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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
BOY, IL, KILLS HIS
PARTNER WITH WIRE

Burlington, April 11-A prelimi-
nary hearing before Magistrate Lee
A. Lutterloh, of Burlington, will be
accorded next week to Luther Turn
er, 12-year-old Richmond Hill Negro,
who. Saturday afternoon confessed
killing his 12-year-old playmate,
Leon Myers, with wire after they
had quarrelled over playthings. The
young negro is being held in the
county Jail in Graham.
Officers said Turner admitted kill
ing his playmate with piece of coat
hanger wire about four or five inches
long. In explaining his action to De-
puties Hinsley and Ivey, he said that
he had to 'feel around a while" be-
fore he got the end of the wire over
Myers heart Then he pushed, it, he
said, and the wire pierced the center
of the. other youths heart. He died
Immediately.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
GOVERNOR SPEAKER
BEFORE HYDE GROUP
Describes Expansion of Edu-
cation Program

Swain Quarter, April 11.-(AP)
Governor Clyde Hoey stressed
North Cardinals progress in educa-
ton in an address here last night.
He said North Cardinals educa-
ton program had expanded from a
100000 expenditure in Governor
Aycock's time to $16,O00,000 six
years ago and 100000 today.
He added there was an increase
of $4,500,000 in education for the
next biennium
He said North Carolina was get
ting more for each dollar expended
in teacher salaries htan any other
state. Eighty-four cents of each dol
lar spent for education in North
Carolina goes for teachers salaries
he said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
ELM CITY FAVORS
NINE-MONTH TERM

Elm City, April 11.-Elm City will
inaugurate a Upgrade school term
for the first time in its history, Mayor
Leslie Farmer, Jr., said today, as re-
suit of the approval of 25-cent sup
Elementary school tax in an election
here Saturday. -
The new supplementary tax will
also provide for frightening the
school term from eight to nine
months a year. Mayor Farmer stated
that the improvements are expect
ed to be inaugurated this fall.
Elm City has operated an eight
month and 11-year school term in re-
cent years. The town previously had
nine month term, the mayor said,
before the operation of the schools
was assumed by the state.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
Bing Miller Must Locate
Plenty Of Pitching Talent
One Experienced
Man, Stainback, Can
Play; Infield Made up
Partly of Veterans;
Battle Is On For First
Base Job; Outfield Is
About Set

Faced with the lack of pitching
talent, Coach Bing Miller has set
about working his Henderson high
school Bulldogs into condition for a
short baseball season.
Adkin Stainback is about the only
available pitcher, this being his sec
ond year in baseball. l.. A. jackson
withdrew from the squad, and Rey-
nolds Smith was Struck OUT by
school work. Cecil Faulkner, who
has been tried in several positions,
will be given an opportunity to show
his wares as hurler. He has a
fast ball. Charles Workman and
Eugene Grissom, two other lads
counted on for hurting duties went
tie same route that Smith took.
Games have already been sche-
duled with Roanoke Rapids, Catholic
Ophanage, Raleigh high, and seve-
RAJ other schools in this section.
Miller has Dick Galloway, second
wear man, reporting for catcher.
Billy Gambler, first year man, at
third; Russell Turner at short, and
should be one of the best ball play-
ers on the squad; Rideout at second
base for the second year; William
larry and w. L. Beddingfield are
battling it out for first base.
Coghill, Thomas Bobbitt and
James Parrish are seeking berths
III the outfield. L. w. Hobgood is
working out for reserve catcher.
Charles Stewart has been named
manager of the club
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
Nature Halts
New Hog Crop
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birth control may offset the sharp
increase in soWs narrowing this
spring, and may prevent an increase
in the country's hog population,
which producers have feared gen
orally would bring lower prices.
Psychologists at the University of
Illinois estimated losses of pigs re-
ported to date would more than Off
set the anticipated boost in hog num-
bers expected to result from a %
percent increase in sows bred to far
row this spring. They would cite no
definite causes for the losses, rang
ing in some instances to 100 percent.
Under normal conditions a pig NOR
tally of 20 to 40 percent can be
expected up to weaving time.
The 1889 pig crop had been esti-
mated at 6O,0OO,OO0, about equal to
the 1898 average that preceded
that the 1888 government slaughter
program and 1884 drought.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
Carolina to Send
Six Golfers Into
Intercollegiate

