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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-21
GOODWIN NOT TO
RETURN TO PRISON

Raleigh, March 21.-(AP)-Pa-
roles Commissioner Edwin Gill said
today that Mrs. Sina Pope Goodwin
would not have to return to prison
to complete two to five year term
for manslaughter growing out of the
Staying of her husband in Harnett
county.
Mrs. Godwin's minimum term, in
Guiding time gained by good behav-
ior and extra work, expired today.
She entered prison January 20, 1888.
The woman was given leave last
week to visit her i'll daughter and the
six days she was away were not
counted against her time, Gill said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-21

Daladier Extends
French Work Week

Paris, March 21.-(AP)-The
authorized 6O-hOur work week,
the frs tprOduct of Premier Dala
dier's dictatOrial powers, was ex-
tended today to railways, mines
and numerous other industries.
Moving rapidly to whip French
productive ca-.acity into shape to
match Germany's, DaIadier also
announced that a work week
longer than so hours may be au-
thOrized if found necessary.
The announcement was part of
a quick national defense reOrgan-
izatiOn for which decree laws
were issued.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-21
Legislation Asked From
Washington Fares Badly

assembly is showing more indepen-
dence Of thought.
The wage-hour bills offered by
Senators Gregory and Balm, while
differing in some important parti-
culars, were very similar and both
were known to have been approved
by the national wage-hour board.
But the bills did not get far in the
legislature. A joint subcommittee
has recommended, with almost GER
tainty of acceptance by the legisla-
ture as whole, a substitute bill
which changes very little the present
laws. governing hours. No wage leg
islation is proposed.
The bill providing for investiga-
ton into the feasibility Of setting IN
a Cape Fear Valley Authority for
Continued on Page Three)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-21
Absent Vote
Ban Given
Senate 0kay
Returned to House for
Concurrence in Minor
Changes; House Sets
April l as Probable
Adjournment D at e;
Beer and Wine Debat-
ed

Raleigh, March 21-(AP)-The
Senate unanimously approved today
the bill to abolish absentee voting
in primaries and tighten restrictions
for general elections. There was no
discussion and no dissent when the
amended version Of the House bill
was reached on th- calendar. Twen-
ty-six members voted for adoption
Of the committee substitute, with
the negative vote not being counted.
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-21
WEATHER

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair tonight and Wednesday;
SLIGHTLY colder in extreme north
cel.<ral anG in interior of ex-
treme east portion tonight; ris-
ing temneratnre in north cOr-
ton Wednesday,.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-21
Support Of
Soviet Now
Is Doubtful
rench President and
Wife on State Visit to
London as Guests of
King and Queen; Rus
sia Wants Six States in
Conference; Britain
Objects

London, March 21.-fAP)-
Britain today asked Soviet RVS
sia. France and Poland to sign
"haIt Hitler" declaration, bind
ing them to consult as to what
action they would take in case
of further German expansion
efforts.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-21
ERNEST ELLISON, OF
CHARLOTTE, PASSES

Charlotte, March 21.-(AP)-Er-
nest Ellison, ST, Charlotte business
man and civic leader, died early to-
day in Raleigh hospital of a heart
attack suffered a week ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-21

Continued on Page Three)
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Officer Burned in Tryino
10 Put Out Fire in Room

Detective Fuller L. Arlington, at
tached to the fifth precinct, received
first and second degree burns on the
face and arms this morning while
attempting to extinguish a fire
which almost completely burned out
his room at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Beitzel at 1858 East
Capitol street.
Mr.. Arlington was taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital, where his condition
was described as satisfactory" Mr..
and Mrs. Bethel and their daughter
Jean, IL. who were awakened by
Mr.. Arrington's shouts about 4 am,
escaped injury.
Furniture in the room was al
most destroyed by the fire, and the
walls Scared and blackened by the
flames. Adjoining rooms and the.
hall were damaged by heat and
smoke. Number 10 Engine Com
pany answered the alarm, and re-
corded the fire as probably having
been started by a dropped cigarette.
Damage was estimated in excess Of
$500.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Pittman TO Ask Vote
On Move 10 End
1911 Pact With Japan
Committee Approval Of
Vondenberg PIon to Be
Asked Wednesday
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Pittman, Democrat, of
Nevada, announced today that he
would support resolution by Sena-
tor Vandenberg. Republican, of
Michigan, to put the Senate on rec
ord in favor of abrogating the 1911
treaty of commerce and navigation
with Japan.
Senator Pittman said he would
move, at the meeting next Wednes-
day of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee. OF which he is chairman, to
separate the two sections of the
Vandenberg resolution and to ap-
prove the portion dealing with the
1911 treaty.
Senator Vandenberg proposed not
only that the Senate advocate execu-
tive action to nullify the japanese
treaty, but that it urge the Roose-
velt administration to call a con-
ference of nations which signed the
nine-power pact of 1922, pledging
respect for the territorial integrity
OF China. The purpose of this con-
ference would be to determine
whether Japan had violated the
nine-power treaty, and to recon-
mend appropriate action"
Secretary of State Hull said in the
second of two letters to Pittman yes
terday that the executive depart
ment, as always, would be pleased to
give full and careful consideration,
consonant with the great weight to
(Cnn TNFpADrO poro AoI
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Reconciliation Efforts Grow,
But Europe's Tension Persists
This Summer Seen Last Time Axis
Stands Chance of Winning War

