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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
BURY MRS. HORTON
AT 1.P. NJ. TODAY
Complications Fatal to Mid
dleburg Resident, After
Six Weeks Illness

Funeral services were conducted
this afternoon at | o'clock for Mrs.
Charles c.. Horton at her home in
Middleburg, with Rev. E. R. Nelson
officiating.
Mrs. Horton, aged SO, died Mon
day about noon of complications, at
her home. She had been seriously
i'll for about six weeks.
Mrs. Horton preceded his wife to
the grave by about three years. She
is survived by five daughters: Mrs.
Beulah McPeal, Mrs. Geneva And
erson, and Mrs. Lottie Williamson,
and Misses Tehtha and Mary Eliza
beth Horton, all of Vance County;
and four sons: Marvin, Fenner,
Thomas, and Charles Horton, all Of
this county.
Pallbearers were not announced.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28

Definite steps looking toward the
extension of the city limits OF Hen
dcrson were taken by the City Coun-
Gil Monday evening at its regular
monthly meeting for February, al
which time a committee of members
of the Council was appointed to make
study of the situation and report
back as soon as possible as to areas
to be incorporated in the city limits.
The extension issue got before the
aldermen when Councilman D. {.
Loughlin asked that q committee of
citizens living in the area Of West
Chestnut and West Garnett streets be
appointed to circulate petition for
the admission of that small section
into the city proper This committee
was appointed to consist of c. P.
Tanner, j. H. Zollicoffer and E. c.
Loughlin, all Of whom live in the ter
ritoly affected.
Then the matter of general eX-
tension in all directions came into
the discussion. AS citizen, Mr.. Tan
ner stated he was not in favor of
piecemeal anneXations, but that he
thought all the population that could
properly be called the greater city
should be incorporated. Mayor Henry
T. Powell, presiding over the meet
ing, observed that untold additional
expense might be loaded upon the
city if this were done, in that the
homestead exemption proposal now
before the General Assembly, if
adopted there, would deprive the city
taxes in those areas. obligations for
laying water and sewage mains were
mentioned.
A lot of ground was covered in a
short while in the discussion, with
the matter going over in the appoint
ment Of a committee Of the Council
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
CommitteeN Named I oMake
Proposals For New Areas
At Early Called Meeting
Some Sentiment for Taking in All Population
in Suburbs Near $4,000 Envisioned by Advo-
Gates Of Expansion; Time Is Short

consisting of Aldermen F. B. Hight
d. c. Loughlin and M. Y. Cooper tC
study the matter, make recOmmen-
dations as to the territory to be taller
in and report back to called meet
ing of the Council as soon as they
were ready. Mr.. Hight was made
ed after the Council had adjourned
that he would get his group together
today for preliminary survey Of
the situation. He said he expected
them to be ready to report by Wed
nesday night, with the prospect that
the called meeting might be held
then.
Several members of the Council
have expressed an opinion in favor
of taking in everything that would
add to the city's population, or moth
ing at all, not denying admission
however, to the West Chestnut 2nd
West Garnett street section if it de-
sired to come in.
There was talk of having the di-
rectors of the Chamber Of Commerce
meet to endorse the idea Of a general
expansion, and also of calling a mass
meeting of those favorable to the
idea.
A bill would have to he put
through the legislature, which is now
in session, stating the exact territory
to be included in the expansion
move.
The bill would authorize an election
to be held for the purpose Of allow
ing citizens an opportunity to ex-
press their views.
Those favorable to expansion en-
vision a population of close to if not
all Of $4,000 if the territory desired
is brought into the city. 1t is being
pointed out that whatever action is
taken must be done now, since the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
LITTLE DAMAGE IN
: KITTRELL WRECK

Two automobiles were damaged,
but no one was seriously hurt yes
terday morning about o'clock, near
Kittrell, when vehicles driven by
Harry Meyers, of New York, and
Louis Shapiro, of Bronx, N. Y, side
sWiped each other.
State Highway Patrolman T. E.
Cooke, Jr., investigated the accident,
and preferred charges OF reckless
driving, of which Meyers was guilty
and paid fine and costs, and dam
ages to Shapiro's automobile. Sha-
piro was going north at the time of
the accident.
Damage to both cars was slight,
according to the patrolman.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
MINOR CHARGES UP
BEFORE THE MAYOR

