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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-10-13
Duke, Carolina
Picked To Win
Saturday Tits

New Orleans, Oct. -(NNS)-
The bands are still playing Dixie
from Cardinals tobacco belt down
to Louisiana's lazy bayous and they
may come up with encores again
next week.
For Southern elevens, paced by
Alabama, Louisiana State Duke and
Georgia Tech either ruined or soiled
spotless 'scutcheons Of such digni-
taries as Fordham, Holy Cross, Col
gate and Notre Dame.
And this week Tulane gets
whack at Fordham, Duke faces Pitt
and North Carolina tackles New
York University.
Alabama's 7 to 6 victory over
Fordham was not shocking, al
though even ardent Dixie grid bugs
rated the Rams a wee bit better than
the Crimson Tide Louisiana States
cruching defeat Of Holy Cross on
the other hand was altogether I'M
expected
AS a result of the conquest of
Holy Cross, L. S. U. figures to take
the Rice Owls into camp on Satur-
Rice, 6.
/ Having shown its ability to han
die a tough one 'Bama will polish
its offense against Mercer this week
in preparation for the big battle
week after next with Tennessee
a game which may settle the South
eastern conference title.
FOrdham will be shooting for re-
venge against Dixie when it invades
Tulane Stadium Saturday and 5O,-
600 fans are likely to be on hand to
see the Green Wave roll against the
Rams.
The Greenies, showing tremendous
power which produced touchdown
marches Of 81 and Sc yards, beat
down Auburn's stubborn resistance
in II to fashion. The Tulane de-
Tense limited Auburn to a net gain
of 70 yards, Of which only "a were
on the ground. So "Red" DaWson's
boys look like they're ready to stem
Fordham's attack.
The Tulane Fordham tilt should
be a thriller with Tulane winning
by Is to margin
Duke, which crushed Colgate, 81
to O, takes on Pitt in another hum
dinger and we're stringing with Wal
lace Wade to make the PantherS
vince again this season. It looks like
a Is to fracas from this distant
seat
Georgia Tech, which gave Notre
Dame a furious tussle before losing,
II to IA rests up on Howard, but
it can't relax too much for the Bull
dogs held Alabama scoreless for al
most three periods.
North Carolina is picked to take
N. Y. U. by a II to O score, despite
the fact the Tarheels were extended
to beat Virginia Poly last week.
George StirnWeiss, captain and crack
passeh, will be back in action against
the Violet
Vandy, which lost 81 to Is de-
cision to Kentucky, may have trouble
getting more than tie with " M.
l. but the Commodores are picked
to register in 7 to fashion over the
Cadets.
The only Southeastern Conference
game of the week involves Missis-
sippi State, which added Florida to
it's victims, ii to 0, and Auburn. This
should be a great battle, but if
Auburn is as tough defensively as
it was against Tulane, the Farmers
will get their first setback of the
vaor Wa'ra nic1Sino AI1h11rn to o.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-10-13

Having warmed up against Sc
vance, 40 to 0, Tennessee does more
polishing against Chattanooga this
week and should walk in rs to O..
The Vols are getting ready for 'Bama
week after next when the chips will
be down.
Florida, having lost to Texas and
State, will go to Boston
to drop another, this time to Boston
College, The margin will be about
two touchdoWns.
Ole Miss turns to Centenary for
competit ton after SWamping South
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-10-13

western of Memphis, Al to 0. The
Gents may be troublesome, but the
Rebels really have it this year and
should win IA to 0.
Kentucky has a breather with
IOglethrope and should gallop in 80
to 0 fashion. The Wildcats are a
distinct dark horse in the Southeast
tern Conference race and they're
pointing for Alabama on November
4-and may be very tough that af-
ternOOn. Remember that.
Sewanee wisely will lick its
wounds this week.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-10-13
New York u. Arrives
This Morning; axe
Workout In Kenan
Stadium; Passes Elk
pected to Fly in Big
Game.