be either advanced and hastened or
suspended altogether.
Why all this-if the danger of
war has diminished?
The answer is that the rulers, in
Guiding many of the gushing op-
timists, simply do not believe that
war has been avoided. The reason
is simple: They consider this sum-
mer as the latest date when the
axis has a reasonable chance of
winning a war unless 1t can again
disrupt the present grouping Of its
adversarieS.
None but illusionists can believe
that Germany, after faithfully pur-
suing the dream Of dominion for at
least six years, is now quietly aband-
oning 1t just because for the first
time it has met resistance whose
seriousness has not yet been tested
Prefer BloOdless Expansion.
Obviously. the axis powers, par
ticularly Italy, would prefer ex-
pansion either bloodlessly or by a
series of small wars against nearly
helpless opponents like the Eth
iopians, the Spanish Republicans
and the Albanians. But nobody be-
lieves that the fantastically impos-
ing German military machinery was
built up merely to sit idle while Ger
man ambitions were thwarted.
Therefore the persistence of the
Evening star., 1939-07-22
BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER,


Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent
PARIS, July % (By Radio -
Europe is witnessing a vast verbal
effort at reconciliation. The Ger
man authorities have stated that
Danzig is not worth a war. The
British and French answer that
they are delighted to examine any
grievances" with the greatest pos
sible indulgence.
The French and German govern
ments brought into effect, on July l,
new commercial treaty whereby,
in exchange for coke, the French
continue to provide the Germans
with a large percentage of their
available iron ore. What is more,
the continental business community
like one man, announces that "the
situation has greatly improved" and
endeavors by all possible means to
beguile the public into the belief
that the war danger has been
definitely conjured and that hence
forth the public can safely resume
its purchases of stocks and bonds
and merchandise.
Life Is "Suspended."
Yet, somehow, it simply does not
work. Continental life, like life
in Great Britain, is simply "sus-
pended. Foreign Offices nearly
everywhere have served notice on
their employees that vacations must
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Stossen BIomes Riots
On ThouqhtIess Leaders

MINNEAPOLIS, July % (P.-
Gov. Stassen of Minnesota, in a
radio address last night, blamed
"thoughtless leaders" for rioting in
the Minneapolis w. P. A. strike the
past two weeks which resulted in
two deaths and injuries to a score
Of persons.
1--WE flnd," said Gov. Stassen
that a small handful of men led
other men and women to force the
closing of all Federal work projects
in Minneapolis, throwing thousands
OF needy men and women out of the
source Of their livelihood.
I'VE find these thoughtless lead
ers did this in an effort to force
the Federal Congress and the Presi-
dent of the United States to change
a law that they had passed and he
had signed"
The Governor reviewed his efforts
In bringing about a settlement of
the Minneapolis dispute, which
ended with w. P. A. workers return
ing to their jobs.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
| Rural Phone
| Users to Hear
| News Events
By Stan Correspondent of The Star.

