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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01
Warn Drivers
OF Road Game

Raleigh, May Automobile drlv-
ers should be on the lookout for
game animals on the highways at
night, since several deer and other
animals have been killed recently by
cars, Commissioner John D. Chalk,
of the game and inland fisheries oil
vision of the Department OF Conser-
walton and Development, said today.
eve had a report recently from
one of our game protectors to the
effect that a motorist had run into a
doe in the eastern part Of the State
and killed herr, Commissioner Chalk
said. ''When the deer was dressed, it
was learned that she would soon
have given birth to twin faWns. So
the deer population was reduced by
three when this doe was killed. In
addition, there is great danger OF the
car being wrecked and driver and
occupants injured when it strikes an
animal on the highway.
$50, in order to conserve their own
lives and the lives of deer and other
animals, drivers should be extremely
careful when driving through areas
where game abounds. This is espe-
cially true right now when many Of
these animals are almost ready to
give birth to their young"
Several game protectors have re-
ported seeing numerous smaller
game animals rabbits, squirrels,
coons and others) dead on highways
after having been struck by cars
Quick few of these were females.
I'm seeking safety on the high
ways l think we should try to make
them safe for our wild animals as
well as for human beings, Mr.. Chalk
said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01

Clintock, Charlotte, south Piedmont
district; John D. Langston, of Colds
boro, north central district; and w.
j. Smith, Bethel, northeastern dis
trict.
A business session, at which will
be heard the reports of the treasurer
and secretary, the resolutions COM
mittee, and the nominating commit
tee, and the consideration of new
business, will close the meeting.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01
WARRENTON LEGION
BACKS JUNIUS ROSE

Warrenton, May AT a meeting
of the Liner post No. rs, Amer
lean Legion, held here last week,
unanimous vote endorsed Junius
Rose of Granville, formerly of War
renton, for the next department COM
mander for North Carolina.
Mr.. Rose was chosen, it was point
ed out, mot because he was a form
err Warrenton man, but because o.
his ability as leader and other ex-
cellent traits" He is the son OF the
late w. w. Rose and Mary Exum
Rose, who lived here 80 years ago
when the Rev. Mr.. Rose was,
Methodist minister of the town,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01

Despite rumors of greatly weaken
ed physical condition, the great
Paderewski appeared as scheduled in
a piano concert here Friday night,
playing to a capacity audience in the
Memorial Auditorium. The 1000
music lovers who had come from
four or five states to hear the master
play could see no evidence Of weak
ness in the skilled hands. One con-
cession was made, when the great
musicians rest was not disturbed
during the day, although the Hitler
speech, vitality affecting his beloved
Poland, was the topic Of general con-
servation. He went to the stage with
out any knowledge of what Hitler
had said or of any additional threat
to the country of which PadereWski
was once prime minister
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01

sion.
Closing the morning session will
be discussion of Opportunities in
District Work and Organization of
Local School Committees" by var
ious district leaders. They will in
clude Chairman J. H. Jovner, Of Whit
sett, of the northwestern district;
DR.. B. E. Morgan, of Asheville,
western district; A. B. McRae, Elrod,
southeastern district; w. Banks Nc
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01
More Tobacco In OnslOW

Jacksonville, April Present in
dications point to a sizeable increase
IN tobacco acreage this year in
OnsloW county, reports Farm Agent
Hugh Overstreet. New curing barns
are being built all over the county,
OVerstreet said, and a number Of
growers who have stayed within
the AAA program since it was first
begun state they intend to exceed
their allotment this year.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01
North Carolina Exhibit
At Worlds Fair Opened

other members of the North Caro-
lima Worlds Fair Commission, in
Guiding w. E. Fenner, chairman;
John W. Caffey, secretary, and E. c..
Flanagan; r. Bruce Etheridge, di-
rector of the Department of Con-
servation and Development, Josh
Horne and Bill Sharpe, also of this
department; and Edward Packard
OF the Governors Hospitality Com
nittee.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01
PLENTY OF JOBS IN
STRAWBERRY AREA