Minor charges were heard in city
court today, with Mayor Henry T
Powell presiding.
Herbert F. Anderson went to the
roads for 80 days for being drunk.
Melvin Fain was guilty of being
drunk, and was given 80 days on
the roads, commitment not to issue
upon payment of the costs.
In another warrant, Melvin Fain
was guilty of gambling, and judg-
ment was suspended upon payment
Of the costs.
F'ains came to court Monday
drunk, and was locked up.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28

was Miss Kedaker and was
in Pennsylvania June 2, 1871 V0Ln oi
had lived in the Middlebnrg Nne
munity most of her life, howo,.all eo,ll-
She had been a lifelong men,non 81:
Middleburg Methodist church u
Surviving are the husband n
Knott; one son, E. B. McAlli9tor >:
Raleigh, and three daughters mr' ~
J. M. Clarke, of Monroe; Mrs g 1'l' 3 ;
Killibrew, of Tarboro, and Mrs a p p
Marshburn, Of Raleigh. T.
Pallbearers for the funerai uo.o
announced as follows: H. l.. .Tonoa
C. G. Atkins, Sturges Collins G )
Blum, Edwin P. Holloway, J p ?
Mabry. D.
Mrs. Knott was married twice bon
first husband, DR.. William MAJ
lister, having died in 1917.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

1. In which city is Brown Univer-
:ity?
2. Name the fourth gospel of the
.JeW Testament.
3. Where are the Lachine Rapids?
T. Who won the recent Miami Bilt-
more Women's Golf tournament?
5. Name the flagship of 1'erry's fleet
at the Battle of Lake Erie?
G. Where is the city Of Cannes?
Z. What is the correct pronuncia-
ton of the word ancestors?
s. IN which city is the training camp
Of the Washington Senators base
uaiI club?
3. Name the first Chief Justice of
the U. S. Supreme Court.
10. In which State is Kingsley
(earth) cam?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
P. STEELE
AT HOLY INNOCENTS

The speaker at the 8 o'clock serv-
ice tomorrow night at Holy Innocents
church will be Hobart P. Steele,
member of the parish of Holy Com
fortor, of Burlington AS president OF
the Laymen's League of the Diocese
of North Carolina, and in many 9th
er activities of church work, Mr.
Steele has proven himself to be an
enthusiastically helpful leader.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
TWO DEFENDANTS IN
RECORDERS COURT

Two realty transfers were record
ed with the Vance Registry office
yesterday.
j. c. Cooper, ct al, sold lot near
tho city to Curtis P. Carter, etal, for
$1OO.
Annie c. Dunn, ct al, gave timb-
er deed to Herman A. Davis to 159.47
acres of land in Williamsboro town.
ship for 5000.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28

legislature now in session is the last
that will be held before the national
decennial census of the United States
is taken next year, and that if it is
not done in time for that, Henderson
would have to go for another ten
years as a small town, as it has been
in the past, SO far as official census
records show
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
c. L. FINCH PRESENTS
PROGRAM AT P.O. S. A

c. L. Finch was in Durham last
night, and had a prominent place on
the program of the district meetina
of Patriotic Order Sons of Amcric@
Mr.. Finch gave an Amos N And,
impersonation. Rev. T. C. Tato
Presbyterian minister, was the cbiaf
speaker of the evening.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
GET UP NIGHTS?
IFS Natures Danger Signal

us NATURES DdHgtT SIslIdI
Make this Csc test if functional kid
ney disorders get you up nights.
Often the kidneys need flushing as
we'll as the bowels. Thousands have
used Bukets to increase healthful
diuretic activity. Your 25c. back from
any druggist if not pleased in 4 days.
Locally at Miles Pharmacy, Parker's
Drug Store.-Adv.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
AROUND TOWN

Rotary to Meet-The weekly meet
ing Of the Rotary Club will be held
this evening at $50 o'clock at the
Vance Hotel. Dean I. O. Schaub, of
State College, will be the speaker.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28

Prices received by farmers for live
stock and livestock products averag-
ed II per cent lower at local farm
markets in 1888 than a year earlier,
according to the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28

Mattress Fire-A mattress in
dormitory at Henderson Institute
caught fire last night about $50
o'clock, and firemen were called
to the scene. There was no damage,
other than to the mattress.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
May Have Clue In
Disappearance OF
New York Justice