LEONARDTOWN, Md, July a.
Listeners in on rural telephone ex-
changes at Leonardtown. Great
Mills, Nanejemoy and Mechanics
vile, Md. these days may think they
have tuned in an information,
please" program.
Operators on the four exchanges,
patrons have been advised in in
closures with their current bills, will
furnish:
The weather forecast, the time
and place of public entertainments
such as athletic events, school and
church festivals. etc.; movies being
shown at nearby theaters, operating
schedules of school buses, road con-
ditions in their vicinity-and de-
tours"
Officials of the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co. of Baltimore
explained that this new service Is
more or less in the nature of an
experiment for rural areas and, il
successful, may be adopted else.
where.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Stamps Are Used for Currency
As Money Crisis Hits Shanghai

ness in Chinese dollars and were
thronged with customers, but every
once in a while the proprietors
would raise the prices with this an
nouncement to the crowds: Higher
prices are effective this instant lest
we go bankrupt
The city's American automatic
telephone system was unable to
handle an avalanche of calls con-
cerned with the money crisis, and
consequently horde of coolies ran
to and fro carrying notes from ex-
cited would-be customers.
Postage stamps circulated as
money, as virtually all coppers dis
appeared, working a hardship on
(See SHANGHAI, Page AID
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Coffee Importer Held
In Wife Staying
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July ga 6O-year-
old coffee importer was seized in his
Bronx apartment today after a
shooting and stabbing foray which
left his wife dead, his children badly
heightened from stray shots and
himself with a scissor wound in the
chest.
Assistant District Attorney George
Carney said the man, Arthur Spir-
opulos, shot and killed his wife
Angelica. Al, emptied his .38-caliber
pistol with three wild shots at his
daughter, Jennie, Is, and then
stabbed himself.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Farley Will Confer
| With Roosevelt on
| 1910 Outlook
Declines Third-Term
Comment; Soils for
Europe Next Week
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK. N. Y, July 22.-
President and Mrs. Roosevelt ex-
tended invitations today to Mr.. and
Mrs. Archibald MacLeish and Alex
ander Woollcott, the writer, to be
weekend guests at their country
home.
The President recently appointed
Mr.. MacLeish librarian of Congress
in Washington.
The Roosevelts arranged for their
guests to go with them to a clam
bake tonight at the estate of Secre-
tary Morgenthau at nearby Fishkill.
The clam bake has become an
annual affair, at which guests sit at
long tables on the lawn and are
served baskets Of steaming clans
chicken, sweet potatoes and corn on
the cob. Afterward there-1sually is
square dance with the President
calling it.
Meanwhile, in New York, Post
master General James A. Farley
packed his bag for a week end visit
with President Roosevelt, the man
for whose election and reelection
he worked tirelessly in 1892 and 1896
There was no hint, in the an
nouncement made here, that Mr..
Farley was coming to the summer
White House as to what he and the
President would talk about.
However. it was considered likely
that Mr.. Roosevelt and the Demo-
cratic national chairman would
make fairly thorough canvass of
the 1910 outlook.
Mr.. Farley, who has made it his
business to keep. in close touch with
public sentiment throughout the
country, sails for Europe next week
and it will be his last opportunity
to talk to his chief for several
weeks.
Prior to his departure tomorrow
for Hyde Park, where he will remain
overnight, Mr.. Farley declined to
discuss his own feeling toward q
third term for Mr.. Roosevelt. In a
statement he said:
whenever I have any comment
to make on any political position of
mine, now or in the future, l will
make it myself, and I am not re-
sponsible for any statements or COM
ments attributed to me-"
Evening star., 1939-07-22
BY the Associated Press.

| oy tlC faScOSAAIC0 1ICoo.
SHANGHAI, July 22-Coolies were
substituted for telephones and post
age stamps were used for currency
today as Shanghai's money crisis
spread to affect nearly every one in
the city.
Although the Chinese dollar
strengthened after yesterdays sharp
declines, the crisis continued with
these results:
Scores of stores refused to sell
merchandise for local dollars, re-
gardless of the price offered, because
dealers feared further slumps.
Some stores quoted prices In
foreign currencies.
Still others continued to do busi-
Evening star., 1939-07-22
lckes Rejects Bids

Secretary Ickes today rejected all
bids submitted for the construction
of the continental divide tunnel on
the Colorado-Big Thompson Federal
Reclamation Project in Colorado.
The Bureau of Reclamation recon-
mended the bids be rejected and
new ones called for, on the grounds
that the two bids which qualified
were too high and that there was
insufficient competition.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Kelly Says Roosevelt
Is Strongest Candidate
Nv the Assoc,.+.d pr...

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, July 22.-Mayor Ed
ward j. Kelly of Chicago, arriving
by boat after several days in Can
ada, commented:
"Unquestionably President Roose-
velt is the strongest man who could
be nominated by either party"
Il suppose was one of the very
first to 60 on record for third term
for the President" he added. 81
don't believe he wants to run, but
conditions may force him to-"
Evening star., 1939-07-22
5-Power Agreement
To Solve Europe's
Problems Reported
Copyrighted Dispatch
Says 9 Points Include
Border Guarantees
BULLETIN.

