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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
ArrnyServiice
In Britain Is
Compulsory
Sharp Increase in SUI
gar and Tobacco Tax
es; Automobile Own
er Is Hardest Hit by
Tax

London. April "a. = (AP)-The
British cabinet meeting in extra
ordinary session was reliably report
ed tonight to have outlined a new
compulsory military service bill
while the nation learned the vast in
direct tax levy proposed to meet an
arnls-sWollen budget.
1t was understood that the new
compulsory service bill would pro-
vide for:
l. Military physical training
2. Enforced military training for
men between 10 and 81 years.
Sharply increased tobacco and
sugar taxes were announced today
by Sir John Simon, chancellor of the
Exchequer, introducing the 1889 bud
get in the House of Commons but the
automobile owner was the hardest
hit.
1t was believed the government
was pushing its plans for new mill
tary service system with the inten-
ton of announcing them before
Chancellor Hitler answers the RooSe-
veltian peace appeal Friday.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
Rigid Press
Law Forbids
Jew Attacks
Government Express
es Fear Some Section
French Press Paid by
Germany and Italy to
Foster Attacks. O n
Race and Religion

Paris, April Is. = (AP) = The
French clamped down today rigid
press law forbidding publication of
foreign propaganda and attacks on
race or religion under the penalty of
severe fines and Imprisonment.
The governments sweeping con-
trol, established under It's Parlia-
ment, conferred dictatorial decree
powers, were believed to be directed
principally toward curbing a grow
ing number Of pamphlets attacking
Jews and an increasing number of
political journals accused Of being
subsidized from abroad.
Members of the government in the
past have expressed fear that money
from Germany and Italy was being
sent to some sections Of the French
press either as outright brides or dis
guised as advertising.
Involved in the governments con-
Germ was a fear that cOlored news
dispatches might divide French pub
lie opinion in times of crisis.
Leftist newspapers have accused
rightest sheets Of being financed by
German and Italian sources.
The Rightists have been retorting
that the Leftist press is being sub
sidized by Soviet Russia.
While the decree as now Worded
is the governments power only to
persecute government offenders IN
courts after publication, the anti
propaganda law contains a clause
which some sources said the govern
men tmight hold as a club over
newspapers.
The decree said a future measure
will regulate conditions for enforc-
ing a declaration of all funds recelV-
ed for publicity of any sort.
It was pointed out that this might
be amplified to give the government
power to investigate the financial
records of any newspaper.
The decree, signed by President
LeBrun last Friday, was kept secret
until the publication of the official
journal today. 1t was frankly de-
clared to be designed to ratify the
French press liberties law, more than
a half century old.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
APP Discusses
BrOadcasting
OF Its News

New York, April 25.-(AP)-The
question Of broadcasting Associated
Press news on commercially spon-
sored radio programs has been put
before the organizations board of di-
rectors for action at the request of
Associated Press members.
At their annual meeting yester-
day the members adopted a resolu-
ton urging the board to consider
such broadcasts.
They likewise approved an amend
ment of the associations certificate
of incorporation which would assign
as one of its detectives the supplying
Of news not only to member papers
Tut to "others entitled to the use
thereof"
The resolution asking a "full hear
ing" concerning the broadcast of
news was offered by Charles Man
ship Of the Baton Rouge State Times,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
Loan. Work
And Security
Be Created
President Feels Some
of These Economies
Can Be Brought About
Immediately; Would
Group Many of Relief
Agencies Under Work