Chapel Hill. Oct l3.-The big
New York University squad, 36
strong, arrived this morning and
prepared its last light drill i'll Ken
an Stadium along with Carolina,
whom it meets here TOMORROW at
2::3O o'clock in one of the biggest
intersectional games Of the week.
Coach Nal Stevens. known as
the Nations No. Air Raider, led
them in, and the squad looked like
anything but Violets. They aver
age 1913 in the line and 1873 III the
back field and are rugged.
Big Ed Boell, who completed "A
OF New York's II passes against
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-10-13
olina MeetsN n. Y. J., Wolfpack And Deacons Clash

ton, will hold a portion of the saa,
light. Coon rose to great heisa..
last week against the Clemson fg
crs, on many occasions braar q
through to throw the Bcngals r.2
for losses.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Mussolini
And King
Pay Homage

Rome, Feb. IT, (AP) Premier
Mussolini and his ministers, and
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Elena attended special funeral
mass for Pope Plus XI today, the
first such tribute by the italian
state.
The day was one of official mourn
ing for all Italy. The mass. attend
ed by less than 1000 persons, was
celebrated in 34O-year-old church.
The king, clad in gray green army
uniform, and carrying a sword, and
the queen in black, with long lace
VEIL sat on dais draped with gold
trimmed crimson tapestries. At the
front of the dais was prayer bench,
where they knelt from time TO time
Premier Mussolini sat alone OPP
pOsite and below the sovereign. His
ministers were arrayed behind him.
He wore gray uniform and over
coat of the fascist militia.
The prayer bench stood before II
Duce's chair, but he did not use it,
as did few others because of the cold.
The king and queen were thanked
by their diplomatic corps and that
accredited to the holy see. United
States Ambassador William Phillips
was in the front row next to the
British ambassador.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
New York Man Is
Held In Franklin
For Fatal Crash

Raleigh, Feb. II. -(AP)-Cap-
tain Charles Farmer, of the State
Highway Patrol, said today that a
man listed as A. o. Rubin, of Mount
Vernon, N. Y, so far as he knew,
still is being held in the Franklin
county jail at Louisburg on charge
of manslaughter.
Captain Farmer said that one Of
his patrolmen, j. C. Haithcock,
swore out the warrant before a mag
istrate who fixed bond for Rubin
at $780,
The patrol officer said Rubin had
admitted his car was on the wrong
side of the highway when it crash
ed with another machine resulting
in fatal injuries to E. E. Ulser, Of
Lewistown, Pa. The case, Captain
Farmer said, will be heard in Frank
lin county Superior Court.
Efforts to reach the sheriff, jailor
or court officials at Louisburg by
telephone this morning met with no
results.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Vote Reform
Threatened
By Delaying
Committees Unable
To Agree on Exact
Measure To Eliminate
Absentee Abuses
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Ry HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh. Feb. 17-Leisurely pro-
gress to date of the House Commit
tue on Elections and Election Laws
is beginning to be a serious menace
to final enactment of any worth
while legislation on election reform
at this session.
Not that Chairman George w.
Phillips hasn't done his best to keep
things moving; not that the commit
tee members haven't been faithful
in attending called sessions; and
not that the subcommittee appoint
ed some time ago hasn't functioned
as rapidly and smoothly as circum-
stances permit.
The reason little has been done
is tWo-fold There are so many con-
flicting opinions to reconcile, and
there is such a powerful bloc that
doesn't want to see anything done
that it has been almost humanity i'm
possible to get along any faster
than the committee has moved.
Conceding all this, however, it is
clearly realized by Chairman Phil
lips and by such sincere advocates
of effective action as Odus Null,
j. B. Volger and Frank Taylor.
At yesterdays session, for ex-
ample, all members of this quartet
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Jap Occupation Of
Hainan Protested:
Objection Refused
Tokyo Foreign Min
lister Tells Ambassa-
dor Grew 1t Is Merely
for Military Purposes,
But Japanese Activi-
ties Refute That Con-
tention

Tokyo, Feb. -(AP)-United
States Ambassador Joseph Grew to-
day asked the Japanese government
for an explanation of the Japanese
navy occupation of Hainan, Chinese
i-'~-'1 0OnoS =" miles west of the
Philippine islands.
Inc request was made orally in an
Interview with Foreign Minister
Arita and followed by few days
similar requests by the French and
British ambassadors to Tokyo.
It was understood that Arita's re-
ply was similar to these he gave
Monday and Tuesday to Charles A.
Henry and Sir Robert L. Craigie,
French and British ENJOYS, respec-
lively, that the occupation was for
military purposes and also to tighten
the Japanese navy's blockade of the
Chinese coast.
At the same time, Domei (Jap-
anese) News Agency dispatch said
the Japanese Foreign Office was
opening a consulate general on
Hainan, one of its representatives
planning to leave Canton tomorrow
for that purpose.
This move was interpreted here as
an indication that the Japanese in
tended to make their occupation Of
the island long one, with possible
establishment of business and other
interests, not military alone.
Japanese last Friday began their
occupation of Hainan, an island of
1876 square miles, and separated
from the Chinese mainland by Hal
nan strait, Is miles wide at its mar
rowest point.
(The United States destroyer John
D. Edwards returned from the island
to Hong Kong today after confirm
ing that ten Americans in Hollow
and Kiungchow, two cities occupied
by the Japanese last week, were
safe.
Fifteen other Americans were in
Kachek and Nodoa which a Shanghai
dispatch said the japanese still had
occupied.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Extension Of RFC
Likely To Receive
Congress Approval
Ambassador sSOn
In Madrid Siege