Secretary OF State Hull said
today that the State Department
| has received no information
through official channels to the
effect that five major European
powers have entered into an
agreement for the preservation
of peace for Is years. All he has
heard. the Secretary added, came
from the press.
BY the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA. July 22.-The
Philadelphia Inquirer carries copy
right dispatch from its Washington
Bureau today saying a five-power
agreement which settles every out
standing European problem" has
been reached tentatively by Great
Britain, France, Germany, Italy and
Poland.
The newspaper says Adolf Hitler
and Benito Mussolini will meet with
Prime Minister Chamberlain, Pre-
mier Daladier and Col. Joseph Beck,
foreign minister of Poland, probably
within two weeks, to ratify the agree
ment.
The accord, the Inquirer reported,
consists of nine major points:
l. Danzig would be returned to
Germany, but under the technical
classification of a free port, thus
leaving it open to Polish commerce
Corridor Formula Provided.
2. The status of the Polish Corri-
dor would be modified to satisfy both
Germany and Poland, with Germany
presumably having free access to
East Prussia and Poland continuing
to have free access to DanZig and
her port at Gdynia.
3. Italy would be given represen-
tation on the directorate of the Suez
Canal.
4. Italy would be given participat-
ing rights on the railroad linking
Adds Ababa with French owned
Djibouti.
5. A neutralized zone would be
established in North Africa opposite
Gibraltar to insure British SOW
ereignty there.
6. The present border between
France and Italy would be perma-
nently guaranteed.
7. The present border between
France and Germany would be per-
manently guaranteed.
Others Guaranteed Is Years.
8. All other existing European
frontiers would be guaranteed for
25 years.
9. The five powers would limit
their regular armies to not more
than 100000 men for Is years.
The Inquirer said it had learned
the proposed agreement had been
in negotiation for several months
thus accounting for the recent lull
in customarily turbulent Europe"
The text of the tentative pact
the dispatch added, was sent to
the United States by an American
ambassador, whose identity has beer
kept secret" for the information
of President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary Hull.
1T was emphasized that the
United States was in no way to be
considered as party to the agree
ment or that it was even to know
officially what is going on" the
Inquirer said.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Another Forest Fire
Breaks Out in Rockies
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the ASSOCIATED Press.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo,
July ga forest blaze between
this Western Colorado resort town
and the famed White River fishing
and hunting grounds to the north is
the latest to pockmark the timber
lands of the Rockies.
All other recent fires were re-
ported under control.
The new fire broke out in the
White River National Forest, which
contains some Of the heaviest stands
Of timber in the State.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Pennsylvania A. +. L.
Seeks to End Strikes

PHILADELPHIA. July % LR.-
With the A. F. l.. protest movement
against wage provisions of the new
Federal Relief Act virtually at a
standstill in Pennsylvania, the head
Of the State A. F. L. organization
strove today to call of any remain
ing strikes and prevent further au-
tomato dismissals for absence.
All but SO to 100 Of the 1900 work
ers who walked out when the protest
movement began Monday have re-
turned to their jobs or been dis
missed for five days absence, State
w. P. A. headquarters announced
last night. The w. P. A. said about
$50 had been dismissed.
To forestall further dismissals,
President James L. McDevitt of the
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
acted to rescind the strike call which
his Philadelphia Building Trades
Council originated. He said at
tempts were being made to have all
strikers back to work Monday.
Mr.. McDevitt sought to arrange
a conference of State council Off
GERS in Harrisburg to consider a
petition from the Philadelphia group
to end the walkouts. George Wal
tiers, State Council president, says
Pittsburgh protest strikers are
-
Evening star., 1939-07-22
$4,000 10 Join
". P. A. Strike,
A. FL. Predicts
WoIkout of Workers
On U. S. Projects in
New York Seen
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
A. F. L. ,Dorkers on w. P. A.
projects are striking against a lap
creating 130-hour ,Dork month for
al w. P. A. employees. Violence
broke out in Minneapolis, two
persons being killed in riots.
Vain efforts haze been made to
restore prevailing ,Dages.
BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July GA walkout
OF $4,000 union skilled laborers on
all Federal building projects in New
York City was seen as a possibility
today by American Federation of
Labor leaders.
They are at present supporting a
strike OF A. F. L. workers on w. P. A.
projects here in protest against the
congressional elimination of pre-
valllng wage rates for skilled work.
erS by creating a uniform 130-hour
work month for all w. P. A. en-
ployes.
The stoppage, if called, would af-
feet $4,000 men on work done under
private contract at the full union
rate. 1t would tie up low-rent hous-
ing developments and Public Works
Administration projects.
While the union officials were de-
Gliding to renew their fight for
restoration of the prevailing wage
on w. P. A., mayors of four large
cities met with Mayor La Guardia
yesterday to draft a plea to Congress
for modification of the new Federal
Relief Act.
The mayors agreed the act, par
ticularly the provision providing for
dismissal of all those on the w. P. A.
18 months or more. would work
hardship on municipalities in pro-
viding relief.
Mayors attending were Harold H.
Burton of Cleveland. Richard w.
Reading of Detroit, Howard Jackson
Of Baltimore and Maurice Tobin of
Boston.
After the conference Thomas Cor
coran, an adviser Of President
Roosevelt. conferred privately with
Mayor La Guardia.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Pact Reports Termed
Without Foundation