Washington, April Is (AP)-
President Roosevelt submitted to
Congress today a sweeping govern
ment reorganization plan calling for
creation Of three new government
agencies by merging welfare, works,
and lending functions.
A further point of the plan, first
to be projected under the recently
enacted government reorganization
act, called for transfer of the Bud
get Bureau from the Treasury to the
executive office
A new federal security agency
would be created as well as a fed
eral works agency and federal loan
agency.
Big Annual Saving.
The First executive estimate the re-
organization plan would result in an
annual saving of from 100000 to
$2O,OOO,O00. He planned the present
overhead Of all the agencies concern
ed at about $235, 100000.
Certain Of these economies can
be brought about almost Immediate
ly'', Mr.. Roosevelt asserted. "Others
will require a painstaking and grad
ual reimbursement in the machinery
and business practices of the gov
ernment."
The plan becomes effective at the
end OF 80 days unless both houses
OF Congress vote against it,
New Agencies Include.
Under the security agency would
be groupde the social security board
now an independent establishment:
the United States Employment Serv-
ice, now in the Department of Labor;
the office of Education, now in the
Department of the Interior; the Pub
lie Health Service, now in the Treas
ury Department.; the National Youth
Administration, now under, Works
Progress Administration; and the
Civilian Conservation Corps, now in
dependent.
In the federal works agency would
be grouped the WPA except for the
Youth Administration, the Public
Works Administration and U. S.
Housing Authority, now under the
Interior; the Bureau of Public Rec
ords under Agriculture; the public
buildings branch of the treasury pro-
curement division and the branch of
building management Of the National
Park Service SO far as it is concern
ed with public buildings which it
operates for other departments or
agencies now under Interior.
The name of the WPA would be
changed to Works Projects Admin
istration, Gin order to make its title
more descriptive of its major pur-
pose', the President explained.
Other developments:
The Senate approved $5O8,789, 1924
appropriation for army defense ac-
tivities during the next fiscal year
beginning July l.
Of the total $94,737,291 will go
for the purchase Of about 600 mod
ern fighting planes. Another $751;
173,100 will be spent for special
equipment as semi-automatic rifles,
tanks, and anti-aircraft guns as fin
ally passed the bill $7116,986 less
than the sum recommended by the
War Department, but about $53,000,-
Continued on Page Two)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
aiming OF
Kii1nzeyFools
F0reCaSterS
Appointment Of Tran
sylvanian to Industrial
Commission Regard
ed as Good One; Few
FOrecasters p &c k e d
Him for Job
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Rv HENRY AVERHI,
By ]

Raleigh, April Is Appointment
of Pat Kinney, Pennsylvania legis-
lator, to the North Carolina Indus
trial Commission shows the hazards,
perils and pitfalls which beset the
path of him who would be a political
forecaster. And this story isn't an
alibi for gum guess, either, be-
cause this correspondent almost re-
ligiously refrained from making any
prediction Of the new commission
er because it could find nothing re-
liable on which to base one.
The fact remains that those who
did guess Kinney as the appointee
are able to point with pride only be-
cause the proffer Of the Industrial
post was declined by one whom no.
body even mentioned in pre-appoin-
tive speculation. And further fact is
that not one single, solitary seer
would have been correct if the place
had been accepted by j. Wilbur
Bum, Raleigh attorney to whom it
was offered according to Informal
ton of the utmost reliability.
The post was among the most
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
Sir John Simon Tells
Commons Country Is
airly Aroused to
Further Sacrifice",
and "There Must Be
Additional Taxation"

London, April 25.-(AP)-Sir John
Simon Chancellor of the Excheouer
introduced Britain's largest budget
since the World War in the House
of Commons and announced the gov
eminent would spend 100000, 900
pounds (S3,15O, OOO,OOO) for defense
and probably more.
The country is fairly aroused to
further sacrifice" Sir John said in
announcing the huge total for de-
tense expenditures, there must be
additional taxation, he told an in
tent House.
AT least half of the defense costs
will be met by loans. Britain will
spend nearly so percent of an esti-
mated l,300,000,0O0 pounds for de-
tense.
Sir John disclosed 100000 pounds
had been set aside for expenditure
for food reserves in the new budget
for the l93940 fiscal year which be-
gan April l.
Meantime, some form of compul-
sorry national serVice-perhaps a re-
latiVely limited measure at first
was reliably understood to have been
agreed upon by the British govern
ment with the intention of making
the decision known before Chan
cellor Hitler answers the Roosevelt
ian peace appeal Friday.
An opportunity for announcement
Of the governments decision will
come tomorrow when a motion call
ing for CONSUMPTION will be before the
House of Lords.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25

Open Convention
In New York CITY

New York, April 25.-(AP) =
American Newspaper Publishers
opened their annual convention to-
day with improved and more op-
tlmlstic' outlook than that prevail
ing during the past two years.
Vance Stahlman, of the Nashville
Banner, president of the association,
presided. Only one session was sche-
duled for today to permit the visit
ing neWspapermen to attend a pre-
view Of the New York Worlds Fair
and participate in dedication exer-
cises in the fair ground on freedom
Of press statue.
Stahlman was to deliver the prin-
clpal address.
The morning session was devoted
to the problem of newspapers in
small cities.
John Stewart, Washington, Penn
sylvania, Observer, was chairman
and Talbot Patrick, Goldsboro, N
G., NeWs-Argus, assisted him.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
Ribbentrop In No Hurry
10 Return to London AS
Ambassador of GERMANY
Foreign Minist er
Quite Busy Aiding
Hitler in Preparing
S p e e c h Reply to
Roosevelt and Nego-
tiations With. Yugo-
slavia