Raleigh, May 1.-"Plenty of jobs
are available in the strawberry area,
but the Employment Service is find
ing it difficult to- secure workers to
fill them, Director R. Mayne Al
bright, Of the employment service
division Of the State Employment
Compensation Commission, states.
Temporary outpost offices are main
tanned at Wallace and Chadburn to
accept requests for workers and these
requests are sent to employment Of
fices in Goldsboro Wilson, Rocky
Mount, Kinston, Greenville and
others in the area.
Heavy demands have been made
on the service to. supplement local
labor because Of the. unusually large
1889 strawberry crop, Mr.. Albright
said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01

Termites have devoured many old
books in an English library. Won
der if they believed a single word
they ate?
Those dictators may be practi-
cling 'shirt sleeve" diplomacy but it
looks more like they're rolling 'em
up in readiness for fight
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
Court Ruling
''Victory" On


Raleigh, May 4.-(AP)-Unem-
ployment Compensation Commission
officials said today that the Sup
RENE Courts ruling that insurance
companies which are members of
the Federal Reserve System or Fed
eral Home Loan Bank had to make
payroll contributions was ''an i'm
portant victory"
Officials, asking not to be quoted.
said they believed the cases decided
Yesterday holding that the Wacho-
via Bank & Trust Company and
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company had to make contributions
were the first of their kind in the
nation.
Chairman Charles Powell, of the
commission, said the decision meant
that employees of banks, insurance
companies, building and loan asso
Citations and savings associations
which had commended they were fed
eral instrumentalities would now
come under the unemployment COM
pensation act
Powell said leach case must be
considered on its merits, "when ask
ed about the effect of the courts
ruling that the 1886 tax was retro
active and therefore unocnstitution-
al. He said $3,O99,929.38 was COL
lected in 1886 taxes, and that "manv
employers paid the tax without pro-
test The tax was imposed in the
law passed In December, 1896.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
Henderson
Is Approved
On the SEC
Youthful Economist
Confirmed by Senate
Without Dissent; Rec
ord Navy Bill Debated
In House; Kerr To-
bacco Seed Bill APP
proved

Washington, May 4.-(AP)- The
Senate confirmed without dissent to-
day the nomination of Leon Hender-
son, 44-year-old economist, to be a
member of the Securities Commits
sion.
Henderson will succeed William
Douglas, now an associate justice Of
the Supreme Court. There have been
reports that the commission will
elect Jerome Frank to succeed Doug
las as its chairman. :
Henderson now is executive secre-
tary of the monopoly investigating
committee
Meanwhile, House debate on the
mountaineering $770,473,241 navy
appropriation opened with declara-
ton by one of its sponsors that, while
the current European war crisis does
not Justify the huge expenditure, sit
is part of our domain that is ulti-
mately at stake"
Chairman Scrugham, Democrat,
Nevada, of the House naval approp-
rlatons subcommittee, made this
statement while recommending en-
actment of the bill carrying funds
to start construction of % new war
ships, including two 45,000-ton bat
tleships and 500 additional airplanes.
Other developments:
The Senate Agriculture Committee
approved a bill by Representative
Kerr, Democrat, North Carolina, to
prohibit shipment of tobacco seeds
to foreign countries. The measure
designed to restrict production of
American-type tobacco abroad, has
been passed =, the House.
A S370,000,00 increase in farm APP
preparations was approved by Sen
ate subcommittee. Chairman Rus
sell, Democrat, Georgia, of the Sen
ate group, said this amount had been
added to the $685., 100000 voted by
the House more than a month ago
Russell said the Senate group APP
proved 100000 increase fol-
parity payments, $113,000,000 addi-
tlonal for the administrations farm
surplus removal program, $25,000,00t
additional for the farm tenancy act
and Sl5,000,000 additional for Other
Agriculture Department activities.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
Hanes Urges
On New Laws

Indianapolis, May 4.-(AP)-Rob-
ert NJ Hanes, first vice-president Of
the American Bankers Association,
urged here today that government
and business, with open minds and
a cooperative attitude, sit down to-
gether to draft legislation"
Hanes, president of the Wachovia
Bank & Trust Company at Winston
Salem, N. c., spoke at the annual
convention of the Indiana Bankers
Association. He said the Barley bill
to regulate corporation trustees was
perfect example" of what could
be accomplished through cooperation
of government and business. In two
years of conferences, he said, the Sc
curities and Exchange Commission
and the bankers association have
ironed out some 40 points in the bill
on which they differed.
Hanes said bankers have realized
that most Of the legislation proposed
in Washington was put. forward in
a perfectly honest manner and with
a desire to improve the banking
service.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
Raleigh Man
Suicides In
Uptown Store