London, Feb. 17.-(AP)-Mrs.
Joseph Kennedy, wife of the
United States Ambassador to the
court of st. James, anxiously
awaited word today from her son,
Joseph, Jr., who is in beSieged
Madrid. The 23-year- adven-
turer reached the palatial but
Shcll-Scarrcd United States EN-
bassy in the Spanish capital last
night from Valencia just as in
surgent gunnerS ended a bonn
bardment of the city.
News about him was delayed
today because of communications
difficulties imposed by war con-
ditiOnS on Madrid, whose only
contact with the outside world is
censored radio.
Ambassador Kennedy last night
disclosed that Joseph, Jr., left
London Saturday and said his son
sis just looking around. The am
bassadOr returned here from the
United States on Wednesday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Bailey Asks Huge
Tar Heel Damages
From Government

Washington, Feb. 17.-(AP)-
Senator Bailey, Democrat, North
Carolina, introduced a bill today
for payment of $4,000 to Julian
S. Mann, of MiddletOwn, N. c.,
for damages from forest fire in
1881 allegedly caused by the Bu-
reau of Biological Survey in
Hyde county, N. C.
Bailey also introduced two
other private bills, including one
for the payment of S11,511 to w.
B. Tucker, $1475 to Helen w.
Tucker, $546 to LOnnie Meadows
and $1,192 to Susie Meadows, all
of LOuisburg, N. c., for injuries
incurred when an automobile
cOllided with a soil conservation
truck in 1886.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Right of Way for Con-
sideration Next Mon
day Given by House
Rules Body; Envoy to
Germany Talks At
Tight Committee SEES
sion

Washington, Feb 17.-(AP)-The
House Rules Committee cleared the
way TODAY for the House to begin
consideration Monday of legislation
to extend the life of the Reconstruct
ton Finance Corporation and its af-
filiated agencies.
AS approved by the House Bank
ing Committee, the legislation would
continue the RFC, the Commodity
Credit Corporation, the Export-Im-
port Bank and the Electric Farm and
Home Authority to January Is, 1941
Existing law provides for their eX-
piration June 80.
The legislation also would increase
the capitalization of the Disaster
Loan Corporation from $2O,0OO,00O
to $40,000,000 and make it available
to aid victims of disasters occurring
after December 81, 1888, the present
limit
Republicans on the banking COM
mittee served notice they would Of
fer amendments to change the pro-
posed expiration date of the RFC
and its affiliate from January Is,
1941, to June Is, of that year.
The Senate approved yesterday
bill to extend the RFC until June 80,
1941.
Other developments:
Envoy Talks to Committee.
Hugh Wilson, ambassador TO Ger
many, testified at profoundly secret
meeting of the Senate Military Com
Continued on Page Six.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Crazed Man
Shoots One
Villa Guard
Officials First Deny
Then Refuse To At
firm or Deny Rumors
in Rome; Shooting Oc-
ours Shortly After
Fascist Grand Council
Meeting

Rome, Feb. )-Rumors
that demented man had shot a
guard at Premier MuSSolini's home,
the Villa Torlonia, in an apparent
attempt on II Duce's life last We'd
nesday spread in Rome tonight
Officials first denied there was
any truth to the rumors, then said
they could neither confirm nor
deny them.
The most persistent version of the
several rumors- was that man lott
erlng outside II Duce's estate was
asked by guard to identify himself.
Ihereupon, the report said, the man
drew a pistol from his trousers
pocket, said, "Take this to YOUR
MASTER" and shot the guard in the
groin.
According to this version, the
shooting occurred shortly after the
fascist grand council meeting We'd
nesday night, at the Palazza Vene-
zla, where Mussolini has his down
town offices.
The rumor said that the man was
arrested Immediately by other
guards on duty outside the grounds
IN the villa, and that he was found
TO be a recently released inmate of
an asylum
Uniformed guards. and detectives
m plain clothes are constantly on
DUTY a short distance from the park
around Mussolini's villa, which oc-
cupies- an entire block, surrounded
by high stone wall. Closely spac-
ed lamps along the wall flood the
Continued on page sixl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, Feb. 17.-Legislative tenn
pers are getting just bit frayed at
the edges as time passes and the goal
of balanced budget seems to get
farther and farther away instead OF
nearer and nearer.
AS result, it is not at all difficult
to detect widening rift between the
two money committees, finance and
appropriations, which rift is just as
much emotional as financial. In plain
English Of few syllables, members OF
each committee are beginning to
blame members of the other for all
the ills, ailments and difficulties OF
the General Assembly, the budget
and mankind in general.
Likewise and as a to-be-expected
corollary to this feeling, there are
also evident signs that some meIl-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Claim Liquor
Bill Merely
Money Grab
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
RY q. LYNN INSECT.