Berlin, April 25.-(AP)-Forcign
Minister Won Ribbentrop, taking the
BRUSH prime minister at his word
that Sir Neville Henderson is charg-
ed with no special mission, was in
no hurry to receive his Britannica
MaJesty's ambassador today.
Henderson, who returned to Ber-
lin yesterday after an absence since
March 17-after Germany dismem-
bered Czechoslovakia-h to see
Won Ribbcntrop this morning.
But the foreign minister's office
Informed the British ambassador that
Won Ribbentrop would not be in to-
day.
A Wilhelmstrasse spokesman point
ed out that the foreign minister is
a very busy man these days, what
with supplying information to Chan
cellor for his speech Friday, prepar-
ing himself for negotiations with the
Yugoslav foreign minister who is to
arrive today, and arranging for an
approaching visit of the Hungarian
premier and his foreign minister.
Meanwhile, Hitler's newspaper,
mockingly asked whether President
Roosevelt would guarantee not to
ATTACK Haiti and San Domingo in
the next twenty-five years"
Renewing an intensive anti-Roose-
welt campaign, it ridiculed the Unit
ed States President for worrying
about $50 many states, the names of
which many Americans heard for the
first time from the jolly non-ag-
gressive list, in his message to the
fuehrer proposing peace guarantees
to 81 nations.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
Bank Here
Buys Notes
From Warren

Raleigh, April 25.-(AP)-The To-
cal government commission showed
1888, 500 worth of bonds today for
Perquimans county, Hickory, Frank
lin and hester consolidated school
district Of Buncombe county.
Blythe, Inc. Of New York, Kir-
chofer and Arnold, Inc, of Raleigh,
bought the $4,000 Perquimans road
and bridge refunding bonds at $64C
premium. The first $135,000 of ma
turtles to be paid percent the re-
mainder, IA percent The two is
sues of Town of Franklin bonds went
to Van, Young, and Hardin, Inc, and
William Greene & Co., both Of Win
stOn-Salem.
The Citizens Bank & Trust Co., of
Henderson, took a $4,000 Warren
county revenue anticipation note al
par, with 2 1-2 percent interest.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
Ierracing
Units Build
Many Miles
48 Units in Al Coun-
ties Have Made 49,
900 Miles Terraces,
Protecting 10000
Acres of Land
Daily Dispatch Bureau, +.
In the Sir Walter Hotel


Raleigh April 25.-Operating IN
Z counties of the State, 48 terrace
lhg units available to farmers have
D4it more than 10000 miles OF ter
race and made more than l5O,OOO
acres Of North Carolina farm LANDS
''a vulnerable to erosion and result
t'1t decrease in soil fertility.
hcSe figures are based on estl-
mates made from the last available
report Of all units to the Depart
lnent Of Agricultural Engineering at
2.d)e College, Of which David >.
"goVer is in charge.
ms report, which included all
YORK through last October showed a
lolal terraced of 1921 acres, with
200 linear miles of terraces built.
In1FeFage cost per acre terraced for
Nie entire state was $1.94 and aver
'sc cost per 100 feet of terrace con-
s"ucted under SIS cents.
me lerracing units are under con-
"ol Oh special cooperative organiza-
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
Hoey to Reappoint
Brewer and Clark
To Budget Group

Charlotte, April 25.-(AP)-Gov-
ernor Hoey said today he planned to
reappoint A. S. Brewer, of Durham,
and j. H. Clark, Of Elizabethtown, as
members Of the State Advisory Bud
get Commission when their terms
expire in the next few weeks.
The Governor said he would start
immediate study of the list of APP
pointments he must make before
July l.
1t was indicated that he planned
to reappoint Dudley Bagley as chair
man and director of the State Rural
Electrificati.n System, and that few
changes would be made in other APP
oointive posts.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
STATE ASKS BIDS ON
VARIED PRODUCTS