New York, Nov. 7.-IAP)-Emll
x. Ellis, attorney for the widow of
the long missing Supreme Court JUS
tice Joseph Force Crater, said today
q girl be believed was June Brice, a
former Broadway show girl, was a
patient at the Pilgrim State hospital
at Brentwood, L. l.
eff it is Miss Brice," Ellis added,
81 believe she can tell us what hap
pened to Justice Crater.
The New York Post said yesterday
that Mrs. Stella Crater Kunz, widow
of Justice Crater, would seek to link
the disappearance of June Price with
the vanishing of her husband Oc-
tober 6, 1890
Mrs. Kunz is seeking in Supreme
Court to collect 100000 double in
demnity on the four insurance po-
licies held by the justice.
Ellis has declined to- explain just
how the show girl figures in the case.
He made it clear he did not believe
Miss Brice had any connection with
Crater's actual disappearance.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
French Claim to Be
Holding Fast in I'M
portant Forbach Sa-
lent And to Have Re-
pulsed German Land
Movement.

Berlin Nov. 7.-(AP)-The Ger
man high command reported today
that three Allied war planes were
shot down in dog fights yesterday in
southwestern Germany. (The COM
muniQue made no mention Of a Ger
man French aerial battle as report
ed from Paris, in which nine Of 81
German attackers were said to have
been shot DOWN.
Two French planes, the high COM
mand said, were shot down at Saar-
lantern, four miles within Germany
on the northern flank Of the west
ern front, and a British plane at
Mainz, about 60 miles within south
western Germany. (The British an
nounced last night that one Royal Air
Force plane had not returned from
a reconnaissance flight.)
Otherwise, the cOmmunique said,
there was no noteworthy fighting &C
ton, except minor scouting by troops
and weak artillery fire on both sides
Because OF the war, a traditional
Nazi holiday-tf1e November y an
niversary of the 1923 Munich beer
cellar putsch-has been cancelled.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
Britain Seeking
81 Billion Credit
To Garry on War

London, Nov. 7.-(AP)-Sir
John Simon, chancellor of the
eXchequer, introduced a resOIu-
ton in the House of Commons
today to empower the Treasury
to borrow up to $50 million
pounds (abOut one billion dol
lars) for financing the war.
The chancellor described the
resolution as similar to those
given by the war loans act
passed annually during the last
war" He said discussion of
terms for future loans would
be against public interest, and
that "for the purpose of large
war borrowing, general author
ity, such as the present resOIu-
ton cOnferS, is desirable"
r. III. Cross, minister of eco
nOmic warfare, told the House
Britain had seized 42O,5OO tons
of merchandise as cOntraband
in the first two months of war.
Figures for the amount of
merchandise detained for in
quiry were not available, he
said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
FDR Rather
Facetious AS
He Ballots

Hyde Park, N. Y, Nov. 7.-(AP)-
With facetidous admonition to the
election board to ''be sure not to
vote. the gravestones', Farmer"
Franklin D. Roosevelt cast his bal
lot today at the white frame town
hall of this Hudson Valley village.
The President voted for county
and local officials and on the ques-
ton of legalizing pari-mutuel bet
ting on horse races in New York
State. He drove up in an open White
House car with his mother, his wife
and his personal secretary. He pass
ed beside Emma w. Crapser, the
election clerk.
"What is your name?" she in
CURED, although she must have had
a good idea.
"Franklin D. Roosevelt"
"Occupation?"
"Farmer," the President said.
The President then warned against
voting the gravestones. The election
board roared.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07

Allies Asked
To Consider
Goo d Offices Ex-
tended by King Leo
polo And Queen Will
helrn;na; Hope For
Acceptance Of Offer,
Announced A fter
Meeting.

The Hasue, Nov. 7.-(APN-
Leopold, king of the Belgians.
and Queen Wililelmina of The
Netherlands, engaged today in
apparently urgent talks, aimed,
observers believed, at keeping
their countries cut of war, and
protecting their vital interests.
There were suggestions that
the two lOWland states lying
between EurOpe's great warning
powers, were seeking to reconcile
divergent foreign policies and
present a joint neutrality front.
King Leopold arrived laie last
evening after a hurried motor
trip from Brussels and proceeded
at once to the NOOrdeinde palace,
where he conferred with Queen
Willelmina.
King Leopold followed up
last nights conference with an
other hour and a half meeting
with Queen Wilhelmina today.
There was no official announce
mcnt on the nature of the talks,
but informed quarters said King
Leopold was concerned over the
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
IN the Sir Waller Hotel
Rv HENRY AVERHL.