Chapel Hill, April l1.-Six men,
bers of the University of North Caro-
Inns undefeated golf squad will par
ticipate in the annual Southern in
tercollegiates which will be held here
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The six linksmen are Hudson Boyd,
Charlie Diffendal, Neal Herring,
Rodney Snow, Clarence Kluttz and
Foy Robertson, Jr. Cardinals four
man entry for the team competition
will consist Of Boyd, Herring, Kluttz
and Diffendal Snow and Robertson
will compete in the individual con-
tests.
The Tar Heels hold victories this
season over Hampden-Sidney Geor-
ga, Dartmouth, Western Reserve
University, Boston College and Geor-
gia Tech.
Carolina and Pennsylvania were
TO meet in dual contest at Pinehurst
today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
NEGRO WILL BE HELD
FOR KENTUCKY TRIAL

Kinston, April 11.-Officials at the
state prison camp in Lenoir county
today said Will Evans, Negro, SO
serving IL months for shoplifting in
Kinston, had been transferred to the
penitentiary at Raleigh for. safe
keeping.
At the expiration of his sentence
he will be turned over to Kentucky
authorities, who charge him with
murder. He is alleged to have killed
a man at Louisville in 1892. Word
that he was wanted in that city
came to the police here from the
bureau of Identification at Wash
ington. Evans, who has long pri-
son record, is native of this Sec
ton.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
Slight Drop
orCotton

New York, April 11.-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures. opened unchanged to two
points lower, only partly responding
to worse han-due Liverpool cables.
Bombay and Liverpool sold while
support came from spot houses, trade
accounts and local professions. At the
end of the first hour prices were I'M
changed to two down. May was 7.99,
unchanged; July 7.78, off two. Noon
prices were unchanged to five lower,
with May even at 7.99 and July down
a point at ITO.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
ON TOP
AMONG UNC HITTERS

Chapel Hill, April 11.-Co-Cap-
tain George Nethercutt, star catcher
who halls from Roanoke Rapids, has
been hitting at a better than 600 clip
in early season games for the Caro-
lima baseball team. Statistics based
on the first four contests give Meth
circuit an average of 632-12 hits in
10 attempts. He hit safely four times
Saturday to lead the Tar Heels to
lead the Tar Heels to a to victory
over Davidson.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
Stocks Lose
More Heavily

New York, April 11.-(AP)-
Leading stocks were pounded done
one to more than five points in to-
days market after early efforts to
extend Mondays rally met with a
chilly reception. Dealings were or
derby until the approach. of noon,
when heavy selling concentrated on
motors, steels, aircrafts and special
ties put the ticker tape behind. The
pace then slowed, and some recovery
appeared near the fourth hour.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
New Regime Being
Formed~for Albania
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first step taken by fascist conquerors
to establish what appeared likely to
become a new permanent govern
ment to succeed that of King Fog,
now in exile. From five to fifteen
delegates from each Albanian pro-
vince were expected to attend the
session, which previous reports said
might be confined to deliberations on
purely local matters.
One Of the latest towns to fall into
Italian hands was Kroja, ancient
citadel of an Albanian national hero,
who led a 18th century uprising a.
gainst the Turks. There, Italian sour
ces said, Albanians turned out, as in
other places, to welcome the troops.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
RED SOX WIN AND
LOSE BALL GAMES

The Henderson Red Sox, local
Negro baseball team, bowed to
Mobile here yesterday morning 13
to 6, then went to Littleton for a
game there in the afternoon, win
ming that contest II to 3.
The Red Sox are expecting a sue
cessful season, and the team is work.
ing at top speed to get into con-
ditiOn.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
Mother Fish Story

Chicago, April 11.-(AP)- A
fence built around the goldfish pond
in Garfield park conservatory was
erected to protect the fish, says Au-
gust Koch, park horticulturist On
numerous occasions the crush has
been so heavy at the conservatory
thatsever al visitors have been push
ed into the pond.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
JOAN CRAWFORD is
GRANTED DIVORCE