Raleigh, May 4.-(AP)- R. P.
Jones, "a, shot and fatally wounded
himself today, Coroner R. M. Banks
said, while he waited for his change
after purchasing a rifle at the Briggs
Hardware Company.
Banks said Jones shot himself in
the center of the forehead with a 22-
calibre rifle and died in an ambul-
ance rushing him to hospital.
Jones was a truck driver for the
Sanitary Laundry here. He was a
former employee of Duke Univer-
sity, acquaintance said. He is sur
vived by his widow, the former Miss
Euthemia Allen, of Wendell, and a
three months old daughter.
Coroner Banks said he would in
vestigate reports that Jones wrecked
his truck this morning in collision
with a train Officers said they could
find no motive for the act.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
Coast Line
Is Cited On
WageCharge
Government Seeks To
Stop Alleged Viola
ton of Wage-Hour
Law; President Elliott
Processes Ignorance
of attractions

Richmond, Va, May -(AP)-
John B. Babe, representing Elmer
Andrews, Wage-hour administrator,
filed petition in equity in federal
district court here today asking an
injunction to restrain the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad from alleged vio-
lation Of certain sections of the
Wage-hour law
The petition charged the railroad
arbitrarily assigned houses, some OF
which were not in existence, to main
tcnance of employees and charged
amounts bearing no relation to, and
il excess of, the amounts which
were declared reasonable for such
living quarters.
The railroad further was charged
with selling foodstuffs to its en-
ployees at a profit in violation Of
the law.
AS a result of these, two charges,
the petition stated, the railroad was
not complying with a minimum wage
scale of Is cents an hour.
The petition also charged the
company with failure to keep ade-
quate records of the number of hours
worked by its employees, and the
amounts paid them
Babe said the suit was the result
OF an investigation which began in
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
Whiteville Jury
Picked for Trial
OF Slayer, Age 81

Whiteville, May 4.-(AP)-Selec-
ton of jury to try the case Of John
B. Stanley, 67-year-old white-haired
widoWer, charged with the jealousy
Staying of Geneva Granger, II, at
Old Dock, December %, 1888, was
completed in superior court here to-
day at noon. At 2 p. M, the State
began presentation of evidence.
Stanley was arraigned Monday. He
walked on crutches and was pale
from his confinement in Jail since
December. Previously he was in a
hospital for treatment for injuries
which officers said he received in an
alteration which followed the shoot
ing at the filling station of the girls
father.
The State charges Stanley shot the
girl twice in the back as she was sit
ting beside another man. The state
contends that Stanley then seriously
wounded the girls father, William
Granger.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04

New York, May 4.-(AP)-
w. L. Robinson, chairman of the
bituminOus miners and opera
tors negotiating committee, an
nOunced today the cOnoferees
had failed to reach an agree
ment on new contract for the
soft coal industry, and That such
disagreement would be reported
to the joint wage conference to-
morrow.
The disagreement, following eight
weeks of negotiations, which has left
$4,000 miners idle month, will be
reported to the Appalachian confer
ence, composed Of 33 representatives
of the operators and the United Mine
Workers at 2 p. m. tomorrow, Rob-
ison said.
The announcement by the chair
man indicated the union had refused
to accept the last compromise offer
ed by the operators, which called
for exclusive bargaining rights for
the u M. w. A., and an agreement
by the union for a check-off sys-
tenn under which non-union en-
ployees would pay the same dues to
the labor organization as those paid
by the union members.
The breakup of the conference
came dramatically at the end of the
morning session, which was attend
ed by DR.. John Steelman, chief
mediator for the Federal Labor De-
partment, and his aide, James Dewey
The stalemate was reached only a
few hours before the shutdown in
the eight-state Appalachian area was
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04

Answer NO.
By Premier
Will Not Close Door
to Negotiations B u t
Will Be Firm; Concil-
iatory Speech Expect
ed by London; Hitler
Wants Danzig an d
Corridor Route

