect various cross
town lines.
Protest was made to the District
Commissioners and Board Of Edu
cation against practice asserted
to exist in the past Of placing out
side school teachers in charge ot
recreation during summer vaca
tion, to the exclusion Of local resi-
dents and taxpayers.
It also was voted to request this
elimination of a requirement that
only those with a degree shall be
appointed to supervise recreation
Announcement was made tn; the
Montgomery playground and the
Briggs playground would continue
to operate under the Community
Center Department.
william SchieldS, George W
Jones and Mildred H. Cook were
! named to list outstanding achieve
ments Of the organization, fol
participation in the certificate o.
award contest sponsored annual!
by the Federation Of Civic AsSo
Citations.
Resolutions were adopted com
mending Mrs. Mary Mcneil, re
firing from the Board Of Educa
tion, and Moses Grant Lucas, re
firing as principal Of the Payn'
School, for outstanding service
rendered the cause Of education
I In the District. s-s& -~
The Georgia Avenue Business
Mems Association will hold it,
final meeting Of the season to
night at 8 o'clock at the CITY
Bank, 1908 Georgia Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-06-21

Ol6fS1duu, DSlI IO1b anu NAlCdSN
Although the recessed State
legislatures are blamed by Fed
eral officials for not solving the
acute relief problems in these
cities, sources close to the White
House revealed that President
Roosevelt is ready to act at once.
Immediately upon signing the
SO, ,755 100000 lend-spend recovery
bill, he will dip into the $1,425,-
000,0O0 WPA appropriation and
distribute funds earmarked "for
direct relief at the discretion of
the President only" according to
informed quarters.
EASING ONLY DUE
However, the same sources said.
these direct relief appropriations
to the city governments Of indus
trial centers such as Cleveland,
will be only sizeable enough to
ease the problem until the full eff.
feet of the $1,365 100000 public
works program can be felt. Chief
benefits of PWA programs are
distributed among the heavy in
dustrieS.
Expansion of the WPA rolls IN
der it's seven-month program listed
in the recovery bill will go hand-in
hand with direct relief appropria
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
Group to Present
Prince of Peace

"The Prince Of Peace" a new
religious drama interpreting Bibli-
cal events in the light Of modern
knowledge, will be presented at
the Sylvan Theater tomorrow eve
ming at 7:45 p. m.
The production is presentation
of the fine arts department OF the
Federation of Women's Clubs and
was written by Mrs. Minnie Frost
/ RandS.
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
Quarrel Leads
To Loss of Legs

DETROIT, June II G.N.S).
Frank Zdunczyk, 30, quarreled
with his wife last night-then
fled the house. Today he was
minus both his legs. Police said
Frank told them he had gotten
drunk after leaving his wife and
had fallen asleep on the Michigan
Central Railroad tracks. He is in
a critical condition.
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
Claim to 100 Acres
In Chicago Denied

The Interior Department yes
terday refused to reconvey 160
acres of lake-front property in
Chicago from present owners to
Herman Krueding by promulga-
ton of an 1912 military bounty
warrant. The department said
Kreuding's claim was wholly
withou merit"
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
IT'S MARTHA TALKlNG!

HOLLYWOOD, June 21 Q.N.So
Screen Coincidence Martha Raye
had this to say today:
What Hollywood needs is
good old back fence to lean your
elbows on while you let your
hair down."
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
NEW "cHIMP" HOME

ST. LOUIS, June 81 Q.N.S0.
The champanzees and orang.
utangs of the St. Louis Zoo are
going to have a new home-a
$35, 900 building. The geological
board of control recently approved
a proposal to erect the building
Federal funds to cover part of the
cost will be sought.
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
Better Sees
.LdStinq
PWA