Los Angeles, Cal, April IL
(AP)-Joan Crawford today was
granted a divorce by Judge Benja-
min S. Scheinman from Franchot
Tone. Her appearance in court was
unexpected
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
FEB VANCE TRIMS
AYCOCK NINE, 12-2
Brown, Clayton and Perkin.
son Connect for Circuit
for Winners

zeb Vance high school won an
Easter Monday ball game from Ay-
cock by II to 2 score at Zeb Vance.
Brown, Clayton and Parkinson
connected for the circuit for the
winners.
Clayton pitched and Brown. caught
Tor Zeb Vance. The Aycock battery
was made up of Edwards, Mapry
and Clark.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11

Germany surprised by Chamber
lain's Firm Misunderstanding They
never thought he'd grab that UNI
brella by the tip instead of the handle.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11

Never believe man when he say:
he has his temper under perfect con.
trol-unless you've seen him play
bridge
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
FARMER, So. EXECUTED
FOR MURDER OF WIFE
FARMER EECIJTED

FARMER EECUTED -vaNpr
Columbia S. c., April 11-(AP)
Edward L. Humphrey, 52-year-old
Dillon county farmer, was put to
death in the electric chair at the
State penitentiary here today for the
Staying of his 27-year-old wife in
March last year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11
CAROLINA SEEKING
FIFTH WIN TODAY

Chapel Hill, April 11.-Victorious
IN its first four games this season,
North Cardinals varsity baseball
team will strive to keep its record in
tact and to bolster its lead in the
Big Five race when the Tar Heels
meet N. c. State here this afternoon
at o'clock on Emerson Field.
Carolina got off to a fine start in
us quest for the Big Five champion
snip Saturday by beating Davidson
4 to ! behind the excellent eight-hit
pitching performance of Henry (Bud)
Hudson. The Tar Heels gave Hudson
superb support. Co-Captain George
Nethercutt catcher, who hit safely
iour times in five attempts, was pace
setter in the attack.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11

this age. 49, 80
Hide the goldfish, Ma! Junior
wires he's coming home from col
lege during spring holidays.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-11

So many major league players are
ailing, opening days lineup probably
will look like hospital chart.
Evening star., 1939-12-27
Monopoly Committee Studying
u. S. Regulation of Insurance
Federal Control Over Matters Beyond
Jurisdiction Of States Suggested

panies which failed or were i'm
paired because of questionable man
agement practices, to arguments
that the very size of the largest
companies is uneconomic and In
need of a Federal check.
The S. E. C. has attempted to
show that as the industry has
grown to the point where there is
$110 900 900 900 of insurance in force,
with continued growth forecast for
the future, there has been a ten
dency toward concentration of eco
nomic control in fewer hands.
On the other hand, some of the
insurance company executives who
testified contended that size of the
business has operated to the advan-
tage rather than the disadvantage
of the policyholder.
Frederick H. Ecker, chairman of
the Board of Metropolitan Life In
surance Co., told the committee last
winter that the more pohcyholders
the firm had the lower the percent
age of overhead and the greater the
diversification of its interests.
Mr.. Ecker said State supervision
of insurance companies was strin-
gent and executives Of other firms
told Of the regulations already in
force.
Evening star., 1939-12-27
Thwarted Hi-jacking
Of Liquor Truck
Probed by Police
Driver Reports Attack
By Armed Trio on
Baltimore Boulevard

Maryland State police today were
still without detailed information
about an attempted hijacking Of a
liquor truck on the crowded Balti-
more boulevard about 10 miles
southwest of Laurel, Nd" shortly
after 7 o'clock last night.
The report of the driver, whose
name still had not been obtained by
police, was said to have been received
by Sergt. Charles Durham of the
State police, in an anonymous tele-
phone call. State policemen secured
the vicinity in search of car an
swering the description of the al
legged hijackers without success.
The report to State police, which
was relayed to Metropolitan police
in Washington, described an attempt
reminiscent of prohibition days, by
three or more" men in a high
powered sedan to force the liquor
truck, owned by the Dorsey Whole
sale Liquor Co. of Dorsey, Md, to
the side of the highway at the point
of pistols and rifles.
The driver, according to the re-
port, speeded up his truck, reported
to have contained about IS 900 worth
of liquor. and by swerving from one
side of the road to the other man
aged to elude his pursuers.
Finally the pursuers managed to
pull up alongside the truck, but the
driver sideswiped their machine,
smashing a fender, and they gave up
the chase, turned their damaged car
around and fled toward Washington,
State police were told.
Evening star., 1939-12-27
Central High Alumni
1rounce Varsityin
Annual Meetinq
Urge Selection Of
Pine, 1910 Graduate,
For District Court