Raleigh, Nov. With the 1910
general elections just a year away
today figuring On the Tuesday af-
IL ne first Monday and not on the
lite date), and the primaries
le,, than seven months in the flu
tre it is now possible to forecast
II an absolute certainty that there
will be real contests in the Demo-
cratic primaries for at least six of
North Cardinals seats in the Fed
cal House Of Representatives.
On the other hand, there are
tu Of the eleven in which there
now appears no likelihood of any
thing more than a pro fOrma or
nominal opponent to the incumbent.
The districts in which the present
congressmen apparently can sleep
veil nights, without nightmares Of
bong tnseated, are the first, where
Lindsay Warren is as safe as gov
enNent bonds; second, where so
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
Heated Congress Races
In Half OF This State

for there have been no reports of
rival to Judge John Kerr; the
fifth, where smiling Lon Folger
looks as good as Sin" again, and
that without trouble; and the ninth,
where aged Farmer Bob" Dough-
ton is cinch to win as long as he
wants TO-
In some other districts there is
no announced opposition to the in
cumbents as yet; but there are
rsmblings which indicate that all
isn't going to be beer and skittles
for the sitting members.
In the third, for instance, there
IS much talk Of State Senator John
D. Larkins, Jr., as an opponent for
Congressman Hap" Barden and it
would be no surprise whatever if
Jones county's Kentucky colonel
should decide to make the race
Larllins is almost uniformly re-
g7rded as an up-and-cOming poll
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
Tobacco
Answers Complaint
Under Patman Act

Washington, Nov. 7.-(AP)-The
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, of
Winston Salem, N. c., one of the
eight major tobacco manufacturing
companies cited for violation Of the
Robinson-Patman act, has filed an
answer to the charges in prepara-
ton for a hearing on Friday
Replying to the charge that it
Disseminated in prices between pur-
chasers of its products of like grade
and quality, the company said its
statesmen do not make sales to re-
tail dealers generally, and that cit
does not sell its products to retail
dealers"
The company said its statesmen
called on retail dealers solely to seek
"to induce such retailers to place
orders for respondents products with
jobbers."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
Germans, French Lay Claims
ToManyPIares BroughtDown
Says Britain Struggling
For New World Order

tive and profound in the uni
versal conscience of mankind.
1--WE are, therefore, fighting
to maintain the rule of law
and the quality of mercy in
dealings between man and men
and in the great society of
civilized states"
The foreign secretary spoke
of the war against Germany as
against "the substitution of
brute force for law, and
"aimed at repairing the dam
age successfully wrought by
Germany upon her weaker
HeighbOrs.'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
Aircraft Carrier
Plane Lost In Sea

Honolulu, T. H., Nov. Tap
"A naval observation plane burst
into flames in diving practice and
crashed into The sea off BARRIERS
Point today. The observer was
missing, but his companion was
saved. The plane was from the
aircraft carrier Enterprise.
The pilot, picked up by naval
hoat after he had managed to
stay afloat 40 minutes, was
Lieutenant Junior Grade w. Il.
Wallace. He suffered only slight
burns about the face and fore
arms.
The observer was identified as
Chief Aviationist's Mate w. T.
Rhodes, of San Diego, Cal.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
Germans On
Flint Taken
To Fortress
Norway r e m o v e S
Prize Crew F 70 m
Mine Layer to Point
Near Swedish Bor-
der; u. S. Crew Put
ting Ship in Order.

Bergen, Norway, Nov. 7.-(AP)-
Seventeen German seamen, the
erstwhile prize crew of the Ameri-
can freighter City of Flint, were re-
moved from the mine layer Olav
Trygvason today to be taken to the
fortress at Kongsvinger, near the
Swedish border.
The Germans, held when Norway
returned the City of Flint to her
American crew, were expected to
leave on tonight's train for the trip
across southern Norway. An
eighteenth German originally in the
prize crew became i'll, and was left
at Murmansk, Soviet Russian port,
at which the Flint stopped after her
Capture by a German raider Octo-
GER ,.
The American crew, granted no
shore leave. was BUSY putting the
ship in order. This was not taken
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07

I.onG0n, Nov. 7.-(AP)-
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax
today declared that Britain was
fighting "fOr new world" in
which nations would be i'm
mune from ''inSane armed
rivalry. In broadcast on
British war aims, Lord Halifax
asserted:
"yVhcn the challenge in the
sphere of international relations
is sharpened, as today in Ger
many. by the denial to men and
women of elementary human
rights, that challenge is at once
extended to something instinc-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
NEGRO COnfesses
Killing White Man
At Clinton Oct. %