U.N.S) A prediction President
Roosevelt will ask the next Con-
gress to make the Public Works
Administration a permanent arm
Of the Federal Government, was
made today by Representative
Better CD Of New York, leadc- Of
the PWA bloc in the Hou-
A number of the residents
close advisers, including Secretary
Of Treasury Morgenthau and
Mariner S. Eccles, Federal Re
serve Board chairman, have swung
to the theory of a permanent
works and planning program, the
New York member asserted.
Better, long an advocate of
public works, pictured the PWA
taking over all government build.
ing and planning If put on a
permanent basis.
81 AGENCIES NOW
"There are now 50 different
agencies of the government en-.
gagged in public works." he de-
clared. Many of them have
totally different specifications
which must be followed; many
have different wage scales; and,
in addition, there is an enormous
amount Of duplication in staffs.
Much of the duplication
could be eliminated at a saving
and with improvement in serv-
ice. Coordinated planning
under one agency instead Of 50
would effect numerous eco
Monies and make possible the
creation of a reservoir Of prof.
ects for release in times Of de-
preston"
SLIDING SCALE PLAN
He envisioned q sliding scale"
to govern local participation in
cost Of projects-the better the
times, the higher percentage re.
quired Of local communities; In
recs5Sions, the governments per.
centage Of outright grant to in.
crease to As per cent, local contri'
button to decrease to 55 per cent,
the present PWA ratio.
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
sHUNs GoosE-sTEPs

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
w. Va, June 81 G.N.SD-Presi
dent w. w. Loomis told the Ma
tional Editorial Association here
DO not take kindly to any
goose-step movement"
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
STOPPED BY JUDGE

STOPPED BY JUDGE
Hague concluded his testimony
with a dramatic flourish. Point
ing his finger at Ernst, who is one
of the plaintiffs counsel, he de
clared:
Your honor. I would like to
make a public statement lnvolv-
ing this man. I have proof. I
have records here to prove what
! say. would like to say that
Judge Clark interrupted, saying
mo, no, Mr.. Mayor, you will have
to bring that out through your
counsel"
well, your honor, it involved
the integrity of this court"
snapped the mayor.
The Judge. however, was obdu
rate and Hague left the stand.
EDITOR TEsTIFlES
Ernst shortly afterward filed an
affidavit in support of a motion
he made last Friday to hold
Mayor Hague in contempt OF
court because he made a public
statement on the McNaboe m
vestigation after Judge Clark had
excluded testimony on the matter
from the record. Hague, in a state
ment to reporters. had charged
that Ernst, whom he branded as
a leading communist, had blocked
the McNaboe investigation OF com
munism in New York puo4lc
schools and universities.
After Hague left the stand to
day William Callahan, editor Of
the Catholic Worker. was called
He testified he had been refused
q permit to speak in jersey CITY
The plaintiffs then rested.
RESUMES THURSDAY
Judge Clark adjourned the case
until Thursday morning when at
torneys for the defense will fill
an answering affidivat to Ernst!
brief seeking to hold Hague II
contempt.
Testifying today Hague de
clared that in the quarter of
century he has been chief eXecu
tive of Jersey City he has never
allowed importation of strike
breakers.
Il always have been opposed
to the importation of strike.
breakers while labor disputes
have been in progress" Mayor
Hague said. MY investigation
of what happened in other
cities led me to believe the i'm
portation of such persons would
lead to disorder, rioting and
bloodshed. I made it policy
that labor controversies should
be adjusted around the confer.
ence table. My investigation
convinced me the strikebreak.
ers were largely thugs, gang
sters, and ex-convicts. I made
It a policy never to allow them
In our city"
Hague's counsel, John A. Mat
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
Hague Baked
In Accusation of
CLOS Lawyer
Judge Stops Mayors Statement From Stand in
New Jersey Free Speech Trial
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

NEWARK y. J.. June 21 lINSl-Mayor Frank Hague
of Jersey City make "a public statement from the wit
ness stand about Morris L. Ernst CIO lawyer after the
navor had concluded sixth day of testimony the free
seecb trial TODAY but Federal Judge William Clark refused
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
Relief for Big Cities
To Be Sped by U. S.
Administration Hopes Recovery Program VIII
Lead to Decline in WPA Rolls
Bv MERRILL MUELLER