Alumni of Central High School
swarmed back into the old school
building last night. They swamped
the undergraduates in a swimming
meet, whipped them soundly in
basket ball, danced till midnight,
swallowed a great bulk of refresh
ments - and unanimously urged
President Roosevelt to lift District
Attorney David A. Pine to a seat on
District Court bench.
Endorsement of Mr.. Pine for the
judgeship came upon. motion of
white-haired Charles H. Bates of
the class of '86, senior member of
the Alumni Association Board of
Directors, and it was approved with
a burst of applause.
District Attorney Pine, who was
graduated from Central in 1910, was
present to receive one of four
certificates of distinction" awarded
to alumni during 1899. Upon ac-
cepting the award, inscribed on
parchment, he smiled and said:
when any alumni of Central
High School come down to my Office
I'm always glad to see them and
arrange their ball.
Miss Emma Jacobs Honored.
Other certificates were granted to
Miss Emma S. Jacobs of the class
of '86, who pioneered in introduce
ing teaching of home economics
into the public schools of Wash
ington and the Nation: DR.. John
Lyons of the class of 'O9, president
of the District Medical Society,
and Col. James M. Churchill of the
War Departments division of mill
tary intelligence. Col. Churchill,
graduating in 1900, was captain of
Company B, which won the COM
petitive drill that year.
Undergraduates who opposed
alumni in sports events were over
whelmed by whirlwind attacks.
Churning through green waves in
the schools pool, graduates out
pointed varsity, IS to 10. Upstairs
the alumni basket ball squad scored
40 points to the undergraduates 36.
30th Annual Meeting.
The meeting was the 3Oth an
nual gathering of the high schools
alumni association. Those attend
ing ranged from boys and girls who
have not yet graduated to men and
women who graduated before there
was any real Central High. Among
the latter was Mary A. Brewer, who
in 1882 graduated from Seaton Girls
High School a few months before
Evening star., 1939-12-27
BY the Associated Press.

6y tus ASSOCldteO fIcSS-
Members of the Federal Monopoly
Committee disclosed today that they
have been considering informally
several possible methods for Gov
ernment regulation of life insurance
companies.
They have not agreed on any rec
concentrations, but they contend
committee hearings during the last
year have shown that some form of
regulation should supplement exist
ing State laws.
The Federal Government now has
no jurisdiction over life insurance
companies, which operate in every
State and control assets totaling
527 900 100000 This is more than
the total amount of deposits in the
Nations commercial and savings
banks, according to committee rec
ords.
Members who favor some form of
Federal regulation said that they
would not advocate supplanting
State jurisdiction, but rather would
suggest Federal authority over mat
ters which are beyond the jurisdic-
ton of any one State.
Steps Under Consideration.
Among the suggestions which they
said have been under consideration
are:
l. Amendment OF the Federal
Bankruptcy Act to give the Govern
ment jurisdiction over insurance
company failures.
2. Creation of a form of fund in
surance similar to the Federal de-
posit insurance for banks. 1t would
give the Government opportunity to
require uniform accounting and
make possible the disclosure of any
irregularities.
3. Establishment Of an even more
comprehensive control system pat
termed after the Federal Reserve
System for banks, or regulation un-
der an administrative body such as
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission.
Proponents of Federal control
contend that life insurance COM
panies are engaged in many respects
in the same business as banks, yet
are permitted much greater freedom
of operation. Most of the evidence
which the Securities and Exchange
Commission has presented to the
committee has been designed to
show that State regulation is in
adequate.
Concentration of Control Seen.
This has ranged from testimony
about several relatively small COM
Evening star., 1939-12-27
Band Concert

BY the United States Marine Band
Symphony Orchestra this evening at
8:15 o'clock in the Marine Barracks
auditorium. Capt. Taylor Branson,
leader; William F. Santelmann,
second leader. conducting.
Program.
Overture, THE Children" Opus
(a) Danse feerique, TN Pixie
land" Clarke
Co Valse lente, "Poupee VAL
sante" -------- Poldini
Fantasy, Christmas Bells" - Rapee
Violin solo, "Chaconne,"
Bach -Wilhelmj
Soloist, Musician Albert Schoepper.
Selection, Babes in Toyland,"
Herbert
Noel" from THE Seasons"
Tschaikowsky
Scenes from Around the Christ
mas Tree" "-T Tobani
"Polonaise," from the opera Christ
mas Night" Rimsky- -Korsakow
"The Marines Hymn"
Evening star., 1939-12-27
Traffic Record