Raleigh, April 25.-(AP)-The
state division Of purchase and con-
tract Monday called for bids to be
submitted by May on soaps, shoes
and pupils record envelopes.
Other articles to be bought by the
state at that time are corrugated me-
tai pipe, creosoted lumber, struc-
tural and miscellaneous steel, lubri-
cants, lima beans, discharge suits
for prisoners, vertical stripe prison
cloth, mems cotton understands and
fever vherapy apparatus.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
European War Would Not
Disorganize U. S. AS In IA

and navy set-ups, Attorney General
Frank Murphy and Postoffice Chief
tain James A. Farley are no par
ticular authorities relative to mar
kets and trade. However, they're
the vital specialties of Secretaries of
State and the Treasury Corden Hull
and Henry Morgenthau and they
ought to be a commerce department
speciality too, whether or not Secre-
tary Harry Hopkins knows much
about them. Anyway Harry the
Hop" has competent advisers, who
spoke for him. Likewise Chairman
Mariner S. Eccles and Jesse Jones
of the Federal Reserve Board and
R. F. c. respectively and Jerome
Frank of S. e. c. were present at the
confab. They certainly should under
stand their jobs.
The conferees went into a great
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
Tarquinio Pleads
Insanity, Faces
Charge of Murder

Baltimore, April 25.-(AP)-Au-
relic Marco Tarquinio plead inno-
cent by reason of insanity today to
charge he murdered his house
keeper, Mrs Evelyn Rice, and buried
her head in his flower garden.
The court set May % for the trial
Of the 45-year old steel worker and
foreign tavern keeper, accused of
killing Mrs. Rice and burying the
body, parts Of which were found in
sewers.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
Bolivia Calm
With Busch
AS Dictator

La Paz, Bolivia, April 25.A(AP)
Bolivia received with apparent
calm today 35-year old President
Busch's assumption of dictatorial
powers as "the only road toward re-
invigorating the republic internally
and internationally"
A presidential manifesto yesterday
condemned left and right wing Eek
trenist tendencies threatening ITO
spread the country and divide Bo--
livia. He "saw with pain Nazi and
Fascist tendencies which are not
acceptable in this country"
Interest in some circles conferred
on congressional elections. Ihose
scheduled on May 4 will not be con-
Quoted, but others may be held later
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
League Fate
Debated By
Methodist
Epw nth League
Faces Extinction, Not
Recognized u n d e r
New. NJ e t h o d i S t
Church; Two Plans
Are Offered

Kansas City, April 25.-(AP)-
Fate of the Epworth League which
Numbers $4,000 Methodist Episco-
pal young people is one Of the ques-
tons to be solved in the Methodist
Uniting Conference here.
The league is not recognized in
the new Methodist church which
leaders of three Methodist branches
will meet Wednesday to set up.
The Methodist Episcopal South
church has a division carrying on
all youth work in the church and
the Protestant Methodists sponsored
the Christian Endeavor society
''Two plans are offered the Unit
ing Conference in regard to young
peoples work.: Dr. Edward Staples,
CONTINUED on Page TWO)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
Largest Defense Budget
Since World War Given
10 House of Commons
Mclean Reelected
AS AP President

New York, April 25.-(AP)-
Robert Mclean, of the Philadel-
phia Bulletin, today was reelected
president of the Associated Press.
AT the same time, the Board of
Directors announced E. Lansing
Ray of the st. Louis Globe Demo-
crat, first vice President and
Stuart A. Perry, of the Adrian
Michigan Telegram, second vice
president.
Secretary Kent Cooper, as as
sistant secretary Lloyd StrattOn,
and treasurer l.. F. Curtis were
reelected.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25

on American bust
ness will by no
means be as disOr-
ganizing as was
the case. in 1914.
An inter depart
mental conference
of cabinet mem
bers was held on
the subject a few
days ago and that
was the consensus
Of judgments. May
be such secretaries
as Harry Woodring
swanson of the war
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
Elizabeth CITY
Doctor Faces
Indictment