GNSD Armed with the $50 100000 appropriated by the
Sevenyfth Congress- the Administration today prepared
program for direct relief particularly for cities such
Cave1 land nd CHICAGO
The Washington times., 1938-06-21

The Georgia Avenue Business
Mems Association will hold its
final meeting Of the season to-
night at 8 O'Clock at the City
Bank. 3608 Georgia Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-06-21

allow him to do so.
The plaintiffs, who include the
Committee for Industrial Organi
cation and the American Civil Lib
critics Union, rested their case at
1890 p. m. They are seeking an
Injunction restraining Hague from
allegedly interfering with the
rights of free speech and free as
sembly in Jersey City.
The Washington times., 1938-06-21

Directors
John Z. MergneR
Clarence r. DOnOhOs
Chatham M. Towers
Thomas 8. SergeOn
Chas. A. ROssiteH
Dr.. william G. Farmer
Charles II. KindlO
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-29
Club Women
Officers OF
Year Named

Wilmington, April 20 (AP)-Elec-
ton of officers to the three posts
open this year, luncheon conference
on the American home, and On edu-
cation and an open forum on adult
Education in Action" marked today's
sessions here of the 36th annual con-
vention of the North Carolina Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs.
Mrs D. B. Carroll, of Chapel Hill
was elected first vice-president; Mrs.
p r. Rankin, of Mount Gilead, was
renamed treasurer, and Mrs. Z. E.
Browne, of Raleigh, was elected re-
cording secretary.
Delegates chosen to represent the
State Federation at the Kansas City
convention next month of the Cen
eral Federation include: Mrs. J. N
Britt, LumbertOn; Mrs. John D. Rob
inson, Wallace; Miss Ethel Parker
Gainesville. Alternates include: Mrs
J. o. McLelland, of Maxton.
The convention received an invita-
ton from Raleigh to meet there next
year. It was the only invitation re-
ceived, and, as is customary, selec-
ton of the convention site was left
to the executive committee.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-29
Rail Lines
Ask 15Pct.
Wage Cuts

Chicago, April 29.-(AP)-The Asso
citation of American Railroads adopt
ed today the resolution under the rail
way labor act to serve notice of Il
percent wage reduction, effective July
/ for all classes.
of $250,OO0,O00 annually to member
roads, the association said.
In a memorandum, the association
stated the wage cut was necessary
because of loss of revenue and in
creases in operating costs.
Revenue losses the association laid
to a decline in traffic, diversion OF
traffic to competing forms of trans
portation, and inadequacy of the re-
cent freight rate raise allowed by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Operating costs were higher, the
memorandum said, because of advanc-
ed payrolls caused by the 1887 wage
increases and adjustments, costly and
restrictive Interpretation placed on
working rules by a judgment board
particularly for employees in the trans
portation group; legislative expenses
accrued in opposing regulatory meas
ures tax expenses and the increase
in materials and supplies costs.
The memorandum said that IN de-
termining the amount Of the wage re-
Continued on Page Two.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-29
While Japan Celebrates
Emperor's Birthday, His
Soldiers Fight
Indecisively
JAPS ARE MEETING
GREAT RESISTANCE
Great Manpower of Chinese
Army Again Most Import
ant Factor as Fresh Regi-
ments Are Constantly Sent
Against Tired, Weary
Japanese