PARIS. July % P.-An off1cial
French spokesman declared today
that reports published in the United
States that 25-year peace agree
ment had been reached tentatively
by Britain, France, Germany, Italy
and Poland were without founda-
ton"
Evening star., 1939-07-22
DubGn's Moyoress
Refuses to Wear
Robes of Office

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, July 22.-Dublin's
first woman mayor, Mrs. Tom
Clarke, refused today to wear
the robes Of Office because, she
said, they were red rags from
the British period as is the
charter of Dublin"
An ardent Irish Nationalist,
she removed from the hall of
the mansion a portrait of Queen
Victoria as a young woman
dressed in white crinolin with
a red sash and jewelry.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Foreign.
5-power accord to solve Europe's
problems reported. Page Al
Britain denies new move to appease
Germany. Page Al
Britain and Japan reach accord on
Toxic parley. Page Al
Stamps used for currency in
Shanghai money crisis Page Al
Trade negotiations are resumed by
Russia and Reich. Page Al
Nazis claim victory in latest round of
battle of nerves." Page Al
Poland reveals new interts in U. S.
foreign policy. Page A
Nazi propagandists hard at work in
Duchy of Luxemburg. Page A-1o
National.
Walkout of $4,000 on Federal projects
in New York seen. Page Al
Support grows for abrogation of 1911
treaty with Japan. Page Al
Jesse Jones testifies to plenty of
losses" by r. F. c. Page Al
Hatch bill expected to receive presi-
Dental approval. Page AS
Gambling car of Pendergast regime
indicted. Page AS
Father Of clergyman kidnapped by
Arabs broken by strain. Page Al
Evening star., 1939-07-22

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, July 22.-Agreement be-
tween British and Japanese repre-
sentatives on the form and issues
of negotiations over conflicting
China policies was announced to-
day and japanese oficials hailed it
as a great victory
The cabinet approved the agree
ment after receiving report from
Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita in
which he was quoted authoritatively
as declaring Britain has accepted
all Japanese proposals" on subject
matter and arrangements for the
projected discussions.
Cabinet approval cleared the way
for general conference unless Lon
don disapproves the agreement, be-
tween Arita and British Ambassa-
dor Sir Robert Leslie Craigie. The
general session probably would start
next week.
Enthusiasm Dampened.
Neutral sources conceded that ia
pan had scored in the agreement,
but Japanese exultation was dam
pened somewhat by the fact that
London has failed to reply in the
more than "a hours elapsed since
Sir Robert and Arita came to terms
With Britain's approval the con-
versations between the Ambassador
and foreign minister would be Joined
by military and diplomatic aides.
Arita was said to have informed
the cabinet "the most crucial points
were related to British recognition
of the necessity of measures taken
by the japanese Army, abandonment
by Britain of all moves calculated
to give assistance to Japan's enemy
(China and our proposal that gen.
eral questions relating to Tientsin
should be negotiated first"
Observers have stated that Brit
ish recognition of the necessity Of
measures taken by the Japanese
Army" in China would be tanta.
mount to recognizing Japan's bel
ligerent rights, thus permitting the
army to exercise much more strin-
gent control over foreign conces.
sions.
Britain Wanted Talks Limited.
Britain had wanted to limit the
negotiations to the situation al
Tientsin. where Japanese have
(See TOXIC. Page A-7)