Wilmington, April IS -(AP)-A
federal Grand Jury here today re-
turned an indictment charging DR..
Claude B. Williams, OF Elizabeth
City, of 140 counts Of violating the
Federal Narcotics Act.
Each count alleges that the doctor
would 'sell, barter, exchange, or
give away" quantity eof SO ID
grains hypodermic tablets Of NOR
phine sulphate to satisfy the craving
Of the person named as the recipi-
ent in that count, and not for the
treatment of any disease.
Persons to whom he allegedly
gave the prescription are named in
the indictments as: Helen Goodman,
otherwise known as Jackie; Jennie
Hucks, otherwise known as Virginia
Mccormick; Alma Knight; Elizabeth
Mosker, otherwise known as Mar
garet Mosker; Ellen Johnson, other
wise known as Christine Stokes; A.
l.. Williams, otherwise known as
Bill; and J. Milton, otherwise known
as Milton G. Tilden.
WILLIAM SERVES PASQUOTANK
AS COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER
Elizabeth City, April 25.-(AP)-
DR.. c. B. Williams, at present Pas
CONTINUED on Page TWO)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COiumniSt

washington, April 25.-f war
breaks out in Europe, economic ex-
perts are Of the opinion that its i'm
yoo6io4o affoctc I'M
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25
GQnthQh

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy with scattered showers
tonight; slightly warmer in north
central portion tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25

Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-25

CONTINUED on Page Two)
Evening star., 1939-10-02
-,
Couple Found Slain
Al Scene Of Fiction
Murder Mystery
Duck Island Cose Is
Second Double Tragedy
There Since November
BY the Associated Press.


TRENTON, N. j., Oct. 2.--Deso-
late Duck Island" a stretch of
land along the Delaware River once
used by novelist as setting for
murder mystery story, was combed
today by police seeking clues to
the perpetration of the second
double Staying there in less than
a year.
Pemberton Wenner, a Trenton
junk collector, who found an arti-
fetal limb while securing the
island" few days ago, saw a
woman's leg protruding from a heap
of paper yesterday and thinking he
had made similar discovery, pulled
aside the paper.
What he saw was the body of
Mrs. Katherine Werner, 36, mother
of two children, her head crushed
and her body peppered with shot
gun wounds. He told police he saw
next an old sedan parked nearby
and IN the rear seat discovered the
body of Frank Casper, %, father
OF a 5-year-old boy.
Victims Were Neighbors.
Not far from where the bodies
were found a 16-year-old girl and
her young married escort were
murdered last November by
shotgun wielder. Police conceded
there was possibility the same
slayer was responsible for both
double tragedies. The first has not
been solved.
Chief of Hamilton township police
Richard P. Brettell said he had no
lead to follow. He said his depart
ment had learned the couple killed
yesterday were neighbors whose
children played together. He said
Mr.. Casper had taken Mrs. Werner
shopping. Several purchases, ap-
Evening star., 1939-10-02

80 years ago. Both sides fought
with the conviction and the war
was long and hard. All the hero
ism OF the South could not re-
deem their cause from the stain
OF slavery, just as all the courage
and skill, which the Germans
always show in war, will not free
them from the reproach of Nazi-
ism with its intolerance and bru-
tally. We may take good heart
from what happened in America
in those famous days of the 10Th
century. We may be sure that
the world will roll forward into
broader destinies. We may re-
member the words of old John
Bright, after the American Civil
War was over, when he said to
an audience of English working
folk: AT last after the smoke
OF the battlefield had cleared
away, the horrid shape which had
cast It's shadow over the whole
continent had vanished and was
gone forever"
Evening star., 1939-10-02

parently made by the woman, were
scattered around the death car.
The police chief fixed the time Of
the shooting at 2 IN. yesterday, said
both bodies were clothed fully and
reported a medical examination had
not determined whether Mrs. Werner
was assaulted criminally.
Investigation Pushed.
Deputy County Physician David A.
Fluck said Mr.. Casper, an auto
mechanic, was killed by a shot fired
from close range into the right side
OF his head and neck. Mrs. Werner.
DR.. Fluck said, had part of her right
arm blown of and apparently had
been running away from the car.
Death was caused, he saiG, by a
blunt instrument, which crushed her
skull.
State police, city and county de-
tectives, familiar with the setting
from their investigation of the
November tragedy involving Mary
Mytovich and Vincenzo Tonzello.
Evening star., 1939-10-02
Aviotion Writer Dies

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 R-George
DAVIS, SO, author ad newspaperman,
died yesterday of streptococcic infec.
ton. He was a native Of Minneapolis,
MINI,
Evening star., 1939-10-02
Joined township police in the In
sestigation.

Don't change horses In the middle
OF . stream, or your mind in the
middle Of q street,
Evening star., 1939-10-02
Lion Boeeer
TRINIDAD.

TRINIDAD, Colo. (P.-Nine
mountain lions were killed last
winter in the Stonewall Mountains
near La Veta by Bryan Denton of
Trinidad.