Berlin, May 4.-(AP)-A
diplomat with intimate know
ledge of the German situation
expressed the conviction today
that the tone Of Polish Foreign
Minister Beck's speech tomor-
row would decide whether war
fears again would be lifted from
Europe for the time being, or
whether Adolf Hitler would
take almost immediate action
against the free city Of Danzig
and Pomorze (the Polish cor
ridor).
If Beck is moderate and leaves the
door open for negotiations between
Germany and Poland, this source
predicted the spectre of war once
more will have been banished.
British and italian diplomacy, it
was believed in reliable quarters
were urging the Polish statesman to
make every concession compatible
with national dignity.
German Army Ready.
The diplomat, however, gave his
opinion that if Beck should disre-
gard these warnings and deliver an
uncompromiSing speech, then Ger
man troops may be expected to
march against Danzig and Pomorze
almost Immediately. He said he had
authoritative information German
armies in East Prussia were ready
for action at any moment
Germany's ambassadors to Paris
and London will return to their posts
this weekend, since the French and
British ambassadors to Berlin have
returned here.
The retirement Of Maxim Litvin-
off as Soviet Russia's commissar of
foreign affairs, meanwhile, was in
terpreted in diplomatic quarters as,
in the words of one source, "a hard
blow, if not knockout one, to at
tempts to expand the Anglo-French
front
Foreign Office officials were more
cautious, however, saying that final
judgment on the development must
be withheld until it was clear what
course would be followed by ending
of negotiations for inclusion OF Rus
STA in the front"
Nazis generally were enthusiastic.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
Broughton To
Be Specific
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, May Al. M. Broughton,
Raleigh lawyer, has made more IMAM
fifty speeches over North Carolina
ia his unofficial" campaign for
nomination as governor, and he Will
make more speeches. But he mas
sworn off of one kind of speech. He
will make no more school commence
ment addresses in a Baptist church.
He delivered the commencement
address at Cary high school in Wake
county Tuesday night. Cary is get
ting a magnificent new school build
ing to cost about $4,000. Mean
time, the old building has been torn
down and commencement exercises
had to be scattered all over town.
Some programs were given IN the
gymnasium, some in the Methodist
church, some out of doors, and the
graduating exercises were held In
the Baptist church. An unWrltten
law of that congregation is that any
sort of meeting held in the church
building must observe all the deco
rum of a religious service. Hence
no applause.
Mr.. Broughton made his speech,
really a good one, and sat down.
There wasn't a ripple, not the faint
est suggestion of clap. The speak
e1-candidate looked sort of blank.
Later he admitted thinking that in
all his speaking experience he had
never made quite such utter flop
as that Then the graduates were
called up and each of the A receiv-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
Teacher Law
Involved In
Vance Appeal


Raleigh, May 4.-(AP)-The
school machinery act requires that
school teachers now teaching, or
those who wish to apply for posi-
tons must be notified in writing
after their election or rejection for
the coming year by the end of the
actual teaching term, Attorney Cen
eral Harry Mcmillan said today
He said B. A. Scott, Henderson
school principal, and c M. Billings,
Brodgen high school principal at
Dudley, in Wayne county, had made
inquiries.
Mcmillan ruled that this meant
at the end of $50 days for schools
having the six months terms, or at
the end of eight months for those
having the extended terms.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
CONCILIATORY ANSWER is
NOW EXPECTED IN LONDON

London, May f. (AP)-A general
belief that Poland's answer to Adolf
Hitler on the Danzig question would
be conciliatory and avoid provoca-
ton OF Germany was expressed to-
day in British government and dip
lomatic quarters.
Results of British-French efforts to
bring Soviet Russia into a new Sc
curity system, meanwhile, were left
in doubt by the sudden resignation
of Maxim Litvinoff as Soviet Rus
sias foreign affairs commissar. Brit
iSh officials protested to have no in
dication yet as to the nature of For
eign Minister Beck's address to the
Polish Parliament tomorrow. The Of
fetal position was that Britain was
refrainlng from zone word of unso-
licited advice" to Poland on how she
should answer Germany's demand
for Danzig and a right-of-way across
the Polish corridor.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
Litvinoff's Custer
Surprises Moscow;
Molotoff In Office
Vital Turn in Russian
Foreign olicy Ex-
pected by Some OBJ
servers; Litvinoff
Power in Soviet Land
for Twenty Years