Shanghai, April 29.-(AP)- While
Japan celebrated Emperor Hirtlto's
9Th birday, his weary soldiers in
south Shantung province continued an
indecisive battle today which was
boosting Chinese hopes of achieving
a stalemate or repeating the Taierch-
wang victory.
Neutral observers said Japanese
were encountering stubborn resistance
near Pihshien, Taierchwang and Tan
cheng, on a 3O-mile front flung across
the vi river.
The great man-power of the Chi
nese army again was the most impor-
tant factor in the warfare as fresh
regiments constantly were being sent
against the tired Japanese, who had
been fighting steadily nine days since
the capture of Llnl.
Japanese were making progress on
lv bv wards in their advance toward
the Lunghai railway, east-west nerve
center of the front in central China
They still had about ten miles to &c
to reach their objective.
The advance was at such cost OF
men and munitions that foreign mill
tary Observers expressed doubt Wheth-
Continued on Page FiveO
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-29
Wants Old Age Benefit Sys-
tenn Liberalized and Ex-
tended Early AS
Possible
BOARD is ADVISED
TO CONDUCT STUDY
Report Is Asked by Time
Next Congress Meets So
Action May Be Taken at
That Time; Says Opera
ton of Act Shows 1t Is
"SoundIy Conceived"

Washington, April 29.-(AF)-Pre-
Sident Roosevelt asked the Social Sc
curity Board today to study methods
Of improving the social security act
including liberalization and extension
of the old age benefit system.
The President told press confer
cnce he had written A. J. Altmyer.
Of the board, asking that the revised
program he put in shape for action
at the next session of Congress.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he requested the
board to consider the question of com
ncncing old age benefit payments
earlier than January /, 1912 as now
provided. The President also asked
larger benefits for those retiring in
the next lew lays under he pension
system, also larger benefits for
widows and children.
The President said successful OPP
GRAFTON of the act showed it was
"soundly conceived"
He also told reporters what he said
on previous occasions, namely, that
England for 25 years had been re-
gttlarly amending it's social security
law without any fuss, and was i'm
proving it almost annually in the light
of experience.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-29
Meth0dists
Requested To
Il,
Drop Unity

Birmingham, Ala, April 20 (AP)-
Opponents of union between three
major branches of American Metho-
dism today urged the quadrennial
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South, to shelve the propo-
SAL ITO prevent destruction" of the
Southern Church.
B. w. Crouch, of Saluda, S. c., pre-
scented a memorial he said was signed
by $4,000 Carolina Methodists oppos-
ing the merger, and said the petition
represented the real sentiment of
majority of Southern Methodists. He
asked that the question be referred to
the annual conferences, all but one
of which have approved the plan.
Miller Bell, Milledgeville, Ga, bank
er, said the church was split in 1874
because the northern majority tried
to force it's racial views on the South,
and warned that under the merger
plan the South would have only 30
percent of the voting power.
Bishop John Moore. chairman Of
the committee on church union, Sub
Continued on Page Five.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-29
Mighty Extente Forged To
Keep Peace of Europe
BY Virtue of Its
Own Strength
SWEEPING PROGRAM
PLANS COOPERATION
Germany's Drive for Expan-
sion AS Protector Of Ger
man Minorities Everywhere
Is Basis for Accord Reach
ed; Crisis in Czechoslo-
vakia

London, April 30 -(AP)-The pre-
miers Of Britain and France today
concluded a vital two-day conference
in which they forged a mighty entente
designated to keep the peace of Ell.
rope by virtue of its own strength.
In the two days of talks, the Bri-
fish and French premiers and foreign
ministers devised the sweeping pro-
gram Of cooperation to prepare now
adequate defenses against the day
when war may come.
Mindful of NaZi disturbance in
Czechosovakia, Germany's drive for
expansion as the protector of German
minorties everywhere, and aware Of
the might Of the German war machine
the two leading democracies of Eu-
rope shaped an agreement which was
everything but named a formal mu-
tua assistance pact.
Todays sessions were concerned
primarily with the German minority
agitation in Czechoslovakia and how
to guard against it's dangers to Eu.
ropean tranquility.
There was further discussion, also
of the Italian and German influence
in Spain, withdrawal of foreign volur-
teers from the civil war, and when and
how and under what circumstances to
open talks with Germany on a gen
eral European peace accord.
The Anglo-French military coopera-
ton would concern itself mainly with
cir and naval forces.
Prime Minister Chamberlain and his
foreign Minister Viscount Halifax
covered the entire ground with French
Premier Daladier and Foreign Min
lister Bonnet.