Raleigh, Nov. V.-(AP)-Director
Fred C. Handy, Of the State Bureau
of Investigation, said today that
Zedekiah Smith, 29-year-old Samp-
son county Negro, had confessed that
he killed William Daniels, 62-year-
old white man, Sunday, October ~
near Clinton.
Handy quoted the Negro as say
ing he hit Daniels over the head with
a brick and robbed him Of $l6.
TWO State bureau agents and the
sheriff of Sampson county secured
the confession, Handy said. The
Negro is being held in the Clinton
iaii' awaiting trial in the February
term of superior court.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
british and Polish
" arships Repulse
German Airplanes

,eadon, Nov. 7.-(AP)-The
, =, i;y said tonight light Bri-
',.n rhlpo, AIDED by Polish de
s'FoEcrs, had fought off an at
,@yh Ply German airpIanes in the
,lol III Sea without suffering
"oimasa. A c0mmulliqae stateTd:
ms morning, in the southern
ro' OF the North Sea, certain of
p ~, hsht forces, including two
VI. Gl,ah destfoyers, were in action
49,, 49," German aircraft. No dam
was done to any ship. Enemy
casualties are not known"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07

- - - = - - -
Bankhead informs
us.
Why don't we
realize it?
Why, says the
Alabama solon, we
don't realize it be-
cause our news
p a p ers haven't
printed a n ything
all summer except
stuff about the Eu-
rOpean s i t uatiOn
and, during the
autumn, about the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
Surplus Of
Cotton Not,
Much Lower


Washington, Nov. 7.-(AP)-The
Bureau Of Agricultural Economies
predicted today lna;, despite recent
sharp increases in exports, surplus
stocks of American cotton next Au-
gust would be little different from
the record surplus Of 100000 bales
on the same date this year.
In its annual outlook report for
the coming year, the bureau said the
European war was expected to re-
suit in a reduced consumption or
Gotten in the belligerent nations,
which normally are among this coun-
trys best cotton customers.
Emphasizing that reasonably &C
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
Soviiets Show
Might In Big
Celebration

Moscow, Nov. 7-(AP)-Soviet
Russia capped her celebration of the
twenty-second anniversary of the
communist revolution with a dis
play of military might today as
War Commissar Klementi Voroshl-
lcif warned that, though neutral
the nation unjust be prepared.
Voroshiloff spoke briefly in Red
CONTINUED on Page Three
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
Long Drought Pensions And
Causing Some Betting Are
Real Concern Voting Issues
(By The Associated Press.)

(By The ASSOcIated PTeSS.J
Scattered state and city elections
offered no clearcuI test on national
issues today, but referenda on ques-
tons ranging from old age pensions
to pari-mutuel betting robbed the
"off-year" balloting Of its usual
lethargy.
Interest centered largely on old
age pension proposals in California
and Ohio. The California plan would
give up to $50 every Thursday to
unemployed persons over SO under a
law similar to one rejected there last
(Continued on Page Three)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
Final Okav
Withheld In
Washington
p erm sion First
Granted u. S. Lines
Deferred Al Later
Meeting of Maritime
Commission; Cannot
Garry A ny Ameri-
cans in War Zone.

Washington, Nov. T.-(AP)-The
Maritime Commission withheld final
approval today Of request to place
nine American merchant ships I'M
der Panamanian registry SO that they
could escape the new neutrality law
and continue voyages to Europe.
After commission sources had said
yesterday afternoon that the Unit
ed States Lines application for the
transfer was granted, the commits
sion held an evening meeting and
announced at midnight that it was
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
GERMAN AIRPLANES
AT THE SHETLANDS

London, Nov. 7.-(AP(-
German planes, a report passed
for pubIica lion said today,
flew high over the Shetland is
lands. north of Scotland, to-
day and disappeared in the
haze as British anti aircraft
guns opened fire.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
b CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COIumniSt

#ahngton, Now THE United
States doesn't realize how bad a
drought It's had in recent months,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07

- oN5 our neutrality debate, en-
..e-5 d'sregarding domestic condi-
iAe agriculture department agrees
".ln Senator Bankhead.
inc departments story is that the
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
GionthQh

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy, showers in west
and north central portions to-
night and in northeast portion
Wednesday,.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-07
FRENCH HOLDING FAST ON
WESTERN LINE, PARIS SAYS

Paris, Nov. T. (AP) Military
sources reported today that French
troops on the western front were still
holding fast in the important For
bach salient, despite intermittent
German artillery fire.
All Nazi attempts to penetrate the
deserted city to remove the threat Of
French guns dominating the Ger
man industrial center Of Scar