Moscow, May a. -(AP)-V.
Molotoff, Soviet Russia's 49,
year-old premier, and Joseph
Stains righthand man, took
over direction of Soviet foreign
affairs today, replacing the vet
eran Maxim Litvinoff, who had
oeen an important figure at in
ternational conferences for
nearly twenty years.
Litvinoff, father of the Soviet pol
ICY OF collective security, and a man
against whom some of the heaviest
artillery of Nazi propaganda has
numbered for years, partly because
ne is Jewish, was released" from
MS duties as commissar of foreign, af-
fairs last night.
The appointment of Molootoff was
1ront-paged by Moscow morning
newspapers without comment. while
a four-line item on back pages re-
ported Litvinoff had asked to be re-
HeVeo OF the post. The radio an
nouncement said he had been ere
leased from his duties at his own re-
quest, the same words used last Sep
TEMPER IN announcing the departure
OF N. Yezhoff from his post as COM
mlsSar OF internal affairs.
(Yezhoff, whose post included SUI
pervlslon of the political police. was
removed December 8, but retained
as commissar of water transport
10 foreign observers, elimination
Of Litvinoff was more of q sensa-
tlon IMAM the removal of Yezhoff.
Many believed a vital turn in Rus
sian foreign policy had come.
But what effect it would have was
not clear, and there were many con-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
Municipal Power
In Rural Section


Raleigh, May 4.-(AP)-Ap-
prevail of an $4,000 Greenville
power line allotment has appa-
rently opened the way for other
North Carolina municipalities
operating their public utilities to
extend lines 10 adjacent rural ter
ritcry without increasing bonded
indebtedness, the Rural EIectri-
ficatiOn Administration had ap-
proved the Greenville allotment
for building about ITO miles of
lines to serve 396 customers in
Pitt county.
"This is an idea we have been
working on for some MONTHS"
Bagley commented. He said a
number of municipalities had ex-+.
pressed interest in the plan
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
Large Lobby Fees
Reported Paid To
Ex-Solon Blount

Raleigh, May 4.-(AP)-Lobby re-
ports covering services rendered
during the 1899 legislature poured
~ today, last day for filing them
with Thad Eure, secretary Of State.
Inc North Carolina Photographers
association and North Carolina
hoard Of Photographic Examiners re
ported $50 paid Norman Shep9rd,
OF Smithfield
p, Former Representative M. S.
h'ount, of Washington, reported he
IIccelved $500 from the North Caro-
INA Produce Dealers Association of
I.aleelgh; 81 300 from w. E. Griffin,
VI Durham; $69850 from r. H. Bar
niger, of Greensboro, account beer
pilo Wine distributors; $50 from
Aefee Fucker, of Greensboro.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
POLAND EXPECTS ANSWER
OF mo" TO THE GERMANS

Warsaw, Poland, May 4.-(AP)-
The Polish people, certain that F or
eign Minister Colonel Beck will an
swer mo" tomorrow to German de-
mands for Danzig free city, and an
artery across Pomorze polish cor
ridor), awaited the speech today with
out excitement. The entire nation
will gather at 11:15 a. m. (5:15 a. m.
eastern standard time) around it's
radios to hear Beck address the Par
lament. The original speech will be
broadcast outside Poland by short
wave, followed by translations in
English, French and German.
Semi-official sources said the ad-
dress was not expected to close the
door on further negotiations, but
would be Every firm" The tone of
the press has made very clear that
both Poles and their government
were determined to resist any at
tempt to cut Poland off from the
Baltic.
The fact that German FOREIGN
Minister Won Ribbentrop would be at
Lake Camo, Italy, comforting with
the Italian Foreign Minister Count
Ciano at the time Beck speaks caused
little impression here.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-04
NEGOTIATIONS ARE OPENED
MIR. CHAMBERLAIN REVEALS

London, May 4.-(AP)-s Prime
Minister Chamberlain announced to-
day negotiations had been opened
between the United States and Great
Britain "for exchange of certain raw
materials required as strategic re-
serves in both countries"
Although Chamberlain declined to
specify the materials involved, it was
understood the United States pro-
posed to exchange cotton and wheat
for rubber and tin from Britain.