Raleigh, Feb. 17.-Although they
very definitely were not pleased with
the bill, every speaker against the
Umstead liquor warehouse proposal
was glad that Senator Umstead had
presented figures and photostatic
copies Of original orders for liquor
to be shipped into dry territory in
North Carolina. Mr.. Umstead
thought when he offered this evil
dence that it showed demand for
the liquor, and further that it was
a foolish waste of money to let this
liquor come in and be sold and no
body but the bootleggers profit.
But when Messrs. Burgess, Simms
and Barton got through thanking
him for bring these pretty pictures,
he didn't know just what they prov
Continued on Page SiX)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Trucker Cremated
Near Fayetteville;
One Badly Burned

Fayetteville, Feb. 17-(AP)-W.
G. Gordy, of Laurel, Del, was burn
ed to death and Charles Larimare,
of Bethel, Del, was burned critical
ly today when their truck overturn-
ed at bridge on the Fayetteville
Raeford highway earlier in the day.
Larimare was brought to a Fayette-
vile hospital, where attaches de-
scribed his condition as serious.
The truck, headed south, over
turned and caught fire at bridge
over creek at the foot of a down
hill curve near the Cumberland
Hoke county line.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
House Debate
OnDanlages In
School Crash

Raleigh, Feb. 17.-(AP)-Repre-
sentatives Taylor, of Wayne, and
Pickens, of Guilford, today vigor-
ously assailed bill to provide pay
ments to w. S. Williams, of Nash
county, of $347.25 for damages suf-
fered from a school bus accident.
The bill passed.
"This amounts to this legislature
attempting to try an action for
damages" contended Pickens. 1--WE
should authorize the School Com
mission to pay this if justified.
Taylor argued that from time i'm
memorial the State had not been re-
garded as liable in "tort actions. !"
He said that if the bill passed, the
State should have a general statute
Saying the State will pay all legi-
innate claims in tort actions"
Alternately, of Nash, read letters
from the State School Commission
and Nash county superintendent of
education saying the claim was
justified. He was supported by
Fenner, of Nash, and Moore, of Will
son.
There was no major action during
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Being 7 AIKEN from An
cient Capital of Ma
drid Under Heavy In
urg ent Shellfire;
Government President
Azana Winning Bat
tie for Peace

Perpignan, France, Feb. 17-(AP)
The Spanish government started
the evacuation of children from
Madrid today under a rain of shells
from insurgent guns. Government re-
ports said six persons were killed
and 20 wounded yesterday in bonn
bardments inflicted daily on the city
since Premier Negrin installed his
cabinet there February IL.
One hundred children were sent
into Albacete province, southeast of
Madrid, and many more were to fol-
low as soon as their transfer could
be arranged.
There have been several attempts
to evacuate the capital during cri-
teal moments of the war, but it's
population remains about the peace
time level of 100000, with troops
coming in to replace civilian resi-
dents who have reluctantly left their
homes.
Large scale reorganization of both
government and insurgent lines con-
tinued on the Observation-Disclosures front.
While insurgent forces were NOV
ing down from the conquered pro-
vince OF Catalonia, the governments
most celebrated leaders, like Lieute-
nant Colonel Lister, were returning
from the north to resume their COM
mands in the central zone.
Paris reported, meanwhile, Presi-
dent Manual Azana, of government
Spain, won strong support for his eff
forts to end the Spanish civil war,
with Britain reported acting as his
agent in peace negotiations with In
Surgent General Franco.
The provincial government Of
Catalonia, as well as many leaders
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Rift Developing Among
Money Committee Groups
Finance and Appropriations Members Accus-
ing Each Other of Baking Quick Agreement
While Some of Both Are Sore at the Governor

bers of both committees are getting
decidedly sore at Governor Clyde r..
Hoey.
Passing the Buck.
Of course, none Of this has yet
passed the bounds of legislative cour-
tesy and it isn't possible for its cor
respondence to quote Senator Joe
Doakes, of the appropriations COM
mittee, to the general tenor and ef-
feet that Representative Elmer Zilch,
of finance, is a fathead, tool OF the
interests, a horned toad or almost
anybody who'll listen, loft the rec
ord" that it's entirely appropriations
fault that the budget isn't balanced;
while on the other hand almost any
appropriations man will whisper into
almost any confidential ear that II
the finance committee would just do
it's duty and raise enough money
Continued on Fage Fourl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
BY ROGER w. BABSON,
Copyright 1889, Publishers
Financial Bureau, Inc.