The traffic record as revealed
at police headquarters for a.
hour period ending 8 am. De-
cember Is:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 80.
Motorists injured, s.
Motorists arrested, 81.
Pedestrians injured, /.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, l.
The traffic record for 24-hour
period ending at 8 am. yester-
day:
Fatalities, /, a pedestrian.
Accidents, 81.
Motorists injured, II.
Motorists arrested, "a.
Pedestrians injured, 8.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation Of pedestrian control reg
ulations, /.
The traffic record for 24-hour
period ending 8 a m. today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 40.
Motorists injured, 7.
Motorists arrested, 225.
Pedestrians injured, 8.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, none.
Evening star., 1939-12-27

42-year-od man fatally injured when struck by
northbound automobile Seventeenth NE.
the approximate place picked up being
struck The dotted recange indicates the
within which he struck
with eight driving
No accident Said did igent
the pedestrian heard
thud
Coroners Jury verdict: Driver held teens.
Evening star., 1939-12-27

Christmas day
in Lake Worth,
Fla, will be held
tomorrow at En-
terprise, Pa.
DR.. H. c. Byrd,
president of the
university, said
Prof. M e t z g e r
had motored to
Florida to rest
during the holi-
days. He col
lapsed on ar
rival and died
in Lake Worth
Hospital.
Evening star., 1939-12-27

NOlc0 1Ol Ills AAoA' -'ASs@seA'
soil research, and author of many
articles on agronony and its rela-
ton to commercial enterprise, Prof
Metzger was regarded as one of the
outstanding men in the field.
He played an important part in
the research and experiments which
led to the development of the So
called "beardless" barley, which
Maryland farmers have grown with
great success.
A member of the university faculty
since 1914, Prof. Metzger was made
acting director of the experimental
station two years ago and director
last year. He held the university S
professorship of agronomy.
His widow, Mrs. Jane Metzger, sur
wives.
Evening star., 1939-12-27
Expedition 10 Leave
Here Tomorrow 10
Seek Mayan Secrets
Dr.. Stirling to Head
Geographic Venture
To Southern Mexico
A scientific expedition of the Ma

A scientific expedition of the Ma
tional Geographic Society, headed
by DR.. Matthew w. Stirling of the
Smithsonian Institution, will leave
Washington tomorrow for Southern
Mexico to seek more secrets Of pre-
historic Maya civilization.
In making this announcement,
the society stated the group will do
extensive excavation in Veracruz
Province, now known as "The Egypt
of the Americas"
This site, at Tres Zapotes, is one
of the most promising of any yet
found, in Mexico. DR.. Stirling de-
clared. Maya ruins have been ex-
tensively Investigated in Yucatan.
When it was discovered in jan
uary, 1888. a survey showed that it
probably was one of the principal
cities of the Mayan people with large
temples, homes and public buildings.
In it was found the Oldest record yet
unearthed in the New World-a
calendar stone" carrying an in
scription which, when deciphered,
showed they had been recorded 291
years before Christ.
A copy of the stone, now in the
National Museum of Mexico, is be-
ing exhibited in Columbus, Ohio,
this week by the society before the
annual convention of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science. The stone is "one of the
most important archaeological finds
ever made in the New World" DR..
Stirling declared.
Working with the expedition lead
er will be Mrs. Stirling, VINO de-
ciphered the calendar inscription;
DR.. Philip Drucker of the Univer-
sity of California, M. A. Carriker of
the Smithsonian and Richard H.
Stewart, Geographic Society pho
tographer.
Study OF the ancient Mayan civil
ization is highly important in an
alyzing the reasons for the rise and
fall of nations, DR.. Stirling observed.
Here in the Americas, where pre-
historic man was formerly supposed
to be a primitive Indian, the Mayan
people built great cities, organized
and perfected q social system, knew
a great deal about astronomy and
constructed temples and huge pyra-
mids rivaling the pyramids of Egypt,
probably with human labor"
They had no metal with which to
make tools, but did stone carving
equal to that of the Egyptians. The
calendar which they developed was
superior to the one used in Europe
in Columbus time.