st. Petersburg, Fla, Feb. H.
Since 1888, nearly every economist,
including myself, has predicted that
we would have phoney dollars in the
United States. Yet, after six years of
the widest spending spree on record,
the American dollar is today the
strongest currency on earth.
Furthermore, few economists are
now worrying about it. Can it be
that they were all mistaken? Will
our dollar continue sound? Or have
certain factors interviewed to save us
temporarily? l strongly feel that the
latter is true. 1 am also positive that
only a spirituel revival can save us
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Spanish Government Is
Evacuating All Children
Rebels Ousted At !.
Spanish. Consulate

Brussels, Belgium, Feb. ~
(AP)-Belgian police and firemen
today stOrmed the Spanish gov
eminent consulate building and
elected insurgent sympathizers
who had seized it in an early
morning coup.
Police climbed fire ladders to
get into the building after the in
vaderS had defied attempts of au-
thOritieS to GUST them.
Eight men surrendered to police
and were taken to the Palace of
Justice. They had seized the build
ing from it's care-takers, and,
shouting "Vivi Franco, had rails
ed the cOlOrs of Insurgent General
Franco to it's flagstaff.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Says Larger
Cotton Use
Very Urgent
Oscar Johnston, Mis-
sissippi Grower, Tells
Charlotte rou %
World Must T a k e
More of American
Crop

Charlotte, Feb. 17-(AP)-Oscar
Johnston, of Scott, Miss, asserted
in an address here today that the
cotton industry must make a unit
ed drive to increase the world con-
sumption of American cotton and
cotton products.
Scott, president of the National
Cotton Council, spoke to an audience
here in the Chamber of Commerce
auditorium.
eve can accomplish our objec-
tives," he said, ''only if we have COM
plete cooperation between the groups
within the industry, and if we are
adequately financed We must fight
for our foreign markets. We must
make every conceivable effort to
Continued on Page Eight
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
DATA ASSEMBLED ON
STATES AIR ROUTE

Raleigh, Feb. 17.-(AP)-L. H.
Duncan, secretary of an association
of cities seeking an air mail line
from Norfolk, Va, to Knoxville,
Tenn, said today the brief setting
forth the need of the service had
been completed and would be sent
to air lines probably next week, and
then would be laid before the Post
Office Department and Civil Aero
nautics Authority.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Split Among
Democrats Is
Now Alarming
By CHARLES F. STEWART
Central Press Columnist

Washington, Feb. Democratic
managers are just getting fairly at
the task Of assessing the damage re-
sulting from the recent controversy
between President Roosevelt and
Senators Glass and Byrd over the
Virginia federal court appointment.
While it was raging the excitement
was such that bystanders could not
accurately estimate the extent of the
incidental obstruction. That there
would be considerable was all they
could be sure of.
The other day, however, the dust
having settled little, the BASES
called party caucus to consider
the situation. A major party caucus
is quite an event When one is called
it~means that that party has some
thing on its mind to think about
super
A caucus is more or less confiden-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
Best Guarantee of Peace
Is Treasury Of U. S.
Dollar Soundest Investment in World if Wild
Spending Is Stopped Now, Babson Says; Total
Debt in u. S. No Greater Than in 1929

from eventual trouble. Here, how
ever, are eight reasons why our dol
lar is still good despite our NAM
moth spending programs:
l. Debt No Greater Than In 1929:
Total debt in the United States is no
greater today than in 1929 There has
been a 100000, 100000 gain in Fed
eral debt, but private debt has been
cut an almost equal amount Private
debt, however, is a lesser eveil. Pri-
vate debt is a lien on definite COM
panies, a mortgage on definite homes
a load on the backs of definite in
dividuals Private debt is paid off or
settled because it is an individuals
responsibility; public debt is seldom
lGAu4;n,.od a. <ae-a a;..A
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17
WEATHER

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy, light showers
Saturday and possibly on the
coast late tonight or Saturday;
warmer tonight and in east Sat-
urday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-17

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